World Challenge – Iceland 2023

September 21, 2023/in General News, Trips & Visits, World Challenge /by Presdales School

10 Night Expedition in Iceland

In July, six teams set off to experience the spectacular sights of Iceland. This adventure of a lifetime saw our students discover geysers and thundering waterfalls in the Golden Circle, trek past volcanic peaks in Kerlingarfjoll, get hands-on with a conservation initiative (beach clean-up) and visit the Westman Islands and the South Coast. The students were driven along Europe’s biggest ice cap, Vatnajokull. This national park is an extraordinary sight, with 30 glaciers flowing out from the ice cap. The students even had the opportunity to strap on some crampons and walk on a glacier. We are very proud of our students who worked well in their teams, stepped out of their comfort zones and learnt a wealth of invaluable new skills while making some extraordinary memories.

Here are some wonderful photos from this amazing trip …

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News from English

September 21, 2023/in English /by Presdales School

Young Writer’s Writing Competition ‘Unsolved’

Students across KS3 to KS5 entered the Young Writer’s writing competition ‘Unsolved’, where they wrote mini-sagas in the style of a thriller.

The students selected to be published in November are:

Year 8

Lily Corney

Evie Bowkett

Farrah Duman

Isla Warriner

Gwen McDonald

Olivia Baptiste-Talajka

Olena Sklyarenko

Year 9

Ruby Horner

India Phillips

Cara Nolan

Year 10

Halle Maurice

Nadia Nikolajewicz

Kiera Walker Hiam

Martha Gant

Olivia Unwin

Emily Man

Lucy Norris

Alice Hawkins

Lila Higgs

Caitlin Lambourne

Olivia Watson

Libby Senior-Dickson

Agnese Prane

Reggie Webb-Ingall

Phoebe Marchant

Isabel Wright

Charlotte Moorcroft

Ruby Chiswick

Sasha Chellan

Hana Gashi

Tilly Peart

Darcy Smith

News from PE

September 21, 2023/in Sport /by Presdales School

Netball

U14 and U16

Congratulations to both the U14 and U16 netball teams who recently played against Broxbourne. The U14s won 31-18 and the Player of the Match was Poppy Ward and the U16 won 27-14 and the POTM was Evie Macrae.

Great start to the season girls, we can’t wait for more!

Year 10

Congratulations to the Year 10 County Cup netball team who this week played their first round match against Sherrardswood and won 51-7. Great work girls, this means you’re through to the quarter finals! Player of the Match was Rosie Bentley.

Cross Country

Congratulations to our Year 7 cross country team who took part in the annual mob race last week!

Special mention to the following girls who individually came in the top 3:

Skye Martin

Ella Reynolds

Amelie Martin

As a team, Presdales also came 1st overall!

Great job girls, what a great start to sport at Presdales!

Football

Fantastic performance from the U14 girls who beat Sandringham 6-1 on Wednesday in the first round of the National Schools Cup. This is the first time Presdales has competed at this level of competition.

After going a goal behind after just 30 seconds!, Presdales dominated the remainder of the match running out convincing winners. Great performances all over the pitch in horrendously wet and windy conditions. Player of the Match was Liv White who scored a hat-trick. Well done girls!

Ex-Student and Student News

Don’t forget that Presdales’ PE Department are on Facebook and now on Instagram! Please follow them to see our students’ achievements in non-school sporting activities! This month, we have had student successes in Netball, and an ex-student, Ellis Miller, recently became World Champion as part of the women’s canoe team!

News from Careers

September 21, 2023/in Careers /by Presdales School

Our plans for this academic year …

Army Opportunities Assembly

On Friday 22nd September, our Sixth Form were privileged to have an assembly delivered by Stewart Dempsey, Lead Army Recruiter for the Regional Officer Recruiting Team.

The presentation was all about the different routes into joining the Army, as well as gaining an insight into each of the roles and also how you can apply for a bursary.

At the end of the presentation, students were given an opportunity to ask questions, which proved very popular. At the end of assembly, all students were invited to an Army Officer Insight Day at Sandhurst on Saturday 18th November. Please click the link for more details: Army Officer Insight Information – Sandhurst

Parent Database

We are trying to build up a careers programme that will support every student at Presdales School with their future decisions.

As part of this process we would like to increase the number of employer encounters that each student receives and it would be great if parents could support us with this endeavour.

Please click here to complete a short survey detailing what support you feel you can offer.

Thank you in advance and please let us know if you have any questions: jstephenson@presdales.herts.sch.uk

Matilda The Musical JR.

September 21, 2023/in Drama, Music /by Presdales School

Presdales Drama Department are very excited to announce that rehearsals are underway for Matilda The Musical JR.

We have met with our Wormwood family, our named children, Mrs Phelps, The Escapologist and Acrobat and of course our Matilda’s!

Well done to all students who have attended rehearsals so far, you are all working with such energy and enthusiasm, this is set to be quite a production. Today we meet with the whole chorus to learn School Song with our new Music teacher Miss Sargent on Piano and vocals!

Looking forward to updating our Presdales community on our progress with the show and of course seeing you in the audience next February!

Miss Mack and Mrs Smith

Presdales Drama Department