Squash Tour to USA
The squash team have recently returned from a third successful tour across the Atlantic in six years. They played a schedule of five matches in as many days in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The...
View ArticleThe Development of China since 1976
The Beveridge Society lecture by Mr Barnaby Powell (author) was held on 23 January. Review by Sonia Chui (Year 13):This Tuesday, the Beveridge Society welcomed Barnaby Powell to discuss the influence...
View ArticleRoehampton Squash Finalists
The team, including six of the US tour party in December, duly delivered on Sunday 14 January at Roehampton where they staved off the strong challenge of King’s Canterbury in the semi-final to regain...
View ArticlePupils Fundraise for Mary’s Meals
As part of the Charities Committee’s busy calendar of fundraising for a variety of causes, we are delighted to report that our last Mufti Day raised over £1,850 for charity!The Committee, which is led...
View ArticlePupil to Represent Wales in Fencing
Oliver Skeen has been selected to represent Wales in the forthcoming youth international fencing competition to be held in March 2018. He will compete in the foil event in ‘Challenge Wratislavia’....
View ArticleTeacher’s Painting Shortlisted
We are delighted to hear that Mr Tom Aberneithie, Head of Design & Technology, is one of 83 artists to have a painting shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2018. Tom’s piece is called...
View ArticleLa Movida Madrileña
The Spanish lecture, ‘La Movida Madrileña’ by Mrs Jan Hepworth, Winchester College, was held on Tuesday 21 November. Review by Johnny Stocks and Yasmin Broersma Lamouini (Year 13):To finish off the...
View ArticleHow Babies and Children Think and Learn
The Perception Society lecture by Dr Jessica Horst (WORD Lab, University of Sussex) was held on 25 January. Review by Cosima Graef (Year 13):Reading stories to children often turns into a favourite...
View ArticlePre-U Literature Schools Conference
On Thursday 25 January, Charterhouse hosted a conference on the texts for Latin and Greek Pre-U – the first time such an event has been staged. The conference was attended by around 100 pupils and...
View ArticlePupils Perform at Green Oak Primary School
On Monday 5 February, the latest Primary School Music Assembly took place at Green Oak School, Godalming. Charterhouse musicians, accompanied by Mr Shepherd (Director of Music), performed to a packed...
View ArticleAlastair Ramsay Award 2018
Applications are now invited for the 2018 Alastair Ramsay Award for International Social Responsibility, which carries a £3,000 grant. It is open to all current Specialists (Year 12 and 13) at...
View ArticleBook of the Quarter is ‘1984’
The start of Long Quarter 2018 (Spring Term) saw the launch of ‘The Charterhouse Half-Century’, a new reading list of fifty-highly-readable titles which pupils can aspire to read in their time at the...
View ArticlePupil makes the England A Rifle Team
Caius Patel (Year 13) has been selected to represent the England A Rifle Team in the British Schools International Match. There was strong competition to make the team with submissions from of over 100...
View ArticlePupil Reaches Shooting Final
Caius Patel (Year 13) has qualified for the final of the British Schools Small-Bore Rifle Association (BSSRA) Junior Championships. Caius was amongst the top 20 (and equal scoring) competitors who will...
View ArticleCharterhouse 27th in the National Finals
On 6 February, the Charterhouse team finished 27th in the National Final of the Senior Team Mathematics Challenge. The competition was as tough as ever with around 90 teams competing, having won...
View ArticlePartnership with Phayar Taung
Charterhouse Launches Partnership with Burmese Monastery SchoolCharterhouse has long believed in the importance of partnership and dialogue between schools of different kinds. Whether in Kensington or...
View ArticleHow Comics Can Help You Study and Learn
The Perception Society lecture, 'How comics can help you study and learn' by Mr Neil Gibson (Founder and Editor-in-Chief of T-Pub comics) was held on 8 February. Review by Adelina Dan (Year 13):I would...
View ArticleChamber Music Groups through to Semi-Finals
Charterhouse is delighted to announce that two of its chamber music groups are through to the semi-final of the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Festival, which is being held at Sevenoaks School on 1...
View Article19 Gold Certificates for Mathematicians
A number of our leading mathematicians in the Under School took the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Challenge 2018, and between them obtained:19 Gold Certificates28 Silver Certificates23 Bronze...
View ArticleObject 36: Sporting Fashion
Neil MacGregor’s History of the World in 100 Objects, based on artefacts in the British Museum and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as a series of 15 minute talks, captured the imagination of many people. The...
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