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eventy girls spanning the Todds, IIs and IIIs concocted a wonderful cocktail of magic and colour in the junior production of Lewis Carroll’s surreal adventures of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. The cast and crew excelled themselves, exploding onto the brightly coloured set and delivering their roles with aplomb. The episodic structure of the play meant that each of the cast had an opportunity to shine in individual vignettes. The three Alices weaved their way through the scenes effortlessly and were supported superbly by strong performances from an excellent cast whether it was Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, the Mad Hatter and March Hare, or the Queen and King of Hearts, to create the perfect ensemble.
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Harriet Granville awarded MBE
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arriet Granville has been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for 45 years of service to education. Harriet joined Tudor in 1971 to teach history and fencing as well as sixth form studies. She soon became involved in all aspects of school life as an historian, a group mistress, a head of York and later as Deputy Head. She ran both MUN and EYP, initiated the school trip to Krakow and Auschwitz, the trips to the Western Front and cemented Tudor’s association with the Ebenezer Living Word Matriculation School in Chennai. Latterly Harriet created and instigated the ‘We Will Remember’ programme which familiarised primary children across the UK with the horrors and impact of WW1. She continues her loyal association with Tudor as President of the Old Tudorians’ Association.
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udor’s STEM Conference & Careers Fair met its primary aim of engaging the girls in STEM career opportunities. A line up of outstanding speakers demonstrated the various routes into STEM careers with talks by former RAF fighter pilot Mandy Hickson, structural analysis engineer at Mercedes Formula 1 Patricia Amor Alegria, founder of YIPO and the Gallery Guardian app Daniel Skowronski, product design engineer Lindsay Kerr of Jaguar Land Rover, food technologist Samuel Higginson of Marks and Spencer and founder of 23 Code Street Anisah Osman Britton. The careers fair enabled the girls to quiz companies, with the Todds and IIs joining the National Enterprise Challenge Team to design a campaign around a new ride at Alton Towers. Tudor parent Bettina Goodall gave a talk on logistics, shipping and how to present yourself in a man’s world, and the M&S team ran a practical session with Leith’s and Food Technology students.
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ose Lord was crowned England’s Triathlon Sprint Distance Under 20s Champion at Thorpe Park at her third ever competition. Rose completed the course, which comprised of a 750m swim in the lake, a 21km bike ride and 5km run, in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Rose returns to Thorpe Park in September for the European Championships age group qualifiers.
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Literary Feast
Mock General Election
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wenty-four girls participated in Tudor’s annual Road to Wimbledon tennis competition in a straight knockout format. In the semi-finals, Olivia Brounger played Laoise McNamara with Olivia producing a fantastic display to beat Laoise. On the adjacent court, Mimi Newsome met Alice Whitney, with their match going to tiebreak and Mimi just edging a win. Mimi and Olivia played a tight final which could have gone either way, with Mimi just pulling out the performance needed to win the competition.
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he Deddington Festival Writing Competition celebrates the creativity and imagination of young writers in the local community. The 2017 theme for the writing competition for children from Years 3 to 11 was ‘discovery’ and 224 children entered from 13 Oxfordshire schools. 37 girls from Tudor entered and Emilia Batt was selected as a short-listed author.
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Seven years ago, radio and television broadcaster Chris Evans had a dream: to get children excited about reading and writing. 500 Words was created and is now one of the most successful storywriting competitions for children in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have written a story so far; that’s over 277 million words! Jasmine Skowronski (IIIs) was short-listed with her story.
pen sea swimmer Heather Clatworthy talked to the girls and staff about a challenge she set herself and undertook in summer 2016. Fulfilling a childhood ambition, Heather swam 13 miles between two beauty spots off Ireland’s north coast. Heather focused on how she broke her challenge down into steps and the importance of hard work and resilience in order to reach it. Heather completed the swim in 4 hours 18 minutes, smashing the 8 hour time previously set by a woman.
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hirty-eight intrepid IIIs headed to the New Forest for their first D of E Expedition. They were greeted by stunning scenery and five energetic A to Z instructors who soon had them packed and ready for day one which focused on training in navigation and learning how to work together as a group. Day two put them to the test with a hike through the New Forest which proved to be a walk in the park!
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udor Hall hosted its very own mock election. Adele Tumilty (Liberal Democrat), Greta Scott (Labour), Rose Lord (Green), Kate Kot (UKIP) and Alejandra Rodriguez (Conservative) took to the stage to try and convince the school to vote for their party. The girls’ passionate three minute speeches highlighted the key beliefs of the individual parties but were specially tailored to fit the audience in front of them. The results of the ballot were close between Conservative and Labour but with just one vote in it, Greta achieved a well-deserved victory for the Labour Party.
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ports Day at Tilsley Park athletics track proved to be a huge success, with record numbers of girls taking part in the Lower Sixth, and a multitude of younger girls competing in five events. Several school records were broken and the standard of performance was exceptionally high. Lanc were overall victors after winning in all three age categories.
ower Sixth fine artists have revitalised the external façades of the Acorns’ building at William Morris Primary School in Bretch Hill, Banbury. In desperate need of being brought back to life for the sake of the children, Sheila Craske, Minna Barker, Frankie Dove, Matilda Lahiff and Martha Prestidge created stylised, woodland and farm land scenes across the external walls. With work starting in January, the team drew and painted threw rain, wind and shine to complete the much needed and greatly appreciated face lift.
