Last 3 Months

Students at the Fashion Show
Education & Fun – The Clothes Show Live

Michael Jack visits Arnold
Academic Society quizzes local MP

The Christmas Teatime Concert
Our musicians welcome in the holiday season

Thank you!
Retiring staff

Jenny takes the award
The Moseley Sixth Form Essay Prize

Cologne here we come!
The Choir visits Germany

Travel Gives Back
Old Arnoldian inspires industry

Your Choir needs you!
Vote online

Chess Club
New chance to get "board"

Journey’s End...
...marks end of series

Oliver - the official review of opening night
A magnificent show

World Book Day
Telling tales

Oliver
The matinee performance plays to a packed house

Small change challenge
Every penny counts

Hard Spell
Winning Words for School!

Activity Morning
Loads of fun for everyone

CCF Inspected
Brigadier Robertson visits cadets

Passing of Jack Conchie (1933-2008)
Former teacher dies after long illness

Academic Society
Pause for thought

Arnold hosts nurses' conference
School nurses enjoy their day in Blackpool

Great night for Drama
Five win NODA's

Semi-final Songsters
Choir in BBC competition

Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights
A celebration of the Hindu New Year, the passage from darkness to light

Looking Ahead
An invitation to join the Sixth Form

Quiet times
Pupils have time to reflect

A Service of Celebration
Our choristers sing in Lincoln Cathedral

Open Evening
So much to see!

OA wins National Award
Hospital Pharmacist of the Year

Cadets remember the fallen
Our CCF cadets parade at the Cenotaph

Network rail
Can the Sixth Form solve the problem?

Booked Up, Fully Booked!
Year 7 worm their way through the titles

Tea Time Concert
Middle School musicians make music for Village Aid

The Old Arnoldians London Dinner
On board the HQS Wellington

Junior School Maths Day
Top mathematicians compete at school

A Tale of Two Cities
Old Arnoldian performs in London

Quiet times

A group of 19 English Literature students recently travelled to Blackpool Grand Theatre to see a stage adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front.

The play is about the experience of a young German boy and his classmates who are browbeaten into joining the army by their teacher. James Alexandrou, who played Martin Fowler for over 10 years in Eastenders, handled the central character, Paul Baumer, convincingly. His nightmarish transition from the school classroom to an understanding of what it really means to serve the Fatherland was conveyed through an understated narrative which kept all in theatre on the edge of their seats.

The strong all-male cast sang, played instruments and moved the set as the action unfolded. The sound effects, especially the gunfire, was absolutely terrifying. However, by far, the thing which made the play most enjoyable was the balance of comedy and utter tragedy.

Posted by: Mrs S K Alsop
Date: Saturday 15/11/2008