Arnold House Magazine 2020 by urban juice

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Contents 1 Welcome Contents Valete From the Headmaster Common Entrance and Scholarship Staff List Staff News Development From the Catering Team From the Governors From the Parents’ Association

4 Senior School 1 2 3 3 4 5 10 10 11 12

2 School News Canons Park Activity Centre From the Library Reading Stars Kids' Lit Quiz Visiting Author School Council Eco Council Year 8 Positions of Responsibility Visiting Speakers Poet-in-Residence Activities Gymnastics Chess Arnold Church Public Benefit A School in Lockdown Prize Giving Prize Winners House Competition Outstanding Achievement

16 16 19 20 21 21 22 24 25 26 28 31 32 33 34 35 36 40 42 44 45

3 Junior School Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Years 1&2 Drama Review Years 3&4 Drama Review

48 56 62

Years 5-8 Trips & Activities Head Boys’ Review

66 76

5 Art & Design Review Boys’ Work

80 84

6 Music Michaelmas Term Concert The Arnold House Proms Music Workshops Music Groups Associated Board Exam Results

102 104 112 114 119

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

122 124 126 128 130 132 134 136

8 Sport Football Rugby Hockey Lockdown Running Challenge Lockdown Cycling Challenge

140 146 150 153 155

9 Old Boys The ‘42 Club Dinner Christmas Catch-Up Class of 2014

160 162 163

Magazine edited by Stephanie Miller Design and production by Urban Juice Creative Ltd www.urban-juice.co.uk

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From the Headmaster

ll of us, young and old, are living through an extraordinary time. The First and Second World Wars in the 20th century were the cause of unparalleled disruption to people’s lives across the globe. Here in 2020 we find ourselves in less dramatic, but still unchartered territory again as we respond to the coronavirus pandemic through social distancing restrictions, national lockdowns and school closures. Anyone picking up this school magazine in 50 years’ time would be forgiven for thinking this was just another action-packed year for the boys and staff of Arnold House. After all, 163 pages compares favourably with the

size of annual magazines in recent years. We know, however, that we ‘lost’ a term of the usual planned-for activities, experiences and events that we were expecting to participate in and enjoy. The fact that these were replaced with alternative pursuits speaks volumes about the boys’ and staff’s enthusiasm for school life and their ingenuity and willingness to go the extra mile. My heartfelt congratulations go to everyone who has contributed to the 2020 magazine – as a record of the school year it is quite an achievement and, as ever, will be eagerly perused by one and all! Viv Thomas

Common Entrance and Scholarship

he Year 8 boys’ final term at Arnold House was an unexpected and complete departure from the experience enjoyed by former AH boys. The Covid-19 pandemic, subsequent national lockdown and closure of the School put paid to the Leavers’ Programme (the icing-on-the-cake to a boy’s time at AH) but also to the Scholarship and Common Entrance examination season. The odd senior school managed to complete a part of their exam schedule or decided to postpone scholarship exams until Year 9. The majority, however, followed the same line taken with GCSEs and A Levels and cancelled them altogether. This was a great shame for our boys as they would have

much preferred to sit their final exams and show their future schools what they could do. Their predicted grades (92% graded A* to B and 72% A* or A) confirm the extremely high standards to which they were working and compare very favourably with those achieved by Y8 boys over the past five years. Eight boys had the honour of being entered for academic scholarships: - - - - - (Eton), - - - (Sevenoaks),

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Westminster). Three more boys were considered for sports scholarships: - -

- - and - - - - - - - (both Harrow) and - - - - (St Albans), with both - - and - - receiving their awards. All of the Y8 boys have contributed enormously to the wider life of the School and it was wonderful to be able to hold a Prize Giving and Leavers’ Service for them and their families at St John’s Wood Church on the last day of term. They end their prep school days in very good heart, despite the disappointments brought about by the lockdown, and can look forward with confidence to five very rewarding and happy years at their chosen senior schools. Many congratulations to all of Year 8 and we send them our very best wishes for the future! Senior school destinations

Number of boys transferring

City of London

Eton

Harrow

Merchant Taylors’

Mill Hill

Sevenoaks

St Albans

St Paul’s

Tonbridge

UCS

Westminster

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Staff List Headmaster

Mrs Anna Pegler: Head of French

Mr Vivian Thomas

Mrs Jo Rendell: Head of Drama, General Subjects

Teaching Staff

Mrs Rekha Ruda: Director of Studies, Data Manager

Miss Lydia Alukwe: Teaching Assistant

Mr Marcus Russell: Teaching Assistant, Music, Games, Pre-Prep

Miss Kate Badenoch: 3B Form Teacher, Head of Years 3&4,

Sports Coordinator

Mr George Batty: Gapper

Miss Keeley Smith: 5S Form Teacher, Science, Games, Environmental Coordinator Mr Sebastian Stones: Deputy Headmaster (Pastoral), Head of Geography Mrs Aneta Struzik Mazur: Maths, IT

Miss Sophie Cobb: Head of Art & Design

Mr Jacob Swain: 7S Form Teacher, English, Games

Mr David Cox: Head of Years 5&6, History, Maths, Games

Miss Molly Traeger: Teaching Assistant

Mrs Ruth Cox: 4C Form Teacher, General Subjects

Miss Daisy Watts: 8W Form Teacher, Head of French

General Subjects, Games Mrs Pauline Baker-Jackson: Laboratory Assistant Mrs Annabel Batty: 4B Form Teacher, General Subjects

Mrs Susie Dart: Head of Pre-Prep, 2D Form Teacher, General

Subjects Miss Camilla Duxbury: Teaching Assistant Mrs Sally Duxbury: 2Du Form Teacher, General Subjects,

History, Pre-prep Learning Support Coordinator Miss Trudy Fedak: Teaching Assistant Ms Leonie Flynn: Librarian, English, Head of Reading

Development Mrs Grazyna Fulford: Learning Support Mr Sean Gleeson: Head of Maths, Games Mrs Elena Gregoriou-Ostojic: Head of Learning Support,

Mr David Wilson: 7W Form Teacher, PE, Maths, Games, Head

of PSHE Miss Hollie Wilson: Teaching Assistant Mr Josh Wint: 3W Form Teacher, General Subjects, Games,

Years 3&4 Games Coordinator Visiting Staff Mr Jon Alagoa: Taekwondo Mr Stephen Aitken: Brass Ms Susanna Heard: Singing Mr Anthony Lawton: Clarinet, Saxophone, Recorder

English

Mrs Alisa Legroux: Piano

Mr Con Haidemenos: Gapper

Mr Jason Little: Guitar

Miss Natalie Hall: 6H Form Teacher, English, Games, Activities

Mr Alex Nelson: Drums

Coordinator, CPD Coordinator Mr Jon Harahap: 8H Form Teacher, Head of Years 7&8, Head of IT, Maths, PE, Games, Canons Park Coordinator Mr John Hill: Deputy Headmaster (Academic), Head of History, Head of RS Miss Lizzie Jones: English, General Subjects

Mrs Katharine O’Kane: Cello Mr Paul Riley: Flute Mr Anthony Rowden: Guitar Mrs Felicity Sadler: Violin, Peripatetic Music Coordinator Miss Nika Shoot: Piano

Mrs Katarzyna Kanczugowska-Tutak: Teaching Assistant

Mr Pavel Timofeyevsky: Piano

Mr Christopher Kerr: Senior Master, Director of Sport, Games

Mr Jean-Paul Wallace: Chess

Mrs Pearl Lee-Besisira: 5LB Form Teacher, Head of Science

Administrative Staff

Ms Patricia Legan: 1L Form Teacher, General Subjects, NQT Mentor Mr Ned Lutyens: Art Assistant, Games

Ms Paula Vanninen: Bursar

Mrs Sita Littlewood: French Mrs Sarah Mackay: 1M Form Teacher, General Subjects Mr Clive Madel: Latin, Ancient Greek Mr Dayne Matthews: 6M Form Teacher, Assistant Director of

Miss Holly Bird: School Secretary, Medical Coordinator Miss Caroline Clarke: Housekeeper Mr Philip Chester: Premises Officer Ms Michelle Da Silva: Chef Manager, Accent Catering Mr John Dawson: Assistant Groundsman, Canons Park

Studies, Maths, Games Mrs Lucy Matthews: 1M Form Teacher, General Subjects

Miss Hayley Dolan: Headmaster’s PA

Mr David Moss-Marks: Head of English, Drama

Mrs Stephanie Miller: Head of External Relations

Mrs Abigail Oliphant: Director of Music

Mr Lee Morgan: Groundsman, Canons Park

Miss Sophia Panaretou: Head of Classics, Risk Assessment

Mrs Frances Peel Yates: Compliance & HR Administrator

Coordinator (trips)

Miss Sameera Khan: School Secretary

Mrs Penny Williams: Registrar

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Staff News trips probably knows the eternal city better than any tourist guide. I am one of the lucky few who saw her put her heart and soul into planning a magical journey through Rome, bringing the ancient city to life; for instance, planning started a year ahead and little by little she managed to put together an unforgettable trip for all who attended it. She gave the same meticulous attention to anyone scratching their heads when putting together their own trips in her role as trips coordinator. Sophia Panaretou Arnold House will not be the same without Sophia Panaretou. Classics is in Sophia’s blood. Not only does she know her subject very well, she also knows how to drive her pupils to success. She doesn’t take shortcuts to make her life easier. Her unique way of transmitting knowledge and making sure that all her pupils are progressing well, is an inspiration to her colleagues who nod admiringly at her newly found ways to guide her pupils with her individualised worksheets. She is selfless and tireless in seeking out new ways to impart knowledge and deliver the curriculum to her pupils. As well as this, she has been incredibly supportive of new colleagues coming to her department, helping them to adjust to life at AH without a hitch, ensuring that standards never dropped one iota. During her nine years at AH she wrote two books for her Department to make learning Latin easier and fun for her pupils; and the boys truly loved them. Many people who work with her would be ignorant of her academic background as she wears her knowledge lightly, rarely advertising herself. Sophia has always been generous with her time, giving her help with Drama productions, whether it was to be there for rehearsals to lend a hand or assist with the making of costumes, staging - even directing on the actual day of the performance. She is a passionate theatregoer too in her precious spare time. Anyone who has gone on one of her Rome

Sophia is a warm-hearted person who has guided and mentored her tutor groups during her time at AH, showing magnanimity and wisdom that the boys concerned have been lucky enough to experience. She has been a great colleague, a sounding board and a warm-hearted friend to many members of staff, across the spectrum of roles in the school. Her empathy knows no bounds and she always gives her time willingly to all. She now starts a new life at Ludgrove School, where she’ll no doubt make herself hugely popular with a new generation of students. She will be missed far more than this short encomium can possibly encapsulate. David Moss-Marks

Anna Pegler In September 2016, after the long and impressive legacy left behind by Rachel Ferhaoui and Sophie Stones, a new chapter began for the French Department at Arnold House. Anna Easby was appointed as Head of French and, after marrying Chris in the Summer of that year (Mr Cox remembers

this well as it happened to be the same day he married Gemma, thus Anna would soon become his reluctant, unofficial wedding anniversary reminder), she established herself amongst the Arnold House boys as Madame Pegler. Hard enough as it is starting a new school, needing to learn its inevitable idiosyncrasies, staff members and settling yourself in with new students and classes, Anna went one step further and did all this as a new Head of Department; her first time in this role. A bold move, indeed. Being also new to the school myself, I can well remember the feeling of trepidation I felt so palpably as I was leaving my previous post in a very successful languages department of a school in South London. I was coming from a bustling department of eight teachers, a mixture of languages, cultural backgrounds and personalities (loud and quiet, mostly loud… languages department, after all) into a department of just two. Anna, too, came from a large senior school languages team and was used to weekly planning meetings involving many more than just our two voices. You can well imagine therefore, that coming to Arnold House and meeting each other for the first time, it felt like rather a departure from our previous experiences all of a sudden. And I was nervous. I think Anna was too. These nerves very quickly turned to excitement however, as it became inescapably clear that I had once again found myself supported by a like-minded, dedicated and intelligent colleague. As Anna and I set about planning the term ahead’s lessons and discussing our approach to language teaching and subject engagement, it was reassuring to meet each other in absolute agreement on all of these fundamental points. Anna had trained at Roehampton University and completed her PGCE two years previous to her coming to Arnold House. Her approach to language teaching and learning is solid and she was always keen to engage the boys of Arnold House

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Staff News times he has swiftly resolved an IT problem. And it’s not always ‘turn it on and off again, Chris’!

with a communicative French classroom, embedding routines in French lessons that would encourage boys to use the target language at all times. On top of her teaching skill and intelligent planning, Anna is an incredibly hard worker and her prowess was always reflected both in her successful and warm relationships with the boys lucky enough to have been in her form as well as in the academic and linguistic successes of the boys she taught. She helped prepare Scholarship boys for Westminster, St Paul’s, Eton and City of London School, amongst others, and she gave every boy in her classes up and down the school the confidence to use his French effectively and to feel proud to speak the language as much as possible. Like many things that have been rather unfitting in this period of lockdown, saying goodbye from a safe and social distance to such a wonderful colleague as Anna is one of them. I remember her preemptively buying us both the first round of drinks to celebrate our first term as the French Department at Arnold House, handing me a glass and saying “I assumed you were OK with champagne?!”. This was a perfectly fitting acknowledgement of our working together and a great example of her supportive leadership. So, albeit from a distance and remotelydone, I extend to her a congratulatory and hearty “santé” in appreciation for all she has done at and for Arnold House, in the hope that it will soon be possible to do so in the flesh, just as we did at that first Arnold House Christmas Party together. Santé, ma chère collègue! Daisy Watts

Sadly for Arnold House, Willo has decided to leave these shores for good. The sun, sea and space that his homeland of Australia has in abundance is beckoning him and his lovely family. We won’t forget Willo in a hurry. 1st XV Rugby Tour to Sydney in 2021? It would probably be the best tour ever! Chris Kerr David Wilson Big, fast, friendly Josh Harrison needed replacing in January 2013. His were massive shoes to fill! Enter Willo; despite not ticking the big box he brought a wealth of other fabulous characteristics to the party. He’s kind, hardworking, dependable, unflappable, flexible, inspirational, multitalented, knows how to coach/ play every sport and teach almost any subject. In short, he’s pure gold for any school to have on their books. During Willo’s seven years (it’s gone by in a flash!) he’s made a huge impact at AH. He’s a brilliant all round sports coach and player (he’s even an awesome snowboarder and water skier). His rugby teams always punched above their weight. Not that Willo really valued results, for him, playing rugby (or any sport) was simply the vehicle by which boys developed emotionally, athletically and socially. With this in mind he’d enter the boys in tournaments driving all over England and take them on tours. Leicester and Belfast were regular destinations each Spring. Willo is no ‘bone headed’ PE man. He is an empathetic form teacher - every boy wants to be with Willo. He is also a talented mathematician, when Willo is at the board, tricky concepts become clearer as if by magic. He was also Head of PSHE, where he developed new initiatives within this important area of school life. PSHE sessions were incorporated into the calendar and he set up ‘Votes for Schools’; the much enjoyed online platform where pupils get the chance to vote on a topical issue. A technological whizz - I’ve lost count of the

Lydia Dupont When Lydia joined Arnold House in 2014 she quickly became fully established as the new Director of Music. She joined from Bassett House School bringing her charm and a great sense of humour to the job, as well as an amazing singing voice. The boys were mesmerised by her and the energy that she brought to every lesson. Lydia continued to build on the work her predecessor had done in the music department and by the time she left, over 70% of the boys at Arnold House were learning at least one instrument. Concerts went from strength to strength with options to perform throughout the year including the informal concerts, assemblies, and the Michaelmas Term and summer concerts – totalling to 13 concerts a year to prepare for. I was always amazed at how driven Lydia was and as well as running the Music Department she would get involved in a number of activities at the School; a particular highlight being Running Club with the boys at 8am every Monday morning!

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Staff News everyone that AH is a little like ‘the Hotel California’... Marcus may have checked out but, I’m afraid to tell the football playing dads who have so often been mesmerised by Marcus’s skills in our games, ‘you can never leave’! Chris Kerr

Lydia loved conducting the Chapel Choir. I remember Lydia taking the Chapel Choir to perform at a Wedding, for a former Arnold House pupil. The Year 8 Boys still talk about this experience with great fondness. We will miss Lydia but wish her and her family well with their move to the Isle of Wight. Susanna Heard

Clive Madel We bid farewell to Clive Madel who has spent the past academic year with us teaching Latin and some Greek to boys in Years 7&8. His theatrical background leant itself to the subject, inciting enthusiasm and enjoyment for the topic amongst the boys. A positive and upbeat member of the common room, his jovial nature and approachability will be sorely missed. Further, his record collection (boasting a copy of every single since at least 1980) will go down in common room folklore, as will his extraordinary number of cats (currently standing at 17). We thank him for all his contributions to AH life and wish him well as he moves onto pastures new to teach Classics at secondary level at Woodford High School. Jacob Swain

Marcus Russell Marcus arrived at AH only a few years ago. He came highly recommended by fellow AH teacher Josh Wint and from the start it was clear that he was going to be a hit with the boys, parents and the AH Common Room. He brought tremendous energy and dedication to his PE and Games sessions. His kind, thoughtful and engaging style meant he was popular with all the AH boys. The lads still in short trousers loved his numerous brilliant sport inspired games and his knowledgeable, well planned sessions also appealed to our older boys too. By the end, Marcus was a brilliant and skilled coach in all the sports that AH play; rugby, tennis, football, cricket, basketball, hockey and athletics. Marcus can claim particular responsibility for driving up the popularity of basketball in the school; he was the coach who helped the AH team to win the Plate at the IAPS National basketball competition in 2019. Marcus also has music in his bones (check him out on Spotify!) The AH boys were lucky to have benefitted from his knowledge and skills as he also taught music lessons to Years 7&8. His lessons were, as you would expect, carefully planned and widely enjoyed. It was no surprise that Marcus, like an up and coming football player in the Premier League, would be in demand in the Prep School ‘transfer market’ and in no time he was offered an opportunity at Heathside Prep that he couldn’t refuse: the chance to lead both the Sports Department and the Music Department – the perfect combo for Marcus! I am sure he will be a tremendous success in his new role. It’s worth reminding

Stephen Aitken Stephen joined the Music Dept. at AH in September 2003, primarily to take on some extra pupils on a waiting list for cornet lessons. In a very short space of time he soon became ‘the Brass teacher’, teaching a range of instruments including the cornet, trumpet, French horn, trombone and more recently the pBone – literally a plastic trombone which is ideal for the younger boys at school as it’s light weight and comes in different colours; what’s not to like! As a professional brass player - the trombone being his main instrument – Stephen brought a real sense of fun and humour to the boys’ lessons whilst instilling a high standard of musicianship into his pupils. He has always nurtured them to reach their potential and this has been evident in the numerous concerts over the years, particularly from the Brass Group. Stephen’s fantastic arrangements, accommodating each boy’s level of expertise, have meant that these performances have been a highlight at the Summer and Michaelmas Term concerts. That, and his own inimitable style of conducting, minimalistic but oh so accurate. It was always interesting to hear the mouth piece warm up exercises coming from his teaching room in the mornings, listening to 7

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Staff News the boys mimicking a whole host of sounds; guaranteed to bring a smile to passers-by and the pupils themselves. He will be sorely missed by his friends and colleagues in the Music Dept. and when asking for a quote or two for this article, including from Paul Swinden and Kate Davies, ex AH Directors of Music, the general feedback was warm and positive – ‘An accomplished brass player, always did his best for his pupils, great sense of humour, supportive colleague, popular with the kids, just an all-round fabulous musician’ and much more. As Stephen moves on to new ventures we send him on his way with a fine fanfare of good luck and best wishes. Felicity Sadler

Alisa is one of the kindest, most caring people anyone could wish to meet, and I know that staff and students alike will miss her wonderfully warm, open nature. She has connected with many of the staff at Arnold House, both in the Music Department and the wider school and is loved by the staff just as much as she is loved by the students. She would often arrive early in the morning with a surprise coffee for a friend at AH to brighten up the start of their day.

Con will be studying History at Edinburgh from September and we wish him best of luck with his future. Seb Stones

As well as being an incredible teacher and a loving colleague, she is also an extraordinarily talented and accomplished musician herself. What a privilege for our pupils to have played alongside a worldclass musician like Alisa Legroux! She has accompanied countless choirs, orchestras, ensembles, soloists and assemblies, so hundreds of AH boys have benefitted from singing or playing alongside her in one musical context or another. Alisa has so much to give. I am sure she will continue to bring joy and music to all those around her for many years. We will miss Alisa immensely and wish her all the very best! Abi Oliphant

Alisa Legroux Alisa Legroux joined Arnold House several years ago to take on a large number of pupils for ever-popular piano lessons. She has nurtured dozens of piano pupils over the years and helped them grow from absolute beginners to extraordinary musicians. She is such an encouraging teacher that the boys loved to work hard in her lessons. You could always hear their laughter and joy coming through the walls as well as their ever-improving piano playing. She has given so much of herself to her piano pupils over the years, determined to teach them to the very best of her extraordinary abilities. Her dedication to nurturing young musicians was extended not just to her piano pupils but also to every pupil she accompanied for an exam or concert.

