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The Godolphin and Latymer School Magazine 2019-20 Evolution of a Lockdown Dolphin

Awards and Accolades 6 Community, Partnerships and Outreach

Around the School 12 Lectures and Speakers 32 Out and About 36 Higher Education and Careers

Leavers’ Destinations 48 Leavers’ Prizes 50 Staff Leavers’ 51

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elcome to the School Magazine 2019-20, a vibrant and comprehensive record of possibly the most extraordinary year in the school’s history. Looking through the pages, you will find that it was clearly a year of two halves, and it is astonishing to see how much was experienced and achieved in the first two terms of the school year before our world was turned upside down by the pandemic.

Then in March, facing the escalating global Covid-19 crisis and a national lockdown, we made the decision to move to remote operations and to deliver our lessons and extra-curricular programmes online. The stories in this magazine bear testament to how, with characteristic energy and optimism, our students and staff embraced the challenges and continued the usual activities – lessons, form meetings, assemblies, creative and sporting events, house competitions, concerts, charity work and much more – with a huge sense of togetherness even though we were apart.

Everyone at school showed great ingenuity and flexibility in embracing the new and unfamiliar, and in making the very best of the circumstances, however difficult. It was a particularly challenging period for our GCSE, A Level and IB pupils who had their public examinations cancelled, and for our Upper Sixth students who had to deal with the ensuing chaos over university places. Throughout it all the girls remained committed and positive, and they inspired us all with their scholarship, creativity, humour, thoughtfulness, and care for each other. I hope that you enjoy this celebration of an astonishing year and, like me, will reflect with great pride on the achievements of the students and of our whole school community. Dr Frances Ramsey Head

EVOLUTION OF n w o A DOLPHIN Lockd

Year 7

Baked cookies and muffins almost every day to try and curb those tuck shop cravings (and almost burned the house down/poisoned your family accidentally).

Year 10

Found new and innovative ways of procrastinating whilst on an EE/EPQ deadline, even if it meant doing a Chloe Ting workout or cycling for miles.

Year 8

Desperately trying to learn the newest tik tok dances in between google meets in an attempt to become the next charli d’amelio #fyp #foryou #makemefamous

Tie-dyed almost everything in your wardrobe! Then getting bored of tie dye a couple of months into lockdown and selling everything you’ve made on depop.

Spent all of your free time on houseparty, and - when lockdown seemed infinite dyed your hair red, then bleached it, then back to brown again.

Lower Sixth

Year 9

Year 11

Alternated between tears of joy that you didn’t have to sit GCSEs, and tears of sadness that Reading Festival was cancelled (but tried to make your own - albeit socially distanced - in Hyde Park).

Upper Sixth

Exhausted all the tv shows on netflix (truly all of them) before moving onto podcasts and bbc iplayer

Welcome

A Message from Head Girl, Jessie 2020 will definitely have its own chapter in the history books; it is easy to focus on what is challenging in the world right now, but one of the things that I’ve always loved about Godolphin girls is our ability to laugh, stay positive, and lift each other up, even when things are tough. From the valor and bravery with which we would approach the Friday lunch stampede to remembering the physical benefits of lugging our body weight around in textbooks, Godolphin girls know how to keep moving forward even when things are difficult. It’s that spirit that sets us apart, and that allows us to connect in so many meaningful ways. Since I joined Godolphin in Year 7, these wonderful connections have come about in so many different places, from taking part in clubs and societies to participating in the knitting craze. They were evident in the trips we went on involving getting stuck in bogs during DofE and eating ungodly portions of churros con chocolate in Salamanca. They are evident also in how we give back to our community by selling cakes, organising raffles and learning our ‘legs eleven’ Bingo calls for our lovely elderly neighbours. It is these connections with fellow students, teachers, staff and the wider community that have rendered my Godolphin journey so magical thus far.

Last year was the start of the Lower Sixth for me. Exploring my subjects and beginning to think about learning beyond the classroom was so stimulating. I discovered the beauty and power of Mathematics and Philosophy, and I am excited to delve deeper into these disciplines in my undergraduate studies. I loved running the Math & Logic club, competing in house debating and playing hockey, not just because the activities themselves were enjoyable, but because of the connections that I made and the communities that I became a part of through them. Even in lockdown teachers made such an effort to make learning engaging despite the inevitable tech issues; in fact, everyone made more of an effort to

feel connected and I am excited to further these connections this year. As Head Girl, the team’s and my focus will be on promoting mentorship between peers across year groups, embracing understanding and diversity and improving interyear relationships. I want this to be a year filled with fun, support, achievement and especially meaningful connections. There is something powerful in coming together as a community, and I feel genuinely proud to be part of the amazing one we have here at Godolphin and Latymer.

Jessie Pitsillides Head Girl, 2020-2021 5

Awards and Accolades

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

The Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year 2020 The academic year began with the fantastic news that The Sunday Times had named Godolphin and Latymer Independent Secondary School of the Year 2020 – one of the most prestigious awards in UK education – after placing us second in their national league tables. This was a wonderful achievement and recognised the excellence of our all-round education and our commitment to our partnership and outreach programmes.

Announcing the award, Alastair McCall, editor of The Sunday Times Schools Guide ‘Parent Power’ wrote, ‘A stellar year academically has seen Godolphin and Latymer scale new heights in our

independent school rankings. The girls flourish in an environment that nurtures success, but one that is not overbearing. For its academic success and its social conscience, Godolphin and Latymer is a worthy winner of our Independent Secondary School of the Year award’. The Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ had special mention for our Bridge programme saying, ‘The initiative aims to widen access to the kind of elite education that Godolphin and Latymer delivers so successfully’.

Awards and Accolades

Award for the International Baccalaureate At the beginning of the academic year we received the fantastic news that, as a result of our girls’ achievements in the 2019 IB examinations, we were the No 1 International Baccalaureate Diploma school in the UK for 2019 and equal second in the world - just pipped to top spot by a school in Singapore.

Top Independent Sports School in London - School Sport Magazine During the Autumn Term, School Sport Magazine published their annual top 100 independent sports schools of the year and Godolphin and Latymer was named as the No 1 Independent Sports School in London and 9th in the country. The ranking reflects competitive achievement in a whole range of sports including regional and national competitions.

University of Cambridge Biological Sciences Essay Competition Natalia in the Lower Sixth received a commended award in the Newnham College, University of Cambridge, Biological Sciences Essay Competition for her essay on how organoids are being used to understand fundamental biology questions.

University of Oxford French Flash Fiction Competition

Zoe in the Lower Sixth was the overall winner of Oxford University’s French Flash Fiction Competition while Carla in Year 7 was commended in her category.

Bristol University Drama Scholarship

Rosa in the Upper Sixth was awarded a three-year Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship for Drama at Bristol University.

Top Marks for Speech and Drama

Aimee Wilmot received the Trinity College Exhibition award for achieving the highest mark for Grade 8 Speech and Drama in the UK.

University of Cambridge Humanities Award

Susanna Freudenheim, Lower Sixth, was a runner-up in the prestigious Girton College, University of Cambridge, Humanities Writing Competition. Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s poem, Siren Song, Susanna’s essay was titled The enduring power of a vulnerable woman.

Congratulations to these three Sixth Form students who have been awarded for their entries in prestigious essay competitions. Jana Bulatovic was shortlisted for the John Locke Institute’s Essay Competition for Economics.

Sophie Harwood was highly commended in the Exeter College, Oxford University Essay Competition for English Anna Briggs was highly commended in the Peterhouse College, Cambridge University Vellacott Prize for History. 7

Community, Partnerships and Outreach

COMMUNITY, PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH Bridge Programme

With the onset of lockdown we were determined to maintain the momentum of the recently launched Bridge Programme and our Bridge sessions quickly went online with children learning mathematics and English and their carousel of subjects through Google Classroom. iPads were lent to families where needed and instead of our ‘Information Afternoon’ we emailed parents advice about applying for bursaries and provided them with booklets about bursaries on offer from 37 independent schools around London.

