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How do I make my donation?
You can make a donation to support the Annual
Fund 2014/15 by Direct Transfer, Cheque or
Regular Donation.
Direct Transfer
Please make the transfer payable to:
Account number – 87438704
Sort code – 60-00-08
Account name – Aldenham School General
Charitable Trust
Bank – National Westminster Bank PLC,
72-74 High Street, Watford WD1 2QB
or
IBAN – GB44 NWBK 6000 0887 4387 04
NOTE Please give your surname followed
by your child’s name if they are a pupil at the
school, as a payment reference.
Regular Donation
Please return the completed Donation Form,
along with any cheques and if applicable the
standing order form, in the enclosed FREEPOST
envelope to –
The Development Office, Aldenham School,
Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ
Your name will be listed in the Annual Report. If
you wish your gift to remain anonymous please
tick the relevant box on the Donation Form.
Aldenham
1597
founded
OAs living in the US
OAs living in the US who wish to give their gift
in dollars will benefit from the US income tax
deduction. Gifts may be made by contacting
the British School and Universities Foundation,
Inc. Their web site www.bsuf.org gives all the
details you need for giving. Gifts can be made
to BSUF by cheque or credit card.
Cheque
Make the cheque payable to –
Aldenham School General Charitable Trust
Complete the donation form and return it with
your cheque to –
The Development Office, Aldenham School,
Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ
If you wish to support something specific or for further
information about the School’s fundraising activities
please contact
Ann Saffery Development and OA Manager
Telephone +44(0)1923 851612
Email [email protected]
Fax +44(0)1923 854410
Aldenham School General Charitable Trust – Registered Charity No 1062393
The Aldenham Foundation is a company limited by guarentee registered
in England and Wales Number 1847134 and a Registered Charity Number 298140
Registered Office at Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ
The Aldenham Annual Fund
2014/­15
The Aldenham Annual Fund 2014/15
For the Whole School
To my absolute delight our annual appeal
last year exceeded the target we set and I
am extremely grateful to everyone who
contributed. Now, as we launch the
Aldenham Annual Fund 2014/15, I would
like to invite you once again to help us
raise a minimum of £32,000 towards
equipment and bursaries to further improve
the learning environment for our current
students.
In this centenary year of the outbreak of the Great War we will
be thinking deeply about those who gave their lives in conflict
and we want to establish a fitting memorial to display the names
of the Old Aldenhamians who died in World War II. This roll of
honour will hang in the School Chapel along with the one we
already have listing the 163 names of former pupils and masters
who died in the 1914-18 war.
I hope that you will be able to help us to achieve our goal to
provide the items listed in this brochure. A donation of any
size would be very much appreciated and will help enable us
to continue to provide the ‘excellent, all round education’ that
has become synonymous with Aldenham School. Please take
a look to see how you may be able to support the appeal.
James Fowler Headmaster
We would like to remember the Old
Aldenhamians who fell in the Second
World War with a memorial similar to the
tribute in the Chapel to the people we lost
in the Great War. Alan Gelson (SHE195661) made the suggestion and we agree that
a roll of honour should be clearly visible
to all who pass through the School.
In this special centenary year of the
outbreak of the First World War everyone
at Aldenham School was involved in
creating a cascade of poppies at the door of
the memorial Library. This art installation
was reflected in the Chapel above the Book
of Remembrance for Second World War
victims, which was moved forward and
decorated with similar, clay poppies. A
permanent feature listing 116 names will
be very appropriate.
•Second World War Memorial £6,000
For the Prep School
For the Senior School
The children love working outside and
Woodland School is popular with everyone.
The Headteacher, Mrs Vicky Gocher, would
like to have a circle of seating in the
outdoor classroom.
•Outdoor seating £3,000
The pupil led Eco Committee has asked for
resources and storage facilities to help them
achieve the Eco-Schools green flag.
•Eco-School resources £800
The class teachers would like to be able
to project clear images and activities onto
interactive white boards. To do this they
need a visualiser in every classroom. These
clever little electronic intstuments can bring
the simplest thing – like threading a needle –
to life on a big screen and allow the children
to show their work to the whole class.
•6 Visualisers £1,200
Design and Technology is popular at
Aldenham, largely due to the modern
equipment available to help students
design and create their pieces of work.
A 3D printer would further enhance the
resources on hand.
•3D Printer £5,000
Film Club continues to be a popular
activity at Aldenham. Our budding film
makers would benefit from new cameras
and equipment to improve the quality of
their productions.
•Cameras for filmmaking £1,200
By studying Psychology our students begin
to understand people’s thoughts and
behaviours. An electroencephalogram (EEG)
records electrical activity along the scalp and
would enable students to see and understand
what is going on in an active brain.
•EEG for recording brain activity £4,000
Geography field trips provide opportunities
for hands-on learning and we are keen to
provide the latest, most advanced technology
for measuring and monitoring data.
•Flow Meters £1,000
Music and Drama
Aldenham’s Music and Drama Departments
continue to produce some excellent
performances. We would like to buy new
practice instruments and upgrade the show
monitoring and relaying equipment.
