School Magazine 2012 - South Hampstead High School

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1 HEADMISTRESS 

2 HEAD GIRLS 

4 HOUSES 

8 VISITS 

18 DEVELOPMENT 

20 SPEAKERS 

22 JUNIORS 

30 ART 

34 WRITING 

38 SOCIETIES 

42 DRAMA 

46 MUSIC 

50 SPORT 

54 LEAVERS 

59 FOSH 

South Hampstead High School | School magazine | 2012

MRS STEPHEN 

For a very long 

time now South 

Hampstead High 

School has been 

living testimony to 

the fact that what 

makes a good school 

is its people, not its 

buildings. Yet as 

we’ve repeated over 

the years this 

mantra, in the best 

of faith but 

sometimes through 

rather gritted teeth, 

I think we’ve also 

known that though 

buildings don’t 

make a great school, 

yet they can help. 

At long last we’re 

starting the process 

which in two short 

years will mean that 

we can be as proud 

of our buildings as 

we are of what they 

house. Of course it 

will not always be 

easy, but we don’t 

only have the best 

possible temporary 

buildings to see us 

through. We have a 

body of teachers and 

girls whose 

excitement at what 

will happen and 

wonderfully 

positive attitude to 

what they will see 

grow before their 

eyes is the best 

possible antidote to 

any problems. 

We are at the start 

of what it could be 

argued is the most 

exciting journey in 

the history of the 

school – and I for 

one propose to 

enjoy it! 

HEADMISTRESS 

South Hampstead High School | School magazine | 2012 

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Beatrice Fabris 

Funniest Moment On The Head Girl Team: 

Breaking out into dance mid-hallway to complete the Community 

Challenge task “dance like a fool and not care about who’s looking”. 

Best Memory of SHHS: 

Too difficult to just choose one best memory! 

HEAD GIRLS 

Life Lesson SHHS Has Taught You: 

The importance of proper communication. 

Where You Think You’ll Be In Ten Years’ Time: 

I wish I knew! 

Favourite Quote of the Day: 

‘Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that 

has crushed it.’ 

Kitty Harris 


Our weekend trip to Bath on the Leader’s conference trip was an 

experience I am sure we will never forget! Separated and thrown 

into challenges with girls from the other GDST schools. We rose to 

the challenge and shared our hilarious stories with each other at 

dinner such as me being the loudest in my group and getting some 

very odd looks. 

Our Time as a Head Girl 

Team: 

Being on the Head Girl Team has 

been an amazing experience. We 

met a lot of challenges but we have 

learnt a lot about working as a team 

and the role has been so interesting, 

mostly because people at SHHS are 

so enthusiastic. One of the things 

we have enjoyed most as a team has 

been talking to so many different 

people and year groups, who 

without the role, we’d never have got 

to know. Working as a team, we have 

all got to know each other much 


A2 drama performance in which me and my group wrote our own 

piece and felt immensely proud. 


To work hard and be dedicated towards the things that I love. 


Happy and successful hopefully with a PHD after my degree and to 

be acting on stage or in film. 


‘Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.’ 

- Og Mandino 

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Hannah Bernstein 


My funniest memory of being on the Head Girl Team was 

probably watching Jezah trying to walk both of Kitty’s dogs at the 

same time for the Community Challenge and her holding the leads 

as far away from herself and staying as far back as possible. 


It is too difficult to pinpoint just one! 


To always ask questions. 


I have no clue! 

HEAD GIRLS 

better than we did before and this 

also was one of the best parts of 

position. Although the role was 

hard work and kept us very busy, 

it was definitely worth it! 

Lesson From The HGT: 

To trust in the team and listen to 

each other’s opinions. 

Final Quote of the Day: 

‘For the strength of the Pack is 

the Wolf, and the strength of the 

Wolf is the Pack’, 

- Rudyard Kipling 

Favourite Quote of the day: 

‘Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind 

don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind’. 

Jezah Khamisa 

Funniest Moment Of The Head Girl Team: 

On one open morning, a prospective parent asked a girl on the 

panel if South Hampstead girls actually interacted with other boys’ 

schools. To which the girl replied, ‘yes, we are not socially inept.’ 


Considering I have been at South Hampstead from the age of 4, I 

have so many great memories from my time here. But, if I have to 

choose I would probably say the ski trip to Aprica in 2008 was the 

most memorable and enjoyable. 


There are so many! However, I think one of the most valuable 

lessons I have learnt from SHHS is to always be myself and to trust 

and have confidence in my abilities. 


It is really hard to say but hopefully in ten years I will have a career 

I enjoy and my own family too! 


Definitely the first quote that I ever read which was originally the 

words of Hilary Clinton but was also re-quoted in Kung Fu Panda – 

‘yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift which 

is why it is called the present.’ 


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HOUSES 

BODINGTON 

HOUSES 

Since day one of year 

seven, I have always thought 

that the house system is 

one of the best things about 

South Hampstead; the 

opportunity for everyone to 

display their talents in all 

the various competitions, 

while building up a friendly 

rivalry between houses over 

the years makes it better 

for the more competitive 

amongst us. 

Up until sixth form, I had 

always enjoyed taking part 

in the house competitions, 

but last year my 

responsibilities changed 

from participating to 

helping organise and run the 

events. 

Working alongside the 

Captain and Vice Captain, 

I spent most of the year 

encouraging the younger 

students at the school to get 

as involved as possible; the 

highlights for me included 

working with the house on 

the drama performance, as 

well as the great sense of 

achievement when all our 

hard work paid off after our 

victories, including the 

general knowledge quiz. 

I am very fortunate to have 

been given the opportunity 

to be head of Bodington 

house this coming year, and 

my first challenge is to 

oversee Bodington’s 

endeavours at Sports Day, 

one of the biggest 

competitions of the year, 

and one that everyone looks 

forward to. 

I have learnt a lot over the 

past year, as it takes a lot of 

hard work to organise events 

and I have definitely 

improved my motivation 

skills as encouraging some 

of the students to participate 

is a very big part of the job! 

I am really looking forward 

to the year that lies ahead, 

making new friends and 

learning new things and I’m 

sure that Bodington house 

has what it takes and we can 

work together in order to 

win the house cup next 

summer. 

By Rebecca Marchant 

Bodington Captain, 

L6 

To be named.. 

High Jump, Y9 

MAths Quiz 

4 


Being in a house allows 

students to interact with 

people in other years and 

even people in your year 

that you would not usually 

spend much time with. It is 

great to see people in older 

years encourage younger 

students to join in, especially 

in year 10 when we have 

buddies in year 7. 

The first thing you would 

notice about Benton is the 

enthusiasm and desire to 

have fun. Everybody enjoys 

participating in events yet 

there is still the element of 

competitiveness that drives 

us to the winning spot. 

There is a large range of 

talents, from sports to 

fashion designing to general 

knowledge; giving 

everyone an opportunity to 

join in. Even if someone is 

not in every single event, 

their support is always 

present to motivate the 

participants. 

BENTON 

However, I think most 

people in Benton would say 

our speciality is Sports Day. 

This is a day which 

demonstrates our strong 

house spirit as everyone 

joins in, whether they excel 

at sports or not. 

Everyone is supporting on 

the side lines and the 

atmosphere is like nothing 

else. Our efforts aim to be 

at the highest standard and 

hopefully one year all the 

points will add up to give us 

the winning title! 

By Victoria Tse 

Member of Benton 

House, Y10 

Hurdles. Sabrina Jones, 

Y10 

HOUSE QUIZ 

CASSANDRA bailly, 

y9 

ART AND DESIGN HOUSES 

Despite not coming first in 

every event, the members of 

Benton are always 

positive. The focus is mainly 

on enjoying ourselves and 

accomplishing something 

we are proud of. 


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WALKER 

HOUSES 

I would just like to say a 

massive thank you to 

everyone in Walker who 

has taken part in this year’s 

House Competitions; we’ve 

had, without a doubt, an 

amazing and enjoyable 

year. 

Whether you were involved 

in the backstage team of 

the fashion show, or dressed 

all in white as a tooth in 

House Drama, or simply 

tried your hardest on Sports 

Day, your participation has 

been invaluable and is the 

only reason we’ve had such 

a successful year. 

This year you’ve proven 

that Walker House has the 

most dedicated and 

enthusiastic girls of all the 

other houses, either through 

taking part in the spelling 

bee even though you didn’t 

want to, turning up to 

morning rehearsals even 

though you were only a 

‘piece of food’ or any of the 

other embarrassing roles I’ve 

asked of you, I’ve thoroughly 

enjoyed my time as Vice 

Captain this year and I’m 

looking forward to all the 

opportunities and challenges 

we’ll face together in next 

year’s House competitions. 

By Florence Young 

Walker Captain, l6 

House Spelling bee 

Ella Braimer Jones, Y9 

caption, name 

of person and 

year 

MAja gliszczynska, u6 

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POTTER 

Potter has had one of its 

best years of achievements 

and we always tried our best 

throughout every event. We 

always have our 

smiling faces and 100% 

effort and commitment put 

into all of our performances. 

My favourite event this year 

was House Drama where the 

juniors sung “Waka Waka” 

by Shakira and the seniors 

sung “Rolling in the Deep” 

by Adele - it was all a great 

success and we made sure to 

sing as loudly as we could. 

Another event we had was 

House Fashion, and the 

theme we got this year was 

“Pop Art”. The designs were 

completely original and 

incredible at the same time, 

and could easily be mistaken 

for clothes sold in your local 

boutique. 

Potter has taught me many 

things: it has shown me that 

if you try your best at 

something it will always 

turn out right and that if 

you really love something 

or have a special talent you 

should show it. Lastly, if you 

have Miss Stockdale on your 

team for Sports day teachers 

relay you are sure to win! 

Unfortunately this 

will be Miss 

Stockdale’s last year 

of being our Head 

of Potter, but I think 

all of the members 

would have liked 

to say a big thank 

you to her for being 

such a great Head 

of House. She has 

made sure that all 

the girls of Potter 

have participated 

in an event and has 

always pushed us 

to go out and show 

what we can do as a 

team - we could not 

have won the House 

cup without her! 

By Candice 

Tucker 

Member of 

Potter house, 

Y8 

800m, y10 

kitty 

harris, u6 

ART AND DESIGN HOUSES 

200m sprint, y8 


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ART AND DESIGN 

VISITS 

8 

VISITS 

‘4 weeks, 2 teachers,1 

ex-marine and 14 

South Hampstead 

girls - with backpacks 

filled with khaki 

trekking gear, no 

make-up and no 

mobile phones.’ 

First stop: Usangi - a remote 

village in which Lomwe 

Secondary School and the Pares 

mountains are located. After 

driving precariously near the edge 

of the winding road, at a 

worryingly fast speed and with 

rather more passengers than 

there were seats, we arrived. The 

next few days were spent hiking 

through the Pares Mountains, 

learning to make and cook on 

campfires and how not to clog 

African toilets. 

Next stop: Kilimanjaro 

National Park 

After our days spent at Usangi, we 

returned to Moshi, a city in the 

Kilimanjaro Region. 50 minutes 

away was Kilimanjaro National 

Park, this is where we planted trees 

with the locals, who ridiculed our 

attempts at digging holes. The 

next time we entered the National 

Park, two days later, was probably 

the most challenging phase of the 

trip, both physically and 

emotionally: the ascent up Mt. 

Kilimanjaro. 

The Ascent 

This was when all the bleep tests 

and walks with heavy 

backpacks would finally pay off. 

Our Marangu route, which took 

us through different landscapes 

each day, changed along with the 

temperature and the altitude, as 

we made our way closer to the 

peak. On the fifth day of trekking 

we made it to the last hut, 

2 men down - from 

altitude sickness and 

asthma. We arrived at Kibo 

hut, ate and slept, or at 

least tried to. 5 hours later 

we woke up in darkness, 

head torches at the ready, 

and began to climb. All we 

needed to do was put one 

foot in front of the other, 

for ten hours straight. Our 

guide, Whitey, entertained 

us with some classic Bob 

Marley tunes until we 

finally reached Uhuru 

Peak (5895m) - delirious but 

ecstatic nonetheless. Once we had 

taken plenty of pictures with the 

famous sign, we made a rapid U- 

turn back down the mountain, 

making it back to the middle hut 

just in time for dinner. 

