Assembly This Morning
Particularly well done to the following boys, for their achievements so soon into the new year.
SUPERSTAR
Holiday Work: H Stopps
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Holiday Work: JJ Gibbs
French: F Chalmers, S Hungin, H Vernau
Mathematics: C Blampied, B Jang, T Patel, N Sharma
Science: J Figg, D Jackson, J Lane, J Owen
The First Victims
A real "well done" to I Akhtar, J Figg, C Green and M Lambert who delivered the description of the Royal Academy so well. Everyone could hear them, and they even raised a laugh! This is the report:
On Tuesday the Fourth Forms went to the Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London. The RA, as it is known, was founded in 1768 and its first President was the famous artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. The RA shows fantastic temporary exhibitions which they fund themselves, with no financial help from the government.
The main exhibition that we went to see was called ‘Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707–2007’.
What’s an antiquary? An antiquary is someone who is a collector or scholar of very old objects, antiques or antiquities.
Someone once said: “You should not concern yourself with the future, for the future is just another day; busy yourself with the past for it is fading fast!” (AGP - not at all sure about this one!)
Anyway … the things we saw in this exhibition were amazing and were lent to the RA by the London Society of Antiquaries, which is the oldest and best of its type in the world. It was found in 1707 by men who were interested in learning about the past from the old objects they excavated and collected. They commissioned the best artists of the day, including Turner and Constable, to make a record of these things by drawing and painting them.
Some of the exhibits we saw included: a beautiful First Century Roman helmet found in Kent, by a boy playing in a field; a huge vellum scroll with tiny writing and illuminations, tracing the ancestry of Henry the VI all the way back to Adam and Eve; and also a beautiful set of Anglo Saxon jewellery.
We had lunch in the sunshine, in the RA courtyard, before visiting two smaller exhibitions: anatomical drawings and portraits of Royal Academicians. Before we came back to school we ran around in Green Park and bump into Thomas Hatherley, who says “Hi to everyone!”
It was a very good trip and we would like to thank the Headmaster and the staff who took us. I think they enjoyed it, too!
Mr Smith
then talked to the boys about what to do if they were unhappy about something. He reminded them that it was important to talk to someone - tutor, any member of staff, a friend. He then told the boys that there is going to be a black box outside the Dining Room where boys can put a message - anonymous if necessary - if there really is no-one they feel they can talk to. He stressed that this was something to use properly, but if something needed sorting out it would be. This is just another way of communication.
Bookitch
The famous Caldicott Bookitch Competition has started once more. This involves the boys reading, and then filling in a report about the book they have read. If they read the necessary amount they progress along the Bookitch levels to be awarded the "Golden Snitch," the ultimate accolade.
This term the theme is Rugby World Cup. Mr Fletcher has allocated a country to each House:
COOPER: Australia
JENKINS: Wales
McARTHUR: Ireland
WOOD: France
Finally, the Headmaster told the boys to be careful, as the windows are being fitted in the new Science labs over the next few days. Small areas will be fenced off as the work progresses.
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