Heathfield Highlights Summer 2017

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2017 Summer Term

Summer Term

Welcome

A message from

A message from the

What a terrifically busy Summer term it’s been this year. Heathfield is a school where the girls work hard and play hard and this edition of Highlights is real evidence of that.

The final term of this academic year can easily be described as our most successful.

Mrs Gardiner Legge

The summer is always a chance for those not doing public examinations to break out and experience the joys of focusing on longer assignments. Forms I to III have been working in groups to complete their Independent Learning Projects, as well as taking trips outside the classroom to elucidate the mysteries of biological enigma in Pembrokeshire or geographical conundrums in Slapton Ley. But the focus on expanding the girls’ repertoires and experience does not just apply to the academic but also the co-curricular. Kaleidescope, the concert put on by the Heathfield Band in Ascot was a fabulous evening which raised money for the school charity. The Art and Photography Private View was astonishing in its depth of originality from every girl, and Sports Day, held at Heathfield for the first time in a number of years, demonstrated extraodinary sporting talents.

As I said at Speech Day Heathfield is thriving; we have record numbers joining the school in September and busier Open Mornings than ever before. It is becoming increasingly clear that Heathfield’s message of character, education and a focus on confidence and happiness is a relevant one to parents today. It’s an exciting time to be part of Heathfield and I pay tribute to all the girls supported by their committed staff whose achievements cover these pages.

All the best,

Mrs Gardiner Legge

Head Girl

As always, there were many trips, including the LVI business trip to Fulham and the Form II trip to Cheddar Gorge, as well as some fantastic weekend activities including the UK’s largest water slide being erected on our lacrosse pitches!

Heathfield Old Girls made a trip back for Fellowship Day, giving us all a great opportunity to learn about how the school has evolved. It was great to see so many return and to hear about the exciting things they got up to during their time at the school.

Thanks to our amazing Careers and Outreach department we had even more inspiring talks such as the fascinating talk about life on Mars by the Martian colonist Ryan MacDonald.

Sports Day brought a new twist of competitiveness as the houses fought for success on school grounds. Despite the boiling temperatures everyone did extremely well, including the dads, teachers and siblings who also gave it a go.

The end of term as always was spent focussing on revision and exams, we drew to a close by recognising a host of academic achievements in the form of subject prizes at our final Assembly. Alongside these academic achievements we also celebrated LAMDA and Music Exam results, proving how varied the standard of talent is. This was also showcased at the first charity event by our school band, Kaleidoscope.

This has been an excellent year for Heathfield and I have thoroughly enjoyed being Head Girl. I would like to thank Franny and Saphy, my Deputies, for all the support they have given me.

Headmistress

Best wishes,

Agatha Meek Head Girl

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Front cover image: Self Portrait, GCSE 2017

Artist: Name: Tatiana Pavlenko Form V

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End of Term Awards...........................................02 Inter-House Science Challenge.......................... 03 European Geography task..................................03 House Maths Competition..................................03 Form I Rushall Farm prizes................................ 04 Form I-III Independent Learning Projects........ 04 Form I Spanish Armada board games................ 06 4th into 6th.........................................................07 University destinations.......................................07

Trips.......................................08

LVI Geography trip to Pembrokeshire............... 08 Form I History trip.............................................08 LVI Biology Fieldwork trip.................................09 LVI Business trip to Fulham............................... 10 Form IV Business trip.........................................10 Form II trip to Cheddar Gorge........................... 11 Form IV Geography trip to Slapton Ley............. 12

Careers.................................13

Investing in the Future.......................................13 Life in Interior Design........................................14 Life on Mars........................................................15

Contents

Contents Pastoral.................................18

Parents Day.........................................................18 Reading to dogs...................................................19 Lily Ball ..............................................................19

Chapel...................................20

Ascension Day.....................................................20

Charity ..................................20

Schools Charity Award........................................20 Kaleidoscope performance.................................21

Sport .....................................22

Tetrathlon...........................................................22 Sports Day...........................................................22 Rounders.............................................................22 Tennis..................................................................23 Swimming...........................................................24 Equestrian...........................................................25

Fellowship............................26

Fellowship Day....................................................26

Expressive Arts faculty....16

Marketing ............................27

Private View........................................................16 LAMDA and Music results..................................16 Form I Musical Theatre research....................... 17

Taster Day...........................................................27 May Open Morning.............................................27 Prep School Textiles Workshop.......................... 28 Prep Lacrosse event............................................29

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End of Term Awards The year drew to a close in traditional Heathfield style with the End of Year Celebration Assembly, a time when we take the opportunity to once again recognise all the fantastic achievements of the girls.

