Young Historians survive a trip to the Tower of London

February 8, 2016

At the beginning of February, 59 Year 7 pupils braved the storms to travel to the Tower of London in order to further their study of Norman England and castles.

Particular highlights included seeing the Crown Jewels, getting a special talk by ‘a Norman Baron’ and seeing the medieval torture exhibition which saw a lot of interesting ideas being floated around by the curious pupils. The weather was not kind to us but a excellent time was had by all.

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AUG 16, 2016

Aldenham volunteers travel to Ripple Africa

For the past eight years a group of Aldenham staff and Year 12 students have helped with aid work at Ripple Africa in Malawi, a project set up by Old Aldenhamian Geoff Furber and his wife Liz. This summer 19 volunteers were able to experience a completely different lifestyle in this exceptional trip that gives […]

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SEP 6, 2019

Tenth Visit to Malawi

This year marked the 10th annual trip for Year 12 students to help at the charity Ripple Africa in Malawi which was founded by Old Aldenhamian Geoff Furber and his wife Liz some 16 years ago. Accompanied by four staff members, 20 students travelled to Ripple Africa’s base camp in Lowani where they joined in […]

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FEB 29, 2016

The American Ambassador visits Aldenham

Aldenham School were honoured to host the US Ambassador to the UK for a Les Philosophes talk which will go down in the memory of all those lucky to be in attendance. Ambassador Matthew Barzun led an extremely thought-provoking session covering everything from the US-UK special relationship to US gun control laws and of course […]