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Contents 5 Art & Design

1 Welcome Contents 1 Valete 2 From the Headmaster 3 3 Academic and Scholarship Success Staff List 4 Staff News 5 Salvete 8 Development 9 The Board of Friends 9 Quiz Night 10 List of Donors 2012 - 2013 11 12 The Parents’ Association The Governors 13 13 The Catering Team

2 School News Canons Park Activity Centre 16 From the Library 17 Kids’ Lit Quiz 19 Compass Course 20 Visiting Speakers 22 Drama Workshops 22 House Assemblies 23 Verse Speaking Competition 24 School Council 25 IT 25 Grandparents' Open Afternoon 28 Learning Support 29 Church 29 Activities 30 Charity 34 Prize Giving 35 Prize Winners 36 House Competition 38 Outstanding Achievement 39

3 Junior School Year 1 Trips & Activities Year 2 Trips & Activities Years 1 & 2 Drama Productions Year 3 Trips & Activities Year 4 Trips & Activities Years 3 & 4 Arts Festival

Review 72 Boys’ Work 74

6 Music Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Associated Board Exam Results

92 94 95 97

7 Form Pages Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8

100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114

8 Sport Football 118 Rugby 122 1st XV Rugby Tour to Leicester 124 Hockey 126 Cricket 127 130 Twenty/20 Cricket Match at Lord’s 1st XI Cricket Tour to Jersey 131 Tennis 132 Sports Day & House Athletics Championships 133

9 Old Boys The ‘42 Club Dinner Young Old Boys’ Catch Ups

138 139

42 44 46 48 50 52

4 Senior School Year 5 Trips & Activities Year 6 Trips & Activities Year 7 Trips & Activities Year 8 Trips & Activities Ski Trip to Wagrain, Austria Head Boys’ Review

56 59 62 65 68 69

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Valete

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From the Headmaster

or those interested in football, and certainly the Manchester United supporters among you, 2013 will be remembered for Sir Alex Ferguson’s last Premier League winning season and subsequent retirement. I have often thought that the work of a football manager is not dissimilar in some ways to that of a school teacher; the academic year (season) begins with high hopes in September, the pupils (players) learn how to improve their performance as an individual and as part of a team, and prizes (trophies) can be won, or slip through the hands, by the season’s end. So can the Arnold House teachers (managers) feel proud of their players’

contributions and achievements during the 2012-13 season? The boys have clearly gained much from a school year brim-full of interesting and challenging pursuits. What will have brought about success in their endeavours, however, is the boys’ spirited enthusiasm for learning and a willingness on their part to try their best in all aspects of school life – the hallmark of Arnold House boys down the ages. A thumb through the pages that follow will, I’m sure, leave you in no doubt that 2012-13 is another year we can look back on with a great sense of pride and achievement… not unlike the players and supporters of Manchester United!

Academic and Scholarship Success

f the 298 Common Entrance and Scholarship exams taken in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Geography and Religious Studies, 43% were graded A or A* and 74% graded A or B by the boys’ destination senior schools. The year group’s performance is all the more pleasing when one considers that a fifth of the boys faced the extra challenge of reaching scholarship standard. The results

themselves confirm that Arnold House boys not only win their places to the leading independent schools but do so in some style, gaining inclusion in higher sets when they arrive. Particular congratulations must go to the seven boys who had the honour of being entered for academic scholarships: - - - - and - - - - - - - (Westminster), - - - - - - - - (Eton) and - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - (St Paul’s) all acquitted themselves extremely well. - - - - - - - won an Academic scholarship to St Paul’s and he was joined by - - - - - - - - whom St Paul’s singled out for a Music scholarship. - - - - - - - - - (in Classics) and - - - - - - (in Geography) also received recognition from Rugby for their excellent showing at Common Entrance.

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Staff List Headmaster

Miss Sarah Moody: 5M Form Teacher, Head of Drama, English

Mr Vivian Thomas

Mr David Moss-Marks: 7M Form Teacher, Head of English

Teaching Staff

Mr Nick Odlin: 3O Form Teacher, General Subjects

Mr Richard Bagnall: Games Mrs Kim Bahra: Head of Religious Studies, Compass (maternity leave) Mrs Allie Baker: 5B Form Teacher, Head of Drama, English (until December) Mrs Annabel Batty: 4B Form Teacher, General Subjects

Miss Sophia Panaretou: Head of Classics Miss Gabriela Pavligova: Teaching Assistant (maternity cover) Mr Anthony Pulsford: Gapper (Autumn Term) Mrs Rekha Ruda: Director of Studies, Head of IT

Mr David Cox: 4C Form Teacher, General Subjects, History

Miss Deborah Sedler: Teaching Assistant (until October) Mr Sebastian Stones: Second Deputy Headmaster, Head of Years 7 & 8, Head of Geography Mrs Sophie Stones: 6S Form Teacher, Head of French

Mr Andrew Cuthbertson: Piano

Mrs Aneta Struzik Mazur: Teaching Assistant

Mr Ben Eder: Teaching Assistant Mrs Susie Dart: Head of the Pre-Prep, 2D Form Teacher, General Subjects Mrs Netti Denés: Teaching Assistant Mrs Rachel Ferhaoui: Head of French, 6F Form Teacher, Senior Tutor (Y5&6) Ms Leonie Flynn: Librarian, English

Mr Paul Swinden: Director of Music, 8S Form Teacher Mr Andrew Turpie: Head of Religious Studies (maternity cover) Mr David Wilson: 7W Form Teacher, PE, Maths

Mr Sean Gleeson: 5G Form Teacher, Maths

Mr Anto Lawton: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Recorder

Mrs Elena Gregoriou-Ostojic: English and General Studies Miss Claire Hanafin: 1M Form Teacher, General Subjects (maternity cover) Miss Victoria Hall: Head of Learning Support Mr Jon Harahap: 8H Form Teacher, Canons Park Coordinator, Physical Education, Games Mr Josh Harrison: 7H Form Teacher, Physical Education, Games (until December) Mr John Hill: First Deputy Headmaster, Head of History, Senior Tutor (Y7&8) Mrs Kate Housden: Head of Art and Design Mrs Carol Ioannis-Antoniou: Piano and Recorder, & Music Theory Miss Lizzie Jones: Head of Years 3 & 4, General Studies, 3J Form Teacher Mr Tom Julius: Gapper (Spring & Summer Terms)

Mr Matthew Lee: Cello

Miss Poppy Bisdee: Teaching Assistant, Art Assistant Mrs Yulia Boyarin: 2B Form Teacher, General Subjects

Mr Charles Keal: Head of Mathematics Mr Christopher Kerr: Head of Years 5 & 6, Director of Sport Ms Patricia Legan: 1L Form Teacher, General Subjects Mr George Lester: Latin Ms Rachel Lovell: 3L Form Teacher, General Subjects Mrs Jenny Lyons: Head of Science Mrs Sarah Mackay: 1M Form Teacher, General Subjects (maternity leave) Mr Dayne Matthews: Maths, General Subjects Mrs Lucy Matthews: Teaching Assistant (maternity leave) 4

Visiting Staff Mr Stephen Aitken: Brass Mr Tom Elliott: Saxophone

Mr Jason Little: Guitar Ms Catherine Morphet: Clarinet Mr Alex Nelson: Drums Mr Paul Riley: Flute Mr Anthony Rowden: Guitar Mrs Felicity Sadler: Violin, Piano and Pre-Prep Class Music Canons Park Activity Centre Staff Mr Paul Martin: Manager and Head Groundsman (until May) Mr Tom Keohane: Assistant Groundsman Administrative and Support Staff Mr Richard Fletcher: Bursar Miss Olivia Armes: Administration Officer Mrs Pauline Baker-Jackson: Laboratory Assistant Mrs Joanna Chapman: School Secretary, Bursar’s PA Mr Philip Chester: Premises Officer Ms Michelle Da Silva: Chef Manager, Accent Catering Mr Simon Longstaff: Assistant Bursar Mrs Stephanie Miller: Director of Development Mrs Rachel Pearce: Headmaster’s PA Miss Lucie Richtarechova: Playground Assistant Mrs Mary Walsh: Housekeeper Mrs Penny Williams: Registrar/Office Manager

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Staff News George Lester - the legend! Over the last 31 years, George has become so much part of the fabric and furniture of Arnold House that it is almost impossible to come to terms with his final departure from the bosom of his Arnold House family. Equally impossible is the task of paying tribute to such a multi-faceted, enigmatic, contradictory diamond of a man in just a couple of paragraphs – but whatever George might be, in keeping with his favourite teaching topic of Greek mythology, he is certainly a legend! This ‘old school’ teacher, with total disregard for any modern technology has been one of the best with his unique and mesmerising style. A multitude of boys have left his care, their heads full of the strongest images of Ajax’s mightiness being so powerful that his flatulence caused the earth to tremble, Herculean demi-gods' thighs or stories of his exploits in 'Nam' - the endless thousands of Vietcong snipers that he outsmarted in his youth using only his compass and penknife! All his stories so funny and remarkable to be deemed worthy of passing on to their own offspring – for this, George Lester is a legend! George has led a very colourful life, full of travel and adventure in his youth, and he has had a rich and vibrant family, social and professional life whilst at AH. He is a deeply spiritual, humble, kind and empathetic man; a great observer of people with a real understanding of the boys - ever solicitous for their welfare. Warm and witty, firm but fair, organised and compassionate, (many of his wards has benefited from his excellent pastoral care) and constant reminders to get out and enjoy life – for this, George Lester is a legend. Above all, we will so miss George’s great sense of humour, innuendo and the ability not to take himself too seriously. A great admirer of Tommy Cooper, Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan, he could arguably surpass them all – with his own brand of humour. He is the consummate master of the highly

inappropriate interjection into the most formal of occasions. His deadpan silky smooth delivery, always brilliantly timed, could break up the most weighty of discussions resulting in uncontrollable fits of raucous laughter all around – for this, George Lester is a legend. George has been dearly loved over the years by every member of the school community – from housekeeping to the kitchens, parents, staff and boys. Such a unique man - he will be a very hard act to follow. ‘Jambo’ George Lester the Legend – you’re as ‘sweet as a nut’ – you will never be forgotten and we wish you health, happiness and fulfilment in the next chapter of your life a you pursue your passion for anatomical sculpture. We look forward to receiving our VIP invites to your first exhibition! Rachel Ferhaoui Charles Keal Charles Keal has been a well respected member of staff for twelve years at Arnold House, who brings both experience and kindly wisdom to the team. He has had a wide ranging career that has shaped his outlook: he served the country in the Royal Navy during the Falklands War and has been a local councillor. These two elements of his career underline his loyalty and sense of service to others. He brings such qualities to his teaching and works with great patience and enthusiasm with boys of all levels of ability in Mathematics. He has a strong Christian faith, which underpins everything he does, and it was appropriate that he gave the address at our Armistice Day service at St Cyprian’s this year. He was able to combine his military experience and his strong faith to explain how conflict brings out different emotions in people. It was good for boys to hear this message from someone with Charles’ firsthand experience. He enjoys a very active social life and is able to keep the right balance between work and play - an important thing to do in any career. One of his passions that he has shared with the staff is his love for Scottish Dancing and he had arranged a special session

every year at the staff Christmas party, which is always greatly enjoyed, if not always expertly executed by his colleagues. Charles will be spending his retirement partly in Scotland and partly in London, so will keep in contact with the staff, who will remember him fondly as a true gentlemen. John Hill Tom Elliott After thirteen years at Arnold House, Tom Elliott, saxophone teacher, left us in the summer to pursue a music teaching job at Becket Comprehensive in Nottingham. His contribution to the musical life of Arnold House has been simply fantastic, and pupils and staff alike will miss him. Tom’s instrumental versatility means that he is at home in many ensembles, particularly jazz groups. His fluency on saxophone, guitar, drums and piano has always placed him in high demand in his performing and teaching career. With a further interest in music technology and a secondary PGCE, Tom will go to his new job with plenty to offer his new school. They will be very lucky to have him and we wish him every success for the future. Paul Swinden Allie Baker It's a year on from Allie’s departure and the staff room still seems quiet without her infectious laugh. Allie joined Arnold House in 2010 and her extraordinary talents as a teacher quickly became apparent. Her boundless enthusiasm and wicked sense of fun made her a hit with the staff and boys alike. As an inspirational Head of Drama, Allie led the boys with humour and flair in fabulous productions, including twice taking Year 8 casts to the Shakespeare Schools Festival and, in an AH first, directing a blockbuster Years 3 & 4 production of Goldilocks.

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Staff News Allie left us to return to her native Australia with her husband, Ross, after 2 years during which time she perfected the art of riding the tube without hands and knitting. A hurricane of fresh air and a legacy of good ideas for the English department left us indebted, although barefoot teaching is still yet to take off. She continues her career teaching English and Drama at McKinnon Secondary College, Melbourne, and, whilst their gain is certainly our loss, we wish her every success in what will surely be a glittering future. Victoria Hall Josh Harrison Josh came to Arnold House in April 2011. He quickly settled in to the Games Department and made a huge impact on the sports scene with the highlight being the victory he coached the 1st XV to over The Hall at our Rugby and Hockey Festival at Canons Park. As a young man keen to enjoy his relatively short time in the UK he managed to travel extensively during the school holidays, going to parts of the USA, Europe and the Middle East as well as playing rugby for Sidcup in the London One South League. He will be remembered for his competitiveness which resulted in some interesting moments when playing sports with and against fellow staff members. He and his wife, Kate, have now moved back to New Zealand where he is teaching in a Secondary School just outside Christchurch. His return ended the line of PE and Games teachers from Tauranga Boys' College in New Zealand and as a tribute he emotionally performed their school haka in his final assembly. Jon Harahap Victoria Hall Victoria has made a significant contribution to AH over the past three years. Joining us initially in an in-class support role, she has been Head of Learning

Support since January 2011, and has taken immense care to ensure that appropriate support is in place for each boy to realise his potential. Victoria has demonstrated an impressive ability to keep everyone well-informed about each boy’s individual requirements, as well as developments in good practice and policy. Her expertise has been greatly appreciated by boys, parents, and staff alike. She has carried out the many other aspects of her role just as efficiently and with seemingly effortless ease; from the assessment of prospective pupils to English teaching, the areas in which she has contributed to life at AH are numerous. Victoria is well known for being the ‘Star Baker’ on the AH staff, and Year 5 boys have for the first time this year delighted in gaining access to the school kitchen as members of Victoria’s Cookery Club. She has taught them not only essential skills, but has instilled in them a real enthusiasm and interest in food and cooking. The boys have pleaded to be able to continue with the club in Year 6 which is testament to Victoria’s talents both in the kitchen and as a teacher. All of that being said, it is perhaps not entirely surprising that in quite a change to her career, Victoria is leaving to set up her own gluten-free restaurant in Leeds. We can think of no one better-suited to succeed in this, and knowing Victoria, she will do so with astonishing style and grace. We will miss her a great deal, and not just for her baking skills. AH has lost a little of its sparkle with her departure, but we wish her lots of luck with her new venture! Rachel Pearce Claire Hanafin Claire joined Arnold House in January 2012 to cover Sarah Mackay's maternity leave. She quickly proved to be a hard working, committed and conscientious member of staff with a natural affection for the boys. She worked tirelessly alongside Mrs Boyarin to produce a wonderful

summer play, "The Three Little Pigs", her first production! She settled into the staff room well and enjoyed a regular Friday night drink at the pub where we learnt about her love of cats amongst other things! We wish her all the best of luck for her teaching career. Susie Dart Deborah Sedler Deborah Sedler (Debs) joined Arnold House back in 2008 as a member of the administrative team, and by the time she left in 2013 she had somehow managed to cross over onto the teaching side, working in Year 3 from 2011 as a Teaching Assistant. Efficient, energetic and enthusiastic, she had much to bring to both of these roles and really made her mark, not only in her professional capacities but as a devoted member of the staff common room, as well as a vital viola player in the school orchestra. The staff room has certainly been a quieter place since her departure! We were, of course, all very sorry to see Debs go but as she is moving on to a secondary Maths PGCE course at Sheffield University next year we couldn’t be happier for her. Lizzie Jones Paul Martin We were very sorry to bid farewell to Paul back in May after several years as Manager and Head Groundsman at Canons Park. He has maintained the sports grounds in wonderful condition and always been a pleasure to encounter with his twinkly blue eyes, his ‘permagrin’ and his understated charm. He will go down in the annals of AH as a talented horticulturalist. He was able to share his passion and enthuse the boys even with the smallest detail of how a blade of grass should be cut in a certain way to give a particular shade of green to the terrain –

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Staff News a more involved process than one might imagine! My abiding memory of Paul is from when he joined the crew for one of the AH ski trips. He had never skied before but hurled himself straight down all the red runs in his very best snowplough subsequently spending half the time flying head over heels through the alpine air. This daredevil style is typical of Paul and his penchant for throwing himself wholeheartedly into new challenges. Apart from being an extremely talented cricketer who has played for Potters Bar for a number of years, another of Paul’s talents worthy of mention is his ability to knock up a remarkably good Lemon Drizzle cake which I have had the pleasure of sampling on a number of occasions! Quite the Superchef! During his tenure at CP Paul has married Vicky and enjoyed the constant companionship of his two loving hounds – Holly and Suki. He has also pursued his other passions for fishing, walking and exotic holidays – a real nature boy with a lovely kind nature. At the beginning of the summer, he was eagerly snapped up by Hatfield Polytechnic as their Head Groundsman, where he expertly mans the site that Arsenal use as their training ground. We wish Paul the very best of luck in his new post, new house and the next exciting chapter of his life. Rachel Ferhaoui Poppy Bisdee Poppy has certainly made her mark at Arnold House in so many ways. The boys adore her smile, enthusiasm and fun-filled approach to everything that she does. Her colleagues have loved working with her for much the same reasons, as well as for her willingness to help out anybody at any time. She is professional, extremely hard working and a complete perfectionist. She has touched us all with

her warm and caring attitude and she has certainly made the Art department run like clockwork with her fantastic organisational skills. She has been with us for two years following her graduation from the prestigious Wimbledon School of Art and leaves us to go to the Institute of Education to train to be an Art teacher. She has already proved incredibly adept and comfortable in the classroom and she will only grow from strength to strength as she begins her training. Poppy's hard work and creativity can be seen all around the school with her stunning displays and she has certainly made a huge impression on me with her innovative ideas and ability to think on her feet. We are all very sad to see Poppy go but wish her every success in the future. Kate Housden Gabriela Pavligova Gabriela initially came to work at Arnold House to help in the playground, but her love of working with children quickly became apparent resulting in her making the transition to Year 1 Teaching Assistant. Her creativity and artistic talents are marvellous and could be seen through-out the Pre-Prep, from her amazing wall displays, where she enhanced and highlighted the boys' work in an imaginative way to the stunning head dresses she made for the school play. She had a caring and attentive manner with the boys and they responded wonderfully, thriving under her support. Gabriela put 100% effort into everything she did and had to be actively encouraged to take breaks. She is a truly supportive colleague and we wish her every success when she returns home to Slovakia to begin her new career as an English teacher. Patricia Legan

