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TheOldCoventrian

The newsletter of the King Henry VIII School former pupils association SPRING 2015 Issue 9

Welcome to our Spring Edition of OldCoventrian . fixtures, tournaments and competitions coming up and
We hope you will find plenty to interest you in this issue want to make sure we have you on the invitation list!
and as ever, we welcome feedback and your own news
or ideas for future articles. Please have a look at the article about mentoring. This
is our next initiative and will need plenty of support to
You will notice a number of obituaries in this edition get it off the ground.
and we extend our sympathies to the families affected.
We were also sorry to hear of the recent passing of Ted As a voluntary organisation, our activities are limited by
Chalk, Douglas Hayward, Charles Whitlock (’40), numbers who are involved, so if you can offer any help,
Steven Edmonds (parent Governor) and Gordon Miles please get in touch. If you are in contact with other OCs,
(retired Staff). It is sad to have to pass on such news, please encourage them to let the Alumni Office have
but we are glad that more of you are getting in touch their address to enable us to inform them as to what is
and keeping us informed of family events. going on in the OCA and KHVIII community. Feel free
to forward this email to any who are not on our list!
If you play golf, rugby, cricket, bowls or run and have
only been in touch via Facebook in the past, please let A special ‘Thank you!’ to Keith Bushnell ( ‘72) who has
the Alumni Office know (alumni@khviii.net). We have helped the OCA committee greatly by setting out this
term’s newsletter for us.

Mentoring

We are proud to have a wealth of knowledge and The Classes of
experience within the Old Coventrian community. We ’97 and ’98 Reunion
would like to harness these skills to support some of
our former students during their undergraduate years,
as they navigate their way into the workplace. Saturday, 25 April 2015
Mentoring is widely recognised as a rewarding and
enriching two-way process, supported by many 2pm: Tour of the School, followed by refreshments
organisations from a development and social
responsibility perspective. We initially envisage this 7 for 7.30pm: Dinner at the Ramada Hotel, Coventry
being a one-year development programme, designed to
provide constructive advice and an external viewpoint We warmly invite former pupils of Henry’s who
on a one-to-one basis. would have started in Year 7 in ’97 or ’98.

Our target is to match ten mentors with mentees in the
first year; we would love anyone interested in being a Many of you were at the Junior School before that
mentor and helping a young individual at this crucial and some of you joined later or left before ’04 or ’05.
stage of their lives to contact us. Thank you very much. You are all welcome!
Email alumni@khviii.net.
Find the invitation/Booking form on the Old
A Tour of the School? Coventrians Event page on Facebook or
contact Amanda at alumni@khviii.net for more
If you would like to see the School again, your next
opportunity is on Open Day Saturday 27 June 10.00. information.
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Act quickly as places are limited!
Please let the Alumni Office know by Wednesday 24
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June if you wish to book in.

If you have read this OC newsletter – some or all, please could you let us know??!!