Newsletter Trinity Term 2009 - Alleyn's School
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Alleyn’s <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> <strong>Trinity</strong> <strong>Term</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
Co-educational<br />
Excellence<br />
China: <strong>2009</strong><br />
This year over 510 pupils took part in overnight trips with the <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Additionally, over 200 CCF cadets and 150 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award<br />
Scheme participants also stayed away overnight. Here, Bella Marsden<br />
(Year 13) gives a personal account of her experiences on the Easter<br />
trip to China.<br />
With its fascinating history and diverse culture, from the kingdoms of the emperors<br />
to the bustling markets, China was sure to be an incredible trip. When 33 Religious<br />
Studies pupils from Years 10 to 13 got the opportunity to go there over Easter, we<br />
jumped at the chance.<br />
We left for Heathrow full of excitement and trepidation at the week ahead. After endless aeroplane movies,<br />
not enough sleep and 5071 miles, we landed at Beijing airport. Following a much needed night’s rest, we<br />
set off for the Summer Palace, built for imperial families in the Jin Dynasty with a huge man-made lake and<br />
numerous palaces and temples surrounding it; we immediately knew China was going to be a trip to<br />
remember.<br />
The Forbidden City was one of the most memorable parts of the trip, used as the imperial palace during<br />
the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is the world’s largest palace complex, covering a staggering 74 hectares.<br />
We ended our tour of the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, the largest square in the world and location<br />
of the student protest in 1989, by having a group photo taken in front of a giant Chairman Mao picture.<br />
One of the best, but perhaps most challenging, days of the trip was our climb up the Great Wall<br />
of China. This 6,000km wall was<br />
built between 5th Century BC<br />
Year 7: It’s brilliant at Buxton! See page 6<br />
and 16th Century AD to keep out<br />
invaders, so it was no surprise<br />
that we were taken aback by the<br />
sheer size of it. We eagerly began<br />
our climb up the wall, only to find<br />
that it was a lot more challenging<br />
than we had imagined. Most made<br />
it to the third watch tower, led by<br />
the courageous Mr Strain.<br />
continued on page 4
House News & Charity Events<br />
A top year for Brown’s<br />
On the 25th April 25 members of<br />
Brown’s House went to Dulwich<br />
Park in order to raise money for<br />
the House charities. Twenty-five<br />
members of the House collected<br />
sponsorship and took part by either<br />
cycling, blading or scootering 25<br />
times around the park.<br />
Brown’s have had an excellent<br />
year and raised over £1,500 for<br />
their House charities through cake<br />
sales, a charity ‘Gold Rush’ and<br />
the sponsored cycle ride. Money<br />
was raised for the Starlight<br />
Children’s Foundation (which<br />
brightens the lives of seriously<br />
and terminally ill children by<br />
granting their wishes and providing<br />
hospital entertainment to help take<br />
their minds off the pain, fear and<br />
isolation of their illness), and the<br />
National Autistic Society.<br />
This was a fantastic effort<br />
from everybody. Special thanks<br />
go to the Peilow family for their<br />
continued support with this event<br />
and for Maya Peilow (Year 12) who<br />
helped with organisation for the<br />
event. Many thanks also to the<br />
House tutors Miss Hewitson and<br />
Mrs Lawrence for their continued<br />
Above: Tyson’s House Charity Walk or<br />
Jog <strong>2009</strong> raised £675.00 bringing the<br />
total for the year to £1300 for the SOS<br />
Children’s Village Charity.<br />
Below: Cribb’s leavers enjoy their last<br />
official day at <strong>School</strong>!<br />
support and help on the day. Well<br />
done to you all and keep collecting<br />
that sponsorship money.<br />
Spurgeon’s great<br />
achievements<br />
This year, Spurgeon's House<br />
Charity Committee, under the<br />
leadership of Fabia Welch-<br />
Richards (Year 13), have raised in<br />
the region of £1,600 for the charity<br />
Trust in Children. This has been<br />
achieved through a variety of<br />
events such as cake sales, a<br />
stationery stall at the Holly Fair,<br />
victory in the ‘Gold Rush’, and<br />
the Inter-House Dance-Off, and a<br />
House Quiz Night attended by<br />
over 70 parents and pupils.<br />
Spurgeon’s are grateful to all those<br />
who have organised, attended or<br />
supported events in any way to<br />
help us achieve this.<br />
Business Studies<br />
and Economics<br />
Inter-House Proshare<br />
Investment Competition<br />
This year’s Inter-House Proshare<br />
Investment Competition attracted<br />
188 students in 47 teams from<br />
across 5 year groups. The<br />
students were given a virtual<br />
£100,000 to trade in share<br />
portfolios. Despite the<br />
exceptionally difficult and volatile<br />
trading conditions, a number<br />
of teams managed to deliver a<br />
healthy profit. The winners overall<br />
were ‘The Spurge-Bankers’,<br />
an Upper <strong>School</strong> team from<br />
2 ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong>
From the Headmaster<br />
At the start of this term I had never heard of the H1N1 virus!<br />
Then on May Bank Holiday Monday, Mr Faccinello ‘phoned and asked<br />
me first if I was sitting down. He had just taken a call from the Health<br />
Protection Agency informing us that we had to close the <strong>School</strong><br />
immediately. It is a true testament to the strong community spirit that<br />
we were then able to put emergency plans into action to support<br />
everyone, to give medical advice and offer medication, to rearrange<br />
exams, to provide work at home via the internet and then to react<br />
positively at all hours each day with the press and media.<br />
I would like to thank and congratulate pupils, parents and staff for<br />
your brilliant support and understanding at such a difficult and critically<br />
important time. Very many colleagues were involved at <strong>School</strong> during<br />
the ‘closure’, or working hard at home, working incredibly long days<br />
well into the night and we are indebted to them going beyond the call<br />
of duty. I once read that a <strong>School</strong> is like a tea bag, you don’t know its<br />
real strength until it’s in hot water (corny I know but the Alleyn’s<br />
community proved its strength beyond all doubt!) – a huge thank you<br />
to you all.<br />
As ever, this newsletter gives a snapshot of just some of the many<br />
events this term. I’m sure you will agree that since much of the term is<br />
full of internal and public exams it is even more impressive to see how<br />
much the pupils and staff have done.<br />
The Gala Opening Committee had a drinks reception at Saddlers’<br />
Hall, with speeches from co-Chairs Robin Tottenham and Sue<br />
Chandler, to celebrate the success of the Gala Opening of the Edward<br />
Alleyn Building and Michael Croft Theatre. Could I possibly encourage<br />
parents to buy a copy of the DVD of the Opening and/or a copy of the<br />
book Drama and Music at Alleyn’s? The proceeds all go to a really<br />
excellent cause helping to provide bursarial support for those who<br />
would otherwise be unable to join Alleyn’s or remain here. Your<br />
purchase would make a very real difference (details of how to order are<br />
on the home page of the senior school website: www.alleyns.org.uk).<br />
Immediately after this reception the Alleyn’s Association and the<br />
Gala Committee then met with Governors and school staff for Dinner<br />
in the Main Hall at the Saddlers’ Company at which the Master of the<br />
Company, Mr Jonathan Godrich, gave a generous donation towards<br />
the cost of the Robert Laurie Lecture Theatre (which is on the top floor<br />
of the Edward Alleyn Building).<br />
Sadly this is the term when we have to say farewell to a number<br />
of teachers moving on or retiring. We thank Mr Dafydd Jones who has<br />
taught Chemistry this term covering Mr Cochrane’s sabbatical leave<br />
and Mr Mike Dickins who has taught History covering Mrs Kent’s<br />
maternity leave.<br />
We also send our very best wishes and thanks to Mrs Sancha<br />
Briffa (part-time Art); to Miss Maria Georgiou (part-time Physics);<br />
to Dr Will Tibbits who leaves us to teach at the British <strong>School</strong> in Manila<br />
and, following their marriage this summer, to Miss Sara Hopley and<br />
Mr Will Walker who will be living in Thailand teaching at the British<br />
International <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Headmaster’s Book for outstanding achievement<br />
Abigail Bainbridge<br />
Alex Ingarfield<br />
Alexandra De Salis<br />
Alexandra West<br />
Alice Faulkner<br />
Alice Hoskyns Hill<br />
Alice Jackson Rogers<br />
Alice Mines<br />
Amy Good<br />
Amy Hunt<br />
Amy Walters<br />
Anna Tobenhouse<br />
Anna Weguelin<br />
Barney Fishwick<br />
Barry Bui<br />
Becca Moore<br />
Charlotte Barrie<br />
Charlotte Harding<br />
Conor Tottenham<br />
David Gleeson<br />
Eleanor Connor<br />
Eleanor Wells<br />
Ellie Bullard<br />
Elliot Brett<br />
Grace Barbour<br />
Hannah Meldrum<br />
Hannah Ruddleston<br />
Hannah Smith<br />
Helen Tonkin<br />
Hugo Greenhalgh<br />
Isabel Gregory<br />
James Forryan<br />
Jess Geekie<br />
Jonathan Davies<br />
Josh Bailey<br />
Julian Mack<br />
Lanikai Krishnadasan<br />
Torrens<br />
Lauren West<br />
Lee Wratten<br />
Lottie Sandberg<br />
Lucy Brose<br />
Luke Forryan<br />
Max Tottenham<br />
Meera Cammell<br />
Megan Hewlett<br />
Michael Baxter<br />
Miranda Willis<br />
Molly Cranston<br />
Naomi King<br />
Nicole Cheetham<br />
Nina Glen<br />
Noah Forbes<br />
Octavia Henderson-<br />
Cleland<br />
Olivia Argent<br />
Phoebe Finn<br />
Rory Macdowall<br />
Ruby Gunn<br />
Sophie Wilmot<br />
Mrs Elaine Smith retires this summer after 8 years at Alleyn’s.<br />
