CLC Magazine 2017

2017

CONTENTS 

CONTENTS 

THE PRINCIPAL 1 

PREFECTS 2 

AUTUMN TERM 3 

SPRING TERM 32 

SUMMER TERM 52 

SPORT 78 

HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTRE 91 

HOUSES 92 

WELLBEING 108 

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 110 

THE PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE CENTRE 112 

LEAVERS’ DESTINATIONS 114 

GUILD 116 

ARCHIVES 117 

LIBRARY 118 

LEAVING STAFF 119 

AWARDS 128 

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 134 

THE PRINCIPAL 

Daily life in College is rich, varied, busy and imaginative. 

No two days or weeks are the same, and College’s 

links with Cheltenham and our wider community 

remain strong, bringing a unique sense of connectivity 

between the school and the cultural and social 

dimensions of the town. 

Our strategic partnership with Cheltenham Literature, Jazz, Science 

and Music Festivals saw College hosting NASA’s former chief scientist 

Ellen Stofan, musician Laura Mvula, and authors Sebastian Faulks 

and Guild member Robin Stevens (2001 – 2006 Bellairs), as well as 

welcoming a number of world-renowned speakers into College. These 

included architect Lord Norman Foster and the first female President 

of the Royal College of Surgeons, Clare Marx, who is a CLC alumna 

(1968 – 1972 Roderic). To have the opportunity to meet inspirational 

leaders and thinkers in their field at close range is a very special 

privilege indeed, and we would like to thank all those who have visited 

during the course of the year. 

Through Community Links and their own independent charity 

projects, the girls contributed hundreds of hours every week to 

volunteering and fundraising for causes both within the UK and 

abroad, ranging from a Glow Run on Field to welcoming local 

Brownies into our Starlab. We also supported the Holst Harp Concert 

and Cheltenham Children’s Festival, working closely with local groups. 

Through volunteering, learning from peers, teachers, parents, Guild 

members and business leaders, our pupils develop the confidence and 

discernment to ask the challenging questions, the motivation to work 

hard to achieve their goals and, ultimately, the vision, skills and will to 

change things for the better in the world around them. Supporting the 

development of both independent learning and team collaboration, 

the Engineering, Enterprise and Technology Department (opened last 

year) is now offering UC girls the chance to pursue a Higher Project 

Qualification (HPQ), and soon the SFC girls will be building a fullsize, 

functioning Caterham ‘kit’ car in College. 

Academic excellence continues to thrive at College, with some 

fantastic exam results from both our UC5 and SFC2 cohorts and 

many of our leavers are going on to study at world-class universities, 

including Oxbridge, Harvard, HKU and NYU. This being the first 

year of public examinations for the newly reformed ‘linear’ A Level 

subjects nationally, there were new challenges to face in all schools, 

The Principal’s favourite photos of the year 

THE PRINCIPAL 

and there are more reforms to come in the next couple of years by 

way of curriculum content and methods of assessment. As always, we 

learn all we can from detailed feedback and from close analysis of pupil 

performance to inform our teaching practice and our wider support of 

the girls. 

Integral to this support is the need for the girls to develop and sustain 

positive independent habits around their health, fitness and wellbeing, 

securing these essential skills for their future study, work and family 

lives. Last year, we launched our whole-school Wellbeing Programme, 

including sessions on relaxation, nutrition, sleep, study skills, positive 

mental health and self-defence. 

Breaking ground in 2016, our new Health and Fitness Centre facilities 

are on course to be formally opened in 2017/18. These include a 

second sports hall, activity studios, a second dance studio, squash 

courts and a large fitness gym. They will offer increased breadth of 

choice and facilities to allow each girl to develop lifelong habits in 

fitness and wellbeing, whether she feels herself to be ‘sporty’ or not. 

The creative and expressive arts also bring to College a wonderful 

dimension, and we see this as just as important to the ‘inner life’ as 

well as to our intellectual and academic development, nourishing our 

emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Alongside our thriving and 

buoyant musical programme for both individuals and ensembles, this 

year we have seen enthusiastic uptake of singer-songwriting, and 

imaginative use of our new recording studio. Within these pages you 

will see a celebration of the concerts, prizes, art, drama, creative writing 

and many varied exhibitions, trips and performances which testify to 

the enjoyment derived from both the creators and performers, and 

those fortunate to listen, watch and reflect on their work. 

We hope you enjoy this edition of the College Magazine, and my 

sincere thanks to the many contributors who have provided and edited 

the copy. 

Eve Jardine-Young 

Our thanks to the following: 

Everybody who contributed an article. 

Mr Stokes for some of the photography. 

Ms Drayden (The Ink Brolly) and Mr Forward-Davies for proof reading. 

The Marketing and Communications Department for proof reading, editing and collation. 

Origin for their design work. 

Severn Print for printing. 

Printed on FSC-certified paper. 

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PREFECTS 

PREFECTS 

The summit of Mt Batur 

GEOGRAPHY & BIOLOGY 

BALI 

AUTUMN TERM 

During the summer holidays, 15 girls from LC3 to 

SFC1 set off on their 10-day trip to Bali. 

We were to observe specialised species of plants and animals 

living in the tropical climate, and to experience the culture of this 

diverse island and the challenges some of its inhabitants have to 

face every day. 

We met two guides at Denpasar Airport and headed to a batik 

factory, where we were amazed to discover that the low-rise, 

open-walled, concrete building produced and exported batik 

cloths to far-flung countries around the world. Experts in the 

ancient art of cloth-dyeing taught us about the process to create 

a batik cloth before we tried making our own. 

SEPTEMBER • OCTOBER • NOVEMBER • DECEMBER 

Walking out of CLC for the final time… many thoughts 

and emotions race through your mind, not least of 

which is the disbelief that ‘you have finally made it 

through’, and in addition to this, your disbelief at how 

much going on this journey has formed and shaped 

you. I believe the same can be said about us walking out 

of our term as Prefects this year. 

While I don’t think any of us could have anticipated the journey we had 

ahead, no one would deny how formative the experience has been. As 

usual, in the past year, school has taken several strides forward with the 

advancements of the new Health and Fitness Centre and Wellbeing 

Programme. However, being trusted to contribute to these changes 

and also with the responsibility of running some of the key events in 

the school calendar definitely came as a bit of a challenge at times, but 

one which we came to thoroughly enjoy taking on. 

The first major task at hand was the organisation of the Christmas 

festivities in the Autumn Term, our overall aim for which was simply 

to go above and beyond. This began with a school-wide Christmas 

jumper day, during which we kicked off the new weekly Lower College 

vs Prefects dodgeball sessions with a special Christmas edition. As 

the year progressed, this proved to be a real treat as the ensemble of 

Lower College ganged up to show us that even in spite of our height 

and age, we really were no match for them! The week continued 

with a spin on last year’s live advent calendar where the lucky winners 

from each year received surprise visits from us in the mornings, as we 

skipped through College bearing gifts with Christmas music at full 

blast. Other highlights of the week included a stunning performance 

by the Chamber Choir in the Amphitheatre, mince pies, candy canes, 

and the traditional visit from a rather familiar-looking St Nicholas and 

his glamorous elves. Yet nothing could have given it a more perfect 

ending than the Staff Pantomime on the last day of term. After a long, 

and at times stressful, process of writing, casting and running rehearsals 

(alongside a successful babysitting service), our Harry Potter meets 

CLC theme finally came to life as the staff went all out in channelling 

Prefects 2016-17 

their inner Hogwartians to produce a humorous and memorable 

performance that helped close the term on a high. 

We entered the Spring Term seeking to lift spirits again with colourful 

socks to celebrate Blooming Monday and an amusing Mufti Day 

theme of Space and Aliens. The Easter Egg Hunt then gave another 

opportunity for us to spend time with Lower College whose energy 

and excitement was so infectious that, occasionally, it was difficult to 

tell who was having more fun! However, the Talent Show was by 

far the highlight of the term for us as it allowed us to experience 

first-hand how rich and diverse the range of talent in College is. From 

the extremely challenging auditions process to the numerous hurdles 

we faced during the technical rehearsals, we were thrilled to see it all 

come together in the end in such an incredible evening. 

The Summer Term is always a challenge as we shift gears into exam 

mode. However, determined not to let the ball drop, the team did a 

fantastic job of producing a really successful run of CBAY where a 

stunning £562.46 was raised in support of the College charities. We 

later had the privilege of having Dame Janet Trotter as our Keynote 

Speaker at Speech Day, whose moving address about the capacity 

we all have for excellence and our duty to go out and contribute 

excellence to our communities, is one that I am convinced all the 

leavers will continue to draw inspiration from even as we move on to 

the next phase of our lives. 

I would like to take this opportunity now to give my thanks to all the 

Prefects for the passion, commitment, time and energy they have 

invested into all that we have done this year. In scaling through a 

multitude of challenges, including their workloads, other commitments 

and at times personal circumstances, all the while maintaining the same 

high spirits and level of devotion they had at the start, they really have 

been a testament to themselves and an incredible team to work with. 

So as we come to the end of our tenure and the time has come to pass 

the baton on to next year’s Prefects, we wish them nothing but the very 

best of luck and every bit of success in the year ahead of them! 

TOFUNMI ADEYEMI HEAD PREFECT, 2016-17 

An afternoon of white water rafting 

Making our own batik 

Meeting the local children 

Rainforest 

The following few days had a common theme of muddy terrain 

and quadrats, as we explored several different habitats and 

undertook investigations to learn more about the inter-species 

relationships we could find there. An afternoon in a mangrove 

swamp by the shore was spent learning about the incredible 

durability of the mangrove trees and the unusual life of fiddler 

crabs who inhabit the swamps. The next day, we were shown a 

myriad of local spices used in much of the popular cuisine, before 

embarking on a long, slippery trek through the jungle to compare 

the density of ground vegetation. 

Day four saw us rise to an early start, as we set off at dawn to drive 

to the base of Mount Batur. This 1,717 metre-high active volcano 

presented a difficult ascent in the harsh heat of the sun, but with 

the help of some local guides, we finally made it to the peak and 

marvelled at the endless views of lava fields and jungle all around. 

Some quality time in the natural hot spring prepared us for the 

next leg of our journey, to Ubud, to learn about the Monkey 

Forest and admire the local crafts. 

Some of us had the opportunity to go diving during the trip 

and a few gained their PADI open water certificates. The 

Indonesian coasts are renowned for their clear blue waters and 

rich ecosystems. The divers saw many different sea creatures, 

including trigger fish, butterfly fish and starfish, but the best 

sighting was a green turtle sleeping on the sandy ocean floor. 

Our final day took us to another mountain, laden with bags of 

toys, clothes and food, to visit a tiny community living in extreme 

poverty at the top. Before ascending, we offered to carry up 

some water pipes for the village, which would be used to connect 

their supply to a neighbouring community. Upon reaching the 

small settlement, we played with the children before visiting 

some families to distribute our donations. These were gratefully 

received and, in thanks, they offered us some cooked cassava, 

which is the only food they can grow themselves in the infertile 

region. 

Not only did the experience with this little community open my 

eyes, but running out of water for one night in our eco-lodge and 

speaking to locals throughout the trip allowed me to understand 

the sort of trials some of the Balinese people face in daily life. It 

made me appreciate all the things we have, while others may not 

be so fortunate. Overall the trip was busy and enjoyable, with so 

much to learn about the area, ranging from adaptations of species 

to the religious customs. It was an unforgettable adventure for all. 

ABI OWEN SFC1 

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AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


CHEMISTRY 

NEW 

SCIENCE LAB 

Due to the continued popularity of science subjects 

in the Sixth Form, one of the classrooms in Lower 

College was transformed into a new lab over the 

summer holiday. It is currently being used exclusively 

by the Chemistry Department but is designed to 

cater for the needs of all the sciences. 

The classes lucky enough to have lessons in the new lab were 

initially fascinated with the idea that everything was pristine but 

quickly settled into their surroundings. They were also entertained 

watching their teachers struggle with the new-fangled fixtures and 

fittings at the beginning of the year! 

DR EVANS SECOND IN CHEMISTRY 

MUSIC 

HOUSE MUSIC 

College’s annual House Music competition took place 

on Thursday 22nd September in the Princess Hall. 

There was a wide range of outstanding and creative performances, 

including songs from bands such as Bastille and Snow Patrol, as 

well as those from West End musicals, including Hairspray and 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 

Congratulations go to St Helen’s, winners for 2016 following 

their performance of Let Me Down Easy by Sheppard, with an 

arrangement by Lola Hylander and Alya Md Ajib (UC5). 

MR HAWLEY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC 

Full House Music Results were as follows: 

BEST HOUSE: St Helen’s 

BEST ACCOMPANIMENT: St Clare 

BEST CONDUCTOR: Chrysanne Chow (UC5), Sidney Lodge 



AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


OUTDOOR EDUCATION 

LC1 ADVENTURE DAY 

MUSIC 

GAMELAN 

All LC1 girls had the opportunity to produce their very 

own authentic Balinese Gamelan performance in the 

Princess Hall. 

As part of the music curriculum in Lower College, the girls created 

music using Balinese instruments and produced their own class 

performance, led by ethnomusicologist and visiting Gamelan 

specialist Mr Jonathan Roberts. 

The girls were introduced to the style and numbered singing, 

applying this to the notes on the instruments. The layers soon 

became more complex as certain girls had different patterns to 

play, following carefully as the leader sped up and slowed down the 

tempo. 


The energy and enthusiasm displayed by the girls was 

excellent. They were inquisitive not only about the musical aspects 

of the style, but also asked some probing questions regarding the 

social and cultural aspects. They have since gone on to compare 

this to the music of Debussy, a composer whose work became 

heavily influenced by the music of Indonesia in the late 19th 

century. 

MR KEIR HEAD OF ACADEMIC MUSIC 

On Monday 19th September, LC1 girls went to 

Malvern for an Adventure Day. The day is organised 

to help all the new girls bond as a year group and have 

some fun by completing a series of activities. 

This year, the groups completed a ‘space race’ with all the tasks 

having a space theme. The activities included rock climbing, 

archery, problem-solving, a zip wire and many more. The groups 

gained points from each task, which equated to ‘rocket fuel’ for a 

final bottle rocket challenge. 

Despite the weather in the morning being a little soggy, all of the 

girls seemed to really enjoy the day. 

MISS TROTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION MANAGER 


AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

ST HILDA’S 

EAST WORK 

EXPERIENCE 

I spent two weeks at St Hilda’s East Community Centre, London, 

where I met so many great people and truly enjoyed my work 

experience. I talked and played games with members of the Older 

People’s Project and helped set up activities for the group. 

The first day was quite daunting but the family-like unit quickly 

made me feel at ease. I looked forward to going to St Hilda’s 

each day and would excitedly wait for the group to arrive. It was 

rewarding to see that the older people were also excited to see 

me and my twin brother, who was volunteering as well. The coordinator 

of the project, Vicky, was very helpful and kind, and I 

admired how she had an honest and personal relationship with each 

member of the group, as did Naz, another of the directors. 

LANGUAGES 

TRANSITION BAND NIGHT 


This work experience provided a tremendous learning experience 

for me. Talking to the members about their lives was not only 

interesting, but also helped improve my interpersonal skills. I was 

given opportunities to lead activities, such as quizzes on the history 

of Petticoat Lane and Jamaican independence. This was a great 

experience as it pushed me out of my comfort zone, improved my 

organisational skills and helped my confidence. 

The games we played, such as Boccia and solving riddles, were 

not only fun but also a great way to learn about the different 

personalities of the members and form relationships with them. 

For example, I quickly learnt that Ernie, one of the members of 

the project, is one of the funniest people I have ever met and his 

extensive general knowledge left me in awe. 

The relationships I formed with the older people gave me a great 

insight into their lives and experiences. Their stories really put 

things into perspective, and I felt that I started to understand what 

is important in life after hearing about their struggles. I respect and 

admire their resilience and perseverance. These qualities are ones I 

wish to possess and apply to all aspects of my life. 

Owing to St Hilda’s being based in such a diverse community, I 

learnt a lot about global history and different cultures from the 

stories the members told me. I enjoyed this because I love learning 

about new cultures and have a passion for global and international 

history. For example, when I was with Ann, who was Jamaican and 

her parents Antiguan, I enjoyed listening to her speak passionately 

about the history of Antigua and its journey to independence. I 

found this so interesting because I got an insight into the history 

of a country that I had never previously learnt about and also got a 

first-hand account of the events and impact on the citizens. 

Overall, my experience at St Hilda’s was invaluable. At the end 

of my two weeks, I truly felt that I was part of the St Hilda’s family 

and I will really cherish the memories and relationships I made 

there. I learnt a lot about the importance of flexibility, patience and 

teamwork. I admire and respect how, in spite of the cuts imposed 

by the government, the centre is determined to do the best it can 

for the community and will always go the extra mile. St Hilda’s 

sense of community is something that I believe all centres and 

organisations should aspire to replicate. 

KEHINDE WHYTE-ILORI SFC1 

On the evening of Saturday 1st October, the band 

Transition came to College and gave a fantastic 

performance. 

The band used to live in Taiwan and for the first year they could 

only say ‘hello’, ‘thank you’ and ‘delicious’ in Chinese. However, they 

worked at the language and began to write songs in Chinese. They 

also put their own story into the songs, one of which is about 

the difference between eastern and western culture and the 

misunderstandings that can occur. 

The one which had the biggest impression on me was . It 

talked about what they learned while living in Taiwan for three 

years and then coming back to the UK. It touched me, because I 

am studying abroad and sometimes miss home. 

This concert really encouraged me to believe that we should fight 

for our dreams, no matter how many setbacks we have - never say 

never! We should trust ourselves and believe that 

(the rain will be followed by a rainbow). 

JENNY HUANG LC3 

CHEMISTRY 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY 

CHEMISTRY LABS 

WORKSHOP 

Four SFC1 girls visited the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at the 

University of Oxford for a two-hour session led by some of their 

Chemistry technicians. Together we participated in an experiment 

to measure the rate of catalytic decomposition of hydrogen 

peroxide, which was enjoyable as we got to use a range of new 

apparatus and techniques that we had never experienced before. 

However, we did have to adjust our final results due to Oxford’s 

labs, some of the oldest in the world, being a good 10 degrees 

colder than normal room temperature. 

The rest of the morning was spent admiring some of the beautiful 

Oxford architecture and finding somewhere to eat our lunch, quite 

an achievement when you are not allowed to set foot in any of the 

Colleges’ immaculate, green lawn quadrangles! 

MR GILL HEAD OF CHEMISTRY 


AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


MUSIC 

ENDANGERED SPECIES 

How Big is Big Brother 


All our LC1 girls enjoyed a morning in the Music 

Department trying out many of the so-called 

‘endangered species’ instruments. 

These are instruments that are considered to be declining in 

popularity generally across the country, and amongst girls in 

particular. 

We divided the girls into small groups and they moved around 

the department every 20 minutes to try a different species. 

Instruments on offer included trombone, tuba, French horn, 

trumpet, bassoon, tenor horn and euphonium. Needless to say it 

was a very noisy morning and the contrast provided by some of 

our advanced Music Award Holders practising in some parts of the 

Music Department and the little ones blowing gustily in other areas 

caused much amusement and interest amongst our visiting Open 

Day families! 

According to a survey undertaken later, the LC1 girls were 100% 

positive in their response to this unusual Saturday morning activity 

and we very much hope that we have been able to interest some of 

them in taking up one of these great instruments. 

MRS ADAMS HEAD OF WOODWIND, BRASS AND 

PERCUSSION 

CHAPLAINCY 

ALL CREATURES 

GREAT AND SMALL… 

CLC’s second Animal Blessing 

Service on Sunday 9th October 

proved a great success. Two 

beautiful donkeys joined actors 

from Farnley Lodge for the 

story of Balaam’s ass; Annie the 

chicken took the stage while her 

chicks were well-cuddled; there 

were some very well-behaved 

dogs of all shapes and sizes and 

a very brave hamster was our 

smallest visitor. 

It was a delight to see the girls enjoying the service, especially the 

time spent with all of the animals. Many thanks to the parents, 

staff and Guild members who brought pets in, and especially to 

the Turner family (Eloise, LC1) who turned out in force with dogs 

Perdita and 14-week-old Hugo the pug! 

REV’D MCCLURE COLLEGE CHAPLAIN 

CHELTENHAM FESTIVALS 

CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 

College is proud to be the strategic partner of 

Cheltenham Festivals, supporting excellence and 

innovation in science and the arts. 

In October, we experienced another amazing 10 days of 

international authors, speakers and debates across Cheltenham. 

We sponsored a number of events that were introduced by girls, 

welcomed world-renowned speakers into College, and hundreds 

of girls attended events. A large number of the CLC community 

secured event tickets though College and then joined us for 

tea at the festival with the Principal, The Sunday Times Editorial 

Director Eleanor Mills, and other speakers. 

Sponsored events included talks by the authors Sebastian Faulks 

and Guild member Robin Stevens (2001 – 2006 Bellairs), and 

debates around the gender pay gap, Barack Obama, justice 

and privacy. Each was introduced by a current girl, who had the 

opportunity to meet and talk with the speakers beforehand. 

At College we welcomed journalist, author and advocate for 

women’s issues in China, Xinran, China correspondent Rob 

Schmitz, and Beijing writer and journalist Alec Ash. Later in the 

week Sebastian James, CEO of Dixons / Carphone Warehouse 

spoke to the girls, followed by a revealing insight into modern 

politics by the BBC’s James Naughtie. 

The festival also showcased artwork from our current girls, 

highlighting our art scholarships and the level of talent being 

nurtured at College. 

SFC girls had access to tickets for over 30 events and younger 

girls were given opportunities to attend events on the impact 

of IT on journalism, the value of the selfie, ‘wild’ writers, book 

reviews and Marcus Sedgwick. All in all, a very busy and 

rewarding festival! 

MS MORGAN DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS & 

PRINCIPAL GIFTS 

A Long Campaign for Justice 

Xinran 

Sebastian Faulks 


AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


HISTORY OF ART 

TRIP TO PARIS 

On the first morning of Autumn Half Term, nearly 

30 Sixth Form girls set off from Bristol Airport to 

Paris for a joint History, History of Art and Art trip. 

After the short flight to Charles de Gaulle airport, we 

arrived at our hotel, conveniently located in the 10th 

arrondissement. 

After dropping off our luggage, we set off on the metro to the 

Louvre, where paintings such as Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading 

the People, in which the allegorical depiction of Liberty reflects the 

fight of the people against the corrupt monarchy in the French 

Revolution, proved interesting for the whole group. 

That evening we enjoyed an excursion to the Arc de Triomphe, which 

afforded wonderful views of the city by night, including exciting 

glimpses of the illuminated Eiffel Tower. We also enjoyed being 

allowed to dine out in small groups throughout the trip, and take our 

pick from the many restaurants and cafes surrounding the hotel. 

The next day, while the History students set off early for Versailles 

to witness the lavish lifestyle of the monarchy before the revolution 

at the Palace of Versailles, my Art and Art History group enjoyed a 

busy day at the Picasso Museum, where Picasso’s iconic works were 

exhibited alongside works of Giacometti. We also visited the Rodin 

Museum where we enjoyed an array of enormous pieces such as 

Rodin’s The Thinker, as well as many that are perhaps less well-known 

but displayed as beautifully in the artist’s house and garden. 

On the third day, the groups went their separate ways once again, 

with the historians visiting the gothic cathedrals of Notre-Dame 

and Sainte-Chappelle, and the artists appreciating the two more 

contemporary styles of architecture at Frank Gehry’s Louis Vuitton 

Foundation, and the Pompidou Centre designed by Renzo Piano and 

Richard Rodgers. 

The art historians also had the opportunity to see many works 

that they have studied this year, such as Matisse’s Luxe, Calme, et 

Volupte and Mondrian’s Composition en Rouge, Bleu et Blanc II where 

we were able to appreciate the imperfections in Mondrian’s rigid 

forms, which are not discernible in the photographic reproductions 

that we learn from. 

Our last port of call on the final day was the Musée d’Orsay, which 

houses a modern collection of art in a magnificently converted 

railway station. This is a museum full of treasures from Monet’s Water 

Lilies to Degas’ Ballerinas. We all had a fantastic time and our thanks 

go to Miss Fisher, Ms Whitehead, and Mrs Owen for organising it 

and accompanying us. 

ENGINEERING, ENTERPRISE AND TECHNOLOGY 

ARKWRIGHT 

ENGINEERING 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Congratulations to Louise Dai (SFC1) who has 

received an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship. 

The Arkwright Scholarships Trust conducts an annual award of 

prestigious Scholarships to future leaders of the engineering 

profession. The Arkwright Engineering Scholarships act as a 

beacon for the most talented STEM (Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathematics) students in UK schools and 

help to ensure that high-potential young people stay engaged 

in the engineering careers pipeline. This year, 413 Sixth Form 

Scholarships were awarded at ceremonies in London and 

Edinburgh. 

Louise attended the awards ceremony on 27th October 2016, 

at the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) in 

London. She was awarded the scholarship by the principal guest 

Eddie Alleyn, Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Government 

Communications Centre (HMGCC). 

The new Arkwright Engineering Scholars received their awards at 

ceremonies supported by the IET and the Cyber Security Industry, 

spearheaded by Principal Sponsor GCHQ and supported by Gold 

Sponsors, Thales Cyber and Consulting and HMGCC. This year’s 

scholars come from all educational backgrounds across England, 

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and British 

Overseas Schools. Almost one-third of the new scholars were 

female. 

Dr Martin Thomas CEng FIET, Chief Executive of the Arkwright 

Scholarships Trust said: “I have been hugely impressed by the 

creativity, technical skills and leadership prowess of the young 

men and women receiving their scholarships this year. It is welldocumented 

that the country needs 100,000s of new engineers 

to take the economy and society forward. But some of these 

newly trained people need to also act as outstanding leadership 

beacons within industry and academia. The Arkwright Engineering 

Scholarships are the first step on that road to achieving such a vital 

position within UK engineering.” 

DR LIM HEAD OF ENGINEERING, ENTERPRISE AND 

TECHNOLOGY 

PRINCIPAL’S LECTURE SERIES 

WHY POLITICS IS 

INTERESTING AND 

WHY IT REALLY 

MATTERS 

The Principal’s Lecture Series is a termly event where leading 

speakers are invited to address the girls and to which the CLC 

community is invited. In October, SFC girls, parents, former 

parents and Guild members gathered in the Princess Hall to hear 

an engaging talk from one of The Times’ leader writers, Philip 

Collins, on the importance of politics, how it impacts everything, 

and why we should care whether or not it’s being done well. 

The lecture included international issues and searching questions 

on current political issues, as well as anecdotes and topics from his 

time as Tony Blair’s speechwriter. Members of the CLC community 

gathered for a buffet lunch afterwards and many then headed off 

to events at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 



CHEMISTRY 

WINCHESTER 

COLLEGE SCIENCE 

SYMPOSIUM 

In October, 30 SFC1 girls travelled to Winchester College to 

take part in the beginning of a joint research project with boys 

from the College. Students from both colleges worked together 

on practical activities, including testing for starch in bananas, 

analysing the phosphorous content of a sample by colourimetry, 

and investigating electromagnets and fluid flow rates. After lunch 

in the boarding houses, the collaborative research continued in 

preparation for presentations to be given at CLC. 

The return leg at CLC in November proved to be highly successful 

with teams working together to finalise their presentations 

on topics as diverse as the chemistry of explosives and how 

pheromones work. Alongside the Biologists and Chemists, the 

four Physics teams fought it out during the ‘Physics fight’ in which 

they presented their answers to a thorny question and argued their 

case against vociferous opponents. The whole experience was 

challenging and fun. 

MUSIC 

SINGER- 

SONGWRITER 

WORKSHOP 

Philip Collins 

Singer-songwriting is a relatively new field of study 

in College. On Tuesday 4th October, a number of 

girls assembled for a workshop with our resident 

songwriting teacher, Rebecca Nash, and an external 

workshop leader, Sara Colman. 

The girls were shown some generic ideas for developing their skills 

in terms of lyrics, melodies, musical structures and harmonies. 

This was followed by each girl being invited to perform one of 

her own songs to the group. I was lucky enough to witness the 

performances and I was deeply moved by the range of genres, 

originality, skill and musicianship on display. The girls were very 

supportive of one another, as they offered each other advice on 

their songs and how they might be developed. It was a wonderful 

and memorable event, full of creative energy. 


JEMIMA TERRY SFC2 

Louise Dai (SFC1) 

MR GILL HEAD OF CHEMISTRY 



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CLASSICS 

BAY OF NAPLES TRIP 

On the first Saturday of the October Half Term, 31 girls 

and the Classics Department headed to Naples. 

When we arrived, we walked through the old streets to a pizza 

restaurant for lunch. This was followed by an afternoon in the Naples 

National Archaeological Museum, which contains artefacts from 

Greek, Roman and even Renaissance times. While the ground floor 

specialises in Greek and Roman statues, we concentrated more on 

the mosaics on the second floor. Removed from houses in Pompeii 

and Herculaneum, these include the famous Alexander Mosaic, 

which dates from around 100 BC and depicts the Battle of Issus, in 

which Alexander the Great defeated King Darius III of Persia; it is 

made up of one and a half million tiles and is about 14m 2 in area. 

On Sunday we woke up early before heading for Pompeii, the 

highlight of the trip. In Roman times, the site was a flourishing 

market town, but it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount 

Vesuvius in August 79 AD. As the town was buried beneath tons 

of volcanic ash and pumice, it ended up being remarkably wellpreserved, 

making it possible today to walk over miles of streets 

on the original cobblestones and to see real Roman houses, baths 

and public buildings. As we explored Pompeii, we were amazed at 

the sheer scale of the town and at the beautiful remains of mosaics 

and wall paintings. We were especially impressed by the huge 

amphitheatre, the large theatre and more intimate odeon. Some of 

us got into the spirit of these places by performing mock-gladiator 

fights, as well as poetry readings and plays from our GCSE Latin 

and Greek set texts! 

On Monday we had a slightly more active start to the day, as we 

began by climbing Mount Vesuvius. Although it was a long and 

slightly slippery climb to the top it was enjoyed by all, especially 

considering the stunning views of the surrounding towns and sea, as 

well as the chance to look into the dormant volcano. 

Later in the day we went to Herculaneum, a smaller town than 

Pompeii which was buried by mud rather than ash from Vesuvius. 

This means that it is preserved even better, with a number of 

two-storey buildings and even wooden doors and window frames 

remaining where they were at the time of the eruption. One of 

the most fabulous sites in Herculaneum is the dolphin mural in the 

female baths, which is still almost whole. Another moving sight was 

the skeletons in the boat houses - because Herculaneum was by the 

sea, many people tried to escape by boat, but were caught in the 

boat houses as they attempted to flee. 

On the final day we took a boat over to the Island of Capri, and 

started off by walking the 2.5km to the Villa Jovis. Tiberius was the 

second Roman emperor, who was known for his cruelty and secretive 

nature. Towards the end of his life he moved out of Rome and 

had the Villa Jovis built in AD 27. The site contains the infamous 

‘Tiberius’s Leap’, a sheer cliff face that the emperor would throw 

people off if they disobeyed him. Our final afternoon in Italy was 

spent exploring the town of Capri, before taking the boat back to the 

mainland and travelling to Naples airport for our flight home. 

CATHERINE OGILVY SFC1, AMY HINE UC5 AND 

DR WILKINSON TEACHER OF CLASSICS 

Case Lake and Defne Yilmaz (UC4) re-enact a gladiator fight 

Thermopolium-owner Florrie Evans (SFC1) serves customers 

Louise Dai and Catherine Ogilvy (SFC1) in front of the Alexander Mosaic 

CLASSICS 

CLASSICAL 

ASSOCIATION 

LECTURES 

ART AND POLITICS IN FIFTH CENTURY ATHENS 

On Thursday 29th September, a band of Classics students visited 

Dean Close School for a talk on Art and Politics in Fifth Century 

Athens. The speaker was Amy Smith, a Yale and Dartmouth 

graduate, now a Professor at Reading University, with a special 

interest in iconography, politics and religion. 

Her lecture was divided into three sections. The first focused 

on portraiture, and the influence that political events had on 

the subjects. One example was the statue of the Tyrannicides, 

(Harmodius and Aristogeiton, killers of the tyrant Hippias’ brother), 

a symbol of Athenian democracy, which stood as a reminder in 

the forum. Secondly, Professor Smith spoke of what she called 

‘cartoons’ – translated into the classical world this mostly meant vase 

paintings – making a connection between the artistic representation 

of mythology and politics. In particular, she commented on the 

Athenian dislike for tyrants as represented by the depiction of the 

assassinations of tyrants from Greek mythology. The final section 

dealt with influence of politics on architecture, demonstrated by 

the Parthenon, on which the inclusion of the Amazons may have 

hinted at Athens’ recent triumph over the Persians at the battle of 

Marathon. 

The lecture helped to broaden our knowledge of the ancient world 

and set our studies within a wider context. 

CATHERINE OGILVY SFC1 

ART 

LEFT-HANDED 

DRAWING 

WORKSHOP 

On Friday 4th November, I attended an Art Scholars’ workshop 

with a local artist, Liz Lancashire. Ms Lancashire gave us a brief 

introduction to her style and some of her works were displayed 

around the studio. 

During the workshop, we attempted left-handed drawings 

correlating to the work we are doing for our art GCSE, which 

for me was portraiture. I drew overlapped left-handed drawings 

from photos and from studying my friends who were also in the 

workshop. Towards the end, we started making 3D wire sculptures 

inspired by our drawings. 

Left-handed drawing was very enjoyable, as I had never done it 

before. Interestingly, it was quite hard to find a comfortable grip 

with my non-dominant hand. The technique was rougher and 

looser. I hope to include this technique in my sketchbook and 

incorporate it in my final piece for this project. 

SOPHIE VON TORKLUS UC5 

WHAT MAKES A GREEK TRAGEDY 

On Thursday 24th November, SFC students studying Latin, Greek 

and Classical Civilisation walked up to Dean Close School to hear 

an interesting and challenging lecture by Dr Nick Lowe from Royal 

Holloway. Attacking the commonplace idea of the tragic hero 

whose flawed character leads to his own downfall, he went back to 

basics by looking at how Greek tragedies were constructed and by 

considering Aristotle’s views on the genre. Dr Lowe offered special 

insight into the concept of ‘hamartia’, arguing that this was not the 

‘fatal flaw’ it is so often thought of, but instead merely a mistake or 

error of judgement caused by ignorance. Girls studying tragedy 

gained a new perspective on their set texts, while their overall 

appreciation of the genre was hugely expanded. 


BIOLOGY 

BIOLOGY WEEK 

Biology Week 2016 was a resounding success. From a 

photography competition for staff and students, to a 

treasure hunt around College, everyone had great fun! 

The events kicked off on Monday with 

the Great Biology Bake Off, and all the 

entries were fantastic, including a brain 

cake that looked entirely realistic. 

On Tuesday, we dyed carnations, 

which resulted in the white petals 

turning into a medley of colours, and during Wednesday break time 

there was a word search competition with prizes for the first to finish. 

Most of the activities took place outside, but on Thursday the girls 

came to one of the Biology labs to blow up balloons using yeast, 

which was a brilliant hands-on activity for everyone involved. 

At the end of the week we collected in the treasure hunt entries. For 

this, the girls had to go around College answering biology-related 

questions, by finding the answers stuck up on the walls in various 

locations. A brilliant effort from all taking part. 

One of my favourite parts of Biology Week was receiving and 

admiring the entries for the photography competition. Both pupils 

and staff managed to take fantastic photos. Ellaouise Kilroy-Silk 

(LC3) took first place for her photo of a squirrel, who lives on the 

main College site, eating from a birdfeeder. 

It was incredibly uplifting to see how many people took part in and 

enjoyed Biology Week. 

CORDELIA ARCHER SFC2 BIOLOGY ACADEMIC 

REPRESENTATIVE 



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FOOD AND NUTRITION 

DAYLESFORD 

FARM 

On Tuesday 1st November, the LC3 girls studying Food 

and Nutrition were treated to a morning at Daylesford 

Organic Farm near Kingham in Gloucestershire. The 

pupils had an interesting tour of the farm with Richard, 

the Farm Manager, to learn more about the organic 

method of farming, in particular dairy. 

They learnt that a non-organic Holsten cow produces around 12 

and a half tonnes of milk a year compared to an organically 

reared animal with an average production of around three tonnes 

per year. The lifespan of the non-organic Holsten is four or five years, 

compared with 15 years for an organically reared cow at Daylesford. 

The girls encountered several Gloucester cattle, a rare breed that 

faced extinction during the 1990s, including some calves that were 

only a few days old. Daylesford now has a herd of over 50 and their 

milk is used exclusively to make their famous Single Gloucester 

Cheese. 

The morning included a chef’s demonstration of portioning a chicken 

in order to make stock and then an Asian style soup, which the girls 

enjoyed tasting. There was also an interesting talk on sustainability 

and food production, as well as a chance to visit the well-stocked 

food delicatessen and extensive gift and kitchenware shop. 

MS FLEWITT HEAD OF FOOD AND NUTRITION 

ART 

ARCHITECTURE 

TALK WITH 

CALUM NORMAN 

During November we had the opportunity to listen 

to Calum Norman’s talk about architecture from a 

student’s perspective. I, and I’m sure many others, 

found the talk extremely informative and helpful, 

especially for those who are considering studying 

architecture. 

Mr Norman addressed many topics, such as how to build a 

successful portfolio and what studying architecture is really like. 

He also told us about some of the crucial techniques one should 

master before applying for architecture, for example, sculpting 

and free-hand drawing, and taught us some new terms, such as 

axonometric drawings. However, he stressed that it isn’t necessary 

for a student applying for architecture to have an in-depth 

knowledge of the subject, since architecture is not taught at school. 

He also addressed the details and the process behind RIBA (Royal 

Institute of British Architects) qualifications and work placements. 

He explained that working in a company provides a lot of helpful 

experience and is crucial for a trainee architect. Although the 

process of becoming an architect is long and demanding, it is a 

profession that combines both practical and creative aspects, in a 

way that is unique and fascinating. 

Mr Norman also told us about his personal experience of life at 

the University of Sheffield. I found it especially fascinating that he 

did an Art Foundation before his undergraduate degree. As he 

explained, the foundation was really helpful because it allowed him 

to refine his skills and improve his creative thinking. Mr Norman’s 

description of the architecture course at Sheffield and the type of 

projects he has done in the past, such as designing an observatory, 

were really inspiring. It definitely made me excited for my own 

university experience. 

Lastly, we took a look at Mr 

Norman’s portfolio, which 

consisted of sketches, models 

and designs. He explained that, 

although using computers for 

design is mainstream, many still 

prefer the traditional approach. 

His portfolio was impressive 

and gave us an insight into what 

we could expect to be doing at 

university. He also talked about 

his favourite project; creating housing for the elderly and fighting 

the stigma of loneliness through design. I found it interesting that, 

although some of his pieces were technical, all of his work was 

focused on good presentation and graphical design. 

At the end, we had the opportunity to ask Mr Norman some 

specific questions and gain an insight into the work experience 

aspect of architecture. I know that many of us found this part 

extremely helpful, especially those who are in the process of 

applying. 

Calum Norman 

CO-CURRICULAR 

KOMLA DUMOR 

AWARD WINNER 

DIDI AKINYELURE 

Being part of the Junior Debating Club, I was able to attend a talk 

that was given by Mrs Doyin (Didi) Akinyelure. Mrs Akinyelure 

is a Guild member (1999 – 2001 Beale) and she recently received 

the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, which was created in 

honour of Komla Dumor, a Ghanaian BBC World News presenter 

who died in 2014. It is given to people who live and work in Africa, 

who have strong journalism skills, ambition, a flair for broadcasting, 

and a talent for telling African stories. 

With the audience gathered in the PGC Library, Mrs Akinyelure 

began to tell us about her path to finding the career that was right 

for her. After leaving CLC, where she studied Maths and Chemistry, 

she moved on to the University of Nottingham to read Chemical 

Engineering. All through this time, she never really thought much 

about studying English Literature or a career in journalism, so it 

seemed unlikely that she would end up where she is now. 

Afterwards, Mrs Akinyelure began a career as an investment banker 

at Barclays Bank, but she wasn’t sure if banking was what she wanted 

to do for the rest of her life. She decided, after seven or eight years 

of working at Barclays, to film a documentary. Because of her love of 

television and real estate, the documentary showcased Africa and its 

beauty and potential as a place to live. 

She showed it to several news companies, but they refused to take on 

her documentary since she didn’t have any professional experience. 

However, CNBC Africa noticed her talent and made her an anchor 

on their news programme. In 2015, she submitted an entry to the 

Komla Dumor Award. Although she didn’t manage to win with this 

entry, she persevered and won the following year, in July 2016. 

Some of the main concepts I learnt in this session were that it doesn’t 

hurt to explore and try new things in order to find something that you 

are really passionate about, and that change is just the start of a new 

beginning. Sometimes it is OK to turn down an opportunity if you 

don’t think it is best for you. Finally, I also learnt that when you love 

your job, work can be fun. 

Thank you to everyone who made this talk possible. I was inspired. 


SOFIYA APSIT SFC1 

LHYNNE LARBIE LC1 


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CO-CURRICULAR 

LIBRARY MUSIC NIGHT 

On Saturday 5th November, the Library held its third 

Music Night and it was a case of bigger is even better 

this time, as an audience of over 50 girls enjoyed songs 

from around 20 performers. 

These performers included Edidiong Ekoriko (UC5), Godsgift 

Ekoriko (LC1), Catalina Carret Aguero (SFC1), Gabrielle Nuttall 

(UC5), Paris Phillips (SFC1), Toru Obunge (UC4), Afua Adomakoh 

(UC4), Regina Agard-Brathwaite (UC5), Ekaterina Nikolaeva 

(SFC1), Helena Shilson (UC5), and College’s own acapella group 

Hellacapella. 

