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BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Magazine
2016

2016
BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Magazine
Contents
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Achievement
Art
Charity Report
Classics
Computer Science
Dance
Design Technology &
Engineering
Drama
D of E Expeditions
Economics
English
Environment and
Sustainability
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Geography
History
Library
Mathematics
Modern Languages
Music
Outlook Expedition
Physical Education
Psychology
Religious Studies
Science
Sixth Form news
Alumnae
Junior School
We’d love to hear about your Bromley High schooldays. If you have memories and photos to share, then please send them to
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Bromley High Old Girls’ Association enables you to keep in touch with us and your classmates, contact us for details.
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FOREWORD
Leafing through a school magazine is an
immensely satisfying experience.
So much activity and achievement is squeezed
into each and every school week that the
weekly newsletter regularly expands to a dozen pages.
Each week pours forth more news: so many academic and career
opportunities; so many matches won; so many grade music and Speech
and Drama exams passed; so many concerts, performances and plays, so
many Duke of Edinburgh Awards collected; so many school trips enjoyed.
The School Magazine offers a chance to press the pause button on the
rapid flurry of school life: looking at the words and pictures which sum
up a year of school life has the poetic quality of ‘emotion recollected in
tranquillity.’ For me, as I hope for you, reflecting on the boundless
energy, creativity and commitment of our girls, those emotions are
pride and pleasure.
I look forward to a happy and successful year and hope you enjoy
reading this year’s magazine.
Headmistress Bromley High School
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2016 RESULTS
Bromley High celebrated another year of
outstanding results with an impressive 85%
of results graded A*- B. These are the vital
grades for entry to competitive courses at
the whole host of Russell Group universities
to which Bromley High girls are headed
this year with Barts Medical School, Exeter,
Bristol, Sheffield, Warwick, Loughborough
and Nottingham amongst the favourite
destinations. This year, more girls benefited
from the increasing number of unconditional
offers made by universties to attract the best
candidates but these superb results show
that girls were still determined to achieve
top grades.
‘We are thrilled by these
outstanding results for a wonderful
year group who have very bright
futures ahead of them.’
Mrs Drew Headmistress
ALLEN-CHHOKAR Danielle 9 (8)
ANDREW Libby 10 (7)
ANDREWS Emily 8 (0)
AUSTEN Milly 9 (4)
BARNSHAW Milly 10 (1)
BERRY Eloise 9 (5)
BIBBY Pascale 11 (10)
BIOKORO Blessing 10 (0)
BOWES Millie 10 (4)
BRADY-COLLINS Olivia 9 (6)
BROLLY Madeleine 10 (10)
BRYAN Amelia 10 (3)
BUTCHER Sophie 10 (10)
BYRNE Charlotte 10 (10)
CARTY-DOWDEN Kerri-Ann 10 (4)
CAWKER Rachael 10 (8)
CHICK Amy 10 (10)
CLARK Emilie 10 (10)
COLLINS Emily 10 (7)
CONNER Marisa 11 (11)
CORBETT Alexandra 9 (2)
CORNISH Jasmine 9 (1)
DAWS Mae 10 (10)
DEBLING Kate 10 (4)
DEMPSEY Nicole 9 (1)
DURNFORD Estella 10 (1)
EDWARDS Ella 9 (5)
ELLIOTT Tamara 10 (8)
ELUGBAJU Jessica 10 (2)
FALSHAW Tammy 10 (10)
FAYE Rosie 10 (4)
FIDLER Amy 10 (10)
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GCSE RESULTS
FINNIE Niamh 10 (5)
FISHER India 10 (10)
GALE Hope 9 (4)
GEORGE Amaka 9 (4)
GEORGE Mosope 10 (5)
GIGNEY Emily 10 (8)
GRANDISON Klei 8 (6)
GRIFFIN Sophie 8 (1)
HARTMAN Carmen 10 (10)
HASHEMZADEH Aida 9 (8)
HEATH Eleanor 10 (6)
HILL Lois 8 (4)
HOLCOMBE Annabel 10 (6)
HOLDEN Annabel 9 (1)
JENNINGS Martha 9 (8)
JOHNSON Amanda 10 (6)
JONES Maisie 9 (5)
KICHMEROVA Christine 9 (8)
LEE Sam 8 (1)
LENNARD Lucy 10 (10)
LEWIS Jodie 9 (0)
LITTLE Grace 10 (0)
MACHEATH Paige 10 (9)
MALLETT Marie 10 (10)
MARTIN Laura 9 (4)
MCCALLUM Sophie 8 (0)
MCHARDY Caroline 8 (0)
MENTEL Johanna 9 (8)
MIAH Sara 10 (8)
MITTERER Madeline 9 (4)
MOODY Krista 11 (11)
MORTAZAVI Negin 11 (11)
MORTER-LAING Saffron 9 (9)
MOSS Sophie 10 (9)
MUSHTAQ Safa 10 (9)
ODULELE Nicole 9 (6)
OKIKIADE Ore 9 (6)
OKOLO Mary 10 (3)
OLIVER Sophie 10 (10)
OTUNLA Fola 8 (0)
PASE Maria 10 (1)
PATEL Aanya 9 (1)
PLATTS Megan 10 (10)
PUGH Emily 10 (10)
ROBERTS Sophia 11 (9)
SAGGAR Rebecca 9 (7)
SANDHU Simran 10 (6)
SAXENA Gauri 10 (1)
SEWELL Charlotte 10 (2)
SHEEHAN Ellie 9 (6)
SHELDON Emma 10 (9)
SPICER Ellie 10 (10)
STOODLEY Imogen 10 (10)
TAWIAH Dilys 10 (10)
TAYLOR Catherine 9 (0)
THORN Amy 9 (4)
TIKARE Olivia 10 (7)
VEVERS Lucy 10 (8)
WALSH Holly 8 (7)
WARD Amelia 10 (3)
WEBB Rebecca 9 (4)
WILLIAMS Jodie 9 (0)
ZAMAR Alexandra 9 (8)
ZHANG Jennifer 10 (9)
(* denotes A*
and A)
Results correct at time
of going to print
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ADVANCED AND ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY RESULTS AND LEAVERS’ DESTINATIONS 2016
SARAH ALLAWAY
Classical Civilisation*, English Literature*, History,
AS French
Classical Civilisation University of Warwick
ELIZABETH BARROW
Biology*, Classical Civilisation, Mathematics, AS EPQ
Biomedical Science University of Warwick
SUSHIL BHOGAL
Business Studies, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation
Accounting with Finance University of Portsmouth
AMNA BOKHARI
English Literature*, French*, Spanish*
Law University of Bristol
SOPHIE BRANCH
DT Product Design, Economics, ICT, AS Mathematics
Cyber Security Management Bournemouth University
VICTORIA BRUCE
Economics*, Geography, GPS, AS Mathematics
Industrial Economics University of Nottingham
LUCY CHALLIS
Geography, History, Psychology
Sustainability and Environmental Management
University of Leeds
KATERINA CHRYSOSTOMOU
Biology*, Mathematics*, Physics*
AS Chemistry*, AS Further Mathematics*
Bioengineering University of Sheffield
CHARLOTTE COLOE
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
Equestrian Psychology and Sports Science
Nottingham Trent University
BUSE DEMIRBAG
History, ICT, Psychology
Psychology University of Sussex
SOPHIE DURMAN
Business Studies, DT Product Design*, ICT, AS EPQ*
Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB)
Loughborough University
BEATRICE FORWARD
Art*, Geography*, Psychology*
Psychology University of York
KATE FRANCIS
Drama Theatre, English Literature, GPS
English Literature University of Westminster
ELISE FURNEAUX
Classical Civilisation*, English Literature*, Psychology*
Law University of Bristol
ANA GALLARDO
Economics, English Literature, Georgraphy*,
AS Biology
Sustainability and Environmental Management
University of Leeds
SOPHIE GISSING
Business Studies*, Chemistry*, English Literature*,
AS Mathematics*,
Business Administration University of Bath
ANNA GLEIS
Art*, ICT, Mathematics*
Architecture University of Nottingham
SAFFRON GUPTA
Geography, ICT, Mathematics, AS Biology
Geography and Management Loughborough University
LORNA HEMINGWAY
English Literature*, Geography*, Psychology*
English University of Exeter
EMMA HOLLIS
Biology*, Chemistry*, Mathematics*
Chemistry with Industrial Experience
University of Bristol
DANICA HOWARD
Classical Civilisation, Economics, English Literature*
Management University of Nottingham
GEORGINA HUMPHRIES
Geography*, ICT*, Music* AS Spanish
Geography (Science) University of Exeter
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A LEVEL RESULTS
EMSAL IYIKAN
English Literature*, French*, Spanish*
English and Modern Languages University of Exeter
LAURA JOHNSTON
Geography*, History*, Psychology*
Geography University of Exeter
EMILY LAMB
Biology, Geography, Psychology, AS EPQ*
Applied Psychology Liverpool John Moores University
OLIVIA LEWIS
Classic Civilisation, Geography, Psychology
Gap Year
ELEANOR MACK BRIGGS
Geography*, GPS, History*, AS EPQ*
Geography and History University of Leeds
JESSICA MARTIN
Economics, Geography*, ICT
Computing for Business & Management University of Sussex
EMILY MILLS
Economics*, Geography* Mathematics*
Economics with International Study University of Exeter
ANAH MUSHTAQ
Biology*, Chemistry*, Mathematics* AS Further Mathematics*
Medicine Queen Mary University of London
CATRIONA O’LEARY
Biology*, Chemistry, Physics*, AS EPQ
Medicine University of Aberdeen
CATIE OWEN
Classical Civilisation*, English Literature*, History AS EPQ*
Ancient History King’s College London
LUCY PETER
Art, Drama Theatre, Geography
Communication and Media University of Liverpool
AMADEA PICCIAU
DT Product Design*, Mathematics*, Further Mathematics,
Physics
Mechanical Engineering University of Surrey
EMMA PRESLEY
Business Studies, Geography, ICT*
Geography University of Nottingham
ALIYAH SAIFUDDIN
Biology, Chemistry, French*, AS Mathematics, AS EPQ*
Chemistry with Biomedicine King’s College London
FRANKIE SALMASI
Art, AS ICT
Art Foundation UCA Farnham
ALEENA SIDDIQUI
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, AS Economics*
Gap Year
MARIE SIMMONS
Economics, English Literature, Psychology, AS EPQ
Marketing University of Southampton
CHARLOTTE SMITH
Economics, ICT, Psychology
Employment
VASSILIKI SPENCER
French, Geography, Greek*, Mathematics, AS Economics,
AS EPQ
Geography and Sport Management Loughborough University
SARAH WATERTON
Business Studies*, Classical Civilisation, History,
Gap Year
MADELEINE WEBSTER
Classical Civilisation* Drama Theatre*, History
History University of Reading
NATALIE WEIDLICH RILEY
Art*, Economics, Mathematics
Criminology and Sociology University of Nottingham
HANNAH WOODERSON
DT Product Design*, Geography*, Mathematics*
Law University of Bristol
EVA ZAPICO
Economics, French, Psychology*, AS EPQ*
Management University of Nottingham
(* denotes A*
and A)
Results correct at time
of going to print
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MATHEMATICS
BROMLEY HIGH
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Another academic year has come
to an end for the Mathematics Department, and once again
we can look back over a year of industry and success.
Everything that we have achieved is founded on the
supportive relationship between the students and their
teachers, and I would like to thank them all for their efforts.
Mr Potter Head of Mathematics
It feels a long time ago now, but at
the start of the year, we once again
celebrated excellent results.
Every single A-level mathematician
achieved at least a grade B, and 27% of
our girls achieved an A*. We had a strong
set of results at Further Maths A-level,
and Ellen Birke is to be particularly
congratulated on her double A*.
Anna Myers, Ellen Birke and I Wa Lu
all achieved 100% in at least one of their
modules.
Our girls performed strongly at AS-level
as well, where Anah Mushtaq scored
100% on her C2 module.
Our GCSE girls also did themselves
proud, with 75% scoring an A or an A*.
Victoria Cheung was our top performer
here with 96% overall.
I was also delighted with the incredible
progress made over her GCSE years by
Susannah Farmery.
These impressive achievements have
clearly spurred on the next generation of
Bromley High mathematicians,
because the department is as busy as ever.
The winning
number-themed
fancy-dress
competition
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A moment of
inspiration as Year 7
solve Mrs Wilcock’s
‘Eggy ‘ clues!
These impressive achievements have clearly spurred
on the next generation of Bromley High mathematicians,
because the department is as busy
as ever. The girls are eager to take
advantage of all the
extra-curricular opportunities
that we offer them, and also
the support we provide
through maths clinic and
other revision sessions.
For the competitively
inclined, there are plenty
of challenges available.
Our best mathematicians
compete every year in the
UKMT Individual
Mathematics Challenges. In
the Junior version, our girls
achieved 29 bronze awards, 13
silver awards, and 2 gold awards.
The gold award winners were
Emmanuelle Dumont and Abigail
Joshua-Yip from Year 8.
In the Intermediate Individual Maths Challenge,
there were 33 bronze awards, 21 silver awards and
gold awards for Ellie Spicer, Pascale Bibby, Priyanka
Patel, Emerald Wei, Rhiannon Hughes, Riya Parikh,
Imogen Duke and Evelyn Jamieson.
Finally, in the Senior Individual Maths Challenge,
there were 10 bronze awards, 2 silver awards and a
gold award for Summer Zhang.
Several girls scored such high marks that they
qualified for follow-on competitions.
Chrisa Prachalias qualified for the Grey Kangaroo,
whilst Ellie Spicer, Priyanka Patel, Emerald Wei,
Rhiannon Hughes, Riya Parikh and Imogen Duke
qualified for the Pink Kangaroo. These girls are
among the top young mathematicians in the country,
and they should be very proud of their results.
The school competed in the Hans Woyda
competition, taking on local rivals Alleyn’s, Eltham
and Dulwich College over a series of rounds of
quick-fire mental problems, perplexing mathematical
conundra. Amadea Picciau, our Year 13 representative,
had this to say about the experience:
“On the 1 st October, four students from Bromley
High, led by their maths teacher Mr Potter,
courageously went to Alleyn’s School to compete in
the ‘Hans Woyda’ competition.
The four girls were Deborah Bakare (Year 9),
Priyanka Patel (Year 10), Summer Zhang (Year 12)
and Amadea Picciau (Year 13).
The competition was split up into several sections,
including mental maths, calculations, trigonometry,
team events, and individual races. Everyone entered
the room with their confidence running high.
Bromley settled quickly, and after the first few
sections the teams were tied with eight points each.
Bromley High then surged ahead in the team round
with some high-speed number-crunching.
The Bromley High girls prepared themselves for the
last round, knowing one wrong move could cost
them everything. A ferocious battle lay ahead, and,
despite everyone giving everything, the team was
pipped at the post by the worthy opposition. The
final scores were 23 points to Alleyn’s and 19 points
to Bromley High.”
Easter would not be
Easter without
Mrs. Wicock’s Year
7 Easter Egg Hunt.
Using clues positioned
all around the school,
the girls had to
answer a series of
questions about
famous
mathematicians in
order to claim a
chocolatey prize.
Several girls scored such
high marks that they qualified for
follow-on competitions.
These girls are among the
top young mathematicians
in the country, and
they should be very proud
of their results.
Nearly fitting into a
pyramid made of paper
THE GEOMETRIC
CHALLENGE !
During enrichment week,
Year 8 were treated to
a day of impressive
mathematical activities by
Angela Gould. Over the
course of the day, the girls
were asked to solve a
variety of geometric
challenges, culminating
in the construction of a
pyramid made out of paper
that was large enough for
a Year 8 girl to stand in.
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MATHEMATICS
Teachers in their prime...
The school wholeheartedly takes part in the NSPCC’s Number Day, which raises
money for the NSPCC to protect children all year round through its many projects
and services. Students from all years involved themselves in fun numerical activities.
Pupils searched the school to solve hidden mathematical problems. Many teachers
wore special numbers and pupils searched to find which teachers were “in their
prime”, which were square, and which were irrational, perfect or even imaginary.
Additionally there was a trail of “catchphrase” pictures, which were displayed around
the school for the school and pupils to identify the hidden mathematical phrase.
Our Year 10 pupils also had
the opportunity to attend a
series of five lectures at the
Institute of Education by
academics from universities
such as Oxford,
Cambridge and UCL.
The girls were introduced to
topics ranging from the
“maths of a bacon sandwich”
to the intricate workings of
code-breaking.
The Mathematics Department offers a wealth of
extra-curricular opportunities to its students.
We are proud to host the Royal Institution mathematics
masterclasses for the Bromley region, which are aimed
at able year 9 mathematicians from the local area.
At these events, the students engaged with intriguing
areas of mathematics far beyond the school
curriculum, such as the creation of complicated
models of 3-D shapes, solution of advanced geometric
problems, and analysis of games using probability.
Our Year 10 pupils also had the opportunity to attend a
Completely
fitting into
a pyramid
made of
paper
series of five lectures at the Institute of Education
by academics from universities such as Oxford,
Cambridge and UCL. The girls were introduced to
topics ranging from the “maths of a bacon sandwich”
to the intricate workings of code-breaking. They were
fortunate enough to see a real World War 2 Enigma
machine used by the Nazis in Germany to send codes
in the war and to learn about the technology that lay
behind it.
Each year, we host speakers who study or work in
the field of mathematics or its applications. This year,
we were fortunate enough to be visited by Professor
Cathryn Lewis, a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology
and Statistics at King’s College London.
She gave the girls an insight into how she has used
mathematics throughout her university and working
life. She currently leads the Statistical Genetics Unit at
King’s College London, a research group which uses
statistical techniques to analyse large data sets generated
from genetics labs. They identify genetic variants
that increase the probability of developing disorders
such as stroke, arthritis, and schizophrenia. The findings
aim to improve understanding of these illnesses,
and should lead to improved diagnosis, treatment,
and possibly prevention of life threatening disorders.
Bromley High
then surged
ahead in the
team round
with some
high-speed
number-crunching.
Amadea Picciau
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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Our
A level
Literature
students once
again made us
very proud with
an excellent set of
results
Box Clever Theatre
Company never fail to
entertain and surprise!
Public speaking, debating, theatre visits,
Book Week, author visits and the new GDST
Book Award are just a flavour of the English
Department’s bustling year. Sadly we said goodbye
to Mrs Knowd and Miss Winters to retirement and
Ireland respectively and a huge ‘thank you’ for all their
excellent expertise and professionalism over the years.
As a result we have welcomed Ms Olive Cullen and
Dr James Christie who both offer enormous subject
knowledge and enthusiasm; we are very much looking
forward to working with them.
Our A Level Literature students once again made
us very proud with an excellent set of results. Amna
Bokhari, Sophie Gissing and Elise Furneaux all gained
full marks for their coursework (noted by the external
OCR moderator as ‘scholarly’!) and Danica Howard
achieved full marks in the challenging final examination.
Overall 79% of pupils gained A* or A with all
pupils achieving A* to B.
This is a real testament to their hard work and the
dedication of the department in the preparation of the
examinations. Danielle Allen-Chokkar, Ellie Spicer,
Ellie Sheehan, Emily Pugh, Mae Dawes, India Fisher
and Paige Macheath all deserve a mention for their
very high marks in the GCSE Language examinations
where we gained more A*s than over the previous
five years. Students also
performed strongly in English
Literature with Danielle
Allen-Chokkar, Sophie
Butcher, Aida Hashemzadeh,
Saffron Morter and Ellie
Spicer putting in exceptionally
strong performances.
A special mention should go
to India Fisher here who only
dropped two marks across
the whole certification!
In the Autumn term we were once again pleased to
welcome travelling theatre company ‘Box Clever’ to
perform ‘A Christmas Carol’ to Year 7 and ‘Macbeth’
to our Year 11 pupils. The company never fails to
entertain and surprise and this year was no exception.
Pupils were often actively involved in dancing and
singing and some even volunteered for (fake) knife
fighting.
Book Week once again took place in October with
a wide variety of events from the hotly contested
Literary House quiz to D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And
Read) alongside the very popular author visits.
A debate finished off the week with the motion,
‘This House believes that Reading is Pointless’ and,
thankfully for us, the motion was voted out. Mrs
Murrell also launched the GDST Book Award
featuring the ‘Best of the Best’ top five novels as voted
by all GDST librarians and many Year 8 pupils were
quick to read all five and hand in their votes. Autumn
also saw our senior debaters heading to the Royal
College of Psychiatry for the famous annual Christmas
debate with the topic this year being ‘This House
believes that we are too concerned with how we look’.
The term finished with a fascinating study day run by
The Cambridge Union on contemporary poetry held
inside the famous building itself.
The first week of the new term saw Year 13
pupils attending a Shakespeare Study at
UCL run by the English Association.
Well-known critic and author Dr Sean
McEvoy (and colleagues) gave insightful
and useful lectures on Shakespeare and
Genre, Shakespeare’s Theatre and ‘King
Lear’, one of our A Level Literature set texts.
Our pupils were keen to ask questions and
thoroughly enjoyed the intellectual
discussions that followed.
A LEVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE POETRY CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE UNION
On a blustery Tuesday we (English literature students from Year 12 and 13) attended an Edexcel
Poetry Conference at the Cambridge Union. Three lecturers from the University of Cambridge
discussed a selection of modern poems from ‘Poems of the Decade’, which we are currently studying
for A-level. These poems cover a wide range of subject matters, from the apartheid to the uncertainty of
the future. The lecturers highlighted the deep layers and ambiguous meanings within these poems,
helping us to understand the skilful poetic techniques employed by the poets. They also coherently
drew parallels between the poems, allowing us to identify common themes, as well as differences,
therefore aiding us in analysing poetry to a high level. To conclude each lecture, students were given
the opportunity to ask questions and contribute their interpretations of the poems.
This proved to be thoroughly useful, allowing us to absorb new ideas as well as form our own opinions.
The day overall was very helpful, and a great opportunity to hear from the lecturers of such a
prestigious university in such a lovely setting. Many thanks to Mrs Morter and Dr Christie for
taking us on such a beneficial trip.
Sophie Oliver, Ellie Sheehan and Kate Debling, Year 12
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ENGLISH
The Spring term also saw splendid success in the
English Speaking Union Public Speaking competition
where we easily won both first and second rounds
and coming a close second in the regional finals.
Priyanka Patel, Lilly Tuesley and Serena Hunt were
a splendid team with Serena in particular crafting
well-structured and thoughtful speeches that gained
fulsome praise from the adjudicators (see next page).
Meanwhile Sophie Butcher represented our school in
the GDST Chrystall Prize competition with an
excellent speech on refugees that was both moving
and thought-provoking.
Our Junior and Senior debating societies continue to
grow as pupils realise the benefits of this rigorous and
rewarding extra-curricular activity. Breaking to the
final round of any
debating competition
is a huge task, so we
were delighted when
our Senior A team, Sophie
Butcher and Saffron
Morter did just that in a
new under-16 competition
hosted by Colfe’s School.
In order to gain a place in
the final, the team needed first or second placing in
all four debates throughout the day against tough
sides such as St Pauls’ Girls, Trinity, Tunbridge Girls’
Grammar, Wilsons and Alleyns to name just a few.
Equally challenging were the motions such as ‘This
House Believes that western liberal democracies
should tie developmental aid to improvements in
women’s rights’ and (final’s motion), ‘This House
believes that conscientious objectors should be allowed
to not participate in military action.’
Overall our A team also gained the second highest
speaker tab of the day, positioned just below a
professionally coached team from DebateMate.
Our other senior debaters also performed well with
Imogen Stoodley (Year 11) also being placed 9 th best
speaker overall and Year 10 holding their own,
especially considering their relative inexperience of
external debating.
Further successes throughout the year included the
English Speaking Union Schools’ MACE Competition
where we made the regional finals with Senior Debaters
India Fisher, Sophie Butcher and Saffron Morter and a
day of robust motions at the Cambridge Schools
Debating Competition.
Having never hosted a major external debating
competition before, we also welcomed schools from
across the region in the Oxford Union Schools debating
competition. From 4.30pm onwards team after
team of top debaters rolled up to commence an
evening of quality debating on such motions as
‘This house would legalise vigilante justice in
areas of high crime’. Bromley entered two teams
across Year 10 and 11 and, although we didn’t
break to the next round, our senior debaters
displayed an increasingly confident style and
cogent argument.
Meanwhile our younger debaters were
proving their worth at the International
Competition of Young Debaters Debating Competitions
this year with Rhiannon Hughes and Rosanna Elliot
coming seventh out of forty schools and going on to
take part in the final at the Cambridge Oxford Union.
