CRANLEIGH MATTERS The Cranleigh School Newsletter Issue No 49
Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8QQ Tel: 01483 273666
Summer 2014
This term sees the departure of Guy Waller, after 17 years dedicated to Cranleigh School. What to say about a man who has done so much? The Senior Management Team and Governing Body have tried to encapsulate in a single sentence (or two) what he stands for in their eyes…
WHAT A GUY
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I greatly admire his decisiveness and (most of!) his humour, as well as his analytical intellect. Most importantly for me, when he quotes Julian of Norwich and says ‘All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well’, I believe and trust him
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At interview I was impressed – if a little cynical – by the picture Guy painted for me of what he thought Cranleigh could be. Over the last twelve years, I have watched as his plans have come to fruition and it has become harder and harder to think about leaving, as no school compares in my eyes
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One of Guy’s greatest gifts is the ability to see the potential in his staff, no matter how young or junior, and to provide myriad opportunities for them to explore and use their (often diverse) talent
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The move to full co-education – which was inevitably opposed by some – took a real sense of purpose to push through: but it has transformed the atmosphere of the classroom and beyond
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Cranleigh has become a serious academic school, with 81% A*/A/B grades at A-Level and 63% A* grades at GCSE. Not to mention 72 Oxbridge offers in the last decade. Perhaps more importantly, Guy has always strived to ensure that Cranleighans learn how to enjoy and saviour the whole learning journey
The phrases ‘community’ and ‘family values’ are used over and over again, yet that is what we are and what we live by, and that, to my mind, is Guy’s legacy
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Such a strong and committed character leaves a deep impression. Guy has built a fabulous platform for his successor and the evidence of it will be all around us for many years to come. It is unquestionable that history will regard him as one of Cranleigh’s finest headmasters
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I met Guy twice before I arrived – and remember well the day Guy whizzed me around the School at a pace that I struggled to keep up with! On both meetings, and still today, I was in awe of the passion and energy he exuded for all things Cranleigh
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Guy has an extraordinary memory for names and faces. I am always impressed by how he is able to share in an achievement or success (or misdemeanour) with the boys and girls he passes around campus
He has moved the School into the top division. Academically, sports-wise and in music, arts and drama it is in a completely different league. He will always insist that it has been a team effort, but every team needs to be led and that he has certainly done
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Guy is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve. The emotion when the pupils excel is clear for all to see
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Cranleigh School has been Guy’s all for 17 years; he has slept, eaten and breathed the place and given it his total commitment
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He is a brilliant strategist; a man with extraordinary vision, who is always three steps further forward than anyone else in the room
DEPUTY HEAD’S TERM SUMMARY
Under Guy, Cranleigh has cemented its reputation as one of the power houses in sport. We are disappointed these days if we do not have pupils playing at national level
As I write this termly round-up, a time for reflection, inevitably Guy Waller’s departure is uppermost in my mind. He leaves after 17 years leading the School, and what a 17 years it has been. It is difficult to focus my reflections solely on this term, because, as I do so, I am constantly reminded of all that he has done in his time here, and the School that Cranleigh has become.
His disarming approach in interviews belies a sharp mind that sees beyond the obvious. He can spot talents of all kind, and knows exactly what he is looking for in a prospective Cranleighan
The focus this term has, of course, been exams, with pupils revising hard. Well done to all of you for your efforts and I very much hope the results reflect this. Thank you to the Common Room for all of their hard work and support in your endeavours – and I would also like to thank Martin Allison for his outstanding leadership as Director of Studies, as he hands over the reins to David Boggitt.
Just take a look at the campus: the Sports Centre, VCT, Academic Centre, Rhodes Art & Design Centre, Merriman Music Centre, Cricket Pavilion, West House, Cubitt’s extension, Bluett’s rugby pitch, the chapel restoration… The list goes on. Every single area of Cranleigh life has been carried forward during Guy’s tenure
Away from exams, we have been as busy as ever. Lectures this term have varied from “The History of Skiing” to “Everyday Sexism”; academic trips have ranged from Oxford to Cambridge; the City to the seaside; a Science Festival to a visit to the WW1 battlefields. In sport, we have enjoyed phenomenal success on several fronts. In music, the incredible G-Live Concert celebrated Cranleigh music past and present; the Helen Wareham Encore Concert and Summer Concert saw performances to the highest level, and there were also several successful House music evenings. The UVth and Sixth Form Art and Design Exhibition demonstrated a simply stunning quality of work. The Junior Play, ‘The 39 Steps’, saw a high-energy, actionpacked, hilarious production by the Fourth Form and LVth. In Outdoor Education, the Duke of Edinburgh attracted a record number of participants – while 22 intrepid explorers are off to China this summer. And in between, House Charity Days have raised an impressive £12,000.
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Undoubtedly one of Guy’s biggest influences has been the entrenchment of ‘sport for all’ as central to Cranleigh’s ethos. When he arrived there were 12 rugby teams and 1 girls’ hockey team. Now there are 17 and 12 respectively. On almost any given day, you can find young people playing sport as far as the eye can see
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People come from far and wide to share in our outstanding music, drama and the Arts generally. ‘Professional-level production’ is an accolade that has become the norm I remember seeing Guy on the golf course once, with just two clubs in his hand and running between holes. That is him in a nutshell – always do something, just do it with maximum efficiency
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He has created a School that is so impressive that Abu Dhabi (a country with the money to have its pick of the world’s schools) has chosen to use Cranleigh as a blueprint in its own private education
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If anyone embodies the qualities that I have mentioned here it is Guy – whose life, particularly here at Cranleigh, has been a commitment to service, to people and to values (Sir Charles Vyvyan, Speech Day Speaker 2014)
Which brings me back to my original reflection. The opportunities Cranleigh offers are due to Guy Waller’s vision throughout his time here: a vision of a broad education for all that ensures everyone gets involved in all aspects of School life. His legacy is a happy and successful School, of which I hope you are rightly proud. Have a wonderful, well-earned summer, and I look forward to seeing you all back in September.
