Beaudesert Park School Magazine 2015

BEAUDESERT PARK SCHOOL

magazine AUTUMN 2015

Autumn 2015 BEAUDESERT PARK MAGAZINE

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AUTUMN 2015 No. 12

Contents School Notes:

Headmaster’s Speech

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Farewells

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Prizes

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Scholarships, Valete

Boarding House 12 Beaudesert and the Community

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Academic

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The Arts

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Outings and Events 23 Activities 36 Year 3

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Beaudesert Badge

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Prep Form Lists 43 The Pre-prep Department 44 Pre-prep Form Lists 55 Anthology 56 Sport 62 Friends of Beaudesert 94 Staff List 96

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School Notes Headmaster’s Speech at Prizegiving I am delighted that we have now completed this great project which will benefit Beaudesert children well into the future. The key to this new building is its flexibility and I look forward to seeing you here again for a variety of different performances and activities. This will be a building full of action, not a hall used for stacking chairs. Whilst I have a captive audience I would like to thank those of you who have kindly made donations to the cause. I can assure you there is still an opportunity to do so as any extra funds will now go directly to helping our Library project which starts as soon as the holidays begin.

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elcome to Prizegiving. First of all a special welcome to our guest His Honour Judge James Tabor, who has kindly agreed to present the prizes and say a few words. Also a very special welcome to this wonderful new hall. We have waited patiently for it to be ready and now for the first time we are able to enjoy its use for our end of term events. It may be a little self-indulgent to say I have been waiting longer than most for the chance to talk to you all in this new hall. When I arrived 18 years ago I was told we needed a new hall to replace the old wooden theatre; however, it became very clear that changing rooms, classrooms, art and design studios, up to date science labs, even to build a nursery and many other smaller projects quite rightly took precedence. Much hard work has gone into getting where we are now and I am immensely grateful to all those involved. There have been endless hours discussing proposals, then plans and finances.

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I would like to congratulate our Year 8s on the successful completion of their exams which have confirmed their places at the Senior School of their choice. The list of awards may be a little shorter than in other years, however the excellent CE results are proof of a strong performance from the whole year group. Well done to them.

Well done also to our splendid staff who make it all possible. This moment gives me a chance to publicly thank them for everything they do for your children.

It is self-evident that it is a great responsibility to bring up children.

Parenting was never supposed to be an easy option but it is one that parents can ill afford to get wrong. I would like to point out a worrying trend within the Independent School market with the thought that competitive parenting is actually damaging our children.

The growth of ‘trophy’ children who are forced to acquire an ever increasing number of accomplishments is a concern.

The retiring Head of Eton, Tony Little, reflects that some parents are trying to fulfil their own ambition though their children. They plan their children’s lives

to where they want them to be, which will then reflect well on them. Only if it does not happen that way or worse still the child does not want it to happen then there can be real upsets. Children feel failures, they feel unsupported, even unloved. For what purpose?

Schools can be part of the process.

It is equally important we do not feel the thing to have is ‘trophy children’; to only care about the children who obviously succeed and bring supposed honour to the school. Chasing scholarships, demanding top results, always looking to win, only allowing the most proficient to be seen or heard in public. In short think of it like this: ‘getting children to do things purely for the greater good of the school’.

This is not the grand plan here. We will not opt out of the competitive world – we will always be deeply committed to our children succeeding academically. We will not shy away from excellence; we remain a vital cog in the exam machine. We are rather good at it as our CE grades show every year. However, this can never be the overriding, all-consuming aim by which we can be judged.

It really does not matter if we win or lose every match – if we did all it would show is that the fixture list is wrong. Would we be a more musical school if we only allowed those with Grade 4 or above to perform? As parents would you really like your child always to be the one who was chosen, just because they are considered to be the best. Statistics can be used to prove anything and many people like lists and orders. But pity the parents – more so the child - who is only ever praised when they are ‘above average’ or supposedly better than the others.

Even the briefest understanding of maths would tell us that if you rank using an

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arithmetic average, 50% will be below and just 50% will be above the line, condemning half to be ‘also rans’.

Parents who just want to get their children further up the pecking order must understand for Amanda to go up then Jane must surely go down, for George to be in the top half, then he’s probably pushed Henry into the bottom half.

All meaningless unless put into context.

What I really want to focus on, for us as parents and as schools, is what really counts. I may say something similar every year but the older I get the more I believe it to be true. Right at the top of our list must be an ability to deal with others, and when I say others, I mean absolutely everyone with whom we come into contact. If we want to develop skills or attitudes, surely responsibility comes right up there – responsibility to oneself, one’s family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, the community, the wider world. Would you not as a parent feel huge pride if your child were to grow up with values which will make them a worthwhile member of society, whom others would look at and say, ‘They have love in their hearts’. Better, I believe, than pushing your child to be better than others at tiddly winks just so it makes you feel good. So if we want a statistic whereby Beaudesert will strive to improve, it is the ‘happiness stat’. I want to make it even more unlikely for a child not to be blissfully happy here.

Anyone with even the slightest involvement with education will be aware that stress amongst pupils is a growing concern. Much is talked about the growth of ‘mindfulness’ as a way of combating the increased pressure many appear to be feeling. We all have our part to play in realising what we can do to ensure we can control this stress at the right level.

It remains essential we are all pushed out of our comfort zones, are made to feel uncomfortable, be put in situations which make us nervous. We need to feel the buzz of adrenaline. To be a bit stressed is good for us - it builds character. No one wants to be surrounded by wimps.

There is always the danger of my generation when we were at school thinking differently from today’s children about stress. Just as mine did from our parents, many of whom grew up during the war. I would imagine the earlier generation could easily say, ‘Just get on with it,’ and in many ways who could blame them. However, we need to deal with what we face now and there are clearly mental health challenges ahead for all our children.

It would help if senior schools did not forever bang on about raising their academic standards, expecting even higher marks at CE then push for ever higher grades for their own public exams.

A bigger concern to me is the damaging potential of social media and the ridiculous

idea that everyone has got to be having a good time, all the time and anyone who is not is made to feel out of it; a failure.

Social media appears to glamorise everything which is both unhelpful and unrealistic. Our children may not bear the brunt of this yet but we need to prepare them for what is to come. We need to build up the thickness of their flak jackets to withstand the world they will face.

Schools are increasingly aware of mindfulness. This is not to be seen as an academic discipline but an awareness from everyone that children need support, encouragement, people to talk to, time to just do nothing.

This brings me back to my point about ‘trophy children’ not being pushed from pillar to post. Becoming accomplished.

Every day, most often twice at Beaudesert, we have an act of mindfulness. We call it break. We are keen to preserve it.

This is another reason why we are concerned about children being forced to do too much. We have just recently heard that the highly prestigious Cheltenham Ladies’ College is looking at their approach to prep and finding other ways of getting stress out of their girls’ lives. I applaud this initiative.

Having said that, it has been an extremely busy year full of numerous, differing events, one of which was our General Election. Eight parties were represented by our Year 8s. They each had to say something about health education and the wider economy. The rest of the school were asked to judge on how the candidates presented their policies and not to vote with any prejudice. There were many strong performers, especially the Green Party and the Conservatives [in a very smart suit]. The winner however was the Monster Raving Loony Party, which I hope says something about our children’s spirit of fun.

Despite not having the use of this splendid hall we have had some outstanding drama productions. If Peter Pan had

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the highest profile, all other year groups had their chance. I believe we had more concerts this year than ever before, all of which were hugely enjoyed by those attending. Sport at any prep school remains an important part of a child’s life.

The numerous fixtures and tournaments made available to children of all abilities should have given them the chance to enjoy games and competition. I believe we have had over 50 activities for children to choose from during the course of the year. I do not need to use this as a selling point to you but it is worth noting that we will continue to push for the chance for children to experience many different things.

During the course of the year I go to various meetings and conferences some of which are extremely helpful. I am always looking for interesting comments which I might bring to my end of year speech.

Here is a good one which came from the Head of a very selective boys’ school in Oxford who clearly needs to keep many of his parents under control. ‘Your child is a cake, my school is your oven, you prepare the special ingredients you select the oven, don’t open the door every five minutes to see how the cake is getting on’. Another one was describing why, in the Independent sector, we like to teach beyond and around any exam syllabus for the greater good of the children.

The analogy was made with cars and the speed limit of 70 mph. If cars are only allowed to go 70 why do we make them able to go 120? The answer given was so that they can be comfortable at the expected limit and go much faster when needed. The same is true of children who thrive on knowing much more than they need just to satisfy the narrow remit of exams.

It is very important for staff not to jump to conclusions when seeing things children have written. Mike Bevan, as an efficient form tutor; was looking at a Prep diary.

He was a little surprised when he saw in bold print next to Science prep ‘bored’.

When he took issue he was meekly told, ‘But Sir, it is to remind me I am boarding’.

Misinterpreting words is a hazard for

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us all. When an English teacher asked the class, ‘Who knows the meaning of the word moron?’ a hand goes up. ‘Is it a person who drives on the wrong side of the road?’ – ‘No, I think not.’ – ‘But that’s what daddy shouted when someone nearly hit us - “get off the road you bloody moron!” I am told there was a commotion one day in the Year 4 lunch queue when a rumour spread back down the line about lion being on the menu. Some bright spark had said that lion chops were on offer.

Perhaps there was a moment of collective dyslexia but Caroline’s best loin chops remained uneaten by Year 4.

In just a moment I will ask Judge Tabor to give away this year’s prizes. I am sure you all understand that the choice of some prizes and who gets what can be a difficult one. During the course of the year we hand out all sorts of prizes both from within the school and those gained elsewhere. We believe in applauding all aspects of children’s successes. What you see here is just an important sample.

Before we come to the final act of this ceremony with the presentation of Year 8s leavers’ pens and ties, I would like to say something about a very important leaver this term. Roger Trafford, our Chairman of Governors, steps down today having governed here for 18 years and having

been Chairman for the last 10. My own debt of gratitude is immeasurable. Roger was my boss in Oxford when Beaudesert was looking for a new Head and he played an important part in ensuring that I was offered the role. Most importantly he and his wife Cheryl have been wonderful guides and mentors throughout our time here. The school has been very lucky to have benefited from his great wisdom.

It is particularly fitting that we are gathered here in the Performing Arts Centre today. Without Roger’s drive and sheer hard work it would not have been built. Beaudesert has been one of his many governorships over the years; however, we have been his longest and his last.

Roger is a man of great loyalty and we have been privileged to have him as a Governor here for so long. Roger, thank you.

And now to the Year 8s. Even if they are slightly nervous about what lies ahead it is time for them to go. They have grown out of Beaudesert. However, I believe they have the strength and confidence to make the most of their time at their next school.

Remember that you are always welcome back and we greatly enjoy finding out what you get up to.

JPRW

Gap Students

(Top L-R) Hamish Stopp, Angus Brunsdon, (Bottom L-R) Alice Duff, Alexandra Veall, Jessica Blackman

Farewells Simon Heafield

Simon said a quiet goodbye to Beaudesert after 33 years distinguished service.

It may be that he was worried that some ‘old timers’ would come up with stories of his early life here, but it is extremely important to record how much Simon has given to generations of Beaudesert children.

He is an extremely well organised man, which was vital when he took on the role of Director of Studies and organised staff cover. Always in early, before many staff were awake, he managed to make sure the day ran smoothly for us all. Supportive and attentive to the staff when needed, he made for a very calm and happy staff room.

As the newly appointed Director of Studies he was faced with the first new Independent Schools’ Inspection process.

Phil Graham Phil deserves his well-earned retirement after 27 years’ service to the school.

He completed his time at Beaudesert with the important role of Head of ICT. He has not only been in charge of helping our children towards the digital age, but also had the harder task of pushing the staff along in the same direction! Introducing staff led systems and processes was vital and he made this his priority. He learnt to be able to programme effectively to meet the staff needs. Indeed, for the children the lessons gave them a good grounding in ICT as well

Kirsty Duffy

He undertook this immense task of preparing Beaudesert for modern day reporting – guiding and cajoling the staff along a process that is a vital part of the success of the school – he made sure that we were ready.

Again, behind the scenes, the preparations needed to produce the back drops to the school productions, were all undertaken

by Simon, in his own time, effortlessly and never with any pomp or ceremony.

A truly humble man. Indeed his sense of fun always surprised those who did not know him and the children used to delight to see him dress up for many occasions.

Simon had experience in all areas of school life – boarding duty, a competitive games coach, a keen football player with cricket thrown in for good measure, as well as Head of Geography and then latterly our Head of Art. He has inspired so many children who have gone on to make careers in the art world. Indeed we are fortunate to have a collection of all his front covers for the annual Prep school Carol Service that he produced!

I know we will all miss his support, kindness, loyalty and understated attitude ‘that the job needed to be done’.

Thank you Simon.

JPRW

At the end of the summer term we sadly said goodbye to our SENCo Kirsty Duffy, who retired after giving 18 years of dedicated service to the children of Beaudesert.

Mrs Duffy built the Learning Support Department up from humble beginnings to the thriving support network which exists today, for the benefit of all children needing a little extra support on their journey through the school. Mrs Duffy’s expertise, patience and wise words have boosted many children who will remember her fondly. We all wish her a well deserved and happy retirement. It was her dream that the Learning Support Department be situated in a more central part of the school to enable children and parents to drop in easily should they wish to. We are so pleased to say that this has now come to fruition.

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as latterly inspiring them as new creative programmes came to the fore.

Competition! He passed on this skill in activities to many Beaudesert children.

Phil has taught English in addition to other subjects in his earlier years at Beaudesert, as well as spending countless hours as a wonderful sports coach. His skills on the ski slopes made him the chief organiser of many school ski trips – with children and then, on occasions, with parents too. Regardless of the ski conditions these trips were thoroughly entertaining and provided many wonderful memories for all those who went on them.

Indeed, Phil has been the leading staff golfer throughout and has always been the man to beat in the staff Beaudesert Bowl

Another side to Phil’s character was his calm acceptance of duty especially in the evenings.

Our senior matron at the time, Alice Burr would suggest a sewing task or similar for the children and Phil would always join in and enjoy chatting with the children.

Often seemingly quiet and never wanting to take centre stage, Phil always made sure there was humour and fun. Generous and kind to his fellow colleagues, we shall miss him greatly. Thank you for all you have done for so many children and staff alike.

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Richard Ward

Richard has been a stalwart of the grounds team for nineteen years. The marks of his many projects remain with us. In particular the smart groundsman shed up on the field was a Richard Ward masterpiece, from design phase to the finished build. He has always taken pride in the state of our sports grounds and many generations of our boys and girls have benefitted from his expertise ensuring our pitches were in good shape.

Richard was always particularly vigilant in his periodical fight against the dedicated ‘Chaffer Grub’. We thank him for all his efforts and wish him well in retirement.

JPRW

Kevin Lea

Cherry Bevan

It was a very fortunate day for Beaudesert in 2005 when Cherry walked through the door of the Pre-prep to cover maternity leave. It quickly became obvious that she was a real asset to the school, not to be relinquished easily!

Having shone with Year 2 Cherry moved into the Prep School in 2007, firstly as a Year 3 form teacher and latterly as the matriarch of the Year 4 dynasty.

Her skills are wide and varied, as she has the ability to turn her hand to practically anything: up to, and including, knitting, stone painting and hairdressing. Many a lucky pupil has received an excellent grounding in English, Maths, Humanities and RS. Anyone entering 4B during a

typical, and therefore extremely busy, day could not fail to notice the calm, secure and productive atmosphere emanating from the room. To whomsoever she was teaching, Cherry applied the same patience and care. She always had a bit of a soft spot for those who were more needy and, particularly, the slightly naughtier boys!

As a colleague Cherry set the bar incredibly high. Always industrious, she was ahead of the game with her planning and paperwork, driving the Year 4s onwards with spelling lists, preps and termly plans. This summer term has proved to be rather a steep learning curve for the remaining Year 4 staff!

Cherry is outstandingly kind, thoughtful, and possesses a wonderful sense of humour. She has the rare talent of being able to make anyone she meets feel important. She will be enormously missed.

To say she will be retiring is a bit of a misnomer, as we know that she will keep extremely busy: spending time on her exceptional artistic talents and being with her granddaughter. Beaudesert’s loss is definitely the Bevan family’s gain.

We wish her much happiness and good health for the future.

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Ben Lloyd For four years Kevin has served the school as Operations Manager. Schools have become increasingly busy over the last few years and now need a higher degree of organisation at every level and we are very grateful Kevin has been able to fulfill many different tasks. He is well connected in the trade world and has always been able to find someone to fix a problem or take on smaller projects. I know he was very pleased to see through the building of the nursery and to be a part of the Performing Arts Centre project. His work has been greatly appreciated.

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Fourteen years ago Ben Lloyd joined us as a much needed IT technician. As the years progressed it became ever more evident how important the role had become as the number of computers at the school increased. Ben’s friendly presence ensured that IT ‘rage’ has been kept to a minimum as he has been able to fix various technical issues for staff. Ben has been a loyal member of staff and we wish him well as he moves on.

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Alan Edwards Alan has been a tremendous asset to our Sports Department. As a talented games player himself he has been able to teach the skills needed and add a competitive spirit to the teams under his wing. This has been particularly true of the many successful girls’ hockey teams he has led. I am also grateful to Alan for stepping in to man the boarding house with Alex for a couple of years. I know they and the children enjoyed the experience.

We wish him well in his new role at St Anselm’s.

JPRW

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Alex Edwards Having left in 2006 for her Kenyan adventure at Pembroke House School, Madame Edwards returned to Beaudesert in 2008 to the delight of pupils and staff alike. When she entered the school dining room on her first day back, one of her former tutees lost all her Year 8 cool, and ran excitedly up to Madame Edwards, clearly delighted to see her former form teacher. To this day, 7E is the only place to hang out.

The children know how much she cares; she is a lioness when it comes to championing her tutees, and they love and respect the light touch she brings to her role as a form tutor. During her tenure as houseparent, she engendered the same affection in all the boarders under her care.

When it comes to organising equestrian events, even the Badminton estate could learn a thing or two. Every Tuesday and Thursday, whatever the weather, Madame Edwards shepherded and supervised large groups of enthusiastic and devoted riders; a considerable logistical undertaking.

Each year, she gave these same enthusiasts the opportunity to indulge their passion

Hannah Osborne for the sport in a competitive environment as she had done herself at their age.

As colleagues we shall miss her outspoken, mischievous and highly entertaining contributions to staff room banter, which is generally delivered from her favourite location by the fire. The vital winter job of lighting the fire in the staffroom, and “Cinders”, I mean, Alex’s chair in front it, are both, once more, on the open market; however be aware that the French Department have first refusal, precedents must be respected! But how will she cope with the intemperate Derbyshire Dales after all “It is so cold!”

Madame Edwards brings this same directness and sense of fun to her teaching of the French language. Her pupils leave Beaudesert with a thorough grounding in the language, outstanding CE grades and the most wonderful French accents.

She will be very much missed by us all and we wish her success and happiness in her new role as the Head of Languages at St Anselm’s in Derbyshire.

CL

Sally Cushnan

Sally Cushnan joined Beaudesert in 2006 after various teaching assistant posts in Gloucestershire. However I must admit, Sally was actually feared before she even set foot in Beaudesert. Not only were staff told that she was an expert baker, hence her nickname Mrs Kipling, but all the staff knew that in 2002 she was nominated for Teaching Assistant category of the National Teaching Awards and was the West of England regional winner. No pressure! It is

evident why she won the award - Sally has always shown enthusiasm and positivity in her job and has stopped at nothing to help the children in her care. She has been an integral part of the Pre-prep department for the last nine years and will be greatly missed. Sally will be remembered for her love of dressing up; there is even a big pair of frilly knickers still in the loft with her name on them, left over from the Year 2 play Beaudella - don’t forget to take them before you leave! We would like to wish you all the best on behalf of all of us. I must quote, “Retirement is the beginning of life ... not the end.” We all know that the best bit of your life is just beginning and you will be spending lots of time with your grandchildren. We wish you and Paul every happiness in the future, hoping you will stay in touch.

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Hannah Osborne, joined Beaudesert in 2012 straight from her teaching degree at Exeter University. When she arrived she looked glamorous, wore high heels, not a hair out of place, nails always done… but she soon realised the reality of being a teacher and in came the flat shoes and no nail varnish! Hannah has always had a passion for travelling, having spent three months teaching in an orphanage in Ghana, and travelled extensively through Australia, South East Asia and Indonesia. So it wasn’t surprising to learn of her impending move to the sunny climes of Dubai. In Hannah’s letter of application, one of the key things that drew me to her was she had written, ‘even the most unwilling learners can find learning fun when partnered with the right teacher’…this perfectly sums her up. Hannah will always be the ‘right’ teacher. Her enthusiasm is contagious and Beaudesert’s loss is certainly Repton’s gain.

I know we shall all keep in touch with Hannah as she is an absolute star, but in the meantime I would like to wish her all the best of love and luck for her future.

KSEH

Ruth Mason Ruth has been a very dedicated teaching assistant in the Nursery for the past year.

Her happy, caring nature has made her a wonderful person to welcome and settle the children in school each morning, making a positive start to each and every day.

Ruth has been a valued team member and we shall be sad to see her go. On behalf of the whole team, I want to thank Ruth for all her support and hard work. I wish her all the very best for the future.

KSEH

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Speech Day Prize List John Keyte Maths Prize For excellence in Maths Davis Maths Cup For exceptional performance in Maths The Nott Cup For excellence in Maths May Prize for English For excellent results at Common Entrance Stephen Henriques English Prize For undeniable quality and ability Rufus Isaacs English Prize For consistent excellence Reid Science Prize For continued effort and progress throughout Year 7 & 8 Matthews Science Prize For excellent progress in Science and Maths Brickwood Physics Prize For excellence in Physics Chalmers French Prize For exceptional performance in French Austin Richardson Classics Prize For impressive performance in Greek and Latin Horne Prize for Ancient Greek For excellence in Greek Vincent Keyte History Prize For outstanding work in History Petyan Prize for Geography For continued improvement throughout the years Mander RE Prize For exceptional effort and attainment Hervey Adams Art Prize For exceptional effort and achievement Lavery Cup for the Arts For artistic flair Kulesza Technology Prize For outstanding design work Archibald Design Prize For excellence in Design and Technology Cucknell Design Salver For outstanding design work Wallace Drama Award For outstanding dramatic performance Oliver Shield For excellence and commitment to the music department Elgar Music Prize for Woodwind Waite Shield for Strings Kellie Cup for Brass Blackmore Chorister Cup Brodermann Prize For dignity and bearing All Rounder Prize For great all round contribution The ‘Good Egg’ Prize

William Gibson Wilbur Hyde Thomas Kinsella Marcus Arkwright Alexandra Herrtage Sophie Elvin Poppy Read James Taylor-Kimmins William Gibson Freya Saxton Jasper Lowde Jess Downton Tom Jodrell Ben Mather Jack Tucker Poppy Read Lydia Newman Ginny Lawrence Alexandra Raphael Kitty Hiscox André Stamp Jess Downton Amelia Kold Tom Elliott Tom Jodrell Bea Knight Jock Catto Beth Ransome Annabelle Martin

Form Prizes 3H 3H 3H 3N 3N 3N 3S 3S 3S 4B 4B 4B

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For academic excellence For enthusiasm and a positive attitude to school life For all round effort and perseverance For academic ability and creative flair For dedicated hard work and that sense of humour!

For a love of life and learning; you will go far!

For academic excellence For enthusiasm and dedicated hard work For kindness and a positive attitude to school life For academic excellence and all round effort For consistently outstanding effort and performance For excellent manners and consistent kindness

Elysia Ahearne Archie Baker Rafe Phillips Emi McMurtry Max Craven Emma Downton Archie Thomson Bel McLaughlin Rose Evans-Gough Margot Evans-Gough Freddie Campbell Hector Adams

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For academic excellence For a year of hard work For being Mrs Gurney’s saviour on so many occasions For all round effort and impeccable manners For continual academic success throughout the year For her kindness, endless positivity and zest for life!

For continual high achievement For continual hard work and endeavour For excellent contribution to the form For impressive academic progress and being an outstanding friend For high academic achievement and excellent public speaking skills For outstanding empathy For academic excellence throughout the year For outstanding effort, constant cheerfulness and kindness to others For a positive attitude to learning and a wicked sense of humour For outstanding academic achievement and effort For outstanding effort and the rare ability to make everyone smile For showing admirable effort and always being cheerful For consistent academic excellence For a positive attitude and contribution to school life For cheerfulness, enthusiasm and consistent hard work For his responsible and dependable attitude in the class For her cheerful demeanour and hard-working ethic For integrity and kindness in the class For outstanding academic achievement and effort For outstanding effort and contribution to school life For increased enthusiasm and positivity throughout the year For consistently outstanding effort and academic achievement For a positive attitude and all round contribution to school life For ceaseless enthusiasm and a cheerful disposition For an excellent attitude and approach to all areas of school life For excellent academic achievement and all round effort For an outstanding all round contribution to school life For the successful pursuit of excellence throughout the year

Poppy Ross Hugo Kay Tilly Vernon Flora Scurr Rosie Smith Clemmie Birts Evie Jones Frieda McLean Tom Ratcliffe Jake Holloway Ben Worsley Jemima Walker Harry Ahearne Beth Tuke-Hastings Rosie Roche Siena Burnett Emilia Lewis Jack Cooper Jemima Keveth Daisy Gough Annika McIntyre Freddie Baker Millie Campbell Amber Preston Emily Tubbs Agatha Kay Wilbur Hyde Tom Elliott Ellie Pridmore Rosie Lewis Jess Downton Oliver Mullen Amelia Kold Ginny Lawrence

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For striving and succeeding on a National stage For perennial endeavour and thoughtfulness For outstanding commitment to his studies For outstanding character, effort and kindness For an outstanding all round contribution to school life For his empathy, integrity and kindness For being an all round star in his Beaudesert career For his determined effort and contribution to school life For loyalty to Beaudesert For her positive attitude towards school life For excellent contribution to the Form and year group

Charlie Davison Alexandra Raphael Charlie Gent Molly Combe Isabelle Mayer Archie Probert Alberto Amati Harvey Gearon Marina Pitman Cecilia Mayne Alex Haynes

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Scholarships Harvey Gearon Sophie Morgan-Rodda Annabelle Martin Isabella Mayer Poppy Read Jock Catto William Gibson Tom Kerr

Malvernian Society Junior Levick Sports Scholarship Choral and Drama Scholarship All-Rounder Award Exhibition Basil Hume Scholarship Art Exhibition Sports Exhibition Academic Exhibition Academic Scholarship

Malvern College Westonbirt School Sherborne Girls School Ampleforth College St Mary’s, Calne Malvern College Cheltenham College The King’s School, Gloucester

Valete YEAR 8 Alberto Amati Marlborough College Marcus Arkwright Eton Alice Biddulph Marlborough College Jock Catto Malvern College Oliver Coker Cheltenham College Molly Combe The King’s School, Gloucester Sophie Elvin Marlborough College Jocasta Ferrigno Downe House Harvey Gearon Malvern College Charlie Gent Bradfield College William Gibson Cheltenham College William Golesworthy Rendcomb College Alex Haynes Radley College Henry Hellens Dean Close Alexandra Herrtage St Edward’s, Oxford Marcus Hudson Marlborough College Sam Hughes Radley College Luca Hyde Kingham Hill School Thomas Jodrell Eton Tom Kerr The King’s School, Gloucester Tom Kinsella Cheltenham College Bea Knight Wycombe Abbey Fergus Large Dean Close Violet Levinson St Mary’s, Calne

Jasper Lowde Cheltenham College Hugo Mallinckrodt Eton Annabelle Martin Sherborne Girls Ben Mather Radley College Isabelle Mayer Ampleforth College Cecilia Mayne Stowe School Toby Melvin Radley College Sophie Morgan-Rodda Westonbirt School Lydia Newman Malvern College Theo Norman St Edward’s, Oxford Wilfred Pease Radley College Marina Pitman St Mary’s, Ascot Archie Probert Marlborough College Lotte Quinn Marlborough College Beth Ransome Marlborough College Paolo Ravano Bradfield College Poppy Read St Mary’s, Calne Freya Saxton Malvern College Honor Skelding Cheltenham College André Stamp Marlborough College Isobel Standen McDougal Malvern College James Taylor-Kimmins Cheltenham College Jack Tucker Sherborne Isabella Walker St Mary’s, Calne

YEAR 7 Tom Baxter Blundell’s James Kerr Pate’s Grammer School

YEAR 6 Iona Beattie Rosalie Craven Charlie Maculan Anna Mallinckrodt

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Boarding House becoming a friend to all with her sunny outlook and her admirable work ethic.

Throughout the year the boarders have enjoyed a wealth of activities, anything from Colditz, where the children tore around the grounds desperately trying to avoid the searchlights, to keeping the children on target whilst learning the skill of archery. The new addition of a pool and table tennis table in the Boarding House has gone down a storm with many a brave talent taking on the boarding staff.

The children’s evenings are fun and varied and we thank all the staff who give up their time to make boarding as enjoyable as it is. We hope you have enjoyed reading weekly news from the Boarding House which can be found on the Beaudesert Banter page of the school website.

Emma and I were delighted to have been given the opportunity to run the boarding house at Beaudesert. The moment we first visited the school, we knew it was a very special place that we wanted to be a part of. We have thoroughly enjoyed our first year getting to know the children and calling Beaudesert our home. Our boys, Hector and Oscar have loved having the company of the boarders and our dog Digby has enjoyed all the attention he’s received too!

We hit the ground running in the Autumn Term and with the help and support of Lisa, Senior Matron we were able to settle in to the Houseparent role with ease.

The children have made our year and it has been a pleasure nurturing those in the Boarding House.

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It was sad to say farewell to our Gappy Matron, Jess,who embraced her time at Beaudesert and was instrumental in organising the Boarders’ Christmas Party.

All the children and staff relished the opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit by adorning themselves in festive outfits from camels to cheeky Christmas elves. We thank Caroline and her team in the kitchen for putting on a festive feast and Lisa for compering an entertaining Christmas Quiz.

The Spring Term brought with it our new Antipodean Gappy, Esther. Esther has settled into boarding life brilliantly,

We particularly enjoyed the company of the Year 8s this year and saw them off in style by hosting a Mocktail Party for the boarders. Flavours were mixed with flare and enthusiasm but not all passed Mrs Holmes’ taste test.

We are thoroughly looking forward to the start of a new year at Beaudesert and keeping you updated of all the events and activities your children get up to whilst in our care. Under our guidance with the support and enthusiasm of pupils, parents and staff the boarding community is continuing to thrive.

The Holmes Family

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Beaudesert and the Community We collected three wheelie bins of wellington boots and warm waterproof coats for refugees in Kurdistan. Beaudesert families have also been collecting ring pulls from cans to enable items such as belts, bags and bracelets to be made by Filipino adults and then sold to raise money for their children’s education. This prevents their children rummaging through the tips for the ring pulls.

The Beaudesert Autumn Charity Fair was very well supported yet again and raised £9100 for Youth Action Wiltshire and, particularly, for children who are caring for family members. Help for Heroes, Child Bereavement UK and Future Hope were the beneficiaries of the collection at the school Carol Service, with each of the charities receiving £470.

Beaudesert has supported a number of different charitable causes this year and, in so doing, we hope to have fostered in the children the importance of helping those less fortunate than ourselves.

We supported some national events such as Jeans for Genes (Home Clothes Day), the British Legion (at our Remembrance Service), MacMillan Cancer Support (by taking part in the world’s biggest coffee morning). Harvest Festival boxes, brought in from home, provided a colourful

backdrop to our annual service and these were again distributed to pensioners in the area.

The children themselves helped with a number of specific charities.

Almost two hundred shoeboxes were donated by Beaudesert families for the Operation Christmas Child shoebox appeal. 8SM raised £132 for Help for Heroes by running a second hand book sale. UNICEF received £40 from the children’s Christmas card postal service.

As a response to the earthquake in Nepal, children were asked to earn and bring in £1 but many brought in much more and we were able to send off a cheque for just over £1100 to the relief fund. 5LR organised a sponsored silence and were able to send almost £300 to Cancer Research.

We continued our link with Widden School, a multicultural primary school in Gloucester, with reciprocal visits for Year 4 children. We hope that this link has given all the children involved the chance to understand a little about the lives of other children from different backgrounds and faiths.

Thank you to all the children, parents and staff for their support.

FW

We also continued our ongoing collection of sports kit for children in Africa and Beaudesert families also collected books which one of our old girls, Bella McLaughlan, who has set up Liberation Libraries with a friend, delivered to Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa and started a library in Ramlakan Primary School.

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Science The Salter’s Chemistry Festival

When we arrived at Bath University we had a quick briefing on what we were going to be doing that day. We went across the road to the chemistry labs. When we went into the labs, we were astonished because of the size of them. On the outside there were seven fume cupboards and in the middle there were loads of working benches with high-powered condensing taps. It was a great opportunity to experience science in a university setting.

Our first challenge was a murder investigation. There were three clues, white powder, clear liquid and some ink from a pen.

We were then given samples of these chemicals and also given samples from people who were around at the time. We used chromatography to see which ones were identical to the samples at the crime scene. We then used a chemical test to find out if the white powder was a sulphate, carbonate or nitrate. The one found at the crime scene was a carbonate. We then used universal indicator to test the pH of the clear liquids. The ones that matched in pH to the ones at the crime scene were suspects.

We got the right answer, it was Charlie Rock, she was the only one who matched all of the substances at the crime scene, greeny-yellow, blue and red were the colours we found in the ink, a metal carbonate and a strong acid.

After that we had lunch and fed the ducks, which Thomas was very excited about! In the afternoon session we had an hour to cool water from room temperature to 10.5° C by using a ratio of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and water. For the first 40 minutes we could not get it below 20° C. Then we asked for a bigger spatula and got it down to 10.8° C and because of this we came second. This was a great example of an endothermic reaction.

We then watched a very interesting science show in which they set a jelly baby on fire among other whizzes and bangs. After that there was prize giving and then we had an ice cream and headed home. It was an amazing day and was also really educational and interesting for us all.

William Gibson, Thomas Kinsella and Jasper Lowde Year 8

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Cheltenham College Prep Schools’ Science Afternoon Six of us were chosen from Year 6 to visit Cheltenham College for an afternoon of science. First we did nine experiments in Physics. My favourite was counting the peaks on sound waves. The hardest experiment was balancing weights on a ruler. It was tricky as the slightest touch made it move.

Next we did biology, extracting our own DNA from cheek cells on the inside of our mouths. We bit our cheeks, rubbed cotton buds on the bite, then swirled them around in a liquid that breaks down the cheek cells and lets the DNA out of the cell’s nucleus. Then we poured the cells plus some ethanol into a tiny tube, closed it with a rubber bung on the top and glued on the clasp. It was tied onto a cord so that you can wear it as a necklace.

In the chemistry lab we did four experiments to learn about using chemical energy including making a battery out of half a lemon. My favourite experiment was called Magic Mixture. We mixed two solutions together, waited for a chemical reaction, turned out the lights and saw the solution had a luminous glow. We really enjoyed the day. Thank you Mrs Butterworth for taking us.

Rosalie Craven Year 6

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The Solar Eclipse

at the sun directly unless you wear special solar eclipse glasses. Even though it was tempting not to wear the glasses, if you did, you would damage your retina and become blind. When you looked at the sun through the solar glasses you could see the shape of a crescent moon, which in fact was a part of the sun not blocked by the moon. It looked amazing.

The partial solar eclipse was an astonishing event. It occurred on the 20th March 2015. After morning assembly, we gathered on the common. We were lucky enough to see it on Minchinhampton Common in the morning as there was a beautiful, cloudless blue sky.

We witnessed a partial eclipse as the moon only covered 82% of the sun. However, everything else through the glasses looked pitch black. This solar eclipse happened because the sun, moon and earth lined up, casting the moon’s shadow over part of the United Kingdom. The next full solar eclipse will occur in the United Kingdom in 2090 when we will all be 87 years old!

The light faded and there was definitely a drop in temperature as the moon blocked the sun’s light. One cannot look

Felix Taylor-Kimmins, Edward Walker and Charlie Davison Year 7

Dissecting a Pheasant in the Science Lab

A Special Science Day Yesterday a lady named Dr Alison from Bristol University Chemistry Department showed the whole of the Prep School some chemistry.

First she talked about the air and what gases it was made up of. Next she said she had frozen some liquid nitrogen. She had a massive tub of frozen liquid nitrogen which was -200°C. Dr Alison put a rubber glove in it and as soon as she took it out, dropped it on the floor and stood on it, it went crunch and it broke into tiny segments. Then she put half of a rubber tube into the nitrogen. When she took it out it looked perfect but it was not. Dr Alison then got a hammer and hit the end she had not put in the nitrogen and the hammer bounced up and down. After that she hit the other end of the tube, crunch, it broke. Next she put some fresh flowers into the nitrogen and when she took them out all the petals had fallen off. It made a very big mess. Dr Alison then got some H2O2 and put it into a long tube and then added some food colouring, washing up liquid, acid and alkaline. Suddenly poof it started rising. Next Dr Alison showed us some dry ice. She put the dry ice into a glove and after a while the glove started getting bigger and bigger as the dry ice turned into a gas. Then Dr Alison got a container and put in some acid and alkaline. She then put a indicator in and it turned green and then it turned purple, red, orange, green and yellow.

