The Cranleigh School Newsletter Issue No 46
Summer 2013
Head’s Up Dear Parents, As I highlighted on Speech Day, these are exciting times at Cranleigh. With the appointment of Martin Reader as my successor and the School’s 150th anniversary approaching, we are focusing on not only where we are now, but the future and what it is that makes Cranleigh so special. With regards to where we are now (and, given recent trends, the future), this term says it all, peppered as it has been throughout with multiple successes. With exams naturally at the forefront of everyone’s mind, the atmosphere around campus has generally been one of studious concentration: the pupils have worked hard, and I very much hope that the exam results will reflect this in August. They have also ‘played’ hard, with extraordinary team and individual successes on the sports pitches, and have complemented their academics with outstanding achievements across the Arts: a wonderful Junior Play that provided a welcome tonic of laughter and cheer; stunning Art and Design exhibitions, including Will Stocks’ Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition shortlisting; high-calibre entries in the annual Poetry competition, and the Music School’s diverse delights, including Harry McCagherty’s remarkable solo oboe performance and the delightful Summer Concert. With the Summer Term, of course, also comes some sadness, as we inevitably say goodbye to people: the departing UVIth, who have been such superb role models this year, and departing members of Common Room, who have given so much to make Cranleigh all that it is – including, of course, Tim McConnell-Wood. As you will see from his interview, there can be few who have loved Cranleigh more deeply. Indeed, his words singlehandedly encapsulate what it is that makes Cranleigh so special: its sense of community. And the strength of this community is something that I will cherish all the more as I head into my final year at Cranleigh.
Guy Waller Head
Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8QQ Tel: 01483 273666
ROCK OF AGES
“What Tim doesn’t know about Cranleigh isn’t worth knowing” (Guy Waller, Speech Day 2013). As we bid a sad farewell to Tim McConnell-Wood, Assistant Deputy Head, he reflects on 19 remarkable years at the School Sum up what Cranleigh is to you. Community (I know it’s a cliché, but it really is that). A friendly society where everyone mucks in and helps each other. It’s a place where people of all ages can blossom – pupils in finding themselves and staff in enriching their lives. Cranleigh does demand hard work though....
You are a man of many Cranleigh facets… You first joined Common Room as a teacher in 1999. What is your philosophy on teaching, in a sentence? Make sure your pupils enjoy learning. I never really did at school: I wasn’t particularly engaged by the teachers. I like to think that my classes have enjoyed themselves and learnt something at the same time.
What did you do before you came to Cranleigh? I’m a Northumbrian and very proud of it! I went to University in Edinburgh and then served in the 7th Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Gurkha Rifles, and worked with some extraordinary young men in the Far East, UK and Central America. Do you see any similarities between being a Cranleigh leader and an army leader?! It is pretty much the same. I am who I am and I believe strongly in personal integrity and not asking people to do what I wouldn’t do myself. Clearly there isn’t the danger one can face in the Army, which requires physical courage in leadership, but at Cranleigh there have been many times when my moral courage has been tested – and that in many ways is harder to lead with as there is more time for reflection.
What is it that attracted you to Cranleigh all those years ago? I remember the day I came for my interview. It was a bright, sunny winter’s day with the snowdrops and crocuses out. I remember driving up to Speech Hall and thinking “Wow, I could work here”. While there have been many changes since, there’s always been an underlying warmness and friendliness that seems to ooze from the fabric of the buildings and the people who live and work in them.
Cranleigh takes pride in its ability to not only enable the stronger academic candidates to perform at the top of their game, but also enable less academic pupils to achieve to levels beyond their expectations. Do you think this is a philosophy it should maintain, in the face of close rival schools only taking “the cream of the crop”? Absolutely! Otherwise that would destroy much of what Cranleigh is. I’ve enjoyed working with the top end (I’ve had a set of 11 Economists who all achieved A at A-Level), but there is as much satisfaction working with less able pupils, enthusing them with the subject and helping them achieve C grades, or coaching the U16Cs and seeing them develop as players. Variety is the spice of life and it’s great that a wide variety of people can flourish at Cranleigh. You were first a Tutor in Cubitt and then Housemaster of East for seven years. What do you think is the best aspect of pastoral life at Cranleigh? I would say this, but we have developed an incredible ethos at Cranleigh over the years. My House colleagues have worked tirelessly to develop a system that does genuinely care for the individual. I believe that the size of the Houses and the admissions structure work, such that boys and girls become friends with people they just would not fraternise with in other schools and they learn to respect each other’s differences and indeed take joy from them. Continued over.....
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What was your favourite thing about being a Housemaster? The vast majority of my time in East was fun, rewarding and challenging. The House had an extraordinary spirit and I have so many brilliant memories that I wouldn’t want to pick out any one. You have also played a key role in sports here, teaching both boys and girls. Do you agree with the Cranleigh ethos of having male staff teaching girls’ sports, and vice versa? Absolutely! The shift of encouraging senior male coaches into the more “traditional” female sports such as netball and rounders has been hugely positive in my opinion, for both the girls and staff. While we haven’t yet had a female rugby coach, that will not be long in coming: there are some exceptional female hockey coaches on the boys’ teams and this has done wonders for role-modelling around the School. What has been your favourite sporting moment? Thanks for asking this! It’s got to be the moment the 2005 rugby side beat Wellington on 3rd December 2005, 3326 (it’s embedded in my memory) to complete the unbeaten season! It was one of those great sporting moments – a game we dominated but couldn’t close out and in the last two minutes they could have at least taken a draw. When the final whistle went it was so emotional... and the celebrations were memorable! Recently Cranleigh has been National Champions in hockey; produced multiple National and Club rugby and cricket players and been National Champions in riding. Why do you think Cranleigh ‘punches so far above its weight’? It goes back to the first question – what is Cranleigh all about? It’s about staff going the extra mile – I know how much extra personal time our staff give to the pupils – and the pupils themselves having the desire and determination to work hard and succeed. The two work in collaboration to achieve extraordinary results.