Junior, Senior and Sixth Form Subject Prizes were announced across all Faculties. From the STEM Faculty, the Maths prize went to Lucy and Sophia, the Science prize to Lily, the Biology prize to Maddison and Eva, the Chemistry prize to Sophia and Charlotte, the Physics prize to Lila, the IT prize to Katrina and Maddison, the Cookery prize to Sienna, Olivia and Evie, and the Psychology prize was awarded to Angelina.

In the Humanities Faculty, the Geography prize went to Juana, Sophia and Ella, the History prize to Lucy, Hum and Agatha, the RS prize to Tamara, Hum and Agatha and the Business Studies prize to Georgina and Kitty.

Liberty received the Classics prize, Hum and Eva the Latin

prize, Lucy, Boots, Angelina and Evie the French prize, Lily, Hum and Evie the Spanish prize, and Lily, Hum and Sophie won the English prize in the Languages and Society Faculty.

In the Creative Faculty, the Art prize was awarded to India and Harriet, the Music prize to Isabel, and the Academic PE prize to Aisha and Ella.

Bearing badges and bows were handed out and Eva, Clare, Isobel and Asuka were awarded their Red Ties. Next came the Mary Grant Cup, which is awarded to someone who can be described as making the most of her talents, full of determination and resilience, emulating cheerfulness and compassion. Well done to Larissa (Form I) who has pushed through this year while battling illness.

Finally, the long awaited results of the House Shield. Well done to Somerville who have won the shield for the second time this academic year.

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As part of Science Week’s theme of Change, the inter-house challenge this year was to create a floating garden. Pupils had to design a structure that would enable farmers in Bangladesh to continue to grow crops even when their land is flooded due to Climate Change.

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Inter-House Science Challenge from the swimming pool! The other favourite addition was balloons. After a week of construction, Houses were given plants to incorporate into their gardens. Their entries were then tested in a Science Week Assembly in a large paddling pool watching to see how well they floated and how much mass they could hold. Points were also awarded for scientific design.

Each House was given a tray of materials thereby limiting their resources, and was also allowed to add 5 resources of their own which resulted in a lot of floats disappearing

Well done to Austen and Somerville who were joint winners in both the Junior and Senior entries.

European Geography task

House Maths competition

Form I were set the task to research a European country - preferably one they knew little about. For the group project, the girls produced a fashion video based on Italy through the last century, under the direction of Juana. Each girl also had to produce an individual assignment which contributed towards their final mark. In second place came Lucy’s handmade jigsaw puzzle of Cyprus, and Lara came first with her project on Greece as well as a detailed Greek cookery book.

The Maths department held the House Maths Competition this term. Each House entered six highly trained Mathematical Gladiators to compete in intense mental battles across different disciplines including terrifying times tables, punishing puzzles, labyrinthine logic and craze inducing construction.

Well done to Somerville who were the overall winners.

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Form I

Forms I-III

Following the combined Science and Geography trip to Rushall Farm which Form I went on earlier this year, prizes were awarded for their written reports. Ella was awarded first place in the Science Prize for her write up of the soil testing (PH, moisture and light), and Thea was awarded a prize for asking the most thorough and well thought-out questions on the farm. Juana won the Reporter’s Prize for using Antennae on the day, and Lara was awarded the prize for producing the most Creative and Independent report. Lara also created an incredible Lego movie that portrayed various aspects of the trip extremely well.

“British values” have been recently included in the PSHE curriculum and in order to understand this better, Form I worked in groups on an ILP exploring aspects of what it means to be British. This ranged from trivial or stereotypical things such as saying sorry, queuing and complaining about the weather, to more important concepts such as fair play, the rule of law, democracy and equality.

Rushall Farm trip results

Independent Learning Projects

The judges enjoyed all three presentations and found it hard to choose the winners but one group, made up of Juana, Sabie and Lara, produced a video perfectly demonstrating the British sense of humour in the style of Charlie Chaplin.

Form II worked with Becca Mordan and Shazz Andrew from Scary Little Girls Theatre Company in a two day workshop.

The mission statement of Scary Little Girls is to tell stories and explore characters, especially those that are little known historically or culturally excluded; to encourage the artistic work of women in all aspects of theatrical story-telling and to share.

The girls were given the words “Women, Representation, Power, Attention and Respect” and asked to research their interpretations of these words, thinking particularly of the role and status of women in society. This then led to discussions about how these ideas might impact on girls at Heathfield and in the wider world and themes such as body image, on line safety and relationships.

At the end of the first day Becca used the girls’ ideas and contributions to create a working script. During the morning of the second day the play was cast, adapted and the rehearsal process was begun. Lines were learnt, movements planned and the technical aspects of the performance, such as music

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and lighting were added. The play was performed to a supportive and appreciative audience.