Right: Senior Debaters: Imogen Goddard,
Sophie Butcher, Imogen Stoodley,
Rhiannon Hughes,
Saffron Morter, India Fisher
Our Junior
and Senior
debating
societies continue
to grow as pupils
realise the benefits
of this rigorous
and rewarding
extra-curricular
activity
DEBATING ROUND UP 2015 – 16
DULWICH DEBATING COMPETITION: 4 wins against Eton, Westminster, St Pauls Girls,
Sevenoaks (4 teams)
ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION SEMI FINALS: Winning team
(India Fisher/Sophie Butcher)
CAMBRIDGE UNION SCHOOL’S DEBATING
COMPETITION: 3 teams, two wins and two seconds
ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION REGIONALS: 2nd place (India
Fisher/Saffron Morter Year 11)
OXFORD UNION SCHOOLS DEBATING COMPETITION:
(hosted) South London Finals
ICYD: Rosanna Elliott/ Rhiannon Hughes breaking to finals at
the Oxford Union
COLFES’ DEBATING COMPETITION: Saffron Morter/
Sophie Butcher in final (fi rst/second place in 4 debates).
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JUNIOR DEBATING COMPETITION 2016
This year our Junior Debating Competition followed the British Parliamentary form, challenging
house teams from Years 7, 8 and 9 to plan a debate for a previously unreleased motion,
competing against the other teams in their year group in the morning.
The first motion, ‘This house believes that children should start primary school at a later
age’ proved controversial and provoked some interesting arguments. Competition was
fierce, and special mentions must go to Chrisa Prichalias (year 9) and Bis Lockwood (year 7)
for their efforts in the heats.
In the afternoon, the four teams with the highest scores fought it out in the final, for which
the motion was ‘This house believes that all schoolchildren should also have a part time
job.’ The final teams included: Niloufar Davis and Tolu Akinsiwaju (8E) Emily Gerber and
Amelia Mielniczek (9S), Scarlett O’Keefe and Liberty Laurence (7O) and Megan
‘This
house believes
that all schoolchildren
should also have a
part-time job’
Fox and Imogen Gush (8S). Particular mention must go to the year
7 team, who, despite their relative inexperience with debating,
gave the other teams some stiff competition and spoke with
assurance. All of the participants gave an impressive performance,
with Emily Gerber in particular demonstrating poise under pressure. Thanks
also to the representatives of the year 10 debate team (Rhiannon Hughes, Rosanna
Elliott, Priyanka Patel and Serena Hunt) and the year 12 Debating Captains (Raveena Rao
and Imogen Goddard), all of whom carried out their roles as judges of the competition with
maturity and aplomb. The overall victors were Niloufar Davis and Tolu Akinsiwaju, who laid
claim to the coveted debating shield through their impassioned yet informed style.
Ms Cadwallendar
MY FIRST COMPETITION IN DEBATING
‘This
house believes
that children should
start primary school
at a later age’
Above: Tolu
Akinsiwaju
and Niloufar
Davis holding
the coveted
debating
shield
On Saturday, 30th of January, Rhiannon Hughes,
Rosanna Elliott, Imogen Duke, Serena Hunt, Chrisa
Prachalias and I went to the ICYD (International
Competition for Young Debaters) at King’s College.
We all went to the Auditorium to register, surrounded
by groups of Year 7s, 8s and 9s, discussing their plans,
some with an open copy of ‘Pros And Cons - A Debaters
Handbook’ proudly displayed in front of them.
After a brief workshop
The Final motion
‘This House would ban
testing on animals’ was such a
Tour de Force of debating with
elaborate, informed points and
an incredible performance
from each debater.
with the Head Judge
the first motion was
announced : ‘This House
would legalise
performance enhancing
drugs in sport’.
Chrisa was opposition
Whip, I was opposition.
MP. After 15 minutes of
preparation time, the
judge arrived and the debate began. Excited like the
Duracell® bunnies, we performed our speeches and
received the results consecutively: Chrisa and I came
2nd, annoyingly losing to St Paul’s for Girls, Bromley
High A (Rhiannon & Rosanna) came first and Bromley
High B (Imogen & Serena) came second.
‘This House Would Introduce proportional representation
in UK general elections’ was our next, prepared,
motion. Chrisa was Deputy Prime Minister, I was Prime
Minister.
The debate unfolded into a very interesting one with
Chrisa and I being able to defend our side, reason for
which we came first.
For the second-to-last motion, ‘This House Would
Introduce a quota for women in company boards’,
Chrisa was Government Whip and I was MP. We were
put with one of the higher (more difficult) rooms.
The excitement we felt when we discovered this was
immeasurable. Debating against St Paul’s School A
and St Paul’s School For Girls A was difficult.
As it was a closed motion, we only found out our
rankings after the result. We came third out of four
pairs; not bad considering our opponents were all
year 10. For novice debaters, we were still very
pleased. The Final motion ‘This House
Would ban testing on animals’ was
such a Tour de Force of debating
with elaborate, informed points
and an incredible performance
from each debater. Following the
Final, we had well-deserved pizza,
provided by the ICYD.
After the announcement of the winners of the Final, we
left the college, set out for Waterloo station and went to
Chislehurst station. Arriving home, I fell asleep nearly
immediately, treasuring all the memories and the
knowledge that I had collected that day.
Niloufar Davies Year 8
‘ This
house would
introduce a quota for
women in company
boards ’
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
Twitter/NASA
ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION P UBLIC SPEECH: REGIONALS 2016
‘Space Travel is worth the money spent on it’
The Earth is already dead; we just don’t know it yet. Perhaps you
are well aware of the biggest problems in the world, perhaps not.
When asked, a small percentage of people say that they don’t know
what those are. Not a clue. None. Now, I’m no expert myself but I’m
guessing not having the Earth anymore is up there with the world’s
biggest problems.
I’m sure that overpopulation is something that has crossed all of your
minds at some point in your life. We have a current population of 7.4
billion people and it is predicted that by 2050, it will have risen to 10
billion. At some point, the Earth is bound to run out of resources and
room for our increasingly crowded planet. And when that
happens, the only option for us to survive as a species is to
leave Earth and fi nd life elsewhere. Anthropocosmism
is the science that believes that space industrialisation
and the exploitation of its resources is the only
way for humanity to avert an environmental
catastrophe.
In addition to overpopulation and resources
depletion, not to mention our own capacity for
self destruction, another risk facing the Earth is we
might get hit by a meteor. It is statistically inevitable
and could wipe out our entire species. It’s going to happen.
And what will we do when it does? Nothing, because
we’ll be dead, like what happened to the dinosaurs when they
became extinct 65 million years ago. Even if Earth is not destroyed by
asteroids, we seem to be doing a pretty good job of it anyway with
wars and industrial pollution. So by investing in space travel, we are
investing in our future and if we could send people to Mars eventually
we would be able to protect humanity.
Up until now, the International Space Station has cost as much as
$160 billion, a large sum of money, I know, and it’s easier to imagine
how that kind of money could immediately help in the fi ght against
cancer or world hunger. But that’s because we humans tend to be
short-sighted. We’re focused on what’s happening tomorrow instead of
100 years from now. While there are many problems on Earth, many
of them can be solved using the technologies that we develop through
astronautics. For example, NASA’s research includes potential vaccines
for Salmonella and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Furthermore, it has
Serena Hunt
Imagine
living on another
planet, millions of miles
from the Earth, looking up
into the sky with the
knowledge that one of the
‘stars’ is actually the
planet you were
born on.
helped on research into preventing, treating and even curing cancer,
such as evolving technology that detects cancer cells in breast tissues.
How can anyone argue that that isn’t worth the money?
So, in my opinion, yes, space travel is worth the cost. Why did
Columbus travel west? Why did Marco Polo head east? Why did Neil
Armstrong go to the moon? Because it is that pull, that unknown, that
prospect of adventure that compels humans to seek new boundaries
to explore. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, once said “if
you are inquisitive about life and inquisitive about the world around
us, most of what’s around us is space”. Sending a manned mission
to Mars is as much a challenge as a fantastic adventure. To
boldly go where no man has gone before. Imagine living
on another planet, millions of miles from the Earth,
looking up into the sky with the knowledge that
one of the ‘stars’ is actually the planet you were
born on. Who can even envision the incredible
feeling of leaving your footprint on the surface
of Mars? Neil Armstrong would agree, this
will be the next giant leap for mankind. And it’s
predicted that we will be able to live there
within just a few decades. How amazing is
that? And once you live on Mars, just like Matt
Damon, you could offi cially say “I am a Martian”.
Even if we cannot live on another planet just yet,
space exploration has already provided us with many
benefi ts. Did you know that NASA and other space research
agencies have given us everyday technologies such as the GPS, artifi cial
limbs, water purifi ers, mobile phones, TVs, computers, vacuum cleaners
… yes, vacuum cleaners! The same technology that helped Apollo
astronauts drill for rock sample on the surface of the moon eventually
returned to Earth and gave rise to the battery-operated miniature
vacuum cleaner. Space exploration has turned literally into the fabric of
society, providing design and material for certain types of sportswear,
ranging from sports bras to temperature-control clothing to the swimsuits
worn by every gold-medal winner in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the
cradle forever. Like all research, space exploration is a leap into the
unknown and, in the words of a famous NASA scientist, “the probability
of success is diffi cult to estimate; but if we never search, the chance of
success is zero”.
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DANCE THEATRE TRIPS
GCSE and A Level dance groups
had the opportunity to see live
dance performances by three
contrasting companies and gain
an insight into new styles and
professional works.
Akram Khan’s ‘Until the Lions’ is
the partial adaption of poet
Karthika Nair’s book of the same
title. Using Kathak and
contemporary dance he explores
the physical expression of gender.
A Linha Curva by Itzik Galili is
Rambert Dance Company’s part
piece and is a riotous explosion of
exciting, colourful, samba-fuelled
dance. A celebration of Brazilian
culture.
Zoonations’s ‘Into The Hoods’.
An urban fairytale which is a hip hop
take on the musical ‘Into the Woods’.
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DANCE
MARJORIE M C CLURE
DANCE FESTIVAL
Four year 10 students took part in Marjorie
McClure’s annual Dance Festival for local
primary and specialist schools. Izzy Speed,
Nadia Pettit-Johnston, Rebecca Seed and Zoe
Roach-Bowler choreographed an Aladdin
themed dance that they then performed at the
festival after participating in a warm-up for all
festival dancers. The festival is an opportunity
for students to share their creativity and
perform, but also to inspire younger students.
High School Musical
17

DRAMA AND DANCE
High School Musical
‘When it comes to rehearsals, the biggest surprise is that you never
know what you are going to be doing: singing, dancing or acting.
Therefore, tip number two is: be ready for anything!’
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What really happens behind the
scenes of a school play?
For those of you who haven’t been part of a school play
here is what happens along with a few tips on how to stay
out of trouble.
Those of us in the play auditioned during July, just before
breaking up for summer. The auditions were structured so
that you had to audition in pairs. My partner, Tash Fenn,
and I had to act out a scene from high school musical and
perform a chosen song in the music tech room. Regrettably
for me, and as much as I love Tash (who will play Sharpay
in the upcoming musical), she can sing. Those of you who
have seen the film will know that Sharpay can sing well,
which is emphasised by her name Sharp-ay sounding like
a ‘sharp A’. Unfortunately, I had to go second with my
audition, which lead instead to a lot of ‘flat A’s’. Therefore,
I instead, play one of the only main characters that does
not have to sing, Mrs Darbus. Leading to Tip number 1: if
you cannot sing, do not partner with someone who can,
it will only make you sound worse.
Since September, we have had a rehearsal every Tuesday,
Wednesday and, for some of us on a Thursday. The timing
is normally 4 until 5:30, with some lunchtime rehearsals
thrown in. When it comes to rehearsals, the biggest
surprise is that you never know what you are going to be
doing: singing, dancing or acting. Therefore, Tip number
two is: be ready for anything.
Due to the amount of time you spend with everyone in the
play, be ready to make friends with anyone as you will be
spending many hours with them leading up to the play.
In my case some of the people I now talk to I had never
known existed until we started, which can be a nice thing
as there is never a dull moment. When performing in a
school play you have to be able to take a joke otherwise you
will not get anywhere. Being told, “Omg I can so imagine
you as Mrs Darbus”, was not exactly a thrill however it did
land me the role, so there is always a silver lining.
Tip number 3: be prepared for a year 7 to mock your
dancing abilities.
Being in a school play can be very tiring. You know that
tired feeling you get after completing a full day a school?
Well, if you are in the play you have not completed the
day, in fact there is still an hour and a half to go of
persuading yourself that you are so energetic and ready to
dance, when on the outside what feels like a fantastic turn
was actually you tripping over your own feet.
Consequently, Tip number 4 is: caffeine and a lot of it.
Having said all of this, being part of the play leads to a fantastic
satisfaction when seeing the finished project, as well
as a sad feeling once finishing that the family you have
made over the past months will no longer be watching you
fail every Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night. Nor
will they be helping you with a piece of homework due
the next day. Lastly, Tip number 5: take part in a school
play, the memories and friends you make are worth every
second of the standing around and the exhaustion.
Charlotte Pluckrose
‘Take part in
a school play,
the memories
and friends
you make are
worth every
second...’
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THE KS3 DRAMA FESTIVAL
THEATRE TRIPS
Another year of exciting and innovative productions was offered
by Mrs Jenner in 2016.
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time was a highly
sensitive mix of bold choreography, dazzling lighting and projection,
and imaginative staging as we journeyed with central protagonist
Christopher as he ventured out of his home town of Swindon in order
to try and find his mother.
On the other end of the entertainment scale was Mischief Theatre’s
A Comedy About A Bank Robbery, which was exactly as the title
suggests and chock full of raging stereotypes, farce, slapstick, and
repeated visual gags.
Perhaps most unique was Ockham’s
Razor’s piece Tipping Point where fours
actors pushed themselves to the limit in a
terrific show that wielded lethal-looking
poles to blend circus acrobatics, playground
games and trust exercises.
These wonderful highlights were
supplemented by a healthy dose of
Chekhov, local trips to Bromley and an
entire show without words. Never a dull
moment (except perhaps Songs Of Riot which just tried too hard to
please!)
This year’s theme was colour – each form had to
create an idea based on their house colour.
Amidst the dazzling array of costumes, cardboard
and cake were some stunning performances across all
year groups along with several staff cameos.
AWARDS
Best Programme
9S for its originality and artistic concept
Best Costume & Props
7F for their authentic period outfits
and suitcases
Most Creative
9F for their combination of props, visual ideas,
use of space and another excellent programme
Best Script
9O for their inventive interpretation of
“The Curious Incident…” and also credit for
their imaginative programme
Winners
7E – Henry VIII
8F – Peter Pan
9E – Little Red Riding Hood
Individual Commendations
Stella Hammersley 7S
Harriet Haycocks 7E
Ella Pettitt 7E
Lucy Robinson 8F
Pawinder Manak 9E
Mr Potter 9E
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DRAMA
Coram Boy
Sixth-formers had the opportunity to spend our elective periods creating a production to perform.
We decided to perform part of ‘Coram Boy’ by Helen Edmundson. This appealed to us because we found it interesting to explore
darker material than many of us were used to performing in school. The process allowed each person to use their individual skills
because, as well as acting, some people played musical instruments and others were involved in designing posters, promoting the
production and creating a trailer. We were given a good amount of individual responsibility in creating the production.
While we were allowed to chose out own parts in the play, we were also pushed in a way that helped us improve our performance.
We felt at the end of the process we had created a very successful performance.
It was extremely satisfying seeing the end result after working on it for two terms,
and the creation of it was interesting and enjoyable. Annie Thorpe
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SCIENCE
CSI CHALLENGE ...
Who killed Dr Lindfield!?
This year our year 8 students were challenged to
solve a murder! They were required to work in
groups of three and use the evidence to solve the
crime. This included testing substances left at the
crime scene, chromatography of different pens and
analysing hair samples from the suspects using
microscopes.
The students had lots of fun using the
different scientific techniques, and worked
together to eliminate all other suspects until
reaching a conclusion.
22

BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY TRIP TO JUNIPER HALL
As a part of our A-level Biology course, the year
12 classes went to Juniper Hall to carry out
experiments on biodiversity. One of the experiments
carried out was mammal trapping in order to
determine the population of small mammals in the
Box Hill area. Kate and I caught a vole and observed
how the mammal had adapted to its environment,
our vole for example had shorter legs which is
beneficial for the vole as the reduction in leg size
prevents the mammal from being seen as they keep
low to the ground when travelling. We also had the
opportunity to investigate the biodiversity in
a nearby river, in order to do this we developed
our own method to investigate how the speed of
the river changed the population of different
invertebrates. Alongside the practicals, we also
learned parts of the syllabus in a classroom which
helped to consolidate what we had put into practice
outside. The few days went well at Juniper Hall,
it was an enjoyable and packed trip which I found
very helpful in learning the new topic.
Katie Tanner and Kate Kelleher
23

PHYSICS
PHYSICS TRIP TO CERN, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Main picture:
100m
underground at
CMS
Inset picture:
Tim Peake on
the International
space station in
the background
In March 2016 Bromley High’s eight A Level physicists
joined with physics students from Streatham and Clapham
High, Wimbledon High and Sydenham High for an
exciting, four-day trip to Geneva to see the CERN Hadron
Collider. After gearing up in helmets, we visited CMS
which is one of the four detectors on the massive Large
Hadron Collider which is searching for new particles.
Particles travel around the Hadron Collider at 99.999991%
of the speed of light which is almost incomprehensible
and we were also able to see LINAC which is one of the
particle accelerators. The scale of the Collider was incredible
and it was fascinating to see scientists at work in
the world’s largest centre for scientific research. Later we
visited the control room for the cosmic ray detectors on the
international space station and also saw a live video of UK
Astronaut, Tim Peake who is working up there. The rest of
the trip we spent in Geneva, visiting the Science Museum,
the very moving Red Cross Museum and also taking a boat
ride on Lake Geneva which was fun but extremely cold!
When the sun came out we were also able to relax by the
Lake and chill - Geneva was a very beautiful and peaceful
city. I had a fantastic time and I really enjoyed seeing the
scale of CERN and learning in more detail about particle
accelerators. This trip has definitely inspired me to pursue
a career in science. Thank You Mr V!
Kat Chrysostomou, Year 13
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POST A PRINGLE -
back again for another year
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Over the duration of the year, many science
activities and trips have been undertaken in
Science.The whole of Year 9 attended GCSE
Science Live at The Dominion Theatre, London.
They were able to hear from eminent scientists
such as Sir Robert Winston who spoke about his
research and the development of in vitro fertilisation,
Professor Jim Al Khalili who delivered a
fascinating talk about the science of space, time,
worm holes and black holes and also Professor
Andrea Sella from University College, London,
a distinguished chemist who has appeared on
many science programmes for the BBC.
The annual post a Pringle competition for
Year 7 again took place during Science
Week. Pupils working in groups of three
were tasked with designing a package to
successfully post a single Pringle so it
arrived back in school in tact despite the
best attempts of Royal Mail to crush them
through their delivery system. Many have
arrived back at school without a single
mark on them demonstrating our girls
excellent engineering and STEM skills
once again.
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SCIENCE
BIG BANG
FAIR
Year 7 were fortunate
enough
to have a whole
day at The
Big Bang Fair
where they were
able to talk to
scientists about
a whole host of
everyday scientific phenomena.
Groups of girls heard fascinating lectures on
biodiversity in whales as well as a rather
disgusting demonstration on how digesting
occurs along with the formation of human poo!
ROCK THE HOUSE
Year 8 spent a day at The
Natural History Museum in
London for a day of activities
based around the Earth
Sciences. This included an
interactive lecture
called Rock the
House centred
around the
science of an
earthquake.
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CHEMISTRY
BALLOON CAR CHALLENGE
DR ANDREW SZYDLO VISITS BROMLEY HIGH
It was noisy,
it was smelly
and it was
colourful –
everything
you could
wish for
when
seeing
chemistry
at its
best!
In March, we were fortunate enough to have Dr Andrew Szydlo visit and
give a fascinating chemistry lecture detailing the fun of chemistry and
science through his boyhood adventures (or misadventures!).
We saw him activate chemical reactions with his violin as well as prove
that a local market seller was conning people on a daily basis through selling
purple happy pills that were nothing more than good old fashioned
potassium permangate. It was noisy, it was smelly and it was colourful –
everything you could wish for when seeing chemistry at its best.
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MUSIC TRIP TO PRAGUE
After our overnight coach journey, we arrived in
Prague on Thursday morning, and enjoyed relaxing
in the hotel before heading out to the modern centre
of Prague for a look around and some lunch, before
having dinner in a local restaurant.
On Friday, we had a morning concert at the English
International School. This was a was a fantastic space
to play in, and the school was really welcoming. We
performed in 2 concerts to school children ranging
from reception to year 10. During the first, the smaller
children bounced up and danced to our music which
was adorable yet very funny. After the concerts, we
had free time to eat lunch (and the opportunity to try
traditional Czech food) followed by a walking tour of
Prague, where we explored the beautiful Old Town –
including the famous Charles Bridge. We then finished
the day with a dinner cruise on the Vltava river, where
we could admire the amazing town by night.
On the second day, we headed to a small town called
Jihlava, where we had some time to explore before
preparing for our concert, which was in the DIODD
Theatre. We performed our set to an enthusiastic
audience, including some famous Jazz pieces and, my
personal favourite, a beautiful arrangement of ‘Don’t
Know Why’ by Norah Jones. This concert was particularly
special as it raised money for a local hospice. We
all received a tulip from the wonderful people from the
hospice who organised the concert.
On Sunday morning, we had an unexpected trip to
the Prague Castle, an impressive mixture of Gothic
and Romanesque architecture, before heading off to
our final concert. The last concert had to be the best
but, being the last, it was also the saddest. It was in an
ornate chapel in central Prague and the acoustics were
fantastic. We rehearsed beforehand and then began our
set, opening with Stevie Wonder’s ‘I Wish’ which really
got the crowd jamming. Then we continued through
the set until we reached the final number: Hallelujah.
However, the crowd cheered so loudly after that, we
treated them to an encore of ‘Tequila’ and ‘Oye Coma
Va’ which are both enormous fun to play. Once again,
this concert raised money for a local charity which
supports refugees. We all left feeling fantastic, but also
slightly sad as that was the last time we would play
those pieces together. A few tears were shed but we all
enjoyed the performing immensely, even after having
to lug heavy equipment from the coach to all the
venues.
To celebrate our final evening of the trip, we had
dinner and a ‘folk evening’, which consisted of traditional
Czech food, accompanied by an enthusiastic
string group and two folk dancers. As the evening
progressed, the dancers persuaded more and more
people to join in the dancing… On the coach journey
back, we held the now-necessary riff-off (in the style
of ‘Pitch Perfect’) which was essentially an exciting
singing battle: Sixth Form and teachers versus years 8
and 9 (where Sixth Form and teachers were of course
the winners).
For our final morning, we did some last minute shopping
and souvenir-buying, before sadly departing for
the long coach journey home. We all definitely had a
fantastic time in Prague, and we would like to thank all
of the teachers for giving up their time for the trip.
Lucie Goddard and Imogen Goddard Year 12
‘The crowd cheered so loudly after that, we treated them to an encore of
‘Tequila’ and ‘Oye Coma Va’ which are both enormous fun to play.’
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MUSIC
YEAR 7 CHARITY CHRISTMAS CONCERT
AND JUNIOR JAZZ BAND PERFORMANCE
Our Y7s and the Junior Jazz Band took part in a
Charity Christmas Concert which raised an impressive
£330 for the Bromley Charity ‘Latch’.
There were many incredible performances including the
whole choir songs and very musical soloists.
It was wonderful to see so many people in the audience
clearly enjoying the evening.
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SUNSET BOULEVARD AT THE CHURCHILL THEATRE
Four of our sixth form students had
the opportunity to take part in a production
of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
musical
Sunset Boulevard at the Churchill
Theatre in Bromley. Musically directed
by Caroline Daniel our Director of
Music, Victoria Cheung, Emily Pugh
and Summer Zhang played in the
orchestral pit alongside professional
players, many of whom trained at the
Royal Academy and Royal College of
Music.
Charlotte Baker joined the team of stage
crew and has been invited back in May
for a production of Legally Blonde.
MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC TOUR
CHARITY CAROL SINGING IN BROMLEY
On Wednesday 9th December a group of
our musicians spend two hours in Intu
Bromley singing and playing Christmas
Carols to raise money for Childaid.
