Lent 2007 - Alleyn's School

Thanks to: Alleyn’s Association, Mr R Alldrick, Mrs S Arthur, Miss A Boltsa, Mr M Bush, Miss S Chandler, Mr R Cross, Ms S Connolly, Ms S Dury, Mr K Ellen, Mrs A Fairs, Mr N Green, Miss M Hunnaball, Dr S Kelly, Mrs H Lawrence, Mr M Longmore, Ms S Miles Mr S Miller, Mrs E Ochagavia, Mr R Ody, Ms V Penglase, Miss M Pokorny,
Mr A Price, Mr A Robertson, Mrs S Schofield (Alumni Officer), Mrs B Slater, Mr S Smith, Mr D Stretton, Mr D Stocker, Dr W Tibbits, Miss M Walker, Mrs C Wells, Mr M Wright, for copy and photographs supplied for this edition of the Alleyn’s Newsletter. Additional copy by Terry Brownbill. Design by Mick Keates. Printed by Axis Europe plc.
Joining Us
Sarah Cope takes up
school nurse post
A big welcome to Sarah
Cope who joined Alleyn’s
as school nurse at half
term. She came from Dulwich
College where she had worked as
school nurse for a year. Sarah has
a wealth of medical experience
as a practice nurse in a GP
surgery and as an Accident and
Emergency Department nurse at
St Thomas’s and Guys Hospitals.
Sarah has two children, an
eight-year-old boy at Dulwich
Careers
ImpAct on Learning brought
the Work Experience Show
to the Year 11 students on
February 24th.
This high energy performance
encouraged pupils to ‘s-t-r-e-t-c-h
themselves’ and challenge social
and gender stereotypes by
examining the case of a girl who
was going to join the family pizza
business but finally decided to
Politics Society
Staff success
Drew Stocker chairs national
drama association
Drew Stocker, Head of Drama, has been
elected Chairman of the National
Independent Schools Drama Association.
The association provides in-service
training and offers heads of drama, school
theatre managers, drama teachers and
school theatre technicians the opportunity
to keep up to date on the latest trends
in theatre as well as the latest technical
advances in lighting and staging. Drew has been a member
of the association for just four years, prior to this prestigious
appointment. Congratulations are in order.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
BACK TO SCHOOL
Term starts: Tuesday 17th April
Half Term: Monday 28th May –
Friday 1 June
Term ends: Thursday 5th July
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
D of E Bronze Qualifying New Forest
Thursday 17th May to Saturday 19th May
D of E Gold Qualifying North Wales
Saturday 7th July to Thursday 12th July
D of E Silver Qualifying North Wales
Monday 9th July to Friday 13th July 2007
College Prep School
and an 11-year-old
daughter who is currently
at Rosemead Prep
School but who is starting
at Alleyn’s in Year 7
in September.
A message from the nurses
Dehydration is the commonest
cause of headaches. Please
encourage your son or daughter
to bring a bottle of water into
school every day and to ensure
that they have enough to drink
during the day, particularly as
the summer is approaching.
become an engineer. Sounds
cheesy? Certainly the pizzas
flying about the audience were,
but a powerful message was
delivered and those work
experience forms are flying in
too. Congratulations to 11JH who
are the proud winners of a huge
box of chocolates, being the
‘heroes’ of the year group with all
pupils placed by the target date.
Year 12 Interview Day took
place on 9th March (see page 5)
Louis Lee Ray (President) and Olivia Furber (Secretary) welcome Lembit Opik MP
to the Politics Society this term, which drew in a record attendance. The Society has
also hosted Anne-Marie Lawlor, who spoke about her role in the Cabinet Office.
MUSIC
Sunday 13th May 2007 – 6.00 p.m.
St John’s Smith Square Concert
Symphony & Chamber Orchestras,
Jazz Band and Chamber Choir
Tickets available from the St John’s
Box Office 7222 1061
Thursday 24th May – 7.30 p.m.
Lower & Middle School Summer
Concert including Repertoire Orchestra,
Concert Band, Chorale, Brass Group
and others
and we welcomed parents
representing IBM, the BBC, the
Cabinet Office, King’s College
London, The Maudsley, Imperial
College, The Observer, Publicis
Advertising, Kingfisher Publishing
and BskyB among others to have
‘a conversation with a purpose’
with our sixth formers.
In anticipation of this event,
a student recruitment officer
from PricewaterhouseCoopers
delivered a comprehensive
School reunion
If you left Alleyn’s in 1976,
1977 or 1987, this is an ideal
opportunity to catch up on
old school friends. If you know
someone who left Alleyn’s in
these years, please let them
Wednesday 4th July – 6.45 p.m.
Leavers’ Concert (St Barnabas Church)
DRAMA
Pericles Tickets will be available through
form tutors nearer the time for the two
performances; May 17th and May 18th
at 7:30pm.
AS Practical work
Preview Monday 30th April 4.30pm
Examination Wednesday 2nd May 2pm
Audiences welcomed at all (see Drama
Dept for a seat)
presentation in February on
preparing applications and
getting the best out of an
interview. Two of our pupils,
Harry Aldwinckle and Charles
Gallagher-Powell have been
accepted onto their generous,
but highly competitive, gap year
scheme starting in September
and we like to think that the
careers education and guidance
provided at Alleyn’s contributed
to their success.
There will be a joint twenty
and thirty-year reunion at the
school on Saturday 16 June.
know about the reunion.
For further information, please
contact Susie Schofield, Alumni
Officer on 0208 557 1466 or via
email: alumni@alleyns.org.uk.
FOUNDER’S DAY
Saturday 30th June: Founder’s Day,
will include a ceremony dedicating the
Foundation Stone for the new Edward
Alleyn Building. The stone will be laid by
Admiral The Lord Boyce, GCB, OBE, DL
ALLEYN’S ASSOCIATION
Saturday 9th June AA Summer Party
Wednesday May 2nd AA Summer
Lecture Evening with Julian Glover, who
will be speaking about his experiences
in the theatre
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