Newsletter Trinity Term 2009 - Alleyn's School

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House News & Charity Events A top year for Brown’s On the 25th April 25 members of Brown’s House went to Dulwich Park in order to raise money for the House charities. Twenty-five members of the House collected sponsorship and took part by either cycling, blading or scootering 25 times around the park. Brown’s have had an excellent year and raised over £1,500 for their House charities through cake sales, a charity ‘Gold Rush’ and the sponsored cycle ride. Money was raised for the Starlight Children’s Foundation (which brightens the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by granting their wishes and providing hospital entertainment to help take their minds off the pain, fear and isolation of their illness), and the National Autistic Society. This was a fantastic effort from everybody. Special thanks go to the Peilow family for their continued support with this event and for Maya Peilow (Year 12) who helped with organisation for the event. Many thanks also to the House tutors Miss Hewitson and Mrs Lawrence for their continued Above: Tyson’s House Charity Walk or Jog 2009 raised £675.00 bringing the total for the year to £1300 for the SOS Children’s Village Charity. Below: Cribb’s leavers enjoy their last official day at School! support and help on the day. Well done to you all and keep collecting that sponsorship money. Spurgeon’s great achievements This year, Spurgeon's House Charity Committee, under the leadership of Fabia Welch- Richards (Year 13), have raised in the region of £1,600 for the charity Trust in Children. This has been achieved through a variety of events such as cake sales, a stationery stall at the Holly Fair, victory in the ‘Gold Rush’, and the Inter-House Dance-Off, and a House Quiz Night attended by over 70 parents and pupils. Spurgeon’s are grateful to all those who have organised, attended or supported events in any way to help us achieve this. Business Studies and Economics Inter-House Proshare Investment Competition This year’s Inter-House Proshare Investment Competition attracted 188 students in 47 teams from across 5 year groups. The students were given a virtual £100,000 to trade in share portfolios. Despite the exceptionally difficult and volatile trading conditions, a number of teams managed to deliver a healthy profit. The winners overall were ‘The Spurge-Bankers’, an Upper School team from 2 ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM 2009
From the Headmaster At the start of this term I had never heard of the H1N1 virus! Then on May Bank Holiday Monday, Mr Faccinello ‘phoned and asked me first if I was sitting down. He had just taken a call from the Health Protection Agency informing us that we had to close the School immediately. It is a true testament to the strong community spirit that we were then able to put emergency plans into action to support everyone, to give medical advice and offer medication, to rearrange exams, to provide work at home via the internet and then to react positively at all hours each day with the press and media. I would like to thank and congratulate pupils, parents and staff for your brilliant support and understanding at such a difficult and critically important time. Very many colleagues were involved at School during the ‘closure’, or working hard at home, working incredibly long days well into the night and we are indebted to them going beyond the call of duty. I once read that a School is like a tea bag, you don’t know its real strength until it’s in hot water (corny I know but the Alleyn’s community proved its strength beyond all doubt!) – a huge thank you to you all. As ever, this newsletter gives a snapshot of just some of the many events this term. I’m sure you will agree that since much of the term is full of internal and public exams it is even more impressive to see how much the pupils and staff have done. The Gala Opening Committee had a drinks reception at Saddlers’ Hall, with speeches from co-Chairs Robin Tottenham and Sue Chandler, to celebrate the success of the Gala Opening of the Edward Alleyn Building and Michael Croft Theatre. Could I possibly encourage parents to buy a copy of the DVD of the Opening and/or a copy of the book Drama and Music at Alleyn’s? The proceeds all go to a really excellent cause helping to provide bursarial support for those who would otherwise be unable to join Alleyn’s or remain here. Your purchase would make a very real difference (details of how to order are on the home