Con is a charming young man who got on with all his colleagues. He was very kind to the boys and earned their respect. Partial to afternoon naps on the coach returning from CP, he had a lovely laid back approach to work which endeared him to us all.

George Batty George proved himself to be an invaluable member of staff during his time as Gapper at AH. Unflappable and hardworking, nothing was too much trouble. He managed to find that balance between being a kind friend to the boys while retaining their respect. George's role was to oil the cogs of the machine that is Arnold House and he did that brilliantly with a multi-facetted and professional approach. He also helped oil the cog that resides in 4B. George is off to Loughborough to study Economics and we wish him well with his studies. Seb Stones

Con Haidemenos Con was gapper in the Spring Term and enjoyed coaching sport. He was always very keen to be the referee and did a fine authoritative job when he did. I think it’s fair to say that he appreciated the outdoor jobs more than classroom and admin related facilities. For example Mr Kerr, in his wisdom, decided to delegate the Games accounting to Con to be presented to the Bursar. Didn’t really work!

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Staff News New Staff

his year’s additions to the staff were, as ever, an interesting mix, but unusual, in that the majority of them were already known to us. It is a testament to Arnold House that we should welcome back colleagues, as well as bring new teachers into the fold.

in June 2020, when Anna Pegler announced she was relocating outside London. The Art and Design Department has had some “new blood”, but with some familiar faces. Sophie Cobb, who had

Sally Roden, one of the Y2 team, married Kestell Duxbury, in a stunning pre-Christmas wedding at Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire, followed by a honeymoon in the Caribbean – congratulations to the happy couple.

Ruth Cox was a genuine “newbie”, joining us in September 2019, having worked previously in a primary school in Herne Bay, Kent. She soon settled in and made her mark as a valued member of the Y4 team. As with so many new staff, she soon became established and is now very much part of the landscape, being noted for her care, energy and positivity.

Sita Littlewood returned to the French Department, providing maternity cover for Anna Pegler. Sita brings many years of experience teaching French and it was great to see her back at Arnold House; even more pleasing was her permanent appointment

previously been our Art Assistant, left to pursue a teaching qualification in 2018 and returned a year later as our new Head of Art and Design. She has managed to build even further on the good reputation and experiences we remembered from the past and proved to be a worthy successor to Kate Housden. The appointment of Ned Lutyens, an old boy and former gapper,

as Art Assistant had meant a splendid team now at the helm in Art and Design. To have a young man of Ned’s calibre and character playing an important role is good for the boys and the staff. With two inspiring people in the department, it maintains its role as a hub of creativity at Arnold House.

David Cox and his wife, Gemma, celebrated the birth of their son, Harry, on the last day of the Michaelmas Term (11 December); the announcement of Harry’s arrival, made at the Carol Service, was warmly greeted. John Hill Deputy Head Academic

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Development The Bursary Fund We have provided four 100% bursary places this year funded through a combination of the School’s fee income and donations from the Arnold House community. £26,017 was raised for the fund during the year following a number of generous donations from current parents, old boys and friends of the School. It was with huge disappointment that this year’s fundraising event - the Arnold House Proms - had to be cancelled and we hope to be able to reschedule in the future.

Annual Fund This year, there was a break from the usual Annual Fund campaign. In the past, the Annual Fund has enabled the school to fund a number of items for the boys to enjoy as part of their co-curricular programme and these items continue to be used on a daily basis. A particular hit from last year’s fund has been the bicycles at Canons Park that the boys enjoyed using on their return to School after lockdown. We will be looking to add to our current set of bicycles in the new year.

to be popular with twenty-four new commemorative bricks being installed in the forecourt over the summer. The bricks are inscribed with the names of present and past boys and the years in which they joined the School. The bricks cost £100 each and the money raised from their sale is used to the benefit of all boys and helps to add to the existing resources at Arnold House. Funds raised from their sale have so far been used to improve facilities and equipment for ICT, music, sport and the library. Total raised £2,820.

The Hardship Fund The School was extremely grateful for the generosity shown by our community in supporting those AH families whose income was affected by Covid-19. A short appeal resulted in a total of £23,535 being raised which will go towards fee assistance for those in need during these unprecedented times.

Hanson Hero Bricks The Hanson Hero bricks project continues

Stephanie Miller Head of External Relations

Money Raised 2019 – 2020 (including Gift Aid) Bursary Fund

£26,017

Hardship Fund

£23,535

Annual Fund/Hanson’s Heroes Bricks

£2,820

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From the Catering Team

e have had great fun this year in the kitchen trying new things in addition to our home cooked lunches. We have been educating the boys with recipes using different spices each month. The boys have enjoyed the new tastes and loved coming back for seconds. We have also featured some exciting special days

with different foods from other countries. We always want the boys to have the best experience and go home raving about their school lunches. We look forward to welcoming the boys back into school and cooking their favourite foods again. Michelle, Ray and the Catering team

£52,372

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From the Governors Bursar and all of the staff for their inspiration, leadership and sheer hard work in creating an exceptional guided home learning programme, caring for essential workers’ children and keeping the School on a sound financial footing. We are indebted to them all.

hen the boys happily poured through the gates of Arnold House in September 2019 we little knew that within 6 months, the world would have tilted on its axis with the global Covid-19 pandemic leaving us fearing for our health, livelihoods and loved ones amid unprecedented disruption to our daily lives. Darwin’s theory is that it is not the strongest or most intelligent who survive but those best adapted to change. The whole Arnold House community has been extraordinary in how quickly it has adapted and how well it has protected and shielded the boys from the disruptive effects of this pandemic. My thanks must first go to the Headmaster,

Heartfelt thanks must also go to our fantastic parent body for their very generous support of the family fund, their many warm letters of thanks and support and most importantly their resilience in tackling guided home learning with humour and skill. The boys have been splendid adapting to the dramatic change in the pattern and rhythm of their lives with stoicism and their usual cheerfulness, rapidly acquiring new digital skills and improving those of independent learning. Their delight at returning to school and friends in spite of all its new strictures has been palpable and a joy to see. I am extremely grateful to my fellow Governors who have all worked incredibly hard offering expertise and guidance to support the school through these challenging times. We bid a fond farewell

to two Governors this year. Anastassis Fafalios, Old Boy and ex-parent, steps down after many years of fantastic support for the school. Patrick Derham, Headmaster of Westminster School, retires this year and we will miss his wise counsel and sage advice. We are delighted to welcome Mark English (Deputy Head Academic of UCS) and Vicky Savage (Headmistress of Sarum Hall) onto the Board. Their knowledge and experience is proving invaluable. We look forward to welcoming Dr Gary Savage, newly appointed Headmaster of Westminster School onto the Board in the Autumn. Arnold House is an exceptional community and we can be justly proud of how we have weathered the current storm. I know we will continue to work together with compassion, tolerance and understanding as we face the challenge of returning all the boys safely to Loudoun Road. The boys are living through an extraordinary moment in history and we look forward to the time when we can consign this pandemic to the history books and move forward into an exciting future confident in the strength, resilience and cohesion of our community. Dr Michèle Badenoch Chair of Governors

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From the Parents’ Association

he 2019/20 academic year was our second year on the Parents Association committee. We continued to focus on the mission of the AHPA to add an extra dimension to school life and to support the parent group community. Building on our experience from the previous year, we started planning lots of fun events for the boys and their families to enjoy early in the Michaelmas Term. We kicked off the year as always with teddy bears and chocolate bars at the New Boys Tea Party the day before school started in September, which includes not just new Year 1 boys but also all the boys starting further up the school. The brand new Arnold House boys arrived looking nervous but left an hour later looking a lot more relaxed. While they had fun in their classrooms and met their teachers, their parents chatted over a cup of tea and a cucumber sandwich. Next on the agenda was the School’s 114th birthday and St Michael’s Day. We organised a cake big enough for the whole school, and after lunch the traditional tug of war took place between teachers and Year 8 boys. It was a hard battle, but again the staff were victorious! The first charity day of the school year took place in October just before half term. The fancy dress theme was "Save our Planet" in aid of Plastic Oceans UK, and the AHPA provided the tuck shop where we served chocolate chip shortbread bars and hot

chocolate. In the week leading up to the Charity Day, the PA held a raffle with two hampers for the boys to win at assembly. In keeping with the theme, there was no single use plastic in the hamper and the gifts were either ocean themed or ecoconscious gifts. As always, the boys were very excited about the prospect of winning a huge basket of exciting new items! The highlight of the Michaelmas Term is always Christmas in the Courtyard, which takes place on the last Friday of term, December 6th 2019. Following last year’s capricious weather, we weren't going to take any chances. Early in the planning stages, we decided to invest in a pop-up grotto, making set-up easier in any weather situation and is reusable for years to come. In the event of rain, the contingency plan was to move Christmas in the Courtyard to the gym and the undercroft. As we watched the long-term forecast, the prediction of rain did not change. Christmas in the Courtyard was officially moved indoors for the first time in many

years, with games in the gym and food and beverage in the undercroft. Nevertheless, Father Christmas, his reindeer, team of elves and angels, and igloo returned to Arnold House for a fun afternoon with all the traditional favourite stalls and a few festive games. The chocolate tombola was a huge hit as always, and there were lots of delicious treats to eat and drink, which made for a very Christmassy afternoon. When the rain cleared, parents lingered with a glass of mulled wine or prosecco while boys burned off the sugar in the playground. The Lent Term is always our quietest one, but no one could have predicted how quiet it would be by March. We still managed to hold another successful Charity Day on February 14th in aid of St. John’s Hospice with the “musical” theme to get in the spirit of the Proms concert planned for midMarch. As is tradition, the AHPA provided the tuck shop, and we gave the boys hot chocolate and milk chocolate brownies, which were made by many of the talented form reps. Unfortunately, the unprecedented events of the global pandemic that followed in midMarch meant that the usual AHPA activities for the end of Lent Term and Summer Term were put on hold for the remainder of the academic year. To everyone’s disappointment, the annual Summer Fair,

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From the Parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association where traditionally parents, boys, and teachers celebrate the end of a great year with fun games and treats, was not to be. The Summer Fair will be back in 2021 with fun for everyone. The Second Hand Uniform was very successfully taken on by two new reps, Victoria McGriskin and Jodie McKinnon, in May 2019, and they went from strength to strength. With the introduction of credit card payment machines, sales soared and very happy customers walked away with bags full of uniform items in nearly new condition. All proceeds went to the Bursary Fund. We are very grateful for their hard work. Roberta Elliott has again volunteered her time and talent with providing the graphics and designing flyers and invitations for our events. Any profit we make goes back to the school in the form of gifts where there is a particular need. For the academic year 2019-2020, the AHPA donated our surplus proceeds to the Bursary Fund. None of this would be possible without the unwavering support of the staff at Arnold House. Penny Williams, Holly Bird, Sameera Khan, Stephanie Miller, and Paula Vanninen have provided continuous guidance and encouragement. Michelle Da Silva and her catering team have put in an extraordinary effort to help with all of our events, from monthly meetings in the Dining Room to Christmas in the Courtyard. The facilities managers at Loudoun Road and Canons Park do all the heavy lifting behind the scenes and help make our events run so smoothly. Finally, we are very grateful to Mr Thomas and the leadership team for continuing to recognise that the AHPA is a vital aspect of extracurricular life at Arnold House. It has been a privilege to make such a significant impact on the Arnold House community and to help bring everyone from staff, to boys and their families closer together. Anneke Mendelsohn Chair of the Parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association

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School News

CORONAVIRUS Coronavirus, a global pandemic, Locking people in joylessly, Taking away jobs, Taking away lives. Presenting us with difficulties, We’d never think we would come to expect, Prime ministers, lying in bed. NHS workers, risking their lives, Working tirelessly, day to night, Simply trying to help people on the front-line. Schools are closed, But we’ll power through, Meets and classrooms, Allow us to. Spreading across the world, From the US to Japan, It all started back in Wuhan. Doctors working to find a cure, A year and a half for a vaccine, But we still have taxes? Sports a few, Football and tennis, So now I’m watching documentaries, With Michael and Dennis. But when you look at the other side it’s not too bad, Good habits, plenty are being formed, Pollution, slowing down massively, Family time, at least we’re not driving each other crazy. Covid-19, it’s a weird one, But if we all come together, It’s one we can overcome.

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Canons Park Activity Centre

ne of my favourite parts of working at Arnold House, is the option to use the amazing complex at Canons Park. Furthermore, many of the highlights of each year take place there in the summer, such as the Parents' Association Annual Summer Fair, Sports Day, the Year 4 camping trip and the final performances by Year 8 boys at the Senior Summer Concert. So it was very unfortunate that these events were among many experiences the boys missed out on during the Summer Term. However, disappointment was replaced by some joy, when the final three weeks

of such an unusual term of guided home learning saw boys being able to see each other again and get outside to enjoy the space and facilities as they utilised Canons Park in their Year groups for days of school there. Amongst many activities, the boys were able to use the facilities to carry out science experiments, enjoy some art in the open air and have a good run around the wide open space. Hopefully next year will see the many events that are held at Canons Park return to the calendar. Prior to March, the activity centre was

From the Library

his has been the strangest of years – and at the time of writing we are only halfway through. Perhaps those Internet memes that have aliens arriving in their spaceships to take over the Earth in August will prove to be true – all bets appear to be off as to What Happens Next. Writers, of course, have had many a wild surmise suddenly come true. The internet meme of a Venn diagram that has ‘You Are Here’ as the central point where the worlds of 1984, Brave New World, A Handmaid’s Tale and Fahrenheit 451 overlap was obviously taking things to extremes – but still left a very slightly uneasy feeling. Dystopian fiction has always been about seeing the darkest possibilities, but put a

pandemic into the present day, add a shift where inequalities within society are being challenged and some of those future-worlds seem horrifyingly possible. How do we, as adults, make sense of all this for ourselves, let alone for our children? For me the answer is to try and understand as much as possible about how we arrived at where we are. Race, equality, climatechange, civil-rights, animal-rights, child slavery, poverty - misinformation about any or all of the above is rife in the media, so where to find something on which to build an opinion that is not simply a knee-jerk reaction?

utilised by the School in many ways other than the daily Games afternoons and occasional Saturday sporting events. Various year groups visited the centre for day trips including a Year 1 tractor day, Year 2 Victorian day and Electricity workshop, Year 3 Egyptian workshop and the Year 4 play ‘Darwin Rocks’. Many thanks go to the groundsman, Lee Morgan, and also, John Dawson, Tricia Legan and the Accent catering team for the way in which they all make Canons Park a fabulous place to be and such an asset to the school. Jon Harahap Canons Park Coordinator

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From the Library

Well, I am a librarian and I really do believe that the answers all start in books. We can read about the past and we can read about foretold futures. History may be written by the victors, but even reading 'Mein Kampf' allows one to see the roots of what ended up with millions across the globe dead. 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' is criticised, validly, for its use of racial stereotypes, but it also helped to change public opinion regarding slavery – reading the book tells me one thing but reading about the book informs me of the other. All reading adds information and information is what we all need. The library at Arnold House is packed with thought-provoking books, from picture books to the books for Y8 there are stories that deal with prejudice, difference, injustice and conscience. Of course, not every book has a girl who must pretend to be a boy in order to feed her family in Afghanistan.

Not every book is about a girl told she can’t play Peter Pan because she is black. Not every book tells of slavery, or fear or survival. But every book is a glimpse into other lives. Lives like our own, or lives so different one can only be thankful, lives that make us of full of joy, ones that make us weep – sometimes even both. Reading opens our minds to the other, and without that glimpse we can only ever see out of our own narrow vision. So, read. Biographies, novels, picture books,

histories, graphic novels, cartoons, prizewinners, beach reads, books where you can see yourself – and books in which you see a world your own life can barely imagine. For, as Ray Bradbury once said - "you don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." So, keep reading. Or, as Dr Seuss put it, "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go". I like going places, we all do. Children with their open minds should go as far as they can. Leonie Flynn Librarian

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From the Library Head Librarian’s Column Mark Twain once said, "I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead". On that note, there are many reasons for our love of the library, and although we can only condense them into one short column with difficulty, we will make an effort to do so.

views expressed by pupils, Ms Leonie (our brilliant librarian) and sometimes even the Headmaster gets drawn into the conversation from his office next door! Despite all this mayhem, there is always at least one boy reading in the corner, managing to miraculously block out the noise.

enjoyed friendship, found amazing books, debated ideas and so is a place of homage for both of us, and we will both miss it immensely. For the best part of four years, we have taken refuge there; sheltering from rain, snow and footballs! Our library is unique and encourages learning about the world, current affairs and literature. It is a popular destination for boys seeking cover and conversation, for it is always bubbling with energy and excitement. It is a place you are always welcome. Lockdown due to the virus has meant that we have missed a summer term’s worth of a wonderfully enjoyable aspect of school life. We hope that whoever takes our place enjoys a full year of books, conversation, learning and fun. - - - - - - - - & - - Head Librarians

Our first memories of the library are from Year 2, where younger, more restless versions of ourselves would sit in the bright red chairs, occasionally turning the pages of our books. Although we were not voracious readers, we found the library to be a happy and calm place (somewhat ironically, considering the boisterous and exuberant state our library often finds itself in today). However, it was not until Year 3 when we began to realise that the library was not only a sanctuary from the playground but also a place of magic and enchantment both beyond and within the thousands of books sitting upon the shelves. Our library is a place where one can learn - and not always from books. Often, one can walk into the library and hear all sorts of conversations - some of which can turn into surprisingly heated political arguments. Politics is just one of the many different areas discussed with contrasting 18

Our library is governed by a complex hierarchy, which every pupil head librarian goes through. In Year 6, one is first introduced to ‘librarian status’ as assistant librarians (and often the Library Assistants’ Police Department, or LAPD, responsible for ensuring borrowed books return to the shelves). In Year 7, these boys may be promoted to pupil ‘librarians’, if they have proven their enthusiasm. Then, in Year 8, one (or two) boys are selected for the head librarian role, second only to Ms Leonie. All of these are expected to put returned books back on shelves as well as covering, stickering and cataloguing books during their two break time duties. However, we soon realised that a key driving factor for boys is the ability to do the ‘computer work’ as their status as a librarian is vastly improved! The library has been somewhere we have found recogniton, been commended,

50 Reading Stars The Reading Star incentive scheme has been brilliant this year – especially so because, as the scheme only started two years ago, it was the first time boys had been able to gain stars through both Year 3 and Year 4. As I am sure you know, stars are awarded for superb reading, determined effort, great commenting about stories and great leaps forward in enjoyment. To achieve 10 is good – but the ultimate goal is to have 50. This year we have a good handful of boys who will receive the coveted Reading Star badge for their blazers. Congratulations go to: - - - – who was the first boy ever to win his Star, beating - - - - - - - - by about half an hour. Next came - - - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - - - There is one other who has to be highlighted, and that is - - - - who only started at AH this year, yet has read and read and read his way to a brilliant 50 stars and badge too. Well done to all of you, from the boys on a few stars all the way to the badge winners – you have been wonderful! Leonie Flynn Librarian

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Reading Stars "I love reading so much because it transports me to another world! Whether I am a wizard flying around Hogwarts, part of some unfortunate events, the world’s worst child, the king of Narnia or even a dragon slayer- I have enjoyed them all. Sometimes I just cannot put my book down and get so involved in the stories I am reading. I only give any book I read 150 pages to impress me as I think this is enough time to see if I like the book; if I don’t, I just move on. I have realised that I love action, funny and magical stories. This year was one of the best years for reading as I discovered so many new books and have even started a book swap with my friends to be environmental. Now that we are doing home school my Mum lets me stay up later so I can read even more. I am so happy I got my 50 reading stars as I love getting new badges from school". - - - - - - - - Y4 "Reading to me is a doorway to a different world. There is a poem by Julia Donaldson that begins with ‘I opened a book and in I strode...’. And that is exactly what it is like for me! The magic started in Year 2 with S. Montefiore’s book about the Royal Rabbits saving our Queen from a band of diabolical rats and this magic has continued ever since. Every book takes me on a different adventure. I get to meet weird and wonderful creatures, witty wizards, time travellers and treasure hunters, incredibly courageous children and a Dalek or two! I experience the characters’ anger, fear and joy and see the world I know from a different perspective. And I love that. Reading to me is also a great way to relax and take a break!" - - - - Y4

