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Assemby 2, 3 & 4, and 6

BX75-17

Art Exhibition of pupils and staff work in Assembly Hall. December (during week of school musical, so that audience can view exhibiton during the interval.)

Ultimate Questions - Shell Essays

BX75-11

Ultimate Questions - A Selection of Shell RS Essays (x2)

History Notes from 1941

BX81-12

Kenneth Buckley's (W43) History notes for School Certificate Donated by Kenneth Buckley'(W43)

GCSE Geography Project

BX81-02

By Ben Gollings (L99) Subject: The study of beach sediment and profiles on Man of War Bay

English Exercise Book of MA Budd (S50)

BX75-12

From 1949/50. Found in John of Gaunt's alcove when JoG being refurbished in 2011. Very dusty. Some pages dated May 1950. MA Budd left in July 1950

Point and Counterpoint - Noel Hale

BX74-03

'An account of the founding and first twenty five years of the Canford Summer School of Music (Donated by Robin Whicker)

Details of polynesian skull donated to Biology Dept

BX75-19

Letters from Cambridge Arch & Anth Dept and the Natural History Museum

Cheltenham Literature Festival

BX75-04

'English Department. We're off to the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1999. Booklet prepared by Sue Ahern, Librarian, for pupils going to festival.

ARTiculation Prize 2013

BX75-15

Annual Art presentation event, won this year by Head Girl Annie Birchenough

Miscellaneous Biology Department Documents

BX75-14

Proposed Biology Field Trip to Orielton Filed Studies Centre, Pembrokeshire (August 1991) Correspondence between Headmaster and Dorset Wildlife Trust (January 1995) Letter to Headmaster from Andrew Powell re Oxbridge success and re Red Sea trip. (January 1995) Press Release about diving trip to Ross Coral off Dorset Coast (for BBC's Really Wild Show)

L6 English Coursework List

BX75-09

Brief account of 'core' novels produced by Lower Sixth to help Upper Sixth pupils choose coursework novels

Correspondence about equipping of Biology Department

BX75-18

Mostly to or by Peter Dawkins Topics include: Water supply to greenhouse; microscopes; instruments; specimens; vivarioum

Englsih Department 'Survival Handbook'

BX75-05

Handbook for English Staff giving programme for year.

Shell Spelling List

BX75-06

Shell Reading List

BX75-07

The Canford Literature Project

BX75-08

2003? Alernative to GCSE Literature

History Exercise book

BX81-11

Richard Anderson (M94) - Shell A history exercise book

The ARTiculation Prize 2015

BX75-16

Competition for presentation about Art organised by the Roche Court Educational Trust Canford entrant: Natasha Haining

Art sketch book

BX75-03

Art sketch book (with Canford School and crest on cover) of P. Horsbrugh (B37). Written accounts of architectural history, with detailed illustrative sketches. Inside cover: "Drawing Notes, 1935 (Aged 15)

AS Geography Field Course

BX75-13

Arrangements and work sheets for Field Course at Preston Montfort from 22 - 27 March, 2002

Canford Summer School of Music

BX74-04

Programme for 1956 (incl photos of recorder group and folk dancing). Two loose photos of group lessons. Donated by David Stein from his aunt (Doris Steiner)'s collection.

Cheltenham Literature Festival

BX75-01

'English Department. We're off to the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1999. Booklet for pupils going to festival.

Cheltenham Literature Festival

BX75-02

'English Department. We're off to the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1999. Booklet for pupils going to festival.

Rowing admin 2005-11

BX77-01

Miscellaneous papers incl annual reports, workout sheets, entry forms etc

Rowing admin 2011-14

BX77-02

Miscellaneous papers incl annual reports, workout sheets, entry forms etc

Rowing admin 2014/5

BX77-03

Miscellaneous papers incl annual reports, workout sheets, entry forms etc

Rowing admin 2015-2017

BX77-04

Miscellaneous papers incl annual reports, workout sheets, entry forms etc

1923 maths prep

BX75-20

First page of prep done by HJ Vellacott dated 10th Nov (1923). He was the youngest boy in the school only ten when he started the previous term.

Cross country admin

BX78

Largely unsorted paperwork including results etc Broadly complete from 1965 - 1980 (in separate years) Lots of paperwork from the 1990s in two bog folders Donated by Roger Peart and Dave Kirk (staff)

Outdoor training - ATs

BX80-01

Partially sorted paperwork for ATs (Adventure Training) - especially expeditions - from c1968-1982 and a one-off in 2000 Donated by Jerry Orme (staff)

Outdoor training - Duke of Edinburgh

BX80-02

Paperwork for eight DofE trips in 1996 and 2002-05 Donated by Jerry Orme (staff)

Outdoor training - Terriers

BX80 - 03

Proposed 1995/6 programme for revamped Terriers Donated by Jerry Orme (staff)

Outdoor training - pilot 4th form expedition

BX80 - 04

Trip to Brecon Beacons (2006) with selection of 4th form to test feasibility of taking all Shells on a similar trip Donated by Jerry Orme (staff)

Misc athletics paperwork from the 1940s

BX77-05

Includes correspondence between schools re fixtures, various results sheets, etc Almost all from the mid-1940s, but also includes: 1937/8 match card from Canford School v CDD Beresford's team match Copy of programme from 1932 Scottish tour of the Fettes College v Achilles match. Not clear what the Canford connection is

Athletics standards 1978

BX77-06

Hardback notebook containing standards for 73 pupils. Also includes loose leaf sheet listing AAA star awards for 1977

Chemistry 4th form workbook

BX75-21

"Chemistry class ledger for 4th form (academic years 1990-1991) which might be a good sample. This is for the top set, taught by Andrew Browning (‘AWB’) who was a very distinguished teacher, head of chemistry, and until recently Headmaster of Dumpton School, which as you may know is a main feeder prep school for Canford. We were working towards the GCSE set by the Southern Examining Group (whose papers were all on a rather queasy green background although sadly I don’t have any samples of that! At the time, all three sciences were compulsory at the school up to GCSE and oddly were taken with different boards, Physics with the Northern Examining Association, which we took in what was evidently the last year of its independent existence, 1992; and Biology with the – rather more old-school – Midland Examining Group, former Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board). Donated by OC Richard Anderson (M94)