This year’s ILP for Form III was to “Plan a Prom”. This is a culmination of the financial planning and money management skills the girls have been learning about in PSHE this term, with the aim of planning a safe, financially viable and fun Prom.

They used Excel spreadsheets to organise their financial planning and to produce a risk assessment showing awareness of potential hazards and how these could be minimised. They were also expected to use their creativity to design and market their prom.

Two groups were highly commended by the judges. The first group (Maddison, Tina and Florence) planned a Yule Prom. The judges felt their planning was very creative and individual and included many personal touches. The second group (Shefali, Alia, Eugenia and Ines) planned a “Garden of Glamour” prom which the judges felt was both realistic and practical in the planning and creative in design. The judges were also impressed that the girls in this group had identified skills they have which they could utilise to help raise money, for example by giving private language lessons.

Overall winners were the group who planned the “Speakeasy” prom consisting of Olivia, Alannah and Sophie. They had researched their theme and incorporated a lot of the aspects of prohibition and the speakeasy’s of 1920s America into their planning. The hidden nature of the venue and the use of a password to gain access created an exciting sense of mystery and anticipation. They also produced a clear, thorough risk assessment and budget and some very professional looking, well designed tickets and promotional material.

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Form I

Spanish Armada board games Form I girls were presented with the challenge of creating an imaginative board game designed around the story of the Armada. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the task and came up with some fabulous ideas. Katrina, Elicia and Sabie were runners up for Most Imaginative Game, Ella and Lucy were commended for Most Historical Content, and Thea and Frankie excelled in creating the Most Challenging game. The overall winners were Juana and Lara, for their game’s historical content, great design and for their game being the most playable and fun.

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4th into 6th

University Destinations

From Monday 4 July to Thursday 6 July Form IV students took part in the “4th into 6th� week; an enrichment week for pupils to get a taste of life in the Sixth Form. The girls were off timetable all week, but were extremely busy with a wide variety of activities.

Well done to the following Upper Sixth girls who have received unconditional offers to their first choice university.

These included meal planning, problem solving workshops, Film Studies taster lessons, photography workshops and a visit to the University of Southampton.

The week closed with a fabulous barbeque, which was enjoyed by students, parents and staff.

Heloise: Nutrition at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, Lizzy: Creative Writing at Falmouth University, Honor: Fine Art at Oxford Brookes, Tattie: Art at Bath City College, Thea: Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Roehampton, Octavia: Surval Montreux, Yasmeen: General Studies at North Eastern University in Boston, Chinenye: Art at De Montfort University, Phoebe: Acting at RADA and Olympia: Acting at Cambridge School of Performing Arts.

We are looking forward to hearing where all our 2017 leavers have gone onto.

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LVI

Form I

On the first day of the summer term, the LVI Geog Squad set off for Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, for a five day Geography field trip to prepare for the non-examined assessment (NEA).

On June 22, Form I set off to Kent to explore some Medieval History – the story of how two friends fell out which ended in the murder of an Archbishop. Arriving in good time at Canterbury, they had a fascinating tour of the Cathedral and were able to see the exact spot where Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by four of Henry II’s knights. Who was responsible for his murder? Did Henry II really shout “Who will rid me of this turbulent priest”? Did the knights take the law into their own hands? After much discussion about who was responsible for his murder, the girls went on to see the steps that hundreds of pilgrims had ascended, probably on their knees in prayer – something that Form I were keen to try out for themselves.

Geography trip to Pembrokeshire The girls studied topics such as how to measure the gradient of cliffs without climbing them, how to identify the current coming from the South West as well as how to evaluate the effect of longshore drift on one side of a bay compared to the other.

Day 2 was spent at two different beaches: Beach Haven, where they analysed coastal management, and Newgale, where they measured pebbles, analysed them and worked out how effective beach replenishment was.

On Day 3 the girls went off to Milford Haven to practise for the human option for the NEA. They used polldaddy (an online survey software) and a collector app on iPad to gather data on questionnaires, on moods and the environment around the marina, the fishing area and the retail park.

Then came the planning and devising of their chosen independent investigation. First the students needed to choose whether to opt for physical or human topics, and then consider a title and sub questions. Everyone started at midday either on the beach or at the harbour in Tenby, using the collection methods they had devised themselves that morning. 5pm arrived, and armed with hundreds of questionnaires and clip boards exploding with raw primary data, the girls began to revise their subhypotheses and collate their data for the official write-up, which constitutes 20% of the final A Level grade.

History trip

Form I then travelled the short journey to Dover Castle, a fantastic concentric stone castle set on top of the cliffs. After lunch they visited the exhibition and the Great Tower.

The Great Tower is the stone keep of the castle and Form I were able to explore how Henry II would have lived on his many visits to the castle on his way to and from France. There was an opportunity to explore the kitchen, the food, how the water was supplied, how Henry would have entertained visitors and dined as well as where he slept, prayed in his private chapel and even went to the lavatory.

