The Cranleigh School Newsletter Issue No 37
Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8QQ Tel: 01483 273666
Summer 2010
Head s Up SPOTLIGHT ON... Dear Parents,
It seems only yesterday we were welcoming a new Fourth Form, and looking forward to the year ahead; yet last weekend I found that Speech Day had come around again, and I was saying goodbye to another Upper Sixth always a sad time for all of us in the Common Room, who have come to know them so well during their time at Cranleigh. But hopefully they ve left with a sense of pride in their School and in themselves, for all that they have achieved not least during this term. The Summer Exams are always a testing time but most pupils seemed to embrace them, despite the temptations of the glorious weather, and we very much hope the results will reflect this. They ve also been engaging their minds in other ways: we were privileged to have Baroness Williams of Crosby visit us before the General Election; many pupils were involved in our own mock elections; not to mention the recent Poetry and Prose Competition, which exhibited some real talent. So, too, did this term s Performing Arts line-up. Musical highlights have to be the Summer Concert particularly poignant as we listened to the final in-School performances of some of the most talented singers Cranleigh s witnessed; the Encore performance, which included the five Senior Helen Wareham Competition Winners, and the inaugural Chapel Service for the new organ. The Junior School Play provided a heartening display of thespian talent to be fostered over the coming years, while the Art and Design departments put on a creative display of their own: David Ardley has revolutionised Design at Cranleigh, while the Art exhibition suggested that both the new facilities in the Rhodes Centre and the new Pre-U syllabus have proved a big hit. When not revising, performing, painting or writing prose, many pupils have been making the most of the sunshine with an array of sports and activities largely with great success, be it in the majority sports or the elsewhere such as swimming, with the squad producing an unbeaten season. And some individuals have been busy pursuing their own goals in aid of charities close to their heart please see the following article on some of these highly commendable exploits.
...some enterprising Cranleigh pupils who have taken it upon themselves to take up various personal challenges in aid of some extremely worthy causes. Cranleigh has long been pro-active with regards to raising money for charity: each of the Houses organises at least one charity event each year, Mr Bob Wilson works closely with the local community, and the School has long-term ties with schools in Kenya and the Lebanon. These ties, as Guy Waller indicated on Speech Day, are set to become stronger in the coming months, following the Governing Body Meeting in June where a decision was taken to broaden the statement of the Cranleigh Ethos to include the wider provision of opportunities for service away from the local area. In practice, this will mean more opportunities for outdoor education, more opportunities for service to communities in inner cities in this country and more opportunities for service to communities in the developing world. The first practical implication of the last is the opportunity, during the academic year 2011/12, for a group of pupils, Common Room and parents to build classrooms for a new primary school that Cranleigh will be partnering in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. In order to raise money for this project and build links with our existing projects in the Lebanon and Kenya, Mr Stuart Block, Head of Business Studies and Economics, is planning to cycle a tandem bicycle from London to Cape Town, visiting and working in each of the three communities en route (should you be interested in joining him, do get in touch: saab@cranleigh.org). The School s long-term aim will be to establish a sustainable relationship with these communities over the decades to come, and as such a Charity Committee has been set up for next year, chaired by Mr Tim McConnell-Wood. However, in the meantime there are some individual pupils who have recently undertaken some personal charitable initiatives that we felt deserved a mention of their own
Well done to all the pupils and staff who have thrown themselves so wholeheartedly into what is inevitably a demanding term and I wish you all a wonderful, relaxing summer.
Guy Waller
It takes a great deal of courage to shave your head especially as a teenage girl. But that is precisely what Pip Mansergh has done, in order to raise money for a
local charity, the Sussex Snowdrop Trust which cares for children with terminally ill diseases and allows them to remain predominantly at home while undergoing treatment. Pip chose this particular charity because As I m sure a lot of people know, cancer has affected many people within the Cranleigh community. And the reasoning behind her chosen action? Because it made people, herself included, aware of what it feels like to lose something you take for granted: It has made me understand the vulnerability felt by people who are forced to lose hair. She has, commendably, raised in excess of £5,000 via www.justgiving.com/ pipshavesherhead a remarkable amount for a remarkably brave act. Two other UVIth pupils, Ione Haddock and Sam Wilson, have both opted to spend their forthcoming gap years helping people further afield. Ione will be working for a year with Project Trust in an orphanage in Cambodia, an hour s drive west of Phnom Penh, in which the children are HIV/AIDS positive. She will also be teaching English in a preschool unit, and will be getting involved in community work such as visiting the families of the children with HIV, distributing anti-retroviral drugs and even mucking out the pigs! Ione has been awarded one of the 2010-11 scholarships, worth £400, from the Trustees of the Bulkeley-Evans Scholarship Fund. I wasn t expecting to get such a prestigious scholarship: when I found out I was stunned! It is great to know that there is such support behind me for this exciting experience; I can only thank the generous people who have enabled me to achieve this dream. Continued over.....
Head
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Following a rigorous four-day selection course on the Hebridean Island of Coll, Sam Wilson was selected by Project Trust to spend a year teaching Maths, Science and Sport to children in a Government-run secondary school in Guyana from August 2010. He has been assigned to a school in Aishalton, an Amerindian community located in the southern savannahs of the Rupununi area of Guyana, about five hours drive (in good weather) by four-wheel drive from the nearest town, and close to the Brazilian border. The school serves a wide area and has only eight teachers to teach 180 pupils, the vast majority of whom are Amerindian. Sam will be teaching Science and/or Maths or Geography, up to GCSE level, and he and his partner will be the only teachers of these subjects in the school. He will also be able to organise extracurricular activities and become involved in the wider community. Being thrown into a new community and culture will be testing, but overcoming these challenges will give me a real sense of achievement. I am particularly looking forward to coaching cricket, which is Guyana s national sport, and building on their inherent enthusiasm for the game. If you would like to assist Sam in his mission, please visit www.justgiving.com/Sam-Wilson.
