The Hall Newspaper Summer 2021 No 20

Neil Dhar Michael Asimacopoulos
Matthew Valentin
Milo McCluskey
Zico Melwani

ART 51

Tomas Demiguel-Perez

Aditey Sethia Dhruv Marcus

Noah Hutchings YEAR 5
Aryan Kohli
WEBCAM PORTRAITS
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In this new project, boys were encouraged
to draw a face from an unusual perspective,

such as images of people seen through a
security webcam, who may be looking up at
an odd angle or downwards, perhaps unaware

of being monitored. The use of contrast
and shading in drawing was emphasised, to
highlight the black and white shadowy quality

of some such webcam images.

Adrian Altunis

Arun Burman

Ahmed Pasha

Dhruv Marcus Aditey Sethia Leonardo Vulcano
Edward Gordon Mathew Dixon
LANDSCAPE

After consideration of work by a range of
landscapists, from contemporary Hockney
to post-impressionist Van Gogh, Year 5s used
a simple pencil and sketchbook, or an ipad
to make observational representations of the
outdoor spaces they could see in the local

environment.

Milan Silva

George Pitman Noah Hutchings

Akhil Jaiswal

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YEAR 6 Dominic Watt

STEAM PUNK

Steampunk stems from science fiction relating to 19th-century
societies dominated by historical or imagined steam-powered
technology. The clothing from these eras is often modernized by the
addition of mechanical elements with gears showing and goggles
feature in the world of steampunk, serving to keep the wind on an
airship from drying out eyes and protection from sparks, and hot
steam in the lab or boiler room. Year 6s experimented with tonal
drawing using charcoal and ink, sculpture and Photoshop, looking at

the work of the Steampunk artists and Leonardo da Vinci.

Joshua Zarko Maxim Smith

Rayansh Kaul

Can Luca Aquino Leo Fulton

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Arlo Terry Ford Hartman
Leo Fulton

Riyan Hargunani

Strahinja Zizic
Rex Hodgkinson

Zachary Tsang

ART 55

Ned Van Steenis

Josh Hammond Oscar Hakansson-Gill
Zach Oudkerk
YEAR 7 Alexander Jhamna

INTERIOR SPACES

The Year 7s began this painting project
looking at artists' images of interiors, such

as those of contemporary painter Jonas
Wood, who often includes 'Pictures within
Pictures' and compared them to work of

artists from different periods, such as
Velasquez and Van Gogh.

Joe Matterson Aadi Patel

Alexander Browder

Felix Rottke

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Ben Kooi Nikolas Horvat Jonathan Shiu Mohammed El hadi Abasa
Josh Sandler

Theo Constance Jonathan Eisenberg

Omid Eftekhari William Ma Siddhartha Rathke

William Gentle

Louis Munuera Alex Noonan

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Arya Kadiwar

James Hammond

YEAR 8

PORTRAITURE AND WAR

In this unit of work Year Nobuki Smolders
8 boys looked at the work
of Francis Bacon and the Fred Smith
German Expressionist artists
to understand how these artists
drew inspiration from their
religious and political beliefs.
The project started off with
students producing distorted
portraits that reflected the main
characteristics of Bacon’s work,
using both photomontage and
Photoshop, before going on to
acquire the techniques involved in
printing with lino, along the lines
of several German Expressionist
woodcuts. To round off the project
Year 8s completed an independent
study on the topic of Distortion
and War with the focus of creating
an image or poster for the

Stop War Coalition.

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Sebastian Hernandez Thomas Barnwell
Yianni Paleocrassas
Tobin Osborne
Charlie Meadows
Ben Page

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Drama

the exam

Year 8 Drama Production July 2021

DESPITE THE ONGOING CHALLENGES POSED BY COVID
RESTRICTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS, AT THE BEGINNING OF
JULY, THE YEAR 8 CAST AND STAGE MANAGEMENT TEAM, DIRECTED
BY MR PADDEN, WERE FINALLY ABLE TO PRESENT TO THEIR
PARENTS A SENSITIVE AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING PERFORMANCE
OF THE EXAM.