Anthony Pulsford Anthony was our ‘Gapper’ in the autumn term and was getting ready to tour the world after sitting his A levels at Westminster. He helped in the PE department and with Games in the afternoon. As well as coaching football he was also a useful official in matches. He refereed competitive football matches with calm assurance. Even as a possibly biassed coach, I felt he was correct with nearly all decisions. Anthony also helped out in the office, manned the cloakroom and helped me organise Friday’s Award Assemblies. His In House write ups were colourful and detailed and he had a poetic style that made receiving Artist of the Week sound as if you had won the Turner Prize. Anthony was very popular with the boys. He will be studying at UCL in September where he will be reading History of Art. Seb Stones Tom Julius Tom attended Charterhouse after his time as a pupil at Arnold House. He was with us for two terms and turned out to be a fantastic member of staff. I secretly hoped that he would flunk his exams so that he would be forced to return rather than to attend Oxford Brookes! Tom (‘Tiddles’ as he is affectionately known) was popular with boys and staff. Besides being friendly, amusing and light hearted, he was very efficient and was a great help to me personally, as well as on the games field, in the office and in the work room where he reluctantly laminated two million certificates. His farewell speech at the end of year staff dinner had us all in fits of laughter and he will be sorely missed. Seb Stones

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Salvete

his year we welcomed some new faces to the staff at Arnold House: David Wilson came from Carshalton Boys' School in South London and brings a wealth of experience that allowed him to settle very quickly. He is keen and a natural part of the Games team and his quick sense of Australian humour endears him to his colleagues and the boys. Sarah Moody threw herself into the role as Drama teacher with great gusto. She directed a number of plays and was able to show her talent for writing in the Year 6 Compass presentation on the History of St John’s Wood, which as well as being educational was highly entertaining. Ben Eder joined us after Christmas and keeps our wellestablished links with New Zealand (he is also Josh Harrison’s brother-in-law). He has become a popular member of the staff room and impresses everyone with his sportsmanship and Kiwi enthusiasm! Andrew Turpie returned to cover Kim Bahra’s maternity leave - he is certainly welcome and we are lucky that we can call upon his skills since he knows the boys and the School so well having been appointed Head of ICT way back in the late 90s.

Herefordshire in October), to Rachel and Phil Pearce (who married in October in Northumberland) and we welcome the safe arrival of newly born Maya-Grace Bahra, Alexander James Graham Mackay and Tama Terira Wildman Matthews.

John Hill Deputy Headmaster

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Rachel and Phil Pearce

Kate and Seb Housden

We have also rejoiced with our colleagues in happy events in their lives and send our congratulations to Kate and Sebastian Housden (who were married in

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Development The Bursary Fund he School provided three bursary places this year funded through a combination of the School’s fee income and donations from current and former parents, old boys and friends of the School.

In total, the School raised £93,397 for the Bursary Fund this academic year following

a successful Quiz Night and a number of generous donations from our current parent body and from old boys. As per last year, the Development Committee agreed that a percentage of money currently in the fund would be transferred to the Endowment Fund as a means to safeguard the future of the busary scheme in the longer term.

Miller on 020 7266 6989 or email smiller@arnoldhouse.co.uk The School is most grateful to the parents and old boys who have supported the Bursary and Annual Fund this year. The full list of donors can be found on page 11. Stephanie Miller Director of Development

The Annual Fund The Annual Fund 2012 was a great success with every project being funded and now in place including a new drum kit, recording studio equipment, Kindles for the Library and Learning Support department, new microscopes for science and a cricket score board and tennis tables for Canons Park. The launch of the 2013 Annual Fund was also met with enthusiasm especially for the new piano in the gymnasium for which donors are able to purchase individual keys. For further information about fundraising at Arnold House, please contact Stephanie

The Board of Friends

he Board of Friends has had another successful year in fulfilling its two main aims: fundraising for the Bursary Fund and extending our links with old boys.

With all this great collaborative effort the evening raised £60,000 and furthermore we have collected over £90,000 for the Bursary Fund for this academic year.

The highlight of our 2013 fundraising was the very popular Quiz Night and auction, held in March. We were very lucky in securing the talents of two Arnold House old boys for this event, namely John Fingleton (1954-58), who ran a very entertaining and successful auction, and Graham Jacobs (1968-77). Despite Graham being in the wars – recovering from a skiing accident – he was an excellent quizmaster, raising the competitive spirit in teachers, parents, governors and old boys. Our thanks should also go to Barbara Moss (mother of - - - who entertained us so well in the music round of the quiz.

Contacting former old boys is a long-term project and quite a number have kindly updated their details to enable the school records to be kept up-to-date. We would, of course, greatly appreciate an update of your details or those of any other old boy who you might know who wishes to keep in contact with the school. If so, please send an email to Anastassis Fafalios afafalios@ arnoldhouseschool.co.uk

Please visit www.arnoldhouse.co.uk/ development/donateonline For more information please contact Stephanie Miller at smiller@arnoldhouse. co.uk On behalf of the Board of Friends I would like to thank all the parents, old boys, members of staff and friends who contribute to the school and continue to support the Bursary Fund. Anastassis Fafalios Chairman of The Board of Friends

If you wish to donate to the school, it has been made easier with the launch of the online service. There is now an option of making a donation by credit or debit card, as well as the ability to set up a direct debit. 9

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Quiz Night

n 7th March, 240 parents, old boys governors and staff gathered at the American School for the Arnold House Quiz Night held in aid of the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bursary fund. The evening was a great success raising a total of ÂŁ60,000 from the auction, raffle and general donations which will be used to support our next intake of bursary boys this September. We would like to thank everyone for their continuing support of the bursary fund and the Board of Friends, Bursary Ambassadors and AHPA for all their help putting together a great evening. Stephanie Miller Director of Development

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List of Donors 2012 - 2013 Bursary Fund

Ms L Lawal

Hanson’s Heroes (Commemorative Bricks)

Mr & Mrs J Abrahams

Mr & Mrs A Maidment

Mr & Mrs J Arnold

Mr & Mrs P Markantonis

Dr D & Dr M Badenoch

Lord Marlesford

Dr S & Dr P Bagheri

Mr & Mrs S Michel

Mr & Mrs J Barnett

Mr D & Dr N Milne

Mr & Mrs A Batty

Mr & Mrs G Moore

Mr C Boyd & Ms I Taylor

Mr & Mrs S Murdoch

Mr & Mrs E Brett

Mr & Mrs J Naggar

Mr G Brown & Ms J Lear

Mr & Mrs B O'Brien

Dr & Mrs K Bush

The Pennington Family

Mr & Mrs L Cresswell

Mr C Ponticos & Ms P De Carolis-Ponticos

Mr & Mrs A Cross

Mr & Mrs A Rafiq

Mr & Mrs P Cryer

Mr & Mrs T Riboud-Seydoux

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Mr & Mrs Z Sachee

Mr and Mrs R Eatwell

Mr & Mrs M Salem

Mr & Mrs S Elliott

Mr & Mrs L Samonas

Mr F Falk

Ms J Sampson & Mr S Mays-Smith

Mr and Mrs J Flaherty

Mr & Mrs J Sellar

Mr & Mrs A Freudenheim

Mr & Dr C Singellos

Mr & Mrs D Gestetner

Mr & Mrs G Singer

Mr & Mrs N Gold

Mr & Mrs J Singh

Mr & Mrs S Goodman

Mr P Smart

Mr & Mrs R Grey

Mr & Mrs W Wallis

Mr & Mrs J Griffiths

Mr & Mrs A Warner

Mr V Gupta & Mrs R Prasad

Mr N Watts & Ms T Pandit

Mr & Mrs S Haidemenos

Mr & Mrs S Wilcke

Mr & Mrs G Halamish

Mr & Mrs U Wissen

Mr & Mrs R Hatter

Anonymous x 3

Mr J Hill

Annual Fund

Mr & Mrs A Japhet

Mr & Mrs S Chanrai

Mr & Mrs O Jerome

Mr & Mrs M Goldbart

Mrs S Joukovski

Mr & Mrs S Leof

Mr & Mrs J Kamaruddin

Mr S Prasad & Ms S Guha

Mr & Mrs S Kearsey

Mr D & Dr K Tarizzo

Mr & Mrs S Khemaney

Anonymous x 2

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Mrs M Law Money Raised 2012 – 2013 (Including Gift Aid) Bursary Fund

£93,397

Annual Fund

£6,481

Hanson’s Heroes

£4,374

TOTAL

£104,252 11

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The Parents’ Association

happy in the knowledge that they were safe and having fun on the assault course, giant slide, bouncy castle, or trying to bowl cricket balls at the teachers. Parents, boys and staff played tennis together and everyone enjoyed a delicious BBQ, Pimm’s, and ice cream. It was a very relaxed afternoon for all – except for those who worked so hard to make the cake stall, the drinks’ stall and

new team took the helm of the Parents’ Association this year, though we were very well supported by the former committee. As is often the case at Arnold House, it was a case of evolution rather than revolution, and we repeated the events which had been such a success in bringing parents, boys and staff together in the previous year. Christmas in the Courtyard,

on Arnold House soil, was again a lovely way to end the Autumn term. Despite Arctic conditions, much amusement and merriment was had by the boys visiting Santa’s grotto and meeting Santa and his enthusiastic elves (the Year 1 boys couldn’t

work out who they were!), eating candy floss and trying their luck on a James Bond themed Tombola. The adults were able to have a chat over a warming cup of mulled wine and mince pie while the choir provided suitably seasonal entertainment. The Autumn term is always a long one, and having celebrated the School’s 107th birthday at the start (with a cake, of course) and run a successful raffle and tuck shop for the charity day just before half term; it was wonderful to get together before disappearing for the holidays.

We came back in January with the dancers and DJ already booked for the Disco which is run for boys in Years 6, 7 and 8. It is difficult to gauge if excitement for this event is greater at Arnold House or at the local girls’ schools – requests for tickets came in thick and fast from all corners and the reps worked tirelessly (to make sure entrance wristbands were delivered until the last minute). Boys enjoyed the dancing and photobooth, with chips, sweets and a bar of fizzy drinks making the evening extra special for them. Phone numbers seemed to be exchanged at a frantic pace, much to the amusement of the many parent helpers. Since the Summer Fair in 2012 had been a success on a cold and blustery day, we had decided very early on to run that event again using the fantastic open space at Canons Park. This year we were so lucky with the weather that we were able to make the most of the outside environment. Parents did not see their children for hours, but were

the raffle such a success. Those manning the darts’ stall deserve a special mention for bravery under fire whilst the Junior School boys were improving their accuracy of throwing sharp objects! It has been an absolute privilege to have been on this committee and to have worked with all the form reps this year. The reps are so good at making the parents feel included in school life and so generous in donating their time to the Arnold House family; organising coffee mornings, class dinners, second hand sales and reminding us all where we need to be and when – no mean feat in the summer term. We would like to extend huge thanks to all the reps, and we are sad to lose those whose time on the PA has come to an end, though excited to welcome the new cohort. We are looking forward to working with all to provide more fun and entertainment in the coming year. Janet Lear Chair of the Parents’ Association

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The Governors

y first experience of Arnold House was in 1989 when my wife and I were told that the waiting list was full and that it had been for over a year. We had no idea that you had to put your child down at birth to get a place at the leading prep schools in north London. The omens did not look good when, having secured a late interview at The Hall, I fluffed it. Any questions enquired the Headmaster? "Yes", I said brightly, "how many pupils are there in the school?" A perfectly reasonable question I thought but that wasn’t the Head’s view – there and then, he struck us off his list. The tour of the School was over in minutes and we knew our fate. As we left, my wife turned to me and said “you wrecked that… if you’d only read the prospectus, you’d have seen that pupil numbers were given in the first sentence.” Ever persistent, my wife kept checking with Arnold House and when our son was seven, fortune smiled on us – a place came free and, after the funniest of interviews with Johnny Clegg, he was in.

Who would have thought that after such an inauspicious start, almost twenty five years later I would be retiring after fifteen years as a Governor and nine in the Chair? An enormous amount has happened since I first came to Arnold House. The complete refurbishment of Loudoun Road, several extensions, the acquisition of Canons Park in the mid ‘90s followed a few years later by the total refurbishment of the pavilion and the addition of a whole range of facilities from drama to catering. On the academic front, the curriculum has been overhauled while IT has revolutionised the way most subjects are taught with the introduction of whiteboards, laptops and netbooks. With tremendous support from parents, the bursary scheme was launched providing 100% scholarships for deserving candidates. And then of course there was the transition from the charismatic Clegg era to the more focussed Allen approach before the dawn of the Thomas day combining the best

of both traditions. Throughout all these changes, the ethos at Arnold House remains unchanged and, notwithstanding all the pressures of senior school entry, courtesy and consideration for others remain our cornerstones. Governors, staff and pupils have come and gone and now it’s my turn to go, passing the baton to the hands of the ultra-capable Barry O’Brien. Barry is the Head of Corporate Finance at Freshfields and the current Chairman of Glamorgan Cricket Club. He played a leading role on the rescue of Lloyd’s of London in the ‘90s and was the first lawyer to be awarded the Lloyd’s silver medal since the 1920s. The School is very lucky to have such an outstanding person to take over the Chair. I wish him every success in the role and hope that he enjoys it as much as I have. Alan Warner Chair of Governors

The Catering Team

he current school year has had its challenges for the catering team at Arnold House, but it has also been a time of innovation and positive progress. Since joining Accent Catering and Arnold House in July 2011 Michelle da Silva has done an outstanding job in leading her team and providing some mouth-watering food - both at lunchtimes and for the many events held at the school. Her hands-on approach has enabled us to develop the catering service, and the menus for the boys in September are very exciting. Due to a greater number of events at Canons Park, the catering team and the school felt it was time to introduce new equipment and a dedicated chef for Canons Park. The school have invested in a bigger oven and the kitchen has been redesigned. We are also delighted that Frances Charles has taken up the position of Canons Park

Chef who, alongside John Dawson, will oversee catering at the site. Michelle has recruited a deputy to assist her in the day-to-day running of the catering operation at the school. We are very pleased to welcome Eva Woolley to Accent and to the fantastic team at the school. In the short time she has been with us Eva has made her mark and has settled into the special Arnold House way.

Frances Charles, Aiste Ramunaite, Delia Gibb and John Dawson for their fantastic work over the year especially over the many functions that they have worked on. Accent always welcome feedback and suggestions from pupils and teachers using the catering services at the school and Canons Park. Please do contact us if you have any comments or ideas. Joseph Haji-Hannas Operations Manager, Accent

In June, we presented ‘bowl food’ for prize giving which really added a new dimension to catering at Arnold House. It was extremely well received by both parents and the staff. The school year ended on a high with the leavers’ party, followed by a very well earned rest for the team through the summer holidays. A special thanks to all the catering team: Raymond Joseph, Shanti Khand, 13

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School News

In at the deep end The metal gives a dull hum as it begins its descent. The liquid sun folds and distorts in the crystal blue sea. Around me, I see tiny specks of fish flutter about in their peaceful shoals. Ever so slightly, the shimmering sun starts to darken as if it is sad that we are going away. Around my glass bubble, we see the endless giant salty puddle begin to lose its innocence. Already we have entered the twilight zone. The submarine pierces the empty darkness with its strong light. But is it empty? I look above. The sun is a mere pimple in a vast abyss. Here and there, elusive gloomy shapes loom in and out of vision. I have a feeling we are not alone. “How far have we dropped?” I question the operator. “800 metres,” he replies. All of a sudden, a luminous shape comes into view, so close that my heart almost stops beating. Up until now I have never been able to describe something as alien. Nevertheless, this is different in itself. A monstrous jelly fish appears in front of our eyes. Electric flashes of colourful light pulse up its tentacles like an arcade game and burn at its top. Its ghoul like head propels itself forward. I feel like I am staring at an evil robot from a science fiction movie. Then, just as I am recovering from shock, an angel fish streams past my window. Bulging eyes cast the thick darkness aflame with its deadly look. The fish’s torch-like light dangles from side to side as if trying to direct the fish in the right direction. We reach it. The bottom. I am astonished. I have managed to reach a place very few people have ever reached. This is it. This is the base, the thing that makes it all happen. Heated gas bubbles rise up from moist thermal vents. Immediately, I feel a sense of achievement.

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Canons Park Activity Centre Lupton Bowling and Acorn Tennis Clubs continue to make use of the facilities outside of our Games sessions as do

anons Park has once more been a hive of activity. As well as one of the fundamental purposes of the centre, to provide first class facilities for our boys to play their sport, there have continued to be developments in the use of Canons Park. An example of this was the inaugural Arnold House Chess Tournament. This saw teams from four schools compete with our boys in Under 11 and Under 13 competitions on an afternoon in April.

