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Vigornian 2012 Number 248 July 2012 Editor: Peter lddon Design and typesetting: Danny Andrews OV News: Mike Page, Alec Mackie and Sophie Whitworth Published by The King’s School, Worcester Printed by Rotary Printers (Stourport—oneSevern) Limited Copyright 201 ZThe King's School, Worcester The King's School, Worcester; a company lli’T‘iled by guarantee Registered ,n England and Wales Company Number 4776324. Registered Ofﬁce: 5 College Green, Worcester WR1 2LL, Registered Charity Number i098236.

The photographs used in this publication were either taken by King’s staff, pupils or parents or supplied by Old Vigornians, with the following exceptions: Cover photograph and Netball photographs by Beth Martyn-Smith Fort Royal Party and Football photographs used courtesy of Ben Alexander Cricket and Rounders photographs by Chris Ham ’Bugsy Malone'photographs supplied by Joe Singh

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CONTENTS COMMON ROOM NOTES CLUBS & ACTIVITIES TRAVEL SPORT CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS KING’S HAWFORD KING'S ST. ALBAN’S OLD VIGORNIANS DEVELOPMENT PARENTS STAFF OF THE KING’S SCHOOL, WORCESTER

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School Notes One of the many welcome features of the celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this year has been a focus in the news on all the things for which we as a nation have reason to be grateful, It is rare for good news to make the front pages. At a time when the popularity of our coalition government has slumped in the polls, Europe seems about to suffer ﬁnancial implosion, Syria is on the brink ofcivil war and Afghanistan is proving once again to be the graveyard ofthe ambitions of super—powers, it was good to spend a week in the middle of the summer term celebrating our own sense of local and national community and the virtues ofa monarch who has, for sixty years, set an example in selﬂess public service.

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spirit, unselﬁshness and purity. As you look at the last one hundred years and the decline of this nation in power, inﬂuence and integrity, you would have to say that he was no fool. These two sets ofqualities, recommended to pupils here in 1952 and 191 2 respectively, continue to suit well, in 2012, a Christian independent school with a strong sense of community and commitment to service. We may no longer

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be sending out young people to run an empire but we still expect them all to play their part, great and small, in making the world a better place. I am pleased to report that King’s has had a very good year and commend to you the evidence for this in the pages that follow. Our public exam results last summer were outstanding; a team of

inspectors, paying a sixeyearly visit in November, deemed almost every aspect of our three schools to be similarly impressive; we reached heights perhaps never before considered possible in national competition in both Rugby and Netball; our pupils have used their initiative, determination and skill to achieve success and fulfilment in an extraordinary number offields, and we have added to the school’s facilities, in the Michael Baker boathouse, a wonderfully versatile new building through the generosity ofthe Baker family. As you will know, this is spurring us on to even greater ambitions in the form ofa new Sports and Performing Arts Centre, a building that will, we hope, be starting to take shape by the time you read my preface to the next magazine. All that is in doubt now is the extent ofthe facilities which we will be able to afford, hence our dependence on all members ofthe wider King’s community to help us if they can. We are deeply grateful to all those who have contributed so far towards the fulfilment of our ambitions. T.H.K.

Common Room Notes EVENTS In a busy year for the staff at King’s, we welcomed newcomers with a

party at the start of the Autumn term, followed by the ever popular Skittles Evening, at which the ’Artists' defeated the ’Scientists’ by quite a margin (as usual!). Our very enjoyable Christmas Party rounded offa packed term; this year we went to The Inn at Stonehall. During the Christmas holiday, Claire Lea married Ian Neville

Michelle and Nigel Richardson celebrated the rather early arrival of their daughter, Grace, before Sarah and Andrew Davison welcomed their daughter Lucy, Mark Dorsett and Mila Webb graduated from the Open University, receiving their awards at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Mila will be working towards her PGCE next year, Several staff donned their running shoes: Josh Hand, Rachel Worth,

Jo Mosley and Louisa Woodruff all raising money for various charities, Finally, we said a fond farewell to our leaving colleagues at a barbecue atthe end of term. All/LS.

ARRIVALS

Josh Hand after the London Marathon

Due to the change in the publication schedule for the Vigornian magazine, biographies ofthe staff who arrived at King’s in September 2011 can be found in the previous issue. The staff who joined us this year are: Alice Briggs (English), James Eaves (Geography), Lissie Fuller (Biology and Classics), Ronan Head (Head of RS and PSHE), Gemma Holden (Art), Carolyn Mellor (Second Deputy Head and Modern Foreign Languages), Jonathan Ricketts (Academic Deputy Head and Chemistry) and Emma Watts (Geography).

DEPARTURES RICHARD BELLFIELD It came as a surprise to us all when Richard Bellﬁeld announced that he was leaving King’s. After fourteen years of dedicated service to the school, Richard left St. Alban’s tojoin Anita, as one young pre—prep pupil so aptly put it, ’to go and start a jam factory’. Unbeknownst to many,just two weeks after leaving at Easter, he would reappear at the school fete selling that said jam! Richard initiallycameto St.A|ban’sasaYearFiveteacherand Curriculum Coordinator, at Easter 1998. He took on the position ofjoint Deputy Head the next term and then Head the following September. When he ’moved on’ (we dare not say retired), he had given many terms of exceptional service to the school. Richard’s ability to guide us all has

been farereaching. His ability to juggle the demands of the whole school community, whilst never revealing the true mountain of his work load, is testament to his commitment to the people around him. He had the ability to inspire children to both trust and revere him , a rare quality that meant he could draw out the best from those whose lives he touched. To parents he was a guiding light; having children who had been 'through the process'meant that he always showed an understanding of education from a parent’s perspective. To the staff Richard was a constant touchstone: always ready with sound advice, kind-hearted and generous. We have all been encouraged to ’take the waters’~ a phrase he coined from a previous staffmember. By doing so, he moulded a team who, as he always tried to do himself, placed children’s welfare and development at the core of their motivation; there is no better way to run a school. Beyond the day to day workings of St, Alban’s, Richard had great strategic and

planning skills which beneﬁtted the whole school foundation. His legacy will be far reaching and he will be greatly missed; even perhaps his very’Yorkshire’view on some proceedings! We wish him and Anita well in all their future ventures. R, Duke

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MARC ROBERTS

W—i Marc Roberts arrived at King’s in 1975 having decided to reject lucrative career offers from the business world, including one from the Mr Kipling factory in Sheffield, in order to become a Maths teacher. Thirty seven years later he retires possibly thinking what might have beenz‘Boggy’s exceedingly good cakes,’ has a certain ring to it as a slogan, but safe in the knowledge that in opting to follow the educational route he made the right choice as countless numbers of King’s students will testify. in his early years, in keeping with the times, and his love ofobscure heavy metal bands, Marc was a hirsute figure, sporting a ’1 18 1 18’moustache , and staff photos from the time suggest he may have been the first member ofthe Maths Department to teach in flares. Today the hair is less abundant, the moustache has gone and the flares have been mothballed, along with the legendary duffle coat, but little else has changed. He is still completely dedicated to the well being ofthe whole King’s community; he is still one ofthe best Maths teachers the school has ever had; he still has a masterful understanding of the game of rugby and, in terms of greatness, he still regards Frank Zappa as on a par with 'JPR’and Ritchie McCaw. As a Maths teacher Marc was renowned for his robust and supportive approach to his charges; initially students entering his class for the first time could be a little apprehensive but soon realised that behind the gruff exterior there was an extremely kind and caring teacher. From the elite Oxbridge bound students in the top A level Double Maths set to the bewildered and baffled front row forwards in the lower sets all received the same meticulous care and attention. His forte was preparing students for external exams where his expertise was second to none, seen in the exceptional results his sets consistently achieved at A level, GCSE and in his beloved Additional Maths paper. His enthusiasm for Maths has remained undaunted despite the recent heretical introduction of Maths lessons in the afternoon, never allowed in the good old days when John Turner was in charge of timetabling. His advice has been greatly valued and respected by successive Heads of the Maths Department who have been most grateful for the insight he has been able to provide into the often obscure pronouncements from the exam boards. Here his work for many years as a widely respected Chief Examiner, both for OCR and Edexcel, has been invaluable. Luckily for King’s students his retirement is not total as from September he will still be doing some Sixth Form teaching as well as carrying on his external examining. When Keith Bridges retired in 2004 Marc was the obvious choice to replace him in the important position of King’s Exams Officer. This is a post which with the advent of twice yearly modular exams, both at GCSE and A level, has become increasingly complex and challenging yet Marc has made it look simple. His exam briefings in the School Theatre were models of clarity and humour and had the added advantage that they could be heard all over Worcester. He remained unflustered, even when a future Olympic oarsman forgot that his exam was in the morning not the afternoon, whilst his reminders to Heads of Department to submit their entries and predicted grades before rather than after the exams were always precise and to the point. For the last two years he has been ably assisted in the exams office by Mel Glarvey who will be taking over next year. It is rumoured that she has been taking lessons from Brian Blessed on how to start and finish exams in true Marc Roberts style. in 1980 when Alan Stacey stood down as House Master of School House, Marc was the obvious choice to step into his shoes, largely because he had served his apprenticeship as assistant tutor in Choir House under the expert tutelage of Peter Curie. Another significant factor in his appointment was the boarder's traditional dislike of change; having had a Welsh House Master for 18 years it seemed sensibleto avoid unnecessary aggravation by installing an Englishman as his replacement. In running School House so successfully Marc will be the first to acknowledge the debt he owed not only to a team of hardworking and dedicated assistanttutors but in particularto his wife Julia who at weekends, when her husband was away on rugby duty, often found herself in sole charge of fifty boarders as well as her own two young children, Naomi and Joey. Most ofthem, the boarders that is, had no understanding of complex phrases such as ‘quiet reading’ and ’lights out,‘ but all had the utmost respect and affection for Julia

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and remain ever grateful to the Robertses for their total commitment to the House. When the call ofthe wilds of Martley proved too strong Marc moved seamlessly from being in charge of a boarding house to being head ofa day one, succeeding Tim Watson as head of Wulstan. As in his time in School he ensured that every member ofWulstan was made to feel that they had a valuable contribution to play in the life of the House, whether it be an academic, musical, sporting or extra— curricular one. His advice and support for his Sixth Form with their university applications was second to none whilst Wulstans’ record in winning Sports Day was equally impressive. The latter was helped enormously by the House Tutor’s habit of ringing up every Wulstan student who was on exam leave and reminding them in a considerate but forceful way which events they were entered for. After such a call no students dared claim that their hamstring was a little sore. As Master in Charge of Rugby from 19791994 he helped King’s establish a national reputation both at 155 and Sevens. Marc was educated at the Lewis School Pengam and his Valleys heritage undoubtedly helps explain his natural empathy with and understanding of the game of rugby. His teams always played an exciting brand of rugby the emphasis being on speed, mobility and handling skills, an approach far removed from the dour version of the game practised today by many of the English Premiership clubs. The 1984-85 King’s First XV were unbeaten winning 18 games, in the process scoring 89 tries and conceding just nine, an outstanding feat given the extremely tough nature of the ﬁxture list in the 19805. This was Marc’s most successful team but the playing record of almost all the XVs he coached was exceptionally impressive whilst the ability of his players to peak for the derby match against RGS said a great deal

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pressure. His enthusiasm for Sevens was as great, if not greater than that for the fifteen a side game, and he seemed to like nothing better than standing in driving rain at Brecon orthe Marches watching King’s battle it out against the likes ofMillfield and Bryanston. In i988 at the Rosslyn Park National Sevens King’s were runners up to an Ampleforth team including Lawrence Dallaglio, and this wasjust one of numerous outstanding tournament performances by his teams. He was a hard but fair taskmaster, quite prepared to crack the whip if he felt players were not as committed as they could be. On one memorable occasion at a wet and cold Oxford Sevens after a strong King’s team had performed surprisingly poorly in their opening game, he sat in the mini-bus, smoking a roll up and contemplating selection changes, whilst the shivering players sat outside the bus contemplating the wisdom of attending a late night party. The above outline is only a briefand incomplete survey of all that he has been involved in at King’s, time does not permit me to discuss in detail his role as master in charge of the ’Tigers’ cricket team, an outfit renowned more for their sartorial elegance than their cricketing skills, or the major contribution he has made to the establishment and continuation of the very popular Old Vigornians’ London dinner. King’s owes a huge debt to Marc for the massive contribution he has made in so many different

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dedication and total commitment to the well being of the school and its students has been second to none. We wish him well in retirement as he starts life as a grandfather and continues life at St Dunstan’s Bowling Club, aka the King’s Staff Retirement Home. PIG.

lthas beenapleasureandaprivilegeto have had‘Rudgie’asacolleague and a friend for well over twenty years. He is a humorous, modest. sociable and erudite gentleman with an enormous variety of talents, His academic prowess, leadership qualities and the empathy he has with those with whom he works and has taught will doubtless be emphasised by others. All I will say is that he is held in high esteem and great affection by all of his pupils - as i was often reminded by members of Kittermaster House at report reading time! I once accompanied him on a Spanish trip. His organisation prior to and during the trip was as always impeccable. We met some of the many friends he had made during his seven year teaching spell in Spain. They chatted away and Mike’s command of the language was more than impressive. Later | asked him for the secret to speaking in foreign tongues. He merely said ”think in the language not in English”. On another occasion when in Germany I was again reminded of his innate gift for languages as he began to pick up German in a few days. During his time as Captain O.C. Army Section of the CCF he played a key role in the success and indeed survival of the contingent. He organised the Friday training, was invaluable on camps and his particular knowledge of weapon training and orienteering was an immense asset. My abiding memory of his time with the CCF is his leading of the ’rebels’ against the cadets on exercise. Camouﬂaged and in full battle dress with several magazines of blank ammunition fully charged, he masqueraded as’Blood Axe Rudge’. His enthusiasm to have a go at anything from canoeing to climbing to shooting was infectious and I owe him a greatdebtfor histime as my right hand man He was a great sportsman. In his younger days in the Forest of Dean he was an elusive and pacey rugby centre. He used his considerable knowledge and understanding of the game to very good effect when coaching the junior sides at King’s. He was also a good hockey player and no mean footballer. He is also a ﬁrst class musician. i recently attended a performance of ’The Boyfriend’ given by the Elgar School of Music in the John Moore Theatre and was surprised to see in the programme that the saxophonist was one Michael Rudge. i knew he was an accomplished pianist but I did not know that he had learned to play the saxophone in a very short time this year. He will be sorely missed at school I am sure. However its loss is our gain. I look forward with some trepidation to seeing him on the golfcourse. Stewart Davies

MILA WEBB

Mila Webb: What can one say? Well, quite a lot. She arrived in September 1999 as the French ’assistante’, and she was to help GCSE and A level pupils prepare for their spoken assessments, She also conducted the examinations, thus enabling the French teachers to concentrate more on other aspects ofthe curriculum.The pupils were always pushed to perform to their best and when they did and we asked how they had done, the response was invariably, 'they were breeliant’.

her links with our partner school the Pensionnat du Sacre' Coeur enabled us to forge this link which still exists to this day. She has also provided legions of Sixth Form girls with the best shops to visit in Reims, usually accompanied by a map. lam sure that ’Galeries Lafayette' is eternally grateful.

it soon became evident that Mila was gifted in other areas besides her excellent French! She is a dab hand at sorting out computer glitches, invaluable with the new computer system which she mastered in a few days. The rest of us are still struggling to understand the vagaries of Sanako. Luckily she has been ever-present on Open Mornings when her gregarious nature and willingness to explain technical points in English to potential parents will be difﬁcult to replace. IT expertise is not her only forte. Organisational skills above and beyond the norm quickly began to be evident. Everything in the department is neatly labelled and stored in the correct place and I am sure that she would have thrown out half the stuff in the French cupboard, had she been in charge. In fact I have a sneaking suspicion that the cause ofthe 2006 ﬂood which soaked piles of past papers and old text books may have been criminal in origin.

lam sure that l have only scratched the surface of Mila’s tremendous contribution to the life of the Modern Languages’ Department. Both staff and pupils past and present are sad to see her leave for pastures new this summer. We all wish her well as a teacher and a friend. However l am sure that many of us will continue to see her socially, or walking Jaffer as she prepares for a new role of doing a PGCE to become a real teacher! Well at least she has seen the light.

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Not content with organising the .. ‘ . department within school she has also been one ofthe prime movers behind our social functions. Christmas meals, Skittle Evenings, and once a year at establishments with a large screen where we could watch England inﬂict yet another defeat on France in the Six Nations were all courtesy of Mila’s boundless energy and (usually) unfounded optimism.

LIZ WHEELER

’.’..Adept as they were at dissection, they would never leave a poem or a novel strewn about in pieces like some butchered frog reeking of formaldehyde. They’d stitch it back together with history andpsycho/ogy, philosophy and religion,..” That deﬁnition of what it is to be an English teacher, from Tobias Wolff’s novel ”Old School”, might have been written with Liz Wheeler in mind, Lizjoined the English Department as Liz Allen-Back in 2004, initially as a temporary cover for Sheana Grifﬁths. Her lively enthusiasm and wide-ranging experience quickly established her as an invaluable member of the department and has endeared her to her classes in the eight years that she has been with

us. For most of her time at King’s, her classroom was in the EdgarTower — a classroom believed by some to be one ofthe oldest in any school in the country! Liz quickly made the room her own, with shelves

groaning under the weight of books and resources to fuel discussion and debate. Liz really is a polymath ~ a great enthusiast for literature, she also had the linguistic understanding and enthusiastic delivery to establish this most difﬁcult of aspects with each new Language and Literature Lower Sixth set. She has been a great supporter of all English department theatre trips and also of the Lower Sixth trips to Haworth, where the Language and Literature students explored the local dialect as part of their understanding of spoken language, Liz wouldn’t mind me saying that ICT is not one of her strengths, but she has made great strides in our increasingly technology based world of education and is now adept at all areas of electronic communication, assessment and recording! Her days at King’s have been busy ones, ﬁlling lunchtimes and after school slots with extra lessons and clinics, AS and A2 Critical Thinking ~ which she has taught to staff as well as pupils — and the school’s Model United Nations. She has also run the Key Skills department with enormous success, marshalling a huge team of staff and visiting speakers with aplomb and drive. The talks in the second term for the Upper Sixth, for example, were varied, relevant and inspiring. She has also been a caring and concerned Assistant House Tutor in Wulstan, sharing her wisdom and understanding and giving most generously

for pupils not previously available, allowing them to practise and compete in competitions in the company of other members of the School club. There must have been a special chemistry there too, as the other member of staffinvolved with the club, JTW, was to become her husband. Staff and pupils alike shared their delight in their marriage and wish them every happiness and blessing in their lives together.

of her time. With her love of the outdoors, it was only to be expected that she would accompany many outdoor pursuits trips to the Old Chapel and other locations, with such activities as Lower Remove camps and Duke of Edinburgh’s Expeditions. On all such trips her delight in the rural environment was infectious to all. One of her many innovations was to found the Equestrian Club, which provided an opportunity

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As someone who has so much experience ofthe world of commerce, public relations and the media as well as teaching, it is perhaps no surprise that Liz has decided to move on from King’s into a new sphere of work. We shall miss so much with Liz’s departure, but thank her for all she has done and wish her every happiness and success. A.j./l/I.M,

LOUISAWOODRUFF Louisa joined King’s in 2009 from Morton Hall in n Shropshire.Shehastaughti both the Historyand Classics departments, dividing her and energetically time with great commitment in each area Her passion subjects and for both her of encouragement

pupils has seen impressive public examination results for the senior years and has inspired the younger children to pursue Classics and History as they make theirchoicesfor GCSE,

Her commitment to school life has been second to none; she took on the role of Cathedral liaison officer and has done an excellent job in arranging trips for the Fourth Forms and Lower Sixth. She has offered History Club and Classics Club to the Fourth Forms and has accompanied the Lower Removes on the annual Battleﬁelds Trip.

Her passion for the great outdoors, involving weekends away walking and climbing, led to her taking over the running ofthe expedition and training section of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award two years ago; this has been a major undertaking considering the number of pupils engaged in the award She has also accompanied all Bronze groups and the majority of Gold on training and expeditions every year she since shejoined King’s.

FRANCESCA MACSWINEY Francesca joined the Classics Department as a full time member of staff two years ago and has achieved much in that time. Her keen commitment to encourage the wider study of Classics within the school saw her reestablish the study of Ancient Greek as an extracurricular subject. A small cohort of Fifth and Sixth Formers has studied the subject to GCSE, while the younger years have enjoyed an ‘introduction’ to Greek. On top of teaching Latin throughoutthe school,from the basics in the Lower Fourth year to the challenges of Tacitus and Cicero in the Upper Sixth, she has helped run Classics Club for the Fourth Formers and she joined the biennial trip to ltaly this Easter, where she encouraged and advised the pupils studying Rome and PompeiifortheirGCSE. Outside of the department Francesca has been involved in Mandarin Club, both helping to run it while taking the role of pupil herself, too! She has been a regular member ofthe School Choir and has helped supervise Swimming Club on Friday afternoons She joined Bright House during her ﬁrst year and has shared the role

She will be sorely missed in School House where she has spent three years guiding and encouraging her tutees through the Fifth Form all the way through to the Upper Sixth in her cheerful and supportive

manner. We wish her all the best for the next stage in her career when she heads off to her new school, Farnborough Hill in Hampshire. Our loss is most deﬁnitely their gain. SCB.

ofAssistant HouseTutor to a group she has taken through from Lower to Upper Remove, providing both support and encouragement to her tutees. A change of career now beckons and from September Francesca will be studying for the Graduate Diploma of Law at the College of Law, Moorgate in London.We wish her all the best in herfuture ventures. 5C8.

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Clubs 8: Activities AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Throughout the year the King’s Amnesty International Youth Group has met on Friday at lunchtime, and every year group in School from the Lower Fourth to the Upper Sixth has been represented. We have engaged in a variety of campaigns, amongst which the internet campaign to save Troy Davis from a lethal injection in the USA was perhaps the most notable. The execution of Troy Davis was a shock

This was swiftly followed by our second Law Conference when the Science Lecture Theatre became the unlikely venue for a court of law, complete with a bewigged ’judge’. Run once again in conjunction with Harrison Clark, the day provided workshops on litigation, family law and insolvency as well as providing students with the opportunity to hone advocacy skills and take part in a mock trial. Many thanks go to Harrison Clark for providing the framework of the day, as well as a team of paralegals and the ’judge’.

to many and a salutary reminder of the importance of our work. We joined in the national Christmas card campaign, sending messages of support to prisoners of conscience in more than a dozen countries. Our petition to end judicial stoning in Iran was publicised with an outdoor protest, and our petition to Shell regarding pollution in the

Niger delta was well supported. It has been a really encouraging year and I would like to pay tribute to Olivia Wiles for her outstanding work with the younger members ofthe group. /l/I.R.D.

BELL RINGING Church bells are the biggest and loudest musical instruments in the

world. Bells are rung to call people to church, to celebrate happy occasions and commemorate important events. They are also rung simply for the enjoyment of hearing their sound. Bell

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magniﬁcent instruments. Pupils turn up at the cathedral every Friday lunch time to learn how

to ring church bells. This year the training has been split into two halves depending on one’s capability. Those newer to the club must climb the 137 steps up the cathedral tower to make use of the unique Teaching centre, containing eight simulation bells. These ’dumbbells’ are linked to computers that recreate the sound and experience of ringing real bells. At the centre pupils are taught how to handle and control a bell by experienced ringers who give up their time to share their knowledge. For the ﬁrst time this year, those pupils that are able to ring have begun to use the newly cast bells at Old Saint Martins in the

Cornmarket.

It has been a successful year for the club with two new ringers who can now ring competently unaided, and those who began last year are progressing towards more complex things. Many of the students have now begun to ring at local churches and towers or attend extra practices at the cathedral. Bell ringing is not only great fun but a great mental and physical activity that enables you to socialise and take part in an ancient tradition. George Watson

CAREERS DEPARTMENT Throughout the course of the year, an increasingly large number of

students make their way to the Careers Department. Undeterred by the windows which have a mind of their own and open and close when they feel like it, Fifth and Sixth Form students come to see careers staff about a variety of matters: HE and university plans, gap years, careers advice and work experience.

In November, all members of the Upper Sixth were given the opportunity to experience a practice interview. A good number of parents with expertise in a wide range of disciplines and experience of interviewing kindly gave up their time to conduct twenty minute interviews, followed by a ten minute debrief. This, too, was a very successful initiative and will be repeated next term, and we hope more students will take up the invaluable chance to develop their interview skills, an increasingly crucial part of university and job applications. In February, the theme of the Careers Day was global opportunities and the use of languages in business. Here we welcomed various advisers from GCHQ, global—link, Erasmus, the British Council, The Body Shop, and Oxford, Bristol and Liverpool universities who ran a carousel of fascinating workshops. Korean was practised with some

aplomb (Lil Ol E—E will be remembered by those who attended as meaning My name is) whilst those who took part in the Mandarin workshop discovered, amongst other things, that the language does not have any tenses. Again, we are most grateful to all who supported the day, making it such an interesting and challenging one for our students and confirming for several that the study of languages is the way forward. Informal careers talks run throughout the Autumn and Spring terms, and this year we have been delighted to welcome back Dr Mara Goldstein, Beth Martyn Smith and Stephen Jack, all OVs, who talked about their careers in the Foreign Office, photography and finance. King's teachers AJMM, LEH and CJC also spoke enthusiastically to an early morning audience about teaching as a career. Careers Department staples Kudos, Preview and Centigrade happened again, the Fifth Form doing Preview being the first of our pupils to experience the extra ingredient of a 1:1 interview with an expert from Cambridge Occupational Analysts. This innovation will also be repeated next year. The annual Lower Sixth Business Conference was a very enjoyable day again. Run by representatives of business and industry, with school governor Mrs Pat Preston at the helm, students were involved in a

A new initiative in the Careers Department this year was the Careers Fair, held on the Sixth Form Open Morning. We are extremely grateful to those professionals who supported us, talking to the many students

and their families who visited the Department. Advice was offered on careers ranging from medicine to law, architecture to engineering

and accountancy to media. It was such a successful undertaking that

number of exercises designed to develop the transferable skills so important in the world of work. This wasfollowed bya visitto an Open day at Nottingham University, an increasingly popular choice for King’s students. Lower Sixth students were able to attend a series oftalks, visit a variety of departments and to enjoy strolling around the delightfully green campus.

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In the following week, the same year group embarked on work experience: ITN and the BBC (both in London and locally), ﬁnance in Guernsey, medical and law placements, engineering, architecture, schoolsand environmentalcentreswerejustsomeoftheopportunities available to Lower Sixth students. Commuting was all part of the experience and students gamely tackled the London underground in the build—up to the Olympics, as well as the delights of the one-way system at Redditch. Courtesy of the MFL department, Spain, France, Germany and Austria were the destinations for language students who spent two weeks immersed in a variety of placements. As always, we are extremely grateful to OVs and parents who support us each year by providing so many valuable placements.

Gap Years continue to be an attractive prospect for our students. The Year in Industry scheme provides most valuable work experience combined with training and a reasonable salary. Each year an OV who has beneﬁted from the scheme returns to King’s to talkto current pupils; recent subjects include engineering and pharmaceutical placements. Many students rise to the challenge of completing a diverse range ofvoluntary projects, both at home and overseas, often combining this with travel and an opportunity to encounter different cultures.

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King’s School Worcester CCF has had another exciting and successful year. Yet again we took part in and won both the Brigade Military Skills and March and Shoot CCF Competitions early in the Autumn term. The team performed well on the stands all day Saturday with a particularly good showing on the Command Task stand where they completed the task using the DS solution and even went on to explain how the DS had set it up incorrectly. Although the weather was very warm all weekend we were lucky enough to be able to be one of the first to start the March on Sunday morning in much cooler conditions! It was a long wait until the results where all the units taking part in the competition paraded together as the names were read out — we were delighted to be told we’d won the CCF Military Skills Competition again, albeit by the narrowest of margins! Surely lightning couldn’t strike twice? Despite competing against what appeared to be most of Adam’s Grammar’s rugby team we were told we’d won the CCF March and Shoot Competition too. Once again the Contingent was successful in the Brigade CCF Orienteering Championships — taking the Gold medals in the CCF girls’ event, and the team repeated this performance at the CCF National Orienteering Championships four weeks later.This was closely followed by the Biennial Inspection which ran currently with the recruits’first overnight exercise, Ex Basic Basha; we took I 20 cadets out to demonstrate our military, instructional and leadership skills in front of the Inspecting Officer, Air Commodore Neal on Swynnerton Training Area. There were two round robin sets of stands with a variety of different activities, the recruits covered much of the basic fieldcraft whilst the more experienced cadets were challenged with C08 (close quarter battle) skills, shooting, a team combat trail, patrolling and section attacks. This was all followed by the Inspecting Officer’s address, where he commended the quality of the instruction by the Senior NCOs and the enthusiasm of the Contingent as a whole. His final report included the comment “this Contingent sets a standard that other Contingents would do well to emulate’. Ex Tobogganing Targets become Ex Tobogganing when Flg Off Head and Sqn Ldr Essenhigh took thirty two cadets to the Snowdome at Tamworth for an evening of tobogganing — there were many happy faces coming off the slope.

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CEJIRISTIAN UiﬁlGi‘iﬁ This year at CU we have been as busy as ever and continue to be well

attended throughout the year. We started off by looking at different names of God, and how this enables us to have a more well»rounded idea of who God is and what He is like. MRD, THK and Pete Gaskell provided valuable insight into these topics, as well as others with the visits throughout the year. We then moved onto the Operation Christmas boxes in December, and our yearly weekend away at Gaines, a member of staff there leading us on the “I am” sayings in John. Leading up to Easter we looked at the different Christian festivals surrounding Easter, which moved us onto talking about the cross, where Pete Gaskell came in again to talk to us. More recently we have been looking at prayer; what this is, how it works, and other probing questions around this topic. We’ve also managed to ﬁt in a visit to St Helen’s for the Torch prayer relay (a time of constant prayer for the places the torch is visiting). J.N.G. ,r~x- ““4, f »,~_ liar) gist” I:

The Fourth Form Classics Club has enjoyed a wide range of Classical themed activities this year and learnt a great deal about the Romans and Greeks in the process. Meeting every week, the club members have worked together to construct a model of a Roman villa, act out a variety ofGreek myths and make their own mosaics out of brightly coloured sweets. A highlight was attempting to make Classical monuments out of spaghetti and marshmallows!

Adventure Training took place again at the Outdoor Education Centre at Upton Warren during the Spring half-term — there were a selection of activities including Climbing, Canoeing, Rafting, High Ropes/Low Ropes and Archery, but the SSI was unable to run a BCU I Star award due to the extremely low temperatures that had resulted in the lake freezing over, indeed it was necessary to break the ice on the last day to allow some Canadian Canoeing to take place. Cdts George Watson and John Ireland did feel compelled to test the temperature when they made an unplanned dip into the water; the verdict — VERY cold!