Mrs Smith has given superb support as Second in the Biology<br />
Department with particular responsibility as an experienced mentor<br />
of younger colleagues. We wish Elaine and her husband David a long,<br />
happy, healthy retirement.<br />
We also thank Mr Peter Friedlander, one of our longest-serving<br />
teachers, who retires after 36 years’ committed service in the Art<br />
department. We have been very grateful for his artistic expertise as<br />
Photography Editor of Scriblerus over many years and we send Peter,<br />
too, our best wishes for a long and happy retirement.<br />
Finally, it only remains for me to thank parents, staff and former<br />
pupils for all your support throughout this past year. Sue and I have,<br />
as ever, very much enjoyed meeting many of you at the wide range of<br />
school functions, sporting fixtures, music concerts, plays and at events<br />
arranged by the Alleyn’s Association (AA) and the Edward Alleyn Club<br />
(EAC). My thanks to Dr Hilary Foster, the AA Chairman, and her hardworking<br />
committee for warm encouragement and never-ending support<br />
throughout the year and also to Ms Nancy Carroll, President of the EAC<br />
and her Executive Officers for their active interest in, and warm support<br />
for, their old <strong>School</strong>.<br />
I wish everyone in the Alleyn’s community a long, happy, relaxing<br />
summer holiday and I look forward to welcoming many of you back to<br />
a new academic year in September.<br />
Spurgeon’s House. They made<br />
a profit of over £20,000 in just<br />
four months of trading. The Year<br />
11 competition was won by<br />
‘Team Transformer Squirrels’<br />
from Dutton’s House, and the<br />
Year 10 competition was won<br />
by ‘The Mocha Stockers’ from<br />
Tulley’s House. Well done to<br />
all who participated.<br />
<strong>2009</strong> – a new look to New Parents’ Evening<br />
Parents may remember with<br />
nostalgia our slightly crowded and<br />
hot, new parents’ evenings, which<br />
used to be held in our dining room<br />
one evening in the summer term<br />
before their son or daughter joined<br />
us in Years 7 or 9. Those who do<br />
will be envious of the 300 parents<br />
of our <strong>2009</strong> intake, who were<br />
welcomed this year in the much<br />
more spacious Edward Alleyn<br />
Building. The atrium offered<br />
parents an attractive place to meet<br />
form tutors and make other helpful<br />
contacts, while the Michael Croft<br />
Theatre was a rather more<br />
comfortable venue for Dr Diggory’s<br />
warm welcome to new parents, as<br />
well as Mr Smith’s regular standup<br />
comedy set and Mr Kermode’s<br />
music-lesson-in-sixty-seconds<br />
audience-participation routine.<br />
We wouldn’t want to change<br />
everything!<br />
ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong> 3
<strong>School</strong> Trips China <strong>2009</strong> continued<br />
However, after arriving at the first<br />
tower and taking some quick<br />
photos of the breath-taking view,<br />
a few less athletic members of the<br />
group returned to the bottom for<br />
some much needed ice-cream!<br />
After our great climb, we were<br />
relieved to have a less strenuous<br />
day, with a trip to Beijing Zoo.<br />
The main goal of this visit was to<br />
see the Giant Pandas. These rare<br />
animals were an immediate hit<br />
with endless photos taken and<br />
numerous panda souvenirs bought.<br />
One of the aspects of China<br />
that made it so interesting was its<br />
religious history. Despite religion<br />
being banned under communism,<br />
many people in China have deeprooted<br />
religious beliefs. During<br />
our trip we were lucky enough<br />
to visit some of the most<br />
breathtaking temples including<br />
the Confucius Temple, the Lama<br />
Tibetan Temple and the Temple<br />
of Heaven. Perhaps the most<br />
memorable was the Buddhist<br />
Temple which contains some of<br />
the biggest Buddhist statues<br />
in the world. At the Temple of<br />
Heaven we managed to join in<br />
an outdoor dance class.<br />
After visiting such fascinating<br />
religious sites, we took a break at<br />
the Tea House to take part in a<br />
traditional tea ceremony. This was<br />
Ms Ackerman’s favourite part of<br />
the trip, in which she quickly took<br />
advantage of our 25% discount<br />
in the tea shop.<br />
The food in China was<br />
certainly something of a culture<br />
shock. At every meal, our tables<br />
were filled with various dishes,<br />
including some rather suspiciouslooking<br />
soups. However, by the<br />
end of the trip we had mastered<br />
the chopsticks and were ready to<br />
try any unknown food that was<br />
presented to us. Even Mr Reid,<br />
who had promised to take us to<br />
McDonald’s at every opportunity,<br />
seemed to enjoy the food by<br />
the end of the week.<br />
We could not have taken<br />
the 9-hour flight to Beijing without<br />
seeing one of its most recent and<br />
most famous sights, the Bird’s<br />
Nest Olympic Stadium. Sitting in<br />
the seats of the 258,000m 2<br />
stadium, it was clear that this<br />
was a sight we would not forget.<br />
As we made our way to the<br />
centre of the track, we found our<br />
Western appearances attracted<br />
almost as many photos as the<br />
stadium itself. However, most<br />
were thrilled with the sudden<br />
celebrity status and were happy<br />
to pose for photos for over twenty<br />
minutes, whilst the teachers and<br />
the slightly more camera-shy<br />
students made their way around<br />
the track.<br />
One of the most enjoyable<br />
parts of the trip were the markets.<br />
Alleyn’s prides itself on being inclusive and offering the widest<br />
possible range of experience for pupils. Our belief in the value of<br />
co-curricular activities extends to us backing up the rhetoric with<br />
financial assistance for anyone who finds they are unable to take<br />
part in activities or trips if they cannot afford it. Our Pupil Support<br />
Fund exists to assist in this regard and we make every attempt to<br />
help. Applications should be made by either writing to or<br />
telephoning, the Bursar.<br />
4 ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong>
This was our chance to immerse<br />
ourselves fully in Chinese culture,<br />
and attempt to haggle our way<br />
down to reasonable prices. After<br />
a few tries, many developed<br />
successful techniques, such as<br />
pretending to walk away. Some,<br />
however, were less skilful at<br />
haggling and managed to spend<br />
all their money in the first few days.<br />
On our last evening, we were<br />
lucky enough to watch a Kung-Fu<br />
show. We were blown away by the<br />
heart-racing stunts, carried out in<br />
perfect unison by the performers.<br />
The children were particularly<br />
impressive, with some as young<br />
as six performing flips that even<br />
the most daring stuntman would<br />
not attempt.<br />
We left China with suitcases<br />
full of Nike trainers, panda hats<br />
and Chairman Mao watches,<br />
but most importantly, we left with<br />
new friendships made and a vast<br />
amount discovered about such<br />
an interesting and diverse country.<br />
Thank you to Mr Reid<br />
and Ms Ackerman for all their<br />
planning, we truly got to see the<br />
best Beijing had to offer in such<br />
a short space of time. Thank you<br />
to Miss Gore, Mrs Conway and<br />
Mr Strain for all their help and<br />
for their enthusiasm in all we did;<br />
this trip would not have been<br />
such a huge success without<br />
all their efforts.<br />
We were so lucky to have<br />
had the opportunity to go to<br />
China. We will always remember<br />
the trip in which we learnt to use<br />
chopsticks, danced in the middle<br />
of a temple square, and climbed<br />
one of the wonders of the world.<br />
Bella Marsden<br />
Economics and Business<br />
Studies Trip to Belgium<br />
Morale was pretty low as<br />
33 Alleyn’s and JAGS students<br />
boarded the coach at 6.30am<br />
for Brussels on a not-so-sunny<br />
Wednesday morning, but by<br />
6.35am chocolate eating had<br />
commenced, songs were flowing<br />
and attitudes had changed.<br />
Mr Milne had managed to get us<br />
into the nicest ‘school-trip’ hotel<br />
of all time, and after a talk at the<br />
National Bank of Belgium, which<br />
left us all questioning the UK’s<br />
decision not to join the Euro,<br />
things were looking good.<br />
The second day began with a<br />
trip to the European Parliament<br />
followed by a big loopy walk<br />
which we’re sure was purposeful<br />
and not because we were lost.<br />
We were then treated to a<br />
delicious three-course meal at the<br />
European Commission alongside<br />
the politicians.<br />
The highlight of the trip would<br />
Geography fieldwork<br />
Year 8 spent the day in Rye on<br />
8th June. They were investigating<br />
the effect of tourism on the<br />
historic town centre of this ancient<br />
Cinque Port. In groups of five they<br />
went around the town collecting<br />
data such as questionnaires of<br />
visitors, recording the proportion<br />
of businesses which are touristbased,<br />
as well as observing how<br />
the environment has been<br />
affected by people in the town.<br />
Cambridge’s underground bike store<br />
have to be our visit to the Duval<br />
Chocolate factory; free chocolate<br />
samples, dressing up in dinnerlady<br />
chic, magic tricks from the<br />
legendary Kristos and high-speed<br />
chocolate-making (we kept as<br />
much as we made) entertained<br />
us for the evening.<br />
On the final day we ventured<br />
out of the city to Antwerp to visit<br />
the Coca-Cola factory. In only 30<br />
minutes after arriving old bottles<br />
are recycled, washed, filled and<br />
labelled ready to go again which<br />
left us all in awe of the speed of<br />
mass production on this scale.<br />
Armed with souvenirs of red Coca-<br />
Cola hats and tummies full of<br />
several different varieties of Coke,<br />
we boarded the coach home.<br />
A big thank-you to Mr Milne<br />
who simply made ‘Brussels 09’<br />
