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SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026 11.00AM

CATERHAM SCHOOL SPEECH DAY SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026

Performances by Upper Sixth Form pupils: Mathilde Gisselbrecht Cantabile, Op. 17 Niccolò Paganini George McAree Ombra Mai Fu, from Xerxes George Frideric Handel Lynus Lam Sarabande et Allegro Gabriel Grovlez

Chair’s Welcome Monisha Shah, Chair of Trustees

WELCOME

A TIME FOR CELEBRATION

ADDRESS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES

Prayer Natasha Kwabi, Director of Sixth Form

Guest of Honour: Zoe Kleinman Technology Editor, BBC

Headmaster’s Address Mr Ceri Jones MA (Cantab)

Reflections on a Caterham School Career Narayan Minhas and Isabelle Chambers

Isabelle Chambers Head of School

Josh Dolling Head of School

Zoe Kleinman is a leading technology journalist and presenter with more than ten years of broadcasting experience and a passion for all things tech.

From cyber-security and hacking to artificial intelligence and driverless cars, Zoe brings tech stories to a global audience of millions across radio, TV and online including BBC News, BBC World News, the BBC World Service and Radio 4’s Today.

Interlude 1 Chamber Choir Cantique de Jean Racine Gabriel Fauré

Mathilde Gisselbrecht Head of School

Narayan Minhas Head of School

Zoe also travels the world in search of the next big thing. She has raced drones in the Nevada desert, spent the night in a house full of robots, been turned into a human beatbox, climbed Mount Everest (virtually, in a hotel room in Las Vegas, in a VR headset) and survived 48 hours spending only Bitcoin on the Isle of Man.

Musical Interlude 2 Chamber Choir Drop down, ye heavens Anna Lapwood Heads of School Reflection Mathilde Gisselbrecht and Josh Dolling Vote of Thanks Isabelle Chambers, Josh Dolling, Mathilde Gisselbrecht, Narayan Minhas Heads of School Closing Word The Headmaster Benediction Natasha Kwabi, Director of Sixth Form

Caterham School would like to thank the generous individuals and families who make our prizes possible each year.

SPEECH DAY PRIZES

CATERHAM SCHOOL SPEECH DAY PRIZES

ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR ENGAGEMENT First Year Prizes

Second Year Prizes

Sara Kamal Johanna Cooper Abigail Ellis Aaron Patel Eva Patel Elliot Ogilvie Hongqi Zhang Ella Wallace Ishan Nehra Sammy Wain

Devin Surendran Flo Diver Kavish Chavda Rory Donnelly Ronav Deepak Ella Donovan Evie Jaques Jasper Ross Amelia-Grace Davis Trinity Spekking

ACADEMIC AMBITION AND ENGAGEMENT Third Year Prizes

Fourth Year Prizes

Lewis Howell Zixiao Liu Mia Mehmood Shreya Mukundagiri Kohana Lewis Lara Peletier Florence Bonser Ted Jones Amritaa Devendra Adhrith Naidu

Aaradhana Suresh Eugenie Chiu Rene Zeng Kaden Fung Henry Bodal Hansen Benjamin Donovan Rupert Marsden Catherine Yap Jake Dawrant

Fifth Year Prizes

Lower Sixth Year Prizes

Namratha Devendra Abi Griffiths Mumu Zhang Giselle Chung Mannix Kwok Pieter van den Berg Lucy Amsel Florence Niu James Webster Jiayi Lu

Marusia Ene Rebecca Bonniface Jack Zhou Oliver Yiu Ethan Tsang Chloe Au Emma Zhang Flora Duan Isabella Cates Gabriel Tse

UPPER SIXTH ACADEMIC PRIZES The Allison Prize for English Academic Prize for Biology Academic Prize for Business Academic Prize for Chemistry The Masters Prize for Computer Science The Coleman Prize for Design and Technology Academic Prize for Drama and Theatre Studies Academic Prize for Economics Academic Prize for Fine Art The Hilton Prize for French The Stephen Smith Prize for Geography The Prize for German The Leathem Prize for History Academic Prize for Latin The Jen Dodd Prize for Double Maths (Pure) The David Rogers Prize for Double Maths (Applied) The Michael Rees Prize for Single Maths Academic Prize for Music Academic Prize for PE Academic Prize for Photography Academic Prize for Psychology Academic Prize for Physics Academic Prize for Politics The St. John’s Prize for Philosophy and Theology Academic Prize for Spanish Academic Prize for Textiles

PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING ALL-ROUND CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE The Rignall Prize Jonathan Woods The Gregory Prize Abi Chauhan Lana Carter Kate Fan The Gorman Prize Aashi Patel Raya Mansouri Samuel Parsons

The Eothen Prize Isabelle Chambers Mathilde Gisselbrecht Old Caterhamians’ Prize Josh Dolling Narayan Minhas

Amaya Patel Joshua Kwok Charlie Dresner Leeane Baclao Matthew Imm Thomas Brooker Lana Carter Samuel Parsons Estee Norman Lucy Bentley Aashi Patel Mathilde Gisselbrecht Narayan Minhas Ruby Connor Lucas Lu Jennifer Mylet Dylan Kenny Mumu Zhang Ruby Johnson Anastasiia Mironenkova Ruby Connor Jonathan Woods Georgii Sirinov Millie Burns Lara Cascio Sophia-Grace Eels

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S GOLD AWARD Gold group 23-25 Kit Dowdy Theo Banton Isla Moseley Sophie Perdoni Gold group 24-26 Finnian Luck Leeane Baclao Isabelle Hibbert Kayla Prashad Romilly Bagnall