Early in March Ex Cadre Chaos took place at NesscliffTraining, which gave the senior cadets

the chance to use their leadership skills running patrols, and ambushes in the ﬁeld in a bid to be promoted. During the Easter holidays Sqn Ldr Essenhigh, and O/Cdt Ellie Nicholls took ten cadets to RAF Henlow for Easter Camp. As ever our cadets performed particularly well, especially Flt/Sgt James Allen who shouldered the responsibility

of being the Senior Cadet for the whole Camp, and he even allowed himself to be ’auctioned off’ in the name of charity , one dance with the good Flt/Sgt cost HO, and it was hotly contested by one of our female cadets, and one of the other school’s male cadets! Cpl Claire Smith was awarded the Best Cadet Award after

setting a very high standard throughout the

camp. At the start of the summer term six teams of

cadets and one ofﬁcer team took part in a Charity Triathlon where each team member took on one leg of a triathlon. The cyclists covered 40km on exercise bikes, the rowers covered 10km on the ergos, and the swimmers covered 3km in the

Finally there have been several new Ofﬁcers swelling the ranks ofthe

pool: a total of 3S7km was covered and we are hopeful that the

contingent — I would like to welcome Fig Off Head, Lt Eaves and Plt

charity, the Army Benevolent Fund, will have beneﬁted by over £600. Early in May the cadets attended a CCF Dinner Night and thanks must go to Cpl Maddy Brownlow who organised the whole event single-handedly. Eighty one cadets, ofﬁcers and the SSI enjoyed all her hard work, with a photographer on hand (bribed by a ’free’ meal) decorations and ’Quotes’ cards. We took the opportunity to dine

Off Fuller, and it has been my pleasure to promote Maj Maund to the rank he richly deserves. At the end of the year it will be time to say farewell to the senior cadets, and we would like to wish them well for the future and hope to see them soon - as ever their hard work and commitment has been exemplary.

Major Featherstone out, and he was presented with a ﬁne carriage clock. In addition many ofthe cadets attending camp spent the day at Tyddesley Wood taking their weapon handling tests, so they can ﬁre on camp should the opportunity present itself.

I would like to ﬁnish by thanking on behalf of all the cadets, the ofﬁcers and the SSI without whom the CCF wouldn’t be the same: you’ve all been great — here’s to a great Summer Camp at Wathgill! N.E.

COMENIUS PROJECT

DUKE 0F EDINBURGH’S AWARD SCHEME

The EU sponsored Comenius Programme has again proved to be very successful. It aims to make students and teachers become more aware of the diversity of European cultures and languages. This year has seen Upper Remove pupils attend conferences at Versailles, Prague and Algeciras as part of the second year of a project titled “Fit in[to]Europe” . The project has seen the development of a new sport (Comball) and a careful analysis of how sport and a healthy lifestyle can be actively promoted. Students have taken full advantage of all of the splendid opportunities including staying with host families, competing in multi~national teams, taking part in surveys and the allimportant sight—seeing. This series of conferences has allowed pupils to gain a real insight into life in Europe as well as the chance to work in teams with students from ﬁve other European countries

This year has seen a large number of participants completing their awards; in particular more students have completed their Gold award than ever before. Sixty one participants gained the Bronze Award, twenty completed the Silver Award and twenty have been presented with Gold Awards. There are currently over 150 pupils working towards their awards across the three levels. Twenty two staff have been involved in weekly training and expeditions at weekends and holidays this year.

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Fifth Formers received their Bronze Awards at a presentation assembly in September whilst the majority of the Silver Awards were presented to the Lower Sixth in College Hall in October. Five Upper Sixth students, James Allen, Edel Dhanjal, Hollie Horton, Jacob Wells and Olivia Wilkinson have received their Gold Awards during the year and several more students are in the process of having their awards verified.To have completed the Award during the Upper Sixth year is an outstanding achievement. All of these will be invited to St. James’s Palace to receive their certificates. At the end of March, five OVs attended such a presentation where HRH the Duke of Edinburgh was in attendance. Sarah Conway, Lucy Mattocks, Tim Norton and Peter Raybone (2011 leavers), Ed Brew (2008 leaver) and their guests enjoyed a very memorable occasion made all the more special with the glorious weather we were having at that time. Prince Philip was in fine form, spending time talking to several of the young people about their experiences. Several other OVs have also achieved their Gold Awards during the year. They are: Harriet Cornock, Sam Greenwood, David Haddock, Philippa Lucas, Emma Pearman, Lucy Scales, Philippa Thomas, Stuart Whitehouse (2011 leavers); Tim Rogers (2010) and Rory Johnson (2009). Very well done and congratulations to all of these individuals!

COMMUNITY SERVICE This year our visits to Nunnery and St Clement's Schools have been just as successful as in previous years, with the Upper Sixth going to St. Clement’s on a Tuesday afternoon and the Upper Remove, Fifth Form, Lower and Upper Sixth again going on a Friday lunchtime to both schools. We have had two full minibuses for each school on a Friday. Both St Clement’s and Nunnery Schools have enjoyed our visits, with the younger children looking forward to the times our pupils have spent with them. Whilst there we have worked together in the classrooms with the younger children, helping them with Maths, English and Reading. Pupils from Stanley Road Junior School have been coming to our school to use the facilities provided by the Art Department. The regular Tuesday afternoon visits by the younger pupils to the Art Department have meant that the Stanley Road pupils have had access to new artistic skills and techniques. I would like to express my thanks to ERH, all her colleagues and members of the Upper Sixth for the time and expertise they have provided for the pupils of Stanley Road School. C.A.G-S.

DEBATING SOCIETY The Society’s regular Friday afternoon sessions have been ably led by Alana Libell this year and she has provided a varied selection of topics leading to thought—provoking debates. The core of members, especially the younger ones from the Upper Remove and Fifth Form, have engaged in an interested and enthusiastic manner. Aaron PardoeDavies, Calum Davies and Philip Hadley picked up valuable experience in taking part in the ESU Public Speaking competition. Their ranks have been bolstered by newcomers from all years, but most notably the new Lower Sixth formers, Sarah Westlake and Jess Reece. They have proved to be a formidable pair and were particularly impressive when progressing to the latter stages of the Mace competition, where they were presented with the tricky task ofjustifying that celebrities should be punished more harshly than others! We look forward to more lively debates next year. R]. D.

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Participants at all three levels of the Award have once again worked very hard on an impressive range of activities to complete the Volunteering, Skills and Physical sections. All three of these require a regular, sustained commitment over a number of months. In addition to this, the Gold Award participants must undertake a Residential section where they spend five days living with a group of people they do not know before carrying out shared activities. Below, Livi Wilkinson reflects on her residential course: When the time came to embark on a residential course for my Gold DofE award, / hadjust started learning Classical Greek. What could be better than an intensive course at a boarding school in Dorset? The prospect ofspending two weeks with three hundred 76—24 year olds / had never met before was nerve-racking; however, the opportunities for making friends were immense: in the dormitories, at mealtimes, at the bar, in the swimming pool, in classes. All this between 30+ hours of lessons using the textbook my tutor wrote, Greek plays, seminars and lectures given by university professors; we were thoroughly immersed in Greek culture. Besides memorising many, many participles, / learned to play squash, dressed up as a mermaid and sang in a group of Glee wannabes. lhad expected to walk away with an improved knowledge of Greek; what I did not anticipate was making over 100 new friends, from places as near as Ombers/ey Road to as far away as Texas. The part of the Award which many of the participants find the most challenging is the Expedition section. A very busy and comprehensive training programme is provided at all levels. This section has seen Bronze participants orienteering in Worcester Woods, overcoming very wet weather during a day walk in the Bransford area and going to the Bromsgrove area for their practice expedition. During this venture eighty three of the Upper Removes put all their acquired skills to successful use.They showed excellent campcraft skills and completed the required amount of walking over the course ofthe weekend.The weather proved to be very mixed, giving a great variety of conditions for testing out kit and skills. Twenty—six Fifth Formers have built on their experiences last year to complete a more challenging practice expedition in the Black Mountains for their Silver award. As well as completing a planned route and being self—sufficient for three days, they undertook a micronavigation exercise.

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From Octoberto April four students from the Lower Sixth worked with Spirax Sarco, a steam engineering company based in Cheltenham, to solve a tricky engineering problem. Ben Alexander, Tim Engstrom, Greg Shine and Luke Johnson were taking part in this year’s Engineering Education Scheme, the aim of which is to give Lower Sixth students a good idea of how engineers plan and carry out a project. Spirax Sarco is developing a method of insulating steam pipes by using a vacuum similar to the way in which a stainless steel vacuum flask works. As well as being more hygienic than the current method of insulation it will reduce the heat loss by over 80%. The team's task was to come up with a method of sealing the pipe once the vacuum had been created. What sounded easy in theory proved to be difficult in practice but after many hours of thought and deed, including a three day residential workshop at Birmingham University, they produced a Computer Aided Design of their proposed method from which a prototype was made. They wrote up their project in a report which wasjudged by a panel offive engineers from companies based in the West Midlands then presented their solution at this year’s EES celebration and assessment day held in May. Although it is not a competition the team was judged against a set of ten criteria; the fact that they scored above the average for the region in all of these shows how well they did. it proved to be a valuable engineering experience for all four students as well as giving them some relevant things to discuss on their university application forms. I.C.R.

At Gold level, the year began with twenty eight Upper Sixth students completing their qualifying expedition in the Lake District. This took

place last August and decent weather prevailed for all but one day. This four day expedition was certainly a challenge for all involved, and particularly so for one group who had a very ambitious second day where they scaled two signiﬁcant peaks (Robinson and Dale Head, 737m and 753m respectively) early in the day. All groups enjoyed the challenge and were able to appreciate spectacular views along the way, although sadly blisters got the better of one member. The Sixth Formers enrolled on the Gold programme this year have stepped up to the higher demands ofthis level. Twenty ﬁve students attended a training camp based at the Old Chapel during the Autumn half-term. Here they spent three days taking part in an intensive programme of activities designed to prepare them for the increased challenges of Gold expeditions. Navigation training, casualty incident scenarios, campcraft, cooking and expedition food, a night navigation exercise, a full day’s mountain walk on the Brecon Beacons and expedition First Aid kept everyone very busy. Good weather prevailed for the majority of the time; however, resolve was certainly tested on the second evening when the students had to cook their evening meal in very heavy rain.

This year has been very successful for King’s Equestrian Squad. We have increased our numbers and currently have 17 pupils putting themselves forward to compete at a variety of equestrian events. We rounded off last year with great success having teams compete in the National Schools Equestrian Association competition held at Hartpury College. The novice team won their class and qualiﬁed for the National Championships to be held at Addington Manor, Buckinghamshire (home of the equestrian team training for the Olympics 2012!)

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Later in the holiday the whole group of twenty three students

Addington Manor. The course consisted of twenty onejumps and King’s School shone through with the team being placed ﬁfth - ~ out of seventeen, a fantastic result.

journeyed to Snowdonia for their practice expedition Everyone worked hard together and successfully coped with a demanding route and very challenging weather. Not much sleep was had on the ﬁrst night when winds exceeded 60mph but during the day the weather moderated slightly. As well as a three day back—packing

Due to the weather this winter has been quite limiting, as some events have been cancelled. Our ﬁrst event of the academic year was Bloxham Eventer Challenge. This consists of horse and rider competing at both showjumping and cross country. We had a novice and open team competing. The open team was placed second which

The ﬁve students who have not done the Silver Award spent a further three days at the Old Chapel at the beginning ofthe Easter holidays to have some additional expedition training.

expedition, the groups and staff enjoyed a mountain walk up

was a great achievement. Carnedd Moel Siabod (872m) in the mist which involved some rock

scrambling. A few people from the group also spent a few days at the start of the holiday developing further expedition experience in the

Team: Jessamy Reece, Molly Farmiloe, Lucinda White and Izzy Lole

Black Mountains. The next step is to plan and complete an assessed expedition which is due to take place in the Lake District in August.

Equestrian Centre, Bromyard to compete in a regional showjumping competition. All three teams managed to come second in each class, with Claudia Pallett winning the open class individually.

This year’s expedition programme will culminate with 131 participants over the three levels ofthe Award undertaking qualifying expeditions in the Peak District for Bronze, the Yorkshire Dales for Silver and the

Lake District for Gold. A.M.S.

The novice, intermediate and open teams then travelled to King’s

Jade Gage competed in the National Schools’ Equestrian Association dressage competition, Prelim 12 and achieved a very respectable sixth place. Lucinda White

FANTASY FOOTBALL

LITERARY SOCIETY

Forty nine teams battled it out to become winners ofThe King’s School Fantasy Football League this season. In a hotly contested contest, Fletcher Overﬁeld (Year 6) took the honours of School Champion with his team ’best team in the world’. Fletcher’s team ﬁnished in the top 1% in the country where over 100,000 teams took part. The league runner—up was Ted Pickering (Year 6) and his team ’Colenel Porkchops Army, whilst third place was claimed by ’Bailey’s Brilliance’ managed by Mr Bailey (Staff). Fletcher was also the Year 6 winner. The other year group winners, where there were at least four teams, were Jack Baker’s’Volster United’ in Year 5; Sam Lowe’s’CheIsea’s new Xl’in Lower Fourth and Ruth Furber’s “Pandas FC’ in Upper Fourth. The FA Cup competition was won by Philip Hadley (Upper Remove) and his team ’Pride ofWorcester’.

In March the KSW Literary Society presented a play reading of Oscar Wilde’s ’The Importance of Being Earnest’. The evening, which was organised by Miranda Phillips, Jane Rees and Sarah Westlake (all Lower Sixth English Literature students), was held in the Severn Room. There were refreshments between acts, including sandwiches, some of them cucumber, and cake; and several bottles of King’s wine were entered as having been consumed.

Schools Fantasy League will be taking a break for the 2012/13 season whilst they review the game. They aim to deliver a brand new version forthe 2013/14 season. A.M.5.

Live chamber music greeted people as they arrived but soon we were into the reading, each section becoming more ofa performance

as readers, some dressed in period costume, AJMM immaculately so, relaxed into the occasion. There were splendid ’performances’: Peter Shepherd played just about every male character at some point; Harriet Duddy was a delightful Cecily, and Emily Barker a most convincing and charming Jack, I mean Ernest. For many of the students, this was a ﬁrst encounter with the play. For the staff, much of the evening's pleasure came from seeing the students’ increasing enjoyment ofthis brilliant play. S.Le M.

HISTORY CLUB History Club has met weekly throughout the year to bring History alive for the Fourth Forms. The year started with an archaeological ’dig’ in the classroom uncovering mystery objects and constructing a hypothesis about what they were, their original location and use. We have also thought about the ’History Around Us’ visiting the School Archives and looking closely for hidden historical treasures around the school site which are normally passed unnoticed. With a change of topic, the Spring term was spent critically reviewing ’The King’s Speech’ to consider the historical accuracy of the ﬁlm. To bring our archaeological theme from September full—circle, the year ended with a hands—on archaeological session at The Commandery in June, examining some very real and local historical artefacts.

MATHEMATICS The Mathematics department again organised its annual set of inter— House and Form competitions. In the Autumn term, it was the Upper Fourth pupils who were involved in four sections of mathematical questions, including a group circus round and a mathematical relay. Each form entered two teams and all competitors did extremely well, managing to solve a variety of challenging mathematical puzzles and problems. The competition was, as always, hotly contested with the lead changing from round to round. After a close—run relay the winners byjust one point were U4F,The team members were: Imogen Reynolds, Donovan Webb, George Blinman-Wilson and Sophie Richards. In the Spring term the Lower Fourth, along with two guest teams from Bishop Perowne, had their chance to display their mathematical skills, The eventual winners performed strongly throughout the whole competition, and after scoring the most points a team has ever scored in the final round, L4D were clear winners by nine points. The team members were Henry Armstrong, Alice Evans, William Hodgetts and Andrew Salkeld. A couple of weeks later it was the turn of the Removes in the Inter— House Maths Team Challenge. School House led from the first round right through the competition with a very strong team (Will Palmer, Sian Thompson, Theo Beever, Kathryn Smith).At the start of the last, relay, round they were only twelve points ahead, but managed to extend their lead to become eventual winners. Having three members of the team who represented King’s at last year’s national finals no doubt helped!

KAYAK CLUB Kayak Club has continued throughout the year after school on Wednesdays in the swimming pool.The club continues to be popular and has been supported by the senior students coaching the junior students and newcomers. Club members also demonstrated their skills in the Open mornings. The club also welcomed RAW and HMH who have both been supportive and encouraging. With the support of some funding the club bought new paddles and spray decks and have been enthusiastically used by the senior club members in the developing their more advanced skills; the kayaking rolling in particular has been very entertaining! Thejunior members and newcomers have continued with a variety of skills encouraging

All these competitions at King’s are loosely based on the national Maths Team Challenge, where a team of two Year 8 and two Year 9 pupils take part in four rounds of Maths problems. At this year’s regional final, held at Wycliffe College, King’s competed against twenty nine otherteams. In a nail biting finish, King’s were beaten into second place by Cheltenham Ladies’College by one point, despite the fact that we finished the final relay round with time to spare! This was a fantastic result, but we narrowly missed making the National finals in June. King’s team was Theo Beever, Kathryn Smith, George Blinmanv Wilson and Ivan Campbell—Ferguson. Pupils ofall ages again took part in the three Mathematical Challenges, organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust, King’s pupils performed well in these gaining numerous gold, silver and bronze certificates. Certificates for’Best in School’ in each challenge went to

boat control and conﬁdence. Luke Stevens (Intermediate) and Matthew Stobbs (Senior). Matthew

In February, members of the CCF also took part in canoeing at Upton Warren. Having waited all morning for the ice to break up, the crews eventually launched their crafts into the icy depths. Encouraged by the need to keep paddling, or become surrounded by the ice, all the crews managed to stay aﬂoat and keep warm. D. Grinne/l

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Stobbs and David Jubb both qualified for the Olympiad. At Intermediate level Luke Stevens, Joe Taylor and David Hui qualified for the Intermediate Olympiad. This was held in March, and over 1600 of the Country’s best Mathematicians were invited to take part. The questions set are difficult problems, and to solve any one of them is an achievement. David scored 52 out ofa possible 60 marks, gaining

maximum marks in ﬁve out of six problems.This placed him in the top ﬁfty nationally. He has been awarded a medal and book prize,

as well as being invited to a week long maths summer school. Many congratulations to him! Pupils in the Lower Fourth and Upper Fourth took part in the Junior Maths Challenge in April with much success! A total of 86 certificates were awarded, including 20 gold, 20 silver and 46 bronze certificates. The best score in school was obtained by Will Hodgetts in L4D, and he qualified for the Olympiad round which will take place in June. The Inter-House Countdown Competition saw 24 competitors battling it out using a mixture of mathematical speed, nerve and tremendous skill. Oswald, last year’s finalists, were unfortunate to be beaten in a hiin scoring first match against Chappel. The semi-final line up was completed by Choir, Creighton and Bright. In a wonderful and high quality final Chappel outscored Bright by 110 points to 90, with both teams scoring maximum points for a round on more than one occasion. Many congratulations to Chappel on retaining the trophy.

Committee, Sarah Westlake, Political Committee and Harrison Grifﬁths on Disarmament. They all contributed in some way, great or small, dressed very professionally in business suits for the entire weekend and were a credit to the school. E.W.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE SOCIETY This year a group of linguistically minded students from the Lower Sixth grouped together to form the student—led Modern Foreign Language Society with the aim of providing international experiences whilst still within our College Green address. We started the year with a Breton ’FestNoz’themed evening in College Hall, a combination of French dancing, games and fancy (Breton— themed) dress which proved to be a great success, Our next evening was the AdventsFest, which we laid on for the theatre

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goers before the senior school drama production at the end of the Autumn term. Combining with other Sixth Form led Young Enterprise groups on this evening led to a wonderful German Christmassy Market type atmosphere, complete with Bratwurst, Gluhwein, Cold Weather, carols and a few little elves as well.

MUN has had a resurgence this year with meetings regularly attended by over twenty enthusiastic students from the Lower Fourth to the

To complete the triangle of Modern Foreign Languages studied by the society’s members, for our ﬁnal event of the year we brought in a professional Salsa teacher for a fantastic Spanish evening of dancing and tapas,

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Upper Sixth. As long as they have an interest in politics, social issues and injustices around the world and a desire to talk and debate, age does not matter, We have had lively and well-meaning discussions, led by the senior students, and have sometimes been joined by MRD and the Amnesty International Group. Our highlight of the year was a weekend trip to the beautiful and welcoming campus of Kingswood School, Lansdowne, Bath which hosts a one thousand delegate strong International conference on behalf of all the Bath schools, run by the students themselves and overseen by the Head of Sixth Form, Chris Woodgate, and the outgoing Morag Lemmy, who has organised this leviathan for twenty years. Participating schools come from all over England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but we werejoined by Edison High and Tustin High from California, three schools from Germany, the Anglo American School of Moscow and the English College In Prague. We met for Registration at 5.30pm on Friday, 2 March and departed at 4pm on Sunday 4 March, having networked, lobbied and debated solidly for many hours on all three days or evenings.

Thankfully, all three evenings went down well with very positive feedback and high attendance levels and we fulﬁlled our aim of showing our guests how to celebrate, dance and eat as though they were foreigners. I would like to thank Madame Cantin and Mrs Stanley for their endless enthusiasm on the College Hall dance ﬂoor, although it must be noted there was an attempt at rivalry by Herr Ball at times! Special thanks also go to Maria Coley, Georgia Riley, Jo Stormonttharling, Victoria Dexter, Sami Marks and Jake Hudson for all their help and energy in the occasionally stressful planning of the events. We hope to see you at one ofour forthcoming events. Maddy Brown/ow

PHILOSOPHY CLUB The Philosophy Club’s motto is ”Don't take the blue pill”. If you have seen the ﬁlm ’The Matrix’ you will know that this is a demand that tough questions about reality must be faced and that no easy answers will be accepted! Certainly the Philosophy Club, which meets after school on Wednesday, has debated some profound issues this year and pupils from the Lower Remove to the Upper Sixth have made important contributions. We began the season with discussions around some classic problems in the philosophy of mind and in the latter part of the year we have focused on questions of political and economic morality, with lively discussions provoked by the work of Tony Judt and Michael Sandel. Though our numbers are never large I have been impressed by both the commitment of the regular members and the intellectual quality of their contributions. MRD.

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We were fortiﬁed by wonderful cooking and accommodation at the nearby farmhouse of Wilkes Farm, who have looked after us forthe past three years. Rob Battrum, Disarmament Committee, was Ambassador

for Switzerland and led Dylan Rivers, Political Committee, John Rowland, Economic Committee, Alex Wright, Ollie Wall, both Human

Rights Committees, and Sam Mountain, Middle East Committee. Dave Chappel, Economic Committee, was Ambassador for Burundi and was in control of Dan Mead, Africa Committee, Aaron Pardoe Davies,

Political Committee, Aaron Daniels, James Green and Rory Clayton were all on Human Rights Committees. Finally, Jem Maybank, Human Rights Committee, led the Vatican as Ambassador and had with her Olivia Wiles, Environment Committee, Beren Millidge, Economic

We’ve had and continue to have many real, probing discussions on many oflife's big questions.Thisyearwe started in January by looking at whether it’s possible for God to exist, and what this could mean? We moved onto looking at whether the bible is true, or if we could know that anything in history is deﬁnitively true. Later in the year we looked at a variety of intriguing questions including God and suffering, God and evolution, if predestination and free—will could both coexist, and different religions, who has the answer? Numbers have ﬂuctuated due to pupils having other extracurricular commitments, although we’ve consistently had a range of pupils from different year groups attending regularly. “Questions” continues to challenge and probe all who attend, allowing pupils to ask the questions they rarely have a setting, or chance to ask. J.N.G.

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QUIZZING

SCHOOL ARCHIVE

Earlier this term we entered two teams, comprised of members of the Upper Fourth, into the Junior Challenge Quiz competition. In the first round, held down the road at RGS, we faced teams from St Mary’s, RGS, Warwick and Bristol Grammar. Our first team, captained by Ivan Campbell—Ferguson and with John Cotterell, Ruth Furber and James Smalley were comfortable winners of all rounds beating RGS, Bristol and our own second team and then winning in the final against Warwick. The second team of Rachel Bruno, Ed Peckston and Sarah Thickett ended in third place overall, despite being a man down. Winning the heats meant going through to the regional finals which were held on March in Walsall against Queen Mary's Grammar School for Boys.

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The team for the regional ﬁnal was Ivan Campbell-Ferguson, Ruth Furber, Ed Peckston and James Smalley. The competition is in the style of University Challenge with starter questions with no conferring and then bonus questions, although no points are deducted for incorrect interruptions. Practically every topic comes up; politics, sport, history, geography, music, mythology, food, language and maths. We narrowly lost, the ﬁnal score of 800 to 710 may look huge but it really isn’t with the scoring system used. The question master commented on how impressed he was with the King's team’s performance. Ed Peckston

ROBOTICS CLUB This has been another successful year for this popular Fourth Form activity. There seems to be no limit to the imagination and ingenuity of the new starters each year. It proved to be another successful year in the First Lego League competition with the Upper Fourth team led by Ben Weaver wining the largest regional heat in Bristol and in doing so qualifying for the National ﬁnal which is held each year at Loughborough. The theme ofthis year was Food Safety and the team chose to tackle the controversial technique of food irradiation in their project. Whilst they couldn’t quite repeat last year’s success they did well and promise to try again next year. /.C.R,

SCIENCE CLUB Science club has provided pupils with an opportunity to have’hands on’ experience in the three Sciences. This club has become even more successful this year and the intake of Fourth Formers has been tremendous.This club normally only runs for two terms, but due to its popularity this year we are running it also during the Summer term. Pupils come to the club knowing that they will get a chance to carry out investigations that are different and exciting (hopefully coming away with a little more knowledge regarding the science behind the activity). This term alone pupils have worked out how ketchup has the capability of cleaning the Statue of Liberty, Tom Bishop became the Ultimate Champion with his quick reaction time of tranquilising sheep and Rachel McLeod brought in her famous cockroaches, enthusiastically demonstrating her extended knowledge of such interesting creatures. Dissection is always one of the most popular activities and pupils have had the opportunity to dissect sheep’s hearts, ﬁsh and also study a ’pig’s pluck’ where they get to appreciate how the circulatory system works (blowing up the lungs at the end is always a bonus!) Pupils have also enjoyed creating a model gut, looking to see how food is broken down, how nutrients are

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One year on as School Archivist I’m learning that it’s a small world, full

of coincidences, and this job is so involved I will never have things up to date! Here’s a snapshot of the year, and an appeal for your involvement. The Archive itself has undergone a facelift, and the newly refurbished layout was open for the last Open Morning of the year in January (as it will be for all future ones), and later in May for the 109‘h Annual OV Reunion. At this latter event it was almost impossible to move, as the place was full of OVs either looking at the display boards, watching the slideshow, or riﬂing through the Archive boxes that had some relevance to them. I must remember to insist on the OVs wearing the white cotton gloves the next time! In February, the School Archive took part in the Stretch Day for local Year 6 pupils. For an hour, (which whizzed by) I hosted twenty eight enthusiastic individuals some of whom are pictured here. We tried on various items of school and CCF headgear, and then donned white

gloves (I remembered this time!) to examine and identify a collection of ”lucky dip” items from the School Archive. One young man was extremely excited to unwrap a bullet. I took them on a quick tour of ET (Edgar Tower) including the top tower room, whose stairs proved an object of fascination in themselves, as did the grafﬁti! All insisted on signing the Visitor’s Book, a sure sign of having enjoyed the experience. Ifthey end up as pupils and then future OVs, one day they may return to look for their signature and other traces of their

time at King’s. It was fun and I look forward to next year’s Stretch Day in February. Undoubtedly the enquiries that come in are a fascinating part of the job. Here’s one from New South Wales. An e-mail arrived from someone researching Francis Knipe, listed in the 1871 census as a boarder at 2, Edgar Street. It was hoped that Francis attended King’s . he did. The school register mentions him in 1865, and our Archive records include his obituary as he later played an important role in bell-ringing at the Cathedral. The Cathedral Archivist also provided valuable information, and all was emailed back to the researcher. In return, he supplied information about Knipe’s life in Australia that we did not know, and so the two halves of Francis Knipe’s life werejoined up, so to speak. The researcher was investigating the passengers and crew of a ship called the“Windsor Castle” (pictured here), that carried people emigrating to Australia in I886 and embarked on the ominous date of Friday 13'“. Francis emigrated with his wife, Clara, and her brother Claremont Skrine — whose name was mistakenly transcribed and appears on the passenger list as Claremont S. Krime. The same happened to Francis, who was the ship’s surgeon. He was listed as Francis O‘Knife. . ..Dr. O’Knife the Surgeon....quite amusing really! The Archive has provided displays for the 0V Reunions, (two in one year) and also for the ofﬁcial opening ofthe Michael Baker Boathouse. Two splendid mannequins wearing rowing livery from the Archive stood either side ofthe main door, and display boards inside showed a pictorial history of rowing at King’s. Neville Bulman, the 0V who donated the white livery (pictured here in 1951) attended the reunion. We also provided information and photos for the book published to coincide with the opening. By coincidence, in the same week I received an email from someone wanting information and photos about another member of Neville’s rowing team, Paul Burgess (sitting on the ground in the photo).Thanks to Neville’s care in labelling the photos he had donated, I was able to trace Paul Burgess’s history through the school, and send photos of a young Paul to his family, who had few pictures of him at that age. Research for enquiries and events takes longer than you think, but it’s a fascinating and important part ofthe job, and I am greatly assisted in this task by my helpers. Finally, we have a project running at the moment called “King’s in 100 Objects”. We are trying to encapsulate in 100 objects what it means to study at, work at, or have attended in the past, The King’s Schoo|,The object must have a relevance to Kings 7 the one illustrated here is a ticker-timer used in Physics lessons. You can suggest your object, or ﬁnd out more, if you e-mail archives@ksw.org.uk, or look at the “100 Objects” page on the school website.

Annual Pink Day in October got offto a lively start with a pink themed intraegender netball match. Throughout the day, a sale of bags, stickers, ribbons, ﬂowers and cakes raised a total of more than £850.

This was divided between the Worcestershire Breast Cancer Unit Appeal and the Breast Cancer Campaign.

The term ended in festive fashion at our Christmas Party for local senior citizens. Hosted by the Upper Sixth, guests were treated to a programme ofentertainment which included dancing, a Frank Sinatra medley and even a singing donkey. Father Christmas and a team of elves were on hand to distribute gifts at a festive tea in the dining hall where there was enthusiastic carol singing and a raffle.

