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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…

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….

All of our A-level and IB Psychology students enjoyed a fantastic, mind-blowing day of neuroscience on Friday with our guest speaker Dr Guy Sutton, Director and Founder of Medical Biology Interactive and an Honorary Consultant Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham Medical School. An expert in neuroscience and genetics, Dr Sutton focused the lecture…

I was once again struck this week by how many pupils were nominated by their teachers for a ‘Learner of the Week’ certificate in assembly, alongside the other pupils receiving certificates in sport, performing arts and citizenship. I also always enjoy very much seeing pupils at break-time who bring me their Rolls of Honour, awarded…

Seventeen pupils from Taunton School travelled to the London Aquatics Centre on the 16th of November to represent the South West in the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Relay competition including Jack, one of our international Students from China. Six relay teams had qualified for National Finals following the Regional Finals in October, and Jack…

It’s been a busy start to the school year in the Careers Department. With a new room and new team we quickly got the posters on the wall and started signposting students to our new location. By week three we hosted our first event – the University Student Networking Event which went down a storm…