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mus

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far

we

have

bee

n su

cces

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in r

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w

pian

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thro

ugh

foun

datio

n tr

usts

and

gen

erou

s in

divi

dual

do

natio

ns. W

e ho

pe t

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nnua

l fun

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he fi

nal

sum

s re

quire

d to

pur

chas

e a

new

pia

no t

his

year

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wou

ld li

ke t

o pu

rcha

se a

use

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and

pian

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mod

est

cost

of £

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f you

are

inte

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w

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heir

scho

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popu

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mos

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port

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part

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and

is

ofte

n di

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lt to

ach

ieve

bec

ause

of a

lack

of e

quip

men

t. T

he im

pact

tha

t a

prof

essio

nal t

eles

cope

wou

ld h

ave

on

our

abilit

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ext

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of t

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qual

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wou

ld e

ven

allo

w v

iew

ings

of t

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oon

and

the

inne

r pl

anet

s du

ring

the

day,

durin

g sc

hool

tim

e. A

tel

esco

pe

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met

hing

tha

t a

scho

ol li

ke o

urs

shou

ld h

ave:

a je

wel

in

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cro

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of o

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cade

mic

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ore

than

sim

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a pi

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men

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uman

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wou

ld li

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stud

ents

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le t

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part

of t

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lym

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lege

fa

mily

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se fu

nds

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sed

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o fo

ster

tha

t se

nse

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ome-

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ain

proj

ects

tha

t bo

arde

rs

have

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uest

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re: a

hom

e ci

nem

a sy

stem

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r th

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In o

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to

mak

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is ho

me-

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-hom

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real

ity, t

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fund

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ed t

o ra

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12,5

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war

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iscip

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erfo

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ts a

nd s

port

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a m

erit-

base

d sc

hola

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mot

ivat

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to

stud

ents

, who

str

ive

to a

chie

ve t

heir

best

in t

heir

field

.

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aw

ard

cont

inue

s to

hel

p st

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fter

thei

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hool

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givi

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hem

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dvan

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pply

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to

univ

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d in

the

ir ca

reer

s. Sa

dly,

Plym

outh

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lege

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not

fort

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e en

ough

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have

an

endo

wm

ent

prov

idin

g fo

r th

e Sc

hola

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mm

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his

mea

ns t

hat

the

Col

lege

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sour

ces

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limite

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d it

is un

able

to

offe

r th

e nu

mbe

r an

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y of

our

stu

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serv

e. D

onat

ions

to

the

Scho

lars

hip

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mak

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real

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ffere

nce

to t

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to t

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sch

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e’. A

fenc

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pist

e de

tect

s w

hen

fenc

ers

have

bee

n ‘h

it’ b

y th

eir

oppo

nent

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ymou

th C

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ge s

tude

nts

have

ach

ieve

d re

mar

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cces

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ith m

any

stud

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pres

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coun

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pean

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l in

both

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and

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Plym

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dent

s ha

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o fa

r ac

hiev

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to e

xper

ienc

e re

al fe

ncin

g co

mpe

titio

n co

nditi

ons

whi

le

trai

ning

at

the

scho

ol. T

he c

ost

for

a co

mpe

titio

n gr

ade

fenc

ing

pist

e is

£999

5.

FEN

CIN

G P

IST

E

Plym

outh

Col

lege

Mod

ern

Pent

athl

on a

nd F

enci

ng

Aca

dem

y at

trac

ts s

ome

of t

he w

orld

’s be

st a

thle

tes

to

its p

rogr

amm

e. To

ass

ist t

hese

stu

dent

s in

the

ir tr

aini

ng

and

com

petit

ions

, the

sch

ool n

eeds

to

purc

hase

a ‘f

enci

ng

pist

e’. A

fenc

ing

pist

e de

tect

s w

hen

fenc

ers

have

bee

n ‘h

it’ b

y th

eir

oppo

nent

s. Pl

ymou

th C

olle

ge s

tude

nts

have

ach

ieve

d re

mar

kabl

e su

cces

s, w

ith m

any

stud

ents

re

pres

entin

g th

eir

coun

try

at b

oth

Euro

pean

and

Wor

ld

leve

l in

both

Fen

cing

and

Mod

ern

Pent

athl

on.

Plym

outh

Col

lege

stu

dent

s ha

ve s

o fa

r ac

hiev

ed 2

3 go

ld,

8 sil

ver

and

10 b

ronz

e m

edal

s at

Nat

iona

l Cha

mpi

onsh

ips.