From school project to global business
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irefly CEO Simon Hay closed this year’s Nanette Godfrey Memorial Lecture Series with a frank and challenging presentation on his experiences with Firefly. Firefly was created by the then GCSE schoolboys Simon and Joe Matthewson during their time at St. Paul’s. They could see a better way of doing things and wrote Firefly for their teachers; the system soon became integral to the school which funded its development. Since then, the idea has blossomed into an international edtech business. Simon said they look for values, commitment and an ability to learn and to try new things from their employees and advised the audience to be flexible and keep your options open as life is messy and the road ahead is rarely clear.
oth the Under 13 and the Under 15 cricket teams took part in the Independent School Girls summer cricket competition hosted at Cokethorpe School. The girls recently started competitive fixtures and the matches proved to be a good stepping stone into the world of cricket.
MUN team wins Bowerman Street Prize
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udor Hall’s debating team travelled to Wycombe Abbey School to discuss the topics: ‘The rights of women & the girl child’ and ‘Women in politics’. They represented Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Guatemala and Vatican City - all countries with widely differing views about the roles and positions of women. After a weekend of high level debate and passionate speeches, Tudor was awarded The ‘Bowerman Street Prize’; named after two former pupils of Wycombe Abbey who both excelled in fighting for women’s rights.
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he Open Mic concert was extraordinary from start to finish, with many impressive and memorable performances. The IVs singing group performed two songs with beautiful harmonies and Orly Stephens gave a captivating and professional performance of ‘No One Knows Me’ by Sampha. Outstanding solo performances followed from
The Junior Band blew the roof off the house Georgia Berry, Mimi Douglas, Mary Eckert, Jenny Look and Indy Yorke, with a duet from Flora Ayres and Bella Biggart and trio performance by Jess and Saskia Carter and Mimi Douglas. The Junior Band blew the roof off the house with its performance of ‘Stitches’ and ‘What Do I Know’.
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t is wonderful to see a year group leave on a musical high, and this year’s Leavers’ Concert was no exception. Parents and tutors were treated to a musical feast, with rousing performances by the upper sixth on flute, piano and vocals alongside contemporary style pieces on guitar, saxophone, clarinet, guitar and vocals. Emotional tears were shed as the girls gave truly heartfelt performances. During their time at school the girls have supported the music department whole heartedly, with many reaching Grade 8 in standard, representing the school externally and recording and releasing their own material – true musical artists.
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he wheels on the OTA bus have not stopped turning this term. 70 OTs from classes of 1954 to 2013 descended on The Goring Hotel, London, for drinks. Five days later, over 30 members of the Tudor community joined staff at The Assembly House in Norwich to celebrate Tudor Hall past, present and future. Former staff including Sandra Blakey, Harriet Granville,
The wheels on the OTA bus have not stopped turning this term the Reverend Canon Laurence Gunner, Diana Muirhead and Jane Tindle mingled with OTs, former, current and prospective parents and Beeston Hall School’s Headmaster Fred de Falbe. Finally, 25 OTs who were at Tudor under the headship of Nesta Inglis from 1935 to 1960 returned to Wykham Park for a much appreciated reunion.
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o launch the BSA’s National Boarding Week, which ran from 19-25 June, Tudor Hall had a play with words and photographed Emily Reid, a member of the GB Wakeboarding Team, with fellow members of the IIs. Emily Reid came 2nd in the Junior Women’s division at the MasterCraft Boats UK National Wakeboarding Championships last September and is the national champion in her division for girls aged 10-15. She looks forward to going to the European Championships in 2018.
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illy Daly and Fenella Redding ran the 37th Virgin London Marathon. Tilly completed the gruelling course in 4 hours and 43 minutes and raised £3,467.50 for Walking with the Wounded and Fenella completed the course in 5 hours and 45 minutes and raised £2,548.75 for Beat and Unicef. The girls trained throughout the dark and wet winter months, competing in the Reading Half Marathon as a ‘warm up’!
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en girls from the IIIs attended the ‘Girls Lead the Field’ conference at Loughborough University run by the Youth Sport Trust. The day was designed to help the girls develop leadership and team work skills by undertaking a variety of different workshops with a selection of elite athletes. The finale was a dragon dens-style presentation in which they marketed the healthy initiative they had devised. tudorhallschool.com
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embers of the Sixth Form attended an internal workshop at Microsoft’s Reading offices which focused on ‘Women in Tech’. The day inspired over 100 girls from across the UK on what can be achieved in the tech industry and broke down some of the preconceptions. Microsoft’s UK CEO Cindy Rose addressed the delegates giving an insight into the careers and opportunities available in the tech industry and at Microsoft. Tudor Hall School Limited Registered No. 2995266 Registered Office: Wykham Park, Banbury, OX16 9UR A Registered Charity Reg No. 1042783
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