After Ms Brandon and her husband had entertained us with an 

excellent warm-up, the girls took over. We had soloists and duets, 

girls singing with guitars and, for the first time, an electric piano 

(thanks to Mr Jones). 

Hellacapella entertained us, as they always do, singing against the 

beautiful but slightly sound-absorbing bookstacks! Songwriters Club 

was well represented, with several girls performing their own original 

songs, including some that were previously untested but of which all 

were wonderful. At the end, the final sing-along number of Jessie 

J’s Price Tag was amazing and, of course, the girls knew the rap in the 

middle off by heart! We can’t wait to do it all again next time. 

MR TODD HEAD OF LIBRARY SERVICES 

LANGUAGES 

MAKING CHINESE 

DUMPLINGS 

Having never been to China, I found the prospect of being able 

to experience such an important facet of Chinese culture to be an 

exciting one. Learning about how traditional Chinese dumplings 

are made, while also being able to taste them, really brought to 

life the topics that we had been studying in class. We used only 

authentic Chinese cooking techniques, which included making 

the dough and the filling from scratch so the dumplings ended up 

being especially delicious. 

Chinese culture and cuisine can seem very far removed from the 

British way of life, however they are actually very similar because 

what really matters is not the food itself, but the people you make 

it with. 

SOPHIE WAND SFC1 

MUSIC 

A HISTORIC 

MOMENT FOR 

CHORAL MUSIC 

Four UC5 girls, Henrike Stelter, Violet Legge, Amelia Chilvers and 

Clara Foo, had the exciting opportunity of joining Mrs Bursey- 

Faulkner and Mr Parker for a historic Evensong at Gloucester 

Cathedral celebrating the first time that Gloucester Cathedral 

Choir had included girl choristers. Gloucester is one of the last 

cathedrals in the UK to admit girls to its choir, and the Dean of 

Gloucester remarked that they had managed to get a female 

diocesan bishop before they had girl choristers! 

The College party took their place in a large congregation to 

witness head choristers appointed and all the choristers pledging 

their loyalty to serve the church and God with their singing. Then 

the young choristers, aged 7-13, sang a beautiful rendition of Ave 

Maria by Simon Lindley. 

One of our girls commented: “We enjoyed the deeply calming 

service with the beauty of having the magnificent cathedral filled 

with singing, and it is wonderful that girls are finally given the same 

recognition and chances as boys are in the church music world.” 

Needless to say, the tea and cakes which followed were much 

appreciated too - “a perfect ending to a historic and wonderful 

evening”. 

REV’D MCCLURE COLLEGE CHAPLAIN 

CO-CURRICULAR 

PHILOSOPHY 

SOCIETY DEBATE 

On Thursday 10th November, the Philosophy Society, 

which runs jointly with Cheltenham College, organised 

two debates that pitched the two schools against one 

another. 

Madeleine Cooper and Syrie Nason, both SFC1 IB Philosophy 

students, were asked to propose the motion that screening should 

not be used with a view to eradicating Down’s Syndrome. Both 

students spoke confidently and defined the motion clearly. Syrie 

dealt with questions from the opposition in an erudite fashion and 

Madeleine was able to rebut several points in her usual assertive 

style. 

Tess Gudmundsson and Emily Arnott, also SFC1 IB Philosophy 

students, had to oppose the motion that there should be safe spaces 

and no platforming. Both students spoke with zeal and confidence 

and were able to tackle all the questions posed by the proposition 

with ease. 

Former CLC teacher of History and Politics, Mr Scott-Baumann, 

was the adjudicator and he commended all the speakers on both 

sides. In the end, Cheltenham College students prevailed in one 

debate and CLC in the other. 

MR FORWARD-DAVIES SECOND IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

AND PHILOSOPHY 


ENGINEERING 

CONSTRUCTION 

SITE VISITS 

On Tuesday 29th November, we were kindly invited by 

engineering consultants to visit the new Pegasus Life 

development, One Bayshill Road. 

This allowed our girls to experience civil and structural engineering 

first hand. We were shown around the site by Project Manager 

Steve Wells, who discussed how extensive planning ensured that 

the project ran to schedule and budget. 

He spoke candidly about how adaptations and creative thinking 

were needed to tackle unforeseen problems and also about the 

structural and legislative implications of linking a modern building 

to a listed façade. During our visit, concrete was being poured 

on the floor above us and girls were able to see examples of 

reinforcing steel bars over which the concrete was set. 

The following day, our girls were hosted by CLC’s Estates 

Department, as well as Kier Construction Project Manager 

Mr Reuben Edwards, at CLC’s new Health and Fitness Centre. 

Mr Minchella and Mr Wai from the Estates Department spoke 

to the girls about the design of the roof, from its pitch to practical 

considerations affecting the truss design. 

The visit was planned to coincide with one of the truss sections being 

delivered and the girls were able to see how the sections joined 

together as well as the access panels, which were carefully designed 

to be concealed after the truss was lifted into place. We could see 

the level of detail and planning which is required at every stage. 

DR LIM HEAD OF ENGINEERING, ENTERPRISE AND 

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MUSIC 

STRING PRIZES 

This year’s String Prizes were particularly special as our 

adjudicator, Mrs Vyvyan Lucas, is a member of Guild 

(1963 – 1969 Sidney Lodge). 

Having studied at the Royal College of Music, it was wonderful to 

have Mrs Lucas come back to College to give us all fantastic advice 

based on wisdom she has gained since being at CLC. The day 

included eight classes, presenting a wide variety of repertoire from 

some of Vivaldi’s work for the violin to a cello rendition of I Got 

Rhythm by Gershwin. 

Girls from all years in College took advantage of this marvellous 

opportunity to play in front of an enthusiastic and supportive 

audience of fellow musicians, girls, teachers and parents. Just like 

any other year, this year’s String Prizes were a great success and a 

real demonstration of the developing talents at College. 

ELIZABETH BELL SFC2 

STRING PRIZES 

JUNIOR STRING OPEN CLASS 

Winner: Naomi Chang (LC3) 

THE SALSBURY VIOLIN PRIZE 

Winner: Jasmine Adams (LC1) 

THE LOCK CELLO PRIZE 

Winner: Elizabeth Green (LC1) 

THE WILLIAMS VIOLA PRIZE 

Winner: Jasmine Adekola (LC3) 

SENIOR STRING OPEN CLASS 

Winner: Jenny Wang (UC5) 

THE OLIVE WOODINGTON CELLO PRIZE 

Winner: Alexia Dunley (LC3) 

THE GREENOP VIOLIN MEDAL 

Winner: Hannah Brooks-Hughes (LC2) 

ADVANCED STRING OPEN CLASS: 

Joint Winners: Kamsi Adichie and Maia Jones (UC5) 

Participants in The Senior String Open Class 

Sophie Dunley (SFC1) 

Members of Guitar Club 

Performers in The Salsbury Violin Prize 

MUSIC 

STRING FACULTY 

CONCERT 

After the String Prizes earlier in the week, girls from 

the String Faculty presented a Lunchtime Concert on 

Friday 25th November. 

The programme was a celebration of ensemble items, including The 

Senior String Ensemble performing Mozart, followed by a String 

Quartet playing the Scherzo from Dvořák’s American Quartet 

Opus 96. We were then treated to a wonderful harp duo followed 

by a violin and viola duet who played the famous Passacaglia in G 

Major by Handel. The Guitar Club ended the concert performing 

Something from Nothing by the Foo Fighters, which sent everyone 

away with lifted spirits and ready for afternoon lessons. 

All the girls showcased their musical talents wonderfully and the 

event was enjoyed by all who were present. 

MISS HARPER HEAD OF STRINGS 

LANGUAGES 

ITALIAN EXCHANGE 

“Learning a language is what allows you to open up to the world.” 

I often find myself repeating this phrase to my students of Italian 

and this is exactly what our yearly exchange with our partner school 

in Italy helps them experience first-hand. 

To enhance opportunities for interaction during the exchange, this 

year our Italian Academic Rep, Cindy Jiang (UC5), organised a 

party in Lower Hall with our 12 exchange girls. Thirty-five CLC 

students of Italian were able to attend and it was a privilege to 

see how, after a couple of minutes, the Italian girls and their CLC 

friends of all ages were completely immersed in their conversations, 

laughing and chatting away as if they had known each other all 

of their lives. This is the beauty of languages: they bring people 

together, no matter where they come from or whether they have 

met before. 

Two months after their visit, I posed the Italian girls a question: what 

is the one memory of CLC you will treasure in the future? Here 

below are a few of the answers they gave: 

“I will always remember the wonderful girls I met at College, their 

hospitality and how welcome they made me feel.” 

“I will always remember the kindness, the laughter and the beautiful 

moments spent with the girls.” 

“I will always remember the history lesson about the suffragettes, 

because I enjoyed it and I found it so interesting.” 

“I will always remember the homely atmosphere among the students, 

also their dance and art lessons.” 

“The best thing is the friendliness and the cordiality of all the students 

and teachers.” 

“I will always remember the students’ hospitality and their beautiful 

smiles when we arrived at the school.” 

“I will always remember how good the food was!” 

DR TONDELLO HEAD OF ITALIAN 

AND THE ITALIAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM PADUA 

MATHS 

SENIOR 

TEAM MATHS 

CHALLENGE 

A small but jittery team of SFC1 girls from College accompanied 

by an equally excited maths teacher, Mr Soares, took a 30-minute 

taxi trip to Wycliffe School in order to participate in the Senior Team 

Maths Challenge regionals organised co-operatively through the 

UKMT and the Further Maths Support Programme. 

As one of the four members on our team, I was eager to take a look 

at the challenging questions that were waiting for us this year. I have 

always had a passion for maths and problem-solving in particular, so 

I was keen to put my thinking processes onto paper. Upon arrival, 

the atmosphere in the school hall was exhilarating. Many of the other 

19 schools who were participating were already seated and having 

heated discussions, working through the warm-up sheet of problems. 

The Senior Maths Team Challenge consisted of three rounds, for two 

of which the teams were separated into two pairs. The competition 

began with a humorous speech by the host, followed by a dramatic 

air of seriousness that descended upon the school hall. We were 

instantly bombarded with problems that looked equally tricky and 

perplexing. However, this was the type of situation that got my 

heart racing and my adrenaline pumping and I dived into a realm of 

creative thinking and problem-solving without hesitation. 

Our team of four progressed swiftly through the 10-question 

paper, swapping half-finished answers and exchanging hushed 

encouragement through the animated din of the background, until 

there were only two questions left. We split into pairs for a thorough 

examination of the two remaining problems. In spite of our strong 

team spirit and flexible thinking, the two questions surpassed us and 

‘Time’s up!’ was called. 

We returned to the second round with even more determination 

than before. Separating into two pairs again, we began the crossword 

round, which has always been, in my opinion, the most entertaining 

section of the challenge. In order to achieve high speed and accuracy, 

teamwork was important, and we maintained a very carefree yet 

hardworking attitude throughout the round. I was surprised at how 

well my partner and I worked together, and we all agreed that the 

feeling of synergy revived the team’s energy. 

Round three came around, and although the adjudicator at our 

table warned us of the difficulty of the forthcoming problems, our 

strength of will did not waver. Unfortunately, despite our hard efforts, 

we did not come in the top three of the regionals. Nonetheless, we 

maintained an aura of optimism and motivation until the very end, 

with laughter echoing from our table. 

The Senior Team Maths Challenge has been a pleasurable and 

fruitful experience for me, and I learnt many things about cooperation 

and team spirit, as well as forcing myself to think outside 

the box when I encountered difficult questions under timed 

conditions. I was extremely pleased to participate in the Senior Team 

Maths Challenge and it was a wonderful and rewarding experience. 

Given the chance, I would definitely participate in the Challenge 

again, and I believe that this event would be a valuable experience to 

anyone who enjoys challenging themselves. 

BERNICE WONG SFC1 



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ART 

WAR ARTIST 

CHARLIE 

CALDER-POTTS 

MUSIC 

YOUTH TRAINING 

CHOIR OF GREAT 

BRITAIN 

During the Half Term, UC5 girls Violet Legge and 

Valentina Addis auditioned for the National Youth 

Training Choir of Great Britain. Below, Violet shares 

her view of the auditions. 

While Valentina and I both auditioned for the National Youth 

Training Choir of Great Britain, I auditioned in Birmingham and 

Valentina auditioned in London. We were very happy to hear that 

we were both successful in gaining a place. 

DRAMA 

ARABIAN 

NIGHTS 


After listening to a talk by Guild member Charlie 

Calder-Potts (1996 – 2001 St Clare) on Monday 21st 

November, I’m now inspired and have been thinking 

about the possibility of becoming a War Artist 

sponsored by the Army. 

I’m sure you can imagine my mother’s reaction at the thought of 

me going to Afghanistan, but hearing Ms Calder-Potts talk about 

the Middle East and western Asia and seeing the captivating 

pieces that she creates, I can’t help but want to travel there right 

away to explore the beautiful yet war-torn countries, which were 

such a source of inspiration to her. 

It was eye-opening to see such artwork, inspired by the events 

and people in these countries, and how her personal experiences 

of them differ from the stories in the media. I was fascinated 

by everything, from the graffiti that she photographed around 

Sulamani, to a photo that she took by accident while walking along, 

of a young girl no older than seven playing with a working hand 

gun, and incorporating these photos into her paintings. 

It was so inspiring to hear her story and reassuring to hear that the 

year after university, which was potentially the worst year of her 

life, was probably the most important towards her artistic career. 

Her experiences were relatable in that she didn’t just tell us of her 

successes but also the reality of getting there, which she said can 

prove difficult and sometimes made her feel like she was going 

nowhere. Several things she said have stuck in my head since, 

including that, with artwork, things do not always work out as 

intended, so the flexibility that she developed as an artist is one of 

the most important traits for her career. 

As I was previously nervous of pursuing a career as a fine artist, I 

felt the most important statement she made, which inspired me no 

end, was her advice: “to feel like an artist, be one.” 

PARIS PHILLIPS SFC1 

We were both very nervous before the auditions but tried to 

remain calm. We had to prepare one unaccompanied piece 

and one accompanied piece. Valentina sang Sebben Crudele by 

Caldara and She Moved Through The Fair as her unaccompanied 

piece. I sang O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me by Handel, 

and Homeward Bound as my unaccompanied piece. 

In both of our auditions, the panel only wanted to hear one minute 

of our pieces in order to work on aspects of the pieces with us. 

The judges gave us constructive criticism so we could work on 

our pieces with them. As well as these pieces, we had to complete 

some aural tests, including sight singing and interval training. 

Now that we have gained places in the National Youth Training 

Choir, we are extremely excited to start the course in the summer. 

VIOLET LEGGE UC5 

LANGUAGES 

IB FRENCH 

STUDENTS’ 

CHEESE TASTING 

As the first term drew to a close, the IB French classes had the 

pleasure of spending a lesson dedicated to cheese tasting. As we 

have been studying the country’s culinary background and the 

importance of food as part of national identity, this was a perfect 

way to immerse ourselves in the culture. 

We began with the softer cheeses, having been told that this 

is often the way it is done. A mild goats’ cheese, followed by 

Brie, Camembert and Reblochon soon led us to the daunting 

Roquefort, with no shortage of mould on the surface to warn us of 

the strong taste. 

However, it would not have been a full cheese tasting session 

without a running commentary throughout. After each cheese, 

we were asked what we thought of it. This required very specific 

cheese-related vocabulary, which we will no doubt be able to use 

when exams finally come our way. 

It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, with cups of grape juice 

in the absence of French wine! 

CATALINA CARRET AGUERO SFC1 

At the end of a busy Autumn Term what a pleasure 

it was to be taken into the world of the Orient for an 

evening of storytelling theatre. The Parabola Arts 

Centre was scented with incense, and even before 

the play began, bowls of Turkish Delight circulated 

around the audience, ensuring that we were all ready to 

succumb to an evening of enchantment. 

We were not disappointed. The cast, working together in an 

ensemble, seemed to conjure caves, gold, and huge numbers of 

characters from nowhere to illustrate the stories of Shahrazad, 

played with great charm by Isabel Markham (SFC1). Her character’s 

quick-witted storytelling, in the face of imminent death at the hands 

of her unrelenting husband, is the core of the piece. Claire Utomi 

(UC5) was so fierce in the role of the King, and the sound effects of 

sharpening axes added such force to the threat of instant execution, 

that a strong sense of tension was created. This was heightened 

by Tomisin Adeyemi’s (SFC1) Vizier, who seemed very eager to 

have Shahrazad beheaded as soon as possible. The four stories 

were beautifully held together with original music by Mr Hawley, 

College’s Director of Music. 

There were terrific moments of comedy throughout the 

performance, which Mrs Revell and Ella Downey (SFC2) directed 

with great verve and imagination. The attempted disposal of the 

body of a beggar, played by Lora Babbs (UC5), which involved the 

whole cast moving her body over their heads, was a particularly 

hilarious moment. There was also simple but imaginative stagecraft, 

including the transformation of the actors into donkeys, with the 

use of grey cloaks, and the opening of Ali Baba’s cavern being 

performed by the cast using only their bodies. The only props used 

in the production were cushions, which became a whole range of 

items as the actors mimed their use. 

The set came alive with a colourful and constantly moving lighting 

design, which made excellent use of the sophisticated new 

lanterns that have recently been installed in the theatre and can be 

programmed to create moving shapes of colour. Charlene Kwok 

(LC2), the lighting operator, and Henrietta Buchanan-Michaelson 

(SFC1) on the sound desk had hundreds of cues to oversee, but as 

usual the technical team coped magnificently with the demands of a 

very fast moving piece of theatre. Stage Manager Jess Kwok and her 

assistant Amy Howlett (UC4) carried on the tradition of CLC girls 

from the Tech Club taking complete responsibility for running the 

show, and both cast and crew deserved the ecstatic applause they 

received at the curtain call. 

MR SMITH DIRECTOR OF DRAMA 


AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

BEALE DEBATE 

The highly anticipated annual Beale Debate took place 

at College on Saturday 3rd December. This year was 

the debate’s 10th anniversary. 

The motions were This House would ban ‘no platforming’ at university 

campuses and This House does not believe that people should 

be defined by how they are educated. Both titles provoked much 

perceptive, relevant and insightful discussion over the course of the 

morning. 

The debate opened with Alexandra Beukers and Sophie Wand 

(SFC1) teaming up against Guild members Bethany Evans (2007 

– 2014 Glengar) and Selina-Jane Spencer (2012 – 2014 Beale) 

to propose the motion This House would ban ‘no platforming’ at 

university campuses. 

Emilie Nixon (SFC1) and Poppy Sowerby (SFC2) then challenged 

Guild members Miranda Elvidge (2005 – 2012 Glenlee) and Nicole 

Evans (2005 – 2012 Glengar) over the question This House does 

not believe that people should be defined by how they are educated. 

Unsurprisingly, the motion also brought out strong responses from 

girls and staff in the audience. 

After much discussion, and a very close decision, the overall winners 

of the morning were CLC’s Alexandra Beukers and Sophie Wand. 

MISS HARRIS ALUMNAE RELATIONS OFFICER 

CO-CURRICULAR 

BATH CHRISTMAS 

MARKET 

With the last week of term quickly approaching, 33 

SFC girls and three members of staff got into the 

festive spirit and set off to Bath Christmas Market. 

Wrapped up warm and very excited, we got on the 

coach and made the journey to Bath. 

The Christmas Market is in the centre of this very beautiful city. 

There were rows upon rows of stalls, selling all manner of gifts, many 

handmade and most produced locally. With the backdrop of Bath 

Abbey, a giant Christmas tree and choirs singing carols, we enjoyed 

a good few hours of exploring and shopping. 

The market kept us very busy, but as it got dark and the (artificial) 

snow began to fall, there was just enough time to drink hot 

chocolate, eat roasted chestnuts and buy those final presents before 

we left. 

Everyone seemed to enjoy the trip and thanks go to Mrs Wintle and 

Dr Dollins for organising such a lovely, festive afternoon. 

MS WOOLSTENHULME BEALE HOUSE STAFF 

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

INTERFAITH WEEK 

To coincide with Interfaith Week, the Religious Studies 

and Philosophy Department took the LC1 girls to visit 

three places of worship in Gloucestershire: Cheltenham 

Synagogue, Gloucester Cathedral, and Ryecroft Street 

Mosque (Masjid-e-Noor), also in Gloucester. 

In the mosque the girls had a tour of the prayer hall and ablutions 

room followed by a talk from the imam and his assistant, who is the 

Muslim chaplain to Hartpury College. The imam demonstrated the 

call to prayer and answered various questions posed by the girls. 

There was also a female member of the community there, who 

spoke eruditely about the role of women in Islam. 

At Gloucester Cathedral the girls had a tour book to complete, 

which saw them investigate the different functions of a cathedral, 

as well as considering the role of such a vast place of worship in the 

community. The girls had to find Miss Beale’s memorial in the Lady 

Chapel (a somewhat smaller version of her memorial in College) 

and also enjoyed re-enacting scenes from Harry Potter in the 

cathedral’s cloisters, which are perhaps better known globally as the 

corridors of Hogwarts. 

Finally, at Cheltenham Synagogue the girls were given a brief tour 

and talk from Jenny Silverston, the UK’s first female chairman of an 

Orthodox synagogue. She spoke to them about her experiences as 

a Jew in Cheltenham and answered their questions. 

The day provided an insight into the variety of religious traditions 

within our community and supported the girls’ studies of these 

three world faiths. 



LANGUAGES 

GERMAN 

EXCHANGE 

PART 1 

Luisa Wehinger and Hannah Weigerding from Maria Ward-Schule in 

Mainz, Germany, about their visit to Cheltenham. 

We, the German exchange girls from the Mary Ward-School in Mainz, 

had a great time in October last year when we were allowed to visit 

Cheltenham Ladies’ College and take part in the life at a boarding 

school. 

After a long journey by plane and bus we were warmly welcomed at 

the school. Students as well as teachers have been really nice to us 

and we were surprised how many of them knew some German. Our 

exchange partners were a big help to get used to the life at a boarding 

school, because our school in Germany is just a day school. 

In the beginning we were totally overwhelmed by all the new 

experiences. We really enjoyed our stay and smiled about our yawns in 

the mornings although German schools start nearly one hour earlier! 

After having had breakfast together our days began with meeting 

our partners, taking part in Prayers and our partners’ lessons. The idea 

of starting the day with Prayers instead of just starting the day with 

normal lessons seems more harmonious to us and could be a nice 

suggestion for our school. 

Lessons were great fun, particularly Food and Nutrition, and Physics. 

Food and Nutrition and Wellbeing are not taught at German schools. 

Playing lacrosse was really fascinating because this kind of sport is not 

very well known in Germany. 

Besides school, we German girls had fantastic trips to Bath and 

Cheltenham which we enjoyed very much. We also had a trip to 

Sudeley Castle with our partners. There we visited the castle and 

had a picnic in the park. Later we had cream tea and scones, a new 

experience for most of us. We had great luck that the Literature 

Festival took place during our stay too. So we got tickets and attended 

a book reading by Sarah J Maas, which was another highlight. She 

read from her latest novel Throne of Glass. In the end, we had the 

opportunity to let her sign our copies. On another evening we went 

bowling with our partners and had some nice and funny hours together. 

When it was time to leave we all would have liked to stay much longer 

in England. All of us got on very well with our exchange partners and 

we all were glad to see most of them back in Germany in December. 

We hope they liked their time in Germany and enjoyed their visit as 

much as we enjoyed ours in Cheltenham. We really would like to keep 

in touch! 

Many thanks to the College in Cheltenham for the great opportunity 

to stay at the school, meeting nice people and learning so much about 

England. 

PART 2 

Ananya Shahi, Arabella Weiglhofer, Rose Grundon, Izzy Irvine, Hope 

Gibson (LC3) and Zoi Moir (UC5) from CLC about their visit to Mainz, 

Germany: 

On Saturday 10th December a group of CLC students assembled 

by the Porter’s Lodge for the return leg of the German exchange trip. 

This trip runs every year between CLC and the Maria Ward-Schule 

in Mainz, Germany. We had really enjoyed hosting our partners in 

the Autumn Term and had been impressed by the fluency of their 

English. There was a wide age range in our group from LC3 to SFC1, 

and therefore a big difference in the amount of German we knew, but 

everyone was optimistic about the opportunity they would have to 

improve their language skills. 

After landing in Frankfurt and taking a short train ride to Mainz on the 

incredibly efficient German public transport system, we met our host 

families for the weekend. 

We had to wake up at 6.00am to go to school. It was still pitch black 

and freezing outside when we got on the train. On the bright side, 

students in Germany start their first lesson as soon as they get to 

school (there is no Prayers). So they are allowed to go to school late if 

they have free Ps in the morning. In the same way, students can leave 

school early if they have free Ps in the afternoon. As their last lesson 

finishes at 1.10pm anyway, they usually have the afternoon to do what 

they want. Another difference is that in German schools pupils don’t 

wear school uniform and the teachers too wear casual clothes like jeans 

and t-shirts. 

During our visit we went to lots of different Christmas markets, 

including one in Wiesbaden, where we spent some time looking around 

with our German exchange partners before going ice skating. There 

was great food at the markets, including a drink called Kinderpunsch, 

which is similar to mulled wine, but for children and made with all 

different sorts of heated juice, but the best food had to be the 

strawberries and bananas on a stick covered in chocolate. You could also 

buy Lebkuchen hearts with different words on it, for example, Ich liebe 

dich – I love you – or Fröhliche Weihnachten – Merry Christmas. 

There were lots of different Christmas gifts you could buy, ranging 

from candles to spray snow. Some of the Christmas decorations were 

so delicate that it was hard to get them back to England in one piece! 

At each market there was an area where you could sit down in a big 

beer barrel, with fairy lights all around. It was really magical. 

On our last full day, we went to Frankfurt, which is full of shops and 

skyscrapers as it is the commercial centre of Germany. A tour guide 

showed us around and we visited amazing glass buildings and saw the 

birthplace of Goethe, Germany’s greatest writer. We also visited the 

Städel Art Museum, and explored the collection with the help of a 

guide. 

Overall, we found the exchange exciting and helpful in developing 

our German language skills as well as our knowledge of Germany. We 

would really strongly recommend it to anyone interested in German 

culture or studying German, as it is a truly great experience and one 

we won’t forget, all the crazy moments included. 

Many of us plan to meet up again with our partners either in this 

country or in Germany in 2017. We have made friendships which we 

hope will last a long time. 



AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


MUSIC 

CHRISTMAS CONCERT 

CO-CURRICULAR 

CHRISTINGLE 

The LC1 girls spent a Saturday morning making traditional 

Christingles for the annual Christingle Service. Led by the 

Chaplain and organised by the Religious Studies and Philosophy 

Department, the service took place in a candlelit Lower Hall. 

Several girls read passages from the Bible and all the LC1 girls 

sang Away in a Manger. During the service, girls were encouraged 

to think not only of their own Christmas celebrations, but also of 

those children who will be spending the festive season displaced 

and afraid. 


REV’D SCOTT TEACHER OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND 

PHILOSOPHY 

The Autumn Term always ends with a string of festive 

traditions. 

One of the most long-running and established is our wonderful 

Christmas Concert, which is our largest, annual school concert. 

This year, over 250 girls took part in ensembles which included 

Brass Ensemble, Symphonic Wind Band, Sinfonia, Percussion 

Ensemble, Piano Quartet, College Choir, Lower College Choir, 

Symphony Orchestra, Wind Octet, Chamber Choir, Hellacappella, 

Gospel Choir and Jazz Band. 

It was an extraordinary festival of many different genres from Bach 

and Mozart to Lionel Bart and John Williams. Congratulations to 

all the girls who took part and to the 44 music teachers involved in 

preparing the girls for public performance. 


MUSIC 

CAROL SERVICE 

The Carol Service by Lower College Choir was 

attended by parents and more than 100 Guild 

members. 

Everyone enjoyed the excellent performances by the girls, followed 

by mulled wine and mince pies. Afterwards, there was a buffet 

lunch provided at St Austin’s, along with the opportunity to look 

around the newly refurbished house. 


CO-CURRICULAR 

CHRISTMAS 

EVENTS 

The Prefects put on a host of festive activities at the end of term, 

including a Santa’s Grotto at break time for the Lower College girls, 

as well as Christmas Dodgeball. 


AUTUMN TERM 

AUTUMN TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

CHRISTMAS CAKE 

DECORATING COMPETITION 


RESULTS 

SENIOR HOUSES 

1st: Beale 

2nd: Cambray 

JUNIOR HOUSES 

1st: Sidney Lodge 

2nd: St Austin’s 

3rd: Glengar and Farnley Lodge 


ARTWORK 2016–17 

ART 


ART 


Crystal Cheung 

Tara Nivison 

Veronica Lin 

Sophie von Torklus 

Emma Lake 

Ekaterina Nikolaeva 

Lulu Chai 

Ivy Chen 

Emma Lake 

Lara Hillcoat 

Clarice Hu 

Holly Cavalier 

Cammy Tang 

Amber Sowerby 


Sophie Ho 

Holly Cavalier 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 

JANUARY • FEBRUARY • MARCH 

CO-CURRICULAR 

NATIONAL 

STORYTELLING 

WEEK 


PHILOSOPHY 

& ETHICS 

CONFERENCE 

On Tuesday 31st January, all IB and A Level 

Philosophy and Ethics students were treated to a day 

of interactive and intellectually stimulating lectures and 

workshops at the annual conference held at CLC. 


LANGUAGES 

MADRID TRIP 

Spanish isn’t just a language. 

When 12 girls got on a bus at 3.00am on a Thursday morning, we 

thought we had a general idea of what we were going to do once 

we reached Madrid – see the sights, eat some Spanish tortillas and 

practice our Spanish speaking with Miss Diaz and Mrs Mooney. 

While we weren’t completely wrong, we definitely did not have the 

full picture of how much there was to learn! 

We weren’t just learning the history of some of Spain’s most famed 

painters at Museo Reina Sofía or of literary minds such as Miguel 

de Cervantes. Nor were we limited to shopping in Gran Vía or the 

scenery at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, where the whole city of 

Madrid was laid out before us. 

We also jumped into the middle of a Brexit debate, when we met 

people working in the British embassy in Madrid. Less than 24 hours 

after the Spanish King had walked through its doors, we too were at 

the Houses of Parliament. We went to exhibitions and to costume 

museums, and I learned that ‘crazy’ music was not just limited to 

America in the 70s. 

The trip to Madrid allowed us to understand why we had chosen 

Spanish as a language either to study in school or as a hobby. This 

wasn’t just due to the places we visited, but also to the incredible 

insights Miss Diaz and Mrs Mooney were able to provide. They 

were able to share the scandalous details about every meal, 

museum and painting. It was as if we had private tour guides! 

It was a trip that opened my eyes to the depth of Spanish culture not 

just as a part of my A Levels, but as a way of life. Gracias a todos. 

LILIBET O’CONNOR SFC2 

Monday 30th January marked the beginning of 

National Storytelling Week. 

Our first story was told by Mrs Owen from History, who regaled 

us with a dramatic retelling of the White Doe of Rylstone. Tuesday’s 

tale was spun (or was that woven?) by Miss Szypusz from St 

Helen’s, with a little help from the story of Athene and Arachne’s 

weaving contest. On Wednesday, it was the turn of Mr Williams, our 

technician at the PAC, who recounted the Grimm tale of Doctor 

Knowall, while Thursday brought the dark Welsh legend of Gelert 

told by Mr Forward-Davies from Religious Studies. To end a 

glorious week of storytelling, and help us celebrate Chinese New 

Year, on Friday Mr Downey from MFL inspired us with the Chinese 

tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish. 

Over 200 girls and staff joined us during the week, so we’ll definitely 

be celebrating again next year! 

MISS SHAKESHAFT LOWER COLLEGE LIBRARIAN 

Over 100 students from many different schools attended talks 

by Professor Keith Ward, former Professor of Divinity at Oxford, 

Professor Daphne Hampson, former Professor of Divinity at St 

Andrews and Associate of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford, 

and, finally, Dr Gregory A Barker, former Head of Theology at the 

University of Wales, Trinity St David. I found Professor Hampson’s 

talk entitled God and Gender particularly interesting, especially her 

thoughts on the social effects of having a male normative God and 

the ways in which God has been shown in the Bible’s language as a 

masculine figure. 

I was fortunate enough to attend a masterclass with the lecturers, 

which was both thought-provoking and informative as we were able 

to discuss our ideas with such esteemed theologians. I look forward 

to next year’s conference, which I am sure will be just as engaging. 

ARABELLA SOPHER SFC1 


ARTICULATION 

This year, College participated in a national public 

speaking competition called ARTiculation. This 

is a great opportunity for young people who are 

passionate about art or writing to express their 

thoughts and share their ideas. 

The best thing about this competition is that you do not have to do 

any subjects related to art and can just be interested in the subject. 

I did not take Art or History of Art at A Level, but have always 

loved art, and debates about it have always interested me. After 

a long search and multiple visits to different art galleries, during a 

recent trip to New York I finally settled on a minimalist sculpture by 

Richard Serra entitled Silence (For John Cage), 2015. 

The sculpture, which made a significant impression on me, is a 

huge rectangular steel block. The sheer simplicity of the work 

made it difficult to write about, but this was also what made it 

so enjoyable! The competition encourages you to talk about a 

single piece of art or architecture that you have seen first-hand. 

This year, in the internal College heats, 14 girls across SFC gave 

presentations ranging from the Renaissance to Contemporary 

art. This year’s internal finalists were Rosalind Phillips, Hope Smith 

and myself. I was really surprised and happy that I managed to 

get through, but also quite terrified about the next stage of the 

competition. 

The next step was the regional heats, which took place in the 

RWA (Royal West of England Academy) in Bristol. Here only one 

representative from each school takes part. I spent a long time 

preparing and I recited the presentation to my friends many times. 

In Bristol I was competing against eight other students, all of whom 

were in the year above me and most studied Art or History of Art at 

A Level. 

Everyone presented their piece for 10 minutes and were then 

questioned by two experienced judges – Alison Bevan, Director of 

the RWA, and artist Mariele Neudecker. I was absolutely terrified 

but Miss Fisher and the other contestants were very supportive, 

which made a big difference. The results were once again quite 

unexpected. A student called Rose, who spoke with passion and 

interest about an avant-garde, nightmarish film called Alice, directed 

by Jan Svankmajer, was deserving of the first place. I came second 

overall and a student speaking about a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi 

came third. 

ARTiculation has been an incredible experience, which has 

encouraged me to delve deeper into art and art history by allowing 

me to express my passion and opinion, as well as greatly boosting 

my confidence in public speaking and responding quickly under the 

pressure of a Q&A. I had a great time and recommend that students 

interested in art or history of art should participate. 

NINA BUTSLOVA SFC1 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 



A C GRAYLING 

From Plato’s Republic to Brexit, A C Grayling gave 

a fascinating tour of political philosophy through the 

ages. 

To start, he introduced us to the different ways in which humans 

take control in a society through various examples (from angry 

chimpanzees to Justin Bieber) and how this can correspond to 

different forms of government like Timarchy and Democracy. 

He gave us a thorough understanding of the struggle in Ancient 

Greece between the Aristos and the Demos, which gave rise to 

Plato writing The Republic. This struggle has transcended time and 

geography in terms of how we choose to allocate power, leading 

to the large variety in types of government which we see around 

the world today. Although in modern society the demos appear to 

have won, after such events as Brexit and the election of Donald 

Trump, some are now reconsidering. Grayling spoke critically of 

democracy; pointing out how humans have a tendency to worship 

famous people and act as a mob which perhaps is not the best way 

to govern ourselves; he even used the term ‘ochlocracy’ (meaning 

‘mob rule’) to describe the less attractive sides of ‘power to the 

people’. 

What I enjoyed most, however, was being able to question Professor 

Grayling over the philosophies that dominate the current political 

sphere, especially those regarding Brexit and whether or not it was 

fair to say there was a mandate for Brexit when only 26% of the 

population voted Leave. 

Speaking in person to a renowned philosopher was an experience 

that I will not forget and so on behalf of all the girls who attended, 

I would like to thank Professor Grayling for delivering such an 

entertaining and enlightening talk. 

SOPHIE WAND SFC1 

CLASSICS 

POETRY AND 

POLITICS 

Dr John Davie, from Trinity College, Oxford, came 

to Cheltenham to speak on poetry and politics in 

Augustan Rome, focusing on patronage and the role 

of the poet in immortalising his sponsor. 

Dr Davie’s talk offered Sixth Form students studying Classics 

a great insight into these important concepts, giving them 

background knowledge of patronage from Homer, through 

Classical Greece, to the Rome of the emperor Augustus, under 

whose patronage Virgil’s Aeneid was composed. While many 

scholars condemn Virgil for writing a piece of political propaganda, 

Dr Davie instead emphasised the poetry and beauty of his work. 

His lecture gave students of the Aeneid a wider appreciation of the 

political context and a fuller understanding of its place in the history 

of Greek and Latin literature. 


CO-CURRICULAR 

A C Grayling 

WHITE-HAT 

HACKER KATY 

WINTERBOURN 

On Monday 30th January, we were delighted to 

have Katy Winterbourn come to College to give an 

interesting talk about IT security. 

She began by telling us about her job as a white-hat hacker (legal 

hacker) and how her problem-solving skills set her up perfectly for 

jobs at places such as GCHQ. Legal hacking means that permission 

must have been given by the client before the hacking begins. This 

is the most important concept that she told us, as it is what makes 

her different from a black-hat hacker. She also advised us that while 

you can take a computing degree, this is not always the best option 

for a career in legal hacking. Taking a degree in physics or maths can 

be just as helpful and gives you broader career opportunities. 

She was impressed with our own Ethical Hacking Club and 

was happy that more girls are becoming interested in the idea 

of legal hacking. She recommended a book called The Art of 

Deception which talks more about social engineering than hacking. 

This is another way her company gains access to information. 

She also recommended a website called OSCP that could help 

the girls learn about hacking generally and help prepare them for a 

future career in this industry. This talk really helped to show the girls 

that a career in computing has a range of benefits and can give you 

confidence. As Mark Zuckerberg has said: “People can be really 

smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t 

really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.” 

MRS MOONEY CAREERS AND WORK EXPERIENCE 

MANAGER 

ART 

THE PITT RIVERS 

AND NATURAL 

HISTORY MUSEUM 

UC5 art students visited the Pitt Rivers and Natural 

History Museums in Oxford, to gain inspiration for our 

new exam title Beginning and / or End. 

On a slightly damp morning, we arrived and were immediately 

greeted by the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Natural History 

Museum. After a short talk by one of the staff, we were given some 

highly informative sketchbooks and were pointed in the direction 

of certain displays. We were then left to roam the two museums 

independently, collecting sketches and photographs necessary for 

our recording. 

The Natural History Museum houses a detailed collection of 

specimens ranging from prehistoric creatures, to present-day 

animals, aquatic life, birds and minerals. 

The Pitt Rivers Museum has a beautiful collection of approximately 

50,000 objects. This museum focuses on anthropology and told 

stories of human history. The collection seemingly covers all 

cultures but, due to specific instruction from the founder, Lord Pitt 

Rivers, the objects are ordered by purpose rather than by culture. 

The museum is a maze-like complex of glass cabinets on the first 

floor, with two upper floors and a towering Totem Pole situated at 

the rear of the museum. From Samurai armour, weaponry, toys and 

games, to shrunken heads and different perceptions of beauty, the 

museum was a diverse assortment of articles that left the options to 

respond to our title open ended. 

This trip was invaluable and will have a meaningful influence on 

our work. 

ELEANOR SMITH UC5 


EDUCATION 

FOR LIFE 

The Principal 

On Saturday 4th February, the UC and SFC girls were fortunate 

enough to attend a Principal’s Lecture, this time given by Ms 

Jardine-Young herself, on the topic of Education for Life. 

Through relaying her own experiences, she identified the 

importance of a growth mindset, and that learning should be 

continuous, rather than just associated with formal education. 

She described her formative years in Malawi; particularly how she 

benefitted from a multicultural upbringing and the enterprising, 

pioneering spirit of those around her. 

Experiencing this, she said, activated her dedication to early 

academic and co-curricular opportunities, and a steadfast 

determination, even during setbacks in her career. She emphasised 

the importance of perspective during high-pressure situations, 

alluding to her own interview for the position of Principal, and how 

her development came from the process, not just the result. 

Ms Jardine-Young revealed how this attitude towards learning 

influences her vision for CLC; to create a community of students and 

staff that foster a similar mentality, and to ensure that College remains 

an adaptive institution in the years to come. She quoted Alvin Toffler 

with, “Illiterate in the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or 

write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” 

Following this, special guest Duncan Piper of The Unreasonables, 

a leadership organisation, argued that an avid appetite for 

learning and ‘coachability’ are paramount qualities in those who 

effect change. He also discussed the need for versatility and 

resourcefulness in the uncertainty of the 21st century. Mr Piper 

concluded the thoroughly enjoyable lecture, inspiring many by 

declaring his belief that CLC girls all have the potential to become 

great leaders. 

ALEXANDRA BEUKERS SFC1 

Mr Piper 



SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


DRAMA 

VERILY, A NEW HOPE 

DRAMA 

LAMDA 

This year’s showcase was an eclectic mix of modern 

drama, comic poetry and musical theatre. There were 

outstanding performances, with several SFC2 girls 

making their final appearances on the PAC stage. 

Ruby Sowerbutts and Matilda Fawcett (SFC2) opened the evening 

with a lively comic scene set in New York, and the amusing contrast 

in their characterisation was highly effective. At the other end of 

the age range, Daisy Pasternak (LC2) performed the opening 

speech from Daisy Pulls It Off in a role that could have been written 

especially for her. 

