First Eleven Magazine - For Parents of Children at Independent Schools
Children at Number 11, the pre-prep department at Newland House School had a Shrove Tuesday surprise with the arrival of two ‘celebrity’ chefs who demonstrated the right, and very wrong, ways of cooking pancakes. Headmaster David Alexander was the ‘good’ chef who measured all the ingredients accurately, took time to mix them together and produced [...]
Students from Holy Trinity International School (HTIS) in Kidderminster travelled to London to meet local MP for Wyre Forest, Mark Garnier, and to be taken on a guided tour of the Palace of Westminster and the House of Lords and the House of Commons, as part of their senior GCSE and A level studies. HTIS [...]
Each year travel scholarships are awarded to pupils at Oundle School to encourage a spirit of adventure, exploration and physical challenge. This year the Adventure Awards Committee considered a large number of formal applications made by pupils from the Lower Sixth Form, who proposed an astonishingly wide variety of exciting travel adventures. The top award, [...]
On Sunday 19 February, 15 AS Politics students left Bedford Modern School early in the morning for a three day visit to Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament. Here, students were able to tour the building, meet various MSPs and watch them in action in Committee. The students were also able to visit Edinburgh Castle and [...]
Twelve pupils at Malvern College have received highly sought-after offers from Oxford and Cambridge and two more have been accepted at prestigious Ivy League universities in the United States, at Cornell and Yale, with three outcomes from Harvard still awaited.
Mrs Joanna Rex has been appointed Head of Bedford Modern Junior School. With a BA (Hons) from the University of Lancaster where she majored in Religious Studies, Mrs Rex also has a PGCE having trained for the Upper Primary age range. Mrs Rex joined Bedford Modern School in 1992 as a Year 5 class teacher [...]
On Saturday 4 February, four Oundle School runners competed for Northamptonshire in the Inter-Counties Cross Country race held at the Royal Hospital School in Ipswich. Johnnie Bland (17), competing in the U19 category, came 21st, making him 4th in the County and qualifying him for the Nationals. Charlie Hutchinson (16), also competing in the U19 [...]
Marek Behnke, a former Bedford Modern School pupil, has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Junior Freestyle Ski Championships in Valmalenco, Italy, between 19 and 24 March. 19 year old Marek, who left BMS in 2010, is the first ever British skier to qualify for the Championships in Ski Cross and will [...]
On a desperately cold evening in February, St Benedict’s School production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ provided a wonderful spectacle that gladdened the eye and warmed the heart. The school’s Orchard Hall was transformed with kaleidoscopic sparkling lights, sand, palm trees and a Sphinx that transported the audience to faraway and ancient [...]
On Saturday 21st January the English department at Box Hill School provided students with an amazing chance to meet and work with author, Cathy Brett, a renowned author and illustrator of books for teenagers. Students were inspired by Cathy’s stories of how she became involved in writing and worked with her to create their own [...]
