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Just like in Oliver Twist, the late 19th and early 20th centuries saw: ● Workhouses still in use, though reforms were slowly improving conditions. ● Child labour was common, with many children working long hours in factories, mines, or as servants. ● The class divide remained stark, with the wealthy living in comfort while the poor struggled for survival. ● Education reform was taking hold, but many children from poorer backgrounds still lacked access to proper schooling. 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Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards sun… And when they’re grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the ones. – NICHOLETTE SOWDER https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/dissection-of-owl-pellets-at-sompting-abbotts-ks2-science monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/36077d9e-f370-4493-9de6-da1431db8d91/owl+pellet+dissection+science+KS2.jpg Blog - Lab detectives: owl pellet dissection and analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3522d4d3-6dcd-4007-93a7-e38969e8c2a2/close+up+scrutiny+of+an+owl+pellet+for+KS2+science.jpg Blog - Lab detectives: owl pellet dissection and analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/0c9b1c72-06a1-44ee-bca9-010a9dbf4dee/children+examine+an+owl+pellet+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school.jpg Blog - Lab detectives: owl pellet dissection and analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/d15c7f5e-796a-41ed-a94a-2619e24cdbb7/Science+Investigation+1+Owl+Pellets.jpg Blog - Lab detectives: owl pellet dissection and analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/conkers-golden-moments-an-autumnal-tradition-at-sompting-abbotts monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6f897fe5-1fe9-429b-97c9-b45fcb4e2b40/conker+%281%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/083e86a4-0bfd-4a93-9b1b-b0b1044d4c8f/conkers+landscape.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Tradition holds that upon discovering your first conker, whispering “Oddly oddly onker my first conker” ensures a season of good fortune and minimal tangles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695547634644-878EARZ1L81CCATI3123/conkers+bag.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491277983-7BE276H1UNN8UIOA75TY/conker+%285%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491278788-ULM01BPLBPKDUDG6T7RB/conker+%287%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491357532-4487WRUYWPMSII3QS69G/conker+%283%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/e9bae473-7107-4e7d-954f-25341ec1c472/conker+boys+lo.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1696348691769-QLDZ6HSAW7T5H5C63KGF/we+play+conkers+%283%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1696348691865-C4FTFL00KCLLFEZWDRW1/we+play+conkers+%282%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1696348693581-WOY9R2413HNQ0IC7YISP/we+play+conkers+%281%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1696940898825-BB4I6ZDLW6E3JEN34P50/extra+conker.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/4c5107fc-4ad9-4b6d-b508-ee08ab9baf86/golden+conker+sompting+abbotts+school.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - Golden champion conkers After the conker dust has settled, the three victors each receive one of Sompting Abbotts' coveted ‘gold conkers’, usually with the kind of delight Charlie showed upon finding his golden ticket in Roald Dahl's timeless story. These ‘real gold’ trophies are prepared in high secrecy in the Art Studio by Head of Art Mrs Tewkesbury. No-one knows her methods but perhaps liquid leaf gilding paint plays a part… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/b98e8d05-b1af-4e76-bdcd-9225ce23a7b0/image-asset.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - What are the rules of playing conkers? For the uninitiated, here are the rules for a classic game of conkers: 1. Ready, set, swing! Aim to give your opponent's conker a good thwack. 2. Missed on the first try? Don’t worry. You get two more swings to redeem your conker's honour. 3. Tangled strings? The first to shout "strings" earns an extra shot. Think of it as a little "oops" perk. 4. A hit causing the opponent's conker to complete a full circle (known as ‘round the world’) grants the hitter an extra go. 5. If you drop your conker or it’s knocked from your hand, watch out. If your opponent yells 'stamps', it’s about to face the ultimate shoe-down. But, shout 'no stamps' in time, and the opponent has to desist and you get to save its shiny skin. 6. The game continues in turns until one of the conkers is completely destroyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491484032-64QFJPEOBKALN3F40336/conkers+%281%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7e921b1c-8c50-4c31-8166-a48afe1a05f8/conker+competitions+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491484000-AJY1AEE0E0RSBPKR4FTH/conkers+%282%29.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1695491485006-ZAGHZ0Q1NCIAVLAIZB3T/conkers.jpg Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/92b65b43-8a77-4812-b030-8dce5eb2f844/chris+gunn.png Blog - Conkers and golden moments: an autumnal tradition at Sompting Abbotts - Headmaster Chris Gunn Headmaster Chris Gunn: “Conkers is a part of the connection to nature we cherish and encourage at Sompting Abbotts. It's a tradition that has endured because it encapsulates values and lessons that have remained relevant across generations. It's a joy to see the game here thrive year after year!” https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-named-finalist-in-independent-schools-of-the-year-2023-environmental-education-award monthly 0.5 2023-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428340385-IZAG19635YBCE9BGNCZV/Untitled+design+%2883%29.png Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428205898-MAZCVZJNLKFUVZUIVV26/year3flowers+%281%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428205930-8F2B6B9K265FJQ9T2LYQ/year3flowers+%282%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428207851-9LHLVMPLUNB1DXD3RN0G/year3flowers+%283%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428208048-JZ08RXDNB1M72RJ3MV6I/year3flowers+%284%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428210070-T6TT5YQSCDJ9BXPD2TNI/year3flowers+%285%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428210286-X3D9V4ISEH2981XGTLZJ/year3flowers+%286%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428211704-R7SWJHQXUB196BE92DKL/year3flowers+%287%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428213221-PD1AWDJQNIYZEII2DITK/year3flowers+%289%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428213754-3W3BWZZBFK3HIT2UD56Y/year3flowers+%2810%29.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1694428214736-JJNCO2ST4C3UNWBUR4WX/year3flowers.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts named finalist in Independent Schools of the Year 2023 Environmental Achievement Award https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-welcomes-a-new-headmaster monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/10db107e-baad-465a-9d6a-af2723c36402/mr+douch+with+mr+gunn+and+ms+scale.jpg Blog - New Beginnings at Sompting Abbotts: Introducing Our New Headmaster - Make it stand out From left to right: Mr Chris Gunn, Mr Stuart Douch and Miss Claire scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6f802c0b-e521-489f-a24e-d220aaef9d98/chris+gunn+desk.jpg Blog - New Beginnings at Sompting Abbotts: Introducing Our New Headmaster https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-launches-annual-speech-cup-of-poetry-and-performance monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/5469836b-9e18-48a2-bcb8-933b47b37c9c/Sompting+Abbotts+Poetry+Recital+Speech+Cup.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts launches annual Speech Cup of Poetry and Performance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/2d43515f-e3ee-46c3-99c0-90936a822a7f/Sompting+Abbotts+Speech+Cup+Performers+and+Judge.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts launches annual Speech Cup of Poetry and Performance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/what-to-consider-when-looking-for-the-right-senior-school-for-your-child monthly 0.5 2023-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1631262796623-P1OIRWUAI1U01EROXGKR/stuart%2Bdouch%2Bheadshot.jpg Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Q&A with Stuart Douch Headmaster (2013 - 2023), Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3e224e22-3245-42a6-8aaf-f0ed3e12e1d2/arrange+a+taster+day+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3f2b8b7b-263a-4134-84a7-6fc24f86147d/girls-in-grounds.jpg Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Make it stand out Headmaster Stuart Douch says: “Staying at their prep school until the end of Year 8 means children feel less rushed to ‘grow up’ too quickly.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7fdf48d1-c991-49b7-8a2e-6245e58f8d87/cornwall+trip+girls.jpg Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Make it stand out Children during their Year 8 Residential Trip to Cornwall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504705372769-96ZUHGLAREU35QK0X8K1/Sports+Day+copy.jpg Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501778306141-CDEHA17ELZAXO2C998SS/common-entrance-exam-sompting-abbotts-preparatory-school-west-sussex-independent-schoo Blog - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/benefits-of-birdwatching-on-the-school-curriculum monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630933266962-5S69FN5DOSDRB4E7W9J1/children+birdwatching+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567441316376-NX0SVWV0206PNUWI72TE/david+buckingham.jpg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - “Birdwatching is just a wonderful way to start the day in nature and understand the connectedness of everything.” – David Buckingham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630934499862-0OMOX7YJE7R71IA17I98/IMG_1019.JPG Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1631343543762-0EC3GEDMBCFOVFYHOTHK/elephant+ears+for+birdwatching.jpg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Elephant ears Says Mr B: “I teach the children that by cupping your hands behind your ears to make giant elephant ears, it increases the acuteness of your hearing. By turning their heads, they can then distinguish different bird songs from different directions.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630938189432-7RQAX4OLXRIE2Y54IQEJ/birdwatching+in+grounds+of+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630935474368-G3955MC7866T3JU9OW91/barn+owl+at+sompting+abbotts.jpeg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Barn Owls are unable to digest the fur and bone of their prey, which they swallow whole. The indigestible parts are regurgitated (coughed up through the beak) in the form of an owl pellet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630934554369-BFTDRZI7LBO8C92A32YB/birdwatching+at+school+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3dc16540-711f-4e3f-b63f-e2e16b18cb94/stuart+douch+and+david+buckingham+of+sompting+abbotts+school+interview+with+Attain+Magazine.jpg Blog - Birdwatching for young environmentalists at Sompting Abbotts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-selected-for-independent-schools-of-the-year-prestigious-green-award monthly 0.5 2023-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/9f2d63e2-8890-4349-9338-31ff60e6fbef/ipad+in+the+woods+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts selected for Independent Schools of the Year prestigious Green Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1631190751493-XLMLHHJEYD1ISWLCU3CH/outdoor+learning+william+otto+lyra.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts selected for Independent Schools of the Year prestigious Green Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1631190599674-ZBB84I1EV5G94HVQGODE/small+class+sizes+outdoor+learning+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts selected for Independent Schools of the Year prestigious Green Award - “These are the lessons the children will always remember,” says Mrs Miles “To be able to take my class outside to marvel at the bee swarm or frog swarm just can’t be matched by a YouTube clip.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/8a664b50-7855-4587-aaab-91fa2cf0847b/green+colours+pre+prep.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts selected for Independent Schools of the Year prestigious Green Award - Many shades of green The school has a walled apple orchard, an Edwardian greenhouse and vegetable garden. Here, the children in Gardening Club grow tomatoes, onions and peppers for school lunches while the Pre-Prep use the orchard fruit for numeracy, apple pie baking and art. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/this-is-the-best-kind-of-classroom-by-poet-ian-mcmillan monthly 0.5 2022-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1621176112565-V7IQDX29H1U3VHK6P59B/1280px-Ian_McMillan_%2814555622248%29.jpg Blog - This Is The Best Kind of Classroom! - About poet Ian McMillan Ian McMillan (b. 1956) is one of the UK’s best known contemporary poets. Aside from many books (for adults and children), sometimes including prose and plays, he has also made appearances on television, on all the national BBC radio channels (through which he was listed as the 22nd most powerful person in radio), in diverse newspapers and magazines, and as a poet in residence in a wide range of places including Barnsley FC and the Humberside Police. He also maintains a breathtaking schedule of appearances in schools, prisons and arts festivals. Photo: Steve Bowbrick, https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/lights-camera-action-behind-the-scenes-filming-in-the-pre-prep monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620816761347-U60YNJ3JR69AJRHZIABT/laughter+at+school-small.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action! Behind the scenes filming in the Pre-Prep - Make it stand out Messy baking on film caused much hilarity for the children in our Reception class when flour found its way onto a nose! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620820260601-BM6POB1X6Q9HYUV22PP8/michael+and+jocelyne.JPG Blog - Lights, camera, action! Behind the scenes filming in the Pre-Prep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620819290359-YAQZO0MIEIQ58357WFIS/small+class+sizes+learning+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action! 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This photo shows our Principal Mrs Patricia Sinclair (wearing hat and pale blue dress) standing before the boys (at this time the school was a boys' school) with her husband, the late Mr Nigel Sinclair, and Mr Richard Johnson, who became Headmaster in 1993. Somewhere among the boys (sitting in the sun on their red blazers, wearing the same white shorts white polo shirts as today) will have been our current Headmaster, Mr Stuart Douch, who was a pupil at the time! If you're interested to learn more about the school's history and the people instrumental in it, you might enjoy this article on the school website. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-headmaster-is-interviewed-by-bbc monthly 0.5 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1613549834971-DKA4QYT8FQ6OS1HHCA54/Untitled+design.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' Headmaster Stuart Douch is BBC News guest https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/i-just-want-my-old-classroom monthly 0.5 2021-06-30 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/11-essential-tips-for-parents-hearing-your-key-stage-1-child-read-aloud-at-home monthly 0.5 2021-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620984836752-B784LWZ4M8X4NT8XG7JV/how+to+help+your+ks1+child+learn+to+read.jpg Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551787289411-ZCKYIMHP8RXCVW2TKG0I/children+read+every+day+in+the+pre+prep+at+sompting+abbotts+with+their+teacher Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home A child in Year 2 at Sompting Abbotts doing her daily reading with her teacher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551787374700-0ZBU0QIZ7NKN1FBDO96I/children+reading+to+their+teacher+in+reception+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home Reading in Reception Class at Sompting Abbotts Prep School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620912022821-7QHRJOX64VKPNI3TIUIC/child+reading+with+mother.jpeg Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551816714179-YH3OMTDNRQORV7GLR1BM/mother+and+boy+reading.jpeg Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551708167530-JKZ7CRVW9WYT3FKDUMVR/11+essential+tips+on+hearing+your+key+stage+1+child+read+aloud Blog - 11 essential tips for hearing your Key Stage 1 child read aloud at home https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-pupils-launch-lockdownjoy-christmas-album-to-the-public monthly 0.5 2021-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1606732034639-8GGEREPBK3Q59KKEJNX6/Sompting+Abbotts+The+2020+Christmas+Album.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts pupils launch #lockdownjoy Christmas album to the public https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1606732066502-NOLYQ6URH4JJLDMIMCV0/Sompting+Abbotts+The+2020+Christmas+Album+Tracklist.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts pupils launch #lockdownjoy Christmas album to the public https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-music-department-records-virtual-concert-of-pachelbels-cannon monthly 0.5 2020-07-13 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/virtual-sports-day-success monthly 0.5 2021-06-30 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/the-unexpected-benefits-of-learning-latin-for-children monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573743515784-GWD362JPW7CVFACMUJO9/latin+learning+boosts+children%27s+academic+performance.JPG Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Latin Specialist Teacher Isobel Monaghan during a lesson at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School. Ms Monaghan is a polyglot (she speaks six languages, including Russian). Read more about Ms Monaghan here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573765182786-84LFDRYMNFGIJOEXQU52/harry+potter+wand.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children - Expelliarmus! (‘I disarm you!’) Image: Flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573564301430-RGQVS987T0SX9ROYL0WX/Roman+Conquest+of+Britain%2C+43+%E2%80%94+84.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children - The roots of Latin in Britain begin with the Roman Conquest. Image: Wikimedia The roots of Latin in Britain begin with the Roman Conquest. Image: Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573563580830-V2F4WZCG8FWKHJDMDHIH/Mark+Zuckerberg+says+Latin+helped+his+career.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, studied Classics and regards Latin as one of the keys to his success. Image: Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573743573350-Y5P7QU4Y0K9JINPINA80/learning+latin+helps+children+prepare+for+scientific+careers.JPG Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Year 7 pupils during a Latin lesson at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573743637054-75DTVBK2JMZAZQBPVDSS/learning+latin+stretches+intellect.JPG Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573816844117-4AZ1PH8TIZHHG2T07OG7/latin+words+in+dictionary.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children About 80% of the entries in any English dictionary are borrowed, mainly from Latin. Over 60% of all English words have Greek or Latin roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573743689471-A7TGYP2YEIOCHC3JKO02/latin+learning+boosts+english+literacy.JPG Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573567192105-KSC9K6DALHK9Y6DDHN0Z/Piero_del_Pollaiolo_%28attr.%29_Apollo_and_Daphne.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Apollo and Daphne by Antonio Pollaiuolo, one tale of transformation in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Image: Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1574258319769-FWPJHFMFLJA5CGHYN0NG/minimus+latin+course.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Illustration from Minimus, a Latin course for younger children published by Cambridge University Press. Courtesy of Helen Forte, illustrator of the Minimus books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573565703119-JAW7FU3JWHZHLVG26XPE/latin+helps+children+with+coding+skills.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children The decryption and deduction skills that children learn through Latin are applicable to computer programming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573566582965-NCCQ0E95F1HCPTH6HSVT/having+latin+on+your+ucas+application+form+is+a+boost.jpg Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Students who can list Latin on their UCAS application or CV are seen to be critical thinkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1574679182186-7GWEZ39167UMJGR7ZQVO/jk+rowling+believes+in+the+usefulness+of+learning+Latin+and+the+Classics Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children Photo credit: Daniel Ogren [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573743930820-BYJSE78V501OS851ARA4/latin+lesson+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - The unexpected benefits of learning Latin for children - Latin Learning at Sompting Abbotts At Sompting Abbotts, we believe the study of Latin and Classical Civilisation is of benefit to every child. Classics and Latin Studies are offered from Years 6, 7 and 8. Most destination senior schools for our pupils also offer Latin as an option at GCSE and A-Level. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/boarding-school-life-in-the-1930s-at-sompting-abbotts monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591090564431-OYQEEIJ4ED98316KRXDM/1930s-prospectus-sompting-abbotts.JPG Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591005446404-T6M04QKLKJ2B3BB9Y5MX/school+entrance+1930s+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is the school’s Entrance Hall. The room on the right was the Principal’s Office (as it remains today) and the great grandfather clock is still in place. Most of the portraits, which are those of the Tristram family who own the surrounding Sompting Estate, are still on the walls. The room to the left was the drawing room of the Headmaster’s wife and is now the school's library. The Head was Mr A. C. Rutherford, who had founded the school in 1921. His son George would later become headmaster. The shelves to the rear hold various African statuettes and the central table an ebony carved elephant. This was a time when the British Empire and the Commonwealth were a strong part of British identity and these ‘symbols’ were demonstrations of this. On the walls are collections of butterflies within frames. This period was the golden age of lepidoptery – as the scientific study of butterflies and moths is known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591005673546-VV95G6NCRTJOVK3XP60M/view+to+the+south+of+sompting+abbotts+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts Was war brewing when this picture was taken? If you look out to sea, there appears to be what is a naval warship – perhaps a clue to the dating of the photo – was this taken in the run-up to WW2? This is a view from the Library window at Sompting Abbotts. The raised garden urn is still there today and likely dates back to around the time of the house construction in 1856. It was made by the highly reputed garden ornament firm Austin and Seeley, The cold cast composition stone comprised a mixture of Portland cement, limestone, broken stone, pounded marble and coarse sand which was then cast in moulds. Though their items were rarely stamped with the maker's mark, items by Austin and Seeley can often be identified by their quality which was recognised by Queen Victoria, who can be included among their patrons, and was renowned for their quality of finishing. The firm of Austin & Seeley which produced a large range of urns, figures and fountains, continued until at least 1872. In the 1940s, the school pupils were evacuated on the Surrender of France. Some of the great trees are still standing; others were lost in the Great Storm of 1987. The view to the south here looks clear and no signs of the conurbation that Sompting and Worthing has become can be seen. Sompting would have been a much quieter place then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591005745941-DOGWE2HD44SSETB8LADJ/classroom+1930s+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is one of the classrooms situated at the school in a wooden building. This is still used today but has been divided into two rooms with a wall. The 1930s was very much ‘talk and chalk’ education, with the teacher at the front of the class and the children sitting at desks facing the board. Reading, writing and arithmetic (the Three ‘R’s) were very important, as was learning by rote. Times tables were learnt by chanting aloud in class and poetry such as Wordworths’ I wandered lonely as a cloud would be learnt by heart for homework. Neat handwriting was seen as very important and practiced daily using ink pens dipped in the ink wells in the holes you can see in the desks. Notice the big desk at the front – no doubt for the misbehavers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591005806582-6RWGRQ2RFD2ZRDGYLFVQ/boys+doing+drills+during+pe+lesson+at+sompting+abbotts+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts A boys’ physical education class outdoors at Sompting Abbotts in the 1930s. Boys at this time received regular 'drill instruction' which was seen as beneficial as it provided healthy exercise and helped taught the boys discipline. Drills involved them following a series of athletic and calisthenic moves. These were done outdoors in the fresh air when weather permitted or in the gymnasium when not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591005953027-Z7FX7NAUU4EFRL5AZW5Y/dining+room+sompting+abbotts+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts The school Dining Hall in the 1930s, clearly laid up here with white linen table cloths and flowers to impress for the prospectus. In fact, normal school fare was very plain for the boarders: mutton, two veg and potatoes or pease pudding, cabbage and stew, followed by tapioca pudding, was a typical lunch. Ice cream would have been a great luxury! In this room the pupils still have their lunch each day today on tables set out in the room in a similar way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006027064-YFQN2JVAAVIPYOC63FYC/dormitory+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts One of the dormitories at Sompting Abbotts. The boys were required to make their own beds each morning and to wash using their own washbowl and towel. In winter, apparently, it wasn’t unusual for them to have to break a thin film of ice on the water to do this! Today this room is that of Form IV (Year 4 – Mr Mac’s room). