Beaudesert Park School Magazine 2010 by Beaudesert Park School

BEAUDESERT PARK

magazine AUTUMN 2010

Autumn 2010 BEAUDESERT PARK MAGAZINE

BEAUDESERT PARK

magazine AUTUMN 2010 Vol. 10/No. 7

Contents

School Notes: Headmasterâ€™s Speech 2 Farewells 6 Prizes 8 Appointments, 10 Valete Boarding 11 Charities 12 Science 13 15 Design & Technology 16 ICT Learning Support 16 The Arts: Pottery and 17 Art Music 19 Drama 22 Outings and Events 26 Lectures and Debates 38 Activities 41 Prep Form Lists 47 The Pre-prep Department 48 Pre-prep Form Lists 57 Anthology 58 Sport: Rugby 64 Hockey (Girls) 68 Soccer 72 Netball 76 Cross Country 80 Hockey (Boys) 81 Cricket 82 Rounders 86 90 Tennis Athletics 91 Swimming 93 Friends of Beaudesert 94 Staff List 96

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School Notes Headmaster’s Speech at Prizegiving in the classroom because we know there is a direct correlation between effort and performance at all levels of the school. Many of our Year 8s have received excellent effort grades this year and the results have followed. This is particularly true of our academic scholars and I would like to congratulate Hattie Bevan, Rebecca Randall, Ludo Millar, Toby North and Hugo Shipsey in Year 8 and Amelia Binns in Year 6 for their excellent scholarships. This has been a record year for the number of scholarships and awards – 22 in total. It is good to see such a wide range of talent being rewarded. They have all done well.

elcome to Prizegiving. I am very pleased to welcome Sir Ian & Lady Blair to Beaudesert today. Sir Ian has had an outstanding career in the police force, ending up as Britain’s top policeman. We met the Blairs when we lived in Oxford. Sir Ian has agreed to hand out the prizes and we look forward to hearing from him a little later on. First of all, I would like to congratulate Year 8 on their exam results. They have all worked hard to achieve their goals of passing into their chosen senior school. This goes for our Year 6 leavers as well. I am particularly pleased with the strong grades at CE. This year, an outstanding 50% of Science papers were graded ‘A’. Children work very hard to score as highly as they can at CE and despite there being no universal marking criteria our results remain strong. As I constantly remind the Beaudesert community, we praise effort

Each year, I like to make a strong plug for the Drama at Beaudesert. Every year group has had a chance to perform to a wider audience. I am a great believer in the team work Drama builds, the confidence it brings and the enjoyment it gives to performer and audience alike. No one watching Guys and Dolls could fail to be impressed by the show. Speech & Drama and LAMDA exams continue to blossom under the direction of Nina Kirkwood. The children had considerable success at the Cheltenham Festival with over 60 children taking part. Amongst the honours were six Bronze, five Silver and five Gold medals. In addition, Marina Jodrell won the cup for her performance as Helena from A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the under 15 Shakespeare section. This is another way in which our children can gain confidence in speaking and performing in front of an audience. Whilst on an artistic theme, I urge you to look at all the artwork displayed around the school. I have no doubt all of you will

have various masterpieces in your kitchens which started life at school! Only a few pictures have a permanent hanging place on a Beaudesert wall. There are countless musical opportunities for our children under the enthusiastic direction of Michael Castle. This year, two of our leading lights, William Raby-Smith and Lucinda Maxwell, move on to their senior schools with much deserved music awards. They have been stalwarts of the music department and have shown other budding musicians what can be achieved. I am not going to dwell on the considerable success many of our sports teams have had this year. However, a special mention should be made of our senior netball team who reached the final of the IAPS competition. Also, Amy Dunstan is the IAPS National 800 metre champion. The under 11 cross country team are National Prep Schools champions. Our rounders teams won four out of five Severnside competitions and a team to watch is the under 10 girls’ hockey. They had an unbeaten season. Most importantly, Beaudesert children enjoy the various sports they have a go at and we remain committed to providing matches against other schools at every level of age and ability. At this year’s IAPS conference, the question of parents’ involvement in sport at school was an important topic. One comment which made us all laugh I will share with you in the certain knowledge that you all have a sense of humour. On looking at the games lists, one deeply concerned mother found her son’s name at the bottom of the ‘B’ team list. She immediately strode up to the Director of Sport and asked in a stentorian voice, “Why is my son in the ‘B’ team?” The reply was short and to the point: “Because we don’t have a ‘C’ team”. Every year, Beaudesert holds a number of events to raise money for charity.

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This has been a particularly busy year. Just recently, Charities Week saw each form in the Prep School think of different ways to raise some money – from a relay marathon, to human fruit machines, a tattoo parlour, ‘Splat the Beaudesert Rat’, and the ever popular ‘Soak the Teacher’. All our charity work goes to raise awareness of the need for us to think about others and do something about it. I am indebted to Leah Gilliatt and the staff for the effort put in to organise the many fundraising opportunities we have had this year. I was pleased we held the parental survey carried out on our behalf by R S Academics. I believe it was a thorough process, which gave everyone a chance to air their views on a vast range of school issues. The final report to parents will be with us at the beginning of next term and I look forward to circulating it to you all. There are certain areas which we will be looking into and we will be able to act on some quite easily. However, I must say now that any changes we make may not be the ones you particularly wanted. As you can imagine, there were a wide range of thoughts from our parents. For example, some of you believe the school does not value the artistic side of life and sport is given too high a profile, while others would like elite sport to be taken to a higher level. Some want more prep, others want none. These are some of the many conflicting opinions and aspirations parents have. All views are equally valid and the school will look hard at how we can in marketing-speak ‘improve the product’. I can assure you that we listen to our parents just as we expect parents to listen to us. I am not like an old school head who when asked what sort of children he liked, his reply was brusque and unequivocal - ‘orphans’. One of the school’s fundamental aims is that children should be happy. Therefore, it is pleasing to me to have it confirmed by the survey that Beaudesert children are happy and enjoy being at school. Nothing we do must compromise the happy environment created here. It is my firm conviction that children can only thrive at school if they are happy. Whatever direction Beaudesert takes,

we will continue to strive for happiness within our school. We were very pleased when Siti Kim heard our call two years ago when we needed a scientist. Siti has always insisted on high standards in the classroom and her firm discipline and comprehensive knowledge have lead to the children being awarded excellent science results. Siti has brought new ideas to Beaudesert, including the highly enjoyable forensic investigation. I know Siti has enjoyed her time here and we wish her well as she heads back to Australia.

for raising money for the Pink Dolphins and for introducing ‘Viking Day’ to the school. One of her favourite activities was Crochet Club. As the number of girls in the school grew, it was obvious to us that we needed a Head of Girls who would take a special interest in their welfare. With three daughters of her own, Pippa was well qualified to take on this role and guide the girls - together with Fiona they have been able to offer advice to the staff and parents alike. We will miss her greatly.

James Morris joined us two years ago from Durham University having had a year playing cricket in Australia. I am very pleased James was able to start his teaching career at Beaudesert. He has made a big impact on the sports field and has learnt a lot about his trade. He is set for an excellent career ahead. He moves on to Elstree, a fine prep school near his home in Newbury.

Finally, we say goodbye to the Farquharsons, who leave us after nine outstanding years to run Lockers Park Prep School in Hemel Hempstead. The list of David’s roles are endless – Head of History, i/c 1st XV rugby, Housemaster, Deputy Head. These are clearly very important roles in any school and I am indebted to him for how he has handled all of them. Together with Brigid they created a happy boarding house. He has inspired his pupils with a passion for History. He has certainly taught boys that ‘fast ball’ is ‘good ball’ on the rugby field. David has been an outstanding Deputy Head, always thinking ahead but also reacting to events. Yet such is David’s enthusiasm, he would feel it was just as important to be the lunch queue coordinator or 4th XI cricket supremo.

Will Silk has been a very busy chap during his four years at Beaudesert. He and Lucy joined us to run the boarding house, which they did with great care and efficiency for over two years before the arrival of their third child. Then with Clemmie and Charlie they all moved into Garden Cottage. Will successfully coached the Colts rugby and cricket teams with exemplary dedication and skill; he has also introduced the excellent Beaudesert Badge. He also brought the magnificent Declamations competition to the school, restarted debating and organised our religious services. He is well connected and has been able to bring a wide range of interesting speakers into the school. Will was always destined for higher things and I am very pleased he is to become the Deputy Head of Perrott Hill in Crewkerne. Pippa Dale-Harris has decided to retire from teaching having been a mainstay at Beaudesert for the last 11 years. She has fulfilled many roles. As a Year 4 form teacher she has been able to help countless children to become accustomed to the pace of life in the Prep school. The children instantly relate to her warm, caring nature. She will be remembered

Brigid too has made a lasting mark at Beaudesert. Any of you who have had the pleasure of seeing one of her Drama productions will agree with me when I say she has an outstanding talent for producing wonderful performances from children. The list of her triumphs is long and varied. Her direction of the Year 4 plays has given all children a chance to shine on stage. She has been a splendid Year 4 form teacher. I have been lucky enough to see Honk, Phantom, Bugsy Malone, Sweeney, Grimm Tales, Oliver and the amazing Grease. I am just delighted that she has brought Beaudesert Drama to such a high level and was able to bow out with the remarkable Guys and Dolls. I found a reference given by her previous Headmaster. It reads, ‘I can rely utterly on Brigid and value her support and her sound, sensible reactions to situations. Quite simply, if I were

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appointing staff to a new school, Brigid would be one of the first I would wish to appoint.’ He was absolutely right. David is an excellent school master. Together with Brigid I know they will be a great success running Lockers Park. There will be very difficult times ahead for Prep schools. The new coalition government is not going to be an obvious threat to independent schools and it is uncertain whether their policies will really lead to a greatly improved maintained sector. It is clear they are keen for the independent sector to flourish, but will not actively help it. Regulation is unlikely to lessen in the near future. The Charity Commission still lurks like the sword of Damocles ready to swipe at Prep schools just like ours and it remains to be seen what level of assisted places schools will need to have to satisfy the Commission. The government may yet curb the Commission’s powers. Numbers of children in Prep schools will fall. The boarding market is seeing a rapid drop in numbers at the younger age range, even if leading Public Schools remain full. Even the best known senior schools are bracing themselves for a more uncertain future.

More Prep schools will merge or close. Although Beaudesert is in a very fortunate position, no one is feeling in the least bit complacent about our pre-eminent position in the area. We understand the huge commitment parents make to send their children through the system. We believe it is worth it and will continue to strive to give your children a balanced, happy, purposeful education. I was interested to see a recent headline – ‘Teachers told to get tough in drive for better discipline.’ The Schools’ Minister is suggesting the balance of power in the classroom needs to shift back to teachers. I am sure you will agree with me when I say, ‘Why on earth did it ever slip away from teachers?’ Maintaining firm discipline is the key to all good Prep schools. Disruptive behaviour is punished. Teachers must have control of their class – there can be no other way. Of course, I have one answer to the Schools’ Minister who wants the teachers to get tough. We can clone Mr Wachter and send him to every school in the country!

Just before I ask Sir Ian to give away this year’s prizes, I would like to remind you that at yesterday’s internal prizegiving, we handed out a large number of prizes. The list is included in today’s programme. Now we come to the final act of the school year. I will ask Sir Ian to present the Year 8 leavers with their pins and ties. I would like them to reflect on their time here and remember that when they say ‘goodbye’ today it is not goodbye for ever. Beaudesert will loom large in their lives for a while though it will diminish as they grow up. However, I know they will remember the happy times they had together. We will always be pleased to hear how they are getting on.

This is a good moment for me to thank Mr Wachter and all the staff who work so hard to make Beaudesert a very good school.

Gap Students It is with great sadness that I speak here in front of you today, for you have made the past year at this beautiful school a memorable one. Each and every one of you has sculpted our experience here into something that will never leave our minds and hearts. Thank you for being so accepting of us as we were thrown into the deep end of being responsible for you all at different times of the year. At times what we have done and acted on has seem a little ridiculous and strange, but keep in mind we only ever had the best intentions for you. If I were to wish any advice onto all of you, appreciate this school for what it truly is. The four gap students of 2009 will be walking out of the gates full of sadness. I hope that having us here has inspired some of you to consider gap years abroad yourselves; it is a time in your life that you will never forget.

John Cooper, Alice Masson, Elizabeth Cameron, Oliver Dutton

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Farewells David and Brigid Farquharson

The Farquharsons have been major players at Beaudesert. David and Brigid joined us in 2001 to run the boarding house. They fulfilled this role superbly,

keeping the boarding house as a focal point of Beaudesert life. The combination of fun and rigour is always a difficult one, particularly as we moved to a more flexible model for boarding. What makes them naturals for the role is the ability to keep humour at the centre of what goes on upstairs, without losing the necessary control needed to make things run smoothly. David’s life ‘downstairs’ has been equally busy. As Head of History he brought his own reconstructions of important battles to life. Both Bannockburn and Culloden Moor feature in his repertoire! David has been an excellent 1st XV rugby coach. He has the ability to inspire great things out of the team, even when, on occasion, we have been outgunned for power and pace. It has been said one could tell the score from the body language of the coach who liked to put himself in isolation during the game. However, his admirable spirit of sportsmanship has helped all Beaudesert children understand the true

meaning of competing in the right way. Brigid has been a wonderful English teacher, helping many of our younger children through the first few years of the Prep School. However, it is Drama where Brigid will be most remembered. The Year 4 class plays have always been compulsive viewing, giving all the children a chance to perform. Her senior school productions have been nothing short of magnificent. From Oliver and Sweeney to Phantom and Honk, then Grease and Guys and Dolls, not forgetting Grim Tales and Bugsy Malone, Brigid has been able to bring the cast together to put on outstanding performances. She has real style as, of course, those of you who have Beaudesert top trumps will know when looking at the Best Dressed Category. David could never be one to shirk responsibility and lately, as Deputy Head, he has shown all the strength and foresight needed to put himself in the running for Headship. Lockers Park is extremely lucky to have such a talented pair lead them. The whole Beaudesert community wish them every success.

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Will Silk Will joined us from Blundells and in his four years he has certainly made his mark. His many duties have included teaching English and history, coaching all of our team games, running the boarding house and most notably setting up and driving the Beaudesert Badge. To everything he turned his full attention and gave nothing less than his best effort. All of Will’s colleagues here were in awe of the many contacts he has been able to use, inviting in an impressive collection of speakers to entertain young and old alike. Hopefully the variety and number of lectures for which he was responsible will continue to be as high profile and prolific as they have been these last few years. Everyone at Beaudesert would like to wish Will good luck in his new role as Deputy Head of Perrott Hill School down in Somerset.

James Morris It must have come as a great shock to James when he embarked upon his teaching career at Beaudesert. Having been heavily committed to the sport of cricket to then suddenly be thrown into the deep end of teaching was a sharp learning curve. He learned a great deal in his first year and he was able to use this experience, coupled with his knowledge of sport, to develop and utilise his skills. During the past two years at Beaudesert, James worked closely with the senior cricketers, 1st XI soccer, the girls’ and boys’ hockey as well as the U8 sports teams. James grew in stature whilst at Beaudesert and was popular with the children. He leaves us more confident in his teaching and we wish him all the best as he continues to further his career at Elstree School, Berkshire.

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Siti Kim The draw of family and friends back in her homeland of Australia means that we sadly have to say goodbye to Siti Kim. Siti has been an inspirational member of the Science department for the last two years and I thank her sincerely for her contribution to its continued development. It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside such a dedicated and innovative professional who was always totally committed to helping students reach their potential. Siti has also brought a new dimension to the Chinese New Year, fascinated staff with her travel stories, (most recently through Iran) while Year 5 considered her the Queen of Stickers! She also organised a fascinating CSI style activity where the children had to find the culprit who stole the jewelled crown through forensic investigation. Siti will be sorely missed but we wish her well as she returns to teach at The Friend’s School, Hobart, Tasmania. Lucky them!

Pippa Dale-Harris

Mary Walley In January 1999 a letter arrived from a Mrs Dale-Harris enquiring about job possibilities at Beaudesert. Curious to find out whether she was related to his 1st XV rugby captain at prep school, the Headmaster invited her for an interview. She turned out to be the captain’s wife and she was duly offered a job! And so it was that Pippa and her youngest daughter, Chloe, arrived at Beaudesert in September 1999 from the Acorn School.

Pippa quickly became the backbone of Year 4, helping children with the transition from Year 3. With her love of English, History and, in particular, Geography she has inspired many children with her enthusiasm for these subjects. She has given a huge amount of support and understanding for those who have found academic life more challenging and for those who have struggled with organisational skills. As the number of girls in the school rapidly increased it became apparent that a Head of Girls was needed. Pippa, as the mother of three daughters, was the obvious choice and she has carried out this role with enormous patience and tact and has been a reassuring ear to many parents. Among her many roles at Beaudesert, Pippa has also been the founder of the crochet club, taught tennis, organised Viking days and raised money for the endangered pink dolphins in South America. As well as all her talents in the classroom, Pippa has also been a wonderful member of the common room and a very discreet and loyal friend to many of us. We shall miss her enormously and wish her much happiness for the future and good luck for her exciting new project in Greece with her husband, Nick.

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Mary Walley arrived at Beaudesert in December 1993 having worked as a nanny to the children of the Italian Ambassador in Washington. Mary quickly established herself as a key member of the boarding staff on the top landing with the girls. She looked after them with a motherly eye, never failing to fill up their hot water bottles in the cold winters and cleaning their school shoes every Friday. Mary took great pride in her role as the organiser of the match kit and every Wednesday and Saturday would patiently put out clean kit for the teams, carefully marking up for each child and, not quite so easy, chasing up kit when it was not returned. She was also Beaudesert’s answer to Securicor with an eagle eye on security. We wish her well in her retirement.

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Speech Day Prize List 2009 John Keyte Maths Prize

For excellence in maths

Hugo Shipsey

Davis Maths Cup

For exceptional attainment in maths

William Lewis

May Prize for English

For excelling in CE

George Elvidge

Stephen Henriques English Prize

For effort and achievement

Milo Morgan

Rufus Isaacs English Prize

For exquisite poetry and creative writing

Amelia Binns

Reid Science Prize

For focus and outstanding achievement

Toby North

Matthews Science Prize

For natural ability and aptitude

Cameron Holloway

Brickwood Science Cup

For outstanding achievement in chemistry

Matilda Scott-Bowden

Chalmers French Prize

For effort and achievement

Jessica Mather

Austin Richardson Classics Prize

For perseverance and achievement

Jessica Mather

Vincent Keyte History Prize

For excelling in CE

Louis Graves

Petyan Prize for Geography

For dedication and achievement

William Weston

Mander RE Prize

For total commitment over the course

Natasha Cresswell

Hervey Adams Art Prize

For artistic endeavour

Archie Leschallas

William Knight Prize for Art

For artistic achievement

Isobel Pritchard

Airy Art Prizes

For outstanding effort

India Penny

Cucknell Design Salver

For consistent effort and achievement

Lydia Thomas

Pottery Prize

For determination and achievement

Rebecca Randall

Wallace Drama Award

For outstanding contribution to drama

Matilda Scott-Bowden

Crick Drama Cup

For performance drama

Tatiana Chater Davies

Oliver Shield

For overall excellence in music

William Raby-Smith

Elgar Music Prize for Woodwind

For overall excellence in music

Lucinda Maxwell

Waite Shield for Strings

Marina Jodrell

Kellie Cup for Brass

William Lewis

Blackmore Chorister Cup

Christian Ferrigno

Nott Cup

For academic excellence

Toby North

Harmer Cup

For academic excellence

Hugo Shipsey

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Form Prizes 3B 3B 3B 3H 3H 3H 3N 3N 3N

For consistently high standards For excellent effort and application For excellent all-round contribution to school life For effort and high achievement For a positive contribution to school life For diligence, enthusiasm and a positive attitude For all-round achievement For a sunny and conscientious nature For progress and exemplary behaviour

Alex Haynes Sam Hughes Jock Catto Jack Tucker Thomas Kinsella William Gibson Freya Saxton Lydia Newman Thor Davey

4F 4F 4F 4DH 4DH 4DH 4W 4W 4W

For diligence, enthusiasm and attitude For all-round perseverance and excellent progress For all-round contribution to school life For high academic achievement For excellent behaviour and academic progress For all-round contribution to drama and sport For achieving academic excellence For consistent hard work and excellent effort For all-round contribution to school life

Tamsin Priest Lauren Dunne Annabel Gouriet Magnus Lawrence Finbar McConnell Tatiana Parr Sebastian Dâ€™Arcy Rice Xa Jardine Piers Tabor

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For academic excellence For consistently outstanding effort For outstanding all-round contribution For consistently outstanding attainment For faultless effort and academic excellence For sustained effort and high academic achievement For high academic achievement For outstanding effort and improvement For an excellent contribution to school life

Mollie Dâ€™Arcy Rice Isabella McLaughlan Izzi Brodermann James Strain Tamara Gibbons Lara Winfrey Isobel Maxwell Amber Dunne Georgia Martin

6A 6A 6A 6C 6C 6C 6H 6H 6H 6S 6S 6S

For academic excellence and all-round effort For outstanding effort and a positive attitude For all-round contribution to school life For all-round effort and high academic attainment For an excellent contribution to school life For character and personality For exceptional achievement For focused and diligent work For resilience and good humour For consistent academic excellence For consistent all-round effort For a positive contribution to school life

Thea Godding George Drayson Zoe Davison Freddie Schrager von Altishofen Ralph Fitch Kemp Olli McIntyre Luke Pitman Iona Jardine William Cresswell Amelia Binns Geordie Gordon Lennox Rebecca Arkwright

7LW 7LW 7LW 7G 7G 7G 7T 7T 7T

For work of a consistently high standard For always giving 100% For being a helpful and polite member of the form For outstanding achievement and effort For diligence and perseverance For leadership and determination For outstanding attainment For sustained effort throughout the year For boundless enthusiasm

Hector Chamberlain Amelia Walker Patrick de Barros Amy Strain Georgi Gilder Calum Evans Genevieve James Henry Jackson Sydney Sopher

8B 8B 8B 8F 8F 8F 8JB 8JB 8JB

For all-round contribution and excellence For effort, achievement and a sunny disposition For effort and all-round contribution For outstanding results in CE For unfailingly giving 100% For unfailing effort and enthusiasm For academic achievement For all-round effort and achievement For being an all-round star

Lucinda Maxwell Rosie Dibben Jamie Jamieson Black Harley Grellier Ludo Millar William Weston William Raby-Smith Hattie Bevan Rebecca Randall 9

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Appointments Captain of Cricket:

Jamie Jamieson Black

Captain of Swimming:

Amy Dunstan

Captain of Girls’ Hockey:

Venetia Schofield

Captain of Boys’ Hockey:

George Key

Captains of Athletics:

Amy Dunstan George Elvidge

Captain of Rugby:

Harley Grellier

Captain of Netball:

Rebecca Randall

Captain of Rounders:

Emma Ralph

Captain of Soccer:

Ludo Millar

Captains of Cross Country: Amy Dunstan Ludo Millar Captains of Tennis:

Lucinda Maxwell Edward de Barros

Valete 2008-2009 YEAR 8 George Abingdon Cheltenham College Hannah Arkwright The High School for Girls, Gloucester Hattie Bevan Cheltenham College Joe Borkowski The King’s School, Gloucester Cameron Cantley-Wright The King’s School, Gloucester Tatiana Chater Davies Marlborough College Georgina Crabb Cheltenham Ladies’ College Natasha Cresswell Cheltenham College Edward de Barros Harrow College Max Dear Marlborough College Rosie Dibben Marlborough College Issy Dickson Cheltenham College George Dingman Cheltenham College Amy Dunstan Rugby School George Elvidge Eton College Lara Faber-Johnson St Edward’s, Oxford Dean Close Algy Falconer Kitty Faulkner The King’s School, Gloucester Christian Ferrigno Shrewsbury School Louis Graves Cheltenham College Harley Grellier Marlborough College Jack Hardwick Sherborne Alexandra Hauger St Edward’s, Oxford George Henry Dean Close Lucy Hicks Beach Dean Close Cameron Holloway Marlborough College James Jamieson Black Cheltenham College Marina Jodrell St Mary’s, Calne George Key Cheltenham College Chessie Lamb St Mary’s, Calne Archie Leschallas Milton Abbey Jessica Mather St Mary’s, Calne Lucinda Maxwell Cheltenham Ladies’ College Ludo Millar Cheltenham College Milo Morgan Radley College Hari Nadiotis Sherborne Toby Newman Marlborough College Toby North Cheltenham College India Penny Sherborne Girls

Isobel Pritchard William Raby-Smith Emma Ralph Rebecca Randall Emily Reid Venetia Schofield Matilda Scott-Bowden Oliver Severn Hugo Shipsey Billy Sims-Hilditch Xander Slager Toby Smith Isabella St Aubyn Mimi Sweet William Weston Katie Woodford

Cheltenham Ladies’ College Malvern College St Mary’s, Calne St Mary’s, Calne St Mary’s, Calne Cheltenham College St Mary’s, Calne Cheltenham College Ampleforth College Radley College Dean Close Radley College Heathfield School, Ascot Millfield College Cheltenham College Cheltenham College

YEAR 7 Ottilie Carter Iona Constantine

Downe House St Mary’s, Shaftesbury

YEAR 6 Rebecca Arkwright The High School for Girls, Gloucester Suzanna Battishill Westonbirt School Amelia Binns The King’s School, Gloucester Harry Burns Marling School Jacques Chappell-Young Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School Hester Elvidge Cheltenham Ladies’ College George Gent Ludgrove School Jack Hardwick St Edward’s, Cheltenham Edward Kendell Wycliffe College Harry Kendell Wycliffe College Thomas Kendell Wycliffe College William Lewis Pate’s Grammar School Thea Lumley Heathfield School, Ascot Freddie Schrager von Altishofen Cheltenham Ladies’ College Scarlett Watts The King’s School, Gloucester Georgia Wheeler The King’s School, Gloucester Louis Whitcombe Pate’s Grammar School

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Boarding House

Time flies when you are enjoying yourself. This is certainly true of this year in the boarding house where a cocktail of hard work and real pleasure made the year fly by. Mrs Edwards and I have been hugely fortunate that when we started in the boarding house Alice and her team of highly professional matrons had a very effective system up and running and we literally slipped into the system. This enabled the changeover from David and Brigid Farquharson to happen as smoothly as possible. Having come from a full boarding school in Kenya, the change to flexi-boarding was quite considerable, with different boys and girls boarding on different nights. The practicalities behind this constant swopping of bed clothing and dorms, along with learning the names of all the boarders and not necessarily seeing them every night, took some getting used to. Our first real treat was the Bordersâ€™ Christmas party â€“ a wonderful opportunity for us all to have fun. The theme was Hollywood with all the trappings! The dressing up was exceptional. Fruit cocktails and a fashion show ensued and a disco finished the night off appropriately. In a blink of an eye the school year is almost over and that Christmas party seems a lifetime ago. Mrs Edwards and I have enjoyed this new challenge and I have particularly enjoyed getting to know the pupils and finding out what makes them tick. To have a good relationship with everyone in the boarding house is essential to ensure a comfortable, happy environment for everyone to live in and Beaudesert achieves this. AME

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Charities Support for charities has been strong this year and the Beaudesert children should be proud of their enthusiastic involvement in a variety of events, raising money for a number of excellent causes. At the beginning of the year all pupils took part in Jeans for Genes Day, wearing jeans to school to raise money for children who suffer from severe genetic disorders. Goods and gifts of all size and shape were donated to elderly local residents at Harvest time. Half term saw early preparations for Christmas getting underway as shoe boxes were filled with goodies to be collected by Operation Christmas Child, a charity which sends presents to children suffering through war, poverty, natural disaster and disease throughout the world. Just before the end of term our Smarties tube collection raised enough to fund the secondary school education of four children from a Tanzanian Orphanage.

The annual Charities Week saw each year group raising money for a different cause: Year 3 dressed crazily for Kids’ Company; Year 4 baked cakes to raise funds for the Cirencester branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society; Year 5 splatted the Beaudesert Rat and donated proceeds to the local Wylye Valley Disabled Riding Summer Camp; Year 6 spun themselves silly as a human fruit machine in support of Mission Rwanda which helps street children in Kigali; Years 7 and 8 continued the school’s support of orphans in Mwanza, Tanzania by selling bracelets made by children from the orphanage. The Year 8’s ‘Beaudesert Bimble’, a sponsored walk across the wild peaks of Yorkshire, donated enough money to The Banana Tree Project to renovate a primary school in Tanzania and to contribute towards the building of a new orphanage which will house 23 street children from October 2010.

As always, sincere thanks to you all for supporting the school’s fundraising events. Your generosity is much appreciated and many charities, both locally, nationally and internationally have greatly benefited this year. LG In the spring term, following the earthquake in Haiti, the school donated money to RAPID UK, a Gloucestershire based charity which sends volunteers to rescue work in areas suffering as a result of natural disaster. To support Children in Need, in keeping with their theme, the whole school ‘dressed dotty’ to raise money. Over the Easter holidays the intrepid Mr Tiley embarked upon the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race and encouraged pupils to buy wristbands to provide Help for Heroes, supporting those injured in armed conflict. The summer term proved to be a particularly busy one for charities. A marshmallow kebab sale made a tasty start to the term and raised funds for Macmillan Cancer Research.

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Science Gases in the Air

If any unprepared person were to have walked into the Sports Hall on Wednesday 17th March they would have seen children’s attention captured totally by Dr Alison and some awe-inspiring experiments on the very gases we breathe every day. When you think of liquid, you probably don’t think of nitrogen at -196°C! Submerge a cracked egg in liquid nitrogen and although it appears fried, it is frozen! Sublimation - a solid turns straight to a gas without passing through the liquid stage. Carbon dioxide is a brilliant example of this and we learnt that film companies put solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) in coloured water to get the mystical bubbling cauldron effect. Hydrogen is a very interesting gas. As the lightest and most abundant element in the universe it is also extremely volatile. Dr Alison had balloons filled with either hydrogen or helium and to find out which was which she put a taper to them. The one with a loud explosion and flames was hydrogen, the other helium. Overall a very inspiring and amazing demonstration for all years. David Gibbons Year 7 With Dr Alison we discovered that if you put things like a banana and flowers into liquid nitrogen they freeze instantly. The banana was the best one because only half of it was submerged in liquid nitrogen. This half frozen banana was shattered into pieces when hit with a hammer while the other half was perfectly edible! Dr Alison also put a little water and methanol in to a large plastic container which she then shook and poured out. She put a flame above the container and a massive fireball appeared which was really cool! William Lewis Year 6 I think the most popular experiment was called ‘Elephant’s toothpaste’. She mixed a liquid and solid chemical with food dye and fairy liquid and almost immediately a white frothy foam was spurting from its container. Everyone was amazed that Dr Alison was making oxygen and the gas was trapped inside the fairy liquid bubbles. Everyone really enjoyed the event and Dr Alison received a massive round of applause. Anne-Marie Bowring Year 7

Salters’ Festival

Bristol ChemLabS hosted the Salters’ Festival on Monday 17th May. 60 Year 8 students took part in the day, and Beaudesert was represented by George Elvidge, Toby North, Amy Dunstan and Lucinda Maxwell. The Salters’ Challenge in the morning was to solve “The Mysterious Death of Captain Salter”. The team from Clifton High School won by correctly identifying the suspect. The teams from Blundells School

and Red Maids’ School came in a close second and third respectively. The Chemical general knowledge quiz was won by Beaudesert Park School. The University Challenge in the afternoon saw the schools investigating the amount of copper found in two copper ore samples and investigating the iodine clock reaction. As a reward for their achievements, pupils were then treated to a fun lecturedemonstration entitled “A Pollutant’s Tale” - which was full of bangs and pops and also included a liquid nitrogen demo. Yet again, our Beaudesert children were fantastic ambassadors of the school and returned back exhausted after an informative, interesting and thoroughly enjoyable day at Bristol University. JB

Celebration of National Science and Engineering Week

During the week of March 15th to 21st the Science department organised special events to further promote science. Years 3 and 4 watched an enthralling show by Tony Griffiths on the ‘Magic of Science’ and much of his ‘magic’ has been tried at home, from pouring liquids down strings to making taps from bottles and even creating a water tornado. Year 5 made acquaintances with invertebrates and reptiles from Jonathan’s Jungle while Year 6 had the opportunity to take part in the CIESE online International Boiling Point Project. We were the only school in the UK to take part and our findings were compared to those of schools right across the world. The pupils were investigating how the height above sea level affects boiling points. The highlight of the week was when we were fortunate enough to secure a visit from Bristol University’s Chemlab and the whole Prep school was captivated by Dr Alison’s fantastic demonstrations of Gases in the Air. JB

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Jonathan’s Jungle

On Thursday 18th March, Year 5 were lucky enough to see Jonathan and his Jungle Road Show. When my class had sat down in Mrs Butterworth’s science lab, Jonathan introduced himself. Once he had done that he started to show us his animals. First he showed us a big family of stick insects. He showed us the baby sister who had only hatched the day before! Then we saw the rest of the family, the biggest had small sharp spikes on its brown, rough back. We learnt that one of the spikes can rip through your skin! After we had met the whole insect family we were introduced to an insect which looked like two withering leaves! In fact it was a praying mantis. Jonathan put it on my hand and it felt peculiarly sticky. It managed to climb all the way up my arm before Jonathan took the insect off me. He then showed us his tarantula, Angelina. The spider was named after the ballerina as she had beautiful pink feet. Soon after that we saw his extremely pretty rainbow boa, Mrs Noah. In groups of four we held this large snake. I was holding the head and Jonathan said that she liked armpits because they are warm. So Mrs Noah snaked under my armpit and it tickled! … Mollie D’Arcy Rice Year 5 ...Jonathan showed us a glow in the dark scorpion. You would never believe it if I told you that it glowed in the dark! It glowed bright green and when I saw it I thought it

was fake but then it moved and all was real! After that we were introduced to Angelina Ballerina who is his pink toed Tarantula. She has extra thick padded feet for jumping but this is her last choice of movement as she has very poor eyesight and when she jumps she just has to hope for the best! If she falls she will unfortunately burst her abdomen and die. Arabella Sopher Year 5 …….Once Angelina had returned to her box we were introduced to two geckos Verne and Quinn and we were lucky enough to hold them. They were soft, sticky and quite squishy and very, very sweet. We learnt that geckos can drop off their tails when in danger. Geckos don’t have eyelids so they lick their eyes if they get dry or dusty. We managed to film them on a camera which magnified them onto the whiteboard which meant we could see them in lots of detail. Sadly our time had come to the end and we all washed our hands and said goodbye to Jonathan and his animals. Isobel Maxwell Year 5

Cheltenham College Science Day On Tuesday the 2nd March, six Year 6 pupils were invited to attend the Cheltenham College Science Day. The children were Emily Lowde, Ruby Sowerbutts, Clodagh Large, Henry Hudson, William Cresswell and Harry Knight. The day was broken up into three sessions covering Physics, Chemistry and Biology and during each session, the children got to take part in numerous practical activities including slide making and other microscope work, pendulum investigations and preparing and testing for Hydrogen gas. A great day – thoroughly enjoyed by all! JLB

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Design and Technology

design folder following the design process that incorporated detailed design ideas, engineering drawings and manufacturing plans. The pupils then manufactured their products to very high levels. Algy designed and manufactured a chess set, whilst George designed a child’s mobile. Both pupils should be very proud of their achievements. Another highlight of the year was the opportunity to take four girls, Mollie D’Arcy Rice, Izzi Brodermann, Tamara Gibbons and Isobel Maxwell to a Design, Technology and Science challenge day held at Rose Hill Westonbirt School. The theme of the day was optical experiments and the girls had the opportunity to use the school’s Design and Technology rooms to manufacture a kaleidoscope. They then went on to enjoy a day of experiments and optical illusions held in the Science department.

ALGY FALCONER YEAR 8 It has been an extremely productive year in the Design and Technology department on many fronts.

The Design and Technology projects continue to introduce the pupils to a wide range of materials and tools, contributing to their continual development in the subject. Each project offers the opportunity for the students to customise their product and make them personal.

The quality of the work produced in the final term has been some of the best I have seen since starting at the school some four years ago. The imaginative design ideas and the quality of craftsmanship have been quite outstanding and the pupils have produced work older than their years would suggest. Two children have won awards this year. George Abingdon gainied a Design and Technology exhibition to Cheltenham College and Algy Falconer was awarded a Design and Technology and Drama exhibition to Dean Close. Credit goes to both boys who gave up their own time and had extra tuition to raise their general knowledge of the subject to the desired level. They had to produce a 3A

GEORGINA BATHURST YEAR 7

The Year 4s start their entry in the world of Design and Technology by manufacturing a battery powered buggy, a mechanical lever toy based on an animal theme and an alarmed room. The Year 5s continue to develop their skills by manufacturing a textile Christmas decoration, learning about hydraulics, making a hydraulic moving monster box and finish with a wooden model fairground ride. The Year 6s get to grips with graphic design to manufacture a boxed board game. The pupils use a range of drawing techniques including the use of ICT equipment to produce high quality products. The glass jewellery continues to be a major hit with pupils and parents who receive them, as the quality of the dichoric glass produced by the pupils equals that of professional glassmakers. The pupils finish the year by producing a cam toy. This year more than ever, the quality and imagination that has gone into the toys is fantastic as well as the high quality finish of the end product. The Year 7 pupils start with a metal work project. They learn to make their own moulds and smelt pewter metal to cast their own metal key rings in a sea life theme. This is a very rewarding and visually effective project. The pupils also learn about simple electronic theory and practical soldering skills to produce a message board. This plays a song of the pupils’ choice once downloaded onto the programmable chip. Their final term teaches the pupils textile skills, including how to use a sewing machine to manufacture a fleece travel pillow. The quality of the pillows this year is outstanding and the imagination and skill involved in their work really reflects the pupils’ enthusiasm and drive for the subject. The Year 8s in their final year continue to hone their electronic skills to produce an amplifier and speaker system that can be used with Ipods and Mp3 players. It is especially rewarding to see how much the pupils enjoy this project as it has a very practical purpose. You will find pupils around the school in the evenings or on trips crowding around to listen to music on their own customised speaker system.