Flora Leeper (UC4) carried on the comic tone with her splendid 

rendition of John Betjeman’s poem Hunter Trials and, in another 

hilarious scene, Regina Agard-Brathwaite (UC5) played an anxious 

pet owner in The Neighbour by Meredith Oakes. The moment at 

which she realised her pet mouse had given birth was a particular treat. 

In addition to the comedy, there were also several more serious 

pieces, including a very powerful performance by Betsy Bell (SFC2) 

as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire and Ella Downey (SFC2) 

in Kate Tempest’s gloomy view of current education, Wasted. 

Izzy Markham (SFC1) gave a highly focused and expressive 

performance in an adaptation of Anthony Minghella’s radio 

play Cigarettes and Chocolate, and Catherine Ogilvy (SFC1), who 

has been studying the LAMDA Verse 

and Prose course, read from I’m the King 

of the Castle. 

With so many girls in College taking 

extra drama lessons, this was necessarily 

just a snapshot of all of the work that has 

been going on, but does show the very 

high standards which are being achieved. 

Many thanks to Mrs Deacon-Jones for 

overseeing this year’s showcase. 



One of our main aims in the Drama Department is 

to encourage girls to stage their own independent 

productions. 

However, when Louise Dai and Holly Wilcox Routledge (SFC1) 

first suggested the idea of staging the story of Star Wars retold in 

Shakespearian English, I will admit that I was a little sceptical that 

there would be sufficient interest in the epic tale of Jedi Knights. 

As the production got underway however, under the aegis of the 

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Society, the fruits of Louise and Holly’s labours 

soon paid off and on Wednesday 8th February they staged a 

sensational production of Verily, a New Hope. 

The 15 members of the cast, accompanied by the singers of 

Hellacappella, gave a packed theatre a night to remember. There 

were many highlights, not least the appearance of the homemade 

Death Star, which rose threateningly behind the set with a girdle 

of flashing green lights. Otherwise the set was simple, allowing the 

actors to move swiftly from scene to scene, with a raised bridge 

that served as a platform for Darth Valdes to make threatening 

appearances, red lightsaber in hand. 

Isabella Green (UC5) played this iconic role with great poise and, in 

her long black cape and mask, was suitably evil looking. Joycelyne 

Sun (UC4), as Roma, stole many of the scenes, speaking through 

a kazoo with considerable expression and making a very successful 

partner with Ulla Smirnova (SFC1), who played Lance Starkiller with 

considerable dash. This was a production where every member of 

the cast contributed their own quirky interpretation of their roles to 

considerable effect. Tasha Dezelsky (UC5) was a very striking Hal 

Ranger and Casey Chong (UC4) as the imprisoned Princess Lerna 

showed her CLC mettle in her determination to escape and defeat 

the enemy. Lorna Rolinson (UC4) was suitably mysterious and 

magisterial in her role as Oio Kwok. 

The technical aspects of the 

show were completely the work 

of the eight girls on the crew. 

Freya Thompson (UC5) oversaw 

their efforts with considerable 

professionalism, and it was striking 

how both lighting and sound effects 

helped to create the atmosphere 

needed for the piece, leading up 

to the climactic scene with a battle 

between spacecraft taking place all 

around the auditorium. 

Cast, crew and directors deserve congratulations on their 

magnificent achievement in staging this production and for giving us 

all such an enjoyable evening of entertainment. 


MUSIC 

SPRING 

CONCERT 

On Friday 3rd March, College held the Spring 

Concert, with excellent performances from a range 

of talented musicians and singers. Composers Dmitri 

Shostakovich, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gabriel 

Fauré featured. 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

WORLD BOOK DAY 


Thursday 2nd March marked World Book Day, 

celebrating authors, illustrators, books and reading in 

over 100 countries across the world. 

Ahead of the day, literary posters 

and quotes went up around College 

to inspire the girls to read a range of 

books and explore different genres. 

To celebrate the day, our LC1 girls, as 

well as the Library staff and English 

teachers, including our Head of Lower 

College, dressed up as well-known 

fictional characters or in literarythemed 

costumes. The girls also 

took part in a number of activities, 

including creating a display board 

of the titles that they are currently 

reading and a literary treasure hunt 

around the College Library. 

CO-CURRICULAR 

GLOW RUN 

Colourful, vibrant and endlessly fun, the Glow Run 

not only aimed to raise funds for our College charities 

and student-led non-profit organisation GirlsforCS, 

but also to highlight how important it is to stand up for 

girls in STEM fields and show the world how crucial 

computer literacy is today. 

On the evening of Sunday 5th March, more than 200 girls and staff 

arrived at Field to enjoy the food, music, and colour. The event was 

a huge success and we managed to raise £3,500 from sponsors and 

the work of our baking team (Audrey, Mint, and Antonina). 

We are very thankful for all the support we received from our 

Housemistress Mrs Roca, College staff, parents and students, 

who not only helped with arrangements, but also set up food and 

lemonade stalls to help us raise more funds on the day. Without the 

support from our College community, we would not have been able 

to make our dream become a reality! 

TRINITY DONOHUGH SFC1 

MUSIC 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 

YOUNG MUSICIAN 

OF THE YEAR 

Hannah Brooks-Hughes (LC2) won the Gloucestershire Young 

Musician of the Year competition, which took place on Tuesday 7th 

March at Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham. 

At 13 years old, Hannah was the youngest musician in the 

competition and was up against four other finalists, aged between 

16 and 20 years old, on the cello, violin, flute and alto saxophone. 

Hannah, who is taught by Matthew Denton and Tasmin 

Little, successfully won both the awards available at the competition; 

one based on the judges’ decision and the other decided by the 

audience vote. 

The competition was judged by Meurig Bowen, Director of the 

Cheltenham Music Festival, Simon Haram, Professor of Saxophone 

at the Royal Academy of Music and Lucy Gould, who holds the 

position of Principal 2nd Violin of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. 

As part of her prize, Hannah was presented with the Hewitt-Jones 

Trophy, a cheque for £500, and performed with the Gloucestershire 

Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the Gloucestershire Youth 

Orchestra, at the Cheltenham Music Festival and at the Carducci 

Festival. 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


ART 

HELEN KINCAID 

On Wednesday 1st March, artist Helen Kincaid visited 

our A Level Art group to give a workshop based on 

her photography and painting. 

We were required to ‘drink in’ as much information as we could from 

a film still from Hitchcock’s North by North West, which we could 

only see for two minutes, and then recreate as much of the details as 

possible. 

There were a variety of different resources used, from charcoal to 

paint, enabling each of us to create four unique pieces based on 

the freeze frame. As we have been taught to observe our objects 

and draw what we see in front of us, drawing from memory was 

definitely a big hurdle to overcome. It was extremely interesting to 

see everyone’s different interpretations of the image, as well as who 

remembered what, and which shapes, tones or lines stood out the 

most to each girl. 

Ms Kincaid made us question what attracts each of us, in our 

everyday artist research and observation, and why a certain colour 

combination or series of shapes stay in our mind more than others. 

She recommended that we channel these feelings and not compare 

our interpretation with others, but to commit to how we see the 

world and the objects we photograph, paint or draw, and ultimately 

to be yourself. 

Ms Kincaid also made us think of how ordinary, mundane scenes 

have the power to portray tension and drama through perspective. 

She enabled us to see these scenes, such as a busy desktop, 

as though full of life and character. I can now definitely look at 

everyday scenes with an open and artistic mind, and create vibrant 

pieces in response to them, thanks to this experience. 

ARABELLA LEWIS SFC1 

CHEMISTRY 

CHEMISTRY 

CONFERENCE 

During British Science Week in March, College hosted 

the annual Chemistry Conference. 

The conference began with SFC girls alongside over 200 students 

and teachers from secondary schools across the county, enjoying a 

morning of chemistry lectures. 

These included lectures by Dr June McCombie MBE of 

Nottingham University on Astrochemistry, postgraduate student 

Sarah Michel of Bristol University on the development of in utero 

treatments for spina bifida, and a demonstration by Professor John 

Kilcoyne of Sunderland University and Sky’s Brainiac. 

In the afternoon, over 300 pupils and teachers from primary schools 

across Cheltenham and Gloucestershire enjoyed an afternoon of 

explosive chemistry at the ‘Gases in the Air’ demonstrations. 

Year 4 and 5 pupils from Hester’s Way, Christ Church, Gardners 

Lane, Glenfall County, Gloucester Road, Airthrie, St James’ 

Primary, Berkhampstead, and Gotherington Primary School, 

were all amazed by flowers frozen in liquid nitrogen, solutions that 

changed colour before their eyes, and hydrogen explosions. 

The demonstrations explored some of the wonders of science, 

such as the chemistry behind the gases we breathe, the conversions 

between states of matter, what is and is not a chemical reaction, 

and how humans have manipulated fire to their advantage. The 

demonstrations were delivered by Bristol University’s Tim Harrison 

and the show was sponsored by Bristol University’s School of 

Chemistry outreach programme ChemLabS. 

CO-CURRICULAR 

LORD NORMAN FOSTER 

On Saturday 18th March, we were fortunate enough to welcome 

Lord Foster, as part of the History of Art Society Programme, to 

deliver a talk entitled Discovering Architecture. This was a unique 

opportunity to hear from one of the world’s most prestigious 

architects, and the talk provided an insight into Lord Foster’s personal 

feelings about architecture, including some of the buildings that 

meant most to him growing up, such as Manchester Town Hall. 

The Council Room was at full capacity for the talk, which had been 

highly anticipated by the girls for weeks. It was a rare occasion for all 

of those interested in architecture to congregate, regardless of the 

subject of their studies. 

Lord Foster told his story with humility, while the buildings 

themselves spoke volumes to his skills as an architect. When 

discussing the famous ‘Gherkin’, Lord Foster described how the 

design of the building conserved energy, with vents that operate 

like lungs all around the building’s exterior to provide ventilation 

throughout the building and reduce the need for air conditioning. 

Similarly, he mentioned a shift in airport design that saw ventilation 

machinery moved to the base, removing the oppressive feeling of 

heavy industrial ceilings and allowing for open and airy structures, 

such as Beijing Airport. 

MUSIC 

PIANO PRIZES 

Piano Prizes took place at College on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th 

March. The standard of playing was excellent and congratulations go 

to all the girls involved. We also thank Margaret Fingerhut for leading 

the masterclass. The results from the various classes were as follows: 

RESULTS 

GEDGE PRIZE ADVANCED CLASS 

Winner: Clarice Hu (UC5) 

GEDGE PRIZE INTERMEDIATE CLASS 

Winner: Ekaterina Nikolaeva (SFC1) 

TEMPLE PRIZE ADVANCED CLASS 

Winner: Nicole Jin (UC4) 

TEMPLE PRIZE INTERMEDIATE CLASS 

Winner: Alina Sverdlova (LC2) 

PIANO TEACHERS’ PRIZE (GRADES 1-5) 

Winner: Annabel Wood (LC2) 


Another fascinating aspect of his talk was the discussion of his current 

projects, including plans for a drone port in Africa. Using local 

materials, Lord Foster aims to create a station to service drones that 

can deliver blood and medical supplies to isolated areas, proving that 

architecture could even be life-saving. 

The talk ended with questions about the future of mankind and news 

of an innovative project that Foster + Partners is developing, which 

included plans for habitation on the moon. Addressing the challenges 

of transporting materials to the moon, the study is investigating 

the use of lunar soil, known as regolith, as building matter. 

Understandably, all who attended the talk left with their minds racing, 

inspired to explore the field further and extremely grateful to Lord 

Foster for such a fascinating insight. 

ROSALIND PHILLIPS SFC1 


Energy conservation and sustainability remained an important theme 

while he discussed his project with Apple for their headquarters 

in Cupertino, California. This also demonstrated the process of 

transforming the client’s idea into a building. The design of this 

building housed all of its units in one, rather than utilising a campusstyle 

site. In turn, this left more room on the plot for open spaces 

which could be used for outdoor activity and leisure, adding to the 

efficiency of the site. 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

UPCYCLED FASHION SHOW 

MUSIC 

TEWKESBURY ABBEY 

The College Choir sang a service of Choral Evensong in the 

glorious surrounding of Tewkesbury Abbey, with parents and 

friends of College in attendance. The music for the service included 

canticles by George Dyson, Responses by Malcolm Archer, and the 

anthem Te lucis ante terminum by Henry Balfour Gardiner. 


Winning House Trashion outfit, by Sidney Lodge 

A large and excitable audience clapped and cheered 

with delight as they saw 26 creative and glamorous 

outfits modelled on the catwalk in the Princess Hall, for 

College’s annual Upcycled Fashion Show. 

All the innovative garments were made from rubbish or from 

unwanted textiles. Each outfit was utterly different, but all were a 

celebration of the girls’ creativity, visionary thinking and problemsolving 

skills. 

This year’s winner of the Upcycled Category was Lara Pearson 

(LC3), who impressed the judges with her very stylish and skilful 

transformation of a stretch jersey dress and a crocheted waistcoat 

into a layered top. Naomi Townsend (UC4) won the Trashion 

Category, wowing the judges with her ingenious use of polypockets 

and safety pins to construct a stunning pair of transparent trousers 

and a mesh top. 

Each Junior House submitted a group entry into the House 

Trashion Category. Here we saw the products of successful 

teamwork and a great deal of perseverance! 

The top three places in the House Trashion Category were 

awarded to Sidney Lodge, who used their garment to highlight the 

environmental impact of plastics in the ocean and claimed first place, 

Farnley Lodge who came 

in second and St Austin’s 

who took third. 

Our thanks to our 

guest judge Christina 

Pettigrew from Caroline 

Charles, Cheltenham, 

and to Sweaty Betty for 

providing prizes for the 

winners. 

MISS BRANDON 

TEACHER OF ART 

AND DESIGN 

Glenlee’s entry 

Winning Individual Trashion outfit, 

made by Naomi Townsend (UC4) 

Glengar’s entry incorporated poppies from Remembrance Day 

Farnley Lodge’s Ibis-inspired entry 

MATHS 

CYBERFIRST 

GIRLS 

COMPETITION 

In March, four UC4 girls, Felix Bamborough, Louisa 

Hoy, Lorna Rolinson and Casey Chong, set out on a 

challenge to compete against over 2,100 UK schools in 

the CyberFirst Girls Competition run by the National 

Cyber Security Centre. 

We had to complete many different and varied tasks under the 

four subtopics of Logic and Coding, Networking, Cryptography, 

and Cyber Security. Throughout the competition, we all learnt 

many useful skills like steganography (concealing messages within 

non-secret text or data), and deepened our knowledge of internet 

protocols and various different encryption techniques. 

As we managed to complete many tasks, varying between 

beginner, intermediate and expert level, we definitely feel proud of 

our achievements, even though we did not reach the finals. Overall, 

we had an exciting and enjoyable experience with this competition 

and have learnt valuable life skills, such as teamwork. 

FELIX BAMBOROUGH, LOUISA HOY, LORNA ROLINSON 

AND CASEY CHONG UC4 


TALENT 2030 

Congratulations to Phoebe Jones (LC3) and 

Selina Guo (SFC1) for reaching the finals of Talent 

2030’s National Engineering Competition for Girls, 

which were held at the Big Bang Fair at the NEC in 

Birmingham on Saturday 18th March. 

As part of the national competition, girls were invited to submit 

inventions to solve the major challenges of the 21st century. While 

girls could work in teams of up to six, Phoebe and Selina submitted 

individual entries. 

Phoebe’s invention was the design of an adaptable flue stack 

filtration system that was impregnated with bacteria, which 

metabolised waste gases to help control industrial emissions. Selina’s 

invention was for an automatically lowering blind made from a 

particulate matter filter, which could be retrofitted to households to 

mitigate the harmful effects of smog. 

The entries were judged in three different age categories 11-14, 15- 

16 and 17-18. Both Phoebe and Selina’s inventions made the shortlist 

of 40 entries from over 260 submissions, from more than 700 girls 

nationwide. 

MR LIM HEAD OF ENGINEERING, ENTERPRISE AND 

TECHNOLOGY 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


CHEMISTRY 

FORENSIC TOXICOLOGISTS 

Some of the LC3 girls had the opportunity to 

experience a day in the life of a forensic scientist where 

they recovered latent fingerprints from drinks cans. 

Latent fingerprints are fingerprints that you cannot see with the 

naked eye. Fingerprints are developed inside the womb at five 

months gestation and are unique to each individual, even identical 

twins who will share the same DNA. They therefore hold great 

evidential value. 

ART 

HAUSER & WIRTH GALLERY 


There are many characteristics that forensic scientists can identify 

within a fingerprint, to help compare sets of prints. The girls were 

taught how fingerprints are taken from anyone who has ever been 

arrested for a crime and that these prints are held in a central 

database, which forensic scientists can use to make comparisons. 

We discussed that one main limitation is that this database is of no 

use for first-time offenders. 

The LC3 girls collected their own sets of fingerprints, using inkpads 

similar to the ones the police use when they arrest someone. They 

observed them under a handheld microscope to see the specific 

characteristics which can be identified by forensic scientists. 

After this, the girls deposited a fingerprint onto a drinks can 

and applied aluminium powder, which is used by crime scene 

investigators, with special brushes in order to make their print visible. 

They used fingerprint tape to recover these prints and placed 

them onto acetate backing so they could be examined under a 

microscope. 

The girls loved being Forensic Toxicologists for the morning 

and applying the science they had learnt. They really began to 

appreciate the work that is done at crime scenes and the level of 

detail required to match a set of fingerprints. 

MRS GILL-LANG TEACHER OF CHEMISTRY 

Lower College Art Scholars recently visited the 

Hauser & Wirth gallery in Bruton, Somerset. 

The gallery was collectively founded by Iwan and Manuela Wirth 

and Ursula Hauser in 1992. It currently has a large collection of 

Elizabeth Frink’s work in exhibition, including the Riace Figures II, 

III, IV and a variety of her equine and ornithological sculptures and 

drawings. 

Many of Frink’s bronze castings are anthropomorphical animal 

forms showing wild human emotions and some showing the story 

of the Bird Man’s tragic fall. A lot of her inspiration, before her 

transition to more figurative work, was a reflection of her childhood 

growing up during WWII and the Cold War. Most of Frink’s 

humanoid sculptures were of men; this is to express the power and 

dominance of the politics of that era. She used weapons and static, 

guarded figures instead of more expressive and fluid work. 

During our visit to the gallery, we produced a variety of 

observational studies using lots of different drawing methods and 

techniques. We were also taught about the various processes of 

creating bronze castings, using plaster, silicon or wax, and moulds 

to make the piece, which can be used multiple times. 

Aside from work by Frink, the gallery exhibited other artists’ 

installations and has a specially designed garden to house one of 

the Serpentine Pavilions, constructed by architect Smiljan Radić, 

which is made entirely of fibreglass. 

Another installation was the Marauders; a winding line of 

characterised garden gnomes by artist Djordje Ozbolt, which leads 

from the lawn to the centre of one of the farm’s gallery spaces. 

Another piece called Brave New World consisting of many resin 

figurines on a table from all around the world, showed cultural and 

ethnic diversity, political and moral beliefs and natural preservation. 

Many other fantastic and inspiring pieces were spread around the 

farm and gardens and the gallery provided the perfect viewing 

space to fully appreciate them. 

OLYMPIA ONSLOW LC3 

MUSIC 

GREGYNOG 

YOUNG MUSICIAN 

STRINGS CLASS 

WINNER 

Hannah Brooks-Hughes (LC2) won the Gregynog 

Young Musician Strings Class and finished runner-up 

overall. 

Hannah was beaten in the final by a talented 17-year-old Ukrainian 

pianist, but was delighted to have achieved her ambition of winning 

the Strings Class. 

Another recent winner of this award was Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who 

went on to win the BBC Young Musician Competition last year. 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


DRAMA 

THE LION, THE WITCH AND 

THE WARDROBE 


“Magical” and “beautiful” were words that audience 

members used to sum up the LC1 and LC2 production 

of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Mrs Richards, the Director, created Narnia through the simplest 

and most elegant use of stagecraft, through the use of a wardrobe 

that split in two revealing a world of silver birches haunted by sinister 

figures dressed in white. 

With subtle lighting design by Mr Williams and evocative sound 

design by Miss Thomas, including powerful narration by Rev’d Scott, 

this was a spell-binding piece of theatre that worked its magic on the 

audience. 

The performances of the central roles were outstanding in their focus 

and characterisation. Georgia Speakman (LC1) was an innocent 

and charming Lucy, while Celeste Aylott (LC2) played Peter as stiff 

and proper with an upright posture. Imogen Shackleton (LC2) was 

a gentle but serious Susan, while Jazzy Irvine (LC1) brought out the 

vindictive and selfish nature of Edmund, while remaining convincing 

in his gradual realisation of his own folly. 

The girls enjoy nothing more than a monstrous villain and Henrietta 

Mingay (LC2) was a truly frightening White Witch, haughty and 

savage to the end. The audience was also charmed by the Beaver 

family, who at one point threatened to take the story over entirely as 

they brought the house down with their Beaver rap. Daisy Pasternak 

(Mrs Beaver, LC2), Maddie Long (Mr Beaver, LC2), and Bonnie 

Greenslade, Eva Davidson and Jemima Bell (the three baby Beavers, 

LC1) win the cutest performance of the year. There were also 

excellent performances from Maddy Walters (LC2) as the faun Mr 

Tumnus, Tara Hardy (LC2) as the Professor and Lisette Hewin (LC2) 

as a Scottish Mrs Macready. 

The chorus of 14 girls were brilliant in their roles as spirits and tourists, 

as well as assorted fabulous animals. Their enthusiasm and energy on 

stage helped to give the production the polish and pace that kept the 

audience gripped by the action of the play. The coup de théâtre was 

of course the appearance of Aslan, a huge puppet that was operated 

with great skill by Yusra Metlo, Georgina Griffiths and Isabella Collins 

(LC2). His graceful movements on stage and the synchronisation of 

his mouth to his voice were totally convincing. 

The crew, led by Stage Manager Jocelyn Ng (UC4) and Deputy 

Stage Manager Christy Ma (LC3), showed complete confidence 

despite having a complex set of lighting and sound cues to master. 

Ying Ong (UC5) on the lighting desk and Ellie Albutt (UC4) on 

sound worked with complete professionalism throughout. 

Thanks to Mr Williams and Miss Thomas, our extraordinary technical 

team, who skilfully managed the direction of the production in 

the final weeks of rehearsal. The cast responded brilliantly to their 

leadership to create a truly enjoyable piece of theatre and an 

outstanding success, which will remain in our memories for many 

years. “For Narnia!” 



TATE BRITAIN 

On Saturday 4th March, the SFC1 History of Art class 

travelled to central London for a day of analysis of art 

and architecture. 

We began the day in Westminster where we started to apply what 

we had studied in class by analysing the wonderful Gothic façade of 

Westminster Abbey, the neo-Gothic Houses of Parliament and the 

Postmodern appearance of Portcullis House, before arriving at the 

patriotic, Neoclassical façade of Tate Britain. We also managed to 

take in A G Walker’s memorial to Emmeline Pankhurst and Auguste 

Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais as we strolled along the Thames 

before lunch. 

The afternoon was spent in Tate Britain where we were able to 

chart the development of British art from the early 19th century in 

the work of J M W Turner, through to the highly volatile climate 

of the 20th century. We began this intensive session with Stanley 

Spencer’s ambitious Resurrection, before considering how themes 

of gender had been explored by James Whistler and other artists 

at that time, and then how the genres of painting were represented 

more widely. 

A real highlight for me was Turner’s Gallery. The large scale of 

Turner’s Norham Castle, Sunrise surprised me on first appearance 

and I really enjoyed being able to discuss the painting right in front 

of the canvas, as it broadened my understanding of what effect the 

artist intended to have on a viewer. The trip allowed all students 

to develop a deeper understanding of works studied in class and 

acquire knowledge of new artists, artwork and art movements that 

we had not heard of before. 

CECELIA THORNETT SFC1 


SPRING TERM 

SPRING TERM 


CLASSICS 

CORINIUM MUSEUM AND 

CHEDWORTH ROMAN VILLA 


MUSIC 

WOODWIND, BRASS AND 

PERCUSSION MASTERCLASS 

Girls from the Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Faculty took part 

in a workshop with Kevin Price, Head of Brass and Percussion at the 

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He coached the Brass 

Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble and Wind Quintet. He also worked 

with College’s 100-piece Symphonic Windband on a performance 

of Big Sky Overture by Philip Sparke. A great time was had by all. 

MRS ADAMS HEAD OF WOODWIND, BRASS AND 

PERCUSSION 

CO-CURRICULAR 

CAMBRIDGE 

WRITING 

COMPETITION 

Catherine Ogilvy (SFC1) gained third prize for her 

entry to the Girton College Cambridge Humanities 

Writing Competition. 

As part of her prize, she won a £25 cheque from the Girton College 

Classics Fund, as well as £50 in book tokens, half for herself and half 

as a donation to the Classics Department to purchase books. 

Congratulations to Catherine on her outstanding achievement. 


GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 

GOVERNMENT 

AND POLITICS 

TRIP TO GERMANY 

For the first four days of the Easter holidays, a party 

of UC girls and staff visited Berlin. The girls looked at 

many aspects of Germany’s history, from the days of 

Empire to reunification. 

The main focus was on the years of Weimar and Nazi Germany and 

on the Cold War. The girls took a walking tour of the city and visited 

many museums and memorials to those who suffered in Germany 

during these years. Some of what they saw was very harrowing, such 

as the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and the Stasi Museum, 

but some of it was uplifting and exciting, such as the restored 

Reichstag building, which is once again the parliament of a united 

and democratic Germany. 

The girls agreed that the trip had made a significant difference to 

their understanding of their IGCSE History course. 

MRS LANCASHIRE HEAD OF HISTORY, GOVERNMENT 

AND POLITICS 

On Thursday 30th March, all LC2 pupils studying Latin 

went on a trip to the Roman amphitheatre and Corinium 

Museum in Cirencester and Chedworth Roman Villa. 

The day began with a visit to the impressive remains of the 

amphitheatre just outside the town. This amphitheatre, built in the 

early 2nd century, is one of the largest known examples surviving from 

the Roman occupation of Britain, with capacity for 8,000 people. 

A short drive into town then took us to the Corinium Museum, where 

the girls used replica objects and gravestones to learn about various 

people who lived in Corinium (the Roman name for Cirencester) in 

Roman times, including a Roman matrona, a doctor and a little boy. 

We then had an hour to explore the museum, before heading off to 

Chedworth Roman Villa. 

Beautifully situated in the middle of the Cotswolds, the villa was built 

in the 2nd century AD and reached its heyday between 360 and 380 

AD. During this time it was a place of wealth, luxury and comfort. 

The girls especially enjoyed seeing the remains of the bath house, 

complete with intricate mosaics, and taking part in an archaeologybased 

teaching session where they sorted genuine artefacts from the 

Roman period. 



ART 

ART 

TEXTILES 2016–17 

TEXTILES 2016-17 

TEXTILES 2016–17 

Georgie Osborne 

Florence Harting 

Karina Shethia 

Amelia Chilvers 

Sophie Shepherd 

Jess Maxse 

Dnee Pulsirivit 

Gam Narongchartsopon 

Isabelle Mathews 

Jenny Wang 

Felicity Nicholson Amy Bogard Ella Rosenfeld 

Coco Harcombe Coco Wu Izzy Crofts 


SUMMER TERM 

SUMMER TERM 

APRIL • MAY • JUNE • JULY 

LANGUAGES 

EXCHANGE TRIP TO THE 

VENETO REGION IN ITALY 

In the first week of Easter this year, a group of eight 

girls ranging from UC4 to SFC2 went on an Italian 

exchange for a week. 


LANGUAGES 

CANTABRIA TRIP 

On Sunday 2nd April, 30 UC students accompanied 

by Miss Díaz, Miss Bemrose, Miss Dalet-Puzzanghera 

and Mr Downey set out on a linguistic and cultural 

adventure to Cantabria, Spain. 

Miss Díaz, Miss Bemrose, Miss Dalet-Puzzanghera and Mr Downey 

We attended lessons at the Liceo Duca D’Aosta in Padua, the 

school of our penfriends who visit us every year in November. The 

exchange gave us an insight into the workings of a typical Italian 

school as we participated eagerly in lessons and even sang in their 

school production! 

With our Italian peers we also went on many excursions, which 

allowed us to explore the culture of the Veneto region in more 

depth and we visited sites such as Villa Pisani, former home to one 

of the noble families in the area, romantic Verona and Venice. The 

trip to Venice, accompanied by a local school, even included a boat 

tour of the Venetian Lagoon! Our tour guide in Venice touched on 

the subject of how tourism might affect Venice in the future, which 

was really interesting to learn about. 

Venice, before the boat tour 

The girls had an immediate opportunity to practise their Spanish as 

soon as we arrived in Santander at a local ice cream parlour where 

they sampled practically every ice cream flavour available. 

The next morning, following a hearty breakfast that included typical 

Spanish delicacies such as jamón serrano, tortilla de patatas and local 

quesos, we spent the morning at Torrevelo-Peñalabra. Our students 

had the exciting opportunity to interact in Spanish with the girls from 

Torrevelo-Peñalabra and to perform presentations about themselves, 

their school, holidays and hobbies. The highlights of this visit were the 

flamenco lesson and the spontaneous game of rounders after lunch. 

Overall, it was a brilliant experience for all of us because we 

experienced Italy as local Italian students and not just as tourists. 

A huge thank you to Dr Tondello and Mrs Clarke for taking us on 

this amazing trip. 

SASKIA ORR, ARABELLA YOUNG 

AND ARABELLA LEWIS SFC1 

ART 

BATH FASHION 

MUSEUM 

Tuesday saw us talking to the animals 

at Cabárceno, one of Europe’s best 

national parks. The Birds of Prey Show 

turned out to be more interactive than 

we had imagined as the birds continually 

swooped down right next to us, hitting 

us on our heads with their enormous 

wings and leaving the occasional small 

‘token of their appreciation’. Some girls 

got up close and personal with the sea 

lion, which resulted in a fishy kiss. 

The Birds of Prey Show 

Our next port of call was the beautiful and quaint village of Comillas, 

where the girls enjoyed a Spanish class with two local teachers at 

the Espolón Cultural and Historic Centre, which CLC girls had the 

honour of inaugurating on a similar trip four years ago. 

A special highlight of the week was on the penultimate day in the 

Picos de Europa mountain range, where we stopped at the Santo 

Toribio de Liébana monastery. This allegedly is home to an original 

part of the cross of Christ, which we were allowed to touch and pay 

our respects to. We took the cable car to the top of the mountain 

range and played in the snow or relaxed watching the magnificent 

birds of prey soaring above us. 

Liceo Duca DAosta 

Heidi Lawrence (LC3) sketching in the Lace Gallery 

On Tuesday 25th April, LC3 Art students visited 

the Fashion Museum in Bath to support the textiles 

element of their Art course. 

Also worthy of a mention are the caves El Soplao, which contain 

spectacular rock formations dating back over a million years, the cave 

paintings of Altamira, Gaudí’s impressive sunflower-adorned house 

El Capricho, and the striking Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. 

Churros, tapas, history and culture galore! Truly an amazing linguistic 

and cultural experience, which our girls will no doubt remember 

fondly for a long time. 

MISS BEMROSE AND MR DOWNEY TEACHERS OF 

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 

Villa Pisani 

They participated in two workshops, Manipulating Fashion and 

Fashion Past and Present, both of which involved spending time in 

the galleries sketching. 

Liza Chernobay said: “I really enjoyed both workshops because 

they allowed us to be creative and think outside the box. I found 

the whole trip very worthwhile because it was an outstanding 

opportunity to learn and enjoy myself at the same time. I feel like we 

all had a great day and learnt a lot about art and fashion.” 

MISS BRANDON TEACHER OF ART AND DESIGN 


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CHELTENHAM 

JAZZ FESTIVAL 

As part of our strategic partnership with Cheltenham 

Festivals, College enabled many girls to attend key 

festival events, including Laura Mvula, see behind the 

scenes at the BBC Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night, 

and experience the free stage and festival atmosphere, 

just behind College in Montpellier Gardens. SFC1 girls 

were also able to hear from Helen Thomas, Network 

Editor at BBC Radio 2, who spoke to them about her 

career in the music industry. 

Forty members of the CLC community enjoyed drinks together 

before seeing an inspiring performance from US star Ben Folds, 

who later told the Festival of his passion for music education, 

commenting that it is “a big part of being a human and a big part 

of culture. You have to grow it and you have to grow kids that are 

educated in the arts, so that they can understand it and they can 

elevate society.” 

Other key events this year included Jack Savoretti, Will Young, 

Mica Paris and Gregory Porter. 

MS MORGAN DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS 

& PRINCIPAL GIFTS 

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 

Helen Thomas 

CO-CURRICULAR 

TALK FROM 

BARCLAYS 

Barclays banking 

On Wednesday 3rd May, we had an insightful talk 

from Mr Kevin Wall, CEO of Corporate Banking 

at Barclays, and Richard Routledge, a Manager of 

Human Resources also at Barclays. 

Over the course of 45 minutes, they covered a range of topics from 

regulation of the banking industry to quantitative easing and what 

the impacts of Brexit may be. They transported us into the world 

of corporate banking, and introduced us to a series of regulations 

put in place after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate the banking 

industry. When they mentioned that the Banking Reform Act (2013) 

cost an average of £1 billion for each bank to implement, the room 

went silent. Thinking back to the discussions we had in class on 

the unintended consequences of government intervention, made 

us wonder whether such legislation would place the burden on 

consumers instead. 

As they took us through the complex policy of quantitative easing, 

many around us were attentively taking notes, making sure they 

didn’t miss a point, as Mr Wall and Mr Routledge made clear the 

difference between helicopter monetary policy and quantitative 

easing. We were reassured to hear that Barclays will only be moving 

some jobs to Dublin and many small business owners are more 

positive about Brexit than those in London. However, Mr Wall and 

Mr Routledge did warn us that banks are preparing for the worstcase 

scenario. 

When they started talking about speculations, many keen traders in 

our class were excited to hear from the experts on how and where 

to invest. Later that day, we crowded in the common room and 

discussed our strategy as we started trading stocks on our trading 

simulation apps. 

AUDREY KWONG AND TRINITY DONOHUGH SFC1 

CO-CURRICULAR 

YOUNG ENTERPRISE: 

DØZE AND LAGOM 

Over the course of the year, SFC1 students took 

part in the Young Enterprise Company of the Year 

competition. 

DØZE 

My group, DØZE, have been producing scented cushions to help 

students sleep better and therefore help prevent mental health 

issues, such as anxiety and depression, that can be caused by stress 

and lack of sleep. 

The scents we use, such as lavender, vanilla and coconut, are 

scientifically proven sedatives to help people fall asleep faster and 

stay asleep. 

We began to produce the cushions in February and have been 

selling them at the Glow Run, concerts and within the school with 

great success. We even began to venture out to elderly care homes 

and other schools to further develop our brand. 

In preparation for the Area Final in May, we also had to write a 

company report and attend a Young Enterprise Trade Fair, in which 

we won runner-up for our Product Production and Manufacture. 

Finally, on the big day all the groups put up their stands and we 

were seen by two groups of judges; we made a brief pitch and then 

were asked questions – it was daunting, but we were prepared with 

answers and were confident in our product! Later we also had to 

make a presentation in front of all of the other groups explaining our 

journey to this point. 

In the end, we won runner-up for Best Product Design and third 

place for the Best Company Report. It felt great to be rewarded for 

all of our hard work and the team were all very proud. 

PAIGE BRUTON DØZE MANAGING DIRECTOR SFC1 

LAGOM 

Our Young Enterprise company is called Lagom and aims to 

celebrate Cheltenham through art. Lagom is the Swedish word for 

‘just the right amount’ and our business is based on this concept 

entirely. 

We have harnessed the artistic talent within our team to create 16 

pieces of original artwork in a range of styles – ink, watercolour, 

sketches – that represent the varying interpretations of Cheltenham 

through our artists’ eyes. We then incorporated these works into 

necessary products, creating something unique and beautiful. We 

first created a Cheltenham-themed calendar, and managed to sell 

over 390 of them within the space of three weeks, both in school 

and at the Wilson Art Gallery. 

Following this success, we created a line of postcards and have sold 

more than half of our stock. We were lucky enough to qualify for 

the Area Final on 2nd May, where we set up a trade stand and were 

the winner of the Best Company Report and runner-up for the Best 

Overall Company in Gloucestershire category. 

The Company Programme has given us an invaluable insight into 

the running of a business and has shown us the importance of 

teamwork and time management. We are very proud of our strong 

sales and financial performance. 

AUDREY KWONG LAGOM MANAGING DIRECTOR SFC1 

CLASSICS 

Døze Team 

Lagom Team 

WALL PAINTINGS 

IN POMPEII 

On Thursday 4th May at Dean Close School, 

Katharina Lorenz, Professor of Classical Studies at the 

University of Nottingham, gave an insightful talk on 

the importance of wall paintings in Pompeian villas. 

Firstly, she established the significance of Pompeii as an 

archaeological site due to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. This 

left much of the city preserved as it was and the use of plaster casts 

captured the citizens’ final moments. Interestingly, she mentioned 

that the emotional response to these casts, while useful in getting 

the public to engage in history, could have a detrimental effect on 

the objectivity of researchers such as her. 

Professor Lorenz also touched on the overlapping nature of various 

sources, using a riot at an amphitheatre, for which we have both 

written evidence and a wall painting, as an example. We were also 

enlightened about the difference between Greek and Roman 

architecture - while the Greeks could only have a theatre, the 

Roman invention of concrete enabled them to build arches and 

amphitheatres as well. 

Finally, Professor Lorenz focused on the house of M Lucretius, a 

small house with surprisingly detailed wall paintings. One bedroom 

held two portraits of young children and two mythological scenes, 

Narcissus at the spring and Pero with her father Cimon. One of the 

children was dressed as Hermes, perhaps suggesting that they had 

passed away, due to the fact that Hermes was a psychopomp (a 

guide who escorts the deceased souls to the afterlife). 

GRACIE FRY, LILY BUCHANAN, OPHELIA HAZZAN 

AND CATHERINE OGILVY SFC1 



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CLASSICS 

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS 

CO-CURRICULAR 

CLARE MARX OPENS ROYAL 

COLLEGE OF SURGEONS EVENT 

On Wednesday 17th May, we were joined by students 

from local schools to attend a Surgery Taster Evening. 


Guild member Clare Marx (1968 – 1972 Roderic), the first female 

President of the Royal College of Surgeons, opened the event. She 

gave a detailed account of her career to date and explained how the 

role of women in surgery has evolved over the years. Her talk inspired 

us to step out of our comfort zones and challenge stereotypes. It 

was fascinating to listen to such an accomplished female figure in 

the male-dominated surgical world, and her talk made surgery, as a 

career path, seem much more achievable. 

We then had the unique opportunity to attempt a number of basic 

surgical skills ourselves, including suturing, one-handed knot tying 

and keyhole surgery. We were privileged to learn from several 

experts in the surgical field, including Clare Marx herself. The 

activities were fun but surprisingly difficult, and gave us huge respect 

for the surgeons who demonstrate such impressive manual dexterity 

under immense pressure. 

On Tuesday 9th May, Dionysia (the Classical Drama 

Society) performed their annual production, which this 

year was Jason and the Argonauts. 

Eight girls from UC4, under the direction of Dr Wilkinson and 

Mrs Michell, worked together to devise a play based around the 

events of the famous myth in which Jason, a young hero wrongfully 

banished from his kingdom, must gain the legendary golden fleece 

from the distant land of Colchis. On his quest, he is aided by the 

crew of his ship (the Argo) as well as Medea, the daughter of the 

Colchian King, who betrays her father and kills her brother to ensure 

that Jason succeeds. 

Charlotte Scopes took on the title role, with Katherine Wai playing 

Medea. Christabel Hewin, Felix Bamborough, Ellie Albutt, Amy 

Howlett, Seren Rees and Katharine Bowden completed the 

ensemble, each taking on a variety of characters. Mr Todd also 

guest-starred as Orpheus - a perfect chance to display his lyreplaying 

skills! 

The third part of the evening involved hearing from current medical 

students and a surgical trainee. We gained an overview of the entire 

early years’ medical training, which allowed us to appreciate the 

transition from A Levels to university, and then to life as a junior 

doctor. 

It was brilliant to hear the students’ candid views of life at medical 

school and their passion for medicine was infectious. We particularly 

enjoyed listening to their experiences of their intercalated degrees, 

their travels to other countries, and a day in the life of a surgeon. 

We would like to thank all of the doctors and medical students who 

gave up their time to visit College and deliver such an inspiring event. 

WRITTEN BY PROSPECTIVE MEDICS IN SFC1 

Congratulations to all the girls on their hard work. 


Clare Marx 


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SOMETIMES 

SUCCESS LOOKS A 

LOT LIKE FAILURE 

Ms Eve Kugler 

MUSIC 

MAY CONCERT 


Robin Stevens 

As I sat in the Princess Hall, listening to Robin Stevens’ 

Lower College Principal’s Lecture, I could not help 

thinking that she had once been sitting in my position, 

looking up at a Guild member who had become wellknown. 

I wondered whether Robin Stevens (2001 – 2006 Bellairs) knew 

that she would touch millions of lives with her amazing stories and I 

thought about how anyone could succeed at what they enjoy if they 

try really hard; even a normal schoolgirl can be inspired to write a 

book. 

Sometimes success looks a lot like failure: this was Robin Stevens’ 

message. She told us all about her aspirations to become a crime 

writer, but how she experienced failures while trying to achieve her 

dreams. One thing that I learnt from her talk is that if anyone knocks 

down my dream, I will just pick it back up and start again. Robin 

Stevens explained how people would criticise her work, but she 

would listen to the comments and work harder. 