"Reading is one of my favourite activities. When I’m reading it feels like I have been transported to a whole new world altogether. It feels very relaxing. I particularly like mystery books because you are always curious about what happens next and you can’t stop once you start reading. I also like mystery books because the author gives clues to you so then you can also try and find out the answer. I really only started to love reading this year as suddenly the books got more interesting!" - - - - - Y4 One of the very best parts of being a librarian is getting to watch boys go from reading because they have to, to reading because they want to. This term one boy made that shift, and I loved his comments and drawings of scenes from the books so much that I emailed some to the author of those books, Piers Torday, a good friend of AH. He was a delight and sent a wonderful letter, enclosing all sorts of goodies. The boy, - - - - - was over-the-moon as you can see:

"I really love to read, and to draw. These are my favourite things to do because they make me feel happy and calm. I can also get all my ideas and thoughts about things on paper when I draw, and I play with my ideas in my drawings and create mini worlds. Sometimes I draw lots of pictures about things I read in books. Books are full of great information and really imaginative ideas. I like imaginative and fantasy books the best. I have just drawn a big picture inspired by Piers Torday’s Last Wild Series. I love it. Ms Leonie sent a picture I did to Piers Torday and he sent me a letter and some postcards and I think that is very special." - - - - - Y3

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Kids’ Lit Quiz

he KLQ is an international competition based on the ‘sport’ of reading. It is open to boys and girls in Years 6, 7 and 8 and schools can send two teams to local heats which are held all around the country. We started off by practising in school as Ms Leonie runs a quiz activity on Tuesdays. There we got to try our skills on bookrelated questions and when it got near the actual competition Ms Leonie made it so that only boys who were going to the competition could go. It was like this as Ms Leonie wanted us to have a more vivid idea of what the actual tournament would be like. The number of questions would decrease but the time to answer also became smaller, we had to practise whispering so as not to give away answers to the opposition and, most importantly, we had to work out who had the best

handwriting to fill in the answer sheets! We all set off on the 27th November in the minibus and arrived at Queenswood School in plenty of time to eat our packed lunch. Then we were handed quite a few pieces of paper – the sheets we would have to fill in with our answers! After everyone had arrived, we began. Just beforehand my team, - - - - - and I had picked a Joker for the round where we could double our points. There were ten rounds and we were allowed to multiply our score on only one. There were ten rounds, each with a different heading. At the end of every round the team with the most points could receive four books (one for each person) which were signed by the various authors that had been invited there. Also, if the bonus

question was answered correctly you would get a £2 coin from the Quizmaster, Wayne Mills's pocket! The difficulty was that you could only answer once per question and if it was wrong everyone in your team was out. There was a break at the fifth round and it was another chance to go talk to the authors and buy signed books. Only one team could make it onto the next stage - the UK Final - and there were about thirty heats just in England. On top of that hundreds of other teams across the world would be competing for the number one spot. Sadly, our team didn’t make it but the real fun was actually being able to go there. It was great to take part, especially as it was about books – and to see a huge room full of kids all eager to show off their knowledge of stories and characters. The boys who went all enjoyed themselves, including the ‘sub’, - who ended up helping the organisers out. All of us - - -

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Moss-Marks for helping and driving and Ms Leonie for organising everything – and also for all the books! It is sad to think that this brilliant quiz won’t take place next year – fingers crossed for 2021! - - - - - - - - Y6

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Visiting Author Laura James In October 2019 the Pre-Prep were treated to a brilliant morning of storytelling from the author, Laura James. Ms James writes books for newly confident readers - and anyone who likes a good, fun story. She has two series to choose from, one about a very special pug dog whose adventures involve pirates (Pirate Pug), sailing (Captain Pug), on the wrong side of the law (Cowboy Pug)

and lions (Safari Pug) and the other which is a great introduction to the detective genre, Fabio, The World’s Greatest Flamingo Detective and his Case of the Missing Hippo, Peril at Lizard Lake and The Mystery of the Ostrich Express. Laura brought all sort of props so the boys could wear hats that turned them into sailors, pirates, cowboys and explorers

and the boys had fun. After her talks Laura chatted to the boys and signed books which boys had previously had the opportunity to buy. It was a fun morning, the Pre-Prep hall worked beautifully as a venue, the staff all helped out brilliantly and Laura James gained lots of new fans. Leonie Flynn Librarian

School Council

he School Council is the mouthpiece of the most important people at AH – the boys! Each term, a School Council Meeting is held and, fuelled by Kit Kats and hot chocolate, they are always very lively affairs. Each Form has an elected School Councillor and they canvas their form for ideas to bring to the meetings. As the Chairman, I always enjoy getting the chance to see things from the perspective of the boys; lots of really useful suggestions are made each time. We can’t always instantly act upon the boys’ ideas but where we can, we do try to accommodate their requests. This year, Year 3 were keen to introduce an Eco badge for being environmentally friendly, they suggested a joint camping trip for Years 3&4, and a number of new activities ideas including Golf and Mandarin.

Year 4 requested a clock in the locker room, more salmon on the weekly lunch menu and a school cooking representative to sit on the catering committee when it meets three times a year perhaps a Year 7 or 8 boy who is interested in food? Year 5 focussed on food with suggestions such as roasts every other week and, on the alternate weeks, a surprise day. Blackcurrant squash and French fries. No more trays. Glass cups instead of plastic ones. They also thought about the playground and suggested a swing and slides in the quiet area, football pumps, more vegetation and bushes around school and AH branded sunglasses!

of Chromebooks available for use in the School and wanted to explore the option of having another sport in the autumn term in addition to football. Year 8 thought about the School uniform and were keen for Years 5-8 to be able to have a summer uniform of shorts and polo shirt and wear long trousers and shirt, tie and blazer only on special occasions. They also requested better water fountains or a big water cooler at Canons Park. Cold chocolate after games in summer term, varied match teas, and a change of use to the quiet area - possibly an outdoor gym. Chris Kerr Senior Master

Year 6 would like some bean bags in the library to make it more comfortable for reading. Year 7 requested an increase in the number 21

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Eco Council

hroughout the year, the Arnold House Eco Council has been meeting (both in person and virtually) to discuss how to make the school as environmentally friendly as possible. At the start of the year, the Eco Council identified a few issues around the school that could be resolved. In the second academic term of the year, we hosted an information evening to raise awareness about different ways we can reduce our impact on the environment ranging from idling to food waste. Everyone created various presentations on a chosen topic that relates to both our

school and personal lives. After a successful presentation, we were ready to create our very own app, in which we would write blog posts. The blogs would highlight our work but due to COVID-19 we were unable to meet in person and work on the app. Instead, the Eco Council wrote a poem, with Miss Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help, raising morale in these difficult times. We each recorded our parts and one of our Eco Council members compiled them into one video. This video can be viewed by scanning the QR code. Our Eco Council has accomplished many things this year despite ongoing adversities.

Our primary goal has always been to raise awareness about prevalent issues regarding the environment. Our Eco Council has set targets for the future in order to sustain our goal of conserving the environment. The growing need for awareness, especially with single use masks becoming quite common, means that the cause to conserve the environment, as well as provide a sense of communal recreation, has become an increasingly important task. - - - - - - - -, - - - - - - & - - - - - - Y8

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Eco Council

WOULDN’T IT BE WONDERFUL? Wouldn’t it be wonderful, For plastic oceans UK, If our impact on the environment, was considered every day. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If all waters ran crystal clear. If you closed your eyes in a city, And it’s bird song, you can hear. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If the air we breath was clean. No thoughts of harmful fumes, And the earth was mostly green. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If we stood together as one. allowed the planet to heal. All apathy finally gone. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If bees could flourish once more Animals could reclaim their homes. Renewable energy starting to soar. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If adults would finally hear The children crying out for help, For a future they no longer fear. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, To consider products that we use? How much damage does each one cause? It makes a difference what you choose.

L E T 'S HELP SAVE OUR PLANET

Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If people cared our waste is drastic, That fumes from cars destroy our lungs. And oceans are choked with plastic. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, If you helped us win this fight. And together we could start to build, A future, green and bright.

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Year 8 Positions of Responsibility

y the time the boys arrive in Year 8, their thoughts and those of their parents are naturally starting to turn towards Common Entrance and getting into the senior school of their choice. However, there is so much more than that to being a Year 8 Arnold House boy. We want them to continue to be involved in sport, perhaps captaining one of the teams. Musicians should make themselves available to the Orchestra, Choir or to one of the many groups that so busily fill the corridors with sweet melodies or rocky guitar riffs. Every boy in Year 8 is given an important role and responsibility. This includes, Head Boys, House Captains, Head Librarians, IT Monitors etc. as seen in the table on the right. At Arnold House we are concerned with the long term success of the boys. We believe that by making full and active commitment to the community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; being a good citizen that the boys will be armed with the skills they need in later life to be happy and successful. The boys understand this, and continue to amaze us with their ability to turn their hand to so many areas of school life. Sebastian Stones Deputy Headmaster, Pastoral

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Head Boy, Football Vice-Captain Head Boy, Football Captain Pre-Prep Captain, Music Assistant

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PSHE Captain Head Librarian, Cricket Vice-Captain

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Junior School Captain, Maths Monitor History Captain, Rugby Vice-Captain

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Orchestra Lead, Librarian

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Head Librarian, IT Monitor & Production Technician

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Nelson House Captain, Head Chorister

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Wellington House Captain, Hockey Vice-Captain

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Pitt House Captain, Basketball Captain

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Brunel House Captain Chairman of the Eco Council, Librarian Art Captain Pitt House Captain Global Location Captain, Tennis Vice-Captain

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Gymnastics Captain, Cross Country Captain

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Visiting Speakers Autumn Term

Date

Year

Speaker

September

1-8

The Dogs Trust

Charity - care of dogs

September

1&2

Darren Lee from Dance Days

Dance & Drama Workshop

October

Freshwater Theatre Company

Victorian Day Workshop

October

1-4

Street Child United

Charity

October

Freshwater Productions

Ancient Egyptians workshop

October

1-8

Christian Brighty - Plastic Oceans UK

Charity

October

1&2

Laura James - Author

Story telling and a reading from her book Pirate Pug

October

Mothers of -

Diwali

October December

1-8

November

1&2

November

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Theme

Simon Mole Poet in Residence

Poetry Workshops

Conor Hennebry (Parent)

Politics, the Government & Political Parties

Freshwater Theatre Company

Science Workshop - Electricity

Anju Ahuja (parent)

Diwali talk & Diwali arts and crafts

November

All

Noah Mosley - musician, composer

Writing the Arnold House anthem

December

1-8

Father Al Gordon, St John's Hackney Church (parent)

Christmas gift bag appeal

December

Father Al Gordon, St John's Hackney Church (parent)

Homelessness in London

Spring Term

Date

Year

Speaker

January

CREW

Science Workshop - Materials

January

CREW

Science Workshop - Chemistry in Action

January

1-8

Simon Mole Poet in Residence & Will Sanderson-Thwaite

Poetry workshops with various yeargroups

January

Lottie Kingsgate - artist

Animation

February

1-5

Ollie Tunmer - musician

Beat Goes On Music Workshop

February

Juliet Harshaw - artist

Drawing workshop Jungle Theme

February

Dan Baker - music engineer

Recording workshop

February

Boston Tea Party Museum, USA (via Skype)

An interactive history lesson about the events that led to the American revolution.

February

Freshwater Theatre Company

Great Fire of London Workshop

February

Laura Gee - artist

Drawing workshop - abstract landscapes

February

1-8

Born Free

Animal charity

March

Geffrye Museum Group

Houses & Homes Workshop

March

Andrew Crick (parent)

Pure Maths and Big Numbers

March

1-8

March

Ellie Collin (Gender expert) Fab Science Group

Theme

"Importance of Feminism, Gender Equality and aims of spreading awareness surrounding International Womens' Day. Potty Potions workshop - a Harry Potter themed Science Day 25

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Poet-in-Residence

his year we were delighted to welcome Simon Mole as our Poet-in-Residence.

In searching for Arnold House's first Poet in Residence, the Poetry Society suggested Simon as the perfect young writer to help open the boys' eyes to poetry as a living, breathing possibility. We wanted to embed poetry within the curriculum and to make it a part of everyday life at the school. As well as delivering a full-on day of lessons throughout the autumn term and a few assemblies, Simon's residency has included lunchtime gigs in the dining room, "football poetry" in the gym, as well as jams with a singersongwriter in the library. The original idea had been for our resident poet to bring poetry to life in a physical form, making lines fly off the page like a lyrical super-hero. Now, at the end of the residency, we are left feeling that our collective imaginations

could not have conjured up anything better than the real thing. Simon has made a huge impact with the boys and we look forward to launching the first Arnold House Poem Anthology, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blazers are Red & Gym Mats are Blueâ&#x20AC;? in the autumn term. David Moss-Mark Head of English

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Poet-in-Residence

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Activities

cademic excellence at Arnold House is matched by an extraordinarily broad co-curricular programme. As we move further into the twenty-first century, the skills acquired through our exciting range of activities become increasingly valuable. An ability to work in a team, as well as being able to work independently and remotely, becomes ever more important. Through the Covid-19 pandemic the boys have been able to adapt and continue with many of their activities online, showing they are resilient, imaginative and understand the importance of service to others, along with generosity of spirit. The choice of activities varies from term to term depending on the interests of the children. It is important that we support each boy in striking a successful balance between academic and co-curricular activity. Our provision in this area is exciting and well-resourced, with over fifty cocurricular activities available, presenting each boy with an opportunity to find his niche. We understand that every boy is an individual, and that talent and potential lie within each one of us. Our wide-ranging co-curricular programme offers boys the chance to experience new opportunities and we are committed to helping each boy widen his school life experience by opening doors to new experiences and skills. From knitting to gardening and performing in a rock band, debating and current affairs to playing polo, we believe that education is broader than the confines of a classroom. Everyone is encouraged to 'have a go' whatever their level of ability. There is no fixed formula for the number and type of activities that each boy can do, but most settle into a combination of perhaps three or four weekly activities outside the normal teaching time. It is incredibly rewarding to hear how much the boys enjoy their activities and the level of success they achieve each term. Natalie Hall Head of Activities Dodgeball Dodgeball Club is every Tuesday morning 28

with Mr Cox for Years 5&6. The idea is to dodge the ball and try to get everyone out on the other team by hitting them with a ball. You can get team-mates back in the game by hitting the back board with a ball. If you get it in the hoop, then everyone who is out is back in the game. It’s really fun dodging your friends. You need lots of agility to dodge. The different rules make it extra challenging. It is a game where we can’t make a noise otherwise we are out. You have to give it a go! - - - - - Y5 Years 3&4 Gym Club I really like Gym Club because of the fun stretches and funny positions we manage to get into. My favourite stretch is when you lie down flat and keep your legs, arms and head off the ground. It is very hard actually, but I manage to do it! I really like doing cartwheels as well. If you want to have a strong and healthy body you definitely need to go to Gym Club. - - - - - Y3 Quiz Club Quiz Club is lots of fun, I really love quizzes. Friends are in teams, each team given its own name. There might be questions you know, and some you don’t know. It really helps with your general knowledge. Miss Badenoch asks the first 5 questions and then I assist her by coming up with my own 5 questions each week. Thank you Miss Badenoch for planning this whole experience and for allowing me to be the Co-Quizmaster. I hope we can all do it again soon when we are back at school together. - - - - Y4 Year 2 Gymnastics Club Gym club is the best club in school and I am really good at vaulting where you jump on a jumping board, then you put your hands down and bring your legs over the vault and land on the mattress. - - - - - - - - Y2 I love gymnastics. I could not do the crow or headstand and now both come easily. Mrs Matthews explains it very clearly. She is also very funny - if we take too long for example

she says, "Don't stop for a coffee break!" I loved learning how to do a bridge and a cartwheel. - - - - , Y2 Board Games Club Board Games Club is the best entertainment ever because they are the best games on earth. Board games are good for children. We all love the world puzzles the best! - - - - Y2

Taekwondo Taekwondo is a really good way to learn to defend yourself. After school we would get changed into your dobak (Taekwondo kit) and wear a belt and step into the gym. Throughout the session we do exercises and we revise Taekwondo moves. Once it is amazing we do a grading (exam). Overall Taekwondo is a great club and is worth doing. - - - - - Y5 Darts Club Darts Club takes place every Wednesday lunchtime. The Headmaster showed us how to hold the darts and throw them safely – it was really fun especially when you hit the high points on the board. I thought darts was great because you had to be focused and have a steady pace. It teaches you to stay cool and calm. - - - - Y5 Gym Squad Gym Squad is brilliant because we go to competitions and learn new moves and it really has improved my gymnastics generally. - - - - - - Y5

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Activities Multi Sports Multi Sports is such a fun club where you get to play loads of fun games including football, cricket, tennis and any other related sport to those. You also get to play with Year 6s so you can make new friends in upper years and play with them. It is a really fun club for people who want to play sports and have an overall fun time! - - - - - Y5 Chess Club This year I was in the chess club for the 5th time. This is a fantastic club with a brilliant structure. Every term there is a tournament with a round every week. About halfway through we have a lesson where one of the coaches teaches you a certain opening, checkmate or set of moves for a puzzle. There are different groups of skill so you can join at any skill level. The coaches are very nice and I have massively improved. There are also tournaments where JP (the head coach) chooses some boys and they play against other schools. Thank you JP for running this amazing club. - - - Y6

Gardening Club Gardening club is a great opportunity to learn how to be an amazing gardener. You learn how to plant, weed and much more. We also help the environment and try to stop pollution, which means that we are helping the world. In gardening club we are also helping the school. There are more reasons why everyone should be interested in gardening because the world needs people to grow things, save the planet and not destroy it so that people do not become extinct! I enjoy it because I like gardening and improving the environment around the school. It is run by the Bursar and her

team of ‘gardeners’ who make the club great fun and are very knowledgeable. You are normally in the quiet area and you go to the teachers car park and trim the leaves off the wall with some scissors. Occasionally we get to plant vegetables it is amazing to watch them grow each week. - - - Y4 & - - - - - Y3

Scrabble Club This year I have participated in Scrabble Club. I love Scrabble because it is a vocabulary boosting, tactical game and, somehow, I seem to be quite lucky with what letters I pick and when I choose them. Mrs Ruda takes the club and she gives out prizes to the highest scorer each week. When I am not at school I still enjoy playing Scrabble. I often play with my Mum, and most of the time I win! It is a great club and I would love to do it again next term. - - - - Y6 Théâtre Français Every Wednesday at lunch, we went to 8W for Théâtre Français. Théâtre Français was French Theatre, where we did drama, but in French. Our story was the Three Little Pigs (les Trois Petits Cochons) and the four of us took the roles of many actors. I was the second pig (la deuxième petit cochon) who built the house of twigs but I was also

doing other roles. At first we wrote the made-up script down, but after a while we decided to type the script up onto the Chromebooks. Then we acted. We put on quite a performance, and it was great fun. - - - - - - Y6 Polo Polo was introduced to our school earlier this year and is available to Y5 upwards. In my opinion it is one of the best clubs and it is super fun! I love it because I couldn’t even ride a horse before I joined the club and now I can ride and hit the ball at the same time. It’s such fun having to steer the horse, keep your balance and try and hit a moving ball all at the same time - it's really challenging! The club is run by Miss Hall and she drives us in the minibus to Mill Hill, where we meet the horses and our coaches, who travel to teach us from Essex. Before lockdown we were entered to play in the beginners competition at the National Schools Polo Tournament at Blackbears Polo Club, but because of the coronavirus the tournament was cancelled. Taking part and doing well was our main goal so we had quite a few extra weekend sessions to push us along, gain experience and prepare. This included taking part in a Pony Club day where we got to meet lots of other polo players which was really fun. We have enjoyed it so much Miss Hall was planning to organise a Polo camp for us this summer, but our plans have had to be postponed. It is an amazing club and I hope to do it again in the future. - - - - - Y6

