Oxygen Magazine 2019

MAGAZINE OF ST MARY ’S CALNE

OXYGEN
the essence of life at St Mary ’s
2018 - 2019

OXYGEN NEWS

the essence of life at St Mary ’s 01............................................................ From the Headmistress

Oxygen captures the 20................................................................................................Science
energy and ethos 26............................................................................Company News
of St Mary’s Calne 39............................................................................................ Debating
and is inspired by 48...................................................The Calne Foundation Trust
scientist Joseph 52..................................................The Donaldson Programme
Priestley, who 55...........................................................................Young Enterprise
discovered oxygen 59............................................................Sixth Form and Beyond
in Calne in 1774. 59............................................................................ Calne Girls Talks
62...................................................................... The Lecture Series
St Mary's Calne 87.................................................................................................Chapel
96.................................................................................Founders’ Day
Wiltshire SN11 0DF 101.................................................................Examination Results
Telephone: 01249 857200 102...............................................................Leavers’ Destinations
104...................................................................................The Lily Ball
Fax: 01249 857207
Email: [email protected] SPORTS REPORTS

www.stmaryscalne.org 31.................................................... Inter-Company Sports Day
Cover photo: LIV trip to Bude. 66................................................................................Sport Reports
67......................................................................................... Equestrian
68............................................................................................. Lacrosse
71..........................................................................................Swimming
72............................................................................................... Hockey
74...............................................................................Cross Country
76................................... Pre-season Tennis Training in Palma
78................................................................................................ Netball
80............................................................................................. Athletics
82.................................................................................................. Tennis

89...................................................British Schoolgirls’ Ski Races

93.................................................................................... Horse Show

TRIPS AND EXPEDITIONS

02...................................................................... Lacrosse USA Tour

16........................................................Challenge and Adventure
22................................................................. Art Trip to Barcelona
32............................................ History of Art Trip to Florence
40.......................................................... Enrichment Trip to Bude
42..................................................................................... Trip to Paris
50.....................................................................The Battlefields Trip
56................................................. MIV Trip to the Isle of Wight
60.......................................... History Trip to Berlin & Krakow
64......................................................................USA Exchange Trip
65............................................... Geography Trip to Dartmoor
84....................................................Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
88.............................................................Australia Exchange Trip
90................................................................. Classics Trip to Crete
92..................................................... Geography Trip to Tenerife
94..................................................................Our Trip to Samoëns

REVIEWS

06.............................................. A Midsummer Night's Dream
08............................................ Home - A Showcase of Dance
09................................................................................................ Gallery
10........................................................................................Art Forum

12...........................................................................A Sense of Place

14................................................................................................ Gallery
18............................................................................ Inspire! Concert

24......................................................................................... Junior Play

34................................................................................... Centre Stage
36..................................................................................................... Flesh
38.............................................................................LAMDA Results
44....................................................................................................Music

From the
Headmistress

It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 edition of Oxygen, and to give
you a taste of the activities and achievements of the girls over the past year.

Particularly So, to my mind, there are two themes One example that particularly struck me this
memorable for running through Oxygen 2019. year is how, only a few years after debating
me was the was introduced, our senior team made it to
Inspire! Concert, First, the level of participation across the the last 12 (of 280) in the ESU Mace finals,
showcasing school in the huge range of opportunities in a competition including Dulwich College,
St Mary’s on offer. We have been particularly keen St Paul’s Girls, Eton and many more and we
ensembles for girls to keep up their interest in sport, were the only girls’ school shortlisted in
alongside regardless of whether they are top-class Tatler’s Public School of the Year Award along
comedian and athletes. The new Simon Knight Sports with Canford, St Paul’s Boys, Harrow and
pianist Alistair Hall continues to help with this, and the Brighton College.
McGowan,West End stars, Charlie Page and same encouragement to get involved and
Clare Halse, opera singer Hilary Summers give things a try applies across all the other The new library, opening next summer – so
and BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny. Not activities on offer. much more than a traditional library – will
only was it a great night but it also raised help us to continue to excel in this way. But
almost £14,500 for the Armed Forces Fund, The second theme is excellence. Everyone success of this kind only happens through
supporting the families of those killed or rightly expects us to offer the highest quality. the skill and hard work of our dedicated
injured in military action. Academic results must always underpin this, staff and the unstinting support of the entire
and I was delighted with the success at both school community – my thanks go to you all.
Back at school, I was impressed by a visually A Level and GCSE last summer – you can St Mary’s has never been in better shape, so
daring, rather unorthodox and beautifully read about this on page 101. But what the please do enjoy this edition of Oxygen.
acted version of Shakespeare’s magazine also shows is that excellence is
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. being achieved across a whole range of areas, Dr Felicia Kirk BA (University of Maryland),
with the girls now competing and holding MA (Brown University), PhD (Brown University)
Our now regular Art exhibition, with the their own against the leading schools in
theme this year of A Sense of Place, took the country.
place at the Mall Galleries in London. It was
a great showcase for Art in the St Mary’s
community and we were all bowled over by
the girls’ creativity and originality, and the
quality and diversity of the pieces on display.