It was an interesting and enjoyable day thanks to Form I and their boundless enthusiasm.

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LVI

On the weekend of 6-7 May, the LVI Biology class was joined by Luckley House School on our annual A Level Biology Field Trip to Nettlecombe Court in Somerset. During the trip students investigated a variety of Ecological topics including plant succession and distribution of plants, and looked at different habitats of some aquatic organisms.

With the data collected they were able to carry

Trips

Biology Fieldwork trip out a variety of statistic calculations which was great practice for their exams. Other activities included mark, release and recapture surveying a population of woodlice and a humane way of calculating the local animal population using small mammal traps. Throughout the whole trip they were very lucky with the weather and the trip proved a great success.

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Form IV

The LVI Business students set off for Fulham to attend a Business workshop entitled “Flying Start”.

The purpose of the visit was to enable students to understand how to answer the different types of questions they may face in the public examinations.

On 15 May Form IV GCSE Business Studies students visited a local shop in Finchampstead to collect data for our controlled assessment. We created two questionnaires, one for the shop-keeper and one for customers to answer for us. We collected data from 15 people and left some with the shopkeeper to hand out.

Business trip to Fulham

The day was split into five sessions: marketing, resource management, finance, human resources, and ‘finishing up’.

Session 1 was on Marketing and the presenters asked us lots of questions and made it really interactive. They set us a challenge, we looked at essay questions, how to asses brand image and types of market research. In session 2 we worked out costs of production and capacity utilisation, which was followed by a short break before moving onto the hardest section - finance. Topics covered were ratio analysis, capital, interpreting graphs, and profits.

Then finally after a well-deserve break we went into the penultimate session which focused on Human Resources.

This involved a quick fire quiz where we had the chance to win chocolate Rolos! We looked into the 3 most important theorists Taylor, Maslow and Herzberg, before finishing off with exam preparation on long essays, with explanations of key tips to success in long answers. Finally, session 5 was a roundup to bring together everything we had done that day.

We looked at all types of questions, how to relate context and content and how to be the best analyser using the ‘Five Ws’ of evaluation. We all felt we had had learnt something new, and had a better understanding of what the examiners will want from our exam answers.

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We discovered that the shop advertised on a screen at the local doctor’s surgery, which cost £2,500 a year, but they found it was cheaper and more effective to hand out flyers locally instead. The questions that we asked ranged from “how old are you?” to “what e-commerce do you think is better for the shop to use?” The shop had recently brought in a dry cleaning service which brought 200 more customers into the business, although 100 of these were already existing customers. On the site the shop also has a post office and a petrol station which brings in the majority of the customers to the shop. The shop has a range of products and most customers said that they didn’t see the need for the shop to expand, or if they wanted it to expand they didn’t want the shop to change.

The shop advertises all their stock and items that they sell on Facebook, and right now they think that this is the most effective way of using e-commerce. They want to start a website but they don’t want to do home delivery as this would be too time consuming. They had two customers in their nineties who they deliver groceries to as they are housebound and can’t get to the shop. It was an interesting and informative exercise.

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Form II

On 11 May Form II set off to our second gorge of the year (having visited Ironbridge Gorge back in March). The focus of the trip was to see the landscapes created by the carboniferous limestone that the girls had been studying, and to see how the area is used by people.

Our first stop was the impressive Gough’s Cave where we had a guided tour of the cave network. We were reminded how the gorge was formed following the giant meltwater rivers of the Ice Age and learnt about the 9,000 year old skeleton of Cheddar man, stalactites, stalagmites, the frozen river and the Lesser Horseshoe Bats that inhabit the cave. Form II were surprised to learn that the caves had been used for many years to mature the Cheddar cheese made in the area – the giant truckles spend several months in the caves at the constant temperature of 11°C.

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Trip to Cheddar Gorge Our next visit involved climbing up the 274 steps of Jacobs Ladder to see views of the gorge, the village of Cheddar and the surrounding valley. Form II climbed up the lookout tower to see human features such as the reservoir and the quarry, which they had studied on their OS maps in the classroom.

They practised their skills by drawing field sketches and trying to capture and label the geographical features before descending the steps back to the bottom.

We then travelled through time to the Stone Age in the new exhibition in Cox’s Caves before visiting the famous Cheddar Sweet Kitchen to purchase some samples to bring home.

Then, following a little time to visit some of the other tourist shops and enjoy an ice cream, it was time to return to the minibuses, heavy rain having fortunately been avoided all day. Thank you to Form II for their cooperation and great enthusiasm.