DEPUTY HEAD’S POINTS
What changes have you seen at Cranleigh over the years? Co-education all the way through is the main one. I was a Housemaster when we had our first junior girls. That has had such a positive influence. At a physical level, there have been various development projects: the extensions of Cubitt and (1)North; Emms Centre; magnificent Chapel renovation and glorious Bluett’s rugby pitch. At a philosophical level, I feel there is a huge sense of service now within the School.
In 2007 you were appointed Assistant Deputy Head, essentially overseeing all sports and activities – a big role, especially given Cranleigh’s ethos of an all-round education! Describe your average week. How long have you got? Essentially it involves the detailed planning for the coming term(s). This inevitably involves endless lists and documentation (and long hours!) – but it is essential to the smooth running of the School. The bonus was that I got a second monitor for my computer: I felt like I ruled the world! It’s been tremendous being part of the inner workings of the School and having a significant influence on policy and seeing the impact that has. 2
You meet with the Head Boy and Head Girl on a daily basis. How important is this contact? Vital. The Senior Prefects have such an important role to play as a link between the student body and the staff. The Prefect Body feel empowered and have a real influence in what happens, and it is the Senior Prefects who manage that. It has been a privilege working with them; they have provided true leadership to the School.
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Thank you, Griff
TRAVEL HEALTH
What are the most interesting projects you’ve been involved in in recent times? The development of the Sports Directorate – SDW, SRP, ARH, RJO and AJJ – working with such great sportsmen and women and creating a real sense of purpose for our sport here at Cranleigh. It is on-going but the foundations are in place.
We regret that we are only able to offer vaccinations to children who are travelling on overseas School trips. If you are travelling abroad privately with your child, it is your own responsibility to arrange the necessary vaccinations for them and we suggest that you organise this either via your local surgery (as a temporary resident) or by contacting Shere Surgery on 01483 202066.
What are your favourite parts of the job and why? Dealing with the boys and girls. They are mostly great people who respond fantastically to enthusiasm.
If your child is travelling overseas with the School, it is imperative that you complete our travel health form for them. This can be found on the School website and should be returned, via email, to the Medical Centre. As some courses of injections need to be given over a period of 6 months, we would ask that you supply this information to us as far in advance of the trip as possible.
Aside from all of your other commitments, you have also played a key role in the CCF. What do you think the CCF brings to the Cranleigh education? A breadth and an opportunity to test oneself in different and challenging conditions. The leadership opportunities that the CCF offers also often fall upon those who do not otherwise have such opportunities elsewhere in the School. Like you, many Cranleigh staff ‘multi-task’ – ie teach, tutor, coach and oversee an extra activity: why do you think this is important to School life? It enables staff to get to know the pupils on other levels. The connections made have huge spin-off effects in the classroom and pastorally.
As we come to the end of another Academic Year, the only point I would like to make is in fact a plea with regard to the speed at which people drive around campus. There is a 15mph limit for a reason: you may think the road is clear, but there are always both Senior and Prep School pupils wandering around, chasing balls, running late for something, coming back from swimming classes etc: one day an accident WILL happen if people don’t respect the limit. PLEASE SLOW DOWN!
PURELY ACADEMIC Describe the ‘average’ Cranleighan, in your view? Someone who is involved in as much as possible, works pretty willingly and does the best they can. The best Cranleighans then turn that into excellence.
Well done to all pupils who have worked so hard this term: enjoy your well-earned break. Just a quick reminder, exam results will be available at School, and published on the pupil portal of iSAMS, from 9.00 am on Thursday 15th August for AS and A2 and from 9.00am on Thursday 22nd August for GCSE and IGCSE.
Now that you’ve had 19 years at Cranleigh, what would you say to parents considering sending their children here? We’ve sent both our children here and even though it has not been easy for them having their parents playing key roles in the School they are both (in our opinion at least) really decent, thoughtful, confident and committed young people who have gained so much from their education here on all levels. If our time was coming again, I’d willingly send them to Cranleigh – both the Prep and Senior School. I don’t think one could offer a higher recommendation.
FLYING COLOURS Well done to the following, who have been awarded their School Colours this term:
Music
Hebe Westcott, Harry McCagherty
Cricket
Bruno Broughton, James Trower, Callum Kent, Shane Thomson, William Rollings, Jack Scriven
Tennis
Mike Dolman, Will Slynn, Harry Eamey, Ellie Sutherland, Hebe Westcott, Scarlett Rudd, Beth Andrew
Athletics
Emily Robinson, Kitty Cahill, KK Ndewere, Tom Stileman, Angus Young, Ali Hills
Swimming Brad Skillicorn, Harry McCagherty, Katie Batchelor, Ellie Connor Golf
Ali Hills, Charlie Craddock, Bruno Broughton
FIRSTS FOR THIS TERM The School lawn has its first ever horse sculpture standing tall on it: a magnificent oak horse created by Charlie Johnson (LVth), studying for her Art GCSE. Influenced by artists such as Deborah Butterfield and Heather Jansch, Charlie was able to take her passion for horses (she is in the School riding team) and develop her work in Cranleigh’s sculpture studio. A neighbour’s girdling of an old oak tree provided her with materials. Every branch had to be whittled individually before being carefully constructed into the structure of the horse. Studying the anatomy of horses, she went to great lengths to ensure it was as realistic as possible and even practised by painting a skeleton onto her own horse before she started
Rhodri Gomer Davies. The session was designed to offer the children aged 3-13 (boys and girls) an exposure to rugby.
respectively, and played just outside Dublin in a match which was won by Sam’s Ireland side, 30 – 15. This term saw a rather unusual, third-generation French exchange, with Angus Young’s French exchange student Thomas Mathieu, who joined the LVIth in Chemistry, Spanish, Business Studies and French. Angus’s mother exchanged with Mathieu’s in the 70’s/80s, and Angus’s grandmother with Mathieu’s grandmother in the 50s. Georgia Hart, Alex Tracey, Luke Halls and Zak de la Bedoyere have released their first EP, Talk Back, on CD and online, and have already sold 200+ downloads/ CDs. They were also selected to be interviewed and to perform on Eagle Radio Extra.