page of the senior school website: www.alleyns.org.uk). Immediately after this reception the Alleyn’s Association and the Gala Committee then met with Governors and school staff for Dinner in the Main Hall at the Saddlers’ Company at which the Master of the Company, Mr Jonathan Godrich, gave a generous donation towards the cost of the Robert Laurie Lecture Theatre (which is on the top floor of the Edward Alleyn Building). Sadly this is the term when we have to say farewell to a number of teachers moving on or retiring. We thank Mr Dafydd Jones who has taught Chemistry this term covering Mr Cochrane’s sabbatical leave and Mr Mike Dickins who has taught History covering Mrs Kent’s maternity leave. We also send our very best wishes and thanks to Mrs Sancha Briffa (part-time Art); to Miss Maria Georgiou (part-time Physics); to Dr Will Tibbits who leaves us to teach at the British School in Manila and, following their marriage this summer, to Miss Sara Hopley and Mr Will Walker who will be living in Thailand teaching at the British International School. Headmaster’s Book for outstanding achievement Abigail Bainbridge Alex Ingarfield Alexandra De Salis Alexandra West Alice Faulkner Alice Hoskyns Hill Alice Jackson Rogers Alice Mines Amy Good Amy Hunt Amy Walters Anna Tobenhouse Anna Weguelin Barney Fishwick Barry Bui Becca Moore Charlotte Barrie Charlotte Harding Conor Tottenham David Gleeson Eleanor Connor Eleanor Wells Ellie Bullard Elliot Brett Grace Barbour Hannah Meldrum Hannah Ruddleston Hannah Smith Helen Tonkin Hugo Greenhalgh Isabel Gregory James Forryan Jess Geekie Jonathan Davies Josh Bailey Julian Mack Lanikai Krishnadasan Torrens Lauren West Lee Wratten Lottie Sandberg Lucy Brose Luke Forryan Max Tottenham Meera Cammell Megan Hewlett Michael Baxter Miranda Willis Molly Cranston Naomi King Nicole Cheetham Nina Glen Noah Forbes Octavia Henderson- Cleland Olivia Argent Phoebe Finn Rory Macdowall Ruby Gunn Sophie Wilmot Mrs Elaine Smith retires this summer after 8 years at Alleyn’s. Mrs Smith has given superb support as Second in the Biology Department with particular responsibility as an experienced mentor of younger colleagues. We wish Elaine and her husband David a long, happy, healthy retirement. We also thank Mr Peter Friedlander, one of our longest-serving teachers, who retires after 36 years’ committed service in the Art department. We have been very grateful for his artistic expertise as Photography Editor of Scriblerus over many years and we send Peter, too, our best wishes for a long and happy retirement. Finally, it only remains for me to thank parents, staff and former pupils for all your support throughout this past year. Sue and I have, as ever, very much enjoyed meeting many of you at the wide range of school functions, sporting fixtures, music concerts, plays and at events arranged by the Alleyn’s Association (AA) and the Edward Alleyn Club (EAC). My thanks to Dr Hilary Foster, the AA Chairman, and her hardworking committee for warm encouragement and never-ending support throughout the year and also to Ms Nancy Carroll, President of the EAC and her Executive Officers for their active interest in, and warm support for, their old School. I wish everyone in the Alleyn’s community a long, happy, relaxing summer holiday and I look forward to welcoming many of you back to a new academic year in September. Spurgeon’s House. They made a profit of over £20,000 in just four months of trading. The Year 11 competition was won by ‘Team Transformer Squirrels’ from Dutton’s House, and the Year 10 competition was won by ‘The Mocha Stockers’ from Tulley’s House. Well done to all who participated. 2009 – a new look to New Parents’ Evening Parents may remember with nostalgia our slightly crowded and hot, new parents’ evenings, which used to be held in our dining room one evening in the summer term before their son or daughter joined us in Years 7 or 9. Those who do will be envious of the 300 parents of our 2009 intake, who were welcomed this year in the much more spacious Edward Alleyn Building. The atrium offered parents an attractive place to meet form tutors and make other helpful contacts, while the Michael Croft Theatre was a rather more comfortable venue for Dr Diggory’s warm welcome to new parents, as well as Mr Smith’s regular standup comedy set and Mr Kermode’s music-lesson-in-sixty-seconds audience-participation routine. We wouldn’t want to change everything! ALLEYN’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TRINITY TERM 2009 3
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