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  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   European Youth Brass Band Championships Year 10 trumpeter Rhys and Year 9 trombonist Skye recently competed as members of the Elland Silver Youth Band at the European Youth Brass Band Championships, held at the Malmö Live concert hall in Malmö, Sweden. Seven bands from…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   UK Mathematics Trust News The Maths Department is delighted to announce that JiHyo (Year 11) has been awarded a Certificate of Distinction from the UK Mathematics Trust following her paper submission for McLaurin Maths Competition. This puts her in the top 20% of the…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Purcell Brass Players Triumph in National Brass Band Championships Over the Easter break, Year 10 trumpeter Rhys and Year 9 trombonist Skye performed with the Elland Silver Youth Band at the National Brass Band Championships, this year held at Stockport Grammar School. The band…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Purcell Pianist Solo Recital at Milton Hall At the beginning of April, Year 9 pianist Zev performed a solo recital at Milton Hall in Peterborough. The event, which was sold out with an audience of 100 people, was a great success and raised an…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   North London Festival of Music Speech and Drama We were delighted to hear that Year 7 double bassist Lucas took Second Place in the Grade 6 Double Bass Class at the recent North London Festival of Music Speech and Drama. Lucas was the youngest…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Dmitry Sitkovetsky Visits Purcell On March 8, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, a world-renowned violinist, conductor and arranger visited our School. He attended a Sixth Form advanced aural class, presented a violin masterclass, gave a performance and engaged in an interview in front of the school’s community….

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Purcell Pianist Wins Gold Prize in Music Competition We were delighted to hear that Year 8 pianist Kevin triumphed in the recent Universal Stars Music Competition, receiving the Gold Prize from a jury presided over by Nigel Clayton of the Royal College of Music….

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   HSH Prince Donatus Visits Purcell On Wednesday 1st March 2023, His Serene Highness Prince Donatus visited The Purcell School, taking in a tour of the School and observing classes of Maths, English, Academic, Music Tech, Art and German. Following an impressive lunchtime concert of…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   UKMT Intermediate Math Challenge 2023 A few weeks ago over 250,000 students from more than 3,000 schools across the UK participated in the Intermediate Maths Challenge aimed at Year 9, 10 and 11 pupils. Students had 60 minutes to answer 25 challenging multiple choice…

  Welcome to the latest edition of Purcell’s Weekly Highlights!   Students raise money for charity with roses With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a group of sixth formers have been raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK by selling roses. Lindsey, Da In, Chloe and Rhea (Year 12) became Purcell’s resident cupids by not…