At just 16, Henry Thomas (UVth) is set to be one of the youngest competitors in this summer s Tour de Force, a gruelling challenge which covers the route of the Tour de France. Henry is a very keen cyclist and will tackle three of the stages, one of which is 185 kilometres of hairraising climbing and descending in the Pyrenees. He is currently in training, and is embarking on this extraordinary challenge in memory of his father Nigel, who died in September 2007 and who was also a passionate cyclist. Henry says, I have wanted to undertake a challenge such as this for some time, and covering some of the route of the actual Tour de France is a very exciting opportunity, if quite daunting. He and a friend, Piers Wates, also 16, are undertaking this feat in order to raise money for the William Wates Memorial Trust, via www.bmycharity.com/V2/756193
itself took over. The aim of our charity is to raise support for individual, severely injured, military personnel. The charity aims to provide long-term care and support for individuals over the whole length of their lives. The concept is for the general public to identify with a chosen individual and stick with that person, adopting them, as it were. The boys are cycling from Fort George, Inverness to Fort Blockhouse, Portsmouth, accompanied by soldiers from the barracks at which they will be overnighting. In addition, they hope to attract local people to join them. If anyone is interested in doing a stage of the cycle ride, a route map will go up shortly on our website (www.backbenparkinson.co.uk). We are coming through Guildford around 5th August and would appreciate it if as many people as possible got involved.
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We have been concerned recently with the speed of a number of vehicles on our site - particularly on Upfold Lane and the area around West and Gatley s. Please remember that the speed limit on site is 15mph and that pedestrians have priority. On a lighter note, I d just like to take this opportunity to say that it was great to send off the UVIth leavers in such fine style last weekend. The Ball was one of the best yet and everyone, staff included, had a really fantastic time. May I wish all of you good luck with your exam results in August. Andrew Griffiths, Deputy Head
PURELY ACADEMIC
This has naturally been a very busy and demanding term for the pupils in the three Senior years of the School taking external exams at GCSE, AS and A2 Level)and for the Lower Fifth taking their RS Shortcourse GCSE too). The next stage of the process is of course the publication of the results and the details for this process are outlined below.
And finally, while we are on the cycling theme, mention should also be made of Charlie Cowdrey, Nick Cooper, Rob Cowdrey, Will Farrell, Jamie Wynne-Griffith and Jamie Keith, who spent their October 2009 half-term cycling 250 miles from Cornwall to Surrey. The cycle ride was done in memory of Pippa Cowdrey, Charlie s mother, who battled against cancer for seven years and the aim was to raise money for The Princess Alice Hospice, where Pippa spent her last week being looked after by the nurses and doctors, who did everything in their power to make this a peaceful time for the family. In Charlie s own words, We could not have asked for anything more. The care she received from the nurses and doctors was remarkable. On top of that they looked after us as we struggled through. We would love to raise some money to show our gratitude to everyone at The Princess Alice and also, in a small way, to try to ensure that others have the extraordinary love and care that we were given. This impressive journey, from the family house in Constantine Bay in Cornwall Pippa s sanctuary during her last three years to the family home in Effingham has, via www.justgiving.co.uk/pedalforpippa, raised a staggering £56,570 so far.
Well done to those who have already undertaken their challenges and good luck to those still to set out on them!
A small band of intrepid LVIth cyclists Harry Adolphus, James Cordy-Redden, Will Dean, George Farquharson Will Larwood, Ross Preston and Josh Wise are set to cycle 900 miles this summer, in order to raise money for a new charity set up to support severely injured service personnel. The challenge is aimed initially at raising money for Ben Parkinson, who lost both his legs and suffered 37 other injuries, including brain damage, when the vehicle he was travelling in was blown up while he was serving in Helmand in 2006. We were looking for a personal challenge but, once we heard about Ben Parkinson s situation, the cause
GRIFF S GRIPES
SAVE THE DATE
Don t miss next year s big social event the Cranleigh Summer Ball on Saturday 18th June 2011. Full details to follow next term... Please note that Easter is late next year. We return to School on Tuesday 26th April, immediately after Easter Monday. Proposed trips for the Easter holidays include a cricket tour to South Africa, a LVth mixed hockey trip to the Netherlands and a Classics trip to Egypt: confirmation of all trips and details will also follow next term.
A Level and AS results will be available at School for candidates by 10.00am on Thursday 19 th August. The results slips will be posted to candidates that afternoon if not already collected. GCSE and IGCSE results are being issued earlier than usual this year, on Tuesday 24th August. Because of the date change caused in fact by Northern Ireland Bank Holiday dates we will have only an electronic version of the results on that day. That means we will be able to generate our own results sheet for each candidate, which will be available from School by 10.00am (and which will be posted first class on that afternoon if it is not collected). We will not have marks for individual papers at that stage. Those who wish to enquire about re-marks should read carefully the documentation enclosed with the results. Naturally we wish all our candidates in external exams good luck for Results Day. Martin Allison, Director of Studies
FAST FACTS When the School first opened in 1865, a hole had to be dug by the gate to provide water, and a horse was used to power a pump to take it up to the School; this system lasted until 1887. Originally, the School (the Surrey County School at the time) occupied just eight acres; today it occupies around 240.