Thomas Keohane must be commended for the work he undertook in order to prepare the grounds for summer, the busiest term of the year. He was fortunate to have the experience of John Dawson to call upon and they were integral to the success of our Sports Day and House Athletics Championships in June.

The teas and lunches, from Michelle da Silva and her team from Accent Catering, were again first-rate. It has been lovely to have Frances Charles spend a bit more time

at Canons Park alongside John Dawson, especially when there have been school visits coinciding with home matches. These visits included Drama rehearsals, Maths and Science days, a Year 1 Tractor Day and a visit to St Lawrence Church and Year 2’s Victorian Day.

Aikido and Tai Chi which take place during weekday evenings. Primrose Hill Cricket Club and Middlesex age group ladies teams played some of their home matches at Canons Park during summer, which also saw the hall in regular use with the Years 3 & 4 Art’s Festival, Junior and Senior Summer

Concerts and the Year 8 Leavers’ Party. The Parents’ Association Summer Fair was a great way to finish the year. It continues to evolve and was amazing fun for the boys. Jon Harahap Canons Park Coordinator

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From the Library

here are three quotations up in the library at the moment, three quotes that are slightly contentious. The least arguable of them all is simply this – Education is a process, not a result. The first time I heard it “The library is completely jam-packed with books for all ages. From Dirty Bertie to The Lord of the Rings, there is something for everyone. Especially for me. I have vivid memories of heading to the library, planning ahead what I wanted to read, but getting side-tracked and ending up with something completely different. Even though I am now in Year 8, Tintin is my current favourite – it makes a great choice after all the tough books we had to read for CE!” - - - - - - -

was on TV in an episode of Highlander (who said that cheap television was only good for turning the brain off?) and it has stuck with me ever since, for though the source “The Library. A place of warmth, reading and discussion. The library holds endless possibilities, all eager to enter your mind. You need courage to try new things and curiosity too. Here are all the things you may never experience in real life – and many you hope never to experience too!”

“The library sometimes has sweets. But it also has Ms Leonie – brains, kindness and many more things squished up into a human being!” - - - - - - - person who said it was Albert Einstein. I’ve stopped lessons to talk about it when asked, and I always try and get the boys to figure out what that great man meant. Mostly “The library is a room that I visit whenever possible, not only for books but also because all my friends can usually be found there!”

--- ---fade – when it does, then we are less than we should be; we have indeed turned our brains off. Reading, of fiction or nonfiction, educates us. The current tag about children and reading is that we should create ‘lifelong readers’. Well, that equates to creating lifelong learners – and there is no better aim for a library, or a librarian. The second quote is this – Imagination is more important than knowledge. This causes many a boy to pause for thought, especially when they find out that the “When I was in Years 6 & 7 I always wanted to read books from the Year 8 Only section... Strangely, once I was in Year 8, I never read one of them!” - - - - - - -

“From Biff and Chip to Noughts and Crosses, from Percy Jackson and Harry Potter, from Pufflemania in Year 3 to the Picture Book Project – all the epic adventures are in the library. Mind you, so are all the horror, adventure, comedy and reality!”

--- --they are baffled for a while, then come to see that it doesn’t matter how much you know, unless you know what to do with it, unless you can see beyond information to inspiration. Third, and most contentious of all is from Jeanette Winterson, and she quotes her mother as saying: The trouble with books, is that you don’t know what’s in them until it’s too late. The quote was used as a reason to stop Winterson reading. It didn’t. And I think it is one of the most important reasons to read at all – to be surprised. To find out something we didn’t know. To be shocked

--- -----was hardly high academia, the meaning was deeply truthful. Education doesn’t stop when all exams are done; exams are for a reason, learning is for life. My uncle, who though close to blind at eighty years old, was still was honing his conversational French and Spanish. The desire to know more, to understand more, should never

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From the Library out of complacency. To empathise with someone or something that we thought we could never feel that emotion for. All three quotes are vital to the library. We need to read in order to learn and to pass

exams. We want to read in order to be inspired – to have our imaginations sparked and broadened. And we should read, in order to have our certainties questioned. “The Library is the place to find peace and quiet; an escape from the noise of the playground.” - - - - - -

Head Librarian’s Column The Library. An interesting place for sociological, psychological, technological, (sometimes) criminal debates and of course… a little bit of reading. Choosing books gets a look in too, as does helping the younger boys find something to read when they come in during break. I have made sure to keep the Year 8 Only section up-to-date, sampling most of the books before they get put out officially – a real perk of the Head Librarian’s job! Break time is also the time when we get to talk; from arguments and discussions about religion, the new iPhone, or the plot of the new Patrick Ness. Over the last year our interests have ranged far and wide, often with three things being discussed at once. We have a lot of fun. The Library has sometimes been compared to a Y8 common room, 18

Reading is more than a tool for success (though that is a vital part of its importance in school): it is a way into becoming more human. Just by reading about other

but we make sure to let the other Years know they are welcome too - even when there might be something edible around! However all is not just larking around, chatting and trying to get - - - off the library stepladder. With cataloging, covering, and putting books back we work hard when it is our duty day. The Library, its books and its technology have helped me and the rest of my Year for the past eight years. I’ll surely miss it. I want to thank Leonie for appointing me, for encouraging me and for introducing me to both good books and Tunnock’s Teacakes – some pleasures are for life.

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people we understand them more and we experience horrors, joys and emotions that have never touched us, and some of which we hope never will. Books should challenge us, console us and educate us – what a gift we are given when reading becomes part of our lives! Leonie Flynn Librarian

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Kids’ Lit Quiz

eading up to the Kids’ Lit Quiz, we were told that this year’s competition would be intense because there were more schools participating. Despite having secured a place in the Arnold House teams, we were up for a real challenge against the top schools of North London. Our first team consisted of five Year 8 boys, comprising - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - as sub. The second team was composed of two boys from Year 7 ( - - - - - - and - - - - - and two boys from Year 6 ( - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - - - -- -- -- -- As we travelled to the competition on the minibus, everyone seemed relatively relaxed - playing with Rubik’s cubes, taking power naps and chatting. However, as we got closer to Broxbourne School, we got geared up with a bit of tactical planning and by the time we arrived, we were ready to roll! The Quiz was organised into ten rounds, each round consisted of ten questions that focused on a particular topic. The topics seemed a bit random at first, but it all made sense once everyone started answering the questions. Some of the topics included Bears, Birds (in which the Year 8 Team drew in first place), Comic Book Characters (loved that one!), Books Made lnto Movies, Finance (in which the Year 6 team came first place), Classic Characters, Fables, Folktales and Witches.

ln between each round, prizes were awarded to teams who had gained the most points for that particular topic. Questions were also given to participants and audience members for lndividual Spot Prizes. Of course, our all-knowing leader, Leonie, got the first audience prize. - - - - - and - - - - - - also received individual prizes. With each round, we watched the Arnold House teams creep up the leader board. However, just as we were making headway against the competition, the Quiz ended with both teams drawing at 6th place. Despite being unable to compete in the World Final, we were all very pleased to have come first in several rounds. Plus, there is always hope for next year! Many thanks to our excellent teachers, Leonie Flynn and Mr Moss Marks, for organising such a thrilling day and preparing us for the challenge.

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Compass Course When we came to the Compass Course in Year 5 we were really confused about what we were supposed to do. But then Mrs Ruda and Mrs Bahra explained and we were really enthusiastic. My favourite topic was the animations which we did half way through Year 6. - - - - -

When I first started the Compass Course in Year 5 I didn’t have a clue what it was and I wasn’t looking forward to starting it but now I look forward to every minute of every lesson! I particularly liked the Art Movement project in Year 5 because I could be very creative. I’ve learnt to work in a team and to be accurate with my research. I’m really going to miss Compass as part of my school life. - - - - - - My favourite project in Compass was Pivot Stick Figure animation. It was amazing seeing your stick figures come to life. You could move the figures arms and legs and make it do whatever you wanted by using different frames. - - - - - - - I liked the Compass Course because it helped your teamwork and computer skills. My favourite topic was when we worked on play scripts and my partner and I accomplished an amazing play script.

My favourite project in the Compass Course was the charities in Year 6 because you got a second chance to have your charity chosen. It was actually very simple; all you had to do was find and research a good charity and to make it even easier you had a group working with you for help. - - - - - During the Compass Course in Year 6, we worked on a world religions project. Our group studied Sikhism and we learnt many things about Gurus and the Golden Temple. We used Publisher and made websites which looked really cool. It was fun because I worked with different people with whom I had never worked before and it was my favourite project. I am sad there will be no more Compass lessons since we are moving on to Year 7. - - - - - - - -

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My best Compass Course memory was when we did the EU leaflets. We were given one or two countries from the EU and made a leaflet about them on Publisher. My countries were Hungary and Lithuania. I liked that because it looked very professional. - - - - - - - - Compass started in Year 5 and all we knew was that in Year 6 we did charity presentations. My favourite project was the charity presentations. I liked these because I really liked learning about different charities that help people all over the world.

--- ------I really liked Compass Course because we got to do many interesting projects and we had a great chance to improve our IT skills. My favourite project was doing the stick figure animation. It was really fun and it was a cool experience using the program.

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Most of us favoured our first project: A Global Hazards PowerPoint. I can agree with that although my favourite project was the EU states leaflet because it required the most teamwork, the best computer skills and quite frankly, it made the best end product. - - - - - - - I loved the Compass Course. We were taught about teamwork, and our computer skills rapidly developed. We were asked to do many different projects; such as make PowerPoint presentations or use Publisher to make brochures. I have particularly enjoyed the charities presentations because I discovered lots of exciting new charities and I loved making the presentations. I am now very confident with public speaking. The Compass Course has been possibly the most beneficial thing I have ever done at - - - House.

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The Compass Course in Year 5 was a mystery to all of us. We started off with my favourite project which was Global Hazards. In my group were - - - - - - - -- -- -- -- - - - - and - - - - - - Our topic was Tornadoes and Hurricanes. This started off a great two years of Compass. - - - - - -

I really liked the Charity presentations. In the weeks leading up to the presentation, our group, ShelterBox, rehearsed and made things as smooth as we could. Finally when we heard our name called we couldn’t believe we were going to give our presentation in assembly! - - - - - - These two years have been a joy ride. At first I wasn’t sure about this new subject but it’s now one of my favourites. I look forward to every Friday afternoon because that’s when Compass takes place. I have learnt teamwork skills and how to use different software. Compass is a truly great subject.

-- --The Compass Course has been lots of fun and I’ve loved the fact that we got lots of time to focus on it. I especially enjoyed doing our charity presentations because when it came to Year 6 the charity my group chose was a charity close to my heart and we ended up winning the school votes. I think that Compass teaches you to work with different people and to make a really good project. - - - - -

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Compass Course My favourite part of the compass course was when we got to do Stick Figure animation for the first time. For me the animations only got better and better.

--- --From the beginning of Year 5 to the end of Year 6 we had a lesson called the Compass Course. It was basically working together in groups, to create various projects; such as charity presentations and leaflets about EU countries. In Year 5, my favourite topic was working with - - - - - - - - - - to create a leaflet about our hero (Mahatma Gandhi). I liked this topic because we were given the choice of whom we wanted to work with and whom we wanted to research. I am extremely sad to not be doing Compass in Year 7. - - - - - - - I have really enjoyed the Compass Course in the past two years as I have worked with many different people in my year. My favourite project was the charity presentations because you get the chance to promote your chosen charity for the school to support. The charity that my group and I did was called ShelterBox.

-- ----In Year 5 we started the Compass Course, where we did a number of projects. My favourite by far was the charity presentations. My group did a charity called War Child. - - - - - - -

At the end of Year 4 we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what Compass was. Was it extra maths? Was it some sort of measuring? We explored lots of different topics and there was always a flurry of tension as boys quickly tried to complete their work before the deadline! My favourite topic was the EU brochures because you could learn so much about different countries. The Compass Course has been really fun and very creative.

--- --My favourite project in Year 5 was the EU leaflets because it was really interesting to learn about other countries; my group did Cyprus and Estonia. I also enjoyed doing the charity presentations at the end of each year because I liked to find out about different charities and what they do. - - - - - - In my opinion, the Compass Course has been really helpful. Before I started, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even make a PowerPoint presentation or save a document. Now I can do all those things, and more! My favourite project was the Art Movements, as it helped me learn about different periods of Art. I have really enjoyed the lessons; they have taught me skills such as researching and teamwork that will be vital in later years.

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At the start of Year 5 we had no clue what Compass was and what we were going to do. But very soon it became one of the most popular lessons of the week. My favourite project that we did in Year 5 was the global hazards topic and my favourite topic in Year 6 was the stick figure animations.

---- -----I loved the Compass Course in Year 5 & 6 because there was no right or wrong answer; it was just down to you and your group to produce work as good as possible. My favourite project was the stick figure animations because you could be really creative. We had animations ranging from playing football to jumping out of a helicopter! - - - - In Year 5 & 6 we were introduced to the Compass Course. It improved our team work and computer skills. My favourite project was the book cover assignment. It was really fun as my genre was Classics!

-- -----Congratulations to all the boys in Year 6 who performed their charity presentations so confidently in assembly. They were watched by boys in Years 3-8 who then voted for their favourite charity. Well done to - - - - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - - - - - - - whose passionate presentation secured them the winning votes! Arnold House School will be helping to raise money for Action Aid as our international charity next academic year. Rekha Ruda Head of Compass

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Visiting Speakers Year 3 Year 2 Year 8 Years 1-8 Year 2 Years 1-8 Year 3 Year 5 Year 1 Year 2 Years 1 & 2 Year 3 Year 5 Years 7 & 8 Year 4 Year 6 Years 1-8 Year 4 Year 7 Years 1-8 Year 8

Harry Aspinall Genevieve & Linus Fairclough ( - - - - mother & brother) Chere Hunter (ex member of staff ) Nigel Palmer (Trustee of Landirani Trust) Dr Murray-Bruce (Grandfather of - Fr Chris Farris – Curate of Hackney Church Freshwater Theatre Co. Emma Paolozzi Crew Crew Perform Drama Workshop Alwyn the Wizard Freshwater Theatre Co. French Theatre Production Group Alwyn the Wizard Trestle – mask specialists Heather Palmer (Founder of Landirani Trust) Thorgil the Viking Mark Ruddick Luke Birch & Jamie Sparks (AH old boys) Geordie Macleod (AH old boy and member of victorious Oxford crew).

Stitch Environmental Project Different stages of development Work as a prison chaplain Landirani Trust Charity The body Christmas shoebox appeal Ancient Egypt Artist Eduardo Paolozzi Science Workshop on Materials Science Workshop on Forces Superheroes & Around the World in 80 Days Drama workshop King Midas workshop Les Trois Mosquetaires workshop Drama workshop Drama workshop Landirani Trust Charity Viking history Stage combat skills 2 Boys in a Boat Charity The Boat Race

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Visiting Drama Workshops

ver the last year, Years 3 to 8 have been entertained by a number of visiting workshops at Arnold House. Year 5 had a storyteller who came to deliver an interactive workshop on the Classical Greek myth of King Midas – the king who unwisely wishes for everything he touches to turn into gold. The boys picked up some fantastic drama skills in using their 22

bodies to tell a story, and important crosscurricular links were also made with English and Classics. Year 5 had been studying an English unit on Traditional Tales, which includes myths and folk tales. They all found this workshop hugely engaging, and the practical work fed into their written work in the English classroom.

Years 3 & 4 also had a workshop run by Alwyn the Wizard. Both year groups had been working on a Wizard unit to focus on creating, developing and sustaining a character. Each boy created his own wizard character and built this up over a period of weeks before having the chance to interact with a professional actor in role. The boys got a lot out of this, and the work Year 3 did

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Drama Workshops also fed into their performance of Mizards Love Wizards in the Arts Festival. Year 6 kicked off the summer term with a unit on using half masks. These can be difficult to perform in, as they require concentration on both physicality and vocal agility. The boys were introduced to the unit with a workshop from a theatre company called Trestle, the UK’s leading mask specialists. Using Trestle’s handcrafted half masks the boys learnt how to wear the masks and perform in them, focusing on character archetypes. The quality of the work they produced was highly impressive, and in the following weeks we continued with using the masks as a starting point for devising physical performance. In April, Year 5 watched a play called Trapped in Tudor Times, performed in school by Freshwater Theatre Company. This hour-long play included audience participation, which of course the boys loved, and provided an opportunity to learn more historical background for their unit on Shakespeare. The boys went on to study Macbeth and look at ways of interpreting some of the key scenes from the play in performance.

Years 7 & 8 have been studying Romeo and Juliet as part of their English Common Entrance course. In May they all went to see a contemporary production by Box Clever Theatre Company at the Unicorn Theatre at London Bridge. Back at school Year 7 worked on performing some scenes from the play to help increase their knowledge and understanding of the play’s themes and language. The Year 7 boys also had a workshop with stage fighter and film stunt performer, Mark Ruddick, who taught them some stage combat skills. He taught them slapping, kicking, punching, strangling and eye gouging, and the training also included an outdoor sword-fighting session. This was a fantastic opportunity for the boys; they got to learn drama-school level techniques in fencing, and how to react whilst stagefighting. The boys also worked with Mark on exploring the significance of the fight scenes within Romeo and Juliet. He directed some boys in a choreographed scene that explored the characters and the themes of the scene, and then all the boys had an opportunity to perform.

