Category: News
Christmas at The Granville
Here are a few photos from our Junior Christmas Production and the Senior Christmas Carol Concert. Well done to all for their wonderful performances.
Christmas Jumper Day
On Monday 29th November the staff and the children at The Granville are kicking off the Christmas celebrations with a Christmas Jumper Day. Children are encouraged to come in wearing their favourite festive jumpers and to bring in a suggested donation of £1 in aid of ‘Save the Children’ charity.
Granville Retain Kent Schools Skiing Championship Title!
This October three of our Granville girls competed in the Kent Schools Skiing Championships at Chatham. The times from their individual races were combined which meant that they won in the Primary Senior Girls category and retained the title of fastest Primary Girls Team. This title was last won by Granville two and a half years…
Class 2 Pirate Day
Ahoy there! Class 2 set sail on their Pirate Day! The day was full of fun activities and of course a treasure hunt with real buried treasure. The girls along with Mr Newman made fabulous pirates.
Hockey Tournament
On Tuesday, 28th September, our U11 IAPS hockey team travelled to Hurstpierpoint to compete in the IAPS South East Regional Hockey Tournament at which 25 schools took part. After a very tough day, the girls managed to secure an amazing 3rd place. Well done, we are all very proud of you.
Book Fair Success
Many thanks to everyone who was involved in making the Book Fair last week such a success. The commision from the sales secured us a very healthy amount of £450 which will be spent on our libraries!
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY POETRY PRIZE 2021
The Sir Phillip Sidney Poetry Prize We are thrilled to announce that, for the second year running, the winner of Sir Phillip Sidney Poetry Prize is a Granville pupil. At the prize event, last year’s winner performed her poem and this year’s winner was announced. We have some very talented poets at The Granville. Well…
Year 2 Egyptian Day
Year 2 have been busy learning about Ancient Egypt. The children and the staff dressed up in costumes for a special ‘Egyptian Day’. The day was filled with variety of fun activities including making clay pots, Egyptian faces, fans with feathers, hieroglyphs on papyrus, and jewellery. The day ended with a visit to Ancient Egypt…
British Fencing at The Granville
Continuing our PE teams expert masterclasses that have been running for the last few months, The Granville School had a visit from a British and European Champion Alex Tofalides from Inspion Sports. Alex spent the day teaching all our girls (and some of the teachers!) how to Fence like a professional. It was a truly…
National Numeracy Day
Everyone at The Granville celebrated the national Numeracy Day by taking part in a variety of exciting mathematical activities. From Numicon lucky dip and capacity calculations in the Early Years through to halving with interesting objects in the Junior School, Countdown competitions and complex ratio reductions in the Seniors. Well done all!