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Activities F1 Club F1 Club is a boy-led activity that I set up because I wanted to share my passion for Formula 1. I am a member of a motorsport club and successfully race in my free time it is brilliant fun and I am so lucky to be able to do it! Through running the club I wanted to share my enthusiasm and knowledge of the sport, and have a lot of fun in the process! - - - - - - - - Y6 Kids Lit Quiz Every Tuesday at 1:30 we would head to the library for a quiz based on the Kids Lit Quiz. There we would set up the tables, find our mascots and get into our teams ready to do battle. Teams were of 4, sometimes 5, sometimes 3 – with the scores weighted accordingly. The teams were usually the same, as we liked to play with our friends – though near to the real KLQ and you had been picked to be a real team, there might be changes. Ms Leonie wrote and asked the questions for a round and points would be allocated via the number of literary questions that you answered correctly. Normally the max score would be 15 but sometimes there were chances to receive bonus points. The winning team got a small reward – usually a couple of Haribo each. It was great fun – especially if you like reading! - - - - - - - - Y6 Cooking I love Cooking Club because it teaches you how to cook and to make yummy scrumptious pastries, savories and sweet things. You get to be really creative and try out new recipes, then the best bit of all, you get to eat what you have made! Each week we are judged by a special guest to see who has made the most successful dish. I think that lots of people should join to have a great time and learn new skills. - - - - Y5 Senior Art Art club is a super arty club! It's such fun! You either do clay or some arts and crafts! It's with Miss Cobb. Last term we made small cartoon drawings and then we traced them onto canvas. At the end of each 30

project we have an art party! We bring special treats into school and have lots of fun!!! - - - - Y5 Running Club Every Thursday morning before school we had Running Club with Miss Smith, Miss Hall and Arnold our school dog. It was brilliant fun because we got to run around St John's Wood and play with Arnold at the same time! It really helped with our fitness and it was an amazing way to start the day. One week, when it was torrential rain outside we did some street dancing in the lab! During lockdown the teachers issued us a challenge, a running challenge! The challenge for Y5 was to run 150KM in a time span of 6 weeks. I think that the running challenge was very fun despite the hard work - it all paid off at the end when we collected our rewards! I ran 151KM! - - - - Y5 STEM STEM Club is a really fun way of exploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Each week we had different experiments which we had to solve independently. They included creating a rainbow PH scale, engraving our initials on spoons, making paper helicopters and taking finger prints to find out who stole Arnold. (PS. don't panic, no one really stole Arnold!) - - - - & - - - - Y6 Swimming Club Swimming is the best club, it is really fun because you do laps around the pool and do fun games. At the end you get to dive into the pool. We also got to do some swimming in clothes which is very tricky and helps us learn how to rescue people if they fall in. You have to go on the tube to get to the swimming pool. You can get picked up from swimming or you can go back to school and get picked up then. That's why I think it should also be a club in Year 5. - - - - - Y5

Maths is Fun! In our first Maths is Fun Club we did Splat. It is a game where someone chooses a number and the rest of us to guess it in 10 tries. We did that and it was a lot of fun. We also made 3D spirals and fractals in teams. We also played solitaire and clockwork patience. The best bits were making board games in twos and building catapults and measuring how far they go. - - - - - , Y4

Maths Club In Year 2 we did Maths Club every Friday before school. I got to play so many of my favourite games and my favourite game is UNO! - - - - - - Y2 Knit & Knatter I joined knitting club this year and it has become one of the highlights of my week. My knitting is….well let’s just call it not the best…but I don’t go there just to knit stuff, it's more for the funny chats. I have loved knitting club in the lock-down because I have become a pom-pom expert! I would suggest knitting club to absolutely anyone. This year in knitting club we started looking at a book called knit-a-square, where you can turn a square into any number of animals! I made a brown dachshund and I started on a penguin. In the lockdown term, we learned how to make pom-poms. I got a lockdown hamster recently, and to memorialise lockdown and the fun we had in knitting club with Penny & Frances, I called my hamster ‘Pom-Pom’. Knitting club has been amazing for me, I always look forward to Tuesdays. I’ve found knitting really relaxing and I love to watch my work grow longer and longer until

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Activities its finished and resembles faintly, what I wanted to make. As the terms go by, I have got a little better at knitting and now I can even knit without help at home! During this lockdown we have stopped knitting and have started to make lots of small pompoms. So far I haven’t found a great use for them apart from hanging them on my lamp, but I’m sure that will change soon. Mum says they will make great decorations, but I’d prefer to make a giant pompom monster. - - - - - - - - - - - - & - - - - Y7

Gymnastics Gymnastics at Arnold House is always incredibly strong, and this year has been no exception! Arnold House Gym Squad U11 Team wowed the audience at the London Floor and Vault Regional competition and took home their fourth consecutive London title. Their Vault scores were particularly impressive. Their combination of power and technique meant they were awarded some of the highest scores of the day. - - - - (Captain) and - - - both scored an enormous 15.1 each! - was also awarded the highest Arnold House score on the Floor with 13.7. - - - - - and - - - - - came in just behind on Floor, each with 13.66. This is even more noteworthy, considering that this was - and - - - - first time competing at a regional competition. Last year, - - -

competed for the team as a Vault specialist, due to his strength and spring. This year was his first time competing on Floor as well, and he gave an incredible performance. They qualified for Nationals and (had the competition gone ahead) I know this team would have soared! We had an incredibly deep U11 squad this year, with almost enough to make a B Team who could have held their own at Nationals! - - - - - - - - - and - - are all amazingly strong, springy vaulters who fly over the horse with ease. I look forward to them showing this off in future Gym Displays, and I am sure they will all make a big impact at the London Regional Floor and Vault competition next year. This year, Arnold House Gymnastics says goodbye to - - - - (Gymnastics

Captain), - - - and - - - - - They have been wonderfully committed members of Gym Squad for four years. Between them, (not even counting their medals from their Novice competitions) they have been U11 Regional Champions twice; U14 Regional Champions; U14 Regional Silver Medallists. They have competed at National Finals three times. On top of all this, they even have an U11 National Title under their belt! They have achieved an unbelievable amount during their time in Arnold House Gym Squad and have been an incredible asset to the school! We will greatly miss the strength and grace of their characters as well as of their Gymnastics. Thank you for everything, boys! You are truly amazing! Abi Oliphant Teacher-in-charge of Gymnastics

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Chess 2nd Eaton Square Tournament On the 15th November we had 13 boys from Arnold House participate in this exciting event. With teams from schools with thriving chess clubs at Eaton Square, Glendower, South Hampstead Junior, and Hawkesdown House it was going to be competitive.

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The senior Division (Year 6 and under) was going to be compromised due to a Year 6 school trip, meaning that we had to send a Year 5 team instead. Nevertheless this team headed by the seasoned - - - - went on a rampage, winning 12 matches of 12 and effortlessly taking 1st place! In the Junior (Year 3 and under) division we had two teams competing. Of a possible 20 points the Junior A team took first with a strong performance of 16, edging out Eaton Square on 14. The Junior B team did very credibly with 11.5 points which earned them 3rd place. Judging from the boys' enthusiasm even a week later this was a fantastic experience for them and I am sure they learnt a lot as well as gained some inspiration.

Weekly Chess Club & House Tournament Each week the boys play chess after school in classes grouped according to age and level. In a typical chess class they will both play matches as well as learn tactics and strategies from the Wallace Chess coaching team. Junior Division Year 3 B team - 3rd place!

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Unfortunately this year our participation in the Mulberry House tournament, the IAPS tournament and the Annual Arnold House tournament needed to be cancelled – the latter two due to the lockdown. Nevertheless we had several boys participate in the UK Chess Challenge and all the boys competed in the House Tournament. The UK Chess Challenge Arnold House competed in the UK Chess Challenge, which is a nation-wide event that

In the summer term, chess was played online. We used the excellent website – chesssquad.com – together with the coaches calling in using zoom. The chesssquad.com platform enabled the coaches to run the House Tournament online as well as to teach everything from knight forks to analysing the games of former World Champions. A big congratulations to Nelson for a resounding victory with 36 points! Second place was Brunel on 26 closely followed by Pitt with 22.5 and Wellington - former winners – this year finishing with 17.5 points.

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has its first phase in schools. Those from the school chess club that qualify then go on to participate in “regionals” (Megafinal and Gigafinal) that culminate in the Terafinal. Due to Covid-19 the Megafinal was played online.

Once again many thanks to Astrid Wallace, the AH office staff and Natalie Hall for the many things they do to help chess run so smoothly and that provide so many opportunities for the boys. To the students, thanks once again for a fun year! John-Paul Wallace Chess Master

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his has been a busy year for Arnold, our school dog, as he has been involved in all aspects of school life. For the first two terms he was an enthusiastic visitor to lessons across the school, including reading lessons when he would listen to individual boys reading aloud or to the whole class reading their class reader. One of his favourite duties was to accompany boys on local walks and outings around the school during breaks and in the afternoons so that he could enjoy their company and listen to all their chatter about how their day was going. Being a keen runner, he joined in with the Activities programme and

was a regular up at Canons Park, watching the boys playing their games and, when there were matches, he was very proud to represent Arnold House as the school mascot, encouraging the teams to raise their game in the typical Arnold House spirit. As we moved into the uncertain times of lockdown, it was evident that his calming effect and his positive influence extended past the school gates. Arnold was able to help the mental well-being of our community by attending lessons via digital learning, bringing a smile to pupils’, parents’

and staff faces as he popped into Google Meets during lessons and Form times, and the boys particularly enjoyed the uplifting photos that were shared of him ‘working from home’. Every boy in the school received a handwritten, personal postcard from Arnold, celebrating their achievements and congratulating them for overcoming the challenges they had endured during this unusual and difficult time. While we might need to adjust to the ‘new normal’ once lockdown ends and we return to school, there is one thing we can be sure of, Arnold will be by our side, as always. Natalie Hall

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Church

t the time of writing, churches across the country are starting to reopen, for private prayer and services, but with a whole host of restrictions in place. The annual cycle of Arnold House Church services was obviously affected by lockdown. In the Michaelmas Term we celebrated our patron saint’s day and “school birthday” on St Michael’s Day. The focus of Armistice Day, at St Cyprian’s, was the centenary of the death of an old boy, William ChevalierTayler, who died as part of the British forces sent to help the royalists in the Russian Civil War in 1919. The Carol Service saw St John’s Wood Church packed with boys, teachers and parents. In the Lent term we had the beginning of term service and Ash Wednesday, but soon the Lockdown was imposed and all the churches had to close (for the first time since the reign of King John… but for different reasons!). There was no end of Lent term service, there was no St George’s Day service, there was no Ascension Day service. By the time we got to the end of the Summer Term though, churches, along with many other public buildings, were starting to reopen. This meant that we had the opportunity to

have some sort of Leavers’ Service. Fr Anders was very helpful and allowed us to combine a prize giving event with a service for Y8. This took place on the last morning of term. The Prize Giving is described elsewhere in the magazine, but like that event, the Leavers’ Service needed to have adaptations. There could be no hymn signing and no choir items; only the singing of a solo item by the Head Chorister was allowed (all of these restrictions were imposed by the government, not by Fr Anders). However, despite the unusualness of the situation – a limited congregation, a lack of hymns that in many ways define the event – all agreed that what took place was a dignified and suitable way for the boys to leave the school. Fr Anders gave an excellent sermon, related to the monuments that line the walls of St John’s Wood Church. Most of these were put up in the early 19th Century and were paid for by rich families, many of whom had returned to London from far flung parts of the Empire. In the midst of the protests in America and Britain about racism and debates about the statues we have in public places, Fr Anders pondered on the possible stories of the people who are

commemorated in St John’s Wood Church. How did they become rich enough to afford a fine memorial? Are they the sort of people we would commemorate today? More pointedly, he asked what would people say in 200 years’ time about how we live our lives and the values we hold dear. It was a very reflective note and one well aimed at young men who are embarking on the next stage of their education and who will, within a few years, be in the world of work and making decisions about their lives and the lives of others. The absence of familiar hymns such as “Jerusalem” at the service was sad, but we had a more important element - a challenge, in the words of a blessing from the Book of Common Prayer, echoing those of St Paul, “Go forth into the world in peace. Be of good courage. Hold fast to that which is good. Render to no one evil for evil. Strengthen the fainthearted. Support the weak. Help the afflicted. Show love to everyone”. A good plan for life in 1820, 2020 and 2220. John Hill Deputy Head, Academic

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Public Benefit

s a charity, Arnold House continues to offer benefits to the local community as follows: Outside use of School facilities and grounds: Clubs continue to benefit from the use of our Activity Centre at Canons Park including Acorn Tennis Club and Lupton Bowls Club. Friends of Canons Park and the Canons Park Estate Association are welcome users of our facility for meetings, local concerts and events. Local primary schools are encouraged to use the sports facilities and indoor hall for drama and music. In the evenings local groups take part in Aikido, Drama, Yoga, Tai Chi, Zumba and indoor bowls.

Loan of mini buses to Christ Church Primary School

Christmas box collection for the Hackney community

Book drive for Re-Read

Coat drive for St Mary’s Church community

Raising Money for Charity: Over the year, the boys, staff and parents have raised significant amounts of money for a variety of local, national and international worthy causes, including Plastic Oceans UK, St John’s Hospice and the Royal British Legion. There were three

charity days this year with a ‘Save Our Planet’ theme in the autumn, a music theme in the spring and a remote lockdown charity day with a blue theme in the summer term. The total raised for charity to date this academic year was: Money raised 2019-2020 Plastic Oceans UK St John's Hospice The Royal British Legion Hackney Church TOTAL

£3,140 £1,490 £207 £500 £5,337

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The Loudoun Road site is also used by groups in the local community including the Grove End Road Residents Association. Local Community Involvement: This year, the School has continued to build on its good relationships with the St John’s Hospice, St John’s Wood Church, St Cyprian’s and St John’s Hackney. Over the year the School has continued its support with involvement in a number of initiatives and activities which have included:

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A School in Lockdown

ow do you react when the entire world seems to be nothing but chaos, rumour and panic? How do you step up to the changes that alter day by day, if not minute by minute? How do you keep your sense of community when the very fabric that holds it together is closed? Well, if you are Arnold House, you hold steady, you keep going and you do your very best. Like so many other schools, the Spring Term at AH started as so many others had, and no crystal ball showed quite how radically it would end. For, on Thursday 19th March 2020, Arnold House waved off its 271 pupils and locked its doors to a world unsure of what the future held. For the first time in 80 years Loudoun Road would not open for the

start of the summer term, and suddenly we all had to learn a new way to keep our sense community and to deal with the myriad of difficulties that came with the daily changes forced by the Covid19 pandemic. Boys, parents and the AH staff of every kind simply all stepped up and just got on with it. Hand-washing whilst singing happy birthday (twice), social distancing, hand gel, face masks and gloves became the new normal, as did learning how to teach - and learning how to learn - via the screen on a computer, tablet or phone. AH adapted constantly, changing again once we could re-open in June, with temperature testing at the gate, smaller classes and yes, more hand-washing. Boys came back overjoyed to be allowed out of their houses, glad to see

their friends - sad that so many wonderful events could no longer happen, but finding ways to replace them with new activities and challenges, showing their strength and optimism, their care for others and how they were all determined to still have fun. This was a moment in time that none had foreseen but none will forget. They say a photo can speak a thousand words and the ones that follow do just that. Capturing a moment in time in our history, a time when the world stood still, the environment healed, we clapped for our heroes, we stood apart and yet stayed together and the AH spirit lived on.

I think that lockdown has had a big impact on the way we learn because we have had to find new ways of communicating. I like technology so I enjoyed all my lessons being on the computer. But I missed break times with my friends and the old form times before lockdown. - - - - - Y5

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A School in Lockdown

I liked lockdown learning because at the start of the day I saw all my friends on the computer. Also, the lessons were quite fun and sometimes I did my homework by myself. I enjoyed that bit because I challenged myself. I prefer being at school because I missed playing with my friends. - - - - - - Y1 My family and I enjoyed lots of walks during lockdown. It was rather nice that there werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t many cars on the road and I hope this will have had an impact on the environment. We could actually hear the birds singing and there were many more species around. - - - - Y4

Remote learning was a very different experience for Year 8 since the Common Entrance exams were cancelled. Instead of CE in Maths and English we just had an end of year assessment. When we left school to start home learning we were all quite happy but as time went on and we started getting used to home learning we all wanted to go back to school to see our friends and teachers especially as it was our last year at Arnold House. - - - - Y8

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A School in Lockdown

Whilst it was slightly worrying because I didn't know what was happening, home school learning was fine for me. Sometimes things got a bit much but overall I'm pretty proud of myself because it was a hard time for everyone but I'm happy that I overcame it and it's done. - - - - - - - Y2

I liked lockdown because I could spend time with my family, but I like school better because I can see my friends and also see my family at the end of the day. - - - - - - Y3

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A School in Lockdown

Lockdown was an unusual time for many of the boys throughout Arnold House and the years 7&8 boys were extremely unlucky as we had exams. Some of us, though, enjoyed it and saw it as an opportunity to get outdoors, spend time with our respective families, and do more of what we wanted to do, like sleep in or get more exercise, as we had much more time on our hands. The main downsides, on the other hand, were not seeing our friends, and it was harder to revise and do our exams or mocks. - - - - - - Y7 I quite enjoyed home-schooling although it was more difficult to focus with all the distractions at home. We quickly learnt new and different ways of keeping in touch with our teachers and having live lessons through Google Meet and kept in touch with our friends through apps like Houseparty. Online PE was very challenging with the F45 team and I really enjoyed the Lockdown Running Challenge which definitely increased my fitness and stamina. - - - - - - Y6

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Prize Giving Obviously in a summer term where little was normal, an event like Prize Giving, would have been very easy to cancel. However, rather than cancel, we opted to adapt. For boys in Y1-7, there was a different type of prize giving. Although we did not use ASL and we could not have parents present, each year group had an event in the marquee on the upper yard at Loudoun Road, where special achievements were acknowledged. This may have been on a smaller scale than usual, but the purpose was the same: to celebrate the boys’ achievement. Plenty of photographs

were taken and made available to parents, so they had a memento of the event, even if they couldn’t actually be present. For Y8 we were able to adapt on a larger scale, by using St John’s Wood Church as a venue and having Y8 Prize Giving on the last day of term, immediately before the Leavers’ Service. Only Y8, their parents and teachers were present, but the building was a superb venue and much of the feeling of a normal prize giving could be sensed at this occasion. The Headmaster spoke warmly about all

the Y8 boys and wished them well as they start their new schools. The need for social distancing meant that boys and parents were spread out across the pews, but it all looked suitably grand and fitting for the occasion. We were glad that for these leaving boys, an event that was appropriate and memorable took place to mark their leaving Arnold House. John Hill Deputy Headmaster Academic

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Prize Giving

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Prize Winners Junior School Prize Giving

Senior School Prize Giving

Years 1&2

Year 5 Form Prizes

Individual certificates

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Form Prizes: For Effort, Attitude and Contribution to the Group 3B 3B 3W 3W 4B 4C

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SCHOOL NEWS

House Competition

here was the usual array of House activities in the autumn and spring terms with lots of football, rugby and hockey matches as well as cross country. Events meant that we had to change our tack in the summer term but as usual Arnold House and the House Captains

show tremendous adaptability. We ran joke, magic trick, running and baking house competitions among other things. Towards the end of the year we managed to get all year groups to Canons Park to run sports matches. There were also some excellent House

Assemblies run by the House Captains including very powerful presentations and messages during anti-bullying week. This year's House champions are Pitt. Well done to them. Sebastian Stones Deputy Headmaster, Pastoral

House Positions Position for Industry and Citizenship

Football House Matches

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SCHOOL NEWS

Outstanding Achievement

he following boys in Years 4 to 7 are duly recognised for their outstanding achievement across the full range of subjects in the curriculum: Art and Design, Computing, Drama, English, French, Geography, Greek (Y7 & 8), History, Latin (Y6 upwards), Library, Maths, Music, PE & Games,

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Junior School

I Know, I wIsh, I wIll he was by no means an old man, but he was my old man. aba was a vIctIm of InjustIce, left to crumble under the oppressIon of the flawed system he spoKe agaInst. he was strucK down by terror, but he Is just one prIceless lIfe wIth a prIce tag easIly met. can wIshes go rotten? for mIne must be rottIng. do wIshes come true? surely one of my thousand. and Is wIsh a word powerful enough to descrIbe what I hope for? I beg mercIlessly to go home, yet my home lIes In tatters waItIng for me. I wIll not forget aba. he and hIs mIghty words wIll always stay wIth me. the shIp of terror shall cross the hIgh seas. I wIll be the force In calm seas; to maKe a dIfference In thIs flawed system. for my successors. and aba.

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This poem was inspired by conflicts in Syria. It is based on true stories, although the narrative is fictional and has not happened to us. ‘Aba’ is a word used in Middle Eastern culture and is the equivalent to the word ‘Dad’ in English.

