Heathfield Highlights Lent 2016

SPRING 2016

A message from Mrs Heywood As we welcome the New Year and new term, it is always a pleasure to see the girls arrive back at school refreshed and rested after the Christmas break. However, we know that many girls have been revising hard in the holidays in preparation for their mock exams which took place in early January. When our UVI girls receive their university offers, the mock exams help them to prepare for the next stage of study before the public exams in the summer. In August, our outgoing UVI all confirmed places at their first choice universities which is a testament to their hard work and determination to succeed.

Michaelmas Term was, as usual, busy and actionpacked and we were delighted to welcome our new girls in September. For the first time at Heathfield we welcomed a handful of day girls, who have integrated perfectly into our boarding community and are now very much a part of our busy school. With visiting speakers, trips to Venice and Andalucia, rehearsals for Thoroughly Modern Millie, House Drama and of course our annual charity fundraiser St Nicholas Stalls the term was very full and we all looked forward to our well earned Christmas break.

On Thursday 14 January we were honoured to welcome Professor Robert Winston to Heathfield to open our new STEM building. Professor Winston spoke to a packed theatre of girls, parents and governors before officially ‘cutting the ribbon’. Our visitors were given a tour of the new building and Miss Wells and the Science team all worked hard to make it a memorable evening.

With an increase in girls studying STEM subjects and pursuing careers in this area our STEM building will allow us to offer Heathfield girls first class teaching and facilities.

As we move towards spring, much hard work in and out of the classrooms is taking place and there are many exciting events to look forward to, such as our LAMDA, Fashion and Music Show on 11 March.

This event is a fantastic opportunity for the girls to showcase their talents in textiles, music and drama and I do hope that you will be able to join us then.

I take this opportunity to wish you all, belatedly, a very Happy New year; I am looking forward to a successful and rewarding term ahead.

Mrs Jo Heywood, Headmistress

Head Girl’s Overview What a term the Michaelmas term has been, jam packed with various events, and the arrival of many new girls in Forms I to LVI. Due to the accident I had playing netball, I was out of school for a lot of the second half of the term, but thanks to my Deputies Lizzy and Millie and the rest of my year group, I was able to stay on top of work and up to date with school life.

As usual there has not been a dull moment, with events put on by staff and students ranging from an Art and Textiles trip to Venice to the traditional Bonfire Night, as well as our first fundraising event this year – the Music and Drama Captains’ Concert, run by our Choir, Drama, Music and Charities prefects who are all in the LVI. In addition Head Girl, Rose to this success we had our annual Nicky Stalls which was a huge triumph, where we raised record breaking amounts of money for charity. Our current House Captains not only helped to organise Nicky Stalls but also were given just a weekend to put on a 15-minute play for House Drama, enjoyed by the whole school. I’m sure Key Dates* that I’m not the only one to say that this was another great success for Heathfield. LVI, V and UVI students 12 – 21 Feb – HALF TERM have also had the opportunity to look around Oxford 4 – 6 Mar – Exeat University to broaden their horizons. We then rounded 11 Mar – LAMDA, Fashion and Music Show off the school term with our hysterical Christmas school 19 – 20 Mar – Closed Weekend lunch. Many apologies to the school staff who may have 23 Mar – END OF TERM gone home with slightly impaired hearing due to the painfully loud and out of tune singing.

18 – 19 Apr – Staff Focus Days 19 Apr – Return of all girls (I-III 17.30; IV-UVI 18:30) The Lent term is now fully underway with rehearsals 23 – 24 Apr – Closed Weekend for the school’s performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie which I am sure will be enjoyed by all. We now look 29 Apr – 2 May – Exeat Weekend forward to the other events that the Lent term holds.

13 – 15 May – Exeat Weekend 27 May – 5 Jun – HALF TERM Rose Hearn, Head Girl 2 Jul – Parents’ Day *Please see school calendar for more details of other events

Official STEM opening

by Professor Robert Winston Recently we were delighted to welcome Professor Robert Winston to Heathfield to officially open the new STEM building.