It was lovely to see several parents and
staff supporting the event and we are very
proud to have raised £380 for this very
worthwhile cause.
Ms Daniel Director of Music
Our group photo at the end of our successful Middle
School Tour
GDST YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
On Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th February, I participated in the GDST Young
Musician of the Year competition held at Wimbledon High School. On Tuesday Ms
Daniel and I travelled to the school and the day commenced with a lunch and a
chance to meet all the other competitors. We then had a rehearsal of a composition
commissioned especially for us girls, ‘Per Aspera Ad Astra’ (through difficulties to
the stars) by Grace-Evangeline Mason, GDST alumna and winner of the BBC Young
Composer of the Year 2013. Next were the vocal heats which were lovely to sit and
listen to, all the vocalists had amazing voices and I could tell that the competition
was going to be very challenging!
The following day consisted of the instrumental heats, I was the last participant and
so listening to everyone perform before me made me even more nervous! I played
two 21st century pieces on my saxophone including Rhapsody by Toshio Mashima
and Adagio and Allegro by Leonardo Vinci. After another composition rehearsal, the
four finalists were announced - unfortunately I did not get through, though I was still
able to perform in the concert in the composition. The concert was at St John’s Smith
Square, Westminster and was an absolutely beautiful church and I’m so pleased that
I got to perform there - the space made each finalist and the composition sound even
more incredible. It was a wonderful concert and opportunity to have taken part in
and I am so pleased that I was able to meet such lovely and talented girls from all
over country.
Georgina Humphries Y13 Music Scholar
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MUSIC
MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016
The Music Department came alive with multiple events to
celebrate our annual Music Festival. We had the pleasure
of listening to the impressive musicianship of our girls who
took part in two days of competitive heats in preparation
for the prestigious ‘Bromley High School Musician Of The
Year’ title. The event gave all musicians from year 5 through
to year 13 the opportunity to perform a solo or ensemble
and gain valuable feedback from an alumnus of the Royal
Academy of Music, Mr Graeme Humphrey.
Clockwise from top:
Winning cellist Sophie
Oliver receives her
trophy from Amy Yule;
violinist Grace Wu;
finalists in Bromley HIgh
School Musician of the
Year and BH alumna
Amy Yule.
Every Festival entrant was invited to experience a musical
Masterclass delivered by BHS alumna Amy Yule. Amy is
currently studying for Masters at the Royal Academy of
Music and has recently won the prestigious RAM Patron’s
Award Competition. She began the workshop with a
stunning solo performance on the flute and then worked
on technique and interpretation with some of our A level
musicians. Imogen Goddard commented “it was lovely
that she remembered me from when she used to direct
Pocoflutes and amazing that she improved my flute tone
with her personal feedback.”
Amy then had the difficult job of adjudicating the concert
to select the overall winner. What was really striking was
the sheer talent from all of the competitors, particularly the
strength emerging from the Junior School. I am very
pleased to announce that cellist Sophie Oliver won the
title and pass on my sincere congratulations to her and
all the girls who took part in this event.
In addition to the competition, we took our Year 8 Choir
and a selection of y9 and 10 performers to see year 5
upil Evie Hone star in the leading role of ‘Matilda’ at
the Cambridge Theatre in Covent Garden. Wow!
What an incredibly talented girl, we were stunned by
her performance. Well done. Moya Wright commented
“the whole show was brilliant and Evie was just
amazing.” Pippa George also commented “I really
enjoyed the opportunity of watching Matilda as I
hadn’t seen it before.”
To round up the week we finished with an informal
concert in M1 on Friday lunchtime. This is a new
event being organised by sixth former Lucie
Goddard which is aimed at any pupil who would
like to perform in a more informal setting and
enable pupils to hear live music during the school
day. We hope that if this proves successful there
will be more opportunities of this kind.
Many thanks to all girls, staff and parents who have
supported the Festival and particular thanks must
go to Mr Iain Sansom and Mrs Janet Mitchell for
their organisation.
Ms Daniel Director of Music
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BHS SUMMER CONCERT
What a privilege it was to hear the combined
Junior and Senior choirs paying tribute to
Mrs Clare’s eighteen years of service to music
at Bromley High in a cunningly adapted
version of Abba’s ‘Thank you for the Music.’
From the bold, confident sound of the
Training Band to the sophistication of the
Chamber Strings or the cool of the Rock Band
all our school music is indelibly stamped with
a little of Mrs Clare’s spirit and verve.
We take it for granted that every year our
Junior girls will progress to the Senior School
with tremendous levels of skill but they also
bring with them a love of music, a love of
sport and a love of learning and an absolute
confidence in the care and dedication of
their teachers.
We are very thankful for the Music –
and so much more.
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MUSIC
T hank you for the Music!
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A LEVEL TRIP TO DORSET
From the 26th to the 29th of June, the Year 12 ‘Geography Crew’ went on a field trip to the Jurassic coastline,
Dorset to prepare for our A2 skills paper. Swanage and the surrounding area provides opportunities to visit
both fluvial and coastal landforms such as Lulworth Cove, Studland sand dunes and Chesil beach, which we
have been studying since GCSE level.
The purpose of the trip was to practise and become familiar with new methods of data collection and
sampling, while using more advanced equipment, e.g. a surveyor’s level to measure very subtle changes in
gradient.
At Chesil beach we studied the changes in pebble size and shape as you move from one end of the 18 mile
stretch to the other; whereas at the dunes, we focused mainly on tracking the changes in vegetation and soil
quality. The rivers day brought its own experiences, including our first time using waders, which was all fun
and games until we discovered there were not quite as watertight as we had been led to believe!
The trip was a real success, with us all learning a huge amount about planning and carrying out our own
investigations and then evaluating and analysing our data. It was not all work and no play though; the trip
definitely involved a lot more laughing and pranking that any of us could have imagined with strategically
placed plastic bugs being just the beginning!
Clare Sylvester and Megan Owen
It was not all
work and no
play though;
the trip
definitely
involved a lot
more laughing and
pranking that any
of us could have
imagined...!
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GEOGRAPHY
Year 7 Volcano Models
Year 7 have been learning all
about volcanoes in Geography
and we were lucky enough to
be given the chance to make our
own volcano for homework! The
creativity was amazing and there
were so many different materials used to build the masterpieces.
Some were made of plaster, some were made out of clay, there
was even an eye-catching Lego volcano and one made out of a
plastic bag! Everyone had clearly put a lot of thought and time
into their creations. Some people researched the landscape of a
volcano and painted their work to match.
The big day finally arrived, it was time to see how the volcanoes
would erupt! There were two main ways of causing an eruption.
Some people mixed vinegar and bicarbonate of soda together
and some people used Coke and Mentos mints. Both worked
brilliantly and within minutes there were volcanoes erupting
everywhere.
I really enjoyed this homework and felt it really helped me to
understand the geography of volcanoes.
Eloise Carey 7S
My Geography Trip to Jubilee Park
On Wednesday the 14th of October the whole of year 8
went to Jubilee park two classes at a time. I went in the
morning with 8F. We went in 4 groups of around 14 and
within that we had 4 smaller groups of 3 or 4 to take the
measurements in. We assigned each person in our small
groups a job such as how much the sky was covered with
clouds or how fast the wind was going. It was really fun
as we were allowed are phones to use weather apps for
example wind compass which measured how fast the
wind was going or what direction it was coming from.
I really liked this and was chatting with my teacher when
we were walking. We used different weather equipment
to measure different things. We used an anemometer to
measure how fast the wind was going or we used bubbles
to see what the wind direction was.
Overall this was a very good trip and I would do it again
if I had the opportunity to.
GCSE Trip to Shropshire
52 Year 10 geographers and 4 staff members have spent
three days at the beautiful Long Mynd in Shropshire
collecting river data for their controlled assessments.
The girls worked hard and demonstrated brilliant team
work skills. They remained in high spirits despite the
weather and we’ve all had a lot of fun.
Mia Fitch 8S
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BACK IN TUDOR TIMES
WITH HISTORIAN LUCY WORSLEY
Last March, we were very excited to be able to welcome
TV historian and writer Lucy Worsley to Bromley High.
Lucy talked to girls in Year 7 about the less well known
side of life in the Tudor era, the setting for her first book for
young readers, “Eliza Rose.”
Lucy is Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces and has
written books and presented television documentaries on
such diverse and fascinating topics as murder, dancing
and the home through the ages.
Most recently she presented “Empire of the Tsars: Romanov
Russia with Lucy Worsley” for the BBC.
Lucy is not doing a schools tour, but we were fortunate to
be chosen for one special event before she appears on the
festival circuit. She is a lively and engaging personality and
enthused the girls about history.
Scarlett O’Keefe was chosen to be appear in a film being dressed as
a Tudor queen by Lucy herself, which will be seen at literary festivals
around the country.
“Eliza Rose” tells the story of a young girl at the
treacherous court of Henry VIII, where her cousin,
Katherine Howard, becomes his fifth Queen, and we were
very lucky to have advance copies available.
Year 7 were captivated by Lucy Worsley as she talked
to them about ‘Eliza Rose’, signing copies for them too.
Earlier Lucy had transported Year 7 back to Tudor times
with a chance for a lucky girl
to dress up as a Tudor queen
assisted by her ‘hand
maidens’. This
provoked much hilarity
amongst those watching.
The morning was rounded off
with a picture quiz on Tudor
artefacts, at which the girls
proved surprisingly skilled,
although the ear wax scraper
proved rather challenging!
Finally a book reading by
Lucy was a great start to
Bromley High’s World
Book Day.
Ms Lewis Head of History and
Government and Politics
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HISTORY
‘It was a
magical day and I
really felt like we had
gone back in time to
the Tudors...’
Alexandra Patterson
YEAR 8 HISTORY TRIP
TO PENSHURST PLACE
AND GARDENS
Year 8 visited Penhurst Place and Gardens in March.
A skilled cast of performers recreated colourful
characters from the Tudor period.
The girls and staff stepped back over 400 years in time
to meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I; a Bellman;
the Kitchen Servant; the Local Militia and the Lady’s
Maid. The girls were great ambassadors for the school
and took part in a plethora of historical activities.
Head of Year 8 and 9 Mrs Hathway said
“A highlight was meeting Queen Elizabeth I
arriving at Penshurst Place during her Royal
Progress and her onslaught of poor Mr Shannon
for a second year running!
I was especially proud of our girls and, true to
form they behaved impeccably. They were such
good sports, Riyanan Sandhu made a terrific
‘Spit Girl” and Georgina Ruber looked very regal
in her Elizabethan costume and ruffs.”
‘It was a
wonderful day and the actors
brought the period of history
to life.It was a very effective
way of learning.’
Micol Febles
Dressing up
as the
Romans!
In History 7E re-enacted
Julius Caesar’s rise and fall.
A range of visually stunning props
including a Roman Chariot, enhanced
the presentations. Well done to 7E
who brought History to life.
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Bromley High expedition
2016
CAMBODIA AND LAOS
The whole Team in their local finery with our guide and Dr Major
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EXPEDITION
An early start on the 6th July commenced our Outlook expedition to Cambodia and Laos.
Everybody was buzzing with excitement and nerves as the 3 weeks lay ahead of us. We boarded an
11 hour flight to humid Bangkok and then transferred to Phnom Penh, which was equally hot and
humid. Our stay in Phnom Penh included many highlights, we visited the killing fields and S 21 which was
poignant. We also went to the national museum and Royal Palace.
On the 10th July we had a long travel day to Chi Phat where we started our trek. The trek was thoroughly
enjoyable but very wet as there were torrential downpours. We had to change clothes when we arrived at
camp so that we didn’t get our hammocks wet as these were our beds for the night.
We then travelled to Siem reap where the journey turned out to be rather eventful; with one team member
falling face first in the mud and being squashed together in a bus which broke down and had a leaky roof.
However, the next day we woke up at 4:00 am and travelled to Angkor Watt to watch the sunrise, which
was spectacular.
After exploring the temples at Siem reap we then travelled to Si Phan Don in Laos to enjoy a few ‘rest and
relaxation’ days. At Si Phan Don we explored numerous islands, discovering many ecological sites.
After the few days spent relaxing we travelled to Tansoum Village where we not only explored diverse traits
of a very different culture by taking part in their daily lives but we also helped with a construction project in
the village where we helped to build a library. This was personally fulfilling and satisfying knowing that the
children of the community would benefit from our work.
After spending 4 days at the village we then travelled to Vientiane and after finally finding our hotel we
went out for our last meal together as a group. The flight home was rather emotional knowing that the
trip had come to an end.
Written by the team
Left: A bit of R and R at Dong Natad Centre: the locals made it look easy - but it really isn’t! Right: More skills being taught on the project phase.
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We also helped with a construction project in the
village where we helped to build a library.
This was personally fulfilling and satisfying
knowing that the children of the community
would benefit from our work.
We travelled to Tansoum Village
where we explored diverse traits
of a very different culture by
taking part in their daily lives
Above: Labouring on the
project - hard, hot work
Below: Learning new skill on
the project.
Above - the project
where the team
really pulled
together
Right:
Killing Fields -
Memorial of skulls
- a haunting place
Below:
Taking a breather
on the trek
Above: Getting up is always hard!
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EXPEDITION
Right: A little dip
before the trek
begins...
Above: When transport
breaks down - play with the
children
Right: All that rain
leads to all that mud!
Right: A hard day of R&R draws to a close - it’s a hard life!
Below: The team at Angkor Watt
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YEAR 12
POST
REFERENDUM DAY
Year 12 Economists spent a
thought-provoking day in the capital
to consider the economic
implications of the Leave vote...
Towards the end of the Summer Term Year 12
Economics, Business and Politics students
attended an event held by TEAM Global,
a charity founded to encourage the discussion and
participation in global affairs by young people.
We visited Regent’s University where we participated
in a debate and discussion forum considering topical
issues following the recent referendum.
The discussion and debate considered the economic
implications and the interparty strain placed on both
the Labour and the Conservative parties as a result of
the Leave vote.
After lunch we travelled to the House of Lords where
Lord Kinnock hosted afternoon tea. As we sat at our
tables enjoying the delicious food we looked out over
the Thames and listened to Lord Kinnock giving a
very passionate and thought-provoking speech again
about the vexed issue of Brexit. He raised many
important points, particularly the Leave campaign’s
lack of a sustainable economic plan for when Article
50 is triggered and the UK finally departs the
European Union. After his speech we had the
opportunity to talk with him personally and he was
very amiable about being photographed with us!!
As we discussed the instability of the Labour
leadership he pontificated about the future of the
labour Party of which he was once leader.
After consuming the bountiful cream tea were given
a guided tour around The Palace of Westminster and
had the opportunity of sitting in the gallery of the
House of Commons
where we listened to
a debate that was led
by Bob Neill, the
Conservative MP for
Bromley and
Chislehurst. All in all,
an illuminating and
inspiring day.
Mrs Hilder
★ ★
We had the
opportunity to talk
with Lord Kinnock
personally and he
was very amiable
about being
photographed
with us!
★ ★ ★ ★
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ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES
ECONOMICS CONFERENCE
AT BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Bromley High once again hosted a high profi le Economics
Conference, opening our doors to some 250 pupils both local
schools and from far and wide including Farringtons, Hayes,
Skinners and Tonbridge Grammar. We were addressed by
eminent university lecturers including Dr. Steve Davies who
led a discussion regarding global economic development;
Professor Jonathan Wadsworth who dispelled many myths
concerning immigration and UK and Dr. Kristian Niemitz who
considered poverty and anti-poverty solutions.
We also participated in a Brexit focussed debate in light of the
referendum and the subsequent triggering of Article 50 which
is ahead of us. Pupils were encouraged to participate in group
based discussions and they also undertook team work with
regard to prescribed questions.
Topics discussed and analysed will be of relevance and
applicability to issues covered at both AS and A2 level Economics.
Pupils were also given
the opportunity to
engage with pupils
from the visiting
schools; the event
therefore was of
great academic and
social benefi t.
The hospitality
we provided was
commented on and
Pupils were also given
the opportunity to engage
with pupils from the visiting
schools, the event therefore
was of great academic and
social benefit.
very much appreciated by the visitors, the culinary fare we
offered was beyond compare!
We look forward to another conference next year!
Mrs Hilder Head of Economics and Business Studies
In September I visited the IEA
(Institute of Economic Affairs)
to participate in an Economics
conference regarding the Bank of
England’s response to the financial
crisis and the history of the UK
government’s budget deficit.
The day was both interesting and
challenging, allowing me to
expand my economic knowledge
of past responses to topical
economic issues.
What I found most fascinating
was the discussion by Philip
Booth on when it was
economically wise to increase
government spending and
not aim for a budget surplus in the
short run.
The topic particularly appealed to
me as it is particularly opportune
and relevant; Philip Hammond
(Chancellor of the Exchequer) has
announced this week at the
Conservative party Conference that
a budget surplus by 2020 would no
longer be attainable, demonstrating
how Brexit has affected the
government’s long term economic
plans.
Following the conference, I look
forward to the IEA visiting
Bromley High for their annual
conference where similarly topical
issues will be discussed.
Susannah Farmery Year 13
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Digital Leaders’
Conference
January 2016 – South Hampstead High
Pupils from each of the GDST’s schools travelled to
London to take part in the second Girls’ Day School Trust
(GDST) Digital Leaders’ Conference.
The event, attended by nearly 200 girls from schools
across the GDST network, involved
teams competing to devise a campaign
to encourage more women
to pursue careers in technology.
This could be an event, a website,
a competition or a new product for
which they will devise a marketing
strategy.
Supported by industry mentors
from companies including the
British Red Cross, Big White Wall,
Acorn Aspirations and Code Kingdoms,
each team produced a video
and website to promote their idea.
Also speaking at the event was Emma Mulqueeny,
CEO of Elbi Digital, founder of Rewired and Young
Rewired State and a member of the Government’s
Commission on Digital Democracy. She said:
“Women are still massively under-represented in the
technology sector but there is light at the end of the
tunnel. Events like the GDST’s Digital Leaders’ Conference
encourage girls to think about the opportunities and
challenges they will face when they enter the job market.
These students are the trailblazers of the future and I
can’t wait to see what they come up with.”
Mr Shannon, Head of Computer Science, and the
department’s staff hope that the event will inspire more
girls to consider careers in technology.
‘Events like the GDST’s Digital
Leaders’ Conference encourage
girls to think about the
opportunities and challenges
they will face when they enter
the job market.
These students are the
trailblazers of the future. . .’
THE HOUR OF CODE
In January the whole school participated in the
Hour of Code to promote coding activities during
Computer Science Education Week.
In the Junior School, parents and
girls from Year 2 to Year 6 were
invited to use the Computing Suite
to complete an Hour of Code task
together.
The week was a great success and
the girls thoroughly enjoyed the
range of activities on offer.
We can’t say for certain, but there were tens of
thousands of lines coded in total!
Emma Mulqueeny
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
WOMEN IN
COMPUTER SCIENCE
April 2016 – Oxford University
Mr Shannon took his
Year 10 pupils for an
exciting day of lectures and
activities to meet women
(and men) who work in
the Computer Science field
and to find out how they’re
changing the world in areas
as varied as quantum
computing, to protecting
individuals from cyber
criminals.
We also discovered how
Philosophy and Computer
Science overlap.
There was a visit to an
Oxford college — a great
opportunity for the pupils to
find out what it’s really like
to live and study at Oxford.
‘The Computer Science & IT,
Economics and Business Studies
trip to San Francisco expanded
our horizons and enhanced our
knowledge of the subjects.
Ms Bernatovitch and Mr
Shannon take technology
very seriously....
This trip was an amazing experience as we got to
see places that we never would have normally seen.
From taking a tour round Alcatraz to getting the
opportunity to go and visit the Computer History
museum and experiencing history and education at
our fingertips at Berkeley University.’
We’re all going to San Francisco!
FAST FORWARD FOR OUR EXTENDED REPORT
★★★
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WE’RE ALL GOING TO
The A-Level trip to San Francisco was a fantastic opportunity for the girls and the itinerary was
as exciting as it could get; trips to Google and Microsoft, The Natural History Museum, Berkeley
University (with the chance to attend a lecture) and of course the short boat trip to Alcatraz for a
day of exploration. Coincidentally, the trip to Alcatraz coincided with a special time for the small
island. The people who occupied Alcatraz all those years ago were reunited in a celebration named
“Indians of All Tribes Day.” On that very day, Alcatraz Island was a park and the park personnel
welcomed and assisted with this event. Upon arrival to Alcatraz, the people gathered beneath a sign
that was painted by the original occupiers. Welcoming speeches were given and a ‘69 Class Reunion
picture was taken. People shared their experience of living on Alcatraz Island during the occupation.
We heard from the “Kids of Alcatraz,” who shared their stories of what it was like to be part of this
historic event. One of these “kids” was Alan Harrison. He described how his mother packed up and
they travelled, not knowing where or why they were travelling, and ended up on the Island. He told
of how he and the other kids had a great time playing, how they would receive donations of clothing
and food from the outside world and even how Mattel, the toy company, sent big expensive toys for
all the kids since they weren’t home celebrating Christmas.
There were performers who shared traditional songs as part of the celebration. There were Aztec
Dancers, the Neena McNair Women’s Drum Group, Mignon Geli sharing her flute songs and
Kontiwennahawi, who travelled from Ahkwesahsne.
Mr Shannon Head of Computer Science and ICT
From top: Biking around at Google
Middle: Hang on tight!
Above: Wow! A dream moment
for an IT enthusiast!
“The Computer Science & IT, Economics and Business Studies trip to
San Francisco expanded our horizons and enhanced our knowledge of the
subjects. We also visited Budweiser to view manufacturing in action,
as well as the iconic Boudin bakery on the San Fran waterfront amongst
other excursions… including stupendous retail therapy!
This trip allowed us to consider subjects in a different light and gave us a
unique look at world class and innovative businesses such as Google and
Facebook. Our tour guides gave as insightful history of these companies
and Silicon Valley. This trip was brilliant, educational and a memory that
I shall always treasure. To top it all the glorious sunshine was uplifting
and a relief from the UK winter…we experienced wall to wall beautiful
sunshine and temperatures in the high 30’s.
When can we go back to San Francisco?!” Suzi Williams
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COMPUTER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES TRIP
SAN FRANCISCO!
Before our flight
back we were
privileged to be
able to visit the
University of
California,
Berkeley, to hear a
fascinating lecture on
economic growth
which nicely
rounded off the
trip.
Emily Mills
Year 13
At Silicon Valley, we
visited the Intel museum,
the Computer History
museum, Google and
Facebook.
As well as learning lots
about Silicon Valley
and its history, we got
some great pictures with
the Facebook sign and
outside Google on the
Google bikes in the
classic Google colours.
Nineteen Year 12 and Year 13 pupils arrived at Heathrow bright eyed
and bushy tailed (much to the dismay of the other 350 passengers
who dreaded the thought of the gossip and the noise over the 11 hour
flight)! The flight attendants looked after us with plenty of food and
sweets to keep us happy and we all settled down to a good film. Emily
Mills (rather strangely) said that she liked the cosiness of the long flight
whereas the rest of us could not wait to get out into the fabulous San
Francisco sun and the record breaking February temperatures of 23c.
We had the most fantastic time and the weather was such a relief compared
to the grey skies of London. We visited a winery in Napa valley
where we learned about the Californian wine industry, had a tour of
Google and Facebook headquarters, travelled on an
iconic streetcar (tram), visited the Budweiser and Jelly
Bean factories ..and this was just for starters.
We also took a boat trip out into San Francisco Bay
(actually going under Golden Gate Bridge!) and
visited Alcatraz. Added to these highlights we had
the most enormous fun along the way; we ate vast
amounts of quintessentially
American cuisine and enjoyed
the Zephyr Hotel and its great
location just by Fisherman’s
Wharf.
Please can we schedule a return
trip very soon!
We are very grateful to Mrs
Hilder for organising the trip
and for Mr Shannon and
Miss Bernatovitch who also
accompanied us.
Top: Thumbs up
for Facebook
Above: Saffron
and Georgina
get to grips with
radiation suits!
Right: That’s a lot
of ‘intelligence’
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FRENCH YEAR 12 STUDY TRIP TO PARIS
We arrived in Paris in the early evening, in October after
journeying from Gare du Nord on the busy metro.
We stayed at a hostel near the Champs Elysées about a
30 minute metro journey from the language school.
During the week we went to many interesting tourist destinations,
a personal favourite being the terrific Eiffel Tower at night, and we
thoroughly enjoyed our walks in the “Jardin du Palais Royal” and
“Place des Vosges” away from the busy city centre.