Karina Bondareva was invited to take part in Guildford’s ‘Style Up’ competition, a charity event designed to introduce young designers to the public in a catwalkstyle fashion show – and she took overall 2nd place. Her textile work, including a dress she was making for her Pre-U art course at the time, caught the interest of tutors from the renowned Central Saint Martin’s Art School, her first choice college for next year.
to build this sculpture. Of her work Charlie says: “The idea was to give the viewer an insight into how I feel connected to horses. The strong interlocking branches hint at a flow of energy which reflects the powerful yet gentle nature of horses.” During the Easter holidays, Charlie Piper and Sam Arnold became the first two Cranleigh School rugby players to face each other in a competitive international rugby match. Sam and Charlie (despite being U17 age) were selected for Ireland U18 and England U18
2013 POETRY COMPETITION (the Details) Lacustrine love is A merging - two feelings: waters Sweet catching of a hundred en gre and e blu the of Plash le Cool rush, glimmer and sett old rivers two e thes of ion iliat onc rec The Renouncing the Dramamine This still silver cocoon A lattice of flumes Acquiescence. Or
A dark green punch-bowl light Your bending of moments and tmen boa er wat and s Crushing minnow Choking on the algal bloom image This fish-tank encases that t shu wed scre s Eye ess mouth Breath’s shingle from soundl Tumbling upwards. The swelling veneer Is a looking glass. This is introspection And not clairvoyance. At last, Disgorgement: the sense I start to separate the silt from
During the Easter holidays Andy Houston, Cranleigh’s Director of Rugby, organised a coaching session for 40 children in Kibera, Nairobi – the largest urban slum in Africa. Accompanying Mr Houston were a Sports Journalist, a Doctor and former Welsh Sevens international
Cranleigh School has been home to many poets over almost 150 years. The great Spanish poet Luis Cernuda taught here as the Second World War began and, more recently, students have studied the work of OC James Harpur for their AS Literature course. It is a great pleasure to showcase the work of a new generation of Cranleighan poets, whose writing is remarkable in its maturity, skilfulness and imaginative force. Gravity and Vultures All men feel tr But this fore apped. sight is our mak Awareness of the earthly cl ing. turns us, ab ock ov And so we w e beasts, to learning. or the traces of ship natural laws, outdated go ds, or the birds we The search al hope to follow. on but we, still e should be reward, trapped, see failure. All men feel tr And whilst fo apped. resight was ou It may be a cause of blin r making dness. Nat MacAle ese-Park (L VIth)
The Storm distance, Snow, covering the foreseeable , ons regi dery pow with ice upon the ning liste and ng teni glis ing, glow to the dry, echoing voices , which will emerge as defenceless . fore a hes as the storm reac
Painted Ladies Gowned moths seek Mg+KClO , 3 the click of the shutter. Painted Ladies dependent on the saccharine brew, of daffodils. They do not learn from his fixe d gaze, their pool aluminium. Snap, flash,And caught in vanity’s silken coil. All airing their clean linen. Then adoration spooned up by fauxamis, washerwomen. They are moths, not Monarchs, and they obtain too much sym pathy.
Benjamin Howorth (LVth)
Charlie La Fosse (UVIth)
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Finlay Johnston (LVIth)
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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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Ken Hill, who worked at Cranleigh for 48 years as a lab technician Junior Play, ‘By Jeeves’ Ali Clift, Will Calnan, James Gall and Jonny Gall (OC), part of National Champions Surbiton Men’s 1st XI Relaxing outside West House Summer Concert Andy Houston, rugby coaching in Kenya England U18s: Charlie Piper and Ireland U18s: Sam Arnold House Athletics, Long Jump Water polo match Relaxing in the House Purvis Society: Mr Oliver Coates, Cello Masterclass Boys’ tennis Rainy camping expedition Riding: Surrey County Champions Surrey Schools Golf Champions Helen Wareham Strings Winner, Ben Rudolf Duke of Edinburgh Gold Practice, Black Mountains Enjoying the School’s golf course Summer flowers Classics lecture: Dr Katherine Clarke (St Hilda’s College, Oxford), ‘Augustus & The Aeneid’ Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Wales Jeremy Filsell, OC, Organ Concert Foundation Tennis Tournament Girls’ swimming competition Cross-country training on the South Lawn Fanfare at Cedar Court War Studies Society: Mark Dormon, OC, ‘Life on the front line in Afghanistan’ Concert Series: Harry McCagherty playing Vaughan Williams’ oboe concerto Boys’ swimming competition School barbecue Athletics competition South House’s Charity ‘Sleep in a Box’ Phil Scriven’s Organ Recitals - The Complete Organ Works of Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann Cranleigh in the summer St George’s visit for Tildy’s Trust Girls’ tennis competitions East House’s Charity Golf Day Summer Concert SDW Cricket Academy Common Room at the House Athletics Cranleigh Voices Tom Avery Society: James Borrell, ‘In Search of the Arabian Leopard’ Will Stocks, whose animated art work ‘The Journey’ made the shortlisted category of the Royal Academy A-Level Online Art Exhibition 2013. Junior Play, ‘By Jeeves’ Art & Design Exhibition 2013 Economics trip to the London Transport Museum Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Duke of Edinburgh Silver, New Forest English open-air theatre trip to see ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Physics trip to CERN 1st XI boys' cricket team in action Knoller Society, Adam Holloway MP, OC Unbeaten U15A rounders team in action
BEYOND CRANLEIGH On this July’s Zambia trip, 25 Cranleigh pupils and staff will be heading out to our Partner School, Kawama Primary School, in Kitwe for 10 days. This is the fifth visit in the ‘Beyond Cranleigh’ programme, sending Sixth Formers to learn from and engage with the Kawama community, to gain insights about Zambian culture and to conduct charity work. On this visit Cranleigh pupils will be teaching assistants, and will help local people both to build a new toilet block and with their daily feeding programme. Two new initiatives are being planned for the trip. Firstly, a drama project sees pupils performing a version of the Aesop’s fable ‘The Boy that Cried Wolf’, which they have rehearsed, followed by students leading a workshop with the children, encouraging them to take part in the performance. Secondly, Cranleighans are hoping to seed a new social enterprise in the community, making products that will hopefully be sold in Zambia and back in the UK, working with Cranleigh School’s Young Enterprise Scheme on return. Many of this year’s LVIth Business Studies students are hoping to put their recently learned skills to the test! All profits will go to Beyond Ourselves to be re-invested into the Kawama community, helping to make the programme more self-sufficient. Cranleigh’s campaign to try to get the education of all pupils at Kawama sponsored has done really well, and currently stands at nearly 150 sponsorships achieved from a target of 225. If you would like to sponsor one of the remaining 75 pupils, please contact Nikki Lockwood (NIL@cranleigh.org) or Laura Sturdee (LECS@cranleigh.org) at Cranleigh. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Another trip is going out in October and a Cranleigh mothers’ trip is planned for June 2014 – do get in touch with Laura if interested!