PURELY ACADEMIC Well done to all pupils who have worked so hard this term: enjoy your well-deserved break. Just a quick reminder, exam results will be available at School and published on the pupil portal of iSAMS from 9.30am on Thursday 14th August for AS and A2 and from 9.30am on Thursday 21st August for GCSE and IGCSE.
SCHOOL & HOUSE LEADERSHIP FOR 2014 Congratulations to the following on their appointments for next year: Senior Prefects Chloe Nicholls (West); Charlie Gilbert (Loveday) House Captains Matt Foster (Cubitt); Harry Adorian (East); Bill Bathurst (Loveday); Rory Kennedy (North); Caileigh Faure (South); Lexi van Breugel (West) Deputy House Captains Tom Howard & Chris Linford (Cubitt); Nick Going (East); James Harris & Orlando Taylor (Loveday); Mylo Boyd & Ollie Taylor (North); Livi Hartley (South); Tara Kohler & Ellie Smith (West)
SCHOOL CUPS SUMMER 2014 Community Cup: Georgio Bounous Curran Cup (Tildy’s Spirit): Nathan Thorpe Tech Theatre Award: Robbie Matthews Hayton-George Cup (fastest DW pair): Laurence Fortescue & Robert Harrison De Haast-Merritt Cup (fastest female DW pair): Abi Dahl & Charlotte Norton Boys’ Senior Cricket: East Boys’ Junior Cricket: North Girls’ Cricket: West Clem Williams Trophy: Callum Kent E.W. Swanton Bat: Lewis Bedford Boys’ Senior Tennis: Loveday Girls’ Senior Tennis: West Boys’ Junior Tennis: Loveday Girls’ Junior Tennis: South Epsom College Memorial Trophy: collected by Jake Storey Copenhagen Athletics Shield: collected by Kuziva Ndewere Copenhagen Shield: collected by Phoebe Street Girls’ House Athletics: South Boys’ House Athletics: Cubitt Girls’ House Swimming: West Boys’ House Swimming: East Girls’ Climbing: West Girls’ Senior Rounders: West Girls’ Junior Rounders: South Riding cup: Henrietta Walker-Duncalf Boys’ Senior Golf: Loveday Boys Junior Golf: North Girls’ Golf: West Cronk Salver: Chloe Nicholls Kemp Quaich: Iola Andrew Boys’ Senior Badminton: Cubitt Boys’ Junior Badminton: North Girls’ Junior Badminton: South Girls’ Senior Badminton: West Summer Leagues: Lions (Weston Lord)
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FLYING COLOURS SUMMER 2014 2
Cricket: Harvey Jackson, Callum Kent Tennis: Harry Eamey, Max McGibbon, Cathy Hobbs, Maisie La Costa Athletics: Jake Storey, Phoebe Street, Kuziva Ndewere Swimming: Hannah Wallis, Charlie Cutting Golf: Jamie Harrison, Ollie Osborn, Chloe Nicholls Climbing: Nat McAleese-Park
A TOP SPORT
With multiple Nationals successes and pupils competing at national and international level, Cranleigh Sport has never looked so good. But it takes more than dedicated coaching and raw talent to keep our teams at the top. Enter Simon Brearley, Cranleigh’s Strength & Conditioning Coach. What else is your core focus? In addition to sports injury rehab, I run weekly S&C sessions for each of the major sports (rugby, hockey, cricket, netball and athletics) and provide guidance to the Directors of Sports to ensure S&C synchronises with their sports training. For a small number of ‘elite’ athletes I liaise with their sport clubs/ National Governing Body to provide a gold-standard level of service provision, but I also integrate S&C throughout the whole school by delivering squad S&C sessions and also general athletic development sessions ‘for all’.
What does a typical S&C session entail? What is Strength & Conditioning? Strength and Conditioning (S&C) can be defined as the physical and physiological preparation of athletes for sport performance. The S&C coach’s role is to bridge the gap between the theory and application of training. There are two key aims. The first is Injury Prevention: the priority is to help athletes cope with the stresses of their sport by analysing the most common injury sites and subjecting the athlete to specific soft tissue conditioning and control work based on this. The second is Performance Enhancement: S&C coaches need to understand performance-changing impact; to be able to look at a sport and see what it takes to win, recognise what the best are capable of, and find training solutions to address limiting factors. Ultimately we look at what we can do in the weight room that will transfer to the sports’ demands.
An S&C session could take place in the weight room, gym, track, field, court or pool. We have a specialist strength facility, the ‘performance suite’, and we also have the new Woodland Fitness Centre. A typical session in the gym would involve a warm up that integrates some sports-specific injury prevention, a series of focus strength exercises and some conditioning (often trunk or ‘core’ circuits). With more elite athletes we look to improve specific aspects of force production. With youth athletes I take a pattern-based approach to strength training, making sure they are competent across seven key movements; squat, lunge, push, pull, bend, brace and rotate.
What are the challenges of working with many different sports? In the busy school schedule my contact time with the students is precious. I look at different sports and identify what we call
What was behind Cranleigh’s appointment of an S&C coach?
