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HomefieldPreparatorySchoolFOUNDED IN 1870
Yearbook2016-17
HOMEFIELD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Welcome
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A year to celebrate:Homefield boys have had another fantastic year of experiences and opportunities. In sport our boys reached the last round of the National Rugby Finals yet again. It was so pleasing to note that our young Under 8 team remained undefeated in competition this year – what a promising future for them! More widely, whether it be chess, karate, judo, cricket, or squash… it is so good to see such varied competition and enjoyment for all of the boys. In fact our chess players excelled themselves when the Under 9 team came second in the National Chess Finals.
In music did you know that more than 80% of our boys now take up a specialist musical instrument? Whether it’s at local or national competition level, or for our own concerts and performances, music remains such a vital part of our school.
In academics we’ve really tried to push ahead to enthuse the boys with competition. With some old favourites like the Townsend Warner History Prize we improved on previous performances and received a special commendation this year. New opportunities got the boys really excited and with the ‘Mangahigh’ online maths competition we were actually the UK winners by a very significant margin! Elsewhere events such as national French Speaking, Religious Studies or Geography competitions were also very successful. We want our boys to do their best and achieve highly and this year was no exception. Our hard working Year 8 boys realised another stellar set of results at Common Entrance with 48% scoring A* or A grades and 74% scoring A*-B grades. For those taking scholarship papers 47% scored A* or A and 92% scored A*-B. Hats off chaps!
In the community we also ensured boys experienced both civic service and leadership responsibilities, be it performing for the old folks at the Royal Star & Garter retirement home, manning the Sutton Food Bank or helping clear London parklands, they took a commendable hands-on approach to their duties.
As ever these pages share some of the many educational experiences and visits far and wide which bring real enjoyment and depth to the curriculum.
John TowersHeadmaster
We want our boys to do their best and achieve highly and this year was no exception.
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4 Autumn Walk6 Nursery7 Reception8 Hey Ewe Performance9 Local Map10 Book Week: Book Character Day12 Book Week: Visiting Authors14 Rock Climbing15 River Tillingbourne16 Football18 Shakespeare Festival19 St. Paul’s Cathedral20 Year 521 Cosmological Argument 22 Butser Ancient Farm24 After School Club25 Royal Star & Garter26 Christmas Fair27 Carol Singing28 Junior Department Christmas Concert29 Early Years Christmas Party
Autumn Term
Boys investigated the different berries on the trees.
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AutumnWalk
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Year 3 visited Seears Park as part of their Science curriculum, looking at how plants change with the seasons.
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Nursery
Above: Fantastic costumes for Book Character Day.This photo: Matthew was very proud of his excellent model – excellent spatial awareness!
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Reception
Reception had weekly Abacus classes. These helped to support and develop their Maths skills.
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Hey Ewe Performance
A packed audience enjoyed the acting, singing and dancing from the Early Years boys as they performed their Christmas play.
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Local Map
Our Year 8 boys carefully plotted where all of the boys in the school live on the huge map outside Mr Towers’ office.
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Book Week was a fantastic experience for the whole school!
Book Week:BookCharacterDay
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Boys and staff dressed up as their favourite book character.
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Book Week:Visiting Authors
Justin Fisher entertained the Senior boys with extracts from Ned’s Circus of Marvels. They were impressed that the film rights have recently been sold.
A special teddy visitor read his favourite bear books to the Early Years boys.
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Margaret Bateson-Hill worked with all the boys in the Early Years and Junior Department, focusing on myths with the younger boys and dragon racing with the older ones.
Marcus Alexander delivered workshops for the Senior boys helping them develop their writing by taking them back to the planning stages.
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RockClimbing
As part of the Games and PE programme, the Year 7 & 8 boys had some exciting rock climbing sessions.
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Year 8 boys collected data for their field work projects at the River Tillingbourne.
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Competitive matches enabled boys to score points for their Houses.
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Football
All boys in Years 3-8 took part in football fixtures this year.
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ShakespeareFestival
All the world’s our stage.‘‘Years 5 & 6 performed
As You Like It with two other local schools at the beautiful Stanley Halls.
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St. Paul’sCathedralAs part of their study of Christianity Year 6 visited St. Paul’s Cathedral, with its world-famous dome, stepping inside to experience the Cathedral’s awe-inspiring interior. They uncovered fascinating stories about its history and the worship that takes place there.
Boys had the unique experience of lying down to reflect on the intricate detail of the three saucer-domes of the Quire ceiling which depict the biblical idea of creation.