The Williams Library Poetry and Prose Competition 2010:
The Top Three Entries
1st Place Adam van Schaik Engine Forty-One Outside the insides of the houses and Beyond the bounds of concrete shuttered walkways, And mile upon mile of curving smoke and fumes that sit upon streets like a gentle river in the air. Beyond the deep blue, and the hum of tiny engines In wooden suits and flapping gulls that fly all day, all night, in twos. Now departing from all the tracks and tethered rail stations Is the train that is chugging for you. Away from the world and its woes; Above the beige starring beaches, Below the pyramidal peaks of frozen rain and freezing snow, In between and on the edge of tawneyed tracks it goes. Through setting suns that wane like moons And moons where the fire s glow ore, Where the stars align in bright darkened shine And the new day is born on the dawn. All keep to the call from the grey crescent blow of the horn. As the pistons pushed and pulled, Each one two teams locked in an internal game of tug of war; And as the engine boys, Whose faces were blacker than the coal which they shifted Worked up a sweat to keep in time With the tap-tapping of the driver s pipe, The lap-lapping of his whisky in its mug, no matter the time, Not that time had any hold on the engine room. Its clocks were the gauges and the arrows on the steamer s switchboard of controls, The mechanical heart that stretched around the stokers and the drivers, And enveloped all with a cornucopia of dials, that reflected heat from the furnace back! Onto the sweat drenched backs of its workers And off their bare attire and out! Into the air and space beyond, The small world or universe called engine Forty-One. How many carriages where latched by the flaking rust of tiny anchors That led one to presuppose the existence of only slightly bigger boats, And the bad moods and sunny dispositions of the miniatures that manned them? How many people sat and slept with pale necks on paler hands and canes of teak on laps? How many stared with vacant faces at the elegantly lined and defined contours Of green hills and stout stone walls? I do not recall. How many times it blew its horn and Chu! Chu!-ed its way through the land. How many quiet, loud, and sometimes silent gasps escaped the mouths from First Class? How many shouts and roars of laughter came galloping down the carriages On the accents of weathered, working voices. None of these fine details does my mind recall, But what I do remember and fortuned to the last thing my addled mind forgets; Is how the sounds changed when they saw us. As I beheld, with then young eyes, The first puffs of milk white steam come floating overhead Like tiny chariots of cirrus stratus clouds. And the noise of steel wheels on wrought iron runners came closer and closer, Until upon the line where sky met land my eyes locked stares with a colossal juggernaught of coal powered speed. Then stiff my limbs and breathe within my chest As all around me the air grew silent as before. Soft, no sounded pastures of green wastelands fenced off by stout stone walls Stretched all about me, and all about my kin. Until with a high hailed woosh! Of steam and a roar of wild pistons and a flap of canvas shutters, As I beheld with then young eyes, Engine forty-one, thundering by.
Joint 2nd Place Steven Williams A fantastical thing Lovers mind is a fantastical thing, Pursuing a course never running smooth Committing to a trail always distant Carpe Diem! They always shout to themselves, But my mind is a result of logic Treading a safe course worn by men before Hiding from treasures close to home and heart, Not today, I always say in whispers. I have seen the course barely meander And I stood back watching those Dukes of loves Pass me by without a pause or regret, One day I will follow past heavy frost, A man half in love with loveless safety Will stand with Dukes of love and earn his place Til his mind is a fantastical thing, And he pursues roads never running smooth And he commits to a grail he can t see Carpe Diem! He will shout and he will do, Til his mind is a fantastical thing.
Joint 2nd Place Anthony Dunkley I m already hurt My Fingers lie broken on the floor. My Head pulsates like a sore thumb. My Face is cut, my hair is singed, My Insides tangled like a shoelace. My comrades scream somewhere in the darkness, One by one, they refuse to break. They re hit, they re kicked, they re spat at. I know I m next. Gunshot, thump. They re ready for you now. Don t crack, don t grass, don t snitch. Thrown into a chair, cigarette shoved in your mouth and lit, Blindfold digs into your eyes; Don t understand their demented language. They sound angry, those savages strike soundlessly Kicking you, breaking you, smashing you. You won t break me, I m already broken. You can t hurt me, I m already hurt. You can murder my beliefs, but I ll still believe. You can hate me, but you re the hater. This motiveless malignity, a civilisation of no civility. A society without sociality, a dog eat dog world. A nation of no nationality, a nirvana of totalitarian tyranny. A family of no familiarity, a philosophy of physicality.
To view further pupil entries, please see The Cranleighan or the specially produced Poetry and Prose Competition 2010 booklet, available from The Williams Library.