Year 4 had a workshop in June, run by Thorgil the Viking. This practical session complemented the Vikings history unit the boys were studying. They were able to impress Thorgil with their knowledge on the origins of the Vikings and how they lived. Throughout the workshop they experienced rowing in Longboats across the seas, handled artefacts and learnt more about how Vikings used everyday items. They also learnt how slaves were bartered in market places, with - - - - being sold to Thorgil for one shell! Highlights of the workshop for the boys were the fortune telling Rune - - - ( - - - is going to grow to six foot five apparently, whilst - - - - is going to be rich and famous!), and the Viking court of law in which the boys got to decide whether - - - - - - - - and - - - should be put to death for stealing bread. Thorgil let the deciding vote go to Mr. Keal, who was in a lenient mood, and said they should just have twenty lashes of the whip each instead! Sarah Moody Head of Drama

House Assemblies

ouse assemblies are led by the House Captains and Vice House Captains, often with the help of fellow Year 8 boys from the same House. There were some fantastic House Assemblies this year. The staff were very impressed by the assemblies that were run as part of Anti-Bullying week. The younger boys had heard their teachers talk about bullying but the message was much more powerful when it came from fellow pupils. There was also fun to be had. Cracker speed-eating competitions, basketball shootout competitions, quizzes and presentations about the hobbies of the Year 8 boys are just a few examples. As

usual, talented musicians had the chance to perform for their House. During break, while two of the houses are having their assemblies the older and younger boys have a chance to chat and play and get to know each other. The House system is extremely important at Arnold House and the boys are fully aware that their academic, sporting and extracurricular involvement contributes to the success of their House. House Assemblies help reinforce their association with their House and with boys across the whole age range. Seb Stones Second Deputy Headmaster

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Verse Speaking Competition

typically bright breathless mid-March morning heralded this year’s verse speaking. An unprecedented number of parents was shepherded across the road after a cup of tea at school and, along with Years 2 to 8, they were treated to a vast array of talent and stunning verbal high jinks by the boys in this year’s competition. Once packed into the American School theatre, with nothing on the stage but a couple of chairs, the boys set to work. The most memorable performance of the Lower School’s individual poems involved - - - - - rendition of, “The Porcupine.” He held us in the palm of his hand, working the audience, waiting for us to stop laughing, reacting to every nuance of an albeit unsubtle poem by Road Dahl. Then there was - - - - - - - - with a vulnerable portrayal of depth of character in “Invictus”, emotion squeezed out of every syllable, the audience hanging with baited breath as he paused, delivered Henley’s devastating lines, “My head is bloody, but unbowed”, offering up a soul that will recover come what may from terrible injury. In the Upper School things were a bit tighter, between - - - - - - - - and - - - - - who both know how to hold an audience spellbound. - - - won it for being able to use rhythm and physically embody his poem, about Time the gypsy

man. He was imploring us with the poetry and the audience were captivated. Dylan’s performance was a tour de force, full of the majesty of pre-World War One poetry, when war could be compared to a game of cricket without irony, without the horror that the words now convey. But members of the audience were being told a story and - - was their master orator, like Dickens in his pomp. In the Form poem section of the morning, 3J took the early honours with their portrayal of a funny tale of a man’s vain rescue attempt to save a cat half way up a tree. Kit Wright’s amusing, simple poem was magnificently evoked and the judges had no hesitation in awarding the prize to the group of boys who had clearly loved their poem and managed to encase it in beautifully synchronised choral verse; they were a group totally at one with each other like an orchestra perfectly in symphonic unison. The Middle School gave us the most powerful poem and with it the most devastating portrayal in Heaney’s masterful “The Grauballe Man”, where the digging up of bog bodies thousands of years old chimes with IRA executions in the same Northern Irish soil much more recently. The boys of 6M gave a well orchestrated,

superbly directed performance that chilled and silenced the full house. The final act of the competition was left for the Upper School with poems from Plath to Auden, Whitman to war poetry. The standard was still high and the honours went to 8H with their vivid and visually varied recount of the war poem, “Rendezvous with Death”. And so onto prizes with speeches to sum up, given by our wonderful judges, Mrs Ferhaoui, Mrs Lyons and the Headmaster, we had been given a treat that seemed to give voice to the promise of spring in the air - the rush of freezing cold in Loudoun Road shocked us out of the reverie that the boys had delivered with their deft presentations, their powerfully evoked readings of memorable verse. David Moss-Marks Head of English

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School Council

ouncil members are elected from each form between Years 3 to 8 and meet about five times per year. They meet with Mr Stones and Mr Hill and make sensible suggestions about aspects of school life. Not all the council membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposals can be carried through, of course, and the meetings provide an opportunity for the Management Team to explain some of the reasons for rules and systems that are in operation at Arnold House. Where there is a feasible idea put forward, it is often agreed that Mr Stones will discuss the issue with the relevant school department. For

example, Year 7 boys were keen to maximise their PE time, and it was agreed with Mr Kerr as Director of Sport that the return time from Paddington Rec would be extended by fifteen minutes. This year, during assemblies council members have had opportunity to feedback to the rest of the School. Sebastian Stones Second Deputy Headmaster

s always, boys in all year groups have been kept busy getting to grips with new software and hardware. They have shown a keen interest in the subject and the senior boys have been particularly interested in the process of choosing our netbook replacements for next academic year. We will be getting a combination of netbooks and chromebooks for use in different subject departments for lessons in Years 5 to 8. We hope, the Google cloud system will put an end to misplaced memory sticks, lost assignments and incompatible documents! Year 1 Well done to the Year 1 boys who have quickly got used to our school equipment and approach all their IT lessons with enthusiasm and confidence. I did panic a little in September when nearly half the year group proceeded to try and poke the computer screen and werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite sure how to hold the mouse - too used to tablets and smart phones! But we got there in the end and super keyboard and mouse skills all round now!

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IT Year 2 What wonderful graphics work was produced by our Year 2 boys this year. They have become experts on Dazzle and created some masterpieces of their own based on the works of Mondrian, Pollock and Kandinsky.

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Year 3 Year 3 have enjoyed learning about and mastering the use of their school email accounts. They have also completed an important unit of work about internet safety. Congratulations to all the boys who show a good understanding about the dangers and how to stay safe.

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Grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Open Afternoon

t was a rare afternoon of June sunshine when grandparents, aunts and uncles of the boys in Years 1 to 6 visited Arnold House. After a comprehensive tour of the School by our Year 6 boys, visitors joined their grandsons for a traditional afternoon tea in the playground. Grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Open Afternoon takes place every three years at Arnold House so we look forward to seeing you all again in 2016! Stephanie Miller Director of Development

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Learning Support

s my final few weeks as Head of Learning Support race by with alarming speed, I pause to ask ‘What’s in a name?’. In the case of the Learning Support Department at Arnold House, rather a lot. For many schools, the equivalent provision is termed Special Educational Needs, but this is a moniker we moved away from several years ago. It isn’t a good fit for us, as not only do we believe that all children have their own individual needs, but we also know that learning is so much more than just being fulfilled educationally. Children must be also be supported in their emotional, social, and physical development. Therefore, the department is, as its name suggests, the cog in the wider wheel of the school from which we provide holistic support to any boy who requires it during his school career. Prospective parents are often surprised to hear that as many as a quarter of the boys will receive one-to-one or small group support during their time at Arnold House. Whilst no parent anticipates that their son will require help, this figure should serve as reassurance of the school’s dedication to

the ethos of ensuring that all boys have the support they need to succeed. The five most prevalent needs encountered are Dyslexia, Poor Phonological Awareness, Speech or Language Impairment, Dyspraxia and Working Memory difficulties, but boys may also simply have trouble getting to grips with a particular mathematical concept or need help with tricky punctuation points. Whatever the reason, every boy is treated as an individual and support lasts only as long as needed be that a few sessions to build up confidence or for a longer period of time. The Learning Support team includes the Head of Learning Support, the Teaching Assistants in Years 1 to 4, and three specialists offering Peripatetic Learning Support sessions in Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Dyslexia Teaching on a weekly basis. With these members of staff offering a rota of one-toone and group sessions, it is important to remember that the majority of support is actually provided inside the classroom. A co-operative and consultative relationship between the department and teachers allows for an inclusive support model,

with every teacher actively differentiating lesson content and activities for the variety of learners to be found in any given class. This has been made an even more effective process by the introduction this year of three sets for English and Maths in Years 3 to 8. I reflect on my time at Arnold House with great affection and I must thank both colleagues and parents for their kindness, patience and trust. You have, with the fabulous personalities of the boys, made my time here such a wonderful experience that I shall be sad to say goodbye. With Elena Gregoriou-Ostojic at the helm from September, I have every confidence that the department will flourish in the future. I hand over to her content in the knowledge that the boys at Arnold House will continue to be supported at every step towards becoming successful learners, able to realise their full potential. Victoria Hall Head of Learning Support

Church

he first service of term, St Michael’s Day, was one of high significance for two reasons. Firstly, it was the occasion where the School acknowledged Fr Anders’ anniversary of 25 years in the priesthood, by presenting him with an icon of St Michael. Secondly it was the occasion when a third volume of the Holy Books (which record the name of every boy who has ever attended Arnold House) was dedicated in a special ceremony. This was a milestone event in the School’s history and Fr Anders composed a special prayer for the dedication:

Almighty God, you set all things in order and bring out even the stars by name: bless those whose names are written in this book, that they may grow and flourish in body, mind and spirit throughout their schooldays; and grant that all our names be found at the last to be written in your Book of Life: through him at whose Name every knee shall bow, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The services the boys attend take place according to a long established pattern. During the Autumn or Michaelmas Term, they celebrate St Michael’s Day (Michaelmas), Armistice Day (pictured) and the Christmas Carol Service. During the Spring or Lent Term they celebrate the start of a new year, Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) and Easter. Finally, the Summer term sees the celebration of St George’s Day, Ascension Day and the always emotional Leavers’ Service. Ascension Day can sometimes be problematic, depending on when it falls in the calendar and is sometimes replaced by another festival - last year it was the Diamond Jubilee and this year it was a service for Pentecost (Whitsun). Whatever the occasion, the services are dignified and form the backbone of the spiritual life of the School, adding an important part to the boys development and preparing them for Senior School, where attendance at chapel services is

very much part of many schools’ corporate identity. John Hill Deputy Headmaster

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Activities

ne of the foundations for Arnold House boys is to make them feel part of the wider school community and to ensure that these fine upstanding Prep School boys go off to their Senior Schools having tried an array of different activities. An Arnold House boy is not known just for being academic, or for being very sporty, or for being very talented musically or for being very talented artistically. The activities programme gives all the boys a chance to find new skills and qualities that they never thought they had and to develop them. Every single member of the teaching staff as well as some of the administrative team have made it a priority in their normal week to ensure that they run a club which once again the boys turn out in huge numbers for on a daily basis. You will only have to walk around the school before the day starts or at a lunch time and after school to see the wide range of activities available. This year has seen many new clubs offered to the boys such as Ancient Art, Bucky Ball Club, Carpentry Club, Cinéma Français, Cookery Club, Culture Club, Electronics Club, Explore Club, Improvisation Club, Knitting Club, Stamp Collecting Club and Table Tennis Club. As you can see just from this list, this clearly ensures that an Arnold House boy is given an opportunity to become an all-rounder in so much in his time at the school in preparation for his transition to his chosen senior school. David Cox Extra Curricular Coordinator

Art Club Art has always been one of my favourite subjects. I joined Art Club back in Year 3 and have been a keen member ever since. I thoroughly enjoy all aspects of Art Club and really look forward to the weekly sessions. They provide a great opportunity to catch up on classwork or to experiment with new materials and new techniques. Over the years, some of my favourite projects have included creating aboriginal paintings, making multi-coloured lino prints, painting large canvases of people in various different sporting poses, designing and decorating plaster elephants in the style of a chosen artist, making wallets decorated with Japanese animated characters, and elaborately sewn fabric prints. Art Club is always interesting and always different and I thoroughly recommend it to any boy who likes to get creative! - - - - - - - - Y7

Ever since I first did Art Club in Year 3 I’ve always been waiting for the moment on a Tuesday afternoon when I could just sit down and do something interesting and inspirational involving glue, wire, beads, felt and sometimes even paint.

As an art club veteran, I can say that art club is a fantastic way to end the school day. We have covered a range of styles and movements. We have used the skills learnt in class combined with newfound techniques to create wonderful pieces of art. The project we are doing this summer term is based on an artist who fills silhouettes of people with colour and paints them onto a canvas. We usually spend a term on each project – last term we did embroidery. These paintings that we do will replace the fruit paintings put up in the dining room done in art club a couple of years ago - I hope mine gets put up! - - - - - - Y7

Board Games Club In board games club we play different types of games together and we help each other if we are stuck. We share nicely whilst playing and make different structures in games like Jenga or Panelus. We also play chess and draughts and we can even challenge Mrs Batty! The Year 3s usually play a game called Downfall, in which you have to twist the cogs to get the little circles to the bottom of the tower. My favourite game is Jenga. - - - - - - - - - - - Y4

As you move to senior art club, you always work on about two projects per year but they can vary immensely from t-shirt making to papier-mâché and from bug animals to glass paints. The one important thing that hasn’t changed at all is the idea that no matter what you use, you can make something exciting and let your imagination run riot for three quarters of an hour. We are doing painting at the moment for the dining room to liven up the space using the creativity and inspiration of our Head of Art, Mrs Housden. - - - - - Y7

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Activities

Chess This year has been a phenomenal year for chess at Arnold House. The club is continuing to thrive and grow with each year, with after-school clubs on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and with David Moss-Marks providing a Thursday lunchtime class for those that can’t get enough and need more! We started off with flying colours when our junior team came 2nd in the prestigious London Chess Classic last December: an amazing result considering that there were well over 500 participants. I am hoping we can go one better this year. It will be some challenge, but the boys are motivated and enthusiastic! This year AH also hosted the first Annual Arnold House tournament with over 60 children at Canons Park. Five schools were invited for both senior and junior divisions. Arnold House again performed brilliantly with a second place. We only found out later that the winners, Heathside Prep, are reigning National School Champions. Thanks to Astrid Wallace for organising this event, which was her brainchild. Sadly we will be losing some of our esteemed chess players. - - - - - - - - - - our school Champion for the last several years, has been a bulwark of the chess club and has kindly been helping me with the younger boys on Mondays for several terms. - - - - - - - and - - - - have also been very active and brought a lot of positivity to the club, providing role models for the younger boys. - - - - - and

- - - - have started playing for Middlesex and we wish them continued luck! Arnold House also lined up against our friendly rivals, Lochinver House, for an interschool match, where the boys triumphed once again. Lochinver House hosted a large tournament with 11 schools, in which AH’s senior team again came in 2nd, another very good result. Particular thanks to Jenny Lyons and Sophia Panaretou for giving up their rooms for chess, and for David Moss Marks, the AH chess master, and Astrid Wallace for their efforts in organising matches throughout the year and in teaching and supporting the boys. Most of all thanks to the boys whose enthusiasm for the game makes teaching so enjoyable. John-Paul Wallace Chess Master Cookery Club Cookery Club is a Year 5 club on Wednesdays from home time to 5.00pm. We make all sorts of things from Lemon Cheesecake to Stuffed Peppers. You bring in your own ingredients to follow your recipe and make food for your family. Cookery Club is really fun because you can really get messy and it’s really satisfying to eat what you have made yourself. Overall, Cookery Club is the best club that I do. - - - - - - - - - - - Y5

Winter Nets at Lord’s Every Tuesday throughout the spring term the keen cricketers in Y4 and above, who have been invited by Mr Bagnall, attend a net session at Lord’s in the cricket academy nets from 5-6pm. The school books out six different nets which are taken for the session by Mr Bagnall, Mr Harahap, Mr Cox and Mr Odlin plus two Middlesex coaches. The boys are put into each net according to their age and ability. The way that each net works is that over the course of the hour each boy will get an equal amount of batting time. Our coach would work on our technique. We can practise our forward drives, square cuts, sweep shots, reverse sweep shots, defensive shots and if you are brave enough the scoop shot! The remainder of the boys would take it in turns to bowl at the batsman and try to get him out. This would allow us to work on our line and length, plus the variation in our bowling. Most of us will have a stock delivery, but we can work at things like the slower ball, in swinger, away swinger, back of the hand bouncers and yorkers. Our coach is always there to help us particularly with the way we hold the ball. Some bowlers hold it across the seam, whilst others have the more traditional 'on-theseam' method. Some bowlers are fast, whilst some are spinners who will practise their flight, off-breaks, leg-breaks, googlies, china man and the doosra. It is done this way so it improves each boy’s batting and bowling skills. - - - - - - - Y6 31

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Activities

Dodge Ball Club Dodge Ball is a game in which players on two teams try to throw large balls at each other while avoiding being hit themselves. The above definition from Wikipedia can’t explain how good and how much fun you can have with Dodge Ball. Every Tuesday morning in the Michaelmas Term boys from Y5 and Y6 meet for half an hour of organised chaos! The club is run by Mr Cox who makes sure it is worth the early rise by ensuring that the club always takes place come rain or shine! It is a very popular club with the boys and is a great way to get us motivated for our day ahead. - - - - - - - - Y5 Dodge Ball is a club that is played on a Tuesday morning at 8am in the gym in the Michaelmas Term with Mr Cox. The object of the game is to try and hit the opposition with the dodge balls. They are very soft balls so they will not hurt. To defend against the shots you have to dodge. When you get all the opposition out, you have won the game. If you get hit, you need to sit on the bench. You can come back in if you hit the back board of the basketball net, whilst your whole team can come back in if you get the ball in the hoop. To win the whole thing you 32

have to win more matches than the other team. It is for Y5 and Y6 and is so popular that nearly all boys from both year groups want to play. I love this club and would say it is one of my favourite clubs at Arnold House. - - - - - - - Y5 Drama Clubs Throughout the year the Drama Department provided lunchtime drama clubs for Years 5-7. On Tuesdays Year 6 enjoy ‘improv club’ where they get to play improvisation games and start learning the skills needed for the Year 7 House Drama Competition. Year 5’s club has proved popular on Wednesdays where the boys play team games and devise mini-plays in groups. On Thursdays Year 7 have their own improv club as they enjoyed House Drama so much that they wanted to continue flexing their comedy muscles. These extra-curricular activities are fun for the boys, but drama is also fantastic in helping them develop teamwork and problem solving skills, communication skills, and an increased use of creativity and imagination. Sarah Moody Head of Drama Gymnastics Gymnastics is run in three sessions per week: Year 2, Years 3 & 4 and Gym Squad. This year the numbers have been the maximum possible for all three due to the continuing popularity of gymnastics with the boys. Mrs Matthews was certainly missed during her maternity leave but was back in time to help the boys prepare for their competition and display at the end of

the year. In her absence Mrs Struzik Mazur did a great job and enjoyed it so much she has continued to help out after Mrs Matthews return. There was a fierce contest for places in the two teams we took to Lady Eleanor Holles School for the annual London Schools Gymnastics Competition. The Under 11 boys were consistent in all three events: vaulting, a floor routine and a conditioning sequence, but were just edged out from winning the team gold medal into second place by a few points. The boys in the Under 9 competition were outstanding throughout the day even though their task was made more difficult with a large break in between their first and second rotations. The team included three debutants including two Year 3 boys which made their team victory even more remarkable. Under 11 – Silver Medallists in the Team Event

