Arnold House Summer Assembly 2023

SUMMER 2023 Assembly

IN THIS ISSUE

FROM THE HEADMASTER

EARLY YEARS REVIEW YEARS 5&6

TRIP TO DEVON YEAR 8

BATTLEFIELDS TOUR

DRAMA REVIEW

MUSIC REVIEW

SUMMER SPORTS

ROUND UP

PRIZE GIVING ACTIVITIES

FROM THE HEADMASTER

Welcome to the last Assembly of the year, a record of the 2023 Summer Term here at Arnold House. It has been a fantastic term and I think our guest speaker at Senior Prizegiving would give us full marks: in a memorable address, James Shone encouraged us all to Look Up, Look Forward and Look Out. These pages are full of the boys doing all three and I hope you are struck with how much time an Arnold House boy is actively engaged with others, or on his feet, or in a new environment.

Reading and writing, will always be at the core of a great school but for knowledge retention to be meaningful, and for the development of life-long skills, the ancient proverb is proved true time and time again: “Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.”

From Pre-Reception to Year 8, the summer term provides many opportunities to show how far the boys have come and I have been delighted with levels of academic achievement shown in all forms of assessment, from end-oftopic tests to senior school entrance exams to national competitions. In addition, the standard of performance in concerts, plays and sporting events has been truly impressive. All this is a testament to the ability of the staff to engage all the boys and to challenge them appropriately in order to maximise their progress.

As we end the term, we inevitably say farewell to our Leavers who will step forward into new environments. Like those before them, they will quickly see how well prepared they are to be valued contributors in all areas of school life. I must congratulate Year 8, who have been excellent role models to the rest of the school. Enjoy all that is contained in the pages that follow: it has been a term full of successes.

Giles Tollit Headmaster

Font Cover: Junior Sports Day. 1st row images from left to right: Year 1 Tower of London, Victor Ludorum Senior Sports Day, Year 4 Camping Trip.

2nd row images from left to right: Reception Trip to Willows Activity Farm, Inter School History Quiz Winners, Summer Charity Pyjama Day. 3rd row middle images images from left to right: Victor Ludorum Junior Sports Day, Pre-Reception Trip to Battersea Park Zoo. 4th row images from left to right: T20 Memorial Match at Canons Park, Food Drive in aid of Sufra.

Pre-Reception and Reception boys have had another fun packed term participating in an array of spectacular events such as Sports Day, the End of Year Celebration and even got to wear their pyjamas to school in aid of Sufra. The boys continued learning about all their interests, developing their knowledge, and understanding further and particularly loved meeting the team from Teach-Rex and their huge Tyrannosaurus-Rex, Jam the dinosaur!

World Environment Day set the theme this term allowing much reflective and detailed discussion on what the boys can do to be more sustainable. The boys set to work with their litter pickers collecting discarded materials and sorting them into recycling bins. They were all extremely proud of the work they did to help take care of the planet.

Transition has played a huge part in this term’s curriculum with much focus being given to supporting boys taking their next steps in school. Plans for Year 1 to be based in Pre-Prep at Marlborough Place are well and truly underway, with our current Reception boys spending time exploring their grown-up classrooms and getting to know their new teachers.

This marks the final term for Marlborough Place as an Early Years provision with much to look forward to in PrePrep next year. All the boys throughout the building have made remarkable progress and they are a true testament to the child-centered approach adopted by the whole school; happy, kind, and curious, with a desire to learn.

Victoria McKenzie Head of Pre-Prep

Pre-Reception

Pre-Reception have had a busy and amazing summer term!

There have been some wonderful parent workshops where the boys have learnt many interesting facts about Vikings, Australian animals, Trinidad and Tobago, the Philippines, Magical Science, Belgium, Tchaikovsky, and Silver, exploring how silver objects are made.

Interesting topics and themes in class have included the Summer Solstice, the King’s Coronation, Dinosaurs. World Turtle Day was another big hit with the boys creating a giant heart adorned with various sea and land turtle pictures. They also learnt about the annual observance held every May 23rd to celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats, as well as to encourage human action to help them to survive and thrive. The boys discussed the importance of taking care of the planet and what humans can do to help, mentioning that it would be helpful to reduce individual use plastics, reusing items for new purposes and recycling items such as plastic bottles.

The boys enjoyed observing the growth of caterpillars, learning about the process of metamorphosis. The boys linked this topic to mathematics, developing their predicting and counting skills, and investigating measurement and time in relation to lifecycles. The boys had fun exploring the symmetry of butterfly wings and even went on to make their own symmetrical butterfly prints.