‘performance pillars’ – this may be anterior dominant lower body strength for the hockey player (for braking and change of direction), landing skills for the netballer, or rate of force development and trunk stiffness for the fast bowler.
Does your work expand over to CPS? With Cranleigh’s ‘sport for all’ ethos I try to ensure that S&C concepts are introduced at an early age at CPS. This involves the delivery of a physical development curriculum that aims to improve pupils’ athletic motor skill competencies (AMSC): locomotive (moving), stabilisation (bracing) and manipulation (throwing & catching) skill development. One of the most rewarding aspects of the job could be applying a long-term athlete development (LTAD) programme in line with Cranleigh’s 7-18 approach.
Is it possible to monitor the ‘rewards’ of the new S&C programme? I conduct injury screening with all pupil athletes I work with and review it every term to note improvements. These screens look at flexibility and range of motion, local muscular strength and movement competency. Essentially the ‘reward’ from an injury prevention point of view is reducing the prevalence of soft tissue injuries – something I am tracking. From the performance standpoint, I can quantify changes in speed and force generation (strength & power) through physiological testing batteries I run each term with all our squads. I also have monitoring strategies in place for our elite athletes that help to detect overtraining and increase the potential to help our athletes to peak at a pre-determined time.
Final word?
Cranleigh’s specialist sports doctor was influential in highlighting the benefits of hiring an S&C coach. These include its overlap with the sports medicine team and physiotherapist in the combined delivery of rehabilitation after injury, to ensure that players are robust enough to return to competitive sport without re-entering injury. The major rugby term (Michaelmas) is certainly a busy time for rehab S&C!
“Parents, teachers and coaches, should recognise the potential health-related benefits of resistance exercise, because youths who do not participate in activities that enhance muscle strength and movement skills may be at increased risk for negative health outcomes later in life.’’ British Journal of Sports Medicine
FIRSTS FOR THIS TERM On a June afternoon Cranleigh’s U15 cricketers took the South-East section of the National U15 Cricket Cup by a very convincing margin of nine wickets. They then went on to challenge the South-West winners in a tense semi-final on 26 June – and won! The team will now play in the Final on Tuesday 8 July. This is the first time a side from Cranleigh has ever made it to this stage of this national competition.
concepts and headlines, started planning media for different clients, developed presentation skills, and had to think about different target audiences and how their communications might appeal to their own grandmother versus a 25-year-old man. In the Michaelmas Term they’ll develop their concepts further with photography and artwork, and will start to create original advertising to support Beyond Cranleigh and advertise the Drama department’s upcoming productions. This term has seen the first Cranleighan picked for a national American Football side. Mario Marset has been playing for the Farnham Knights at U19 level throughout the season. However, Mario was delighted to be selected for the Spain U19 team and is looking forward to training hard and gaining a starting place for the forthcoming International Junior Series.
fajitas, Spanish meatballs and the not-so-Spanish blueberry muffins and double chocolate chip cookies. The finished products were varied in their success and taste, but fun was had by all!
This term saw LVI AS Spanish students undertaking Spanish cookery classes – attempting to follow recipes in Spanish for
The new Cranleigh Advertising Agency is designed to teach pupils to think creatively, while tackling a business challenge. This term has seen pupils analysing award-winning ad campaigns across a wide range of media and sectors, from pet supplies to the automotive, restaurant, charity (UNICEF and States against Gun Violence) and retail sectors. They’ve created their own
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BEYOND CRANLEIGH SPORTS
ROUND-UP
This summer, 18 Sixth Form students and five staff (including one from Cranleigh Prep) will head to Zambia for the seventh Cranleigh trip. They will spend a week at Kawama School working alongside the teachers, local community and Beyond Ourselves staff, including two OC gap-year students. The focus of this trip is to develop the interiors of the classrooms with a set of murals painted in educational themes to assist with teaching – e.g. a ‘Universe’ mural, a ‘sea’ mural, etc. The team have been working hard on finalising the designs and scaling the paintings in preparation. They will also be running some netball training for the teachers and organising netball activities for the children, as netball is Zambia’s national sport.
by Simon Bird, Assistant Deputy Head
So, the Summer Term is boring is it? Nothing ever happens because of the exams? Well, it turns out that’s not quite true. This term we had 346 fixtures, averaging over 30 a week, with riding, golf, rounders, canoeing and climbing complementing the traditional majority sport fixtures.
The team will also be visiting Kasanka National Park. Seeing a Zambia wildlife conservation project first-hand will give the students another view of what life is like in Zambia. You can follow their adventures on the Beyond Cranleigh section of the School website.
Kawama Krafts – Social Enterprise
On the cricket front this has been another very successful season, with the School winning over 60% of our matches. Both 1st and 2nd XIs have only lost one of their games so far, including wins against Wellington, Tonbridge and the MCC for the 1sts. The 3rd XI, meanwhile, finished the season unbeaten. In the U15s’ wonderful run to the Final of the National Competition (to be played on 8 July) Lewis Bedford has scored over 400 runs, including three centuries. As girls’ cricket continues to thrive, the fixture card has included matches for U18, U15 and U14 age groups. The U14s entered the Surrey T20 competition and the U18s have seen some very good victories against Hurstpierpoint and Lord Wandsworth and a very worthwhile draw against the MCC. In tennis, the Senior boys’ team, powered their way to victories against the likes of Radley, Wellington, Charterhouse and KCS Wimbledon and, most pleasingly, there are a number of promising Junior players with Rory Calnan, Ed Russell and Sacha Brown all making regular appearances for the 1st team. For the girls, the stars of the season have undoubtedly been the U14 and U15 teams, with both ‘A’ teams achieving unbeaten seasons. Particular mentions should go to Emma Galletti, Izzy Petter, Amy Thompson and Iola Andrew. Amy and Iola have not lost a set all season and have played some outstanding tennis throughout the term – quite possibly the best we have seen from this age group for a long time.
