Cricket Wed 7th July - 2nd X1 & 4th X1

Please note that the 2nd X1 away cricket match today v The Beacon will be played at Shardeloes Amersham Cricket Club and the 4th X1 match will be played at Chesham Bois Cricket Club.   All starting times remain as 2.30pm.

Cricket - Wednesday 7 July

Please note the following venues for next Wednesday's cricket matches:

1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th X1 AWAY at The Beacon

Colts A & B v Edge Grove at Woollams

Colts C, D & E AWAY at Edge Grove

Update from France

Straight from the press... the weather is beautiful, and the boys are having fun this morning in archery, fencing and climbing!

CE results

Common Entrance results day is always one of my favourite days of the year. It is a privilege
to give the boys their CE results as it marks the culmination of a lot of hard work, indeed it is
something of a rite of passage. This year was no exception. The candidates of 2010 have covered themselves in glory – all of them passed!

The statistics are impressive:
· 38% of papers taken were passed… read more

Tuesday 15 June

Tuesday 15 June 2010

 Within 11 hours at Aldwickbury

• The Reception classes went to Wobourn Safari Park
• The School choir attended the R.S.C.M. Young Voices Festival at Eton joined by the parents for a picnic beforehand in a park at Windsor
• We welcomed a new housemaster from The Leys School, Cambridge who came to meet one of our Year 8 leavers who will be… read more

Swimming v Habs 17.6.10

Unfortunately Thursday's swimming gala v Habs has been cancelled as they are unable to field a team.

Cricket v Haileybury 16.6.10

Please note the 2nd X1 cricket match v Haileybury on Wednesday 16 June will now be AWAY at 2:30pm.

'Happiness and Success' talk

The talk 'Happiness and Success'  by Martin Walker from Harrow School on Tuesday 15 June will now start at 7pm rather than the published time of 6.30pm.

This talk is based around different interpretations of success and hopes to convey the point that success can be measured by what one… read more

Year 4 Cricket Match v The Beacon: Tuesday 15 June

Please note, next Tuesday's Year 4 cricket match against The Beacon School will now be an away match starting at 2pm with an estimated time of return to Aldwickbury at 5pm.

As this match is now away, there will be no Year 4 tennis club.

J.E.T. Competition - Cricket Match v Cheam

We are thrilled to be through to the quarter finals of the J.E.T. cricket competition for Prep Schools following a splendid performance against Beeston School. The match against Cheam will be on Tuesday 15 June at 3pm at Aldwickbury. Parents are very welcome to attend.

J.E.T. Competition - Cricket Match v Beeston Hall

Congratulations to our 1st XI on their convincing win yesterday against Beeston Hall. We are now through to the next round playing Cheam School.

Friday 28 May Mufti Day and Air Ambulance

Due to unforeseen circumstances our mufti day and the air ambulance visit scheduled for Friday 28 May is cancelled.  We are disappointed that we have had to make this change at such short notice but we have just been informed this morning that the air ambulance will be unable to visit us. 

Friday morning will now run to the normal timetable and boys should come to school in their school uniform.

Vernon Hales
Headmaster

J.E.T. Competition - Cricket Match v Beeston Hall

The 1st X1 match in the 3rd round of the J.E.T. Competition will take place against Beeston Hall this Thursday 27th May at home - starting at 1:30pm.

It’s a long way to Mars……

As a Headmaster there are plenty of things that are not so rewarding about the job– endless paperwork, hundreds of emails, latest government initiatives to read, disciplinary matters and so the list goes on. However, I am fortunate because other aspects of my role at Aldwickbury fill me with tremendous enjoyment! The other day  a group of Year 3 boys were sent to me so that I could read their stories about travelling… read more

Year 3 Induction Day

Tomorrow, Saturday 15 May, we look forward to welcoming all the boys joining the Prep School in Year 3 this coming September .

A Successful Week in the Sports Department

ALDWICKBURY’S UNDER 14 TEAM ARE THE SATIPSKI’S 2010 CHAMPIONS

On Monday the ski teams took part in the first schools’ race to be run on an indoor snow slope as opposed to a dry ski slope. The day was a great success and it was very gratifying to maintain our strong level of performance. Satipski is the unofficial Prep Schools’ National Championship.

