Thank You

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We have now raised well over one million pounds from the annual fund and from legacies! Thank you.

What a difference that has made ...

  • One boy on a full bursary from September 2010
  • Bursary support towards school trips for current bursary students
  • The creation of a new science classroom ensuring all science lessons are taught in a laboratory environment
  • The installation of a state-of-the-art climbing wall in the Sports Centre
  • A plethora of equipment in the Sports Centre including basketball goals, cricket nets, fitness suite equipment, an electronic scoreboard, fencing equipment, ergometers and other extras including table tennis tables
  • A digital microscope and resin block specimens for the biology department
  • Photography, sculpture and contemporary art books
  • Machine tools, drills and other bench equipment for the DT department
  • An Eb clarinet, a bass trombone and a viola
  • New space in the library for a more relaxed private reading environment for VIth form and a reorganised reference collection
  • Heart monitors for the 2nd VIII rowing crew
  • Funding for the Alpha Course and DVDs for use in Christian Union and the Alpha Course
  • Televisions and kitchen equipment for Crescent, School and Waste Court Houses
  • Lifejackets for kayaking
  • A sophisticated digital camera to support photography in art
  • A physiotherapy room in the boathouse and other rowing equipment including a new coxless pair
  • Archive storage equipment
  • An interactive electronic voting system for use in all areas of the curriculum
  • A large format video screen for use in drama and for the film unit
  • A ball machine for tennis
  • Inter-house trophies
  • Support for an artist-in-residence
  • Financial support for the Film Unit for their film of Moldova
  • the Debating Society's trip to the European Youth Parliament
  • GPS equipment for the Geography department
  • A trailer for kit the CFF and Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme
  • A high-definition multimedia document camera for the Chinese department
  • An Oxford Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon for the Classics department
  • A high-definition webcam for the Economics department
  • Digital video recorders for Modern Foreign Languages
  • A high-resolution digital spectrometer for Physics
  • Electronic target and scopes for shooting
  • A match scoreboard for rugby
  • A squat rack for PE training
  • A tabletop potter’s wheel
  • Funding for visiting speakers and a writer-in-residence for the English department
  • Wooden benches for the Jekyll garden
  • A bassoon for the music department
  • Laptops for animations for the Film Unit 
  • A laptop for the School newspaper, the Martlet
  • Gas chromatography equipment for the chemistry department
  • Additional graphic design tools for the art department
  • A sublimation printing system for the CDT department which has wider uses in other areas of the School

And, seven new windows for the School Chapel.

We are delighted to recognise all those who have contributed to our annual funds.

     
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