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CRANLEIGH FIRSTS
There has been a wide variety of Cranleigh firsts this term, encompassing everything from academia to self-defence. On the academic front, Cranleigh pupils participated in the National Biology Challenge, involving more than 20,000 pupils from 323 schools. Please see Personal Bests fopposite or the impressive results. Baroness Williams of Crosby, one of the original Gang of Four, visited the School to address pupils and staff a fortnight before the 2010 Election polling date. Cranleigh held its first Cambridge Pre-U UVIth Exhibition in the new Rhodes Centre studios which clearly demonstrated how enthusiastically the pupils have responded to the bright, open spaces (please see page ten for photos). The glorious sound of the new Mander pipe-organ was heard for the first time on Speech Day. Its fulgent tone with trumpet fanfares and the superb singing of the Chapel Choir made this a very moving occasion for the many who packed the Chapel for the OC Service. The Inaugural Concert given by the Choir and Cranleigh s new Organist in Residence, Philip Scriven, takes place on Friday 15th October at 7.30pm. Admission is free. In sport, Cranleigh welcomed a female England International cricketer to play on Jubilee, when Claire Taylor (MBE, Wisden cricketer of the year 2009 and the world s number one batter in women s cricket), captained the MCC against the girls 1st XI. At a more local level, Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Cricket Club have linked up, with Stuart Welch, our Director of Cricket, now coaching the Club s cricketers and Old Cranleighan Matt Crump leading its 1st XI as Captain. And the boys 1st XI played a 20:20 match against RGS, Guildford for the first time; the game was a huge success, with Cranleigh winning thanks to Will Langmead s century. Finally, on Friday 30th April, Cranleigh s first women s Safety on the Street self-defence course was held. Twenty-two girls from the UVIth took part in a two-hour course to learn how to defend themselves when attacked. The course, run by Can Do Martial Arts Academy , took the girls through basic self-defence principles, including striking and defending techniques.
Cranleigh School Shop
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FLYING COLOURS Well done to the following, who have been awarded their School Colours this term:
Cricket: Will Langmead (E), Duncan Allan (L), Zoe Crouch (S), Georgie Syms (W), Olivia Lyster (W) Tennis: Alex Knox (E), Pete Kealy (E), Rosie Smith (S) Athletics: Ella Dormon (S), Maddy Coe (S) 4
Swimming: Charlie Cope (E), Callum Ewing (N), Sara Williams (W) Golf: Michael Haynes (E), Jamie Richards (C) Riding: Bella Roberts (W), Josie Wait (W) Canoeing: Rory Townsend (N), James Bowey (C)
PERSONAL BESTS
This term has again seen some outstanding performances by Cranleigh pupils (individuals and teams) competing or performing at the very highest level in various spheres, who undoubtedly deserve a special mention:
ACADEMIC National Biology Challenge (20,000 pupils from 323 schools): 13 of the Cranleigh pupils who completed both rounds of the Challenge were Commended or Highly Commended, four received Bronze Awards, five gained Silver Awards and six achieved Gold Awards (Angus Cameron-Blackie, Jonathan Day, Marcus Kim, Charlie La Fosse, Mikey Linford and Adam van Schaik, who was top in the School). Those who achieved Gold and Silver Awards will go on to compete in the British Biology Olympiad in February, from which the UK team is selected for the International Competition.
SPORT CRICKET
Surrey Schools 10-10 Competition: won by the U14 girls cricket team, unbeaten in all their matches against 12 Surrey schools. Lord s Taverners Surrey Cricket Association Cup: the U14A team will be playing in the Final in September. Annual match v the MCC women s team on Jubilee: Lucy Keith scored 52 and the girls batted well for a draw. Claire Taylor MBE (a key player in the Ashes-winning team), was the captain of the MCC side. The Cranleigh girls 1st XI cricket team powered to a four-wicket win over the Surrey County U15 XI, with Mara Waters making 51 runs.
Individual School records set this Year: 200m Anna Carter 26.7 800m Maddy Austin 2.14.9 1500m Maddy Austin 5.25.5 Discus Carole Date Chong 25.69
TENNIS
Girls Tennis First Team: won all their regular matches. Boys Tennis First Team: were 3rd out of 16 teams in the Independent Schools League. Independent Schools Tennis Association Competition: Chrissie Hoolahan and Natasha FothergillMisbah made it through to the Final.
HOCKEY U16 National Hockey Championships: the U16As won the National Championships 3-1 on penalty flicks, following a tense draw in normal time against Trent College, Nottinghamshire. England U16s: James Gall represented England U16s (a year young) against Scotland, winning 9-0 (James scored one goal) in the first match and 10-0 in the second. James will be playing Germany in a three-match test from 7th 11th July 2010.
RUGBY
England U15 wicket keeper: Michael Burgess.
RFU s U17 National Cup: Matt Gillott and Seb Sharpe played for Cobham RFC, and won the Final against the Bedford Blues on Sunday 2nd May. Leeds Carnegie Squad: Toby Quarendon (UVIth) an outstanding centre has been signed up to play next season. U18 National Club Championships: Katie Wallis (UVIth) captained her club London Irish and Dorking to victory against Reading and Saracens, winning by 22 points at Lichfield on 9th May. National Rugby 7s Cup: Max Rowson, Charlie Rooke and Connor Stapley (Captain) were in the Surrey U19s squad who won the competition, held at Broadstreet RFC in Coventry.
SWIMMING
ROWING
Will Langmead scored two centuries for the 1st XI 123 against Eton and 138 not out against RGS Guildford and has scored more than 755 runs for the 1st XI, at an average of almost 90. Jack Scriven (LVth), has scored more than 350 runs for the 1st XI in his debut season, with a highest score of 87 not out and also scored 120 not out for the Cranleigh Cricket Club 1st XI during Long Leave. Emerging Players Programme, Surrey: Nathan Thorpe, Bradley Scriven, Jack Scriven and Michael Burgess.