Prior to cutting the ribbon and revealing the memorial plaque with Mrs Heywood, the world-renowned fertility expert spoke to a packed audience of girls, parents and staff about his work and thoughts on genetics. In particular, he singled out the outstanding work of female scientists.

Discussing the background to his work in embryology and how it started with a desire to help a young woman whose first child had died of a genetic disorder, he told the girls about the exemplary work of three women in his current team, saying: ‘They are typical of what you can do.Young women should not feel they are less able than young men. In many areas of science, there are more women than men and all of those

Founders Day On 5 February we celebrated our annual Founder’s Day. After a celebration lunch, staff and students listened to our inspiring guest speaker, Tracy Edwards MBE.

three women have raised happy and healthy families alongside their work. I am not half as good a role model for you as any one of those women. What I find is that women work in wonderful collaboration and what we do collectively is very important.’

He added: ‘The young woman I was able to help in my early career went on to have healthy twins who I had tea with the other day.

They are now young women. It was an amazing experience to be able to help and that is why science is so wonderful.’

Professor Winston warned that it was sometimes easy for scientists ‘to be seduced by a sense of their own infallibility’ and advised that girls considering science as a career should remember their responsibility was ‘always to the individual not to society’.

Touring around the STEM building, Professor Winston met and talked with the girls

carrying out experiments and demonstrating their work. After the book signing, Professor Winston hosted a Q&A session in the library for a selection of girls on his life and career and gave his thoughts on recent advances in genetics.

Mrs Heywood said ‘It was a huge honour to have him here and for him to take so much time to talk to the girls, engage with them and answer their questions. I am sure he has inspired many of them to think about a career in the sciences’.

Tracy Edwards won international fame in 1989 as the skipper of the first all-female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. The boat won two legs and came second overall in her class, which was the best result for a British boat since 1977.

Following her groundbreaking success with Maiden, Tracy set out to consolidate her position as one of the world’s top sailors by entering Trophy Jules Verne in 1998 with the Royal Sun Alliance boat, again with an all-female crew. Tracy and her crew broke seven world records during their two-year programme.

In 1990 Tracy was awarded Sportswoman of the Year and an MBE. She was the first woman to achieve acceptance by the British yachting community and paved the way for other women, notably Dawn Riley and Ellen MacArthur, to follow. Tracy spoke about her success and also the many challenges she faced including treacherous seas and broken masts.

The girls asked Tracy lots of questions and were keen to hear more about her adventures at sea. The girls were clearly inspired and in awe of Tracy’s achievements and thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon. The talk was followed by high tea and a sing-a-long in the Assembly Hall. After supper, everyone had the opportunity to watch our fantastic school production, Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Founders

Educational

Trips & Visits

During the Michaelmas term many girls had the opportunity to take part in trips and visits to enhance their learning. Our GSCE Art students visited the London Museums and our A Level Photography students had the opportunity to visit the National Portrait Gallery. Our Sixth Form Business Studies students were lucky enough to visit Legoland Windsor to learn about promotional campaigns, online booking and strategies to increase footfall. Our younger students have also been busy with Form I enjoying trips to Rushell Farm, Dover Castle and Canterbury. Educational trips and visits are a wonderful way of bringing the knowledge and skills the girls learn in the classroom to life and they allow for a greater understanding and broader experience. We will continue to provide exciting and engaging trips throughout this academic year.

Andalucia - Form V

In October, 16 of us went to Andalucia in Spain. The main focus of the trip was to improve our Spanish for our GCSE. Every day we interacted with Spanish native speakers and practised role-plays. We all found this very helpful to evolve our speaking skills. We viewed other parts of the area to further explore Spanish culture. We visited Jerez de la Frontera, the city known as the world capital of sherry wine, and also Williams & Humbert Winery. We also had the opportunity to watch an equestrian show in which we saw one of the horses of The Royal School dance.

The group also took a boat trip along the Bay of Cadiz and spent time visiting the town of Ronda. Grace, Angelina and Georgie, Form V

Venice - Sixth Form

In November, the Sixth Form Art, Textiles and Graphics students had an opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Venice. We arrived in Venice to be welcomed by beautiful weather and wound our way through the narrow streets and crossed many little canals to get our gondolas near Saint Mark’s Square. There were many photographic opportunities on our walk there and back to the hotels.