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y1 Canons Park Visits

• Year 1 • 24th September Dance & Drama Workshop 11th October Canons Park Orientation Day 14th January Science Workshop: Materials 4th February Music Workshop 5th March Houses & Homes Workshop

• Year 2 • 24th September Dance & Drama Workshop 3rd October Victorian Day 7th November Science Workshop: Electricity 21st January Science in Action Workshop 11th February Great Fire of London Workshop 17th March Potty Potions Workshop

• Year 3 • 10th October Ancient Egyptian’s Workshop 28th November Tutenkhamun Treasure Saachi Gallery

• Year 4 • 5th October Verulamium 9th January Tate Britain

The boys spent a number of days at Canons Park this year exploring the grounds and enjoying the space as well as visiting the local church – St Lawrence Little Stanmore. Here are a few of their highlights: “It was fun going in the tractor shed with Ms Legan – we saw lots of different machines. I would like to ride on the big tractor and help cut the grass.”

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“The part of the church we sat in was 300 years old and was built by the Duke who lived in the white house. The stone tower is 700 years old. I was a bit wet because I fell in a muddy puddle on the way.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y1 Materials Workshop In the Autumn Term, the boys took part in a materials workshop. They got to handle many different materials and answer questions to win points for their team. Below are a few of their highlights: “I played the trumpet in the Rock band because it was made from metal and metal comes from rocks! It was hard to blow. - - - was in my band with a metal tambourine.”

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“Silk comes from tiny worms who make thin threads it must take a lot of worms a long time to make a beautiful dress for my mummy.”

“The workshop was very fun. We got to hold the softest wood which we could scratch but when we got the hardest wood called ebony I couldn’t even bend it.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y1 Houses & Homes Workshop In March, Year 1 had a visit from the Geffrye Museum Group and took part in a workshop about Houses and Homes through the ages. This is what they learnt: “The Victorians filled a clay bottle with hot water to put in their beds to get warm as they only had fires for their heating. It did not look very comfy.”

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“I enjoyed looking at the different ways the Victorians had light in their houses. We compared them to the electric lights we use today. I think taking a candle to bed may be dangerous.”

“There were lots of exciting things for us to look at. One was a challenge object which we had to guess. It was wooden and had a little hole in the end. We found that you could pump it up and down. It helped the fire.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y1&2 Dance Workshop In the Autumn Term, Years 1&2 were treated to a Dance Workshop. Learning about movement and coordination through dance is a vital skill to continue to hone. The focus of this workshop was ‘dancing through the decades’, where the boys were taken back in time to explore and discuss different styles of dance and their histories. They warmed up by learning a cheeky Charleston routine from the 1920s; it was super energetic and they had amazing fun making dramatic faces whilst carrying out some energetic and complex dance moves! They then moved into the 1950s to learn a rock and roll routine, where partner work and handclaps were the focus. Finally, they finished with a classic 1980s dance routine, looking at posing in a variety of positions and learning very quick transitions between moves. The end result was phenomenal! The boys blew their teachers and teaching assistants away with their fabulous routines and it was clear that they had had amazing fun and had worked very hard to produce three routines each in one afternoon. Sally Duxbury & Sarah Mackay Years 1&2 Form Teachers

“The Dance Workshop was so fun because we got to learn so many different dances. My favourite one was when we did the funny faces in the Charleston dance.”

“It was amazing and we got to learn about doing a ‘Seventies boogie’ which was my favourite one because we wiggled our bums!”

“The music was really funny and we had to learn about making funny faces at the people watching during one of the dances.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y2 Victorian Day In October, Year 2 had the exciting opportunity to visit Canons Park for a Victorian Day. When we arrived, we were greeted by a Victorian butler, who was very strict! He showed us around the different rooms of a Victorian house, including the kitchen, laundry room, bedroom, bathroom and a children’s playroom. In each room, we got to see and use items from Victorian times and in the playroom, we got to play with toys that Victorian children would’ve played with when they were young. It was super interesting to see the similarities and differences between our toys and theirs. We took on the roles of working boys in the house and we realised just how strict adults were in those times! We had to march up four flights of stairs each day, before being able to start our long and difficult jobs and our beds were really uncomfortable to sleep in. Following the boys’ hard work in the Victorian house, we definitely deserved a nice hot lunch and a run around in the fresh air of Canons Park. It was a fantastic day and everyone came away with lots to talk about and share what they had learnt from the butler; we were all feeling very lucky not to be a working child in Victorian Times! Susie Dart & Sally Duxbury Year 2 Form Teachers

“I learnt a lot about the different types of toys that the Victorians used. They were mostly made out of wood.”

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“I liked it when we played with the Victorian toys but they are not as good as the toys that we have now because they didn’t use electricity or things like a Nintendo Switch.”

“There was a butler there who was all dressed up and we had to go around all different rooms in this Victorian house and do the work there. I was so tired and it was much harder than the work that we have to do now!”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y2 Great Fire of London Workshop Year 2 had a fantastic time at their Great Fire of London Workshop, at Canons Park. They travelled back to 1666, to meet Maid Nancy who took them on a journey to discover how the fire began, what happened during the fire, how it ended and what the only positive outcome was- no more of the nasty plague! The boys were able to dramatise the fire and acted out how the fire was able to spread so quickly. Nancy also told us all about Samuel Pepys and the boys got to share their impressive knowledge and understanding of his history. She showed us pictures of London in 1666 and it was amazing listening to the boys’ comparisons of a London that Samuel Pepys knew and the London that we know today. After a hearty and delicious lunch, we headed to the park at Canons Park, to have a good play in the fresh air and it was wonderful to see such big smiles on all of their faces! A very fun and informative day was had by all and I am sure that this will be a memory for them to treasure. Sally Duxbury Year 2 Form Teacher

Y2 Science Workshop: Electricity In December, the boys enjoyed an interactive presentation about electricity. From lightning to friction, batteries to conductors, the boys enjoyed exploring the true understanding of the essence of electricity and what life may have been like before it was discovered: “The workshop was really fun because there was an electricity monster who kept getting things wrong and his brain fried because we got all of the answers to the quiz right!”

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“We got to learn about how the fire started and that a man called Samuel Pepys made a diary all about when it happened.”

“We acted out the fire by moving our bodies in different ways and we learnt about how and why the fire spread so quickly.”

“I liked it when we pretended to go through the olden time streets of London and think about what it would have looked like in 1666. The fire started in Pudding Lane and we looked at how it happened.”

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“We got to learn about the different components that make up a circuit and we also got to do some word searches and spot the dangers work in our really fun booklets.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y2 Science in Action Workshop In January, Year 2 were treated to a visit from a famous scientist Boffin Bob. He showed us some amazing experiments in Science, which included setting alight flash paper, creating explosions and loud bangs with a hairdryer, using dry ice to make a spooky witch’s cauldron and (our personal favourite) using a leaf blower to blow toilet paper all over the gym! We got to interact with science in the ‘real world’ and also learnt how to create illusions and ‘magic’ and the science behind them. We all had a brilliant afternoon and learnt so much that feeds into our topic of States of Matter and Changes of State; we have already begun to implement our new findings in our Science lessons! Sally Duxbury & Susie Dart Year 2 Form Teachers Y2 Potty Potions Workshop In early March, Year 2 had a visit from a wizarding scientist who impressed them with her potions and spells! They took part in a number of exciting experiments including colour-changing potions, magically inflating balloons, toothpaste for giants and a truly magical dry ice demonstration. The boys felt like they had been transported to Hogwarts for the day! “The best part was when we were mixing different acids with things and seeing the colour change like when we mixed it with beetroot juice. It was the best workshop ever!”

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“We got to look at how we can set things like paper on fire and create different colours using different things in the fire. It was also really fun to fire a rocket using a launcher.”

“My favourite part was when we got to make dry ice. We couldn’t actually touch where it was made because we would need to wear special gloves because it was so cold.”

“My favourite part was when we got to make things disappear like magic by setting special paper on fire and there was nothing left, not even dust!”

“It was really funny when the man set this special paper on fire and it completely disappeared without even any smoke. The flames were in the air.”

“A crazy science man in a long coat came in to show us how to make dry ice and set things on fire. It was really good to watch and we got to feel how cold the dry ice was!”

“We fired a foam rocket and we had to press it different amounts to see how high we could get it to go and we even got it to hit the ceiling!”

“I loved the colouring booklets that we did, they were all about potions and they were really fun because you had to be really careful when you were colouring. It was a very good day.”

“I liked mixing lots of different potions together to see if we could change their colour. My favourite one was when we had layers of purple and green that would not mix together.”

“The workshop was amazing because we had to wear goggles and special coats so that we could mix potions together. Some of them frothed and made bubbles, some of them smelt weird and some changed their colour.”

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t has been a fabulous year of Drama in Years 1&2. The Harvest Festival kicked off the festivities in the first term with each class individually learning different poems during Drama lessons and Autumn songs during Music lessons with Mrs Sadler. We performed these to an excited audience full of parents, grandparents and friends who were amazed by the confident voices during the poems and beautiful singing throughout. During the first term, we also had a dance workshop focussing on ‘Dancing Through the Decades’. The boys absolutely loved the different routines that we learnt from the 1920s Charleston, a Seventies Boogie and even a Nineties Boyband routine! It was an energetic afternoon that ended with each class delightedly performing their dances to each other. Harvest Festival

The end of the Christmas term showcased our Nativity Play “Born in a Barn”, a charming production about the birth of Jesus, told from the perspective of the animals that Mary and Joseph would have seen on their way to Bethlehem. The Donkey, played by - - - - (Year 1) and - - - - (Year 2) were two sassy and hilariously funny characters that helped Mary and Joseph on their way to the barn. Our confident Cockerels, played by - - - (Year 1) and - - - - and - - - (Year 2) were delighted to be able to ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ the birth of Jesus at the end of the play! It really was an adorably impressive way to end a busy first term! During their Drama sessions in the Spring term, the boys experienced a variety of lessons improving both their voice work and use of actions. They went on adventures

into space and trekked through jungles to find lost treasure! We looked at repetitive language in stories and acted out our own scenes in familiar books. Lots of fun was had! All of these lessons were working towards the summer production which we were just about to start rehearsing when the school was closed due to the lockdown measures put in place. It is always one of our favourite points in the year but we know that the boys will come back even more eager to start their Drama lessons in the autumn term. We have witnessed such a lot of talent this year; watch this space for when, we have no doubt, some of these boys’ faces may be on film posters around the world! Sarah Mackay & Sally Duxbury Years 1&2 Form Teachers

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Years 1&2 Drama Review Nativity Play, Born in a Barn “I had a lot of words to learn. I liked playing the rooster as I could be loud and wake everybody up with my cock-a-doodle-doo.”

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“Being a dog was fun as I got to play around like my dog. I was a bit nervous at first but had lots of fun. We had to learn lots of songs.”

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“I was a posh cat in the Nativity Play and we had to help the sheep find baby Jesus. The best song was ‘No Room’ because the tune was very catchy.”

“My favourite part of the Nativity Play was when all of the cats (like me) got to sing a solo in ‘Away in a Manger’. I was a bit nervous about it, but I liked it.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y3 Ancient Egyptian Workshop In October, Year 3 had a very exciting workshop at Canons Park. When we arrived, we had to form a queue outside but when we were finally allowed in we entered an ‘ancient Egyptian burial chamber’ where there were huge posters of pharoahs and Gods such as Osiris and Snefru, who had been buried along with their treasures. We learned about the Nile, how the pyramids were built, how the slaves were treated and how Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon made their discoveries. The best part of the day was playing the ‘family game’ where we were each given a piece of papyrus with hieroglyphics written on it and we had to search for other members of our family with identical hieroglyphics. Learning about ancient Egyptians was so much fun especially the parts about how they set up their civilisation and how they created such beautiful treasures. It felt like magic to be able to step 4000 years back in time and wonder at how much we have learned about what it was actually like!

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y3 Saachi Gallery In December we were very lucky to go on a trip to the Saatchi Gallery to see the Tutankhamun exhibition which was amazing! We saw so many great pieces of art and cool artefacts there and there were

Y4 Steve McQueen at the Tate Britain Last year 1,504 of London’s primary schools with Year 3 pupils were invited by artist Steve McQueen to have their classes specially photographed by a bespoke team of Tate photographers. Every one of the resulting 3,128 class photographs, depicting two-thirds of the city’s entire population of seven-to-eight-year olds, were brought together in a large-scale installation lining the walls of Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries and free for all to visit. Steve McQueen is one of the most renowned artists and filmmakers of his generation, creating works to be shown in gallery spaces as well as four cinematic films. Our current Year 4 boys were very fortunate to be asked to take part when they were in Year 3 and were able to take a trip to the Tate Modern to see the final exhibition:

also some videos which explained things in more detail. We made sure that we stayed together as it very busy and outside, there were lines of people as long as 5 doubledecker buses! Some pieces of art were huge and very detailed, there was one piece that

“We felt very honoured to be part of this exhibition. The project was made to tell you where we come from and where we are going. When we went to visit the exhibition, the first thing we did was watch a video message from Steve McQueen. He mentioned in the video that he chose Year 3 because he thought this was the year in School life when a child blossoms and matures. When I saw the project I was amazed at the work that had been put into it. There were 3,128 class photos and we were thrilled to find our photographs featured in one of the biggest galleries in the world. It was also fun to find the photographs of the four boys who joined our year in the photographs from their previous schools.”

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Years 1-4 Trips & Activities Y4 Verulamium The history trip to Verulamium was our best trip so far at Arnold House. We were really excited because we did not have to wear school uniform and could go in our home clothes which made us feel super comfortable. The teachers on the trip were Mrs Batty, Mrs Cox, Miss Jones and Miss Wilson. We arrived in St Albans at the Verulamium Museum after a relaxing coach trip. We had a quick snack and began our workshop learning all about the city which the Romans called Verulamium. The museum was built on the site where the city once was which I thought was cool. We learned all about the everyday lives of the Romans and what surprised me a lot was that our lives today have not changed all that much in many ways.

We were shown artefacts from the Roman times that they used for ordinary things like cooking, keeping clean and building their homes and communities. We got to touch and hold things that a real Roman would have once used. My favourite was a piece of roof tile that had a dog paw print on it. I wonder how much trouble that dog would have got into for running across the builderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yard while he was making tiles! Some boys were asked to come up and our guide dressed them up in clothes that would have been worn. The richer you were the nicer the materials and colours that your clothes were made from like cotton and silk. You would have jewellery like a brooch and a ring. The poor had dull itchy woollen clothes.

There was time to go around the museum and look at the displays. We saw mosaics, coins, jewellery and even a skeleton and lots more. Then we walked across the park to the Hypocaust which shows how clever the Romans were because underfloor heating was their invention and not a modern one. There was a beautiful mosaic floor there and we had the chance to design our own one too. Mine was for a very fine country villa. We were very ready for lunch which we had in the playground. We enjoyed our picnic, a fantastic playtime and a quick visit to the gift shop before heading back to school after an amazing day out.

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Years 3&4 Drama Review Y3 Go For Gold Wow, what a year! The boys have impressed me in so many ways. We started this year with Drama games and activities building the boys’ understanding of using the space the are in and how to create and portray characters. The boys approached every game and activity with enthusiasm and energy. Mrs Oliphant and I could see right from the start that we had been blessed with an excellent group to work with.

Y4 Darwin Rocks On the 13th of February 2020, the Year 4 boys transported us back to November 1859. A time when a book called “On The Origin Of Species” was the latest bestseller and the world was discovering why its author, a scientist named Charles Darwin… Rocks! With rocky musical numbers and plenty of headbanging, Year 4 captivated their audience from start to finish. With comedic acting, expressive singing, and fantastic dance moves, we travelled from London to Tierra Del Fuego and back again! We learned a little about evolution, a little about Darwin’s life, and a lot about the importance of being yourself. As well as their fabulous performances, some of the boys also learned about technical theatre and, with the help of - - - - - - - (Y8), the year 4 boys ran all of the lighting, sound, and stage management themselves! This Musical was a first for Arnold House because, on top of singing, dancing, acting, and technical theatre, they also formed a live, on-stage orchestra to accompany one of the songs! The whole show was an incredible feat, and these boys should be so immensely proud of themselves for working as a team to put on a show as entertaining as the West End! An enormous well done to our wonderful Year 4 boys!! Abi Oliphant Director of Music

We then cast our play ‘Go for Gold’ a play about the Olympics, perfect as it was to be an Olympic year. The boys threw themselves into rehearsals. They took on the challenge with zeal. The play was starting to look fantastic. The boys had even rehearsed in costume at Canons Park, we were ready to go! However, 2020 had other ideas and we were put into lockdown. Some boys might have let this get them down, but the boys of Year 3 stepped up

to the challenge of remote Drama and sent me so many creative, imaginative and sometimes hysterical videos. I have seen them experiment with genres they have never tried before, including mime, creating adverts, set and costume designs and so much more! I can’t wait to get them back to Canons Park so that they can show everyone the amazing work they have put into their play. Jo Rendell Head of Drama

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• Year 5 • 9th October Teamwork & Adventure Day 7th February Boston Tea Party Museum (Skype)

• Year 6 • 15th November British Museum 27th November St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral 10th January London Transport Museum 25th February Globe Theatre 6th July Go Karting

• Year 7 • 13th November Antony Gormley RAA

• Year 8 • 2nd - 7th September Maison Claire Fontaine, Burgundy

Y5 Teamwork Day The boys in Year 5 had an exciting and rewarding Teamwork Day early in the Autumn Term. In the morning, Go Ape, Alexander Palace was the venue for some tree-based action. All the boys showed cooperation and plenty of bravery as they climbed and zipped down the various challenges. In the afternoon, Miss Smith, Mrs Lee-Besisira, Mr Kirk, Mr Kerr and Mr Cox were joined by the Headmaster at the Phoenix Outdoor Centre at the Welsh Harp Reservoir near Brent Cross. Everyone found themselves in kayaks in no time and a fun-filled and action-packed session 66

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"Go Ape was a fantastic experience! At first, I was frightened of being so high in the air but eventually, my fear became excitement! I really enjoyed the zip line, however, I continuously landed on my back! After that, we went canoeing! As I entered the water I was horrified at the thought of falling in. Gradually, I began to be more confident on the canoe and I started going quicker! Overall, I thought that this trip was the best I had in Year 5."

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In January, we took part in an online workshop that allowed us to learn about the events of the Boston Tea Party. We have been learning about US History in class with Mr Hill and Mr Cox. My favourite part was when the class was separated into Loyalists and Patriots and we got to do a reenactment. Some of us shouted “Huzzah!” to cheer while others cocked a snook to show they disagreed with what was happening. You could feel the rage from both sides. It was great! The Year 4s will love it next year!

Back in November Year 6 visited the British Museum. We attended a talk about Greek myths and pots and saw one of the museum’s galleries. We heard about how the Greeks decorated their pots with scenes from famous myths. Sometimes they managed to condense the entire story in to just one picture. The boys were told about symbols and clues that would help them recognise Greek gods and heroes and guess the story depicted by the potter. The museum was very busy but luckily the

gallery we visited was very quiet, so it felt much like a private viewing! The boys did some great work there. They were given questions and clues and had to look for specific parts and describe them. Greek mythology is an all time favourite with Year 6 and everybody enjoyed the activity. Our walk along Bloomsbury Square and the Sicilian Avenue was fun too as the boys enjoyed seeing a part of London they had not visited before. Thank you and well done, boys, for being so brilliant on the trip! Sophia Panaretou Head of Classics

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dogs and learning about how to do your bit for the environment. In my group our first station was staying safe on public transport. First we were told where on the pavement it was the safest to stand and then we learned where on the bus it is safest to stand. After that we went on to learn about safety around dogs. In this activity we started by learning the three Cs: 'check' which means check with the dog’s owner before touching the dog, 'call' which just means call the dog over to you and then finally 'count' which means count to three while stroking the dog and then stop and see if it wants to do something else if not keep stroking it. Next up we had safety with strangers. This one we learned with two police officers. Straight

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Years 5-8 Trips & Activities away the police officer said she was going to get something and we should wait there. Then a stranger appeared and said “I work at the museum, would some of you like to come with me so I can take photos of you, to advertise other boys and girls to come here?” As soon as she’d said that a couple of us said "yes", but - - - - told me to say no before I’d even decided what to say, then we talked about what you do when a stranger might ask you for something the answer to that was always "no".

It continued like that for the next four activities and after that we got a chance to wander around the museum and eat our snacks. We found a couple of simulators, a train that you can look into, some buses you can go into and more. Once all this was done we headed back to the museum entrance walked through the gift shop and headed back to school having thoroughly enjoyed and benefitted from what we learnt on the trip.