GEORGE ABINGDON YEAR 8

LARA WINFREY YEAR 5

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ICT

This has been the year of the iPad. Apple have once again excited the technological world with a device that could be as ‘big’ as the iPhone. Whilst it is still in its infancy the device shows much promise and potential for the educational sector. Watch this space! It is reassuring to know that we continue to use computers at school that are both innovative and easy to use. Apple iMacs with flat screens have been introduced into the ICT Room during the summer and have proved exceptional. The children love them, particularly the speed and the extra real estate of the screens! The new machines meant that other areas of the school could be upgraded and the DT Room, Staff Workroom and various classrooms have benefited. A further four Interactive Whiteboards have been installed, which now means that only two teaching rooms in the whole school are without. We have come a long way in a few short years. Some classrooms have benefited further by the introduction of a visualiser, which is effectively a modern day overhead projector. These devices allow the teacher to magnify text, pictures and objects, with obvious benefits for English and Science teachers amongst others. IT never stands still, however you can be assured that, along with the creative skills associated with new technology and software, the core, fundamental skills are always emphasised. Our children are well prepared for their next schools and for life involving IT. PG

ISOBEL PRITCHARD YEAR 8

Learning Support Beaudesert prides itself on being a non-selective school at entry, yet we send pupils on to some of the best, well-known senior schools. The Learning Support Department has a key role in teaching and supporting those pupils who have specific learning difficulties to ensure they progress confidently within the curriculum and at Common Entrance.

Many dyslexics are talented in other areas of the curriculum such as Art, Design and Technology, Drama and Sport - even if they struggle with literacy. It is good for the other pupils to recognise their peers have different learning styles and patterns of development. The Senior Schools’ Fair in the spring term gave me the opportunity to talk to the schools represented about how they organise their learning support and what we do, here at Beaudesert. They were all so welcoming and interested. Whilst we support the Beaudesert children, we have tremendous backup from our visiting educational psychologist, our occupational therapist and our speech therapist. The Beaudesert learning support ‘team’ is strong, skilful and committed. I still have the card from one parent who thanked us for ‘laying the foundations of success’. May we continue to do so for several years yet.

ARCHIE LESCHALLAS YEAR 8

With thanks to the wonderful ‘team’ – Mrs Dyer, Mrs Adamson, Mrs Woodham, Mrs Thornton, Mrs Poll, Mrs Foreman, Mrs Russell, Miss Smith – and our readers for exams – Mrs Wingrove, Mrs Field and the gap students. KD

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The Arts Pottery

Year 6 continue building pots from coils of clay, where repetition and rhythm are the order of the day if the desired quality is to be achieved. This skill will be needed later.

Another vibrant year has passed for our potters, with Year 4 working at simple hand skills and secure joining of basic forms, the building blocks for future efforts. Year 5 moved on to slab built stage sets furnished to choice. The only rule was that it must include at least one human figure. Outstanding work was produced by Tom Elvin with his formula one pit lane garage, Harry Everest with man and dog passing time on a park bench and Charlotte Garner with kneeling figure, hedgehog and turtle in and around a garden pond, the whole beautifully observed.

Year 7 saw a change in emphasis from previous years with the dropping of fish tiles to make way for a new project, which drew on skills introduced in previous years using flat slabs of clay to make small slab built pots with a coil built neck. High achievers here were Rupert Milne, Isobel Maxwell and Amber Dunne. In Year 8 all of the skills learned in previous years culminate in the production of slip decorated dishes, ideal presents for family and friends. The prize this year went to Rebecca Randall who made several pieces all of high quality and without fuss.

As usual activities were well attended. The variety of work themes never ceases to amaze. There are always serious potters anxious to use slip moulds or try out the wheel. Alongside these are the gamers creating fantasy figures and strange machines. Whatever path they choose leads inevitably to improvement of their hand skills. Pottery also proved to be a firm favorite amongst the Beaudesert Badgers. The short duration called for careful preparation and smooth organization to enable all to achieve a meaningful result. The fast pace seemed to inspire and many were keen to follow the progress of the work through drying, firing and glazing. The finished product was gleefully awaited.

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Art The Art Department has continued to be a busy area of the school and because of the lunchtime arrangements, it is now available to a large number of children who wish to catch up on work missed, continue to work on class or activity projects or indeed those who just wish to follow their own direction of study. The room continues to be an excellent one to carry on many forms of Art both two dimensional and three. However, ask any Art teacher what his main problem is and I am fairly certain he or she will say storage, and indeed Beaudesert is no exception to this. Again I would like to thank all my colleagues in the Pre-prep and Year 3 for the enthusiastic way they teach and bring art to their pupils. Some of the results they achieve are stunning. I would also like to thank Lavinia Field who so ably teaches Year 4 and 5 and takes a Year 3 Art club each week. This is very well attended and the children gain a great deal from the work they cover and being able to work in a purpose built art space.

INDIA PENNY YEAR 8

Again this year there were a number of Year 8 pupils working towards Art or All Rounder awards. This remains an option which is very demanding in respect of the need to be both organised and motivated. I am glad to say that we had three successes. Archie Leschallas gained a scholarship to Milton Abbey, India Penny an award to Sherborne Girls and Rebecca Randall achievied a joint academic and all rounder scholarship to St Maryâ€™s, Calne. The school again was represented in the National Prep School Art Exhibition and entered over 120 pieces of work for the bi-annual Art In and Around Amberley Competition. Looking towards next year the department is hoping to organise some outside artists to come in and run workshops with children and organise a whole school art exhibition in the spring term of 2011. SH REBECCA RANDALL YEAR 8

ELSA WALLER YEAR 7 TAMARA GIBBONS YEAR 5

LOTTIE BURNS YEAR 4

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Music Goodbyes and Hellos In the past year we have said goodbye to Mrs Deborah Collins and Mr Iain Willox. Deborah has been Singing Teacher here for some years and took her students to new heights of singing technique. Her ‘Pepys’ Show,’ with its vocal complexities, will be remembered for quite some time. Iain was Bagpipe Tutor here and did a wonderful job, taking such care to enthuse and instruct his pupils. This summer we say goodbye to Mrs Jenny Rees, one of the Clarinet / Saxophone teachers, who is leaving to devote more time to her composition work. Taking over from Deborah Collins as Singing teacher is Mrs Mary Brownbill whose enthusiasm for music is clear for all to see. Whatever the weather, Mary’s smile and cheery nature brightens up the day… and the pupils too! Mrs Tessa Pemberton has returned after a few years to teach Oboe once more. Also, Miss Alice Cubbin will be replacing Mrs Rees from September. Alice is currently Woodwind teacher at St Mary’s, Calne and has a special interest in Jazz, so watch out children – she will get the joint seriously jumping! Awards… Congratulations to William Raby-Smith who has won the major Music Scholarship to Malvern College… who’s going to play Last Post for us now? Also, congratulations to Lucinda Maxwell for gaining a Music Exhibition to Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Special mention must be made of these two who have worked tirelessly for music in Beaudesert over many years. Just consider for a moment the hundreds of hours they have given up for all those breaktime rehearsals, exams, concert solos, carol services and cathedral evensongs… quite amazing – thank you, William and Lucinda.

Autumn Term Handel’s 250th Did you know that George Frederic Handel and Jimmy Hendrix actually lived next to each other?! Well that’s not entirely accurate as Handel died a LONG time before Hendrix… actually it was the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death in 2009 so Beaudesert put on a lavish concert... an orchestra of 42 playing his ‘Fireworks’ music, the Trumpet Voluntary with William Raby-Smith as soloist, the Junior Choir with their lovely folk-songs, the Senior Choir and adults with ‘Zadok the Priest,’ with everyone finishing with ‘Rule Britannia’ … what a night that was… even Handel paid a visit as guest conductor!

Joy to the World! – a wonderful Christmas message and the perfect way to start the Beaudesert Carol Service. Well, Christian Ferrigno opened the service proper with his excellent ‘Once in Royal’ solo – rocksolid tuning and timing, Christian – ten out of ten! The Junior Choir (now over 50 strong) did very well with their ‘Torches’, ‘Silent Night’ (in German) and ‘Zither Carol’ followed by the Year 6 Choir with the traditional ‘Past Three O’Clock.’ The Robed Choir were on top form as they sang my ‘Gaudete,’ Rutter’s ‘Christmas Lullaby’ and Willcocks’ ‘Birthday Carol’ – fantastic singing, all of you!

Beaudesert Buskers Stroud is becoming quite used to us now as the fearless musicians braved the cold once again to entertain the Christmas shoppers… Well done. The music of Christmas from Beaudesert went out to the elderly too when groups sang and played to the residents of Ilsom House and George Pearce House. Though small quiet affairs, the occasions are always very well received and are a vital element of the Music School calendar.

Spring Term Question: What do you get if you add 5000 children and a big spiky tent in London? Answer: www.voiceinamillion.com, the major Senior Choir event of the New Year. At the start of the spring term, the 45 of the Choir hit Mach 2 and prepared 13 songs to be sung at the O2 Arena. It was a long, tough day but what an experience. Mrs Tewson with twenty-four of her String pupils performed a wonderful ‘Evening of String Music’ with pieces ranging from ‘Fanfare’ to ‘Kemps’ Jig’ and ‘Viola Time Rag’ – lovely playing guys and thank you for holding the fort, Mrs T.

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Summer Term As in the New Year, the Senior Choir were working overtime before the Easter holidays, rehearsing an anthem written by me in time for St George’s Day. The reason? For the service to unveil and dedicate the painting ‘The Last Supper,’ commissioned by St George’s Church, Nailsworth. The Seniors robed up and joined with the choirs of St George’s and Christ Church, Nailsworth for the very special evening. They sang the piece ‘Haggadah’ (the Telling) very well indeed and enjoyed the interview with Vivienne Westwood’s male model, Tafari Hinds, who was the person of Jesus in the painting. (Lorna May Wadsworth, the artist, sadly could not attend as she was stuck in Sorrento due to the ash cloud.) Many of the congregation asked where they could buy the music, so we recorded it in June and it will soon be on sale as a CD or mp3 download, with proceeds going to the St George’s Organ Fund.

House Music Mr Iain Sloan, Malvern College’s Director of Music, sadly was not able to adjudicate as planned. His Deputy, Mr Stephen McDade, took the reins and did an excellent job in the Hot Seat. The House Song was contested fiercely this year. A House did their ‘Doo Wah Diddy,’ B House rumbled with their ‘In the Jungle,’ C House stressed ‘The Importance of Being Idle’ and D House stood still to sing ‘Don’t Stop.’ In reverse order: A…C…B… with D the winners! Mr McDade commented on how well-prepared and performed the pieces were by all the children. The results of the solo classes are as follows: Junior Brass

Oliver McGill

Junior Piano

Phoebe Veelenturf

Junior Voice

Sophie Morgan-Rodda

Junior Guitar

Charlie Carpenter

Intermediate Piano

James Strain

Intermediate Brass

William Lewis

Intermediate Strings

James Strain

Intermediate Woodwind

Mollie D’Arcy Rice

Intermediate Voice

Kit Fairgrieve Pick

Intermediate Guitar

Luke Pitman

Solo Composition

Harry Burns

Senior Piano

Amy Strain

Senior Brass

William Raby-Smith

Senior Strings

Amy Strain

Senior Woodwind

Lucinda Maxwell

Senior Voice

Arabella Knowles

Senior Guitar

William Raby-Smith

Well done to all those who took part. With all points tallied, the overall scores were: A House – 475 B House – 605 C House – 750 D House – 1225, so D House win again… and again… and again… how do we break this cycle? Come on Houses, let’s get sorted and give the engraver a different letter to add to the Music Salver in 2011.

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Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Once again, Beaudesert was victorious at Cheltenham. In the Solo Wind Instrument (14 years and under), William Raby-Smith won the class and the Gramophone Society Challenge Cup, with Lucinda Maxwell 3rd and a bronze medal, and in the Solo Wind class (Grades 6-7), William won again, taking home The Lois Cleaver Challenge Cup, with Lucinda 3rd, collecting another medal. William Lewis competed in the later Grades 4-5 class and came a most respectable 4th.

Summer Guitar Concert A new venture for the school was an informal June concert of Guitar music of all styles by all ages. A huge variety of pieces was performed and the audience had a wonderful time – well done Guitarists young and old! This is definitely an event that will become an annual ‘happening’.

Jazz on the Lawn In last year’s magazine I wrote this: However hard the English weather may try, Jazz on the Lawn will never be called Jazz in the Gym, though Mr Castle was starting to wonder if it would ever be dry and warm for us again… Well, true to form, we were out in the warm and dry this year on 2nd July for a wonderful evening of music. The programme looked as strong as ever… perhaps the best so far… The Beaudesert Brass kicked the evening into touch and we were off! The soloists were so brave and performed so confidently, the Junior Choir really gave their all with their Boney M tribute and the Summer Strings were all gearing up for the Al Pacino Tango when... drip… drip… drip drip dripdripdrip… In true Thatcher style I took the mike (without being electrocuted), looked to the heavy grey sky and delivered the immortal words to the gathered throng – ‘I am NOT jumping ship,’ whereupon there was a mighty cheer! The rain soon stopped and we carried on. Over 130 took part and performed an excellent two-hour programme, truly one of the best. Certain pieces have been commented on as sticking in the memory: Georgi Gilder’s ‘Close to You,’ Hebe Field’s unplugged ‘Hey Soul Sister,’ Lucinda’s ‘Tattletale,’ William Raby-Smith’s ‘Summertime’ and Xander Slager’s ‘Superstition.’ The Senior Choir’s ‘Don’t Stop,’ ‘Lean on Me’ and Michael Jackson medley was also mentioned. Bringing the evening (and the year) to a close, everyone sang the World Cup anthem ‘Wavin’ Flag’ and waved their flags! What a great evening that was…..

Before I sign off, I must thank all the music teachers for their hard work with the children this past year. A special thanks too to Mr John Harris, our Guitar / Harp teacher, the miracle man with all the sound for Jazz on the Lawn and recording the anthem for the Last Supper service. Thanks also to you, the parents for your teamwork backstage at home, encouraging your child with the music practice. Finally, a big round of applause to the children for actually getting up there, playing the music and making it happen!

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Drama Senior Production – ‘Guys and Dolls’ July 2009 Speech Day, glass of wine in hand. Brigid Farquharson to Nina and Louise, “ Okay girls that’s Grease finished, phew. . . Now, what shall we do next year?” Suggestions. . .Little Shop of Horrors… not enough main parts! Annie. . . great songs. . . too many girls! Hairspray. . . still in the West End! Oklahoma. . . street cred? Guys and Dolls. . . umm, now there’s a good idea! October 2009 After numerous phone calls and endless research, at last I was able to order the libretto and script for Guys and Dolls junior. A read through confirmed this as a good choice. Now to fend off the barrage of Year 8 questions, “Pleeease tell us what the Year 8 production will be , pleease!!” March 2010 Auditions! For me, this is the most exciting part. Children who have previously never put themselves forward for the choir or any main part in a play, suddenly reach Year 8 and decide it’s now or never! Hurrah! There are always a few surprises and this year was no exception. In fact there were several gasps of, “ Oh my goodness, where did that voice come from?”Crikey now to chose the parts! With so many potential Sky Mastersons, Nathan Detroits, Sarahs and Adelaides, we spent many hours agonising over some very difficult decisions. End of March 2010 Cast list goes up on the Drama Board… stand back and wait for the comments! Summer Term - 21st June Rehearsals begin! What do you mean, you haven’t you learnt your lines? He’s what? He’s still in bed . . . urgh! We need more. . . vroom! Be quiet! Sit down! Speak up! Don’t look down! Smile, enjoy it! Remember when you’re on that stage, stay in character! 5th July First dress rehearsal, pretty shambolic! 6th July Dress rehearsal to the school, lacking in energy, missed cues and weak singing, disappointing, but we still have tomorrow morning to work miracles! Marks … 5/10 7th July First performance, good in parts flat in others, missed entrances and singing still lacking in volume! Marks… 8/10 8th July Fab! Marks 10/10 Well done, everyone!

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With a cast of so many talented children it is almost impossible to single out individuals worthy of special praise, however there are several children who are certainly deserving of a special mention. Toby Smith portrayed Nathan as the lovable rogue, acting with confidence and excellent timing. The object of his desire was Matilda Scott-Bowden, the excitable and trusting Adelaide. Matilda gave an outstanding performance with brilliant timing along with a great New York twang and a superbly powerful singing voice. Xander Slager played Sky Masterson with a huge amount of charisma, portraying a very endearing character. Xander has real stage presence and managed to work his magic on Sarah Brown, played by Tati Chater Davies, also displaying the charm and vulnerable side of her character. What stood out for me was the chemistry between these two characters, no mean achievement for a couple of 13 year olds ! Other outstanding moments came from Hari Nadiotis, playing the very endearing Nicely Nicely Johnson. Oli Severn was suitably menacing as Big Jule and Marina Jodrell as the bossy and irrepressible Mimi! As for the rest of the guys, they were all suitably menacing, the Dolls were equally sassy and of course, the Mission Band reverential (most of the time). But who could forget Emma Ralph’s most memorable cameo role with her scene-stealing line,“ I re’fuse to walk like a chick’n!” There are not enough words of praise for the hugely talented Michael Castle, whose musical expertise can not be bettered. Thank you for everything, Michael. With such a large cast, costuming and props are never an easy task. Leah Gilliat’s endless patience with props and Flavia Heseltine’s eye for detail and colour with costume make us realise how lucky we are to have them as part of the team! Massive thanks must go of course to my co directors, Nina and Louise. Without their talents, help and fantastic sense of humour, a production like this, simply wouldn’t happen. After eight years of being a part of the senior production I couldn’t think of a better way of bringing my time at Beaudesert to an end. Well done to all you fabulous Guys and Dolls! BF

‘Pocket Full of Posies’ - Year 7 We were given our task, to create and perform an hour-long play in just two short weeks. How we were going to pull this off, we did not know. After a frantic few days, we had decided to set the scene in a beautiful country village. The play was set in the midst of the Black Death. The outbreak of the disease begins when the tailor’s apprentice, played hilariously by George Maxwell, dries out some cloth from London, hatching some flea eggs, and thus releasing the plague into the village. The vicar, his wife and the retired vicar decide to quarantine the village from the surrounding area. The village girls and the miners worked excellently together to create a jolly group scene. The actors playing the roles of the

family captured perfectly the happy village life. Soon every group was ready to merge their scenes. Mrs Kirkwood did some physical theatre with us. We then created an emotive dance to signify the anger and fear that the village suffered. Each actor played a real person who lived in the village of Eyam in 1665-1666. We polished our performances to the best of our abilities, before the big night. We acted our play in front of the school, and it turned out to be a resounding success. Everyone was biting their nails as we readied ourselves in the Year 4 corridor. We laughed at how much make-up we had smeared over our faces. Finally, we lined up and entered the sports hall for what was going to be a moving performance. We ended on a high, and as the pink and red petals floated back down to the stage, we

knew that we had done a good job. Credit should go to Mrs Kirkwood and Mrs Garlick, for being so inventive and patient with us, to Mrs Heseltine for the wonderful costumes, and to Jez for the lighting. We had a great time and it was an amazing thing to be part of. Well done to everyone! Sydney Sopher and Freddie Vint Year 7

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‘Wonderland’ - Year 6 The Fashion Forward Flowers We had the best costumes, of course. Apart from Violet – purple is so last season. Hee hee hee! The lobsters were even more last season – red shell suits. Yuck! Aleisha said it was an ‘in’ colour this year. No way! Those arrogant Fives looked all right though not good enough for us. Our make up was ridiculous. I mean we hardly had anything covering our petals. We only had three inches of foundation and a couple of centimetres of eye shadow. We were the best…looking!

Alice I say, wasn’t Wonderland a curious world of nonsense? I think the Queen of Hearts was far too fond of beheading people – simply savage! The Cheshire Cat was extremely rude to call me mad. I’m not mad.

a surprise appearance, Sir! Apologies for the absence of Ace. She is …how should we say…keeping the Queen and her loyal executioner very busy indeed, Sir! She forgot to say Ma’am to the Queen.

The Mad Tea Party The strange director woman said we had to write this review. Is she mad? We jumped at the chance to write about this play because none of it made any sense. The March Hare was feeling all right until suddenly he lost control and did The Time Warp – his favourite dance. The Hatter is still trying to fix his watch, this time with peanut butter (the best peanut butter, you know!). The Dormouse was desperate to say that he…yawn… yawn…aah…zzz. It’s all over now AND THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT! Must go now…it’s tea time! Year 6 Cast

The Fives In the show we were awesome. Everybody else was rubbish. We put all the other parts to shame. And after the show? The chicks swarmed us! (Especially Brucie’s babes, the lovely Dolly and Molly. Brucie wasn’t such a lucky Jack after all!)

The Queen’s Cards 4, 3, and 2 reporting for the report, Sir! We thought the play was magnificent. Though we were not at all pleased when those renegades, the Fives, made

‘Arabian Nights’ - Year 5 After an inspiring trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to see Arabian Nights, Year 5 embarked on their own interpretation of three stories from the play. Each form performed a short play to the Pre-prep children, carefully taking into account their target audience and pitching their ideas accordingly...as some of the stories are a bit gory! It was a whirlwind adventure. Each form arrived in the drawing room over three consecutive Wednesdays, to find an array of colourful costumes and props raided from the school’s amazing costume department. They volunteered themselves to play different characters and quickly recalled the stories they had experienced at the theatre. By 11.00am they were trooping over to the Pre-prep Hall, nervously setting up and awaiting their audience and by 11.30am were performing to a completely captivated crowd. Each form treated the Pre-prep to a performance which was full of energy, visual delights and many comic moments. It was a real pleasure to witness the sense of wonder on the faces of the Pre-prep children and that of pride on the faces of the Year 5s. What a challenge....and they certainly pulled it off! Well done. NK

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Year 4 Drama Year 4 drama lessons are included as part of a rolling activity programme. Each form has a double period of drama, for one term. A short play is performed at the end of term, to parents and other members of Year 4. The plays are chosen so that each child has a prominent role. This is a wonderful tool for developing the children’s confidence and self esteem. Most children love performing and of course this group of Year 4s were no exception! First up was 4F, who spent the winter term rehearsing The Lost Zombie. This was a thought-provoking play, helping the children and the audience reflect on environmental issues. Percussion, songs and dance added to the atmosphere, along with a camel, a Hawaiian dancer, arctic explorers and several jungle animals! In the spring term 4DH put on an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach. This is both an imaginative and a humorous play. The children rose to the challenge of learning a huge amount of lines in a relatively short period of time. The audience was won over by great comic timing, clear delivery and by the sheer enthusiasm of the group! 4W continued the Roald Dahl theme, performing a couple of his Revolting Rhymes, The Three Pigs and Snow White. Once again, the children acted with commitment, energy and confidence. It is always difficult to pick out individuals because each child is part of the team and each one is as important as the next. The beauty of the form plays is that not only does each child get a large role, but also they are very much involved in how they want to perform their play as it is very much their play, performed with their peers, to their peers. Well done Year 4! BF

‘Cinderella’ - Year 3 Now you may think Cinderella is a traditional fairytale, and that you know the story well. Well, that may have been the case, but if you happened to be at the Year 3 Summer Production you may have noticed that things were not quite as you had expected. In this rousing performance, confidently acted, not only the usual characters entertained us; the bossy sisters, beautiful Cinders and the handsome, charming Prince and Buttons, but also mice, dressmakers, cooks, a TV crew and some glamorous celebrities in the guise of Lady RaRa and Girls Aproud. The not so subtle sisters and the celebs vied for the Prince’s, and his ever present PR’s attention. Fortunately, some gallant guards came to his rescue and kept the hordes at bay, all reverted to normal in the end, love conquered all and the right man got his gal. The finale saw the entire cast perform their own rendition of ‘Love is all around’, with hardly a dry eye in the audience. When Cinderella, (Freya Saxton) gets an invitation to Prince Charming’s (Callum McKenzie Wylie) Ball. It seems as though the world is good for once, but when Grabber the cat, (Marina Pitman) tells Cinderella’s ugly sister Semolina (Jock Catto), and Ravioli (Sam Hughes) that Cinderella has been mean to her, they make her stay at home and look after the cat. However, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother (Sophie Morgan-Rodda), and her fairy helpers (Honor Skelding, Alice Biddulph, Beth Ransome, Jocasta Ferrigno, and Ellie Garner), get Cinderella her wish, a dazzling white ball gown, a fur shawl, a big emerald necklace, glass slippers, and a coach and horses. She is at the Ball dancing with the Prince, but Cinderella has a challenge for the Prince’s heart; Lady RaRa (Violet Levinson), and Girls Aproud, (Annabelle Martin, Isabelle Mayer, Lydia Newman, Isabella Walker, and Fabia Veelenturf), are there, so Cinderella has to win his heart, but flees at the stroke of midnight. Will the Prince ever find her again? Damian Hurley Year 3

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Outings & Events

Aberdovey

There are many reasons to look forward to going to Aberdovey each September with Year 7, but this trip was special. From the outset Outward Bound 2009 was billed as Tiley v. Burns: The Battle of the Weather Gods! In years gone by pupils have noticed that when Mr Tiley goes on expedition the weather is always truly frightful, with gales and torrential rain being the best you are likely to get, whereas Mr Burns always walks in glorious sunshine. With all groups setting off on the same day, whose weather luck would prove more powerful? Rounding off the staff presence were Mr Waters, a grizzled veteran of the trip and Miss Kim, our rookie. The trip got off to an excellent start with a spotlessly clean bus which was a welcome and dramatic change from earlier trips. Activities began with the jog and dip, always a favourite, and some gentle activities. Well, I say gentle, but the group skipping caused some consternation. Mr Tiley and I were astonished to hear the words, “Oh my God, this is so scary,” about mere skipping, and wondered how this pupil would handle rock climbing and whatnot (rather better than the skipping as it turned out!). 26

The first two days featured either rocks or water. The climbing pitches were at a lovely venue on a beach north of Towyn and the children proved equal to the challenges of climbing and abseiling. Water activities included raft building, canoeing and kayaking. The tidal nature of the Dovey estuary made life interesting for the paddlers who had to work very hard! One group found after a very interesting trip up the smaller channels that they had run out of water and needed to pick up their kayaks and portage across the sands of the estuary. The 200m predicted by base camp turned out to be more like 1500m, and much ingenuity and hard graft was needed and supplied by the team. Having conquered the Desert of Doom, they then had to ferry glide (a completely inapt use of the word ‘glide’ in my opinion!) across the full force of the incoming tide. Leaping off the pier afterwards was a piece of cake! As the teams prepared for exped, forecasts were consulted and clouds gazed at as if by looking at them really, really hard they would reveal their secrets. Beaudesert groups always take all their own kit, so the rucksacks were completely full of tents (inner and outer, plus poles and pegs), cooking equipment, food for three meals, water, sleeping bags and spare clothes. Things didn’t look too good when one lad levered his bag onto his back and promptly toppled over like a tree being felled, but everyone got stuck in. The four groups took different routes, but all faced severe tests of physical and mental strength

and stamina. At the outset the clouds were grey and low, but as the day wore on it became evident that no rain would fall before bed. There was a violent rainstorm during the night, but dawn broke sunny and crisp in the Welsh hills, and we completed our walks in warm sunshine. Naming no names, but some of us walked further than others, to be perfectly honest… Upon our return everyone had great tales of mountains conquered and bogs camped in, and everyone noted how folks become less fussy about what they will deign to eat when they’ve walked ten kilometres with heavy packs up and down hills all day! The pupils returned to school having written down aims and objectives detailing how they could use their experiences at Aberdovey to improve their school and home lives upon their return. This is, of course, the most important part of the process. We hope to see participants use their initiative more, listen better and cooperate more effectively in every aspect of their lives. For all the fun of the week away, there are serious goals as well. The most important thing of all, of course, is that my weather gods beat Mr Tiley’s weather gods. Hurrah! However, lurking menacingly in a meteorological Valhalla, Tiley’s climactic harpies are already planning their revenge, and in spectacular style! 2010 Outward Bounders beware – you have been warned… KDB

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Cornwall The Cornwall trip 2010 was from start to finish the best school trip I have ever been on. Our accommodation was brilliant! We were in a beautiful caravan park looking out to the Polzeath seaside. Sitting outside in the evenings with the sun setting over the Cornish sands was amazing. On the first day we had our two hour surf lesson where we learnt the basics of standing on our boards. After drying off we headed to the Carruan Barn to have a meal of cottage pie and crumble. Delicious! On the second day we were woken at 7am for a ‘morning dip’ in the sea. 41 of us, the original ‘crazy gang,’ had a lovely refreshing swim! We then had an incredible cooked breakfast at the Galleon. We were split into two groups for different activities, such as biking, walking and yet more surfing, without giving too much away for the future Cornwall goers. In the evening we met up for another delicious meal at the Galleon. The next day the roles were reversed. One of the most exciting activities was coastering, which involved some seriously challenging water based training. It was great. This day ended with a huge jacket potato buffet at the Blue Tomato, Rock. On Thursday, our last day of activities, we started with our last surfing lesson, having all improved hugely over the week, some of us even learning some tricks. After lunch and finding out we had passed our Common Entrance, we went to Daymer Bay Beach, followed by scones with jam and cream, brownies and a sing-song at Mr and Mrs Womersley’s house. Our last full day was rounded off by supper at the Atlantic House Hotel. In the morning we had our last ‘crazy gang’ swim, then our last breakfast and then we jumped reluctantly into our minibuses for a four hour journey back to school. All in all I think every Year 8 feels that no other school trip will ever compare to this amazing leavers’ treat. Lucy Hicks Beach Year 8

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Italy

Day 1 An unusually small group of 25 set forth from Beaudesert Park in October for the Year 6 cultural trip to Italy. For once we were able to book flights which enabled us to leave Beaudesert at the very civilised time of 6.50am, rather than in the middle of the night. Pausing only to leave one suitcase behind in the dining hall, we departed. Despite motorway road works and frantic phone calls from school regarding the aforementioned suitcase, we arrived at Gatwick in good time for our flight to Marco Polo airport near Venice. Our hotel was in the seaside resort of Lido di Jesolo. This was a modern affair with clean, sharp lines and lots of glass. It worked well as an echo chamber for our pupils! Once we had banned yodelling and introduced ‘silent running’ the decibel level for the hotel returned to normal. The children’s impeccable dining room manners, together with the high proportion of blond hair and general good nature soon had the hotel staff fussing over their ‘English bambini’! Day 2 It was a damp, foggy start to the day as we made the short journey to Punta Sabbioni to catch the water taxi to Venice. Getting off a stop early is a problem when each stop is a different island, particularly on the day of a water taxi strike! Helpful Italians soon provided us with directions to a boat stop with a running service that took us to St Mark’s Square. From there we headed for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Modern Art. The children were enthralled by the beautiful, the colourful and the frankly bizarre, as they learned to distinguish their Picassos from their Dalis and their Mondrians from their Pollocks. Then on to the Rialto Bridge for Canaletto’s classic view of the Grand Canal and into the Rialto market. Next stop was a gondola ride. This was one of the highlights of the trip. The gondolier entrance exam undoubtedly has a third skill on its syllabus. As well as steering the boat and looking cool you now have to be able to text on your mobile phone at the same time! The texting gondolier indeed! Our final destination of the day was a flooded St Mark’s Square for a view of the Basilica and Campanile di San Marco.

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Day 3 Our guide for the day picked us up from our hotel for a boat trip around the lagoon to visit the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello. The Murano glass blowing demonstration was fascinating and achieved its aim of getting our children to stock up on the all important presents to take home. Burano’s colourful houses and Torcello’s quiet spiritual charm all made for a fascinating day enhanced by a guide who knew how to communicate with children and keep us all laughing. Day 4 The day of the long journey. An early start as we headed for a rendez-vous in Florence. Another fantastic city and another excellent child friendly humorous guide. A typical comment: ‘Siena is also a beautiful city, but they hate us. They’ve only ever beaten us once in a battle and they still have to celebrate it each year!’ We connected with our new coach that drove us through the late afternoon and evening to Rome and the familiar destination of the Golden Beach Hotel. Day 5 First the Colosseum with gory tales of gladiators and animal fights; then a walk around the Forum. We then visited the Vittorio Emanuele building for some of the best views over Rome. No trip to Rome would be complete without gelato at the small icecream kiosk close to the Pantheon and of course a look inside the Pantheon. A coin into and then a wish at the Trevi Fountain and a little light retail therapy at the Piazza Navona finished our day. Day 6 Vatican day! St Peter’s Square and the Basilica were as beautiful as ever. What a pleasure it was not to have to endure the three hour queues to get in to the Vatican museum as they now have a new entry system. We decided to take the opportunity to savour the genius of Michaelangelo. Although full of tourists, to stare up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is certainly one of the items on life’s ‘to do’ list that our children have ticked off and appreciated. To round off the trip was the spectacular karaoke evening! Under the watchful scrutiny of the Strictly, We’ve Got Talent, X-Factor judges the pupils ‘strutted and warbled their stuff.’ The break dancing broke no bones and the singing shattered no glass, so we were able to retire to bed happy and exhausted! Day 7 A leisurely morning was spent in the ruins of Ostia Antica. The amphitheatre there provides the world’s best venue for a picnic lunch. There is also the unique holiday photo of a few Beaudesert Park children sitting on the ancient Romans’ communal latrines; not to be missed! The homeward journey was as smooth as the arrival: a stress-free end to a hugely enjoyable trip. We even managed to get the electronic game left in the hotel bed posted back to Beaudesert Park! MB

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French Trip to Château de La Baudonnière Our annual trip to Normandy was, once again, very successful. There were visits, classroom sessions, treasure hunts an activity day and a lot more. The staff were delighted to hear members of Year 8 using the French language with more and more confidence as the week progressed. Here is an account of the trip in French by two of the scholars, Toby North and Hugo Shipsey. CL La veille du départ, nous avons fait nos valises avec grande anticipation. Heureusement, le lendemain, il faisait beau quand nous avons quitté l’école en car. Nous avons pris le bateau de Portsmouth à Caen, un voyage assez long et un peu ennuyeux. Donc nous étions très contents de manger un bon repas en arrivant le soir à notre logement, L’Etoile de la Mer. C’était une grande surprise d’avoir un animateur, Martin, qui parlait seulement le français. Lundi, en se réveillant, nous avons découvert la très belle vue du Mont Saint Michel de nos chambres. Après un bon petit-déjeuner, nous avons commencé notre journal français avec Martin, puis après une petite pause nous avons fait des jeux dehors, en français bien sûr. Ensuite nous sommes partis pour le Mont Saint Michel.

Avant d’y arriver nous avons fait un bon pique-nique, il y avait des baguettes, des tomates, du couscous et du jambon. Au Mont Saint Michel, il y avait beaucoup de vieilles maisons et de petites ruelles piétonnes. Après notre visite guidée, nous avons acheté des cadeaux et nous avons mangé des crêpes délicieuses. Le soir après avoir dîné, c’était la grande trouvaille, un jeu qui était très amusant et assez fatigant ! Mardi, le thème de la journée était le débarquement en Normandie en 1944. Le cimetière américain que nous avons visité était énorme et émouvant. Après la visite, nous sommes descendus à la plage où les soldats avaient débarqué en 1944 et puis nous avons vu un film au cinéma 360°. Le film était très intéressant et nous a fait comprendre l’horreur de la bataille pour la Normandie. Mercredi était la journée française au Château de la Baudonnière. En quatre groupes, nous y avons fait de l’orientation et du pain. Tous les animateurs nous ont fait parler et même chanter en français. Nous avons pu manger notre pain à la fin de la journée. Le soir nous avons mangé un repas français et nous avons goûté les escargots, l’escalope de dinde à la sauce normande et du fromage de la région. C’était un peu différent ! Plus tard, il y avait un quiz français.

Le dernier jour, nous avons fait les courses toute la journée. D’abord nous avons fait notre journal au marché de Dinan. Nous avons dû interroger les marchands et puis nous y avons acheté notre déjeuner et aussi quelques cadeaux. Il y avait un très grand choix. Après avoir mangé, nous sommes allés à l’hypermarché Carrefour à Avranches. Nous nous sommes tout de suite précipités au rayon bonbons ou nous avons pris des paquets de Carambar. Il n’y avait presque plus de paquets de Carambar à la fin de notre visite ! En rentrant nous avons fait notre valise et nous avons rangé notre chambre. Le soir, nous avons regardé un film français, qui était très drôle. Nous étions tristes de dire au revoir à Martin parce qu’il était très amusant et très sympa. Nous nous sommes levés à cinq heures moins le quart et nous sommes partis trois quarts d’heure plus tard. Il faisait encore noir et nous avons tous dormi dans le car. La traversée de la Manche était calme et agréable. A notre arrivée à l’école, nous étions fatigués, mais heureux de retrouver nos familles et de pouvoir leur raconter tout ce que nous avons fait.

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Year 5 Geography Trip to the Badminton Estate Over the last five years, Year 5s have visited the Badminton Estate during glorious weather and high temperatures. This was the first year that the prospect of bad weather could disrupt the programme and also the enjoyment. Opening my curtains in the morning, the signs did not look good with rain pouring down and bouncing off the window. I was prepared to get wet! As the time arrived to get onto the bus for the short trip to the estate grounds, the rain had relented and a few glimpses of sunshine were to be seen; things were looking up. So the whole group were given a tour of the Duchess’s private organic garden and sampled some rather tasty carrots. We then went onto a dairy farm and saw how to milk the cows and also some calves with some rather nasty rings through their noses, apparently there to stop them suckling. A quick tour of the kennels brought out the wow factor from the kids with 162 hounds making a lot of noise and quite a smell. The braver pupils had a peek into the fleshery where there was quite a lot of raw meat hanging up including a rather large leg from a horse! Lunch was then had in the grounds and a trip to the wood was made to see how sustainable development occurs in these areas. Entering the woods in warm sunshine was most encouraging but things were about to change 15 minutes later. The sky got darker and suddenly a tropical downpour erupted for half an hour. Nothing could protect us in this situation, the coats and the trees were useless. We braved these conditions and finally gave up when everyone was soaked right through to their under garments. Slowly we trudged through the flooded paths towards the sanctuary of our bus and made the wet trip home. Apart from this storm, the day was yet again a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by both staff and pupils. Hopefully next year we will return and only moan about how hot it was. EC

Monmouth Challenge

We arrived at Monmouth College, full of anticipation for the coming challenge. Mr Farquharson met us there with the other two contestants. Participating were myself, Ludo Millar, Lucinda Maxwell and George Elvidge who took Toby North’s place. We had a filling lunch, followed by a quick tour around the classrooms where the quizzes were taking place. Our first quiz was against reigning champions Tockington Manor. They had proved unbeatable the last few years, but had lost their talisman. We won relatively comfortably, and entered the next quiz full of hope. We pitted our minds against St John’s, a team we had a special desire to beat. After a tight start we finished strongly. In our last group match, we tightly beat them and were through to the semis. There we played Abberley Hall A team. We were soundly beaten and in the end the best team won as they came through as eventual winners. Hugo Shipsey Year 8

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Mock Trial Competition

On March 11th Beaudesert brought out two teams to contest a mock trial at Stroud Magistrates’ Court. We got the case two weeks before and analysed it well and got to work. I played the part of the defence lawyer along with Rebecca Arkwright. We had to defend Jono Jamieson Black, our client, who was in court on a charge of criminal damage. We went to court for the case. I felt it was a real learning experience and an

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opportunity to see the court process and how everything worked. I found that it was really good for improving my public speaking skills and putting forward an argument which persuades someone to form a favourable opinion. It was very interesting learning the skills of examinationin-chief and cross examination. I particularly enjoyed the summing up at the end. I tried to write it in a way to persuade the magistrate of the uncertainties in the key witness’s evidence, namely identification of the defendant. The whole case was like being an actor, pausing at the right words and emphasising the important words.