I’ve always wanted to be an author when I grow up, so after listening 

intently to Robin’s speech, I felt inspired by a girl who has been 

where I am now; a girl with an inventive imagination, who cannot 

find enough time to let her creativity out. 

If Robin ever gets to read this, I would like to thank her for coming 

to give such an inspirational speech, and for influencing me to write 

stories in my free time. 

Yes, sometimes success does look a lot like failure, but I guess we 

can all try to make our failure look a little like success. 

ISABELLA COLLINS LC2 


TALK BY 

HOLOCAUST 

SURVIVOR MS 

EVE KUGLER 

The Religious Studies and Philosophy Department 

welcomed Ms Eve Kugler, a child survivor of the 

Holocaust, to speak to the LC2 girls about her 

experiences escaping Europe during the Nazi regime 

in Germany. 

During the 1930s, Ms Kugler’s family watched as limitations and 

restrictions were slowly placed on Jews living in Europe. Her father 

had his business confiscated, her mother was forced to work as a 

cook for money and Ms Kugler, along with her two sisters, were 

split up and hidden in Resistance France. She spent time hiding in 

a Catholic convent before being smuggled out of France, via Spain 

and Portugal, and ending up in New York City. 

Ms Kugler’s story was unusual as, after the war, her three sisters and 

parents were eventually reunited. Unfortunately, she lost all her 

aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents to the Holocaust. Her talk 

was powerful and, at times, difficult to listen to. The most poignant 

moment came when, despite all she had witnessed and experienced, 

Ms Kugler referred to herself as ‘one of the lucky ones’. 

No teacher or lesson can properly allow students to begin to 

understand the evil of the Holocaust. We are all extremely grateful 

to Ms Eve Kugler for sharing her testimony and would like to thank 

the Holocaust Educational Trust for their support. 

This year’s May Concert took place on Saturday 20th 

May in front of a large audience made up of Guild 

members, parents and girls. 

The concert opened with Sinfonia delivering an outstanding 

performance of the Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo (Love, the 

Magician) by de Falla, conducted by Mr Stacey. A series of short 

solo items and small ensembles followed, featuring a wide range of 

instruments and musical styles. 

Particular highlights were Sophie Pritchett-Brown’s (LC1) 

performance of Soldiers March by Gounod (trumpet), Victoria To 

and Alice Tang’s (LC3) Trio Sonata by Boyce (violin), accompanied 

by Mrs Statham on piano, and a delightful rendition of Chitty Chitty 

Bang Bang, complete with special effects, under the expert direction 

of Mrs Adams, Head of Woodwind, Brass and Percussion. Lower 

College Choir drew the concert to a rousing conclusion with a 

spirited performance of Sing (Commonwealth Jubilee Song) under 

the inspirational guidance of Mr Parker, Head of Singing. 

After the break, a second, smaller concert followed in the Sanders 

Room. This more intimate event was so well attended by an 

enthusiastic audience of parents and girls that space had to be 

made for the performers. All who attended enjoyed a delightful 

morning of music making of the highest standard. Definitely a date 

for next year’s diary! 



MR STACEY TEACHER OF MUSIC 

AND MR HAWLEY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC 


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DRAMA 

NATIONAL 

YOUTH 

THEATRE 

Founded in 1956, the National Youth Theatre (NYT) 

has built a reputation representing the best of British 

young talent and inspiring young people. Each year 

they receive over 4,500 applications and around 500 

places are offered. 

I was delighted that Regina Agard-Brathwaite, Helena Shilson and 

Gia Crane (UC5) auditioned and were awarded well-deserved 

places on the Acting course. Briefly, they share their experiences 

below. 

MISS BLACK TEACHER OF SPEECH & DRAMA 

Auditioning for NYT is both exciting and nerve-racking, although 

the Ambassadors made the whole experience so much easier. The 

morning consisted of fun drama games intended to get everyone 

warmed up and some of the games were quite silly, which helped 

with the nerves! 

After lunch I had a one-on-one audition in which I performed a 

piece I had prepared. Although it is quite intimidating at first, it 

really is important that you show how enthusiastic you are about 

drama, especially in the chat you have afterwards. It is less like an 

interview and more like a conversation about what you like about 

drama and what you have done in the past. Overall, the day made 

me want to be accepted even more and I am extremely excited to 

join the NYT in the summer! 

REGINA AGARD-BRATHWAITE UC5 

I auditioned near to my home in Surrey, which was lovely as I ended 

up bumping into a few old friends from my prep school. When I 

arrived I was greeted by the Ambassadors, who did their best to 

make it fun for us. The whole experience was very relaxed and we 

spent the morning doing group workshops. There were about 30 of 

us and we did a combination of paired and group work to improve 

our confidence and get us using the space. 

The audition itself, however daunting, was extremely fun. I was 

asked to do my monologue in different ways and tell them about 

myself. I’m so excited to experience the NYT. 

HELENA SHILSON UC5 

I auditioned for the NYT at Hamilton House in Bristol. I have 

wanted to audition for a few years, so naturally I was nervous but 

also very excited. The day was split into two sections - a group 

workshop and my individual audition. The workshop was a great way 

to meet and act with so many interesting people who have the same 

passion for drama that I have. 

My individual audition, in which I performed a monologue from 

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and was briefly interviewed, was not 

half as terrifying as I thought it would be! Overall, my NYT audition 

and experience was so much fun. 

GIA CRANE UC5 

CO-CURRICULAR 

LAW DAY 

Well done to the girls! 

On Tuesday 13th June, a group of UC5 and SFC1 

girls participated in a law workshop with leading 

UK law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys. We were also 

joined by a number of students from Balcarras School 

in Cheltenham. 

This was our first taste 

of the world of law, as we 

experienced the different 

practice areas such as 

corporate law, employment 

law, will and probate, litigation 

and property law. Out of 

these, I found that corporate 

law interests me the most as 

it covers a broad spectrum, 

ranging from advising on 

company directors’ rights and 

responsibilities to share issues. 

Corporate lawyers advise on transactions and act for businesses of 

all sizes, ranging from international corporations to small start-ups. 

This is fascinating as you get to see the contrast between businesses 

and how applying the right legal knowledge is essential to these 

different situations. 

In addition to exploring the different aspects of law, we had the 

useful opportunity to talk to the lawyers to gain an insight and 

understanding into why they chose their specified area and what 

they thought was helpful for future lawyers to understand. 

My favourite part of the day was the mock trial. We were divided 

into two groups, claimant and defendant, on a contract breach 

case. In this case, the claimant bought a cooker from the defendant 

for the purpose of cookery demonstration; however, the cooker 

caught on fire and damaged the claimant’s kitchen. We all had a 

fantastic experience of what being a lawyer is like and the fun of 

cross-examining witnesses while developing a coherent decision by 

analysing the facts. 

For us, as aspiring lawyers, Law Day was very helpful as it gave us a 

good understanding of what to expect as we begin our journey to a 

career in law. 

ELIZABETH CHAN SFC1 


THE PROBLEM OF MORAL OBLIGATION 

MATHS 

EUROPEAN GIRLS’ 

MATHEMATICAL 

OLYMPIAD 

Following on from her outstanding result in the British 

Mathematical Olympiad where she scored one of 

the top 25 results nationally, Alevtina Studenikina 

(UC5) was one of 22 students invited to the Olympiad 

Training Session at Trinity College, Cambridge, as part 

of the selection process for UK IMO team. 

Alevtina was also one of four girls selected to represent the UK 

at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) held 

in Zurich during the Easter holidays. As one of the youngest 

contestants in the competition she helped the UK team finish 8th 

of 44 participating teams (6th of 33 official European teams) and 

earned herself a bronze medal for her individual score. 

Alevtina said: “This year’s EGMO was held in Zurich, Switzerland 

where we - myself and three other girls representing the UK - 

travelled to participate. We were accommodated in a youth hostel 

but sat the exams in a big university as there were at least 200 

contestants. The UK team did well as Rosie Cates got an almost 

perfect score, missing out on just one mark, which in my opinion 

was really amazing as I found the problems very challenging. I look 

forward to the chance of going to EGMO next year.” 

SFC1 Philosophy students had the opportunity to 

attend a webinar with Robert Stern of the University of 

Sheffield. 

Robert spoke to us largely about different philosophers’ 

interpretations of what moral obligations constitute, such as Kant 

who believed that a moral obligation is an ‘ought’, a concept of 

which forms a large part of Kantian ethics. 

He pointed out the grey areas between moral obligations and 

commands, and asked us to consider who the ‘commander’ of 

morality might be if this was the case. GEM Anscombe would 

argue that this commander is God, however problems arise with this 

theory if the moral agent does not believe in God’s existence. 

Robert was a particularly engaging speaker, and made me curious 

to find out more about different philosophers’ views on moral 

obligations and what ethical theories best deal with the concerns 

surrounding them. I found it especially interesting when Robert 

spoke about the Euthyphro dilemma; a dilemma introduced by 

Plato, in which Socrates asks whether God demands something 

because it is good, or whether something is good because God 

demands it. 

I look forward to attending more talks on the subject of ethics 

and philosophy of religion as they never fail to stimulate topical 

discussion. 

ARABELLA SOPHER SFC1 

Photo source: European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad 2017, Evelyn Märkli 



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CLASSICS 

Girls meet costumed characters at the edge of the Great Bath 

LATIN TRIP TO BATH 

The Roman baths in Bath are an important part of the 

city as a World Heritage Site, being one of the largest and 

best-preserved set of Roman baths in the world. 

Situated just over an hour from Cheltenham, they provide an excellent 

opportunity for students to gain an appreciation of the ancient world 

by seeing the impressive ruins and visiting the museum. The LC1 girls 

study Roman civilisation alongside Latin grammar and recently covered 

Roman baths in their lessons, learning about the different rooms and the 

hypocaust system, which was invented by the Romans to heat the warmer 

rooms. As well as visiting the museum, the girls received a teaching 

session, in which they learnt about some of the people who came to the 

baths in the first century AD and handled real and replica artefacts to 

learn about what went on there – from eating oysters with a special spoon 

to scraping oil off their skin with a strigil! The girls especially enjoyed 

spending some time around the great bath, once covered but now open 

to the elements, and the various smaller rooms located around it, where 

there are well-preserved areas of the hypocaust system, cubby-holes in 

the changing room and the remains of the ancient plunge pool. 


Tallulah Thompson (LC1) at the Great Bath 

CO-CURRICULAR 

OXFORD 

THROUGH 

‘TOK LENSES’ 

On Thursday 8th June, the IB cohort travelled 

to St Clare’s, Oxford, on a field trip designed 

to improve our critical thinking skills, as well 

as looking at the application of Theory of 

Knowledge (TOK) to ‘real life situations’ or 

examples. 

The day started with a tour of some of the Oxford University 

buildings, such as the Clarendon Building and the Bodleian 

Library, with each structure referencing historical attitudes, 

values, knowledge and beliefs. For example, it was discussed 

that the neo-classical architecture of the Ashmolean Museum 

potentially reflects the attitudes towards authority which were 

specific to the time period during its construction. 

Afterwards, we arrived at the Museum of Natural History and 

the Pitt Rivers Museum where we would complete our first 

activity. We were separated into TOK classes and tasked with 

answering questions about various areas of knowledge, which 

required the evaluation of several exhibits. Each group was 

also assigned a member of staff from St Clare’s. 

When we regrouped to discuss our findings and challenge 

each other’s perspectives, we also discussed the relevance 

of the museum’s architecture and display arrangement. 

The façade of the building was an example of neo-gothic 

architecture and it was interesting to learn that the style 

was chosen as it was perceived as organic and therefore 

representative of the exhibits inside. In addition, this style 

seemed to extend into the building due to the engravings and 

statues present, which reflected the nature of many displays. 

The Pitt Rivers Museum was also very interesting as artefacts 

were not necessarily arranged based on time period, but were 

rather organised by reoccurring concepts or themes. This 

meant that historical attitudes towards universal themes could 

be easily compared as societies were not presented in isolation 

but in acknowledgment of the complexities of history. 

The activity was then followed by a lunch break, where 

students were able to explore Oxford further. The last 

activity of the day took place at the Ashmolean Museum and 

was similar to the previous exercise, but with the exception 

of individuals evaluating a different area of knowledge in 

a historical and cultural context. The activity also included 

students reflecting on the purpose of museums and how they 

developed from ‘cabinets of curiosities’ to monuments of 

human development. 


CHELTENHAM 

SCIENCE 

FESTIVAL 

College sponsored four events at Cheltenham Science 

Festival, which were introduced by CLC girls who had 

the opportunity to meet the speakers. 

We were also honoured to welcome physicist Jim Al Khalili 

OBE; engineer on the Shard, Roma Agrawal; sport scientist and 

physiologist to Jessica Ennis-Hill, Steven Ingham; neuroscientist 

Barbara Sahakian; and former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan. 

Ellen was also the guest speaker at The Cheltenham Science Festival 

and Cheltenham Ladies’ College Pioneers of Science Dinner, which 

brought together members of the CLC community involved in 

STEM fields, including current girls and those studying related 

subjects at university. 

Science Festival Maker Shack 

Science Festival Dinner 

College girls had access to over 250 top tickets for events at the 

Festival and the Science Department took girls on site to visit the 

interactive Maker Shack and a number of events for schools. A large 

group of the CLC community also joined us for drinks before our 

final sponsored event Why do we laugh? which was both thoughtprovoking 

and funny. 




Overall, the trip was extremely beneficial as it allowed 

students to critically examine TOK areas of knowledge in 

relation to real life events as well as viewing how each area 

is perceived uniquely by different global societies and their 

cultures. 

Girls practice using a strigil at the Teaching Session 

MICHELLE DE BRUIN SFC1 

Barbara Sahakian 

Roma Agrawal 

Ellen Stofan 

Steven Ingham 


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CO-CURRICULAR 

MARAWA 

IBRAHIM 

DRAMA 

HAMLET 


PHYSICS 

JIM AL-KHALILI OBE 

The Physics Department was delighted to 

welcome presenter, broadcaster, author and physicist 

Jim Al-Khalili for an informal discussion during the 

series of Science Festival events that College hosted. 

Girls and staff were interested to hear Professor Al-Khalili answer 

questions on a variety of subjects – his rivalry with Brian Cox 

(actually they’re good friends), the hierarchies within the BBC 

(bigger channels just mean more money for producing and are not 

viewed as superior), how much of his day-to-day life is spent still 

doing university physics (about half), and his thoughts on theories 

of quantum mechanics and the future of energy generation within a 

global context (fusion is still very hard to do). 

It was also interesting to see the range of questions posed by our 

students. A few girls requested a broad overview of a topic to 

supplement their general knowledge, which they enjoyed hearing 

delivered in Professor Al-Khalili’s friendly conversational style, while 

others decided to take him to task on a few things puzzling them 

about the probabilistic nature of fundamental particles and their 

interaction. He also spoke about the research he was proudest of, 

and his great joy at being able to interview Peter Higgs shortly after 

the Higgs boson was officially confirmed. The event overran due 

to the number of questions the girls had to ask, though all agreed 

this was a wonderful chance to pick the brain of an entertaining and 

charismatic ambassador for the sciences. 

MR POLLOCK TEACHER OF PHYSICS 

Lower College girls gathered in the Parabola Arts Centre on Friday 

16th June to enjoy a thrilling performance from renowned acrobat, 

performer and record-breaking hula-hooper, Marawa Ibrahim. It 

was a wonderful way to end the week after everyone’s hard work 

during exams. 

The girls were amazed to hear about Marawa’s many world records, 

but most importantly they were inspired by her fascinating story and 

encouraging message. Marawa spoke frankly about her experiences 

as a young woman as she developed her extraordinary talent. 

She also challenged the girls to think positively about themselves, 

helping them to be aware of some of the unrealistic pressures 

on young women in terms of body image. The girls responded 

enthusiastically to the invitation to ask questions and really 

appreciated the warmth and honesty in all Marawa’s replies. 

A highlight of the afternoon was the chance for many girls to hulahoop 

on stage with Marawa. While many proved themselves to be 

adept at this, no one is quite near being able to manage the 180 

hula-hoops at once, which is a skill Marawa has mastered! 

The girls were interested to learn that Marawa has recently 

published the first book in a new series for girls and teenagers 

with advice and support for them on their journey to womanhood. 

Called The Girl Guide, this book has been very well received and 

many of the LC girls have their own copy. No doubt many of them 

have also taken up hula-hooping! 

MRS OOSTHUIZEN HEAD OF LOWER COLLEGE 

The fourth open air production produced and directed 

entirely by the SFC1 girls was perhaps the most ambitious 

so far. 

Hamlet is not only a long play, but the central role is also one of 

Shakespeare’s most challenging. In addition, many of the lines are so well 

known that finding a fresh way of performing them is almost impossible. 

However, the directors Zara Norman and Izzy Dockery had a clear 

concept and many able performers to choose from, and their confident 

handling of the entire process led to a most enjoyable interpretation. 

The modern dress performance was staged with a minimum of set 

and the audience were informed, through a lively programme note, 

that the background to the play was a struggle between two Nordic oil 

companies. The 1980s style extended to the acting, which was informal 

in style and placed acute observation of character above histrionics. 

The ghost of Hamlet’s father was simply and effectively played by 

Sharon Tong, who stalked across the lawn with great stillness and 

focus. The role of Hamlet was taken by Izzy Markham who presented 

the prince as confused and troubled rather than mad. She gave a 

beautifully clear account of the role, speaking the verse with great 

clarity and purpose. Giving a performance to remember, Izzy showed 

such understanding of the character and of Hamlet’s building need for 

revenge leading up to the final fateful scene, carrying the audience with 

her right to the moment of death. 

Tash Minashi and Jackie Ransley made a marvellous pair as Claudius 

and Gertrude. Tash was all smiles and cheerfulness at the opening of the 

play, a much sunnier King than is usually depicted. This only emphasised 

the alteration as Claudius becomes aware that Hamlet has uncovered his 

crime, and by the final act Tash’s character was a fierce and threatening 

presence. Jackie played Gertrude as a smiling but cold queen only 

interested in her own position and the interplay between her and Hamlet 

was striking for its emotional intensity. 

Ophelia is always a challenging role and Abi Owen was particularly 

successful in showing her slow transition from disappointment and 

confusion to sheer mad despair. Her singing and facial expression in her 

final scene were intensely moving. 

For once, both performances were blessed with exceptionally good 

weather and the audiences were equally warm in their appreciation of 

this very impressive and enjoyable achievement by the entire cast. 



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PHYSICS 

GO4SET 

So what is Go4Set? Go4Set is an engineering 

and designing competition open to students in 

Year 8 and Year 9 for which your team has to 

design a building / centre based on a project 

title. At the end, you have to produce a report, 

posters, final design and model, and give a verbal 

presentation on the judging day to two engineering 

professionals. 

Our Go4Set project title was Eco Hotel. We had to design a 

hotel that was both sustainable as well as a pleasurable place 

to stay. In our team was Team Leader Jasmine, Mint, Serena, 

Vionnet and myself. 

We came up with an idea for a floating hotel that would be 

mostly self-sufficient and generate its own power in a multitude 

of eco-friendly ways, including tidal and solar power. Our 

hotel would be equipped with a restaurant, spa, gym, bar and 

a children’s playground, as well as an area for sorting the waste 

and filtering the water. 

We met in P1 every Monday to discuss our ideas and later 

build our model, as well as working on the report throughout 

the week. After a few weeks, we made the decision to split into 

two groups, one which would work on the final design, and one 

which would solely work on the report. 

After 10 weeks, we went to EDF Energy for the judging and 

assessment of the projects. There we set up our display with the 

posters we had made, and prominently displayed our model on 

our table, alongside copies of our report. After a short period, 

all the teams assembled in the main lecture theatre, where one 

of the hosts from EDF told us how the day would be set out. 

We would have to give a five-minute speech on our project, 

followed by 10 minutes of questioning from the judges. There 

would also be some games available in-between sessions. 

After our speech and questions, we went into a nearby room 

and were given tablets which had a game installed on them 

where you had to regulate and control a nuclear reactor for 

a certain period of time. We were all assigned different roles 

and each had a different part to control, for example the steam 

valve. 

We were also given the chance to walk around and vote on 

which team’s project we thought was the best, as there was 

a separate reward for this category. Finally, we returned to 

the lecture theatre where the results were announced by a 

spokesperson from EDT (the separate company that ran the 

competition). Sadly we didn’t win anything, but we came away 

with a better idea of what being an engineer is like and having 

learnt many important skills like report writing, patience, and 

using building tools. 

We would recommend Go4Set because it is an interesting 

opportunity to design and see through a project outside of 

school hours and to have the chance to pitch and answer 

questions on something that you and your team have created 

yourselves. 

POPPY ADAMS LC3 

MATHS 

TECHNIQUEST 

On Wednesday 28th June, the LC1 girls travelled to 

Cardiff Bay for a unique experience of exploring practical 

mathematics. 

We began the day with some time to explore the permanent exhibits. 

One student said: “The exhibition area was really fun because we got 

to find out how things work that we use every day.” 

There was some time to eat lunch and a quick circuit around the gift 

shop before heading to the terrace zone where there were many 

hands-on mathematical puzzles to solve, encompassing topological 

problems, 3D noughts-and-crosses, logic puzzles, and even a chance 

to tackle some operational 

research questions with a 

little help from some local 

universities. 

To finish we had some time to 

enjoy a ‘Mathamagic’ show, 

where we got to discover the 

tricks of probability to help us 

win game shows, demonstrate 

how statistics can be 

misleading, see how Houdini 

was a great topologist, and a 

myriad other exciting magic 

tricks using mathematics. 

Despite the Welsh weather, the girls thoroughly enjoyed the 

experience. 

MR YIP TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS 

CO-CURRICULAR 

CAMBRIDGE 

ESSAY 

COMPETITIONS 

Tamilore Ayo-Famola and Bernice Wong (SFC1) 

Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 

Architecture Essay Prize was new for 2016-17 and CLC 

had several girls enter. 

Bernice Wong (SFC1) was awarded highly commended for her 

skilled essay documenting her experience of visiting the Pompidou 

Centre in Paris on a recent trip. The prize gives students the 

opportunity to think analytically and creatively about architecture, 

and encourages girls to think of architecture as a fun and interesting 

subject to study. 

Bernice’s focus was not just on the architectural structure itself, 

but also on the space created around the building. This was 

centred particularly on how Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano 

commandeered the use of the Square Pompidou that the museum 

looks over, activating a degree of theatricality. This, she argued, 

could be seen to relate back to the new kinds of media collected by 

the museum such as film, video and performance. Bernice stated 

that this could be seen as a marker of the museum’s success and 

placed particular emphasis on the communal rhythm created in the 

area and the importance of this, not only in a cultural setting but 

also in the regeneration of Paris in general. 

Tamilore Ayo-Famola (SFC1) was awarded third prize in the 

Newnham College Engineering Essay Prize for her exploration of 

the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop is a mode of passenger and freight 

transportation, proposed by Elon Musk in 2013, that would propel a 

pod-like vehicle through a near-vacuum, low pressure tube at more 

than aircraft speed. This annual prize encourages students to think 

creatively about how some of the scientific knowledge gained at 

school may be applied in later life, in particular in industry. The prize 

also aims to recognise the achievements of high-calibre students 

and those who teach them, and encourage more girls to study 

engineering at university. 

Each of the Newnham Essay Prizes has a first prize of £400, a 

second prize of £200 and a third prize of £100. 

Ivy Chen and Jenny Wang (UC5) 

ENGINEERING, ENTERPRISE & TECHNOLOGY 

KROTO PRIZE 

WINNERS 

Every year the University of Sheffield runs the Harry 

and Margaret Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of 

Technology in Science Learning. 

The prize is awarded annually to students aged 11-18, from 

any school in the world, for the best video about any science, 

technology, engineering or mathematics subject matter. 

There is a first prize of £300, second prize of £200 and third prize of 

£100 and only one entry per school permitted. 

Congratulations to Ivy Chen and Jenny Wang (UC5) for winning 

first place in this international competition for their video, which 

was filmed in College’s EET lab and is entitled The Science of 3D 

printing: 3D Industrial Revolution. 

BIOLOGY 

KEW GARDENS 

On Wednesday 5th July, all UC4 biologists travelled to Kew 

Gardens in London in order to learn more about the adaptations 

of different plants in relation to their habitats. This was a fantastic 

opportunity as we were able to observe many different species of 

plants, most of which we had never seen or heard of before, as well 

as get a feel for the climate they can survive in. 

We started our trip with an in-depth workshop with a Kew Garden 

guide, who took us through the environmental conditions of the 

respective plant habitats. This made us think about how their 

different adaptations linked to the biology that we had learnt in 

class, such as photosynthesis, gas exchange and transpiration. 

We then split into small groups and noted down the different 

characteristics and adaptations of the plants we found in the 

rainforest, desert and aquatic sections of the Princess of Wales 

Conservatory. This was followed by a session in which we came 

together as a class to discuss our findings. 

The weather was glorious and allowed us to enjoy the gardens at 

their best and explore some of the attractions there such as The 

Hive, a walk-in art sculpture inspired by research into the health of 

honeybees, and the Alpine House. The very sunny weather also 

meant there was an opportunity for ice cream! 

Overall, it was a fantastic day out exploring and expanding our 

biological knowledge, with the weather most definitely on our side. 

LOTTE GARVIE UC4 



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LANGUAGES 

LC1 TRIP 

TO FRANCE 

On Sunday 2nd July, 69 CLC pupils went on an 

unforgettable trip to Le Touquet in France. 

We set off on a seven-hour bus ride to our destination, the 

Hippotel. The bus ride was an adventure in itself, as it gave us 

all a chance to socialise with people we didn’t usually talk to and 

strengthen our existing friendships. Upon arrival, we quickly 

settled in and got used to our new surroundings, preparing 

ourselves for the jam-packed schedule planned for the next day. 

Monday was a whirlwind of action, from waking up at 7.00am and 

eating croissants and cereal with friends for breakfast to the main 

visit of the day, to the ARC International glassware factory. We 

all saw first-hand the process in which the glasses and vases we 

use every day are manufactured. Caroline Boyden and Elizabeth 

Green said: “It was amazing because the glass cups and jugs 

were spinning around while fire was being blown at them which 

was so cool and satisfying to watch!” 

After the glassware factory tour, we headed to the beach near 

the hotel for some free time. Although it was a bit chilly to begin 

with, we made the best of it by running around and playing 

games to warm ourselves up. With all the fun we had, it was a 

shame to go back to the hotel to prepare for the next day, but 

Tuesday was definitely not a disappointment. 

Tuesday was even better than the previous day. First we headed 

to a goat farm, which produces cheese and so we obviously had 

to try some. It was pretty tasty, even if the smell wasn’t the best. 

Afterwards, we moved on to a chocolate factory where we learnt 

the process of chocolate making. My favourite part was when we 

learnt what each chocolate consists of; I never knew that white 

chocolate has no cocoa liquid in it, only cocoa fat. Obviously, we 

had to have a sampling here too. 

GEOGRAPHY 

FIELD TRIPS 

The Geography Department was blessed with some 

beautiful weather for our field trips in the Summer 

Term, which made them all the more enjoyable. 

LC1 went to Blackpool Brook in the Forest of Dean for river 

fieldwork. They drew a field sketch and measured river flow and 

depth which they graphed and interpreted back in the classroom. 

LC2 studied the impact of tourism on Cheddar Gorge and 

considered how tourism might become more sustainable in the 

future. They visited Gough’s Cave, walked up Jacob’s Ladder 

through geological history to see the view from the top, and tested 

out the facilities such as the Cheddar Cheese shop and Costa 

Coffee. 

LC3 travelled to the Living Rainforest at Newbury and studied 

a pond ecosystem at South Cerney as an enrichment activity to 

complement their GCSE study of the living world. They were able 

to see the adaptations of plants and animals to the rainforest at first 

hand. A highlight was seeing a sloth close up. At the pond, the girls 

had fun pond dipping and identifying the various organisms there. 

Ninety-one UC4 girls travelled to Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre 

in South Devon on the penultimate weekend of term for the first 

ever GCSE residential field course. As part of the new GCSE 

syllabus, pupils have to carry out both physical and human fieldwork. 

Tuition at the centre focussed on techniques for gathering data and 

evaluation of the methods, presentation and results to enable the 

girls to answer questions in the exam. The girls measured beach 

profiles on the shingle ridge; assessed the various types of coastal 

management along this stretch of coast using cost-benefit analysis; 

and studied two different urban regeneration schemes in Plymouth. 

The SFC1 A Level Geographers spent five days at Nettlecombe 

Court near Taunton preparing for their non-examined assessments. 

Topic areas chosen by the girls included perception of rural areas, 

carbon cycle, coastal depositional processes and water cycle in a 

small drainage basin. 

Slapton Beach Profiling 

Cheddar Gorge 


What comes after chocolate? Snails, of course - or rather, 

escargot! For most of us it was also our first time trying snails. 

Snails, with garlic or in pastry (both without the shell), were a 

great way to be introduced to eating gastropods! Jemima Bullock 

told me how it felt eating the snail: “the texture was quite rubbery 

and chewy but the flavour was delicious!” Before the tasting, we 

saw how the snails are reared, from baby snails to the tasty ones 

we tried later on. We even saw the snail security to stop them 

escaping, in the form of an electric fence. 

The SFC1 IB Geographers spent two days at Skern Lodge on 

Exmoor investigating downstream changes in a river. Students 

followed the river from its source in the peat bog moorland of 

Exmoor to its mouth at Lynmouth where they also evaluated the 

extensive management strategies put in place to prevent flooding. 

MRS VASS TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY 

Goats, chocolate and snails, and we still had some time left for 

a quick goodbye visit to the beach. We all slept well and no one 

wanted to leave on Wednesday morning. Another couple of 

days ‘en France’ would have been perfect to continue practicing 

our French, but the end of term awaited and we had to head for 

home. 

All the LC1 girls would like to thank the teaching staff 

for accompanying us and for taking us to an array of new 

experiences. We would especially like to thank Mr Couliou for 

organising the trip for the entire year - not a task for the fainthearted. 

Merci beaucoup! 

ELOISE ZARA BENNETT-VOCI LC1 

A working lunch at Royal William Yard 

Nettlecombe Court 


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OUTDOOR EDUCATION 

LC3 CAMP 

ART & MATHS 

THE JOURNEYS PROJECT 


This year, the Art and Mathematics departments have 

been working with the girls on a whole-school project. 

Throughout the year, girls of all ages have been providing data 

about who they are, where they consider home, and the journeys 

they make. One day in the Summer Term students and staff alike 

were checking their wearable technology regularly to record how 

many steps they had taken at various key points throughout the day. 

All this information has been collated into a large dataset, by the girls 

about the girls, which is now being used in mathematics lessons at all 

levels to teach statistical topics using data that they are interested in 

and can relate to. 

At the beginning of July, LC3 girls attended 

College’s annual Camp. This took place locally to 

College at Croft Farm Waterpark. Throughout the 

week the girls participated in a variety of water sports, 

scavenger hunts, took part in DofE Expeditions and 

tried their hand at archery, all the while spending the 

week in tents. The week was enjoyable for the staff 

as well as the girls, as they were cheered on by their 

friends and tutors. 

The girls have also produced, over the year, a stunning visual 

representation of the collected data as a piece of community art 

in the Garden Common Room. The work has evolved in layers; 

inspired by the work of Nigel Peake, their personal data from the 

whole school is represented in the first layer. Subsequent layers 

have been developed by each year group in turn. Work by the LC3 

has been incorporated in a way that both echoes a histogram of 

the number of steps the girls took in a day and references Laurie 

Frick’s style in works such as Seven and Walking – Week #52. The 

final layers model the global journeys the girls make, using Julia 

Mehretu’s ideas of representing map-like networks of lines. 

Throughout the project, the girls have been encouraged to make 

links between two subjects that they might believe to be very 

different. They have hopefully gained some insight into how 

mathematics can be creative, and also into how many artists draw 

their own inspiration from some of the beautiful symmetries and 

patterns in mathematics. We have all gained a stunning and unique 

piece of community art and an invaluable teaching resource. 

DR RALPH TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS 

FOOD & NUTRITION 

UC5 FINAL COOKERY PROJECTS 

Crispy cheese and Serrano ham 

croquettes with homemade 

mayonnaise (Alice Powell) 

Coconut and lemon grass 

cheesecake (Morgan Henry) 

Katsu chicken in an Asian 

broth (Hebe Leonard) 

Spicy pork tenderloin in a 

homemade bun (Hillary Chan) 


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SUMMER TERM 


CO-CURRICULAR 

HEAT (HOUSE ENVIRONMENTAL 

ACTION TEAM) 

The annual HEAT competition, for Junior Houses, is divided into 

three sections and points are awarded for each section: 

− In-house HEAT activities 


− House Trashion Competition 

− Bumblebee Garden Competition 

The in-house HEAT activities have included: 

− Making posters promoting ways to save the environment such 

as saving water, switching lights off, recycling plastic, recycling 

clothes. 

− Recycling paper in the House and a light survey to check that 

lights have been switched off – a consistent effort over the year 

was expected for high points. 

− House project – this was a chance for Houses to come up with 

their own ideas for helping the environment and involving others 

in the House. Projects this year included collecting clothes and 

unwanted books, toys etc. for a charity shop, House pollution 

survey, and getting rid of paper towels in bathrooms. 

Glenlee 

HOUSE TRASHION 

COMPETITION 

This took place in March when each 

House modelled their amazing 

creation along with the individual 

upcycling entries. 

1st: Sidney Lodge 

2nd: Farnley Lodge 

3rd: St Austin’s 

Glengar 

BUMBLEBEE GARDEN PROJECT 

This new aspect of HEAT was introduced this year to link with one of 

College’s charities, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Each House 

was encouraged to design and plant up part of their garden to attract 

bumblebees and keep a photolog of their efforts and the progress of 

the garden. Aided by Miss Piper’s knowledge and useful guidelines 

on what to plant, Houses submitted their plant requirements and 

started gardening early in the Summer Term, involving as many girls 

as possible with planting, making labels out of lolly sticks, painting 

pots, watering and weeding. A lot of interest and enthusiasm ensued 

and on judging day in mid-June flowers were blooming and bunting 

was fluttering in the raised beds or pots. Judging was very difficult as 

there were so many wonderful gardens. 

Sidney Lodge 

Farnley Lodge 

RAISED BEDS 

Joint Winners: Glengar and Glenlee 

2nd: St Clare 

POTS 

St Helen’s 

St Clare 

1st: St Margaret’s 


OVERALL RESULTS (GARDEN AND PHOTOLOG) 

1st: Glenlee 

2nd: St Clare 

3rd: St Margaret’s 

Well done to everyone involved in this 

project. We hope to be able to continue 

this gardening element of HEAT again 

next year as it generated so much interest. 

Well done to everyone for helping to 

make your Houses more environmentally 

friendly. 

MRS VASS TEACHER OF 

GEOGRAPHY 

OVERALL 

HEAT WINNERS 

1st: St Clare 


3rd: Glenlee 

St Margaret’s 


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ART 

ART EXHIBITIONS 

As a current A Level Art student, I had limited insight 

into the creative interests of students in other cohorts, 

so this was the perfect opportunity for me to take a 

look at their trials, errors and successes. 

MUSIC 

SUMMER CONCERT 


The UC5 exhibition far exceeded my expectations! I was 

overwhelmed by the sheer amount of paintings and prints, 

transforming each classroom into a labyrinth of visual stimulation. 

Sketchbooks featured a clear sense of development and thought 

process, often swapping in brisk but expressive drawings for words 

and descriptions. The GCSE students’ nonchalant use of this skill 

motivates me to become more experimental in my work. I was also 

surprised by the ambition on show, from large-scale oil paintings 

to the unconventional use of mixed media, sculptural textiles and 

photography using the innovative technique of light painting. 

A new event, the SFC1 Open Studios, offered a peek into the 

working environment and progress of first year A Level and IB Art 

students. The atmosphere was pensive yet creative and the exhibition 

focused on development rather than final pieces. Sketchbook 

pages with the student’s own analysis and plans illustrated their 

artistic thoughts and procedures, along with bold and individualistic 

experiments hanging from the walls. Younger students were able to 

gain first-hand insight into the student’s activities, which were both 

inspiring and informative. 

SFC2 students’ work provided a stimulating integration of sculpture, 

photography, sketches and textiles. In contrast to the SFC1 Studios, 

the pieces were mostly in their final stages. What I found most 

impressive was how refined and developed a lot of the work seemed 

to be. I could imagine the risks they took and the experimenting they 

had to do. I admired the individuality of each student, with some 

inclined to be more detail-oriented while others created pieces that 

could express so much in a few brushstrokes. It revealed how each 

student chose to develop as an artist, showed their different passions 

in varying art forms, and captured their progression over two years. 

Even those who do not take art as a subject would find it a delightful 

and profound experience. The art block truly felt like a mini gallery. It 

allowed an authentic portrayal of what the students learn and study, 

both practical and theory-based. 

We would like to sincerely thank the teachers and students who 

contributed to this remarkable event and we encourage all to attend 

next year. 

This year’s Summer Concert took place on Friday 7th 

July and began with Grieg’s Holberg Suite for Strings 

Op 40. 

This was followed by many outstanding performances, including 

Biebl’s Ave Maria, M White, A McKay and A Willis’s September by 

our Jazz Band, and an ingenious Percussion Ensemble performance 

of Bin There. 

Following the interval, the audience were treated to a performance 

by Hellacapella of Spring Awakening, our Chamber Choir 

performing Dream a Little Dream of Me by Fabian Andre and 

Wilbur Schwandt and soundtrack highlights from Harry Potter 

and the Philosopher’s Stone, A.I., and The Patriot by our Symphony 

Orchestra, as well as many other excellent performances throughout 

the course of the evening. 

BERNICE WONG AND ISABELLE ZHANG SFC1 


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SPEECH DAY 

On Saturday 8th July, girls, parents and guests attended 

College for Speech Day. 

An excellent keynote address was given by Dame Janet Trotter OBE, 

Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and formerly founding Vice- 

Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire. She spoke to the girls and 

guests about the importance of aspiring to excellence in everything that 

they do. 

Other highlights of Speech Day included the welcome from the Chairman 

of College Council Ms Libby Bassett, a speech by Senior Prefect Tofunmi 

Adeyemi and the Principal’s Address from Ms Eve Jardine-Young. 

LEAVERS’ BALL 


SPORT 

SPORT 

SWIMMING AND WATER POLO 

SWIMMING AND WATER POLO 

DISTRICT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 

This is the early season opener to the school’s swimming calendar 

and is a great event for all years to come together as a team 

and showcase the depth of swimming talent we have. This was 

highlighted by the three teams we had in each age group and success 

in four of the six events, followed up by five second places. 

Regional Championships 

BRITISH SCHOOLS’ REGIONAL PENTATHLON 

BIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Paige Bruton and Trinity Donohugh (SFC1) both won bronze medals 

for their consistent swim and run performances over 200m (swim) 

and 1600m (run). Isabelle Crofts’s (UC5) swim time was the fastest 

in her age group to win the swimming gold medal, while LC3 Holly 

Bruton was the fastest CLC runner of the day. Paige, Trinity and 

Holly all gained qualification to the schools’ finals. 

ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION 

TEAM FINALS 

For the second consecutive year our senior quartet of Rosealeen Lo 

(SFC1), Sophie Tebbs (SFC2), Izzy Crofts and Trinity Donohugh 

qualified and beat their regional time by nearly two seconds to finish 

19th in the country. 

CHELTENHAM & DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOLS 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Our swimmers retained the Top Girls Team status in the area for 

the fifth consecutive year and in the process won the Year 8, Year 

9 and Sixth Form age groups. They were triumphant in nine events 

and finished as runners-up in another nine. Three new school age 

group records were set with the LC1 Medley Relay team of Karintha 

Liu, Eniami Ademoye, Jemima Seagrave and Anna Hickman taking 

nearly a second off the previous mark, while Rosealeen Lo set 

the new age group standard for 50m Butterfly and Sophie Tebbs 

reduced her own record by a tenth. 

INDEPENDENT BOARDING SCHOOL RELAYS 

Our teams produced outstanding performances with the junior 

team of Emma Stewart-Richardson, Jiya Chathley, Isabella Collins 

(LC2) and Eniami Ademoye setting a new College record on the 

Medley relay. The inters team (LC3 girls Matilda Dugdale, Holly 

Bruton, Eloise Stewart-Richardson and UC4 Noor Musallam) had 

two very exciting and close races, showing grit to take the honours in 

both the Medley and Freestyle relays. Our senior quartet of Trinity 

Donohugh, Sophie Tebbs, Rosealeen Lo and Izzy Crofts showed 

their class with victories in both relays. It was wonderful to see our 

girls being so successful and winning four of the six events. 

SUMMER CLC SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 

An amazing 59 personal best times were recorded. The LC1 

Medley team (Jemima Seagrave, Eniami Ademoye, Anna Hickman 

and Karintha Liu) reduced their age group best, and both Trinity 

Donohugh and Rosealeen Lo dipped under the full College record 

in the 25m Backstroke, with Rosealeen edging Trinity out on the final 

stroke. Rosealeen’s sprint speed also saw her setting new age group 

standards in the 25m Butterfly and shattering the 12-year-old record 

on the Freestyle. A new era of swimming was also marked with Anna 

Hickman taking SFC2 Sophie Tebb’s LC1 Freestyle record. 

NATIONAL WATER POLO ACADEMY 

Having been introduced to water polo two years ago in LC1, it has 

been an absolute delight to see how Matilda Dugdale has progressed 

in this short time from playing for our local club, to being selected 

both for the County team and the Regional side, and now chosen for 

the National Water Polo Academy. 

