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Opening of "The Crow's Nest"

The new tree house has now been officially opened. Over 100 entries were received in the competition to name this wonderful new facility and after much discussion the winner was James Newcombe with the name “The Crow’s Nest”, which fits in well with both the building’s maritime theme and the birds that live in the tree. After James cut the ribbon and officially opened “The Crow’s Nest”, the first person to descend the slide was Mrs Aston, followed shortly afterwards by the headmaster. The climbing ropes, fireman’s pole, the bell from the SS Titanic and many other interesting things were used by the first boys allowed across to the island – who were those whose suggested names tor the house had been on the final shortlist. We will now look forward to making the best possible use of this innovative and exciting structure!

NATIONAL PREP SCHOOLS RAPIDPLAY DEC.17TH 2011

We hosted the Championships again this year and there was an excellent turn out with 125 children from 20 schools, playing in 5 different age groups. Everyone enjoyed the tournament and there were some high quality games.

Well done to all the Aldro players.

U12 section Gwilym Price 4\6 (2^nd=),Guy Woodhouse 3\5 (4^th=) Seb Gunner 2\5

U11 section Jack Lalor 2.5\5, Angus Parker, Sebastian Stanic and Ben Wood 2\5

U10 section Archie Woodhouse 4\5 (2^nd=), Joseph Eaton-Parker 3\5 (5^th=),Christoph Weissberg 2\5

U9 section Justin Lu 4\5 (3^rd =), Amir Baradar, Edward Brooks, Jack Finnis, Aaryan Kapoor, Henry Dorman and Jack Osborn 3\5 (13^th=),Jonathan Barley, Will Drayton, Hector Money, William Riddy, Henry Rix, Nicholas Stanic, Felix Wood 2\5, Edward Brew 1.5\5

We came 4^th out of 20 schools in the team competition, but it was great to see so many Aldro players competing with some of the best players in the south of England and gaining some good experience for the tournaments coming up later in the year.

Many thanks to Mr Tuddenham and Pat Armstrong for their expert help and to all the Aldro parents who helped in various ways on the day .The refreshments were very successful raising £168.65 for Change of Scene.

D.J.Archer

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"A Christmas Carol"

We all very much enjoyed our Senior Play this year – a fantastic production of “A Christmas Carol”. There were plenty of great performances – including some spooky ghosts, an impressive pair of narrators in the form of Silas Barrow and Doug (not to mention their “scapegoat”, Toby Crisp), along with Bob Cratchit. And as for Scrooge himself – well, he was extremely sinister to start with, but certainly became much more pleasant as the play progressed! Well done to the producer, Mrs Thompson and many thanks to a good number of Mothers who helped with the excellent costumes and make-up. But especially well done to all the cast and back stage crew – it was a wonderful show!

Second Tournament win in as many weeks for the 1st XV

On Wednesday 30^thNovember the 1^stXV came away from the U13 Wellington College 15’s tournament as winners. A fantastic team effort scoring 183 points and only conceding one try in the whole tournament. Having won the Highfield tens tournament the previous week, the 1^stXV have had an amazing start to their season.

Well done boys.

James Bond Day

It was great to see all the boys and staff enter wholeheartedly into the spirit of James Bond day. A huge amount of thought and effort had gone into the outfits and there was a wonderful buzz throughout the day. One boy had been gearing up to the event with such excitement he signed himself in at lunch as "Bond, James Bond!" Many thanks to everyone for the way in which they contributed to the success of the day.

We raised £300.79 on the day which will be sent to our nominated charity Change of Scene.

Aldro are Champions at Highfield 10's Rugby Tournament

Congratulations to the 1^st X Rugby squad on winning the Highfield 10’s tournament on Wednesday this week. The boys scored an astonishing 214 points and even more impressively managed to concede no tries.

Sherborne Rugby Tour

Thirty four boys and 5 staff members travelled to Dorset for the annual Sherborne School rugby tour during the October half-term. The boys experienced coaching from Baths Danny Grewcock and Sherborne 1st XV rugby staff. The three day tour ended with fixtures against Highfield, Kings House and Hall Grove. It was a great start to the upcoming rugby season with the touring A side winning all their matches comfortably scoring a number of excellent tries, while the touring B side with a mixture of abilities enjoyed the experience but struggled to contain their opposition which were mainly close to full strength A sides from other schools.

Starfish Malawi

Aldro has been supporting Starfish Malawi for a number of years and it was very good to welcome Roly and Rosie Bell to the school to talk to the boys about the work that this charity does in one of the poorest countries in the world. They made the boys understand the extent of the poverty by explaining how long it would take for a worker there to earn enough to pay for a packet of cornflakes – seven and a half days! It was also good to see some pictures of the school in Malawi with which we are directly linked, in a village called Simiwaya. Wilfred Deverell (Form 7) was presented with a certificate to thank him for a raising £150 for Starfish Malawi in a sponsored swim that he had undertaken - and it was fantastic that we raised over £1300 for this charity at our Harvest festival services in the chapel.

Form 8 Boy Swims the Channel

On 27 September, William Sutcliffe a form 8 pupil, became one of the youngest ever to complete a relay swim of the Channel. He swam with three members of his family, under the strict rules of the Channel Swimming Association….no wetsuits and equal amounts of time in the water. The swim took just over 16 hours and was completed at 10.15 pm. William had to swim 4 hours, which included the last hour in complete darkness to the French coast, in one of the biggest tides of the year.

The swim was to raise funds for Cherry Trees, the respite home near Guildford, and there will be a fundraising event at the school later in the year.

International Chess Player

Many congratulations to Gwilym Price (Form 7) who has been selected for the England Under-11 Chess Team. He has played for England against Wales, Holland and Belgium and also did extremely well in the British Chess Championships which were held in Sheffield in the summer holidays.

International Chess Player

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