He is now in the Sixth Form at Cranbrook School in Kent where he is taking History, Economics, Politics and I.T. at A level.

She writes: I am now in my first year of Sixth Form at Farlington School and I am studying Maths, Music, Chemistry and Geography. Thanks for all your hard work."

Callum Carmichael

1992

Published: 30th August 2005:
Dear Mrs Lovett,

I just thought I'd drop you a quick email and let you know what I've been up to.

Upon leaving Belmont and the greenbelt of Surrey I headed into London to take my GCSE's at a school called Ibstock Place. I left there with 10 A-C grades and went on to a public school called Emanuel to complete my A-levels. I left there with Biology, English and PE. Instead of heading to university I decided to don a rucksack and tour America for a year, helping out with the Camp America program for a season teaching football to American children. From there I toured all over the USA and returned to London and then headed straight to Southern Africa. In Cape Town, I was offered a placement for 18 months as a student teacher teaching English and PE. With the vast majority of my family based in South Africa, the country is a home from home and so was very reluctant to leave once my placement came to an end. So, I extended my stay and moved inland and worked as a canoe guide on the Orange River which is the boarder between South Africa and Namibia.

Lack of funds and an end to my extended visa forced me back to London where I fell into the Health and Fitness industry. I started as a trainee fitness advisor and left the industry 18 months ago a General Manager of a an exclusive private health spa in West Sussex.

I am now working as an account manager for a Marketing Company based in Chelsea and simply loving every second. It has been a huge career change but something that has worked out wonderfully. The best decision I ever made.

I have been playing rugby throughout, principally at London Scottish and representative county and exiles sides touring all over the globe then for teams in the USA and South Africa. I am currently playing for a team called London French in their 1st xv based in London who are an eclectic bunch, and represented by a wealth of nations not just from France. My other pursuits include regular hitting of a squash ball on court and picking my way down a mountain on my bike.

Albeit many years down the line, but most importantly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Baker, yourself and all the teachers of Moon Hall and Belmont for giving me the tools to make a success of my life to date. Without all your help, well who knows.

I would like to wish Moon Hall and all the pupils and teachers who benefit from all the wonderful facilities all the luck in the world. There isn't a better place to get a firm footing into life!

If anyone would like to get in contact with me please do so on callumcarmichael@hotmail.com. I would love to hear from you.

With all the best, Callum Carmichael

His successes in Photography, Drama and Communication Studies secured him a place at the University of Gloucestershire to study Broadcast Journalism. He started last week and is already settled in and loving it.
His success, and his comments, mean a great deal to all the staff who know him and who taught him:
"I want to thank you for all the help and support that Moon Hall gave me. I couldn't have got this far without you. Thank you."

My A level choices are Biology, English Literature, Ethics and I.T. and I am staying at Bradfield to take these.
How is everybody? I still see some of the staff I knew on the website. I would love to come back and see everybody.

Now, more than ever, I can see that Moon Hall really did provide a good grounding to what is essentially still the early stages of Education and to life. The main thing that I can now see that Moon Hall gave me (which I believe is probably one of the most important things it does), is to show us that just because you don't get some things first time, just because your writing is not perfect and you muddle words up, does not mean that you are not just as intelligent and clever as everybody else - you might even be more intelligent.

One thing that I have found is that dyslexia, especially with the help of Moon Hall, only ever gets easier in the long-term. You may find yourself struggling for sometime - and I know that I did and I still do occasionally - but you will reach the top of the hill eventually and when you do you will have achieved even more than anybody else who might have found the climb easier than yourself. What I am trying to say to any current pupils at Moon Hall is that if you work with Moon Hall, and get help from them, there is no reason that you can't achieve anything and it will all be possible. It may take time but it all falls into place in the end and it's worth all of the effort that you're putting in now.

Chemistry: A
Biology: A
Physics: A
Geography: A
Maths: B
Design Technology: B
English Language: C
English Literature: C

He is now starting his AS Course and is staying on at Stowe School to study Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Graphic Design.

