Saunderson model G tractor of ~1917 There was excitement among farmers this month when the Board of Agriculture allocated a motor tractor to Surrey, in order to improve the production of home-grown food. They watched with great interest as its performance was tested in various parts of the county. This ...
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Something memorable did happen in Cranleigh this month. Our ancient windmill, which had been a feature of village life, was taken down. The windmill had stood for at least 100 years, and had almost certainly replaced an earlier one, as a mill to grind corn was an essential in a village. Ours stood near ...
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At Farlington Lower Sixth students are given the opportunity to do Voluntary Service. Volunteering can make a real difference to the girls’ own lives and to the lives of those in the local community. It develops and enhances skills such as team work, organisation, communication, time management and tolerance. For many ...
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The Farlington Prep 4 Trip to the Winchester Science Centre was a great success. The girls started the morning with Dr Phil, who began with the premise that ‘Science is Boring’. However, he went on to prove that that was definitely not the case! The girls all learned how the digestive system worked and the ...
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Imaginative, creative play and make-believe are the cornerstones of good Early Years education and link to the prime areas of communication and language, physical development, and personal, social and emotional development. To learn effectively, young children need to play in order to have fun, make friends and to ...
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Glebelands School held their annual presentation evening on Thursday 17 November to celebrate the achievements of the Year 11 leavers. The evening started with an address from Glebelands Headteacher, Mrs Hutchinson, who said that the school was celebrating their best ever GCSE results despite the increasingly ...
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(Above: The boys of the Church Lads’ Brigade responded to this poster as soon as they were old enough) The local branch of the Church Lads’ Brigade started its winter programme with enthusiasm, despite the fact that at least seven of its ex-members had already died in the War, besides others wounded. Physical drill ...
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(Pictured Above: Cranleigh’s Post Office in its new position at the corner of Knowle Lane in 1911 (currently Betfred) In October 1916 Mrs Crick at the Northampton Boot Store (where the Oxfam shop now is) received this greeting card from her son Rennie on the Front in France. Attractive cards of this type, ...
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Year nine Glebelands students were asked to work in teams of two and given the brief ‘Brazil Olympics 2016: three course evening meal for the sports leaders to celebrate the opening ceremony’. After much deliberation over the fantastic entries, the Design & Technology department chose six teams to take part in ...
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Sports Relief 2016 "Year 9 students organised and ran cake sales in the lead up to the day, raising £250. In the week of Sport Relief the students ran a sponsored Sport Relief mile in PE lessons, additionally students paid £1 on 18th March as part of a mufti day. Sport Relief wristbands were sold and there was ...
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