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The Spring term’s activities included collection ofChristmas cards sent to Malawi Dream, a charity who uses them to support educational work, cake sales, for Oxfam’s continuing work in Haiti and in response

to the Red Cross Syria Crisis appeal, and our major event Green Day. Green clothing and balloons were out in force to support FairTrade, WaterAid and WWF with over £1,500 raised, with which we sponsored a number of animals together with an area of rainforest, contributed to increasing fair trade in developing countries and to water hygiene facilities and education. The Summer term saw the Charity Committee helping out at the Fourth Forms moneyeraising disco in support of Acorns Children’s Hospice and organising the garden party for Fort Royal School. We proved that even a wet garden party can be a happy one and our hosting Lower Sixth year group did a wonderful job entertaining our guests and remaining cheerful despite the weather. The boys and girls (our own as well as our guests) enjoyed the bouncy castle and slide, dramatic storytelling and dance performances, music, painting, football, games and other activities as well as a Punch and Judy show and a barbecue. S.H.Le M.

lfyou have anything you would like to donate to the School Archive, please get in touch. ”Raiders ofthe Lost Archive" Club The “Raiders of the Lost Archive Club" (sorry, Indiana) had several

enthusiastic members and I am grateful to all ofthem for their lively company and help through the year. They are Daniel Austin, Alice Butcher, Laura Eaton, Alice Harrington, Lottie Ricketts, and Molly

Watson, (aka. ”The Llamas") e I particularly enjoyed the dancing, never thought Archivists did that while they worked! The Tuesday after—school session for the Sixth Form proved difﬁcult to schedule, but I would love to hear from new Sixth Formers who would like to help develop the Archive next academic year, You need an enquiring mind, and an interest in history helps, especially ofthe school, dancing not compulsory. There’s tea, coffee, biscuits (if! haven’t already eaten them), and access to networked computers if you need a quietish place to work any time when the Archive is open. Pauline Baum

’Stepping Fourth' is a twice—termly magazine, produced by Fourth Formers for Fourth Formers, This year a lively and enthusiastic pack of newsehounds have met every Monday and have produced some excellent material for each edition e topical news, advice for holiday activities and Christmas and Valentine gifts, delicious recipes and popular fashion features. Will Hodgetts offered important advice as far as binging on chocolate at the end of Lent was concerned and regular surveys were conducted by Sophie Carter and Lou Turner into such things as favourite music, New Year resolutions, Valentine gifts and Easter EggsThese were often carried out at Open Mornings, when visitors had the opportunity to see work in progress on the magazine. Other popular features have been Meg Baxter and Verity Dorsett’s "cringe” pages and Theo Osmond's regular cartoon strips although sadly we were unable to encourage any entries from our readers into our cartoon competition! Lottie Ricketts and Evie Maitland had more success with their Easter drawing competition, which attracted some excellent contributions. Their “Perfect Pet“ questionnaire also offered some excellent advice, as did Jade Gage’s regular articles on looking after animals. Altogether there has been some excellent work completed and we look forward to watching these young journalists ﬂourish as they make their way up through the school.

We had five Lower Sixth Young Enterprise companies this year, all taking part in the Company Programme, and involving fifty nine members of the year group. KSlnnovations focused on making cheese boards from slate and these sold extremely well throughout the year, Vega capitalised on the craze for the ’Keep Calm and Carry On’ theme with their aprons, FairTrends sold a variety of products all based around an ecoefriendly theme, Red Sparrow flew the flag for Worcester with their Worcestershire Saucy range of products, including aprons, recipe cards and a specially commissioned chutney and Avian (as you might guess from the name) sold products based on birds, including bird boxes and food packs. All of the companies sold well throughout the year and the members learnt a lot about setting up and running a business, Red Sparrow and Avian did particularly well in the competition part ofthe programme, both going on to represent South Worcestershire at the regional finals and picking up several awards along the way,

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The Library book club WRAITH (Writing, Reading and Imaginative Thinking) now has nearly ﬁfty members (in three different groups) who meet every half term to discuss a book or ten! This year the books discussed have included ’My name is Mind by David Almond, ’The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins, ‘F/ip" by Martyn Bedford,’ Numbers’ by Rachel Ward, ’Starcrossed’ by Josephine Angelini and a whole smorgasbord of other titles. Sometimes everyone reads the same book (with very different reactions) and sometimes the pupils all read a different title that somebody else has recommended. This summer term all of the WRAITH groups are concentrating on a selection of books from the 2012 Carnegie shortlist (of which the

winner is announced on June 14‘"). WRAITH sessions are always lively and enjoyable, with much literary debate fuelled by cake! This has been my first year of running WRAITH (with the valuable assistance of LAW) and l have been very impressed with the enthusiastic input from the pupils, all of whom have contributed with articulately expressed opinions. We have had fun and hopefully their eyes have been opened to some books that they would not otherwise have read. Mine certainly have! I would like to thank our Fifth Form members for their longstanding commitment to WRAITH, and hope that they will continue to ﬁnd time for ﬁction during their Sixth Form studies. A. Jeffrey ‘iii

In February, a two-hour ZumbaFest led by CJC was held in College Hall to raise money for Chappel House’s charity, the Joanna Brown Trust. Over one hundred people attended and the event proved to be a great success, much enjoyed by all. Chappel House is delighted to announce that altogether the ZumbaFest raised £500. This will be awarded by the Joanna Brown Trust as a bursary to a local sporting talent. CJ,C.

For the ﬁrst time this year we have had two ’Younger Enterprise’ companies in the Upper Fourth and are delighted at the level of entrepreneurship amongst our 1243 year olds! They formed two companies, CleverCogs and Pheonix. CleverCogs produced a very smart King’s branded water bottle which sold out quickly and Pheonix are in the process of ﬁnalising their tea towel project for King’s St Alban’s and King’s Hawford. These younger pupils show a lot of promise and we look forward to working with them higher up the school. A big thank you to our business advisers who make all ofthis possible and for continued support from Worcester Bosch, J.C,V.

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A soon as the very busy Autumn term came to an end, thirty three Students from the Fifth and Sixth Form set off forthe airport with four staff for the senior ski trip. A chance encounter with the ’cheeky girls’ in the queue for a sandwich at the airport and the promise of copious quantities of fresh snow were enough to raise the levels ofexcitementl As expected the snow was falling in huge quantities and we were very lucky, with the aid of snow chains, to get to the resort as planned, Several other schools were beaten by the mountain pass and spent the night somewhat cold and tiredl With some of the best skiing of the last few years the week was greatly enjoyed by the students who improved their skiing tremendously, The atmosphere amongst the group was great (as usual) and once again, it was a great opportunity for the year groups to mix and for all to make new friendships. My thanks go to the other staff who helped make the trip a great success. c

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Four staff and thirty one students from the Fourth Forms and Removes arrived safely in Passo Tonale in the ltalian Alps for a week offun in the snow during February halfeterm, It was very clear from quite early on that the group would take its opportunities and enjoy all it was offered From the very start, the atmosphere was great; the students enjoyed every minute ofthe skiing and had great fun in all the evening activities These ranged from pizza nights to karaoke, ﬁlm nights to swimming and so on, One of the highlights was the game ’bridging’ which involved teams attempting to get plastic cups furthest away from the start point by crawling along the backs of their teammates! The snow conditions were very good and the groups quickly improved as the week went on. Even the beginners had managed plenty of good mileage by the end of the week, My special thanks go to my colleagues who seamlessly took over following my bump at the end ofthe penultimate clay which caused me an extended stay in Italyl C,W.S.W.

Thirty nine pupils and five members of staff ﬂew to Italy in April for a weeklong trip to Rome and The Bay of Naples, An early morning guided tour of the Colosseum before the major crowds » was stunning, followed by a walking

tourthrough the Roman Forum, through two famous piazzas, past the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain and ﬁnishing at the Spanish Steps, Hard work on the feet but a spectacular whistle stop

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theatre, bath houses, bakeries and forum, was our next stop on what turned out to be a lovely sunny day. The pupils enjoyed seeing the town’s Rome, in one the appreciating that the latter was much smaller than the Villa Oplontis, the museum at Naples, climbed The second leg of the tour saw us travel to the bay of Naples, where we visited Herculaneum, to the summit ofVesuvius and spent, unfortunately, a very rainy day in Pompeii.

A very busy programme of events but helped along by ample

tour was seeing the local people in Sorrento observe pizza, paSta and ice cream! One ofthe unexpected highlights ofthe Good Friday with their solemn processions through the streets ofthe town

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Saturday 30 April: 1 got up at 5.30am, but with good reason e a group ofUpper Remove pupilswere going on the FrenchExchange. We arrived at school, waved goodbye to our parents and set off to Le Vesinet. Nearing our destination, everybody started to get apprehensive; would we get along with our partners? Food was the other concern. Would we like it.7 Sunday was spent with our exchanges. We went to places like museums, Aqua land or Disneyland! Monday was the first day that we saw their school. Although very different to King’s, it was really interesting. We also took our first trip into Paris, visiting the ’Tour Eiffel and climbing to the second floor; the view was magical! Finally, we visited Montmartre. Paris was continued on Tuesday. We walked almost everywhere, getting a feel for the city ~ through the court yard of the Louvre, seeing the famous Pyramids, before continuing to the Notre Dame. Next, the teachers allowed us to do some shopping. it had been an interesting, but tiring two days in Paris. Wednesday - our last day. Firstly, we experienced a school lesson; i went to Spanish - not that different to our own lessons, apart from being in French! A quick trip to the Palace of Versailles followed, seeing the magnificent gardens and fountains. French pupils get Wednesday afternoons off, so we had to be back at school for midday. In the afternoon, many of us took the train into Paris, and paid a scary visit to the Manoir du Paris — a live action Haunted House! By Thursday morning everybody was sad to be leaving, but everyone had found the experience a great chance to practise their French. We would like to say ’merci’to Mr Wright, Miss Mellor and Mr Gallantree-Smith for putting up with us. We had a great time. Sian Thompson

At the beginning of the Easter Holidays, a group of Upper and Lower Sixth went to Reims in France to take part in the French exchange. We spent an enjoyable week in Reims in the centre of the Champagne region of France, despite the cold weather that we’d hoped we’d left behind in England. We visited the Fossier Biscuit Factory where we ate and bought too many biscuits, and were enticed by the massive vats of chocolate and icing. In the centre of Reims we visited the famous medieval cathedral, where the Kings of France used to hold their coronations, and the Pommery Champagne House, where several pieces of surreal modern art had been installed in the caves, including self—playing instruments and singing skulls, among the millions of bottles of champagne. We also took the two hour coach trip to Paris for one day, where we looked around Montmartre and the Eiffel Tower, took a long walk down the Champs-Elyse’es and attempted to make a human pyramid in front ofthe rather larger glass Pyramide du Louvre. it was a great trip and we would all like to thank Mr Owen and Mme Cantin fortaking us. Thomas Broad/ey

The German Christmas market tour was a fantastic trip for the children and parents at King’s school to really get a feel (and taste!) of how Germany celebrates Christmas. It was a lovely opportunity to mix with other families and friends in the group, experience different cultures and also to catch up on last minute present shopping. My favourite part of the German Markets trip was the biggest German Markets in the centre of Cologne. We got to see the wonderful cathedral and went around all the stalls in the market. The stalls included a wide variety of different products, including stalls selling hot mulled wine and hot chocolate, crepes, handcrafted children’s toys and jewellery, sausages and meats, Christmas decorations and chocolate covered delights. By day it was like any Christmas market, but by night it was completely different. Thousands of twinkling lights and huge star-shaped lanterns adorned the trees and the beautiful wooden cabins where the merchants sold their goods. Some were dressed traditionally in old fashioned frocks and suits and others were not German but had come from places far and wide. 1 also liked the boat trip which had a festive feel to it as we listened to a tour, drank hot chocolates and ate traditional cake. This took us to the Lindt chocolate factory which was amazing. It was educational yet delicious at the same time! I thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas Markets trip and would encourage all who can to go next year! Meg Baxter

GEOGRAPHY FIELDWORK A Level Trip to the Gower Peninsula French Work Experience

During the Easter holidays, a group of six Lower Sixth students travelled to Le Vésinet, near Paris, to begin one or two—week work placements. Five of us, myself included, were placed in cafes, and

one in a bookshop; this meant that we had plenty of opportunity to practise our French on real—life French customers: an exciting, if slightly daunting, prospect. My own ﬁrst day mainly consisted of learning the many different

types of coffee it was necessary to make, as well as meeting my new colleagues and some regularcustomers,to whomlwas mostly introduced as ’la petite stagiare anglaisej to save future confusion. It quickly became apparent that to complete an interaction with

a customer without them realising your nationality was a huge achievement, and that the most disheartening words to hear in response to your carefully planned French sentence were ‘Oh, you’re English!’

Fieldwork is a significant and enjoyable feature of the Geography A-level course and in October thirty nine AS Geographers headed for theirtraditional visit to Gower over two long weekends. The purpose was to explore the magnificent geomorphological features of the peninsular and practise a variety offieldwork skills although time was also found for beach football and some ice cream eating. Oxwich Bay Hotel was the perfect venue for our stay providing the party with excellent food and inspirational surroundings in equal measure. Time was spent analysing the characteristics of a stream (and discovering that channels do indeed become deeper than Wellington boot height downstream), investigating the formation of sand dunes and understanding how climates of 120,000 years ago have helped shape the coastline of today. Follow up evening workshops kept the group busy which meant that the AS Unit 2 Investigation was written in rough before returning to school. S.C.C.

Upper Sixth Visits to Birmingham The Geography Department took an enthusiastic group from the Upper Sixth to a conference given by the Royal Meteorological Society held in Birmingham on a very cold Saturday in February. Experts in their ﬁeld spoke about climate change and the complex weather events of last year. The talks were illustrated with detailed graphs and photographs, although the broken heating and snow that began to fall outside the lecture hall made everyone think quite closely about

the weather!

For most of the group, the time passed without too much mishap, though notable events included Georgia Riley losing her passport at the very last minute before boarding the plane home, and Peter

Shepherd falling off his scooter in the middle of the road and being rushed to hospital (where, after a ﬁve hour wait, he was pronounced ﬁne). At the end of each of our work placements, it was easy to see that

a lot had been gained from the experience — indeed, Sally Lucas made such an impression that she was asked back to work in the summer! For me, personally, the occasion of my last day was

marked by my colleagues choosing to drench me with a bucket of water, in full view of the customers, who seemed to be aware of the fact that this was ’traditionnel’. I am still not entirely convinced,

but decided not to press the issue. I think I speak for everyone in the group when I say that the experience of working in France was a thoroughly worthwhile

challenge, which has already proved beneﬁcial to our conﬁdence both in speaking the language and in understanding the people and the culture.

A week later a repeat visit to Birmingham was made, this time with all forty Upper Sixth Geographers. In the morning a coach tour allowed the party to contrast different parts of the urban landscape before stopping at Attwood Green. A walking tour ofthis redeveloped inner city area helped illustrate the transformation that has taken place over the past few years, although temperatures ofaround zero made sketching the area less appealing! Brindley Place and the Bull Ring later provided excellent examples of how planners have revitalised the city centre and a walk into Eastside gave the group a glimpse of the H52 rail construction site. All these ﬁeldwork sites have direct relevance to the A2 course and will be able to be used in exam

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LR Geography Cadbury World Fieldwork The Lower Remove substituted normal lessons for a trip to Cadbury World as part oftheirstudy ofglobalisation in Geography. This involved an excellent talk by their education team about the company, its recent takeover by Kraft and the chocolate production process. Pupils gained a much greater understanding ofthe lives of cocoa farmers in Ghana and the importance of FairTrade. After the talk, pupils enjoyed a tour of Cadbury World and a chance to sample plenty of chocolate including a delicious liquid variety. Back at school, what had been learnt on the trip was put into good practice when pupils researched more about Ghana and levels of world development. J.R.E. /S.C.C.

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Next to a cemetery that houses 32,000 crosses marking German war losses in the Netherlands is a youth centre which offers variOUS peace programmes for European school groups. Led by RJH and SHLeM, a group of eight from King’s joined our partner school from Magdeburg in Germany at the centre. Highlights of the trip included visiting the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, observing the burial of two German soldiers Whose remains were recently uncovered, cleaning graves, and Cycling 25km around the Dutch countryside. We also heard was from a Dutch man who was hidden as a baby because he Jewish His parents were deported to Auschwitz, never to return.

Our pupils interacted marveilously with the German group and improved their German along the way. We can happily report that the English dominated on the football pitch. We hope to repeat the trip in

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During the February half—term, a number of A Level Art students accompanied members of staff for a five-day visit to one of the most culturally rich cities in the world; Venice. After beginning the trip in Manchester at 2‘00am, we finally arrived in the city by waterbus at midday to freezing temperatures. However, neither the weather nor the early start slowed our enthusiasm and we began by exploring the winding streets and curious shops of the Dorsoduro district, where many were dressed in elaborate costumes and masks for the Venetian Carnivale, before spending the afternoon enjoying 20”” century modern art in ’The Avant Garde from Picasso to Pollock’exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. The next day began with a visit to the Basilica di San Marco in the historical St Mark‘s Square, before a trip to the medieval Rialto market and the enormous gothic church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari which displayed world famous paintings by Titian including his altarpiece‘The Assumption’. We also had the opportunity to visit the Sculoa di san Rocco, an ornate 15“ century building which offered fifty four masterpieces by Tintoretto. Our experience of Italian Renaissance art widened following an opportunity to observe paintings by Cannaletto and Titian at the Accademia Gallery the next day, together with other pre-l 9““ century Venetian artworks. Alongside the artistic theme of the trip, we were able to immerse ourselves in Venetian culture; from gondolier rides through the canals, trips to the islands Murano and Burano, delicious food in Venetian cafes, mass in the

Basilica di San Marco and the electric night time carnival celebrations in St Mark’s Square, everyone had a chance to explore and appreciate this unique city. Many thanks are due to Mrs Hand, Mr Haywood and Miss Hewitt for organizing this memorable visit. Serena Sidaway

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The 1“l XV had one of the strongest seasons in the school’s history. Across the twenty five games, 879 points were scored and eighteen different players contributed to the 133 tries scored. We reached the semifinal of the Daily Mail Cup for the first time and amongst other good results posted a record score against WRGS in front of 3,500

supporters. The season started back in July with a very successful tour to America and Canada. The squad of forty one played eight games, winning them all. The hospitality we received was first class and the time together helped to put in place the team spirit that saw us through some tight games later in the season. Our first big win came against a strong Monmouth team who won all but two oftheir games during the season. We scored five tries in a great display ofattacking rugby. Our second game against Solihull, after a frustrating draw earlier in the season, saw another determined performance. Will Meikle scored

the pick of the tries in what was a dominant display by the pack. This win gave the squad conﬁdence leading into the big pressure game against RGS. A completely dominant display lead to six unanswered tries. Despite not playing to the best of our ability we broke the line regularly and a great individual try by Meikle and a team try ﬁnished off by Jeavons—Fellows were the highlights of the game. A 33-0 win over Bishop Stortford saw us progress to the last sixteen

in the Cup and a difficult encounter with Adams 6.5 under lights at Droitwich RFC. They started the game well and took a 10-0 lead before we found our feet and started putting sustained pressure on their defence. Two well finished tries by Nuttall and Serafini (one of twenty seven scored during the season) put us in front before Osborn outpaced the defence to seal the win. This victory put us in the quarter finals against a much fancied Wilmslow team.They lost in the semi-final the season before and their Upper Sixth year had previously won the Under 15 Daily Mail Cup. We took an early lead with a well taken penalty from Kitching. Wilmslow hit back quickly with three points of their own before scoring a well worked try to go 873 up. We kept working hard and scored a good try off a scrum with full back Allen giving the pass to put Osborn in the clear. Wilmslow scored again to give them a 13-8 lead. Despite going down to fourteen men with a sin—bin, we scored the decisive try with thirty three minutes of the second half gone. A well worked lineout with Johns hitting the tail under huge pressure saw Giles get over the gain line from the back peel. De Cothi broke before giving a perfect pass back inside to Jeavons—Fellows who crashed overthe line. Kitching held his nerve with the kick to give us a 15-i3 lead. We had to hold out for over ten minutes of added time with some fantastic defence to seal the win.

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Despite putting in a committed performance and dominating the second half possession in the semi-ﬁnal we could not prevent two strong individual tries that ended what was a fantastic cup run. it was a great season that saw an extremely well balanced squad of players come together to play some impressive rugby. Harry Nuttall captained the side for the second season to great effect and was supported well by his vice-captain George Kitching and senior players Adam Johns and George Jeavons-Fellows. The players deserve a lot ofcredit fortheir hard work and commitment throughout the season. I would like to thank Hatﬁelds Jaguar for providing the charity shirts for the senior squad. The pink shirts worn were in aid of Noah’s Ark Trust, County Air Ambulance Trust and Breast Cancer Care. Money has been raised through shirt sales and sponsorship. I would also like to thank CA, 5MB, AJF and ADG fortheir hard work and support throughout the season and the ground staff who produced fantastic playing surfaces for all ofthe age groups. Preston Cup - Most improved player: Alex Osborn Surman Cup -,Services to the Rugby Club: John Sansome Player ofthe season , Adam Johns and Harry Nuttall J.J./Vl.

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1stV|l With the run in the Daily Mail going into the second term it made it very difficult to prepare for and compete in Sevens this season. Leading intothe Brecon tournament we only had one week to prepare which proved a decisive factor in close games against Bro Morgannwg and Llandovey which we should have won. We eventually went out against a strong Millfield team in the first knock out round. The following weekend at the Marches saw a marked improvement. We won the group beating Colston’s, Monmouth and Malvern. Unfortunately in the quarter finals we came up against Coleg Sir Gar, the eventual winners. Although we had our chances to take the lead in the first half their size and physicality in the set piece and around the contact area gave them the edge.

Bishop Vesey’s on the smallest pitch they could find. Alex Spring did an excellent job at full back while Will Newton was the finisher of the back line. The Forsyth twins could be relied on to score in a tight game; both Jamie and Alex showed great determination throughout the season, despite injuries. A very enjoyable season was concluded with an excellent win against WRGS. The score was so comfortable that all the Upper Sixth, in a number of unfamiliar positions, were on the pitch to complete their rugby at school, only for the captain to be sent off, not the best finish in the end. With many returning next year and a strong Fifth Form, the signs are good for another excellent season. S./l/i.B.

We pulled out of the North tournament and sent a second team to Solihull and Mount St Mary’s.They performed extremely well on both occasions beating the WRGS 1‘( team squad and putting some strong performances together against schools like Durham and Barnard Castle. At the King’s tournament, despite playing some good rugby, we lost in the quarter finals against Ellesmere College. The highlight of this tournament was our second team winning the Plate. It was lead well by Zach Bailey and contained seven Under 16 players. They scored a number of well worked tries to beat WRGS ‘lit VII in the semi final and King Henry’s Coventry in the final. At Rosslyn Park we had a tough group but got off to a good start beating Wisbech and Wimbledon comfortably. We then had the crunch game against a very strong Cranleigh team who were coming into the Nationals fresh from a tournament win and boasting a number of schoolboy internationals. We had our chances and kept possession well but went down in what was a tight game. Our last game against Durham gave us a deserved victory, with Serafini scoring a hat—trick oftries. It was a frustrating season during which we never really hit full stride. Having to drop in and out of Sevens and Fifteens training made it hard to build momentum and fitness which is so important. Despite this more than twenty five players represented the school across six tournaments which bodes well for Sevens over the next few years. JJM. 2nd XV A very successful tourto USA and Canada saw a strong 2”d XV unbeaten in their four matches, scoring some good tries. Pre—season at Mount St Mary’s meant that some who had not toured were keen to show their skills. A good win at KES Birmingham 28~26 saw the season off to a good start with captain Matthew Hotham getting two of the four tries scored. He was an ever present and his determination and drive from the back row saw him top try scorer with William Newton, seven tries each.With strong backs and sometimes outsized but determined forwards a running style of rugby was adopted and of the forty six tries we scored there were seventeen different scorers. Monmouth, Warwick and Oldswinford were simply too strong for us whilst we could have beaten Solihull but for an extraordinary try (which would not have been given at home). The power that we did have and were able to use against the lesser sides came from Chris Djiallis who played a number of positions, Torn Evans, a solid tight head and Calum Robinson who had found his ‘aggression button’ on tour and continued to develop through the season. Oliver Pitts started to master the number eight pick up and scored a number of tries, and set up even more with his powerful running.The strong back line had excellent service from both George Fairlie and Joe Pantling while after early injury to the impressive George Preece, Toby Sitch stepped up to make an excellent substitute. The long legs of Elliot Duffy going this way and that, caused confusion in the opposition defences and with the power of the centre partner Ali Hunt the back line was difficult to break. Side step king Marcus Bailey, having been injured in his first game against Rendcomb, showed his worth in the latter part ofthe season, beating four players in five metres to score against

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Under 16 XV The year got off to a good start with a couple of preseason sessions at the fields before term started. Things looked good as a number of players had come back from the holidays looking more athletic than they had before the summer. The first game was a convincing victory over KES Birmingham by 43—0 and that was how we had hoped the season would progress. The only two upsets were against our biggest rivals, Monmouth and Warwick. Both sides put out their best teams and proved a little too much for us. We played well in both games but the loss to Monmouth was particularly bitter as we had been on top of a stronger side throughout and felt somewhat unfairly treated. The season went on from strength to strength with notable wins over Solihull 57-7, Oldswinford 36-21 and Bishop Vesey’s 41—3. The boys left themselves a lotto do to secure a victory over Bristol GS but won through in the end. Having won the other matches, all that was left was to travel down the road to face WRGS. Our opposition was ’fired up’and ready to unleash their best; after an unsettled start, we began to play our own style of rugby and gradually began to win through. By the time the game was prematurely ended, we had secured the victory 26—5. This was a good season with plenty ofindividual skill and flair. With commitment to fitness and dedication in training, many members of the squad should prove to be very strong players next

year C.W.S.W. Under 15 XV The Under 15 squad led by Ryan Kerley enjoyed a mixed season. They made a slow start to the year suffering some heavy losses but

were always a credit to themselves, working hard in every match and training session. After a couple of positional adjustments the team developed a good brand of rugby, attacking from all areas of the pitch. Defence was the main area that needed to be addressed early on and after some hard work and honesty in training the boys improved greatly. By October half — term they were starting to produce some very good performances, losing narrowly to Stratford and Monmouth, before winning well at Chase HS. Hamish Campbell—Shore and Charlie

Norton controlled the game well from the half ~ back positions and Alﬁe Sears, Toby Hill and Chris Weston all produced good individual

displays in the pack. After half 7 term the team won far more games than they lost and the most memorable ofthose was Bristol Grammar School away. The team put in a determined display and came away with the win. What was most pleasing was when the team defended on their own line for the last ﬁve minutes of the game and did not concede.

One player that was starting to come into his own was Barney Sears at full back. Not known for blistering pace, Barney was as solid as a rock as the last line ofdefence. He tidied up well and his now infamous side

s step got the team out of trouble on many occasions. Sam Khogali continued to run in the tries and by Christmas they were a good side. The Sevens season was an enjoyable one as the team played some excellent rugby and pushed hard in all competitions. Again Sam Khogali was a try machine, but all players contributed to a successful campaign. Alfie Sears was excellent throughout, and possibly the find of the season was Jack Furber. Jack had not played a lot of rugby previously to this year and proved to be tenacious in both defence and attack. It was a shame the boys could not finish the season with a win in the final ofthe Worcestershire Sevens but overall it was a good second term.

their tackles and then to look at winning the ball. The back row of Ivan Campbell-Ferguson, James Arnold and Jonathan Hunt figured hugely in all that we did well, and they were ably supported by James Smalley in the second row, who played more like another number 8! With very few exceptions, the handling in terms of both the quality of the pass and the game knowledge ofwhen to give the pass, improved dramatically, and this was clearly shown with some excellent performances in Sevens after Christmas. Our half backs of Henry Martyn—Smith and Alfie Pritchard developed a good understanding and often provided the impetus to get us going forward. After a very thorough and decisive display against KES Birmingham, we had three tough games against Bromsgrove, Solihull and Warwick. These were helpful as they clearly showed where the weaknesses of both the team and individual players lay, and allowed us to focus the majority of our training and around these frailties. A much needed win away at Stratford in 25 degree heat provided a useful fillip ahead of the difficult fixture that is always Monmouth, which the boys had lost convincingly the year before. In one of our most impressive performances ofthe year we went down 10—8, but there was much to be proud of in the display, not least the performance of Dylan Moss in the centre, and it gave the team a real psychological boost. It was from this point that with the exception of a poor performance and a decent opposition away at Bristol, the side did not lose again.

For the B team a team of warriors gradually began to develop under

the guidance of captains Ollie Tonks and later Josh lnstone. The season was not without its setbacks but a few heavy losses early in the season merely fuelled the drive to improve. After a hard term of training an almost unrecognisable side took the ﬁeld towards the end of the season, culminating in a superbly close match against WRGS. Josh Instone, Will Palmer and Axel Taylor provided much of the power in the forwards, Tom Sabin was a rock at scrum half and George

Gudgeon and Toby Wells, proved ruthless in the centre. A.J.F./J.R.E. Under 14 XV The Under 145 went from strength to strength, winning eleven out of thirteen games. The standard was set in pre—season training where the numbers and commitment gave an early indication of the potential of this squad of boys. That said, the start was sluggish. Solihull and Warwick, both away, as matches two and three, is a tough start and the boys went down on the both occasions. The Solihull team blitzed away King’s in the ﬁrst ten minutes and the Warwick mental barrier could not be overcome. A true indicator for this team will be the results against these two next

Having lost by three tries away to RGS Worcester the previous year there was certainly work to be done in this fixture. From the start our intensity and desire at the contact were exceptional, as were our hands and our off-loading. In a complete performance we won 22‘ 10, which was a fitting end to a very productive and fulfilling season. Sevens The Sevens season was also highly successful as the boys were able to transfer much of their new found confidence and skills into this version of the game. We lost in the semi—finals at Blundell’s, the quarters at Solihull and in the National Sevens at Rosslyn Park we won our group convincingly before losing in the first knockout stage. The last tournament ofthe season was at WRGS where we were drawn in the same group as the hosts.That game was won by four tries to one, and we eventually ended up playing the same opposition in the final. In a very one sided affair we played some excellent sevens, eventually winning 31—7.There were many pleasing aspects to this term but one ofthe standout was the emergence of Edward Ashton; he had played in the B team all through the 15 a side season, but his speed, power and ability to learn quickly turned him into our most potent scoring threat, and this was perfectly highlighted in this tournament where he scored thirteen tries in four games. A.A.D.G.

season. Thereafter, the boys were rarely tested. Wins against Monmouth and Oldswinford Hospital proved notable highlights. Jacob Ham developed his game as a talented 12 and ﬁrst—rate leader, Kaushik Rai

was consistently excellent at 8 and an improved vice—captain, whilst a number of players made thejump from the B team and produced some impressive performances at A team level. The Sevens season was a case of’so near yet so far’with one ﬁnal, two semis and a quarter from four tough tournaments; industry, ﬂair, pace, excitement but

no silverware! Theo Beever and Tom Deehan came to the fore in this form ofthe game The 8 team were outstanding and added another unbeaten season to their tally. This was a special achievement from a special group of players. R.A.C.//l/I.J.N.

