Aysgarth School

Well done to Mr Nelson’s music students in the Pre-Prep, many of whom took part in a sponsored practice to raise money for Sargent Cancer Care for Children.

13 children aged 6 and 7 yrs from class 2 in the Pre-Prep, visited the Blue Lion in East Witton for a French cookery demonstration by new head chef, Michael, kindly hosted by owner, Paul Klein.

Only a small amount of snow fell on the School last weekend but this did not deter the boys from taking advantage of the wintery weather!

All matches on Wed 8th February have been cancelled due to the hard ground.

Boys from Form 1 have been featured on the front cover of First Eleven magazine.

The Head Chef at Aysgarth delighted the children at lunch with a menu based on celebrity chef James Martin's recipes.

Aysgarth's First XV team have been included within the schools' section of the March issue as they remain unbeaten this season.

Aysgarth School has donated sports clothing to The Mumvuri Trust in Zimbabwe.

The Paris trip has been booked for April. Boys are looking forward to sight-seeing and sampling life in the french capital.

It has just been announced by the School's Charity Committee that the boys in the Prep School raised over £750 following three carol concerts at the end of last term.

We very much look forward to term starting this week. New staff announcements: Mrs Susanna Ogden takes over as Head of Skills Development following Mrs Johan Welsh’s retirement and we welcome four new Gap students.

The Aysgarth School Choirs gave a truly moving performance at the Christmas concert in front of a 700 strong audience at Ripon Cathedral.

The sport department is on a roll as this year's 1st XV is the third team in five years to remain unbeaten since the School introduced rugby as a sport in 1910.

Head of French, Madame Pearson has set up a pen pal system for the boys with a school in Montreuil, near Paris.

Prep pupil Hugh Hollins recently played in The National Childrens’ Orchestra. Performing at Wellington College, he played some extremely challenging music including:

• Beethoven 'Finale' from Symphony No. 5
• Bizet Farandole
• Copland 'Hoe Down' from Rodeo
• Curtis Striding Edge
• Luigini Ballet Egyptien
• Read Grief Never Grows Old
• Williams The Empire Strikes Back

Bevan Fawcett, Ethan Madronal and Oliver Rudd have been selected for the North of England Prep School Barbarians squad to play all the other regions at Rugby school in February.

The 1st XV remain unbeaten. This latest news is a reflection on the team and the hard work of each individual.

Pre-Prep children have been busy designing their very own christmas cards to help fundraise for this year's chosen charity.

24 candidates ran for a place on the School Council. The names of the 10 successful boys have been announced.

Boys took part in a Ghost Story and Victorian Gothic Book Week.

The Foundation newsletter has been sent out to the Aysgarth community this week, announcing a £300,000 target to be raised for the new sports hall.

Pre-Prep pupils scooped most of the top prizes for the handwriting competition (for ages 6 and 7) and gained first place in finger painting at the Wensleydale Show.

Aysgarth School has been featured in the Spectator's Guide to Independent Schools.

This new academic year sees numbers in the Prep School reach over 140, the highest for over 20 years, and the Pre-Prep is flourishing at over 60.

Over 50 boys from the School attended pre-season rugby training at Ampleforth College during the summer holidays.

Calling all friends of Aysgarth School! You can now order your own limited edition print of the new Aysgarth School painting by George Munton.

Aysgarth's 1st XI celebrated at the end of last term after winning all 3 matches they played on their cricket tour.

Three boys from Aysgarth became Northern Prep Schools Sailing Champions last weekend.

22 boys, local parents and prospective parents and staff were kindly invited to Chatsworth by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire on Saturday. The experience was truly unforgettable.

Every boy who attempted a scholarship, won an award. Awards include all-rounder, sports, music scholarships and a Headmaster's exhibition.

The Pre-Prep held a grand ‘launch’ party on 26th May to officially open their refurbished playground which includes a pirate ship. The pirate ship launch was combined with their Open Day so that staff and pupils could celebrate their new playground with as many people as possible and local parents could find out more about the School.

A pirate 'Captain Aysgarth' took charge of the ship and there was pirate-themed face painting, craft activities and a puppet show. The refurbished playground was kindly donated by the Parents’ Association and the ground re-surfacing funded by the Aysgarth School Foundation.

The senior boys in the Prep School performed 'Treasure Island’- a swashbuckling adventure, full of action, murder, treachery and humour.

An astonishing new figure of £9,100 has been reached, since pupils and staff have been fundraising for the son of matron Michelle Jameson, including sponsorship for the 9th Aysgarthian Run.

Boys and girls in the Pre-Prep raised money for Comic Relief by paying to wear red clothes instead of their uniform and raffled off gingerbread houses that they had learnt to decorate themselves.

