Year: 2022
Year 7 Pupils Receive BookBuzz Books
Christmas has come early for the Year 7s who are all receiving their BookTrust BookBuzz books this week. At the start of September, pupils in Year 7 were able to choose one book from a shortlist to keep. Many of them found it quite difficult to choose just one, but the library will be stocking…
Sixth Form Pupils Attend “Psychology of Serial Killers” Lecture
On Tuesday 22nd November, a group of Sixth Form Psychology students attended a lecture on the psychology of serial killers at Dorking Halls, to expand their understanding of the subject outside of the classroom. The speaker, Jennifer Rees, a forensics expert, used case studies as evidence, which were incredibly interesting yet, at the same time,…
An Evening of Folklore and Fairytale at Waterstones
On Monday, 21st November, the English department took nine Year 10 and 11 members of its two reading groups to Waterstones Piccadilly in London. English teacher Miss Marvin, who organised the enrichment trip, said: “The purpose of the trip was to celebrate some of the authors that we’ve been reading in our reading groups.” The…
Dunottar Performs “Much Ado About Nothing” at Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
On 15th November 2022, the amazing cast of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ took to the stage at the Leatherhead Theatre for their comic sixties-inspired version of the well-known Shakespeare play. Every year, thousands of young people from schools across the UK take part in the world’s largest youth drama festival. In preparation for their performance at the…
Beach Volleyball Star Javier Bello Visits Dunottar School
On 15th November, Beach Volleyball star Javier Bello visited Dunottar School and won a new legion of new fans! Javier and Joaquin, The Bello Brothers, were born in Madrid in 2000 but have called London home since their family moved to the UK when they were 10 years old. Javier Bello delivered a fascinating and inspirational assembly…
Dunottar Named in Top 100 Cricket Schools for Fourth Year
Dunottar School is proud to announce that it has been included in The Cricketer Schools Guide 2023 for the fourth year running. The Cricketer Schools Guide features the top 100 senior, the top 50 prep/junior and the top 20 all-girls schools selected by The Cricketer’s judging panel in a bumper 156-page supplement. The successful schools…
Dunottar Under 16s Embark on Midlands Rugby Tour
During October half term, our under 16s boys rugby team embarked on Dunottar’s first rugby tour to the Midlands. The trip began with some team building fun in the form of ten pin bowling and Lazer Quest, fuelled by a mountain of pizza and nachos. The squad then headed to Lichfield for their first match….
Dunottar Pupils First to Visit ASOS
On Friday 7th October, twenty Dunottar girls visited ASOS‘s headquarters based in Camden Town, London. ASOS is an online clothes and fashion retailer aimed at young adults. Dunottar is the first group of pupils that ASOS has invited to tour their office and learn about how it uses tech to market and sell over 850 brands, its own range of clothing and accessories…
Pupils Enjoy Poetry Workshops with Ash Dickinson
On Friday 30th September, poet Ash Dickinson visited Dunottar School to run creative writing poetry workshops with Years 9 and 10. A full-time poet, Dickinson is a multiple slam champion who has performed in Australia, Canada, USA, Spain, Jordan, the Czech Republic and Germany. He has headlined countless shows and festivals throughout the UK. He…
GCSE Success for Dunottar School
Following on from last week’s outstanding A-level grades, students at Dunottar School were today celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results, in which 12 per cent of all grades attained were grade 9 and 50 per cent the top grades 9-7. This is especially impressive as our students comprise a range of academic abilities. Headmaster,…