The Kawama social enterprise ‘Kawama Krafts’ has had a very encouraging first year. Five local people – Soldier, Venix, Esther, Mercy and Judith – work at Kawama Community School. The products created are being sold in the UK, with profits re-invested in the school. Cranleighans have also been helping oversee the finances and new product design ideas. Popular items include harem pants, scrunchies, make-up bags and pillowcases – plus tote bags and bunting from July – all made from the very popular and colourful traditional chitenge fabric. If you would like to support the business, please visit the online shop at www. beyondourselves.co.uk
Return Visit
It has also been a really bumper year for the athletes. In addition to the success at the Waverly Trials, the boys won the Epsom College Memorial Trophy for the first time and at the Wellington meet they won the Copenhagen Athletics Shield and the overall Copenhagen Shield, again for the first time. At the St John’s meet the girls won both the Intermediate and Senior categories, thereby retaining the overall trophy.
Cathy Hobbs (UVI), who went to Kawama in the UV in October 2012, was so inspired that she is going back to work with Beyond Cranleigh in Africa again, for three months from September 2014, before starting Med School.
Child Sponsorship
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Out of the 225 children that Cranleigh School has committed to sponsoring at Kawama School, 155 children are currently being sponsored by members of the Cranleigh community – thank you! West House and South House are the most recent groups to have raised enough money from their annual charity days to sponsor a child all the way through their seven years at Kawama School. Look out for the details of the child they are sponsoring when you next visit the boarding Houses. There is still some way to go to meet Cranleigh’s target for all 225 children at Kawama School to be sponsored. If you would like to sponsor one of the children, or simply find out more information, please contact Laura Sturdee (lecs@cranleigh.org) at Cranleigh.
Down at the swimming pool the girls’ team was undefeated and the U14 intake is almost certainly the best we have ever had at Cranleigh, with Emma Grainger and Polly-Jane Cunningham breaking 19 School records between them. The U16 boys were also unbeaten, and over 20 School records fell across the boys’ team as a whole.
All in all, then, this has been a packed and successful season of sport – very well done to all those involved.
PERSONAL BESTS ACADEMIC
ATHLETICS
Intermediate Maths Challenge: Tom Hollidge achieved a Certificate of Merit in the Olympiad round, and Ellie McAleesePark, Alasdair Johnston and Saskia Hogan all received Certificates of Participation in the Kangaroo Round.
18 Cranleighans were invited to compete at the Surrey trials, representing Waverley.
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:
Surrey County Champions: Phoebe Street (triple jump) and Jake Storey (High Jump) England Schools Athletics, qualification: Kuziva Ndewere, 100m (10.84)
SPORT CRICKET
Surrey representation at the Inter-Counties: Pip Johnston, discus School records broken this season:
National U15 Cricket Cup, South Regional Winners and Finalists: U15As
Senior Boys’ 100m: Kuziva Ndewere with 10.51s
National trials: Josh Turner, Angus Dahl and Lewis Bedford
Intermediate Girls’ Shot Put: Sophie O’Neill with 9.05m
Senior Boys’ High Jump: Jake Storey with 1.95m
Surrey Cricket Academy Programme: Ollie Pope
Intermediate Girls’ Discus: Pip Johnston with 26.81m
Loughborough UCCE v Lancashire: Michael Burgess (OC) scored a maiden first-class 50 for Loughborough
Intermediate Girls’ Long Jump: Emily Thorpe with 4.93m
First-class cricket for Cardiff UCCE: Brad Scriven (OC) Vice-Captain of Cambridge Women’s Cricket 2014 and Elected Captain for 2015: Chloë Allison (OC). This included playing in the Varsity cricket match on the Nursery Ground at Lord’s TENNIS Runners-Up, Rootham Shield: Max McGibbon, Fin Cowcher, Joss Pinnington and Angus Barrett
Junior Girls’ 3000m: Jess Robinson with 11.19 min RIDING National County Challenge Finals, Bronze: Sam Hollidge, Poppy Watkinson, Josh Moore and Freya Hough
Surrey Junior Girls’ Spring Stableford winner: Iola Andrew
MOTOR RACING
Cronk Salver: Chloe Nicholls – the first time a girl has won it
HOCKEY
Formula 4 Championship: Will Palmer won two out of three races at Snetterton on 22 June – putting him third overall after three rounds of the competition. Will’s older brother Jolyon is currently leading the F2 Championship.
England Girls U16 Captain: Charlotte Calnan
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
England Girls U16: Megan Batchelor
Spain U19s: Mario Marset Farnham Knights U19s, unbeaten season: Mario Marset
U20 Rugby World Cup: former 1st XV Captain Henry Taylor played a key role in the England U20 side retaining the Rugby World Cup. Henry played the full 80 minutes in a 21–20 point victory over South Africa London Welsh: Seb Stegmann played and scored in London Welsh’s play-off victory against Bristol to gain promotion back to the Premiership Saracens: Henry Taylor has signed for Saracens, while continuing his studies at Loughborough University England v Barbarians: Will Collier was on the bench for England against Barbarians. Will came on and played the last 20 minutes London Irish trial: Harry Elrington USA Collegiate side: Seb Sharpe was selected for the representative side that played and won against Cambridge Harlequins: Charlie Piper started his contract with Harlequins Ulster: Sam Arnold started his contract with Ulster
Winner, National ‘Made in Brunel’ School Competition 2014: Anna Forrester, with a clever solution to travelling with toiletries. Brunel University (where Anna has a place to read ‘Product Design Engineering’ in October 2014) offers incoming students the chance to take part in their Design Competition. Anna’s liquid dispenser was chosen as one of the top three pieces to be displayed in London on Thursday 12 June as part of the wider ‘Made in Brunel’ Exhibition.