JUNIOR HOUSE SWIMMING 

This competition saw us achieve 44 new best times, four House 

swimming records, and one age group LC1 College record on the 

25m Backstroke, set by Karintha Liu. The Junior House Swimming 

title was retained by Glenlee who also took the Junior Guild Relay 

honours. 

SENIOR HOUSE SWIMMING 

St Helen’s produced a superb team effort to smash the 

championships record for the Guild Relay, while both Sophie Tebbs 

and Trinity Donohugh rewrote the College record books for their 

year groups; 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke respectively. 

The Senior House Swimming honours went to St Helen’s. 

Bath Cup 

ATHLETICS AND 

CROSS-COUNTRY 

CHELTENHAM HARRIERS 

We currently have 11 girls training weekly at Cheltenham Harriers, 

three of whom qualified for the English Schools’ National 

Championships and one who has qualified for the English 

Championships this year. Sophie Brown (UC4) and Mollie D’Arcy 

Rice (SFC1) represented Cheltenham Harriers at the County 

Championships. Sophie competed for the age group above and 

won the triple and long jump and Mollie won the high jump. Sophie 

continued to train throughout the winter and broke the Cheltenham 

Harriers record, winning the U17 triple jump and long jump in the 

Midland Indoor Competition at Birmingham. 

Junior ESAA team 

ESAA TRACK AND FIELD CUP 

The junior team (U14) scored 278 points in the first round of 

the competition at the Prince of Wales Stadium, coming 2nd in 

Gloucestershire, and the intermediate team (U16) came 3rd with 310 

points. This resulted in both teams qualifying for the South West 

Regional Finals at Exeter Arena. The intermediate team raised their 

game on the day and came 2nd in the South West with a total of 331 

points, with individuals gaining two 1st places, two 2nd places and 

two 3rd places. The junior team came 7th, also improving on their 

score, with a total of 294 points, and Mary Olatuniji (LC2) won the 

long jump with a new personal best of 4.42m. Sophie Brown scored 

the highest number of points for the intermediate team with a triple 

jump of 10.78m gaining her 29 points. 

CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT YEAR 9 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The LC3 girls performed superbly, just missing 1st place by four 

points. It was a team event and every win earned six team points. LC3 

girls Molly Hughes won the 75m hurdles, Binia Leung won the 800m, 

and Davina Tuma came 2nd in the shot put and discus. The LC1 girls 

came 5th in the Cheltenham and District Minors Championships, 

which was their first event at the Prince of Wales Stadium. 

CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT COUNTY 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

It was fantastic to see 18 girls successfully qualifying for the 

Cheltenham and District County Championships at the Prince of 

Wales Stadium this year. The highlights of the competition were 

Sophie Brown in the triple jump and Mollie D’Arcy Rice in the high 

jump, who both came 2nd in the South West. Lizzie Udale (UC5) 

came 5th in the shot put and Jess Adejobi (UC4) came 7th in the 

100m final. Sophie Brown, Mollie D’Arcy Rice and Lizzie Udale were 

then selected for the National Schools’ Championships which is an 

outstanding achievement and the result of a huge amount of hard 

work and commitment. 

South West Championships 

ENNIS CUP 

Forty-five athletes turned up to compete for the Ennis Cup with a 

number of girls competing in more than the set three events. In the 

LC1 section, Siena Burnett came 1st with 48 points, Mary Olatunji 

came 1st for LC2 with 86 points, and Davina Tuma came 1st for LC3 

with 56 points. It was a lovely way to celebrate our schools’ Olympic 

legacy and see Lower College girls performing to such a high level. 

Mary Olatunji won the Ennis Cup and received so many points for 

the long jump and the 100m sprint that she was off the scale for the 

points system! 

HOUSE ATHLETICS 

House Athletics was peppered with inspiring moments, from girls 

supporting each other and giving younger girls advice, to school 

records being broken. The team spirit was joyous and everyone 

involved had a lovely day. A special thank you to all the parents 

and guardians who came along to support us and to join us in our 

celebration. 

CROSS-COUNTRY 

The season started with some of our athletes competing in 

a Gloucestershire County League race, with two of our club 

runners, Paige (SFC1) and Holly Bruton (LC3), also competing 

for Cheltenham and County Harriers at the clubs’ County 

Championships event. We had a strong representation of runners at 

the Cheltenham and District Championships where our minors and 

junior teams were placed 3rd. Individually, top placings went to Abbi 

Hulett (LC1) who came 5th in the minors race; Holly Bruton, Scarlett 

Paton (LC3) and Maddie Jones (LC2) in the junior race who came 

4th, 9th and 13th respectively; Amy Hine (UC5) who came 15th in 

the intermediate race, and Vicky Shaw and Sofiya Apsit (SFC1) in 

the senior race who came 8th and 10th. 

Six girls went on to represent CLC in Newent at the County 

Championships. For Abbi Hulett, Holly Bruton, Amy Hine and Sofiya 

Apsit it was the first time they had raced in this event and they are to be 

congratulated on this achievement. The senior trio of Vicky Shaw, Paige 

Bruton and Sofiya Apsit also gained selection to race in the School 

Inter-Counties event in Cardiff, therefore earning their Gloucestershire 

County vests. From this event both Vicky and Paige progressed on 

to the South West Championships. Here Vicky was placed 35th, 

thus qualifying to compete at the ESAA National Championships 

in Norwich where she came 212nd and was the 6th runner home for 

Gloucestershire. Well done to the team on a solid season of racing. 

The drive and ambition of all athletes, regardless of their current 

ability, has enhanced an already excellent athletics programme at 

College and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the girls 

for their hard work and positive attitudes this season. 

MISS WAKELING HEAD OF ATHLETICS 

ATHLETICS AND CROSS-COUNTRY 


CRICKET • DANCE 

SPORT 

CRICKET 

The CLC teams had their busiest and most successful 

cricket season yet. 

On Friday evenings, we have a core group of girls training and working 

hard on their batting, bowling and fielding skills. Along with our annual 

tournaments and fixtures, we entered The Lady Taverner’s Indoor 

Tournament, played Abberley Hall in a fixture, and held training and a 

tournament for U13. I look forward to continuing to grow the sport and 

providing opportunities for the girls to compete in a sport they adore. 

MRS NAJIM TEACHER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

U13B Cricket team 

HOCKEY 

The season started well with College winning the 

annual CLC U18 pre-season hockey tournament and 

all age groups taking part in pre-season training, which 

included dive deflections on a water slide to goal. 

A number of senior first team players attended the 2016 annual 

Coaching Conference held at Repton School. The girls had the 

amazing opportunity to work with Great Britain Olympic Gold 

medallists Hollie Webb and Alex Danson, along with several other 

top-flight international coaches from around the world. 

SPORT 

Regional Performance Centre 

HOCKEY 

BEAUDESERT CRICKET FESTIVAL 

We set out on a boiling hot day to the annual Beaudesert Cricket 

Festival. We sang songs throughout the whole journey. Sun cream was 

applied in true cricket fashion and we were ready for a fun afternoon. 

All of our games went extremely well. There were catches, boundaries, 

sixes, wickets and cheering! The team managed wins over Prior Park 

and The Downs. As Captains, Amelia and I were very proud of the 

team. 

Thank you to Mrs Najim and Mr Abini for accompanying us and 

umpiring every single one of our games in the sunshine. Well done 

team! 

JIYA CHATHLEY AND AMELIA AIKENHEAD LC2 

DANCE 

U15 Cricket Team 

Rachel Tcheng and Naomi Townsend (UC4) 

In February, a Dance Showcase was put on to allow 

the girls to display their talents and latest pieces in the 

Parabola Arts Centre. 

The U14, U16 and U18 National Schools County Rounds came 

early on in the Autumn Term and the U18 team were triumphant in 

qualifying for the West Finals. 

U18 WEST FINALS 

We finished as runners-up in the County Round, drawing to 

Cheltenham College, an unlucky loss against Dean Close, and 

winning against Pate’s Grammar School and St Edward’s. The 

following week we took part in the West preliminary round. The 

prelims were held at CLC and we took advantage of playing on 

our own AstroTurf pitches. Our first game was against Hereford 

Cathedral. We scored an early goal, and maintained this lead to 

win the game 1-0. We then played Dauntsey’s School. Both teams 

had many scoring opportunities but we dominated the second half 

and came out with a win. Our last game was against the toughest 

opposition – Clifton College. At half-time the score was 0-0 but we 

conceded a goal in the second half, and went through to the West 

Finals as runners-up to Clifton College. 

The top eight teams in the West of England were put into two 

groups of four. Our first game was against Millfield. We fought hard, 

but Millfield won 2-0. In our second game we faced Canford. Both 

teams played well in the horrible weather conditions. Unfortunately, 

Canford converted two of their chances and we didn’t manage to 

score any. We lost 0-2. Our final game was against Marlborough. At 

half-time Marlborough were leading 3-0. We played much better in 

the second half, scoring a goal but lost the game 1-3. As a team and 

individually we all learnt a great deal throughout the day and it has 

given us all a deeper appreciation of what is needed to get through 

the regional level to gain a place at the National Finals. The majority 

of our team remain at College and we are all keen to take part in the 

West Finals again next year. 

MADDIE PEEL UC5 

In the Spring Term, CLC had their ‘mixed’ hockey event with 

Cheltenham College senior boys. Four mixed teams were created 

and the boys and girls had a super afternoon of hockey. The games 

were played in fine spirit and the hockey was followed by match teas 

in the day girls’ dining room. The whole event was very much enjoyed 

and certainly a date in the diary for next year. 

At CLC we have many girls involved in the England Hockey system. 

Some of our players are involved in the Junior Development Centre 

and the Junior Academy Centre. In addition, a group of talented 

hockey players at CLC are currently involved in the Regional 

Performance Centre. They are Rebecca Todd and Olivia Freer 

(LC3), Maddie Peel and Rachel Fraser (UC5), and Mollie D’Arcy 

Rice (SFC1). A huge well done to all of these girls for being selected. 

Mollie D’Arcy Rice is also involved in the England Hockey AASE 

Programme (Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence). 

Other highlights included a special visit from Great Britain Gold 

medallist, Hollie Webb. The girls were fortunate to meet Hollie and 

also to hold her gold medal. The senior first team had an exciting 

opportunity to do a coaching session with Hollie during their club 

time. Also during the Spring Term, CLC had a visit from the school 

Little Flower from Canada. This is the second time we have hosted 

our friends from Little Flower and they were so keen to come back 

and visit us again. A fixture between the two schools was held and 

everyone played in a positive and enjoyable sporting manner. The 

fixture was followed by an inclusive post-match tea where the girls 

and staff from CLC and Little Flower had the opportunity to spend 

some time together. 

Our Top Goal Scorer Award this year went to senior first team player, 

Mollie D’Arcy Rice. In second place was second team striker Parker 

Joly (UC5). The Coaches’ Award this year was jointly awarded to 

senior first team players Bella McLaughlan and Gracie Fry (SFC1). 

Both girls had a tremendous season, churning out solid performances 

throughout both the autumn and spring terms. The Most Improved 

Player of the Year Award was deservedly presented to first team 

player Rachel Fraser, and The Goal Keeper Award was presented to 

senior first team goal keeper Lauren Henry (SFC1). 

HOUSE HOCKEY 

U12 winner: Farnley Lodge 

U13 winner: St Clare 

Freya Pinkerton (SFC1) 

Leah Smith and Imi Brumpton (LC3) 

Lower College girls made a positive contribution to the evening as 

for many this was their first dance appearance on a professionally 

lit stage. The older girls performed in duets or solos showing their 

ballet and lyrical dance skills. All performers looked happy and 

confident in a successful evening. 

Maddie Peel (UC5), Alex Danson, Elina Bjorheim and Mollie D’Arcy Rice (SFC1) 

U14 winner: Glengar 

U15 winner: St BelGar (combined day girl) 

Senior winner: Sidney Lodge 


SPORT 

SPORT 

LACROSSE 

LACROSSE 

The National Schools’ Lacrosse Championships 2017 should remain 

a special memory for all the players involved. The young women 

of the 1st XII rose to every challenge placed before them and the 

exemplary leadership of the captains, Zimeng Wu and Olivia O’Hara 

(SFC2), on and off the pitch empowered the team to achieve great 

things over the two days. In the end it was a victory in many ways, 

the most important being the growth and understanding of what can 

be achieved not just through hard work but through working hard 

together. 

LACROSSE 

MISS CORNBROOKS 1ST XII LACROSSE COACH 

U12 

SENIOR ATHLETE 

I was honoured to be selected to play for the 1st team back in 

September and although excited, I was very nervous about the 

prospect of being one of the younger members. However, all the 

older girls and especially my team captains welcomed me with 

kindness, and during the playing season we had a lot of fun in practice 

and matches. Another benefit of training with them was that I 

learned from people of a higher playing standard which improved my 

lacrosse considerably. The highlight for me was the National Schools’ 

Championship, as we played our best as a team and had a great time 

off the pitch too. 

U15 

FLORENCE HARTING UC5 

NATIONAL SCHOOLS’ LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP 

The official definition of teamwork: the combined 

action of a group especially when effective and efficient. 

The CLC 1st XII definition of teamwork: the combined action of 18 

talented young women playing lacrosse with skill, strategy, heart and 

hustle, working together effectively and efficiently to win Division 

One at the Regional Tournament, earn a place in the Division 

One final and finish runners-up at the National Schools’ Lacrosse 

Championships 2017. 

Fifty-six school teams participated in the two-day tournament and 

this year’s 1st XII clearly defined themselves as a team to be noticed. 

At the end of the first day of play CLC had four wins, one draw and 

one loss which boded well for a place in the Premier Division. Both 

CLC and Bedford High needed to win the head-to-head match in 

pool play to advance to the top 16. CLC stormed out to a lead of 

3-0 but the opposition clawed goals back and took the final shot of 

the game converting a penalty just before end of play. The hotly 

contested match ended in a draw but CLC bounced back to deliver 

one last winning game against Haberdashers’ Monmouth to be in 

with a chance at 2nd place. Bedford edged CLC for the spot, based 

on goal difference, leaving CLC in 3rd. 

Senior 1st 

The CLC 1st XII opened the second day of play with three victories 

and earned the number one seed in Pool C. At the next stage the 

team met number four seed Haberdashers’ Aske’s, Elstree, and 

decisively dispatched the opposition 6-0. 

Every round from then was going to be tough but the players stayed 

focussed on the concept of ‘Got Your Back Lax’ – all 18 players knew 

their roles, pulled their weight and believed in each other’s ability to 

get the job done. 

In the quarter finals against Putney High, the CLC 1st XII produced 

beautifully crafted play, including a textbook fast break off a 

goalkeeper clear down the pitch – the ball flew from stick to stick 

and ended in the back of the net producing loud cheers from the 

sidelines. The game was 1-1 at change of ends but CLC snatched a 

3-2 victory to take them through to the semi-finals. 

At this late stage in the day the weather started to turn, but the 

team kept going forward with their eyes firmly fixed on a place in the 

final. In an intense thriller that drew a crowd, CLC battled St Paul’s 

Girls’ School for the right to move on. The match swung from end 

to end with both sides fighting to gain an edge. After regulation 

play the 2-2 score line dictated overtime. With Wycombe Abbey 

safely through to the final, the teams changed ends for an additional 

six-minute period to determine the outcome through Golden Goal. 

With no goal produced by either team after overtime, the organisers 

determined the winner through goal difference from previous games 

played. This time goal difference worked in favour of CLC and they 

moved on to face Wycombe Abbey. 

The final match of the day encapsulated the intense beauty of 

a sporting competition. After 12 games in two days both teams 

exerted every ounce of energy left in their bodies. No player gave 

up until the final whistle blew and, despite the loss, the CLC 1st XII 

held their heads high because no one could find fault in their overall 

performance. 

LACROSSE SEASON 

The 2nd team enjoyed a promising season beating Malvern St James, 

St Helen and St Katherine, Sherborne, Godolphin, and Marlborough 

College. The U15 team also secured wins against Malvern St James, 

St Helen and St Katherine, and Marlborough College. The U14 team 

led by Mr Abini had an impressive season and this was highlighted 

in their 3rd place finish in the Regional Championship held at 

Sherborne. The instructions in the squad meeting before the first 

game was to play fast, make great decisions, give 100% and never 

give up. They delivered on all levels. 

The U13 and U12 teams competed in many Saturday fixtures 

throughout the season with great wins against many schools. The 

U12 team played superbly well at the Regional Championship 

finishing runners-up in Division One. All teams went from strength 

to strength, training regularly and enjoying the camaraderie and 

teamwork that comes with playing College sport. Many of these girls 

will be attending England talent pathway training days in their quest 

to become international athletes. 

THE FEELING OF REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY 

Zimeng Wu represented England at the Home Internationals in 

April. England won all their matches and Zimeng scored on several 

occasions. Zimeng has been a lacrosse role model to all girls at 

College, training hard, demonstrating great skills and leading the 1st 

team this season as captain. 

Hours against the wall with a ball. 

Early morning runs. 

Matches one after another, practice one after another. 

For what? 

To walk out in red and white. 

To sing, or screech, God Save The Queen in front of a crowd of 

supporters. 

To score goals for your country. 

And to celebrate with your teammates but more importantly your 

closest friends. 

ZIMENG WU SFC2 

NEW SPORT – NEW TEAM – NEW GOALS 

I have just started playing lacrosse as an U12 at CLC and I loved 

being part of the team and how open everyone was about helping 

with skills, being supportive and kind. I loved playing matches and 

being a mid-attack, and when I scored the feeling was amazing. The 

friends I have made so far while playing lacrosse will last forever and 

they are such a supportive team. Teamwork is everything and that 

describes the U12 lacrosse team. We all started new to lacrosse at the 

beginning of the season and by working together we improved with 

each match and now we are all looking forward to the next season 

and doing even better. 

SIENNA BURNETT LC1 

House Lacrosse was a great event, with all years playing 

with passion and team spirit. 

LC1 and LC2 House winner: Farnley and St Margaret’s 

LC3 House winner: Glenlee 

UC4 House winner: St Claire and Bellairs 

Senior House winner: St Austin’s 

Zimeng Wu (SFC2) 


SPORT 

SPORT 

NETBALL 

NETBALL 

Prep School Tournament 

ROUNDERS 

Despite the inclement British weather, we have still 

managed to cram in an abundance of fixtures and 

tournaments. Throughout the season, the teams have 

scored over 500 rounders. 

NETBALL • ROUNDERS 

The highlight of my Summer Term is seeing the Houses compete 

in the annual House Rounders competitions. I wish I could bottle up 

the joy, passion and dedication the girls exert. 

SOUTH WEST REGIONAL FINALS 

Nina Spens and Hannah Schick (UC4) 

After finishing the U14 County Tournament in November as 

runners-up, on Saturday 28th January the U14A netball team, 

along with Mrs Jones and Miss Johnson, travelled to Marlborough 

to compete in the South West Regional Finals. We expected the 

competition to be tough as we were playing some of the best 

schools in the region. Unfortunately on the day, our play wasn’t 

a true reflection of our ability as a team and we were not able to 

qualify further. However, we managed to finish the tournament 

on a high by winning our final match of the day. The team worked 

exceptionally hard and the whole experience was fantastic for all 

of us. Overall, we have had a great season and the team should be 

very proud of what they have achieved. 

The U13 to U15 teams trained 

hard to earn a coveted place 

in their respective squads for 

the Cheltenham and District 

tournaments. Unfortunately, due 

to rain, the U12 tournament was 

cancelled. 

The results at these 

tournaments are as follows: 

U13 – 5th 

U14 – 3rd 

U15 – 2nd 

ALEXIA DUNLEY LC3 

THE ENGLAND PATHWAY 

Jump! 

The 2016-17 netball season has been fantastic for CLC. 

We fielded 21 netball teams, with over 250 girls representing College 

in fixtures against other schools. Our fixture list has been competitive 

and extensive, playing some schools for the first time. With the new 

National Premier League team Severn Stars within Gloucestershire 

and Worcestershire, the profile of netball has grown significantly. We 

were delighted that the ex-England netball player Pamela Cookey 

was the guest speaker at our Senior Sports Dinner in March 2017. 

Our coaching staff and umpiring team have worked extremely hard 

throughout the year, ensuring girls had the opportunity to play 

competitively and achieve some fantastic team results and individual 

successes. We played 179 netball matches throughout the autumn 

and spring terms; the girls won 106 of those matches. 

The senior first team has dominated throughout the netball season, 

with an impressive 11 wins from 18 matches. The standard of play and 

competitiveness has been outstanding and the level of discipline, 

grace and dignity exemplary. The girls have a great team spirit – true 

ambassadors for Cheltenham Ladies’ College. The team was captained 

by Alice Grundon and Vice Captain was Hannah Jordan (SFC2). 

The U14 team went into the County Tournament as reigning U13 

District winners, with high expectations. With a fantastic display of 

grit and determination, they sailed through the pool matches beating 

King’s School and Dene Magna, losing by one goal to Stroud High. 

They beat Farmor’s in the quarter-finals 8-3 and Wycliffe in the 

semi-finals 8-4. They finished runners-up, losing by only one goal in 

the final to Cheltenham College. They qualified for the South West 

Regional Competition in January, representing Gloucestershire. A 

fantastic achievement. 

MISS JOHNSON HEAD OF NETBALL 

MRS JONES TEACHER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Regionals 

We have increasing numbers of girls across College who are now 

within the England Netball Performance Pathway, attending the 

development and satellite programmes within Gloucestershire. 

Elizabeth Udale (UC5) currently plays for the U17 Regional 

Academy. Emma Stewart-Richardson, Jiya Chathley and Olivia 

Ipkendanz (LC2) are all players within the Satellite Academy 

and Eloise Stewart-Richardson (LC3) is a County Academy 

player. Felicity Elvidge (UC5) has made a meteoric rise through 

the England Netball Performance Pathway and is working 

phenomenally hard to achieve her ambition of an international cap. 

Twice a week she heads to the University of Bath, training with 

talented athletes on the England Regional Performance Academy 

Programme, being prepared not only physically but mentally as an 

elite player. Without doubt, she is a netball player with huge talent 

and this was recognised at the recent CLC Sports Awards where 

she was awarded the Most Outstanding Achievement Award. 

MRS BIRKS TEACHER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

HOUSE ROUNDERS RESULTS 

LC1 and LC2 House winner: St Helen’s 

LC3 House winner: Bellairs 

UC4 House winner: Eversleigh 

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 

Once again CLC hosted all of the Gloucestershire County and 

Cheltenham District Tournaments this year. Entering in every age 

group, we secured notable successes. 

The U12 team played exceptionally well in their tournament. The 

girls reached the semi-finals and secured a win against Chosen Hill, 

meeting Pate’s Grammar School in the final. In a nail-biting match 

that went into extra time, Pate’s clinched the win with a golden goal. 

Congratulations to the U12 team for finishing as runners-up. 

One of the things I look forward to about summer is rounders. The 

game brings people together; it is fun and brings the competitive 

side out in everyone. We have played friendly matches against 

Colston’s, Wycliffe, RGS Worcester and King’s. Then came our 

District Tournament where we made it to the final and unfortunately 

lost out to Balcarras. Although we did not gain the title, we all had a 

great day and we were pleased to get to the final. I am very proud of 

my team. 

PHOEBE THORNETT U15 CAPTAIN UC4 


SPORT 

SPORT 

ROWING • VOLLEYBALL 

ROWING 

SKIING 

ESSkiA 

In September 2016, we entered an U18, two U16 and one U14 team 

at the ESSkiA (English Schools’ Ski Association) Regional Finals at 

Gloucester Dry Ski Slope. All the teams gained a huge amount from 

the experience. 

SKIING • SQUASH 

BRITISH SCHOOLGIRLS’ RACES, FLAINE 

The rowing team has grown in strength and depth this 

year with more seniors continuing to compete, and the 

coaching team has been incredibly well supported by the 

rowing parents who have been there in all weathers. 

The autumn and winter months saw the CLC rowing team 

competing in time-trial style races both locally and further afield 

with some solid performances over increasingly long distances. Well 

done to the SFC1 quad scull (Lizzie Day, Phoebe Cave, Hannah 

Veasay and Leora Baxter-Zorina), the UC5 squad (Za Kosobucki, 

Megan Macafee, Nicola Smiles, Tilly Milne and Freya Thompson) 

and the new double of Evie Nutton (UC4) and Alex Kelly (LC3). 

The Rowing Dinner held on Friday 3rd February had 80 girls, 

parents and staff members attending. The highlight of the evening 

was the guest speaker Matt Gotrel telling the story of his journey 

from starting out in rowing to winning his Olympic Gold medal 

in Rio in 2016. After dinner and speeches, there was also time for 

the girls to talk to Matt, to see and hold his medal and to get that 

memorable photo! 

We took many of our new UC4 rowers to an invitational match at 

Bryanston just before Easter. We had a great day’s racing and came 

away with medals for the fastest U15 coxed quad and with Evie 

Nutton and Alex Kelly being the fastest girls’ double of the day. 

The spring racing culminated in the National Sculling Head at 

Dorney Lake at the end of March where CLC’s newly formed UC4 

crew (Evie Nutton, Kathryn George, Emily Boileau, Alex Kelly, cox 

Flora Halford) finished 38th out of 71 crews – a great achievement 

when most of the crew had only started rowing in September. 

The highlight of the summer was the National Schools Regatta at 

Eton Dorney where two UC4 coxed quads took part and with the 

1st crew placing 20th overall (with 11 club crews and 8 school crews 

ahead of them). The crew of Evie Nutton, Kathryn George, Emily 

Boileau, Alex Kelly, cox Flora Halford coped well with the heat, 

performed to their best on the day and achieved the highest placing 

CLC has ever reached in this event. 

The racing season concluded with a trip to Richmond Regatta 

where crews had to cope with changing tidal conditions, other river 

craft and a bendy course. Well done to Aisce McCarthy (UC4) and 

Emily Boileau who reached the semi-final of the junior 15 doubles, 

while Za Kosobucki did brilliantly to reach the final of the junior 16 

single sculls where she was just pipped to the line. 

To finish the academic year, 11 of the rowers were accompanied on 

a trip to Henley Royal Regatta for an inspiring and enjoyable day 

where they were able to see the best crews from junior girls through 

to international men racing down the iconic Henley course. 

VOLLEYBALL 

The volleyball club has steadily gained popularity, 

growing from a four-man band to the current team with 

members from all year groups. 

With the help of a student coach from the University of 

Gloucestershire, the club runs in a structured yet fun way, which is 

why we have attracted the attention of girls who wanted to try out a 

new team sport. 

The members’ friendliness, commitment and determination 

to improve have contributed to our team’s remarkable 

development. Those who have never played volleyball before are 

now not afraid to keep the ball in play through epic dives and saves. 

We have become a closely bonded team and our potential to 

improve even further is definitely worth keeping an eye on. 

CLC entered two teams into the races. The competition is open 

to U21, U18, U16 and U14 pupils. CLC girls flew from Birmingham 

Airport to Geneva, Switzerland. A bus drove to Flaine, where we 

would be spending the next few days, learning a lot and generally 

having a great time. 

Once we arrived at our hotel we unpacked our ski gear and had the 

first of many delicious buffet-style meals. We especially enjoyed 

the desert which consisted of waffles, frozen yogurt and many 

different types of mug cake! The team started our first training day 

with our Kandahar Coach, Eilidh McLeod. Kandahar is a British ski 

race training school, who also coaches us on the dry slope. The ski 

conditions were perfect and we spent the whole day enjoying the 

snow and the slopes. Flaine is a great ski resort with a wide variety of 

slopes. 

Eilidh gave us technical and specific feedback – things like separation 

between our upper body and lower body, or keeping our weight 

on the outside ski. Once we got back to the hotel we were able to 

stretch, relax and of course spend time together as a team. 

We spent the next day training in the gates. This gave us a feel for 

the turns and prepared us for the races. Between runs, Eilidh gave us 

more feedback, for example turning before the gate or getting closer 

to the gate; and we felt ourselves go faster with every run. 

Jocelyn Sun (UC4) 

Race day came very quickly. Before we knew it we were in the start 

gate, feeling slightly nervous but still ready to fully attack the course. 

The adrenaline rush of pushing through the start gate was intense but 

as soon as we got into the course we were so focussed on the gates, 

the nerves all flew away. By the time we got to the bottom the rest of 

the team were cheering. We all made good times and all skied very 

well, collectively and individually, both in the giant slalom and the 

slalom. In my opinion, the most fun of all the events was the parallel 

slalom. The A team and B team went head-to-head with the other 

schools, instead of racing against the clock, racing them side-by-side 

in a parallel relay. The subs also got to be a part of this which allowed 

them to get a taste of the races in a fun environment. The A team 

even made it to the quarter-final! 

As a team we would like to thank Mrs Guest and Mrs Hucker for their 

continual commitment and support, not only over the few days in 

Flaine but also during the training on the dry slope. We would have 

never had this opportunity if it wasn’t for them. In conclusion, the trip 

was once again a real success and we all had an amazing time. 

UNA LEUNG UC4 SKI CAPTAIN 

SQUASH 

Squash has become an increasingly popular sport at 

College with a number of students entering the National 

Schools and the annual Cadbury Squash Tournament. 

College has the opportunity to train and play against other schools 

during regular training sessions at East Glos. This has been a 

great way for students to develop their skills and play against 

new competitors each week, trying out new drills and learning 

new techniques. We had a number of girls enter the Cadbury 

Tournament this year – a massive congratulations to Jocelyn Sun 

(UC4) who won the U15 girls division. 

The availability of private sessions with coach Sophie Lane has 

allowed students who are passionate about the sport to increase their 

stamina and prepare themselves for both friendly and competitive 

matches. At College’s annual sports dinner, Christina Liu (SFC2) 

was rewarded for her commitment and dedication to squash. Her 

attitude towards the sport has been a huge inspiration to girls in the 

younger years. We hope the tradition of House Squash will continue 

to take place, as this is an opportunity for girls to develop their 

competitive nature and battle it out for the title in order to win points 

towards the sought-after Overland Shield. 

YASHNA MIRCHANDANI SFC2 SQUASH CAPTAIN 


TENNIS 

SPORT 

TENNIS 

Another year has flown by with over 70 tennis fixtures 

being contested across all the age groups. Four junior 

teams competed in the Aegon U13 and U15 Schools 

Team Tennis Competition, alongside two U18 National 

Schools (Aberdare Cup) teams. 

SENIORS 

The senior teams had a number of fixtures throughout the Summer 

Term and achieved some excellent wins over Dean Close, Downe 

House and Cheltenham College. The U18 National A team beat 

Hereford Cathedral School in the first round but then lost to the 

overall winners St Peter’s School in Gloucester, who fielded a 

very strong, highly-rated team. The U18 National B team lost to 

Redmaids’ High School in the first round, who in the end were the 

losing finalists to St Peter’s School. 

U15 

The U15 teams continue to show excellent depth as we were able to 

field teams from A to D in a number of fixtures. In the Aegon U15A, 

CLC lost to High School for Girls, beat Pate’s Grammar School, 

beat Wycliffe College and then had a walkover given to them by 

St Peter’s, putting them 2nd in Division 1. The U15B team came 

top in Division 2 with wins over Stroud High, High School for Girls, 

Bournside and Westonbirt School. 

Rosebowl - Juniors 

SPORTS 

AWARDS 

DINNER 

We welcomed Pamela Cookey to speak at the annual 

Sports Awards Dinner held in the Princess Hall. 

Pamela is an ex-England netball player, Director of Netball at the 

University of Gloucestershire and Seven Stars Premier League 

Netball team. The evening was a great success, highlighting 

many outstanding individual and team performances throughout 

the year. 

MAIN AWARDS 

Team of the Year: Lacrosse 1st Team 

SPORT 

U14 

The U14 teams recorded some excellent wins over Dean Close, 

Downe House and Cheltenham College with all U14 A to D teams 

winning at Cheltenham College. 

Rosebowl - Seniors 

Outstanding Achievement Award: Felicity Elvidge (UC5) 

U13 / U12 

Lots of new talent emerged from this age group this term with a 

number of strong tennis players making their mark in the fixtures. The 

Aegon U13A and U13B teams performed very well in their singles 

and doubles matches in Division 1 with both teams beating Cotswold 

School but narrowly losing to a strong High School for Girls team. 

Road to Wimbledon winners 

ROAD TO WIMBLEDON 

Twenty-seven U14 girls attended this year’s Road to Wimbledon 

at CLC. Some hard fought matches were played in the sunshine. 

All girls played three matches each in a FAST4 format (first to get 

to four games). The overall winner was Amelia Aikenhead (LC2) 

beating Arabella Weiglhofer (LC3) in the final. Well done to all the 

girls who competed. 

ROSEBOWL 

There was a great turnout for the annual Rose Bowl tournament. 

Fifteen girls entered the junior event with Lottie Rowlins (LC3) being 

the eventual winner and Esther Yeung (LC3) the runner-up. The 

seniors saw Victoria Shaw (SFC1) as the winner and Zimeng Wu 

(SFC2) a close runner-up. 

PARENTS AND DAUGHTERS 

As always, the Parents and Daughters Tennis Competition was 

a fabulous afternoon, full of competitive matches, laughter and 

family fun. It was a great opportunity for the girls to showcase their 

improved skills and it was brilliant to see all years represented up to 

SFC1. Guild members were reunited and new friendships formed 

– it was a great atmosphere for the much-anticipated annual event. 

With strong pool matches in both the mothers’ and fathers’ draw, 

mathematical equations were needed to organise places. It was 

definitely close to call at times! 

It was the Hewitts and De Waals who took to the court to compete 

for the 2017 title in the mothers’ draw. After a close start with the 

Hewitts, the De Waals pressed ahead. It was a great partnership with 

both India (SFC1) and Mrs De Waal hitting numerous winners from 

all areas of the court, eventually winning 6-2. 

With more entries in the fathers’ draw, placings were decided after 

pool matches on quarters, semis and then a grand final. There were 

some fantastic, hard fought rallies, with the girls taking their share of 

winners, really stepping up to the mark and showing their competitive 

spirit. In the final, the Harrisons stepped up a gear and pulled away to 

retain their title; 6-3 against the Beukers. 

Thank you to everyone who took part in this annual event, it was 

lovely to see many new parents involved, along with our regular 

participants, and we look forward to welcoming you back next year. 

Lifetime Achievement Award: Zimeng Wu (SFC2) 

Sport Personality of the Year: Zimeng Wu 

CLC STAFF CRICKET DERBY 

CLC Staff 

CLC staff, comprising players from the teaching staff, and the 

commercial, marketing, and grounds and gardens departments, 

played local team Cowley CC on a damp evening on Thursday 

18th May. An eagerly anticipated journey to the picturesque 

Cowley ground was met with some disappointment as we realised a 

groundsman had not been seen at Cowley CC for many a year! 

CLC won the toss and elected to bat. CLC got off to a flying start 

with an excellent opening partnership by Dave Stokes and Luke 

Wildgoose. Rules of the game were such that batsmen had to retire 

at 25. Lots of runs followed with Dave Stokes, Luke Wildgoose and 

Simon Davies all reaching 25. David Runciman and Heath Gunter 

held the innings together at the end to take us to a total of 122. 

In reply, Cowley opened up with their skipper, a very good batsman. 

He did not, however, give enough respect to our opening bowler 

Dominic Hawley who decided to come off his long run. Tempting the 

batsman into a big shot, Dominic had him beautifully caught by Heath 

Gunter at deep backward square. James Sherriff and Dominic Hawley 

teamed up as a formidable opening pair. Next up came the wizardry 

of Piers Todd and the raw pace of Heath Gunter. Restricting the run 

flow early on meant Cowley were always chasing their tail. David 

Runciman, playing his first game for CLC, ably kept wicket and then 

insisted he have a bowl. With his first ball for CLC he took a wicket 

– quite a talent. With the game drifting away from Cowley, Simon 

Davies and Luke Wildgoose took some cheap wickets at the death. 

Special mention must also go to the fielding. Dominic Hawley and 

Vince Miller were both excellent in the field as was Luke Wildgoose 

with his spectacular caught and bowled. A great time was had by all. 

SIMON DAVIES CLC CAPTAIN 


SPORT 

LOWER 

COLLEGE 

CELEBRATION 

OF SPORT 

HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTRE 


Progress - November 2016 

Lower College sport finished on a high with an action 

packed evening of celebrating the successes achieved 

over the year. 

Chloe Rogers 

College remains committed to its pioneering role, 

and integral to this is educating girls to be able to 

sustain positive habits in relation to health, fitness 

and wellbeing, ensuring they are fully equipped to 

take on the challenges of a complex world throughout 

their lives. 

The event provided the forum to acknowledge girls who have made 

significant progress, shown fantastic commitment, been amazing 

ambassadors or achieved a significant sporting accolade. In typical 

high octane sports fashion, the evening wove a myriad of activities 

in-between the awards and team celebrations, including Mrs Guest’s 

Mystery Guest and head-to-head netball shooting matches between 

the year groups, parents and staff. 

Squadkit’s ambassador and London 2012 hockey playing Olympian 

Chloe Rogers was the guest of honour and provided the audience 

with an inspirational speech as well as awarding the prizes. Along 

with Mr Borrie’s update on the sports facilities and developments the 

evening left everyone leaving feeling spurred on for another year and 

what a particularly exciting one to look forward to! 

STAFF VS LEAVERS 

At the annual Staff vs Leavers Games, CLC staff 

went in with confidence, believing they were ready 

to take on this year’s SFC2 leavers in an all-round 

sporting encounter. 

The Captains’ Club had organised netball, badminton, hockey, 

lacrosse, and football. Great interceptions, accurate shooting and 

teamwork led to the leavers winning many of the sports. The staff 

did enjoy a hockey and football win and we will cherish this moment 

all year! 

MISS TAMPLIN HEAD OF LACROSSE 

Unfortunately, research shows that across the UK, girls’ participation 

in sport drops significantly in their teenage years. At this age, 

physical and mental fitness and wellbeing are not only important for 

maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but also in developing crucial skills 

such as teamwork, resilience and leadership. There is no doubt that 

many of our girls are keen and capable sportswomen. Last year, 

our teachers and coaches supported 129 teams at different levels, 

playing 650 fixtures and scoring an impressive 3,808 goals. The 

girls’ enthusiasm for varied sports and new clubs continues to grow, 

from lacrosse and yoga to scuba diving and dance, and provision has 

become limited by our existing provision. 

Throughout their time at College, each girl will typically spend more 

than 800 hours doing sport as part of the curriculum, with additional 

opportunities to participate in clubs, fixtures, sports days, House 

events, camps, adventure days, and much more. 

The construction of our new facilities is progressing well and the 

Health and Fitness Centre is on course to open in 2018. These 

facilities will include a new sports hall, multi-purpose activity studio, 

dance studio, five squash courts, a 58-station fitness gym, a free 

weights and spin area, a rowing and erg area and a range of other 

facilities, in addition to the existing sports hall and swimming pool. 

From our ambitious athletes to those who simply enjoy the health 

benefits of exercise, College is committed to providing the breadth 

of choice and facilities to allow every girl to fuel her individual 

enthusiasms with the hope of inspiring a lifelong passion for fitness 

and wellbeing, which will be essential for their futures as selfconfident 

and resilient young women. 

We look forward to the opening of the Health and Fitness Centre 

and hope to welcome you soon. 

Progress - January 2017 

Progress - April 2017 

Progress - June 2017 


BAYSHILL 

HOUSES 

BAYSHILL 

BEALE 

When visitors are asked for their impressions of Beale, 

the two words that recur most frequently are ‘happy’ 

and ‘welcoming’. It is a source of great pride to me 

that this is how our House is seen. I put this warm 

atmosphere down to the camaraderie and care of the 

House Staff, and the friendship and openness that the 

girls show one another. 

HOUSES 

BEALE 

Bayshill girls are brilliant! They lead busy fulfilling lives 

and are able to juggle multiple commitments – to their 

studies, their friends, their hobbies and their part-time 

jobs, with impressive maturity and common sense. 

They have done so much for each other, for College and for their 

local communities this year. Here is just a flavour of what they have 

been up to: 

- Fundraising for a new hydrotherapy pool for the Chamwell Centre 

in Gloucestershire by organising a whole school sponsored swim 

- Training to become dance instructors 

- Obtaining College’s highest IB score (45 out of 45 points!) 

- Lifeguarding 

- Beale Debating 

- Leading College choirs 

- Qualifying as a tennis coach 

- Being a Young Ambassador for the Hurlingham Polo Association 

- Skittle sticking 

- Leading Environment Soc, FemSoc, DivSoc, Crosstalk, 

Fanthorpe Soc and more 

- Sitting on the Sports Committee 

- Taking tours of Cirencester Parish Church 

- Achieving a music performance diploma 

- Being a ghoul in a haunted house! 

MISS BRANDON HOUSEMISTRESS 

A day in the life of a 

CLC day girl can be 

long and busy, but 

we still manage to 

find time to curl up 

on a sofa with a mug 

of steaming tea and 

toast dripping in butter 

or chocolate spread. 

Bayshill has been my 

haven away from all the 

work and deadlines, 

where I have often 

found myself catching 

up on lost sleep or 

laughing far too loudly. 

Christmas Party (SFC1) 

Mugs made and used by leavers 

during their time in Bayshill 

When asked what the best part of being in Bayshill is, often my first 

answer is the food: we have a never-ending supply of fruit, toast, 

chocolate spread, biscuits and cereals to keep us going. Yet Bayshill 

would be nothing without the House Staff. Mrs Mornings, always 

there with a smile on her face – even though it’s not always returned 

as we try to get FastVein to recognise our finger for the fifth time! 

Mrs Beedle, who will sit at lunch and chat about the news, TV shows 

and anything else that will keep us entertained. Hilary, who keeps 

the house so well organised and without whom I am sure I would 

never get to lessons on time! Finally, of course, Miss Brandon, who 

seemingly does everything we could ever want with such grace and 

kindness. Even though, as day girls, we aren’t there all the time, these 

ladies are always there for us. 