SPECIAL PRIZES

GAMES PRIZES

Karia Prize, recognising both character and contribution to school life Diya Patel Moncrieff Jones Science Prize Soomin Oh Susan Herbert Prize for Classics Lara Bryn The Abbott Prize, for gifted musicians Ruby Shipsey The Alexander Clarke Prize for Community Service Emilia Wlodarska The Andrew Fisher Prize for Outstanding Performance in Drama Charlie Smith The Ansell Reed Prize for Contribution to Boarding and School Life Anastasiia Mironenkova The Baynon-Milnes Prize for Outstanding Concert Performance Mathilde Gisselbrecht The Blake-Thomas Falaises Prize RSM Jonathan Woods The Caldwell Cup for Musical Theatre George McAree The Caterham Engineering Prize Mathilde Gisselbrecht The Chilcott Prize for Composition Florence Niu The Chris Wright Cup for Junior Music Sophia Assen The Christine Walker Prize (Art) Sophia-Grace Eels The David Evans Award for Overall Academic Excellence: Arabella Harper Isabelle Hibbert Trevor Liu Raya Mansouri Adrian So Spencer Tse Darren Lam Maya Paranthaman The Harvard Book Award, awarded to an outstanding Lower Sixth pupil Alisa Safina The Hilary Trehane Prize for Services to the Community Thomas Brooker The Pidgeon Prize for Literature Millie Burns The Senior Debating Prize Darren Lam The Thomas Warren Prize for backstage support Isabelle Chambers The Wright Society Prize Maya Paranthaman

Kay’ien Wong

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT AWARD The Young Prize The Frederic H. Gay Prize The Alden Davies Prize Audience Prize and Shortlisted Shortlisted

Highly Commended

The Susan Child Prize Runner-up: Audience Prize: Junior IRP Winner: Runner-up: Audience Prize:

Millie Burns Narayan Minhas Mathilde Gisselbrecht Hayley Lim Kate Fan Leo Hollidge Posh Kangsathien Krish Bathia Lyla Beukes Lara Cascio Vivienne Christofides Harry Francis-Bates Oliver Griggs Isabelle Hibbert Anastasiia Mironenkova Soomin Oh Aashi Patel Jonathan Woods Amritaa Devendra Mia Mehmood Harry Garfield Anders McGahan Sara Kamal Kavish Chavda

Honours Cap: South Africa Lacrosse SNR The Whiting Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Girls Sports Honours Cap: England Lacrosse U20 The Dermer Prize for Top Sportsman Honours Cap: Wales Lacrosse U20 Darby Medal for Swimming Darby Medal for Swimming Honours Cap: Wales Lacrosse U20 Honours Cap: Wales Lacrosse U20 The John Villers Cup for Consistent Contribution to Games (Boys) The Dunwoodie Cup – Best All Rounder in Girls Sports Games Prize for Consistent Contribution to Games (Girls) The Smith Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Boys Sports Honours Cap: England U15 Korfball Honours Cap: England U21 Dressage team Honours Cap: Great Britain U14 Fencing – Sabre Honours Cap: England U17 Korfball

Lucy Amsel Isabelle Chambers Jessica Cooper Josh Dolling Matilda Golesworthy Matthew Imm Mia Kelly Lucy Lomas Jessica Lowe Niall Maloney Estee Norman Sienna Patel Sebastian Taylor-Smith Leyani Govindasami Emilie Lumbard Karam Nelson Abi Wolstenholme

SERVICE PRIZES The Bonarjee Prize: for service at or beyond the school Natasha Mbugua Alexa Hawken Lada Reznik Dylan Kenny Kayla Prashad Ella Baker Benjamin Hall Jacob Hallett Emily Halvitigala Don Brooke Patterson Brindaa Prasanna Coral Rix-McGarvie Amelia Ruffle Rafe Turner Ethan Wright Sky-Brooke D’CostaStephenson Ruby Connor Amaya Patel

The Bacon Prize: for service through character Eva Abbott Romilly Bagnall Chloe Elder Eva Green Ethan Guo Minuki Jayasena Olivia Johnson Ravi Matharu Gus Moxon Tom Norris Sneha Sunil Kumar Kay’ien Wong Vivienne Christofides Arabella Harper Henrik Lee Matthew Imm Trevor Liu Georgii Sirinov Adrian So The Wakefield Prize: for service through initiative Henrik Lee Lara Cascio

The Brooke Prize: for service through leadership Olivia Johnson William Chambers Travis Chan Alexander Gumbley Tonaor Kaenchan Denise Kwok Wayne Lam Finnian Luck Adilet Ospan Lucas Parr Ryen Rennie Danielle van der Merwe Ava Ware Sofia Wintle Lynus Lam Harry Owen Tilly Kane Darren Lam Estee Norman Millie Burns Matilda Golesworthy Isabelle Hibbert Joshua Kwok Niall Maloney George McAree Ruby Shipsey Charlie Smith Kayla Prashad

CATERHAM AWARD The ‘Caterham Award’ is awarded to Upper Sixth Form pupils who have participated fully in the Caterham School community.

The award winners represent a great variety of interests and talents, and they will all have demonstrated responsibility, creativity, and a commitment to life at school.

The Caterham Award promotes the School philosophy, ‘Inspiring Education for Life’.