Finally she asked for four volunteers. She put them in a line and said to the rest of the school that some of the balloons that were tied on the chair contained helium and if it was helium it would just go pop. If it contained hydrogen it would go bang.

The first one went pop and the second one went bang. I really enjoyed the hour of chemistry and it makes me want to do more science.

Jemima McShane Year 3

Dissecting a pheasant was such fun.

I learnt that a boy pheasant is called a cock and is very colourful, whereas a girl pheasant is called a hen and is brown.

First of all we plucked the pheasants.

Plucking is where you take all the feathers off the body. We then chopped off the legs and the wings and then cut open the skin. We all put our hands up the pheasant’s behind to get all the organs out. We got out the heart, liver, stomach and the intestines. We could actually see what the pheasant had for breakfast – bits of corn were in the stomach. By this time the whole science lab was smelling disgusting and a few of us had to go out. The whole experience of dissecting a pheasant was great fun and an amazing opportunity to dissect such a big bird. Thank you Reverend Thomson for showing us how it is done and for bringing in the birds.

Flora McKenzie Wylie Year 6

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Design and Technology Here at Beaudesert we take our Design and Technology lessons very seriously but have great fun at the same time.

We incorporate all of these STEAM elements into our projects to try and gain as much educational value as possible and our cross curricular links are almost endless.

We use a wide range of different materials and tools to build fun and exciting projects that the children will value, and they also have the opportunity to develop and customise these projects into their own design.

Over the past few years you may have heard the word STEM within the education context. This stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The idea was to give children the realisation that all these subjects can be integrated into one.

This has now gone one-step further with Art added into STEM to make STEAM. Since the dawn of time man has drawn designs and made items to overcome problems. We take every day items with a pinch of salt but literally everything that we pick up and use that is man-made has been designed, engineered and then manufactured somewhere within the world. Presently we are making the most technological advances of all time within huge range of disciplines, however, these advances still can be broken down to our basic STEAM subjects.

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As we head to the end of the term we can see our own new build the ‘Performing Arts Centre’, (PAC) come to a completion.

It gives us the opportunity to have the first Design and Technology show in such a superb-looking building.

Over the summer holiday the new school Library will start its next phase of building.

Our pupils entered a school competition to come up with ideas and concepts that could be incorporated into the design!

With anticipation we wait and see what maybe included into the design by the architects.

If we can enthuse and motivate children to enjoy designing and building with science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, we will have a bright future ahead of us. This is why Design and Technology is such an important subject to teach in schools today.

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The Arts Art Having only begun at Beaudesert in the Summer Term of 2015, I am not able to give a summary of the year as a whole, but rather a round up of the Summer Term and my first impressions.

created work this term as varied as kinetic sculptures in wire to mixed media portraits, surrealist collages and experimental mark making. Alongside these projects the pupils explore practitioners from the past and present, and so gain an understanding in Art History. At the basis of every project, sketchbooks are used with a focus on drawing. Drawing is, after all, the primary means of expression.

There have been many times since my recent start that I have had to pinch myself.

How many art rooms can boast a view looking out towards a small folly and the rolling Cotswold Hills behind? Not many.

It is in this inspiring setting in a beautiful, light and airy Art Room that the pupils have created a wide range of work this term.

Pupils at Beaudesert have lessons in the Art Room from Year 4 and my colleague Mrs Field has taught the year group a range of exciting projects from landscape painting to a William Morris-inspired project.

Mrs Field also runs an Art Activity to the Year 3s, and it is always lovely to see them enter the room with so much enthusiasm and obvious enjoyment for the subject.

It is my belief that children should gain experience in a variety of mediums.

To this end the children in Years 5 to 8

Mary’s, Calne. Her fantastic sketchbook has really inspired the group of Year 7 potential Scholars who have already started attending extra sessions this term.

I am really excited about the next academic year and cannot wait to plan a selection of varied projects for the students. I also hope to organise trips to galleries to complement the Art curriculum and to enhance students’ knowledge of contemporary and historical artistic practice. Last but not least I intend to once more reinstate the annual exhibition after this year’s hiatus in order to showcase pupils’ work from across the school.

GEORGIE BAXTER YEAR 4

It was clear to me from when I first visited Beaudesert that Art is a valued subject at the school. This was seen in the colourful displays in the Art Room and around the school. This will of course continue, but I have also introduced an Art blog (www. beaudesertart.blogspot.com), where after each project, examples of the pupils work are displayed online. In this manner parents and pupils can view the range of Art created at Beaudesert without being on site.

POPPY READ (AWARDED ART EXHIBITION) YEAR 8

If a pupil has a real passion and flair for the subject they may decide to try for an Art Scholarship.

This will involve a considerable amount of work with potential candidates expected to build a strong portfolio of 10 to 15 final pieces, a sketchbook and knowledge of Art History. I started at Beaudesert with the happy news that Poppy Read had gained an Art Exhibition to St

SCARLET PAGE YEAR 6

Art is a vital part of every child’s education at Beaudesert and I have no doubt that this subject will continue to thrive so that the next generation of artists, graphic designers, game designers, architects and perhaps even Art teachers will have the skills to enable them to flourish.

BD

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Music Every year is an intensely musical year at Beaudesert Park.

In addition to the many concerts and events held throughout the last twelve months, we have also been filled with the anticipation of moving into the Performing Arts Centre. It has been very exciting watching this building grow and each concert led us closer to the day we could fill the space with the talented children of Beaudesert Park.

Autumn Term 27 members of the Beaudesert Park Orchestra ventured off to Downe House to participate in a brilliant Orchestral Day. Every child played in a mass orchestra of over 170 children from many different schools. They also played in a concert band and string orchestra, playing pieces from ‘Frozen’ as well as many other items.

This was a great but exhausting day of playing for all!

Lunchtime concerts are always a highlight of the Beaudesert Park calendar.

The Autumn Term saw Woodwind, Singing and Piano concerts fill the Drawing Room with many parents, and varied programs showcasing music of all styles. Our Piano concert featured 40 children from Year 2 to Year 8!

These concerts are always a wonderful way to enable our children to become confident performers and help with their exam preparation.

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The Carducci Quartet welcomed our advanced string players to Dean Close.

This workshop day really put our children to the test and they loved every minute of it! The workshop was aimed at children who had completed Grade 4 and above and everyone got to play in a large string orchestra and take a masterclass with the members of the Carducci Quartet.

For the first time, our Beaudesert Park Consort was invited to participate in a Choral Competition at the Mary Howard Fair at Hullavington. This event showcased many local schools performing in the catering area of this huge fair. Our Consort gave a wonderful performance of four songs and were very fortunate to have won the competition. We were awarded a prize of £500 that went into buying a gift for the school. The bright coloured seats seen at the entry of the Music School are with thanks to the Consort.

Bond Theme! Mr Mason’s drum students gave wonderful performances in the Music Room and some of our youngest children featured.

The Easter Concert was a HUGE event!

All of our ensembles were featured and the Sports Hall was full of enthusiastic children and an even more enthusiastic audience. The highlight of the concert would have to be the whole of Year 6 singing and dancing to the Motown hit ‘Reach Out’ (I’ll be There)!

With the opening of the new Performing

The Carol Service is one of the favourite events in the school year. Bea Knight was the opening soloist and set the mood with a spine tingling rendition of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’. All of our Choirs were featured and this was a lovely end to the Autumn Term.

Arts Centre coming closer and closer, all of the music staff set about packing up instruments and music and started to plan the big move ... it was so close!

Spring Term The Consort attended the Dean Close Choral Day for the third consecutive year and, once again, greatly enjoyed the experience. They participated in an Evensong service at the end of the day with the Dean Close Chapel Choir.

Many of our Brass and Percussion children were featured in the Spring Term lunchtime concerts. Trumpets, Tenor Horns, Euphoniums, Cornets and Trombones filled the Drawing Room and the Brass Ensemble finished the concert with a fantastic performance of the James

Summer Term What a Summer Term! We started in our new department. Sound proof rooms, a huge classroom, endless storage, and so many new instruments. We were able to hold our Percussion, Piano and Guitar Concerts in the new Ensemble Room and it was wonderful to see this space used for the first time. Our ‘Evening of Strings’ concert featuring many solo and group performances with a wonderful feature by the Senior String group with Holst’s ‘Jig’.

The Advanced Musicians Concert was a new addition to the Beaudesert music

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Arts Centre. This was a culmination of a spectacular year and a new level of professionalism and maturity was evident in every performance.

calendar. This event featured 20 musicians from Years 6, 7 and 8 who had passed Grade 4 and above on their first (and in some cases second and third) instruments.

It was an evening of polished, mature performances and is a concert that we hope will be a highlight for many years to come.

Once again, Junior Choir, Consort and Beaudesert Voices all performed in the Cheltenham Festival. It was wonderful to see so many Beaudesert uniforms and smiling faces filling the Cheltenham Town Hall – not to mention the beautiful singing!

Congratulations to Amelia Kold, Tom Elliott, Tom Beattie and Poppy Clark.

They were invited to perform in a concert featuring musicians who received the highest ABRSM exam results in the Stroud region. Only 40 people were chosen to perform from over 1000 candidates! Bravo to our four Beaudesert musicians.

Year 7 and really left the Sports Hall rockin’! Every form group gave a performance of a rock or pop hit song and we also saw many small bands and soloists featured as well. This concert is a great opportunity to show what we work on in the music room throughout the Summer Term. It is wonderful to have every child involved!

We made it!! The Summer Concert was our first concert in the Performing

I would like to say a thank you to Mr Elloway for accompanying many concerts and a special BIG thank you to the Beaudesert Park Music Staff for their constant support. We could not achieve what we do without the dedication and commitment of our music teachers.

Thank you to all of the children for giving up their time and for coming to every rehearsal with that wonderful Beaudesert smile and attitude! It is greatly appreciated. I know 2015-2016 will be an amazing year in our new building.

KMT Director of Music

The House Music Competition was yet another hotly contested event full of talented children. Thank you to our judges Dr Exon (Downe House) and Mr Gillespie (Cheltenham Prep) for giving our musicians wonderful feedback in the individual sections and for taking on the challenge of judging the House Shout.

Every house gave an energetic and exciting performance but C house took first place ... by 1 point! (Safe to say that Mr Burns was very happy). Congratulations to A House who took first place overall!

Rock on Summer was the last concert to take place in the Sports Hall whilst the final touches were being put on the Performing Arts Centre. This concert featured every child from Year 4 to

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Drama Senior Production Peter Pan

A long haul, but immensely fun. The play was adapted in the first term to allow for everyone to have a sizable part. We had lots of work-shop rehearsals which are always amusing.

This, more than any other Year 8 play that I have been involved in, really was a performance that belonged to the children.

The stage-management crew consisted of children only and the whole-group emphasis that was placed upon this production, meant that every child had no longer than 10 minutes off stage.

This required, great team effort and they should be immensely proud of their collaborative, highly enjoyable performances. Well done to EVERYONE! ASM

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Year 7 Me, My Mask and I On the sunny banks of the terrace in mid June, something extraordinary and exciting happened. Me, My Mask and I, a devised piece by Year 7, captured the school’s heart with its simplicity, sensitivity and sense of mystery.

Armed with nothing more than cotton sheets, clay and glue, Year 7 pupils worked blindfolded to produce masks for their performance. The results were fantastic.

Every mask seemed to resemble its creator in one way or another – James Kerr’s smile, Willa Hodson’s petite features and Zara Verschoyle’s serenity to name but a few.

These masks were then brought to life by the pupils in short scenarios such as at the doctor’s, school and at the beach.

Each short piece was set to music and the stories were brought to life by mime only.

Highlights of the evening were the warm up and neutral mask sections at the start, where the entire cast emerged from the grounds and eerily marched through the

audience and towards the marquee where the subsequent action took place.

The fifth scene, entitled ‘Leaving,’ captured wonderful moments of sensitivity when Oliver Mullen’s character heard his sentence in court, whereas ‘The Boxing Match’ was action-packed with slick choreography as Ellie Pridmore defeated reigning boxing champion Charlie Davison.

The evening was a true example of less is more and opened our eyes to a whole other genre of theatre.

CC

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Year 6 Make Believe

by A. A. Milne 46 children, 25 cardboard boxes and lots of imagination. That was all that was needed to bring the three lesser-known plays of A. A. Milne’s ‘Make Believe’ to life.

The opening moments of the production had great impact, when all of Year 6 entered in semi darkness to ‘Living In a Box’ carrying large, painted boxes. These were then assembled as a wall at the back of the stage. The pupils designed, painted and used their colourful bank of cardboard boxes to create the settings for each short

play, transporting the audience from the forest to a desert island and finally to Father Christmas’ court as they were rotated like a giant Rubik’s Cube.

The innovative staging, coupled with the excellent acting of each and every child, gave the audience the chance to ‘make believe’ and be part of the fairy stories too.

Roles such as the Queen (Jonny Edwards) and brother and sister combo Oliver (Scarlet Page) and Jill (Daisy Gough) were played with humour, slick timing and boundless energy. The entire cast, supported by a professional back stage crew (headed up by Charlie Maculan), demonstrated an excellent example of teamwork.

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Year 4 Hedgehog Group - The Pied Piper

We spent some time discussing myth before on embarking on Browning’s original poem, The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

We also talked about editing and it was universally agreed that the boy who gets left behind was going to be edited from our version!

Mad-Hare Group - A Suitably Happy Ending

I was genuinely pretty terrified of their rats!

This was a fairy-tale which was partly devised and partly scripted. The loosely linked moral to the tale was about how external appearances are not important, and good academic results do not always mean success in how you live your life.

This performance was done in the round, and so we spent a few sessions on understanding how this affects personal performance and how best to deliver lines when your audience is 360°! There was a lot of doubling up of roles for this piece and so as a group, it was decided that a minimalistic approach to costume would be better. Some of the children helped to design the simplistic symbol of individual character. We used lighting gobos on the floor to create the allusion of a forest and the children had a chance to see how colour can affect the overall performance of the piece.

ASM

ASM

Before we got underway with this play, the children did some workshops on physical theatre and it was great that they were able to come up with their own ideas about how to stage the River Weser and the City of Hamelin with its big impressive buildings.

The language was quite advanced as was the use of iambic pentameter - quite a lot to take in, but the children of course, took it all in their stride.

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The Deer Group - The Yellow Road This was very much a collaborative team effort. The theatre group experimented with different parts of The Wizard of Oz and we chose the bits of the story that we thought were the most important.

The rather bonkers story was made even more bonkers as it was condensed to a 20 minute performance. We thought it would be a good idea to double up all the characters, and this duality meant that everyone had a reasonable amount to do.

They all coped very well with being in the performance space for extended periods of time. Hector and Margot deserver a special mention for their brave attempts at a Kansas Prairie accent! Well done!

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Outings and Events Aberdovey Monday Arrived at the Outward Bound centre at 1.43pm. We carried our bags off the bus and sat on the grass and were then greeted by our instructors. We were divided into 4 groups: Drake, Nelson, Scott & Shackleton Chief instructor, Jay, welcomed us.

We took our bags to the dormitory.

Two groups had a tour and the other two did a group team building activity with ropes.

Changed, jogged and took a dip – nervously excited. Ran down to the water’s edge and as a team we submerged into icy cold water.

Tuesday / Wednesday Canoes were awesome. Got to surf the waves which was amazing. Made a slide.

Bags for the expedition were massive, bigger than me. We all had a go at navigation, the summit of two mountains.

Walked for six hours! Drank from a stream. At the end we were all very tired but we had great fun.

Out on the canoes, put the sail up (holding it) and got to relax!!!

Co-ordination in lifting and moving canoes. Few trainers left in the mud!

Expedition – walked two km to the campsite. WET. Set up camp. Next morning we had a litter sweep – no volunteers! Griffin and Amelia were ‘asked’ to do it. Climbed directly up the mountain. Satisfied and worried – false summit and had to scramble over rocks to get to the real one. Scrambled and slid down a gully in order to get down the mountain.

raced them down the mountain. Arrived at the pick-up point with four minutes to spare! Doing mindful exercises to stimulate body and mind.

Going under the bridge because everybody got wet in the canoes. Warfare and piracy on the water by two groups of canoes.

Setting up camp was wet. One tent was good as they got help from the adults.

During the night the inner tent fell down on our tent. Discovered that walking hurts more on the knees going downhill than uphill. Taught about group work, sticking together and helping each other. We had to be close enough to high five when the instructor said high five.

Sails on the canoes – did not need to hold on. Untied the canoes, nearly fell over due to slippery rocks. Our campsite getting really wet as it was raining like a hurricane.

Ate our really nice packed food. Woke up and packed our tents away really quickly.

On the walk the ice cream van broke down so we had no ice creams. Very windy: it was ‘gale force 12’. Lunch was nutella and jam sandwiches. On the way down we slid down a glacier lake. This lake was about 1000ft deep.

Thursday

“Shackleton were the only group to all submerge on their first attempt.”

- Mr Waters “Nelson were the best they had ever seen!”

- Lifeguard.

7.20pm Packed our bags ready for tomorrow’s expedition

After a little walk we realised we were on the wrong path but quickly found the correct path. Saw Miss Smith’s group and

Last day – stripped our beds and had a dorm inspection. Our last challenge was to get our entire team straight over a wall – this was a team building exercise.

We all had to work together so we could get everyone over in a very short time.

Scott group won this challenge. Packed lunches were handed out. Certificates were given to the various winners.

Back to Beaudesert on the bus. It was a great week.

Ellie Pridmore, Tom Elliott, Rosie Lewis, Alex Tubbs and Tom Beattie Year 7

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Cornwall Quiz Find out what we got up to in Cornwall by doing this quiz.

Q: Which port did we do coaststeering in?

A: Port Quin

Q: How much money were we allowed to bring?

A: £10

Q: How high did we jump from?

A: 20ft – 15ft

Q: What happened when someone broke the Cornwall code?

A: We wouldn’t dare!!

Q: How far did we cycle?

A: 22 miles Q: How many surfing lessons did we have?

A: 3 Q: Where did we find out that we all passed CE? A: On Polzeath beach Q: Who cried when we found out that we all passed?

A: André, Molly, Isabelle Q: How many times did we eat out in a restaurant?

A: 2 Q: When was the early morning swim?

A: 7:00 am

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Rua Fiola

In August, 25 Beaudesert pupils ventured to the small and beautiful island of Rua Fiola, half an hour south of the Port of Oban. Rua Fiola is an adventure and survival trip where one has, for example, to find one’s own food, build a shelter and make fires, alongside other activities. It is really tough but everyone enjoys it as the place has such a fun atmosphere!

The first activity we did was climbing and after mastering the easy climbs we changed the order a bit. There were people climbing using pogo sticks (hands and feet tied together), blindfolded, 3-legged, 4-legged and even 5-legged!! After we completed these loony feats and challenges (these climbs would be added to scrolls) we attempted some harder climbs.

The next activity was an outing in the boats to go lobster-potting and fishing. After we had put on our waterproofs and jumped into Goldeneye, Rua Fiola’s amazing hydrofoil boat, we were off!

First of all we brought up lobster, prawn and crab pots and then all of a sudden we brought up a massive conger eel. We studied the eel and then released it back into the sea. We also attempted some line fishing. At the end of the day we roughly caught 150 mackerel – it was a great day.

Abseiling was next – after doing some easy jumps we decided to participate in some difficult abseiling using fish boxes, being blindfolded and 3-legged. We then moved onto the 90-foot slab abseil where you could attempt to do it in three bounces.

We finished off with the dreaded overhang abseil.

Finally, we went kayaking and it was incredible as we managed to kayak very close to a seal that seemed very interested in our game.

We then kayaked into rapids and did a massive rock jump; the best bit of all was the canoe-slide.

Our group then went off on an expedition. We packed all our goods and clothes and off we went to the island of Scarba.

When we arrived we hiked all the way to the summit - the views were incredible and there was also a beautiful and muddy pool for swimming. We then prepared our cave for sleeping. Fires were built so that we could cook our sausages and beans. After supper

Agincourt and the Battle of the Longbow

Over the course of the past year, the Year 8s have been learning about the Battle of Agincourt and the events that led up to it.

Just before our Common Entrance examinations Mr Standen McDougal organised for a professional archer to explain in detail certain events. At the beginning of the talk he gave a demonstration of how to shoot an arrow accurately. We were positioned on the upper bank above the target. 80% of the time his arrows hit the target and most of the time he either hit the yellow or the red on the target.

He explained to us the feeling that a soldier would experience the day or hour before a battle. Then he went through in full detail the events that took place during the battle.

The difference between him and the various textbooks we have used in the past is that you can understand emotions and feelings better and all of the terrible incidents, which occurred.

Not only did he explain the events of the battle, but also those that took place afterwards. He explained various illnesses and cures for said illnesses. He also explained in incredibly gruesome detail the terrible experiences of the opposition soldiers.

Sophie Elvin Year 8

The arrows were homemade and the fletchings were made from goose feathers. He used his long bow to get bulls eyes.

He also showed us the goriness of the battles by pulling an arrow out of a fake bloody head. Did you know that one third of the soldiers at the battle of Agincourt died of dysentery?

George Honeyborne Year 7

we listened to a thrilling ghost story – sleep was next. In the morning it was a long hike back to the pick-up point. Along the way we saw plenty of animals and their tracks.

A huge thank you to Miss Smith and Mr Parry for taking us all the way to Scotland - it was an amazing trip which I will never forget.

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Romeo & Juliet Throughout the autumn term the Year 8s (set one) studied the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Firstly we watched the Zeffirelli version of the play, which gave us a feel for the language and the setting in Verona, then we read through the script which at times was difficult, but with the help of Mr Tiley, we got through it.

Personally I really enjoyed it. All term, Mr Tiley had been rehearsing this very play and he invited us to watch him perform it at the Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud. Mr Tiley played the part of Montague, the Father of Romeo, and Mrs Heseltine, our wonderful costume designer for all Beaudesert Park productions, played his wife. They are both wonderful actors and they played their parts brilliantly.

The production was far more modern and rather different from what we were expecting – the two families owned trucking companies!

We all loved it and enjoyed watching the play in a different light.

Sophie Elvin Year 8

Isle of Purbeck – Our History and Geography Trip to Dorset

We drove in the minibus and set up our tents for camping. We had a casserole for supper.

The next day we went to the coast and looked at Lulworth Cove. Here we drew some field sketches of the hill around the cove. We then walked up a hill along the coast to Durdle Door, an amazing rock formation in the shape of an arch which is found along the Jurassic coast. We had lunch on the beach and played there for a bit. We then went to the Tank Museum at Bovington and learnt a lot from the guide. The guide showed us Little Willie the First World War tank used at Cambrai. Here we wrote a diary imagining that we were a horse in the war. We had an ice cream and went back to our campsite. That evening we walked to the top of the ridge and watched the sunset.

After a good night’s sleep and breakfast of bacon rolls we packed up our tents and drove to Corfe Castle. This castle was built in the time of William the Conqueror but improved by King John. It was later destroyed after the siege of the English Civil War. We had lunch at the Knoll House hotel and then drove back to Beaudesert. I thought the trip was great and I learnt a lot.

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Classics Trip to Greece

A group of 30 bleary-eyed, tired travellers met at the front gate of school. You could feel the excitement and anxiety in the air. We had all heard that Heathrow was cancelling some of their flights because of the strong winds – would these young travellers ever leave the UK? ... Luckily, after a long bus journey and checking our bags in we found out we were allowed to fly. Phew!!

We had a quick shop in duty free and before we knew it we were in the air. We landed in the airport just outside of Athens and embarked on a coach journey to our hotel in Athens. When we arrived at the hotel, which was very swanky, we all found out what rooms we were in and then went up and relaxed in our rooms and then we rushed down to a delicious Greek supper followed by amazing views of the floodlit Acropolis from the rooftop garden.

The next morning we rose extra-early and embarked on a treacherous journey through the crazy streets of Athens, intending to arrive at the Acropolis - the ancient highcity of Athens - to catch sunrise and beat the crowds. It was brilliant to be in that amazing space with so few people there and we sat and talked about the Acropolis and the myths and legends and about it and then we were allowed to go look around.

After seeing and touring the Acropolis and Ancient Agora, we went into the beautiful and windy Plaka area, where we were all

We then headed to Ancient Mycenae kingdom of Agamemnon from the age of Troy, and then visited pretty Nafplio where we climbed 999 steps to get to a fortress. When we got up there the views were breathtaking and we played a brilliant game of hide and seek. Afterwards we went shopping and then we went back to our hotel and had a sandcastle competition.

The next day involved a long coach journey and a lot of rain. We drove to Olympia to look round the site of the first Olympic Games. This was a very soggy experience but we were cheered up with a delicious lunch of giros (Greek fastfood) before boarding the coach and driving towards the ferry to the Island of Zakynthos. allowed to go shopping in a group of two or three. I bought some Greek traditional worry-beads while others bought some fake raybans!

After shopping we boarded a huge coach from the hotel and drove towards the beach resort of Tolo on the Peloponnese.

Once we arrived at Tolo we went swimming in the sea and later we went for a lovely meal at the hotel. Then off to bed as we knew tomorrow was going to be a very busy day....

Next morning we set off to Epidaurus, an ancient healing centre which held one of the best preserved ancient theatres in Greece! When we arrived we were greeted by some very friendly stray dogs which accompanied us on the walk to the theatre.

When you first see the theatre what hits you first is the size. It is REALLY huge!

We all went around the huge theatre and then some pupils read in Ancient Greek and some drama scholars recited some pieces the acoustics were absolutely superb!

The next day we shopped and then spent a few hours at the beach where we had a nice lunch, a re-creation of the Olympic Games and then back for dinner at the hotel.

The next morning, we got on a flight back to the UK. A brilliant trip was coming to an end‌ I would like to thank Miss Taylor, Miss Smith, Mr Waters and last but definitely not least Mr Parry for organising such a amazing and fun trip. I am sure we will remember our wonderful trip for many years to come!

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The Christmas Truce Being in Stratford at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was really special because there were lots of other schools walking around like us and the costumes that were on display were amazing.

Before the play we went to a workshop that really helped prepare us for the play.

It was fun playing all the games and acting out tableaux with all my friends.

The Christmas Truce was a play about the ceasefire along the Western Front in 1914 during World War One. The play started with a fête and everyone was happy. Then war broke out and all the young men were dragged off to war with only two weeks training.

On Christmas Day, the Germans stopped fighting and the troops exchanged gifts with the British army for two days. Even a game of football was played between the two sides.

Cheltenham College Leadership Challenge The Cheltenham Leadership Challenge was great fun. There were loads of different challenges. Here are some of them:1. Spider web challenge - had to get everyone through ropes without touching the ropes and one could not go through a gap twice i.e. find a new gap.

2. Red cross challenge - build a cross out of wooden triangles.

3. Who can build the highest tower out of big Jenga blocks?

4. Big skipping rope jump - everyone had to run in, and see how many jumps you could do in 15 minutes. The winner jumped 340 jumps in 15 minutes.

5. Three-legged race.

6. Trampoline challenge.

7. The blind leading the blind with the help of a navigator. and many more…

The aspect I loved the most was that we had to work together as a TEAM otherwise things fell apart. The headmaster handed out the prizes - sadly we were not in the top three schools that received prizes. We did however leave with nice T-shirts.

Many thanks to Mrs Edwards for taking us.

Marcus May, Nicole Dunlop and Ned Agnew Year 6

It was really moving and the production was very clever. We had lots of discussions about it in Drama.

I will never forget it.

The Marlborough College ‘Dragon’s Den’

Lois Lawson Year 5

This event was held at Beaudesert. On Tuesday 18th November, the whole of Year 7 went to watch the Marlborough College version of the ‘Dragons’ Den’.

All our expectations were high when we saw the amazing creations that the four groups had made and we could not wait to hear their presentations. The ideas ranged from dachshunds to sharks (made out of wood and perspex). All the groups we saw were great. They talked us through the techniques and what had given them the idea.

They had been taken to Bristol Zoo for inspiration. After each talk, two volunteers from the Beaudesert crowd were chosen; they had to comment on what they thought about the design and the finished product.

Swindon Railway Museum

A combined History and Design & Technology trip went to the Steam Train Museum - the pupils had a chance to see a number of different manufacturing processes which were traditionally used to make steam trains.

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When all the groups had completed their presentations we had to vote. All of us had been given a £5 and £10 notes from ‘The Marlborough Bank’ to give to the group we liked best, £10 for your favourite and £5 for the runner-up (I gave £10 to group one because their stationery holder was well thought out and well made and £5 to group five for their shark sweet holder). When all the money had been added up it was time for the results. In 4th place was group two; they had made a shark that carried sweets. In 3rd place was group three; their invention was a snake that held stationery.

In 2nd place was group four with another sweet carrying shark; their shark was better executed. The winners were group one, they had made a dachshund that held stationery, it was well made and a winner from the start. Well done! Thank you very much to Marlborough College for coming.

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Junior Schools Challenge at RGS Worcester

A Great Day at Slimbridge

To begin with we were put into groups. I was in Mr Russell’s group.

We then went onto the coach and got out of the rain. When we got there it was still raining.

We went inside and had a chat to a lady. Next we went pond dipping. My partner Casper and I found six baby sticklebacks, three bloodworms and one baby daddy longlegs. Then we went to see the otters and later on it rained heavily and we all got soaked. After that we had lunch in a hide and the ham sandwiches were delicious.

On Monday 2nd March at 3pm Tom Elliott (team captain), Ginny Lawrence, Ellie Pridmore and I left Beaudesert for RGS Worcester. We were being taken by Mr Parry (Head of General Knowledge) in the school car and after an hour of training questions we arrived at RGS. Next we had some refreshments and got ready for our first match.

It was against the RGS second team. When both the teams were ready they started firing questions at us on subjects ranging from TV stars to Baltic states, from authors to captains, from flags to cuisine. The match was close for most of it until we eventually broke ahead and by the end of the 20 minute match we had won! For our next match we were against Warwick School and we had a large lead from the start of the match and the demoralised team just could not get a foothold; after another 20 minutes we had a second victory. This meant that we had to go into the semi-final. After this we had some more refreshments and got ready for our semi-final match. It seemed that we were up against the RGS first team. Unfortunately, the questions in the semi-final were much more of a challenge than the questions in the previous two matches. After the first ten minutes of the match the opposition had a substantial lead. With about ten minutes left we started to make up for all of the points we had lost but there was not quite enough time and after a 30 minute semi-final we lost. Despite losing in the semi-final by the closest of margins we felt proud that we had made it this far into the competition - especially as all the other teams were Year 8s - so we all left with our heads held up high.

Oliver Mullen Year 7

After lunch we went round the park looking at the ducks and we had to tick them off on a sheet, which was prepared earlier.

I got some amazing photographs.

We went into the tropical house where we saw some exotic birds.

The house was really warm, a bit like a sauna. Finally we went to Toad Hall. The gold frog was my favourite. Then we met the others and went back to school. We had a talk about what we learnt.

I said that I never knew how many different ducks there were in the world. We were given a rubber and a pencil from Slimbridge. It was a great day out even though it was a bit wet.

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Jonathan’s Jungle I was looking forward to Jonathan’s Jungle visit but I was also a little bit nervous as I didn’t know how the animals would behave.

The animal that I liked most was the millipede called Millie because her feet felt like a tangle teaser.

Another favourite of mine was the gecko which had incredible hearing. We were told that if it was to shed its tail, the tail would never grow back again and that it does this to confuse its predators so it can escape.

Visit to the Roman Baths at Aqua Sulis

Jonathan told us many interesting facts - I did not know that some spiders like the one we saw had an exoskeleton and that snakes are venomous and not poisonous!

Year 7 went on a trip to Bath to see the historically fascinating and well-preserved Roman Baths at Aquae Sulis. At first sight it was easy to know that it was Roman because of all the Roman statues. Then knowing the truth behind the construction of the baths it was hard to think of how they could have been built so long ago 2nd Century AD around the Sacred Spring.

When I held the snake it felt very scaly and when it gulped it felt really strange like a wave was passing through its body.

The snake had eyelids, it was about a metre long and had sharp teeth.

We were told that the baths were not just used for cleanliness but also for business, socialising and relaxation. The baths were only used by rich or powerful people, also they would only be allowed to go into the baths nude while their servants would take their clothes.

There was also a grasshopper that disguised itself to look like a twig.

It is very hard to get your mind around the fact that the Romans managed to divert the Sacred Spring into a series of different baths, large and of medium size. It is fascinating how the baths were built with such simple yet clever mechanical devices.

We also saw artefacts from the Temple of Sulis Minerva. We saw mainly her head or her face in either carvings or statues. The Goddess Sulis was originally worshipped as a healer using healing waters by the Celts. The Romans called her Minerva and also worshipped her for her medical and healing powers.

The baths were littered with tombstones or in those days carved advertisements done

by Roman stonemasons. We were all taken in to see if we could translate what was written on the tombstones or advertisements in Latin. Mainly it was the Latin sets that had their hands up.

We were then shown historic artefacts used by those who constructed the Roman Baths, things which were found on the site for decoration or things which were used by people who enjoyed the baths, for example a skin scraper used to scrape off oil.

My personal approach to the Roman Baths was that I found that the Romans had for that time, extremely futuristic architectural construction and that this enhanced social, business, relaxation and personal hygiene.

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I got to learn a lot during the visit and hope that Jonathan and his animals come to see us again very soon.

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Declamations

The Railway Children at King’s Cross Theatre We had a long trip up to London with a lot of traffic and we had less time than we planned at the “Defining Beauty” exhibition at the British Museum although it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. After a picnic outside the British Museum we walked up to the King’s Cross Theatre and we were led underground into the auditorium.

The staging of the play was very impressive.

There were people on both sides of a railway line set in the middle. The cast performed the play while wheeled around on platforms mounted on the railway track.

We had a break in the middle for ice cream.

At the end, the whole train appears for the dramatic final scene. The cast waved the audience out.

We invited Mark Henderson, Head of English at Malvern College, to judge the Years 5 – 8 declamations. In Mark Henderson we had an experienced professional who could identify the competitors who had really grasped the range of meanings within each poem.The individual Year winners were: Charlie Brook in Year 5, reciting “A Small Dragon” by Brian Patten Alys Evans in Year 6 with “The Slave’s Dream” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jess Downton in Year 7 performing “Slough” by John Betjeman Bea Knight in Year 8 declaiming “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen.

While Mr Henderson was making his deliberations, we were able to enjoy performances of the winners of Years 3 and 4. In Year 4, these were Phoebe Brown with “Macavity the Mystery Cat” by TS Eliot and George Scurr offering another poem by TS Eliot, “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat”; in Year 3, the winners were Rafe Phillips with “Daddy fell into the Pond” by Alfred Noyes and Bryn Evans declaiming “The Dentist and the Crocodile” by Roald Dahl. It seems that the judge of that competition suffered a fit of indecision…

It was Alys Evans who triumphed overall with her rendition of Longfellow’s moving, emotionally-charged classic.

And so, the declamations were over. What is so encouraging is to witness the increasing sophistication of the poems chosen. It seems that the pupils now realise that verse with a clunking rhythm, laboured rhyme scheme and a deliberate attempt to make the reader laugh is not really worth the effort; however, poems that are thematically challenging or interesting and that are lyrical and intelligent will last them for the rest of their lives.

Long may that continue!

Ginny Lawrence Year 7

Skills Zone On Tuesday 28th April the whole of Year 5 went on a PSHE trip to Skills Zone, Gloucester. We were taught safety skills such as walking around urban areas. We also learnt how to be safe around the house.

I never knew it was a good idea to throw your mobile phone down behind you if somebody asks for it – do not put up a fight. I certainly never would have thought that leaving pieces of Lego on the floor would be so dangerous especially if you have a younger brother or sister – they could eat it or it could cause an injury if they stood on it.

I learnt an enormous amount from our visit to the Skills Zoe. Harry Ahearne Year 5

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Year 8 French Trip smallest) had a ride on a goat and Tom Jodrell had the unique experience of a goat relieving itself on him! After such delights it was only fair to boost Monsieur Martin’s cheese sales considerably! As is customary in France, culinary pleasures proved a theme of our stay, with escargots, tartes etc on the menu – more anon.

Next a history-orientated day, including the impressive 360 ° cinema featuring footage of the D-Day landings and the Allies freeing France, the intensely moving American cemetery at Arromanches with thousands upon thousands of white crosses, enhanced by clear blue skies and the surprisingly long and exquisitely detailed Bayeux tapestry recounting William the Conqueror’s invasion of 1066.

varying degrees of finesse and edibility!

