Extracurriculars

Summer holiday camps and activities

Here is an overview of summer camps and activities that we can recommend or have been recommended by other parents across London: Multi-activity, exploration and outdoors If you’re looking for full day activity camps, Camp Beaumont offers summer camps at King’s College Wimbledon, Mill Hill and Colfe’s among others, while Supercamps runs Central London camps at St Nicholas Prep School in South Kensington,

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Should you choose a British school or international school?

One of the first decisions you have to make, assuming you are going private, is between the British system and international schools. There are considerable differences between the curricula and approaches, but even practical considerations. First, let us consider the practical aspects, as they can be a deciding factor even before you look into theoretical

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Insights into the 11+ exam

Guest post by MaiHanh DeLorenzo, Metal Rocks Education Advisors (see further info and bio below) When Anke asked me to write about the 11+ exam, my first response was that it was like trying to write another Churchill biography, that is: What new is there left to say? But then, realising that new Churchill biographies come out

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Year of the Sheep everybody! To celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Hua Hsia School in Hampstead is taking part in the following free events across London: 1) Chinese Culture Activities at the Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green Hua Hsia Chinese School is working with The V&A Museum of Childhood to celebrate Chinese New

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Yasmine Mahmoudieh of mykidsy.com talks North London schools and extracurricular activities in London

How did you go about finding a schools for your children when you first moved to London? Did you find it difficult? I started from scratch not knowing that private schools are state schools and public schools are private schools. I visited a lot and when I saw the Montessori school, the Gower School in Islington

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