and his partners in crime<br />
Mr Robertson and Miss Taylor.<br />
Amy Hunt and Charlie Smallwood<br />
The remainder of their lessons<br />
this term were spent displaying<br />
the information collected, and<br />
drawing conclusions.<br />
Year 10 spent two days in<br />
Cambridge, collecting data for<br />
their coursework investigations<br />
where they have chosen to study<br />
the impact of cycling, how<br />
successful the transport system<br />
is, or the changing pattern<br />
of retailing in the city.<br />
ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong> 5
The Buxton Field Centre was bought by the school in 1974 and has been<br />
used ever since, by pupils, staff (and sometimes parents) throughout the school.<br />
This June, as always, each Year 7 class spent four days there after exams in order to<br />
experience community living, to walk in the countryside surrounded by fields and sheep and to enjoy a range of outward bound pursuits –<br />
as well as laying the table and clearing up (for the first time?). It was originally a crossing-keeper's cottage on the former Cromford and<br />
High Peak railway, but has since been extended and modernised, particularly under the caring and enthusiastic leadership of Mr Alldrick,<br />
‘ ’<br />
I surprised myself by doing some things<br />
that I thought I could not do.<br />
Freddy Dalby Bowler<br />
who remains at the Centre for the duration of the Year 7 trips. In the last two years there has<br />
been substantial investment from the <strong>School</strong>. What is especially remarkable is the manner in<br />
which everyone – and this is so characteristic of pupils throughout Alleyn’s – gives support<br />
to one another. So after some had zipped Tarzan-like through the trees in aerial extreme,<br />
their first thought was to stand at various points throughout the course and urge on those who were less sure-footed. And how satisfying<br />
it is for staff to see pupils who have spent the last few weeks worrying about their<br />
claustrophobia or acrophobia suddenly complete an abseil or emerge from a cave in<br />
‘ ’<br />
Go-karting with Mr Smith is scary and<br />
fun at the same time. Arthur Morgan<br />
tears of happiness because they have<br />
conquered their life-long anxiety.<br />
Pupils always return to school brimming<br />
with happy memories from their visit: having bonded with classmates and extended<br />
friendships beyond the small groups they may have been clinging to for the last two<br />
terms. Even sixth formers have been heard chattering nostalgically, recalling it as one<br />
of their very best <strong>Alleyn's</strong> experiences. From these photos it is easy to see why!<br />
‘ ’<br />
It helped me gain self-confidence and<br />
think independently. Shreyus Bagga<br />
‘<br />
Buxton has definitely bought our class<br />
closer together. We have all achieved<br />
something, whether it is getting over a fear of<br />
heights or learning to become more independent,<br />
but we would’ve never been able to achieve<br />
these things without the help and encouragement<br />
’<br />
of one another. Now we are the perfect team!<br />
Antonia Van Dunem
Drama<br />
Year 8 and the Mystery<br />
of Christopher Marlowe<br />
Five Year 8 pupils took part in<br />
a series of drama workshops in<br />
the first half of the <strong>Trinity</strong> term,<br />
culminating in a promenade<br />
performance in and around the<br />
Edward Alleyn Building. With<br />
the theme of ‘Secrets’, they<br />
explored the topic of the<br />
mysterious life and death of the<br />
playwright Christopher Marlowe,<br />
who created some of Edward<br />
Alleyn’s finest stage roles.<br />
An exciting aspect of the<br />
workshops was the opportunity<br />
for this group to explore some<br />
of the ‘secret’ spaces of our<br />
glorious new building and<br />
perform in areas not normally<br />
designated as performance<br />
spaces. The group explored<br />
the theatrical effects of drama<br />
techniques including sound,<br />
multi-media, mime and mask.<br />
The final performance started<br />
with a sound collage in the<br />
exterior colonnade. The<br />
audience then had to pick<br />
and follow an actor as they<br />
took different routes to the first<br />
floor to perform a tableaux<br />
sequence in the Careers Centre.<br />
The piece finished with a<br />
commanding inquest in the<br />
Boardroom, around Marlowe's<br />
dead body! Well done to Josh<br />
Bailey, Alice Hoskyns Hill,<br />
Isabella Krupski, Emily Naylor<br />
and Conor Tottenham<br />
for giving a polished and<br />
atmospheric performance<br />
which beautifully demonstrated<br />
their drama skills and their<br />
enthusiasm for this unique<br />
drama project.<br />
Three Sisters, Romeo and<br />
Juliet and The Red Shoes<br />
Three interesting and highly<br />
contrasting texts, developed<br />
from work on three radically<br />
different theatre practitioners,<br />
were performed towards the end<br />
of term to preview audiences<br />
and the examiners. Year 13<br />
students used Stanislavski’s<br />
System to create charismatic<br />
characters with psychological<br />
depth in their performance of<br />
Three Sisters by Anton Chekov.<br />
Research and attention to detail<br />
allowed them to craft realistic<br />
roles, set and costumes. The<br />
audience watched the sisters’<br />
youthful dreams dissolve as the<br />
years passed and lovers left.<br />
The production also captured<br />
Chekov’s tragi-comic tone with<br />
light touches of satire throughout.<br />
Meanwhile the Year 12<br />
students have been working in<br />
two more physical styles.<br />
Inspired by Frantic Assembly’s<br />
Othello at the Lyric one group<br />
applied Frantic’s style to Romeo<br />
and Juliet. Experimentation with<br />
various dance and movement<br />
styles led to lifts, choreography<br />
and synchronicity conveying the<br />
party, wooing and fights in<br />
Verona. Exciting, expressive<br />
sequences were interwoven with<br />
the text. They certainly achieved<br />
their dramatic aim of making<br />
Shakespeare highly engaging<br />
for a contemporary audience.<br />
The other group performed<br />
The Red Shoes, a dark fairy<br />
tale told in Kneehigh Theatre<br />
Company’s very original storytelling<br />
style. The powerful colour<br />
palette they chose highlighted<br />
their iconic elements, their magic<br />
tricks and classic slapstick gags.<br />
They made the audience laugh<br />
in a variety of ways while leaving<br />
them with a tragic, macabre<br />
sensation.<br />
Punchdrunk are a Knock-out!<br />
Inspired by Fritz Lang’s<br />
dystopian Metropolis, Tunnel 228<br />
was an exciting and innovative<br />
piece of theatre drawn from the<br />
dark and mysterious thoughts of<br />
AOB Felix Barrett, Punchdrunk’s<br />
founder and artistic director.<br />
The Drama and Theatre Studies<br />
groups from Years 12 and 13<br />
visited the tunnels in April for a<br />
unique opportunity to explore<br />
the dark, cold and clammy<br />
twilight world that was Tunnel<br />
228. The audience were taken<br />
into a waiting-room below<br />
Waterloo train station and<br />
instructed to put on protective<br />
face masks before we entered<br />
the ‘contaminated’ tunnels.<br />
Throughout the dark maze<br />
various pieces of art were<br />
thrust into the inhospitable<br />
environment, visceral sounds<br />
rumbled through the isolated<br />
world as we crept through the<br />
dusty labyrinth. As we examined<br />
fantastic sculptures and<br />
projections, performers worked<br />
tirelessly around us with the<br />
machines and engines that filled<br />
the tunnels, walking up walls<br />
and running in giant wheels to<br />
breathe life into the cold iron<br />
behemoth. Various pulleys<br />
and cogs weaved around the<br />
underground world, ferrying<br />
massive steel ball-bearings<br />
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through the arches and halls,<br />
eventually powering a great set<br />
of cogs which generated power<br />
for a room filled with light bulbs.<br />
Whilst we picked through the<br />
haunting pieces of art, and<br />
used our detective skills in<br />
order not to miss hidden<br />
crevices disclosing initially<br />
invisible rooms or objects,<br />
suddenly a small intimate<br />
performance would open up<br />
for a lucky audience member.<br />
I was fortunate enough to<br />
experience my own unique<br />
performance and to work<br />
alongside Punchdrunk and its<br />
228 collaborators the Old and<br />
Young Vic theatres. As part of<br />
a 4-stage workshop I was invited<br />
(with 21 others) to create a piece<br />
of theatre to be performed inside<br />
the tunnels. This workshop<br />
which was performed on one<br />
night to an invited audience of<br />
friends, family, project sponsors<br />
and collaborators, exposed me<br />
to the unique and exciting<br />
method of performance they<br />
have spawned. The experience<br />
has left us all hungry for<br />
Punchdrunk’s next show.<br />
Joe Boylan<br />
National Independent <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
Drama Association<br />
Drew Stocker, our Head of<br />
Drama, hosted the annual<br />
National Independent <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
Drama Association conference<br />
here at Alleyn’s earlier in the<br />
term. The recently opened<br />
Michael Croft Theatre was the<br />
perfect venue to welcome 120<br />
drama teachers, from across<br />
the UK, for a long weekend of<br />
workshops, networking and<br />
hospitality. Mr Stocker had<br />
booked a wide range of drama<br />
practitioners to run workshops.<br />
Delegates explored puppetry<br />
and the latest lighting and sound<br />
technology, and worked with<br />
experts in physical theatre<br />
(with Frantic Assembly),<br />
reminiscence theatre (with Age<br />
Exchange), voice work, mask<br />
work (with Geese Theatre<br />
Company and our regular stage<br />
combat director Kevin Rowntree),<br />
and Noh theatre. On Saturday<br />
evening the formal dinner was<br />
held around a 100m table which<br />
stretched down the entire length<br />
of the Dulwich Picture Gallery<br />