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- - - - - – Silver Medal Vault, Bronze Medal Individual All Around. - - - - - - - - - – Silver Medal Floor Routine. The year finished with a successful gym display held in the school playground and attended by many parents, staff and boys. Jon Harahap PE and Games History Documentary Club This club is open to boys in Years 5 & 6 and had a regular core membership of around 12. After school on a Wednesday, the boys watch programmes from two series, “Days that Shook the World” and “Who do you think you are?”. The former is a series of half hour programmes that recreates important events, mainly from 20th Century History. It is a great way of introducing boys to events that are not studied in the Arnold House History curriculum, ranging from the Partition of India, through Sir Donald Campbell’s attempt at the land speed record to the Great Train Robbery. There is certainly much variety on offer and the boys always show great interest and ask questions, regardless of the subject matter. A new addition for this year was “Who do you think you are?” - the popular BBC programme where celebrities trace their ancestors. The programmes selected were designed to show the boys the process of tracing family history, but also the extraordinary ways in which fortunes can change across the generations and that those with wealth and

influence today often had ancestors who were from very humble backgrounds. Some of those featured in the programmes the boys watched were: Nigella Lawson, David Tennant, Boris Johnson and Patsy Kensit. John Hill Deputy Headmaster Mad Science Club Mad Science is run by Miss Lyons, Miss Legan, and the four helpers out: Myself, - - - - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - - who has just had his last Mad Science Club as he is leaving the school. The year threes and fours who are at Mad Science Club have done lots of experiments: e.g. Bath bombs, fireworks, kites, smoke bombs, nail varnish on paper, and bicarbonate of soda and vinegar rubber gloves and trying to drop a biscuit without it breaking! - - - - - Y8 Stamp Collecting Stamp Collecting Club is a new club which has brought together all the philatelists in Years 3 & 4. As well as swapping stamps, we have enjoyed looking at each others’ collections, playing stamp games and even designing our own stamps! For some members of the club, stamp collecting has been a long family tradition and we have been fortunate enough to see a few Penny Blacks (the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, 1840), Penny Blues (1840) and Penny Reds (1841) at our weekly meetings. - - - - - - Y4

Summer Term Cricket Nets In the summer term an early morning cricket nets club is held on a Tuesday in the playground at school. We have three nets which are erected for the summer term. The club is open to anyone in Y4, Y5 or Y6. The club starts at 8am so it is important not to be late. This is one of the most popular clubs in the term. The system is similar to the nets that we do at Lord’s in the spring term after school. Each net has about five or six boys per net similar to Lord’s. We all get a chance to bat and bowl. We can work at all the things that we have done at Lord’s and in our fixtures representing Arnold House. The club is a great success as it helps us when we play matches and you can see why cricket is such a popular sport at the school. Boys are always playing it at break times in the playground. It is a shame that it only runs for one term. - - - - - - - Y6

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Charity

eing a charity monitor has been an amazing experience this year and we have had Mrs Miller on hand all the way to guide us through what to do. As a group, the four of us won the charity presentations competition in Year 6 Compass Course, and since then Arnold House has been supporting the Landirani Trust, helping vulnerable orphans in Malawi. In addition the School continued to support a number of charities on a local and national level including the St John’s Hospice and Fr Rob Wickham’s parish in Hackney. In the autumn term we decided to have a Green Day for the Landirani Trust. We were inspired by how few green plants they have in Malawi, and how precious they are to the people there. It worked really well, and we managed to raise £2,309.60.

In the spring term we had a Superheroes Day for the St John's Hospice which was great fun especially with Batman running the school for a day and Iron Man, Storm and Wolverine teaching us! For the final charity day in the summer term, we all donned fun moustaches and glasses, raising more money for the Landirani Trust. The founder, Heather Palmer, also came into school to let us know how the money was being spent on a new building within the Landirani community.

It has been a real honour to work alongside friends on all our charity projects this year and thank you to Mrs Miller and the Parents' Association for all their support.

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£4,695

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£2,991

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£1,178

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£8,864

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Prize Giving

his year there was a change from our established venue, the American School in London; instead of using ASL (because they had electrical works) we used the hall at the synagogue. This proved to be as good a venue as ASL and the boys showed themselves off at their best, looking smart and going up to receive their prizes with pride and modesty. The guest speaker at the Junior Prize Giving was Mr Matthew Armstrong, Assistant Headmaster at Charterhouse. He used a number of proverbs to illustrate his theme that, “if something is difficult to learn, then it is worth learning”. The speaker at Senior Prize Giving, Professor Mark Bailey, the High Master of St Paul’s School, chose to concentrate on the different types of success and emphasised the point that true success does not come without effort. Both speakers were warmly applauded for their inspirational and thought provoking speeches and we are lucky to be able to call upon such distinguished speakers at these occasions. The Headmaster said goodbye to a number of staff who were leaving, including the long serving Mr Keal and Mr Lester. During his comments on Mr Lester, the Headmaster revealed that after the Years 5 & 6 trip to Dorset in May, he had received a letter from a Mrs Betty Pritchard, who had seen the boys and staff at the hotel they were staying at and who had been moved to write to say how impressed she was, especially by the staff. So taken had Mr Thomas been by her kind words, that he had read the letter at assembly and published it in ‘In House’. Mr Thomas was able to reveal at Prize Giving that the letter had actually been written by Mr Lester, as a joke! This brought the house down and showed up how well Arnold House can combine the seriousness of an event like Prize Giving, where talent is celebrated and rewarded, with a sense of humour and fun. John Hill Deputy Headmaster

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Prize Winners Junior School Prize Giving

Senior School Prize Giving

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Prize Winners Year 8 Individual Prizes - - - - - - - Excellence in Latin Biology --Academic Excellence ----English ---All-round Sportsman Excellence at CE --- --Maths Geography ---- -Head Chorister Art Project --- --Progress in Geography French -- --Cricket Religious Studies --Progress in History ----Guitar --- -Contribution to his House Academic Achievement ----Reading --Academic Excellence --- --French Cricket Academic Excellence -----Tennis --Piano Excellence in the Classics --English ----Clarinet Hockey ---- -Guitar - - - - - - - Excellence at CE Chemistry Library --- -Information Technology All-round Contribution --- --to (Art) Progress in Science Comitas et Industria --- -French Brass

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Drama Contribution to Jazz Chess Religious Studies Physics Science Drama History Art (drawing) Maths Drama Victor Ludorum Jazz Saxophone

Reid Cup Beswick Cup Book Token Forbes Trophy Bagnall Cup Book Shrimpton Cup Gluckstein Cup Sugerman Cup Elton Cup Book Birch Cup Griffiths Cup Book Pappin Cup Kate Davis Cup Book Book Token Cemlyn Jones Cup Book Token Tregarneth Cup Pam Cup Book Token Atkin Cup Book Edge Cup Book May Berkery Cup Phillips and Lester Cup Book Book Woolf Cup Library Cup Robinson Cup Book Davis Cup

Scholarship prize (academic) English All-round Sportsman - - - - - Academic Excellence Science Information Technology Greek Rugby ---Drums Scholarship prize (music) -Excellence in Latin -Excellence at CE - -Strings Academic Excellence --All-round Contribution to (Music) - - - - - - Football Contribution to his House - - - - - Geography Tennis Contribution to the Orchestra Art ---Progress in Latin - - - - - The ’42 Club Prize All-round Contribution to (Sport)

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House Competition

he House competition continues to be an exciting part of the School year. The boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; industry and citizenship grades are added together and at the end of each term the Houses are issued with points according

to their position. The four Houses are also awarded points for the House sports events held each term. Congratulations to the winners, Brunel, who for the second year running are the proud custodians

of the House Cup, which is displayed in House Corner. They pipped Nelson by the narrowist of margins to the top spot. Seb Stones Second Deputy Headmaster

House Positions Position for Industry and Citizenship

Football House Matches

Accumulated Total

Autumn Term

1st

Brunel

7 points

1st

Pitt

4 points

1st

Brunel

9 points

2nd

Wellington

6 points

2nd

Nelson

3 points

2nd

Nelson

8 points

3rd

Nelson

5 points

3rd

Brunel

2 points

2nd

Pitt

8 points

4th

Pitt

4 points

4th

Wellington

1 point

4th

Wellington

7 points

Position for Industry and Citizenship Spring Term

Rugby and Hockey House Matches, House Drama Spring Term

1st

Brunel

7 points

2nd

Wellington

6 points

3rd

Pitt

5 points

4th

Nelson

4 points

Position for Industry and Citizenship Summer Term

1st

Wellington

4 points

2nd

Nelson

2.5 points

2nd

Pitt

2.5 points

4th

Brunel

1 point

House Athletics Championship

Brunel

6 points

1st

Wellington

6 points

3rd

Pitt

4 points

3rd

Nelson

4 points

Spring Term 1st

Brunel

17 points

1st

Wellington

17 points

3rd

Pitt

15.5 points

4th

Nelson

14.5 points

Accumulated Total Summer Term

Summer Term

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Outstanding Achievement

oys throughout the School are awarded achievement grades in their half-term and end of term reports in all subjects: English, Maths, Science, Latin (Year 5 upwards), Greek (Year 7 upwards), French,

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best by the end of the summer term. The following boys in Years 3 to 7 were awarded 3 or more ‘Excellent or Outstanding’ grades for Achievement in their end of year reports and are to be highly commended. 101 boys are listed here, it is the first time we have reached the century mark since records began in 2008.

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Christmas Landscape Frost was choking the Earth and her plants. The wind bit and slashed viciously at everything in its path. A bird took flight to find a warmer resting spot and even the thick-skinned oxen were unable to sleep comfortably. The stars were glaring menacingly down at the Earth. All the animals were starving; all of the prey was hiding from the cold and the plants were frozen and inedible, if they had managed to survive so far. There was no moon, as though the normally ever-present ghostly sphere was hiding from the freezing blizzard. Even the humans had barricaded themselves in. They would not let animals in, even on a night like this. The fruit trees stood bare, the pretty roses menacingly thorns. Gravel and hard stones littered the ground. There was still life, however. Underground it was warm, so the plethora of life living beneath our very feet slept on, unaware. The stream, frozen over, still managed to flow to the sea, eager to escape this night. In a small stable, a baby is born. A star glows over it, like a silver trumpet. The child does not look out of the ordinary. He stares at all the new colours, the fresh glare of the sky. He turns hearts to ashes.

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Year 1 Trips & Activities • YEAR 1 • Day Trips 14th March Geffrye Museum 20th June Tower of London

Canons Park Days 4th October Tractor Day 17th May Activity Day

Canons Park Days On Thursday 4th October, the Year 1 boys had their first visit to Canons Park. Here are some of their highlights:

“We got there by coach. It was very cold but we had a run around and played. It was fun. Afterwards, we had a yummy snack. Next we played some more. Then we walked sensibly thought the field to the church. We saw the Duke’s house at the end of the carriageway. We walked through the graveyard.”

The Geffreye Museum On 14th March, Year 1 went to the Geffrye Museum to learn lots of interesting things about homes from the past and present. They also got to handle some facinating objects. Here are a few of the things they discovered:

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“In the Victorian Room I saw a fire screen. It makes the fire not burn your face.”

“We played with a vortex. When we threw the vortex, it made a whistling sound. When it hit the ground the whistle stopped. First we saw who could throw the furthest, then who could get theirs the closest to a cone. Then we tried to get it in-between the two cones. My favourite thing was the vortex because I liked the way it whistled.”

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“We got to see lots of machines they use at Canons Park and I got to sit on a tractor”

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“We did some measuring with a really long tape. We measured the metal steps. First we had to make a guess, then we measured. We had to be careful to get the tape the right way round! It was a really fun day. One of my best.” - - - - Despite the cold weather, the boys had two great days exploring Canons Park and the surrounding area. Patricia Legan Year 1 Form Teacher

“A gasolier is a light that doesn’t work with electricity. Instead gas comes through pipes in the ceiling and then people light it with matches. The piano was very good if people came over because they didn’t have electric phones or iPads or Wiis to entertain them.”

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Year 1 Trips & Activities “In the Modern Room there were chairs which looked like spiders made out of wood and metal. The table was called a shark fin table because the legs looked like fins. It was made metal and glass.” - - - - - - - -

“The Tower was a zoo but the elephant died because it was fed meat. There are lots of animal sculptures in the Tower we saw monkeys, a polar bear, an elephant and a lion.” - - - - - - - - - -

The boys had a fantastic time and behaved beautifully. A special thank you to Mrs Edsberg, Mrs Cyzer, Mrs Padam Mehta and Mrs Prasad for their help on the trip. Patricia Legan and Claire Hanafin Year 1 Form Teachers

“The Beefeaters wear black uniforms everyday, but their special uniform is red like an Arnold House blazer.”

The Tower of London The boys in Year 1 went on a trip to the Tower of London, as part of their studies about William the Conqueror and castles. Here are a few interesting facts they discovered:

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“The first prisoner in the Tower was a bishop, who escaped during a drunken party down a rope. His fall from the rope was stopped when he fell into a pile of poo!”

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Year 2 Trips & Activities • YEAR 2 • Day Trip 4th March Museum of London

Canons Park Day 9th November Victorian Day

Museum of London On Monday 4th March we went to the Museum of London to find out more about the great fire of 1666. First we did some handwriting, then we went on the coach and I sat next to Wolf. We sang songs for example ‘Fandron forest is falling down, falling down, falling down’. Then we arrived. First we dropped our lunchboxes and played a game. Then we went to the War, Plague and Fire gallery. Where we saw a model of the Rose Theatre, Oliver Cromwell’s death mask and a fireman’s helmet from the late 1600s.

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Victorian Day On Friday 9th November we had Victorian Day at Canons Park. Mrs Brown met us and took us around a Victorian house called Sudbury House. In the living room, - - lit a fire and - - cleaned the carpet. In the kitchen - - made some butter then he spread the butter on the bread. Then we had lunch of baked sheep’s head with ginger beer to drink. We made so much mess than some of us had to clean it up. After that we went upstairs and - - - held a candle so we could see where we were going. Before we went to bed we said our prayers. When we woke up we emptied the potty, which was disgusting, then we went to the laundry room. - - - - used some tongs to pick up the dirty clothes and - - - - held the soap. - - and - pegged up the clothes to dry. They used dolly pegs. - - - - - then had to iron the clothes. In the nursery we played with lots of Victorian toys. In the nursery we played with lots of toys such as a ball in a cap, a metal hoop, wooden sticks, stones. In PE we did Victorian drill and when Mr Bagnall said, “Toe the line”, we had to stand behind the line. At the end of the day we did a spelling test and tried Victorian handwriting – it was very hard. ---- ----&---- ---

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Year 2 Trips & Activities Forces Workshop On Tuesday 22nd January we had a Science workshop on Forces. We met a lady called Julia from CREW who taught us all about forces. Isaac Newton told us three laws. The first law was nothing in the world can move without being pushed or pulled. The second law was if you push it a little bit it moves a little bit, but if you push it a lot it moves a long way. The third law was if you push something in one direction, it will push you back in the opposite direction. We played lots of games using different forces and my favourite part was shooting the rockets at Mrs Boyarin because you had to use a big force!

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Years 1 & 2 Drama Productions

he first pre-prep production in the autumn term was the annual Harvest Festival with some lovely poems and songs performed by all the boys. After half term, the boys started rehearsing for the Christmas production ‘Big Bad Den’, which involved lots of ensemble work, and after the show the Headmaster was able to comment on how well the boys had worked together and how impressed he was that they had remembered all their lines. Over the course of the year, there were a number of drama workshops in which the boys had an opportunity to practise their acting skills guided by some professional thespians. The boys particularly enjoyed the Superheroes and Around the World in 80 Days themed workshops. The finale of the year was the summer production of ‘The 3 Little Pigs’ based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. The boys spent hours perfecting their lines and had great enthusiasm for the play. A big thank you to all the boys and their supportive parents for another successful year of drama in the pre-prep! Years 1 & 2 Form Teachers

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Years 1 & 2 Drama Productions

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Year 3 Trips & Activities “In the butterfly house the butterflies were everywhere! A few had something that looked like an eye on their wings. Finally we went to Penguin Beach and watched a show about penguins.” - - - - -

• YEAR 3 • Day Trips 4th October London Zoo

“At the Penguin Show I learnt a lot about penguins. - - - and - - - dressed up, - - - was a Humboldt and - - - was a Rockhopper!” - - - - - - - -

11th January The Shard 1st February Science Museum “In the lesson Julie showed us a cockroach. His name was also Charlie!” London Zoo “On Thursday 4th October, we had a brilliant trip to London Zoo. At 9.45am we left school on the minibus. When we arrived, we all had our photo taken with the gorilla. The first animals we saw were in a film called ‘Into Africa’. We saw that the warthogs were fast asleep and the okapis were having their breakfast.” - - - - - - - “Next we went to the rainforest section and a lady came and took us to the classroom. She talked to us about what you would find in the rainforest. Then she gave us a piece of card with pictures of the animals on it, a thermometer and binoculars.”