We were delighted to welcome our new cohort in September 2016. A 

large year group, a good proportion of whom were new to the school, 

they quickly settled in to the rhythms and routines of the House. 

Before too long they were leading House activities and shaping our 

experience of life at Beale. They have great plans for next year too, 

and these plans will be enacted by the House Committee for 2017-18: 

Ahina Ip (Head of House), Amelia Dunne (Deputy Head of House), 

Paris Phillips and Katharine Wood (Events), Femi Adedotun- 

Sulaiman and Ella Ykema (Food and Catering), Rika Mio (Charities 

and Fundraising), Cecelia Thornett (Integration Lead) and Kai Qi 

Hii, Rose Taylor, Tami Ayo-Famola and Saskia Orr (Integration). 

I have been so delighted to see all the girls go from strength to 

strength in their endeavours. Our SFC1 Public Speaking team 

(Arabella Sopher, Rose Taylor and Ahina Ip) did us proud, and 

a larger team effort led to Beale winning the Christmas Cake 

Decorating Competition and caused great delight all round – we 

are proud of our trophy and the planning for next year has already 

begun! We have been delighted to see Beale girls in action in 

Arabian Nights, the Drama showcase at the Guild weekend, and 

Hamlet – such a talented group. Musically, there have been many 

delights, not least the Scholars’ Recital, and the Christmas, Spring 

and Summer concerts. I am always amazed and delighted to see 

the girls’ incredible talents in action. Particular mention must go to 

Siobhan Leung (SFC2) whose skills on the piano have left audiences 

Emily Woolf and Storm Trow (SFC2) 

breathless throughout her time here. Many Beale girls spent a good 

part of their year on the sports field too, particularly in Lacrosse, 

Hockey and Netball. Indeed, the first and second Netball teams 

featured many Beale girls, and their commitment to their long season 

was notable, even with A Level exams looming. 

Just before our SFC2 IB girls started their study leave in April, our 

celebrations of the 2017 Leavers began. This year group has been 

a pleasure to have with us in many ways. Each individual girl holds a 

place in our hearts, but as a group they have been very special too. 

I have been impressed repeatedly by the warmth and endurance 

in their friendships, as well as the great good humour and energy 

that they have shared with us. We will miss them hugely, but are so 

excited for the bright futures that we know they have ahead of them. 

For me, this has been a poignant last term since I share leaving with 

my SFC2 girls. There is much that I will remember and cherish about 

my time in Beale. A few highlights, then: the incredible, exuberant 

Christmas decorations that Mrs Medcalf masterminds each year; the 

ever-tempting food that Tracey and her team provide for us, and the 

flexibility and care that they show us every day; the feeling of family 

amongst the House Staff and the support Mrs Jane Medcalf, Dr 

Kate Woolstenhulme, Ms Jane Davies and Mrs Trudi Davies have 

shown me and my family; the many opportunities to share moments 

with the Beale girls - consoling, advising, laughing. It has been a huge 

privilege. 

MRS WINTLE HOUSEMISTRESS 

However much the food and the House Staff help to get us through 

the day, it is the atmosphere and spirit of community in Bayshill that 

really makes the difference. It’s cheesy, I know, but coming into school 

to be surrounded by the most amazing people helps to lift my spirits 

every day. Whether it’s being out at dinner all dressed up, or sat in 

the kitchen listening to the chatter, it always feels like family. 

The people I have met in Bayshill will be with me forever and that is 

definitely the best thing about being a part of Bayshill House. 

Halloween Mufti - Ruby Sowerbutts and Alia Abdulla (SFC2) 

FRANCESCA WILD SFC1 HEAD OF HOUSE 

SFC1 Summer Celebration 

Christmas Cake Competition 


BELLAIRS 

HOUSES 

BELLAIRS 

Upcycled entry - Aylar Nurjanova (LC2) 

CAMBRAY 

Cambray is an incredibly friendly and welcoming house, 

it is hugely sociable and perfect for new SFCs who 

want to settle in and make many friends. 

HOUSES 

CAMBRAY 

We kicked off the year with a bonding river cruise along the Severn. 

Both SFC1 and SFC2 clambered aboard the cruiser and had a 

lovely meal – this was an opportunity to get to know each other 

a little better. The cruise ended with a disco, where we all danced 

energetically! 

The winning costume for the Christmas party - Eydie Fryar (LC1) 

CHRISTMAS PARTY 

This year, just before we broke up, the whole House gathered for 

the Christmas party. The party was a great event with all the girls 

getting involved and thoroughly enjoying the wide variety of games 

such as pass the parcel and dressing up with toilet roll. I really enjoyed 

doing year group skits on different topics and seeing the whole house 

participate in the event. The LC1 girls really got into the spirit of 

dressing up. I hope this event will be as enjoyable next year! 

SOPHIE BROWN UC4 

HOUSE PRAYERS 

“Nothing is so beautiful as 

Spring” – these words by 

Gerard Manley Hopkins rang 

true on Saturday 18th March 

when Bellairs welcomed in 

the spring by hosting House 

Prayers. Hannah Brooks- 

Hughes (LC2) played a 

spellbinding violin solo while 

the Princess Hall filled with girls. Hannah had recently won the 

Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year competition, and her 

performance made it feel like she was ushering in the new life that 

Eydie Fryar and Jazzy Irvine (LC1) 

planting flowers to welcome in Spring 

spring brings. The celebration of spring explored ways in which other 

cultures and countries marked the changing of the season from 

winter to spring. Each lesson was given by a different pair of girls 

from each year who described interesting and unusual traditions 

from other countries. There was also a recital of the poem Spring 

written by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Taking part in House Prayers was 

a wonderful experience. I enjoyed reading my lesson and listening 

to the others and I would recommend all other girls to participate in 

the future when offered the chance. Bellairs ‘Spring’ House Prayers 

reminded us of new beginnings and as we come to the end of our 

first year at CLC I feel grateful for how welcoming College has been. 

EYDIE FRYAR LC1 

UPCYCLED FASHION SHOW 

Upcycled was fantastic! As a House we decided on making a dress 

out of sweet wrappers, which was so colourful. I am so glad that I was 

the model because everyone was doing my makeup and hair, just like 

a real model. The best part was walking down the runway. I was a bit 

nervous but it felt amazing. I think we had a gorgeous design and we 

worked really hard to make it as a House; everyone contributed in 

some way. Even though we did not win officially, in my mind I think 

Bellairs won for effort. I definitely recommend being the model for 

Upcycled next year! 

AYLAR NURJANOVA LC2 

HOUSE MUSIC 

House Music was one of the highlights of the year in Bellairs. With 

the combined effort and determination of the entire House we really 

became closer. The atmosphere on the day was exhilarating; despite 

the tension and nerves we pulled through and did our best. 

Without Maia Jones (UC5), our conductor, and the rest of the UC5 

girls we would not have had a performance to share. I would like to 

thank Mrs Michell and Mrs Davidson for always being there and 

lifting our spirits during rehearsals. It took a while to get used to our 

song – You can’t stop the beat – but soon enough everyone could not 

get the song out of their heads. I was lucky enough to get a solo part 

in the song, with the help of Preet Gosal (UC5), and I am grateful for 

the opportunity to do so. 

House Music was a real learning experience not only for me, but for 

everyone in Bellairs as we had to work together as a team, of different 

ages, listen to other ideas and opinions and compromise to bring it 

together in the end, and it really paid off! With this being my first year 

at CLC, I got an insight to the competitive spirit we have in Bellairs 

and what it is like to participate in the House Music competition. I 

cannot wait for the next one! 

ELOISE ZARA BENNETT-VOCI LC1 

HOUSE SUPPER 

For our House supper we all decided on a Moroccan theme with 

delicious food to go with it. We had decorated tea light jars in a 

North African style, with purples, blues and oranges. Everyone 

came, bringing their parents along. It was a lovely social event where 

parents could meet and we could all be together as a House. We 

sang our House Music song to end the amazing evening. Before that 

we lit sparklers and watched them fizzle out in the night sky. 

ISABEL IRVINE LC3 

LC3 SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS 

LC3 House Sports competitions have been really successful 

throughout the whole year. We have come first in Hockey, Netball, 

Tennis and Rounders. In all of the competitions we have shown great 

teamwork. We have also made these events fun while being very 

competitive. In House Swimming we cheered each other on in every 

single race and Tilly Dugdale was absolutely amazing. I felt that in 

House Rounders, Bellairs had the best team spirit, encouraging each 

other and working together as a team to eventually win. I have been 

really happy with Bellairs House Sports as all the events have been 

really fun! 

LIV FREER LC3 

During the Autumn Term we had a host of fabulous themed meals, 

including our annual Halloween dinner and Christmas dinner 

(we love any excuse to dress up!) The dining room was festively 

decorated with red and green and the Christmas dinner was 

delicious. We had a whole host of fun activities such as a Christmas 

quiz; however my personal highlight would be competing with 

Beale as to who could sing The 12 Days of Christmas the loudest. 

The competitive excitement kicked in and Cambray’s rendition was 

ferocious, including dancing on top of our chairs and doing all of the 

actions! It is safe to say that we won. 

On relaxed weekends we often had cooking sessions and managed 

to make a huge variety of foods, from sushi to cupcakes. We’ve also 

had many cosy evenings in, having movie nights with Beale. 

However, the best thing that we have got up to this year would be 

our garden pizza party. All of SFC1 went into Sidney Lodge garden 

and feasted on pizzas, lemonade and ice cream. As a surprise our 

lovely House Staff had hired 

a bouncy castle which we all 

thoroughly enjoyed. We had 

such a fantastic evening in the 

sunshine, with garden games 

like Twister, Giant Jenga and 

races on space hoppers. This 

was a lovely way to end the 

year. It was a relaxing yet fun 

evening spent with the new 

friends that we have all grown 

so close to during the course 

of the year. 

MRS MUKASA 

HOUSEMISTRESS 

Pizza Party 

Making Cupcakes! 

Glow Run 

Chinese New Year 

Making Korean Kimchi 

Making Chinese Dumplings 


ELIZABETH 

HOUSES 

ELIZABETH 

FARNLEY LODGE 

At Farnley we all enjoy an event... any excuse for a party 

and some pizza! 

This year, the UC5 girls were 

particularly enthusiastic about 

the seasons and therefore we 

celebrated Christmas in style, 

starting rather early with a craft 

workshop in early November! 

Easter was another reason to 

celebrate, mainly because it was 

a great excuse to consume a lot 

of chocolate following our Easter 

egg hunt on Farnley field. 

BAKE OFF 

HOUSES 

On the 2nd October, Farnley held its very own bake off inspired by the 

Great British Bake Off. It was a “successful and spontaneous event”, 

to quote Amy Hine (UC5), with 22 girls enjoying it and taking away 

something special. The girls had to bake around the challenging theme 

of high tea, and for four hours the dining area was brought to life with 

girls who were busy baking. The atmosphere was filled with symphonic 

shouting and constructive criticisms. Everyone was hard at work 

persevering by hand-beating icing, folding the mixture and reciting 

recipes from phones or paper. Mrs Le Brun, our Deputy Housemistress, 

was on hand throughout the whole competition, compassionately 

advising those who faced hiccup in their progression. After critical and 

careful judging we awarded the star baker to Angela Zhou and Natalie 

Cheung (UC5) for their creation of the ‘crimson peak’. 

FARNLEY LODGE 

We were really sad to say 

goodbye to our UC5 girls at the 

end of the year. They have been 

great role models for the younger 

girls and we will miss them. 

MRS BRIGGS HOUSEMISTRESS 

Happy Easter 

“We are both extremely happy about our end product considering 

both of us aren’t frequent bakers,” said star baker Angela. 

Jessica Maxse and Imogen Culhane (UC5) won the tastiest cake and 

Alex Hewett and Amy Jordan (LC2) won most presentable. We had 

such positive feedback from everyone who participated and are so 

pleased with the whole outcome! 

Star Wars drama cast 

My experience at CLC has been absolutely amazing! 

I only came to College last year, but nevertheless, it seems like I have 

been here much longer. Wherever you go in House or College, you 

will always be met with a smile and people around always make you 

feel like part of a very united team. I enjoyed every moment of last 

year spent with my new friends from all over the world. 

The most incredible thing about CLC is that despite a huge number 

of girls attending College, which in itself is awesome, every single 

student can feel special and unique. Teachers and House Staff give 

all their support and encouragement to their students while having 

an individual approach to everyone. Whatever your interest, College 

will be helping you to succeed in it, but will also give you plenty of 

opportunities to explore new things. My passion is dressage and I 

have received a lot of support from CLC and was able to continue 

with my training and competitions. But I have also surprised myself by 

getting involved in a drama production of Star Wars and becoming a 

member of the Sociology Society. 

Leavers’ Ball 

Festive glasses 

Christmas decorations 


All the clubs that exist in school always welcome new members, and 

I happily took my chance to sign up for a couple of different ones 

that I would have never thought of doing before. It’s been a fantastic 

year and I am really looking forward to an exciting one ahead both in 

College and in Elizabeth. 


ULLA SMIRNOVA SFC1 

Easter jump! 


GLENGAR 

HOUSES 

GLENGAR 

GLENLEE 

HOUSES 

GLENLEE 

Why participate in House events? As a Housemistress 

I have to field a team for each event but that team 

cannot be forced to compete but rather encouraged 

and celebrated. A team of volunteers can be hard to 

manage. So why work as a team? 

The process of working collaboratively with a group of people 

will achieve a goal more effectively and efficiently than working 

by yourself. Teamwork is often a crucial part of a business, as it is 

necessary for colleagues to work well together, trying their best in any 

circumstance. It can be difficult to see the benefit for an individual 

but there are skills that are essential in teamwork that everyone 

benefits from. Girls listen to each other’s ideas and question each 

other. They learn how to persuade others and show respect for 

others’ views. They learn to give and take constructive criticism and 

to be helpful and kind, which strengthens any team as there will be 

no weak links in a mutually supportive environment. Delegation relies 

on trust and knowing that someone will not let you down is important 

while egos have to be sensitively managed. Girls participate in new 

activities, sharing the work and the glory! 

Everybody benefits and learns transferable skills for later life. I am 

so grateful to the girls who got involved, signed up and took part in 

activities this year. It is nice to win but the important thing is taking 

part. 

MRS ELLIS HOUSEMISTRESS 

LC3 Camp 

Helaina Lenden (LC1) at House Athletics 

HOUSE PRAYERS 

Charity Dog Walk for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund 

Joint first prize with the Bee garden 

We found House Prayers an incredible experience. We were very 

nervous before speaking but it turns out it was all right. It really built 

our confidence. We also found out a lot of interesting facts and ideas 

about Great Expectations. It was nice to work as a team with older girls. 

EVA DAVIDSON AND NICOLA LO LC1 

HOUSE ROUNDERS 

This was a fun, but exhausting experience. All Houses played very 

well, with fierce competition. The weather was great and added to 

the already positive atmosphere. Even though Glengar didn’t win, we 

still enjoyed playing together as a team. 

EMMA MILLER AND LISETTE HEWIN LC2 

NEW GIRLS EVENING 

On Friday evening, we welcomed the new girls into Glengar for 

an evening of painting, outdoor games and supper. It was a good 

opportunity for the new girls to get to know each other and to meet 

the UC5 before joining in September. The girls then went on to 

complete other activities in St Clare and Bellairs in order to mix with 

all the day girls. We hope they enjoyed the evening 

LOTTE GARVIE UC4 

This year in Glenlee has been one of great joy! House 

spirit, enthusiasm and positive attitudes have inspired 

others and made us proud throughout. It is wonderful 

to know that, win or lose, their commitment to each 

other and to the House is consistent. 

This year has been all about family in Glenlee and our House 

Families are a major part of the Glenlee identity. Family Friday 

suppers are now a key part of the Glenlee week and Saturday 

morning sister-walks have given the girls the opportunity to get 

to know girls in other years better. June saw the first ever Glenlee 

Family Olympics, the culmination of a term of highly competitive 

family quizzes. The girls’ ability to look on the bright side of life, 

even in the pouring rain, made for a great evening all round. Waterballoon 

dodgeball escalated into a full-scale water fight and we all 

ended up very wet — staff included! 

One of our favourite things about Glenlee is the garden. We use it 

all the time, rain or shine, and this year’s first Inter-House Bumblebee 

Garden competition has meant we have had even more reasons to 

enjoy it. Girls from LC1 up to UC4 have all been out getting their 

hands dirty; weeding and watering and watching the flowers bloom. 

Their joy and commitment was evident and lead us to be(e) the 

first ever Bumblebee Garden Champions (and the garden looks 

beautiful, if we do say so ourselves)! 

We may not have won the House Music this year, but the 

spontaneous dance party in the dining room would have made you 

think otherwise. It has to be said that there is nothing quite like the 

sound of 70 girls singing the Spice Girls at the top of their lungs! 

Although the year has been full of big events, it is the small moments 

which provide some of the highlights, when Glenlee girls quietly step 

up and help without hesitation or grumbling. For example, staying 

behind to tidy up without being asked, stepping in at the last minute 

to run 800m in the hot sunshine, and never hesitating to greet you 

with beaming smiles as they walk through the door. 

In House Sport all year long, the Glenlee girls have been letting their 

House spirit shine. They’ve always been found giving it all they’ve 

got, cheering each other on rather audibly, seeking out the finish lines 

to cheer their teammates home and letting their joy shine as they 

launch themselves into the pool in celebration of a House swimming 

victory. 

Overall, it has been a fun one! 

MRS DOBBS HOUSEMISTRESS 


RODERIC 

HOUSES 

RODERIC 

Merry Christmas from Roderic! 

SIDNEY LODGE 

Sidney Lodge has completed its first year in Bunwell! 

The girls and staff were sad to leave the old Sidney 

Lodge building behind, but we have absolutely loved 

the first year in our temporary new home, and have 

made many new happy memories. 

HOUSES 

SIDNEY LODGE 

House Music 

Chrysanne was a spectacular conductor this year and was awarded 

the overall trophy for her performance. Naomi was also commended 

for her violin performance. Well done to everyone! 

Another highly anticipated House event was the Christmas Carol 

Concert. It was a wonderful evening, completely organised and led 

by the UC5 girls. The time and effort that everyone put into the 

event was amazing, and the whole evening was full of laughter and 

displayed great musical talents. It was lovely to have over 80 parents 

and staff come to watch the event too. 

‘Squadric’, the second cohort of Sixth Formers to live at 

Roderic, have completed their SFC1 year. 

During the Autumn Term the girls enjoyed a variety of get-to-knowyou 

events, including baking and roller disco. We had our first tutor 

dinners, Halloween, Christmas and Easter celebrations together. 

Christmas Cake Competition 

The year has been full of successful achievements for all of the 

Sidney Lodge girls. Once again, the girls of Sidney Lodge have 

shown off their creative talents in many House events. In the lead-up 

to Christmas, the annual Christmas Cake Competition took place 

and a team, led by Alevtina, worked together on a bauble-inspired 

theme. The girls were thrilled (and a little surprised!) to be placed 

first in the competition! Lina led a team of Sidney Lodge girls in the 

creation of the Upcycling outfit. They used left-over UC5 Prom 

decorations and packaging materials to create a sea-themed outfit, 

which Charlie modelled. For the third year in a row, Sidney Lodge 

placed first in the competition. 

House Music was another particular highlight. The Sidney Lodge 

girls all joined in with the spirit of the event, with everyone having 

their face painted for the occasion. Their final performance of the 

song was just fantastic. Although not placing in the top three, they 

definitely deserved to win in our eyes! 

The Sidney Lodge girls have had good success with sport this year 

too. Well done to the returning Sixth Form Senior and UC5 girls for 

placing first in House Hockey and third in House Netball. The Lower 

College girls swam superbly in the Lower College House Swimming 

event, placing second overall. The Lower College girls were also 

amazing in the House Debating Competition, placing third overall 

and Amy won best questioner. 

The Sidney Lodge girls were determined to raise lots of money to 

go towards the College Charities this year, and with the aid of Mrs 

Godfrey’s cooking club stumbled across a delicious brownie recipe. 

The girls in House helped make many brownies to sell at break time, 

raising over £300 in just 15 minutes! 

Drawing the year to a close we say a fond farewell to our UC5 girls 

who leave to go onto Sixth Form houses. We also say a big thank you 

and goodbye to the following staff: Miss Wilson, Ms White and Mrs 

Seldon. 

MRS GODFREY HOUSEMISTRESS 

When the Roderic team won the public speaking competition we 

were all thrilled. Other highlights were the two charity bake sales 

organised by our House Committee. 

Public Speaking victory 

Roller Disco! 

There have been numerous sporting achievements and it has been 

a whirlwind year of activity, including: community links, Young 

Enterprise, LAMDA exams, Amnesty International, Refugee 

Support, choir, concerts and school productions of Hamlet and 

Arabian Nights. 

During the Summer Term we welcomed back our Housemistress, 

Helen Washbourne, and her beautiful daughter Lola. 

DR HARPER DEPUTY HOUSEMISTRESS 

Upcycled entry 


ST CLARE 

HOUSES 

ST CLARE 

House Music 

ST HELEN’S 

HOUSES 

ST HELEN’S 

Winners of the Art shield 

Trashion entry 

HOUSE MUSIC 

Our entry this year was Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars, a haunting and 

powerful melody, beautifully arranged by Aoife Pallister Begadon 

(UC5). Rehearsals were crammed into lunchtimes and weekends, 

but the mood was always positive and enthusiastic, due mainly to the 

strong leadership and excellent teamwork of the UC5 students. 

Lora Babbs (UC5) was the energetic and inspiring conductor, and 

for the first time ever we had a full band of musicians to accompany 

the singers. With Amy Howlett (UC4) playing the piano, Coco Wu 

(UC5) on drums, Zaina Rehman (UC4) playing the xylophone, 

Christabel Hewin (UC4) on violin and Elspeth Charles-Jones’ (LC3) 

beautiful harp accompaniment, we felt we had a perfect ensemble. 

Dressed in Hi-Vis jackets, kindly loaned by parents and the Porters, 

with the College ‘lollipop’, the choir marched into the Princess Hall. 

They sang confidently and really looked as if they were enjoying the 

moment. We could hardly believe our ears when the results were 

read out with St Clare winning the hunting horn prize for best musical 

accompaniment and, to top it all, coming overall second in the 

competition! 

This was testament to the wonderful House spirit and we all felt such 

pride in our achievements! 

Winning UC Public Speaking Team 

HEAT 

The competition started in the Autumn Term, when Maddie 

Woodside and Amy Fritchie (UC4) designed and made a fabulous 

outfit from Christmas party crackers as part of the Trashion project. 

This was modelled by Imogen Brumpton (LC3) and all the girls in the 

House helped to put it together. 

The next stage was the creation of the St Clare Bumblebee Garden. 

Amy Howlett and Christabel Hewin ordered a selection of beefriendly 

plants and oversaw the planting and watering, while at the 

same time keeping a journal filled with pictures and information, 

which would form part of the evidence for this Inter-House 

competition. Members of LC2 conducted energy surveys while the 

LC3 girls designed posters and helped with recycling. 

The final part of the competition took the form of an environmentally 

friendly House project. The girls decided to collect unwanted 

clothes, books and other bric-a-brac which we then distributed to 

local charity shops in Cheltenham. 

We were delighted when our efforts were crowned with success and 

we were awarded the trophy as overall winners of HEAT. 

As ever, the Spring Term in St Helen’s was full of fun 

and excitement. 

From brunch at Bill’s to House sports tournaments, there was always 

something going on for all girls to take part in. One of my personal 

highlights was the teatime with the kitchen staff, in which the girls and 

I took part in baking and preparing a tea for the people who play such 

an important role in the House. I am certain that the Summer Term 

will bring just as much enjoyment, and I am sure the House will find 

time to weave in just as many activities to relieve girls from the stress 

of summer exams. 

JOY GLEASON UC5 

The Summer Term has passed by really quickly with the 

whole school preparing for both external and summer exams. 

Summer sports have been one of the highlights this term, with 

Swimming, Tennis, Rounders and more being played by the 

girls. This school year has ended on a good note, with the last few 

weeks filled with trips abroad, house outings and afternoons spent 

in the sun. We hope you have a relaxing and amazing summer and 

good luck to those receiving their external exam results! 

ALANA TANG UC5 

Strawberry picking 

Green fingers 

Bumblebee garden 

Winners of the HEAT trophy 

House Constellation Bake Off 

House Prom 


ST HILDA’S 

HOUSES 

ST HILDA’S 

Engineers, architects, lawyers, medics, artists, linguists, 

historians, teachers... the world is now their oyster. St 

Hilda’s Leavers of 2017 have achieved so much and 

we are proud to have shared the last two years of their 

journey at College. St Hilda’s will always remain their 

home in Cheltenham and we look forward to hearing 

from this wonderful cohort. We wish you the best of 

luck for the future! 

SFC1 S’mores Night 

ST MARGARET’S 

HOUSES 

UC5 Prom 

ST MARGARET’S 

Happy Christmas! 

Shelagh Lawrence 

Retirement Party 

Haunted St Hilda’s 

BARN DANCE 

The barn dance is a tradition found only in St Margaret’s. Other 

houses may think we are crazy to enjoy hurling ourselves across 

the dance floor, clad in plaid and pigtails, but it is a day we all 

look forward to, and not just because of the brilliant barbecue! It 

opens with country-style music played by a live band along with an 

enthusiastic dance leader. We are a popular visit for the teachers 

who also enjoy joining in with the dancing. We hope this stays a 

tradition in St Margaret’s for many years, so many more people can 

experience this wonderful evening. 

ROSE GRUNDON LC3 

Christmas Carol Concert 

House Committee 2017-2018 

SFC1 

Group Christmas Photo 

SFC2 

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT 

It is also a tradition at St Margaret’s for the residents of Homespa 

House Retirement Home to come over around Christmas time to 

attend a concert arranged and performed by the girls. This year 

was no exception: the Music Reps organised a varied programme 

including girls from each year group. The performances ranged 

from traditional Christmas songs and carols to poetry, Bach and a 

delightful ballet accompanied by the violin. Everyone performed to 

the best of their ability and displayed extraordinary talent, which was 

reflected by the applause and praise from the audience. 

JENNY WANG UC5 

CHRISTMAS DINNER 

On Wednesday 7th December, all of St Margaret’s took part in the 

annual Christmas dinner. First, we all gathered in the dining room in 

our dresses to enjoy an amazing, festive dinner. Our favourite part of 

the meal was the dessert - which was a delicious Christmas pudding! 

However, before dessert, everybody climbed onto their chairs and we 

all sang The 12 Days of Christmas - a CLC favourite! Of course, none 

of this delicious meal could have been possible without the amazing 

kitchen staff, who always cook the best meals. After the festivities, 

we all gathered in the common room for Secret Santa and Fives’ 

Awards. By the end of the evening we were all feeling the Christmas 

spirit, and were excited to go home for the holidays. Thank you to 

everyone who made this evening possible, and we look forward to the 

Christmas dinner next year! 

LORNA ROLINSON AND OLIVIA LEGGE UC4 

HOUSE MUSIC 

The House Music competition this year was incredible! The standard 

was amazing and each House had a great choice of song. The 

preparation for the event was hard work. St Margaret’s chose Lean 

on Me by Bill Withers. The 5s arranged it for four-part harmony 

with six-part in some places. The audition was very interesting as it 

gave a chance for the 5s to hear each individual voice in the House. 

This allowed us to categorise each voice to the correct part and as 

a result everyone felt comfortable with their section to sing. Some 

members of the House played the musical accompaniment to the 

song which was especially technically difficult in some places – but 

the instruments sounded fantastic on the night! One key feature of 

our performance was the movement that included stamping and 

clapping from the whole House. This made the song way more fun 

for everyone. In the end St Margaret’s came third and we were very 

happy! 

VIOLET LEGGE UC5 


ST AUSTIN’S 

HOUSES 

ST AUSTIN’S 

This year has been our first year living in the recently 

refurbished St Austin’s. 

The year was off to a great start as we held our family sports day and 

managed to raise over £600 for charity. We carried the success and 

also achieved third place in House Trashion. Other exciting events 

included St Austin’s sports day, family fun day, and the boarder taster 

weekend. 

In May, our beloved Housemistress Mrs Rawlinson unfortunately 

passed away. She will always be remembered and greatly loved. In 

honour of Mrs Rawlinson, all of the St Austin’s girls wore pink breast 

cancer ribbons on their blazers. 

PENNY RAWLINSON 

Having grown up in a boys’ prep school where her 

father was Headmaster, and having been a boarder 

at Westonbirt School, it was perhaps inevitable that 

Penny Rawlinson would one day find herself working in 

a boarding school. 

She first joined College as a member of House Staff in St Helen’s 

in 2000 and only four years later took over as Housemistress in St 

Austin’s, their nearest neighbours and a House she knew well. 

From the outset, Penny showed herself to be warm and empathetic 

and someone particularly suited to the care of young women. No 

one was ever left in any doubt that she loved her job and she worked 

tirelessly to ensure that her House was a home away from home for 

the girls. Her smiling face was always there to welcome visitors at the 

door. 

Penny’s commitment to the House was clear but her contribution 

to College as a whole was far wider than the support she offered 

60+ girls each year. For years she ran the weekend programme 

of activities. Initially just for boarders, it provided girls with the 

opportunity to get out of Cheltenham and visit the places around 

them – ice skating, bowling and trampolining trips were balanced 

by the theatre and visits to heritage sites. Penny’s links with other 

schools allowed her to organise hugely popular socials with Cothill, 

Radley, Cheltenham College and Eton and it was her organisation 

which originally lay behind the UC5 Prom, the introduction of 

the Caledonian Society and our annual reels with Radley. Penny’s 

personal interest in music saw her sing each year with the Choral 

Society, including her final performance in last year’s Requiem by 

Fauré. As a passionate sportswoman she was regularly to be seen 

at Field supporting the girls and even playing against them in the 

annual Staff v Leavers hockey match. 

Penny was out of College during the academic year 2015-16 as she 

underwent treatment for cancer for the first time. She was delighted 

to be back in September 2016, especially given that St Austin’s now 

inhabited the newly refurbished House – the design for which she 

had contributed to. However, she came to realise that she no longer 

had the energy needed to perform her role in the way she wanted to 

and therefore it was with great sadness that she made plans to retire 

at the end of the academic year. 

HOUSES 

With GCSEs and exam leave fast approaching, the girls of the 

House hosted a party on the first Sunday of the Summer Term in 

order that they could say their farewells. Although not feeling 100% 

she was delighted to attend and she enjoyed the music and laughter 

that that evening afforded. It was clear from the presents, cards and 

messages received that she would be much missed, but no one knew 

then what the next few days had in store. Three days later, Penny 

received the devastating news that the cancer had returned. She 

faced this development with her usual stoicism. However, breathing 

difficulties saw her taken into hospital that weekend and, surrounded 

by her family, Penny passed away on Tuesday 9th May. 

A woman of culture, Penny liked nothing better than to support her 

girls at concerts and in plays, and in particular she took great pride 

in St Austin’s unparalleled record in the House Music competition. 

It was extremely fitting therefore that memorial services in both July 

and September were filled with much music and poetry and that 

at the start of the new academic year, the girls of the House came 

together as one to sing their hearts out in memory of a beloved 

Housemistress; lifting the title once more in her honour. 

MISS RALPH HEAD OF PASTORAL CARE 

Earlier, St Austin’s held a farewell dinner for Mrs Rawlinson, as she 

was going to retire at the end of the year. The night consisted of a 

formal dinner and many exciting performances, ranging from original 

songs to instrumental pieces played by girls in LC1 to SFC. The 

whole House dressed up and old girls were invited back to celebrate 

their time in St Austin’s. 


WELLBEING 

WELLBEING 

LC2 Mindfulness 

The Puppy and Guide Dog days were hugely successful again and 

the interaction between the staff, the girls, the guide dog owners and, 

of course, the gorgeous dogs themselves, was wonderful to watch. 

We are proud of the Peer Mentors in LC2 who were appointed 

following their training sessions in Wellbeing and their 

written applications, which were endorsed by their tutors and 

Housemistresses. Congratulations to: Hannah Brooks-Hughes, 

Kitty Grazebrook, Xin Ittipakorn, Amelia Akenhead, Olivia 

Ipkendanz, Aylar Nurjanova, Kate Grainger, Imogen Shackleton, 

Georgina Griffiths, Eleanor Bruce, Yusra Metlo, Jiya Chathley, 

Kiera Ferchland-Howe and Ginny Bell. Thanks also go to Maya 

Robberstad and Toyosi Ayeni (SFC1) who are supporting these girls 

in this important role. 

SFC First Aid 

WELLBEING 

We are also delighted that, as a follow-up to the Wellbeing sessions 

on Fridays, the Diversity Society was founded this year and led 

by Ros Phillips (SFC1). The group meets each week to discuss all 

aspects of diversity, including autism, dyspraxia, OCD and LGBT. 

MRS DOBBS WELLBEING CO-ORDINATOR 

Sign Language 

The second year of the Wellbeing Programme 

included an increased number of practical and physical 

activities. This was in response to feedback from the 

girls who value the time spent interacting with their 

friends and engaging in activities which promote 

positive mental health. 

LC1 Streetwise 365 

Guide Dog Day 

Skincare and Relaxation 

Activities such as yoga, self-defence and Zumba have all been well 

received and these fit with the focus of College’s new Health and 

Fitness Centre which aims to promote exercise and healthy living 

for life. We have also welcomed a huge variety of external speakers, 

including members of Guild, experts in their fields, and YouTubers. 

The LC1 girls have been introduced to personal safety through a 

series of lessons, written by Streetwise 365, which aim to empower 

the girls with the knowledge, awareness and practical skills to make 

safe decisions when a situation requires it. 

UC4 Jujutsu 

Girls of all ages have been given an introduction to mindfulness, 

using seated meditation practice, mindful movement and a technique 

known as body scan. The sessions are relaxed and informal; the 

girls chat, laugh, remove shoes and jackets and find a comfortable 

cushion or beanbag on which to sit. We seek to reconnect with 

ourselves, promote kindness and create a safe, gentle space in which 

to share experiences and restore energy. The mindful movement 

exercise creates positive body awareness and understanding, 

increases concentration and productivity, and help manage stress. 

Our last exercise, the body scan, is lying down. The girls snuggle into 

beanbags, supported by cushions and friends and, while we seek to fall 

awake in our practice, most of the girls fall into gentle, restful sleep! 

SFC2 Cooking 


DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 



Jazz Festival 

Science Festival - Maker Shack 

Science Festival Dinner 

Inside the Maker Shack 

EVENTS 


The Development Office brings together the CLC 

community of girls, staff, Guild members, current 

parents, parents of former pupils, Council and 

Corporate members. This can be at events, including 

those run by the Professional Guidance Centre (PGC) 

for the girls, and we encourage everyone to be involved. 

The office also runs CLC Flourish, College’s long-term campaign to 

raise much-needed funds for College. This campaign helps to fund 

bursaries, building projects, the Archive, speakers in College, the 

gardens and special projects, such as the recording studio. 


This year our focus has been the Health and Fitness Centre at 

Field and we would like to thank everyone who has contributed so 

generously towards it. 

College is deeply committed to promoting the health, fitness and 

wellbeing of all pupils and to developing talent and enthusiasm for 

sport and physical exercise, regardless of levels of ability or expertise. 

The new Health and Fitness Centre will enable us to greatly improve 

our sporting provision, with more indoor space, better facilities and 

continuity of activities throughout the dark and wet times of year. 

Adding a second sports hall will enable indoor hockey to be played, 

and provide courts for several other sports. Additionally, five new 

squash courts with sliding walls will convert to multipurpose studios 

for versatile use. A large new multi-gym area and fitness suite will 

include specific rowing and spin equipment and a multi-purpose 

dance studio offers further flexibility of space. Lastly, our new 

hospitality facilities and viewing terrace will transform the experience 

for spectators and team teas. 

Health and Fitness Centre 

Fundraising Dinner 

It has been wonderful to welcome so many friends, old and new, 

to events throughout the year. Highlights include the London 

Reception at Inner Temple, our CLC Flourish Gala Dinners both 

in the UK and Hong Kong, the Fathers’ Beef and Burgundy Dinner 

here at College, and our annual Donor Dinner, at which we extend 

our thanks for the generous support received over the previous year. 

In addition, we held our annual Bellis Society event at Stowe House. 

The Bellis Society was established to recognise the generosity and 

support of those who have chosen to leave a gift to College in their 

will. Membership is open to everyone in our community. As well as 

the annual event, joining Bellis enables members to keep closely in 

touch with life at College today. 

College enjoys a strategic partnership across all four Cheltenham 

Festivals (Jazz, Science, Music and Literature), supporting excellence 

and innovation in science and the arts. Some highlights from this year 

include: 

- Enabling girls to attend over 850 Festival events, including trips 

and classes for whole year groups. 

- Offering girls the opportunity to introduce the high profile events 

we sponsor at the Festivals, and attend special behind-the-scenes 

rehearsals. 

- Hosting eminent speakers in College for exclusive discussions 

with the girls, recently including NASA Chief Scientist, Ellen 

Stofan; The Times leader writer, Philip Collins; Deputy Controller 

of BBC Radio 2, Helen Thomas; China specialist, Xinran; leading 

physicist, Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE; CEO of Dixons / 

Carphone Warehouse, Sebastian James and the BBC’s James 

Naughtie. 

- Sponsoring events, including talks by the authors Sebastian Faulks 

and Robin Stevens (2001 – 2006 Bellairs) and debates around the 

gender pay gap, President Obama, justice and privacy. 

- Hosting events at the Festivals for the CLC community, including 

access to sought-after tickets. 

- Co-hosting, for the third year, The Cheltenham Science Festival 

and Cheltenham Ladies’ College Pioneers of Science Dinner in 

the Princess Hall. Once again, the dinner was attended by key 

international scientists and notable Festival speakers, providing 

exclusive networking opportunities for the current SFC girls, plus 

CLC staff, Guild and other members of our community, studying 

or working in STEM and medicine who represented College. 

We look forward to next year’s dinner and our continuing partnership 

with the Cheltenham Festivals. 

The facilities are on track to be used by the girls in 2018. 

London Reception at Inner Temple 

Literature Festival 



THE PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE CENTRE 

THE PROFESSIONAL 

GUIDANCE CENTRE 

The Professional Guidance Centre (PGC) has enjoyed 

another busy year helping girls in their higher and 

further education and career choices. It is inspiring 

to see girls applying to such an interesting variety of 

subject choices and to a very wide range of institutions. 

Under Ms Townsend’s skilful direction the girls have received 

some great offers this year from US colleges, including Columbia 

University, Harvard University, and University of Pennsylvania. 

We are delighted with the 26 offers received from Oxbridge and 

Ivy League universities and the 76% offer rate from the UK Russell 

Group universities. The 2017 leavers will be taking up places on 

courses ranging from Architecture, Computer Science, Fine Art and 

Materials and Design to Comparative Literature, Engineering, Music 

and Psychology and Language Sciences at institutions in the UK, 

the US, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia. 

Gap year experiences for some include penguin conservation in 

Cape Town and Robben Island, volunteering at an orphanage in 

Pokhara, Nepal and archaeological work in Romania. 

Building on last year’s successful ‘What’s Next?’ careers and 

university day for all SFC1 girls, we expanded it to include a Higher 

Education / Careers / Adventure Travel Fair in the afternoon which 

was a huge success thanks to the excellent organisational skills of 

Miss Hampton (our SFC / PGC administrator). It was a real highlight 

of the year. The girls enjoyed a whole morning devoted to university 

subject taster sessions, how to approach the US application, personal 

statement writing workshops and a session on being ‘streetwise’. In 

addition, we were delighted to welcome back three former students, 

currently at university, who spoke with honesty and humour about life 

after CLC – thank you to Imogen Dalivalle (2008 – 2015 St Helen’s), 

Jowita Thor (2009 – 2011 Cambray) and Emily Stacey (2009 – 2011 

Bayshill) who also spent time with current students looking to apply 

to Veterinary Medicine. A talk for SFC1 parents ran in tandem and 

parents were invited to the fair in the afternoon. There was a real 

buzz to the fair and girls were able to talk with representatives from 

over 40 universities, careers organisations and travel companies. 

Balloon Debate 


With Dr Sherwood on maternity leave for some of the year, the 

PGC has been led by Mr Marchant, Head of Sixth Form, with Mrs 

Hale taking on the management of the day-to-day activities; we 

have been delighted to have the added wealth of experience of Miss 

Jones (Maths) as Higher Education Adviser this year. Girls had the 

opportunity to meet and hear from representatives from 44 higher 

education institutions from all over the world, including the UK, the 

US, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Canada; universities such as 

the University of British Columbia, University of Bath, University 

of St Andrews, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Imperial 

College London, University College Utrecht and Dartmouth 

College, USA. 

What’s Next? 

Through the expert guidance of Mrs Mott, our MDV (Medics, 

Dentists and Vets) Co-ordinator, girls had the opportunity to attend a 

wide variety of talks, including careers in healthcare, studying medicine 

abroad, paediatric cardiology and ophthalmology. In conjunction with 

the Biology Department, we were delighted to welcome Clare Marx 

(1968 – 1972 Roderic), the first female President of the Royal College 

of Surgeons, along with a number of medical students, surgical trainees 

and surgeons for a surgery taster evening. We were very pleased that 

students from local schools were able to join us for this event. 

Ms Black, our Interview Technique and Communication Skills Coach, 

continued to run her very popular interview skills sessions during the 

Autumn Term for SFC2 girls and also gave an inspiring introduction 

to interview techniques for the UC5 students. The girls are fortunate 

to have her as a resource for any one-to-one sessions they would 

like throughout the year and we are very aware of how much these 

sessions increase their confidence. 