The Exam, written by award-winning author
Andy Hamiliton (the comedic genius
behind British TV comedies “Drop the
Dead Donkey” and “Outnumbered”, and Radio
Show comedies such as “Old Harry's Game”), is
a funny but serious look at the pressures faced
by students today, both at school and at home.
It is a shrewd perspective on a familiar
experience, one which most people generally
remember as being amongst the most
emotionally-charged and nerve-racking
occasions of our lives. 

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Andrew, Chas and Bea are three candidates of mixed
ability who find themselves imprisoned together in
the same exam hall waiting for their papers to arrive:
Chas, a popular yet chaotic underachiever, who
invents his own slang (the word ‘prossock’ has since
become a familiar label heard around our senior school
corridors!); Bea, nicknamed “Two-Brains”, constrained
by other people’s expectations of her intellect and
Andrew, a feverish worrier, who has already begun to
think and talk like a middle-aged man, complete with
ulcer. In waiting for the delayed start of the exam,

each student has to begin to come to terms with
themselves, their peers and parents. As the wait
lengthens, each faces a powerful bombardment
of self doubt, parental pressure and adult
incompetence – provoked and enhanced by ’Ex’,
the mysterious, disembodied voice of the exam.
The Hall socially-distanced parents and
teachers, brought together as audiences for
three performances staged in the Wathen Hall,
were transported inexorably back to our own
memories of exams, reliving our own anxiety
and knotted stomach as the minutes ticked by
and all that was to be heard was the lonely sound
of everyone else’s pen scratching on the paper.
Amongst the Year 8 boys’ performances were
flashes of razor-sharp insight as well as hilarity,
as the players brought to life characterisations
of every school’s supposed ‘elders and betters’;
the young actors brought before our adult gaze
astute snapshots of the sometimes disastrous,
hurtful and at times pitiful parenting and
teaching behaviours that even well-intentioned

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teachers and loving parents occasionally display, all in
the name of education and ‘wanting the best’ for the next
generation.
Huge thanks go to Mr Padden for bringing out the
best from each and every member of the cast and stage
management team and to the boys themselves for
presenting us with such an engaging evening of drama.

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Design Tech

LOCKDOWN DIDN'T STOP PRACTICAL WORK AND DETERMINATION
IN DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER... 

New FROM Old

Several members of the DT Club (Will Samuels,
Timothy Scannell, Felix Twinning, Finlay

Schelin and Felix Rotte) helped Miss Downing
to design and make a new sign in the DT

department that showcased letters made from
tools and materials that were all scrap or waste.

Miss Downing made a video of the work and
tweeted it – the tweet proved very popular with
200 likes and retweets from Instructables and
the DT Association. This resulted in the D&T

Association requesting an article explaining
the innovative design and creation process
involved in producing the eye-catching new
sign with some images of the boys forming

each letter! 

DESIGN TECH 63

D - To create the E - To create the letter E the first step S - A series of strips of acrylic I - A scrap piece of yellow acrylic

complete letter a piece was to use the disc sander to sand and (Polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA) that (Polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA)
of pine dowel has been remove all old paint and knocks in the were offcuts from laser cut work were was cut using a scroll saw and
cut using a bench hook lengths. They were then cut using the filed down and finished by hand with
scroll saws and joined using PVA glue silicon carbide paper. The hot air gun finished using a hand file and silicon
and tenon saw and to create the correct shape. Each of the was used to heat the acrylic which is carbide paper. A piece of 6mm MDF
drilled at either end four parts were left in a wood working a thermoplastic. The plastic started to
with a 5mm bit to fit vice overnight to dry as PVA glue needs deform and was then formed by hand was also cut using the scroll saw
the frame. This piece four hours drying time. The letter was to the same size as the acrylic and
of pine has then been into the shape. the two pieces were joined using
wrapped in red scrap finished using teak oil and a cloth.
vinyl to give it a bright contact adhesive. 

colour.

T - Scrap ends of aluminium

sheet have been collected.
Two pieces were cut using
the guillotine and finished
with a hand file and emery
paper. The aluminium was

painted with engineers
blue. Then using a T plate
holes were marked with an
X. Through the holes, bolts
and nuts were place to hold

all the parts together.

