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Clayesmore confirmands at cathedral ceremony
In the magnificent and ancient setting of Salisbury Cathedral, twenty-two girls and boys from across the year groups were confirmed on Saturday by the Bishops of Salisbury and Sherborne and Honorary Assistant Bishop, the Right Revd David Hallatt. Friends and family had travelled from across the world to join a large congregation of supporters at the cathedral for this moving service. Clayesm... read more
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A-level Physicists visit CERN
During the last weekend of the Easter break eighteen A-level physicists flew to Geneva. The main focus of the trip was to visit the Large Hadron Collider facility at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) to support their recent work on Particle Physics. One of the group takes up the story……… “After landing on the Friday evening we were soon soon made aware of the extensive, ef... read more
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24 hours, 70 students, £4501
70 excited students from all 5 Houses gathered in the Sports Hall at 5pm one Saturday last term. Anticipation and the smell of clean t-shirts was in the air. The thought of grabbing power naps in a squash court seemed exciting – even if you had to share the space with 30 others. And then, remarkably, they spent the next 24 hours running, swimming, spinning, footballing, basketballing and hockey... read more
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Busy term For CCF
The CCF had another productive Spring term which included Skill-at-Arms weekends, Flying with the RAF and Field Days to the Royal Armoured Corps at Bovington and the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton. The highlight of the term however was an excellent performance by both the boys and girl cadet teams in the 2012 Dorset Cadet Challenge held at Bovington on the 18th March. The Challenge, w... read more
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Sixth Form Show Jumper wins third place
Over the Easter holidays Clayesmore took part in an Inter Team & Individual Show Jumping competition organised by the Thomas Hardye School, this was held at Moreton Equestrian Centre near Dorchester. Claire Downie, riding her own horse ‘Ozzy’, was our sole representative and took part in two classes, 2’9” and 3’. Competition was fierce and Claire did exceptionally well to jump double clear ... read more