On the sports field, I was delighted that our
invincible U12 lacrosse squad were unbeaten
through the season and the 1st VII qualified
for the South West Regional Finals for the
first time.

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nervous, budding talent and every helped enormously by Alex, our reliable
player stepped up and raised their and caring bus driver, who looked after
game. The level of competition was us and drove us wherever we needed
near to perfect and although we would to go and was never without a smile
have liked to win more than our two for the whole nine days. The touring
games from 12, progress was impressive squad was, without exception, positive,
and we had to learn quickly to compete responsible, engaged and hugely
with the athleticism, attitude, discipline willing; a real credit to their families
and skill of our opponents. and the school.

We were blessed with very favourable Mrs Heidi Marvin
playing conditions, given the time of Director of Sport
year, even enjoying some rain to make

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Trips & Expeditions

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‘My favourite memory
from the trip was visiting
New York because it was
just how I imagined it, with
all the huge screens on the
street and the busy-ness; it

was so exhilarating.’

Rosie Graham-Campbell, LV

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Annabel Fenton, LVI

DAY 5 - 10th JULY retail store
Met at Radnor, visited Longstreth Lacrosse shopping mall.
followed by King of Prussia Mall, a massive

EVENING MATCH v STEPS
B Team - Lost - 7-10
MVD - Ellie Bourne
MVA - Amy Bolton

A Team - Lost - 7-12
MVD - Elizabeth Rutherford
MVA - Fenella Challinor

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MVA - Rose Strutt

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DAY 10 - 15th JULY
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This was the backdrop for
our retelling of the magical
events of Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream,
an early 1960s take on his
most famous comedy, with
electrical fairies, charged and
glitching, emerging from the
pylon under the watchful eye
of a fragile, luminous Lucy
Fitzwilliam-Lay as Titania in
her celebrated tussle with Oberon, powerfully played
by Isabella Iversen, and aided by his pork-pie hatted
minion, Puck, wonderfully portrayed by Nell Boobbyer
as a haphazard cockney-styled sixties spirit.

‘I played the role of Puck as a cheeky,
cockney-accented assistant to Oberon.
Perfecting my cockney accent, with
a sixties flavour, was a challenge!’

Nell Boobbyer, UV (Puck)

Other standout performances included the four bewitched lovers:
Polly Mallinson (Hermia), Amalie Macnaughtan (Helena), Rose
Morley (Demetrius) and Kristina Wolf (a beatnik Lysander). Their
climactic bewitched struggle was a comic epic, as was the Mechanicals
uproarious final play within the play, Pyramus and Thisbe, wonderfully
‘directed’ by Isla Campbell as a fastidious Quince and ‘starring’
Bottom, played by Fenella Challinor in a brilliant, show-stealing turn.

‘I had a lot of fun turning
into a donkey! I had to
make occasional “ee-aw”
sounds while speaking
with a West Country
accent - which I had
never tried before!’

Fenella Challinor, UV (Bottom)

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Reviews

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All cast members coped admirably
with the challenges of the dialogue
and the audience on all three nights

showed their appreciation with
much laughter and, on the final night,

a standing ovation.
The fairy sequences, beautifully
directed by Miss Dickinson, left the
audience dazzled and disturbed, and
were a testament to how incredibly

hard the entire cast worked
together, with admirable support
from Miss Hughes’ superb crew and

our terrific technical team.
The shows were a pleasure to
direct and I’m incredibly proud
of what we achieved together in
under seven weeks of rehearsal. I
am confident we did justice to this

most famous of plays.
Mr Duncan Ellis

Acting Director of Drama

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Reviews

Home

A Showcase of Dance

This year’s dance showcase, Home, to create movement, which were then Standout performances came from a
celebrated everything that Planet Earth has collected and compiled by Miss Dickinson quartet that embodied Lightening in a K-Pop
to offer, from contemporary dance trends or Miss Hughes to create dance sequences. commercial style routine and a stunning
from around the globe to tribal dances, the All of the girls' dances looked professional pointe trio piece Water, created by Elisabeth
Earth’s habitats and its elements. The show and slick; their hard work truly paid off. Herratt (Dance Company Captain), Oscara
Dowling and Katie Li, it was a gorgeous
This year’s dance showcase saw the debut inclusion to an already incredibly varied
performance from our new Dance Company, showcase. The Company then finished
which includes girls from the MIV to UVI the show with a celebration of dance in an
Forms. The Company has been created to energetic jazz style.
provide a high standard of training in dance

comprised choreography by Miss Dickinson, for eager students who show promise and The show received outstanding feedback. It
Miss Hughes, the girls themselves and Zoe for highly skilled dancers wanting to was particularly pleasing to hear the audience
Humphries from Swindon Dance (a real treat develop their talent. commenting on the girls’ team spirit and
for our UIV girls). enthusiasm for dance. We are really proud
The Dance Company’s performances were of all of the dancers and, already, are looking
We wanted to showcase that dance is for a real highlight. Some of the girls performed forward to seeing next year’s show!
everybody and we were very pleased to have dances which they had choreographed and
the majority of our Fourth Form taking part, rehearsed by themselves. Miss Bethany Dickinson
as well as some of our Senior girls. The girls Teacher of Drama and Dance
were given different choreographic tasks
Miss Bethany Hughes
Drama and Dance Graduate Assistant

