May Reunion 2009 Saturday 9th May 2009 We share our May Reunion with the School's 'Friends and Families Day'. We do hope that as many Old Scholars as possible will be able to attend these events. Click here to download a copy of the President's letter concerning our reunion. Excerpt from the President's Letter I hope you enjoy this year's magazine such that you are inspired to return to FSSW for the Friends & Families Day on 9 May 2009 to renew old friendships and to make new ones, watch the cricket, tour the School etc. This year we are very grateful to the School for agreeing to host an Old Scholars' evening meal at a very subsidised price of only £15 per head. Not only are we promised a 4-course meal but a cash bar too - which will feel wonderfully decadent in the surroundings of the Library and Dining Hall. All Old Scholars are welcome to sign up for the meal and a number of my own year have already done so. So if you are interested please contact Debbie Peck at the School as soon as possible. Full details are on the Old Scholars website. As in previous years we are particularly trying to attract back to the School those Old Scholars who are celebrating their 50th and 60th birthdays this year. Having organised this myself two years ago for my own year group, I can thoroughly recommend people in these years making the effort to return as we enjoyed a wonderfully nostalgic and memorable day. We will also be remembering Alex Ruffell, an Old Scholar, on the 10th anniversary of his untimely death whose year group are warmly invited back to School to remember Alex and to hear about the progress of the school in Zimbabwe which has been supported by his family in his memory. Friends & Families Day will also give Old Scholars the opportunity to say farewell and good luck to Martin Hugall, Senior Teacher, who is retiring after a momentous 37 years service at the School. So it promises to be a really memorable and enjoyable day and I look forward to seeing as many Old Scholars as possible on 9 May. Caroline Longstreet (Cannon) Year Group: 1975 OS President 2008/09 Outline Programme for the Day 10.00 Meeting for Worship in the Assembly Hall. Library available as a meeting area for Old Scholars throughout the day. Please sign the visitors book here and pick up a badge. 10.30 Tea and coffee available in the marquee on the front lawn 11.00 Assembly in the Sports Hall including music, speeches and presentation of awards by John Dunston, Head of Leighton Park School in Reading. 11.00 Alex Ruffell (Year Group 2000) memorial gathering in the library. 12.30 Lunch. Bring a picnic to have on the field, or in the dining hall and sports hall if wet. There will also be a BBQ on the field. Alternatively, a wide range of food is available in local pubs and restaurants. Sandwiches are available from Tesco and Waitrose supermarkets as well as from a number of sandwich bars in the town. 1.15 to 2.15 Activities and Displays in Departments and in the Junior School. 1.15 to 1.45 Tours of the boarding houses. (This will be the only time when it will be possible to see around the boarding houses) 1.30 Old Scholars' cricket match v the School - all afternoon 1.30 Open Music Rehearsals in the Assembly Hall - you are welcome to visit. 2.15 to 2.45 Senior School Girls' Choir on the top asphalt or in the Assembly Hall if wet. 2.30 - 3.30 International Café - join our students for tea and cakes in the marquee on the front lawn. The Folk Group will play here from about 3.00. 2.45 Junior School 'Big Sing and Dance around the Maypole' in Gibson Garden or Sports Hall if wet. 6.30 for 7.00 Old Scholars' Dinner in the Dining Hall. Click here to see the President's letter which refers to this dinner. Click here to download the menu and order form. Places must be reserved and paid for by 1st May at the latest. Places are limited and are offered on a first come basis. Please remember that the whole of the School Campus is a no smoking site. Click here to download a printable copy of the above programme. This information is also being mailed to Old Scholar members at the beginning of April together with the latest Magazine and Directory.