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Year 5Year 5 created shoebox sized ecosystems and biomes in Geography.
Below: As part of their understanding of the Diwali Festival, the boys created Rangoli patterns to welcome the goddess Lakshmi to Homefield.
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CosmologicalArgument
As part of the study of Philosophy of Religion in Year 6 boys explored the First Cause Argument.
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Butser Ancient Farm The farm provided hands-on activities that allowed the boys to explore their understanding of teamwork.
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Butser Ancient Farm enabled Year 4 to understand in more depth their studies of the Celts. They took part in the recovery and analysis of a variety of artefacts.
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After School Club
Boys had great fun all year at Superstars.
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Royal Star &Garter
The residents of the Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton were very appreciative of the Homefield Jazz Band coming to visit just before Christmas.
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Christmas Fair
Homefield Parents’ Association put on a fantastic Christmas Fair for the boys.
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Carol Singing
The boys entertained shoppers at the St. Nicholas Centre. Over the day £1,000 was raised for St. Raphael’s Hospice.
The Chamber Choir brought some Christmas carols to Sutton High Street.
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Junior DepartmentChristmas Concert
Year 1 performed with great energy at the Junior Department Christmas Concert.
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party food, the boys were excited to welcome a very important visitor to the department!
Early Years Christmas Party
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32 Egyptian Workshop33 London’s Burning34 Reception36 Cubs37 Cross Country38 Red Nose Day39 Holocaust Assembly40 Marsden March41 Swimming Gala42 Music44 Maths45 World Book Day46 Design & Technology47 Norman Castles48 Golf49 Evensong at St. John’s School50 Science52 Hockey53 Bananagrams54 Drama Performance55 Wimbledon Synagogue56 Rugby58 French Trip
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EgyptianWorkshop
Year 3 enjoyed a cross-curricular event combining dance, history and music.
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Our story-telling workshop on the Great Fire of London was a great success and many of the Junior Department boys were delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the drama.
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Reception
Reception boys visited Pizza Express to learn about the different toppings we can have on a pizza. This was followed by an opportunity to design their own individual pizzas.
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These pictures show a wide variety of activities enjoyed in Early Years from using the interactive whiteboard and role playing with money to enjoying story time and learning about ‘people who help us’.
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1st Homefield Cubs has been in existence since May 2016. The boys have so far enjoyed a variety of activities including tree planting, making Chinese dragons and cooking pancakes using a tin.
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CrossCountry
The Under 10 & 11 cross country teams enjoyed competing at the Epsom College cross country competition.
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Red Nose Day
This year we raised over £3,000 for Red Nose day. The boys had great fun dressing in red, sponging teachers and holding cake sales.
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Holocaust AssemblyAs part of their Religious Studies Common Entrance Ethics course Year 8 reflected on the 2017 Holocaust Memorial Day theme of ‘How can life go on?’ They created an assembly around Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece that was stolen by the Nazis. The whole school brought in a picture of an item they cherished creating a very special ‘Remembrance Board’ of our own.
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MarsdenMarch
Staff from Homefield took part in the Marsden March and raised £3,700 for the Royal Marsden Hospital.
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The House Swimming Gala was enjoyed by all, with Ellis coming out as the House winners.
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Music
The Senior Homefield Orchestra meets once a week to hone their skills. This year they performed a minuet from a Mozart symphony at the Summer Concert.
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There are so many musical opportunities for boys at Homefield, for example:> Year 5 Concert> National Pro Corda Chamber
Music Competition> Orchestra Day at St John’s
School> Year 6 Orchestra> Year 2 Choir > Composing Ensemble> Dulwich College Orchestra
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Maths The Year 8 boys brought maths to life by standing in the formation of various familiar equations of graphs.
y = -x2
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World BookDay
During Lesson One every boy spent the time reading, Year 8 joined Nursery and Reception to share their reading time.
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Design &Technology
In Design & Technology Senior boys got the opportunity to use lots of the equipment. This Year 6 boy is creating a hole for the mast of the boat he is constructing.
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NormanCastles
Boys created some wonderful Norman castles as part of their History homework project.
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Golf
The boys played golf at Oaks Golf Club with the sessions culminating in a House competition, won by Bomfords this year.
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Evensong at St. John’s School
The Chamber Choir were invited to join other preparatory schools and St. John’s Chamber Choir at their Evensong.
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Science
Looking at the relativity between resistance and current.
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Junior Science Day was a great experience for the boys in Years 1-3. They spent time investigating forces such as friction.
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HockeyThe Senior boys enjoyed their hockey sessions on the astro turf pitches at Goals in North Cheam.
