Round Square

Round Square at Abbotsholme   Abbotsholme is a member of Round Square which is a worldwide association of schools which share a commitment beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility through the IDEALS of Round Square – which are, I- international understanding, D - democracy, E - environmental stewardship, A-Adventure, L – Leadership and S – Service.  In the UK, there are only 8 other member schools – Gordonstoun, Windermere St Anne’s, Westfield School, Box Hi...

Three pupils spent a long weekend in Switzerland attending a conference hosted by the International Community School of Zurich. The theme of the conference, Democracy, was quite a tall order for pupils aged from 11 to 13 to get their heads round, but after team-building activities  designed to promote skills of negotiation and problem solving, they were well on the way to understanding. Switzerland is very proud of it’s heritage as a confederation since the 1290’s and it’s modern tradit...

Over the Spring bank holiday weekend, a group of Abbotsholmians travelled to North Wales to compete in the 5th Round Square Adventure Race. The event was conceived and is organised by Abbotsholme and draws together teams from Round Square schools across the country. This year eight teams (each with six pupils from Year 9 and 10, containing at least two pupils of each sex) took part, including two teams from Abbotsholme. The event is designed to be arduous and the pupils were risen early on...

This week years 5 and 6 have had the chance to sample some typical French food. As we are learning French this term we thought it would be fun to try some crêpes. We had a choice of fillings, jam, chocolate spread, chopped bananas and cream. We liked all of the flavours but the out and out favourite was chocolate spread with banana and a big squirt of cream. Delicieux!  

On Saturday 3rd April, 7 students and I left Abbotsholme to embark upon a Round Square service project to Costa Rica. After travelling for 24 hours we arrived in San Jose where we had a much needed sleep, before getting up the following morning to travel to Durika community where we were to live and work for the next 8 days. Upon our arrival at Durika, we were made to feel very welcome and were struck by the beauty of our surroundings. We were given a tour of the community which gave us all...