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Our Wonderful Wellbeing Week!

  Last week the 24th June we held a wellbeing week at the school which included a number of fun activities. There were visits from the fire brigade and ambulance......

We Celebrated Our 60th Anniversary!

On Friday 24th May 2019 we celebrated our 60th Anniversary. A wonderful afternoon was held with a delicious cake, sharing memories and planting a tree in memory of our 60......

Exploring International Cuisine Japan & China

Students following the GCSE Food and Nutrition course recently got the opportunity to choose a country with a different cuisine and food culture to ours, that they would like to......

60th Birthday Celebrations!

  This year we are celebrating our 60th Birthday! Happy Birthday to us! There will be Tea&Cake served between 2pm and 4pm on Friday 24th May 2019 for ex-students, ex-staff......

We have a visitor!

  This year at Philpots we have been really excited to start our Forest School lessons. We have kindly been given the use of 28 acres of woodland by our......

Birdwatch 2019

January is the month when students enjoy the RSPB’s Big School’s Birdwatch. This year we set up Top Bungalow as a sort of bird hide. We kept record sheets, drew......

Our Advent Spiral

It must be getting close to Christmas as last week we had our Advent Spiral. Advent, a time of anticipation leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation like......

We love chocolate at Philpots!

In Simon’s class this term they have been learning all about chocolate – where it comes from, how it is made and all the different varieties. They have also been......

Anti Bullying Week 12th – 16th November

This week in class we will be looking at a range of topics related to bullying. Anti bullying week presents a good opportunity to look at bullying – where does......

Welcome back to the new school year!