OMs Day

OMs Day& Foundation Day

Not only did the sun shine down on Foundation Day, but it did so with such energy that the afternoon’s activities felt more like a summer garden party than an autumn event.

Once again we had a wonderful turnout of Old Millhillians came to celebrate OMs Day at the School. It was wonderful to see so many recognisable faces and so many new ones too.

The dining room was full of OMs enjoying a sumptuous three course meal, unlike the School dinners we remember!

The OMs got the opportunity to view much of the exciting developments of the facilities at the School, including the newly created Wellbeing Wing and the freshly redecorated Octagon and Old Millhillians Room.

It was a particular honour and delight to be able to welcome former Head of Mill Hill School, William Winfield, and formally to acknowledge the opening of the new Day House, Winfield House, immortalising his legacy in a career here spanning 37 years. Jane Sanchez concluded her speech with a quote from one of William’s own, in which he recognised Mill Hill’s unchanging belief that education is about ‘learning to live’ as well as ‘learning to learn’, and this could not have been better exemplified than in Old Millhillian and Guest of Honour, Leanne Armitage, whose unaffected and moving account of her remarkable journey from Sixth Form Bursary recipient, to medical student, to winner of the Queen’s Young Leader Award presented us all with the challenge of how we, in our own way, could bring about transformation – in our lives and the lives of others.

ATTENDEES:

Abhijit Gupta Alex Burtt Paul Bowes Gordon Mizner Ted Ivans Gerry Westoby Chris Kelly Ronald Pole Peter Wakeham Richard Adams Roger Higginson Sandra Harvey Mike Petersen Brian Seaton Andrew Croysdill Nigel Baker John Gallagher Andrew Smart Mike Salinger Howard Salinger Lucas Salinger Michael Philips Andy Mortimer Sophie Mortimer Arthur Ferryman Ronny Cohn Adam Crowne Hugh Walton Paul James Tim Jones Lynne Jones Ronnie Samuels Ahmed Mukhtar Jon Flower Adrian Williams William Wright Brian Taylor Adrian Taylor Karen Taylor Joyce Cook Ian Lowden Stewart Smith Noyan Nihat Mitesh Bhimjiyani William Winfield Margaret Winfield Russell Cowan Richard Llewellyn Edward De Mesquita Cliff & Nancy Rose