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Bananagrams
The annual Bananagrams competition was a huge success with every boy in the Senior Department taking part.
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Drama Performance
Year 6 interpreted scenes from Shakespeare. We enjoyed seeing modern adaptations of classical plays from rapping witches to a skateboarding character from A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
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Wimbledon Synagogue
As part of the ‘World Religion’ section of their Religious Studies Common Entrance course Year 7 visited the Wimbledon Synagogue and the Jewish Museum. Boys had a hands-on experience with religious artefacts and spoke to specialist curators during the day, deepening their understanding of this world faith.
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Rugby is a very strong sport at Homefield. Our Under 11 team competed at national competition level.
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Rugby
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French Trip
The Year 7 boys had a guided tour of Fourvière Cathedral and were treated to an ice cream at the best ice cream parlour in Lyon.
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Homefield boys were guests of the Ombrosa International School.
The boys went to Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville just after visiting ‘La Maison des Canuts’ and ‘Le Quartier de la Croix-Rousse’. This was followed by a guided tour of Fourvière and Le Vieux Lyon.
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62 Cricket63 Early Years Book Swap64 Early Years Summer Concert66 Guide Dog Junior Assembly67 HomefieldMusicFestival68 ReceptionmeetMinibeasts70 Concert at Charterhouse School71 CWIZZ Competition72 Science Day at Epsom College74 Oyster Travel Card Competition75 National Handwriting Competition76 Trial of the Big Bad Wolf77 Mosque Models78 Hindleap Warren80 LadylandFarm81 Fishbourne Roman Palace82 Outward Bounds Trip to Wales84 Hever Castle85 Shoreham Beach86 One World Week88 Early Years Department Sports Day89 Junior Department Sports Day 90 Senior Department Sports Day 92 Senior Department Prize Giving
Summer Term
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Cricket
Wehavehadsomegreatimprovementinourplayersthis year. Two examples are Anujwhobattedverywellforthe Under 10s and Lucas who bowled a hat-trick against TheMall.
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Early YearsBook Swap
Ourboysattended the Book Swap with their parents and lovedtaking‘new’books home!
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Early YearsSummer Concert
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Reception boys thrilled the audience at their Summer Concert which was based around their minibeast project. They were excellent at singing and playing their instruments.
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Guide Dog Junior Assembly
Weraisedover£1,000fortheGuideDogAssociation,enablingthe29thHomefieldguidedogtobetrained.TheboyslovedthevisitfromTraceyCromptonandher guide dog Urwen.
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Homefield Music Festival
TheboysperformedbeautifullyintheHomefieldMusicFestivalwith Edmund and Vansh pictured playing their pieces in the Grade 5 class.
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Reception meet Minibeasts
Reception and Nursery boys learnedaboutthelifecycleofabutterflyandreleasedtheirownbutterfliesaftertheyhadhatched.
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Aspartoftheirworkonminibeasts,Receptionboys hunted minibeasts andidentifiedthem.
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Concert at CharterhouseSchool
The Chamber Choir sang choruses fromHandel’sMessiah at the PreparatorySchools’ChoralEventheld at Charterhouse School.
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CWIZZCompetition
Year 6 & 7 boys took part in a reading competition held at Emanuel School. They performedverywelland it was a great experience.
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Science Day at Epsom College
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Year 5 took part in an exciting STEMdayinvestigationatEpsomCollege. Two big helium balloons weresetoffandtheboyshadtodeviseaprogrammetotracktheballoons’progress.
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TheYear8YouthTravelAmbassadorsranaroadsafetycompetition where the senior boys were challenged todrawadesignforatravelcardwalletbasedonroadsafety.ViniciuscameupwiththewinningdesignandhisartworkwasmanufacturedontowalletswhichweredistributedtoeveryboyintheSeniorDepartment.
Oyster Travel Card Competition
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National Handwriting Competition
We celebrated success again in the National Handwriting Competition with Prayaan in Year1andMrsO’Sullivanbothreceivingprizecertificatesfortheirbeautifulhandwriting.
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Year4puttheBigBadWolffromtheThree Little Pigs on trial during their English lessons. The conclusion was thatthewolfwasfoundguiltyon two charges including one of‘pigslaughter’!
Trial of the Big Bad Wolf
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Mosque Models
Year 6 produced some wonderfulmosquesaspartoftheirReligiousStudieshomework project. Some amazingdetailwascapturedby the boys in their work.
