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Newsletter of King Henry VIII School • Issue 04 • Autumn 2014

From the

the Magnifi cent Headmaster

(Year) Seven!

Welcome to the f rst ‘Arrow’ of the
new academic year. There are plenty
of exciting activities to report and to
celebrate.
It has been an excellent start to the new
academic year and the mood around
school is positive and happy. I am
delighted to see that the new students
have settled well. It was a delight to see
The start of a new academic year can be an students and midges agreed. As the students
anxious time for students in any year group tackled the sheer rock face from both the top so many enthusiastic faces at the Year
(not to mention their parents), but there were (abseiling down) and the bottom (climbing up) 7 sports morning in the f rst week of
few signs of anxiety as our intrepid new Year and squeezed themselves through impossibly term. The highlight of the morning was
undoubtedly the House Relay event, with
7s headed northwards on the annual team- tight gaps between rocks on the scrambling the competitive f nishes in both boys
building expedition to Ilam in Derbyshire. No course, the midges tucked into our tasty and girls races adding to the excitement.
sooner had the parents been ushered from exposed arms, faces and legs. Sunburn was Thank you to parents for supporting this
the playground than the pupils were busily one additional hazard we had not expected in event and a reminder to all parents that
making plans for the week, discussing their late September. they are welcome to support any of our
dorm groups and quizzing the teachers on sporting f xtures. The large external entry
the delights that lay ahead. Now in its third On Wednesday the Tittesworth reservoir into Year 12 have also settled well, adding
year, the Ilam trip is a key part of the settling welcomed our eager band of Year 7s. to the considerable potential of this year
in process at school. Reassured by having a complete change group over the next two years.
of clothes in their backpacks, the students
The base for the week was the spectacular duly threw themselves into every activity… A highlight of the term so far has
Ilam Hall, a beautiful gothic-revival National and the reservoir itself. The cata-canoes been the recent School Prizegiving. In
Trust property which doubles as a Youth were a helpfully-balanced cross between particular it was a delight to welcome
Hostel and which was ours for the week. a catamaran and a canoe, so we sang ‘The back so many of last year’s leavers to
The f rst afternoon saw everyone throwing Grand Old Duke of York’ at full volume, congratulate them on their excellent
themselves into team-building activities and standing up and with accompanying actions, A Level results and to wish
a treasure hunt around the grounds. Tuesday but even so no one fell in. The instructors tried them well on their onward
dawned bright and clear at The Roaches; journey to university.
great weather for rock-climbing, both continued on page 3 I trust that good routines
have now been established
for the students and I look
IN tHIS ISSUE… forward to sharing in their
success in the year ahead.
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