Project: Oldonyo Sambu 

primary school 

Our next phase was the project 

at the school where we picked up 

some new skills: cementing, 

plastering, and painting the school 

building. We played a football 

match against them and they 

taught us some Swahili. The plains 

surrounding the school were arid 

and affected by drought and the 

only village 

water source 

was limited 

and 

unhygienic. 

Experiencing 

these 

hardships 

made us 

realise the 

daily 

struggles of 

the locals 

and 

everything 

we take for 

granted. The 

generosity of 


the Tanzanians left a deep 

impression on us all, especially 

when they thanked us for our work 

with bracelets and a Maasai dance. 

Last stop: Peponi Beach 

Resort 

It was like paradise: the turquoise 

sea, its unspoilt beach and 

abundant flora. We even took a 

boat out to a sand island for lunch, 

tanning and some afternoon 

snorkelling. It was a brilliant end 

to a life-changing trip, which we 

celebrated with a group dinner 

and birthday cake for the birthday 

girls. 

By Natalie Durden U6 

on the summit 

TANZANIA 

charlotte, 

natalie & emma, 6th 

form

ICELAND 

Most memorable 

moment 

When our group must have 

woken up periodically to track 

the Northern Lights. 

Most interesting 

fact 

We learned all about Icelandic 

folklore and how many people 

still believe in it. 

Rating 

5 out of 5 

Astrid on the 

glacier 

Svinafellskjokull 

In most recent October half 

term, Year 11 Geographers had 

the ‘explosive’ opportunity to 

travel to Iceland to experience 

the wide variety of volcanic and 

glacial landforms, geysers and hot 

springs. On our first adventure, we 

toured the Golden Circle, a 

circular route that 

encompasses the beauty of 

Gullfoss and Thingvellir. 

After this, we continued our 

journey East, driving past Katla 

en route, a 30km caldera. Next, we 

were in the shadow of the 

Vatnajokull, Europe’s largest 

glacier that covers 10% of Iceland 

and other mountains in the area. 

As we were between the 

mountains and the coast, we were 

exposed to an alien landscape, 

such as a ‘sandur’, a glacial 

outwash generated from meltwater, 

and underlying volcanoes. 

During our journey, we saw many 

waterfalls, which we walked 

behind and at times through the 

plunge pool. We had the 

opportunity to go on a 2 and a 

half hour hike to be immersed in 

the fascinatingly barren 

surroundings that is Iceland and 

be enlighted on the country’s 

folklore by our tour guide. 

Year 11 at 

Fjadrargljufur 

It was interesting to see the 

volcanic and glacial landforms 

in action compared to looking at 

images from our texbooks. We 

even got a glance of Iceland’s 

flora and fauna - mostly birds, 

although their marine life is rich 

with mammals. 

From Jokulsarlon, a glacial river 

lagoon, to Skaftafell National 

Park, from the basalt columns at 

the beach to the Blue Lagoon, a 

renowned geothermal spa, 

‘there 

wasn’t a day 

where we didn’t 

enjoy ourselves 

(even when it came 

to the can-youbeat-Amy-George’srecord 

to eat rotten 

shark) !’ 

By Ellie Kemp & Trisha 

Goklany, Y11 


ART AND ART DESIGN 

AND DESIGN VISITS 

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ART VISITS AND DESIGN 

GREECE 

In October 2011, a group of Classicists set off for 

Athens. This also happened to be the week that the 

whole of Athens was on strike and for the days leading 

up to our departure, we were certain the trip would be 

cancelled. Luckily, it wasn’t. 

Straight from the airport, singing very happily 

(though very much out of tune) we drove to Cape 

Sounion to see the glorious sunset. 

Later on in the trip, we travelled to Epidaurus where the 

talented singers stood in the centre of the amphitheatre and 

sang to all those surrounding. Afterwards, however, those 

of us who were unfortunate enough not to have been born 

with a nightingale’s voice, belted out the National Anthem, at 

which point we were kindly asked to leave the amphitheatre. 

Despite being chucked out of the amphitheatre, our 

enthusiasm never faltered. 

Nafplion - 

The Venetian Fort 

Being so close to the sea on 

numerous occasions meant 

that we had delicious meals of 

freshly caught calamari 

almost everyday. They now act 

as a constant reminder of what 

we branded 

On returning to the hotel, we 

played cards, had a quiz on the 

sights we had seen and played 

a game of classically themed 

charades in high spirits! 

We also visited the Olympic 

site where the sportswomen 

among us raced and the 

others skipped around. Just 

seeing where the first 

Olympics were held (in 776 BC) 

was truly phenomenal and 

being able to run around on 

the track was a strange, but 

brilliant, feeling. 

The highlight of the trip 

though, was definitely visiting 

the city of Delphi. Delphi was 

the site of the most important 

oracle in the classical Greek 

world and was also a major site 

in which to worship the God 

Apollo. Apollo is the god of 

light and the sun and since it 

was a perfect day of sunshine 

and warmth with no threat of 

clouds, we could definitely feel 

the presence of Apollo in the 

city! 

Theatre at 

Epidauros 

Enjoying the view at 

Delphi 

Sounion, The temple 

of 

poseidon 

‘The Best School 

Trip EVER’. 

Whilst we’re on the subject of 

food, if ever you go to Greece 

and are hungry – head to a 

local restaurant for some 

typically Greek food and a 

freshly squeezed Orange Juice 

(or as we liked to call it, 

Nectar of the Gods) and then 

head straight to the corner 

shop to pick up some 

‘Lacta’ – the best milk 

chocolate you will ever taste! 

And of course, if you’re in 

Greece, don’t miss out on 

visiting some old ruins on the 

way! 

By georgie 

lacey-solymar, y11 

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eliza & georgie, y11

SNOWDONIA 

Bryony Jones’s Diary 

0745 Sunday. Outside the Body Shop, Euston station. 

Sunday morning. Currently propped on the station floor with Ana. The train leaves in five 

minutes. Miss Sweeney is yet to arrive. 

0800 Sunday. Euston platform. Late teachers: 1. Pupils running for train: 13. 

Running, with sheer determination, through Euston station. Must have been quite a sight. I was 

the last person to get on the train. We all made it, just, judging by the few strands of my hair 

trapped in the door. 

1230 Sunday. Communal kitchen, Floor 2, Block C, Bangor University. 

Arrived to find Mr Blake welcoming us with the products of his over-excited trip to 

Morrisons. Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, pot noodles, fruit, crisps etc. Mr Blake excitedly introduced 

us to ‘Welsh Cakes’. I’m sure Chloe was only pretending to like them. 

0900 Monday. My room, Floor 2, 

Block C, Bangor University. 

We have just planned our itinerary and 

have divided up the fieldwork 

equipment. It is too windy to climb 

Snowdon, so instead we are going to go 

down the Llechwedd mine shafts (500 ft 

deep). A minor adjustment to the 

schedule. 

ART AND ART DESIGN 


1500 Monday. Ellie’s room, Floor 2, 

Block D, Bangor University. 

The Ffestiniog steam train was such a fun 

way to arrive at mine. I got a good feel for 

the history of the area that we will be 

focusing on for this term’s work. 

0730 Tuesday. Harlech sand dunes. 

Wind speed: 65 mph. 

Cold. 

The longest named place in the UK 

1300 Tuesday. Minibus, somewhere near Porthmadog. 

Now on our way to carry out our first part of the fieldwork: sand 

dune readings at Harlech. We’re all excited by the 

prospect of a trip to the beach! 

1600 Tuesday. Betws-y-Coed. 

It was raining when we were doing our tourist 

questionnaire, which slightly dampened the spirits of our 

interviewees. Observation: ‘people get very 

suspicious when you look at their tax discs, and 

even more so when you tell them you are just 

doing ‘a tax disc survey’. I told them that it was simply 

to determine the sphere of 

influence of the honeypot. They looked at me as if I was mad. 

natalie durden, u6 

1330 Wednesday. Geography office, School. 

Showed this article to Mr Blake. He said I needed to make it 

funnier. 


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FRANCE 

The Year 10 Paris exchange with the Lycée Henri IV 

may have taken place in the coldest week of the year, 

but the warm amitié, fraternité et liberté as well as the 

entente cordiale was enough to quickly melt any initial 

froideur between countries and schools. 

By the time we arrived in the City of Light we had 

all managed to irritate many French citizens by 

dominating a train carriage on the Eurostar and 

proceeding to fill it with as much noise as 

possible. On our arrival in Paris, we threw 

ourselves headfirst into French culture and 

language. Fearing we had forgotten all of our 

French, we attempted conversations with one 

another that generally became convoluted 

discussions in ‘Franglais’about Molière. And all 

too soon, we found we were at the Lycée, 

which we barely recognised as a school. 

Located near the 

Pantheon, the classical 

architecture was far 

more sophisticated 

than our own 

schools. It looked 

far too grand: 

By Cassandra Bailly, 

Y11 

surely they wouldn’t let school children have free 

run of this place We soon settled in and were 

comforted by the discovery of a large table full of 

food, prepared specially with us in mind. We were 

then split up and each went to the home of our 

exchange, and everyone reported that their 

family was very welcoming. We visited all of the 

most famous Paris landmarks such as the Eifffel 

tower and the Louvre. While we were supplied 

with our metro passes we used them very 

rarely, because walking is the best way to 

discover Paris. We also took a boat ride 

down the Seine which gave us a 

unique 

end of 

view of the city. By the 

the trip we had all 

discovered many 

creperies and 

international 

relations with 

France had much 

improved. 

YEAR 10 EXCHANGES 

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SPAIN 

Despite feeling slightly apprehensive about practicing our conversation skills in an 

undeniably different environment, the SHHS Spanish students set off for Barcelona in the Easter 

holidays. After settling in easily with our exchanges’ families and conquering a few hurdles of the 

language barrier to begin with, we gradually got to know each one of the Spanish girls and boys. 

They showed us their favourite spots in their seaside town of Premià de Mar, 40 minutes from the 

centre of Barcelona. While our exchanges were attending their usual lessons, we visited various 

famous sites in and around the city. From the Sagrada Familia to Park Guell, we certainly got a 

huge dose of the stunning works of Gaudi - which few of us had seen before - not to mention the 

works of Salvador Dalí, in the Dalí Museum of Girona, a town near Barcelona. In the evenings, 

we met up on the beach, followed by delicious traditional meals in our exchanges’ homes. From 

just these few days in Spain, all of us took home to London a valuable sense of their culture and 

lifestyle, and the trip did wonders for our understanding of the language. We enjoyed another 

fantastic week with them when they returned to London, and our final goodbyes could not have 

been more teary-eyed. We loved the people and the Spanish culture so much, and some of us are 

fortunate enough to be returning to Premia in the summer – what a great trip! 


By Julia Larkin, Y10

YEAR 12 FRENCH WORK EXPERIENCE 

Dates of the trip 

24th - 31st March 

What work experience did you do 

I worked at a Montessori Primary School, with my friend, 

Sophie. Together, we helped the children (aged from 9-10) 

with activities. Sometimes we corrected their work, and 

every day we played with them at lunchtime. The children 

were so friendly, (and cute!) and often corrected my French 

in their unabashed childish way. 

Were you nervous 

Yes, I was incredibly nervous. You get over the jitters very 

quickly though. 

What did you take from the experience 

Just try your best, because nobody expects you to be 

perfect after all. 

What was your favourite moment of the trip 

As much as I enjoyed playing “Le facteur n’est pas passé” 

(a French song-game) with the children, I have to say my 

favourite moments were when I was 

hanging out with my friends and my exchange in the 

streets of Paris. 

What was the funniest or most memorable 

moment 

I really can’t pinpoint a single moment, as there were just 

so many! 