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Form IV

Geography trip to Slapton Ley On May 21 the Form IV ‘Geog Squad’ set off for a three day residential field trip to prepare for their GCSE fieldwork next year. At last, they were to set foot on Slapton Sands, a textbook example of a bar, as well as learn how to master techniques of geographical investigation. The girls were given enough time for lunch before being ensconced in a classroom. Chloe, the Field Studies Council leader, proved to be a great success both in terms of delivering excellent Geography and in keeping everyone’s interest.

Throughout the afternoon Chloe introduced important elements such as questions to ask when faced with resources, how to use secondary sources such as song lyrics about Country Life along with census statistics on changing rural populations, how to use collector app on an iPad to map emotion in the local village of Slapton, as well as the usual primary data collection of pedestrian and traffic counts and land use mapping.

The next day the sun shone on the coastal investigations of Start Bay, looking at hypotheses to test on physical processes, coastal management, cost benefit analysis, beach profiling and shingle analysis. The girls learned about sampling strategies such as systematic sites along the beach, and how to use fieldwork

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Investing in the Future instruments like clinometers, to measure the angle of the slope. Each return to base brought an hour’s classroom focus on presenting, analysing and evaluating results collected that day.

The final morning, despite cool mists, the field sketches of Mattiscombe Bay illustrated the various concepts grasped such as lithology linked to contrasting landforms. Another random sampling session took place involving picking up four rocks each – with eyes shut! To check impartiality this was repeated twice. A quick analysis of these sediments on the beach alongside a geology map illustrated the dynamic nature of this coastal area - a great outdoor learning environment. This trip was so successful that next year’s group has already been booked in, but the Form IV Geog Squad 2017 is a hard act to follow!

On 26 April it was our pleasure to welcome back Heathfield Old Girls Julia van Tuyll and Georgina Symons Jones, who spoke about investment and life in the City. Julia and Georgina are phenomenally successful in their respective careers.

Georgia spent twelve years as an Equity Trader, working in London and Hong Kong, and now focuses on sustainable investments, whilst Julia has been working in private equity for over fifteen years in London, New York and Los Angeles.

Most recently, Julia was responsible for raising a new $1.5 billion fund to invest in consumer businesses like Jimmy Choo, Wagamama, ghd and AllSaints.

Both Julia and Georgina spoke about their career journey so far, giving the girls insights into life in the City and offering valuable advice on how to succeed. In addition to the messages of hard work, resilience and effective networking, they emphasised the importance of being a nice person, adding that people do business with those they like, especially if it means they are handing over $5 million of their money.

This was an informal evening, with a short talk and buffet supper, attended by over thirty girls across all year groups.

Mrs Gardiner Legge presented Julia and Georgina with the newly created Old Girl Speaker badges, commissioned especially as a gift for Heathfield Old Girls who come and speak to our current girls.

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Life in Interior Design There are many girls at Heathfield who enjoy art and design, so it was no surprise that the recent Life in Interior Design talk was eagerly awaited.

Emma Deterding, Heathfield Old Girl and founder of Kelling Design, an interior design and property staging company, was a special guest of Evie, the Careers Prefect.

Emma spoke about her life after Heathfield, which included living in Japan and running a catering business before returning to London to set up a property management company, Contact London. After selling this business, Emma started Kelling Design and has designed apartments in the best parts of London, country homes and properties overseas.

The girls were impressed to hear about Emma’s experiences in designing the interiors for a magnificent new home in the Lutyens Bungalow area of Delhi, where plots sell for £80 million, not least because Emma was brought in as the Interior Designer before the client had found an architect.

However, before all this, Emma started working at Rymans after leaving Heathfield, where she learnt the importance of getting on with everyone, key business skills and that hard work pays off. Interestingly, one of the main messages of Emma’s talk was the importance of getting on with people and

being a nice person; the soft skills that previous speakers have encouraged. Emma stated this was one of the most important things that Heathfield gave her. She encouraged the girls not to be shy about using their contacts and not to be afraid of taking a different path, stating that university was not right for everyone.

The talk was very well received and the informal setting, the St Mary’s Theatre foyer allowed a large number of girls to spend time speaking to Emma and her guests Hon Frances Stanley (friend, fellow Heathfield Old Girl and School Governor) and Georgina Wykeham (née Bowles, and another Heathfield Old Girl). Georgina is now the Managing Director of Kelling Design and Emma continues to work on various projects.

Emma has a strong bond with Heathfield, with many family members past and present attending the school, including the Careers Prefect, Evie who invited Emma to speak. Emma was delighted with our Heathfield girls, stating that “they were a fantastically engaged audience and asked me some really insightful questions which made me think”.

We thanked Emma for the gift bags and delicious doughnuts.

Emma was presented with one of the newly commissioned Heathfield Old Girl Speaker badges.