In June we were delighted to welcome representatives from 

Harrison Clark Rickerbys who led a full day of workshops on the 

legal profession. During the morning, girls were engaged in learning 

about various aspects of the law, including corporate, property 

and employment law. After a networking lunch they took part in a 

mock trial during which they each had the opportunity to question 

witnesses, willingly played by the visiting solicitors. The trial was 

presided over by a former judge, giving the proceedings a very real 

feel indeed and we were delighted to be joined by some students 

from Balcarras School for the day. 

After their GCSEs, girls in UC5 benefitted from Mrs Mooney’s 

contacts and organisation skills and were able to secure placements 

at Barclays Bank, NCC, at CLC with a team of engineers working 

on the new Health and Fitness Centre, in our Archives and Library 

Department, and also a work experience trip to Gloucester Services 

and one to the Magistrates’ Court in Cheltenham. 

Careers and Work Experience provision continued apace under 

the passionate guidance of Mrs Mooney. We have again enjoyed 

a huge variety of really interesting talks from Guild members, local 

companies and parents. Topics this year have included journalism, 

architecture, diplomacy and the foreign office, patent law, corporate 

banking and market research. 

The PGC fully appreciates the time, guidance and support given to 

girls by Guild members, parents and organisations. We wish all the 

2017 leavers the very best and look forward to hearing about their 

career paths in due course. 


Once again we are very grateful to the many volunteers who gave 

up their Saturday morning to take part in our Careers Speed-Dating 

and Balloon Debate for the LC3 girls where guests are grilled on their 

professions by the girls and during the debate required to defend 

their profession – in one of the debates the engineer was victorious 

for the second year running! 

Careers Speed-Dating Workshop 

Our networking dinners enjoy continued success. The Creative 

Industries Dinner saw guests coming from a variety of fields from 

music to drama, film to photography and design to journalism. Our 

second dinner this year focused on professions with a link to law. 

The girls had the opportunity to speak to people who have become 

barristers after having studied a non-law degree, people who have 

ceased their career in law to move into other areas such as teaching, 

policing studies and forensic criminology. 

Creative Industries Networking Dinner 


DESTINATIONS 

LEAVERS’ UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS 

ABDULLA Alia 

ADEYEMI Tofunmi 

AFOLABI Fogo 

AGNEW Kitty 

AMBEKAR Maya 

ANDREWS Lily 

ARMSTRONG Daphne 

AWOSAN Bolajoko 

BELL Elizabeth 

BROKE-SMITH Cecilia 

BUSARI Aliyah 

CARSON Clementine 

CAVALIER Holly 

CAWTHORNE Rosie 

CHAN Sonia 

CHANG Yu Jing 

CHENG Denise 

CHENG E Sheen 

CHEUNG Crystal 

CHOI Juliana 

CHONG Katherine 

SOAS, University of London 

Imperial College London 

University of Essex 

The University of Edinburgh 

Queen Mary, 

University of London 

University of Leeds 

University of St Andrews 

University of Leicester 

Durham University 

Newcastle University 



The Glasgow School of Art 

University of York 

The University of Hong Kong 

University of Glasgow 

Oxford Brookes University 

University of Bristol 

University of Bath 

University of Pennsylvania, USA 

University of Warwick 


EDWARDS Chloe 

EMODI Chinenye 

EXCELL Elizabeth 

FAN Sarah 

FAWCETT Matilda 

FOSTER Ella 

FOSTER Paola 

GOBIR Munira 

GOBIR Nabilla 

GREEN Lydia 

GRUNDON Alice 

HARRIS Tegan 

HATTON Chinyere 

HEYNEN Lottie 

HILLCOAT Lara 

JIANG Xin Yu 

JORDAN Hannah 

JOYCE Alice 

KENNER Madelaine 

KIM Elaine 




Queen Mary, 


University of Oxford, 

Christ Church 


Keble College 

Harvard University, USA 

University College London 

St George’s, 




University of Birmingham 

University of Reading 


Brasenose College 


King’s College London 



University of Exeter 

Harvard University, USA 


LIN Veronica 

LIU Christina 

LO Yung 

LOCKYER Georgina 

MA Venus 

MACER Henrietta 

MANN Victoria 

MANNS Henrietta 

MHAJAN Abhita 

MHAJAN Ahwal 

MIRCHANDANI Yashna 

MORISON Juliette 

MUSALLAM Sarah 

NGAN Stephanie 

NIVISON Hannah 

OBI Kasom 

O’CONNOR Elizabeth 

PAO Belinda 

PEREZ DE AYALA Isabel 

RATANAMANGCLA Jarupiya 

Ravensbourne 


University of Cambridge, 

Peterhouse 



Newnham College 

Newcastle University 





St George’s 


St Hugh’s College 

Goldsmiths, 



Queen’s Belfast 




Dartmouth College, USA 

New York University, USA 


STANTON-COLE Megan 

STEVENSON Francesca 

STURT Isabelle 

TAYLOR Ellenor 

TEBBS Sophie 

TERRY Jemima 

TING Cheuk Hang Natalie 

TROW Storm 

TSANG Lettie 

TUNGSUWAN Beam 

WATT Elizka 

WEN Selina 

WHARTON Esme 

WHEELER Charlotte 

WHITTING Alice 

WILD Amber 

WILTSHIRE Eve 

WONG Arianne 

WONG Corliss 

WOO Karen 

University of Birmingham 

Staffordshire University 



Swansea University 


St John’s College 



London School of Economics 




University of Leeds 


Leiden University College, 

The Hague, Netherlands 


Cardiff University 

University of Pennsylvania, USA 

The University of Hong Kong 

The University of Queensland, 

Australia 

DESTINATIONS 

CLARK Tilly 


KRONINGER Rachel 


RICE Cosima 


WOOLF Emily 


COLYER Elizabeth 

Cardiff University 

LAKE Emma 


RUPP Amelia 


WU Zimeng 


COOLEY Thalia 

Coventry University 

LAM Charlotte 


SCHRAGER VON 

ALTISHOFEN Frederica 


Worcester College 

XIE Stephanie 


Gonville & Caius College 

COX Rosemary 


LAU Giovanna 


SHUM Chloe 


XUE Awa 

University of Surrey 

CRISWELL Wanda 

DARWALL Zara 


Somerville College 


LEONARD-BUISSON Sophia 

LEONG Natalie 


Queen Mary, 


SIDDONS Angelina 

SOWERBUTTS Ruby 



YARASH Hanna 

YAVARI Donya 

University of Nottingham 


DI COMBERTI Callan 


LEUNG Siobhan 


SOWERBY Amber 

Nottingham Trent University 

YOUNG Lucy 

University of Gloucestershire 

DYACHENKO Dasha 


LI Yocia 


SOWERBY Poppy 


Balliol College 

ZANT-BOER Saskia 

University of Nottingham 


GUILD 

GUILD 

Guild is the association of College’s former pupils 

and currently has more than 8,200 active members 

worldwide. It is an important network, both socially and 

professionally, and its members also offer support to the 

Professional Guidance Centre (PGC) in College. 

Visits to the Guild website (www.clcguild.org) continue to increase, 

with interest from members looking for events, news and friends. 

This year has seen the addition of the digital archive of College 

magazines from 1880 to present day, together with a selection of 

sport photos. We also continue to produce two publications per year, 

sharing news of members and College life. 

Events take place across the world throughout the year. An outline of 

this year’s key events is given below. 

Guild Reunion 

GUILD REUNION 

Over 300 members returned to College in May for a day packed 

with events. There were plenty of opportunities to catch up with old 

friends and staff, culminating in a dinner in the Princess Hall. 

FESTIVE CAROLS 

In November, over 100 Guild members joined College for a festive 

carol service. The atmosphere was buzzing as the Princess Hall filled 

with girls, parents and Guild members of all ages with their families. 

This was followed by lunch and tours of the newly refurbished St 

Austin’s. 

Selina-Jane Spencer 

Nicole Evans 

BEALE DEBATE 

The 10th anniversary of the Beale Debate took place in December 

and the motions were This House would ban ‘no platforming’ at 

university campuses and This House does not believe that people 

should be defined by how they are educated. Both titles provoked 

much perceptive, relevant and insightful discussion over the course of 

the morning. Guild was represented by Bethany Evans (2007 – 2014 

Glengar), Selina-Jane Spencer (2012 – 2014 Beale), Miranda Elvidge 

(2005 – 2012 Glenlee) and Nicole Evans (2005 – 2012 Glengar). 

After a very close decision, the adjudicators awarded the trophy to 

the College team of Alexandra Beukers and Sophie Wand (SFC1). 

SUPPORT FOR THE PGC 

Over 70 Guild members have taken part in interview practice days, 

provided careers advice and attended networking dinners, as well as 

helping to inspire the girls at sector-specific talks and career events, 

such as at College’s ‘What’s Next?’ day in June. 

NETWORKING EVENTS 

Guild held a networking event in London in October, hosted by 

Mercer, for members interested in returning to work. Over 25 Guild 

members attended and we had a panel of those who had returned 

to work, including one who had taken a 15-year break. Those in the 

audience included others who had already returned as well as those 

considering a break and those that were in the middle of one. Key 

areas discussed were: the crucial importance of networks; not relying 

entirely on recruitment agencies; thinking about your skills and 

where your passions lie; looking at ‘Returnship’ schemes; considering 

starting your own business; and the importance of LinkedIn. 

The Principal, Eve Jardine-Young (1988 – 1990 Elizabeth), and her 

team visited Singapore and Hong Kong in November. A drinks party 

for Guild members was well attended in Singapore and members also 

attended the Gala Dinner for the College Community in Hong Kong. 

It was wonderful to see so many Guild members at these events. 

Leavers’ Drinks 

LEAVERS’ DRINKS 

This year we held the 2017 Leavers’ Drinks in the marquee before the 

Summer Concert. The occasion was a resounding success and record 

numbers attended so we look forward to another successful event 

in 2018. 

GUILD AWARD 

The Guild Award for 2016 was presented to SFC1 Bella McLaughlan 

and runners-up were SFC1 girls Toyosi Ayeni and Zara Norman. 

This award is given to girls who have made a significant and valuable 

contribution to the life of College through active participation in 

co-curricular activities, who have done well in their studies up to GCSE 

and who have not held any other form of Award or Scholarship while at 

College. The award is for the duration of the girls’ Sixth Form studies. 

ST HILDA’S EAST 

Guild continues to support St Hilda’s East (the east London 

community centre founded by Guild in 1889) and we are very 

pleased to see increasing numbers of College girls and Guild 

members volunteering there. 


ARCHIVES 

Archive items for LC3 history lesson 

on changing classroom technologies 

Items from the boarder’s trunk, 1890s 

Education about the importance of the CLC Archive begins in the 

first week of school for LC1 girls, when English classes continue the 

annual tradition of visiting the Lower College Library to look at all the 

objects contained within a boarder’s trunk from the 1890s. Pupils are 

asked to guess what the trunk contains, and then to compare these 

items with their own possessions that they have at College today. 

This provokes much excited discussion, especially around the topic of 

changes in uniform, prep timetables and leisure interest items. 

For the third year running, the Archives Department has worked 

with the History Department to run a History of College module in 

the Summer Term for all LC3 girls. Classes come into Archives to 

answer a quiz on the history of College. The curriculum module also 

contains examples of many Archive sources on a variety of topics 

including the two World Wars, fashion in the 19th and 20th centuries, 

the changing face of employment for women over two centuries, the 

study of early science teaching in College, and the development of 

classroom technologies using items from the collections. This latter 

project involved all classes having the opportunity to view these 

items set out in four themes on tables in the Lower Hall, ranging 

from changing methods of communication, teaching, College 

buildings, and entertainment. This again provoked much discussion, 

especially around the changes in IT provision over the last 30 years 

as many of them had not seen a computer dating from the 1980s or 

a floppy disc! 

We were also delighted to welcome nine volunteers from the 

UC5 GCSE history courses to work in Archives so that they could 

experience the work first-hand and gain a deeper understanding of 

the skill set needed to complete a range of archive and museumrelated 

tasks. These included learning about the right conditions for 

exhibiting items, storing items in acid free wrappings and containers, 

LC1 English Lesson with the boarder’s trunk 

Huay Yee Lim (SFC1) helps to catalogue letters dating from WW2 

accurately describing an archive or museum item, and textile 

conservation. Other skills taught included the use of social media 

as a means of engagement with the community, including the 

preparation of material for the Archives’ Twitter account 

(@CLCArchive). They also helped to select items from our 

autograph collection and friendship albums to prepare an interesting 

exhibition on the boards outside the Archives display area for 

National Poetry Day. 

In addition, we have had two dedicated and hard-working SFC1 

volunteers, Lily Buchanan and Huay Yee Lim. They have been 

tackling a variety of listing tasks, in particular listing building plans 

and other items from the collections. One of these collections 

includes a series of letters written by a pupil to her parents during 

World War II which contain fascinating glimpses of everyday College 

life during the restrictions of wartime. 

MRS ROBERTS COLLEGE ARCHIVIST 

MISS GREENAWAY ARCHIVES ASSISTANT 

ARCHIVES 


LIBRARY 

LIBRARY 

NEW STAFF 

Following Miss Furniss’ departure in July 2016, the Library gained a 

new Harry Potter specialist when Miss McGowan joined the team as 

a Graduate Trainee Library Assistant in September. 

Archive Lesson 

LINK WITH ARCHIVES 

At the beginning of LC1, girls study Boy by Roald Dahl. As they think 

about growing up and coming away to boarding school, we look at a 

trunk from the Archives to see what Sarah Margaret Roberts (known 

as Sallie) had in her trunk in 1897. 

National Storytelling Week 

NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK 

On Monday 30th January, Mrs Owen regaled us with a dramatic 

retelling of The White Doe of Rylstone. Tuesday’s tale was woven (or 

was that spun?) by Miss Szypusz from St Helen’s with a little help 

from Athene and Arachne’s weaving contest. On Wednesday it was 

the turn of Mr Williams from the PAC who recounted the Grimm 

tale of Doctor Knowall, while Thursday brought the dark Welsh 

Legend of Gelert told by Mr Forward-Davies. To end a glorious week 

of storytelling and help us celebrate Chinese New Year, Mr Downey 

inspired us on Friday with the Chinese tale of The Fisherman and the 

Goldfish. 

Over 200 girls and staff joined us during the week, so we’ll definitely 

be celebrating again next year! 

Robin Stevens remains popular! 

MURDER MYSTERIES 

Murder mysteries by Guild member and Principal’s Lecture speaker 

Robin Stevens (2001 – 2006 Bellairs) continue to be popular 

amongst LC readers, and we all enjoyed author Gill Lewis speaking 

to LC1 in May. 

LOWER COLLEGE HALF TERM READING CHALLENGE 

Each English set read their way through the alphabet by author 

surname and produced quick, colourful book reviews to share their 

choices. 

Ashley Ko and Robyn Lustman (LC2) 

RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION SKILLS 

Girls writing Extended Essays or undertaking the Extended Project 

Qualification (EPQ) visited the library at the University of the West 

of England, Bristol in March to experience ‘university style’ research. 

LC1 students researched soundwaves as part of their physics 

curriculum, and LC2 girls prepared and presented background 

information to the rest of their class about Jamila Gavin’s Coram Boy. 

We have also designed a series of Personal Study Time posters for 

the junior houses to support independent learning. 

MR TODD HEAD OF LIBRARY SERVICES 

MISS SHAKESHAFT LOWER COLLEGE LIBRARIAN 

MISS MCGOWAN LIBRARY ASSISTANT 

LEAVING STAFF 

BECKY WATTS 

Becky started working in St Helen’s 

in 2012. She was well loved by the 

girls and greeted everyone with a 

warm and friendly smile. She saw 

a lot of change during her time 

here; she aided the move from the 

original St Helen’s to Bunwell, and 

then finally a return to the newly 

refurbished St Helen’s. Becky 

brought great energy and enthusiasm into the House and the 

girls enjoyed taking part in the creative activities she planned. 

Becky has now gone to work at a local Primary School as a oneto-one 

teaching assistant. She will be greatly missed. 

JEAN TAYLOR 

Jean joined College in November 

2007 as part of the Domestic 

Services team. For the past five 

years Jean has worked front of 

house, ensuring that the reception 

area always looks clean and 

shiny, come rain or shine. Her 

conscientious, committed approach 

quickly marked her as an exceptional 

team member. Jean is a person of 

principle, warmth and kindness, as well as being very popular. 

Jean is looking forward to her retirement and spending more 

time with her grandchildren. We wish her all the very best for a 

happy and enjoyable retirement. 

VERA HESKETH 

Vera has worked at College for 17 

years as our florist, and over that 

time has brought colourful and 

sweet-smelling displays to all areas 

of the school. If Vera had to single 

out one memorable event it would 

be the visit of the Queen in 2004, 

but she was also particularly fond of 

Christmas, where she could really make use of her considerable 

talents to create large seasonal displays. 

The end of the Summer Term was another favourite time of the 

year for Vera, with the scent and colours of large displays filling 

College in readiness for Speech Day and the Leavers’ Ball. 

Vera is now looking forward to spending more time with her 

family and doing some travelling with her husband. 

SHELAGH LAWRENCE 

Shelagh joined St Hilda’s on a cold 

winter’s morning back in January 

2007. Staff and students appreciated 

her warm and sunny personality and 

she did not take long to establish 

herself as an asset to the House. 

Her rota allowed her to form an 

indestructible tandem with Mrs 

Hicks and together they managed 

the House and created a loving, supportive and respectful 

environment where both girls and staff flourished. 

Shelagh is a good listener and she rapidly became everybody’s 

rock; girls would wait for her to be on duty to benefit from her 

wide-ranging know-how. She worked hard and led by example 

at all times. One of our favourite anecdotes takes us back to 

Christmas 2010 when snow caused havoc at CLC at the end 

of term. She would remember being stuck in St Hilda’s, unable 

to leave as more and more girls returned, unable to get home. 

Shelagh never lost her sense of duty or humour and deserves 

much praise for dealing with any challenges with aplomb. 

We will miss her dearly but she absolutely deserves to enjoy 

her retirement with her gorgeous granddaughter, her sons, and 

other family and friends. 

SUE JONES 

It is strange to think that Sue did not 

start her working life as a teacher. 

Having graduated from Cardiff 

University, she joined Peat Marwick 

Mitchell in Cardiff as a trainee 

accountant. 

Having been there a year she moved 

to Bristol to complete her PGCE 

and in 1985 she was appointed as a 

Maths Teacher at Howell’s School in Cardiff. In 1989 Sue arrived 

at CLC. You don’t have to be in Sue’s company long to realise 

you have the ‘real deal’. 

It is at College that Sue spent the majority of her working 

life. She has indeed made the most of the opportunities that 

working at College brings. Originally, she taught maths and 

Lower College physics. Other roles have included Assistant 

Housemistress, Higher Education Adviser, Lead Tutor and of 

course ATL and JTCC Representative. 

Sue is a highly intelligent, caring person. It is the ideal 

combination for a teacher. She has enormous respect from girls 

and staff alike; the whole department adore her. 

We know she will enjoy her retirement and although we will miss 

her enormously, we wish her all the best. 

LEAVING STAFF 

Christmas Book Display 


LEAVING STAFF 

SALLY WALLER 

Sally came to College to do a 

part-time maternity cover in 2003 

but luckily for us, she stayed! She 

is a great teacher, always open to 

new ideas, always seeking new ways 

to imbue girls with her passion for 

history and to encourage them to 

become rational, analytical thinkers 

who can reach well-formed and 

balanced judgements. She cares about the quality of their 

writing and encourages them to read and think for themselves. 

Generations of girls have been inspired by her. 

Over and above her classroom teaching, Sally has made an 

immense contribution to the teaching of history nationally 

through her work as an examiner, latterly as Chief Examiner 

at AQA which, under her leadership, has become the market 

leader in the UK. She has devised numerous different History A 

Level courses over the years, which cover a very wide range of 

periods and topics. She has written many, many textbooks for A 

Level and the IB which are themselves market leaders. 

A great colleague, Sally has been a key member of the 

department, an excellent tutor and for a number of years an 

assistant in Bayshill. She has also involved herself in a wide 

range of College activities, including Choral Society and the 

Staff Pantomime. Typical of the way that she throws herself into 

things was her membership of the CLC Staff Dance troupe that 

went to the Moulin Rouge and featured on a TV documentary. 

She is now retiring from teaching, but not examining, and 

intends to spend more time travelling and pursuing her 

cultural interests. We wish her a very happy and well-deserved 

retirement and look forward to seeing what new projects she 

undertakes. Her energy is such that there will definitely be new 

projects. 

JUDY EDWARDS 

Having completed 24 years at 

College, Judy will be hugely missed 

by all those who have known her 

over those years. She started 

working at College in 1993 as a 

cleaner both in College and at 

the boarding houses. In 2003 she 

joined the Biology Department as 

an Assistant Biology Technician 

where she has remained for the last 14 years. Judy has been a 

hugely stable and reliable force in the department and always 

has a kind word and smile for everyone that she meets. She 

has worked tirelessly to keep the biology labs stocked and tidy 

and plays a crucial role working alongside the other biology 

technicians to keep the department running as smoothly as it 

does, always providing the girls with the best experience possible 

in the classroom. Judy is now looking forward to a well-earned 

rest when she will get to spend some more time with her friends, 

children and grandchildren. 

CHRISTINE WILLIAMS 

One very lucky day for College, a 

letter from Christine to Vicky Tuck 

arrived, asking for her name to be 

placed on file in case a job in the 

History and Politics Department 

came up. Her luck was in too as 

a vacancy exactly suited to her 

talents and experience had just 

arisen and so in 2008 she joined the 

department as a part-time member of staff. 

She has only ever been part-time in the department but for the 

last few years she has actually taught more than anyone else, her 

part-timeness merely consisting of not being a tutor. She is a 

wonderful teacher with very high standards and has always been 

hugely ambitious for her pupils. She is a generous colleague, 

sharing lots of ideas and resources, and makes innovative use 

of IT – she is the queen of Simple Mind and Kahoot. She is 

always reading around her historical period or about politics and 

bringing the insights gained to her classes. 

In recent years, Christine has also run the EPQ (Extended 

Project Qualification) and under her leadership an increasing 

number of girls in the Sixth Form have done an EPQ, with much 

success – some of their projects being published in academic 

journals. She has also pioneered the HPQ (Higher Project 

Qualification) for girls below the Sixth Form. 

The organisational skills she has shown when running the 

EPQ were considerable and so it was no surprise that she was 

successful in her first application for a Head of History job. She 

is going to Rendcomb College to run their History Department. 

They are lucky to have her and we are very sorry to lose her. 

CAROLINE GAINEY 

Caroline, the Fees Accountant, 

left College by way of redundancy, 

following a restructure of the 

Finance Department, after a 

remarkable 28 years. College has 

changed significantly since 1989 and 

Caroline made us all appreciate how 

much things have moved forward. 

Since arriving Caroline has always 

been responsible for the timely and accurate billing of the fees 

and from this developed strong relationships with many parents, 

even dealing with former pupils that have now become parents. 

Caroline’s main enjoyment in the role was meeting and liaising 

with Beale Award parents and their daughters, which is a key 

aspect of College’s charitable objectives to ensure charitable 

funds are suitably spent. The role continued to provide new 

challenges over the years (even after nearly three decades!) 

but Caroline always dealt with these in a professional and 

considerate manner. 

Caroline is leaving College with an incredible wealth of 

knowledge and great stories. We will miss her greatly, as 

undoubtedly will many parents and we wish her all the best for 

her future. 

NICOLA TOWNSEND 

Joining the History Department 

in 2013, Nicola has inspired and 

challenged all the girls she has 

taught and through her exacting 

university history classes has 

enabled many girls to go on to 

read History at Oxbridge and 

other top-flight universities. Nicola 

is passionate about history and 

politics, she reads voraciously and her subject knowledge is 

deeply impressive and generously shared with the girls. 

Also generously shared has been her energy and enthusiasm. She 

has developed a number of great initiatives in the department, 

such as the History Essay competition, our use of the rich CLC 

Archive with LC3, and the link with the Royal Hospital, Chelsea 

that enables girls to go and work on their archive. She has opened 

the girls’ eyes to the rich cultural heritage of College and thus 

introduced them to the Arts and Crafts movement. She has 

pioneered public benefit links with local schools and institutions 

that have helped to support other schools with their university 

preparation. She has spoken regularly at Forum 42 and helped 

the girls who run Discuss 4 Change. 

For the last year, Nicola has been College’s US Advisor and 

here too she has been very successful in helping girls gain places 

at a range of prestigious US universities. She has brought her 

sharp mind and writing skills to bear on girls’ references and she 

has streamlined the administration and processes required for 

the role. 

Nicola is always up for a new challenge and The British School 

in Brussels is fortunate to have been able to secure her as their 

Politics Co-ordinator. She will do a very fine job. 

REVEREND NICK SCOTT 

Even though Nick was with College 

for a relatively short time, everyone 

knew him. Many knew him through 

his enthusiastic participation in Mufti 

Days. Notable outfits include Rev 

Run from Run DMC, Darth Maul, 

and of course his famous tartan 

suit. Such is Nick’s dedication to the 

cause that he once came in on his 

day off just so he could dress in Mufti. 

It is Nick’s good sense of humour which has made him so 

popular with the classes he teaches and with his tutor group. He 

has enjoyed getting to know the girls and taking an interest in 

their lives – volunteering on trips, spending time at LC3 Camp, 

and always baking a cake when it is one of his tutees’ birthdays. 

Nick has always been willing to get stuck in and his commitment 

and flexibility have been a real help to the department. He is 

always prepared to cover lessons for absent staff, help with the 

EPQ Programme and he has led several Prayers and College 

services. And through all this, the kindness and good humour 

has remained. Thank you, Nick. We will all miss you and wish you 

the very best. 

CAROLINE PELLEREAU 

Caroline has spent her whole career 

in the teaching profession. Having 

graduated from the University 

of Bristol she began teaching at 

Badminton School. Caroline then 

started her family and her next fulltime 

post was as a lecturer of maths 

at Gloscat. 

Caroline arrived at College in 

1992 as a Maths Teacher. She is an all-rounder when it comes 

to education, excelling in the pastoral and academic field. She 

was Head of Maths from 2002 - 2005 and then became Head 

of Lower College in 2005. Caroline was part of the Leadership 

Team for 10 years. Staff and girls in College have benefitted 

from her intelligence and wisdom. More recently we have 

been very lucky to have her in a part-time role in the Maths 

Department. An excellent classroom practitioner, Caroline is 

able to teach in all areas of College. The department hold her in 

the highest regard. 

Caroline now enters a new chapter of her life, and a very exciting 

one, having recently bought her dream home. She has even 

spoken about getting a new bike. We wish her well and, once 

again, a huge thank you. 

TOM BAYRAM 

Tom joined the Physics Department 

in September 2014. Although he 

was only with us for three years, he 

contributed many new ideas and 

resources to the department. His 

lessons were creative and fun; the 

problems he designed for his A 

Level mechanics lessons were often 

unusual and enjoyed by the girls, and 

his younger students looked forward 

to not only the demos and experiments that filled their lessons, 

but also to the jokes that he cracked while explaining them. 

Tom started his professional life as a civil engineer and has 

worked hard to promote engineering to the girls and to provide 

engineering opportunities for the Sixth Form. As such, he 

was the obvious candidate when an additional teacher was 

needed for the newly established Engineering, Enterprise and 

Technology Department. He was highly thought of by his 

colleagues and truly exemplifies what we, as educators, hope to 

achieve in our pupils – the hunger and curiosity to learn and the 

resilience to get stronger through failure. 

Tom was also involved in the wider aspects of College Life, 

taking part in the Staff Pantomime and running RockSoc, being 

himself a very talented musician. 

Tom is relocating to Cumbria and will be joining the Queen 

Elizabeth School. We wish him well. 

LEAVING STAFF 


LEAVING STAFF 

SEJAL PATEL 

Sejal joined College in September 2011 after completing her 

PGCE and first years of teaching in Bristol. She brought with 

her an enthusiasm for both chemistry and pedagogy which had 

an immediate impact on the department. An early example of 

this was her launch, in her first year, of the Harry Potter Potions 

Club. Hugely popular, it also provided colleagues across College 

with an introduction to Sejal as she managed to set off the fire 

alarm twice in close succession while practicing a particularly 

spectacular demonstration. She has also organised a Scientist 

Trail in recognition of Black History Month and contributed to 

the planning of an RSC Chemistry Conference in 2016. 

Teaching across LC, UC and SFC, Sejal brought a unique style 

to her lessons, implementing new strategies to assess and feed 

back to girls and encouraging others in the department to follow 

suit. Sejal was also a UC Tutor and enjoyed the pastoral aspect 

of her role, stimulating discussions with her tutees about both 

their wellbeing and their broader responsibilities within society. 

Sejal’s commitment was not only to the girls, but also to the staff, 

and her excellent organisational skills were fully in evidence when 

she became the Science Department’s official Secret Santa. 

Recently, she has enjoyed two periods of maternity leave and 

she has relished this opportunity to spend time with her young 

children. She leaves College to take up a position closer to 

home, teaching chemistry at the co-educational Sidcot School. 

We will all miss her and expect her to make just as much impact 

at Sidcot as she has here. 

FRAN HARTLEY 

Fran left College in February 

2017 after 12 years in the Finance 

Department. During this time 

she undertook a variety of roles 

which gave her a renowned wealth 

of knowledge. Fran is a sport and 

outdoor enthusiast and regularly 

assisted with the Duke of Edinburgh 

expeditions. 

Fran left College for an opportunity with greater responsibility – 

she is greatly missed but we wish her all the best with her future 

endeavours. 

ALISON WHITTALL 

Four things made Alison so good 

at her job as a Learning Support 

Coach. Firstly, she had the enviable 

knack of being able to deconstruct 

the complex, make it simple and 

then explain it in a deceptively 

straightforward manner to her 

students. Result? The unfathomable 

would become accessible, whilst her 

students developed confidence from knowing that they had the 

ability to understand something difficult all along. They simply 

needed it explaining in a way they could grasp and apply it. 

Secondly, subject knowledge and preparation. Einstein said “If 

you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” 

and Ali achieved this effortlessly because she was always 

thoroughly prepared. Thirdly, Ali understood the importance 

of keeping a sense of perspective and she always tried to imbue 

this in her students. Lastly, the best teachers never stop learning 

or challenging themselves. We wish Ali well as she completes 

the final part of another Master’s degree and seeks new and 

exciting ways of kindling the creative spirit that makes a wellrounded 

teacher. 

CHRISTINE JOHNSTONE 

Christine has been a visiting 

Teacher of Cello since 1995. She has 

taught many cellists to a very high 

standard, she is greatly respected 

by her students and her colleagues, 

and is renowned for her kindness 

and her constant smile. We are also 

extremely grateful for her expertise 

as a teacher of music theory. She 

has helped many girls overcome the 

arcane language, which underlies music, with patience and skill. 

We are grateful to Christine for her constancy and long service. 

We will miss her musical prowess and her friendship. 

HELEN PIKE 

Helen has shown great care and 

compassion for the girls she has 

taught during her time in College, 

often going above-and-beyond to 

prepare creative, engaging lessons 

which have inspired her students. 

Helen has also enjoyed working 

collaboratively with her colleagues 

in the English Department and we 

will miss her thoughtful gestures of 

support. During her time in College, Helen has shown unfailing 

enthusiasm and passion for English both within and beyond 

the classroom, from helping to arrange theatre trips to running 

public speaking clubs. Helen will be missed and we wish her 

every success in the future. 

NICK MORTON 

Nick first joined College as a 

part-time teacher of Outdoor 

Education in September 2004. 

He had previously been teaching 

Physics at Bangkok Patana School, 

the British International School in 

Thailand. His legacy to College is an 

Outdoor Education provision that is 

seen as fundamental to the holistic 

education we provide for the girls. LC3 Camp and the Duke of 

Edinburgh Award are part of that legacy. Nick accompanied an 

overseas expedition to India, an area he is passionate about, and 

he maintained a link with the school where the girls volunteered 

and their fundraising helped to provide a computer, internet 

access and an IT teacher. 

Nick’s love of travelling led to him taking a sabbatical year in 

September 2014 with his wife, Sue. They spent the first part of 

the sabbatical in Nepal, Tibet, Borneo, Burma and Thailand, and 

the second circumnavigating Britain by bicycle. 

During the trip they returned to Bangkok Patana School to 

continue some research they had started, looking at international 

mindedness. Sue and Nick did much to promote international 

mindedness and intercultural awareness at College. Their 

understanding and love of Thai culture brought to College Loi 

Krathong celebrations which involved a lot of Thai cooking, 

eating, and the creation of beautiful boats and baskets that were 

candle-lit and floated on the College pond. 

Nick returned from his sabbatical to teach physics full-time in 

September 2015. The department has benefitted from his fresh 

approach, new ideas, practical skills and new resources. He is 

always determined to give his students a positive experience and 

cares for each student as an individual. He is remembered by his 

students as a supportive teacher whose lessons were thoughtprovoking 

and went beyond the syllabus. He also did much to 

facilitate the girls with an interest in engineering. 

Nick is leaving to continue his travels with his wife, Sue. We wish 

them both well. 

SAMANTHA DAY 

Sam left College in February this 

year after 12 years of working parttime 

in The Bookstation. She will 

be best known for her smile and her 

ability to talk! Although Sam only 

worked two-and-a-half days, she 

seemed to know everything that was 

going on in College as she talked to 

everyone. Whether it was to the girls 

or to members of staff, she treated 

everyone with the same calm and friendly manner. Now that her 

two boys have finally left home, Sam will be able to indulge in 

more breaks away with her husband Kevin. We wish her all the 

best with her future life as a lady of leisure! 

LEXIE NESTOR-POWELL 

Lexie arrived at College in 

September 2013 from Llandovery 

College where she had previously 

been a Housemistress and teacher 

of Business Studies. She quickly 

settled into St Helen’s with her 

husband John and two little girls. 

With the House one year away 

from a refurbishment, as their new 

Housemistress, her first thoughts were to improve the current 

surroundings for the girls. Before officially in post, she set to 

with paintbrushes and new ideas to transform the environment 

in which they would live for 12 months ahead of the move to 

Bunwell. During this first year, Lexie also focused her talents on 

the refurbishment designs for the ‘new’ House and it is in large 

part thanks to her that the St Helen’s girls now reside in a well 

thought-out and beautifully furnished home. 

That said, Lexie’s vision for the House was not just about fixtures 

and fittings, rather that every girl should feel fully integrated as 

a part of the whole. Under Lexie’s watchful eye, the St Helen’s 

girls enjoyed three years of no-nonsense, consistent, positive 

care where they were given plenty of opportunity for fun and 

relaxation but where they were also expected to work hard, take 

responsibility for their actions and be honest and supportive of 

each other and the staff. To offset the hard work, exciting new 

House events such as the ‘Feast’ quickly established themselves 

as a tradition. It is perhaps no surprise therefore that this is how 

the girls chose to say their goodbyes to Lexie when she left, at 

Christmas, to take up her post as Director of Boarding at the 

Ryde School, Isle of White. We wish her well. 

ELEONOR HANSEN 

Eleonor joined the Modern Foreign 

Languages Department as Visiting 

Spanish Teacher in September 2010. 

Over the past seven years, she has 

supported and inspired many girls. 

She was always totally committed to 

the girls’ wellbeing and happiness as 

well as their academic progress and 

achievements. Described as loving, 

patient and maternal, the department and College will miss her. 

Caminante, son tus huellas 

el camino y nada más; 

Caminante, no hay camino, 

se hace camino al andar. 

Al andar se hace el camino, 

y al volver la vista atrás 

se ve la senda que nunca 

se ha de volver a pisar. 

Caminante no hay camino 

sino estelas en la mar. 

This poem by Antonio Machado, which invites us to discover 

new horizons, people and places, will no doubt be an inspiration 

for a happy and fulfilling retirement. 

LEAVING STAFF 


LEAVING STAFF 

LAURA BURSEY- 

FAULKNER 

Laura joined College in April 2014 

after stints at both Oakham and 

Oundle and was an experienced 

singing teacher as well as pastoral 

carer. Taking on a House part-way 

through the year is never easy but 

Laura was certainly up to the task 

and immediately threw herself into 

ensuring that neither girls nor staff at St Margaret’s missed a 

beat as they entered the examination term. She was also there 

to support them through adversity as the House suffered great 

sadness in that Summer Term and Laura’s empathy and support 

was a tower of strength for all as they came to terms with their 

loss. 

Laura is kind and compassionate and cares deeply about her 

girls, ensuring that they have all they need to enjoy life in the 

House, and do as much by focus, hard work and achievement 

as through fun, relaxation and recreation. Laura’s appreciation 

of the benefits of the latter has meant that for the last two 

years she has also run the Weekend Programme alongside 

her Housemistress role and this, more than anything else, has 

highlighted the efficiency of her organisational skills and her 

outstanding attention to detail. Under her management it has 

gone from strength to strength, opening more widely to the day 

girls as well as boarders and expanding to incorporate a growing 

schedule of trips together with a greater variety of fun and 

creative House-based activities. 

As a former professional singer, Laura was never happier than 

when making music with her girls. Although the restrictions of 

her Housemistress role meant that she couldn’t teach singing 

at College, she was always on hand to work with the many St 

Margaret’s girls who shared her passion and we all enjoyed the 

numerous occasions when they came together to perform in 

church or at House events. 

Laura now moves to Benenden to take up the reigns of another 

House and we wish her, her husband Jason and son Archie all 

the best in this new phase of their lives. 

JO WINTLE 

Jo first came to College as a 

teacher of English in 2007 and we 

knew immediately that College 

had been fortunate enough to 

appoint a truly gifted professional. 

A hugely inspirational teacher not 

only because of her knowledge and 

enthusiasm for literature, but also 

because of her boundless capacity 

for positivity and kindness. Previous 

experience as an IB student and as a teacher at Sevenoaks 

meant that, in particular, she has taken responsibility for the IB 

English course and colleagues and girls alike have benefitted 

from her wisdom and advice. 

This same empathetic wisdom and advice was applied to 

higher education when, after a short stint away, Jo returned 

to College in April 2011 as Head of the Professional Guidance 

Centre. Under her leadership, all girls in UC5 and SFC1 were 

interviewed to help them understand their university and career 

ambitions and the requirements and demands. The programme 

of guidance was also extended into Lower College where even 

at this early stage, girls were asked to consider their strengths 

and interests and encouraged to consider these in the context of 

their option choices and next steps. 

Jo’s sensitivity, unfailing good humour and intuitive ability 

with people meant that she was ideally suited to the role of a 

Housemistress and her particular experience with Sixth Form 

girls saw Beale as a perfect House on which she might work her 

magic. For the past two-and-a-half years she has applied her 

natural pastoral skills unstintingly to the benefit of those fortunate 

enough to be in her care. Together with her husband Simon and 

son Arthur, Jo now moves to establish a new boarding house at 

Cheltenham College and our loss is most certainly their gain. We 

wish her luck and hope she will stay in touch. 

BEVERLEY GRAHAM 

JONES 

Beverley came to College as a 

part-time assistant in the Food 

Technology Department 26 years 

ago, but in 2001 she joined The 

Bookstation, the College stationery 

and gift shop. Beverley’s knowledge 

of College and all its quirks proved 

invaluable. She instinctively knew 

all the dates of exams, reunions, exeats and holidays. She 

was an excellent administrator and very organised which was 

appreciated especially at the dreaded stocktakes. 

Beverley has seen so many changes at College over the years 

and enjoyed being part of the College community, particularly 

helping out at the Guild Reunions, but also attending the 

many plays and concerts that are held throughout the year. We 

will miss Beverley greatly but she will now get to spend more 

time with her husband Malcolm, their four grandchildren, and 

enjoying their holiday home in Cornwall – there might even be 

time to make use of the “retirement chair”. 

ANDY WATT 

Andy joined College in September 

1995 and worked in the Art 

Department for 22 years. With a 

Fine Art background, he also taught 

painting, printmaking and sculpture. 

Andy embraced changes to art 

education over the years with new 

experiences and approaches to using 

media including digital photography 

and textiles. His enduring passion has always been for painting 

however, and the work in this year’s GCSE exhibition reflects 

the high levels of technical skill his students achieved under his 

careful guidance. An approachable, cheerful and enthusiastic 

teacher, Andy shared his knowledge of artists, enjoyed working in 

the print room, and happily gave his time to allow girls access to 

College art facilities at the end of the school day. 

Organising Life Drawing classes for Sixth Form with an inspiring 

programme of activities from methodical drawing to more 

experimental, fun approaches, helped the girls really learn 

how to draw the figure. Generations of Sixth Form girls have 

benefitted from his classes and more importantly, their portfolios 

were all the stronger for Andy’s commitment. Many girls Andy 

taught went on to develop their creative talents as artists, 

photographers, graphic designers, textile designers, filmmakers, 

animators and architects. 

Keen to extend girls’ experience of art beyond the classroom, 

Andy accompanied and organised trips abroad as well as visits 

to major art galleries and museums. 

Andy has many plans and projects for his retirement – painting, 

walking and gardening. 

We wish Andy every success with the next stage in his creative 

career. 

WILL HALL 

Will joined the Music Department 

as a Teacher of the Trombone and 

Lower Brass in 2008. He has worked 

hard to encourage students to study 

brass, which is not always easy in a 

girls’ school. He has been extremely 

popular amongst his students, who, 

over the past nine years, have made 

an ever more positive and significant 

impact on our orchestras and ensembles. 

Will coached the Brass Ensemble, which performed regularly, 

but which is most renowned for playing carols before our annual 

Christmas Concert. Will also made invaluable contributions to 

performances by our Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind 

Band and Jazz Band. We will miss his versatile musicianship and 

his great enthusiasm. 