Duke of Edinburgh expeditions: 89 on Bronze, 51 on Silver and 34 on Gold – a large rise necessitating two separate expeditions.
Nationals Qualification, Dressage: Chantelle Phillips, Charlie Johnson, Josh Moore and Bronte Monks
This summer has seen a number of exciting developments for some of the current and former 1st XV players:
DESIGN
Nationals Qualification, Showjumping: Alex Moor, Lila Millard, Phoebe Going
Best Net Prize, Surrey Schools Girls Handicap Championship: Iola Andrew
RUGBY
Artwork selected for auction in aid of Macmillan Cancer support: Polly-Jane Cunningham, Tabz Francis, Harry Serjeant, Rosie Greig, Millie Timberlake, Nicky Cockerill, Benjy Carr, Sasha Faure, Phoebe Street, Jess Morley, Iola Andrew, Caitlin York, Rosie Mundy, Emily Thornton-Wood
OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Nationals Qualification, Intermediate Arena Eventing: Freya Hough, Charlotte Livingstone, Caileigh Faure and Lily Hibbert
JRPC Tier 1 Trials: a total of 22 current and new Cranleighans have been invited to regional hockey trials across the South Region over the coming summer holidays: Izzy Petter • Amy Thompson • Harry Gough • Jacob Hall • Tabs Bowden • Angus Burns • Rory Calnan • Robert Green • Ed Tristem • Megan Batchelor • Charlotte Calnan • Gaby Gerrard • Emily Thorpe • Harry Binnion • Will Warner • Liv Camsey • Clare Marsh • Chloe Nicholls
Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlist: congratulations to Ellen Farrington (LVI) for having her painting ‘Strangers’ shortlisted for the Royal Academy A-Level Online Summer Exhibition 2014. One of 106 works from over 2000 submitted from 361 schools across the UK.
Independent Schools One Day Event, 4th out of 32 teams: Lily Hibbert, Josh Moore, Sam Hollidge and Lila Millard
GOLF
Kemp Quaick: Iola Andrew
ART
MUSIC Junior Department of the Royal College of Music: Fayruz Megdiche, for first study oboe Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music: Theo Golden, for first study singing and second study conducting ABRSM Grade 8 music certificates: Olivia Chesser, Violin (Distinction) Catherine Hobbs, Flute (Distinction) Timothy Ayling, Recorder (Distinction) Phoebe Bagge, Singing (Distinction) George Wilkinson, Clarinet (Merit) G-Live Concert An incredible evening of music took place at G-Live early in the term, and it was fantastic to have such a large number of Sixth Formers as well as the 70-strong Chapel Choir taking part in the farewell concert for Guy Waller. The evening was designed to reflect Guy’s personal taste, and also included such numbers as “I am going to wash that man right out of my hair” and “I’m in love with a wonderful Guy” from South Pacific. Helen Wareham Encore Concert: this year’s Encore concert saw an outstanding standard of musicianship from all of the Junior and Senior winners. Royal Festival Hall: this term has seen Cranleigh’s Organist-inResidence Phil Scriven perform the ‘Cortège et Litanie’ by Marcel Dupré with the Philharmonia Orchestra, as part of the Bach Choir’s Concert
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. Canadian Cadets: Elliot Canham is off on exchange with the Canadian Cadets on an arduous mountaineering trek in the Rockies. This is a highly selective programme and he is to be warmly congratulated on being awarded a place. Devizes-to-Westminster International Kayak Race: this year’s gruelling event saw Abi Dahl and Charlie Norton come in 2nd of all the female crews and break three Cranleigh girls’ paddling records. The leading boys’ pair, Laurence Fortescue and Rob Harrison, finished 13th / 60 crews (U19s) – chased all the way by James Doherty and Jamie Hemming – and the mixed crew of James York and Hannah Warner came 3rd in their ‘Endeavour’ class.
DRAMA RADA Foundation Course: Ben Castle-Gibb has been offered a place at RADA next year. Junior Play: this year’s Junior Play, ‘The 39 Steps’, was described by many as ‘the best Junior Play ever performed at Cranleigh’. There was certainly no doubting its tremendous energy, under the directorship of Lauren Hyett. The technical work by Seb Bell, Ned Weston, Tim Strickland and Alex Brown was also remarkable: a tribute to the training skills of Mark Jenkins. Please see PJL’s Performing Arts Round-Up, opposite, and the website for a full review.
CHARITY On Saturday 26 April, West House spent an afternoon and evening taking part in 80 different activities. The day raised an extraordinary £6,500 for five charities: Tildy’s Trust, Beyond Ourselves, National Autistic Society, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Cancer Research. South House’s charity music evening on 3 May was a great success, with £4,170.09 being raised for three charities: Beyond Ourselves, Shooting Star Chase and Children with Cancer UK. Most recently, North House’s talent show and sports day has so far raised nearly £2,000. Abby Frett abseiled off Guildford Cathedral’s roof for Christian Aid and raised £200, and then baked cakes to sell for a Romanian orphanage, which she is visiting again, and raised £250.