E - A length of scrap C - A series of strips of H - We had two pillar N - A piece of acrylic

polyvinyl chloride (PVC) acrylic that were offcuts from drills delivered at the (Polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA) that has
tubing was cut using side laser cut work were filed start of this year. They been engraved incorrectly by the laser cutter
cutters. A piece of copper arrived with scrap pieces has been used as the backing for this letter. 
sheet was cut into lengths down and finished by hand of birch wood that held The blue acrylic was cut using a coping saw
using the guillotine. The metal with silicon carbide paper. them in place during and finished by hand with a file and silicone
was the cold formed by hand They were placed together in transit. As a result we carbide paper. The 'N' itself has been created
around the tubing to create a vice to make sure they were saved them and turned
the letter. A forging hammer all the same size and then them into a letter H with from old door stops that were left in the
and vice was used to seal the the edges were finished with an old pen that had run design and technology room. They were
copper sheet flat at the back. polish. The hot air gun was out of ink holding them cut using the bandsaw into very thin slices
used to heat the acrylic which and used to create a bird house that now
is a thermoplastic. The plastic together. sits outside the school. The last few pieces
started to deform and was leftover can be seen here and have been
then formed by hand into the
joined using epoxy resin. 
shape.

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G - A G-clamp from the tool N - A series of rulers that were cracked broken or & - A bright white ‘&’ sign

cupboard that has not been used snapped through use have been sorted out of the with a remote control
due to its large size was attached. school drawers. These are made from polystyrene using two AA batteries
Using silver aluminium wire pushed (PS) or polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) were then was bought online to join
through the holes and with a pair laid down on top of each other in piles. They were the words ‘design’ and
of pliers, the wire at the back was held in place using double sided and place in a hand ‘technology’ together.It has
then closed by twisting the material vice and drilled at either end using a power drill. The been injection moulded
tape was then removed and the rulers were glued and is made from high-
together to create a firm hold.
using a hot glue gun. density polyethylene
(HDPE). The frame has
been drilled to create holes
for the bulbs. The bulb
sockets have been soldered
into place in joined using
electrical wires to the circuit
board and the batteries.

O - A nylon plastic L - A very old and large O - In our old tool G - A brace is a hand tool Y - The final letter has been

(Polymide PA) try square has been used cupboard that has been used with a bit to drill made from the hardwood
radial ball bearing for the letter 'L'. A try mentioned, we also holes, usually in wood. balsa. It has been cut using
system made of found a drive wheel Pressure is applied to the
three layers that square is made of two key from an hand drill.  top and the tool is rotated a bench hook and tenon
have been joined parts, the blade (also known with a U-shaped grip. This saw into lengths then the
as a tongue) and the stock After checking to see if brace was found without a
together.  Each (the handle), which are fixed items could be repaired chuck on the end and has joint has been created
layer has been together at 90° to form an 'L' it was clear this would had two scrap pieces of using a coping saw. All
injection moulded shape. The blade is made of aluminium sheet strapped three pieces have then
and has stainless metal in this case mild steel make a perfect letter to it with aluminium wire been  joined together using
steel ball bearings is fixed into the stock which 'O'.  The drive wheel has and black electrical tape to PVA glue. After being left
that allow it to been die cast from steel generate the letter "G". in a woodworking vice for
rotate. A very is made from rosewood.  to allow for accuracy it 4 hours, it was then sanded
simple but effective The two material have been down with sand paper and
joined with a dowel joint and would then have been finished with clear varnish.
letter 'O'. machined to create the
probably epoxy resin.
teeth.

DESIGN TECH 65

YEAR 4 PROJECTS

Bridge CHALLENGE

A bridge challenge proved tricky but fun; Year 4 boys worked
in small groups to engineer a model bridge that could span

from one island to another. The aim of the task was to
produce the bridge that was able to bear the most weight. In
a close and exciting finale, a test to destruction determined

overall form winners of the STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths) challenge. 