In Technology the boys were introduced to using QR codes and barcodes, to investigate and learn new information, and even made their own barcodes writing numbers and lines.

In Literacy the boys learnt many new phonic sounds. Their learning was reinforced through activities including yoga for ‘y’ and making clay hedgehogs for ‘h.’

Vanessa Geffriaud & Kacie Taylor Pre-Reception Teachers

Reception

The boys in Reception had a remarkably busy summer term!

They have been learning about their local area through projects, both at school and at home and have especially enjoyed creating maps of St John’s Wood. At school they wrote and illustrated their own book detailing everything they know about the area. The boys were so knowledgeable about their local area, sharing information about buses, parks, shops, and other places of interest as well as taking photos to bring the topic to life.

The boys have had their building hats on as well this term looking at all things construction! The boys worked together to create and design complex buildings, studying and thinking about the steps to follow to get the result they wanted. This has helped to develop teamwork, perseverance, and communication skills. The boys made excellent use of the smaller resources indoors to make more intricate buildings and the larger bricks outdoors to enhance their role-play. They created train stations, airports and much more!

In Mathematics, the boys focused on measurement and learned ways to measure time and length. They had great fun learning what they could do in different amounts of time and were surprised at how short some increments of time were! They enjoyed exploring how long and short things were in the classroom and learned lots of new terminology, whilst using comparative observations.

For their End of Year Celebration, Reception as a combined effort worked incredibly hard to learn songs to perform for their parents. The boys sang beautifully, remembering actions and put on a great show. Some of the boys were also involved in a Forest School recap presenting some wonderful facts all about bees! It was amazing to see the confidence shown by the boys and to see how much their personalities have developed!

Our trip to Willows Farm rounded off the term nicely. The boys saw a range of animals, got a ride on a tractor and were even able to have a go milking the fiber glass Jersey cow!

Emma Rafferty & Laura Molinos Reception Teachers

Forest School

The boys have enjoyed lots of sunshine this term, noticing the days become warmer and the daylight stretches for longer. There have been many lovely opportunities to engage with the natural world, going for observation walks and identifying some beautiful plants, and having important discussions about the importance of looking after bees. The boys learnt many interesting facts, also asking lots of questions to curb their curiosity. We discussed what bees do for humans, and what humans can do for them. Practical tasks were set to create bee feeders, giving a platform for a tired bee to drink some sugar water from. The boys celebrated the King’s Coronation by making their very own nature crowns. and collaborated as a team to make a fabulous bug hotel using old wooden pallets and other natural resources collected by the boys.

Anna Wootten Forest School Lead

French

The boys practised extremely hard for their End of Year Celebration, which includes the French song ‘Tourne, Tourne, Petit Moulin.’ Our French lessons involved many singing and interactive games. This term the boys’ favourite French game was ‘Qui sui-je?’ Where an object is removed and hidden under a blanket, before the boys attempt to describe it in French. The boys have been excellent at guessing and learning new vocabulary!

Vanessa Geffriaud

Early Years French PE

It was lovely to see all the boys competing so brilliantly and working super hard at Sports Day this year. They did amazingly considering the heat and they all tried their absolute best. A massive thank you to all the parents for their incredible support. I have never seen so many runners in the mums’ and dads’ races! Some very quick parents, too. This term the boys have been perfecting their running technique making sure that they are looking forward, pumping their arms, and running in a straight line. We have also continued to work on our fundamental movements such as jumping, balancing, hopping, and skipping which we incorporated into the day. Aside from Sports Day, we have been focusing a lot on our throwing and catching as this is integral for summer sports such as cricket and tennis. Having good hand-eye coordination is great for these sports and many others. We have started to look at tennis and cricket and begun to learn

key terminology and some of the rules of the sports. We have also looked back again at football and continued to improve our ball control and passing. The boys have been marvelous to teach this year and have all made great progress. I am very much looking forward to teaching them next year!

Ned Lutyens & Alex Ingram

Early Years PE Music

In Music, the boys have been working extremely hard on their summer performance which took place at Canons Park. It was a wonderful occasion with each class showing their individuality. There was a vast range of songs, and we were so proud of what the boys achieved. The boys learnt some songs within their year group and then came together for some joint singing showing how well they have been collaborating with each other. The boys worked so well together to learn the actions, worked hard on projecting their voices and did such an amazing job performing for an audience. Each boy sang with great enthusiasm on the day and each one showed their star quality. Far from being intimidated by the big space and singing in a real theatre, they showed everybody how far they have come since the beginning of the year.

