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This section contains information including our term dates and contact information, weekly menu, our minibus routes, this term's Saturday Lectures and Governors.

Term Dates

MICHAELMAS TERM 2010

Boarders return: Tuesday 7 September 6-6:30pm

First full day for everyone: Wednesday 8 September

First Exeat: Friday 24 September 5:00pm to Sunday 26 September 7-7:30 pm

NO SATURDAY ACTIVITIES

Half Term: Wednesday 20 October 3:30pm to Sunday 31 October 7-7:30pm

Second Exeat: Friday 19 November 5:00pm to Sunday 21 November 7-7:30pm

NO SATURDAY ACTIVITIES

Term ends: Friday 10 December after the Carol service in Sherborne Abbey, which starts at 3:15pm

 

LENT TERM 2011

Boarders return: Monday 3 January 2011 6:00-6:30pm

First full day for everyone: Tuesday 4 January 2011

First exeat: Friday 28 January 5:00pm to Sunday 30 January 7:00-7:30pm (NO SATURDAY ACTIVITIES)

Half term: Friday 18 February 3:30pm for boarders, 4:00pm for day children to Sunday 27 February 7:00-7:30pm

Second exeat: Friday 11 March 5:00pm to Sunday 13 March 7:00-7:30pm (NO SATURDAY ACTIVITIES)

Term ends: Friday 25 March 3:30pm

 

TRINITY TERM 2011

Boarders return: Monday 25 April 6:00-6:30pm

First full day for everyone: Tuesday 26 April

First exeat: Friday 13 May 5:00pm to Sunday 15 May 7:00-7:30pm (NO SATURDAY ACTIVITIES)

Half term: Friday 27 May 3:30pm for boarders, 4:00pm for day children to Sunday 5 June 7:00-7:30pm

Pre-Prep Sports Day: Saturday 11 June

Prep Sports Day: Sunday 25 June (provisional date)

Term ends: Friday 1 July after Commemoration Service, which starts at 3:15pm

 
Contact Information

SCHOOL EXECUTIVE: 

Headmaster Mr Peter Tait This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Deputy Head (Administration) Mr Daniel Fernley This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Deputy Head (Academic) Ms Rosie Gill This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Director of Boarding Mr Paul Shepherd This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Director of Marketing Mrs Sophie Harris This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Acting Head of Pre-Prep Mrs Heidi Berry This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

SCHOOL OFFICE: 01935 812097

8:00am–5:00pm Monday–Friday; 9:00am-12:30pm Saturday

After hours: 07745 378292

Fax: 01935 813948

PA to Headmaster Mrs Dee Lewis This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

School Secretary Miss Rowena Ferrier This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

PA to Director of Marketing & Admissions Mrs Sarah Frost This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

PRE-PREP: 01935 817737

 

BURSARY 01935 810916

Bursar: Mr Mike Balfour 01935 812351 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mrs Gill Glegg This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mrs Allison Evans This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

BOARDING HOUSES:

ACREMAN

Director of Boarding: Mr Paul Shepherd This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 01935 816191

Assistant Housemaster: Mr Sean Walbank This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Assistant Housemaster: Mr Foster Williams This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Residential Matron: Mrs Kate Fow This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 01935 812083

Duty mobile 07745 378292

Boarders' Pay Phone 01935 813909

 

NETHERTON

Housemistress: Miss Linda McCorquodale This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 01935 810918

Assistant Housemistress: Ms Rosie Gill This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Boarders' Pay Phone 01935 812444

 

Librarian Mrs Tamsin Holroyd This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

EMAIL ADDRESSES

 

Teaching & Sports Staff

Mr J Acton This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Mrs Lucy Allen This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mrs Heidi Berry This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Mr Foster Williams This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

FRIENDS OF SHERBORNE PREP

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Daily Programme

Sherborne PrepDAILY PROGRAMME - PREP SCHOOL

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

School buses arrive 8:10am

Registration 8:15am

Assembly 8:25am

Classes begin 8:45am

Lunch – Yrs 3 & 4 12:05-12:40pm

Lunch – Yrs 5 - 8 12:40-1:10pm

Afternoon classes and sport 1:40-5:00pm

School buses depart 5:10pm

Wednesday

Registration and Form Time 8:15am

Classes 8:45am

Lunch – Yrs 3 & 4 12:05-12:40pm

Lunch – Yrs 5 - 8 12:40-1:10pm

Sport / Matches 2:00-3:30pm

All day children to be collected by 3:40pm unless in matches

(see Sports notice boards, Sprinter or website for match details)

Saturday

Optional Activities 9:00am–12:30pm

Lunch for Boarders and players 12:30pm

SPS Lectures 11:30am-12:30pm

All day children to be collected by 12:40pm unless in matches

 