Thi

s im

port

ant

piec

e of

equ

ipm

ent

will

allo

w o

ur s

tude

nts

to e

xper

ienc

e re

al fe

ncin

g co

mpe

titio

n co

nditi

ons

whi

le

trai

ning

at

the

scho

ol. T

he c

ost

for

a co

mpe

titio

n gr

ade

fenc

ing

pist

e is

£999

5.

MA

RC

H 2

015

M23

T24

W25

T26

F27

S28

S01

M02

T03

W04

T05

F06

S07

S08

M09

T10

W11

T12

F13

S14

S15

M16

T17

W18

T19

F20

S21

S22

M23

M30

T24

T31

W25

W01

T26

T02

F27

F03

S28

S04

S29

S05

SPRI

NG

TER

M E

ND

PREP

OPE

N D

AY

PREP

SC

HO

OL

- TA

BLE

TEN

NIS

Play

and

lear

ning

defi

ne a

hap

py c

hild

hood

. To

mak

e th

e m

ost

of t

he o

utsid

e sp

ace

at t

he s

choo

l, the

Pre

p w

ould

lik

e to

intr

oduc

e a

num

ber

of w

eath

er-p

roof

tab

le t

enni

s ta

bles

. The

se w

ill en

hanc

e th

e pl

ay a

reas

of t

he P

rep

for

all c

hild

ren.

The

se t

able

s w

ill co

st £

695

each

and

will

give

rea

l en

joym

ent

to p

upils

for

year

s to

com

e.

APR

IL 2

015

M30

T31

W01

T02

F03

S04

S05

M06

T07

W08

T09

F10

S11

S12

M13

T14

W15

T16

F17

S18

S19

M20

T21

W22

T23

F24

S25

S26

M27

T28

W29

T30

W01

S02

S03

SUM

MER

TER

M S

TART

BUR

SAR

IES

The

res

ourc

es o

f Ply

mou

th C

olle

ge a

re, o

f cou

rse,

lim

ited

and

ever

y ye

ar t

here

are

stu

dent

s w

ho a

pply

to

the

Seni

or a

nd P

rep

Scho

ols

who

are

offe

red

plac

es b

ased

on

the

ir ta

lent

s, bu

t ar

e un

able

to

take

up

the

plac

e th

ey d

eser

ve d

ue t

o fin

anci

al r

estr

aint

s. A

ll bu

rsar

ies

are

rigor

ously

mea

ns-t

este

d to

mak

e su

re fu

nds

go t

o th

e m

ost

dese

rvin

g st

uden

ts. W

e w

ill co

ntin

ually

end

eavo

ur t

o ra

ise m

ore

burs

ary

fund

s to

ens

ure

we

are

able

to

offe

r th

e ex

cept

iona

l Ply

mou

th C

olle

ge e

duca

tion

to a

s m

any

youn

g pe

ople

as

poss

ible

.

“A P

lymou

th C

olle

ge B

ursa

ry h

as e

nabl

ed m

e to

rece

ive

a fir

st c

lass

edu

catio

n w

hile

bec

omin

g do

uble

Brit

ish U

16

Fenc

ing

Cham

pion

. A B

ursa

ry m

akes

a re

al d

iffer

ence

to

stud

ents

like

me

who

may

oth

erw

ise n

ot b

e ab

le to

take

ad

vant

age

of th

e op

port

uniti

es a

t Plym

outh

Col

lege

”. T

ia S

imm

s Ly

mn

(Yea

r 10

)

MAY

201

5

M27

T28

W29

T30

F01

S02

S03

M04

T05

W06

T07

F08

S09

S10

M11

T12

W13

T14

F15

S16

S17

M18

T19

W20

T21

F22

S23

S24

M25

T26

W27

T28

W29

S30

S31

HAL

F TER

MH

ALF T

ERM

HAL

F TER

MH

ALF T

ERM

HAL

F TER

M

SWIM

CA

MER

APl

ymou

th C

olle

ge h

as t

he e

nvia

ble

posit

ion

of b

eing

one

of

the

wor

ld’s

best

sw

imm

ing

scho

ols.

The

Sw

imm

ing

and

Mod

ern

Pent

athl

on p

rogr

amm

es g

ener

ate

som

e am

azin

g re

sults

. How

ever

, all

stud

ents

lear

n di

ffere

ntly

and

som

e st

uden

ts n

eed

to s

ee w

hat

they

are

doi

ng in

ord

er t

o im

prov

e; t

his

is w

here

the

und

erw

ater

sw

imm

ing

cam

era

com

es in

.

