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Alicante: Half-Term - October 2009
Date: Saturday 31 October 2009
Mrs Newton and four pupils – John Bungay, Gabby Hodnett, Ben Pape and Seth Scott Deuchar left Gatwick...The 'Rex' Cinema, Berkhamsted
Date: Friday 16 October 2009
Warneford housemistress Liz Sears was brought up in Berkhamsted, and remembers her first cinema visit...Inter-House Quiz - October 2009
Date: Thursday 15 October 2009
For nearly 30 years the Inter-House Quiz has introduced a very different element, and some very different...St Edmund's School 4 Dover College 0
Date: Thursday 15 October 2009
The girls of the hockey 1st XI emulated the performance of their football-playing counterparts by scoring...'An Inspector Calls' - Novello Theatre
Date: Thursday 15 October 2009
No, this is nothing to do with the forthcoming visit of the 'inspectors' to St Edmund's School, but rather...Royal Festival Hall - October 15th 2009
Date: Thursday 15 October 2009
GCSE & L5 Music Scholars Trip to the Royal Festival Hall, LondonLiterary Society - October 2009
Date: Wednesday 14 October 2009
An enthusiastic mix of U6 and L6 gathered for the first meeting of the year to hear an erudite and informal introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald from Robbie Vile (U6). The life of Fitzgerald as a member of the 'lost generation' and how alcohol, cinema and his own creation of 'the jazz age' affected his work formed the core of a fascinating disquisition - which, in turn, created some very positive discussion of the history of the period, where sixth form historians contributed, and to the merits of the author's prose style and innovative qualities. Mr Matthew Whitman, who has joined the department to teach to all levels this term gave a reading of 'Sunlight in the Garden' by Louis MacNeice which was well received and again elicited high quality analysis of the style and meaning of the poem. Ben Draper read Craig Raine's 'A Martian sends a Postcard Home' and Mr Jon Dagley supplied a 'beginnings' quiz and a reading of Bleak House page 1 - a London and Kentish evoking of 'fog' in the autumn season! JPD ...Football, Hockey, Golf - A Full Programme
Date: Tuesday 13 October 2009
Too many fixtures? Not enough practice time? It is arguable that junior sides need as much practice time...Girls' Hockey - Ashford School Fixture
Date: Monday 12 October 2009
The 1st XI began a busy week with a 2 - 0 win away against Ashford School; this hopefully augurs well...Arnie Dunning - Just Champion!
Date: Saturday 10 October 2009
The squash courts at the King's School Recreration Centre yesterday resounded to the echo of ball on...1 2