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006112900-QFI3G1KAUUQI55HJMC6F/boys+library+at+sompting+abbotts+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts The photographer clearly ‘posed’ the boarders for this shot for the prospectus. The pupils are in the boys’ billiard room and library, during an art class, and making a pencil drawing of the model ship on the table. Today, this room is the school’s Assembly Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006176782-FE8KE3P86IA249YRDQE0/dorm+at+sompting+abbotts+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts Another dorm at the school, again with individual washstands and soap bowls. Boys at this period were sent to school to become young men and only saw their families during the holidays. It is reported that a 1930s headmaster from another boarding school, who, when asked by a mother why she couldn’t visit her boy every weekend, responded: "Madam, if you had a puppy would you cut off its tail an inch at a time, or all at once?" This room today serves as the classroom for Form III (Year 3), Mrs Kelly’s classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006239218-JBALEYBFYGD92ZGLW44V/boys+library+at+sompting+abbotts+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is the Boys’ Library with its billiard table, where the boys were able to relax and socialise together or do their prep at the big table. One of the great gilt mirrors above the fireplace is still in place at the school in the Dining Room. Today this room serves for school assemblies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006326625-YTAQ3CEUCQSSJ422DLZS/1930s+bus+and+school+trip+from+sompting+abbotts Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is a picture of a school summer trip, presumably using a hired bus, as the boys are being dropped back at school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006365349-1WFOZK0N8D9SZBV8EHS2/cricket+game+1930s+sompting+abbott Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts Cricket on the lower cricket field (where it is still played today). Cricket was played and revered at boys’ boarding schools in the 1930s as a game of ‘Gentlemen’. It represented high English values, ie. fair play, discipline and gentlemanliness. The cricket playground was seen as a training field for professional careers and social leadership. Notice the master in his tweed jacket and bowler hat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006681640-AMYOX0ZXU7HTN924A8TK/1930s+gymnasium+sompting+abbotts Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts The gymnasium in the 1930s looks a fairly forbidding place! It is still used today as a gym but now has large windows facing south. Athleticism, strength and agility was considered important for the boys' development. The school still has (and still uses!) the original leather bound pommel horse used for vaulting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006844462-2DI6OZK6ITP22HJ338G6/walled+garden+sompting+abbotts+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is the Walled Garden or old kitchen garden at Sompting Abbotts, filmed here in winter but in summer it would have been full of vegetables and fruit growing, from the espalier fruit trees around its side and vast glasshouse. Today, the Walled Garden is all lawn and looks very different! Now it is a beautiful green space, filled with apple trees and wooden play equipment for the Pre-Prep (Early Years) children. But in the 1930s it would have served to grow food to supply the school by a team of gardeners. Headmaster Mr Rutherford's memoirs recall: "The walled garden contained a great number of fruit trees and vegetables. There were peaches, plums, pears, apples, figs and strawberries. There were sufficient vegetables and fruit to supply the whole school." Water for the garden, and the house, was largely provided from a deep well that was pulled up by a horse who would walk in circles and pump it up to the tank in the tower of the main house. At a later date a petrol engine was installed to operate the pump. You can still see the pulley that was mounted to the brick ceiling in the school’s tower. The school still has the beautiful Edwardian greenhouse shown here and it is still used by the children for their extra-curricular Gardening Club and some of their produce is used for school lunches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006890744-23FI8EYCIG3HF9QCB0R2/sompting+abbotts+manor+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts A view of the house in the 1930s from the south, taken in winter judging by the lack of leaves on the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591007404881-0VO35XH002JG4A60BM07/listing+for+sompting+abbotts+in+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts Listing for Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School in The Schools of England, Wales and Scotland (1931) This annual directory was much relied upon by parents at the time. It was published by Ed. J Burrow & Company Ltd, Imperial House, 30 Regent St, London, and cost 3/6 (three and half shillings to buy). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006934270-P4POS0GW8PJG8FHUKCWF/george+rutherford+headmaster+sompting+abbotts+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts This is a picture of George Rutherford, the school headmaster, and son to its founder Mr A. C. Rutherford. George joined the school in 1930 after three years at Oxford and three years teaching in other preparatory schools. He wrote in his memoirs: “The school carried on in the same way as most preparatory schools: scholarships, Common Entrance, matches and church on Sunday with my father reading the lessons.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591006983226-YDEQS0OE0D2MC12BZ3TC/sompting+abbotts+pupils+in+the+1930s Blog - Vintage prospectus reveals what life was like for 1930s boarders at Sompting Abbotts Staff and pupils of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School during the 1930s. Founder Mr A.C. Rutherford is pictured in the centre of the second row; his son and later headmaster, George Rutherford, can be seen on the same row on the far right. It was against the backdrop the Depression of the 1930s, provoked by the 1929 Wall Street Crash, that Mr A.C. Rutherford established his successful boys' boarding school at Sompting Abbotts. He did this with the help of his wife and daughter, and especially his son, George Rutherford. George would be forced to leave the teaching profession with the outbreak of World War 2 but would later be invited to re-join the school as Headmaster under the Sinclair family, the present owners of the school. The Sinclairs relaunched the school in 1946 in post-World-War-2 Britain. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-lockdown-distance-learning-programme-is-judged-highly-effective monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1594647166586-B109L81X1KHV5M13R8U7/boy+computer+distance+learning.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' distance learning programme is judged "highly effective" - Dear Mr Douch, Dear Mr Douch, I wanted to write, before the end of term, to congratulate you on the exceptional efforts being made by Sompting Abbots to provide first class education to the pupils in these unprecedented and challenging times. I have been nothing but impressed by the efforts made by all the teaching staff to embrace new methods of remote learning and continue to provide a full curriculum to the pupils over the past few months. Whilst no experience will fully substitute for the face-to-face learning and peer interaction that ‘normal’ school provides, Sompting Abbotts seems to have managed far better than many schools to put together a timetable that allows the pupils to progress in all their subjects. My son has been working hard and I feel the balance of live teaching and self directed learning has been just right – challenging but achievable. He has certainly grown and become more independent as a result of this experience. Year 7 Parent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1595851905135-66OCN6SIJOG4NEZMBOYP/outdoor%2Blearning%2Bduring%2Bcoronavirus.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' distance learning programme is judged "highly effective" Outdoor teaching was prioritised where possible for those of our pupils who were able to return to in-school lessons during the schools closure in June and July. This is Year 3 class learning French ‘en plein air’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1588845975839-HP0E5BFNL5CRPQXT9NUE/zoom+lesson+year+3.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' distance learning programme is judged "highly effective" A Year 3 Maths class with form teacher Mrs Kelly https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/world-war-two-history-of-sompting-abbotts monthly 0.5 2020-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1588956580240-UMEA6EFRMVAYHQ86S6LU/sompting+abbotts+ve+day+image.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts remembers evacuation and requisition during World War 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1588956603389-QFSFG5RGHDKKOCSJCVNZ/squadron_mascots_1943_3533058052-741x550.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts remembers evacuation and requisition during World War 2 Australian RAAF soldiers with a mascot joey (baby kangaroo) during WW2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1588956676849-TPJV2TB762ZIBAH5L2QE/archive+picture+sompting+abbotts.jpeg Blog - Sompting Abbotts remembers evacuation and requisition during World War 2 Pupils at Sompting Abbotts shortly after the war https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/teaching-children-about-resilience-in-lockdown monthly 0.5 2020-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1588603630351-KIN90IXO1ON28QB25HEU/mr+stuart+douch-lo.jpeg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' headmaster uses 150-year-old tree to help children with 'lockdown resilience' Mr Douch is himself shielding and unable to be with the children at school. So he filmed his part of the lesson in the churchyard of his own local church, St James the Less, in Lancing. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-publishes-lockdown-poem monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1591093210591-6YQPGO1RBLB42PL8LYAF/sompting+abbotts+lockdown+poem+evokes+emotional+response.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts lockdown poem 'Lost Property' prompts an emotional response We were bowled over at the emotional response to our poem! https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-virtual-performance-of-over-the-rainbow-goes-viral-on-social-media monthly 0.5 2021-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1587284196768-LG39RI0956J6R0TUSAID/rainblow+paintings.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' virtual performance of Over the Rainbow touches hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1587283980585-I385MS0HEC1XGLGPNZTA/social%2Bmedia%2Bcomments%2Bover%2Bthe%2Brainbow%2Bperformance%2Bsompting%2Babbotts.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' virtual performance of Over the Rainbow touches hearts https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/how-do-you-know-if-your-child-has-special-educational-needs-sen monthly 0.5 2020-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581605316844-VUTUNY22SAY0XQUSBCRI/learning+support+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - How to tell if your child would benefit from special educational needs (SEN) support One-to-one learning support session at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581591792918-OZ2I22CYQ7QOTWR5MKCZ/does%2Bmy%2Bchild%2Bhave%2BSEN.jpg Blog - How to tell if your child would benefit from special educational needs (SEN) support Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a legal term. It sets out the needs of a child who has a difficulty or disability which makes learning harder for them than other children in their year group. UK Government figures show that the number of pupils in England with special educational needs (SEN) has increased for a third consecutive year to 1,318,300 in January 2019, representing 14.9% of the total pupil population. Some children have SEN right through their time in school. SEN covers a broad spectrum of difficulty or disability. Children may have wide-ranging or specific problems. A child could have difficulty with one area of learning, such as letters or numbers. Or they might have problems relating to other children, or to adults. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581499241415-J6US79GWS4KPGAZDXC91/boy+and+learning+support+tutor.jpg Blog - How to tell if your child would benefit from special educational needs (SEN) support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581500076821-1JDQ89BS5EBYF4XMVDZ9/signs+of+needing+special+needs+educational+support.jpg Blog - How to tell if your child would benefit from special educational needs (SEN) support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581501185644-KBH5YFZM8JH402L6JGUK/karen+ormerod+special+educational+needs+teacher+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - How to tell if your child would benefit from special educational needs (SEN) support - Post author Karen Ormerod, Learning Support Tutor at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/the-key-to-building-childrens-confidence-in-maths monthly 0.5 2020-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572445735612-VEWYD6VYQAITSTO600R7/how+to+improve+children%27s+confidence+in+maths.jpeg Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572440456190-8T15MXKIA0RTQF7ECXKL/angela+farley+head+of+maths+sompting+abbotts Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths - Author Angela Farley, Head of Mathematics, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School. Ms Farley is a specialist Maths teacher who holds a First Class Honours degree in Maths & Sports Science and a Masters in Education in Mathematics & Dyslexia. You can read more about Ms Farley’s career and background in her staff profile here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572446593006-TYCD7RY1WL7UP5WAAD6T/ms+farley+teaching+maths+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths Ms Farley with a Year 6 Mathematics class at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572446558998-I76LE6HQGREK984JALSN/boys+learning+maths+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths Boys often have lower levels of anxiety about their Maths and higher levels of confidence in their Math skills even though girls show similar performance levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572470744930-IQ3NFUJPTSXDTQNWQJB8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths Gentle and empathetic teaching helps ensure children don’t feel overwhelmed when learning Maths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572446688895-RZISZKPNENLGCEO42RZU/maths+teaching+and+girls+confidence.JPG Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths Ms Farley giving one-to-one help to a pupil. Research conducted by Accenture of girls aged 12 in the UK and Ireland found that 60% felt that Maths and Science were “too difficult” to learn. The girls thought the subjects were "better suited to boys" because of their brains, hobbies and personalities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572447651967-OPZ74T8S9E5PHHWEWAFI/Karen%2BUhlenbeck.jpg Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths By finding ways to unite Geometry and Physics through new mathematical approaches, Professor Uhlenbeck is the first female ever to win the Abel Prize award. Photo credit: https://www.ias.edu/news/press-releases/2019/abel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572446272130-T7PHBARONT969HOFYUD9/mathematics+role+model+female+abby+in+ncis.jpg Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths A modern-day mathematics role model: Abby in NCIS. Image source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572450167184-N9X0X66OCGA25EHCLJF2/girl+pupils+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths Girls relaxing during break in Sompting Abbotts’ grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1572448077200-1XXUZG6WLUCYIFJAG7CS/UK+Maths+Challenge+winners+at+Sompting+Abbotts.JPG Blog - The key to building children’s confidence in Maths - Sompting Abbotts’ Success at the United Kingdom Mathematical Trust Junior Mathematics Challenge Sompting Abbotts’ pupils have a track record of high performance in the UKMT Junior Mathematics Challenge, the national competition aimed at the highest-achieving children n England. The Junior Mathematical Olympiad is run by the UK Mathematics Trust, a fantastic organisation that promotes Maths in school by, among other things, organising national competitions. In 2018, Kiran P and Jonny T (pictured here with Maths Head Ms Farley) both were awarded a Gold, with Jonny T going through to the next level, 'The Kangaroo', in June. Jonny moved to Winchester College in Sept 2018 where he was selected for the Junior Maths Olympiad in his first term there, the highest rung of the UKMT Challenge, placing him in the top 0.37% of children nationally. In 2019, two further Sompting Abbotts' pupils had great outcomes. Henry G was awarded a Silver, and Rudi B, a Gold. Rudi also went through to The Kangaroo and was awarded Merit, the highest grade possible. Over 270,000 pupils entered nationwide. Of these, only 6% received Gold and 13% Silver. Extra kudos gpes to Rudi who was among the only 3% invited to sit the Junior Maths Olympiad! https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/what-was-life-like-for-the-boarders-at-sompting-abbotts-in-the-1960s monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565423718878-42LHKGNELCLP4U69M7ZD/boy+running+into+school.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565451599049-WLRMMRBHQJ7ZEMVAZVK1/archive+house+sompting+abbotts+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Sompting Abbotts as it would have been when Dr Stillman arrived aged 8. The trees were far denser then – many were felled by the Great Storm of 1987. The landscaped gardens were grassed over in 1965 to save labour and free up more space for free play. Back then Sompting Abbotts was a boarding school exclusively for boys. It became a co-educational day school for girls and boys in 1998. Boarding ceased in 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565451444407-OXT3X7VYT3EB1HJKFD5O/vintage+trunks+and+tuck+box.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s No mother, wrote Roald Dahl in his childhood memoir Boy, would send her son off to prep school without, at the very least, the following in his tuck box: a home-made currant cake, a packet of squashed-fly biscuits, a couple of oranges, an apple, a banana, a pot of strawberry jam or Marmite, a bar of chocolate, a bag of Liquorice Allsorts, and a tin of Bassett’s lemonade powder. To these, a boy would add ‘all manner of treasures’, such as magnets, pocket knifes, balls of string, clockwork racing cars, lead soldiers, tiddlywinks, catapults, stink bombs and Mexican jumping beans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565451956664-97J27BL0IETXHXF2922E/school+dorm+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s One of the boys’ school dormitories of the period; now the school’s maths room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565452019148-4NSP3RLQM2Y6IG4B65FC/school+classroom+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Archive photo of a school classroom at Sompting Abbotts of the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565452118385-DLW04GBCW2T6DSIG84L1/dining+room+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s The school dining room at Sompting Abbotts as it would have been at the period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565452588081-COFPCSEKM2V7YSF5USM3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s School photo from 1963 when Dr Richard Stillman was a pupil at the school. He’s pictured 5th from the right on the third row. Seated at the front are the teachers. From left: Mrs Wurr, Miss Gingell, Mr Stamford, Mr ‘Ding Dong’ Bell, Headmaster Mr George Rutherford, Mrs Molly Sinclair, Captain King, Mr Esdule, Mr Rocket, Matron Miss Law and Miss Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565452199330-5TO72XA5GWNLCGTI9M4E/school+front+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s The front of the school in the 1960s with the Sinclairs’ Sunbeam Rapier parked outside. To the left of the front door is what passed as a fire escape in those days! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565453073953-XT93ZX9FXV9IH7ZZ8BPR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s The games room at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565454344659-IVTXC8NW13VLG1MEIPZU/coleridge+presentation+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Undated photo of the period of some of the boys lined up for a presentation and recital in honour of Samuel Coleridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565454445307-DVV53W7HR2QLM07K2VKD/archive+photo+of+sompting+abbotts+school+play+shakespeare.JPG Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Archive photo of boys in costume for a school play. Was this Robin Hood? Many plays were scripted by Mrs Molly Sinclair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565454535999-FORND916V5FB8TOUD6J9/sunday+church+visit+sompting+abbotts+1960s.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Some of the boys returning from their Sunday outing to the nearby church of St Mary’s, Sompting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565454634952-HX68URC0WBS39ZZWJ4LP/sompting+abbotts+1960s+school+play+backstage.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s Backstage fun during a school play in the 1960s. The lighting console is operated by French teacher Teddy Izard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565455112867-1MEACZOFIYISVAQVVFJ6/Dr+richard+stillman+sompting+abbotts+pupil.jpg Blog - Tuck boxes, inkwells, weekly baths, Sunday letter writing … What life was like for the boarders at Sompting Abbotts in the 1960s - With our grateful thanks to Old Abbottonian Dr Richard Stillman Dr Stillman moved onto Hurst College after Sompting Abbotts and studied medicine at Liverpool University. He emigrated to Australia, where he practised medicine. He is retired and now lives in Tasmania with his wife Gaynor. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-prep-school-is-named-winner-at-uk-content-awards-2019 monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1560426504645-80RDU7EWUJTJPM5EEUFU/sompting+abbotts+uk+content+awards+winner.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts Prep School is named winner at UK Content Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1604167289498-79G808V4WDC0GJZIPH4J/sompting+abbotts+website+is+a+winner+of+the+uk+content+awards Blog - Sompting Abbotts Prep School is named winner at UK Content Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1560427590712-KJNXBF9OBLS3AENNYACW/uk+content+awards+presentation+winners+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts Prep School is named winner at UK Content Awards https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/why-do-smaller-classes-improve-academic-outcomes monthly 0.5 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620815125280-8ZVJZ86DL0L46ENJU2LU/small+class+sizes+learning+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1558514712596-FNSXMW070XS0B02JBQL9/small+class+sizes+are+better+for+academic+outcomes+.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1560345010517-L6MH4V1G1MM8V78XRMZ2/smaller+classes+at+primary+school+stage+have+most+benefit.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1560344453470-KUAFP1ZB8Z82BL4F7XAO/small+classes+individual+attention+sompting+abbotts+prep+school.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1558532608912-6WAWCQ661F3CHCT29C64/class+size+is+maximum+15+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1558514792448-4ESE9WHX8UMUQ70RFUPH/small+classes+give+better+results+at+primary+school.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? Smaller classes at primary school stage allows greater individualisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1558514899260-M9NA7M2VZYFRYX0WO0HE/teacher+ratio+at+sompting+abbotts+is+1+to+15+children.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? Collaborative learning activities in small groups promote positive social interaction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1558532543279-8DZZR3JLH5MJXW0WBQNN/year+2+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? Class discussion in Year 2 class at Sompting Abbotts. The average teacher-child ratio at the school is 1:15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620815250238-P5V4ACKXZOB1MLT6903Q/small+groups+class+sizes+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Why do smaller classes improve academic outcomes? - Make it stand out Attention-challenged children focus more in smaller settings https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/the-adult-benefits-for-children-of-taking-part-in-a-school-drama-production monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553898993303-4DCCG29V7JRKYQYG2FMX/school+play+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553899038860-S16LFQIPAABMVJ7K90XX/performance+at+sompting+abbotts+school Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553899081699-ETQ6PQKG5X8VO1B7KGT5/romeo+and+juliet+play+sompting+abbotts Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553899131893-YHO47DK1YJ5ULVAZ1GY2/cast+school+play+sompting+abbotts Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553899205389-T3QEJWLB320JRJ2RDNAO/drama+skill+sompting+abbotts Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1553899281245-J3IK469O2NU1I3KKYP98/drama+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school Blog - The life lessons children learn taking part in a school drama production https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-stars-as-film-location-for-bafta-awarded-directors-new-film-old-boys monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551191794424-EDVTCXFG6CSRUAMAT88A/A+scene+from+Old+Boys+filmed+at+Sompting+Abbotts Blog - Sompting Abbotts stars as film location for BAFTA-awarded director's new film Old Boys The film’s lead characters on location in the Assembly Room at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551192063711-E3IWY5R0244DOGXDR3RO/OldBoys_Still+3.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts stars as film location for BAFTA-awarded director's new film Old Boys A scene from the film, filmed at Lancing College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551192265308-PZ4OF0AM6BAN3PX0Q7VQ/OldBoys_Still+7.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts stars as film location for BAFTA-awarded director's new film Old Boys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1551192295290-YI1ZXTQF15Z2FSFSO2WA/scene+from+the+film+Old+Boys+filmed+at+Sompting+Abbotts+Prep+School Blog - Sompting Abbotts stars as film location for BAFTA-awarded director's new film Old Boys A scene from the film shot in the main hall at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/tthe-importance-of-school-libraries-for-child-literacy monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542725254266-41PYZHZLVNV0TU7182JZ/somptingabbotts+books+in+library.jpeg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542726210354-4C5B4AKWPKD55SKVAYQJ/boy+at+sompting+abbotts+reading+library+book.jpg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms “This book’s brilliant – and funny too!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542726358789-AM6EL0U9DHEZWYP3WE0Y/Year+8+librarians+at+Sompting+Abbotts+School.JPG Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms Break-time library duties underway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542726751053-YEHB0HEVV37PT3VOBR0X/rosalind+reading+a+book+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms “Roald Dahl’s Matilda is one of my favourite books.