Feeling gourmand, we had a pit stop at the supermarket on the way back, to buy presents for loved ones at home, of course.

Rather more gourmet was ‘L’échauguette’ (the watchtower), a wonderful local crêperie we went to that evening. Our soirée was a fitting finale to a great week, although sadly, Mr Holmes tried a spot of road gymnastics on the way there and let’s say his hand came off second best!

Non! The coach tried going through the school gates and someone would’ve left their bag behind if it weren’t for eagle-eyed Mr Standen McDougal (no names … ahem). We were soon en route and got to know Pete, our amiable driver. Albeit all day, the journey passed without incident and the sea was mercifully calm.

Having set our alarms for 5:00 the next morning, actually there was no need, since a fire alarm went off in the early hours, we all traipsed outside for the drill, hung around in the chill and few of us got back to sleep again. However, we did get back home safe and sound. Many thanks to all the staff for an unforgettable séjour.

We arrived at ‘La Porte des îles’ tired, yet appreciative of the high standard of our accommodation. Furthermore Jess, our animatrice for the week, lived up to the epithet: she was indeed lively, yet calm and fully in control.

On our first day we visited the kindly Monsieur Martin’s chevrerie, which turned out to be amusing, as well as educational.

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Following this intellectual overload, a day of shopping was on the cards: in the morning at a bustling local market where we practised our French (à la roleplay!); after our picnic lunch we visited the imposing Mont St Michel (the most visited site outside Paris), which was most memorable. Jess, la connaisseuse, gave us a knowledgeable tour, mixing horror stories with facts and light-hearted moments engagingly.

We spent our final day ‘au château de la Baudonnière’, the company’s centre of operations; we made our own bread, clad in bakers’ hats, aprons etc, with

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“I wandered lonely as a cloud…” – a Lakeland Lollop brothers made the first ascent of Nape’s Needle in the early Victorian, pulling the pin on the grenade that is climbing which went off with great and widespread enthusiasm. The repercussions of it are still felt – and enjoyed – today. But more than that, Great Gable is a highly prized name to have on your tick list as a walker: it is steep, unrelentingly rocky and there is no easy or simple way off it, as we discovered.

The Lake District is famous for any number of cultural things: William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin and Sticky Toffee Pudding. Our 2015 Lollop touched two of these, one terminally, the other deliciously.

The plan was to walk a few days of what is called the Wainwright Memorial Walk which, if done complete, either touches or gives sight of every lake and mountain in the Lake District National Park. Our route started in Buttermere and finished in Grasmere but did not follow A.W.’s route in every detail.

Leaving Great Gable behind us, we turned and headed down to Wasdale Head and, luxury of all luxuries, a camp site.

The site was well used by all, who appreciated the hot showers and ‘flushing facilities’; however, after a somewhat long, trying day, no-one could be bothered to head back to the pub to sample the sticky toffee pudding. Instead, sleepy thoughts were turned to the morrow and an ascent of Scafell Pike, hopefully in better weather.

Our team was made up of a group of Year 8 volunteers: ten boys and one girl; parents were also invited to take part but, in the end, only one father rose to the challenge.

That said, this sort of trip does appeal to a certain type of person, with a certain type of mind…

After the long haul up the M5 and M6 and a certain amount of transport jiggerypokery, we set up our first night’s camp in the wild, next to Blackbeck Tarn.

The weather was blustery with the occasional shower that tested the festival tent (complete with bunting…) to a certain degree.

With breakfast done and the camp struck, we were able to start the first full day’s walking. In gusting wind, swirling clouds and a general damp muckiness, the party soldiered its way up and over Green Gable before tackling the imposing rocky ramparts of Great Gable. It was on this hill that rock climbing in Britain started: the Abraham

This, sadly, was not to be. The weather was worse when we set off the following morning: steady rain and very low cloud prevailed, scuppering our chances. We still had to cross the range, though, in order to get to Great Langdale and our next, fully equipped campsite. So, up we lolloped, over Sty Head Pass and then on and up to Esk Hause, which would provide us with our last chance to nab The Pike. Under a fusillade of rain, we decided that It would have to wait for another day.

pudding! Thankfully, it ticked all the boxes: sweet, sticky and in very large portions.

The party’s patience and determination had been amply rewarded.

The following day saw the party taking a picturesque, rather more leisurely route along the valley, up and over to Grasmere, home to William Wordsworth and, it should be said, the host of Narcissus pseudonarcissus, about which he wrote so tellingly all those years ago. It does seem a pity that he remains better known for “Daffodils” than “The Prelude”, which is so much more interesting…

Although the weather thwarted our efforts to a certain degree, we still had a great adventure, in which resilience and determination were required, along with a sense of humour, an ability to be organised and healthy heart, lungs and legs.

Congratulations and thanks go to Ben Mather, Cecilia Mayne, Archie Probert, Toby Melvin, Will Gibson, Thomas Kinsella, Jasper Lowde, Will Golesworthy, Jack Tucker, Wilfred Pease and Fergus Large for providing all of these qualities. Thanks, too, go to Charlie Mayne for his help and support – along with his desire to relive his days as a Royal Marine! Finally, a huge ‘thank you’ goes to those colleagues who gave up their leave-out weekend to make the whole enterprise possible: Miss Smith, Mr Parry and Mr Waters.

“And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances in the Lakeland Hills.” with apologies to W.W.!

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Bryanston Modern Languages Day Bienvenue! Bienvenido! Willkommen! A group of Year 7 pupils* were invited to Bryanston School, accompanied by Mr Figgis. Indeed we were made to feel very welcome straight away (despite being a bit late).

The event was attended by pupils from various other Prep Schools and we were put into mixed groups. The programme for the day was innovative, diverse and great fun, conducted by the Bryanston staff who were sympathetic, sensitive and supportive. The range of topics included: the abstract artist Matisse (and trying to imitate his distinctive style); French poetry or ‘calligrammes’, such as the evocative ‘Papillon léger’: ‘danse son ballet, vole, vole, vole au vent … sur la colline, vers l’océan, en rêvant,’ and the humorous ‘L’hippopotame’: ‘pour plaire sa femme, qui le trouvait gros, un hippopotami a fait du judo!’, yet we also made up our own on the theme of ice cream!; extracts from renowned films: the simple, yet touching film ‘Être et avoir’, about a tiny primary school in a rural French community and the equally inspiring ‘Les Choristes’, a choir made up from a school of troublesome boys, taught to find harmony by one particularly patient and talented teacher; famous Spanish sites like ‘La Plaza Mayor’ in Madrid and ‘La Sagrada Familia’ in Barcelona, plus an introduction to ‘tapas’ – which whet our appetites for lunch.

This, of course, had a European flavour too: a selection of hors d’œuvres and salads, a main course of ‘steak – frites’, followed by ‘Apfelstrüdel’ for dessert.

After lunch we learnt ein bißchen deutsch, talking about ourselves. Lotte demonstrated perfectly “ich heiße Lotte, ich bin zwölf Jahre alt, ich bin sehr sympatisch,” etc. With all this intense intellectual activity we needed to loosen up, so next on the agenda was South American dancing: Salsa and the Macarena.

Everyone had a ball getting into the Latin rhythms, first individually, then in pairs or groups and shaking their stuff to the music – we have the photos to prove it. Mr Figgis even had a go, but the less said about that, the better!

For tea we were treated to ‘churros con chocolate’, delicious Spanish doughnuts that you dip into chocolate sauce, which revived us for the long journey home (we took the scenic route again!). It was a brilliant day and we all enjoyed it. Encore!

Merci beaucoup et à la prochaine.

Muchísimas gracias y hasta pronto!

Vielen Dank und auf wiedersehen.

Written by Alexandra Raphael and OF *Freddie J Baker, Tom Beattie, Hamish Brook, Tom Elliott, Eloise Fanshawe, Kitty Hiscox, James Kerr, Ginny Lawrence, Hugo Manley, Ellie Pridmore, Alexandra Raphael, Lotte Scheuner

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Visit to Widden School Beaudesert has links with Widden Primary School which is a multi-ethnic school situated in the centre of Gloucester close to Barton Street. It caters for almost 30 different nationalities and provides a wonderful opportunity for our Year 4 pupils to learn together with pupils from many different backgrounds.

The theme for our visit to them was Greece and the Greeks.

Activities involved were:Greek potmaking Greek cooking – such as hummus and tzatziki Greek writing A mini Olympic games The pupils had lunch outdoors in the playground and afterwards were allowed to try their hand at graffiti art on an outside wall.

For their visit to Beaudesert we laid on nature, art, games, technology and team building challenges. The Widden children enjoyed these almost as much as being allowed to roam in the grounds and sample our school meals!

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Chedworth In March Year 6 made an exciting trip to Chedworth – the site of a large Roman Villa. There were plenty of hands on activities using Roman materials, dressing up as a Roman Legionary, and much adoration of the fantastic mosaic in the bathhouse of the villa. We are privileged to have such a wonderful Roman site so close to school.

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May Elections

As the nation went to the polls on May 7th, the Beaudesert election also took place with all of the major parties (and the Raving Loonies) represented by Year 8 children. It was a lively hustings event in the Sports Hall, with a mixture of serious political policies and the less serious.

At lunchtime the Old Music Room was turned into a Polling Station and the turnout was extremely high.

In the end the election was won by the Loony Party with the Green Party in second place and the Conservatives in third. It was very exciting for pupils to get the chance to vote and the real winner was democracy!

CM

Monmouth Prep Schools Challenge We needed a brand new general knowledge team this year. After lots of tests Mr Parry chose the team. The team consisted of Thomas Kinsella, Tom Elliott, Jasper Lowde and myself. After some buzzer practice at school we all went up to Monmouth School on Remembrance Sunday.

We were in a really tough group with Moor Park, Monmouth and St John’s. To reach the semi-finals one had to win the group or be the best runner up. The best runner up scored the most points in all their matches. We had lots of high-scoring matches but lost too many matches to win the group. We thought we had not got through and we were all about to leave when Thomas Kinsella’s dad added up our points and worked out that we were the best runner-ups! Mr Kinsella was correct so we ended up in the semi-final.

We got close but The Downs were too good for us in the semi-final. Moor Park won the final. We think that with more practice we can do better next time.

Ginny Lawrence Year 7

Visit To A Mosque

On Thursday the Year 8s went to visit a mosque. The mosque was in the middle of the city of Gloucester.

It is a really beautiful building with a green and blue dome. There was a half moon symbol on the dome, which is also known as a gibbous. It caters for the Muslims who live locally. It was very interesting and fun. Before we entered the mosque we had to take our shoes off. We had to wash our hands which symbolises the washing away of one’s sins. The Imam’s name was Hassan and he gave us a talk about the Five Pillars of Islam.

The 5th pillar is the Hajj which is the topic that we are studying for our CE coursework. The Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca and every Muslim is encouraged to go and visit Mecca once in their lifetime. While the Imam was talking we took lots of notes before we had a tour of the whole mosque.

It was an amazing insight into the religion of Islam and life for Muslims in Britain today.

Violet Levinson Year 8

Lecture: I Can And I Am - by Mr James Shone James Shone came to give Year 7 and 8 an inspirational talk on I AM and I CAN. He tried to make us understand that we must have a positive attitude to life and a determination to turn setbacks into springboards.

He explained that he had to cope with setbacks himself. He had just been appointed headmaster at Monkton Combe Prep School when they discovered in his medical that he had a brain tumour. He then had to survive major operations only to discover that he had lost most of his eyesight in the process.

Now he travels around the country talking to school children, giving examples of other children who struggled at school, but have now discovered things that they are really good at and enjoy. We must all have a ‘positive attitude’ to life.

Tom Beattie Year 7

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Activities Golf Golf is really a good activity. Every Thursday we go by minibus to Minchinhampton New Course near Avening. Once we get there we practise our swings with Rob Ralph who is one of the resident professionals. Occasionally we do putting or chipping competitions.

We learn many new skills and at the end of the session we have the opportunity to buy sweets and drinks from the pro shop which is also good fun.

Thank you Mr Graham for taking us.

Freddie O’Neill Year 5

Polo The polo activity is held on Thursday afternoons at Beaufort Polo Club, which is a quarter of an hour away from the school.

It was a great year for the school as we won both the Winter arena and the Summer outdoor National Junior Schools Championships. On the 17th of May we played in the main Schools and Universities Polo Association (SUPA) competition.

This was played on grass pitches up at Longdole Polo Club. The winning team of the championship was made up of; Tom Jodrell, Luke Wiles, Edward Walker, and Tom Baxter.

In the winter the lessons are held in the club’s indoor arena and in the summer the lessons are held on the polo pitches at Beaufort. With Caspar, our instructor, we worked on polo riding, our swing and tactics. The lessons this year have helped my game progress and I recommend it to any aspiring polo players!

Tom Jodrell

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Squash Every Tuesday afternoon we run down to get minibreak (biscuits, sandwiches and milk) and then head on towards the minibuses. When we are all present Mr Robinson drives us to Stratford Park. Once there we all go to the squash courts with a racket and a ball. I really like playing squash as it is fun and competitive and great exercise. Every week I feel that I am getting better and better.

I really like playing doubles with my friends.

Maddy Smith Year 6

Greek & Black Learning Ancient Greek is exciting and challenging. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term of it. The two groups which do Greek are small – about 5 people in each, which means that everybody gets individual attention. Each group spends about 40 minutes a week doing Greek on Thursday in activity time. Greek is a tough language to learn because it has a different alphabet from English and much more complicated grammar.

This complexity, however, stands you in good stead for learning Latin and French and other modern languages. Every week Mr Parry teaches us a set of new words or some grammar, and then gives us exercises to do relating to what we have just learnt. The plus point of Greek and Blacks activity is the chocolate and hot chocolate that we are given as a reward for all our hard work.

Tom Elliott Year 7

Gardening

Safari Club

As part of our Safari Club activity we visit an animal centre once a year. This year Mr Figgis took us to the West Midland Safari Park. I could not believe how many animals there were. We saw zebras, which were really pretty. The giraffes had extremely long necks. The penguins were very funny as they came right up to me while I was standing behind the thick glass. We saw an armadillo called Digger and a racoon dog called Tiki – she was very sweet. There was a snake house and a lot of them were very long and I think asleep, as they did not move much. The white lions were very cute. We also saw white Bengal tigers that were really big. There were even rhinos and it was interesting to see them up right up close.

It was a wonderful day out and we all want to say a big thank you to Mr Figgis.

Clemmie Birts Year 4

Judo

In terms of martial arts, judo is very much on the agenda for the boys and girls at Beaudesert. The children can choose judo as a school activity. Judo can be a great source of fitness and fun as well as a powerful vehicle for learning about respect and about working with your partner and not against them.

The Japanese ethos of judo is followed at the school. This ethos is focused on being respectful, humble and accepting others, being moderate and measured and taking mind and body approach. The children learn about judo etiquette, discipline and some of the Japanese words associated with the sport. They take part in lots of different judo-inspired, funpacked games and exercises selected to enhance fitness, balance and core stability.

Mark Maidment 5th Dan

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Bushcraft

Pottery

There is usually a rather vexed debate about the difference between ‘bushcraft’ and ‘survival’. The difference is actually quite simple: in ‘bushcraft’, we choose to go out into the wilds, woods in particular, and use primitive skills to make ourselves comfortable. A few, basic tools are taken to allow us to do this more easily. In ‘survival’, one is plunged into an unfamiliar environment and has to utilise whatever is available to stay alive until rescue comes. Both schools rely on similar skills, a similar resilience and, above all, knowledge.

As a subject, bushcraft is all encompassing. As well as the important skills of building shelter, lighting fire and finding and making water potable, there are a vast raft of other things, including navigation, plant identification, tracking, craft skills, woodland management, knots and hitches, nutrition, weather lore and kit consideration to name but a few. To cover all this in the time afforded by activities is impossible; so, awkward choices have to be made.

Perhaps the greatest thing about it as an activity or pastime is that you never know everything and so, are always learning. Even the high-profile media champions of the activity, Ray Mears, Paul Kirtley and Bear Grylls, would admit that. Every spoon or cup made will be better than the last one; trees that seem like a stack of twigs in winter become identifiable from their buds; the fire that will make the hot chocolate hot is lit more easily.

There is one other thing that remains true: bushcraft and the skills practised are weirdly absorbing. Before long, it becomes a habit and one with a very calming, almost therapeutic feel to it. So, the bushcrafters may well show up at home, initially clutching weirdly shaped bits of wood and showing a deep fascination in sawdust, bark or shavings. As time goes by, the weirdly shaped sticks become spoons or butter paddles and the home fire is no longer lit with firelighters. With luck, this is the start for some of a deeper understanding of and sympathy for the natural world around them. It is a quiet, progressive revolution in which skills, once rudimentary, are honed, resilience is developed and, over time, knowledge grows.

So much for the theory. Jasper Lowde, a committed and persistent bushcrafter in Year 8, has summed up what we do far more eloquently and succinctly: “Every Thursday afternoon, whatever the weather, we would make our way to a section of the school grounds between the tennis courts and the astro. There, we would carry out our bushcraft activity. We have lit fires, built shelters using tarps, made spoons and fashioned tent pegs and pot hangers out of wood. We have learnt about the care, sharpening and cleaning of knives along with all sorts of other bushcraft. Every week’s activity would be fun and interesting, even on cold, dark winter evenings.

There’s nothing quite like hot chocolate by a fire that you have lit with nothing more that a fire steel and cotton wool!”

RT and Jasper Lowde Year 6

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Pottery is everywhere. Bricks, bowls, plates and vases are all examples of things that are made of clay. I like pottery because you start off with a piece of clay and turn it into something unique. Another aspect I find interesting is the different processes the clay goes through before you have the final piece. I like the colours of the glaze you can use. I have an excellent teacher and his name is Prof Peacey and he always helps me when I need it.

Hector Large Year 4

Animation For my autumn term activity I chose Animation. This is a fantastic activity as we are allowed to make movies. I produced three movies and they were:The Blowing Doom Man of Doom Slender Man Returns We also make really cool videos with our toys in a programme called Frames and then we edit them. The effect looks great.

On the last day of activities we watch all the movies/videos the animation group made, while drinking coke and eating popcorn.

Thank you Mr Graham for making this activity a lot of fun.

Fin Depierre Year 6

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Fencing Fencing at Beaudesert Park is now entering its 25th year under my tenure.

We were unable to arrange as many inter-school matches as last year, but we still managed to visit Hatherop Castle and Prior Park.

We were winners at Hatherop but were narrowly defeated by Prior Park. The mainstays of the first team this year were Jess Downton, Nicole Dunlop, Amelia Kold, Oliver Mullen and James Kerr.

All of these fencers have progressed well, both as individuals and as a team.

Notable performances from Oliver and James helped Beaudesert in their

encounter away to Prior Park. Nicole Dunlop and Amelia Kold have passed their gold achievement awards. Their individual techniques have surpassed all expectations and deserve a special mention.

Poppy Clark continues to do well with the Epee and has been complimented on her style and technique by coaches from Pentathlon GB. We look forward to inviting teams from Pinewood, Hatherop and Prior Park next year as well as entering more individual events such as the County Junior Foil and the Wycliffe Junior Open - this will give the fencers a chance to prove themselves in a non-team environment.

As we go forward to a new academic year it is hoped that we can increase participation and lift the profile of fencing within the school.

Shaun Garley Coach

I liked the Diplomacy activity because it was an incredibly unique activity. It was similar to the game Risk but it involved making and breaking deals with the other players, declaring war with some and allying with others. You had to be wary because deals were never set in stone and anyone could backstab you at any time in the game. It was annoying that you had to write your orders in code (this game has its own coding system) and if you wrote your orders incorrectly then it was seen as a void order so that did not count!

I really enjoyed this activity and I would definitely recommend it.

Speech & Drama

Tom Kerr Year 8

This year has seen over 130 children taking Speech and Drama lessons.

Our younger pupils in Years 3 to 6 were prepared for a new set of English Speaking Board (ESB) exams which developed their Reading, Public Speaking and Presentation skills. The exam days were a huge success, with pupils taking part as both contributors and listeners and the examiners were very impressed with their commitment. This was reflected in the excellent results they achieved.

Diplomacy

been honing in their individual lessons.

This year, we had particular success in the Duologue Acting classes.

ESB Results: Distinction: 18 students Merit Plus: 25 students Merit: 2 students

Wootton Bassett Festival Results: Duologue Acting 13 years and under: 1st Cup winners – Alice Biddulph and Alexandra Herrtage Duologue Acting 11 years and under: 2nd Angus Catto and Atticus Adams 3rd Alys Evans and Flora McKenzie Wylie Solo Acting 12 & 13 years: 3rd Toby Melvin

The two local festivals, Wootton Bassett Arts Festival and Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, were well attended by our older students. Yet again they provided an ideal opportunity for some of our students to showcase the skills they have

Cheltenham Festival Results: Duologue Acting 11 & 12 years: 1st Gold medal – Beth Ransome and Honor Skelding 2nd Silver medal – Arabella Brown and Artie Nicholson

In addition for the first time we had two LAMDA exam sessions. The first one in May was arranged mainly for the Year 8s. This proved a good decision as it enabled them to concentrate fully on their Common Entrance exams in the Summer Term. The second session took place at the end of June and we had some outstanding results with several pupils scoring 90 or over.

LAMDA Results: Distinction (80+) Merit (65+) Pass (50+)

52 students 58 students 15 students

We are very much looking forward to moving into the new Performing Arts Centre and feel sure the children will continue to thrive in this exciting new environment.

CT/CC/SH

Other activities include knitting, rush skating, mountain biking and many more.

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Year 3 The Ship Of Dreams Year 3 put on a play called ‘The Ship of Dreams’. It was about the fateful voyage of R.M.S Titanic. The story starts in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

All the shipbuilders used wooden poles and ribbon to create the bow of the ship. There was a very lively song with hammering, sawing and painting.

The next scene was about the firstclass passengers. They were dressed very smartly. The ladies had very long dresses and beautiful hats. Elysia (Lady Duff Gordon) had a soft pink parasol.

Rafferty had a very smart top hat. Millie had a pretend dalmatian. All of the first class passengers were having a chat. My part was the famous American passenger Molly Brown. I had to wear a fox fur and a white top and a red skirt and jacket.

After this we saw the second-class passengers. Dr Richards (Freddie Champniss) tried to look smart by wearing a suit and jacket and a bowler hat. Hebe and Skye were young children and played with an old fashioned teddy.

After this came the third-class passengers. These people were poor and

conditions down in steerage were basic. There was a characterful song to go with this scene and a lively jig.

Next we found ourselves with the Titanic crew and lookouts Fred (Bryn Evans) and Reg (Toby Wickett).

An iceberg is spotted and we go into the iceberg song, which is about turning the ship. At this point Bruce Ismay (Archie Baker), Captain Smith (Elliot Ransome) and Thomas Andrews (Oliver Giffard-Lindsay) were called to calculate the damage and it was declared the ship would sink. The pace of the play quickened and you could feel the panic. Colonel Astor (Archie Thomson) was not allowed onto the lifeboat. The final part of the play reflected on the fact that this tragic story involved real people and we watched an emotionally moving set of images.

A Recipe For A Phoenix

I really enjoyed working on the play particularly the song. My favourite song was the iceberg song because it was lively.

Take a ball of fire for the head Wings as red as blood And a colourful tail like a peacock.

Collect rainbow dust for the plumage A beak as strong as gold And talons as sharp as daggers.

Decorate with pearl white eyes Wispy eyebrows that are as black like the night And soft downy feathers.

Mix in an ear piercing call Put in a blazing hot furnace And cook for several thousand years And you have made a Phoenix

Abigail Akeroyd Year 3

This bird will live forever!

Oliver Ross Year 3

If I Had Wings I would touch the top of Mount Everest and dive down to the twinkling snow below.

I would jump into the deep blue ocean and meet the monsters of the deep.

I would gaze at two trolls fighting with clubs I would dream of meeting Aslam from Narnia and go to the Sahara desert and discover all the rubies and diamonds.

I would call to a griffin and a fire phoenix and go to their temple Bryn Evans Year 3

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The King Cobra Who Stole Fire Many years ago when the earth was cold and wet there lived a killer King Cobra.

He was scary, selfish, horrible and tremendously naughty. He had one thing that nobody else had – he had fire!! Sometimes he would roll it down his slithery back, spit it out of his tongue or maybe he might bounce it on his head.

When the other animals asked him for fire he would hiss, “It is mine, steal it if you can.” High up in a tree was a clever and smart sloth. He was lying down on a branch. He wanted some fire from the King Cobra to keep him warm, but the King Cobra hissed and said, “Go up away high in that branch.” So the sloth slowly climbed up to the tree and thought of a plan. A little while later the sloth had thought of a plan. He called all his friends to his tree. He told them his plan.

They all thought it was a very good plan. The sloth asked the King Cobra to flick the fire from his head to his tail and bounce it on his head. When the King Cobra flicked it on his head the sloth took the fire and passed it to each other to catch.

“Now you shall all have fire,” said the sloth joyfully as he swung through the big dark rainforest putting fire into the heart of every tree. From that day on people could make fire using wood from that tree. Everyone would happily cook their food, keep warm and light their way in the dark. As for the King Cobra, he decided to stay away from the sloth in case he tricked him again.

Cecilia Amati Year 3

Winter At Beaudesert Today I went to look for signs of winter at school. Ursula and I spotted a blackbird.

We partnered up and Mrs Waters gave us a notepad and some binoculars. Ursula and I went to see some birds. We saw three woodpigeons, one magpie, a blackbird and a grey tit. Next we saw a blue tit. When everyone was all together Mrs Waters set us off to find some fungi. Ursula and I found some fungi with some dead man’s fingers growing from it on a big thick log. Archie and Toby found some scarlet elf cup.

Dear Grandpa John I hope this letter finds you in good health. I have just started my second term in the Prep school at Beaudesert and I thought I would write and tell you some of the things I have been doing.

Last term we had a special trip to The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to find out more about the Ancient Egyptians.

My favourite part of the day was seeing the sarcophagus. I also enjoyed listening about how they were mummified.

When you were at school do you remember a special day?

My favourite sport is football. I have played in some matches with my friends.

I also love to play rugby because we get to have fun. What was your favourite sport at school and have you ever won any special medals or awards?

My favourite lessons are art and sport.

I enjoy history because it is fun and I enjoy maths because I want to be smart.

What was your favourite lesson at school?

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Much Love Rafe Phillips Year 3

Lexy Miller Year 3

Trip To Chedworth Villa Our group’s first session was a guided tour with somebody called Emma.

She took us around the Roman Villa showing us fascinating artefacts and telling us lots of information about Roman life. She told us how the Romans got their water – it turns out they did not have automatic taps, they had a nymphaeum and in English it is a water fountain. I found this very interesting. After we looked at the nymphaeum we entered the Roman Villa. We found out that under the villa there is under floor heating or in Latin hypocaust. When we were inside the villa Emma told us about the Roman baths. There is a warm room called tepidarium, a hot one called the caldarium where slaves rub oil on their masters and then scrape it off with a knife called a strigil.

I enjoyed making the medicine bags the most, because I imagined I was a slave.

Elliot Ransome Year 3

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T

he Badge has continued to flourish this year with approximately 25 children taking part in any one night, which has been fantastic. The children are always enthusiastic about the activity and start quizzing me at the beginning of the week about what it will be!

Our staff are creative, talented and enthusiastic and so the boarders benefit from their endless ideas to bring a new challenge or skill to the fore. Indeed inviting specialist visitors too is always a plus.

Team building and confidence in ones own ability weave their way through most of the activities and it is truly wonderful to see a child’s face light up when they reach their goal. This could be scoring gold in archery, getting a team across an imaginary swamp with minimal apparatus to literally ‘lighting up’ when their campfire sparks into life!

The camp nights were excellent but it was unfortunate that the Gold Badgers evening was cancelled due to weather.

All the children however, learnt how to put up a tent, some more successful than others I hasten to add. Thankfully they did manage to fall asleep before midnight, then being woken early by the most incredible dawn chorus.

I would like to thank the staff that made the year possible and for expanding the children’s horizons and encouraging them just that little bit more to achieve their goals.

JH

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Form Lists 3H Elysia Ahearne Francesco Amati Archie G Baker Jasmine Blake Clementine Buchan Eva Chadwick Zoe Cole Enzo Cuellar Ella d’Abo

Oscar Eugster Bryn Evans William Greig Conrad Hyde Lexy Miller Aggie Pearman Rafe Phillips Ursula Rowland Toby Wickett

5F Harry Ahearne Archie B Baker Hermione Brewster Charles Brook George Carpenter Caye Dobson-Pinillos Minnie Galton-Fenzi Isla Gregory Alfie Hellens

3N Abigail Akeroyd Rafferty Blake Freddie Champniss Max Craven Emma Downton Oliver Giffard-Lindsay Herbie Hiscox Camilla Keveth Jago Lamb

Havana Madsen Georgina Marwood Emi McMurtry Jemima McShane Sophia Meakin William Moffatt Barney Pridmore Oliver Ross Skye Turner

5LR Vinay Bowers Teo Burton Ollie Comaish James Edmonston Jemima Fairer-Smith Frederick Fawcett Freya Gregory Jake Holloway Lois Lawson

George Grand Hebe Heynes Harry Jefferies Bel McLaughlin Elliot Ransome Archie Thomson Rory Van de Grift Sophie Wallace Lara Worsley

5MB Marcus Bailey Georgie Balfry George Beattie Siena Burnett Jack Cooper Jack Jefferies Daniel Keegan Emilia Lewis

Ben Nielsen Kitty Pritchard Daniel Rawle Lola Rayner George Scurr Harry Smith James Stapleton

6C Atticus Adams Iona Beattie Angus Catto Rosalie Craven Fin Depierre Alys Evans Daisy Gough Sacha Kapoor Jemima Keveth

3S Cecilia Amati Lara Baxter Freddie Biddulph Ila Bowers Louis d’Abo Louis Dangerfield Millie Ellis Rose Evans-Gough

4B Hector Adams Vaughan Byworth Freddie Campbell Mathilde Davey Margot Evans-Gough Joe Hunt Mary Leslie Flora MacIntosh 4G Edgar Bajeux Oliver Brown Phoebe Brown Holly Bullock Orlando Clark Monty D’Arcy Rice Max Dunne Edie Grand

4H Alfie Binns Clementine Birts Caspar Combe Daisy Davies Freddie Hack Archie Hunter Arthur Maculan

4R Georgia Baxter Charlie Birts Rory Calvert Hannah Edmonston Coco Haycraft Mee Jessica Heynes Evie Jones Hector Large

India Hamilton-Burnet Zach Hitchcock-Smith Hugo Kay Maximillian Morris Poppy Ross Lewis Smith Lucy Tuke-Hastings Tilly Vernon Aled Watkins

Saskia Meakin Beatrice Montgomerie Oliver Ridgwell Flora Scurr Will Shipsey Annabel Smith Rosie Smith Molly Standen McDougal

6P Ned Agnew Freddie M Baker Millie Campbell Meghan Edwards Sienna Hiscox Beatrice Leslie Jemima Lodge

6W Alec Birtles Octavia Case Poppy Clark Nicole Dunlop Jonny Edwards Theodore Hall

Jemima Honeyborne Sascha Madsen Johnny McLaughlan Lucy McLaughlin Alice Playne Rosie Roche Beth Tuke-Hastings Lawrence Van de Grift Leon Webb

Tilda Maculan Autumn Miller Pyott Lilah Moxon Isabelle Playne Santa Robbins Mungo Schmidt Robbie Slatter Ella Thompson Jemima Walker Ben Worsley

Hannie Maculan Isabella Morgan-Grenville Freddie O’Neill Olivia Probert Sam Read Anna Wateridge Emily Watkins Emma Wray

7E Thomas Beattie Arabella Brown Imogen Cooper Will Dangerfield Jessica Downton James Kerr

Amelia Kold Griffin Mills Oliver Mullen Amber Phillips Kiki Severn Alexander Tubbs Luke Wiles

7JLB Tom Baxter Hamish Brook India Case Gus Edwards Tom Elliott George Honeyborne Rosie Lewis Guy Mitchell

Thomas Morris Eleanor Pridmore Lotte Scheuner Mia Shaw Frederick Walker Isabel Wateridge Bertie Wilson

7T Freddie J Baker Charlie Davison Eloise Fanshawe Kitty Hiscox Willa Hodson Ginny Lawrence Hugo Manley

Artie Nicholson Alexandra Raphael Eric Stewart-Carter Felix Taylor-Kimmins Zara Verschoyle Edward Walker

8B Ollie Coker Molly Combe Charlie Gent William Gibson Alexandra Herrtage Thomas Jodrell Thomas Kinsella Fergus Large

Isabelle Mayer Toby Melvin Theo Norman Paolo Ravano Freya Saxton Isobel Standen McDougal Jack Tucker Isabella Walker

Charles Maculan Marcus May Tamara Nelson Arthur Pease Matilda Phillips Amber Preston Maddy Smith

8JB Alberto Amati Alice Biddulph Jock Catto Sophie Elvin Jocasta Ferrigno Harvey Gearon Henry Hellens Marcus Hudson

Bea Knight Violet Levinson Ben Mather Wilfred Pease Archie Probert Lotte Quinn Beth Ransome Poppy Read

Wilbur Hyde Guy Jardine Agatha Kay Zara Mayer Georgina Raphael Isabella Thomson Emily Tubbs

8SM Marcus Arkwright William Golesworthy Alex Haynes Sam Hughes Luca Hyde Tom Kerr Jasper Lowde Hugo Mallinckrodt

Annabelle Martin Cecilia Mayne Sophie Morgan-Rodda Lydia Newman Marina Pitman Honor Skelding André Stamp James Taylor-Kimmins

Anna Mallinckrodt Sebastian Mayer Annika McIntyre Flora McKenzie Wylie Scarlet Page Lily Pearman Grace Tucker Amber Vernon

Frieda McLean Reuben Page Rex Preston Tom Ratcliffe Max Rowlands Frankie Wallace Luca Webb Rosalind Wilkes

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Pre-prep

Prizegiving Speech by Head of Pre-prep saw Harry the GAP student dress up as a pink bunny. We also saw Mr Brown’s chicks visit the children in Reception.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our Prizegiving this afternoon and it’s very exciting to be in the Performing Arts Centre.

This year the children have certainly enjoyed their indoor and outdoor learning experiences, with various outings, musical celebrations, sporting events and visitors in the department: The Autumn Term saw the boys and girls take part in many charitable events: We dressed up on Dalhlicious Day; and all felt very protected when the children came to school as superheroes for Children In Need; we contributed towards Stroud Food Bank at the Harvest Festival; and collected shoeboxes for the ‘Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal’. Year 2 went to Gloucester Waterways Museum and the Stroud Water Canal, and we can’t forget the arrival of Rosie the Hamster in Year 2 during the Autumn Term. Nursery had a visit from the site manager of the Performing Arts Centre. Their Nativity graced our stage at Christmas, followed by Reception performing ‘The Three Kings’,

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then we had the Pre-prep Carol Service, and it has been lovely to welcome you all to our class assemblies, seeing the children perform.

The Spring Term always seems to fly by, and it is amazing how much we managed to fit in. The Pre-prep Hall was filled with books during Bookfair week; and we raised money for Readathon, which culminated in us dressing up on Book Character day; On Red Nose Day the children enjoyed voting for which teachers they would ‘dress in something funny’…thank you for that! Merlin the Wizard visited Year 1 and they performed their fabulous play ‘Robin Hood’; Reception took part in the Big Garden Bird Watch; The Nursery went to the World of Water in Whitminster; Year 2 watched all their hard work go up in smoke as they transferred their Pudding Lane to the playground and set fire to the baker’s shop; Freshwater Theatre company visited Year 2, linked to the Great Fire of London; but no Spring Term would be the same without the Easter Egg Hunt, an event I would like to thank the Friends for organising, which

The Summer Term started with me having to phone the Dragon Police, as it was evident on the first day back that a dragon had indeed visited Year 1! The children visited Berkeley Castle later in the term; The Year 2s met Harold the Giraffe when Gloucestershire Life Bus visited and also went to the Living Rainforest as part of their topic this term. Under the guidance of Miss Taylor, the Year 2 Musicians’ Concert was an enjoyable event held in the Pre-prep Hall, an ideal venue in which children can be encouraged to take their first steps for musical performance.

Nursery enjoyed a rather rainy day out at the Cotswold Farm Park; Mr Waters showed the nursery children how to launch a rocket and Dave the airline pilot even visited. Reception recently turned into swashbuckling, treasure hunting pirates, enjoying a pirate party and a Trip on The Matthew and to Bristol Aquarium. We all marvelled at watching the Year 2 play ‘The Litter Muncher’, where the children sang beautifully, spoke clearly, remembered all their actions and were confident performers. Two weeks ago saw us stage Sports Day, where all the children displayed good sportsmanship and tried their best all afternoon.

It is wonderful to gather us all together at the end of the year and reflect on what a busy year it has been; but who has time for reflection? I barely have time to think!