Under 13 XV

This was both a successful and enjoyable season. The boys showed an excellent commitment to training, which they found to be rather more intense than they had previously encountered, but many had certainly grown accustomed to the ﬁtness by the end, even ifthey did not enjoy it! The physicality of the team was one of the most notable improvements with players across the park being relied upon to make

Under 12 XV

As is so often the case at Under 12 level, the season was truly one of transition. The introduction of back rows and the welcoming of several talented but inexperienced players meant that the team took a while to gel. The introduction of Jacob Newby to the centre led to greater direction and the team playing with more shape. The oft—injured Noah Crampton gave calm and assured performances at ﬂy half and enabled the dangerous strike runners of Robin Willis and Charlie Yip to see the ball with more frequency. The team played well in a narrow loss against Bristol Grammar School before winning in superb fashion against Bishop Vesey’s. The back row combination of captain Henry Armstrong, Freddy Owen and George Bates was too strong for the opposition. The team must be congratulated on a superb victory in the WRGS Sevens tournament. The B XV had an enjoyable winning season, training and playing hard throughout two long terms and improving in many areas. Special mention must go to captain Zak Foster for his tenacious performances at scrum half, Tom Bishop, a Skilful and most affable hooker and Sam Lowe, whose pace on the wing led to some terriﬁc long-distance tries. J.O.H./D.P.I.

NETBALL

ﬁnal match to go against Wrekin we continued our strong efforts to win the regional ﬁnal 156.

King’s Netball has achieved its best results this season with the 1St VII coming second in the country at the National Finals. This is a fabulous achievement for both the school and the girls which came with a lot of hard work and commitment. We had great results after coming offa successful South Africa Tour in July. All age groups have competed in a busy fixture list and local tournaments from the end of the Autumn through to the end of Spring term, playing schools from King Edward’s Birmingham, Bromsgrove, WRGS, Cheltenham Ladies College, Hereford Cathedral, King’s Bath and as as far as Millfield in Somerset. The Under 19 and Under 16 girls also had success in their County tournaments, again earning spots at the regional finals. The Under 135 were County Champions, the Under 125 District Champions and the Under 1285 were runners-up. We have also had out of school success with Charlotte Collins selected for the Under 19 England Excel and West Midlands NTL team, Hannah Jeavons was re—selected for the Under 17 England Excel and Bath NTL team, and Grace Bradley, Frances Taylor, and Hannah Brotherwood were picked for regional Excel squads. Connie Grant and Corah Lewis have also had trials for the West Midlands regional squads. O.K.B. tst VII

Captain: Grace Caldicott

The season started with the fourth Annual King’s senior netball tournament. It was played on the ﬁrst Saturday against such top college teams as Hartpury College and last year’s national Champions Barking Abbey. It was a great start being able to play our whole squad

oftwelve. This year we were able to retain two members from last year’s 1“ VII, Grace Caldicott (captain) and Lucy Butterworth and included 2nd VII player Katie Collins and last year’s Under 16 players Grace Bradley, Hilary Brown, Becky Brunt, Charlotte Collins, Molly Farmiloe, Hannah Jeavons, Jess Longley, George Ormandy, Esther Roberts and Jo Stormonth Darling. Our first main competition was the Under 19 County Tournament in November so the girls prepared by training twice a week and playing Millfield School and King Henry’s Coventry. November came around very quickly and the girls went to the Counties and beat King Charles, Malvern College, Worcester Sixth Form College and St Mary’s which gave them a well earned place in the semifinal against WRGS which they won 10—5, so securing a place at the regional finals in January. They still had the final against Bromsgrove to play in order to take the county trophy away. The game went goal for goal and by halftime the score was one goal in our favour. The game continued with a strong intercepts in our defence and this gave our shooters the opportunity to score and win the game 1211, the girls therefore becoming County Champions. The girls continued training and playing hard to win matches against King Edward’s Birmingham, WRGS, Cheltenham College, Marlborough College and Wrekin. With West Midlands Regionals just around the corner the girls were excited and prepared to play against the best in their region. They clinched their first win against Birmingham Metropolitan 17-5 and this gave them a positive and strong start to continue winning their last five matches convincingly against King Edward’s Stourbridge, Wrekin College, Hereford Cathedral, Princethorpe and Walton High School. This put us top of our table and a semi —final against Bromsgrove, the toughest match yet and hopefully a chance for a National Finals place. Our start didn’t go in our favour with a half time score of 3—7 and only seven minutes to turn the game around. The girls went into the second half with an all or nothing attitude and started plugging the score back to finish the game drawing 11—11 and having to play extra time of two minutes each way. Our first centre we took to goal and after a goal by Bromsgrove we were one a piece.The ball changed hands a few times but the score advantaged us 3» 1. An intercept in our defence and thirty seconds to go gave us our last chance to take control.We played possession in the final seconds and won 14—12.This gave us a place in the final against Wrekin and a place at the National Finals. With the

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With the National Finals in March the girls continued training twice a week and playing up to two matches. They were on a high and continued their winning streak in their remaining school matches winning nine from nine against King’s High Warwick (28-15), New College Swindon (34-9), KES Bath (5232), Pate's Grammar (31—19), Blessed Edward (2919), Cheltenham Ladies College (45—12), WRGS (26-21), Hereford Cathedral (49-11) and Wolverhampton Grammar (46-29). Nationals weekend came around and there were some very excited girls. We travelled to Basildon, Essex on the Friday afternoon to miss London trafﬁc and to chill before the tournament started on the Saturday. King’s were pooled in section F and they made a fantastic start by winning their ﬁrst four games before lunch against Wellington College 14—8, Shambrook Upper 13—7, Bilborough College 12-3 and

Ashville College 17—10. With a well deserved lunch break the girls stayed focused before continuing their winning streak against Petroc 17-3, Royal Grammar Newcastle 20—8 and their final match of the rounds against Barking Abbey, a game that was played with precision and calmness. The girls pulled away after half time, not just to beat last year’s champions 15-10 but to gain top spot in their section and a place in the semi—final against Bancroft. The girls continued their winning streak in this game and achieved a place in the National Schools Final. This was a rematch against Barking Abbey, with the game going goal for goal up to half time. Barking Abbey took some intercepts and managed to get two goals ahead. We tried to regain the lead but time was against us and we lost 13-20. Second in the country is the best achievement ever for King’s - a wonderful achievement that the girls should be so proud of. The girls also managed to win the top goal scoring award, 125 for to 55 against. It was a fantastic all year performance by the whole squad - County Champions, Regional Champions and our final achievement, second in the country! Full Colours were awarded to Grace Caldicott, Lucy Butterworth, Katie Collins, Grace Bradley, Hilary Brown, Becky Brunt, Molly Farmiloe, George Ormandy, Jess Longley, Charlotte Collins and Hannah Jeavons and Half Colours were awarded to Claire Hickey, Lauren Davies, Imogen Atkins and Poppy Bramford. O.K.B. 2nd Vll This year the second Vll were entered into the West Midlands League, which was a great opportunity for the girls to improve their netball. The team won twelve out of seventeen matches. The centre court players showed great versatility when playing in many combinations. Matches brought out the competitive nature in lmo Atkins and Lauren Davies, meaning many interceptions were made. In attack, consistent shooting at long and short range allowed us to capitalise on these interceptions. Also strong movement from the shooters meant feeding into the circle was made easier. Centre court player Issy Brand advanced her ball skills and coordination dramatically and was awarded ‘Most Improved Player ofthe Season’.

The defence showed great determination and physicality in the circle putting many opponents off their game. Their drive through the centre of court progressed, delivering the ball safely to the attack. This came in particular from Katie Collins. Her experience and netball knowledge was also invaluable to the team and so she was awarded ’Coaches’ Player ofthe Season’. ln training many team drills were practised, improving the timing and reading of the girls' game. The team was led by Olivia Clayton and Lauren Davies who shared the role ofcaptain brilliantly.They provided great motivation during cold training sessions and also performed at high standards themselves. The success of the team was due to the large squad of talented girls who were always enthusiastic, fun and hardworking during training. Victories against WRGS, KES Bath and Cheltenham Ladies College were well—earned and highlights of the season. Jessie Meik/e

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Entry into a new West Midlands South League ensured the girls had a busy season. The 3‘1’Vll, captained efﬁciently by Amy Bateson, were entered into the second team section of the league resulting in some challenging ﬁxtures notably with Cadbury College and Solihull School. However, the girls were undaunted and of six league matches played they won three against Hagley College, Oldswinford Hospital and King Edward’s, Stourbridge. Fixtures were also played against other schools/colleges in the area, resulting in narrow defeats by Chase High School 1" VII and Worcester Sixth Form College and a draw with Bromsgrove but convincing victories over Cheltenham Ladies College, WRGS, Hereford Cathedral School, and King Edward, Bath. Mention must be made of Maddy Brownlow, Anna Humphreys, and Laura Harrington who determined to minimise their opponents’ shooting opportunities, Ruth Taylor who played tirelessly and with

Coming off the back of a very successful Tour to South Africa, the Under 16 squad was very impressive in the King’s Invitati0na| Tournament held in September and hopes were high for a very successful season. The District Tournament caught us unaware when we came up against Blessed Edward’s aggressive style of play and our girls allowed themselves to, collectively, put in a very weak performance. We finished as runners-up and went on to the County round where we met Blessed Edward again and put in a more determined effort, losing to them by one goal which put us in second place. At the West Midlands Regional Round in January we had four very comfortable wins in the early round, but Aldridge and Higham Lane showed more grit and desire to win and we finished third in our section. In the school matches we had some Very impressive wins over Millfield, 38 goals to 28, Marlborough College, 23 - i7 and most notably, Wrekin 20 ~ 15. The outstanding players of the season were captain Charlotte Sidaway with her explosive speed and Holly Hudson

versatility to the beneﬁt ofthe team and Harriette Drew, Amy Bateson and Millie Quiney for their speed and strong, accurate passing into Emma Jarvis in the shooting circle. The 4tthl played ﬁve games, winning three against Chase HS, King Edward’s, Bath and Hereford Cathedral School. Well done to Juliette Webb, Lucy Fellows, Jean Gibson, Holly Croxford, Georgie Morgan, Lucy Ransford and Tegan Parsons for their contribution to the team.

with her defensive play. Corah Lewis and Flo Hershman both had very impressive goal averages throughout and Franny Taylor and Hannah Brotherwood gave glimpses of brilliance in defence, Next year it will be interesting to see these girls rise to the challenges of the senior teams and | wish them every success. O.K.B.

My thanks to all the girls who were so committed to training and matches. I wish you all success in the future and hope your enthusiasm for netball will continue.

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A committed group of eighteen girls, some alternating with Rowing, attended training on a Thursday after games during the Autumn and Spring terms. At the start of the season the girls lacked in confidence but after an early season two goal win over Shrewsbury High School they began to believe in their ability. Charlotte Ellis captained the A team and was reliable organising off court and encouraging team spirit during training and matches. The girls played twelve games including regular opposition, WRGS, Malvern College, Bromsgrove, Wrekin, Malvern St. James, Cheltenham Ladies College and Wycliffe, winning five and losing seven. in the Spring term we travelled to Tudor Hall, a new fixture with vociferous supporters! The team narrowly lost by three goals despite the best efforts of Charlotte Ellis and Scarlett Payne in the shooting circle, and Hannah Robinson and Katy De Cothi in defence. A few weeks later the match versus King Edward, Bath was played indoors at Bath University, the superb home venue of Superleague Team Bath.The girls rose to the occasion and played their best netball of the season. Hannah Robinson, Katy De Cothi and Alex Styles worked effectively as a unit to determinedly beat the attack. Sarah Graham, and Niamh Vincent dominated centre court with speed and numerous interceptions, whilst Meg Shine accurately passed into the shooters. Charlotte Ellis and Scarlett Payne worked tirelessly together and capitalised on shooting opportunities to defeat a strong Bath defence and win 36-30. The B team, captained by Ellen Hodgetts, played six games winning four against Malvern College, Malvern St. James, Cheltenham Ladies College and Wycliffe. Ellen Hodgetts and Rachel Cockrell worked well together in the defensive circle. In their final match against Malvern College, Pip Ratcliffe and Lucy Tolladay confidently moved the ball through centre court and strong, accurate passing by Georgia Mackie into shooters Kerstin Smith—Cooper and Harriet Evans led the team to a 1779 victory, Kim Armitage Under 14

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The girls were a pleasure to coach. With so much enthusiasm to play and learn new skills they trained twice a week in order to achieve their best, They began their year playing in the District Tournament against Blessed Edward (574), Nunnery Wood (80), St Mary’s (11—1), WRGS (1-11) and Christopher Whitehead (8-1).

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the girls just missed out on making the Counties on goal difference. They continued to set new standards and began to develop good team cohesion. With twenty three girls coming to training regularly

we could play A, B and C teams. We played our regular opposition,

Bromsgrove, Pate’s, Wrekin, Shrewsbury, KES Bath, Hereford Cathedral, Millﬁeld, Cheltenham Ladies and King Edward’s Birmingham The A team worked hard throughout the season playing twelve games, winning three games and drawing one.Their scores didn’t reﬂect their

efforts, often keeping with their opposition up to the third quarter. captained by Ellie Faulkner at WD, she led with strong passing and good vision through the midcourt.The defensive unit of Harriet Duffy, Jess Powell and Georgiana Malin combined well to tip ball around the circle and work the ball to the midcourts, Daisy Nichols, Georgie Grant, Lydia Burrows and Harriet Bradley. The shooters, Nikita Clark and Ella

Raybone, found their space and range consistently in the circle. The B and C teams played well throughout the season. The 8 team was led by Indy Nuttall and Helen Jubb who both also played in a number of A games along with Ellie Spencer, Harriet Wilson and Bea Howarth. The girls won six of their eight games against Shrewsbury, Bromsgrove, WRGS, KES Bath, Cheltenham Ladies and Hereford Cathedral and on a number occasions they had to play the opposition A team when our A team was playing in a tournament. The C team played three and won three matches against Hanley Castle, WRGS and KES BathThese girls trained hard and on numerous occasions had the

opportunity to play in the B team as well. Lots of improvement over the year by these girls showed me that with a continued effort and commitment there is more to achieve in the coming years. O.K.B.

This year thirty girls and one boy trained hard as part of the Under i3 squad and with such good numbers it was fantastic to have the help ofJessie Miekle and KMA to give an opportunity to work on more

speciﬁc skills We ﬁelded A, B ,C and D teams throughout the season. Matches in the Autumn term set the tone for the season with victories over King‘s Warwick, King Edward’s Birmingham and Bromsgrove for

both A and B sides. After Christmas the A team went from strength to strength, ably lead by Bea Wilson. They benefited from commitment and team play across the court. In the centre court Charlotte Fox, Kate DunnMassey, Amalie Coleman, Amelia Emmerson and Sophie Richards worked hard to ensure that Bea Wilson and Freya Weston could work their magic in the shooting circle. In defence, Sophie Doughty and Olivia Meredith proved to be a formidable force, keeping cool heads and the opposition at bay. Overall, out of the ten fixtures there were seven wins, two draws and just one loss. A most notable game was against King Edward’s Bath when a well-deserved draw (21—21) demonstrated the determination of the whole team when faced with challenging opponents.The most significant achievement for the team was to confirm their position as Under 13 County Champions in a round robin tournament at WRGS in March. A week later at Cheltenham Ladies College they also became runners—up in the invitational tournament, narrowly losing to Pate’s Grammar (5-8). The B squad was captained by Anna Taylor and proved the quality of players we had throughout the age group. A total of seven wins and just two narrow losses were most impressive. Anna Taylor and Emily Weaver gained confidence throughout the season and achieved impressive shooting averages whilst in the centre court Molly Francis, Sophie Lynch, Lucy Weaver and Adria Kisten worked hard to move the ball up the court. In defence, Caitlin Sharpe, Iona Davies and Sophie MacKay played with absolute commitment. The C team was captained by Meg Stigant and the D team Played WRGS, Chase HS and Cheltenham, showing excellent team spirit and determination.

This is a most talented group of girls who were an absolute pleasure to work with and I wish all of them success as they DFOgress up to U145 next year. C./l/i.N.

A Friday after school activity could be considered an unpopular time for Under 12 Netball practice but the energy and enthusiasm that the fifty something girls brought to the session week in week out was much appreciated by the staff and by the end ofthe Spring term their progress was immenseTrying to accommodate all these girls into four teams was quite a challenge.The D team won all their matches and the C team lost only once. There was a large squad of players competing for the B team with Abigail Watson and Rosie Clines showing good promise for the future. They had excellent wins over KES Bath and Pate’s Grammar and finished as runners»up in the DistrictTournament. The A team started the season with two defeats and they soon realised that if they wanted to win they had to change their mind set and their work rate in training and match play. The 7—28 loss against Wrekin was the impetus they needed to work out how to win and from then on, win is exactly what they did for the remainder of the season; their performance against KES Bath was outstanding, winning by five goals in the final quarter. They

came runner- up at the Bromsgrove tournament and then went on to win both the Cheltenham Ladies and the District Tournaments. The most improved player was lzzy Cartwright, Tori Cairns-Terry had an excellent shooting record,

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dynamic in centre court and Lauren Green showed great promise in defence. MML.

Captain: Joe Fowles

2012 proved to be the most successful year the i“ XI Football team has ever enjoyed. They played ﬁfteen ﬁxtures in this short term and ended with an impressive record often wins, three draws and only two defeats, scoring a total of forty goals and conceding only thirteen. We were blessed with skilful players all over the pitch and had high hopes for the season following encouraging and well attended preseason training. Even after a narrow 2—1 defeat in our first match against Tewkesbury,

there was still much to be positive about; and so it proved, as we went on a run of ten games without defeat. Convincing 41 victories over Oldswinford and Sir Thomas Rich’s were followed by a rare 10 win against Clifton College and an even rarer win by the same score line against The Chase, thanks to an outstanding strike from Elliot Duffy and determined defending by the whole team, A dominant display against Malvern College, which only earned us a draw, was followed by victories over Camp Hill and QEH Bristol. In this latter ﬁxture we combined skill with physical dominance to play fast paced, ﬂuid football, and the key for the rest of the season was whether we

could maintain these performances on a consistent basis. Draws the next two games underlined this, so a 570 win against a strong and prolific Wycliffe side, and our most impressive performance of the season to date, gave us the belief to go into the final fixtures with confidence. Our second, and final, defeat of the season came in our next game against Monmouth, but this reverse only gave the team more determination to end the season with positive results. A record 770 victory against King Edward’s Birmingham and an impressive 2-0

Jack Farr and Max Farthing offered exciting skill on the left. On the right, Reuben Carey, perhaps our most skilful player with the ball at his feet enjoyed running at the opposition, the enthusiasm and attacking flair of Charlie Silk and the power and pace of David Jubb provided a host of attacking options. Ali Hunt and Alex Spring controlled many games in the middle of midfield and their skill and physical presenCe will continue to be a vital asset next year, Up front, Elliot Duffy scored some stunning goals, notably against The Chase and a fine team effort against Bromsgrove, his pace and fitness caused the opposition defenders many problems all season. George Hodgetts ended the season as the leading goal scorer for the second year running and his twenty eight goals in two seasons have often been the difference between winning and losing games. His pace and skill will be sorely missed next year. Finally, captain, and player ofthe season Joe Fowles had one of the most impressive seasons you could expect to see at this level of football. His tough tackling, aerial presence and reading

of the game enabled us to keep even the most confident strike forces quiet, exemplified with his man ofthe match performance in ourfinal

game of the season. His commitment to the team was unlined when we discovered he had played through most of the second half with a broken wrist. On and offthe pitch he set a fine example as captain and earned the respect of teammates and opposition alike, His position is going to be perhaps the most difficult to fill in years to come. Beyond the impressive results, records and performances we have seen this year, the most satisfying element of the season has been the manner in which the team have conducted themselves; they love the game, have been dedicated to training, enthusiastic and totally committed in matches but have always been outstanding representatives of the school and we are all rightfully very proud of them. C.T.H.

victory away against a strong and aggressive Bromsgrove side were the result of impressive team performances and set us up perfectlyfor our final and most important game. The climax of the season came in our annual fixture against WRGS at St George’s Lane, the home of Worcester City. A strong start to the game was capped by a well taken goal from Jack Farr after only six minutes and, despite a number of long throw and corners, RGS were unable to get past centre halfJoe Fowles to create any clear chances. The woodwork prevented us from extending our lead before half time after Duffy beat the keeper with a superb volley from the edge ofthe area. The outcome ofthe game was determined in a crucial five minute spell in the second half, RGS created their best chance when, for the only time in the game, they got the ball past Fowles which brought a stunning save from Loader reminiscent of Gordon Banks against Brazil in the 1970 World Cup. Moments later Fowles did make contact with the ball, this time it was at the other end ofthe pitch and his goal from a superb back post diving header gave us the breathing space we needed. From this point on the result was never in doubt and further goals from George Hodgetts and Max Farthing gave us a fully deserved win and our biggest margin of victory in this fixture. The impressive display was a fitting way to regain the Challenge Cup and end a most enjoyable and successful season. The fine performances throughout the season brought much praise from opposition teams and our efforts to play good quality football resulted in some fine team displays. A handful of players will be available again next year and, with many players pushing for a first team appearance from the successful 2nd Xi the hope is we can continue to enjoy good results and play attractive football next year. Adam Loader enjoyed his second season in goal and it is a fine tribute to him that over the course of the last two years it is difficult to remember a single mistake he has made, his cool head and lightening reflexes led us to keep seven clean sheets this year and he will be difficult to replace. The defence boasted some very skilful players who enabled us to build from the back; Ryan Gwilliam read the game very well and often turned defence into attack by bringing the ball down in tight situations and dribbling the ball out. Full backs Wil Newton offered outstanding pace and composure and Dougie Arnot provided the passion and will to win that constantly drove us forward. We had an abundance of talent in midfield. Fifth Formers

2nd XI

Under 13 XI

The 2nd Xl played an attractive brand of football and won twelve of their fourteen games, ﬁnishing with a goal difference of + 40 (ﬁfty

six goals scored, sixteen conceded). The two losses were to Chase HS and QEH Bristol The side was skippered by centre~half James Counsell, who led by example all season and was voted players’

player ofthe season.The season culminated in a 2-1 win against local rivals WRGS. The team’s top goalscorer was pacey Fifth Former Chris Colenso who notched twelve goals from a mere handful of games, closely followed by Tom Bradley with eleven goals from midﬁeld. Target man Olly Reakes-Williams and winger Sami Marks both played skilfully and scored eight goals apiece. A number of Fifth Formers played crucial parts in games, with Colenso and Tom Dunn-Massey especially impressive. These two and other 2nd XI regulars such as Marks, Reakes—Williams, Marcus Bailey, Tom Busher and goalkeeper Ed Weston, should all come into contention for the ist Xl squad next

season. This strength in depth bodes well for the health of football at King’s over the next couple of years.

The team this year consisted of some talented and skilful players who were hampered early in the season by some very wet and muddy pitches. We were not the biggest of teams either so there were a number of games when we found it hard to both clear our own lines as well as release our front men. The hardest game of the year was again our first, away at Chase HS. As was to become a trend we lost 2 — 1, but did very well to come back from a goal down and certainly deserved a draw. The midfield of Ivan Campbell-Ferguson and James Arnold were excellent throughout, and it was the former who scored our only goal. Another defeat by the same score followed at Sir Thomas Rich on what could only be described as a bog and with the next game falling foul of the frost we went into the WRGS game lacking a win and much game time. We played very well with Archie Humpage a constant threat up front and Stefan Rees and Louis HobbseJeffrey standing firm at the back. Again we deserved a draw but lost to a last minute goal.

The 3'd XI had a fairly successful year, coming up against some tough opposition and proving their worth. A highlight was the 672 victory overTewkesbury early on in the season, and seeing Alex Parker make the transition from goalkeeper to striker. The season was a good platform for the boys to get some match practice at a competitive level, and many to push their way into the 2'”1 XI.

A much needed victory came the first week after half term with a comprehensive success against QEH Bristol. In the last game of the campaign we had an exciting 2 e 2 draw against KES Five Ways. We stood and watched them play for the first ten minutes and not surprisingly found ourselves 1 — 0 down. But having realised that they were not as good as we had originally thought we battled hard and went into halftime having equalised through Alfie Pritchard. In an unusual halftime substitution the home referee, (the writer of this report), had to rush offto a Parents Evening (they had arrived over an hour late), thus allowing the opposition coach the opportunity to take control ofthe game. He did this very well playing ten minutes longer in the second half until his team managed to sneak an equaliser!

J.N.G.

A.A.D.G.

G.L.W. 3rd XI

Under 15 XI

The B team played some excellent attacking football in winning three of their ﬁve games handsomely. Pace merchant Sam Khogali scored eight times, with Matt George claiming a number of assists through clever and determined play as a link striker. Harry Senior scored a

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FENCING The side was strong and competitive throughout the season and ﬁnished with high scoring wins against Wycliffe and Bromsgrove. Defeats by the odd goal against WRGS and Malvern College could easily have ended differently. Jack Furber was a real driving force throughout and found his scoring touch later on in the season. The squad contained plenty of talented players who should be making the step—up to First XI in the not so distant future.

barn-storming goal which will probably be talked about for years to comel Alﬁe Sears and Tom Hickman formed a formidable partnership in central defence, and Jack Salter was conﬁdent and assured in goal when the backeline was occasionally breached. Both squads played in the right spirit throughout and appeared to enjoy the training sessions. MCR

Under 14 XI

Even after the departure of Mr Jones the Fencing club continued to progress, directed by Prof Northam. The epee group, containing the most experienced fencers, trained for competition with heavy emphasis on adapting their established skill knowledge and combining that with competition tactics to help them develop into well rounded athletes. Valuable competition experience was passed onto the group by the coaching of Eliot Jones who has recently qualiﬁed as a British Academy of Fencing (BAF) Level One Epee coach.

Despite a depressing capitulation to RGS in the last game of the

season, the U14A football XI enjoyed an excellent season, losing only a few tight games and winning many more, some by crushing margins. Top scorer Nick Hammond, ably supported by captain Tom Deehan up front, terrorised most defences and the midﬁeld duo of Ollie Brothwood and Elliot Coley bossed opponents off the park. The defence was ﬁrm most of the time and positively heroic against Malvern College, with clashed heads, bleeding mouths, and painful

The small but enthusiastic sabre group worked towards British Fencing (BF) proﬁciency awards with a few fencers representing the school at the Public Schools Fencing Championships. The foil group has taken on a new batch ofjuniors who have quickly picked up the basic skills of foil fencing. They have demonstrated good technical knowledge and competence after only one year, with many achieving their BAF Bronze award or BF Level One and Two.

cramp no obstacle to their bravery. The B XI also had a highly successful season, losing only one of its nine games. Highlights were a hard-fought victory over WRGS and goalkeeper Ali Palmer’s proﬁciency at saving penalties.

1 would like to thank Prof Northam for being such a brilliant coach and mentor to the club and all of us are very grateful for the top—class coaching he has provided this year. EliotJones

RJH.

HOCKEY ‘lst XI

2nd XI Captain: Grace Caldicott

We decided to try something new for our pre-season training this year, inviting Malvern College tojoin us on our astro for the afternoon. We found this to be a very constructive session and we ended with some match play with different combinations of players. Our first team squad was quite a young and inexperienced group after losing a few seniors from the squad last year. This young squad impressed us from the first session » they all came over as very committed and keen to work hard. Grace Caldicott took on her role as captain with enthusiasm and we later choose Claire Hickey to be our vice«captain who proved to be a real motivator when on the field. The results for the season were disappointing, however. We did manage a few good wins against teams such as St Peter’s Tuffley and KEHS and our most impressive performance must have been our draw against Chase HS. We had a number of excellent performances through the season. Franny Taylor playing goalkeeper for her first season with the 15‘ X1 had an amazing game against Chase HS, making some outstanding saves which kept the game to a DO draw. Some excellent team work between Sasha McNeilly and Jade Marshall Walker resulted in an impressive goal which took us 1-0 up in the game against Rugby which we unfortunately lost 3—1. Jess Longley continued to impress us through the season. As her confidence grew she played a controlling role as sweeper in the defence, We will be sad to lose some talented players again this season but we wish them well and hope they continue to play Hockey.

The second team have had a busy and very successful year, winning more than we lost and making signiﬁcant improvements in skills, team play and goal scoring over the season. Apart from two early losses against strong sides from Warwick and Malvern College, the team went from strength to strength, starting with 170 victories

over Solihull and Hereford Cathedral School before recording an impressive 4~O win at King‘s Gloucester. Some challenging matches followed against KEHS, Bablake and Rugby, and although we lost by the narrowest of margins in all three, they were certainly exciting and competitive games, with strong defence and lovely ﬂowing passing play in the midﬁeld leading to some excellent scoring chances,

The highlights of the season came in the final week of term, with a stunning 4-0 victory over Bromsgrove and a thrilling one-all draw as a combined firsts and seconds squad took on a strong WRGS side. Top scorer ofthe season was Jeannie Gibson, whose new—found thirst for goals saw her put in five of the squad’s total of seventeen; she was closely followed by Hollie Tomkinson whose strong forward play and belting short—corners netted her four goals. In a great testament to squad play, goals were also scored by Jessamy Reece, Amy Bateson, Lucy Gurney, Georgia Warner-Tomlinson, Connie Grant and lssy Brand. These were all made possible by excellent midfield play, particularly from Laura Bennett, but real accolades must go the defence, who were consistently outstanding throughout the season. They were marshalled by captain Imo Atkins and Charlie Alexander, Cesca Claridge, Cleo England and G Watson really rose to the challenge against some of the best teams we have played, as did goalkeeper Katie Collins. Many of these players are long—term squad members, and the Upper Sixth should be proud to leave King’s on such a high.

J.D.C. LCM.

BASKETBALL

Basketball practice sessions moved from their

usual Saturday morning slot to Wednesdays after school this year, with good numbers attending the twenty two sessions held

throughout the Autumn and Spring terms. Making use of the link between King’s and Worcester Wolves Basketball team, we were delighted to welcome Dave (Tin-tin) Watts who took a couple of the practice sessions. He emphasised the need to be very well—

conditioned if you are to play sport seriously, putting the King’s pupils through a number of rigorous drills. King’s also provided a cheer— leading team for the Wolves match they sponsored, the girls putting on an impressive performance in front of a large home crowd. Two of the King’s girls (Amy Geary and Freya Hodgetts) went on to become permanent members of the Wolves main cheerleading

team. Awards for the season went to Henry Wilde, Callum Davies, Sam Webb, Ollie Colbourne and Matthew Round—Garrido (Most Improved Players), whilst Carl Beardmore, Jonathan Hunt and Will Hood picked up the Most Valuable Player Awards. Special awards for 100% attendance at practice sessions were presented to Edward Dorsett and Philip Hadley.

The season was rounded off with both the Junior side (L4—LR) and the Senior side (UR-U6) taking on a select staff team. in two very closely competed games the staff managed to edge two wins, showing that age and experience does have the edge over youthful enthusiasm.

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With high numbers attending training and willing to put the work in,

this squad worked extremely hard and should be very proud of its achievements. With a difﬁcult start against Warwick the squad realised that the competition this year was going to be exceedingly strong, After the wakeup call from 7770 defeat against Warwick, we played Malvern College. We played some tactical Hockey but sadly lost 3—0. Meg Shine, Niamh Vincent and Pippa Ratcliffe all played excellently against Prince Henry’s, scoring a total ofﬁve goals between them. The defence was brilliant against WRGS, despite the inclement weather, resulting in a pleasing 2—2 draw. Lydia Chatterton, Georgie Davis, Lulu Smith and Amelia Martyn—Smith did a fantastic job using diverse skills successfully throughout the season. Considering theteam’s tough season, LucyTolladaydid an outstanding job in goal, organising her defence and her team as captain. Having

recently Obtained her umpiring certiﬁcate she is now progressing through the ranks to Midlands level.