Our mornings were spent at the language school in which we spent time
meeting other learners of the language and immersed ourselves in an
environment where no English was spoken, which proved both challenging
and incredibly beneficial. After a long and exciting 5 days we returned to
London, eager to sleep, with lots of photographs and memories that
we will remember for a long time to come.
Kate Debling
We immersed ourselves
in an environment
where no English
was spoken,
which proved both
challenging and
incredibly beneficial
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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FRENCH
Here we are
by the Eiffel
Tower
We enjoyed
our crêpes in
Montmartre
too...
FRENCH HOMESTAY TO PARIS 2016
During enrichment week last summer term, twenty eight year 9
pupils discovered the wonderful sites of Paris.
The group had French tuition every morning in a typical French
lycée and visited the capital every afternoon. They started with
a cruise on the Seine on the Bateaux-Mouches, took numerous
photos of the Eiffel Tower sporting the European Cup football,
and were able to admire the breathtaking view from la Tour
Montparnasse on a beautifully clear day.
The visits to La Cité des Sciences and le Musée d’Orsay were
of great cultural and educational interest and eating ‘crêpes‘
and ‘gaufres’ in the artistic quarter Montmartre was really
appreciated.
A massive thank you to all the teachers who gave up their time
to accompany the group. Well done to all the girls for being
superb ambassadors of Bromley High in France!
BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT
IN MFL FESTIVAL!
Fifteen of our pupils went to Putney
High School to take part in the MFL
festival competition.
The girls competed against nine
other GDST schools of the region and
congratulations go to our year 7
who came second in the French and
Spanish Spelling Bee competition,
while the year 7 German and the year 8
came third overall.
All contestants performed with
confidence, showing their ability to
retain and articulate clearly, as well
as their resilience and determination
to perform in front of such a big
audience: they are as usual such a
credit to our school!
Mme Strange Head of Languages
Mme Strange Head of Languages
A rest in
Montmartre
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FRENCH
French Theatre Group
Year 9s were treated to a performance of the
latest French play by the Onatti Theatre Group.
Performed entirely in French, “Les Garçons” was
a highly entertaining farce - many parts being
played by the two actors with a large amount of
audience participation.
Girls had lots of fun acting out part of the
script in class beforehand and as well as
learning many new words. We discovered
we had lots of would-be thespians.
Madame Parkin
Nos Impressionistes!
Our Year 12 students had the chance to explore their creative side when they took
part in an Impressionists Workshop. As part of their A level French course, girls
learn about French art and culture and we studied the work and life of the key
impressionist painters. Mrs Upton gave a lecture on the techniques employed in
painting in an impressionistic style and then provided them with a paintbrush,
paints and paper and sent them to paint outdoors, in true impressionist style.
I think you’ll agree, from their pictures, that we uncovered some
true artistic talent.
Madame Parkin
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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES SPANISH
Spanish Film Club
Last year saw the arrival of the new Spanish Film Club, a new society run by Miss Vázquez
on Thursday lunchtimes. Girls thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to watch films from a
wide variety of genres, from José Luis Cuerda’s historical drama ‘La Lengua de Mariposas’ to
Pedro Almodóvar’s tense thriller ‘Volver’. A particular favourite was the mystery horror film
‘El Orfanato’ which certainly had everyone on the edge of their seats! The club undoubtedly
enhanced our appreciation of Spanish cinema and offered an artistic insight into fundamental
aspects of Spanish history such as life under Franco’s rule after the Civil War from 1936 to
1939. We would like to thank Miss Vázquez for giving up her time to introduce us to such
compelling films.
Raveena Rao Year 13
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Y12 BERLIN TRIP OCTOBER 2015 - REPORT
Just before the half term holidays in October the German Y12
class, accompanied by Mrs Harvey, Mrs Wolage and Mr Harvey
boarded the school minibus to go to Gatwick and catch a plane to
fly to Berlin.
As usual we stayed in the very conveniently situated Youth Hotel
Acama (formerly Aletto) and after a nice breakfast on Friday
morning our exploration of the German capital started.
Unfortunately the heavens in Berlin decided to open and for the
first part of our guided walking tour we had to look at the famous
sights from underneath our umbrellas.
Towards the end of our three-hour tour we were pleased to see
the clouds changing to a lighter grey and finally the rain stopped.
Despite the weather we learned lots of interesting things
from our guide about the history of this forever changing
city. Then a well deserved rest in the Einstein café.
We stepped inside the house at the Checkpoint Charlie
museum to see the many ways East Berliners tried to flee
to the West. Then a short but cold walk from there to the
Jewish Museum, where we had a very thought-provoking
tour around this most unusual building, where Daniel
Libeskind uses architecture in a very efficient way to
illustrate the various fates of the Jewish people under the
Nazi regime.
The day ended with a very fulsome meal in Mrs Harvey’s
favourite restaurant called “Austria”.
The next day began with a visit to one of the most visible features of Berlin –
the 368 meter (1200 feet) high TV Tower and although fog patches tried
terribly hard to spoil our view we still managed to see many of the surrounding
landmarks, including Berlin Cathedral, Unter den Linden boulevard and the
Brandenburg Gate. Before lunch we then stopped briefly at the partially ruined
memorial church on the Kurfürstendamm before hitting some of the famous
shops, including KaDeWe, one of the largest stores
in Europe.
Another highlight was the visit to the Reichstag,
the German parliament building with the spectacular
glass dome designed by Sir Norman Foster where we
could look down into the debating chamber.
In the evening we decided to go to the lively
Potsdamer Platz to see a film in German and to finish
the evening in the famous Sony Centre, with its open
roof and modern cafés and bars.
The Berlin bear - the
mascot of Berlin. Below:
Inside the Reichstag
On our final day we paid a visit to the Pergamon
Museum and the surrounding flea market and passed
the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel’s house before
taking a local train to Potsdam to see the masterpiece
of Rococo architecture, the Sansouci Palace and it’s
beautiful gardens built to provide inspiration and
relaxation for Frederick the Great.
This outing concluded our packed programme and
we all boarded our flight, tired but happy with a great
many impressions and new German words to bring
home with us.
Mrs Harvey
Outing to the
beautiful
Sansouci Palace
in Potsdam
AUSTAUSCH IN
DEUTSCHLAND
APRIL 2016
Nach einem kurzen Flug nach Köln
Flughafen, nach einer Verspätung
von zwei Stunden, haben wir unsere
Austauschpartner zum ersten
Mal gesehen. Unsere Freundinnen
heiβen Charlotte und Hanna.
Charlotte wohnt in einer wunderschönen, alten, kleinen
Stadt, die Bruheim heiβt und die nur vierzig Minuten
vom Flughafen entfernt
ist. Wir haben ein traditionelles
Essen gegessen; es gab Kartoffelsalat,
Frankfurter Würstchen und
Brötchen. Hanna wohnt in einem
modernen Haus in der Nähe von
Charlotte. Zum Abendessen haben
wir eine kleine Pizza mit Schinken
und Spinat gegessen. Das war sehr
lecker! Am Donnerstag hatten wir
unseren ersten Tag in der Schule.
Die Schule in Deutschland beginnt
um Viertel vor acht. Deswegen war
es ein Frühstart. Dreimal pro Woche endet die Schule
um ein Uhr, aber zweimal pro Woche endet die Schule
um halb vier. Wir hatten Unterricht mit unseren Austauschpartnern.
Unsere Austauschpartner waren sehr
hilfreich und sie übersetzten, was man sagte, damit wir
nicht so verwirrt waren.
Während des Aufenthalts haben wir ein grosses
Schloss besucht und wir sind bis zur Spitze vom Kölner
Dom geklettert. Das war sehr anstrengend, aber
die Aussicht war unglaublich. Wir sind auch nach
Phantasialand gefahren. Das war unser Lieblingstag,
weil die Achterbahnen besonders spaβig waren.
Wir sind auch zum Kölner Zoo gefahren und dann
sind wir mit der Gondel über den Rhein gefahren.
Wir liebten die Baumkängurus, da sie klein und süβ
und sehr schön waren, aber sie waren ein bisschen
langweiling. Am Dienstag sind wir ins Lindt - Schokoladenmuseum
und zum Haribogeschäft gegangen.
Es war viel billiger, Lindt Schokolade und Haribos in
Deutschland als in England zu kaufen. Jeden Tag sind
wir mit der U-Bahn oder mit der Straβenbahn in die
Stadt gefahren. Wir haben Sport zum Beispiel Fuβball
und Trampolining versucht. Wir hatten eine erstaunliche
Zeit und wir werden unsere Freundinnen
enorm vermissen bis wir sie in Juli wieder sehen. Wir
hoffen, dass wir sie nächstes Jahr besuchen können.
Beatrice Brolly and Isobel Pugh Year 9
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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES GERMAN
Die Berlin Reise 2015
Vor dieser Berlin Reise hatte ich schon dreimal
Deutschland besucht; ich bin zweimal mit der Schule
gefahren und einmal mit meiner Familie. Dieses
Mal fuhren wir nach Berlin, um die berühmten
Sehenswürdigkeiten zu sehen und natürlich mehr
Deutsch zu sprechen. Wir haben Berlin gewählt,
weil es die Hauptstadt ist und die Geschichte total
faszinierend ist.
In Berlin haben wir in einer Jugendherberge
gewohnt und ich fand sie sehr bequem und auch
sauber, das Frühstück war ganz lecker und es war
nützlich, dass wir nicht weit von einigen Bahnhöfen
waren.
Wir sind nach Berlin geflogen und glücklicherweise
hatte ich keine Angst im Flugzeug und es war wirklich
schnell – wir alle waren sehr müde, also haben
wir geschlafen und gelesen!
Am ersten Tag haben wir eine Stadtführung gemacht
und sie war sehr informativ, besonders da ich Geschichte
studiere, deshalb war alles relevant. Berlins
Geschichte ist natürlich total interessant und wir
haben auf dieser Tour die berühmten Sehenswürdigkeiten
besucht: wir begannen mit der Museumsinsel
und dann Unter den Linden, zum Platz, wo die Büchverbrennungen
waren und dann sahen wir natürlich
das eindrucksvolle Brandenburger Tor. Was ich
besonders interessant fand, war die Grenze auf dem
Boden, wo die Mauer war. Dann haben wir das traurige
Denkmal für die ermodeten Juden Europas und
zulezt die Mauer und ‘Checkpoint Charlie‘ gesehen.
Ausserdem haben wir das Haus am ‘Checkpoint
Charlie‘, das Jüdische Museum, den Fernsehturm,
das KaDeWe, den Reichstag, das Pergamonmuseum
und das Sanssouci Schloss im Potsdam besucht.
Ich denke, dass mein Lieblingsmuseum das Jüdische
Museum war, weil es total einzigartig ist, aber der
Fernsehturm hat mir am besten gefallen, da die Aussicht
fantastisch ist und man kann sehr deutlich, die
Unterschiede zwischen den Ost- und Westberliner
Bauten sehen – im ehemaligen Ostberlin gibt es viele
regelmässige Plattenbauten, aber sonst konnte ich
keine anderen Unterschiede sehen.
Am Freitagabend sind wir ins Restaurant gegangen,
und wir haben ein riesiges Schnitzel und einen Kaiserschmarren
geteilt – sie waren so köstlich.
Und Samstagabend sind wir ins Kino gegangen,
und ich habe ‘Maze Runner - Die Auserwählten in
der Brandwüste‘ gesehen – ich fand es total toll!
Obwohl es schwierig zu verstehen war, konnte ich
die ungefähre Handlung verstehen.
Ich würde Berlin empfehlen, weil es eine moderne,
coole Stadt ist, aber sie hat auch eine faszinierende
Geschichte, und sie verändert sich ständig.
Die Leute, mit denen wir gesprochen haben, lieben
die Stadt total! Ich fand es sehr nützlich, mit der
Schule zu fahren, da wir uns sehr gut zusammen
verstehen und wir haben probiert, Deutsch zu
sprechen! Mit meiner Familie würde ich nicht einen
deutschen Film sehen, zum Beispiel, und ich habe
viele neue Vokabel gelernt.
Imogen Goddard Y12
Ich würde
Berlin
empfehlen,
weil es eine
moderne,
coole Stadt ist,
aber sie hat
auch eine
faszinierende
Geschichte,
und sie
verändert sich
ständig.
GERMAN EXCHANGE TO BRÜHL APRIL 2016
While most people were still finishing off their Easter eggs and having a
restful holiday, a group of 20 year 9 and 10 girls with Frau Harvey, Frau King
und Frau Weston flew to Cologne to enjoy a wonderful week of culture and
fun, blessed with amazing sunshine and high temperatures.
The girls had already established firm friendships with their
German partners, but even they were not prepared for the
heart-warming welcome at Cologne airport. It set the tone
for a very successful seven days, during which the girls attended
lessons at the St Ursula Gymnasium in Brühl, visited the
Cologne zoo, the chocolate museum (Lindt bunnies etc) and
experienced family life at first hand, not to mention a certain
amount of retail therapy. The exchange always gives insight
into another person’s daily life and certainly helps language
skills, even if the German girls can be a bit too keen to practise
their English. Our girls were a credit to the school and will
have gained in confidence by undertaking to stay individually in German
families. The girls flew home tired but happy and looking forward to
welcoming the German girls to Bromley in July.
Mrs Harvey, Mrs King, Mrs Weston
Far left: Girls enjoying an
outing in Cologne
Top: Herr Zachert, Mrs King
and Mrs Weston
Above: The German and
English exchange participants.
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LATIN/CLASSICS TRIP TO ITALY
During the first week of the Easter holidays,
45 girls and 4 teachers went on the Latin/
Classics trip to Italy.
For the first half of the trip, we were based in the
famous and beautiful city of Rome. Our hotel was next
to St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican City and we were
lucky enough to enjoy our evening meals at a local
restaurant. We had one busy and exciting day where
we saw the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Piazza
di Spagna, the Spanish Steps and the Pantheon (burial
place of the Emperors) and we had a lot of fun
shopping in the area.
The next day, we visited the majestic Colosseum,
the Vatican Museum, the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel
designed by Michelangelo, and the Pope’s home,
Vatican City (the world’s smallest country). The
weather was gorgeous and we all made the most of
trying to grab some rays in the gardens of the Vatican!
On the way to Sorrento, we stopped at the Catacombs
Santa Domitilla, where we found out that the average
man in Ancient Roman times was only about 5 feet tall!
We then moved on to visit Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli,
where we had a couple of hours to explore the
beautiful site. The evening was spent wandering
around Sorrento, based at the picturesque seaside.
Bright and early, we set off the next morning to climb
Mount Vesuvius, where we all managed to reach the
very top and look into the crater. On our way down,
we were very short for time and therefore for one
or two of the teachers running was the only option.
Thankfully, Mrs Wilcock was present when Mr Adams
took a tumble and caught him before he face-planted!
After enjoying lunch at a posh restaurant, we
headed for Pompeii, where we saw the Forum, the
Baths, the Amphitheatre and ‘Cave Canem’ inscribed at
the entrance to the Casa del Poeta Tragica. Due to the
extremely hot weather, Mr Adams was kind enough to
buy us all ice-creams in Piazza Tasso.
Our last day got off to a good start with a well-deserved
lie-in. Later on, we visited the excavation site of
Herculaneum, which was also destroyed by the
volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This was our last
port-of-call before the airport and heading home.
Memories of Italy include amazing sites, hot and sunny
weather, Ms Pompei singing on the coach, pasta and
ice-cream and a lot of people trying to sell us selfie
sticks!
We would like to thank Ms Pompei, Mrs Wilcock and
Mrs Hemmingway for taking time out of their holiday
to accompany us on this trip. Lastly, we would like to
give a big Thank You to Mr Adams for all his hard work
and organisation! Everyone had a fantastic time and a
lot of fun!
Serena Hunt & Mia Coulson Year 11
Rogues’ Gallery:
the Tour Party -
some of them!
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CLASSICAL CIVILISATION
Clockwise from top
left: A Swiss Guard
outside St Peter’s;
Modern Art in
Pompeii; Hadrian’s
Villa, Tivoli; the
dome of St Peter’s;
a house in Pompeii
and Year 10 enjoy a
meal out.
Memories of Italy include amazing sites,
hot and sunny weather, Ms Pompei
singing on the coach, pasta and ice
cream and a lot of people trying to
sell us selfie sticks!
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NEWS FROM THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
CANDLE CONFERENCE
The RS & Philosophy department
has had a busy year. The Year 10’s
and Year 11’s went to a Candle
Conference at Ashford School,
led by Peter Vardy. This was an
excellent opportunity, not only to
listen to a well-known stimulating
philosopher, but also to interact
with students from other schools.
HINDUISM AND KRISHNA
Paresh Raval, from the Sri Sri Radha
Krishna Cultural Centre came to
talk to Year 8’s about Hinduism and
Krishna in particular. He explained
what it meant to be an avatar of
Vishnu and told some of the stories
associated with Krishna.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR VISIT
Year 9s were again privileged to meet with a Holocaust
survivor who described her experiences during World
War II to the girls in such a way as to allow them to empathise
without being haunted. These first-hand experience
stories are becoming more of a privilege as the years
pass and was gratifying that the girls appreciated this.
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
If I could go back in time ......
by Issy Vevers
What would you change?
Maybe you regret something you said?
Maybe a loss of a family member?
An argument?
Who really knows?
But all I know is that seconds become minutes
Minutes become hours
Hours become days
Days become weeks, become years
And before you know it.
Gone. Your childhood. Your adulthood. Your life.
What would you change?
The disappointment? Sadness? Regret?
Nothing at all?
The decision is all yours.
If you could turn back the clocks, would you?
Maybe solve that argument that was silly.
Stand up to your bully.
Change the way you handled something.
What would you change?
The boy you ditched your true friends for?
The rude words you called your sibling?
The time you left somebody out?
It’s up to you.
It’s your life. Your choices.
We make mistakes.
We take a wrong turn.
It’s called being human.
If I could go back in time,
I’d live everyday like there’s no tomorrow.
Because who’s to say there isn’t?
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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
LEARNING THROUGH DOING
Around 350BC Aristotle wrote: for the things we have to learn
before we can do them, we learn by doing them. So what better
way to learn some of the main concepts of research
methodology than by conducting research?
And our year 13 Psychology students have done just that!
They were tasked with finding a topic that interested them
and formulating a hypothesis based on previous research and
theories. They had to go through the process of producing
a research proposal that stated their aims, predictions, what
they planned to do and any ethical issues they had to
consider. Once their proposal was approved the research itself
was conducted after which the data was analysed using
inferential statistics to see if their results were significant or
any differences they found were only a result of chance.
For example, one of the studies investigated the effects of
organisation on recall. This was based on the work of Larry
Jacoby in the 1970s. Our students found some willing subjects
from the sixth form to take part in their experiment. The
design they chose for the experiment is known as a repeated
measures design where each participant takes part in two
different conditions.
In the first condition, they were given two minutes to
memorise a list of words after which they were asked to write
down as many as they could remember. The second condition
also required memorising a list of words, but this time the
words were organised into meaningful categories.
Their data was analysed using a related t-test and was found
to be highly significant with the participants recalling many
more words when they had been presented to them in
categories rather than randomly in a list.
Why is this so? Is it just because we have given the words
some meaning by seeing them in categories or is there more
to it? Well, that’s what the students had to reflect on in the
discussion that formed part of their report.
Mrs Erasmus
‘THE BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL’
Myself, Mrs Erasmus and Year 12/13 Psychologists visited The
Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, which is
the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world, dating
back to 1247. Today it is part of the South London
and Maudsley NSH Foundation Trust. The trip
is free of charge and provided an exciting and
invaluable opportunity to enhance our knowledge
of Psychopathology. We enjoyed a facilitated
visit which included a fascinating presentation
‘Inside Psychology’ on the hospital’s history and
a discussion exploring diagnosis, temperament,
treatments and recovery. Students also
benefitted from a workshop ‘Weekend Leave’
to encourage a consideration of the complex
issues around freedom and constraint that can
arise in relation to mental health and necessary
risk assessment health care professionals
need to consider in deciding whether patients
should be allowed to go home for ‘weekend
leave’. The afternoon involved a visit to the gallery where we
examined the art of Louis Wain (1860-1939) inspired by his cat
‘George’. The
Museum is open to the public every Monday and Wednesday
and Saturday (first and last of the month).
‘MATCHING HYPOTHESIS’ EXPERIMENT
Psychologists have a “toolkit” that contains a set of explanations
(tools) which they use to explain behaviour.
Taking a course in Psychology will teach you to reject the concept of a
‘right’ answer. Besides learning about human behaviour, you also learn
how to express yourself coherently, how to challenge information, how
to be confident about yourself, and to be a better friend, employee and
member of society! The growth of this discipline in recent years has been
massive. Psychology is a hugely assessable subject and a scientific
discipline and rightly recognised so by OFSTED. Throughout the
course students are encouraged to place considerable emphasis on
how research progresses through to empirical findings.
In psychology we have been undertaking a number of practical
experiments. As part of the ‘Relationships’ topic we investigated
the ‘Matching Hypothesis’ which argues that individuals are
attracted to those of similar attractiveness. We put this hypothesis to
the test and selected a sample of photographs from real life couples.
Using an opportunity sampling frame we asked members of the
school community (including the Head Mistress!) to rate the
photographs on a scale on 1-10 for physical attractiveness.
Using the appropriate statistical test we then applied some cunning
Mathematics and found a statistically significant result. Of course
there were some interesting anomalies and in places we discovered
that ‘physical attractiveness’ was not the key factor underpinning
relationship formation. Research suggests that some individuals
will compensate physical attractiveness for other assets and ‘beauty
really is in the eye of the beholder’.
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PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
As part of the A Level course we really enjoyed learning about
Psychopathology. The specification focuses on Depression,
Phobias and OCD. Whilst learning about the Cognitive
Behavioural Approach to understanding depression we
considered the concept of ‘schemata’. We had fun with some
introspection and made our own ‘internal working model’
out of play-dough! The exercise taught us that our view of
ourselves, world, others and future is shaped by our personal
experiences and is malleable, a view which challenges John
Bowlby’s determinist ‘Continuity Hypothesis’.
Kate Kelleher
The exercise
taught us that
our view of
ourselves, world,
others and
future is shaped
by our personal
experiences and
is malleable.
EVOLVED FOOD PREFERENCES
Psychologists enjoyed investigating ‘taste qualities’ as part of
their examination of evolved food preferences. Our ancestors
had to survive against the selective pressures, such as famine,
which they faced during the environment of evolutionary
adaptation. Girls had fun testing novel evolutionary
hypotheses such as preferred preferences for sweet food and
an innate dislike of bitter foods. We discovered that there are
individual differences in food preferences as well as cultural.
Mrs Hathway
Year 13s:
‘Matching Hypothesis’
experiment- research
in action...
‘HEADS UP’
The ‘Eating Behaviour Topic’ requires the learning of lots of
technical jargon. The evolutionary explanation for food preferences
and eating behaviour added to our repertoire of subject
specific vocabulary; notably ‘taste aversion, neo-phobia, selective
pressures and genome lag’.
Sophie Finch
Research
suggests that some
individuals will
compensate physical
attractiveness for other
assets, and ‘beauty
really is in the eye of
the beholder’.
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Anna McKerrow
Anna came to talk to Years 9 and 10 about
her first novel, “Crow Moon.”
A genre-defying fantasy/romance/
dystopia, the book is set intriguingly in
a near future where wars are fought
over oil, and Devon has
become a breakaway
community which has
returned to nature and
ancient magic as a way of
surviving. Anna explained
how the dramatic landscapes
and myths and legends of
the area inspired her, and
talked about how witches are
represented in fiction and how she gives
this a contemporary treatment through her
teenage protagonists.
Clara Vulliamy discovers future crime solvers in the Junior School
Clara is the daughter of the much-loved illustrator
Shirley Hughes CBE, and is a fabulous author and
illustrator in her own right. She introduced her new
series “Dotty Detective” to years 1, 2 and 3, who
proved to be very talented undercover agents
themselves, as Clara showed them how to create
coded messages and look for clues in “the case of
the missing sausages”!
Gwyneth Rees
Year 7 were excited to meet Gwyneth Rees, who many
remembered from some of her books for younger
readers. She introduced her new book for older girls,
“Cherry Blossom Dreams,” and talked about where
the ideas for it came from, and showed the girls
some of her old school books and reports and the
illustrations she did for them.
It was fascinating to see Gwyneth as “a work in
progress” on the way to becoming a successful,
published author.