When I first went into teaching 18 years ago I had no idea of the many different ‘hats’ which we as educators have to wear.

Our day consists of so many different roles, and our job descriptions don’t really touch on any of what we actually do!

I sat down a few weeks ago to begin to write this speech and made myself reflect about everything that happens in our busy Pre-prep department…and in addition to organising most of what I have just read through, I am now going to share with you

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my condensed version of a day in the Preprep from my eyes and ears. This is what I came up with; this is my day: 6.00am - I am woken up with ringing in my ears. No, it’s not the alarm, but the telephone… “Kirsty, I’m not feeling well, I can’t come in today.” So I am still in bed, text my supply teacher and anxiously wait for her reply.

6.45am: My supply teacher has to take her son to a hospital appointment, so can’t come in. I text another supply teacher.

I rush downstairs, have breakfast, feed the dogs and cats, remove a dead mouse from the bathroom floor, and run out the house.

7.15am: I arrive at work. I am still adjusting to being awake and out in the world. My social skills aren’t really accessible at this time, and if I could just sit for a little while and read emails and spend a few minutes reading the morning papers and scanning the headlines all would be fine. But not in the life of a Pre-prep.

7.16am: The phone rings. “Oh gosh Miss Henderson I wasn’t expecting you to be in so early! I just wanted to leave a message to say Billy won’t be in today as he’s got Slap Cheek and headlice.”

7.20am: All the chairs and wine glasses have been left in the Pre-prep Hall from an event the evening before. I stack up 60 chairs, empty the remnants of the glasses down the sink and take the glasses back to the kitchen.

7.45am: After reading the latest requirements for the Early Years Foundation Stage and translating that into our school policy documents, I pass the double doors in the Pre-prep to find little Freddie standing alone waiting for school to open. Note to self...I really must speak to his parents about dropping off too early.

8.00am: I open the doors, greeting the children, welcome them to school in a way that makes them feel excited and to be okay with the impending departure of Mum or Dad. During this time I am entrusted with a bottle of medicine to be given after lunch, and told Emma must not do swimming today. Mrs Hay catches me for a ‘quick word’ to tell me that James has impetigo and isn’t allowed contact with any other child, but he’s well enough to be

in school. I turn to head towards my office to write this down when Mr Green asks if it’s okay to collect Emily early on Friday and can I let his teacher know? I know I’m expected to keep these bits of information in my brain but the coffee still hasn’t kicked in…

8.10am: In between writing the annual development plans and a strategic 5-year plan, I am called to one of the classrooms because one of the teaching assistants has fallen off a ladder whilst putting up a display. She wasn’t hurt but was laughing hysterically through the tears with embarrassment.

8.15am: The children are in the playground, when I get a call on the walkie talkie to say can I help on car duty. I don the high-vis jacket and am on my way to help, when Mrs Anderson asks can she have ‘two minutes’ and closes the door to my office. 30 minutes later I reappear and rush into assembly, completely unprepared and on the hoof. The term’s theme is ‘Tolerance and Understanding’! Just in the middle of a great question and answer session with the children Thomas, who is sitting right in the middle decides to be sick all over himself and the children surrounding him, catching some of it in his hands. Meanwhile the children behind him still have their hands up. After he has been escorted out of the hall I ask Alex to come up because it is his birthday. “It’s not my birthday,” he says. One of the teaching assistants runs out to check all our records.

“It IS your birthday, Thomas.” He starts to cry. We discover afterwards that mum had moved his birthday because dad was away on a business trip.

9.00am: The first set of prospective parents of the day. They tell me they have a genius of a child who is currently in Nursery. They think, with the advice of a next door neighbour who has a little knowledge of psychology, that he ought to skip Reception, as they only play there, and go straight to Year 1. The only reason he is hitting and biting children is because he is bored. Another mental note to self!

9.30am: I read through all the staff weekly planning folders, cross referencing them to the schemes of work and ensure the delivery of lessons takes into account individual learning needs. I read the

evaluations which monitor the progress of each child.

10.10am: Break duty: In between the grazed knees and football, I love observing the games the children come up with.

I have overheard, “Look at me! I’m the shape of a hamster and I’m hopping!”; “I’m a powerful lightning man with lightning shoes”; and, “Lets go drink beer by the wall.”

10.40am: I meet with one of the teachers for their appraisal, followed by an EYFS supervision meeting straight after.

11.30am: After a fire alarm, which was caused by a Pre-prep teacher lighting a candle for Diwali in her room, and consequently setting fire to the blind, I happen to walk past the Nursery and was asked if I have any spare time could I help one of the boys go to the toilet.

“Yes, of course,” I replied…I could go into further detail about toilet related stories in the Pre-prep but I’m sure that’s a whole speech on its own. Just know this: they are numerous, but on this occasion I did have to pop home to change my clothes.

11.45am: Back in the office, I finish writing my Governors’ end of year report, and finalise the departmental expense budget. Two little Reception children walk in, beaming smiles on their faces. They have finished their merit chart. I give them their new chart and a magic pencil.

12.00pm: Lunch. This is always a rushed affair. 30 minutes to seat 100, serve a two course meal, clear up and say Grace.

1.00pm: I sit down to update the planning for the next term, ensuring continuity and progression between Pre-prep and Prep, when I see one of the teachers is in tears.

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out and ask her what’s wrong. It transpired nothing was wrong - just hayfever!

1.10pm: I sit down to organise the staff peer-monitoring system when I suddenly I see a cow sauntering past my window… someone has left the gate open. I run out, clap my hands and guide it back on to the Common. I definitely don’t remember that being in my job description!

2.30pm: Reception have just been swimming, straight after lunch. Mrs Price comes back with a look of horror on her face, telling me that one of the children saw a brown leaf at the bottom of the pool.

She dived to the bottom of the pool to pick it up…let’s just say it wasn’t a leaf. I phone the Operations Manager to ask for the pool to be closed until it is disinfected again.

2.45pm: A little bit of piece and quiet time to rearrange the in-tray and start my data analysis on the children’s summative assessments.

3.15pm: Mr Smith runs into the Pre-prep shouting “Where’s the fire extinguisher?”

After deciphering the red from the blue and the foam from the water, we both rush out to the carpark as his car engine is on fire! I evacuated all people from the area.

3.30pm: I stand at the doors, greeting parents to pick up the children when Mrs Robertson comes up to me and says, “Miss Henderson, I am so impressed you are always about and such a hands-on Head of Pre-prep.” Mrs Robertson you have no idea!

3.40pm: I go into the staff meeting.

We have a good debate on whether we should increase the tablets across the Preprep…the IT kind obviously!

5.40pm: Off to Management meeting.

6.30pm: I go home, feed the dogs and cats, change my clothes, then go back to school for drinks with new Reception parents.

8.45pm: Stack up the 60 chairs again!

9.00pm: Check my emails one last time for the day 10.30pm: Finally time for bed and a bit of reading. I pick up the ‘IAPS guidance on inspections’…

All of what I have said is true, but thankfully it didn’t happen all in one day. But it did make me think of the busy nature of the Pre-prep and how important it is that in order to get through everything, we all work as a team…and that team incorporates all the fabulous children sitting in front of us. Last week, Mrs Abbosh took a photo of all the children and when the photo was printed out it was just heartwarming to hear one little girl say, when she looked at the photo, “That’s our family.” I think she summed the Pre-prep up perfectly.

I would like to thank the Pre-prep staff for their constant support and hard work.

It really is the best team of individuals that I could ever hope to work with and although my ‘real’ family lives in Scotland,

I do consider you, teachers and teaching assistants here at Beaudesert my family in England and I would like to thank each and every one of your for all you have done to help me ensure a calm, fun, positive, enthusiastic and hard working department. I would also like to make a special thank you to Annie who I know is here this afternoon for keeping the Pre-prep looking so wonderful for the last 16 years. I would also like to thank you our parents for your constant support throughout the year.

I know all the children sitting in front of us have made excellent progress this year and deserve our congratulations. The past year has been full of great achievements … many of you have come to see me throughout the year to show me a particularly impressive piece of work, some of you have come to see me to tell me something exciting that happened at the weekend, many of you have come to show me a trophy you have won out of school, and some have been sent to me for being a loyal and kind friend. All these successes make up the rich family of Pre-prep life and I hope you carry on these successes as you move on to the next academic year.

Boys and girls, I would like to thank you for the amazing hard work you have done this year and for trying your best all the time.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and relaxing summer holiday and I look forward to seeing you all in September.

KSEH

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The Nursery Early mark making, writing, numbers and shapes.

Noticing and drawing simple shapes that we see all around us.

Enjoying filling containers whilst exploring capacity.

Creating and experimenting with symbols and marks representing the idea of number.

Sorting 2D shapes and showing awareness of their similarities.

Developing fine motor skills for writing and exploring sounds.

Exploring letter formation using the iPad.

Matching and recognising numbers from 1 to 10.

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Harvest Festival

Showing interest in illustrations and print in books.

Noticing details of objects in the world around them, through painting.

Practising cutting skills whilst creating a harvest time collage.

Potato printing and arranging 2D shapes.

We had a visit from the local fire service.

The children tried on the official uniform, explored inside the fire engine and used the hose!

Role-play games inspired by the building site for the new Performing Arts Centre.

Looking closely at a pumpkin by using our senses: sight, taste, smell and touch.

Time to mix some ingredients together and bake a harvest loaf of bread.

People who help us

Dr Bigland showed the children lots of medicines and how she uses the medical instuments in her medical bag.

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Learning how the police help to keep us safe.

Mr Manning, the Head of Maintenance, showed the children how to fix things with a hammer and drill.

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Harry to the Rescue One day a fish cold Harry swam throo the sea but sumthing was difrant abawt Harry. He was the only fish in the sea with to tayuls. One day they wir luking at Pufees bubbels look ther’s Harry then all the fish crawdid arawnd Harry.

Pufee was sad he wonted fish to woch his bubbels. Wen the fish wir playing Harry notist that a anker was gowing to land on Pufee cwicly Harry raceed and scoopt up Pufee. Thank you Harry you sayvd my life.

Libby Fleming Rec B

REX ROWLAND REC B

Forest School

Our Trip To Bristol

Yestday we went to the forist. We sor swolows. We sor garlic. We went to the trees. We found the streem that lands at Lundn. We found tadpols in forist scol.

On Friday I went on mi stall trip. First I went to the uqeroom. Mi best fing was a big lobstir. The lobstir went udir a ston. Me secoond fing was a crab. He stantid at the botoom. Then we had lunch. Aftir theat we went on the piroot ship. We went upstes and aftir theat went downstes. Ereewun fel asleep.

Chloe Cook Rec B

Florence Walker Rec B

Pirate Adventure Dear mumee and dadee I have been capchood by pirates.

I feeall seesic. I feeall sad. I found the treashre. The captng tedld me to worc the planc. I steerd the weeall. I sleep on a hamoock.

I scrub the dec. I am scaird, they downd hav any storees.

They just have maps.

They capchood me.

From Felix Cunningham Rec B

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My Book Sharing a shell is an amayzing book about bristleworm and hermit crab and anemone.

The crab trigyd to finding a shell and then the gul caym and trigyd to eet him. Will the crab get away?

Iris Adams Rec C

What Would You Wish For? I wish I had mor lego th my cusoons.

I wish I had a parot beecoos he squorkx! I wish I had a bunk bed and I want to sleep on the top.

Louis Osztreicher Rec C

I wish I was a archaeologist so I could find lots of treasure. I wish I was a sirfir cos I like water. I wish I could be a sintist.

Herbie Ahearne Rec C

Dolphins I am a dolphin. I can leep out of the water.

Dolfins can scweek under the sea. Dolfins can splash und the sea. Dolfins are frens.

Dolfins are gray and blue.

Agatha Roche Rec C OZY STOCKDALE REC C

Lost Treasure Long ago there was a piret his onleey chreshr was a coyn. A paroot caym a long and he jropt the coyn in the sea it jropt in a sharks muoth he taystid it and he spat it owt. And an octpoos got it stuck in his1 tenticols a crab got it awt for him she didoont so she had it in hir tenticols. The crab took it to her rock pool.

The sea jragd the coyn to a piyl off seeweed. Then a boy found the coyn and he berry it in the sand.

Darcey McShane Rec W

Our Visit To The Bristol Aquarium I like the seehorsis they wir lulvlee they were flotin I the wortr. I sor the jelee fish they were luvee they were pink. We sor the man feedin the fish. It was hot.

Tallulah Hitchcock-Smith Rec W

Wen we went to the aauarium we sor the man feeding the stngrays. I lik the see horses.

It was hot in the aauarium. I had a luvee day.

Beatrice Blastland Rec W

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Pirate He is a bad gost pirate beecus he is poyshus. Her blows uip the ships and steels the treasure and he have a compass so he can find the ships.

Oliver Mitchell Rec W

Once there was a skleton pirate he was called capdin skull. He likte to steel treasure and he likd to kil peepl.

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Why I Should Be Your Knight Dear Lord Gwain I am the fastest horse rider in the castle. I am really strong. I am brave. I have a sword and a shield.

I have very heavy armour. I have a helmet. I can defeat a dragon.

I can joust. I have a horse.

Yours, Lady Indi

Battle Castle - Defend I will catapult a boulder at you. I am going to throw oil on your head. I am going to shoot your head off. I have a moat that is one hundred and fifty feet deep. I will tell my guards to push you in the moat. Shoot arrows at you. Make a pile of mud and you will get stuck.

Patrick Figgis 1B

Indigo Gordon 1B

Battle Castle Attack I am going to catapult a bear. I am going to catapult big stones. I am going to push the battering ram into the castle wall.

Johnnie Stockdale 1B SOPHIE RATCLIFFE YEAR 1B

I Can See

George And The Dragon

Trees swaying Sun erupting Cloud coating Mole digging Fox munching Eagle swooping Blue bells ringing

Once upon a time there was a man called Saint George. He went to the village.

The dragon breathed fire and breathed fire at the houses. He had to get the food and the animals and the gold. The people were sad. The King said, “Take the princess!�

The knight killed the dragon for the people.

Annie Nielsen 1B

Sam Hunt 1B

Fox running Ant crawling Butterfly flying Tree swaying Sun boiling Snake slithering Badgers scratching Theo Maculan 1B

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Woodland Adventure Once upon a time there was a mole and a rabbit. They made a fire to cook some mush meals and they forgot to put out the fire and they fell asleep. It was a disaster and they woke up and they saw a fire and they put it out.

Algie Meakin 1O

Castle Story Once upon a time in a fairy tale castle there was a king and a queen and they had a baby. Then everything was spooky and a dragon and terrifying knights came, there was a battle but then a good knight came and they went. The king and queen’s baby was safe, but the dragon set the castle on fire, but just as they looked back at the castle the fire was gone. The king knew who put the fire out and it was the wizard of wonderful but the queen did not know.

Jack Hulbert 1O

Jack and the Beanstalk When I woke up the next morning there was a huge beanstalk. I climbed it and at the top was a magical castle. I went inside and the furniture was enormous. On the table were a magic harp and a hen. I stole them and climbed down the beanstalk.

Isla Casey 1O

Becoming a Squire I would be a squire because I would fight for my country only if I pass my test and train to joust. I would eat roast peacock yum! I would drink a cup of water and learn to ride a horse.

Hector Holmes 1O

The Old Oak Tree The trunk is huge and lumpy. The roots are twisty and matted. The leaves are fresh light green. The branches are twisty and twirly. The bark is hard and bumpy.

Isabelle Cook 1O

EDWARD WILLIAMS YEAR 1O

The Easter Story On Palm Sunday the people laid out their coats. Some people did not like Jesus and some people did like Jesus. The people who did not like Jesus put Jesus on the cross and put a crown of thorns onto his head. He died on the cross.

They put him in a tomb and the next day he came to life.

Wolfie Haycraft Mee 1O SASHA CASTILHO-BLOW YEAR 1O

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Our Fire Of London Today we set fire to our Pudding Lane. Elisa’s house was the bakery.

Indigo’s house made a huge flame.

I was very sad when my house burnt to ashes. Benedict’s house burnt very quickly. By the end all the houses were burnt to ashes.

Gabriella Lucas 2B

Dear Diary (1666) It is terrifying outside. Flames flickering, people running for their lives. We are fleeing in boats on the river. I felt petrified as I looked at the terrifying sight. I heard people choking on the thick smoke.

Some people crying or screaming.

Church walls exploding. I smelt fear and danger. I think I am safe for now.

Matilda Snell 2B

Letter from an Evacuee During the Blitz Dear Mum I am worried about you. I am settling in but I am sleeping in the attic. I found a secret door in the garden. There was a statue of a unicorn. I am going to a school the boys are being mean to me, but I am being brave. I love you mummy.

Love from Lenny George Pegg 2B

The Litter Muncher – Year Two Play Dear Sir/Madam Sorry to be so rude but I want you to tell me what you are going to do about the disgrace my lovely village is in. It was absolutely beautiful with flowers everywhere but now it is disgraceful and in an awful disgusting mess.

Ever since the lazy litter muncher fell asleep, Lazy Daisy Village is getting messier and messier. I am so frustrated that you have not come to do your job.

Yours faithfully Etien McKendrick Resident of Lazy Daisy Village 2B

and the reply …

Dear Mr McKendrick I am very sorry that your village has got lots of rubbish in it. I will send some advisors to you very soon and I am sorry that there are big piles of rubbish on your street. While you are waiting you can put the rubbish in the bins. There are big coloured bins to put your rubbish in.

Yours sincerely Tom Evans-Gough Council Advisor 2B

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In the Rainforest

Fireworks

The rainforest is a lovely place to live in. I am a jaguar and I know what it is like to be in the rainforest. I hunt for prey, that’s what I do. It’s nice to be a jaguar because you are the biggest kind of animal in the world so you can eat quite a lot of animals who are not my size. There are lovely kinds of plants in the rainforest and some are poisonous and some are not. There are not a lot of trees in the rainforest because the people are cutting them down and that is not good for the animals or plants. In the rainforest there are lots of kinds of animals and plants. There are smelly plants as well. There are jaguars like me in the rainforest and other kinds of tiger. In the rainforest there is a lovely kind of butterfly.

It looks beautiful. The butterflies are the most beautiful in the land. There are dangerous types of snakes in the rainforest, poisonous ones as well and ones that bite. Most of them do bite people, but people just go there to cut the trees down so they won’t get bitten by the snakes. There are lovely tapirs in the rainforest.

Wizz, zoom, thunder in the sky.

Popping, crackling, fireworks zooming by.

Silvery, dazzling.

Around and around, explosions in the beaming sky.

Popcorn and toffee apple, Gunpowder, smoky on the bonfire.

Florence Wiles 2C

Poppy Baker 2C

Remembrance R emember the men E xploding bombs M en fought for us E xplosions M ums alone B ig tanks E veryone’s sacrifice R emember them Benjamin Tuke-Hastings 2C R emember E xplosions M en died E nemies M en B ombs E vil R emember Archie Cunningham 2C

LUCIA HARGITAY YEAR 2C

George and the Dragon Once upon a time there was a little village. One day the sheep went to drink, a dragon came. The dragon’s eyes were like fire and teeth like swords, wings like a snow storm and a tail like a tree. All the ladies got fed to the dragon and it was the princess’ turn. Far away was a knight in shining armour called St George and his white horse. St George saw the village and went to help. When St George got to the village a man said “The dragon is going to eat the princess!” When George got to the lake the dragon rose from the water and did a huge roar! George started to fight the dragon. The dragon jumped up and George stabbed it. George had defeated the dragon. St George untied her and they went back to the village. The King said “Hooray!” and lived happily ever after.

Lewis Ely 2C

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Pre-prep Nursery Sebastian Connors-Jones Otti De Rouet Wilf Edmonds Constance Ellis Monty Fieldhouse Megan Figgis George French Lux Goodman Cassius Gordon Montgomery Hargitay Oscar Holmes Hope Kinsella

Reception B Otto Bullock Iolanthe Byworth Chloe Cook Felix Cunningham Alfie Ellis Inigo Fieldhouse Libby Fleming

Nancy McLaughlin Sam Morris Hardy Parkinson Capucine Peppiatt Barnaby Ratcliffe Otis Rowland Roman Sabine Edward Snell Maximus Stockdale Isaac Stringer Freddy Sturdy Camilla Williams Genevieve Wilmott

Olivia Hodges Finley McLean Hugo Moffatt Rex Rowland Tess Rowland Florence Walker Eleanor Williams

Reception C Iris Adams Herbie Ahearne Sholto Casey Freddie De Rouet Anna Lua Gibbs Cecil Gifford Red Gifford

Zac Hughes Beatrice Hulbert Clova Lamb Isobella Naden Louis Osztreicher Agatha Roche Ozy Stockdale

Reception W Beatrice Blastland Kasper Calvert Florence Colin George Gifford Nash Ted Greig Tallulah Hitchcock-Smith Jean-Christian Lucas

Henry Matcham Douglas McMurtry Darcey McShane Oliver Mitchell Lara Pridmore Oliver Raphael Xanthe Woodford

1B Finlay Akeroyd Patrick Figgis Indigo Gordon Maximillian Hargitay Harry Hughes Sam Hunt George Lewis

Theodore Maculan Monty Miller Annie Nielsen Sophie Ratcliffe Alice Stevens Johnnie Stockdale

1O Amelia Akeroyd Isla Casey Caspar Chadwick Morgan Chandler Isabelle Cook Wolfie Haycraft Mee Hector Holmes

Jack Hulbert Algie Meakin Saskia Rowlands Aaron Stringer William Sturdy Edward Williams Max Worsley

2B Jake Bostock Reuben Brewster Caspar Burns Indigo Burton Theodore Eugster Tom Evans-Gough Eliza Fleming Oliver Greig Rosie Holloway Gabriella Lucas

Etien McKendrick George Pegg Quitterie Peppiatt Rose Phillimore Archie Robbins Arthur Smith Matilda Snell Milo Thomson Benedict Wateridge Oliver Wilkes

2C Arthur Bajeux Poppy Baker Archie Cunningham Rufus Edmonds Lewis Ely Lili Evans Honor Fanshawe Tom Hack Lucia Hargitay Olivia Hillman

Darcey Hodges Sam Jones Samuel MacIntosh Ivory Miller Pyott Kit Probert Archie Roche Breezy Sabine Eden Stringer Benjamin Tuke-Hastings Florence Wiles

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Anthology Himni and the Wolves A long time ago in a land far away was a castle. In this castle lived a witch. The witch’s name was Miss Marold Hipnick and she had a very big and very powerful nose. The castle was surrounded by wolves. Many people who had been there never came back. Locked in the dungeons of the castle were the many men, women and even children who had gone too close to the castle. Many of them tried to escape, but ended up in an even worse situation...

Everyone in the land was so upset about losing so many people and so scared of the screams and the howls that came from the castle time and time again that they asked the King to help them. But every time he told them it was too dangerous.

The Confession It all started in the boarding house at nine o’clock on Friday night.

Sophie was annoying me all day and when we got up to the dorms she stole my favourite teddy. I was so annoyed with her that I threw her clean sock out of the window. She walked as fast as she could out of the door into the corridor but Matron was calling her. “Sophie Morgan-Rodda, what do you think you are doing?” she boomed, her face as red as a plum. “Sorry, I will just get back into bed,” she said quietly. “I should think so!” Matron shouted. In the middle of the night I heard Sophie getting up and grabbing her torch, slippers and dressing gown. I followed her down the creaking stairs as quietly as I could and then I realised she was going to get the sock. “Now is my chance,” I thought. Once she was outside I slammed the door behind her and she was locked out. In the morning there was no sign of Sophie, she had just disappeared. I really hope they find her and I am really sorry for what I did to Sophie.

Poppy Read Year 8

But one morning the King found that his own son had disappeared. He sent his messenger out to tell everyone that anyone who found him would get a reward.

Everyone knew where he was, but nobody would look for him.

One day a girl called Himni went to the castle.

She took no weapons, only sleeping powder.

As she came to the castle she put it on the ground.

The wolves came rushing out for they smelt the powder. They licked it and fell fast asleep. Feeling very proud, Himni went on. Meanwhile Miss Marold Hipnick was in her castle feeling very pleased because she had caught the King’s son. Suddenly she smelt something. She sniffed. What was it? She sniffed harder, with her big and very powerful nose. Suddenly something whooshed up her nose and sent her into a deep sleep.

Himni rushed to Miss Marold Hipnick and got the keys to the dungeon. She ran down the stairs to the dungeons and unlocked everyone. All of the people ran home. The King told Himni that she could marry the Prince, but Himni chose to have half of his Kingdom instead. The wolves and Miss Marold Hipnick were never seen again and so they all lived happily ever after.

Flora MacIntosh Year 4

(Winner of the fairy tale competition – Independent School Parent Magazine)

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The Snowy Owl

Nervous My feet kicked the brown and crisp autumn leaves as I walked down the gravel path humming peacefully to myself. I slowly looked up and noticed someone familiar ahead of me. Alice, my heart started to race. She finally noticed me. She stared at me with her piercing eyes. I tried to forget she was there, but she was stuck in my head, refusing to get out. I walked a little faster down the wet, winding path. I gazed the other way not looking at her. I was nearly at the end of the gravel path, she was only a few metres away from me. I stood as still as a statue and my heart was beating like a drum. I was silent.

Zara Verschoyle Year 7

The snowy owl lives near North America.

He or she is a white, black and grey bird.

They eat rodents like a mouse or a rat.

They do not live in Africa because it is too hot. They do not have very good eye-sight.

They are very soft and cuddly like a toy.

It has black leather feet and is good at flying through cold air. It has lots of wisdom and it can turn its head 360 degrees.

Reuben Page Year 4

Countryside v Town Life It is so hard to make a choice on whether I would live in the countryside or in a town.

They both have advantages and disadvantages. In the countryside you are able to have lots of space, but in a town you are close to the shops and transport systems. When you are in the country you get a sense that you are alone and it can be good but it can also be bad to think that you are the only person in the whole world. Sometimes in a town it can be good to have noise because you know the world is going on around you. In the country farmers can smell like a cow, some people like that but lots of city people do not. In the country you get lots of animals which people love. There is less population than in the large cities.

Nowadays everyone has a phone or some sort of electronic device that requires Wi-Fi or broadband (3G) so in many towns you have fast Wi-Fi but in the country you do not have fast broadband. In the country there is a lot of mud which when you are young can be fun but when you are mature it can be a hassle. In the town you can meet up with your friends more easily. In the town everything is a lot more expensive than in the country such as clothes and food and entertainment.

So that is some of the facts why the countryside is better to live in than a town.

Jock Catto Year 8

The Best Of Presents My best present was my scooter.

I love it so much because now I can go to Rush and to the park.

My scooter was from Santa.

We were at my cousins’ and as soon as I got home I opened the box, built it and started riding it. I do contests on how fast I can make it ride. It is really fun and I have not fallen off it yet but I might soon.

I have learnt two one (old school tail whip) and I can flip it on one wheel.

Atticus Adams Year 6

Dear Diary My Dad suggested we go up the hill and fly a kite, so we made a kite and took it up the hill to fly it. I found it hard to believe that this kite which was only made up of a few old bits of paper would be able to fly.

We then walked up the hill to test it.

My Dad suggested that he hold the kite and I hold the string. When my Dad let go of the kite it soared upwards like a huge blue bird. “Wow,” I said. “ This one is a beauty, a real beauty.” We then walked back to the caravan. We were careful not to get the kite and string tangled in the apple tree.

FREYA GREGORY YEAR 5

Hermione Brewster Year 5

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Rainforest I started walking through the green rainforest and I heard birds and monkeys calling, There were lots of insects and it was damp. Then when I peered around a tree I saw a strange tribe of people. They spoke a language I did not understand. They were half naked and had painted faces.

The women had sticks coming out of their faces. I saw men coming back with deer and monkeys from hunting.

Weird they did not eat their food.

They gave it to the other men.

The women tended the gardens and grew the crops. I saw children coming back with shellfish, insect larvae and nuts. Their houses were large and circular and called Yanos. They had hammocks to sleep in. In the central area the children were happily playing games.

Ben Worsley Year 5

Letter

Harriet’s Miserable Morning Harriet groaned. It was the kind of groan that made her mum wince and her dad hide behind the cupboard. It was the kind of groan that meant trouble. It was so unfair that her dad had made her go shrimping in the cold and wet and on a boat that hardly moved. Standing outside in the courtyard she glared at her dad Davey who was trying to make the best of things. “Come on Harriet this is going to be such fun,” trilled Davey, absentmindedly whilst loading the nets on the boat. As soon as Harriet was on the boat she wished she had thrown one of her tantrums so she would not have to go. Everything was grey. The sea, thrashing and chopping about was grey, the seagulls wailing overhead were grey and sort of fed up looking. “Here we are Harriet, pass me the nets, come on quickly,” said Davey. Harriet stared at her dad resisting the temptation to push him overboard.

“Give me a hand would you darling, just pull these nets now, give them a good tug, that’s it well done.” said Davey. After half an hour of boring, tiring, heavy work Harriet was well and truly fed up. After half an hour of whining Harriet was at the end of her tether.

She sat down cross-legged on the deck of the ship. Davey shot her a worried glance.

“Now Harriet…” he began but it was too late, Harriet was going to throw a tantrum!

Two hours later Davey marched Harriet back to the house. He had given up taking Harriet to sea forever.

Rosie Smith Year 4

The Light The dreadful, heart-throbbing sound I never wanted to hear suddenly wakes me up.

The high-pitched noise is going through my mind like a thousand people talking to me at once. Maybe it isn’t. But what if it is?

Dear Chairman of Governors I am a pupil at Beaudesert Park School and I am writing to you about an issue that I feel very strongly about and that is Saturday school.

Most people would agree that lessons benefit your education. I believe that we, as a school need more practice for later exams.

However I understand that other people would want to relax on Saturdays ready for the early start on Monday morning but naturally I feel that you get better value for your money and it is a perfect day for sport matches. As we have an early finish on Saturdays we still have an afternoon to relax.

In conclusion I think that we should maintain Saturday school because of the education values and to keep up the high standard of sport.

Yours sincerely Octavia Case Year 6

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Mum grabs the phone off me. She looks like a dead tree in winter, old and bedraggled. She tells me to go and get my shoes on in a soft, kind voice.

It’s happened.

I put on my school shoes - they are the easiest - and my long Sunday best coat. I go out to Mum who is trying to stay strong. She’s wearing her sunglasses and a huge coat with Uggs. We rush to the car, tired and sad. It’s freezing. I feel like the cold is biting my toes.

The car is cold and damp with condensation on the windows so I draw pictures on them. Mum puts on a CD and turns it up as loud as possible. She cries. We both cry together.

We arrive at the hospital. The sun is rising from behind this huge building. It is like an explosion of colour.

We walk into her room. It smells of lavender like always and it warms my heart but her face is as pale as a blank piece of paper that I just wanted to colour in. Her lips are as red as a rose and her eyes are the colour of the Caribbean Sea. Her body is weak, skinny and pale, like the grey colourless sky in winter.

I hold her hands until the end, when her lips pale. Her beautiful eyes close, her kind heart stops. My grandmother is dead. Like a light in my world has gone.

Isabelle Mayer Year 8

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Steve Autumn Dazzling autumn sunshine Squinting eyes Leaves dying in the cold Freezing wind Carpets of yellow, reds, gold and brown The powerful gusts of wind pushing me back to my warm cosy bed Squirrels darting from tree to tree Clouds being chased by the biting wind Squirrels trying to hide in the naked trees Oliver Ridgwell Year 4

Steve is a really old man. He is a grumpy, disgusting, selfish old man. His favourite thing to do is bullying people. He has a terrible cut on his face which he got from the people whom he was bullying – they scratched him on his face. He has brown eyes, grey hair and a nose that looks like a beak.

His clothes are old and dusty like an abandoned old house. He has not got any money and he has no friends because of all his bullying. Steve’s age is 68 years old and he is not married.

Leon Webb Year 5

The Wait She was feeling excited as she waited outside the cinema. She saw a determined group of children coming along the road and looked to see if she could recognise any of their happy faces. She was annoyed that she did not seem to know anyone. She had been here for an hour now and although she was trying to look good on the outside, inside she was very tearful. She was desperate to see a familiar face. Earlier she had had an argument with her mum and they had both been irritated with each other. It had put her into a bad mood. She felt selfish now. Her mum was so loving and considerate and she had behaved like an obnoxious girl.

It felt odd waiting here on her own. She had phoned her friend Mary as she was the kindest person that she knew and always listened. But where was Mary? Surely she was not too sloth-like to come and meet her. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by a nasty voice. “What are you doing here?”

HARVEY GEARON YEAR 8

Will Dangerfield Year 7

The Toad “Come on boys, we have a big day today!” shouted the excavator. “You dig up that bit and I will dig up this bit.”

“There we go, perfect ,”said Mr Toad with a slight blush. He had just tidied up the whole house. Mr Toad swam out of the pond and came up to land. “What’s that?” said Mr Toad with a bit of a fright. It was the excavator. They had a large digger and a couple of spades. They were digging up the pond. Mr Toad went to warn his friends back in the pond, but the only thing was that no one believed him!!

He had told a lot of lies in the past and that is why no one believed him. “Come on everyone,” cried Mr Toad. “Our pond is going!” But still no one believed him.

This time Mr Toad was telling the truth and not lying. “I promise, can you just come with me and you will see!” Then everyone followed Mr Toad and they all screamed and shouted. “What is happening to our pond?”

Emilia Lewis Year 5

The Grumpy Man Once upon a time there lived a grumpy man. He lived in a tree house on the top of a grassy hill. The house had two windows and a massive roof and a tiny door.

It was an extremely mysterious house.

One windy night the messy, tired man heard a faint noise. He could not think what it was. He got out of his bouncy bed, crept downstairs and opened the door to see the most shocking awful sight that he had ever seen. He could not believe his eyes. “This is horrible, this is the most deadliest thing that has happened to me in the whole of my grotty life,” said the grumpy old man. It was …

Freddie M Baker Year 6

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You You came into my life Like a beam of warm sun after horrific stormy months And me Like a beautiful bulb watered into a flower.

You came into my life Like a shower of rain After a blistering hot summer And me Like a flaking silver birch Redeemed into a soft bark.

You came into my life When I needed a lift A boost to glide But In the same way you left And I live like a rejected flower, A collapsing stalk.

Bertie Wilson Year 7

Halloween SIENNA HISCOX YEAR 6

A Soldier’s Sweetheart If I fall down or if I trip over If I end up lying across the ground Do not worry for me my dearest love Do not worry about the loud gun sound.

For England will stay England forever And streams will still run through the English hills.

So think of home and you will not suffer, Think of the poppies and the English hills.

The sound of the wind when it gently blows Rainbows that spread over the countryside.

But I will respect the life I chose And I will put my love for you aside If I think of you and you think of me We will lie in rest for eternity.

H appy children go trick or treat A ll the children dress up L ots of sweets for me to eat L olly pops for me to collect O range pumpkins outside people’s doors W onderful stories are being told E veryone outside having fun E xcellent costumes N ovember Max Dunne Year 4

Ellie Pridmore Year 7

AGATHA KAY YEAR 6

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Going Under Ground The sky was black and thick with smoke. Lying in a ditch with no one around me, dead or alive, I was caked from head to foot with Flanders mud. I could not stay here, the air was bad, and the surroundings were grim and grey, although the shooting had died down. I hesitated.

I climbed out of the ruined bunker, fixed my bayonet and ran.

The mud spattered my boots. I could feel the empty bullet cases and scattered shrapnel shells under foot. I stopped running to catch my breath. My legs were sore and my feet were sinking into the mud.

I found it hard to believe that I could keep on running, my lungs ached. Then suddenly, I heard voices, this gave me new hope. I kept on running then without warning, I was falling, rolling and bouncing off a bunker’s mud bank and fell flat on my chest. Blood trickled down my face. I looked up, it was the Germans. I stood up slowly and put the butt of my rifle to my right shoulder. I shot once, twice, three times.

They looked at me, I turned and ran.

Bullets and grenades were being hurled at me hitting the concrete walls, bursting into dust. Sparks showered down on me. A grenade blew up and threw me into a tunnel. There was a loud bang as an English shell hit the bank covering the hole with mud and stones. I was trapped.

I was angry. I punched the wall. Then something clicked. I took the grenade from my belt and put it in the hole, pulled the pin out and ran.

BANG. I looked back, the explosion had made a decent hole. I picked up my rifle and put the bayonet in its sheath and swung the rifle onto my shoulder.

FREDDIE BAKER YEAR 7

Stabbing and slashing at the mud. It was crumbling away. I thought I would be through this in no time.

Nine days later, so much time had passed with so little result. I had used my last grenade and I had run out of food days ago, I now resembled a living skeleton. I kept myself going by saying not much further, not much further. I was ready to stop when light flooded the hole. Fresh air came rushing in. I dropped my rifle so I could make the hole bigger.