(actually the Headmaster's<br />
genius idea), and on Sunday<br />
morning the conference ended<br />
with a live on-stage interview<br />
with Alleyn’s alumnus Sam West<br />
(pictured below) who responded<br />
to Mr Stocker’s questions with<br />
aplomb and interest. Mr Stocker<br />
has been the Association’s Chair<br />
for the past three years and has<br />
one more year of service before<br />
passing over the reigns of the<br />
Association at Warwick <strong>School</strong><br />
next year.<br />
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Music notes<br />
Individual successes<br />
There is always an imminent<br />
musical performance at Alleyn’s,<br />
such is the quantity and breadth<br />
of musical activity. Barely a week<br />
goes by without a concert, and<br />
weekly instrumental lessons lead<br />
to large numbers taking ABRSM<br />
music exams – congratulations<br />
to the great number who passed<br />
with merit and distinction.<br />
Often we have pupils who<br />
extend their musicianship at<br />
the Junior Departments of the<br />
London Music Colleges and on<br />
holiday orchestral courses. The<br />
Music <strong>School</strong> staff have details<br />
of many holiday music courses<br />
and they are to be strongly<br />
recommended – do give them<br />
a try.<br />
Congratulations to Harry<br />
Houseago who, after being<br />
one of over 10,000 registered<br />
entrants, has reached the<br />
Grand National Finals of<br />
‘Live and Unsigned <strong>2009</strong>’, a<br />
nationwide search for artists<br />
performing their own material.<br />
Most of the other finalists are<br />
adults, but Harry is only 13 years<br />
old. He already has a wealth of<br />
musical performance and<br />
success behind him. He has<br />
played guitar and drums since<br />
he could hold them and now<br />
also plays bass, keyboards and<br />
double bass in the new Alleyn’s<br />
swing band: ‘Swing Doctors’.<br />
He writes songs all the time, has<br />
a brilliant ear for arrangements<br />
and just wants to spend his<br />
whole life being a musician.<br />
He gives up loads of his free<br />
time to play and entertain<br />
children for charity, playing live<br />
at Great Ormond Street Hospital<br />
every week on their radio station.<br />
Michael Croft Theatre roof<br />
‘raised’<br />
Numbers of musicians in Lower<br />
and Middle <strong>School</strong> ensembles<br />
continue to rise and some 180<br />
pupils raised the roof for our<br />
first large-scale concert in the<br />
Michael Croft Theatre, in May<br />
(see pictures left and right).<br />
Playing to a full house, all nine<br />
ensembles displayed the usual<br />
balance of detailed musicianship<br />
and exuberant enthusiasm that<br />
we have come to expect of our<br />
musicians, and showed that all<br />
the hard work over recent weeks<br />
in rehearsal was so worthwhile.<br />
No one in the audience could<br />
have been disappointed with<br />
the range and quality of music<br />
on offer – indeed, many schools<br />
would be thrilled to present<br />
such a concert as their senior<br />
level concert.<br />
Resonance104.4fm to<br />
broadcast St John’s concert<br />
The original date for our senior<br />
ensemble concert at St John’s,<br />
Smith Square was sadly a<br />
casualty of the flu-virus school<br />
closure. However, we were<br />
all thrilled when St John’s<br />
confirmed that they were able to<br />
accommodate us on the day<br />
after term ends – Friday 3rd July.<br />
If you are reading this newsletter<br />
on or before the last day of term<br />
then you may just have time to<br />
snatch one of the very few<br />
remaining tickets and come to<br />
St John’s in person (020 7222<br />
1061 or www.sjss.org.uk).<br />
However, if you can not get<br />
there, this year you can still<br />
hear the concert as it is being<br />
recorded and to be broadcast<br />
on Resonance104.4fm, central<br />
London's community radio<br />
station which broadcasts with<br />
a range of 3 miles from its<br />
transmitter in London Bridge<br />
and also on the internet<br />
(http://resonancefm.com).<br />
Its brief is to provide a radical<br />
alternative to the universal<br />
formulae of mainstream<br />
broadcasting. We are thrilled<br />
that Alleyn’s has been given<br />
‘first bite’ on being part of this<br />
new outreach programme.<br />
Resonance will broadcast the<br />
concert from 8.00pm until<br />
10.00pm. on Wednesday 8th<br />
July – for most of us this will<br />
entail logging on to their website<br />
and listening online. In addition<br />
to recording the concert<br />
performance, one of Resonance’s<br />
staff came in to school on two<br />
occasions to record sections of<br />
rehearsals and to chat with<br />
some of the pupils and staff.<br />
Happy listening!<br />
Alleyn’s International<br />
Concert Series<br />
This term’s concert was given<br />
in the last week of term by the<br />
pianist Steven Osborne. Steven<br />
is one of the most sought after<br />
pianists of the day – he plays<br />
regularly with top orchestras in<br />
the world’s most prestigious<br />
concert halls, and his many<br />
recordings have won national<br />
and international awards. After<br />
his morning masterclass, in<br />
which he worked with four very<br />
promising Alleyn’s pianists, his<br />
evening performance was simply<br />
mesmerising and divine. That<br />
In the last newsletter we mentioned that Zara Boyd (10AB) had<br />
been selected for the Junior National Youth Choir and now we<br />
hear that she has been joined by Hannah Meldrum (10SM) and<br />
that Mary Hamilton (11AP) has won a place in the next level up:<br />
the National Youth Training Choir. Bravo to all three girls!<br />
we have been able to attract and<br />
engage musicians of the calibre<br />
of Steven Osborne and (earlier<br />
this year) the Endellion String<br />
Quartet is a bit of a coup. Plans<br />
are already afoot for the three<br />
termly concerts next year and<br />
details will be posted on the<br />
school website. If you would<br />
like to join the Concert Series<br />
emailing list then send an email<br />
to concertseries@alleyns.org.uk.<br />
Sprinting to the end of term ….<br />
In addition to St John’s, as a<br />
rousing musical finale to the<br />
year there was: a Pupils’ Recital;<br />
the A Level Composition<br />
Concert; Jazz Band played at<br />
the Alleyn’s Association Summer<br />
Party; choirs sang at the Chapel<br />
Services; ensembles played at<br />
Founder’s Day; the Year 9 pupils<br />
completed their KS3 musical<br />
curriculum with the Year 9 Music<br />
Festival; and there was the<br />
Leavers’ Concert in the Michael<br />
Croft Theatre.<br />
A huge ‘thank you’ to all who<br />
have contributed so much this<br />
term, and over the year. A welldeserved<br />
rest is due for all over<br />
the summer holiday.<br />
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Sport<br />
Girls’ Water Polo<br />
• All three teams (U14, U16 and<br />
U18) qualified for the National<br />
Finals – we were the only school<br />
to have a team at the finals in all<br />
three age groups. The U14s won<br />
the silver medal in a tightly<br />
contested final.<br />
• The U14 girls’ team qualified<br />
for the National English <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
final as runners-up from the South<br />
of England and were 2nd in the<br />
National Final-Four tournament.<br />
They were runners-up to Bedford<br />
Modern in the national final on<br />
Sunday 14th June, the game<br />
finishing 3-9.<br />
• The U16 girls’ team qualified<br />
for the National English <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
final as joint winners from the<br />
South of England and were 2nd in<br />
the National Final-Four tournament.<br />
They will play Ripley St Thomas<br />
(Lancaster) in the national final<br />
for the gold medal on Monday<br />
29th June (re-arranged due to<br />
swine ‘flu) in Manchester.<br />
• The U18 girls’ team qualified<br />
Above: Polly Keeling making a tackle<br />
in the U14 National water polo final.<br />
for the National English <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
final as winners from the South<br />
of England and were 2nd in the<br />
National Final-Four tournament.<br />
They will also play Ripley St Thomas<br />
(Lancaster) in the national final for<br />
the gold medal on Monday 29th<br />
June (re-arranged due to swine<br />
‘flu) in Manchester.<br />
• Clare Le Voir was selected to<br />
play in an invitational water polo<br />
team against Grantham Academy.<br />
Girls’ Athletics<br />
• Last summer Hannah Edwards<br />
and Frederica Foster both<br />
competed at the ESAA<br />
Championships and as a result of<br />
their performances were selected<br />
to represent England in the UK<br />
<strong>School</strong> Games. They have both<br />
been selected to compete again<br />
at this year’s ESAA Championships<br />
– Frederica in the 300m and<br />
Hannah in the 800m.<br />
• Martha Day is the London<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Intermediate Girl Javelin<br />
Champion.<br />
Frederica’s gold<br />
Frederica Foster, Year 11,<br />
shattered her previous best<br />
time for 300m in 39.41 seconds<br />
to claim gold in the Southern<br />
Championships in May. Her<br />
coach (AOB John Powell) is<br />
now going to get her training for<br />
400m with a view to her running<br />
in major championships.<br />
• Freya Cooper is a reserve in the<br />
Junior Girls’ age group in the<br />
London team for the Regional<br />
Combined Events Championship.<br />
• Fola Evans-Akingbola came 4th<br />
in Intermediate Girls’ High Jump<br />
in the London <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
Championships<br />
Girls’ Cross-country<br />
• Alex West, Hannah Edwards,<br />
Nina Anderson and Georgia<br />
Tindley were all selected to<br />
represent London at the English<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Cross-country<br />
Championships in Loughborough<br />
at end of March.<br />
• Our Intermediate girls won the<br />
Southwark Championships and<br />
then went on to win the silver<br />
