Arriving at Concord for the first time can be a daunting experience to say the least. Meeting new people in a foreign environment, hearing new languages, being away from home, and all with your first Saturday tests on the horizon can be enough to make you wish you were at…

Every day of their stay in Kenya, Concord’s students wrote of their personal feelings and experiences in a journal. At the end of the venture, students also gave a reflective summary of their feelings about the trip. A number of short extracts from the journal have been shared below: Charlene:…

Our Biology trip was a whirlwind of crab catching, seaweed counting and rock traversing. The two-day trip not only fine-tuned our practical skills but also brought us as a class closer together. On our first day, we braved the chilling weather and relentless winds to rock traverse along the exposed…

May 29th 2019… Four ‘houses’ gathered on Hall Meadow, at the front of Concord College, each one with the House Cup in their sights. The athletes from each house readied themselves. The runners made their warm-up rounds, the javelins and shots were readied, and all the while spectators looked on…

After settling down at the hotel, our first destination in London – the Science Museum. The museum was huge and a lot of it was about aviation and space, however, the medical part of the museum was under renovation, so unfortunately, we were not able to learn much about history…

The annual House Swimming Gala came around yet again on the 1st of May, a breath of fresh air in the lungs before the launch into exams, that made even the most stressed of us all invested in cheering for our ‘houses’. A barrage of people eagerly waiting at the…

To most people, a 3-hour lecture on the last 60-or-so years of British history probably wouldn’t sound like the best way to spend a Friday evening. To the Sixth Form History students of Concord College, however, the opportunity to have a talk from one of Britain’s most eminent historians, Mr…

On the 9th April, at the end of a fairly warm day, Concordians gathered in the theatre to watch the highly anticipated ‘House Film’ competition. The room was tense, electrified with excitement to see what each house had ‘cooked up’. What I have come to realise about Concord students, is…

‘CONCORD MODEL UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY EMBARKED ON A LOCAL MUN COMPETITION AT SHREWSBURY SCHOOL’ Recently, the Concord Model United Nations (MUN) Society embarked on a local Model United Nations competition at Shrewsbury School. Model United Nations, or MUN, is a form of simulated debate wherein participants (or in MUN jargon,…