I climbed out, I took my helmet off. Relief filled my heart to bursting point. But then, I saw two Germans. I was completely un-armed, my bayonet had snapped and I had dropped my rifle. I was completely malnourished. They saw me and they walked over to me. They were smiling, and one of them said in English. “There is no need to fight any more.” I growled at them and brought my fists up ready. Then the other said, “The war is over.” My face went blank, my arms went limp, I sank to my knees and cried. I cried with joy.

William Golesworthy Year 8

(Short-listed for the Radio 2 Five Hundred words competition) JEMIMA LODGE YEAR 6

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Sport 1ST XV Team: S Hughes*, M Arkwright*, J Catto*, T Kerr, G Honeyborne, F Taylor-Kimmins, W Gibson*, T Beattie, J Taylor-Kimmins, H Gearon* (capt) A Haynes*, C Davison, F Walker, A Amati*, A Stamp, H Brook, M Hudson, A Probert*. *denotes colours Results: v Monkton Combe v The Elms v St John’s v Dean Close v Cheltenham Prep v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v Prior Park v The Downs, Wraxall v Clifton

Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Won Lost Lost

5 - 31 15 - 10 5 - 29 10 - 27 5 - 38 15 - 21 10 - 14 24 - 21 36 - 7 0 - 36 0 - 22

Away Away Home Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Home

Prior Park Tournament: The Downs, Wraxall Won Prior Park College Won The Oratory Lost

St John’s Beaumont Lost

15 - 5 19 - 0 15 - 0 (semi final) 22 - 0 (3rd/4th playoff)

Pinewood 7’s Tournament: v Christ Cathedral College Won v Swanbourne Won v Cheam Won QF The Elms Won SF Winchester House Won Final v Cheltenham Prep Lost

35 - 0 14 - 0 14 - 7 14 - 0 14 - 5 7 - 17

With many players returning from the success of last year’s 1st XV there was a certain amount of optimism with how this year would turn out. The skill set was there, the passion and determination had all been instilled over the years of rugby at Beaudesert. Unfortunately the majority of teams to whom we lost were just better, bigger and faster. Many teams had three or four outstanding players that dominated the outcome of the game and we could not cope. Our lads played a very entertaining style of rugby, running everything and passing the ball all over the place but this cost us games and tries. We struggled to put teams away after rattling them in the first five or ten minutes. Against Pinewood and Wycliffe, we had the majority of possession and territory but could not score. The decision making was poor and that cost us the game. At times the boys have to think on their feet and too often this season tries went a-begging or games were lost by silly passes or throwing the ball away in contact areas especially near our own line!

They are a very skilful and talented bunch but at times there is not much you can do at this level to stop the bigger and quicker players from other schools. Even though it was a tough season

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results-wise, there were a couple of highlights.

In the Prior Park tournament, we played some of the best rugby of the season gaining good wins against The Downs, Wraxall and Prior Park College. Unfortunately, the semi-final against The Oratory was not quite as successful.

The B team 7s squad made up of a number of the 1st XV squad had an outstanding day at The Dean Close 7s, winning this competition. It was great to see Hudson and Stamp show their pace and score many of the tries. They were also backed up by the experienced specialised 7s player Jock Catto.

The final rugby fixture of the term was the Pinewood 7s. With a weight limit in force, we now battled equally pound for pound with some exceptional rugby talent on display. After five games, winning them all, we had reached the final against Cheltenham Prep. Unfortunately, after battling some close contests in the rounds before, we couldn’t quite muster up the energy to go one better and lost 7 – 17. This was a valiant effort by the boys and a great credit to them for an exhausting but hugely satisfying day.

In terms of other rugby successes, it was great for Sam Hughes, Harvey Gearon, Alex Haynes and William Gibson to go and trial for the West Midlands Lamb team. Haynes and Gearon progressed into the West Midlands team and played in another trial against the East Midlands.

With this final trial completed Harvey made it into the full Midlands squad and will play the other district teams in the Spring Term. Well done to these guys, it is very important that they experience rugby life outside the normal circuit.

There are many pupils to mention in this report like the players who have served the 1st XV for

two years and I would like to thank them for all their efforts throughout those winning and losing times. In terms of rugby success stories, I must mention Marcus Hudson. Starting Year 7 in the 3rd XV as prop, Marcus worked through the ranks to be the 1st XV top try scorer and player of the tournament at the Pinewood 7s (my opinion). He learnt a lot in a very short period of time and by the end of the season was an outstanding prospect. It just demonstrates that if you play Colts C/D or 3rd XV rugby, it does not prevent you from eventually playing 1st team.

Through hard work and pushing yourself then anything is possible.

Well done to you all and for those who have left – good luck at your next school and further rugby careers.

EC

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2ND XV Team: W Golesworthy, O Coker, T Kerr, F J Baker, G Mitchell, H Mallinckrodt, E Walker, A Nicholson, J Catto, J Tucker, G Edwards, F Walker, C Gent, T Melvin, T Jodrell, L Wiles, P Ravano

Results: v Monkton Combe Lost v St John’s Won v Dean Close Won v Cheltenham Prep Lost v Pinewood Won v Wycliffe Won v Abberley Hall Lost v The Downs Won v Clifton Lost v Tockington Lost

5 - 38 29 - 12 25 - 0 14 - 31 20 - 19 44 - 7 20 - 29 12 - 7 7 - 33 15 - 33

Home Home Away Home Home Home Home Home Away Away

Always a really exciting time of the school year, boys back after a good summer break, all a little taller and stronger – what more could a coach ask for? In all of my years of taking the 2nd XV, I have never had a group of boys that overall were bigger, stronger and in some cases, faster than most of the opposition that we faced this season.

The usual start though, only a couple of practices, rallying a mix-and-match of a team together and then straight into our first fixture against a very well organised and hungry Monkton team.

Although going down six tries to one, the team played well and showed typical Beaudesert commitment throughout. They continued to work hard during our practice sessions, played some fantastic rugby over the course of the season – tackled well, ran with ball well, offloaded well and came away with some brilliant results.

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3RD XV Team:T Elliott, J Kerr, H Manley, G Mills, A Tubbs, G Mitchell, F Large, T Baxter, B Mather, T Morris, T Melvin, O Mullen, T Kinsella, E Stewart-Carter, B Wilson, W Pease, J Lowde, W Dangerfield, T Jodrell Results: v Monkton Combe v Dean Close v Cheltenham Prep v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v Prior Park v Clifton

Lost Won Won Lost Won Won Won Lost

7 - 17 Away 12 - 10 Home 20 - 12 Home 5 - 10 Away 48 - 3 Away 43 - 0 Away 14 - 5 Home 0 - 42 Home

Clifton Rugby Festival - Winners v Monkton Combe Won 25 - 0 v Clifton Won 30 - 0 v Wycliffe Won 35 - 0 It has been a pleasure coaching the so-called ‘Mighty 3rds’!

Tom Elliott, Hugo, James, Griffin, Guy and Tubbs all proved strong scrummagers and surprisingly mobile in the loose. Tom Baxter was an excellent, tireless, sniping scrum half for most of the term. Ben played mainly in the pivotal role of fly half, complemented alternately in the centres by Tom Morris, Toby and the silent star, Ollie. Wings Tom Kinsella and Eric also complemented each other, Tom being an elusive, mazy runner and Eric more direct and physical. Bertie and Will both played as utility backs with increasing ability and determination.

Our first match away against Monkton Combe was a plucky and rather unlucky

start. We did lack cohesion and fluency in attack, yet were solid in the set piece and tackled strongly, but the bounce of the ball worked against us, literally, for one of their tries and the other was scored in injury time.

Then there were couple of matches at home, both close contests and hard-earned wins: against Dean Close converting a try proved the difference and facing Cheltenham Prep we were superior at the breakdown and used the ball well to outscore them. Inertia during the opening ten minutes cost us the game at Pinewood, since after that we were the better side, yet could not make our possession and territory count in the closing stages. However, the team learnt from this mistake, notching up two comprehensive victories over Wycliffe and Abberley Hall. This renewed resolve and confidence served us well for the penultimate match, where our simple, effective game plan and fitness saw us home against Prior Park.

Another highlight proved to be what could be termed the ‘ Gentlemen’s Festival!’ at Clifton: albeit admittedly playing some slightly weaker opposition, we knuckled down straight away.

The backs played at a high tempo, with Ollie, Tom Morris and Ben all scoring impressive tries. Even more pleasing was not conceding a try throughout the tournament, Tom and Ollie, amongst others, making try-saving tackles in defence. An outstanding team effort.

Such euphoria was short-lived though, since three days later a stronger Clifton outfit thrashed us in our own backyard.

Nevertheless, taking the whole season into account, the boys were a credit to the school and predominantly being Year 7s bodes well for next year, especially with the World Cup on home turf to inspire them! Roll on!

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COLTS A Team: A Catto, J Edwards, A Adams, N Agnew, M May, A Birtles, S Kapoor, C Maculan, C Brook, J McLaughlan, L Van de Grift, J Jefferies, R Slatter, S Madsen Results: v The Elms Lost 12 - 26 Home v King’s, Gloucester Won 32 - 0 Home v St John’s Lost 5 - 12 Away v Dean Close Lost 24 - 40 Home v Cheltenham Prep Lost 7 - 21 Away v Pinewood Lost 0 - 24 Away v Wycliffe Lost 12 - 19 Away v Abberley Hall Lost 21 - 42 Away v Prior Park Lost 12 - 19 Away v The Downs Lost 10 - 40 Home v Clifton Lost 5 - 24 Home The Elms VIIs Tournament: Won1, Drew 1 , Lost 2 Prior Park XII Tournament: Won 1, Lost 2 Severnside VIIs Tournament: Won 2, Drew 1 The season kicked off with a bright start at the Elms VIIs Tournament with a 28-0 win over Winterfold House, three tries being scored by Brook and Agnew with Edwards converting.

The second game v King’s, St Albans ended with a 7-7 draw, and the final group game versus Abberley finished with a narrow loss. Beaudesert finished second in the group. The first XII-a-side game against The Elms was a physical affair.

The scrum was evenly matched and we improved our presence at the breakdown as the match went on. Maculan was outstanding in support, along with McLaughlan at the ruck, in addition to Edwards displaying accurate kicking.

Agnew and Birtles ran in for two well-taken tries.

Another tournament for the boys involved three very close encounters. The match against St Edward’s took a moment of individual brilliance from McLaughlan, who ripped the ball from an opponent and then beat two players to put the ball under the posts. The next two matches saw the opposition run in tries in the last moments of the game to win. The next match put the couple of losses behind them with a dominant display.

Six tries were scored and one converted by Brook.

Against St John’s, it was a nail biter with the hosts leading at half time 5 – 0. We won a lot more ball at the breakdown and as a result scored a try (Agnew) to equal the score. After some pressure, St John’s scored under the posts with two minutes to spare. The following three matches were against tough opposition. Beaudesert played some good rugby, contesting physically at the scrum and breakdown where we won a lot of ball. Praise goes to May and Maculan, who worked well together to rip the ball and to hold up the opposition maul. Catto started to play at outside centre and linked up well with Edwards inside him and Adams on the wing. Slatter started to show his improved defensive ability at full back. Against Wycliffe, confidence started to build and we were unfortunate to loose.

Abberley scored a number of tries before half

COLTS B Team: A Baker, L Webb, A Hellens, T Grafftey-Smith, L Van de Grift, S Madsen, G Beattie, J Edmonston, F Baker, J Jefferies, A Pease, J Cooper, F Fawcett Results: Played 11

Lost 9

Drew 2

The Colts B had a successful season; not in the way of results but the improvement that they made over the course of the term. There was little continuity with the team as the Bs lost players to the A team and had some coming down being introduced to the new rules.

The game is still dominated by large, strong runners. Tom Grafftey-Smith and Sascha Madsen, playing his first season of rugby, made

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time, however in the second half the backs produced some quick play to score a number of tries through Catto and Adams. Prior Park was a similar story, conceding soon and having to fight back during the game.

The Severnside Tournament was where we played some of our best rugby, drawing against Cheltenham Prep who were undefeated all season and beating Prior Park and Wycliffe. In the final two games, The Downs and Clifton were slightly too strong. For the majority of the games the team were always in the match: they fought to the very end. Leading by example all season was Angus Catto, who demonstrated leadership qualities. All the boys can hold their heads high for their determination, enthusiasm and teamwork. An enjoyable season.

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the most of this opportunity. George Beattie proved to be the most nimble and agile of runners, weaving his way through or round the opposition to score tries. The team were mainly made up of Year 5 and so were often out-gunned by Year 6 teams. If running with the ball was our strength then our tackling was our nemesis. Alfie Hellens who was often the smallest player on the pitch was always in the thick of the action tackling the largest player.

Jack Jefferies playing in a scrum half role made some superb cover tackles, others were there to help.

Although they failed to win a match the two games they drew could have gone either way and the game against Pinewood was decided only by a couple of tries. It was a very enjoyable season and the team will have learnt a lot in preparation for next year, whatever the rules will be.

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COLTS C Team: S Mayer, G Jardine, H Ahearne, W Hyde, V Bowers, S Read, M Bailey, A Pease, J Cooper, F O’Neill, G Carpenter Results: v Monkton Combe v Dean Close v Cheltenham Prep v St John’s v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Prior Park v The Downs v Abberley Hall v Clifton

Lost Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Drew

5 - 35 Home 5 - 15 Home 5 - 25 Away 35 - 20 Away 25 - 15 Home 35 - 15 Home 45 - 30 Away 45 - 20 Home 45 - 30 Home 40 - 40 Away

A new season and a new challenge. In the brave new world, according to the RFU, our Colts Bs, Cs, and Ds had to change to under 10 rules: 8-a-side, no line-outs, 3 man unopposed scrums and only 2 men into a ruck. The logic is impeccable; no more time spent in interminable scrums and mauls which break down: to be replaced by fast flowing rugby with quick rucks, lots of passing and off-loads. Sadly, as in life, the law of unintended consequences comes into play and changes often have the opposite effect

COLTS D Team: T Hall, M Schmidt, D Keegan, B Worsley, O Comaish, T Burton, F Depierre, J Holloway

Results: v Monkton Combe v Dean Close v Cheltenham Prep v St John’s v Clifton

Won Lost Lost Won Drew

45 - 20 Away 10 - 40 Away 20 - 40 Home 50-30 Home 25 - 25 Away

which logic would suggest. Still the start of the season saw lots of practising of drive, ruck, spin the ball to the winger and then follow him.

Then the tricky problem of finding positions for life’s natural forwards, now their raison d’être of scrums, line outs and mauls had disappeared.

Sadly our first few games suggested that the brave new world worked best if you had a big fast boy who could run through or over you. Certainly in 8-a-side if you cannot tackle you stick out like ‘a sore thumb’.

Back to the coaching drawing board; Jardine and Mayer suitably positioned and primed to identify and tackle the opposition’s try scorers. Mayer in particular as captain, felt the need to leave his mark on at least one of the opposition in every game. This produced the obligatory “ouch” and reflex turning of the head away, by the supporting crowd, as he poleaxed another opposition player used to thundering through with little opposition.

Next up was a post and switch move from the many free passes, in the 8-a-side game.

This created an illusion to compensate for our lack of enormous players. O’Neill at scrum half and Carpenter at post, soon developed the sleight of hand to bamboozle the opposition.

With strong straight running from Bailey on one wing and jinks combined with flat out speed from Pease on the other, we had every motivation to spread the ball wide. This resulted in many of our

The Colts D team proved an excellent launch pad with at least one player starting in this team and making it all the way to the A team: progress indeed.

D team fixtures tended to provide a feast of tries partly due to the mazy running of players like Schmidt, but also the lack of strong tackling players on either side. Hall rucked well and combined with the good positional sense of Keegan and Worsley held the team together.

This in turn allowed the likes of Comaish, Depierre, Burton and Holloway to make a contribution to an excellent team effort.

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tries coming from wingers.

Small players are often the most tenacious and Cooper in the centre conformed to this stereotype: body of a back, but the mind of a forward. So it was no surprise to see him attempt to drive through a mass of opposition players when close to the line - and succeeding.

It makes life a lot easier for a coach if you have a settled side, but Beaudesert prides itself on giving pupils a chance to shine. It was therefore rather pleasing that from the first squad of 10 players for the opening match only 4 remained at the end. All the players who played brought some special talent to bear: Bowers, mazy running, Hyde and Read’s charging drives and Ahearne’s silky running with ball in hand.

So rugby not as we know it, but still as exciting and rewarding as ever.

MB

UNDER 9s A/B Team: T Ratcliffe, W Walker, Z Hitchcock-Smith, M Morris, M Rowlands, M Dunne, M Nannes, F Wallace, O Clark, C Birts, R Page, D Rawle, M D’Arcy Rice, A Hunter, L Webb, L Smith, W Shipsey, F Campbell, H Adams C/D Team: A Binns, V Byworth, J Hunt, O Brown, B Nielsen, C Combe, A Maculan, J Stapleton, O Ridgwell, H Kay, E Bajeux, R Calvert, A Watkins, H Large, F Hack, R Preston, G Scurr, H Smith Changes to the laws of the game completely altered the concept of the U9 game this season. It was a learning curve for both staff and boys. Dropping down to seven-a-side from nine and no rucking or set scrimmage, it did enable the game to flow more smoothly and have fewer stoppages. Tackling rules allowed those not confident in this area to feel that their contribution with a grab tackle was still benefiting the team. As a result, this was an area that we improved upon throughout the season.

Festival format was the name of the game and this resulted in good quality, short burst games. This was a massive help in the development of the group as a whole and ensured enough games at the right level for the children to gain in confidence.

In the few head to head fixtures undertaken the teams were rarely defeated.

With a large pool of talent to call upon, we often fielded mixed A/B teams and C/D teams where the boys were mingled thus ensuring good contests. There were, however, several occasions when we fielded a straight A team and only lost in close contests in festivals to strong teams from Llandaff and St John’s.

Perhaps the most indicative performances and display of tenacity came at St Hugh’s where the A team reached the final after very close matches, only losing out to The Oratory by one try. What a great afternoon of rugby!

The B team in the same competition reached the quarter final stage and gained valuable experience against some big teams.

GR/JH

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Hockey 1ST XI/VII Team: G Lawrence, I Cooper, I Mayer*, A Kold, B Knight*, F Saxton*, E Fanshawe, H Skelding* * denotes colours/joint captaincy Results: v The Downs Drew v Cheltenham Prep Drew v St Hugh’s Won v St John’s Won v Dean Close Lost v Pinewood Lost v Clifton Lost v Prior Park Won v Cheltenham Ladies’ Won v Wycliffe Won

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

Home Away Away Home Away Away Away Away Away Home

Prior Park Tournament: 4th Severnside Tournament: Winners IAPS U13 Regional: Semi-finals IAPS U12 National Plate: Winners The hockey term has been very successful despite some tough competition. We started off with great enthusiasm and it carried on throughout the season. Our goalkeeper Ginny was just what we needed – saving everything that came at her.

She saved goals with great confidence. Imo was fearless and a fast defender going up against the toughest opposition and tackled everyone with determination. Centre back was Izzy who was amazing at covering the space and intercepting the passes; she was also a confident tackler and a speedy runner coming out of the short corners.

Izzy was an important part of the team. Millie was a very skilful player and good with her stick.

She always gave the best passes and would never let us down on the short corners. Left wing was Honor who never gave up and always made amazing passes and sneaky goals. Honor was very supportive and was a very important part of the team. Right wing was Bea. She was a very strong player and had an amazing hit. You could definitely hear her calling from the other side of the pitch.

She was also a very important member of the team and never disappointed on the short corners.

Centre forward was Freya. She was amazing at getting into space and running from one corner of the goal to the other and always intimidated the huge opposition goalkeepers. Eloise always scored at the last minute and had an amazing fitness, beating all of us at the triangle of death.

Our highlight of the season was winning the Severnside tournament at Dean Close, beating our rivals Clifton in the finals. It was a great way to finish the hockey season.

We would like to thank Mr Edwards for being an incredible coach, giving us great loud tips from the sideline. He was always supportive. We also loved the variety of beanies that he wore when it was cold. They always made us laugh and we also liked his famous quote that we will always remember him by “I am not angry, I am just disappointed.”

It always made us more determined.

Honor Skelding and Isabelle Mayer

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2ND VII Team: I Walker, I Standen McDougal, L Newman, A Biddulph, C Mayne, B Ransome, A Martin, K Severn, K Hiscox, I Wateridge, I Case Results: v The Downs Lost v Cheltenham Prep Drew v The Elms Lost v St Hugh’s Drew v St John’s Won v Abberley Hall Won v Dean Close Won v Pinewood Lost v Tockington Won v Clifton Lost v Prior Park Won v Cheltenham Ladies’ Won v Wycliffe Won

2 - 3 1 - 1 0 - 3 2 - 2 7 - 0 3 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 4 3 - 1 1 - 2 8 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 1

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Severnside Tournament: 4th place This has been a successful and most enjoyable term of hockey. The season began with perhaps our four toughest fixtures and though two were lost, the girls were extremely competitive, never letting their heads drop and battling right to the end, which was great to see. The narrow defeat to The Downs was disappointing, but the team responded brilliantly with a big win against St John’s and a hard fought victory at Abberley

Hall - we were on a roll! A battling one-nil win at Dean Close was just what we needed in the build up to the big one - Pinewood!

Unfortunately we did not perform to our best and were well beaten in the end. Undeterred, we bounced back at Tockington against a strong side on a huge pitch and it was our fitness that told in the end. A two-one loss to one of the best teams around - Clifton, was nothing to be ashamed about and we gave them a real scare and a run for their money.

We finished the season superbly, with wins against Prior Park, Cheltenham Ladies’ and Wycliffe and fourth place in the Severnside Tournament.

A large number of girls played for the 2nd team this term and it has been good to see the commitment, enthusiasm and skill on show. The Year 8 core of Isabella Walker, Beth Ransome, Alice Biddulph, Cecilia Mayne, Lydia Newman, Annabelle Martin and Isobel Standen McDougal have set the standard with their attitude and will to win and have set a fine example to the Year 7 girls. I must just highlight the contribution of Cecilia, Lydia and Beth, who were outstanding throughout, always putting the team first, sometimes playing out of position but always playing to their best whatever the situation.

Well done all and thank you for a most enjoyable season.

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UNDER 11A Team: Z Mayer, A Evans, M Smith, P Clark, I Thomson, M Edwards, S Page, E Tubbs, G Raphael Results: v The Elms Won v St Hugh’s Won v Dean Close Won v Pinewood Won v Cheltenham Prep Won v Clifton Won v Prior Park Won v Wycliffe Won

3RD & 4TH VII Team: A Brown, J Downton, A Phillips, I Case, R Lewis, E Pridmore, L Scheuner, M Shaw, A Raphael, M Combe, A Herrtage, S Elvin, J Ferrigno, V Levinson, P Read, S Morgan-Rodda, M Pitman, W Hodson, I Wateridge Results: 3rds v Cheltenham Prep v Tockington v Rendcomb v Abberley Hall v Dean Close v Pinewood v Clifton v Cheltenham Ladies’ v Wycliffe

Won Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Won

2 - 0 0 - 3 8 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1 5 - 2 7 - 0

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Results: 4ths v Cheltenham Prep v Dean Close v Pinewood v Clifton v Cheltenham Ladies’

Won Won Lost Drew Lost

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

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Another exciting and nearly undefeated season! Everyone improved so much over the course of the season. The best part was how easily the girls were able to slot into any position. It meant several girls earned a place in the 2nd and 1st team over the season.

Overall, their determination as well as their desire to be seen using their hockey skills really stood out for me. During training sessions they picked up formations quickly, the ball moved around at pace with good accuracy and they supported each other the whole time.

A few special mentions to Marina and Poppy, who finished their time at Beaudesert as completely different hockey players. To Violet, India and Willa, for putting pressure on the 2nds and adapting to any position, Issy Wateridge, who went from the 4ths to the 1sts and would never come off the pitch unless she was red in the face! And finally, collectively to everyone who had a go at being goal keeper – turns out no one is a bad goalie!

LS

4 - 1 7 - 0 5 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 1 6 - 1 8 - 0 4 - 0

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Cheltenham Hockey Festival: Won 4 Drew 1 Malvern College Hockey Festival: Won Prior Park Tournament: Won Pinewood Hockey Tournament: Won IAPS Regional Hockey Tournament: Won IAPS National Finals: 7th Severnside Tournament: 3rd

What a fantastic season the U11A girls have had this term! It has been unbeaten with only four goals conceded in matches all term and four tournaments won.

The highlight was winning the IAPS regionals to get through to the National Finals. We came 7th and were beaten in the quarter finals by the eventual winners.

Grit, determination, enthusiasm, playing as a team and working for each other is what has made this team so hard to beat. They have impressed me with their skills, ability to read the game and THEIR commitment to each and every match they play.

The commitment starts with the first line of defence of Poppy Clark at CF; she always puts 100% effort and determination in and hounds the ball down from every ‘hit out’.

She has on many occasions intercepted the ball from the opposition and caused numerous turn overs which have resulted in us scoring.

Helping Poppy up front is the midfield of Maddy, Alys, Zara and Emily. Zara has used her fantastic stick skills to score the majority of our goals. She has great strength and awareness on the ball. Alys, Maddy and Emily have made fantastic runs up the wing, causing the opposition’s defence all sorts of problems.

Maddy has been very versatile this season playing as a wing and in defence. Our defence have been very tight this season, with Isabella reading the game very well and not letting the ball get past her very often. Meghan and Georgina have protected the ball from Scarlet in goal by tight marking and well timed tackles.

Scarlet has made her debut in goal this season.

She has demonstrated some amazing saves with her quick reactions and she clears the ball with such power and confidence.

It has been an absolute pleasure working with such a dedicated, talented group. Well done!

GBW

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UNDER 11B

UNDER 11C

Team: M Campbell, G Raphael, A McIntyre, D Gough, L Pearman, F McKenzie Wylie, J Lodge, M Phillips, O Case, G Tucker, B Leslie

Team: A Preston, A Mallinckrodt, A Kay, S Hiscox, T Nelson, I Beattie, N Dunlop, J Lodge, J Keveth, A Vernon

Results: v Pinewood v St John’s A v Westonbirt Prep A v Dean Close v Abberley Hall v Pinewood v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v King’s, Gloucester v Wycliffe v Badminton A

Won Lost Lost Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Lost

2 - 1 1 - 4 1 - 3 6 - 0 6 - 0 5 - 2 3 - 2 7 - 0 9 - 0 7 - 1 2 - 4

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Wow, what a season! The Under 11B side played some fabulous hockey, showing rapid and sustained improvement, remaining unbeaten against other schools’ B sides. Highlights of the season included the double over Pinewood and coming back from 2 goals down in the last five minutes to beat Cheltenham Prep 3 – 2 with the last hit of the game.

The season started with a good win over Pinewood. Despite two close losses against St John’s and Westonbirt A sides, the improvements were clearly evident and this manifested itself in a run of seven matches unbeaten, scoring 43 goals and only conceding 5.

Although we lost our last game with Badminton A, the girls can be very satisfied with a great season.

We had Millie Campbell in goal and she really improved over the season, developing into a great shot stopper, often inflating the margin of our victories. Our defenders always worked hard as a team to ensure that the opposition players were marked and the ball was distributed well, especially Georgina Raphael, who was often part of the A squad, with Flora, Annika, Lily and Daisy working hard to keep clean sheets.

We were lucky to have hard working, skilful wingers and midfielders. Matilda Phillips who worked tirelessly as the fulcrum of the side as centre midfield, made many defence splitting passes as well as tracking back quickly. We benefitted from having speedy wingers in Grace, Octavia and Rosalie. Grace especially terrorised defences with her speed and stick skills. She scored a lot of goals from both open play and our increasingly polished short corners. Bea was a quick and effective centre forward, harassing the opposition’s players and scoring some excellent goals.

The girls were a pleasure to coach and always played the game in the right spirit.

SP

Results: v Hatherop Castle A Lost v St Hugh’s B Lost v St John’s B Won v Dean Close C Won v Tockington A Drew v Redmaids Won v Redmaids Won v Wycliffe B Won v Badminton B Won

1 - 3 1 - 2 7 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1 7 - 0 8 - 0 3 - 2 7 - 2

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had so many games to play. The majority of our games we won quite comfortably. However one game I am particularly happy with is the game we played against Tockington. We played Tockington A team and drew 1-1. The girls fought so hard in this game and worked very well as a team.

The girls put everything they learnt during training into practice, and we were unfortunate not to win.

I am very proud of this team as each and every one of them has improved. A special mention goes to Sienna and Jemima Lodge who have come on leaps and bounds - they work very well together and are in a good position for next year and I am positive they will do well. Thank you to all the parents that supported this term.

PG

A great set of results for the Under 11C team this term. We started the term with two losses against two very strong teams. After watching them play it was obvious we had certain things to work on, such as getting everyone to work as a team, and using the width of the pitch. However it was clear we were a team with lots of potential.

The girls all worked very hard during training, meaning they were improving every session.

We often played against the B team during training. The girls did find this difficult at times but as the hockey term progressed the difference between the two teams was minimal.

We have been very fortunate this term as we have

UNDER 10A Team: F Gregory, I Gregory, T Maculan, H Maculan, E Lewis, J Walker, J Fairer-Smith, G Balfry, A Wateridge, L Lawson, L McLaughlin Results: v The Downs v Pinewood v The Elms v St John’s v Abberley Hall v Pinewood v Prior Park v Wycliffe

Lost Won Lost Lost Won Won Won Lost

0 - 3 1 - 0 3 - 4 0 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 0 8 - 0 2 - 4

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Severnside Tournament: Semi-Finals Prior Park Tournament: Winners Badminton Tournament: Winners

The U10 girls have worked hard and been enthusiastic all season. They have made great progress with their positioning, passing and dodging. The first match against The Downs was challenging coming as it did after only a couple of practices. It was 0-0 at half time but the second half did not go so well, as we lost 0-3, but it gave us us lots to work on. Great progress was made quickly with positioning and passing, leading to a good win against Pinewood. The next two matches were very unlucky. We had a very exciting close game with The Elms and just lost out in the last few

seconds 3 – 4. Against St John’s Beaudesert played really well, creating many chances, we were on the attack all the time but we just could not score a goal. Unfortunately the one chance St John’s had to score they scored.

The rest of the season went really well, especially the tournaments, as we won both Prior Park and Badminton.

The best play of the season was definitely at the Badminton tournament with all team members playing brilliantly. In the first seven minute match, Isla scored five goals after some great set up play by Emilia, Georgie and Lois, fantastic. Next it was Millfield and another great team performance, Emilia using her speed nicely down the right wing and Anna and Jemima making some great tackles in defence.

Unfortunately in the last few seconds Emilia had a nasty hit in the face with the ball, which put her out of the rest of the tournament.

The rest of the team were very shocked but decided they were going to win for Emilia.

With only six players they went on to win every match in their group and the semi finals against Richard Pates. The final was against Millfield and very exciting. At full time the score was 1-1, so five minutes of golden goal were played.

Freya as goalie had a busy five minutes, making some great saves. At full time it was still a draw and both teams were exhausted. We decided the best thing to do was to share the trophy, which was fully deserved by both teams.

Well done to all the U10 girls for working hard and making great progress.

TP

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UNDER 10B Results: v The Downs A Lost 1 - 2 v Pinewood Won 5 - 0 v Tockington A Drew 0 - 0 v Redmaids Won 7 - 0 v Dean Close Drew 1 - 1 v Pinewood Won 2 - 1 v Tockington A Won 3 - 1 v Clifton Won 5 - 0 v Wycliffe Won 2 - 1 Pinewood Tournamant: 3rd

Away Away Home Away Away Home Away Away Away

Team: A Playne, I Playne, E Thompson, S Burnett, T Maculan, H Maculan, I Morgan-Grenville, E Watkins, H Brewster The U10B’s have completed a superb hockey season against some very tough opposition.

The ratio of goals scored compared to goals conceded (27:5) is further evidence of the hard work of all the girls, and especially Emily, Hannie and Tilda as goalkeepers. The team were the only B side to enter the Pinewood Tournament and after some challenging matches (including playing Beaudesert U10As!) the girls did exceptionally well and were awarded 3rd place.

The final match of the term against Wycliffe was by far the most challenging as the team needed to adapt their formation to the very short but wide pitch. After two quick goals in the opening minutes, the defenders fought hard to prevent many shots at goal during the match. To the credit of both teams, they were still tied 1-1 until the last minute of the game. A fantastic quick movement up the wing by Alice was passed behind the Wycliffe defenders to Hermione. One clean shot finished the game 2-1 to Beaudesert!

RG

UNDER 9A

UNDER 10C

Team: M Davey, H Bullock, L Tuke-Hastings, T Vernon, C Birts, B Montgomerie, F Scurr, R Smith, M Standen McDougal, J Heynes, M Evans-Gough

Team: R Roche, L Moxon, S Robbins, C Dobson-Pinillos, O Probert, E Wray, B Tuke-Hastings, M Galton-Fenzi, J Honeyborne

Results: v The Downs Lost 0 - 7 Away v St John’s Lost 0 - 4 Away v Dean Close Lost 1 - 2 Home v Pinewood Won 4 - 1 Home v The Dragon Won 1 - 0 Away v St John’s Drew 0 - 0 Away v Cheltenham Prep Drew 0 - 0 Away v Clifton Lost 0 - 1 Home v Wycliffe Won 4 - 1 Away Severnside Tournament: 4th position We have had mixed results this term. The first match against The Downs is always a tough one as it is the first week of term and travelling a long distance to an away match is a feat in itself!

The girls enjoyed their first away match and were completely unaware of the score, just full of smiles.

After watching them play it was obvious we had a lot of work to do including getting everyone a lot more determined, but enjoyment is a good base to build upon!

We have had quite a lot of movement in the team as the girls progressed with their skills, positioning and confidence The Severnside Tournament was very early on in the term and all the matches we played were very close so we were quite pleased with how we had played. Our first win against Pinewood boosted morale and it was a relief to see the girls actually playing as a team and beginning to implement skills we had been practising in lessons. Molly and Tilly became our solid defenders and managed to keep a lot of balls out of the D. The last match against Wycliffe was a pleasure to watch; at last the girls were playing very good hockey. It was great to finish on a high note but we all wished we had a few more matches and tournaments now that everything had clicked. All the girls have worked hard and have progressed in all areas but a special mention goes to Flora and Jessica who have worked well together as forward players. They are now in a very good position for next year and I am sure they will do well. Thank you to all the parents that have supported us this term.

SF

Results: v Pinewood v Westonbirt Prep v Redmaids v Wycliffe

Drew Lost Won Lost

0 1 2 1

- 0 - 2 - 0 - 2

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Firstly I would like to say what an absolute pleasure the girls have been to coach this season.

Our match against Westonbirt Prep showed that we needed to really work on positioning and movement around the pitch. We had a few more sessions to prepare for our game against Redmaids away. The girls learnt to rotate this season and most of them have gained experience in most of the positions on the field. Towards the end of the season we gained a very strong

defender, Beth Tuke-Hastings. She showed great work in keeping the ball out of the D and having excellent control and confidence at the back.

Our last match against Wycliffe was an excellent match and I was very proud of the girls. In the first half the girls played very well but Wycliffe managed to sneak two goals against our defence.

In the second half the girls had a few shots on goal but did not manage to get any in. With three minutes left of the game, Santa Robbins came on and scored her first goal. Emma Wray stepped up to play goal keeper, showing great teamwork.

It was lovely to see the girls play as a team and use their skills that we have been working on throughout the season. I must commend Rosie Roche and Minnie Galton-Fenzi for their great teamwork up front and also being the team’s top goal scorers, well done. I would also like to thank all the parents, family and friends for their support this term. Finally, all the girls have gained huge confidence and I am very proud of them. Keep up the good work.

FS

UNDER 9B/C Blue Team: M Leslie, G Baxter, L Rayner, P Brown, S Meakin, E Jones, D Davies, K Pritchard, R Wilkes Results: v The Downs v Dean Close v Berkhampstead v Hathrop v Clifton

Lost Won Won Lost Won

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

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Green Team: E Grand, L Tuke-Hastings, P Ross, A Smith, C Haycraft Mee, H Edmonston, M Evans-Gough, F MacIntosh, F McLean, I Hamilton-Burnet

Results: v Tockington Lost v Berkhampstead Lost v St John’s Won v Tockington Lost

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

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Severnside Tournament: 3rd position

This year for Under 9 Hockey we had two parallel B teams. We had a busy start to the hockey season with lots of away matches, which the girls always enjoy. Throughout the season the girls played some incredible hockey and each improved tremendously as the term progressed. They had a mixed set of results; as some of their matches were played against other schools’ A teams, so the results do not always reflect how well they all played. One of the highlights for the term for each of the teams was their matches against St John’s, and Berkhampstead where both teams had a thrilling win of 4-0.