Unbeaten season: the Swimming Club as a whole was unbeaten in galas this year, having won a total of 12 fixtures. Numerous School records broken, including some which have stood for 18 years: School record breakers this year included Charlie Cope, Adam Lawrence, Ben Durston, Ben Steffens, Paul Gallagher, Will Osborne, Matt Smith, Sophie Kinally, Freddie Dicks, Lauren Chitty, Pheobe Bagge, Imara Gluning, Maddy Austin, Katie Batchelor, Alice Eamey, Jess Haller and Hannah Wallis. National League Finals: representing Haslemere Swimming Club, Charlie Cutting (IVth Form) came seventh in the National Swimming League B Final 100m backstroke, placing him in the top sixteen in the country.
ATHLETICS Surrey Schools Athletics Championships on 12th June: Cranleigh had 26 athletes who were selected to represent Waverley at the Surrey Schools Athletics Championships. Henry Taylor won the Javelin and Maddy Austin the 800m, to become Surrey Champions. Maddy Austin is the second-fastest 800m runner in the country at U15 level. South-East Schools Inter-Counties at Horsham on 19th June: Maddy Austin won the 800m with a time of 2.14.9, Carole Date Chong came third in the Javelin with 31.58m, while Alexi Yakas won the B Long Jump competition with 5.45m.
Devizes-to-Westminster Race 2010: both the boys team of three pairs James Bowey and Rory Townsend, Sam Durant and Sam Thomson, George Blurton and Callum Preece and the girls team of two pairs Lucy Gilligan-Court and Katie Wallis, Ellie Shaw and Olivia McConnell-Wood were victorious in their respective school sections, and claimed new School records in the process. The teams also raised £5,000 for the Oasis Childcare Centre in Cobham.
SHOOTING Sussex County Smallbore Rifle Association Invitation Day for 50m and 100 yards: Sara Carr (IVth Form), representing Chichester Rifle Club, swept the board in her division of the competition, largely against adult competitors, and was awarded the prestigious NALGO trophy.
RIDING National Schools One Day Event Championships at Stonar School, Wiltshire: Hattie Allison took 3rd place, against 242 riders from around the country. The riding teams have already qualified for six events at the National Schools Championships at Addington in December, with Lizzie and Josie Wait, Briony Pearson, Imogen Way and Alice Leng all set to compete.
GOLF Inter-Schools Challenge Bowl at Sunningdale: Zoe Crouch and Lottie Grafton were runners-up for the main prize, scoring a combined 70 points.
CHESS Cappelle La Grande Chess Tournament: Joe Quinn (IVth Form) represented England in this prestigious event, played over nine rounds in eight days in Northern France and received coaching from a Grand Master, who also played in the tournament.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDS This term, 71 pupils completed their Bronze expedition in the Surrey Hills, 35 completed their Silver Expedition on the South Downs, and 17 completed their Gold expedition in Mid-Wales.
MUSIC Helen Wareham Competition Winners: Vocal:
Dominic Murray
Brass:
Katherine Chevis
Strings: Sam McCagherty Wind:
Ellie Ayling
Piano:
Chloë Allison
Encore! Concert: Dominic Murray, Katherine Chevis, Sam McCagherty, Ellie Ayling, Chloë Allison, Tory Sawyer and Hilary Cronin. Richard Saxel, Cranleigh School s Head of Keyboard Studies, has just released his first solo album of piano music, by Schumann, Janáèek and MacDowell. The CD is released on the Quartz Music label, features works exploring the mystery and imagery of forests and woodland, and includes an introductory essay by Gordon Neill, another member of Common Room. Louisa Golden has continued to work with the Mind Spirit Trust, performing Sir John Tavener s most recent composition, Towards Silence, on the Tibetan Singing Bowl. Louisa has recorded the piece to be used at the V&A Museum in London, a museum in America and the Study Centre, London; she has performed it in Temple Church, London, and took part in a recording of it at Salisbury Cathedral, due for commercial release later this year. Harry McCagherty achieved Oboe Grade 8 with Distinction at the very end of last term bringing the total number of Grade 8 Distinctions to an impressive four in one year (along with Dom Murray, Hilary Cronin and Tory Sawyer). Chloë Allison and Tom Hollister have been awarded highly prized places for Saturday study at the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music respectively, for the Sixth Form.
DRAMA The Junior Play, Shakespeare s The Comedy of Errors (25th-27th May), was outrageous, alarming, courageous and charming: a Junior Play in terms of the actors ages, but a fully worthy climax to another year of great Cranleigh productions.
CHARITY Ione Haddock has been awarded one of the 2010-11 scholarships, worth £400, from the Trustees of the Bulkeley-Evans Scholarship Fund. Pip Mansergh raised well over £5,000 for the Sussex Snowdrop Trust by shaving her head. Please see pages one and two for more details.
