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Staff Farewells and Appointments September 2012
It is with great sadness that we are saying farewell to Mr Peter Lavarack after ten years of Science
teaching at Brockhurst and Marlst on House Schools. Mr L avarack who joined us from Bearwood
College where he had been a House master and Head of Department, will b e retiring at th e end of
this term. Mr Lavarack applied for what he sugge sted was the post of “Man Friday”, however with
his huge knowledge and wealth of experience he was soon contri buting whole heartedly to the
science department, working in close partnership with Mr Park and ensuring that a solid foundation
of knowledge had been covered by each pupil b efore progressing to the senior classes. We would
all like to thank him for his huge commitment to the schools and wish him and Heidi, who has been
doing the splendid flower arrangem ents in the front entrance hall so im aginatively for many years,
every happiness for the future.
Mrs Sharon Boccacini BSc(Hons) P GCE, graduate of De Montfort and Reading Universities, who
is a specialist science and maths teacher, will be taking over Mr Lavarack’s classes in September.
We are also wishing a fond farewell to Mr Chris Murgatroyd who re-joined the staff in 2003 having
already been a resident m ember of staff for a nu mber of years during the 1990s. Chris has been an
excellent rugby coach and hard working teacher . We thank him for his e normous contribution to
school life and wish him every success as he leaves to assist his wife Jo in their m arketing business
enterprise.
We are delighted to be welcom ing Mrs Sophie Beckers B A(Hons) Oxford Institute of Linguists,
who will b e taking over from Mr Mur gatroyd as a spe cialist teacher of English with RS. She h as
been teaching GCSE English at Theale Green School and is a qualified t eacher (QTS) specialising
in English language and literature, along with Fr ench, Germ an and Italia n. Mrs Beckers is no
stranger to the school since her own children were pupils at Ridge House.
We have also appointed as the second class t eacher of 6 G, Mrs Caroline Rich ardson as for m
teacher. Mrs Richardson has been working with th e school since 2010 mainly as a mem ber of the
LDC team . She is a q ualified g raduate teach er, BA(Hons) Cardif f University , PGCE (Prim ary
Education) Worcester College and is looking forward to joining us fulltime in this role.
At the pre-p rep (Ridge House), we are wish ing Sarah Dalby every success and happiness as she
leaves to join the Swindon Academy in a new phase of her career . She has been a very supportive
member of the pre-prep for the last three years. We are delighted to announce the appointm ent of
Mrs Jules Evernden BA(Hons)PGCE Exeter Univer sity as Form 8 teacher from September ,
working alongside Miss Sophie Ainge. Mrs Evernden is a qualified teacher fo r the Early Years and

has taught at a number of village schools lo cally as well as in Devon. We very much welcome Mrs
Evernden to the pre-prep team.
Form Tutors for September 2012
Brockhurst Marlston House
1South Mr Raeburn-Ward
1E Mr Brannam
1W Mr Beaumont
2E&W Mr Park 3GE Mrs Brown Head of LDC
3B Mr Wood 3G Mrs Lunt
4B Mr Cassidy 4G Mrs Boccacini
5B Mrs Beckers 5G Mrs Hughesdon
6B Mrs Sliwinski 6GE Mrs Richardson
6GE Mrs West
7B Mr Templeman 7G Miss Middleton
Pre-prep
Form 8 Miss Ainge Mrs Evernden
Reception Mrs Simm Head of pre-prep Miss Hempell Miss Zobkova
Nursery Mrs Key Mrs Bedford Mrs Neill
We wish you all a very happy summer holiday and we thank you for your continued support.
David Fleming Caroline Riley