On Saturday we took a vaporetto to the other end of the island and visited the famous Venice Biennale. We saw many diverse contemporary artists, representing a range of countries, and their views of how the world could be in the future. The students were able to record these ideas through notes, sketches and photographs.

On Sunday we visited Saint Mark’s Square and dropped into a church on our way there to look at the monument to Canova, a famous sculptor, and visited the Doge’s palace to get a feel for how the Venetian Republic was governed during the height of its power. There was of course some downtime to do some shopping and time for the students to practise perspective that they had all been taught before the trip.

On Monday we woke up to thick ‘pea-soup’ fog and so the three-island tour was cancelled. Instead, we went to Padua and this turned out to be a great opportunity to see the historical context of the development of perspective in the early Renaissance as well as the differences between fresco painting and oil painting.

Photographs by Kathy Huang, Phoebe Clarke and Olympia von Woellwarth Lauterburg.

Jocelyn Leibovici, Subject Leader in Art

Thoroughly Modern Millie Planting the seeds

of the future

Our boarding orchard at Heathfield School was established in March 2015 by the school’s Eco Committee who planted four John Standish apple trees.

The planting was undertaken in preparation for the visit of Mr Robin Fletcher, National Director of the Boarding Schools Association, who formally acknowledged our inclusion within the BSA’s Boarding Orchard, planting the orchard’s fifty-first tree on Wednesday 16 September 2015. This latest tree planted by Mr Fletcher was a Bramley Apple tree, selected by the Eco Committee.

Louise Champion, Eco Committee On 4 and 5 February we were excited to perform our school musical Thoroughly Modern Millie to a packed theatre of parents, girls and visitors. The 30-strong cast has been rehearsing since September and all the girls involved gave fantastic performances.

More details to follow in our next e-newsletter.

Windsor Festival Schools’ Programme

Achievements

End of Term Awards

House Shield, Mary Grant Cup and Heathfield Highflyers.

The final Assembly was a great celebration of the girls’ achievements throughout the term. Highflyer Awards were given to two girls in each Faculty who produced an exceptional piece of work: Creative Arts Faculty awards went to Amber Walduck (Form III) and Angela Liang (Form IV).

Humanities Faculty awards went to Constance Kidston (Form III) and Grace Beckwith-Moore (LVI).

The Languages and Society Faculty award went to Sophie Goschen (LVI).

STEM Faculty awards went to Paloma Guerrero (Form I) and Grace Congreve (Form IV).

The Mary Grant Cup for making the most of her talents, for determination and resilience and for cheerfulness and compassion was presented to Izzy Colley (LVI).

To conclude, the House Shield winners were announced: Seacole.

November saw the winners of the Windsor Festival Schools’ Programme, a creative competition for Royal Borough secondary schools, collect their awards at a prestigious prize-giving in Windsor Castle.

Overall, 27 students whose art, creative writing and music compositions had been selected by a panel of creative experts, were invited to Norman Tower, the home of Admiral Sir James Perowne KBE, Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle. Andrew Try, founder of competition sponsor ComXo, congratulated the winners on their achievements whilst highlighting how important the arts and creative thinking are to the world of business today.

The young creatives were also treated to a private tour of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. All of the prize winning and commended work has been displayed in an exhibition at the London offices of Herbert Smith Freehills from November 2015 until the end of January 2016.

Georgie Drysdale – Portrait of a Father, Anna Fenwick – Bodyscapes, Chi-Chi Nelson-Moore – Nigeria: Apart and Together, Lily Yang – Still Life

Success

Academic Success

Following the public exams in the Summer we are pleased to share our outstanding results. A Level and GCSE results were both impressive and we are very proud of the girls’ achievements. Our outgoing UVI all confirmed places at their first choice universities, details of which are below. As our girls begin university courses it is of course lovely to hear the degree results from our Heathfield Old Girls and we are pleased to be able to share these achievements. As always, we continually strive to improve and these results are testament to the hard work and dedication of our students and teaching staff.