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The Term in
PICTURES A selection of highlights from all that has gone on at Cranleigh this Summer Term, intended to give just a taste of Cranleigh life Please refer to the website/The Cranleighan for a more detailed review of all news and events. Pictures, from left to right, working across:
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East boys enjoying the World Cup Girls U14 Development Squad Prep Schools Tennis Tournament Winners Loveday UVIth dinner Dr Miriam Griffin, speaker at the Guildford Classical Association meeting at Cranleigh Boys U16 Hockey National Champions team Boys tennis Husting at Cranleigh Inter-House athletics competition Junior Play, The Comedy of Errors Rounders match East Charity Run Art Exhibition featured work by Issy Croker, winner of the Senior Art Prize Cubitt House Charity Day Competitive swimming in the indoor pool Design Show Summer at Cranleigh Junior Play, The Comedy of Errors Measuring up in Design Foundation s Ladies Tennis Day D of E Silver Award on the South Downs Inter-House croquet match Young Enterprise 2010 Woodwork in the Stephen Owen Studio Junior boys cricket School Barbecue Prep Schools Day Leavers Service 2010, enjoying the new Chapel Organ Villiers High School visit to Cranleigh for a day of sport and fun with LVIth pupils Tom Avery Society Richard Hume, OC, speaking about his epic Atlantic crossing Experimenting in the Science labs South House Charity Fair Senior Prefects with Speech Day speaker, Adam Holloway, OC and MP In training for this summer s Greenland Expedition Rotary Charter Ceremony with St Joseph s School Richard Saxel Recital Off to vote on Polling Day Summer Concert in Speech Hall Baroness Williams of Crosby speaking to Sixth Formers and staff about the importance of the 2010 election Interactive Modern Languages facilities Intermediate riding team Encore concert in the Emms Centre Leavers Ball 2010 D of E Gold Award, Mid Wales
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SPORTS ROUND-UP Before the term had even started we were welcomed back with the news that the U16 boys hockey side had won the National Championships at the end of the holiday break. In addition, the Devizes-to-Westminster canoe team had posted the fastest School team times in both the boys and girls events. Despite the pressure of external exams for four of the years, the term has been full of sporting endeavour and success. It has been a fantastic summer of cricket, with hardly any matches lost to the weather. The boys 1st XI have experienced mixed results, winning seven and losing six matches to date, with the two-day Charterhouse game and MCC match to go. Will Langmead was presented with the EW Swanton Bat for
by Tim McConnell-Wood, Assistant Deputy Head
1st XI held on for a notable draw against the MCC, who fielded Claire Taylor MBE the world number one batter in women s cricket. The Junior team won the Surrey 10/10 Competition earlier in the term. Following a pre-season tour to the La Manga Club in Spain, the girls and boys 1 st tennis teams have enjoyed a successful season. The girls 1st team won all their regular fixtures, led by the pairing of Rosie Smith and Mara Waters, who won every set they played together this term! The boys came third out of 16 teams in the Independent Schools League and runners-up in the Rootham Shield, losing narrowly to Reed s School. Finally, Chrissie Hoolahan and Natasha FothergillMisbah fought their way to the final of the Independents Schools Tennis Association Championships where they were, unfortunately, beaten by an incredibly strong pair from Repton. The Athletics Club enjoyed a good season, with the girls in particular producing some excellent performances, beating strong competition from Wellington, Brighton and Eastbourne. Four individual School records were broken this year: Anna Carter in the 200m, Maddy Austin in the 800m and 1500m and Carole Date Chong in the Discus. Henry Taylor won the Javelin and Maddy Austin the 800m at the Surrey Schools Athletics Championships. The Swimming Club were unbeaten as a full team, with an astonishing 24 School records having been broken this season. Following an enjoyable golf season, winning all but two of their fixtures, the golfers are looking forward to manning the scoreboard at the Open again in a few days time. And finally, in riding, Hattie Allison was third at the National Schools Eventing Championships. Well done to all.
his impressive score of 775 runs, including two fine centuries against Eton and RGS, Guildford (and 69 against the OCs on Speech Day). The Junior sides have also played well, winning over half their matches against what is now a very tough fixture card. The girls
FOUNDATION FOCUS It has been another successful year for the Foundation, and its Director, David Waters, has asked that we pass on his sincere thanks to all those in the Cranleigh community who have helped, through donations, time and effort, to make it so. The new Mander-designed organ is in place and sounding incredible (as those who attended the Chapel Service on Speech Day heard for themselves!); the first phase of the Cranleigh Sporting Excellence project will begin this July, preparing the ground for a 1st XV rugby pitch, a rugby/lacrosse pitch and a new cricket square; and the second Foundationer will be joining the IVth Form at Cranleigh School in September. So, thank you to all those who have supported the Foundation s work and here s to another successful year ahead.
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FORTHCOMING FOUNDATION EVENTS: One-day golf tournament at the fabulous Kingswood Golf Club on Friday 8th October 2010 (teams of four) including a buffet lunch, 18 holes of golf and a three-course dinner. 250-bird shoot at the Chilgrove Shoot on the West Dean Estate in Sussex on 6th December 2010 including four drives and a dinner. For full details, please see the posters enclosed in the end-of-term mailing.
PERFORMING ARTS OVERVIEW by Peter Longshaw
The Summer Term brings the Junior Play: a display of the thespian talent in the two youngest year groups and also a training ground for the Senior actors for the next three years. James Copp s riotous production of The Comedy of Errors contained fine comic acting in the four key roles of the twins: Will Rollings, Luke Chitty, Toby Savill and Luke Boyd, but the support was equally outrageous: Doctor Pinch and his troupe of idiots ; Bea Stephenson as a mountain of mad flesh and the trio of Adam van Schaik, Tom Gass and Bruno Broughton.
Another tradition is the Summer Concert and this year s highlights included the swan songs of four fabulous vocalists: Dominic Murray, Georgie Banks, Hilary Cronin and Sara Williams. Three of these had also sung in the Helen Wareham Competition, the 15 performers giving perhaps the finest concert in the history of the Competition. The winners were Dominic Murray, Katherine Chevis, Chloë Allison (on piano, but she played equally stunningly on the recorder), Sam McCagherty and Ellie Ayling. A large Speech Hall audience acclaimed these performers, but some of the treasured musical memories of the term also come from the more intimate weekly lunch-time concerts, to which we now invite local elderly people. Vivid in my mind are Anthony Dunkley singing Quilter, and the famous Flower Duet from Delibes s Lakmé in a ravishing performance by Ellie Ayling and Hilary Cronin, the voices blending with a purity mature voices could never match.