Once the Summer Term got under way, we were able to deliver live online sessions to the students. To manage the remote sessions as effectively as possible, pupils were divided into smaller groups to tackle task-based challenges and more eager Sixth Form volunteers were recruited to provide additional support. For many Bridge students it was their first experience of live online lessons and remote teaching using Google Classroom.

Community, Partnerships and Outreach

Duke of Edinburgh

PPE provided to frontline care home workers

The DofE reviewed key aspects of the programme to sustain it through the lockdown and as a result girls engaged in a variety of home based activities such as preparing meal parcels for elderly neighbours or contributing to the Missing Maps project (volunteering); taking part in online fitness classes or using training apps such as Couch to 5K (physical); and learning about new subjects through online seminars or developing new talents such as how to build a website (skills).

Face Masks

Although the Duke of Edinburgh summer expeditions were postponed, we were delighted that our DofE students were awarded a certificate of social value for donating 3,224 hours of voluntary service worth over £14,000 to our local community.

Thanks to the help of Old Dolphin, Caoimhe (Class of 2015), and our local MP, Ruth Cadbury, we linked up with Certitude, one of London’s leading adult social care providers, to supply our protective laboratory goggles to staff in care homes in Hounslow.

We were inspired by Nancy, Lower Sixth, who during the lockdown balanced her studies with making face masks for the local community and drawstring laundry bags for Gloucester’s NHS ‘Rapid Response Appeal’.

Hockey

During lockdown our 1st XI Hockey Squad ran 3000km in 30 days raising over £9,000 for NHS Charities Together. The team of 20 runners (17 players and 3 coaches: Mr Barratt, Taj and Mrs Gordon) ran 5km each, per day, for 30 consecutive days. They were also supported by hockey internationals from East Grinstead Ladies 1s (including Sophie Bray and Tess Howard) who ‘virtually’ joined them one evening live-streaming their support on Instagram. 9

Community, Partnerships and Outreach

Izzy Helping in the Community

Izzy’s work with the Hammersmith and Fulham Mutual Aid Group was featured on the BBC News Report, Corona Kindness at the beginning of the lockdown. With her GCSEs cancelled, Izzy, Year 11, volunteered as an administrator for the Avonmore and Brook Green Ward working with local organisations, charities and the council to support vulnerable neighbours and members of her local community.

Social Impact Project

Sophie Price and Maddie Chin, Lower Sixth, were this year’s winners of the Social Impact Project having created and launched the Pulsar Science Magazine for primary school children; the magazine is full of informative and entertaining articles to encourage a lifelong interest in science and learning

Supporting Community Initiatives

During the pandemic crisis our school community collected and donated food to the Hammersmith and Fulham Foodbank. We also supported the Power to Connect campaign – an initiative launched by Battersea Power Station and Wandsworth Council to combat digital poverty and close the educational attainment gap during lockdown – by donating used laptops and tablets for refurbishment which were given to children without access to the internet.

beyond the classroom. Our Bridge students received copies of the first issue of the magazine and Sophie and Maddie hope to widen the circulation to local primary schools around London. Since the pandemic, the magazine has also been made available online.

Community, Partnerships and Outreach

ActionAid Fundraising

Nina, Year 8, raised more than £8,000 for ActionAid after hearing about the work that they do at a talk at the school’s PPE Forum from Olivia Dandeker, Events and Community Engagement Officer at the global charity.

Debating Workshop with Local State Secondary Schools

Godolphin and Latymer hosted a debating workshop for students at local state schools, led by Julian Bell, Godolphin’s Head of Debating. Students in Years 7 and 8 from Avanti House, Orleans Park, Sacred Heart and Twyford Academy learnt how to structure arguments, listen and respond to different views, express themselves with clarity and confidence, and prepare convincing speeches.

Mentor Jr.

Our new Head Girl, Jessie Pitsillides, and her fellow Sixth Formers have been providing a free online mentoring and tutoring service to local primary school pupils during the pandemic crisis. Jessie set up Mentor Jr. earlier in the year after helping some local children with their maths and seeing what a difference the extra time and support could make to their learning. Mentor Jr. aims to reduce educational inequality within our society by providing free and easily accessible educational support. Parents across the UK can now book free 45 minute mentoring or tutoring sessions for their children.

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AROUND THE SCHOOL STEM Week

During STEM Week in March the girls took part in a range of activities including STEM quizzes; House Pi challenges; STEM Family Challenge; Biomed Society talk on cloning; talk on sciencefiction in the Physics and Engineering Society; chromatography in Chem Club. The week began with the annual STEM ‘Nightclub’, where students from Year 8 slept over in school with an assortment of creepy crawlies and slithering species from the animal kingdom. The week concluded with fireworks in the Hall from the Science Museum during their theatrical scientific demonstrations.

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STEM Week also heralded the arrival of our newly-hatched ducklings - Count Quackula, Duckleberry Finn, James Pond, Moby Duck and Egg Sheeran.

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Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards in British Physics Olympiad Our Year 10 and Year 11 physicists once again took part in the British Physics Olympiad which aims to encourage the study of physics and recognise excellence in young physicists. Our Year 11 cohort won Bronze medals in the Intermediate Physics Challenge in March, and at the beginning of May, 90% of our Year 10 students achieved Bronze, Silver or Gold awards in the Junior Physics Challenge which took place remotely.

The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) Students continued their work on the IRIS project which aims to classify sources and identify potential targets for the James Webb Space Telescope. Students from Godolphin and Latymer, Kensington Aldridge Academy, and West London Free School completed phase one of their training together before progressing to phase two as individual schools. The training involved data management and analysis and live webinars with scientists. Their classifications and notes were then passed onto the scientists who work with the James Webb Space Telescope who will determine whether the targets identified are worthy of further investigation.

Silver Crest Awards

Congratulations to Charlotte, Isha, Nadia and Aurelia in Year 11 and the Lower Sixth who achieved their Silver CREST award, for their science research projects. This year the Physics department supervised two very exciting student-led projects, ‘Investigating the effectiveness of sunscreen when changing their thickness and prices’ by Charlotte, Isha and Nadia, and ‘Testing water quality in London’ by Aurelia.

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International Women in Engineering Day On International Women in Engineering Day we were delighted to be joined remotely by Hazel Selby, Senior Engineer at Max Fordham, and her colleagues Sara and Suzanne. They spoke to our aspiring engineers about the wide range of careers in engineering and the different requirements to get a foot on the ladder. The girls were given insight into the day-to-day work of an engineer (lots of equations and drawings of electrical and heating systems) and the different roles - from architects to structural engineers - that come together to work on a project.

Although our annual Sixth Form trip to CERN was sadly cancelled due to coronavirus, the Physics department used International Women’s Day to arrange a Google Meet with Dr Virginia Azzolini, Particle Physics Researcher and Machine Learning Manager at CERN, who shared some of the exciting work and the amazing discoveries being made on a daily basis at the Geneva Institute. Our Year 11 and Lower Sixth physicists were joined by students from partner schools Sacred Heart and Kensington Aldridge Academy, and the standard of questions posed to Dr Azzolini after the talk highlighted just how inspired the students were.

UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls

We were delighted to see our UK Mathematical Olympiad entrants achieve such impressive individual and overall results. This year, 23 students entered, and they achieved an average score of 22, with a top mark of 37 and there were four distinction awards for Upper Sixth student Sophia and Lower Sixth students Ines, Jasmine and Margaryta.

