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The national Coffee Morning is Macmillan's biggest fundraising event, where the charity asks people across the UK to hold a coffee morning and raise money for people living with cancer. The sun shone for the annual Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s PA Macmillan coffee morning held in the Master's Lodge of Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s College, the beautiful private residence of the Master and his wife. The cakes, made by PA committee members and kind friends, looked and tasted fantastic and put everyone in the mood to donate to the sum of £986 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
On Saturday 14th September, our Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s rugby teams visited Framlingham College for their annual Pre-Season U11 and U13 Prep Schools Rugby Festival. This Festival attracts over 250 boys and it gives coaches and players the opportunity to play in a number of games and to enjoy themselves without the pressure of playing for a trophy. Brandeston Hall, Barnardiston Hall, Holmwood House, Widford Lodge, Orwell Park, Old Buckenham Hall, Taverham Hall and The Abbey all took part in the day.
After the end of term the Choristers set off with Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s College Choir on a short but concentrated tour to Switzerland and Germany. Their first stop was to the French-speaking Swiss city of Lausanne, ready for their inaugural concert at the Verbier Festival on 25 July. The Choir travelled north for a concert at the Dom St Blasius in the Black Forest in Germany and then drove back to Switzerland to the Italian-speaking city of Lugano.
The second Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s College School Association Golf Day took place at the Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club on 18th July 2014. Twelve former pupils, some playing in the event for the first time, gathered, with five current members of staff, to play 18 holes of golf on a pleasantly warm day. The golf was possibly secondary to the opportunity for members of the Association, of various ages, to chat and share memories as they made their way around the course.
Parents’ Association events have raised almost £12,500 for charity this year. This term’s Fun Day raised £1300 for the Street Child World Cup charity. The Fun Day was in its second year, incorporating the well-loved Fun Run and was designed for all ages to have an action-packed afternoon of sport and play with Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s families, friends and staff.
The Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s College Choir travelled to Normandy to take part in services that commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The Choir performed at three services over the course of the anniversary on Friday 6 June 2014. Performances took place at Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux Cemetery and Arromanches and the commemoration was broadcast live on BBC One. Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s College Choir was the only choir to sing at the British commemoration services, attended by members of the Royal Family as well as heads of state from all over the world.
For their production this year, Form 3 presented Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a dramatic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s unique take on the classic fairy-tale. ​The children had no trouble engaging and maintaining the audience’s attention throughout the performance, immediately establishing a light-hearted and fun atmosphere with some spirited ensemble singing. Comic scenes were counterbalanced with decidedly more intense and moodier moments, with the children’s creation of the ‘Forest Wild’ through carefully choreographed mime and gesture a particular highlight.
Children throughout Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s have raised a tremendous £5,733.02 for local charity, Blue Smile since the Easter holidays and the total is still rising. Blue Smile is a Cambridgeshire children’s charity that provides counselling and therapy for pupils in schools between the ages of 3 and 13 during a critical window of opportunity for change. The donation was raised by the ‘Grow Your Money’ initiative.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong (Joseph Chilton Pearce)
The Welding Institute, based in Cambridge, visited Å·ÃÀ×ÔÅÄ’s as part of Form 3’s ‘Wonder Afternoon’. The children discovered that welding with chocolate is an innovative and fun way of demonstrating welding and engineering principles. Bridges are made of all kinds of materials; stone, steel, concrete, wood and, in this workshop, chocolate!