The thing that I think is the most important is working as a team. Everyone played their parts brilliantly and with meaning and that is why we did so well. When the magistrate went into the retiring room to decide the verdict I was so nervous and when they announced that we had won I was so pleased. We all had a great morning out but I hope none of us need to go to court again! Charles Clark Year 6

We prepared well and were brilliantly coached by Mr Silk, Mr Armitage, Mr Burns and my dad. I think that we made the case so successful enjoyed being in teams with children from other schools. Gryffindor won, of course! Following the games we had lunch and all the teachers dressed up

To celebrate National Poetry Day we visited Malvern College on 8th October 2009. First of all we gathered in the grand hall to see some owls flying up and down and to learn facts about them. One unlucky owl flew into a wall and the other decided it really liked the beams and refused to come back down. Next we met a funny man wearing a tracksuit and a cloak, pretending to be Albus Dumbledore (though we weren’t convinced to be honest, as he was about 30.) We played lots of ball games in Hogwarts House teams and

by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of it and focussing on them. In the end the magistrate decided that our client, Jono, was not guilty of the charge. So we won our case!

as Hogwarts professors. A bossy Professor Snape was particularly strict and Professor McGonagall kept

dropping her cloak. The owl was still in the beams (three hours). After lunch we listened to some ‘Slam Poetry’ in the chapel performed by Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate 2008 - 2009. The poetry that he read out was more like rap, very fast and quite difficult to understand. Subsequently we were split into three groups and worked on different debating skills. We had to argue about how the world should be changed and whether school uniform and homework should be abolished. When we left the owl was still up in the beams (six hours and counting!) Thank you, Malvern College! Year 6 Set 2L

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Year 8 Trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to see ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Year 8 were extremely fortunate to be able to go and see the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as well as attend a workshop on the play. In the latter, the two groups were invited to explore small chunks of the text to broaden their understanding of both performance and text. The session started with some warm-up exercises to raise the collective ‘energy’ of the groups before looking at different ways of delivering the lines, among them, the prologue. Everyone responded to the energy and drive of the two workshop leaders and learnt a huge amount about how delivery of the same line can be varied to suit the atmosphere of the play.

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After the two-hour workshop, everyone spilled out into the sunshine for a packed lunch by the river before the performance.

It was a fantastic day. It was very hot and the ground was particularly hard. Special mention should go to Stephanie Phillips for coming 1st in the dressage with a very good score of 26 in her section. The shield is back with Beaudesert for another year.

We had been told that this production of the play had Verona positioned on the edge of an active volcano. This meant that, as the tension between the Montagues and Capulets rose, so would the activity of the volcano. Flames, smoke and a menacing rumbling duly enhanced the drama.

The pink team, consisting of Stephanie Phillips, Clemmie Montgomerie, Amelia Walker and Anne-Marie Bowring, came first, beating 38 other teams. This was a fantastic achievement seeing that they won by just one mark. Individual rosettes went to: Stephanie Phillips Clemmie Montgomerie Marina Jodrell Rosie Dibben Amelia Walker Emma Ralph

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Sunday’s results;Zoe Davison came first in her section and 10th on her other pony. The team, consisting of Zoe Davison, Jack Beattie, Thea Godding and Florence Channing came 4th as a team. William Weston came 8th in his section. There were many double clears. Congratulations to all taking part. Amanda Montgomerie Parent

The play itself was performed in hybrid costumes: early on, the eponymous hero and heroine were dressed in jeans and hoodies, changing in the closing scenes to something of a more ‘period’ nature; the other members of the cast started in almost period outfits before adopting contemporary clothes in the closing scene in the Capulet mausoleum. This caused some questions to be asked and comments made but, in general, worked well, making the difficulties and challenges of young love relevant to the audience. The performance itself was very good. The actors playing Romeo and Juliet were young and were entirely persuasive. Romeo did have a tendency to deliver his lines at full volume, accompanied by flying arms; Juliet, though not quite so dynamic and involving in her soliloquies, was superb in the quick-fire exchanges with other characters. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence were solid, providing both counsel and a degree of wit when with their respective charges. In the cast, the worst and the best were Tybalt and Mercutio. The psychotic Capulet was wooden in the extreme and never really provided the menace or brutality required for that role. From his goading comment about ‘heartless hinds’ onwards, he just did not convince. It came as a singular relief when Romeo dispatched ‘him hence’. By contrast, Mercutio was utterly superb. This mercurial part has, arguably, all the best lines in the play and, when well played, is one of Shakespeare’s most attractive creations. Every line was delivered perfectly: the famous Queen Mab speech took us to the airy realms of fantasy; the banter between Mercutio and Romeo, Benvolio or the Nurse was a delightful mix of the bawdy, the witty and the lightning fast; his death in a hot-tempered exchange with Tybalt deprived the performance of its most vivid character. It is always a pleasure to see an RSC production. They are of an extremely high quality, are always interesting and have the huge benefit of bringing alive a studied text. Even those in Year 8 who had not studied the play gained a huge amount from seeing the production and, perhaps as importantly, taking part in the workshop. Unconditional thanks must go to Miss Gilliatt for planning, arranging and organising a hugely successful trip. RT

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The highlight of the morning was Stanley falling out of a tree and singing about Jeffery the fish.

Bushcraft Weekend Our bags were packed. We heaved the stuffed packs onto our backs and set for Cornbury Park. After a bumpy ride, getting lost frequently (no thanks to the boys) we finally arrived at the camp. The boys set their bags down in a cosy tepee with a fire in the middle and we put up our nylon tent. We were all sent out to collect firewood and we came back to a hearty meal of spaghetti bolognaise and hot chocolate. We prepared our beds and fell asleep just as Mr Tiley arrived. In the morning we had to collect firewood again. As we munched on our bacon butties Alex our instructor told us what we were going to do. Alex and Mr Tiley showed us how to sharpen our knives using either Japanese water stone or oil stone.

After lunch we walked to a new camp. We set out to find suitable length logs for a shelter for 10 people. As the rain poured down we set up an extra shelter (just in case). We were shown how to skin rabbits and later enjoyed a warming rabbit stew. We then put on our waterproofs and toasted marshmallows in the rain. Most of the boys chose to sleep in the tent while a few of us slept in the shelter we had just built. Meanwhile we girls settled down under a leaking tarpaulin, getting quite wet. In the morning we speedily packed up camp and returned to the base site. We then ate a lovely full English breakfast with hot chocolate. When the rain had finally stopped we had a feather stick making competition. We then each had to light a small fire using some short maple logs.

At lunchtime we cooked a delicious lamb steak before we got on the bus to return home. We all Next we were shown how to make smelled of fish and smoke. It was an extremely enjoyable weekend a glowing ember by rubbing two sticks together called blow drilling. and special thanks go to Alex and Mr Tiley. We were put into groups and had Sydney Sopher and a hard time creating an ember. When we had finally achieved this Severine Comery Year 7 we set light to our fires we had prepared earlier. We cooked our own delicious trout and sweet potatoes on the fire.

Year 6 Visit To Stroud Magistrates’ Court On the 4th of February my drama group and I went to visit the Stroud Magistrates’ Court and police cells. I found it fascinating learning about all the different roles the people in the court play. I liked the idea of standing up and giving evidence against/for a defendant. The Magistrates’ Court is the first place you go before you go to the crown court (if it is a serious case). The longest sentence the Magistrates’ Court can give is six months. After we looked around the court we went down into the police cells. It was very eerie down in the cells. We looked in one and got shut inside and there was very much a feeling of isolation. Then we looked into a police interview room. There are three tapes that the interview is recorded on, one for the magistrate, one for the police and one for the person to take home to give to his or her lawyer. After the interview room we looked at the fingerprint machine, which actually is used to take the palm side of the hand and fingerprints. I also learnt that they can only find a print on a flat and smooth surface. The officer on duty told us that they have a menu for those in custody to choose from! Hamish Catto Year 6

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habitats. A nice lady explained all about guinea pigs, snakes, tarantulas, parrots and pancake tortoises. We found out that guinea pigs come from Peru. After the talk we walked back to the coach and went through the safari park. The nice man gave us a CD, which told us about all the animals we saw. The first animal we saw was a giraffe. Unfortunately monkey world was closed. As we drove through we all noticed a great big stripy tiger full of muscles. The tiger was protecting his wife from predators.

Longleat We arrived at Longleat and we were so excited about the day ahead of us. First of all we had a delicious snack. Eagerly we all went off to have an interesting talk about animals and their

Later that we split up into groups. All the groups had time to go on the boat ride. While on the boat we saw sea lions diving past us. We also saw a gorilla on an island in the middle of the lake. The gorilla had a flat screen TV. We saw the

satellite dish. We saw some hippos in the water. They are not very visible so only a few of us saw them. We also got a chance to go on the train ride which was wonderful. There is a glorious water fall that we went past. Next we went to the amazing adventure park. There were so many different things to play on. There was a scary death slide and a tunnel slide. There was also a special trampoline which was made of plastic which was much more exciting than a normal trampoline. Some of us went into a different part of the play ground where there was a ball pit – it was such fun. We had an awesome day at Longleat and we would like to say a big thank you to all the teachers who took us. Catharine Reid, Rebecca Abingdon, Tamsin Priest, Felicity Elvidge Year 4

Declamations Following 2009’s inaugural competition, this year’s Declamations branched out to incorporate the whole of the Prep school. The Year 3 and 4 Finals took place at the beginning of Declamations Week and were judged by Mrs Maria Poll. She was full of praise for the quality of the performances and regaled a packed house with stories of her own experiences declaiming poetry as a little girl. Each Finalist was given advice and encouragement in equal measure. Bea and Tati were worthy winners and went on to declaim in the Year 5-8 Final which was judged by Mr Richard Murray from St Edward’s, Oxford. His was no easy task. Before making his adjudication he asked for a chance to stretch his legs and collect his thoughts. A packed Sports Hall waited with bated breath as he returned with his mind made up. He had a kind word for every competitor and confessed to some difficulty in arriving at his decision. Few disagreed with his selections. It had been an absorbing occasion. The winners were as follows: Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8

Bea Knight Tati Parr Mollie D’Arcy Rice Rebecca Arkwright Amy Strain Tattie Chater Davies*

*Overall winner WS

My Brother’s on the Floor Roaring Why? Pocket Money Farm Dog I’m Falling off a Mountain The Lesson

Michael Rosen John Kitching Tony Bradman Frank Mansell Jack Prelutsky Roger McGough

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The Arabian Nights On Thursday 21st January, Year 5 went to Stratford-upon-Avon to watch a play about the Arabian Nights. The Arabian Nights is a collection of different stories. Shahrazad was a key part in the play. She was the narrator and she held the play together. There were lots of puppets involved, including a talking peacock, lots of snakes and Sinbad the Sailor. One of the stories was Ali Baba. It was about 40 thieves and their master keeping stolen treasure in a secret vault in a huge rock. Another of the stories they did was Sinbad the Sailor. My favourite character was a gigantic black bird made out of brushes, spades, forks, fur, feathers and wooden poles. It was amazing! The Little Beggar was a very comic play. It involved a beggar doing slapstick, which meant pretending to hit someone hard. He would really hit them gently but make a loud noise. All the plays had a mix of comedy and tragedy. Before the play we joined in with a workshop, where they showed us how the play worked. The production they put on was outstanding. It made our stay in Stratford upon Avon definitely worthwhile. Freddie Jodrell Year 5

On Thursday 18th March, Year 3 had a Roman Day. A lady dressed in costume came and talked about the Romans. We also got a chance to try weaving, bread making and medicine making. Everyone wished they could do all the activities, but in the end they had to choose only one activity. In the weaving we talked about different Roman clothes and materials. Then we got to do some of our own weaving to take home and carry on with. At bread making we all talked about Roman food and then we made a mixture of our own using flour, dough yeast and water. We left it in the oven to rise and took it home to eat for supper. During medicine making we talked about Roman illnesses and Roman cures. Then we got to make our own lavender bags using herbs and lavender. When we were not doing an activity we got to make our own mosaics with paint. We also had a Roman booklet to colour in, some Roman pictures to do and also dot to dot. At the end of the day we helped to pack the things away and the lady went. It was a fantastic day. Sophie Elvin Year 3

Viking Day - Year 4 Dear Callum, Rowan and Freya Thank you so much for inviting me to the Viking Farm. I had such a lovely time. The best part of my day was the archery. The food was delicious especially the flap jacks. They were the best I have ever had. The bread that we made was so nice that I want some more. The Viking day was the most fascinating day that I have ever had in my life. Yarow was so cute. Playing with the dogs was so fun. Unfortunately the day had to end and I had to go back to school. Tamsin Priest I am so happy you invited me to come to your Viking Farm. I liked the bread making but my favourite was the weaving. Also I like the flap jacks. All the day from the start to the end was brilliant, so thank you. Magnus Lawrence Thank you so much for inviting me to the Viking Farm. I had such a lovely time. The best part of my day was when we were in the arena and fighting with the foamy

tubes and hitting everyone with them. I also liked it when Callum was hitting the shields with his axe. Sebastian Dâ€™Arcy Rice Thank you so much for inviting me to your Viking Farm. I had such a lovely time. The best part of my day was the dogs and weaving and when Callum put the axe into the shields at the end. Willa Gravell Thank you for inviting me to the Viking Farm. I had such a lovely time, The best part of my day was using the bow and arrow. I got a gold coin for getting the blue. I also loved playing with the hitty sticks in the arena. We had girls against the boys and the girls got most of the boys down on the floor! I loved your flap jacks you made, they were delicious. The dogs were so cute. Xa Jardine

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Lectures Future Technology We all enjoyed a fantastic lecture from Mr Ian Yorston from Radley College. The lecture was based around the technology to come during our lifetimes and the effects it will have on our lives. Some of the facts we heard were really surprising, for example: the best technology at one point will be twice as good 18 months later. Also, there is currently sufficient technology available to put together a talking, listening, running and even thinking (with artificial intelligence in the process of being developed) humanoid robot. Although, as he explained to us, Mr Yorston is of an age where the technology around him is alien, he has a very contemporary view of how it should be used. He made it very clear to us that he thought it was ridiculous that people (mainly students) nowadays are made to sit with pen and paper and write exams. He also told us that because information is available at the click of a button pretty much anywhere, learning facts might be becoming a fairly pointless exercise. We were all given a great insight into the future of technology and some really cool gadgets. He left us with this message, ‘Technology will change our lives whether we like it or not.’ Toby North Year 8

An Insight Into Race Horse Training The Year 8 lecture on race horse training was given by Andrew Balding. It was very interesting as it informed us of the ups and downs of horse racing and training race horses. The lecture was fun because it was very interactive and each winner won a racing prize at the end, such as a tie or a drinking glass from a famous race. The evening started off with a briefing on the Baldings’ race horses and where they came from. It then continued with a lot of useful information about their most successful racehorse, the legendary ‘Mill Reef.’ Various video clips were shown with regard to the tactics of racing. At the end of the evening we had to guess which horse would win out of old racing videos of famous races. The winners then went up to collect their prizes at the end. This lecture was very successful and informative and lots of parents enjoyed it too. Alexandra Hauger and Rosie Dibben Year 8

The Race to go Green This talk on Thursday 17th September was given by the Government’s Science Minister Lord Drayson. He taught the Year 8s about space travel, his ambitions about racing cars and the Le Mans 24 hour race and even the Bloodhound! His slideshow explained how we, when we grow up, could become a scientist just like him and how new technology can find answers to tackle global warming. He also showed us his racing helmet which has a water tube, a microphone and a radio all-in-one. The Bloodhound can reach 1000mph (or that’s what Andy Green is trying to do) and takes 14 miles to slow down. It has three wheels and a rocket at the back! He was also surprised to see that we knew the answers to most of his questions! It has really taught me and the rest of the year a great deal about science and its power to change the way we live. Ludo Millar Year 8

Atlantic Row Charlie Marlow, former Beaudesertian, came to give us a talk on his Atlantic row – twice. Before he started the row, and after. The Atlantic row lasted 3,000 miles between the Canary Islands and Antigua. He explained to us how difficult it is to row, and how tiring it is as well, which is why he had packed about a million bars of chocolate. He has one of those ‘Do it because it’s there’ attitudes, which is why he, and his friend Matthew Mackiness have chosen to do this incredible feat. They have since completed the row, and have said that it was very tiring, but they kept at it, especially since they had Jacques Chappell-Young’s lucky pinecone to help them along the way. George Abingdon Year 8

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One Man and a Boat Three years ago Olly Hicks rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean. On his way he had an encounter with a great white shark and had to chase it around the boat until he could hit it over the nose with one of his oars. He also explained how he had rescued small sea birds that had landed on his boat whilst migrating across the ocean. Their wings were too wet for them to be able to take off and fly, so he dried their wings and threw them off the side of his boat. Sometimes this did not work and they would just crash back into the sea. He would then have to row over, pick them up and do the same routine all over again. After he had completed rowing across the Atlantic Ocean as the youngest man ever, he set out to try and row around the world. Unfortunately he was not able to complete his next ambition because of a design fault on his new boat. His sleeping cabin was at the wrong end of the boat which caused his boat to snake instead of going straight when he rowed. This was a great disappointment to him but it has not stopped him from planning another adventure some day soon. Jack Burns Year 6

Debates

The Sinking of the Titanic Dr Jim Summerley from Radley College came to talk to us about the sinking of the Titanic. He showed us a slide show about the Titanicâ€™s sister ship called the RMS Olympic. Today most postcards of the Titanic are actually pictures of the Olympic. After the Titanic struck the iceberg, it was women and children first on the lifeboats. The highest death rate was amongst the men who were in the 2nd class accommodation. No human remains were found due to the water pressure and all that was left were their leather shoes. 706 people survived out of a total of approximately 1600. The water was far too cold and most people died due to freezing temperatures. Florence Evans, Amber Dunne and Molly Grafftey-Smith Year 5

This House Believes that the Age of Criminal Responsibility Should be Lowered

This House Believes that the Genetic Modification of Farm Animals Should be Banned

Alex Hauger and Rosie Dibben spoke in favour of keeping the age limit at ten years old or even raising it to 13, starting age of secondary school. Emma Ralph and Emily Reid claimed that the limit is too high and should be lowered to eight years old. Emma started by mentioning the crime committed by John Venables and Robert Thompson, the murder of a small child called James Bulger. Rosie argued that England already had the lowest age limit. Emily said about nine year olds not being able to be convicted. Then Alex summed up by saying how if the age was lowered that we would need triple the amount of staff at the underage detention centres. This would have to be funded by us, the taxpayers. In the end the motion was carried and Emma and Emily won by 35 votes to 12. Max Dear Year 8

The debate was started by the proposition for the motion to ban genetic modification. First to speak was Anne-Marie Bowring. She put forward her speech with great enthusiasm. Then next to speak was myself for the motion not to ban genetic modification. My speech was short and I used some persuasive words and phrases. Next to the floor was Sydney Sopher to speak for the motion to ban genetic modification. Her first notes were well written until there was a slight mix-up with the rest of the notes. Next to speak was Freddie Vint. He was describing how the motion to keep genetic modification would affect you at home. How do we know that the drugs that have been pumped into the farm animals will not affect the human population? After that there were questions from the floor. AnneMarie and I then summed up and in the process answered most of the questions. Then it was up to the floor to vote. It was a tight call. The motion to ban genetic modification on farm animals was defeated by 19 votes to 21. Conor Evans Year 7

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This House Believes That Britain Should Withdraw her Forces from Afghanistan

This House Believes that the London Olympics are a Waste of Tax Payers’ Money

Near to the beginning of the autumn term four boys were ushered into Mr Silk’s classroom to talk about the next week’s debate. After the toss of a coin and a small amount of argument over partners the boys went off to research their sides of the motion.

Proposing the motion were Lucy Hicks Beach and Hannah Arkwright. Opposing were William Weston and myself, Billy Sims-Hilditch.

The following Thursday the boys went into the packed drawing room to begin the debate. A very convincing proposition by Hugo Shipsey and Will Raby-Smith was put forward relating to the financial problems of having a war which is costing the UK tax payer billions of pounds, and what to do with the dead and disabled. This was followed by an equally convincing argument from George Elvidge and Ludo Millar. They spoke about the effort and lives which will be wasted if we pull out, and the direct link between the drugs sold in England and the money going to the Taliban which is funding their war against our troops. After these two arguments, most people’s opinions had not wavered from their original views. Following some very interesting questions on the Russians’defeat in Afghanistan, and whether that might happen to our troops and if the recession should call for less troops in Afghanistan. both sides summed up. This was where the opposition strode ahead with some very carefully thought-out answers to the audience’s questions, followed by an intriguing and persuasive story about three teachers who the previous week had been executed in Afghanistan. The motion was defeated by 14 votes to 31. George Elvidge Year 8

The debate got off to a good start with Lucy speaking first. She argued that the Olympics were a waste of money as the Government had more important ways to spend the voting public’s earnings. Their case was based on a number of issues and they touched on the pollution that the Olympics would cause from transport. The cost of hosting the Olympics is currently estimated at £9.3 billion. Lucy and Hannah pointed out this money could have been used in a humanitarian way to donate money to World Wide crises such as the Haitian Earthquake disaster. Will and I pointed out that the Olympic games had already been in the planning stage for more than three years before the earthquake struck. They argued that countries that had recently hosted the games had not gone on to use their stadiums after the games, but had ‘moth-balled’ them. The audience asked some interesting and probing questions, some of which were tricky to answer. I had to explain why I believed that the Olympic event would not be subject to terrorist attacks. This was difficult to answer as there is always a chance of a terrorist attack at large scale events. We argued that the Olympics would generate huge tourist numbers which in turn would boost the economy. I pointed out that the games would generate £11.4 billion of revenue as well to provide some fantastic facilities for the people of the United Kingdom to enjoy after the event. A huge redevelopment of the whole of the East of London would mean much-needed new housing and better road and rail facilities. The audience cast their vote and it was apparently the closest result that the Beaudesert Debating Society had ever had in its debating history! The final outcome was 16 votes to Will and me and 14 votes to Lucy and Hannah. A close run thing, but let the Olympics proceed! Billy Sims-Hilditch Year 8

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Activities

Animation Have you ever wondered what the little movies are, with moving models on the plasma screen outside the ICT room?

Judo

At The Manor Area Championships July 2010, numerous Beaudesert judo players ensured it was a memorable event with two Beaudesert players winning gold and becoming Area Champions, one silver and two bronze medals. Tilly Woodford and Amelia Kold were both in the girls’ under 25kg category. Tilly was awarded a bronze medal and Amelia was awarded a gold. This proves that ‘it is not the size of the child that counts it’s the size of the fight within the player that matters most’. Well done Amelia! Before the competition commenced I saw Ginny Lawrence looking at the trophy table and instantly recognized her intention. She only looks at the large gold ones because that is the one she intends to take home with her. So far she always has, but what impresses me most about Ginny is that there is absolutely no bravado. Before, during and after the girls under 30kg contest she was quiet, focused, relaxed and very pleasant to all the other girls’ whom she was about to completely destroy in contest. Her success is very well deserved because every week she trains against the toughest boys and is often hurt in the process. Harvey Gearon, Charlie Davison and Felix TaylorKimmins were all in the under 30kg category. They are all tough and I knew they would do well, Harvey won silver, Charlie won bronze and Felix was fourth but they could not have known that the boy who would become champion, Martin Schoesse from Prior Park has a Japanese mother and during school holidays he returns to Japan where he plays judo most days. The most spectacular throw of the day came from Edward Kendell, winning the final of the under 38kg category with wonderfully classic and skillful technique, throwing his opponent for ipon, (maximum score) which earned him an extra trophy. This category was very close and exciting to watch. His brother, Harry, also won the bronze medal. Other results were; Griffin Mills - Bronze, Others entered were; Charles Shearer, Guy Mitchell, James Taylor-Kimmins Some of the day’s unsung heroes were Harry MorganGrenville who surprised me by putting up a terrific fight. Thomas Kendell who has always been a most determined competitor and is becoming a formidable judo player. Lastly I would like to mention Emma Beattie and Ana Mullen. I have been impressed with their continued weekly effort against the boys in their lessons. MM

Well I am going to tell you. They are stop motion animations made by pupils (sometimes with the help of Mr Graham). We use two programs: 1. I can Animate 2. I Movie We use ‘I can Animate’ for the animation. Stop motion is stringing together a series of pictures which you take with one still camera. You put an object e.g a Lego mini figure in front of the camera, take a picture, move it slightly, take a picture, move it slightly again and over time it becomes a movie. It takes 15 different pictures for a one second film. Then you export it to ‘I Movie’ and add in the all important sound, music and effects. It is a very time consuming but fun process. William Cox Year 6

Fencing We had a match that was held at Pinewood School. For the first time ever, this match was fenced with the sabre. Having coached both schools for a number of years at sabre, it was a popular choice of weapon for this away fixture. The team of Christian Ferrigno, Toby Smith and Harry Everest took on an equally experienced Pinewood side. The first fight of this relay match saw Toby take a 4-3 lead into the second fight. Christian then extended our lead to 8-5. Harry, by far the youngest member of all those present, was unable to cope with the speed of his much older and more experienced opponent. Pinewood was able to take the lead at this point, but Toby Smith regained the lead in the next fight with some well timed counter attacks. Pinewood stretched out in front once again before Christian pulled back to within two hits. Pinewood increased their lead to 28-23 before Toby once again overcame the deficit to give us a slender one point advantage going into the final fight. Despite some excellent attacks from Christian, the Pinewood captain, Kyle Beckett, found the timing to edge out Christian 5-2 at the very last, to give our hosts the win by 36 hits to 34. Despite the result, the boys fenced with real determination. I was very pleased with the way they conducted themselves. This was the final match for Christian and Toby at Beaudesert and it was a real pleasure to see them perform so well against worthy opposition. Man of the Match: Toby Smith for his tenacity and determination. SG

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Ballet, Jazz & Creative Movement

This year has been a rewarding one to date for dance and creative movement. The new ballet syllabus and music change from the Royal Academy of Dance has been greatly enjoyed by all. The pupils and the children who have taken ballet exams have all passed with some top grades achieved.

In Jazz we have been exploring dance styles from the sixties, rock and roll to modern Indian and street dancing. The pupils also enjoy choreographing their own dances. In Creative Movement we have been focusing on fish life in the deep ocean, water and its forms, earthquakes and minerals. All the dance styles give pupils of all abilities the life skills of communication, co-ordination and rhythm to name a few, whilst not forgetting the fun and exercise aspect which they too enjoy. NT

Brownies Brownies is great because … we get to try new things, we learn to work in a group and sort out problems, we never know what’s coming next and it’s always such fun, we learn new, interesting skills. we play fun games, we go outside when it’s nice weather. we learn about children in other countries, we can earn lots of different badges, we do exciting things to raise money for charities, we get to take Brownie Bear home, we are given the Brownie Adventure book. But best of all, we have GIRLS ONLY fun!! JW

Horse Riding

Rowing Every Thursday, we set off in the minibus for Gloucester Rowing Club. We were then taught the basics of sculling and we were then split into groups to row in the Quads, which are four-person boats, with a cox steering. As well as having fun, we learnt to do the basics with the help of our instructors, Ron and Mr Armitage. The highlight of our summer activity was our trip to Henley Royal Regatta. After travelling by minibus, we started by visiting the River and Rowing Museum, where we learnt about the history of rowing and went on an interactive ‘Wind in the Willows’ tour! Then we had our packed lunch in the sun by the river. Following that, we were shown around Leander Club by Alex Partridge, a current World Champion in the British Coxless Four. He told us what it was like to be a professional sportsman and showed us the gym, boathouse and some of the amazing history there at the club. We bought shirts, socks and pink Hippos from the Leander Shop. We were then lucky enough to have a tour of the Regatta Course in a beautiful old riverboat, where we got a great view of the races. Next, it was ice-cream! After walking down the towpath, we then sat by the river, dipping our feet in the cool water, watching more of the races and enjoying the beautiful weather. What a day! Genevieve James and Sydney Sopher Year 7

Riding is a brilliant activity. It is offered as an activity during the spring, summer and winter terms. At 3pm we make our way to Barton End Riding Stables. The teachers are excellent and help boost your confidence. Riding is not only about jumping and cross poles, you sometimes have fun games like ‘around the world ‘ and ‘thread the needle’. Afterwards we are allowed to go into the shop to buy some small sweets and something to drink. Kitty Wright and Maddie Moorsom Year 5 42

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Crochet I attended the crochet activity for two years and enjoyed it a lot. At the beginning all I could do was make long plaits but as Mrs Dale-Harris taught me more and I was able to make other useful items. I am currently in the process of making a huge blanket. I am very glad I attended this activity because it gave me the opportunity to create something that I could not have done before. Bea Holloway Year 7

Forest School Every Thursday at 4pm a group of 14 boys and girls meet up at the circle bench and make their way to the lower, lower field with Miss Bett and Mr Waters. We then walk through the gate to forest school. We all have to wear a coat, a pair of wellies and a pair of waterproof trousers. In forest school we make things such as shelters, charcoal and minibeasts out of wood. Most of the things we do, we do in teams. Sadly this activity is only for Years 4 and 5 so I will not be able to do it next year. I really enjoyed everything I did and it has made me more aware about the woods near my house. Sam Fairer-Smith Year 5

Fly Fishing Every Thursday afternoon at 3.30, six eager fishermen set out to go fishing on a small lake sitting right next to Ruskin Mill. Four Year 8s (Ludo Millar, Algy Falconer, Joe Borkowski, Toby North), one Year 7 (Calum Evans) and me (Charlie ‘call me Otto’ Turk Year 5) set off in the school’s car, driven by Mr Lloyd-Williams who is also in charge of fly fishing. When we get there we set up our rods, and choose the appropriate flies for the lake that day. I usually use a damsel fly nymph and a pheasant tail nymph. Next we have to take up our spot on the lake shore. I usually fish under the shade of a large beech tree, where the fish tend to be on sunny days. Unfortunately Calum Evans’ rod broke on one occasion so he was forced to attempt to catch the tame carp with my landing net, with little success. We have had a successful season so far, with Toby North catching a 1lb brown trout, and me catching

Gardening Gardening is a fun activity taken by Madame Lincoln. We each chose a separate little area to change into our garden. At first the gardens were full to bursting with weeds of every shape and size. After we cleared the weeds Madame Lincoln gave us a wide choice of small plants and seeds to put into our gardens. We go down at break times to look after our gardens. The main jobs are watering, weeding and turning over the soil to aerate it, which helps our plants to grow. Now all our gardens are looking fantastic with all kinds of flowers, vegetables, fruits and last but not least herbs. The garden club are growing periwinkles, lettuces, mint, strawberries, sweet peas, rocket, cress and many more. Charlotte Garner and Amber Dunne Year 5

five very tasty brownies, which have been smoked, baked and frozen, and much enjoyed. Best moments have been when I had to dispatch a fish with a can of appletize which is generously provided by the owner of the lake. Other funny times have been when most of us have got our lines tangled up in the vegetation - we have lost about 10 flies, broken no lines but have snapped two rods, one (mine) in the door at school! So far no one has taken a bath with the trout yet! We would like to thank Mr LloydWilliams for his organization, teaching and driving, and the Waller Family for so kindly letting us fish on their lovely lake. Tight lines! Charlie Turk Year 5

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Golf Once again, our merry band of golfers have been very keen and have shown great staying power, even in the depths of winter! It was particularly encouraging to have two girls, Rosie Norman and Rebecca Arkwright, for most of this time. I hope that this will encourage more girls to come along and try out the sport. PG

Polo

Squash Every Tuesday a small band of Year 5 and Year 6 children head off to Stratford Park Leisure Centre with Mr Farquharson to play squash – a fast and furious game enjoyed by all. Most of our time is spent playing games amongst ourselves and occasionally you would sit out. All our matches were pretty even but Jono Jamieson Black was probably unbeaten. Mr Farquharson’s expert skills in squash came as a great help to all the newcomers as well as to those who had a bit of knowledge. He helped us to master the serve and the perfect forehand and sometimes he even played against us.

Howling winds and driving rain couldn’t put us hardened ‘All Weather Players’ off from playing polo at the Beaufort through the winter. Even Mr Silk, our driver, always had a happy face on! Some of us played all year round, the others were too sensible to freeze noses and toes off! In the winter our numbers dwindled to around half a dozen, by the summer term we had a full contingent of 18 for a number of sessions. The fantastic efforts of Caspar West and his assistants really paid off – in the arena tournaments and on the green pitches in the summer. Many thanks to all of them, and to Claire Tomlinson for letting us use their marvellous facilities. At the SUPA (Schools and Universities Polo Association) arena tournament on 21st March, hosted at Longdole polo club, we fielded four Beaudesert teams! Ollie Severn, Mimi Sweet and Edward de Barros were pipped at the post by Papplewick, to come second in Division One, closely followed by David Gibbons, Hector Chamberlain and Issy St Aubyn in third place. The Beaudesert ‘Badgers’ (Patrick de Barros, Tommy Severn and Clemmie Montgomerie) won Division Two, their companions (Emma Ralph, Tamara Gibbons and Matilda Scott-Bowden) coming second in that division.

We anticipated the last Tuesday of each month eagerly because it was sweetie Tuesday. We were allowed to bring in 20 pence and with that we were allowed to buy a gobstopper or some minstrels.

In the SUPA outside tournament on 23rd May, again hosted at Longdole, there was a fast and furious Beaudesert v Beaudesert final, with Ollie Severn’s team the ‘Gladiators’ triumphing over the ‘Warriors’. The other Beaudesert teams did well in division two, narrowly being beaten by Cothill.

I enjoyed this activity immensely and I am sure everyone would agree. It was my favourite activity and I am definitely going to carry on playing. William Lewis Year 6

Now the time has come to use all we have learnt throughout the year for Pony Club polo during the summer holidays. Sadly we have to say goodbye to Ollie Severn, Issy St Aubyn, Emma Ralph, Mimi Sweet, Edward de Barros and Matilda Scott-Bowden, as they move on to greater things at bigger places – let’s hope it includes POLO! David Gibbons Year 7

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Drama The children taking part in this year’s Drama Activity were a particularly enthusiastic bunch. From day one they were chomping at the bit to get into the drawing room and start their sessions, bursting with creative ideas week after week. This year saw its first large, all male group who arrived each week like a tornado which swept the drawing room for half an hour leaving me breathless in its wake. What energy and what a joy to see such interest and commitment. All of the children had the opportunity to explore their ideas and work with friends to create many interesting dramatic moments. They engaged in vocal and physical work developing characters and situations together. As ever, there has been lots of laughter, the odd power struggle but above all a growth in confidence for each child that took part. Many of the children participated in the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. Congratulations to them all for gaining such excellent results of Distinctions and Honours; a particular ‘well done’ to Henry Hudson who was awarded a Silver Medal. And finally a big thank you to all of the children for providing their friends and family with an afternoon’s entertainment in the summer term, which was such a lovely way to end the year. NK

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art This year saw student numbers almost double for LAMDA coaching. The timetable was bursting at the seams. LAMDA coaching offers children the opportunity to explore their creative and dramatic skills. In the words of Dawn Postans (Head of Examinations) coaching classes, it can: “...unlock the imagination and creative thinking, develop communication skills, refine technical skills and artistry and promote team work.” LAMDA students can work in pairs or alone. Over the course of the Year they prepare for graded examinations in Communication and Performance. This involves learning poetry, prose, monologues and duologues to performance standard. Students are then assessed on their interpretation, technique and knowledge of each piece, gaining an accredited qualification at the end of the academic year. It has been wonderful to witness the children grow in confidence over the course of this year. The children successfully competed in the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, gave an amazing presentation to parents in the summer, gained scholarships and exhibitions and then, if that were not enough, flew through their examinations with some of the biggest grins I have seen in a long while!

Congratulations to all of the children on their marvellous LAMDA examination results: (80+) 26 pupils Distinction Merit (65+) 19 pupils Pass (50+) 9 pupils CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL results: Harry Smith Shakespeare Cup: Marina Jodrell GOLD MEDALS: Sydney Sopher, Arabella Knowles, Marina Jodrell, Imogen Parr and Amelia Binns. SILVER MEDALS: Rebecca Arkwright, Annabelle Martin, Lara Winfrey and Isabella Brodermann. BRONZE MEDALS: Jack Beattie, George Abingdon, Suzanna Battishill, Thea Godding, Hamish Catto and Henry Newman. HONOURS: 26 pupils DISTINCTION: 13 pupils Good luck to all of the Year 8 leavers and I look forward with great interest to working with the rest of you next year. Well done everyone. NK

The following are some of the other activities that are on offer to the Prep School:

• Lego Technic • Art • Calligraphy • Ball Games • Jewellery Making • Chess Club • Cricket Nets • Cookery 45

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eaudesert Badgers have all the luck. Whether it’s learning how to tie knots, baking scones, wiring plugs, life saving, nature rambling, making bubbles, snorkeling, learning survival skills, Scottish dancing, wrapping presents, applying bandages or making bath bombs this year’s Badgers have been up for anything.