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Gallery

Arabella Fane, UVI Form

Nancy Rasch, UV Form Celia Ellis, Deputy Head of Art, UVI Form
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Charlotte Slater, UV Form

There is so much to celebrate this year in Art as we
continue to be impressed by the artistic talent of our girls. 

This year has certainly been a dynamic but, of course, Art for review by the RBA
one; our artists have engaged their
creativity to explore themes within education is so much London Panel for a National
botany, metaphysics, chemistry, ecology,
sociology, ethics, politics and digital more than just the Exhibition later this year.
technology with original works being
created at all levels. examination successes. In addition, Jane Wu (LVI Art

Ivy Au-Yeung, UVI Form Students have also Scholar), Alice Wade and
The major highlight of the year was our
A Sense of Place exhibition in London gained local and Clara Wade (2018 Leavers)
(see page 12). We are so grateful for the
involvement and support of the CGA, national exposure by have been selected for the
alumnae, school community and the team
behind our stunning venue, Mall Galleries, for contributing outstanding very first Young Artists’
contributing to such a successful celebration
of the Art of St Mary’s. works to well-known Summer Show (YASS) at the
At school, we now have more girls than ever
attaining full marks in the components of art competitions, such Royal Academy of Arts. The
their respective courses. Our GCSE cohort
achieved 94% 8-9 and 88% A*/A at A Level as Poppy Read’s (LVI) artworks Self Portrait (Jane),

entry to the SpokE Mother Bird (Alice), and Alien

film-based competition; (Clara) were three of only

the London Atelier 139 artworks chosen out

of Representational Jane Wu, Art Scholar, LVI Form of over 6,200 pieces. Mya
Art (LARA) Easter Penny’s (LVI) piece, Home,

Scholarship programme was also selected for the

by Cali Stott (LVI); the Royal Academy's online exhibition. Congratulations to all

Young Artists' Summer Exhibition; the on these fantastic achievements.

Cardiff School of Art and Design’s Ceramic

Excellence Award with Lucy Fitzwilliam-Lay’s Eliza Glover and Celia Ellis, as Head and

(UVI) work selected, in addition to the Royal Deputy Head of Art, worked hard to develop

Academy's Young Arts in support of Cancer the school’s Art Council, carrying out their

Research UK with work by Alice Gates (UIV), roles beautifully and leading the Art Council

Adrianna Wade (LV) and Annabel Fox (LV) to establish new links with St Margaret’s Prep

each having pieces selected for display at School and local primary schools. Our group

the Royal College of Art. Annabel Fox won of Art Scholars also contributed stunning

the GCSE drawing category, receiving her pieces to the Music Scholars’ Concert

prize from Eileen Cooper RA. A significant and we celebrated our artistically talented

accolade indeed, considering the work was students at the Golden Lily Awards.

selected from over 7,600 entries.

I hope that you will take time to enjoy our

We are very proud to have two 2019 annual art exhibition, which opened on

Alumnae Artists, Lucy Fitzwilliam-Lay and Founders’ Day and will be in place all year, with

Ivy Au-Yeung whose work has been selected works across 2D, 3D and 4D media. It is an

by The Arts Society to join the long list to outstanding body of work that is a testament

become Royal Society of British Artists to our students’ artistic bravery and enquiry.

(RBA) Scholars. Their work will be submitted

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Reviews

Lucy Fitzwilliam-Lay, Art Scholar, UVI Form Eliane Willmott, UV Form Celia Ellis, Deputy Head of Art, UVI Form

Our UV and LVI Artists were delighted to We welcome Rosie Bromiley and Jane Wu pulse of innovation, delivering a
engage with a graffiti workshop and sample as new Sixth Form Scholars and as new transdisciplinary course combining art,
the creative delights of Barcelona in the Student Head and Deputy Head of Art. This entrepreneurship, business and engineering,
Spring Term, whilst the LVI attended The is in addition to our new Student Head of it is an inspirational signpost of things to
Photography, Selena Corsellis, who will be come on the global field of education.
taking GCSE Photography during her Sixth
Form years as part of the supra-curriculum. Mrs Kimberley Appleyard Pallot
It is fantastic to support and Director of Art
see new technologies and
academic developments that
facilitate students’ interest
developing in the wider
community. I am confident
that they will enjoy great
success in these roles.

