Pre-Prep

Four year old Monty, who attends Taunton School Nursery, has undertaken the challenge to complete his first ever mini-triathlon for charity. Monty was inspired by his parents and grandfather, and although he can’t officially do a full triathlon until he’s eight years old, decided to undertake his own version with a 100m open water swim,…

The Taunton School Music Department have managed to produce an incredible large-scale choir performance remotely with over 60 singers in spite of lockdown measures. Director of Music Mark Cracknell and his team have been holding virtual rehearsals for the past three weeks with the School’s Community Choir – a group which includes students, staff and…

Six-year-old Patrick is the youngest member of a local volunteer group “Taunton Scrubbers” sewing essential items for NHS workers. Since learning to use a sewing machine at the age of 5, Patrick Dixon, who is in Year 1 at Taunton Pre-Prep School, has been busy creating facemasks and headbands on his sewing machine, under the…

Taunton School’s Head of Design & Technology, Glyn Bough, has risen to the challenge to support the NHS by using school devices to make specialist PPE equipment. Having been made aware of the need to supply medical visors, Glyn set the school 3D printers to work 24/7 making essential visor clip components. He has been…

As we end our final week of this half-term we have loved all the hearts and flowers that have appeared around the Nursery and the Pre-Prep today. We also enjoyed our inspection scrutiny. Thank you to all our parents who shared their feedback or took time out of busy schedules to meet with one of…

Welcome to 2020 to all our Pre-Prep families, we hope that you enjoyed some lovely time together and that this year is a very positive one for you. As we near the end of the children’s first full week back at school, there have been lots of ‘wow moments’ and imaginative learning taking place throughout…

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…

AROUND 40 representatives from local charities and businesses were given a preview of Taunton School’s ambitious new £3.6 million kitchen and dining room redevelopment. Guests were treated to a selection of canapés made by the school’s in-house catering team, led by head chef Lisa Richards, at the Champagne reception recently (October 24). Nicola Miller, Taunton…

  Twelve school girls and boys from Taunton Preparatory School have achieved their mission to swim the English Channel becoming one of the youngest teams ever to complete it. Swimming in two teams of six, the pupils took on the brave challenge of swimming the English Channel on Sunday evening. Setting off from the shores…

  Thirty-two pupils from Taunton School have successfully passed their Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams this year. The large cohort of pupils from Pre-Prep (age 4) up to Year 11 (age 16) have passed their RAD ballet exams with Distinctions and Merits. Their exams range from Pre-Primary to Grade 6. Diane Turner, RAD Ballet…

  I truly cannot believe that this will be my final Courier piece for this Academic year. The months really have flown by, with the whirl of all that we do here and all of the children’s successes. The children have worked very hard and they have continually challenged themselves – under the guidance of…

  I am more than slightly relieved to see glimmers of sunshine this morning and what a fabulous start to our Celebration Day it has been, with so many Parents and Grandparents joining us for our ‘Wake Up Shake Up.’ Thank you to all of you who joined us today. We hope that you have…