The Young Cliftonian Magazine 2018/19

Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory School | 2018/19

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Forest School Christmas

Year 1 News Year 2 News

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Nursery News Reception News

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Music

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Music

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Science Library

Sports Day

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Trips

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Year 8 Goodbye

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Thoughts from the year A very warm welcome to the latest edition of The Young Cliftonian.

I hope that you enjoy this record of a most memorable and rewarding year for all in the Preparatory School community.

We are in a world where we are bombarded with social media, fake news and the promise of artificial intelligence that will change our lives. This means that the pupils, parents and staff of The Preparatory School, from Nursery to Year 8, face an exciting yet uncertain future. I am, however, certain that the world will always welcome our children with open arms if they can demonstrate kindness, empathy and compassion to those they meet.

It is easy to show off the marvellous facilities of Clifton College and to share the detail of challenging and engaging curriculum documents, but far more difficult to show is how we develop such soft skills within each of our pupils, how each has the opportunity to

build resilience, emotional intelligence and learn to establish healthy relationships with others.

The pages that follow are filled with examples of myriad opportunities that create the perfect environment for pupils to develop just such soft skills, whilst fulfilling their academic, sporting, musical and artistic potential. I hope that you enjoy reading reports of successes from the year and seeing pictures of pupils engaged in their Clifton lives. I hope too that you see and read evidence of pupils preparing for their futures whilst enjoying every moment of their school days… the best days of their lives.

In the words of Master Oogway, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”

Aim High, Be Kind, Be Brave

Jim Walton Headmaster

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Forest School

Forest School has continued to develop throughout the year and the look and feel of the site changes with the passing seasons.

Mr Cox has continued to work tirelessly to introduce new features on an almost weekly basis, ensuring that the children are always excited, motivated

and engaged, whatever the time of year.

The older children in the Nursery make weekly visits to the forest whilst the younger children use our on-site areas to develop their understanding of nature. They learn about animal habitats, growing plants and vegetables, the weather and many other topics during their sessions. Hot chocolate and biscuits are always a welcome part of their time outside and the smiles on their faces when they return show how much they gain from their time outside.

Reception have spent time this year cultivating the raised beds in the forest and have produced some vegetables to be proud of.

They have planted, watered and cared for the produce, and when the first carrot was dug up, it was brought back to school to take pride of place in Mrs Newman’s office!

Handling tools and using them safely is a focus in Year 1, along with sessions that help enhance and bring alive themes studied in class. Fossil hunting, building space rockets and reenacting the story of The Three Little Pigs are all highlights, but this

year the addition of our own ‘Julia Donaldson Trail’ gave the children a day to remember.

They hunted for the artefacts and clues from many of the author’s fantastic stories: the hat from Room on the Broom, the sword from The Highway Rat and Superworm himself, were all hidden in the forest for the children to find. A great time was had by all as they tracked them down!

favourite, and no one minds too much when their house catches fire! This year, we also brought their ‘Knights and Castles’ topic to life, introducing our own catapult, which led to a hotly contested firing competition.

After making their own bows and arrows, the children also enjoyed a noisy archery tournament, with awards for the longest flight of an arrow being handed out to the lucky archers.

The Year 2’s annual reenactment of The Great Fire of London at base camp, with the children’s carefully constructed houses and the bakery, is always a

On their full day in the forest, the Year 3 children worked together to get the fire going to cook lunch and enjoyed spending time working as a

team to use the Forest School skills they had acquired over the year. They built dens, sawed and whittled firewood, played games and learnt more about the inhabitants, flora and fauna of the site.

With even more plans taking shape for the coming year, there is no doubt that the forest and its magic will continue to provide the children with an amazing place to learn and grow.

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At this time of year, the excitement in Pre-Prep reaches new heights.

The children are involved in Nativity plays to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Nursery shared the familiar story with family and friends and captivated their audience with their beautiful performances and costumes.

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Reception presented an enthusiastic version of the story of the birth of Jesus in the Chapel, with all of the animals dancing and singing to the delight of everyone watching.

Finally, Years 1, 2 and 3 retold the story with confidence in Chapel for Clifton in the Community, and for their families and friends.

Year 2 took the leading roles, Year 1 danced, and Year 3 narrated the story and accompanied the singing with a wide variety of musical instruments.

Christmas

We also held a Christmas party, which was attended by a very special visitor. The children had a wonderful time chatting to Father Christmas, playing games, dancing and enjoying some tasty treats. It was the perfect end to the term and the perfect way to kick-off the festive celebrations.

“ They captivated their audience with their beautiful performances and costumes.�

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Nursery News Every day in Nursery is busy and full of fun.

From day one in September, the children were ready to learn and develop through play, and a wide range of fun-filled activities. Initially quiet, the children soon settled in and grew in confidence, and a happy atmosphere filled the Nursery.

Nursery activities are changed daily to meet the interests and needs of all of our children. This year, a key area of development we focussed on was using our

fine motor skills. The Nursery children build on this skill each day and especially enjoy markmaking activities.

It is impossible to single out just a few highlights from our year as there have been so many.

Our parents have, as ever, played a huge part in Nursery life, joining us on many occasions throughout the year.

The children especially enjoy helping to cook fantastic food in preparation for our various family tea parties. They love to share everything they do with their families, often inviting them to play and join in too!

Our sports day this year was a particular hit. The children were able to demonstrate their physical development before the parents were challenged to show theirs by participating in the parent race.

Our Easter Hunt was a great event involving the whole Nursery. The children all headed out onto Collins’ Piece to look for the ‘lost’ chicks!

Forest School is a favourite of our Nursery children. They love exploring different environments and habitats with Mr Cox. He always has an exciting and busy schedule for the children

to engage in during their time outdoors. They also use a range of tools to carry out tasks, such as sawing wood (with close supervision, of course!). The Pre-School children go to our Forest School at BB, which helps them to become confident explorers, whilst our younger children spend time investigating different areas on the site.

We are now in the process of developing a fantastic new garden area and Forest School space for the children on the main school site, and we are all so excited to be able to extend our learning and use this space over the coming years.

“ The children especially enjoy helping to cook fantastic food in preparation for our various family tea parties.�

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“The children loved dressing up for World Book Day and enjoyed performing their Nativity play in the Chapel.�

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Reception News This year we have had a busy timetable in Reception, with activities ranging from swimming and games sessions to Music lessons and French.

Highlights include our weekly ‘Big Sing’, where Nursery and Reception come together to make music, and visits to Forest School, where we’ve learned to build fires, cook marshmallows, and work both collaboratively and independently. On top of all of these exciting activities, we also learn to read, write, begin to use and understand early mathematical concepts, and explore and investigate the world around us.

Another highlight of this year included a visit from the author Tom McLaughlin, who read us a selection of his books and showed us how to draw illustrations.

We also had a visit from an expupil of Clifton College, who told us all about his cycling trip around the world, which inspired the children. They enjoyed hearing about his adventures.

The children loved dressing up for World Book Day and enjoyed performing their Nativity play in the Chapel. We enjoyed listening to Christmas stories read by sixth formers in the Percival Library and took part in the Easter Bonnet Parade. Our end of Reception trip to Avon Valley Wildlife Park this year was very special due to the wet weather - we had the whole facility to ourselves and enjoyed excellent guidance from the staff!

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Year 1 News Whether they are hunting a ‘teachereating dinosaur’ or building sandcastles on the beach, all the children in Year 1 are fully engaged in the tasks in hand.

This year, following themes that reflect their interests, the children have been fossil hunting at Kilve Beach, following a Julia Donaldson Trail in the forest, learning about space in the Explorer Dome, categorising animals at the Zoo, and picnicking on the beach at Weston-super-Mare with Rule Britannia playing in the background! All of these activities support and enhance the children’s work within the curriculum, and they are very proud to share their story writing, problem-solving, reading and investigative work with visitors to Year 1 in Class Assemblies, classroom displays and ‘Time to Share’ with parents and families.

“ These activities support and enhance the children’s work within the curriculum.”

Forest School is a firm favourite and the children have enjoyed every visit to the forest this year.

They have developed their tool skills, built houses for The Three Little Pigs, travelled to space in their own rockets and taken their own handmade snails on a journey around the site, to name but a few of the activities they have completed. The opportunity to learn in such an amazing outdoor environment certainly brings out the best in all our children, supporting their work in the classroom and giving them an ever-growing understanding of the nature, conservation and world around us.

Book Fair, charity days and the ‘Butcombe Song’ give everyone opportunities to dress up and, as ever, the children in Year 1 showed huge flair and enthusiasm when presented with a subject for their costumes. Author and illustrator visits have developed the children’s understanding of how the books they read are made and have helped encourage them to enjoy those stories for themselves or with others.

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Year 2 News Year 2 were enthralled by the events of the past in the Michaelmas Term, as they delved into the history of The Great Fire of London and the plague.

The children had the opportunity to dress as the frightening plague doctor, role-play dramatic scenes as they fell ill and become Samuel Pepys burying his cheese and wine in the garden!

In the second half of the term, our focus moved to Science. The children became investigators

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as they explored all of the exciting experiments on our trip to We The Curious. They listened to a fascinating talk on using sustainable palm oil and watched a bubbling, explosive show about liquids and gases!

There was also plenty of time to visit a range of other exhibits, where the children were able to not only observe but also to actively engage in their learning.

In the Lent Term, our work centred around Geography.

The children found out about the different habitats around the world before focusing on rainforests. This was supported by a trip to the Rainforest Experience at Bristol Zoo, where the children added depth to their knowledge and also had the opportunity to touch a variety of animals, including a snake and hissing cockroaches!

Our RE lessons about Judaism led to a trip to the school synagogue. The children found out about the history of Judaism at Clifton College and were fascinated by the school’s own scrolls. They even had a go at making their own.

Year 2 had an amazing time as they took on their dancing roles for the production of Jack and the Giant. The children were excited as they took to the stage in their make-up and costumes.

Their performances were fantastic and it was lovely to see how hard they worked together.

In our English lessons, we have incorporated music and role-play into our learning. The children made the sounds of the seas with instruments and used props to act out the story of Iron Man

by Ted Hughes. In Year 2, we had many cross-curricular Maths lessons, for example, making wooden clocks, role-playing shops and making aeroplanes to measure distance.

In the Summer Term, the children were captivated by the past again as their topic work on Knights and Castles looked at both real and imaginary views of history. From fighting dragons to taking on the roles of kings and queens, everyone was engaged in their learning and fascinated with how different life was in medieval times. The trip to Caldicot Castle gave them the opportunity to meet a falconer, the lady of the castle and a knight. Luckily, we managed to get all of the children out of the stocks and bring them back to school at the end of the day!

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Year 3 News Year 3 have had yet another busy and fun year. In the Michaelmas Term, one of the highlights was our trip to Tyntesfield House.

The children learnt about the differences between life now and then, dressed up in Victorian outfits and handled artefacts from the era. Following this,

the children experienced a day in the life of a Victorian school.

Classrooms were transformed from bright, colourful environments to plain walls and rote learning charts. The children experimented with writing on slates with chalk, dip-pens and ink, and enjoyed a Victorianstyle lunch served by their teachers. As well as having to listen carefully and follow many instructions, the children also had to be very respectful of their masters and mistresses! A visit to Christ Church to participate in the Christmas Experience ended the term.

“ Learning about mummification was popular, if somewhat gruesome.�

In the Lent Term, the children studied the life of Ancient Egyptians and compared it to modern-day life. Learning about mummification was popular, if somewhat gruesome, and each class made a life-size mummy.

Moreover, everyone performed amazingly in the show, Jack and the Giant.

During the Summer Term, we studied the topic of Journeys.

The children went on their overnight journey to the Forest of Dean and stayed in a youth hostel with friends and teachers.

They learnt about flight and designed paper aeroplanes.

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Library

We have had another fun-filled year in the PrePrep Library as the children continue to grow their love of books and reading.

We have explored lots of lovely books together during our weekly Library sessions and hope parents have enjoyed reading them at home with their children too.

In November, we celebrated our Book Week with a Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales theme.

As always, it was a busy week which saw us welcome an author into school, compete in competitions, buy new books

at the Scholastic Book Fair and don our best fancy dress for the annual parade around the playground. Our visiting author, Tom McLaughlin, spent time with all the Pre-Prep and Nursery children. They had a lot of fun creating their own cartoon monsters by suggesting body parts and characteristics for Tom to draw. They also thoroughly enjoyed hearing some of Tom’s book, Along Came A Different, which was nominated for a Greenaway Award for illustration!

At Christmas, many of our children took a trip to the Percival Library for festive stories and crafts with some of our Upper School students, who read to them beautifully.

It was a wonderful opportunity for the young visitors to have a look around the Library, which always looks especially magical at that time of year.

To celebrate World Book Day in the Lent Term, we ran our Clifton Rocks Competition. The children were invited to paint a rock in a book theme and bring it to school, with prizes for the best decorated rocks in each year group. The standard was incredibly high, with some wonderfully creative and artistic entries.

In the Summer Term, we were thrilled to welcome author and illustrator Harriet Muncaster, who visited Years 1 to 3 to talk about her bestselling series, Isadora Moon. We all had great fun learning about hybrids and even had a chance to create and draw our own new characters.

Harriet’s sessions proved to be immensely popular amongst the children and staff alike.

“The children were invited to paint a rock in a book theme and bring it to school.”

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Another exciting musical year started with all our children participating in the Butcombe Song competition in the Redgrave Theatre.

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Our youngest children proudly took the coveted Bowring Cup back to Nursery after delighting us with their performance of ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5’.

As always, the Music room in Sharps is a hive of activity with lots of singing, dancing, performing, listening and composing. An eclectic range of instruments can be found alongside more usual instruments, and they are all played with skill and enthusiasm

by all of the children from Nursery to Year 3.

Our String lessons in Year 2 and Recorder lessons in Year 3 give our children the opportunity to develop their skills on their musical journey through the school.

We also had plenty of opportunities for singing outside of lessons with singing in assemblies as well as our Fun

Friday Sing with our families and the Early Years Big Sing. Various events, such as the Christmas production, the Spring Service in the Chapel and the Year 2 and 3 musical play, have also provided plenty of opportunities for singing and making music throughout the year.

Music

Jack and the Giant

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The Year 2 and 3 show this year in the Redgrave Theatre was Jack and the Giant.

The week of the show arrived before we knew it! The children spent the week rehearsing their acting, singing and dancing. The children’s confidence levels and performances improved daily.

They displayed great teamwork, professionalism and excitement.

Auditions took place before the Christmas break and the children came back after the holidays ready to rehearse.

Performing to an audience was amazing for the children. The audience laughed in all the

right places, especially when the cow mooed, and booed the evil Giant. After the final performance, the children wanted to do it all over again!

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On a warm and sunny afternoon in June, the PrePrep children took part in their annual Sports Day event on New Fields.

The children competed in two teams: Little-side, consisting of Reception and Year 1 pupils, and Big-side, involving Year 2 and Year 3 pupils. Working together, they enthusiastically undertook a number of fun and enjoyable activities that used skills developed during their PE and Games lessons. Each event earned them points for their team. The White Team came

out on top with most points collected.

The afternoon ended with each year group competing in running races and a fun relay race for the parents. An extremely enjoyable afternoon was had by all with every pupil doing their best and showing great consideration to others.

“Working together, they enthusiastically undertook a number of fun and engaging activities.�

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Year 3 Sport Our Year 3 boys and girls played with great energy and determination this year.

Our Year 3 boys started with plenty of enthusiasm and quickly began to understand the skills required to play tag rugby. They competed in many fixtures and festivals during the Michaelmas Term. All the children played with commitment and passion and were involved with some

fantastic games with excellent results. The highlight of the term was our Tag Rugby Festival on the Close. We entered three teams who played really well together with great enthusiasm, supported from beginning to end by their parents!

The Year 3 girls quickly picked up the fundamentals of hockey and burst onto the pitch with real vigour. They have become skilful and competitive match players with a drive to succeed, thoroughly enjoying the many different fixtures and festivals throughout the term. We look

forward to watching them progress in their hockey over the coming years.

The girls in Year 3 had a very successful Lent Term playing netball. In their fixtures, they developed skills and gameplay.

Our Netball Festival was very exciting, as we were able to use The Dome at BB. The fantastic location and atmosphere were enjoyed by both players and parents. Our girls played amazingly and showed excellent team spirit, supported by our ever enthusiastic parents and staff!

In the Lent Term, the boys turned their hands to learning how to play hockey. They developed their ball and stick skills and had a great team camaraderie. They competed against a number of local schools.

teams of our own. All of the children worked together really well to collect points in a 400m swim, a mile run and various gym skills. The competition was rounded off with tea and presentations.

The Pre-Prep hosted their annual mini-triathlon in March for Year 3 children, inviting teams from local schools and fielding four

We are very proud of everyone and their sporting achievements this year.

“ They have become skilful and competitive match players with a drive to succeed.�

Welsh Bicknor Despite the rain, Year 3 had an amazing time at Welsh Bicknor.

The children enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with their school friends away from the classroom and visit some exciting places: Clearwell Caves, Perrygrove Railway, The Butterfly Zoo and the International Birds of Prey Centre. The children enjoyed staying at the youth hostel, choosing which bunk to have and visiting each other’s rooms.

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All the children were impeccably behaved and went to bed at a reasonable hour, despite having a ‘midnight feast’! Here are some quotes from the children about the trip:

“The youth hostel was nice. My room was with Ash, but I could go to Max’s room too. We played Beyblades and we had a lot of fun doing a competition.”

JJ

“It was really fun at Welsh Bicknor; it was more fun than going on the iPad!” Jemima

“I loved Welsh Bicknor, especially when we went to the Birds of Prey Centre and got to see lots of birds doing a flying display. My favourite was the peregrine falcon because it is the fastest bird in the world and I have been dying to see it!”

Seve

“Welsh Bicknor is one of my best memories. It was so much fun.”

Emilia H “I loved doing fun things with everyone in the youth hostel.”

Emelia C

“I really enjoyed going to the Butterfly Zoo because it was funny when I held a butterfly.

It crawled around my hand and tickled.”

