International Students

27th March 2012 Dear Parents I write at the end of another Easter term after nine years as Headmaster, when the glorious spring weather over the last few weeks has precipitated the arrival of short sleeves and shorter skirts!  In an exciting new development, I am delighted to welcome Lucy Stirling, who will begin work at the end of April, as our Marketing Manager. Lucy’s appointment and our commissioning of a marketing report are not steps towards making us gro...

The overseas students were treated to a night out at our local Chinese restaurant. The mini-bus picked us up as soon as assignment time finished and we drove into Uttoxeter, to ‘Mr Woo’s’. There was a real cross-section of our wonderfully diverse school community with a mix of seven nationalities from Year 6 to Year 13 around the table. The atmosphere was relaxed and the buzz of chatter and laughter only slowed when the parade of aromatic dishes became too much for u...

You can see a fantastic video of Abbotsholme's Bonfire Night celebrations made by one of our year 11 students by clicking this link... http://bit.ly/suz55l Remember, you can keep up with any videos that we are making via our  Official  channel... http://www.youtube.com/abbotsholmeschool Photo's and news articles are available on our Official  page... http://www.facebook.com/abbotsholmeschool Don't forget to "Like" the page and you will recei...

Yesterday, the Lower VI overseas students accompanied Miss Ross to Callow Hall to take afternoon tea. Callow Hall is a stately old house with some beautifully decorated rooms. We were shown into a sunny drawing room with a fire lit in the hearth and tea laid out for us. It was fun pouring out the tea for each other and we felt quite refined using the delicate china tea service. The scones arrived warm. As we had never tried them before, Miss Ross explained how to eat them with the clotte...

This week Miss Ross and Mrs Wood accompanied the Year 10 overseas students to lunch at the Hollybush Inn in Salt so that they could experience a traditional English menu in a traditional English setting. The Hollybush is believed to be the second oldest licensed public house in England and continues to serve a variety of dishes based on local produce. On the way to Salt, after reading something about the history of the village and the Inn, the students fell into a long debate about whic...