The Severnside tournament was played at Dean Close this year, and considering the awful weather conditions for the day the girls battled through extremely well, having a few great wins. It has been such a privilege to work with all of the girls this year in hockey, their enthusiasm, positive attitude and fantastic team spirit has been incredible and I am so proud of each of them. A huge thank you to all the parents who have come and supported us throughout the term.

I wish the girls the very best for the 2015 hockey season.

RV

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1ST XI Team: J Catto*, T Beattie, F Walker, H Brook, C Davison, C Gent, J Tucker*, H Gearon*, A Haynes*, M Arkwright*, P Ravano*, A Amati* (capt), A Probert *denotes colours Results: v Wycliffe v Abberley v St John’s v QEH v Clifton v Tockington

Lost Lost Won Drew Lost Won

2 - 3 0 - 1 3 - 2 2 - 2 0 - 1 6 - 2

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I was really pleased that we finished the season on a high note, with an assured victory against Tockington, as this was a talented team whose performances over the season deserved better results. It felt like a cruel season at times: we conceded late goals, we hit the post at crucial times, we came across opposition goalkeepers in inspired form, but in the end I will have fond memories of this group of players, with their fluent, exciting attacking play, their controlled passing in midfiled and their determined defending. It was certainly the best team that I have coached in my three years at Beaudesert.

Of the three matches that we lost, only the Wycliffe game was a fair reflection of the play and even that game could have been won.

We dominated the whole of the second half against Abberley but couldn’t score. The Clifton match was heart-breaking: we had chance after chance, some of which were squandered, many of which were saved or blocked but we could not find the finish that we needed. A draw felt harsh enough, and was looking inevitable, but in the final seconds Clifton had a rare foray into our half and somehow managed to score a goal themselves.

There were many positive performances.

We had a first win against St John’s for a few years and we had to work hard for it. After St John’s equalised early in the second half we stepped up our level of play and dominated the rest of the match, showing impressive fluidity and aggression. It was in this match that Marcus Arkwight was suddenly transformed into the

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striker that I had hoped he would become.

He became an absolute nuisance for opposition defenders, running tirelessly and working incredibly hard. His finishing could certainly improve as he tended to miss more than he scored, but he generated a huge number of chances for himself and others.

Alberto Amati was our dominant midfielder and put in a number of crucial performances. He has good vision and a great range of pass. He strikes the ball superbly and I was glad that he was able to get a couple of goals in our final match.

He led the team well and I could not have wished for a better captain. Paolo Ravano was a bundle of energy and always in the game. Athough he struggled to make an impact on some of the heavier pitches, his flashes of brilliance lit up the winter gloom. I was delighted that he was selected for the ISFA South West Squad. Jock Catto was solid in goal with some accomplished handling. He also pulled off one of the best saves that I have ever seen at this level. Harvey Gearon held things together at the back, marshalling his inexperienced defence; he reads the game well and is a very good tackler. Like most great defenders he longs to play further up the pitch and if he were not so valuable at the back he would have done a very good job in midfield.

Charlie Gent became our utility player playing in a number of positions. He played particularly well at right-back making a number of crucial interceptions.

Jack Tucker was very consistent throughout the

season. Although less of an impact player than some, I quickly learned in pre-season that we were a significantly worse team when he was not on the pitch. He has what is known as ‘a good footballing brain’ and his sensible decisions in midfield gave us a lot of control in matches.

Alex Haynes was perhaps our most potent weapon in most games. Playing wide on the right, his pace and aggression would always keep us in a game and put the opposition on the back foot.

He crossed the ball well and scored some crucial goals, including a proper ‘worldie’ against QEH. The 2-2 draw against an excellent team from QEH was probably the best performance of the season. One of their parents told me that we were the best team that they had played in five years! Their goalkeeper seemed unbeatable at times and we had to work very hard to compete, but we matched them in every area.

I am pleased to report that the prospects for next year seem bright as a good number of Year 7 boys featured prominently in every game, making vital contributions. It will be interesting to see how they develop when they are the senior players next year. I am very grateful to the coaches of the younger teams who are producing some skillful players for me to work with and to Mr Standen McDougal for running the 2nds’ ‘academy’ with such expertise. I am also very grateful to the parents who came to so many of our matches and made such a positive contribution to the season.

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3RD XI

2ND XI Team: A Probert, W Gibson, M Hudson, H Mallinckrodt, A Nicholson, G Edwards, L Wiles, E Walker, F Baker, F Taylor-Kimmins, S Hughes, T Jodrell, W Pease Results: v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v QEH v St Hugh’s

Lost Lost Won Lost

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

Home Home Away Away

It was a short but very enjoyable season.

The team played some great football and made huge progress over the last few weeks prior to half term. We lost our first two matches by only one goal but against very different opposition; Wycliffe were more skillful and showed that we needed to improve our touch. The match against Abberley Hall showed an efficient use of power. We had scored two goals in the first half, playing with the strong wind but ended up losing as their speed and strength played a major role in the 2nd half.

Our best performance was without doubt against QEH Bristol; we played on a very large pitch and used every inch, moving the ball from side to side. Luke Wiles had requested to play out of goal, which gave us the opportunity to move William Gibson up from the 3rd XI, a well deserved transfer. He pulled off some remarkable saves and Luke Wiles scored one of the winning goals. Edward Walker and Freddie Baker worked well up front, Marcus Hudson providing many of the crosses from the right; his speed up the wing will be one of the lasting memories of the season.

It was a great shame to finish the season with a disappointing result against a talented St Hugh’s side; we played as well as could be expected but it was frustrating for the four Year 8 boys to finish their footballing days at Beaudesert with a loss.

The team has been good company and a pleasure to coach, they have worked hard and many of them will be back to enjoy another season next year; those that are moving on I wish them good luck. Thank you to everyone who has been involved.

Team: W Gibson, G Honeyborne, T Kinsella, B Mather, H Manley, T Morris, T Melvin, J Taylor-Kimmins, B Wilson, W Dangerfield, T Baxter, W Pease Results: v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v St John’s v Wycliffe

Lost Won Won Lost

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

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The football season is always very short due to the half term switch-over to hockey, but nevertheless, the boys put in their very best efforts throughout and had a fine season.

What I really enjoyed about this bunch was their enthusiasm and determination, while at the same time holding much of their humour and individual character. I am certain that they all had a great deal of fun too.

We were clearly outmatched and out-classed against Wycliffe in our first match and if we were to compete this season, the boys were going to have to work really hard. We concentrated on our passing and within a couple of sessions, the team was beginning to play some pretty encouraging football. Controlling the ball in the midfield was key and getting some good ball through to the strikers resulted in our next two successful victories, not to mention the cracking return match against Wycliffe. I must mention William Gibson though – our team goalkeeper and also our team saviour this season. He was fantastic in goal and a real treasure to the team. Well done.

JLB

JSSM

4TH XI Team: W Golesworthy, F Large, J Kerr, O Coker, W Dangerfield, T Kerr, H Hellens, J Lowde, G Mills, O Mullen, A Tubbs, T Elliott, G Mitchell Results: v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v Clifton v QEH

Drew 1 - 1 Won 2 - 0 Lost 1 - 2 Lost 1 - 4

Home Away Home Away

The 4th IX football team had a very fruitful and enjoyable half term of football. During training sessions, the emphasis was to try and pass the ball in small sided games and try and play passing attacking football as a team.

There was real improvement throughout the term and both the attacking play and the defensive shape was really pleasing to see.

I hope that the boys that played for the 4th XI enjoyed their football and continue to play with the same determination to improve and to contribute to the team. Well done.

AE

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UNDER 11A Team: A Catto, N Agnew, A Adams, A Birtles, F Baker, J Edwards, S Kapoor Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Wycliffe v St John’s v St Edward’s Prep v St Hugh’s v Pinewood

Lost Lost Drew Lost Lost Lost

3 - 7 4 - 6 2 - 2 0 - 7 0 - 3 2 - 5

Home Away Away Away Away Home

This was an enjoyable football season and whilst the results look disappointing, the performances in all the school fixtures were encouraging.

The effort shown by the boys was great to see and whilst a victory proved elusive, we were always competitive and never let our heads drop.

The enthusiasm and willingness to learn and to develop their skills in our practice sessions was very pleasing.

We started our season at home against Cheltenham Prep in appalling conditions, with icy

UNDER 11B Team: C Maculan, W Hyde, T Hall, S Mayer, M May, F Depierre, G Jardine, A Pease Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Wycliffe v St John’s v St Hugh’s v Pinewood

Lost Lost Lost Won Drew

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

Home Away Away Home Home

Even though results were mixed, this was a very enjoyable ‘season’. The boys showed great enthusiasm and a willingness to develop their football skills. All of the matches were close games and the effort shown by the boys meant that the opposition had to work really hard for the whole game.

sleet and a wintry gale raging throughout!

These very difficult conditions meant the game was never going to be a classic, but it was end to end, with goals flying in throughout, and half time saw us on terms at 3-3. Unfortunately, the slope and the wind were against us in the second half and we conceded three more goals, but nonetheless it was a start I felt we could build on.

Our next match, against Wycliffe was possibly our best game of the season.

On a small pitch, we showed great determination and in a high scoring game were leading 4-3 with only a few minutes to play. A slight lack of concentration and a ‘wonder’ goal saw us defeated 4-6, memorable for Sacha Kapoor scoring all 4 of our goals. Next, St John’s, where again the boys gave a good account of themselves. A standout performance from Jonny Edwards, highlighted by a superb individual goal and some resolute defending from Atticus Adams saw us hold out for a 2-2 hard fought draw, which was a fair reward for a strong team performance. Against St Edward’s,

We started with a hard fought loss to Cheltenham Prep, and having gone ahead in the game, were a little unfortunate to finish 2-4 down. Charlie Maculan in goal and Wilbur Hyde and Theo Hall in defence were excellent throughout, making some crucial tackles and interceptions and with Guy Jardine in the midfield working very hard, we were a tough team to break down! A narrow loss to a strong Wycliffe side saw another good performance, but the wrong result! The match against St John’s was the highlight of the season; on a very small pitch, we started well and raced into a two goal lead, with Arthur Pease netting twice. St John’s fought back, but we resisted valiantly. The scores were level until the last kick of the game, when they scrambled in the winner, tough to take, but a marvellous game.

Well done to all the boys.

DR

we found ourselves facing a formidable side and without two of our regular players we were comfortably beaten; no disgrace as this was a high quality opposition. Our final two fixtures against St Hugh’s and Pinewood did not bring a victory, but the boys played with a fine spirit and a determination to do their best.

Thank you all for an enjoyable term.

DR

UNDER 10A Team: A Baker, R Slatter, C Brook, F O’Neill, J Jefferies, S Madsen, G Beattie, F Fawcett, H Ahearne, J Edmonston Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won v Wycliffe Won v Abberley Hall Won v St John’s Won v Tockington Drew v Rendcomb Lost v St Edward’s Drew v Pinewood Lost v Hatherop Won

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This was a great season for a talented and enthusiastic set of boys.

The match against Cheltenham Prep was played on astroturf and this surface seemed to suit our accurate passing. It ended in a win for Beaudesert with Fawcett and Beattie picking up the joint man of the match award. Madsen made two superb saves and the midfield linked well together to set up goals scored by Jefferies, Baker and Brook.

In the following match against Wycliffe, Baker scored a hat-trick. Slatter, Brook and O’Neill added to the tally. Abberley Hall was more of a test . We had been working on switching play in training, which we utilised well in the match.

This paid off when O’Neill spread the ball to Jefferies. Jefferies then beat one and scored a wonder goal from over 20 yards out. Abberley hit the post twice; we then managed to score a couple more to secure the victory.

Against St John’s, O’Neill had a moment of brilliance with a solo goal. Edmonston scored on his debut and made two assists on the right wing, along with Slatter’s dominance on the left wing. Ahearne partnered Beattie to provide a solid foundation from the back. Tockington were the toughest opponents. We contested hard and earned a draw.

Then we came up against a very strong Under 11 side from Rendcomb. We could not compete with their strength and know-how, but Madsen made some great saves to keep us in it and O’Neill scored a superb header. In the next game against Cheltenham Prep we dominated the match but only came away with a 1-1 draw. The Pinewood match was disappointing as we were out-muscled and out-fought, in the end going down 1-5.

In the final match of the season everything came together brilliantly against the Under 11 side from Hatherop. They were very physical, but the boys refused to be intimidated and ran out comfortable 4-0 winners. This is a great group of players to coach.

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UNDER 10B Team: L Webb, D Keegan, M Schmidt, H Ahearne, L Van de Grift, J Edmonston, B Worsley, J Cooper Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Wycliffe v Abberley Hall v Rendcomb v St Edward’s v Pinewood

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0 - 2 5 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 9 1 - 3 6 - 0

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This was a short but busy season, with some matches being cancelled as other teams could not raise a side. In terms of our standing, matches against other Under 10 sides resulted in good games, with two matches being won, one loss and one draw. Against Rendcomb and St Edward’s, playing teams with Under 11s caused us issues with pace and power and therefore these games were a little one-sided.

Throughout the season, the boys played with spirit and with a pleasing level of skill. Some of our passing played, opened up opposition defences with ease. Well done to all boys involved in this squad.

EC

A Team: R Page, W Walker, M Morris, M Dunne, O Clark, H Adams, F Wallace A Team Results: v Wycliffe v St John’s v St Hugh’s v Pinewood v Tockington

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B Team: M D’Arcy Rice, A Binns, L Smith, L Webb, A Maculan, D Rawle, B Nielsen, A Hunter, Z Hitchcock-Smith, T Ratcliffe, C Birts, A Watkins B Team Results: v Wycliffe Won v Hatherop A Drew v St John’s Won v Berkhampstead A Lost

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UNDER 9s C Team: F Campbell, H Smith, H Large, O Brown, C Combe, W Shipsey, R Preston, J Hunt, J Stapleton, H Kay, F Hack, R Calvert, M Rowlands, V Byworth, G Scurr, E Bajeux, O Ridgwell C Team Results: v Hatherop B Won v St John’s C Won v St John’s D Won v St Hugh’s B Lost v Berkhampstead B Won v St Hugh’s C Lost v Pinewood Bx2 Drew v Tockington Bx2 Won 1

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UNDER 10C Team: G Carpenter, T Burton, J Cooper, J Holloway, A Hellens, S Read, O Comaish, J McLaughlan, V Bowers Results: v Cheltenham Prep Drew v Abberley Hall Won v Tockington Won v Rendcomb Lost v Cheltenham Prep Won v Pinewood Lost v Hatherop Won

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The team’s first encounter was against Cheltenham Prep, who employed a 6-0-1 formation, which made it extremely difficult for us to score.

Having undertaken some shooting and finishing practices, Beaudesert went in to their second match against Abberley Hall in fine form. Read, Cooper, Holloway, Comaish, Carpenter and Burton were all being kept busy in the midfield and defence dealing with Abberley’s counterattacking game plan, with Burton saving his side on a number of occasions with some outstanding tackling at the back. As the game wore on it was Beaudesert who took advantage on the break where McLaughlan finished off his hattrick and Bowers contributed with further goals.

Tockington were next. Some excellent defending again by Burton, Comaish and Holloway kept Tockington at bay. The latter stages of the first half saw the Beaudesert midfield start to have more of an influence on the game and Hellens at one point was completely running the show.

The breakthrough finally came in the last five minutes from McLaughlan with some outstanding passing which started with the Beaudesert keeper Read. Our last three matches were a mixture of winning and losing. It was great to beat Cheltenham Prep at home.

I would like to thank all of the players for their hard work, enthusiasm and for contributing so successfully to the team. It was a real pleasure to coach them and I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.

JLB/PL

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What a fantastic season for this talented group of footballers. All teams demonstrated flair and a passion for the game resulting in some excellent score lines and well fought-for results.

Sadly in what is a short term, several fixtures were cancelled due to the weather. The boys, however, maintained their enthusiasm and despite some rather inclement conditions, enjoyed taking to the pitch at every opportunity. As the practice sessions progressed it was evident that there was much potential and promise for the future.

It would be difficult to pick out any individual player but the score lines show that the Cs often punched above their weight and will have benefited from their experience.

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Netball UNDER 13A Team: A Biddulph+, A Martin*, B Knight*, B Ransome (capt)*, F Saxton+, H Skelding*, I Mayer*, M Combe+ * denotes full colours + denotes half colours Results: v Cheltenham Prep Lost 12 - 13 Away v Wycliffe Won 11 - 10 Away v St Hugh’s Lost 14 - 28 Home v The Downs Won 16 - 13 Away v Pinewood Lost 24 - 25 Home v Prior Park Won 24 - 19 Away Prior Park Tournament: Semi-finals Cheltenham Ladies’ Tournament: 3rd in group IAPS @ Millfield: 6th in group Severnside Tournament: 5th

This season really flew by. One minute we were preparing for the Severnside tournament; the next the final whistle blew for the girls’ last netball match at Beaudesert. In between were a record number of tournaments and a lot of close, hard fought matches.

We took the girls down to Bath University to watch TEAMBATH play in the Superleague.

Everyone was amazed at the speed and level of determination at which the players moved. An extra bonus was meeting some of the players at the end, including their captain Sam Cook and an ex-England captain Pamela Cookey. It was a truly memorable trip.

Throughout the season everyone played their part, despite not always being in their

UNDER 13B Team: I Standen McDougal, V Levinson, J Ferrigno, I Walker, M Pitman, L Newman, C Mayne, A Herrtage, P Read, S Morgan-Rodda Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won 12 - 1 Away v Wycliffe Won 6 - 5 Away v St John’s A Lost 4 - 10 Home v Tockington Lost 8 - 21 Home v Hatherop Won 16 - 9 Away v Pinewood Lost 4 - 19 Home v Clifton Lost 7 - 18 Home Severnside B Tournament: 2nd This was a season of highs and minor lows.

At times we were able to put together great passages of play for entire games, but in many games we had good quarters but let the opposition off the hook in the rest of the game.

We were at our best during the Severnside B tournament, losing only to the eventual winners Dean Close. Our loss to St John’s was a tight

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first choice position. Annabel, Issy and Molly worked tirelessly in defence. Their skills and understanding of the position improved tremendously and in the last match Prior Park had to work incredibly hard to get the ball into the D. Beth and Freya, as shooters, have a natural, almost pyschic understanding of where each other will be. This enabled them to do plenty of sneaky passes to flummox the opposition.

Finally Alice, Bea and Honor linked the two ends of the court together seamlessly with their hard work, well timed dodges and (mostly) accurate feeds into the D. A huge thank you to the girls for making it a very enjoyable season!

LS

game against their A side which we played as we had convincingly won the tournament game against their Bs. The best single game was the one against Cheltenham Prep, a good side who very nearly beat Wycliffe, but we put it all together in that match!

Our revamped defence played well throughout the season, with Alex Herrtage at GD particularly strong. Our mid-court players, Lydia Newman, Cecilia Mayne, Jocasta Ferrigno and Marina Pitman consistently outplayed the opposition, working the ball around with vigour and intent. Both shooters had some exceptional days and learned how to work harder for their space. Poppy Read, Sophie MorganRodda and Isabella Walker all improved hugely, playing all around the court.

I have worked with these players now for two years and have greatly enjoyed their enthusiasm, willingness to train hard and good company especially on the bus trips.

I hope that many of them will carry on playing netball for years to come.

KDB

UNDER 12A Team: A Phillips, K Hiscox, I Cooper, G Lawrence, A Kold, K Severn, I Case, E Fanshawe, Z Verschoyle, R Lewis Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won 19 - 16 Away v Wycliffe Lost 15 - 23 Away v St Hugh’s Lost 11 - 17 Home v The Down’s Won 23 - 15 Away v Pinewood Won 15 - 9 Home v Clifton Lost 4 - 11 Home Monkton Super 7s Tournament: 4th Severnside Tournament: 2nd St Hugh’s Tournament: 3rd Cheltenham Ladies’ Tournament: 5th IAPS Tournament: 6th The U12s have had a good netball season with some great performances during many of their tournaments and matches played this term.

The team had an early tournament at Monkton Super 7s in which we came very close to making the finals. One of the highlights was the Severnside Tournament which was on a very cold day but true to form the girls kept their focus and played with real speed and flair, only to be been beaten on goal difference to the eventual winners. The U12 girls have impressed me with their work rate on the court. The tall defence duo of Amber Phillips and Kitty Hiscox has been key to the success of this team. Imogen Cooper, Amelia Kold and Ginny Lawrence have used their speed and skills around the court with passion and determination. The shooting in the circle from India Case, Kiki Severn and Eloise Fanshawe has helped the girls beat teams such as Pinewood and The Downs convincingly.

The improvement and work rate throughout the season has been fantastic to see and it has been a pleasure to teach such a talented team.

Well done.

GBW

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UNDER 12B Team: M Shaw, E Pridmore, L Scheuner, W Hodson , A Brown, A Raphael, R Lewis, J Downton

Results: v Wycliffe Won 18 - v Cheltenham Prep Won 15 - v St John’s Won 15 - v Wycliffe Won 15 - v Clifton Lost 15 - Tournament at St Hugh’s: 3rd

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The U12 Netball team have had a fantastic term this year. We were lucky enough to start our netball training a little earlier than normal, which enabled us to get some more practice in.

We have done lots of fitness, detailed skill work and have worked very well as a team, which I

believe to be one of the reasons we have had such a successful term.

We started off with two easy wins in a triangle tournament against Cheltenham Prep and Wycliffe, which was a great confidence boost for us. We have been lucky enough to have lots of fixtures this term and one game that stood out was the last game against Clifton.

As expected it was the toughest game for us. The U12B showed their class from the opening whistle. They worked hard in both attack and defence; we scored five goals in a row which showed our great work around the circle. We had the momentum and all (including myself) thought we were going to win. However Clifton came back with a vengeance and in the final quarter they conceded a lucky goal in the last seconds of the game. I am very proud of the hard work our girls put in this term and look forward to seeing them play next year.

PG

UNDER 11A Team: M Edwards, P Clark, Z Mayer, E Tubbs, O Case, A Evans, M Smith, I Thomson, S Page, G Tucker Results: v Red Maids’ Won 11 - 7 Home v St John’s Won 7 - 2 Home v St Hugh’s Won 14 - 11 Home v The Downs Won 16 - 8 Away v Pinewood Lost 11 - 14 Away v Clifton Won 28 - 4 Away v Prior Park Won 13 - 3 Home Severnside Tournament: Winners IAPS U11: Semi Finals 5th We had a great term of Netball this year.

We had a very successful start by winning the Severnside Tournament at Wycliffe. Later in the term we were lucky enough to go to the SouthWest Regionals IAPS competition. It took place at Millfield School. We worked well as a team and got through to the semi–finals, unfortunately Truro Prep beat us by two goals, which prevented us going to the Nationals. Although we were disappointed, we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. All our matches were a great success and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Emily Tubbs, Poppy Clark, Alys Evans, Isabella Thomson and Maddy Smith

UNDER 11B Team: B Leslie, G Raphael, F McKenzie Wylie, M Phillips, M Campbell, S Hiscox, S Page, J Lodge, R Craven, G Tucker In the second half of term the U11B team had really refined their positions and had a fluid movement across the court. The Hatherop Castle Tournament was an intense afternoon of netball, and in total the girls played five matches in an hour and a half. They came second in their group to Rendcomb A team, who later went on to win the whole Tournament. As a team, they did exceptionally well not only to keep focused through the rather chilly matches, but also to score 24 goals in total.

Playing Pinewood is always a toughly fought match, and this year’s offering was especially close. Scarlet Page defended the D with a fierce

Results: Dean Close Lost 7 - 10 Red Maids Won 12 - 6 St John’s Drew 11 - 11 Wycliffe Lost 5 - 10 Tockington U11A Won 12 - 6 The Downs Won 9 - 1 Pinewood Drew 6 - 6 Clifton Prep Lost 5 - 8 Berkhampstead U11A Lost 3 - 12 Hatherop Castle Tournament: 3rd

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determination, marking a GS that was even taller than herself! The team reached the final quarter drawing 4-4, after being 3-1 behind since the first quarter. Pinewood then retaliated with two quick goals. With two minutes of the match left and the score 6-4, Grace Tucker and Mati Phillips managed two stunning goals to draw the match!

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UNDER 11C Team: D Gough, A Kay, A Vernon, T Nelson, J Keveth, A Mallinckrodt, N Dunlop, I Beattie, L Pearman, A Preston Results: v Red Maids’ Lost v Rendcomb U11A Lost v King’s, Gloucester Lost v Pinewood Won v Clifton Prep Won v Berkhampstead U11A Drew

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The U11 C team started the term facing some very tough opposition. Although the girls had worked hard on their spacing and communication on court, the first three matches were very challenging. Luckily their spirits weren’t dampened, and they continued to maintain an excellent positive attitude despite the final scores. Particular mention should go to Anna Mallinckrodt for excellent commitment to marking as GK during the Rendcomb match.

Amber Vernon also was a superb asset to the team and scored four goals in the first eight minutes of the Pinewood match. The girls went on to win 8-5, largely fuelled by such a big lead in the first quarter.

UNDER 10A Team: G Balfry, I Gregory, E Lewis, H Maculan, T Maculan, L McLaughlin, A Miller Pyott, E Thompson, J Walker

RG Results: v Red Maids’ v St John’s v Wycliffe v St Gabriel’s v St Hugh’s v The Downs v Pinewood v Clifton

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The U10s have had a great term of netball and fully deserve their unbeaten season.

They have been enthusiastic and very hard working in training and matches, a pleasure to coach. The most progress has been made with their footwork and quick passing down the court. They are quick to take advantage of free passes and understand the importance of positioning and movement on court.

Georgie and Ella have gained confidence in their shooting technique and are now very consistent and working nicely together in the circle. Isla and Tilda have been strong in defence, demonstrating some great interceptions and making it difficult for the opposition to feed into the circle. As goal keeper Lucy and Autumn have marked closely and been quick to jump for rebounds. Amelia, Hannie and Jemima have demonstrated quick pace, good movement and accurate passing around the court, allowing the ball to travel quickly down to the shooters.

Well done to all the U10s for a great season.

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UNDER 10B Team: E Watkins, L Lawson, S Burnett, F Gregory, A Playne, I Playne, J Fairer-Smith, H Brewster, B Tuke-Hastings, A Wateridge Results: v Dean Close A v Redmaids v St John’s v Hatherop A v Wycliffe v Tockington v Pinewood v Westonbirt A v Clifton v Prior Park A

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6 - 1 16 - 0 16 - 0 16 - 1 8 - 0 15 - 0 13 - 1 7 - 2 17 - 0 17 - 0

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Wow! What a great season, unbeaten, lethal offence and a real sense of teamwork being evident. It would have been easy for the girls to get carried away with their success, but they continued to make massive improvements, challenging each other to play in their favourite positions.

After a tough first match against Dean Close, the girls quickly found their shooting range and really started to fizz the ball around the court, producing some pleasing victories against local rivals, only conceding one goal in their next four matches. Emily, Lois and Siena marked with real determination, never allowing the opposition players time to settle, which was especially pleasing against local rivals Wycliffe.

Our shooters were really starting to benefit from good movement around the circle and working as a team, allowing Beth, Izzy,

Hermione and Jemima to score countless goals at a high accuracy percentage, and leading their markers a merry dance at times.

Freya at centre and Alice at wing attack were speedy and used accurate passing to act as fulcrums between defence and attack. The use of good pre-scanning allowed them to make penetrative passes, taking advantage of our forwards’ incisive movements. We were also lucky to have Anna who, due to her speed and agility, was able to play well in every position this season, especially at goal shooter.

Our toughest match was against Westonbirt As, where the girls were forced to show their determination and strength of character, producing an excellent win against a streetwise opposition. Good wins followed against Pinewood and Clifton, where the hard work from training against older year groups at school had clearly paid off.

The girls saved their best performance of the year for their last match, where, faced with Prior Park’s A team, they tore the opposition apart, with lightning fast movement and accurate shooting, You could clearly see the passion on the girls’ faces as they strove for the unbeaten season. The final whistle blew and a proud coach was beaming almost as much as the girls.

One final footnote worth noting about the character of the girls was the compassion shown to the opposition players, where the girls volunteered to swop around their positions if they were winning easily, stating that they would not want the opposition to feel sad due to losing. What a great bunch of girls, well done and good luck for next year.

SF

UNDER 10C Team: C Dobson-Pinillos, M Galton-Fenzi, J Honeyborne, I Morgan-Grenville, L Moxon, O Probert, S Robbins, R Roche, E Wray Results: v Red Maids’ v Rendcomb v Pinewood v Pinewood v Berkhampstead

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The U10 C team has had a good season with very mixed results from their matches, with great, confident wins on the one hand and very unlucky defeats on the other. Nevertheless this last term has been very positive. The girls developed great teamwork, ambition, focus and commitment.

They all pulled together so we were able to have productive training sessions as well as some very interesting matches.

The whole team was willing to work hard and learned to put their own interests behind in order to help the team. Especially Santa Robbins who had to change her position from attack to defence and back a few times. She was always willing to try her best and adapted her play very well to these changes. Caye Dobson-Pinillos, Isabella Morgan-Grenville and Emma Wray formed our persistent defence and made it as hard as possible for other teams to score.

They all improved their marking and put advice into practice quickly. Our central players, Minnie Galton-Fenzi, Rosie Roche and Lilah Moxon, were able to link our defending and attacking players with one another and their constant movement and tireless efforts must have a special mention.

We practised shooting very regularly this season and Santa Robbins, Jemima Honeyborne and Olivia Probert scored some great goals.

Even if not every shot was a goal they never stopped trying and made good progress.

Thanks to their great teamwork this year group is a pleasure to coach. The girls always had smiles on their faces when coming to practice or matches and never stopped surprising us with their progress. They all have great potential as netball players and we are sure they will perform very well next year.

KL

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UNDER 9A Team: M Davey, F MacIntosh, T Vernon, C Birts, B Montgomerie, F Scurr, R Smith, M Standen McDougal, J Heynes.

Results: v Wycliffe Won 13 - 1 v Dean Close Drew 7 - 7 v St John’s Lost 2 - 5 v Tockington Won 11 - 6 v The Downs Won 11 - 2 v Pinewood Won 10 - 4 v Clifton Won 14 - 5 v Prior Park Won 8 - 6 v The Elms Won 14 - 0 Severnside Tournament: Winners Prior Park Tournament: Winners

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UNDER 9B The girls have had an amazing term of netball as you can see from the impressive set of results above. It was great to play so well in the first match as this gave the girls a lot of confidence from the start. We had a slight dip in performance when we played St John’s on a cold,windy afternoon. The girls were put under a bit of pressure and did not play so well. After working hard on their shooting and various set play situations we went to Prior Park Tournament full of confidence.

The girls played so well and won every game.

They reached the final against Prior Park and in a tense match managed another win and so came away the tournament winners.

The girls were all very proud of the gold medals that were awarded to them.

After a run of winning matches we felt very prepared for the Severnside Tournament.

We arrived at the Severnside Tournament very excited and determined. The girls managed to concentrate very well all afternoon, winning all their matches and were rewarded by being the overall winners.

On our last match The Elms arrived at Beaudesert after a terrible journey due to an accident on the Motorway; we were full of energy and eager to see the term end on a high. I felt very sorry for the opposing team, who were flat after such a long journey.

This match showed how versatile the girls are as they all played out of their positions but still managed to pass the ball around the court with speed and score goals.

The girls have all worked so hard in all areas and progressed to a very high standard.

Special mention needs to go to Jessica and Frieda for their consistent shooting.

Rosie and Flora MacIntosh have been very strong defensive players, helping to stop any balls. It has been a great pleasure to coach such a talented, enthusiastic group of girls. Thank you to all the parents who have supported us this term.

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B Green Team: A Smith, D Davies, S Meakin, L Rayner, G Baxter, M Evans-Gough, P Brown, H Edmonston, C Haycraft Mee, M Davey Results: v St John’s v King’s, Gloucester v Tockington v Clifton v Westonbirt Prep v Pinewood v Berkhampstead

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B Blue Team: E Jones, M Leslie, I Hamilton-Burnet, E Grand, K Pritchard, P Ross, H Bullock, R Wilkes, L Tuke-Hastings Results: v Dean Close v St John’s v Hatherop v Pinewood v Clifton v The Elms

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The two parallel B teams had a very enjoyable term of netball, and made numerous improvements along the way. Our teamwork, footwork, leading and passing progressed from week to week and this improvement was evident in the final matches.

It was really pleasing to see everyone improve throughout the season. A special mention must go to Annabel and Daisy in the Green team, and Lucy and Mary in the Blue team. Annabel and Daisy’s shooting accuracy improved enormously over the season, and their positioning and movement in the circle also became more fluent. Lucy and Mary were able to work together in the mid court and the attacking third to combine and help the Blue team score multiple goals throughout the season. Overall it was an impressive season for both teams, and I am sure they will continue to progress with their netball skills in years to come.

LM

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Cross Country Squads U9 Girls: B Montgomerie, M Standen McDougal, A Smith, P Brown, M Davey, R Smith, E Jones U9 Boys: W Walker, M Rowlands, M Dunne, R Page, O Ridgwell, H Smith, L Smith, L Webb U11 Girls P Clark, Z Mayer, H Brewster, F Gregory, I Gregory, A Playne, C Dobson-Pinillos, J Honeyborne U11 Boys A Birtles, A Pease, J Edwards, F Baker, R Slatter, L Van de Grift, M May, A Hellens, J Jefferies, H Ahearne, G Beattie U13 Girls B Knight, I Mayer, V Levinson, I Walker, E Fanshawe, K Hiscox, I Wateridge U13 Boys M Hudson, F Walker, W Pease, T Melvin, E Walker, G Edwards, T Beattie Match Results: At Dean Close: U9 Girls - 1st U11 Girls - 1st U13 Girls - 1st

U9 Boys - 1st U11 Boys - 1st U13 Boys - 1st

Severnside at Wycliffe: U9 Girls - 1st U9 Boys - 1st U11 Girls - 2nd U11 Boys - 1st U13 Girls - 1st U13 Boys - 2nd At Pinewood: U11 Girls - 3rd U13 Girls - 5th

U11 Boys - 3rd U13 Boys - 6th

Tockington Relays: U9 Girls - 1st U9 Boys - 1st (Record) U11 Girls - 1st (Record) U11 Boys - 1st(Record) U13 Girls - 3rd U13 Boys - 3rd National Championships at Malvern: U11 Girls - 5th U11 Boys - 6th U13 Girls - 9th U13 Boys - 20th

This was an extremely successful cross country season! We performed excellently across the board, and were competitive in all our school fixtures, culminating in outstanding results at the National Championships at Malvern, which saw three of our four teams finish in the top ten.

We were able to start our training in September.

Some high quality training sessions, undertaken regularly, meant that we could approach the school matches with a good deal of confidence.

The Under 9s started their season at Tockington and strong performances all round saw us come away with team victories. Next, we travelled to Dean Close, where we saw the U9 boys and girls win convincingly again. In the combined U11 race, Poppy Clark and Arthur Pease ran very well for third and second respectively. Arthur was supported well by Freddie Baker, Robbie Slatter, and Lawrie Van de Grift, and Zara Mayer and Hermione Brewster were able to back up Poppy and finish well up. The U13 race saw a fantastic run from Marcus Hudson. The fast-starting Fred Walker hung on gamely for 6th and with Wilfred Pease in 9th, Tom Beattie 10th and Edward Walker 11th, we convincingly won the team prize. The U13 girls were victorious too, with a dominant run from Bea Knight, who led from gun to tape for a comfortable victory, she was backed up well by Eloise Fanshawe, Kitty Hiscox and Violet Levinson.

The Severnside match at Wycliffe was next. With three of our team in the top five and Freya and Isla Gregory in 10th and 12th, the U11 girls were worthy winners. Alec Birtles ran a superbly judged race in the U11 boys for an outstanding victory and with Jonny Edwards in 2nd and Arthur Pease 4th we were again convincing winners. Bea won again at Dean Close and Marcus improved to 2nd. Eloise Fanshawe and Fred Walker in particular, supported these two excellently. The fixture at Pinewood is always a step up. The extremely heavy going made the course a test of strength and determination - it was a proper cross-country course! High quality

running from Poppy, Hermione, Alec and Eloise lead the team to high finishing positions.

The Tockington relays was a triumph! Three big victories, all in course records were great to see.

The hilly course at Malvern meant that nerves were jangling on the morning of the race!

The U11 girls were first, with a group of five who had broken away, Poppy battling all the way to the line finished a brilliant 3rd. It was great to see her supported so well by Freya in 38th, then Hermione and Zara. Strong runs from Isla and Jemima Walker too saw us finish fifth.

Arthur Pease in the U11 boys race finished a highly creditable 15th and in a very close competitive race, was only a few seconds from the top ten. Alec Birtles ran well again too, finishing very strongly for 30th, another well paced run. Sixth place in the team competition was a fine achievement for this group who have a great deal of talent. Bea Knight came ninth in the team event which was another very positive result. Eloise Fanshawe, Isabella Walker, Kitty Hiscox and Isabelle Mayer all ran very competitive races. To make the top 100 was a good result for Marcus Hudson and Fred Walker and both will have learnt plenty from the experience. Thank you all for the effort shown in this tough sport, which is made slightly easier when the results are so favourable! My thanks as always to Mrs Frapwell and Mr Russell for their help and expertise.