medal at the London <strong>School</strong>s'<br />
Championships.<br />
• The Juniors came 2nd at the<br />
Southwark Championships and<br />
then went on to win bronze at the<br />
London <strong>School</strong>s’ Championships.<br />
• The Senior Girls’ team won the<br />
silver medal at the London<br />
Championships.<br />
The U14 girls’ water polo team who<br />
finished as runners-up to Bedford<br />
Modern, in the National water polo final.<br />
• 11 Yr 7 pupils and 10 Yr 8<br />
pupils have been selected to<br />
represent Southwark in the<br />
London <strong>School</strong>s’ Year 7 and 8<br />
Championships.<br />
Girls’ Football<br />
• This term, <strong>Alleyn's</strong> hosted their<br />
first girls' football tournament for<br />
Under 13s with 10 teams taking part.<br />
Netball<br />
• Representative Honours in Surrey:<br />
Charlotte Ody for the U16s, Polly<br />
Keeling and Claire Potter for the<br />
U14 satellite squad and Elle Addo<br />
for the U13 satellite squad.<br />
• Tournaments: the U15s and<br />
U16s both qualified for the finals<br />
of their respective age groups<br />
in the Surrey tournaments and<br />
the U15s won the Bacon’s<br />
tournament. The U12s and U13s<br />
both won silver medals at the<br />
Bacon’s tournament.<br />
Girls’ Swimming<br />
• Alleyn’s Invitation Swimming<br />
Gala – Abigail Bainbridge set a<br />
new school record for the girls'<br />
100m breaststroke.<br />
Dulcie’s national selection<br />
Following very good performances<br />
playing against Ireland, Dulcie<br />
Davies has been selected as<br />
part of the England U18 Hockey<br />
Team for the U18 European<br />
Championships in Belgium<br />
5th – 11th July. This is her first<br />
year in the age group and she is<br />
one of the youngest members of<br />
the team, so it is an outstanding<br />
achievement.<br />
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The Combined Games is a competition for Years 9 and 10 who put out teams in Fives (winners Brown’s), Rounders (winners Brading’s), Softball (Tulley’s)<br />
and Tennis (Tulley’s). Overall joint winners were Brown’s and Tulley’s.<br />
• The U19s retained their London<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ title<br />
Girls’ Tennis<br />
• Our senior girls’ pair,<br />
Sophie Richardson and Sophie<br />
Dannreuther, played extremely<br />
well in the final of the Surrey<br />
Tennis Festival, just losing 6-3<br />
to St Catherine's, Bramley.<br />
Boys’ Football<br />
• Joe Kelly, Harry Chaldecott<br />
and Tom Sealy have been<br />
selected for the Independent<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Football Association<br />
(ISFA) U13 national squad.<br />
• The ISFA recognised Tom Sealy<br />
as the runner-up in the annual<br />
U13 National Player of the Year<br />
award.<br />
Boys’ Basketball<br />
• The U14 team won the London<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong>s’ play-offs,<br />
defeating St Paul’s <strong>School</strong> in the<br />
final.<br />
• The U15 team won the London<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong>s’ play-offs,<br />
defeating City of London Boys’<br />
<strong>School</strong> in the final.<br />
• The U16 team won the London<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong>s’ play-offs,<br />
defeating City of London Boys’<br />
<strong>School</strong> in the final.<br />
• There are two competitions at<br />
U19 level which were both won<br />
Left: Tom Sealy, Harry Chaldecott and<br />
Joe Kelly, the three boys who have been<br />
selected for the National football squad;<br />
Tom is holding his individual ISFA award.<br />
Below: Under 19 Basketball team, who<br />
enjoyed an excellent season.<br />
by Alleyn’s. In the U19 London<br />
Independent <strong>School</strong>s’ play-offs<br />
we defeated Latymer Upper<br />
<strong>School</strong> in the final and in the Cup<br />
final we defeated King’s College<br />
<strong>School</strong>, Wimbledon.<br />
• Congratulations to Ed Scott<br />
who has been training with the<br />
England U17 squad.<br />
Boys’ Water Polo<br />
• James Gallagher-Powell and<br />
Harry Stones represented the<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Water Polo League U18<br />
Barbarians team vs Grantham<br />
National Academy in March.<br />
Boys’ Swimming<br />
• The U12, U13 and U14 teams<br />
all qualified for the London<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Swimming Association<br />
Individual Championships<br />
finishing 4th, 6th and 5th<br />
respectively.<br />
Fives<br />
• At the National Championships,<br />
Peter Hanton was runner-up in<br />
the senior singles. Ben Stephens<br />
Hemingway was runner-up in the<br />
U16 singles.<br />
• At the National Championships<br />
Zach Brubert was the winner of<br />
the U14 singles and Sam<br />
Redmayne was runner-up.<br />
• Zach and Sam won the national<br />
U14 doubles championships.<br />
• Charlie Williams won the<br />
national U14 Plate singles<br />
competition.<br />
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Alex’s Rugby League<br />
international honours<br />
Alex Ingarfield has been<br />
selected as Vice-Captain and<br />
chosen to play in the four<br />
nations matches over the next<br />
three months for England<br />
Lionhearts (national U18 rugby<br />
league team). The first match<br />
was against Wales on 13th<br />
June, the next is against Ireland<br />
on 11th July and then Scotland<br />
on 8th August. Alex started<br />
playing Rugby Union as an<br />
U13 and then switched to<br />
Rugby League two years ago,<br />
progressing to Captain of the<br />
Croydon Hurricanes and the<br />
South London Storm Academy<br />
1st team.<br />
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Boys’ Cross Country<br />
• At the end of the Lent term<br />
the combined Year 7 and 8 team<br />
finished 3rd in the prestigious<br />
Junior Knole Run in Sevenoaks.<br />
Cricket<br />
• All teams are still in their<br />
respective London <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
competitions and progressing<br />
towards the finals that will be<br />
held at the end of the term.<br />
• The 1st XI have won four of six<br />
games played so far. Matthew<br />
Syrett has performed very well<br />
with the bat, scoring a matchwinning<br />
87 against King Edward’s<br />
<strong>School</strong>, Witley and a superb<br />
92 not-out against the XL Club<br />
in a game that we narrowly<br />
lost.<br />
• The U15 team are currently<br />
unbeaten.<br />
• The following boys have been<br />
selected to represent the London<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Cricket Association:<br />
Fergus Neve, Max Twyman (U12),<br />
Nicholas Jeyarajah, Tom Sealy,<br />
Jamie Savage, Joe Kelly, Toby<br />
Conner (U13), Charlie Glen,<br />
Daniel Petrides, and Adam Senn<br />
(U15). In addition, Adam Senn is<br />
captain of the LSCA U15 team.<br />
• The following boys have played<br />
Surrey district representative<br />
cricket: Arthur Morgan, Ralph<br />
Thicknesse, Lucian Clinch, Sam<br />
Redmayne and Finlay Glen .<br />
• Hamish Neve-Dunn, Jake<br />
Ruddleston, Callum Ruddleston,<br />
Oliver Beauchamp, Jack Gisby<br />
and Sam Redmayne have been<br />
selected to represent South<br />
London in the Lord’s Taverners<br />
National competition.<br />
Boys’ Athletics<br />
• Alex Moisley, Alfie Bright,<br />
Billy Holmes, Caleb Azumah-<br />
Nelson and Oliver Beauchamp<br />
have been selected to represent<br />
Southwark as Intermediate<br />
Boys at the London <strong>School</strong>s’<br />
Athletics Championships.<br />
• Tom Derry, Jake Ruddleston,<br />
Callum Ruddleston and Wim<br />
Geberbauer have been selected<br />
to represent the Southwark<br />
Junior team.<br />
• Callum Ruddleston is the<br />
London <strong>School</strong>s’ Junior Boys’<br />
800m Champion and has been<br />
selected to represent Southwark<br />
at the London <strong>School</strong>s’ Combined<br />
Events, with Tom and Jake<br />
selected as reserves.<br />
• Wim Geberbauer came 2nd in<br />
Junior Boys’ Javelin, Tom Derry<br />
came 3rd in Junior Boys’ Long<br />
Jump and Jake Ruddleston came<br />
3rd in Junior Boys’ Discus and<br />
4th in the 400m in the London<br />
<strong>School</strong>s’ Championships.<br />
Tennis<br />
• The senior team lost in the<br />
1st round of the Glanville Cup to<br />
Langley Park, but won their other<br />
2 matches.<br />
• The school is playing in the<br />
Surrey festival at all age groups<br />
at the end of term.<br />
Design at<br />
Alleyn’s<br />
The Design Technology department<br />
made full use of the atrium in the<br />
Edward Alleyn Building where a<br />
number of GCSE and A level<br />
products were displayed.<br />
Two new teachers (an ex-<br />
Graphic Designer and an ex-<br />
Product Designer) have joined the<br />
department and we are focusing<br />
on creativity, independence of<br />
thought and designing and<br />
making innovative, up-to-date<br />
products for real consumer markets<br />
and for industrial production.<br />
We have a number of new<br />
trips; for the Year 11 students a<br />
visit to both the Design Museum<br />
and the Branding Museum in<br />
September <strong>2009</strong> and for the<br />
Year 12 students a trip to Stuttgart<br />
to visit the Porsche and Audi<br />
factories in February 2010.<br />
A Product Designer spent the<br />
day with us in February, presenting<br />
her work to the students,<br />
discussing her projects and<br />
career and giving advice to those<br />
looking to follow a path in Product<br />
Design. On the 18th June we also<br />
had a Graphic designer spending<br />
the day with the pupils and for the<br />
next academic year we will be<br />
adding a Design Engineer and an<br />
Architect to the list. All our guests<br />
have made a huge difference to<br />
pupil’s outlook and enthusiasm<br />
having shown the enormous<br />
opportunities in a career in Design.<br />
Alleyn’s forensic team<br />
win first prize<br />
Congratulations to Alex West,<br />
Charlotte Barrie, Alice Faulkner<br />
and Amy Walters all in 8BS who<br />
won first prize in the University<br />
Challenge competition which took<br />