The Silver Badgers are made up of children in Years 4 and 5. They spend Thursday nights at school taking part in staff led activities after supper. The highlight of their year was undoubtedly camp night at Thistledown in the Woodchester Valley. The weather was glorious and we set a new world record for the number of children you can fit into a Mule. The dry, still conditions were perfect for moth trapping and they duly came in their hundreds. Attempting to identify them would try the patience of a saint, as there are no fewer than 2,500 varieties! The Gold Badgers are recruited from Year 6 and their activities take place on Monday nights. In the autumn we worked as volunteers filling shoe boxes at ‘Operation Christmas Child’ headquarters amongst other things. The last weekend of the summer saw an expedition on the Cotswold Way. We walked from Haresfield Beacon along the escarpment to Standish Woods where we camped for the night. The following morning saw a hike down to Stroud’s canal towpath and on to Ebley Mill. It was a super weekend. My thanks go to all the members of staff who have hosted activities over the course of the year. Your efforts have been much appreciated. WS

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Form Lists 8B George Abingdon Max Dear Rosie Dibben Issy Dickson Amy Dunstan Algy Falconer Kitty Faulkner Christian Ferrigno Alexandra Hauger Cameron Holloway

8F Hannah Arkwright Joe Borkowski Cameron Cantley-Wright Tatiana Chater Davies Lara Fabe r-Johnson Harley Grellier George Henry Chessie Lamb Ludo Millar

James Jamieson Black George Key Jessica Mather Lucinda Maxwell Toby North Isobel Pritchard Toby Smith Imogen Sweet Edward de Barros

Milo Morgan India Penny Emily Reid Venetia Schofield Hugo Shipsey Xander Slager William Weston Katie Woodford

8JB Hattie Bevan Georgina Crabb Natasha Cresswell George Dingman George Elvidge Louis Graves Jack Hardwick Lucy Hicks Beach Marina Jodrell Archie Leschallas

Hari Nadiotis Tobias Newman William Raby-Smith Emma Ralph Rebecca Randall Matilda Scott-Bowden Oliver Severn William Sims-Hilditch Isabella St Aubyn

7G Christian Barnes Georgina Bathurst Anne-Marie Bowring Fergus Campbell Brett Dean Calum Evans Georgi Gilder Arabella Knowles

Clemmie Montgomerie Stephanie Phillips Tommaso Ravano Amy Strain Alexander Wilson Max Winfrey Hamish Woodham

7LW Ottilie Carter Hector Chamberlain Patrick de Barros James Drayson Hebe Field David Gibbons Beatrice Holloway Andrew Howes

George Maxwell Sholto Nicolas Jessica Phelps Sam Shepherd Lydia Thomas Amelia Walker Elsa Waller

7T James Battishill Severine Comery Conor Evans Mary-Jane Gardner Mimi Haycraft Mee Henry Jackson Genevieve James Henry Large Rupert Milne

Hugo Mitford-Slade Stanley Moorsom Octavia Muir Fraser Neal Oliver Shale Sydney Sopher Georgia Sykes Frederick Vint

6A Jack Birtles Jack Burns Zoe Davison George Drayson Hester Elvidge Oliver Fanshawe George Gent Thea Godding

Harry Knight Emily Lowde Francesca Morrissey Francesca Priest Tom Severn Ruby Sowerbutts Louis Whitcombe

6C Ewan Beattie Benjamin Clark Matilda Fawcett Ralph Fitch Kemp Joseph Hardwick Rosie Hill Thomas Kendell William Lewis

Hannah Mather Olli McIntyre Imogen Parr Geordie Ross Frederica Schrager von Altishofen Georgia Wheeler

6H Cosimo Amati Harry Burns Hamish Catto Florence Channing Charles Clark William Cresswell Sophie Dibben Annabel Gilder

Henry Hudson Iona Jardine Harry Kendell Augustus Levinson Rosie Norman Luke Pitman Araminta Ramsey

6S Rebecca Arkwright Suzanna Battishill Jack Beattie Amelia Binns Jacques Chappell-Young William Cox Geordie Gordon Lennox

Jonathan Jamieson Black Edward Kendell Clodagh Large Theodore Mullen Eleanor Nicolas Ella Pitman Scarlet Watts

5JLB Benedict Barnes Isabella Brodermann Mollie D’Arcy Rice Christopher Fairgrieve Pick Marcus Fortune Jack Gibson Sapphire Graham Lara Kuropatwa Timothy Mayer

Isabella McLaughlan Imogen Mitchell Joss Muir Kit Penny Jago Skelding Tom Smith Lucas Sopher Max Verschoyle

5MB Hamish Delap Tom Elvin Harry Everest Sam Fairer-Smith Charlotte Garner Tamara Gibbons Henry Golesworthy Molly Grafftey-Smith Katherine Hauger

Freddie Jodrell Henry Newman Octavia Puckett James Strain Charlotte Walker Louis Wilson Lara Winfrey Kitty Wright

5W Joshua Berry Isabel Dingman Amber Dunne Florence Evans Rasmus Haycraft Mee Freddie Hellens Georgia Martin Isobel Maxwell Felix Milne

Maddie Moorsom Harry Morgan-Grenville Hugo Neely Oliver Pritchard Maximilian Scheuner Arabella Sopher Charlie Turk Lucia Vint

4DH Charles Carpenter Isabella Channing Charles Crabb Rose Fawcett Willa Gravell Maximilian Haynes Tommy Ladds Magnus Lawrence Finbar McConnell

Edward Nelson Edward Norman Tatiana Parr Daphne Schrager von Altishofen Poppy Stopford Phoebe Veelenturf

4F Rebecca Abingdon Lauren Dunne Felicity Elvidge Harry Gent Annabel Gouriet Fynlay Hughes John Kite

Columba Leeper Thomas Pilsbury Tamsin Priest Sophie Shepherd Rebecca Smith Jemima Snell Alfie Weston

4W Hugo Bailey Emma Beattie Lottie Burns Sebastian D’Arcy Rice Oscar Henry Alexander Hill Katinka Hughes

Alexandra Jardine Oliver McGill Daisy Mitford-Slade Ana Mullen Henry North Catharine Reid Piers Tabor

3B Jock Catto Jocasta Ferrigno Alex Haynes Marcus Hudson Sam Hughes Damian Hurley Thomas Jodrell Violet Levinson

Annabelle Martin Isabelle Mayer Callum McKenzie Wylie Toby Melvin Marina Pitman Kit Pitman Archie Probert

3H Alberto Amati Ellie Garner Harvey Gearon William Gibson Thomas Kinsella Fergus Large Jasper Lowde Sophie Morgan-Rodda

Lotte Quinn Beth Ransome Paolo Ravano Honor Skelding Owen Stokes James Taylor-Kimmins Jack Tucker Isabella Walker

3N Marcus Arkwright Alice Biddulph Thor Davey Charles Drayson Sophie Elvin William Golesworthy Arthur Hardwick Henry Hellens

Luca Hyde Bea Knight Ben Mather Max Morris Lydia Newman Theodore Norman Freya Saxton Fabia Veelenturf

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The Pre-prep Department Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Pre-prep Prizegiving. As a school we reflect today on what the Pre-prep has achieved this year. And as we do so I would like to invite everyone here to join me in proud celebration of excellence, but also to look beneath the surface at the quality of character and the many, many accomplishments that underpin what 2009-2010 has meant to us. It is a remarkable group of Year 2s who are leaving us today, to move into the Prep School. Not only are they remarkable for what they have achieved, but they are remarkable for their spirit, the support they have given each other, and the manner in which they have conducted themselves this year. I would say to the rest of the children in Pre-prep, you could not have better young boys and girls to model yourselves on than these present Year 2s. If you can imitate their best qualities next year, then you will have the kind of happy, fulfilling and successful year that they have enjoyed. All the children sitting in front of us are simply lovely – they are funny,

lively, inquisitive, happy and they make us all laugh every day. They have achieved so much this year and I feel proud to stand here today, sharing their achievements with you. There have been some changes in the Pre-prep this year. On the academic front we are celebrating the adoption of a new maths scheme, a new handwriting scheme, French beginning in Reception, a Design and Technology room, where children can work together to create and design projects and show off their ICT skills on the iMacs. There is even space to cook - everything ranging from fruit salad to gingerbread men, and it’s lovely to see the children develop an interest in healthy eating. Only yesterday, in the dining room, I overheard one of our five year olds say to another child, “Is that a cumberland sausage? I think it looks more like a chipolata!” Forest School has been an overwhelming success. I will never tire of the joy of seeing children’s faces when they come back to the department splattered with mud. Forest School has given the children

the opportunity to learn outside the traditional classroom setting, to stimulate their imagination and to bring subjects to life in a real context and I must take this opportunity to thank our Forest School Leader Wendy Woodham for all the hard work she has put into making it such a success. We look forward to inviting you to a taster session next term. Each of the aforementioned are small changes which the Pre-prep has made, during this year and ahead of next, to ensure that the curriculum at Beaudesert continues to provide all that your children need to make the progress of which they are capable. One of my greatest pleasures is to recognise the excellent work and effort from children throughout the department. They frequently bring me work which I always reward in some way, whether it’s a piece of writing, maths work, or artwork. I read an article in the paper last week, and there was a quote from an American art director who said ‘The arts are the expression of the soul. They matter because they are the most beautiful ways for

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the soul to speak.‘ I believe the art at Beaudesert encapsulates the philosophy of learning through performance and of the enhancing power of self-expression. You will have seen this week some of the Art and Design work that your children have brought home. Children’s work in the corridors reminds us of their creativity and of the excellent work that the Pre-prep teachers enable your children to produce. Reproductions of Van Gogh, Monet and Judy Joel’s Skating Rink, Central Park New York have graced the corridors of Year 2. Willow pattern plates and observational plant drawing have appeared in Year 1 and what can I say about Reception? Interesting, bold statements of colour not only gracing the corridors, but hanging from ceilings and springing from walls. I was in a Reception class whilst the children were painting portraits and I was in the very fortunate position of having my face drawn. However, I did start to question when the boy got out some black paint and painted lashing of it under my eyes, so I asked him to look carefully at the colour of my face, and the answer I received was, and I have to quote, “You have black circles under your eyes.” Children have a funny way of seeing things as they are! Another way of letting a soul speak is through music and drama. During the year all the children plan and take part in class assemblies, sharing with the rest of the school and with parents what they have been learning. In addition to assemblies, we have been entertained by the Year 1 play The Great Race and the Year 2 play The Island of Evertaller. The Reception children led our Nativity, and although the baby Jesus was held upside down by one leg, they were simply brilliant and it was super having our Year 1 and 2s narrating the story and joining in the fabulous singing. The Year 2 Musicians’ Concert was another great example of the confidence the children

demonstrate. Individual music lessons are proving as popular next year, with a large amount of children taking up their first instrument. All true successes, and I am always amazed at the children’s ability to learn their lines, stand up in front of an audience, remember routines and songs, and pull off performances with such energy and enthusiasm. During the year the Pre-prep has supported various charities through a non-uniform day, the cake and plant sale, the Christmas shopping afternoon and a sponsored walk. We often invite representatives of these charities to an assembly to talk about their work and to be presented with a cheque. This year we have raised over £4000 for the Haiti Appeal, James Hopkins Trust, Sport Relief and Teckels Animal Sanctuary. So very well done, children, for helping raise that phenomenal amount. We aim to bring the curriculum alive as much as we can and there have been many workshops, visitors and outings this year. Ollie Hicks inspired all the children with his amazing story and photos of rowing across the Atlantic. Jack Sutcliffe explained his ascent of Mount Everest, much to the awe of the children. Quantum Theatre came to perform The Countback Kid, a lively Maths show with a cowboy theme. Skip-hop inspired the children with the skipping workshop. Never have I seen such an interest from the boys in Pre-prep, but I am sure the street-dancing, rather ‘cool’ image of the male tutors helped! Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow had his snakes and giant insects being passed from child to child. Year 2 had a wonderful day in the presence of Stroudwater Textiles, and learnt the process of felt making. Mexicolore visited us for another year, with new dazzling artefacts and interactive technology, really bringing the Aztecs to life. World Book Day saw the arrival of Bookfair and amongst all this, classes visited Westonbirt Arboretum,

Slimbridge, Sevington, and the Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens. In addition, it was a real pleasure to see the Prep School children enjoy a presence in Pre-prep. Year 5 came to tell their own stories and act them out, which were based on the Arabian Nights and the Year 8s were read to by the children in Reception. All in all, a very busy year!

On the extra-curricular front Judo was introduced to children in Reception and the club continues to be a huge success. Ballet and creative movement remain popular. In Chess Club, the boys and girls have been learning some wonderful sneaky moves. There has been fantastically creative and expressive work during Art Club, such as copper embossing, clay heads and silk paintings. All these extra-curricular activities help enrich the lives of your children, and we are fortunate to be in the position to offer two additional clubs next term, in the form of gymnastics and cookery. At Beaudesert we have a strong tradition of good manners, politeness, and high academic standards – qualities which we firmly intend to hold on to. The very broad and balanced curriculum that we offer is one of our strengths and the ethos of letting children be children encapsulates the happy atmosphere that I believe radiates from the Preprep. I wish to thank all the staff for their dedication, hard work and sincere efforts in fostering the welfare and education of your children. KSEH

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Small Fluffy Visitors Reception B and J enjoyed doing lots of work about â€˜Growthâ€™ in the spring term. We learnt about the life cycle of the frog, butterfly and hens. One morning, there was a little cheeping sound in the classroom. Mrs Brown had brought seven baby chicks for us to see and hold, They were really tiny and fluffy. Some were yellow and some were brown. We loved looking after them for the day. I held a chick it woz fliee. I saw a chick eeting carn Lizzie Hauger RecB At spring time we can see crocuses. We can hear lambs bleatchg baa baa. We can smell wet bark. Johnny McLaughlan RecB

The Big Star This year our Christmas Nativity play was all about a star that could not shine. We sang lots of lively songs and the Year 2 children helped us by doing the narration. We really enjoyed it and I think the mums and dads did too. RecB

At spring time we can see lambs we can hear chicks we can smell flowers Santa Robbins RecB

Sports Day On sports day I did do a farmirs rays. It was fun. I loved it because I was first in the farmirs rays. I was in the green teem. Beth Tuke-Hastings RecJ On Frighday I had a reelee good day because it was spotsday and we had a reelay rays and mummy was woching me and I had a farmis rays and i was in the green teem. Jack Pitman RecJ

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Our Trip to Slimbridge On Friday we went on the school bus. We saw a duck and we saw a flamingo and a black gis and we went on stepping stowns. We had a pac luc to eet. Lucy McLaughlin RecB On Friday we went on a school trip. We saw ducks and ducklings and sum swons and we went on the playgraond and had some lunch and we went in a tunl and went on stping stons and went to the flmingos and goslings and saw sum fishees and went back to school. We had a lovelee time. Isabella Morgan-Grenville RecB I have seen a flamingo and it was in a kag and it was eeting seeds and I din no wot it was. Siena Burnett RecJ I went to slibrij and I fed the ducks. The ducks wer very hugry. The bloo bird duck was very hungry but the swon wasn’t very hungry and the goos. The goos was very hungry Harry Ahearne RecJ On Frigh day we went to slimbridge and we saw some blak swons and the swons had orinj beecs and I saw wight swons and I saw some flamingo and the flamingo stood on one leg. Lily Beard RecJ The children went to Slimbridge To see what they could see. A flock of pink flamingos As pink as pink can be. Standing there in a row so straight and so tall Let’s hope they don’t wobble and maybe even fall. The children went to Slimbridge To see what they could see. A flock of happy Nene Geese And their goslings one, two, three. They waddled and they pecked at food and hands and feet. They followed people everywhere to get something to eat. The children went to Slimbridge They were as tired as tired could be. But back on the bus they made a little fuss. They sat on their seats and fell fast asleep After all what was the rush? RecJ

The Great Race There was an argument until the Emperor could not stand it any longer. “Silence! The Jade Emperor will decide. There will be a race. There will be a rat, an ox, a tiger, a rabbit, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a sheep, a monkey, a rooster, a dog and a pig. First you must go through the jungle. Then you must go through the rice field. And finally you must go through the river and whoever reaches the bank first will be ruler over all of you. Ready, steady, go!” First the little animals had to beat the big ones. Then after the big animals beat the little ones. Finally they came to the river bank. All of them were hard to beat. The chicken was too tired to fly. The best swimmer was the ox. The ox was swimming past the rat. The ox was in the lead but the rat was cunning. Suddenly the rat jumped on the ox’s back. When the ox nearly reached the bank the rat jumped on to the bank. “I won! I will be ruler over all of you.” “Cheat! I am the real winner”. And they all started the argument again. ”Silence! The Jade Emperor will himself decide who is the real winner.” The Jade Emperor was coming down from his steps. “As you rat were first you shall all be winners.” “Am I too late for the race?” said a lion. “Yes. I have made my decision. And I can’t change but there will be a royal procession and you, Lion, will be leading it.” And they all shook hands. And they all lived happily ever after. Atticus Adams Year 1W

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Rumble in the Jungle There’s a roaring in the jungle, There’s a noise in the trees The animals are waking up And jumping on the leaves. There’s a fluttering on the leaves There’s a growling in the swamp A tiger is prowling And the leopards are roaring around. Sacha Kapoor Year 1T

Snowflake Snowflakes are fluttering down. New snow is falling On my head. Whirling around near me Freezing icicles sharp and bright Lakes are freezing, it is very very cold. Across the snowy hills sparkling white. Keeping nice and warm Easy to catch a cold! Alys Evans Year 1T

Icicle Lost in the Jungle One wet morning Freddie was playing with his friends. They went into the wet greenhouse and it was very hot. There were green plants everywhere. Suddenly the magic key began to glow. The magic took them into a dark jungle where there was a giant scary spider. Poppy was very scared. Sacha then saw a monkey which was very hairy. There was a snake and it was slimy. They also saw a stripy tiger. Freddie saw a old cranky bridge. “Let’s cross the bridge,” said Freddie. Sacha thought the bridge did not look very safe. Freddie then saw a big plant which was green and smooth. “Let’s climb up it,” said Poppy. When they reached the top the children could see for miles around. Then they climbed down the plant and the magic key began to glow again. Suddenly they were back in the greenhouse. Freddie Baker Year 1T

Icicles dripping down. Come out and see If you see a patch of white it must be snow. Come back from school and see Lips are cold, winter is here. Eat a nice big tea and run and play. Rosalie Craven Year 1T

Snow Times When it’s snowy it’s glittery white. Snowflakes fall in a patch of white. It’s as cold as ice cream And as white as a fish. I want to go outside. I throw on my hat, gloves and scarf. I put on my boots and go outside. We make a snowman. Emily Tubbs Year 1W

Easter Holiday I went to Finland and on the way there I saw my Finnish grand mummy. On the way back the volcano in Iceland erupted so I had to drive back to England in the car. I felt a bit sick but soon I felt better. I felt sick in the car because I was in the boot most of the time, and when we got to England we had to drive all the way to the airport to fetch our English car. Annika McIntyre Year 1T

Plant Poems Blossom drifting through the air Daffodils and beautiful fragrance everywhere. Flowers blow in the wind Lily pads float on top of the water. Sunflowers growing in flowerbeds Trees blow in the wind, Daffodils, golden swaying in the wind. Guy Jardine Year 1T Lovely plants swaying through the breeze like swallows dancing, Hairy stalks like bear fur, Lovely tulips smelling, When you and me pick sunflowers new ones grow quickly like when the wind blows through the lovely flowers, Lovely blossom smells so nice. Poppy Clark Year 1T

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Our Trip to the Safari Park We saw rhinos. The rhinos had hard skin. We saw the rhinos run. The rhinos run if they are in danger. And we saw zebras. I liked the zebras’ stripes and they were on the grass. The lions were good and they sleep. I liked it because they roar and the penguins because they have flippers. And the giraffes because they have spots and they have long necks. And the monkeys because they swing along the tree. I like the camels. They have humps. And the meerkats. I like them because they are brown. And there are baby crocodiles and there are grown up crocodiles. And the snakes. I like the snakes because they have spots. Then we went to the playground. Zachary Armitage Year 1W

Material poems “I’m rough,” said the jumper. “I’m squidgy,” said the jelly. “I’m hard,” said the chair. “I’m smooth,” said the peel. “I’m smooth,” said the marble. “I’m soft,” said the teddy. “I’m sharp,” said the knife. “I’m magnetic,” said the paper clip. “I’m transparent,” said the window. “I’m waterproof,” said the coat. Freddie Delap Year 1W “I am hard,” said the metal bin. “I am edible,” said the jelly. “I am transparent,” said the glass window. “I am soft,” said the carpet. “I am rough,” said the stone. “I am indestructible,” said the water. “I am warm,” said the radiator. Wilbur Hyde Year 1W

Letters To Grace Darling Grace was a hero, She was brave. She lived in a lighthouse And massive was the wave. The thunder was bashing, cold, grey and crashing. The waves were a metre tall Crashing against the rocks. People were slipping on the slimy seaweed. Terrified, scared and cold. Grace was a hero, The boat was the coble. One day a boat which sailed From Scotland to Dundee. The Forfarshire sailed the raging sea. So the rocks were slippy. Jess Downton Year 1W Dear Grace Thank you for rescuing us, because it was very stormy. It was a slippery rock. I was cold. Lucas Sweet Year 1T

The Fire of London My name is Lily. I am a doctor. And I live in Pudding Lane. And I awoke and I could smell smoke. And I hurried downstairs and there was a fire. And I saw a golden glow in the sky. And I ran to the River Thames and I had a bucket of water. And I threw it to the fire and more and more and more. And then I ran to the edge of the city. Jemima Keveth Year 1W

The Story of Lao Lao (Lao Lao lived in a little house at the top of a steep path. She made lovely paper cuts with her scissors and news of her clever skill spread through China. One day the greedy Emperor himself got to hear of her beautiful artwork)….. He saw her make flowers. One day when Lao Lao was making flowers for the children the Emperor wanted her to make jewels. So the guards caught Lao Lao and took her to the Emperor’s palace and made her make jewels. She tried. She worked day and night until she filled the treasure chest. She was very tired so she fell asleep on the hard floor. It was cold and hard but high up at the top of the mountain lives a dragon. He has been watching Lao Lao all the time. He watched her as she was doing the jewels. And now Lao Lao is riding the dragon. And all the paper jewels turned into snowflakes whirling around. Millie Campbell Year 1W

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Harvest Festival Today we had our harvest festival. A man came from the Salvation Army. He was like a helping hand he said. We gave them food and he gave the food to people that don’t have food. So we were doing a good deed. The Salvation Army is a charity. It is incredibly useful. They don’t fight with guns and fists. Not at all. They help people who don’t have everything. They are very good. They are not a real army. They help people that are poorly. Ginny Lawrence Year 2LW

Easter is Here Easter eggs being found Animals being born Sunlight rising The time has come Eggs being hidden Roast chicken smells bursting out. Interesting Easter bunnies hiding Spring flowers opening. Hot cross buns burning Eggs being eaten Rabbits bouncing up and down Easter is fun! Francesca Drayson Year 2B Spring is here sending the sun The birds are singing in the beautiful blossom leaves. The Easter bunny comes to hide chocolate And sweets. Tulips growing in the green grass Children running through the fields. Jemima Landale Year 2LW Easter is here again everybody is happy. Animals are eating the green grass. Spring has come again! Trees swaying in the breeze, Easter eggs around the tree trunks Rainbows shining brightly. Felix Taylor-Kimmins Year 2LW

A Visit to Westonbirt When we got to Westonbirt from travelling on the minibus we walked to the playground. We played fun games on it. Then we met the lady. We went to sit down to talk about Westonbirt in the autumn. We went to look through picture frames. We tried to find our favourite picture. Then we had to make a palette out of lots of different coloured leaves. We stopped to look at shapes and we had to find a big one and a little one. When Ginny took one it was in the shape of a leaf. Then we did some painting with water paints. We had to find a spot to paint on. Then we had lunch. We went to collect things for making ‘Natural Art’. When we had finished collecting we made a picture called ‘Two birds in a tree’. Amelia Kold Year 2B

Eggs being hidden in the bushes Animals being born in the field Singing birds in the treetops Teeth chomping on Easter eggs Easter bunny hiding eggs under the grass Rabbits hopping in the wood Luke Wiles Year 2B Singing birds in the trees People celebrating Rain falling onto trees It is spring! No snow anymore Great Easter egg hunts! Oliver Mullen Year 2LW

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The Misty City

Autumn The sky is grey and it is misty. A gloomy, misty, unhappy day. Cold, thick clouds Full of rain. The grass is splodgy and gungy, And the grass is spiky and muddy. The ground is leafy. The trees are very nice and orange, And very strong and twiggy, Bent and scratched, Thin and pokey. Bertie Wilson Year 2B A grey, dull autumn day Spooky clouds are floating past The sun is breaking through the gloomy sky. The green undergrowth at the bottom All the leaves drifting down Past the trees. The golden, yellow and brown leaves Delicate trees and ivy Crawling up the trunk. Eloise Fanshawe Year 2LW

The Little Captain steered to the edge and Podgy threw the rope to pull the Neversink to land. But the ghost city moved! A ghost was paddling and pushing the city away from the Neversink. So they tried again with a really, really long piece of rope and a hook on the end. This time they caught the ghost city. They clambered onto it and searched it. They were just walking along when Timid Thomas shouted, “There’s a ghost!” “Don’t be silly,” said Marinka. “There are no ghosts.” Just then the ghosts grabbed them! They screamed and shouted, “Help, help, Gus and Dirk. If you’re here can you help? A ghost has got us!” Then they spotted a vampire. This was the dungeon house. They went in with the ghost and deep down they were put in the dungeons. Then the Little Captain said, “There’s Gus and Dirk!” They were sitting in some cages a bit further away from the Little Captain. Just then the vampire came past with the keys. The Little Captain reached for the keys and unlocked his cage and got out and unlocked the others. They sneaked up out of the dungeon and sneaked back to the Neversink, trying not to be seen. A vampire was following them and so were two ghosts. They looked behind them and screamed! They ran for the Neversink. “Marinka,” said Timid Thomas, “The floating city is following us!” “Little Captain, on the fastest speed,” said Marinka. “OK!” The city was like one hundred blurred church buildings and it had now stopped moving. “That was close,” said Marinka. “Yes,” said the Little Captain. Then Marinka sat down to make some pancakes. Ella Tuke-Hastings Year 2B

The Little Captain steered the boat safely to the city. Then they heard a noise. They followed the noise. When it stopped they were surprised. There were buildings as high as church steeples. Then there was a shadow. It was walking towards them! Out over the shadow came Gus. “Where is Dirk?” “I don’t know. I was talking with him and when I turned round and turned back again he wasn’t there. Then I came to find you. Well say something,” said Gus “We’ve got to find him,” said the Little Captain. “Let’s go then.” They searched for him. When they found him he was stuck. “What happened?” “A ghost grabbed me,” said Dirk. They got him out and said, “We must go and get you home.” Griffin Mills Year 2B Come and see the Year Two play called ‘The Island of Evertaller’. It’s full of excitement and adventure. There are funny bits and scary bits. Sea nymphs dance over the water. There are a bunch of children and they want to go the island. The boat is called the Neversink. There is music and singing and dancing. There’s a very cross teacher. The creatures do a funky dance. The children want to grow up. But something makes them change their minds… Ellie Pridmore Year 2B

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Year 2 Art Project In the Spring Term we decided to look at some paintings by a contemporary artist, Judy Joel. We particularly studied her snowy pictures, including ‘Skating Rink, Central Park, New York.’ The project really captured the imaginations of the children and as well as painting their own skating pictures, they created a 3D model based on the painting. The children wrote to Judy Joel to tell her how much they had enjoyed looking at her work and to tell her what they had been doing. We were thrilled when we received a reply! PB Dear Judy, We have been looking at your fantastic paintings. We have seen your ‘Skating Rink, Central Park, New York’. We have tried to paint your painting. It is very hard. We all made a 3D model on the wall. I signed mine with a cat. I have a question for you. Why did you sign it with a mouse? Charles Shearer Year 2LW

This was Judy’s reply! 17th March 2010 Dear Alex, Francesca, Charles, Oliver, Felix, Amelia, Kitty, Ginny, Bertie, Romey, Luke, Jemima, Lotte, Tilly, Edward, Eloise, Freddie, Fred, Guy, Ellie, Amber, Ella, Charlie, Kiki and Griffin, (I hope I have spelt all your names correctly!) I am so pleased that you have all been enjoying your project about the Skating in Central Park, New York. It was lots of fun for me to paint and I gather that you all enjoyed it too, and also making the 3D model. Your teachers have sent me a photograph of the model and it looks magnificent. Is that cotton wool for snow? How big was it?

Dear Judy, We have been looking at some of your paintings. I especially like ‘Skating Rink, Central Park, New York’. (I’ve skated there in New York). That’s the one we’ve been looking at. I found the windows very hard to keep in a straight line. Because you do a little mouse on your signature we decided to do that too. I drew a horse. Thank you for the good tips about how to do the people. My special person was my sister, Katie. We also did a 3D version of your painting ‘Skating Rink, Central Park, New York’. We’ve taken some pictures and will send them to you. Tilly Woodford Year 2B

I am sure that all the people you have chosen to be your ‘special’ people - your Mums or Dads, or brothers or sisters, will be very proud. Charles asked me in his letter why I signed my paintings with a mouse. It is because ever since I was little I was called ‘Mouse’ by my family – probably because I was the youngest and the smallest. In our close family we all had animal characters that we used to sign on birthday cards and letters instead of our names. My sister Tricia’s signature was a black cat with a tail. My brother Brian’s was a rabbit like ‘Bugs Bunny’ or ‘Thumper’ and my other brother’s was a bird. Then about 20 years ago, my husband and I came to live in Mousehole!

Lots of you asked which are my favourite paintings, but I love them all. Sometimes they are difficult for me to paint, or even to get started sometimes, but as in all things everyone should try and try again. Very often the things which seemed most difficult to do at the time, end up being the things you are most pleased with. My husband and I loved all the decorations you had put around your writing paper, and we have studied each one. We are also very impressed with your handwriting. I hope you will continue to enjoy your art and all the other subjects you are learning, and that you will be inspired by everything you see. With love, Judy

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Visit To The Barn Own Centre We visited the Barn Owl Centre at Hempstead, Gloucester to look at their birds of prey. All the birds at the centre have been rescued from owners and situations where they have not been looked after properly. The founder of the centre, Vince, showed us all the birds and told us about them. We were able to hold and fly Gyzmo, the barn owl, and Leighton the buzzard. We had an amazing day and wrote to thank Vince for letting us visit the centre. PB

Dear Vince, Thank you so much for letting us come to the Barn Owl Centre. My favourite owl was Gyzmo but I did like the golden eagle too. I didn’t know that if the owls had black eyes they hunt at night and if they had yellow and black eyes they hunt in the daytime. I felt a bit scared feeding the buzzard but I enjoyed it! Guy Mitchell Year 2B Dear Vince, Thank you for my day. My mum and dad loved what I told them. Next year or the year after I will come back with my family. I loved Connie the long eared owl. She was cute because she copied what I did. I love the golden eagle’s wings. It was a bit scary holding the buzzard and the barn owl. I was so interested in everything. Gyzmo was so cool and I really had a good day. Now I know lots of facts and I am happy. I loved my day and I hope Gyzmo had fun. Leighton was so heavy. I couldn’t believe the barn owl pellet had bones in it! The golden eagle is weird when you stare into its eyes. Amber Phillips Year 2LW

Pre-prep Reception B Archie Baker Benedict Garlick Elizabeth Hauger Alfie Hellens Jack Jefferies

Johnny McLaughlan Lucy McLaughlin Isabella Morgan-Grenville Santa Robbins Charlie Silk Lawrence Van de Grift

Reception J Harry Ahearne Lily Beard Siena Burnett George Carpenter Frederick Fawcett

Jake Holloway Mollie Johnson Jack Pitman Beth Tuke-Hastings Jemima Walker

1T Freddie Baker Poppy Clark Rosalie Craven Meghan Edwards Alys Evans Daisy Gough Sienna Hiscox Guy Jardine

Sacha Kapoor Zara Mayer Annika McIntyre Matilda Phillips Clemmie Silk Dominic Skoulding Sophie Stokes Lucas Sweet Grace Tucker

1W Atticus Adams Zachary Armitage Iona Beattie Darcy Bonas Millie Campbell Angus Catto Freddie Delap Jess Downton

Blossom Durr Jonathan Edwards Wilbur Hyde Jemima Keveth Lottie Ladds Sebastian Mayer Flora McKenzie Wylie Emma Stokes Emily Tubbs

2B Romey Chappell-Young Charlie Davison Franscesca Drayson Amelia Kold Griffin Mills Guy Mitchell

Ellie Pridmore Lotte Scheuner Alexander Tubbs Ella Tuke-Hastings Luke Wiles Bertie Wilson Tilly Woodford

2LW Freddie Baker Eloise Fanshawe Kitty Hiscox Jemima Landale Virginia Lawrence Oliver Mullen

Amber Phillips Kiki Severn Charles Shearer Felix Taylor-Kimmins Edward Walker Frederick Walker

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Anthology Sun Renga The clouds slither past The immortal mighty sun, Graciously bowing. He towers above buildings, His rich kingdom survives. Birds humming gladly, Looking to the tranquil king Rejoicing in song. Creating delight in the warmth, Praising their gold sovereign. Luke Pitman Year 6

Clara It is hard to remember when we first met But so much of her I cannot forget. So speak of her story, of all that she meant Remember with fondness a life so well spent. Born in a stable on a cold winter night From that moment on she spread warm rays of light. A cross ran proudly down the ridge of her back To mark the great place where Jesus would have sat. She was always found at the Boxing Day meet She was always happy to stop and greet. She use to pull often an old wooden cart And at many a wedding she played a part. Iâ€™m not sure where I was when I heard the news It hurt then, hurts now, a memory to lose. We all hoped her story would never end Clara, the donkey, my very faithful friend. It is hard to remember when we first met But so much about her I cannot forget. So speak of her story, of all that she meant Remember with fondness a life so well spent. Charlie Clark Year 6

TOBY NEWMAN YEAR 8

Crimea War Dear Sir I am writing on behalf of Mary Seacole, the famous nurse. As a solider in the Crimea, I am very angry to hear that she is living in poverty. I also think that Mary should be paid for her hard work in the Crimean war. Mary opened a hospital in the Crimea which treats wounded soldiers. I went there although the medicine tasted and smelt horrible. The hospital was very clean and the food was delicious. Mary is also very brave. She sometimes goes onto the battlefield braving the cannons and rifles to help soldiers. She carried supplies on her donkey. I would have died without her. I think that Mary should be given money for her hard work during the Crimean war. Yours faithfully, Finbar McConnell Year 4

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The Test of Time

Winter This morning I woke and gazed out of the window and all I could see was crystal white snow across the meadows. I crept down the stairs. I tried to open the door but it was jammed – there was so much snow. I could not get out. I sprinted upstairs and got on all my ski clothes and opened the window. Luckily the snow was so high I could jump outside from my bedroom window. The snow was just like glass. It was freezing but the sun was shining, it was magical. But suddenly everything went pitch black and I could not see. I started to feel dizzy. I tried to make my way back to the house. I wanted to get into my parent’s bedroom. Then suddenly I heard thunder and saw the lightning strike next to me. Before I knew it I was back in the house, in my parent’s bedroom. I knew now that I was safe. Elsa Waller Year 7

The silent mist Swarmed around the forlorn trees. Ode to the sombre leaves Being torn from the branches. Sailing moderately into the blank of time As it comes to the end. The weary leaves Struggling to be free from the thorns As they are forced into oblivion. Having lived a life shorter than the length of a mouse tail. Branches dread as the sound of slow sullen footsteps, Woefully approach the call of death. Alexander Wilson Year 7

To Describe An Appearance His bobbed dark hair waved rapidly while his bulging staring eyes terrorised his sister. His white, gnashing teeth made him look like an animal about to pounce. His beaky Roman nose looked like a miniature pig jerking around on his wrinkled pasty face. His bushy, soppy eyebrows leapt up and down when his large, podgy face puffed out to the size of a football. Freddie Hellens Year 5

Dark As A Midnight Dream I slowly closed my eyes, As I am absorbed into the black pit. I was enveloped by the darkness Caged in a bad dream. Eventually, I found myself in a forest, The trees reaching out for me, Ripping my clothes apart. As I run, I fall, Sketching scars across my body, As I scream, tears run down my cheeks, Blood running down my knees. I slowly force myself up, Everything dark, Black and white trees running towards me.

ALFIE WESTON YEAR 4

I am stuck in a bad dream, In a hell with no way out. All that is left to do is to pinch myself, To attempt to escape, This poisonous baffling dream. Ruby Sowerbutts Year 6

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Dear Diary

Bonfire

Dear Diary This morning I got out of bed feeling very sleepy because of all the work I did last night. I was also worried as I had a French and spelling test. Next I got ready and went downstairs for breakfast. For breakfast I had the usual cereal. Next thing my sister and I got into the car and my mother drove us to school, On the way to school I had to listen to the news because on Tuesdays it is news day and if we do not have any news we have to write out a newspaper article. When I got to school I told my class all about the earthquake in Turkey and who won the Oscars. Next lesson was the dreaded spelling test. I got two spellings wrong. I think I did okay in my French test. Then it was break. Katie Hauger Year 5

B lazing fireworks shooting through the sky. O range, green and yellow whilst the bits fly. N ight sky is filled with pretty stars. F unny wonkey roads are littered with cars. I t always seems to be, R ed fireworks crashing through the trees. E merald colours fantastically bright. N ight time is scary but at least I have a light. I can smell that smoke. G osh it tastes like goat’s milk. H uge flames burning like a dead flaming hawk. T he fire looks deadly – watch out Guy Fawkes! Jacques Chappell-Young Year 6

Story With A Twist I stood side by side with my fellow comrades, looking into my fate. The clamminess in my hands filled me with fear. A chant of taunting was boomed from the men facing us. I was going to be crushed. I was now surrounded. My pulse raced. Legs wriggled trying to escape.

Beaudesert Park School Minchinhampton Stroud GL6 9AF

We stepped forward. The bullet was hurtled into the air. The battle had started. A man was taken into the marsh of mud. Feet trampled with glee. Water seeped into my boots. Men were lifted into the air grabbing for the heavens then pounded to the floor writhing in agony. Tears surged in their eyes while fearsome animals shook off the pain with ease.

Hello, my name is Charlie. I am writing you a letter to tell you a bit about myself. I am eight years old and I have one sister and a Mum and Dad. My goals are to write with an ink pen. I have five pets and I am a big fan of boats.

19th January 2010 Dear Miss Hammond

Thank you for reading my letter, I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours sincerely, Charlie Crabb Year 4

A piercing scream filled my gut with dread as the wild rhinos charged with rage. Blood and gore, sword to sword, axe to axe. I engaged my beast. Teeth grinned like lions about to kill. My muscles strained as I fought with all my might. Slowly I pushed him back, step by step, on my hands and knees. Suddenly a roar of defeat entered my ears. The clouds had opened with hatred’s arrows. In the corner of my eye a man on the floor held his victory with honour. Now it was my turn, one on one with the biggest fear of all. I kicked the conversion for the end of the match. Matilda Scott-Bowden Year 8 HENRY GOLESWORTHY YEAR 5

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Winter Windows The sun melts down As a new season takes over. A blanket of snow comes tumbling down. The withered flowers hide away, As the new arrival has its turn To rule the world for a while. My face freezes, From the old open window, The muffled sound of the song bird singing. I can see it chirping from a branch. The melody tingles in my ears. I close my eyes, It is all over. Francesca Priest Year 6 Dear Sir/Madam I am writing to you because I and my friends are very strongly against fox hunting. I think fox hunting is wrong and should be banned. We are very, very sad that poor defenceless animals are dying for people’s enjoyment. Hunters should be told that they are harming creatures that are helpless. They have done nothing to harm people. Firstly 98% of poultry are safe from fox attack.

