Category: Prep

Scholarship Success for St Wystan’s Pupils

We are extremely proud of our current Year 6 pupils and are delighted to announce that they have achieved a record year for gaining secondary school scholarships. After a difficult start to the year with the return to remote learning, pupils showed an incredible amount of determination and hard work to prepare for their applications,...

28/4/21

Tennis Success for Eisha

Congratulations are in order for Eisha (Y6), our resident superstar tennis player. Eisha was part of a team of five extremely talented tennis players, who together represented Derbyshire U12 County Cup Team in Malvern over the weekend. Working together, the team went onto win the overall division, beating Staffordshire, Hereford and Worcestershire and Shropshire. True...

9/4/21

Form 6 Travel Back to Wartime Britain

Throughout the Spring Term, Form 6 have been incredibly busy at both home and School. Their topic was the Second World War and they have been learning about what life was like in wartime Britain. St Wystan’s provides opportunities for pupils to explore topic areas which allow a greater depth of understanding in each curriculum...

7/4/21

Effie continues her musical success by joining the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain.

Throughout her time at St Wystan’s School, Effie (Form 4) has continued to establish herself as an accomplished musician. Not only does she play the harp to an extremely high standard, but also the French horn as well as her beautiful singing voice. Music at St Wystan’s has always been an intrinsic part of school...

25/3/21

Multi Skills and Cross Country House Competitions

Congratulations to all our pupils who took part in their respective House Competitions yesterday. It is fantastic to be able to hold much loved House Competitions once again after so much time spent at home. Pre-Prep Multi Skills Pre-prep, which includes Kindergarten, Form 1 and Form2, kick started the morning with a multi skills session...

8/3/21

St Wystan Stars on Radio Repton

Although the pandemic has had a drastic impact on all our lives, there has been plenty of positives to have also come out of the period. During the initial lockdown, The Repton Covid Support Group set up a fantastic community initiative, called Radio Repton. The local radio station offers a range of programmes for you...

5/3/21

World Book Day 2021

One of the highlights of the academic year is always World Book Day. As with many things, we have had to celebrate separately this year, but it has been fantastic to see all of the pupils getting involved and inspiring others to read. Mrs Bowden challenged the School community to record themselves reading and sharing...

26/2/21

Virtual Half Term Hike House Competition

Over the half term break, our whole school community once again came together to take on another challenge. Normally throughout the School year, there are plenty of opportunities for our students to take part in healthy competition in the form of Inter-house competitions. These ever so popular events have been tradition at St Wystan’s for...

15/2/21

Eisha’s Community Support Through National Lockdown

It has been increasingly important to keep in touch with friends and family during the national lockdown. However, because of social distancing and restricted visits in care homes, our elderly community are not as able to stay in touch with their loved ones. Form 6 pupil Eisha, decided to take it upon herself to send...

20/12/20

‘St Wystan’s to Santa’ Challenge

Every year the Friends of St Wystan’s work in collaboration with members of staff and St Wystan’s Governing Body with the aim of raising money for projects to be carried out for the School. All of these projects are aimed at enhancing the learning experience of the children. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the normal...