Siobhan Templeton Early Years Music

YEARS 5&6 TRIP TO DEVON

The annual trip to Devon is always the highlight for many of the boys in Years 5&6. This is the first year since Covid that all trips were fully back on throughout the school and it was great to be on a trip where there were no restrictions. The boys stayed at the Manor House Hotel in Okehampton. It is a hotel which literally has everything you could need when you take 80 boys away from all their comforts in London. The focus of the week for the boys in Year 5 is teamwork, whilst the for the boys in Year 6 it is leadership. Throughout the week the boys did activities where their teachers were looking out for these particular skills.

It was a carefully constructed timetable put together by Mr Kerr. This year the boys were joined by Miss Smith, Mr Gleeson, Mr Cox, Mr Ingram, Mr Montague, Mr Kerr, Mr Lutyens, Mr Milburn-Fryer, Mr Matthews and Miss Hall. The boys were also joined by the Headmaster for one of the days.

After the journey down to Devon on the train the boys were straight into their activities. The Year 5 boys in their week did cycling, gorge scrambling, rock climbing, football, fun house, ten pin bowling, badminton, table tennis, swimming, tennis, Clip and Climb, surfing, body boarding, golf and t-shirt making. The Year 6 boys follow a different timetable and their activities were Clip and Climb, football, fun house, swimming, tennis, archery, golf, surfing, body boarding, badminton, table tennis, high ropes, wake boarding, knee boarding, aqua park, ten pin bowling, t-short making and golf. The highlight for many of the boys is the opportunity to go surfing in Cornwall. It

YEAR 8 BATTLEFIELDS TOUR

was amazing how many boys were able to actually stand up on their surfboards compared to their teachers! It was certainly an action-packed week for all the boys and they were clearly exhausted on the journey back to London on the Friday afternoon.

The trip served many purposes with boys rewarded throughout the week as they aimed to win many of the coveted prizes such as ‘man of the day’, ‘man of the week’ and ‘room of the week!’ The boys were very much out of their comfort zone throughout the week. For some of them it was the first time they had ever spent a night away from home. Such trips are so valuable for the development of a boy as they go through their journey at Arnold House. The boys can look forward to further residential trips as they move into Year 7 and then Year 8.

The final trip for an Arnold House boy is always the annual Battlefields Tour. Over the years Arnold House boys have been to sites in Belgium, France and the Netherlands from either World War One or World War Two. It is a reflective trip which takes place after the Y8 boys have taken their Common Entrance exams. One of the key elements of the trip is to learn the story of old boys from the school who had served in that theatre of conflict. This year saw the Y8 boys head over to Italy to learn about the Italian campaign. Arnold House had six old boys that sadly died in this campaign. They were Paul Neville Davies-Colley, Peter Dillon, Oscar Browning, Ian Norman Patterson, Robert Ure and Cyril Anthony Strauss.

The first part of the trip was to the area of Anzio where the boys stayed in the town of Pomezia. This was one of the key landing beaches that the Allies would use as they tried to break the German defensive positions and head north. The fighting in Italy was very complex compared to the fighting in Normandy. Italy had a very different type of terrain especially with the mountains. In Anzio, the boys visited Beach Head War Cemetery, the Anzio War Museum, the Anzio War Cemetery and the Siciliy-Rome American Cemetery. We had a guide for the duration of the trip who explained to the boys why the campaign in Italy had been so tricky. It was here the boys would learn about the different stories of the Arnold House boys.

The second part of the trip was in the town of Cassino where the boys stayed for the final two nights of the trip. The hotel was at the base of Monte Cassino which saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two. It is only whilst you are there that you can fully understand why it became such a focal point for the Allies as the tried to penetrate the German defensive positions. There would be four battles at Cassino that the boys would learn about on the trip. The boys visited the German Cemetery

at Caira, the St. Angelo Bells Memorial, the Cassino Post Office, the Polish War Cemetery, the Monte Cassino Monastery and Cassino War Cemetery. The view from the monastery was spectacular. The monastery itself was totally destroyed during the siege and had to be rebuilt after World War Two.