Rocket PROJECT

In Year 4 boys utilised science, technology, and maths to generate
a range of rocket designs. They experimented and tested a
range of variables to produce the best aesthetic design and

the optimum aerodynamic rocket. The rocket project really took
off (!), with a competition between Year 4 forms to discover which

rocket projected the furthest distance. The group of winning
boys received a 3D printed rocket from the DT department.

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Packaging
PROJECT

The Year 4s took on a packaging project, in which
they designed their own brand vision, logo, slogan,

character, and packaging for a new delicious
cereal. They designed and manufactured the
packaging using a range of soft materials. The final
products look bright, colourful, very aesthetically

pleasing, and professional!​

DESIGN TECH 67

F riendsTheo Rotherham-Winqvist Joseph Dean
PROJECT

Christian Lonberg Year 5s enjoyed some design and Mykhail Melwani
manufacture using synthetic and natural
materials in making a Felt Friend. They

tried out a range of different stitching
techniques and pattern making, creating

a persona and personality for their felt
creature that is evident through the style and

look of the stuffed product.

Leonardo Vulcano

Adrian Altunis

Mekhi Mitchell Jasper Penderis

YEAR 5 PROJECTS

PEloawsteirceBdaCnadr
PROJECT

Year 5 boys used materials, tools, and equipment to create a wooden elastic band
powered car. They cut and drilled the frame of the car and then had fun racing them in
form and year group competitions. The car that travelled the furthest was the winner! 

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YEAR 6 PROJECTS

Tamagotchi Tamagotchi COMPETITION
PROJECT Arlo Terry

As part of a 12-week project in DT and Computing Year On Wednesday 26th of May 2021 the whole of Year 6 congregated
6s designed, coded, and manufactured a Micro Bit in the DT lab to set up their Tamagotchi products.
This was a joint project with DT and ICT.
Tamagotchi. The project was very successfully received
by pupils, parents and staff and it has been agreed it We first started by setting up our pitch presentations. With nervous
will remain on the curriculum for next year. Parents anticipation we opened the room for teachers to come and review our
creative Tamagotchi. They probably had these toys when they were kids, so
emailed in with extremely positive wishes and nostalgic I think that all the teachers loved the experience. We also had some normal
stories of their own experiences! Hopefully, this project DT equipment on display, for example 3D printers and Laser cutters,
which we had set up with information about how they work and what they
will see a full exhibition next year. do. Another successful exhibit was a photo booth featuring a Tamagotchi

costume made from card.

We had the privilege of Mr Godwin joining us
for the Tamagotchi experience and everyone
presented their Tamagotchi, marketing poster
and radio advert to him. All the teachers who
visited voted for their favourite presentation

and prizes were awarded to the top three.
Thanks to Miss Downing and Mr North

for organizing such a fun and educational
experience this term.

DESIGN TECH 69

Timihehe
Maxim Smith

The Timihehe is a new award-winning product designed to times. The clock is set to
cure your boredom with its many exciting features. We are 0:00 by default. Pressing
introducing many new talents to Tamagotchi which will excite the green button will
you and make you go wow! We will sell the standard version of the increase the hour by one
Timihehe for £200 and sell the extension for £150. We will sell and pressing the blue button will increase the
them as a bundle for £300. minute by one. Once you set the time, you can
shake the Timihehe and it will show you the time.
FEATURES
Radio: Two Timihehe’s can communicate and send radio signals HOW IT WAS MADE
to each other. The Timihehe can send information such as the light We 3D printed a case for a micro:bit with Tinker
level, the direction the Timihehe is facing (North, South, East, West), CAD. Due to the imperfections of the 3D printing,
and the tilt of the Timihehe in degrees. To activate the radio, press we put black tape around the case to disguise the
the red button on the side once. To make it display the light level, errors.
shake the Timihehe and you will see the numbers 1-5 on the other
screen. 1 is the darkest and 5 is the brightest. To make it display the At first, I tried to put the battery inside the case,
compass, click the blue button. It will display the direction. And which unfortunately damaged three very tiny
finally, to display the tilt of the Timihehe, click the green button and resistors on the micro: bit board. This caused the A button, as well
you will see the angle in degrees. For example, if it is flat on a table, it as two other output pins, to be unresponsive. Fortunately, with the
will display a number close to 0. expertise of my highly trained technician (my father), it was possible
to replace the almost microscopic resistors and to make everything
Pong: To activate the pong game, press the red button at the side work properly again. Afterward, I decided to put the battery on the
of the Timihehe twice. Then by pressing the A button and the B outside of the case to prevent further catastrophe. I then soldered
button together, it will display the message, “GO!”. You can control wires on the board and attached the wires to a breadboard with
the paddle with A to go left and B to go right. The Timihehe even has buttons, bringing new and exciting opportunities to the Timihehe.
a built-in clock. To activate the time feature, click the red button 3

