29th April

U16 Boys Hockey
The U16 boys played at the national final of the schools championships in East Grinstead. Playing against Ispwich School the team put on a good performance but the final score was 5 - 2 to Ipswich, making our boys the national runners-up.

A2 Geographers visit Birmingham
On Thursday 24th April, 30 A2 Geographers and 4 teachers braved some rather heavy downpours and embarked on a field trip to Birmingham. In the morning they were given a presentation and walking tour of the Lee Bank and Park Central areas by representatives of Optima, a Housing Association. This was a fantastic opportunity for pupils to see redevelopment in action. In the afternoon, pupils looked at urban conservation in the Jewellery Quarter before completing a walking tour of Central Birmingham covering sites such as Millennium Point, the Bull Ring, Symphony Hall and Brindley Place.

18th April

Headmaster Visits Buckingham Palace
On Tuesday 15th April, the Headmaster attended a meeting in Buckingham Palace to which he had been invited by His Royal Highness The Duke Of York.

Ten Heads from the country’s leading independent boarding and day schools were asked to share advice and experiences on significant educational issues and opportunities. The Heads of boarding schools such as Harrow and Wellington, and day schools such as Westminster and St. Paul’s were present.

The Headmaster reported that the discussion had been wide ranging, frank, productive and stimulating.  A further meeting at Buckingham Palace may take place before the year’s end.

 

 

India Trip
The first ever school trip to India took place during the Easter holidays.  Led by the Chaplain. 32 students and staff from Prep and Senior schools undertook a ten-day trip visiting  major religious and cultural sites in India.  The exhausting but quite amazing whistle-stop tour included a trek in the Himalayas and a visit to the Taj Mahal,  one of the seven wonders of the world, the temple at Amritsar,  the most holy site for all Sikhs, the Golden Temple and the exiled home of the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala and celebrations of the Holi New Year Festival.  So inspirational was the trip that one student has already planned to return to India during her gap year – in four years time. 

Duke of Edinburgh’s  Award
Sixteen pupils travelled to the Yorkshire Dales to take part in either their final expedition for Gold Award or to undertake a training expedition.  Despite tough weather conditions all those undertaking the final expedition passed. 

 

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