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Hockey - Boys 1ST VII Team: J Catto*, F Walker, A Stamp*, H Brook, A Haynes*, C Davison, M Arkwright, H Gearon, A Amati * denotes joint captaincy and colours Results: v Cheltenham Prep Lost 0 - 1 v Prior Park Lost 1 - 2 v Pinewood Won 3 - 1

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Severnside Tournament: v Prior Park Won 1 - 0 v The Downs Lost 0 - 1 v Cheltenham Prep Drew 1 - 1 v Dean Close Lost 0 - 2 v Clifton Lost 0 - 1 Hockey at Beaudesert is alive and kicking with great results for all the teams this spring term.

It is very noticeable that the standard of skills and general match play has improved dramatically, with more boys playing during activities, and PE really helping all the boys individually as well as in their team matches.

For the 1st team the challenge of competing with schools such as Dean Close and Cheltenham Prep is huge but one cannot fault the effort, determination and skill the boys put into every match culminating with a fine win against a very good Pinewood side. Congratulations and good luck.

AE

3RD VII Team: S Hughes, J Taylor-Kimmins, G Edwards, T Baxter, E Walker, T Melvin, B Mather, F Taylor-Kimmins, C Gent Results: v The Downs v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v Pinewood v Prior Park

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Won 6 - 3 Lost 2 - 3 Won 4 - 1 Drew 2 - 2 Won 3 - 0

Away Away Home Away Away

2ND VII

Our first full match was against Cheltenham Prep; we had held them to a draw in the Severnside but were outplayed; two well-taken Team: S Hughes, J Catto, W Gibson, H Mallinckrodt, goals were our undoing. The team fought hard T Jodrell, A Probert, H Gearon, P Ravano, M Arkwright, and never gave up, making it difficult for the F Taylor-Kimmins, FJ Baker opposition. Clifton were not so strong and after a tight first half Marcus Arkwright Results: completed his hatrick (on his birthday) giving v Cheltenham Prep Lost 0 - 2 Home us a comfortable win. v Clifton Won 4 - 1 Away The match against Pinewood saw the best of v Pinewood Won 5 - 1 Away the team; they played with skill and strength; v Prior Park Drew 2 - 2 Away Paolo Ravano, Felix Taylor-Kimmins and Archie Probert all scored. Our defence was solid with Severnside Tournament: 2nd William Gibson being very dependable and Hugo Mallinckrodt growing in confidence with The season got off to a very prompt start with every game. Spoilt for choice for goalkeepers, the Severnside Tournament immediately after Sam Hughes, Jock Catto and Freddie J Baker all half term. Having played only 40 minutes’ hockey prior to the tournament it proved a great played and had experience with the 1st team.

The last match of the term against Prior Park opportunity was a very close affair; they were man for man to learn about the game and play as a unit. more skilful but we proved strong and quick.

The skills were there and it only took a short It would have been devastating to lose but a space of time before they all worked together. draw was a fair result.

They drew all five of their matches and were Short but sweet; a very enjoyable hockey season very impressive against a strong Dean Close with all those who were involved. side that had won all their other matches comfortably.

JSSM This was a most enjoyable and successful season.

The boys showed a really positive attitude throughout and were extremely competitive in our school matches. We were lucky to have the astro at school and the great facility at Stratford Park in which to hone our skills and the progress shown was great to see.

We started our school fixtures at The Downs, always a hard fought match, and in a hugely entertaining end to end game we finally proved too strong, running out comfortable winners.

Next, we faced a good Cheltenham Prep side.

We started superbly, racing into a two goal lead and looking likely winners at half time.

The second half saw us defending valiantly, but we were just unable to hang on and with last hit of the game we were narrow losers 2-3.

Disappointing, but a great match and the effort shown by all was tremendous. A comfortable win against Clifton and an extremely competitive draw at Pinewood followed and we finished our short season with a pleasing win at Prior Park.

I was very impressed by the skills and quality of hockey on show and it was a pleasure to coach this strong 3rd VII. Well done all!

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4TH VII Team: T Kerr, M Hudson, F Large, W Golesworthy, J Kerr, G Honeyborne, A Nicholson, T Morris, E Stewart-Carter Results: v The Downs v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v Pinewood v Prior Park

Drew 3 - 3 Home Won 1 - 3 Away Lost 1 - 2 Away Won 5 - 3 Home Lost 4 - 5 Away

After half term, the boys moved from football to hockey. With little preparation time playing as a team the first match started slowly.

We conceded three in the first half; however we soon got to grips with the opposition and after the break, regrouped and fought for a well deserved draw. Kerr and Large cut out the middle pass and distributed wide to Hudson, who provided Nicholson to score twice. With a couple of short corner

UNDER 11 A Team: A Adams, N Agnew, F M Baker, A Birtles, A Catto, J Edwards, C Maculan, M May, A Pease Results: v Clifton Lost 0 – 5 Home v King’s, Gloucester Lost 1 – 2 Away v Prior Park Lost 1 – 4 Home Prior Park Tournament: 7th With very few of this year’s boys having played hockey before, this was a season to chalk down to experience. One or two had done the hockey activity during the first half of term, yet it is a very steep learning curve from this introduction to the game to competitive matches against schools with years of practice. Predictably, we found the going tough. However, what impressed me with this group was their resilience, determination to improve and ‘never say die’ attitude. We put up a good fight against both Clifton and Prior Park in the first 20 minutes or so, yet after half– time, their superior technique, tactics and vision took their toll. King’s, Gloucester, as the score reflects, were only marginally better than us; in fact, given each team’s performance on the day, a draw would have been a fairer result.

At the Prior Park Tournament we had some close contests in the pool stage, yet never managed to make our chances count until the final game (to decide the ultimate positions), when we scored the decider in the dying minute: pulsating stuff!

Ned proved a brave and committed goalkeeper, who actually made many competent saves.

Atti and Charlie both worked hard at the back, spreading the ball powerfully up to the midfield or wide to the wings from 16s and trying to put pressure on the opposition’s attackers; the former communicated very well with the rest of his team, yet the latter had a tendency get caught out of position, which was exploited by opposition forwards. Again, our midfield worked

moves in the attack options, Hudson fired one home. Against Cheltenham Prep, we went down within the first five minutes. The team worked hard to level before half time through Honeyborne. Nicholson was dominant in the second half and provided a platform to score two more, one from open play and one from a short corner. Against Clifton, Honeyborne scored a crucial goal to equal the score, however we were unlucky to concede very later on. Pinewood was a thrilling affair.

Hudson utilised his pace on the right wing to great effect to set up two goals. In addition, Honeyborne added to his tally with another goal from a short corner. Golesworthy added to the scoreline with a well-taken shot. The final match was against Prior Park. StewartCarter and Morris worked hard on the left and in the middle respectively, with goals from Nicholson, Golesworthy and Honeyborne.

Kerr was again solid in defence.

It was a very enjoyable season of hockey.

NC tirelessly, with either Marcus or Alec giving us width up the wing in attack and dropping back in defence. Jonny was the central cog in our machine. As well as being captain, he demonstrated considerable speed and slick stick skills, particularly when dribbling with the ball; nevertheless he needs to learn to trust his teammates with the ball more readily. Angus showed a tremendous attitude as centre forward and made many good runs.

I hope that this group is not disheartened by the results this year. Instead, the boys should endeavour to learn from it and improve, in future putting into practice what they have been coached and picked up re techniques, decision– making and other fundamental aspects of the game. Most things that are worth doing you have to work hard at, so keep persevering boys!

5TH VII Team: J Lowde , W Pease, O Coker, H Manley, T Elliott, G Mitchell, G Mills, W Dangerfield, B Wilson, O Mullen, A Tubbs Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v Pinewood v Hatherop

Drew 0 - 0 Home Lost 1 - 6 Away Lost 2 - 4 Home Won 6 - 1 Home

The 5th VII started off with a closely-fought match versus Cheltenham Prep. The goalless draw does not reflect the game. Lowde made some good stops in between the sticks, with Pease and Coker providing attacking options.

Clifton were a strong team and managed to score a number of goals, however Beaudesert fought to the final whistle and scored a goal late on.

Against Pinewood, we were unlucky to go down by 4 goals to 2. It was a very even match. The boys finished their hockey season on a high with a well-deserved victory over Hatherop. Mills was dominant in the middle of the pitch, providing Mullen on the right wing and Wilson on the left.

Coker and Elliott upfront scored a handful of goals between them and Dangerfield and Manley were solid in defence. Well done.

NC

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UNDER 11 B Team: S Mayer, G Jardine, FM Baker, F Depierre, S Kapoor, T Hall, W Hyde Results: v Clifton Lost 1 - 12 Away v King’s Gloucester Lost 0 - 8 Away v Prior Park Drew 2 - 2 Home The U11s had a challenging season but showed tremendous desire and determination throughout. At times we played some good hockey and had some very promising individual performances. Freddie Baker who also played for U11A caused a lot of trouble for teams with his vision and attacking skills linking up well with Guy Jardine. Well done to all the boys that played this season and I’m sure we will see them progressing in the next few seasons.

OP

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Cricket

Team: A Haynes (capt)*, J Catto* , M Arkwright*, J Taylor-Kimmins, W Gibson , H Gearon, J Tucker, H Brook, T Beattie, C Davison, F Walker *denotes colours Results: v Cheltenham Prep Lost by 76 runs v Clifton Won by 8 wickets v St John’s Won by 9 wickets v Pinewood Drew v St Hugh’s Won by 183 runs v Prior Park Won by 28 runs v Dean Close Lost by 1 wicket

Away Home Home Away Away Home Home

County 20/20 Cup Competition: v Balcarras Won by 89 runs v Marling Won by 84 runs v The Crypt Won by 82 runs v Sir Thomas Rich’s Lost by 6 wickets

Home Away Home Home

Wow, what a season and what a fantastic and committed group of boys this year. Alex Haynes was made captain and led by example, scoring over 300 runs, including two very good 50s as well as bowling superbly with an average of just 2.9 runs per over. To be fair, every boy in the team contributed to our success this year. Jock Catto showing great success with both the bat and ball, Marcus Arkwright also scored over 300 runs and bowled with good pace and accuracy. Our oldies held up the tail in the form of good old Gibbo, Jack , Harvey and James and then the Year 7s – Charlie Davison who opened the bowling and looks an excellent prospect next year, Fred Walker who is shaping up to be a solid allrounder, Hamish Brook who dug deep and gained some really valuable experience as an opening batsman and finally Tom Beattie who kept wicket

brilliantly and will certainly contribute as an aggressive left handed batsman next season.

I will not go on about each individual match, however a few certainly need to be mentioned.

To begin with, there was a really tough start, in the form of Cheltenham Prep. To give them credit, their two opening batsmen batted superbly, which just proved too much for us to chase down so early in the season. The one fixture that I always look forward to is the epic battle between Beaudesert and Dean Close.

This was an incredible game and saw Alex and

Jock bat really maturely and patiently to some very good bowling. They put on an opening partnership of over 80 runs before both falling within an over or two. The four that followed had to dig deep and pulled us up to a respectable 168 for 5. Dean Close fought hard though and although finally emerging victors in the 27th over, it was incredibly close – Beaudesert needing to take 1 wicket and coming within millimetres of just that before the winning runs were struck.

I have had the most brilliant season with the most enthusiastic and hard working bunch of boys.

Well done to them all and best of luck next year.

JLB

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2ND XI Team: A Probert, A Nicholson, G Edwards, B Mather, T Kerr, H Mallinckrodt, A Amati, F Taylor-Kimmins, G Mitchell, J Kerr, F Baker, P Ravano Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Wycliffe v Clifton v Pinewood v Prior Park v Dean Close v Abberley Hall

Won Won Won Lost Won Lost Won

Home Away Away Home Away Away Away

For a pleasant change the weather was very kind for cricket this term and with the square looking as good as I have ever seen it, it promised to be a great term of cricket. This proved to be just the case. We got off to a storming start with two great victories against Cheltenham Prep and Clifton, however the team became a little complacent expecting to win, which never happens without hard work in the nets and middle practice.

Throughout this term we have had an excellent bowling attack and a strong batting line up which showed as we only lost two of our matches. I think the boys have enjoyed their cricket, which is very important.

Well done and good luck.

AME

4TH XI Team: W Pease, H Manley, T Elliott, J Lowde, F Large, A Tubbs, G Mills, O Coker, E Stewart-Carter, O Mullen

3RD XI Team: T Melvin, T Kinsella, B Wilson, W Dangerfield, E Walker, S Hughes, C Gent, G Honeyborne, T Baxter, G Mitchell, T Morris, G Edwards, J Taylor-Kimmins Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v Wycliffe v Pinewood v QEH v Dean Close v Abberley Hall

Won by 34 runs Won by 2 wickets Won by 23 runs Lost by 2 wickets Lost by 1 run Won by 4 wicket Won by 8 wickets

Home Home Away Away Away Away Away

This was a most enjoyable and successful term of cricket. We often found ourselves making last minute changes to the XI -such is the nature of 3rd team cricket, and the boys who came in at short notice performed admirably, never letting the side down and contributing positively. Only two of our matches were lost, though both of these went down to the last ball, which is exactly what one would wish to see at this level! We played a mixture of 20/20 and 25/25 cricket which suited our aggressive and attacking batsmen and there were some fine innings played by a number of

boys. Fifties in the opening two games from James Taylor-Kimmins were great to see, with his extremely powerful hitting, which we missed when he got the richly deserved promotion to the 1st XI. Gus Edwards, before he was rewarded with 2nd team cricket, played a number of key innings and his partnership with James against Clifton virtually won us the game. Toby Melvin, one of the senior members of the team, kept wicket tidily throughout and his 65 not out (very nearly won the game at Pinewood) was a definite highlight. Edward Walker and Tom Baxter both started the season a touch slowly but improved significantly and really found their form in the last weeks of term, Edward scoring a couple of well made 40s and Tom finishing on 49 not out in his last innings for Beaudesert.

Our bowling attack was lead by Thomas Kinsella and Will Dangerfield, excellently supported by Charlie Gent and Bertie Wilson. They all bowled disciplined line and lengths which allowed us to get on top of our opposition.

The attitude showed by the boys in our games sessions has been excellent and we were able to have some hard fought, competitive practice that we transferred to the school matches.

Well done all.

DR

Results: v Cheltenham Prep v Clifton v Wycliffe v Pinewood v Dean Close

Lost by 3 wickets Lost by 29 runs Lost by 5 wickets Lost by 21 runs Lost by 80 runs

Away Away Home Home Home

Results were disappointing, but the attitude shown by the boys throughout has been great to see. A number of the squad had games for the 3rd XI and Guy Mitchell, who started in the 4ths, played a number games for a very strong 2nd team, so there was much to be positive about.

Our games sessions, combined with the 3rd XI saw significant improvement, the bowling in particular showing promise, with everyone able to bowl pretty consistently with a decent action.

The batting was where we struggled a touch, but there were a number of good, determined innings in the school fixtures. At this level, it is important that the boys are able to enjoy their cricket, with results secondary and even though we didn’t win a match, we remained competitive and didn’t let our heads drop when things were going against us.

The experienced Year 8s set the standards and the example shown to the Year 7s was excellent, so I must thank them in particular for their efforts over the years. Well done all and I hope that this group continue to enjoy their cricket at their next schools.

DR

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COLTS A Team: J Edwards, A Catto, N Agnew, S Kapoor, A Adams, C Brook, R Slatter, J Jefferies, F Fawcett, H Ahearne, G Beattie, J Cooper, J Maclaughlan, C Maculan The season got off to a very early start, three days into term. The rain held off and we managed to complete the match against Windlesham House, a touring side from Sussex, with a win, Charlie Brook taking a wicket first ball of the new season. It was a useful chance to see many of the team in action for the first time. We met our match against Cheltenham Prep; they were very strong and had strength in depth. Clifton was up next; we batted well but were restricted to 124 – 5. We bowled well and were in a strong position but by wanting to rotate the bowling, offered them an escape and they sneaked a victory. The match against Pinewood, always keenly contested, was not a high class demonstration of Colts cricket; 3 wickets fell in the second over, two of them run outs, which left us very short of batting but we struggled on to make 91, with Ned Agnew making 18 and Sacha Kapoor 13 very useful runs. Our bowlers made up for the poor batting and took early wickets and they managed to bowl Pinewood out in a very tight finish for 88. Our winning streak continued as we played St John’s and batting first scored 179 in our 25 overs; we restricted their scoring to 80 for 8. The Downs were next up and winning the toss we elected to bat. Jonny Edwards was joined at the crease by Angus Catto and Charlie Brook, both of whom got into the

COLTS B Team: S Mayer, F Baker, A Baker, T Burton, B Worsley, M Schmidt, J McLaughlan, M May, A Pease, F O’Neill, J Cooper, C Maculan.

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

Lost by 9 wickets Drew Won by 7 wickets Lost by 7 wickets Won by 5 wickets Won by 7 wickets Lost by 24 runs Lost by 31 runs Won by 7 wickets Won by 7 wickets

A public school in the UK this year abandoned cricket as a summer sport, citing archaic and hard to understand rules, skills which were hard to master and not readily transferrable to other sports, the cost of equipment and pitches, the need for reliable weather and the amount of time to play a match. And yet, no sport offers the chance to show and to accommodate so many different personalities, from the extrovert chatterers like A Baker and J McLaughlan, to the quiet philosophers like B Worsley and T Burton.

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Results: Windlesham House Cheltenham Prep Beaudesert Park Beaudesert Park Beaudesert Park Beaudesert Park Prior Park Beaudesert Park Beaudesert Park Abberley Hall

111 - 7 156 - 3 124 - 3 91 - 9 179 146 - 4 157 - 7 109 98 - 8 193 - 7

Beaudesert Park Beaudesert Park Clifton Pinewood St John’s The Downs Beaudesert Park St Hugh’s Dean Close Beaudesert Park

115 - 6 Won by 4 wkts 101 - 7 Lost by 56 runs (25 overs) 125 - 8 Lost by 2 wkts (25 overs) 88 Won by 3 runs (25 overs) 80 - 8 Won by 99 runs (25 overs) 131 Won by15 runs (25 overs) 146 - 8 Lost by 11 runs (25 overs) 110 - 9 Lost by 1 wkt (25 overs) 99 - 5 Lost by 5 wkts (25 overs) 181 - 2 Lost by 12 runs (30 overs)

twenties. The bowling was left to the second string bowlers and a fine job they did but it was not until Freddie Fawcett came on that wickets started to tumble; he got 3 wickets in 2 overs, a real breakthrough. We won comfortably by 15 runs.

Our winning run came to a halt against Prior Park. They batted first and scored too freely, two Year 5 boys hit the ball straight and hard.

157 was going to be difficult but Charlie Brook and Angus Catto played themselves in and both reached 40 before Catto was out for 47, Brook was left on 46 at the end of the innings, 11 runs short of the target. A very good game and plenty learnt. Another very close game was had against St Hugh’s; Jonny Edwards scored freely but had little support and we were left on 109 after our 25 overs. St Hugh’s made the total in the last over with one wicket to spare. A very close game as we had bowled well and made up for some sloppy batting.

Dean Close and Abberley Hall were always going to be tough opponents and, although we lost

both matches the season ended on a high note.

Dean Close bowled well and restricted our score to under 100 but our bowlers made life very difficult for them in their reply. Abberley Hall had scored 193-7 in their 30 overs, a score that many thought would be well beyond our reach but on our ground with a fast outfield anything could happen. Jonny Edwards had been the mainstay of the batting all season with an average of over 110 as he had been not out SIX times. He was seeing the ball like a balloon and he raced past his 6th 50 of the term and within sight of the target made his first ever century. Sacha Kapoor accompanied him, scoring his highest of 35.

Jonny finished on 105 not out, with an average for the season of 167. He will have a bright future ahead of him. Well done Jonny.

There were six regular members of the team who will be playing next year and will be given a more important role. It was a very enjoyable season with plenty of high points but I will remember the fun and good company of the team.

It offers the chance to show real leadership skills, where you need tactical acumen and be able to man-manage. Well done to S Mayer, our Captain, for excellent leadership throughout the season. It obviously helps to have genuine all-rounders like Freddie and Archie Baker (not related), who can score runs and take wickets. However, players don’t have to master all the skills, but can make a great contribution by developing a specialist area. Even in one particular area like bowling, you can have bowlers tear in and bowl as fast as they can, like M May and A Pease, or give the ball a little more air and flight to tempt the batsman, like B Worsley and M Schmidt. Skills can be initially difficult to master, but with perseverance players can make huge strides in progress over the season. Bowlers get more accurate, batsmen get more difficult to get out (well done to J Cooper for carrying his bat in the match against St Hugh’s), and discover which shots will enable them to score runs. You can have an unlucky season with the bat, but still make a significant contribution in the field as Freddie O’Neill did.

The Colts B team had several defining characteristics; one of them was swift running between the wickets, sparked by the arrival of C Maculan in the team, with his stated aim of ‘doing a Honeyborne’. In the annals of Colts B history, this is running a bye when the ball goes straight through to the wicket-keeper. It obviously helped C Maculan that he was a tall boy who appeared to be able to dive a third of the length

of the pitch. This kamikaze running rubbed off on the rest of the team. It led to a few catastrophic run-outs, but was usually highly successful in leading to the disintegration of our opponents’ fielding, and at least one Director of Sport spontaneously combusting on the side line, as the ‘four over throws’ accumulated. The other defining feature was the ability to run out opponents with direct hits on the stumps, never more in evidence than against Abberley Hall, when the stumps were hit six times and produced four run outs.

Perhaps no sport other than cricket lends itself to anecdotes and strange incidents.

From this season we had the opposition batsman who pivoted 180 degrees to pull a ball straight into our wicketkeeper’s head as he was standing up to the wicket. The ball deflected off J McLaughlan’s compulsory helmet and into his gloves for a great catch.

Or the time A Pease on the boundary decided that the ‘safest’ way to stop a thunderous pull shot was to block it with his chest rather than risk missing it with his hands! Mind you this was a boy who played an entire match with a broken bone in his heel and the rather unsurprising “I’ll need to bowl off my short run-up to-day, Sir”.

Thank you boys for another priceless season.

JSSM

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COLTS C Team: A Hellens, S Madsen, L Van de Grift, L Webb, T Burton, O Comaish, J Edmonston, M Bailey, D Keegan, G Jardine J De Baudry Results: v Cheltenham Prep Lost by 2 runs v Clifton Colts B Lost by 60 runs v Pinewood Lost by 6 wickets v The Downs Won by 1 run v St Hugh’s Lost by 10 wickets v Dean Close Won by 40 runs v Abberley Hall Won by 36 runs

Home Away Away Home Home Home Away

It was most encouraging to see how much this squad improved from the start to the end of this short season, from novices in many cricketing areas to the end result of becoming competent team of players. Some sides were just too strong for us on the day, while the Cheltenham Prep game was lost by one wide and The Downs’ game was won by their bowlers bowling an extra wide – games are won and lost by small margins. I was very pleased for the boys that they won their last two games of the season against strong sporting schools, ending the sporting summer term on a high.

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A Team: T Ratcliffe, M Rowlands, M D’Arcy Rice, F Wallace, O Ridgwell, W Shipsey, R Calvert, M Dunne, A Hunter, C Birts, M Morris, O Clark Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won by 8 runs v Clifton Won by 21 runs v Wycliffe Won by 15 runs v Pinewood Won by 36 runs v St John’s Chepstow Won by 46 runs v The Downs Won by 41 runs v Prior Park Lost by 2 runs v St Hugh’s Won by 62 runs v Dean Close Lost by 29 runs

Home Home Home Away Away Away Away Away Home

B Team: H Adams, J Hunt, O Brown, Z Hitchcock-Smith, C Combe, A Maculan, R Preston, A Binns

COLTS D Team: F Depierre, W Hyde, T Hall, G Carpenter, V Bowers, J Holloway, S Read

Results: Pinewood Rendcomb St Hugh’s Dean Close

Lost Lost Drew Drew

Home Away Away Away

The small sided games that this team played improved their understanding on how to play the game and helped develop their skill levels in all areas. It was great to see some getting wickets and others smashing the ball a long way. The last two matches against St Hugh’s and Dean Close were friendly encounters where the schools were mixed up so that a competitive game could take place. Clearly, these draws were a good result for everyone involved. Over the course of the season this group of players all tried hard to develop their technique in all cricketing areas and made positive improvements. Well done for not giving up when things got tricky.

Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won by 2 runs v Clifton Won by 22 runs v Wycliffe Lost v St John’s Chepstow Won v Hatherop Lost by 20 runs v Tockington Won by 64 runs v St Hugh’s Won by 80 runs

Home Away Away Away Away Home Home

UNDER 9s C/D Team: L Webb, L Smith, J Stapleton, V Byworth, F Campbell, B Nielson, D Rawle, G Scurr, H Smith, E Bajeux, A Watkins, H Large, F Hack, H Kay, R Page C Team Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won by 23 runs v Clifton Won v Wycliffe Won v Pinewood Lost by 47 runs v St John’s Chepstow Won by 37 runs v The Downs Lost v Prior Park Won by 11 runs v Dean Close Lost by 85 runs

Home Home Home Home Away Away Away Away

D Team Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won by 8 runs Home v Hatherop Drew Away v Dean Close Won by 37 runs Away

Ah! The first day of the cricket season – one of the highlights of the calendar, bringing with it a steadfast guarantee that the weather would be awful. I had just about managed to get through the Rugby and Football Seasons without developing hyperthermia (I had been warned of the ‘inclement weather’ at Beaudesert) but I wasn’t expecting frost bitten fingers whilst umpiring our first match of the Summer Term! Through the biting wind, all the boys played some pretty good cricket, considering we had only had a couple of training sessions and we won every match. What a fantastic start and throughout the term, the children continued with their success winning the majority of their fixtures.

We have tremendous strength in depth and there were many children who played in both the As and Bs. We were lucky to have lots of fixtures and every child played at least five matches; enjoying the cricket but also the whole experience including match tea!

We worked very hard early on with our bowling, teaching the children ‘line and length’ and they were justly rewarded with lots of wickets. We managed to keep the oppositions’ score down, giving our teams an opportunity to bat for the win. This was not always the case with the children’s shot selection a little wayward at times. We encouraged them to play with a straight bat at good balls and to swing at anything off the stumps. This wasn’t always heeded and therefore we lost some cheap wickets.

The boys worked hard in the field with some strong throws, good backing up and general awareness.

We practiced catching throughout our training sessions and the boys got steadily better and pulled off some amazing catches during the matches.

The most positive aspect of the term was the boys desire to learn and improve; something I hope will continue next year.

JH

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UNDER 13A Team: I Mayer (capt)*, H Skelding*, F Saxton*, L Quinn*.

B Ransome+, A Martin, C Mayne, B Knight+, I Standen McDougal+, L Newman+ * denotes full colours + denotes half colours Results: v The Elms Won 23 v St John’s Won 6.5 v Pinewood Lost 4 v St Hugh’s Lost 4.5 Severnside Tournament: 2nd

- 17.5 - 1.5 - 18 - 11.5

Away Away Home Away

The season started with a strong win over a good The Elms team. Our strength was batting, with some great hits; Lotte and Honor were our highest scorers. The fielding needed some work, especially long barriers, as many balls bounced past into deep field. St John’s was the next match, and Beaudesert batted first. Not a great start, as four were out on their first bat, with some good fielding by St John’s.

They managed to score six and a half which was okay after the bad start. The fielding was fantastic, especially the triangle, Isabelle bowler, Honor backstop and Freya first post, who stumped out many of their team.

They managed to score half a rounder, which meant Beaudesert could put them into bat again.

They scored just one rounder so Beaudesert declared, winning with six and a half rounders.

They lost a tough match against a well drilled Pinewood team. The bowler was very good and our girls could not connect with the ball to score rounders. They fielded really well again, but Pinewood had a fantastic batter, who scored 10 rounders! This won them the match.

The Severnside tournament was where they played their best rounders. They were easily the best fielding team and batted fantastically. They were very unlucky to lose out to The Downs!

TP

UNDER 13B Team: V Levinson, A Biddulph, M Combe, L Quinn, S Morgan-Rodda, A Herrtage, M Pitman, I Walker, S Elvin, C Mayne, L Newman, J Ferrigno, P Read A shortened fixture list was further truncated by weather and other issues, but we had an enjoyable summer of rounders nonetheless.

Skills honed over a career at Beaudesert remained strong and our few matches featured hard hitting, strong throwing and great catching. A really impressive win in an exciting match against a strong Wycliffe side was a highlight, as was, in a different way, a loss by just a half a rounder against the St John’s A team. As always the House rounders competition gave all the players a chance to display their skills. I have been lucky to have worked with this group of girls in both netball and rounders in both Years 7 and 8 (poor girls!) and I have enjoyed every term immensely. As a group and as individuals they have been competitive, fair, supportive and fun, and I wish them well in their future sporting endeavours.

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UNDER 12A Team: A Brown, I Case, I Cooper, J Downton, E Fanshawe, K Hiscox, W Hodson, A Kold, G Lawrence, R Lewis, A Phillips, E Pridmore, A Raphael, M Shaw, L Scheuner, Z Verschoyle, I Wateridge Results: v The Elms v Pinewood v The Downs

Won 17.5 - 5.5 Won 30 - 9.5 Won 15.5 - 10.5

Last year 14 of the girls represented the As. This year all of them did. They are truly a brilliant

bunch of girls that are, most importantly, team players. They showed how well they can adapt.

At one point nearly the whole team had a go at bowling in one match as well as rotating through various positions. Proof of how well the girls perform in their teams was at the Severnside Tournament when the As played the Bs and the final score was 6.5-5.5! One rounder in it!

Changes this year included Amelia no longer saying sorry every five minutes, Arabella now squeaks when doing anything – she catches the ball, she squeaks, she throws the ball, she squeaks, and Jess moved away from her safety position to the key, rounder stopping position out in 3rd deep – very memorable.

LS

UNDER 12B Team: R Lewis, E Pridmore, A Brown, I Wateridge, L Scheuner, J Downton, A Phillips, K Hiscox, A Raphael, Z Verschoyle Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won 21 - 8 ½ v Pinewood Lost 6 ½ - 9 ½ v Wycliffe Won 15 - 9 ½ v King’s Gloucester Lost 11 - 13 v St John’s Won 12 ½ - 12 Severnside Tournament: 3rd

Away Away Away Home Home

The girls have been a great pleasure to coach this term. Whilst maintaining concentration and commitment to their rounders, they have also been very enthusiastic and have had plenty of fun.

We had an excellent start to the rounders season with a win at Cheltenham Prep. Jess was our top

scorer with an astounding 3½ scored, followed by everyone in the team scoring at least one rounder.

The Severnside Tournament at Wycliffe was an exciting day out. The girls managed to beat The Downs, draw with Wycliffe and then in the final against our own Beaudesert A team, sadly lost by just one rounder. Throughout the season we were very lucky to work as a year group, both A and B teams together in training, improving their fielding and batting skills. Our triangle between Rosie, Ellie and Lotte became stronger each match, allowing the girls to start using 1st post as a main tactic to getting the opponents out. Arabella Brown made remarkable catches throughout the season and got promoted to the A team. Just to show how talented this year group of girls is, all the girls have represented the A team at least once! I am very pleased with how the season has gone and they are in a very good position now to move onto their final year at Beaudesert. Very well done, girls, and good luck next year.

FS

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UNDER 11A

UNDER 10A

Team: Z Mayer, M Smith, M Edwards, I Thomson, O Case, B Leslie, G Tucker, P Clark, G Raphael, E Tubbs

Results: v Cheltenham Prep Won 27 - 12 v Pinewood Won 29 - 23 v Wycliffe Won 23 - 3 v Prior Park Won 24 - 8 v Dean Close Won 16.5 - 5.5 Severnside Tournament: Winners

UNDER 11B Team: S Hiscox, M Campbell, N Dunlop, M Phillips, S Page, A Preston, R Craven J Keveth, A Kay, A McIntyre Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost

Results: v The Downs Won 18 - 7.5 v Cheltenham Prep Won 23 - 6 v Pinewood Won 17 - 5 v Wycliffe Won 16 - 6.5 v Prior Park Won 21 - 5.5 v St John’s Won 12.5 - 7 Severnside Tournament: Winners

Home Home Home Away Home

As the results suggest, this was a very successful season for a talented bunch of girls. It is always pleasing to have an unbeaten season, however, it was made even better by style and manner the victories were achieved in.

Initial hard work in training allowed the girls to gain an immediate understanding of the tactics and specialisms of the fielding positions in which they were playing. Zara bowled all season with venom and accuracy, often in testing conditions.

This allowed Maddy at backstop to take some great catches and she threw very well to Grace at first post, allowing the team to stump many opposition players out and limit scoring.

Poppy and Georgina were attentive and hard working at 2nd and 4th posts, communicating well and producing several double plays over the course of the season. Meghan was like a Venus Fly Trap between 2nd and 3rd post, making many fine stops and multiple diving catches, as well as using her speed to run out batters at 3rd post.

Octavia, Isabella, Emily and Bea worked hard in the outfield, always attacking the ball and making the correct decision as to which posts to throw to. The hard work of backing each other up paid

v Cheltenham Prep v Pinewood v Wycliffe v King’s Gloucester v St John’s

Team: I Gregory, F Gregory, E Lewis, J Fairer-Smith, T Maculan, G Balfry, A Wateridge, A Playne, L Lawson

10 ½ - 18 Home 11 - 15 Home 9 ½ - 10 Home 12 - 14 Home 12 - 12 ½ Home

I feel very proud of the U11 girls - each and every one of them has improved not only in their ability but also in their discipline. It has been a pleasure to coach them.

UNDER 11C Team: D Gough, N Dunlop, A Preston, L Pearman, T Nelson, I Beattie, A Mallinckrodt, A McIntyre, A Kay, M Campbell Results: v Westonbirt Prep Lost 11 - 17½ Home v Red Maids’ Won 12 - 9 Away v Berkhampstead Lost 11 - 15½ Away

real dividends as opposition batters were rightly cautious of taking on their throws.

The side was very powerful as a batting unit, normally given a strong start by Maddy. All of the players hit over 10 rounders during the course of the season, with special mention to Isabella who hit six rounders in a row against The Downs and Zara who hit five against Pinewood and Dean Close, as well as scoring over 30 rounders in the season. When the team won the Severnside Tournament they hit the ball to all parts, drawing deserved praise from many other school coaches.

The girls have been lovely to coach, as they listened well and put advice into practice quickly.

It has been brilliant to see their passion and determination come through as well as a real team bond developing. Good luck for next year and keep working hard, as the other schools will know you are the ones to beat!

SP The U11 girls’ hard work has not been reflected in the results shown. All matches were competitive, very tense and exciting .

With each game the girls improved, particularly the last game of the term where the girls fought to the very end against a very strong team.

Unfortunately, we lost by half of a rounder which was very frustrating. We had some very big hitters, fast runners and great fielding.

However St John’s final hitter saw a small gap in our fielding line and hit through it.

I look forward to next year as I think we will have a very strong team. Well done girls.

Home Home Away Home Away Away

The U10A Rounders team have had an unbeaten season as they did the previous year.

As you can see from their results they have won every match very convincingly. The girls have worked very hard and have impressed me with their enthusiasm, determination and will to win.

Each girl has played her part in such a successful season. Emilia has been a key player as bowler and has stayed focused and calm in every game.

Her bowling as well as her decision making and catching has been fantastic. Isla and Tilda have been the catching stars out in deep field. Both girls have had the spectators and myself amazed at some of their diving, one-handed catches.

Georgie has been our ‘big hitter’ and has scored the majority of our rounders with her lucky golden bat.

The highlight of the season was winning the Severnside Tournament. All the girls stayed focused and played with passion throughout.

They won all five of their matches and made the correct decisions at the right times.

They were overjoyed to be taking the trophy back to school.

This team has impressed me with its skills and attitude and it has been very exciting to see the girls progress over the term. I am sure they will go on to be as successful next year. It has been a pleasure to teach them, well done!

GBW

PG

The Under 11 C Rounders team made huge improvements over this season. The fielding was sharp and some excellent catches were held.

We ran hard, but needed a bit more power and direction with the hitting to build up bigger totals in some of the matches. Nevertheless, the girls played with great enthusiasm in every match.

CM

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UNDER 10B Team: J Walker, E Thompson, R Roche, H Maculan, I Playne, A Miller Pyott, H Brewster, L McLaughlin, S Burnett Results: v The Elms v Cheltenham Prep v Pinewood v Wycliffe v Hatherop (U10A) v Dean Close v St Hugh’s

Won Won Lost Won Lost Won Won

17 - 9 Home 17.5 - 12.5 Home 8.5 - 12.5 Away 12 - 6 Home 11 - 11.5 Home 16.5 - 6.5 Away 12.5 - 8.5 Home

The U10Bs had a busy season and in the space of eight weeks they had a total of nine fixtures.