Eva Abbott Theo Austen Hrineyn Avalani Leeane Baclao Romilly Bagnall Ella Baker Thomas Bartsch Lucy Bentley Isabella Britain Thomas Brooker Lara Bryn Millie Burns Evangeline Butler Lana Carter Lara Cascio Isabelle Chambers William Chambers Travis Chan Abi Chauhan Lisa Chen Yoyo Chen Nathan Chia Vivienne Christofides Michael Chu Ruby Connor Sophie Cunningham Finn Dalton Olivia Davies Jake Davis Sky-Brooke D’Costa-Stephenson Josh Dolling Charlie Dresner Josh Edwards Luke Edwards Sophia-Grace Eels Chloe Elder Andre Ellis

Kate Fan Matthew Faulkner William Fletcher Messenger Adrian Fok Harry Francis-Bates Sara Friis Hallam Frith Mathilde Gisselbrecht Tilly Golesworthy Eva Green Alexander Gumbley Ethan Guo Benjamin Hall Jacob Hallett Emily Halvitigala Don Oliver Harding Arabella Harper Zosh Harris Danny Hart-Moreno Alexa Hawken Isabelle Hibbert Isla Hickman Melissa Hill Ethan Ho Claudia Ho Sophie Holt Aye Ibhawoh Matthew Imm Barney Ivey Mariya Jablonszkaya Minuki Jayasena Olivia Johnson Ruby Johnson Tonaor Kaenchan Tilly Kane Dylan Kenny Michael Khan

Tsz Chun Joshua Kwok Denise Kwok Sherene Lai Darren Lam Samuel Lam Wayne Lam Lynus Lam MatthewLau Cheuk Hay Henrik Lee Rhea Leong Rupert Leung Meagan Lim Rodney Lin Trevor Liu Isabella Liu Lucas Lu Finnian Luck Anders Luk Niall Maloney Raya Mansouri Lola Manvatkar Ravi Matharu Natasha Mbugua George McAree Narayan Minhas Anastasiia Mironenkova Harry Morgan Emma Mottram Gus Moxon Felicity Murphy Jennifer Mylet Estee Norman Tom Norris Soomin Oh Nixon Ong Adilet Ospan Harry Owen Maya Paranthaman Lucas Parr Samuel Parsons Aashi Patel Amaya Patel Diya Patel Sienna Patel Brooke Patterson Brindaa Prasanna Kayla Prashad Rajan Prashad

Ryen Rennie Lada Reznik Coral Rix-McGarvie Amelia Ruffle Riya Sangampalayam Ruby Shipsey Georgii Sirinov Charlie Smith Adrian So Maria Sun Sneha Sunil Kumar Sebastian Taylor-Smith Lukas Termanis Matthew Tolfrey Spencer Tse Rafe Turner Danielle van der Merwe Ava Ware Louis Watson Sofia Wintle Emilia Wlodarska Kay’ien Wong Jonathan Woods Ethan Wright Zarek Xu Sarah Yap Susie Ying Perry Zhang

EXTERNAL ACADEMIC AWARDS Caterham pupils have continued to excel in a wide range of prestigious national and international academic competitions. Their achievements reflect not only exceptional subject knowledge and intellectual curiosity, but also a willingness to embrace challenge and pursue excellence beyond the classroom. We are delighted to celebrate the following successes.

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

SCIENCE

Great British Economics Olympiad Calin S. was runner-up in the Great British Economics Olympiad, finishing among the final 25 students from more than 2,000 entrants nationwide.

British Biology Olympiad 2026 Oliver Y. achieved a Gold Award; Fitnet Q. a Silver Award; and Emma F., Jessie D. and Hayley L. received Bronze Awards.

Cambridge Centre for International Research Re:Think Essay Competition Anson L. received an Honourable Mention for his essay on meritocracy, placing in the top 10% of more than 15,000 submissions and earning an invitation to a reception at King’s College, Cambridge.

Ethics Cup Caterham’s Ethics Cup team reached the national finals, demonstrating outstanding critical thinking, collaboration and ethical reasoning.

Horizon Academic Essay Prize 2026 In Psychology, Ian W. received an Honourable Mention for his essay on dismantling mental health stigma, placing in the top 10% of over 1,600 international submissions.

John Locke Essay Competition Darren L. was shortlisted and received a Commended Award for the 2026 John Locke Essay Competition.

Lincoln College, University of Oxford Life Sciences Essay Competition Victoria S. achieved Gold. Silver Awards were presented to Hayley L., Chloe A., and Fitnet Q., while Isabelle H. and Daniel Q. received Bronze Awards.

Biology Challenge 2026 Gold Awards were achieved by Julian M., George N., and Louisa W. Silver Awards were presented to Henry B-H., Kaden F., Rene Z., Caterine Y., Josh G., Athena S., Anthony T., Harry P., Holly C., and Wing Sum C. Bronze Awards were achieved by Harry G., Eugenie C., Samuel W., Likeyan W., and Emily S. Royal Society of Chemistry Olympiad Jonathan W. and Jack Z. achieved Gold Awards. Silver Awards were achieved by Isabella L., Yoyo C., Rhea L., Oliver Y., Ava P., Stan M., Emma Z., Gabriel T., Daniel Q., Emma D., Posh K., Hayley L., Isobel N., Josh P., Ethan T., Winnie K. and Antonia P., Mumu Z., Florence N., and Jiayi L. Bronze Awards were achieved by Zac L., Chloe A., Emma F., Charlotte P., Kiana R., Victoria S., Charlotte S., Ian W., Oliver K., Anson T., Tiffany C., Crystal W., Lam Lam K., Keyan S., Daniella S., Isaac A., Santosh P., Pieter vdB., Leonid P., Caitlin M., and Yu-In T.

Physics British Physics Olympiad Jack Z. achieved a Gold Award. Silver Awards were achieved by Jonathan W., Yoyo C., Lucas L., and Rares A. Bronze I Awards were achieved by Posh K., and Samuel P., while Mathilde G. achieved a Bronze II Award.

Emma D. and Mark U. received Participation Awards.

Senior Physics Challenge Gold Awards were achieved by Jack Z. and Rares A. Silver Awards were achieved by Seb R., Ollie N., Alexander M., Jiayi L., Wui Ching T., Flora D., Posh K., Oliver G., and Antonia P. Bronze Awards were achieved

by Daniel Q., Tiff C., Logan H., Josh P., Duke X., Curtis H., Liam H., Mumu Z., and Samuel D. Intermediate Physics Challenge Gold Awards were achieved by Mumu Z. and Jiayi L. Silver Awards were achieved by Florence N., George C., Lucy A., and Mannix K. Bronze Awards were achieved by Yu-In T., Caitlyn M., and Pieter V. British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad Jack Z. and Jonathan W. achieved Gold Awards. Silver Awards were achieved

by Samuel P. and Rares A. Bronze II Awards were achieved by Finn D. and Anders L. Science Snippets Competition Charlotte P., Victoria S., and Shannon T. qualified for the final of the Science Snippits Competition, hosted by Tonbridge School. Charlotte P. secured first place and Victoria S. finished third.

