Welcome to Palmers Green High School Winchmore Hill
Palmers Green High School (PGHS), founded in 1905 by Miss Alice Hum, has provided girls with an exceptional education for over 115 years. At PGHS we specialise in educating girls, challenging and guiding them to achieve their full potential within our warm and friendly school environment. We are a very special ‘through-school’ where pupils progress in a familiar setting and benefit from seamless transitions across the Prep, Junior and Senior Schools. There is an authentic feeling of being one family where strong friendships are formed and extend beyond year groups.
A School Experience Like No Other
At PGHS, all sections of the school (Preps, Juniors and Seniors) enjoy being part of our ‘one school’ community. Preps use the same facilities as the GCSE pupils in some subjects, e.g. Art, Music, PE and D&T, and Juniors enjoy Science in the laboratories. Throughout PGHS, small class sizes and excellent teaching enable rapid progress, whilst exciting extra-curricular activities encourage girls to develop into well-rounded individuals.
Extra Curricular
Recognising the importance of developing well-rounded individuals, we offer an exciting programme of extra-curricular activities. PGHS takes every opportunity to nurture your daughter’s passions and develop her skills, providing over 80 clubs per week.
Last month, we welcomed our new French Language Assistant, Mademoiselle Carlin, to the school. She comes from Valenciennes, a small city in the North of France and will be working at PGHS until late May.
Mademoiselle Carlin is mainly working with the French GCSE pupils in Year 10 and Year 11, preparing them for their speaking assessment and developing their knowledge of the French language and cultural aspect of France.
She has also taught some fun French lessons in the Lower School. During this week’s Reception class lesson, the girls enjoyed learning some basic Christmas related words by listening and trying to sing along French Christmas songs! Next week, Mademoiselle Carlin will be taking a Year 1 lesson.
#britishcouncil #frenchlanguageassistant #frencheducation
This week, we had the pleasure of watching our amazing Year 5 pupils perform in their class assembly which focused on the poem, The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyles.
They started off by performing their own shortened version of the poem as a play, before reciting the entire poem! They then sang about Dick Turpin in an ‘Adam and the Ant’s‘ style song. They had so many words to learn, but still manage to remember them all!
Well done Year 5 for your excellent class assembly.
#classassembly #thehighwaymanpoem #thesegirlscan
We provide our pupils with an outstanding academic education in a nurturing and caring environment.
We’re now holding assessments for entry into our Reception class in September 2025. If you’re looking for a Reception place for your daughter, register online today at www.pghs.co.uk/admissions/enquiry-form.
#reception2025 #receptionassessment #northlondonindependentschool
Our Year 6 class thoroughly enjoyed their Senior School Taster Day yesterday. They participated in many different Senior School lessons which gave them a great insight into a day in the life of a Year 7 pupil at PGHS.
In Art, they created some wonderful, experimental prints. They focused on colour, texture and shape and used the mono-printed method of ‘gelli printing’.
Well done Year 6, amazingly creative outcomes!
#pghsart #gelliprinting #experiment #independentlearning #seniorschooltasterday
During the Summer Term 2024 some of our Year 10 pupils who study French entered the Stephen Spender Prize competition run by @stephenspendertrust. This is a leading annual prize for poetry in translation.
The results have just landed and this year we are delighted to announce that Lola (now Year 11) received a commendation for her translation of the poem ‘Soleil et Eau’ by Aime Cesaire.
Lola will be attending the Online Celebration Event on the 20th November and the results with her name will also be announced on the Stephen Spender Prize website afterwards.
Congratulations to Lola on this fantastic achievement.
#sstpoetryprize2024 #stephenspender #frencheducation #thisgirlcan #stephenspenderprize
Congratulations to our Netball Teams for their excellent performances over the past week.
Last week, our Year 9 and 10 combined team played another local school’s Year 10 team and won 5-4.
Last night, our Year 8 and 9 combined team played another local school’s Year 9 team and had won 12-3. Here they are after winning their match at our Home Ground @thewalkerground.
#schoolnetballteam #schoolnetballmatch #thesegirlscan #schoolsportsteam
Last night, some of our talented Scientists in Year 10 and 11 visited North London Collegiate School to take part in the NLCS Stem Conference 2024.
Pupils met with other like-minded individuals from a variety of schools to discover the incredible possibilities within science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. Pupils enjoyed listening to some incredible speakers. They then networked with other pupils and completed activities including debating, code breaking and a mini Maths Olympiad. The evening was rounded off by an inspiring talk on Leadership by Chrissy Hill, an advisor to Polkadot, the company that created Web 3.0
#stemeducation #stemconference #scienceeducation
This week, we took part in a Pocket Park Planting event. Members of our school community and our Eco Team were involved in a project to increase biodiversity and to “re-green” Southgate Circus. Our pupils were invited to help our community gardener, Ralph, plant up beds in this busy area of Southgate.
The girls were tasked with planting a variety of different species. They worked incredibly hard and the results are amazing. Do make sure to have a look next time you are in the area.
#ecoteam #schoolecoteam #pocketpark #localcommunitysupport #communitygardeningproject #planting
It’s Non-School Uniform Day at PGHS and we are all so excited to be fundraising for @bbccin again this year. Thank you to everyone at PGHS who has donated to @bbccin. Your donations will make such a difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK.
#thankyou #BBCCiN #childreninneed2024 #childreninneed #schoolcharityfundraising #schoolcharityfundraiser
Year 5 and 6 had an amazing school science trip to @centreofthecell, part of the Queen Mary University research labs. It was an excellent opportunity for them to see real scientists in action and meet some 3rd year medical students.
Our pupils really enjoyed becoming virtual scientists in ‘The Pod’, where they were able to play fascinating interactive games which enabled them to be doctors, dentists or scientists.
This was a brilliant trip and our pupils and staff felt privileged to see how science is used outside of a school environment in working laboratories.
#schooltrip #schoolsciencetrip #scienceeducation #scienceinaction
Our Reception class had a fantastic school trip yesterday to @littleangeltheatre in Islington. The girls travelled by train from Winchmore Hill to Essex Road which they found very exciting. They saw the fantastic production of ‘Dogs Can’t Do Ballet’ and after watching the show they all agreed that dogs CAN do ballet!
#schooltrip #schoolthreatretrip #littleangeltheatre #receptionclasstrip
At Book Club, Year 7 took part in a fun Book Speed Dating activity where they tried to convince each other to take their favourite book ‘out on a date’!
Book cover ‘first impressions’ were rated, ‘small talk’ about the blurbs were scored, ‘deeper conversations’ began over the first pages and cookies were eaten! They got a chance ‘to meet’ at least 3 or 4 different books and many of the girls found a book they wanted to take out and ‘get to know better’!
#bookspeeddating #bookclubs #schoolbookclub #readforpleasure #booksandcookies #girlswhoread #bookworms #booklovers #ilovebooks #bookrecs #bookstagrammer