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Challenge Your Limits

Our theme for this year’s Challenge Your Limits Week was ‘Dare to Care’ with a focus on environmental, personal, social and economic well-being. We had a huge number of events, activities and inspiring speakers running throughout the week to encourage our school community to #DaretoCare! We welcomed Jo Fairley, co-founder of Green & Black’s, to our opening assembly. A journalist and editor with a strong social conscience, Jo described how she dared to care and ‘went to the edge of the diving board, jumped off and never regretted it’.

Other speakers included Suruchi Saxena Bansal, from Country Leader for Treasure Truck UK and producer, director and Old Dolphin, Zara Balfour, who spoke about her career and award-winning documentary, Children of the Snow Land. Old Dolphin Sarah BarfieldMarks (Class of 2012), also spoke about her work with climate change charity, Possible. Our popular ‘Dare to Care’ panel event was chaired by LJ Silverman, creator of the Generate programme and leader of the development and growth of entrepreneurial activity at the London School of Economics. We also welcomed Laura Wallis from the charity Debating Mental Health for a session with Debating Club members in Years 9-11 to explore issues around mental health and the promotion of mental well-being.

We were delighted to welcome Alice Aedy (Class of 2012), activist, documentary photographer, and film-maker to speak at the closing assembly about her journey from a volunteer at a refugee camp to successful photo-journalist. Alice inspired the girls with her advice to ‘trust your instincts and you’ll never know where Iife will take you’.

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Challenge Your Limits Activities

Challenge Your Limits activities included gardening workshops, jewellery making and cupcake decorating. Students worked up a sweat on our smoothie bikes, practised synchronised dancing at ‘Just Dance’, and took part in the Taskmaster challenge event which tested the girls’ initiative and lateral thinking skills to complete a series of bizarre tasks to earn House points.

The excitement was palpable on Friday as small, friendly and furry animals – from dogs to guinea pigs, rabbits to chicks – visited the school. 17

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Geography Aspect

New life was breathed into the student Geography magazine, Aspect, with the Lower Sixth editorial team - Amy Bartholomew, Audrey Upton, Sophie Price, Maddie Chin and Alice Barder - producing two bumper issues: Oceania (including Australia) in the Spring Term, and Asia in the Summer Term.

Geography Film Festival

The Geography Society hosted its first Geography Film Festival: six brilliant short films highlighting the relationship between humans and the environment. The evening was led by Upper Sixth geographer, Amy Jiang, and the programme was curated by ‘We The People’, a non-profit organisation that has screened more than 200 films on human rights, development, security and the environment.

Geography Society

The Geography Society continued to be enthusiastically supported during lockdown with the girls ‘meeting’ every Wednesday lunchtime and with some fabulous presentations including ‘Rewilding’ by Sophie, Lower Sixth, Lettie’s ‘Food Insecurity’, and a visit from Old Dolphin Sophia to talk about climate justice and human rights.

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Languages Week

In November Godolphin celebrated its annual Languages Week. Students spent lunchtimes debating in French and Spanish, earning House points in language quizzes and spelling bee competitions, and finding their equilibrio with Spanish yoga. Year 7 Spanish students learnt the steps to Flamenco dancing, Years 8 and 10 learnt the ancient art of Tai Chi and Year 8 French students had a taste of immersive French theatre from foreign language theatre group, Onatti Productions.

Masterchef

With the whole country seeming to turn its hand to baking and cooking during lockdown, it was no surprise that our Masterchef competition was more hotly contested than ever with some absolutely fabulous dishes presented by our students. The winners of the Year 7 competition - which took place during lockdown - were Abigail Harris with sushi; Elena Jiang with Chinese dumplings; and Serena Brookes with chicken and risotto - proving that our taste buds could travel to far-flung places even when we couldn’t leave our homes.

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Drama Senior Production: Digby Delorium’s Theatre Emporium

Held over two nights in the Bishop Centre and devised entirely by the school’s Drama captains - Amy, Savannah and Rosa - parents were treated to a unique and memorable Senior Production of ‘Digby Delorium’s Theatre Emporium’. The production was an immersive theatre experience in a promenade style, with the audience guided by their student hosts through three ‘rooms’. In each room, a short performance took place involving students from Year 10 to the Upper Sixth. The production was quite a feat to pull off, as the small ensemble of actors played several parts that required quick costume changes between the rooms. Actors would be members of an Elizabethan court one minute, before appearing in the next room as a scientist in a lab full of chicks. The quick changes and work backstage were extremely well rehearsed and flawlessly managed by the students in the backstage crew.

Year 7 Christmas Play

An audience of over 300 family members enjoyed a colourful and energetic adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from Year 7 students for our annual Christmas play.

Over the course of the rehearsals, the girls learnt the benefits of collaboration in theatre, and the basics of putting on a production. For some of them, it was the first time they have performed in front of a large audience in a theatrical production. The production was a wonderful celebration of collaborative work and such a cheerful way to end the term.

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Young Shakespeare Company

We were delighted to welcome the Young Shakespeare Company back to the school to work with the whole of Year 7. Students took part in a series of creative and engaging workshops in the morning where they analysed Shakespeare’s use of language, learnt lines and took on some of the parts in ‘Macbeth’ before watching the company’s modern twist on the Scottish play in the afternoon.

Little Shop of Horrors

Our Spring Term school production of Little Shop of Horrors wowed our audiences with fabulous singing, acting, choreography and staging. Stand-out performances included incredibly versatile and moving acting and singing from Evie, Year 9, as Audrey; Katie, Lower Sixth, as the hapless Seymour; Issey, Lower Sixth, as a funny and over-bearing Mrs Mushnik who gets her comeuppance in the end!; and Millie, Year 11, as the sadistic dentist, Orin. The voice of the monstrous Audrey II was brilliantly performed by Upper Sixth, Aimee. A very special mention should go to Dr Vicenik and Father Sam McNally Cross who took it in turns to operate the rather heavy puppet known as Pod 3!

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Music

German Orchestral Exchange

The orchestral exchange between Godolphin and Latymer, Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums and Latymer Upper schools has been going for an amazing 39 years and this year it was the turn of Godolphin to host the final concert. The programme of orchestral music featured Dvorak’s American Suite, Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, a Dittersdorf Double Bass Concerto, Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto, and Sibelius’ beautiful Andante Festivo for strings. The rousing finale, featuring music from some of Richard Rodgers’ beloved musical scores – The Sound of Music, Carousel and Oklahoma – was a triumphant finish to what was a true celebration of music and friendship, and we very much hope to return to Hamburg in two years’ time.

Autumn Concert

We welcomed the school community to our annual Autumn Concert that showcased the sublime musicianship of our school orchestras, a selection of instrumental ensembles and our choirs. Playing to a packed Bishop Centre, Godolphin musicians displayed a dazzling variety of repertoire that ended with an uplifting finale performance of Rhythm of Life sung (and choreographed!) by the Year 8 and 9 choir.

Women Composers Concert

At the beginning of March, Godolphin held its first ‘Women Composers Concert’ to honour International Women’s Day.

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Clarinet and Piano Concert in Aid of the Refugee Council

In October we enjoyed a wonderful clarinet recital from Sixth Form student Mia and pianist Lynn Arnold that included works by Schumann, Kovács and Brahms. The concert was in aid of the Refugee Council - a cause close to Mia’s heart - with over £1000 raised for the global charity.

Friday Lunchtime Recital Series

Despite the lockdown the musical life at Godolphin and Latymer continued to thrive and we launched our incredibly successful virtual Friday Lunchtime Recital Series that received over 14,000 plays. There were some amazing performances across all the musical idioms from our youngest students to the Upper Sixth, music scholars, and even members of staff.

