Ditcham Park School has a thriving cycling club with more than fifty active members. Pupils aged 5 – 7 start in our Young Riders Club acquiring basic cycling skills. From aged 7 – 16, riders can join our after-school Mountain Bike Club and enjoy riding our purpose-built onsite skills trails as well as off-site rides on trails in the local area.
Once a month, year round, we offer longer ‘Adventure Rides’ on trails in the South Downs and our local trail centre (QECP). We also run occasional all day ‘Epic Rides’ to challenge our most experienced riders – this year six pupils rode 40km along the South Downs Way from Winchester to school taking in Old Winchester and Butser Hills.
Pupils aged 12+ are also offered regular road rides in the beautiful South Downs National Park, building stamina and experience with the aim of taking part in rides like the Isle of Wight Randonee.
Ditcham also hosts the British Schools Cycling Association National Hill Climb Challenge every year which is open to all our riders. We are pleased to say that we take home medals every year.
The school is lucky to have a large pool of qualified and enthusiastic parent volunteers. We encourage parents to join their children on our rides and hopefully volunteer to help with the club.
01 May
The Creative Closure Challenge – The Ditcham Chronicle
13 May
Pre-Prep were considering what they would do if they could fly. Read Jack’s heart-melting ‘If I had wings, I would dream..’ We think Jack’s lovely Grandma will have an Extra Big Hug - hopefully very soon – & Santa will be pleased to have Jack’s help. Well done Jack! @DitchamPark https://t.co/T9K1hewEy6
27 May
@astro_timpeake : Lots of people are asking about timings for tonight's spacecraft sightings. For the UK: @Space_Station , 21:20 (look west, right of the moon) @SpaceX launch, 21:33 watch here: https://nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public…, then about 21:50, it will be following the same path as the ISS over the UK #DitchamConnect #STEAM #SouthDownsClearSkies #WillYouBeWatching
Junior Head's Drop-in Morning
05 June 8:45 - 05 June 9:30
30 April
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13 May
Pre-Prep were considering what they would do if they could fly. Read Jack’s heart-melting ‘If I had wings, I would dream..’ We think Jack’s lovely Grandma will have an Extra Big Hug - hopefully very soon – & Santa will be pleased to have Jack’s help. Well done Jack! @DitchamPark https://t.co/T9K1hewEy6
Shakespeare’s Globe is streaming ‘Macbeth’ for schools for free on YouTube. The tragedy is the Globe’s annual Playing Shakespeare production aimed at GCSE and A-level students and is trimmed to 90 minutes. @DitchamPark https://t.co/lgiymCt78K
09 July
Let our #STEM week commence!! So many exciting activities, workshops and demonstrations from some amazing companies - thank you 🙏 @RoyalNavy @Siemens @IntequalLTD @Tesla @boconline @roamingrobots @ciwf https://t.co/uKUABrMmf0
06 July
Did you know 2018 is the year of #engineering? At Ditcham we are promoting STEM to all of our #students to encourage them to consider their futures within these industries. https://t.co/mv9x5ehtn9 #womeninbusiness #YearOfEngineering @Siemens https://t.co/fN1mOqOr2H
05 July
Doing amazing things to promote #Science, #Technology, #Engineering & #Maths at Ditcham Park School…find out more https://t.co/0He8XP1IvD @bioPURE_service @IntequalLTD @Tesla @boconline #STEM #STEMweek https://t.co/Eief9ERpfs
03 July
July 10th will see students in school taking part in a project designed by the Royal Society Of Chemistry . Completion of the project can earn students a Bronze CREST Award https://t.co/pokO7fspkk @RoySocChem @BritSciAssoc #STEM #STEMweek #LovePetersfield https://t.co/xU0WvxttPw
29 June
#Science, #Technology, #Engineering & #Maths - giving our pupils the opportunity to explore more about these industries and helping them to make decisions on their future path in life. 😎 You can find out more about our #STEM day activities here: https://t.co/kuXQMi76uE https://t.co/VJ4XHYfMvC
27 June
STEM DAY UPDATE: On Monday 9th July the Ditcham Park Senior school will be spending a day off site on #STEM inspiration trips 👍#engineering #maths #technology #science #education #STEMweek #LovePetersfield https://t.co/sIYhS36OJf
27 May
@astro_timpeake : Lots of people are asking about timings for tonight's spacecraft sightings. For the UK: @Space_Station , 21:20 (look west, right of the moon) @SpaceX launch, 21:33 watch here: https://nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public…, then about 21:50, it will be following the same path as the ISS over the UK #DitchamConnect #STEAM #SouthDownsClearSkies #WillYouBeWatching
22 May
In this week’s newsletter we’re sure you will be dazzled by a live experiment, blown away by a selection of junior and senior art, say ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ when you see family pets helping pupils and you’ll find out what maths work made Mrs Whittle dance in her kitchen! It’s the magic of Ditcham! Wishing all our families a safe and sunny half term! #DitchamConnect #Rainbows #STEAM #Talent
22 May
Friday’s PE Challenge is a bit different. As a Ditcham community we are aiming to clock up our combined jogging/walking/cycling miles and see how far we travel around the globe. The challenge begins today until the end of June. We’ll total the distances so make sure you send them in to pe@ditchampark.com 3 cheers to our PE team for all their videos…we’ve heard there are outtakes but we’re not really sure if you would like to see them? Let us know by Liking and Sharing this post…. #DitchamConnect #ForAllTheFamily #PhileasFogg #BloopersReward https://youtu.be/eZ86Bhp9sTk
22 May
At Dragonflies we enjoy making craft activities and getting messy! We often use a range of resources such a junk modelling, paint and glue and stick different materials together - we particularly like using sparkly gems and sequins! We enjoy using our imaginations to create wonderful masterpieces. Why not try something a little bit different? Have a go at making a sock puppet using an old pair of socks! You could even put on a puppet show afterwards! #DitchamConnect #NoOrdinaryNursery #Sooty #Gordon https://www.ditchampark.com/nursery/ditcham-dragonflies/
21 May
Each morning in Dragonflies we talk about what the weather is that day and we discuss in a small group what activities you could do in that weather. For example, when it is raining we love jumping in muddy puddles! When it is sunny we like taking our snack outdoors for a picnic. When it's windy we have talked about making kites and trying to fly them! Today's activity is to have a go at making a kite! What materials might you use? Do you think you could fly it in today's weather? #DitchamConnect #NoOrdinaryNursery #16Acres #LetsGoFlyAKite https://www.ditchampark.com/nursery/ditcham-dragonflies/
21 May
The English Speaking Union (ESU) is organising a ‘Festival of Speaking’ during lock down to encourage young people to develop their oracy Listen to Toby Field, Joint Winner of the Performing Shakespeare Competition 2019, inspire students to take part. Toby explained how he found “learning a speech and stepping into a character’s shoes can help you find you own voice and give you confidence to use it”. #esufestivalofspeaking #ISAArts #DitchamConnect #Proud #FollowInTobysFootsteps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx33OEpeoSo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0MdHQGsKba1yYh7Mh2JD_l8Dm9HwFsqLZS7yJCQ_U0UEYmZVg3U7-AhNg
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