Child Development: B
Humanities: B
Art: C
English Language: C/D
English Literature: D
German: D
Science Triple Award: D

She is now at Crawley College studying for a Diploma in Child Care and Education and will keep us posted as to how she gets on.

After leaving Moon Hall I went on to Reeds School in Cobham where I stayed until 1997. During my time at Reeds I gained 9 GCSE's (1 A, 5 B's and 3 C's) and 2 'A' levels in Design Technology and Economics and 1 'A.S.' Level in Physics.
I also became Senior School Prefect and House Captain of Bristow. After leaving Reeds I went on to the University of Wales Aberystwyth.
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Published: September 2001
Hi there...
I know it has been quite a while since I spoke to you last but I thought that as I have a few spare moments I would write to you to let you know how I am doing. I finished my placement at the University of Wales in the Micro-Computing department where ironically part of my job was to teach and train others (and I can assure you that when I was in your class all those years ago I NEVER thought of myself being in your shoes... but you know what I really enjoyed doing it). So after I did that year in industry I went back to the university and studied advanced artificial intelligence with neural networks. From then on out all my time was spent on my dissertation that I managed to complete with plenty of time to spare (again I would never have put myself down as someone who was a good time keeper but now, it is second nature).
Those 9 months that I worked long hours coding and writing up my dissertation paid off and I gained a 1st Degree for the efforts (for the dissertation) but unfortunately due to my not so brilliant second year marks I only ended up with a 2:2 (but that in its self was to me a big achievement). My final year marks were of a 1st / 2:1 degree level and that made me realise that if I had worked as hard as I did in my final year in the earlier part of my course I would now be writing to you to let you know that I got an even better degree... but hindsight is a wonderful thing and I have grown from the experience.
Saying that because my final year work / dissertation was of such a high standard I did not have any problem in getting a job and I was placed with the company that I am now at within 2 weeks of finishing University, in fact I was at the desk 3 days after graduation. So here I am I am now a Web Support Analyst meaning that I code HTML, DHTML, Java, PHP, ASP, SQL, MySQL and many other languages (who would have thought that I would be a language kind of guy!!!) but as well as doing the coding I assess the business processes that the company has and manage 3 other peoples work schedule. I am having the time of my life and the money helps a lot as well. I am living in London at the docklands which is amazing it is such an up and coming type of place.
So there you have it, that is in brief my life to date and again I can not begin to thank you for all that you personally did for me, but not only you all those others that worked at Moon Hall when I was there.
I hope you get this mail and if any of it can be of use to motivate and inspire those who are in the same position as I was when I was at Moon Hall then please feel free to use it.

Email from Nick - published: 27th September 2002
I thought you might be interested in how I did in my A-levels.

I gained four full new A2 A-levels, I attained a B for Physics, a C for Chemistry, a D for Maths and a C for General Studies. I also have an AS (half A level) in I.T. at grade B.

Due to the problems with the new AS system my Maths grade was much lower than expected. This meant that I could not go straight into the degree course I had originally applied for at Southampton, as the university said that they had to make sure that I could do the maths required by the course. However they still liked the qualities I showed previously at interview, and so consequentially offered me a place on an engineering foundation year with automatic entry to the degree course. I was also offered a place on a full degree course at Surrey. But, I am determined to fulfil my dreams of becoming a civil engineer at Southampton, a university in the coveted and elite "Russel Group" ('Premier League' of universities). So here I am a few days away from, what promises to be a fantastic adventure.

Do not give up! You all can get there! Moon Hall will give you the tools, all you have to supply is the motivation to achieve your objectives.
Whatever you want to do, 'keep at it' and have confidence, you all have talents and skills that non dyslexics don't!

Published: 31st August 2005
Just one year after taking GCSE's, Sarah has gained stupendous results in the three subjects that she took at 'A' Level. Sarah's results are all the more impressive when it is realised that she was only 16 in May:

English Literature: A
Art: A
Media Studies: B

Well done indeed Sarah!

Published: 26th August 2004
Sarah took four G.C.S.E.'s a year early and gained amazing results. They were:
A* in English Literature
A* in Art and Design
A in English Language
A in Child Development