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The Pelican say goodbye to some very special people

The Pelican say goodbye to some very special people

2 July 2010

The Pelican said goodbye to some special people at the end of this term.

Year 2 Leavers Party!

Year 2 Leavers Party!

2 July 2010

Year 2 children had a wonderful leavers party.

The Nursery Beach Party!

The Nursery Beach Party!

1 July 2010

Nursery Children, their parents and friends all ‘let their hair down’ and had a lovely time at their Beach Party on Wednesday!

Reception Garden Party

Reception Garden Party

30 June 2010

On Monday we all enjoyed a glorious hot afternoon at the Reception Garden Party.

Pelican receives a special award

Pelican receives a special award

28 June 2010

A Year 2 Pelican pupil has achieved the highest award available in the Beaver Scouts - the Chief Scout's Bronze Award.

Farewell Drinks party for Mrs Oates

Farewell Drinks party for Mrs Oates

28 June 2010

The Head of the Upper School invited friends old & new to The Pelican to attend a farewell drinks party for Mrs Oates.

Pelican Violin Players!

Pelican Violin Players!

25 June 2010

Pelican pupils that are learning to play the violin gave a lovely performance in assembly recently led by their teacher Mr Thompson.

Family Day at the Pelican

Family Day at the Pelican

24 June 2010

We had a wonderful afternoon on Tuesday when Year One joined together to entertain their families at our special end of term celebration.

Pelican Sports Day

Pelican Sports Day

17 June 2010

On Tuesday afternoon all the children and parents had a wonderful time the Pelican Sports Day.

Pelican Summer Fete 2010

Pelican Summer Fete 2010

14 June 2010

We had a wonderful time at the Pelican Summer Fete this Year.

Sports Awards at The Pelican

Sports Awards at The Pelican

14 June 2010

This term we celebrated 30 Pelican’s achievements in a wide range of sports including swimming, tennis, football, rugby, trampoline, horse riding and heptathlon!

Year 1 visit Shepreth Wildlife Park

Year 1 visit Shepreth Wildlife Park

27 May 2010

The whole of Year 1 had an exciting trip out to Shepreth Wildlife Park.

Science experiments in Year 2

Science experiments in Year 2

27 May 2010

Year 2 have been carrying out some exciting experiments this week!

Cambridgeshire Constabulary visit The Pelican

Cambridgeshire Constabulary visit The Pelican

19 May 2010

We were delighted to welcome back two members of Cambridgeshire Constabulary who came to talk to us about what we should do if we accidently lose our adult when we are out and about.

Inspectors conclude The Perse offers an outstanding education

Inspectors conclude The Perse offers an outstanding education

18 May 2010

Today, the Perse Upper School, the Perse Prep School and the Perse Pelican School are delighted to announce the outcome of the recent inspection carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). The inspectors concluded that all three schools offer an outstanding education, and indeed, for each of the key inspection criteria the schools each received the highest grading which means provision is excellent, outstanding or exceptional.

Pelican Survivors!

Pelican Survivors!

13 May 2010

We were delighted to welcome back some of the Pelican's very first Year 1 pupils who are now in the Upper Sixth at the senior school. My how they have grown!

Drama Day at The Pelican

Drama Day at The Pelican

6 May 2010

It was with great awe and curiosity that The Pelican children spent three days in April working alongside a group of talented theatre directors from London.

SuperCamps at the Prep

SuperCamps at the Prep

30 April 2010

SuperCamps will be holding multi-activity day camps at the Perse Prep from 19th July to 27th August 2010. Their activity camps are a terrific way for children to have fun, exercise and meet new friends during the school holidays.

Nursery's big red bus ride

Nursery's big red bus ride

28 April 2010

This term, not wishing to rely on air transport, we have embarked upon our big red bus ride.  The Nursery's virtual bus is going to stop in various places during the course of the term – a magical mystery tour!

Reception Year Group Trip to Banham Zoo

Reception Year Group Trip to Banham Zoo

23 April 2010

The children in the Reception Year Group visited the zoo recently, take a look and see what sort of time they had!

Founders Day Assembly

Founders Day Assembly

30 March 2010

Pelicans celebrated Founders Day and learnt all about Dr Stephen Perse! Please download the attachment to see what we now know!

Pelican Sports Assembly

Pelican Sports Assembly

29 March 2010

This term we celebrated 55 children’s sporting achievements in our Pelican Sports Award Ceremony.

Receptions Easter Production-A Spring Thing!

Receptions Easter Production-A Spring Thing!

25 March 2010

The Reception children put on a wonderful Easter production called A Spring Thing.

SuperCamps at the Prep

SuperCamps at the Prep

24 March 2010

SuperCamps will be holding multi-activity day camps at the Perse Prep from 6th - 16th April 2010. Their activity camps are a terrific way for children to have fun, exercise and meet new friends during the school holidays.

Victorian Washday for Year 1

Victorian Washday for Year 1

23 March 2010

Year One had a wonderful time learning about a victorian washday at The Cambridge Folk Museum last week.

Year 2 become evacuees!

Year 2 become evacuees!

15 March 2010

Year 2 had a very interesting day at Stibbington last Friday when they experienced life as World War 2 evacuees.

What has been happening in the classroom?

What has been happening in the classroom?

11 March 2010

This week in Nursery, our story that we have been thinking about is The Rainbow Fish, and our letter sound is f.