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“Afterwards we went to Gorilla Kingdom. They weren’t outside because the staff were fixing it but they were inside. The benefit of the gorillas staying inside is you can see them better. I thought Gorilla Kingdom was one of the best parts.” - - - - - - - “My favourite part of the trip was the rainforest. I have never been to a simulator and I love humid places. My favourite animals were the butterflies and the pope cardinal. I liked the butterflies because they are so beautiful and I like their habitat.”

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Year 3 Trips & Activities The Shard In October, Year 3 were given the rare treat of being invited to visit The Shard next to London Bridge. Despite the nerves of having to scale the tallest building in the UK, the boys were extremely excited. Unfortunately, the sun was unable to break through the thick clouds to give us the best possible view, but it was still a wonderful experience and one I’m sure all of the boys will be keen to repeat in the future. Thank you to Mr Sellar (AH old boy 1978-86) and current parent (to - - - for arranging the trip. Below are some comments about the trip. “As we went up in the lift and looked out of the windows, it was extremely scary. When you looked out of the windows everything was very small. Trains were the size of my finger and people were like ants!”

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Science Museum The much anticipated Science Museum trip proved to be very popular with Year 3 once again this year, with boys being able to apply the various skills and knowledge they had learnt in the classroom to more practical situations. Here are some of their thoughts. “I thought it was funny when we made a Mr Odlin sandwich in the Science Show and hit him really hard with a hammer!”

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“My favourite part of the Launchpad was biting a metal rod while putting your fingers in your ears because you could hear music being played!” - - - - - - - - - - “My favourite part was when I sat on a chair of nails! It didn’t hurt at all because I was spreading the force.” - - - - - - - -

“I enjoyed going to the top of The Shard because there were telescopes and you had an amazing view. I couldn’t believe we were so high because I thought it would be impossible to build a building that tall! If I were one of the cleaners hanging from the outside of the building, I would have fainted from being so scared.” - - - - - - - -

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Year 4 Trips & Activities

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Verulamium Museum On Thursday 4th October, we went to the Verulamium museum in St Albans. Firstly, we went into a room with tables where we were able to look at items found in ruins from 2,000 years ago although some of them were modern replicas. The tour guide dressed - - - - as a Roman warrior. When it was lunch we marched to the park where we had fights with our swords from the gift shop. The battle was between the Celts, Romans and the Greeks. We went to a big mosaic floor from 2,000 years ago. There was a hole with glass to see how they did under floor heating. There was an arch in the hole to put a fire in. So it was warm on the floor.

West Stow Anglo Saxon Village On 25th April, Year 4 went to West Stow, which is an Anglo Saxon village. When we arrived, the sun was shining and we had our lunch sitting outside next to the playground. After we had had a little play, we went into a large room to watch a DVD about the Anglo Saxons. It was a really well-made film. After the film finished, we walked into the village where we saw some strange-looking houses. We went into all the houses. Some were very small and they were usually cold. They were nothing like houses that we live in today. They were made out of wood and they were just one big room with no toilet and no bathroom. I would have felt claustrophobic inside and it must have been a bit cold and damp in the winter. After we had looked in all the houses, we met up in a building where all the Anglo Saxons would meet to eat and talk and hear what their chief wanted to tell them. A lady from West Stow talked to us about what we had seen. She was really interesting. Then we visited the museum briefly, before getting back on the bus to Arnold House. My favourite part was seeing inside the houses in the village as it really helped me to understand how the Anglo Saxons lived, which is what we have been learning about.

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Year 4 Trips & Activities nymphs and even a newt. When we finished collecting we got into groups and talked about the creatures and their adaptations. We also played in the most epic playground with underground tunnels and had time to watch a video about endangered species that live in wetlands. It was the best Year 4 trip and I would love to go again.

Seeing the village really brought my lessons to life. Thank you to Mrs Batty for arranging the trip and to Mrs Gregoriou-Ostojic, Mr Eder, Mrs Mays-Smith and Mrs Hunt for leading all the groups.

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Tate Britain On 7th June, Year 4 went to the Tate Britain to look at Patrick Caulfield’s work and that of other artists. We started by looking at Turner’s classic landscape paintings which were filled with emotion. After that, we briefly walked through a room with Basquiat-like paintings, and looked at Rose Wylie paintings too. We lingered to look at Henry Moore’s sculptures, where we drew sketches of some interesting statues he’d made. Immediately, we went down to see Patrick Caulfield’s paintings. The curator, Clarrie Wallis (AH parent), gave us a talk on the paintings which we found very intriguing and interesting. Patrick Caulfield’s work is very simple and block-coloured paintings with big, black outlines. His paintings are focused mainly on everyday life at home. We also did sketches of some of the paintings. After that, we looked in two rooms where we saw work by Chris Ofili who does African type paintings, Rachel Whiteread and Damien Hirst. After that we went back to school just in time for lunch.

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Years 3 & 4 Arts Festival This year the annual Years 3 & 4 production took place in the summer term and took the form of an Arts Festival, celebrating the boys’ talents and achievements in the more creative aspects of the curriculum. Kate Housden and Poppy Bisdee put together a wonderful exhibition of the boys’ Art work which audience members were able to visit before the performances. Sarah Moody worked with the boys to produce a collection of dramatic pieces: Year 3 performed ‘Mizards love Wizards’, a story written by Sarah herself, while Year 4 worked in small groups to perform a series of Fabulously Funny Fairy Tales which raised many a giggle from the audience! The evenings were brought to a rousing finale when all 70 boys took to the stage to perform a series of hits from decades past, starting with ‘Return to Sender’ from the 1950s right through to ‘Wonderwall’ from the 1990s – a toe-tapping collection put together by Paul Swinden and brilliantly accompanied by Alex Nelson, our drum teacher. I never cease to be amazed by the energy and enthusiasm the boys pour into their performances; they certainly got a lot out of the whole experience and enjoyed themselves immensely – as you can see from their own comments! Lizzie Jones Head of Years 3 & 4

“The story we played at the Arts Festival was called: ‘Mizards love Wizards’. I played a part of an evil wizard! I had to, seeing as I was an evil wizard, act evil! The best thing about my part was when the whole audience turned in my direction. What I enjoyed the most was that I got to turn the Mizards into newts!”

-- -“Our show was ‘Mizards Love Wizards’ at the Arts Festival. I played the part of Rory Wizard. I was one of the three Mizard triplets with - - and, last but not least, - - - My favourite song was ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, when we were singing the songs of the decades.” - - - - - - - - -

“At the Arts Festival we performed Mizards Love Wizards. I had to act evil because I was a wizard. I really enjoyed my part as it was fun and I liked acting it. I also enjoyed singing at the end as we sang one of my favourite songs, Yellow Submarine.”

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“In the Arts Festival at Canons Park the play we performed was ‘Mizards Love Wizards’. 3J did the first half and 3O did the second part. I was a narrator and I announced the title. In the play - - - and - - - - played the Mizard triplets and - - - - played Mrs Mizard. A lot of boys played Wizards. At the beginning I felt nervous but when it got going I was fine.” - - - - “I enjoyed everything about the Arts Festival and although you feel so nervous at the beginning, at the end you feel like you want to do it again and again and again.”

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“The bit of the play (Mizards Love Wizards) that 3O played was the second part of the play. I played wizard 3. I liked my part because it was fun saying my lines. My favourite part of the festival was the music because I really like singing.”

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Years 3 & 4 Arts Festival “At the Arts Festival I performed in the play ‘Rafunzel’ and I was the Prince. I had to try to rescue Rafunzel from a very high castle. My favourite part was when I got stung by a bumble bee.” - - - - - - - “The best thing about my part was that I got to make the audience laugh.” - - - - - “At the Arts Festival I performed in the story of ‘Slurping Beauty’ and I played Prince Charming. It was all so much fun I cannot really say anything about this except I enjoyed EVERYTHING!!” - - - - “I played Goldilocks in the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs.’ My favourite thing about the part was when I got to jump out of the window and run around the swimming pool area but what I enjoyed the most about the Arts Festival was the Art exhibition.” - - - - - “I performed in the stories of Cheetah and the Sloth and Slurping Beauty. Slurping Beauty was my favourite part of the Arts Festival. I played the Wicked Fairy and I got to say funny spells.” - - - - - -

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Senior School

Riddle As precise as a spy, as cunning as a thief, I am the one who baffles beyond belief, As witty as Einstein, as smooth as glass, I hear predators as loud as brass. You try to catch me but I am too quick, I get out of tight situations as quick as a whip. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m as slick as gel, as cool as ice, My jaws grip onto you like a steel vice, I smell your scent from far, far away, And hunt you down and eat you - my prey, I am, so wonderful, I think outside the box, But you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect less.....because I am a fox!

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Year 5 Trips & Activities

• YEAR 5 • Day Trips 4th February Europa Centre 28th June St Sophia, Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Residential Trip 7th-10th May Teamwork Week, Devon

Europa Centre On 4th February, Year 5 went to the Europa Centre – the mock French Village in Hornchurch. The boys share their experience below: "The Europa Centre was fun because I learnt loads of new French words and the puppet show was really funny." - - - - - - "I really liked the Europa centre because it was like a mini Paris. I particularly liked the food and using my credit card." - - - - -

"The shops looked quite realistic – I mean, the radio station literally looked like a radio station!!" - - - - - "I really liked coming back to school with some new French words." - - - - - -

"I really liked the cinema and the way that it looked like a French High Street."

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"I liked being able to order food in French then eat it. We were also allowed to buy meat and clothes with fake money and a credit card." - - - - - - "I really liked the food at the café. The mini market was really cool. We’ve learnt how to buy something and how much it cost."

As Father Theonas answered the many questions raised by the boys he also told them how the Cathedral can be seen in one of the James Bond movies. The boys then had the opportunity to light a candle before returning to school. Some of the things boys said about the trip:

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“The Cathedral was very big and exciting.”

St Sophia, Greek Orthodox Cathedral Year 5 enjoyed a fascinating visit to the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Bayswater. Upon arrival they were greeted by Mr and Mrs Fafalios and Mrs Stannard, who are all AH parents. They all helped show the boys around the cathedral and explain many of its features. Before that, though, Father Theonas gave a talk about some of the history of the cathedral and pointed out some of its wonderful architecture.

“The architecture was amazing.”

The boys marvelled at the beautiful domed roof with its image of Jesus blessing those below, surrounded by his 12 apostles. The boys were able to examine the intricate mosaic floor to see how the images on the roof had been created. They were also able to see many of the beautiful paintings around the cathedral.

“The tiny mosaic tiles were amazing – they made such wonderful images.” “The architecture was amazing and very beautiful.” “I liked the Greek inscriptions on the wall.” “Lighting the candles made me think about other people.” Andrew Turpie Head of Religious Studies

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Year 5 Trips & Activities Teamwork Week, Devon On the 7th May 2013, we went on a coach to Moorland Hall, Devon, where we would learn what teamwork meant. The first thing we did was gorge walking, trekking through a river against the tides. The water was freezing and it was hard work! We really tried to avoid slipping. While we were gorge walking 5M were kayaking. The next day we had a beach day. We went body boarding and the water was even colder than the day before. Then we went on a long coastal walk. At the top of the cliff it was very windy but the view was amazing. After that we had a BBQ on a rocky beach. On our final day we did three different teambuilding activities. For the topple tower, we had to work together to stack ten crates with a person on top. We tried archery and took a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;leap of faithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by climbing up a big tree then jumping off, with a harness on! Then we went kayaking in a manmade lake. That night we were placed into groups and we had a talent show. Our group did a comedy sketch, but the winning group were funnier than we were. After a run we all went to bed, ready for the long coach journey home the next day. It was quite a trip! --- ---- &-- ---

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Year 6 Trips & Activities • YEAR 6 • Day Trips 31st January National Army Museum 24th June Churchill Cabinet War Rooms

Residential Trip 7th-10th May Leadership Week, Devon

National Army Museum In January, the Year 6 boys went on a school trip for History to the National Army Museum with Mr Cox, Mr Harahap, Mrs Goldbart and Mrs Hodder-Williams. On arrival, we received a warm welcome from a lady who also escorted us throughout the museum. We were sat down in a large, high-ceilinged room and began with discussions on WW1. After this seminar, we were split into groups, and put onto tables. Scattered on the tables were letters and documents containing information about a soldier who had participated in the war. Our task was to gather information about that particular person and prepare a presentation about them. This was followed by our being taken to a larger section of the museum that informed us about animals in the war (mainly horses). This section was my favourite as there were life-size sculptures of horses, large and small, along with plenty of interesting information about their lives. In the adjacent room, there was an exhibit about the soldiers and the war in general. There was a fantastic, life-size model trench which grabbed all our attention. There were real uniforms and helmets to try on and guns to feel. We then saw fascinating displays of what the soldiers went through during the war. Time passed by swiftly and soon it was time to leave. Overall, the trip was exciting, interesting mainly because we were given a taster of life and times during the war from a soldier’s point of view.

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Year 6 Trips & Activities Churchill War Rooms When we first arrived at the Churchill War Rooms all we could see was a structure looking like small black hut, but it was actually the museum. At first a lady called Sarah came to speak to us about the tour. She said that the museum was extremely busy and that the passage- ways were very small. At the same time George Osborne walked past to head into the Treasury!

After our short lesson we headed to the proper museum outside the classroom and we were handed pamphlets of questions to complete.

We were then led through the crowd of people and finally squeezed through the door of the make-shift TV area. There we watched a short clip about the Blitz and why the Churchill War Rooms even existed. It explained that Churchillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official offices had been bombed and that the basement was used instead.

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After a bit of a tussle with a locked door we managed to get to one of the classrooms around the museum. Once we had settled we discussed the Blitz and especially gas masks. After about 20 minutes everyone was split into groups and then each group chose their artefact and began to prepare some questions on it. I was in a group with - - - and - - We got a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gas mask holder. This was a particularly hard artefact to produce questions on and we only made four questions in fifteen minutes.

At the end of the visit we exited the museum towards the tube station when we saw Lord Coe. We had a picture with him and then our learning part of the trip was completely over. It was a great way to end the trip.

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Year 6 Trips & Activities Leadership Week, Devon The Year 6s proved to be fabulous company on their Leadership Week trip to Devon, throwing themselves into all the activities on offer. At the start of the week the boys were divided into two teams named after the illustrious explorers Scott and Shackleton. Both teams gelled during the week. Points were awarded to each team at the end of every activity. These included horse riding, mountain biking, gorge scrambling, surfing/ body boarding, kayaking and more general sports activities. The lead passed between both teams over the course of the week, but a sterling final day performance by Scott in the water flumes activity and the pedal carting Formula 1 proved decisive and they were crowned winners of the Year 6 Leadership Week 2013. Each day a 'Man of the Day' was nominated. Winners were as follows; Tuesday - - - - - - - - - - Wednesday - - - - - - and Thursday - - - - - - - - Overall Men of the Week Awards went to - - - - - - - - who celebrated his birthday during the week, and - - - - - - - - Chris Kerr Head of Years 5 & 6

“It was awesome to be able to play sports from dusk till dawn. We played football until 9pm one night!” - - - - - - “I really enjoyed the peddle carting, especially the race at the end of the activity as we were able to crash into others and block people off.” - - - - “The surfing was epic! The beach in Cornwall was cold but the waves were good and some of us managed to stand on our boards.” - - - - - -

“I liked the gorge scrambling as it was something that I had never tried before and, although it was freezing, we enjoyed being out of our comfort zone.” - - - - - - - - “I really enjoyed the kayaking as we played a lot of fun games and we all fell out at some stage especially when we had to stand in our kayaks!” - - - - - “I liked the morning activities like tennis and swimming. The hotel we stayed at had fantastic facilities and we were able to do an array of things before breakfast!”

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Year 7 Trips & Activities • YEAR 7 • Day Trips 16th October United Biscuits Factory 9th May Unicorn Theatre – Romeo & Juliet 10th May British Museum Pompeii Exhibition

Residential Trips 14th-15th March Paris 1st-3rd May Geography Field Trip to Dorset

Canons Park Days 25th January Study Skills Day 5th June Maths & Science Day

United Biscuits Factory In what has been declared by many as ‘the greatest trip of all time’, Year 7 enjoyed an extremely successful trip to the United Biscuits Factory in October where they learnt how to produce, package and consume biscuits! Thank you to Vishant's father, Mr Chanrai for organising the trip.

“I liked watching how they make all the different types of biscuits. I never knew one company made so many types such as Digestives and Rich Tea.” - - - - - - “We learnt what ingredients go into biscuits and we got to taste various types of sugar and chocolate. We made biscuits ourselves, learnt how to make dough, moulded it into shapes and took it home!” - - - - - - - 62

Paris We arrived in Paris mid-morning on the Eurostar and we were ready for an action packed day. Our first stop was the Musée D'Orsay. This museum was filled with many beautiful statues and interesting paintings. I really liked the statue of Mercury. We visited the gift shop after the tour and many of us bought something for our family back in London. Later we went to the Museum coffee shop where my friend lshan wanted to exercise his considerable French skills and asked a passerby for directions in his best French accent only to realise he had stopped an American tourist! After the Museum, we went to the Stade de France . This is the national stadium of France and it hosts Rugby, Football and Athletics. I really enjoyed this part of the trip as we visited the lockers, the exercise rooms and even the first aid centre. Our tour guide told us about her encounters with Johnny Wilkinson! Later that day we had dinner at Montmartre and after went shopping. lt was very strange as the most popular items bought were NY baseball hats. After a good night’s sleep we were raring to go. Breakfast was very nice and soon we headed to the Tour Montparnasse. The views of Paris through the telescope were amazing. We had another opportunity to have a snack and visited the Tour Montparnasse gift shop where many boys bought t-shirts or some rather odd small animal models. We left Montparnasse and headed to Notre Dame, the very famous cathedral of Paris . The church is so impressive and the paintings on the ceiling were breathtaking. Many of us lit candles in memory of loved ones. It was a really moving experience. One of our final destinations was the Arc de Triomphe which stands as a reminder of all the soldiers who have died defending France. lt was built by Napoleon to honour the French army and was completed in 1821.