Scholars’ and ABRSM Concerts

The school community were treated to the great virtuoso and technical skill of our music scholars at November’s Scholars’ concert. Students performed pieces for flute by Mozart and Kohler, arias by Handel and Purcell, a Scriabin piano piece, virtuosic violin and cello pieces and Schumann’s energetic Fantasiestucke for clarinet. Parents, staff and friends enjoyed pieces from Mozart to Haydn, Tchaikovsky to Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams at the ABRSM Concert, which gives students the opportunity to perform a piece in front of an audience ahead of their ABRSM examinations. 23

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Art & Design Lower School Art and Design Exhibition

At the beginning of March we held our annual Lower School Art and Design Exhibition which this year showcased arthropod artefacts created by students from Years 7, 8 and 9. It was a multisensory experience as leaf-cutter ants marched across the floor and millipedes climbed the walls of the Bishop Centre to the sounds of the Amazon rainforest.

GCSE Art and Design

The standard of Art and Design created by this year’s students was outstanding. Project work was imaginatively explored and demonstrated a strong command of technical skill. The Art and Design department is able to offer students openended opportunities to explore a broad range of techniques and specialist processes of making such as painting, drawing, textile design, photography, ceramics, printmaking and cold glass. The innovation and originality seen in the work was inspiring. 24

A Level Art and Design and IB Visual Arts

The quality of work produced by this year’s A Level students was superlative. The breadth and depth of creative making was of a consistently high standard and an impressive range of media and processes such as large-scale drawn and painted studies as well innovative use of 3D pens and latex-reliefs, were rigorously explored to communicate ideas with sophistication and refinement.

The IB Visual Arts students exhibited their artwork in The Hall for assessment of their course but also to celebrate an impressive body of work they had made, and there was much to celebrate. The impact of the exhibition was a visual treat; high levels of technical skills were evidenced in a wide range of media, processes and ambitious use of composition, as well as how sophisticated the girls were in their creative and critical thinking and comment on social and cultural issue and topics.

Debating

Oxford Schools’ Debating

Thursday 6 February was a historic moment for Godolphin and Latymer debaters, with two teams – Upper Sixth students Isabel and Anna, and Linnea and Catherine – making it through the gruelling round of Oxford Schools’ Debating to win a place in the finals. There was further cause for celebration as our Lower School debaters – Dilia, Rohin and Roxanna – won the first round of the English Speaking Union Public Speaking Competition, and Roxanna received the award for Best Questioner.

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Lockdown Debating

Lockdown did not render our large and passionate cohort of debaters silent. Our first and successful online debate against Latymer Upper was followed by more remote debating against Putney High School, Benenden and South Hampstead High. Our lunchtime debating clubs continued to ‘meet’ every week and were better supported than ever. In the London Online Debating Competition at the end of June, Godolphin hosted an online debating tournament featuring twenty teams from ten schools, including three from the USA - two from California, and one from Connecticut.

Model UN

We welcomed 200 guests from eleven different schools for a Model United Nations Conference, organised by Sixth Formers Sophia, Ailbhe and Caroline as part of their IB CAS project. Students debated a range of issues such as Child Marriage, Foreign Interventions in Civil War, Gun Control and the crisis in Yemen. Following three sessions in committees, the students came back together in the Bishop Centre for a General Assembly Crisis discussing how their country proposed to resolve the (fictional) kidnapping of the Dalai Lama.

In March fourteen students from Year 10 to the Lower Sixth took part in the annual Model United Nations Conference. It was our most successful conference yet, with an extraordinary number of prizes awarded to the Godolphin delegation Well done to Maia, Isabelle and Georgina for receiving ‘Honourable Mentions’ from their Committee Chairs, to Ozzy for the prize of ‘Highly Commended Delegate’ and to Ines and Issey for their prizes for ‘Most Improved Delegate’, as well as to all our students who spoke eloquently and worked very hard on their preparation for the conference. 25

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Sport & PE Despite many of the sporting competitions being curtailed due to the pandemic, the U16 netball team reached the Sister in Sport national final, our U19s made it through to the quarter finals and the U14s made it to the fifth round. In hockey, the U15 team reached the semi-final of the Independent Schools’ Hockey Cup and had a very tight 3rd and 4th place playoff, narrowly losing 4-5; an incredible achievement to be named the fourth best team in the country. Our U19s were quarter finalists and the U13s reached the semi finals of the plate competition. In cricket, the U15 and U13 made it through to the regional finals having won all their matches in both the London Schools’ round and county finals. The U12s also picked up silver medals at the London Schools’ competition.

Our fencers won gold and bronze at the British Schools’ Fencing championships and, over the Christmas holidays, Magnolia in Year 9 won two fencing tournaments in the US and as a result was selected for the U14 England squad. Magnolia took part in the Fairfax Challenge in Maryland where she won the Y14 women’s epee, placed 6th in Junior’s (Y20), 9th in Cadets (Y16), 3rd in the Austin Challenge (Y14), and she won the (U14) Elite Epee Millfield School event. In Flaine our skiers won gold, silver and bronze at the Ski Championships.

We successfully represented Hammersmith and Fulham at the London Schools Athletics Association’s Cross Country Championships. The U13s were victorious in their age group and the U12s finished 5th. Millie and Maya finished first and fifth respectively. During the summer holidays we received the fantastic news that rower, Aurelia, had won bronze at the Ottensheim Linz Regatta in Austria. 26

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Sport in Lockdown

During lockdown, PE lessons were geared towards the summer sporting programme with sessions in coordination and footwork for tennis and cricket, as well as Zumba and fitness. Our Sports department provided our hockey, netball, cricket and rowing squads with strength and conditioning training and technical drills to keep them on their toes for the seasons ahead. Students were regular visitors to the dedicated micro-site for the Godolphin Sports department, where their teachers and coaches regularly updated the site’s content with plenty of ways to keep them fit and healthy. Instructional videos provided girls with opportunities to learn some new skills, with everything from juggling to Tai Chi, football ‘keepie uppies’ to learning to do the splits. The micro-site also included podcasts, documentaries and articles that focused on the mental health aspect of sport and students were encouraged to ‘kick back and relax’ with breathing exercises, meditation and yoga. Extracurricular sport was also still on offer, with netball sessions, Zumba and yoga available to everyone, and our House events saw students running, walking and cycling as a House to reach their collective 85-mile goal. 27

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Upper Sixth Pre-University Enrichment Programme

With the news that their A Level and IB examinations were cancelled, our Upper Sixth embarked on a pre-university enrichment programme, consisting of a series of lectures, workshops, tasks and seminars to prepare them for undergraduate study. They participated in seminars with specialist teachers across no fewer than twenty subject fields – a testament to the remarkable expertise and enthusiasm of our staff, who devised an astonishing array of materials and tasks for the students.

Robot Revolution: Year 9 Cross Curricular Day Our Year 9s took part in ‘Robot Revolution’ run by Bright Futures for a Cross-Curricular Day. With a growing appetite amongst Godolphin students for computing and coding, girls tried their hand at coding with sensors, building and coding their own robots and got acquainted with FEZ and Big Trax models from the eighties. 28

Year 11 Citizen Science

With their GCSEs cancelled, our Year 11 Biology students took part in the ‘Citizen Science’ projects as a real-world extension to their GCSE syllabus work. Students chose the project they wanted to volunteer for, from transcribing handwritten specimen labels of plants as a part of ‘Notes From Nature’, to identifying types of white blood cells in the ‘Monkey Health Explorer’ project, to observing mouse behaviour in ‘The Secret Life of Mice’ project. The aim was to enhance the girls’ scientific skills, to give them real insight into novel approaches to data collection, and to involve them in projects that raise the public’s awareness of the importance of protecting and conserving these ecosystems and the species that rely on them.