The actors and musicians would agree, I m sure, that they owe so much to their inspiring teachers, and this term the quality of our Performing Arts staff was notably displayed in the atrium of the Emms Centre, a superb venue for Richard Saxel s mesmerising piano recital. For those not lucky enough to be there, Richard recently released his first solo album of piano music with the Schumann, Janáèek and MacDowell pieces from the concert. The CD is available to buy, priced £10, from the Enquiry Office (01483 273666), from Quartz Music, iTunes, Amazon and music shops. For further details, visit www.richardsaxel.co.uk
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CREATIVE CORNER
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Romy Hobson Matt Cope
Katie Moulton
Hannah McClaughlin
Francesca Beaumont
A selection of pupils work from this term s outstanding Art and Design Exhibition the first joint exhibition since the opening of the new Rhodes Centre
Ed Seymour
Olivia Lyster
Lucy Hollister
Issy Croker
Kate Scott
Chuck Corbishley
Rosie Smith
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Issy Croker
Amber Milne
Maddy Coe
FOND FAREWELLS TO... Bettina Andréani, French Assistante, who is heading back home to Corsica after providing four years of French conversation classes to Sixth Formers and a useful range of French slang to teachers. Her enthusiasm and good humour will be missed by all and we wish her every success in her new venture. Di Bloomfield, Housemistress of South, former Matron in North and a member of the English Department, who retires at the end of this term. In everything that she has done in the School, Di has shown care and compassion; she is generous with her time and never has a bad word to say about anyone, and she will be missed by South girls past and present. David Cresswell, a member of the Modern Languages Department, an outstanding tennis and hockey coach and a Tutor in Cubitt, who is leaving his alma mater to head for Radley College. David has made a tremendous impact in his short time here and the energetic efficiency of his teaching, his affable nature and his sporting excellence (to say nothing of his capacity for mimicry!) have been very much appreciated. He leaves with our thanks and best wishes. Paul Crosfield, Head of Modern Languages, Head of French, Deputy Head of Academic Administration and legendary Cubitt Tutor, who is moving on to the Leys School, Cambridge, where he has been appointed Director of Studies. His selfless devotion to the pupils, his academic rigour and his acute eye for the absurd have made Paul an enormously popular and important member of the Cranleigh community and he will be most sorely missed. Tim Dunkley, an Old Cranleighan, a member of the Design Department and a Tutor in East, who will be heading back to complete his degree in Product Design after a year spent at Cranleigh on industrial placement. Tim has inspired pupils with his vision and passion about the academic and creative aspects of Design. He has been fully involved in other areas, too, including the Choir, the eXchange and Design activities, and is also the founding member of the Bow Ties On Friday club! We wish him well on his return to full-time education.
Alasdair Glass, who came to Cranleigh with impeccable academic credentials St Paul s School and Cambridge University to replace Peter Maitland in January 2010 (big shoes to fill, indeed). However, despite his excellent work teaching Classical Civilisation and Latin, he has demonstrated himself to be by no means an ivory tower academic. He has thrown himself into boarding school life, and has been an enthusiastic and effective coach of rugby, netball and athletics and a caring and diligent Tutor in North. He leaves us to embark on a new career in Law, and there is no doubt that the Law s gain will be Cranleigh s loss.
Lucy Smart, Assistant Head of French and a Tutor in West, who has proved more efficient than Miss Moneypenny as PJC s righthand woman, leaving as her legacy a fully updated and systemised bank of teaching resources that will be gratefully used by language teachers for years to come. How she has managed to juggle her teaching, pastoral and extra-curricular commitments with bringing up Georgie, the bilingual toddler with the cheekiest grin in Cranleigh, and still retain her good humour, we shall never know. Her infectious laugh will be sorely missed at break and we wish her all the best in her new life in Kent.
Toby Moschard, Head of Academic Music, Organist and a Tutor in Cubitt, who moves on to take up the mantle of Assistant Director of Music at St Peter s School in York. His fine organplaying, love of cross-country running, Highland humour and Geordie impersonations will be missed, and we wish him well for the future.
Chris Staley, Housemaster of Loveday and former Head of Geography and Head of Critical Thinking, who has been promoted to the post of Deputy Head of Milton Abbey School in Dorset after 16 years at Cranleigh. Chris has been an innovative and inspirational leader who has been instrumental in many of the pastoral developments at Cranleigh in recent years. He will be remembered as a charismatic Housemaster who has held the respect of all at Cranleigh, and not least will he be remembered as the co-coach of the unbeaten Rugby 1st XV of 2005: only the third such side in the School s history. He and his family will be sorely missed by the Cranleigh community.
