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Claire Ziwa talked to the acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Chloe Inkpen when she joined pupils at The Perse Pelican School for an interactive storytelling and character creation workshop.

Izzy Bevens and May Busher who play the character of Elle Woods, and Imogen Warren, Dance Captain, share a behind the scenes insight into rehearsals for the forthcoming production of Legally Blonde The Musical Jr, which is being performed at the Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin. Book by Heather Hach. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. The amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are supplied by MTI Europe. www.mtishows.co.uk

In this Inclusion, Equality and Diversity podcast, produced in association with the Perse Antibullying Ambassadors, pupils in Year 7 and 8 share their views with Emma Rothwell and Alison Stuart.

The Prep Green Team talk to Tobias Bown about their recent trip to a recycling facility in nearby Waterbeach.

Having already passed her Grade 8 music exams on the violin and piano with Distinction, 11 year old Francesca recently performed solo with her violin on stage at the Carnegie Hall in New York and at Cité de la Musique, in Paris. Listen to find out more about her love of music and passion for performance.

Dani Creese, Assistant Head for Pupil Welfare talks to Claire Ziwa about the importance of connection within our Perse community, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week.

In this Inclusion, Equality and Diversity podcast produced in association with the Perse Antibully Ambassadors and Mental Health Representatives, children in Year 10 and 11 share their views with Emma Rothwell and Alison Stuart.

Join Claire Ziwa talking to Head of Admissions Jo Ansell about how to help your child prepare for the Year 7 and Year 9 Upper School entrance test day.

Join Tobias Bown in conversation with the Head of The Perse Prep School, in Cambridge.

Upper Sixth student Jazzie Heslop talks to Joe Folley about her voluntary work distributing personal hygiene products to girls in Uganda. You can find out more about her charitable project Crimson Tide, on Instagram at @crimsontide_uga.

Join Tobias Bown in conversation with the Head of The Perse School, Ed Elliott.

The Perse School Anti-Bullying Ambassadors discuss themes related to bullying and inclusion during the school’s anti-bullying week.

Head of Perse Research Matt Fox talks to Joe Folley about the Aristotelian Research Award for pupils in Year 9, across the UK. More information is available on the Perse Research Website https://research.perse.co.uk/

Perse Year 10 students and their GCSE English Teacher Deborah Vernon Purvis, talk to Claire Ziwa about the creative poetry they have written in response to studying Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  

Lower Sixth students Izzy Bevens and Joely Harrison talk to Claire Ziwa about their success in the HART Prize for Human Rights.

Perse Sixth Form student Lily, talks to Claire Ziwa about her love of languages especially Japanese, which she hopes to read at University.

Perse Sixth Form music scholar Sakura Fish was given the honour of leading the second violin section of the National Youth Orchestra. In this podcast, she reflects on the challenge and her love for playing the violin.

Professor Beverley Glover, Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, delivers the Lent 2020 Community Lecture, in partnership with The Cambridge Building Society and talks about climate change, loss of biodiversity, and the challenges around crop security and food production.