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Green Team Launched ‘Project Pollution’ The Sixth Form Green Team launched ‘Project Pollution’, an initiative that aims to raise awareness of the impact of car use in London and reduce car pollution and traffic around our school. Throughout the year, students earned ‘Green Points’ for sustainable actions – such as walking, cycling or taking public transport to school – to improve the health and well-being of our community.

Spotlight on Well-being Week Organised and run by the Student Well-being Committee, Godolphin enjoyed its second ‘Spotlight on Well-being Week’ to raise awareness of the importance of looking after our mental, physical and emotional health. The school took part in a wide

range of activities, with everything from relaxation and meditation, to reflection and mindfulness, to cookie decorating and talks from Childline professionals with practical tips for dealing with mental health issues and caring for ourselves.

Around the School

Houses During the lockdown our programme of House events really took off as students were keen to connect with their friends outside their virtual classrooms. The Lego challenge was won by Sheppard, and girls who didn’t have sets of Lego gathering dust at the bottom of a cupboard showed amazing ingenuity by using tins, crockery, minecraft and all sorts of other household objects. Maathai were winners of the Lower School Bletchley Park codebreaking competition but the best supported event was the Star Jump ‘live’ competition with over 42,000 jumps from students and staff in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, gardens, studies, hallways and patios across the country.

House Activities Afternoon

The girls celebrated the final week of the academic year by taking part in our inaugural House Activities afternoon which included athletics drills, charades, juggling, book making, and challenges inspired by the TV show Taskmaster.

House Debating

Around the School

In House debating, our two remaining House competitions were completed online. In the Lower School final, Frida Kilmer and Antara Martins carried off the trophy for Maathai by successfully proposing the motion ‘This house would make it compulsory for all students to do an hour of sport every day’ against Ella Bareham and Imogen Walkden for Naidu. In the Middle School, Ruby Alexander and Daisy Studd for Sheppard were crowned champions, opposing the motion ‘This house would make it compulsory for all students to study science in the Sixth Form’, proposed by Cecilia Colao and Yun Losson for Quinn Brown.

House Composition Competition

Chloe, Lauren and Josie won the Music department’s House Composition Competition, where Godolphin musicians were tasked with writing and performing a short piece for a solo instrument.

School Birthday

In February we celebrated our 115th Birthday with a thanksgiving service that featured choral singing, readings from the Head Girls Team and an ode to former Headmistress Dame Joyce Bishop before an afternoon of assault courses and cake.

Junior House Music Festival

The Remote Junior House Music Festival was a huge success and featured over seventy solo and ensemble performances with pieces from musical theatre, jazz and folk songs amidst the classical solo and ensemble performances. House points were awarded for taking part as well as for the winning performances: Sheppard House was triumphant and Charlotte Moore was the highest scoring student.

House competition winners 2019-20

1st place Sheppard 206 points 2nd place Maathai 186 points

3rd place Quinn Brown 183 points 31

Lectures and Guest Speakers

LECTURES AND GUEST SPEAKERS PPE Forum

For the opening PPE Forum we welcomed Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and official biographer of Margaret Thatcher. Charles talked about the intersection of History and Biography, and offered a range of fascinating and unique insights into the life and career of Mrs Thatcher.

In February the PPE Forum heard from Dr Johanna Thoma from the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and from Dr Yaron Brook, Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute. Dr Thoma gave an insightful paper on procrastination and policy formation and Dr Brook spoke about the morality of inequality.

Author Paul Dowswell on Historical Fiction

Lectures and Guest Speakers

We were delighted to welcome author Paul Dowswell, recipient of the Trinity Schools Book Award 2019 for his novel Ausländer, to the school to speak to Years 9 and 10 about his works of historical fiction with an emphasis on the Cold War and totalitarian states. Paul gave two informative talks that detailed what it was like to live behind the Iron Curtain and gave invaluable advice to budding Year 7 and 8 writers who joined him in the Library over lunch break.

Alice Fraser

Project Coordinator, V&A

Sixth Form Art History students were treated to a fascinating lunchtime talk from Old Dolphin Alice Fraser (Class of 2010) who spoke about her role as Project Coordinator at the V&A and her career path since leaving Godolphin. Having loved every minute of reading, researching and writing at university, Alice explained how she initially looked for work using these skills before becoming Project Manager at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Working with architects, designers, curators, restorers, educators and finance departments, Alice oversaw the complete redesign and refurbishment of the Raphael Court which houses the world famous Raphael Cartoons.

Lectures and Guest Speakers

Sixth Form Enrichment Programme

The weekly enrichment slot in the Sixth Form timetable allows students to attend a variety of events and sessions that add something a little different to the school week. In the Spring Term, Upper Sixth students attended two powerful talks from guest speakers: the first from Peter Hall on overcoming alcohol and drug abuse; the second, a presentation from Hibo Wardere, a female genital mutilation awareness campaigner.

Lecture for Sixth Form Philosophers

In February Professor Andrew Fisher from the University of Nottingham delivered a lecture and seminar to Sixth Form Philosophers and IB students about the concept of knowledge in ethics. He also ran a lunchtime session on undergraduate study of humanities at university.

Smoothie Talking

Co-founder of Innocent Smoothies, Richard Reed, led a fascinating assembly and Q&A session talking about his own journey and emphasising to students the idea that ‘everything big starts small’. In the Q&A session Richard stressed the need to take risks and how the ‘joy of the entrepreneur is to keep turning a no into a yes’. Later in the year, Richard spoke to our Sixth Formers as part of their Academic Enrichment programme about his experience of entrepreneurship from the challenges of starting up a business to brand development. 34

Sixth Form Lecture Series

Now into its fifth year at Godolphin, the Sixth Form Lecture Series offers students the chance to attend lectures delivered by members of staff on a broad range of topics. The theme for this year’s programme was ‘Crossing Boundaries and Borders’ – with topics ranging from international espionage and power politics in the 1970s; to whether empathy is taught or innate – and it proved a valuable opportunity for students to explore subjects in greater depth and offered fascinating insight into the range of expertise and interests of their teachers.

Lectures and Guest Speakers

Tenner Challenge

Old Dolphin and entrepreneur, Lily Bourne (Class of 2004), visited the school to launch the Year 7 ‘Tenner Challenge’ as part of our ‘Futures’ programme. Lily set the tone for the event with a keynote speech focusing on her numerous business ventures before students got into groups to begin the challenge. With crisp £10 notes in hand, Year 7 planned how they were going to use or invest the money to generate profit with all proceeds raised through the ‘Tenner Challenge’ donated to the school’s Bursary Fund.

Body Positivity

We were delighted to welcome back Old Dolphin and former Head Girl, Issy Roberts (Class of 2019), as part of our Body Positivity Day organised by the Head Girls Team. Issy spoke at the lunchtime forum on challenging the ways in which society presents and views the physical body. This prompted really inspiring discussion from the girls on their own perceptions of themselves and the challenges they face living in a digital age where everything can be faked or fixed. 35

Out and About

OUT AND ABOUT Bonding Days

In their first week as Godolphin and Latymer students, our new Year 7s enjoyed a week of ice-breaker sessions, bonding days and team-building exercises that included a trip to Walton Firs Activity Centre and a treasure hunt around the school. Meanwhile our Sixth Formers also took part in bonding activities and there was a picnic in the ecology garden for our new IB students.

Science

Biology Lecture Day

Lower Sixth biologists enjoyed a series of five lectures on the latest developments in scientific research from some of the country’s leading scientific minds at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster

Science LIVE at the Savoy Theatre

Lower Sixth physicists listened to five excellent talks from the country’s leading scientific minds and learnt some useful examination tips from chief examiner, Michelle Oldfield, when they attended Science LIVE at the Savoy Theatre. Dr Jess Wade explained how OLED displays in TVs and phones are made and how they enhance the images we see, and Professor Jim Al-Khalili introduced the newest interdisciplinary branch of science: Quantum Biology.

