Category: Preparatory School

17th October 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and enjoying the week. I am sat writing this as I open the door and welcome many parents into school for Parents Evening appointments! I am on my umpteenth cup of coffee to keep me going today as I didn’t sleep very well last…

10th October 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and had a lovely weekend in the sunshine! I had a great weekend of looking after Arthur and Amelie, seeing friends, having an October BBQ, Sunday lunches, pub quizzes, lots of family times and the odd adult rose coloured drink – well the sun…

3rd October 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and relaxed after a wonderful weekend? It was a very quiet one in the Bennett household as Mr Bennett has been ill in bed with tonsillitis for a few days. My weekend by the sea, walking on an abandoned beaches and drinking delicious adult…

26th September 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are all well and rested from the weekend. I hope you managed to relax and have some fun. This weekend was busy in the Bennett household . . . it wasn’t supposed to be but lots of last minute plans happened! I spent Saturday morning working,…

19th September 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and had a lovely weekend. Mine was filled with a day in Nottingham with Mr Bennett which was great fun. We then went to our friends for dinner on Saturday night and booked a few exciting weekends in the lead up to Christmas. Sunday…

12th September 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   Welcome to the first Bennett Bulletin of this school year! The Bulletin is back by very popular demand and I am so pleased that so many of you have enjoyed reading it over the past 3 and a bit years and have found it an interesting way to start…

6th July 2023

Over the last two weeks the incredible catering team at Wilson Vale have put on their Summer BBQs at our three locations to truly bring in summer. This year’s theme was Hawaii 9-0 to celebrate Highclare’s 90th Anniversary and the catering team put on an excellent summer party at all three locations.

6th July 2023

Good morning, Prep School family, Welcome to the last Bennett’s Bulletin of the 2022-2023 academic year! It seems only a few weeks ago that I was writing the welcome back Bulletin in September and looking forward to the year and the adventures ahead! Where have the past 10 or so months gone?! This last Bulletin…

28th June 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope this Bulletin finds you all well and very relaxed from the weekend.   I had a super lovely weekend which mostly involved spending time with Amelie and Arthur, my niece and nephew! I had them to stay all weekend! We had so much fun together from coming…

20th June 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope that you are well and have had a great weekend. I had a lovely time. The Highclare 90th anniversary ball was fantastic on Saturday night. A super mix of parents, governors and staff who had all come together to celebrate the success of Highclare over the past…