Arabian Nights’ Story One sunny day Sinbad set sail in a huge, old boat. He had been sailing over four hours. He saw big grey blobs everywhere. It was too late. There were big grey rocks and he had no chance with his old wooden boat. Sinbad had no chance because how would he get home from his exploring trips? Bang! He hit the rocks so hard his boat crumbled into little pieces. He was not feeling well as he had just wrecked his old sailing boat. He was in luck because he was on a lovely, bare beach. At night he slept not on a bed but he used a tree as a pillow and that was all. He woke up all ready for a new day. He looked to his right and gasped. He had been sleeping next to a huge ….. tortoise. He had never ever seen such a tortoise before. This was a magical tortoise. The tortoise woke with a truly loud yawn. His first words were,“ I am 99 years old and I have had powers for over 98 years.” Sinbad asked what powers he had. “If you touch my shell I will share the power with you,” said the tortoise. Sinbad touched his shell straight away. The tortoise said, “I will take you wherever you want.” Sinbad said, “Please may I go home?” “Yes, yes I will make your wish come true – just say home,” said the tortoise. Sinbad was delighted he could get home. He was stunned as he got home in a flash and Sinbad and the tortoise lived happily ever after. Joss Muir Year 5

The sad thing is the foxes are chased by the dogs until the dogs get the fox. Sometimes the lucky foxes get away. I think that foxes are beautiful animals and should be saved. STOP FOX HUNTING. How would people like it if they were being dug up by bloodthirsty hounds? So ban fox hunting. Yours disgustedly Sam Fairer-Smith Year 5

Children’s Games Two little children having a chat, One is quite small while one is quite fat. Two craftsmen weaving wire mesh hats One plays a flute while one weaves a mat. A mob of people cause havoc in the street, Though no-one knows why they are begging for wheat. Three small boys play upon a mound, One sits still and watches from the ground. Charlotte Garner Year 5

LUCY HICKS BEACH YEAR 8

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The Bat Who Could Not Fly

The waves rolled up onto the beach, and with them deposited a green bottle at my feet. When I looked inside the bottle……….

One dark, stormy night the moon was full. 31st of October the pumpkins lit brightly by the oak tree. Children came to the mansion for sweets. Fang the bat was scared by all the thunder and lightning. Fang was terrified, Fang was so frightened he flew as fast as he could back home. Then he got struck by lightning and flew into a whirlwind. He could not fly any further so he did not get home. Two nice children who lived in the mansion took Fang to the vet. Two days later Fang flew home with his Mum and Dad. Annabel Gouriet Year 4

There was a soggy green piece of paper inside. I took it out, and there was writing on it. I read it to myself. It said, “Help me, I have been left here.” I could barely read the rest of the writing, it was terrible! “This is going to be a real adventure!” I whispered to myself. I thought for a minute, “Who could have sent this?” There was no signature at the bottom. “What have I got myself into!” Bea Knight Year 3

The Bliss Of Solitude The hands grabbing my shirt, Dragging me down. The stress of company, a headache. Making me fight my own will The trauma and tension of it all.

GEORGE KEY YEAR 8

Oh what it would be for a perfect world, An island of seclusion, perfect. With the sand and sea and sky. A lonely seagull flaps overhead, Searching also for solitude. A utopia, the mightiest thing of all. A ship passes by, a passage to home, But I ignore it. A single tree laden with delicious food A haven of pleasure. No pushing and shoving or worry. A place that exists only to me. Harry Kendell Year 6

Sunday 8th December 1917 Dear Diary My company moved away from the French front line to the British back up dugouts. Two of our newest soldiers were blown to bits by Boche mines in the middle of the day. This really gets to me how easily men die and no one bats an eyelid. I just hope I won’t be like those two. I can’t imagine how my mother would cope. I felt sorry for Hardy when I lost it, in a little argument when he got pineapple chunks instead of apricots. Shows what a state I am in. I sometimes become weary about how I will ever return back home. Last week it came to me. I could not stand more than an hour without being doped with whisky. I often hear the other soldiers making jokes about my drinking. I am tired and ashamed of myself. I dream to end the war, have time to myself, get fit and return back to Madge and father. Patrick de Barros Year 7

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Bonfire Night Seeing the dark sky splattered with gold and silver drops and catherine wheels spinning like rainbows. Hearing excited children in their stripy hats shouting as bangers are set off. Tasting sweet toffee apples, spicy sausages and fluffy candy floss. Smelling burning Guy Fawkes as smoke billows from his clothes. Feeling the cold crisp air against your face and numb toes. Annabelle Martin Year 3

H.R.H Prince Escales Verona Palazzo Verona Dear Prince Escales The state of this town is becoming horrific. This is obviously nothing to do with you, as I have seen you come in lately to sort minor brawls out. But these Montagues and these Capulets should either move out or make peace. I can’t remember when it wasn’t like this. Even my grandfather told me, when he was with us, that both families were fighting all day back then. I will now tell you about all these disturbances. Last week, due to another silly cause, these rioters came and broke one of my windows. This has left me and my family in a despondent mood and has disrupted my business. When will this end? My family moved to Verona before most people here were alive. They thought that this town was exuberant and lively, but that is so far from the truth, it’s extraordinary. These men and some women don’t care about community life, they love nothing better than a mass brawl in the street. Mayhem spreads, nobody can get past while swords and fists are flying. You need to exile them. This cannot go on. But by far the most frustrating matter is going to buy essentials. I find the stalls are broken and the fruit and vegetables are rotten. The bread is soggy with blood and sweat. The fracas is slowly but surely destroying the town. I do not want my children growing up in this mess.

ALEX HAYNES YEAR 3

Roman Villa A Roman villa is for sale in Canterbury and you can buy it if you like. Inside the Roman Villa there is a beautiful room where you chat and eat because the slaves bring you such nice food and entertainers do funny tricks and cart wheels.

Your soldiers have authority, you need to use their power more often, even if your time is being used for something else. The town is more important. This town is going off its vibrant course. Nobody new comes to live here, no matter how many new housing estates you build and put up. Maybe the soldiers can bring the two families together. Yours sincerely Ludovicco Millaros Ludo Millar Year 8

In another room that is the bath house you can relax in refreshing hot water. There are mosaics on the floor and walls. Outside is a beautiful fountain and such nice mosaics on the floor. There is a big tall wall round the house to keep the animals in. Round the waterfall is a sort of pool that you can dip your feet in. Jack Tucker Year 3 JESSICA MATHER YEAR 8

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Sport

1ST XV

Team: H Chamberlain, A Leschallas, J Battishill, L Millar*, R Milne, J Jamieson Black*, G Key*, C Holloway, T Newman, X Slager, T North, G Maxwell, E de Barros, H Grellier (capt)*, G Dingman*, G Elvidge* *denotes colours Results: v The Downs, Wraxall v Clifton v Dean Close v Wycliffe v Beeston Hall v Prior Park v Pinewood v Abberley Hall v The Elms v St Hugh’s v Bromsgrove

Won 15 - 10 Won 15 - 10 Lost 5 - 20 Won 42 - 12 Won 15 - 10 Lost 0 - 36 Won 48 - 0 Won 23 - 10 Won 36 - 10 Won 38 - 5 Drew 12 - 12

Rugby

Home Away Away Away Home Away Home Away Home Home Away

Prior Park Rugby Festival - 3rd Pinewood Rugby Sevens Beaten - Finalists Severnside Rugby Tournament - 4th Mowden Hall Tournament - 3rd

This was one of those seasons which will live long in the memory for all the right reasons. Irrespective of the many successes this team encountered over the course of our three months together what really matters is the positive way all of them approached every practice, and match and the opportunity we had together to enjoy playing rugby. Be it top quality coaching from Bath’s Nick Abendanon, a record participation in five separate rugby tournaments or taking on our traditional opponents these boys never gave less than their best. Being around such characters has been an honour and a privilege and more than I could have hoped for in my final year of coaching at Beaudesert. Hope, as always, was in plentiful supply come the first few training sessions. Would it survive our first examination at the Clifton Rugby Tournament? Absolutely! Rarely have I seen parents applaud their children off a rugger pitch with such passion and pride as I did that opening Sunday of term. This spirit of can-do carried on through to our next fixture, the Prior Park tournament where once again all those present were fortunate to see our boys exceed our wildest expectations of them. A rare victory against The Downs, Wraxall in our first regular fixture gave us our best start to the autumn term for many a year. With everything going so well so early it was somewhat inevitable that we would lose a little momentum. An adequate showing in the Severnside 7s Tournament was followed by an inexplicable loss against a Dean Close team.

Two victories back to back against Wycliffe and Beeston Hall got our season going again. The latter was a truly nail-biting event until George Key took matters into his own hands by breaking from half way, running over their full back and out pacing the defenders for a decisive score ten minutes from the end. It might seem somewhat strange to identify our one heavy defeat at the hands of Prior Park as being a highlight of the season. I was however never so proud of these boys as when standing helpless on the touchline as they were outmuscled and out-played. Never once did they flinch, pass the buck or complain, indeed all of them came off that pitch not only full of admiration for their opponents but equally determined to aspire to play the game as well, if not better, than this formidable team from Cricklade. After the half term break the 1st XV went from strength to strength, indeed this must be one of the most successful periods this or any rugger team at Beaudesert has had for many, many years. Good wins, playing fast, well executed rugby with more than a hint of style, were recorded against Pinewood, Abberley Hall, The Elms and St Hugh’s. It was however the final two fixtures of the term which concluded our time together on something of a high. For the first time ever a Beaudesert team made the final of the Pinewood Sevens in nearly 25 years of trying. Added to that they were actually leading at the

half way stage only to run out of steam and players in the last couple of minutes; all in all a great afternoon. But that was just the curtainraiser for our final match, a visit to Bromsgrove in Birmingham. After only ten minutes the boys were down two tries to nil and facing a heavy defeat at the hands of a very well drilled unit. But the one defining characteristic of this year’s 1st XV was their never-say-die attitude. Time and again they stood up to the Bromsgrove boys, throwing themselves into every engagement with selfless determination and dare I say it, not a little relish. Slowly, very slowly, they clawed their way back into a match which they had little realistic chance of saving. And that is exactly what they did. I for one was left speechless at the end of this titanic struggle, it was quite simply the most glorious end to the best game of prep school rugby I have been lucky enough to be involved in. This was always going to be a good team, all those staff as far back as Year 3 who had seen their character, skill and ambition had earmarked them out as being just that little bit special. Potential is one thing though, realising it quite another. I set out back in September a number of very ambitious goals for these boys. I am delighted to report they far exceeded all of them, and attained some more besides. I could not be more proud of them and all that they achieved. DF

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2ND XV Team: X Slager, M Dear, F Vint, H Mitford-Slade, W Raby-Smith, M Morgan, S Shepherd, O Severn, H Shipsey, H Nadiotis, S Moorsom, L Graves, T Ravano, F Neal, B Sims-Hilditch, H Large, O Shale, T Smith Results: v Tockington v Clifton v The Downs v Dean Close v Wycliffe v St Hugh’s v Prior Park v Bromsgrove v Pinewood v Abberley Hall

Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Won Won Won Won Lost

17 - 28 5 - 18 10 - 20 29 - 0 15 - 24 19 - 10 47 - 31 31 - 17 36 - 10 5 - 43

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3RD XV Team: G Henry, B Dean, G Abingdon, Ca Evans, Co Evans, H Jackson, A Wilson, C Cantley-Wright, J Borkowski, P de Barros, A Falconer, H Woodham, J Drayson, A Howes, C Barnes, D Gibbons, W Weston, F Campbell, T Ravano, M Winfrey, C Ferrigno, O Shale, T Smith, H Large, J Hardwick Results: v Clifton v Dean Close v Wycliffe v Pinewood v Abberley Hall v The Elms 2nds v Bromsgrove 4ths

Lost Won Won Won Won Lost Lost

0 - 42 12 - 5 62 - 0 53 - 0 10 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 20

Away Away Away Away Home Away Away

Prep school rugby is all about the experience, learning the basics of the game and just enjoying it. This is however quite difficult to achieve when you are 12 years old and on the receiving end! The trouble is, Beaudesert rugby players have never been a massive, ‘physical’ presence on the field and it has always taken our boys a few games before realising that ‘dynamite comes in small packages!’ After facing defeat, three matches in a row, confidence was naturally low. But as history has shown, our boys always bounce back.

Why it takes an early battering before the boys actually realise that they can tackle, sidestep, accelerate onto the ball, ruck and maul remains a mystery. Our fourth match against Dean Close demonstrated all of these areas and we ran out comfortable victors. The remainder of the season saw numerous other victories added to this, with the odd defeat. Overall a successful season – thoroughly enjoyed by both the boys and their coach! JLB

Many of these boys could easily step up to 2nd XV level and many did without a moment’s hesitation, and actually shone in those situations. The side was ably led by the consistent Weston and players like Smith, Falconer, de Barros and Cantley-Wright led from the front and caused many problems with the opposition. It was also great to see some players returning to this side after playing last year in this development squad and the likes of Borkowski, Ferrigno and Hardwick played with a lot more confidence and passion, showing the younger members of the team what to do. Congratulations to everyone in this large squad for the way you got stuck into the training sessions and matches. EC

It is always a good season for the 3rds when they win more games than they lose but more importantly, the season was a success when judged by the way the boys played. The last two games, although lost, actually were the best matches to see the boys’ skills which they had developed throughout the term. These were proper games of rugby with good recycled ball and excellent handling by everyone. Hard hitting tackles and elusive running made it a thrill to be part of these matches.

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COLTS A Team: J Beattie, G Gordon Lennox, J Burns, J Jamieson Black, L Pitman, H Hudson, J Muir, T Mayer, C Amati, J Hardwick, T Severn, W Lewis, C Clark, R Fitch Kemp,T Elvin, A Levinson, L Whitcombe.

Results: v The Downs, Wraxall Lost v Clifton Lost v St Hugh’s Won v Dean Close Lost v Wycliffe Lost v Prior Park Won v Pinewood Lost v Abberley Hall Lost v The Elms Won v Hereford Cathedral Drew v Bromsgrove Lost

0 - 48 0 - 29 21 - 19 15 - 17 0 - 14 35 - 0 14 - 19 0 - 21 10 - 7 0 - 0 5 - 14

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The omens did not look good at the start of the season. Bossed around in the tight and run ragged in the loose we were all at sea against The Downs and fared little better against their Bristol neighbours. The fact that we managed to remain competitive for the remainder of the season, beating The Downs in the Severnside tournament along the way, spoke volumes for the boys’ commitment and willingness to improve. The three close-fought games that followed saw our defence noticeably tighter and the pack punching above their weight. A convincing win at Prior Park was pleasing on the eye with fluent handling and a commitment to exploit the space out wide. If losing to Pinewood in the final minute courtesy of an interception try was a bitter pill to swallow, our defence at Abberley Hall was little short of heroic. Conceding just one try in a second half spent camped within our 22 yard line defied belief. Our last match of the season against the much vaunted Bromsgrove epitomised the spirit the side had shown all season long. In an entertaining game we came back from a try down to give the Midlanders a real fright, exerting real pressure in the closing stages. It was a satisfying way to finish a really enjoyable season. All credit to the boys in green. WEHS

The Elms Colts Rugby Festival - Bowl Runners Up Prior Park Rugby Festival - U11 Bowl Runners Up Severnside Colts Sevens at Dean Close - Fourth

COLTS B Team: L Sopher, T Kendell, L Whitcombe, T Elvin, R Haycraft Mee, H Hudson, K Penny, J Gibson, J Birtles, G Levinson, F Jodrell, O Fanshawe, E Kendell, W Cresswell, O Pritchard

Results: v The Downs v Tockington A v Clifton v St Hugh’s v Dean Close v Wycliffe v Prior Park v Pinewood v Abberley Hall

Won Won Won Won Lost Won Won Lost Won

14 - 5 17 - 12 27 - 20 24 - 0 17 - 19 27 - 0 34 - 0 5 - 7 21 - 14

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Severnside Sevens - Won 1 Drew 2 Lost 1

I hope that, if nothing else, the boys will have had the concept of ‘keeping the ball alive’ drummed into them this year! We started off the season playing Sevens, which made them ‘up’ their ball-handling skills instantly and this then paid real dividends as we moved into playing Twelves rugby. It was also wonderful to have some ‘bulk’ in the Pack and what a difference it made for the backs! We were able to out-muscle most of the opposing teams and create strong attacking platforms for our runners to then do real damage. Most importantly, the boys developed a wonderful sense of team spirit, which was all the more remarkable given the mix of boys between the two year groups. Such determination saw them come through from behind on a number of occasions and the only two matches that they lost were by a single conversion each time.

The final game of the season was a particularly thrilling affair and the only difference between the teams was our boys’ dogged defence and willingness to throw themselves at anything moving! Very well done. We bid farewell to our Year 6s and I know that all of the Year 5s are looking forward to stepping up to the Colts A next year. NA

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COLTS C & D

UNDER 9s

Team: B Barnes, E Beattie, J Berry, H Burns, H Catto, J Chappell-Young, B Clark, W Cox, H Delap, H Everest, S Fairer-Smith, F Hellens, M Fortune, G Gent, H Golesworthy, H Kendell, H Knight, F Milne, H Morgan-Grenville, G Ross, J Skelding, T Smith, C Turk, L Wilson, O Pritchard, T Mullen. H Newman, J Strain, O McIntyre, M Verschoyle

Team: H North, C Crabb, A Weston, F Hughes, T Pilsbury, T Ladds, H Gent, S D’Arcy Rice, P Tabor, O Henry, M Haynes, M Lawrence, J Kite, C Carpenter, A Hill, F McConnell, C Leeper, E Nelson, H Bailey, O McGill

Results: C’s v The Downs v Tockington v St Hugh’s v Dean Close v Abberley Hall v The Elms

Won Won Won Lost Lost Lost

25 - 20 6 - 0 12 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 17 10 - 12

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The Elms Colts Rugby Festival - Bowl Runners Up Prior Park Rugby Festival U11 - Bowl Runners Up Severnside Colts Sevens at Dean Close - Fourth D’s v Tockington v Wycliffe

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With a series of very close games Colts C/Ds provided their many supporters with plenty of excitement. Having a pack containing many ‘grizzly old veterans’ from Year 6 enabled the sides to compete well in the set pieces, particularly the all-important scrum. We also had plenty of players who wanted to carry the ball and drive into the opposition. Although we managed to hold onto the ball in those encounters we were not always able to present the ball for the scrum half. Greater continuity might well have changed the result in the close ties. Attempts to solve this problem with more rucking created confusion. Should we pick up the ball or should we drive over? Alas, by the time we had thought about that, the opposition had taken the ball. In the backs we had players who could run with the ball and pass it. So for once we had a season where the wingers were not in danger from hypothermic drowning. As is often the case at this age the default decision is to run and only pass it in difficulty but at least with the backs seeing more of the ball we could fruitfully practise and discuss decision making. We always did our best to tackle the opposition and defend heroically on many occasions; the Abberley match was a case in point. Our defence covered the full spectrum from ‘taking them off at the knees’ to ‘full bear hug and topple backwards’. Our smallest back managed the staggering feat of being penalised for a high tackle on a player a good foot taller than him. The enthusiasm and commitment of the boys in practice enabled us to develop some very useful team ploys including the low front ball at the lineout and the ‘post’ penalty. These certainly confused the opposition on numerous occasions. Well done. MB

Results: A Tockington Wycliffe Clifton St Hugh’s The Downs Pinewood

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15 - 10 25 - 25 15 - 50 0 - 50 5 - 50 5 - 30

St Hugh’s Festival: Ashfold Lost Bilton Grange Lost Prior Park Won

0 - 15 5 - 15 5 - 0

B Tockington A Wycliffe Clifton St Hugh’s The Downs Pinewood St Margaret’s

10 - 15 15 - 20 0 - 50 30 - 10 10 - 45 0 - 30 15 - 35

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Despite the results portrayed above, as a team, there was a great deal of improvement made throughout the season. In a relatively small group there were not many natural rugby players and much time, early season, was spent on teaching the basics of play. There are many facets to playing the game and at this level the boys need to be interchangeable which is not always easy to achieve. None-the-less, enthusiasm was never in question. There were several highlights during the season: Edward Nelson’s lengthy run at St Hugh’s and also that of Magnus Lawrence during the same match. The runs of Johnny Kite and the strength of Fynlay Hughes delighted the spectators on several occasions. The forwards gained in strength as the season went on and their recycling improved but they were often out -muscled by bigger packs and bigger players in general. Tackling was our main weakness and there were matches when this proved to be the difference. This was highlighted at the St Hugh’s Festival where the opposition gave no quarter but technically were no better than us. Big efforts from Tom Pilsbury, Charlie Carpenter and Columba Leeper should be mentioned. Piers Tabor began to show good understanding at scrum half.

UNDER 8s TAG RUGBY This season the boys have been lucky enough to take part in three separate festivals, one of which was hosted by Beaudesert, as well as two separate matches against local rivals, Wycliffe. Every Year 3 boy has played in at least one festival with a consistent A Team being selected for each fixture. The boys had a tremendously successful rugby season with each and every boy seemingly enjoying taking part in practices and matches. They have had an excellent opportunity to compete against other schools and start their competitive sporting careers in the senior school. We have played against at least 15 other schools at various tournaments and matches and the way in which the boys have applied their newly learnt skills in matches has been admirable. I am sure the boys have also appreciated the excellent support provided for them by their parents. I cannot remember a single match where we were the less well-supported team regardless of where the match was taking place. Very well done everybody. It has been an extremely enjoyable season. Keep up the hard work! JM

As a team the boys will benefit next year from having more seasoned players around them and the talent that is undoubtedly there will flourish. GR

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1ST XI

Hockey

Team: V Schofield (capt)*, H Bevan*, A Dunstan*, E Ralph*, R Randall, M Scott- Bowden, G Bathurst, O Muir, A Knowles, J Mather*, M Sweet *denotes colours Results: v Cheltenham Ladies’ v Cheltenham Jnr v St Hugh’s v St John’s v Dean Close v The Downs v The Dragon v Pinewood v Abberley Hall v Clifton v Badminton v Hereford v The Elms

Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Won Drew Won Drew Won Won Lost

0 – 1 0 – 2 2 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 0 5 – 0 2 – 1 2 – 2 6 – 0 0 – 0 4 – 0 6 – 0 0 – 4

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Cheltenham Festival - Won 1, Drew 3, Lost 1 Prior Park Festival - Won 2,Drew 1,Lost 1 IAPS U13 Millfield - 3rd place in pool Severnside U13 Dean Close - 3rd place

This hockey season has been a very exciting one with many close matches. Luckily we have always had the support of the Beaudesert parents spurring us on wherever we are! This season we have had a phenomenal team with lots of talented players. Jessica Mather saved our bacon as goalie on numerous occasions. We had an increasingly strong play out on the wings which included Hattie Bevan, Imogen Sweet and myself. Many goals were scored by Amy Dunstan who had mastered lifting her slap which confused the opposing goalie on many occasions. With three U12s to help us we managed to maintain our reputation from last year as a fearsome opposition. The Year 7s that helped us along the way were Octavia Muir, Georgina Bathurst and Arabella Knowles. We entered the IAPS competition for the first time and we just missed going through to the Nationals by two points. We also competed in the seven-a-side county tournament where we came second. We drew 1-1 against Cheltenham Jnr. This was the only match we had not won all season so we did exceptionally well to draw against them. Our match against Dean Close was an extremely close game. It was 0 – 0 until the last 30 seconds when Georgina scored the winning goal. Venetia Schofield

2ND XI Team: M Jodrell, R Dibben, A Hauger, I St Aubyn, T Chater Davies, H Arkwright, O Carter, S Sopher, L Thomas, E Waller, A-M Bowring, L Maxwell

Results: v Cheltenham Jnr Won v Cheltenham Ladies’ Won v St John’s Won v Dean Close Won v Tockington Won v Pinewood Drew v Abberley Hall Won v Clifton Won v The Elms Drew v Wycliffe Drew

4 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 1 5 - 0 0 - 0 10 - 0 5 - 0 2 - 2 2 - 2

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The 2nd X1 have had an amazing season, being unbeaten in all their matches. The team played 10, won 7 and drew 3. To start the season off we played two very tough matches against Cheltenham Jnr. and Cheltenham Ladies’ College. We won both of them convincingly. Anne-Marie

Bowring played a key part in both these victories, scoring five goals in total. Our closest match was against Dean Close. It was a nail biting match with play up and down the field again and again. In the end I think our win was down to our fitness. Our most convincing win was against Abberley Hall where Rosie Dibben, Lucinda Maxwell, Anne-Marie Bowring and Alex Hauger (who is a back!) and myself all scored two goals each. I think our best match of the season was against Clifton. We pulled together as a team and beat a strong Clifton team 5 – 0. After the match the Clifton umpire went up to Miss Baber and said, “Beaudesert really wanted to win!” Of course we would not have been able to achieve this excellent list of results without the solid defence provided by our backs Tatiana Chater Davies, Sydney Sopher, Hannah Arkwright and Ottilie Carter our goalkeeper. Rosie Dibben was a key mid-fielder not letting any balls past. Thank you, Miss Baber, for some excellent coaching. Marina Jodrell

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4TH/5TH XI

Team: I Constantine, M-J Gardner, K Woodford, H Field, S Phillips, A Strain, G James, M Haycraft Mee, E Reid, C Montgomerie, K Faulkner, I Penny

Team: I Penny, I Pritchard, G Crabb, I Dickson, L Hicks Beach, N Cresswell, C Lamb, B Holloway, S Comery, G Gilder, K Faulkner, J Phelps, O Carter, A Walker.

Results: v Cheltenham Jnr v Cheltenham Ladies’ v St Hugh’s v St John’s v Dean Close v The Oratory 1st v Pinewood v Clifton v Hereford Cathedral v Bromsgrove

Won Drew Lost Won Won Lost Won Won Won Won

1 – 0 2 – 2 3 – 5 7 – 0 1 – 0 1 – 8 3 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 3

Results: v Cheltenham Jnr Won v Cheltenham Ladies’ 4th Won v Cheltenham Jnr Lost v Cheltenham Ladies’ 5th Lost v Dean Close Lost v The Dragon Lost v Clifton Lost

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At the beginning of the term it was clear that we had a very strong group of girls to choose from. The difficult task was to mould a team of girls who in many ways, would have made any other school’s 2nd X1. This could have had two effects on the team, firstly disappointment at not having make the 2nd X1, and therefore underperforming, or secondly added determination to prove that they could perform and make that step up. I am pleased to say that the latter occurred and throughout the term every member of the team showed great character and determination. It is always hard to pick out individuals but Katie was our ‘rock ‘ at the back, repulsing all offensives with Mary-Jane, and the midfield was marshalled imperiously by Hebe and Mimi. To win hockey matches goals are essential; Emily and Iona supplied these in bundles. The improvement of both individual play and team play has been the most gratifying element of this team and I have very much enjoyed being part of its success. I very much hope that the girls enjoyed this term of hockey. Well done. AE

1 – 0 Away 1 – 0 Away 0 – 2 Away 0 – 1 0 – 3 0 – 5 0 – 4

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The girls in Year 7 again stepped up to the mark and learnt quickly the differences of playing senior hockey compared to the game they played last year at U11 level. They have been introduced to practice sessions at Stratford Park, Stroud where they stood in disbelief when they first caught

UNDER 11A Team: R Arkwright, S Dibben, I Jardine, Z Davison, R Sowerbutts, F Priest, S Battishill, H Elvidge, F Channing, H Mather

Results: v St Edward’s v St Hugh’s v Dean Close v Prior Park v The Downs v Pinewood v Abberley Hall v Clifton v Cheltenham Jnr v Wycliffe v The Elms

Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Lost Lost Won Drew Lost

0-1 0-1 3-2 1-0 4-0 3-0 1-3 0-2 1-0 2-2 0-1

Cheltenham Festival - Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 2 Pinewood Festival - Vase Champion Clifton Festival - Won 1, Drew 2, Lost 1 in group stages Severnside Tournment - Won 3, Lost 3 The season started with a ‘warm-up’ tournament at Cheltenham Jnr and straight away the girls demonstrated their determined attitude and battling nature. An excellent win against the hosts was the girls’ first taste of victory, however this was not enough to see us progress to the next round. Two more festivals followed at Pinewood and Clifton respectively. The former of the two

sight of a full size astro.”Do we play on the whole of that pitch? Its huge!” At senior level, the girls are exposed to different formations of hockey, VIIs, IXs and XIs and again the Year 8 girls have helped and encouraged the Year 7s on and off the pitch. Severine Comery joined us at the start of the year, new to the game, and played an important role as our 4th team goalie. Kitty Faulkner started to shine through in mid field and from screaming at every approaching ball at the beginning of the season, Chessie Lamb developed her confidence and block tackle in defence. Issy Dickson and Georgina Crabb worked well together in mid field and Natasha Cresswell looked comfortable as our wandering striker. The girls in Year 8 who have played their final season with us must remember that they have played a good standard of hockey and we hope this will encourage them to continue in their Senior Schools. Year 7 girls, let’s build on the skills and drills next year and as the seniors have done this year help to bring on those in the years below. SW

provided our only silverware of the season with the girls deservedly being crowned ‘Vase Champions’ after an excellent 4-0 win over St Hugh’s in the final, Francesca Priest scoring all four goals. Perhaps our best performance of the season was at Dean Close. We won a thrilling game 3-2 with Suzanna Battishill’s last minute winner giving the girls a deserved victory. This was also to be the catalyst for three more wins.. We were brought back to earth by our strongest opponents. Abberley Hall and Clifton both beat us. Another tournament, this time at Wycliffe, provided more mixed fortunes in terms of results. Three wins and three losses meant we again failed to reach the final stages, Hester Elvidge and Francesca Priest again showing their strong stick skills and being the source of all our goals. Another win over Cheltenham Junior was next and then the girls went back to Wycliffe where an exhilarating 2-2 draw probably did not do the girls justice as a last minute equalizer for the opposition denied Beaudesert another win. The County Tournament, hosted, and eventually won by Dean Close, promised much but again, some sloppy moments cost us a place in the latter stages and we finished fourth out of seven. Although, we finished the season with a defeat, every girl had improved her game and we have all had a thoroughly enjoyable season. Well done, girls! JM/LG

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UNDER 11B Team: N Nicolas, R Hill, E Lowde, S Watts, I Parr, T Lumley, M Fawcett, R Norman, G Wheeler, R Arkwright, C Large, T Godding, E Pitman, A Gilder, F Schrager von Altishofen, A Ramsey, A Binns.

Results: v St Edward’s Lost v St Hugh’s A Lost v St John’s Lost v Dean Close Won v Prior Park Lost v The Downs, Malvern Won v Pinewood B1 Lost v Pinewood B2 Won v Abberley Hall Won v Clifton B1 Lost v Clifton B2 Drew v The Dragon B1 Lost v The Dragon B2 Won v St Margaret’s Won v Cheltenham Jnr B Lost v Cheltenham Jnr B2 Won v Bromsgrove B1 Won v Bromsgrove B2 Won

0 - 3 1 - 3 0 - 1 4 - 0 0 - 1 4 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 1 0 - 1 5 - 5 0 - 2 3 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 2 4 - 0 3 - 2 3 - 2

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The U11 B teams displayed real character throughout the term, making great improvements to their tactical awareness and developing a vital competitive edge as the season progressed. After a brief goal drought at the start of the season, our forwards sprang into action and two 4-0 victories in close succession boosted the squad’s confidence. Special mention

should go to Annabel Gilder and Rosie Norman for their goal tallies. Freddie Schrager von Altishofen, who was unlucky to miss a large part of the season due to injury, also made some excellent attacking runs. In the middle of the pitch, at Centre Half, Amelia Binns and Clodagh Large called on seemingly infinite supplies of energy, intercepting the ball all over the pitch and keeping the wings supplied with increasingly accurate and powerful passes. Georgia Wheeler, Thea Godding, Thea Lumley and Ella Pitman made some surging runs up the wing and impressed with their improving confidence on the ball as the season drew to a close. At the heart of the defence Imogen Parr, Matilda Fawcett, Scarlet Watts and Araminta Ramsey held firm, making strong tackles and holding up breaks made by the opposition. No report would be complete without mention of our valiant goal keepers Emily Lowde, Rosie Hill and Nell Nicolas who played an important part in maintaining a very positive goal difference for our ‘B’ teams: 45 goals scored and 14 conceded! The matches against Clifton, though not our best results numerically, perfectly exemplified the two main areas of improvement made by the squad this year. Though one of our teams lost 1-0 the game was close-fought and showed that the girls had a real will to win. The second match, which resulted in a 5-5 draw, displayed a hunger for goals that had been sorely lacking in September! As a group they displayed consistent enthusiasm and motivation. Great work girls, and good luck next season! LG/JM

UNDER 10A Team: A Sopher, L Vint, M D’Arcy Rice, I McLaughlan, K Hauger, O Puckett, C Walker, L Winfrey, K Wright. Results: v St Edward’s Won 4 - 0 Home v St John’s Won 4 - 0 Away v Dean Close Drew 3 - 3 Home v Prior Park Won 2 - 0 Away v Pinewood Won 5 - 2 Home v Abberley Hall Won 11 - 0 Away v The Dragon Won 10 - 7 Away v Cheltenham Jnr Won 7 - 3 Away v Wycliffe Won 2 - 0 Home Badminton Tournament Semi-Finalists Severnside Tournament Winners Wow! What a season! I feel extremely privileged to have worked with such a motivated and determined group of girls. The enthusiasm and unity of this team made them a formidable force, sending terror across the South West Prep Schools Under 10 Hockey circuit. They began the season with a couple of convincing wins against some potentially tough opposition. The game against Dean Close saw the girls face another strong side. The team, determined to continue their run of success, worked exceptionally hard and, in my opinion, showed an incredibly mature sporting attitude when some rather questionable decisions were given against them at crucial goal scoring opportunities during the game. Well done girls – you did Beaudesert proud!

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UNDER 10B

UNDER 10 A CONTINUED The following games allowed the girls to showcase their developing skills, which we were honing during training practices. With the end of the season looming, the team’s ability to move at speed up the pitch, using increasingly adroit stick skills, a mature sense of tactical awareness and some rather tremendous strikes at goal, meant that they entered the Severnside Tournament with an already impressive reputation. The cheerleaders, out in force, sounded the battle cry – today was our day! We won every match we played, winning the tournament conclusively. Who can forget the final game against Clifton! It was by far the most exciting match of the entire season – the girls demonstrated all the skills and set plays we had worked on and rehearsed throughout the season. I was so proud of them. All of the team improved in terms of their perspective and their skill level over the season, but I have a few special mentions. Firstly, Mollie D’Arcy Rice, who, developed an impressive reverse stick dodge which unsettled the most stalwart of defenders. Her ability to hit the ball hard into the goal took a while to come, but once she had finally grasped the skill it became an essential part of our attacking force. Katie Hauger’s speed with the ball and deftness enabled us to drive the ball up from the defence to our quick witted and agile wings, Lara Winfrey, Arabella Sopher and Ottie Puckett. The connection and collaboration between Katie, Mollie and the wings meant that the girls could infiltrate defences with relative ease. In defence, Isabella McLaughlan’s thunderous tackles left some opposition dazed as she calmly manoeuvred the ball out of danger and sent it up the pitch. And finally, in goal, Lucia demonstrated a mature approach, always aware of the game and any potential attacks. It is hard to stay focused when you see the ball so little during the game, but Lucia did not let this faze her and when the ball did make it down into her zone, she made sure she sent the ball away to safety with an almighty kick! However, we had one secret weapon which gave us the edge on many an occasion – our parents! You were truly brilliant and the support you gave us spurred us on enormously. Thank you so much – don’t ever underestimate the power of the formidable Beaudesert supporters! An unbeaten season – just rewards for the girls’ unquenchable desire for training and their rock-solid belief that they would achieve their goal. JH

UNDER 9A Team: W Gravell, T Parr, P Veelenturf, F Elvidge, A Gouriet, T Priest, S Shepherd, K Hughes, C Reid

Results: v Rose Hill Westonbirt Lost 0 - 6 v St John’s Lost 0 - 6 v Prior Park Lost 0 - 1 v The Oratory Won 5 - 2 v Pinewood Won 7 - 5 v Dean Close Lost 2 - 6 v Clifton Won 2 - 0 v Wycliffe Won 3 - 1 v The Downs, Malvern Won 3 - 1 v Cheltenham Jnr Won 6 - 0 v St Margaret’s Won 3 - 2 v Wycliffe Won 2 - 1

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Team: C Garner, T Gibbons, M Grafftey-Smith, I Brodermann, S Graham, L Kuropatwa, I Mitchell, I Dingman, A Dunne, F Evans, G Martin, I Maxwell, M Moorsom, L Vint, K Wright.