Tamagotchi; OUR SALES PITCH
Samuel Roman & Tom Page

Tamagotchi is a new piece of technology. It has a new and you buy it will cost you £7500 you will make your money back in 7
redesigned cpu and gpu and can play simple games a 30 year months. Every month then is profit for you. Now we want to own 50
old Nokia phone could, but for a fraction of the price. percent of the company but we are proposing you buy 25 percent or
more. The rest will go to Elon Musk as he has offered to buy the rest
These games include Snake and Pong. An add on feature is that you of the shares.
can code other things on to it. We expect we will sell 1000 a day for Also if this goes to plan we will set up a hedge fun with money and
the first month through advertising it and 500 every day after the then you can put your profit into that giving you even more money.
first month. The actual circuit board on its own cost 16 pounds with The hedge is mostly an idea but we know the people to hire. Like
the case, labour and electricity countered in it cost 18 pounds. We will most hedge funds we take 2 percent to pay the people who will work
be selling it for £25 giving us a £7 profit. Now the £7 profit is going to for the hedge funds. We hope you invest into our company and work
be shared between the owners. In the first month we expect to make with us in the future. Thanks for listening.
£210,000 and £105,000 for each following month. For each percent

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YEAR 7 PROJECT

DspoeackkienrgPsRtOatJEioCTn

Year 7 boys created a fully functioning
electronic speaker through generating a
printed circuit board by soldering a range
of electronic components. The product
plays sound via a plug-in audio cable. They
went on to design and manufacture a casing
using computer aided design and the laser
cutter, assembling the product to produce a
professional quality final working product.

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YEAR 8 PROJECT

Animation
PROJECT

The Year 8 boys created stop motion videos
that convey a positive message. Using a

range of different inspiration boys wrote the
animation, designed characters, and built sets

in the workshop. They then filmed their 35
second clips and uploaded them to Firefly. 

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Music

Scholars’ Concert many prizes and scholarships, but as importantly, in terms of
AT BURGH HOUSE the quality of the musicianship we heard during the concert.
These Year 8’s sense of Hall ‘spirit’ had evidently remained
At the end of June we were delighted to be able to welcome a undaunted even in the face of the many pandemic-related trials
limited audience to a real, tangible venue for our Scholars’ and tribulations and the audience recognised the quiet sense of
Concert! confidence and mature musicianship evident amongst the young
Burgh House was the perfect venue for this special performance, players.
which in many senses was first and foremost a ‘celebration of
commitment'! In a year like no other, during the many days Huge thanks to Ms Rosina and all the devoted Music Department
of lockdown, the Year 8 scholarship applicants had to face teachers, for going "above and beyond" during such a challenging
unprecedented challenges to continue their music making; tuning year and congratulations Scholars!
in for virtual online instrumental lessons with their teachers
sometimes physically in other parts of the globe, auditioning
for the scholarship awards via Zoom, or grappling with the
technicalities of pre-recording their audition pieces.
This endeavour reaped rewards not only in the awarding of so

MUSIC SCHOLARS 2021

JEREMY CHING JOSHUA JAEGLE LUI KATO NICHOLAS OLLIE SAUNDERS WILLIAM TRAVIS NOBUKI

Music Exhibition, Music Scholarship Music Exhibition, TAYLOR Music Scholarship, Music Scholarship, SMOLDERS
Westminster School and Music Exhibition, Westminster School Brighton College University College
Music Scholarship, Music Exhibition,
Haileybury Westminster School School Westminster School