Professor Frank Close explained how we are all made from stardust whilst Astronomer Royal, Professor Lord Martin Rees, described human beings less romantically as ‘nuclear waste’. Finally Dr Michael Brooks talked about that well known and yet less well understood, force: gravity.

Out and About

Classics

Year 9 Classicists Visit the Roman Baths

Year 9 students travelled to Bath with the Classics department to visit one of the best preserved bath complexes outside Italy. Students took in the steaming sacred spring where pilgrims threw in their offerings in the hope of a cure, gazed upon the temple pediment with the fierce gorgon centrepiece before finishing up at the lime green waters of the Great Bath. The trip wouldn’t have been complete without some time over lunch break visiting the city centre and renowned fudge shops!

Classics Trip to Greece

During October half-term, Classics students in Year 11 and the Lower Sixth enjoyed six glorious days exploring the ancient sites of Greece in the autumn sunshine. Students explored the sanctuaries of Brauron and Sounion in the south of Attica, took in the archaeological sights of Athens and Delphi, and imagined themselves as victors and spectators at Olympia, before travelling to the Bronze Age sites of Tiryns and Mycenae and taking in the impressive views at Epidauras and AcroCorinth. 37

Out and About

Geography Blencathra Field Studies Centre Upper Sixth geographers spent five days at the Blencathra Field Studies Centre in the Lake District to collect data for their A Level and IB coursework. Physical geographers spent their time in and around the Borrowdale valley, measuring the orientation of moraines, roche moutonnées and corries, while human geographers collected data about tourism and perceptions of place in Keswick. Despite some challenging weather conditions, the sun came out for the last day in Blencathra and students enjoyed a hike up the mountain to watch the sun set over Derwentwater.

Year 8 Trip to Burnham Beeches

Year 8 students enjoyed a day trip to Burnham Beeches to study the workings of a deciduous woodland ecosystem. Students used clinometers, tape measures and their iPads to measure the height of trees and calculated their age by measuring the circumference of the trunk, drew field sketches of the upper pond (complete with moorhens and ducks) and each wrote a haiku about a coppiced area of woodland.

Out and About

History of Art In Real Life Exhibition

Lower Sixth Art Historians visited Olafur Eliasson’s In Real Life exhibition at Tate Modern. On a bright, clear, sunny winter’s day they not only enjoyed the interactive elements of the kaleidoscopes and 45m long tunnel of fog, but also experienced how the installations used reflections and shadows to play with the way we perceive and interact with the world.

Art History Trip to the British Museum

Sixth Form Art History students debated the question of aggressive imperial acquisition, restitution and the future of the Benin plaques on a tour of the British Museum with Alice Procter who encouraged students to explore the impact of location on meaning.

Islamic Art Study Day

For the second year running Leighton House hosted an Islamic Art Study Day for A Level Art History students from local west London schools. Trustee and Courtauld lecturer Melaine Gibson introduced Art Historians to the complexities of the historical and geographic span of Islamic art and students were shown examples of tile designs, calligraphy and figuration on a guided tour in the spectacular Arab Hall.

Ways of Seeing Conference

Sixth Form students pondered the theme of art and nature at the Association for Art History’s annual Ways of Seeing Conference. The opening talk by author of the Edexcel syllabus, Sarah Phillips, asked the question: Can art save our environment? After exploring a range of contemporary works, including Eliasson’s Ice Watch, and asking some of our students to read his words to the audience, she suggested that art can change the way communities act, and hence be an agent for change by emotionalising the data. 39

Out and About

Modern Foreign Languages Spanish Study Day at the BFI

Lower Sixth Spanish students took part in a study day at the British Film Institute on ‘Trauma and Memory: Filming the legacy of dictatorships in Spain and Chile’. The workshop explored the recent histories of Spain and Chile, focusing on the representation of political repression before a screening of El Silencio de Otros (The Silence of Others). This powerful documentary follows the struggles of a group of victims of Franco’s dictatorship and their families as they organise an international lawsuit in Argentina in an attempt to fight the government sanctioned ‘pact of forgetting’ the crimes that they had suffered. The girls were then lucky enough to take part in a question and answer session with the film’s codirector via video link.

Visit to the Cervantes Theatre

In February, Lower Sixth Spanish students visited the Cervantes Theatre – an intimate venue in London that specialises in Spanish and Latin American theatre – to see Lorca’s masterpiece, ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’.

Paris Trip

Over October half-term, a group of Year 11 French students visited Paris to enhance their knowledge of the language and culture. Throughout the trip, the girls visited famous landmarks including The Eiffel Tower and The Notre-Dame; as well as having free time to enjoy the stunning capital and, of course, to go shopping in Paris.

Out and About

Music

Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall Just before the Christmas break, Year 8 students took part in a performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall.

After learning the choruses in their music lessons during the previous halfterm, including the famous Hallelujah Chorus, they gave a fantastically confident performance as part of a choir of 1,200 young people. They were joined by professional soloists and orchestra and were conducted by Ben Parry, Director of the National Youth Choir. The opportunity to sing this beautiful oratorio in such a prestigious venue in front of a huge audience (including a large number of Godolphin families and friends) was a truly unforgettable experience.

Economics Economics Conference at Friends House

35 IB and A Level Economics students attended an Economics Conference discussing the UK and Brexit at Friends House in London. Some fascinating topics were discussed such as the worth of forecasting future economic performance, the post Brexit economic priorities, the decreasing power of trade unions, the economics of the NHS and the economic policies of the Labour party.

Out and About

Art

GCSE trip to the V&A

Year 11 artists experienced the wonders of the V&A’s ‘Food: Bigger than the Plate’ exhibition - a multi-sensory show that takes a creative look at the future of food production, through the lens of artists, designers, chefs, scientists and farmers. Students contemplated the formidable challenge of how we recycle and reduce the waste we all produce, and learnt how scientists and designers have developed ingenious ways of transforming unwanted materials into fabrics made from waste animal bones, coffee cups made from discarded coffee granules, and ceramics made from cow manure.

Art and Design Trip to Worthing

Sixth Form Art and Design students spent a day on Worthing beachfront exploring expressive approaches to drawing and innovative forms of relief painting. Students also had the opportunity to use a breadth of specialist photographic processes such as cyanotype, pinhole camera work and got to grips with manual SLR cameras before rounding off the day with fish and chips on the beach.

Out and About

Skiing in Vermont Nearly 50 girls travelled to Vermont over February half-term to experience the wide, quiet slopes of Killington in beautiful winter sunshine, with lots of progress made by girls and staff of all abilities over the course of the week. Some of the advanced girls got a surprise mogul lesson from Donna Weinbrecht who won gold in the first ever Women’s mogul event at the 1992 Olympics. The week was rounded off with a trip to Harvard where the girls were given a tour of the campus from Old Dolphins Sophia and Charlotte Dyvik Henke (Classes of 2019 and 2016).

Holland Netball and Hockey Tour 2019

During October half-term, 56 Godolphin hockey and netball players visited Valkenburg in the Netherlands for a week of coaching from the likes of Hayley Mulheron, Scotland’s former national netball captain, and came home with a clutch of medals after competing in tournaments against other English schools and Dutch hockey club HC Blerick. 43

Higher Education and Careers

HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREERS Academic Conversation at Vogue This year saw the inauguration of an exciting new Higher Education event for the Lower Sixth: ‘The Art of Academic Conversation’. Held in the stunning Vogue House boardroom in Hanover Square, Sixth Formers engaged in individual conversations with a number of leading academics from a range of backgrounds including professors from leading universities, such as Oxford and Imperial College, London, as well as a number of successful Old Dolphins.