Nicole

Trips & Activities

After-school Activities Pre-Prep clubs are a big hit.

Lego, Construction, Twilight Forest School, Hama Beads, Drama, Sunflowers, and a huge array of sports are just some of the clubs on offer to the children.

With such a varied selection, there is always something to tempt the children to widen their horizons and make new friends from across the school.

Clubs give the children the opportunity to experience new activities and try something they may be a little unsure of. The talent discovered during these clubs is impressive, especially if you venture into a Judo session!

There is, without doubt, always a happy buzz around the school when the clubs are in progress.

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Community Events In the Pre-Prep, children take part in a variety of charity events throughout the year.

They are encouraged to think about those less fortunate than themselves and ways that we can support and help other people. The charities we support are local, national and international.

This year, we had a busy start to our charity events by joining

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children and adults across the country to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning. The children and their parents either made or bought a variety of stunning cakes that were on sale before, during and after school. The event was a great success, raising ÂŁ440.

Every year, the Pre-Prep learn about Remembrance Day and the importance of the Poppy Appeal. The children are able to buy poppies and wear them on their uniform. This year, our Year 2 and Year 3 classes were invited to a special wreath-laying in the Chapel, and we had our own wreath to display in Butcombe.

The Harvest Festival combined joyful singing and thoughtful prayers and is an important charity event. The children were encouraged to think of those in crisis, who need support with basic items such as tins of food, nappies and cereal. The kind donations reached a combined weight of 1046.80kg and were gratefully received by the Bristol North West Foodbank.

December is always a busy month for the children, but we take time to encourage the children to think of those who might not be as lucky as themselves at this exciting time of year.

“We paraded around The Quad wearing our Easter Bonnets in spite of a fairly blustery wind.”

This year, we supported Children’s Hospice South West by asking the children to bring in any of their old toys that could still be enjoyed by another child.

The children collected 70 bags of toys, which were taken to one of the charity’s shops. In addition to this, £338.65 was raised from a collection at the Nativity performance in the Chapel, and £203 was raised by the bottle Tombola at the Christmas Fair.

The children are encouraged to make their own decisions about who they think should receive money. They voted between two different charities. Each child had a cube which represented a share of the money. They listened to information about the charities before voting. The children chose to give £209.77 to

Toilet Twinning and £342.78 to Guide Dogs for the Blind.

In March, the children came together in Chapel to celebrate Easter in our Spring Service.

Firstly, in spite of a fairly blustery wind, we paraded around The Quad wearing our Easter Bonnets. Then we shared our celebration with parents, grandparents and friends, singing them a selection of wonderful and heartfelt spring songs. We even had a visit from a rather lovely ‘Spring Chicken’ and her newly hatched chicks!

It is lovely to see the children enjoying being part of the activities while at the same time taking part in important experiences that teach them more about the world around them.

“The Harvest Festival combined joyful singing and thoughtful prayers and is an important charity event.”

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Celebration Day Our annual Celebration Day was a fantastic showcase of life in the Pre-Prep.

A big thank you must go to all of our incredible children for sharing their joy and enthusiasm for everything they do with us.

Being able to show their work and activities to family and friends is important to our children.

On display beyond normal classroom activities, there was sport, karate, guitar and string groups, and of course, our Forest School work.

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Commem Well, it’s been a busy year, to say the least, but what a year it’s been!

I would tell you about every one of my experiences, but you would miss your lunch, so instead, I am going to pick out some of my highlights.

Struggling with what to write, my dad asked me ‘What will you remember about Clifton in 20 years?’ Well, that’s easy... it will definitely be all of the amazing memories that I am going to leave with.

I started school here in Year 6, and it was as though I had been thrown into a hurricane as everything is so busy (it frightened me a little) yet it was all so exciting! I was welcomed into Clifton life by the lovely Mrs Higham and the friendly Matthews’ team helping me get to grips with the new routines.

I quickly got used to the crazy world of a Cliftonian. Yes, ‘crazy’ is how I would describe the whirlwind life at Clifton. You are encouraged to try new activities and reach out of your comfort zone. By doing this, I discovered my love for multiple sports, not only hockey but also netball, athletics, cricket and tennis!

Sport has been a huge part of my life here in the Pre as I love being part of a team and who doesn’t love a Miss Graveney or Mrs Byas half-time inspirational huddle, a new Nationals hoodie and just occasionally a medal?!

Teamwork isn’t just used in Sport here at Clifton, but it is also important in our academic life, co-curricular activities and, of course, in our Houses. In my first week in Year 8, we went on a South Town and Pooles’ teambuilding trip. South Town were obviously the superior house but Mrs Hambley, as always, was making sure we kept the teamwork going and patching up our injuries! My favourite part was making our way around the obstacles

blindfolded; which is similar to life here at Clifton as you never know what someone is going to throw at you but all the same we give it a go and all fall over a few times. In South Town, we have a tradition of ‘pearls of wisdom’, and Clifton has taught me that if you don’t succeed in something the first time you should give it another try until you do. As our old hockey coach Mr Martin once said, “Perseverance is the way to win the game!” or my favourite pearl of wisdom on the South Town staircase is, “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain!”

Music has been my other huge love in the Pre. I still remember taking my first footsteps into the music department only to be welcomed by the always smiling and enthusiastic Mrs Kewley; willing us all on she reminds me always that whatever you are doing, you should have fun with it! I have been so fortunate to be part of Mr Edgell’s brilliant department and been a part of Mr Pafford’s amazing chapel choir. He pushes us to achieve the best performances and, by doing this, I have watched a few people faint when trying to hold the longest note.

I am aware that I haven’t mentioned any academic memories until now but rest assured that I have had excellent teaching in all areas; Mrs Milne - I’ve tried to apply ‘the Big Five’ to this speech, and Mr Walton as well as being an excellent Headmaster – please note the ‘hurricane’ reference from our Year 7 Geography lessons, and who could forget Mr Higgins and his (sometimes) uber gory history classes! Who knew King Harold II died with a ruler in his eye as so brilliantly enacted by 6SM?! Talking of acting, Mr Saunders and Mrs Fewkes’ drama lessons are full of laughter and all of us in Year 8 are getting really excited about

Twelves Emily Murray Fleur Wagstaff Clementine Houlden Johanna Baumbach Charlotte Warren Alice Clements Vasco Palmer the upcoming High School Musical!

I will remember them all and, of course, not forgetting our trips to Barcelona and Dubai, heat strokes aside, were amazing - hard work of course - and parents, in case you were wondering, the water parks, dune surfing and extensive shopping have definitely made us more rounded characters!

So it is with a head full of happy memories of ‘huddles and hoodies’; ‘trips and tours’; ‘competition and camaraderie’; ‘excellence and learning’ that we leave the Pre as ‘interested in everything’ and ‘ready for (almost) anything’ as we face the future. Hopefully always with ‘grace and good humour’.

Papa Obeng Oscar Levy Julius Baumbach Taiki Faustino Joseph Collins

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Commem When I joined the Prep School two years ago, I cannot express how welcome the whole school community made my siblings and I feel.

From the Headmaster and the Housemaster to the subject teachers and the matrons, not forgetting all of my fellow pupils. Within just a couple of weeks, I felt completely at ease at my new school. Some of the highlights, specifically in Year 7, included the amazing experience of boarding, the friends I made and new academic challenges I faced.

Boarding in the Pre allowed me to form closer bonds with

my friends, as well as having great fun during the evenings.

It also enabled me to get to know the boarding staff better whilst becoming more deeply ingrained into the school community. My friends were very important to me during my early journey through the school, whether it was joking on the bus back from a fixture or simply talking together during the daily breaks, they always made me feel included and joyful throughout each experience.

Taking on new academic subjects such as Mandarin and Latin were very important to me as it allowed me to push myself and learn something completely new with a fresh mindset, which was refreshing and exciting.

Moving on to Year 8, there were also several highlights such as becoming a Twelve and Head of House - which made me

feel especially proud because I was the last Head of House Mr Langley appointed before his departure to Indonesia, and this meant a lot to me. Mr Thompson has instilled in me the importance of manners and respect whilst also teaching me that it is important to be yourself; I know these attributes will serve me well in many years to come.

One of the countless ways in which the school has set me up for the next period of my life is the amount of responsibility you can earn. It’s great being allowed to make your own choices whilst also being carefully guided by the staff and your peers. Greater independence is also added into the mix, especially when you reach the Upper Pre. This independence helps teach self-discipline, the differences between right and wrong and many other general life skills.

Another highlight of Year 8 has been the opportunity of trying a new sport. I have always been passionate to take up football, which I have loved, and have been very proud to have represented the school in this amazing sport. The Games programme, in my opinion, had the perfect balance of being fun whilst also helping me push myself after my long-term injury.

This unfortunate injury ties in with an amazing experience I had during the Michaelmas Term: the Dubai rugby tour.

I call this my ‘ironic amazing trip’, as a week before we were due to leave, I happened to break my arm which was quite a shock and prevented me from playing sport and taking part in various activities. Although this was a downside of Year 8, it again shows the school’s ability to cater for anyone’s needs no matter what, and because of this, I still had an amazing time on the trip and have some fantastic memories to hold on to.

Exams are also, unfortunately, a crucial part of the school year and at the Pre, I have received excellent support throughout, starting from Year 6 SATS and straight through to the Year 8 transfer exams. This support sets you up for public exams such as GCSEs and beyond.

The staff and academic work have been my favourite part of school life. The teachers have been nothing but constructive and inspirational, and the academics have been challenging but achievable and rewarding, through hard work and determination. An example of this in day to day life is when I was helped to study one on one for my exam with the Head of Mathematics, Mr Cowan. He helped me greatly and allowed me to really push myself.

All that remains for me to say is thank you to everyone who has helped me on my incredible journey throughout the Pre and to wish all my peers good luck in the next adventure that awaits us, whether that is moving on to the Upper School or further afield. I will always look back on my time here with fond memories, as well as looking forward to what lies ahead.

Vasco Palmer

“Thank you to everyone who has helped me on my incredible journey through the Pre.�

Award Winners Jude Young (NT) Outstanding Musician

Jude Young (NT) Outstanding Academic Achievement

Morgan Barnes (HH) Outstanding Sportsman

Clementine Houlden (PH) Outstanding Sportswoman

Poppy ForestierWalker (ST) Outstanding Artist

Libby Laredo (MaH) Young Cliftonian of the Year in Year 6 - Girl

Zachary Cuesta (WoH) Young Cliftonian of the Year in Year 6 - Boy

Alice Clements (ST) Young Cliftonian of the Year in Year 8 - Girl

Papa Obeng (HH) Young Cliftonian of the Year in Year 8 - Boy

Alex Lind (NT) Arthur Collins Award

Erin Parton (PH) Alex Bjoroy Memorial Award

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Tait’s Town I had no idea how to sum up this year in Tait’s, so I asked some of the boys to help me out.

The words they used to describe it were: awesome, busy, fun, tiring, hard work, brilliant, unforgettable, extremely fun, great and ‘the best’. The words they chose were synonymous with my own (particularly busy and tiring), and show that everyone in the House had a fantastic time.

There are so many individual performances that I could speak about. Success in cross country, Bristol Choirs, chess, swimming, scholarships... the list could go on forever. However, what I am going to focus on is the successes we have shared together and our ability to work as a team to achieve them.

House Song is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the year for the children and staff in the school. However, the missed breaks and times spent rehearsing may sometimes be deemed in a less favourable way.

What really impressed me was the concentration and sacrifice that every boy made to make sure that we sounded as strong as we could. Not everyone enjoys singing, but the sense of pride the boys had after their incredible performance showed that the resilience, nerves and practice really paid off.

The final highlight had to be the Christmas outing and meal.

This showed how well all the children from Year 4 to Year 6 get on. They were playing together and creating their own games and competitions at the trampoline park and working up a real appetite. This was then followed by a very grown-up and civilised meal, where the children behaved appropriately to have a great time. It was a true testament to their maturity and understanding of social situations.

A superb year for all the House.

I’ve enjoyed every second and am looking forward to the new challenges September will bring, and I know that the Year 6s will be greatly missed. The whole House would like to wish them well in their next step of the Clifton journey.

I would also like to thank all the boys in making my first year as Housemaster a hugely enjoyable and rewarding one.

O Jones

Another area that the House really worked together on was competing in Sports Day. Much like House Song, Sports Day is not everyone’s cup of tea, but the commitment and enthusiasm that every member of the House put in that day was exceptional. Every single point counted, and the support the boys gave not only to Tait’s but also to Matthews’ got us over the line for victory.

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Matthews’ House Firstly, I would like to thank the girls for making the House such a fun, enjoyable and rewarding home from home.

Matthews’ would not be Matthews’ without the gorgeous Mrs T and Mrs M, our lovely matrons, and our legendary tutors!

H Higham Louisa Hall, our in House Creative Writer in Year 6, has written about her time in Matthews’: One of my favourite things about Matthews’ was the staff. They always did their best to make the House full of colour and personality. The matrons were always striving for new ways to fill our Housetime with things to do and places to be. Soon, the House became a home. Last of all, the Housemistress, Mrs Higham, welcomes everyone and makes

sure they settle in. If someone is unhappy, she won’t hesitate to do all she can to help them, whether the problem is inside or outside of school.

One of the most memorable parts of my time in Matthews’ was the Christmas party. All the other girls practised the performance for the talent show (my highlight). We all loved the sing-along at the end while people were starting to get picked up. Another one of my favourites was House Song.

We all worked so hard and, with the help of the teachers, put on a great performance - if I do say so myself!

Being in Matthews’ comes with a little bonus: all the other girls.

Between the dance routines, ping-pong, table-football and cards, there was never anyone left out. We have filled more than a few hours playing cards.

In the summer evenings after school, we all used to shut the curtains and, once it was nice and dark, we set up and began the tournaments. Our favourite games to play were Speed and Cheat. They may not be real card games, but we loved them.

Louisa Hall (Year 6)

It has been another lovely year in Mansfield’s with smiles, laughter, and memories to last a lifetime.

It has become a tradition in the House each year to use a theme to reflect our Year 6 personalities and spirit. This year, Mansfield’s became Alice in Wonderland, and like the Year 6s themselves, there was fun and surprises around every corner!

This theme extended to the saying: ‘She believed she could, so she did’, an excellent complement to our ‘Never give up’ motto.

As always at Mansfield’s, we encouraged all the girls to have a go, to push beyond their comfort zones and try something new. Seeing our girls believe in themselves and each other will always be our goal.

Mansfield’s continued to be a happy, bustling place this year.

Whether we were taking part in impromptu team building activities, games and crafts nights, parties (too many to name), story rock moments or even Thursday’s cooking club with Mrs Crowsley, there was always fun to be had.

That being said, my favourite event of the year was the annual Mansfield’s Got Talent. The girls

put a huge amount of effort into creating dances, skits, and learning songs to present. It was an overwhelming day and the vibe in the room was pure joy. It was one of those moments that I know I will remember for a long time to come.

I will miss Mansfield’s immensely, but know it is being handed over to good hands.

S Schrijver

Outside of Mansfield’s, the girls continued to thrive. There were many stand out performances in all areas of school life: Music, Drama, Sport and Academics. The girls worked hard all year long and should be proud of all that they achieved individually, but as a House too!

Finally, after 5 years it has come time to say goodbye. Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to all the Mansfield’s parents, past and present, for making Mansfield’s so special, and for not only supporting all of the House initiatives but also those that I have led outside of Mansfield’s: from remodelling under-privileged teenagers’ homes with Kids Company to the Christmas fair with the international food market to raise money for the Children’s Hospital, to my latest adventure of supporting a township school in South Africa. I have been so lucky to have your continued enthusiasm and unconditional support. I would also like to thank all the girls I have had the privilege of working with, for being so open, and willing to accept any new idea or change, and for believing in me as much as I believed in them.

Mansfield’s House

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Wollaston’s Town Wollaston’s enjoyed another fantastic year of House activity and fun events culminating in our House Song success.

The boys threw themselves into everything that they could, and were notable participants in every area of the curriculum and extra-curricular events.

We were very lucky to have a set of boys and parents who supported me in all the activities

that were on offer and that we had cakes baked for us to enjoy on a regular basis.

I would like to thank Max, Oli and Charlie, our Heads of House, who were great at making sure the others followed their examples of empathy and kindness.

My staff were hugely supportive, but I feel special mention must go to Julian Edgell, who ended his 15-year association with the House. Julian has always been great with the boys, wonderful in organising our House Song efforts and a sage sounding board for me personally. Thank you very much, Jules.

J Averis

“The boys threw themselves into everything.”

Esse quantum audeatis Poole’s House is a busy House.

Whether it is academic work, music, sport, drama, dance, or socialising, there is always something to join in with or do here. That being said, there is also the time and space for quiet moments and the opportunity to talk to someone if needed.

Christmas in Poole’s is a very special time, and the annual party with Hartnell’s saw some more expert dancing skills on display and was a lot of fun!

School and Sunday trips have involved us in a wide and varied range of activities giving everyone the opportunity to try something new and even, at times, step outside their comfort zone.

Our girls are involved in all areas of the school; chapel

choir, school productions, sports fixtures, clubs and academic challenges. The enthusiasm shown in all these endeavours, both individually and as a House, is to be applauded. We are extremely proud of them all.

This year, we have had to say some goodbyes in Poole’s House.

Our amazing Gaps leave us to continue their own journeys in life. A huge thank you to Miss Merrien, Miss Smith and Miss Penney for all they have done this year. Mrs Milne has moved on to another House. However, we thank her for all her support and hard work. It was lovely to have her back in Poole’s!

Our Year 8s have been at the very heart of the House, and we wish them luck as they move on to Year 9. We will, of course, miss them, but they will always be Poole’s girls and can come back and visit at any time.

C Graveney

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North Town It was another splendid year for North Town Pre. The year saw the boys achieve in a whole raft of areas, including in academic, music and sports activities. North Town boys were crowned Dauntsey’s Dodecahedron Champions and enjoyed sporting successes in rugby, cricket, hockey, cross country and swimming. Many

Year 8 boys also dazzled on stage in the school production of High School Musical. As importantly, the boys fought hard in House competitions in Blokus, table tennis and table football, performed ‘We Go Together’ from Grease in the House Song competition and, of course, tackled paintballing with gusto!