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HEYJude! instrBuUmDeDnItNaGlists
Luisa Rosina
Early in the summer term, Reception boys were
During the lockdown of February 2021, we launched 'The Hall lucky enough to have some taster sessions on a
Virtual Orchestra' and boys from across the Middle and Senior
School submitted recordings of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. violin, viola, cello or double bass.
Izzy Herschmann spent hours stitching the videos together, and the final
performance was superb! The success of this inaugural performance In sessions led by two of our peripatetic strings
inspired us to continue through the Beatles catalogue, and another song teachers, they were challenged to try a couple of fun
was arranged for the boys; 'Hey Jude'. 
manoeuvres, such as the Hula-Hoop challenge, in
In the Summer term, as lockdown ended and restrictions began to ease, we which they had to hold the bow correctly whilst moving
were desperate to give the boys an opportunity to perform to an audience. I
had been working with Year 7 throughout the year and rehearsing them in in different directions. They also practised holding
their form group bubbles, so, to showcase their learning, all of the Year 7 the instrument correctly and plucking or bowing the
musicians were put into an orchestra to perform 'Hey Jude'. During class strings. A fun introduction to the world of music and
singing lessons, Dr Steyn and I taught the remainder of Year 7 and the whole
of Year 6 the chorus, and soon, we were ready to go!  starting to play an instrument!

Fortunately, June 21st was a gloriously sunny day, and with lashings of sun
cream and a few clothes pegs to hold music in place, we put on a performance
in The Yard, playing to many staff members. The playing and singing attracted
the attention of neighbours who were working from home, who came into
their gardens and peeped over the walls or through the fence to listen and
cheer us on. The performance was a fantastic end to a difficult year. Watching
the boys’ smiles and hearing their heart-felt playing and singing was a joy.
The video can be viewed on The Hall’s Instagram page or the Vimeo link
https://vimeo.com/565247617.

THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, FOR THE INCREDIBLE
SUPPORT OF STAFF: IZZY HERSCHMANN FOR HER
BRILLIANT ARRANGEMENTS, AND MARTYN KAINE,
WILL PERRY-PARKES AND JOE ISITT FOR THEIR
TECHNICAL WIZARDRY!

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Sport

Alexi Mavroudis

The goalposts moved onto the pristine pitch, the cones
carefully positioned to hold back an exuberant crowd of
Junior School children, and teachers looking on from the
‘executive box seats’ in the Staff Room. The stage was set for the
Junior School Euro 2020 Football Tournament.

Fever pitch had hit the School as soon as the official Euro 2020
Tournament kicked off in June. Mr Dobson and I decided to host
our very own Junior School competition. Reception and Year 1 had
their own Tournament, as did the boys in Years 2 and 3. Across 16
different European nations, every single boy took part and took
pride in representing their allocated team and Country.

As the majority of the boys here show a keen interest in
the sport, the standard was high and this made for some
interesting, competitive, matches. England against Switzerland was
the opening fixture, and faster than Brexit, England were knocked
out of BOTH tournaments. A dramatic start to the competition,
with so much still at stake and plenty of fixtures to get through.
Eventually, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal and Croatia progressed
to the Semi Finals. In front of an electric crowd, sporting colourful
banners of support, the two games were played in great spirit.

Spain and Portugal were the two teams to advance from the
last four, and they played out a tight, tense Final. An impressive
display saw Portugal crowned champions of Europe, as the
Tournament came to a close. Huge credit to all the boys in the
Junior School, they all played with a high intensity and positive
team spirit. The School’s sporting future is bright; there may
even be a few young Lions in the making, among us.

Football really did come home this Summer, in the Junior
School.

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CRICKET 2021

The Year 8s came to the end of their
cricketing careers at The Hall over

the summer term.

TRAINING
James Avery-Gee
“For training we either practiced bowling in the nets, batting off
tees or playing a short match. Everyone was split into groups of
about 8 boys matching their standard so it was always fair in the
matches versus each other. Usually for Year 4 training was on
Thursdays and matches were on Tuesdays”.