This was a very exciting season with a very enthusiastic and talented group of girls. Their results for the season were outstanding, playing and winning all the thirteen fixtures they had against other schools, scoring sixty goals through the season and only conceding fifteen. They also competed in four tournaments and did very well in them all but the highlight must have been at the WRGS tournament where they reached the semi-final and played an amazing game against Malvern St James, which we lost after the game went to penalties. Many ofthe girls deserve a mention butthere have been some notable performances through the season. Charlotte Fox and Katie DunnMassey have continued to impress us with their skills in every match, Molly Francis has made excellent progress through the season and had an excellent performance against Bromsgrove, where she played in all areas ofthe field. We were pleased to see Sophie Doughty return to the game after a shocking injury earlier in the season. Amalie Coleman played tenaciously up front, scoring on many occasions but her hat trick against WRGS was particularly impressive.

Lucy Tolladay We had an extra fixture against Abberley to end the season which I thought we may have found difficult as we were aware they were a particularly strong year group, so we were delighted to win 1-0 after another very impressive performance. The season started off with a tough match against Warwick and the team struggled as it got back into the swing of playing hockey. As the season progressed, so did the commitment, fitness and skills of all the players. Three players from the team were selected again this year to play at county level (JAC) for Worcestershire and Herefordshire — Catherine Neilson, Bea Howarth and Daisy Nichols. This year, again we have had the luxury of two able goalkeepers, Sally Clive and Freya Melling, who took it in turns to play, both making many fine saves at crucial

moments. The team was unbeaten in every game except for its toughest first match against Warwick. In addition to many inter—school matches the team competed in two tournaments — at the Chase HS we came up against our greatest rivals Bromsgrove in the semifinals and secured a draw but unluckily missed out from reaching the finals on penalty

ﬂicks. Daisy Nichols

J.D.C.

Once again we seemed to have a lot of girls attend Hockey training at the beginning of the season, and it was clear that we had a good mix of talented players. The season started off particularly well with a victory for both the A and B squads, beating Solihull School 12—0 and 1-0 respectively.This was a great boost to the girls and they were all vying for squad positions. The season continued to get better for the A squad as they won all of their remaining ﬁxtures. The B squad had mixed results as we would try to play all players who attended training. I have enjoyed working with these girls this year as they have all made superb progress and once again we have a lot of talent to nurture in the future! Top scorers were Ellie Hollis and Beth Neilson for the As and Alice Butcher and Tori Cairns-Terry for the B squad and the most improved player was Lucy Stratton. Congratulations also go to Beth Neilson and Ellie Hollis who were selected for the Under 13 county squad this year. IDA/l.

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batsman. Chasing 202 to win ope ner Jack Park \, solid in defence and belligerentin attack. scoring an unbeaten i337 to see the team home with five over to spare. He continued this ﬁne form with a classy Deaten l-l'u! against Old' iinford in a game which fourteen old fellor opener Nlth H: rrrnond also sl red his runesco ng potential. Other notiaberer armances included Jacl Salter‘s 3 l5 in a narrow defeat to a lavishly assemb ed l\ l ern Colleger si de and a remarka ble team bovtrlinc‘ performan n the Chesterton Cup against Monmouth wh .r' ’ ‘ llrr defend 'llS againstas trong batting line up With a bowling at kﬁring on all cylinders and batsmen coming into form, pros cts look good for the remainder ofthe season At the time of ting theT‘ Xl l a\e u. on all their matches This perfect statisticis diminished slightly Jr the fact that the dreadful other has meant that only three games have been completed.

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After a few wet net sessions the season got underway with a ﬁne win

ATHLETICS

at a bright and breezy BromsgroveThe home team struggled to 101

all outwith Chris Colenso and Dom Lee picking up most wickets. It Wouldn’t be completely true to say the result was never in doubt but an entertaining 36 from Toby Sitch and 26 wides helped to complete a 4 wicket win with several overs in hand. A couple of weeks laterthe risk was sunburn and heatstroke rather than trench foot after a long hot coach journey to Bristol.This time King’s batted first and at drinks we were 93 for 3 with Miten Patel anchoring the innings with a fine 41. Just 5 overs later we were all out for 108! Fortunately Colenso was again on target and with the help of some fine catches victory by 35 runs was achieved Rain then prevented any games for nearly a month with a trip to Warwick being abandoned afterjust an hour’s play. The best was yet to come though with a fine win against our biggest rival, the first for many years. Having won the toss, King’s amassed an impressive 222 with Sitch, captain George Hodgetts and Brandon Wain peppering the shortish legside boundary. RGS got off to a flyer but the spin twins of Dom Lee and Alex Parker halted them in their tracks. There then followed some determined batting to get them to 30 runs short of their target before they succumbed just as the rain

District Champions Under 20 Alex Bradnick Elise Bue

100m and 200m Shot and Discus

Under 17 Sam Khogali Long andTripleJump Ryan Kerley 400m and High Jump Ollie Hayward 800m Livvy Deehan 300m Georgia Tomlinson Discus Under 15 Theo Beever Dan Stock Harriet Duffy

200m 1500m Shot

County Champions

began to get heavier.

A number of athletes also qualiﬁed for the County Championships by ﬁnishing in the top three of their events.

The Under 155’ season to date has been a bit of a wash out with only

Elise Bue is now County Shot Champion.

four games played and the squad has also had to contend with the loss of three players to the 15‘ XI

Senior Sports Day

We got off to a frustrating start with a defeat at Bromsgrove. After a good bowling display that put us in a decent position we gave too many cheap wickets away. Unfortunately this continued through the remaining games. Will Palmer, Nick Hansen and Michael Hines have all bowled well but as a team we have struggled to put the runs on the board. The Under14 team has enjoyed good victories over Wolverhampton Grammar (Jacob Ham SO), Malvern College, Oldswinford (Will Hollis 36, Josh Tongue 30), Bristol Grammar (Alex Campbell~Shore 3-21, Ham 4S), and WRGS in aT2O (Hammond 56). In the abandoned match against Warwick, we were handily placed on 113 for 4 after 21 overs (Mackenzie Pemberton—Whiteley 27no and Tom McGrory 24no). Despite scoring 175 in the T20 against Solihull (Hollis 6S, Hammond 52), we lost off the last ball of the match. And even though we had WRGS 1-4 off the first over of the match bowled by Ham, all clean bowled and including a hat»trick, and on a day when his father wasn’t at the fields taking photographs, we could not score the 130 they eventually posted. We are now in the final of the County Cup, having beaten Malvern College, thanks to Nick Hammond’s sensational 112. in addition to the performances outlined above, there have been good contributions by Henry Wilde and some outstanding bowling from Tongue, particularly at the death againstWRGS in the T20.

Senior Sports Day was a great success, with both the serious athletes and ’have a go heroes’ enjoying an afternoon’s healthy competition in the sun. 1“ 2”d 3rd 4m

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Fifth Form Boys Victor Ludorum Senior Girls Victrix Ludorum Senior Boys Victor Ludorum

Martyn Bowles Livvy Deehan Alex Bradnick and Elliot Duffy

The Under 13s have made good progress in improving their cricket. They have proved to be an enthusiastic group to work with and haven’t let the appalling weather dampen their enthusiasm for the game. At the time of writing the A team has three wins to their name and two defeats. A big plus has been the burgeoning opening partnership between James Arnold and Will Burgoyne. Burgoyne proved to be the match winner with an unbeaten 43 against local rivals RGS. Hard hitting Jonathan Hunt has contributed well with the bat and spinners Cameron Stanley—Blakey and Harry Guy have provided good balance

to the bowling attack. The Under 125 have also had a severely truncated season so far, which is a pity given the talent in the team. Of the four completed ’A’ team matches completed so far, we have beaten Bromsgrove, Chantry HS in the County Cup, and tied with Bristol Grammar School in a very exciting ﬁnish with both teams scoring 172 runs. Tom Gidney top scored with a pugnacious 55 and George Francis took two wickets.

School Records Senior Boys Alex Bradnick broke the forty year old 200m record last year. This year

In the semi—ﬁnal of the County Cup RGS Worcester scored 112 from

he bettered that time and broke the 100m record » also a forty year

their 30 overs and after a slow start Henry Armstrong guided King’s to victory in the penultimate over with an unbeaten 42 to go with his 3 wickets. We now play Bromsgrove in a repeat of last year’s ﬁnal.

old mark! His best times so far this season stand at a very impressive 10.75 and 21.65 respectively.

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Senior Girls Elise Bue has also broken two records in both the Shot and Discus.

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Our senior team has enjoyed a good season although some ﬁxtures have been cancelled due to the weather. This year we entered the Midland Girls’ Schools Lawn Tennis League in which the girls played very well against strong opposition, coming seventh overall. We also entered the Scott and Smyth Cup which is a singles tournament and again came up against strong opposition. Well done to Becky Brunt, Jess Longley, Aliza Dee and Esther Roberts who all played well. This tournament was also open to boys and Chis Colenso did very well, coming runner up in his half ofthe draw. In other ﬁxtures the girls did well, managing to win all of their games against Dean Close. The team was Jess Longley, Becky Brunt, Esther Roberts and Aliza Dee. Against Malvern St James we achieved a 3—1 win. Those playing were Poppy Doorbar,

Caitlin

Powell,

Grace

Caldicott

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Imogen

Atkins.

Our Under 15 team has had a good season with Niamh Vincent and Scarlett Payne enjoying a number of wins against strong opposition as number one pair.

The inclement weather has severely affected the Rounders season. Some of the ﬁxtures have been cancelled due to the bad weather but we have managed to play against Pate’s Grammar, Dean Close, Malvern St James and Malvern College. The best result came at

Malvern St James where both Niamh Vincent and Scarlett Payne and

With four matches planned for the Under 185, against WRGS, Malvern St James, Dean Close and Bromsgrove, only one was completed, against Bromsgrove, which was lost 4.5-205.

Meg Shine and Maddy Shackley won all of their matches.These girls also played well against Pate’s Grammar and Dean Close where they

Lack of practice for the Under 1135 really told in both matches against

both won one match to come away with a 272 draw. Other players for

rounders and took some good catches in both matches.

the squad were Lucy Tolladay, Ellie Jarvie and Ellen Hodgetts.

Almost halfthe Under 14 matches have been cancelled. In the games that have been played, mention must be made of excellent batting and scoring by Sally Clive, Indy Nuttall, Izzi Davis and Amy Hansell. Consistently accurate delivery by bowler Lydia Burrows together with quick reactions from backstop Elli Faulkner and sound catching by Georgie Grant at 15‘ post often saw the opposition stumped and Ella Raybone, Harriette Bradley and Indy Nuttall have impressed as post and deep ﬁelders.

In true Wimbledon fashion the heavens opened every time our Under 14 players were scheduled to play tennis.With little chance to practise we were not up to match standard bythetime we met Dean Close and lost quite comfortably. We fared better against Bromsgrove where we managed to win one set The Upper Fourth Tennis Club has proved to be very successful allowing the girls to have some extra tennis and it has helped us to prepare the team for the matches. The girls have only played three matches so far and they have won two and lost one. We put out ﬁve pairs against Cheltenham Ladies College and we won 7 — 5. This was a particularly good win and all the pairs played well, with our ﬁrst pair, Charlotte Fox and Amalie Coleman, winning all oftheir matches. Both these girls also achieved runner-up spots in the Under 14County Championships.

Hereford Cathedral and Dean Close, although we scored some good

The Under 135 have only managed to play two oftheir eight matches. The A team have played against Hereford Cathedral, winning 19-155 and Pate’s Grammar, losing 9.5 -1 2.5. In these games Sophie Richards, Kate Dunn—Massey, Sophie Doughty and Molly Francis scored full rounders. The Under 125 have also only managed to play two matches, against Pate’s and Hereford Cathedral. Over thirty girls have attended club sessions and we have seen some very good batting and ﬁelding skills in both matches and practice. O.K.B.

as. 3Q .

This year we offered Tennis Club to the Lower Fourth in the second half of the Spring term. This proved to be very successful considering the good weather, allowing the girls and some boys to have some extra tennis and it helped to prepare the team for the matches. Unfortunately due to poor weather this term we have only managed to play two matches so far. Lucy Stratton has been a superb captain

and a delight to work with and both Lucy and Alice Wilson must be congratulated for some ﬁne performances in their matches. O.K.B.

KSW BOAT CLUB Captains of Boats: Poppy Bramford, James Green and Rebecca Lane

The past season has been punctuated with many challenges, often created by the weather and many cancelled events, a cause of much disappointment amongst the rowers and coaches.The anticipation of our new boathouse overcame the frustrations caused by the delays and the difﬁculties faced by the boatyard.The students had to endure long trips carrying the boats up and down to the river and scratching around in the gravel car park. I salute the coaches in their leadership and the students as they never became disheartened. The adversity certainly brought out the best in our squads, despite the limited time on the water and the lack of competition, there is so much to celebrate. The head season saw some outstanding performances from all squads, where crews from all age groups and both sexes gained medals at Wycliffe and Worcester Head Races. The culmination of the winter season resulted in ﬁne performances by many crews in the National events. A real highlight was the top ten

performances from our senior boys and girls at the Schools’ Head of the River and our Fifth Form boys at The National Sculling Head. Our annual Easter rowing camps were held at the Shrewsbury School. Despite snow and freezing conditions at the senior camp, we didn’t lose a session and the squads managed to complete their training programmes to great effect. Likewise the junior camp attendees, enduring only slightly better conditions, were fantastic in their approach and performance. The weather continued to work against us, with ﬂooding and winds affecting training and causing the cancellation of most of our usual regattas. Worcester and Nottingham City Regattas were held though,

This year we are sad to be losing two of our fantastic team. Paul Sterckx has been coaching at King’s since 1996, where he has been an inspiration to hundreds of our rowers. He is meticulous in the planning and execution of his role and gains the utmost respect of his charges. His record of achievements is second to none; he has delivered hundreds of wins and medals over his tenure in all levels of competition. He has coached many crews and individuals to international representation. In 2007 he coached Sarah Cowburn to the World Junior Championships, where she finished fourth; the best ever result for a GB Junior sculler. The extraordinary contribution he has made to The King’s School Rowing Programme can never be overstated. We wish him the very best in his retirement. Tom Harris has been our Boathouse Manager, Boatman and a coach for the past four years. During his tenure he has been instrumental in maintaining our fleet in a first class conditional. Seldom does a regatta go by when the boat inspection officials don’t mention that

our boats are in immaculate condition, thanks to Tom’s tireless efforts. As a coach he has set demanding standards ofhimselfand his charges and is held in high regard by the students. He has guided many of

our rowers in the ﬁne art of sculling and rowing, often demonstrating skills from his own scull on the water. We wish Tom the very best in his

new venture. My sincere thanks to all the coaching team for their incredible input into the rowing programme at King's. The Boat Club extends our thanks and very best wishes to all the rowers leaving the School this

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providing the opportunity for our rowers to showcase their talents and reap the rewards for their toils through the long winter months. The standout performances camefrom theJi 5 Girls, with wins at both events, and our senior scullers, who won through at Worcester. The National Schools Regatta (NSR) demonstrated the tremendous depth that we enjoy, where we exceeded recent performance with half of our entries progressing beyond qualification into finals and again proving themselves amongst the finest rowers in the country.

Off the water, the most significant event for Rowing at King’s in the last few decades is undoubtedly the opening of the Michael Baker Boathouse. The facility which replaces the old boathouse and more recently, the boatyard, is a magnificent gift for the sport.The building is an iconic feature on the riverbank landscape and quite unique in its looks, but also in its functioning. The students enjoy the facility so much that they rush to be there and we often have to push them out at night. It has a wonderful feel about it and has really created a home for rowing. We are extremely grateful to the Baker family for such an extraordinary gift, which is coming to life the more we experience its splendour. In December, we farewelled our previous GAP student, Ali Barry, when she returned to Australia. Ali worked well with the younger members of the club. She was terrific in assisting us through the difficult times ofthe boatyard, so it was such a shame she had to return home before she got to see the completion ofour new facility. ESF joined the coaching team in September and has fulfilled various roles, coaching and in administration. It is terrific that she has been able to jump into many boats and give a first-hand perspective to coaching. Megan Glenn joined us from New Zealand and has become far more than a traditional GAP student. Her energy led to the successful publication ofthe Boat Club Memoirs. Her role as a coach spreads way beyond her squad; she is a magnificent asset, with her tireless input and contributes to all facets of the boat club. We are delighted with the news that Megan will bejoining the staff as a full time employee. We are thrilled that Dr Helen Taylor is to be joining us again next year, this time as squad coach. Her enthusiasm with the Senior recreational rowers and the Jl 4 Boys is wonderfully refreshing and we look forward to her continued input.

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J.H.C, Senior Girls For me, the highlight was heading down to London to take part in the annual Schools’ Head. Luckily, the river was in a good mood so the steering wasn’t as daunting as it might otherwise have been — but when you see other crews who seem to be at least twice the size of you who have been rowing on theThames since they were eleven, it is more than a little terrifying. However, all this fear vanishes as soon as you take that first stroke of the race, and the rest of it comes naturally. Both Senior Girls quads were happy with their places — 9th and 16th. Other wins throughout the year include Becky Lane winning Worcester Autumn Regatta in her single, and at Worcester Small Boats Head, the Senior Girls’ coxed IV, came away with a win. Monmouth Autumn Head is also a well—attended event by the King’s School, with the Senior Girls'single winning a tankard. Emily Holland Senior Boys The winter months saw a lot offocus on aerobic fitness and flexibility. All of the athletes made huge headway throughout the year, none more so than Oliver Holden who was able to carve two minutes out of his 5,000m score. At the School’s Head of the River the boy’s coxed IV (James Green, John Adeney, Alex Wood, and Robert Bennett) was the only senior boys crew at the event and being crashed into whilst on the course, the boys still managed to place 7th out of a competitive

field. Come May much had changed. Alex Wood had been diagnosed with a medical condition withdrawing him from the top IV, thankfully the Easter training camp’s seat racing, had shown Ben Alexander was still up there with the best of the squadThe boys gave a solid row in the time trial at NSR and were through to the semi-final where they raced hard but finished a close fourth on the line, just missing out on a place in the final. The Wednesday of half term saw aspiring crew members trial for their seat in the Henley Royal Regatta lst Eight.The final eight line up was decided as: Harry Hodgetts (Cox), John Adeney (Str), Alex Clark (7), Ben Alexander (6), James Green (5), Oliver Holden (4), Robert Bennett (3), Will Taylor (2) and Joe Taylor (Bow). Whatever the results of the season, much has been achieved this year. Tom Harris

J15 Girls As a large group, the UR girls have shown a great deal of potential since September, winning at every local event in the winter season in various quad and double combinations. In the spring, the A and B quads performed well at the Junior Sculling Head. The A quad finished in 11th place and the B quad were placed 22nd , 3rd out of all ofthe B quads. They worked very hard at the Easter training camp and made some great progress in single sculls. At the end ofthe camp, certificates were awarded to Sian Thompson and Hannah Robinson for outstanding endeavour and improvement.They competed in both the Worcester and Nottingham City Regattas. ln Worcester, the quad, double and single reached the finals of their events.The A quad (Alex Styles, Georgia Radley, Issy Swinson-Davis, Sian Thompson and Meg Thompson) were outstanding in Nottingham, securing victory in the final ofthe WJ15 quad event on the finish |ine.The two quads and two doubles competed at the NSR in June. The A quad and the A double (Hannah Robinson and Ella Armstrong) both reached the semi-finals

in their events in very strong ﬁelds. J.K.W. J15 Boys This year’s squad has fourteen very enthusiastic members who have trained hard both on and off the water. Their hard work has paid off this year, developing a B quad which won at Worcester Regatta in May, and an A quad which showed a very promising turn of speed at Nottingham Regatta against national-level crews. A very early highlight was in December 2011 when Jamie MacDonald and Chris Weston won a bronze medal in a double at Wycliffe Small Boats’Head. Wycliffe Big Head was cancelled yet again this year because the canal was frozen, but at Worcester Head in February the A quad rowed well to be narrowly beaten by Stratford upon Avon, and both quads acquitted themselves well at the National Sculling Head in March and every member ofthe squad racing either at Worcester or Nottingham with great success. Keith Tribe

JiéGirls This year the Fifth Form girls attended the Monmouth Head with some success in two doubles, including one that capsized on the landing stage but went on to win their event, while the other crew came second. The double combination of Esme Barrell and Emma Butterworth competed at the Nottingham city regatta in mid-May having an exciting side—by~side race placing 4th in the age group above. That same weekend the quad combination of Izzy Holloway,

J14 Girls

Veronica Hayes, Anna Baum and Jess Lane raced at the Worcester

We have a squad of ﬁfteen girls who have continued throughout the year. The autumn term pool sessions were invaluable in making progress with technique and conﬁdence.Two quads were entered for the Schools Sculling Head — the stronger crew suffering a broken seat resulting in back stop rowing for half the course. Worcester regatta saw all in action and then two quads in action at NSR. The A quad competed well, just failing to qualify for the semis. We are fortunate

regatta coming a close 2nd in the ﬁnal to Worcester Club. The girls

to have three coxes, all ofwhom havejoined in the indoortraining, of

rowed the best they had all season looking technically excellent

particular note is Olivia Summerwill, who started coxing in February and has shown coxing skills way beyond expectations and both Fran Thomas and Lara Drew have lead by example in the stroke seats. One plus of the year is that they are all looking forward to competing as WJ155 next year. The assistance of Sixth Formers, Maddy and especially Sophie was much appreciated by the squad and me.

and gaining on the leading crew in the ﬁnal strokes. The Double combination then went on to compete at NSR having a good time trial, they narrowly missed out on the semi-ﬁnals. As a whole the squad had a good season with many improvements made by all. ESE/Megan Glenn

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J16 Boys Through the harsh wintermonthsadedicated squad ofathletesformed some formidable combinations to take on the rest ofthe countryThe National Sculling Head at Dorney Lake yielded the brilliant result of 9th. Some injuries and absences at rowing camp prevented the crew from staying together and congratulations to Alex Clark, Rob Ellis and Will Underwood for their dedication and determination through this tough time.Thank you also to Matt Shore and Jamie MacDonald for their contributions. The momentum gathered again in the summer term and with Joe Taylor back, we just needed one man to reform Our quad. We are indebted to Alex Moran, coming out of retirement he resumed the fourth seat and steering position in the quad. Some great racing at NSR netted us overall 8th in the country, a remarkable result. Undoubtedly the standout performance for the year was that of Alex Clark and Joe Taylor in their double at NSR. The boys were in scintillating form in the time trial, ﬁnishing second in the country.

Unfortunately in the semi-ﬁnal, the rough conditions saw them below their best. Congratulations to all the squad on a fantastic year!

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J14 Boys The result of the enthusiasm initiated by the prosepct of the new Boathouse has been that we were able to take twenty boys on Easter camp and have managed four quads for competitive events. Technical improvement in the spring term and over Easter camp was most encouraging. We managed to race at Worcester Regatta, where one quad progressed to the ﬁnal before losing in a close race; quads A, B and C also posted convincing wins over their counterparts from RGS Worcester and Cheltenham College in our invitation event at the end ofJune. Progress in small boats has also been most encouraging, led by the more experienced Chris Gregg and Matt Underwood. Ben Foster’s attitude towards training and his progress in small boats from scratch earned him the award of ’Ji4 Rower of the Year’, although there are many others in this squad who will push these boys hard in the years to come. IRS.

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was the turn of the Creative and Performing Arts

Departments, namely art, music, dance and drama, to deliver a

programme of special events. We experimented with extending the duration of the festival to present a season of activities spread over

the academic year. This certainly avoided the clashes and disruption associated with the previous weekelong model. It also enabled us to embed a number of activities into the curriculum, which beneﬁtted from a longer and more sustained delivery. The downside, however, was that it proved hard work to maintain full enthusiasm for the events throughout the busy school year and audience attendance at some events was disappointingly small. There were many highlights, however, which included a truly memorable concert in College

Hall to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by the world-renowned King’s Singers, a community art project, an artist-in-residence, an art lecture, a play writing workshop for adults and older pupils, and dance, composing and singing workshops for the younger pupils. Richard Frostick, an experienced animateur from the King’s Singers’ Foundation, worked with a large choir of Fourth Form pupils to both compose and sing rounds and partsongs. Well-known for his work with youth organisations nationally, he treated his young singers as professionals, demanding and achieving high standards in an astonishingly short amount oftime. It was wonderful to hear the boys and girls sing so well.

ERH. ART The Art Department was delighted to ﬁnd itself, once again, on the ﬁnal short list for a major Drawing Inspirations Award following the national Big Draw day in October. Ourevent, which was held in tandem with a professional exhibition mounted in the SirTerry Frost Gallery,

encouraged participants to respond to the seascapes on display and to create large-scale portraits filled with nautically inspired words. individuals and family groups of all ages enjoyed the opportunity to release their creative selves and produced much fun and striking work. Several attendees were happily absorbed in the task for hours. Unfortunately, the top prize was not to be ours this year, but the department was delighted to be involved in the delivery of one of the awardewinning entries, also from Worcester. Congratulations to art teacher CRH and her Lower Remove classes who drew alongside patients at St. Richard’s Hospice. Three professional exhibitions were held in the Sir Terry Frost Gallery over the school year. We were thrilled to engage Janette Kerr, president of the Royal West of England Academy, to show her powerful sea-inspired painting and drawingThe work, which ranged in approach from semi-abstract painting to awe—inspiring figurative drawing, chronicled Janette’s exploration of the seas off the Shetland coast. Described as a foul-weather painter, she expertly conveyed the power ofthe elements with considerable conviction. Our second exhibition saw the return of four former King’s School pupils, all of whom are now employed in the arts industries. Oliver Smith, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art and working as a free—lance artist, displayed award-winning art photography. Ella James exhibited oilepainting produced on her Fine Art degree course at Newcastle University and Tom Hand showed a short film. Tom is a free—lance filmemaker and has credits as a special effects editor on major films including, ’War Horse’and ’Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy’. Finally, Julian Arnold, a graduate of Oxford University and now working as a freelance illustrator, displayed beautiful and sensitive

book illustrations. It was a great delight to have the work of these artists on display and both interesting and inspiring for current pupils to glean insights into the world ofthe professional artist. Our third exhibition saw the return of artist Derek Nice. We have enjoyed a twelve year association with Derek and this was his third

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exhibition at school, this time taking the form of an installation inspired by fisherman’s shacks found along the coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. The artist was in residence for a week as part of the Art Department’s involvement with the KSW Arts Alive! Festival. He worked with all the Fourth Form classes and together they made a flotilla of sculptural boats which will be displayed as part of a community arts project in the summer. The week-long trip to St. Ives was as popular as ever with our GCSE pupils, despite some fairly challenging weather. As in previous years, a number of good practising artists welcomed pupils to their studios and led workshops in the stunning landscape. Study days were held in the Tate Gallery and in the smaller galleries in town. Sketch books were filled and carefully composed photos taken. Hard work was combined with good fun and many pupils returned to school excited and inspired by their experiences.This enabled them to embark upon the remainder oftheir course with renewed vigour and creativity.This was much in evidence in the quality and diversity of work on display in the assessment exhibition held in May in the Art School Our AS and A Level students explored a wide-range of media during the year, embracing new technologies, as well as the more traditional areas of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and textiles. The use of video and installation is growing in popularity amongst our pupils and reflects current practice in art. A premium continues to be placed, however, upon the acquisition of robust technical skills as well as good drawing, although these become a springboard for the development of highly personal and original ideas and solutions. The final assessment exhibition, held at the end ofJune and filling the entire Art School, was a true celebration of the students' engagement with the subject, as well as their personal creativity and hard work. The Art department was pleased to strengthen its links with two local schools over the year. On Tuesday afternoons our Sixth Form Key Skills students continued to work with ERH and young visitors from Stanley Road Primary School. Pupils from the Bishop Perowne School were welcomed to our evening lifeedrawing sessions and the art staff at King's benefitted from INSET in video editing, delivered by Bishop’s Art coordinator. ERH.

oApA 3c r: l :lA The DADA Society, a studenteled organisation which provides a platform for those pupils involved in the performing arts, presented two well~attended evenings of entertainment in the John Moore Theatre. Catering for pupils from across the senior school age range, a strong feature of the organisation is the friendly support of younger pupils by the older, and the standard set by the senior pupils in performance Dance clubs from the LOWer Fourth through to the Upper Sixth, performed original choreographs to music, and LAMDA pupils performed mono and duologues often in preparation forforthcoming examinations, Instrumentalists performed lighter music and singers and actors performed music theatre. New performers are always welcome and we look forward to hosting three performance evenings next academic year. An offshoot of DADA this year was the inaugural Fourth Form Christmas Show held in the John Moore Theatre. A packed audience of appreciative parents and friends enjoyed a wide range of solo and ensemble items in the ﬁrst half, and a special performance ofJohn Rutter’s Brother Heinrich’s Christmas, in the second.The latter involved the Fourth Form Drama Club in a staged performance of a rather sentimental Christmas fable involving a monk and his singing donkelehere was not a dry eye in the house. ERH.

DANCE This has been a particularly busy year for our dancers and all the school clubs have been well attended throughout the year. It was great to have Martha Hershman back for a weekend. She is currently studying at a Dance School in London and came back to give our Fourth Forms the chance to try some 'Urban style’ dance in a two hour workshop. Just before the February half—term we hosted the ﬁrst Foundation Day of Dance in the theatre. Each ofthe three schools performed three pieces for us all to share, giving a great opportunity for pupils from both Kings Hawford and St Alban’s to perform alongside the students in the Senior School. We performed the dances to each other in the afternoon, then all went to tea together and performed to parents in the evening. Two ofour senior dancers, Emily Barker and Amy Geary, have also been working with small groups from King’s St Alban’s, producing work with the groups to perform at the Foundation event. This has proved to be a great success and we will deﬁnitely repeat this event next year. Amy Geary also worked with pupils at King’s Hawford for their Dance Showcasejust before Easter.

In the second half of the Spring term thirty senior dancers took part in the Cathedral Dance event. They spent all day in workshops with a professional company and performed laterthat day in the cathedral, watched by David Bintley, the Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. At the end of that week the senior company took their places in the spotlight at a Worcester Wolves Basketball Match. As King’s sponsored the match, they were given the opportunity to be the cheerleaders for the evening. With only two weeks’ rehearsal time, they certainly put on a fantastic performance. Both Amy Geary and Freya Hodgetts have now joined the squad and have already appeared for the ﬁrst time with the real cheerleaders. l would like to thank Freya Hodgetts for being a superb senior dancer this year and also Amie Powell who has continued to work with our students throughout the year.