We could not leave Paris without visiting the Eiffel Tower which is an imposing structure and quite intimidating when seen up close. We played some football under the Tower which was great fun. After that we headed to the station where we had dinner and I bought myself a delicious doughnut for dessert before boarding the train for London. On behalf of all of Year 7, I would like to thank our fantastic guide Vivienne and our coach driver Andrew. But most of all I would like to thank all the teachers, Mr Moss-Marks, Mr Bagnall and Mme Ferhaoui for a memorable and fun-filled trip. We really had a fantastic time and learnt so much in 36 hours. I hope that future Year 7s have as good a time as we did.

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Year 7 Trips & Activities Geography Trip, Dorset Year 7 went to Dorset for a Field Trip as part of their Common Entrance syllabus. The trip lasted three days and we went to Swanage Bay, Durdle Door, Studland Bay, Lulworth Cove, Stairhole and Old Harry Rocks. The purpose of the expedition was for us to gather data and see whether the sea was the only factor responsible for eroding the landscape. Once we arrived we went to Swanage Bay. We measured the percolation rate, identified the beach profile and how the groynes affected the beach formation. We also looked at how longshore drift worked with the groynes to change the shape of the beach. In order to look at the beach profile we used a clinometer, which indicates the degree to which the beach slopes. We used a funnel with mesh at the bottom and poured half a litre of water down it in order to see how quickly the water percolated into the ground. Our observations told us that the sand was wet and couldn't absorb much water. We then went to Durdle Door; we climbed down a steep cliff to get to the beach. The reason this cliff is so steep is because the erosion has attacked it very quickly, as it is formed from a soft material (mud and sand). Also further up we saw a landslide that had just occurred. Once we had descended to the beach we saw the big stone structure of Durdle Door with its incredible arch and set off to do the same experiments we had carried out at Swanage Bay. Our group then walked to Stairhole, which is a cliff face that has been penetrated by the sea. As the cliff is formed from a hard rock (limestone) it only has one small cave and

arch in contrast to Durdle Door. Due to the tectonic plates the cliff has been folding so there is now a folding cliff face. At Lulworth Cove we saw how the cove was formed and the different types of rock that surrounded it. Here there was no human erosion except for the footpaths leading to and from the beach, which had been heavily eroded. The difference in height between the grass and the path was approximately one foot. We had a picnic on the grass overlooking Lulworth Cove and did observational drawings labelling the features and geomorphologic processes in fine detail. The next day we went to Old Harry Rocks and explored the erosion of the hard rock chalk and observed how it protruded from the headland. It has a stack, stump, arch, cave and cracks. These have been formed over a very long period of time. You can see from the rocks what the weather may have been like as when there had been warm weather this left a slight tinge of orange. Lastly we had a small walk to the beach at Studland Bay, which is made from very soft dried mud that can be eroded very quickly. We then got back on a coach ready to go back to London, but just before had a quick packed lunch. The trip was really good fun and my favourite part was collecting the data from Swanage Bay. It was so interesting to see all the various ways in which erosion had occurred and we concluded that the sea was by no means the only factor.

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Year 7 Trips & Activities Maths and Science Day We went up to Canons Park for our maths and science day. The day was split into two parts. 7M in the first half of the day did science and 7W did maths. After lunch the classes switched over so 7M did the maths part of the day and 7W did the science part. ln the science part we took a look to see what insects and plants we could find in 1 metre by 1 metre segments. We worked in groups of four. We started by the hedge and worked up until the pathway doing all the segments the same way. While we were doing this we drew a diagram of our investigation. But instead of drawing all our finds we just put down 3 slugs, 2 woodlice and 1 centipede in the square that represented that 1 metre by 1 metre segment. We found out that more insects were by the hedge because they were least disturbed by humans and other creatures and it was a natural habitat which provides shelter and food for them. ln the maths part of the day we took part in an orienteering exercise. We were split up into pairs and were given a sheet with clues on. An example of a clue was 'Go 45 degrees and go 100 metres in that direction.' But before we started we had to learn how to use a compass. First you line the arrow up with north and then move however many degrees our clues told us to. Each clue would take us to different sign post which had a different word on it. Your aim was to get all the correct words in the correct order, if you got them all right you would be awarded 4 points. lf you got one wrong you would minus a mark. To find out your final score you took how long it took you to do the challenge in minutes, minus the points you got for your sentence, and the group with the lowest score won.

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House Drama Competition The Spring Term was an exciting time for Year 7 who took part in the annual House Drama Competition. Each house entered a team of four, plus one substitute, and had their improvising skills challenged in a series of rounds. The boys worked hard by attending training sessions to sharpen their ability to think on their feet and work as a team against the clock. During the competition they impressed with their ability to do all this in front of an audience, whilst also being incredibly funny. During three consecutive assemblies two houses competed against one another, with the winning two houses competing in the final assembly. All three shows were expertly hosted by Drama Captains, - - - - and - - - - - - - who kept the audience in stitches and made sure each improv game ran smoothly. The winning house was Nelson and each team member was awarded a 2013 House Drama trophy. Sarah Moody Head of Drama

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Year 8 Trips & Activities • YEAR 8 • Day Trips 8th November Shakespeare Schools Festival 2nd July British Museum Pompeii Exhibition

Residential Trips 18th-22nd September Maison Claire Fontaine, Burgundy 17th-19th June Battlefields Tour, Flanders

Shakespeare Schools Festival On Thursday 8th November many of our Year 8 boys performed in or were part of the production team for our hilarious production of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at the Platform Theatre, Kings Cross. The performance was part of an annual national celebration of Shakespeare’s works, ‘The Shakespeare Schools Festival’. It was Arnold House’s fourth year of involvement in this fantastic event which brings together pupils of all ages from hundreds of schools across London and the United Kingdom.

The cast and crew are to be applauded for their sensational work, both on the evening and in rehearsals leading up to the night. Taking part in such a huge production requires an enormous commitment and many hours of rehearsals. Our cast members regularly squeezed three rehearsals a week into their already very busy schedules! The play is set in the aftermath of a battle and is one of Shakespeare’s more challenging comedies, with big characters, complicated relationships and much witty repartee. The boys performed with aplomb and the audience was delighted by both the very amusing and the more moving scenes. Organisers of the event were in attendance to provide a valuable critique of our production, and applauded us for our ‘truly entertaining performance’. The boys were recognised for the maturity and integrity of their performances, their strong grasp of Shakespearean language, the way they dealt with complex characters and their clear storytelling.

“The Arnold House School Shakespeare production proved to be an outstanding display of every single boy’s skills in acting. For many weeks we practised continuously, going through our lines and planning the staging in the confined spaces available. With the help of Mrs Baker and the support of the two vice producers, - - - - - and - - - - - - the outcome of what seemed so far away in the beginning of 2012 proved to be a flourish of emotion and connection with the audience in the final show at the Platform Theatre. Everyone involved in the making of Much Ado About Nothing loved every second of it, as all we could think about as the curtain came down was that the audience felt the same feeling of admiration for it as we did.”

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Arnold House School presents

much ado about nothing directed by allie baker

abridged script by arnold wesker

platform theatre, kings cross, london thursday 8th november 2012 7pm

tickets available@www.csm.arts.ac.uk/platform-theatre/

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Year 8 Trips & Activities Maison Claire Fontaine, Burgundy In September, the Year 8 boys took their annual trip to Maison Claire Fontaine in Burgundy for a week of activities including archery, visiting Vezelay, orienteering exercises, circus training, canoeing, baking, tree climbing and visiting the market where they can practise their French whilst purchasing ingredients for a French picnic. As these photos show, a great time was had by all! Seb Stones

British Museum, Pompeii Exhibition A the end of the term Year 8 travelled by tube to the Pompeii exhibition located in the British Museum. The exhibition displayed information on the aspects of life in a house in Pompeii and Herculaneum and the townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; histories in sections e.g. kitchens; gardens etc. The exhibition itself was structured like that of a roman villa. For example the section on streets was situated on the outer edge of the exhibition as a street would be next to a villa. The section on the garden was in the same area of the exhibition as the garden would be in the villa. At the beginning there was a 10 minute clip talking briefly about the eruption of Vesuvius and comparing modern day life in Pompeii and Herculaneum with Roman life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Boys were equipped with a notepad and pencil to answer questions. The boy who answered the most questions would receive a prize, although most boys raced on ahead. At the end, the Y8s had some time to look around the gift shop.

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Year 8 Trips & Activities Battlefields, Flanders In June, Year 8 set out on a trip to the Battlefields in Flanders. It started with visiting The Chatham Naval Memorial (in England). Here we saw where Arnold House old boys, Arthur De Segundo and Conrad Cherry are remembered before we boarded a ferry to Calais. We then stopped off at a former WW1 battlefield in France where an Australian soldier had walked across no-man’s land, found the friend he had heard was injured and carried him back to the allied trenches. The area was also ceded to Australia – A common joke formed among us: “My 1st steps in France were in Australia.” We then went to the hotel, Flanders Lodge, after briefly stopping off at Poperinghe cemetery.

The following day we were off early and saw Bois-Grenier cemetery, the Ploegstrert memorial where Arnold House old boy, Hubert Green, is remembered. We saw the bunker system at Fromelles and the Pheasant Wood cemetery. We then went to Hill 60 to view the mine craters where the allies blew up mine networks underneath the German trenches. We then visited Tyne Cot cemetery which was incredibly moving and I was overcome with emotion. I can still remember the shock on everyone’s faces including my own when we passed the walls. There were numerous lines of names, every single one a dead person. There seemed to be no end. We had dinner in Ypres and then went to the Last Post ceremony where the Arnold

House head boys placed a wreath. This was such an emotional part of the trip. On our final day we went to the grave of Arnold House old boy Jack Chevalier-Taylor and had a brief service after visiting a barn where German SS troops had massacred British soldiers in WW2 and hearing the deeds of their brave captain and the few who survived. We then got a shuttle back across the English Channel and drove back to school.

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Ski Trip to Wagrain, Austria

or 2013 the Arnold House ski trip ventured to Wagrain in Austria. The winter of 2013 was freezing in England and elsewhere in Europe and the seventeen children and accompanying staff headed off to Heathrow hoping and praying that Spring would not make a premature arrival. We arrived at our accommodation late in the evening and the group settled quickly to sleep. The view that was revealed after opening the curtains was a wonderful sight for a skier: snow had fallen in great quantities and had cloaked everything in white. Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ski equipment was quickly allocated and we were on the mountain in our ski groups in a jiffy. Everyone was excited to explore the mountain and our ski instructors were adept

at getting the best out of every boy. As we got miles under our skis we came to marvel at the extent of the pistes on offer which included a seemingly endless array of confidence-building blues and reds. Each day the boys refuelled on pizzas, spag-bol and French fries in a mountain restaurant. This always seemed to reinvigorate the boys, setting them up for a hard afternoon of skiing. The action did not stop when we returned to the hotel, because a full programme of activities was organised in the evenings. This usually involved 5 aside football followed by a visit to the Wassewelt Water World Park. This had both indoor and outdoor pools â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they were heated! And

some of the fastest water slides that I have ever been on! One unexpected highlight of the trip was an extra excursion organised by the tour company to an Austrian Premier League Ice hockey match. It was great fun and the trip to the shops in Zell am Zee also satisfied the boys desire to buy some souvenirs and some sweets! The trip was very much enjoyed by every member of the group. Thanks must go to Mr Stones, Mrs Stones and Mrs Boyarin for their help and also to the boys themselves who proved themselves to be great company. Chris Kerr Director of Sport

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Head Boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Review

e are very fortunate to have been appointed as Head Boys at such a fantastic school as Arnold House. Each year has been different and yet all have been inspirational and enjoyable at the same time. We cannot thank you enough our teachers, parents, friends and the headmaster for making our experience at the school ever more special. The great thing about Arnold House on the whole is that it is an all round school. Everyone has strengths in one thing or another and at AH boys have many opportunities to excel in their strengths. At the beginning of Year 8 it dawned on the whole year that the feared final exams were approaching quickly. With the help of our parents and our marvellous teachers we all managed to push through and were all delighted when we found out that we all got into our senior schools. One of the most memorable things about our final year was all the different residential trips we went on. In the autumn term

we went on a trip to Burgundy we were able thoroughly to practise our French in numerous exciting ways, by, for example, going into the market and buying our own lunch. Because Arnold House is an all round school they also took us on sports tours. We were both lucky enough to be chosen for both the rugby and cricket tours which greatly improved our sporting skills as we played other teams out of London. After the pressure was finally lifted from our shoulders we were all able to relax as a year and after CE Mr Kerr organised a fabulous activity week which we all greatly enjoyed, especially the last day when we went to Thorpe Park. The week after, we went on the emotional battlefields trip to France and Belgium (and even Australia!). Here, we had very important roles as head boys, as we had to lay wreaths and crosses of poppies at graves and memorials of Arnold House boys who died in the war. We also laid a large cross of poppies at a huge memorial at Menin Gate. This was very scary as there were over two

thousand people watching us! We also saw the ruins of the battlefields of WW1. We would like to thank Mr Hill, Mr Cox, Mr Harahap and the five Year 8 parents who accompanied us as well as the brilliant tour guides for making this trip so special. 8 Years at AH! The longest we will ever be at a school. We will truly miss it in every way. We also hope that the experience of our whole Year 8 group will inspire the lower years to have as much fun and success as we did. We give our best wishes to - - - - - and - - - - - - - whom we are sure will make excellent head boys and we wish the best of luck to the coming year 7s and year 8s for their CE mocks and exams. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, but at Arnold House greatness is a given. ---- --- &---- ----

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We always get an ice-cream on Thursdays. Sometimes if we’re lucky we get a hot chocolate too! The reason why is because our nanny is the best. Today is Thursday and it’s pick-up time at our nursery, so my sisters and I are really excited. I wonder which flavour we’ll get today. Mango, strawberry, vanilla or chocolate? Oh, I do hope that the hot chocolate has whipped cream. That will be nice. But where is our nanny? She’s never late. Certainly not on Thursdays! I wonder if she forgot her money and had to go back home to get it. Feeling sad I wander past the office, looking for my sisters, but I hear my name... “Wasn’t it a shame about Joseph Mill.” What was a shame about me? I walk into the office. “His nanny’s been on the phone, crying, poor girl.” The office goes quiet. I am puzzled. “Why is my nanny crying?” I ask. “It was dreadful...” the office lady is shaking her head. “He was so young...” “But I’m here! And I want my ice-cream.” I want to cry too. I go closer to her, and try to tug her sleeve. All she does is shiver, as if suddenly very cold. I stand there, feeling lost, as she looks right through me.

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Review

hat a busy and wonderful time we have had in the Art and Design department this year. I was thrilled to return from my maternity leave to find everything in excellent order and the boys as enthusiastic as ever. Mrs Lucy Glynn had produced some exciting work with the boys during my absence and the school walls were bursting with three dimensional cakes, mummified teddy bears and giant papier mache bugs! I was keen to get going and, assisted by the very able Miss Poppy Bisdee, I set to work devising some new Art schemes for the terms ahead.

the boys a film of her Art installation ‘The Point of Perception’ which explores the relationship between Art and Science. She then worked with them to create light boxes inspired by their observational studies. Lara’s work explores shapes, movement and repetition and she helped the boys to simplify their studies into a single geometric form that could be repeated in numerous formations. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the project and were proud to present their work at an exhibition with the three artists later in the year.

We began the year with an Art and Science collaboration. Jenny Lyons, the Head of Science, and I were really keen to work

together to explore the many tangible links between our two subjects and came up with the ‘Micrographia’ project inspired by Robert Hooke’s historic book detailing his observations with the microscope.

Next followed a two day ceramic workshop with Year 7 boys and the talented artist Loks Ming Fung. She showed the boys some advanced techniques to manipulate clay into textured surfaces inspired by their

fired clay using our new range of matt, shiny and metallic glazes. The results were quite spectacular! The Year 5 boys have had a very inspiring year working firstly on their Paolozzi project where we were excited to welcome Paolozzi’s daughter Emma to Arnold House. She gave a very moving talk about her late father’s work and really fuelled the boys with her creative words of advice. In the spring term they focussed on observational studies based on the theme of ‘extraordinary nature’. The boys produced many beautifully detailed sketches and were then fortunate enough to work with Royal College of Art tutor Gemma Ooi to design and print their

own wallpaper length. The results were both well thought out and professional and the boys were very proud of their achievements.

We then approached three Artists to work with us: Jessica Hymas, Madi Boyd and Lara Harwood. Jessica looked at crystallography with the boys and explored a range of textile techniques to produce tessellating three dimensional forms. Madi showed

observational studies and paper sculptures of coral. The boys loved experimenting and produced some stunning pieces. Loks then returned to assist the boys in glazing their

As well as all of the artist visits we also have our very own resident artist Miss Poppy Bisdee who certainly knows her way around a bag of plaster. She was very keen to teach all of the Year 4 boys how to cast everyday objects inspired by the work of Turner prize winner Rachel Whiteread. Poppy ran several casting workshops at lunchtimes

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Review Junior and Senior Art club both continue to grow and we have many boys who join us for a term and then move on to another activity as well as the veterans that stay with us year after year. The boys have worked on a wide variety of projects from

as well as assisting in lessons and the boys cast everything from rubber gloves to milk cartons. She also taught them how to make their own moulds using lego and dolls house furniture pressed into clay. The finished pieces were displayed as part of the Years 3 & 4 Arts festival and looked very impressive. Having just touched on the annual Arts festival, I must commend all of the Years 3 & 4 boys for their efforts in creating some very exciting Art work. In my opinion it was

booked in Art days for Year 4, Year 7 and Year 8 who will be learning how to draw with wire, screen print and make their own felt, so roll on the new school year and lots more creative challenges! Kate Housden Head of Art & Design

tessellating shapes to watercolour paintings and printing to embroidery. The senior boys have just finished painting some bold and colourful canvases inspired by sporting movement which will be displayed in the dining room for the whole school to admire. Our creative year finished on a high with a Year 4 trip to Tate Britain to see the Patrick Caulfield retrospective. We were so lucky to be accompanied by Arnold House mum and curator of the exhibition, Clarrie Wallis, who gave us a fascinating talk and really enthused the boys with her knowledge and expertise. The boys worked in their

the best year yet and demonstrated both the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; high levels of skill and their huge enthusiasm. The Year 3 room showcased

sketchbooks during the visit and developed their studies on their return to school.

animal montages as well as Gaudi studies and fantasy architecture, whilst the Year 4 room was adorned with Basquiat inspired self portraits and, as I previously mentioned, Rachel Whiteread inspired 3D work and mixed media studies. I felt very proud of all of the boys involved.

