LLANDOVERY College recently welcomed the new National Director of the Boarding Schools Association Robin Fletcher, along with several boarding school Headmasters and Mistresses, to a day of debate on the future of boarding. Guy Ayling, Warden of Llandovery College, was delighted to host the gathering.
"It is important that Llandovery Colleges embraces national organisations in order to better face the challenges in education," he said.
Professor Medwin Hughes, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, addressed the group on the role boarding can play in creating the right environment for education and Robin Fletcher outlined his plans for the promotion of British boarding at home and abroad.
He said, "There is passion for boarding at the schools I have visited, with really dedicated staff, and I am confident that this important aspect of our education system has a very bright future."
As part of the Boarding Orchard the National Director planted a tree in the College’s grounds.
The Malus domestica Marged Nicolas variety, which produces yellow speckled russet apples, was chosen as it originates from Dinefwr in Llandeilo.
By planting a tree in as many of the 450 member schools, the Board School Association hopes to create the largest orchard in Britain.
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