DATESFORYOURDIARY

SummerTerm2023

Saturday 17th June

Arts & Crafts Exhibition & Sale 1100 – 1300.

Saturday 1st July

Speech Day Afternoon Picnic and Past v Present Cricket at Ford Park – 1 30pm onwards All OPMs and their families are welcome to join at the school in an informal setting. BYO picnics.

Wednesday 26th Jul

Yealmpton Show: Strawberries & Pimms at 3.00pm.

Friday 28th July

OPM Club Cricket Lunch in the OPM Suite at Ford Park Enquiries about this function to opmclubdiary@gmail.com please.

Saturday 25th November Annual Dinner at Ford Park.

Tuesday 5th December Carol Service at the Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, 6 00pm

SHARONLAMBIE, DEVELOPMENTOFFICE

It has been a busy time in the Development Office. In February we welcomed OPMs to the Commemoration Service and afterwards for coffee at school where they had a chance to meet current senior pupils and staff. In April, we hosted the 50 Year Reunion for the Class of 1973. As you will see from the piece later in this newsletter, it was a joyous occasion and we will soon be reaching out to the Class of 1974 to start planning for their reunion next year. Unfortunately, due to the unpredictable British weather, the MCC match scheduled for 27th April was a wash-out and so the chance for OPMs to enjoy afternoon tea and some cricket was lost for 2023. However, the drinks event in Bristol on 3rd May was fab and I hope that there will be some more opportunities for socializing in different parts of the country going forwards. One event that is being considered is the London Dinner. It was felt the best way to gauge interest would be to ask you, the OPMs, for your thoughts on such an event and so, if you are interested, it would help enormously if you could take a moment to complete this google-form https://forms.gle/oCaMGfkV6EK5BgtVA

You will see in the final page of this letter, that in addition to our Plymouth College mugs storm-proof Plymouth College golf and Plymouth College Cufflinks , we are also delighted to announce that sometime ago we commissioned local artist Brian Pollard to create a Plymouth College painting for us and are delighted to share this with you. It really is a lovely painting and so exciting to see our school interpreted in Brian's unique way. The first 100 prints will be available after half-term and are for onward selling to our Plymouth College family priced at £80 (unframed). Expressions of interest to development@plymouthcollege.com

Some sad news for our older OPMs. We have recently learnt of the passing of Mr Mike Parker and Mrs Jean White. No news of funeral arrangements for Mr Parker yet, but we understand that Mrs White’s funeral will be on 9th June at 2pm at the Minster Church of St Andrew in Plymouth. Happy to pass on any condolence messages.

In closing, a sincere thank you for your continued support of, and engagement with, the Development Office.

Dat Deus Incrementum