What was the most interesting 

fact you learnt on the trip 

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about all 

the stereotypes of an English 

person from my exchange’s old sister 

and father. 

Ratings of the food – were there 

any stand out places 

5 stars 

The food was great; I think my best meal 

was with my exchange and her family 

down at a café for dinner. 

We also had an evening where all of us 

met up - that was also really nice. 

caption 

Rating of the trip 

5 stars 

‘I can’t emphasise 

how much we 

enjoyed this trip - it 

came and went by 

too quickly!’ 

BY GIULIA FERRARO, U6 

Year 12 girls with their French correspondents 

AND ART DESIGN 


1ART 

13 


BATTLEFIELDS 

What was it like standing in the trenches 

There is a tremendous amount of attention given to trench warfare by the arts, by media and by 

literature. We are all very exposed to fictional images of bloodied soldiers and the emotional and 

physical battles of trench life – this always proves very disturbing even from the comfort of ones 

home, and therefore to be standing on the turf that witnessed it all, reading poetry written by 

men who knew they were about to die and having our guide telling us that this is the exact spot at 

which the Germans penetrated the British barbed wire was haunting, distressing and real. 

‘It was a really memorable and humbling 

experience’ 


Tynecot cemetrery, ypres 

What was the most memorable moment of the trip 

We visited a museum in which they had some camera films from World War One. In order to view the 

pictures you had to put your head into the front of a wooden box, and after a second or two, when your 

eyes adapted to the light, you would see a very clear image. I had looked at quite a few of them, each 

one revealing itself to be a picture of the battlefields and the trenches – but never any people. Then, as I 

looked into the last one, almost the whole frame was taken up by a young soldiers face - splattered with 

blood and with an indescribable look in his eyes. In the background, the entire landscape was strewn with 

lifeless men, or just body parts. I was not alone in finding this very shocking and poignant. 

We went to various graveyards and memorials in which the names of soldiers who had died in battle were 

carved into vast stone pillars. Those of us who had lost ancestors in World War One were surprised at how 

easily Robert, our guide, could locate their names. Finding these names was a very significant and 

emotional moment for many. 

Another memorable moment would definitely have to be reading ‘In Flanders Fields’ whilst we were 

ourselves in Flanders fields. A dry eye was a rarity among us. 

What did you like most about the trip 

It was interesting and moving. It brought to life what we read about in textbooks. From an academic 

perspective, we all learnt a great deal and it was very helpful in furthering our studies of World War One. 

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by Clara Bennathan, Y10 


SKERN LODGE 

16th October 2011 

The Scavenger Hunt was really fun. We 

went around the grounds and collected 

random items like a brown shoe (from Mr 

Waygood!) and counted the number of 

holds on the climbing wall. It has been a 

really good first day. 

‘I’ll never forget it!’ 


Rafting was rather muddy but really fun, as 

we kept splashing the other raft (and they 

kept splashing us!) and we all got drenched. 

Field Study was good - we went walking on 

a long path down to the cliff-tops, where we 

saw Longshore Drift, and other 

geographical features like deposition. 


Zip-Wire it was amazing and it felt like 

flying. Then we had the Assult Course. That 

was really fun, though some of it was 

difficult, like the part where we had to get 

up a 2-metre wall with no hand or foot 

holds. 


I have just done the abseil wall. I got to 

the top of it and I am proud of myself for 

doing it! We went scrambling over rocks, 

and I cannot believe I just climbed up a 

rather high cliff! Without a rope! I was so 

nervous but I’m glad I did it. 


I have just come back from the really fun 

High ropes! We did three really fun things 

– the Catwalk, where we walked along 

a wooden bar, then up again to another, 

higher wooden bar, where there was a 

challenge, like to do a run-jump off the 

bar. Then we did the Leap of Faith. You 

had to climb a really wobbly pole that was 

so much higher than it looked, and jump 

for the pole while in the air. That was just 

awesome! After we had done these, we did 

some mini challenges our instructor set 

us. We played on the rope-swings. It was so 

much fun! 

By Laura Szell, y7 



1ART 

15 


FLATFORD MILL 


16 

Biology Field Trip 

09:48 Friday. Liverpool Street 

Station 

Waiting outside the carriage 

for the train doors to open. 

09:58 Friday. Liverpool Street 

Station 

Train leaves in 2 minutes and 

the carriage doors will still not 

open. Someone realises that 

these are the carriages that are 

not working and will be left 

in the station when the train 

leaves. The biology students, 

Ms Spawls and Mr Keeler all 

run down the platform to reach 

the right carriage and finally 

get on the train – just in time. 

13:30 Friday. Somewhere in 

Suffolk. 

We start our fieldwork and 

are on the coach on the way 

to a farm to measure the 

microclimate in two different 

types of woodland. As you can 

guess the whole coach is very 

excited. 

18:30 Friday. Flatford Mill. 

After a hard days work, we 

have packed away our quadrats 

and are having dinner – which 

is much better than anyone 

was expecting. The mood of 

the group is greatly improved. 

Back to testing our soil samples 

after this! 

13:00 Saturday. Classroom 

Edmion. 

It’s Ms Spawls birthday today, 

so Miss Bateman has bought 

her a big chocolate cake. We 

light the candles and carry the 

cake into the classroom singing 

happy birthday. Ms Spawls is 

surprised but happy and we all 

tuck into some birthday cake, 

before going back to work. 

14:00 Saturday. Flatford Mill 

Pond. 

We are pond dipping this 

afternoon and researching the 

biodiversity of the Flatford 

Mills pond. Ms Spawls and 

Tamar have just had a tense 


stand off with a particularly 

angry swan who has now 

luckily moved off to start 

hissing at another group. 

14:15 Saturday. Flatford Mill 

Pond. 

‘The swan is 

back and with a 

vengeance’. Every time 

we go into the pond to take 

a sample it feels like a risky 

situation. 

09:50 Sunday. Flatford Mill. 

It’s coursework day today, so 

out come the quadrats once 

again for a spot of sampling. 

16:00 Sunday. Manningtree 

Station. 

Waiting to get onto the train 

on the way back to London. 

Flatford Mill definitely 

exceeded our expectations. 

By Zoe Kirkham, L6

On our last day in York Year 4 visited the Danelaw village. It is a place where children can 

live as if though they were a Viking. The houses are made of wood, mud and thatch. During 

the day we took part in doing many different jobs like: weaving, making oil lamps, training to 

be a guard, making bread, and then we had lunch, some 

people collected wood, at the end we fought some Saxons! Every group was set up like a 

family and had a mum and a dad and about 16 kids! 

Our first job was making bread and some children were picked by the father to collect wood. 

Most children were expected to get in line to grind flour, but two kids made bread! That was 

one sticky job. Oh Yes, Vikings didn’t have sinks so the two bread making girls went out had to 

stick their hands in the snow to wash them! 

Next we tried weaving, there was a big barrel of wool in the middle of the room we were sitting in, 

so we could pick lots of colours. Eventually our weaving looked impressive but our turn was over 

and a new group of girls continued the weaving pattern or did their own. A little later we 

carried on with a new job, protecting the village as guards! ‘We learned how to step 

in time with each other, point our spears and…CHARGE!!!’ 

We then had lunch with my lord in his ‘special banqueting hall’! After lunch we made 

pottery oil lamps, but when we had just finished… the emergency bell rang!!! Saxons were 

attacking. The guards on duty quickly hurried to their bases as we gathered along the Viking 

village walls to watch them fight the Saxons. Our guards charged at the Saxons! The Saxons didn’t 

take hang around for long, they dropped their spears and shields and RAN!! 

Victory approached as we ran to congratulate the guards, 

Our Danelaw day was over!! 

By Liana Lewis and Yasmin Mayet, y4 

YORK AND DANELAW 



1ART 

17 


NEW SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT 

With planning permission granted, the construction of our new school 

is finally underway. Although we will be saying goodbye to the Main 

Building, Millennium Playground and part of Waterlow, our lovely Grade II 

Listed Oakwood will now sit beautifully beside the new building, 

balancing modern and Victorian architecture. 

ART DEVELOPMENT 

AND DESIGN 

Oakwood 

playground looking onto 

the main building 

Waterlow 

millenium playground 

Maresfield Gardens 

2012 OLD SCHOOL 

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college crescent looking 

onto main building 

birdseye of whole school 

main building 

inside main building 

maresfield gardens 

NEW SCHOOL 2014 

DEVELOPMENT 


AND DESIGN 

1ART 

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SPEAKERS 

‘It’s very difficult not to 

laugh when you’re acting 

out something absurd; for 

example if there is a goat in 

the room next to you’ 

ART SPEAKERS AND DESIGN 

‘Why can’t we 

freeze 

human bodies’ 

Patricia Hodge 

TV and West End theatre actress 

TV including Miranda 

Theatre including His Dark 

Materials 

Dr Anna Tanczos 

Associate Lecturer, Chemistry, 

University of Surrey 

‘Mice and humans use the same 

facial muscles to express pain’ 

Dr Amanda Williams 

Reader in Clinical Health 

Psychology 

University College London 

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‘When you 

inhabit fiction 

you often find 

truth’ 

Gillian Slovo 

Novelist, playwright and 

memoirist 

Work includes Ice Road and 

An Honourable Man

‘I spent 

hours 

hanging off 

the cliff in a 

harness 

trying to get 

the 

perfect shot 

of David 

Attenborough’ 

‘The voyage to Cuba was 

the most wonderful 

voyage – 

we were leaving Nazi 

Germany, leaving the 

danger of concentration 

camps and murder’ 

Gerald Cranston 

Holocaust survivor 

‘The physics we’re 

doing still 

governs the way 

the universe works 

now’ 

Jonathan Butterworth 

Dept. of Physics and 

Astronomy, University College 

London 

Alastair Fothergill 

Producer of nature 

documentary Frozen Planet 

‘Throughout 

your life, your 

brain is 

constantly 

anticipating 

what will 

happen next’ 

Dr Jack Lewis 

Brain scientist, television 

presenter, motivational 

speaker, writer and 

'Neuroforming' consultant. 


ART AND ART DESIGN AND SPEAKERS DESIGN 

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1ART AND DESIGN

RECEPTION 

STudent self- portraits 

JUNIORS 

22 


Foxy and 

the Four 

Lions 

YEAR 1 

He found a door and opened it. 

Inside there were four little beds. 

Two of the beds had cuddly toys 

in them. First Foxy tried Daddy 

Lion’s bed but it was too hot, next 

he tried Mummy Lion’s bed but it 

was too bouncy, so then he tried 

the baby beds, ‘Very comfy’ he 

thought and snuggled into it. 

ART AND DESIGN JUNIORS 

Once upon a time there lived 

four lions called Mummy Lion, 

Daddy Lion, Baby Boy Lion and 

Baby Girl Lion. Well…just as 

Daddy Lion came home a little 

Fox called Foxy peeked through 

the open window and saw the 

chewy meat. ‘That looks delicious’ 

he thought. So when he saw the 

lions go out the door for a walk, 

he crept into the house and tried 

the meat. First he tried Daddy 

Lion’s but it was too juicy, next 

he tried Mummy Lion’s meat but 

it was too chewy, so then he tried 

the babies meat. ‘Yum’ he said 

and ate it all up. 

Then he saw the chairs. ‘Hmm’ 

he thought and tried them out. 

First he tried Daddy Lion’s chair 

but it was too hard, next he tried 

Mummy Lion’s but it was too soft, 

so then he tried the baby chairs. 

‘Lovely’ he thought and sat down 

for a little nap. But just as he was 

falling asleep, ‘SNAP!’ went one 

of the chairs. Quickly Foxy leapt 

out of the chair in fright. Once 

he had calmed down he decided 

to do something. So he found a 

lovely white apron and some pens 

and started to draw on the lovely 

white apron. Once he had drawn 

lots of pictures he felt a bit tired 

and went upstairs to find a bed to 

sleep in. 