Results: v St Edward’s v Dean Close v Dean Close v Tockington v Pinewood v Clifton v Clifton v The Dragon v Cheltenham Jnr v Bromsgrove v The Dragon

Won Won Drew Won Won Won Drew Drew Won Won Won

3 - 0 4 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 2 3 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 5 - 2 6 - 0 2 - 0

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The under 10 B squad had an exciting unbeaten season, making great progress with their stick skills and team play. We played mainly as a B team and on a few occasions as a B and C. At wing, Maddie Moorsom used her speed in attack linking slickly with Georgia Martin to make many great scoring opportunities. Georgia developed a strong, accurate shot, scoring four goals against Bromsgrove and three against Clifton and Dean Close. Charlotte Garner played with real determination in her first season of hockey, scoring a great goal from the wing in her first match. She linked well with Amber Dunne who made steady progress with the accuracy and timing of her passes. At the other end of the pitch Tamara Gibbons made excellent progress as goal keeper. She stayed focused and quick to react, making some difficult saves, and ended the season as goal keeper for the A team. Molly Grafftey-Smith and Kitty Wright were solid in defence, tackling with strength and clearing the ball accurately. Well done to all the B squad for your enthusiasm, concentration and hard work in training and matches. Keep it going next year. TP

It was a disappointing start to the season with the girls struggling in their first two matches due to a lack of confidence and determination. The third match against Prior Park looked more promising with Prior Park only scoring the winning goal in the closing stages. At the end of October the girls started gelling as a team and after a very long journey to the Oratory, the A team had their first taste of victory! They continued to improve and played some impressive hockey which resulted in further wins, their only loss being against Dean Close with two key players missing and another member of the team getting injured in the early stages of the game. A special mention must go to Tamsin, Tati and Felicity for their attacking skills; they always worked really well together which resulted in many goals. Credit has to go to Katinka for her amazing defending skills which stopped lots of attacking players in their Team: I Channing, R Fawcett, tracks, and also to Catharine for her very capable D Schrager von Altishofen, P Stopford, goalkeeping. R Abingdon, L Dunne, R Smith, J Snell, E Beattie, SF/GB L Burns, X Jardine, D Mitford-Slade, A Mullen

UNDER 9B

Results: v Prior Park v The Oratory v Pinewood v Clifton v St Margaret’s

Lost Won Won Drew Lost

0 – 3 11 – 1 3 – 1 2 – 2 1 – 3

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The B team has had an enjoyable season with the girls sharing matches and everyone gradually improving throughout the term. The highlight of the season was the impressive victory away at The Oratory. A special mention must go to Daphne Schrager von Altishofen for her enthusiasm and determination. She really is an inspiration to everyone. SF/GB

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1ST XI Team: L Millar (capt)*, H Grellier (gk)*, M Morgan, H Shipsey*, G Dingman, J Jamieson Black*, T Newman, A Leschallas, T Ravano, G Key*, E de Barros, L Graves *denotes colours

Results: v Pinewood Lost 1 - 3 v Wycliffe Won 3 - 2 v Clifton Won 2 - 1 v St John’s Lost 2 - 4 v The Elms Won 1 - 0 v Tockington Lost 3 - 5 Wycliffe 6-a-side Tournament Drew in semi-final - Lost on penalty shoot out

Soccer

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The short football season was made even shorter by the fact that snowy and icy conditions meant that our first two games against Abberley Hall and St Hugh’s were cancelled. When we did get underway, the lack of decent practice time showed as we were noticeably short of match practice and went down 3-1 to a strong Pinewood side. We bounced back in the best way possible with a fantastic 3-2 win over local rivals, Wycliffe. Ludo Millar played superbly, scoring a brace of goals in the process. He was ably supported in midfield by Jamie, Archie and Tommaso, all of who showed brilliant energy levels. The headlines went to Toby. He leapt like a salmon at the back post in the dying seconds to give Beaudesert a muchdeserved first victory. Clifton and Tockington were next with the 1st and 2nd XIs mixing for the respective fixtures. The match against Tockington finished in a 5-3 defeat. However, it should be mentioned that we were 5-0 down at one stage and showed

fantastic spirit to scrap our way back into the game. The Clifton game saw Beaudesert end as 2-1 winners with two spectacular left-foot strikes from Archie and George Key. Next up were St John’s. We lost this one 4-2 but showed great character and spirit to stay within touching distance against a physical and talented side. Toby and George Key managed to grab another goal apiece as well. We finished the 11-a-side season on a winning note with victory against The Elms. Jamie tapped in an excellent George Key corner to settle a very even game. We had to wait a whole half term for the official conclusion to our footballing year, which culminated with the Wycliffe 6-a-side tournament. Having comfortably won our group, we were drawn

2ND XI Team: C Holloway, M Dear, P de Barros, E de Barros, G Elvidge, H Chamberlain, F Vint, T Smith, J Borkowski, H Nadiotis, J Battishill, F Neal, L Graves, O Severn, T North, W Weston

Results: v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Tockington v The Elms

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4 - 0 1 - 3 2 - 7 1 - 2

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I have to admit to feelings of some frustration when it comes to looking back over this season. It never helps when the weather plays the dominant role in deciding where our starting point was going to be. The coldest and longest winter for some time ensured our first two fixtures were cancelled and as for training sessions, fresh air and a couple of snowball fights were about the best we could manage. The thaw therefore came as something of a blessed relief and one and all could get down to some serious soccer. Pinewood

against Tockington in the semi-finals. A dominant performance saw us 1-0 up with seconds remaining, but a fluke long range effort from Tockington saw the match end in sudden death penalties. The exemplary Ludo was the unfortunate one on this occasion and saw his penalty saved to seal our fate. This was a real shame as he has lead the team with great flair and set a fantastic example to the rest of the school. Colours were awarded to Ludo, Jamie, Harley, Hugo and George Key at the end of the season. These boys in particular showed a great deal of commitment, determination and set a great example to the rest of the school as to how the game should be played. JM

were comprehensively put to the sword in our opening match. It was something of a disappointment then that this was to be the highlight of our term; it certainly raised a false set of expectations as far as this coach was concerned. Despite various changes in terms of personnel and tactics this team never quite achieved what I had hoped it would. A long and unbroken run of defeats was of course disappointing but it was the lack of fight about our performances that troubled me more. A bit like England’s rather listless World Cup campaign, this group of players seemed to lose heart and direction a little too easily and like Mr Capello this coach was found rather wanting when it came to providing that missing ingredient called belief into his squad. No matter, the boys certainly enjoyed their soccer and hopefully learnt some valuable lessons about the beautiful game and more importantly about themselves. It is all too easy sometimes to sit back and let other people make the difficult decisions or take the blame; it would be good to think that these players have taken on board that particular failing and will be better able next time it comes around to do something more positive about it. DF

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3RD XI Team: B Sims-Hilditch, B Dean, S Moorsom, H Chamberlain, C Holloway, M Dear, H Large, S Shepherd, S Nicolas, A Wilson, G Maxwell, O Shale, A Falconer, J Drayson, C Cantley-Wright, A Howes, H Woodham

Results: v Prior Park v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Clifton v The Elms

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0 - 3 0 - 0 5 - 2 0 - 5 1 – 1

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COLTS A Team: G Gordon Lennox, L Pitman, J Burns, R Fitch Kemp, Jo Jamieson Black, J Beattie, W Lewis, C Amati, H Hudson, A Levinson, C Clark, T Severn

Results: v Tockington Won v Wycliffe Drew v Prior Park Lost v Wycliffe Won v Tockington Drew v St John’s Drew v Hatherop Won Wycliffe 6-a-side tournament v Hereford Cathedral Lost v St John’s Drew v Tockington Won v Hatherop Won v Wycliffe Drew

2 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 4 2 – 1 0 – 0 1 – 1 2 – 0

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0 – 1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1

COLTS B,C&D Team: W Cresswell, H Catto, J Hardwick, H Burns, H Kendell, L Whitcombe, G Drayson, B Clark, E Kendell, T Kendell, G Ross, E Beattie, T Mullen, O McIntyre, J Chappell-Young, W Cox, H Knight, J Birtles

Results: v Tockington B v Wycliffe B v Prior Park B v Wycliffe B v Tockington B v St John’s B v Wycliffe C v Tockington C v Tockington D

Won Won Won Lost Won Drew Won Won Won

2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 5 5 – 0 0 – 0 4 – 3 2 – 0 3 – 2

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The weather and an errant fuel filter combined to make a short season shorter still. Our first outing, a triangular tournament against Prior Park and Pinewood, was played in the wake of heavy snowfall. With the long awaited thaw came a flood of goals against Wycliffe. Ollie Shale had a field day. He scored all five of our goals with some sublime touches. Hopes of him repeating the trick at St John’s were dashed by mechanical failure. As kick off time began we were still on the hard shoulder of the M5 awaiting the arrival of a very, very nice man. Our pride dented a little following a heavy defeat against Clifton, we came close to winning our final match against The Elms; this in spite of the fact that they fielded 12 players for most of the opening half. (Full marks to Brett Dean for alerting the referee to this discrepancy!) Yet another goal from that boy Shale secured us a share of the spoils on a decidedly chilly afternoon. WEHS Versatility was the name of the game for this season. Snow and ice played havoc with the fixture list and restricted training opportunities. The team played with a sweeper system which provided us with a strong defence: if you could avoid Ralph’s flying tackles then Jack Burns came sweeping in behind him. Jack Beattie and Henry our full-backs were equally competitive. Most teams settled for long shots which were admirably dealt with by our goalkeeper Geordie. The highlight of this defensive strategy was the St John’s match when the visitors laid siege to our goal in the 2nd half but to little avail. In midfield we concentrated on moving the ball wide so that Charlie or Gus could either pull the ball back so that Jono or Luke could try for a long shot, or hit the ball along the edge of the six yard box for Cosimo or Will to run onto it. There is a big step up in physical presence from U10 to Colts. Our forwards and midfield took time to adjust to the fact that they were very likely to be ‘eased off’ the ball if they hung around with it too long or over-dribbled. Tom, when he played, certainly tried to redress the balance with some eye watering ‘man and ball’ tackles. The team practised hard, tried to play the game as they had been coached and improved throughout the season. A coach could not ask for more. MB

4TH XI Team: H Large, G Abingdon, M Winfrey, H Mitford-Slade, X Slager, G Henry, C Cantley-Wright, A Howes, H Woodham, D Gibbons, H Jackson, C Barnes, J Hardwick, F Campbell

Results: v Prior Park v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Clifton

Lost Drew Lost Lost

1 – 2 1 – 1 2 – 4 0 – 9

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Although the raw results could be seen to tell a rather dire tale, the statistics do not tell of the spirit with which the beautiful game was played. In practices and in fixtures, there was an easy sense of enjoyment in all that the squad did. With the exception of the drubbing meted out by Clifton, the other fixtures were entertainingly close – a draw or even victory snatched away by a moment’s inattention. With the experience of this season now tucked into their belts, the squad, many of whom will be returning next year, will be able to build on and improve their positional skills and tactical awareness. So, despite the pall that may appear to hang heavily over this year’s results, the future is bright… RT

The spring term started with incredible weather conditions, with up to eight inches of snow and a biting northerly wind making for very interesting training sessions. However this did not dampen the boys’ spirits, and both ball skills and snowmen building skills improved considerably in the first week. As the results suggest, it has been a very successful soccer term with great results for all the Colts sides. The team spirit has been excellent and the ‘never say die’ attitude has been the most pleasing attribute from this group of boys. If I had to pick out a season highlight, the performance against St John’s was a tremendous game, with chances at both ends. In the final seconds we were very unlucky not to score the winning goal when Jack Birtles hit the crossbar: by far the most entertaining nil nil draw I have ever seen. It is always hard to pick out individual performances as a team game is very much about every individual contributing to a team effort, but Joe Hardwick worked tirelessly at the heart of our defence and Louis Whitcombe was the ‘little’ general in our midfield controlling the game with great defensive and attacking play, and enabling Thomas Kendell to get on the score sheet most games. I have enjoyed my first soccer season at Beaudesert and have got to know the boys a lot better during this time and it is all credit to them that we had a very successful term. Well done. AE

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UNDER 10A&B A Team: K Penny, J Strain, J Skelding, J Muir, F Milne, T Elvin, R Haycraft Mee, L Wilson

v v v v v v v

Prior Park St Hugh’s Wycliffe St John’s Berkhampstead Pinewood Hatherop

Won Lost Drew Drew Lost Won Won

2 – 1 Home 1 – 2 Away 5 – 5 Home 2 – 2 Home 0 - 6 Home 3 - 2 Away 3 – 0 Home

This was all in all, a very successful season for the U10 As, who were a naturally athletic group of boys that possessed all of balance, fitness and a keen sense of how the game should be played. As usual, the Beaudesert boys were always physically smaller than pretty much every opposition faced, however, they soon overcame this through some sharp passing and control supported by an excellent finish. No single individual could really be praised for the success of the team, this was rather a collective effort that included some excellent defensive play from Joss, Felix and Tom, superb goal keeping by Ras, speed and control in the middle of the field by James, Jago and Louis and very strong attacking play both in the centre midfield and up front by Kit. This group of boys have certainly gained much confidence over the course of the season and I wish them well in the Colts next year. JB

B Team: J Gibson, S Fairer-Smith, L Sopher, T Mayer, M Fortune, F Jodrell, B Barnes

v v v v

St Hugh’s Wycliffe St John’s Berkhampstead

Lost Lost Lost Lost

0 – 2 0 – 1 1 – 2 0 – 1

Away Home Home Away

On paper, this was clearly a season to forget - but as far as the progress made by each and every individual boy out on that games field, it is a season that I would remember for a very long time! Our boys ran out onto that cold, windy and damp pitch time after time and gave nothing less than their very best efforts, showing marked improvement in balance, fitness and the basic understanding of the game. Near the end of the season they were a tightly knitted unit, able to spread the ball wide and bring it back into the opposition box on attack - only lacking that crucial finish. The boys all learnt a lot and will no doubt return at Colts level next season wiser and stronger footballers. Well done! JB

UNDER 10C&D C Team: H Newman, M Scheuner, T Smith, H Delap, O Pritchard. M Verschoyle, H Neely

Results: v Clifton v Wycliffe v Berkhampstead v Clifton

Lost Won Lost Lost

0 – 5 3 – 0 0 – 3 0 – 3

Home Away Home Away

D Team: H Golesworthy, K Fairgrieve Pick, H Everest, H Morgan-Grenville, F Hellens, J Berry, C Turk

Results: v Clifton v Wycliffe v Berkhampstead v Clifton

Lost Won Lost Drew

0 – 4 2 – 0 0 – 3 1 – 1

Home Away Home Away

This was certainly a season that is not necessarily worth shouting about but I feel that many positives can be taken away, namely the progress that the boys made and hopefully the enjoyment that they got out of playing matches against sometimes stronger opponents. Over the course of this very short season due to climatic factors the boys were successful in developing their understanding of the game and worked hard on some of their skill levels. The results don’t show much improvement but looking at how we fared against Clifton at the start of the season and then the result at the end, progress can be seen. It might be quite small but there was a dramatic change in their game play which clearly demonstrates technical ability. Soccer might not be this group’s most favourite sport, or one that shows their sporting prowess, but to give them their due, they all got stuck into the practice sessions and loved playing against other schools. So, really, who cares about the results? The boys have forgotten them. The main thing was that their enthusiastic attitude helped to improve their skill levels so they were able to play this game at a competent level. Well done for all your efforts. EC

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UNDER 9s A Team: H North, T Pilsbury, P Tabor, S D’Arcy Rice, M Haynes, J Kite, C Carpenter, C Leeper, H Bailey

Results: v Tockington Won 5 – 1 v St John’s Lost 3 – 6 v St Hugh’s Lost 2 – 5 v Pinewood Drew 2 – 2 v Wycliffe Won 3 – 0 v The Downs, Wraxall Lost 1 – 5 v Clifton 1 Lost 1 – 2 v Clifton 2 Won 3 – 0 Hatherop Festival: Played – 6 Won – 4 Lost – 2 Tockington Festival: Played – 3 Won – 1 Drew – 1 Lost – 1

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B Team: C Crabb, A Weston, F Hughes, E Norman, H Gent, O Henry, M Lawrence, F McConnell, E Nelson, O McGill

Results: v Tockington Won 3 – 0 v St John’s Lost 0 – 1 v St Hugh’s Lost 1 – 5 v Pinewood Lost 1 – 10 v Pinewood C Lost 1 – 2 v Wycliffe Won 4 – 1 v The Downs,Wraxall Lost 0 – 3 v Clifton 3 Won 2 – 0 v Clifton 4 Won 1 – 0 Tockington Festival: Played – 3 Won – 1 Drew – 1 Lost – 1

Away Away Away Home Home Away Home Home Home

Unlike the rugby season we were more at home on the soccer pitch. There were lots of positives to come out of the season with a greater win to loss ratio and a real desire to improve and progress. Although the results fluctuated somewhat, we competed well against some very strong teams and at times the score line did not reflect the effort and competence of our play. A slow start at St John’s saw us come back from 0 – 5 down at half time to eventually lose 3 – 6. At St Hugh’s we were denied several goal scoring opportunities by a superb goalie in a match that could have gone either way! As can be seen by the score lines we did not lack the ability to score and the efforts of Tom Pilsbury up front, Johnny Kite in central midfield and Columba Leeper as sweeper cannot be praised enough. The fast improving Piers Tabor, the steadfastness of Henry North and awareness of Max Haynes contributed to some exciting games. A special mention goes to Charlie Carpenter who improved fantastically during the season to secure his place in the A team and who made some great saves in both the end of term festivals. The B team fared well and when focused they also played some good soccer. They struggled when out of their depth but excelled at the right level, a lesson to learn when it comes to enjoying sport. The sight of Charlie Crabb with the ball glued to his feet taking on the Clifton midfield and looking up in a Beckhamesque manner before releasing the ball will stick with me a long time. Seb D’Arcy Rice worked hard to earn a place for the A team during the latter part of the season. There were also fine performances on their day from Harry Gent , Edward Nelson and Edward Norman (utility), Magnus Lawrence and Finbar McConnell (midfield) and Alfie Weston (defence). The season ended satisfactorily at Tockington where the team played well and came away having broken even. GR

UNDER 8s Fixtures: v Pinewood - ABCD teams Home v Pinewood - ABCD teams Away v The Downs, Wraxall - ABCD teams Home v Wycliffe - AB teams Home Beaudesert Festival - ABCD teams As usual, the Year 3 boys have been excellent this term and have shown a great deal of commitment and enthusiasm towards their soccer. The boys have been lucky enough to have up to three games sessions a week where we have focused on general skills, technique and match play in an attempt to ensure the boys all enjoy themselves. The boys have again enjoyed a fantastic amount of fixtures, all having been involved in at least one tournament and three individual school games. This has meant all the boys have been given opportunities to experience a competitive atmosphere as well as interact with boys from other schools and showcase the skills they have gained during games lessons. Four teams were fielded for the two fixtures against Pinewood (one home and one away) as well as the home match against The Downs, Wraxall. Every boy was also playing in the Beaudesert Festival to an excellent level, enjoying themselves and achieving a great deal of success. The A and B team were lucky enough to have one additional fixture against Wycliffe, with both teams being victorious in closely fought games. Excellent progress has been made throughout the year group and I hope they all continue to enjoy their football next year. Well done! JM

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UNDER 13A Team: R Randall* (capt), H Bevan*, R Dibben, A Dunstan*, A Hauger, J Mather, L Maxwell, E Ralph*, V Schofield* *denotes colours

Results: v Dean Close Drew 9 - 9 Home v Bromsgrove Lost 11 - 14 Home v Clifton Won 21 - 10 Away v The Downs, Malvern Won 15 - 6 Home v The Elms Lost 8 - 12 Home v St Hugh’s Lost 6 - 9 Away v Ashfold Won 10 - 6 Away v Pinewood Won 26 - 15 Home v Wycliffe Lost 10 - 11 Home v The Dragon Lost 17 - 20 Away v Cheltenham Jnr Won 19 - 18 Away IAPS Regional Tournament - Playoff winners IAPS National Tournament - 7th in group Severnside Tournament - 3rd

I think everyone can clearly see from the scores above how competitive netball in the area has become. Wins were hard fought and losses were within our grasp. Our first match against Dean Close was a good indication of how the rest of the season would pan out - very even. To lose against Bromsgrove was disappointing . We went down to Clifton with a point to prove. Everything finally began to come together. Centre passes from Amy became quick and decisive and Emma’s agility was amazing. Clifton struggled to get the ball past Rebecca and Jess in defence which meant we walked off court with a decisive win. A triangular fixture at St Hugh’s with Ashfold was another match where we went out the stronger side but St Hugh’s put on a much better performance in the second third, taking the lead as we went into the final part of the match. In the next ten minutes only one goal for each side was scored, proving how hard everyone defended. A decisive win against Pinewood quickly followed by a loss against Wycliffe meant we went to

UNDER 13B Team: A Hauger, M Jodrell, R Dibben, I Sweet, I Dickson, I St Aubyn, G Crabb, M Scott-Bowden, K Woodford, T Chater Davies

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Results: v Dean Close Won 10 - 9 v The Downs, Wraxall Won 3 - 0 v Bromsgrove Lost 2 - 4 v Clifton Drew 13 - 13 v The Downs, Malvern Won 8 - 2 v The Elms Lost 5 - 7 v St Hugh’s Won 11 - 0 v Pinewood Won 17 - 4 v Wycliffe Lost 9 - 15 v The Dragon Lost 9 - 12 v Cheltenham Jnr Won 9 - 4 Severnside Tournament - Won 1 Lost 4

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the IAPS regional tournament not really having an idea of how we would get on (I’ll correct myself there; I didn’t have a clue, the girls knew they just had to win!). As the tournament was so well run it meant we had plenty of time in between matches to take on board high energy foods like pasta and bananas.....or sweets and more sweets....(too many sweets, maybe, Alex!) At the end of the round robin we finished 2nd which meant we went into the playoffs against Dean Close and played a phenomenal match to win. This meant one more match would take us to the finals. The girls had the match of their lives against an incredibly tough opposition. The determination this team showed was brilliant and for the first time in Beaudesert’s history we were off to the National Finals in Brighton. Making sure Alex had only one bag of sweets, we set off for Brighton. A restful night in the Travelodge and arriving at Roedean early gave us a chance to take in the surroundings and get used to the courts. Winning our first match This was without a doubt the most talented and well-prepared U13 B side in many, many years and they played some wonderfully enjoyable matches. As a unit they aspired to play the game in traditional Beaudesert style, in other words at about a thousand miles an hour. After cancellations due to snow our first match was a thriller against Dean Close which we won by a single goal, with Mimi and Marina playing notably well. In the triangular against The Downs, Wraxall and Bromsgrove we beat The Downs then played well against a very skilled Bromsgrove team but couldn’t put the ball in the hoop. A highlight of the term for me was the draw at Clifton. Another triangular saw us beat Malvern before losing to The Elms having thrown away a halftime lead which was unfortunate. Two good wins followed against St Hugh’s and Pinewood, both schools with proud netball traditions. Our defensive pairing of Alex and Georgina was looking more and more secure, and we were able to give games to several new players,

gave us a real boost but it was short lived. The following few matches meant our skill level had to improve quickly and we had to be sharp. With Venetia and Hattie in the circle scoring was brilliant and they remained very calm and composed under great pressure. Our centre court players, Lucinda, Amy, Emma and Alex, moved the ball around quickly much to our opposition’s despair. Our final few matches saw Jess have the best game of the tournament. She never left her opposite player and really put pressure on her to work hard. We finished 7th in our group which, compared with the normal tournaments we play in, sounds a bit disappointing. But this was the National Finals. The matches played were all close and of a standard we only see once or twice a season. As a team the girls demonstrated their capabilities and hopefully the capabilities of the year groups coming up through the school. Congratulations on a great season, girls! LS two of whom, Katie and Matilda, would become key players as the term progressed. We lost to a skilled Wycliffe side in an exciting and close game at home before venturing to The Dragon missing several players. The girls played brilliantly against a slick, tall set of players and lost only narrowly. Katie and Tati made the most of their shooting chances and showed excellent movement off the ball. Issy Dickson was a revelation at goal defence, taking rebounds and making interceptions. We won three quarters of the match, but sadly lost the second 1 – 8 which rather set us back! At the Severnside we had a bad day at the office and really missed Alex’s calming influence, winning only one game, sadly. Honour was restored by winning the final match of the season at Cheltenham where all the girls played out of their skins . It has been a great benefit to the A team to have such a good team to play against in games sessions. Well played, everyone! KDB

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UNDER 12A Team: O Muir, G Bathurst, S Sopher, G James, A-M Bowring, O Carter, A Knowles, S Phillips, L Thomas

UNDER 13C Team: T Chater Davies, L Faber-Johnson, L Hicks Beach, I Penny, I Pritchard, C Lamb, K Faulkner, N Cresswell, H Arkwright

Results: v Dean Close v Clifton v Wycliffe v The Dragon

Won Won Won Lost

12 - 7 8 - 5 8 - 7 5 - 12

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This year the U13 C netball team had a great start to the season. Despite the cold , wind and rain the squad won their first match against Dean Close 12 - 7 . The next match was played at Clifton. It was a close game but Beaudesert came out on top again with an 8 - 5 win. The girls celebrated a third win against Wycliffe by the odd goal in a 15 goal thriller. The only loss of the season was our last game against The Dragon. The girls remained positive and happy with their efforts throughout the netball season. Well done to all girls who participated in the team. The season was successful, the team was pleasant to coach and I was pleased to see everyone train hard during practices, and play with such confidence and sportsmanship during matches. SK

Results: v Dean Close Won 20 - 8 Home v Bromsgrove Lost 9 - 13 Home v Clifton Lost 6 - 13 Away v St Hugh’s Won 5 - 4 Home v Pinewood Won 9 - 6 Away v Wycliffe Won 19 - 8 Away v The Dragon Lost 12 - 17 Away v Cheltenham Jnr Won 23 - 2 Away Monkton Super 7s - reached the semi final St Hugh’s Tournament - reached the semi final IAPS Tournament - won 3, lost 4 Severnside Tournament - third

The season got off to a good start after attending the ‘Super-7’ coaching session followed by a tournament at Monkton Combe, where the girls learnt a lot and went on to reach the semi-finals, eventually losing to the winners Pinewood. The hospitality was fantastic and the girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Dean Close was our first fixture of the term and the girls were exceptional. Dean Close could not cope with the fast pace at which we played and we ran out 20-8 victors. Shooters Octavia Muir and Genevieve James displayed growing confidence and maturity, shooting accurately from all areas of the shooting circle. We went on to play Bromsgrove and Clifton, which proved very tough opposition. We put up a good fight but due to Clifton having a very tall team it was very difficult to retain possession and

UNDER 12B/C Team: M-J Gardner, S Phillips, A Walker, H Field, E Waller, B Holloway, A Strain, M Haycraft Mee, C Montgomerie, G Gilder, G Sykes, J Phelps, S Comery

Results: v Dean Close Won v Bromsgrove Lost v Clifton B Lost v Clifton C Lost v The Downs, Malvern B Lost v Clifton B Drew v Clifton C Drew v Wycliffe Won v The Dragon B Lost v The Dragon C Lost v Cheltenham Jnr Won

9 - 1 4 - 18 7 - 11 6 - 12 5 - 7 8 - 8 4 - 4 16 - 2 12 - 17 2 - 7 14 - 6

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The start of term was quite extraordinary with the girls not actually being able to see the netball courts for the first ten days, let alone play on them. Snow, snow and more snow!!! Once the sun broke through and the snowmen had melted our netball season got under way. All the girls

we lost 6-13. Against a very physical Bromsgrove we lost 9-13 but worked tirelessly in attack and defence. Lydia Thomas was exemplary in her determination and she worked exceptionally hard and left the court with a few bumps and bruises. At the St Hugh’s tournament the girls put on a fantastic display, with fine performances from Stephanie Phillips, Sydney Sopher, and Octavia Muir. The girls got through to the final of the tournament but were eventually beaten. The girls battled through all weather conditions and I was exceptionally proud of their attitude on and off the court. The girls also received the tournament’s ‘Fair Play’ award for their fantastic enthusiasm, attitude and general character. The IAPS tournament, which was hosted by Stonar School, presented a great challenge for the team with seven matches to play against very tough opposition. It was a true team effort throughout the day and all of the girls battled valiantly, especially Anne-Marie and Sydney who defended as if their lives depended on it. The day’s results read three wins and four losses. Our final match of the season was at Cheltenham Junior. Our movement around the court, timing of runs and precision passing gave the hosts little chance of possession or indeed territory. It provided an opportunity to play the whole squad and real progression from the beginning of the season was clear for all to see. Special mention must go to Octavia Muir who played with real flair, executing superb shooting skills throughout the season. Octavia was also a fantastic captain who always led by example on and off the court. Sydney Sopher typified the team’s ethos with quality defensive attributes, never giving up, no matter what the score. Well done! GB

took part in either B or C team matches. On three occasions we were able to arrange matches for the whole year group to be out on the same day, quite a feat! This squad has been enthusiastic and a delight all year. So many willingly tried different positions and encouraged their peers on court. We were never short of shooters with Elsa Waller, Amy Strain, Georgia Sykes, Bea Holloway, Clemmie Montgomerie and Mimi Haycraft Mee ready to take up the challenge of playing GS or GA. On the opposite side of the court Amelia Walker learnt to use her height to intercept well in defence and was a pillar of strength to Mary-Jane Gardner, who was probably the squad player of the season. Determined and full of intelligent play, Mary-Jane was invaluable as Goal Keeper and against Cheltenham Junior also showed us her shooting ability! Towards the end of the season it was obvious that all the girls had developed their game and were playing to a higher standard, incorporating new set play. There is however one part of the equation we cannot influence and that is the height of the opposition! However, Elsa Waller, Hebe Field and Jessica Phelps in particular used their speed to find space and get around their markers. We say goodbye to another term of netball and look forward to welcoming a warm summer of rounders! SW

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UNDER 11A Team: H Mather, F Priest, H Elvidge, Z Davison, R Arkwright, F Channing, S Battishill, I Jardine, C Large, S Dibben.

Results: v Dean Close Lost 7 – 15 Home v The Dragon Lost 6 – 13 Away v The Downs, Wraxall Lost 2 – 6 Home v Clifton Lost 5 – 12 Home v St Edward’s Drew 4 – 4 Away v St Hugh’s Won 7 – 4 Away v Ashfold Won 4 – 2 Away v Pinewood Won 8 – 6 Away v Wycliffe Lost 5 – 16 Away v Prior Park Lost 3 – 18 Home Severnside Tournament - 5th position Prior Park Tournament - Won group, Lost in semi final to Pinewood (8 – 9)

Determination, resilience and fortitude are just a few words that sum up this team. The girls faced some extremely tough (and at times very tall!) opposition, which was compounded by some of the coldest weather conditions we have witnessed during the Netball season for some time. These pressures combined made the first half of the season very challenging. If it were not for the positive outlook and willpower of these girls, this could have ruined the morale of the group. The team as a whole developed hugely during this season in terms of skills and team work. However, it is their attitude that has been most impressive. They listened intently to coaching advice and took on board new tactical ideas, which made them a pleasure to work with. It was this diligent and focused approach which enabled all of the girls in this team to progress to such a great extent over the season. The second half of the team, therefore, allowed the girls to reap the rewards of their hard work. Although, they encountered some exceptionally strong sides, they held their own and ended the season on a real high – narrowly missing out on a place in the Prior Park Tournament final by one goal. This tournament allowed the girls to

UNDER 11C Team: R Hill, M Fawcett, N Nicolas, S Watts, R Norman, F Morrissey, E Lowde, T Lumley, G Wheeler

Results: v The Dragon v Clifton v St Hugh’s B v Ashfold B v Pinewood v Cheltenham Jnr

Won Won Lost Lost Won Won

7 - 4 9 - 1 1 - 6 2 - 8 5 - 1 14 - 3

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The Under 11C team had a fantastic season, demonstrating an impressive work ethic, winning all of the matches they played against C team

demonstrate how much they had improved, by beating Prior Park rather convincingly – a team who had beaten us earlier in the season. Well done girls! As I have already commented, all the girls made excellent progress, but there are a few who deserve a special mention here. Zoe Davison’s deftness and agility makes her a very promising Netball player. She is able to read game play extremely well and this made her a fantastic Centre for the team, working with both the defence and attack to keep the game fluid. Our two wings, Florence Channing (Wing Defence) and Hester Elvidge (Wing Attack), blossomed during the season – Hester’s timing became much more intelligent, making her harder to defend against, whilst Florence’s ability to receive and send the ball on the move made her a dynamic and exciting player to watch. The shooters, Francesca Priest (Goal Attack) and Hannah Mather (Goal Shooter) learnt to work together as a unit and as their confidence grew over the season, they proved themselves to be capable of some remarkable shots on goal – causing the odd gasp from the spectators! Our defenders had some particularly tricky attackers to play against and I am certain their fitness levels increased dramatically over the term with the sheer miles they must have run during some of the toughest games! Nevertheless, Rebecca Arkwright and Iona Jardine maintained their enthusiasm and level heads, working hard to intercept and retrieve the ball, sending it back towards our attack. A very big thank you should also go to all those parents who came out to support us, regardless of the Arctic conditions – on some occasions the words ‘determination, resilience and fortitude’ could have been used to sum up all of you! It makes such a difference having you there, encouraging and cheering with gusto – especially on those toughest of afternoons. Personally, I have been overwhelmed by the willingness and motivation of this team. They have shown themselves to be excellent sportswomen both on and off the field – to be complimented, on more than one occasion, on the girls’ politeness and sporting attitude, even in defeat, made me very proud. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication this term, girls. JH opposition and putting up a good fight against strong St Hugh’s and Ashfold B teams. Matilda, Rosie, and Georgia proved to be a strong defensive unit, in particular improving the organisation of back line passes and their abilities to intercept the ball. In attack Emily and Thea worked hard on their movement and dodging skills to maximise the number of shots on goal. In the centre third Francesca, Nell, Rosie and Scarlett made increasing use of signalling skills to show exactly where they wanted to receive passes, helping to effect quick transition from defence to attack. Most memorable was the convincing victory against Pinewood, near the end of the season when the whole team showed a real desire to win and ensured that any loose ball was a Beaudesert ball. Well done girls! LG

UNDER 11B Team: A Ramsey, S Battishill, G Gilder, C Large, E Pitman, I Parr, R Sowerbutts, F Schrager von Altishofen, A Binns, T Godding

Results: v Dean Close v The Dragon v Clifton v St Edward’s v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Cheltenham Jnr

Won Lost Won Won Lost Won Won

14 – 4 Home 3 – 5 Away 8 – 7 Home 5 – 1 Away 8 – 14 Home 10 – 2 Away 14 – 3 Home

The Under 11B team had a strong season despite losing a talented Goal Attack, Imogen Parr, to a knee injury half way through the season. Imo, Ruby and, later in the season, Ella all proved to be extremely reliable shooters, always eager to work the best position possible for a shot. They made an excellent start and end to the season with an outstanding 14 goals against Dean Close and Cheltenham Jnr. In the centre third Annabel, Clodagh, Thea, Amelia and Freddie showed real energy and drive, improving their movement as the term progressed, earning well-deserved compliments for their speed and use of space from the Wycliffe coach, whose team they left standing. In defence Araminta and Suzanna held strong, using their height to full advantage and marking the opposing shooters with determination. They increasingly made sure that any loose balls were theirs and against St Edward’s in particular made a real effort to deny the opposition shooting opportunities. As a whole the team worked extremely hard throughout the season and started to develop a much more competitive edge. In the final game of the season against Cheltenham Jnr the team was leaping, intercepting, passing speedily and really working as a unit – a great end to a good season! LG

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UNDER 10s A Team: M D’Arcy Rice, I McLaughlan, K Wright, A Sopher, K Hauger, G Martin, C Walker, O Puckett

Results: v Dean Close Won 6 – 4 Away v The Dragon Drew 6 – 6 Away v Clifton Lost 6 – 11 Home v St Edward’s Won 8 – 7 Home v Pinewood Won 7 – 3 Away v Wycliffe Lost 4 – 10 Away v Prior Park Lost 7 – 11 Home v Cheltenham Jnr Lost 10 – 13 Home Severnside Tournament 3rd Place

B Team: I Dingman, M Moorsom, I Brodermann, S Graham, L Winfrey, L Vint, L Kuropatwa, A Sopher, A Dunne

Results: v Dean Close v The Dragon v Clifton v St Edward’s v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Prior Park v Cheltenham Jnr

Won Drew Drew Won Won Drew Won Drew

7 - 0 2 – 2 1 – 1 7 – 1 6 – 1 5 – 5 10 – 5 6 – 6

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C Team: C Garner, M Grafftey-Smith, T Gibbons, A Dunne, F Evans, I Maxwell, I Mitchell, L Kuropatwa

Results: v Dean Close Won v The Dragon Lost v Clifton Won v The Downs, Wraxall Won v Cheltenham Jnr Drew

11 – 2 2 – 7 3 – 2 11 – 6 7 – 7

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The U10s had a great start to the season at Dean Close with all three teams winning. Marking, timing of passes and footwork were all areas that needed to be worked on. In training the girls were very determined to improve and were encouraged to try different positions. Our next match was The Dragon, which is always a tough fixture. In difficult cold, wet conditions the passing looked much better avoiding most of the long, loopy wild ones. The As and Bs had very exciting matches finishing in draws, the Cs lost to a very strong team but gained valuable match experience which helped them in later matches. Footwork became a big problem especially for our shooters and too many balls were being given away; this really showed in the A team match against a strong

UNDER 9s A Team: W Gravell, T Parr, P Veelenturf, F Elvidge, T Priest, S Shepherd, K Hughes, C Reid

Results: v Berkhampstead Won 5 – 1 v Dean Close Lost 5 – 8 v Clifton Drew 2 – 2 v St Edward’s Lost 1 – 6 v Wycliffe Won 5 – 2 v Dean Close Won 6 – 4 v Cheltenham Jnr Won 13 – 1 Severnside Tournament 2nd place

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B Team: I Channing, R Fawcett, D Schrager von Altishofen, P Stopford, R Abingdon, L Dunne, A Gouriet, R Smith, J Snell, E Beattie, L Burns, X Jardine, D Mitford-Slade, A Mullen

Results: v Berkhampstead v Berkhampstead v Clifton v St Edward’s v Wycliffe v Cheltenham Jnr

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3 – 4 3 – 1 1 – 0 1 – 7 6 – 3 4 – 1

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The under 9s have had an enjoyable and very successful season. All the girls have made huge progress both with their skills and understanding of the game.

