Dom Joly (BF 1981) recently visited Haileybury Almaty. There is a splendid description of his assembly here on the blog of Dan Maurice, a teacher in Almaty.
Dom Joly himself wrote about the experience in the Mail on Sunday. He says that there weren't yellow and blue tickets (for good behaviour) in his day. There were certainly yellow ones for academics, but I think the blue ones for thoughtfulness and politeness beyond what is usually expected may be a relatively recent innovation. He suggests a new verse for the Khazakh Vivat:
The Mongols were a vicious race
Vivat Haileyburia!
They raped and pillaged down to this place
Vivat Haileyburia!
I thought this video of Dom Joly's snail stunt might bring a midweek smile.
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