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Midsummer Night's Dream Performance

TV Success for Old Delphinian

Claire Taylor

Science Week

Reading Advice Workshop

Shakespeare in Schools Festival

2009 GCSE Success

Hairs and Graces

Year 8 Art Exhibition

FunRaisers' Dinner Dance

Fostering Assembly

Claire Taylor Visits Dolphin

Spring Fair

Dolphin's Big Sleep Over

Writing Day

World Story Telling Day

Maths Challenge Success

UNICEF Day for Change

Nursery International Day

Dolphin and the RSC - Working Together!

Have you spotted us in the latest RSC scheduling brochure?

Midsummer Night's Dream Performance

The Dolphin Shakespeare in Schools Festival cast performed Midsummer Night's Dream at the Norden Farm Arts Centre on Tuesday 6th October.

TV Success for Old Delphinian

Old Delphinian, Blake Ritson (Class of 1991) is currently playing Mr Elton in the BBC TV adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma on a Sunday night. Blake was a mainstay of many dramatic productions at Dolphin, probably most notably in the role of Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream and the lead in Moliere’s Hypochondriac.

Claire Taylor

Old Delphinian, Claire Taylor, has been named International Woman Cricketer of the Year at the Awards in South Africa on 30 September, 2009! This has been a tremendous year for Claire who also became the first woman in the 120 year history of WISDEN to be selected as one of its five Cricketers of the Year.

Science Week

The week commencing Monday 28^th September promises to be a very exciting experience for the entire Dolphin community! Science will be at the heart of all lessons and activities from Tuesday onwards! Science Week aims to excite the children about science and its application in the real world and work place.

Reading Advice Workshop

“Adventures in Reading” was the title of a fascinating evening at Dolphin on Monday 21 September. Hosted by Judy, who introduced us to the idea with a personal story of a child losing herself in a book, the guest speaker was Prue Goodwin, Literacy Consultant and doyenne of Primary PGCE courses up and down the land.

Shakespeare in Schools Festival

Dolphin performed Midsummer Night's Dream at Norden Farm Arts Centre on October 6th as part of the 2009 Shakespeare in Schools Festival.

2009 GCSE Success
Class of 2006 Old Delphinians have been named by their senior schools as top performers in this summer's GCSE results. We are delighted to congratulate Naomi Alderson at Leighton Park, Jamie Gilmour and Harriet Plaskitt at Bearwood College, Daisy Marino at the Abbey, Hannah Solel at Sir William Borlase and Adam Terry at Ranelagh.

Hairs and Graces

Never work with animals or children...

Year 8 Art Exhibition

Year Eight were proud to present their Art exhibition showcasing the Art they have created on the subject of Conflict in its many forms and interpretations.

FunRaisers' Dinner Dance

FunRaisers, the Parent Teacher Association of Dolphin School in Hurst, held their first ever fund raising dinner dance at the Henley Management College on Saturday 27^th June.

Fostering Assembly

Members of Year 3, led by Sam, delighted and informed the whole school in assembly today with their knowledge and understanding of Fostering. They used a little role play to bring their message to life.

Claire Taylor Visits Dolphin

Old Delphinian and the world's top female cricketer, Claire Taylor, delighted a group of girls from Years 6, 7 & 8 when she came along to run a cricketing skills workshop for them.

Spring Fair

Saturday 16th May saw the school field come alive with the eagerly awaited FunRaisers' Spring Fair.

Dolphin's Big Sleep Over

Dolphin’s first ever sleep-over was a resounding success! Over 60 children from Years Five to Eight spent the night on the hall floor and managed to raise over £500 for FunRaisers.

Writing Day
Tuesday 28th April saw Dolphin's inaugural Creative Writing Day.

World Story Telling Day

Year Seven delighted Nursery on Friday March 20th as part of World Story Telling Day.

Harrow Scholar
We are delighted for William in Year Eight who has secured a top academic scholarship to Harrow in September following a demanding three day assessment process.

West End Success
Congratulations to Sasha in Year Five who has secured a role in the West End production of Les Miserables as Eponine. Sasha was successful through the audition process against stiff competition. We wish her well with what we are sure will be an exciting experience.

Egyptian Assembly

Following an inspirational visit to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Year Four brought their learning to life in a special school assembly.

Dolphin Dance Club

Dolphin's Dance Club, run by Rachel Osborne, is a talented group of enthusiastic members of Years Three and Four. They are thrilled, nervous and excited to have been chosen to perform at South Hill Park on Friday 13th March as part of the Bracknell Forest Dance Festival, Lift Off.

Sir Nicholas Winton

Dolphin was honoured by a visit from Sir Nicholas Winton, organiser of the Kindertransport which saved many hundreds of children from persecution in Czechoslovakia just before the outbreak of World War Two, and Dr Pavel Seifter, former Czech Ambassador to the UK.

Maths Challenge Success
Dolphin children in years Six, Seven and Eight entered the National Intermediate Maths Challenge which is designed for pupils in Year Eleven. William in Year Eight not only achieved a Gold Certificate for his performance, but also qualified for the European Kangaroo Competition which is for the highest performing students in over 25 different countries.

UNICEF Day for Change

Dolphin supported the 2009 UNICEF Day for Change in aid of well-being programmes for children in Papua New Guinea on Friday 6^th February. Dolphin children came to school wearing one of the colours of the Papua New Guinea flag and made a donation to the appeal, raising over £200.

Nursery International Day

The nursery children loved showing their parents all their wonderful and creative art work during International Day.

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