Thi

s ca

mer

a re

cord

s th

e st

uden

t sw

imm

ing

and

allo

ws

inst

ant

repl

ay b

y th

e sid

e of

the

poo

l. Thi

s en

able

s a

stud

ent

to in

stan

tly s

ee h

ow t

hey

are

impr

ovin

g. T

he

scho

ol w

ill al

so b

e ab

le t

o cr

eate

a v

ideo

libr

ary

on e

ach

athl

ete

to m

onito

r th

eir

prog

ress

. The

cos

t fo

r th

is st

ate-

of-t

he-a

rt e

quip

men

t is

£5,9

95.

JUN

E 20

15

M25

T26

W27

T28

F29

S30

S31

M01

T02

W03

T04

F05

S06

S07

M08

T09

W10

T11

F12

S13

S14

M15

T16

W17

T18

F19

S20

S21

M22

M29

T23

T30

W24

W01

T25

T02

W26

W03

S27

S04

S28

S05

PREP

OPE

N D

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RS W

EEK

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OPE

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TR

AV

EL S

UPP

ORT

A P

lym

outh

Col

lege

edu

catio

n pr

ovid

es a

wor

ld o

f op

port

unity

to

our

stud

ents

bey

ond

the

clas

sroo

m. O

ur

stud

ents

tra

vel t

hrou

ghou

t th

e co

untr

y an

d th

e w

ider

w

orld

to

furt

her

thei

r ed

ucat

ion.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, s

ome

stud

ents

are

una

ble

to t

ake

part

in t

hese

impo

rtan

t op

port

uniti

es b

ecau

se o

f tra

vel c

osts

.

The

re is

a w

ide

rang

e of

tra

vel n

eeds

for

stud

ents

w

heth

er a

tten

ding

a s

port

s to

ur, a

n in

tern

atio

nal

com

petit

ion

or a

n ed

ucat

iona

l fiel

d tr

ip.

The

re h

ave

unfo

rtun

atel

y be

en e

xam

ples

of s

tude

nts

bein

g un

able

to

atte

nd E

urop

ean

and

Wor

ld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

who

had

exc

elle

nt m

edal

cha

nces

due

to

finan

cial

con

stra

ints

.

The

Tra

vel B

ursa

ry is

a b

rand

new

fund

to

assis

t st

uden

ts

in t

akin

g pa

rt in

the

se im

port

ant

even

ts. E

ach

stud

ent

will

need

to

appl

y to

the

fund

and

dem

onst

rate

a r

eal b

enefi

t to

the

ir ed

ucat

ion

to b

e su

cces

sful

in r

ecei

ving

an

awar

d.

JULY

201

5

M29

T30

W01

T02

F03

S04

S05

M06

T07

W08

T09

F10

S11

S12

M13

T14

W15

T16

F17

S18

S19

M20

T21

W22

T23

F24

S25

S26

M27

T28

W29

T30

W31

S01

S02

SUM

MER

TER

M E

ND

PREP

INFA

NT

SPEE

CH D

AY

PREP

JUN

IOR

SPEE

CH D

AY

LOW

ER S

CHO

OL

SPEE

CH D

AY

SCO

REB

OA

RD

The

Spo

rts

Hal

l at

Plym

outh

Col

lege

is o

ne o

f the

mos

t he

avily

use

d fa

cilit

ies

with

in t

he s

choo

l. Eve

ry s

tude

nt

both

pas

t an

d pr

esen

t w

ill ha

ve p

reci

ous

mem

orie

s of

im

port

ant

even

ts in

the

Spo

rts

Hal

l. To

mak

e th

e m

ost

of

this

faci

lity,

we

wou

ld li

ke t

o ra

ise fu

nds

for

an e

lect

roni

c sc

oreb

oard

. The

sco

rebo

ard

is ab

le t

o di

spla

y re

sults

for

all t

he s

port

s pl

ayed

by

the

scho

ol in

clud

ing,

bask

etba

ll, ne

tbal

l, foo

tbal

l, ind

oor

cric

ket,

badm

into

n an

d ho

ckey

.

The

sco

rebo

ard

will

mak

e a

real

diff

eren

ce t

o th

e ex

cite

-m

ent

of t

he m

atch

es h

eld

in t

he S

port

s H

all. T

he s

core

-bo

ard

will

cost

in t

he r

egio

n of

£3,

000

to in

stal

l – t

o be

in

volv

ed in

thi

s hi

gh p

rofil

e an

d ex

citin

g pr

ojec

t, pl

ease

co

ntac

t th

e Fo

unda

tion

Offi

ce.