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Autumn Term

ominating the busy music calendar in the Autumn term was the annual concert, held at the American School London. This year, it was on a truly epic scale and after two and half hours of musical excellence where every musical group was represented in performance, parents, staff and children were finally able to get their hands on some well deserved mulled wine and soft beverages back in the Arnold House gym. At 9.30pm, Michelle, Accent Catering Manager, informed me that she had brought out the mulled wine no fewer than four times, thinking the concert was about to end! Despite the monumental length of the concert, what came across more this year than any other was the sheer variety and depth of talent on display amongst the boys. It was an evening to remember and one commented on by many. Later on in the term, the Senior Choir sang traditional, festive carols at St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospice. This was a lovely occasion and the boys delighted an appreciative audience with the usual seasonal favourites.

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Autumn Term

MUSIC

Spring Term

ormally, we would have had the Chapel Choir concert in the autumn term. However, due to the need to space major musical events out a little more in the calendar, it was placed in the middle academic term. The boys worked extremely hard to learn the various anthems for the concert. What was very impressive was how quickly they managed to get to grips with new pieces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and such quick learning was a necessity in such a short spring term. Our chosen venue for the past few years has been the Chapel of St John and St Elizabeth Hospital. The concert has helped to raise funds for the hospice there and is always loyally supported by parents of boys in the choir and Arnold House staff. The setting is tremendous and an ideal acoustic to celebrate the beauties of choral singing. Both the autumn and spring terms saw a series of informal concerts from the senior year groups, too. These are held in the gym and are designed to be a deliberately relaxed affair for both participants and the appreciative audience watching and listening. The boys in all the senior year groups of the school treated us to an eclectic mix of solos, with one or two ensemble pieces also being performed. This was particularly true of Year 6, where two very different, appealingly quirky and talented bands showcased their abilities in amongst the individual performances.

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Summer Term

oth the senior and junior sections of the school got the chance to perform in their concerts at Canons Park in the summer term. The Senior Concert offered some breathtaking solo and ensemble items. - - - - - - - played magnificent Chopin on the piano and - - - - - - - - treated us to Saint-Säens and Granados on oboe and cello. These two boys will be definitely missed by Arnold House, as they both go to take up music scholarships at Westminster Under School and St Paul’s respectively in September. In addition to many solos of exceptional quality, most of the senior ensembles were represented, including the Orchestra, Piano Trio, Years 6 & 7 string quartets, Brass Group, all the Jazz groups and a scratch Year 8 group of musicians performing ‘Mozartiana’ – a collection of Mozart’s most famous tunes fused together into a medley.

The Junior Arts Festival also took place in the final term of the Arnold House year. This time, we decided to do things slightly differently to keep the musical format fresh. ‘Songs through the decades’ it was styled, and encompassed hits by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Abba, Tight Fit and Oasis. This gave the chance for the whole of the Junior School to come together in song to celebrate the evolution of and variety in pop music over the last fifty years. It brought the house down, and although timid at first, the parents were soon joining in with familiar numbers. There was a song there for everyone, and the boys performed brilliantly. Paul Swinden Director of Music

The Junior boys did not disappoint in their music making, either. One of the outstanding things about their afternoon of rehearsal and evening performance at Canons Park was the fantastic way they got on with each other, helped each other out and co-operated brilliantly with all the music staff. The care and attention in their performances were extremely promising for the future, and it was a highly memorable and enjoyable event.

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MUSIC

Associated Board Exam Results Music Exam Results 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2013 Alto Saxophone Grade Two - - - - - - - (D) B Flat Cornet Grade One

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- - - - - - - - - - - (P) Baritone Grade Four

- - - - - - (P) Cello Grade Four

- - - - - - - (D) - - - - - - - - (M) Clarinet Grade Three

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- - - - - - - - (P) Flute Preparatory Test - - - - - - - - (P) Guitar Grade One - - - - - (P) Jazz Alto Sax Grade One - - - - - - - - - - - - - (M) - - - - - - - (M) - - - - - - (P) - - - - - - - - (P) - - - - - (P) Grade Two

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Oily in expectation it roils to my edge, rainbows, incandescent it tumbles over the edge, It falls through the air, a prism of light, it roars as a thunder, majestic in flight, To my pool it crashes, an incredible roar, no escape from my clutches, my terrible maw, Then it is gone, the river goes on as it may, to be troubled no more by me in its way, For I am a waterfall, a wondrous sight, the power and beauty, of water in flight.

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THIS IS MY FAVOURITE BOOK BECAUSE... ...there is a lot of action and very interesting accidents, such as when the Ninja Meerkats make the baddies fall down.

...it tells you how Napoleon lived and where he died and at the start there is a great map of Napoleon’s Empire.

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...it gives you lots of great information. There’s an interesting fact about gold medals that are actually ninety percent silver!

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...it is about travelling back in time. I like it when Annie pretends that her torch is a magic wand, and zaps the baddies.

...my nickname is Nate like the main character in this book. It is very funny and Nate breaks the record for the most detentions in one day!

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LONDON MARATHON I WOULD... - - - - - - - …wear a t- shirt with a picture of a pot of money to give to the children in Africa. At the end of the race I would eat chocolate and strawberries for energy.

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- - - - - - ...raise money for charity and win a gold medal. I wouldn’t run with anyone as it would be too distracting and stop me from winning.

- - - - - ...drink water at all the drink stations and I might eat some strawberries too. My mum would be waiting at the finish line.

- - - - - …wear a t-shirt and some trousers. I would walk for 5 minutes and run the rest. I would get a gold medal and give money to charity.

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...wear my Arnold House sport’s kit. Afterwards I would eat lots of Haribo sweets and watch Horrible Histories.

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THE EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS Pharaoh TAIWAN II

Pharaoh Tutantuthmose

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If I were a scientist I would invent A pen and pencil machine that could write in any colour you wanted just by pressing a button and speaking into the microphone.

A tablet that would give me lots of energy

so I would never get tired and do all the things I want to in the day.

An amazing game on the Kindle Fire called Chickens versus Monkeys where you could choose which animal you wanted to be.

A machine that makes 60,000 sweets per second! You just type in how many you want and you will have them straight away.

I would make a machine that has a sodium fluoride tank which is diluted with air and non-toxic bleach. You could put dirty water inside and it would clean the water so it is safe to drink. It will be given out to poor people who don’t have clean water.

A cool car that could turn into a hang glider with jet engines so people wouldn’t have to pay for expensive flights when they wanted to go on holiday.

The world’s first Bacon Machine. You would press a button and a lovely, salty Bacon Sandwich would be made for you instantly! Mmmmmm.

A mysterious and wonderful time machine that goes back in time so that we scientists could solve all of the world’s ancient mysteries!

A special farming machine that makes trees grow super quick. You would drive the machine and at the press of button it would plant seeds and water them with a formula that would make the plants grow instantly.

The coolest eraser in the world that would carefully erase out the words you told it to. It would be free in every shop!

A machine that would make you super strong because it can take ages to build up your muscles in the gym. It would be called the Strong Machine!

An amazing machine that would do all your homework for you so I could spend more time watching TV!

A super lifesaver robot that can fix the drains in poor countries for free and in double quick time. It would also filter the dirty water so people did not get diseases from drinking it.

An incredible Sat-Nav machine that would drive you to your location with the press of a button. It would also have an invisible shell around it so you wouldn’t have to stop at red lights.

An amazing machine that would rain any type of food you wanted, when you wanted it. That way, you would not have to waste your money on food.

An amazing “Animalometer” because some animals are in danger. If a species is about to go extinct you would just ask the machine to produce some new ones and Hey Presto!

A potion that you could take whilst abroad. This potion would make you grow two heads. One would speak your own language and the other would speak the language of wherever you are in the world.

A lightweight, pocket sized contraption that could multiply animals that are endangered and translate their sounds into English, Japanese and Chinese so we could understand them.

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GADGETS Sunglasses that have a tracking device

A trainer with hidden poisonous spikes

A cigarette that gives off death darts

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6M FORM PAGE iTunes Store > App Store > aHouse Apps

aHouse Apps Rated: Reviews > iPad > iPhone > See All Sort by Price: high to low Price: low to high Star Rating Name: Ascending Name: Descending

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Camopoly!

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Play the good old classic Monopoly on your iPad, - - - - - style! You will need to travel around the streets of London on Huskies collecting sweets.

Eat; sleep, work and play the way you have always wanted...like - - - - This interactive app lets you live the life of everyone’s cyber hero!

“An epic old fashioned game with an exciting twist!” Frank N. Stein

“This app is bad for my health! I can’t stop playing, it is so addictive.” Dick Tater

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Milesland!

Freekick Maestro!

Voted the most popular game of 2013. Catapult - - - into the air to help him destroy all the evil piggyies! Test your accuracy with over 150 different levels to work through.

Indulge into a world made entirely out of cheese! Battle against goblins and turn them into teddy bears earning cheesy points to expand your world.

Test your skills against other premier league football teams. Stand up to some of the toughest goalkeepers in the world and be the hero or the villain for your team.

“This game keeps me on the edge of my seat the whole way through!” Barb Dwyer

“Definitely not a game for the faint hearted! It is action packed” Earl E. Bird

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Baby

Help - - - - - do what he does best... eat doughnuts! He also needs to save the power plant which is about to explode! Go through the levels and help him save the day by tapping.

A multiplayer game like no other! You can build or invent cool traps and weapons, kill mobs of zombies and scary skeletons and receive just rewards at the completion of each level. Form clubs with other online players or go it alone if you dare. “Mind blowing graphics make it a thrill ride from start to finish!” Kenya Dewit

Embark on an amazing adventure with the world’s most mischievous baby! Help baby - - - complete each level while he rides backwards on his pet pig!

This is a fun filled game where you can fling across your screen for points. Collect more hilarious - faces when you build up points.

“Fantastic Game! I love how - - - dies when you fail your mission.” Mona Lott

“The different facial expressions are hilarious!” Hillary Ars

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Get into battle mode with an array of weapons to help defeat the zombies. Use your military skills to progress through each level and earn points for even better weapons! “So realistic! It feels as if you are really in the thick of battle.” Justin Tyme

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Help - - - - run, dash, duck and dive round various obstacles on more than 30 different courses while he is chased by mutant monkeys! Not one for the faint hearted.

“My fingers are sore, I can’t stop tapping!” Terry Bull

Call Of Duty:

“WARNING! This game is highly addictive.” Ted E. Baer

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“I love this game! The graphics are so realistic.” Brighton Early

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Grand Theft Auto: Zacland Take part in the epic battle on the streets of the notorious Zacland. Ride awesome concept cars and complete realistic missions in the best simulation app of the year! “This is what you call a thrill ride!” Reid A. Book

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Plants Vs Stombies Join the epic adventure of spawning plants and their attack on the zombie populations. Work through each level as either a plant or zombie collecting different powers and weapons on your way. “I still can’t decide what side to fight for! They are both equally epic. ” Dwayne Pipe

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The Outer Space Treaty also prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space

The United States designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) as astronauts

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The 4 huge outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are called the gas Giants or Ice Giants terrestrial planets

Interstellar space is the physical space within a galaxy not occupied by stars or their planetary systems

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The Gas Giants are mainly composed of ices (such as water), ammonia and methane

Definition of Space or Outer Space: Everything that is located outside the atmosphere of Earth

Interplanetary space is the area around the Sun and planets of the Solar System

Geospace is the region of outer space near the Earth

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There is an Outer Space Treaty which states that outer space is free for all nation states to explore and is not subject to claims of motional sovereignty

The term ‘space’, meaning the region beyond Earth’s sky, was first used in 1667 by John Milton in Paradise Lost

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The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite and is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System

The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects bound to it by gravity in the area known as Interplanetary space

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The Moon’s gravitational influence produces the ocean tides

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Las Vegas

Ottowa

Cape Town

The home of gambling! People come from all over the globe to play in massive casinos. Most people gamble all through the night. It is home to the mini Eiffel Tower, Empire State building, Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx. All of these are also hotels. The Bellagio, the most expensive one, has a water fountain display to Michael Jackson’s ‘Billy Jean’.

Ottawa is the fourth largest city in Canada and it was named the capital city by Queen Victoria in 1857. It gets mighty cold in the winter but you can skate on the Rideau Canal, eat Beavertails, watch the senators in action and tour a maple syrup factory during the sugar bush season. And no, people there do NOT live in igloos!

I chose Cape Town because I am half South African and I go there on holiday quite often. It has a very warm climate which is why I am wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt, sunglasses, and a cap in the picture. The beaded animals in the picture resemble wild life found in South Africa.

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Grenada

Edinburgh

My favourite city is called Prokimea which is in Chios (a Greek island) because it’s got lots of shops and restaurants, which I can go around with my friends. The sea is right on the front but it’s an area for the boats and ferries.

Grenada is an exotic hot island in the Caribbean. In 2004 there was a hurricane there; the sea is hot and it is nice to swim there. When I was there I loved the bar in the swimming pool – very cool!

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland located in the south east of Scotland with a population of over half a million people. It plays host to the Edinburgh zoo, the only zoo in the UK looking after giant pandas. That is partly why I like it so much. The traditional dress is a kilt with the family pattern on it.

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Geneva is a city in Switzerland known for banking, chocolate and watches. It is in the canton of Geneva where just under 468,000 people live. In the city of Geneva there are 200,000 people. I like Geneva because it has lots of good chocolate!

I chose Jerusalem as my city because I go to Israel every year and always visit Jerusalem, where I have family and friends. The weather is generally good and it is nice to visit a city embodies your religion.

Gstaad Gstaad has a population of about 3,200 and is located 1,050 meters above sea level. The largest attraction is skiing with 220km of slopes. I love it because the skiing is perfect there and in the summer you can go walking in the mountains and visit great pools.

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Beirut

Miami, home of the Sun, Sea and Shows. The Beach is nice and hot, right under the Sun, so you can get nice suntans and you can play beach volleyball. At Night, the City lights up with Casinos, Hotels and Nightclubs, pleasing you with the facility of gambling, relaxing and dancing or being sociable. I love Miami because there is so much to do there!

Lebanon offers endless opportunities of nightlife, beach, nature and outdoor activities: landscapes that change with the seasons but are bathed in sunshine. Snowboarding in Faraya or waterskiing in the Bay of Jounieh 45 minutes later. You will be spoilt for choice.

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I chose Tel Aviv because I have family in Israel and I usually meet them in Tel Aviv. It is a coastal city that was built next to Jaffa, which is the oldest port in the world. Tel Aviv literally translates as ‘Spring Hill’. It is the business capital of Israel.

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London I chose London because I live there and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Everywhere else you go you find poisonous snakes and spiders. But in London, you find nothing more than the average house spider. The climate is fine too, never too cold or hot and with there being hardly any chance of a natural disaster anywhere in Britain. There are also no volcanoes, jungles, deserts or wars making it a safe environment for the more stay-at-home type. It is incredibly safe and usually the people are nice – my kind of place.

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Venice, my favourite city, was built on marshland in north-east Italy; famous for St Mark’s Cathedral, the canals, the Doge’s Palace, Venetian masks (one of which I am wearing) and Florian hot chocolate. Rising water levels threaten now to destroy hundreds of years of history and architecture. 20 million tourists visit Venice every year and there is a real tension about whether or not massive cruise ships should be allowed through the canal.

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BRITISH & IRISHLIONSTOURSQUAD - --I play Loosehead Prop. You need to be strong in this position as you take the impact of every scrum. I think the Lions will win 3-0

-----I like being a Hooker because you get to contest for the ball in a scrum and throw the ball at the line-out. I think the Lions will win 2-1

- -I play Prop as it suits my physique of having broad shoulders and strong legs. I think it will be a drawn and each team will win 1 game

MR WILSON Scrum Half is my favourite position as you get to manipulate the game as the link between the forwards and the backs. I think the Wallabies will win 3-0

-- --I play Blind-Side Flanker, the same as my favourite player Tom Croft. You need to be powerful and have stamina when playing in this position. I think the Lions will win 2-1

-- ---I like Second Row because I am tall which is beneficial in a line-out. I think the Wallabies will win 3-0

-- --I like Second Row because you can easily detach from the scrum and go to a ruck once the ball is out. I think the Wallabies will win 2-1

-- --Open-Side Flankers need to be quick as they break from the scrum and usually make the first tackle. I think the Lions will win 2-1

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The No. 8 position is at the back of the scrum where I am able to control the direction the scrum moves. I think the Australians will win the tour because the British & Irish Lions will get tired in defence. I think the Wallabies will win 3-0

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I like being Inside Centre because Manu Tuilagi plays there. He is extremely strong and will be an asset to the Lions team in Australia. I think the Wallabies will win 2-1

-- -I like being OutsideCentre because you get to run with the ball a lot and you are constantly involved in the match.

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Fullbacks get to roam where ever the ball goes and make all the important tackles when the opposition have broken through the defensive line. I think the Wallabies will win 2-1

This is arguably the most important position in the team. As a Fly Half, I need to organise set plays for the Backs after a line-out or a scrum. I think the Lions will win 3-0

I like being a Winger because I am quick and nimble. This allows me to run around the oppostion and score tries. Number 11 is also my lucky number. I think the Wallabies will win 2-1

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