It's been another exciting week of school sport! Here's the rundown of the highlights: U13 Girls: 3rd place in the County Cricket Cup after a fantastic game against Haileybury. U11 Boys: Progressed to the semi-finals of the County Cup following their win against Edge Grove. New Tennis League: Senior boys enjoyed matches against Monk's Walk and Richard Hale. We're looking forward to the girls' tennis matches starting after half term. U13 Girls' Football: The girls represented the school in the ISFA Essex Regional tournament, reaching the semi-finals before suffering a narrow defeat. U9 Cricket: The team headed to Oundle School, winning all their games in the pairs festival. Athletics Squad: We concluded the week at Jarman Park for a Prep Schools competition. Good luck to all our teams in their upcoming matches and tournaments! #passionforsport #teamwork #privateschool #hertfordshire

We are enormously proud to reveal that Year 8 pupil Matilda Samuels has reached the final five in the Junior Category of BBC Young Chorister of the Year. The recording of the semi-final takes place at the beginning of July and it goes without saying that her Heath Mount family will be watching and cheering her on when it is televised in October! Matilda is the school Choir Captain and a valued member of our award-winning Bax Choir. She is a dedicated and talented musician who contributes so much to the musical life of the school and makes the most of our extensive extra-curricular opportunities. She attends twice-weekly choir rehearsals with our Choral Director, Lucy Joy Morris, and has singing lessons with our wonderful in-house vocal coach Caroline Patterson as well as weekly flute and guitar lessons. In addition to performing with Bax Choir, she plays the flute in Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Band and our Scholars' Band. Outside of school, Matilda is a member of the National Youth Choir. Matilda is a Heath Mount music scholar and has been part of our music scholarship enrichment pathway over the past two years, enjoying extra mentoring from our Head of Music, Mr Fisher, and countless performance opportunities. She was recently awarded a prestigious music scholarship to @haileyburyuk We wish Matilda the very best with her preparations for the semi-finals! See the full story at www.heathmount.org/bbc-young-chorister #bbcyoungchoristeroftheyear #choral #singing @bbcradio2 @songsofpraiseofficial @thegoodschoolsguide @tatlerschools @muddystilettos #hertfordshire @muddyhertsbeds@independentschoolparent

Our Year 3 tribe visited Celtic Harmony Camp on Monday to learn more about life and traditions in Ancient Britain. They tried their hand at archery, solved riddles on a fun woodland quest, made twine warrior headbands and painted their faces in mystical symbols before bartering goods with their Celtic coins. A big thank you to @celticharmonycamp for such an exciting and informative day out. #enrichment #handsonlearning #history #prepschoollife #hertfordshire

Happy 4th Birthday to our gorgeous nurture dog Luna! She is enjoying all the extra attention today and rocking her birthday hat! Luna not only brings happiness and cuddles to our Pre-Prep pupils but also regularly visits poorly children at Great Ormond Street Hospital with Miss Emmerson. #heathmountfamily #nurturedog #wellbeing @greatormondst