英國萊克頓學校Lucton School介紹

　　Lucton School是一所歷史悠久的、優秀的男女混合制私立寄宿學校。學校坐落在風景優美的赫里福德郡，距離倫敦希斯羅機場約三小時的車程。

　　Lucton is a thriving, co-educational, independent day and boarding school. Situated in the beautiful countryside of North Herefordshire, it is about three hours’ drive from London Heathrow Airport.

　　學校始建于1708年，整整三個世紀后，Lucton School 迎來了建校300年的隆重校慶。英國皇室表達了高度的關切，并由愛德華王子作為代表訪問了學校。這位封號為“Wessex公爵”的王子將學校新建的恒溫泳池命名為“Wessex泳池”。

　　The school was founded in 1708. Over the next three centuries, Lucton celebrated its tercentenary with many memorable activities and events in 2008, not least of which was a visit from HRH Prince Edward, The Duke of Wessex, who officially named the splendid new swimming pool.

愛德華王子與英國萊克頓學校領導合影

　　學校占地55英畝，擁有大片精心維護的漂亮草場，從學校可以望到威爾士山脈美麗迷人的景色。得天獨厚的自然環境，使Lucton學生們擁有了更多的運動和拓展空間。Lucton School設有橄欖球場、足球場、網球場、曲棍球場、板球場、恒溫室內游泳池、奧林匹克級別的跑馬中心等。除此之外，學校還擁有一片森林，作為森林學校以及越野比賽課程的主要場地。有意思的是，學校還擁有自己的特色綠地。走進校園，可以在廣闊的綠地與小動物親臨接觸。

　　Lucton School UK has 55 acres of well-maintained grounds with stunning views towards the Welsh mountains. The unique natural environment endows the students with the various choices of enrichment. We provide rugby, soccer, tennis, hockey, cricket, basketball, heated indoor Swimming Pool, new equestrian centre and so on. Moreover, all our pitches and courts are part of the school campus. We have woods which are home to our Forest School and form part of our cross-country competition course, an orchard which produces masses of apples, as well as a school veg plot, complete with chickens!

　　Lucton School的教師團隊均具有十分豐富的教學經驗，擁有多位畢業于牛津、劍橋等世界名校的資深教師，許多精英教師在退休后轉而參與OCR、AQA、Edexcel等著名老師機構的A-Level出卷工作。

　　The teaching staff of Lucton School possess very rich experience in teaching, and many of them graduated from world-renowned universities such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge. In addition, some of the elite teachers also involved in setting and making A-Level examination papers for examination boards such as OCR, AQA, Edexcel and etc after retirement.

愛德華王子訪問英國萊克頓學校

　　校長介紹Headmistress of Lucton School UK

　　Lucton School總校長Gill畢業于QS全球排名第一的教育學院IOE (Institute of Education), 獲教育管理專業碩士學位。Gill自1977年開始任教，曾在一些久負盛名的私立學校(包括Tunbridge Wells Grammar School等)教授英語、戲劇等科目，于2003年開始擔任Lucton School校長。自擔任該職位以來，Gill通過分享她在英國頂尖公學的經歷和她從事教育工作多年的理論和經驗，來幫助推進Lucton School的發展。

　　The Headmistress Mrs G R Thorne graduated from the Institute of Education, which ranks top 1 in QS World University Rankings with a master degree in Education Management. Since 1977, Gill has been taught the subjects such as English and Drama in some prestigious private schools, including Tunbridge Wells Grammar School. In 2003, Gill began to serve as the Head of Lucton School. Since taking up this position, Gill has contributed to the development of Lucton School by sharing her experience in the UK’s top private schools and working experience in the field of education.