Senior School News & Events
News & Events
Orienteers are British Schools Champions
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Clayesmore's Orienteering team have retained their title as the British Schools Orienteering Champions in the small schools class this weekend at Bovington. A convincing win against stiff competition brought the trophy back home. Congratulations go to Jake Dixon, Jac Heale, Edd Goates, Hugo Purdue, Seb Sheehan, Lydia Smith, James Pawsey, George Slinger, George Complin, Tristan Bailey, Archie ...
Sixth form student wins Army Scholarship
Monday, 19 November 2007
The Headmaster announces today, the award of a Sixth Form Army Scholarship for eventual entry to RMA Sandhurst to David Stockell, (Lower Sixth, Gate House). "David is a first class Clayesmorian who gives the fullest possible commitment to everything that he undertakes. David is a student of very considerable academic ability who was one of our top achievers at GCSE last summer, he is a fin...
Riders get more awards and opportunities for UCAS points
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Rosettes have been piling up for the riding team recently with an impressive win in the intermediate section of the inter schools Combined Training, Dressage and Show Jumping competition hosted by Clayesmore. In the Individual Novice section Chantelle Buckle was placed 5th in both the Dressage and the Show Jumping sections. In the Individual Intermediate section Charlotte Hewitt won the Open Dr...
Indian Take Away - a Clayesmore cultural feast
Monday, 12 November 2007
On Monday, we were treated (within two hours) to a small portion of Indian culture seen through three major elements of Indian life – Music, Art and Food. The concept was not new as the Music, Art, Home Economics and Modern Languages departments had collaborated on previous occasions to present a cultural journey through France, Germany, Spain and Italy with a similar approach. So, this eveni...
Leading scientist presents the 'Light Fantastic'
Sunday, 11 November 2007
One of the world’s leading scientists in his field, Dr Pete Vukusic of Exeter University, presented the Institute of Physics lecture to Clayesmore students and invited schools last week. Entitled ‘Light Fantastic – The Science of Colour’, the lecture featured infra red cameras, powerful microscopes magnifying butterfly wings 100,000 times and the mixing of pigments and beams of light. ...
Sixth Form Geographers in Rhodes
Monday, 22 October 2007
A party of 17 students and 7 staff are spending a week in Lindos, an ancient sea town on the island of Rhodes in order to study the effects of mass tourism on the environment and to practise geographical investigation techniques on the magnificent coastline. Towards the end of the week students will collect the information they need in order to produce their A2 coursework investigations. This i...
Clayesmore Lecture 2007 - Johnson Beharry, VC
Sunday, 21 October 2007
In a humbling, harrowing, yet utterly inspiring diologue with journalist and author, Nick Cook, the first recipient of the Victoria Cross since the Falklands War, told a spell bound audience of pupils, staff, parents and distinguished guests of how he, single-handedly, saved his colleagues from certain death, not once, but twice in May and June 2004. Stephen Byrne, Housemaster of Wolverton Hous...
Busy half term for Clayesmore musicians
Saturday, 20 October 2007
The start of a new academic year brings with it the promise of new, exciting and thrilling moments to come. The Music Department hit the ground running and in the space of six weeks had produced five concerts! It was a tall order but the pupils must be congratulated for rising to the occasion so quickly and producing some very fine performances. The Scholars' Concert on the 24th September is a ...