Introduction
Introduction
In 2011, Caterham School will celebrate its 200 birthday. It was in October 1811 that the School was established and it welcomed its first students the following January. Therefore, we have decided to commemorate our Bicentenary over the academic year 2011/2012. The Bicentenary celebrations commence on Speech Day 9 July 2011 and the festivities will close on Speech Day 2012.
The brochure will provide you with a taste of the many exciting activities that we have planned for the next 12 months.
The calendar of events sets out the activities in full
The biggest event of the Bicentenary calendar will take place at Westminster Abbey. The whole school community will be invited to a service of celebration on 20th October 2011.
To commemorate the 200 year history of Caterham School, we have commissioned and produced a range of interesting merchandise and memorabilia. A fabulous new painting of the school will be exhibited in the Wilberforce Hall and a limited edition print of the painting will be on sale. In addition, you will be able to purchase anything from an OCs blazer to a series of greetings cards depicting various aspects of school life as well as the usual cufflinks, ties and scarves. Best of all, you will all have the opportunity to acquire a copy of the new pictorial history of the school that has been published to coincide with our Bicentenary celebrations.
Order the book with this leaflet
The year ahead looks very exciting. Enjoy the festivities.
Other events in 1811
Venezuela became the first South American country to gain independence from Spain.
Beethoven wrote his Seventh Symphony.
Jane Austin's Sense & Sensibility was published.
Luddite uprisings took place in northern England and the Midlands.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Makepeace Thackeray, Robert Bunsen and Franz Liszt were born.