A Level Nine in ten exams at A Level in 2015 were awarded A*-C grades with 40% graded A*-A, an impressive set of results, with three-quarters of students having achieved all A*-C grades.

Eight in ten girls achieved at least one A*-A grade in their exams while a third of the girls achieved at least two A*-A grades in their tally of A Levels. An outstanding 70% of A Level exams taken at Heathfield scored A*-B grades.

Candidates achieved an exemplary clean sweep of A*-A grades in Art and Design, Spanish, German and Russian with all A*-B grades in History of Art and Music.

A Level grade breakdown:

A*-A – 40% A*-B – 70% A*-C – 90% A*-E – 99%

GCSE More than one in five Form V students achieved at least 6 A*-A grades each in their GCSE examinations. Two girls were awarded a string of 11 A*-A grades each – with 17 A* grades between them – in a series of outstanding individual GCSE performances. Three others recorded at least 9 A*-A grades each.

Two-thirds of all the GCSE exams taken by Heathfield pupils, including GCSEs sat early, were awarded the highest A*-B grades (68%) with 40% achieving all A*-A grades.

In the core STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) subjects, all the girls performed strongly with 100% achieving all A*-C grades in Mathematics and Biology and nine in ten (92%) achieving all A*-C in Chemistry and Physics.

Girls also scored impressively in modern foreign languages with all A* -A grades in Chinese and Russian, 85% scoring A*-B grades in Spanish and seven in ten scoring A*-B grades in French. One Year 8 British student sat GCSE French three years early and achieved an outstanding A* grade.

Other top-performing subjects include History (100% A*-B), Music (100% A*-B) and Latin (100% A*-B).

GCSE grade breakdown

A*-A – 40% A*-B – 68% A*-C – 93% A*-D – 100%

Heathfield Wins Good Schools Guide Award We were delighted to be awarded the Best performance by Girls taking Art & Design (Photography) at an English Independent School, by the Good Schools Guide for the fifth consecutive year.

GCSE lunch 13 November 2015

‘We are thrilled to win this award’, said Miss K White, Teacher in Charge of Photography. ‘This is the culmination of successive years of consistently outstanding grades for our Photography students. We will continue to strive to be the best girls’ school in the country for this highly visual and technical subject.’

Every year a lunch and presentation is held for the Lower Sixth at Heathfield to celebrate the girls’ GCSE results with their parents and tutors. This year the ceremony began with a talk from Mr Hart in the Library about the intricacies of applying to university and key pitfalls to avoid, which proved very helpful. Everyone then moved to the Dining Room for a delicious lunch before the actual presentation in the Assembly Hall. Each girl was called up and given her GCSE certificates by the Headmistress, and her hard work and efforts recognised. Parents, staff and girls then went into the Theatre for the LVI Parents’ Meeting.

Congratulations to Annika We are delighted to announce that Annika Schaefer has been offered a conditional place at Keble College, Oxford to read Medicine. The professor who interviewed her called her himself to give her the good news. Annika joined us in Form I at the age of 10 from Germany and was initially only going to be with us for a year, so we are absolutely delighted that her seven years at Heathfield have culminated in such an outstanding achievement.

Well done Kathy Kathy Huang has been offered a place at the highly prestigious School of Art Central St Martins to do a Foundation Course. Her portfolio of work included her school Art and Photography coursework along with an extensive range of personal artwork. There is no doubt that Kathy shows herself to be completely committed to her work and her enthusiasm is evident in all her art. Her dissertation illustrates an in-depth understanding of how her art fits within the wider historical context.

She is also passionate about History of Art. Congratulations, Kathy!

Degree Results for 2015 Keeping in touch with Heathfield Old Girls is a fundamental part of the school and dates back to the principles put in place by the school’s founder, Eleanor Wyatt. It is lovely to hear from those Old Girls who have recently graduated, and below their achievements are shared.

