Sherborne Girls terminology

Year-groups L4 – Year 7 U4 – Year 8 L5 – Year 9 M5 – Year 10 U5 – Year 11 L6 – Year 12 U6 – Year 13

The Houses and their colours Aldhelmsted East – Purple Aldhelmsted West – Pink Dun Holme – Light Blue Kenelm – Dark Blue Mulliner – Dark Green Reader Harris – Jade Wingfield Digby – Yellow

General Ark – the Ark is a quiet space where the Chaplain is based. It is in the main School building and all pupils may use it as a space for quiet reflection BLT – Beddington Lecture Theatre, a room in the Beddington Building Budgens – Budgens Store in the BP Garage Cue/Cubie – Cubicle (bedroom) Drawing room – as well as the room itself, meetings that take place there are called ‘Drawing Rooms’ Exeat – when School closes for the weekend (usually from Friday lunchtime to Sunday evening) Family dining – when year groups are mixed up to sit together for lunch Granny Patch – Richmond Green Main School – the Main School building, containing the School Hall Oxley – the Oxley Sports Centre

Prayers – services that take place in the School Hall or Gransden Hall before school on certain days Prep – homework (also sometimes means private study period during the day) Queenie’s – the café in The Merritt Centre Socials – Saturday night social events SS – Sherborne School /The Boys’ School