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each other using the words from the play like ‘you dog’ and ‘you saucy boy’. He also told us about iambic pentameter which is the method that Shakespeare used to write. It is five lots of two syllables adding up to ten syllables. The pattern is unstressed/ stressed and Mike mentioned it is like your heart beat. We then moved on to a bit of acting, using a scene from Romeo and Juliet. The style was modern and we pretended to have a rap battle. Mike thought it was really good. We watched a few more performances of other boys and then the workshop finished. We got back on the tube and went back to school. All in all, a really great school trip. - - - - - & - - - -

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Years 5-8 Trips & Activities Y6 St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral On 27th November, we visited the St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. From the outside, the Cathedral appears relatively modest, but when we entered the building

Y6 Go-Karting We were so lucky to be taken to an outdoor F1 Go-Karting track with Mr Matthews and Miss Hall at the end of the term. It was a brilliant way to say to goodbye to the boys who were leaving and it was especially fun off the back of lockdown. We raced in two groups - Tec, our F1 pro, showed us all how it was done by dominating the race and lapping the rest of us as we took our corners too fast and misjudged our steering! We had some hilarious spin outs and impromptu 'chats' with the tyre barriers, but on the whole we were all pretty good and Tec was AMAZING! It was so cool to go so fast and it gave us a real sense of freedom - what an awesome day! 6H Boys

I was astounded by what I saw. Beautiful mosaics scaled the walls and the ceiling was filled with elaborate paintings. We were then met by a priest who showed us round and explained the meaning behind the

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Years 5-8 Trips & Activities Years 5&6 Drama Review From the beginning of the year the boys in Years 5&6 have completely exceeded expectation. These boys are so talented and creative. I look forward to every lesson just to see what they will come up with next. It has been a joy to work with them! The Year 6 boys started the year researching evacuation during World War 2. They used case studies and written accounts to inform improvisations, create tableau, use their bodies in physical theatre and write scenes based on different stages of the evacuation process. The boys then worked in small groups creating characters, writing the scripts, directing and designing their own play. They worked together creating some

exciting physical theatre as well as scripting and performing clever and thoughtful insights into evacuation. Just before lockdown they had just started putting their ideas together in anticipation of the performance. The Year 5 boys reflected on characters and scenes that they have loved from their favourite books. The boys have experimented with scripted and unscripted performance. They challenged themselves to play a range of different roles, using their voice and body to convey characters and emotions. The boys worked impressively as a year group to produce some of the most creative ideas and performance pieces I have seen.

Unfortunately, 2020 had other ideas and their performances were not to be. However, these boys have shown that a global pandemic is not going to get in the way of their creativity! Each week the boys have been performing monologues, comedy sketches, poetry, mime, designing costumes and sets and so much more! I have been inundated with creative, imaginative and hysterical clips that they have filmed at home. We have been able to meet online regularly and even play the odd Drama game or two. A truly extraordinary year! Jo Rendell Head of Drama

Y7 Antony Gormley at the RAA In November we went on the most amazing art trip, organised by Miss Cobb and -- -- -- -- - - - dad. We went on a VIP tour of the Anthony Gormley exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art. We were lucky to go in before all of the public. We were taken around by a lady called Sarah. As we walked in only a few people noticed that there was a sculpted baby in the courtyard of the gallery this was called the ‘iron baby’. It was a life size form of Gormley's six-day-old daughter. Don't worry, he didn't cast her! He first made a clay model and then put a layer of cast iron around it. When we walked into the exhibition the first room we saw was called ‘Slabworks’. It was human bodies made out of rectangular metal blocks. Room 2 was one of my favourites; ‘Early Works’. It had lots of creative ideas like making a human figure out of half eaten bread, dipped in wax so it would not go mouldy. Room 3 was a maze of iron chains it was called ‘Clearing’. Room 4 was called 'Subject' it was a human body made out of small blocks of iron, I really liked this one because there was so much detail to it. Next, we went into a room full of all of his sketchbooks! There must have been at 71

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"Participating in the Shakespeare Schools Festival was an experience I will never forget. When I walked into the gym for the auditions I knew I would remember this experience for years to come. I was chosen as Chorus straight away, along with - for my narrative qualities. Every Thursday we had a rehearsal after school along with lots of other individual rehearsals. We put a lot of work into the play and it really paid off on the night. As the night came closer, to get us onto the right track we participated in workshops with two other schools which really boosted our morale. On the night we smashed it and we all felt really proud of ourselves. It was a very good experience overall but we couldn't have done it without our directors, Mr Moss-Marks and Mrs Rendell."

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ur year as the Head Boys started in July 2019 at Senior Prize Giving when our names were read out by Mr. Thomas and we came up on the stage to receive the Head Boys’ Cup and Responsibility Ties from our predecessors, Carter and Hani. We’ve been great friends from our first days in Year 1 so we were excited and looking forward to taking on this new challenge with each other for support. At the Leavers’ Service on the last day of term, we were symbolically handed the Arnold House Holy Books towards the end of the service and our actual duties began. The Autumn Term for Year 8 doesn’t start at Loudoun Road at 8.20am as usual but 76

instead we gathered a few days earlier at St Pancras International ready to spend a week on a residential camp in Burgundy honing our French skills. We all enjoyed being back together after the long summer break and navigating all our activities, including shopping, kayaking, zip wiring, and cooking, in French. Back at school itself we were all in good spirits and all of Year 8 were given their responsibilities – House Captains, Sport Captains, Head Librarian etc. We all also settled into some work in what is an important year academically with either Scholarship or Common Entrance exams in the summer ahead. As Head Boys, we became accustomed

to standing by the doors at assembly to hand out the hymn books, to carrying the Holy Books in all the church services and in that first term to cutting (and eating!) the amazing AHPA Arnold House birthday cake whilst being photographed for posterity. Our names were put up on the Head Boys' Board and days after Christmas in the Courtyard, a term was already behind us. The Spring Term started as normal with much energy and enthusiasm: rugby and hockey matches, Year 8 mocks, the Shrove Tuesday Y8 vs Staff pancake race, and preparation for the Bursary Proms to name just a few endeavours. But from half term onwards we were all on the look out

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Head Boys' Review for coughs and fevers and a new word, “Coronavirus” became etched in all our vocabularies. Little did we know then what lay ahead. Many of Year 8 made it to Belfast for the last official activity of the school term, the Rugby and Hockey tour. Northern Ireland went into lockdown while we were there so our matches were mostly cancelled and our activities rapidly amended but we had fun nevertheless - a memorable highlight was enjoying a McDonald’s in a deserted Belfast airport! Days later, back in London, the gates at Loudoun Road were closed. And so to 'virtual' School. Kids staked out their workspace domains at home and suddenly screen time became all the time – school lessons, social life, our connection with the world outside our households. The only silver lining was that all CE and most scholarship exams were off! We got to grips with multiple electronic devices to record the first AH Head Boys Lockdown Interview Podcast and, led by the House Captains, Year 8 pulled together Virtual House Assemblies. We all navigated Google Classroom and Meets, kept our music progressing through Zoom lessons and sweated out our frustrations with the fantastic F45. Boys from all year groups kept the competitive AH spirit alive through lockdown challenges including jokes, cooking, photography, running and cycling. It has been a strange year to be in our final year at Arnold House, and to be the Head Boys, when so much of the usual aspects of school life and important AH traditions and rites of passage for our year group were not able to take place. No post CE Battlefields trip, so as Head Boys we did not get to lay a wreath in honour of those from AH who lost their lives. No final House Athletics Championship. No opportunity to play the annual cricket match at Lord’s. No celebratory leavers’ party for all the boys, their parents at Canons Park to finish off our eight years as an Arnold House boy. However, we can either lament on what we missed out on or reflect on what has been a great time at prep school. The many weeks of lockdown and virtual school

made us realise and appreciate that what makes a school is not so much the lessons or the matches or the concerts or the trips away; it is the classmates who are in those lessons with us, the team-mates who won or lost with us on the pitch, the musicians we jammed with and the room-mates we got up to mischief with when away. It was our school friends who we missed more than anything through the strange weeks of lockdown and virtual school. The rules have now eased, but Year 8 have not been back in the classroom in their red blazers. Instead we are back in the mini-buses and enjoying Canons Park for some sport and activities – and we are all very grateful to be able to be together for a last few times before we take our next steps at our individual senior schools. Let’s hope that this will be the first and only time the Head Boys of Arnold House School, and all of Year 8 with them, ever close out their prep school years with a virtual term. To all our Year 8 classmates, know that whatever life throws at you: “Conquer We Shall”. Wishing our successors and all of the Arnold House community, a happy, healthy and successful 2020/2021 BACK AT SCHOOL! - - - - - & - - - - - - -

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feel in a very fortunate position writing this year’s Art review, it has been truly wonderful to be back at Arnold House School, where my love for teaching began. To be in such a happy and inspiring environment, makes going into work each day a joy. Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you to the boys, staff, and parents for making my first year as Head of Art and Design such an enjoyable and memorable one. I would like to give special mention to the boys; it has been lovely to see how they have flourished in my short time away. Returning has reminded me how the boys’ kindness, positivity and eagerness to learn is something very unique. The high standard of artwork has, of course, impressed me beyond belief, the talent the boys showcase at such a young age is something to celebrate. Their openness to new ideas, concepts and styles has allowed me to add and adapt to their forever growing, diverse Art, Craft and Design curriculum. Here, I have had the wonderful opportunity to introduce new artists, mediums and to add to the visiting artists enrichment programme. The Autumn Term got off to a fantastic start with my first Photography project for the Year 7 boys, ‘Abstract into Nature’, using digital cameras, then technical editing using Adobe Photoshop. The scheme of work was a huge hit with phenomenal outcomes; not only did they amaze me with their skilled ability, but we also received an overwhelming number of compliments

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from members of staff and visiting parents. You can find this eye-catching artwork displayed beautifully in one of the Arnold House corridors. The Year 8 Anni Albers ‘Weaving with Paper’ project was another moment where I stood astonished by the boys, their maturity and intellect when talking articulately about personal artworks. Year 5 boys looked at contemporary ceramic artist Kate Malone, learning how to turn fruits and vegetables into mini functional

pots. Teaching the boys how they could also be designers not only artists opened up a new creative world.

Art and Design in real life, especially as we live and work in the heart of London where so many opportunities lie.

A highlight of the Autumn Term had to be the VIP trip to see the Antony Gormley exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. In my final year at Arnold House in 2018 I was lucky enough to organise an art trip with Mr Francis Outred for the Year 5 boys to visit Christie’s Auction House. The memory of that trip has stayed with me, and was one thing I knew I wanted to include in the boys' curriculum. I believe it is fundamental to see

So, you can imagine how pleased I was when approached by Mrs Helen Outred asking if I would like to organise another school trip to see the iconic work of Antony Gormley. With a speedy turnaround, kindly helped by the Outreds, the boys and I had the experience of a lifetime with a VIP slot to the exhibition before it opened to the public. Just before we broke up for Christmas I was

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Review delighted to welcome back a very friendly and familiar face, Mr Ned Lutyens to help me in the Art Room as my new Art Assistant and what a wonderful team we have become. It has been an honour to continue Mrs Kate Housden’s hard work at creating an exciting visiting artist programme, the diversity and array of artists is always something that impressed me and I did question how I would be able to find such new and exciting artists. With careful planning and researching I found three superb artists to add to the collection. Early in the Spring Term we welcomed London-based artist Juliet Harshaw; she dazzled the boys with her fun series of drawing workshops, setting up a ginormous jungle-themed still-life in the middle of the Art Room. Year 7 and I were very excited and extremely lucky to work with talented animator Lottie Kingslake. We were all in awe of her work and it is certainly a workshop I will not be forgetting for a long time. One of my favourite experiences this year was meeting the wonderfully artistic Laura Gee; she wowed the boys straight away with her carefully organised fun, fast-paced and experimental based drawing workshop based on abstract landscapes. The boys really astonished themselves by creating such a bold and dynamic body of work in just one day. I feel so incredibly thankful to meet such inspiring and talented artists that bring so much creativity to our syllabus. Both Junior and Senior Art clubs have continued to blossom throughout the year and our senior art club now holds over 20 keen artists. You can find them on a Tuesday after school in the art room; the atmosphere is something not to be missed, it has such a busy and buzzy vibe that no one wants to leave when the bell rings at 4.30. The older boys started off the Autumn Term looking at London-based artists Bob and Roberta Smith and created individual and unique printing slogans explaining why ‘Art and Design’ is so important in society today. Later on, in the Spring Term we looked at Keith Haring and taking their own political views 82

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Review on the environment, economy, and other social matters and carefully designing and drawing these ideas, which were transferred onto brightly painted canvas. The Year 3 and 4 art club boys experimented with words describing their personalities looking to illustration for inspiration and thoroughly enjoying themselves getting very messy with clay, making crazy ceramic monsters. I must also mention the brilliant Miss Duxbury with her new role teaching Years 1&2, she certainly got them off to a fabulous start in the Spring Term, continuing the famous ‘Bug’ and ‘Van Gogh’ project. She has helped me with the planning of lessons and organisation of resources; she truly is a star in the department. The latter part of the year brought a slight change of pace and it has certainly been an interesting time to teach as a newly qualified teacher. Spending the Easter break, swotting up on online teaching taught me a new world I had not ventured into before, yet soon I felt fully confident to teach my Summer Term programme and the boys, of course, have been amazing at adapting. As the Summer Term draws to an end, I look back and cannot quite believe how fast this year has gone. We have faced many interesting challenges but have embraced them all in true Arnold House fashion. I would not have wished for my NQT year to be anywhere but Arnold House School. I would like to thank you all for your kindness and support you have given me, and I look forward to planning another exciting year over the summer holidays. Sophie Cobb Head of Art & Design

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Music OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE

I dragged my feet out of the Tube and towards the ominous building that blocked out any sunlight. Fat letters protruded awkwardly from the front of the building that read “Montgomery High School’’. I continued to walk with my head down and my cold hands buried in my pockets, a set of impregnable iron gates stared me down as I walked into the brick courtyard. For the first time this morning I raised my head and looked around hoping for any sign that would lead me to my chamber of torture, also known as my form room. Me and education never really seemed to coincide as this happened to be the last school that would accept me. A list of rules clung to the beige wall. The list was monotonous and I decided to not acquiesce to the foolish bureaucracy of this god forsaken place. In my eyes school was a place for the less creative types as here pupils were forced to conform to some teacher’s ideology. I walked into the classroom nervously but as usual I didn’t really care what people thought of me as I never really felt jealous of those more fortunate than me as I knew there was nothing I could do about it, however lacking a certain behavioural set of skills did tend to get many people to hate me. I pushed open the heavy door as a gust of wind enveloped my face, I looked around at the rowdy class and already felt out of my comfort zone and out of place. I wished I had stayed at home under the safety of my bed sheets where no rules applied and it was me and my imagination that served as the patriarchal figure that all schools provided. I slumped as far down as possible into my seat as all the other boys stared at me in confusion and curiosity. As a tired looking teacher ambled into the classroom his creased face lacked any enthusiasm. I knew I was in for another horrible experience as a pupil so maybe this time I’d try slightly harder as I knew this was my last shot at education even if it did mean actually working hard.

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he 2019 Michaelmas Term Concert took place on Thursday, 28th November, at the American School in London. We had 123 performers this year, ranging from Year 2 to Year 8! This concert is always one of my favourites of the whole year, as it is a chance for our youngest musicians to perform alongside our most experienced and let the school unite through music! Where to begin!? The boys brought us high-quality performances in a wide range of musical styles. Let's start with our rock bands. Electric guitarists, bass guitarists, drummers and singers from Years 7&8 entertained us with 'Undercover Martyn' and 'Summer of 69'. On the more mellow end of pop music, our Year 8 Acoustic Guitar Group brought us some gorgeous Lennon and McCartney, and there were undoubtedly some tears in the audience at this point. Moving from pop to classical, our Senior Orchestra performed a magnificent rendition of Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance.' We heard more beautiful classical pieces from our two string quartets. Some of our

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youngest instrumentalists came together in String Orchestra, and our Cello Group performed a beautiful folk piece.

music! I left on an incredible high, feeling immensely proud of all that the boys achieved that evening!

Moving onto woodwind, we had performances from the Clarinet Group and the Recorder Group; and our Saxophone Groups brought us some super fun mashup arrangements. Not forgetting the instrument we are all born with, 85 voices came together to perform an epic medley from 'The Lion King.' A significant mention must go to our amazing Senior Brass Group as this was the last major concert at AH for our long-standing Brass Teacher, Stephen Aitken. Playing trumpets, cornets and a French horn, the boys gave a stunning performance of 'Theme' from 'Back to the Future.'

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his year we had the privilege of preparing for a whole-school concert where every single boy would perform at Cadogan Hall in March 2020. It was a huge disappointment for all the boys when the lockdown was announced with only a week to go before the big event. However, despite not being able to go ahead with the final performance, we still had so much fun preparing the music. The following pages provide a taster from the boys about what each year group got up to in the run up to the Arnold House Proms. I am unbelievably proud of all that the boys and my colleagues achieved. They may not have had an audience, but that does not diminish their huge accomplishments in composing, arranging and rehearsing to such a high standard this year! Every boy in the school should be so proud of how far they have come through their Proms projects. It has been a year of music that I will never forget! Abigail Oliphant ActingÂ DirectorÂ of Music

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The Arnold House Proms Year 1 - A Catchy Song When we started we all liked to play our instruments very loud but we had to play in time. I loved singing the song Africa at the top of my voice. We have worked really hard and in the end we got there. I hope we can do this Prom. I really want to do this because we had lots of fun.

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The Arnold House Proms Year 3 - Celebrate At The Proms we would be singing a song called Africa. The whole school would be taking part in this and I think this was a great experience for the Year 1 boys who had just joined us. Each year group were also working on their own song. In Year 3 we would be singing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Celebrateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The song is about the ancient Greek gods coming together to win the race and have a big celebration! We had actions for nearly every word and the actions make sense with the words we would be singing and make the song very lively. Some of the Year 3 boys would form a mini orchestra playing the trumpet and the recorder to accompany the boys singing. It would have sounded amazing! I really hope we will be able to do The Proms!

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The Arnold House Proms Year 5 - Stomp Before lockdown, Year 5 were working on a superbly fun percussion piece for the annual bursary event, with Proms being the theme. Our part was based on the well known musical Stomp, and Mrs Oliphant gave us the freedom to write the music ourselves, which was a first and really fun. We used brooms, bins, and our bodies to create different pieces, before putting them together to create a spectacular music production. Bins were clinked together to create cymbals, brooms were tapped on the ground and many other creative ways were explored to make sound. I thoroughly enjoyed it; we were able to learn about basic musical notation, putting together completely different pieces with harmony and using the coolest of instruments. Every possible way to make sound was used; it simply shows how easy and fun it is to create music! We were very lucky to be able to be doing this, and the process and the result was great. It was disappointing that it had to be cancelled, but we are looking forward to hopefully performing it in the future. Thank you so much to Mrs Oliphant; all of us loved it!

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The Arnold House Proms Year 6 - Don't Stop Me Now & Believer For our performance, Year 6 split into their class groups and each chose a well known song to recreate and perform. We chose one of my favourite Queen songs, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. We decided to play this song because of its fast pace and uplifting lyrics. We would practise the song every week. We started off with a piano, drums and vocals, with the vocals performed like a choir. As the performance came together we added the clarinet and a keyboard. The final piece was amazing and everybody had lots of fun putting it together!

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The Arnold House Proms Year 7 - Don't Worry, Be Happy The Music department worked hard on getting the school ready for the Arnold House Proms! Each year had been working on a project to perform on the big day, and Year 7 went creative! This year we worked on producing Bobby McFerrin’s ‘Don’t worry be happy!’ with a twist; the main bulk of the performance did not use any musical instruments. Instead, we used our bodies to create sound and rhythm. We all split into groups, where we each produced different melodies and harmonies, whether it was whistling, or clapping or even singing ‘cuckoo’ continuously! Later on in developing the piece, we added some instruments: saxophones, recorders, a double bass and drums. At the end, all of the groups would leave in the order of which they came in. The groups were drums, clappers, clickers, shushers, cuckoos and double bass, whistlers and saxophone and recorders and then singers. The drums played a persistent beat throughout the whole piece, with the clappers coming at the start, adding the rhythm, with the clickers bringing in a energetic, jazzy mood to the piece. The shushers add a soft undertone, easing the way for the cuckoos to come in, adding a strong harmony for the whistlers to bring in the melody, starting off quiet and simple, slowly bringing in a crescendo for the singers to bring in the lyrics. At this point, the bass line is strengthened by the double bass, as the music begins to crescendo for the main melody. This happens twice, until the saxophones take over, adding a strong harmony to the piece, and the double bass and drums become more lively,

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The Arnold House Proms Year 8 - Our House It was very exciting preparing for the Proms, there were so many of us playing in sync with stage directions and everything, it felt like a real professional rehearsal each time. Every day after school it felt more like a massive band preparing for a big tour, rather than just Y8 practising playing their instruments in front of an audience. We were told it would be huge, this gave me mixed feelings, I felt like I would stress out, but at the same time I felt like this would be like some grand debut for the musicians in the final year of AH. It really is a shame we couldn't perform, and even though I know that I would have been nervous, I know that I would have enjoyed it.