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Staff and students were in for a real treat on 24 May when Oxford educated 24 year old Ryan MacDonald, a Theoretical Astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, Science Communicator and one of the one hundred international Astronaut Candidates for Mars One’s proposed 2031 mission to the Red Planet, came in to talk to us about his forthcoming voyage. Ryan is one of 200,000 people who applied for a place on the $6bn mission, which the Dutch non-profit organisers plan to film for a documentary series.

In his talk, Ryan explored the greatest adventure of the 21st century: our journey to becoming a multi-planetary species.

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Life on Mars is planned for a 2022 departure.

What challenges will need to be overcome to make a Mars settlement a reality, and how can they be dealt with? What technologies will be needed for a small community to survive (and ultimately thrive) on the red planet?

Ryan has spoken about the mission at international conferences, schools, colleges and Universities around the world, seeing it as an excellent opportunity to promote the potential of STEM education and careers. He has appeared on both national and international TV and Radio, discussing the unique challenges of human spaceflight and life on Mars.

Humans will go to Mars one day. But unlike the mission to the Moon, the question being posed is: could we skip the ‘planta-flag stage’ and establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet?

Ryan believes passionately in the inspirational potential of human spaceflight, and seeks to demonstrate first-hand how far science can take a person. More than anything, he strives to show young people that if they dare to believe in their dreams, then even the stars themselves are within their reach.

The Mars One project intends to send 4 people on a mission to Mars in 2031. Unlike other proposed missions, the astronauts will live and work on Mars for the rest of their lives. They will become the first settlers on another world. The missions will start with a series of robotic excursions, the first one of which

Commenting on the talk, Rushi Millns, Head of Careers said, “We were thrilled to hear that Ryan had accepted our invitation. The talk was incredibly interesting and inspiring and promoted STEM subjects, encouraging our girls to think about them for study and as a potential career.”

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Private View

LAMDA results

Pupils had the opportunity at the end of June to showcase their artistry at this year’s Private View, celebrating the hard work and creativity of the stunning A Level examination pieces in Art, Photography and Textiles. A large amount of students had opted to study these subjects so the exhibition was displayed in two areas of the school in order to accommodate the vast amount of high quality work the girls produced.

Art and Textiles exhibited in the Assembly Hall and Photography in the Photography room. Parents joined staff for drinks and canapes while they enjoyed their tour and meeting all the artists.

LAMDA results are out - Heathfield girls are celebrating another 100% pass rate with 93% gaining Distinction or Merit.

Phoebe Clarke: ‘Who needs a Gallery?’

This year, twelve students are heading off to Art Colleges across the country, including Central St Martins, London College of Fashion, Falmouth, Architecture Association and Manchester School of Art. We are delighted with their outstanding success, and wish them well as they begin the next phase of their art education.

11 girls achieved LAMDA Medals in Grades 6 - 8 and have therefore been awarded between 10-30 UCAS Points (under the new UCAS Tariff from September 2017).

12 girls achieved a Distinction with Tabitha, Tamara, Lily, Catharine, Amber and Harriet gaining a fantastic mark of 90% or more.

Special mention to Catharine who passed both Grade 7 Musical Theatre and Grade 6 Reading for Performance with Distinction.

We are very proud of all of you, very well done!

Music results Well done to Tamara, Tabby, Hum, Victoria, Ellie, Maya and Harriet who all sat various Music Examinations in the Lent term. The girls took examinations in Trumpet, Piano, Violin, Bass Guitar and Singing, and all passed with flying colours. A special mention must go to Harriet, who was awarded a Distinction in her singing exam. A remarkable achievement, well done to you all!

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Form I

Musical Theatre research Form I worked very hard recently on their research project on two musicals. Thorough research was required, and this turned into a full-scale performance which took place in the Assembly Hall on 26 April. In front of an audience of staff including Mrs Gardiner Legge, one group performed their rendition of

Wicked, while another performed The Wizard of Oz. The performances were all scripted, with handmade props and costumes, as well as musical accompaniment. The audience was blown away by the effort the girls had put in, and it was delightful to watch them enjoying themselves so much. Well done Form I!

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Parents Day The annual Parent’s Day took place on Saturday 8 July. The day began with a beautiful and emotional chapel service for our Upper Sixth Leavers. Led by the Chaplain Fr David Clues, the girls and their families enjoyed reminiscing on their times at Heathfield, and the positive impact this will forever hold in their future. Holly and Phoebe closed the service with a stunning performance of Pie Jesu.

The showcase featured incredible talent in singing, instrumental performances, dance and acting, including two hilarious pieces by Form III from The Canterbury Tales.

Following this, everyone filed into the sports hall as we

prepared for the speeches, awards and of course singing.