Higher Education and Careers

The Higher Education Preparation Programme Despite the lockdown the Lower Sixth students Higher Education Preparation Programme was a huge success using the virtual platforms. At the beginning of May, a day of talks began with Andrew Long, an admissions tutor from the University of Bath, who led a session on personal statement writing. US applicants took part in a session by Mrs Antebi on the North American application process; Mr Higgins led a session on Oxbridge applications; and Ms Osborne a session for medics on the BMAT and UKCAT. The afternoon was dedicated to subject specific advice on personal statements with girls meeting in virtual rooms to begin the process of working on their applications.

When the girls returned from half-term there was a further three days of workshops which included more advice on personal statement writing, UCAS submission advice, and time for the students to work on their EPQ and EE projects. There were daily subject-specific discussions with subject teachers and Kate MacKenzie, First Class Law graduate and tutor, gave advice on how to prepare for the LNAT (Law National Aptitude Test). The week also offered OxCam drop-in sessions and Mrs Antebi ran meetings for girls interested in studying in the US and Canada and provided advice on writing the US College Supplemental College Application Essays. Old Dolphins studying at Nottingham Medical School, Cambridge University, Imperial College, St Andrews, Bristol and Newcastle University offered invaluable tips to our aspiring medics, dentists and vets.

At the end of the Summer Term the Higher Education and Careers department hosted remote Oxbridge training sessions and we were joined by students from our partner schools: Greenford High, Kensington Aldridge Academy, Sacred Heart and Hammersmith Academy. 45

Higher Education and Careers

US Higher Education Programme

Our US Higher Education Programme continued to provide valuable support to students considering applications to the US with visits from Old Dolphins studying in North America. In March, Annabel, second-year student at Duke University, and Moune, first-year student at the University of Southern California, visited the school to discuss the transition process from school to college and the flexibility of studying a liberal arts curriculum. In the Summer Term, Emily de Vegvar studying at the University of Chicago dropped in for a remote lunchtime session to talk about research and internship opportunities for undergraduate students, the flexibility of Chicago’s distinctive core curriculum, and the dynamic extra-curricular opportunities offered on campus.

Successful US Applications During the Spring Term our Upper Sixth girls received acceptances from the following top-ranked institutions in the United States from both regular and early applications: Boston College

Brown University (3) Columbia University (2) Columbia-Trinity dual BA Cornell University Dartmouth College (2) – with one student awarded the Ofer Scholarship Duke University (2)

Georgetown University (4) New York University Northwestern University (2) St. John’s College University of Chicago (4) – with one student selected as a President’s Scholar and awarded the University Scholarship University of Michigan

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania – Benjamin Franklin Scholar University of Southern California

University of Texas at Austin University of Virginia University of Wisconsin- Madison Wesleyan University (2) Williams College (2) Yale University (2)

Higher Education and Careers

Careers Discovery Event

In February our students and parents attended the Careers Discovery event to hear from Old Dolphins, current parents and experts about a huge variety of exciting professions including law, medicine, marketing, finance, the veterinary profession and the world of psychotherapy. The industries of fashion, architecture, events production and broadcasting were also represented.

Futures Working Lunches The Futures Working Lunches programme is open to pupils from all year groups and shines a light on a variety of careers. The first talk of the year was from Helena Williams, (Class of 2012) who graduated from Central Saint Martins before working as a freelance Product Designer. Helena spoke to girls about her interest in design that was nurtured through DT lessons with Mr Cosgrove, the variety of roles that are available to people with degrees in Product Design, and the reality of applying for jobs within the field. In February Ian Harnett, co-founder and managing director of Europe’s leading provider of macro-investment strategy advice, Absolute Strategy Research, came to speak to students at our Futures Working Lunch. Ian read PPE and subsequently gained a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University and is a regular contributor to Bloomberg TV, CNBC the FT, WSJ and the Economist. His fascinating insight into the world of economics was an inspiration for our Sixth Formers thinking of pursuing related careers.

Leavers

LEAVERS’ DESTINATIONS

We are delighted that the vast majority of our Upper Sixth leavers will be attending their first choice of university either here in the UK or in North America.

Aanya Arora Mary Astor Jemma Baines Ariane Bardonnet Emilia Barker Evelyn Beardsmore Vittoria Berlucchi Emily Bicknell Molly Bleach Lucia Bloom Ellie Brooks-Wadham Laura Casale Mia Caspersonn Theodora Chatila Katya Chu Arielle Cina Rabin Georgia Colegrave Emily Davie Ailsa Davies Isabelle Franco Costanza Giovene di Girasole Jemima Gogarty Georgina Goldbart Thyra Goldsmith Rebecca Griffin-Roach Chloe Groenewegen Camilla Gronskag Sophia Ground Grace Gubbay Delilah Hague Aimee Hart Mia Hart Georgia Hayes Cecily Heaton Sophia Henke Elizabeth Hill Florence Hockaday Saskia Hoskins Linnea Hult Abigail Hunter Ines Ilic Gabara Sophia Immordino Amy Jiang

Chemistry (Industrial) Experimental Psychology Flexible Combined Honours with study abroad PPE Chinese Philosophy Law Geography Biology International Relations Economics Classics with Oriental Studies Geography Economics and Management European Social and Political studies Law Classical Archaeology and Ancient History Chemistry Foundation Diploma in Art and Design English Literature/History of Art Medical Biosciences Medicine Film and Television Liberal Arts English Literature Geography Liberal Arts German and Business Natural Sciences Chemistry Mechatronics and Robotics Sociology English Literature Biochemistry Medicine HSPS English Literature Chemical Engineering Linguistics and Spanish Liberal Arts Dentistry English Liberal Arts Geography

Durham University St Catherine's College, Oxford Exeter University London School of Economics Edinburgh University Nottingham University London School of Economics St John's College, Oxford Balliol College, Oxford Edinburgh University Bath University St John's College, Oxford Edinburgh University New College, Oxford University College London Durham University Jesus College, Oxford St Catherine's College, Oxford Kingston University Glasgow University Imperial College University College London Bristol University Wesleyan University Edinburgh University Durham University McGill University Edinburgh University Durham University Edinburgh University Leeds University Bath University St Andrew's University Imperial College St Andrew's University Pembroke College, Cambridge Edinburgh University Edinburgh University Manchester University Brown University King's College London University College London Duke University Durham University

Leavers Jeanette Jones Tilly Jones Yoonseo Jung Sara Jusu-Sheriff Sarah Kasas Natash Kerr-Dineen Jenna Kruger Ludovica Latif Jasmine Lee-Tin Maya Lethbridge Esme Lloyd Madeline Lomas Scarlett Marshall Gina Marsoner Grace Martineau Coco Mazzocchi Caroline McDonald Clara McGrane Glenys McGuire Charlize Modiano Talya Newman Una O'Neill Camilla Olivieri Emily Perkins Francesca Pike Elizabeth Railton Amelia Ramsay Freja Richdale Alex Riddell-Webster Mia Rolland-Bezem Florence Scavazza-Murphy Valeska Schliemann Ella Scott Olivia Scott Avni Sharma Katya Sloboda-Bolton Amelia Snook Amy Snudden Raphaela Svirinskaya Hallie Tai Sophie Thomas Cosima Tiffou Georgia Tsang Savannah Turnbull Ella von Baeyer Isabelle Waha Aspen Warren Erica Weiler Astrid Welford Honor West-Knights Rosa Wiggins Aimee Wilmot Ella Wilmot Nina Wittmann Mia Yeadon