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SPORTS ROUND-UP Another term of amazing Cranleigh sporting success has just been completed. The term kicked off with the Boys’ U18 team playing in the National Outdoor Hockey Finals at Cannock. They played three group games, coming top of the group. They then faced Whitgift in the final and sadly lost 1-3, but were confirmed as National Outdoor Runners up. It has been an excellent season for the Cricket Club, with around 70% of all matches resulting in victories and barely any time lost for bad weather. The boys’ cricket 1st XI has had a strong summer, winning 11 out of 13 matches to date and losing only once. The U15s won 8 out of 10 matches, while the U14As have had an outstanding season, winning the Surrey Cup (for the first time in 10 years), which means they will go on to represent the county in the national competition as U15s next summer.
In Tennis, the boys’ senior team had a very tough season. After finishing equal 14th in the Independent Schools League, victories have proved elusive against some very strong opposition. The girls’ teams have, however, fared considerably better, winning over 75% of all matches played. The Senior team achieved six wins and only two losses; both of the U16 teams remained unbeaten; and with all U15 and U14 teams winning more matches than they lost, the future is definitely looking bright for girls’ tennis at Cranleigh. The Athletics Club junior girls established themselves as an exceptional team, and the Club consisted of more Athletes than ever, with over 150 pupils regularly training. We’ve had an astonishing 12 records broken this season (many by juniors), which is phenomenal, and 29 athletes were selected to compete for the Waverley Athletics team at the Surrey Schools competition at Kingsmeadow. In other sports, we have also had a great term. The Swimming
PERSONAL BESTS SPORT
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CRICKET Surrey Cricket Academy Programme: Jack Scriven, William Rollings and Ollie Pope London and South of England U15s trials: Ollie Pope & Oli Trower Surrey County Cricket: OC Michael Burgess (2012) made his 1st XI debut for Surrey against Oxford University at the Parks. Michael, (1st XI captain, 2012), was keeping wicket against England fast bowler Chris Tremlett! Also in the side was fellow OC Stuart Meaker (2007), who took nine wickets in Surrey’s last Championship match. Cambridge team, Varsity Twenty/Twenty match: former girls’ cricket captain Chloe Allison (South ’07-’12) played for Cambridge in the Varsity Twenty/Twenty match at Fenner’s in June. She opened the innings for the University and top-scored with 30 not out. ATHLETICS Waverley Athletics team at the Surrey Schools competition: 29 Cranleighans were selected and performed superbly against some tough competition. Lots of personal bests were set, two school records were broken (Angus Young, 3000m, 10.19.44; Tabitha Bowden, 1500m, 5.05.53) and many certificates and medals were won. Particular congratulations go to Emily Thorpe, who won the Junior Girls’ Long Jump, and was invited to compete for Surrey. School records broken this season: Intermediate Girls’ shot: Tats St Pier, at 8.74m Intermediate Girls’ 800m hurdles: Miller, with 13.93 Junior Girls discus: Pip Johnston with 19.35m Junior Girls 100m: Emily Thorpe with 12.69s Junior Girls’ 1500m: Bowden, with 5.06 Junior Girls’ 4 x 100 relay: Thorpe, Brake, Thornton-Wood, O’Neill with 55.17 secs Junior Girls’ Long Jump: Thorpe, with 4.94 Junior Girls’ High Jump: Thorpe, with 1.45 Intermediate Girls 300m: Chloe Nicholls with 40.26s Senior Boys’ 200m: Tom Stileman with 22.45s Senior Boys’ 3000m: Angus Young with 10.19.44m Intermediate Boys’ 200m: Kuziva Ndewere with 22.48s Intermediate Boys’ 3000m: Angus Young with 10.48.31m Intermediate Boys’ High Jump: Jake Storey with 1.85m Senior Boys’ 4 x 100m relay: Sam Arnold, Alfie Dudman Jones, Tom Stileman, Kuziva Ndewere with 43.89s HOCKEY National Outdoor Championship Runners-Up: Cranleigh Boys’ U18 hockey team. In so doing they have joined the earlier high profile achievements of the Girls’ U16 team coming first, and the Girls’ U14 team coming fourth, in February. England U21: James Gall (Cranleigh 1st XI Captain) has been invited to train with the England U21 squad at just 17 years old. He joins his brother Jonny Gall (Cranleigh, 2009 to 2011) in a group of players preparing for the U21 World Cup later this year. Four Nations tournament: James Gall for the England U18 team, who faced Germany, the Netherlands and Spain in Valencia in March. James was top scorer for England, with three goals. Club Representation at National Finals: following the really successful season for all the girl’s hockey teams, it is no surprise to see quite a few of our hockey players having an impact for their clubs at national level. · Katie Batchelor (UVI) and Ellie Smith (UV) played for East Grinstead’s U18 Indoor side that became National Champions (for the first time in the club’s history). · Georgia Lord (UVI) and Chloe Nicholls (UV) played for Teddington in the U18 Outdoor finals, where they came a creditable fourth. · Megan Batchelor (LV) played for East Grinstead and Olivia Camsey (LV) played for Surbiton, both in the U16 Indoor finals.