AU

GU

ST 2

015

M27

T28

W29

T30

F31

S01

S02

M03

T04

W05

T06

F07

S08

S09

M10

T11

W12

T13

F14

S15

S16

M17

T18

W19

T20

F21

S22

S23

M24

T25

W26

T27

W28

S29

S30

M31

T01

W02

T03

W04

S05

S06

Exce

llent

edu

catio

n ca

n ch

ange

live

s an

d th

at is

wha

t Pl

ymou

th C

olle

ge h

as

been

doi

ng s

ince

187

7. H

owev

er, w

hilst

pr

oud

of o

ur p

ast,

the

key

focu

s to

day

has

to b

e on

the

pre

sent

and

the

futu

re

and

on b

ecom

ing

bett

er a

t al

l we

do. A

21

st c

entu

ry e

duca

tion

need

s to

be

as

dive

rse

and

enric

hing

as

poss

ible

.

A c

halle

ngin

g ac

adem

ic p

rogr

amm

e w

ill be

at

the

hear

t of

thi

s bu

t th

ere

is so

m

uch

mor

e th

at a

goo

d sc

hool

sho

uld

prov

ide

to in

spire

, ent

huse

, enc

oura

ge

and

enga

ge o

ur y

oung

peo

ple.

In r

ecen

t ye

ars

we

have

add

ed m

any

new

ele

men

ts t

o th

e Pl

ymou

th C

olle

ge

expe

rienc

e, a

nd w

ith y

our

help

and

su

ppor

t w

e w

ould

like

to

add

even

m

ore.

Thi

s is

whe

re t

he A

nnua

l Fun

d sh

ould

m

ake

a hu

ge d

iffer

ence

. With

the

on

-goi

ng a

nd p

hila

nthr

opic

sup

port

of

alum

ni, p

ast

and

curr

ent

pare

nts

and

othe

r im

port

ant

frie

nds

of t

he s

choo

l, w

e co

uld

achi

eve

so m

uch

mor

e fo

r th

e Pl

ymot

hian

s of

tod

ay a

nd t

omor

row

, an

d by

doi

ng s

o su

stai

n ou

r po

sitio

n as

on

e of

the

lead

ing

inde

pend

ent

scho

ols

in t

he r

egio

n. P

leas

e jo

in u

s in

thi

s ef

fort

.

I alw

ays

thin

k it’

s im

port

ant

to

rem

embe

r th

at P

lym

outh

Col

lege

is

a ch

arity

. A

ny s

urpl

us g

ener

ated

is

cons

tant

ly r

einv

este

d to

the

ben

efit

of a

ll th

e st

akeh

olde

rs, w

heth

er it

’s th

e pu

pils

in t

erm

s of

bet

ter

faci

litie

s, or

the

sta

ff w

ho h

ave

an im

prov

ed

envi

ronm

ent

or s

et o

f too

ls to

wor

k w

ith.

Inev

itabl

y, th

ere

won

’t be

a s

ingl

e de

part

men

t in

the

sch

ool t

hat

does

n’t

feel

tha

t it

coul

d do

with

eve

n be

tter

eq

uipm

ent,

reso

urce

s or

spa

ce t

han

it al

read

y ha

s, in

deed

I w

ould

be

disa

ppoi

nted

in s

ome

resp

ects

if t

hey

wer

e. J

ust

as w

e w

ant

our

pupi

ls to

ai

m h

igh,

so

we

wan

t ou

r st

aff t

o do

th

e sa

me.

How

ever

, we

don’

t ha

ve a

m

agic

wan

d an

d sh

ort

of c

ontin

ually

pu

ttin

g up

fees

it s

impl

y isn

’t po

ssib

le

to d

o al

l of t

he t

hing

s w

e’d

like

to d

o ‘ju

st li

ke t

hat’

– he

nce

our A

nnua

l Fun

d A

ppea

l. O

ur h

ope

is th

at if

Ply

mou

th

Col

lege

mea

ns s

omet

hing

spe

cial

to

you

that

you

may

just

be

in a

pos

ition

to

help

mak

e it

even

mor

e sp

ecia

l for

the

cu

rren

t an

d fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

.

Her

e at

the

Prep

arat

ory

Scho

ol w

e ar

e ve

ry a

war

e of

how

luck

y w

e ar

e w

ith

our

site

and

faci

litie

s. W

e ar

e al

so b

less

ed

with

a F

riend

s Ass

ocia

tion

who

do

an

exce

llent

job

of r

aisin

g fu

nds

and

help

ing

with

pro

ject

s to

enh

ance

the

who

le

lear

ning

exp

erie

nce.