CHRIS POLLOCK 

Chris joined the Physics 

Department in September 2013 and 

was regarded by his colleagues as a 

most conscientious, hard-working, 

kind, generous and supportive 

man with a quick wit and a keen 

eye for detail; a person of great 

sensitivity and deep intellect. 

He taught across the age range 

and his students grew to respect 

and admire him. His lessons were positive and enthusiastic 

and he led by example, always experimenting, willing to help 

in practicals and encouraging girls to question and display 

intellectual curiosity. His lessons were challenging academically, 

almost always involved the production and analysis of a graph 

but, with the help of his unique sense of humour and colourful 

explanations, his students were able to grasp difficult concepts 

and understand how physics relates to real life. 

Chris has also brought much to the Physics Department and 

to College generously giving of his time. He has taught Car 

Maintenance as part of the Wellbeing Programme and has done 

much to promote an interest in Astronomy with the Starlab, not 

only in College, but through Outreach activities as well. 

It was fitting that we should welcome his idol Professor Jim 

Al-Khalili to College as part of the Science Festival this year and 

that Chris should interview him. 

Chris leaves to start a new life in Belgium with his wife, Nicola, 

and two children. We wish them well. 

JONATHAN MORGAN 

Jonathan joined College in 2003 as 

a Teacher of the Recorder and the 

Flute. As a Baroque specialist, he 

brought a great deal to the Music 

Department’s provision, running a 

Recorder Consort and teaching the 

recorder to the highest level. Several 

of his students reached an extremely 

high standard of performance, 

including Rowan Douglas who received a prolonged, standing 

ovation for her rendition of Krähmer’s Rondo Hongrois at her 

final Summer Concert. Jonathan is extremely knowledgeable 

on diverse topics of interest. Beyond his teaching and coaching, 

he has made invaluable contributions as a trombonist to our 

Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Band and Symphonic Wind Band. 

He is highly respected by students and staff, renowned for his 

intellect, musicianship and kindness. We will miss his expertise, 

his versatility and his solicitude. 

LEAVING STAFF 


LEAVING STAFF 

ROB LEE 

AND GARY NOON 

In recent months we have seen 

the retirement of both the Works 

Department electricians. Rob joined 

us on 1st May 2008, followed closely 

by Gary on 4th August 2008. Both 

coming from different professional 

backgrounds, they took on roles as 

required and became an integral 

part of our small team. 

Rob primarily dealt with the 

boarding houses while Gary 

remained mainly at College (Gary 

being the ‘tall one’ and Rob being 

the one most likely to engage in 

conversation on any subject). Over 

that period, both were involved 

not only with daily repairs but 

also helped with the gathering of 

important information regarding our 

emergency lighting and our fixed electrical infrastructure. They 

were also heavily involved with the development of the new 

electronic helpdesk, which we are all now using. 

Rob’s plan is to retire, enjoy a drink or two at his local, and build 

a model train in his garden – model trains and engineering are 

his passions. Gary is looking to leave our shores and move to a 

much warmer climate in sunny Spain. We wish them both good 

luck and a long and happy retirement. 

Thanks gents. 

SUE MORTON 

Sue has done a huge amount in 

College and her presence will 

be greatly missed in the Biology 

Department and across College as a 

whole. For the past 12 years she has 

been a much loved and inspirational 

teacher. She has a true love for 

biology which she shares with all 

of her students – she is particularly 

passionate about all things environmental. It is a result of her 

hard work and dedication that the ESS course (Environmental 

Systems and Societies) course now runs as part of the IB 

Programme. 

Over the years, Sue has done a huge amount in College, 

including leading the Saturday Programme for four years, 

running both the Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh 

programmes and accompanying numerous Outdoor Education 

overseas trips. Sue starts her retirement full of excitement and 

a sense of adventure and there is no doubt that she and Nick 

will have an incredibly fulfilled and perhaps less-than-traditional 

retirement. Sue will be truly missed by the whole school 

community but we wish her well in her retirement and look 

forward to hearing more about her adventures in the not-toodistant 

future. 

SAMANTHA BAGCHI 

Samantha joined College in January 

2013 as Development Director, 

having returned to the UK from 

Australia where she had led the 

development work for the Sydney 

Opera House. As godmother to a 

CLC pupil, Samantha has a deep 

and passionate connection to the 

importance of girls’ education in the 

21st century, bringing her vision and imagination to College in 

ways that will have an impact for many years. 

In addition to leading a fundraising team that has raised several 

million pounds for College over the past few years, Samantha 

knew that connecting people, mentoring and inspiring through 

the sharing of ideas are just as important to education as 

facilities. She was also passionate about increasing funds for 

our Beale Awards, enabling girls to attend CLC who would 

otherwise not have the opportunity to do so. During her time 

in post, we have seen an increase in the number of Guild 

members reconnecting with College, and greater visibility of 

the invaluable treasures within our Archive, including a field 

telephone that went to the Antarctic with the Scott Polar 

Expedition, letters from soldiers on the front line in WWI and a 

hand-written letter from Charles Darwin. Rediscovering afresh 

some of our pioneering history as part of our 160th anniversary 

celebrations has provided momentum and interest lasting well 

beyond the anniversary itself. 

Having not worked in a school environment before, Samantha 

would never take a status quo for granted, and her questions 

about ‘how we do things’ often led to different innovations. 

These included a strategy for long-term fundraising in College, 

the establishment of a Bellis Committee for legacies, our first 

Beale Ambassadors for bursaries, and the launch of CLC 

Flourish (our overarching long-term fundraising campaign). 

It also led to new ways of using and inhabiting our spaces, so we 

have enjoyed dinner in the Gym, drinks in the Library and the 

reopening of Miss Beale’s original entrance into College onto 

the Marble Corridor. Significantly, she initiated and brokered 

College’s first formal partnership with the Cheltenham Festivals. 

This relationship has brought some extraordinary and inspiring 

people into College, and given girls and staff unique access to 

sold-out events and world-class inspiration on our doorstep. 

In addition she is a well-read, interested, versatile, agile, eloquent 

and passionate person who cared deeply about doing the very 

best for College. 

Her new role takes her to London as Development Director for 

the Royal College of Engineering. We wish her well. 

REVEREND KATIE MCCLURE 

Katie returned to College as Chaplain and member of the 

Classics Department in April 2013, having taught here several 

years ago. It has been a ‘circular’ journey in that she joined us 

having been Chaplain at Cheltenham Hospital, and almost four 

years later she returned to hospital chaplaincy in Cheltenham 

and Gloucester in January 2017. 

We have been very fortunate to have the spiritual heartbeat of 

College tended to and nourished by this very special person for 

so long. Highly intelligent, well-read, versatile, musical, sensitive, 

eloquent and kind, she ‘wears her learning lightly’ and with great 

modesty. With the gifts of a natural teacher, her soothing tones 

and lyrical cadence when speaking effortlessly complemented 

the narrative arc of her ideas, her argument, or simply her 

presentation of timeless words of wisdom and comfort from 

those who have gone before us on this Earth. Often we were 

treated to images of wonderful art, and introduced to poets 

and writers whose words provided an enriching accompaniment 

to her central themes. Girls and staff of all faiths and none 

have been befriended, supported and inspired by her inclusive 

warmth, her respect for different religious traditions and her 

commitment to supporting the journey of faith in others, 

whatever that might be. 

Katie was able to make visiting speakers feel welcomed and 

supported when speaking to College, adapting her own personal 

style and approach with ease to accommodate new voices. Over 

the years, she greatly increased the levels of participation in 

Sunday services from the girls and staff, giving us a real sense 

of ownership and meaning, and helping to bring scripture to 

life with relevance for our time. In addition to more traditional 

services, she led some unforgettable Pet Blessing Services in the 

Princess Hall, Taizé evensong and also healing services through 

prayer. Always in the Quiet Room each morning holding us all 

in her thoughts and prayers, she was also a source of enormous 

comfort and support to girls and staff experiencing personal 

loss, challenge or strain. A person of deep personal integrity, 

she was able to ensure that those seeking her out for advice or 

simply to be listened to never felt judged. 

In addition to the simplicity of being present, supportive and 

compassionate in any given venue or situation, Katie also had 

great vision and creative imagination, and her crafting of the 

160th anniversary service in Gloucester Cathedral was one such 

occasion. None of us who were there will ever forget it. Whether 

on Confirmation Retreat, taking part in the Staff Pantomime, 

leading Prayers, singing in the Choral Society, teaching Greek 

and Latin to the very highest level or taking the College 

Christmas gifts to St Hilda’s East after term has ended, we will all 

have our memories of her in both private and public settings. 

Known and valued across the entire staff community, she 

is greatly missed, and the reverberations of her very human 

approach to her role and to her relationships with others will be 

with us for many months yet to come. Our warmest wishes go 

with her for peace, meaning and fulfilment in her continuing 

work. 

JEFF SPEKE 

Jeff joined the Leadership Team at 

College in 2008 as Finance Director, 

providing College with the most 

senior level of financial responsibility 

and management. He was also the 

‘face of College’ for many of our 

external relationships, including 

Cheltenham Borough Council, the 

local Chamber of Commerce and 

College’s lawyers, bankers and auditors. 

Keenly aware of the financial disciplines needed both for our 

charitable status and for a commercially successful business, 

he never lost sight of the fact that first and foremost we are a 

school, and that people and pupils matter. He had a genuine 

respect and appreciation for the interdependence of many 

aspects of a large and complex boarding school, and on many 

occasions brought fresh objectivity, crispness and challenge to 

internal discussions of a strategic nature. As a colleague, Jeff 

always spoke his mind, and he was able to do so in a constructive 

manner. 

As one of the largest boarding schools in the country, College 

also has a strong worldwide reputation for excellence. Sustaining 

this performance requires strong, agile and responsive 

management in all areas of College; Jeff also chaired the 

meetings of Support Managers, whose teams together comprise 

over 400 staff. Over the past five years, around £30m has been 

invested in maintaining and developing our estate, occupying a 

challenging dispersed site in a town-centre location. Jeff played 

a key role in achieving the momentum needed to deliver on 

these new projects, and in this sense he leaves College a very 

tangible and impressive legacy. 

Jeff’s opinions were respected for being impartial and honest; 

he would also be open to changing his mind if evidence and 

argument convinced him to do so. Willing to learn and to share 

his own knowledge and insight, he was a receptive listener and as 

the father of two CLC girls and a son this was also an invaluable 

quality! 

We wish him well for the future. 

LEAVING STAFF 


AWARDS 

AWARDS 2016-17 

Advanced String Open Class 

Allen Shield 

(awarded to the student who showed 

determination throughout the athletic season 

and performance) 

The Anita Hewitt-Jones 

Composition Prize 

The Anita Hewitt-Jones Lower 

College Chamber Music Cup 

The Anne Baker Trophy 

The Athena Ko Economics Prize 

Kamsi Adichie, Maia Jones 

Hailey Stevens 

Elizabeth Bell and Siobhan Leung 

Alexia Dunley, Valerie Ma, 

Charmaine Chang, Amy Oh, 

Hannah Brooks-Hughes 

Zimeng Wu 

Natalya Moore 

The Dr Martin Prize for Chemistry 

(awarded for the highest mark in College for 

Chemistry GCSE) 

Economics Department Prize 

The Elizabeth King Turner Prize 

The Elizabeth Philipson-Stow Prize 

for Junior Art 

The Emily Sumaria Top Goal Scorer 

of the Year Award 

The Ennis Cup 

Essex Chatfield-Roberts Trophy 

(awarded to the best individual performer at 

House Athletics) 

Charlotte Firkins 

Lottie Heynen 

Matilda Fawcett 

Ekata Luitel 

Mollie D’Arcy Rice 

Mary Olatunji 

Mollie D’Arcy Rice, Victoria Shaw 

The Jameson Rose Bowl 

(awarded to the student attaining the highest 

marks in the music examinations of the 

Associate Board during the year) 

The Jamie Cup 

(for commitment and contribution) 

Jardine-Young Fencing Award 

(awarded to the student who showed 

outstanding commitment and contribution) 

Junior String Open Class 

The Katie Lees Award for 

Musicianship 

(awarded to the student who has shown a 

consistently high standard of musicianship in 

their playing throughout the year) 

The Kensington Chimes Art Award 

Hannah Brooks-Hughes 

Ellie Dunford-Wood 

Elspeth Charles-Jones 

Naomi Chang 

Siobhan Leung 

St Clare 

Ralph Netball Shield 

(awarded to a member of the Senior Netball 

Team for commitment to College Netball) 

Ripieno Cup 

(awarded to a non-music scholar of any age 

for her contribution to College music) 

The Robert Hutchings Prize for 

Physics 

(awarded to the SFC2 student who has shown 

great potential in Physics and takes an active 

role in the department) 

The Rosemary Auger Award 

(for the highest mark in IGCSE Biology) 

The Roy Raby Prize 

(awarded to the girl who has shown great 

commitment to music-making in College) 

Alice Grundon 

Shireen Gamadia, Zara Norman 

Amelia Rupp 

Charlotte Firkins 

Elizabeth Bell, Juliana Choi, Tilly Clark, 

Chloe Edwards, Yocia Li 

AWARDS 

The Audrey Livingstone Award 

(for best all-rounders) 

The Barbara August Art Prize 

(awarded to the SFC2 who has attained a 

consistently high standard of work throughout 

the year) 

The Barbara Winn Memorial Prize 

(awarded to the girl in LC who has made a 

determined and sustained effort to improve 

her mathematical attainment) 

The Broadwood Performance 

Trophy 

(awarded to a non-music scholar who has 

shown dedication in her chosen instrument 

and demonstrated a consistently high standard 

of performance) 

Burton Trophy 

(awarded to the student who has shown 

commitment, improvement and good team 

play throughout the season) 

The Captain of Rowing Cup 

Imi Brumpton, Serena Chan, 

Xanthe Dobbs, Matilda Dugdale, 

Hermione Lloyd-Horton 


Islay Riddick 

Ella Downey, Lydia Green, Alice Joyce 

Tamara Gibbons 

Victoria Mann 

The Essex Hope Scholarship for 

English 

The Essex Hope Scholarship for 

History 

The Fairley Prize for Languages 

(for the highest mark in GCSE for a girl 

continuing to study languages in the Sixth 

Form) 

The Fiona Carr Cup 

The Gough Chamber Music Prize 

(awarded to the student for the most 

outstanding contribution to Chamber Music 

throughout her time in College) 

The Grayling Prize for Achievement 

in Philosophy 

(for the SFC student who has produced 

outstanding written work in philosophy, 

showing the ability to think independently and 

critically) 

Catherine Ogilvy, Alexandra Beukers, 

Clara Portwood 

Stephanie Xie, Yung Lo, Jemima Terry 

French: Lily Jones, Hannah Veasey 

Italian: Emilie Doré-Green, 

Olivia Bogard 

Spanish: Nina Butslova, Syrie Nason 

Chinese: Sophie Wand, 

Sonya Evlanchik 

Izzy Markham for the role as Hamlet 

Chloe Edwards, Yocia Li, Venus Ma, 

Corliss Wong 

Kitty Agnew 

The King Geography Prize 

The Land & Dalglish Cup 

(awarded to the lacrosse player who has made 

the most improvement) 

The Lock Cello Prize 

The Louise Hall Cup 

(awarded each term to a LC girl for all-round 

sporting achievement) 

Machin Cup 

The Margaret Clayton Painting 

Prize 

(awarded for the best watercolour painting) 

The Martin-Fagg Goalkeeping 

Award 

(awarded to the hockey goalkeeper who has 

shown the most promise and commitment) 

Mary Louise Thompson Prize for 

History 

Esme Smith 

Mia Hurst 

Elizabeth Green 

Autumn: Olivia Freer, Scarlett Paton, 

Becky Todd 

Spring: Scarlett Paton 

Summer: Eloise Stewart-Richardson 

Sophie Roberts 

Sarah Fan 

Lauren Henry 

Ellie Dunford-Wood, Venus Ma 

The Salisbury Violin Prize 

The Salmon Prize 

(awarded to the most outstanding SFC2 A 

Level Economist) 

Senior Sports Committee: 

Aesthetic Activities 

(Dance, Trampolining, Gym) 

Athletics 

Badminton 

Cross Country 

Equestrian 

Fitness/Physical Recreation Activities 

Football 

Hockey 

Lacrosse 

Netball 

Polo 

Rowing 

Squash 

Swimming and Water Polo 

Tennis 

Volleyball 

Water Polo 

Jasmine Adams 

Giovanna Lau 

Argyro Olympitis 

Mollie D’Arcy Rice 

Sophie Hor 

Victoria Shaw 

Ulla Smirnova 

Maddie Lloyd 

Bernadette Chee 

Elina Bjorheim 

Maddie Cooper 

Emily Morgan 

Tamara Gibbons 

Leora Baxter-Zorina 

Emily Miles 

Rosealeen Lo 

Riya Kantaria 

Lara Ritchie 

Lucy Saunders 

The Captain’s Trophy 

The Charity Fundraising Trophy 

The Chemistry Practicals Award 

(awarded to the students who have shown 

the most significant improvement and 

commitment in lab work) 

Clynne Cup U13 



The Counsell Prize 

(for achievement in A Level Religious Studies) 

The Cup for Good Fellowing 

The Curtis Recital Plate 

(awarded to the student who gave the best 

recital during the year) 

The Douglas-Jones Memorial Prize 

(for high achievement in the Religious 

Studies summer exam and impressive work 

throughout LC) 

Autumn: Zimeng Wu 

Spring: Olivia O’Hara 

UC4 Young Enterprise teams: 

Cogito, Glazed 

Ella Ykema, Kara Wong 

Isabella Collins 

Holly Bruton 

Rosealeen Lo 

Lettie Tsang 

Tofunmi Adeyemi 

Siobhan Leung 

Jiya Chathley 

The Greenop Violin Medal 

The Guild Award 

Harrison Cup 

(awarded to a member of the junior squads for 

being the most improved player) 

The Harvard Book Prize 

(awarded to an outstanding SFC1 student 

who is academically excellent, with exceptional 

personal qualities, and who makes a significant 

contribution to College or the community) 

Hebblethwaite Award for English 

(awarded to the UC4 who has made the most 

progress in English during the year) 

The Holloway Prize for History of 

Art 

Hoole Cup 

(awarded to the best all-round athlete) 

House Conduct Cup 

The Huntingdon Trophy 

(awarded to the most improved hockey player) 

Jeannie Lam 

Bella McLaughlan 

Lottie Rowlins 

Rita Kan 

Katie Bowden, Adaora Ubosi, 

Chloe Keung, Zarina Ivanova, 

Czeska Sztuka 

Jemima Terry 

Sophie Brown 

St Clare 

Rachel Fraser 

The Olive Ward Prize 

(awarded to the SFC2 who has achieved the 

highest mark in A Level Chemistry and is 

continuing to study chemistry at university) 

The Olive Woodington Cello Prize 

The Overland Shield 

The Paddy Memorial Prize 

(awarded to the girl who has made a 

significant contribution to the community) 

The Pat Dodds Prize 

(awarded to the girl in LC2 who has made 

the greatest improvement in academic work 

during this year) 

The Penhale Shield 

The Philippa Permewan Prize 

(awarded for the highest mark in College for 

English Literature IGCSE) 

The Postlip Cup 

The Queenie Lau Trophy 

(awarded to an UC student for her 

contribution to the musical life of College 

during the year) 

Victoria Ling 

Alexia Dunley 


Yung Lo 

Angelina Pan 

Glenlee 

Alexandra Beukers 


Jeannie Lam 

Senior String Open Class 

The Shafie Cup 

The Singing Cup 

(awarded to the student who has made the 

greatest contribution to singing in College 

over the past year) 

The Solly Cup 

The Strass Cup 

The Steph Chung Trophy 

(awarded to the most improved squash player 

over the season) 

The Williams Viola Prize 

The Winsor Newton Award 

The Wood Prize 

(awarded to the SFC2 Geographer who 

shows the most commitment to the subject) 

Vicky Tuck Scholarship 

Jenny Wang 

Trinity Donohugh 

Elizabeth Bell 

Charlotte McDowall 


Joycelyne Sun 

Jasmine Adekola 

For achievement: Clarice Hu 

For improvement: Tara Nivison 

Ella Foster 

Valentina Addis 


AWARDS 

LAMDA RESULTS 

The following girls gained their LAMDA certificates 

in the Autumn Term 2016 


in the Spring Term 2017 


in the Summer Term 2017 

AWARDS 

GRADE 6 

GRADE 6 

DISTINCTION 

GRADE 6 

DISTINCTION 

DISTINCTION 

Ying Ong 82 Group Acting 

DISTINCTION 

Simran Arora 93 Speaking Verse and Prose 

Oluwatoyosi Ayeni 92 Duo Acting 

Clara Portwood 86 Duo Acting 

Afua Adomakoh 85 Duo Acting 

Lauren Dudlyke 75 Duo Acting 

Carissa Cullen 90 Solo Acting 

Lorna Rolinson 82 Speaking Verse and Prose 

Gloria Bassey 85 Group Acting 

Lulu Goad 80 Solo Acting 

Tasha Dezelsky 80 Group Acting 

Elizabeth Romanova 88 Group Acting 

Lulu Brabbins 90 Solo Acting 

Annabelle Hoy 80 Duo Acting 

Kira Hoare 84 Group Acting 

Megha Uppal 88 Group Acting 

Kateryna Fedorovska 87 Group Musical Theatre 

Megan Irvine-Mordaunt 80 Speaking in Public 

Cordelia Kenner 84 Group Acting 

India de Waal 88 Group Acting 

Ahina Ip 94 Duo Acting 

Amy Stocks 81 Duo Acting 

Za Kosobucki 80 Group Acting 

MERIT 

Antonina Kudryashova 80 Speaking in Public 

Sharon Tong 86 Solo Acting 

Florence Lee 84 Group Acting 

Chloe Cooke-Yarborough 76 Duo Acting 

Anson Law 87 Group Musical Theatre 

Hannah Veasey 86 Solo Acting 

Coco Li 82 Duo Acting 

Maddie Cooper 71 Solo Acting 

Ivy Ng 85 Group Acting 

Jenny Wang 86 Duo Acting 

Jeanette Lim 84 Group Acting 

Audrey Kwong 72 Solo Acting 

Olaedo Okoroafor 85 Duo Acting 

Maddie Lloyd 89 Duo Acting 

Catie Miller 77 Solo Acting 

Priyanka Patel 85 Group Acting 

GRADE 7 

Gabrielle Nuttall 90 Group Acting 

Maddie Peel 74 Duo Acting 

Hannah Schick 87 Group Musical Theatre 

MERIT 

Emmanuella Oronsaye 80 Group Acting 

Elspeth Proudlock 78 Duo Acting 

Naomi Townsend 87 Group Musical Theatre 

Georgie Henderson-Gibb 70 Duo Acting 

Georgina Osborne 90 Group Acting 

Katherine Wai 75 Solo Acting 

Adaora Ubosi 85 Group Acting 

Jacqueline Ransley 70 Solo Acting 

Charlotte Scott 87 Solo Acting 

Jenny Wong 94 Duo Acting 

Holly Wilcox Routledge 75 Duo Acting 

Eleanor Smith 80 Group Acting 

GRADE 8 

Isobel Smith 90 Group Acting 

DISTINCTION 

GRADE 7 

GRADE 8 

Freya Thompson 80 Group Acting 

Tofunmi Adeyemi 93 Group Acting 

DISTINCTION 

DISTINCTION 

Elizabeth Thresh 90 Group Acting 

Cordelia Archer 80 Solo Acting 

Emilie Doré-Green 91 Group Acting 

Matilda Fawcett 93 Duo Acting 

Salome Zhao 86 Duo Acting 

Hester Elvidge 83 Group Musical Theatre 

Ottilie McGrigor 91 Group Acting 

Nabilla Gobir 83 Group Acting 

MERIT 

Chinyere Hatton 93 Group Acting 

Syrie Nason 91 Group Acting 

Tegan Harris 83 Group Acting 

Femi Adedotun-Sulaiman 65 Speaking in Public 

Lottie Heynen 83 Group Musical Theatre 

Zara Norman 96 Duo Acting 

Isabelle Mathews 82 Speaking Verse and Prose 

Emma Boyden 77 Solo Acting 

Lara Hillcoat 93 Group Acting 

Francine Tam 91 Group Acting 

Ruby Sowerbutts 93 Duo Acting 

Flora Halford 73 Group Acting 

Sophia Leonard-Buisson 85 Speaking in Public 

MERIT 

Maddie Thresh 80 Duo Musical Theatre 

Maia Harrison 73 Duo Acting 

Yasmin Malik 93 Group Acting 

Ella Mabon 77 Solo Acting 

Alice Whitting 83 Group Acting 

Una Leung 73 Group Acting 

Kasom Obi 83 Group Musical Theatre 

MERIT 

Zoi Moir 78 Duo Acting 

Cosima Rice 83 Group Musical Theatre 

GRADE 8 

Elizabeth Bell 75 Duo Musical Theatre 

Karina Shethia 75 Solo Acting 

Megan Stanton-Cole 93 Group Acting 

DISTINCTION 

Elizka Watt 67 Duo Acting 

Jane Tio 73 Group Acting 

Natalie Ting 93 Group Acting 

Emily Morgan 93 Group Acting 

Amber Wild 83 Group Musical Theatre 

Catherine Ogilvy 85 Reading for Performance 

GRADE 7 

Donya Yavari 83 Group Musical Theatre 

Paris Phillips 93 Group Acting 

DISTINCTION 

MERIT 

Victoria Shaw 93 Group Acting 

Tomisin Adeyemi 88 Group Acting 

Elizabeth Bell 73 Solo Acting 

Hannah Veasey 88 Speaking Verse and Prose 

Elizabeth Chan 85 Speaking in Public 

Maddie Kenner 74 Solo Acting 

Amy Couch 88 Speaking Verse and Prose 

Yashna Mirchandani 77 Solo Acting 

Georgia Crane 81 Duo Acting 

Izzy Dockery 82 Solo Acting 

Amelia Dunne 80 Duo Acting 

Edidiong Ekoriko 82 Group Acting 

Sonya Evlanchik 87 Solo Acting 

Joy Gleason 94 Solo Acting 

Jacqueline Goh 88 Group Acting 

Tara Nivison 82 Group Acting 


AWARDS 

MUSIC RESULTS 

ABRSM PRACTICAL EXAMS 2016-2017 GRADES 6-8 TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON: PRACTICAL EXAMS 2016-2017, GRADE 6-8 

AWARDS 

NAME INSTRUMENT GRADE CATEGORY 

AUTUMN TERM 2016 

Ivy Chen Piano 8 Merit 

Emma Lake Singing 8 Merit 

Irene Mak Piano 8 Merit 

Ekaterina Nikolaeva Piano 7 Merit 

Sophie Wand Singing 7 Distinction 

Jacqueline Blinoff Singing 6 Merit 

Alice Tang Piano 6 Pass 

SPRING TERM 2017 

Jade Cheli Singing 8 Pass 

Thalia Cooley Singing 8 Merit 

Preet Gosal Piano 8 Distinction 

Alice Joyce Singing 8 Distinction 

Apple Liu Piano 8 Distinction 

Alice Markham Piano 8 Distinction 

Izzy Markham Singing 8 Distinction 

Freya Pinkerton Singing 8 Distinction 

Selina Wen Singing 8 Distinction 

Eve Wiltshire Violin 8 Pass 

Shirley Zhao Piano 8 Merit 

Hannah Brookes-Hughes Piano 7 Distinction 

Emilie Doré Green Piano 7 Distinction 

Madelaine Kenner Singing 7 Pass 

Valerie Ma Piano 7 Distinction 

Ying Ong Piano 7 Distinction 

Freya Pinkerton Violin 7 Merit 

Clara Portwood Alto Sax 7 Distinction 

Valentina Addis Piano 6 Pass 

Toyosi Ayeni Singing 6 Merit 

Jacqueline Blinoff Harp 6 Pass 

Amy Couch Clarinet 6 Pass 

Charlene Kwok Piano 6 Merit 

Arabella Lewis Piano 6 Distinction 

Ekaterina Nikolaeva Singing 6 Distinction 

Freya Pinkerton Piano 6 Merit 

Sophie Roberts Piano 6 Distinction 

Jenny Wang Piano 6 Merit 

Esther Yip 

Piano 

ARSM 

Diploma 

Distinction 


SUMMER TERM 2017 

Leora Baxter-Zorina Flute 8 Distinction 

Juliana Choi Organ 8 Merit 

Alexia Dunley Cello 8 Distinction 

Sophie Dunley Organ 8 Distinction 

Toru Obunge Viola 8 Pass 

Gaia Bellini Piano 7 Pass 

Jojo Millen Flute 7 Merit 

Clara Portwood Piano 7 Distinction 

Eunice Tan Violin 7 Merit 

Phoebe Mak Singing 6 Distinction 

Rachel Tcheng Singing 6 Distinction 

Serena Tsui Singing 6 Merit 

Jenny Wong Singing 6 Pass 


Solbi Choi Flute 8 Distinction 

Arabella Lewis Singing 8 Distinction 

Amelia Rupp Alto and Soprano Saxophone 8 Distinction 

Amelia Chilvers Singing 7 Merit 

Mollie D'Arcy Rice Flute 7 Distinction 

Violet Legge Singing 7 Distinction 

Stephanie Ngan Singing 7 Distinction 

Zara Norman Singing 7 Merit 

Ifeyinwa Atuche Singing 6 Merit 

Maia Jones Singing 6 Distinction 

Maddie Lloyd Singing 6 Pass 

Abi Owen Singing 6 Distinction 

Nina Spens Singing 6 Merit 

Claire Stephenson Oboe 6 Distinction 

Hannah Veasey Singing 6 Pass 

Bernice Wong Drum Kit 6 Merit 

TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON: RECITAL DIPLOMAS, 2016-2017 

NAME INSTRUMENT DIPLOMA CATEGORY 

Elizabeth Bell Violin Diploma ATCL Pass 

Stephanie Fong Piano Diploma ATCL Pass 

Kehinde-Dylis Whyte-Ilori Oboe Diploma ATCL Distinction 

LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC: MUSIC THEATRE (SINGING) EXAMS, 

2016-2017, GRADE 6-8 


Cordelia Archer Singing 8 Distinction 

Ella Downey Singing 8 Distinction 

Cosima Rice Singing 8 Distinction 

Madeleine Cooper Singing 6 Distinction 

Audrey Kwong Singing 6 Merit 


ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 

GCSE RESULTS 

SUBJECT ENTRIES A* A B C D E F G 

ART 35 18 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 

BIOLOGY 122 100 11 9 1 0 0 0 1 

CHEMISTRY 117 100 12 2 2 0 0 1 0 

CHINESE 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

CHINESE FL 36 24 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 

CLASS CIV 16 10 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 

CLASS GREEK 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

COMPUTING 24 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 

D&T FOOD 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 

D&T TEXT 19 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 

DRAMA 27 4 7 11 5 0 0 0 0 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 128 54 55 17 2 0 0 0 0 

ENGLISH LITERATURE 128 94 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 

FRENCH FL 57 31 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 

1st FRENCH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

GEOGRAPHY 81 59 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 

GERMAN FL 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 

HISTORY 98 75 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 

ITALIAN 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

JAPANESE 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

LATIN LANG L2 36 30 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 

LATIN LIT L2 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

MATHS 128 91 21 11 5 0 0 0 0 

MUSIC 16 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 

PHYSICS 95 83 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 

PORTUGUESE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 39 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 

RUSSIAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SPANISH FL 48 32 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 

TOTAL 1330 925 281 94 26 1 0 1 2 

ADD MATHS (FMSQ) 64 0 43 10 9 2 0 0 0 

GCSE RESULTS OVERVIEW 

128 UC5 Girls took GCSE examinations 

925 passes at grade A* = 69.5% 

281 passes at grade A = 21.1% 

Overall pass (A* - C) = 99.7% 

121 girls achieved 5 or more A* / A passes (94.5%) 

Average passes per candidate = 10.4 

25 girls achieved all A* grades 

76 girls achieved all A* / A grades 

ABDULLA, Rania 

ADDIS, Valentina 

ADEYEMI, Semilore 

ADICHIE, Kamsi 

AGARD-BRATHWAITE, Regina 

AMORNTHIEN, Grace 

ANANTAPRAYOON, Grace 

ATHAVIPACH, Nymph 

BABALOLA, Kofo 

BABBS, Lora 

BOGARD, Amy 

BOYDEN, Emma 

CHAI, Lulu 

CHAN, Hillary 

CHEN, Ivy 

CHESS, Annabel 

CHEUNG, Natalie 

CHILVERS, Amelia 

CHOO, Emma 

CHOW, Chrysanne 

CRANE, Georgia 

CROFTS, Isabelle 

CULHANE, Imogen 

DE LARRINAGA, Natalia 

DE SAINT-QUENTIN, Eléonore 

DING, Jamie 

EKORIKO, Edidiong 

ELVIDGE, Felicity 

FONG, Nicole 

FOO, Clara 

FRASER, Rachel 

GAO, Julia 

GLEASON, Joy 

GOSAL, Preet 

GREEN, Isabella 

GREYBANKS, Phoebe 

HALL, Alice 

HALL, Evelyn 

HARBUD, Charlie 

HARCOMBE, Coco 

HARDY, Anna 

HARRISON, Maia 

HARRISS, Emily 

HARTING, Florence 

HENRY, Morgan 

HINE, Amy 

HO, Sophie 

HOARE, Kira 

HOSKYNS, Tilly 

HU, Clarice 

HUA, Lydia 

HUNTER, Amy 

HURST, Mia 

HYLANDER, Lola 

JOLY, Parker 

JONES, Maia 

JONES, Megan 

KAVEH, Sarina 

KENNER, Cordelia 

KHYRA, Tunku Nadya 

KOSOBUCKI, Za 

LAM, Kitty 

LAM, Jeannie 

LEE, Florence 

LEGGE, Violet 

LEONARD, Hebe 

LI, Jemma 

LIM, Jeanette 

LIN, Lina 

MACAFEE, Megan 

MARCO, Violeta 

MATHEWS, Isabelle 

MAXSE, Jessica 

MD AJIB, Alya 

MILNE, Tilly 

NARONGCHARTSOPON, Gam 

NG, Sarah 

NICHOLSON, Felicity 

NIVISON, Tara 

NUTTALL, Gabrielle 

ONG, Ying 

ORONSAYE, Emmanuella 

OSBORNE, Georgina 

PALLISTER BEGADON, Aoife 

PEEL, Maddie 

POWELL, Alice 

PRIEST, Tamsin 

PULSIRIVIT, D-Nee 

REBOTENKO, Nina 

ROSENFELD, Ella 

SHETHIA, Karina 

A LEVEL RESULTS 

7 or more A*/A at GCSE SUBJECT ENTRIES A* A B C D E 

3 or more A* / A 

SHILSON, Helena 

(including Pre-U) at A Level 

ART 12 1 1 5 3 2 0 

SLEMECK, Coco 

SMITH, Alexandra 

ARMSTRONG, Daphne 

BIOLOGY 42 8 12 13 4 4 1 

SMITH, Eleanor 

BUSARI, Aliyah 

SMITH, Isobel 

CARSON, Clementine 

CHEMISTRY 38 6 12 12 6 1 1 

STELTER, Henrike 

CHAN, Sonia 

STOCKS, Amy 

CHINESE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 

COX, Rosemary 

STUDENIKINA, Alevtina 

CRISWELL, Wanda 

SWIRE, Siena 

CLASSICAL CIVILISATION 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 

DARWALL, Zara 

TANG, Cammy 

DUNFORD WOOD, Ellie 

TANG, Alana 

ECONOMICS 41 7 16 13 2 2 1 

DUNN, Gigi 

TANGWIWAT, Gene 

DYACHENKO, Dasha 

ENGLISH LITERATURE 30 9 12 9 0 0 0 

TAYLOR, Elizabeth 

EXCELL, Elizabeth 

THOMPSON, Freya 

FOSTER, Ella 

FRENCH 13 0 5 8 0 0 0 

THRESH, Elizabeth 

GOBIR, Munira 

TSANG, Ella Ka Wai 

FURTHER MATHEMATICS 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 

GREEN, Lydia 

UDALE, Elizabeth 

HEYNEN, Charlotte 

UTOMI, Claire 

GEOGRAPHY 20 8 9 3 0 0 0 

HILLCOAT, Lara 

VON TORKLUS, Sophie 

JIANG, Xin Yu 

WANG, Katrina 

GERMAN 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 

JORDAN, Hannah 

WANG, Jenny 

JOYCE, Alice 

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 13 1 3 7 2 0 0 

WOO, Ashlee 

KRONINGER, Rachel 

WU, Coco 

LAU, Giovanna 

HISTORY 46 15 18 9 3 1 0 

YANG, Emilie 

LEONG, Natalie 

ZHOU, Angela 

LEUNG, Siobhan 

HISTORY OF ART 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 

LI, Yocia 

ITALIAN 8 1 1 4 1 1 0 

MA, Venus 

NGAN, Stephanie 

LATIN 

MATHEMATICS 

MUSIC 

3 

55 

2 

0 

11 

1 

1 

18 

0 

0 

14 

1 

1 

4 

0 

0 

5 

0 

1 

3 

0 

NIVISON, Hannah 

RICE, Cosima 

RUPP, Amelia 

STANTON-COLE, Megan 

STURT, Isabelle 

TAYLOR, Ellenor 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 

TERRY, Jemima 

PHYSICS 18 2 4 4 7 1 0 

TSANG, Lettie 

WONG, Corliss 


RUSSIAN 

SPANISH 

12 

1 

6 

2 

0 

1 

9 

1 

2 

1 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

WU, Zimeng 

XIE, Stephanie 

YAVARI, Donya 

ZANT-BOER, Saskia 

TOTAL 378 77 133 108 35 17 8 

A LEVEL RESULTS OVERVIEW 

114 SFC2 girls sat A Level examinations 

20.4% of the passes were at grade A* 

55.6% of the passes were at grade A* or A 

84.1% of the passes were at grade A* - B 

93.4% of the passes were at grade A* - C 

Overall Pass rate 100% 

9 girls gained 3 or more A* passes (7.9%) 

37 girls gained 3 or more A* / A grades (32.5%) 




IB RESULTS 

HIGHER LEVEL 

SUBJECT ENTRIES 7 POINTS 6 POINTS 5 POINTS 4 POINTS 3 POINTS 

GROUP 1 ENGLISH 

ENGLISH A: LITERATURE 10 4 6 0 0 0 

GROUP 2 MODERN LANGUAGES AND CLASSICS 

FRENCH B 4 3 1 0 0 0 

RUSSIAN B 1 1 0 0 0 0 

GROUP 3 INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY (SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES) 

ECONOMICS 1 1 0 0 0 0 

GEOGRAPHY 3 3 0 0 0 0 

HISTORY 13 7 5 1 0 0 

PHILOSOPHY 2 1 0 1 0 0 

GROUP 4 SCIENCE 

BIOLOGY 7 3 3 1 0 0 

CHEMISTRY 4 2 1 0 1 0 

PHYSICS 4 1 2 1 0 0 

GROUP 5 MATHEMATICS 

MATHEMATICS 9 1 3 4 1 0 

GROUP 6 CREATIVES 

THEATRE 3 3 0 0 0 0 

VISUAL ARTS 2 1 1 0 0 0 

TOTAL HIGHER LEVEL 63 31 22 8 2 0 

Girls who gained 36 or more points: 

ADEYEMI, Tofunmi 

CHEUNG, Crystal 

CHOI, Juliana 

FAWCETT, Matilda 

HARRIS, Tegan 

KIM, Elaine 

LAKE, Emma 

LEONARD-BUISSON, Sophia 

LO, Yung 

MIRCHANDANI, Yashna 

MOORE, Natalya 

O’HARA, Olivia 

SCHRAGER VON ALTISHOFEN, 

Frederica 

SOWERBUTTS, Ruby 

SOWERBY, Poppy 

TING, Cheuk Hang Natalie 

WEN, Selina 

WILD, Amber 

XU, Felicia 

STANDARD LEVEL 

SUBJECT ENTRIES 7 POINTS 6 POINTS 5 POINTS 4 POINTS 3 POINTS 

GROUP 1 ENGLISH 

ENGLISH A: LITERATURE 11 5 6 0 0 0 

GROUP 2 MODERN LANGUAGES AND CLASSICS 

CHINESE A: LANGUAGE 

AND LITERATURE 

2 1 0 1 0 0 

CHINESE B 1 1 0 0 0 0 

FRENCH B 4 1 3 0 0 0 

ITALIAN AB 2 1 0 1 0 0 

LATIN 2 1 1 0 0 0 

SPANISH B 5 4 1 0 0 0 

SPANISH AB 2 1 1 0 0 0 

GROUP 3 INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY (SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES) 

ECONOMICS 7 3 3 1 0 0 

GEOGRAPHY 2 2 0 0 0 0 

PHILOSOPHY 1 1 0 0 0 0 

GROUP 4 SCIENCE 

BIOLOGY 7 6 0 1 0 0 

CHEMISTRY 2 0 1 0 1 0 

PHYSICS 2 0 0 1 1 0 

GROUP 5 MATHEMATICS 

MATHEMATICS 6 0 1 2 2 1 

MATH STUDIES 6 5 1 0 0 0 

GROUP 6 CREATIVES 

THEATRE 1 1 0 0 0 0 

TOTAL STANDARD LEVEL 63 33 18 7 4 1 

IB SUMMARY 

21 SFC2 girls sat IB examinations 

Total points are out of a possible 45 

66.7% achieved 40+ points 

81% achieved 38+ points 

95.2% achieved 35+ points 

Average score points = 39.9 

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