by Tim McConnell-Wood, Assistant Deputy Head Club has had an extremely successful season, only losing two fixtures all term – which means in the last five years we have only lost seven fixtures. In Rounders, the U14s and U15s played some tremendous matches and the U15s were unbeaten. The riders have had a busy term with a series of Regional Qualifiers for October's National Championships taking place, as well as several Regional Points League competitions, resulting in a dressage team and show-jumping teams qualified at Intermediate and Open level. And finally, in Golf, we have five players competing in the Surrey Schools Championships, and the team is getting ready to head to Scotland to man the scoreboards at the Open Championships – look out for them on TV. The Senior golfers had an excellent win against the OCs but were beaten in a closefought contest against Common Room just before half term, and the Olunloyo Trophy was won by Charlie Craddock (North); the Cronk Salver by Bruno Broughton (East) (both for the second year in succession) and the Kemp Quaich by Cameron Montgomerie (East).
There have been some outstanding performances this term by Cranleigh pupils (individuals and teams) competing/performing at the very highest level, deserving of a special mention:
England Hockey Cup: James Gall, Ali Clift and Will Calnan joined Jonny Gall (OC) in the Surbiton Men’s 1st XI squad competing in the England Hockey Cup final. Surbiton beat Beeston to become national champions.
RIDING Inter-Schools’ Competition at The Royal Windsor Horse Show: Tom Lane, Henrietta Walker-Duncalf, Issi Rennocks and Fred Philips finished a creditable eighth out of 38 schools. Surrey County Dressage Champions and Nationals qualifiers: Charlie Johnson, Phoebe Wates, Henrietta Walker-Duncalf and Tom Lane. Surrey County Champions: Sam and Issy Hollidge, Lila Millard and Lily Hibbert won the Championship against some strong opposition, with clear rounds from Sam, Issy and Lily. Surrey County Championship, Novice team: 4th place for Issi Rennocks, Caileigh Faure, Sam Hollidge and Phoebe Wates and 6th place for Lily Hibbert, Lila Millard, Sam Hollidge and Poppy Bathurst respectively. Surrey County Championship, Intermediate team: 4th place for Tom Lane, Issi Rennocks and Henrietta Walker-Duncalf. RUGBY Ireland U18: Sam Arnold England U18: Charlie Piper Club transfer: Exeter Chiefs have signed hooker Greg Bateman, OC, from London Welsh on a two-year deal. NETBALL Netball County Academy: Tats St Pier, Poppy Bathurst and Clemmie Ryder-Smith Regional Trials: Poppy Bathurst and Clemmie Ryder-Smith GOLF Winning Surrey Schools’ Golf Team, Inter-County Championship: Chloe Nicholls and Jennifer Vincent South of England Schools’ Championship, Individual competition: Chloe Nicholls 3rd place. Surrey U20 team: Charlie Craddock SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING British Synchronised Swimming Championships Gold Medal team: Georgie Gegg (a British Champion for a third year running) – who also gave her first ever solo performance at the same event. ROUNDERS Unbeaten season: U15A team
MUSIC
ABRSM Grade 8 Distinction music certificates: Nancy Newberry (singing) and Emily Hill (clarinet) Merriman Concert Orchestra: well done to Harry McCagherty for his extraordinary performance of the Vaughan Williams oboe concerto, accompanied by an orchestra of 50 professional musicians. National Youth Choir Ambassador: Theo Golden Helen Wareham Final The five Senior Helen Wareham Competition winners played at the Encore concert alongside Terri Yoon (Headmaster’s Invitation) and the winners of the Helen Wareham Junior sections, who were: Vocal: Tim Ayling Strings: Zoe Dixon (Cello) Piano: Olivia Chesser Brass: Christian Oldfield (trumpet) Woodwind: Ellen Talbot (clarinet) A year of Tuesday Lunchtime Organ Recitals: thanks to Phil Scriven for his excellent series this year, playing the complete organ works of Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann. We look forward to next year’s series of nine themed recitals.
ART
Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlist: congratulation to William Stocks for having his animated art work ‘The Journey‘ on display in the shortlisted category of the Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition 2013. From 1,450 submissions from across the country, a total of 110 works were shortlisted before a final 35 were selected. William’s work, produced in his LVIth year as part of his Pre-U Art submission, can be found on the second page of the shortlisted gallery.
DRAMA
This year’s Junior musical, ‘By Jeeves’, was a roaring success. It was excellent to see such fabulous acting; new faces participating in singing, and the superb mini orchestra who certainly added to the whole shows success. Please see PJL’s Performing Arts Round-up and the website for further details.
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Duke of Edinburgh expeditions: 90 on Bronze, 55 on Silver and 20 on Gold. Mixed weather and long days were met with characteristic resilience and resourcefulness. Climbing: all the new climbers completed their competence tests at Craggy Island. CCF: numerous UV pupils were successful in their Methods of Instruction test and several also went on to be assessed on the Light Support Weapon. Devizes to Westminster International Kayak Race The most challenging race in the event’s 65-year history saw high flood-waters and bitterly cold weather. Our competitor pairs in ‘K2s’ raced for four days, covering 125 miles and 77 portages. 13/100 boats and Cranleigh’s Hayton George Cup for fastest pair: Nick Kelly and Ed Roberts 6th overall and the de Haast Merrett trophy for fastest girls’ pair: Imara Gluning and Rachel Lubbock Davie Howie trophy (fastest Cranleigh pair on one day): Julian Browning and Henry Graham-Rack Peter Morley cup for ‘unusual fortitude’: Kitty Cahill and Abi Doherty Rudder Award for overcoming biggest challenges in training: Sam Foster and Will Yeeles ALL of the School’s 24 paddlers demonstrated amazing, gutsy resilience as well as fine spirits and excellent humour.
