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Life outside class

“Putting that homework to one side and going down to the chapel to have a little sing-song definitely lifts one’s spirits.”

Life at Roedean is an exciting whirl of activity. If it is not prep, it is the team play; if it is not revision, it is a sports match. Depending how they feel, the day girls can either go home after lessons and their extra-curricular commitments, or stay with the boarders for supper, supervised prep and evening activities.

Rounded education in Years 7, 8 and 9

Our Year 7, 8 and 9 girls often escape into their own worlds curled up on the beanbags in the Blyth library. To encourage them further, we recently hosted former Children's Laureates Michael Morpurgo and Anne Fine, who both gave memorable readings and talks. Celebrated local artist Clare Hackney ran a weekend workshop called ‘Windows on the World’. And of course, our Year 7 girls are always enormously excited about seeing Discovery Day, an event they probably attended as an applicant, ‘from the inside’.

Beyond Roedean, our Lower School girls visit the great castles of Kent and Sussex, stride over the Derbyshire hills and polish their French on a weekend in northern France.

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