Wycliffe side. We went back to basics in training and great progress was made. The A team had some very close matches to finish the season but lost narrowly to some stronger teams. They played fantastically in the Severnside tournament and looked like winning up until the last match, which they lost, so on goal difference they finished third. The Bs and Cs finished with good wins at The Downs and Prior Park and had very exciting draws at home to Cheltenham Jnr. Great progress was made over the season by all the girls. In the As Katie Hauger made fantastic progress with her shooting and Georgia Martin developed an effective lean when defending as goal keeper. Isabella McLaughlan was solid in all matches never giving up and intercepting many balls. In the Bs, Izzi Brodermann and Sapphire Graham were consistent with their shooting, Maddie Moorsom was strong in defence and Lara Winfrey played with great determination to link the passing down the court. In the Cs Charlotte Garner made quick progress learning the game, Lara Kuropatwa and Amber Dunne were consistently strong players developing accurate passes and dodges. Well done to all the U10s, make sure you carry on the enthusiasm next year. TP

The A team’s matches got off to a slow start with their first one being cancelled because of the snow. As the term progressed, the girls’ confidence grew and gradually their passing, movement around the court and shooting became impressive to watch. Tamsin and Tati worked well together and both scored many goals this term. Katinka proved to be an excellent defensive player whilst Phoebe and Felicity worked well together to feed the ball to GA and GS. At the Severnside Tournament the girls knew they could do well if they played to their full potential. Unfortunately in their first match against St John’s nerves got the better of them and they played below par. After a team talk the girls went on to win the rest of their matches and frustratingly missed out on first place by one point. The B team have also had a good term and won four of their matches. The girls have been rotating around, and have been working hard and contributing well in matches. They have enjoyed the experience of playing other schools. Congratulations to Daphne who practised her shooting every spare minute, and was rewarded with a well deserved match in the A team in which she played well. Isabella was also a great asset to the team with her shooting. It has been a real pleasure to work with all the girls and their enthusiasm and willingness to learn and work hard has been evident in their progress. Well done! SF/GB

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Cross Country

Squads U9: S Shepherd, F Elvidge, I Channing, T Priest, C Leeper, P Tabor, J Kite, H Bailey, P Veelenturf, R Fawcett, A Gouriet, K Hughes, T Pilsbury, S D’Arcy Rice, M Haynes

U11: M D’Arcy Rice, F Morrissey, H Elvidge, F Channing, S Dibben, C Walker, J Birtles, J Beattie, W Lewis, E Kendell, C Walker, J Muir, H Kendell, C Clark, T Kendell, I McLaughlan, L Winfrey, O Puckett, K Wright, F Schrager von Altishofen, H Mather, F Priest, A Gilder, Z Davison, G Martin, J Burns, F Campbell, L Pitman K Penny, L Wilson, L Sopher U13: A Dunstan*(capt), C Montgomerie, G Bathurst, H Field, L Millar*(capt), H Chamberlain, S Shepherd, W Raby-Smith, L Thomas, A Knowles, A Walker, L Graves, H Mitford-Slade, A Leschallas, G Elvidge, H Grellier * denotes colours Again the season began back in September with a dedicated few preparing for the district championships which proved to be very successful and led to several runners being invited through to the county finals. After some ups and downs during the county qualifications we were proud to have five athletes qualify for the county team. Their reward was a trip to Cardiff for an even bigger national event. All of this provided valuable experience for the runners that stood them in good stead for the normal school meetings. Clemmie Montgomerie, Georgina Bathurst and Hector Chamberlain went on to run in the South West Schools in Cornwall and will have benefited hugely from the experience. Clemmie was selected to represent the South West at the London Mini-Marathon. The U9s started their season in January with a win at Beaudesert in a small triangular event. They were later to replicate this at Wycliffe a few weeks later. The girls were dominant whilst the boys improved their points drastically on their first outing. At the Tockington relays the girls set a course record in winning whilst the boys finished a close second. An earlier move for the Severnside event on the common attracted a few more entries and on a cold, blustery afternoon the teams fared well with wins for the U11 and U13 girls. The U11 girls B team finished an amazing third over-all. The boys’ teams finished a creditable second and third. Another successful day at Pinewood saw the teams do well with individual wins for Amy Dunstan/Clemmie Montgomerie (joint winners), Mollie D’Arcy Rice, and Ludo Millar having his best performances to date. The Nationals proved to be extremely successful for the girls with the U11s taking the honours in first place. Mollie D’Arcy Rice had an amazing run in 4th despite going the wrong way whilst in

the lead. Her efforts were backed up admirably by Hester Elvidge, Francesca Morrissey and Florence Channing. The U13 girls fared well in 7th despite missing two of our better runners who were on County duty. Amy Dunstan’s 5th place was just reward for her efforts during the season. There were lots of fine performances through the age groups during the season, proving that it is a team effort that wins the accolades, running individually but working as a team. Thanks should go to the staff involved for creating and encouraging such an enthusiastic group of athletes. Well done to Mrs Frapwell, Miss Baber, Mr Tiley, Mr Silk and Mr Armitage. GR

Match Results:

U9 at Wycliffe v Tockington at Dean Close at BPS v Wycliffe v Tockington at Tockington (Relays) at Westonbirt

U10 at Westonbirt

Boys 1st Mixed 1st Boys 1st Boys 2nd Girls NA

Girls 1st Girls 1st Girls 1st

Girls 1st

U11 at Dean Close at Pinewood at Tockington (Relays) at Westonbirt National Preps Severnside

Mixed 1st Boys 3rd Boys 1st Girls NA Boys 19th Boys 2nd

U13 v Wycliffe v Rose Hill at Pinewood at Tockington National Preps Severnside

Boys 1st Boys 4th (Relays) Girls 7th Boys 3rd

Girls 1st Girls 1st Girls 1st Girls 1st Girls 1st Girls 2nd

Girls 1st

District Representatives: L Millar, A Walker, L Thomas

County Representatives: A Dunstan, C Montgomerie, G Bathurst, H Field, H Chamberlain Individual Winners: S Shepherd, M D’Arcy Rice, A Dunstan, C Montgomerie, L Millar Notable Peformers: P Tabor, F Elvidge, P Veelenturf, H Bailey, C Leeper, C Walker, H Elvidge, F Channing, E Kendell, J Beattie, J Birtles

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Hockey - Boys

1ST XI Team: G Key* (capt), E de Barros, J Battishill, G Maxwell, G Dingman, L Millar*, J Jamieson Black*, H Grellier*, A Leschallas*, H Chamberlain, T Newman, M Morgan. * denotes colours

Results: v Clifton Won 2 – 0 v Pinewood Won 4 – 2 v Prior Park Lost 1 – 6 6-a-side Tournament - Runners Up

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It was clear that the hard work and commitment that the 1st X1 squad had given to each activity session before the season started had helped to bond the team and ensure great understanding and team work. This enabled us to have a very successful but short hockey season. The highlight of this term was travelling to Clifton to play an 11-a-side hockey game and using a new system, (four in midfield) and coming away with a victory. The boys played the new system very effectively and looked like a very professional outfit. We then travelled to Prior Park for a 9-a-side game and were comprehensively beaten by a very good side. Not having correct footwear and switching systems did not help us, the better side certainly won on the day. Pinewood was a welcome lift for the team and playing another school that also only plays half a term of hockey put us on equal footing and

a great performance from every member of the team ensured a comprehensive victory. The 6-a-side tournament at Wycliffe marked the end of our season. We however performed below our usual standards, but we still managed to become runners-up. This group of boys is extremely talented and have been ably led by George Key. I hope the Year 8s who are leaving continue to work hard at their hockey. Well done. AME

2ND XI

3RD & 4TH XI

Team: H Nadiotis, G Elvidge, F Campbell, B Dean, O Severn, M Morgan, B Sims-Hilditch, S Moorsom, F Vint, X Slager, T Newman

Team: A Wilson, M Winfrey, A Howes, C Barnes, J Drayson, Co Evans, H Large, H Woodham, P de Barros, H Jackson, D Gibbons, C Holloway, C Cantley-Wright, G Abingdon, J Hardwick, F Campbell, H Mitford-Slade, Ca Evans, S Shepherd, W Weston, J Borkowski, S Nicolas, A Falconer, T Smith, C Ferrigno

Results: v Clifton v Prior Park v Pinewood v Hatherop

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0 – 2 0 – 5 3 – 1 1 – 1

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A packed fixture card meant that we had to hit the ground running this season. With one practice session (on grass) under our belts and fearing the worst we journeyed to the mighty Clifton. Tenacious defending restricted the home side to just two goals. This was a creditable performance in the circumstances. Looking to build on this effort we came up against a well-drilled Prior Park team. A combination of slick inter-passing and naïve defending saw our hosts rampant in the latter stages. We took a leaf out of Prior Park’s book in our next match against Pinewood. We used the width of the pitch to good effect and took our chances to emerge deserved winners. All the boys deserve great credit for their determination and willingness to improve over the course of a short and frenetic season. WEHS

Results: v Clifton 3rd v Clifton 4th v Prior Park 3rd v Prior Park 4th v Pinewood 3rd v Pinewood 4th v Hatherop 3rd v Hatherop 4th

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COLTS Armed with sparkling new hockey sticks, the Year 6 boys launched into their first term of Hockey with real gusto. Practising on grass inevitably poses the hockey player with various challenges, not least the ball behaving in a very unpredictable manner. Having said this, the boys soon grasped the basic stick skills and were carried by their huge enjoyment of the game.

As usual the boys were up against it from the off and battled hard against seasoned opposition. Clifton was always going to be tough and despite going down, the boys gained a great deal from the experience. The real tests were to come when playing more comparable teams and the results reflected the level of commitment to practice. Our next games saw much improvement with some confident performances against similar standard opposition. The Year 8s leaving will arrive at their senior schools reasonably accomplished and ready to meet the challenge of team selection with sound skills and knowledge. The Year 7s have another year and hopefully will gain experience at a higher level. A huge amount of fun was had by all and many thanks go to Mr Tiley for his unstinting enthusiasm and drive. GR Although we often came second, there was no shortage of spirit and élan. Playing against more experienced opposition provided the boys with ample opportunity to enhance their positional awareness, which was evident with the improvement from match to match. Overall, we hope that the boys have enjoyed getting to know the game and that they continue to play with such enthusiasm as they step up into the senior ranks. NA/JM

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1ST XI Team: J Jamieson Black (capt)*, G Key*, H Grellier*, T Newman, G Dingman, L Millar*, H Shipsey, A Leschallas*, T North, M Morgan, H Nadiotis, J Battishill * denotes colours Results: v Dean Close v Clifton v The Downs, Wraxall v Wycliffe v The Elms v Pinewood v St John’s v Wellesley House v Bradfield v Cheltenham Jnr v Prior Park

Won by 4 wickets Lost by 7 wickets Lost by 7 wickets Drew Won by 8 wickets Drew Lost by 6 wickets Drew Won by 6 wickets Lost by 4 wickets Drew

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Eagerly anticipating a fantastic season, nets and training got well under way and the boys were ready for their first match of 2010. A convincing win against Dean Close, assisted by a superb knock from George Key (44), was the dream start! This was sadly short lived and we were taught a valuable lesson by Clifton the week after. This was followed by another defeat from The Downs in a 20/20 match…back to the drawing board! The boys were certainly capable of better – better bowling, better fielding and certainly more responsible batting. Wycliffe was our fourth game of the season and after winning the toss, Jamie elected to bat. Leading by example, the opening pair knuckled down and batted beautifully, putting on a solid 71 runs for the opening partnership. This was soon followed up by an even contribution from the rest of the

team and we declared on 179 for 6 after 29 overs. However, unable to bowl Wycliffe out, the match ended up a draw. Although disappointing, this was the turning point for the team and we went on to play a further seven matches, losing only two. Noteworthy achievements over the season are: Jamie Jamieson Black - 78 runs against Wycliffe and an average of 33.45 George Key - 58 runs against Clifton Harley Grellier - 50 runs against The Elms and 4 wickets for 18 runs including a hat-trick against Bradfield. The team has learnt a lot this year and many of the boys will surely go onto greater things in the years that follow. JLB

2ND XI Team: B Sims-Hilditch, M Morgan, H Chamberlain, H Nadiotis, E de Barros, G Elvidge, O Shale, J Borkowski, M Dear, O Severn, P de Barros, R Milne, F Neal, L Graves

Results: v Dean Close Won by 7 runs v Clifton Lost by 8 wkts v The Downs, Wraxall Won by 96 runs v Wycliffe Won by 20 runs v The Elms Lost by 8 wkts v Pinewood Won by 28 runs v St John’s Lost by 3 wkts v Cheltenham Jnr Lost by 4 wkts v Prior Park Lost by 6 wkts

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We enjoyed some great wins and fantastic performances with bat and ball but also let ourselves down on more than one occasion. Captain Billy Sims-Hilditch led the team very ably. He grew into the role well as the season progressed. The season started strongly with victory at Dean Close. A well-constructed 37 from George Elvidge helped us to establish a solid total. Oliver Shale

Cricket

(2-15) and Milo Morgan, who bowled a tremendous last over under pressure, made sure Beaudesert started off on a winning note. This was followed by arguably our lowest point of the season, at home against Clifton. Batting first, nobody provided any real resistance and our meagre total of 61 was chased down for the loss of only 2 wickets. This disappointment was soon forgotten, however, as the boys showed real character by bouncing back and comfortably beating The Downs, Wraxall by 96 runs. A mature knock of 46 not out from Patrick de Barros enabled us to post a formidable total. The bowlers then took over and were led by Hector Chamberlain whose 4-16 off 4 overs proved to be the best bowling figures for the season. Next up were local rivals, Wycliffe. This was a very closely fought game and it was Patrick de Barros who contributed most runs, with 33 this time. A superb display of stump to stump bowling from Joe Borkowski ensured that Beaudesert were again victorious, this time by a margin of 20 runs. The elation of back-toback wins was soon dampened, however, by a poor performance against The Elms. The top and middle order all found ways of getting themselves out and only Fraser Neal (15) and

George Maxwell (11*) provided any resistance at all. We only took two wickets in reply and went down by the margin of 8 wickets. As we had done earlier in the year, we regrouped and responded with victory, this time against Pinewood. A low-scoring game saw us bat first and after being 31-6 at one stage, manage to narrowly pass the 90 run mark, largely thanks to a well-paced innings from James Battishill. Joe Borkowski and Oliver Shale bowled superbly in reply, picking up three wickets each and ensuring a winning margin of 28 runs. Our final game before the half term break was against St John’s. Having controlled the first three quarters of the game and established a solid winning position, our fielding let us down for the first time in the season and, despite Max Dear’s tight spell, we succumbed by three wickets in a very close finish. Defeats to Cheltenham Jnr and Prior Park were deserved and only James Battishill with a magnificent 60 against Prior Park stood out as having performed well. I wish the best of luck to the Year 8 leavers and I very much hope to hear about good cricketing performances as they progress through their next schools. JM

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3RD XI Team: F Vint, S Shepherd, T Smith, C Holloway, B Dean, A Wilson, S Moorsom, S Nicolas, H Mitford-Slade, R Milne, Ca Evans, G Maxwell Results: v Dean Close v The Downs v The Elms v Wycliffe v Pinewood v St John’s v Cheltenham Jnr v Prior Park

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It was obvious from the very first training session that we had a talented, enthusiastic group of boys who were determined to enjoy their cricket. The good weather allowed us to play every game

with no cancellations – a first for me coaching in this country, Our first fixture was against a very strong Dean Close side. We won the toss and chose to bat. We set up a target of 98. With some fine bowling from Cameron Holloway and Rupert Milne we managed to bowl them out for 73, winning the match by 25 runs. This win gave us a real belief that we could compete with the very top cricketing schools and we consequently won our next three fixtures. In the hugely exciting game of the season against St John’s we lost by one run. Our captain Freddie Vint was our top scorer with 44 runs. Everyone who played for the thirds contributed immensely to this summer term of cricket. Freddie Vint led the side from the front and showed great sportsmanship all the time. AME

4TH XI

COLTS A

Team: A Wilson, H Mitford-Slade, H Large, X Slager, Ca Evans, A Hawes, C Cantley-Wright, W Weston, M Winfrey, S Nicolas, H Jackson, G Henry, C Ferrigno, G Abingdon, A Falconer, H Woodham, C Barnes, J Drayson, D Gibbons, J Hardwick, C Holloway, W Raby-Smith

Team: J Jamieson Black, G Gordon Lennox, L Pitman, K Penny, W Lewis, C Clark, H Catto, C Amati, J Muir, J Beattie, T Severn, H Burns, R Fitch Kemp G Levinson

Results: v Dean Close v Clifton v Wycliffe v Pinewood v St John’s

Won by 4 wickets Lost by 81 runs Won by 1 wicket Won by 41 runs Won by 1 wicket

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With the largest squad in the school to call upon it is hardly surprising the 4th XI was able to enjoy such a successful season, an 80% success rate was by far the best of any team in the summer term. What was even more encouraging was that every one of those 22 boys wanted to play in every fixture, all of them played at least three matches over the course of the season. Individual match winning performances from the likes of Cameron Holloway and Christian Ferrigno with the bat and Sholto Nicolas with ball were backed up by good solid fielding by everyone in the team held together by the bravery behind the stumps of Calum Evans. Every member of this squad gave something to their team, many would find themselves promoted on the strength of their performances. All of those in Year 7 who played in the 4th team will have learned a great deal about the game of cricket and will be playing in the 2nd XI team next year, if not the 1st XI. Those moving on to their public schools will hopefully continue playing the game in some form and be all the better and more useful for having had a full fixture list in their final year at Beaudesert. DF

Results: v Abberley Hall Beaudesert 85 Abberley Hall 83-3 Lost by 7 wickets - Away

v Dean Close Beaudesert 125-7 (Clark 55) Dean Close 126-1 Lost by 9 wickets - Home

v Clifton Beaudesert 103 Clifton 74 (Jamieson Black 7-38) Won by 29 runs - Away

v The Downs The Downs 124-5 Beaudesert 69-6 (Gordon Lennox 27) Lost by 55 runs - Away

v Wycliffe Beaudesert 126-5 (Gordon Lennox 51*, Clark 32) Wycliffe 127-8 Lost by 2 wickets - Home

v The Elms Beaudesert 124-7 The Elms 51-9 Drew - Away vs Pinewood Beaudesert 193-3 (Jamieson Black 61, Gordon Lennox 60) Pinewood 68-9 (Jamieson Black 4-16) Drew - Home

v St John’s Beaudesert 117 (Pitman 44*) St John’s 74 Won by 43 runs - Home v St Hugh’s St Hugh’s 64 (Beattie 3-7) Beaudesert 65-2 (Jamieson Black 41*) Won by 8 wickets - Home v Tockington Tockington 46 (Penny 6-3) Beaudesert 48-2 (Lewis 36*) Won by 8 wickets - Home v Prior Park Prior Park 130 (Jamieson Black 3-21) Beaudesert 133-5 (Penny 32, Beattie 34*) Won by 5 wickets - Home

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COLTS A CONTINUED Winners of the Plate competition at The Malvern Eights Runners Up at The Downs Colts’ Sixes Tournament We were not world beaters but by season’s end we were tough to beat and tight knit. Much of the credit for this must go to the senior players, the battle hardened veterans of 2009’s campaign. Jono Jamieson Black is a cricketer of rare ability and in his two lieutenants, Geordie Gordon Lennox and Luke Pitman, he had old heads to call on. Jono captained the side and led from the front. Time and again he would weave his magic, beating batsmen at will with elaborate turn. 29 wickets in the season by no means flattered him. Geordie came of age, topping the batting averages and banishing the demons of 2009. Luke bowled tightly and began to make his mark as a middle order batsman. The old firm had a handy supporting cast. Luke’s new ball partner, young Kit Penny, bowled with searing penetration. He is something of a latter day

COLTS B/C Team: J Birtles, J Burns, O Fanshawe, L Whitcombe, B Clark, R Fitch Kemp, J Hardwick, T Kendell, H Kendell, E Kendell, G Ross, H Burns, W Cresswell, H Hudson, A Levinson, W Cox, T Severn, G Drayson, H Knight, E Beattie, O McIntyre, J Chappell-Young, T Mullen

B Team Results: v Prior Park (20 over match) Away Beaudesert 61 for 3 Prior Park 62 or 3 Lost by 7 wickets v The Downs (20 over match) Home Beaudesert 95 for 7 The Downs 152 for 5 Lost by 57 runs v Dean Close (20 over match) Away Beaudesert 54 for 9 Dean Close 55 for 4 Lost by 6 wickets v St Hugh’s (restricted overs) Away Beaudesert 62 for 5 St Hugh’s 60 for 4 Won by 5 wickets v The Downs (restricted overs) Home Beaudesert 177 for 3 The Downs 147 for 9 Draw v St John’s (restricted overs) Away Beaudesert 99 for 4 St John’s 56 all out Won by 43 runs v Pinewood (restricted overs) Home Beaudesert 74 for 7 Pinewood 112 for 5 Draw

Waqar Younis. His inswinging yorkers earned him bowler of the tournament at Malvern. Charlie Clark, the new boy, kept like an old pro and made useful runs. Joss Muir, though raw, has the makings of a decent all rounder. So too Jack Beattie whose hat trick against St Hugh’s showed the virtue of metronomic accuracy. Will Lewis emerged as a capable bat and enjoyed an unbroken partnership with Cosimo Amati to beat Tockington. The accuracy of Cosimo’s throwing at backward point became the stuff of legend. Hamish Catto kept wicket and became an indispensable master of the revels. What was the highlight of the season? Pyjama cricket at Malvern must be close or was it our day at The Downs perhaps where Jono’s one bounce four looked for all the world to have won us the final? The Sixes tournament against the Fathers was a good evening with honours shared and some intriguing duels. (Penny versus Penny had the makings of a classic.) Golden summers do not come about very often and my thanks go to the boys, their Mums and our groundsman Richard Ward for a job well done. WEHS v Clifton (restricted overs) Home Beaudesert 88 for 3 Clifton 174 for 4 Draw v Abberley Hall (restricted overs) Home Beaudesert 108 for 2 Abberley Hall 107 for 5 Won by 8 wickets The sun shone, the sky was blue, the pitches were hard and Ralph Fitch Kemp got runs and then got more runs – 218 in all at an average of 44. At last a glorious summer when sunstroke was a greater possibility than hypothermia. A summer where we were not peering towards Wales and try to work out how many overs we could get in before it started raining. A summer where 324 runs were scored in 48 overs as we drew with The Downs. Ah, pity the poor bowlers. Fortunately we had to play fairly limited overs matches. These are a complete anathema to developing cricket skills. The shout of ‘bowl so they cannot hit it,’ from one opposition captain tells you all you need to know about failing to develop cricket taking bowling skills. Batsmen need to be able to do more than try to swipe every ball to the leg side boundary. Far better to have Jack Birtles batting resolutely and with a straight bat for his 0 not out in 12 ½ overs to save the match against Clifton. The team had a surfeit of seam bowlers. Will Cresswell with 7 wickets was the pick of them. Our variety was achieved with a number of ‘left armers’, not to mention the variation in width (too many wides) and height with some deliveries clearing the batsman’s head! It was good, however, to poach a spinner in the form of Harry Burns from the A team half way through the season. With the bowlers’ tendency to spray the ball around it was fortunate that we had a stereotypical wicketkeeper. Thomas Kendell was hyperactive, talked non-stop and was capable

of stopping most deliveries whether he used his gloves or not! In order to take wickets we kept fielders in close to the bat, This left Henry Hudson to patrol most of the leg side boundary. He risked his life and limb to stop hard hit balls and saved us countless runs. The most pleasing aspect of the B team’s season was their ability to play with a smile on their faces, to congratulate players when they did well and to commiserate when mistakes were made. The captain Ralph Fitch Kemp and vice captain Jack Burns were hugely influential in engendering this team spirit.

C Team Results: v The Downs (20 over match) Home Beaudesert 114 for 3 The Downs 113 for 5 Won by 7 wickets v Wycliffe (pairs) Home Beaudesert 98 for 3 Wycliffe 64 for 4 Won by 34 runs v Pinewood (restricted overs) Home Beaudesert 152 for 8 Pinewood 49 all out Won by 103 runs

With 22 boys, most of whom were keen cricketers to choose from for the B team, it was essential to rotate the boys in and out of the team and to provide some C team cricket. Three very enjoyable C team fixtures were played and comfortably won. The boys who had B team experience showed that they had benefited from exposure to higher quality bowling. As in the B Team we were fortunate to have captains Geordie Ross and Harry Kendell who took great pride in doing the job conscientiously. MB

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UNDER 10A

UNDER 9A

Team: B Barnes, T Mayer, J Skelding, L Sopher, T Elvin, S Fairer-Smith, F Jodrell, H Newman, J Strain, R Haycraft Mee, F Milne, O Pritchard

Team: T Pilsbury, M Haynes, J Kite, P Tabor, C Carpenter, C Leeper, H North, S D’Arcy Rice, O McGill

Results: v Dean Close v The Downs v Wycliffe v The Elms v St John’s v Hatherop v Cheltenham Jnr

Lost by 9 runs Won by 54 runs Lost by 7 run Lost by 1 run Lost by 41 runs Won by 6 wickets Lost by 8 wickets

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This was a season full of exciting play and high drama. The coach aged very quickly in some matches as he was getting as nervous and excited as the kids. Against the likes of Dean Close, Wycliffe and The Elms, the result could have gone either way. Cricket matches are sometimes won by fine margins and the occasional dropped catch or silly shot can make that difference. The children can look back on these missed opportunities and learn from these experiences when tense matches are played again. Apart from the lack of wins, there are many positives that can be taken away. Mainly, that this group of lads understood how to play the game and could make tactical decisions that would benefit the team. The bowling was generally straight and one match resulted in three wides after 25 overs – not a bad effort for this age group. Felix Milne and Ras Haycraft Mee were our main strike bowlers and were ably backed up by Freddie Jodrell and Oliver Pritchard. Timmy Mayer was our star fielder and took one of the best catches I’ve ever seen at Under 10 level and with Henry Newman’s bravery behind the stumps, this was a good line up. With bat in hand we had some sloggers, mainly in Tom Elvin and Sam Fairer-Smith but this is an area they could all develop. Four or nothing doesn’t always work and occasionally, defensive play is necessary. All in all, this was a very encouraging season and I hope they will continue to develop their cricket next year and still thoroughly enjoy the game. WEHS

UNDER 10B Team: K Fairgrieve Pick, J Gibson, T Smith, M Verschoyle, H Delap, H Everest, H Golesworthy, J Berry, F Hellens, H Morgan-Grenville, H Neely, C Turk, M Scheuner Results: v Wycliffe v Dean Close v Tockington

Lost by 84 runs Lost by 81 runs Won by 15 runs

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The Under 10 Bs had a very short season due to some weather failings and other schools not being able to produce a team due to illness. Everyone represented the school on a couple of occasions. They batted, they bowled, they fielded, they argued with each other but most importantly, they enjoyed themselves and made some sporting progress. Well done to you all and I’m glad that a good victory ended this season on a high. EC

Results: v Clifton Lost v The Downs, Wraxall Lost v Wycliffe Won v Pinewood Won v Dean Close Lost v Tockington Won v St John’s Lost v Cheltenham Jnr Lost v Prior Park Won

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There were some incredibly close games, this season and often, as is the nature of pairs cricket, the matches came down to the number of wickets lost. There was a lot to be positive about as the team learned from each game and were able to develop aspects of their experiences. This was evident as Seb D’Arcy Rice realigned his field as he bowled round the wicket across the batsman’s line and despite not taking any catches at slip, the field were ready for the edges. Johnny Kite was the pick of the batsmen and his partnership with Piers Tabor saw them amass over 150 runs during the season. Seb himself was probably our best singles stealer gaining crucial runs for

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the team and forcing Henry North into action. Henry’s sprinting speed improved enormously! Charlie Carpenter proved a useful batsman but more importantly his decision making improved enormously much to the relief of Columba Leeper who is quite fast but not so fast on some occasions! Columba did, however learn to be more forceful when calling NO! Tom Pilsbury and Max Haynes made a useful partnership and both played equally well with the bat and worked well together. Ollie McGill proved to be a very useful all rounder and made good progress throughout the year. Our bowling was also good throughout and improved in line and length during the season. This was proved to be the case in our last match where we took nine wickets from a variety of sources. Johnny and Seb were the pick of the bowlers but most contributed at some point or other during the season. Our catching improved and we adapted very well to playing with either a ‘hard’ or ‘incredi’ ball. This was a solid and pleasing season that showed good progress and some excellent individual talent. The secret is, however, teamwork and the boys gelled incredibly well together making it a pleasure to umpire their matches. GR

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Team: O Henry, E Nelson, H Bailey, A Weston, F Hughes, M Lawrence, F McConnell, The Year 3 boys have enjoyed another C Crabb, E Norman fantastic term of sport. Just as with the rugby and soccer in the autumn and lent terms respectively, every boy has Results: represented the school in a cricket match v The Downs, Wraxall Lost Away this term, giving everybody the chance to v Wycliffe Lost Home put newly learned skills into practice. v Pinewood Lost Away v St John’s Lost Away Pairs cricket was the chosen format as v Cheltenham Jnr Lost Home this enabled all the boys to have equal opportunity to bat, bowl and try out different fielding positions. The way in It is always difficult to quantify a season that has which the boys have performed and resulted in a clean sweep of losses. This fact does conducted themselves in general this term not, however, reflect some score lines when the has been superb and this will stand them matches were very close. This has been a good year in good stead as the fixtures become even for learning the game and there has been a great more plentiful next year. deal of promise on display. Our bowling showed improvement, as did our running between the stumps. Hugo Bailey and Edward Norman both had outings with the A team and improved immensely as a result of the experience. There were promising efforts from Magnus Lawrence and Alfie Weston both with the bat and ball. Finbar McConnell and Oscar Henry showed that when their confidence was high they could be strong forces and they ran well between the stumps. There is still a lot of work to do here but there is no lack of enthusiasm and this bodes well for next year. As with all B teams, the boys need to get into the nets and practise their batting and bowling. GR

The boys also managed to transfer this attitude into good results. Victories against Wycliffe and The Downs, Wraxall were much deserved but it was more the manner in which these games were played that was encouraging. Every boy managed to bowl overarm, a skill that is extremely tough to grasp, and some even became more tactically aware and asked thoughtful questions about the intricacies of the game. I have no doubt that as the boys make their way up through the school they will continue to excel and improve. Good luck boys and very well done as ever this term. JM

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UNDER 13A Team: V Schofield*, L Maxwell*, R Randall, E Ralph (capt)*, A Dunstan*, H Bevan, T Chater Davies, M Sweet, A Hauger, J Mather *denotes colours

Results: v Badminton Won v Bromsgrove Won v The Downs, Wraxall Lost v Wycliffe Won v St John’s Won v Pinewood Won v Dean Close Won v The Elms Won

37 - 10 27.5 - 11.5 18.5 - 12 24.5 - 10 26 - 13.5 20 - 2 20.5 - 11.5 22 - 11

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Severnside Tournament: Played 5 Won 5 – Tournament Winners

Beaudesert has produced some fine rounders sides over the past few years, but this group must rate as one of the very best. Every single player was capable of scoring five rounders in a game and many won balls for scoring five in a single innings. Amy Dunstan and Lucinda Maxwell both won awards for scoring ten rounders in a match. As a team and as individuals it was almost impossible to set fields for the girls as they could hit both for power and placement. In the field we played a very aggressive game, starting with our bowler Venetia who hurled a mixture of spitfires and teasing slower balls. Backstop Lucinda was quick to punish a swing and miss and Rebecca at first post made some sensational plays. At second post Emma was a player who caught the eye of many opposition coaches with her speed and athleticism. Hattie Bevan covered huge distances in order to make deep catches yet have time to get runners out at 3rd and 4th posts. Our deep fielders, Amy, Mimi and Alex covered the ground, made catches and threw powerfully and accurately. Tati and Jess provided excellent support with bat and ball.

UNDER 13B/C Team: K Woodford, I Dickson, H Arkwright, R Dibben, E Reid, I St Aubyn, L Hicks Beach, C Lamb, I Penny, K Faulkner, G Crabb, N Cresswell, L Faber-Johnson, I Pritchard, M Jodrell, J Mather, M Scott-Bowden

Results: v Wycliffe B v Bromsgrove C v Bromsgrove B v Tockington B v Tockington C v Severnside B

Won 21.5 - 5 Lost 18.5 - 20.5 Won 27.5 - 11.5 Won 16.5 - 8 Lost 10.5 - 13.5 6th place

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The results above display the success the team enjoyed, with the sole blip being a loss in the third round of the JET tournament to The Downs, Wraxall. This was an exciting and close game filled with outstanding fielding on both sides. Unfortunately we were not in the hitting groove that day for the most part and paid the price. In the Severnside tournament, held at Beaudesert on a beautiful sunny day, we won most of our matches very comfortably, until we were suddenly held by St John’s to just five rounders. Although a poor score, it was something of a comeback after we found ourselves at one and a half after 18 of the 27 balls! A team meeting was held to discuss tactics for defending the low

The weather this summer has been unprecedented with only one cancellation; all our other matches were bathed in glorious sunshine. The Year 8 girls in the B/C squad have been lots of fun and have evidently enjoyed their final rounders season at Beaudesert. This year we have introduced the accolade of the rounders ball or bat. This is presented to those who score five or more rounders in a match. Katie Woodford was rewarded with a ball at the end of term for her five rounders scored against Tockington. Katie has also proved herself to be a talented backstop with an accurate throw to second post. Special mention must also be made of Issy Dickson, who has consistently bowled so well throughout the season. Issy’s donkey drop has become renowned and with more confidence gained by the end of term, Issy was firing in the quicker ball. The other member of The Triangular was Marina Jodrell who must be the politest

total and a combination of outstanding bowling from Venetia and energetic and skilful fielding restricted St John’s to just one rounder. The season ended as ever with a match against The Elms, traditionally the strongest of our opponents alongside The Downs. This time we brought a complete game and the girls ended the summer and their sporting careers at Beaudesert on a real high. It has been a huge pleasure taking these girls for the past three years. They love the game, are great fun to practise with and have shown the very best of Beaudesert wherever they have travelled. Well played, everyone! KDB

first post in the game. ‘Sorry’ was always heard coming from Marina’s direction whether she had dropped a catch (which was rare) or run out the batter! There was, however, no apology when she added yet another rounder to her tally during a match. Rosie Dibben, who also doubled up as a mean wicket keeper in our girls’ cricket team, was a rock on second post. Agile and a safe pair of hands, Rosie was equally as formidable with the bat and helped the team to the many successes this season. Although several names have been highlighted there has been a true team effort this term. Each half rounder and fielded ball has made a difference. When a strong player has been caught out early there has been somebody else to take the lead. Very well done girls and we wish you well in your senior schools. SW

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Team: O Muir, S Sopher, E Waller, A-M Bowring, G Bathurst, A Strain, A Knowles, L Thomas, C Montgomerie, O Carter, G James Results: v Wycliffe Won 47 - 8 v St Hugh’s Won 30 - 6.5 v The Downs Wraxell Won 18.5 - 8.5 v Dean Close Won 21.5 - 11.5 v Prior Park Won 18 - 16 v Cheltenham Jnr Won 22.5 - 8.5 v The Elms Won 21 - 12.5 Severnside Tournament - Winners

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What a great unbeaten season for both the A and B teams. Much progress was made over the term in the field, especially with decision making and speed of reactions, working tightly together to get the opposition out. Our batting was powerful, out-hitting the other teams. Well done and keep working hard for the 2011 season and the Jet Tournament. The A team started with an enormous win over Wycliffe, through big hitting, with Amy and Octavia scoring six rounders each and Georgina six and a half. Next it was on to St Hugh’s, where a comment from a St Hugh’s girl to her teacher was, “We played a team of boys.” They were surprised at the accurate throwing, catching and the powerful hitting from our girls. Amy was unstoppable, scoring eight and a half rounders, Octavia six and a half and Lydia six.