CHARITY
JustGiving charity award: Cranleigh Economics teacher, Stuart Block. Last year Stuart cycled over 15,000km from Johannesburg to London in support of Beyond Ourselves. Thanks to his £100,000 achievement, Stuart won ‘Endurance Fundraiser of the Year’. 30km charity run: Angus Young (LVI) and Noah Frett (UV), to raise funds for a Task Force Romania trip to help at a holiday camp for disabled children. Tildy’s Trust: over the past three years Cranleigh has been helping to raise money for Tildy’s Trust, a charity that fundraises for research into childhood leukaemia. A large sum of this has been donated to St George’s Hospital to buy a new ventilator. South Charity Sleep in a Box: South House raised an outstanding £4906.90 through its sponsored Sleep Out, split evenly between Centrepoint and Beyond Ourselves. East Golf Charity Day: all years took part and over £2000 was raised for Beyond Cranleigh and the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. North House Charity Cycle: an epic journey from Bognor to Cranleigh in the last week of term; total raised still tbc... Race for Life: Gaby Gerrard, Isabella Trouerbach, Annabel Rigby, Charlotte Lucy, Charlotte Livingstone and Phoebe Osborn all completed the Race for Life this year.
PERFORMING ARTS ROUND-UP Even in the last week of the main examination term the School had four nights of performances: a Common Room play (by Rattigan), a chamber music concert and the annual ‘Rocsoc’ bands gig. But the largest-scale performance of the term was the firstever Junior Musical, ‘By Jeeves’. Gordon Neill writes, “James Copp and Nikki Lockwood’s inspired production clearly paid homage to the spirit of Wodehouse in an evening of unmitigated joy which married the effortless genius of Wodehouse’s prose with some genuine Holywood glamour and exuberance. Seldom can I recall an audience guffawing with such utter delight. The uplifting score had the splendid accompaniment of a five-piece band, comprising Marcus Pashley, Ed Clarke, Ruth Miller, Phil Lockhart and UVth Former, Harrison White on bass. Seb Leman, as Wooster, demonstrated rare comic timing and touch and his excellent voice carried many of the songs. Overseeing the whole thing was Cameron Scheijde’s Jeeves – his badinage with Wooster was a delight. A truly memorable evening’s theatre and for a group of IVth and LVth pupils to pull this off was nothing short of remarkable.”
There were many musical highlights this term, including the Helen Wareham final, in which all five winners really were outstanding on the night, not least strings winner Ben Rudolf in Brahms, who also played Bach’s keyboard ‘Italian Concerto’ very stylishly, though it was Hebe Westcott’s carefully prepared Debussy ‘Estampe’ that took the piano prize. Another highpoint was Harry McCagherty’s performance of the Vaughan Williams oboe concerto in the Merriman Orchestra concert. Harry played with beautiful pure tone and really captured the work’s poetic spirit: it was clear that he could not only play (and memorise) all the notes, but had thought deeply about the meaning of the music. Another shining example of the quality of Cranleigh’s current musicmaking came in the Summer Concert: the performance of Sibelius’s ‘Andante Festivo’ by the String Orchestra under Kevin Weaver, a reading of Finlandia-like fervency with violin tone as pure as cold water. Cranleigh Voices (21 singers under Phil Scriven)
ART AND DESIGN The Thursday before Long Leave saw staff, parents, family and friends enjoy an evening viewing of GCSE and UVIth Pre-U art and GCSE, AS and A2 design.
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provided another highlight of the evening in the Tippett versions of ‘Steal Away’ and ‘Deep River’. Finally, as a reminder of the long tradition of performance excellence at Cranleigh and the teachers who inspire it, we welcomed back Jeremy Filsell (Common Room 1985-88), currently artist in residence at Washington’s National Cathedral. His palindromic organ recital began and ended with transcriptions, the climax being Jeremy’s own transcription of the ‘Symphonie Improvisée’ that Pierre Cochereau recorded in 1956 on Boston’s Symphony Hall organ. It was a joy to hear so great an artist on the School’s Mander organ and to think that his time at Cranleigh was a stepping stone to so distinguished an international performing and recording career. This reminded me of how the Summer Concert showcases the crop of young musicians ready to step into the shoes of the leavers, and this year the smiling face of percussionist Tom Hollister also reminded us that music can be for life, not just for school.
Design
RHODES CENTRE ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITION
The variety of work in the Emms Centre show of GCSE art made for a stunning display, while the ambition displayed by the artists at Pre-U art was appreciated by all who saw it.
by PJL
Sophie Paglierani
Bea Stephenson
Pre-U art
The projects on show in Design were memorable for their ingenuity and inventiveness. The hours of work to finish the pieces and make the displays as professional as possible all seemed worthwhile.