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LIBRARY
BREIS
Hip hop/rap poet BREIS came to
perform at Bromley on National
Poetry Day. Jamming with Years 8,
9, 10 and 11, his clever and playful
use of words and rhyme showed
how poetry can be funny, emotional
and motivational, the importance
of communication and how we
should all believe in ourselves and
what we can achieve if we set our
minds to it. He even managed to
freestyle with Year 8 about items
held up from their bags, and
included birthday wishes to our
student Rebecca.
“Having Breis come to talk to us
about poetry was a really fantastic
experience! He performed some of
his own raps and explained the
themes behind them and how his Nigerian heritage influenced him. It was so
interesting having Breis and it was so cool to see how diverse the art of poetry
actually is and how there are so many different forms of it, like rap.”
Having Breis
come to talk to
us about poetry
was a really
fantastic
experience!
It was so cool
to see how
diverse the art
of poetry
actually is and
how there are so
many different
forms of it,
like rap.
Sophie Ryall
Year 10
BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL BOOK WEEK
Our theme this year was
“Mad, Bad and Misunderstood”
All about the books..!
Ms Cadwallender showed her star style (and possible
X-Factor potential) with her take on Meghan Trainor’s
“All About That Bass,” featuring staff and students in
a tribute to books (and Kindles).
We
also played
the Reading Game,
Debating Club argued
over whether villains
are more interesting than
heroes and Speldhurst
won the legendary Owl
trophy in the House
Lit Quiz.
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NEWS FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT
JOHN DOWNTON AWARDS
FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
Following the exhibition of work by Bhanavi Kumar,
Megan Owen, Beatrice Forward and Harriet Abbott at
County Hall Maidstone, we are delighted that Megan
Owen’s photographic piece; ‘Man in frame’ and Harriet
Abbott’s hanging ‘Rust’, along with the work of other
winners, was exhibited at the Turner Contemporary,
Margate.
As pointed out by one of the presenting judges, Charles
Williams, a practising artist, author and Fine Art
lecturer at the Canterbury Christchurch university, the
achievement is all the more noteworthy as the work was
selected from 376 entries from 36 schools.
Congratulations to all the girls concerned.
Ms Shepley Head of Art & Design
The 26 th Annual Chislehurst Society Environmental Awards 2016
We are delighted that a selection of our artists were
recognised for their work inspired by the theme,
‘Architectural Details’ at a ceremony held in the chapel
at Farringtons School. Attended by the Lady Mayor
of Bromley and following a welcome by the chairman
of the Chislehurst society, Tony Allen, the guest of
honour Al Martin, great-great grandson of Architect
William Willett made an inspiring address.
Our following Year 8 girls received awards for their
collagraphic prints:
Rebekah Davis - Highly Commended
India Wilson – Highly Commended
Furthermore Caroline McHardy, Year 10, achieved
a highly commended award for her series of 4
photographic prints entitled; ‘Eternal Rest’,
‘Autumn Woes, A Shred
of Patriotism and ‘Many
Directions’.
Very well done to all.
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ART AND DESIGN
VISITING SPEAKER – TEXTILES ARTIST CAS HOLMES
Year 7 have been treated to a visit by a professional textiles artist, Cas Holmes. Cas lives and works from
her home studio in Maidstone, Kent, although she travels and teaches all over the world. Our Year 7 classes
completed an exciting project based on natural forms and they were inspired by the mixed-media textiles
work that Cas creates, most often from remnants of forgotten textiles. As an art department we feel it is very
important that our pupils have opportunities to hear at first-hand how artists’ work. The pupils were also able
to see some actual textiles pieces that Cas had brought in. Mrs Minuti Art Department
I think Cas Holmes is a lovely person. She has travelled all around the world including India and Australia
and most of her work is based on her findings from her travels. I like how she doesn’t have a favourite piece of
work or colour and how she turned a central stairwell in an office building into an art installation. This piece
of work was called ‘Red Rain’ and used dried reworked teabags inspired by the act of a ‘tea break’ to make
interactive hangings. I think she is a great inspiration to the textiles world. Rhea Rentala 7O
Cas Holmes came into Bromley High and taught the younger generation of girls how beautiful art can be.
Cas is such a positive woman and has a place for the environment in her heart. She respects the world around
her and wants to be closer it. Cas has created many delicate pieces of textiles work using varieties of different
materials and she firmly believes that nothing should be wasted. Everything can be reused in some way.
Tara Bhatnager 7S
‘Knit and Knatter’ news
Knit and Natter club has done it again!
Following on from our previous contribution to
Innocent we have surpassed ourselves and knitted 171
hats for Innocent smoothie bottles.
Club members, from years 7-12, every week have been
clacking their knitting needles to achieve this grand
total; many of our members are complete beginners!
For each bottle sold, 25p goes to Age UK, contributing
to keeping the elderly warm in the winter.
Special congratulations must go to Alicia Davis, a
member of our catering staff and honorary member of
‘Knit and Knatter’ who completed a total of over 100
beautiful hats!
Well done all…and roll on our next challenge…
Ms Shepley Head of Art & Design
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ART AND DESIGN
ART STUDY TOUR - FLORENCE
The first morning we went on a walking tour of Florence
and saw sights such as the stunning Ponte Vecchio and
the imposing Piazza della Signora. At the end of the
walking tour we arrived at the Uffizi Gallery and saw
marble statues and classical pieces of Renaissance work
including a pinnacle in Renaissance art, Botticelli’s ‘Birth
of Venus’. In the afternoon, we went to the Accademia
Gallery where we sketched Michaelangelo’s, ‘David’.
After our visit to the gallery, we then visited the Duomo,
one of the tallest buildings in Florence, where we climbed
to the top of the bell tower and it was worth the long
climb as the views were spectacular. The next morning
we went to the Convent of San Marco which had unique,
intricate and different frescos in each cell.
We then proceeded to the station to catch our train to
Siena. Whilst in Siena we visited the Duomo which had
decorative black and white décor throughout, and walked
through Siena’s famous main square. On our final day,
we visited The Bargello Sculpture Gallery where we
sketched various sculptures. We then progressed to the
Ponte Vecchio and walked along it looking at the amazing
architecture of the bridge. The final gallery visit of our
trip was to the Museo Nove Cento, the only modern
art museum of the trip. The art was a contrast to the
work we had seen previously on our trips but it was an
excellent experience.
Francesca Salmasi 13B
Following Art Foundation at Farnham progressing onto
degree in Animation
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ART AND DESIGN GALLERY
Hexagonal
structure as part of
A level theme based
on structure of
natural forms by
Anna Gleis. Anna is
now studying
Architecture
The following pages give a taste of the
GCSE and A Level artwork at Bromley High.
The girls excelled themselves
this year in pushing the boundaries
to produce work which not only
challenges their perceptions, but
delights and shocks us - the viewer, too.
We are fortunate to have the facilities
to support their ideas and visions,
and look forward to following their
artistic journey throughout
Bromley High - and beyond.
Ms Shepley Head of Art and Design
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GCSE ART AND DESIGN
Clockwise from above:
Acrylic painting of
Coke can by Megan
Platts, textile by
Kate Debling;
photography by
Maisie Jones;
mixed media by
Hope Gale;
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GCSE ART AND DESIGN
Clockwise from above:
Photography by Sophie Oliver;
Textile by Hope Gale; Mixed
media by Ella Edwards; Shell
painting by Sophie Oliver;
Fashion by Maisie Jones.
Background painting by
Annabel Holcombe
Background
picture:
Inset:
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GCSE ART AND DESIGN
Clockwise from top left:
Drawing by Rosie Faye
Photograph of Honesty
by Sophie Oliver;
Floral painting by
Ellie Sheehan
Cut paper artwork by
Elli Heath.
Oil painting by Klei
Grandison
Background
painting by Kate
Debling
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GCSE ART AND DESIGN
Clockwise from top left:
Collage by Annabel
Holcombe
mixed media
by Amy Thorn
Lino print - Caroline
McHardy
Ceramic stacking
sticks - Sophia Roberts
Screen prints by
Hope Gale
Charcoal and wash
drawing of natural
form - Aanya Patel.
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A LEVEL FINE ART
Clockwise from top left:
Acrylic on card by Megan Owen
Botanical Monoprint - Beatrice
Forward; Mixed media panel - Tabitha
Swann; Portrait in biro by Natalie
Weidlich-Riley; Charcoal Life Drawing
by Natalie Weidlich-Riley
Drawing study of natural form in biro
by Anna Gleis.
Opposite page: Natalie
Weidlich-Riley
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A LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
The Photography department saw
some exciting developments this year,
with the introduction of a lower school
lunchtime photography club and the
departmental Instagram account
(@bromleyhighphotog), which
showcases some of the excellent work
produced by our pupils. It was also the
inaugural year for the Whole School
Photography Competition, won by
Georgia Sanderson, Ellie Devlin and
Elli Heath. The AS Level Photography
course saw some excellent innovation this
year, with students experimenting with
both installation art and participatory
art. They made full use of their refined
skills in darkroom based printing as well
as digital manipulation to create some
fantastic work with excellent results.
Mr Allies-Curtis
Clockwise from top left:
Sophie Finch - Instagram,
Elli Heath - Competition
winner ‘Shadows and
Reflections’,
Studio Instagram,
Jasmine Cornish -
Instagram,
Sophie Finch - Installation
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PHOTOGRAPHY
@bromleyhighphotog
Introducing the departmental Instagram account (@bromleyhighphotog),
which showcases some of the excellent work produced by our pupils.
Above: Private View of the Art Exhibition.
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ROBOTICS AT BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Thanks to a generous grant from National Grid as part of the GirlsintoSTEM
programme, Bromley High School Department of Design, Technology and
Engineering launched a robotics club with Year 8 girls. A team of dynamic and
enthusiastic future technologists committed time to learning how to build,
programme and compete with the robotics platform VEXIQ. Once they had
completed their build, they attended a local regional competition, which for this
year was at Greig City Academy in North London. The event was highly competitive
and the team managed to score highly throughout the event, and earned a place at
the National Finals in Birmingham.
At the National finals, the team were put through their paces and challenged to
compete against 34 of the best schools in the country at robotics. The day involved
regularly “battles” with other schools, and skills challenges where teams could
demonstrate both their driving ability and their programming knowledge.
The team ranked highly in both the driver skill competition and the programming
skill competition, but it was the main competition where they achieved their best
success, finishing nationally 6 th in the country ahead of 29 other teams.
With only 20 points between 6 th and 2 nd , the girls felt it was an opportunity missed,
but set their sights on doing one better next year in the 2016-17 competition.
A big well done to all the girls who took part, including team leader Cara Pevy,
who led her team through their first successful campaign.
Mr Holton Head of DT and Engineering
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DESIGN TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
The team ranked highly in both the driver skill competition and the
programming skill competition, but it was the main competition where
they achieved their best success, finishing nationally 6 th in the country
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BROMLEY HIGH
SPORTS SUMMARY
2015-16
Pictorial highlights
depict another exciting
year of sporting endeavours
for Bromley High
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SENIOR HOCKEY TRUST RALLY IN NORTHAMPTON
On Tuesday 4 th October our 1 st XI hockey team
gathered at school bright and early for a six
o’clock am departure to Northampton.
Despite the early start, the team and I remained
enthusiastic and ready for the long day ahead of us!
First we played a thirteen-minute match against Croydon
High, where we conceded no goals and Renee Ojikutu
and Tammy Falshaw both scored. With a 2-0 win, things
were looking positive for us for the rest of the day.
Immediately we played another match with no rest
break, against Norwich High. Even though we were
tired, we had the advantage of still being in the
zone from the previous game. Therefore, we took
another victory from Norwich as Renee scored
another goal for us. We came off the pitch buzzing
and feeling confident in ourselves that we could win
the whole tournament. We took the two games off
to discuss possible improvements we could make and
to talk about what went well. Feeling more re-energised
we dominated our next two matches. Firstly, a 3-0 win
versus Portsmouth High with goals from Renee, Rachael
Cawker and a new player this season making her debut
as our left winger - Natasha Fenn. Then a 4-0 win against
Sheffield High, with goals scored from Tammy, Rachael,
Natasha and Renee. These two matches truly reflected
how talented each individual player is on the team and
our overall ability to work as a cohesive unit. With seven
more goals in the bag we felt comfortable about getting
through to the semi-final. However, we still had
Wimbledon High and Bath to face who we knew would
be our toughest competition from our pool of schools.
We finished the match with a 0-1 loss against Wimbledon
and slightly frustrated at a poor umpiring decision. But
as good sportswomen, we kept our heads up and went
back onto the pitch working even harder for our place
in the semi-final. The match versus Bath was physically
exhausting as we were fatigued from all of our
previous matches, as well as mentally exhausting from
the absolute concentration given by every player.
Finishing on a 1-1 draw made by Tammy Falshaws’ goal,
we were nervous to hear whether we had progressed
through to the semi-final or not. Due to our high goal
count, our goal difference from
the other schools meant we got
back on the coach and travelled to
Northampton High school where
we were to play the semi-final!
When we arrived we had a lot of
time to relax, refuel and watch our
U15 netballers play some matches.
We were in high spirits when we
began our warm up, but we also
had to refocus ourselves back
into complete concentration. The
team and I definitely felt nervous as we waited for our
match to commence, with the netballers watching on the
side line, but as we began to play we got into the swing
of it very quickly. After the first ten-minute half, Mrs
Taylor prepped us for the remainder of the match with
some advice and then we continued play. For the whole
match it remained 0-0, until we won a short
‘As we
discussed our
short corner strategy at
the top of the D, the whistle
blew for the end of the game,
so we knew this was our
last chance to win a
goal to avoid the
dreaded penalty
shuffles.’
corner. As we discussed our short
corner strategy at the top of the D
the whistle blew for the end of
the game, so we knew this was
our last chance to win a goal
to avoid the dreaded penalty
shuffles. The execution from
Rachael Cawker’s injection
and Amelia Ward’s stick stop
was perfect, which was then hit
hard by Tammy Falshaw at the
top of the D. The ball was saved by
the keeper but recovered skilfully from
Grace Luff who kept possession and pushed it through
the keeper’s legs, for an almost textbook deflection from
Rachael Cawker. Overcome with happiness we shook
hands with the other team and thanked the umpire, and
then debriefed on the side of the pitch.
At this point we knew we had come too far now to slack
due to our tiredness, so we gathered all the energy we
could for the final match. During the first half we won
a short corner, so we routinely discussed our options
and decided on our ‘out-and-in’ strategy where the ball
is slipped to the right to Renee and brought back in to
Tammy for the strike. After winning the goal from this
short corner we decided to name it the ‘Tay Tay’ after
our coach for the day Mrs Taylor!
For the remainder of the match we did not concede any
goals so we finished it with a 1-0 win.
A special mention should go to Tammy Falshaw for
winning the players player of the tournament for her
spectacular goals and also to Amelia Ward for winning
the coaches player of the tournament for her impressive
linking play and fast decision making, which were both
thoroughly deserved. After the disappointment of our
previous tournament where
we just missed out on going to
regionals, we felt very proud
when we were awarded the
massive winners trophy!
Overall the day was a great
success because of not only the
amazing end result, but also the
impressive team work the team all
displayed throughout the day.
Isabella Goodwin
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Junior Trust Cross Country Winners 2016
TRUST SENIOR SWIMMING RALLY REPORT
In November 2016 a team of Bromley High girls went to Oxford High to compete
in the Trust Senior Swimming Rally. We had a very successful run of medals,
records and personal bests and an exciting day with the ‘Mannequin Challenge’
and lots of photo opportunities!
Individual medallists included:
Alexia Jackson, Year 9 - 1st in 50m butterfly
Imogen Meers, Year 10 - 1st in 50m back with GDST Record
Annabel Smith, Year 8 - 2nd in 50m butterfly
Additionally, the senior relay team of Imogen Meers, Alexia Jackson, Hannah
O’Flynn, Grace O Brien and Abby Davison won silver and gold in the Medley
and Freestyle relays in two very tight and well-fought races. Finally to top off
a tiring and exciting day our senior team were awarded Trust Swimming Champions
and got to take home an impressive trophy. Well done to all the girls that took part!
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
NETBALL REPORT
We arrived at Rainham very early and prepared, we
came to do business and win our pool.
There were 5 other teams in our pool and our first
team was Colfes, with we managed to fly passed
winning 9-3. We knew that was our first job done and
we were getting ready for our next, which was against
Dartford. Again we played the ball with ease and
delivered a fantastic performance beating them,
7-2.
We took to the court once again for our third
game against Highworth. I think it’s definitely
safe to say how intense and absolutely
terrifying this game was.
It was 5-5 and so luckily in the last few seconds
we managed to score beating them, 6-5.
Highworth were by far our hardest competitors
in the competition. Our 4th and 5th game we again
played netball like we can beating both Kings, 12-2
and Sydenham, 12-0. This meant we had completed
our first job by winning our pool and
moving on to the quarter finals.
Here, we played Benenden, we made sure we had
dominance on the court and that defiantly paid off as
we won 10-3.
This then meant we moved on to the semi-finals.
Here we played Rochester, this was again such
a tight intense and painful match to watch as
we drew 8-8. This meant we had to go into extra
time which was only four minutes long. Again
it was so tight with it being 2-2 and so unfortunately
they just managed to score to win in
the final seconds which was so disappointing,
however, it wasn’t the end of the road for us yet.
We then had to play for 3rd place, here we
played against Chislehurst and Sidcup.
This was again a very tight close game in the
first half with them leading by 2 goals at one
point. However this didn’t stop us, in the 2nd
half we played like we never played before
because we wanted that bronze medal.
Eventually with us winning 8-3.
This put us into 3rd place which was a huge
achievement considering there were around 50
other schools there.
All our hard work paid off with us working for
this whole year towards Kents.
We were all so proud of each other and we really
felt like we were working together as a unit not
just as individuals.
This was honestly the fight of our lives and we’re so
glad and grateful that we pulled through.
Overall the shooters, Caroline, Poppy, Lucy and
Charlotte managed to get in 74 goals throughout the
day. Also to our unbelievable defenders, Imogen,
Evelyn and Shakanya going for every ball
and all the other teams barely had a
‘We were
all so proud of each
other and we really
felt like we were working
together as a unit
chance to score. Also to our fantastic
centre players, Sasha, Susannah
and Honey that incredibly and
smoothly got the ball into the
goal circle which allowed the
shooters to shoot.
Overall it was an absolutely
amazing day that we will always
remember. Of course a massive
thank you to Mrs Clemens who
has put so much time and effort into
making our team as successful as we were
today, and her constant positive attitude and not letting
anything stand in our way. She believed in us from the
beginning which is what made the team so successful.
We very proudly went home with our lovely shiny
bronze medals, after a day we’ll probably remember
for a very long time.
not just as
individuals.’
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DOFE PRACTICE
On the 22nd April we set off bright and
early to either Westerham or Poll Hill to
begin the expedition. We walked over two
days, camping in Cudham in between. The
walk had to be between 12 and 14k each
way and we carried rucksacks all
the way there and back with
everything we could possibly
need stored inside. I learnt
many things on DofE,
firstly bring lots of
water, even though it
may sound obvious
you can easily get
dehydrated if you
are not drinking
enough during
your walk. Also
bring lots of layers
and don’t leave
them overnight in
your rucksack and
wonder why you were
cold when it was one
degree outside. Share out
responsibilities fairly within
your group, tents are a burden as
we learnt on the first day of walking.
Some of the tents are very heavy so spreading
out the labour between those of you
sleeping in the tent makes it a lot easier.
However, most importantly enjoy the walk,
keep group moral high and accomplish
something truly satisfying together. The
most important thing on DofE is not the
walking but working together as a team.
Izzy Speed 10O
‘The most
important thing
on Dofe is not the
walking but
working together
as a team.’
A busy year for DofE groups and the numerous staff
who help the scheme run smoothly.
In September 71 year 10 girls signed up for bronze,
35 for silver and 8 for gold. Awards completed between Sept 1 2015
and August 31 2016 totalled 93; 4 gold, 22 silver and 67 bronze.
Highlights of the year included:-
Silver training walk in September around Shoreham.
Silver practice expedition over the South Downs in October.
Gold practice expedition on the Medway over October half term.
Bronze training day in November which included introductions to
navigation, kit, camp cooking and orienteering.
Bronze practice expedition in April around Downe in April.
Bronze qualifying expedition around Meopham in June.
Silver qualifying expedition in the New Forest at
the end of June. Gold qualifying expedition
on the Thames during the
summer holiday.
‘Away from all
the electronics and
walking alone for
a total of twelve
hours gave us
time to learn
new things about
each other’
BRONZE DOFE EXPEDITION
Our bronze DofE qualifying
expedition ( June 10-11 2016 ) was a
chance for my group to build on our
friendships and have some fun.
Away from all electronics and
walking alone for a total of
twelve hours gave us time
to learn new things about
each other.
Throughout these
twelve hours of
scorching hot
weather, huge
hills and lots of
bugs we stayed
motivated,
never giving
up when lost
and powering
through when
tired.
We were rewarded
with arriving first
to our destination on
both days!
One of the best parts of
the expedition for me was sitting
around the campsite roasting
marshmallows, although I don’t think
the teachers appreciated our out of
tune singing.
This DofE expedition is an experience
that I certainly will not forget and
I am looking forward to doing my
silver DofE in year 11.
Beth Fisher
DofE group ‘North’
Particular thanks to Mrs Huggett, Mr Shannon and Mr Laing for consistent support of DofE in the school.
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD
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Bromley High Sixth Form news
‘BIG SISTER’ MENTORING
This term
saw the
launch of
the “Big
Sister”
subject
mentoring
pilot with
an invitation for all mentors and mentees to
meet over coffee and doughnuts in the Sixth
Form Common Room. The Year 10 pupils
were paired with a Year 12 or 13 according to
the subjects they are studying at GCSE and
A level respectively and had the chance to
chat informally, arrange a date and time for
their subject support sessions and to discuss
the topic areas they intend to cover. Not only
does this offer younger pupils support from
someone who has recent knowledge of the
GCSE courses, it also gives the Sixth Formers
valuable volunteering experience for their CV.
We hope to be able to roll out the initiative
to all Year 10 and Sixth Form in the next few
weeks, once the pilot has been evaluated.
SIXTH FORM PROM
Mrs Elkins Deputy Head
UNIVERSITY VISIT TO BATH AND BRISTOL
As well as visits
to Oxford and
Cambridge - sixth
form students had
the opportunity
to visit Bath and
Bristol universities
and gain valuable
insight to help them
plan the next step.
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SIXTH FORM
YEAR 12 INTERNSHIPS
Congratulations to the following
Sixth Formers – Zaina Haider,
Susannah Farmery and Sophie
Ware - for obtaining internships
this summer. High Flyers
Research Ltd notes last year that
31% of Graduate vacancies were
filled by candidates who had
already completed work
experience with the organisation.
More significantly this figure rises
to 74% for those wanting to work
in Investment Banking and 61% in
Banking and Finance.
The GDST has for several years
now developed opportunities for
girls in the Sixth Form to work
with PwC and Nomura and is constantly using the
Alumnae Network, with over 60,000 members, to offer
invaluable placements.
UCAS CONFERENCE AND
LOWER SIXTH CAREERS DAY
Last week the Lower Sixth attended a UCAS Convention
at the ExCel Centre in London. This was an excellent
opportunity to research Higher Education courses offered
by the wide range of universities and colleges taking
part. Several girls literally returned with a suitcase full of
prospectuses. Several major employers
were also at the Convention
offering specific careers
advice and details about
apprenticeship schemes.
As you can see from
the photographs it
was a great learning
experience but also
a chance to have
a little fun whilst
thinking about future
careers.
Mr Isted
Zaina Haider writes:
I have recently been offered a paid Internship at The
Bank of England this summer for 4 weeks. I will be
spending my time within the department of Statistics,
working specifically in Advanced Analytics. I am very
grateful for this opportunity as it will give be valuable
insight into the research that takes place at the Bank
and how this impacts on UK economic policy. I have
also secured a place on the Ernst & Young Skills
Academy this summer which takes place for two days
and which will fast-track me on to the EY School Leaver
Programme. My advice for those who are interested
in gaining experience in the summer holiday is to look
early on the websites of banks and to apply to a range
of firms, so that you have a higher chance of gaining a
place somewhere.
Susannah Farmery writes:
I have been chosen by PwC for a summer internship
week in early August. Having applied in January I
experienced the extensive selection process similar to
those trying for Graduate jobs in the financial world.