Muneira Al Adwani University of Portsmouth BA (2:2) International Development Studies and Languages (French) Cara Berends

King’s College London BSc (2:1) Biomedical Science

Charlotte Bird

he University of Edinburgh MA (2:2) Archaeology & Social Anthropology T

Hattie Crane

Bath Spa University BA (2:1) Contemporary Arts Practice

Natasha Drax

University of Bristol BA (First Class) History

Charlotte Fisher

Durham University BA (2:2) Anthropology and Archaeology

Jennifer Goodwin

University of Bristol BA (2:1) History of Art

Patrinee Karnasuta

University of Bristol BSc (2:1) Accounting and Finance

Laura Lambert

City University, London MA (Distinction) Newspaper Journalism

Khrystyna Mydza

University of East Anglia LLB (2:1) Law with French Law and Language

Grace Nattrass

Sheffield Hallam University BA (2:2) Interior Design

Carinthia Pearson

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London MA History of Art

Kamila Rangoonwala

SOAS, University of London BA (2:1) History of Art and History

Charlotte Sutherwell

University of Cambridge PhD Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine

90%

of Old Girls have gained a First or a 2:1 degree for the past 5 years

University Destinations Camilla Barran

N ewcastle University: Philosophy (2016)

Alice Bowers

Newcastle University: Sociology (2016)

Daisy Denehy

University of Bristol: History (2016)

Goldy Gbedema University of Nottingham: American and Canadian Literature, History & Culture Holly Goudime

Newcastle University: Politics and Sociology

Lily Hugh Smith

Goldsmiths, University of London: Politics

Alys Iliffe

The University of British Columbia: Political Sciences

Ella Jones

Leeds College of Art: Photography

Anna Lasok

University of Leeds: Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Camelia Li

Applying post A Level

Ellie McCarthy

British Dressage Young Rider Squad

Viviane Munzing

Applying post A Level

Blanca Orbaneja Rios

L ondon College of Fashion, University of the Arts London: Fashion Media Practice and Criticism

100%

of girls accepted into their first choice of university

Blanca Osorio Suelves Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros, Madrid: Business Administration Sophie Pennick

The University of Edinburgh: Geography (2016)

Emily Reid London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA): Foundation Diploma Issy Salter London College of Communication, University of the Arts London: Graphic and Media Design Emily Shepherd Le Cordon Bleu Paris: Diplôme de Pâtisserie (2015) University of Reading: Food Science and Industrial Training (2016) Isabella Smeeton

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Oxford Brookes University

Isabella St Aubyn

University of Bristol: Sociology (2016)

Billie Worrall Thompson Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: City & Guilds of London Art School University of Bristol: History of Art (2016) Harriette Worth London College of Communication, University of the Arts London: Photography

Weekends at Heathfield

It’s been another term of action-packed weekends and the girls have enjoyed all the fun activities and trips on offer. During the first half of Michaelmas term Form I and II enjoyed a camping and activity weekend which helped all our new girls get to know each other, as well as activities in school such as making battery powered cars with Lego, House Drama, cookery and water walkers in the swimming pool. Trips to Portsmouth, to the Ice Disco in Guildford and Winter Wonderland in London have all made for a fun-filled term. Not forgetting all our preparations at the weekends which helped made our annual fundraiser St Nicholas’s Stalls such a success. Most Forms have also enjoyed socials with Forms I and II hosting Papplewick, Form IV Harrow and our LVI girls visiting Radley for a dinner dance. We are looking forward to many more fun activities throughout the year!

St Nicholas’s Stalls On Saturday 28 November Heathfield’s annual St Nicholas’s Stalls took place.

Following Heathfield tradition, Mrs Heywood opened the doors together with the youngest girl in the school, Paloma (Form I), to the excitement of the Heathfield girls, their families, staff and Old Girls. Austen girls sang a welcome to everyone whilst De Valois welcomed visitors of all ages into their Santa’s Grotto. 28 independent stall holders attracted buyers with their array of goods, and shoppers were offered a selection of sandwiches and soup with a glass of champagne. We were particularly proud to have on sale for the first time our own Heathfield honey, which sold out very quickly.

