Reed's In The News

Upper Sixth English students spent a day at The Globe Theatre to immerse themselves in their A Level text, Antony & Cleopatra. A tour of the stage gave an insight into the importance of staging and how it was intentionally incorporated by Shakespeare when devising the play, exploring how the action appears to an audience. In one of the rehearsal studios the students enjoyed activities with focus on the rhythm of the poetry and language used, with particular emphasis on iambic pentameter and how this often changes the meaning of the dialogue from what’s written on the page. The students really benefitted from a perspective shift to looking at the text from the point of view of an actor, which they can use to broaden analysis in their essays. . #GlobeTheatre #shakespeare #AntonyAndCleopatra #iampicpentameter #alevelenglish

It was an evening characterised by tremendous teamwork and skilful oratory when 8 of our L6 students took part in an Interschool Historical Debate @lordwandsworth. The debates demanded sophisticated articulation and historical knowledge and required students to consider wide historical perspectives. Topics ranged from ‘Napoleon was a greater military general than Caesar’ to 'What was the greatest speech of all time?' The Reed's team were narrowly pipped to the post in the last 3-way debate but they should be incredibly proud of their skilful arguments! . #debating #historydebate #interschoolcompetition

Head of Middle School Boarding, Mr Rockett, recently delivered an address at the Boarding Schools Association's Annual Boarding Conference in Nottingham. His topic: "the boarding O-zone" focused on life in Middle School Boarding (Yrs 9-11), in particular, the development of boarders' practical life skills. The conference title "Learning Within, Leading Beyond" placed Reed's School front and centre in the national call to develop such skills in our pupils based on Mr Rockett's Masters research and Life Skills modules in School House. . #iloveboarding #boardingschoollife #BoardingSchool @bsaboarding

Reed's students performed exceptionally well in the prestigious Cambridge Union Schools Debating Competition. This was an incredible opportunity to showcase our debating skills against top schools from across the Southeast. The competition featured four challenging debates, each testing critical thinking and eloquence and was an enriching experience, offering valuable insights into diverse perspective and honing public speaking skills! Results: This House Would Allow Fans to Veto Player Management Decisions by Sports Clubs: Reed's A - 3rd place Reed's B - 3rd place This House Regrets the Glorification of Luigi Mangioni's Actions: Reed's A - 2nd place Reed's B - 4th place This House Prefers a World Where There Has Always Been One Single Dominant Religion: Reed's A - 3rd place Reed's B - 3rd place #debating #criticalthinking #eloquence #publicspeaking

Well done to the Reed’s Chess Team who won the first knockout playoff in the regional round of the ECF School Championships! After making it through to the regional round in December, the first playoff was against St John’s the Baptist school. Joe I, William F, Bevan K, Nate D, Luke F and Edo Zi played some nail biting games, winning on 2 boards, losing on two 2, drawing on one board until finally all eyes were on Edo’s game, which after an hour and 20 mins play was down to the wire. Edo eventually won taking our wins to 3 and moving us into the next match of the regional round!. . #chess #ECF #schoolchess #downtothewire

IT’S FINALLY LIVE! At 4pm this afternoon we held a fantastic event to launch the release of ‘Blessed Saviour’ the song recorded at Abbey Road Studios involving many of our incredible musicians and Old Reedonians. This song is based upon our Founder’s Prayer which all pupils learn when they start at the school, and it bridges the gap between its inception in the early 1800s and today’s modern world. The idea stemmed from finding a way to celebrating 150 years since the Old Reedonian community began in a formal way. We are so proud of the result and hope you will join us in streaming, downloading and sharing the song, Let’s get ‘Blessed Saviour’ in the charts!! Check out the BLESSSED SAVIOUR links in our bio Linktree to watch the video and download/stream the song. #blessedsaviour #newrelease #celebrations #abbeyroadstudios

👀Intrigued by this post?? Exciting things happening @ReedsSchool later today! 🎶🎤🎹🎼 Stay tuned to find out more... #150years #celebrations #comingsoon

Why are some of our pupils posing in a recording studio with some of our fabulous @reedsalumni? All will be revealed tomorrow (Fri 31/1)...watch out for updates! #excitingnews #somethingspecial #comingsoon

In this week's PODCAST Mr Hoskins, Mr Ha, and Dr Smith get between the brushstrokes of Reed’s fabulously eclectic Art department. We speak to Mr Farmer (Head of Art), Mr Cole (Head of Graphics, Photography & Printing), and two Reed’s Art Scholars, Chloe J and Oliver DV. Our guests share stories of their early passions for the visual arts, their current projects, and their future ambitions. Join us for another funny and fascinating conversation on REED'S BETWEEN THE LINES! To listen please click on the Podcasts link within our Bio LinkTree. #podcast #reedsbetweenthelines #artdepartment #artscholars

To support their Sculpture projects 4th Form GCSE artists visited Tate Britain to study their sculptures up close and draw from observation. Next stop was Sculpture in the City open air exhibition, a curated collection of works dotted around the City of London. The pupils now have a lot of new artists and ideas to research! . #tatebritain #sculpture #sculptureinthecity #inspiration #gcseart

Seven Lower Sixth students competed in the Ethics Cup regional round at Caterham School recently. The team had excelled under pressure in the previous round to earn their place in the regional final. After winning thier first matches against 2 strong schools they defeated Christ's Hospital in the semi-finals. The tense final against Caterham saw the best scores of the day, with Reed’s narrowly missing out on a chance in the national final by one vote. The team should be incredibly proud of a day characterised by tremendous success exploring relevant and contemporary ethical dilemmas putting forward persuasive arguments. . #ethics #ethicsandmorals #ethicscup

The 2025 season of Reed's Between the Lines PODCAST kicks off with Mr Hoskins, Mr Ha, and Dr Smith joined by the creative team and cast of our upcoming junior musical, SpongeBob SquarePants. Guests include Mr Silk (Director), Mr Auchie (Musical Director), Ms Townsend (Choreographer), and 3 of the cast members playing SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy. They share behind-the-scenes stories, laughs, and a special performance of one of the show’s unforgettable songs! To listen click on the Podcast link within our bio Linktree. #podcast #musicaltheatre #spongebob #spongebobsquarepants