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St Mary's Hall is the prep school to Stonyhurst.
It's a 3 to 13 school. We've combined the two schools into one
academic structure. What we haven't done is
take away that very special atmosphere that you get in prep school.
This is a fantastic school if you want your child to be happy,
if you want them to do as much as they can do
in every area. Hodder House pre-prep
at Stonyhurst, St Mary's Hall. Within Hodder House we have a skills-based curriculum
and we teach within creative themes. We do
learn through activities, we learn through fun
but it isn't just leaving children to play. What we do is we have
directed activities, guided activities and pre-flow activities all going on at the
same time.
And once they have been through Hodder House they will move up to the
prep school at St Mary's Hall.
Academic rigor and stretch have always been been
innate qualities within the curriculum here at Stonyhurst
but at the same time we believe that
children should also be allowed to be children and to have a childhood in the
21st century.
Lower down in the school it's fun
but it's educational, yet quite interactive. Yes, it's very interactive. When you get
to the top to the school
it is interactive, its fun but you normally see people with heads down and
working hard. That's something I think we do very well at Stonyhurst, St Mary's Hall.
We allow children to move their own pace taking
into account their individual interests and their individual skills.
I love Mrs Taylor 'cause
she is so nice and she gives
us challenges, not too easy or too hard
and she helps us if we get stuck.
A Jesuit teacher walks with the child
we don't dictate to the child. Now, there is academic rigor
and the staff here really really know their subjects
but you have to you allow the child to experience the learning themselves
and allow them to be an active participant
in that learning process. I like
English and science because you get to do experiments.
You've got enthusiastic teaching from expert people
but also outside the classroom you have a pastoral care which is second to none
You've got to maintain the academic rigor within
a scenario of a happy place where they're well cared for
and I think we do it well. Every child in the school
does drama as a lesson. I think drama's absolutely crucial in lots and lots of ways.
It's one of the lessons where children can express themselves where they can
have fun
but they also teach lots of skills in terms of mime
awareness of space and working together as a team.
We've done a Celts and Romans play
and so we put the history and drama together and then it created a play of history and drama.
I think this school like taught me how to
become more confident and not just hide.
I like sport best
Like, I do like lessons but when it comes to sport I'm really excited.
We have an
astroturf which is where we mostly play hockey
and sometimes we do tournaments there and stuff and then we've got a
sports hall. In the winter we have rugby
and in summer they take down the rugby posts and make it like into cricket
squares.
You're going to have so many opportunities here. Be open-minded
Be prepared to try things you never thought
about trying before. There's always going to be somebody
to support you in that and that's both children and staff members.
Everyone's so friendly and like, no one wants to ignore you, they're all like,
"Yeah, tell me about it..." The school motto
is "Quant Je Puis", as much as I can or to the best of my ability
If you are doing your best you're going to be very very happy here.
I think the best way to describe coming to this school is a privilege
It really is a privilege. It really is special.