TH E P O CKLI NGTONI AN SCHOOL
MICHAELMAS
Editorial 2 Headmaster 3 Heads of School 4 Appointments 5 Staff News 5 Staff Profiles 12 Speech Day 14 School Picnic 15 Charity 16
Sport 28 America 44 House Drama 46 Art 48
BOARDING
LENT Sport 50 Music 58 Musical Theatre 64 Drama 66
Orchard 18 Dolman 19 Faircote 20 Fenwick-Smith 21
OVERSEAS & TRIPS
ACTIVITIES & ACADEMICS
German Exchange 70 Paris 72 Battlefields 73 Krakow 74 Field Trips 75
Drop Everything and Read 22 Symposium 22 Austen Society 23 Poetry by Heart 23 Extended Project Qualification 23 Inspiring Creative Minds 24 Lectern Society 25 Science 25 Psychology Society 26 BBC Micro:bit 26 C4DI 27 Platform 27 Sainsburys 27
SUMMER Sport 76 Duke of Edinburgh 90 CCF 92 RAF 93 Adventurous Training 94 House Camp 95 Leavers 96
The roles of the different brand elements: logos Editor: Louise A Lamb (lambl@pocklingtonschool.com). Editorial Committee: Elliot Burr, Emily Boddy and Harry Isenstein. Design: 40twenty (www.40twenty.co.uk). Production: Lavenham Press (www.lavenhampress.com). As ever, we would like to thank our contributors, with a special mention to the many photographers around the school whose work is showcased in this issue. We are always eager to hear readers’ views as we strive to improve this, Pocklington School (and Sixth Form) Pocklington Prep School our annual celebration of school life. Please email editor and let us know what you think! This school identity is usedthe to identify This school identity is used to identify School Coat of Arms Pocklington School is a modern 21st century institution where our long history and rich sense of tradition remains a hugely valuable asset. Our Coat of Arms has been redrawn to better meet the modern methods of communication, but used with care on our materials, it is an attractive and
and market the Prep School. It takes a wheatsheaf from the Coat of Arms as its symbol to reflect the connection with our past and is used across all external and internal communications.
and market the Senior School and Sixth Form. It takes a wheatsheaf from the Coat of Arms as its symbol to reflect the connection with our past and is used across all external and internal communications.
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