Canford School
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This is the official Facebook page for Canford School, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3AD. Any alternative pages you may view with the same name are not authorised by the school. Canford is among the top co-educational boarding schools in the country for pupils aged 13-18. Academic achievement is excellent - 16 have offers at Oxbridge for 2012, with 85% of all A level/Pre-U grades A*/B in 2011 including the highest mark in the UK in Spanish Pre-U. The school has developed a unique Academic Enrichment programme which is open to all with enquiring minds and a love of learning.
Participation, hard work and a strong sense of community, teamwork and integrity are hallmarks of a Canford education. Beyond the classroom, there is a diverse range of intellectual, artistic, cultural and sporting activities on offerfor all abilities. For those who wish, there are the opportunities to take chosen activities to the highest levels. In sport, for example, rowers gained gold and silver medals representing GB in 2011 and all Canford hockey teams were county champions in 2012, while in the arts, the Head Boy reached the finals of the prestigious Roche Art competition this year, held in conjunction with Cambridge University.
Facilities at Canford are excellent and include a state of the art sports complex, modern theatre, separate music school and art gallery. The campus environment gives Canford a collegiate feel, while the beauty of the Grade 1 listed buildings and 250 acres of parkland provide an inspirational educational setting.
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facebook.comWishing our Canford School community a fantastic exeat weekend!
50 Years of Girls at Canford School Canford is in the process of planning for a celebration of 50 Years of Girls in 2019-2020. What better day to announce this than International Women's Day! If you are a female Old Canfordian, we would love to hear from you and know what you are doing now so that we can build a picture of what Canford women have achieved since leaving. We will shortly be sharing how we intend to capture this information and our celebration plans for this milestone. Watch this space!
Canford School pupils and staff have been working hard on environmental projects this term to raise awareness of recycling and to reduce waste. We are delighted that Canford was nominated by Ideas2Action, a local charity running community recycling projects in Dorset, as the first school to participate in their new Schools Network. Read here http://ow.ly/SsFk30iMBAl how items such as biros have been recycled to raise funds for research into brain tumours and ring pulls from empty drinks cans will be used to support the Purple Community Fund. Pupils have also encouraged the school community to reduce the amount of plastic disposable cups used by using china mugs to drink from instead. In a single week, this initiative has resulted in a reduction of around 1200 less plastic cups being supplied at the school.
Following on from World Book Day (UK & Ireland) last week, this is an interesting article published recently in The Guardian. At Canford School #reading is a top priority. We recently invested in the Accelerated Reader UK programme. One of the three core strands of the new Shell Curriculum programme launched in September 2017 is Literacy. The Curriculum is designed to form the habits that will shape skills and develop the #literacy to help pupils cope with the #academic work they face and form a love of learning to last them through their lives. Read here for further details http://ow.ly/vvRx30iLf6x
All members of the Canford Community are welcome to join us for one or two laps around the park, either for a brisk walk or run. You don’t have to be a cross-country runner to join in! This event is a great opportunity for OCs to get together. Runners and walkers should meet at the Cricket Pavilion. Lunch will be served afterwards in the Sixth Form Centre. This is a FREE event but you will need to register via this link - https://www.canford.com/Event-Stroll
SNOW UPDATE (FRIDAY, 1200): The www.canford.com/Snow-Alerts page has been updated with the latest news on arrangements at school. We remain open as usual but THERE WILL BE NO DAY MINIBUSES RUNNING ON SATURDAY 3RD MARCH. Sports fixtures are cancelled but sports activities will run on Saturday afternoon. Parents of day pupils should continue to monitor forecasts and make their own judgement as to whether or not to travel into Canford.
SNOW UPDATE (1630): The www.canford.com/Snow-Alerts page has been updated. School remains open for boarders and any day pupils who are able to travel to school safely. No day minibuses will be running on Friday and a decision regarding Saturday morning transport will be made at lunchtime tomorrow.
Some more snowy photos from Canford this afternoon. Stay warm!
Happy World Book Day (UK & Ireland)! To celebrate, pupils can enter our #WorldBookDay quiz by guessing the member of staff hiding behind each #book! Edible prizes on offer for the winners. Here's a taster of some photos from the quiz. Can you guess who they might be?
The Canford Sports Centre is open but will close early at 1300 today and will not re-open this evening. We are hoping to open again at 0800 on Friday morning but please call 01202 847524 before starting your journey. Please visit www.canford.com/Opening-Times for latest timetables.
The #snow has arrived at Canford School! Thank you to our grounds team out in freezing temperatures early this morning salting the paths around the school site. Keep checking http://www.canford.com/snow-alerts throughout today for updates.
The school is open this morning. All day minibuses are running as normal with the exception of the Burley and Blandford Forum stops. The www.canford.com/Snow-Alerts page has been updated. We are monitoring the weather forecast closely this morning and will update the page if this situation changes.
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