One of the most moving elements of the trip is the service that we do for our old boys. For this trip it took place at the memorial of Robert Ure at the Monte Cassino Cemetery. Sadly, his body was never recovered during the battle and his name can only be found on the memorial at the cemetery. The service which was very similar to the one the boys would do at the Remembrance Service at St. Cyprian’s, Baker Street on 11 November would culminate in the three Head Boys: Imaad Nair, Oscar Hammond and Josh Guttman laying a wreath on behalf of the school. The service included singing from members of the Chapel Choir as well as the playing of the Last Post. Many AH boys will have their own personal family connections to the war and for one boy, Johannes Wilcke he was able to visit the grave of his Great, Great Uncle who was buried at the Monte Cassino Cemetery. He read a beautiful

account at his grave of what had happened to Captain Bruce Ethelbert Gilliam who had served in the South Staffordshire Regiment and sadly died on 12 May 1944. It was a trip that I am sure all boys will remember and it is a fitting way for them as their eight years at the school comes to an end. The boys are reminded on the trip that these were boys who had all ended their time at AH like

them at 13 and were heading off to senior school. They were not expecting then to have to go and serve King and Country in their late teens and early 20s and for many of them they would all make the ultimate sacrifice. That is why such trips are so important for our boys.

David Cox Head of Years 5&6

DRAMA REVIEW

Years 1&2 have had an excellent year for Drama which ended on a high note with the Summer plays of “The Bee Musical”. The impressively theatrical and heart-warming productions took the boys’ acting and singing abilities to new levels with the charming and educational story of Mr Waxworth and his buzzing bees.

The Year 2 boys did an outstanding job as they performed for the first time on the wonderful stage at Canons Park where they set the bar incredibly high for future years to come! Each and every boy worked exceptionally hard and shone in this spectacular final performance!

Year 5 had a storming success with their magical production of Peter Pan, complete with mermaids, pirates, battles and giant crocodiles. Following the story of the timeless book by J.M Barrie, the audience were beautifully transported from a chaotic London household to the magical Neverland where Darling family encountered the Lost Boys, fought with fearsome Pirates and learned from the wild warriors. With a wonderful ensemble, the boys created many memorable characters, entertaining the audience thoroughly throughout. Not happy with just great acting, we were treated to some gorgeous singing, including some powerful solos, a puppetry team that brought to life a terrifying crocodile, a yapping parrot, an adorable dog and flying ships and a huge, brilliantly executed battle scene.

After months of workshopping, Canons Park played host to the world premiere of Escaping The Earthquake, a new play written, directed, designed and performed by the Year 6 boys. The play followed two families who, after their town is hit by an earthquake, have to pack up and

leave everything. With sensitive storytelling, the Year 6 boys explored the effects of such catastrophe on children and family dynamics. Combined with some exciting and visceral physical theatre, gorgeous ensemble work and sharp comic wit, the boys created a play that really dug in to the idea of what makes a place home.

Year 7 drama club (along with our Year 8 lighting genius, Harry) performed the absolutely hilarious Wizard of Oz Goes Wrong. Showcasing the brilliant comic timing of the boys, our play saw everything that could go wrong in a school play, go wrong (deliberately!) We watched as Dorothy had to deal with an overly enthusiastic mother taking pictures of her son, a Tinman who doesn’t know when to enter, a Lion who has learnt the words to an entirely different play, a fire drill and a Scarecrow who is desperate to sing. The question ‘can the one actor who has learned their lines and is trying their best to stick to the script and tell the story despite everything’ was answered in a delightfully unexpected way. The play had the audience laughing right from the get go and received a deserved standing ovation.

Luke Ofield, Jo Rendall & Molly Traeger Drama Department

MUSIC REVIEW

This term saw a slight change in the structure of concerts and this year we celebrated our Year 8 musicians alongside some of the most talented instrumentalists and singers in the school. The Spring Recital as a new platform showcased the immense talent that we have at Arnold House with so many highlights.

We had drummers, singers, guitarist, violinists and some extremely talented pianists too and this is definitely going to be a highlight of the music department calendar in the future.

The Summer Soiree featured many of our larger ensembles and opened with the Senior Orchestra playing Grieg’s ‘Morning Mood’ from the Peer Gynt Suite and then a massive contrast with Snow Patrol’s ‘Run’. The Choirs were also featured in this concert which allowed the boys to hear the other groups and see how the choirs progress as they move through the school. A highlight of the programme had to be the Rock Band with Mr. Little as they treated us to a performance of ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ by Guns ‘n’ Roses. Nicholas was on lead vocals and Alex on lead guitar and they completely stole the show! It was also nice to see ensembles collaborating as the String Quartet accompanied the Upper Choir in Coldplay’s ‘Viva la Vida’ too.