The process included a CV and an essay as to why I
chose PwC, then numerical and non-verbal testing,
and finally a telephone interview. This opportunity
will not only allow me to shadow members in the tax
department but will culminate in a day of research,
analysis and a presentation to a charity client with the
hopes of winning and being invited to a business lunch
with a PwC partner. Moreover during the week I will
be tested for further job opportunities in PwC in the
future – such as their school leaver apprenticeships.
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Bromley High Sixth Form news
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
GOLD AWARDS
Congratulations to Ursula Goddard and
Anna Myers who have now received their
Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
This is an exceptional achievement.
Ursula and Anna (recent BHS Leavers July
2015) received their Gold Duke
of Edinburgh Awards from Prince Philip.
The Awards Ceremony was held at St
James’ Palace.
‘Today was amazing! The presentation was
done very nicely, Prince Philip was on good
form and the palace was lovely too, we were
sat in The Throne Room! The guest was
Brooke Kinsella, who set up charity after her
brother was fatally stabbed eight years and she
spoke very nicely too. All in all it was a very
successful day.’
Ursula Goddard
‘I am really proud of what the girls have
achieved and anticipate more Gold’s next
Year.’
Mr Evans DoE coordinator,
Bromley High School
‘It was a lovely day
indeed.’
Anna Myers
GDST YOUNG LEADERS’ CONFERENCE
In October Bromley High’s Head Girl team attended the annual Young
Leader’s Conference held by Royal High School in Bath.
Two incredibly influential and inspirational speakers: Ann Francke and
Debra Searle, spoke to us about what they had learnt as leaders and how
they had learnt to work in teams. Fully equipped with this new wisdom,
we were divided into our mixed teams for the weekend and introduced to
our charities; these were Barnardo’s, Plan, The Lilly Foundation, and Jo’s
Cervical Cancer Trust. Our task was to invent a fundraising event or
campaign that our charities could use along with all the advertising, a 30
second promotional video, and accurate finances.
In our teams we tried some team-building activities led by the British Army.
Activities like attempting to build a standing structure only out of logs and
rope that could support four members of our group helped to break the ice
and give an indication of which people were suited for what roles.
This helped us easier allocate roles by the end of the day.
Early the next day we started to better embellish our ideas. However our
first deadline was already at half nine, so we had to work quickly. By
lunchtime we had concluded our trip to Bath town centre and thus had
finished our market research. For my team, this meant we had asked several
pedestrians questions to do with the appeal of our event, our prospective
name, and whether or not they had heard of our charity. Taking on board
these comments, we continued planning our overall campaign, designing
the adverts and physical product (which for us were hampers to be sold in
supermarkets) and recording our finances. Having secured a sponsorship
from Sainsbury’s, our product looked as though it would generate a lot of
revenue.
By 4pm the pressure was on, as other teams’ Twitter accounts went live
across the big screens in the Royal High’ s Sixth Form centre. Presentations
for the next day were being planned and rehearsed, and every team’s
projects were in their final stages. Sunday morning right through to lunchtime
was dedicated to each team giving their presentation to a panel of
judges and all the other teams. Two of the teams containing Bromley High
Head Girl team members won a prize: Kat Chrysostomou’s team won for
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, and Laura Johnston’s team won for resilience in
the face of numerous technical difficulties.
Although we were all tired on the journey back we fervently discussed the
skills we had learnt while at the conference, and how we were going to
apply these lessons to our own team. As director of my team, I learnt how
manage large groups of people. Overall, the conference was highly informative
and incredibly relevant, as well as being entertaining and excitingurging
us to throw ourselves even further into our Head Girl Team roles
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SIXTH FORM
PRIZE GIVING
The Bromley High Sixth Form Prize Giving was held on
Friday 18 th September and it was a great way to celebrate
some amazing GCSE, AS and A Level results. Prizes were
awarded to the current Year 12 for individual subject
success at GCSE, the current Year 13 for success at AS
Level and it was also great to welcome back some of this
summer’s leavers who had fantastic success at A Level.
It was lovely to see them all again before they head off to
Fresher’s Week at their chosen universities. Sporting and
School Services prizes were also awarded and we were
treated to some beautiful music by Isabella Painting and
Imogen Goddard on the flute and Georgina Humphries
on the Saxophone. Our Guest of Honour was Dr Miriam
Stoppard who is a doctor, businesswoman, writer and
also a GDST alumna! As well as a long and varied career
in medicine, media and
journalism, Dr Stoppard
has received two Honorary
Doctorates of Science,
an Honorary Doctorate of
Law and also an OBE for
her services to healthcare
and charity. The speech
Dr Stoppard gave us was
both inspiring and
motivational and taught
us about perseverance
and striving to achieve our goals as well as how to cope
with failure. The evening was finished with some delicious
food and cakes in the dining hall!
MUCK UP DAY
These pictures
show that sad and
happy time of the
school year... the
annual
departure of
our Upper Sixth
on Study Leave.
We have all
enjoyed a walk
on the wild side
with our Y13 girls
setting off to taste
the opportunities
that the world has to
offer them dressed as
giraffes, tigers and zebras.
We are all ver proud of the
confident, generous spirited young
women our Sixth Formers have become.
We enjoy celebrating each of our Leavers’ unique
contribution to school life at the Graduation Ceremony
and joining them for the fun of their Prom. Their great
good humour and sense of fun has brightened the life of
Bromley High School for seven years and we wish them
every deserved success in the examinations that await
them on the other side of half term.
Fides et Opera!
Mrs Drew
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HEATHER LAWES TRAVEL BURSARY
The award has been set up in memory of Heather, Head Girl at the school 1993-4, who was tragically killed in a car accident in January 2000.
Mr and Dr Lawes, her parents, realised how much benefit Heather had gained from her own travel experience. This bursary has been established to help
Bromley High School students gain a similar broadening experience in foreign countries. The award may be used during a GAP year following A levels
or at any time during university holidays up to the age of 23 and before full time employment. It will only be awarded in the year it is to be used and has a
value up to £2,000 annually (individual or shared) for travel outside the UK for a minimum 6 weeks duration.
ALEX CHRYSOSTOMOU
Former Deputy Head Girl in 2014, Alex has just completed her second year studying Medicine at Cardiff University. Before starting her third year Alex has
secured work as a lifeguard at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida as part of the Disney Cultural Exchange Programme. Whilst working between June and
August Alex intends to find time to explore Florida – even Skydiving at the Kennedy Space Centre! Alex then intends to explore further afield with the
intention of visiting Mexico before returning to her studies.
GRACE BAYLIS
Grace, Deputy Head Girl in 2015, is off to Nepal to volunteer in an orphanage for several weeks before completing a 10 day trek. Grace secured
this opportunity with the help of the charity Kids in Kathmandu, who supports two schools in the capital and sponsors 34 children, providing them
with the funds to attend school as well as extra English lessons. Grace will then return to Princeton University, playing hockey for the varsity team.
ANNA MYERS
Coincidentally, Anna, Head Girl in 2015, is also off to Nepal, volunteering in the Himalayan foothills, teaching English to primary school children as well as
12 days trekking the Annapurna circuit. Anna is working with CUhelp, a small charity with only about 40 volunteers a year, and hopes to make a difference
to those in the Himalayan foothills who are not necessarily reached by large international charities. Anna will the return to studying Land Economy at
St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge where she is JCR Vice-President, as well as a senior cox for the second boat and croquet secretary.
JENNIFER SEWELL - GAP YEAR – GENUINELY A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE
“To think I am now in the heart of Bangkok with four weeks left until I return to England is crazy!
If there is one thing I have learnt from my year of travelling; it’s that nothing ever goes exactly to plan. I started backpacking in Australia, like all good clichés, with the aim
of working in Cairns before buying a car and taking a road trip down the east coast to Sydney. I hit my fi rst hurdle when the company I had paid to secure me a job let me
down. Now on my own, I fl ew to Sydney and with the help of friends, I found a job within a week and started saving. I met amazing friends who showed me parts of
Australia I would otherwise never seen. Friendship is the best thing to have come out of my gap year.
The second hurdle I hit was when buying a car. I got a great second hand 4X4 to travel the east coast in; it took a lot of saving and I was so pleased.
However a few weeks later when I broke down I discovered I had been conned and the mileage clock had been turned back. The car was in a worse
state than I thought. So I went back to work, kept saving and had to make a new game plan. I ended up using Greyhound; a hop-on hop-off coach service
and travelled all the way up the east coast to Cairns. It took me a little longer than planned to set off on my road trip but I did it in the end. I surfed on
the most gorgeous beaches, I cuddled koalas, and I swam the Great Barrier Reef and hiked to some of the most beautiful places in the world, regardless
of the setbacks along the way.
I was in Australia for 8 wonderful months before packing my bag and moving on to Asia. I booked to travel to Malaysia, Phi Phi Islands, Thailand,
Cambodia, Nepal and India. Currently in Bangkok, Thailand I am having a wonderful time. The different cultures and way of life I have seen is amazing.
I have tried the local cuisine and taken a Thai cooking lesson. I’ve played with wild monkeys in the streets of Malaysia and bathed in a river full of
elephants. I have explored temples and learnt about different religions. It has been a truly amazing time. I am excited for the last few weeks of my trip where I will be seeing
major sites such as Angkor Wat, Chitwan national park and the Taj Mahal, to name but a few. On top of this I have lined up a great volunteering opportunity in Nepal,
working to help rebuild homes after the 2015 earthquake.
That just about sums up my year and I would urge everyone to take a gap year to travel, work and explore.
Almost at the end of my trip I know I will be coming back much more prepared and in the right mindset to excel at
university. I have had many problems along the way but I dealt with every single one and learnt from it.
It has to be said that none of this is possible without the constant support of my mum and the wonderful help and
generosity from the Heather Lawes Travel Bursary. I was so honoured to be chosen to receive the money and I hope
very much that Bobby and Phyllida Lawes feel I have put it to good use. Their bursary allowed me to travel longer and
to see and experience things that would have otherwise been out of my budget. I was able to reach more countries
and do things that I will remember for the rest of my life. Travelling is such an important part of life and their bursary,
if used properly, can make a gap year an unforgettable experience. I will be forever grateful to them for their help and
contribution to my trip. ‘
Further news of travel adventures in the following Alumnae pages...
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BROMLEY HIGH
Alumnae News
Our Old Girls are a diverse and far-flung group of individuals
who often return to Bromley High School to offer their advice
to girls considering university and career choices.
Here they share their own university and work experiences with us.
We hope you will stay in touch and join us at our forthcoming Alumnae
events and generally keep the conversation going.
For more information contact Denise Woodfield
by email: bromleyoldgirls@bro.gdst.net
or telephone 020 8781 7025
SIR COLIN BLAKEMORE AND TERRY WAITE IN CONVERSATION WITH DR MARY BAKER
It was a huge privilege to welcome Sir Colin Blakemore, Terry Waite and
Dr Mary Baker to school in October.
Dr Mary Baker described Sir Colin as the best neuroscientist in Europe.
The University of Oxford’s Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and
London University’s Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience duly
demonstrated his passion for a subject on the frontiers of undiscovered
science by speaking in a way which was accessible even to those with no
scientific background, elaborating on the concept of neuroplasticity.
Terry Waite CBE discussed his work as a hostage negotiator and his
experience as a hostage for five years in Beirut, much of which spent
in solitary confinement in the dark. His role in establishing the charity
Hostage UK in 2004 was an inspiring example of a humanitarian
response to appalling personal adversity.
‘A challenging, fascinating and utterly riveting insight into the
human brain and a moving glimpse of the depths of the human
spirit.’ Angela Drew Headmistress
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Anna Myers Nepal
Kathmandu is worlds apart from anywhere I have
visited before. Cows lying on roads, vegetables sold
from tarpaulin stalls on the pavement and shanty
towns were a taste of the Nepali way of life.
The earthquake, which devastated Kathmandu in
April 2015, had left in its wake burst pipes, huge pot
holes and collapsed buildings. During my stay in
Nepal I spent just a few days in the smog ridden
capital, before the real adventure. I visited, the local
Stoupa, Buddhist temple and a vantage point over the
city, where there was a sea of colour and an abundance
of bustling markets. Each location was surrounded by
prayer flags of blue, white, red, yellow and green
colours representing the elements, while their movement
in the wind was a sign of good luck and peace.
After a nerve-racking and treacherous eight hour
coach journey through narrow, winding, mountain top
roads we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city.
This is where our group of 5 began our trek. For seven
days we trekked a section of the Annapurna circuit,
experiencing lowland, alpine and jungle terrain. Since
it was the height of monsoon season, we experienced
enormous volumes of water from rain, rivers and waterfalls.
At one stage we had to cross barefoot and knee
deep through a burst banked river, while waterfalls
crashed over our paths – I must say, I thought I would
be swept away. Another terrifying moment of the trek
was my realisation that a leech had managed to squirm
its way under my eyelid - an uncomfortable experience
as you can imagine. Despite the temporary lack of
sight from a black splodge, I can safely say my sight is
back to normal. On the penultimate day, we managed
to catch a glimpse of the mountain peaks, the sky filled
with pink light made it a breath-taking, memorable
and my personal favourite point of the trek.
Upon returning to Kathmandu for a few days, a volunteer
and I headed to the remote Helmabu region where
the volunteering began. Our journey there was on a
local bus seating 24, but with more than 60 people on
it hanging out windows, on the roof and almost sitting
on each others laps, all adding to the experience of
the bumpy and landslide
ridden roads.
When we arrived to
the nearest ‘bus stop’
we had a 6 hour trek
to endure in monsoon
rains. The father of the
host family collected
us and, in broken English,
explained the lack of
transport to the village was
due to damage from the
earthquake, consisting of
huge cracks, landslides and
vertical cliffs which had
been created. Life with the
host family was an incredible
experience. Living
conditions were basic, a single room for sleeping, a
tin roof, no windows and no running water inside the
house highlighted the trauma caused by the earthquake.
Families are said to be scared to build houses
any larger, in case the natural disaster strikes again.
What struck me the most throughout the stay was
how happy the children were – local children gathered
around the house to play with each other; always with
a smile on their faces. They picked up moths by their
wings and raced them up the walls, others threw small
rotten pieces of corn at each other in the form of corn
fights, while others were intrigued by ‘foreigners’ and
would shyly peer round the corners at me.
The teaching within the local school of 600 students
was the highlight. It was admirable to see the enthusiasm
of the children, of all ages, wanting to learn
despite the lack of resources available. Since the earthquake,
temporary classrooms had been built, some
from bamboo canes and tin sheets, while others had
holes in the white board, succumbing to daily flooding.
However, teaching young children games, and actions
during the lessons put a big smile on their faces.
In the older classes, every pupil was keen to attend
the 7am lesson I put on each morning to improve their
speaking skills - despite one child writing ‘I don’t no
miss’ on a piece of work - they all persevered.
During my time at the school, I painted a large clock,
incorporating national flags, the globe and an array
of numbers in different forms. It added colour and a
glimmer of hope to the children, some of whom had
never left the village before, let alone the country, to
dream that there is a world out there that one day they
could visit. The entire experience was humbling.
We were given a farewell festival on the last day –
the gratitude of the community was shown with an
abundance of flowers, cards, scarves, smiles and gifts!
It was emotional to say goodbye, but I hope that
in the process I have helped and inspired at least
one child.
The teaching
within the local
school of 600
students was the
highlight.
It was admirable to
see the enthusiasm
of the children,
of all ages, wanting
to learn despite the
lack of resources
available.
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Grace Baylis Nepal
Carrying 50 kg of luggage, I dragged my bags
through the airport and checked them, partly
praying that I would see them again, but knowing
that the chance of them all making it to Kathmandu
at the same time as me could be slim. I wandered
through Heathrow terminal four, with flights
departing to places I had never even heard off.
Sleeping bag and camera in hand, I had my last
Costa coffee before getting on that 9 hour flight to
Mumbai. When reaching India, I was greeted with
the news that I had to remain in the airport for 11
hours and would not be able to go to the airport
hotel I had booked due to not having a day visa….
rookie error I guess! As it approached 3am in the
airport, with no Wifi or signal, no currency and no
pillow there was part of me that questioned what I
was doing.
As I queued in the line to board the plane to
Kathmandu, more and more heads started to turn,
staring straight at me, looking at me as though I
was coloured purple. I have been to some more nomadic
countries before so I was used to the staring
at a white person, but for some reason it seemed
worse this time. It was then that I realised that
it was also due to the fact I was the only woman
on the plane! When we finally touched down in
Kathmandu, having left my home approximately 28
hours ago, there was a young guy to greet me and
piled all my luggage in or on top of the tiny taxi. I
spent 3 days in Kathmandu, by the time I had mastered
the hectic traffic system that has no real road
surface or traffic lights and operates a ‘cross if you
dare’ sort of system it was time to get out of the city
and head to Besisahar. Just the 9 hour bus journey
to tackle now!
We finally got to Besisahar and was greeted by the
head Monk with digestives and Sprite, perfect.
I spent 2 and half weeks at the monastery there,
teaching the monks English. They ranged from
around 13 years old right up to 25 and from a few
sentences of English to no English at all. With a
lot of acting, drawing and repetition I managed
to teach topics such as food, activities, days of the
week and speaking about yourself. However, it can
be disheartening knowing that unless a constant
teacher of some sort is reinforcing what you are
teaching, the likelihood is that it will be forgotten
and that the chance of the monks learning English
fully is slim.
I then left Besisahar and flew out to Lukla - the
beginning for the ascent to Everest. As I got off the
12 seat propellor plane, feeling like Indiana Jones, I
grabbed my bags and we started to walk. The first
day walking was really a breeze… compared to the
rest, we walked an average of 7 hours a day. When
it is just you and a guide who speaks very little English,
it gives you lots of time to think, for some I am
sure that sounds blissful, for others; maybe not! In 6
days we climbed up to Everest Base Camp and back
down to Lukla, covering around 65 kilometers but
ascending up to 5364m. The round trip usually takes
around 13 days… on the our sixth day, when I realised
that, it made sense why I was finding it pretty
tough! Having suffered from altitude sickness,
fatigue, and hunger, I cannot wait to do it again, and
hopefully one day reach the summit.
Without the support from the Heather Lawes Travel
Bursary I would not have been able to do half the
activities and have the incredible experiences that
I did. The support they gave me enabled me to
take out extra school and sports supplies to both
the Monastery and other orphanages that I visited,
which is invaluable to organizations out there.
I also used the support to help me fund my trek to
Everest, which was one of the best experiences I
could have ever hoped to had.
Again I want to thank Bobby and Phyllida Lawes for
the generous donation in remembrance of their
daughter Heather, and encourage those in the Sixth
Form of Bromley High and Alumnae of two years to
apply for this very special bursary.
Having suffered from
altitude sickness,
fatigue, and hunger,
I cannot wait to
do it again, and
hopefully one day
reach the summit.
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Experiencing life
in a new city
is a real privilege
so my advice is
to also get a good
feel for the location
when making your
Uni choice.
Kat Chrysostomou Recent Leaver Head Girl 2016
Hi, I’m Kat and I’m nearing the end of my first year
studying a 4 year Masters course in Bioengineering at
Sheffield University. I was at Bromley High from Reception
through to being Head Girl in Year 13 so it was a
huge change for me going to University. I needn’t have
worried though – everything fell into place very quickly
and I soon became used to a new and exciting way of life!
When arriving at University it is important to remember
that everyone is in the same boat and anxious to make
new friends and have fun. There is so much to do and so
many clubs and activities to become involved in that and
no matter what you enjoy doing there will be others with
the same interests! I can honestly say I’m having the time
of my life!! Sheffield is a fantastic place to live – very
lively, especially on a night out, but also very friendly
too. But in addition, we have the beautiful Peak District
on our doorstep. Experiencing life in a new city is a real
privilege so my advice is to also get a good feel for the
location when making your Uni choice.
I currently have a room in a university halls of residence
- there are ten of us living together in an apartment and
our communal kitchen area is the perfect place to predrink
before a night out or just to sit together and watch
a move. It’s great fun and there is always something
going on!
My course is challenging but fascinating and enjoyable
too. I studied Physics, Biology and Maths at A Level and
Further Maths and Chemistry at AS Level so Bioengineering
is the perfect course to combine all these. In
my second year, I have chosen to specialize in Medical
Devices and would ultimately like to work in the development
of medical robotics and prosthesis, possibly at an
institute like MIT in the USA.
One of the things I am most proud of this year is that I
was offered a place on the International Innovations team
of Sheffield Enactus which is a social enterprise group
based at the University. My team recently won a Progress
Award at the Presentation Evening for our work on an
enterprise project in Tanzania. We successfully set up a
bio-digester in a Tanzanian village and we are currently
looking to partner with an NGO to set up future projects.
Hopefully this will mean a trip to Tanzania in the near
future to check on progress. In addition, I still enjoy
music and sing with the Sheffield Uni
gospel choir which is great fun. I am
loving every minute of university life –
work hard but play hard too –
that’s the best advice I can give you!
Anah Mushtaq A day in the life of a medical student
My first year studying at uni has flown by and it’s
been so much fun! It’s a great opportunity to meet
people from all over the world and get involved with
the many societies on offer. I joined a Teddy Bear
Hospital scheme this year and got the chance to visit
primary schools in London and teach the children
about the importance of staying healthy by showing
them how to perform check ups on their teddy bears.
I am also applying to get training in pre-hospital care
next year and maybe go out with the air ambulance!
I definitely think I chose the right university for
me because Barts allows you to choose a couple of
modules (SSCs) in areas which you might not get the
opportunity to look into otherwise; I really enjoyed
being able to do human dissection as well as being
taught clinical hypnosis. There are so many social
events to go to as well such as a boat ball on the
Thames and the night life in London is incredible.
When I started uni I wasn’t expecting to be sent
out on placements and doing clinical examinations
straight away- my advice for aspiring medics would
be to be prepared for being thrown in the deep end
straight away. There’s a lot to learn and you’ll be
working hard but there are plenty of opportunities
to have a good time as well. Medical school is
probably as difficult as everyone told me it would be
but don’t let that put you off! If this is what you are
really passionate about, you’ll have an amazing time.
My advice for aspiring medics would
be to be prepared for being thrown in
the deep end straight away...If this is
what you are really passionate about,
you’ll have an amazing time.
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ALUMNAE
Saffron Gupta Loughborough University
I am almost at the end of my first year at
Loughborough University studying Geography
and Management. I don’t think anything or anyone
can really prepare you for university. For some
people the thought of living away from home,
being fully independent and starting a new part of
your life can be very daunting and scary however
for me I could not wait! I was very excited about
living in a new place, meeting new people and
starting my degree so at October could not come
soon enough!
I do believe everything is mapped out for you and
everything works out for the best in the end so do
not stress and panic about applying for university. I
was constantly changing my mind of what I wanted
to do and where I wanted to go however,
I just knew I wanted to go to University for the
experience and of course the education. Take on
board advice from your parents, teachers and
friends but with a pinch of salt, as at the end of the
day it is your decision and your future! Similarly
don’t think about league tables, think about you
and where you want to be.
I love Loughborough University! It is a well
regarded sports university, however there is something
for everyone here; you just have to be brave
and give things a go! Loughborough is a campus
university, which I would recommend to anyone!
Everything I need is no more than ten minutes
walk from my halls such as the library, union,
lecture halls, gym, pool and town. I live in catered
halls with shared bathroom facilities. I would
highly recommend being in catered halls as it is
a very sociable atmosphere and you will greatly
appreciate it when it comes to exam season.
I have made great friends and incredible memories
in only eight months! The first semester is crazy,
you will feel like you don’t have a minute to yourself
but make the most of it!
Here our my 5 top tips for starting University:
Read your course content - Make sure you
thoroughly read through the course content so you
know what you are letting yourself in for and you
don’t have any surprises
Have a positive mental attitude - Don’t be scaredas
clichéd as it is, everyone is in the same boat and
is probably feeling the same, so during ‘Fresher’s’
try out everything and take up any opportunity
posed to you.
Bring memories and photos from home for your
room – this is a great way to break the ice and start
conversations with your new flat mates. If you also
get homesick it can help.
Keep a diary - starting university is a once-in-alifetime,
whirlwind experience and can be overwhelming
but you want to remember every bit of
it so jot things down and take photos for memories
Keep in contact with family and friends back home
frequently – when it’s holiday time, it’s great to
come home and get a cup of tea made for you and
to catch up with friends from school.
I am finally proud to say that all of my hard work
has finally paid off as I am having the time of my
life at Loughborough! This is partially down to
Bromley High School and the amazing teachers
that helped me along the way, especially Mr. Isted
so thank you!