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Music Workshops Year 6 Recording Workshop On Monday 2nd March, a professional recording-engineer called Dan Baker came to Arnold House to do a music workshop with Year 6. This was part of our Proms project. Each class had spent the term recreating a well-known song – for 6H it was ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ by Queen and for 6M it was ‘Believer’. We had chosen who was playing various instruments and who was singing and recreated the songs with our own style. Now it was time to record them like professional artists. Dan Baker is a music engineer and used to play in a number of bands so we were very excited to meet him. We saw how he set up his control-boards, and the mics, and all the electrical equipment and then we started to record. We played the song quite a few times, with only little slips here and there to slow us down. With the harmonies and quieter instruments (clarinet, xylophone and cello), each layer was recorded separately, so as to make the sound as clean as possible. After the session finished, Dan edited it, to make the final product even more professional sounding. Over all, I think that the workshop gave a very good insight as to how professional recording works and despite never getting to play our pieces live at Cadogan Hall, we have the recordings as a great memory of the project.

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Music Groups Chamber Choir This term we started a Chamber Choir, with practices every Tuesday before school in the Music Room. Mrs Oliphant invited approximately ten boys from Years 2-4, and she is really nice and helps us a lot. We usually warm up with a breathing exercise and then we sing a scale of 'copper-plated kettle'. We’ve been working on 'Hallelujah' by Leonard Cohen. - - - - - - - is doing a solo at the start, and we have to do some bits with harmony. We learnt the whole song first, and then concentrate on different parts. We’ve had a lot of fun and we’ve all got much better. I’m not sure what we’re learning next term but I’m sure it’s going to be good – maybe something by The Beatles? - - - - - - Y4 Year 5 String Quartet Quartet is a wonderful club. At 8:00 the group goes to the Music department to play our piece. This term we were doing a piece called 'King of the Fairies'. In the room we would unpack our violins quickly so we could enjoy the glamorous music. In quartet we have to listen to each other very carefully, so we can get the pulse of the music piece. Mrs Sadler is also really fun and if we make a mistake she will stop us and explain what needs to be improved. Overall Quartet is a jolly club and it is one of my favourites and I am a bit sad that we couldn't carry on during lockdown of the coronavirus. - - - - - Y5

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Selmer Sax Group Every Thursday lunch, saxophonists from Years 7&8 gather with our teacher to practise a piece of our choice which Mr Lawton will perfectly execute our ideas into one piece. We play a variety of different pieces all from different genres and have the opportunity to showcase our work in front of the whole school and parents at two concerts. I enjoy the fact that I can play very different types of music and challenging myself with the pieces I play. It is extremely fun playing your instrument with your friends every week. - - - - - - Y8

Yamaha Sax Group I am part of the Yamaha Sax group along with seven other boys from Years 6&7. Every Thursday at 10:30 we meet for a rehearsal led by Mr Lawton. It is really fun to practise different parts of the same piece along with others. We also perform a piece in the Summer and Michaelmas concerts which we have rehearsed in the term leading up to the concert. On the day it is nerve wracking but fun to play in front of so many people and I always feel proud of myself

and the group afterwards. I enjoy playing in the Yamaha Sax group and Mr Lawton is a very good teacher. He is patient, observant and encouraging as well as fun and good humoured. He also chooses challenging but fun pieces for the group to play. My favourite piece we have played so far has been 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor. Overall I enjoy playing in the Yamaha Sax group and am looking forward to playing new pieces. - - - - - Y7

Senior Brass Group Review I have been a member of Mr Aitken’s Brass Group since I was in Year 2, joining a few months after starting to play the cornet, although now I play the French Horn. This year we met as usual on Tuesdays to play as a group, bringing together cornet players, trumpet players and myself on the horn. Our first, and as it turned out, only, performance of the year was at the Michaelmas Term Concert in November. We played the theme from Star Wars and the performance went really well. Mr Aitken sadly left Arnold House at the end of the Spring Term. The final piece we had been practising through the term and were due to play in an assembly to give him a Brass Group send-off never happened due to the coronavirus closure. Over many years he has introduced many AH boys to the fun of playing a brass instrument and one of his legacies is a brass group trombone fanfare which we have played to open numerous musical concerts in recent years. On behalf of brass group, I would like to thank him for his enthusiasm and wish him well in his future endeavours. - - - - - Y8

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Music Groups Year 7 String Quartet String Quartet is a music group that happens every Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock. It is very fun because we play exciting music which has been arranged by Mrs Sadler for a quartet. My highlight of String Quartet so far has been playing in the Michaelmas Term Concert. Overall I really love playing in String Quartet! - - - - - - Y7

Clarinet Group In my opinion my experiences in Clarinet Group have been amazing, especially playing in larger concerts and with the other members of the Clarinet Group who make a nice team. We are able to choose which songs we wanted to play and make decisions about what we should do with the pieces we are playing. We are given lots of freedom and responsibility in the pieces we play and the time I have spent in clarinet group has been amazing. Mr Lawton is an amazing teacher and he puts a lot of effort and free time into making the pieces we want. It has really helped me with my music and has meant that my music is really enjoyable for me. - - - Y8

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Year 7-8 Music Theory If you are looking to understand music and what you are playing better, then join the Music theory club. Mr Riley teaches us how to write and change pieces of music. If you are able to understand music theory, then you can learn harder pieces of music and understand them more easily. It enables you

since Year 3, and every time he never fails to surprise us with his effort and ambition through his fantastic musical arrangements, which have included, 'I'm Still Standing', and 'King of Pop'. Considering this is my last time in one of his amazing groups, I would like to say thank you Mr Lawton - I will miss you! - - - - - - Y8

Jazz Combo This year, for Jazz Combo, Mr Lawton wrote a wonderful Michael Jackson medley for us all to play. The arrangement sounded incredible when it was all put together, and I'm sure had we been able to perform it, it would have blown everyone away. The weekly rehearsals are always such a laugh and extremely enjoyable, while at the same time informative and beneficial for our music playing. I have been lucky enough to be a part of one of Mr Lawton’s groups

Cello Group In the time I have been playing the cello, I have had some amazing experiences, nearly all of them being in Cello Group. I have had two amazing teachers, Mr Lee and Mrs O’Kane. They are great teachers and have really helped me with my music. Cello Group is a small but fun group, we play some fun theme tunes and have a great time, on top of learning and improving the cello with everyone around you. This is shown in the school concerts we play in. It has been a very worthwhile and enjoyable part of my life at Arnold House. Thank you very much to my teachers and fellow cello players. - - - Y8

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Music Groups to learn how to better play with a variety of different instruments. Our teacher, Mr Lawton does a great job writing and combining pieces so that each term there is a new style of music to interest everybody. - - - - - Y8 Chapel Choir My advice to any future families, with young musicians, looking to enrol at Arnold House, is to join a choir group. First of all they are so much fun and really enjoyable. The quality of the music and singing is super high and of course the teaching is phenomenal. If you are a boy who likes to perform then the choir groups are for you! And if you work hard and show some talent, you may even be chosen to join Chapel Choir. I am lucky enough to be head chorister of Chapel Choir, an opportunity I jumped at the chance to do as singing is my passion. Through Chapel Choir we have the opportunity to perform on stage every term, be it at school or church, and it has been such an amazing confidence-booster for me and a skill I will definitely take with me to my next school. - - - - - - - - Y8 String Orchestra This is my third year in the String Orchestra

and I am now one of the older members of the group. On Wednesday mornings, boys who learn the cello or violin are invited to an extra group session with Mrs Sadler. This is where we practise playing our instrument as a group and learn pieces to play in concerts and assemblies. This year there were more boys than before and I like seeing the younger boys grow in confidence when they play next to some of the older boys. I remember I was very nervous when I was younger. Even though you have to miss break time, and some days you may not feel like playing your instrument, the enthusiasm of the group always makes you feel really good by the end. Everyone is really friendly and helps each other. Mrs Sadler awards 'Musician of the Lesson' to the boy who pays the most attention and tries the hardest. - - - - Y5 Rock Group One Rock group is an exciting band. I, ( - - - (guitar and vocals) along with - - (guitar), - - - - (drums), - - - - (bass) and Mr Little (guitar teacher), play music in the Arnold House School Concerts. Last concert we played 'Undercover Martyn' by 2 Door Cinema

Club, it was a nervous experience but we did really well. Being in this group introduced me to Coldplay and The Killers, now I try to play their songs and as a result my guitar skills improved. During practise, which is every week, we like to play around with different songs and use different instruments, sometimes we switch instruments, like me on drums, on vocals, - on bass and - on guitar. Overall Rock Group was a great experience and I loved it. - - - - Y8

Junior Brass Group This year, we had a lot of fun in Junior Brass Group with Mr Aitken. We were working really hard on our pieces for the Arnold House Proms, before that very mean COVID-19 came along and dashed our plans! We will be back! We will sorely miss Mr Aitken next year but we are very excited about meeting our new brass teacher. I enjoyed learning new pieces and improving my cornet playing this year. - - - - - Y3

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Music Groups Year 8 Guitar Group This year, up until lockdown forced Arnold House to go 'virtual', - - and I would meet with Tony Rowden every Wednesday for our Year 8 acoustic guitar group. - has an amazing voice so we are able to play a wide variety of folk and pop songs. At the Michaelmas Concert in December 2019 we performed Lennon & McCartney’s ‘The Fool On The Hill’ and we were practising ‘Love Of My Life’ by - - Mercury for the Summer Concert, which sadly couldn’t take place. Being part of the Guitar Group is a lot of fun and it is never a chore. It’s great to be able to request and play tunes that we know and recognise in a relaxed setting without the stress of having to practise for an upcoming music exam! - - - Y8

Senior Orchestra At 3:45 on a Tuesday afternoon, all the boys scatter into the gym, unpacking their instruments and tuning up. Even though I was new to the school, All the teachers and all the boys helped me to fit in. By the third week I was joyful on a Tuesday morning, just to go to orchestra. The music was extraordinary; every term a new piece waiting to be played. We had all types of instruments, from a double bass to a French horn to a clarinet. My favourite part was when we got to perform at great venues such as the American School theatre. We all enjoyed playing these selected pieces as it matched everyone to their own ability but also gave them a challenge. My personal favourite piece was Mars. It really is and will always be an amazing orchestra. - - - - - - Y7

Senior Recorder Group Senior Recorder Group is run by Mr Riley, the recorder and flute teacher, on Wednesdays during assembly. He specifically chooses catchy pieces with challenging aspects so you feel rewarded when you finally master the piece. We have played songs such as the 'Entertainer' and 'Joy To The World' which we did manage to pull off in the end. Senior Recorder Group is a great place to improve your recorder skills and miss a bit of assembly as well. - - - Y8

Music Theory Club In the Music Theory club Ms O'Kane gives us worksheets based on our grades and helps us work through them. It is really helpful and even helped me, with little theory knowledge, to pass my Grade 1 Music Theory Exam with Distinction. I really like Music Theory club because it is good to stretch your brain and understand music better. - - - - Y6

Senior Choir Unfortunately, to all of our dismay, coronavirus kicked in and we were unable to perform our song this term. The song we had practised for the concert was a song called 'You will be Found' from a musical called 'Dear Evan Hansen'. We sang and practised it every week at 8am on Friday with Mrs Oliphant. We were given the choice of assigned solos and those who had solos performed little phrases which made up a couple of verses. It was a wide variety of boys from different age groups and all of our voices blended together wonderfully. It was such a shame that we couldn’t perform the song as it surprisingly reflected the pandemic well, as it was to do with support and coming out of the darkness. - - - - - - - Y7 Junior Choir I first joined the Junior Choir in Year 2 and, very quickly, it became one of my favourite school clubs. I always look forward to the day when Mrs Oliphant tells us a new song that we will be learning for a performance at our next concert. Our songs are always super fun. For example, in the last two years, we have performed songs from The Greatest Showman, La La Land, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Coat, and more. We then have to practise our songs for quite a few weeks. It is a lot trickier than you’d expect but, at our last session before

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our concert, we would all push through till the end of the session. On the day of the concert, I always get butterflies in my stomach and feel really nervous. But when we go out and start singing to the audience, I stop being nervous. We let our voices soar and all sing as one. We all know then that’s our chance to show the audience what we have worked so hard for. That always makes me feel so happy. Junior Choir is an extraordinary club and I would recommend it to everyone. - - - - Y4 Year 4 String Trio On a Friday evening, my friends and I have a ”club” called String Trio. There are three of us: myself (violin), - (violin) and - (cello). We play music with each other, and I find it very calming. Mrs Sadler supervises us. It is lots of fun! We play a special type of music called chamber music. This is music for a small group of musicians. It is important to listen to each other carefully to play in time and stay together. The piece of music we played most recently was an old nursery rhyme tune called Mulberry Bush. You might have heard of a club called String Orchestra? String Trio is very different 118

from this, in that each individual musician can be heard clearly, and there is only one person playing each part at a time. You have to concentrate to keep together and make it sound good. I look forward to resuming String Trio sessions next year. - - - - Y4 Piano Trio When we were preparing for our AH proms piece, on Friday and Tuesday we all met up to work on our piano accompaniment to the song ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ by Queen. Every Friday we have a music lesson, as part of our normal routine, where everyone in our class gathers together to work on our performance. In our piano trio we have me, - - - - - - and - - - - - On Friday we had Mrs Oliphant as our teacher. In those lessons we worked with the singers, mainly for timing. On Tuesday though, we had Miss Shoot, a piano teacher, to work on doing our work separately from other students. These were focused on perfecting the piece and learning the notes. How we did the actual piano piece was that we split it up into three octaves. Each of us had one octave to work on. I had the highest one, - - - had the middle one and

- - - had the lowest one. I had a great time working on our trio, and really looked forward to the meetings and lessons. I really hope that soon, as a class, we can show our performance to others. The proms really gave me something to focus on, and I think that one day we should do the proms, as I’d love to show the parents, other students and teachers the beautiful performance we made. - - - - Y6 Year 3 Junior Recorder Club Junior Recorder Club has four keen members. They are - - - - - - - and me! We are taught by our amazing teacher, Mr Paul Riley. We only had two terms of the club but we enjoyed every minute of it. I think it’s amazing that all the boys in Year 3 that play recorder are able to play music together in this group. We spent a long time practising all of our songs and everybody worked really hard. One of the ones that sticks in my mind is Pineapple Punch. I was allowed to recommend a song to the group, so I chose 'Everything is Awesome' from the Lego movie, which we all loved performing! - - - - - Y3

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n s e a S t i g o n n i d a c s a C Here I am, sitting in my room, imagining that cascading sensation. Just these two solitary words are enough to make me smile. Listen to them as the sound resonates around, forming a perfect wave and then crashing back down again. I, somewhere among this chaos, am on my board paddling to get over the break water. Chaos: even in my daydreams it is there. We have all had our fair share of it recently but it keeps on coming at my face. Soaking it. Engulfing it. I pop up on the other side and another wall of water crashes down on me. Under, over and over again. And finally I break through and I do not see a wall to swim through but a hill to climb.

Now I wait for a big wave. Waiting. Waiting to get my ride out of the deep waters. Then I see it. A crest above the hills. A wave out. I imagine the next few seconds. Pure joy. The wave looms overhead. I am paddling with all my strength in the race to catch the wave. It breaks right behind me and a bubbling wash of foam surrounds me. That is when the cascading sensation flares. It flares as I race down the wave at top speed. Feeling the spray on my face. I pull off a few sharp turns. What a glorious wave I think as the board scrapes to a stop. However, now that I think about it, it could go the other way. What could happen is I paddle all that way to have the wave force me under. I can see it all very clearly in front of my eyes. I am falling through the water. My feelings cascading and my heart tearing me up from the inside. My lungs tug at my conscience saying let me up, let me up. Finally, I break the surface more motivated than before to get it right this time.

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Sport TAPE, LOCK, SPRING “I eased open the ancient door, careful as not to wake him up. I crept through the dark alleyways and encountered an evil, mystical foe.” Nope, that sounds too bad. “I slammed the door open, shattering it into pieces, waking up the entire neighbourhood and marched through the alleyways.” Hmm no. I locked away my notebook and never looked at it again, it was a lost cause. It has now been five years since that moment. I’ve got a professional job, my manager likes me and I’m hoping for a promotion. Also, the job gives me free chicken nuggets for working there. My friend came around once and tried to tape up the literacy side of me, I ignored him, there was no point. I would not be able to spring back up from the path I’d chosen, it would be too much effort and unfruitful. I have already taped up my own life, without literacy. I don’t need a spring to catalyse me back into action. I have everything I need here, and everything unwanted locked away.

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nce again football was the major sport during the Autumn Term. It proved to be a thriling season with a memorable run in the ISFA National Cup for the older boys, tours to St George's Park, the HQ of the FA for the Colts and the 1st XI teams, some impressive performances in tournaments at Under 10 and Under 9 levels and a huge number of regular fixtures too. Team

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It was another memorable season of football for the 1st XI. Things got off to a great start as AH came joint second in the AH Pre-Season 11 aside tournament, beating The Hall along the way! There wasn't to be a repeat of last year's ISFA Cup run as Yardley Court proved too strong for us and we exited in the 1st round. AH impressed in the Prep School Cup which was held at the HQ of the FA at St George's Park, Burton. The team, containing a large contingent of Year 3rd in AH 6 7s were eventually beaten in the final of the Plate. There was plenty to enjoy aside Cup, Plate winners from the regular season fixtures too. The 4-3 win over The Hall was probably the in Wetherby highlight. In all, 18, 11 a-side matches were contested during the season. AH 6 a-side Cup, also had success in smaller sided tournaments. The team progressed (for the first Winners of ISFA time ever) to the National Stage of the IAPS Soccer 7s tournament after success 5 a-side Cup, in the regional heats held at Rokeby School. Later in the term AH 5 aside team Winners of the won the ISFA London Cup and they also won the Devonshire House School 6 Devonshire aside tournament too. And later still in November, they played some incredible House Cup, football to come joint second in AH's own Soccer Sixes Invitation Cup. It was Qualified for once again a pleasure to work with the AH boys who all showed boundless Nationals of energy and commitment to the team throughout a long and rewarding season. IAPS football. The 2nd XI had a spectacular term and played some wonderful passing football Played 16 8 Wins which was a joy to see. With a little more ruthlessness in front of goal and 6 Losses some decisiveness at the back, they could have been even more successful as 2 Draws far as results go. However, both of these elements developed throughout the season which ended with an thrilling 2-1 victory at home to Fulham Prep in the final match of the season. The boys worked very hard in matches and tried to improve their positioning and understanding of the game. I was appreciative of their efforts and it was very difficult to select an eleven with so many excellent players throughout the 2nd and 3rd team squads. Played 9 The boys have had a great season reflected in their acomplishments. Many of 5 Wins the players we started the season with managed to put in performances that 3 Losses caught the eye of Mr Harahap earning them promotions. In two of our games 1 Draw this season we managed to score 8 goals and even when we haven't been able to come away with victories the losses have been narrow, showing a great amount of resilience from the boys, they never give up! Its not always easy adapting to a style of play but the progress from the boys has been immense, they pass the ball with precision and have shown great signs of understanding space and have improved postionally. Our last game of the season was played in conditions that weren't great for passing football, however the boys never lost their rhythm and were able to adapt to a more direct style of football winning the game 6 - 2. It has been a pleasure seeing the boys improve and I look forward to hearing stories of their later successes in football. Good luck to you all boys and thank you for all your efforts this term, it has been a pleasure! Played 7 The 4th XI boys enjoyed a full season of fixtures, winning plenty of games to 2 Wins keep them motivated throughout. Several boys had the chance to play for the 3 Losses thirds which they relished and did exceptionally well when there, but it was 2 Draw always nice to have them back when they were available. The highlight for me was watching the transition of the team's motto go from, "if in doubt, hoof it out" to "let's have a look before we kick it". Not quite the same the ring to it, but it made for much better viewing and allowed the game to flow more freely. Played 4 The 5th XI enjoyed a successful season. They played a wide range of teams in a 2 Wins varirty of different formats, even playing a small tournament on the top floor of 2 Losses a purpose built football centre in South London! The highlight was undoubtedly an amazing away victory against Falcons Prep, on a windy and rain swept Wednesday afternoon. The boys played some expansive football, attacking eagerly down both flanks, constantly pinning the opposition back. Typically the winner didn't come from such play, instead it came from some opportunistic finishing. The overall attitude was commendable and the boys really enjoyed playing against other schools, gladly this was replicated in training when playing against their peers. Thanks for a great season! Played 17 7 Wins 9 Losses 1 Draw

