The Flagpole

We have a few remaining places still available on these forthcoming themed taster activities aimed at current Year 5 pupils, who do not attend a Princethorpe Foundation school.

Choral Fun Day – Saturday 14 January 2023 – 9.00am to 4.30pm

A day of free musical activities, singing tuition and team-building skills ending with a gala performance for family and friends. Light refreshments will be available for parents and children on collection.

Try Tag Rugby – Friday 20 January 2023– 4.15pm to 6.00pm

An afternoon of free tag rugby training for boys and girls on our astro, learning new skills and making friends before a mini tournament. Beginners welcome. Light refreshments will be available for spectators.

Places for both events are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. 

Please click here to book a place. The closing date for booking onto these events is Monday 9 January 2023.

Friday 20 January - 7.15pm - 9.15pm

We are delighted to invite parents of pupils in Year 9 and 10 to the Headmaster’s Year 9 and 10 Parents’ Quiz and Chinese night, which will take place in the Refectory on Friday 20 January from 7.15pm to 9.15pm. Tickets for the Parents’ Quiz are available on a first come, first served basis, including the Chinese supper, and are £10 per head. Payment for tickets will be charged to the Trinity Term school fees.

The PTA will be running a pay bar and our new Headmaster, Mr du Toit's quiz will hopefully not be too testing! 

It should be a very enjoyable evening for all and enable you to meet and socialise with fellow parents, as well as some staff and members of the PTA.  

If you would like to reserve your place, and to enable us to plan our catering, please click here to complete and submit a brief form by Friday 13 January.

We very much hope you are able to attend and we look forward to seeing you on Friday 20 January.

Wednesday 25 January - 7.00pm

Our December book was Landlines by Raynor Winn, the third of a series of books in which she charts her extensive walking projects with her husband Moth whose Parkinson’s related illness benefits hugely but unaccountably from these expeditions. This one begins with the challenges of the Cape Wrath Trail through remote areas of Scotland, after which the couple tackle the challenges of the Pennine Way. The writing is vivid and engaging with plenty of human interest stories along the way. The writer explores the benefits to both mental and physical health of walking and evokes the impact of the natural world upon wellbeing whilst not shirking from the physical discomforts and logistic challenges of long expeditions. We all found the book uplifting in different ways.

We will be meeting again on Wednesday 25 January in the library at 7.00pm. On this occasion we will be discussing The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and, as a bit of a lighter read, The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Please join us whether or not you have read these particular books. We are a friendly and unpretentious group of readers, always open to new suggestions, so it is always good to welcome newcomers.

Tuesday 31 January - 4.30pm to 7.00pm

If you are interested in finding out more about working at Princethorpe College either as a member of teaching or non-teaching staff, why not come along to our A Taste of Princethorpe College – Staff Recruitment Event on Tuesday 31 January from 4.30pm to 7.00pm.

The event will be in two parts, one aimed at those interested in teaching posts and one aimed at those interested in support roles. Final details of the event will be sent out shortly beforehand.

You’ll get a tour of the College with some of our Sixth Formers, and a chance to meet the Head of Department or Manager. There will be short presentations by the Headmaster and Foundation Bursar and the opportunity to ask questions of our senior team. Light refreshments will be available.

If you would like to attend or to find out more about what kind of people thrive at Princethorpe click here.

The closing date to register your attendance is Tuesday 24 January. 

Further information on the event will be confirmed nearer the date.

Any other questions about recruitment should be directed to recruitment@princethorpe.co.uk or call 01926 634269.