Modern Ballet Languages, Cultures and Economics History of Art Geography Medicine Italian and Art History Computer Science Management and Modern Languages with a year abroad Social Anthropology and Politics History with a year abroad Foundation Diploma in Art and Design English Literature Economics and Politics Veterinary Medicine Medical Biosciences History and German Liberal Arts Liberal Arts French and Modern History with a year abroad Liberal Arts Economics Liberal Arts Geography History Combined Honours in Social Sciences Chemistry Philosophy Geography Economics and Sociology Computer Science Liberal Arts Philosophy Liberal Arts Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion Philosophy Spanish and German PPE Medicine Drama and Music Geography and Sociology Bioengineering (with a placement year) Biology with Science and Society English Language and Literature Biomedical Sciences Drama and Film Liberal Arts Architecture HIstory of Art Liberal Arts Biochemistry Biochemistry Psychology Music (Performance) Psychology and Behavioural Science Veterinary Medicine History and French

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Leeds University St Andrew's University Manchester University Robinson College, Cambridge Edinburgh University Edinburgh University King's College London Edinburgh University University College London Kingston University Glasgow University Edinburgh University Nottingham University Imperial College Magdalen College, Oxford McGill University Georgetown University St Andrew's University University of Chicago University College London Duke University Edinburgh University Christ's College, Cambridge Durham University Brasenose College, Oxford Exeter University Edinburgh University Edinburgh University Murray Edwards College, Cambridge Yale University Bristol University NYU Wolfson College, Cambridge Durham University Bristol University Manchester University University College London Royal Holloway, University of London Edinburgh University Loughborough University Manchester University St Hilda’s College, Oxford Edinburgh University Trinity College, Dublin Dartmouth University Newcastle University Christ Church, Oxford Yale University Leeds University Edinburgh University Bristol University Manchester University Trinity College, Cambridge Girton College, Cambridge Pembroke College, Oxford

We wish all our leavers good luck in all of their future endeavours! 49

Leavers Art and Design Prize

Sara Jusu-Sheriff

Creativity - Reiss Prize

Ailsa Davies

Biology

Ennis Prize

Molly Bleach

Chemistry

Winifred Watkins

Francesca Pike

Classics

Downer Jolliffe Prize

Georgina Goldbart

Drama

Drama Leavers’ prize

Sophie Thomas

Economics

Mason Prize

Tea Chatila

English

Titmuss Prize

Fabi Dias

French

Dixon Spoken Prize

Lucia Bloom

Homan Prize

Tilly Jones

Art

Leavers’ Prizes Winterstoke Scholarships Nina Wittmann

Geography

Hobbs Prize

Amy Jiang

German

Prynne Prize

Camilla Gronskag

Aanya Arora

History

Claire Eccles Prize

Maddie Lomas

Gilliland Prize

Ariane Bardonnet

History of Art

Charlton Prize

Maya Lethbridge

Italian

Sandra Williams Prize

Linnea Hult

Mathematics

Bell Prize

Alex Riddell-Webster

Camilla Olivieri Erica Weiler

Gertrude Clement Books Katya Chu

Emily Bicknell

Sophia Ground Mia Yeadon

Selsky Pure Prize

Charlize Modiano

MFL

Jessi Stafford Prize

Emilia Barker

Music

McTavish Prize

Amy Snudden

Sarah Illingworth Memorial Choral Prize

Aimee Wilmot

Philosophy

Bellew Prize

Bella Horrell

Physical Education

Walsh Award

Talya Newman

Sport - Cox Prize

Ellie Brooks Wadham

Science

Bearman Medicine Prize

Sarah Kasas

Georgia Colegrave

Marshall Hays Prizes Millie Ramsay

Caroline McDonald Mimi Musgrave Esme Lloyd

Grace Martineau Laura Casale

Dean Prize

Emily Perkins

The Dawe Prize for Achievement

Izzy Franco Delilah Hague

White Prize for Sixth Form Service

Jasmine Lee-Tin Amy Jiang

Stratta Prize for Service to the School

Savannah Turnbull

Head Girl’s Prize

Nina Wittmann

LVI Chaplin French Prize

Zoe Prokopiou

LVI Wilson History Prize

Anna Briggs

Vellutini Prize (for Year 11 English)

Bella Gerber-Johnstone Alexandra Kogan Isabel Warren

Richards Prize

Astrid Welford

Spanish

Frost Prize

Vittoria Berlucchi

Speech and Drama

Mantle Prize

Mia Rolland-Bezem

PTFA Prizes for Service

PTFA Prizes for Good Work

Mia Caspersonn

Sadie Amini

Catherine Coggan

Iona Chorley

Arielle Cina Rabin Jemima Gogarty

Jemma Baines

Aimee Hart

Costanza Giovene di Girasole

Ailbhe Holt

Sophia Immordino

Livia Muscia

Clara McGrane

Florence Hockaday

Grace Gubbay

Lauren Kirkland

Gina Marsoner

Una O’Neill

Amelia Snook

Elizabeth Railton Avni Sharma

Raphaela Svirinskaya Georgia Tsang Rosa Wiggins

Leavers

Staff Leavers We would like to pay tribute to the staff who left Godolphin and Latymer at the end of the academic year. Schools are ‘people places’ and it is always hard to see popular and dedicated teachers move on when they have given so much to the community, and have been an important part of all our lives.

Mr Pete Cosgrove was at Godolphin for sixteen years, teaching Technology and running the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. Pete is known for his dry wit and his endless patience with his students in the Tech room. He has been a loyal and conscientious colleague who has over time introduced hundreds of girls to the pleasures of design and creation. Through his involvement with DofE, Pete has similarly opened pupils’ eyes to the great outdoors, and to the challenge and fulfilment that comes in planning and completing a successful expedition. He is going to be greatly missed. We warmly wish him all the very best for a busy and happy retirement.

Both Miss Nicola Hanger and Miss Nicola McDonald joined the school in 2011, to teach Mathematics and Classics respectively. We were hugely sorry to lose them at the end of the academic year, but immensely proud that they are both moving on to promoted posts at excellent schools. Nicola Hanger has been a brilliant Maths teacher, capable of challenging the most able (including this year our fantastic Bridge Programme mathematicians) but also sympathetic with those who find the subject harder. In addition she has served as Assistant to the Deputy Head Academic and in this role has been responsible for producing the annual miracle which is the school’s timetable. Nicola McDonald meanwhile has been in charge of our provision of Ancient History and Classical Civilisation and, within the IB, of Theory of Knowledge as well as acting as Senior House Leader. She is an exceptionally gifted teacher with an immense range of interests and enthusiasms which she has shared generously with pupils and staff – her lockdown quizzes kept us all entertained throughout the Summer Term – and it is hard to imagine our community without her. There are more promotions too. Miss Katie Tallett-Williams moves to become a deputy Head of Geography after six highly successful years at Godolphin. Katie has been one of our most innovative and inspiring teachers, always ready to embrace new technologies and to tell others about them. Mrs Danni Malone has been an outstanding Head of Mathematics since 2015, and has run one of our largest and most successful departments with real distinction as both an excellent teacher and leader. She is now taking up a post overseas. Ms Virginie Dall’Acqua meanwhile has taught French and Spanish here for five years. She is a much loved teacher and colleague, always warm and enthusiastic, and committed to her pupils and to her department.

We also say farewell with grateful thanks to those who have been with us for a shorter time, covering other colleagues’ maternity leave this year. All have contributed very positively and have proved supportive and dedicated teachers. They are: Ms Alexandra Cann (English), Mrs Anna Golding (Classics), and Mr Andrew Jones (Mathematics). Our very best wishes go with all these leaving staff for happy and successful futures. 51

School Magazine 2019-20

Articles inside

Staff Leavers

Out and About

Around the School

Higher Education and Careers

Lectures and Speakers

Awards and Accolades

Leavers’ Destinations

Evolution of a Lockdown Dolphin

Community, Partnerships and Outreach