November 26th to 29th 2008 Reviving a twenty-year-old satire on the newspaper wars of the early eighties for a contemporary school audience is a gamble. But in Des Hann’s obsessively symmetrical open-plan office we were clearly in the Canary...
A small group of pupils were lucky enough to attend a lecture by Sir Ranulph Fiennes at the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, which was organised by the Trans Globe trust. The pupils heard how Sir Ran decided to run 7 marathons in 7...
Sam Wilson's GCSE composition (inspired by the people of Chernobyl's reaction to the nuclear disaster) was broadcast to Ukraine by the BBC's World Service on 30th October 2008. Sam was interviewed by Natalia Skofenko, given a tour of Bush House and...
Charlie Jones wrote an account of his experience of being part of the winning team that was announced at the International Astronautical Conference, and Philipp Legner wrote an email to the Headmaster about it. Both accounts are reproduced...
The 1st XI recorded a fine 2-0 win over Eton on Wednesday 15th October. This was a very hard fought victory against a physical and well drilled Eton side. It was 0-0 at half time, as both sides cancelled each other out. Pat White...
The Pairs Head of the River Race – run on the Thames Tideway from Chiswick Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge – is not a traditional fixture on the RSSBC calendar, but on October 11th, 2008, Shrewsbury raced three pairs: Chris Cox (M) and Alex Blake (S)...
The Tucks this year for the first time ever opened its field to school girls! MSH put out an impessive team, which certainly rather increased the competiveness amongst most of the boys. The race was won by George Jarvis (PH) in a good time (...
Ross Stephen (WACA) Level 4 coach working at Shrewsbury School and in association with Shrewsbury Cricket Club this week recieved the highest national coaching award at a prestigious ceremony at the Oval. The award is the Chance to Shine...
The 2008 Third Form Race took place on Saturday 13th September. It is a traditional way for the 3rd years to begin their time at Shrewsbury School with an introduction to the Hunt. This year they also had an introduction to the Beagles. The...
SHREWSBURY SCHOOL’S FIRST BOARDING HOUSE FOR GIRLS SUNDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2008 On Sunday 28th September, Lady (‘Judy’) Moody-Stuart will formally open Shrewsbury School’s first girls’ boarding house, Mary Sidney Hall. The £3 million state of the...
The start of the 2008 Michaelmas Term was marked by the arrival of the first girls to join the school - 35 in total - entering the lower sixth and bringing the total number in that year group to 180. They are being housed in the newly...
Thursday 28th August to Thursday 4th September 2008 Results: Date Opponents Venue Result Sat 30 Aug 1st XI v Igualada CF Igualada Won 3-1 U15XI v Igualada CF Igualada Lost 1-4 Sun 31 Aug 1st XI v Villa...
A lecture series to prepare for the Darwin anniversaries in 2009 19th September - 28th November 2008 Lectures will be held at 7.15pm in the Ashton Theatre at Shrewsbury SchoolADMISSION FREE Friday 19th September 2008 - Darwin's LifeDr....
Both the first and second eights were in action today at Henley. The first eight crew return to Henley to defend their 2007 win of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup. The second eight crew are competing in the Temple Challenge Cup. Princess...
The RSSBC First VIII is the fastest schoolboy crew in the country this year. In its field, the RSSBC Second VIII is also the fastest schoolboy crew in the country this year. This was established on Saturday 7th June 2008, when they both led...
During the first week of the Easter break eighteen pupils of Spanish embarked on a journey of Spanish language and cultural development in the Costa de la Luz region of southern Spain. The nervous expressions quickly disappeared as the boys...
What a hectic but fabulous weekend! We left school for Liverpool airport before lunch on Friday and returned on Sunday, just before the 5th form parents' meeting. In that short space of time, the six fifth formers on this trip caught more...
Harry...a huge success "Playing to sell out audiences each night the new musical drama writen by Peter Fanning and John Moore was a huge success. " Shropshire Star November 2007 “Harry” at Shrewsbury School - review Wow...
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