Mrs Gardiner Legge gave a fantastic speech summarising the countless achievements of all the girls across this academic year, preceded by a speech from the Chair of Governors, Tom Cross Brown.

Our guest speaker Lady Dido Harding gave a wonderfully inspiring talk on The Man, The Horse and The Puppy who have changed her life. We would like to express our gratitude to Lady Dido for taking the time to come and speak to us.

Awards were announced, and ceremony closed in traditional style as the Upper Sixth Leavers sang “Flying Free”.

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Reading to dogs

Lily Ball

On 22 June, Cesca and Isabel from Form II, and Kiki and Sophie from Form III took a trip to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in Old Windsor to read to dogs. Reading to dogs is encouraged as the human interaction can be a calming influence on dogs who have not had much experience of people, whilst helping young readers build their confidence.

This year’s Lily Ball took place in the stunning location of the Waldorf Hilton in Aldwych, thanks to the organisation and generosity of Mrs Clarke. Girls, parents and staff enjoyed champagne and canapés before settling down to an excellent meal and conversation. Mrs Gardiner Legge’s speech praised the girls for all that they have achieved and wished them well for the future. Dancing soon followed and before we knew it, the evening was drawing to a close and another year’s Lily Ball was over.

On arrival, the staff took us through a short presentation on the history of the rescue centre, and answered questions from the girls. The girls split into pairs and started reading to two very friendly dogs, who both appreciated all the attention.

After a short tour of the rehoming facilities, the girls were introduced to a gorgeous 3-month-old Dalmatian / Spaniel puppy.

We are very grateful to all the wonderful Battersea Dogs & Cats Home staff who made the day possible, it was an inspiring and educational morning.

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Chapel

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Ascension Day

Schools Charity Award

Thursday 25 May was a special day in Chapel, dedicated to honour the Ascension of Jesus, which we celebrated in Heathfield tradition in the form of ice cream. An ice cream van parked up just outside our Chapel and the girls had the chance to enjoy the sunshine with a refreshing ice cream or lolly!

This award is offered to all state and independent secondary schools in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire by the Berkshire Masonic Charity to recognise the charitable work which many school students carry out. The winner of this prestigious award this year is Victoria for her entrepreneurial efforts to raise money for the charity RobbiesRally which helps children with brain tumours. Well done Victoria.

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Our school band Kaleidoscope played to an absolutely packed crowd at Jagz on the evening of Friday 19 May. The atmosphere was electric and there was an unbelievable turnout, including friends and families as well as staff and students. There was delicious food and drink on offer as Kaleidoscope took to the stage. Thank you to Su Mei Kong who organised the event, and to Kaleidoscope for their outstanding performance.

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Kaleidoscope performance

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Rounders The rounders fixtures of the Summer term kicked off on Thursday 25 May as our U12-U14 teams all took on St. Mary’s Ascot, however the opposition proved too strong and each team was defeated. Despite this rocky start, the rounders team were all extremely impressive this term.

1st in Tetrathlon Congratulations to Form II student Calia who competed in a Tetrathlon at the Bisley & Sandown Chase Pony Club over the last weekend in April.

The Tetrathlon involves riding, shooting, running and swimming and is a rigorous test of physicality and precision. Calia was placed 1st in the shooting, completed a clear round in the riding, and finished in an amazing 6th place in the running! Overall she came 1st. Well done Calia.

Sports Day On Saturday 17 June, students, staff, parents and family dogs arrived at Heathfield in glorious sunshine for our annual Sports Day. This was the first time in recent years that Sports Day has taken place on our grounds, and we were delighted with the lively atmosphere.

The girls battled it out across a whole host of track and field events, including shot put, javelin, high jump, distance running and hurdles to name but a few. The crowd provided enthusiastic support especially when fathers and staff members put themselves forward to race.

Next it was the turn of St. George’s, Ascot to take on our teams. Our U14 and U13 teams were both victorious, and despite a close battle for the U12 fixture St. George’s managed to beat them. On Friday 9 June our U13 and U12 teams hosted Luckley House for an excellent evening of rounders, finishing in victories of 14-8 and 11-5 respectively. Following this, the U15 and U14 teams played The Marist and after stellar performances both teams won their matches!

On Tuesday 23 May our U14 rounders team represented Heathfield in the Ascot Schools’ Tournament, finishing an outstanding 6th out of 14 schools. On Wednesday 24 May the U15 rounders team played St Mary’s Ascot who unfortunately proved too strong and the match finished 15-26.

All our teams took on LVS on Saturday 10 June. It was an excellent day of play, which ended in victories for our U14B, U14A and U15A teams – well done! The following week the U14A and U12 teams took on The Marist. U14A narrowly won with 15.5-14, and the U12 team had a fierce battle which ended in an 8-8 draw.