Cali Stott, LVI Form We wish our 2019 Art Leavers
a wonderfully creative future,
Art Society’s ‘Golden Lecture’ on Fine Art and are delighted to see them
Photography. The Senior girls have benefited accepted into centres of
from trips to LARA and the Royal Academy excellence, particularly Leeds
of Arts to see the RA Summer Exhibition and Foundation, art schools in
Phyllida Barlow’s Cul De Sac installation. France and, impressively, Eliza
Glover has secured a place
We thank our 2018/19 Artist in Residence, at the University of Southern
Miss Naomi Litvack, for her significant California’s Iovine Young BA
contribution to the Art School this year. Course. As a ground-
While at St Mary’s, Miss Litvak held a solo breaking initiative on
exhibition in Wolfson College, Oxford, the international
lectured at the Slade School of Fine Art and scene for higher
inspired girls across the school with her education, this
exquisite oil painted landscapes. We now course is a
welcome our 2019/20 Artist in Residence, Ms
Alyson Minkley, who specialises in community
art and sculpture, and we look forward to
her contribution to our community.

Nina Waterlow, Art Scholar, UV Form 11

A SENSE OF PLACE
Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th November, Mall Galleries, London

It is always a delight Digital Art
to see so many happy Prize and Royal
faces at a single event, Academy Online
and this was certainly Exhibitor,
the case at the and Gourd by
St Mary’s Calne third Clemency Fisher,
triennial London Art winner of the
Exhibition. A Sense Royal Academy
of Place included ‘Young Art’
more than 100 pieces GCSE Painting
of art by current Prize. Other
pupils, alumnae, parents and staff and showed notable pieces included work by Phoebe
a breath-taking level of skill, creativity and Dickinson, Lucy Kent, Arabella Dorman and
flair across 2D, 3D and 4D works. Trudy Montgomery.

Our Guest Speaker, Mr Gregory Rubenstein,
the Senior Director and Head of Old Master
and Early British Drawings at Sotheby’s, was
suitably impressed by the ‘St Mary’s
standard’. Mr Rubenstein awarded prizes
to Isabella Depla, ZaraVerschoyle, Millie Knight
and Rosie Bromiley, with the Calne Girls’
Association Prize going to Clara Wade and the
Fitzwilliam-Lay Prize to Lucy Fitzwilliam-Lay.

The involvement of our girls, past and
present, in a professional gallery setting is
of great importance to us; it was a truly
memorable experience made possible
by the amazing talent of Calne girls.
Mall Galleries, a prestigious venue with
a significant reputation for traditional
quality, remarked that the standard was
‘exceptional’ and enjoyed the opportunity
to invite younger audiences into their space.

The Private View was attended by nearly 200
parents, girls and friends who all thoroughly
enjoyed the diversity of the pieces exhibited,
including The Pits by Alice Wade, winner of
Saatchi’s national LOVE ART Competition’s

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Our Headmistress, Dr Kirk, commented, Alongside the exhibition, St Margaret’s significant amount of time, energy, logistics
‘The theme of the exhibition, A Sense of Prep and a number of London-based Prep and planning on so many fronts! I certainly
Place was well chosen. St Mary’s Calne is School students were invited to take part appreciate everybody’s contribution to the
fortunate to be situated in a landscape which in workshops led by the St Mary’s Art event and will look forward to seeing you
is world-famous and yet remains enigmatic Department. This included a collaborative all in London in 2021.
in so many ways. Visitors to our part of artwork, which had student fingerprints
Wiltshire cannot avoid reflecting on what it representing St Mary's girls taking GCSE Mrs Kimberley Appleyard Pallot
must have been like for our predecessors, or A Level in Art in 2019. Director of Art
so many centuries ago, to live in the same
place. It might not be on the scale of a stone It gives me great pleasure to start planning
circle, but I am delighted with the range of the next London exhibition, having worked
responses to our exhibition, both the physical with such an excellent team behind the
and metaphysical aspects of our ‘place’.’ scenes. As you can imagine, it takes a

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Lucy Fitzwilliam-Lay, Art Scholar, UVI Form

Lily Ergatoudis, UV Form

Lara Smyth-Osbourne, UV Form Clemency Fisher, Art Scholar, UV Form
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Gallery

Elsa Parker, Art Scholar, UV Form

Eliza Glover, Head of Art, UVI Form Rosie Lewis, Art Scholar, UV Form
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Trips & Expeditions