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542901103935-8YCRTG5XJ7MGJNM313M9/girl+taking+book+from+sompting+abbotts+library.JPG Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542726657471-OIKSCP9VI88G3QSNEPGA/librarian+team+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms Mrs Kelly with her team of Year 8 librarians https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542728998985-ZJIEIB5YYYZRYI8FW53H/library+bake+off.jpg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms One of the brilliant cake entries in the Library Bake-Off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542726972579-H90BQAGV696DC3EDDH4J/author-books-bookshelf-somptingabbotts.jpg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542727239405-8YJKN0WZGMXTCFSW2KEE/love+of+books+and+library+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1542901162606-NPUI644IL0CBS4QV7UM0/children+and+books.jpg Blog - How Sompting Abbotts is growing a generation of bookworms - What are the faves in Sompting Abbotts’ library right now according to the school librarians? ● Girls: The Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell, anything by Jacqueline Wilson, the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren, Ruby Redfort stories by Lauren Child, The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, and a Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. ● Boys: Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon, Beast Quest series by Adam Blake, the Treehouse Series by Andy Griffiths, the Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz, Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Harry Potter series by JK Rowling and the Horrible Histories series. We stress this is all a bit of a generalisation! Lots of boys and girls like books on both lists and everyone seems to love anything by Dr Seuss, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and David Walliams. Says Mrs Kelly: "Author Jeff Kinney who wrote Diary of Wimpy Kid recently made the news saying that you should never tell a child what they shouldn't read. It doesn't matter if they're reading books that we as adults wouldn't choose. “There will come a time when the Rainbow Fairies and potty humour of Captain Underpants will wain, but this is their choice and if we want them to enjoy their reading then we have to let them choose!" https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/the-boy-who-tapped-on-his-desk monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1539956849082-T7NJZ6TI40OG59QT65HF/ben+thompson+drummer+glastonbury Blog - The boy who tapped on his desk… Ben playing before a festival crowd. Copyright: Ben Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1539957116450-OVN0KWKA7FYJM02YPFTV/Beacon+by+Two+Door+Cinema+Club Blog - The boy who tapped on his desk… - Two Door Cinema Club Copyright: Kitsuné https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1539956921919-DN72R81FNQJKLQ1VE425/Ben+Thompson+at+BIMM Blog - The boy who tapped on his desk… Ben playing at BIMM. Copyright: BIMM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1539957834415-7A8EZUXQ7U1XN2UREUTF/ben+thompson+with+drum+kit+sompting+abbotts Blog - The boy who tapped on his desk… Ben with drums outside Sompting Abbotts. Copyright: Sarah Monaghan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1539957258423-7QCV006CKRRG62Z16931/two-door-cinema-club-2181125_1920.jpg Blog - The boy who tapped on his desk… Two Door Cinema Club. 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High academic standards and rigorous syllabuses 2. Academic breadth across 11 subjects, many of which will be continued at senior or secondary school 3. Provides a trusted, well-known focus for pupils in stand-alone prep schools in years 7 and 8 4. There is compelling evidence that formal examinations lead to high standards 5. Favourable comparison with state sector outcomes 6. Doing Common Entrance exams allows children to learn the revision style that works best for them 7. Children benefit from the Common Entrance as a 'practise run' so they're well-prepared to cope with exam pressures in advance of their next exam milestone - GCSEs 8. 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He went on to read English at Hertford College Oxford before pursuing a career in finance. It was in the busy arena of investment banking that Preston experienced the market beginning to collapse, and in the midst of all this he was inspired to start writing his best-selling debut novel, This Bleeding City (2010). The novel offers a rich portrayal of a city under financial pressure, along with a turbulent love story, and it's been hailed as ‘something magical’. Preston's second novel, The Revelations, was published in 2012 to critical acclaim. His third, In Love and War, was published to critical acclaim in July 2014 and selected for BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime. Alex teaches Creative Writing at the University of Kent and Guardian Masterclasses. He lives in Kent with his wife and two children. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/memoir-history-of-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts-preparatory-school monthly 0.5 2023-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502377918087-JL2SILICADSD2M8KDCTG/school-photo-sompting-abbotts-private-school-steyning-area Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School staff and pupils, pictured in 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501946736088-8XHHR5QVW1MB1V2E3IQO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - The early days of Sompting Abbotts Undated photo of Sompting Abbotts, circa 1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501944949037-UC02AIYQK0LCXEAPLMLL/sompting-abbotts-1931-advertisement Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - Listing for Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School in The Schools of England, Wales and Scotland (1931) This annual directory was much relied upon by parents at the time. It was published by Ed. J Burrow & Company Ltd, Imperial House, 30 Regent St, London, and cost 3/6 (three and half shillings to buy). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501948186404-HWRPF4D9JVJAR15WT6DR/sompting-abbotts-preparatory-school-in-1930s Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Staff and pupils of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School during the 1930s. Mr A.C. Rutherford is pictured in the centre of the second row; his son George Rutherford can be seen on the same row on the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501948557703-XTZK1IKOK356QZ3BF4XA/george-rutherford-headmaster-sompting-abbotts-prep-school Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - Tea party at Sompting Abbotts Geor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502040943318-OKY78GA3YJ6WNEKMB2CR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - Canadian soldiers during WW2 Canadian soldiers. photo credit: LAC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501960472761-D844TMOAJOO1B9P3WH80/gamekeepers-and-staff-sompting-abbotts-1913 Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School This picture shows the male staff at Sompting Abbotts in 1913. No details of those pictured remain but there's a good possibility that one of the men pictured here was the faithful old gardener Mr Kennard about whom Mr Sinclair writes. Photo credit: Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501960717009-UNGOC501RGOV57BSIYNH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School This undated school picture from the 1950s shows Molly Sinclair (centre in spotted dress) with Headmaster Mr George Rutherford to her right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501960902907-9Y7ZHOREQF2MIW84QBK2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Undated picture from the 1960s. Mr Nigel sinclair is pictured with his wife Patricia Sinclair and their twins David and Timothy. To the left of Mrs Sinclair is George Rutherford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501961627902-OT5KZFL0K1XQRM42APU1/timothy-sinclair-sompting-abbotts-headmaster Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Sompting Abbotts Headmaster, 2005-2012, the late Timothy Sinclair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502378064094-DACSLFJEY10HQ7LED6PN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - Liked this post? You might like this What did a letter dated 1939 discovered under the floorboards of an old dorm at Sompting Abbotts reveal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1533571701592-131LI4G6CBIV6OZX4ZGM/Sompting+Abbotts+archive+footage+from+1961 Blog - A step back in time: the people behind the history of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Here's some fascinating archive footage from 1961. It dates from the period in the 1950s and 1960s when Sompting Abbotts used to make the school available in the summer holidays to the Invalid Children's Aid Association (known as I CAN today) so that local children with special educational needs and disabilities could enjoy the grounds and pool for a week's free respite holiday. George Rutherford was the headmaster at the time. The school features from 8 minutes in and current parents will recognise much of the grounds, interior and entrance to the school. The ending, showing the children learning The Twist, is very moving. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/best-books-for-nine-year-olds-by-best-selling-author-alex-preston-x4IGx monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502185897323-LVOKHTWKAVX6GTHSAZDA/best-books-9-year-olds-by-author-alex-preston-sompting-abbotts Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501618774746-TX4MMFTMXZ3V7Z8LSR5S/best-books-9-year-olds-susan-cooper-over-sea-under-stone Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501618850632-34YSA52E6ZOLD6N3FXC6/best-books-9-year-olds-alan-garner-weirdstone-of-brisingamen Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501618908619-I3V651A7ARBGVSPMYOTW/best-books-9-year-olds-madeline-ingle-a-wrinkle-in-time Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501618938594-F9Z69P44A9O2UZVKMKG4/best-books-9-year-olds-brian-jacques-redwall Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501619000276-YFRM48CE4PW2EG33P27S/best-books-9-year-olds-scarlett-thomas-dragon%27s-green Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501619283823-FU9SENMOSARSKL2HEZ3X/Alex-Preston-best-books-for-nine-year-olds Blog - The five books that illuminated my childhood - Post author Alex Preston is a former pupil at Sompting Abbotts and best-selling author and journalist. His first novel, This Bleeding City, was published by Faber & Faber and won the Spear’s and Edinburgh Festival first book prizes. His second, The Revelations, was shortlisted for The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize. 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Our top 30 books recommendations for Key Stage 1 children (aged 5 – 7) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519675931535-LNL5GCA7LQQWD7TQE6A5/IMG_1735.jpg Blog - Our top 30 books recommendations for Key Stage 1 children (aged 5 – 7) https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/top-10-books-for-pre-schoolers-short-attention-spans monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519645159315-ZMMZTQ5UGAS4XTXVKEUO/Top+10+books+for+pre-schoolers+by+Sompting+Abbotts Blog - Top 10 books for pre-schoolers’ short attention spans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519645704217-52GQ7JPYIGBW3AE214O2/storytime+at+sompting+abbotts+in+the+pre-prep Blog - Top 10 books for pre-schoolers’ short attention spans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519645817639-K93EKZP0KVLP0WLPFOCZ/dear-zoo.jpg Blog - Top 10 books for pre-schoolers’ short attention spans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519645247792-YQTZUCRSC4NCWNMYGCK5/favourite+books+for+pre-schoolers Blog - 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Top 10 books for pre-schoolers’ short attention spans Joanna Carrington, Co-Head of Pre-Prep, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/top-10-skills-children-need-for-the-future-workplace monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1511782922969-CL9B7W01XX6NHFSP2XP7/Top+10+skills+our+pupils+need+for+the+future+workplace.jpg Blog - How the best preparatory schools are honing children's 'sharp skills' for the workplace ahead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1511782551862-M31NCFJGLR65OQ44DWT6/mark+brotherton+director+of+education+iaps Blog - How the best preparatory schools are honing children's 'sharp skills' for the workplace ahead - Mark Brotherton, IAPS During his 21 years in schools, Mark Brotherton has worked in both the state and independent sectors. He was Headmaster for Giggleswick Junior School from 2007 – 2015, obtaining ‘outstanding’ grades in its inspection report. During his Headship, the school trebled pupil numbers and was nominated for the Independent School Awards for Strategic Initiative (2010) and Community Initiative (2011). He became a governor of a local state primary, serving as an education adviser (2013 – 2015). In 2014, he became Executive Headmaster overseeing Giggleswick Junior and Malsis Preparatory schools. Mark served as District Rep for the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS), sitting on the National Council (2009 – 2012). He was elected Chairman of the IAPS 2014 – 2015 and became a Board Director of the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Mark became IAPS Director of Education in September 2015, an association that serves over 670 independent prep and junior schools across the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1511779346215-ANYV5B4CHVLXEVUQH0OM/Top+10+skills+employees+will+need+in+2020.jpg Blog - How the best preparatory schools are honing children's 'sharp skills' for the workplace ahead https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/nick-linfield-obe-on-why-he-owes-west-sussex-independent-school-sompting-abbotts-an-enormous-debt-of-gratitude monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509284622017-A38EMJEP2JXCNB92Z9IL/former+pupil+of+west+sussex+prep+school+sompting+abbotts+Nick+Linfield+OBE Blog - Nick Linfield, OBE, on why he owes Sompting Abbotts "an enormous debt of gratitude" Former pupil Nick Linfield OBE, pictured here at Buckingham Palace with his children George and Molly, who also both attended West Sussex independent school, Sompting Abbotts Prep School. Like their father before them, they too are named on the school's scholarship Honours' Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509285802135-28P4VX9LRY1KMC62XW0N/george+and+molly+linfield+west+sussex+private+school+sompting+abbotts.jpg Blog - Nick Linfield, OBE, on why he owes Sompting Abbotts "an enormous debt of gratitude" George and Molly Linfield in their Sompting Abbotts school uniforms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509285881861-K6OYY4NTETSB7P9MJ1J5/nick+linfield+OBE+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts+dormitory.jpg Blog - Nick Linfield, OBE, on why he owes Sompting Abbotts "an enormous debt of gratitude" Pillow fights! 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Here’s some good advice https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/ned-mortimer-of-august-and-after-reveals-his-song-orchard-is-inspired-by-his-boyhood-school monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505829661830-MP6LY5NFRONCHK1VAT44/ned-mortimer-august-and-after-orchard-song Blog - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts Ned, back in the Pre-Prep Walled Garden that was the memory spark for his haunting and uplifting song, The Orchard. Ned dedicated the song to the late Tim Sinclair, headmaster of Sompting Abbotts, who taught him during his years at the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505905684194-979V218IGMBDBM7TDLRH/Ned_Sompting001.jpg Blog - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts Ned, starting out at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505839761545-4IGF0QRHL6QREA1PUP5S/Ned+Mortimer+playing+in+a+performance+at+Sompting+Abbotts Blog - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts Early tastes of performing: Ned Mortimer (far right) playing before the children at Sompting Abbotts Prep School in 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505832190410-3V4MENHMLZNFMWZLLFGL/ned-mortimer-and-children-at-sompting-abbotts Blog - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts Ned returned to Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School to sing The Orchard to the children in the Pre-Prep in the Walled Garden where he himself played under the apple trees as a child. It was a beautiful sunny Autumn day and the grass was dotted with a windfall of golden apples from the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505830180680-S1YRP8Y7WR1B610G1PD5/august-and-after-band Blog - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts - Ned Mortimer ... is a former pupil of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School and a celebrated Indie-Folk musician. He's now a core member of Indie-Folk band, August and After. Ned attended Sompting Abbotts from 1994-2004 and studied music under its now Head of Music Annette Williamson. He won a scholarship to Lancing College and went on to study Law at Cambridge. August and After weave together rich three-part harmonies on classically inspired layers of guitar, viola, piano, synth and percussion. Songwriters Ned and Vedantha Kumar originally met whilst studying at Cambridge. They met the third band member, Jordan Bergmans, a classical violist studying at the Royal Academy of Music, in London. After many sold-out London shows, support slots for artists such as Ghostpoet and Scott Matthews, a Ronnie Scott’s residency, a set at Secret Garden Party 2016, and several European tours, they travelled to Paris to record their debut EP, Cascades, with French producer Jonathan Lefèvre-Reich. Further recognition followed as they were nominated in the inaugural Unsigned Music Awards as Best Country/Folk act in March 2016. With support from the likes of BBC 6 Music, Kerrang! 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(And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) Pupils arriving at West Sussex independent school Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506269037619-A46SUU5WX5Y530VZOZQV/children+at+assembly+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) Assembly at Sussex private school Sompting Abbotts Prep School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506269134913-3WNSM0UYIWWE8VXAXSJN/children+at+private+school+near+worthing+sompting+abbotts Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506268549755-QOSFKUIMA4XWKZ3TQK0Q/girl-pupils-at-prep-school-near-worthing-sompting-abbotts Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) Girls relaxing on the lawns at Sompting Abbotts Prep School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506268777463-MYR89M46LEIPCN1WRNDR/home-cooked-lunches-at-sompting-abbotts-worthing-private-school Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) The kitchens at Sussex independent school Sompting Abbotts Prep School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506268961816-U058PTYHPM1P4IPPO56V/swimming+pool+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) Children having swimming lessons in the outdoor heated pool at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506346896816-EDJ7RUIWPMUGTA3019VG/sompting+abbotts+is+a+family+run+prep+school+in+worthing Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506270253657-300M7QQ1T78W8AVZ169H/child+at+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506270680336-OXDHADM35F2X3K5RV331/sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school+is+a+Worthing+private+school Blog - What exactly is a prep school? (And the answers to 10 more questions about preparatory schools) Sompting Abbotts is a co-educational preparatory school near Worthing, Steyning and Shoreham-by-Sea. It has been a family-owned school since it was established in 1921. Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School is a Sussex independent school that is a member of the IAPS (International Association of Preparatory Schools). https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/short-story-by-author-alex-preston-based-on-his-childhood-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515674541451-VIFNBTIE34OZBPRIHO3A/sompting+abbotts+art+students+who+illustrated+author+Alex+Preston%27s+works Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston Head of Art Mrs Andrea Tewkesbury with the students whose work was chosen to illustrate Alex Preston's work. From left: George, Ewan, Chloe, Jonny and Oli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515012179105-OYADIJKQUVMXU11EASW5/CBHnBKpo.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston Alex Preston's first novel, This Bleeding City, was published by Faber and Faber in March 2010. The novel won the Spear's Best First Novel Prize, the Edinburgh International Book Festival Readers' First Book Award, and was chosen as one of Waterstone's New Voices 2010. It has been translated into 12 languages. His second novel, The Revelations, was published in February 2012, while his third, In Love and War, was featured on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. His fourth, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, met with critical acclaim and was described by The Guardian as "a sumptuous labour of love". and nominated one of The Guardian Best Books of 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514989999240-EBZHKPJYHB3FOBJ1LM9V/sompting+abbotts+in+alex+preston+short+story Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514991308941-S43ASOL2HT7Q4C9PQMFR/first+world+war+soldiers.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514991696592-WNOZJU0CWN917RH8IRXG/sussexmist.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Ginger, too, is staring out of the window, and I know that he is trying to pick out the villages and farms, the coppice-clad hills and valleys that were signposts to school.” Image courtesy of Fraser Elliott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514991867021-LGUL05ZTP73VL6XG57XF/IMG_4213.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “The great grey school is looming above us”. Illustration by Oliver Knight, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514992494494-SFR133NO24P2F7DI43UM/IMG_4214.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Wyndham Le Strange stands in a green smoking jacket in the school's main entrance arch.” Illustration by Jonny T, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1514993661653-JS116N9REKT1X4YLM48H/IMG_4207.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “The chandelier rains down golden light.” Illustration by Chloe M, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515007642893-ODPO7RGTUENZC4TWJRCP/IMG_4212.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “The school, emptied of children, teachers and books, but crowded with memories.” Illustration by Oliver K, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515010715480-8HDUVQBZ99CRPPMZ1URO/IMG_0343.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “I sleep better, up here at the school. It is partly the sense of coming home, for the place is more familiar to me.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515010194775-P77F7UN33B58BGHXHVWI/DSC_9228.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “I remember for them a cricket match in 1909. I'd scored a century for the first eleven.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515007354177-DXUVD17ANX4AFF5R8ZNU/IMG_4209.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “We see the coil of the river through the valley.” Illustration by George B-N, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515009085542-QBTRCXHH73XBNBEJGK46/IMG_4211.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Finally, I come into a French town, bomb-blasted and crumbling.” Illustration by Oliver K, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515009245328-7DQT4YGS7BP1ZUBM103O/IMG_4210.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Spring kindles into summer.” Illustration by George B-N, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515078696320-EXFG51RO9YX1256Q39T6/IMG_0445.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “With a last look up the stairway, she leaves” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515010402713-5YL5RMYTZGZQS1QEH6E5/IMG_0357.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Ginger doesn't speak to us for the rest of the day. He sits in one of the tower rooms reading Checkhov and we give him space.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515008339629-825CFI14R2YBWT2NGM6Y/IMG_4206.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “It is December now. Frost patterns the windows, shimmers on the roofs, making icicles of the towers.” Illustration by Chloe M, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515009931151-37BXSAEBVD977MYCHY9M/IMG_4202.JPG Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “Through the broken windows of the library, snow has blown.” Illustration by Ethan R, Year 8, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515011176591-Q64OIV5RQV7VASFEZC1Y/Grey+16bit+2400-398+copy.jpg Blog - The short story based upon Sompting Abbotts by best-selling author Alex Preston “I realise I needed this more than anyone: a retreat, a haunt away from a world that carries on as if the war never happened.” Archive image courtesy of Lancing and Sompting Pastfinders https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/how-much-screen-time-is-too-much-for-your-child monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1512583805181-9WRS9F066X038T4176FW/how+much+screen+time+is+too+much+for+your+child Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506417306882-J11T5UOE8LCGUYE2U8LY/computing+at+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school+near+worthing Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? A pupil in the IT suite at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525275862762-XB5F2TJFFCFF4NK5PJRO/digital+tablets+at+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506417559618-H0OSGI1FHTIFB3SBPNIJ/pupil+at+Coding+Club+at+West+Sussex+prep+school+Sompting+Abbotts Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? Pupil being guided in computer programming at the weekly Coding Club at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525275534707-92N2T8MORI2P4KNM1YAS/Alison-roy-child-psychotherapist-sussex Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? - Alison Roy is ... Director of Media and Comms for the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) and lead child and adolescent psychotherapist for East Sussex Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She is also the clinical lead and co-founder for the CAMHS and Social Services adoption service in Sussex called AdCAMHS. Within these roles, she provides training and consultation for professionals across children’s services including those in educational settings. Before training as a child psychotherapist, Alison worked as a school counsellor and an arts journalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506417001360-6U1B8F1Y3VK4URLYERRP/computing+at+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? - Safety online Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School has a dedicated IT suite with Chromebooks for all children in each Main School class. All classrooms are equipped with interactive Smart Boards and the youngest children in the Pre-Prep have a class computer and digital tablets to learn from. Children gain knowledge of digital media to give them a diverse range of skills and a broad base of experience to build upon at senior school. Being safe online and the considered use of social networking is carefully covered in the curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1556453994949-V1WF547PT28HSX8XJWAT/child-cute-girl-159848+copy.jpg9+smart+strategies+to+stop+worrying+about+your+child%E2%80%99s+screen+time Blog - How much screen time is too much for your child? - 9 smart strategies to stop worrying about your child’s screen time Our Insight https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/wartime-letter-discovered-under-sompting-abbots-floorboards-links-son-to-familys-hidden-past monthly 0.5 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1520421638290-DUNFA4YOTZVZC2KN51TC/IMG_1652+copy.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past Pupils at Sompting Abbotts in 2018 with the letter from 1939 discovered beneath the school floorboards. Also pictured: Mrs Patricia Sinclair, Principal, (left) and Mr Stuart Douch, Headmaster (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517766018220-WIY9UX0Y1N4L08D6YF4B/wartime+letter+found+at+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past The letter found under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517829408361-OGAO6QQAIKE9M0S003SB/sompting-abbotts-preparatory-school-in-1930s.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past This archive image from the 1930s shows Sompting Abbotts' staff and boarders at the time: it's likely that Jim and his brother David are among the pupils pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517764621272-VR3KS7M8YDPFYUWENJL8/david%2Bjim+%281%29+copy.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past 1930s picture of Jim and his older brother David on a trip to London Zoo. They are both wearing their Sompting Abbotts' school uniforms of the day so perhaps this was a school trip. Image kind courtesy of Craig Macbride https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517763299861-K8R16DY9IYDQNNPKTB6P/Australia_%E2%80%93_Land_of_Tomorrow_poster.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past Image courtesy of NAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517764504614-82Y052DJ0QM1YT1VBG35/7529165_0001_1.