It was another action-packed and unforgettable year. Well done, boys, on all your achievements!

M Wood

2019 was yet another wonderful year, with an amazing group of happy and talented South Town girls!

The ‘Fabulous 40’, as I liked to call them, did us proud across the board, from their sporting prowess to their academic successes and love of the arts, music and drama.

The Year 8 girls joined forces with Poole’s House for our team building at the start of the year, and the BBQ was its usual roaring success, with chatter and laughter dominating the evening.

The first of many House socials was well attended, with an array of onesies that even Amazon would be envious of.

Our Christmas party may have looked demure in this photo, but don’t be fooled! The sight of 40 girls dancing Gangnum Style is one that I may never be able to forget!

Throughout the year, our Heads of House did a sterling job of keeping everyone in the right place at the right time, so a big thank you ladies (Alice Clements, Johanna Baumbach and Georgie Simpson).

Our musically talented girls performed tirelessly in concert after concert, and whilst most of the choir was made up of South Town girls, it was a lovely compliment to be told we were the ‘purest singers’ in the House Song competition.

Special mention has to go to Alice Clements and Ellie Matthews, for their amazing solo performances in the High School Musical production, ably assisted by many of the South Town girls, who all gave their all.

Our Academic Scholar, Charlotte Warren, continued to dominate in cross country alongside Johanna Baumbach, and whilst we had some very talented artists in the form of Cassie Moran, Maya Froment and Tamsin Seabrook, special mention must go to Amber Miller, Poppy FW and Luana Benedict; their work was absolutely breathtaking. Lexie Pearce Lynch, our talented sportswoman, never failed to make me smile and I was

proud to see her awarded the Endeavour Prize at the end of the year.

Thank you also to Georgie Lewis, the most talented and bravest person I know, Eleanor Patrick for her utter inner beauty and kindness, Poppy Mumford for her insightful debates, India Morgan, our ‘pocket rocket’, for her charming approach to everything and never failing to make me chuckle, and finally to Lili, who did her best to teach me French, without ever saying out loud, ‘Miss - It’s probably best you stick to Maths’.

We were very sad to say goodbye to two special ladies, Johanna Baumbach and Emilia Kozikowska (who has the best dance moves I’ve ever seen), and wish them and their families all the very best for their next adventures. Girls, I have had an amazing year with you all.

It wasn’t South Town that was fabulous and sparkly; it was you.

J Hambley

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Hartnell’s House It has been an incredibly busy but rewarding year for the Hartnell’s boys, who have made the most of every opportunity which has come their way.

During my first year as Housemaster, I have been thoroughly impressed by the team spirit on display, as well as the way in which the boys have embraced the values of the House. ‘Rise to the challenge’ is our motto and whether charging around on the sports pitch, performing on stage or simply gaining a ‘Good Egg’ award, all the boys have done me proud.

There has been a lovely atmosphere to the House this year; everything from the smell of Mrs Rogers’ famous cake-baking to Alex White rocking with his electric guitar in the music room, they have all helped to create a real home from home.

House Song was certainly a highlight of the year and although we didn’t win this year, our rendition of School of Rock’s ‘Teacher’s Pet’ was sung with such gusto and went down as a

real crowd-pleaser. The Year 7s are looking forward to giving it another crack next year!

Several occasions, such as our Christmas dinner and disco with Poole’s, or our Manners and Etiquette evening with our Year 8 boarders, have provided a lovely opportunity to get dressed up and socialise in a more formal setting as well as have lots of fun; the boys certainly enjoyed showing off their moves in the annual Crypt disco.

The boarders have become a special group of boys, a band of brothers who have squeezed every drop out of life here in Hartnell’s. Evenings have been filled with our (rather messy) version of Bake Off, discovering new music at Thursday’s ‘Rock & Noodle’ night, and fiercely competitive games of Twister or Fifa. Each weekend we have explored what Bristol and beyond has to offer, which has ranged from taking Bertie (our House dog) for a walk on the Downs to watching Bristol Bears in action. They have embraced each new experience (for some, their first drop of snow!), and will leave this year with many fond memories. I wish all the Year 8s the very best of luck as they enter life in the Upper School. I know you will all make many new happy memories.

The staff have played a hugely important role this year, and I am extremely grateful to

have such an enthusiastic and committed team. We wave goodbye to Mr Cowan and Mr Lougher but hope they call in for a cup of tea and a slice of Mrs Rogers’ cake when they are next passing. And at the end of a busy year, we look forward to what the next year in Hartnell’s has in store.

E Thompson

Poole’s House were the winners of the girls’ competition in House Song this year, which was a real highlight for the House.

We were lucky enough to win the cup with our rendition of ‘From Now On’ from The Greatest Showman.

There were some outstanding individual performances, but the whole House was brilliant with top-class singing and dancing.

C Graveney

House song was great! We started off learning the moves Miss Fewkes showed us and they looked amazing! Miss Graveney was enthusiastic throughout the whole journey, and Miss Gowdy always helped us for singing.

When it came to the day, we had fun and smiled throughout it and it was amazing to sing as a House. We enjoyed listening to other Houses sing their songs and we were very excited when we were actually crowned the winners!

Afterwards, we sang to Butcombe and the Upper School which I think was like the icing on the cake, even if a little scary singing in Chapel to over 700 older pupils. I think the visit to the Upper School was amazing and thank you to everyone who helped us along the way. We can’t wait for next year already.

Sophie Houghton, Soloist (Year 7)

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It has been some time since the male side of the pupil population has enjoyed basking in the warm glow of a successful House Song campaign in the Prep School.

However, all that changed on a balmy day in February this year. To be fair, there was always going to be a boys’ House winner, as the competition now has two cups, one for each gender, but it was great for the Wollaston’s boys to be the first name on the trophy.

Our song was ‘Shotgun’ by George Ezra, which meant Mr Edgell (the undisputed music brain of the outfit) was able to incorporate harmony and rounds into the piece.

The boys worked hard in training with the implicit understanding that the sooner it was right, the sooner they could get outside and play! They grasped this carrot and even voiced ideas of a choreographed dance routine (this had to be shelved once we all saw the potential disaster of the flailing arms and legs routine).

fresh’ seemed to be their take on things. In all seriousness, they showed poise and no little skill in their wonderful performance.

Safe to say, I was a very happy Housemaster by the time we were eating our celebratory ice creams in the shade of the Whatley Copper Beech.

J Averis

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This was another busy year of music, with countless concerts and events over the course of the year.

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Schools. It was an opportunity to celebrate the significant musical life of the school. With around 80 performances, it was a full day of enjoyable music. Although the emphasis was on the taking part, there was a winner for each class across all instruments and voices. Congratulations to them, but also to all those who performed, doing an excellent job of showcasing the musical talents of the Pre-Prep and Prep Schools.

Regular informal concerts allowed children of all ages and stages of their musical experiences to perform and shine. They were all delightful occasions, and the Scholars provided a wonderful end to the year with their concert. The Year 8 Scholars also provided a super evening of music at the annual Anne Guy competition, with Jude Young on the piano the eventual winner.

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The Winter, Spring and Commem concerts gave the ensembles and groups a chance to showcase the fruits of their labour, and were all enjoyable occasions. The orchestra again impressed, as did the guitar, clarinet and senior string groups in particular. The swing band also played admirably at these and other occasions.

The Prep Choir provided wonderful music for our Chapel services, including Rutter’s ‘Gloria’ at Commem, and joined forces with the Upper School Choir for a lovely rendition of Mozart’s ‘Requiem’. The annual Rotary concert, formed by the choir, swing band and instrumental soloists just before Christmas, was also a highlight.

Elsewhere, other highlights included Costanza Giuggioli (voice) and Henry Gittings (violin) in our Remembrance service, and Alice Clements and Andy Small’s duet in the leavers’ Chapel service.

The Year 5 and 6’s Showcase Concert finished the year and gave pupils a chance to perform and show what they had been up to throughout the year in our ‘American Band System’ class music lessons.

“ The orchestra again impressed, as did the guitar, clarinet and senior string groups in particular.”

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The multi-talented Jude Young was awarded the Joseph Cooper Scholarship to the Upper School and contributed much to Prep Music, from playing the organ in Chapel, drums in swing band, and percussion in the school orchestra and the Redgrave pit for our production of High School Musical.

Likewise, Solly Scott, Georgie Lewis and Alice Clements all continue to the Upper School as Music Scholars, accompanied also by Year 8 joiner Lua Cho. We wish them every success and thank them for all they have contributed to music in the Prep over the last few years.

Congratulations also go to Hannah May, Joung Youn Hoang, Amy Fowler and Ines Trujillano on being awarded 11+ Music Scholarships.

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Our thanks, as always, go to the sizeable team of dedicated VMTs who taught over 250 individual music lessons every week, as well as running the various ensembles that provided opportunities for children to make music together. Also, throughout the year we hosted ABRSM and Trinity music exams, with the children gaining many distinctions and merits as recognition for their hard work.

J Edgell

Anne Guy Concert Congratulations to all our Year 8 Music Scholars who performed in the annual Anne Guy competition in February.

Many of the performers had recently undertaken the 13+ Music Scholarship to the Upper School and the evening was about celebrating their hard work, dedication and talent as they performed to an audience of Headmasters, Governors, teachers, family, peers and friends.

Our adjudicator was, once again, Paul Harrison from the Faculty of Performing Arts at Churchill Academy who praised the exceptionally high performance standard of all the children. It was a tough decision, but eventually Jude Young was chosen as the winner for his performance on the piano. Thanks also go to Mr Drinkwater who was our expert accompanist for the evening.

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Hot Air Balloons The Year 4 pupils were visited by artist Ffion Thomas. Ffion has recently graduated from a Fine Art degree in Bristol, where she experimented through painting.

Mostly using acrylics, spray paint, inks and watercolours, she currently works as a set designer for events and films, making props and painting sets.

Ffion worked with Year 4 pupils to produce individual hot air balloons. They successfully experimented with watercolour and cling-film painting techniques to produce original balloon creations.

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Fiona Willis Pattern Designs Artist Fiona Willis visited the Year 6 pupils on February 14th.

Fiona is an illustrator living and working in Bristol. Her work is inspired by nature and natural forms. She uses watercolour, pen and ink, crayon and, more recently, collage and linocut.

Her originals are professionally reproduced on watercolour paper as limited edition giclee prints.

For the workshop, Fiona worked with Year 6 to produce a pattern design based on fish. It was a very productive and enjoyable day.

Art Prep years workshops

“They successfully experimented with watercolour and clingfilm painting techniques to produce original balloon creations.�

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Cai Burton Sea Creatures Cai Burton is an illustrator and designer living and working in Bristol. A big part of the work he does is about the process. He thinks a lot about mindfulness and the organic progression of the patterns in his work.

Over the term, pupils researched sea creatures and created watercolour backgrounds in preparation for the illustration workshop. Cai worked with Year 8 pupils to produce a sea creature illustration. They used circular patterns to turn observational studies into abstract images which proved very effective.

“The pupils worked in acrylic to produce square tryptic images based on waves.�

Feona Ness Painting Workshop Landscape artist Feona Ness visited the Preparatory School in November to work with the Year 8 Art Scholars. Feona has been a painter for over 25 years.

She works directly from the environment, inspired by light, weather patterns, moods and colours. Her oil paintings are semi-abstract but firmly rooted in the tradition of landscape painting. She has exhibited throughout the South West, London, Northumberland, Wales and Denmark.

The pupils worked in acrylic to produce square tryptic images based on waves. They also experimented with the concepts of light, mood and atmosphere in landscape painting.

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Graffiti Workshop In November, Year 7 took part in a graffiti workshop run by Rob Wheeler. Rob is a local print maker and graffiti artist. He has painted several murals for venues across Bristol, working for the Wild Place and H&M amongst many others.

During the workshop, Year 7 students learnt about the history of graffiti and how to create their own piece of graffiti artwork using key graffiti techniques.

They were also given the opportunity to work with indoor spray paints and stencils.

We soon found there were some budding Banksys in our midst!

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Design & Technology

We have had a very enjoyable year in Design and Technology.

At Clifton, we appreciate that working with your hands and developing skill is a wonderful thing.

WO Bentley spent part of his school years at Clifton, and no doubt picked up some of the design skills and practical ability that allowed his cars to win Le Mans three times in the early part of the last century. I wonder if we will be able to spark such an interest in Cliftonians of today?

There is something magical about watching a laser cutter produce a design out of a sheet of plastic that you have sent to it. The design package we use is a relatively simple program called 2D Design, and as well as being used in the Prep School, it

is extensively used in GCSE and A Level work. We also use a control program to run motors and turn on LEDs as we wish. In later years we focus on electronics and make FM radios, Bluetooth amplifiers and a range of Zoo projects which come in a whole host of interesting designs.

parts of the car send information via Bluetooth to a mobile phone which is attached to the steering wheel.

The F24 racing team and the Goblin team have been working very hard on their respective cars.

We are extremely lucky at Clifton to have a large workshop with a classroom full of computers that sits beside it. The pupils very much enjoy the subject and we can develop practical skills and creativity alongside the use of modern materials and techniques that WO Bentley would, I am sure, approve of.

We have decided to scratch build a new car this year and are well on the way to testing. As with all engineering projects, we have had various versions but seem to be making headway. The tubular aluminium frame holds an array of new systems which include seven gears and a new throttle system. Most interestingly, we have a telemetry system that gives us information about the voltage to the motor, speed, which gear you are in, battery life and motor temperature.

The sensors attached to various

The Goblin team have raced at Renishaw and had a great day out showing that motor sport is thriving even at a young age.

S Webb

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Alice in Wonderland

Drama

Alice met a fretful rabbit. She grew tall and later shrank.

Lobsters talked, flowers sang and a smooth-talking caterpillar danced as Year 5 transformed the Redgrave Theatre in their school production of Alice in Wonderland.

Orla Coombes as Alice led the cast with her exceptional singing and delightful dancing. She had ample help along the way from Ben Halden as her White Rabbit and four cheeky Cheshire Cats, played by Cindy Jiang, Bella Herring, Bea Chapman and Lottie Whatley, who brought so much energy to the stage as they took the audience through each scene.

No production of Alice in Wonderland would be complete without a Mad Hatter’s tea party. With Ben Ross as the Mad Hatter and Sam Blakeston as the March Hare, Alice took part in a splendidly eccentric bash that ended with all of the party guests wishing Alice a very happy unbirthday with the famous ‘Unbirthday Song’.

Now, this well-loved story wouldn’t be the same without Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Sebby Jeffery and Roe O’Neill as this notorious comic double act

wowed the audience with their musical number, ‘How D’ye Do and Shake Hands’, a song that confused Alice so much that she needed cheering up. Miles Pearce-Lynch as the Caterpillar managed this with great aplomb and getting the audience to sing along to ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah’.

A visit with the King and Queen and her Royal Cardmen awaited Alice next. Leyla Gulek as the Queen was appropriately loud and bossy. Her shrieks of ‘Off with their heads!’ cut through the theatre, but to no avail as our heroine escaped and gave the audience the happy ending we all desired.

Alice in Wonderland was a vibrant production and a joy for all. The set design was bold and ever so wonderful too, as it needed to be for this play to work. The White Rabbit’s house looked like an old-fashioned cottage with ivy and flowers growing up its walls, the perfect setting for Alice’s arms and legs to grow bigger and bigger.

Alice was not alone. The audience all felt a little bigger too by the end of this outstanding production.

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High School Musical The Year 8 play transported us from school to school in High School Musical.

Elliot Marsh as Jack Scott, the Voice of East High, kept us up to date with the fast-paced action as the cliques realised that rather than stick to the status quo, sometimes you have to take risks and allow people to try something new.

The audience could not slack in their concentration as the clever set and staging moved us quickly between the different cliques, from the Jocks in the gym supported by the nimblefooted, gymnastic cheerleaders, to the brainiacs in the chemistry lab, skater dudes in the cafeteria and thespians vying for star status in the theatre auditions.

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” exhorted Oscar Levy as Coach Bolton, and certainly there were no weak links in this production. Pupils had to be able to sing and dance, and even whilst bouncing balls!

As Miss Fawkes commented in her Director’s Notes in the programme, every pupil

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involved worked extremely hard, showing huge commitment and dedication in learning such a difficult script, challenging choreography and musical numbers.

The cast clearly thrived on these challenges, delivering strong performances across the board, from the amazing duets between Andy Small and Alice Clements as Troy and Gabriella to the scheming drama queen of Ellie Matthew’s Sharpay Evans and twinkle-toed Oli Hambley as her long-suffering brother, Ryan.

Megan Cook literally leapt out as Ms Darius, hoping to inspire

her thespians as Miss Fewkes inspired her own. There were also many impressive supporting performances, notably from Papa Obeng as Chad Danforth and Grace Spring-Martin as Taylor McKessie working with Emily Murray’s Kelli Nielsen to ensure that Troy and Gabriella succeeded in their auditions as well as their team events.

Troy tells Gabriella that he yearns to be more than just the jock playmaker, explaining that a playmaker “makes everyone else look good”. Special thanks must go to the adult playmakers who made this young cast look

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link...and certainly there were no weak links in this production.”

so good, and special mention goes to Lucy Fewkes, director, choreographer and costume designer; Julian Edgell, musical director; Angela Voke-Jewett, make-up artist and George Malin, set designer. Many thanks also to those working backstage and those who helped with rehearsals.

Thank you! Congratulations to everyone involved, both cast and crew - you really were “all in this together!”

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Why is everyone so excited about Virtual Reality headsets?

They’ve been around for years.

Hundreds of years. They are called books.

Take you to other worlds? Yes. Take you to other ages? Yes. They take you inside other people’s heads, so they are better than headsets. Every book is a different headset - and doesn’t that make the library the new VR centre?

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library and a brilliant librarian who makes it a welcoming and wonderful place to be, literally transforming it to worlds as fantastic as Wonderland and the Emerald City for recent Commemoration celebrations.