Saffron - centre - with friends at her
College Ball
Keep a diary -
starting university is
a once in a life time,
whirlwind
experience and can
be overwhelming but
you want to remember
every bit of it so jot
things down and take
photos for memories
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Sophy Holland Penny Freer BHS 1960 -67 Sophie Ryall
Sophy Holland is a British photographer
and director in NYC with over 12 years of
experience in the fashion, advertising and
film industry.
A Central St Martins graduate, Holland started
her career in fashion as an Art Director on
both TV and print, working on a mix of
editorial and advertising campaigns,
Worldwide. Her client list included Wella
haircare, Davidoff cologne, Joop! Homme,
Vogue, Vanity Fair, Proxima Spirits, Oscar De
La Renta, Chandon, Swarovski, Lab Series
Skincare, and Zegna.
She made her directorial debut directing a
short film ‘Brace’ which was shown in over
50 film festivals worldwide and is now
recognized as an educational film, supporting
gay youth against gang violence in London.
Holland continued to direct a mixture of
advertising and humanitarian oriented film
projects. Most notably, the Women’s
History Month project with BET Network
(Viacom) which won a gold PROMAX award,
Tory Burch - Embrace Ambition PSA featuring
over 40 celebrities tackling the negative
stigma of the word ambition in a woman,
and Swarovski seasonal campaigns featuring
Karlie Kloss and twelve of their worldwide
ambassadors.
She also directed a full length documentary,
‘Illustrated Man’ on the history of tattoo
culture and how it has collided with fashion
in current-day society.
Sophy Holland has photographed campaigns
and editorials for brands such as Pfizer,
Swarovski, Elizabeth Arden, Vogue, Elle,
Tatler, Harpers Bazaar, Lofficiel, Marriott
Hotels and many others.
I followed
my two
sisters to
Bromley
High, at
the times
of Misses
Leale and
Hardwick,
Bromley South Station, and journeys
to playing fields. Education gave
us confidence in a male dominated
world. Men might say “We like our
ladies in the kitchen” but such smart
words never stopped a BHS girl!
BHS urged me to apply, successfully,
for limited places in ladies’ colleges
at Oxford. I was awarded an
Exhibition to Lady Margaret Hall, to
add to my Trust Scholarship.
For Oxford entrance I needed good
History, and French, and Latin both
for entrance and my law degree.
I was a rotten linguist – thank you
BHS for teaching me!
When only some 6% of law students
were women, I (and one sister) qualified
as a solicitor and I later became
partner at the City firm Freshfields.
I was educated to flourish in legal
and social changes, the EU, and the
financial revolution of the 1980s.
I left the City when my children
were teenagers. That’s the rub for
mothers. If you’re not around the
minute teenagers want to talk to
you, they might never talk to you!
Later roles included expert court
witness, and university teaching.
I am now retired.
If I were teenage today, I’d go for a
broad education, probably choose
the same A levels (unusual mix
40 years ago); Double Maths, and
History (now regarded as a PPE set)
plus Latin.
Penny Freer
Men might say ‘We like our
ladies in the kitchen”
but such smart words never
stopped a BHS girl!’
Sophie Ryall qualified
for England Nationals
in Karate. Sophie
qualified to enter the
England Nationals in
Karate and competed
last week in Leicester.
The competition was
intensely fierce, with
over 500 competitors
on the Sunday alone,
including world
reknowned athletes
Sophie Ryall winner
of Kata competition
2016 Renishinkai
Beckenham Club.
such as current world champion Jordan
Thomas and 2004 world bronze medallist
Natalie Williams. Sophie competed in the
Kumite 16-17 years under 58kg category
with her club Renskinkai winning 8 medals
in total. She said “It was a great experience!
I have never been to nationals before and
to see all the countries best fighters was
amazing.” Karate will be an Olympic sport
in future and her Sensei and trainer Natalie
Williams has been England’s and Europe’s
Gold Medallist for a number of years. On
the 2nd of July, Sophie also competed in the
BIKO Closed Championship in Northampton,
winning a Gold and Bronze medal
in both individual and pair Kata, and is
scheduled to compete in the British International
Open Championships in Edinburgh
at the beginning of October 2017.
‘It was a great experience!
I have never been to nationals
before and to see all the
countries best fighters was
amazing.’
Sophie Ryall sixth from left, with Renshinkai squad.
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ALUMNAE
Annie Lyons My Writing Life
It probably won’t surprise you to hear that my favourite subject at
school was English. I can remember our class reading ‘Of Mice and
Men’ during my first term at Bromley High in the autumn of 1985. I
was amazed because this was a proper book – and it was good. Really
good. I don’t think I was self-aware enough to realise that this was a
key moment in my literary career but I do know that my heart broke
for Lennie and it was probably one of the first times I recognised just
how powerful words (and the emotions they evoke) can be.
As I progressed through school, I carried on enjoying English but I also
loved History, languages, Music, Art, Drama – I worked hard and tried
to ignore my confidence-crushing hormones whilst doing my best to
work out where I fitted in the world.
In the sixth form, I found out. I was elected Head Girl along with my
close friend, Lisa Mills and we had a blast. We had many duties I’m
sure but the ones Lisa and I remember most were the daily hunt for
a large copper plant pot, which Mrs Hancock, the ferocious but fair
Head insisted was in situ on the stage for every morning assembly.
Lisa and I also had to sit on stage during assembly and afterwards we
would have to pin up the notices, which Mrs Hancock had read out
that day, ensuring that each was affixed to the wall with four drawing
pins – ‘we must not have notices flapping in the breeze, girls.’ Quite so.
I took A Level English very seriously. I remember studying the Brontës
and thinking, ‘This book writing isn’t for sissies – this is proper fiction.’
I read Jane Eyre during the summer of 1990 perched on the bottom
of a ladder whilst my dad painted our house. I studied Wuthering
Heights during the next two years and as the copy I still have shows, I
took literary criticism to a new level – no word remained unanalysed,
no character reference un-highlighted – I even had colour coding for
goodness’ sake! Of course the natural path for a girl who loved books,
words and English would be to study it at university. I did go to university
– to Bristol and I studied…German! I graduated with a 2:1 and
whilst applying for other jobs, I managed to find a position as a bookseller
in Books etc.’s flagship store on Charing Cross Road, and then
met my future husband.
After two years of book-selling, I turned my hand to book-publishing
with a job at Egmont Children’s Books. I stayed there for thirteen years
during which time, I married my bookshop sweetheart and we moved
to Beckenham and started a family.
I took a course in creative writing - our teacher was passionate, encouraging
and had the writing knowledge. She recommended that we
read On Writing by Stephen King. I read it and immediately found my
writing muse. Now all I needed to do was write the book.
My maternity leave finished and I went back to work. I kept scribbling
on the train to and from work but it was slow progress. A year later, I
was made redundant. Now I was permanently at home with two small
children and a brain that urgently needed channelling. I already had
twenty thousand words of a novel without a title. The book told the
story of two sisters – Rachel and Emma. Rachel was a stay-at-home
mother of three and Emma was an editor at a book publisher (I was
max-ing the ‘write what you know’ mantra here). On paper they led
perfect lives – Rachel had a lovely family, Emma had the career and
adoring fiancé and yet they both experienced that nagging sense that
the grass is greener elsewhere but
they’re both about to realise that
you don’t know what you’ve got
until you’re on the verge of losing
it altogether.
It took another two years, many,
many rejection letters (some
encouraging, some less so) and a
moment when I nearly gave up
before this book was published.
Not Quite Perfect went on to become a number one bestseller that
year selling over fifty thousand copies.
I have since written three more books – The Secrets Between Sisters;
Something Like It, and in 2015 I started to write a story about a street
called Hope Street. I had long wanted to write a book about the
south-east London community I have called home for many years.
I am also a proud member of the Churchfields Community Choir
also based in Beckenham so the story became about a choir formed
by two very different women – Caroline and Natalie, who are trying
to save their local community hall from closure. About a month ago
I experienced the best moment of my writing career when the choir
sang at my book signing at Waterstone’s in Orpington. It was as if
the book had come to life – singing, friendship, community, hope
and cake – basically the key ingredients to a happy life.
So people often ask me what it’s like to be a writer and if you catch
me when I’m planning a book, I’m like a child at Christmas – full
of excitement and hope. You’ll often find me sitting in a coffee shop
with a notebook (don’t sit next to me unless you want your conversation
included in a book by the way – I am a terrible eavesdropper).
I carry notebooks wherever I go so that I can jot down character details
and lines of dialogue. My stories are character-driven so these
aspects are key because each one will build to form what I hope will
be an authentic, multi-dimensional character.
When I actually start to write, I always set out to write the best book
ever and always end up writing the best book possible. I have a
rough outline but tend to let the characters lead me through the story.
And when the book’s written, there comes publication day. This
always feels a bit like a birthday to me – the work is done, people
line up to congratulate you, the book starts to sell, reviews start to
appear and it’s actually compulsory to drink champagne.
TIPS FOR ASPIRING WRITERS
Write what you know and turn it on its head.
You story has to have a hook – think of the calendar in Calendar
Girls – without it it’s a tragic but everyday story about a woman
losing her husband to cancer, but with the calendar, it’s elevated
above the everyday into something extraordinary.
Every book or story you write should and will be better than
the last.
Write for yourself and the millions of readers like you.
Read On Writing by Stephen King because everything a writer
needs to know is in that book.
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Community Spirit!
Bromley High’s
fourth annual
Community Festival
was celebrated under
blue skies, with
hundreds of parents,
elderly neighbours
and local primary
school children
joining in the
fun. There was something for everyone
with the chance to scale the
climbing wall, watch the birds of prey or
just browse the stalls in the sunshine and
have a cup of tea and a piece of homemade
cake.
A lovely day for everyone!
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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
In January, Katie
Richards of the Born
Free Foundation
visited our school.
She came to explain
what the foundation
was and to raise awareness of how animals were
treated in zoos and in laboratories.
The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife
charity founded in 1984 by the actors Bill Travers and
Virginia McKenna, who starred in the film ‘Born Free’
(hence the name). The foundation is about working to
save the lives of animals, stop the suffering and testing
in labs and to protect the rare species in the wild.
Katie Richards joined the Born Free Foundation in
February 2016 and is part of the campaign department
of the foundation. She works within the Zoo Check,
focusing mainly on captive animals and the issues
with it in the UK and work on exotic pets. She has
volunteered in rescue centres in South Africa, South
East Asia and Europe, working with a wide range of
cetacea, primates and bears. Katie volunteered at the
Primate Monkey sanctuary in Pretoria, South Africa.
There she helped to rescue monkeys that were
unwanted pets or were tested on, and unfortunately
these primates couldn’t be released back into the wild.
Therefore, they were given the best possible life in
captivity.
Katie Richards asked for three volunteers to come and
sit on the stage throughout the assembly and at the
end asked how they felt. The purpose of this was to
demonstrate what she was talking about; how animals
felt when in captivity for long periods of time. She
explained how animals changed mentally and how it
is shown through their behaviour. For example, Katie
showed us an example of an elephant in a zoo, and
how it was swaying, showing signs of mentality issues.
Also, a ferret had taken to pacing its enclosure to try
and keep sane.
Paperless Friday
At the end of September we ran a Paperless Friday which was
new initiative from the Environment team.
Pupils and teachers enjoyed a day where they were involved
in some quite exciting and innovative lessons that
did not involve paper!
The 23rd of September was paper-free Friday at Bromley High.
This meant that we did not use paper all day in any lessons.
Using less paper is crucial to protecting our environment. 95% of the
raw materials used to make paper come from trees, meaning that by
using paper we are destroying trees.
My favourite lesson on paper-free Friday was my Spanish lesson. Miss
Vázquez had prepared an online quiz for us to do during this lesson.
We had to get into small groups and use our phones to complete the
quiz. In the quiz we had to do various translations and conjugations
correctly and as fast as possible. Our groups got very competitive!
Another lesson which stands out is my Maths lesson with Mr Potter.
Our topic was cumulative frequency and, instead of being provided
with data, we had to collect our own. We all went outside and did
standing jumps which we measured. Then, because it was paper-free
Friday, we had to write our results on whiteboards. Paper-free Friday
was thought-provoking: Just by one school not using paper for a day,
lots of paper was saved. It was interesting to see that so many lessons
could run without using paper.
Eleanor Bruce Y10
To fundraise as a school, we decided to run a cake sale
in honour of the Born Free Foundation, and one cake
was made per form. Some really amazing cakes were
made by all the year groups and house points and
prizes were given to
each year group.
A staggering £180 was
raised for the Born Free
Foundation and the
winning cake was an
imaginative farmyard
scene from Georgina
Maynard in 7R.
Dr Desai
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BROMLEY HIGH
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Year 6 Enterprise Day
The Year 6 Enterprise Fayre to raise money for continued
sponsorship of Mamotsekuwa’s education, saw the
whole school pulling together to raise enough money for
not one but two years of education.
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FOREWORD
2015-16 has been another busy year in the
Junior School with so many events, trips and
visitors arranged to enrich the learning
experience of the girls. As I look through the
pages in the Junior section, it is evident that the
curriculum is full of practical, hands-on learning
experiences in every year group.
These opportunities help the girls to develop a
deeper level of understanding of the topics covered.
The following pages are intended to provide you with a flavour of what
life in the Junior School is like on a daily basis. It is not possible to report
on all the achievements of the girls but you should gain a real sense of
what the girls themselves feel has been their favourite aspect of the year.
The girls always impress me with their ability to use their initiative and
suggest ideas that will support our local community and further afield
through our charity programme. The Year 6 Enterprise Fayre to raise
money for continued sponsorship of Mamotsekuwa’s education, was one
such example, with the whole school pulling together to raise enough
money for not one but two years of education. Through the generosity
of the Bromley High community, enough money was raised for to also
support another children’s charity in South Africa.
I would like to thank you, as parents, for your continued support of
everything we do in the Junior School and in particular the BHPA for
organising and supporting the numerous events throughout the year.
The strong partnership of girls, parents and staff ensures that we are a
strong vibrant community.
I look forward to a happy and successful year and hope you enjoy
reading this year’s magazine.
Headmistress Bromley High Junior School
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RIn the Autumn Term we enjoyed the theme ‘All About Me’. We created an
‘All About Me’ box, filled with items and photos that were special to share
with our new friends and teachers. We talked about ourselves and our stages
of development, engaging in active learning during visits to class from an
expectant mother, a new baby and a toddler. We learnt about our bodies and
senses in an interactive science workshop, visiting the Life Bus and going on a
listening walk. We created a sensory collage and wrote a senses poem.
We enjoyed a visit from a Chef to tell us about Healthy Eating and interesting
ingredients! We made fruit kebabs, preparing the fruit carefully, choosing our
favourite fruits, eating our kebabs and evaluating the taste. We met our school
guinea pigs, Betty Biscuit, Hilda Hob Nob and Sylvia Shortcake and learnt
how to look after them. Two of our girls brought in pets from home and talked
beautifully about how they care for them. Our first big trip was to ‘Build a Bear
Workshop’ in Bromley and we had a wonderful time creating class bears; Rosie
and Snowy! We worked really hard to practise and perform our Christmas
Nativity play, which was thoroughly enjoyed by our parents.
In the Spring Term we climbed ‘All Aboard’ with our transport topic.
For our stunning start we were given the Christmas holiday challenge of
travelling on different modes of transport. We then made amazing 3D models
of our favourite vehicles to talk about and display in school. These included a
horse-drawn sleigh, an aeroplane and a bus. We investigated hot air balloons
and how they work. In Expressive Arts and Design we made papier mache hot
air balloons including designing and making a basket with passengers! We then
wrote imaginative stories about going on a journey in a hot air balloon. We had
an exciting trip on an open top double decker Routemaster bus around the local
area. We had a visit from two engineers from Crossrail who told us all about
how they are building the new railway in London. Our fabulous finish was a
trip to Groombridge Country Park.
We travelled on several modes of transport; a coach, a heritage diesel train,
on our feet and on a boat! We used maps to guide our class through the
enchanted forest and had a wonderful time exploring the adventure
playground and maze! Back at school we talked about the similarities and
differences between the different modes of transport.
In the Summer Term our topic was ‘Down on the Farm’ and we had great fun
learning about farm animals, machinery and crops. For our stunning start
we made 3D farmyard scenes including farm animals, buildings, crops, farm
machinery and people. We shared information texts to find out about different
farm animals and how to look after them. We planted radishes, strawberries
and tomatoes in our planter outside; we watered them and watched
them grow. In June we harvested our radishes and shared the story
of the Enormous Turnip as they popped out of the ground! In June
we had a special delivery to Bromley High School……an incubator
with 7 eggs inside. We were fascinated to discover what was
inside and after two days of careful observation the eggs hatched!
We had 7 ducklings in Reception and for two weeks we watched
them grow, as they learned to waddle, swim and dive. We learnt
about what they like to eat and what they need for shelter and
exercise. Our parents popped into our classroom so that we could
show them the ducklings and we had daily photos and videos on
Tapestry so that we could talk at home about how the ducklings
were changing at home. After two weeks the ducklings went back to
the farm and we could reflect on everything that we had learnt about
animal development. Our fabulous finish to the year was a visit from our
local ice cream van to celebrate the end of a wonderful and
exciting Reception Year at Bromley High.
Right:
The girls have had
tremendous fun
creating mixtures
in our new mud
kitchen!
Right:
In ‘Understanding the
World’ the girls were
challenged to make a
boat that could float!
Left:
On Pirate Day
the girls created and
followed Treasure Maps
Left:
We celebrated
Chinese New Year,
these girls are
painting Chinese
fans.
We had 7 ducklings in
Reception and for two
weeks we watched them
grow; they learned to
waddle, swim and dive.
After two weeks the
ducklings went back to
the farm.
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RECEPTION
From left:
The girls used their
senses to smell
different herbs
and spices during
a visit from a chef;
exploring woodland
materials on our
trip to Groombridge
Place Park.
Our Summer Term
topic was Down on
the Farm. The girls
learnt about sheep
shearing and made
their own woolly
sheep!
We had a visit at school from an
open top double decker Routemaster bus and
went on an exciting bus journey around the local area.
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Year 1
have had a very
exciting year!
Autumn term saw our topic ‘Into the Woods’ take us on a wonderful adventure!
We started the topic off by learning all about the seasons and the weather
before we walked around Jubilee Park looking for woodland life, and used our
ideas to write woodland animals fact files, poems and paintings.
We enjoyed learning the story of Little Red Riding Hood and acting out
the story using masks. We became woodland detectives and went off
to learn all about the story of the Owl Babies which we performed for
our Christmas Entertainment.
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YEAR 1
The spring term topic was ‘Turrets and
Tiaras’ which started with us learning
all about the Royal Family and writing
letters to the Queen. Then there was the
arrival of a wonderful golden egg and
some footprints in the corridor; a dragon
had come to stay! We learnt about castles,
visiting Leeds Castle to act out a story and
listen to the castle history. A circus skills
workshop and a princess themed day were
such fun, and our Year 1 play of ‘Rapunzel’
rounded off our ‘Turrets and Tiaras’
topic perfectly. We also took part in Forest
School, enjoying the camp fire and toasted
marshmallows.
There was the
arrival of a
wonderful golden
egg and some
footprints in the
corridor;
a dragon had
come to stay!
Clockwise from top:
The girls in
costume at Leeds
Castle; under the
sea at Hastings
Aquarium;
Pirate Day and
Year 1 at
Forest School.
Our summer term topic was ‘A Watery World’ and we immersed
ourselves in the world of tadpoles and other pond life.
We loved reading the stories of Rosie and Jim on their canal boat
and creating our own storyboards. We were interested to learn
all about Jacques Cousteau and of course we had a great time
studying mermaids and pirates. Pirate Ron visited us for the day
with his ship and we had a wonderful time being pirates.
A highlight of the term was a visit to the Sea Life centre in
Hastings, where we loved seeing all the sea creatures and
walking through the underwater tunnel.
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2Year 2 have had a fantastic time this year learning
through the creative curriculum and enhancing our
knowledge with trips and workshops.
We began the year with our ‘Fire and Ice’ topic
where we explored the traditional tale of
‘The Firebird’. We went back in time to learn about
the Great Fire of London and Samuel Pepys.
The girls had great fun using a real fireman’s hose
following a visit from the Fire Brigade. We then
moved onto learning about ice and Polar Regions.
It was very exciting when we were visited by a
polar explorer. The girls learnt how to survive in
the freezing conditions by ‘layering like an onion’
and packing essential expedition items such as a
satellite phone, dehydrated food and a compass.
In Design Technology, we made a delicious healthy
and warming soup for their polar adventure.
In the spring we travelled ‘Around the World’
learning about many different
countries. We met Bobby Bear
and carefully followed his
adventures. We designed a
passport for Bobby Bear and
off he went, meeting other
types of bears across the
world. His journey started
in our local area, where
he caught a train from
Bickley to London.
As geographers, we
planned his trip and
drew our own maps
adding road names and
traffic signs to help keep him
safe. He spent time exploring
London and all that our
capital has to offer. Next he met
Katie Morag in Scotland, Gerald the
giraffe in Kenya, ending up meeting his bear
cousin in China.
Above:
performing
Minibeast
Madness at the
end of term.
Right: a
butterfly
diorama and
below,
Samuel Pepys
and a collage
of London.
We finished the school year with our last topic
‘From the Tiny Ant...’ even visiting Drusilla’s Zoo
where we got up close to some minibeasts and
some not so mini! We spent time learning about
different animals and the habitats that provide
homes for them in our local environment.
We hatched chicks that went to live with Miss
Anderson and butterflies that we released in the
school playground. The term culminated in our
fabulous finish where we staged our play
‘Minibeast Madness’. When the Midsummer Fiesta
is gate-crashed by Inspector Secticide the Bug
Squad the resourceful creepy crawlies have to use
their natural defences against their attackers.
Their acting was wonderful and the girls enhanced
the story with their beautiful singing and dancing.
A fantastic way to end their time in the Preps!
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YEAR 2
Gerald the
Giraffe
Clockwise from above:
Learning to survive in freezing
conditions; Gerald the Giraffe;
Bobby Bear; Panda and
Paddington Bear; a London
Fire engine; and meeting the
Fire Brigade.
I’m Bobby Bear!
The girls had great fun
using a real fireman’s
hose following a visit
from the Fire Brigade.
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Our forest and the outdoors are a super place for discovery
and learning whilst having fun and adventures with friends!
Forest School allows everyone, the girls and the teachers,
the opportunity to experience the awe and wonder of the
natural environment.
Underneath tumbling leaves, dancing clouds and
smouldering fires, the girls in Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 spent
another wonderful year in our forest. The girls have
challenged themselves in the woods with their friends, and
discovered talents they never knew they had. Year 1 enriched
their learning with leaf, tree, minibeast and bird exploration.
Year 2 improved their risk assessment skills, spotting natural
hazards and learning to use tools safely. Year 3 became knot
experts learning to weave and lash sticks together. Year 4 took
part in den making, whittling and fire lighting. We even
welcomed a group of intrepid Reception parents who were
keen to share the experience together.
In Forest School, learning and laughter
always go hand in hand.
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FOREST SCHOOL
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3The year began as we became ‘Roman Researchers’.
We learnt about the role of an archaeologist and we
were amazed to find so many ‘Roman’ artefacts,
including coins, strigils, wax tablets, lamps, torques
and bones, buried beneath the school playing field!
We visited Crofton Roman Villa to investigate Roman
life in our local area and wondered what the Roman
people would have thought about a train station
being built so close to their home. During our Roman
Day we became trade apprentices, learning how to
mix ink, create medicines and emboss leather.
We gossiped at the market stalls and discovered
Boudicca had sent a ‘spy’ into our midst!
In our art and design lessons, we created our own
mosaic tiles and made delicious pizzas!
In the spring term we mapped our way around the
school as we said, ‘Hi! Bromley High’. We developed
our investigative and enquiry skills as we studied
maps, newspapers, advertisements and photographs
of the local area to discover interesting facts.
Did you know that our school first opened in 1883
and was beside Bromley South station?
Did you know that Richmal Crompton, the famous
author of the ‘Just William’ books, was a teacher at
our school? We devised our own questionnaires and
interviewed alumnae of the school. Mrs Clare told us
that she did not like the soggy mash potato served
for school dinners when she was a pupil at the
Hawthorns site.
In the summer term our curriculum twisted and
turned into our last topic,
‘Riveting Rivers’.
We investigated local rivers
and how our waste water
is treated. We discovered
how fortunate we are
to have access to
running water when
we learned about the
work of Water Aid.
Thames Water gave
us some great tips
about saving water
in our homes.