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS National Youth Theatre Logan C., Francesca D., Florence R., and Charlie S. were successful in their auditions for the National Youth Theatre, one of the UK’s most prestigious youth arts organisations.

Illustrated Haiku Competition (The Japan Society) Sara K., Amelia-Grace D., Ben S., Alexandra M., and Yara V. were winners in the Illustrated Haiku Competition, organised by The Japan Society.

Sovereign Art Foundation Competition Eugenie C. and Honor A. were selected as London Finalists, exhibiting their work at Phillips Auction House.

Ootiboo Competitions Benji C. won the Ootiboo SpringCraft Competition, while Evie J. won the Ootiboo Star Competition. Aarya P. and Sara P. were winners of the Ootiboo Rebranding Competition, a Caterham School invitationonly event.

Royal Entomological Society U18 Photography Competition Benji C. was the overall winner of the Royal Entomological Society U18 Photography Competition.

Sumo Poster Competition (The Japan Society) Bethany C. was a winner in the Sumo Poster Competition organised by The Japan Society.

Young Fashion Designer Competition Anja V. was a finalist in the national Young Fashion Designer Competition hosted by Kent College.

ARTiculation – National Art and Oracy Competition Viktoria S. placed third in the South East Regional Heat of the ARTiculation National Art and Oracy Competition.

Loyalty Card Design Competition Serena M. was the winner of the Caterham School Loyalty Card Design Competition.

MATHEMATICS

LANGUAGES

UK Mathematics Trust Competitions Caterham mathematicians achieved record-breaking results across the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Mathematics Challenges, earning an exceptional number of Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates.

Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators In Mandarin, Margarita P. (Third Year) received a High Recommendation in Level 1 Translation, while Lia N. (Fifth Year) was Regional Winner (South West) in Level 3 Translation. Izzy G. was commended for her translation from French to English, and Alexander J. and Ronav D. for their translations from Spanish.

Notable individual successes included Pierre M. and Sara K., who qualified for the Junior Mathematical Olympiad; Vivian W., Rupert M., Nicole S., Jacob L., and Jiayi L., who progressed to Olympiad rounds through the Intermediate Challenge; and Adrian S. and Jack Z., who achieved Best in School and Best in Year respectively in the Senior Challenge.

British Mathematical Olympiad Rodney L. achieved a Distinction and Best in School. Jack Z. and Rares M. achieved Distinctions and joint Best in Year. Florence N. and Jiayi L. both achieved Merits and joint Best in Year. Lucas L., Anastasia M., Zarek X., Emma D., and Flora D. also achieved Merits.

Mathematical Olympiad for Girls Anastasia M., Florence N., and Jiayi L. all achieved Distinctions.

Hans Woyda Mathematics Competition Caterham won the Southern Plate Final against Whitgift School. The victorious team comprised Anastasia M., Jack Z., Jiayi L., and Vivian W. UKMT Team Maths Challenge Adhrith N., Vivian W., Leo C., and Kavish C. represented Caterham at the regional Team Maths Challenge, finishing sixth overall.

American Mathematics Competition Best in Year honours were awarded to Adhrith N., Rupert M., Jiayi L., Emma D., and Lucas L., whose exceptional score is expected to have qualified him for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination.

Chinese Bridge Competition Harry E. (Lower Sixth) won the competition, while Margarita P. was a finalist.

Oxford University Flash Fiction Competition Joseph N. was awarded runner up in the Years 10-11 category for French, Henry B-H. was highly commended in the same category, and Olivia S. was highly commended in the Years 12-13 category for Spanish in the Oxford University Flash Fiction Competition.

BEST MOMENTS FROM THE YEAR 2025-26 Life and success at Caterham School encompasses such a broad range of endeavours and is enriched by strong friendships and our sense of community.

In celebration of the 2025-26 school year, all pupils in the Senior School were asked to provide their best moment of the year. We are delighted to share those ‘best moments’ with you.

ALDERCOMBE

Best Moments

First Year

Fifth Year Olivia Bryant

The choir tour to Barcelona, particularly the karaoke on the finale night!

Abi Griffiths

Getting into Adrenaline dance crew and also performing in the cathedral on Mount Tibidabo on the Barcelona tour

Playing ‘it’ with my friends around the whole school

Will Jones

Going from a 6 to a 9 in Geography

Achieving Gold Certifications for E.O.T amazing grades, and improving my science tests results – the highest I’ve achieved so far is 31/33!

Finn Kannenberg

Co-parenting our sunflowers Jeremiah and Tarquinius in form time

Aimée Lissaman

The Berlin trip

Serena Manisty

House cross country

James McMillan

DofE

Austin Moore

Getting a unsung hero

Yu-In Tang

Mrs Hunter chaos on a Friday last period!

Alice Pye

On the French trip when I did the aeroball because it was really fun and a good activity.

Wilbur Woods-Scawen

Leading a section for the first time on exercise in the CCF

Shree Shah

Meeting Bethany Turner and Emily Milner-Brown

Lower Sixth

Arrietty Thomas

The dance competition that I did with Gravity

Lyla Beukes

Spending time with friends and Hunchback changing rooms after the last show

Isla Wollniaczik Reynolds

When I got to play Miss Zettel in Emil and the Detectives

Lily Daulby-Richardson

Form time on Thursdays

Kiara Yourdshahyan

When I spend time with all my friends at breaks and lunch

Sam Denning

South Africa cricket tour

Orin Denton

Cricket tour

Second Year

Marusia Ene

Competing in the Ethics Cup at St. Andrews

Ronav Deepak

When I went to the Surrey Doubles Tennis tournament on the 1st of May having a great time playing tennis for a whole day!