Team: M Haycraft Mee, M-J Gardner, H Field, A Walker, B Holloway, G Gilder, S Comery, G Sykes, J Phelps, S Phillips

Results: v Bromsgrove Won 8 - 5 Home v St John’s Won 9 - 6 Away v Dean Close Won 7 - 5 Away v Prior Park Won 18.5 - 13 Away v Cheltenham Jnr Won 19 - 6 Away Severnside Tournament - 4th Place

The U 12B team had a wonderful season of rounders this term. With high hopes and postive attitudes the girls remained strong competitors. Their hard work during practices earned them Georgina made some difficult catches and some great throws onto the posts. Arabella was solid as first deep throughout the season, being quick to the ball and making some enormous, accurate throws to fourth post. The whole team learned the importance of backing up team mates but Lydia definitely worked the hardest at this saving us on many occasions. Elsa made excellent progress through hard work and determination, moving into the A team after half term. The highlight of the season was winning the Severnside Tournament, especially the match against The Downs. They had a very slick fielding team, but our batting was strong enough to

the first win of the season against Bromsgrove. The girls worked well as a team by filling in the empty gaps, backing each other up and giving it everything when it was their turn to bat. Throughout the season they won all their matches played against St John’s, Dean Close, Prior Park and Cheltenham Jnr. The final matches of the season were at the Severnside Tournament which was held at Wycliffe . Unfortunately the girls had their first loss of the season, finishing the tournament in 4th place, however they played well in the heat and despite being the only B team in an all A-teams tournament , they put up a good fight against all. Well done to Mimi, Mary-Jane, Hebe, Amelia, Bea, Georgi, Severine, Georgia, Jess and Stephanie for a very successful season. Another well done to Elsa who played for the team in the beginning, but who soon moved up to the As. KS gain a good score. Beaudesert fielding was just as good, keeping the score down for a win. The season finished with an excellent match against The Elms, who were a well drilled fielding side with a very fast bowler. Beaudesert batted first, losing some of our strong batters very early on, leaving us with three players. Genny, Lydia and Octavia clocked up 14 rounders between them with a total of 17 for the team innings. The Elms had some strong batters, but through great fielding the score was kept down to 11. With only time for 18 good balls in the second innings, the girls increased their lead for a strong win. TP

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To say that this year’s Under 11A Rounders team was a team of class, would be a real understatement – the results from this season stand testament to this. From some outstanding individual performances to some real team efforts, this group of girls has earned the respect of Team: E Pitman, F Priest, H Elvidge, Z Davison, every team they have encountered. R Sowerbutts, F Channing, S Battishill, I Jardine, As a coach, they are such a pleasure to work with as they are keen, determined and so eager to C Large, T Godding improve, that they heed advice given and adapt their game accordingly. The strongest part of their game, as a collective, was their calm and methodical fielding, which left even the toughest Results: of batters stifled. They learnt quickly how to keep a team’s score low by focusing on the ‘live’ v Wycliffe Won 23 - 11 Away batter and stopping them reaching significant posts. This put pressure on our Second Post, Ruby v Bromsgrove Won 17.5 - 14 Home Sowerbutts, who proved fearless and decisive under pressure, catching many a batter unawares! v St Hugh’s Won 15 - 13 Home The improvement in terms of the quality of the team’s batting is quite remarkable. This is v St John’s Lost 9 - 9.5 Home something we have concentrated on in practice sessions. All of the girls are now able to hit the ball v Pinewood Won 9 - 8.5 Away with force, but what has outwitted some of our opponents, has been the Beaudesert girls’ ability to v The Downs Won 8.5 - 0.5 Away alter the placement of their strikes. This has made for some exciting rounders! v Dean Close Won 14.5 - 7 Home There were a number of thrilling wins across the season, but to finish as the Severnside Champions, v The Dragon Won 10 - 4.5 Home was the highlight and was completely deserved. There were some extremely tough games, yet the v Clifton Won 12.5 - 8.5 Away girls held their nerve and produced some exceptional play, triumphing against the one team, St v Prior Park Won 16.5 - 4 Away John’s, who had beaten us earlier in the season. I was really proud of them. All of the girls have had v The Elms Won 13 - 5 Home a tremendous season but a special mention should go to the following girls for their outstanding Severnside Tournament - Champions skills and attitude. Francesca Priest, who played in the high pressure position of Bowler, is one of the girls who has made the most significant progress this term. Her bowling is now consistent and she is able to vary her bowls in order to confuse and unsettle batters. Her batting and quick, decisive running earned the team lots of rounders. The intelligent and confident batting by Hester Elvidge proved invaluable in a large number of matches. Quick reactions and composed fielding made Ella Pitman the ideal choice for Back Stop, whilst her thunderous, left-handed hit was almost guaranteed to produce a rounder when Ella made contact with the ball. As mentioned earlier, Ruby Sowerbutts on Second Post was a critical member of the team. Her exceptional attitude was emphasised at the Severnside Tournament, in our final crucial game against The Downs, where Ruby was hit on the lip by the ball. It clearly hurt a great deal, but she was adamant she was going to see the game through and some of the decisions she made in the final minutes of that game enabled us to come out triumphant. Florence Channing’s attacking fielding saw her intimidate batters and she made some very impressive catches, whilst Suzanna Battishill backed her up returning the ball quickly into the field enabling the team to hinder the ‘live’ batter. Suzanna also produced some cracking strikes and scored some exciting rounders across the season. From one of the shortest members of the team, Clodagh Large, came the biggest throw – a pitch that the cricketers would be envious of! She also worked closely with Ruby on Second Post, supporting and sending the ball in at speed. Iona Jardine and Zoe Davison’s fielding increased in confidence and they both were calm and resolute when collecting the ball and sending it back to the most sensible place in the field to deal with the batter! I would also like to pay tribute to the parents (and dogs!) who came to support the Under 11A team this term. Your cheers (and woofs!) and encouragement have been a huge contributory factor towards our success.Well done, girls – a truly dazzling season! JH (see photo overleaf)

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UNDER 11B Team: A Gilder, I Parr, F Schrager von Altishofen, A Binns, T Godding, F Morrissey, R Norman, R Hill, S Watts, G Wheeler, N Nicolas, E Lowde, M Fawcett, R Arkwight

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UNDER 10A Team: M Grafftey–Smith, M D’Arcy Rice, C Walker, K Hauger, K Wright, L Winfrey, I McLaughlan, I Brodermann, A Sopher, I Mitchell

Results: v Bromsgrove Lost v St Hugh’s Lost v St John’s Won v Pinewood Lost v Dean Close Won v The Dragon Won v Clifton Won v Wycliffe Won v Prior Park Won v Cheltenham Jnr Won v St Edward’s Won

Results: v Abberley Hall Won v Tockington A Lost v Pinewood Won v Rose Hill Westonbirt Lost v The Dragon Won v Clifton Lost v St Edward’s Lost v Clifton Won v The Elms A Won v Rose Hill Westonbirt A Lost

10 - 6 Away 8 - 12 Away 13 - 12 Away 7 - 14 8 - 3 16 - 20 4 - 8 13 - 8 13 - 5

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16 - 20 Away

The U11 B team had mixed results this season, despite a marked improvement in the quality of play from the girls. Due to a dearth of B teams from other schools the girls often found themselves facing tough A team opposition. In these games they showed grit and determination, staying focused even if, during a

9 ½ - 11 Home 9 - 9 ½ Away 10 - 9 ½ Away 10 - 11 Away 15 - 9 Home 4 ½ - 3 Home 13 - 6 ½ Home 9 ½ - 7 ½ Away 20 ½ - 14 ½ Home 15 ½ - 10 ½ Away 28 - 13 ½ Home

What a fantastic rounders season the U10A team have had. It was a slow start due to the girls getting settled into their positions and coming up against tough opposition early on in the term. All three matches we lost were very close indeed, losing by either a half rounder or just the one. We found our feet in time for the St John’s game which was a very exciting match and we left it to the second innings to score a massive eight Severnside Tournament @ St John’s – won rounders with Molly Grafftey-Smith and (played 5 matches and won all of them) Charlotte Walker scoring two each. From then on the girls went from strength to strength with fantastic consistent bowling from Lara Winfrey and clean and precise fielding from Izzi Brodermann. The girls’ team work and enthusiasm has been superb and this was demonstrated in the Clifton and Prior Park matches where the girls fielded flawlessly, and managed to stop many rounders being scored due to Kitty’s good fielding at second post and excellent catches by Lara and Isabella. We went away to St John’s on a very hot, sunny day for the Severside tournament. We played five schools and managed to beat every team and came away the winners. The whole team performed well especially when fielding; not many teams managed to score more than three rounders against us. Our last game was against St Edward’s and we played all out for the first innings, something that the girls hadn’t played before. Mollie D’Arcy Rice and Katie played exceptionally with a great backstop and first post combination. They managed to get five of the other team out. We batted hard with Charlotte scoring five rounders in the first innings and Mollie D’Arcy Rice scoring six and Katie scoring six and a half. Special mention must go to Mollie D’Arcy Rice who has been an all round star, making numerous catches at backstop, throwing hard and accurately to second, always making good quick decisions; to Katie and Charlotte for scoring the most rounders all term and to Izzi Brodermann for her perfect long barriers and fielding. Lara has been the most improved player this term and has stepped into the bowling position effortlessly. A big thank you goes to all the girls who contributed excellently, playing with great team spirit and enthusiasm. This has made it the most enjoyable season to coach. Well done. GB

second innings, a win looked beyond their grasp. In their first match against a very strong Clifton B, the girls recovered from a poor fielding innings to win the second innings by three rounders. Despite losing the game they displayed real character and, as always, made a point of making their ‘three cheers’ loud and proud! Emily and Imo proved to be extremely consistent bowlers, organising their fielders and, later in the season, looking for opportunities to get players out when the live batter had been dealt with. Georgia and Freddie as back-stops were quick to return the ball to bowler and increasingly accurate when throwing the ball to second post after a backwards hit. Thea, Ceski and Tilly, all new to the game, showed enthusiasm from the outset and improved the fielding strength and striking power of the squad. Annabel, Rosie and Amelia manned first and second posts and accounted for over 80% of the ‘outs’ achieved by the team. The deep fielders Nell, Becca, Rosie and Scarlett worked hard to stop more powerful strikes, putting their bodies on the line to stop the ball. The girls’ team spirit, competitive yet supportive, was second to none and their enjoyment of the game a real pleasure to behold. And that strong Clifton B team? The girls made sure they won the end of season re-match! LG

UNDER 10B Team: S Graham, L Kuropatwa, A Dunne, O Puckett, L Vint, F Evans, M Moorsom, I Dingman, I Maxwell, T Gibbons, C Garner, G Martin

Results: v St Hugh’s Drew v Dean Close Won v The Dragon Won v Clifton Lost v St Edward’s Won v Clifton Won v Cheltenham Jnr Won

15 - 15 Away 19½ - 17 ½ Home 10 - 7 Home 7 ½ - 9 Home 13 - 11 Away 14½ - 12 Away 16½ - 10 ½ Away

The U10B Rounders team has had a spectacular term of rounders. They managed to lose only one match all season. The girls’ teamwork and enthusiasm were exceptional as well as their consistent fielding and batting. Every player should be proud of their effort. Special mention to Sapphire Graham who was a key team player with consistent bowling. Amber Dunne played excellently with strong throwing from backstop combined with accurate catching by Lucia Vint at 2nd post. Otti Puckett was the team’s energizer boost in 2nd deep making many spectacular sprints for the ball. The great plays by Charlotte, Tamara Gibbons, Florrie Evans, Georgia Martin, Maddie, Lara and Imogen contributed to a successful and enjoyable season for all of the girls. The team showed great improvement over the term and had many thrilling games. It was a pleasure coaching such a team. EW

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UNDER 9A Team: I Channing, R Fawcett, W Gravell, T Parr, P Stopford, F Elvidge, A Gouriet, T Priest, S Shepherd, K Hughes, C Reid

Results: v Wycliffe Won 11 - 4 Away v The Downs Won 12.5 - 12 Away v St John’s Won 10 - 7 Away v The Downs Lost 4.5 - 6 Away v Pinewood Won 5.5 - 3 Away v Dean Close Won 14 - 9 Home v Berkhampstead Won 16.5 - 6 Away v Cheltenham Jnr Won 23 - 13 Away Festival v Bristol Grammar, Wycliffe, and Clifton: won two matches and lost one match Severnside Tournament 4th Place

A/B Results: v Tockington Won v St Hugh’s Lost v St Edward’s A Lost v Rosehill Westonbirt A Lost

13.5 - 1 Away 8 - 9.5 Away 8 - 10 Home 10 - 13 Away

The A team has had a very successful season as can be seen by the impressive set of results. The girls have all worked extremely hard and thoroughly enjoyed working together as a team, which has obviously helped their success. Tamsin has been a very consistent bowler all term, occasionally helped out by Katinka. Tati has proved to be an excellent backstop and has a very accurate throw to second post, with Katinka using her impressive catching skills to stump a lot of people out. The girls have all worked hard on their batting and have all scored numerous rounders on different occasions. Having a good set of results behind us we set off to the Severnside Tournament feeling excited and confident. With temperatures reaching the high 20s and five matches back to back, it tested the girls’ concentration. They won two matches, lost two and drew one. We were slightly disappointed at finishing fourth, but tournaments at this age can be tiring especially in such conditions. The most improved player was Rose who moved from the B team and became a very valuable member of the A team with her excellent catching. The highlight of the season was whilst we were having a very tense match against Dean Close and Katinka stumped out their formidable batter; I think she actually jumped about two feet off the ground with excitement! SF/GB

UNDER 9B Team: D Schrager von Altishofen, P Veelenturf, R Abingdon, L Dunne, R Smith, J Snell, E Beattie, L Burns, X Jardine, D Mitford-Slade, A Mullen

Results: v Tockington v Clifton v St Edward’s v Clifton

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The B team have all improved enormously and most of their matches were very close. Phoebe especially has grown in confidence and was great at backstop. Ana and Jemima worked very hard and both enjoyed bowling. Daphne with her great determination proved to be an excellent fielder; if she could play every position on the pitch at the same time she would. It has been a real pleasure to work with the girls who, I am sure, will have lots of success next year due to their fantastic attitude and determination. Well done to everyone! SF/GB

Year 3 Girls Sports The Year 3 Girls have enjoyed their first year’s exposure to team sport at Beaudesert. Apprehension, excitement, enthusiasm were some of the emotions felt before and during the matches, however the main ingredient, FUN, was always evident on the girls’ faces. Hockey kicks off the sporting year in the autumn and the girls soon got accustomed to their newly acquired gum shields, sticks and shin pads! Armed and raring to go, all the girls played in matches against opposition such as Wycliffe and Prior Park. St Hugh’s hosted a great morning of hockey at their annual festival and we reciprocated with our own later in the season. Bea Knight showed her determination and speed to the ball as centre forward and Sophie Elvin and Isabelle Mayer are already providing accurate, fast slap shots to the wings. The hockey season was quickly followed by netball. Again, this year group showed their ability to work together and soon got to grips with high fives, a small sided version of netball with only five players on court and each girl rotating to play a different position after each quarter. The girls learnt about the agility needed by the goal keeper and the pressure felt by the goal shooters. Our netball festival held in February was again a great success. Nine teams and lots of netball played. Violet Levinson was certainly on fire during the morning scoring four goals in six minutes! Annabelle Martin and Freya Saxton played particularly well in defence. The year finished off with rounders and what a summer we have had, sunshine every games session - occasionally a cool off in the outdoor pool was needed! The game we play in school is totally different from the game pictured on the beach! A lot of timing and technique is needed, plus concentration, team work and learning never ending rules. The girls took to it very quickly and played some great matches against The Downs and Cheltenham Jnr. Honor Skelding and Jocasta Ferrigno have been formidable back stops and Beth Ransome very consistent at bowling. Our big hitters for this season have been Isabelle Mayer, Sophie Elvin and Freya Saxton. Well done to everyone. The class of 2010 have been a joy and an exciting prospect for Year 4. SW

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Tennis

This year has seen many tennis records being broken – Wimbledon saw the longest match ever to be played, most aces served in a game and, what has to be a Beaudesert first, a tennis season unspoilt by the weather….nearly!!

GIRLS’ TENNIS Teams: Year 8 H Bevan*, L Maxwell (capt)*, A Dunstan*, E Ralph*, R Randall, J Mather, M Jodrell, M Sweet, V Schofield, I Dickson, M Scott-Bowden, I St Aubyn * denotes colours Year 7 L Thomas, E Waller, O Muir, G Bathurst, M-J Gardner, C Montgomerie, M Haycraft Mee, S Comery, S Sopher, H Field, A Knowles, O Carter, G Sykes, A Walker, A-M Bowring, G James Year 6 H Elvidge, T Godding, F Priest, C Large Results:

v Pinewood v Pinewood v Cheltenham Ladies’ v Dean Close v Clifton v Clifton v Cheltenham Jnr

U13 U11 U13/ U12 U13 A & B U12 U13 U13

5 - 4 0 - 4 14 - 11 2 - 16 11 - 14 13 - 11 4 - 5

Won Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost

Severnside Tournament U13 - 1st & 2nd Pair 2nd in group and U11 - 5th Tudor Hall Prep School Tournament Girls U13 1st Pair - Won

Our first match away at Pinewood was also a ‘first match’ for Francesca and Clodagh. Thea and Hester supported from the sidelines and even though they finished 6-4 down the improvement in their game and their confidence was huge! Thea and Hester continued their tennis experience with two tournaments which really helped me see their fighting spirit.The senior girls had plenty of matches to get their teeth into. Both the Dean Close and Clifton fixtures saw around 30 girls play tennis. Dean Close’s recent switch to concentrate on tennis has seen a big improvement in their performance, leaving us feeling like we have some work to do. Nevertheless the matches were incredibly tight, none more so than for Octavia and Lydia, scoring 5-6 in all three matches! It has been great to see so many Year 7 girls come to tennis coaching every Monday and it has really helped improve their game. The top three pairs worked incredibly hard and have seen huge improvements with their tactics and game play. Emma and Amy had a fantastic Severnside tournament and finished 2nd in their group, beating other school’s first pairs. Hattie and Lucinda matched their performance also, finishing 2nd in their group. Hattie and Amy went on to play together at a new tournament over at Tudor Hall. They played six matches against lots of different schools from our usual circuit. Winning their first match against Winchester House gave them the taste of victory and they went onto be unbeaten, taking home the silverware.

BOYS’ TENNIS Teams: Year 8 J Jamieson Black, H Grellier*, G Key, E de Barros (capt)*, M Dear, G Elvidge, H Nadiotis, B Sims-Hilditch*, L Graves, H Shipsey* Year 7 P de Barros, T Ravano Year 6 G Gordon Lennox, J Jamieson Black, T Severn, W Lewis, L Pitman *denotes colours Results: v Pinewood

U13 U11

8 – 1 2 – 2

Won Drew

9 – 9 2 – 7

Drew Lost

Severnside U13 1st Pair - semi-finals 2nd Pair - finalists and U11- semi-finalists Mixed v St Hugh’s

U13 1st IV 2nd III

The boys have been incredibly unlucky with fixtures this term. However the standard is excellent and I can’t wait to see some of them progress over the next few years. The Year 6 boys had an incredibly tight first fixture against Pinewood, finishing 2-2. Geordie and Jono got together to take on the mighty Malvern tournament which gave them a real taste of things to come. The Year 8 boys looked unstoppable against Pinewood with a great victory. LS

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Athletics

Teams: U9 A Amati, H Gearon, A Haynes, A Probert, M Arkwright, C McKenzie Wylie, A Hardwick, W Golesworthy, I Walker, I Mayer, F Saxton, B Knight, B Ransome, S Elvin, H Skelding, E Garner

U10 H Bailey, S D’Arcy Rice, C Leeper, J Kite, P Tabor, T Pilsbury, L Burns, S Shepherd, P Veelenturf, P Stopford, I Channing, T Parr, X Jardine, F Elvidge, T Priest, W Gravell, C Carpenter, F Hughes U11 K Penny, F Jodrell, L Sopher, J Muir, J Strain, B Barnes, M D’Arcy Rice, C Walker, I McLaughlan, K Hauger, K Wright, L Winfrey, T Mayer U12 T Severn, J Birtles, W Lewis, J Burns, Jo Jamieson Black, H Hudson, L Pitman, Z Davison, S Battishill, H Elvidge, I Jardine, M Fawcett, F Schrager von Altishofen, F Channing, F Morrissey, G Levinson, F Priest, G Gordon Lennox, C Clark U13 H Chamberlain, H Mitford-Slade, G Maxwell, F Neal, O Shale, A Knowles, C Montgomerie, H Field, G James, G Bathurst, A-M Bowring, L Thomas, O Muir, A Walker, Ca Evans, Co Evans, S Sopher U14 L Millar*, G Elvidge (capt)*, A Leschallas*, I Sweet*, I St Aubyn, R Randall*, H Grellier, R Dibben*, A Hauger, A Dunstan* (capt), H Bevan*, J Mather, M Jodrell, M Morgan, O Severn, C Holloway, W Raby-Smith, E de Barros, H Nadiotis, G Dingman * denotes colours

Sports Day 2010 Results U14 Events 100m G Elvidge 12.97s 200m G Elvidge 27.06s 800m L Millar 2m 27.50s Long Jump G Elvidge 5.00m Discus G Elvidge 24.38m Shot O Severn 7.88m Javelin G Maxwell 27.70m 100m Open Consolation H Grellier 16.03s

U13 Boys 100m 200m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

U12 Boys 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Cricket Ball

J Burns J Burns J Birtles J Burns Jo J Black

14.15s 30.40s 2m 49s 4.18m 42.00m

U11 Boys 100m 200m Long Jump Cricket Ball

J Muir J Muir T Mayer J Muir

15.10s 31.44s 3.38m 42.60m

J Kite P Tabor

14.81s 32.20s

Void race H Bevan I Sweet A Dunstan

30.79s 4,79m 42.78m

U10 Boys 100m 200m

U14 Girls 100m 200m Long Jump Rounders Ball

G Maxwell G Maxwell J Chamberlain L Thomas L Sopher G Maxwell

13.67s 28.16s* 4.47m 16.94m 8.71m 27.70m

U13 Girls 100m C Montgomerie 13.95s 200m C Montgomerie 29.11s Long Jump A Knowles 4.12m Rounders Ball G Bathurst 38.43m

U12 Girls 100m H Elvidge 200m H Elvidge Long Jump H Elvidge Rounders Ball T Godding

14.65s 31.44s 3.79m 27.66m

U11 Girls 100m K Hauger 200m K Hauger Long Jump I McLaughlan Rounders Ball K Hauger

15.10s 32.57s 3.32m 29.95m

U10 Girls 100m 200m Long Jump

15.59s* 32.55s 3.50m

Form Relay 4 x 100m Form Relay Year 5 4 x 100m Form Relay Year 6 4 x 100m Form Relay Year 7 4 x 100m Form Relay Year 8

Year 3 Form Races 60m 3H Boys H Gearon 60m 3H Girls I Walker 60m 3N Boys M Arkwright 60m 3N Girls B Knight 60m 3B Boys A Haynes 60m 3B Girls I Mayer

F Elvidge F Elvidge F Elvidge

5MB 65.68s 6A 64.15s 7LW 62.30s 8JB 59.00s

10.57s 10.33s 11.07s 9.62s* 10.30s 10.40s

* denotes broken record

Results U10, 12+14 v Pinewood, The Dragon, St Hugh’s Away 2nd/4 U9+11 v Pinewood, Prior Park, St Hugh’s Away 1st before Abandoned - Rain U10, 11+12 v Monkton, King Edward’s, The Downs, Clifton, Hazelgrove Away 3rd/6 U12 + 13 v Clifton, Bristol Grammar Away 1st/3 Severnside No team competition Home Mercia Preps No team competition Radley College National Finals No team competition Birmingham National Finalists: C Montgomerie, A Knowles, S Sopher, G Maxwell, A Dunstan, G Elvidge, M D’Arcy Rice Medallists: A Dunstan C Montgomerie

Records: J Kite F Elvidge M D’Arcy Rice H Elvidge C Montgomerie G Maxwell S Sopher A Dunstan I Sweet

U14 U13

800m 800m

U10 Boys U10 Girls U11 Girls U12 Boys U13 Girls U13 Boys U13 Girls U14 Girls U14 Girls

1st 3rd

100m 200m 800m Long Jump 200m/800m 100m/200m ShotDiscus 800m Long Jump

14.81s 32.55s 2m44.3s 4.11m 28.1s/2m32.7s 13.56s/28.16s 9.56m 2m28.7s 4.79m

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The athletics season is always approached with anticipation as many of our athletes, spurred on by achievements last year, endeavour to improve their personal bests and raise their levels of performance. Early games sessions are always busy afternoons and the long process of recording times and distances begins in earnest. Backed up with technical work performed in PE lessons the natural athletes come to the fore. More pleasingly, however, are those who begin to shine as they develop physically and improve their coordination. This year was no exception and the appearance of many names on the team lists for the first time is very satisfying. Early competition is all about honing skills and gaining experience. Compared with previous seasons we did not fare quite so well on the team front although this was perhaps masked when we lost narrowly to a very strong Dragon team at Pinewood despite winning two out of the three age groups. Among our individual winners were Sophie Shepherd, Jack Birtles, Ludo Millar, Amy Dunstan, Clemmie Montgomerie, George Elvidge, Hester Elvidge, Felicity Elvidge and four out of the six relay teams. The highlight was the senior boys as George brought the team home in front. Monkton, where we have been very successful in recent years, did not go so well as we came up against some incredibly strong opposition. Our U11 girls performed best in winning their age group. New names came to the fore with wins from Piers Tabor, Katie Hauger, Mollie D’Arcy Rice (new record), Isabella McLaughlan and the U12 girls’ relay. The junior match at Pinewood was abandoned due to rain whilst we were leading on points. Here there were wins for Joss Muir, Bea Knight and again Mollie and Katie. The seniors travelled down to Bristol Grammar for the first time and despite a lack of individual results the team came out on top ahead of Clifton Prep. Very exciting! The Severnside competition is always hotly contested for individual honours and with so many winners, too many to name, other athletes came to the fore. George Maxwell displayed a good turn of speed in winning the 100m whilst there were new records for Genevieve James (Long Jump), Sydney Sopher (Shot) and Amy Dunstan (800m). These matches culminated in a trip to Radley College for the Mercia Regional Trials. Again there were many fine performances and we did well, getting seven athletes through to the National finals. There were several others who just missed out, despite great performances, due to the very tough qualifying marks. Florence Channing, Francesca Morrissey, Hester Elvidge, Ludo Millar and Mimi Sweet were among those to miss out by the narrowest of margins. Those who made it through will have gained massively from their experience. At the Nationals in Birmingham we excelled with a gold for Amy and bronze for Clemmie (school record) both at 800m - the icing on the cake! In the hurdles, George Maxwell came so close but clipped one which slowed him down and Arabella Knowles was not far away from a medal as she made the top eight in her race. George Elvidge put in another captain’s performance finishing fifth and again just missing out on the school record. Sydney Sopher, slightly below par, still performed magnificently in finishing sixth in the shot; and had she been able to replicate her winning distance at Radley would have gained silver. Our youngest competitor was Mollie D’Arcy Rice who ran the 800m; she made the A race having won the regionals whilst a year young. A great deal of work goes into these performances, not only by the athletes. There are numerous staff involved, from the highly skilled PE staff to those with a passion and interest in athletics. Much thanks must go to Mrs Frapwell whose tireless enthusiasm and knowledge both inspires the children and calms the nerves of the less experienced. Mrs Wingrove and Miss Baber have lent their expertise at fixtures, helping with the organisation of the children and smooth running of the team. Also a big thank you to Mr Wachter for his military precision in setting up the Severnside and Sports Day competitions. Team Work! GR

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Swimming

Squads: U8 J Catto, A Haynes, C McKenzie Wylie, M Arkwright, B Knight, A Martin, I Mayer, L Newman U9 P Tabor, H North, A Hill, T Pilsbury, S D’Arcy Rice, H Bailey, F Elvidge, R Fawcett, S Shepherd, P Veelenturf, K Hughes, T Priest, L Dunne, C Reid U10 T Smith, M Fortune, K Penny, K Fairgrieve Pick, T Elvin, H Newman, J Muir, J Strain, I Brodermann, M D’Arcy Rice, G Martin, C Walker, M Moorsom, K Wright, I McLaughlan, K Hauger U11 T Kendell, H Kendell, E Kendell, C Clark, G Gordon Lennox, W Lewis, J Beattie, J Burns, Z Davison, F Channing, E Lowde, F Priest, H Elvidge, H Mather, S Dibben, F Schrager von Altishofen U12 F Neal, H Chamberlain, J Battishill, H Mitford-Slade, G Maxwell, A Walker, O Muir, G James, G Bathurst, J Phelps, L Thomas, C Montgomerie, S Sopher, B Holloway U13 G Key, T North*, H Grellier, R Randall, A Dunstan*(capt), V Schofield*, J Mather*, E Reid, M Scott-Bowden, H Bevan, E Ralph, L Faber-Johnson. * denotes colours

Results:

v Clifton v Wycliffe v Cheltenham Ladies’ v Cheltenham Jnr v Clifton v Cheltenham Jnr v Clifton v Cheltenham Ladies’ v Berkhampstead v Wycliffe

U13, U12, U11 U13, 12, U11, U10, U9 U13, U12 Girls U10, U9, U8 U11, U10, U9 U13, U12, U11 U13, U12, U11, U9 U13, U12 U10, U11 U11, U10, U9

Severnside Swimming v Tockington, Wycliffe and Rose Hill Westonbirt

Won Won Lost Won Won Won Lost Won Won Draw

Away Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Away

Won

IAPS Finalists T Kendell 25m Butterfly Z Davison 25m Breaststroke U12 Medley Relay O Muir, G James, G Bathurst, A Walker

The swim team have enjoyed great success this year losing only two matches to very strong teams. Both junior and senior squads have worked hard during sessions and have made good progress with technique, speed and starts and turns. The new starting blocks have meant our swimmers have gained valuable experience learning how to use them correctly and therefore gaining a better advantage in swim matches where they have been used. We started the year with a fantastic win at Clifton, with some great swims from our team of A and B swimmers. Notable victories came in the individual medley races and relays, showing great depth. We fielded a large team for the IAPS qualifiers at Cheltenham with many Beaudesert wins. Thomas Kendell, Zoe Davison and the U12 girls’ medley relay all qualified for the finals in Crawley. Zoe had a fantastic swim at the finals finishing 5th in the 50m breaststroke. The highlight of the season was the Severnside swimming at Tockington. Breaststroke seemed to be our strongest event, and we won all but one age group. The competition was tough against a very strong Wycliffe team, with the result resting on the last event, the Championship relay, which consisted of the four fastest swimmers from any age group, boys or girls. Our team of Georgia Martin, Zoe Davison, Amy Dunstan and Venetia Schofield were up against a team of strapping lads from Wycliffe. It was great to see technique just winning over strength; well done girls. Well done to all the swimmers for a fantastic year, and thank you to those who kindly stepped in at the last minute, swimming races they hadn’t swum before. TP

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Friends of Beaudesert raised funds the lifeguards for the pool.

On behalf of the Friends of Beaudesert I would like to welcome all the new children and parents who have joined the school this year. The role of the Friends of Beaudesert is primarily a social one. Our aim is to enrich the general education and lives of the children by providing many varied activities outside the school curriculum throughout the year. We feel this is an excellent way to extend relationships between staff, parents and pupils with the opportunity to have a lot of fun along the way. Our largest event of the year is the Fireworks Party in November. It is always well supported with parents enjoying the mulled wine and the children having fun with glow sticks and toffee apples. A big thanks goes to Robin Bevan and his team of volunteers who set up the pyrotechnic display, which takes up hours of their free time. Robin has since handed over his mantle to Matthias Hauger who I am sure will carry on with great success. At the end of the autumn term the Pre-prep children enjoy the Christmas party, which starts the Christmas holidays off with a flurry of excitement. The Swim and Tennis club is great value for money for families who come and use the tennis courts and swimming pool throughout the Easter and summer holidays. The money

The Wine Tasting that was held in the Easter term saw several teams battling against each other to blind taste wines, and then try and answer what type of wine it was and where it would be from. The evening was a great success and I think the wine was enjoyed rather than any information learnt. At the end of term the Easter Bunny visits the Pre-prep children and there is always much excitement when they go on the Easter egg hunt. Many thanks to the Easter bunny for helping us out!

The summer term sees a whole host of activities for the children in the Prep School. Firstly for Year 3 there is the Scavenger Hunt, which was a great success this year primarily because the weather was good and the children enjoyed the ice creams at the end of the afternoon. It was just as well with the amount of red faces from all the running about. For Year 4 the Circus Skills were still a big hit with all the children achieving something at the end of their sessions whether it was spinning

a plate or learning to juggle balls. For the second year running Year 5 and 6 were involved in the “It’s a Knockout” event. They were all split into teams who then had to complete a variety of obstacle courses. Half way through, a welcome break came in the form of a barbeque for them to refuel before finishing. Lastly and by no means least the Year 7 and 8 Leavers’ Disco with DJ Robbie was a great hit with a play list courtesy of Radio 1 DJ Ferne Cotton! Four of our members have retired this year. Firstly a big thank you to Anne Neal our retiring Chair for her four years of hard work and contribution to the Friends. Also retiring were Philly Muir, John Martin and our treasurer Robin Bevan. A big thanks to all of them and welcome to Sarah Jackson, Georgia Howes, Gaby Sopher, Emma Craven and Sarah Campbell. Do please take time to look on the Notice Boards in school and the web pages to find out what we are planning in the coming months. If you have any ideas or want to help with any of our events please do not hesitate to contact me through the School Office. We are always keen on feedback from parents and children to help us review and update the events. All the money raised from the larger events is used solely for the children’s activities and every two years we donate money to a dedicated charity. Finally, thank you to all those committee members and volunteer parents who have worked hard to support the Friends during my first term as Chair and especially Anne Neal for her guidance. It is this endless support that provides such a valuable contribution to life at Beaudesert Park. Wigs Catto Chair, Friends of Beaudesert

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Staff List 2009-2010 Headmaster JPR Womersley

BA (Hons), Durham; PGCE Oxford

Assistant Head POM Wachter

RMA Sandhurst; BEd (Hons), Bristol Head of Latin

Director of Studies S Heafield

BEd (Hons), Keele Head of Art

Senior Management KD Burns D S Farquharson G Russell

BA (Hons), McGill, Montreal Head of Maths; Year 8 Form Teacher BA (Hons), Liverpool; PGCE Newcastle Head of History; Year 8 Form Teacher; Head of Boarding BEd (Hons) Crewe and Alsager College; Director of Sport; Head of PE; Maths; Head of Boys

Head of Pre-prep Miss KSE Henderson BA (Hons) York; PGCE Edinburgh PREP STAFF Mrs L Adamson N Armitage Miss G Baber Mrs C Bevan M J Bevan J Bird Mrs J Butterworth M Castle Miss L Clements J Coombs E Craig Mrs P Dale-Harris Mrs K Duffy Mrs L Dyer A Edwards Mrs A Edwards Mrs B Farquharson Mrs L Field Mrs D Garlick Miss L Gilliatt P Graham Mrs K Hale Miss J Hammond JT Jeffreys Miss S Kim Mrs C Lincoln T Lloyd-Williams KU Madden J Morris RPT Morris Mrs R Nielsen Mrs T Phelps

MATRONS Miss AM Burr Mrs C Dowell Mrs J Excell SISTER Mrs L Johnstone Mrs D Davies

BA (Hons) Post Grad Dip SpLD; PGDE, Cirencester; Literacy Support BA (Hons) UEA; PGCE Cambridge; Year 6 Form Teacher; Maths BA (Hons) UWIC; PGCE Gloucester; Sport BEd (Hons), Exeter; Year 3 Form Teacher BEd (Hons), St Luke’s Exeter; Year 5 Form Teacher; Maths; Head of PHSE Dip Ed, University of Natal; Year 5 Form Teacher; Science BSc (Hons), Oxford Polytechnic; PGCE Oxford; Head of Science, Year 8 Form Teacher BA (Hons), Birmingham; PGCE, Roehampton; LTCL (Mus Ed); Director of Music BA (Hons) Education, Gloucestershire, NNEB; Year 3 Assistant BEd Exeter; ICT BA (Hons), Northumbria; Head of Geography; Year 6 Form Teacher BA (Hons), London; RSA, Hornsby Diploma; Head of Girls; Year 4 Form Teacher BEd (Hons),Nottingham; Post Grad Dip SpLD; Head of Literacy Support BSc (Hons), London; PGCE, PG Dip SpLD Literacy Support Houseparent; Sport 1st Degree Lille, France; PGCE Bath; French; Houseparent BEd, London; Head of Drama; Year 4 Form Teacher BA Fine Arts, ATC; Art BA (Hons) Primary Education Lancaster; Year 4 Science BA (Hons), Oxford; PGCE, Oxford Brookes; Year 7 Form Teacher; Head of English BA; Cert Ed, Durham; Cert ICT, Cambridge; Head of ICT BEd (Bath); Head of Year 3; Year 3 Form Teacher BA (Hons) Primary Eduction UWE; MA UWE; English; Year 6 Form Teacher MSc (Oxon); Cert Ed, Leeds; Dip Drama, Newcastle; Head of RE BSc (Hons) Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; PGCE Melbourne; Science BA (Hons) Southampton; PGCE Open University; French BA (Hons), Swansea; PGCE, Leeds; Head of French; Year 7 Form Teacher BA, Durham; PGCE London; Latin BA (Hons) Durham; PGCE Bucks; Year 3 French; Games; PE BEd, Worcester; HND (Agric) RAC; Science Technician BSc (Hons), Cardiff, PGCE Exeter; Science, Year 3 Form Teacher BEd (Hons), London; Girls’ Games; PE; Maths

Senior Matron

RGN; MBRA RGN; RSN; NNEB

MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS P Manning R Ward K Gardiner M Carter

Mrs M Poll Mrs S Russell WEH Silk Miss L Smith R Tiley L Waters Miss J Williams

BA Ed (Hons) Exeter; Literacy Support BSc (Hons), Manchester; PGCE Manchester; Maths BA (Hons) UEA; PGCE, London; English; History; Year 6 Form Teacher BSc (Hons) Gloucestershire; PGCE Exeter; Sport; Literacy Support BA (Hons), Anglia Ruskin; PGCE Kent; Dip Arts Admin, NCFE Level 3 Bushcraft Instructor; Year 7 Form Teacher; English BSc Civil Engineering, Glamorgan; PGCE, Exeter; Head of D & T; Year 5 Form Teacher BA (Hons), Durham; Year 4 Form Teacher

PRE-PREP STAFF Miss P Bett Mrs L Bingham Mrs S Brown Mrs J Chinnick Mrs S Cushnan Mrs C Hawker Mrs A Joyce Mrs S Lloyd-Williams Mrs F Price Mrs G Price Miss S Tranter Mrs V Wicks Mrs W Woodham

BA (Hons), Lancaster; PGCE Chelt. & Glos College; Year 2 Form Teacher STAR, Open University; Year 1 Assistant Cert Ed, Roehampton; Reception Form Teacher Playgroup Leader (NVQ Level 2); Reception Assistant Cert in Residential Care of Children; Year 2 Assistant NNEB; Reception Assistant Cert Ed, Rolle College; Reception Form Teacher Cert Ed, Lincoln; Year 2 Form Teacher NNEB, Clifton College; Year 2/3 Assistant BA (Hons), Aberystwyth; FISTC Swimming BA (Hons), Chelt & Glos College; PGCE, London; Year 1 Form Teacher Cert Ed, London; Year 1 Form Teacher BEd (Hons), Froebel College, Roehampton Institute; Literacy Support

VISITING STAFF Mrs M Brownbill ARMCM Voice M Coldrick AGSM in Performing & Teaching; Dip NCOS Guildhall School of Music & Drama; Drumkit Mrs S Frapwell Girls’ Games BTec in Contemporary Music; Electric Guitar R Gardiner S Garley Fencing Mrs N Gaunt BEd (Hons) Brighton; Literacy Support Mrs L Hale BEd Bath College; Piano & Recorder J Harris BA, Cardiff; Harp, Acoustic & Electric Guitar BA (Hons) Birkbeck College, London; Head of Wardrobe Mrs F Heseltine Mrs D Johnson MA (Oxon): School Counsellor Mrs N Kirkwood Speech & Drama M Maidment British Judo Association and BJC 4th DAN (Competition Grade); Judo BA; ARBS; HDFA; Drumkit B Mason Mrs N Mills BSc, Birmingham; PGCE, Bristol; Acoustic Guitar M Morris LRAM Royal Academy of Music, London; Clarinet & Saxophone Dr A Peacey PhD Liverpool; Pottery Dip. Welsh College of Music & Drama; Brass G Rees Mrs J Rees BA (Hons) OU, Licentiate of the Welsh College of Music & Drama; Clarinet & Saxophone D Robinson BA (Hons), Thames Valley University; Sport Mrs H Shaw Cert Ed, York; Piano R Smith BA London, CTABRSM; Piano Miss A Summers BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire, PGCE Reading; Piano & Piano Accordion Mrs J Tewson BA (Hons) Bristol, PGCE Bristol, Advanced Dip. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama;Strings D Thompson BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University, MA Bournemouth University; Piano BA Reading; RCSLT; Speech Language Therapist Mrs S Thornton Miss N Tomlinson TC & Dip RAD; AISTD; Ballet & Dance Mrs B Turner Music Degree, N Virginia College, USA; Flute BSc Leeds; Ecology Mrs G Waters Mrs S Wingrove Girls’ Games

TRANSPORT C Screen L Mills ADMINISTRATION Mrs J Abendanon Librarian K Lea Operations Manager B Lloyd IT Technician Mrs P Munn Headmaster’s Secretary Mrs S Radford Administrative Assistant Mrs C Royal Bursary Assistant GE Wingrove Bursar Marketing; Child Protection Officer Mrs F Womersley Mrs T Yates-Round Registration; School Secretary

GOVERNORS RS Trafford (Chairman) NAB Acland CR Barker FM Camilleri Mrs E Cowen PM Johnson JM Lancashire Mrs AM Melvin JRP Pike Mrs HR Pitman N Priest JGW Walker

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