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20 June - 24 June<br />
A celebration of many traditional events, including:<br />
Sports Day, Garden Party, Gymkhana, The Dymond Speech<br />
Competition and Prize Giving<br />
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Dear All,<br />
The <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, <strong>Sidcot</strong>’s major annual occasion, is a celebration of many<br />
traditional events which include Sports Day, the <strong>Summer</strong> Ball for Years 11 <strong>to</strong><br />
13, the Fashion Show, the Art Exhibition, the Garden Party, the Gymkhana<br />
culminating in the Dymond Speech Competition and Prize Giving on Saturday<br />
evening. The Leavers’ Assembly including the Meeting for Worship is the final<br />
event, which takes place on Sunday.<br />
We welcome all of you <strong>to</strong> take the opportunity <strong>to</strong> visit the students’ exhibition<br />
in the Arts Centre, which includes work from all the creative departments,<br />
including Fine Art, Ceramics, Digital Media, Design and Technology, Fashion,<br />
Music and Drama.<br />
The production of the Arabian Nights which is <strong>to</strong> be held in a circus tent is an<br />
adventurous and very exciting prospect. As with all productions at <strong>Sidcot</strong> it will<br />
involve very many students and will be spectacular.<br />
In friendship,<br />
Elizabeth Burgess<br />
Acting Head<br />
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Dear All,<br />
It’s hard <strong>to</strong> believe that June is here already and it’s not long before the end of<br />
another busy school year. Firstly we would like <strong>to</strong> welcome our new Head, Iain<br />
Kilpatrick, who is officially joining us on the 1st August. We all wish him and his<br />
family a happy and successful time at <strong>Sidcot</strong>.<br />
As part of the end of year proceedings and on behalf of the SCPTA, we<br />
would like <strong>to</strong> take this opportunity <strong>to</strong> welcome you all <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> 2012.<br />
It has been a busy time for the PTA and its supporters. We have been<br />
involved in many different events and causes throughout the year, including the<br />
recent parents’, teachers’ and friends’ Jubilee Quiz Night which was enjoyed<br />
by all those who attended.<br />
Following the success of this and last year’s wine tasting, we are now<br />
looking for other suggestions for parents’ socials and would welcome ideas –<br />
this is an informal event for us all <strong>to</strong> enjoy so please contact me with your ideas<br />
via the SCPTA Group on the parents’ website.<br />
Back <strong>to</strong> our main event which is the Olympic themed <strong>Summer</strong> Garden Party<br />
on Saturday 23rd June. It starts at 1.30 pm and runs <strong>to</strong> 4pm. We have lots of<br />
exciting entertainment including a Fly Wall, a 22ft Super Slide, a 12ft Bouncy<br />
Castle as well as an open pool, football skills challenges, skittles and a coconut<br />
shy. There’s great entertainment for the younger ones <strong>to</strong>o including favourites<br />
such as Hook a duck, Splat the rat, the famous Toilet Game, fun tat<strong>to</strong>os and<br />
a nail bar. There are also stalls run by the school and a number of external run<br />
stalls offering a wide variety of gifts.<br />
For refreshments there will be the excellent SCPTA Café as well as<br />
strawberries and ice cream and hot dogs for sale! And of course, <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>p it all<br />
are the delicious school cream teas.<br />
Needless <strong>to</strong> say that this event will not run without help from parents and I<br />
must take this opportunity <strong>to</strong> say a massive thank you <strong>to</strong> all those who helped<br />
<strong>to</strong> organise this and all the other events throughout the school year. We very<br />
much look forward <strong>to</strong> seeing you there and hope you have a lovely afternoon.<br />
Pete Mercer<br />
SCPTA Chair<br />
<strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
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Summary of main events<br />
Wednesday 20 June<br />
10.40 – 16.15 Senior Sports Day (Reserve date Friday 22 June)<br />
18.30 – 19.30 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition Opening Night Spectacular<br />
19.00 – 21.00 Arabian Nights<br />
Thursday 21 June<br />
14.00 – 18.30 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition<br />
18.30 – 21.00 Arabian Nights<br />
Friday 22 June<br />
14.00 – 16.00 Arabian Nights (Reserve date Sunday 24 June)<br />
20.00 <strong>Summer</strong> Ball – Rookery Manor<br />
(U5 and above + guests, tickets only)<br />
Saturday 23 June<br />
11.00 – 17.00 Show Jumping and Gymkhana<br />
12.00 – 16.00 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition<br />
13.30 – 16.00 Garden Party<br />
19.00 Dymond Speech Competition – Friends’ Meeting House<br />
20.35 Dymond Speech Competition Adjudication and Prize Giving<br />
Sunday 24 June<br />
09.30 Leavers’ Assembly – Friends’ Meeting House<br />
10.30 Meeting for Worship – Friends’ Meeting House<br />
11.00 – 16.00 Show Jumping and Gymkhana<br />
19.00 Reserve date for Arabian Nights if sports day reserve used<br />
Thursday 28 June<br />
11.00 Junior Sports Day<br />
(Reserve Friday 29 June)<br />