DAILY PROGRAMME - PRE-PREP

Monday to Friday

Arrive 8:15–8:30am

Nursery arrive 8:15am

Registration / Assembly 8:30–9:15am

Work / Activities 9:00–10:15am

Snack / Outdoor play 10:15–10:45am

Work / Activities 10:45–12:00am

Lunch 12:00pm

Reading / Rest 12:30–1:00pm

Outdoor play 1:00–1:30pm

Work / Activities 1:30–2:30pm

Snack / Outdoor play 2:30–3:00pm

Work / Activities 3:00–3:45pm

Departure of all children not staying after school 3:45pm

After-School Activities (except Wednesdays) 4:00–4:45pm

Departure of all remaining children 5:00pm

 
Weekly Menu

Lunchtime fun at Sherborne Prep

Wednesday 8 September
Breakfast: Raspberry croissants
Lunch: Chilli-con-carne with rice and sweetcorn
Vegetarian: Cauliflower cheese
Dessert: Strawberry crumble & custard
Supper: Sausages with mashed potatoes and baked beans
Thursday
Breakfast: Bacon, hash browns and tomatoes
Lunch: Pork & apple pie with new potatoes and carrots
Vegetarian: Mushroom & pepper risotto
Dessert: Cookies
Supper: Griddled chicken salad  
Friday
Breakfast: Pancakes with lemon juice, maple or golden syrup
Lunch: Fresh battered fish with chips and peas
Vegetarian: Yorkshire puddings filled with cous-cous and ratatouille
Dessert: Ice creams
Supper: Pasta bake with garlic bread and corn-cobs                                      
Saturday
Breakfast: Sausage baps
Lunch: Meatballs with pasta and sweetcorn
Vegetarian: Tomato & cheese pasta                        
Dessert: Strawberry Delight
Supper: Hot ham & cheese baguettes with baked potato wedges, coleslaw and salad
Sunday
Breakfast: Croissants and pain au chocolat
Lunch: Roast chicken with stuffing, roast potatoes, bacon & sausage, carrots and cabbage
Dessert: Lemon meringue pie or ice creams 
Supper;Chilli wraps and salad

 

Also served at breakfast: A choice of cereals, fruit juice, yogurt, grapefuit, prunes, toast, preserves, fresh fruit and tea

Also served at lunch: A choice of salads, cheese, tuna, cold ham, parma ham, salami, cold chicken, soup and freshly baked brown bread rolls, fresh fruit and yogurts

Also served at supper: Salad, fresh fruit and yogurts and homemade cake

 
Minibus Routes

Sherborne Prep School minibus

We offer two minibus routes covering the area surrounding the Prep. They are available for all Prep children in Years 3-8 and also to younger children from the Pre-Prep if they travel with an elder sibling.

 

Route 1: Dorchester

07:25    Poundbury - Whitecross Square (Sat 08:00)   

            Return journey arrives back 17:55 (Sat 13:25)

07:35    Charlton Down - Bellway car park (Sat 08:10)   

            Return journey arrives back 17:40 (Sat 13:10)

07:40    Piddletrenthide road/Cerne Abbas road

            crossroads (Sat 08:15)   

            Return journey arrives back 17:35 (Sat 13:05)

07:45    Layby above south of Buckland Newton road

            (Sat 08:20)

            Return journey arrives back 17:30 (Sat 13:00)

07:50    Middlemarsh - layby opposite old timber yard (Sat 08:25)    Return journey arrives back 17:25 (Sat 12:55)

08:10    Arrive Sherborne Prep (Sat 08:45)

 

Route 2: Evershot/East Coker/Yeovil

07:20    Horchester - A37/Horchester Farm Yard (Saturdays 08:00)    Return journey arrives back 18:05 (no Saturday service)

07:25    Evershot - Acorn Inn (Saturdays 08:05)    Return journey arrives back 18:00 (no Saturday service)

07:30    Benville - Benville Farm (Saturdays 08:10)    Return journey arrives back 17:55 (no Saturday service)

07:35    Corscombe - Fox Inn (Saturdays 08:15)    Return journey arrives back 17:50 (no Saturday service)

07:40    Halstock - Triangle: junction to golf course (Saturdays 08:20)    Return journey arrives back 17:45 (no Saturday service)

07:50    East Coker - Bus stop at North end of village (Saturdays 08:25)    Return journey arrives back 17:35 (no Saturday service)

07:55    Yeovil - Options Salon on the A30/East Coker road junction (Saturdays 08:30)    Return journey arrives back 17:30 (no Saturday service)

08:15    Arrive Sherborne Prep (Saturdays 08:45)

 
Saturday Lectures

Lesley Waters' Sherborne Prep Saturday LectureThe Sherborne Prep Saturday Lectures take place at the School on Saturday mornings. Coffee is served in the Powys Library from 11:15am and the lectures commence at 11:30am, lasting for an hour. All parents, guardians and friends are welcome. An example of previous lectures:

 

'How do we know that a tree falling in the forest makes a noise, if there is nobody there to hear it?' Theory of Knowledge - Philip Rogerson, Sherborne School Director of Higher Education and Careers

The Literary History of the Vampire/Gothic Genre - Mary-Clare Startin, Head of English, King's School, Bruton

Books Worth Reading - The Sherborne Prep Scholars

Elections in the UK - John Burrough and Di Ellis, Bruton School

US Civil Rights: From Slavery to the First Black President - Gareth Doodes, Second Master, Milton Abbey

Churchill and Chartwell

 
School Governors

Chairman: Mr Phil Jones

Clerk to Governors: Mr Michael Burton-Brown

Governors:

Mrs Fiona Ashley Miller

Mr Richard Bromell ASFAV - Chairman of Fundraising Committee

Mr Bernard Brown BSc FCA - Chairman of Finance & General Planning Committee

Mrs Jenny Dwyer BEd, Hons (Cantab)

Mr Simon Eliot MA

Mr Duncan Fowler-Watt MA - Chairman of Education Committee

Mr Nigel Jones BSc FRICS ACIArb

Mrs Elly Key - Responsible for Boarding, Pastoral Care and Child Protection

Mr Peter Lapping MA

Mr David Savile Platt Dip, CAM - Chairman of Health & Safety Committee and Marketing Committee

Miss June Taylor BSc