Boarding News

Date posted: 25/09/19

Boarding Induction Week

We learnt very early on that the first few days and weeks of boarding is a vital period for providing each girl with a great start to life at Burgess Hill Girls. As a result of this we are constantly evolving our welcome programme to match the needs and interests of the pupils. Our latest initiative is our Boarding Induction Week, which takes place the week before the Autumn term commences. As September 2019 was the first year of the Induction Week we thought we would share some highlights so that you can understand how it works.

Date posted: 12/07/19

National Boarding Week 2019

We always love National Boarding Week. It’s a great chance for girls and staff to come together to enjoy a variety of activities celebrating boarding life at Burgess Hill Girls. Here are some of the 2019 highlights. THE BIG BOARDING SLEEP & BOARDERS GO TO THE MOVIES Our National Boarding Week kicked off with a

Date posted: 16/04/19

Top award celebrates boarders’ academic success

Burgess Hill Girls has been presented with a Crystal Award after being named one of an elite group of ‘Top 20 Girls Boarding Schools based on their outstanding A Level results’. Miss Donson, Assistant Head Boarding and Pastoral, was joined by some of the school’s boarders to celebrate the good news. Burgess Hill Girls accepts

Date posted: 22/01/19

Little Miss Welcome

Depending upon your upbringing you may be familiar with the Mr Men and Little Miss children’s books by Roger Hargreaves. Certainly they are very well known in the UK, home country of Burgess Hill Girls. At Burgess Hill Girls we know them even better as Little Miss characters have an important role to play in

Date posted: 18/06/18

National Boarding Week

Burgess Hill Girls are celebrating the annual Boarding Schools’ Association event National Boarding Week, June 18th – June 24th. Saturday 16th June 6.30pm – Sunday 17th June 12.30pm Big Boarding Bop and Sleepover Students were encouraged to bring a friend from school to dance the night away followed by a sleepover in Silverdale House.

Date posted: 07/12/17

Interview with Funke Abimbola MBE

We are always fortunate when our Old Girls, or Bold Girls as we increasingly call them, come to visit. One of our most frequent visitors is Funke Abimbola MBE. She was guest speaker at our 2016 Founders’ Day and returned again recently for our Autumn 2017 Open Day. Funke is an incredible women and as

Date posted: 16/11/17

Selina Scores High at Maths Olympiad

We are incredibly proud of Year 11 Selina who was one of the highest scorers at the recent national Mathematical Olympiad for Girls. 1,700 girls took part in this year’s competition, which is run by the UK Mathematics Trust. Selina was awarded a Certificate of Distinction, and as one of the contestants who

Date posted: 20/06/17

Boarders Trip to Chessington World of Adventures

This year’s theme park trip was to Chessington World of Adventures and took place on Saturday 17th June 2017. As a park that none of the girls had been to before it was great for them to explore. Being that it was such a hot day, the water rides were very popular as it gave

Date posted: 20/06/17

Boarding Leavers Party

This year’s Leavers Party theme was ‘Glow in the Dark’ and took place on Friday 16th June 2017. The Lower Sixth had organised a set of challenges that each team had to complete in order to get the code to get into the party. All teams did finally make it into the glow in the

Date posted: 12/05/17

Boarders Trip to Brighton

On Saturday 6th May, the boarders all travelled to Brighton to watch the annual Childrens’ Parade. It was great to see our Junior School taking part and we enjoyed cheering them on with words of encouragement. After lunch, some of the boarders went shopping, whilst others accompanied by a member of staff had fun on