Daisy Tickner (Year 12) was the Senior Girls winner in the SSAA Cross Country Championships held at Oswestry School recently.
Eleanor Regnart-Butler (Year 7) competing at the Welsh Institute of Sport has won a Gold Medal in the Welsh Youth Foil.
Year 9 and 10 are currently on a surfing trip to Morocco. Here you can read a report on the adventures all the students are getting up to, written by the pupils themselves. Check back for regular updates and pictures.
Oswestry School is saddened to learn of the passing of a well known and respected teacher, Mr Terry Roberts. Terry passed away on Wednesday 8
th February after battling against cancer.
More than 100 guests braved snow and ice to attend a night of glamorous chic at Oswestry’s Wynnstay Hotel for the Bellan House Masked Venetian Ball.
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| (l-r)back row: Ms Willis, Natalie Renwick,Louise Aust , Jade Perry, Mrs Turner
Front row (l-r):Vicky Whittingham, Paige Baker, Sophie Yates (c),Rebecca Evans,Aniza Naim |
This was an excellent achievement by our girls considering we had three of the squad players unable to play. Aniza Naim and Rebecca Evans stepped in to help at short notice and we are extremely grateful for their help.
Art students were given a treat this term when Peter Edwards – possibly Oswestry School’s most successful living artist – returned to the school for a portrait workshop to help pupils with the national Face Britain project.
Two of our rugby players, Kudzai Zhou and Thabani Ndaba, were given a taste of what it takes to become a top-level player – and a good dose of cold English weather in the process!
Three students from Oswestry School took part in what has become an annual event for the Rotary Club of Oswestry.
We had been worried in the build-up to our visit to Capel Curig that we would be greeted with warm temperatures and green and black mountains – but luckily we were proved wrong as Snowdonia did indeed have snow!
The Old Oswestrian Society is sad to learn of the passing of Old Oswestrian Peter Humphreys at home on 29th January 2012, at the age of 95.
Mr Julian Cattley, the new Director of Music has had his musical composition selected by the organisers of the Oswestry Games (an Olympic-style community games event to be held in the town from 6th to 15th July this year).
Many congratulations to Deputy Head Boy and Donne House Captain Oliver Newman, who has been selected, out of around 3,000 nominated skiers from the 2010/11
Interski season, for the
Interski Scholarship.
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| (l-r)Alan Mitchell, Emily Bromage,Edward Green,Andy Chapman,Peter Howle and Daisy Ticker |
Old Oswestrian Andy Chapman (1981-84), qualified mountain guide gave an inspirational talk to the Senior School on fulfilling his boyhood dream of climbing Everest (Mt Sagarmatha) in May.
Oswestry School launched a Sports Hall Fund Appeal in 2010 to raise funds for the building of a Sports Hall on the Maes-y-Llan playing fields.
Despite the generosity of many people, the present and uncertain future economic climate is making progress towards our financial target difficult, and therefore the timescale has become uncertain. Added to this are the changes by the Government which have reduced tax relief and considerably restricted grants for such projects.
The Governors have therefore decided to change the direction of the Appeal to an Astropitch to be sited on the Maes-y-Llan, which will be used for hockey, and five-a-side football, as well as for the all-weather cricket nets. It will be fully floodlit and have adjacent shelters and amenities.
It will also be available for rent by the local community.
The Bellan House Parents' Association have kindly provided a brand new shelter. It is situated on the tennis courts and means that the children have somewhere to sit and play games under cover. It can accomodate several children at any one time.
To raise money for Youth Cancer pupils and staff were encouraged to dress up as superhero or cartoon characters.
Bubbles the donkey was on hand to add to the Christmas theme and greeted pupils as they arrived at the church for
Bellan House's Nativity Service.
The Christmas Fair was again a tremendous success with £450 raised which will be split between Multiple System Atrophy and the School Charity Chapel Restoration Fund.
Year 10 pupils took part in a charity event for Hope House.
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