AGM 2018


something to us, not the bricks and mortar, but is it?


Although, as I said before, there


have been many changes here to the buildings, I still look at different parts of the school and it brings back memories: British Bulldog in the summer on the playing fields; hockey and cold knees in the winter; Mr Shields showing us a partial eclipse through a telescope and coloured filters; and enjoying the athletics in the summer (the only colours I ever achieved). I remember the corridor from the Scholars’ entrance being so dark to me as a first year, the metalwork shop where I started to use the machines I learnt more about in my apprentiship, and the only time I haven’t protested at being called a boy - well, it was a cheery ‘hello boys’ from Eric Morcambe! Then there was the path up from the Manor which we trod every morning, the tree we got Liseli stuck up in the corner, being introduced to Monty Python on LP record in Nansen Boys’ common room, and, coming back to this building, the double yellow lines we had to stand behind so that we didn’t block the double doors into the kitchen. So, sometimes we want to go back to a place to trigger some of the memories we have of the time it represents, like taking photographs when we’re on holiday, thinking we’ll never go back. And it’s great to talk about those memories with others that were there, even if you have slightly different recollections of the same things! Sibford represents to me the


centre of a circle, one that formed a part of my life that developed a part of me, but one circle of many. I hope that it does the same for you.


MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I


nstead of rewriting my profile this


year (please see last year’s issue if you need a refresher!) I thought I’d use this opportunity to advertise Old Scholars to a younger audience. My aspirations


for SOSA would be to hand it on to a younger committee but, as we all know, these things take time, and also guidance from the older guard. In this regard I am


quite excited that we now have Holly and Paul joining us on the committee in


major roles, as well as Navid who has been with us for a few years and is our President next year. One problem that we all have is that after leaving school our lives begin to get ever more full ... further education, careers, marriage and/or families. All leaving little time to organise a bunch of people who just happened to go to the same school as we did. I feel that the task in hand must be to find a way of engaging ‘the


younger generation’ in SOSA, but without encroaching too much on their lives. The unfortunate thing is that no matter how much I want this, I can’t crawl into recent leavers’ minds to reel them in! Last year I visited the Sixth Form Leadership Team, and although some of them couldn’t make it because of exams, it was great to meet those that could. We had a good natter about what they would like from SOSA, and this led to me personally inviting all recent leavers from the past five years to the 2018 Presidential Dinner. I was so pleased that some of them made the time to come, and hope that more will make it in 2019. But, although I still think I’m 24, I really do need help from those who actually are recent leavers (or even 24!). We need to know what we can do as an organisation to ensure that the legacy of Old Scholars lives on in a way that suits the younger generation. We need ideas, good or bad ... so please do get in touch. Last year, in my President’s Profile, I said ‘It’s good to talk’ and I think that motto still stands.


Harriet can be contacted on: Email: harrietlangridge@googlemail.com Telephone: 01252 687094


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