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Senior Sports Day<br />
Wednesday 20 June<br />
Events take place throughout the day on the Sports Field. There are six<br />
categories of events: Junior (boys and girls), Intermediate (boys and girls) and<br />
Senior (boys and girls). The three <strong>Sidcot</strong> sporting houses are Nansen (green),<br />
Shackle<strong>to</strong>n (red) and Scott (blue).<br />
10.40 Start of morning sports events including hurdles, 800m and<br />
200m races and all field events. The discus, high jump, long<br />
jump, triple jump, shot and javelin competitions will be held<br />
throughout the day.<br />
11.00 – 12.30 Refreshments in the Pavilion<br />
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch for pupils in school or picnic on field with parents<br />
13.30 Registration – Sports Field<br />
13.35 – 14.30 Refreshments in the Pavilion<br />
14.40 Start of afternoon sports events including 100m, 300m,<br />
400m, 500m track events and relays<br />
16.00 Visi<strong>to</strong>rs’ tea in the Pavilion – Parents only first,<br />
followed by students<br />
16.15 Results announced and Sports Awards presented<br />
In addition <strong>to</strong> the House Trophies, cups are presented <strong>to</strong> the best boy and best<br />
girl in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior sections. The Hermes Shield (for the<br />
most impressive performance of the day), Davey Cup (for outstanding performance<br />
over the term) and the 1500m cups are also presented on Sports Day.<br />
17.30 Evening meal in Refec<strong>to</strong>ry followed by evening’s events<br />
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Opening of <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><br />
Wednesday 20 June<br />
18.30 – 19.30 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition Opening Night Spectacular<br />
19.00 – 21.00 Arabian Nights Extravaganza<br />
“Arabian Nights”<br />
Staged in the round, the drama department’s summer production this year<br />
is Arabian Nights. Featuring performances from Junior and Senior <strong>School</strong><br />
students, the play will be performed in a big-<strong>to</strong>p and features a range of<br />
dramatised s<strong>to</strong>ries accompanied by percussion instruments. Whilst the<br />
messages in the s<strong>to</strong>ries often make serious points, the physical and humorous<br />
style will hopefully provide an entertaining and engaging evening!<br />
A range of exciting events will also complement the performance. The Arabian<br />
Nights production will begin with a fashion show, exhibiting the work of our<br />
talented textiles students. On your way down <strong>to</strong> the lower gardens where the<br />
tent will be, you may want <strong>to</strong> s<strong>to</strong>p and watch the languages department’s<br />
puppet shows that will be performed in foreign languages. A variety of musical<br />
events, from Jazz <strong>to</strong> Rock, will entertain you, plus there is our fantastic art<br />
exhibition, showcasing <strong>Sidcot</strong> students’ exam work that will be open prior <strong>to</strong><br />
the performances.<br />
The Arabian Nights s<strong>to</strong>ries are some of the world’s great treasures. They have<br />
existed for thousands of years, consisting of tales <strong>to</strong>ld in Persia, Arabia, India<br />
and Asia. They have inspired writers, performers and artists the world over with<br />
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Events<br />
Saturday 23 June<br />
11.00 – 17.00 Show Jumping and Gymkhana Weekend (see page 17)<br />
12.00 – 16.00 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition at the Arts Centre<br />
12.00 – 12.30 Ploughman’s Lunch in the Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
12.00 – 14.30 Inflatable Fun in the pool<br />
(Juniors 12.00 – 13.00, Seniors 13.30 – 14.30)<br />
13.30 – 16.00 Garden Party – Gardens<br />
(If it is wet party will take place in Refec<strong>to</strong>ry and Common Room)<br />
Attractions – a range of stalls, children’s activities, games<br />
and inflatables<br />
14.00 – 16.30 Uniform Shop open – collection of lost property.<br />
15.30 Tug of war<br />
15.45 Medal ceremony – netball, football, fly wall and tug of war<br />
16.00 – 16.30 Cream tea (scones, strawberries, cream, tea, coffee)<br />
in the Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
17.30 – 18.00 Evening meal – Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
19.00 Dymond Speech Competition – Friends’ Meeting House<br />
20.15 Interval and Refreshments – Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
20.35 Dymond Speech Competition adjudication and prize giving<br />
– Friends’ Meeting House (Dress code – Smart. Students<br />
should wear ‘Formal Friday’ wear)<br />
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<strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>
Featuring works by<br />
<strong>Sidcot</strong> students<br />
21 June - 30 June<br />
Tuesday and Thursday 2pm - 6pm, Saturdays 11am - 4pm<br />
<strong>Sidcot</strong> Arts Centre, Winscombe<br />
North Somerset, BS25 1PD<br />
Viewing at other times by appointment, tel. 01934 845299
The Dymond Speech Competition<br />
The Dymond Speech Competition was instituted<br />
in 1911 by a descendant of Henry Dymond, a pupil<br />
at the school from 1810-1815 and subsequently<br />
Headmaster of <strong>Sidcot</strong> from 1854-1864. Henry<br />
