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The brief holiday was soon
over. The usual crop of new children have appeared, taking the
total to nearly 110. On the first weekend, a hot air balloon was
launched from the pitch, something of a TA for those who stayed
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We have had two cricket matches
against moderate opposition and it has not rained much.
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1/06
Term unwinds. So far the team
has lost a single match and no game has been interrupted by bad
weather. The next and final exeat is ahead and a chance for parents
of children in lower forms to meet the staff. The real business
of the term starts next Tuesday with exams and of course CE.
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Following that, it will soon
be the season of reports, results and then the more social side
of Headfort.
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Not strictly to do with school,
the new road is now open and it is brilliant. Traffic in Kells
has more or less vanished and journey times to and from the city
are much improved. If you are coming from the south, leave the
road at the junction for Kells South, go into the town (about
a mile and a half) and then take the road to us. From the North,
leave at Kells North, down the Carrick and hence on. It was like
being abroad, such is the speed of travel.
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The term heads swiftly towards
Room 101. All candidates have passed their exams and head off
to Berkshire, Somerset, Dorset and Shropshire. Plenty going to
Dublin too. Marks were relatively high this year. Two further
chidren were offered awards on the strength of CE
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The Festival came. The Concert
and the Junior Play attracted big audiences. The latter was a
particular triumph for all concerned. Sports came and went, Tomorrow
will bring the gymkhana, Mothers' and Fathers' matches and then
Legends and Fairytales, a quiet evening with friends.
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The pre-nostalgia season has
come and gone. The exhausted school met for one last time on Friday.
The Head reviewed the term; one cricket match lost; many exams
passed; bits of Tolkien read out. No long poetry. Then into the
car and into the history books.
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As a coda, lots of kids who
used to go to school here arrived on the Saturday for a do. Miss
Emily Cooper was the presiding genius. The assembled party were
heard barking at our dogs at 4.am. and apparently admiring the
view from the roof at 5 a.m. It is always a surprise to see how
many of ours end up in the services, given our alternative take
on education. Or it isn't. The forts, you see.
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