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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.
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Pictures, from left to right, working across: West House Charity Day Spanish Exchange Students Discussions in the Sunshine Art and Design Exhibition 2014 Boys’ Tennis Beyond Cranleigh Trip to Zambia CCF Expedition Fundraising for Beyond Cranleigh Summer Concert Devizes-to-Westminster Canoe Race G-Live Concert Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Design Trip Ellen Farrington’s Royal Academy A-Level Online Exhibition Shortlist, ‘Strangers’ Summer Barbecue Pupils in the Quad Will Palmer Taking Podium in F4 Junior Play, ‘The 39 Steps’ Angus Young in the Marathon Anna Forrester’s Winning Design Entry for the National ‘Made in Brunel’ School Competition 2014 House Athletics Teeing up on Cranleigh’s Golf Course A Tense Cricket Match G-Live Concert Crispian Steele Perkins and Phil Scriven International Hockey Tournament at Cranleigh Cranleigh Riders on Winning Form Rootham Shield (Tennis), Runners-Up Boys’ Swimming Squad Junior Play: ‘The 39 Steps’ Economics Trip to London Richard Saxel playing at G-Live England Girls’ U16: Megan Batchelor and Charlotte Calnan Iola Andrew, Winner, Surrey Junior Girls’ Spring Stableford Golf Competition Boys U15 Cricket Team, through to the Final of the National U15 Cricket Cup House Badminton Tom Hollidge, Certificate of Merit, Intermediate Maths Challenge Rufus Wilkinson’s Design Work Tilda Martin, Pre-U Art Devizes-to-Westminster training Chloë Allison, Elected Captain of Cambridge Women’s Cricket 2015 Girls’ Tennis Encore Concert, Phoebe Bagge (Grade 8 Singing, Distinction) Trip to Greece CCF Easter Camp Phil Scriven, who performed this term with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Spectating a Tennis Match Cranleigh Rider Competing Girls’ House Athletics – Javelin Elliot Canham, off on exchange with the Canadian Cadets Georgia Beaumont, Pre-U Art Anna Forrester’s Design Work South House Charity Evening Cricket on Jubilee Encore Concert, Zoë Dixon Drama Workshop Studying in the Library
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PERFORMING ARTS ROUND-UP by PJL The gala concert at G-Live celebrated Cranleigh past and present. Five young OC singers were among the extended family of the Arts at Cranleigh who helped make this an enchanted evening, with current Sixth Formers forming a ‘farewell choir’ in choruses from ‘South Pacific’. The highlight was Richard Saxel playing Mozart’s piano concerto K466, and to narrate Vaughan Williams’s ‘An Oxford Elegy’, Alan Rusbridger OC and editor of ‘The Guardian’ was invited by the Head to join the hand-picked Cranleigh Voices. Marcus Pashley relished the chance to conduct these, along with music by Wagner and Schöenberg: ‘Wotan’s Farewell’ being especially appropriate to the occasion.
The annual black-tie ‘Encore’ concert, by contrast, looked to the future of Cranleigh Music, as talented musicians from the Prep School performed alongside the winners of the Helen Wareham competitions. The Summer Concert also showcased many young players with four or five years of performing ahead of them, but with Alex Tracey and Zak de la Bedoyere leaving this year, the East House rhythm section in the Big Band will need to re-form. Their farewell piece was, appropriately, ‘Gonna Fly Now’ (the theme from ‘Rocky’): a knock-out way to end an uplifting concert. It is right, also, to name Cathy Hobbs and Hattie Allison from the Wind Quintet and thank them for five years of fine music-making.
The Junior Play was ‘The 39 Steps,’ based on Hitchcock’s film of Buchan’s novel: playwright Patrick Barlow is the brother of David Barlow, a former Chaplain
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of Cranleigh School. From the opening song Abi Lord brought a sophistication of performance that made the label ‘Junior Play’ seem inadequate for such a slick production, directed with tremendous pace by Lauren Hyett. The charismatic Adam Forrester rose to the challenge of Richard Hannay with English aplomb and, as Professor Jordan, Henry de Villiers provided a chill few actors could have found. On June 24, the final concert of the year (apart from ‘Rocsoc’, of course) saw around two dozen instrumentalists in various chamber permutations, some playing with their teachers. It was like an ‘around the world of music’ in 80 minutes. A special treat was hearing the Dixon sisters and Richard Saxel playing Gade’s 1925 tango ‘Jalousie’: no better advert for the sheer fun of making music and sharing that pleasure with an audience. Another highlight were two evocative settings of Sara Teasdale by former Cranleigh keyboard tutor, Seb Weiss (premiered this May under Cranleigh vocal coach Graham Wili), with Phil Scriven directing the 16-strong Cranleigh Voices, a microcosm of Cranleigh music-making this term: a mixture of youth and experience; male and female; and Common Room and pupils.
RHODES CENTRE ART AND DESIGN EXHIBITION
The Thursday before Long Leave saw staff, parents, family and friends enjoy an evening viewing of GCSE and Pre-U Art and GCSE, AS and A-Level Product Design.
