Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 200
CELEBRATING THE SCHOOL YEAR
Alex smashes regular 90s **OR** regular
the recent stranded walk where we were
ducks. It’s been an up-and-down year and
driven out 10 miles away and dumped at a
we have so much more to experience. The
random location with just a funny archaic
sporting opportunities here are second to
piece of paper which is apparently called
none. Mrs Kingstone you are leaving some
an OS map - they didn’t even leave us
very big trainers to 昀椀ll!
with our phones – so not even a sat nav or
the number for an uber!
We are proud to say that many pupils
in Year 8 have described the school as
So, it will probably not come as a surprise
‘welcoming’.
to learn that Jack Barnett managed to
Both sta昀昀 and pupils ensure that every new
navigate his team completely o昀昀 the map.
face that joins the school is greeted with
The idea was pretty much like the show
warmth and kindness.
Celebrity Hunted, but we weren’t being
hunted and neither are we celebrities –
not yet at least.
Some notable newcomers have been
Harry Wilmer - our very own Isaac
Newton,
We also have had many exciting
impressing Mr Artaman with his
opportunities to showcase our intellectual
knowledge of orbital mechanics and
talents.
secretly hoping that Mr Artaman is
Years of hard work with Mr Means and
working on the funding for a for a
Mrs Gough prepares us for the annual
rocket launchpad and a rocket to put his
national junior maths challenge with the
astrodynamics to the test.
coveted gold award up for grabs.
This year, we have welcomed many new
Physics knowledge and engineering
students from across the world. Jose,
skills enabled pupils to give Silverstone
Gadea and Manuela joined us for the
and Mercedes a run for their money and
Autumn Term from Spain, and then Paco
design a track and car as part of the British
joined later in the Summer Term. The
Science Association CREST Awards.
Boddy family joined us from South Africa
and Ethan Pearl joined us from Texas,
We had the opportunity to take part in the
USA.
AIM High writing challenge where, in the
words of Martin Luther King, ‘if you want
Another word used to describe the Prep
to change the world, pick up your pen and
School was ‘exciting’.
write’, we were encouraged.
Whether it was the fantastic ski trip, well
I was told it was fantastic, unfortunately
And our passionate historians eagerly
I couldn’t squeeze my leg cast into a ski
await the nationally acclaimed Townsend-
boot and I missed the trip of the year, or
Warner History Prize Competition,
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