On Friday 26th April, the LIV and MIV side of the lake. Even so, a fantastic day was Friday 17th May was the final CAA session and
girls enjoyed the first week of their had by all, with lots of laughter. The girls while the weather was not great, the water
annual Summer Term sports trips to mastered many new skills and are eagerly temperature was a warm 18.6°C. The girls
the Cotswold Water Park, as part awaiting their next trip. were on their final activity choice and were all
of their Challenge and Adventure in very high spirits out on the lake; there was
(CAA) programme. For the second CAA session, the weather lots of singing and giggling in amongst several
improved to a balmy 15°C, which was far capsizes and girls jumping in! It was a fantastic
The girls had the choice of Head for Heights, more enjoyable for everyone. The girls had finish to a thoroughly enjoyable three weeks
raft building, canoeing, kayaking, sailing and all chosen a new activity to try, so they were of learning new skills and drills.
wind surfing. The weather was not ideal for all learning a new skill. The day was quite
these activities, as it was cold and quite windy, windy, however, so the sailors and wind Mrs Natalie Baldwin
so the sailors and wind surfers spent quite surfers struggled a little bit, but still spent a Head of Extra-Curricular Activities
a lot of time in the water or at the other lot of time on the water.

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This year’s Walk and Camp started efficiently and readied A big thank you to all the staff who walked
out on a very grey day, with groups themselves for the night’s and helped on the campsite and to Mr and
getting dropped off at Aldbourne camp. Some girls took pity on Mrs Spicer for the use of their field.
Church, Liddington Road Crossing, the team that had not arrived
North Farm Lane and various and pitched their tents for Mrs Elizabeth Thompson
places north of Aldbourne. them, displaying great team PE Teacher
work. They then all unpacked
The groups into their tents, having found
walked to their bags which had been
Sugar Hill, transported out to the campsite for them.
Shipley Bottom,
Upper Upham, The BBQ was in full swing when the heavy
Roundhill Down, rain started, with Mr and Mrs Paddock out in
Oak Stagger and the rain cooking the food, being supported
some places not by the other staff in the dry marquee!!
marked on their All the girls squeezed into the other
route! Most marquee to eat the supper of soup, hot
of the teams, dogs and beef burgers. Mrs Baldwin and
however, managed to stay on course and to Miss Turley then organised the ‘Doughnut
time, dodging the rain clouds for the best Disco’ in the marquee.
part of the day. A small number found out
their jackets were waterproof, while others
discovered that theirs were not! This was a
good lesson to learn before they start their
DofE Awards in the UIV!

All the groups, but one, arrived at the camp
before the rain and put up their tents very

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performing at our much- Clare Halse
anticipated evening concert,
Inspire!, alongside celebrity
artists: Clare Halse, Alistair
McGowan, Charlie Page and
Hilary Summers. The host of this evening,
the BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny,
presented the music programme was
his customary stylish tone and panache.

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Hilary Summers Charlie Page

The celebrity artists joined our musicians in enjoying the Alistair McGowan wowed the audience with his razor-sharp
stunning acoustic and beauty of the Duke’s Hall. The concert impressions and sensitive piano solos, creating the stillness
included a new initiative, a bespoke chamber orchestra, of Satie’s introspective piano pieces beautifully.
which set the scene with a stirring rendition of Pirates of the
Caribbean. Hilary Summers’ Music for a While by Purcell and To close the evening, Clare Halse returned to the stage
Charlie Page’s intoxicating Losing My Mind by Sondheim, and and, with her St Mary’s backing singers, combined forces
Clare Halse’s You Are My Lucky Star from Singin’ in the Rain, with the massed choir and chamber orchestra for a fabulous
were magnificently delivered and received. Two award-winning toe-tapping Our Time from Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.
pupils also enjoyed the opportunity to perform at the concert:
Elan Fryar, as winner of the Sir Bryn Terfel Song Prize, sang Everyone agreed it had been a magical and memorable evening
Eric Coates’ I Heard You Singing with subtlety and beauty, while in the school’s Cantabile Concert Series, raising an impressive
Head Girl Hannah Barber, winner of the Cecilia James Cup, £14,500 for the Armed Forces Fund.
energised a drum kit with great gusto!
Mrs Bethan Dudley Fryar
Director of Vocal Studies

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school children!

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News

ADA.ADA.ADA

Ada Lovelace was an English childhood, highlighting her unique
mathematician and writer who lived imagination, her mathematical talents
and worked in first half of the 19th and her mother’s oppressive nature.
century. She worked with Charles The LEDs on Ada’s dress would light
Babbage on his Analytical Engine, the up in different colours and patterns
first calculator, and published the first to reflect the events in her life, for
algorithm intended to be carried out example, when Ada’s mother burnt
by a machine. Essentially, she was one her personal letters, the dress’s hem
of the first computer programmers appeared to catch on fire. At her
and, yet, few people know of her death,Ada pressed her forefinger to
groundbreaking work. her thumb to snuff out the 44,000
LEDs in a dramatic finish.  
During British Science Week,‘Ada’
came to St Mary’s via Ada.Ada.Ada, an There was excellent audience
interactive theatre show that revolves participation and at one point we had
around the life and legacy of Ada to demonstrate how the analytical
Lovelace and hopes to inspire girls to engine would work by using string to
take part in STEM subjects. Before link members of the audience together
the performance, LIV students were to make a variety of computations.   
involved in a really exciting workshop
which combined STEM with textiles; Currently, only 9% of the tech sector
creating their own wearable technology is made up of women, a number Ada
with fabric components, LED lighting stressed should change. Ada Lovelace
weaved through felt and attached to remains, to this day, a symbol of
battery packs through conductive empowerment for women
thread. The session was a precursor in technology. 
to the main event that night, where the
girls would see a full-scale version of
their creations; a dress which contained
44,000 LEDs all working together to
make a fantastic visual display in the
Ada.Ada.Ada performance.