The 9th Aysgarthian Run took place on Sunday 6th March. Supported by 150 participants including parents, siblings and their dogs, we are thrilled to announce that George Holder, 11yrs won the senior race in a new record time and George West, 11 yrs won the Junior race. Also just over a staggering £7,000 in sponsorship money was raised to help the son of Michelle Jameson, matron at the School. Thank you to everyone for their generosity.

Congratulations to Jonathan Vincent on winning a Headmaster’s Exhibition (All-rounder award) to Repton.

30 boys entered for various music exams in January and all of them passed. Amongst the passes there were 15 merits and 6 distinctions.

Archie Erskine has been selected for the England Prep School Barbarians.

Congratulations to Jamie Wallace-Woodroffe on winning a Music Exhibition to Eton and to Hugh Hollins on winning a place in the National Children's Orchestra

When Mrs Goddard met with a rather nasty accident boys and staff turned detective. Mr Barlow apprehended the 'guilty party'.

Three choirs sing to a packed house at Ripon Cathedral

The boys managed to enjoy all the snow as you can see from these pictures.

Edward Nainby-Luxmoore, who left Aysgarth in July 2006, has just won the OCS Young Sports Person of the Year for his rowing.

The Junior Play this year was 'Aesop's Fables Redux'

Congratulations to Harry Adair who has won a Sports Scholarship to Shrewsbury.

A group of boys, teachers and family visited Rome in half term.

French Day involves the whole school.

The theme of book week this year was World War II.

Mr. Nigel Milverton gave a talk on “Conflict in the Holy Land – the Gaza Strip” to the boys.

The elections were held for the School Council this week. The School Council makes suggestions to improve the school as well as tasting new foods!

The following boys were elected by their year groups to be the School Council Representatives for 2010/11:

Form 5 – Harry Holt and Jerry Covell

Form 4 – James Francis and George Trotter

Form 3 – Ned Selwyn Sharpe and Lysander Adair

Form 2 – Thomas Bowring and Paddy Trant

Form 1 – Robin Guthe and Timmy Lawson-Tancred

Pre-Prep children enjoy sunshine at sports day.

Internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer Eduardo Niebla invited pupils from Aysgarth and Queen Mary's choirs to sing on his new album.

Nearly £500 was raised on Sports Day to be shared between Dales Care and the African charity Heart to Heart.

The boys achieved 100% success rate in Common Entrance. This follows the news that three boys were awarded scholarships.

The 1st XI played some outstanding cricket to record three victories against some of the best schools in the South. Victories were recorded against the Dragon, Prior Park and St John's Beaumont.

The dates for this year's summer holidays sports courses have just been announced.

An astonishing ten Aysgarth boys have been selected to play county cricket this term.

The 23rd May was allocated as a special day for the boys’ grandparents.

David Faber, the grandson of former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, inspired 20 boys to run as candidates for Aysgarth's very own mini-election.

11 boys tasted life in Paris for 5 days. The trip gave them the opportunity to practise their French and soak up the Parisian culture.

The whole of Form 1 have just returned from Scotland where they spent three days on an adventure survival course.

Over 140 boys, parents and dogs (and one ferret!) competed in the Eighth Aysgarthian Run.

ISI graded the Nursery and Reception classes 'Outstanding' for all four categories and gave Yr 1 Pre-Prep to Yr 8 in the Prep, the highest grade of 'Excellent' for two out of three categories.

We received a wide range of imaginative entries for the 'pet' themed art competition this year

Congratulations goes to Mungo Fawcett who has been awarded a Music Exhibition to Radley College

Troy Lockyear has been selected as Outside Centre for the National Representative Prep School's Barbarians side

Aysgarth's under 11’s won the Rawthey Run at Sedbergh School. The Under 13’s team also came 2nd.

The dates for this year's Easter holidays sports courses have just been announced

On the 14th December, the Aysgarth School Choirs performed in front of a 700 strong audience at Ripon Cathedral

This year's Annual Fund Appeal has just been launched

Donations of sports clothing were given to the Mashambanzou Trust and Mavambo Trust in Zimbabwe.

The School’s 1st XV is the second team to remain unbeaten since the School introduced rugby as a sport in 1910

The School was awarded the title ‘Best Prep School’ by Tatler Magazine at the launch of their 2010 Schools Guide.

The 1st XI produced an excellent couple of days of cricket at the Caldicott 20/20 festival to reach the final.

Yet again, the school is opening its doors during the summer holidays to provide high quality rugby and cricket tuition for children aged 8 - 13 years.

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At the North Yorkshire Show, Aysgarth School and Queen Mary’s School, joined forces to promote the benefits of single sex education. At their stand, children could enter their ‘boys and girls’ drawing competition. Congratulations to winners William Barker, aged 5 and Archie Turner, aged 6.