Later in the summer term we also hosted the Summer Concert at Canons Park. This concert featured all of our string ensembles, from the Junior Strings, Senior Strings and Quartets. This year there has been a more of focus of chamber music and allowing our more experienced musicians to work together and present their work –including a new Many Hands Ensemble and Duo. There were some stunning performances but the Piano Trio with Charlie, Zak and Aiden concluded the concert with an exceptional performance of Valse Russe by Bridge. The new HIT IT! Ensemble (a percussion ensemble) created their own piece and it was fantastically energised addition to the programme.

It was a lovely term of music making and the pupils and staff had obviously worked hard to produce such a varied and inclusive concerts.

Christopher Wray Director of Music

SPORTS ROUND-UP

This term has been another busy one in the sporting life of the school. Cricket, tennis and athletics have been the main focus of Games but there’s been golf, swimming and basketball on offer too. AH boys had plenty of opportunities to show off their ability in their chosen sport in internal training sessions, house tournaments, fixtures with other schools and in stand-alone tournaments and festivals. Every boy in Year 2 upwards played in at least one school match.

In addition to various standalone tournaments and festivals 141 cricket or tennis fixtures were played! Regardless of the sport being played, AH boys approached their endeavours with energy, resilience and good humour.

The Under 13 1st XI Cricket team gelled together brilliantly this season under the watchful eyes of their coaches Mr Ingram and Mr Harahap. They played 10 matches and won every single one! An amazing feat which earned the team the right to have their team photo displayed on the Canons Park ‘Wall of Fame’. The term also included a 2nd place finish in the AH ‘Super 8s’ tournament. As is tradition, the term’s last game was the Annual Clegg V Allain Memorial match which was as keenly contested as ever.

The Under 13 2nd X cricket team also made progress. Mr Glessons and Mr Bacon were in charge of their development and this they did in a very pleasing manner. They played a full schedule of matches too; winning 4 and losing 2 of their 6 matches. The award winners are highlighted in the table.

The Under 11s were coached by Mr Cox (Colts A) and Mr Montague (Colts Bs). The boys had a tremendous season. Mr Cox’s’ A team played 11 and won 11. They also had success in tournament cricket. They were silver medal winners in the Lancing College Tournament; Bronze medalists at the IAPS South-East Region 6 aside tournament and they won the AH 8 aside tournament and they won the plate at the St Paul’s 6 a side tournament.

The B team also enjoyed success. They played 6 matches, winning 4 and losing twice. In the end of season awards the following boys were singled out for particular praise by their coach.

Mr Ingram and Miss Smith were the coaching double act at Under 10 level. The Under 10s played 5 games. They won 3 and lost 2. Mr Ingram highlighted the win over Wetherby as being the team’s best performance. In the end of season awards the following boys were winners. The Under 10s also enjoyed some tournament play: they competed in the Charterhouse Under 10 Festival. The Bs also enjoyed their cricket and Miss Smith was impressed with the progress that the group made. Year 4 is another key stage in the learning journey of our young boys. Mr Montague looked after the U9A team and they enjoyed great success. The Under 9s played 7 block fixtures and the A and B teams won them all; another group to be immortalised by a team photo on the ‘Wall of Fame’ at Canons Park! This group of boys are certainly one to look out for in the future. The award winners (in Year 4 and 3 we make awards by form group) are highlighted in the table.

The Year 3 boys also had several matches. 4 block fixtures were arranged for this Year group; all the boys enjoyed playing. They showed good sportsmanship. The awards are shown in the table.

At AH the Summer term also sees many boys playing tennis. We are blessed to have 6 really good courts at Canons Park and access to others at Paddington Rec and elsewhere. I had the pleasure of working with the Under 13 A team. During the term we played 9 matches. Five wins and 4 losses were recorded. The highlight was the team’s performance in our match against Aldwickbury; despite narrowly losing the fixture all the players played with determination and skill. There was individual success too; Casper Crawford was runner up in the Annual AH Open Tournament. The award winners at Under 13 level are highlighted in the table.

The Year 7 boys were coached by Mr Millburn Fryer and Mr Lutyens. They also had fixtures with other schools; 4 in total (won 3 and lost 1). Cyrus Ghaffarpour also represented AH in our Annual Under 13 Open tournament.