The show kicked off with an impressive
demonstration of the technology used
in Ada’s LED dress. The actor playing
Ada explained all of the components,
from the conductive fabric in her glove
to the Wi-Fi hotspot in her bustle,
in a visually compelling way. The
one-woman-show began with Ada’s

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News

WESTFIELD CAR

At St Mary’s we have a long standing partnership with Springfields, a specialist school on
Curzon Street for students with additional learning needs. Our latest collaboration is very
different! Together, we are building a car! The Westfield special edition, in a beautiful blue, is
being assembled by a team of students from both schools. Our LVI Physicists are being taught
the mechanics by Mr Smith alongside the Springfields Year 10 boys. It really is wonderful to see
the teams working together on such an ambitious project. It is starting to look more car-like,
but there is a long way to go. The aim is to finish building the car by next spring, before safety
checks take place to ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy. After that, it’s the open road….!

GREEN DAY

The school’s student-led Green Team, supported by
Mrs Haydon and Miss Wright, have been behind a significant
gear shift in the school community’s efforts to reduce its
global footprint. In June, we held our first Green Day. The
day started with students analysing rubbish from a sample of
our non-recycling bins and worked to find recycling solutions
so that we can reduce the percentage of the school’s waste
that is going to landfill. This was followed by a delicious vegan
lunch. Later in the day, students were given a box of food
and asked to produce a meal with the contents, which
included a range of vegetables and insects! Mrs Thomas,
our Head of Catering, and Matt Driver, School Chef, were
on hand to judge their efforts. Tasting everything from
strawberry and mealworm milkshake to noodle surprise,
the judges were pleasantly surprised by the flavour
sensations they were experiencing. The event was great
fun but also highlighted to all the possibilities of different
sources of protein in the future.

Mrs Alexandra Haydon
Head of Science

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GAUDI… PICASSO… AND GRAFFITI…

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Trips & Expeditions

Early morning on Friday 25th January, 14 very sleepy girls made our way
to school reception, eagerly anticipating the arrival of the coach to take us to
Barcelona. The two-hour flight from Luton to Barcelona was just enough time
to catch up with some sleep and prepare ourselves for the busy weekend ahead.

On arrival in Barcelona, We had lunch in his After a short lunch stop, we hopped on the
we quickly hopped studio and had the open top tour bus and made our way to Park
on a bus to the hotel opportunity to speak Güell, taking in the sights on the way. The park
before making our way to the artists who was bustling as it was a very hot day and the
to the beautiful Casa shared his studio. After views, looking over Barcelona and towards the
Batlló for an augmented lunch, we made our sea, were incredible. Miss Litvack, our Artist
reality tour. Using a way to a park and were in Residence, led a watercolour workshop
screen and headset we shown different street and we had the opportunity to sit creating
were toured around art techniques before work ‘en plein air’. Afterwards, we jumped on
the house by Gaudi creating our own murals the tour bus and headed back to the hotel to
himself, allowing us on a wall. collect our luggage and made our way to the
the opportunity to airport for our flight home. It was an amazing
consider the house as a home, as it was ‘For me, the highlight of the trip was trip and we thoroughly enjoyed the many
intended, and understand its design. the street art workshop and creating beautiful sights of Barcelona.
our own ‘tag’ – it’s much harder than
After Casa Batlló, we headed back to the hotel you think!’ Selena Corsellis
for some rest, allowing us an opportunity to LVI Form
explore the rooftop pool and admire the view Anna Mallinckrodt, LV
over Barcelona. In the evening, we went to a
traditional tapas restaurant and ordered lots After our workshop, we
of different Spanish dishes to share. The food headed to La Sagrada
was delicious! Familia. The incomplete
cathedral was as
Saturday started bright and early with a breathtaking as we had
fabulous buffet breakfast in the hotel. There imagined; the light and
were Spanish pastries, fresh bread with ham coloured glass cast
and cheese and endless amounts of fresh beautiful shapes on the
fruit. After well and truly filling ourselves, we walls. Our tour guide
enjoyed a brisk walk to the Contemporary was very knowledgeable
Art Gallery Exhibitions (CAGE). Here we and explained how
met our guides for the morning and set off Gaudi was influenced
to explore Barcelona’s street art scene. It by nature and pointed out where
wasn’t long until we could recognise some of this was reflected in the design.
the artist’s styles and started to identify their
work as we walked. Imagine our excitement Sunday arrived all too quickly, so we got up
when our tour concluded at a small gallery early to make the most of the day. Our first
and we were welcomed in by one of the most stop was the Picasso Museum, which houses
famous street artists in Barcelona! a huge collection of work from every stage of
Picasso's career. We were surprised to see
that his earliest works, painted when he was
as young as 14, were in a realistic style, which
vastly differed to his more well-known cubist
work. We then made our way the Museu
d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).
This gallery was full of weird and wonderful
pieces of contemporary art, ranging from
digital images and videos to peculiar
sculptures made out of recycled materials.

