Abingdon Boarders' Handbook

Welcome from the Housemasters  Welcome to Abingdon Boarding! As one of the Housemasters who will be looking after you at Abingdon we will be spending time  getting to know you when you first arrive. We will also be helping you get to know your new surroundings.  We are very fortunate to have the help of a number of other teachers, called Tutors, who look after smaller groups of pupils within the  house and will see you every week day during your time at the school. When you arrive you will meet them and you will be introduced  to your specific Tutor.You will have many questions and you should ask me, or any one of the Tutors, for help whenever you need it.  We know that you will be feeling excited but also nervous about arriving at Abingdon School and joining one of the three boarding  houses. We are here to help you get to understand the life of the school and the houses. You may be wondering what a boarding  house is! It is actually a home, a physical building, where you will live with other boarders while you are at Abingdon School. However,  it is also a small community within the School. Each boarding house is actually a mixture of boarders and day boys. The house  community is there to help each other through the challenges of school life. We have teams that compete with other houses in the  school, and social events that bring different groups together. The other pupils in the house will quickly become your friends and will  probably be the people who share your best moments at Abingdon with.   This handbook is designed to answer some of the questions you may have as you settle in here at Abingdon. You may have many  more questions and you should ask us, or any one of the members of staff, for help whenever you need it. To find out more you should  read through each section of the handbook carefully.  Mr Matthew Kendry Mr James Golding Mr Michael Litchfield  Housemaster of Crescent House Housemaster of Austin House Housemaster of School House  Head of Boarding Mr Kendry ​ lives in Crescent House  with his wife Leah and their children  Eloise, Amelia and Arthur. Mr Golding ​ lives in Austin house with  his wife, Beccy, their children, Henry,  Oliver and Emily, and their dog, Max.   Mr Litchfield ​ lives in School House  with his wife, Claire, their two sons,  Harry and Dylan, and their dog,  Freddie.  1