Pre-U Art
GCSE, AS and A-Level Product Design
George Durston, GCSE Nature Lamp Harrison White, AS-Level Bauhaus Lamp Tom Going
Issi Rennocks
James Beggs, GCSE Coffee Table
GCSE Art
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Nikolay Novikov
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Tilda Martin
Guy Trevellyan, AS-Level Bauhaus Lamp
The breadth of achievement in the GCSE Art displays was especially striking, while the creativity of the Upper Sixth in their Pre-U work was appreciated by all who saw it
Tom O’Flanagan, GCSE Lamp
Tom St Johnston, AS-Level Bauhaus Lamp
George Gloyens, AS-Level Bauhaus Lamp
Joe Hellman, GCSE Fragment Lamp
Laura Clarke
Tom O’Flanagan, GCSE Desk Tidy
Rufus Wilkinson, A2-Level Poolhouse Architectural Model
Tessa Lenselink
Charlotte Lucy and Richard Eamey
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This year’s Design Exhibition was the biggest to date, and the quality, range and originality of the work was truly exceptional
Robbie Matthews, A2-Level Theatre Architectural Model
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Grace Walker
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POETS’ CORNER Cranleigh has been home to some renowned poets over the years – and with students currently studying the work of OC James Harpur for their AS Literature course, it is a tradition that is continuing to flourish. The following work by Finlay Johnston (who has an offer to read English at Jesus College, Oxford) is just one example of the very fine writing being produced independently by some Cranleigh pupils.
Implants. Swelled plastic sheets bear the berries, Where flush on green the white film broods, Heavy, they arch and rise up crude. Those paunches bring the massing cherries. Cold tongs prod and tug, leaving bruise, Let us grow them fat, flesh them out. Underdue we wrench, flush them out, Still, mum, they bleed with split hues. Sub membrane sag, depressed, the plants, In puce pools their new remain, We sprinkle brew, and then we claim the “ideal for,” pretty implants. Finlay Johnston (UVI)
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FOND FAREWELLS TO… Richard Allon-Smith,
who came to Cranleigh in 1983 to teach history and has been here for 31 years. During this time he has worked under three Headmasters, seven Deputy Heads and ten Heads of History, and has tutored in four Houses: 2 North, 1+4 South, West and most recently Loveday. Within the History department his wide-ranging knowledge has been appreciated by all students, assisting greatly in their ambitions for the top universities. He has also run many school trips, including to Russia in 2004, 2006 and 2008, which enriched the pupils’ historical understanding. Outside the classroom Richard’s main focus has been leading careers advice at Cranleigh, giving individual guidance on the labour market, university choices and gap years; running workshops and conferences, and ensuring all UV pupils organise and complete invaluable work experience. In addition, Sixth Formers have found his oversight of Young Enterprise enormously helpful. He has also conducted many chapel talks and prayers; introduced the first Holocaust Memorial Day; helped with the students’ Social Service Committee and supervised eco-groups, gardening and visits to local elderly residents. The breadth of Richard’s experience means he will be missed for what he gives to the School, but we will also miss a trusted, kind and generous colleague. We wish him well as he moves on to work in the careers sector.
Laurence Ardley, who
first joined Cranleigh Prep School and then moved over to the Senior School four years ago to teach French to A-Level and, more recently, beginners’ Spanish. As a native French speaker Laurence has been a huge asset to the Modern Languages department. She was instrumental in setting up the UV French-speaking clinic and was always on hand to give A-Level pupils the extra help they needed. She was also a great help in sourcing new resources for the department and her experience as an A-Level examiner last year proved invaluable. Her kindhearted nature and all-round willingness to help will be sorely missed. In addition to her teaching, Laurence has been a Tutor in Loveday and played an important role in running the School’s recycling club. She moves to La Côte International School in Switzerland with her husband David and their two daughters, and we wish them all every success for the future.
James Brookes,
who returned to his old school in 2011 as Williams Librarian and a part-time teacher of English. His wide knowledge of English Literature enabled him to make an immediate impact and he was always a most useful point of reference to students seeking direction or extension in their studies. His interest in and commitment to the written word has also seen him publish a volume of poetry - “The Sins of the Leopard” - which was recently shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been a committed tutor in North House and has also run Archery for the last few years. He leaves us to go to Hampton School, where he will become a full-time English teacher, and we wish him all the best for the future.
Ed Clarke ,
who leaves us after two years to take up the role of Head of Classics at Highfield Preparatory School. A passionate linguist with an eye for grammatical intricacy, Ed’s devotion to the cause of syntax has even seen him prepare a full set of Latin textbooks to take pupils from beginners all the way to GCSE and beyond (with plenty of Doctor Who and Star Wars references along the way). In the classroom, pupils connected with the way Ed could balance intellectual rigour with the humour one would expect of a touring comedian. Indeed, Ed has spent much of the past two years passing on his knowledge of comedy, whether directing House plays or helping a group of Lower School would-be comics to write and produce an original podcast. Ed is also a talented musician, so was often found near a piano, accompanying this year’s Musical as well as often filling in for the choir, or leading impromptu sing-alongs with pupils and staff in Cubitt. We will miss him, and wish him well in his future career.
Lauren Hyett ,
who joined Cranleigh one year ago after graduating from Oxford University, and in this short time has made a significant impact on the Drama department. Lauren’s energetic teaching style and creative ideas have made her a highly valued member of the department. Her directorial debut of the Junior Play ‘The 39 Steps’ has sadly now become her swan song, but the enjoyment that the whole cast had in rehearsing and performing the show is a real testament to her talent. Lauren has been a tutor in South, and her ability to relate to the girls has made her a huge asset and an extremely popular tutor. Lauren is moving to London to seek creative challenges and we wish her well in her future career.