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HindleapWarren
Year3lovedtheirresidentialtriptoHindleapWarren.Formany,thiswastheirfirsttimestayingawayfromhome.Theytookpartinarangeofteambuildingactivitiesandfunwashadbyall.
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LadylandFarm
The Nursery boys hadafantastictimeatLadylandFarm.Thehands-on experience gavethemagreaterawareness and understandingofcaringforanimalsandwhatanimalsprovideuswith.
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Year 4 had a great day out in which they were confrontedwithmanyinteresting insights into RomanlifeinBritannia.Thiswillbeveryusefulasthisisamajorfocusforthemintheirstudiesnext academic year.
Fishbourne Roman Palace
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The Year 8 boys had an amazingandadventuroustime on their residential trip to Wales. They had a chance to use their leadership skills and take partinchallengingactivitieslike mountain hiking.
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Outward Bounds Trip to Wales
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Hever Castle
Year 1 boys had been learning all about theTudorsinschool.WhentheyarrivedatHeverCastletheguideswereextremelyimpressedwiththeirknowledge,interestandsuperbehaviour.
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Shoreham Beach
The boys in Year 7 had a great day down at Shoreham Beach on their Geography trip.
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One World Week
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Ouraction-packedactivitybased‘OneWorldWeek’gavealloftheboysanopportunitytoworkinverticalgroupsandworkwithteachersrightfromacrosstheschool.Thewiderangeofactivitiesmadesuretherewasplentytocaptureeveryone’sinterest!
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Early Years DepartmentSports Day
Well done to all the Early Years boys fordoingsowellduringourSportsDay and coping in the sweltering heat.Itwasafantasticday.
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Junior DepartmentSports Day
SportsDaywasalovelyoccasionandwewerethrilledtohavesomanyvisitorsattend.Weweredelighted to see such enthusiasm and good sportsmanship among the boys.
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Asevertherewasafantasticturnoutofparentstocheertheboyson.SpecialthankstoMrMatthews,theSportDepartmentandallofthestaffhelperswhosurpassedthemselveswiththeorganisationoftheeventsthis year.
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Senior DepartmentSports Day
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PrizegivingatSt.Paul’sChurchwasawonderfulwayto end the Summer Term. It was a joyous celebration ofallthehardworkandachievementsoftheSeniorboys this year.
Senior DepartmentPrize Giving
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Adithya
Year of entry: 2015
Next school: King’s College School
Best memory: In the playground when Dameer decided to throw some plasticine at the outside wall – it stuck and he had to try and get it down!
Best school trip: On the French trip we got to practice our language skills and I enjoyed learning about the culture such as at the markets.
Message to the school: Take opportunities when you can.
Abishek
Year of entry: 2015
Next school: Whitgift
Best memory: The first time playing ‘Patball’ in the playground – I didn’t know the rules and it was like a mad rush to learn them so I could join in!
Best school trip: Going on the Outward Bounds trip because it was great to take part in activities like mountain hiking and to learn leadership skills.
Message to the school: Trying your hardest and believing in yourself will help you to achieve your goals!
Abbas
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: Ewell Castle School
Best memory: Doing the 20 metre jump into the sea because I didn’t think I would ever be able to do that sort of thing.
Best school trip: Going to Butser Farm – I got to touch the animals and I hadn’t got close to them before that point.
Message to the school: Keep trying and don’t give up, you’ll get there eventually. Just look forward to the future.
Photographs of boys by Bentley Photographic.
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Callum
Year of entry: 2007
Next school: Wallington County Grammar School
Best memory: Sports Day in Year 4.
Best school trip: The Outward Bounds trip to Wales.
Message to the school: Stay as long as you can.
Ben
Year of entry: 2012
Next school: Royal Russell
Best memory: My first day when I was taken on a tour of the school.
Best school trip: Butser Farm was my first trip at Homefield and I loved it because it was very hands-on.
Message to the school: Behave and try as hard as you can.
Ayyub
Year of entry: 2015
Next school: Academic scholarship to Whitgift
Best memory: A lesson in Science when we had an ethical debate really sticks in my mind because the very next week at my entrance interview for Whitgift they asked me my views on exactly the same subject. I was able to give a confident answer because I had spent the time the previous week talking it through and working out my own opinion.
Best school trip: The residential trip to Wales because we had an amazing instructor who helped us work on our teamwork skills.
Message to the school: Work hard and keep trying, everyone will go to the school that is best for them.
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Elias
Year of entry: 2015
Next school: Caterham School
Best memory: When we were up in the mountains on the Outward Bounds trip and the instructor said “Don’t fall down”… it was like a chain reaction as one person fell and then everyone else followed suit! It wasn’t funny at the time but became so later.
