2009 News Archive
Prep Schools Midwinter Swimming Gala
Thursday 22 January 2009On Tuesday 20th January 2009 a group children from Years 5-8 went to Lancing College to compete in the 5th annual Mid Winter Swimming Gala. For the past few years we have been attending this event and each year we have improved and this year was no exception. Being a small prep school who only swim in the summer term, we were proud to be able to compete and hold our own against some of the bigger and more experienced schools.…
St Aubyns in the snow
Tuesday 3 February 2009St Aubyns opened in the snow on Monday for the twenty pupils who came in from the local villages…
St Mary's Hall closure
Wednesday 25 February 2009The announcement of the closure of St Mary's Hall is sad news and the sympathies of all at St Aubyns are with Mrs Meek, her staff and the pupils and families of the school. St Aubyns has had a good relationship with this senior girls' school for a number of years with a number of our girls looking at it as a destination for entry at Year 9…
Busy week in Performing Arts
Tuesday 24 February 2009The week leading up to half-term was a busy one for the Performing Arts at St Aubyns. The school sets great value by encouraging children to perform as a way of developing confidence and of expressing themselves. A series of events enabled us both to showcase talent and to involve a large number of children in performance…
Excellent value for money
Tuesday 3 March 2009The Governing Board of St Aubyns has approved a plan for re-structuring the fees at St Aubyns beginning from September 2009. This plan has been part of a review of the strategic vision for the school which has been ongoing since Simon Hitchings became Headmaster in September 2007 and is the result of many months of careful planning…
Cottesmore Chess Congress Success
Friday 13 March 2009…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Monday 16 March 2009St Aubyns children triumphed again in this year's Prep School production of Charlie and Chocolate Factory with performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. The strong cast of 40 have been rehearsing all term and were well and truly supported by the reliable backstage, lighting and sound crews. The set was well-designed, the props effective and the back drop beautifully painted by Mrs McCrystal…
2nd Trophy in a Week for St Aubyns!
Tuesday 17 March 2009St.Aubyns Under 13s win the Windlesham Seven a side Plate!…
St Aubyns Colts win the Sompting Abbots Rugby Tournament!
Tuesday 17 March 2009Captain Nico Bjorkfors and his team of Colts won the Sompting Abbotts Rugby Tournament on Wednesday the 4th March 2009. They played…
St Aubyns’ Students Triumph at Lancing College
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Boarding Inspection 2009
Wednesday 15 April 2009At the start of March St Aubyns was visited for a couple of days by an inspector from the Social Care division of Ofsted…
Chapel Choir sings evensong at Chichester Cathedral
Thursday 21 May 2009Choral music at St Aubyns is thriving under the direction of Miss Nadia Behdad who joined the school last September…
St Aubyns raises money for the Sudan
Monday 18 May 2009St Aubyns children have worked hard this year raising money for several charitable causes with a focus on a Save the Children project in southern Sudan…
Australia Arts Express Day
Monday 11 May 2009Australia Day was the second Arts Express Day for the Pre-Prep children at St Aubyns this year. These days enable the children to learn throught the arts and to become confident in expressing themselves in music, dance, drama and art…
Peter Pan
Tuesday 23 June 2009Peter Pan…
Brazilian Carnival!
Thursday 2 July 2009On Tuesday 30th June, the whole school took part in our last Arts Express Day of the year, and what a successful day it was! The children took part in 4 fantastic workshops – all with a Carnival theme. We had visiting professional artists who led the workshops, enabling the children to have four very different creative experiences, precisely what Arts Express is about! The workshops were: Carnival Dance, Costume Making/Face Painting, Carnival Drumming/Percussion and lastly making Carnival Flags…
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION 2011
Tuesday 6 September 2011…
Girls enjoy first matches on new court
Thursday 10 September 2009Over the summer holidays a new hard court for netball and tennis was installed. This was very generously funded by a donation from a former pupil (who was also formerly Chairman of Governors)…
Colts Football success at Lancing Tournament
Friday 25 September 2009On Saturday 19th September a tournament of four teams, two from St Aubyns and one from each of Lewes Old Grammar School and Dorset House, took place at St Aubyns. A large number of spectators watched some well-fought games resulting in St Aubyns A team gaining the trophy with two wins and a draw and not a sigle goal conceded…
Treasure Island - Arts Express Day
Saturday 24 October 2009This year all of our Arts Express days will focus on Literary Classics enabling the children to explore great works of literature throught the arts…
Gifted and Talented Languages Day
Saturday 28 November 2009On Thursday 27th November St Aubyns welcomed pupils from other local schools for one of the regular Gifted and Talented workshops that have recently been established. The aim of these days is to stretch academically more able children by going 'off curiculum' and helping to interact with similarly able children from other schools. This day was aimed at Years 5 and 6; twelve children from St Aubyns were joined by a group from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School in Rottingdean and The Fold School in Hove…