Art Work in the style of Andy 

Goldsworthy by Emma 

Shackleton 

pirate 

‘arrr matey’ 

Just then the four lions came back 

from their walk and were very 

tired, so they went upstairs to rest 

and found him and he thought it 

was a good time to leave. 

By Philomena Strachan 

ships ahoy! 


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YEAR 2 

I Want To Be 

An Author 

JUNIORS 

When I grow up I want to be 

an author. This is because I really 

like to write. This is also because 

once I start writing I just can’t 

stop. Also I started writing a book 

with my brother when I was three. 

I think it will be really fun to be 

an author because lots of people 

will read your books and I think it 

will be just so amazing if someone 

actually reads your books that you 

wrote. I think it would be really 

fun to just write a book about 

anything. Also I might write a 

few articles. I hope at least one 

of my books will get published 

but I’m really hoping that every 

single one of my books will get 

published. I really think this job 

will be fun. I really want to know 

what being an author is like. I’m 

determined to know what it is like 

because I don’t want a bad job. 

By Poppy Harvey Wood 

THE WATER 

CYCLE 

Home Haiku 

Come inside my house 

It is warm and cuddly 

You will have fun. 

By Tayla Sher 

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by ella leora smetana

Life in Year 3 at 

SHJS 

Being in Year 3 at SHJS is very 

interesting and full of fun; from 

exciting lessons to delicious 

menus for lunchtimes, as well as 

making new friends. The 

teachers make our lessons so fun 

and make sure that no one is ever 

left out. 

In class, our topic lessons are 

fascinating and we have different 

ones each term. The teachers give 

them strange and exciting names 

such as; ‘The Big Dig’ for 

dinosaurs, ‘A Roman Mystery’ for 

the Romans, ‘Victorian Children’ 

for the Victorians and ‘An African 

Adventure’ for Africa. 

One of my favourite things 

about being in Year 3 is getting 

your pen licence. The thing is, 

your handwriting does have to be 

very neat to get it! 

School traditions are great with 

things like book day and not 

having to wear school uniform 

on the last day of each term. 

In my opinion, South Hampstead 

is one of the best schools in the 

world. 

By Penelope Toong, 3T 

YEAR 3 


SHJS 

I started SHJS in Year 3 and I 

now think of school as home. At 

SHJS I feel like Mr Happy with 

loads of friends. Year 3 is like 

a happy herd of animals with 

their smiles as bright as the sun. 

I think Year 3 is the best year 

because new friends join and it’s 

great! 

My favourite subject is English 

because I get to write in pen. We 

do lots of fun things, especially to 

do with reading. For example, last 

term some authors, Caroline 

Lawrence and Karin Fernald 

came to visit us and we also wrote 

letters to our favourite authors. 

In Maths we play games like 

times tables cards and bingo. We 

have studied four different big 

topics and my favourites have 

been the Big Dig when we learnt 

about 

dinosaurs and the Romans. We 

also get to do Science and fun 

experiments. 

I love our P.E. lessons. We do 

games, swimming and we have 

fun races. We’ve gone on many 

school trips. My favourite 

one was going to the Ragged 

School museum where we got 

to dress up like Victorians. We 

also do clubs like chess. I like 

it because you can meet your 

friends. 

I love SHHS because you just 

have fun! 

By Florence Haddad, 3L 


SHJS 

Icame to SHHS when I was 4 

and I have thoroughly enjoyed 

my time here! I love the 

lessons because Mrs Lowen 

makes them so fun. To help us 

learn our times tables we sing 

along to songs when we’re 

getting changed for P.E. We 

write engaging stories and 

always have interesting 

comprehensions to do. There 

are enjoyable clubs and 

activities such as Spanish, 

French, sewing and knitting 

clubs. One of my favourite 

topics we did was the Romans. 

We filled in Roman booklets for 

homework and we even wrote 

our own Roman mysteries. 

I have loved every year here and 

I’m looking forward to Year 4. 

By Milly Thomson, 3L 



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YEAR 4 

york trip 

In The B0x of Impossibilities 

JUNIORS 

Tick Tock Clock 

In the box of impossibilities 

you will find – 

A whirling twirling meteor in shades of purple and 

gold. 

A flower in every colour of the rainbow. 

A wreath of wild lily that shimmers and shines likes the 

sun. 

A snow white Yeti with its exquisite bride. 

Santa’s scarlet and gold sleigh gliding over the moon. 

A bed made by fairies of rose and lavender woven 

together. 

A waterfall of gold and silver which is the entrance to 

the land of the gods. 

The spell of alchemy soaring through the night sky. 

A glass of green gold champagne. 

A swallow made of emeralds slipping through sky. 

What if there was no time 

What happened to yesterday 

Is time essential 

Is today, today: 

Now is the past. 

Or maybe the future 

Will time last 

Can time get cooler 

When will time stop 

Or will it even 

How does the time fit in a clock 

Is time now leaving 

Time disappears from the past. 

Will time go 

Time can go quite fast 

But sometimes it's slow. 

By Isabel Sieburgh, 4D 

By Anya Clark, 4D 

Regretting the Past 

I wish I could take back what I did to my granny, 

I wish I could erase the time I kicked my daddy, 

If only I could redo the time I dropped the hamster, 

Oh why did I try to become a gangster 

Can somebody invent a time machine 

So I can change things I didn't mean, 

Oh, PLEASE can someone invent a time machine, 

So I can change the things I didn't mean. 

Why did I call my sister names, 

And say she cheats in every game, 

I wish I didn't make my brother cry 

Why did I do that, oh why, OH WHY 

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By Cosima Deitman, 4D

‘‘Listen! We’ll never 

make it in time – our 

only chance is to drive! 

On the count of three, 

one, two, THREE!’’ 

My Ideal City State: 

Spathens 

Spathens was located in the heart 

of Greece. It had many people and 

workers who were treated equally. 

Men and women were allowed to 

vote since Spathens had invented 

democracy. This meant women 

were classed as citizens. Women 

could also play sport, farm and 

be as free as they wanted. When 

women had babies who were sick 

they would have been treated well 

instead of being left to die. 

Spathenian girls and boys both 

went to school and learnt a 

variety of subjects from 

playing the flute to learning the 

art of drama. When there was a 

war men and women fought for 

their city state. Husbands, if in 

war, would be able to see their 

wives in daylight. If boys wanted 

to be a soldier they would go 

to military school at the age of 

twenty or eighteen and would 

learn everything to know about 

fighting, weapons and of course 

the battlefield. Philosophy was 

very important in Spathens and 

there were many 

philosophical people who believed 

that bad things should be done 

away with, like war and suffering. 

There were no emperors or Kings 

in Spathens since the vote had 

taken over royalty and there were 

just 

politicians. 

By Elizabeth Gibb, 5E 

YEAR 5 

Ancient Greek design 

by 

Katerina Sulimova 5E 

Anicent Greek Sandals made in 

DT 

by Ishika /Gupta 5E 

My version on Theseus 

and the Minotaur 

I put my favourite telescope to 

my eye looking to see where my 

father would meet me when an 

ear-splitting cry shook the boat. I 

ran to the tip of the bow and I saw 

my father falling down the cliffs. 

I ordered all of the other sailors to 

row as fast as they could while I 

stood as a look out. It was too late. 

We would never make it in time 

to save him unless..... 

'Listen! We'll never make it in 

time – our only chance is to drive! 

On the count of three, one, two, 

THREE!' 

We plunged into the water just 

in time to catch Father. I dragged 

him to shore and then I fell 

unconscious on the soft, warm, 

glowing sand. 

When I woke up I saw a girl with 

shiny golden curls and sparkling 

blue eyes staring at me looking 

worried. 

'Theseus,' she said solemnly. 'My 

name is Princess Ariadne. The 

sailors have discovered that the 

Minotaur has a second life. You 

must stop the beast before it 

swims and destroys the 

beautiful city of Athens. Only you 

can stop him, Theseus. I present 

you another ball of string.' She 

walked out of the door and shut it 

behind her. 

In no time I was on the island of 

Crete. I got out the ball of string 

and my sword in my hand. Once I 

reached the middle of the 

Labyrinth I was hungry and 

thirsty. Suddenly the smell of 

fresh food wafted out of the maze. 

I was so hungry I forgot all about 

the 

Minotaur and followed the smell 

all the way to the other side of 

Crete into a church. 

'Surprise!' 

I looked around and saw all of 

my friends and family smiling 

proudly. 

'It's a reward for how courageous 

you've been!' 


Sophie Baptista, 

5E By Katya Proctor, 5B 27 


YEAR 6 

Light, gold ponytail 

Green friendly exciting eyes, 

Inviting, kind smile 

By Talia Pavell, 6W 

JUNIORS 

Science Taster Day at 

Senior School 

Happy noisy girl, 

Eyes from the depth of a pond, 

Affectionate, fun. 

By Emily Hassan, 6W 

Rosy face, green eyes, 

Keen eyes watch the ball on 

court, 

Loves sport, cheeky smile, fun 

By Emma Poulard, 6W 

Y6 Girls using the DT Lazer Cutter 

at Senior School 

Chestnut hair, tall girl, 

Autumn eyes, friendly too, 

Cheerful daydreamer. 

Frances Brockbank 6W 

Plaited Blonde hair with 

Bright ocean blue eyes with a 

Jumpy smiley face. 

Katharina Kinzel 6W 

Hazel brown hair and 

Gleaming brown eyes, bubbly 

Bouncy, and dreamy 

Tatiana Chryssolor 6W 

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Giggling girl,chatting 

Clumsy curly colourful 

Thankful, cloudy eyes 

By Maya Glantz, 6W 

Chemistry 

Taster Lesson 


Wire models made by Year 6 following studies of people in 

shelters during WW2 


Below: 6S have been looking at the work of John Constable, and 

recreated the Kitchen Garden in fabric to stimulate the colour, 

texture and atmosphere of the original. 

This involved making an enlargement, working collaboratively with each other and finding visual solutions to the light, 

landscape and varied foliage. 


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ART 

A 

1. 

R 

T 

1 to 3) KSENIA LEVINA, U6 

2. 

3. 

5. 

4. 

4) iSABELLA 

KACZMARCZYK, l6 

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6. 

ART 

GCSE, AS and 

A Level Girls 

all presented 

their final 

pieces in the 

end of year 

Art show in 

the summer 

term. 

7. 

8. 

5) GEORGIA 

LEWIS, U6 

6) Katya 

Hamilton, Y11 

7)by Ksenia 

Levina, u6 

8)Lucie davis, 

U6 


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ART 

9. 10. 

Alessandra Weissfisch, Y11 

11. 

12. 

10) Hannah Vhora, Y11 

11) hayley deaner, l6 

13. 

14. 

12 to 13) Ellie beale, Y11 

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ARIELLA GOULD, Y9 

D 

T 

ART 

The Young Inventors 

Competition 

This competition is open to all schools in the 

District. It encourages young people in the arts, 

design, technology and engineering fields. 

This competition gives students their first direct 

contact with industry and professional institutions 

and gives the opportunity to show and 

demonstrate the very high standards of work 

achieved. 

south hampstead girls were entered into this 

competition and were successful with their designs. 

Paige Linden came first in the GCSE Resistant 

Materials Category (MDF circles slotting 

together at will to form table light) and 

aditionally, Alison Erridge came second in the 

GCSE Graphics Category (stapled paper cups 

lamp shade. 

ALESSANDRA MARCHINGTON, Y8 

JOSIE FINEGOLD, Y8 

CAMILLA BLAKESLY, Y8 

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POETRY 

SCHEHERAZADE 

The Friar 

WRITING 

Is this the end we never spoke 

of, 

stolen in under the darkness 

of the swaying tent fabric as we 

slept 

We left the horses breathing in 

the town, 

The dawn far above the glades, 

the green, 

Green paths we used to tread. 

I brought us here, to the green 

river 

where once, like Christopher, I 

bore him. 

This Zplace is safety. Far from 

the trees 

the tall, tall trees and yellow 

flames, 

we had our time to sing. Now we 

chant 

with our prayer; like women, like 

cowards. 