Tom
Marriott, who arrived in September 2011 and quickly established himself as a professional and enthusiastic member of the History and Politics Department. Cranleigh rapidly made use of his experience as a teacher, coach and tutor and ensured that he was involved in every aspect of Cranleigh life. He has coached A-team rugby, including the incredibly successful U15A team of last season, as well as football and cricket. He has run trips to the East coast of America and the European battlefields of WW1, as well as proving himself to be a talented classroom practitioner. He was given academic responsibility in the form of Head of Curriculum Extension, forming a working party to discuss the future of this crucial area whilst successfully piloting the Extended Project Qualification and furthering the LVI Lecture Series with talks from the likes of Freddie Knoller and Laura Bates. He has been an active member of the Common Room, playing for the Platypods (cricket) and Woodpeckers (football)! His presence will be missed when he moves on to Canford School, Dorset as Head of History, but we wish him the very best of luck in this new role.
Clair Neill, who joined
the Modern Languages department in 2003. She and Gordon quickly established themselves as energetic, hard-working and popular young teachers in the Common Room. Clair was soon appointed as Deputy Housemistress of West, where her calm, rational and fun personality was much appreciated by the girls. As such it was little wonder when, following her two maternity leaves, she was appointed as Housemistress of West, where she did a fantastic job and her sense of professionalism and care for the girls in her charge was very obvious. After she left West, she took on the role of Lead CPLO, and this challenging role is one to which she was ideally suited. As such it comes as no surprise that she has decided to retrain as a counsellor, and it’s difficult to think of anyone more perfect for such a role. The change is a big loss to the School, but thankfully she is not leaving the Cranleigh area so we will get to see her often - and we wish her all the best in her new and exciting career!
Rohit Trivedi,
who joined Cranleigh two years ago after a switch in careers from the financial world. Rohit will be sorely missed by the Maths Department and Cranleigh Cricketers alike. His enthusiasm for both spheres of School life has transferred to many Cranleigh pupils. An accomplished cricketer himself, alongside Martin Allison he enjoyed an incredibly successful tenure as coach of the U14As last year and has even persuaded some at Cranleigh that Maths is for life not just the classroom!! Despite a relatively short time at Cranleigh, Rohit has thrown himself into an array of extra-curricular responsibilities. He has been a regular speaker and attendee at the “Exchange” (The Cranleigh Christian Union), a Purvis Talk lecturer and a faithful and caring East House Tutor. Among such activities, his self-confessed greatest triumph was an unbeaten season as the U14D boys’ hockey coach! We wish Rohit well in his future career at Hampton School in London.
Hannah Warner , who joined Cranleigh two and a half years ago having completed her undergraduate degree at Cambridge and her MA at Durham. She quickly proved herself to be a most committed, talented and able teacher, who would habitually go above and beyond the call of duty in her dedication to those in her charge. Her lessons were strikingly imaginative and she also played a pivotal part in maintaining the English Department’s excellent record of Oxbridge success. Aside from this first-class work, she has also overseen and participated in the Devizes-to-Westminster canoe race and been a highly valued tutor in Cubitt, North and West. She leaves us to go to the Perse School in Cambridge and we wish her every success for her future career – she will be sorely missed.
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BLAST FROM THE PAST · Michael Keep breaks the School high jump record on Cranleigh School Sports Day 1948, held on Jubilee
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
A quick round-up of some key events (in-school and out) to which parents are warmly invited: September Fri 12th 7.30pm Senior Music Scholars’ Concert (MMS) Tues 16th 7.30pm Parents and Staff Prayer meeting, (Jubilee Pavilion) Wed 17th
7.30pm Concert Series: Celestial Sounds (Chapel) *
Fri 19th
7.30pm Junior Music Scholars’ Concert (MMS)
Fri 19th
7.30pm Lecture: Brynn & Emma Parry, Founders of Help for Heroes (SH) *
Thurs 25th 8.30pm Tom Avery Lecture: China Expedition 2014 (ALT) *
October Weds 8th
7.30pm Concert Series: Ghosts and Shadows (MMS) *
14th-16th October
7.30pm House Plays: Loveday / South (VCT) *
November Weds 5th
7.30pm Concert Series: Organ Fireworks (Chapel) *
Fri 7th
7.30pm Helen Wareham Competition: Senior Strings & Keyboard (MMS)
Tues 11th
7.30pm Music for Remembrance: Cranleigh Voices, Fauré Requiem; Ivor Gurney – First War Poet (Chapel)
11th-14th
7.30pm School Play: Noises Off (SH) *
Weds 12th 7.30pm Cranleigh Voices sing Faure’s Requiem at St Andrew’s Church, Frimley ** Weds 19th 7.30pm Helen Wareham Competition: Senior Woodwind and Brass (MMS) Wed 26th
7.30pm Concert Series: Piano Recital by Aaron Monteverde (MMS) *
Sun 30th
7.30pm Advent Carol Service (Chapel)
December
GOOD LUCK IN THE HOLIDAYS TO ALL THOSE HEADING OFF TO: •The Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Expedition •The Girls Cricket U14 T20 Finals Day •Zambia, with Beyond Ourselves •The ISTA (Tennis) Championships •China on Expedition •The British Open Golf Championships, Muirfield •An Archaeological dig in Lincolnshire •Canada on Rugby Tour •CCF Summer Camp at Penally •The All England Schools Show-Jumping Championships at Hickstead 12
...and finally, Cranleigh Staff would like to wish everyone a relaxing, sunny summer break.
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Fri 5th
7.30pm Christmas Concert (SH)
Mon 8th
6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Cubitt, East, South
Tues 9th
6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols: Loveday. North, West
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 the event marked with a double asterix, please email standrewspo@hotmail.com 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).
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