The Sports Hall was a hive of activity as the four Houses worked tremendously hard to raise money for their chosen charities. Austen was supporting Maggie’s Centre, De Valois was fundraising for Plan UK, Seacole had chosen Huntington’s disease Association and Somerville selected BEAT. In the Sports Hall there were stalls of donated goods, bottle and sweet tombolas, raffles, silent auctions, and much more. As ever, the event was a huge success, wonderfully supported by our generous parents, and we have raised well over

£14,000

– a staggering total and a great testimony to the hard work of girls and staff.

Music and Drama Captains’ Concert Parents, pupils, staff and friends packed the St Mary’s Theatre for an evening of music, drama and dance organised by the Music and Drama Captains on October 9 to raise funds for the Make a Wish Foundation. The audience enjoyed 15 outstanding and varied performances from girls from the First Form through to the Upper Sixth. A representative from Make a Wish opened the evening by explaining how the foundation grants wishes to seriously and terminally ill children who would like the opportunity to forget about their illness for just one day and see one of their dreams come true. An emotive video played to a hushed auditorium saw wishes ranging from a little boy becoming a superhero for the day to a little girl having her room transformed into a princess’s room and parents talking about what the experiences meant to their child.

Vocal and instrumental performances on the theme of ‘Dreams’ ranged from an ensemble of First Formers giving a rendition of When you wish upon a Star, an emotive performance of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables by Olivia Adderley (V), an audience-pleasing rousing performance of Nina Simone’s Feeling Good by Phoebe Parker (LVI), a flute solo from Katharine Carr (I) playing Mozart’s Menuetto and Trio and a flute duet of A Whole New World from Aladdin by Franny Hunt-Davis and Emma Hazell. Lilla Stone (I) delighted the audience with her harp playing of Canon in D by Pachelbel. First Formers Ksenia Alexandrova and Isabella Baillieu also pleased with their impressive gymnastic choreography to Justin Bieber’s What Do You Mean?

Other performers who took to the stage to give outstanding performances included Diana Chinalieva, Maya Russell Smith, Amber Milligan, Hermione Foster, Atalanta Thornton, Catharine Reid, Daisy Chetwynd-Talbot, Holly Allen, Tansy Adams, Sophia Adderley, Olympia von WoellwarthLauterburg, Thea Lumley and Matilda Shelton-Agar.

Thanks to the generosity of the audience, £465 was raised for this very worthy cause.

Chapel

What an epiphany it has been. The New Year started with a Whole School Eucharist in Chapel to celebrate the Epiphany where the Christ child was made manifest to the Gentiles. As we meditated on the Magi making their return journey, so the Form V, LVI and UVI students set their minds to the challenge of mock examinations. Many of the IV Form also set their minds to Confirmation having a retreat at Ascot Priory on Friday 15 January and returning that evening for the traditional ‘White Supper’ hosted by the Headmistress to mark this important moment in their pilgrimage.

On Saturday 16 January, eleven students were Confirmed into the Anglican Church. Freya Henderson in LVI, and Imogen Butcher, Daisy Chetwynd-Talbot, Harriet Colley, Grace Congreve, Flora Dundas, Lily Hearn, Amber Milligan, Ellie Mountain, Victoria Schneider and Alexandra Tromans all in Form IV were Confirmed in the Chapel by the Rt. Revd.

Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham, and Heathfield Governor. The service was extremely powerful, with the Bishop reminding us that Christians are to have fun and be a people of great joy, while keeping in mind our brothers and sisters throughout the world who are persecuted because of their faith in Christ, that we should give thanks for the many blessing and freedoms we so often take for granted.

Fr T Tregunno, School Chaplain

A singing and dancing

Extravaganza Music and LAMDA Concert 6 November Heathfield girls showcased their considerable musical and dramatic talent in a gala evening of solo performances, dance duets and ensemble performances from the school orchestra, Heathfield Band, Senior Choir and a Form I dance troupe.

In front of an audience of staff, students, parents and friends, the girls including Sophie Drysdale performing Wouldn’t it be Loverly and Molly Hopkinson-Woolley singing Consider Yourself and The Senior Choir singing a modern and traditional arrangement of Hail, Holy Queen, all impressed with their vocal talents.