Oliver Griggs

UKROC Rocketry Competition in Cambridge

Honor Jackson

The English trip to see Lady by the sea at the Bridge Theatre

Ella Donovan

My best moment would be going to the Nationals with the U13A and coming 2nd out of all the lacrosse teams in England

Isabella Kristensen

Football match with Reigate Grammar School

Abi Kumar

Going to watch Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre in London

Callan Foster

The Spanish trip to Malaga

Tijmen Proos

History trip Nandos

Calise Jayarajan

Choir tour to Barcelona

Matei Rugina

Playing rugby for the first team

Alex Jones

Going on the Barcelona choir trip and getting to sing in some amazing places whilst also spending time with my friends

Alisa Safina

Rounders in games

Jeremy Venville

English theatre trip

My best moment was in the school play Emil and the Detectives it was such a fun experience and I would recommend theatre for everyone

Jamie Walters

2025 ski trip

Ava White

Thursday afternoon CPs

Alexander McCarthy

Going to Phantasialand on the German trip

Rehan Young

Ski trip 2025

Katie Randall

Sitting on the bench with Amelia, Elina, Robyn and Maria

Stella Trollope

Going to Nationals for lacrosse and coming second

Upper Sixth

Anderson Wang

Finishing exams

Abigail Chauhan

The Tanzania trip!!

Rosie Wilcher

When we came second in LAX Nationals

Luke Edwards

Danny wearing a bee costume on Giving Day

Oliver Harding

Tanzania football game

Danny Hart-Moreno

Running house cross country in a bee costume

Robin Ali

When we finished cross country, we got to relax under a tree which protected us from hail

Eddie Garfield

Lower school play with Jack and Nico

Cecilia Hill Kais Kamal Rise

Bea Mason

Third Year Isaac Kinzley

Rosalyn Park 7s

Ethan Ho

Winning boys v girls dance

Xander Lissaman

The Third Year History Battlefields trip

Maya Paranthaman

Girls vs boys dance

Aerin Pryce

The Belgium trip

Sophie Woollacott

Florida trip

Fourth Year Ben Donovan

Playing in the U15 National Plate Quarter final vs RGS Guildford which was a really competitive game with an amazing crowd and unbelievable atmosphere

Harry Garfield

Schools Swimming Super League Final at K2

Josh Garfield

Scholars trip to Central

Amara Hughes

Florida tour

Matty Mason

Rock climbing after school with my friends

Sami Paranthaman

During Nationals Schools Lacrosse, when we beat St. Helens and St. Katherines and our team moved onto the next round

HARESTONE

Best Moments

First Year

Fifth Year

Catherine Bell

Getting soaked at Phantasialand on the German trip

Logan Clark

Receiving coursework grades

Kian Flaherty

Spending time with my friends and having a good laugh

Cai Harries

South Africa tour

Willow Grout

Swim sport fixtures

Charlotte Herrett

Going on the 5th Year History trip to Berlin

Aniya Johnson

Making new friends

Alex Morgan

DofE

Xanthe Milham

Making friends

Ann Tagg

Jude Mulvihill

Playing football instead of lessons (CPFC)

CCF Summer Camp 2025 was so fun. I have never felt more relieved to hear an ice cream van in my life

Kimi Patel

My favourite moment was being the Head of Year and being captain for Cs in rugby or improving my test results in Science by 20%

Lower Sixth

Cece Qian

When I achieved the podium as 3rd in House music

George Abel

L6H1 form time

Niko Simmons

Lower school play with Jack and Eddie

Krish Bathia

Rohan Thakar

Getting tickets to Allianz stadium Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs

Getting 2 wickets in my 1st Team cricket debut, and being awarded highly commended in Minds Underground International Essay competition

Tilly Trewin

Hanging out with old and new friends and WINNING a 800m race against the other 1st Year Harestones!!!

Jessica Cooper

L6H1 form time

Avery Courtney-Bennett

L6H1 form time

Samuel Dowdy

Finally getting flying again with the cadets after 3 years

Ava Dubell

L6H1 form time

Rosa Hale

Attending the CC Motorsport Evening, where I was able to discuss potential career options with guest speakers from the motorsport world. Also, going on the Chamber Choir Tour to Barcelona

Alex Latacz

L6H1 form time

Alex Mirza

Launching a rocket

Sophie Newcombe

L6H1 form time

Edward Revess

Ski trip

Daniella Swanepoel

L6H1 form time

Second Year Molly Dillon

Lunch break

Iyla Ghosh Dastidar

Getting shortlisted for House Poetry

Anushka Kashyap

Going on Astro at lunch

Elliot Wilkinson

Laughing with friends, and athletics meets

Evie Jaques

I loved going to our Coloma Cup as our team was really fun

Piers Matthews

Hanging around with my friends after end of year exams

Rory Reed

When the U13A boys beat Emanuel School in rugby

Third Year

Upper Sixth

Genny Binskin

Cricket

Harry Dresner

When Mr Tait had a tactical masterclass of coaching and led us to glory on the Holland hockey tour

Archie Elden

Beating St George’s 2-0 in hockey

Saanya Patel

The USA lacrosse tour

Will Chambers

Upper Sixth pupils thrilling comeback to defeat the staff in the end of season hockey fixture 3-2

Riva Zulfiqar

The CCF recruits camp was my best moment because it was filled with exciting and beneficial activities

Charlie Dresner

Winning 3-2 against Reigate Grammar in hockey last game of the season

Jacob Hallett

1XV rugby match win against Sevenoaks

Matthew Imm

ESSA Nationals in Birmingham

Sherene Lai

Having a good chat with friends on a sunny day

Rhea Leong

Chatting with friends and teachers in class

Rupert Leung

Eating self-made mochi

Niall Maloney

Performing the boys vs girls dance with all the lads

Rafe Turner

Coming back to sport and being able to play rugby again after my shoulder surgery

Fourth Year Shri Bathia

The Spanish trip during summer with all my friends!