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Our Fourth Form girls brought the (‘Friend Like Me’ in Aladdin and ‘Be Our Guest’ ‘The most challenging aspects were
dramatic year at St Mary’s to a terrific for Beauty and the Beast), with Miss Dickinson working as a group to put all the scenes
end, with their full-strength, high energy and Mr Ellis each handling half of the direction together, and learning the choreography
productions of the junior musical duties for each musical, and Miss Hughes for the main dances. It took a lot of
versions of Aladdin (LIV) and Beauty and creating some spellbinding choreography rehearsals to put everything in order,
the Beast (MIV). Lasting just over an throughout. however, it all paid off in the end!’
hour each, the scripts cut much of the Hannah Clargo, Madame de la
dialogue from the ‘official’ versions, but Grande Bouche
still retained most of the narrative and all
of the well-loved characters, so provided The music was superbly led by Mrs Dudley
a real challenge that all the actors passed Fryar, Director of Vocal Studies, who
with flying colours - and carpets! impressively conducted both the girls’
singing on stage and the live five-piece
Each play was divided into two with a band simultaneously with great vigour.
different cast for each half, with the cast
changeover cleverly taking place during a
central full-cast song and dance set-piece

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Reviews

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The imaginative, and versatile, set worked a treat!
The central supersized storybook had characters
emerging, wearing their self-designed screen
printed costumes, as excerpts from the book and
its pages were turned as the show moved from
one story to the next.

‘The set design was absolutely amazing!
It was such a creative idea and looked
beautiful - I loved it,’ Hannah.

‘Until I started working with it, I didn’t
realise how many purposes the set could
be used for. One piece could be a jail and,
the next, it was a flying carpet,’ Elowen

‘It surprised me how
hard it was to do costume
changes with so little
time! Fitting my mic
was surprisingly difficult
and took a lot longer Both nights attracted a packed house, despite
than I thought it would,’ the sweltering temperatures, and the audience
Hannah emerged afterwards full of praise for the
performance.

‘I will remember the great feeling of
finishing the last song and hearing the
applause we received. That’s always my
favourite part of performing,’ Izzy

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everybody, from genie to market seller, from Beast
to tavern customer, performed their roles with
conviction and confidence, and took us, indeed, to
a ‘whole new world’...

Mr Duncan Ellis
Acting Director of Drama

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News - Company News

Everyone is a part of a Company named after a Bishop with an association to
the Diocese of Salisbury. Company activities help the girls to mix across year
groups and they raise money for charity.

'WIN THE CUP!'

We had an excellent performance in the Company
start by winning the British Science Week ‘Bake Off’.
Company Shout with
our rendition of ABBA’s One major triumph for Osmund There was a wide range of ideas from
Does Your Mother Know?, this year was our performance surgeons to racing drivers! After a lovely
ably led by our Company in the Literalily creative writing meal, we went to Top Hall for a silent disco
Heads, Millie Knight and competition with Michaela and great fun was had by all!
Arabella Fane. Mason being named the
overall winner and many other We now welcome Kristen Higgins and Ella
Charlie Hubber members of Osmund submitting Fenton as the incoming Heads of Osmund
excelled in the Fourth high quality entries. and we are delighted that Georgia Brooks,
Form Company from Osmund, has been elected as Head
Music Competition, with her performance On Sports Day, we had many girls on the Girl. I look forward to more successes for
gaining lots of points for Osmund, which podium, including Chloe Wright-Haynie, Osmund next year.
we appreciated! Both Belinda Harrison Helena Stahl and Grace Oge Evans, to name
and Tessa Harrison were outstanding in the but a few. I was also pleased to note that Mrs Elizabeth Rothwell
Company University Challenge and Virginia this year we scored a lot better with our Head of Osmund Company
Albesa and Charlie Hubber put in a good Company Credits.

We also really enjoyed our
Company Supper where we asked
everyone to dress up as their
‘dream jobs’.