Sophie Langdon, Head of Strings, who leaves us to expand her freelance career. Sophie s superb musicianship has inspired many string-playing Cranleighans to extraordinary heights of achievement, and her own exceptional playing and orchestral leadership have been enjoyed by many audiences over the years. We wish her every success and happiness for the future. Angus Meryon, Head of Woodwind, who takes up promotion to Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at the highly prestigious St Paul s Girls School. He has been exceptional in his leadership of ensemble music-making, and his own superb clarinet playing has been inspirational to countless musical Cranleighans. The high standards he has set for himself and expected in others have been a hallmark of his style, and his wind-up-ability has become legendary! We wish him every success for the future. James Smart, Head of History and Politics and a Tutor in East, who is leaving us to return to the state sector, taking up the same post at Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford, Kent. As a teacher he has used his vast knowledge of political scandals to enliven many Sixth Form lessons, and has never missed the chance to make analogies between historical events and cricket. On the sports field he has tried to instil a truly competitive edge in his charges, while maintaining high standards of sportsmanship.
Adele Willis, Assistant Head of Maths and Warden of West, former Senior Teacher, who is heading off to Dauntsey s School, where she will be a Housemistress to some 50 teenage girls. Her passion and enthusiasm for everything she turns her hand to and her absolute belief in the pupils in her care will be sorely missed by both her pupils and colleagues alike. Dauntsey s gain is surely Cranleigh s loss! Happily, the fact that she is godmother to three Common Room children ensures that she will be returning to visit us regularly! Mike Worsley, North Tutor and member of the Economics and Business Studies Department, with links to Mathematics, who will be heading to Marlborough College in September. His straight-talking but incredibly thorough approach will be missed by many Business Studies pupils and North tutees alike. And that s not to mention the wealth of professional sporting experience he has been able to pass on to Senior rugby players!
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BLAST FROM THE PAST Dormitory, circa 1914
GOOD LUCK IN THE HOLIDAYS TO THE: Pupils awaiting external examination results this summer · Expedition to Greenland · Chapel Choir Tour to Venice, 7th 12th July, performing concerts and singing Masses in Venice and Verona, including singing Mass in St. Mark s Basilica · Tennis players competing in the ISTA Tournament at Eton · U14 and U15 Cricket Tour to Somerset · Boys cricket teams competing in various matches · CCF Summer Camp at Penhale · Riders competing in the All England Schools Show-Jumping at Hickstead · D of E Bronze Expedition · Golfers attending the British Open Golf Championships at St Andrew s, and manning the scoreboard on the 18th hole AND TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING: Sara Carr (IVth Form) who will be shooting in her first National Competition at Bisley this summer · Henry Thomas (UVth) on his epic cycle ride, covering part of the Tour de France route this summer · Harry Adolphus, James Cordy-Redden, Will Dean, Will Larwood, Josh Wise, Ross Preston and George Farquharson on their 900-mile charity cycle ride from Fort George, Inverness to Fort Blockhouse, Portsmouth · James Gall, representing the England U16s hockey team against Germany in a three-match tournament from 7th 11th July.
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...and finally, Cranleigh Staff would like to wish everyone a wonderful summer break
DATES FOR NEXT TERM S DIARY
A quick-glance round-up of some key events (in-school and out) to which parents are warmly invited or at which their support would be, as ever, extremely welcome! Sat 11th Sept
2.30pm Rugby: 1st XV v Brighton (home) Sun 12th Sep 7.45pm Pre-Evensong Reception (Reading Room) 8.15pm Evensong: Preacher Mr Mark Sayer, Headmaster, Elstree School Sun 19th Sept 8.15pm Informal Chapel (Speech Hall): Col. Rob Thomson, DSO, MBE 9.00pm Post-Evensong Reception (Reading Room) Wed 22nd Sept 7.30pm Concert Series: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (SH) Sat 25th Sept 2.30pm Rugby: 1st XV v Epsom (home) Wed 6th Oct 5.15 pm Chapel Choir sing Evensong at St George s Windsor th 7.30pm Concert Series: Le Cinéma Wed 13 Oct (MMS) Thu 14th Oct 7.30pm for 8.00pm Tom Avery Society Lecture: Mr John Dunn (ALT) Fri 15th Oct 7.30pm Concert Series: Inaugural Organ Recital and Concert (Chapel) 2.30pm Rugby: 1st XV v Harrow Sat 16th Oct (home) th st Tue 19 Thu 21 Oct 7.30pm North House Plays (VCT) Wed 10th Nov 7.30pm Concert Series: David Rees-Williams trio (EC)
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Fri 12th Nov
7.30pm Helen Wareham Competition: Brass Performance (MMS) Tue 16th Fri 19th Nov 7.30pm School Play: Hamlet (SH) th Sat 20 Nov 7.30 pm Big Band Supper Dance (EC) 7.30pm Helen Wareham Wed 24th Nov Competition: Strings Performance (MMS) 2.30pm Rugby: U16A XV v Wellington Thu 25th Nov (home) Thu 25th Nov 7.30 pm West House Music Evening (SH) th Tue 30 Nov 7.30 pm East House Music Evening (SH) 7.30pm Christmas Concert (SH) Fri 3rd Dec Sat 4th Sun 5th Dec all day Riding: National Schools Equestrian Association Championships (Addington EC, Buckinghamshire) th Sun 5 Dec 7.30 pm Advent Carol Service (Chapel) Wed 8th Dec Thu 9th Dec
6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Cubitt, East, South (Chapel) 6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Loveday, North, West (Chapel)
N.B. Some events do require tickets. For full details of all of next term s events, including individual teams sporting fixtures, please refer to the School Calendar and to the Events Guide (also available online at www.cranleigh.org). For comments and requests for content you would like to see featured in Cranleigh Matters, please email egmd@cranleigh.org A sincere thank you to Stephen Owen for providing the photography featured within, and to Nick Smith at Andesign for all the design and artwork.