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On Sunday 23rd February four Year 9 students embarked on the first leg of their Australian exchange with students from Carey Grammar School, Melbourne. The first leg was to be a six week stay with their exchange partners (Benjamin, Lucy, Mia and Lucy) and host families out in Australia; they departed with much excitement and…

Nothing quite makes you want to ponder your life’s philosophy like an international lockdown and a crisis in the form of a pandemic. Now, more than ever, people are struggling to come to terms with their place in this world and have turned to philosophy for help. Publishers reported a sales boom in novels about fictional…

The Co-Curricular element of the school is still thriving, even though operating remotely. The school community is still able to come together with Headmaster’s assemblies and chapels uploaded onto TEAMs and Firefly each week. Whilst not the way we would have liked to present them, congratulations to all students who were awarded colours, contributed to…

Four weeks into the summer term, many of us have bedded in to our remote school routine. I am fortunate that in many ways my ‘new normal’ is not so very distant from my previous normal. I have been able to be part of Music rehearsals and concerts, the audience for Burke Debates, discussions in Academic and Drama…

In honour of May the Fourth, or ‘Star Wars Day’ as it is humorously known, I feel like I should begin this article with “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”! This would certainly reflect just how other-worldly the last three weeks have felt for many students, staff and doubtless parents of…

Throughout the year our international students at Foxcombe and The Grange have been holding a variety of fundraising events to raise money for our nominated charity ‘drill2Drink’. Their aim is to help bring much needed clean water supplies to villages in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.   We have received the fantastic news that with…

On Friday 6th March, Taunton School CCF had its Biennial Inspection under the watchful eye of reviewing officer, Colonel Ashley Fulford. Colonel Fulford is currently in post as Colonel Cadets at HQSW and has over 40 years’ experience in the Cadet Force, where he began as a Cadet himself in Devon ACF. The day began…

The History Department took all of Year 9 to visit the SS Great Britain in Bristol recently. Designed by the magnificently named Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship was by far the largest vessel afloat at the time of her launch in 1843, carrying passengers to destinations all around the world including USA and Australia. After…

Year 9 and 10 students provided an excellent evening of public speaking and debating for the Junior Inter-House Debating Competition on Friday 13 March. The standard was high with a strong element of assertive debating and a number of notable performances; a record thirteen houses from across three parts of the school entered teams, Marshall…

On Friday 13th March three RAF Cadets and three RAF NCOs had the great honour of participating in the flying experience of a lifetime. At 6am we made our way up to the Royal Air Force Association in Barry, Wales, as part of our CCF training and had the opportunity of flying the Grob Tutor…

During the last weeks of the Spring Term, we have once again cemented our place at the top table of Prep School sport on a national level. In hockey, our Year 8 boys established themselves as one of the two best Prep School teams in the country. Having got to the last 16 schools, we…

In recent weeks the staff and children in our Prep Boarding House – ‘Thone’ – put together their much anticipated annual assembly to present to the school. With friends from throughout the school community present to support them, the children discussed the benefits of boarding life and the qualities, values and experiences that life as…