Alan Rowlands, pianist, musician, teacher and friend of the school, taught piano and music at Brockwood Park from its inception and for over 30 years, inspiring generations of music students as well as countless others who delighted in his extraordinary playing and cherished him as a friend.
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Peter Norris, inspired musician and teacher, taught piano and music theory at Brockwood Park for over 15 years, having been originally introduced to the school by his friend Alan Rowlands. Throughout his time at Brockwood, Peter offered his teaching and world-class expertise with great generosity and humility, helping the Music Department to flourish and providing many music students with truly inspirational and immensely valuable music tuition.
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Here follows a series of 15 pictures just taken, showing progress on the construction of our new 7 residence hall pavilions, both outside and inside. At the moment we are hoping for the building project to be completed by June of this year in order to open them for students, staff and guests in Sept. 2012.
View of the Pavilion site from the North Lawn.
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Here is our Winter issue of the Observer. Happy holidays!
On October 10th 2011 started Brockwood’s first-ever online fundraising campaign and is due to end for logistical reasons on December 15th 2011. The target of this appeal is £25,000 and while it is ambitious, it is also the reality of how much such a beautiful new space will cost, even by doing much of it ourselves. We are very thankful to the numerous donations that have been coming in – you may follow progress, see much more, and donate here:
http://www.justgiving.com/PavilionProjectBeautifulNewLandscape
Below are two introductions to this exciting project, a short one from Co-principal Bill Taylor and a Design Brief from former Head Gardener, current Trustee Gary Primrose:
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Brockwood has always benefited from visiting alumni who have taken the time to share with students and staff something of their life’s work and experience. These visits contribute immensely to the richness of the culture at Brockwood. For example, they assist students in thinking creatively about their “life after Brockwood” as well as staff in reflecting on the education we offer here and our ties with alumni.
Our first presentation this term was “Rainforest Etiquette in a World Gone Mad” by alumna and award-winning ecologist Suprabha Seshan. You can see this fascinating talk on our YouTube channel here:
Once or twice during the school year we hold a “Food Festival”, in which groups of students and staff concoct dishes from their national regions to share with the whole school. This year our first food festival took place early, in the second week of school, allowing everyone to get to know one another better by cooking together. All staff’s kitchens were utilized, while the whole organization side of the event was done by students. It was an overwhelming success as you can see below from the pictures and video.
Student and staff cooking together in the main kitchen.
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When our loved 9 old Garden Rooms, some of which are used as classrooms and some as bedrooms, were clearly in need of a new roof, we decided to go for a green solution. The idea is to preserve nature as much as it is possible where it is typically destroyed when buildings are erected. By having a “green roof” we are bringing nature back. See for yourself:
Completed Green Roof.
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It’s been an exciting month at Brockwood, not only did we start a new year with great new and returning students bringing positive energy into the place, but after many months of paving to way for the green oak structures of the Pavilions, three just went up! They’re beautiful – see for yourself:
Students, Mature Students and Staff taking a tour of the newly erected structures with Carpenter Oak Ltd.
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Brockwood has a new online questionnaire on its website’s homepage. It is for prospective students and anyone interested in Brockwood’s unique approach to education to test their personal schooling style. You may want to take the quiz yourself – it only takes 10 minutes or less! You can get easy access to it here:
The idea is that students who are most satisfied with Brockwood’s approach to learning often have certain views about how and what they want to learn and that answers on this quiz could help say prospective students to see if a Brockwood education might be a good choice for them.