Launch of Perse Loyalty Card

Launch of Perse Loyalty Card

5 March 2010

The Development Office is pleased to announce that the Perse loyalty card will be launched during w/c 8th March.

World Book Day

World Book Day

4 March 2010

We had an exciting day at The Pelican on Thursday 4th March when we celebrated World Book Day.

Design & Technology at The Pelican

Design & Technology at The Pelican

3 March 2010

Each class at The Pelican really enjoyed getting involved in Design & Technology!

WOW! Day at The Pelican

WOW! Day at The Pelican

10 February 2010

The children at The Pelican supported WOW! Day and came to school in fabulous outfits that made us all say WOW!

'Hat for Haiti' day at the Pelican

'Hat for Haiti' day at the Pelican

22 January 2010

Today children and staff came to school wearing a ‘hat for Haiti’. We had a very colourful assembly!

Perse Pelican Christmas Party!

Perse Pelican Christmas Party!

16 December 2009

The children at The Pelican had a wonderful Christmas Party.

The Perse Pelican Sports Awards

The Perse Pelican Sports Awards

16 December 2009

We were delighted to welcome the Glenn Kirkham to The Perse Pelican for our first official Sports Awards Ceremony!

Christingle Service at St John's Church

Christingle Service at St John's Church

15 December 2009

The Pelican held a Christingle Service at St John's Church.

Year 1 Christmas Performance

Year 1 Christmas Performance

10 December 2009

The children in Year 1 gave a wonderful performance of "A Special Kind of Present"

South Cambridgeshire Constabulary Visit The Pelican

South Cambridgeshire Constabulary Visit The Pelican

9 December 2009

The children at The Pelican had two very special visitors this week.

The Pelican supports Children in Need

The Pelican supports Children in Need

26 November 2009

The children at The Perse Pelican supported Children in Need.

Appointment of Pelican Head

Appointment of Pelican Head

12 November 2009

We are delighted to announce that Mrs Sarah Waddington has been appointed Pelican Head with effect from 1 September 2010.

The Pelican celebrate Harvest Festival

The Pelican celebrate Harvest Festival

15 October 2009

All of the children at The Pelican went to St John's church to celebrate Harvest Festival.

Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning at The Pelican

Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning at The Pelican

29 September 2009

Many thanks to parents for supporting the APP's participation in The World's Biggest Coffee Morning which made £266.41 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Pelican Nursery Beach Party

Pelican Nursery Beach Party

6 July 2009

We celebrated the end of a lovely year with a Beach Party for the Nursery children.

Year 2 Play!

Year 2 Play!

25 June 2009

The children of Year 2 put on another FANTASTIC production.

Year 2 Trip to Upware

Year 2 Trip to Upware

4 June 2009

On Tuesday, 2nd June, Year 2 visited the Cambridgeshire Environmental Education Centre at Upware. There, they took part in a variety of activities.

Year 1 Trip To Shepreth Wildlife Park

Year 1 Trip To Shepreth Wildlife Park

4 June 2009

Year One had a fantastic trip to Shepreth Wildlife Park. They met at the station and caught the train to Shepreth.

A Pelican Race Winner!

A Pelican Race Winner!

21 May 2009

One of our Year 2 pupils came 1st in the Year 1 & 2 girls category of the Royston Fun Run after running 3KM.

Reception Visits Linton Zoo

Reception Visits Linton Zoo

7 May 2009

The Reception classes had a wonderful time at Linton Zoo on Wednesday 6th May. We had a talk about different animals with fur, feathers and scales and enjoyed handling some of these; a bearded lizard, a snake and guinea pigs, as well as snake skin and porcupine spines.

Reception Easter Performance

Reception Easter Performance

26 March 2009

Narrators told the story of Tattybogle, the scarecrow, who stood in the farmer’s field through all the seasons.

Red Nose day at The Pelican

Red Nose day at The Pelican

13 March 2009

Staff and children came to School wearing something red and raised a total of £309.99!!

The Pelican Quiz Night

The Pelican Quiz Night

9 March 2009

The eagerly awaited annual Pelican Quiz took place recently with eleven teams pitting their finely tuned knowledge against each other.

Partytime at the Pelican!

Partytime at the Pelican!

17 December 2008

Nursery Christmas Songs

Nursery Christmas Songs

17 December 2008

Christingle Service

Christingle Service

17 December 2008

Pelican Leavers Party

Pelican Leavers Party

4 July 2008

Pelican Year 2 Play

Pelican Year 2 Play

24 June 2008

Association of Pelican Parents Jazz evening

Association of Pelican Parents Jazz evening

20 June 2008

Many new friends were made at the Summer Jazz Evening held on 20th June, the first social event organised jointly by the APP and the Perse Prep Parents.

Pelican Sports Day

Pelican Sports Day

12 June 2008

Pelican Fete

Pelican Fete

9 June 2008

World Book Character Day

World Book Character Day

10 March 2008

Year 2 travel back In time to the 1940s

Year 2 travel back In time to the 1940s

28 February 2008

A day as a World War II Evacuee

Christmas at The Pelican!

Christmas at The Pelican!

14 December 2007

Diwali Assembley

Diwali Assembley

9 November 2007

OFSTED REPORT

OFSTED REPORT

17 October 2007

Pelican Hall Building update

Pelican Hall Building update

10 October 2007

The children have been so excited to see our new hall actually beginning to look like a hall! We can peep through specially constructed viewing panels to keep an eye on the progress. So far we are ahead of schedule thanks to lots of hard work, team work and fine weather.

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