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DESlGN AND TECHNOLOGY some great work has been produced by our students this year. Without many options for showcasing written work, we take full advantage of King’s Day to display the practical work of our Fifth and Sixth form. Wandering around the end of year show and looking at

the ﬁnal pieces, it isn’t always easy to see how much has been put into the process of developing and making them. An integral part ofthis process is feed back. Students always receive feedback when they have completed their work regardless ofit being invited ornot! Sometimesthisisintheguise of formal evaluation but far more frequently is through the reactions of friends and from unintentionally overheard conversations. This is the natural conclusion to all work, but especially that of a practical nature and gives its creator a feeling for how it is perceived by others. It is always good to hear both positive and negative comments regarding one’s workand only the most arrogant and foolish designers wait until the design process is ﬁnished and the product complete. Furthermore, it would be universally agreed that the best designs are those which have been informed by research and feedback. Some

ofthe best feedback obtained whilst the design process is underway is that sought from the end-user or client. Whilst these roles can be performed by separate individuals, for certain products, they will be the same person. Our students don’t have the luxury of being able to consult focus groups but do work closely with clients. Obtaining their thoughts and opinions of designs in progress is an important ingredient of design development. Vitaltothe process ofextractingthethoughts ofthe endeuserorclient is the ability to communicate one’s ideas to him/her. This is done through design work and both Zedimensional and 3»dimensional modelling. A student who has used modelling to the best of his advantage this year has been Greg Bunker in the Fifth Form. In developing his iPod dock (featured in the photographs), he made several models which served to advance his own understanding and to help communicate fully, his ideas to his client. You can see from the photographs that Greg produced several generations of models to help with this process, ultimately leading to an extremely successful ﬁnal outcome. Additionally, he produced (as all our students do) a range ofcomputer generated virtual models. You see the ﬁnished projects at the show but you don’t see the supporting paperwork or modelling and you certainly don't get much ofa feel for the dialogue which has been had with the client! C.W.S.W.

DRAMA Fifth Form and Sixth Form Drama Trips to London The highlight of the year for most drama students is their annual residential trip to London. The Fifth Form trip took place the first weekend in February as a welcome treat immediately following 'Mocks’ and took a very similar form to previous trips in recent years, leaving Friday morning and returning on Saturday evening. Firstly following a fantastic stage combat workshop at Pineapple Studios on Friday afternoon we saw a Friday evening performance of’B/ood Brothers"; then on the Saturday morning we returned to Pineapple where the students participated in a workshop relating to ’B/ood Brothers’led by a leading member ofthe cast. This was followed by a backstage theatre tour ofthe magnificent Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and then we scared the students to death with a matinee performance of‘The Woman in Black’ before returning to Worcester on the Saturday evening. At the beginning of April the Lower and Upper Sixth drama students went to the West End to see four contrasting shows. The first day consisted of a tour of The National Theatre which was a fantastic experience, with props from past shows including a real ’War Horse’ original puppet and a severed head. ’She Stoops to Conquer" was a brilliant show, full of comedy, great characterisation and a wonderful set, using a revolving stage and real fire, providing atmosphere and a real sense of inclusion. The second day included a tour ofThe Globe Theatre and two shows, 'Sweeney Todd’ with Michael Ball and lmelda

Speech and Drama We have enjoyed yet another year of impressive results in the Speech and Drama Department. This year the number of pupils taking the examinations for the first time increased , making the achievements

even more encouraging as previous standards of performance have been impressively matched. Success was endorsed by the achievement of many placements at the Worcester Competitive Arts Festival. Branching out to include musical theatre and acting, verse and prose has also delivered high rewards.

show was ’The Pitmen Painters’, a very humble yet stirring piece, giving a positive insight into the themes of art and socialism. The trip was extremely enjoyable, allowing many of the students to really develop their knowledge and prepare well for the summer exams.

The pupils are enjoying an increased opportunity to showcase their talents at festivals and maintaining King’s’ reputation for high standard drama has become both motivational and target driven. We are currently working hard in preparation for the forthcoming examination session on 13th July. We now have sixty ﬁve entries and conﬁdently look forward to reporting the results.

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”It is a truth universal/y acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want ofa wife.”

So begins one of the most well-known and best-loved novels in the

English language. At the end ofthe autumn term the Fifth and Sixth Form presented an adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic ’Pr/de and Prejudice’. In a poll conducted by the BBC in 2003 to determine the

country’s favourite Big Read, ’Pride and Prejudice’ took second place. We were very lucky indeed to be granted permission to perform the second ever production of this funny and fastepaced adaptation of Jane Austen’s besteknown and most popular novel. The students of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s international acting course had premiered it earlier in the year, and John Hartoch, the Theatre School’s

Head of Acting Courses, further revised his adaptation especially for this King’s School production. This King’s production was directed by SMA within a clever composite setting designed by Chris Crosswell, which cleverly combined interior and exterior features to serve the quick changes of location demanded by the narrative. Dances were set and choreographed by visiting expert Barbara Dunn who also advised on the historical authenticity of the music used in the production Unusually the play offered a large number of challenging principal roles for girls who tend to outnumber the boys by at least two to one at auditions even though the number of female roles is often far fewer than the male ones. That was one ofthe reasons for choosing this as a play, but it was ajoy to see these famous characters brought to life so convincingly by a talented cast, most of whom seemed born to play their respective

roles. There were many excellent performances, but amongst the principal players the Bennett family were particularly effectively portrayed. The heroine Elizabeth Bennett was played with great confidence and sincerity by Emily Barker, with James Weaver playing opposite her as the apparently proud and haughty, but misunderstood Mr Darcy with just the right degree of arrogance and aloofness. Emily and James looked perfect together as the two central characters, and carried a large part of the dialogue with naturalness and ease. Dominic Lee and Becci Linfoot were very well suited to the roles of Mr and Mrs Bennett respectively, Becci portraying Mrs Bennett’s excitable nature with wonderful comic exuberance and as a great contrast with the calm reflective wit of Mr Bennett, conveyed by Dominic very successfully. All the five daughters were very well acted, the other four played very successfully by Abigail Thompson (Jane), Hattie Duddy (Kitty), Miranda Phillips (Mary) and Sophie Haddock (Lydia). As Mary, Miranda also sang and played the ’fortepiano’ very effectively. Peter Shepherd was a revelation, stealing many scenes in hilarious fashion as the oily and obsequious clergyman and suitor Mr Collins, cousin to the Bennet sisters, and Anna Humphreys was excellent as Charlotte

Lucas whom Collins eventually marries. Jonathan Morgan captured the cheerful nature of Mr Bingley perfectly and looked just right in the role, with Sophie Jacob providing an effective contrast as Bingley’s dislikeable sister Caroline, conveying her unpleasant nature very effectively Charlie Silk was ideally cast as the rogue Wickham, looking resplendent in the scarlet of his soldier’s uniform. Great support was given by the remainder ofthe cast, namely Nathan Evans (Sir William Lucas), Abigail Lister (Lady Catherine de Bourgh), Tessa Titmuss (Aunt

Gardiner), Felicity Holehouse (Mrs Reynolds) as well as Caitlin Powell, Rory Hinton and EdoardoToso. it was tremendous that much of the incidental music and that used for the several ball scenes was played live by a string quartet, and many thanks must go to Luke Johnson for organising this. The group comprised Luke himselfon violin, Natalie Kelsey and Tilly Shackley on ﬂutes, Hanna Khogali on viola, and Ruth Pollard on ’cello.

The production was supported by an excellent backstage and technical team, with Hilary Brown and Fran Szymanska stage managing, Freddie Watts operating lighting, James Pearson at the sound desk.

Removes Drama:’Romeo and Juliet‘ This has been an exceptionally busy year for the Removes Drama Club. They met every Monday and Wednesday night after school until 5.30pm without fail. This year King’s took part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival for the ﬁrst time ever. This is a national non—competitive festival celebrating the works of Shakespeare through working with schools and theatres the length and breadth ofthe country. Indeed, King's was one of seven hundred schools taking part in the festival in 2011 with numbers set to rise even further for 2012. In taking part in the festival the Removes worked on an abridged script of ’Romeo and Juliet’ and had a half day workshop at the Artrix in Bromsgrove run by members of the RSC. They then had the opportunity to work for a day in The Artrix - rehearsing during the day and performing in the evening. All agreed that this process was a wonderful opportunity and the group enjoyed the entire experience very much. In addition to the performance at the Artrix the group performed the play in theJohn MooreTheatre as a fundraiserforSANE, a charity that helps those suffering from mental health conditions. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a well~known and much loved play and the Removes group wanted to do something exciting and ’different’ with it. So, out went costumes and in came simple black t-shirts, black trousers and bare feet. Out went any idea that there should be any‘off stage’time for anyone in the cast — instead everyone was on stage at all times and working very hard as an ensembleThe group employed challenging physical theatre techniques throughout and built the piece on the simple foundation that every single person on stage was integral to the ultimate success of the performance. The cast of nineteen had to work on split second timing in their physical work on stage and perfect choral vocal effects to create the mood and atmosphere. As you can imagine, with this kind ofensemble performance it is very difﬁcult to single out cast members as all were exceptional. A special mention however should go to Ben Reeley who played a wonderfully free spirited and passionate Romeo. His teenage lover, Juliet, was played with an exceptional blend of delicacy and steely resolve by Helena Gunter and both moved audience members to tears at The Artrix. Other notable performances were from Eleanor Jarvie who had the challenging task of playing a male character (Paris) as did Stephanie White who thrilled the audience with her strength and passion as Capulet. A very special mention should go to the technical crew who were overseen by Chris Crosswell. Axel Taylor lit the production and Henry Ball stage managed, both ofthem showing outstanding commitment and maturity.

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Fourth Form Drama: ’Sugsy Ivialone’

Removes Dramaz’Our Day Out’ The Removes Drama Club was barely given time to take breath before it was back in rehearsal for a performance of ’Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell. Willy Russell is perhaps best known for the musical ’Blood Brothers’ which is a West End favourite but he also wrote this little gem of a play early in his career. Russell started out as a secondary school teacher in Liverpool and in 1974 he went on an eventful school trip which was to become the inspiration for ’Our Day OutC In the play, the troublesome ’progress class' are allowed out of school on a day trip with the sympathetic Mrs Kay but they are accompanied by the strict and uncompromising Mr Briggs. What unfolds is a fun ﬁlled and poignant day’s events involving animal abductions and shop lifting to name but a few!

This year’s Fourth Form production was the wonderful splurge fest that is ‘Bugsy Malone’. Rehearsals were every Monday and Wednesday evenings after school (as well as several Saturdays) and the cast of eighty showed true dedication and hard work throughout the whole process. The end result was a marvellous tribute to the pupils'talent and commitment. Superb performances were given by all cast members and some were truly outstanding. Bugsy was played with skill and no small amount of charm by Angus Guthrie and he ﬁnally got his girl, Francesca Descher as Blousey Brown, at the end of the show. Harry Guy was a tremendously comic Fat Sam along with his gang of‘dumb bums’and his arch enemy, Dandy Dan, was played with appropriate sleaze by Annabelle Banner: A special mention should go to Josie Cameron as Tallulah and the group of Speakeasy girls who smiled, danced and sang their way through the performance with style! Not only did Fourth Form pupils perform in the show, they also had technical input with Imogen Gunter operating the sound board and Joe Myatt operating the lights. A very special thank you must go to Alice Cook who has found her true vocation in organising everything and everyone backstageIThe music, under the direction of DEB, was tremendous and gave each performance atmosphere and a real touch of class. It was truly a team effort helped along by our super group of Upper Remove pupils who worked backstage and Sophie Haddock and Sophie Jacob in the Lower Sixth who took care of hair and makeup. This was such a fun production to be involved in and it was wonderful to see the whole cast on stage at the end ofthe show absolutely covered in splurge and all with huge smiles on their faces! Well done everyone! JP-H.

For this performance the Removes went for a very different style than that of Romeo and Juliet. The set was simple and stylised with the centrepiece being a ’coach’ designed and built by Chris Crosswell which was moved aboutthe stage bythe cast during the performance. The lighting was expertly taken care of by Henry Ball and similarly the sound by Chris Dhanjal. Stage managing each of the performances was Axel Taylor who was calm and collected under great pressure. The standard ofacting in this performance was very high indeed with some performers playing several roles. Multiarole playing actors were Richard Fullerton, Libby Harris, Emma Claridge, Maria Darnborough and George Watson who managed the switch in characters perfectly on each of the two nights. Commendation must go to Katherine Richards who was exceptional as Carol, the young girl at the centre of the play. Ben Topham~Taylor and Ben Reeley worked well together as the two rogues Digga and Reilly accompanied by their (eventual!) girlfriends, Beth Allen as Linda and Jenny Bayliss as Karen. Adding humour in to the mix were the rather sad and lonely Andrews played by Cameron Walker and the dopey Ronson played by Aaron Daniels. Mrs Kay was performed with maturity and flair by Gracie Allcock and Mr Briggs was performed with great energy by John Ireland. Ellie Weaver and Morgan Jones flirted their way through the performance as two young teachers in love and all of this was overseen by the bus driver performed with excellent comic timing by Tim Partington, A very special mention must go to Jenny Hewitt, who came along to give the cast some lessons in Liverpudlian dialect and accent. It is a difficult skill to master but they certainly enjoyed their ’lessons’ and gave the accent their very best shot. This has been a highly productive and successful year for the Removes Drama Club. Their hard work and commitment have really paid dividends and they have staged two performances of which to be exceptionally proud.

MUSIC After three weeks of intensive and frenetic rehearsal the 2011 House Music Competition was held at the start of October. Our adjudicator, Nicola Bouckley, Deputy Director ofMusic at Loughborough Endowed Schools, awarded ﬁrst place in the Junior Solo Competition to Helena Gunter (violin) for her performance of Hubay’s “Hejre Kati”. Aaron Prewer-Jenkinson (saxophone) and Hanna Khogali (viola) were joint

winners ofthe hotly contested Senior Solo Competition; Aaron played Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto and Hanna played Faure'ls Elegie. Winners of the Song Competition were Bright with their strong performance of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallejujah”. All these and some of the other highly placed performances were much enjoyed in the ensuing Winners’Concert. As well as the expected contributions from the school’s main musical groups the Autumn School Concert had, at its centre, performances, rehearsed in lessons, of three popular songs given by the combined Lower Fourth classes. First tried two years ago this element of the concert gave a large number of new pupils and their parents an excellent early experience of musical achievement at King’s. It was

good to see a healthy number of instrumentalists new to the school in all the ensembles, beginning with Second Orchestra’s performances of traditional folksong arrangements. Brass Group and an impressively large Wind Band, both under VJG’s able leadership and thriving from their early morning rehearsal slots, gave sparkling performances of Scott Joplin’s "The Entertainer” and a selection from Lloyd Webber’s “Cats“. First Orchestra kept the lighter tone with “Soirées Musicales”, Britten’s effective arrangements of ﬁve Rossini pieces, contrasting with Chamber Orchestra's deft performance ofGrieg’s Holberg Suite. The concert ended with superb close harmony performances of“The Continental”, "Let’s Do It” and ”Over the Rainbow” by the School Choir. In February GMG organized and directed the annual Orchestral Workshop for young musicians from King’s St Alban’s, King’s Hawford and King’s Worcester. As ever a large and enthusiastic group of eighty young players spent the day learning and perfecting pieces for String Orchestra, Wind Band and Workshop Orchestra that would join soloists for a most enjoyable evening concert in the Theatre. Congratulations to GMG and Lesley Cox for organizing and directing such a productive day. The annual St Clement’s Concert was a great success in spite of its occurring on what turned out to be a very busy Saturday. The afternoon rehearsal was manned by a skeleton crew that was joined, at various points in the evening as they arrived, by cathedral choristers and cheerleader dancers fresh from Worcester RFC. Perhaps the most impressively timed late entrance came from Peter Shepherd who arrived from an early evening concert appearance in Malvern Priory with minutes to spare before he accompanied Dominic Lee (tenor) and George Sansome (euphonium) in their solos. Other soloists were Natalie Kelsey (soprano), Clare Jakeman (tuba), Ed Toso (bass), Katie

Baum (soprano) and Lara Bienkowska (alto). With a full complement of players and singers all finally under one roof, the concert ended with choral works by Gibbons, Monteverdi and Mozart and the premiere of Peter Shepherd’s Scherzetto for strings. This much appreciated concert once again proved an effective fund-raiser for the continuing refurbishment of a fine Worcester church. Pupil contributions were to the fore in March’s Spring Term Concert. After stirring performances from Brass Group of four Praetorius Dances, First Orchestra accompanied Lucy Butterworth in her virtuoso playing of the first movement of Krommer’s large-scale Clarinet Concerto. Wind Band’s powerful performance of Selections from ”Chicago” was then followed by Chamber Orchestra playing Peter Shepherd's Scherzetto for String Orchestra, written in the previous year as one of his GCSE Music compositions. It was a great pleasure to welcome around fifty extra singers and orchestral players, made up from a combination of parents, OVs, one school governor and the Headmaster, who joined the School Choir to perform Mozart’s

Requiem in its slightly unfamiliar Richard Maunder edition. This splendid occasion was enhanced by the solo contributions of Natalie

PrewerJenkinson and Ed Toso, most of whom will leave us at the end ofthis year. it was a great pleasure to sing choral evensong in the Cathedral, for the first time in at least fifteen years, on the final Thursday of the Spring term. Members of the Keys Choir, accompanied expertly on both the chamber organ and cathedral organ by Peter Shepherd,

sang two great Tudor verse settings — Weelkes’s Service “For Trebles" and Gibbons’“Glorious and Powerful God” 7 and Tomkins’ Responses. Soloists in the verses were Katie Baum, Lara Bienkowska, Maddy Shaw Roberts, Dominic Lee, Aaron Prewer—Jenkinson and Ed Toso. Peter’s

closing voluntary, quite probably ﬁrst heard in the cathedral around four hundred years earlier, was a Voluntary by a former organist ofthe

cathedral, Thomas Tomkins. It might have seemed to have been courting disaster to agree to give a Cathedral Lunchtime Concert on just the second day back after the Easter holidays. The eleven performers — Natalie Kelsey, Aaron Prewer—Jenkinson, Ed Toso, Tim Engstrom, Dominic Lee, Hugh Francis,

Matt Whallett, Clare Jakeman, George Sansome, Bethan Winter and accompanist, Peter Shepherd — were, however, well and truly ready for their solo exposure which would receive a second airing a week later in their A Level Performance exams! The Summer Term School Concert, the third concert of term, took placejust two and a halfweeks afterthe end of the Easter holiday and four working weeks after the previous school concert! In spite of this, only one of the items - Mozart’s G major Missa Brevis ~ had featured in a previous concert. After lively performances of Rossini’s "William Tell" Overture from Second Orchestra and Saint—Saens’ Bacchanale ("Samson and Delilah”) from First Orchestra it was time for leaver, Matt Whallett, to delight us with his assured violin playing in the first movement of Mozart’s B flat major Violin Concerto. Another leaver who has impressed us in recent years with her vocal solos is Katie Baum. Her ”concerto” appearance was a beautiful performance of Mendelssohn’s famous “Hear My Prayer”, accompanied by the School Choir with CJA at the organ. To accommodate the solo needs of leavers, Katie Baum, Lucy Gurney, Dylan Rivers, Miranda Phillips, lzzy Phillips~Broadhurst and Ed Toso, GMG had devised a performance of two movements from Bach’s Double Violin Concerto in which the solo parts were skilfully swapped between players, even during the course of one movement! Further versatile swapping of roles occurred in the Mozart Missa Brevis, when Izzy, Matt and Ed joined Maddy Shaw Roberts (herself forsaking her normal soprano for alto) in the vocal solos. The concert ended with a magnificent Wind Band performance of”The Lion King — A Medley”. This year there will have been six Keys Society Concerts and five Young Performers’ Concerts to showcase the talents of our soloists and small groups in both the upper and lower parts of the school. It has been good to see performers new to the school, younger and older, make their first and subsequent appearances in these concerts and also to witness the impressive development of those that we were hearing a year earlier. Performers are too numerous to mention individually, but

special mention should be made of”Bach to the Future'! the quirky and skilled vocal group featuring Ed Toso, Aaron Prewer~Jenkinson, Peter Shepherd and Matt Whallett. Vocal performances have been splendidly in evidence, much as ﬂute performances dominated programmes a few years ago, but it has been good to see plenty of woodwind and lower brass performances this year. Perhaps next year some ofour reluctant string and upper brass players will join the mix! Bethan Winter, who has made impressive strides as a pianist in her two years at King’s, has been an indefatigable preparer of Keys Society programmes and Peter Shepherd an indispensable accompanist in both Keys and Young Performers Concerts. Very many congratulations to Peter Shepherd who gained his A.R.C.O. in January, winning four prizes, Limpus, Sheene, Durrant and Lord St. Audries, for his organ performance. This is an impressive adult achievement for someone who was only sixteen when he took the exams!

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King’s Hawford As the Autumn Term began we welcomed Tara McCullough to teach Art and DT and Lisa Hyde, MFL. Rhys Pritchard arrived in January as Y4 Class Teacher and Head of Boys’ Games and Rachel Cooper joined for supply cover and new pupil assessments. New TAs Anna Catherwood, Alex Dennis and Russell Marsland soon settled into Pre» Prep whilst Joanne Obreyjoined Kindergarten and Mandy Martin the Late Club. We were delighted to welcome Alex Denton as Science/Art Technician, Donna Wenyon, Registrar, and Gemma Wooley as School Secretary to our wonderful team of support staff, without whom our very busy school would not operate nearly so smoothly! New appointments always mean a few goodbyes and so we wished Jane Wilson all the very best as she moved to New Zealand having taught most successfully in PrepvPrep and Y4. Always friendly and smiling, Laura Greenhill will also be greatly missed by everyone,

especially the ofﬁce. October brought the safe arrival ofJack and Alex Turk and we sent Kathy and David our warmest congratulations. Congratulations to Y6 who all passed the Entrance Examination into the Senior School We were especially pleased with the high standards achieved and particular mention goes to Heather Rodgers, George Hale, Tom Hale, Aidan Taylor and Ben Wadley who were awarded Academic Scholarships, Alfred Annable who gained a Music Scholarship and Miles Pettit a Music Award. In addition Henry Queen achieved the All Round Scholarship to The Downs MCPS and Emma Hill an Academic Scholarship to Loretto. Mrs Rawnsley has continued to raise the proﬁle ofthe School Council who this year have worked hard to raise issues that they felt were important and needed addressing, successfully campaigning for additional facilities in the changing rooms and changes to the school swimming kit. A cookery club was also introduced, at the request of Council members and antivbullying posters were created and displayed to raise further awareness. Their chosen charity was Breast Cancer Awareness and they raised over £570 on Pink Day. In the Spring Term teachers and pupils came to school in their pyjamas, had a full English breakfast for lunch and listened to bedtime stories at break times! This imaginative event raised a further £250. In addition to this Charity Week raised £494 for St. Richard’s Hospice, The Air Ambulance

and Blue Cross whilst donations of food and £50 from the sale of harvest produce helped the Salvation Army. We also supported the Poppy Appeal and sent over 150 Christmas Shoeboxes. Following the visit of Sjoerd Selders from Worcester Primary School, South Africa, the School Council voted to sponsor a pupil. Mrs Hyde has led exciting developments in MFL. German is now taught to all pupils from K62 upwards, whilst our dual linguists in Years 4 to 6 also study French. Spanish has become a popular option during YS and 6 Skills and Language Club has also been well attended by pupils from Y3. Hearing pupils communicating successfully in Russian and Mandarin has been delightful. Our pupils seized the opportunity to celebrate the German carnival and Chinese New Year. We also enjoyed celebrating the European Day of Language with staff greeting their classes in a language oftheir choice and, in the case of the bravest, continuing to teach in that language for lessons too! We were fortunate enough to host two Austrian students earlier this year who worked closely with our eldest pupils over a two week period. This year has seen many children in Years 5 and 6 working hard to earn their Activity Badges. Sporting talents have been recognised alongside those of music, drama, outward bound, languages, art and DT. It has been particularly pleasing to see children rewarded for their service to the school as monitors, guides on Open Mornings, School Council members and technical crew for productions. The Children wear their badges proudly as a symbol of their talents and commitment.

One ofthe Hawford PA’s biggest events was the Bonﬁre Party attended by all three schools within our Foundation and providing the most Spectacular display to date! The Christmas Fayre has quickly become a ﬁrm favourite too. Other popular events have included Quiz Nights,

Early Years are always busy and this year new block play areas have been created. Hard hats and high vis.jackets are available along with tools and materialsto design and build larger projects, including a new Buckingham Palace, five star hotel for animals and car parks! These designated construction areas also allow projects to be reviewed and adapted where necessary. After Christmas, Reception focussed on ‘People who help us’, both at school and in the wider community. The children particularly enjoyed perfecting their interview techniques to find out what Mr Turner, Matron and others actually did! World Book Day brought a flurry of book characters whilst Forest School Day raised over £300, some of which has been used to replace the original red waterproofs as this is our fifth year of Forest School at King’s Hawford. Swimming continues to flourish and thanks to the pool cover children swim all year, working hard to gain Duckling and National Teaching Plan awards. Kindergarten‘s popular ’Shake, Rattle and Groove’ sessions allow children to explore and be creative with different rhythms and instruments whilst a visit from “Caliche” provided an additional opportunity for all Early Years to experience music from a different culture. This year saw the beginnings of a school partnership with Worcester Primary School (WPS). JimTurner visited in January and Sjoerd Selders,

Deputy Principal, made a return visit in March. WPS faces a number of challenges as South Africa builds a new society and we hope to be able to offer assistance and an exchange of ideas. Initially this has included writing of letters between children in the upper years, book donations fortheir library and curriculum material for lessons. During the summer holiday staff members will be visiting WPS and we aim to be able to further our partnership by hosting South African teachers. We have continued to develop strong links with the local community and our facilities are now used by Droitwich Rugby Club, Ombersley FC, the Old Vigornians CC, Smart Ladies Netball and a keep fit group. At weekends we welcome RugbyTots, swimming classes and provide a venue for children’s parties. We have also developed strong links with the University of Worcester with our work being recognised at a recent awards ceremony. We have also maintained close links with St. Richard’s Hospice, taking the children there to sing Christmas Carols as well as organising an annual Sports Dinner to raise funds. An excellent Rugby season saw the Under Ii boys reaching the National Finals as well as competing strongly in a string of sevens tournaments and winning the Elms Festival. The Y6 tour to York saw boys and girls retain their trophies against Ashville whilst the Under 9 girls achieved an unbeaten netball season.The Under 95 also achieved great success at the Hallfield Cross Country. New events in our already extensive sports curriculum have included early morning stamina swims, fencing and girls' cricket. Swimming continues to go from strength to strength and we celebrated a place in the National Finals with Isabella Woodcock competing a year early in breaststroke. With the theme “Let’s go to the Movies", every child from Y3 performed in the Dance Showcase and staff finished off an outstanding evening with their interpretation of the 'Grease’ megamix. At King’s Hawford literature, poetry and theatre form an integral part of the children’s educational experience and this year English teachers have worked very closely with Mrs Kavanagh to use performance to actively engage the children and develop their creative thinkingbuilding. ‘Stig’s Dump' was a particular highlight! LAMDA enjoyed great success at the Worcester Competitive Festival with pupils gaining six first and six second places whilst in the examinations eight out of ten children were awarded the highest mark. The music department entered sixty seven children for ABRSM this year and many of the thirty two entries in the Worcester Festival received the coveted‘honours’grade.We were particularly pleased when the Choir and the Clarinet Group won their respective sections. 2012 ended with another memorable summer concert. The orchestra played film favourites from ’Mary Poppins’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ and the evening culminated in a 180»strong choir performance of the soul song, ’Ain’t No Mountain High Enough!

the May Fete and a dazzling Jubilee Summer Ball. LB.

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King’s Sl. Alban’s It has been another busy and productive year at King’s St. Alban’s. We are proud of all the children’s achievements, celebrating the best of their work through our house points system, Head Teacher’s Awards and the sharing of their endeavours in our Celebration Assemblies. We have seen children perform solos and duets on a whole variety of instruments (even a recorder made from a carrot!), heard French conversations and songs performed by children from Reception all the way up to Year Six, shared in sporting successes and been treated to poetry and creative writing, to name but a few. It has been lovely to see children throughout the whole age range, enjoy the breadth of talent on show and really respect and delight in the success of others. All the children in Year Six were successful in passing the Entrance Examination into the Senior School and we look forward to watching their further progress throughout their time ’over the road’. Special congratulations are due to Harry Clark, Kit Coleman, Ted Pickering, Gus Rendle and Jess Rogers, who all gained academic scholarships to the Senior School and to Jia Jie Huang, Sarah Allen-Griffiths and Marguerite Bullock, who gained music scholarships. A further twelve children were commended, either for their academic success in the entrance tests orfortheir musical ability, including Isobel Khogali and Hannah Stock who received instrument tuition awards. There were some changes in staffing this year. Liz Lewis took on Year Three for the year, whilst Jo Swinson—Davis stepped in to take on Liz’s halfofthejob share in Year Six. Liz also took responsibility for teaching dance throughout Years 3 to 6, no mean feat when she was almost solely responsible for the performances which led to our whole school ’Creative ConneXions/ performance. Lucinda Neevesjoined us as a Form Tutor in Year Four and at Easter took on the role of Head of Girls’Games, covering for Alex Hind’s maternity leave. When Alex left at Easter, Lucy Horn became a Form Tutor in Year Four, whilst Year Five saw Ian Fry and Rachel Duke join David Braithwaite. Gemma Ward covered Rachel Duke’s teaching commitments during the summer term. A huge change to the support staff occurred at the end of September, when Anita Bellfield left her post as Registrar and Secretary. Anita was the fount of all knowledge, a calm guiding presence and a sympathetic ear for staff, parents and pupils alike. Her dedication to the job went far beyond the hours you saw her in school; we wish her all the best in her new venture. Anita was replaced by Louise Robins who started at St. Alban’s at the end of November. At Easter, Richard Bellfield badefarewellto King’s. He cameto St.Alban’s as a Year 5 teacher and Curriculum Co—ordinator in 1998, becoming Head in September the following year. Richard had an uncanny ability to juggle the myriad demands of the school community. Children both trusted and revered him, parents greatly valued his wise counsel and to staff he provided great guidance and support. (A full article on Richard is incorporated elsewhere in the magazine.) When Richard left, Rachel Duke took on the role of Acting Head for the Summer term, a task made possible due to the overwhelming support and help ofthe all the staff (and children!) at King’s St. Alban’s. The whole year has been peppered with high quality Arts events. Our termly concerts moved from the theatre to College Hall, providing a huge arena within which the pupils could perform. In addition, pupils have been offered the opportunity to perform informally in small concerts in our beautiful acoustic chapel. Here even the most inexperienced of pupils from Reception upwards have been able to benefit from playing in front ofa small, supportive audience. Creative ConneXions 2072’ which brought together the children’s work in dance, art, music and English, was based on the theme ’The Rhythm of Life’. Each year group had a different theme and used a variety of stimuli to create their own art work, choreograph their own dances, compose their own music and even design some ofthe digital backdrops. All the children in Year Six had the experience of working with a professional dance company 2—Faced Dance and composed music through mixing using computer software. The production was a huge success, notjust because both the final show and art exhibition

in the school theatre and gallery were outstanding, but because all the children in Years 3 to 6 learnt so much through the process. The sporting calendar was, once again, brimming with fixtures for all age groups and abilities. Alongside our full programme of inter— House sports competitions, there have been over 130 fixtures against other schools. Some memorable moments were the Under ii team reaching the final of the plate competition at Warwick School’s National Sevens Tournament and the Under 95 winning the KSA rugby tournament in December. Not to be outdone, the Under ii netball team reached the IAPS regional finals. At an individual level, Amelia Kite, who already plays for the Under 1 is, was invited to play for the Under 1 3 Worcestershire County Girls’Cricket team and Ted Pickering, Alistair Robb and Ed Burgoyne all played for the South Worcestershire Under 11 District cricket team.

