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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Newbury Weekly News

Horris Hill School

HORRIS Hill School has a unique ethos which develops every boy as an individual and provides a rigorous and extensive academic, sporting, musical and artistic founda- tion. The school delivers success by achieving places and awards at the very best senior schools and boys with impeccable manners, good humour and active brains. In the past academic year, awards to senior schools have included academic at Winch- ester, Eton and Marlborough, outstanding talent at Harrow, music and drama at St Edward’s Oxford and Milton Abbey and sport at Millfield and Sher- borne. Horris Hill believes that the period from 7-13 years of age is the most critical in any boy’s life. These are the years where the foundations of the men they can become are laid. At such a crucial stage in their cultural development, an all- boys’ school provides the opti- mal setting where pupils will exercise their intellectual inquisitiveness and are free to explore all avenues, building self-confidence and awareness in a safe and encouraging envi- ronment. Horris Hill offers a wide variety of sports and extra-curricular activities, so that every boy has the opportunity to develop inter- ests away from the classroom. The main sports are rugby, foot- ball, cricket, hockey and tennis. The school also has its own golf course, train and modelling room, swimming pool, squash court and cross country course.

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Bursaries are available. Many boys join in Y3 as day pupils and transition to boarding by Y6. continue their creative and out- of-the-box thinking and seize all the wonderful opportunities available to them. education could make for your son, please come and visit. Email registrar@horrishill.com to arrange an appointment. Horris Hill looks forward to welcoming you. Horris Hill Pupils for a Dragons’ Den- style pitch battle, where 15 boys impressed him with their entrepreneurial presentations for a whole host of ideas. The two winning presentations focused on a personal transportation device and smart internet-connected furniture. He encouraged the boys to To see for yourself what a difference a Horris Hill

For boys with green fingers, there is a Kitchen Garden. Lamda training is offered for budding performers as well as Judo, sailing, clay pigeon shooting, Mandarin and a hugely successful chess club. For local boys, there is a morn- ing bus service from Winchester, Stockbridge and Andover. The day fee for Y3-5, from September 2018, will be £5,600 per term for day pupils. came to visit last October. Headmaster Giles Tollit said: “We were delighted to welcome The Duke of York to Horris Hill again and to share with him our outstanding recent results and to show him the model for our current theatre project, which will be of huge benefit to both the school and to the local community.” The Duke of York then joined all HORRIS Hill School is honoured that His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG, is The School Visitor and

Salisbury Plain. Moving up the school, pupils are encouraged to get involved in more challenging adventure activities where more time and dedication is required to achieve specific skills. This might involve participating in the Devizes to Westminster canoe race, trekking in the Himalayas or crewing the school’s Tall Ship, the Jolie Brise . The results are remarkable. Pupils who started as relatively quiet and cautious by nature, grow in confidence and are willing to take on new experiences. Those not known to be “the outdoors type” can demonstrate great resilience and good humour in the face of adversity. But developing these traits takes courage. Exploration inevitably

involves a few wrong turns, so the school works to build the confidence needed to tackle challenges that pupils may not believe they can do, safe in the knowledge that, if things go wrong, the Dauntsey’s team is here to support them. As a result, pupils’ confidence and self-esteem rise dramatically as they discover what can be achieved, often under challenging conditions – and this pays noticeable dividends back in the classroom in terms of academic progress. Adventure activities at school can create a platform for pupils to set themselves apart and develop into the person that they aspire to be. In short, what you learn through adventure can have a profound effect on the development of your character and your entire future.

DAUNTSEY’S – lessons for life Dauntsey’s believe that adventure not only helps children let off steam, but also plays a vital role in equipping them with the necessary skills to set them up for life after school. Understanding risk and not shying away from it is an important life skill and pupils can develop an understanding of risk management through being exposed to it, while they still have the support of the school environment. The adventure programme at Dauntsey’s starts in the Lower School with short activities that serve as an introduction to adventure. Examples include learning to kayak on the Kennet and Avon canal, camping in the school grounds or a night hike on

OPEN MORNING Saturday 12 May 2018

To see for yourself the gold standard in boys’ preparatory education, where ethos and environment nurture and inspire all-round excellence, then please visit us in person.

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To book a visit please contact registrar@horrishill.com

OPEN MORNING 2018 Saturday 19th May from 10am - 12 noon

“Dauntsey’s is ... Fab”

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www.dauntseys.org Boarding & Day School Co-educational 11-18 West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 4HE T. 01380 814500

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