I fill my hands with water and 

remember 

when death was sport and livery 

flashed through the bright ferns 

fired up into the sun. When kings 

were distant, 

gold and red in our minds, so 

unlike 

this cold seal, these charters. 

We lock the doors, shut out the 

light 

keep to our cave. This brown 

grass, 

this grey earth is ours. 

The tree where we buried him 

must be tall now. Untouched by 

levies, 

pardons or verdicts – the blues 

of spring. 

I try and find my God here, 

when I can no longer see the 

wood in leaf, 

feel the ghost rope around my 

neck. 

Our shadows lie cold on the 

stone, 

stretched out like stripped 

trunks. 

We were men once. 

I can hear the water on the 

stones. 

Are we us still Or are we 

there, 

laughing in the damp glens, the 

ruined towers 

of Gisbourne, Locksley 

In the market place of 

Nottingham, are we just tapestry 

in scarlet cloth 

By Maud Mullan, Y9 

Not dead but sleeping 

A bible backed and stiff. 

Not dead but sleeping. 

These leather things have had 

their time. 

Gradually growing a thick bent 

spine. 

The scarlet books have curved 

insides. 

A draft down the aisle, the only 

breath. 

They seem to live no more. 

And half asleep you glance at 

them 

Now the fear is huge. 

By Eleri O’Connor, Y9 

Blackthorn 

I sip my wine 

And watch the little boy 

Outside the window, 

Palm splayed against the glass. 

He is shaking from the cold but 

is 

Too enraptured by the painting 

Daubed with the slick fingers 

That pulled blackthorn 

From the concrete clay, 

His knuckles split against the 

ice. 

I am still. The wine 

Is as red as the insignificant 

Smudge on 

My sill. 

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BY Natasha Blinder Y9 


Penelope 

They burn, my fingers 

blistered indents filled with worn 

dyes and cut seams. 

My work, unravelled as golden 

night, 

fuelled with hope and hidden 

regret, 

swoops like an owl. 

For countless moments I trace 

these lines 

woven from the vultures that 

tear and pick 

on the prey they create, until all 

that is left is a grid of threads 

like a featherless wing. 

A man infused every pluck, 

watched by noting 

but tears and stars, winged in 

the open skies. 

my oblivious fingers made the 

one stitch 

left from today. 

And I who made the woven nest 

of stick and wood 

can tear with soft attack of flying 

hate 

through a canopy of oak and 

olive 

to land on a loom and begin 

again. 

BY Tabitha steemson, Y9 

Sonnet 

Thy wide grey eyes are moons 

that mist at night 

Thy blood rose lips enchant my 

beating heart, 

Thy golden hair is like a summers 

light, 

Thy figure is a pale palette of art, 

Thy beauty is a façade of taunting 

tricks, 

Thou keepest me as a slave to 

loves long gaze, 

The hours pass and the clock 

still ticks, 

But no sound comes from your 

mouth for days, 

Thou art not true to me but I am 

true to you, 

Thou mockest me with pity and 

with scorn, 

You wed me for my wealth not to 

be in two, 

I feel if I should die you shalt not 

mourn 

Snowed In 

Swiss clocks 

On lime linoleum 

Scrabbled scrambled letters 

eggs. 

Pink dice in a cup 

With a llama chewing the cud 

Cream and caramel slippers 

I drag raw feet on windows made 

of ice 

To kill the chilblains’ tiny fangs. 

Steam erupts 

Down the splintered stairs like 

flies. 

I mash chunks of chocolate 

Like sugared coal 

In my teeth rattling cream 

A thousand wizards of a glazed 

glass screen 

A ditch of ice hot water 

Turns me maroon. 

Crazy bored black glances. 

Chapped chin 

Hands like fondue meat. 

Snow plagues 

Licking, banging doors. 

Icicles daggering in the gutter 

Wold wistle winds 

Shock hysteric windows 

Black prints in the ice chips 

Blood frozen on snow struck 

pines 

A cactus lodged in a tongue 

My pricked eye on the mountain 

zenith. 

By Jessica Brown, Y9 

ART AND DESIGN WRITING 

Yet I am blinded for your 

splendour still 

But thou hast never loved me 

and you never will. 

by Flora Nicholson, Y7 

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WRITING 

JUNIOR SCHOOL CREATIVE WRITING 

Bouncing Ball 

She gets ready, 

Flying up and down. 

Red round and bold. 

She hears children running 

Out, hopping, jumping, nearly flying. 

Children running, 

Nearer and nearer 

She falls up and down, down and up 

Side to side, back and forth, round and round. 

A cheeky smile on her face. 

By Eden Hyman 

My Umpteenth Monster Visit. 

Sirens pulsed through my once peaceful home. 

Charged by the shriek, 

I bounced straight out my home, 

I sprinted wildly outside to the eerie unknown. 

I sprinted wildly outside to the eerie unknown. 

Cold, frightened, felt like I was all alone, 

I bustled into the steel chamber that protected my 

family and me, 

My mother was calm, or as much as she could be. 

My mother was calm, or as much as she could be, 

As the monsters were crashing near, 

Their timers ticking, lighting my fear, 

I fidgeted and stared up at the cold steel. 

I fidgeted and stared up at the cold steel, 

While my mother fiddled with the radio sound, 

And my sister paced briskly in our cell, 

Another monster pounced and fell. 

Another monster pounced and fell, 

Too near, so near. 

I was safe 

I hope so, don’t know so, but wish so. 

Chess set 

The loud noise rings as people rush in, 

He takes a deep breath and the battle 

begins. 

Their move. He orders his warrior knight 

to move 

Three steps and left. They go on and on, 

the score 3-1. 

They are winning but the blacks might 

catch up, 

But he is brave and prepared. 

He takes a bold glance at the only warrior 

dead on his side. 

He hopes they aren’t facing to many dangers 

against black. 

Then he realises, check mate! He cries 

grinning broadly. 

The black look at him in horror then realise, 

he’s as right as anything. 

The king looks at him as angry as he 

could ever be. 

“Not fair,” he shouts as loud as a lion 

could roar. 

The bad king looks at his dead pieces with 

his little beady eyes, 

And sulked without any sportsmanship at 

all. 

The girls on the other side cheer “hip hip 

hooray we have won!” 

The ones on his look unhappy, as if they’d 

lost their favourite toy. 

Suddenly, the loud piercing noise fills the 

air again, 

And a voice shouts “line up!” 

They all troop up in a neat straight line, 

And hold hands with the others beside 

them. 

I hope so, don’t know so, but wish so. 

And the next night it starts again. 

Why should I be surprised 

Its my umpteenth monster visit all over again. 

They march across to the other side once 

again. 

By Tatiana Piterbarg Year3 

By, Emma Ekon, 6S 

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ART AND DESIGN WRITING 

Evacuation Poem 

Blaring sirens fill the air with 

noise, 

And the pounding of bullets 

punch at the night sky, 

The ear shattering bang of a 

bomb hits us, 

And we scamper, like ants, to 

our underground shelter, 

And from the dark, away from 

the danger, 

Away from the living hell that 

we hear above us, 

And then silence – 

And suddenly everything is so 

much more scary than it was 

before. 

Dear Mum and Dad, 

I arrived safely here in Oswestry last Thursday after a five hour journey. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the ride as you obviously know that it was my first 

ever time on a train, though it was rather a long time. 

Anyway when we arrived we were very warmly welcomed indeed and 

along with all the other children I was taken by the teachers to the 

Oswestry village hall. It was packed full of people and this made me 

worry about being picked last but fortunately I am now staying with Mr 

and Mrs Smith and their two daughters Margaret and Jane. I've settled 

in extremely well and can assure you that I am very happy. Of course I 

do miss you though the Smiths have been very kind and have made me 

feel very welcome. I hope you are both alright and that the war will end 

soon so that I can come 

home 

Love Charlotte 

By Charlotte 

Croft, 6W 

By Emma Walker, 6W 


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CRICKET CLUB 

I managed a team of boys at a previous school. They were devoted, enthusiastic cricketers. But I have 

enjoyed our cricket games more, I think. I appreciated the keenness to play in bad weather and the 

fearlessness when I was flinging the ball down over 16 yards. Most of all, I enjoyed watching the girls 

improve. Before our first match, I was going to hold a team meeting before our first game and unveil the 

roles and the batting order. But that match, and that meeting, never happened. So here it is now. 

SOCIETIES 

1. The opening batsman EMILY MORGAN 

has a fearless, imposing presence. Her 

strength is not being afraid to be hit. 

2. The wicketkeeper HANNAH VINER has 

superb reflexes and remarkable catches. 

3. The number three batsman is impossible 

to get out. AMY KARET (the Wall) could stay 

in for hours, and very frequently did. 

4. Often the best batsman, with a fluency 

and purity of strokeplay: ROSIE STEWART. 

5. A very verstatile player, FLORENCE 

TAGLIGHT. Her fielding is the best in the 

team, and her batting is adaptable. 

6. CELINE DUBOIS-PELERIN doesn’t mind 

being hit by the ball. In fact she likes it. 

That’s why she stands 30 centimetres from 

the bat and fields using her head. 

7. LIZZY MURLEY, the raw rookie, still 

learning her craft., but contributing to team 

spirit, and fielding bravely close to the bat. 

8. ALICE DRIVER. When she is not at the 

physio she consistently swings the ball; she is 

the fastest bowler in the team. 

9. OLIVIA HARLOW has mastered the art of 

bowling slow, to test the batsman’s patience. 

10. GEORGIE LACEY-SOLYMAR, another I shall, attempt to form a new Cricket Club playing on the 

slow bowler, with many subtle variations. grass outside the Cumberland classrooms. But these girls 

11. SALONI SARAF, a line-and-length bowler were, and always will be, the originals. 

of medium pace and nagging accuracy. 

K. C. BLAKE (CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS) 

CALLOW YOUTH 

Callow youth is an arts and literature magazine run and 

edited by students. It contains poems, short stories, drawings 

and some interesting prose written on a paper plate. We 

accept as wide a range of submissions as possible, (though 

I’m afraid the hairband put in one of our submission boxes 

didn’t quite make it). 

Since we began in 2011, Callow youth magazine has run 

competitions, endless rounds of posters and a bake sale. At 

the bake sale, which we held in early February, any student 

or member of staff could receive a cupcake in return for 

entering a submission for Callow Youth; alternately they 

could be dull and just pay. Later in the year we took 

advantage of Benedict Cumberbatch’s distinctive face 

featuring him as Sherlock on a poster explaining Callow 

Youth to SHHS. The editorial team is open to anyone from 

any year who would like to join; we currently comprise nine 

year 11 and a year 9 student. 

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The first edition of Callow Youth should be coming out at 

the end of this year, we hope you enjoy it, and contribute to it 

next year too. 

BY ATALANTA ARDEN-MILLER, Y11 


CHOCOLOGY 

Chocology has had a great year. From the initial ‘I’m 

sorry, what-ology’ to the hordes flooding in at the end 

of Thursday lunchtimes, they have made chocolate a 

regular feature on the weekly calendar (rightly so). Not 

only educating in how to eat chocolate in order to fully 

sample its texture and flavour, but explaining the 

considerable history leading up to its manufacture, 

students have been enjoying the full brilliance of 

chocolate more and more each day, even developing it 

into somewhat of a science by specifically measuring 

the length of stings of caramel produced by a Twix bar. 

Today and in the future, SHHS girls will no longer sit 

down after school and wolf down a Dairy Milk. They 

will understand and absorb its beauty and 

sophistication, as well as the extensive historical 

heritage that those six pieces of rectangular chocolate 

represent. Only then will they wolf it down. Elegantly. 

Gaia Padgorac de Almeido 

BY ISABEL KILBORN, L6 

ART AND DESIGN SOCIETIES 

JEWISH SOCIETY 

SPACE ACADEMY 

We started the year with a big 

team of Y12 girls, representing a 

wide range of movements from 

orthodox to reform to liberal. 