place at the Salters’ Festival of<br />
Chemistry on Wednesday 10th<br />
June <strong>2009</strong> at London South Bank<br />
University. This event was put<br />
on in partnership with the Royal<br />
Society of Chemistry. The team<br />
had first to play the parts of<br />
forensic chemists using apparatus<br />
and chemicals for analysis in the<br />
University labs to solve the<br />
mystery of the dead body found<br />
at Saltmarsh farm. They then had<br />
to carry out a Vitamin C Clock<br />
Reaction and adapt it in order to<br />
come up with a chemical clock<br />
that would give a colour change<br />
after exactly one minute. The girls<br />
were commended both for their<br />
practical skills and enthusiasm.<br />
The day finished with a colourful<br />
Chemical Magic demonstration<br />
which illustrated some of<br />
Chemistry’s uses in cutting edge<br />
Art, Design and Technology.<br />
The products on display are a range from GCSE (Product & Graphic Design) and A Level (Product Design) showcasing<br />
Furniture, Storage, Safety Products and jewellery.<br />
12 ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong>
CCF round-up<br />
Over 100 cadets and staff attended<br />
our Easter Camp at Napier<br />
Barracks with the cadets camping<br />
out, cooking for themselves,<br />
navigating and carrying out<br />
fieldcraft tasks. Maximum use<br />
was made of the Hythe Range<br />
complex with cadets firing on the<br />
outdoor ranges and experiencing<br />
the ‘Middle Eastern Urban Village’<br />
complex used for training soldiers<br />
before they go abroad. Cadets<br />
patrolled through the streets with<br />
realistic crowd and animal noises<br />
and responded to scenarios<br />
presented to them. The annual<br />
Year 10 drill competition and Year<br />
11 Joint Service Cadre (Potential<br />
Instructors’ Course) passing-out<br />
parade and presentation ceremony<br />
took place on the last day in front<br />
of Dr and Mrs Diggory, following<br />
the traditional curry lunch for<br />
visitors, staff and Year 13 cadets.<br />
We have been making the<br />
most of the school grounds for<br />
practical activities during term<br />
and, for the first time, held a fourday<br />
Year 9 Camp at Longmoor<br />
Camp in Hampshire with over 60<br />
cadets and staff attending. The<br />
cadets slept in barrack blocks,<br />
passed weapon handling tests,<br />
took part in live shooting out-ofdoors,<br />
performed practical<br />
navigation, orienteering and<br />
command tasks and used the<br />
indoor computerised range<br />
(basically a very, very expensive<br />
video game). This separate camp<br />
was necessary due to the<br />
increasing popularity of the CCF.<br />
12 senior cadets have<br />
qualified for the British Heart<br />
Foundation’s Heartstart First Aid<br />
Award and, as they were already<br />
trained CCF instructors, have<br />
also qualified as Heartstart<br />
instructors. They will now use<br />
their skills to train other cadets<br />
for the award.<br />
The Corps of Drums and<br />
Military Band has just heard that<br />
there are exciting opportunities<br />
to be part of a London Cadet<br />
Force Band for the coming Lord<br />
Mayor’s Show in November <strong>2009</strong><br />
and other national and regional<br />
events in 2010 for ‘Cadet 150’ –<br />
the celebrations for the 150th<br />
anniversary of the cadet movement<br />
in the UK.<br />
Our annual Regimental Dinner<br />
took place in June and some 70<br />
guests, ex-cadets, Year 13 cadets<br />
Aerobatics at RAF Wyton<br />
During half term (28th May) 12 RAF cadets jumped at the opportunity<br />
to attend a flying trip at RAF Wyton. They all went up in a Grob tutor<br />
aircraft with an experienced pilot. Each cadet got to speak to the<br />
pilot before the flight to discuss what they wanted to achieve during<br />
their sortie.<br />
At some point during the flight the cadets followed the pilot<br />
through on the controls, took control of the aircraft, did some<br />
navigation and in some cases experienced the thrill of aerobatics<br />
(with the more experienced cadets controlling the manoeuvres!)<br />
On 12th June 17 Year 9 cadets attended RAF Wyton on a field<br />
day. This was reported to be the best day flying that the pilots had<br />
so far this year in terms of weather and the enthusiasm and<br />
behaviour of the cadets. For most of the cadets this was their first<br />
air experience flight and not a sick bag in sight!<br />
Special thanks to CSGt S Swalwell, Dr W Tibbits, Mr B Allen for<br />
accompanying me on the trips. Flt Lt Pokorny<br />
and staff attended. The Guest<br />
of Honour was Brigadier Mike<br />
Wharmby, General Secretary of<br />
the CCF Association. Presentations<br />
were made to our departing<br />
senior cadets and to Lieutenant<br />
Will Walker (see Valete).<br />
A Year 10 self-reliance,<br />
overnight exercise took place on<br />
the two days following Founder’s<br />
Day and more than 70 cadets<br />
and staff will attend the army and<br />
RAF summer camps in the first<br />
week of the summer break.<br />
In the English<br />
Department...<br />
On 8th June, Jamila Gavin,<br />
author of Coram Boy visited<br />
Alleyn’s to read from, and talk<br />
about, her work to Year 9. There<br />
was an opportunity for pupils to<br />
ask questions relating to her work<br />
and for guidance with their own<br />
writing. This is one of many such<br />
events this year: throughout the<br />
year, writers and poets are invited<br />
in to talk with different yeargroups<br />
to foster a love of reading<br />
and writing. Some pupils from the<br />
Junior <strong>School</strong> came to listen as<br />
well as part of a programme to<br />
develop and strengthen ties<br />
between the English departments<br />
in both schools.<br />
Tickets were purchased<br />
over a year in advance to secure<br />
50 places for the Upper <strong>School</strong><br />
to see Jude Law in Hamlet on<br />
1st July. This has been tipped to<br />
be the hottest ticket of the year!<br />
A review will appear in next<br />
term’s newsletter.<br />
Alleyn’s Lower <strong>School</strong><br />
pupils have been reading the<br />
latest Carnegie Medal shortlist.<br />
The Carnegie Medal is named<br />
after the philanthropist, Andrew<br />
Carnegie, who had a crucial role<br />
in establishing British public<br />
libraries. The award is for an<br />
outstanding book for children<br />
published in the UK and written<br />
in English.<br />
A group of pupils has been<br />
meeting regularly in the Library to<br />
talk about the seven shortlisted<br />
books: Black Rabbit Summer –<br />
Kevin Brooks, Cosmic – Frank<br />
Cottrell Boyce, Creature of the<br />
Night – Kate Thompson, Ostrich<br />
Boys – Keith Gray, Bog Child –<br />
Siobhan Dowd, Airman – Eoin<br />
Colfer and The Knife of Never<br />
Letting Go – Patrick Ness.<br />
This year, Dulwich College<br />
hosted an afternoon with Alleyn’s<br />
and JAGS pupils, English<br />
teachers and Librarians to<br />
discuss the books and to vote<br />
on who they thought should be<br />
the winner. It was, in fact, Siobhan<br />
Dowd’s Bog Child.<br />
Year 9 English and Drama<br />
Review<br />
The annual celebration of drama<br />
work produced by Year 9 in<br />
English lessons throughout the<br />
year, was performed in the<br />
Michael Croft Theatre after school<br />
on Wednesday 24th June to an<br />
audience of their peers. Pupils<br />
prepared and directed their<br />
chosen scenes from either a<br />
studied play or one they have<br />
read and enjoyed. Their class<br />
then chose the best for the<br />
final performance.<br />
ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong> 13
Photo: Catherine Ashmore<br />
Edward Alleyn<br />
Club<br />
The Edward Alleyn Club is<br />
the alumni association for the<br />
<strong>School</strong>. The <strong>School</strong> is in touch<br />
with over 5,000 former pupils<br />
– the oldest of whom were<br />
here in the 1930s! All pupils<br />
become members automatically<br />
on leaving Alleyn’s.<br />
20 & 30-year reunion Ninety<br />
former pupils came back through<br />
the school gates in Townley Road<br />
on a sunny day in June. Alumni<br />
from the classes of 1972–79<br />
and 1982–89 revisited their alma<br />
mater to see for themselves all<br />
the changes that have taken place<br />
at Alleyn’s, as well as rekindling<br />
old friendships. Our newlyappointed<br />
Prefects led guests on<br />
a guided tour of the site, a route<br />
that gets longer and longer each<br />
year as more facilities are opened.<br />
‘It was great to see so many<br />
familiar faces – both pupils and<br />
staff – and to be able to renew<br />
acquaintances with some people<br />
I hadn’t seen since the day I left<br />
school in 1979’. Chris Quirk,<br />
<strong>School</strong> Captain, 1979<br />
Acting activities Not one but two<br />
Alleyn’s alumni are appearing in<br />
London’s West End this summer<br />
and both have received rave<br />
reviews. Current President of the<br />
Edward Alleyn Club, Nancy Carroll<br />
(Brading’s, 1985–92), pictured<br />
below left, is appearing in a revival<br />
of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia at<br />
the Duke of York’s Theatre, and<br />
Jude Law (Spurgeon’s, 1985–89)<br />
pictured above, is treading the<br />
boards as Hamlet at the Donmar<br />
West End. An extended member<br />
of the <strong>Alleyn's</strong> community, Dan<br />
Stevens, also appears alongside<br />
Nancy in Arcadia. Dan is the son<br />
of Ron Stevens, former teacher of<br />
Economics and Business Studies,<br />
who retired last year.<br />
And a trio from the Alleyn’s<br />
alumni will be treading the boards<br />
together in the world premiere<br />
of Enron at Chichester Festival<br />
Theatre, followed by a London<br />
transfer to the Royal Court from<br />
The book Drama & Music: The Performing Arts<br />
at Alleyn’s and the DVD Gala Performance can be<br />
purchased by either downloading the order form from the<br />
Senior <strong>School</strong> website, or directly at most forthcoming <strong>School</strong><br />
events and at Reception. All proceeds from sales will be used<br />