Mylo Boyd
Tom White
Abby Doherty
Livi Burgon
Charlie Norton Scarlett Rudd Katie Seymour
Allegra Clark
Alex Robertson
Soyoung Choi
James Bedford Katie Seymour
Katie Batchelor
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Jonathan Stocks
Tom St Johnston
Jamie Hemming
Lulu Minerva
Millie Black
Alice Eamey
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FOND FAREWELLS TO… David Ardley, who arrived in 2009 and quickly established himself as a creative and popular member of Common Room. His impact on Design was immediate; out went the outdated resistant materials and electronics courses, and in came new product design qualifications and state-of-theart facilities. David has also been an inspiring tutor in North; run a rugby team and the go-carting team; helped with the development of the School’s IT and worked hard for the Common Room, while always maintaining his jovial nature. We wish him all the best. Tom Barnett, who leaves after nine years as Cranleigh’s Sculpture supremo, overseeing its greater integration, increased pupil numbers and the realisation of more ambitious projects (such as walk-in installations). He’s been a tireless influence onthree-dimensional work;positively encouraged outlandish ideas; pushed critical engagement with concepts central to both historic and contemporary art, and helped to producea number of collaborative pieces including plaster reliefs in the Music School and Languages and Cubitt’s large-scale concrete form surrounded by water. He’s also run summer workshops with Cranleighans and visiting Lebanese pupils; he helped Shannon Thomson lead the Zambia Trip 2012; he ran the Outdoor Education fire-making skills workshop; and he has tutored in North and Cubitt! Stuart Block, who leaves us to join Morpeth School in East London, where he has taken on the challenge of setting up an Economics and Business Studies department for their post-16 curriculum. In four years Stuart has transformed the face of Cranleigh’s charitable work: in 2011-12 he completed a tandem ride from Johannesburg-Cranleigh, raising funds for Beyond Ourselves, a charity that provides education in Zambia. This ride was the catalyst for a series of fundraising events; Cranleighans now sponsornearly 150 Zambian children to attend school, and this summer the 5th trip to the Kawama School will take place. It is a wonderful legacy. We wish him well in his latest challenge – no doubt he will make his mark in East London as well! Val Burnett, who first joined Cranleigh in her mid twenties when she taught History and Politics, ran the Politics department, was resident warden of South and married Ed (now Housemaster, North). They went on to teaching posts in Hong Kong and Taunton, then returned eight years ago and became Head of History. She excelled in that role and the History department benefited enormously from her experience, dedication and drive. She set up the Knoller History Society and presided over an era of excellent results. She has also coached hockey, netball and tennis; she has tutored in South, West and (currently) North; and most recently she cycled with the North boys on their epic Bognor to Cranleigh fundraising ride. We wish her the best as she moves on to a new position at Priorsfield. James Copp, Director of Drama, who leaves to become Head of Arts Faculty at the Bavarian International School, Munich. A truly inspirational, creative, and incredibly popular teacher, James has made a significant impact on Cranleigh Drama, both in the academic and extra-curricular sphere. Inspiring very high standards, with a directing philosophy that thrives on excitement and enthusiasm, his many productions include: Arabian Nights, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, The Beckett plays, By Jeeves and the spectacular Producers in 2012. He has also made Drama an inclusive activity, and cultivated an attitude of 'let's try it'.He has been a committed tutor in both East and Cubitt, and he has also made a significant impact with his culture-changing talks on homophobia in the PSHEE programme. The students’ overwhelming response to the announcement that he is leaving is surely the real testament to his achievements. David Hailey, who leaves us after seven years to take up the post as Head of Swimming at Tanglin College in Singapore. A former competitive swimmer himself, Dave has coached both water polo and swimming here at Cranleigh and has been instrumental in the ongoing success of both sports, including overseeing a 'purple patch' for the swimming team who have won all bar four fixtures over the past four seasons. He has also tutored in Loveday House, where his easy-going manner with the students has made him a popular presence in the House. Michael Harrison,who joined Cranleigh a year ago to teach Physics soon after completing his Masters in aeronautical engineering from Cambridge. An extremely enthusiastic member of the Common Room who has fully engaged in a variety of the different aspects of Cranleigh life, Michael has contributed massively to the Outdoor Education programme and Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. Michael is moving on to start a career in the military, beginning withthe Army Officers’ training course at Sandhurst in September. We wish him all the best in his future career. Martin Johnson, who joined us fresh from his PGCE course, having decided to change careers to teaching. Martin has brought fierce mathematical rigour to his classroom, as well as a desire to see pupils learn to problem solve independently. Having studied Maths at Cambridge,
he was ideally placed to prepare our top mathematician for her STEP papers and mathematical discussions could often be heard emanating from his classroom! During his time here, Martin has also turned his hand to a variety of sports and activities and tutored in North. He leaves us to teach in Abu Dhabi – quite an adventure, for which we wish him all the best. Mags Maunders, who arrived in September 2004 as an Art teacher and Textiles specialist.Her expertise and calm, organised approach have inspired many students and she quickly established Textiles as a valuable Art medium at Cranleigh. She has spent long afternoons Department helping students construct a huge range of complex pieces for both GCSE and A-Level. Magswas also responsible for introducing the UVIth Cranleigh Leavers’ book; introduced the Fashion Show as a key event in the Cranleigh calendar; has been a committed tutor in both South and Loveday, and has contributed to the Fourth Form Outdoor Education programme. Mags leaves us to teach Art, Photography and Textiles at St Catherine’s School, Twickenham. We are very sad to lose her and wish her all the best. Tim McConnell-Wood, who’as been at Cranleigh for 19 years and is so much a part of the School’s fabric it is difficult to imagine it without him. He has held forth in the classroom, being described as ‘the Best Teacher we’ve ever had’ on multiple occasions. Seemingly eons ago he tutored in Cubitt before becoming Housemaster of East, a role which he made his own, with his unique approach to the boys - combining high expectations with an empathetic understanding – earning him such accolades