Alongside our curriculum, each year group has beneﬁtted from a huge variety of trips and visiting speakers. From pond—dipping and healthy eating workshops at the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust site at Smite Farm, to visits from ’The History Man: the weeks have been littered with engaging and exciting events. On the day the Olympic Torch was borne through College Green, we were even able to meet one of the torchbearers, Sam Spencer, who brought her torch into

school for the children to see and touch. Year Six gained much from their three week rotation of a science week, an IT week and a week’s outdoor adventure camp in Wales. This was followed by a week in France where the children happily immersed themselves in the culture and history of Normandy, as well as enjoying the beach. The range of educational experience on offer in term time was reflected in what was offered in our ’Summer Camp’ led by Jonathan Bailey. For five weeks ofthe summer holiday, King’s St. Alban’s opened its doors to provide activities and child care for children, with horse— riding, cooking, camping, maths, creative»writing and climbing being just some ofthe pursuits on offer. As always, the children have thrown themselves whole-heartedly into all the fund-raising events of the school year. We started with our annual Readathon, which raised the profile of literature, whilst

at the same time raising £2,615 for CLIC Sargent and The Roald Dahl Foundation. Cake stalls, non—uniform clays and a bring-andebuy sale, to name but a few of the other events, led to a further £1,258 being raised, some of which is used to sponsor the education of Emanuel, a boy in Tanzania. The King’s School Fete on May Bank Holiday was enjoyed by the whole school community. Cake decorating, guess the name oftheteddy and eating doughnuts hanging on strings, werejust a few ofthe stalls organised and run by the children this year. Due to the fantastic support of the parents and the unrelenting enthusiasm of the children in rather damp conditions, we were thrilled to raise over £3,500 in the King’s St.A|ban’s area on the day and even more through the sale of rafﬂe tickets and T~shirts. It has been a busy and exciting year and we look forward to working with Ian Grifﬁn, our new Head, when he takes up post in September. R. D. /D. B.

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Old Vigornians OLD VIGORNIAN CLUB COMMITTEE 0V EVENTS President:

Phil Mackie (Cl 73-84)

Many years ago the Annual Reunion was held in May, and for a variety of reasons, high amongst them being the need to ﬁt in with all other calls on the facilities made available to us by the school, the decision was made by the Committee to revert to the May timing. Sadly, the CV Golf had to be cancelled due to the terrible weather but we hope

Chairman: Headmaster: Hon Secretary: Hon Treasurer:

Roy Padden (CI 45-52) Tim Keyes (Hon 0V) John Potter (CI 55—62)

Hon Social Secretary:

Richard Underwood (CI 68-79)

to reconvene next year.

Member Emeritus: Alec Mackie (CI 47-56) Hon Accounts Examiner: Rob Richards (Cr 79-84) OV Sports: Richard Wilkes (W 76—86) Ordinary Members: Suzie [Gilhooly] Newman (E 90-92) Will Kerton (0 82-92) Jon Marchant (0 85—92) Helen [Meacham] Kennedy (E 90—92) James Bader (0 84-94)

109th Annual 0V Reunion Weekend - 4th — 6th May 2012

Saturday - Reunion Day

OVs and partners started to arrive in the playground mid morning and were directed down through the School Gardens to the new Michael Baker Boathouse, opened ofﬁcially only a week previously, and made available as the starting point for the day’s activities at li.00am. It was particularly pleasing to see Des Caldicott (DB 3539), formerly a Cathedral chorister and now in his nineties, back at King’s. Many

Lou Wadley (Cr 53-61) [from May 2012]

Mike Page (Cr 60-65)

Danny [Hankins] Andrews (5 92-99)

former members of the Boat Club were there, amongst them twenty one Captains of Boats, some with memories of the Club stretching back to the make-doeand-mend days of Noah’s Ark, and others who had experienced the resurgence of rowing after the Second World War under Bob Carlyle, and continuing under Richard Knight who was instrumental in the building of the first true KSWBC boathouse. Opened in 1960 it was to serve as the home ofthe Boat Club for fifty years, and help place rowing very firmly on the school’s sporting agenda. That very success meantthere came a time when thefacilities provided by Richard Knight’s boathouse were stretched to the limit; but any replacement or even enhancement had to be well down the Board of Governors’ list of capital projects. And then stepped forward Michael Baker: Michael had returned to Kings for the Reunion of 2004; this renewed experience encouraged him to enquire of Carol Bawden, then Director of the Foundation Development Office, how he might help with the drive to create a fund providing bursaries for students at the school. After an exceptionally generous donation into the Bursary Fund Michael continued his discussions with Carol, and became aware of the need for a new boathouse. Michael’s own sport of choice at King’s was rowing, and he had continued that interest ever since; this was very much a project to which he felt he should contribute. With full support from his family, Michael agreed to fund in full the building of a new boathouse. Plans were drawn up by architect John Christophers of an iconic structure, but not seeming out of context with its surroundings; a building providing not only space for boat storage and training, but social facilities as well. Unfortunately the onset of Alzheimer’s was to rob Michael of seeing for himself his dream come to full fruition, but we are grateful to his wife Pam, daughter Nicky and son Andrew for seeing the project through. As Nicky has said: ”I am certain that Michael would be thrilled with his legacy. It is not only an edifice ofgreat beauty, it is also a building ofgreat inspiration to budding rowers.” Leaving from the Boathouse, tours of the school gave OVs a chance to see all the changes that had been happening elsewhere at King’s, as well as the opportunity to see that in so many ways much remained reassuringly familiar. Returning to the Boathouse, where lunch was served, gave OVs the opportunity to take in its magnificence in a more leisurely way, with a display ofarchive material showing how the Boat Club had progressed at King’s to arrive at this truly defining time in its history. Carol Bawden had been entrusted with producing a book to mark this occasion and with help from a large number of contributors had edited a commemorative volume chronicling not simply the history ofthe Boat Club but containing also many personal anecdotes bringing that history alive. Full of photographs and creating much interest, it was available for sale in the Boathouse, and copies were

snapped Lip eagerly. Headmaster Tim Keyes addressed members and guests, telling them of the background to the building of the Boathouse and invited the oldest former Captain of Boats present, Gerald Lindner (S 43-46), and the present Captain, James Green, to

unveil a section of the interior Wall naming all former Captains of Boats. He then asked Jim Chalmers, current Head Coach of Rowing

During the year Jenny [Clee] O’Bryan, James Mills and David Rosewarne stepped down from the Committee and we owe them our thanks for many years of service. Helen Kennedy was co-opted to the Committee, before being elected at the AGM.

to perform a very special task: the double scull in which Zac Purchase (0 97—04) had won Gold in the 2008 Olympics had been acquired for the Boat Club; to honour her involvement in helping bring about the funding and building of the Michael Baker Boathouse, Jim invited Carol Bawden to name the boat’Carol Bawden’. Surprised and thrilled by this gesture from the school, Carol performed the ceremony in the Creighton Memorial Gardens adjacent to the Boathouse, watched by OVs down on the gardens lawn and OVs who had remained on the Boathouse terrace. With views from that vantage point across to the Cathedral and up river to St Andrew’s Spire, the bridge and beyond in the background, it was a magniﬁcent setting for a very memorable moment. Not least amongst the OVs present in the Boathouse were a number of former rowing coaches, there to experience the occasion and to meet again with those they had mentored and coached on the river and taught in the classroom. They included Donald Anderton (Hon OV 58 . 88), who recalled the days of coaching from a bicycle, shouting instructions to crews with aloud hailer in one hand, steering with the other, riding fast enough to keep up with the boat on the water, keeping one eye on the crew and at the same time avoiding pedestrians and tourists on the towpath - an experience which ended with at least one coach riding into the river, to achieve lasting fame in the annals ofthe KSWBC - but not in the way he had intended! Tim Keyes ended the morning by introducing the next major phase in the development ofthe school. He showed assembled members the scale model of the proposed SPACE development, to be built in the area formerly occupied by the Salmon’s Leap pub, and linking with the John Moore Theatre.

Like the Michael Baker Boathouse, it too

was an ambitious undertaking: Galen Bartholomew had shown that ﬁnancing most of the build out of retained income and borrowing was possible, and the Board of Governors had given their approval. But the projected start date of Spring 2013 is only possible with funding from outside sources. That fund was established already and well on its way to a target of £1 million for the ﬁrst stage. Tim Keyes encouraged all OVs to contribute to this fund, each according to their means, so that another state ofthe art facility would become available to future pupils, enabling King’s to maintain its status within the City and the County as a provider of top class education. He invited all to take time to look around the rest of the Boathouse and see how it had been built to cater for most requirements: boat storage, training and teaching areas, changing and showering facilities, kit and equipment storage, repair workshops, food preparation and hospitality areas. He commended the building to members, and thanked Michael Baker and his family for providing so generously to realise the dream.

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The AGM The 2012 AGM took place in the Chappel Memorial Room, opened by President Phil Mackie. Guests of those attending were invited to drinks in the Common Room. The President opened the meeting by asking all to stand for a few moments in silent respect as the names of ten deceased OVs were read out by the Hon Sec. Seventeen members were present, with one apology for absence The Minutes ofthe 2011 AGM, circulated to all present, were accepted with no matters arising John Potter gave the Hon Treasurer’s report for the year; pointing out one or two differences he showed the 2011 accounts were broadly in line with 2010, and recorded a slightly improved surplus ofjust over £8,000. He had found a savings account giving an exceptionally good rate of interest to organisations such as the Club and had moved a proportion of the Club’s current cash surplus into that account. The Committee’s annual review of the subscription had shown there was no need for an increase at present. John Potter thanked Rob Richards for checking the accounts as Independent Examiner. The 2011 Accounts were adopted [proposed Malcolm Joyner, seconded Donald Howell]. Phil Mackie announced his retirement and proposed Louis Wadley (Cr 53-61) as his successor. Lou Wadley's nomination was approved by all in the room and he chaired the AGM from that point. Helen [Meacham] Kennedy (E 90—92) was elected to serve on the Committee. Following instructions from the 2011 AGM the Committee had looked at Rule 8 again and recommended that the Rule should incorporate the following wording: No Committee decision on discipline shall be made except by a majority of 75% ofa/l Committee members. This wording was approved by the meeting [Proposed Alec Mackie, seconded Hugh Scurﬁeld]. The CV Club Draw took place and the winning ticket belonged to Tony Mannion (Ch 41—48). There was no other business and the President closed the meeting at 6.42pm.

Good facilities for both were provided already at the school, but the increasing school roll, together with ever higher parental and student expectations, required these to be expanded and enhanced. It was a very ambitious project, but one within the school’s ﬁnancial reach with help. He asked OVs to support this venture ﬁnancially, at whatever level they felt they could afford, to help bring it to completion as soon as possible. The formal part of the evening drew to a close with Douglas TySOn (CI 41-47) being asked to Sign the Chappel Award book, recognising him as the oldest 0V in attendance. Lou Wadley thanked Tim Keyes and Marc Roberts; he thanked Richard Underwood and the FDO for organising the Dinner and thanked Megan Glenn, Peter Siviter and Danny Andrews for their contributions to the evening. Members and guests were invited to stay on to enjoy one another’s company, view the archive display further and take in the atmosphere that had been generated within the Hall during the evening.

The Reunion Dinner OVs entered College Hall via the Cloisters, stopping at the Cloisters entrance to be photographed. The Hall had been prepared for the evening with the subdued tones of stone and wood contrasting with balloons in Club colours suspended over tables. The display of archive material, put on by Pauline Baum and her archive team — now established as an important element of any reunion — covered most ofthe dais. It represented much of the school’s recent history, paying special attention to those year groups who were present: The Class of ‘92 brought together by Helen Kennedy, Ed Sutclif‘fe and Anna Neville; the Class of’88 brought together by Spencer Heesom; and the Class of 82 brought together by Niall McNevin, Rupert Parsons and Steve McOwen. A focus of attention in the Hall; the archive display provoked much comment and sometimes animated debate. Well

Sunday —The Cathedral Service OVs, partners and guests joined the regular congregation for the 10.30am Sunday Eucharist. The ﬁrst reading was given by President Lou Wadley. Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester, was the preacher. He quoted lines from Matthew Arnold’s poem ’Dover Beach’. After the Service, the Dean and his wife Lynne joined others in the Common Room for drinks with the Headmaster, before another enjoyable reunion weekend drew to a close. OVs had travelled from as far aﬁeld as Australia, the USA and Hong Kong and well over 300 OVs and guests had attended the 2012 Reunion Weekend.

received last year, Peter Siviter (S 01—08) returned to entertain diners

Mike Page {Cr 58-65}, Hon Sec OV Club at the piano. The room was called to order by MC Marc Roberts, who introduced the President. He welcomed all present and called upon a group of OVs (Stanley Allsopp, Roger Hunt and John Gaston) to sing Grace, which they did a cape/Ia, to applause before all sat down to dine. Guests of the Club werezTim and Mary Anne Keyes, John and Caroline Roslington, Bob and Sarah Allum, Hazel Vincent, Mark Vincent, Stephen and Kate Vincent, and representing the school, Joe Fowles and Lucy Butterworth. Special presentations were made to John and Caroline Roslington, and to Hugh Scurﬁeld, who in their different ways and over many years had made notable contributions to the well being and development of the school. Incoming President Lou Wadley thanked Phil Mackie for his service as President, and for his Committee work. Tim Keyes replied to the Toast to The King’s School; King’s continued to enjoy an excellent reputation for providing a well rounded education, with always good and sometimes outstanding successes in both curricular and extra-curricular activities. In spite of the economic downturn pupil numbers were holding up, and parental enquiries were strong. The new Boathouse would help maintain the position of King’s as a leading provider of local education, and Tim Keyes acknowledged the debt owed to the Baker family for their generosity which had allowed it to be realised. The next phase of development was the SPACE project due to start in 2013, providing additional sporting and performing arts accommodation at King’s.

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Reunited! OVs of various generations took part in a number of reunion events throughout the year, more information on which can be found in the Connect magazine and in the 'Old Vigornians’ area of the school website. The main events this year included the USA Reunion in Princeton, New Jersey, attended by more than forty OVs living and working in the USA; the ﬁrst ’Media, Marketing and Arts Event’held at Chinawhite in London; an OV Ski Trip to Serre Chevalier for 2005 Leavers; and a Five

Year Reunion for the Class of 2006. There was no London Dinner this year, as it has switched dates with the CV Reunion Weekend; the next London Dinner will take place in October 2012.

The Old Vigornians CC The reports from the 2011 and 2012 cricket seasons are now available on the extensive OVCC website at

www.0ldvigornians.play-cricket.com. This site also includes a wealth ofinformation on the history of the club and batting and bowling statistics over the years.

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0V NEWS Paul Stevens (H 52-59) is semi~retired and has lived next to a beautiful Beach for past 40 years in Sydney. From a base of more than 20 years’ HR experience Paul created Australia’s first for profit career counselling service in 1979, then extended into Outplacement and In Company CD during the 19805. He is a prolific author of career development and career self-management texts, workbooks and a designer of many card sort instruments Nick Chambers QC (5 57-62) will be releasing his book Missed Moments in Lego/History in October 201 2. It is a book offanciful scenes of what might have happened instead of what did happen to people who met the law. Each scene is accompanied by watercolour pictures painted by Nick himself. It will be available through Wildy & Sons Ltd the legal booksellers and online from them as well as the publishers Oblong Creative Ltd. Mike Robinson (CI 56—65) continues to live in retirement in Bewdley after a career teaching Physics. He met up again with Mike Page (Cr 60—65) last year for the first time since schooldays and they decided to make the journey down to Berkshire to visit Hugh and Jean Neill (Hon OVs), something both had done before: Hugh moved on from King’s to a Head of Mathematics post in South London in 1964, and

the two Mikes, as members ofa party of ﬁve, made thejourney to visit him there shortly after A Levels in 1965. Many will remember Hugh as a Maths teacher, a sports coach and as Housemaster of Bright; Jean was school secretary to David Annett. Hugh introduced Mike to bell ringing, which is a hobby he still practices on a regular basis. He is also an enthusiastic volunteer on the Severn Valley Railway. Mike was widowed some years ago and has three grown children, all pursuing their own careers. Nick Chance (CI 60-66) has six children: two sons and four daughters. After working in various places in Europe and Australia he and his family have ﬁnally settled back in Worcester.

There were a few ofus that used to cycle in from Kempsey, Mike Robertson who’s now in New York, we still keep in touch. Andy Padden who I see regularly and lives nearby, and his brother Chris, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand and I’ve visited a couple oft/mes through work. From the age of 73, all I wanted to do was join the forces, following on from CCF. The Marines looked great, so ljoined the RAF! Why? / always the ability to think ahead, and suddenly digging holes, and being out on manoeuvres, didnlt seem that appealing! ldon’t regret a minute ofit though, especially when the Falklands War started and l volunteered to be part ofthe task force. / was immediately dispatched to Stafford to begin Tactical Training, and found myself digging a hole and living in it for a week! Seriously though it was excellent, although they sent me after the war, which with an older head was probably a good thing, but as a young kid it was all exciting andl was missing out! i became very involved in the Logistics area, and spent a lot of time on Chinooks and Puma helicopters. / near/y managed to kill myself whilst hooking an under slung load to a Chinook hovering above me. You need to discharge the static build up with an earthing rod, which I couldn’t ﬁnd, so / threw the coupling onto the hook, too slowly unfortunately, and woke a few metres away looking up at the departing Chinook! lp/ayed a lotofrugby for the RAFand/ocalclubs, andran andparticipated in a station and Strike Command athletics team. After i2years a beautiful wife Julie, and two children Leanne and Kieran, ldecided it was time to move on. We returned to Worcestershire and built a house in Littleworth. A series ofjobs in logistics, from driving to Operational Managementand then Production Management, I found myself involved with Motorsport and Exhibition work, which, iOyrs on i still enjoy. Having travelled extensively with the World Rally and F1, [am now involved with British and World Touring Cars, and the Exhibition world, and staring towards

Sairaﬁ Saied (CI 63-68) At the turn of the year Saied was in the UK to visit family, and took the opportunity to visit the School and also managed to look up some old friends, amongst them Chris Skellern (B 61-68) , Mike Page (Cr 60-65) and Tony Cook (Cl 57-66). After Brighton University, Said remained in the UK for some 10 years, but

OV friends lost contact when he returned to lran in the early 805. A number of factors, most notably the unstable political climate in that country prevented his coming back to the UK, but after some 20 years he and others of his family were able to move to the US and have settled in Novato, San Francisco, California. He is divorced and has a daughter, also living in California. He can be contacted on sairaﬁsaied@yahoo.com Andrew Sadler (Br 59-69) Andrew went to Cardiff to study Dentistry and later to London for Medical School. He spent most of his career as an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in Lincoln but more recently has moved back to London to teach Oral Surgery at Barts and the London Medical & Dental School. Andrew lives in Mile End during the week and Lincoln most weekends. He married Marilyn who he met at University a year after leaving school and they have two children, now 26 and 24. Both work in London, one living with them at Mile End and the other nearby. He regularly socialises with Adam Scott and keeps in touch with Roger Byme with whom they holidayed last year. Dave Morris (CI 76-79) writes about his time at the school and “Opportunities from Education to Retirement’ ’What a strange thing growing up is! We look different from the outside, but apart from knowledge and experience we change very little as a person. Generally it is those events around us that dictate our attitude to life, and that is certainly true with me.

When llook back at my time with Hawford and Kings, it seems the only thing i did was play rugby, hockey or cricket, participate in athletics, or spend any time i could, sculling or rowing with a crew, getting bawled at by a big bloke on a bike alongside the river with a megaphone!

the next iOyrs until retirement. Where did that time go? My mind still seems the same as it was 30yrs ago. i gave up rugby a few years ago, and coaching at Worcester, butstil/ play 5 a side football. It’s funny, that as a kidyou get up to mischiefwhen you’re able, and think you’re the only one, and adults don’t have a clue. Then when you get older, situations change and you lose that fun, carefree element to your life. l’m glad to say I regained it and still get up to mischiefwhen I can, just for a smile. [believe it keeps you young, although my wife and kids think itjust makes me annoyingi! Thanks for the start Hawford and Kings!’ Ralph Pite (CI 72-79) Having won a scholarship, Ralph read English at Trinity College, Cambridge, where both his father Chris (Hon 0V) and his father had studied previously. Ralph is now Professor of English at Bristol University and his wife, whom he met atTrinity, also lectures at Bristol.They have two teenage children, currently at Clifton College. Brett Artus (CI 73-80) married Lynne in May 2005 in Detroit, Michigan which is from where Lynne hails. They lived in Putney, London for a couple of years and moved to Ufﬁngton in Oxfordshire in 2007. They had their ﬁrst baby, a son called Blake Michael Richard, on 8 March 201 1 . Brett continues to run his own commercial property consultancy which is based in Soho, London and regularly meets other OV’s Andrew Benton, Paul Renney and Richard Bacon MP, for lunch. Rick Phillips (Cr 76-83) and Kate Phillips (nee North, Co 81 -83) have enjoyed four fascinating and exciting years in Cairo, Egypt This summer, after 20 years living . .7 . . abroad, they will be coming back to live in England - in Surrey. Their three children Anna, Joe and Sam can’t wait '7 to explore the English countryside and be closerto cousins and grandparents. Rick will continue to work for Actis out ; of London. Kate will be re—inventing herself yet again.,.suggestions please. They are really looking forward to catching up with everyone!

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0V NEWS Rob Richards (Cr 79-84) and Howard Painter have merged two well»known Worcestershire accountancy firms. The Richards Sandy Partnership, based in Barbourne Road,Worcester, and Howard Painter and Company, ofSansomeWalk,joined forces from March 1st. Howard is husband of retired MFL teacher Cherry Painter and they sent both their children, Kirsty & Richard, to King’s. Rob is an 0V and both of his children, Matthew and Katherine, are current pupils at King’s. A few years ago Howard was also giving part time instruction at King’s in sub—aqua diving, a sport he has enjoyed for years. Stephen Taylor (Ca 76-86) returned to the UK in 2006 after 16 years in Taiwan and is now living in Cambridge, Caroline Krolikowski (nee Horrigan, Co 85-87) has been completing the final part of her Commissioning training at RAF Cranwell. In June 2012,she graduated with a Queen’s Commission. Adam Thompson (W 79-88) has been living back in Worcester since 2000 and is married with two children, four cats and a dog. He is a partner at a GP Surgery in the city. Jon Bracey (Ch 90-95) features in a new film ’The Moonflower’, alongside fellow British alpinist Matt Helliker on their first ascent on the hallowed Moonflower Buttress, Mt Hunter in Alaska in which the pair attempt the climb of their lives.

Jonathan Squire (Ch 90-00) married Cerian Scott on 4th February 2012 at Whately Hall Hotel, Banbury. Jonathan’s brotherThomas (Ch 93—03) was a Best Man. It even snowed on the big day! Verity Armstrong (nee Moore, 5 95-02) writes ; i am still enjoying life over in Cambridge, and there’s never a dull moment. Last year, Matthew (my husband), my sister (Abigail Moore, Chappel House) and me were persuaded to take part in a race called ’Survival of the Fittest’ in Nottingham - a 12km run with military obstacles at each km, including swimming the River Trent twice in the horrible winter weather. I should add that we were dressed up in neon lycra, impersonating Mr Motivator, and as a result were interviewed by Channel 4. I’m not quite sure how, but we completed it without too many injuries! This year we will be running in the Spartan Race! If anyone fancies getting an OV team together then let me know - it’s

all about team work! On a completely different note, I am now the Development Manager at the Stephen Perse Foundation, where I head up alumni relations and fundraising and I am really enjoying the new challenges. If anyone is ever over this way then do let me know as it’s always great to meet up with OVs! Jennifer Tippett (S 00—02) has started working atThe Sun newspaper having studied for her MA in Journalism at Kingston University. Lorna Shaddick (Ch 99-04) married William Edwards in the Cathedral on 14th April 2012, with MRD ofﬁciating Among the bridesmaids was OV Natasha Shaddick (S 99— 06) and the OVs in attendance were 4 Rebecca Seales (Os 97, 04), Rachel Cowburn (Os

98—04),

Kingshott

(Br

Laura

99-04),

Felicity Ounsted (Cl 97, O4), Gemma Stanier (S 9706), Natalie Shingler,

James Daniell (Cr 87-97) married Natalie on May 31st 2010. Tom Church was an usher and David Hyett attended as a guest. He is currently living in Bristol. James and Natalie have just had their ﬁrst child on April 8th 2012.

Claire Gott and Alex Lyons as well as Hon. OV Bob Stone The service

Pauline Mashiter (Br 95-97) is now living at Shap in Cumbria in a 17th century cottage renovated by herself and her husband The vagrant cat that has moved in tells them it must look appealing so they can’t have done a bad job!

in the School Gardens and a reception in College Hall The happy couple honeymooned in the Maldives and are both working in Paris asjournalists forFrance 24.

was followed by drinks

George Williamson (Cr 02-05)

Jess Page (CI 94—99) attended the Networking event for OVs involved in Marketing, Media and the Arts held on 23rd February at Chinawhite in London, courtesy ofJeremy Hartley (B 85-90). She was particularly pleased to meet up at that event with Sue Clements (Co 87-89). Sue had been very helpful with career information and tips by phone and e-mail when Jess was just starting in the TV industry, but this was the ﬁrst time they had actually met face to face. In her turn Jess has advised other OVs and students at King’s who are looking to enter the industry, and is happy to help whenever she can: haunted,unicorn@ hotmail.corn. Presently she is working in London for NBC Universal Networks as The Programme Planner for the Western, Central and Eastern European children’s channels.

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has become the youngest person to choreograph a professional ballet production in England. At 21, he has choreographed the English National Ballet’s The Firebird, ﬁrst seen at the beginning of the 19005 which George has re-created and brought up to date. It had its world premiere at the London Coliseum in April.

Hannah Kimber (K 03—05) won an annual jewellery design competition staged by the Birmingham casting house Weston Beamor in conjunction with the School OfJewellery, Birmingham City University, where Hannah has just completed her third year of a four

yearcourse. Stephen Humphreys (Ch 98—05) got engaged at the end of May to

Alicia Wells who he met in London two years ago; they are getting married in 2013. David Lewis (Os 05-07) has taken part in the recording of a general knowledge quizfor BBC Radio 4.The 3rd Degree pitted three Swansea University lecturers against three of their students and was hosted by Steve Punt, of The Now Show fame. The rounds vary between specialist subjects and general knowledge, quickﬁre belleand-buzzer rounds and the‘highbrow & Iowbrow’ round, cunningly devised to test not only the students’knowledge ofcurrent affairs, history, languages

Dan Leach (Cr 98-07) and

Heather Uren (CI 00-07) announced their engagement to be married. The picture is taken in Paris where Dan actually asked Heather on the Pont des Arts over the Seine. It was 5 years (to the hour) since they got together in their final year at King’s. At the moment they are considering a date in June 201 3 for the big day! Tom Bryant (Cr 01—08) has just finished his final year at Exeter University where he achieved a 2:1 in Exercise and Sport Sciences He is hoping to pursue a career in the commercial side of sport.

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and science, but also their professors’ awareness of television, ﬁlm,

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was a national ﬁnalist in the EDT/ Drapers’ Company Celebration & Awards Ceremony on 22nd November 2011 in Draper’ Hall 7’ London. The OV News section is edited by , Alec Mackie (C 47—56). Please send

entries to him c/o the Foundation Development Ofﬁce.

DEATHS AND OBITUARIES The following deaths have been reported to the Club since the 2011 AGM: John Graves-Morris (S 27733) Robert Barker (DB 27—33)

John Brushﬁeld (S 47-50) David Cook (Cr 47-54)

David Bolland MBE, OBE (S 32-37) Ian Rhodes (B 57-65)

Peter Oades (S 38-40) Clive Landsborough (CI 59—65) Stanley Ellison (Ca 37—41) Ashley Shameli (K 95-00) William Curtis (DB 39—42) Evan Gwyn Williams (year of admission 1942)

John Graves—Morris John Wyn Graves~Morris was born 11th January 191 5 in Luton, Beds. He was the youngest of four born to Herbert and Maude Graves» Morris and attended preparatory schools in both Luton & Bedford before moving to King’s School, Worcester where he adopted the nickname’Gravy’. He became Captain of the school Shooting Team and the Team won the lnter»Schoo|s Shooting cup in its very ﬁrst year. He enjoyed rowing and competed for Kings. He played for the 2nd Rugby XV. A report in the school magazine stated:“ofthem, the scrum half, Graves, Morris, deserves particular mention as he was consistently excellent

throughout the tournament.” lt was here that he developed his interest in scouting and he started the ﬁrst troop at the school. His love of sailing started while at King’s School Worcester and whilst there he built a 12’ sailing dinghy. He sawed in halfthe chassis ofa1923 Bugatti to use the rear halfto make a trailerl Just a few years ago (when he was researching family history) we went back to his old school at Worcester and he proudly showed me his brother’s name on one of the windows along the Cloisters. He showed me his study upstairs which he said hadn’t changed since he had left. He told me that it was here where he smoked his ﬁrst cigarette.

He also showed me the garden by the river that he had helped to design and build. It was here that he shared his first kiss with the sister ofa school friend. After matriculation he entered Guys Hospital, London in November 1934 to study medicine, During his training he became particularly interested in facial plastic surgery. it was when he was a houseman at Luton & Dunstable Hospital that he met “his wife to be” (who was sister on the men’s surgical ward). After qualifying in 1942 hejoined the Royal Navy entering as Surgeon Lieutenant Commander RNVR. In addition to the Atlantic Convoys he participated in the Arctic Convoys, ran the gauntlet in the English Channel at the time of the Normandy Invasion and was also involved in the Landings at Salerno. On release from the Navy, he served an assistantship in sole charge of a very busy industrial general practice under the NH] for six months. After this he set up a small practice in the Yelverton (Devon) area and then moved to the position of general practitioner in the village of Sampford-Peverell from which he retired in 1975. Besides his medical work he was very much involved with the British Legion and he became Life President in the local area. He was a Parish Councillor and the representative of Sampford Peverell with Mid Devon District Council. He was a governor of Sampford Peverell Primary School and the well reputed and successful Uffculme Secondary School. He also acted as factory doctor for the Uffculme Mill in its latter days ofa working textile mill. As if all this was not enough, he made time to enjoy sailing, shooting and fly fishing. When he first came to Sampford Peverell he bred lndian Game Bantams for showing. He was very proud to win the first prize at Olympia. The cup was so big it wouldn’t fit on the sideboard. He bred three litters of Ovara Strain Shooting Spaniels. Two litters went to Sandringham but he kept one as his shooting dog, Of course, we mustn’t forget his love ofthe sea and the three cruising yachts he had. The last of which was a 32’ Westerly Fulmar — his pride and joy. it was moored on the South Devon coast at Newton

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Ferrers. He enjoyed sailing the coast ofthe South West taking it, more than once, across to Guernsey and the Scilly Isles, sometimes single handedly. More recently he turned his attention to repairing, and making, the ﬁne parts for antique clocks — specialising in grandfather clocks. John Graves Morris passed away on 14 March 2012 in Yeovil Hospital. He lived life to the full and was the most senior OV known to the school. He carried very fond memories of King’s School, Worcester and was always interested in what was happening there.

he served as an ofﬁcer with the 53rd Welsh Division in the 1944 Normandy invasion, was mentioned in despatches and awarded an MBEiMilitary).

