Page 9 - Millfield 20 Stories

No. 3
THE OLDEST MILLFIELDIANS

“The trees are the first Old As he goes about his work tending the
Millfieldians – they give our grounds, Colin observes how the trees
play a part in everyday life at Millfield.
schools a uniqueness that
no building ever could.” “They mark the passing of each school
year. Children will always collect conkers
and kick through leaves in autumn.
Other independent schools may boast of Then, when everything bursts into colour
their historic buildings. But at Millfield, in spring and summer, there’s the feeling
some of the most treasured aspect of our of another year over – and another about
campuses are the green, open spaces and to begin. Like the trees, the pupils grow
decades-old trees.
each year, aspiring to greater heights
and strengths”.
For groundsman Colin Ashman, it’s the
trees that nurture the campus spirit – Together, the Millfield Prep and Millfield
providing a natural link between the past, campuses are set in over 300 acres of
present and future of the school. parkland and playing fields – that’s the
same size as London’s Kew Gardens.
“They stand as proud today as when Jack
Meyer first saw them, and began creating
Millfield around them. There’s such a
beautiful variety – great sequoia, copper
beech, lime trees and pines... they give
each campus as much diversity as the
pupils do.”