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past A ship arriving in Melbourne with immigrants from the UK in 1947. Image courtesy of NAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1520421674867-53HQEKRXNMXHVS6LW1OE/sompting+abbotts%27+pupils+with+wartime+letter+from+1939+discovered+at+the+school Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past Pupils at Sompting Abbotts Prep School display the letter written to a former pupil almost 80 years ago. It will now used in history lessons to help them expand on their understanding of the events of WW2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517924847104-D7285H5MBJ8M8BTXOT8K/Salvage_of_HMS_Gipsy._21_March_1943%2C_Felixstowe._A15511.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past The destroyer HMS Gipsy hit by a mine on 21 November 1939, whose rescued sailors Jim's mother helped to clothe with Jim's outgrown Sompting Abbotts' school uniform. Photo: Imperial War Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1518702739764-QOMJBTHNIQWOFPVR0CBM/bbc-radio-sussex-sompting-abbotts.jpg Blog - Wartime letter discovered under Sompting Abbotts' floorboards links son to family’s past - BBC Radio Sussex interview Headmaster Stuart Douch about the wartime letter discovery https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/the-true-meaning-of-independence monthly 0.5 2023-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/84b40c44-9c06-4a27-a2f5-f4c93588d38b/stuart+douch+headmaster+of+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Blog - What's the difference between a feeder and non-feeder school in the independent school sector? Stuart Douch, Headmaster, 2013 - 2023, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/sompting-abbotts-pupil-veronica-painter-makes-cbeebies-voiceover-debut monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509366800045-9U0044GGHP6XG34LGPE4/olobob.jpg Blog - Sompting Abbotts' pupil Veronica makes CBeebies voiceover debut Olobob Top is a pre-school animated series broadcasting on CBeebies (UK), S4C (Wales), and ABC (Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509367002056-OYL944QWOHET88TSLN3V/veronica+painter+voiceover+actor+olobob+top+cbeebies Blog - Sompting Abbotts' pupil Veronica makes CBeebies voiceover debut Veronica recording an Olobob Top programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509366931882-XU4AY6X89KYWAS3KNCS2/veronica+painter+of+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+who+is+the+voiceover+artist+olobob+top Blog - Sompting Abbotts' pupil Veronica makes CBeebies voiceover debut Veronica was given a handmade picture of her character Crunch by animator Leigh Hodgkinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509370107314-KL9GCSBK2SCK58GR3XO0/Veronica+Painter%2C+Sompting+Abbotts+pupil%2C+with+the+cast+of+voiceover+artists+of+Olobob+Top Blog - Sompting Abbotts' pupil Veronica makes CBeebies voiceover debut Veronica, Sompting Abbotts pupil, with the other young voiceover actors for CBeebies' series Olobob Top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509367060400-FO680Z3AUREDX71GF4P9/voice+over+actor+veronica+painter+with+cbeebies+olobob+top+mug Blog - Sompting Abbotts' pupil Veronica makes CBeebies voiceover debut https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/great-storm-of-1987-at-sompting-abbotts-preparatory-school monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507803790400-J4Z4G3MNK4N60BBH4PAX/great+storm+1987+west+sussex+independent+school+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School The school the morning after the Great Storm of 1987 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507804574209-M4HYM6NHFGHSQFNP4NH7/Tim+and+David+Sinclair+were+joined+by+staff+and+boarders+in+helping+with+the+post-storm+clean-up+at+West+Sussex+independent+school+Sompting+Abbotts Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Tim and David Sinclair were joined by staff and boarders in helping with the post-storm clean-up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507804473762-2RCPXMMUEHKB94564I41/blocked+entrance+to+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school+private+worthing+school+after+1987+great+storm Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School One of many fallen trees on Church Lane blocking access into Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507804622551-TQ9HAIG4LTYU8BB4HX3S/fallen+tree+sussex+independent+school+sompting+abbotts+during+great+storm+1987 Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School A mature tree uprooted in the school grounds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507804388932-MKZ1E88X0YT1PE0K5E8M/clean+up+after+storm+of+1987+at+private+school+near+worthing+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Bull-dozers and heavy lifting equipment near the Old Stables https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507804319306-2CZ5MQY1DR4ZT8SVPKBZ/log+clearing+after+great+storm+1987+at+sompting+abbotts+a+west+sussex+preparatory+school Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School Logs from felled trees awaiting collection by the sawmill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507883983165-2F1L6J824NKP9HJ6CP3Z/stuart+douch+west+sussex+prep+school+sompting+abbotts Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - Headmaster Stuart Douch was a day boy in Year 5 at Sompting Abbotts in 1987 ... I was at home that night. How could I forget it? I remember the horrific noises, the wind screeching and screaming, and the crunch of our television aerial being ripped from the roof. We had no power and the phone lines were down so my sister and I won a day off school. But later, even our young minds were saddened when we walked up to Lancing Clump and saw so many trees, which we'd often climbed, lying prostrate like fallen giants. The sun shone brighter through the Clump but only because the trees had been bullied aside by the Great Storm. When I did go back to school, the grounds were different. The trees where we built camps were not all there either. That was sobering too; how the force of Nature had wiped them clean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507884001366-Q450K1ORO9E9GD43KW1V/worthing+forest+school+activities+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school Blog - Remembering the Great Storm of 1987 at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School - What was the effect of the storm on Sompting Abbotts' woodland stock? Today, the trees on the school's parkland estate are thriving. Natural regeneration occurred, first of low-growing woodland flowers, then of bushes and shrubs, and eventually the trees grew back to re-fill the canopy. Parts of the woods that were overshadowed before the storm become light and airy with expanses of vibrant natural regeneration. Birds came in to nest, animals found a home and wild flowers grew. Tony Whitbread of the Sussex Wildlife Trust says that despite everything, the storm had some positive effects: "As an ecologist, it was pretty clear to me that the storm was not a bad thing at all. Indeed, in terms of its effects on the semi-natural woods of the south east, in many ways it was a boost to woodlands and their wildlife". https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/why-learning-music-is-important-for-stem-skills monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507412436401-7RF46AKWFRFH6AYIGGFK/sompting-abbotts-music.jpg Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505494149344-MWAIP6ZOVMKHNP3AECBP/music+tuition+at+Sompting+Abbotts+prep+school+near+worthing Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505494254942-EA14C6WJZX94XFK6JACY/choir+children+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+near+hove Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505494379769-KIWWTACIGIU5PLVM92KP/learning+music+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+near+worthing Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505494519493-8MRTT080IQOVSMD3N9ZM/instrument+learning+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+an+independent+school+near+hove Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1505310648247-KS95NN06EGTWQSMFRFZ2/annette-williamson-head-of-music-sompting-abbotts Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills - Post author Annette Williamson, Head of Music, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1530022168727-1LQI9EY0UPXUPWLZLU6Y/7817336296_6ab6cdbefd_m.jpg Blog - Why learning music is important for STEM skills - Learning the piano can help improve language skills as well! STEM skills aside, it turns out that learning the piano can also improve children’s language skills and could even be more useful than extra reading lessons. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proved that piano lessons for school age children had a very specific effect on their ability to distinguish different pitches and therefore helped them discriminate between spoken words. “The children didn’t differ in the more broad cognitive measures, but they did show some improvements in word discrimination, particularly for consonants. The piano group showed the best improvement there,” says Robert Desimone, director of MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research and the senior author of the paper. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/9-easy-ways-to-help-get-your-child-ready-for-big-school monthly 0.5 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1566903783041-EN8QRAJTNMR0A2HQ3QXO/nursery%2Bchild%2Breading%2Bthe%2Bgingerbread%2Bman Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1535626742403-FZC6JOV48P24XEXFWGVK/gruffalo+and+little+mouse.jpg Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1535534138433-NCB2VP5P4MT5DHJVCCFP/child+painting+in+nursery+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1535466967642-P8ELRYOWGUU7E87TGJB6/children+in+sompting+abbotts+nursery Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1535534023407-GVWQNFZ71AUBIWEHPMGL/nursery+children+sompting+abbotts Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1615799158102-O2DEVPIQFUHG5IQA0X1F/joanna+carrington.JPG Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' - Post author Joanna Carrington, Head of Pre-Prep at Sompting Abbotts (Early Years) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503692760095-KDJYZHXN56Z7M8W82OMR/how-to-prepare-your-child-for-Reception-Sompting-Abbotts-Prep-School Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1535534182978-VENQAEHD1M8DM5D4DSUL/nativity+play+children+at+sompting+abbotts Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1566903850581-RMZHGPCIFDTVOFT44CM6/children+in+woods+bug+hunting.JPG Blog - 9 easy ways to help get your child ready for 'big school' https://www.somptingabbotts.com/blog/old-letter-from-1939-discovered-at-sompting-abbotts-prep-school-XZOKl monthly 0.5 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502103533590-6P06XEZJ3MCFQWQVBEOV/IMG_1925.JPG Blog - What did an old letter, dated 1939 and found under the floorboards of a dorm at Sompting Abbotts, reveal? - Dearest Jim ... Many thanks for your nice interesting letter. I bet you all loved the lecture on ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517567474179-1FHJ6VRIPTSXWZN84L80/A_group_of_children_arrive_at_Brent_station_near_Kingsbridge%2C_Devon%2C_after_being_evacuated_from_Bristol_in_1940._D2592+%281%29.jpg Blog - What did an old letter, dated 1939 and found under the floorboards of a dorm at Sompting Abbotts, reveal? - Who was Jim? We don't know who Jim, the recipient of the letter, was. We can deduce though that his parents either lived or worked in Harwich. Harwich was a naval base during WW2 so perhaps Jim's father worked for the Navy. Many of the boys at Sompting Abbotts at the time would have had fathers in the Forces. Jim's parents appear to have also owned a flat in 'town': in London. We do know though that a year later, Jim would likely have been evacuated with all his fellow boarders from Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School and taken to safety to a school in Wales. You can read about this period in the pupils' lives here, At the outbreak of World War 2, nearly 3,000,000 people were evacuated in Britain. They were moved from the towns and cities to safer places in the countryside. Most of these were schoolchildren, accompanied by teachers. They would have worn identity labels and carried their gas masks and a few personal possessions. 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On 21 November 1939, she struck a mine outside Harwich and sank with the loss of 30 of her crew. Photo: Imperial War Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517567235435-GT09AKU8OLGIAM4GCROB/TerukuniMaru.jpg Blog - What did an old letter, dated 1939 and found under the floorboards of a dorm at Sompting Abbotts, reveal? - Sinking of the Terukuni Maru On November 21st, 1939, the Japanese passenger ship Terukuni Maru, built in 1929 by Mitsubishi Shipyard and owned at the time of her loss by Nippon Yusen Kaisha, was sunk by a mine at the mouth of the Thames. The ship was on her way from Yokohama via Casablanca to London. The British and the Germans accused each other of having laid the mine and it has never been clear who was responsible. Her sinking has been described as Japan's only World War II casualty outside East Asia before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour. After the war, the wreck was cleared with explosives. 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He was calling me in tears and telling me he felt lonely and lost. I let his housemaster know how much he was struggling and he was amazing. He spent a lot of time talking to Charlie and to the other boys in his house. The next week was completely different. By then, he’d become familiar with his timetable and the school’s routines. He'd also made his first friends and it expanded from there. Charlie’s home leave means he can come home on a Friday and go back to school Sunday evening every three weeks. But we’re allowed to see him or take him out for the day every Sunday too. That really helped in the beginning with the settling in. Now I hardly hear from Charlie as he is too busy with his own social life and enjoying school. He has grown up so much in the last school year. But now when I see him, we still have our hugs and appreciate our time together even more.” – REBECCA, CHARLIE’S MUM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/a05fca1e-6c57-430d-86a0-28ea337595bc/christ%27s+hospital+marching+band.jpg Leaver interviews - Charlie joined Christ's Hospital with an Academic Scholarship in Year 9 - Christ’s Hospital The ISC says: “Christ’s Hospital is a remarkable school, it is the UK’s leading charitable school and largest bursary charity. The school was established in 1552 and provides free or greatly reduced cost places to over 630 of its 900 pupils – this is more than any other organisation in the UK. 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Cranleigh Senior School frontage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/63d270b1-8f92-4c33-b2e0-4587c617ee49/Cranleigh+Rupert+Heal+Music+Sports+Scholar-2_142333.jpg Leaver interviews - Rupert joined Cranleigh School in Year 9 with a Sports and Music Scholarship - “Now boarding feels totally normal and I actually love it. It's almost like having a sleepover with your friends every night.” Rupert outside his house, East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/ba1777d4-4a0b-4f9a-9459-e42083c323cd/Rupert+Heal.jpg Leaver interviews - Rupert joined Cranleigh School in Year 9 with a Sports and Music Scholarship - Make it stand out Rupert playing his drums at Cranleigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/b96d9f91-a50a-45aa-8836-e0f30de47c49/Cranleigh+Cricket+Pavillion_87678.jpg Leaver interviews - Rupert joined Cranleigh School in Year 9 with a Sports and Music Scholarship - “What I’m especially loving is the cricket training here. I have a lot of different cricket sessions. Mr Welsh, the Head of Cricket at Cranleigh, runs the sessions in the cricket bubble. He's also started forming a squad for the under-14s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/676e403d-33f8-40f9-8d18-bd5aacb05d25/Senior+School+Building+_5687.jpg Leaver interviews - Rupert joined Cranleigh School in Year 9 with a Sports and Music Scholarship - Cranleigh School The ISC says: “Set in 280 acres on the Surrey/Sussex border, Cranleigh offers a happy, nurturing environment based on a strong family-focussed ethos. Combined with an excellent track record, outstanding sports facilities and staff, extensive music and drama opportunities, and the result is well-rounded, confident pupils well prepared for the rigours of life and invariably blessed with a lifelong circle of friends.” Muddy Stilettos says: “There’s a real campus-ey feel to Cranleigh School, with academic buildings and boarding houses spread across the site. The school is not narrowly academically selective, and instead conducts a holistic review, valuing students who will try their hardest, participate in school life, take a risk and contribute to the friendly atmosphere within the houses and the school. Cranleigh prides itself on being a value-added school, which basically means the focus is not squarely on the final exam results, but on the progress that each student has made and how far they’ve come. Good for: Parents who value a school with a serious sense of community, both within the school grounds and beyond. Cranleigh has high academic ambitions and, while sport is at the forefront of much of life here, drama and music certainly hold their own too.” www.cranleigh.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/5581c8f1-8538-4a37-be29-ae071802b544/scholarship+children+year+8.jpg Leaver interviews - Rupert joined Cranleigh School in Year 9 with a Sports and Music Scholarship - Make it stand out Rupert (top row, far right) with his fellow Year 8 Scholarship winner pupils at Sompting Abbotts https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/thane-won-a-double-scholarship-to-great-ballard monthly 0.5 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/4ec403e4-57bc-4f97-bb23-a0044650e9f8/great+ballard+thane+m+grounds.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out As well as taking part in team sports, students are encouraged to monitor and improve their fitness as part of a healthy and balanced lifestyle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f8df95b2-5b2b-4a78-aacb-653cc12cc68b/great+ballard+thane+m+outdoors.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Thane, pictured in the school's own woodland. Outdoor Education is part of the Great Ballard’s unique Learning2Learn Curriculum from Year 3 right through to Year 11, with all students enjoying time outside in the woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/ce881103-62e6-4c78-81a4-b07480947bfe/great+ballard+aerial.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Aerial view of the campus at Great Ballard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7402791e-7b51-4870-8d75-27ee02630b17/thane+Great+Ballard+leadership+dinner.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Service & Leadership Thane is a Great Ballard Service & Leadership Scholar and acted as a host at the school’s recent Service & Leadership Dinner (he is pictured here with guest speakers Peter King CBE, former CEO of British Cycling, and Nick Higham, of the humanitarian aid charity kidogokidogo.uk. Thane says: “Sompting Abbotts prepared me well for public speaking. As Head Boy at SA, I gained experience of making speeches, and in Year 8, we all gave assembly readings.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/49a203fe-d85a-486c-9471-bc89a972f56a/thane+tin+man+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Thane, as Tin Man, at Sompting Abbotts “I secretly loved, too, playing the part of the Tin Man at Sompting Abbotts in our school play, The Wiz (even if I did hate singing my song!).” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/b608bdb7-5d72-4046-a1d8-1c2ac8da40e3/great+ballard+house.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Great Ballard John Catt School Search says: “Great Ballard is an award-winning, co-educational, independent day school for children from Nursery to GCSE, set in 34 acres on the edge of the New Forest and South Coast. New leadership has turned 'excellent & outstanding' (ISI) into exceptional, with pupil numbers at a five-year high. By listening to and working alongside their pupils, providing outstanding opportunities and encouraging them to be the best they can be, Ballard nurtures well-rounded, happy individuals with a healthy outlook on life.” Set outside Chichester, Great Ballard Senior School is located on the same site as the prep, ringed by the South Downs National Park in the Moore’s International Dark Sky Reserve. Pupils make full use of their rural location. In the classroom, they follow a forward-thinking curriculum, with leadership, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills. There’s no sixth form. Pupils move on after completing GCSEs. Since 2020, the Headmaster is Matthew King. He was previously at Framlingham College Prep in Suffolk, part of a 30-year stint in various preps. This is a welcome return to West Sussex for Matthew and his family; he grew up in the area, attending Hurstpierpoint College, played cricket for Sussex Under 19s and enjoyed his first taste of headship at Pennthorpe School in Rudgwick. www.greatballard.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/ebd938b0-28b3-4aa5-a553-7692b678b742/great+ballard+thane+m+portrait.jpg Leaver interviews - Thane won a double scholarship to Great Ballard and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Thane, in his Great Ballard uniform https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/katie-moved-to-sion-school-worthing-in-year-9 monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/34e22588-475d-4daf-87ac-da54e484501a/katie+boothby+art+studio.jpg Leaver interviews - Katie moved to Our Lady of Sion School in Year 9 with an Art Scholarship - Make it stand out Katie won an Art Scholarship to Our Lady of Sion School. She’s pictured here in the school’s airy Art Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/2c96f56a-ca8d-4276-86ee-1cae33ac460c/katie+boothby+corridor+sion.jpg Leaver interviews - Katie moved to Our Lady of Sion School in Year 9 with an Art Scholarship - “Overall, I feel that going to Our Lady of Sion School has really helped with my independence. Having a larger year group means you can meet more people. There are a lot of school trips and out-of-school activities, too, which makes school life exciting. As the school's in the centre of Worthing, you can go into town with your friends at the day's end, too.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/fcb9f9dc-2949-489d-b13c-c910d7f2b63c/sion+school.jpg Leaver interviews - Katie moved to Our Lady of Sion School in Year 9 with an Art Scholarship - Our Lady of Sion School The ISC says: “Our Lady of Sion is a town centre co-educational school, founded in 1862, taking boys and girls from nursery through to sixth form. It offers a complete wrap-around education in a caring family community, and aims to help young people to reach their highest potential. GCSE and A-Level results are consistently good; the majority of students go on to higher education at their first choice universities.” Muddy Stillettoes Sussex says: “Founded in 1862 by the Sisters of Sion, it’s part of the worldwide Sion family of schools but no longer observes just the Catholic faith, instead opening to all faiths and none. Without a doubt, this is one of the most unique and personality-filled schools in the county. T he curriculum is flexible and teachers relish the opportunity to be more driven by the children’s interests whilst maintaining academic excellence. The school is bustling but corridors are calm and many of the study spaces have a meditative feel. The more time spent at Sion, the more the school’s unique and outward-looking ethos of Consideration Always comes to life. Good for: Curious, thoughtful, academic, creative, sensitive and community-minded children who will all thrive here and find their intelligence and outlook stimulated and developed while their wellbeing needs are met. Fees are more attainable than some other Sussex schools. Not for: Super athletic types might prefer a more competitive sporting school. Facilities are thoughtful, unique and top-level in places, but won’t impress compared to some of the pricier, purpose-built independent schools.” www.sionschool.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/74de79af-1047-4063-9320-d919258de345/katie+boothby+outside+sion+school.jpg Leaver interviews - Katie moved to Our Lady of Sion School in Year 9 with an Art Scholarship - “The class sizes are small enough here for you to get the attention and support you need from the teachers. The year group, too, is large enough to give you lots of different people to become friends with. Most classes have three ability sets and like at Sompting Abbotts, the teachers are really supportive and encouraging.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/8ac5756b-1027-45a7-ab1d-a381911355d4/katie+b+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Katie moved to Our Lady of Sion School in Year 9 with an Art Scholarship - “I feel like Sompting Abbotts' curriculum gave me a great grounding for starting here at Sion. I can tell that the academic rigour (and pressure!) of the Common Entrance exams I did at Sompting Abbotts have helped to give me a head start with my GCSEs.” – Katie, pictured at Sompting Abbotts, far left https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/annabelle-won-a-place-at-christs-hospital-from-year-9 monthly 0.5 2023-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6bf6bd0a-f4b8-4102-b3f6-93ccc2889afd/annabelle+christ%27s+hospital+uniform.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out Annabelle wearing her ‘Housey’ and traditional Christ’s Hospital uniform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/41b43444-32bf-4637-b289-2bc77647f8aa/Day+Room+in+Leigh+Hunt+A+Boarding+House+copy.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out The day room in Annabelle’s dorm house, where pupils gather to relax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/883fbb4e-a639-4762-8211-062e233ae34c/Dining+Hall+copy.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out The Dining Hall at Christ’s Hospital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/69b474a6-3b94-4fa1-bc9a-7687f7e81c36/CH+Quad+copy.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Christ’s Hospital The ISC says: “Christ’s Hospital is a remarkable school, it is the UK’s leading charitable school and largest bursary charity. The school was established in 1552 and provides free or greatly reduced cost places to over 630 of its 900 pupils – this is more than any other organisation in the UK. Christ’s Hospital provides each pupil with stability and the opportunity to thrive. 98% of pupils go on to university and leavers take with them the confidence they will need to achieve success at university and beyond.” Tatler says: “Parents are drawn by the diversity, with one claiming it is ‘the most ethnically and socially diverse boarding school in the country’ and lauding the fact that this ‘enables pupils to make lifelong friends with people they would never have come into contact with otherwise’.” The school is located outside Horsham, West Sussex. www.christs-hospital.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/d20537db-bb10-4bcd-af69-5550aeb55c48/Servery+1+copy.