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It was a wonderful season for the Under 11A team. The boys were able to etch their names in AH folkore as they became the 'Invincibles' winning every single game. They played 10 fixtures and won all 10 of them. They played GF 43 GA 16 in 7 tournaments including the ISFA 7 a-side competition, the IAPS 6 a-side ISFA 5-A-SIDE competition, winning the ISFA 5 a-side competition for London and then Champions, coming runners up at the Durston House tournament. The boys did incredibly Runners up at well and their success was a reward for their hard work and commitment to Durston House the team. The success of the side showed what can be achieved by working Tournament, together right from the goal keeper to the striker. The boys were able to win Colts' Tour to tough matches against Wetherby,The Hall, Fulham Prep and St. Anthony's in St. George's their season. Many of the games were incredibly close, but this side always kept going until the final minute. They played an exciting brand of football and could Park mix it up when they needed do depending on the game. They did ever so well in various tournaments, but victory at the IFA 5 a-side tournament will live long in the memory. The boys beat established football schools in Cumnor House, Eaton House the Manor, City of London, Brentwood and Thomas' Battersea along the way. The boys had to stand tall in the American shoot out final. It was once again their team collectiveness that got them over the line. The boys were unlucky not win the whole tournament at Durston as they didn't lose a game throughout the whole day. I want to thank all the boys for their attitude and application throughout the season. The boys gave up many Saturdays to represent the school in tournaments. This will show them what can be acheived with such sacrifices on a weekend in term time. Good luck to the boys as they step up to the senior game next season. Played 10 10 Wins

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This was an excellent Colt's B team. Everyone knew their place in the team and wanted to do the job efficiently. They became very good at moving the ball around and letting the pass do the work. - - - - - at the start of the season, had scored in every match and usually more than once due to his team-mates putting him in a scoring opportunity. However, the highlight for me, or the slightly amusing part, was when - - - - - - would put in a "cross", only to see the ball drift over the keeper's head and into the back of the net. He managed to do this on several occasions. Initially claiming he went for goal, only to say later, it was meant to be a pass. Whatever works I say! Well done, boys. The boys can look back and be proud of the improvements they have made, Played 12 as a team, which will be the building blocks of successful years to come. At the 4 Wins start of the campaign it was clear this team consisted of boys with plenty of 6 Losses footballing talent, however, utilising their skills in the right areas and playing 2 Draws as a team was more difficult. The step up to Y5 football meant bigger pitches and more players, which took a while for this group of boys to grapple with. QuarterHowever, once they realised they needed to pass the ball around quickly finalists in Charterhouse and move off the ball, utilising the space avaliable, they started to fulfil their Tournament, potential. Scoring goals has never been an issue for this side as it is heavy Plate Winners dominated with attacking players who want to play in advanced positons. They of Westminster have scored in every game this season. It's been keeping clean sheets, helping Tournament out the goal keeper in defensive phases that has been the problem. It took until half-term for this group to start to understand their posiitons well and know their individual roles, in the team. Playing North Bridge three times allowed the boys just to see how much they have come on and the improvements they have made, as a team. The first time both schools played they drew 4-4, a fair result. The second time, AH won 9-4, whilst playing with one less player. The reason being, they were now moving the ball quickly and utilsing their individual skills in the right areas of the pitch. The third time, AH won 5-2. Still scoring goals, but tightening up at the back defensively. A win in our final game of the season against a very good Hall side and with our only clean sheet of the season was a great way to end. Progress has certianly been made and leads to an exciting future for this group of boys. Best of luck, take everything you have learnt this year into next and you'll have a very enjoyable year!

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The boys should be proud of their improvements this season. There has been a real sense of togetherness towards the end of the season with boys beginning to play for the team. We got off to a good start winning our first match but they struggled for consistency losing the next three matches. Movement between the teams meant we lost some players to the A's and we promoted some players from the C team who had been working hard and performing well in matches. The boys have managed to score in every game and have always displayed a great attitude. A game that really stood out towards the end of the season was against Sussex House. The boys worked tirelessly in all games combining well and passing the ball around beautifully with spectating parents voicing how impressed they were with their style of football. We managed to win that game 8 - 6, although conceding a number of goals the boys kept going until the final whistle to secure the victory. I have been impressed with the boys' ability to take coaching points on board and have enjoyed this season with them. Best of luck for all your future sports boys! A mixed bag of results for the U9A's this season but the boys have worked very hard this season. Individually a very talented team but as we know team sports require team work! We got off to a patchy start, losing against The Hall and a few of our opening fixtures from which I believe the boys learnt a number of lessons. We managed to use that as a turning point in our season going on to win our next two games with convincing performances. The team spirit within the first' really started to show and the boys began to play for each other rather than themselves, sprinting back to recover lost balls, or sprinting for misplaced passes, something they were not doing at the start of our campaign. I have at times found it quite hard to select a team due to the number of players who have impressed in both the A and the B team, a great sign for the future. I have enjoyed working with all the boys they have been a pleasure to teach and I hope they continue to show promise! All the best for your future sports boys! The boys can be very proud of their season. They were so narrow in defeat at the start of the season, but once they got going they did extremely well. The boys were a different side after half term. They found it hard not to concede at the start of the season, but once we found a defensive unit that worked they were very hard to break down. Going forward they always looked a threat. Their victories against Devonshire House, Fulham Prep and Hereward House were particularly impressive and this bodes well for next year. I want to thank all of them for their efforts and I wish them all the best with their football in the future.

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End of season awards All 1st team players (at Under 13 and Under 11 levels) were awarded their colours during the season. Team First XI Second XI Third XI

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lthough the season was cut short due to coronavirus, the boys managed to get a lot of rugby in. Once again the pitches at Canons Park were a joy to play on and allowed for some excellent running rugby, helping the boys develop the key skills needed in the game. The Year 3 and Year 4 boys got their first taste of certain aspects Team

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This was my last season and it has been a privilege working here at Arnold House and especially with the rugby teams throughout each age group. I hope you all go on to great things, as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not beating Australia in another World Cup! David Wilson Teacher-in-charge of Rugby Highlights

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The highlight of the season was when we were playing St Anthony's, AH went on an attack. The ball got passed through eight sets of hands as the boys dodged, weaved and bumped through tackles, finally scoring in the corner. Not only did every boy play a part in the try but they did it in front of the Headmaster. The boys and Headmaster were gleaming with pride and reliving the moment at the end of the game.

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The team showed a huge amount of progress this year due to their fantastic attitude and commitment to rugby. Crucial to this development, was the excellent tutelage of Mr Swain who thoroughly enjoyed his term coaching the team. There was a mixed bag of results. Two of the best players were in the 1st XV throughout the season which didn't help in this regard. However, this meant that other boys had to take more responsibility as leaders and also in terms of tackling, going forward and securing the ball, which made everyone better players. The highlight of the season was a thrilling draw with Devonshire House. The boys went behind but made a stunning second-half comeback and almost snatched victory. The match had demonstrated the camaraderie and spirit that had been created within the team during the term of rugby and it was a delight to see their sense of togetherness. Mr Swain and I look forward to seeing this team's continued progress and enjoyment of rugby in Year 8. Highlight - Playing at Allianz Park was a highlight for our boys this season. Going into a round robin tournament with St Anthony's, Hill House and The Hall at the home of Saracens. Going into this tournament, both Colt teams were undefeated and were looking to continue winning trends after narrowly defeating St Anthonys and then coming up trumps after both our teams wrestled with Hill House on the artificial turf. Although The Hall beat us by a last minute try it did not dampen the experience. Boys like - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - ensured the A team were always in the hunt. The B team was one of the strongest we have had in recent years and boasted many players who were used by the A team at some point. - - - - - - - - - - and - - - - were consistent throughout. It was a shame that the season ended early as we were looking forward to flexing our muscles against Orley Farm and a host of other schools who we weren't able to face. Both teams have been brilliant and look forward to seeing how they go next season! Highlight - taking on Durston House. The boys had to dig deep and rely on more than one-off rugby. They took the ball to the line on several occasions and drew defenders in before making a pass, putting players into gaps to then watch them run away with a try. It was beautiful to watch.

Played 8 5 Wins 3 Loss

Highlight of the season - Closely contested match away to Durston House, both teams flaunting excellent attacking skills. AH snatched victory in the final play of the game with the boys regaining possession close to their own try line, before battering their way up to the other end of the pitch, with - - - - ultimately dancing past three defenders to score in the corner just before the final whistle.

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End of season awards All 1st team players (at Under 13 and Under 11 levels) were awarded their colours during the season. Team

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his year rugby has had a great season. We have played in loads of games, nearly one a week which has really helped with our rugby skills as a team. I think that each and every one of us has really enjoyed playing rugby this year and has also improved individually. I think our closest games were against St Anthony's. We played them on multiple occasions, which was great fun. We were very evenly matched, so the games were very tight and exciting. Even though we had a great team and great coaches we still had a tough season, we lost many matches but we also won many, and no matter what, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. Near the end of the season we were very privileged to be able to go on a rugby tour to Ireland. The whole team was looking forward to playing the matches but unfortunately due to lockdown coming in whilst we were there, we only got to play one. In that one game (against Campbell College) we all tried our hardest, and even though we lost, we put up a good game. In the first half I was definitely taken aback by how good the other team were. We lost the first half, but at half time we regathered and we had a great second half. It was great to be part of this team and I would just like to say thank you to everyone involved and finally to Mr Wilson, for helping us to improve and have fun. - - - Y8

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Hockey

ockey continues to grow in popularity. At senior level (Years 5 - 8 ) around 60 boys played regularly for the school. The various teachers reported that they enjoyed Team

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spending time on the hockey pitch with the boys and progress was made across the board. Novice players became more adept. It was also encouraging to see many Played /won /loss Played 10 8 Wins 1 Loss 1 Draw

Hockey continues to grow in popularity. In 2020 we had an amazing team that won a huge number of games and were a pleasure to coach. There were lots of highlights from the regular season. The team's fantastic victory over The Hall on a Saturday morning in late February was particularly memorable. The team once again entered the National IAPS Hockey Seven a side Tournament in Eastbourne. The boys were great company - as Eastbourne is quite a journey we stayed over night in this seaside town. Results didn't quite go our way and we narrowly missed out on qualifying for the quarter finals after our group games. The two teams that did, ultimately played off in the final which highlighted that we were originally in a 'Group of Death'! There was also a tour to Belfast, which we just managd to complete before coronavirus hit and it was brilliant that this group of boys got a chance to play on tour; they were brilliant ambassadors of the school.

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The Colts A team had a memorable unbeaten season. They are a talented group of players who continued to grow in strength and depth as the term progressed. What made this team so successful was a number of factors: Their skill, each player was able to receive the ball under control and they were able to drive the ball accurately and pass it into space. They were great communicators who listened and wanted to learn. The boys trusted their teammates and worked together to achieve success. They were persistent and stayed motivated when things didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go their way and because of this they had confidence in their ability to work together - this gave them the edge needed to deliver consistent results. Each boy had a good level of individual fitness and worked hard to improve their individual weaknesses. We had a dependable defence and the speed upfront to deliver dangerous attacks. Every match was a highlight. Thank you for all your efforts this season boys, you did yourselves proud!

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It was a great season for the Under 11B team. The boys were superb throughout. I think in any other year many of the boys would have been in the A team with Miss Hall. Miss Hall had such a strong team that it was very hard for these boys to get in her side. The strength of the B team ensured they won pretty much every game. The stand out victories were against The Hall, St. Anthony's and Westminster. The most pleasing aspect of the season was the significant progress all the boys made with their hockey. - - was simply superb in goal and there was not much that could get past him in between the sticks. - - - - and - - formed a great relationship at the back. They were both prepared to bring the ball forward to start attacks. - - and - were always at the heart of every AH move as they played in the middle. Their creativity would allow - - - - - to do what he does best and put the ball in the back of the net. I really hope the boys continue with their hockey as they move up to the senior sides next year. Thank you for all your efforts this season, boys.

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We had a fantastic season with the U10As this year and I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of coaching. The amount the boys improved both individually and as a team was astonishing. They were enthusiastic and had excellent drive throughout every match they played which resulted in a very successful season. They emerged triumphant in all matches played against other U10 Teams and gave the U11 teams a very good run for their money, despite having only played together for a very short amount of time! They knew their strengths as a team and held their heads high throughout the season no matter the outcome. Their ability and fitness by the end of the season was fantastic and they were a wonderful team to manage. However, what was most admirable about the boys was their sense of teamwork. I couldn't have asked for a better attitude from any of them throughout the entire season. I know that these boys are all going to have successful hockey careers as they travel up the school and will develop into a truly outstanding team. I would like to thank each and every one of them for making this season so fun and rewarding and I am proud to call myself their coach! Individually, each boy was an asset to the team. Their coach next year is going to be very lucky to have them!

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Lockdown Running Challenge

o encourage all boys to get into the running habit we launched the Junior and Senior Running Challenges during the first half of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lockdown term!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The challenge was slightly different for Juniors and Seniors. For the Juniors it worked like this: every time a boy ran for 5 minutes or more at a time they received a point. This could be running up and down your garden or running with a parent in a park or even

running on the spot! There was a teacher in charge of each section. Each week the boys submitted their running times into the teacher in charge via a google form - all very high tech! The challenge operated for 6 weeks and prizes were to be allocated to boys who hit the milestones highlighted in the table below. Chris Kerr Director of Sport

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t was brilliant to see so many boys getting involved in the running challenge in the first half of the summer term so we were keen to find an equally good challenge for the second half. Several boys approached me with really interesting suggestions and after considering the options we decided that cycling would be our next focus! It worked in a similar way to the running

challenge. Boys were asked to get on a bike, either static or real and use a cycling app to monitor their routes and distances each week. To make this challenge even better, a group of boys in Years 7&8 volunteered to help administer it! The boys produced the forms, collated the data, submitting a progress

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Old Boys THE FROZEN CITY We ascended a hill and then there it was before us, the lost city of Percepliquis, grandeur and might seemed to emanate from it even after a thousand years. While most of the buildings had crumbled their fame and glory had not. Dozens of adventurers had set out to find the ancient city but now here it was before me. A thin layer of snow covered everything keeping its secrets safe until we scurried down the hill like rodents descending on a dead carcass, completely overwhelmed with the size of the place. The suburbs of the city were also huge compared to any other cities that had been discovered. Streets ran uniformly in every direction making neat grid patterns where an abundance of derelict but somehow cheery shops were situated. There was a cobbler with a large red door and open window, through which I saw a cabinet filled with finely refined and accurate tools the likes of which even to this day intrigue me. I walked down what seemed to be the main road which ran straight as an arrow through the city. I thought that this must have been the parade ground for the Imperial Guard and as I stood there I wished I could have seen them in their blue and gold armour, each one shining like an individual sun as they proudly showed off to their people. As if the gods wanted to confirm this thought my boot scuffed on something beneath the snow and picking it up I realised it was a hand held flag, funny how over all the years a flag such as the one I was holding would be the only similarity between our two civilisations. Finally, I entered the centre of the city and before me stood the great palace of the winds. A fountain stood before it showing a man battling a giant beast; the craftsmanship was incredible. The scene was so vivid that you felt like the pair had been frozen in that moment in stone, the man sneering, daring the beast to attack and the beast who seemed to have some arcane power, and had eyes full of malevolent intent.

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The ‘42 Club Dinner

n hindsight we were very lucky that this year’s ’42 Club reunion was arranged as early as 2nd March. Who knew that in a matter of a couple of weeks we would all have to socially distance ourselves due to Covid-19, the very opposite of what our reunions are about! Old Boys from the 1950s to the noughties came together at Brasserie Blanc for a lot of face to face reminiscing, which would now be completely impossible. Conversation was accompanied by some good wine, lovely food and a particularly wonderful cheese soufflé. Tim Piper got us started with his witty grace, and after dinner Viv Thomas spoke to us about how recognisable the school would be to Old Boys for the values it still holds dear. By all accounts it was a very successful evening and we look forward to next year’s. David Burr Chair of the ’42 Club Committee

Grace at the ’42 Club Dinner 2nd March 2020 - Brasserie Blanc By Tim Piper (AH 1945-53) Once again the ’42 Club sits down to dine With Plentiful food and copious wine Whilst it’s Ed Sanders that we have to thank For us ending up at Restaurant Raymond Blanc To reminisce about the days of yore And what great times we had so long before When youth and fun were all the rage But now we have moved to another age And have to assume life’s heavy load Whilst wishing we were back at Loudoun Road When all was fresh and school was a lark As we showed our sporting prowess at Canons Park And made friendships that we still have today And even picked up an education on the way So thank you Lord for the gifts that you have given As through life’s journey we all have striven But always we must remember too Those much less fortunate than me and you

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Christmas Catch-Up

n December 10th boys who left Arnold House in 2019 and 2018 gathered together along with a number of staff at Pizza Express in Abbey Road for the annual young old boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reunion. This year there was a great turn out of over 30 boys who were keen to catch up and reminisce about their prep-school days. The next catch up for boys who have left in 2020 and 2019 will be arranged as soon as we are able and we look forward to catching up with many of our recent leavers then. Stephanie Miller Head of External Relations

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Class of 2014 University Destinations 2014 Leavers

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Senior School

University

Westminster

Oxford

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UCS

Manchester

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Radley

Loughborough

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Westminster

Stanford

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St Paul's

Durham

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UCS

Imperial College

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Mill Hill

Business ‘What We Want’ App

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City of London

Oxford

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City of London

Oxford

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City of London

Edinburgh

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Winchester

York

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City of London

Bristol

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St Paul's

Imperial College

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St Paul's

Not Known

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Mill Hill

Newcastle

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Mill Hill

Nottingham Trent

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Eton

Oxford

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City of London

LSE

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Highgate

Exeter

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Tonbridge

Exeter

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Highgate

Exeter

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Highgate

Not Known

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St Paul's

Leeds

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Mill Hill

Reading

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Westminster

Oxford

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Westminster

Princeton

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St Paul's

Edinburgh

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ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL Thursday 9th July 2020 Dear Parents, In these final nine days of the term I feel we have managed to reclaim a great deal of the ground lost through the lockdown. The boys have loved being back at school with their friends and teachers, albeit on the rota, and the separate Prize Givings have enabled us to finish with a flourish and bring the school year to a proper close. There is no doubt that our starting point in September has been made much easier by having held these end of year awards ceremonies this term. The SLT will be meeting next week to plan our return after the summer break. We want to see all boys in school every day either at Loudoun Road or Canons Park enjoying and taking part in the fullest range of subjects we can provide. More staggered starts, staggered breaktimes and more frequent cleaning schedules will be required. It has been a challenge to organise things safely with five year groups in school each day so this will add another layer of complexity to the running of the school. The government guidance on ‘bubbles’ for pupils means that they can increase in size which is helpful to a degree but Arnold House is more senior school than primary school in its day-to-day operation. Year 4 boys, for example, have 14 different subjects and the year group is divided into three sets for English, the same in Maths and further groups for Games. The boys are taught by 12 or more teachers so the primary school model (one teacher and a teaching assistant teaching one ‘bubble’ all day) is not going to work for us. We will need to be creative and flexible in our thinking when it comes to producing a workable timetable for the autumn term. We also need to learn from the lockdown experience as it is not beyond the realms of possibility that schools may be asked to lockdown again further down the line. With this in mind, I would be grateful if you would write to me via my email (headmaster@arnoldhouse.co.uk) with your thoughts about the home learning programme we put in place. We would like to know if there are things you would like us to do better or ways in which you feel we can improve the programme. Please send through your thoughts and suggestions by next Tuesday, 14th July. I will write to you again on Thursday 3rd September with full details about the start of term on Wednesday 9th September and how the school will be run for the autumn term. Until then, I warmly thank you for the part you have played in keeping your son(s) going. It has been a monumental effort all-round and it should be noted that the school has been Covid free since the 1st June thanks to the superb efforts of the cleaning staff and sensible precautions consistently applied by those in school. I hope that you all have a well-deserved relaxing and enjoyable summer! With all best wishes,

Viv Thomas Headmaster

P.S. We are just leaving school now to walk down to St John’s Wood Church for the final time with the Year 8 boys for their Prize Giving and Leavers’ Service. Parents will also be attending and we thank Fr Anders, a governor and great friend to the school, for enabling us to be in church today. The 2019/20 school year is one that will be remembered by us all as a time when we needed to be resilient and look after one another and I’m so glad that we’ve been able to give the Year 8 boys the send-off they so richly deserve.

Headmaster: V W P Thomas, BEd, MA. 1 Loudoun Road, St. John’s Wood, London NW8 0LH T: 020 7266 4840 W: www.arnoldhouse.co.uk E: office@arnoldhouse.co.uk Arnold House School Ltd. Registered in England No. 889424 Registered Office: 1 Loudoun Road, London NW8 0LH. An Educational Charitable Trust No. 312725

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