Sebastian Chapman

Double Latin and Double History

Holly Cooper

USA tour

Lisette Matthews

Winning House cross country

Jamie McDonnell

Eating fish and chips with my friends

Alexandra Miller

Doing the frat flick in chemistry

Ben Simmons

Our GCSE drama monologues. I really enjoyed spending the day all together and getting through the evening performances

Lucy Bentley

Seeing Twelfth Night with Mr Reekes, having to eat our pizza express in 5 minutes since we were gonna be late and after when we had to run around London to catch the train

LEWISHAM

Best Moments

First Year

Fifth Year

Lily Ayers

When we won 25-0 at a netball match

Henry Bell

Playing rugby

Libby Casley

Playing It around the school on a hot day

Oliver Craddock

Completing my GCSEs and all the trips

Johanna Cooper

When we won the Surrey Lacrosse tournament!

Millie Jordan

Once we finished mocks

Amelia Cornelius

Performing the part of Madame Mimi in Emil and the Detectives

Will Lambert

Finishing exams

The thrill of being on stage when I did Shakespeare for the Talent Show and the joy of receiving a prize

Caitlin Mulcaire

French trip to Lille for the Christmas market!

Eve Nicholson

The 2024 ski trip to Austria

Carmelita Louis-Auguste

Tennis and swimming

Arya Patel

History Berlin trip

Barney Robinson-Harper

The French trip

Jack Shields

Playing Mr Snow in the lower school play with Nico and Eddie

Lower Sixth

Bethany Turner

Getting into the school

Finn Auchincloss

Going to the Joe Macari’s networking event

Fin Welch

Going on the Spanish trip!

Matthew Chan

Battling the likes of Barney M and Bailey C in Go Karting Club

Sebastian Denning

Winning house debate, making Mr MacDonald proud

Liam Howgego

Seeing that car collection on the Caterham Connected motorsport event

Edward Inns

Second Year Robyn Boampong

Hanging out with my friends!

Lucy Lomas

Lacrosse Nationals

Tom Froome

Hanging out with my friends

Genevieve Schneider-Price

The lectures from Brain Day

Suruthi Thevathas

Winning this year’s Talent Show!!

Third Year Charlie Atkinson

The hockey tour to Holland in Easter break

Upper Sixth

Tom Bell

Choir tour to Barcelona

Amelia Burns

Seb Lee

Caving on CCF adventure training camp

Rio Patel

My best moment was the history trip to the Battlefields of France and Belgium

Really the Tanzania trip as a whole, but definitely our chats around the dinner table (especially when we played Werewolf) and all of the inside jokes — the fun side of an incredible new perspective

Sara Patel

Going on the lacrosse and netball tour to the USA

Eva Green

Girls football

Sophie Reid

Having fun while running House cross country with Chloe Keats

Benjamin Hall

Winning on Homefield as a 1XV player and winning the boys vs girls dance

Aashi Patel

House Song

Ruby Shipsey

Friday frees

Fourth Year Scarlett Boyes

My best moment this year was performing my GCSE monologue, it was terrifying but I had loads of fun

Zachary Craddock

My best moments are sitting with my friends, laughing over the most absurd memories

Ebba Miller

Going to the malls on the USA Lacrosse Tour

Joseph Nebel

Becoming a volleyball legend with Michael and Tylu

Ishani Prashad

The lacrosse and netball tour to Florida

NEWINGTON

Best Moments

First Year

Fifth Year

Charlie Clegg

Hanging stuff on the tree for origami club

Izzy Aspinell

Playing volleyball on beeches with friends

Annabel Cohen

Lower School play (Emil and the Detectives)

India Ford

CCF

Ella Jakes

Winning the Surrey Lacrosse Tournament with all of my friends.

Joseph Foskin

Eigene Name blooket

June Ji

Doing my first ever formal concert in a theatre in the lower school orchestra

Zoya Jan

Miss Hurton’s English class

My best moment was on our first day when me and my friend were trying to beat our form tutor to our form room after lunch

Freddie Millar

Going on the ski trip

Georgie Owen

South Africa Tour

Elliot Ogilvie

Competing in the First Year rugby sevens tournament and scoring in it

Nathan Ragavooloo

EDGE with Mr Stamper and football

Michael Rotsey

When I first went on the bus with my friend

Lottie Sullivan

Preparing for drama performances

Shaylen Shah

When I made a goal saving tackle that won us the game in hockey

Lily Webster

Going to South Africa on the cricket and netball tour

Catherine Vodopian

My favourite time in the year so far was the Christmas Fair

Lochie Willox

Doing Christmas Fair with friends

Rebecca McDowell

Second Year Sophia Assen

Choir tour to Barcelona, being with friends

Eden Blair

The Second Year Spanish trip with my friends where we went skiing in Spain and then to the beach. I really enjoyed skiing and being there with my friends it was all round an amazing experience

Lower Sixth Milli Doshi

South Africa trip

Francesca Dunn

Being encouraged by my teammates after bowling an entire over wide on the South Africa trip

Harry Elston

The Christmas Tree Incident of ’25

Michael Khan

Basketball and volleyball

Charlie Mackenzie

Playing one bounce with friends after coming first in year group for house cross country

Phineaus (Fynn) Doyle

Reading my best moment in the assembly programme

Tabitha Sensier

I really enjoyed playing and WINNING house netball at the start of the year!