•Practice piano £2,500
•Show monitoring and relay
equipment £1,500
For the Environment
The Aldenham School Fund Report 2013/14
A memorial tree for Cyril Tyson (CR 1952-87) planted by his family.
For the Whole School
Over £5,000 was donated last year for
mature trees. We are looking forward to
spring 2015 when bulbs, also given as a
gift, will bloom in the new woodland area.
We plan to plant more trees when we can.
A Gift in your Will
Sport
This year the Sports Department plans
to move the electronic scoreboard from
the Cricket Pavilion to a purpose built
cricket score box with storage facilities
and provide more resources for hockey
coaching.
•Cricket score box £5,000
•Hockey equipment £800
For Bursaries
Donations to Bursaries will be used to
increase the number of pupils who may
benefit from an Aldenham education and
would otherwise not be able to.
We are grateful to those who remember
Aldenham in their Will and so help the
School to thrive in the future. Richard
Platt, the founder of Aldenham School, left
orders for the establishment of the School
in his Will and more recently Kenneth Eric
Flatt (M 1933-36) has made a substantial
gift to the School.
Please let us know if you plan to leave
a gift in your Will to Aldenham, by
contacting the Development and OA Office,
email [email protected]
The Aldenham School Fund 2013/14 raised over
£38,000 from 98 donors. These extra funds
enabled the School to buy items that benefitted
our pupils in all subject areas and extra
Mr Warren Adams
Mr Neil Altman
Dr Brian Apthorp
Mr John Apthorp CBE
Mr & Mrs Peter & Jeanette Aron
ASPA
Mr Anthony Baillie
Mr John Barnard
Sir Mike Bett CBE MA
Mr Anthony Biddle
Dr Alain Bill & Mrs Madeliene Bill Reymond
Mr Marcus Blake
Mr Anthony Bowman
Mr & Mrs Richard & Joanne Bryer
Mr Mike Capon
Dr Frank Carter
Mr Robin Chaventre
Mr Jonathan Coates
Mr John Collis
Mr David Cox
Mr Roger Crabb
Mr & Mrs Vin & Marianne Davies
Mr Tony Dey
Mr Alan Dickinson
Mrs Lesley Duncan
Mr Geoffrey Dunn
Mr Hugh Edwards
Mr John Edwards TD
Dr & Mrs Charles & Zeina Eid
Mr James Evans CBE
First Response Fire Safety UK
curricular activities. The Fund also allows us to
offer a number of Bursaries. We would like to
record our thanks to all those listed below and
to a number of anonymous donors
Mr Keith Fowler
Mr Warren Gamble
Dr Richard Grant
Mr Michael Gratte & Dr Eileen Daly
Mr David Greenhouse
Mr Alan Grieve CBE
Mr John Haines
Mr Robin Hall
Mr Paul Hardingham
Dr Arthur Hearnden OBE
Mr Dennis Huggins
Mr Tony Hunt
Mr Ian Hutchinson
Mr Philip Jenkins
Dr David Keeling
Mr Bob Kershaw
Mr John Kinross
Mr & Mrs Yury & Natalia Kudryashov
Mr Bob Labes
Mr Stuart Lewis DL
Mr David Male CBE
Mr David Massey
Mr Duncan McPhee
Mr Edward Middleton
Mr John Miller
Mr & Mrs John & Onesan Okunpolor
Mr Philip Osmond
Mr Roger Ost
Mr Ian Partington
Mr Richard Peart
Mr Andrew Pike
Mr Geoffrey Prall
Mr & Mrs Richard & Sue Prideaux
Mr Humphrey Roberts
Mr Graham Roots
Mr Michael Rowe
Mr Martin Saunders
Mr John Saxby
Mr Richard Schooley
Mrs Vandana Shah
Mr Ronald Somerville CBE
Mr Derrick Swain
Professor Sir Martin Sweeting OBE FRS FREng
Mr Mike Taylor CBE DL
Mr Anthony Thomson
Mr Dawson Ting
Mr Roger Topping
Mr Giles Turner
Mr Cyril Tyson
Mr Peter Tyson
Mr Anthony Wah
Lt Col John Webb
Mr Soren West
Mr Billy Whitbread
Mr Alan Wiggs
Mr & Mrs Stephen & Bina Wild
Mr Robin Willmott
Mrs Daphne Woodrow
Mr Peter Wrangham
With 8 additional anonymous donors
The Annual Fund 2013/14 enabled the Aldenham School General Charitable Trust to pay for:
25 Mature Trees
A Climbing Facility for Prep School
A Play House for Reception Garden
3 Benches for Button Field
E-Books for Prep School Library
A Sublimation Printer
10 Data Loggers
A Centrifuge
10 Microscopes for Lower School
A Weights Machine for the Gym
Cricket Matting for Indoor Nets
Hockey Rebound Boards
A Lever Harp
3 Pbones (plastic trombones)
An Electronic Countdown Clock for Hockey
Stage Treads
Public Address System
50 Business Society Ties
Bursaries