In November, Jsoc organised the 

annual charity event MitzvahDay, 

as has been done for the past two 

years. It is a Jewish-led day of 

social action, and we participated 

by organising a collectathon for 

Doorstep - a charity which 

supports the homeless. The day 

was a great success, and Doorstep 

were very glad to receive all the 

generous donations brought in 

by the girls and collected by the 

team. We have also had speakers 

come to visit to discuss topics 

such as the Palestinian-Israeli 

Conflict, the importance of 

women in Judaism, and the 

ethical dilemma of conjoined 

twins which was particularly 

contentious. We have really 

enjoyed running Jsoc this year, 

and thank everyone for coming to 

our sessions and helping us eat all 

of the food! 

BY REBECCA WAINER. L6 

Every week, during Wednesday 

lunch time, a small group of 

SHHS students gather together 

to contemplate the infinite 

majesty of Space. Or, more 

often, to spend an hour carefully 

gluing together the pieces of a 

model of Copernicus’ Orrery, 

and trying to comprehend its 

german labels. We discuss 

astronomy, talk about new 

scientific developments, or learn 

about the real science behind 

Star Trek. 

We also have access to telescopes 

situated in Hawaii and Australia, 

so that we can (theoretically) plot 

co-ordinates of nebulae and 

galaxies, take photographs and 

study them. Dr Everall even 

managed to get us new remote 

control models of Mars Rover 

buggies, that we will be able to 

drive around the classroom! 

SASH is a place where one can 

really enjoy the more 

adventurous and exciting sides 

of physics. Everyone has a say in 

what we do, and therefore every 

member enjoys themselves. It 

is a fantastic place in the school, 

where one can relax at learn at 

the same time. 

By Maud 

Mullan, 

Y10 

(pictured 

left) 


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LOVE. ME 

Love.Me’s fashion show 

SOCIETIES 

W hen we started Love 

Me, we wanted to change the 

way teenagers viewed fashion. 

No longer did we want it centred 

around what make you’re 

wearing but about the message 

you are sending across to the 

public. 

We created a range of t-shirts that 

raised awareness about bullying 

– a problem that affects nearly 1 

million children a week. 

As a group, we also had to come 

up with a variety of fund raising 

YOUNG ENTERPRISE 

ideas for our company, including 

putting on a fashion show. 

Overall I feel that Young 

Enterprise has been a once in a 

lifetime opportunity, that let us 

all not only expand our 

knowledge on working in a 

company, but in addition improve 

many other skills vital in the 

current employment market. 

All of us are proud to have been 

able to be a part of LOVE.ME; the 

experience we have gained has 

Josie Innes, Olga Turko & 

Charlotte daly at the love.me stall 

been invaluable and will never be 

forgotten. 

We would also like to say a big thank 

you to Mr Mackintosh, who without we 

would never have gotten to the Young 

Enterprise Central London finals or felt 

prepared to face the reality of the 

working world. 

By Olga Turko, L6 

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We are TwentyTwelve 

and this year we’ve been selling 

vintage headbands, posters and 

bags all focused on our British 

theme. 

Our ideas began when we 

realized there was a huge market 

for products that celebrated 

Britain; with both the London 

Olympics and the Queen’s 

Diamond Jubilee happening in 

2012. We realised that the 

existing products were quite poor 

quality so we set about designing 

products that were useful, but also 

patriotic in an artistic and unique 

way, providing both tourists and 

locals an appealing alternative. 

We wanted to highlight the 

connection between the 2012 

Olympics and the Olympic Games 

that were hosted in Britain in 1948. 

Inspired by this link, we decided 

to pursue a vintage, classic 

post-war period style, using retro 

British images for our bags and 


TwentyTwelve 

original photos taken at that time 

for our posters to reawaken 

British pride. 

The team discovered that setting 

up and running a business was a 

lot harder than we’d anticipated. 

Despite this we’ve all learnt something 

new, taken something away 

from our time as a Young Enterprise 

team and feel a real sense 

of achievement from all that we 

have accomplished this year. 

BY FLORENCE YOUNG, L6

COMEDY CLUB 

Neha and I first had the slightly ‘Eureka!’ thought of setting up an SHHS Comedy Club in September 

2011, thinking it’d be interesting to set up a slightly random new society in school, particularly a 

non-academic one. When we were sitting in room 74 that first week, fiddling with lukewarm pasta and 

obsessively straightening chairs, our main fear was quite simply that actually, nobody would come and we 

would be forced to enjoy 1970s comedic brilliance alone (although there is absolutely nothing wrong with 

that, we would like to stress.) 

In fact, by the time we switched off ‘The Germans’ episode of Fawlty Towers at 2.15, there were 45 people 

heading out the door. Since then we’ve shown a wide variety of comedy of all ages, from Outnumbered to 

the more dated but brilliant Morecambe and Wise. 

We were also incredibly lucky 

to have Patricia Hodge (pictured 

right) come to speak, who plays 

Miranda’s mother in the very 

popular sitcom Miranda on 

BBC2. With people from all years 

packed chattering in the Theatre, 

stuffing themselves between 

the aisles, and giggling with 

excitement we breathed a sigh 

of relief. 

ART AND DESIGN SOCIETIES 

This year we have been phenomenally 

lucky to have everyone 

from new Year Sevens to 

bewildered staff to snort, giggle 

and cry with laughter through a 

year’s worth of fantastic comedy 

with us in room 74. 

Thank you. 

By Isabel Kilborn. L6 

AMNESTY 

This year, the team has been hard at work, fighting 

for two main campaigns as part of Amnesty’s 

international agenda. Our main focus, in the Autumn 

term was the campaign for Women’s Rights in 

Afghanistan. Year 7 actively took part as they designed 

kites, all bearing slogans in support of human rights. 

These kites were sent from SHHS, as well as other 

schools throughout the UK, to Foreign Secretary 

William Hague, as a petition to raise the issue at the 

Bonn conference in Germany. 

Another campaign we have fought for this year is that 

of Ferhat Gercek, shot and paralysed by Turkish 

policemen. We campaigned throughout the year, 

sending letters to the Turkish government and calling 

for justice to be brought to these policemen. Overall, 

our Amnesty team has persevered, fighting for human 

rights for people all over the world. I feel proud to 

have been part of it. 

By Neha Ravail Khaliq, L6 

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Drama 

Daisy 

Pulls It 

Off 

DRAMA 

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YEAR 10 

A Year 10 Production 

Upon entering the theatre, we 

found ourselves launched into 

a 1920’s girls’ boarding school, 

with the girls – already in 

character – leading us to our 

seats. The theatre, with woodenpaneled 

walls complete with 

hand-painted portraits and the 

pianist playing the school hymn 

in the background, created a 

warm and school-like 

atmosphere. From the moment 

the play began, the audience 

found themselves on the edge 

of their seats watching with 

excitement as the mystery and 

drama of the play unfolded; 

as the play was full of humor, 

there was never a dull moment! 

The crew outdid themselves 

with the excellent special 

effects, from sound to lighting, 

as did the fantastic actresses; 

a combination which really 

brought the play to life and 

made it an enjoyable evening 

for everyone. Well done to 

everyone involved and Ms 

Ashwell for directing. Jubilate! 

BY Arifa Qawi, L6 

At the auditions, Mrs Ashwell 

described the play as, ‘Perfect for 

South Hampstead girls.’ This was 

true; we all found it shamefully 

easy to adopt the role of elitist 

schoolgirls from the 1920s, aided 

by phrases like, ‘Jubilate,’ and, ‘Oh 

Jemima!’ 

The play follows the adventures 

and the struggles of Daisy 

Meredith (played by Sophie 

Jacobs), a girl from a poor 

background, who moves to 

Grangewood School after winning 

a scholarship. In Grangewood, 

Daisy suffers at the hands 

of the wealthy and stuck-up 

Sybil Burlington (played by 

Saydee Calvert), and her loyal 

follower 

Monica Smithers (played by 

Livvii Samuels.) 

The set and costumes 

perfectly recreated an early 

twentieth-century boarding 

school, all credit going to 

the set-designer and other 

SHHS students for providing 

the portraits which adorned 

the walls. Victoria Tse, who 

played the school pianist, 

enabled the school assemblies 

to be realistic by playing the 

music for the school hymns. 

The play was fast-paced 

and thrilling to be in, with 

the tension and excitement 

sophie jacobs, Y10 


culminating in the rescue scene, 

which was made possible due to 

the extensive special effect facilities 

at school which helped us to 

recreate a 

vicious storm. 

Being in the play was truly a 

fantastic experience; since almost 

thirty girls took part, the ambience 

at rehearsals and on the play 

nights was always full of energy 

and excitement. We are all 

extremely grateful to Ms Ashwell 

for using her talents to direct the 

play and helping it to be the 

success it undoubtedly was. 

By Afra Qawi, Y10 

saydee & 

olivia

Bertlot Brecht 

YEAR 12 

In the spring term of 2012 

eight AS drama students 

performed two of Brecht's 

plays 'A Respectable Wedding' 

and 'How much is your Iron.' 

Both groups used Brecht's 

technique of multi-roling, 

where one actor plays a 

a respectable wedding 

variety of roles - in some 

cases playing multiple 

characters talking to oneanother. 

This made sure 

that the audience could not 

become attached to one 

character in particular, an 

effect Brecht often uses in 

his plays. While making the 

plays even more interesting 

to watch, it also made many 

of the scenes incredibly 

funny and ensured there 

was never a dull moment! 

The variety of accents the 

students had to become 

accustomed to was also 

greatly impressive, and I 

am sure that every member 

of the audience was kept 

entertained throughout 

both pieces. 

Well done and many 

thanks to Mr Rowe and 

the AS drama students for 

putting on truly dramatic, 

comedic and 

entertaining performances! 

Above: Brecht pieces 

ART AND DESIGN DRAMA 

Henry V 

YEAR 9 

This term, a team of 

enthusiastic year 8-9 girls 

performed Shakespeare’s 

Henry V in the SHHS 

theatre. At first it was a 

challenge, especially 

considering we were all 

dressed as soldiers and the 

play had been cut 

considerably, but the show 

was a huge success and I 

think we persuaded most 

people just how manly and 

war-like South Hampstead 

girls can be! There were 

By Lily Hersov L6 

Miranda Schroder & anna 

Higgins, Y9 

5 great King Henrys for each act, who 

all brought a different side to the part, 

as well as brilliant French and English 

courts! The rehearsals and the final result 

were really fun and we all enjoyed 

getting to know the 

language. By the end we 

felt like a family, and 

the older and younger 

girls were brought 

much closer together. 

We would like to thank 

Jess the costume and set 

designer, Miss Condon 

for the music (and 

Shakespeare 

explanations) and Ms 

Rose, our director, for 

her unwavering 

patience, warm 

encouragement and 

general insight. 

Overall I think we did 

Shakespeare proud! 

By Jessica Brown 

9X 


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DRAMA 

A 

Women 

Alone 

YEAR 12 

On the second of November 

2011, the new lower sixth 

performed a collection of 

monologues by the playwrights 

Franca Rame and Dario Fo, 

directed by Mrs Rose. 

The monologue centred on a 

woman that had run from the 

police and taken sanctuary in the 

church thus leading her to confess 

all her sins to the priest which was 

performed by Dominique Murphy 

de Neef. 

Shivani Singhania then took 

to the stage to perform a piece 

(which incorporated a very well 

choreographed dance routine) 

based on the life of factory 

women in that time. The piece 

ended on a sad note as the 

audience were informed of the 

consequences from the dangerous 

factory work. 

dana 

rembiszewski, l6 

The monologues were a range of 

comedy, drama and sheer insanity. 

The series of monologues started 

lightly with a comical 

performance by Jessica Joury, a 

narration of the life of a woman 

who was locked in the house 

daily by her husband and was not 

allowed to explore the outside 

world or have any friends. 

The next piece was performed 

by Lottie Bauer who acted out 

the hectic morning of a working 

woman in the 20th century. 