He finished in third place which bodes well for AH for next year. The tennis award winners are highlighted in the table.

Mr Matthews coached the Under 11 team (Year 6) and they had a terrific season. The team played 7 matches and won 6 of them. During the season almost every boy in the squad had the chance to play in a competitive match against a player from a visiting school. Alex Angelopoulos was the star man and he came runners up in the AH Open Singles Tournament that we hosted at Canons Park towards the end of the term.

Miss Hall and Mr Lutyens worked with the Year 5 (Under 10 boys) this term. This age group had three fixtures and the standard of play was high. The award winners from the Year 5 boys are listed in the table.

Basketball, golf and swimming have also continued this term. A Year 5 and 6 team - led by Mr Montague - enjoyed success in the Parkside School Swimming Gala. Mr Millburn Fryer continues to raise the profile of golf. AH hosted our first ever Golf Tournament at the Hampstead Golf Club. Zak Farthing, Johannes Wilcke and Dan Douglas representing AH, competed against boys from Wetherby, The Hall, Westminster Under School and Devonshire House in this event. This term also saw the AH Under 13 basketball team enjoy success in the IAPS Basketball Tournament held at Sevenoaks School. The AH team, captained by Joshua Yosepa Mennillo, came third out of 12 teams.

The big sporting house event of the summer term is the annual Sports Day. AH hosted 3 events (one for EYFS, a second for the Years 1- 4 children and a third for Years 5-8 boys). As well as winning points for their House, boys were also competing for individual honours and several

new school records were set. Omar Alhomsi, in Year 1, set a new school record for the 30 metres with a time of 5.76. In Year 4 Freddie Lenczner also made the record books, with his time of 6.91 in the 50 metres. Charlie Nicolson set a new record in the 800 metres in a blistering pace of 2.34.69. Kenzo Kariuki’s 50 metre time of 7.42 also secured him a record. In the field events,. Kenzo added an AH ‘all time’ best for the high jump and in Y5, Baxter Kollakis won the shot with a record breaking put of 8.4 metres. Whilst in Year 6 Derrick Obayojie gained a school record for high jump.

The results from the Sports Day are highlighted in the table below.

Chris Kerr Senior Master Director of Sport

TENNIS AWARDS 2023

One of the highlights of the year is our chance to celebrate the boys’ achievements at Prize Giving. It has two functions, to look back on what we as a School can celebrate as a group and also to give special attention to individual strengths and success.

At the two events, the range of what was celebrated was a real insight into how much the boys do and how great is their ability: sport, art, music, drama, academic, pastoral, citizenship and industry all found expression in the cups and prizes. Amid such of focus on individual and corporate achievement, one can perhaps get the wrong idea about the purpose of education - that it is just a race for recognition. This is not what Arnold House is about, we celebrate all-rounders and part of being an all-rounder is that you have the good grace to acknowledge that the success of others is also part of the corporate success in which you find equal satisfaction.

Our excellent speaker at the Senior Prize Giving was Mr James Shone. A teacher of many years’ experience at both senior and prep schools, his life was suddenly turned upside down some years ago, when, as part of a routine medical check before taking up a new job as a headmaster, he discovered he had very serious health problems. The end result of these health problems is that he is now almost blind. Allied to this, he had many months of intensive medical treatment, during which he could easily have died. What is remarkable about James is that he refused to give in to negativity when given his diagnosis and the long and potentially dangerous list of treatment needed. Guided by his family, his faith and his desire for a future, he found the strength and courage

to turn around the most serious of set backs and has developed a simple philosophy, which he has made it his mission to share with school children, their parents and teachers: Look for the “UFO”...

ULook UP - have faith in something, be it God, a higher power or ideal, a driving principle for your life. This will give you the strength and purpose you need to face the most complex and difficult of life’s challenges

FLook FORWARD - have hope for the future, work to build a family, a school, a world, where things can be the best they can possibly be, have plans, but always be adaptable

OLook OUTWARDS - have love and care for those around you, seek to help them and look out for them, serving others is the highest ideal “UFO” (looking up, forward and outwards) is better than “DBI” (looking down, back and inwards), since UFO will keep you grounded and caring, while DBI keeps you insular and self-absorbed.