Sammy O’Donovan

Ski trip

Devin Surendran

Going to Chinatown with my friends and having lots of yummy food including fish, noodles and bubble tea

Yannick Parker

House senior netball

Daniel Roberts

The Nando’s on the Wales geography field trip

Having fun trying to play touch rugby with my friends and we’ve all never played before!!!

Elise Tagg

The school ski trip!

Ethan Tsang

The Christmas Tree Incident

Arabella Wormald

Third Year Aarman Gadkar

Holland tour, feeding ducks

Kasra Karimi

Third Year History Battlefields trip

Gigi Nearn Stuart

Sitting next to my friend in Physics

Elliot Webster

The Chamber Choir Tour to Barcelona!

Fourth Year Sadie Casserley

The school ski trip

Raf Dawson

My absolute favourite moment was eating fish and chips with my friends!

Leyani Govindasami

I loved DofE and camping and walking with my friends

Oscar Lowe

Ski trip

Michael Ohlssonbaskerville

Becoming a volley ball legend with Joseph and Tylu

Aggie Peachey

Being a gargoyle in Hunchback

Upper Sixth Romilly Bagnall

Fridays frees

Thomas Brooker

Finally finishing my DT Coursework and getting a good grade on it.

Isla Hickman

Girls vs boys talent show dance

Harry Morgan

Period 7+8 English lessons on a Friday

Diya Patel

The Upper Sixth girls vs boys dance and the Charity Talent Show!

RIDGEFIELD

Best Moments

First Year

Fifth Year

Amara Chaudhary

Meeting new people

Gia Anup

Performing in Hunchback of Notre Dame

Charlotte Cramer-Stockford

Having fun with all of my best friends

Namratha Devendra

History trip to Berlin

Ellie Harvey

My best moment is the Christmas fair!

Zoë Mills

Going to the cafe 10 times a day

Kahinn Labin

When I scored a hat-trick in hockey

David Olickal

Cadre camp with all my CCF friends were very fun

Ishan Nehra

My best moment would be when Ridgefield won House chess

Jasmine Parr

South Africa

Naomi Ojerinola

When I got a sports scholarship!!

Leon Smith

Finishing exams

Amaaya Patel

I loved the Christmas fair and getting to spend time with my friends during it and celebrating the Christmas festivities!

Oliver Tatara

Eigene Name Blooket in German

James Webster

Eigene Name Blooket in German lessons

Sammy Wain

My best moment is in hockey, because I started in the E team and moved all the way up to the Bs

Sam Yankova

Randomly singing Hot and Cold by Katy Perry with a busker in Berlin on the Berlin trip!!

Hongqi Zhang

When I performed Emil and the Detectives with my friends Lower Sixth

Second Year

Theresa-Mae Brown

Athletics day, dropping the baton, was quite funny

Millie Coelho

Joining my new friend group. They’re all so nice!

Annabelle Fletcher Messenger

Tennis

Rory Donnelly

Scoring 50 runs in my first cricket match

Isabelle Hutton

Psychology Brain Day

Albert Fisher

Cologne trip

Lucy James

The Iceland trip

Stephan Jeffrey

Playing really well with Seb in rugby fixtures in the Sevens Rosslyn Park tournament

Zac Lauder

MCC cricket match

Jessica Lowe

The school ski trip

Lacy Lethbridge-Carr

Me, my twin and my friend buying 6 doughnuts in total even though there were only three of us

Santosh Pirabakaran

Second XV Rugby first win of the season after 17 games

Abi Pond

The lectures on Brain Day

Jasper Ross

Getting 79% in my maths test and getting the lead in the school play

Josh Pond

School trip to Poland

Daniel Xia

The Cologne trip when we went to Phantasialand for a day

Kiana Rajkumar

Sports Day

Oscar Terrell

Achieving an A* in a practice Geography AS in-class mock and winning the Greenwich History trip photo competition which earned me a CLIO badge

Third Year Henry Bundred

Watching Inception with my friends in Cinema Club

Abi Wolstenholme

Playing first team lacrosse

Shreya Mukundagiri

CCF AT camp and USA lacrosse and netball tour

Emma Zhang

Sunny Sports Day

Annabel Savaria

The tour to Barcelona or late night chats with the groceries (History trip) Upper Sixth

Fourth Year

Jake Davis

Tanzania trip football match

Henry Bodal Hansen

Playing in front of the whole school for the National quarter finals

Chloe Elder

Doing the girls vs boys dance

James Francis-Bates

Day 3 of our practise DofE expedition

William Fletcher Messenger

Mountain biking

Molly Gardner

Pilates

Harry Francis-Bates

Finishing my A Levels

Izzy Gooding

Playing tennis with Jasmine

Arabella Harper

Getting a goal in football

Oliver Jayasingha

Racing at athletics meets

Samuel Lam

Playing table tennis

Romilly Luck

Winning our final lacrosse match in Florida for the USA tour

Felicity Murphy

The safari on the South Africa netball tour

Rupert Marsden

Making it to the National Plate quarter final

Estée Norman

Girls vs boys dance off

Isla Merriman

The USA lacrosse and netball tour

Ava Ware

Celebration of Matariki

Poppy Richards

USA netball and lacrosse tour, because it was such an amazing experience and I gained loads of new memories with my friends

Isla Robinson

My best moment would have to be being able to go to Florida with my friends being able to play sport and go to universal together and laugh the whole time

UNDERWOOD

Best Moments

First Year

Fourth Year

Phoebe Ashworth

My best moment was winning the county lacrosse with my friends

Eugenie Chiu

DofE with my friends

Abi Ellis

Skiing on the Spain trip during Easter break

Emily Dai

When it hailed

Nico Estévez

My best moment was on the enrichment day, I got to make friends within my house and by the end of the day I already felt more welcome at this fantastic school

Olivia Pimenta

DofE

Aaryan Soni

Roy Bean’s shortcuts on DofE

Yaroslava Valentinova

Stealing the moon and frat flick in Chemistry

Suri Govinden

My best moment at school was getting moved up to the B Team in hockey.

