Celebrating 130 Years of Educating in Northwood

Left to right: Mrs Halliday, Mr Hudson, Mrs Brown and Mrs Hubble are joined by NWC pupils to cut the NWC130 birthday cake!

 

This year has seen the leading independent girls’ school, Northwood College for Girls, celebrate 130 years of educating girls in Northwood.

Students and staff alike marked this important milestone in their school’s history with a day of dedicated activities that was kicked off with everyone taking part in a morning exercise ‘drill’ (most school days began with 20 minutes of exercise in the late 1900’s) and during the day the girls used precious materials from the archive department to bring the heritage of the school to life in 130-themed lessons. All enjoyed a nostalgic picnic lunch on the field and NWC’s recently opened state-of-the-art Alvarium building, was decorated with bunting that had been designed by the girls. At the end of the day, each student took home a NWC 130 pin badge which they are now wearing with great pride!

         Led by the Head, Mrs Brown, students and staff start their day with a morning drill!

Head, Mrs Rebecca Brown, said: “It is important to us that this moment has a deeper, more meaningful impact than one day of celebration alone, our founding school motto was ‘Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life’ and our founder, Catherine Buchan-Smith, was clear in articulating her belief that nurturing a student’s moral compass was central to educational excellence. I am therefore delighted to announce that the main way that we will be celebrating our 130 year milestone will be with a school-wide focus on service to others and community engagement.

From multi-generational projects with the MHA Communities West London, to putting up Christmas decorations in local shops and singing carols at Sunshine House and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, every student, from Nursery to Year 13, will participate in an act of service before the end of this academic year. 

I know that our girls will enjoy using their talents to create a positive impact on the Northwood community and am sure that this will kindle a passion for volunteering that will last a lifetime.”