Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists' Summer Show Success We are thrilled to reveal that Heath Mount artworks have once again been chosen to appear at the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists' Summer Show - selected by the judges from over 21,000 submissions. Year 5's group piece, The Crowd, will be on display at the famous Piccadilly gallery over the summer. This delightful crowd of 66 idiosyncratic figures was inspired by the work of ceramicist Jane Muir and RA painter LS Lowry. Also featuring in the main exhibition is Year 3 pupil George's 'Blue Dragon', a fiery depiction of a dragon drawn using an iPad and the Pro-Create app. Dhyan in Year 6, meanwhile, will see his humorous sculpture Liberty Ken feature in the online exhibition. Congratulations go to all of our young artists and to the art department on this wonderful achievement. We have been privileged to have work included in every Young Artists' Summer Show since it launched six years ago. The exhibition is open to the public from July 16th until August 11th. #royalacademyyoungartistssummershow #schoolart #ken #janemuir @goodschoolsguide @tatlerschools @muddyhertsbeds @heathmountart

Yesterday our eight @iapsuk National Swimming finalists enjoyed a very special training session at the @londonaquaticcentre. The team made the best of the time and facilities available, working out block settings for competitive starts and stroke counts and completing a race planning exercise. They were even treated to some Olympic diving training in the background. Next time the pupils swim in this iconic pool it will be the National Finals on Saturday, 8th June! The children, who are in Years 4-8, will compete against the best swimmers from prep schools around the country. Around 4,000 pupils took part in the qualifiers, with the fastest 20 swimmers in each category making it to the final. Good luck to the team as they continue their preparations ahead of the big day!

Year 5 Pupils travelled back in time on a trip to Cressing Temple Barns in Essex yesterday to explore aspects of medieval and Tudor life. Children were able to handle replica weapons and armour and took part in an archery session before finding out about some of the medicinal properties and every day uses of various herbs and plants in the Tudor garden. Thank you @cressing.temple for helping to bring our history curriculum to life in such a fun way!

'Mil gracias' to Mr Martinez and his group of Sixth Form IB language students who joined us from @haileyburyuk to help run our European Market event for Year 8. We were particularly delighted to welcome back former Heath Mount pupil Lucy! After a morning of role-play and language games, Heath Mount pupils put their French and Spanish conversation skills to the test at our authentic market stalls which sold trinkets, traditional sweets from France and Spain, delicious fresh pastries including palmeritas, churros and croissants as well as pan con tomate and much more. #languages #languagestudy #prepschool #hertfordshire #curriculumday #enrichment #learningisfun