At the start of Year 7, we ask pupils to consider why personal reading is so important. As lives become even busier with examination focus in the Upper School, time in the Prep School really is a great opportunity for personal reading and pupils came up with some fantastic reasons why this is so valuable.

Further emphasising the importance of personal reading, after examinations in the Summer Term of Year 7, we run Read for Good’s Readathon. This reading challenge offers pupils the chance to read for pleasure

while being sponsored, with pupils again raising over £1,000 in summer 2019. This money goes to children’s hospitals to purchase new books and visits from professional storytellers, so passing on the positive impact that reading can have.

Mark Twain is attributed with the following quotation: “The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who never learned to read.” Here at the Prep, we introduce pupils to a wide range of ‘good books’, both through class readers and guided personal reading lessons.

It is important to us to provide plenty of opportunities for personal reading in the Prep and to foster a love of books in all our pupils.

S Swallow

Creative Writing

English

Children, parents and teachers gathered in the library in the week before Commem to celebrate the publication of Sheaf 19. Highlights of the launch party included readings from Lili Clerc-Jerome and Louisa Hall, from their respective prize-winning stories, Unknown and Frost Bite. Libby Laredo also read from her Wicked Young Writer finalist story, Shall I Tell You a Secret? Each girl read with a remarkable presence and authority, quite a gift in writers so young.

Artwork from the Sheaf 19 was also on display in the library, including works from our Upper Pre prize-winner, Luana Benedict, and the Lower Pre winner, Harriet Taylor.

Creative writing continues to flourish at the Preparatory School.

Flash-fiction contests at half-term and the end of the Summer Term are now heated events with young writers chipping away at their stories and poems, forever keen to make them better. The quality of writing – wicked or not – seems to improve by the month, as does its variety.

J Giebus

“We have a brilliant library and a brilliant librarian who makes it a welcoming and wonderful place to be.”

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It has been a busy year for mathematicians at Clifton.

No matter what age or ability, we seek to make Maths fun and engaging for everyone, helping to build confidence and ensuring the children meet their potential. Perhaps the highlight of the year was Pi Day. Competitions were run 76 | Preparatory School 2019

in each class to see who could remember the most digits of pi. Well done to Cindy Jiang, Grace Spring-Martin, Ishbel Bird and Nico Zhang who made it to the final. This was run during assembly with the winner being Nico Zhang, who remembered pi to 81 places! Her prize was to “pi” Mr Walton.

Clifton takes part in many competitions and challenges throughout the year.

Congratulations to our Year 4,

5 and 6 teams who competed at the Redmaids competitions.

Year 7 pupils also entered the Dauntsey Dodecahedron Competition. Over 1000 pupils took part, and we were delighted that Ishbel Bird, Patrik Hopkinson, Nico Zhang, Junsei Yasuda and Avik Bahl were invited to the final held at Dauntseys. Finalists represented the top 4% of candidates. After some very difficult rounds, we were delighted when Patrik was named the winner. He is the 6th Cliftonian to win the

competition, with Clifton having won more than any other school over the 30 years it has been running.

From Year 8, Taiki Faustino and Sally Kim were selected for the UK Maths Challenge team competition. The Clifton team consisted of two Year 8s and two Year 9s. They joined Jonathan Ambler and Cici Pan from Year 9 to complete the team. With a lot of hard work, the team came 1st in the South West Regionals hosted at Colston’s. This meant

Mathematics

they qualified for the national finals in London. In June, the team headed off with Mrs Myers to challenge the top schools from around the country. They came a very respectable 29th out of 88 schools.

Each year, Clifton enters the junior and intermediate Maths challenges. Well done to all the pupils who entered and gave their very best. In the IMC, a challenge aimed at Year 11, we won seven golds, five silvers and eight bronzes. Special mention goes to Elliot Marsh for coming top in school. In the JMC, pupils won an impressive 19 golds, 25 silvers and 28 bronzes.

Congratulations to Taiki Faustino for qualifying for the Olympiad.

“I have been delighted to see and hear the progress made across the school.�

Finally, well done to all pupils for giving their best effort. Whilst it is nice to recognise success in Maths, it is really the day-today effort the children make in the subject whatever their age that makes me so proud. I have been delighted to see and hear the progress made across the school, and I am sure Maths will continue to go from strength to strength in the future.

J Cowan

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It was a busy year in Science at the Prep School.

As usual, it has been getting hands-on with Science that has been at the fore: combustion experiments, designing and building paper rockets, pond dipping, Van der Graaf generators, forensic investigations into flesh eating slime and countless more experiences. It continues to be our passion to allow pupils to experience as much of science as possible through experimentation.

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At the beginning of the year, pupils were excited to watch chicken eggs incubating in the Science Laboratories and were lucky enough to watch some of them hatching. Pupils were fascinated to see the chicks emerge from their shells and learn about their growth and development. Two of the chickens have taken up residence in the Rose Garden at the back of Wollaston’s and Tait’s. In December, the school held a ‘Heneral Election’, where pupils voted on the hens’ names.

Several trips have been undertaken alongside regular walks over to the zoo.

The highlight was the Big Bang Fair, held at the NEC, where all of Years 7 and 8 were able to visit stalls from top flight STEM companies, whilst seeing fantastic science shows and of course picking up as many science toys as they could!

For the Prep School’s annual STEM days last year, pupils were transported to the wild mountains of Tibet (which resembled BB quite a lot!) for five lessons of Survival Science.

Here, the Ancient Ones passed on their knowledge of metal casting, fire transportation,

water filtration, first aid and navigation. The weather may not have been on our side, but our pupils didn’t let a little bit of rain, or even a deluge or two, dampen their enthusiasm.

It was a fantastic chance for pupils to experience Science challenges in situations beyond the classroom and apply their learning to the skills of surviving in the Himalayas.

T Harris

Science

Library

We have had another exciting year in the Library, with author visits, competitions and displays designed to educate and inspire.

We have had a bumper year in the Prep Library, with no fewer than seven author visits, a whole school poetry slam, a Book Week, competitions and all of the usual annual events like Commemoration Day, World Book Day Celebrations and National Poetry Day. The Michaelmas Term started with a flurry of excitement as our new Year 7 pupils all got to choose a Bookbuzz book to keep forever. Bookbuzz is an annual scheme run by The Reading Agency. Pupils watch book trailers during their Library Lesson and then order whichever title they like to take home and keep.

Author Maz Evans spoke to Lower-Prep pupils in September.

She kept everyone entertained with her funny, high energy presentation and then led the pupils in a masterclass in character description. Peter Bunzl visited the Prep School a few weeks later as part of the national tour for the launch of Skycircus. Peter held a robot dressing-up competition and treated us to readings in the Redgrave Theatre, where we were joined by pupils from neighbouring schools. National Poetry Day is in October. We celebrated the day with a ‘Poetry Lucky Dip’ box and a special Poetry Day assembly, where Mr Walton shared with us some of his most amusing and memorable favourite poems.

Our annual Book Week in November started with a visit from Greenaway Awardnominated author and illustrator, Tom McLaughlin, who talked about how his dyslexia helps him creatively. He talked about the many humorous

books that he has written and did some live drawing for us using a visualiser. On the Wednesday, Year 5 were in the Redgrave to watch author David Solomons launch his brand new Dr Who title The Secret of Vault 13. Scenes from David’s book were acted out by our pupils and we all played a Dr Who-related guessing game called Pot Plant Or Predator.

We held our first ever Prep School Poetry Slam on the Thursday and Friday of Book Week, with past Poet Laureate of Birmingham Spoz running sessions full of fast punning and hilarious rhymes. Spoz joined the panel of esteemed judges for the Dress-Up Day Costume Competition. Everyone’s costumes were incredible. It’s not every day that you get to watch an inflatable dinosaur waddling his way to lessons!

Thriller writer Dan Smith spoke to Years 7 and 8 in February about his unusually adventurous life as a child, his love of Star Wars and his passion for reading and writing.

Clifton ‘rocked’ on World Book Day in March as pupils brought in book-themed painted rocks to celebrate their favourite reads.

Pupils and families had gone to a lot of creative effort to mark the special day and we were really impressed with them all.

The Prep School’s creative magazine, The Sheaf, launched in the Library in the Lent Term, and we celebrated all of the work achieved by the pupils for this publication by transforming

the Library into the Emerald City for Commemoration Day and displaying it for everyone to enjoy.

Pre-Prep Pupils were overheard discussing the ‘magical fairy’, who visited the school in the Summer Term when the flamboyant author and illustrator of the Isadora Moon books, Harriet Muncaster, spoke to our younger pupils about creating stories about ‘hybrid magical creatures’ and led them in draw-alongs. Local Professor of Creative Writing and children’s author Julia Green ran creative writing sessions with Years 5 and 6 in May. Many of the pupils used the character sketches that she inspired as a launchpad for their own stories after her visit.

To round off the Summer Term, Year 7 spent a week reading for charity and raised over £1,000 for Readathon charities.

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If there is a sport, chances are that Clifton runs a lunch-time activity or after-school club in it.

At Clifton, there are after-school activities in hockey, football, swimming, squash, skiing,

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tennis, petanque, cricket, horse riding, gymnastics, judo and more.

The same is true for the arts, with drama, dance, creative writing and art clubs running all year round. In the Music School or Pre Hall, orchestra, junior and Chapel choir take place as do pop groups, swing bands, quartets and ensembles, some meeting before school as well.

Perennial favourites returned too. Clubs in coding, cookery, railway club, orienteering, bee-keeping, sewing, tap, Glee, CNED, Design Technology and ICT remained ever-popular. As ever, the clubs and activities on offer at Clifton reflect the children themselves: serious and fun-loving, determined but playful, unconventional and yet representative.

Clubs & Activities

A beehive has arrived at Clifton College.

A fully working beehive has arrived at the Prep School, and the bees are already hard at work producing the first jar of Clifton College honey.

Pupils, if they wish, can get right into the thick of the action by donning a bee suit and carrying out weekly inspections on the hive during after-school sessions every Tuesday.

Bees are highly social creatures with complicated behaviours and intriguing population dynamics and, as a result, are fascinating to learn about.

Not only will we be harvesting honey and enjoying its sweet taste, but we want pupils to learn all about the bees and understand the bigger picture and their importance to the economy as well as to ecology.

Our weekly hive inspections include checking on the queen as well as on the development of new bees and the levels of honey in the hive. The sessions have proved very popular and also bring the children together and help to develop their teamwork skills.

J Paynter

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Textiles Club Pupils in the Lower Pre designed and created their own unique cushion. From pattern making to transfer printing and using the heat press, pupils thoroughly enjoyed seeing their designs come to life. We were very fortunate to have two UpperPrep pupils (Emily Hall and Zoe Milligan) who came every week to assist the younger pupils with different skills.

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“From pattern making to transfer printing and using the heat press, pupils thoroughly enjoyed seeing their designs come to life.”

Equestrian Team at Royal Bath and West Congratulations to Clifton College Equestrian Team who represented the school at The Royal Bath and West Show.

Jemima, Emily and Catherine were competing against teams who all had four members and, since the best three scores count, the pressure was on to make the most of each round. Jemima rode first on Foxton Formula and jumped a speedy double clear, which was the fastest round of the team competition. Emily took a strategic line on Black Magic Lad, which ensured she was double clear.

Catherine went last for the team on Stormy Day and cleared all the jumps in what turned out to be the second quickest round of the team competition. This meant the girls had the fastest combined time; they were also the only team to jump clear and earned the school a highly sought-after first place.

Well done to Jemima, Emily and Catherine who trained hard for this prestigious competition.

Also, a big thank you to the support team (parents) and the coaches, Nic and Bridget.

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85 which Jemima (Year 9) won.

Emily (South Town) won both 70 and 80 SJ classes at Rectory Farm.

Emily and Catherine have now both qualified for the National Trailblazers SJ Championships (75 and 85 respectively), and Emily has qualified for the National SJ Sunshine tour.

Finally, Catherine did her first One Day Event on Sunday (dressage, show jumping and cross country). She built on a great dressage score with faultless show jumping and cross country, and was one of only two riders to make the optimum time. Given the large number of much older and experienced (mainly adult) competitors in the class, this was an exceptional achievement.

“They were also the only team to jump clear and earned the school a highly sought-after first place.”

Chess Club The Chess Club meets every Thursday after school in Room 17. Everyone who joins is experienced or at least knows the basic moves of each piece, with roughly 40 determined members generating 20 matches simultaneously.

The Chess Club never has knockout competitions.

Everyone is paired so that no one should play the same person twice in a term. Points are awarded for wins, draws and even for playing in defeat.

Participation is as important as winning!

Pairings are by running point totals and by age group. Those who qualify at the end of the Lent Term generally compete in the May ‘Megafinal’ in Bristol.

Underhill and Nico Zhang – our 1st XV who competed at County Championships. Competition is always fierce on this larger stage. Nevertheless, four of our medal winners (Leyla, Artem, Ramón and Emilia) qualified for the National Semi-Finals later in July, and five others missed further qualification by a mere half a point.

Congratulations also go to Tom Underhill and David Wu, both in Year 10, who were part of the club as advisers and competed in the July tournament.

Participation at this level was an incredible achievement, involving only the top 4% of the original competitors throughout the nation.

“Points are awarded for wins, draws and even for playing in defeat. Participation is as important as winning!”

J Hatton

This year, the big guns qualifying for that honour were Ramón Andreu Oliete, Sam Blakeston, Adam Farouk, Leyla Gulek, Arthur Haimes, Edmund Hogg, Cindy Jiang, Archie Johnson, Yejun Kim, Alvaro Marés De La Cruz, Emilia Kozikowska, Artem Reyson, Henry Swan, Alex

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Trips

After arriving at the hotel, the first place we visited was the DDR (or GDR in English) museum.

This showed what life was like in East Germany - or the Deutsch Demokratische Republik. To get there, we used Berlin’s S-Bahn train system and walked from the station to the museum, which lies on the bank of the river Spree.

One of the main events during the trip was the Christmas fair. We visited a few markets in Berlin, but the largest was Alexanderplatz. From here, you can see the iconic Berlin radio tower. The tower, constructed in the DDR, originally was a symbol meant to represent the success of East Germany. Now, it is simply a landmark that is associated with all of Berlin. At the Christmas markets, there were many food stalls as well as

traditional German Christmas ornaments. The markets were often extremely crowded, and in Alexanderplatz, the tram line runs straight through the square.

Berlin is well known for its efficient transportation. One of my favourite aspects of the Berlin trip is that we got to primarily use public transport, which made the whole trip much more authentic. Berlin’s railway is made up of the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn. Both are rapid transit systems, the U-Bahn servicing underground stations and the S-Bahn serving overground stations. As well as public transport, we also walked around the city a lot, which was fascinating, especially due to the rapid expansion within Berlin.

We also visited the Olympic Stadium and took a guided tour, which explained both physical and political history, as well as the inner workings of the stadium’s modern operation and how its modern architecture meshes with the original stadium. After walking

by Brandenburg Gate, we went to the German Parliament

(Deutscher Bundestag) and, once again, saw how the history of the building had influenced its modern appearance. The building’s design is based on what it represents. Glass features everywhere to give an idea of transparency. Purple is used as it is not associated with any particular country or party and thus is an unbiased colour.

On top of the parliament room, there is a large glass dome where you can look over all of Berlin. All in all, it was a wonderful trip and I learnt a lot about Berlin and its history.

Jude Young (Year 8)

Berlin

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Dubai U13 Rugby and Netball Tour to Dubai Over the October half term, 35 pupils from Years 7 and 8, and four staff, went on a rugby and netball tour to Dubai. After the exciting build-up to the tour, the tourists were not to be disappointed!

Dubai delivered an amazing lifetime experience in every way.

Pupils enjoyed a trip to the Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world), a Desert Safari (including camel rides and 4x4 Jeep rides through the dunes), The Wild Wadi Water Park and a sightseeing tour around the city, which added to the huge success the tourists had on the sports field.

The U12 and U13 netball teams competed in the Dubai Desert Netball Championships, with the U12 gaining silver medals. The U13 girls also secured a fabulous win in Abu Dhabi vs their top club. The U13 boys’ rugby team won two of their three matches, playing some great running rugby against much bigger boys, with the highlight playing Dubai Exiles on the Sevens Stadium main pitch under floodlights. Well done to all for being outstanding ambassadors of the school and for contributing to a truly amazing tour.

C Graveney

“Dubai delivered an amazing lifetime experience in every way.”

Day 1

The Dubai tour began with a long but exciting bus drive down to the airport. When we got to the airport, we checked in and then got on the plane. The plane was great fun and everyone was really excited.

Day 2

When we landed in Dubai, we learnt about the city on a city tour guide. It was very hot! After going from one side of the city to the other, we finally got to the hotel and had our first dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Day 3

“It was a great trip and we thank everyone who helped to make the trip an amazing experience.”

We got up early for a quick breakfast before going to the Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa - the world’s tallest building. We had a lot of fun shopping and got some arty photos next to the Burj Khalifa and then had an exhilarating experience at the top of the building. After, the netball team went off to play their first match against Abu Dhabi. And the rugby team went to play their match as well. After that we had a delicious dinner.

Day 4

The fourth day was a hit! We went on a very exciting trip to the Wild Wadi Water Park. We went on all the rides over and over again. Everyone had a great time relaxing and going on all the rides.

Day 5

The whole group went for a walk on the beach to relax and swim in the sea. Everyone was so surprised how warm the water was. After that, the boys got their game faces on and everyone went to Dubai 7’s Stadium. With the girls supporting, the boys had an amazing game and came away with a victory.

Day 6

A calm morning followed with the first day of the desert netball tournament. There was a glitter and braid bar and all the girls had hot but fun netball matches with the boys there to support.

After, it was back to the hotel for a quick shower turn over and to the restaurant for a welldeserved meal.

Day 7

A very early morning, starting with a big breakfast to fuel the netballers for the rest of the day.

Lots of water was drunk, many matches were played, and the U12 girls made the journey to the finals. A tight game resulted in a silver medal! So very well done to the mighty netball team.

Day 8

On our last day before heading back home, we relaxed in our hotel and then went for an awesome desert safari. The safari began with dune bashing, and then the cars took us to our desert base where we rode camels and watched three performances, including belly dancing! We also had a BBQ in the middle of the desert!