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out Pupils at Christ’s Hospital choose their meals buffet-style from the servery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6e59637c-e089-4c60-a412-6d25440e5abf/band+marching+at+christ%27s+hospital.jpeg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out Over 100 young musicians make up the famous Christ’s Hospital Band which gathers four days a week with its oboes, piccolos, tubas, drums and more to march all 900 pupils into lunch, through the school’s vast quad – a unique and spectacular tradition at Christ’s Hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3179bd7a-2ac0-4a9f-a840-e0292ed533a3/Matron%27s+Office+-+Pigeonholes+copy.jpg Leaver interviews - Annabelle became a boarder at Christ's Hospital from Year 9 having won an Academic Scholarship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/veronica-describes-her-move-to-roedean-school-in-year-9 monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/c91b4a1c-620f-40d9-935f-c7b2ba81fcd8/veronica+at+roedean+school.jpeg Leaver interviews - Veronica won an Art Scholarship to Roedean School and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Veronica, outside Roedean School, which she joined in Year 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/d444ff69-a4f5-445d-be9f-a0fa0cda22c2/veronica+outdoors+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Veronica won an Art Scholarship to Roedean School and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Veronica, in the grounds of Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7dba146f-9268-486b-bce8-871f40963895/veronica+and+netball+team+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Veronica won an Art Scholarship to Roedean School and joined in Year 9 - Make it stand out Veronica, top left, with her netball team at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/ada3e056-9ef0-48db-8611-bf125a686783/Roedean+School.jpg Leaver interviews - Veronica won an Art Scholarship to Roedean School and joined in Year 9 - Roedean School Founded in 1885, Roedean School is an independent day and boarding school for girls in East Sussex. Its campus has a spectacular view over Brighton Marina and the English Channel, with a private tunnel down to the beach. The ISC says: “Roedean provides an outstanding holistic education for 630 day and boarding girls from 11 to 18. They have the space to grow up at their own pace and realise their full potential, and, happy and confident, they thrive in this environment. Academic results are impressive, and the girls' studies are complemented by a range of co-curricular activities – it is precisely this rounded education which produces independent and creative young women who will make their mark in the world.” 01273 667500 www.roedean.co.uk https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/aran-took-up-a-place-at-brighton-college-in-year-9 monthly 0.5 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1646604584056-9YS1R9K10O7M4TZ354WE/Aran+brighton+college.jpg Leaver interviews - Aran took up a place at Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/df9da5ba-2e8d-433b-84be-e13bbe365b6f/Aran+with+other+scholarship+winners+at+Sompting+Abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Aran took up a place at Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out Aran, second from left, with other scholarship winners in his year group at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f85ff734-1c66-4325-9690-827310c5aadf/Aran+in+science+lab+at+Sompting+Abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Aran took up a place at Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out Aran, Year 7, in the science lab at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/465f3a11-6010-4896-9189-5e0104eaab03/Brighton+College.jpg Leaver interviews - Aran took up a place at Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Brighton College The Sunday Times rates Brighton College as the highest ranked co-educational school in the United Kingdom and describes it as a school “where confidence, kindness and curiosity are championed”. The ISC says: “Brighton College is a co-educational 11-18 day and boarding school. The children are cheerful, balanced, at ease with themselves and each other: yet excited and enthused by the challenges before them. Brighton College succeeds in combining academic excellence with a wealth of co-curricular opportunities, all underpinned by a deep commitment to the individual needs and enthusiasms of each child.” www.brightoncollege.org.uk Tel: 01273 704200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/49f0697b-f0c4-415a-a09b-f92bfcd948c9/Aran%2C+surfing+on+Year+8+Cornwall+trip.jpg Leaver interviews - Aran took up a place at Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out Aran, far right, surfing, during his Year 8 trip to Cornwall https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/rosalind-won-a-year-9-drama-scholarship-to-lancing-college monthly 0.5 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/76ac2211-ebb0-4187-a3db-bf66c15ec099/rosalind+lancing+college+uniform.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1e6cbeb2-3963-4d80-a49d-d71863db99a2/rosalind+hockey.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - “The sports are great here too … … The coaches are always so encouraging. They feel like part of the team. I got onto the A hockey team and played in defence for both the third and fourth form. This year in the fifth form, I’ve played in the seconds team in lots of matches against other schools. I made the B team for netball in the third and fourth form and the U16As in fifth form. You make lots of friends in the process and the team spirit is epic” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/328abf3f-8db6-4080-a6aa-ba2cc1c433e0/rosalind+with+horse.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - Equestrian Centre “Lancing has an equestrian centre. I kept my pony in it until she had to retire and will have my new horse there. It’s so incredible having your own horse at school and going down to see them in activity time in the day. We have an equestrian team that goes out to compete for the college, as well as internal competitions at the yard for all pupils. You don’t need a horse to take part. The yard has college horses for all students to use. Anyone can have lessons, even if you’ve never been on a horse before.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7760846b-cf83-44bd-9b48-3237b5d0b4bb/rosalind+ccf.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - Combined Cadet Force “I’m also part of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) here. It’s an educational partnership between the school and the Ministry of Defence. So I get to do lots of challenging, exciting, adventurous and educational activities.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/66f89c50-6d7e-44f2-a38c-6dcc1ae133ba/Lancing+College+aerial+view.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - Lancing College The ISC says: “Set in spectacular countryside, Lancing College is a co-educational school with a reputation for academic excellence. Extensive facilities are complemented by dedicated teaching staff and outstanding pastoral care. Pupils' lives are enriched with sporting and cultural opportunities. Lancing is a happy, busy community dedicated to the nurturing of independent minds and well-rounded individuals.” Muddy Stillettoes Sussex says: “An academically selective co-ed day and boarding school for 13-18 year olds occupying a self-contained campus within the South Downs housing some 600 pupils. Although it’s easily accessed via the A27 and overlooks the coast, the campus itself is charmingly rural. It’s famed for the largest school chapel in the world with an imposing Gothic Revival building that towers imperiously over the surrounding area, a veritable king of the hill. Exceptionally visually impressive, Lancing has a distinctly open-minded and holistic feel to it.” www.lancingcollege.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/dbdf8933-a0a9-429b-adcc-88db636d32d5/rosalind+as+carol+in+black+comedy.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - “Arriving here with a Drama Scholarship has meant … … I’ve had access to amazing drama workshops and masterclasses working with professionals. Lancing College puts on a wide range of plays every year. Since joining, I’ve been in My Fair Lady, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Schaffer’s Black Comedy and Macbeth. My GCSE drama studies have helped develop my writing, directing and acting skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/24ff16aa-5fe1-4b76-8258-7e7e64057f66/rosalind+and+friends+from+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Rosalind won a Year 9 Drama Scholarship to Lancing College - Rosalind’s advice for Sompting Abbotts children starting at Lancing College … • With your interviews and scholarships, remember to always be yourself. Lancing College wants you to be you. • Don’t worry about coping with the work at Lancing College. Sompting Abbotts prepares you so well. You’ll have strong foundations in place for learning. • Don’t just stick to what you know, or what you’re already good at. There are lots of opportunities at Lancing (like the third form ‘carousel’ where you get to try all the activities on offer). Give everything a go, even if you’re convinced you don’t like it. You may surprise yourself. • Make yourself known to the teachers or sports coaches in subjects or sports you’re keen about. You’ll get to meet them on the induction days and they want to hear from you. • Don’t only stick with your peers from Sompting Abbotts. Reach out to other students (even if they’re not in your house). The friendships I made at the start of third form have lasted. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/reece-joined-lancing-college-in-year-9-as-a-flexi-boarder monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6e7a4910-4b3d-47ea-9d9c-a52e08445905/reece+outside+lancing+college.jpg Leaver interviews - Reece joined Lancing College in Year 9 having achieved the Headmaster's Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/8d0f974d-af69-4619-8c0d-87546797d349/reece+playing+field+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - Reece joined Lancing College in Year 9 having achieved the Headmaster's Award - Make it stand out Reece, second from right, on the sports field at Lancing College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/9358fb63-3e2a-4883-993e-5285188cce35/reece+and+fellow+pupils+at+lancing+college.jpeg Leaver interviews - Reece joined Lancing College in Year 9 having achieved the Headmaster's Award - Make it stand out Reece, far right, with other members of Teme House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/66f89c50-6d7e-44f2-a38c-6dcc1ae133ba/Lancing+College+aerial+view.jpg Leaver interviews - Reece joined Lancing College in Year 9 having achieved the Headmaster's Award - Lancing College The ISC says: “Set in spectacular countryside, Lancing College is a co-educational school with a reputation for academic excellence. Extensive facilities are complemented by dedicated teaching staff and outstanding pastoral care. Pupils' lives are enriched with sporting and cultural opportunities. Lancing is a happy, busy community dedicated to the nurturing of independent minds and well-rounded individuals.” Muddy Stillettoes Sussex says: “An academically selective co-ed day and boarding school for 13-18 year olds occupying a self-contained campus within the South Downs housing some 600 pupils. Although it’s easily accessed via the A27 and overlooks the coast, the campus itself is charmingly rural. It’s famed for the largest school chapel in the world with an imposing Gothic Revival building that towers imperiously over the surrounding area, a veritable king of the hill. Exceptionally visually impressive, Lancing has a distinctly open-minded and holistic feel to it.” www.lancingcollege.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/54604ad9-5823-442d-93a5-c4f87b46ab82/reece+and+trophy+sompting+abbotts.jpeg Leaver interviews - Reece joined Lancing College in Year 9 having achieved the Headmaster's Award - Make it stand out Reece, receiving a trophy at Sompting Abbotts from Principal Mrs Sinclair https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/george-achieved-a-scholarship-to-brighton-college monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1647378788333-MB55ON7I8LH84ZRL5WZ0/george+brighton+college+uniform.jpeg Leaver interviews - George moved on to Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out George, in his Brighton College uniform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/297a6934-c362-4c30-a713-da1444aaef7b/george+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Leaver interviews - George moved on to Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out George (far right), at Sompting Abbotts, with other pupils in his year group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/465f3a11-6010-4896-9189-5e0104eaab03/Brighton+College.jpg Leaver interviews - George moved on to Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Brighton College The Sunday Times rates Brighton College as the highest ranked co-educational school in the United Kingdom and describes it as a school “where confidence, kindness and curiosity are championed”. The ISC says: “Brighton College is a co-educational 11-18 day and boarding school. The children are cheerful, balanced, at ease with themselves and each other: yet excited and enthused by the challenges before them. Brighton College succeeds in combining academic excellence with a wealth of co-curricular opportunities, all underpinned by a deep commitment to the individual needs and enthusiasms of each child.” www.brightoncollege.org.uk Tel: 01273 704200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/2519b594-9eaa-4ed9-87c7-4ab2f25fe20c/george+cornwall+trip+sompting+abbots.jpg Leaver interviews - George moved on to Brighton College in Year 9 with an Academic Award - Make it stand out George (far right), with other pupils from Sompting Abbotts, during their Year 8 trip to Cornwall https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/anthony-moved-to-steyning-grammar-in-year-9 monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/deebae85-aeb5-4354-b737-8615fd9d2fc9/Anthony+at+Steyning+Grammar.jpg Leaver interviews - Anthony began at Steyning Grammar in Year 9 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f925c05a-bd05-4614-bd4f-665fd9aec179/anthony+lawrence+at+sompting+abbotts.jpeg Leaver interviews - Anthony began at Steyning Grammar in Year 9 - Make it stand out Anthony at Sompting Abbotts (pictured far right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/fb1877c2-df36-4a5e-8ef0-30331dd2bb41/steyning+grammar+school.jpg Leaver interviews - Anthony began at Steyning Grammar in Year 9 - Steyning Grammar School Steyning Grammar School became part of BET (Bohunt Education Trust) in 2021. It is a co-educational day and boarding, senior school and sixth form, located in Steyning but with multiple sites, in Steyning, Storrington and Upper Beeding. The school is now the largest state school in West Sussex with over 2,200 students, aged 11 - 18 years, including 450 sixth form students. It has boarding facilities accommodating 120 students. The designated catchment area for the Year 7 intake is from two localities: Chanctonbury Schools (Partridge Green, Henfield, Ashurst, Steyning and Upper Beeding) and STARS Schools (Amberley, Ashington, Storrington, Thakeham, Washington and West Chiltington). 01903 814555 www.sgs.uk.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7dc3931d-948f-4322-a935-2575d84a15c3/anthony+lawrence+in+cornwall+on+sompting+abbotts+year+8+trip.jpg Leaver interviews - Anthony began at Steyning Grammar in Year 9 - Make it stand out Anthony (centre in green t-shirt) during the Year 8 trip to Cornwall https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/beatrice-tells-us-about-her-move-to-burgess-hill-girls-school monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3b8377f0-1323-40fa-9cfa-7cfbaf0cac59/beatrice+burgess+hill+girls+school.jpg Leaver interviews - Beatrice moved to Burgess Hill Girls School in Year 7 - Make it stand out Beatrice in her new school uniform at Burgess Hill Girls School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/18027d55-ad70-498b-96c6-2d55bdfe6f2a/burgess+hill+girls+school.jpg Leaver interviews - Beatrice moved to Burgess Hill Girls School in Year 7 - Burgess Hill Girls School The ISC says: “Burgess Hill Girls is an ‘excellent’ rated Independent day and boarding school in the heart of Sussex. It is a through school for girls aged two to 18. The Nursery (which is co-ed), Pre-Prep, Prep, Senior School and Sixth Form are all located on the same campus, a 14-acre conservation area centrally located in Burgess Hill close to the main road and rail links to Brighton and London.” 01444 241050 https://burgesshillgirls.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/afa8f623-3784-48d2-ae02-3b64b0403c6f/beatrice+and+toby.jpg Leaver interviews - Beatrice moved to Burgess Hill Girls School in Year 7 - Make it stand out Beatrice, with her brother, Toby, at Sompting Abbotts https://www.somptingabbotts.com/leaver-interviews/category/Leaver+interviews monthly 0.5 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/senior-school-logos daily 0.75 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645710990065-PTXW117PZQC8J9U5S8YO/Brighton+College+logo.png Senior School logos - Brighton College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645710990065-PTXW117PZQC8J9U5S8YO/Brighton+College+logo.png Senior School logos - Brighton College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645710990008-E29O6VK93AQ75AXCN9U1/Lancing+College+Logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645711006595-BTJCY497E9KVMVM1SW1N/christ%27s+hospital+logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645710990626-2ZTWDZ0DY9I3IOG8E79T/roedean+logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645711006739-V29DMMNFNMP79V0OUW5S/hurst+college+logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645711018407-ZAR2X16WKLRPUKDWFFSY/burgess+hill+girls+logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645711018436-DODGJDVIF9K2R3DE95FI/farlington+school+logo.png Senior School logos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645711019074-WAG4KB5NA6PXFLHC0VYA/worth+school+logo.png Senior School logos https://www.somptingabbotts.com/staff-gallery daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674295797295-D8DVPW8519MT6DKLMRE0/patricia-sinclair.JPG Staff gallery - Patricia Sinclair, Principal Patricia Sinclair is the Proprietor and has served as Principal of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School since 1995. Read about the Sinclair family history here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674295797295-D8DVPW8519MT6DKLMRE0/patricia-sinclair.JPG Staff gallery - Patricia Sinclair, Principal Patricia Sinclair is the Proprietor and has served as Principal of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School since 1995. Read about the Sinclair family history here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1773654228637-Q5SS91U06A07ZYCUP3QK/david%2Bsinclair Staff gallery - David Sinclair, Principal & Bursar David Sinclair is the Proprietor and Principal. As Bursar, he is also responsible for the conduct of the school’s financial affairs, business management and material state of the premises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1688478444120-Z7AHAI0LJ23CQIO9UV3A/chris+gunn+head+of+PE+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Staff gallery - Chris Gunn, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Headmaster Mr Gunn, formerly Head of Games, became Headmaster in September 2023. His two sons are pupils at the school and his wife, Felicity, is a teacher in the Pre-Prep Department. “Knowing that my children's future is intertwined with that of Sompting Abbotts’ makes me doubly committed to the school's long-term success!” he says. Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674297399032-KUC0RI9GI3VRLR78XTVI/claire-scale-head-of-science-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Staff gallery - Claire Scale, B.Sc.(Hons) P.G.C.E., Academic Lead & Head of Science “At Sompting Abbotts, we’re lucky to teach motivated children. They work hard, play hard and always try their best. It’s the children that make each day at this school a special place to work. Teaching Science, it’s rewarding to be able to inspire boys and girls to potentially become future biologists, zoologists, engineers, vets, doctors and more ...” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674296191571-L07470RDKKLCFFPKU313/14.jpg Staff gallery - Rachael Kelly, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E., Director of Studies “Smaller classes allow me to focus on each individual and tailor work to provide the correct level of challenge which pushes each child to reach their potential. Teachers are urged to use the school and grounds to their full potential, which is refreshing, as I see so many other schools retreating to within the classroom.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1615712190207-UYN8GNRB2XQJ3B3NQ5WU/kirsty+miles+pre+prep+teacher+sompting+abbotts.JPG Staff gallery - Kirsty Miles, B.Sc. (Hons) Q.T.S., Head of Pre-Prep “Having taught in a state school before joining Sompting Abbotts I had become disillusioned how it was about league tables and performance rather than meeting individual needs. Sompting Abbotts has allowed me to fall back in love with teaching, letting me tailor lessons to needs rather than ploughing through an overcrowded curriculum.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1767785654284-O1MR2A5W8C9SB3FI2J5Z/Stuart%2Bdouch%2Boutside%2Bbuilding.jpg Staff gallery - Stuart Douch, B.A. (Hons), M.A., Head of English and History Stuart Douch served as Headmaster from 2013 - 2023. He now teaches our seniors English. He was a pupil himself at Sompting Abbotts, and was then educated at Lancing College. He holds an MA in Modern Literature, Culture and Creative Writing from the University of Kent. Read more here.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693845558164-MSWUH7ZBYNJSA7WU1TZI/angela+farley+head+of+maths+sompting+abbotts Staff gallery - Dawn Nel, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E., Q.T.S., Head of Mathematics “Maths is everywhere, no matter what you see or do…” says Dawn Nel, who is passionate about teaching Maths and its application in everyday life. She taught Maths at independent school, The Hall, in Wimbledon, London, for over 20 years and has also worked in the state sector. Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693845472232-XJLZFFRNW1EZC21ZNJA6/vince+lawrence+head+of+geography Staff gallery - Tim Hills, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Geography & History Head “Geography and History are such important subjects to provide context to the present. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability and natural resources are much easier understood, for example, by those who know Geography well. So, I strive to inspire the same love of the subjects in those who I teach! ” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674297105937-HWY05ZGWFLITS6G120C5/andrea+tewkesbury+art+teacher+sompting+abbotts.jpg Staff gallery - Andrea Tewkesbury, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Head of Art “What I love about teaching art is the pure creativity: that the children can express themselves as they want and there’s no right or wrong. I don’t have silence in the studio – the atmosphere is always bubbly. It’s a space where they can be a bit noisy and spontaneous.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674297797616-8SP0NW705PS97I01PN13/annette-williamson-head-of-music-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Staff gallery - Annette Williamson, B.A. (Hons), Head of Music “Many of my pupils have gained Music Scholarships to leading independent schools. I’m passionate about helping children realise their full potential and fostering in them a love of music that will stay with them throughout their lives.” View Profile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674298181027-6Q2HATIQYGI375Z5I5M0/betty+sachet+teacher+of+french+senior+school+sompting+abbotts.JPG Staff gallery - Betty Sachet, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Head of French Madame Sachet is from Rennes, Brittany. “Being able to communicate with someone in his or her language is an incredible gift. For children in the world ahead, language fluency may well offer them a competitive edge and open up more career opportunities.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567440113033-V81YP5LXFJ854LVRVGKN/isobel+monaghan+latin+teacher+sompting+abbotts Staff gallery - Isobel Monaghan, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E., Head of Latin “At Sompting Abbotts, it’s really possible to deliver a ‘bespoke’ education, selecting the type of course and approach best suited to each child. As a polyglot, I know that studying Latin has useful connections to many modern European languages. It’s a highly organised and logical language, much like maths, so sharpens the mind and builds problem-solving skills.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674407251211-1DAGB8D3MXM4TOY5VSFI/sarah+monaghan+.jpg Staff gallery - Sarah Monaghan, B.A. (Hons), NCTJ (Dip), Marketing & Communications Sarah Monaghan is a marketing consultant who assists the school with its strategic, visual and digital communications and is responsible for the school’s website development, design and content. Email: marketing@somptingabbotts.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567441316376-NX0SVWV0206PNUWI72TE/david+buckingham.jpg Staff gallery - David Buckingham, B. Sc., Junior History and Games “Mr ‘B’ as the children love to call him is our history and games teacher who also runs our popular Gardening Club and is a passionate ornithologist. Those in his form look forward to their early morning ‘Tweet of the Day’ outings around the grounds several days a week – binoculars in tow.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630951819236-N1NEQ49UTFQMI4A1ZKG9/lucy+turton+english+and+drama+teacher+sompting+abbotts.JPG Staff gallery - Lucy Turton, B.S. (Hons) P.G.C.E., English and Junior Girls' Games “You can tell straight away that the school has a big heart, and that the staff and pupils alike are more like a family than an institution. I love that the children here have the space and time to grow as individuals and develop their curiosity and imagination.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674304927013-MD5EGALJ7CACS9SE4IPJ/image-asset.jpeg Staff gallery - Tina Mastromarino, BA (Hons), Dip SEND, SpLD L5, Head of Learning Support “We create an environment where each pupil can achieve their own potential no matter what their ability. Through adult support, and degrees of differentiation, all sections of the school seek to provide the opportunity for each pupil to access the curriculum, join in lesson activities and achieve success.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674380297410-0WI7KD3SR0LA5CH9Y0S8/claire+amiss+%281%29.jpg Staff gallery - Claire Amiss, B.A.(Hons) Ed., Head of Girls' Games “I’m a huge rugby fan! I was a winger and played, county, regional and played in an England A match. As a girls’ games specialist, I’m very keen to involve them all, differentiate my lessons according to ability, and ensure all lessons are fun whilst the pupils achieve. I want the girls to be able to play football and rugby too.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567440994719-YCI7VEZHM0OODYDFJ6YS/joanna-carrington-head-of-pre-prep-sompting-abbotts-west-sussex-prep-school Staff gallery - Joanna Carrington, B.Ed., Pre-Prep Teacher “Having taught Early Years children for 20 years, I know how the transition from nursery to ‘big school’ or Reception can seem huge. But with the right preparation, your pre-schooler will be just as able to meet the challenge as the little mouse who took on the Gruffalo. What I (and the children!) love here is the freedom to use the woods and grounds literally as our outdoor classroom.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1686157905839-W582BECBIMJF3PA6D7GA/felicity+gunn+headshot.jpg Staff gallery - Felicity Gunn, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Reception Teacher “I feel Reception should be about providing children lots of opportunities to experience new things and to lay the foundation for all the learning that lays ahead of them. However your child feels coming into Reception - which naturally will be a mixture of apprehension and excitement - it’s my aim for them to thrive, have fun and develop their skills as learners.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630928115347-8SRNSR5JCGJ8YD2V3COO/kirstin+slater+reception+teacher+sompting+abbotts.JPG Staff gallery - Kirstin Slater, B.A. (Hons) Q.T.S., Reception Teacher “No matter what you plan, every single day is different and filled with all those little important stories and conversations that are so important to a four- and five-year-old. Children approach all aspects of learning with open eyes and untainted views. I’m constantly learning from them!” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567440392867-YF0UP2JMONSKFFF0UQGP/linda+gates Staff gallery - Linda Gates, B.Sc. (Hons) P.G.C.E., Pre-Prep Teacher “I moved from the state school system because I wanted to work within a school that took a different approach. The small class sizes make a huge difference here (to my teaching and to the children’s attainment) and there’s a much greater sense of freedom, both in terms of the curriculum and the physical space available.” Read profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1674301819006-VD54N9OXF93EVNUFUA2T/sarah+stuart+sompting+abbotts.jpg Staff gallery - Sarah Stuart, Level 3 Child Care, Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant Sarah Stuart provides support in the classroom environment, working with individual pupils or groups of children in specific lessons. She’s also a trained dance and ballet teacher and runs our Pre-Prep ballet lessons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567440488627-8CM0YAIKJSFFPRRLIYEG/10.jpg Staff gallery - Karen Andrews, NNEB Dip Nursery Nursing, Early Years Teaching Assistant Karen Andrews assists with the running of Sompting Abbotts’ Nursery and Pre-School, supporting staff in the delivery of the Early Years Curriculum to our Early Years. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/thank-you-for-making-appointment daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/make-an-appointment-to-visit daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/thank-you-page-book-a-tour daily 0.75 2025-05-15 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/our-insight daily 0.75 2025-05-21 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/pre-prep daily 0.75 2023-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1686152048213-B9VKQZVJH1X8RD23L3EC/pre-prep+children+running+PE.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/0d7c929f-f9c4-43ec-9b3e-f82d09919d44/pre-prep+class+reception.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - Hands-on learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620819389210-F05KKFIVJU3TIBPDFHVL/class+discussion+woods+sompting+abbotts.JPG Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - As a school, Sompting Abbotts is unashamedly passionate about the importance of ‘anchoring’ our children in nature and promoting well-being. For our Pre-Prep, this has a special relevance. Many were ‘pandemic pupils’ during a critical time for social development. Having observed higher levels of anxiety, we now run weekly outdoor mindfulness sessions (sharing feelings, yoga and ‘quiet listening’ to the sounds of the breeze or birds), as well as our daily in-class Circle Time, where children share news, thoughts and feelings with their teacher and peers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3c79571a-f33b-471d-aa13-c20ec9fc8c31/pre-prep+group.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1621852515173-D5A6WDOLHUNF6LZJ89WN/outdoor+play+in+walled+garden+at+sompting+abbotts Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - Make it stand out Outdoor play on equipment in the school’s walled orchard garden. (Originally this was Sompting Abbotts Manor House kitchen garden). Learn more about the school history here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620822292568-QZKOXH5WQF3764O87WJ5/laughter+at+school-small.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - Make it stand out Baking fun in a Reception class when flour finds its way onto a nose! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519825399178-UJQ0A23VINAR5KMQOLNE/IMG_1776+copy.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - Our top 30 story book recommendations for Key Stage 1 children (age 5 - 7) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620822458757-NGE6TFSCYZJ0376QDJ9B/ipad+in+the+woods+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Pre-Prep | Worthing private schools - Outdoor learning Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/why-choose-sompting-abbotts daily 0.75 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1615978515835-LZLUR4PHBBUU74A4Y0ID/boys%2Bin%2Blatin%2Bclass.jpg Why Sompting Abbotts? | Private schools near Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504530715082-TLN2OFBXBK0FSCFXEYG5/private-schools-in-west-sussex-sompting-abbotts-headmaster-stuart-douch Why Sompting Abbotts? | Private schools near Worthing - "Call us traditional – we are. But in a progressive way. We use all the opportunities technology creates for learning by our digital natives. Some of these might even become programmers of the future thanks to our Coding Club. But we still believe the best apps for children’s learning are their teachers ..." Stuart Douch, Headmaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1501532929706-O5IGGPTGXQ64BAEBE52Q/sports+day+pre-prep+prize-giving+presentation+at+sompting+abbotts Why Sompting Abbotts? | Private schools near Worthing - A blue-print for education As parents, we want to make our children ‘future-proof’ and never has it been more important to provide children with an excellent preparatory foundation. Your child will most likely live to be more than 100 years of age. They will be surrounded by more data than any previous generation but more reliant than ever on the skills needed to convert it into knowledge. Preparatory schools believe passionately in providing children with the space to be able to ‘learn how to learn’. They lift children from the monotony of Minecraft and inspire them to celebrate higher-order thinking in themselves and in others. Edward Balfour, Headmaster of Beechwood Park School. Read the full article here: UKboardingschools.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502395147074-C5UMQDMPRBS90UJBM8DQ/alex-preston-pupil-sompting-abbotts-school Why Sompting Abbotts? | Private schools near Worthing - "If my children are as happy at school as I was at West Sussex prep school Sompting Abbotts, they'll have done well." Today, former Sompting Abbotts pupil, Alex Preston, is an award-winning novelist and journalist. He left the school having achieved a scholarship to Lancing College and went onto study English at Oxford. He is the author of several award-winning novels including: This Bleeding City, The Revelations and In Love and War. How did your time at Sompting Abbotts prepare you for life ahead? Sompting Abbotts nourished a deep love of learning in me. The teachers were so enthusiastic and dedicated. I loved the school library! It’s still the image that comes to my mind when I hear the word. I remember reading so much there that has stayed with me ever since. The school was a place of extraordinary warmth and joy. If I could go back in a time machine there, I would. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/our-location daily 0.75 2021-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502814248094-HY3GCCM9MF63MP8WZXRJ/IMG_0346.jpg Location | Leading private schools West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502219233433-VZGZAXC1WV7H0B0V1S2H/Sompting+Abbotts+is+a+Sussex+private+school+near+Steyning Location | Leading private schools West Sussex - Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School sits within the South Downs National Park Sompting Abbotts is private primary school in Sussex near Worthing and Steyning that's surrounded by countryside. It's located inside the South Downs National Park. Around us are gentle slopes running down towards the sea and steep scarp slopes. Nearby high points are Steep Down, Cissbury and Chanctonbury Rings, Steyning Bowl and Lancing Clump, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a choice of beautiful walks along footpaths close to the school. Many of the hillsides have open access to the flower-rich grasslands of the Downs. For inspiration, visit Sompting Estate's excellent website here. 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The building dates from 1856. Classes in Defence against the Dark Arts are not part of the curriculum ... But pupils do enjoy spellbinding views of the coastline from Beachy Head to the Isle of Wight. Legend has it the school has a resident ghost: the Black Abbott! Learn more about the school history here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525183720805-3W86FJR7KJ1KSLFDR6QK/sompting-abbotts-nursery-west-sussex-30-hours-free-entitlement About Sompting Abbotts | West Sussex prep school - Sompting Abbotts Nursery Sompting Abbotts Nursery is close to Worthing, Steyning and Hove. It accepts the 30 hours Free Entitlement for all eligible 2, 3 and 4 year olds. 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Sompting Abbotts, and the surrounding estate, have been continuously settled since Neolithic times. Where children now play in Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School grounds, Romans once marched. The Chichester–Brighton Roman road runs right through the school parkland. The Saxons called Sompting ‘Sultinges’, the land of the swamp-dwellers, due to its marshy grounds. Sompting Abbotts was known as Sompting Manor in the 11th century. Its name changed after 1066 and the Norman invasion when it fell into the hands of the Abbey of Fécamp and then in 1414 it became part of the estate of Syon Abbey in Middlesex. Following Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the monasteries, Sompting Abbotts was granted in 1540 to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and then to the Earl of Arundel. It was then owned by a succession of yeomen families. By 1830, the manor and its 1,500 acres had descended to Reverend P.G. Croft. In the early-18th century, Sompting Abbotts would have looked very different to today. Then it was a large manor house with a symmetrical south front of five bays. Photo credit: www.lancing-sompting-pastfinders.org.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1565115929752-YTZEEKF29H5C8FF3GAU4/sompting-abbotts-school-by-charles-hardwick-pictured-in-1913 History | Best primary schools in Worthing | Worthing private school - The Architect Behind Sompting Abbotts’ Twirling Turrets and Towers In 1855, Sompting Abbotts' owners, the Croft family, decided to update and transform the building into a residence altogether more spectacular. Henry Croft was a Romantic and influenced by the fashionable Neo-Gothic movement. He commissioned the celebrated architect Phillip Charles Hardwick to create his sumptuous new home. Hardwick was the leading architect of grandiose banking offices, including Drummond's in Trafalgar Square. His best-known work was the Great Hall of Euston railway station. He was architect to the Bank of England from 1855 to 1883. He was also responsible for the architectural design of Charterhouse School, Surrey, and Great Western Royal Hotel at Paddington Station. Hardwick's creation for Sompting Abbotts was completed in 1856. It featured flat flint stonework, steep slate roofs, casement lancet windows, stone mullions, spikey spires, octagonal towers, secret spiral staircases and a castellated parapet. For the children at this independent school near Worthing, Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School, today, the architectural terms have little significance. For them, their lofty school building simply inspires their imaginations and makes them dream. Of Hogwarts, the Disney Castle and Sleeping Beauty’s palace... 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Pre-Prep children enjoy a weekly forest school-style excursion and the Main School uses the grounds for all kinds of nature discovery and field learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503657664999-OEABDEDKCX9DKB5XRTVA/ariel-view-sompting-abbotts-a-sussex-independent-school Grounds | Top West Sussex Prep School Sompting Abbotts - Watch this space ... Walk through the parkland estate of West Sussex independent school Sompting Abbotts and you might well hear the tap-tap of the greater spotted woodpecker! The grounds constitute an open-air classroom we use year-round. Children get fully immersed in the change of seasons and plenty of opportunities for wildlife spotting. Be it squirrels, rabbits, foxes, voles, bats or badgers. Or buzzards, corn bunting, skylark, lapwing or birds of prey. Or wildflowers such as Devil's Bit Scabious, Scarlet Pimpernel or the rare Burnt Orchid. Our wild pond is an exciting wetland habitat too for science studies and to encounter water boatmen, dragonflies, newts and frogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502226778115-L8LRC3C6TRZ1S7XZ8PRT/sompting-abbotts-cricket-success Grounds | Top West Sussex Prep School Sompting Abbotts - The cricket pitch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502226602202-SLYAYO0CW17HJYNYV9P1/sompting-abbotts-heated-swimming-pool Grounds | Top West Sussex Prep School Sompting Abbotts - The heated swimming pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502225308617-ENZ79JB2IFKRQ82Z07V5/image-asset.jpeg Grounds | Top West Sussex Prep School Sompting Abbotts - The tennis and netball courts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502226688180-YMDPG4XC3MR4TCWVUJ3O/sompting-abbotts-early-years-playground Grounds | Top West Sussex Prep School Sompting Abbotts - The Early Years walled garden https://www.somptingabbotts.com/nursery daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525183160635-F92C3UYXJJI55FKXLSHP/IMG_2214.JPG Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504706191963-WYQA546AH77D1TUDMRZW/best-nursery-near-worthing-sompting-abbotts-prep-school Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525252370388-W5A2DDZWL9NIZALZH7V1/sompting+abbotts+nursery+daycare+near+worthing Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502808177686-WCQXB4788JT2EAPLG1WB/sompting-abbotts-forest-school-activities Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - If you go down to the woods today... Children at our nursery near Worthing, Lancing and Steyning enjoy at least one weekly excursion into our 'outdoor classroom' – our woods and grounds – for forest school-style activities to learn about wildlife and the change of seasons. We're right in the South Downs National Park and they get to build dens, go on mini-bug hunts, collect conkers and pine cones and see how the seasons change. If it's wet or cold, we simply wrap up and put our wellies on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1621341746276-UHIUJZTT4NC67QHES0JB/nursery+children+at+sompting+abbotts+spotting+trains+in+the+distance.jpeg Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - Make it stand out “I can see one!” Nursery children spotting trains in the distance from the gate of the their walled garden play area! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502806476046-BBXRAAJTN0N0IH9ZLCZA/best-outdoor-play-facilities-west-sussex-nurseries Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - Nursery near Worthing, Lancing and Steyning Sompting Abbotts is a nursery in the Worthing area that offers the Extended Free Entitlement of 30 hours to all eligible children aged two, three and four years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1624272252577-H23KAF6F07KJEXNVFD2Q/tara+children+playing+in+walled+garden.jpg Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - What about outdoor play? We think we offer some of the best outdoor play facilities for nursery children in Sussex. Our safe Walled Garden contains wooden climbing apparatus, bikes and scooters, sandpit and playhouse, plus fruit trees (good for shade in summer!). The extensive grounds provide woodland, a pond and field walks as ideal settings for forest-school fun and outdoor learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502809461405-EUW2K6C4EGEY4GWMHJYQ/9-easy-ways-to-get-your-child-ready-for-reception-year Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - 9 ways to help your child get ready for 'big school' Our insight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/71249358-2d38-4574-80b2-9315971e7be9/nursery-leaflet.jpg Nursery near Worthing | Nursery with best outdoor facilities in West Sussex - Here's our Nursery Leaflet Download it as a PDF to have all your questions answered and find out more about the nursery facilities https://www.somptingabbotts.com/school-policies daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/sa-parents-association daily 0.75 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1614947516193-A8XZ7LX9WW38RSYIMWS0/sompting+abbotts+school+fayre.JPG SA Parents Association https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504020466873-ZMYSACDTU9QOO3X8ZHNY/sompting-abbotts-second-hand-uniform-sale SA Parents Association https://www.somptingabbotts.com/wraparound-care daily 0.75 2020-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503068772106-PJAVMRIF7MWQDSY8QN82/DSC_8855.jpg Wrap-around care | Private school Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1583228824252-BGZZB70CIIEH27DOOA9S/wrap+around+care+has+no+charge+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Wrap-around care | Private school Worthing A glimpse of Main School Early Room in the morning sunlight, with one child practising his piano in the background. This 'round the table' table tennis game is popular with the children. (The players hit the ball and run to the other end of the table. They lose lives if they miss the ball or the table. A great game to involve a lot of children!) https://www.somptingabbotts.com/the-school-day-and-lunch daily 0.75 2023-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1688293523040-M8KVGKQ67SJWXTB8BYRX/sompting%2Babbotts%2Bpupil%2Btree%2Bshot.jpg School day & lunch | Leading independent school Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502990968418-BY4Z8EIC57KDUMRENYM5/school-assembly-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts School day & lunch | Leading independent school Worthing - Prep School Morning Assemblies the main school morning assembly is a daily ritual of solidarity and inspiration that allows children to better understand the big picture of their learning and school life. We always sing a hymn together. We believe that singing at the start of the day wakes us all up. It’s also a proven method to aid focus, concentration and of course, opens up the lungs. We then say the School Prayerand Lord’s Prayer. Children may then give a presentation or dramatic piece to the school, the Headmaster and staff also deliver talks and visiting speakers present to the school. This might be a visiting chaplain, an educational specialist. Recently, Year 3 acted out the tale of Theseus and the Minotaur and Year 5 produced a concise Macbeth. For drama presentations, parents are invited to attend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3c79571a-f33b-471d-aa13-c20ec9fc8c31/pre-prep+group.jpg School day & lunch | Leading independent school Worthing - Pre-Prep Assemblies Our classes come together three times a week for morning assembly. Having observed higher levels of anxiety, we also now run weekly outdoor mindfulness sessions (sharing feelings, yoga and ‘quiet listening’ to the sounds of the breeze or birds), as well as our daily in-class Circle Time. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/admissions-visits-open-days-prospectus daily 0.75 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502909473863-84ECNVJF6D5WPO0Z4H66/IMG_0327.jpg Visits, open days & prospectus | West Sussex private schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/275e5874-ffdc-4d31-9889-f5969bdb752d/open+door+sompting+abbotts.jpg Visits, open days & prospectus | West Sussex private schools - Come to an Open Day We hold Open Days twice a year in October and May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/b745df39-5053-442f-9c5b-7f5bea3de6e0/lessons+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Visits, open days & prospectus | West Sussex private schools - Arrange a private visit We operate an open door approach to prospective parents. You can see the school on a normal school day, meet teachers and observe lessons. Please fill in the form in the website footer to arrange your visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3e224e22-3245-42a6-8aaf-f0ed3e12e1d2/arrange+a+taster+day+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Visits, open days & prospectus | West Sussex private schools - Book a taster day We're always willing to have your child come for taster days to see if they feel they'll be happy with us. Your child will be shown around the school, allocated a buddy (which often expands to two or three!) and sample a home-cooked lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/bb969f3d-cc31-4a35-89f0-2247f72c9f14/best-nursery-near-worthing-sompting-abbotts-prep-school Visits, open days & prospectus | West Sussex private schools - Visit the Nursery and Pre-School You’re welcome to visit with or without your child. If you decide you'd like your child to join, we're flexible about the number of days or half-days. Your child will normally attend two to three 'settling-in' sessions (no charge is made). https://www.somptingabbotts.com/house-system daily 0.75 2018-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503770152014-R1ZQ95A2MJ3NNUW5DOJ9/IMG_3510+%281%29.JPG House system | Sussex independent schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1508235173005-0RKUQNK7JLLBOH8ECQZB/house-system-worthing-private-school-sompting-abbotts House system | Sussex independent schools House points are awarded to the children in the Pre-Prep across each week and totted up on Fridays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1531939300310-7ELL7AINND09PBE6QGDG/cross-country-race-sompting-abbotts-west-sussex-prep-school House system | Sussex independent schools At the annual Cross Country race at Sompting Abbotts, all children wear coloured ribbons to show their house membership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503770268227-GTASBW083KJOZ2ZII8PR/IMG_3458+%281%29.JPG House system | Sussex independent schools https://www.somptingabbotts.com/somptingabbottspreparatoryschoolparenttestimonials daily 0.75 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1633424770265-2UAZENTKY6YB015M45PK/home%2Bpage%2Bimage%2Bsompting%2Babbotts.jpg Parent feedback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519827797496-B1PP5SOYSVWMJK0JUM6V/stuart-douch-small.jpg Parent feedback - What's the difference between a feeder and non-feeder school in the independent schools sector? 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A version of this article was first published in Worthing Mums Our insight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1506276226801-XCDLOZ2DNG9L80WPOHDA/sompting-abbotts-entrance.jpg Parent feedback - What exactly is a preparatory school (and the answers to 10 more questions on prep schools) Our insight https://www.somptingabbotts.com/social-media-wall daily 0.75 2018-06-25 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/assessment-and-progress daily 0.75 2018-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503408727078-FQEVR3FFR4G2RV4Q5MXF/IMG_2378.JPG Assessment and Progress | Best private schools near Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525274802912-TKENIYQJ2RVVWMQPM3WQ/a+small+group+of+key+stage+1+children+learning+maths+at+sompting+abbotts+independent+school+in+sussex Assessment and Progress | Best private schools near Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525275190038-S3LR1EV2I2UJAMULB34V/year+8+pupils+learning+maths+at+sompting+abbotts+independent+school+in+sussex Assessment and Progress | Best private schools near Worthing https://www.somptingabbotts.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502294775502-I2TQQWFJZ2SIL9P3164Z/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - David Buckingham, B.Sc. Director of Studies: David Buckingham B.Sc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295106882-CV53P65LQ4ZSROI3RNDA/depositphotos_25677935-stock-photo-teacher.jpg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Joanna Carrington, B.Ed. Head of Pre-Prep (PP1/2): Joanna Carrington, B.Ed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295126694-MXKPT8Q8Z08AZK3CZMEA/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Kirsty Miles, B.Sc.     Head of Pre-Prep (PP3/4): Kirsty Miles, B.Sc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502294803329-5LYGMRY3GYJUQXXKI1SY/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Annette Williamson, B.A. (Hons) Head of music: Annette Williamson, B.A. (Hons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295214470-MJDWY0CQ0HH1S8FDA283/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Felicity Harrington, B.A., P.G.C.E   xxxxxxxxxxxx: Felicity Harrington, B.A., P.G.C.E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502294855961-BDB0RKE8JAF93O473NS7/depositphotos_25677935-stock-photo-teacher.jpg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Cathy Camfield, L7 SpLD APC/TPC, DTLLS, PGCE Cathy Camfield, L7 SpLD APC/TPC, DTLLS, PGCE, SENCO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295332606-X0MYK4E074YR244CREPU/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Stephen Cawley, B.A.; Q.T.S.     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Stephen Cawley, B.A.; Q.T.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295405223-ZYU1DB9F27CO0TBUHPMX/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Rxxxx Kelly, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E. xxxxxxxxx: Rxxxx Kelly, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502295448871-AV05G8ZRX0CBGVPWXKFU/depositphotos_25677935-stock-photo-teacher.jpg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - xxxxxx   xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Head of Geography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296499551-T0Q8EF7EU754ZSEJIWTX/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - R.G. McLaughlin, B.A. P.G.C.E. R.G. McLaughlin, B.A. P.G.C.E. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296640525-VDAH9DXOH8JVIYLLKGUM/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Serena Jardine, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E. PP2 Teacher: Serena Jardine, B.A. (Hons) P.G.C.E. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296817568-LYX47P87NXE9RZO2CUVI/depositphotos_25677935-stock-photo-teacher.jpg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Sarah Stuart, Level 3 Childcare classroom assistant pre-prep; Sarah Stuart, Level 3 Childcare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296532457-3AR6093TXZP082SLQUWF/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - C. Scale, B.Sc. (Hons); P.G.C.E C. Scale, B.Sc. (Hons); P.G.C.E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296669449-YAS6ZMA1SKTIZV3HESFI/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Penny Meares, B.Ed. PP2 Teacher: Penny Meares, B.Ed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296573523-JKBGNTQSEE3QFXSVG7TS/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - P.J. Wheeler, Cert.Ed. P.J. Wheeler, Cert.Ed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296712816-ALG8XPR3EQYPKODVSHOS/image-asset.jpeg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Andrea Tewkesbury B.A. (Hons); Q.T.S Head of art: Andrea Tewkesbury B.A. (Hons); Q.T.S https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502296751268-VQZK2HONMKN8ID0NBWQR/depositphotos_25677935-stock-photo-teacher.jpg Staff | West Sussex private primary school - Karen Andrews, NNEB Dip Nursery Nursing classroom assistant PP1: Karen Andrews, NNEB Dip Nursery Nursing https://www.somptingabbotts.com/pp3year1curriculum daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503404708015-GF0OOZUAI8FSR03I0TXH/IMG_2084.JPG Year 1 Curriculum (PP3) https://www.somptingabbotts.com/404pagenotfound daily 0.75 2018-07-24 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/music-curriculum daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503768122970-AYBIDPEFVTQ30XROW1EA/music-concert-sompting-abbotts-prep-school.jpg Music Curriculum | Sussex school for musical children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503766507523-5XRAEFY35PARFSZI81NT/sompting-abbotts-choir-west-sussex-prep-school Music Curriculum | Sussex school for musical children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503767808459-VW48QMGTVZHHVW35FOAR/IMG_7821.JPG Music Curriculum | Sussex school for musical children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507833905195-O30YBDC8ZDWN8R22YMZU/ned+mortimer+sompting+abbotts+prep+school Music Curriculum | Sussex school for musical children - The hauntingly beautiful hit song inspired by the walled secret garden at Sompting Abbotts by Indie-Folk star Ned Mortimer of the band August and After. Ned is a former pupil at Sompting Abbotts who studied under its Head of Music Mrs Williamson. He owes his success today, he says, to the musical tuition he gained at the school. Our Insight https://www.somptingabbotts.