Johanna Lawless on her horse DJ Two members of the Burgess Hill School for Girls Equestrian Team competed at the British Dressage National Championship in mid April, having qualified through regional competitions; Sarah Rogers (entered at Novice Level) and Johanna Lawless (Prelim Level), both of whom are Year 11 students. Sarah was competing at a higher level than in previous years so she was under...
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During the Easter holidays, a group of Sixth Form students gave up their free time to come into school to participate in an IBM THINK event on International Women’s Day on 8 March. They joined Linda Sanford, Senior Adviser and former Strategy Vice President of IBM, in a live stream on the TV screen in the Learning Hub, posing questions to a panel of Senior Consultants and Vice Presidents of the IBM...
Georgina Mitchell Plymouth College Modern Pentathlon scholar, Georgina Mitchell, has taken the U15 title in the British Triathlon Championships. The talented multi-eventer was 40 points clear of the second-placed athlete in the shoot, swim and combined (run/shoot) competition. Taking place in Solihull, the U17 girls’ team – Jessica Manning (8th), Seren Allin (10th) and Catherine Bishop (12th)...
Year 11 students Sophie Hodgson, Elizabeth Brooks, Olivia Dowden, Scarlett Zhu and Victoria Henderson performing 'Touch' Burgess Hill School for Girls drama students have recently completed their GCSE and A Level examination performances. Their examination studies culminated in two wonderfully creative evenings of theatrical performances by 30 students. GCSE students devised their own pieces based on...
In early May, First and Second Form (Year 7 and 8) pupils from Oundle School set a new record for the number of pupils on stage at Oundle’s Stahl Theatre with the forty-eight strong cast of Fantastic Mr Fox. Playing rabbits, moles, weasels, badgers, and of course foxes, all gathered together at a celebratory feast marking Fantastic Mr Fox’s heroic outwitting of hated farmers Boggis, Bunce and...
Retiring School Officers Sally Emerson, outgoing Head Girl at Burgess Hill School for Girls planted a tree in the school grounds as part of a traditional farewell on Friday 8th May 2015. Senior School students watched the ceremony for retiring Head Girl, Sally who has been an outstanding role model and ambassador for the school. Sally gave an inspiring and moving tribute speech to each of her...
King’s is delighted to announce that a large number of pupils have successfully completed their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award whilst still at the school. It is unusual for pupils to have completed this stage of the award whilst still in secondary level education; many usually go on to complete it during their university years. Our pupils will be attending a Gold Award presentation at one of the...
Over the Easter holidays, having won first prize in the Group Performance category of the HSBC Mandarin speaking competition earlier in the year, six Oundle pupils, Edward Willey (18), Coco Brown (16), Finn Taylor (16), Egan Pashley (16), Jason Parker (16) and Mimi Campbell-Breeden (14) had the opportunity to put their Mandarin to good use and experience Chinese culture first-hand, visiting historical...
On Friday 15th May, St Mary’s Calne hosted An Evening with Rory Bremner, exploring 'who really runs the country and how?' The event was a huge success and was attended by over 350 guests. The drinks reception was held on the Sundial Lawn with Prosecco provided by Lupton Wines and the canapés generously given by a collection of parents. All the guests received a programme sponsored by The Week which...
Young tennis players from schools across the region have been competing to become champions at St Olave’s School’s annual tennis tournament. The tournament, which saw categories for U13 and U12 players, was contested by teams from St Olave’s, Terrington Hall, St Martin’s Ampleforth, Aysgarth, Bradford Grammar, RGS Newcastle and Trent College. The matches were played in a doubles format, and...
England Head Coach, Stuart Lancaster, today announced the training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Notable inclusions in the 50-man group are Old Whitgiftians Elliot Daly (London Wasps), Marland Yarde (Harlequins) and Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks). Daly, a new inclusion into the squad, is known for his superb pace and long-range goal-kicking. He played alongside Yarde at Whitgift, and the two helped...
On Sunday 17th May, Oundle School celebrated the official opening of the much anticipated J M Mills Pavilion. The event was marked by a cricket match between Oundle’s 1st XI and the Old Oundelian team (Oundle Rovers). A lunch was held in the new Pavilion for all the donors whose generosity had enabled the project to be realised. The event was officiated by the Headmaster, Mr Charles Bush, alongside...
Two fencers from Plymouth College have won titles at the British Youth Fencing Championships. Tia Simms Lymn has won the U16 Epeé with Ben Andrews taking the top spot in the U14 Epeé. This is the fifth consecutive year that Tia has taken her age group title. Ben has finished in at least the top three since 2013. Held over three days at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Josh Hellings...
During the week of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015, the girls from Queen Margaret’s School, York planted six fruit trees as part of the BSA’s boarding orchard. The colours of the trees were specially chosen to represent each of the Houses at Queen Margaret’s. The yellow of St. Aidan’s House was represented with a Prunus Oullins ‘Golden Gage’ plum tree. A Malus ‘Blue Moon’ apple tree...
Housemasters Andrew Day (left) and Nick Rendall An innovative and pioneering new software package destined to revolutionise the way in which Housemasters and Housemistresses manage their boarding houses is being unveiled this week. Developed by two Housemasters, the new software is designed to maximise the time invested in pastoral care by drastically reducing the hours traditionally spent on the...
The annual Shropshire Schools Sailing Regatta has taken place at Whitemere. A number of independent schools from the area competed, and the overall team winners lifting the cup were Oswestry School, There was also individual success to be celebrated, with Sixth Former Sam Bucknell winning a medal for 1st place and First Former Henry Noad for...
Jemima Pickersgill After just five years of lessons, Moreton Hall student Jemima Pickersgill (15) is not only Grade 8 on the clarinet but also came an impressive 3rd in the prestigious Alderley Edge Festival of Music and Drama and was deemed ‘outstanding’ by the judges. Performing in the Recital Class, Jemima was competing against many students who were significantly older than...
The U15 Moreton Hall Cricket Team: L-R Buffy Boroughs, Sophie Barlow, Freya Beasley, Rosie Simpson, Millie Home, Tallulah Blackham, Phoebe Dickson, Ellie Mason, Molly Bennett, Emily Tanner, Lottie Clarke, Emma Young With cricket said to be one of the fastest growing team sports for girls in the UK, Moreton Hall’s cricketers are at the forefront of this success story. This week saw the U15s Team...