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News
Girls go wild for table tennis after kind donation from former staff
November 13, 2019
Senior School
Portsmouth High School was delighted to welcome back three former members of staff this week. Mrs Farnhill, Mrs Brooks and Miss Humphreys returned to school to see their outdoor table tennis tables in action which they had kindly given to the school as a retirement...
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Pre-School explore the delights of autumn
November 2, 2019
Pre-School
Chillier mornings and changing leaves have inspired new investigations in the Pre-School. Just outside the classroom, in the school’s spacious grounds, the children have been exploring the forest area collecting autumn leaves, fruits and seeds. The natural resources have been used for making collages and...
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Grandparents celebrated at Portsmouth High Prep School
October 25, 2019
Prep School
Portsmouth High School pupils took a step back in time to more than half a century ago as 100 grandparents took over classrooms for the afternoon. Pupils got the chance to learn about life in the aftermath of the Second World War as grandparents talked...
‘Don’t walk by’ homeless charity leader urges Portsmouth High School
September 20, 2019
Sixth Form
Portsmouth High School senior girls were motivated to collect tins and chocolate at their upcoming Harvest Festival, in a moving assembly given by the mother of a recent leaver. Mrs Donna Ockenden, mother of Caitlin who left PHS last summer and about to start at...
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‘Beware seagulls – looting is over’ Portsmouth High School girls devise new technology
September 16, 2019
Senior School
Portsmouth High School girls in Year 8 took part in the IBM Smarter Schools Challenge in a half day workshop at the Southsea school. The day saw a team from IBM, Hursley introduce students to the information technology company and gave examples of the ways...
Portsmouth High School GDST reunion: ‘so many changes and such incredible progress but still the sense of a school that is proud of itself prevails.’
September 16, 2019
Alumnae News
Up to sixty years since they had left Portsmouth High School, ladies from the Classes of 1959, 1969, 1989 1999 and 2009 returned for lunch and tours of the Senior and Prep schools last weekend. The day was hosted by Headmistress, Mrs Jane Prescott, with...
Girls’ Day School Trust CEO tells Portsmouth High School; ‘You will be the names making tomorrow’s headlines. 100% the future’
September 13, 2019
Senior School
Portsmouth High School, GDST, senior girls, from Years 10-13, were the proud recipients of achievement awards and cups this week as friends, family, pupils and staff from the school gathered for an evening of celebration. The evening was attended by many VIPs including the Lord...
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‘Instead of opening my GCSE results, I got the chance to kiss a giraffe,’ says Ruby, 16
September 6, 2019
Sixth Form
This summer, Portsmouth High School pupil, Ruby Dale, 16, embarked on a charity initiative through Hampshire Scouts. She carried out aid work, cleaned and painted classrooms at a local Ugandan school and donated mosquito nets to a local hospital. She was in Africa for three...