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YEAR 4 CRICKET 2021 HOW TO PLAY
Rufus Jewell
CRICKET
“This summer we had an exciting array of cricket
matches against other schools. We played matches Back at the start of the summer term, some of the Year 4
against Wetherby, Arnold House and North Bridge House boys thought it would be helpful to remind themselves of
schools. We beat Wetherby and North Bridge House; these the rules and etiquette of playing cricket after such a long
games weren't that tight because we won by 50 runs.
We were quite unlucky to lose by 1 run to Arnold house time of Covid disruption!

because of a scrappy catch”. HOW TO PLAY CRICKET
By Noam Boucard and Will ?
2021 Annual Hall Dads vs Staff cricket match
There are 4 positions in cricket. The batter, the bowler, the wicket
keeper, and the fielder. The batter must hit the ball that the bowler
bowls. If he hits it out of the boundaries with one or more bounces,
he gets four points for his team. If the batter hits it out of the
boundaries with zero bounces, he gets six points for his team. If
the ball does not go out of the boundaries, the batters must run
to the opposite wicket and every time they both run once to the
other wicket, they get one run. They do not run if the ball goes out
of the boundaries, and they get the runs they get when it goes out
the boundaries.

THE BOWLER AND WICKET KEEPER
The bowler must bowl the ball with a straight arm, and he needs
to try hit the wicket with the ball. If he does, the batting team loses
three points. The wicket keeper must make sure the ball does not
go backwards through the boundaries. They are also there to make
the ball touch the wicket when the batter is still running and is not
around the wicket. If that happens, the batting team loses three
points.

THE FIELDER
The fielder must pass the ball to someone who will make the ball
touch the wicket. All the fielders are spread in the field to make
sure the ball does not go out of the boundaries. If a fielder catches
the ball with zero bounces the batting team loses 3 points.

EXTRA INFORMATION
Both teams take turn batting, bowling, and fielding. When you
bowl your teammates are fielding. Each team starts on 100 points.
One team is batting, and the other team is bowling and fielding.

RULES
By Dylan Shorthouse

The bowler tries to bowl the ball at the wicket.
If you hit the wicket the batting team loses 3 runs.
If the batter hits the ball they have a choice to stay or to run to the
other wicket.
If a fielder throws the ball at the wicket while the batters are
running they lose 3 runs. Also, if a fielder catches the ball with no
bounce straight off the bats boys bat you lose three runs.
If the ball bounces and then go past the flags that is four runs for
the bats boy and if it doesn’t bounce that is six runs.

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TENNIS 2021

Well done to the Year 6 and 8 boys on some impressive
performances as they represented the school at
The Arnold House Tennis Tournament.

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U13 ARNOLD HOUSE BEDFORD SCHOOL
CRITCEKNENTISAND SIXES TOURNAMENT

Our Year 8 boys had a great The Hall U11s won the Bedford School Sixes Cricket
time at Canons Park, on 23rd Tournament for an incredible fourth year in a row,
June, as they took on Arnold
House at Cricket and Tennis, beating 3 county sides in the course of the day.

in the glorious sunshine.
Congratulations to the 1st
XI, who managed to win the
U13 Arnold House Cricket

Tournament! 

BEDFORD SCHOOL
TOURNAMENT

Well done to our Y8 Cricket 1st XI, for their performance in
the @BedfordSchool Tournament on 21st June!

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2021

Each year group had its own Sports Day this summer, due to
Covid regulations requiring year groups to be kept in their
separate 'bubbles'. Nonetheless, competition between houses
across the school was as strong as ever and the sun shone over
Wilf Slack Playing Fields to complete the sense of fun and

freedom for boys, parents and teachers.

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Alessandro Penati

The Sports day competing started with
5S doing the marathon, 5N doing
sprint and long jump and finally 5P
doing the High jump.