Once he got to India in 1946, David became a revered ﬁgure during the 25 years he lived there and afterwards. He had a genuine love and friendship for all who he knew and worked with in Kerala. His involvement in Kathakali, an Indian dance form, is now legendary both in India and beyond. He was awarded an OBE for his work as a consular representative in south India and true to form was able to help a number of people in need.

He will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. Patrick Graves-Morris, son Robert Blakely Barker Known as Blake to all friends. At King’s he was an all round sportsman, and sport, in various guises remained an important part of his life thereafter: he was an accomplished fell walker and over the years could claim to have climbed most of the mountains of England and Wales, as well as climbing in the Alps; he swam regularly and was treasurer of the Worcester Swimming Club for over 30 years, shouldering a number of other administrative posts within the Club; he was also a golfer and squash player at Boughton Park, being at different times captain of both. Blake's father had started the family car sales and repair ﬁrm of PW Barker Ltd in the early 1900s in Lowesmoor; after an apprenticeship at the Standard Motor Co in Coventry Blake returned to Worcester to help run the family company. Called up soon after the War broke out, his knowledge of vehicle mechanics led to him being drafted into REME, seeing active service in Italy. The War over he returned to Worcester and continued to run the company for another 40 years. Socially Blake Barker was involved in many organisations within the City, including the Freemasons. and recognised widely for his selﬂess efforts to improve Worcester life. Blake was married for nearly 60 years to Esther and they had two sons. He died peacefully on 28th April 2012 at the age of 96.

In 1958 he married Peggy and had one daughter Diana. On retirement from India in 1971 David came back to Brent Knoll tojoin Peggy and Diana who had already come home for school. Far from retiring he played a very active role in local life including Chairman ofthe parish council, Church Warden, a commissioner ofincome tax, and a member of the British Legion. He gave his all to everything he did in a very correct and gentle manner. When back in England he continued his love of India and Kathakali by making his ﬁlms Masque of Malabar and Malabar Masque. This documentation ofthe masters of Kathakali is of real historical interest, His book, A Guide to Kathaka/i is recognised as the best English, language introduction to Kathakali. He continued his links with India right Lip to the end, with visits from his Indian friends as recently as last year. A ﬁtting tribute to him will be a documentary of his life in India which is being put together at

the moment. Since Peggy’s death in 2003, David lived on his own occupying the vast majority of his time working on his memoirs, taking the letters he had written to his mother as the basis for his writing.The result has been a truly memorable account ofa life lived to the full.These can be seen on his website wwwdavidbollandcouk. In recent years he took great pleasure in being able to donate the books he and his father had won as school prizes to the new Library, His last visit to the school was in 2008 to attend the unveiling of the stained glass window in the Library ”The tree of knowledge"designed by Tony his nephew (52—60). He was thrilled to see the changes to School house and the quiet room dedicated to W.E Bolland. David passed away peacefully at home on May 25th 2012.

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David was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1919 and attended St Dunstan’s prep school in Burnham on sea, prior to joining Kings in 1932 as a Kings scholar and the grandson of headmaster W.E. Bolland. David loved his time at King’s in School House following his father and grandfather before him. He was a gifted scholar and enjoyed his sports. His particular passions however were the OTC and his ﬁlms. He has many happy memories of his time in the OTC. He bought his ﬁrst cine camera while at Kings and recorded many of the big events of the time, he was very proud to be able to show footage of the funeral of George Vth in 1936 at the school before it was shown in the town. His Vigornia News

In 1933 Peter gained a choral scholarship at Salisbury Cathedra School, then moved to King’s and experienced the evacuation to Criccieth. On leaving King’s he moved to Blackpool and worked for a short time at Barclays Bank; where he met Eileen whom he was later to marry. At age 18 hejoined up and saw service in the English Channel on minesweeping patrol, after which he was commissioned and posted to Aden. When the War ended he returned to the UK and went to Fitzwilliam College Cambridge where he took a short degree course and was awarded his BA, followed by a PGCE, He

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19305. On leaving King’s, David joined the London ofﬁce of Peirce Leslie & Co Ltd in 1937 and originally was meant to go to India in 1939. The 2nd World War intervened, and, until he was demobilised in 1946,

and Eileen were married in 1946. Peter had thoughts of ordination before the War, but after his time at Cambridge he turned to teaching religious knowledge. In 1952 he and Eileen moved to Kenya,

where he taught various subjects and served as a Senior Reserve Ofﬁcer with the local Police during the Mau Mau rebellion. In 1956, back from Kenya, he took up a teaching post in Crawley New Town. Later he was invited to apply for the Deputy Headship of a large Comprehensive School in Bognor Regis. In May 1962, Peter became Headmaster of the Bourne School near Chichester. His work included also Youth work at both District and County levels; eventually, he became Chairman ofthe Educational Advisory Committee of South East England. Peter was ordained in 1967 and with Church duties increased he took the opportunity of

the LEA re-organisalion to resign his headmaster’s post and become Vicar Choral, Chaplain and teacher at Salisbury Cathedral School He enjoyed each new phase of his life and left an impression on many people with whom he worked. A committed family man, when

grandchildren arrived he embraced the grandfather role, and the arrival of seven great grandchildren gave him further joy. Tributes refer to him as friendly, kind, warm—hearted and welcoming. He was amusing, with a twinkle in his eye, and a warm smile. In fact, a lovely man. Peter died on Thursday 22 March 2012, at the age of 88. Eileen Oades, widow Peter was probably the major inﬂuence in encouraging me to apply

for a King’s Music Scholarship in 1972, and he became a lifelong friend. He may well also have been the inﬂuence on a fellow Salisbury Cathedral chorister, Geoffrey Webber (Ch 72 ,77), coming to Kings with a Music Scholarship.

was to remain at Bournemouth & Poole College for the remainder of his teaching career, heading one ofthe College’s branches in the years leading up to his retirement, David's other great interest was music, and he was an accomplished pianist: one OVCC story told of David (Cooky as he was known to most members) is that in the pavilion after one match he conducted an impromptu choir , members of the visiting Carmarthenshire Warriors , in a recital ending with a full throated rendition of Cwm Rhondda, with the Cathedral bells

chiming midnight in the distance. Married to Joan, they returned on his retirement in 1996 to Battenhall, Worcester and he renewed his interest in the OVCC, as well as keeping up a range of other interests, including his piano. He was knowledgeable on a range of matters and ready to give his opinion on any subject, particularly socialist political belief He died ofcancer on 3rd March 2012, Alec Mack/e OV, friend

Andy Townsend, OV, friend John Brushﬁeld Known at School to be rather quiet and unassuming, nevertheless John's career was in marketing, and he turned the expertise gained from that work to good uses elsewhere, After various posts he moved into the book trade, becoming Marketing Manager for Book Tokens and director ofthe London Book Fair. He was an elected member of the Society of Bookmen. Living in Widcombe, Bath for over 30 years he involved himself in local affairs and his career skills came to the fore as residents battled — eventually successfully e for a revised road scheme to better cope with trafﬁc problems in that part of the City. He also produced the campaign group’s newsletter, helped to edit a reprint

of a book about Widcombe and Lyncombe, and prepared a series of exhibitions about local history. John was also marketing adviserfor several years to sixth—form Young Enterprise teams at Beechen Clif'f School. John’s other great interest was wine, and he joined the Wine Society in the 19705, being invited onto the committee where he used his

marketing experience to improve membership recruitment and to streamline the Society’s sales literature, He was involved with the decisions to move all operations to Stevenage, and extend the buildings and later acquire more land to expand the facilities. He became chairman of the Marketing Sub-Committee and introduced a number of marketing strategies that meant the Society was more exactly reﬂecting its members' expectations, He stepped down from Committee work in 1997 but continued his enthusiastic support for the Society. On his retirement from the Committee, then chairman Ray Bowden said, ’we will miss his patient and probing approach to marketing issues, as well as his wider contribution to The Society’s work}, John, who enjoyed gardening and foreign travel, died at the age of 77 leaving his wife Jean, four children and three grandchildren. A member of School House, John was one ofthe leaders in bringing together groups of School House contemporaries at the Annual Reunion, and also regular reunions at other times, usually in London. Putting in a lot of work behind the scenes he saw reunion that started with fairly small group grow and become an important ﬁxture in the

social calendar ofthe self styled ’School House Old Lags’. Colin Rigg OV, friend David Cook

David’s great love was cricket and not least amongst his accomplishments was that he could claim to have clean bowled one of the Worcestershire CCC all time greats, Don Kenyon. Having captained the First XI at School, he went on to captain the OVs and acquired a reputation as a prodigious run scorer. After graduating from LSE his ﬁrst teaching post was at Evesham, and if not for his early move to Bournemouth to take up a lecturing post in Political History he might well have gone on to amass a record OVCC career total. He

THE BARNABAS GROUP The Barnabas Group was set up in 2008 by the Headmaster to recognise OVs who have excelled in their chosen profession. OVs in Banking and Investment, Law, Defence, Sport and the charity sector have returned to the school to share their experiences with current pupils. Lorna Shaddick (Ch 99-04) became the tenth Barnabas speaker on Thursday, 17th November 2011. Lorna presents France 24's breakfast news programme, ’Live From Paris’

on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. She talked about her role at France 24; "why you don't

have to take English to be a journalist" and "why not to go home at 4 pm." This spring we were delighted to welcome back two Barnabas Speakers: pig 'ﬁ

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Stephen Tomlinson (H 63-70)

A former Head Boy ofThe King's School, Sir Stephen went on to study Law at

Oxford University. He was called to the Bar in 1974 (inner Temple) and is now a

Lord Justice of Appeal and member of the Privy Council. He gave an erudite and

enlightening address to pupils in College Hall and then shared his knowledge and experience of the justice system with Sixth

Form History and Politics students. David Townsend (Ca 68-73)

A Captain of Boats, Head of School House and the Deputy Head of School, David went on to study Economics and Politics at St Mary’s London but managed to combine this with the love of rowing he had gained from his time under the guidance of Richard Gabriel whilst at King’s. He returned as part of our Olympics day, to talk about his experience of rowing in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games, his subsequent career in Banking and Finance and the charitable work he is now involved in as the chairman of the board of trustees for PEAS (Promoting Equality

in African Schools). The full text of these talks and archive recordings are available at ksw.org.uk via The Old Vigornian and Barnabas Group pages.

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Development The provision of means tested bursaries remains a long term strategic objective for the KSW Development Trust and Foundation Development Ofﬁce and through the Enduring Bursary and Fellowship Bursary funds, the school has funded the equivalent of 14 full fee bursaries in the past year. After many years of service to Kings, Hugh Scurﬁeld has retired as Chairman of the Trust; Andrew Reekes has taken over this important role. The major development this year has been the completion of the Michael Baker Boathouse. This building marks the culmination ofthe many years thatthe school has spent in establishing, involving and engaging the King’s school community beyond

ourcurrent pupils. The extraordinary gift from the Baker family was not just financial. it was the gift to build something beautiful and lasting for the school and, indeed, for the City of Worcester. It would be difficult for a school like King’s to justify the cost of a boathouse of this scale and scope within its strategic plan, but by giving such a generous donation specifically for this building, the Baker family has enabled King’s to invest in something which will enhance both the banks ofthe River Severn for many generations to come and also our beautiful and historic campus. Forthe rowers themselves, it will be forthe firsttime a proper homefor all involved in the Boat Club. The generosity and vision ofthe Baker family is something for which King’s will always be grateful. John Christophers, the principal architect for this project gives his perspective on this stunning, iconic new building: ”A unique site demands a unique building. Although it might have been ’safe’in this special and sensitive place to design something that appeared vaguely Victorian, the new boathouse needed to do more than that. The building is in two parts. As the lower level ofboat storage is subject to regular flooding, it is constructed from robust English-bond brickwork, growing out from the embankment wail. Reflecting the elongated form of the building, doubler length bricks are used By contrast, the lightweight upper floor floats above with dramatic views up and down the River Severn from its glazed and cantilevered prow. Fine sweet chestnut timber laths encase the top floor, weathering down to a natural silvery-grey colour in keeping with the locality. internally, the top floor is lined with ice birch timber pane/ling. The curve ofthe building allows the roofeaves to rise gent/y towards the prow, emphasising the scale ofthe building against the slope ofthe road, which falls towards the river. The upper floor overlooks the historic Creighton Memorial Gardens and we set the new entrance on the line of the old paved terrace, anchoring the Boathouses relationship to the gazebo and the Glover’s Need/e spire beyond. A new timber balcony with pergoia focus views to this and to the Cathedral. Whether at the world championship pace of Zac Purchase, or at the more meandering velocity of Jerome K Jerome, i hope the Michael Baker Boathouse will be the centre of boating excellence and enjoyment at King’s for many years to come.“ Sophie Whitworth Foundation Development Director

Development Trust Funds Capital Projects £3,272,979

Bursaries £3,255,666

THE SPACE CAMPAIGN The fundraising focus for the next two years is the campaign

for the Sports and Performing Arts Centre (SPACE). Revisions have been made to the original pr0ject plans in

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the past 12 months and the overall costs have been reduced from an original estimate of £125 million to £95 million. We hope to make further savings in the next few months as the detailed speciﬁcation is completed but these costs savings are dependent on an early start to the work and completion of the project whilst building costs and interest rates

remain low. The Governors have agreed to fund up to £8 million of the project through surplus and borrowing but they are reliant on at least £1 million being generated through the fundraising campaign before they will commit to a March 2013 start date for this project. The target is to raise a further £500,000 to secure the Sixth Form Centre within the ﬁrst stage of development. The fundraising campaign was launched in March of this year with an Olympics Day at the school followed by a number of major events, including the opening of the Michael Baker Boathouse and the 0V Reunion Weekend. The campaign will run until July 2013 and the whole school community has been invited to help us to raise the money required to ensure that this project can start in March 2013 and include the Sixth Form Centre

in the ﬁrst stage of the development. The campaign is being overseen by the Leadership Group and has been backed by our 0V SPACE

ambassadors: Peter Beaumont, Olympic Oarsman Derek Bell, Formula 1 Racing Driver

Edward Kemp, Director of Rada Sophie Le Marchand, England Cricketer Luke Narraway, England Rugby Player Sam Perry, England Netball Player Zac Purchase, Olympic Gold Medallist Clifford Rose, Actor Chris Tarrant, Broadcaster

And our current parent representatives: Charles and Julia Annable Martyn and Clare Cartwright Paul and Samantha Deehan Simon and Rachael Hodgetts Saib and Helen Khogali Barry and Samantha Maybank Andrew and Vickie Peckston Richard and Sarah Weaver To date, more than 200 people have contributed and £550,000 has been raised and pledged. This is a tremendous achievement in what is a tough economic environment. It would be very disappointing if we are unable to assure the Governors by the end of this year that we will reach the initial £1 million target and as a consequence, the start of the project is delayed. You can ﬁnd out more about the SPACE Project at the website:

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Parents The Parents’Committee has had a busy time again this year with three main events — the Autumn Quiz, the Parents’ Ball and of course the School Fete.

the installation of allvweather tables to complement the seating that is part of the library and will allow pupils a quiet outside area in which to sit.

For the second year running the quiz was a sell out. Whether this is due to the top quality and entertaining quiz masters or the lure of ﬁsh and chips and a bar we will never know. We always receive very generous donations for the rafﬂe and along with the quiz entry fee we raised £1,100 on the night. Congratulations to the Annable Team who retained the trophy. If anyone thinks that they can challenge them for the 2012 trophy then put 12 October into your diaries for this year’s event.

We have also agreed to take on fund raising towards part ofthe SPACE project that is being led by the King’s School Worcester Development Trust. We were keen to take on something that would beneﬁt the majority of the children who are in the school at some time rather than perhaps focussing on an activity that only some pupils pursue. We therefore chose to raise funds towards the Sixth Form study centre that will be part of the second phase ofthe project, Whilst our main purpose is to organise and run social activities for

This year the Parents’ Ball was themed as a ”Twilight Gothic Ball”, Whilst costumes are not compulsory a great deal of effort was put in by many, creating a lovely atmosphere in a revampired (sorry couldn’t resist) College Hall adorned with bats silhouetted against full moons, a heavy mist and themed music. Following the three course dinner we were well entertained by Blind Lemon who seem to be able to keep the dance ﬂoor full for the remainder of the evening (and sorry kids, but there was no evidence ofany embarrassing dad’s dancing out there...they all looked really cool!) It was a fantastic event to attend and we raised another £1,000 on the evening. This year’s Ball is to be held on 7 December 2012 so get yourselves dancing ﬁt.

parents that also raise funds towards projects, we have been very

lucky to have found a group of hard—working, like—minded people

The big event of this year is of course the fete. We were delighted to have OV and Olympic Champion Zac Purchase attend to ofﬁcially open the fete and it was great to see how he and his ﬁancee Fliss (Felicity) Hill (also an OV) spent so

much time meeting and chatting with people despite his heavy training schedule. The weather forecast did have us all a little worried leading up to the fete and we were being asked by stall holders what the cancellation policy was, The answer was simple “it won’t be cancelled!” On the day despite heavy rain being forecast we decided to do the British thing and pretend that it wasn’t raining. The whole site looked fantastic and it even stopped raining for a while allowing the queues to build up on the giant slide and the gladiator duel, Amazingly, the fete seemed as busy as ever and thanks to a huge input of time by the Committee, teaching staff, support staff, pupils, parents, OVs and other volunteers we actually managed to match the funds raised in 2010 and exceed the funds raised in 2008 and 2006. This year we allowed the charities to be chosen by three different sections of the school (KSA, Senior School and the Parents’ Committee). St Richard’s Hospice, Maggs Day Centre and Acorns Children’s Hospice each received a donation of£1,SOO. The balance of the funds raised will go towards projects selected from time to time by the Parents’ Committee. Well done again everyone and thank you all for your input and support. So what are the Parents’ Committee currently raising funds towards? Earlier this year we agreed to contribute towards the improvement of the area outside the library This will involve some landscaping and

who have also enjoyed some extra functions during the year together including a wine tasting at Malpas Stallard, a group meal at Bindles and a quiet family weekend away in the Old Chapel. As always it is the people that you have the pleasure to work and relax with who make these things worth doing! The Parents’Committee is a group ofabout sixteen parents along with four members ofthe school’s senior staff. We always welcome people who are willing to help out at the events throughout the year and if you would like to be involved then please contact us at parents@ksw. org.uk or through the school ofﬁce. Rob Richards KSWPC Chairman 2009 , 2072 (Creighton 1979784)

King's Hawford is supported by a lively and active Parents’Association; a report on the PAS activities is included in the King’s Hawford section on page 53.

Teaching Staff THE KING’S SCHOOL, WORCESTER Headmaster Senior Deputy Academic Deputy

T.H. Keyes, MA. R.A. Chapman, B.Sc. J.R. Ricketts, B.Sc.

Mathematics Examinations Ofﬁcer D.P. Iddon, B.A. English, Games S. Le Marchand, B.A. English, Head ofCareers R.P. Mason, B.A. Head ofEconomics/Business St. Marketing Director SM. Bain, B.Sc., MSc. Biology, Games MD. Rudge, B.A. MFL J.T. Wheeler, B.Sc., C.Chem., MR.S.C. Chemistry P.T. Gwilliam, M.A., MPhiI. Head oinstory Head of Politics D.E. Brookshaw, B.Mus., F.R.C.O. DirectorofMusic RJ. Davis, B.A. English J.L. Owen, B.A. MFL {Head ofFrench) C.A. Gallantree-Smith, B.A MFL E.R. Hand, B.A. Head ofArt T.R. Sharp, MA. History, LR Co-ordinator Music

S.H. Le Marchand, B.A.

English, Drama

F.L. Short, B.A. MC. Poole, B.Sc., PhD.

Head ofSixth Form Head ofGir/s’ Games Chemistry

T.D. Marskell, Cert.Ed. Head ofDance, Games

MR Dorsett, BA, B.A, M.Th., PhD., Cert.Theol. Chaplain N. Essenhigh, B.Sc. Biology RP. Geary, BSc,C.Chem. MRSC Head of Chemistry A.A.D. Gillgrass, B.A. Head ofBoys’Games Politics S.C. Cuthbertson, B.A. Head ofGeography C.T. Haywood, B.A. Art A.W. Longley, B.A. Head ofFourth Forms Geography SM. Atkins, B.A Head ofDrama J.D. Clark, B.Ed. Games, Geography MM. Longley, B.Ed. Mathematics, Games J.C. Vivian, MA. Head of/CT |.C. Robinson, B.Sc.

Physics

C.E. Battrum, MA. Chemistry D.J. Haddock, M.A., D.Phi|. Physics A.J.M. Maund, M.A., MPhil. Head ofEng/ish C.W.S. Wilson, B.A. Head ofDesign&Techno/ogy

R.A. Ball, MA.

Head ofMFL

GM. Gunter, G.T.C.L., L.T.C.L. Music A. Hines, B.Sc. Head ofMathemat/cs J.J. Mason, B.Sc. Director ofSpart C. Atkinson, B.Sc. Sports L.L. Guy, B.A. English R.J. James, B.Sc., PhD. Chemistry R.A. Worth, B.Sc. Biology E.|. Lummas, B.A. Design 81 Technology, ICT

MD. Parkin, M.A., PhD.

RM. Rutter, B.A.

MFL

Games (Head ofRowing) A.G. Deichen, B.A. CM. Neville, B.Sc.

Design 81 Technology, ICT Head ofKey Ski/ls Geography J.C. Mosley, B.A. History, Politics L.A. Walmsley, B.A. English J. Knipe, B.A. Learning Skills J. Lucas, B.A. Head ofLearning Skills R.J. Shearburn, B.A. MFL (Head ofSpanish) G.L. Williams, B.A. Head ofKey Ski/ls Economics and Business St. A.J. Ford, B.A. History HM. Holden, B.A. Design & Technology A.A. Kerley, B.Eng. Mathematics SJ. Osmond, MA. Physics C.J. Cantin, B.A. MFL L.K. Woodruff, B.A. History, Classics Classics

K.H. Beever, M.A., C.Eng.

Mathematics

S.L. Capewell, B.Sc. S. Davison, B.Sc. J.N. Gardiner, B.A. J.O.S. Hand, B.A. J.R. Hewitt, B.A. C.R. Horacek, MA. ES. MacSwiney, MA.

Chemistry Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics Art Art Classics

R.J. Stanley, MA.

MFL

C.N. Wright, B.A.

MFL

J. Price-Hutchinson, B.A. Drama A.J. Briggs, B.A. English, Games J.R. Eaves, B.A. Geography, Games E.S. Fuller, B.Sc. Biology, Games R.J. Head, B.A., MPhil., PhD. Head ofRS&PSHE G.L. Holden, B.A.

E.L.Watts, B.A.

J. M. Turner, B.Ed.,

Deputy Head AssistantHead

D. Peters, BMus. C. Rawnsley, B.A.

Head ofBio/ogy

AVM Simpson, B.Sc. Mathematics, Religious 5t. S.K. Stone, B.Eng. Physics E. Wheeler, MA. Head ofCritica/ Thinking English L.E. Haddock, B.Sc. Physics D.J. Salkeld, B.Sc. Mathematics SC. Bradley, B.A. Head ofC/assics LM. Brighton, B.Ed. Mathematics, Careers E. Friend, B.A. Economics and Business St. MJ. Newby, B.Ed. Biology C.J.B. Allsop, M.A., F.R.C.O. Music OK. Beveridge, B.Ed. Sports (Head ofNetba/l} J.H. Chalmers, B.ApplSc. Biology

J.K. Wootton, B.A.

Head

Dip.Ed., ACP

Second Deputy C. Mellor, B.A. Director ofStudies RC. Baum, MA.

MJ. Roberts, B.Sc.

V.J. Gunter, G.T.C.L., L.T.C.L.

KING’S HAWFORD

Art

Geography

Junior School L. Baxter, B.Sc. M. Kavanagh, A.L.AM J. Bayliss, B.Sc. A. Marshall-Walker, B.A. J. Farmer, B.Ed. T. McCullough, B.A. H. Fowler, BA, I. Percival, B.A. OCR Cert. R. Pritchard, B.A. D. Goodayle, B.Ed. J. Redman, B.Ed., lMed., L. Hyde, B.A. MA. Appl Linguistics K. Turk, B.A., MA.

Pre-Prep and Kindergarten P. M. Bradley, B.Ed. Head ofPre—Prep J. N. Willis, B.A. Head ofEarly Years D. Atkinson NVQ3 A. Kingston, B.A. R.B. Cook, B.Sc. C. Knight, B.Ed., OCR Cert. M. Farmer J. Obrey K. Farrow

R. Pearman, B.A.

D. Field

S. Powell, B.A.

CA. Grifﬁn, B.A.

G. Riley, B.Sc.

S.A.Gwilliam, B.A. J.Simons A.L. Jeavons, B.A.

N. Thomas

E. Jennings C. Kennedy

5. Watts, Cert.Ed.

KING’S ST. ALBAN’S Head

R.T. Bellﬁeld, B.Ed. (until March 2012) R. Duke, B.A.

(April - August 2012) Deputy Head R. Duke, B.A. Director ofStudies D. Braithwaite, B.Ed. Junior School F. Atkinson, B.Sc. J. Bailey, B.Ed.

MA. Keyes, MA. J. Leach, B.Ed., D.P.S.E.

N. Cain, B.A.

E. Lewis, B.Ed.

l. Fry, M.A.

J. Pitts, B.Ed.

H. Haggarty, B.A.

J. Swinson-Davis, B.A.

A. Hind, B.Sc.

S.Williams (Games)

L. Jackson, MA. C. Woodcock, B.A. K. Kear-Wood, B.Sc. E. Wyatt, B.Sc.

Pre-Prep A. Roberts, B.A. Head ofPre-Prep K. Forster, B.A.

J. Hadﬁeld, B.A. N. Hobson

E. Monkhouse N. Mountjoy

Governors H.B. Carslake [Chairman] The Very Revd PG. Atkinson, K.L. Brookes, Prof. MG. Clarke, C.B.E., W.A. Comyn, D.B. Dale, D.L. Green, K.D. Harmer, J.H. Jarvis,

The Hon. Lady Morrison, Revd Canon Dr. A. Petterson, P.A. Preston, Dr H. Swift, |.Tay|or, Prof. J.Vickerman, P. Walker Bursar and Clerk to the Governors

\ﬁgornian VHF KING s “WOOL WORCESTER

J.G. Bartholomew

School Monitors

Head ofSchool Deputy Heads ofSchoo/

Joe Fowles Chappel Jean Gibson Choir Sam Maitland Choir Katie Baum Bright Elliot Jones Bright Lucy Butterworth Chappel John Sansome Chappel James Allen Creighton Bethan Winter Creighton Anna Humphries Kittermaster Rebecca Whitehouse Kittermaster Clare Jakeman Oswald Rebecca Lane Oswald Harry Nuttall Oswald Alex Bradnick School Lydia Hasiewood School Rebecca Linfoot School John Adeney Wulstan Sophie Banks Wulstan Robert Battrum Wulstan Robert Bennett Wulstan Poppy Bramford Wulstan

Support Staff THE KING’S SCHOOL, WORCESTER Deputy Bursar [Finance] Bursary Staff Headmaster’s PA School Secretaries

P.F. Hope W. Fuller, E.A. Greenhill, S. Hewitt, L. Lewis, C. Neil, M.A. Roberts C. Swainston K. Davies, S. Jackson, S. Johnson, C. Nesbitt, M. Richardson, L. Sheppard (School Office) F.E. Mead (Senior Management) P. Bladen (Fourth Forms) D. Paddock (Music)

Registrar V. Peckston Assistant Registrar S. Nevitt Design, Media and Reprographics D.J. Andrews, S.L. Key, M.E. Glenn Foundation Development Ofﬁce S.C. Whitworth, V.A. lies, N.Wi||is Health Centre C.F. Furber, A. Odam School Library A. Jeffrey, A. Haywood, C. Feast Careers Department H. Isaacs School Archive P.J. Baum C.W. Crosswell, C. Maycroft John Moore Theatre P.E. Hodson, N.C. Dart, D. Cox, J. Kirk ITSupport H.R. Hateley, M. Glarvey SIMS C. Jones Health and Safety Adviser M.Vincent, J.Tim|in, E. James (Art) Departmental Technicians A.M. Westley (Biology) J. Palmer (Design and Technology) 0. Hector—Dukh (Chemistry) A. McNeiIIy, K. Lawrence (Physics)

Language Assistants Catering Services Manager Deputy Catering Manager Chef Kitchen Staff

M. Webb, B. Atter, |. Houer Milton |. Cunningham—Martin K. Webb B. Broadley M. Atkinson, J.M. Bennett, L. Buda, A.H. Choudhury, S. Green, K.M. Healy,

Clerk of Works Caretaker Maintenance Staff Cleaning Manager Deputy Cleaning Manager Hostel House Kitchen Head Groundsman Grounds Staff Gardeners SSl/School Transport Boathouse Manager Rowing Coaches

A.G. Norris D.F. McFee R. Barker, B. Baylis, N. Collins, J. Hall, T. Price, C. Sherwood, R.Vaughn, R Witherick N. McNamee T. Hundley S. Broadway P.Tyrei| W. Calvert, G. Collins, W. Stinton

D. Brown, J. Towey D. Grinnell T. Harris ME. Glenn, W. Needham, P. Stercx, H. Taylor, K.Tribe

KING'S HAWFORD Registrar School Ofﬁce Matron Classroom Assistants

D. Wenyon J. Cartwright, L. Greenhill, G. Woolley F. Geary K. Bethell, H. Chapman, A. Dennis, S. Doorbar, K. Goodman, C. Green, C. Leatherdale, E. MacDonald, R. Marsland, C. Moore, S. Routledge, S. Surey

After School Care Lab/Art Technician Main tenance/Grounds Catering Staff

D. Hodgkiss, Y. Hutton, D. Walton»Ryder A. Denton A. Callow, R. Gunter S, Elliott (CatenngManager), C. Barker, D. Bibby, S. Hand, C. Scott, B. Silvester, C. Young

KING’S ST. ALBAN’S

5. Kings, K. Moi, L Palmer, J. Skiilbeck,

Lunchtime Supervisor Cover Supervisor

KT. Spink, R. Spink, M.D.Tar|ington, G. Trbojevic, M.A. Vernaiis, L. Webb, J. Zhou, S. Zlotnik J. Harrell A. Sansome

Registrar School Secretaries Matrons Caretaker

A. Beilﬁeld, L. Robins S. Hurley, T. Pearman K. Hill, K.Jenkins N.C|ines

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