Eve

n w

ith a

ll th

at

help

, the

Sch

ool n

eeds

to r

aise

fund

s fo

r its

larg

er p

roje

cts.

We

put a

gre

at d

eal o

f em

phas

is on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

per

form

ing

arts

for

all o

ur p

upils

and

not

just

the

ones

who

ar

e al

read

y fil

ling

in th

eir

appl

icat

ion

form

s fo

r ‘Br

itain

’s G

ot Ta

lent

’. Apa

rt

from

dev

elop

ing

confi

dent

and

art

icul

ate

spea

kers

our

dra

ma

and

mus

ic p

lays

an

inva

luab

le r

ole

in d

evel

opin

g al

l-rou

nd

confi

denc

e. H

owev

er, w

e ar

e st

ill us

ing

a ba

sic li

ght a

nd s

ound

sys

tem

that

w

as in

stal

led

at le

ast t

hirt

y ye

ars

ago.

If

we

had

the

fund

ing

to r

epla

ce th

e an

tique

sys

tem

with

a m

ore

mod

ern,

fle

xibl

e sy

stem

this

wou

ld n

ot o

nly

enha

nce

prod

uctio

ns b

ut o

ffer

pupi

ls th

e op

port

unity

to d

evel

op th

e sk

ills in

lig

htin

g an

d so

und.

I am

also

del

ight

ed

to s

uppo

rt a

ny s

chem

e th

at w

ill he

lp u

s of

fer

mor

e bu

rsar

ies

to th

e sc

hool

and

I do

wish

the

who

le v

entu

re e

very

suc

cess

.

A C

ASE

FO

R S

UPP

ORT

Dr.

Sim

on W

orm

leig

hton

Mr

Chr

is R

obin

son

Mr

Chr

istop

her

Gat

here

r

Hav

ing

just

com

plet

ed m

y fin

al s

et o

f A L

evel

exa

ms

afte

r be

ing

at P

lym

outh

C

olle

ge fo

r th

e pa

st te

n ye

ars,

I am

eag

er to

giv

e so

met

hing

bac

k to

the

Col

lege

, as

a sig

n of

app

reci

atio

n fo

r al

l tha

t the

sch

ool a

nd th

e te

ache

rs h

ave

done

for

me.

Ply

mou

th C

olle

ge is

a r

eally

spe

cial

sch

ool i

n th

e w

ay th

at th

ere

is a

real

sen

se o

f com

mun

ity th

at e

very

one

is pr

oud

to b

e pa

rt o

f. I a

m lo

okin

g fo

rwar

d to

spe

akin

g to

par

ents

and

alu

mni

who

hav

e th

eir

own

pers

onal

re

latio

nshi

p w

ith th

e C

olle

ge a

nd c

reat

ing

conn

ectio

ns w

ith p

eopl

e w

ho a

re

inte

rest

ed in

the

cont

inue

d su

cces

s of

the

scho

ol. F

rom

a y

oung

age

I’ve

had

an

inte

rest

in p

erfo

rmin

g ar

ts. I

have

stu

died

LA

MD

A M

ime

for

the

past

11

year

s, an

d I w

as a

n as

soci

ate

at th

e Ro

yal B

alle

t Sch

ool f

or 5

yea

rs. I

was

alw

ays

keen

to p

artic

ipat

e in

sch

ool p

rodu

ctio

ns a

t bot

h th

e Pr

ep a

nd S

enio

r Sc

hool

, th

eref

ore

I am

par

ticul

arly

inte

rest

ed in

hel

ping

to im

prov

e th

e D

ram

a an

d M

usic

Dep

artm

ents

. A n

ew p

iano

, or

the

rede

velo

pmen

t of t

he P

rep

Thea

tre,

w

ould

be

very

ben

efici

al to

the

perfo

rmin

g ar

ts.

In th

e fu

ture

I am

hop

ing

to h

ave

a ca

reer

in m

arke

ting

and

I pla

n to

enr

ol in

Pe

arso

n C

olle

ge in

Lon

don

in S

epte

mbe

r 20

15. H

owev

er, t

his

year

my

mai

n ai

m is

to fi

nish

my

LAM

DA

Gol

d M

edal

Mim

e A

war

d an

d m

y M

ime

Dip

lom

a, m

eani

ng th

at I

will

have

com

pete

d al

l of t

he L

AM

DA

exa

min

atio

ns fo

r m

ime.