We took the 4 minute
challenge – Can you
shower in 4 minutes?
Our fabulous finish
was a splashing success;
with huge smiles and firm
friendships, we stood knee
deep in water as we explored the
speed, temperature and invertebrate
population of the River Darent.
From above:
Digging into our
local history,
Year 3 investigated
artefacts and visited
Chislehurst Caves
With huge smiles and firm friendships,
we stood knee deep in water as we
explored the speed, temperature
and invertebrate population of
the River Darent.
Having a
riveting time in
the river!
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YEAR 3
Hi! Bromley High!
Clockwise from left: Leaping
into action the year 3’s
investigated measuring
distance in our maths
lessons.
Making mosaic tiles
at the Roman Villa
How long are your
legs?
Delicious flapjacks
freshly baked;
studying rocks and soils
beneath a microscope.
In the spring term we mapped our way
around the school as we said, ‘Hi! Bromley High’.
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4The girls in Year 4 have had a busy and exciting time
discovering “Tudor Treasures”, journeying to far off
lands uncovering the “Jewels of the East” and ending
with an “Aztec Adventure” exploring this ancient
civilisation.
In the Autumn term, we began the year with a
dramatic re-enactment of the Battle of Bosworth
which lead to the start of the Tudor era. We visited
the childhood home of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle,
and tried not to get too wet in the water maze - easier
said than done! We learnt all about life as a Tudor - rich
and poor, through our Tudor workshop and we all
managed to keep our heads!
In the Spring term, it was wonderful to send letters
to the girls who attend the Sushila Birla Girls School
in Kolkata. Our celebration of life
in India continued with our
India Day. Dressed in vivid
colours and shining
bangles we cooked
chapatis and ate
them with spicy
potatoes and
puffed rice,
performed
songs, made
rangoli, wrote
our names in
Tamil, tried
on traditional
Indian dress,
acted out the
story of Rama
and Sita and
danced “Bollywood
style”.
Dressed in vivid
colours and
shining bangles
we cooked
chapatis and
ate them
with spicy
potatoes and
puffed rice for
India Day
In the Summer term,
when visiting Forest school
we learnt essential survival
skills, whittling, building shelters
and roasting marshmallows in the forest.
Whilst visiting Howletts Wildlife Park, we investigated
habitats and animal adaptations in support of our
science topic.
We were fascinated to explore the history of the Aztecs
and learn about their way of life and how it vividly
contrasted with the Tudors which ran parallel to this
period in history. In our design technology we made
our own Aztec bowls as well as biscuits tracing the
history of chocolate and cocoa at the same time. We
finished with the fall of Montezuma and the invasion
of the Spanish led by Hernado Cortes.
Top: Making
friends with the
Colobus monkey
at Howletts
Wild Animal
Park, where we
learnt all about
the conservation
programme they
run.
Above: Our
Tudor
workshop
Left: Proudly
showing off our
Aztec creations
inspired by our
research of
Aztec patterns.
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YEAR 4
We learnt essential
survival skills, whittling,
building shelters and roasting
marshmallows
in the forest.
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5Year 5 started off their year by immersing themselves in Victorian
life. They followed the life journey of a typical Victorian girl, from
school days to the match girls’ strike, joining her with her housemaid
duties along the way as they explored how to use Victorian household
tools.
On Victorian Day the Junior School Hall was transformed into a
gloomy and tense Victorian school room. In the morning the girls
took on the role of subdued Victorian school children then, later
in the day, became Victorian detectives, searching through
the belongings of lost luggage suitcases to identify possible
owners.
In the autumn term, art and design lessons focused
on the work and influence of William Morris, culminating
in a trip to a ceramic studio. There, the girls
translated designs based on the Arts and Crafts
movement onto plates.
In the spring term the theme was Seeing is
Believing with weather as the geography topic.
The girls collected and interpreted weather data,
explored extreme weather and wrote weather
forecasts. They then travelled back in time to the world
of the Ancient Greeks. A personalised learning project
allowed the girls to choose from a variety of learning
styles to independently deepen their learning about both
modern and Ancient Greece. They also studied myths and
legends, made their own mini books retelling Aesop’s Fables
and had a heated debate on the advantages and disadvantages of
being a Spartan or an Athenian! A Greek afternoon of feasting and
drama concluded the unit.
The highlight of the term was the residential trip to Sayers Croft –
an activity centre in Surrey. Staff and pupils were all exhausted at
the end of an action packed few days! The girls managed to cram in
climbing, caving, orienteering, pond dipping, shelter building, team
games, a night walk, bat watching and blindfold mazes!
Above: Artwork in
the style of Patrick
Caulfield and Renate
Keeping.
Left: Year 5 visit to
‘Fired Up’ in Petts
Wood to transfer
William Morris
inspired designs onto
ceramic plates.
On Victorian Day the Junior School Hall
was transformed into a gloomy and tense
Victorian school room.
The Home and Away topic started by going “away” to the Amazon
Rainforest and everyone was enthralled by the Rainforest Man - who
not only helped the girls understand the structure and dangers of
the rainforest but also gave them the opportunity to handle a wide
variety of rainforest creatures. They then came “home” to prepare
group presentations about GDST schools in different parts of the
country, contrasting the geography of the different locations.
A maths investigation inviting the girls to spend £100 from a
catalogue - including offers and discounts - made them realise how
important maths is in everyday life and the trip to Bromley’s Metro
Bank helped further this understanding of money and finance.
It also gave them the opportunity to research how many local shops
sold rainforest “friendly” products – adding fuel to their debates
around the subjects of deforestation and conservation.
The summer trip to Down House, the local home of Charles Darwin,
allowed the girls to draw together their learning from throughout the
year – from maths to art and design and science to RE.
It was a fitting end to a very busy year.
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YEAR 5
Clockwise from
top right: Sharing
Ancient Greek
project work;
Shelter building
at Sayers Croft;
Meeting the
Rainforest
creatures;
Team challenges
at Sayers Croft;
Year 5 visit to
Matilda in the
West End and
World Book Day
costumes.
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6The girls in Year 6 ended their time at the Junior School with a
very busy year! In the autumn we learned about World War II
and the girls enjoyed a combined day trip to HMS Belfast and
the Imperial War Museum to see artefacts from the time, such
as one of the original Enigma machines. The term finished with
a Tea Party for elderly friends and relatives, where girls shared
their learning and treated their guests to traditional war time
songs. The opportunity to listen to real war time experiences
was fascinating.
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In the spring term we enjoyed a new geography topic –
Our Amazing Earth – and learned about the different layers of
the earth, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. This was
an absorbing subject and the girls completed individual
projects on mountain flora and fauna.
A highlight of our learning in English was studying
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet through a drama
workshop in school and then a theatre visit to see
the play performed. We even persuaded the actor
who played Romeo to join us on the coach for a
photo opportunity!
There were many additional themed days throughout the
year to enhance learning across the curriculum: In science,
Predator and Prey day, where the girls dissected owl pellets
to better understand the diet of the barn owl and in history,
Egyptian day, a hands-on workshop about life in Ancient Egypt.
Phase days were a new addition to the Year 5 and 6 curriculum,
where girls worked in house groups across UKS2. The first
focused on Tim Peake and coincided with his launch into orbit.
The second developed the girls’ geography and ICT skills and
included a treasure hunt around the grounds using OCR codes.
Year 6 developed their public speaking skills when they
visited the Mayor of Bromley. After finding out more about
the role of the Mayor, the girls conducted a lively debate in the
council chamber.
Once again, the annual trip to France, Le Chateau du Broutel
was action packed and full of fun! Kayaking, abseiling, and fun
on the zip wire as well as following instructions in French to
make their own mayonnaise!
Toward the end of the summer term, Year 6 excelled
themselves with their Enterprise project.
Following talks about teamwork, communication and money
management, the girls formed teams and created a fund-raising
plan to raise money for the child whose schooling we sponsor.
Each plan became reality at the fair two weeks later, when
each team created a stall of items to sell, games to play or
competitions to enter! Over £1000 was raised with girls from
every year in the Junior School having time to spend at the Fair.
The girls’ pride in their learning about enterprise and their
fundraising achievements was evident in their presentations
to parents the following day.
From above:
HMS Belfast
provided some
great photo
opportunities.
The Enterprise
Fair was fun for
everyone! The Maths
Challenge in Oxford
stretched our brains!
From
above:
Pupils
pose at
the
Imperial
War
Museum.
Egyptian Day
finished with a procession
and feast welcoming Queen Nerfertiti.
Right: Crate-stacking needed teamwork,
concentration and a head for heights.
Most people at
the beginning
were very scared
and when they
actually did it, they
handled it like a
professional!
I think it gave
everyone more
confidence.
Keren

YEAR 6
The Year 6 residential trip to Le Chateau du Broutel is thoroughly enjoyed by both girls and
staff members. Set in a picturesque location in Normandy, girls enjoyed a variety of adventure
activities as well as the opportunity to practise their language skills in nearby towns.
‘I started to get used to kayaking very
quickly and I actually went really fast.
It was my favourite activity.’
Hibba
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Once again, it has been a busy and successful year with
a wide variety of music making taking place in the
Junior School. The girls have the chance to perform
in lessons, assemblies, informal concerts, music festivals,
the music tour and whole school productions. There are
opportunities to play or sing solos and to perform as a
member of the Year 2 Choir, the Hawthorns Choir, the Music
Tour Choir, the Music Tour Ensemble, the Hawthorns
Orchestra, the Strings Group, and the Training Band.
Over 120 instrumental lessons are given to junior girls by our
many visiting peripatetic staff, who also organise informal
pupils’ concerts and give short recitals on the instruments
they teach. Many girls have enjoyed success in graded
examinations and local music festivals.
In the autumn term, the Hawthorns Choir
and the Orchestra performed in the Harvest
Festival assembly and there were also songs
from every age group in the Junior School.
Many girls played and sang throughout Open
Morning and other girls demonstrated their
music technology skills.
The run up to Christmas was as busy and exciting
as ever. The Prep Entertainment was linked to the
creative curriculum topics of “Into the Woods” for Year
1 and “Fire and Ice” for Year 2, whilst the Reception girls
delighted us with their nativity play. The Hawthorns girls
gave two colourful performances of “Panto Pandemonium”
in which a group of children supported by the good fairy had
to find all the good magic which had been taken away by the
wicked witch. Needless to say, it all ended happily ever after.
A series of informal concerts given by girls in each year group
took place in February and March. At these concerts, any girl
who learns an instrument, regardless of the standard she has
attained or the length of time she has been playing, is able
to play to a friendly audience of family and friends. At the
beginning of March, over 60 girls from Years 5 and 6 took
Junior School Music Report
part in the School Music Competition and all performed
well. Nine finalists played for an outside adjudicator and
the eventual winners were Grace Wu (violin) and Annabel
Nuijens (piano). The Choir entered the Bromley Music
Festival and we were delighted to win our class and the
prize for best choir of this age group.
Sixty girls and seven members of staff enjoyed the Middle
School Music Tour to Belgium at the end of the spring term.
Year 6 and Year 7 Choirs, soloists, the Instrumental Ensemble
and the Combined Choir all performed beautifully at two
concerts and also took part in a church mass. They sang in
a very moving Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate.
There were also many opportunities for sight-seeing
and shopping!
The annual joint Junior and Senior School
concert took place in May, with performances
from groups with players ranging
from Year 3 to Year 13. All the Junior
School ensembles took part in this delightful
evening of entertainment and it was
lovely for the Junior School girls to see
the high standard of music making they
can look forward to being a part of when they
move to the Senior School. The evening ended
with a surprise performance of Abba’s ‘Thank you for
the Music’ set to different words to enable us to say goodbye
to Mrs Clare who retired at the end of the summer term
after 24 years of service. Music and Drama have thrived at
Bromley High under her direction and there are hundreds of
girls who are indebted to her for the opportunities she has
given them.
The year culminated in two performances of “The Mikado”,
our summer production. As ever, all the Hawthorns girls
took part and it was staged in the Senior School hall, with
lights, make-up, scenery and costumes. The Year 6 girls
played the main parts, ably supported by the girls in Years
3-5. All performed absolutely brilliantly!
Mrs Bowden Director of Junior School Music
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JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC
Left: Nativity - Reception
Below: Year 1 Christmas
and Year 2 Christmas
Left and
below: Panto
Pandemonium!
MUSIC TROPHY WINNERS
2015-2016
These trophies are awarded for
attainment, commitment and progress
Year 3
Sara Hunter
Year 4
Lenka Cernohorsky
Pelin Irfan
Melody Manchester
Year 5
Raakavi Rajaseelan
Aliya Bashir
Year 6
Maya Shukla
Holly Stevens
Hannah Bekman
Orchestra Section Leaders
Rohini Kumar
Eliana Shaw-Lothian
Strings Group Leader
Sophie Kerr
The Mikado
The Year 6
girls played
the main parts,
ably supported
by the girls
in Years 3-5.
All performed
absolutely
brilliantly!
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Junior School Sport 2016
‘This Girl Can’ was the central message of our annual Sports Assembly
and this was very much the theme underpinning sporting activities throughout the year.
An array of matches, tournaments and displays in a wide variety of sports ensured that all Hawthorns’ girls were
involved, whether in events held internally or against external opponents.
All girls from Y3 – 6 participated in a variety of inter-form or inter-house events, as well as learning new skills
in a highly popular rugby taster day in celebration of England’s success in the World Cup.
The girls’ love of gymnastics and dance was celebrated with a Dance and Gymnastics Gala Afternoon
in which over 70 girls from Y4 - 6 performed, whilst optional clubs in hockey, fencing, netball,
gymnastics, various forms of dance, rounders, tennis, cross - country, swimming, horse riding and athletics
further enriched the Physical Education curriculum and provided girls with
multiple opportunities to suit a wide variety of interests.
Year 6 focus at Sports Day,
Opposite: Y5 & 6 Inter - House
Dodgeball winners
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The netball season got off to a very exciting start, with girls having
to apply their tactical knowledge and understanding when rotating
through all seven positions during an U11 versatility rally hosted by
Streatham and Clapham High. Our girls applied themselves well,
reaching the final where they were beaten by a very strong team
from St. Christopher’s School. 43 girls met with huge success when
representing Bromley High in friendly netball matches against local
schools and there was evidence that they were able to transfer the
skills learnt in lessons, clubs and the ever-popular lunch-time Netball
League to these matches. We were extremely proud that our U11 A
team won all 9 preliminary matches at the annual U11 Trust Rally
held in Oxford, eventually finishing as runners up after an enthralling
final against Notting Hill and Ealing High; a draw at the end of full
time led to extra time, at the end of which Bromley High trailed by a
single goal to finish in the runners-up position.
In the pool, 110 Y4 – 6 girls elected to enter the 25 metre swimming
championships in September, creating a noisy and very exciting
event. Swiftly following this was the U11 Swimming Trust Rally,
hosted by Northampton High, with eleven of our Y5 and 6 girls
competing. A combination of 50 metre and 25 metre
individual events and relays saw an outstanding team
performance enable us to become Trust Champions,
beating 16 other schools. 75 girls chose to enter the
Spring Term Y5/6 50 metre school swimming
championships whilst our Y4 - 6 swimming teams
won all their friendly galas, the highlight
undoubtedly being the tremendous 303 – 183
points victory against the boys from Eltham College.
We welcomed over 350 girls from 15 local independent
schools for the Tony James Memorial Cross
Country Meeting in October. The team event proved to
be an extremely closely fought affair, with only 3 points
separating our team, which finished in 4 th place, from the
two schools above us. Both the Bromley High Individual and Inter-
House Cross Country Championships enabled all members of Cross
Country Club, regardless of ability, to compete, whilst we achieved
fine results in all three age groups (Y4 2 nd , Y5 1 st , Y6 1 st ) at the Merton
Court Cross Country Meeting involving nine schools. The cross
country season ended in fine style at the Bromley Primary Schools’
Cross Country Meeting held at Crystal Palace. With 1824 competitors
representing 54 schools, this is the biggest event of this type in the
country and our girls produced a marvelous team performance to
finish in 3 rd place in the Y4 event, whilst winning the Y5/6 event by a
single point, pushing last year’s champions into second place.
Biathlon competitions combine each competitor’s points after
completing a 50 metre swim and an 800 metre swim and we were
delighted with the gutsy spirit displayed by our teams at the JAGS
invitational meeting for 10 schools, with our Y6 and Y5 teams
finishing in 1 st and 3 rd places respectively. This proved to be perfect
preparation for our U11 team, which progressed through the regional
rounds to qualify for the National Finals where they competed
against the top 27 schools in the country. Following fine performance
on the track and in the pool, our team finished second nationally,
with Lily Meers achieving 6 th place in the individual competition.
Every member of the Y6 hockey club played in the Bromley High
School U11 Hockey Tournament which involved a huge number
of girls from local primary schools, with our A team finishing as
runners up to Clare House. Later on in the season, these girls were
joined by all Y5 Hockey Club members to enjoy playing in a highly
competitive inter-house hockey tournament, giving all girls the
opportunity to experience competitive matches.
Girls with differing experience thoroughly enjoyed representing
Bromley High at gymnastics in novice, regional and national classes
held at the SE Regional Floor and Vault Competitions in Oxted and
Gravesend during the year, with our teams achieving 3 rd place in the
latter two classes. We hosted this year’s U11 Gymnastics Trust Rally,
finishing in third place in a nail biting competition where only 0.5 of
a point separated the top three teams with Emily Kerr, in particular,
excelling to win the individual title on the vault.
The summer term saw the focus switch to a different range of sports.
There were over 100 entries for the Y3 – 6 school mini tennis red,
orange, green and full tennis championships and friendly fixtures
against boys and girls from local schools gave some of the girls
with less experience the opportunity to represent the
school. We were the only school in Kent to field
multiple teams in all competitions at the Kent
Schools’ Championships, finishing as Kent
Champions in the full and mini tennis green
events, and in third place in the red and orange
events.
Our girls achieved the quite remarkable feat of
winning every match at the U11 Tennis Trust Rally
in Northampton without dropping a single rubber
to become Trust Champions and they were delighted
to be presented with their gold medals by the
Paralympic gold medalist, Ellie Robinson.
87 girls contested the weekly Y5/6 Rounders League, whilst the Y6
A and B teams won all their friendly matches. The U11 Trust Rounders
Rally was disrupted by heavy rain and so shortened matches
took place on the astroturf at Northampton High. Our team won all
their group matches to progress to the semi finals where a highly
competitive and closely fought match ensued; we narrowly lost by
one rounder to Wimbledon High, who went on to win the final, with
our team finishing in a very creditable third place.
All girls from Y3 – 6 participated in the track events at Sports Day
and Y5s and 6s also competed in one of three field events, with
every girl contributing valuable points to their house’s final total.
Our Y5 and 6 athletics teams both won their local athletics meetings
for independent schools by very wide margins, with some of these
girls then travelling to Bath University to represent the school at the
Athletics Trust Rally. This high calibre meeting is the pinnacle of
the athletics calendar, giving our girls the opportunity to compete
against very talented opposition as well as being able to watch older
national level athletes in action. With a fine collective team
performance, our Y5 team achieved third position, whilst our Year 6
team finished as Trust Champions.
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INTER HOUSE RESULTS
Above: U11 Trust Rounders Team. Below: Y4-6
Inter House Cross County Champions
EVENT
Y5/6 Dodgeball
Y5/6 Netball
Y4/5/6 Cross Country
Y4/5/6 Swimming
Y5/6 Hockey
Y5/6 Rounders
Y3/4/5/6 Athletics
WINNER
Bronte
Austen
Austen
Rowling
Austen
Rowling
Austen
Below: Y3 enjoy a mini tennis red team
competition
Above: Introduction to Rugby
Right: Looking forward to a home
netball fixture
Row above, left to right: South East
Regional Gymnastics Competition;
Y4, 5 & 6 Merton Court Cross
Country Meet; A successful
athletics meeting for Y5;
Celebrating the BHS U11 Hockey
Tournament
Row below, left to right: Trust
swimming rally 2015; Rowling win
the Y5&6 Inter House Rounders;
U11 National Biathlon - Runners
Up; Ellie Robinson presents medals
at the U11 Tennis Trust Rally.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS
Every girl from
Y3 – 6 has
contributed to
the excitement of a
varied programme
of sporting events
over the past year.
Embracing
challenges,
handling success or
disappointment in a
gracious manner and
displaying strong
organisational and
leadership skills have
been very evident
but above all, the
sheer enjoyment and
camaraderie that has
been displayed by the
girls during a highly
successful and busy
year has been a
pleasure to observe.
SPORTS AWARDS 2015 - 16
All Round Achievement Saskia Turner
Emily McLennan
Lily Meers
Achievement in Individual Sports Emily Kerr
All Round Progress Sofia Elliott
Year 6 Hockey Achievement Amelie Allen
Year 6 Cross Country Progress Amelie Willars
Year 6 Netball Achievement Zara Adu - Bobi
Year 6 Netball Progress Francesca Jones
Year 5 Netball Progress
Sapphire Houston - Ball
Year 6 Gymnastics Progress Hannah Malek
Year 6 Dance Progress Georgina Maynard
Year 6 Athletics Achievement Sophie Kerr
Year 5/6 Tennis Progress Amelia Rand
Y3/4 Mini Tennis Progress Bella Ahmed
Y6 Biathlon Progress Hannah Clark
Y6 Contribution to Team Swimming Ruby Rayner
Rose Meers
Y6 Rounders Progress Elissa Bonds Tscheutscher
Y3 Swimming Progress Zahra Jafar
Annabelle Robinson
Y4 Swimming Progress Caroline - Olivia Edwards
Ella Cain
Y5 Swimming Progress Shreya Arora
Ellen Harrington - Hill
Y6 Swimming Progress Freya Bromhead
Above: Netball Trust Rally
Below: Y5/6 Inter-House Hockey Champions
Below: Streatham versatility netball
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2016 CHARITY REPORT
puts the
Bromley High
F U N
The Autumn Term saw us once again begin
with our Teddy Bear’s extravaganza – closely
followed by Harvest Festival in aid of Barnado’s
whilst our food was dispatched to the Bromley branch
of the Salvation Army, with stray cans discovered over
the following week going to the local Food Bank.
Jeans for Genes Day allowed us to highlight the
essential work undertaken by many charities that focus
on the need to learn about genetics and support those
who are born with some genetic abnormality.
Autumn also saw Sixth formers getting in early with
a number of cake and sweet sales in aid of Cider and
Crack; Mind; the Alzheimers Association and Smile
International. Our regular donations to the poppy
collection for Remembrance Day and aids ribbons for
World Aids Day gave us an exciting red-themed
November and December. We also spent time knitting
hats for Innocent Smoothie bottles, helping to raise
much needed funds for Help the Aged.
9O began the fundraising for Oakdene with a great
haunted house for Halloween, allowing girls and staff
to dress up and have their photograph taken in the
revamped art studio. Year 11s once again put together
an amazing karaoke in aid of St Christopher’s Hospice
whilst the school celebrated the end of term
by wearing their Christmas jumpers in aid of
Save the Children.
In the Spring Term we delivered our flowering
hyacinths to the blind club of Bromley
and had a great sale of braided bracelets for
in fundraising!
Cancer Research which raised well over £200.
We went purple for a week in aid of Polio as the
crocuses appeared on the roundabout.
Our Easter activities were also very successful with
some amazing cakes which were sold for the house
charities, and who could forget the lovely display of
knitted chicks in the entrance hall which raised funds
for the Willow Wildlife Trust, a local animal rescue charity.
Finally we come to the summer term. Congratulations
to 10O who face painted at Sports day. Community
Day saw 10O, 9O, 8O, 9E and 8E busily fundraising
while the event itself received donations from stall
holders in the form of cash or raffle prizes to put
towards the Community Day Charity - the Marjorie
McClure School. This year the forms were fundraising
for House charities chosen by the girls and these were
Cancer Research for Elmfield, Papyrus for Fernbank,
Helping Hands for Speldhurst and Wateraid for
Oakdene. In addition we had our sponsored walk on
Community Day, which this year once again raised
money for the children of Ccorca in Peru, through the
charity Amantani.
Various departments have also contributed to the
charitable giving initiative within the school, with
Music donating through carol singing and collections
after concerts; DT passing on some of their sweet sale
money; Drama putting on a production of Coram Boy
and Maths organising the NSPCC Number Day.
A massive thank you to everyone who donated or
supported in any way at all last year.
Mrs Jenner Charity Co-ordinator
From left:
Community
Day adventures;
Easter chicks;
Hyacinths for the
Blind and
Innocent
Smoothie hat.
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