Month: December 2019

Taunton School sixth form student Hanna Wittek has recently visited the House of Commons to deliver a campaign speech on behalf of the Youth Parliament. As Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for Somerset, Hanna recently received the opportunity to go to the House of Commons to debate the top five issues that over 800,000 young people…

What an exciting end to the Autumn term with our final day falling on Election Results day for the country! However you chose to vote, and however you feel about the result, we can all be glad that the outcome has snuffed out threats to the prosperity of independent schools which had been publicised in…

Christmas well and truly arrived in Weirfield last week with the girls kicking off their festive celebrations with ‘Festive Friday’. Accompanied by some classic Christmas songs which led to some impromptu karaoke from a good number of the girls, then the evening was spent decorating the tree and getting the decorations just right, as well…

Founded by Caroline Hirons, Give and Makeup is a non-profit initiative that brings everyday beauty essentials to women and children escaping domestic violence. The charity was set up in 2010 and since then has worked alongside Refuge and Women’s Aid to help women fleeing abusive relationships. In most cases, these women have fled with their…

On Friday 29th November Mrs Wreford took 6 air cadets to St Athan in Wales. It was an early start, we left school at around 6:10 am all feeling very tired. It was a 2 hour bus ride and we all mostly slept. When we arrived at St Athan we all went to drop off…

On Tuesday the 3rd of December, Amnesty welcomed Patricia Jefferson and some of her colleagues from the Taunton Amnesty group. They brought along cards for us to write to those in extremely difficult situations and we wrote to them explaining our gratitude and how we are standing in solidarity with them. This is part of…

Taunton School students came together last week to plant a time capsule into the foundations of the new dining room redevelopment. Contributions were made from staff and students in every part of the school from the Nursery to the Sixth Form. Contents included school photos, newsletters, a USB stick loaded with interesting documents, a school…

Global climate change, poverty, inequality, plastics pollution, deforestation, desertification, migration and the rise of nationalism are all themes common to GCSE, AL and IB Geography specifications. More importantly these issues are all global issues that need a global co-ordinated approach (from this generation to the next and beyond) and this approach begins with the strong…

The Grange opened its doors on Monday the 9th December to the public and filled the school with festive music at its annual Christmas music morning. The forest classroom was beautifully decorated with students’ Christmas trees, stained glass windows and a homemade fire place and the room quickly filled with chattering voices.   Ceci, Marina,…

“The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say – we will never forgive you.” – UN Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2019. These were the powerful words of 16 year old Greta Thunberg; now famous all over the world for campaigning against climate change….

Year 11 Russian student Ilya has been assisting the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton with their Christmas Show. The 15 year old boarder from Moscow, who is also a keen drama student, was delighted to help professional actor David Martin in perfecting his Russian for the upcoming musical theatre adaptation of E. Nesbit’s quintessentially English classic,…