The Under 14 team skied exceptionally to win their competition by a very… read more

Aldwickbury Election Result

The result of Friday's Aldwickbury Election is as follows:

Christian  (Conservative)  146 (E)

Max  (Liberal Democract)   41

George  (Labour)   8

David and Goliath

We all know the story of David and Goliath and it is one that is often told in schools as it contains so many lessons for young boys to learn from. I was reminded of this during the week when our 1^st XI beat Bedford Modern in the first round of the JET cup, a national under 13 competition for independent schools. It was an excellent result and an exciting game of cricket; I congratulate… read more

First Match of the Season

Who could have asked for better conditions for the first cricket match of the season for the boys at Aldwickbury School? The 1^st XI and Colts A played their way into the season against Lochinver House. Balls were bowled, wickets taken and runs scored it was great to see the boys enjoying playing this wonderful summer sport. Even the spectators were taken by surprise by the sunshine. Most arrived… read more

Hitting the Right Notes

Music continues to thrive at… read more

An explosive start to the term…..

Term will start with a few boys staying on holiday, apparently unable to get back because of the closure of air space! We also have a few staff that have been forced to extend their holidays. However, the rest of us are looking forward to starting the Summer Term with a bang!

Whilst for some the problems caused by the erupting volcano in Iceland has been a real worry, for the Common Entrance… read more

Aldwickbury and its Trees

Everyone who enters the grounds at Aldwickbury always comments on the beautiful grounds and on the magnificent trees on site. We have to thank the past owners of Aldwickbury for these trees we take for granted.  Alfred Loder who had bought the house by the 1891 census was “one of t he generations of Loders re

I watched with sadness as one of the… read more

Recital by Aldwickbury Musicians at St Peter's

“I just wanted to drop you both a quick line to say how wonderful I thought the event in St Peter's church was this afternoon. The soloists and choir were excellent and a special mention must go to Max who sang so beautifully. Everyone appeared to rise to the occasion, helped by the church's acoustics, making it the most uplifting Aldwickbury concert I have been to. I would also like to… read more

Come dine with me - at Aldwickbury

That was the invitation given to two privileged members of staff by a group of Year 8 boarders. The established Supper Club held its' first sitting of the year with a three course meal designed and cooked by the boys. They served and hosted the meal enjoying the assembled company. Yes, vegetables were included and they cleared up too!

700 trees planted in 2 hours!

A group of Year 8 boys along with two other schools joined the Woodland Trust’s school event Tree for All last week. This is part of the most ambitious children's tree-planting project ever launched in the UK, with plans to help plant 12 million trees over the next five years. On your way into London on the train look left for the field just before Woolhams Sports ground and over the next… read more

World Book Day

World Book Day went amazingly well with a great variety of costumes on display by both boys and staff! 

World Maths Day 3rd March 2010

Most of the boys were able to have a session in the ICT room during the World Maths Day which actually lasted for more than 24 hours, just as long as it was the 3rd March somewhere in the world. Most of the boys had practiced in Week 7 and at home. They played against other pupils around the world in live games of mental arithmetic. With over 2 million pupils from 37,000 schools in… read more

Jeremy Strong visits Aldwickbury

Aldwickbury School was delighted to play host to Jeremy Strong, the much loved children’s author, on Friday 26th February. He spent time with the boys in the Pre-Prep. and Junior Departments respectively. He kept them entertained with a mix of story-telling from his children’s novels, telling them about the writing process and how he got ideas for his books – mostly they seem come from embellishing moments of family history and things… read more

International Boys' Schools Coalition

Aldwickbury has been a member of this tremendously important organisation for several years.

The Headmaster recently took a member of the Pre-Prep department and the Head of Latin to the IBSC one-day conference, Focus on Boys’ Education.

The programme began with an address by Ray Lewis, founder of the Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy, on the many challenges facing boys in UK education. Dr. Abigail Norfleet James, author of Teaching the Male Brain, and an international… read more

Haiti Appeal

The boys wore blue and red in support of Haiti last week following an idea from the prefects to raise money to give to the international appeal for help to this devastated area.

Boys and staff all paid to wear casual clothes to school enabling them to send a cheque for approximately £1500 to SOS Children Villages towards their continuing work in Haiti.

Displays have been produced to bring further details of the situation in… read more