For a fully immersive experience, this event is best viewed on a tablet or desktop.
Event Guide
Explore this web event at your own pace to find out more about the exceptional range of opportunities on offer in our caring yet stimulating environment:
- A welcome from Mrs McKendrick, our Headmistress.
- Introduction from Mrs Gilpin Jones, our Assistant Head (Lower School).
- Boarding in the Lower School with Mrs Hughes, Lower School Housemistress.
- Take a peek inside Downe House’s subject choices and co-curricular activities.
- Find out about our amazing family-friendly boarding.
- Discover all about a term in France.
- Competition time! Show us your hobbies.
- Our Lower School girls answer some frequently asked questions.
- Where next?
Our community shares certain attitudes and interests in common. Above all, our community is kind and caring and everyone involved in looking after you thinks and believes this. You also have the amazing opportunity to spend a term in the LIV (Year 8) in our beautiful Chateau Sauveterre in the South of France. This is arguably the most magical experience which will stay with you forever!
Read Mrs Gilpin Jones’ full introduction
Inside Downe House
Cooking
Dance
Drama
Reading
Science
Sport
Art
A Term in France
All the Lower Fourth girls at Downe House take part in the grand adventure of spending a term immersed in French culture and language at the 18th Century Chateau de Sauveterre, near Toulouse, France. Girls go with other members of their year group and a dedicated team of staff, and enjoy a full curriculum of Maths, English, History, Geography, Art, Cookery, Textiles, Music, and Drama all spoken in French! The term at Sauveterre is often the most memorable term of your time at Downe House, filled with plenty of ‘sorties’ (outings) and outdoor activities.
There’s no better way to develop independence, confidence and lifelong memories.
Mrs Emma McKendrick, Headmistress
See more about our Term in France on the Downe House website
Competition!
Here at Downe House, we have lots of co-curricular activities to take part in. From film club to drama, horse-riding to astronomy, current affairs to the choir, we believe that learning goes beyond the classroom and we encourage every girl to ‘have a go’ whatever their level of ability.
Can you show us your favourite hobby in a creative way?
We want to see your favourite ‘Downe’ time activity.
Show us this in any way you like. Maybe you could send us a drawing of your favourite musician? Perhaps you could do a collage of your most-read books? Can you create a poem about your most memorable sporting moment? Drama, dance, sport, music, charity – we’d love to see it all.
Submit your favourite ‘Downe’ Time activity via email to prepschoolsmailbox@downehouse.net – we can’t wait to see what you create.
Where next?
Tune in, press play and enjoy the Downe House Podcasts
A series of fortnightly Podcasts where our girls and staff explore the seven Downe House DNA characteristics in relaxed conversation. In the latest episodes we feature Lucy and Teal, our Head and Deputy Head Seniors, focussing on Compassion, and Rosie and Lauren, two of our Heads of House, talking about Collaboration, and Poppy and Tumai discussing Resilience.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher
Follow us on Social Media at:
Instagram: @downe_house
Facebook: Downe House
Twitter: @Downe House
Explore more of Downe House with these quick links.
