Polo Success

Hurst Lodge Polo Team played a fixture against Royal Holloway University. Although they started off slowly going down 3 goals to nil in the first Chukka, the girls dug in and Georgia P scored the first goal early in the second chukka. This transformed the team and their confidence soared.  Although both teams really started playing well and Royal Holloway scored a fourth goal, Hurst Lodge replied with three goals of their own in quick succession tying the game with only a minute to go.

In the dying seconds of the match Iman D broke free and showed some great ball control to score the winning goal giving Hurst Lodge its first Polo win ever.  The pupils have only been playing for a short while and although nervous about playing a team of university students, Iman being 10 years younger than the youngest Royal Holloway player, they rallied and worked as a cohesive unit winning them the match.

Jenna and Lesley

We would like to take this opportunity in wishing Jenna Randall who attended Hurst Lodge School, Ascot from 2000 to 2006 every success at London 2012. Her dedication and hard work was rewarded in 2004 when she achieved solo and team British Champion. Her drive, motivation and performance resulted in her becoming an Olympian in 2008 when she and her partner became the first GB synchro swimmers to compete at an Olympic Games since Barcelona 1992. In the European and World Championships she gained several top 10 places and won Silver medals in both the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Jenna is looking to accomplish her dream of becoming Olympic Champion, and a star of London 2012. Hurst Lodge English teacher, Lesley Owusu, is an experienced international 400 metre runner who has represented Great Britain at World, Commonwealth and European stages. Lesley is on a sabbatical and is hoping to qualify for the Olympics.

Science Day

In a through school we are able to remove the pressure of Common Entrance and look to broaden the experience of every student which will undoubtedly lead to better performance in core academics in addition to a
mature and comprehensive understanding of the world outside the school environment. This has been nowhere more evident than in our consistently impressive science results over the last few years which I feel strongly are
enhanced by the natural science and sustainability context our children experience. If you are feeling scientific there is a wonderful science open day at the Royal Holloway on the 25th February which is a free event for
families that I would warmly recommend for a super hands on experience.

Christmas at Hurst Lodge

The run up to Christmas has started.  On Friday we are holding a Christmas fair in the studios, starting at 2:45pm. The fair will consist of various stalls, such as Santa’s Grotto, lucky dip, hit the reindeer and a raffle. Also there will be refreshments and food. All of the money made on the day will be donated to charity.

The parties have been planned and the decorations are up.

The Pre Prep Christmas Play ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’ and “The Three Kings” which is the Kindergarten production will also be held on Friday 9th December.

The Christmas Carol Service will be held at Sunningdale Church on Wednesday 14th December. 

New York Charity Race

Congratulations to James of Year 2 who travelled to NYC to raise money for charity. He ran a 5km dash/run (3.1 miles) in 41 minutes 23 seconds. This was an event that took place as part of marathon weekend. James-Tobias raised £285.00 for ‘Get Kids Going’, a charity that provides wheelchairs to children and young adults so that they can also take part in sporting events and some have become Paralympian winners.

This charity is also now introducing ‘Get Kidz Dancing’ - a scheme that will offer help to children and young adults who may need wheelchairs to dance.

Pupils attend a Charity Dinner at Pennyhill Park

During November 3 past pupils, Stephanie Powter, Lara Hutt and Melissa Bergquist were invited to attend a ‘thank you’ dinner by the Children with Special Needs Foundation.

As part of their Young Enterprise scheme they had raised £1400 for the charity.  They had held a fashion show, baked and sold cakes, sold chocolate covered strawberries and helped run the Christmas fair. 

The Charity which is based locally in Chobham provides extra support for all children who have special disabilities and their money was very gratefully received.

The dinner was fantastic.  Pennyhill park is an amazing Hotel and Spa and we arrived to a champagne reception.  The host for the evening was Eagle radios morning presenter Peter Gordon and the girls enjoyed a photo with Radio 2’s morning presenter Chris Evans.

During the evening we heard from a parent whose son had benefited from special equipment for her severely Autistic son. We also heard from some very disabled children who were given the trip of a life time to Florida. It made it raising the money real and put our lives into perspective.



All in one week

We have had a natural science theme just before the half term break with our Early Years starting us off on Monday with a fabulous assembly. It was lovely to see so many parents there and the children delivered their lines and performed their poem wonderfully. The Geographers had a very constructive field trip on Tuesday which was followed by the delicious roast dinner with parents on Wednesday to launch our Food for Life programme. With visits from Rasher the pig and Buttercup the cow, children making sausages and learning about milking on Thursday and our Key Stage One children arriving back in school smelling rather smoky after toasting marshmallows in the fire pit.  Another busy few weeks lie ahead with Christmas on the horizon.