Dymond was famed for his most impressive voice<br />
and the prize was originally instituted as the Dymond<br />
Elocution Prize, but is now for a speech given on a<br />
subject of the student’s choice, judged for its content<br />
and method of presentation. The Honours’ Boards,<br />
listing winners of the competition since it was<br />
instituted, are in place outside the Old Library and a<br />
portrait of Henry Dymond hangs in the Old Library.<br />
Each year a panel of three distinguished adjudica<strong>to</strong>rs assesses the speaking<br />
skills of the finalists at a formal evening occasion, which precedes the school<br />
Prize Giving. To commemorate the centenary celebration, we have invited three<br />
past Dymond Speech Competition winners <strong>to</strong> adjudicate this year’s event.<br />
The Judges:<br />
Judge 1 (Chair) Nick Holding, <strong>Sidcot</strong> Old Scholars’ Association President<br />
2012-2013<br />
Judge 2 Katherine Bryan-Merrett, Dymond Speech Winner 2002<br />
Judge 3 Natapong Kittipadungkul, Dymond Speech Winner 1999<br />
Order of proceedings:<br />
19.00 Dymond Speech Competition<br />
The competition finalists will present their speeches and<br />
audience members are invited <strong>to</strong> question the speakers<br />
20.15 Refreshments in the Refec<strong>to</strong>ry while the judges meet <strong>to</strong><br />
adjudicate the speeches<br />
20.35 Dymond Speech Competition winner is announced and<br />
Prize Giving commences<br />
21.15 Reception in The Old Library, by invitation<br />
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The two qualities which<br />
are most important <strong>to</strong><br />
children of <strong>to</strong>day are<br />
hope and imagination.<br />
Hope <strong>to</strong> believe<br />
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Events<br />
Sunday 24 June Events<br />
09.30 Leavers’ Assembly – Friends’ Meeting House. All boarders <strong>to</strong><br />
attend and U4 and above day students. It is the last school<br />
function for members of the Upper Sixth (and some members<br />
of the Upper Fifth and Lower Sixth) before they officially<br />
become ‘Old Scholars’. Parents and friends are warmly<br />
invited. Smart casuals should be worn. Parents and visi<strong>to</strong>rs in<br />
the gallery – Upper Fifth and Sixth Form leavers <strong>to</strong> occupy<br />
seating in the well.<br />
10.00 – 16.00 <strong>Sidcot</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> Exhibition – Arts Centre<br />
10.15 – 10.30 Refreshments – Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
10.30 Meeting for Worship – Friends’ Meeting House.<br />
11.00 – 17.00 Show Jumping and Gymkhana Weekend (see page 17)<br />
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch – Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
17.30 – 18.00 Evening meal – Refec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
19.00 Reserve date for Arabian Nights if sports day reserve used<br />
SAGE - <strong>Sidcot</strong> Action for a Greener Environment<br />
Two years ago a number of the <strong>Sidcot</strong> community decided <strong>to</strong> create an action<br />
group <strong>to</strong> enhance the ‘green’ projects taking place on campus. The group quickly<br />
established itself and decided <strong>to</strong> call itself SAGE, <strong>Sidcot</strong> Action for a Green<br />
Environment. We have joined Eco <strong>School</strong>s and have achieved their bronze award;<br />
we are now working <strong>to</strong>wards silver. There have been many new initiatives taking<br />
place around the campus such as extending the recycling, insulation in roofs,<br />
introducing class moni<strong>to</strong>rs, boarding house Ecoreps, energy moni<strong>to</strong>ring, installation<br />
of 17kw PV array and initiated a water use audit. Our latest success is winning the<br />
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We hope that you will come and join us at the<br />
Garden Party <strong>to</strong> look at the display of all our<br />
projects and join us on an environmental <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
of the campus. We will be distributing clothes<br />
recycling bags that we hope you will take with<br />
you and return the full bags <strong>to</strong> school before the<br />
29 July when ‘Phil the Bag’ will be coming <strong>to</strong><br />
collect all the bags.<br />
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Saturday 23 June – Show Jumping (£4 per entry)<br />
11.00 Horse and Hounds Stakes – timed round of teams of two<br />
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course, one rides pony)<br />
12.00 1’ Pony Stakes<br />
13.00 1’6” <strong>Sidcot</strong> Challenge<br />
14.00 2’ Open <strong>to</strong> all riders who have previously jumped<br />
15.00 2’6” Open <strong>to</strong> all riders who have previously jumped<br />
15.30 3’ Open (Staff challenge) – you must be recommended by<br />
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Sunday 24 June – Gymkhana (£3 per entry)<br />
11.00 Opening of gymkhana. Events include: musical numnahs,<br />
musical statues, crossing the river, bending race, sock and<br />
bucket, walk trot and run, and Monte Carlo<br />
Barbeque and refreshments will be available both days.<br />
For more information and <strong>to</strong> book your place please contact<br />
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