John Hill Deputy Headmaster Academic

Years 1 & 2

Individual certificates

Year 3 Form Prizes

For Effort, Attitude and Contribution to the Group

3A Raphael Harris, Magnus Margolis and Oscar Dong

3H Valentine Lewis, Ayush Shyamsukha and Max Becker

Year 4 Form Prizes

4A Howard Strong Cup and Book Prize Henry Nicolson

4A Graves Cup and Book Prize Lorcan Hennebry

4H Gilchrest Cup and Book Prize Vishen Seeneevassen

4H Kerner Cup and Book Prize Hal Hupfield

Year 4 Prizes

Overall Academic Progress Coronation Cup Sammy Shipley

Overall Academic Achievement Baker Duly Cup Zack Rowan

Year 4 All Round

Sportsman Young Cup

Art and Design Oakley Cup

Chess Ackner Cup

Cricket Samuel Cup

Creative Writing Castello Cup

George Baigler

Johnny Douglas

William Owen

Luke Farthing

Harry Lightman-Luke

Drama Lynn Cup Rahul Kalra

4A English Parents’ Cup

4H English Albert Cup

English Progress Kingsley Cup

Year 5

Form Prizes for Effort, Attitude and Contribution to the Group

5A Faris McKinnon, Thomas Mitchell and Conrad Weil

5H Zayan Dalvi, Kenzo Kariuki and Sebastian Murray-Bruce

Year 6 Individual Prizes

6A

Humanities

Religious Studies

History

Computer Programming

Rugby

English

All-round Academic

Academic Progress

Chess

Hockey

Debating

Art

Mathematics progress

Poetry

Creative Writing

IT

Arthur Wyman Stones

Joshua Davidson

Musa Chabuk

Fine Art Tregarneth Cup Barney McAlpine

Football Gibbs Cup Freddie Lenczner

4A French Pam Cup

4H French Fisher Cup

4A Geography Foster Cooper Cup

4H Geography Longstaffe Cup

4A History Viney Cup

4H History Crichlow Cup

Humanities Laughton Scott Cup

IT Balcombe Cup

Library G D Cup

4A Mathematics Prosser Cup

4H Mathematics Aked Davies Cup

Mathematics Progress Brodrick Cup

Music Cuthbertson Cup

Performing Arts Morgan Cup

Rugby Games Bowl

4A Science Southward Cup

4H Science Pritchard Cup

All-Rounder Prizes

Year 3 All-Rounder Levy Cup and Book Voucher

Year 4 All-Rounder Cooper Cup and Book Voucher

The Arnold Society Prize

Pre-Prep Huish Cup and Book Voucher

Junior School Loxton Peacock Cup and Book Voucher

Feyi Adesemowo

Leonard Roth

Archie Middleton

Rayyan Masri

Viraj Vasani

Vedant Sharma

Jude Blackburn

Ario Gharehbaghi

Thomas Mahon

Rafa Carapeti

Shiv Singhal

Theo Holfeld

Ognian Bhattasali

Charlie Kneller

Benji Baldwin

Milo Maxwell

George Lynch

William Clarke

Lorenzo Maturi

Sebastian Hagenbucher

Thomas Senior

Choral

Latin

All-round Academic

Comitas et Industria

6H

Charles Clarkson

Shivaan Daswani

Theo Eastwood

Arya Entikabi

Rafael Glass

Nicholas Harju

Tom Hollier

Finlay Kennedy

Michael Jovic Maynard

Derrick Obayojie

Kaya Ozcan

Sam Pritchard

James Scott

Maximilian Shacklady

James Stott

Max Sullivan

George Taylor

Harvey Weir

Albie Whyles

Zakary Yousaf

Mathematics Isaq Ahmed

All-round Academic

Football

Library

Y6 Arnold Society Prize

French

Performing Arts

Classics

Science

Music

Practical Science

Academic Progress

All-round Sportsman

Classical Civilisation

Geography

Design and Technology

Cricket

Model UN

Tennis

All-round Academic

Year 7

Alex Angelopoulos

Tiam Bahojb Allafan

James Bethune

Matthew Coubrough

Zakariya Dalvi

Linus Fairclough

Akshay Jain

Michael Kilman

Marcus Koffel

Reuben Landmann

Michael Manasseh

Sebastian Miezitis

Bertram Morrison

Raphael Sellar

Roshan Sethi

Jahaan Singh

Socrates Soquar

Henry Thomas

Wilfie Wyman Stones

7A Charlie Scheffel, Charlie Nicolson and Cyrus Ghaffarpour

7H Obi Okoabah, Dominic Finch and Zak Farthing

Year 8 Individual Prizes Prize Cup or Award

Elias Bernasconi

Tserendorj 8A

Aiden Bhak 8H