to fund bursaries at the <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Photo: by Johan Persson<br />
£15.00 & £10.00 (plus £1.50 p&p)<br />
17th September. Roper’s alumni<br />
Tom Godwin (1987–94) and<br />
Samuel West (1977–84), and<br />
parent Tom Goodman-Hill will<br />
appear in a dramatisation of one<br />
of the most infamous scandals in<br />
financial history.<br />
The Club proposes to hold<br />
another group theatre outing<br />
to see Enron in Chichester on<br />
Friday 28th August and extends<br />
the invitation to <strong>Alleyn's</strong> parents<br />
to come along too. To join this<br />
party, please contact David<br />
Young, Director of Development<br />
& Finance (on 020 8557 1017<br />
or youngdtw@alleyns.org.uk),<br />
by 17th July. If there is enough<br />
interest, we would organise a<br />
coach to take us there and back<br />
to Dulwich. Tickets for the play cost<br />
£26.50 and coach travel would be<br />
extra. The box office advises that<br />
the play contains strong language<br />
and scenes of an adult nature<br />
Refugee Action's Simple Acts<br />
Esme Peach (Roper's, 1989– 1996)<br />
works at the national charity<br />
Refugee Action and has been<br />
busy promoting a new campaign,<br />
‘Simple Acts’, for Refugee Week<br />
(15–21 June).<br />
The ‘Simple Acts’ campaign<br />
is about inspiring people to use<br />
small, everyday actions to change<br />
perceptions of refugees. Esme<br />
explains that the campaign lists<br />
‘20 actions that can be done by<br />
anyone to encourage us to learn<br />
and do more with refugees’.<br />
The actions were chosen<br />
from ideas submitted by people<br />
across the UK and include<br />
cooking a dish from another<br />
country, reading a book about<br />
exile, and having a cup of tea with<br />
a refugee. To do your bit, visit<br />
www.refugeeweek.org.uk/simpleacts/<br />
Alumni’s company makes<br />
Sunday Times list Andrew<br />
Yetzes (Tulley’s, 1984–91) is<br />
pictured holding the award given<br />
to his company for its inclusion<br />
in the Sunday Times Fastrack 100<br />
list. He and fellow alumnus,<br />
Robert Beaman (Dutton’s,<br />
1984–91), are the co-founders<br />
and directors of Medicare First,<br />
a recruitment consultancy for the<br />
social work, allied healthcare and<br />
medical sector. Medicare First<br />
was listed in ninth place on the<br />
Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list<br />
for 2008. Fast Track 100 ranks<br />
Britain’s hundred private<br />
companies with the fastest<br />
growing sales over the last three<br />
years.<br />
Alumni ebulletin An ebulletin<br />
is sent out to alumni and former<br />
staff every term with news of<br />
former pupils and the <strong>School</strong>.<br />
If you would like to receive a copy<br />
or for further information about<br />
alumni activities, please contact<br />
Susie Schofield on 020 8557<br />
1466 or alumni@alleyns.org.uk<br />
You can download the latest<br />
ebulletin from the home page<br />
of the Club’s website,<br />
www.edwardalleynclub.com<br />
A party date for this summer’s<br />
leavers There’ll be another<br />
chance for this year’s leavers to<br />
meet up later in the year when the<br />
Club holds a reunion party at the<br />
Clubhouse in Burbage Road on<br />
29th December.<br />
DIARY DATES<br />
26th September – Edward Alleyn<br />
Club Annual Dinner, Alleyn’s<br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
14th November – 10-Year<br />
Reunion, Clubhouse, 8.00pm<br />
21st November – Midlands<br />
Reunion at the RSC, Stratford<br />
29th December – <strong>2009</strong> Leavers<br />
Reunion, Clubhouse, 8.00pm
Dear Parents and Guardians<br />
First of all, a very warm thank you to all who helped in so many<br />
ways in the events of this term. I know that the enthusiasm,<br />
involvement and welcome of existing parents is valued by both<br />
the staff and families new to the school.<br />
The Headmaster and the Chairman of the Governors, hosted<br />
a reception for the organisers of the Gala Opening of the Edward Alleyn building at Saddler’s<br />
Hall on 1st June. Enjoyable recollections of the two-year process of organisation were followed<br />
by presentations to the co-Chairs of the committee. We were joined for a splendid dinner by<br />
other members of the senior management team, governors and members of the Alleyn’s<br />
Association committee and thoroughly enjoyed both the fascinating venue and meeting of<br />
minds of the different parts of the Alleyn’s community. We appreciate all that the Saddler’s<br />
company , governors and teaching and support staff do for the school.<br />
The secondhand uniform sale on 6th June is always well supported by both new and<br />
existing parents. We can always sell more uniform so please keep items for next year’s sale.<br />
Sales of sports kit were reduced as a new kit is being introduced this year but a healthy profit<br />
was made for the AA and will be donated to the Pupil Support Fund. The same evening the<br />
Summer Party, ‘More Glyndebourne than Glastonbury’, was held inside as a result of the<br />
weather. We were entertained by the wonderful school jazz band whilst we drank Pimm’s and<br />
ate our sumptuous picnics to more music. Max Tottenham’s blues harmonica playing was<br />
followed by a 50:50 raffle and parents’ singing backed by Barney Geddes and Tim Quicke<br />
from the jazz band. The first parents’ party in the new Edward Alleyn Building was tremendous<br />
fun and showed the diverse possibilities for use of the building.<br />
Following the evening for new parents on 3rd June, Karina Reed has already organised<br />
the class parties for new parents in September and we look forward to welcoming them. Plans<br />
are under way for the Holly Fair on Saturday 5th December. Stalls sell out fast so please look<br />
out for the end-of-term flyer and contact me if you could help with the fair.<br />
As I write, preparations are being made for Founder’s Day. We are grateful to the Year 7<br />
parents for all their hard work in running the popular barbecue and to all of you who donated<br />
raffle prizes to be drawn by the parachutists.<br />
Many parents have commented favourably on the quality of the communication via the<br />
website during the swine flu period and we thank the school for this.<br />
Each term the Headmaster hosts a lunch for parents, so do let me know if you are<br />
interested in attending as I keep a list of people who would like to be invited. Do also let me<br />
know if you have any new suggestions or ideas for AA activities.<br />
A presentation on PSHE will be held in conjunction with the AGM on 30th September.<br />
Please see the flyer in this mailing.<br />
I hope you enjoy the summer holidays.<br />
Hilary Foster, Chair, Alleyn’s Association<br />
alleynsassociation@alleyns.org.uk Hilary.foster@fairadsl.co.uk 020 8299 1604<br />
Leaving Us<br />
Peter Friedlander<br />
retires at the end of this<br />
year and we take the<br />
opportunity to say a<br />
brief but sincere farewell<br />
to an excellent member<br />
of the teaching<br />
profession. When I<br />
joined Alleyn’s <strong>School</strong><br />
twenty-two years ago<br />
Peter was an already long-serving member<br />
of staff having begun his career in 1973.<br />
He has worked with two heads of art and three<br />
headmasters during this time. Who can expect<br />
any greater pleasure in one career?<br />
His contribution to the school over this<br />
time has been extensive. He has been a core<br />
member of the art department and taught<br />
across the age range from Year 7 to 13. He<br />
introduced a variety of art printing techniques<br />
in the department’s rotational programme: zinc<br />
plate etching, silk screen and traditional lino<br />
printing, and achieved great success with<br />
engraving onto modern plastics to create<br />
exciting linear and textural images. Over many<br />
years, Peter efficiently organised art department<br />
field trips for Upper <strong>School</strong> students and as a<br />
member of the art team he was always ready<br />
with the necessary teaching material and aware<br />
of the idiosyncrasies of the ever-changing<br />
examination specifications. As a former Royal<br />
Academy student he embraced the department’s<br />
fine art approach with enthusiasm.<br />
While Peter’s art teaching is celebrated,<br />
his contribution to the <strong>School</strong> in general has<br />
been varied and equally valued. Although<br />
difficult to imagine, having undergone hip<br />
replacement surgery in recent years, Peter<br />
was responsible for the school’s cross-country<br />
team. He organised events and participated<br />
in scheduling inter-school competitions. Peter<br />
edited the photographic material for Scriblerus<br />
for many years and was required to wade<br />
through mounds of images in the process,<br />
a task he tackled valiantly and with good<br />
humour year after year.<br />
Finally, and of inestimable importance<br />
to the art department, was the superb<br />
chocolate cake that he would bring to school<br />
from time to time and on special occasions.<br />
It possessed a richness and moistness that<br />
only an expert patisserie chef could achieve.<br />
I for one will miss this greatly.<br />
Robin Sutton, Head of Art<br />
Elaine Smith retires after teaching Biology<br />
at Alleyn’s since 2001. She is a very wellrespected<br />
teacher who will be greatly missed<br />
by her students, who never tire of her tales of<br />
life in the Gambia and her love of botany. She<br />
has taught across the age range, from Years 7<br />
to 13, engaging all pupils with her enthusiasm<br />
for the subject. Elaine<br />
has always managed<br />
to spark enthusiasm in<br />
so many of her charges<br />
which is a testament<br />
to her inspirational<br />
teaching. She always<br />
comes up with exciting<br />
ways of explaining<br />
compex ideas through<br />
classroom experiments<br />
and, in particular, her love of making DNA<br />
necklaces will always be remembered by her<br />
A level students.<br />
Elaine is also a greatly-valued member of<br />