In 5S Laith Mason won both 400m
sprint then a throwing cricket ball
completion and 200m sprint in a
close tie with Noah Hutchings. Then
5S moved to the sprint and long
jump, 5N did the high jump and
5P did the marathon. In 5s Sammy
won the long jump with a whopping
1.77m jump and the sprint was won
by Florian Jhamna. Then lastly 5s did
the high jump with Cornelius using
a strange front-flipping tactic to get
1.09 metres.

Then we did the 200m sprint for the
3 winners of each class. Laith Mason
won the 400m sprint followed closely by Hugo Thompson.
Secondly, in the 200m meter sprint Ziyan Hirji won it with
another close briefing with Hugo. Then we did the 60m sprint
with Arun winning is 5th streak of winning the sprint. Itai Fink
got kicked in the shin with a mega injury and to add on had
cut all his leg. Then we did the tug of war. Firstly, Blue house
(my house) won against orange house with a close encounter.
Then secondly greenhouse won against purple house. Then it
was blue house vs green with greenhouse winning with their
monster puller Amartya Jain. Then for third it was purple
house winning against orange house. Then we sat down
with our assigned houses and the medals were given to the
winners of some competions.

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Luca Payne Secondly, in the 200m
meter sprint Ziyan Hirji
Sports day was a brilliant day for everyone! It was an enticing won it with another close
event where everyone gave their best. briefing with Hugo. Then
We started off with house rounders, Purple against Blue House. It we did the 60m sprint
was a close game but in the end Purple won, with 11 ½ rounders with Arun winning his 5th
and 7 ½ rounders for Blue. Orange house beat Green house. In the streak of winning the sprint. Itai Fink got accidentally kicked in
Finals, Orange beat Purple by 1 ½ rounders. In my opinion, the only the shin, resulting in a mega cut injury to his leg. Then we did the
reason Orange won was that they had sixteen people unlike the tug of war. Firstly, Blue House won against Orange House with a
other houses who have twelve. After that we had a 15 minute break. close encounter. Then secondly Green House won against Purple
Next, we did some practice for the events. My class (5S) started House. Then it was Blue House vs Green with Green House winning
with tug-of-war. Then we moved on to long jump, then finally high thanks to their monster puller Amartya Jain. Then for third place,
jump. Then we had lunch and a half an hour break. After this we Purple House won against Orange. Finally, after all the spectacular
started the competitive individual and team sports events. events, we sat down with our assigned houses and the medals
The Sports day competing started with 5S doing the marathon, 5N were given out to the winners of some competitions and for good
doing sprint and long jump and finally 5P doing the High Jump. In sportsmanship.
5S Laith Mason won both 400m sprint then a throwing cricket ball
competition and 200m sprint in a close tie with Noah Hutchings. There were a fair few winners but the following MS boys
Then 5S moved to the sprint and long jump, 5N did the high jump stood out; Laith Mason, Hugo Thompson, and Ziyan Hirji
and 5P did the marathon. In 5S Sammy won the long jump with a and a few more.

whopping 1.77m jump and the sprint
was won by Florian Jhamna. Then
lastly, 5S did the high jump with
Cornelius using a strange front-
flipping tactic to get 1.09 metres!
Then we did the 200m sprint
for the 3 winners of each class.
Laith Mason won the 400m sprint
followed closely by Hugo Thompson.

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THE HIGH JUMP
CHALLENGE 2021

Never mind the Fosbury Flop, the scissors
method, the Western roll or straddle!

Boys came up with their own high jump
technique this year after 2 summers of no

athletics training - the Hall Hoick!

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2021 Y E A R 8 L E AV E R S

We wish all the Year 8 boys leaving The Hall this summer all the very
best in their new schools… don’t forget us! Thank you for all the energy and creativity
you brought to the school during your time with us, as reflected in your brilliant Music

Tech Leavers video, “Chasing Cars” which can be found on the school website.

Places have been won at the following senior schools for September 2021:

Aldenham 2 Haileybury 3 St. Paul’s 9
Brighton College 1 Harrow School 1 St George’s 1
City of London 9 Highgate 1 Westminster 14
Eton College 2 Merchant Taylors’ 3
Haberdashers’ Aske’s 1 Mill Hill 1

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