as “kind, fair, loyal, inspirational, fun and a father figure to all the East boys”. Since 2007 he has been Assistant Deputy Head, managingall the extracurricular activities; the calendar; lectures; priority time and the running of the day-to-day routines. He has continued to be involved in the CCF, a passion since his army days, transmitting his enthusiasm and making training fun and purposeful. This term saw his Newcastle accent emanating from the boards in the staff play. And then there is sport: Tim’s passion for it is legendary – whether coaching the rugby (with an unbeaten season to his name) or championing girls’ sport, including coaching a netball team –‘inspirationally’ so, according to his team. Cranleigh sport overall has never been more successful, inclusive or organised, thanks to Tim’s structure that ensures military precision, great coaching and visionary leadership. In essence, there is no area of School life in which Tim hasn’t been involved. When we all return in September, there will be a huge hole left which will be seemingly impossible to replace. Jon Monk, who joined Cranleigh three years ago after graduating from Oxford University and is leaving us to join Latymer School, London. An inspiring and imaginative teacher, he has been hugely respected by students and colleagues alike. He has contributed enormously to many aspects of Cranleigh life: he has taken his hockey team to the Nationals; run the website with quiet efficiency; established student links with Templar publishing group and taken many Duke of Edinburgh trips to Morocco, Wales and the Alps. Jon has been a real asset to both the English department and the school, and we wish him every success in the future. Stephen Owen, who began his career at Cranleigh in January 1999. His photography has made a tremendous impact on both the serious and quirky sides of Cranleigh life. Stephen has been Cranleigh’s designer-in-residence, inspiring many pupils with his woodwork, and he extended his design ideal into the building of the eco-friendly Woodland Workshop. Unfortunately, his first effort literally ‘went up in smoke’ but Stephen bravely shrugged this off and created an even better premises, which won him a national award as well as three Waverley awards. Our loss is Wales’s gain. Jon Ross, who arrived in September 2007 and quickly established himself as a highly professional, enthusiastic and popular teacher. His impact on the School has been far reaching: every pupil only has good things to say about him, and he has risen through the ranks at Cranleigh, leaving us as Master in Charge of Cricket, Head of PSHEE and, of course, Head of Geography. He has also been an excellent tutor in East and was Warden for two years, and he has played a very active role in the Beyond Cranleigh charity work. He leaves us to take up the role of Head of Geography at Reed’s and we wish him all the best. Seren Waters (OC) who joined the Geography department at the beginning of this term to cover Dan Fox’s departure. Seren studied Geography at A level with JSR, AAGL and RL as his mentors and his return was most welcome. He proved himself to be highly competent at inspiring young Cranleigh Geographers. Seren has also been a tutor in North House and has helped SDW out with cricket: having an International cricketer coaching the boys has been an amazing experience for them and they are all in total awe of him. We very much hope to see Seren back in the future.
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...and finally, Cranleigh Staff would like to wish everyone a relaxing sunny summer break! For weekly updates of all of Cranleigh’s news and events, please visit the website at www.cranleigh.org For House news, please visit the dedicated Houses section the website.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY A quick round-up of some key events (in-school and out) to which parents are warmly invited: SEPTEMBER Tues 10th 12.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital Series: Rule Britannia (Chapel) th Fri 13 7.30pm Senior Music Scholars’ Concert (MMS) th Thurs 19 7.30pm Concert Series: Oktoberfest, Oompah Brass (SH)* th Fri 20 7.30pm Junior Music Scholars’ Concert (MMS) th Tues 24 7.30pm Parents and Staff Prayer meeting (Jubilee Pavilion) OCTOBER st Tues 1 12.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital Series: Baroque Showcase (Chapel) th Fri 4 8.30pm War Studies Society: “Taking on the Taliban; Operations in Afghanistan”, Major James Greaves, Grenadier Guards (ALT) th Fri 4 8.30pm Informal Jazz Concert (MMS) th Wed 9 5.30pm Evensong at Guildford Cathedral: Chapel Choir th Thur 10 5.00pm Knoller Society Lecture: “Childhood in a Japanese Prison Camp”, Mr Jeremy Gotch (ALT) th Thur 10 8.30pm Tom Avery Society Lecture: “Ocean Rowing”, Mr MD Mortimer (ALT)* th 7.30pm Charity Fundraising Concert Fri 11 (venue tbc)* th Tues 15 1.00pm Netball: Surrey County Competition (1stand U14As) th 15-17 7.30pm School Play – A Satire Double-Bill: “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” by Dario Fo & “The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui” By Bertholt Brecht (SH)* th Wed 16 7.30pm Concert Series “Aquarelle” Guitar Quartet (MMS) * NOVEMBER rd Sun 3 8.15pm Joint Choral Evensong with CPS: Rev Canon Andrew White, Bishop of Baghdad th Tues 5 12.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital Series: Organ Fireworks (Chapel) th 6.15pm Knoller Society Lecture: “The Lochnagar Tues 5 Crater – The Battle of the Somme” Mr Richard Dunning (ALT) th Wed 6 7.30pm Helen Wareham Competition: Senior Woodwind and Brass (MMS) th Fri 8 7.30pm Music for Remembrance: “Duruflé Requiem” Cranleigh Voices (Chapel) th Sat 9 10.30am Cranleigh Foundation Christmas Fair (CPS to 4.00pm) th 11.45am Big Band, Cranleigh Sports and Social Sun 10 Club (to 3.00pm) th Wed 13 7.30pm Concert Series: Weaver-Kantlin Duo (EC)* th st 19 - 21 7.30pm House Plays: North/East (VCT) th Wed 20 7.30pm Helen Wareham Competition: Senior Strings and Keyboard (MMS) th Friday 29 7.30pm Christmas Concert (SH) DECEMBER Sun 1st 8.15pm Advent Carol Service Tues 3rd 12.45pm Lunchtime Organ Recital Series: Christmas Crackers (Chapel) th Sun 8 7.30pm Concert Series: A Night at the Opera (SH)* th Mon 9 6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Loveday, North, West th Tues 10 6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Cubitt, East, South Please note that there are Junior and Senior lunchtime concerts – a key part of Cranleigh pupils’ individual performance experience – on most Fridays at 12.30pm or 1.10pm respectively. Parents are also warmly invited to our regular Sunday night Evensong services. N.B. Events marked with an asterix (*) do require tickets. Please email tickets@cranleigh.org. 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).
GOOD LUCK IN THE HOLIDAYS TO ALL THOSE HEADING OFF TO: Zambia, with Beyond Ourselves Kenya on a riding tour The CCF summer camp at Warcop, Cumbria Arran on a climbing expedition The ISTA (TENNIS) championships The British Open golf championships, Muirfield The All England Schools riding championships at Hickstead
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.