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503405265858-L5XILRTSOLNGPWNLXEAW/DSC_8538.jpg Year 2 Curriculum (PP4) https://www.somptingabbotts.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-04-18 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/cookies daily 0.75 2018-08-02 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/french-curriculum daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503411736430-LENAUFAID5WQ9OIW73E8/IMG_7594.JPG French Curriculum | Independent schools near Steyning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503397839296-TOQFYTAP8X4GKYO6WCUL/french-trips-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts French Curriculum | Independent schools near Steyning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503398817768-7VLBD67R031Z96OMBDO7/french-trips-at-sompting-abbotts-sussex-independent-prep-school French Curriculum | Independent schools near Steyning https://www.somptingabbotts.com/religious-studies daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503324874209-UVQ53V4UKCV2J3Z2GSS5/DSC_8378.jpg Religious Studies Curriculum | Sussex prep schools https://www.somptingabbotts.com/history-curriculum daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503757572965-NGTS8PZRJMOG61ICLB49/History+Day+2.jpg History Curriculum | West Sussex private primary schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503328861165-U9M2WNYTABO0S96Q5QMF/history-teaching-sompting-abbotts-prep-school History Curriculum | West Sussex private primary schools https://www.somptingabbotts.com/geography-curriculum daily 0.75 2019-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503401204491-Y0HTH97AESCWZEPEX61L/geography.png Geography Curriculum | Sussex independent schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503402410706-QL2SHBQUZUH2JEA82HC2/geography-sompting-abbotts-school Geography Curriculum | Sussex independent schools Field trip to Birling Gap https://www.somptingabbotts.com/mathematics-curriculum daily 0.75 2019-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504722553618-NY460JVV4WP92WK2H81V/IMG_0537.JPG Mathematics Curriculum | Worthing private primary schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504722650284-NPU9TJUIIC311RQ1VPXW/mathematics-and-STEM-skills-are-priorities-at-worthing-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Mathematics Curriculum | Worthing private primary schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1573473372948-F2XUMAK4T3L13CO0LAB7/how+to+improve+children%27s+confidence+in+maths.jpeg Mathematics Curriculum | Worthing private primary schools - Our Insight How to improve children’s confidence in Maths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1509452423290-C1FALYF7DJR8JR1B3RJE/maths+trip+to+shoreham+airport+by+pupils+from+worthing+private+school+sompting+abbotts Mathematics Curriculum | Worthing private primary schools - Maths in action What use is learning maths in life? Head of Maths Ms Farley found a good answer to a question she’s always asked! She organised a visit to Shoreham Airport as a maths education trip. She said: “The airport offers a tour run by volunteers which is fabulous so we combined the two aspects. The tour guide, Steve, gave us history of the airport and planes and also extensive insight and knowledge about all aspects of the planes, helicopters and overall running of the airport.” The children were lucky to have a BA pilot, Mr Gibbs, arrange his time to accompany them. Said Ms Farley: "He gave a brief talk before we left about all the different kinds of maths he uses in his day to day duties. In Year 7, two big topics are 'bearings' and 'speed' which relate to 'real-life' flying." Ms Farley added: “I felt that flying was something seen as quite exciting for youngsters (even if it just relates to their travels abroad). Mr Gibbs was fantastic on the trip, seeking out relevant dials on the planes to explain how they use bearings, explaining about air pipes to measure speed crucial to take-off, even throwing out a few real example maths problems related to his job for the group to solve.” https://www.somptingabbotts.com/art-curriculum daily 0.75 2019-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503492442362-M4Q6LDCADGHJ1YD5AY8I/IMG_3087.JPG Art Curriculum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503672236431-VKT02A6H1GYBBVIHNGHO/art-trip-sussex-independent-school-sompting-abbotts.jpg Art Curriculum Children discovering the Old Masters on school visit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503857995144-GBL2ODH2DYELSJKGHARN/%27Selfies%27-Art-Exhibition-sompting-abbotts-sussex-independent-school.jpg Art Curriculum A selection pupil 'selfies' – or self-portraits in more traditional parlance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503492866578-CCXVH4CB79F9QG1U94IF/high-standards-of-art-tuition-at-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Art Curriculum A display of outdoor-inspired work in the Art Studio https://www.somptingabbotts.com/latin daily 0.75 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1574248311202-L347JAV5GJTL3VDT4LH3/latin+learning+boosts+children%27s+academic+performance.JPG Latin Curriculum | Private schools near Worthing https://www.somptingabbotts.com/science daily 0.75 2017-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503321940494-YEA3NIW2TF7AME4HLZ3S/DSC_9319.jpg Science Curriculum | STEM curriculum West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503758500277-F67SBXQENF87OLJPLW6K/stem-skills-sompting-abbotts-sussex-independent-school Science Curriculum | STEM curriculum West Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503760339797-C3S0DS5ZS98295SSNRCK/%27Amazon+Rain+Forest%27+by+Pru+Thomas+-+Copy.jpg Science Curriculum | STEM curriculum West Sussex - We've just won not one but two prizes at British Science Week! The theme was Science in Spaces: Spaces for Science. We won first places Intermediate and Senior categories in the British Science Week Poster Competition in which 1,700 children submitted entries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503765870670-Y3P7CJ8OF7ZP5XBERVQS/sompting-abbotts-science-study-sussex-independent-school Science Curriculum | STEM curriculum West Sussex - Rocket seeds Sompting Abbotts Prep School has been involved in one of British astronaut Tim Peake’s experiments! Two kilograms of rocket seeds were launched on Soyuz 44S on 02 September 2015 with a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, arriving on the International Space Station (ISS) two days later. British ESA astronaut Tim Peake took charge of the seeds while on the ISS for his Principia mission. After several months on board, the seeds were sent back to Earth. After they returned to the UK, they were packaged up with identical seeds that have stayed on Earth. Sompting Abbotts received two packets of 100 seeds to grow and compare and the results were entered into a national online database so that they can be compared across all schools in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1508336863765-4SKZU5XOBATIFT5HJOCK/west+sussex+private+school+sompting+abbotts+year+six+science+experiment Science Curriculum | STEM curriculum West Sussex Children learning about the pecking order of evolution! We've been testing out different beak shapes of the15 species of Finches on the Galapagos. Changes in the size and form of the beak have enabled different species to utilise different food resources such as insects, seeds, nectar from cactus flowers as well as blood from iguanas, all driven by Darwinian selection. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/english daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503236312206-IXG3RZGNAUTQYF3U2Z9N/IMG_2499.JPG English Curriculum https://www.somptingabbotts.com/drama daily 0.75 2017-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503579581140-DVN5S7MX6TS55914C6PT/Spin+PC+Booth.jpg Drama Curriculum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1503580033139-UTMXO267N6P9JHMVEY7N/drama-is-of-high-standard-at-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Drama Curriculum - LAMDA speech & drama tuition at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School LAMDA is the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. It was founded in 1861 and is one of the oldest and most respected Drama Schools in the UK. Our students work with our specialist staff at Sompting Abbotts to prepare their pieces and then perform in front of an examiner. Syllabus categories include Verse and Prose, Acting and Public Speaking. The training is a fantastic way to improve children's confidence, imagination and creative thinking, deepen communication skills and expand their knowledge of poems and literature. LAMDA exams are a recognised vocational qualification. Most independent senior schools also offer these exams so having started them in prep school is a great foundation for your child's future. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/term-dates daily 0.75 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1688069913945-MOVEC5HQLEP8JWMEMA0R/children+play+besides+the+trees+at+sompting+abbotts-fotor-20230629211748.jpg Term dates | West Sussex prep schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3203e6cf-ec7d-4948-b0e4-68b27f74eac6/school+calendar+25-26.jpg Term dates | West Sussex prep schools DOWNLOAD 25-26 TERM DATES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/e115d11e-1cfb-4dc6-a6c3-5259c37e6ecf/stikins+labels.jpg Term dates | West Sussex prep schools - Name labels for uniform and sports kit If you’re looking for name tags that you don’t have to sew or iron on, we have tested out and recommend this durable stick-on variety that you can order direct. Sompting Abbotts’ Parents’ Association has negotiated a discount for parents and it will receive a small contribution in return. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/forest-school-outdoor-learning daily 0.75 2023-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1556889965448-QWF8EX4Y3IBL8K47PRNN/woodlandfire-banner.jpeg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1525183478158-0NKTEJ05SSVLCAFCMRA5/forest-school-sompting-abbotts-west-sussex.jpg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing - Pre-Prep Outdoor Learning Children in the Nursery and Pre-Prep receive at least one weekly Forest School-style outing to the woods, and often more when we relate topics to the outdoors. We go out in all weathers and pull on warm tracksuits, coats and wellies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3d7d3c8b-77c8-45ce-8d2d-4f76b40a9dde/somptingabbottsboyintree-lores.jpg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1593097777051-292VUIKCWP9KIJBIJ58A/girls-in-grounds.jpeg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing - Main School Outdoor Learning All our Prep age pupils get the benefit of the outdoor environment too. There's a deeper learning that occurs when students have to put into practice in the real world what they have theorised from behind a desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1504513704656-DC9ISD6J2WS3ZTAO2S5U/sompting-abbotts-forest-school-activities-west-sussex-prep Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1556890170345-J6S3M3I615NH8J7G0I0E/lyra-pond-dip.jpg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing Children pond-dipping beside the large conservation pond at Sompting Abbotts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1620822637978-8ETD630JA2LF8L2HSRMG/ipad+in+the+woods+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Forest school activities | Forest schools Worthing - Make it stand out iPad filming of wildlife in the woods to identify back in the classroom https://www.somptingabbotts.com/home daily 1.0 2023-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1687953367062-1JXWOWUMJOF0NGAKVDII/somptingabbottsgrouponwallforwebsite.jpg Home | Independent schools in Sussex https://www.somptingabbotts.com/meet-our-staff daily 0.75 2023-01-21 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/school-open-day-afternoon daily 0.75 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693062344308-QX6FSUFQG862M5YMZ6VJ/chris%2Bgunn.jpg Open Afternoon - Hello and welcome: 3.30pm - 4pm Chat informally with our Headmaster Mr Chris Gunn (pictured), senior pupils and other staff over a cup of tea in the Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/2b22235a-7fb9-4f01-ad90-c7678ff9cec9/AN+INTRODUCTION+TO+SOMPTING+ABBOTTS.jpg Open Afternoon - See and explore: 4pm - 5pm Tours of the Main School, Pre-Prep and Nursery. We’ll allocate you a Year 6, 7 or 8 pupil ‘guide’. You can also visit the woods, play areas, gardens, sports facilities and grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1642871213077-G81DCN1QAIKCKAWUK2L2/three+children+under+the+trees-lo.jpeg Open Afternoon - IS MY CHILD’S WRAP-AROUND CARE INCLUDED? Yes. Parents pay no additional charge for before- and after-school care at Sompting Abbotts. You can leave your Pre-Prep child (under 8s) in our care from 8am - 4.30pm and Prep-age child (8 - 13) from 7.30am to 6pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1624124224691-WN3EX7C9FD3XQDMUQA55/train%2Bphoto%2Bpre-prep.jpg Open Afternoon - Sompting Abbotts’ Nursery and Pre-School "The best outdoor learning and play facilities for nursery children in Sussex" • We welcome children aged two to five years • We accept WSCC’s Extended Free Entitlement of 15/30 hours and Childcare Vouchers • 30 acres of wildlife grounds, woodland and regular forest-school activities • Walled garden with wooden adventure playground, sandpit, willow dome, mud kitchen, bikes and trikes • Located close to Worthing, Shoreham, Lancing and Steyning • Healthy home-cooked lunches • Open from 8.30am to 3.15pm, with free wraparound care from 8am and until 4.30pm https://www.somptingabbotts.com/stuart-douch daily 0.75 2023-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507060981706-CSCNDLGY955FKN0YBJJP/IMG_0530.JPG Headmaster Stuart Douch | Private schools in Worthing area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1517993401195-XZP9Q8SUSDEXF7Q4GIP6/stuart-douch-small.jpg Headmaster Stuart Douch | Private schools in Worthing area - What's the difference between a feeder and non-feeder school? Stuart Douch explains ... https://www.somptingabbotts.com/claire-scale daily 0.75 2017-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507037603752-L3DPCY1CJYEPKF4XOZKL/paddle2.jpg Claire Scale | Science Head | Worthing private schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507038893847-BXUZVJ9GKOMU813OQWUV/claire-scale-sompting-abbotts Claire Scale | Science Head | Worthing private schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507055013578-P8AT9KSXXO20E81J55K0/clare+scale+playing+sports+at+sompting+abbotts+private+schools+worthing Claire Scale | Science Head | Worthing private schools https://www.somptingabbotts.com/annette-williamson daily 0.75 2017-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507056784529-YUX1ZOUUJOEHY0SLA3UM/IMG_0710.JPG Annette Williamson | Music Director | West Sussex prep schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1508840592052-HXL2AGZB87R3HHPUOS4J/best+music+tuition+west+sussex+prep+schools+sompting+abbotts Annette Williamson | Music Director | West Sussex prep schools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1508840785249-R53M2MNEKR244D5CM0Y0/DSC_9384+copy.jpg Annette Williamson | Music Director | West Sussex prep schools - Why learning music is important for STEM skills Our insight https://www.somptingabbotts.com/racheal-kelly daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507195808833-Y191ULO7I11A61CUTPX2/unnamed-1.jpg Racheal Kelly | Year 3 Teacher | Best private schools in Sussex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507123268043-3JUX4D05MJBG2A0DDBGN/racheal+kelly+playing+in+summer+concert+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+near+worthing Racheal Kelly | Year 3 Teacher | Best private schools in Sussex Mrs Kelly playing clarinet at the Summer Concert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1507195869138-24RZYM0QONPWR73EFETC/unnamed.jpg Racheal Kelly | Year 3 Teacher | Best private schools in Sussex https://www.somptingabbotts.com/david-buckingham daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1508431759769-1FRUCMPVGBERXNLGP2JL/IMG_1019.JPG David Buckingham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567441316376-NX0SVWV0206PNUWI72TE/david+buckingham.jpg David Buckingham - “Birdwatching is just a wonderful way to start the day in nature and understand the connectedness of everything.” There are plenty of South Downs birds for the children to spot in the grounds – from wrens to skylarks to linnets to buzzards, plus barn owls nesting in the school’s old outhouses. “The children love dissecting their regurgitated pellets,” says Mr B. “They usually contain the remains of four or five small mammals!” https://www.somptingabbotts.com/andrea-tewkesbury daily 0.75 2018-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1516196046480-KPF0DZIJMN73IJHRAMEC/IMG_2303.jpg Andrea Tewkesbury | Head of Art | Independent school Worthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515783076342-R1GN7Y50J9SRDLMAI7Y4/IMG_1520+copy.jpg Andrea Tewkesbury | Head of Art | Independent school Worthing Mrs Tewkesbury, with pupils from Year 8 whose drawings were selected to illustrate a work by best-selling author Alex Preston. Read more about their project here https://www.somptingabbotts.com/kirsty-miles daily 0.75 2019-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515771182957-Y7GFPSTMS3ZYJPY8DO0M/IMG_0601.JPG Kirsty Miles | Keystage 1 Head | Worthing private primary school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1515955648208-X3JH0JJML7XZRJJXW5JR/kirsty+miles+sompting+abbotts+prep+school+keystage+1 Kirsty Miles | Keystage 1 Head | Worthing private primary school https://www.somptingabbotts.com/adverse-weather-conditions daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1614947990893-6SRZFY6R7L14A752A68X/snow+on+the+downs.jpg Adverse weather conditions | West Sussex primary school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1519842121062-5SEC4WG7S1RGRSBWSTZ9/sompting+abbotts+in+the+snow Adverse weather conditions | West Sussex primary school https://www.somptingabbotts.com/video-testimonials-by-parents daily 0.75 2021-11-01 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/privacy-notice daily 0.75 2018-08-02 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/scholarship-results-to-public-schools daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1549533037219-OMFBCC37O0IQNK19YIEZ/Scholarships+%26+Awards+to+Senior+Schools+by+Sompting+Abbotts+Pupils++since+2008.jpg Scholarship Results to Public Schools 2022 Jasmine B: Drama Scholarship and Academic Scholarship, Lancing Katie B: Art Scholarship, Sion Rupert H: Sports Scholarship and Music Scholarship, Cranleigh T Mok: Academic Scholarship and Leadership Scholarship, Great Ballard C Rumsey: Sussex Scholarship, Roedean C Turner: Academic Scholarship, Christ's Hospital 2021 Bella B: Art Scholarship and Academic Scholarship, Lancing College L Gerard: Shearwood Award, Lancing College A Johnston: Academic Scholarship, Lancing College A Owen: Academic Scholarship, Christ's Hospital Veronica P: Art Scholarship, Roedean 2020 P.S. Pourani: Sankey Scholarship, Lancing R.L. Spicer: Headmaster's Award, Lancing 2019 R.O. Beard: Academic Scholarship, Sherborne E. Barnard: Shearwood Scholarship, Lancing A.G.M. Johnston: Shearwood Scholarship, Lancing R.C. Dyer: Drama Scholarship, Lancing E.J. Fisher-Shah: Sports Scholarship, Lancing A.M. Strafford: Art Exhibition, Lancing 2018 G.F. Bryant-Nichols: Scholarship Brighton Millennium Scholarship K.T. Patel: Sankey Scholarship Lancing E.J. Roberts: Exhibition Lancing A. Sanghani: Scholarship Brighton M.E. Bryant-Nichols: Music/Speech & Drama Scholarship Burgess Hill 2017 M. Dawson-Cantelo: Art Scholarship, Farlington J. Dawson-Cantelo: Art Scholarship, Farlington G.E. Lochrie: Art Scholarship, The Towers 2016 D.B.R. Newman: Scholarship, The Towers K.L. Bond: Drama Scholarship, Lancing 2015 L. Konathala: Sankey Scholarship, Lancing 2014 R.C. Spence: Exhibition Lancing/Art Scholarship C.A. Seare: Music Exhibition Brighton H.J. Fisher: Headmaster`s Award Lancing 2013 A.K. Chalmers: Minor Scholarship/Music Scholarship Brighton J.E. Harvey: Minor Scholarship/Music Scholarship Brighton O.F.G. Longhurst: Scholarship/Art Scholarship Lancing J.H.K. Woodhams: Scholarship Hurst Award/Hurstpierpoint M.R. Linfield: Shearwood Award Lancing 2012 M.R. Calder-Jones: Scholarship Brighton T.H. Chalmers: Scholarship Brighton C.L. Foster: Jack Robson Carter Scholarship Lancing B.E.T. Linfield: Jack Robson Carter Scholarship/Art Scholarship } Lancing N.C. Frost: Sports Scholarship Seaford A.C. Bailey: Exhibition Lancing H.B.R. Woodhams: William Blackshaw Art Scholarship, Brighton 2011 B.C. Spence: Scholarship, Lancing T.L. Murphy-Dunn: Scholarship, Brighton S.T. Greenrod: Exhibition, Lancing C.M. Heffernan: Millennium Award, Brighton T.H.G. Thomas Major: Hurst Award, Hurstpierpoint K.E. Moloney: Art Exhibition, Hurstpierpoint 2010 J. Jeon: Alleyn Club Scholarship Dulwich M.C.H. Fricker: Major Scholarship/Music Scholarship Brighton O.C. Roberts: Scholarship/Art Scholarship Worth E.C.I. Haywood: Scholarship Brighton A.R. Truman: Millennium Award Brighton C.K. Fielding: Drama Scholarship Lancing 2009 R.L. O`Neal: Jack Robson Carter Scholarship/Music Scholarship Lancing A.J. Norman: Scholarship Brighton R.S. Vyse: Scholarship Brighton B.T. Foster: Exhibition Lancing J.L. Leed: Exhibition Lancing 2008 M.P. Fielding: Scholarship Lancing D.H.F. Millar: Scholarship Lancing G.F. Linfield: Scholarship Lancing H.C.D. Richardson: Scholarship Lancing T.J. Gilbert: Scholarship St. Mary`s Hall https://www.somptingabbotts.com/online-safety-guides-for-parents daily 0.75 2019-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550000976400-ZD3O365V0Z4ZYY45EW55/blur-bokeh-boy-821948.jpg Online Safety Guides for Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550302497935-8300599AJ3C750SKQSP3/child+on+smartphne.jpg Online Safety Guides for Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550231709549-12PBNB9PMWB259J1UO69/child+on+beach+with+sandcastle.jpg Online Safety Guides for Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550062771068-OOJS0AUENWPRWNVJ6NAG/boys-cellphones-children-159395.jpg Online Safety Guides for Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550063032229-QF6ZU6JOR7NNQYHBDG42/advice+for+preventing+overuse+of+technology+for+children Online Safety Guides for Parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550055686698-NEW82IGV8A5P10AOWPB3/image-asset.jpeg Online Safety Guides for Parents - A word about children and mobiles The average age for a child getting their first smartphone is now 10.3 years, but it varies according to families and their need to have phone contact. Mobiles give children easy access to the internet and to contact us, their friends and family but there are a few precautions to bear in mind to make sure your children are texting and messaging responsibly. 1. Don't allow them to have private accounts. Know their passwords and usernames so you can check their texts and messages on a regular basis. Remember, Facebook doesn't allow children under 13 to have an account. 2. Don't allow your children to have their phone or tablet in their bedroom and make sure they use their devices when other members of the family are around and only at certain times. 3. If your child does receive unpleasant messages, block the number from their device and teach them how to do this. Teach them they shouldn't reply but keep the message to show you or a trusted adult as soon as possible. 4. Encourage your child to think before they text or message. Tell them to think: 'Could my message be misunderstood? What do I really want to say? Would I say this if I was talking face to face with the person?' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1550004541164-CJG5X0LJUXFWXFUED6WY/how+to+control+children%27s+screen+time.jpg Online Safety Guides for Parents - Be SMART. The advice for children from the UK Safer Internet Centre S is for Safe: Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when you're chatting or posting online. Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password. M is for Meet: Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents' or carers' permission and even then only when they can be present. Remember online friends are still strangers even if you have been talking to them for a long time. A is for Accepting: Accepting emails, messages, or opening files, images or texts from people you don't know or trust can lead to problems — they may contain viruses or nasty messages! R is for Reliable: Someone online might lie about who they are and information on the intemet may not be true. Always check information with other websites, books or someone who knows. T is for Tell: Tell a parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone, or something, makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or if you or someone you know is being bullied online. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/stikins-labels daily 0.75 2019-07-04 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/special-educational-needs-provision daily 0.75 2023-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1581591792918-OZ2I22CYQ7QOTWR5MKCZ/does%2Bmy%2Bchild%2Bhave%2BSEN.jpg Special Educational Needs Provision https://www.somptingabbotts.com/what-the-pupils-say daily 0.75 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1564400272565-YICXWVRNZOPI0ZS39X72/video+interviews+with+pupils+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school.jpg Pupil video testimonials by pupils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1564407316964-JJDL2X4314YYBV0JD089/IMG_2247.jpg Pupil video testimonials by pupils - Why do smaller class sizes improve academic outcomes? The link between class size and attainment at primary school stage has now been acknowledged by the UK Department of Education. The best results, evidence shows, are seen when classes drop below 20 pupils. Smaller classes mean no child gets ‘lost in the middle’ or ‘forgotten in the crowd’ if they’re struggling. They’ve also been proven to be better for both less able children and the more academically able children. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/isobel-monaghan daily 0.75 2019-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567445732407-ARRPFXATRIHLWW2CN17W/isobel2.JPG Isobel Monaghan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1566571930786-A4QAYIB3MSV7N1PN8L3S/isobel+monaghan+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Isobel Monaghan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1566985032434-CCXS9SNT3FID0FB7JL4Q/Latin+teacher+Sompting+Abbotts+Isobel+Monaghan.jpg Isobel Monaghan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1566985086122-X7DZVRJ86F8QHY8Y1HGL/isobel+monaghan+is+new+Latin+teacher+at+Sompting+Abbotts.jpg Isobel Monaghan https://www.somptingabbotts.com/linda-gates daily 0.75 2019-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567442592877-OWV7YPEQHX4QRHH9DYG6/miss+gates+banner+image.JPG linda gates https://www.somptingabbotts.com/home-learning-resources-for-preparatory-school-children daily 0.75 2020-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585826188509-UA0HBIAK3DCLUHM9BLG0/home+learning+resources+for+coronavirus.jpg Home learning resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1592583932544-4LJE83YCKVUQST8VQI3Z/Black+lives+matter+guide+for+parents Home learning resources - New resource: A Parents’ Guide to Black Lives Matter As parents, if we haven’t already, it is also our responsibility to engage in positive and open discussions about race and racism with our children at home. You’ll find plenty of ideas as to how do this here, whatever the age of your child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585837686372-RQDDF6TBV53FNIRE8VFP/literacy+sompting+abbotts.jpg Home learning resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585839454010-AOLWHZKIAZ7FVHDLN29Z/reading%2Bsompting%2Babbotts.jpg Home learning resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585847878216-JW2VY678EI83EWTCSCQP/sompting+abbotts+children+outdoors.JPG Home learning resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585851389230-JF0G8VJ53M2P5QT2V568/art+sompting+abbotts.jpg Home learning resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1585851673599-QVXA16P0UPQRDUDXHQI1/meditation+mindfulness+sompting+abbotts.jpeg Home learning resources https://www.somptingabbotts.com/weekly-lunch-menu-at-sompting-abbotts daily 0.75 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1688040362352-TWFTT10F4O4GN1JMZYEK/dining+room+lunchtime+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Weekly lunch menu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/daae2951-063e-4861-a124-0c774dfdb82a/dining+room+sompting+abbotts.jpg Weekly lunch menu - We like to see clean plates and children enjoying their lunch! All our lunches are freshly made each day on the premises by our dedicated kitchen staff. Pupils sit at tables in the Main School Dining Room together with their peers from their year group. Our Pre-Prep eat first; with a second sitting for the Prep children. They are served by their form teacher and are encouraged to show good table manners. They clear their own plates and glasses after themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7eb44706-8e4c-4f7f-9c45-3c733205d7ba/Lunch+menu+autumn+2025.jpg Weekly lunch menu We use fresh produce and vegetables and our menu includes many traditional school favourites and is rotated each three weeks. We adapt our meals for children with allergies, intolerances and other special dietary or cultural requirements such as preferring a vegetarian or vegan meal. