At the gate
The Great Elm
An enormous spreading elm at the gate. It has stood through every storm the Weald has thrown at it.
The school's living emblem, and the reason the crest carries a tree. Elm girls are steadfast, and rather insufferable about it. At dusk, a rook settles in its top. When the girls come up the drive after a term away and see the tower lantern burning and a rook settling on the Great Elm, that is how they know they are home.
It has stood at our gate through every storm the Weald has thrown at it.