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Thank you for visiting the Sandroyd and The Walled Garden web site. It is never easy to gain a true picture of a school and all the things that happen within it from a distance. I hope that this site can at least go some way towards showing the huge variety of things we do here: academically, culturally and socially.
For those visiting the site for the first time I hope that a look at the prospectus and at our full and busy calendar, along with the ever-changing reports and term news, will go towards painting part of the picture. Please do not hesitate to ring the office and make an appointment at any time.
For those of you more familiar with our busy life here at Rushmore, we update reports regularly and, whether you are logging on to look at latest team news, or additions to the calendar, I hope the website is proving user-friendly. Do contact us by telephone, fax or e-mail if you encounter any problems or have any queries as you enjoy our site.
Please note that under 'Term News' on the right of this page you can read more detailed reports of those events which specifically concern this term.
There are certain pages of the site that are only available to those visitors who register with us. The registration process is free and simple - just follow the instructions on the right-hand side of the front page. You need to click on 'register' first of all and then fill in the form. Once you've done that you'll get an e-mail registering your user name and password. You'll then be able to access all our pages, either by logging on each time or by checking the box 'remember me' and not logging off when you leave the site.
Visitors to this site, and certainly those who have come to the school, will more than likely have noticed that a Temple is very much the symbol of Sandroyd. This temple, like that dedicated to the goddess Vesta in Rome, was put up close to the main house by General Pitt-Rivers, the owner of Rushmore House, in 1890 to commemorate the birth of his first grandson. The building has fifteen fluted columns of Bath stone, surmounted by Corinthian capitals. The dome is made of copper and the whole structure originally cost £1,792. A band was quickly formed to perform therein - sixteen workmen from Rushmore Estate underwent intensive training from Band Sergeant Spencer of the Grenadier Guards. The General expressly forbade the playing of any hymn tunes! The last band to play in the Temple was 'The Yetties' who managed, with very little prompting, to follow the late General's instructions. -------------------------------------------------------- May we remind parents that Matins tomorrow is a starred service - we look forward to seeing all pupils from Years 4 and above. Dr Helen Wright, the Headmistress of St Mary's School, Calne, will be speaking at the service
 Have you got plenty of mint sauce? Then why not buy some lamb to go with it? Click here for a tempting offer ... The English Chamber Orchestra is holding a workshop at Sandroyd. Click here for details Tutoring/Baby sitting available - please click here for details Head Groundsman required - please click here for further details Wilton Pony Club is holding a Hunter Trial at Sandroyd on 2nd November. Click here to see the schedule and obtain an entry form
---------------------------------------------- On this day ... Saturday 11th 1521: Pope Leo X conferred the title of ‘Defender of the Faith’ on Henry VIII for his book supporting Catholic principles. Twelve years later Henry broke with Rome to marry Anne Boleyn. 1689: Peter the Great became Tsar of Russia. 1727: The coronation of George II took place in London. 1738: Birth of Arthur Phillip, English admiral and first governor of New South Wales, who founded the first penal colony at Sydney. 1821: Birth of Sir George Williams, English social reformer and founder of the YMCA in 1844. 1844: Birth of Henry John Heinz, US food manufacturer who in 1905 formed H J Heinz Company Inc, and who adopted the slogan ‘57 Varieties’ in 1896. 1871: The Great Fire of Chicago was finally extinguished. 1884: Birth of (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and cousin of the 32nd US President, Franklin D Roosevelt. She was also a writer and civil rights campaigner. 1899: The first airline meals were served on a Handley-Page flight from London to Paris. They were pre-packed lunch boxes at 3s each (15p). 1951: Gordon Richards, champion British jockey, rode his 200th winner for the sixth successive season. 1957: The Jodrell Bank radio telescope designed by Sir Bernard Lovell began operating. 1968: Apollo 7 was launched with US astronauts Walter Schirra, Don Eiselle and Walter Cunningham. 1976: Chiang Ch’ing, Mao Tse-tung’s widow, and the ‘Gang of Four’ were arrested in Beijing. 1980: Soviet cosmonauts in Salyut 6 returned to earth after a record 185 days in space. 1982: The Mary Rose, once the pride of Henry’s fleet before it capsized and sank in 1545 in the Solent, was finally raised.
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