Casper Crawford 8H

Dan Douglas 8H

Will Elliott 8H

Ethan Grewal 8H

Joshua Guttmann 8H

Oscar Hammond 8H

Jonathan Harju 8H

William Helou 8A

Max Henry 8A

Huey Hyman 8A

Harry Jacobs 8A

Krish Kapoor 8A

Oscar Kuropatwa 8A

Gus Lowthorpe-Ziehn 8H

Dexter Margolis 8A

Imaad Nasir 8A

Aari Navaratnam 8H

Guy Parker 8A

Maxwell Saronson 8A

Tom Scott 8A

Ishaan Sharma 8A

Hank Taylor 8H

Johannes Wilcke 8H

Academic Excellence in Scholarship

Greek Music Prize

Achievement in Scholarship

Comitas et Industria

All-Round Excellence in Music (Scholarship)

Academic Achievement in Scholarship

Tennis Music Prize

Maths Fellowship

Chemistry Hockey

Engineering Science Form Prize for 8H

Religious Studies Football

Academic Excellence in Scholarship

Eco Council Award

Excellence in Design, Engineering & Technology (Scholarship)

Outdoor Adventurer

Maths

Religious Studies

Humanities Temple Model UN

Contribution to Music

Book Token

Tooth Cup

Orchestra Sugarman Cup

Book Token

Sanders Cup

Book Token

Book Token

Naggar Cup

Violin Raingold Cup

Richard Norris Cup

Viv Thomas Cup

Matsudaira Cup

Philips and Lester Cup

Meyer Challenge Cup

Book

Mohajerani Cup

Bagnall Cup

Cargill Bowl & Book Token

Shared Cargill Bowl

Book Token

Edge Cup

Cargill Bowl & Book Token

Shared Cargill Bowl

Cross Cup

Bennet Cup

Parents Cup for Maths

Slade Cup

Smith Cup

Beckman Cup

Kate Davis Cup

English Cricket Glasser Cup

Physics Technical Theatre

Academic Achievement in Scholarship Arnold Society Prize Head Librarian

PSHE

Form Prize for 8A

Geography Contribution to Sport

Art and Design

French Music Prize - Drums

Academic Achievement in Scholarship

History Townsend Warner Prize for History

Latin Entrepreneurship

Academic Achievement in Scholarship

Rugby Art

Biology Cross Country Music Prize - Vocal

Science

All-Round Sporting Excellence (Scholarship)

Griffiths Cup

Shrimpton Cup

Howard Cup

Book Token

Book Token

Library Cup

Robert Lorenz Cup Book

Froomberg Cup

Atkin Cup

The Elton Cup

Birch Cup

Cemlyn Jones Cup

Book Token Woolf Cup

Book Token

Cargill Bowl & Book Token

Shared Cargill Bowl

Rose Cup Salem Cup

Book Token

Braithwaite Cup

The Ralphs Cup

Simon Cup

Lorenz Cup

Beswick Cup

Fenton Cup

Book Token

History Book Token Pappin Cup

Academic Achievement in Scholarship

Languages (Latin and French)

Chivalry Piano

Classics Golf

Joshua Yosepa-Mennillo 8H IT Basketball

Davis Cup

Cyril Fenton Cup

Robinson Cup

Reid Cup

Harry Gestetner Cup

The McWatters Cup

Macbean Cup

ACTIVITIES

Time well spent outside of the classroom is just as important as the time inside the classroom and at AH we offer many activities that the boys can take part in to enrich their learning experience. Our huge programme of over fifty clubs has been designed to help the boys explore new interests and develop their hobbies outside the curriculum.

Our clubs and activities are run by our talented boys and staff. This term we have offered a huge variety including touch typing, taekwondo, junk modelling, dance and drama, Spanish, chess, musication, beginners swimming, gymnastics, coding, Lego, football skills, news club, karaoke, zoology, sewing, cricket nets, knitting, rubic racing, maths games, short tennis, scrabble, knitting, kids lit quiz, ultimate frizbee, creative writing, jigsaw puzzles,

photography, Italian, debating, DT, cookery, history documentary, scrabble, technical theatre, art, board games, geoguessr, Dungeon and Dragons, basketball, War Hammer, global location and a huge range of music clubs like the jazz and rock band.

Natalie Hall Activities Coordinator