I started in the D Team and I was very proud because I had never played hockey before

Daniel Harris

Getting into the school play

Leo Hyde-Vaamonde

When I saw my name on the A Team team-sheet for rugby the first time

Dylan Jubraj

The First and Second Year Easter trip to Spain was simply amazing and one I’ll never forget

Simmy Kaur

At the start of the year when I got to help organise surprise birthday entrances in 1D!

Jake McCann

The junior French trip was my best moment

Neeva Patel

House cross country

Jacob Royal

Doing my project with my friend

Sadie Vernon

Meeting my new friends for the first time on the first day of school

Atlas Wilkinson

Playing table tennis with my friends at lunch break

Second Year Benji Cook

Coming 2nd in House Art and getting Junior House Colours

Matthew Denton

Doing the lighting for the lower school play this year, which was Emil and the Detectives

Humphrey Dixon-Box

I loved the rewilding trip as I got to see many different species including cows, deer, and storks

Katherine Ducker

Lacrosse Nationals

Lizzie Lowrie

When the Lacrosse B Team randomly started barking at our competitors

Maya Patel

Getting to 2nd in Lacrosse Nationals and qualifying for the finals at Surrey Netball

Third Year George Chapman

Beating our rivals in rugby

Matt Crutchfield

The Holland hockey trip

Sophia De La Puerta Groth

My best moment was on the USA lacrosse and netball tour where me and my friends sat in the Target shopping carts while we were shopping for food

Seren Hyde-Vaamonde

My best moment was going on the lacrosse and netball USA tour with my friends

Ted Jones

Going to digital play club every Tuesday with my friends

Kohana Lewis

The Barcelona choir tour with my friends

Joe Love

Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bakkai, TIE and the scholar showcase! (Also the upcoming War Horse trip)

Greyson Stephenson

Netherlands hockey

Oak Wilkinson

Being on the school CCF adventure camp and crawling through some caves singing and chanting

Fifth Year Daisy Clarke

Berlin trip

Henry Ducker

South Africa cricket tour

Darcey Johnson

My best moment was in the Berlin trip when we stood on top of the Reichstag and saw all the amazing views of the city

Svara Patel

Form time

Shaily Raykundalia

When Mr Hall wrapped up our music mock paper for Christmas

Tatsav Subramanian

Receiving the envelope after January mocks

Myla Toone

Form time

Neve Van Herk

Form time

Lower Sixth Maisie Baker

Playing lacrosse with friends at Nationals

Lucy Blincoe

South Africa trip

Rosie Butler

Going on the school ski trip

Louie Janes

Learning to ski on ski trip

Posh Kangsathien

Building and launching our own rocket

Barney Munday

The South Africa trip as a whole

Anya Nichols

Skiing on the ski trip

Ava Paul

Iceland trip with my friends

Freddie Porter

Iceland trip

Gracie Wall

Ski trip

Rhys Wintle

Ski trip 2025

Crystal Wong

Lacrosse Nationals

Upper Sixth Bella Britain

Finishing my A Levels in one piece!

Ruby Connor

Every moment of Tanzania 2025!

Lukas Termanis

Winning the 2nd XI last hockey match vs RGS

BEECH HANGER

TOWNSEND

Third Year

Adam Ali

Boarders trip to Guildford for shopping

Raphael Ho

Helping the L6th who were training to become Boarding Prefects with Boarder’s Activities Weekend

Katria Austen

Everything is a good moment because I do everything with my best friend Rosetta

Fourth Year Virginia Chan

The mocks results day because I was happy about my grades. I have put in a lot of effort in each subject so I have happy that my grades were able to reflect them

Jiayi Lu

Learnt a lot and had much fun during the Berlin History trip

Nicole Shao

Meeting new friends and have fun together

Sincere Sin

Played my first volleyball match in November

Lower & Upper Sixth Tiff Chow

Redoing my Moncrieff Jones Presentation entirely one week before my presentation. I was able to perform a lot better and hence become the president of MJS. Learning with and from my brother for the past months have been the best moments of this year

Emma Dou

Karaoke with friends

Winnie Kwan

Making boba for activities weekend

Louise Lam

Ethics Cup Competition

Sofia Leung

Boarding Paris trip

Charlotte Poon

Competing in the school Talent Show

Antonia Poon

Dance performance in the Talent Show

Hillary Smith

Learning how to ski for the first time at the ski trip, which was fun as I have no previous experience in skiing, and it was good to learn a new sport

Nola Tong

Baking birthday cake

Stacy Mironenkova

Finishing the first day of Lacrosse Nationals undefeated

Best Moments

VINEY

Best Moments

Fifth Year Michael Fok

Playing football on the Astro at lunch break

Mannix Kwok

History Berlin trip

Hinson Hui

Wining the Viney vs Townsend football match

Lower Sixth Yasin Soyfoo

Cross country

Luke Keogh

Playing tennis with friends after school

Anson Lai

Boarders Guildford trip

Stepan Khitrin

Trip to Imperial University

Sviatoslav Mudryi

England Fiji rugby game

Oliver Yiu

Our first volleyball match against Sevenoaks

Calin Stan

The first time we went on the Boarders’ Running Club Thursday morning and we arrived on the hill right as the sun was coming up

Rares Andrei

Launching a rocket with my friends for UKROC, and the whole process behind it. It has been amazing working every day with these people, failing numerous times along the way, not having any idea what we were doing, to finally be the first to represent our school and doing a fantastic job at that

Upper Sixth Wayne Lam

Celebrating the Winter Solstice within Viney

Adilet Ospan

Living with my friends

Georgii Sirinov

The Hunchback of Notre Dame play at the Humphrey’s theatre

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