Day 9

On our last day we had the tour awards, followed by goodbyes to the Gloria Hotel and then onto the plane back home. We were welcomed back by family and cold weather!

It was a great trip and we thank everyone who helped to put in an effort to make the trip an amazing experience for us all!

Everyone loved it and it will be an experience no one will forget.

By Charlotte, Emily and Cassi

Meanwhile, the boys had played a rugby match and relaxed at the beach. Finally, we all joined back together for our last dinner in the hotel.

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Spain Having arrived in sunny Spain, we spent the first day exploring the local town of Rosas.

Rosas is a beautiful pueblo about two hours outside of Barcelona.

During our trip, we were lucky enough to visit Barcelona a number of times. It was fascinating to see the great heights and architecture of the Sagrada Familia and the inspiring creations of Antoni GaudĂ­ in Parque GĂźell.

The students were able to improve their Spanish during the lessons at the hotel and they could practise what they had learnt in the shops and cafes we stopped off in.

The promenade was perfect for late afternoon beach games and

souvenir shopping. Some of the pupils even braved a dip in the sea!

We travelled by plane and coach, and enjoyed the boat trip to Cadaques, a picturesque coastal town but the highlight was, of course, the Rosas Express!

We were bowled over by the Dali Museum in Figueres. Our talented artists were enchanted and inspired, finding it hard to leave.

We were lucky enough to share the hotel with some friendly holiday makers, who showed us some of their groovy dance moves on a couple of evenings.

Our sociable Clifton pupils did us proud, showcasing their excellent social skills and sense of fun.

It was an absolute pleasure to take such a wonderful group of Year 7 and 8 pupils to Spain so that they could soak up the Spanish culture and language.

On Monday 1st July, five Year 8 boys: Thomas, Toby, Ramon, Alvaro and Jack; and five Year 7 girls: Alicia, Sophie, Poppy, Costanza and Serene, travelled to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to watch the opening day’s tennis at Wimbledon. The day started with much anticipation and excitement. The pupils had some time to wander around the club and soak up the atmosphere, enjoying some tennis on the outside courts and then play began on Court 1 at 1pm.

The pupils were treated to some wonderful tennis throughout the day. It started with a close match between

ladies 7th seed Halep and Sasnovich. It then continued with an amazing men’s match which saw the 6th seed Zverev defeated by Vesely. The best was saved until last, when we watched the youngest qualifier in the ladies draw, Cori Gauff (15 years old), defeat the tennis legend and five times Wimbledon Champion, Venus Williams (39 years old) in a thriller of a match. It was a day of laughter, sunshine and tennis inspiration for our budding young Clifton tennis stars.

The pupils behaved impeccably and were a credit to themselves and the school. Well done.

M Thorpe

Wimbledon

Sport

Boys’ Rugby U13A What a fantastic season the U13A team had. They made great progress over the 15 matches they played, winning 12 and losing only three games.

The squad were keen to play an expansive game and were superb in defence. Highlights of the season were strong wins against an unbeaten Monkton Combe side, our final match against St John’s Chepstow and, of course, the amazing tour to Dubai. The whole squad contributed to what I hope was a memorable season and one which they enjoyed and should be very proud of. A special mention goes to Mani Green, who captained the side really well, Papa Obeng and Taiki Faustino, who were both named Players of the Season, Giacomo Giuggioli, who scored over 20 tries, and Oscar Wright who was named Most Improved Player.

Thank you to all the players and their parents whose support was so appreciated.

The remainder of the season was often spent playing teams that were unable to match either our strength in the pack or our speed in the three-quarters.

The team became very good at winning the breakdown areas, thus guaranteeing plenty of ball for us to attack the opposition again and again until we created a breakthrough.

U13C

Well done to all the boys who played and trained so well all season.

‘If we win, lose or draw, it’s a victory for all’. These lyrics sum up the U13C team’s season to a tee, winning four, losing five and drawing three in an array of exciting games across the term. Highlights include wins against Beaudesert (45-15) and Cheltenham (10-0), and we were incredibly unfortunate not to win the games we drew.

The boys started the term with a sense of trepidation and this was evident in our early season form. However, to their credit, they turned it around, putting in some fighting performances, with the majority banishing the fear of contact in the process. The boys put in valiant efforts in two tournaments and should be extremely pleased with how far they have come. Well done, boys.

J Averis

J Paynter

Two of the final games of the season were played against A teams from Cathedral and Taunton Prep. These proved to be fantastic tests of how we had developed and progressed.

Although we were augmented by several of our own A team players, the majority of the team were genuine B teamers. To win both of these matches was a fantastic way to end the season.

J Digby

U13B The U13Bs had a very pleasing season, showing great improvements in their skill levels and understanding of the game. The boys showed great team spirit and were resilient throughout, taking challenges head-on.

In any season, the first matches tend to be something of a lottery in terms of performance.

However, the boys hit the ground running, winning their first four matches convincingly.

We then came up against the might of Millfield and BGS, who both played a very expansive game to beat us, despite excellent tackling from all of the boys.

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Boys’ Rugby

U12A The U12A completed a tough, successful and rewarding season. The boys had to test their mettle against some of the best teams in the area, and while the results didn’t always fall in our favour, the performances and improvements made by all were extremely satisfying.

Led by captain, playmaker and orchestrator, Finlay Kandavanam-Lovell, and supported by his able and industrious right-hand-man, Junsai Yasuda, the team notched up impressive wins against Dean Close, BGS, Colston’s, The Downs, Monkton Combe and Beechen Cliff. They also battled for draws against King’s Hall and Cheltenham College, where the boys ultimately put in their best performances of the season.

In line with the old adage ‘a team is only as good as its forwards’, Toby Young, Junsai Yasuda, Mason Ellis, George Herring, Eduardo Giovarruscio, and the pound for pound strongest man of the team, Josh Litt, spent the season smashing rucks, making huge tackles and linking with the backline, giving the team the all-important forward momentum. Because of the tireless work of the forwards and slick delivery of scrum-half, Jamie Brooks, the backline, had plenty of opportunity through Finlay KandavanamLovell, Henry Packham, Ricardo Thompson, Rory Morgan and Adam Davidson to cut through the opposition line, playing a mesmerising offloading game.

Special mention to Xander Tate, whose dogged determination, strong running and brutal tackling shored up the team from the back. Well done boys!

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U12B Having enjoyed the long summer break, the U12s came back to Clifton ready for a season of rugby. The boys concentrated on their positional play in both attack and defence as well as improving handling and tackling. We had a powerful pack with Saul Chiren, Oscar Miller, Luca Blann, Josh Pitt and Avik Bahl providing a strong platform at the breakdown. In September, Saul and Oscar powered over to score regularly in our two victories vs QEH and King’s Hall.

As the season progressed, we tried to move the ball into space through the backs. Archie Allan and Patrick Hopkinson dictated play at scrum-half and fly-half.

Edmund Hogg and Eduardo Pardo De Santayana, who had been promoted from the Cs, proved extremely elusive and scored some great individual tries. The Bs can reflect on a very enjoyable season, winning five games, drawing two and losing three. A number of pupils had not played rugby before the season, so well done to them for making so much progress.

J Cowan

U12C The core values of England Rugby are TREDS, which stands for teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship. The U12C team demonstrated these values and improved upon them throughout the rugby season, making them not just better players, but more rounded and better individuals.

Their season kicked off against Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, who were physically a much bigger team, with plenty on the bench too. The boys showed great teamwork and defence in the first-half to keep things even, with some particularly good play from Eduardo Pardo De Santayana who was playing his first ever game, and who was

later moved up a team a few weeks later.

It was all uphill from here with the boys winning the remaining fixtures against Dean Close (15-0) and close rivals Bristol Grammar School (15-5), and coming away 2 from 4 at the Downs Festival.

There were many stand out performances over the season. From Axel Grellou’s tremendous tackling, to Arthur Louw’s rucking, to captain Luken Chan’s passing game. Artem Reyson was awarded Player of the Season for his vast improvement as a player, from struggling to grasp the game at the start to finishing as one of the team’s strongest players. The boys put in great effort and enjoyed their season a lot, and may they continue to do so for the rest of their school days.

G Parsley

U11s The U11A have shown so much progress this term and, although coming up against some tough competition, have put in some excellent team performances.

This will be imperative next year if we want to compete against the best schools. Colours were awarded to Matthew Small, Eddie Muggeridge, Nathaniel Phillips and Max Robson. Eddie and Nathaniel were awarded Players’ Player.

The Bs have had a very good season and the number of players that have played in the A Team has been really encouraging. The Coach’s Award went to William Southward, but could have been given to anyone in the team. A really positive season and one that has great building blocks for the future.

The C Team have had a very positive season, playing eight matches, winning five, drawing one and losing two. The boys tried hard to improve their skills, and we have had great success stories from Ronnie BucknellBrady’s runs, Mirko Vamosi’s involvement, Matthew Lane’s great tackles, Ben Traynor and Milo Walton’s first tries and more. Well done boys, for your good team spirit and solidarity.

The highlight of the season was the House Match. It showed that the strength and depth we have in the year group is excellent, and the match was played with more gusto than we saw against any school team. Players from the A, B and C teams played superbly together and the match ended in a draw!

Well done on a fantastic season to all of Year 6.

O Jones, B Shaw and A Durkin

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U10s The U10 boys were a pleasure to work with, making important progress regardless of the teams they played in.

The As beat every school they faced. Their dedication to learning new skills in training and improving upon existing ones was seriously impressive.

It is hard to single out anyone in particular for special mention as they all contributed significantly.

Ned Walsh led from the front in attack and defence, and all this in his first term at Clifton. His work rate was superb and an example to others. The whole team has a bright future in the game, and they made their coaches extremely proud!

The Bs showed outstanding grit, representing the school with pride and composure each time they set foot on the pitch this season. They came up against a number of tough teams but

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showed tenacity in defence and began to use the width of the pitch to their advantage.

Highlights would undoubtedly include Roe’s finest tackles, German’s dummies (when they worked!), Ben Halden’s try against Magdalen College, and the team’s outstanding win against BGS. The C team grew in confidence this season, motivated and ready to play, whatever the weather.

They became a close-knit group of boys who have begun to learn the importance of working hard for each other. This was summed up brilliantly in their wins against Cheltenham College and Cricklade Manor. George Bell loved running with the ball and scoring tries, and Sebby Jeffery has made excellent progress with his tackling, taking down boys almost twice his size! Well done, everyone.

E Thompson, S Morgan and J Tierney

U9s The U9s had a slow start to the season with the Downs Festival, which for most involved was their first experience of a contact rugby festival. Nonetheless, the boys demonstrated signs of promise and excitement for the term ahead. The promise turned into reality as both squads played outstanding rugby at the Clifton Rugby Festival on the Close in horrendous cold and wet conditions. From there, the As continued to develop and show signs of quality techniques and skills consistently against tough opposition.

“The boys demonstrated signs of promise and excitement for the term ahead.”

Both teams hit a rough patch after half term, losing form as we became more ambitious, passing more and continuing play. However, these setbacks did not stop the boys from working hard and improving every time they played, setting us up for a splendid end of season run with an outstanding performance at the St John’s-onthe-Hill Festival where both of our U9 sides emerged victorious.

A few standout performers were Oscar Johnson, Oscar Snowden and our most improved player, Rory Williams. Egor Reyson, who went from complete beginner to standout player, and the dependable Lucas Hoyle set the example for the B Team.

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Girls’ Hockey 1st VII The 1st VII team have had a fabulous term of hockey with much success and enjoyment along the way.

The 1st team ably led by Clementine Houlden and Alice Clements as joint captains, were successful in reaching the Nationals IAPS Finals after defeating Millfield in the regional quarter-final 1-0. This was probably the most important moment of the season, as the girls played incredibly well and there was real maturity in their success. We took the lead early and then worked hard to extend it whilst also keeping them out. After giving away a penalty stroke, which was needed to save a certain goal, to then saving it, everything about the performance was very professionally executed. At the Nationals, we once again made it to the quarter-finals with more fantastic play along the way, but this time we came away with a loss. That said, joint 5th in the country is an incredible achievement and one they should all be very proud of.

During the season, we worked hard to develop our patterns of play and our change of direction of attack. This led to our distribution of the ball to become exceptional in all areas of the pitch. In the Severnside Competition at the end of the

season, we came runners-up but played some of our best hockey to date. We have come a long way since the beginning of term, but where we finished should leave every player proud of what they have achieved.

I am very much looking forward to next season already. Game on ladies!

M Byas

2nd VII The 2nd VII also improved greatly as the season progressed. After watching them beat King’s Hall 3-2 early in the season, I always knew these girls were going to be fighters. With the calm head of Tanaya Ghosh as captain, their greatest moment was retaining the title of Severnside 2nd VII Champions.

It is always tough to play a good team in your first match and we certainly had work to do after playing Millfield! Our second game against King’s Hall did not start well as we were 2-0 down in the first half. However, we scored 3 in the second half and we were very pleased with our efforts and determination.

The U13 mini hockey tournament was a two-tier affair, our team was in the second tier along with some very strong teams. We managed

to win three and draw three.

Considering our opponents, we were pleased with the day’s work, even if it was a rather wet one! BGS proved a draw can be hard-won, they scored in the first five minutes and we scored a good direct shot from a short corner. BGS played well and we managed to keep them out of the goal – if only just. Our match against Beaudesert went well and the girls played very well indeed, slotting in a number of quality goals. The early week practice of passing around the back proved a great asset and something we took forward to our better games.

We managed to jointly win the 13B Hockey Severnside Tournament at Dean Close after a very slow start to the day. The final proved a tense affair, with both sides, (Clifton and Dean Close), playing solid hockey but in a defensive mode which resulted in extra time. Extra time proved equally as hard and a well fought out draw resulted.

Our team decided to take the high ground as Clifton won the

“We worked hard to develop our patterns of play and our change of direction of attack.” tournament last year. That said, we lost heavily three weeks before to Cheltenham, so they could possibly refute our idea.

The match against Blundell’s was another tight affair with us coming through in the last 10 seconds with a scrambled goal.

We had a good season which started slowly. We learned a great deal and gained the odd win. The players that represented the team did so in a polite, friendly yet determined manner.

S Webb

3rd VII Clifton faced a very strong Millfield side in their first match of the season. Despite a 2-1 defeat, the 3rd teams’ first game was a promising and exciting start to the term ahead.

Training in the week ahead was focused largely on accuracy of passing and encouraging players to hold their positions, especially on the wings.

Utilising much better attacking and defending formations in their next two matches, the 3rd team won against both Monkton and King’s Hall. Notable performances go to Fenella Burgess for taking on defenders up front and also India Morgan and Georgie Simpson for carrying the ball down the right wing at a fast controlled pace.

Hattie Rochford stood out by clearing the ball strongly and accurately.

The team faced their hardest challenge against Bristol Grammar School halfway through the season. Despite a 6-1 loss, the girls learned some valuable lessons.

After some hard work at training, focusing on defending and tackling skills, the 3rd team had a nail-biting match against Colston’s. Helen Jones worked tirelessly in defence, often stopping Colston’s from entering the D. Fleur Wagstaff worked exceptionally hard in goal, managing to save every shot on target. Unfortunately, we were also unable to move through the opponent’s defence, ending the game 0-0.

The 3rd team had a welldeserved confidence boost after a 3-1 win against The Downs.

Alicia Milligan hammered the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with an impressive hit from the top of the D. Sophia Jeffrey’s sent some excellent crosses in from the right giving our players plenty of deflections on target. Poppy ForestierWalker player well out on leftwing, making good runs with the ball in to the pocket.

The 3rd team had another impressive match, winning 3-1 against Dean Close. In centre mid, Victoire Berjonneau blocked anything that came down the middle and sent a quick accurate pass out wide that we were able to gain upon. Aimee Miles and Fenella Burgess continuously eliminated their opponents upfront creating many shots at goal.

Clifton was up against a skilful Blundell’s side towards the end of the season. Clifton found difficulty keeping possession and holding positions. However, the 3rd team put 100% effort the whole way through, finding gaps to penetrate the opposition’s end. The matched finished 2-2, a score they should be proud of.

5th VII What a fantastic season of hockey for the girls 5th VII! The girls made excellent progress during the term and worked very hard to develop their skill levels and understanding of match play tactics. The girls were a pleasure to coach.

The girls played against some strong opposition during the season and came away with six wins, four draws and only one loss. There were some standout team performances during the season and many excellent individual achievements. Chi Chi Sano had an excellent season

at centre mid and Sally Kim grew in stature on the pitch to score many excellent goals.

Olivia Horwood was a powerful defender, earning Player of the Match twice and Erin Parton made some important saves and was voted Player of the Match twice. Many girls who played on the wing made excellent progress too with Niamh Hardy and Rosie Marson showing lots of determination and good stick skills.

M Thorpe

Clifton faced Taunton Prep at home on their penultimate match. This match really saw the team come together and work to each other’s strengths. Another exceptional game from Fleur Wagstaff in goal, stopping some hard shots on target, finishing the game 3-0 to Clifton.

The season ended drawing 2-2 against Kingswood. This was another nail-biting, equal match but also an exciting way to end the season. Each player should be proud of their efforts and progression thoughout the term.

G Penney

4th VII The 4th VII had an incredible season having won nine out of 11 matches, with 46 goals scored all season and only conceding 16. The girls were outstanding, and worked together as a team throughout the season. They learnt early on in the season, to pass wide, drive up the win and be hungry for the goal in the D. Special mention Poppy Mumford (GK) who was spectacular in goal.

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6th VII The 6ths had a variable season with a large number of players fluctuating between the teams.

Saying that, every match was highly fought over and the team regularly demonstrated much determination to succeed. With a fantastic win against Colston’s, the girls worked incredibly hard and showed much accuracy in passing and working together as a team. Florencia Legge played incredibly well every match and her devastating runs along the right wing made life very difficult for the opposition to keep up with. Very proud of the girls and all their hard work during the hockey term, each making progress into fine, young hockey players.

