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Our musicians were out in force busking in aid of the charity Young Minds during morning break and lunchtime last Wednesday (23 June). The weather was perfect for outdoor entertainment...

An exciting opportunity has been offered to Grace Burthom in Year 9 to lead a series of talks on Astronomy and ways for students to get involved as part of their lessons, extracurricular activities, or as a personal passion project...

A reminder to join the SWPS Library Summer Reading Competition!

Cross off the Bingo challenge squares and share your photos to be included in the final prize draw in September.

The competition details are available via posters and on Infiniti Summer Reading portal, so make sure you log in to download our Bingo board!

Year 8 French students, as part of Wellbeing Week, have been enjoying creating triaramas about their home towns.

Using their artistic and French language skills, students were constructing their own triaramas (a mini-diorama made from a single square of card), displaying information and illustrations of their local area.

A fantastic way to end the year: SWPS held it's Virtual Summer Concert to provide the opportunity for all SWPS musicians who were unable to showcase their talents due to the cancellation of our usually scheduled programme of concerts, to take to the stage and impress their friends, families and teachers.

Here’s some more of our Artworks of the Month, for June, selected by the Art & Design Dept staff.

They are by Olivia (Year 7), Ki (Year 10), and Burdock (Year 12)...

We are ending the summer term on a high in the Drama department after the Junior Drama performances on Friday 2 July. The plays which were performed by each form in Year 8 were originally written by...

The SWPS Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants, at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, have been taking part in practice and qualifying expeditions during this month...

This year’s Summer Art Exhibition was a real success. As ever, the standard of work was exceptionally high.

The students' commitment and dedicated approach during such a trying year was clear to see...

A wonderful array of cakes was on display in the staff room on 17 June to mark the Alzheimer’s Society Cupcake Day. The staff had been busy baking and we all tucked in with enthusiasm. Indeed there were so many delicious offerings that we had to repeat the event over several days!...

On Wednesday 30 June, the Classics Department took the GCSE and A level Latin and Classical Civilisation students to the British Museum to experience artefacts and exhibitions complimenting their learning over the last year...

SWPS was abuzz with excitement this week as Wednesday welcomed the Midsummer Celebration, an event providing a much needed opportunity for the SWPS community to unwind after an unpredictable year.

In their year group bubbles, students moved between a fun-filled itinerary of activities, including...

The excitement of last week's Midsummer Celebration continued into the early evening with the Junior and Senior Singing Competitions. Inaugurated in June 2019, last year’s event had to be cancelled, so it was with great joy and relief that we were able to hold this year’s event, albeit with some unwanted yet necessary social distancing restrictions...

Read what's been going on in the SWPS Sport Department in the last few weeks.

In this edition:

North West Surrey Schools Athletics Championships

Cricket Matches

Sports Day 2021

We would like to say a big thank you to three former students who gave up their time on Monday evening to talk to students about the direction they have taken post SWPS in creative careers...