Best school trip: The Outward Bounds trip to Wales.
Message to the school: Stay as close with your friends as you can as they will be a big help during tough times.
Daniel
Year of entry: 2012
Next school: Epsom College
Best memory: When I passed my exams.
Best school trip: The Ecology trip was really interesting, learning about what real scientists actually do.
Message to the school: Work hard and you’ll get to do what you want in the future.
Dameer
Year of entry: 2006
Next school: Trinity
Best memory: An English lesson with Mr Brett stays in my mind. We were having a vocabulary test and we came to the word ‘narcissistic’. Mr Brett explained the definition by sauntering over to his reflection in the window and saying “I’m so handsome” while adding gel to his hair – we all got to join in and will always remember the meaning of ‘narcissistic’!
Best school trip: The Pompeii trip because Mr McCaffery made sure the timetable was packed with expeditions from Vesuvius to the Colosseum.
Message to the school: Only when you have the will to succeed will you do so.
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Year of entry: 2008
Next school: City of London Freemen’s School
Best memory: In the UK Junior Maths Challenge I reached the second round and was the highest scorer this year for Homefield.
Best school trip: The Outward Bounds trip.
Message to the school: I wish you all the best and have a great time.
James
Year of entry: 2007
Next school: Academic and Music scholarship to Box Hill School.
Best memory: Going to France as it was great going to another country with my friends.
Best school trip: The Ecology trip because I’m fascinated with animals and we looked at all the different species living in different habitats.
Message to the school: Grasp every opportunity!
Harry
Year of entry: 2009
Next school: Academic scholarship to King’s College School
Best memory: Reaching the top of the Cadair Idris mountain on our Outward Bounds trip.
Best school trip: The Year 8 Outward Bounds trip to Wales.
Message to the school: Take opportunities whilst you can.
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Kwabena
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: King’s College School
Best memory: Changing classes with my twin brother to trick our teachers on April Fools’ Day.
Best school trip: Maison Claire Fontaine trip to France.
Message to the school: Always give 100%.
Kheyan
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: Box Hill School
Best memory: When I got a hat-trick of wickets in Year 3 and a hat-trick of goals in Year 8.
Best school trip: When we went to France because we learned new words in French and we went shopping.
Message to the school: Work hard and enjoy your time at Homefield.
Keeran
Year of entry: 2013
Next school: King’s College School
Best memory: When I led my team scrambling up a mountain on the Outward Bounds trip. It was really foggy and it wasn’t even possible to see 10 metres in front of your face!
Best school trip: The Outward Bounds trip because it was fun pushing myself and doing independent activities.
Message to the school: Never give up.
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Yaw
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: King’s College School
Best memory: When I first joined the school in Reception I remember loving the area with the building toys and playing there on the equipment for the entire day.
Best school trip: The trip to Hever Castle because of the water maze – if you put a foot wrong the water sprayed you in the face!
Message to the school: Enjoy every moment at Homefield.
Saad
Year of entry: 2006
Next school: St Paul’s School
Best memory: When we were camping on the mountains it was really funny dealing with toileting outside!
Best school trip: The theatre trip to watch the play Antigone by Sophocles. I enjoyed studying the play beforehand and seeing it performed live.
Message to the school: I would like to share my Dad’s motto which is ‘work hard and enjoy it’.
Rizwan
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: Academic scholarship to Hampton School
Best memory: When we went to Hever Castle and got wet in the maze. I remember having to lie in the sun to dry out before I was allowed back on the coach!
Best school trip: It is difficult to decide but it would definitely be either the Outward Bounds trip to Wales or Maison Claire Fontaine in France because both were residential and I loved staying overnight with school friends.
Message to the school: Work hard because it will pay off.
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Zain
Year of entry: 2011
Next school: Kingston Grammar School
Best memory: Becoming Head Boy.
Best school trip: The French trip to Boulogne, especially going to the French market to buy lunch.
Message to the school: When you put your mind to whatever task you take up you will achieve your goals. Remember to work well and be happy at Homefield.
Yusuf
Year of entry: 2008
Next school: Academic scholarship to King’s College School
Best memory: Completing the Outward Bounds course on the residential trip in Wales.
Best school trip: I can’t decide – Maison Claire Fontaine French trip or the Outward Bounds trip to Wales.
Message to the school: No written word, no spoken plea can teach our youth what they should be.
Nor all the books on all the shelves, it’s what the teachers are themselves.
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