K Wagstaff

7th VII The girls in Bigside 4 have been an absolute pleasure to coach.

They came to each training session eager and ready to learn, especially as many of the girls were beginners, and made the most amazing progress this season. Not only did they learn solid basic stick skills and a signature ‘minnie winnie’ but they also learnt how to read the game to good effect. The girls, who were angling for more match play all season, showed their competitive spirit against Dean Close. They thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of putting their newly acquired skills into match play at the end of each training session.

H Higham

U11A What a season... The progress made by the girls has been phenomenal. The season started with a 6-0 win against Millfield School. Throughout the game, the girls showed glimpses of structured build up play, a very promising sign of things to come. This structured build-up

continued in the next two games against King’s hall and Monkton.

The following weekend the girls lost 7-4 against a very talented Cheltenham College side that was very athletic and clinical in finishing their opportunities.

This result was the making of our season. The girls were driven and motivated by this defeat.

In the IAPS regional tournament at Cheltenham, the girls performed very well in the group stages in what can only be described as horrific conditions.

In the semi-final they came up against Cheltenham College.

The girls we so focused and determined to win. The game finished 3-1 with top-notch performances from all the team.

The girls went on the win the final 2-1 and qualified through to National finals.

Anyone who has had the pleasure of watching these girls perform will tell you they play some beautiful hockey and the technical skills on show by some of the players are just outstanding. The girls racked up some big scores in the build-up to the National finals against sides like Dean Close and The Downs.

National Finals In the National Finals the tournament consisted of six -minute each-way matches. In such a short match any lapse in concentration could be fatal.

The girls came out of the blocks firing, winning all but one of their group games with goals scored by Evie, Llywela and Sophie. Again I reminded the girls of the Cheltenham College game back in October and how this game was crucial in their motivation and how they would play in the quarter-final. The girls won the quarter-final 2-0 (goals by Evie and Llywela) and momentum started swinging our way in the semi-final. The girls weathered the storm of a bombardment of short corners thanks to the fine defensive work of Harriet, Amelia and

Jodie in Nets. The girls won 1-0 after a moment of pure class from Evie in the final seconds who managed to beat four players and smash a reverse into the bottom corner. In the final game, momentum ebbed and flowed between teams but once again the U11A captain produced the magic when it counted, smashing home a reverse in the dying seconds to win the game 2-1.

Special mention has to go to Evie Grindal after being named Player of the Tournament in the IAPS Finals.

This talented bunch of girls have been a pleasure to coach and I am very excited about what the future holds for them and hockey at Clifton College.

Big thank you to the parents for their top-notch support throughout the season.

S Loughrey

“The girls made excellent progress during the term and worked very hard to develop their skill levels and understanding of match play tactics.�

U11C The U11C Hockey team had a very successful season. The training sessions started with a few nervous faces and girls who had never played hockey before. However, as the weeks progressed they went from strength to strength and really pulled together as a team. This great team attitude, along with dedication to improving their skills, meant that they ended the season by winning all five of their final matches. Well done girls.

W Rowe

U10 This has been an excellent season for a wonderful group of girls. Training sessions were fun, with the girls working extremely hard and with great enthusiasm.

As a result, the matches were increasing successful: the A team won all but two of their matches, demonstrating great teamwork and wonderful skills, whilst the B team started more slowly. They finished the season with three wins.

Sophie Murray and Bella Herring should also be congratulated on representing the U11 team in their path to becoming IAPS National Champions.

U9 The U9 squad have enjoyed a fun term of hockey where they improved their skills and understanding of the game despite encountering a number of cold and wet afternoons.

Even against the toughest opponents, the A team played their socks off! As a result of their hard work in training and brilliant determination on the pitch, they were undefeated all season. A particular highlight was their tournament win at Dean Close School. Well done girls!

It was brilliant to see the positive attitude and terrific spirit displayed by the B team.

Their defensive effort and teamcohesion were particularly impressive, and this led to a number of great wins. It was also a pleasure to see the U9Bs interact with their opponents in such a friendly and wellmannered way.

The whole squad have shown endless enthusiasm and desire to improve in hockey, and as coaches, we could not be more proud of their efforts this season. Well done, girls!

H Smith and T Harris

As a year group, the girls have the potential to do very well and I wish them the best of luck for the future.

P Cook and R Grubb

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Boys’ Hockey 1st XI The U13A Team had a bit of a roller coaster of a season. The majority of the side consisted of Year 7 boys and all too often, physicality tended to be our downfall. Throughout the year, performances improved consistently. In the crunch games, clinicalness in the opposition D was our main area for improvement. It was great to see the team cope well with the transition from 7-a-side to 11-a-side.

On the whole, it was a solid season. I look forward to working with the Year 8s next year in the Upper School. This year was key in the Year 7s development as hockey players, and I have high hopes for next season.

S Loughrey

2nd XI It has been a season of ups and downs with regards to results in matches, but there have been plenty of smiles, and lots of determination and fight from everyone involved. Training has gone well and we have seen much progress with regards to individual skills, but also with understanding the concepts and patterns of play involved with both the 7-a-side and 11-a-side formats of the game.

Individually, everyone has learnt more about their own strengths and weaknesses, trying out new positions and learning to work

together as a team. All have increased their skill levels a huge amount.

It was great to see Toby Denner and Junsei Yusada move up to the U13 1st XI towards the end of the season, rewarding all their hard work this term.

Fergus Fraser-Hawkins is to be commended for his incredible progress having only picked up a hockey stick in January. Every player who has represented the 2nd XI or 3rd VII this season deserves a mention, as I have been thoroughly impressed with all their efforts.

M Byas

“They have worked hard on improving their attacking platform and have developed a real skill in being able to counter-attack at pace.”

3rd XI The 3rd team have made excellent progress this season and have registered some impressive wins. They have worked hard on improving their attacking platform and have developed a real skill in being able to counter-attack at pace with the likes of Solly Scott and Patrik Hopkinson leading the charge. Greeshka Hunt, when not playing for the team above, has also been excellent as a goalkeeper all season and is worthy of a mention. Well done, boys!

E Thompson

4th XI The 4th XI started the season with a mixture of experienced and new players. Our goal was to move the ball early and quickly, as well as using the full area of the pitch. Our first game vs Taunton showed we had the energy and enthusiasm but lacked the technical ability.

A 1-1 draw left us encouraged but knowing we could improve aspects of our game. In the subsequent four games, we played some excellent hockey.

Most noticeably, Artem Reyson in goal made some fantastic saves.

Ethan Thompson and Rob Lane were physical and organised in defence. Solly Scott also showed his ability on the ball and exerted control from midfield.

Another draw against an able BGS team showed progress was being made. Unfortunately, Kingswood, Millfield and Prior Park proved too strong for us.

The boys should be pleased with their efforts. They conducted themselves extremely well and were a delight to coach.

5th XI The 5th XI proved to be a dogged and determined bunch who were relentless in their efforts against all opposition. While they were a little too polite at the top of the season, they soon found their fire and took each encounter within a match as a challenge, often resulting in some strong tackling, hard runs and some stick-shuddering shots. They managed to notch up wins against Dean Close, The Downs and a further draw against Dean Close, and while they lost against Cheltenham and Millfield, the games were close up until the end and could easily have swung in Clifton’s favour. Special mention must go to goalkeeper Alex White who was solid as a rock, the tenacious Axel Grellou and the ever-present defenders Rob Lane and Ethan Thompson. A great team to coach – well done, boys!

M Wood

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U11s The progress of these boys was fantastic to watch this term.

This was made evident with our results towards the end of the season where we have beaten or drawn with teams we have previously lost to. There is huge potential here and with a little work on personal skills, particularly in front of goal, they will really push on as a team. Playing over 20 games and only losing four is a great achievement and something that all players should be proud of.

It has been a tough term for the U11B team and the results haven’t truly reflected the freeflowing attacking hockey we have played. Having said that, we have scored some fantastic team goals along the way and the boys should be pleased with their efforts for the term.

The U11C team has had a great season playing seven matches, winning six and losing one. We were on an undefeated streak, having played very pleasing hockey. Unfortunately, we came up against too strong an opposition in our last official match. However, the boys had a great team spirit and played good altruistic hockey. Some boys did particularly well and were promoted to the B team during the season.

The U11D team only had two matches and, although we lost both of them, the boys were valiant and tried hard to compete against stronger opposition. Some boys made very good progress and were promoted to play for the Cs. Well done, boys!

O Jones, J Paynter and A Durkin

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U10s It was a term of hockey the U10s can be truly proud of. Although there was a slightly slow start to the season, the boys worked hard in training and began to show greater tenacity and work-rate match by match. This resulted in some very pleasing performances, particularly in both our dominant win over St Olave’s and also in our loss to a strong Kingswood side. Special mention must go to Magnus Hammond, for his consistently focused and determined efforts in defence, and also to Miles Pearce-Lynch, whose attacking play down the right wing and superb striking of the ball led to some outstanding goals.

Well done to all the boys who contributed to the successes of the team this term.

The U10B team showed tremendous teamwork right from the start. They all had each other’s backs and played very well as a team, providing great passing throughout and general support with one another. The midfield trio of Ned Walsh, Ben Ross and captain Alistair Tomkinson proved essential when linking with the defenders

and providing a good ball for the forwards. Halden, Vandamme, O’Neill and Trapnell held a very solid defensive line, while Taylor, Giovarruscio and Davila-Alloza kept the score sheet ticking over on a regular basis. With four wins, one draw, one loss and a goal difference of positive 20, the boys really showed their class and determination throughout.

Mr Parsley has no doubt that they will all continue to achieve great things with their hockey.

Mr Lougher felt the U10Cs bonded as a band of brothers this season and, despite not always ending up on the winning side in school fixtures, they can look back on a great term of hockey. They built up their individual skills and in the latter stages of the season, began to adopt a more strategic approach as a team, leading to some tremendous, sweeping counter-attacks and a handful of really good goals. All the boys are worthy of mention for their efforts and application, but Sam Blakeston in defence, David Chan in midfield and George Bell up top, formed the spine of the side and deserve a good deal of the plaudits.

S Morgan and G Parsley

U9s Overall as a collective, the U9s should be proud of what they achieved and accomplished considering for most it was their first experience of playing hockey. The boys worked hard in training, developing their basic skills, e.g. passing, general positional play and shooting, to progressing to adopt a more strategic approach, which was clearly demonstrated with fixtures at the latter stages of the term.

A highlight of the U9 Hockey term came at the Millfield tournament at the end of the term, as both the A and B teams recorded some impressive results and performances, with the A team winning the tournament, whilst the Bs came runners up. This demonstrated the boys’ hard work and determination to improve in training.

Specifically for the A team, they demonstrated a growth

in confidence as the term developed. After a disappointing and slow start to the term with a loss in the opening fixture, the A team showed promising signs that there was ability within the group to compete with the best. As they continued to work hard during the training sessions, the promise started to turn into reality at fixtures.

With Joseph Brown’s close stick skills, turning opposition defence inside out and getting on the outside, Oscar Johnson’s ability within the midfield to beat multiple opponents with aggressive attacking play, and Sid Elan’s support inside the ‘D’ and ability to provide the clinical touch to score numerous times throughout the term, the A team was just a joy to watch.

For the B team, it was a similar story of developing confidence and ability as the term progressed. In the early fixtures, the team came close on numerous occasions to scoring their opening goal of the term, especially against Cheltenham,

where we were on their goal line for the final moments of the game. We just could not squeeze the ball past their excellent defence.

Special mentions go to Egor Reyson for his true grit and ‘never give up’ attitude in the midfield chasing after the ball whether in defence or attack, to Jack Griffin for his bravery and dedication as beginner goalkeeper, and finally, to our solid centre back Reeyen

Shaunak, who on numerous occasions saved the day!

Congratulations go to everyone within the U9s squad for their hard work, determination and desire to improve and develop.

Most importantly, on a very successful term of hockey!

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Netball U13A At the very start of the term, we had a couple of games that didn’t go our way, but with some focused practices, we soon tightened up. Winning the Severnside Tournament was a boost to our confidence and we grew in strength from then. We had strong wins in matches following this and also some narrow defeats. We put in a strong performance at the Cheltenham Ladies College Tournament, only losing by one goal in the final to Millfield, meaning we came away with silver medals. Unfortunately, we had a rather hot day for the Colstons’ Tournament and didn’t play our best, ending in third place. Luckily however, we pulled it together for the IAPS Regional Qualifier at Port Regis. After coming second in our group on goal difference, we progressed to the Cup competition and a chance to go to the Nationals. With the top three teams qualifying, the semi-final was a tense match but ultimately ended in a secure win for us. Sadly we lost in the final but coming second still meant we were off to the National Finals.

Before Finals, we had our most important match of the term against Redmaids’. In the first quarter it looked like it could have gone either way, but in the following three quarters, we pulled away and finished with a 34-15 win. We then had three matches with convincing wins against Colston’s, The Downs and Prior Park. We were then all set for Nationals. The day started well at Epsom College, and we won our first four pool games.

We then met Millfield! Sadly, with only one goal difference, we lost. This meant we came second in the pool. We progressed to the quarter finals of the Cup Competition and unfortunately lost again, this time by two goals to a very strong Taunton School side, meaning we were ranked fifth in the country. It was a great term for the U13A team; we have enjoyed playing together and

I have loved being captain. Huge thanks must go to Miss Graveney who has coached and supported us brilliantly all term.

Clemmie Houlden, Captain

U13B After a fantastic win at the very beginning of the season, the super talented U13B team had a short stunt with their success.

After performing as a team against Dean Close, the girls seem to take a more individual approach when training and in games. Realising this early on and with a shift of a few positions, confidence was once again restored and the girls learnt how to play as a team.

I could mention many individual performances, but that would not be fair on the team as a whole. Session after session, the team were taught that every player was equally as important and, even if resting for a quarter, this was never to be seen as a negative. Instead, it would be that the player can make a bigger impact when they do play the next quarter. I am so proud of all the girls, especially for finishing the second half of the season with huge wins over The Downs School and Prior Park.

Hattie Rochford and Johanna Baumbach with their quality, high percentage shooting, Libby Bullen switching from a shooter to a devastating WA, along with the rotation of Georgie Simpson, Tanaya Ghosh and India Morgan through the mid-court. Erin Parton, Olivia Warfield, Imogen Isaacs acting as a brick wall in defence. Thank you to Sally Kim also, who had her guest appearances and made a huge impression with her demon-like passing!

K Wagstaff

“The girls’ sterling efforts in training brought about huge strides in both individual skill and team play.”

U13C The U13C team have been a joy to coach this term. They enjoy the game and show a tremendous amount of skill and understanding. As far as the season goes, we have had some fantastic wins and crushing losses. Nevertheless, they have always matched up to tricky opponents and kept their cool and good humour.

After a season of strengthening their own skills and developing their understanding of effective teamwork, they are now able to read the game well and have begun to spread out across the court. Niamh West excelled as a shooter and keeper, making great interceptions, whilst Sally

Kim has impressed with her fast pace on the court and ability to move well in the circle and anticipate play. The highlight of the term was definitely against Colston’s, with a win of 23-0.

The girls were on fire, putting everything they had learnt in training into practice. Part of the success was due to them playing well as a team, timing the passes and moves effectively, but it cannot go unsaid that the shooting was excellent.

In short, it has been an exciting season for the U13C. The girls have emerged as a confident and organised team, ready to take on the challenges of senior netball.

C Wolff and H Higham

U13D In terms of results, it has been a tough season for the U13Ds, but to dwell on this too much would be to overlook the outstanding determination and commitment that the team has shown throughout. Considering most hadn’t played netball before this term, the girls have made tremendous progress, and this is the product of a constant and genuine desire to improve. Resolute during play regardless of the score and never disheartened by defeat, the girls’ sterling efforts in training brought about huge strides in both individual skill and team play. Indeed, the set plays we worked on were often employed to great effect in matches, and the latter part of the season, in particular, saw some genuinely impressive passages of play. All of the girls should take great pride in their progress this term, as well as the fantastic effort and enthusiasm they have shown throughout. I would like to thank them for being an absolute delight to coach.

J Tierney

U12A Wow, what a term of netball for the Under 12As! It was a very busy season with some outstanding wins, great tournament play and many valuable lessons learned.

netball in and around the goal using their speed and agility with much success.

The IAPS regional tournament was the highlight of the season, where the girls really rose to the challenge and came away as silver medallists, reaching the National Finals.

The whole squad performed with great maturity, strength and skill during a long, tough day of netball. Players of the tournament were: Victoire, Anika and Megan.

Full colours were awarded to Megan, Helen and Anika for their consistently positive attitude, their steely determination and their strong performances through the season.

The coaches award goes to Sophie Houghton, for her consistently positive approach to netball and her ability to take coaching advice onboard.

M Thorpe

U12B The U12B team’s first match was against a strong Dean Close side. Clifton began to find their feet during the last quarter.

However, it was too late to push ahead of their opposition.

Notable performances went to Aimee Miles and Daisy Drewett for great enthusiasm and effort throughout the match.

The IAPS Nationals Finals was a roller coaster of a tournament which saw the girls come up against many talented teams.

The girls represented the school well and should be proud of their efforts (three wins and three losses). Coaches player of the tournament was Helen.

The girls have an enormous amount of talent and have been a pleasure to coach. If they can remain well disciplined on court, accurate in their ball distribution and poised and mature in their approach to all things netball, they will certainly be a force to be reckoned with in coming years. I wish them all the best for their Under 13 season and look forward to seeing them flourish even further.

The girls worked extremely hard this season and made excellent progress. Alongside notable full match wins against Cheltenham College, Beaudesert, Wycliffe, Colston’s and Prior Park, the girls also played in many tournaments, where match place was fast and fierce. In the Cheltenham Ladies tournament, they played some outstanding schools from outside the SW area and played with confidence, only losing narrowly in the semi-final to Bromsgrove (who became National Champions later in the season!).

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Beaten in their first match, the girls were determined to take a win at the next fixture against Cheltenham. Serene Sun and Sophia Jeffery formed a strong attacking bond through middle court, which we gained upon. In a nail-biting finish, we won 6-5.

