The Schools Mark Turner, M.A. Shrewsbury Headmaster SY3 7BA Telephone: 01743 280525 Facsimile: 01743 340048 E-mail:
[email protected] 11 th November 2014 Dear Parents, I trust that half-term provided the opportunity for appropriate rest and recuperation. On return to school, I was pleased to pick up news of the various expeditions and trips that took place. The Model United Nations team spent time debating at The Royal Rus sell School, Croydon; the rowers enjoyed participating in one of the biggest rowing events in the world at the ‘Head of the Charles’ in Boston, USA, hosted most generously by a number of Salopian families; Duke of Edinburgh expeditioners have been active a nd Spanish linguists have been testing their skills. Meanwhile, a group of Governors, together with senior staff, led by Martin Cropper, Deputy Head (Academic), went to Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok to further the liaison process. John Moore , Director of Music, was there to conduct combined orchestras in ‘The Last Night of the Proms’, and Governors to discuss next stages in our strategy to expand with the opening of more international schools in the future. Before half-term, we very much enj oyed two highlights of the Fasti, the annual running of the Tucks and the House Singing Competition. The Tucks was, once again, a fabulous, whole-school event and, with the going good to firm, most people were able to survive the rigours of the three and a half mile course. This year the medal ceremony was given significantly enhanced gravitas by the presence of John Ngugi, the Hunt’s coach -in-residence, who, as four times World Cross-Country Champion and winner of a gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, is as close to running royalty as one is ever likely to get.