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Old Palace of John Whitgift School @OPJWS

Old Palace of John Whitgift School. An outstanding Independent school for girls aged 3-18.

Joined January 2020
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Year 10 showcased their athletics skills at Croydon Athletics on Wednesday. Nissi (Shot Put) and Kei Kei (Triple Jump) finished 4th. Zino finished 2nd in her heat as did Mary. Jessica came 1st in the Long Jump and the 4 x 100m relay team were placed second in their heat.
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Plenty of photos from our Prep and Senior Sports afternoons in this week's bulletin. Read all the news here: oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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Yesterday, Year 7 & 8 students kept to their year group bubbles in a Covid-secure Sports Afternoon of races and activities. A great time was had by all.
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And the winner of the Pre School-Year 2 Sports Afternoon is...Anselm! Well done everyone. What a great afternoon.
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As we weren’t able to go to the O2 Arena for Young Voices this year, it was wonderful to have Young Voices come to us. In other news, it was a pleasure to see our Year 11 students celebrating the end of their GCSEs with a covid-friendly Prom. oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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We had a 'Lovely Day' taking part in the Young Voices youngvoices.co.uk 'Biggest Sing' this afternoon. See this Friday's bulletin for more photos.
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This week's bulletin showcases the activities of our Year 13 students as they celebrated the end of their A Level assessments exciting news of the Prep Music Competition, which has so far received 106 entries. Amazing! oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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Yesterday, we held our first after school cricket club training at Addiscombe CC. We're delighted to be forging links with the Club and look forward to many more visits in the future.
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Join us at our Virtual Pre School & Prep Open Morning this Thursday at 9.30am. Further details on our website: oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk See our Introduction to the Pre School film here: youtube.com/watch?v=NqBMDQbZ…
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Congratulations to our Year 10 and 11 students who were awarded bronze, silver or gold certificates in the Intermediate Mathematics Challenge. Well done to Suraiya, who was Best in School and qualified for the Pink Kangaroo, for which she was awarded a merit certificate.
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This week's bulletin includes articles on Dance GCSE and Mindfulness in Nature; just two examples of our creative and stimulating curriculum. oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
Calling the Old Palace community. Can you help/support our Year 11 work-related Learning programme designed to help students develop their employability skills. Read more here: oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/can…
In this week's bulletin we celebrate Eid, Mental Health Awareness Week and the news that one of our Year 9 students has won the London Leaders Award @Leadersaward oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wha…
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Pupils at Prep have had a wonderful time learning about Ramadan. The girls dressed up, sang songs, made decorations and tasted some delicious food. It's been such a pleasure to watch the girls enjoy the activities on offer and find out more about such a special festival.
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Yesterday our Year 3 pupils celebrated @worldmathsday World Maths Day. They logged into their Mathletics accounts and took part in the special World Maths Day activities playing other children from around the world.
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The Spring/Summer edition of the OPA News is now available on line. So many fascinating alumnae stories...! oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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Delighted that Surrey Cricket Community Coach, Amy Gordon, is joining us for a weekly coaching session at Seniors. Read all the news in this week's bulletin: oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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Old Palace features in the new London South edition of the Good Schools Guide. Discover more at our Virtual Pre School & Prep Open Morning this Thursday: 29 April at 9:30am. oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk
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In this week's bulletin we reflect on the importance of the DofE scheme at Old Palace, and remember the time when HRH Prince Phillip and The Queen visited the school in 1960. oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk/wp-…
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Pre School welcomed a very special visitor to their music lesson this week: Ellie, the violin teacher, who took them on a musical trip up the river. Ellie then used her jet rocket backpack to fly up from the bottom end of the school and arrive with a bump in the music room!
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