We then went on to face a couple of tough oppositions against Millfield and Kingswood. Many lessons were learnt whilst playing these teams.

It was after these games that the U12Bs began to really gel well as a team. They went on to have an impressive winning streak beating Beaudesert (6-5), Wycliffe College (24–2), St John’s-on-the-Hill (9-2) and Bristol Cathedral School (22-3).

Alicia Milligan proved herself to be a valued member of the team, making many interceptions in goal defence. Costanza Giuggioli was able to control the pace of play, often playing in centre, with accurate passing and timing. In the attacking circle, Zobia Ramzan (GS) and Poppy Janke (GA) had now created good communication and spatial awareness of each other.

The team met their match when they went away to Redmaids’ High School. Whilst staying ahead by one goal for the entire match, the girls were unlucky to finish 10-11 to Redmaids’. This was an exciting match to watch and each girl should be very proud of their efforts. The team kept a good score throughout, owing to Fenella Burgess and Flor Legge’s accurate feeds into the circle, along with Daisy Drewett, Alicia Milligan and Amber Puri putting an immense amount of pressure on the opposition.

Despite a loss against Redmaids’, the team made sure to finish the season on a high. They had yet another great couple of fixtures beating Taunton (6-3), Colston’s (19-2) and Prior Park (9-0). Due to her hard work and great improvement on court, Maddy Haimes came to play for the B team in the last three games.

Maddy proved herself to be a talented goal attack displaying excellent attacking movement.

This was a great way to finish the season and each girl should be very proud of all the hard work

they have put into progressing individually and as a team.

G Penney

other, eager to learn and never too serious to laugh at their own mistakes.

The U12Cs season was full of determination, enthusiasm and fun. It began with a heavy defeat, but keen to learn how they could improve, the U12Cs made excellent progress in subsequent matches. The team was focused in its approach, as well as being flexible in terms of the positions they were willing to play. The strong team spirit was a real strength and their encouragement of each other was impressive. The final match was a great show of all that they had achieved, and they enjoyed victory against a strong team from Prior Park. Overall, a fantastic season with great, positive play from all members of the team.

The season went from strength to strength, with players finding their favoured positions and some accurate shooters and fierce defenders emerging from the squad. A hard-fought draw against a strong Millfield team was the turning point for the team, who progressed to impressive victories against Wycliffe, Redmaids’ and Colston’s. With motivational messages drawn on their hands before each match and a strong desire to improve each week, the team completed the second half of the term undefeated. The girls each improved throughout the season, and many of them will rightly have ambitions to be part of a higher grade team next season. However, for the 2019 season they will always be remembered as the U12D-ream Team.

S Smith

J Walton

U12C

U12D-ream Team When the team came together in January they were a ‘cocktail’ of players, with a range of levels of experience of the game and some entirely new to it.

However, from day one, the team bonded brilliantly and were always supportive of each

U11A From where the U11A team started the season (1-25 loss against Cheltenham College) compared to where they were at the end of the season (11-10 win against Redmaids’), you would not recognise this group of girls to be the same team. Their attitude and work rate in training

certainly paid off and as a result, their improvement of skill, development in understanding of the game and teamwork improved no end.

We had two weak areas of our game, which at times let us down. One we could do something about: the need to improve our ‘conversion rate’ and the other, we had absolutely no control over: our lack of physical height.

Having said that, despite being a ‘vertically challenged team’ which was certainly highlighted when playing against the Downs giants! - our skill level, improved timing of movement and speed of pass, sheer grit, determination and competitive spirit certainly made up for it on court.

U11B and C Both the U11B and U11C teams also had a fantastic season.

U11B team lost three games and U11C team lost only one game throughout the whole season.

The girls worked hard on basic skills, set pieces (centre passes, backline passes, etc.) and learnt very quickly of the importance of space, timing and maintaining possession.

A super year group to work with and some very determined competitors who, when on

occasion things weren’t going their way, never gave up!

Under match conditions, the girls conducted themselves well at all times. They were gracious in defeat and modest in victory and when on form, looked like poetry in motion.

Well done, girls and good luck next year. I very much look forward to watching you grow and develop from afar. Definitely a year group to watch out for in the future.

L Hardy

U10 This was a season during which all girls made great progress.

They were a lovely group of girls to work with, and training sessions and matches were all played with great spirit and determination. Matches started early in the term, which was quite tricky for all but this soon sorted out the best positions for the girls to play. Having lost or drawn the first four matches of the term, the A team then settled down to play some exciting matches and won their next seven matches with a season’s goal tally of 150 for and 78 against. This did not include tournament results, so was an excellent show of shooting by a number of girls.

The girls also played in a few tournaments and were runners-up in the BGS and Severnside tournaments. Having lost to Redmaids’ in the BGS tournament, the girls were very keen to show how they had improved when playing them at the end of term. They did this in style with an impressive 20-11 win.

The B team found the pressure of matches more difficult but should be commended on the effort and enthusiasm they put into all matches. They certainly deserved their win in the final match of term against BGS. Throughout the season, the girls played in a number of different positions. This will be very important for the future, as they will be more versatile as players, and have more understanding of the roles of various positions.

I congratulate the girls on their efforts during the season: the progress they made and the wonderfully positive approach they have towards their sport.

Thank you also to Miss Smith for all her invaluable assistance in coaching sessions.

U9 Well done to Year 4s for an awesome netball season!

The girls worked hard all season long, committing themselves to extra practices at break and to their own accord at lunch.

During the season rarely did a day go by that I did not see one of the Year 4s on PP without a netball!

I was most impressed by the Year 4’s capability to understand each other’s sporting abilities, and how they managed to play to each other’s strengths. They were positive both on and off the pitch, and when a girl could not achieve a drill, someone stepped in to help them. As a result, all season long, the girls worked as a unit, getting through some tight games, thanks to teamwork and a ‘never give up’ attitude.

Due to their commitment to the game and each other, both teams, A and B, came out on top, victorious in achieving an amazing undefeated season – and one to be very proud of.

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Football

U13 This was a successful and enjoyable season. The group of boys worked hard in the training sessions, listening well and putting ideas into practice to improve their skills and teamwork. It was rewarded with good performances in the matches, with real progress seen through the term.

Both the 1st and 2nd teams played a good style of football.

The 2nd team won four and drew two of their 10 matches, scoring lots of goals and playing with determination and lots of effort. The 1st Team won five and lost only two of their 10 matches, led by captain Ethan Strong who linked the play well, supported ably by Mahad Hilole

and Josh Cuesta in midfield.

The defence of Oscar Levy, Ramon Oliete Andreu, Charlie Gu and George Millett, with either Oscar Wright or Ollie Clarke in goal behind them, was a strong physical presence. Louis Packer and Ben Jacobi provided the width, with Ben producing a constant supply of quality crosses and corners. Papa Obeng was a terrific forward presence for us, being a real handful for defences with his strength, pace and skill to turn, run and shoot. The highlight was Papa’s six goals against St John’s, and double figures for the season overall.

Congratulations also to Andy Small, who played for the South West ISFA team for the second year running at the national ISFA festival.

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U11 The boys were an enthusiastic and loyal bunch, with plenty of skill on show. They worked hard for each other and played some lovely passing football, scoring many well-crafted goals along the way, including some impressive corner routines.

Our talented, attacking quartet of captain Oli Hosier, William Brown, Matthew Small and Nathaniel Phillips linked so well together, ably supported

by Eddy Muggridge and William Jephcott, solid in defence, with Charlie Lamprell in goal behind them.

We played in three tournaments and had the same outcome in each, starting strongly and winning all our group games

and then reaching the semifinals. However, we couldn’t quite finish these games off and unfortunately, lost a penalty shoot-out each time. This was a real shame and we deserved better; the fine margins that can lead to greater success wasn’t quite with us on these occasions. In the Coronation Cup, we won our first match comfortably, but then suffered our only defeat of the season at Stoke Bishop when, for the first time in the season, our normally excellent finishing deserted us. I know there was much disappointment, but the boys should be proud of what they achieved. The skills and determination they showed and the way in which they played as a stylish team deserve a well done.

J Edgell

“They worked hard for each other and played some lovely passing football.”

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Cricket 2nd XI

1st XI Rarely in the last few years has the first month of a cricket season been so disrupted by the weather. April and May were virtually washed out in terms of outdoor preparation and fixtures. This did mean that going into the first match against Taunton, we were significantly ‘undercooked’.

Despite the loss of this game, the boys batted well, with Morgan Barnes displaying the skill and desire that would lead to the innings of the summer in the Cup Final.

Wins against BGS, Wycliffe and St John’s were pleasing and showed the strength of our bowling unit with Ben, George, Ethan and Josh all taking wickets.

When we were defeated, the matches were always tight affairs. The match against St Edwards was significant in that they were clearly better on the day, but also that it signified the point in the season where we stopped making the same mistakes repeatedly and showed great improvements as a team.

Alongside our normal fixture list, the side also mounted a challenge for the Gloucestershire Schools T20 cup. These provided some of the most exciting performances of the season

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and some of the most pleasing individual achievements.

Jamie Brooks certainly enjoyed a rich vein of form as the summer progressed. His innings against Trinity House, South Africa, was initially full of watchfulness and then later, all-out attack as he held our innings together.

The St Edwards School that had taught us a lesson a month ago, were back for the Cup Final on New Field. It would not be unfair to say they were very confident of beating us again as they had previously.

However, having bowled and fielded magnificently, Morgan played perhaps the most mature innings I have seen at this age.

Chasing 130, he scored 87 from 60 balls.

At some stages, the required rate went past 10 but he managed to farm the strike and, in the end, got us over the line with two overs to spare!

All told, this was a thoroughly enjoyable season of tough, wellsupported cricket, with each player making giant steps in their personal development.

Well played all, and thank you for making it such an enjoyable season.

J Averis

The 2nd XI demonstrated determination, enthusiasm and no end of teamwork over the course of a very enjoyable season. With several fixtures lost to the weather, the side played on five occasions, winning twice and losing three times.

There were some excellent performances during the term, both individually and by the team as a whole, the highlight being victory by 90 runs against Wycliffe. Messrs Kipling, Hammond, Hunt and Davison scored the bulk of the runs, with Messrs Obeng, Marsh, Bahl and Hambley doing damage with the ball in hand. A special mention must go to Emily Murray, who picked up the Coach’s Player of the Season Award for her consistent all-round performances.

G Parsley

3rd XI The 3rd XI got off to a flying start with an away win against BGS. Olli Clarke positioned himself early on in the season as a strong batsman with an ability to make quick runs; his 38 not out against BGS proved to be the difference.

The fielding, led by Junsei ‘Rocket Arm’ Yasuda has been sharp all season and paved the way for the bowling line up, led

by Louis Packer, Ben Jacobi and Charlie Reed, to take a bucket load of wickets. Charlie Reed has been a bundle of enthusiasm all season and has led the team well, and Rory Morgan also deserves a mention for his workrate behind the stumps. Well done this season lads!

E Thompson

4th XI The Cricket IV can look back on an outstanding season. We won the majority of the games we played and managed some brilliant cricket along the way.

Highlights include our match against Wycliffe where Giacomo Guggioli got 35 runs and the umpire who was leading the match told him to retire. We were only chasing 74 runs, so he did exceptionally well and also he got 2 maiden overs out of the 2 overs he bowled.

Special mentions must also go to Henry Wilkinson, Josh Pitt and Henry Packham for getting 8, 6 and 5 wickets respectively.

Henry Wilkinson’s wickets were especially notable since he had never played cricket before. Our other newcomer to the game, Fergus Fraiser-Hawkins, also improved mightily over the season was a great asset to the team in the field.

Throughout the season, we were led by Mr Cowan who helped in training and giving us the chance to get to know each other so well. Without those fundamentals, our brilliant 4XI cricket team would never have won so many games.

Hassan Shah, Captain

U11A What a fantastic season the U11A team have had, winning 7 out of their 8 games. We started with a very close match against Taunton where the boys won by 4 runs, the enthusiasm and love of cricket was clear to see.

Victories against BGS and Wycliffe (Eddy Muggridge hatrick of wickets) followed until we lost our only match against Millfield.

After some fine bowling from Max Robson (4 wickets) and Ben Goddard (2 wickets), Millfield set a target of 103. A quick fire 30 runs from Nathaniel Phillips put us within touching distance of victory, but tight bowling from Millfield in the final over resulted in us falling 5 runs short, what an amazing game.

“This was a thoroughly enjoyable season of tough, wellsupported cricket.”

Further victories against St Johns, KES Bath, Tockington Manor followed. Another nail biter of a match against Llandaff with a match winning innings of 50 not out by Nathaniel Phillips completed the season.

Well done to all the boys who worked so hard throughout the season, demonstrating passion and determination resulting in real progress. Thank you to Mr Shaw for his excellent coaching and also the parents for their support.

J Digby

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Boys’ Cricket

U11C Remarkably, we started the season with the perfect draw against Wycliffe. That set the tone for the rest of the season.

Although we lost our following two matches, the games were reasonably close. Fortunately, we managed to end the season with two very pleasing wins and closed it on an even keel.

Under the very good captaincy of Fergus, the boys really started to come together as a team and also made great individual progress. All the boys had their moments of glory: Kosmo’s stopping the ball on the boundary, Ronnie’s great bowling against Millfield, Milo’s remarkable bowling improvement, Giorgio, Hector, Dylan and Ben’s all-rounder performances, Zack and Evan’s powerful hits, Fergus and Charlie’s aggressive running and the wickets taken by various of our players and, most notably, three wickets in one match by Alex. Well done boys for a very encouraging term of cricket.

A Durkin

U10 It has been a very successful cricket term for the U10s and much progress has been made by all in terms of batting, bowling and fielding. Across the age group, we had over 70% win percentage, which is fantastic and shows what a talented bunch of boys we have moving into the U11 teams.

U10A The A team have had comprehensive wins against BGS, Millfield, St John’s and King Edward’s of Bath, underlining the talent and potential within the squad. The season ended on a high against the Cathedral School in Cardiff. The game was only tainted with the realisation that we had no more games as this group was only getting better and better.

Magnus Hammond captained the side with maturity and enthusiasm, and every boy in the side has made important contributions throughout and formed a formidable unit.

I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching these boys this term and will follow with interest their progression in the sport up through the school.

U10B

group came through with great bowling and some devastating batting to be one match from an undefeated season. A tricky away match at Cathedral School was made to look easy, and even with two extra fielders against them, the mighty Bs had a final comprehensive win. Undefeated season - just call them the Invincibles!

U10C The U10Cs’ tremendous efforts in training have brought about huge improvements in all three disciplines, especially their bowling, upon which the boys have been working very hard. They have approached all opportunities to play, be it in fixtures or just in training sessions, with tremendous enthusiasm, which has no doubt aided their progress this season.

Though results in matches

What a season for the U10Bs. From the first training session, it was clear that there was a special group of cricketers ready to work together in pursuit of glory. Early efforts at bowling straight and hitting hard in the nets translated into a comprehensive win against BGS. With match experience, came better fielding and a competitive spirit that was to grow ever stronger through the term. Mr Harris made sure that the following decisive victories against Millfield and The Downs didn’t lead to complacency as the team continued to improve in every aspect of the game. A rain-soaked match against KES was a test of resilience, but the

“The A team have had comprehensive wins against BGS, Millfield, St John’s and King Edward’s.”

never quite went our way, there were strong performances throughout, and definite signs of the huge strides made by the boys this term. Well done on a wonderful season lads!

The season ended with some extremely tight house matches with Taits’ Town running out winners in both games. The level of cricket in both was exceptional and underlines what a talented bunch of boys we have.

I hope the boys continue to play lots more cricket over the summer and enjoy the wonderful weather that has now arrived!

Honorable mention must go to Sid Elan for his outstanding pace and accuracy in this age group.

As batters, the boys worked hard to move their feet more and Archie Catchpole’s ability to back-up from the bowler’s end and sneak a single became the stuff of legend. Well done to all the U9s for a superb season.

Your efforts in the house test series to round off the term left the coaches feeling particularly proud!

S Morgan

J Paynter

U9 Despite the climate’s very best efforts to dampen our spirits and scupper our chances of playing on an almost weekly basis, the U9s showed a valiant resolve and participated in a highly enjoyable season of cricket this term.The boys showed enthusiasm for the game at each session and played in excellent spirit. Bowling accuracy improved over the season as we worked on line and length.

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Girls’ Cricket

Silver Medallists at the IAPS U11 Cricket Tournament On Thursday 16th May, the U11s not only played their first game of cricket together as a team this season but also made it to the finals of the IAPS Tournament held at BGS in style.

Eight schools participated, split between two pools: 1st Game: v Kingswood Won 277-247 2nd Game: v KES Won 262-244 3rd Game: v Monmouth Won 247-237 Final: v BGS Lost 238-241 I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the girls on their efforts, team spirit and impeccable conduct, both in victory and defeat. Their hard work and determination in training has certainly paid off.

The girls’ level of skill has improved enormously over a very short period of time. Our bowling, speed in the field and ability to place a ball did not go unnoticed. It was perhaps our lack of experience that was our downfall in the final.

We went into the final over, leading by 247-241. All we really had to do was protect our wicket, which is more easily said than done. On the second bowl, we lost a wicket -5, still up 242-241, but managed to survive the next two balls. Talk about a nail-biting finale. Last but one bowl, we lost another wicket -5, left chasing 237-241 on the final ball. Evie pulled a great shot out of the bag, but BGS were not going to let that ball roll over the boundary. Single run scored, we finished four runs short of a win. A fantastic, exciting display of cricket throughout the day.

As coach, I could not be more proud!

L Hardy

“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the girls on their efforts, team spirit and impeccable conduct.”

U11B The U11Bs had a wonderful season of cricket. They began to find their feet with the game and are now playing with skill and a good knowledge of batting and fielding tactics required to win. They have impressed their coaches with their quick fielding techniques and supportive attitude to their peers. Consistency with our bowling continues to be a work in progress, however, all can bowl with some confidence

when stepping up to the crease.

