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Godolphin School sixth-former and music scholar, Clare
Robinson Woledge (17) has won through to the second round
of the Gregynog Young Musician of the Year 2008 competition.
Clare will be playing her clarinet before a panel of adjudicators on
June 28 at Gregynog, Mid Wales. The five top competitors will play
in the final that evening, with the overall winner receiving £1,000.
The competition is part of the Gregynog Music Festival which is
celebrating its 75th birthday and is one of the UK’s oldest and most
widely acclaimed festivals of its kind.
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Clare’s musical success
Rookwood’s scientific approach
Ateam of six pupils from Years 10 and 11 at Rookwood School,
Andover, attended the IBM Blue Fusion Science event in Hursley.
Organised by a team made up of new graduates, the aim is to inspire,
promote and encourage an interest in science, technology and
engineering and runs each year for four days.
Students enjoyed participating in a new range of interactive activities
supported by cutting-edge technology, including detecting credit card
fraud, solving maths problems using only telephone tones, using Morse
code and racing round the inner planets on limited fuel supplies.
The Rookwood team performed extremely well and were placed second
of the 14 teams which took part. Congratulations to Ruth Chitty,
Victoria McCall and Jamie Roberts in Year 10 and Zoe Shearman,
Jenny Roberts and Tim Gardiner in Year 11.
An artistic double
Portsmouth High School Junior pupils, Jessica Nilssen and
Elizabeth Rose, have won the opportunity to work with
leading British artist Ben Johnson.
The girls entered a nationwide competition organised by Save the
Children as part of the Big Draw back in October. Children
across the country were asked to draw a picture of what they think
is the best thing about school.
The two discovered that their entries had been successful and
travelled to London to spend the day working alongside Ben
Johnson in his studio.
Each pupil paid £1 to enter the competition with the money
raised going to Save the Children’s ‘rewrite the future’ campaign,
which focuses on children in conflict-afflicted areas, helping those
missing out on an education to go to school.
Charlotte Hadfield, head of the school’s junior department says:
‘It was a national competition so to have two girls from the same
school win is absolutely amazing. There is obviously something
about Portsmouth High School which inspired the girls and
impressed the judges too.’