Meanwhile the talented dancer Flavia Camerlingo wowed the audience with several performances from street dance to a contemporary ballet inspired duet with Nicole Ferber. Classical performances ranged from a ballet ‘Port de Bras’ from Georgina Kelly to impressive solo performances on the flute from Katharine Carr and Angela Liang on the piano. The evening was rounded off in style by the Heathfield Band playing Stevie Wonder’s Superstition.

LAMDA Results Recipient Events

Awarded

Antonia Dafinone

LAMDA Reading for Performance Grade 7/Silver Medal

Merit

Amelia Geddes

LAMDA Solo Acting Grade 6/Bronze Medal

Distinction

Maya Russell-Smith

LAMDA Verse and Prose Grade 6/Bronze Medal

Distinction

Thea Lumley

LAMDA Musical Theatre Grade 6/Bronze Medal

Merit

Imogen Butcher Na’ima Khan

LAMDA Acting Grade 6/Bronze Medal LAMDA Acting Grade 6/Bronze Medal

Merit Merit

Molly Hopkinson-Woolley

LAMDA Solo Acting Grade 5

Olivia Adderly Charlotte Geddes

LAMDA Musical Theatre Grade 5 LAMDA Musical Theatre Grade 5

Darcey Guerrini Eugenia Cipriani

LAMDA Acting Grade 5 LAMDA Acting Grade 5

Minty Clarry Minnie Horspool

LAMDA Acting Grade 4 LAMDA Acting Grade 4

Distinction Pass

Liberty Joy Amber Walduck

LAMDA Acting Grade 3 LAMDA Acting Grade 3

Distinction Distinction

Florence Wingfield-Digby

LAMDA Verse and Prose Grade 1

Distinction

Flavia Camerlingo Daisy Chetwynd-Talbot

LAMDA Musical Theatre Grade 1 LAMDA Musical Theatre Grade 1

Merit Pass

100%

pass rate in both Summer and Winter 2015

Distinction Distinction Distinction Merit Pass

Geography Photography Competition

CALM & CHAOS

This year’s Geography & Photography competition on the theme of Calm and Chaos was as usual very popular and all the entrants impressed the judging panel with their photographs. The competition was open to staff and girls with each entrant being awarded House points. The entries were of a very high standard, giving the judges Mrs Heywood, Mrs Mason and Miss White a difficult job of selecting the winners. Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who entered the competition.

Form IV: Kate Thompson Form V: Cece Plumptre OVERALL WINNER: Clare Henderson

WINNERS 2015 Form I: India Holroyd Form II: Olivia Milligan Form III: Summer Cubitt

LVI: Thea Lumley UVI: Ellie Fresson OVERALL WINNER: Phoebe Clarke

OVERALL WINNER: Immie Browner

SPECIAL PRIZES: Most unusual (one to have on the wall) - Jenny Cipriani Most photographically challenging - Izzy Colley Most geographically interesting - Emma Lamb Most close to the theme - Freya Henderson

Phoebe Clarke

Summer Cubitt

Olivia Milligan India Holroyd

Clare Henderson

Immie Browner

The Athena Society On 19 November the Athena Society met in the Library for a talk given by the Classics and Archaeology speaker Professor Anna Smith and our own Mr Mitchell, on our namesake, the Greek goddess Athena, and Nationalism respectively. The erudite atmosphere in the room was intensified as the many attributes of one of the most famous figures of Greek mythology were explained and discussed, and we were all captivated as our speakers explored the links between their seemingly distant subjects, perhaps the most significant to us being the roles of women in both tangible society and fantastic mythos.

Summer School and Summer Camp We are delighted to announce the new website for the Heathfield Summer Camp and School. Please do take a moment to have a look at it: http://www.heathfieldsummerschool.co.uk/

After an hour and a half of fascinating address, our speakers left us with a few challenging questions to discuss over a mouth-watering dinner.

The evening was highly enjoyable socially and intellectually and our thanks go to Mr Mitchell, for his enlightening talk on Nationalism, Mrs Bramley, and our Chairwoman Anna Fenwick.

