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Boys from Papplewick School, Ascot, celebrated HM The Queen’s 90th birthday last Tuesday, 21st June, with a ‘royal’ themed birthday party on The Square. There were flags, streamers, balloons and blowers, plus sandwiches, jelly and scones with cakes for everyone. They all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Her Majesty with great gusto.
Over 200 fairy cakes and chocolate brownies were constructed into a magnificent birthday cake fit for a Queen, made by the Papplewick kitchen staff.
Tom Bunbury, Headmaster of Papplewick, said: “Thankfully the weather held and the boys enjoyed a proper tea party to celebrate The Queen’s birthday.”
About Papplewick
Papplewick is a day, weekly, and full boarding preparatory school for around 200 boys between the ages of 6 and 13. Situated in 15 acres of land opposite Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, Papplewick has an excellent record for academic achievement and feeds many of the UK’s top independent senior schools including Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Wellington, Stowe and Bradfield.
In the last two years the school has maintained its academic record, gaining no less than 22 awards to top independent schools, including a King’s Scholarship to Eton. Through its strong commitment to sports, the school also builds skills of teamwork, sportsmanship and responsibility.
As well as academic, sporting and cultural excellence, Papplewick aims to provide boys with the confidence and security they need to fulfil their potential, and the school strives to promote enthusiasm for life, contribution to the community and kindness to others amongst all its pupils.
A recent (2013) report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) remarks that relationships between pupils and teachers: ‘are an outstanding strength of the school and are seminal in creating the strong sense of a mutually supportive and trusting community.’