ASSEMBLYSPRING 2018 From the Headmaster We have just under 270 boys on the roll at present and while we like them to be actively engaged with their learning and ready to contribute to the wider life of the School at every available opportunity, a lot depends on having the staff to match their energy and enthusiasm. At Arnold House we have 32 full-time equivalent Teachers, 9 Teaching Assistants,
10 Support Staff and 14 visiting Teachers for Chess, Music, Taekwondo and Theatre Studies. A total of 65 adults (28 of them men) who act in varying degrees as the boys’ role models and mentors as they evolve from five year olds in short trousers into the beginnings of civilized and enlightened young men when they reach the top of the School at the age of thirteen. That the boys turn out so well is testament
to the commitment and expertise of the staff in this pursuit; one that no doubt requires a good deal of patience on their part along the way! So to the staff who take a share in this responsibility of helping the boys gain the most out of their days at AH… thank you.
Viv Thomas
Top row left to right: Snow Day, Winners of the Haileybury Debating Competition, Year 7 Rugby Match at Allianz Park Middle row left to right : Year 4 Performance of Shakespeare Rocks, Year 6 Forest School Science Competition, Verse Speaking Competition Bottom row left to right: Year 1 Trip to the Foundling Museum, Year 7 Trip to Rome, Pink & Blue Charity Day in aid of St John’s Hospice
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