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/behaviour-policy daily 0.75 2022-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1605007774992-F3RXBYXJVFF2T6E243YL/behaviour+policy+at+sompting+abbotts+prep+school.JPG Behaviour Policy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1605007310747-CTKXX0LVVHJKD5D898JS/behaviour+policy+sheet.jpg Behaviour Policy https://www.somptingabbotts.com/chris-gunn daily 0.75 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693062344308-QX6FSUFQG862M5YMZ6VJ/chris%2Bgunn.jpg Chris Gunn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6c7a8b6c-d6de-4b8d-b84a-4bf8dc5f74ba/chris+gunn+family+iinterior+copy.jpg Chris Gunn - Mr Gunn assumed the role of Headmaster in 2023. He follows Mr Stuart Douch who served from 2013-2023 and who stepped down to channel more of his energies into his burgeoning artistic and writing career. Chris Gunn joined Sompting Abbotts in 2020 as Head of Games. He brings a breadth of experience to the role of Headmaster, having worked in both the state and independent sectors. His wife, Felicity, is a teacher in the Pre-Prep department and his two sons are pupils at the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6f802c0b-e521-489f-a24e-d220aaef9d98/chris+gunn+desk.jpg Chris Gunn - Being involved in the strategic leadership and management of… … a very happy, yet academically ambitious, prep school with a strong tradition and culture really motivates me. I’m pleased, too, that I will still able to spend some time in the classroom and out on the games pitches – areas where relationships with the children are strengthened and you get a much better sense of what makes each of them ‘tick’. The children’s energy, love of learning and thirst for adventure is infectious and inspiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/83df3ed0-b3ee-4d7a-b2ef-3938d0fbece7/chris+gunn+laurie+shoulders+copy.jpg Chris Gunn - My wife and I are thrilled to be a part of Sompting Abbotts’ family … At Sompting Abbotts, I'm personally invested: not just as a (hopefully very approachable!) Headmaster – but also as a parent. My two sons are pupils here. As a fellow ‘school dad’, I have a first-hand understanding of the concerns, fears, and aspirations of our parents. As a headmaster, that personal connection helps make me more accountable. Knowing that my children's future is intertwined with that of Sompting Abbotts’ makes me doubly committed to the school's long-term success! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/bdd4748e-bc77-4c35-9f07-f21364396e10/chris+gunn+family+path+copy.jpg Chris Gunn - Witnessing first-hand the positive impact that attending this beautiful school … has on my own children as well as the wider community is such a privilege. As Headmaster, I want to continue the committed hard work of my predecessor, Stuart Douch, to make this school a place where children develop a lifelong love of learning, maintaining the high standards and strong ethos and traditions led by our Principal Mrs Patricia Sinclair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/fb0534c2-d62b-4796-8f1f-ce2e14fd7173/Headmaster+of+Sompting+Abbotts+Chris+Gunn+and+family+on+steps.jpg Chris Gunn - One of the things I’ll continue to enjoy … … is match day afternoons and the opportunity to see Sompting Abbotts’ pupils compete against other schools, sharing in their excitement. I really enjoy the opportunity to talk informally with parents at these times. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/kirstin-slater daily 0.75 2021-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1610462913881-QQEUFVLA3Y0Y2AFHGTXS/kirstin+frost.jpg Kirstin Slater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1610462970669-OH4FK0K05Q6HUEK1PPX5/kirstin+daughter.jpg Kirstin Slater “I love a walk along the beach, come rain or shine. As long as we’re wrapped up against the elements, after a couple of hours taking in the views and feeling the calmness of the sea or the frenzy of wild white horses on a blustery day, or filling pockets with shells, or sitting gazing out to the horizon, the world always seems a brighter place.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1610463257094-SEYBE6HYZ7SUM0SSQ7ZJ/kirstin+family.jpg Kirstin Slater - Tell us about your family situation. I live in Lancing with my husband Neil and our daughter Katie (age 3). My stepdaughter Emily (13) lives in Brighton but spends every other weekend with us and she and Katie adore each other. They can often be found baking in the kitchen, playing schools in Katie’s room or performing puppet shows in Emily’s room. Emily is an amazing gymnast and Katie tries hard to copy everything her big sister does. We live a few minutes from the beach so can often be found there in all weathers. We have three indoor rabbits, Rosie, Mollie and Peter. They live in their ‘house’ in our living room and have fun hopping about when we’re at home. We recently welcomed Holly, our kitten, who’s proving to be lots of cheeky fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1610463497864-9TXAGSZV7F5L194OU1V4/kirstin+beach.jpg Kirstin Slater “I’ve been very lucky to have gained lots of experience in my teaching career and I value all of it. But since having my daughter, my priorities have changed and home life is very important to us as a family. I love teaching, but my previous job found me driving over an hour each way to and from school and saw me leaving the house at 6.25am, returning at 7.30pm. In order to be the best teacher I can be and the best parent and wife, I realised I needed to find a job closer to home. I have been an EYFS leader, year group leader and a member of SLT but now I simply want to be back in the classroom putting all my efforts into my teaching.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1610463840408-YAAQ6EYDQP8UJI39OV43/kirstin+canon.jpg Kirstin Slater “Reach for the moon and at worst you will fall amongst the stars” is my motto. I always try to find a positive in every situation and think that each day should be filled with as many laughs and smiles as can possibly be found. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/message-from-chris-gunn daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f4c3c18c-1d34-4ff9-b2b8-d7e6a8c9b350/chris+gunn+copy.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - Perhaps right now, you … ● feel that your child would be happiest within a small-scale and nurturing school environment? ● are ambitious for your child to meet his or her true potential? ● are concerned that your child is underperforming or lost in a crowd at their current setting? ● question if your own school experience allowed you to achieve what you were really capable of? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/bdd4748e-bc77-4c35-9f07-f21364396e10/chris+gunn+family+path+copy.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - … because at Sompting Abbotts, I'm personally invested: not just as Headmaster – but also as a parent. My two sons are pupils here. As a ‘school dad’, I have a first-hand understanding of the concerns, fears, and aspirations of our parents. As a headmaster, I am, I think, more accountable. Knowing that my children's future is intertwined with that of Sompting Abbotts’ makes me doubly committed to the school's long-term success! – CHRIS GUNN, HEADMASTER, SOMPTING ABBOTTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/64c18bd2-107d-485e-809e-98b34333dbbc/assembly%2Bpre%2Bprep.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - The ‘bedrock’ for children's future success is, I believe, laid down during the formative prep school years. The senior or secondary schools they move onto are the lucky inheritors of this essential 'groundwork'! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/db66638a-b343-4383-abad-dcdb60d4ddce/reading+sompting+abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - Inside the school, it feels like a family home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/be6fae3c-d4ef-4d1a-9012-40024cb7bafb/millie-the-dog-at-sompting-abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - Millie, our friendly school dog. She occasionally disgraces herself by pinching the children's tuck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/891d4832-f0dc-41de-84c1-257edc33e105/children+play+besides+the+trees+at+sompting+abbotts-fotor-20230629211748.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - The school’s small and safe learning environment is an antidote to the digital distractions and peer pressures that can mean children have to grow up too fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6e3b9386-8c9d-4c28-a5bc-00cd278ea765/school-assembly-west-sussex-prep-school-sompting-abbotts Message from Chris Gunn - We teach them to display good manners (we’re big proponents of ‘old-fashioned courtesies’ such as saying Good Morning or holding open doors). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1526057494063-5OC4NC141646JU2SL1VK/forest+school+activities+in+sompting+abbotts+woods Message from Chris Gunn - They're only children once... Playing with their friends is one of the best ways in which they learn and develop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1564993933280-ALLCS199373X71FIGC8N/children+in+woods+bug+hunting.JPG Message from Chris Gunn - Pupils get to do plenty of the 'old-fashioned' outdoorsy stuff children love most (that personally I think they don’t get enough of these days). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/7e921b1c-8c50-4c31-8166-a48afe1a05f8/conker+competitions+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - Our annual Golden Conker Competition is a school-wide event! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1621661674222-W665JIQ67ZSTK7AJ293E/IT+suite+computing+sompting+abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - What jobs of the future will look like is beyond AI, Siri or Alexa… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1567719581977-ET0RHSMVO34SZCXZPU8R/small+classes+individual+attention+sompting+abbotts+prep+school.JPG Message from Chris Gunn - But we'll always believe the best apps for your child’s learning are their dedicated and experienced teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1533ab61-2fe4-433e-aa22-ea33a0ff47a0/cricketcopy.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - Most children stay at our school until age 13 (Year 8) – rather than moving to secondary school at Year 6 at age 11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1593097777051-292VUIKCWP9KIJBIJ58A/girls-in-grounds.jpeg Message from Chris Gunn - They can discover more of 'who they are', sheltered from the many teen social influences that will come with their move to their next bigger school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1502284327042-BAW3DTVNQG304HK005I4/science-lab-sussex-independent-school-sompting-abbotts Message from Chris Gunn - Many achieve public school scholarships at leading independents, including Lancing, Brighton and Hurst, or move onto high-performing state schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/a35588ec-1830-41a0-9fba-0c4b9117cc1f/flute+lessons+sompting+abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - We take a child-focused approach to nurture each child’s individual talents – whatever they are. Self-confidence is gained from each small success, which leads to more success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/a06b5d0f-0be5-46ee-bfcd-ddbe604992ea/children+beneath+trees+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Message from Chris Gunn - I hope this has painted something of a picture for you of what life is like at Sompting Abbotts. But the best way to find out for yourself is to come and visit us. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/faqs-sompting-abbotts-admissions daily 0.75 2021-06-18 https://www.somptingabbotts.com/lucy-turton daily 0.75 2021-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630862326299-BJWSWZ0MC5PBMITS66DA/lucy+turton+with+guitar.jpeg Lucy Turton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630862911098-X0HTQZ7CQFDY8QBRAXPC/lucy+turton+performing.jpeg Lucy Turton - What extra-curricular input will you have at school? Drama! I love getting involved in drama, and putting on plays. You really can’t keep me away from a production, whether I’m acting in it, directing it or doing costumes, make up or the sound effects! I’m really so looking forward to offering lots of extra drama at Sompting Abbotts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630863068482-F01HNEQQ0EN0KFE63Q7N/lucy+turton+singing.jpeg Lucy Turton - Please tell us a little about your interests. I’ve always loved the arts. I am a keen musician, and can play the piano and guitar, though I’’m mostly a singer. I’ve been in a lot of different bands and have composed music for events too. I also play a lot of unusual instruments! They include the accordion, melodica and the musical saw. I’m also really involved in my local community choir. I have lots of other passions including drawing and acting in plays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630866791815-9U5HUFGVH9PSZ2SYRT7O/lucy+turton+and+family.jpeg Lucy Turton - “I love working with children, and can’t think of anything more rewarding than inspiring children, and helping them achieve their best.” My husband, Sam, and I live in Worthing. He’s an English teacher too! We have three children aged 14, five and three. My youngest two are also looking forward to joining Sompting Abbotts this term. (As a family, we’re National Trust members so we love exploring the countryside and old stately homes.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630863255658-LPWBJJ34ZMIS5IEP1DOO/lucy+turton+with+daughter.jpeg Lucy Turton - I don’t think anyone could visit Sompting Abbotts and fail to be dazzled. I’ve honestly never seen a more beautiful place. But more than this, the children all seem so happy and confident. You can tell straight away that the school has a big heart, and that the staff and pupils alike are more like a family than an institution. I love that the children here have the space and time to grow as individuals and develop their curiosity and imagination. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/betty-sachet daily 0.75 2021-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630926813688-OSV9I8R9CMOK0SKVKJE5/betty+sachet+senior+school+french+teacher+sompting+abbotts.JPG Betty Sachet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630927157391-WZ593V95XBS1QEHEN2DR/betty+sachet+teacher+of+french+senior+school+sompting+abbotts.JPG Betty Sachet - “I came to work as an au-pair in England … … where I fell even more in love with the English language and British culture. I then returned to France to study English and gained a DEUG (Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Générales). Five years later, I returned to the UK and I have been teaching French ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1630926910433-KKAABKDMOS2KBR5KBATW/betty+sachet+french+teacher+at+sompting+abbotts.JPG Betty Sachet - “Learning languages in today's global world is so important … because they can so enrich lives and career opportunities. Also, did you know that people who speak more than one language have improved memory, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, enhanced concentration, ability to multitask, and better listening skills? Plus of course they bring the wonderful opportunity to learn from and make friends with people from different cultures.” https://www.somptingabbotts.com/senior-schools daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724165651-7ZXPVO9T0U190SUEFBAP/Brighton+College+logo.png Senior Schools - Brighton College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724168582-S1MH5SHY220L2L2HY5YK/Lancing+College+Logo.png Senior Schools - Lancing College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724165012-XBRFMRTHBWU441UKEEWE/burgess+hill+girls+logo.png Senior Schools - Burgess Hill Girls School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724166452-CEV1L5KSGAIUHDVHHRB8/christ%27s+hospital+logo.png Senior Schools - Christ's Hospital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724168118-H4ESXBEAS7WGVDDU5SZ9/hurst+college+logo.png Senior Schools - Hurst College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724166691-TKSNHRAY9TEZ2IYCNIJM/farlington+school+logo.png Senior Schools - Farlington School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724169493-F3YOLQHI6PCIL582OA2B/roedean+logo.png Senior Schools - Roedean School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724170349-ZETJMCYO7WSNO4EI30DA/seaford+college+logo.png Senior Schools - Seaford School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724170832-8K4F0EX8EBJIXUMM8417/winchester+college+logo.png Senior Schools - Winchester College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1645724171081-E5ERG0IZ18LALYC7Q00W/worth+school+logo.png Senior Schools - Worth School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/105eb9d1-717a-446f-b933-61057223488b/arrange+a+taster+day+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Senior Schools - What to consider when looking for the right senior school for your child? Choosing the right Senior School for your child can feel daunting. Stuart Douch, Headmaster of Sompting Abbotts Prep School, offers his suggestions for how to go about doing your research and what considerations to factor in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/0237afef-2783-4d6c-aec5-f751b0c62ec0/stuart+douch+headmaster+of+sompting+abbotts+preparatory+school Senior Schools - What's the difference between a feeder and non-feeder school in the independent school sector? “We believe that while striving for excellence and exam success is important, it is the character of the pupils leaving us that sets them apart and, often, makes them the first choice of many senior schools.” – Headmaster, Stuart Douch. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/felicity-gunn daily 0.75 2023-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1686158165967-E8DE22XN2MP8A7D0S0WT/felicity+gunn+reception+teacher+at+sompting+abbotts.jpg Felicity Gunn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/98fd6dd7-57d0-4aea-a020-531c31b2a71e/felicity+gunn+and+chris+gunn+family.jpg Felicity Gunn - I’m married to Chris Gunn, Head of Sports and Games at Sompting Abbotts. We’ve two little boys; Laurie and Rafferty. Life is very busy but never dull! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/6e5ad45d-92c9-495a-b60c-eb4b632cba2c/felicity+gunn+and+children.jpg Felicity Gunn - What would you say was your own approach to teaching Early Years? I want the children I teach to experience the same wonderment that I do when learning something new - whether that be watching how an apple grows or making sense of sounds and how they form words. The forest school approach, using the natural world to support learning in the classroom, is such an enriching way for children to make links to real life - for me, the ‘why’ is equally as important as the ‘what’ when learning something new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1eaca78d-87e6-49a8-8323-4c94e48a1577/felicity+gunn+family+shot.jpg Felicity Gunn - What appealed to you about working at Sompting Abbotts given the point of your professional career at which you find yourself right now? Having worked in the state education sector, I know the heartache, blood, sweat and tears is takes to deliver learning and get the very best from 32 pupils in a class. When I moved to working in the independent sector, I immediately felt a depressurisation from both the teachers' and children's perspectives. Smaller class sizes and the freedom to move beyond the national curriculum allowed me the time to focus on my pupils’ progress. I could really ensure they were receiving the differentiated support and challenge to move them forward and tailor learning on a more individual level. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/claire-amiss daily 0.75 2023-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1662462311397-PTGENHG4CKAWLS8Q8KMC/claire+aimiss+landscape.jpg Claire Amiss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/670718ef-304e-4d99-981a-60badc5e8a3f/claire+amiss+and+partner+and+child.jpg Claire Amiss - My family are very sporty. My partner and baby son Eddie are very active! That's why we have moved from London to be by the sea and the South Downs. I want my son to grow up playing sport and being outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/c6e99c98-8d44-45a2-93f6-77d01cfa9441/claire+amiss+outdoors.jpg Claire Amiss - How much difference do you think sports can make to children’s lives and careers ahead and why? I’d say it makes a huge amount of difference. Sport gives us all a fun outlet for stress. It is something to enjoy with friends beyond the academics. Teaching children to gain a love for sports will mean they’ll likely continue with them into adulthood to be fit and healthy for life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/724364df-c07b-40d1-8bbc-634bba7d9cd7/claire+amiss+and+son.jpg Claire Amiss - Tell us something that might surprise us about you. I’m a huge rugby fan! I used to play women’s rugby for years. I was a winger (11) and I played, county, regional and had England trials when I was younger and played in an England A match. I also love to paint! https://www.somptingabbotts.com/dawn-nel daily 0.75 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693846214101-UYV3Z0F3XV4ZW3KR1CQ9/dawn+nel+landscape.jpg Dawn Nel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/8d4b7f10-0c70-4afd-a2d5-02104bb5be77/dawn+nel+at+home.jpg Dawn Nel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/508c6948-6aac-46e3-94b1-29c2c929e0db/fascination+with+mars+programme.jpg Dawn Nel - Maths is everywhere, no matter what you see or do… A big interest for me is astronomy. I’m keen – if amateur – but I just love the distances and sizes involved. I’m an avid follower of the SpaceX Mars programme and very jealous that I won’t get to be on that first spaceship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/c156d68f-f29e-46e0-858a-943fd862d984/sheep+south+downs.jpg Dawn Nel - I’m also a ‘Lookerer’, which is an old Sussex word for a shepherd. I volunteer to look after the ponies, flocks of sheep and Sussex cattle that are part of the Brighton and Hove Councils’ conservation programme to protect and improve the natural landscape of the Downs. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/tim-hills daily 0.75 2023-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/1693845643491-6XWCUHDYGGY9ICK311KE/tim+hills+landscape.jpg Tim Hills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/fe953ba3-5cb6-4e85-823e-92a1804a3a22/tim+hills+geography+teacher+sompting+abbotts.jpg Tim Hills - I’m the former Head of Geography at Ashdown House School. I am Sussex, born and bred. I’m originally from Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, where I also went to school at Hurstpierpoint College. After school, I headed northwards to the University of Warwick, for a four-year Geography combined teaching course, culminating in a BA (QTS) in Geography with Educational Studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3c29a91a-d999-426a-8f5f-616f1b557f6d/tim+hills+sompting+abbotts+geography+head.jpg Tim Hills - Please tell us about your hobbies, passions and interests etc I’m a keen Brighton and Hove Albion supporter and get to football matches whenever I can. I also enjoy gardening (pottering) and walking. I used to be a keen sailor and took part in the round the Isle of Wight race. Travelling the world has so far passed me by, apart from an unforgettable visit to the Norwegian fjords, glaciers and pyramidal peaks. World travel will, however, follow retirement! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/b43d3c63-da1f-4ed5-814d-3c92da0e5e7c/tim+hills.jpg Tim Hills - Tell us something we don't know about you or a fact about you or activity you do that might surprise us! I live in a house full of animals! We have four dogs, six cats, two ducks, several reptiles and an aviary full of birds – not to mention the 12 tortoises! Sorry 13, a new one just hatched this August and is about the size of one pound coin. https://www.somptingabbotts.com/reception-introduction-day daily 0.75 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/74caac17-bffa-42ef-81a6-0de993018894/reception+morning.jpg Reception Introduction Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f1bd29e9-c2e3-4cec-b530-ba59eee9efc4/youngest+reception+children+on+gate.jpg Reception Introduction Day - Limited places available! Book your spot today by filling in the form below ● Meet our friendly Reception teachers ● Explore and discover in our walled garden and wild woods ● Follow the clues on a thrilling treasure hunt ● Experiment with floating and sinking – just like real explorers! ● Gather around the campfire for songs and stories ● Enjoy a free hot lunch in our Main School Dining Room with new friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/ad3c385e-607e-4b9d-9f19-9286705f5db3/reception+walled+garden+sompting+abbotts.jpg Reception Introduction Day - 30 acres of wild, natural spaces for exploration & confidence-building ✅ Hands-on learning in outdoor settings improves problem-solving skills, resilience, and teamwork — key attributes for future academic success. ✅ Research shows that outdoor play leads to stronger concentration and better mental health, setting the stage for more effective classroom learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/3640db10-1d07-4bf5-a387-a671a177a5a3/reception+class.jpg Reception Introduction Day - Small classes mean big benefits ✅ In smaller groups, teachers can truly understand each child’s strengths and challenges, providing individualised support. ✅ One-on-one attention from teachers builds confidence and curiosity in young learners. ✅ “Smaller classes in the early years can lift a child's academic performance right through to Year 12 and even into tertiary study and employment.” (Science Daily) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/f9cce42f-46e0-4c9b-a8a1-484e14c020e1/reception+learning+shapes.jpg Reception Introduction Day - Personalised education meets every child’s different needs ✅ At Sompting Abbotts, no child is ‘lost in the crowd’—our experienced teachers adapt lessons to suit different learning styles. ✅ Early years education should nurture a love for learning, not just teach facts. A great school meets children where they are and helps them thrive. ✅ Small class sizes and individual attention in the early years help children develop strong language, reasoning and problem-solving skills, which are key to later academic success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/596b4aa7b8a79b10f857f3c4/73076fe9-a113-4fe0-9f9c-50fec9947a43/reception13.JPG Reception Introduction Day - IS MY CHILD’S WRAP-AROUND CARE AND DAILY HOT LUNCH INCLUDED AT SOMPTING ABBOTTS SCHOOL? Yes, a home-cooked lunch is included every day for your child. Parents also pay no additional charge for before- and after-school care at Sompting Abbotts. You can leave your Pre-Prep child (under 8s) in our care from 8am - 4.30pm and Prep-age child (8 - 13) from 7.30am to 6pm.