Happy Birthday Ashley

Our Head of House is 16 today. Many happy returns from all the girls in Aberdeen. She is also Star of the Week.

Happy Birthday Quiana

The Lower Sixth (old Aberdonians) come back to see us

Shell Water Sports video

Aberdeen Perfects are installed by the headmaster, Ben Figgis

Star of the week- Lisa

Lisa is this weeks Star of the Week. She has worked really hard at her hockey and has made her way into Ardingly 1st XI.  Well done Lisa.

Saturday night chilli-out

After a busy day playing hockey, horse riding and jazzercise the girls are chilling- out in front of a chosen net flick film with some pizzas.

Aberdeen progressive supper

What wonderful night.   160 boarders and day pupils went on tour around the campus sampling the taste of India.   Starters were held in Hilton/Mertens carpark, Mains in Toynbee and dessert was on the Burse with fire pits and toasting marsh mallows.  A big thank you to everyone who helped make it a special and fun evening.
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War Child the Aberdeen House Charity

Olivia, as Head of House Charity, gave a talk and showed a video on our new Apple TV on the plight of children on war zones and asked the House to give some thought on how we could raise money to support this charity this term.  Watch this space.

We will be posting more in the coming weeks.

Star of the week

Theresa started at Ardingly 2weeks ago and has been very proactive in making the most of her opportunities already.  She has joined the choir, been to drama auditions, joined the creative writing group and also made lots of new friends.  This is the true Abredeen spirit.

Weekend Plans for the boarders (- and day girls if they wish to join in)

Saturday 6^th September (RAC on Duty)

8.30am to 8.50am 9.30am 8.45am	Breakfast (served until 9.00am) CALLOVER in the Common Room for Remove and Fifth Shell, meet in the Link to be taken down to the Reservoir for Shell Waters day
From 10.30am	Activities – see separate notice on Sports Board for the details
From 12.00am	Hockey V Eastbourne College        (Check notice boards for all timings please)
12.00pm 1.00pm	Lunch CALLOVER in the Common Room those in House
5.45pm	CALLOVER in Common Room
7.00pm	In-House activity  - Entertainment Prefects to organise Chocolate Fountain, Ice-cream making, films and chillax time
10.00pm	CALLOVER in the Common Room
10.30pm	Bedtime

 

Sunday 7^th September (RAC on duty)

 

 

 

 

10.30 to 11.30am	Brunch - CALLOVER in the dining room
12.10 – 1.10pm	Sainsbury’s trip
2.00pm	Sign in with RAC followed by in-house baking
5.45pm	CALLOVER in the Common Room
6.00pm	Supper
9.00pm	CALLOVER in the Common Room
10.00pm onwards	Usual bedtimes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30 to 11.30am	Brunch - CALLOVER in the dining room
12.10 – 1.10pm	Sainsbury’s trip
2.00pm	Sign in with RAC followed by in-house baking
5.45pm	CALLOVER in the Common Room
6.00pm	Supper
9.00pm	CALLOVER in the Common Room
10.00pm onwards	Usual bedtimes

The first week

Dear Parents,

What a busy week the first week has been.  The girls have certainly made a great start to the term and the new girls, their time at Ardingly.   All the girls have seemed to have settled in really quickly, I have been very impressed with their ability to understand their new timetable and to themselves around the campus.  The evenings have been busy and full of laughter as the girls get to know one another.  There really is a wonderful energy and buzz about the House as the friendships start to develop.

I am delighted to say that the new girls have embraced the ethos of the House and are throwing themselves into drama auditions, hockey teams and the choir to name but a few, following in the footsteps of current girls.   They have also had a group tutor meeting with Miss Crowe and will be organising an individual time to meet her soon.

From experience ‘no news is good news’ when it comes to boarding so if you haven’t heard from your daughter this week then she is probably working hard and enjoying herself far too much! I certainly have had emails eluding to this already this week.    From a personal point of view, as mother to a new Shell pupil, I really haven’t seen much of George at all!  He seems to be been very busy and enjoying the new experience of the Senior School.

 You may have found that the mobile phone network coverage surrounding Ardingly College is quite weak so if you have sent messages/texts to your daughter then there can be some delay in receiving them. There are many alternatives such as WhatsApp, FaceTime, Skype (to name a few) which you can download onto smartphone and function using Wi-Fi. There is also the house telephone (01444 892903) which you can use to contact your daughter but you may have to arrange a specific time to call via other means of communication. 

A note to new parents:  Please do not be surprised if the girls are very tired over the weekend and are not as communicative as normal.   They have expended a lot of energy making new friends and adjusting to the longer days.

We had the most successful coffee morning today, it was lovely to see so many of you there.   I would publicly wish to thank both Suzanne O’Shea and Lisa Childs for their support over the past two years as they step down as Aberdeen House Representatives.   They have been instrumental in developing stronger links between the parents and the House and I know that they will continue to support us in the future.  I would like to welcome Claire Foden, Sophie Crook’s mother as the new Aberdeen representative and look forward to working with her in the future with events and activities.  More to follow on that in the future.

Tomorrow looks to be a busy one with the Shell Water Sports Activity planned.  The Aberdeen Shell are leaving from the House at 8.45am to walk to the Reservoir together with staff and some of the prefects.  They will be escorted to from the Reservoir to lunch after which they will have their hockey matches with Eastbourne.  The information on teams and whether the match is home or away can be found on the parental portal and the Digital Archway.

Please do check out the house blog which will give you access to informal photos, videos and articles from and of the girls and their activities as well as additional information.   I try to update the site weekly, so do check it out.     (http://aberdeenhouseblog.blogspot.co.uk)

Best wishes

Kate

Star of the Week: Emily O'Shea

The Star of the Week is a small silver cup that I award to someone in the House who has done something under the radar, but it has not gone un-noticed. 

This week it goes to the Deputy Head of House, Emily O'Shea who sent time over the weekend cooking cakes for the new girls to eat when the arrived on Monday as a 'welcome to Aberdeen'.
It really helped the start of term start with a bang.

Hockey stars - Tier One calls

Congratulations to Issie Childs, Rebecca Chee, Alexandra and Isabel Malzer have been selected to represent the South of England in a six-aside tournament and other 11 aside games this coming season.  Well done, we are very proud of you all.

The first evening in Aberdeen

Our first Call Over

Hot Chocolate and marsh mallows

Making new friends