The last two matches of this term saw our U13 and U15 team play Luckley House. The U13 team came together and proved too strong for Luckley House, finishing with a 13-5.5 win!

Similarly, our U15 team played excellently and walked away with a final score of 19.5-7.5. What a fantastic way to end the 2016/17 season!

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Tennis Our tennis players have excelled this term and have produced some wonderful performances despite unpredictable weather conditions. The Summer term began with the U13 team playing against The Holt, which ended in a fantastic 8-2 win. On 6 May, the 1st team battled against St. George’s, Ascot, however they proved too strong and Heathfield lost.

Our U15 team played Luckley House next, with a fantastic 7-1 win, followed by our U12 team losing to St. Mary’s Ascot despite a great battle.

Huge congratulations to Florence, Sophie, Minty and Kiki who won their first U15B Aegon Cup match vs St Mary’s on the evening of 24 May. The term drew to a close with the U15A team also taking on St Mary’s Ascot, which ended in a fantastic 10-8 win and a real high to finish the season on!

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Swimming

Congratulations to the U13 team (Calia, Caoimhe, Elicia & Ksenia) and the U15 team (Amelia, Floria, Hum & Impi) who competed in the Independent Boarding Schools’ Swimming Relay Competition on the evening of 3 May, which was held at Downe House. Everyone swam brilliantly and overall the U15 team finished 4th out of 10 schools.

On Monday 8 May the junior school hosted Papplewick for an afternoon gala, which ended in a narrow loss for Heathfield, 65-77 points.

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On Sunday 25 June, Heathfield was represented at the SUPA Ladies’ Schools National Summer Championships by Kitty, Victoria, Angelina and Kiki.

The high standard of team work and polo play within the Heathfield team resulted in them beating strong opposition in the form of both St Mary’s Ascot and St George’s Ascot A Teams.

The Heathfield team was presented with the Open Division Salver as Open Ladies National Champions 2017. As well as this extraordinary achievement, Kiki was announced as Most Valuable Player of the whole tournament. What excellent and well deserved results. Congratulations to you all!

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Equestrian Congratulations must also go to Victoria (Form V) who was awarded her polo kneepads as the prize for the Most Valuable Player.

Well done to Form V student Grace who was invited to join a development squad of U18 riders who will travelled to Ireland to compete at the Millstreet International Hose Trials in the summer of 2017. The competition represents a wonderful opportunity for Grace to gain international experience which will be invaluable to her in the future. This is a developmental programme for young event riders who could go on to represent their country in the U21 squad.

Grace has also been shortlisted again for the U18 Yorkshire eventing team. Congratulations Grace on these wonderful achievements.

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Fellowship Day

Our annual Fellowship Day was held on Saturday 6 May, as we welcomed back Old Girls to revisit their school days. Lunch was served, followed by tours, a Chapel service, and tea. The weekend activities for our current pupils carried on as usual and the Old Girls delighted in seeing the array of opportunities, including giant inflatable slides, a mechanical bull, and sumo suits. Thank you so much to our catering team who provided the most fabulous lunch and cakes.

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A Great Taster Day

May Open Morning

On Tuesday 23 May we had the pleasure of welcoming 25 Year 5 girls from various prep schools for a Taster Day, giving them the opportunity to get a flavour of what Heathfield is all about. The girls began the day with Art and Science workshops and after a delicious lunch they had the chance to play on the Boarding Schools’ Association “Boarding Bus” which has been renovated as a boarding bedroom. In the afternoon they took part in English and PE. Thank you to our Head Girl team who accompanied the girls at lunchtime.

On Saturday 20 May we held our most successful Open Morning to date. A total of 47 families were in attendance, and there was a wonderful atmosphere around the school. Thank you so much to the students who helped tour families, all our guests were hugely impressed by their confidence and how well they articulated information about Heathfield.

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Prep School Textiles Workshop On Saturday 22 April the Art Department was joined by eight talented young artists from local prep schools Hall Grove, Cowarth Flexlands and St Piran’s. The day consisted of a textiles masterclass led by our Head of Art Eve Feilen and Designer in Residence Nicci James, where the girls learned how to make fascinators. It was a wonderful day which the girls thoroughly enjoyed.

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We could not have asked for better weather as Fulham Prep, St George’s Windsor Castle, and Glendower arrived to take part in our annual Prep Lax Day. Everyone was given a coloured t-shirt which mixed the schools up into 10 different teams. The girls began with a masterclass headed up by our Director of Sport

Wendy Reynolds, followed by friendly matches.

There was a delicious tea provided by our catering team, who once again went above and beyond decorating the pavilion with bunting and ribbons.

Thank you so much to Fulham Prep, St George’s Windsor Castle and Glendower for attending.

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