the Upper <strong>School</strong>’s tutor team, has willingly<br />
helped out on numerous Duke of Edinburgh’s<br />
Award expeditions and led the Horse Riding club.<br />
ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong> 15
Thanks to: the Alleyn’s Association, Ms K Ackerman, Mrs L Aldwinckle, Mr R Alldrick, Mr N Bennett, Miss W Collins, Ms S Connolly, Mrs F De Salis, Mr K Ellen, Mr A Faccinello, Dr H Foster, Mr L Geldeard, Mr N Green, Mr D Harley, Mrs C Horan, Mr M Jones, Mr T Kermode, Mr N Kinnear, Miss S Lamy, Mr A Macmillan, Mr S Milne,<br />
Mrs E O’Donnell, Mr R Ody, Miss R Ottey, Miss V Penglase, Miss M Pokorny, Miss A Poole, Ms C Robertson, Mrs S Schofield, Mr S Smith, Mr D Stocker, Mr R Sutton, Miss G Taylor, Mrs R Tottenham, Miss M Walker, for copy and photographs supplied for this edition of the Alleyn’s <strong>Newsletter</strong>. Design by Mr M Keates. Printed by Parish Print.<br />
She has been a strong and supportive<br />
member of the Biology department and<br />
everyone will miss her infectious laughter and<br />
wise counsel. I don’t think the atmosphere in<br />
the Biology prep room over coffee at breaktime<br />
will be quite the same again. We wish<br />
her every happiness in her retirement.<br />
Sarah Lamy, Head of Biology<br />
Will Tibbits joined<br />
the Biology department<br />
at Alleyn’s 5 years<br />
ago after completing<br />
his doctorate on<br />
plant growth and<br />
development. He was<br />
immediately a hit with<br />
the students who loved<br />
his enthusiasm for all<br />
things biological. During his time at Alleyn’s he<br />
has taken responsibility for organising exciting<br />
trips for the students. This cemented his love<br />
of learning outside the classroom.<br />
Will is leaving Alleyn’s to teach Biology<br />
in the Philippines. I hope he is expecting a few<br />
visits from his former colleagues whilst over<br />
there! We wish him and his wife Meena the<br />
best of luck. Sarah Lamy<br />
Will Walker joined<br />
the Mathematics<br />
department at Alleyn’s<br />
in September 2005.<br />
He quickly fitted into<br />
life at Alleyn’s and<br />
proved himself to be a<br />
versatile and committed<br />
contributor to the<br />
education and wellbeing<br />
of Alleyn’s students across the board.<br />
In addition to teaching maths, physics and<br />
boys sports, Will has been an active house<br />
tutor for Dutton’s. He has also helped with<br />
CCF and the Duke of Edinburgh 's Award<br />
Scheme and he has been involved in<br />
countless groups and committees in areas<br />
ranging from exam administration to staff<br />
fitness. In four short years Will Walker has<br />
established himself as a highly reliable and<br />
supportive member of staff.<br />
Will will be very much missed as a teacher,<br />
colleague and friend and the Maths department<br />
would like to wish him every success in his<br />
new job in Thailand. He will be remembered<br />
for his unfailing good humour and willingness<br />
to help at all times. Anne Poole, Head of<br />
Mathematics<br />
Maria Georgiou leaves<br />
us after five years at<br />
Alleyn’s. She has taught<br />
in both the Physics and<br />
Chemistry Departments<br />
and her enthusiasm for<br />
both subjects make her<br />
liked and respected by<br />
her students. Beyond<br />
the laboratory, Maria's<br />
exceptional dancing and choreography talents<br />
have been greatly appreciated when planning<br />
school productions (most recently with West<br />
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY<br />
SCHOOL DATES<br />
New pupils/Years 12 & 13:<br />
Wednesday 2nd September<br />
<strong>Term</strong> begins: Thursday 3rd September<br />
Half <strong>Term</strong>: 19th–30th October<br />
<strong>Term</strong> ends: Wednesday 16th December<br />
Open Morning: Saturday 10th October.<br />
Each year for Open Morning we ask the<br />
help of many of our students to show<br />
visiting parents round the school. May<br />
we give advance warning to the parents<br />
of pupils who will be in Years 8 and<br />
12, and all scholars who will be in<br />
Years 9–11, that we should like them<br />
to act as tour guides that morning.<br />
Side Story) and when judging or assisting with<br />
talent shows. She has been a Lower <strong>School</strong><br />
tutor and we hope that the infamous ‘Lower<br />
<strong>School</strong> Knitting Club’ will survive without her<br />
expert guidance.<br />
We wish Maria every success for the<br />
future. She will be missed by all for her good<br />
humour, wide smile and professionalism.<br />
The Physics Department will also miss her<br />
for the welcome deliveries of homemade jam<br />
and chutney! Rachel Ottey, Head of Physics<br />
Michael Dickins<br />
joined us as maternity<br />
cover for 2 terms. He’s<br />
been an outstanding<br />
and able teacher of<br />
both History and Politics<br />
across the curriculum.<br />
We wish him well as<br />
he returns to teaching<br />
in North Wales.<br />
David Harley<br />
Sancha Briffa will<br />
be leaving her parttime<br />
post in the art<br />
department at the<br />
end of this term and<br />
I would like to take this<br />
opportunity to thank<br />
her for her splendid<br />
work during her<br />
time here.<br />
Sancha joined the staff of the art<br />
department in 2003 and made a significant<br />
contribution to both the ethos of the<br />
department and the quality of the work<br />
produced by our Lower <strong>School</strong> pupils. Sancha<br />
contributed the skills of painting and drawing<br />
and art-oriented graphics. She embraced<br />
the principle that direct observational drawing<br />
should be at the base of pupils’ further<br />
developmental work.<br />
Of paramount importance in Sancha’s<br />
lessons was that learning should be fun and<br />
she generated, in the studio, both a sense<br />
of care for work and firm mutual respect.<br />
She always presented a warm and caring<br />
personality to both pupils and staff alike.<br />
We wish Sancha well in her new part-time<br />
post, a little closer to home, and her continuing<br />
part-time career as research student in the art,<br />
design and architecture department at<br />
Kingston University. Robin Sutton<br />
It’s wedding bells for<br />
Sara Hopley who<br />
leaves us at the end<br />
of this term to become<br />
Mrs Will Walker!<br />
She has played<br />
a full part in the<br />
academic, pastoral,<br />
co-curricular and social<br />
life of the school over<br />
the last five years. A dedicated teacher both in<br />
the Chemistry lab (she also turned her hand to<br />
KS3 Biology), and out on the games field<br />
where she has coached U13, U15 and U16<br />
netball, she single-handedly organised and<br />
Parents’ help in avoiding clashing<br />
family commitments that morning will<br />
be greatly appreciated.<br />
MUSIC<br />
Pupils’ Recital<br />
Tuesday 6th October 7.00pm<br />
House Music Competition (pupils only)<br />
Friday 2nd October 5.00pm<br />
Alleyn’s International Concert Series<br />
Wednesday 4th November 7.30pm<br />
Woodwind Prize Finals<br />
Monday 9th November 4.30pm<br />
Instrumental Scheme Parents’ Evening<br />
Monday 30th November 6.00pm<br />
Senior Prefects <strong>2009</strong>–10<br />
The following pupils have<br />
been appointed.<br />
<strong>School</strong> Captain<br />
Julian Mack (R)<br />
<strong>School</strong> Vice Captains<br />
Poppy Terry (T)<br />
James Gallagher-Powell (D)<br />
House Captains<br />
Brading’s Nancy Best<br />
Brown’s Maya Peilow<br />
Cribb’s Elizabeth Laurence<br />
Dutton’s Rosemary Harris<br />
Roper’s Clare Le Voir<br />
Spurgeon’s Evan Williams<br />
Tulley’s Charlotte Sandberg<br />
Tyson’s Frederick Ward<br />
fund-raised for the Upper <strong>School</strong> netball tour<br />
to St Lucia in 2007. Sara has given generous<br />
support to pupils in Years 10 and 11, and has<br />
contributed to the life of Spurgeon’s House,<br />
has taken part in Duke of Edinburgh field-day<br />
activities and expeditions and has taught CPR<br />
to Year 10. She was even roped into Touch<br />
Rugby with other members of staff (notably<br />
Will Walker: the organiser) on Clapham<br />
Common!<br />
We wish Sara all the very best in her new<br />
life as she leaves us and jets off to be married<br />
and to live in Thailand with Will where they will<br />
both be teaching at the British International<br />
<strong>School</strong> on Phuket. W L Collins, Chair of Science<br />
Orchestral/Choral Concert<br />
Tuesday 8th December 7.30pm<br />
Lower & Middle <strong>School</strong>s Concert<br />
Thursday 10th December 7.30pm<br />
<strong>School</strong> Carol Service<br />
Monday 14th December 7.00pm<br />
Silver Qualifying expedition:<br />
6th –10th July<br />
CCF<br />
Summer Camps: 4th-11th July<br />
DRAMA<br />
Senior Prefects<br />
Jessica Anyan-Brown (Tn)<br />
Joseph Boylan (C)<br />
Alexandra De Salis (S)<br />
Barnaby Eliot (Bn)<br />
James Forryan (R)<br />
David Gleeson (Tn)<br />
Peter Hanton (R)<br />
Alexei Hartley (T)<br />
Megan Hewlett (Bn)<br />
Ella Miller (Tn)<br />
Henry Stones (D)<br />
Anna Weguelin (R)<br />
Sophie Wilmot (S)<br />
We say goodbye to<br />
Dafydd Jones who has<br />
provided excellent help<br />
in the Chemistry<br />
Department this term<br />
whilst Mr Cochrane<br />
has been away on a<br />
Sabbatical. Mr Jones<br />
previously worked at<br />
Auckland Grammar<br />
<strong>School</strong> in New Zealand and leaves us to take<br />
up a permanent teaching post at Warwick<br />
<strong>School</strong> and is looking forward to the rugby<br />
season. W L Collins<br />
Alleyn’s Theatre Company<br />
Paradise Found<br />
23rd – 25th September<br />
Upper <strong>School</strong> Play Hamlet<br />
25th – 27th November<br />
DUKE OF EDINBURGH<br />
ALLEYN’S ASSOCIATION<br />
Gold Qualifying expedition: 4th – 9th July<br />
AGM, Parents’ Party and Education<br />
Evening: Wednesday 30th September<br />
Holly Fair: Saturday 5th December<br />
Information about ticketing for the concerts and plays<br />
mentioned here will be placed on the website under<br />
News and Events prior to each event.<br />
16 ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM <strong>2009</strong>