This hysterical piece was fol 

Mobayo Oguntunde, 

l6 

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lottie bauer, l6 

But this was nothing compared 

to the next piece! Terri Jacobson 

performed a truly horrific 

monologue based on a rape 

ordeal that happened to a young 

lady on her way home one night. 

This piece was followed by a 

chilling performance by Lara 

Glantz whose character was a 

prostitute, locked away in a 

psychiatrist hospital. 

Then, Mobayo Oguntunde’s 

monologue took place,based on a 

terrorist that had been sentenced 

to sensory deprivation in a tough 


prison and was gradually losing 

her mind. 

The series of monologues ended 

with Dana Rembiszewski, whose 

character was a mother who had 

found out her son was a terrorist 

one night as she watched TV. 

In summary, the audience had 

insight into stories and ordeals 

of different women at the time 

and how society was not of great 

help to them. The pieces were 

brilliantly performed by the girls 

and thoroughly enjoyed by all the 

members of the audience. 

By Mobayo Oguntunde, l6

MACBETH 

ART AND DESIGN DRAMA 

In the years I’ve been at 

South Hampstead, I had 

never been in any of the 

school productions before, 

so I was apprehensive about 

getting up on stage. What if 

I forgot my lines, got stage-fright, or 

knocked something over I shouldn’t 

have worried. From the very first 

rehearsal of Macbeth the entire 

drama department was friendly and 

welcoming, and there was always 

someone around to give me some 

terri jacobson as banquo and 

mobayo oguntunde as duncan, l6 

Kitty harris as lady 

macbeth, U6 

encouragement. I’ve been amazed by 

the talent of the rest of the cast, who 

held the audience spellbound, and 

by the enthusiasm of the staff, all of 

whom gave their time and energy in 

spades to making sure the 

production went according to plan. 

It’s been an outrageous amount of 

fun to watch the play coming 

together, even as half the cast 

tried to juggle it with their exams, 

and now that it’s over, I think 

everybody involved can feel 

rightly proud. 

By Laura Alexander, L6 

christi van clarke as macebth, 

y10 


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MUSIC 

MUSIC 

AUTUMN CONCERT 

ST JOHNS SMITH SQUARE 

The annual Autumn concert was 

as successful as always in 

November 2011. The 

participating ensembles showed 

a beautiful range of musical 

styles and periods. Eliza Millet 

performed a Haydn concerto 

with the Symphony Orchestra, 

and had really done justice to 

the movement, with perfect 

expression and articulation. 

Emily Gray, Mari Honjo, Yuki 

Honjo and Alex Rowe performed 

a concerto for four violins by 

Vivaldi. Their ensemble playing 

was truly admirable, especially 

due to the fact that they were 

amongst the youngest 

performers in the concert and 

had not played together for very 

long. The spacious St. John’s 

Church was a perfect venue for 

this combination of instruments. 

Other performances included 

“Ouvertüre zu Goethes Trauerspiel 

‘Egmont’” by Beethoven from the 

Symphony Orchestra and “Largo 

from Symphony No.9” by Dvorják 

from Sinfonia, both with poise 

and maturity from all participants. 

Alex Siegers introduced a fantastic 

new theme of African music to all 

vocal ensembles, which made the 

concert even more diverse. 

The concert was a truly wonderful 

experience, both to participate in 

and to watch, for which we thank 

the Music Department and 

everyone in South Hampstead 

involved. 

“It was 

MAGICAL” 

l6 

STUDENT 

Hannah 

Franklin, L6 

Singers 

J.S. BACH CONCERT 

Yanna Richards, Y10 

In March, we held a concert dedicated to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, a composer I described in 

my programme notes as “obviously the greatest figure in Western musical history”. Not that 

everything in the concert was strictly by Bach. Ellie Beale gave a poised account of Bist du bei mir, a 

piece people used to think was by JSB but which is now known to be by a man called Gottfried Stölzel. 

And the fabulous Clarinet Quartet (what a brilliant ensemble they have been this year!) performed a 

piece in Baroque style called Bach goes to town. 

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At the start of the concert, the Symphonic Band were in great form in an extravagant arrangement 

of a famous organ work, the Toccata in D minor, though the very first item was a piece of solo violin 

music played superbly by Mathilde Milwidsky. There is astonishing musical substance and poetry in 

Bach’s unaccompanied string music and we heard more at the opening of the second half, with Eliza 

Millett’s rich, poetic interpretation of part of a cello suite. There was recorder music from Anne 

Nisbet and keyboard music from Tanya Zheleznyakova and Lizzy Murley; all three performances 

were brave, poised and agile. 

The recorder ensemble coped impressively with the 

contrapuntal challenges of a complex fugue, while the 

massed forces of Chorale, Sinfonia and the Staff Choir 

came together under Miss Forsey’s patient and 

inspirational leadership in a performance of the wellloved 

Jesus bleibet meine Freude. 

The first half closed with an exquisite performance of 

two movements of Bach’s Orchestral Suite in B minor, 

featuring the solo flute of Gaby Mond, while the main 

work in the second half was the Magnificat, a 

wonderfully effervescent and dramatic choral work 

performed with real commitment and energy by 

Singers. Many girls took on difficult solo arias and 

delivered them with great aplomb: take a bow Lucie 

Haines, Issy Schmidt, Alice Jaffe, and Ellie Lawson, 

not forgetting the six members of the semichorus in 

Suscepit Israel. Kudos too to the instrumental soloists in 

these arias: Jessica Chorley, Alison Erridge and Antonia 

Simpson. 

ART AND DESIGN MUSIC 

It was a great concert and I enjoyed every minute of it. 

By Daniel Webb, Head of Music 


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ART MUSIC AND DESIGN 

SUMMER CONCERT 

Thursday, 5th July 2012 

proved to be a perfect 

conclusion to the year for 

the music department. 

The balance between solo, 

smaller and bigger 

ensembles made the 

concert very enjoyable 

and varied. Singers 

impressed the audience 

by two contrasting pieces, 

both of the best standard. 

The symphonic band 

directed by Ian Judson 

and Tom Marsden made 

concluded the first half 

with a Banquet by Wood. 

The symphony orchestra 

performed the 3rd movement 

from the Beethoven 

Symphony no.6 in F major, and 

the chamber orchestra 

performed a more 

contemporary Elgar’s Serenade 

for Strings and a Classical 

Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe, 

Strings & Basso Continuo in D 

minor. Jessica Chorley, a year 

13 student going on to study at 

the Royal Academy, performed 

the concerto beautifully. Kiki 

and Mari Honjo, Alex Rowe 

and Sarah Gordon played the 

String Quartet which they have 

performed in the second round 

of the Pro Corda 

Chamber Music Competition, 

and Olivia Brogan and Eliza 

Millett gave moving and 

musical solo performances on 

the violin and cello, 

respectively. They were 

accompanied by Ms Cracknell, 

whose participation in the 

concert was much appreciated. 

Vocal Adrenaline led by Lulu 

Streets was entertaining, and 

their ensemble was admirable. 

The same could be said for the 

Chorale, directed by 

Charlotte Forsey, performing 

music from Oliver! and “Hit 

the Road Jack”. With the Last 

Night of the Proms Medley 

from Sinfonia, it really started 

to feel like summer. We’re all 

excited to come back in 

September, and continue with 

the busy musical life (every 

minute of which is amazing). 

We would like to thank all staff 

for making this concert possible, 

in particular Mr Webb, 

Head of Music, who organised 

so many events this year, and 

concluded with this wonderful 

summer concert. 

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MUSIC AT SOUTH HAMPSTEAD 

The Music Department 

at South Hampstead 

High School is extremely 

extensive, with over 20 

regularly meeting 

ensembles and even more 

informal music – related 

societies. All of the above 

encompass both the junior 

and the senior school, and 

provide an amazing 

opportunity to make friends 

across the years and develop 

various aspects of being a 

musician. 

Some of the choirs at SHHS 

are Voices (Year 7), 

Chorale (Years 8 and 9), 

Singers (Year 10 and above) 

and Close Harmony. At 

South Hampstead, 

Orchestral Ensembles 

include Chamber and 

Symphonic Orchestra, as 

well as Sinfonia, Wind band 

and Symphonic Band. 

‘A whole 

DIFFERENT side to 

the school’ 

Senior Student on the 

music department 

ART AND ART DESIGN AND DESIGN MUSIC 

Some divert from the classical 

music style to go in the Cuban 

direction (Salsera), 20th century 

(Big Band and Clarinet 

Ensemble). 

The diversity of the ensembles 

allow for performance of great 

choral works featuring not only a 

large choir, but also an orchestra. 

Some like the Recorder 

Ensemble, by contrast, return to 

early music of the Renaissance 

and the Baroque periods. 

For example, in March 2012, 

we performed the Bach 

Magnificat in D in the 

Spring Concert, which was 

one of the best events I’ve 

ever participated in. 

As well as the three big end of 

term concerts, there are also many 

“Teatime Concerts” that allow all 

musicians to perform to a more 

informal audience, which allows 

them to become more confident 

performers. More competitive 

events include the Leah Kiverstein 

Singing award, judged this year by 

Sarah Walker, a renowned concert 

soloist and recitalist. 

Congratulations to Emily Meyer 

who won the junior section and 

Phoebe Kaya and Ellie Beale, the 

winners of the senior section, as 

well as to Zoe Guttenplan who 

received the Kiverstein Bursary. 

The Chamber Music Festival puts 

emphasis on smaller 

ensembles, and is always an 

enjoyable evening, with comments 

from an adjudicator that are very 

useful to all. 

Overall, an amazing year for 

Music at South Hampstead, and we 

all it all to Mr Webb, Miss Forsey 

and the music department 

assistants, Alex Siegers and Nicole 

Anderson. 

by Tatiana 

Zheleznyakova, L6 

Jazz night, may 2012 

Laura & Claudia, u6 

Isabel Herschmann, y11 


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SPORT 

Barbados Tour 

‘A highly successful tour, despite 35-degree heat and 80 per cent humidity, 

SHHS returned triumphant.’ 

7-ASIDE HOCKEY 

TOURNAMENT: 

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the view from our room 

CATAMARAN 

CRUISE 

A truly relaxing day - 

snorkelling with turtles, 

sun bathing and dancing 

to Party Rock Anthem and 

Rihanna. We were also given 

the opportunity to dive 

off the boat, which resulted 

in a particularly impressive 

performance from Miss 

Stockdale. 

THE BOATYARD 

Unlimited drinks, sea 

trampolines, sun 

loungers, a diving platform 

and a rope swing into the 

sea - need I say more. It was 

easily one of the most fun 

days of the tour. 

hockey a-team 

Opponents: 5 other schools, 2 

Bajan and 3 British 

Results: Thanks to supportive 

cheers, including ‘Give me a 

V, dot the I, curl the C, 

TORY…’ the A team won 

their last match of the tour 

2-0. They also drew their 

first one.Most Valued 

Players (MVPs): Sophie 

Penney (captain) and 

Monika Barakat. 

BAJAN ROOTS AND 

RHYTHMS 

An evening of rum and Rihanna – 

don’t worry we weren’t drinking the 

rum, it was just advertised 

everywhere! This was a highly 

enjoyable display of colourful native 

dance, costumes and music, as well 

as a hilarious limbo competition 

which Miss Stockdale, Ellie Beale 

and Nicole Wanty all took part in, to 

our great amusement. 


Netball team with local 

bajan chilren 

3RD NETBALL MATCH 

(BELLEPLAINE) 

After having driven through 

stunning jungle (singing all 

the way) we arrived at a much 

more rural pitch. The entire 

town, and their horses, turned 

out in support, including some 

adorable children (pictured top 

right) who kept running onto 

the pitch. Emotions were 

running high, especially for 

the A team as it was Mrs 

Brennan’s last match with 

South Hampstead. We did her 

proud, incorporating all of the 

skills that she had taught us 

in some beautiful play, and all 

the teams came away winners! 

Results: A- 17-14 B: 16-11 C: 13-10 

MVPs: Maja Gliszczynska, 

Rebecca Marchant and Ellie 

Leek. 