Joung Young Huang should be commended on her bowling technique, taking many wickets over the season, whilst Alana Peto and Giulia Costagliola’s batting has become very reliable, both scoring sixes over the course of the term. The girls were a wonderful group to coach and their passion and enthusiasm for the game is clear.

Well done!

C Wolff

“They have impressed their coaches with their quick fielding techniques and supportive attitude to their peers.”

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Tennis U13 Boys The 1st IV squad was Toby Denner, Ramon Andreu Oliete, Alvaro Mares de la Cruz, Jack Fowler and Thomas Sheng. We had a good season; the boys trained well and convincingly won all our Aegon League fixtures, showing good focus and determination in the singles and doubles matches. Consequently, we reached the play-off final, which was a tightly contested match against Colston’s. It ended three sets all and so went to a deciding match tiebreak, which was just as close, with the winning point being a rather fortuitous net-cord.

However, the boys should be really pleased with their efforts to get so close to progressing to the final stage. Toby narrowly beat Ramon to win the school boys’ singles and also partnered Harriet Rochford to victory in the mixed doubles.

We also all enjoyed a trip to the first day of the Wimbledon Championships, where we were lucky to be on Court One to see Simona Halep, the eventual ladies singles champion, and the exciting Coco/Venus match – a memorable day!

U13 Girls The tennis that has been played this term has been very impressive. I am so proud of what they have achieved.

The understanding of how to play the game, scoring and generally competing confidently has grown over the past two years. Despite the weather, we managed to play matches which were all very successful. The girls definitely know what they are doing on a doubles court; interceptions and superb rallies were happening throughout teams on a regular basis.

Thanks and congratulations go to Evie Grindal for playing in the U13 1st team. Sally Kim and Amber Miller endured a tough afternoon of tennis at Dean Close in the Severnside competition against some really tough opposition. Fleur Wagstaff and Hattie Rochford came 2nd in their division, which is a fantastic achievement.

Alongside the main school fixtures, the U13 Girls were entered into the National Schools Team Tennis Competition, where they play local schools in the early rounds.

Sally Kim, Sophie Houghton, Megan Whatley, Fleur Wagstaff, Hattie Rochford and Serene Sun made up the team, where four singles and two doubles were played in every match.

decided. The girls just missed out to CSET, Mangotsfield.

The girls had a convincing win over Colston’s but then narrowly lost to CSET, Mangotsfield. Sadly, the match against Redmaids’ was cancelled. However, the group winners had already been

K Wagstaff

Overall, an amazing term and great excitement for the future of tennis.

“The understanding of how to play the game, scoring and generally competing confidently has grown over the past two years.”

Athletics Athletics took on a different format this year during games sessions, as only Year 8 girls and boys were allowed to select Athletics as their option.

With this is mind, and with such an elite group, we decided to make training more eventspecific for the individuals. We also ran two Athletics clubs on a Tuesday for Years 6, 7 and 8 and on a Thursday for Years 4 and 5. Huge thanks to everyone who helped out at these clubs; it really is much appreciated.

Indoor Athletics vs BGS This has become an annual event for our Year 7 and 8s and is a great start to the Summer Term, where talent for the rest of the Athletics season can be spotted and then honed.

The events on offer are quite different to outdoor athletics, but a great starting point for the season. The running events combine different numbers of laps of the sports hall where you turn on a rebound board. The field events consist of a standing long jump, seated throw, standing triple jump, shot and sergeant jump (a standing jump to see how high you can touch).

It was fabulous to see the pupils throwing themselves into every event, despite many not having done the activities before.

Overall, Clifton came away with a win, scoring 231 points to BGS 209. We won the Year 7 boys and girls and Year 8 girls competitions, only missing out on the Year 8 boys competition, where injuries played a part.

field events. What a great day, and good preparation for the SW trials.

National Prep Schools Finals

Monkton Combe Athletics

After success at the South West Championships, our 12 athletes, in 12 different events, headed to the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham to compete at the Nationals. To have even qualified means they are champions in my book. To then reach a final, or possibly even gain a medal, puts you into another league again.

This is always a fabulous event and it was great to see the Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils competing against five other schools. There were some great performances and real talent to watch out for in the coming years.

South West Prep Schools Athletics

Victoire Berjonneau has now won two medals in two years, and at the end of term, was awarded the first ever Schrijver Cup for Best Senior Field

Athlete. For Julius Baumbach, winning his 1500m race in a new personal best time, earned him the Beavis Cup for Best Senior Track Athlete. Halbie Wagstaff’s determined running in the 1500m meant he was awarded the Beavis Shield for Best Junior Athlete.

Everyone gave their all, everyone learnt a lot about competing at this level, and no one will ever forget the day they competed at the same stadium where Usain Bolt has graced the track. Some outstanding achievements and lots of personal bests were smashed.

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Whilst everyone got a little damp back in Bristol, we stayed dry and enjoyed some sunshine down at Millfield. We had an unbelievable day. This event is where Year 6, 7 and 8 athletes have a chance to qualify for the Nationals. A first place guarantees qualification.

However, second place has to perform to a certain standard to make it into the South West team. That said, to be selected for the Clifton team is hard fought, so everyone who made the journey is already a winner.

Everyone competed to the best of their ability. We had some incredible near misses, and some broken hearts, but we had some jaw-dropping performances and lots of personal bests.

Severnside Athletics This year, we were able to enter girls in all of the age groups, and even a few boys as well.

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Cross Country Cross Country is run as a club every Tuesday for any age group to come along, and runs in both the Michaelmas and Lent Terms.

Mrs Elliott is there to help out every week, and pupils from the Upper School come and give their support too.

BGS The BGS Cross Country race at the start of the year is a very flat and very long course. Asking Year 5 and 6 boys and girls to run over 2 miles is, in my opinion, too far to race. That said, two of our runners, Halbie Wagstaff and Evie Grindal, ran phenomenally, finishing in 2nd place in the Year 6 race. A huge congratulations must go out to all who completed the course.

Avon Schools In January, four runners from the Prep School were selected to run for Bristol Schools, making their way across the bridge to QEH to compete for a place in the County team at the Avon County Cross Country Trials.

Severnside In February, 32 brave runners headed to Wycliffe for the annual Severnside Cross Country Championships. This year, there were six schools competing on a fairly tricky and undulating course. The U13 girls were out to defend their title from last year, and with good quality runners in each race, our hopes were high for some great results.

The U11 boys and girls had 1800m to contend with, whilst the U13s had 2700m to battle through.

The top four runners score for the team and there were individual placings up for grabs too.

Many of the runners were a year young for their competition, and we even had four incredible Year 4s competing and finishing this tough course.

In the Minor Boys, Rory Morgan ran incredibly well and was placed 7th. In the Junior Girls, Clemmie Houlden came 3rd and Charlotte Warren finished in 5th.

A remarkable feat, as they are both a year young for this age category. In the Junior Boys, Julius Baumbach ran hard, but unfortunately missed out on qualification, placing 19th, but as he is also a year younger, this is still some fabulous running.

The U13 girls team stole the show with four of our runners coming in the top; the team scored just 12 points which was truly unbeatable. Clemmie and Charlotte dominated from the start and ran together for the first 2200m. Other gutsy performances in this race also came from Tanaya and Emily.

They had a much bigger fight on their hands with three other runners from one school trying to get in front of them and take the U13 title. The determination and mental toughness was superb.

Following the competition, Rory, Clemmie and Charlotte progressed to the South West Championships at Bath Racecourse and are, officially, county runners. Very well done to you all!

In the U11 boys, Halbie ran an incredible race. He had two boys from another team with him at the start. When he heard their coach telling them to work together to get ahead of him, he decided to put on the burners

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and left them behind. He won the race comfortably with over 100m between him and 2nd place, which was phenomenal.

Both Evie and Julius gained 3rd place in their races and ran with real strength and determination.

Both Mrs Elliott and I are so proud of all of the runners.

Everyone gave their all. Most attend Cross Country Club and the hard work these athletes put in every Tuesday evening blows me away.

Kingswood

Prep School headed to Malvern for this year’s race.

Cross Country calendar and they were sensational.

We always love travelling over to Bath to attend the Kingswood Prep 2km Cross Country race and this year was another fabulous one to remember.

It is a very tough, hilly course and is not for the faint-hearted.

Unfortunately, it clashed with a few other sporting events, so not all of my team could make it, but the runners who made the journey did not disappoint and relished the opportunity to shine.

The course had been changed so that both the U13 boys and girls had to run to the top of the big hill over a total of 3.2km and the U11s ran over another tricky 2.6km course. With lots of competitors in each race, it is always important to get off to a great start and then hold your own on the hills, which all seem to come in the first half of the race. It also helps when your Headmaster is half way up encouraging you along!

It was also a first that we had so many competing - 22! Some runners were a year or two young and are definitely ones to look out for in the future. Orla, Sophie, Miles and Magnus are all only in Year 5 and Caitlin is a Year 4 running in a Year 6 race. In the U13s, Ishbel, Poppy J, Edmund H, Rory M and Henry W are all only Year 7.

National Prep Schools Championships

Clifton have always fielded strong teams, but with almost 1,000 runners competing each year, gaining a coveted top six place has eluded us for well over 10 years. Not this year though!

M Byas

This is a prestigious event, where the best runners from each school from around the country gather to race over a tough, undulating course.

In March, 22 runners from the

What an incredible day! There was fabulous running from everyone, but for Halbie, Charlotte and Clemmie to all gain a trophy was truly superb.

It is the toughest event of our

Phenomenal running all round.

“The hard work these athletes put in every week blows me away.”

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On Saturday 29th June, the entire school travelled to Yate Outdoor Sports Complex for this year’s House Sports Day. The whole school represented their House. Each team consisted of one boys and one girls House from the Lower or Upper Pre. The teams were completely mixed ability and the emphasis was on mass participation. Every child must be involved in sports day, encouraging a co-operative and competitive atmosphere for the individual and house team. Points were allocated for positions and the team with the greatest number of points wins.

Years 4 and 5 competed in the morning and Years 6, 7 and 8 in the afternoon. The sun most certainly shone and the day ran very smoothly with great success. The children must be congratulated on their superb attitude. They approached

the day with energy and enthusiasm. I was so impressed to see not just impressive individual effort but great team spirit with obvious displays of support and encouragement for others.

Year 7 Victrix Ludorum O Oswin-Heritage

L Hardy

Senior Victor Ludorum G Giuggioli

Results

Records Broken

Lower Pre Sports Day House Team Champions Tait’s and Matthews’ Year 4 Victrix Ludorum I Kandavanam - Lovell Year 4 Victor Ludorum O Johnson & J Brown Year 5 Victrix Ludorum S Murray Year 5 Victor Ludorum A Barnes, M Pearce-Lynch & N Walsh Upper Pre Sports Day House Team Champions Poole’s and Hartnell’s Year 6 Victrix Ludorum L Kenyon

Year 7 Victor Ludorum H Packham Senior Victrix Ludorum C Houlden

Year 6 Girls 100m – H May – 13.80secs 300m – J Byas – 1.00.33secs Year 6 Boys 300m – H Wagstaff – 53.20secs 1500m – H Wagstaff – 5.28.69secs Year 7 Girls 300m – F Walsh – 52.16secs High Jump – J Baumbach – 25.20m Year 8 Girls 300m – C Houlden – 45.99secs 800m – C Houlden – 2.31.88secs 1500m – C Warren – 5.21.80secs Year 8 Boys 100m – G Giuggioli – 12.14secs 300m – J Baumbach – 45.96secs

Year 6 Victor Ludorum J Packham

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Valete Stephanie Revelle

Marie Tucker

Jo Newman Jo came to Clifton as Head of the Pre-Prep in 2012. She was a champion for Forest School and, under her lead, the provision has grown and flourished.

Jo could often be found in a classroom up to her eyes in an activity or out in the forest up

to her eyes in mud, and she was never happier than when she was engaged with the children and their learning. We wish her the very best as she takes up her new cross college role.

“Jo was a champion for Forest School and, under her lead, the provision has grown and flourished.�

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Marie has worked in the Nursery for 17 years and during that time has cared for, guided and helped many children through the start of their Clifton journey.

Wherever Miss Tucker was, you would be sure to find a group of happy and engaged children enjoying an activity or a chat.

The children were always at the heart of everything Marie did and she will be greatly missed by children, parents and colleagues.

Stephanie joined the Pre-Prep as a Teaching Assistant in Reception, where she supported the children within their classes.

Latterly, she took on the role of LSA and worked with individual pupils and groups to support their learning, focusing on children for whom English is an additional language. We wish her well as she moves onto a new challenge in her career.

Nursery We would like to thank all the Nursery staff who have worked so hard this year to ensure the Nursery is providing the best for all children. Working with our youngest children is a massive skill and each of the people here have contributed to the excellent provision in Nursery with great professionalism and energy. We wish them well as they leave us for pastures new.

Racheal, Eliza, Sorrel, Angelou and Harley, good luck for the future.

GAPs

Lucy Bird Lucy joined Clifton as a Year 2 teacher and during her time has inspired many children. From there, Lucy took on the role as Head of Early Years where her organisational skills were used to the full. Lucy faced every day with endless determination and energy, which continued after school as she trained for her many triathlons and marathons.

We wish her well in all her future endeavours.

This year we were fortunate to have four very enthusiastic GAPs supporting us in the Pre-Prep.

They undertook their varied duties with energy and smiles, and were always helpful. The children certainly enjoyed their input and were able to develop their skills in games, swimming, and classroom activities with the excellent support they gave.

We wish them all well as they head off to take the next steps in their future careers. Thank you George, Annie, Harry and Holly.

Imogen Ash Imogen joined us as School Secretary three years ago.

She enjoyed the many and varied tasks required of the role and would be ordering stationery one minute and helping lost children the next!

It is a testament to her care of the children whilst here that

she has decided to pursue a career in teaching and so to that end, leaves us to work as a Teaching Assistant in a Special School to gain more invaluable experience. We wish Imogen well and look forward to hearing she has qualified as a teacher.

“It is a testament to Imogen’s care of the children that she has decided to pursue a career in teaching.”

Shannon Schrijver Shannon moved from the Upper School to the Preparatory School in 2013.

Throughout her time at the Pre, Shannon taught ICT and coached girls’ games. She will be remembered, however, for opening Mansfield’s House in 2014 and serving as its first Housemistress. A

native Californian, Shannon brought a cross-Atlantic flair to Mansfield’s. Halloween became an all-in affair with apple-dunking, silly-string and makeshift skeletons and graveyards on the grounds.

Easter was celebrated with egg hunts and Thanksgiving with turkey. Her work for charities was tireless and her one-off spell in charge gave us an unforgettable Christmas Fair with all the trimmings. Perhaps no other event illustrated the Mansfield’s way under Shannon than her ‘Mansfield’s Got Talent’ competition, which was not a competition at all but a celebration of the girls and their friendships and uniqueness.

Though she will be missed by the girls and parents who she worked so closely with, Shannon fortunately is not going far. She returns to the Upper School in September.

Sam Dore Sam joined Clifton three years ago as a Teaching Assistant in the Pre-Prep and, for the last two years, at the Preparatory School. Before joining Clifton, Sam was an English language assistant in Barcelona. He will continue his travels next year, first journeying to Australia,

where he hopes to continue working within education, and later throughout Southeast Asia. His gentle manner when working with the children and wry humour in the staff room will be sorely missed.

“Shannon’s ‘Mansfield’s Got Talent’ competition was a celebration of the girls and their friendships and uniqueness.”

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Valete “Though her winning manner and good cheer will be missed by all, everyone wishes Charlie the very best success in the future.”

Charlotte Graveney Charlotte (Charlie) joined Clifton as a schoolgirl. A star on the netball courts, she was a Twelve in the Pre and Head Girl in the Upper School. After university, Charlie returned to Clifton where she was appointed Assistant Housemistress in Hallward’s House. Two years later, she became Head of Tennis and Polo at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, before eventually taking up the position of Housemistress of Farnley Lodge. After five years at Cheltenham, Charlie returned to Clifton as Housemistress of Poole’s House. For the past two years, she was also Head of Girls’ Games.

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Though Charlie is leaving the Prep School, her competitive fires will continue to burn Clifton-blue. She returns to the Upper School in the autumn as Housemistress of West Town where, no doubt, more stomping victories in House Song and House games await her. A friend to anyone who enters the College grounds, Charlie will be welcomed with open arms in the Upper School.

Though her winning manner and good cheer will be missed by all who worked with her, everyone at the Prep School wishes Charlie the very best success in her move to the Upper School.

James Cowan James arrived at Clifton after spending eight years at Heath Mount Prep School as a Head of Mathematics and Housemaster.

His collaborative approach to teaching soon won him plaudits here and, nearly fours years ago, he became Head of Mathematics at Clifton. A keen sportsman, James participated in numerous extra-curricular activities as a coach and tutor. His previous experiences as a Housemaster

also made him a valuable member of the Hartnell’s team, where he was based throughout his time at Clifton. James is swapping Clifton for the far sunnier climes of the Middle East as Head of Mathematics at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi. We are confident that James will prosper in an international school and wish him every success in the future.

Gaps Rachel Merrien will be returning to Guernsey to finish her last year of her university degree.

Whilst full time studying, she will also be working part-time at Elizabeth College and Elizabeth College Junior School within their PE Department to further enhance her knowledge towards a PGCE the following year.

Jake Tierney will be pursuing a career teaching Science, with a view to undertaking a PGCE qualification next September.

Hannah Smith is excited to begin her PGCE this September in Secondary Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Gemma Penney will be moving to Exeter to undertake her PGCE in Physical Education.

Guy Parsley has been accepted to do his PGCE with Cranleigh College Abu Dhabi for the next academic year, and is looking forward to spending time in such a wonderful part of the world.

After two years as a Gap/ Postgraduate assistant, Jack Dean will be undertaking his PGCE at Exeter University in Secondary Physical Education.

Previously, Jack took a BSc Hons in Sports Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC) alongside coaching the university freshers rugby programme.

We would like to thank them for all they have done at the Prep School and wish them all the best with the next steps in their careers.

“Guy has been accepted to do his PGCE with Cranleigh College Abu Dhabi for the next academic year.�

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Year 8 Goodbye 2018/2019

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