B

eth

an

y

I am

look

ing

forw

ard

to s

peak

ing

to p

aren

ts a

nd a

lum

ni to

see

if w

e ha

ve s

hare

d sim

ilar,

enjo

yabl

e ex

perie

nces

at t

he

scho

ol, a

s w

ell a

s co

mm

unic

atin

g ho

w m

uch

I che

rishe

d m

y tim

e at

Ply

mou

th C

olle

ge. I

am lo

okin

g fo

rwar

d to

bei

ng

part

of t

his

team

and

to h

elpi

ng d

evel

op th

e sc

hool

, to

ensu

re th

at o

ther

pup

ils a

re g

ettin

g th

e m

ost o

ut o

f the

ir ex

perie

nce.

I lo

ved

bein

g a

part

of t

he g

irls’

spor

ts te

ams,

such

as

Net

ball

and

Hoc

key;

I wou

ld lo

ve to

hel

p th

ese

area

s, as

wel

l as

the

acad

emic

sid

e of

the

scho

ol. I

am c

urre

ntly

stu

dyin

g In

tern

atio

nal B

usin

ess

at C

ardi

ff U

nive

rsity

, w

hich

I am

rea

lly e

njoy

ing.

I hop

e to

be

able

to h

ave

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

stu

dy a

broa

d as

wel

l as

gain

ing

valu

able

ex

perie

nce

in th

e ba

nkin

g an

d co

mm

erce

indu

strie

s. A

fter

univ

ersit

y, I i

nten

d to

wor

k ab

road

in A

sia o

r M

alay

sia fo

r a

shor

t per

iod

of ti

me,

bef

ore

retu

rnin

g to

the

City

. Oli

via

The

Foun

datio

n O

ffice

wou

ld li

ke to

intro

duce

you

to s

ome

of o

ur re

cent

alu

mni

who

will

be c

onta

ctin

g cu

rren

t par

ents

and

al

umni

, to

disc

uss

our

prog

ram

me

of d

evel

opm

ent a

nd th

e 20

14-1

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nual

Fun

d.

One

of P

lymou

th C

olle

ge’s

stan

d-ou

t fea

ture

s is

its c

omm

unity

; I w

ante

d to

be

invo

lved

with

the

Ann

ual F

und

beca

use

I bel

ieve

it w

ill al

low

alu

mni

to re

conn

ect

with

the

Col

lege

, giv

ing

them

a b

ette

r ins

ight

to h

ow th

e sc

hool

is d

evel

opin

g. Fo

r pa

rent

s, I b

elie

ve it

will

be a

n in

valu

able

way

to g

ain

a gr

eate

r ins

ight

in to

life

at

the

Col

lege

, brin

ging

the

past

and

pre

sent

com

mun

ities

toge

ther

. A b

ig p

art o

f my

life a

t the

Col

lege

is s

port

; rec

ently

we

have

enj

oyed

muc

h su

cces

s in

this

field

so

I wou

ld li

ke to

enc

oura

ge in

vest

men

t in

spor

t to

furt

her i

ts s

ucce

ss. H

avin

g ju

st

finish

ed m

y la

st y

ear, I

am

look

ing

forw

ard

to h

avin

g a

few

wee

ks o

ff to

rela

x an

d en

joy

the

sum

mer

bef

ore

goin

g on

to u

nive

rsity

. H

arve

y

Hav

ing

atte

nded

Plym

outh

Col

lege

fro

m th

e ag

e of

4 to

18,

I con

sider

m

ysel

f for

tuna

te a

nd h

ave

bene

fited

hu

gely

from

the

all-r

ound

edu

catio

n th

e sc

hool

offe

rs. I

wou

ld li

ke to

im

part

my

enth

usia

sm fo

r the

sch

ool

to p

aren

ts a

nd a

lum

ni, w

ho, n

o do

ubt,

will

be a

war

e of

its

man

y st

reng

ths.

Thro

ugho

ut th

e Pr

ep a

nd S

enio

r Sc

hool

I w

as p

artic

ular

ly in

volve

d in

all

aspe

cts

of s

port

, inclu

ding

A

thle

tics,

Cric

ket,

Hoc

key

and

Rugb

y. I a

ppre

ciate

the

supp

ort a

nd

oppo

rtun

ities

give

n to

me,

ther

efor

e I

am e

spec

ially

inte

rest

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ping

the

scho

ol r

aise

fund

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hich

will

allo

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ol. I

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