At Heathfield, we have been running our own summer courses for 40 years. We welcome girls from overseas on our British Council Accredited English Language Summer School, the only all girls English course in the UK. International students are joined by girls from the local area and across Britain on our Activities Summer Camp.

As sports and activities are often shared, many friendships across the world are formed. If you are interested in hearing more about it, please contact me at summerschool@heathfieldschool.net

Miss J Meeson,Teacher in charge of History of Art

Helen Madaras, Summer School Director

Extra-Curricular Activities

It has been another busy term with plenty of activities on offer.

Aside from team practices for Netball, Lacrosse and Swimming, not to mention the rehearsals for Thoroughly Modern Millie, LAMDA and Music lessons, the girls have been enjoying a variety of after-school clubs. These continue this term with Art, Gym Club, Badminton, Cookery, Drama and Debating to name but a few. Our Prefects also continue to organise some clubs for the younger girls and this term we have the student led iClinic, A Capella and Junior Prep club on offer. Our Stationery Shop has been a great success so far with our Young Enterprise girls playing an active role.

Lacrosse Coaching Day Lacrosse Coaching Day in September was a great success with all of Forms I, II, III and IV mixing together whilst being coached by members of the Senior Lacrosse squad.

The 1st and 2nd teams played in the South West Regional tournament as well as the Berkshire Schools’ Tournament from which the following girls were selected to attend Berkshire Trials for their respective age groups: Daisy Curran and Emmy Nicholls, who were selected for the U19A and U19B teams respectively. Imo Butcher, Grace Congreve, Lydia Manduca and Alex Tromans were all selected for U15 Trials, with Grace and Lydia being selected for the U15B team.

In Netball, congratulations to the U15B Team who won the SE Berkshire Plate, beating St. George’s Ascot, The Marist, The Abbey and St Mary’s Ascot before triumphing over Luckley House 8 – 3 in the final. The U12 Team also played extremely well, reaching the semi-finals.

In Swimming several girls have gained personal best times: Imo Butcher, Aisha Edwards, Floria Gasparotto, Auriel Goschen, Ellie Heywood, Hum Hunt Davis, Lily Jevons, Emma Lamb, Scarlett O’ Toole, and Marybelle St John Butler.

This term we have had several ‘Coaching Saturdays’ in preparation for the forthcoming Lacrosse tournaments, the National Schools for the U13 1st Teams as well as the SW Lacrosse tournaments for the U15 and U14 teams.

Ms Reynolds, Director of Sport

Equestrian News The Heathfield riders have had a full and varied Michaelmas term with Polo Competitions as well as the regular weekend riding.

The junior polo team competed at West Wycombe Polo Club in December and did extremely well in their division with some very strong play against the other six schools competing. Well done Olivia, Minty, Marybelle and Boots.

The Heathfield show jumping team has not had an outing this term, but Liberty and Matilda have been regularly competing with their horses and have had great success at some highly competitive national show jumping events.

Heathfield riders were also invited by the Jockey Club to a fantastic day of horse racing at Sandown Races. Along with a select group of pupils from Harrow, Tudor Hall, Eton College and Marlborough College, we enjoyed a fantastic private lunch and were then invited to visit the steward’s offices and the weighing room, and to watch the start of a race trackside. It was a unique opportunity to experience a day at the races and witness the variety of skills needed for a successful and safe day horse racing.

The advanced riders have been attending the Honourable Artillery Company in Windsor Great Park and lessons this term have included riding out in the Great Park, show jumping and military riding with swords. We look forward to next term and another varied and exciting term of equestrian events.

Gill Glimmerveen, Equestrian Co-Ordinator

British Schoolgirls’ Races

FLAINE, JANUARY 2016 This year, Heathfield was represented by three of our Form IV girls, Catharine Reid, Minna SamengoTurner and Alex Tromans at the British Schoolgirls’ Races in Flaine. The competition consists of Giant Slalom and Slalom. Congratulations to Catharine who won Bronze in the U16 non-registered category for Slalom.

Well done to all the girls who skied extremely well and enjoyed skiing in such ideal conditions.

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