By sophie penney, L6

SHHS 17 

Having made the trip from 

Frognal, UCS were up for the 

game and having navigated the 

labyrinth of South Hampstead 

we found our way to that famous 

sports hall, bringing back 

painful memories of Year 7 

discos. The atmosphere was 

intense with Jubbman, Eitan and 

me back on our ex-stomping 

ground. It was a slow start for 

both teams, with UCS struggling 

to get to grips with the endless 

rules and regulations and SHHS 

struggling with goal keeper 

Zucker’s physical approach in 

defence. It took little time before 

we were in our stride with swift 

passing, typically following a 

superb leap from Daniel Levy, 

WD, (reminiscent of a salmon on 

a spawning mission), with 

Gliszczynska (GK) and Davies 

(GD) struggling to keep track 

of the nimble Lee and phantom 

UCS 12 

Akass (C ). Jubbman (GS) proved 

to be the weak link up top, 

contrasting with goal shooter 

Ollins’ clinical finishing at the 

other end. He probed and probed 

but just couldn’t get the ball 

through the hoop. But we were 

still leading going into the final 

quarter, with the South 

Hampstead crowd seeming to 

have lost faith and the four-man 

strong UCS contingent in full 

voice. But one too many overzealous 

slide tackles from Zucker 

forced UCS into a change, with 

Badouk-Epstein (GD) moving out 

from his goalkeeping position, 

‘risking his heavily 

bruised ankle in a move 

that will forever be 

remembered akin to 

Achilles’. 

Olins thrived under the less 

watchful eye of Zucker and 

scuppered all chances of a UCS 

win. Having had the lion’s share 

of possession, the Barcelona of 

North London ultimately fell up 

short with some wasteful play in 

the final quarter. Many 

congratulations to the South 

Hampstead team. Although undeserved, 

it is difficult to argue 

with the results. 

maja and amy, u6 

ART AND DESIGN SPORT 

ellie Olins, u6 

By Faadil Dawood, 

U6, UCS 

(pictured below) 


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Sporting achievements in 2012 

ART SPORT AND DESIGN 

TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS 

U15 Middlesex Netball 

Tournament Triumph 

On the 1st of October the U15 

Netball Team (pictured right) 

headed up to Highgate School 

to compete in our first netball 

tournament of the season. Four 

London girls’ schools took part in 

an extremely competitive 

morning. Bizarrely for a 

tournament, the matches were 

twenty-eight minutes long 

double their normal length). 

This, along with the record- 

breaking 30-degree heat wave, 

meant that it was a tough 

challenge for the whole team. 

But this didn’t stop us. Our great 

team spirit endured, and we went 

on to win all of our matches by 

about 7 goals. We came home 

with the trophy - the U15 

Middlesex 

champions. 

Most Valued Player: Scarlet 

Wilkins 

BY ELLA ALEXANDER, Y10 

Impressive Results 

U11a Netball v St Mary’s won 

8-0 

U12a Hockey v G&L won 5-1 

U14 Netball v LSU won 27-5 

U15 Netball v LSU won 28-2 

U16 Netball v Francis 

Holland won 25-9 

U18 Hockey v St Benedict’s 

won 12-1 

Barbados B team Netball v 

Bajan National Development 

squad won 34-3 

Overall winners in U12. U13 

and U14 categories of the 

Camden schools cross country 

competition (with individuals 

coming 2nd in U12 category, 

1st and 2nd in U13 and 1st 

and 3rd in U14). 

INDIVIDUAL 

ACHIEVEMENTS 

National Level 

Amelia Shiner (Football), Isobel 

Clark (Fencing), Emma Horrix 

(Fencing), Florence Taglight, 

pictured top right, (Rounders), 

Lilah Fear (Solo ice dance and 

Middlesex hockey), Georgia Fear 

(Solo ice dance and Middlesex 

cross country), Natalia 

Kaczmarczyk (Swimming), 

Tamir Gohen Cohen (Swimming), 

Amelia Brown (Swimming), Clara 

Bennathan (Show jumping), 

Catherine Kidd (Irish solo dancing), 

Artemis Saddington 

(Gymnastics), Cecily Wuenscher 

(Tennis), Jessica Zeynal (Tennis). 

Lower School Cross 

Country 

Overall winners in the Yr7,8 

and 9 Camden Schools 

Athletics Competition. 

U12a Hockey and U15 

Netball both undefeated 

all season. 

County Level 

Emily-Jane O’Malley 

(Swimming), Naomi Labrom 

(Tennis), Martha Rushbrooke 

(Tennis), Lucy Fitzpatrick 

(Tennis), Sophie Penney, 

pictured bottom left, 

(Hockey), Hannah Viner, 

pictured bottom right, 

(Hockey and Cross Country), 

Amber Vernon-Powell 

(Hockey), Zoe Viner (Hockey), 

Anice Lam (Hockey), Zofia 

Wootlif (Hockey), Isobel 

Kotler (Netball), Izzy Lewis 

(Netball and National football 

winner). 

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sophie penney, l6 


hannah viner, Y11

SHHS and the Olympics 

South Hampstead is incredibly 

fortunate to be located in London 

during the Olympic year. In order 

to ‘inspire a generation’, as the 

Olympic slogan says, we have had 

many Olympic-themed events, 

encouraging girls to take part in 

sport and realise their potential. 

At the beginning of the year some 

of our sports 

personalities attended London 

Prepares series events such as the 

London Archery Classic 2011, in 

which some of the world’s best 

archers competed. The event was 

held at Lord’s Cricket Ground, 

which, only ten minutes from our 

school, is to be the site of archery 

for the Olympic games. The gym 

squad were also lucky enough to 

attend the Olympic 

gymnastics qualifiers (pictured 

right). Afterwards one of the 

students declared: ‘It was one 

of the most intense moments, 

watching Brazil get through to the 

Olympics, with everything 

hanging on their last gymnast’s 

beam performance. Overall the 

day was fantastic. Being able to 

watch my sport at a professional 

level really inspired me.’ 

‘Inspiring a generation’ 

Sports for All week provided an 

opportunity to promote different 

sports within the school. Students 

were asked to select, from a list of 

all the Olympic sports, those that 

they would like to try out, and as 

a consequence sports such as table 

tennis were incorporated into the 

curriculum that week. The girls 

even had a go at non-Olympic 

sports such as Kabaddi, a South 

Asian team sport in which the 

players had great fun attempting 

to tackle each other to the ground. 

The amount of laughter and 

willingness of the girls to 

participate showed that the 

original intention of inspiring 

them was already beginning to be 

achieved. 

We were lucky enough to 

welcome two Olympic athletes 

who came to talk to us. First, 

Emily Brydon, an ex-Olympic 

skier who won the World Cup 

Super G in 2008, after having 

spent six months rehabilitating 

her knees due to a crash, gave 

a motivational talk to all of our 

squads. A hockey 

festival was held, attended by 

Susannah Townsend a Great Britain 

hockey player who is 

hoping to make the selection 

for the Olympics, and England 

Hockey Board (EHB) coaches. 

She and the coaches spoke to 

the school’s best hockey players, 

coached mini sessions for them 

and showed them some of their 

skills. Both of these visits gave the 

players an idea of what it is like to 

be an Olympic athlete. 

The list of Olympic-themed 

events is seemingly endless and 

there are many more to come. I’m 

sure reading this you’ll be able to 

think back on other events that 

we hosted in the build up to the 

Games. The sports department 

have done an amazing job of 

making people aware of what is 

the greatest sporting 

BY LILY DAVIES, U6 

ART AND ART DESIGN AND DESIGN SPORT 


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FAREWELL 

Name: K. Fosbrook 

Crime: Helped the slaves 

escape the amphitheatre 

STILL AT 

LARGE 

Name: R. Furlonger 

Crime: Mispronountiation of 

‘King Cogidubnus’ 

Name: c. Gibson 

Crime: Stealing all the Pi 

NAME: S. Keeler 

CRIME: Broke Newton’s First 

Law 

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ART AND DESIGN FAREWELL 

Name: c. Kelly 

Crime: Cutting corners on 

the BIIAG walk 

Name: k. Lynch 

Crime: simply smiling too 

much on monday mornings 

Name: A. Merdan 

Crime: Inappropriately 

coloured Lederhosen 

Name: J. Reynolds 

Crime: Caecilium in hortum 

necavit 


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ART FAREWELL AND DESIGN 

STILL AT 

LARGE 

NAme: c. Robinson 

Crime: Believing paracetemol 

solves everything 

Name: h. Rose 

Crime: Excessive melodrama 

Name: M. Smeaton 

Crime: hijacking a david bowie 

concert 

Name: R. Stockdale 

Crime: Incorrect Kit 

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These much-loved staff 

will be greatly missed; 

from putting on brilliant 

plays to organising our 

charity works, they will 

always be remembered. 

But, most importantly, 

our lessons will never be 

the same without you. 

ART AND ART DESIGN AND FAREWELL DESIGN 

Name: V. Trinder 

Crime: playing saxophone in 

big band with nobody 

knowing 

Good luck in future 

endeavours and come 

back to visit us soon! 

THE MAGAZINE TEAM 

Houses - Olga Turko 

Visits - Neha Khaliq 

Editor - Rebecca Rezvany 

Speakers - Rebecca Marchant 

Designer - Innes Hall 

Deputy Editor - Florence Young 

Juniors - Amy George 

Art - Aislinn King 

Writing - Laura Alexandra 

Societies - Isabel Kilborn 

Drama - Shivani Singania 

Music - Tatiana Zheleznyakova 

Sport - Sophie Penney 


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ART THEN AND AND DESIGN NOW 

whole school photo 1951 whole school photo 2012 

senior hockey team 2012 senior hockey team 1922 

students in library 1955 students in library 2012 

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FOSH raises funds to make 

your daughter’s time at SHHS 

that bit more special. We raise 

money in a variety of ways, 

from arranging social events for 

parents, running the Festive Fair 

and hosting our famously fun 

Quiz Night. 

One of the highlights of the 

FOSH calendar is the bi-annual 

Festive Fair which, last November, 

raised over £13,500 for the school 

and attracted hundreds of visitors. 

The fair was awash with buzzy 

stalls – lots run by outsiders but 

many masterminded by SHHS 

dropped, all to the oom papa of 

our resident Big Band. 

an even better place for all our 

girls. Some of the ways we have 

done this in recent years is by 

refurbishing the Sixth Form 

common room to the tune of 

£30,000 and funding £7,000 of 

sports equipment, and with your 

generous contributions enhances 

the day-to-day life of all pupils 

at SHHS. We are always looking 

ART AND DESIGN FOSH 

We began our cultural tour 

programme this year with a visit 

to the recently renovated Keats 

House in Hampstead. After a 

very moving talk about the poet’s 

brief, but famously productive 

time spent living in the property 

by one of the museum’s guides, 

we were left to explore the house 

and gardens at our leisure. 

We made use of an inset day in 

February going to The Houses of 

Parliament. Demand for this tour 

was so great that three separate 

tours were arranged; those 

fortunate enough to join were 

treated to a private audience with 

MP Glenda Jackson. She gave 

the group a refreshingly candid 

The biggest earner was the Silent 

Auction which raised over £6,500, 

with more than 50 items up for 

auction, including X Factor & 

Jingle Bell Ball tickets, tea at the 

Ritz, a private tour of the 

National Gallery, tickets to Dame 

Edna in panto, plus various work 

experience stints, and many 

fitness and pampering items. 

Fosh uses the proceeds from all 

our events to make the school 

for more parents to get involved. 

Meet other parents, share ideas 

and enjoy being part of a vibrant 

and dedicated team. 

We meet each term and everyone 

is welcome to join us, particularly 

new parents. Our next meeting 

is at 7.30pm on Tuesday 25th 

September in Oakwood, at the 

Maresfield Gardens site. 

For more information about 

FOSH visit www.foshnews.org.uk 

insight into life as a politician and the talk 

concluded with a lively Q & A session, with 

one of the girls displaying a precocious 

talent with her tenacious quizzing of Ms 

Jackson! 


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