They won five matches, lost two and unfortunately two were cancelled due to the rain. Throughout the term the girls scored a

UNDER 9A Team: M Leslie, T Vernon, C Birts, B Montgomerie, F Scurr, A Smith, R Smith, M Standen McDougal, J Heynes, F McLean Results: A Matches v Pinewood Lost 11 - 11.5 Home v Dean Close Lost 15 - 16 Away v St John’s Won 5.5 - 2.5 Home Severnside Tournament: 2nd A&B matches: v The Downs v The Downs v Wycliffe v Wycliffe v Westonbirt Prep

Won Won Won Drew Won

23.5 - 16 17 - 0 5 - 4 3 - 3 9.5 - 6.5

Home Home Away Away Away

The A team have had a great term of rounders and have produced some good results. All the matches ended up being very close with only a couple of rounders between them. The girls have all worked extremely hard and they have progressed in all areas. It has been a great advantage to the team to have had three very

UNDER 9B B Blue Team: L Rayner, K Pritchard, C Haycraft Mee, E Jones, M Evans-Gough, H Edmonston, P Ross, F MacIntosh, H Bullock B Blue Team Results: v Pinewood Lost 5.9 - 11 Away v Cheltenham Prep Won 11.5 - 9.5 Away v Berkhampstead Won 14 - 11.5 Home v St John’s Won 20.5 – 10.5 Home B Green Team: S Meakin, G Baxter, R Wilkes, I Hamilton-Burnet, E Grand, T Davey, P Brown, D Davies, L Tuke-Hastings

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total of 95 rounders and only conceded 66.

The Hatherop match was by far the closest and most nail-biting of the season. With only two batters and two balls left for Beaudesert to bat the score was 11 ½ to Hatherop and 10 to Beaudesert. Jemima Walker took an almighty swing and smashed the ball past 3rd post, and sprinted around to 4th scoring a precious rounder. Hannie would have to score another one to win. Sadly despite one of the biggest hits of the season, Hatherop had positioned a fielder out deep in expectation and Hannie was stumped out at 3rd. A fantastically close game!

The best individual score in match was Ella Thompson who gained 5.5 rounders facing six balls against Dean Close. Over the course of the season, Jemima Walker caught the most players out; three in a single game and a total of 11.

A fantastic season, well done.

RG

good bowlers: Annabel, Frieda and Tilly.

Mary has scored lots of rounders with her strong left handed batting. Any balls that were hit between 2nd and 3rd were stopped

by Molly followed by great catches on 2nd post by Flora. Jessica has played very well as backstop, throwing accurately to 2nd post.

Unfortunately I was not there to see them play at the Severnside Tournament but Mrs Phelps was very impressed by their standard of play; frustratingly they only lost the tournament by half a rounder!

After the tournament and nearing the end of term the girls’ enthusiasm lost momentum so we decided to work on different tactics for our last match by getting the bowler to throw to first and try to get players out rather than stop the score. It was very impressive to watch them fielding at such a high standard and achieving accurate throws and catches to get players out. The other umpire said she had never seen this level played at U9s! It has been a great pleasure to work with all the girls and I am very confident they will all go on to have great success next year. Thank you to all parents that have supported us this term.

UNDER 10C Team: E Watkins, I Morgan-Grenville, S Robbins, B Tuke-Hastings, C Dobson-Pinillos, O Probert, E Wray, J Honeyborne, L Moxon, M Galton-Fenzi Results: v Pinewood v Westonbirt Prep v Cheltenham Prep v Berkhamstead v St John’s

Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost

4.5 - 24.5 Home 12 - 17.5 Home 11.5 - 12 Away 8 - 10 Away 6.5 - 18.5 Away

The Under 10Cs have vastly improved over the length of the season, not only in their rounders ability, but in their understanding of the game.

The results on paper do not look great, but they do not convey the enthusiasm and fun we have had over the season. I will miss my role as their coach but will follow their progress at the other side of the world. They started off the season with a comprehensive defeat, but as seen from their results, they did improve. In our last few matches it was very evident by noise level and red faces that the girls put in all their effort and worked really well together to do their best.

Jemima Honeyborne blew away the opposition teams as she was voted Man of the Match on multiple occasions. She was focused and with some strong hits and good reading of the game, she scored many rounders.

Isabella Morgan-Grenville was also named Man of the Match a couple of times due to her effort as backstop and her amazing batting.

Born leader, Beth Tuke-Hastings entered each game with a positive mind which then rubbed off onto the other girls as she provided vital communication which led to rounders scored and great fielding. Beth has a fantastic outlook on the game from second post, and her reading of the game led to nail biting matches.

Overall, the Under 10Cs have improved their effort, enthusiasm, ability to work as a team, and their rounders skills.

ER

SF

B Green Team Results: v Pinewood Won 16 - 4 Away v Cheltenham Prep Won 10.5 - 7.5 Away v Prior Park Lost 10.5 - 12.5 Away This year the U9B rounders girls performed extremely well in all matches. Their dedication and desire to improve at games practice was excellent and continued throughout the season.

As the term progressed they became more aware of directing their hits and they also made great progress in the field, allowing them to make quick decisions in matches. Margot, Saskia, Flora and Coco were very consistent bowlers and contributed well to general field play throughout

every match. Hannah, India, Tilda, Holly, Lucy, Margot, Flora and Kitty were excellent with the bat and scored a number of rounders throughout the season. It was also very pleasing to see the progress that Georgia, Rosalind, Phoebe, Lola, Evie and Poppy made in their batting and fielding. It has been a pleasure coaching the girls this year, it was evident that their constant enthusiasm at games sessions and matches contributed to their success throughout the season.

Excellent work, girls!

LM

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Year 3 Girls’ Sports The year started with myself and Mrs Phelps staring at 26 wideeyed, meek looking girls who were about to play proper hockey for the first time. All bar a few were confused about shin pads and socks and which went on first. Gum shields were being spat out as they felt uncomfortable and sticks were being carried back to front. (I daren’t confess to the one that was upside down).

By half term they were slowly coming out of their shells.

Once tackling was introduced we really began to discover who the feisty ones were! They each had a chance at their first hockey festival, which was eagerly anticipated by some and nervously by others. It was amazing to see their reactions to playing against another school. Shell shocked would be one word! Mr Crossley was introduced to the mischievousness of the group after discovering his car full of balls. No idea how they got there.

By the time the netball season arrived each individual really had their own unique character shining through. We knew, as staff, what a great, competitive bunch they were. So at our festival we were excited about how stuck in they would get ... which they did when they played against each other. Never before have I witnessed two girls wrestle the ball to the ground desperate to gain possession! By the end of term it was only fair we should kidnap Mr Crossley’s beloved wellies and take them on a tour of the school via the water hose.

The rounders season saw huge improvements with their skills.

Throwing and catching became much more accurate and consistent. Some of the hitting even amazed the Year 4s!

This was a fantastic and truly unique year. We have no doubt Mrs Frapwell will continue to get the best out of them in Year 4.

LS & TP

Year 3 Boys’ Sports This was the boys’ first year of sport in the Prep School and they were lucky enough to take part in festivals and matches in rugby and football as well as training and learning skills and tactics in cricket, athletics and tennis.

The year kicked off with tag rugby and it was soon clear that we had a very keen and talented squad of boys. Some great training sessions followed, leading up the first festival of the year at Clifton Prep.

They performed admirably against some strong opposition, two out of the three sides not losing a game. It was great to see the real passion for sport in all the boys taking part and the immediate improvements made.

Beaudesert hosted another tag rugby festival and again a great time and positive results were achieved. Areas such as running straight and good passing were now being understood as well as defensive tactics being given equal footing to scoring a try. The conditions that day were bitterly cold, but our boys were not put off and played some great rugby.

In the spring term football took over as the main sport, but the passion was still just as high. The boys developed skills such as passing, shooting and tackling. They were introduced to matches and took part in two festivals, where some great football was played. The boys clearly learnt that they were more successful if they played as a team, rather than being an individual.

The summer term introduced cricket skills and matches. This was new to a lot of the boys and they worked so hard to improve their batting and bowling skills. Some fun games allowed the boys to get used to match play and it was a real pity that weather intervened to force the Beaudesert Festival to be cancelled. However the boys did play some interclass cricket and showed some real improvements. I am sure that the talent seen will serve them well in matches next year.

The optional Saturday games sessions were also well attended, with introduction to hockey and cricket. It was a credit to the boys that they were so keen and got themselves into school to take part. There is so much talent across the board in the year and I look forward to seeing them in matches next year. Well done all!

SP

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GIRLS’ TENNIS Teams: U13 M Combe, J Ferrigno, A Herrtage, B Knight, V Levinson, A Martin, I Mayer, C Mayne, L Newman, L Quinn, B Ransome, P Reed, M Pitman, F Saxton, H Skelding, I Standen McDougal (capt)*, I Walker *denotes colours

Tennis

U12 I Case, I Cooper, E Fanshawe, W Hodson, A Kold, A Phillips, A Raphael, K Severn, M Shaw U11 O Case, M Edwards, Z Mayer, G Raphael, I Thomson U10 J Fairer-Smith, F Gregory, A Lewis, A Playne, I Playne, A Wateridge U9 M Evans-Gough, M Leslie, M Standen McDougal, F Scurr

Results: U13 & U12 v Cheltenham Prep Won 18 - 7 U11 v Pinewood Won 20 - 10 U13 v Pinewood Lost 10 - 25 U12 v Cheltenham Ladies’ Won 4 - 2 U12 v Wycliffe Lost 0 - 4 U12 v Clifton Won 7 - 2 U13 v Clifton Lost 3 - 6 U13 & U12 v Dean Close Lost 4 - 8 U9 v St Edward’s Won 11 - 1 Severnside Tournament: U10 2nd U13 & U12 Mixed Doubles:

v St Hugh’s Lost 2 - 4 House Tennis: Winners - A House

BOYS’ TENNIS Teams: U13 A Amati*, M Arkwright* T Jodrell, B Mather*, P Ravano*, J Tucker, H Gearon *denotes colours U12 F Baker, H Brook, G Edwards, F Walker U11 A Adams, F Baker, J Edwards, A Pease U10 H Ahearne, A Baker, C Brook, F Fawcett, J Jefferies, B Worsley U9 H Adams, M Dunne, A Hunter, A Maculan, M Morris, T Ratcliffe, D Rawle, W Shipsey

Results: U13 U11 U9

v Pinewood v Pinewood v St Edward’s

Severnside Tournament: U13A 3rd U13B Winners

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Drew 2 - 2 Lost 0 - 4 Won 16 - 4

A fantastic term of tennis by all involved.

From the U9s against St Edward’s all the way up to our seniors in the Severnside Tournament, 68 pupils were involved. For some it was their first ever school tennis match and for others their last.

The House Tennis was as competitive as ever with A House the eventual winners.

Another highlight was the annual Staff and Year 8 tennis tournament where staff and Year 8’s get partnered up as much as possible. Unusually the all-pupil pairing of Paolo Ravano and Sophie Morgan-Rodda walked off as eventual victors brushing aside both the Head of Maths and Head of Classics enroute.

LS

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Athletics Athletics continues to thrive at Beaudesert. All boys and girls were able to develop a variety of track and field events in their PE and games sessions with a total of 95 pupils competing for the school during the term. There were 12 school records broken, which illustrates the enthusiasm and commitment Beaudesert pupils bring to the games field. With its rich history dating back to the oldest record set in 1959, it is a testament to all who break records that attempt to stand the test of time. I wonder when the oldest record will be broken, the U14 Boys’ Long Jump record of 5.02m by M Kemball-Cook, which has survived yet another year. In addition, 22 pupils qualified for the Regional Prep Schools’ Championships in Abingdon, where four won their respective events and qualified for the finals. Big congratulations to Marcus Hudson (4th 300m), Eloise Fanshawe (7th Long Jump), Charlie Maculan (9th Discus) and especially a National Champion Charlie Davison (Javelin) for their individual performances.

There were superb team performances at Pinewood, Monkton and Stowe. The season kicked off at Pinewood where the team placed second overall finishing behind a very strong Dragon School. Monkton provided a platform for our athletes to excel, where the girls’ team won overall, with the boys coming second. Stowe was touch and go with the weather, however we travelled to the beautiful setting of a green track surrounded by trees and acres of National Trust land. Despite the delayed start due to a torrential downpour, there were a handful of individual wins against tough opposition. Particular mention goes to Bea Knight for her outstanding run in the 800m. Our U12 and U13 girls competed fantastically to finish second and third respectively.

Our largest team involving 60 pupils competed at our annual Severnside Meeting early on in the term. The weather was perfect, slight wind with sunshine and not too warm. This provided a great opportunity to get out there and compete. After a wonderful afternoon of athletics, it ended up being the biggest Severnside to date with 360 athletes competing from eight schools across five age groups. Out of a total of 88 events, 18 Severnside records were broken (8 track and 10 field events), of which 12 were broken by Beaudesert pupils.

A wonderful sight to see!

To conclude the term, Sports Day provided an opportunity for all pupils to compete. Everybody ran the 100m and relay and had a choice of another event which they had to decide in form groups. Like last year, the weather was unsure of what it was doing and we had a drizzle of rain when we were crossing to the games field. This luckily cleared and we started on time. There were very close finishes in the 100m races, particularly the U14 boys’ race contested by Marcus Hudson and André Stamp. In addition, there were four school records broken, equally shared on the track and field.

It has been a very enjoyable and successful season of track and field athletics. A big thank you to Mr Robinson, Mrs Frapwell, Mr Russell and Mr Tiley for their enthusiasm and commitment on the games field and travelling to away matches.

NC

Teams: U9 F Biddulph, B Evans, R Phillips, A Baker, A Thomson, B Pridmore, R Van de Grift, E Ransome, B McLaughlin, J Blake, E Chadwick, E Ahearne, A Pearman, E McMurtry, J McShane, S Wallace U10 Z Hitchcock-Smith, M Rowlands, A Hunter, R Page, A Binns, M D’Arcy Rice, M Dunne, C Birts, L Smith, B Montgomerie, C Birts, T Vernon, A Smith, P Brown, H Edmonston, M Davey, M Leslie, E Grand, R Smith U11 J McLaughlan, G Beattie, L Van de Grift, M Schmidt, C Brook, R Slatter, A Hellens, H Ahearne, H Brewster, J Fairer-Smith, E Lewis, G Balfry, I Gregory, F Gregory, T Maculan, L Lawson U12 C Maculan, A Pease, N Agnew, M May, F Baker, S Hiscox, M Phillips, Z Mayer, M Edwards, P Clark, I Thomson, S Page, M Smith, O Case U13 C Davison*, H Brook, F Walker, F Taylor-Kimmins, A Nicholson, T Beattie, G Lawrence, A Kold, K Hiscox, E Fanshawe, R Lewis, I Wateridge, I Cooper, I Case, M Shaw U14 S Elvin (capt)*, M Hudson (capt)*, A Stamp (capt)*, B Knight*, J Taylor-Kimmins, L Quinn, C Mayne, A Haynes, I Mayer, V Levinson, I Walker, H Gearon, B Ransome, H Skelding, I Standen McDougal *denotes colours

Results: Pinewood Inter-School - U14, U12, U10 - U10s 2nd, U12s 3rd, U14s 3rd, 2nd Overall Monkton Prep - U12, U11, U10 - Girls 1st Overall, Boys 2nd Overall Severnside - U14, U13, U12, U11, U10, U9 - No team competition Stowe - U14, U13, U12, U11 - U12 Girls 2nd, U13 Girls 3rd Pinewood Inter-School - U11, U10, U9 – Cancelled Mercia Regional Finals, Abingdon - U14, U13 & U12 - 4 Winners, 2 Podium finishes National Prep School Finals - Birmingham - 4 Qualifiers National Qualifiers: C Davison National U13 Boys’ Javelin Champion M Hudson 5th in the U14 Boys’ 300m E Fanshawe 7th in the U13 Girls’ Long Jump C Maculan 9th in the U12 Boys’ Discus

School Records M Hudson C Davison C Davison P Clark P Clark S Page C Maculan C Maculan A Pease H Brewster F Gregory Z Hitchcock-Smith

U14 Boys’ 300m U13 Boys’ Javelin U13 Boys’ Discus U12 Girls’ 800m U12 Girls’ 1500m U12 Girls’ Shot U12 Boys’ Discus U12 Boys’ Shot U12 Boys’ 1500m U11 Girls’ 800m U11 Girls’ Vortex U10 Boys’ 75m

40.8s 42.35m 25.66m 2m 36.1s 5m 20.15s 6.32m 27.08m 8.62m 5m 21.7s 2m 52.1s 30.84m 11.9s

Severnside Records M Hudson (U14 Boys’ 300m & 800m), S Elvin (U14 Girls’ Discus), C Davison (U13 Boys’ Discus & Javelin), H Brook (U13 Boys’ Shot), K Hiscox (U13 Girls’ 200m), G Lawrence (U13 Girls’ Discus), C Maculan (U12 Boys’ Discus & Shot), A Pease (U12 Boys 1500m), P Clark (U12 Girls 800m)

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Sports Day U14 Boys 100m 200m 300m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

M Hudson 12.65s A Stamp 28.0s M Hudson 41.85s M Hudson 2m 40.8s A Haynes 4.30m A Stamp 27.32m M Arkwright 7.81m J Taylor-Kimmins 23.36m

U14 Girls 100m 200m 300m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

L Quinn L Quinn L Quinn B Knight H Skelding S Elvin S Elvin I Mayer

14.9s 31.48s 52.2s 2m 48.5s 3.52m 22.99m 6.39m 22.07m

U13 Boys 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

C Davison C Davison F Walker T Beattie G Honeyborne G Honeyborne C Davison

13.9s 29.3s 2m 47.4s 3.73m 22.74m 7.48m 37.64m

U13 Girls 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

K Hiscox K Hiscox E Fanshawe E Fanshawe G Lawrence A Phillips M Shaw

13.9s 28.7s 2m 51.0s 4.31m 21.22m 8.35m 19.68m

U12 Boys 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

N Agnew N Agnew J Edwards N Agnew C Maculan C Maculan J Edwards

15.2s 32.5s 2m 51.4s 3.90m 27.08m* 8.29m 16.12m

U12 Girls 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Discus Shot Javelin

S Hiscox S Hiscox P Clark O Case S Page S Page Z Mayer

15.1s 32.2s 2m 36.1s* 3.45m 15.32m 6.32m* 13.16m

15.1s 31.4s 2m 50.5s 3.50m 36.89m 39.37m

U11 Girls 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Vortex Cricket Ball

U11 Boys 100m 200m 800m Long Jump Vortex Cricket Ball

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L Van de Grift L Van de Grift R Slatter M Schmidt C Brook R Slatter

J Fairer-Smith E Lewis H Brewster H Brewster F Gregory H Maculan

15.5s 32.4s 2m 52.1s* 3.57m 30.84m* 24.52m

Year 4 Boys Overall Winner 4B H Smith 4G Z Hitchcock-Smith 4H A Hunter 4R M Rowlands Year 4 Girls Overall Winner 4B M Leslie 4G T Vernon 4H B Montgomerie 4R H Edmonston Year 3 Boys Overall Winner 3H B Evans 3B F Biddulph 3N B Pridmore Year 3 Girls Overall Winner 3H E Ahearne 3B B McLaughlin 3N J McShane Form Relays Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8

4 x 60m 4 x 60m 4 x 100m 4 x 100m 4 x 100m 4 x 100m

*denotes new school record

3B 4H 5F 6P 7T 8SM

63.9s 64.1s 57.7s 56.4s

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Squads U8 E Ahearne, B McLaughlin, M Ellis, E McMurtry, S Wallace, B Evans, B Pridmore, H Hiscox, A Baker, F Biddulph, E Cuellar, E Chadwick, E d’Abo, L Worsley, R Phillips, H Jefferies

Swimming

U9 A Smith, M Davey, R Smith, B Montgomerie, W Walker, M Dunne, M Nannes, W Shipsey, Z Hitchcock-Smith, M D’Arcy Rice, P Brown, M Leslie, H Edmonston, M Morris, L Smith, H Smith, M Standen McDougal U10 I Gregory, F Gregory, L McLaughlin, E Thompson, E Lewis, H Brewster, H Ahearne, D Keegan, L Van de Grift, G Beattie U11 Z Mayer, I Thomson, F Baker, A Catto, N Agnew, A Pease, O Case, M Smith, P Clark, G Tucker, S Kapoor, A Evans U12 C Davison, T Beattie, F Walker, T Morris, E Fanshawe, I Case, K Hiscox, E Pridmore, I Cooper, G Lawrence, A Phillips, W Hodson, L Scheuner, G Edwards, A Tubbs U13 A Stamp, M Hudson, J Catto+, M Arkwright, A Martin (capt)*, B Knight*, I Mayer*, I Standen McDougal*, A Biddulph, B Ransome, A Herrtage, H Skelding * denotes full colours + denotes half colours Well done to all the swimmers for a great unbeaten year. It is good to see so many Year 3,4 and 5s enjoying their swimming and experiencing swim matches. Our match against Tockington was fun as after the races we played a water polo match involving the whole team. Fred Walker was picked out as a great natural goalkeeper.

We narrowly lost to a well-practised Tockington team.

We had six individuals and two teams qualify for the IAPS National Finals. It was especially pleasing that the boys’ U12 team qualified, as we have not had a boys’ team through in the last 10 years! It is a big achievement to make a National Final so well done. A special mention must go to the Year 8 girls, Bea, Annabelle, Isabelle Mayer, Isobel Standen McDougal and Lotte who between them have qualified as a team for the last three years and Bea, Annabelle and Isabelle as individuals; very well done and we hope you continue to swim at your new schools.

The Severnside swimming was very exciting again this year, with some fantastic swims, especially Annabelle Smith in 50m freestyle, winning by half a length and Elysia Ahearne with an easy win in the 25m freestyle. Overall it was a great team performance: well done to all who took part.

I have loved swimming at Beaudesert, thanks to Mrs Phelps and Miss Smith. I started swimming when I was three months old and am a member of the Beaudesert swim club.. My teachers really help me and I have improved my technique a lot. For the last 4 years I have qualified for the IAPS and this year I came 6th. My best stroke is backstroke and I have been so proud to represent my school. I really hope that swimming at Beaudesert will continue to be successful and I want to encourage more young swimmers to join the swim squad. I am so proud to have been chosen as captain and I would love to come back to watch and support the team one day.

Annabelle Martin (capt)

Results: Autumn Term Cheltenham Ladies’ U12, U13 Wycliffe U11, U12, U13 Cheltenham Prep U8, U9, U10 Dean Close Wycliffe Dean Close

Won Won Won Won Won Won

71 - 68 112 - 63 170 - 122 334 - 255 110 - 70 123 - 85

Away Away Away Away Home Home

Spring Term Cheltenham Prep U13, U12 Dean Close U8, U9, U10 Westonbirt U10, U11 Tockington U12, U11/10

Won Won Won Won

113 249 91 58

Home Away Home Away

- 100 - 173 - 78 - 47

Summer Term Severnside: Winners House swimming: Winners C House National Schools Biathlet Year 5 Girls’ Team: F Gregory, I Gregory, E Lewis, J Fairer-Smith - Winners Individual - F Gregory - 2nd place IAPS National Finalist Z Mayer 50m freestyle C Davison 50m breaststroke A Martin 50m backstroke B Knight 25m butterfly I Mayer 50m freestyle E Fanshawe 50m freestyle U12 boys’ medley relay: T Morris, F Walker, C Davison, T Beattie U13 girls’ medley relay: A Martin, I Standen McDougal, B Knight, I Mayer

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Friends of Beaudesert We have also recently introduced the idea of a summer picnic in the grounds.

Again this provides an opportunity for the whole family to enjoy what our children are privileged to have every day, including BOB (and if you don’t know what that is, ask your children). And on that theme of new events we will be introducing this year, and hopefully as a ‘christening’ event for the Performing Arts Centre, a wine tasting – keep an eye on the school bulletins for details. Finally, we have occasional coffee mornings in Nailsworth after morning drop-off.

The ‘Friends of Beaudesert’ is not a traditional PTA – rather it exists to complement the activities offered by the school. In particular it organises a number of events during school hours for the children and a growing range of social gatherings for the parents. All parents are automatically members of the Friends, and we have a small but dedicated committee.

A Year in the Life of the Friends During the course of the year we aim to provide one event appropriate to each of the year groups. For the Pre-prep these include a Christmas party where many of them meet Father Christmas and an Easter Egg Hunt, which is greatly enlivened by the efforts of one of our Gap Students in an Easter Bunny suit. Year 3 get to test their knowledge of the 12 acres of school grounds and their ability to decode clues and work in teams as they face the challenge of the Scavenger Hunt. For Year 4 the emphasis is more on individual dexterity as they practice their Circus Skills. All of those acquired skills come in handy when Years 5 and 6 are put through their paces by the ‘It’s a Knockout’ contest; scaling walls, running in Sumo suits and negotiating numerous inflatable obstacles. And much anticipated for Years

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7 and 8 is the Leavers’ Disco, which is a major landmark for those about to leave Beaudesert after their common entrance exams and the expedition to Cornwall.

All of this jollity is funded by the Friends, including extras such as the Winstone’s ice cream van after the Scavenger Hunt.

In addition, parents who want to help out on the day are always welcome. It’s great to be able to see the children having fun in a different setting from the regular team sporting events.

The Friends other mission has always been to provide an opportunity for parents to get to know each other. Our highlight has always been the Fireworks Night - it raises so much to support the rest of our calendar. The combination of bonfire, hurdy gurdy, toffee apples and hotdogs, glowsticks, mulled wine and general mayhem on the school banks seems to be a winning formula.

In the spring term we host a Quiz Night, with professional question setters and some wonderful raffle prizes. During the summer we arrange the booking system and rota for the swim and tennis club, which allows families to sign up and benefit from the excellent school facilities.

As a result of our fundraising activities, and careful management of our resources, we are able not only to fund the children’s activities but to build up a healthy surplus.

This year we were very pleased to be able to put that to good and lasting use by purchasing two pianos for the Performing Arts Centre. We are extremely grateful to the entire Beaudesert community who support us and those who give up their time to volunteer at them – we could not run them without you. As a committee, we have a lot of fun and are always looking for volunteers to join us, in any capacity. If you are interested in getting more involved, please speak to any of the committee members who would be delighted to fill you in with details.

Stephen Kinsella Chair, Friends of Beaudesert

Extracts from the first Beaudesert Park School Magazine 1913

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Staff List 2014-2015 Headmaster JPR Womersley

BA (Hons), Durham; PGCE, Oxford

Deputy Headmaster C MacIntosh

MA (Hons), St Andrew’s; English

G Russell BEd (Hons), Crewe and Alsager College; Maths; English;

Year 4 Form Teacher; Sport Mrs S Russell BSc (Hons), Manchester; PGCE, Manchester; Maths;

Year 5 Form Teacher Mrs E Short MA, Glasgow; PGCE, Canterbury; Year 3 Form Teacher Miss L Smith BSc (Hons), Gloucestershire; PGCE, Exeter;

Head of PE; Girls’ Sport; Maths Mrs A Standen McDougal BA (Hons), Chelt. & Glos. College; PGCE, Reading

English; Head of Drama R Tiley BA (Hons), Anglia Ruskin; PGCE, Kent; Dip Arts Admin

NCFE Level 3 Bushcraft Instructor; Head of English; RS;

Year 7 Form Teacher Miss C Tucker LLAM; Dip Acting/Musical Theatre; LAMDA, London; LAMDA L Waters BSc Civil Engineering, Glamorgan; PGCE, Exeter

Head of Design and Technology; Year 6 Form Teacher,

Forest School Leader Award

Head of Pre-prep, Director of Studies, Year 3-4 Miss KSE Henderson BA (Hons), York; PGCE, Edinburgh; TEFL Director of Studies, Year 5- 8 DGC Parry BA (Hons), University College, London

Head of Classics; Year 6 Form Teacher Director of Academic Administration KD Burns BA (Hons), McGill, Montreal

Head of Maths; Year 8 Form Teacher Director of Music Miss K Taylor

BMus, BEd, University of NSW, Australia

Director of Finance Mrs T Scrivener

BA (Econ); ACA; Manchester, ICAEW

Director of Sport NM Crossley

BSc (Hons), Brunel; PGCE, Head of Boys’ Sport; PE

Senior Master J Standen McDougal

Dip Ag, Lackham Agriculture College; PGCE, Roehampton; Head of History; Year 8 Form Teacher

Housemaster J Holmes

BA (Hons), Middlesex, PGCE English, Maths, Year 4 Form Teacher

PREP STAFF Mrs G Baber-Williams BA (Hons), UWIC; PGCE, Gloucestershire; PE; Head of Girls’ Sport Mrs C Bevan BEd (Hons), Exeter; Maths; English; RS; Geography;

Year 4 Form Teacher MJ Bevan BEd (Hons), St Luke’s Exeter; Head of PSHE; Maths;

Year 5 Form Teacher J Bird Dip Ed, University of Natal; Science; Year 7 Form Teacher Mrs J Butterworth BSc (Hons), Oxford Polytechnic; PGCE, Oxford

Head of Science; Year 8 Form Teacher Mrs H Chapman Adv GNVQ Health & Social Care; NVQ 2

Year 3 Teaching Assistant J Coombs BEd, Exeter; ICT E Craig BA (Hons), Northumbria; Head of Geography;

Year 6 Form Teacher Mrs C Crosbee BA (Hons), Middlesex, GTP Bath Spa; Speech & Drama; LAMDA Mrs K Duffy BEd (Hons), Nottingham; Post Grad Dip SpLD

Head of Learning Support Mrs L Dyer BSc (Hons), London; PGCE, Post Grad Dip SpLD

Learning Support A Edwards BSc, Gloucestershire; Sport Mrs A Edwards 1st Degree, Lille, France; PGCE, Bath; French;

Year 7 Form Teacher Mrs L Field BA Fine Arts, ATC; Art O Figgis BA, Leeds; PGCE, Roehampton

Head of MFL; Year 5 Form Teacher Mrs S Frapwell Girls’ Sport Mrs R Gardner BA (Hons), Oxford; PGCE, Oxford Brooks; Science P Graham BA; Cert Ed, Durham; Cert ICT, Cambridge; Head of ICT Mrs C Gurney BA (Hons), Nottingham Trent; PGCE, London

English; RS; Year 4 Form Teacher Mrs K Hale BEd, Bath; Year 3 Co-ordinator; Year 3 Form Teacher Miss L Hatton-Bloomfield BA (Hons) Exeter; Year 3 Teaching Assistant S Heafield BEd (Hons), Keele; Head of Art Mrs E Holmes BSc (Hons), UWE; PGCE; Humanities; Science Mrs C Lincoln BA (Hons), Southampton; PGCE, Open University; French;

Year 5 Form Teacher RPT Morris BEd, Worcester; HND (Agric), RAC; Science Technician Mrs R Nielsen BA (Hons), Cardiff; PGCE, Exeter; Year 3 Form Teacher A Peacey PhD, Liverpool; Pottery Mrs T Phelps BEd (Hons), London; Girls’ Sport; PE; Maths; Swimming Mrs M Poll BA Ed (Hons) Exeter; Learning Support; English Mrs J Porter MA (Hons), Education UWE; BA (Hons) Education, UWE; English Mr S Porter BSc (Hons) Sport Education; Gloucestershire; PE, Games D Robinson BA (Hons), Thames Valley; Sport MATRONS Mrs J Excell Miss L Ford Mrs G Railton SISTERS Mrs L Johnstone Mrs D Davies

Senior Matron

RGN; MBRA RGN; RSCN; NNEB

MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS T Atwood J Kret P Manning R Niblett K Gardiner L Gardiner R Ward

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TRANSPORT M Burton J Crossley R Lancaster L Mills K Monkman B Beauchamp ADMINISTRATION Mrs J Abendanon Mrs M Bliss Miss R Hainsworth K Lea B Lloyd Mrs S McCurrich Mrs G Railton Mrs C Royal Mrs F Womersley

Mrs T Yates-Round

PRE-PREP STAFF Mrs V Abbosh

Miss L Barnes

Miss P Bett

Mrs L Bingham Mrs N Braune Mrs S Brown Miss J Buist Mrs J Chinnick Mrs E Cook Miss G Crane

Mrs S Cushnan Mrs K Danks Miss J Erith

Mrs B Farquharson Mrs D Gent

Miss L Lagomarsino

Mrs R Mason Miss H Osborne Mrs F Price

Mrs G Price Miss S Shearer-Manning

BA (Hons), Lancaster; PGCE, London; Nursery Teacher; Head of Early Years BA (Hons), Oxford Brookes; Teaching Assistant, Year 2; Forest School Leader Level 3 BA (Hons), Lancaster; PGCE, Chelt. & Glos. College Year 2 Form Teacher STAR, Open University; Teaching Assistant, Year 1 BSc (Hons) RAC Cirencester; Teaching Assistant, Year 2 Cert Ed, Roehampton Reception Form Teacher BA (Hons) Worcester; Year 1 Form Teacher Playgroup Leader (NVQ Level 2); Teaching Assistant, Year 1 BA Ed (Hons) Exeter; Year 2 Form Teacher, Head of Years 1-2 BA (Hons), University College Chichester; QTS Reception Form Teacher Cert in Residential Care of Children; Teaching Assistant, Year 2 NNEB, Norland Diploma; Nursery Assistant BA (Hons) University of St Mark & John; PGCE, Bristol Teaching Assistant, Reception Bed (London); Reception Form Teacher BA, Portsmouth (NVQ Level 4 Award, Dyslexia Action) Support for Learning BTEC Level 3 Childcare, Stroud College Reception Teaching Assistant NNEB Uxbridge; Nursery Assistant BA (Hons); PGCE, Exeter; Year 1 Form Teacher NNEB, Clifton College Nursery Assistant; Forest School Leader Level 3 BA (Hons), Aberystwyth; FIST; Swimming NVQ Level 3; Teaching Assistant, Reception

VISITING STAFF Mrs M Brownbill ARMCM Voice Miss A Cubbin BA (Hons) Bath Spa; Clarainet & Saxophone M Coldrick AGSM in Performing & Teaching;

Dip NCOS Guildhall School of Music & Drama; Drumkit S Garley Fencing Mrs L Hale BEd Bath College; Piano, Recorder & Bassoon J Harris MA Cardiff; Harp, Acoustic & Electric Guitar Mrs F Heseltine BA (Hons) Birbeck College, London; Head of Wardrobe Miss S Hutchenson BA Durham; LAMDA Mrs S Jones BSc (Hons) Edinburgh, PGCE; Learning Support, Maths M Maidment British Judo Association and BJC 5th DAN

(Competition Grade); Judo P Mackenzie BA (Hons); Piano B Mason BA; ARBS; HDFA; Drumkit Mrs N Mills BSc Birmingham; PGCE, Bristol; Acoustic Guitar Mrs L Pearce Coleman Graduate Diploma Music, PGCE Bath; Voice Mrs T Pemberton MA St Annes College Oxford; PGCE Kings College Cambridge,

CTABRSM, Oboe G Rees Dip. Welsh College of Music & Drama; Brass Mrs I Seth Smith BA (Hons) ARCM; Violin; Cello Mrs H Shaw Cert Ed, York; Piano Miss A Summers BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire, PGCE Reading; Piano & Accordion Mrs J Tewson BA (Hons) Bristol, PGCE, Advanced Dip. Royal Welsh College of

Music & Drama; Strings D Thompson BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University, MA Bournemouth University,

Composition for Film & TV; Piano Mrs S Thornton BA Reading; RCSLT; Speech Language Therapist Miss N Tomlinson TC & Dip RAD, AISTD; Ballet & Dance Mrs B Turner Music Degree, N Virginia College, USA; Flute Mrs G Waters BSc Leeds; Ecology

Librarian; BA Witwatersrand Finance Assistant Headmaster’s Secretary Operations Manager IT Technician PR Manager Administrative Assistant Bursary Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead; Marketing; Head of Girls; Registration; School Secretary

GOVERNORS Chairman R Trafford

T Ahearne D Battishill M Campbell Mrs E Cowen M Fawcett T Howard G Jones Mrs C Lough

R Mather Mrs A Melvin G Muir M Pyper

Retired Headmaster - Dragon School, Oxford Parent; Managing Director Former Parent; Company Consultant Parent; Lawyer Former Parent; Barrister Parent; Company Director Old Beaudesertian; Architect Former Headmaster, Perse Prep School Former Headmistress – South Hampstead School for Girls Parent; Financial Director Parent Former Parent; Company Director Retired Headmaster - Gordonstoun

Beaudesert Park School Minchinhampton Gloucestershire GL6 9AF Telephone: 01453 832072 Email: office@bps.school www.beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Design, Artwork & Print by Qwertyop