Private schools in the UK Harrow is a full boarding school for boys only in northwest London. Никитина С. Г., учитель англ. языка МАОУ «СОШ 133» г. Перми. - презентация

1 Private schools in the UK Harrow is a full boarding school for boys only in northwest London. Никитина С. Г., учитель англ. языка МАОУ «СОШ 133» г. Перми

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3 7 British Prime Ministers were educated at Harrow 85% of Harrow boys come from UK prep schools 10 pupils a year go on to University in the USA Did you know?

4 History of the School The School was founded in 1572 under the Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I to John Lyon, a local farmer.

5 "Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians might indeed name many statesmen, including Peel, Palmerston, Churchill, Pandit Nehru and King Hussein of Jordan;

6 "Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians might indeed name many poets and writers as diverse as Byron, Sheridan, Trollope, Dornford Yates and Richard Curtis;

7 "Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians might indeed name Lord Rayleigh, the physicist and Nobel prize-winner; Fox Talbot, the inventor of photography;

8 "Welcome poet and statesman too..." A list of famous Old Harrovians might indeed name the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans and Bruce the explorer; Sir William Jones, father of philology; Admiral Rodney and Field Marshal Alexander; and nineteen winners of the Victoria Cross.

9 Harrow Football "Again we rush across the slush - A pack of breathless faces - And charge and fall, and see the ball Fly whizzing through the bases". Stet Fortuna Domus, 1891

10 Harrow aims to provide a very high standard of coaching and competition for the best sportsmen while enabling the less gifted to find something they can enjoy. Pupils can play sport every day if they wish, and for the enthusiast there are outstanding opportunities to play and excel.

11 Soccer Rugby Cricket Athletics Harrow has a tradition of success in sport.

12 Badminton BasketballClimbing Croquet Harrow competes against a large number of good independent schools.

13 Fencing HockeyJudo Lawn Tennis

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15 Sailing Shooting Swimming Water Polo Cross Country

16 "The Songs tradition is a remarkable and enduring aspect of a Harrow education". Songs Concerts always include Forty Years On, which has become known as The Harrow Song.

17 The Byron Consort is Harrows elite vocal ensemble Choral Society

18 The Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music

19 Harrow has a thriving rock and pop music scene, with between five and ten bands rehearsing regularly, with personnel from all year groups.

20 Drama

21 Visual Arts

22 Did you know? 8 boys are going on to study Art or Architecture at university 100% of Harrow pupils who took A-level Art in 2019 got an A grade 330 pupils out of 815 are studying Art.

23 Settling into a boarding school Five hundred faces and all so strange, Life in front of me, home behind, I felt like a waif before the wind, Tossed on an ocean of shock and change. (Excerpt from Five Hundred Faces by EE Bowen)