STUDENT HEAD OF COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MILLIE KNIGHT
DEPUTY HEAD OF COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARABELLA FANE
SENIOR GAMES CAPTAINS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMELIA HATLAPA AND VICTORIA OGE EVANS
HEADS OF FIFTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATILDA KNIGHT AND BELINDA HARRISON
FIFTHS GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHLOE WRIGHT-HAYNIE
HEAD OF FOURTHS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLIE HUBBER
FOURTHS GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TESSA HARRISON
CHARITY REPS...... OSCARA DOWLING, LAUREN DUNNE, GEORGIA GOODWIN AND KATIE HUBBER

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The pressure was on this year artwork which was shown
after a fabulous performance at the A Sense of Place
throughout last year, which led exhibition in London.
us to be proud winners of the
Company Cup.  Thanks to all the Ed Rich
girls for their commitment
This year began in earnest with the Company Shout to Ed Rich and to all the
and the girls put their hearts and souls into both the company representatives,
individual performances and the Shout, ably led by especially to our retiring
Zara Collier Baggs and Emily Smyth-Osbourne. Head and Deputy Head of
Company, Zara and Emily.
‘Rogues and Villains’ was this year’s theme for the
Company Supper.  Costumes did not disappoint and Ms Faye Lovell
fun was had by all at the supper and the disco Head of Ed Rich Company
that followed.

Two of our enthusiastic LIV girls, Alice du Roy de
Blicquy and Dora West, entered the British Science
Week ‘Bake Off’ and were awarded 1st prize for
the taste of their biscuit creation.

On the sports field, there have been some notable
successes.  The Juniors have excelled in all aspects
with particularly outstanding performances in
the cross country and swimming.  The Juniors
continued their domination of Company sport
competitions by taking 1st place in the Company
Netball Competition and were narrowly beaten
into 2nd place in lacrosse.  The Seniors also
had a fantastic victory in their Company Tennis
Tournament.

Ed Rich again held a very successful Family Tennis STUDENT HEAD OF COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZARA COLLIER BAGGS
Tournament.  The final was keenly fought between DEPUTY HEAD OF COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY SMYTH-OSBOURNE
two Ed Rich girls and their partners, with Grace SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BELLA SEYMOUR
Law and her brother narrowly beating Lara Smyth- DEPUTY SENIOR SPORTS CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOMO ADEBAYO
Osbourne and her father.  We were able to raise a MUSIC REPS.......... NATASHA ASHBRIDGE AND EMILY SMYTH-OSBOURNE
fantastic £1020 for Macmillan Cancer Support. HEAD OF FIFTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABIGAIL RALPH
FIFTH FORM SPORTS CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POLLY MALLINSON
Kristina Wolf was highly commended in the DEPUTY FIFTH FORM SPORTS CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAISY JAMES
songwriting competition and Daniella Okunbor HEAD OF FOURTHS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIELLA OKUNBOR
took the runner-up prize in the Fourth Form for her FOURTH FORM SPORTS CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCY CRONE
piece in the Literalily creative writing competition. MIV/LIV SPORTS REP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HARRIET HILLMAN
Other Ed Rich contributions to the Literalily came
from Izzy Albery, Sarah Pedgley and Emily Smyth-
Osbourne.  Gigi Lane again thrilled us with her

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A new academic year started and there was lots to look forward to for the blue
population. First up was the Company Cross Country where we saw the Moberly
MIVs coming 2nd and the LIVs coming 4th.

A special mention to Ruby Guy who came In Senior lacrosse we Moving on to the most
3rd overall in an excellent LIV race. The UIV managed to finish 2nd. anticipated Company
had a larger number of girls racing and it was At the end of term event - the Senior Netball
awesome to see our own Lara Marsh win! Chapel it was announced Competition! With such a
Well done Lara! Once all the points were that we were in joint 1st talented group of girls, we
tallied, we were delighted to see Moberly position with Osmund! knew this would be super
finishing in 2nd place. Go Moberly! competitive.

We were soon into the Company Shout Moving into the Spring Term, we had the Moberly struggled in the first game against
rehearsals. We had a cracking song for this UIV Company Netball Competition, where Poore but soon we clicked as a team and
year’s ABBA theme - Mamma Mia! The UVI we finished in 3rd position, and the tough then we were flying! We came 2nd overall!
had choreographed some fantastic moves Fourth Form Company Lacrosse Tournament,
and on the night we were marvellous, loud where we also finished in a very reputable Our MIV and LIV Netball Teams were also
and totally in sync. The Cecilia James Music 3rd position. It was then quiz time for the on fire, playing some extremely good netball
Festival was held on the same day and and finishing in 2nd position. At the end of the
Moberly did extremely well with Hannah Spring Term, Moberly were sat in 1st position.
Gibson winning in the vocal section and our
instrumental ensemble of Ila Shetty, Shubha Company Head and Deputy, Sports Day came with rain, but we carried
Shetty, Lauren Wiltshire, Sienna Wong and so Ila and Isabella were on and we managed to finish in 4th place, but
Iona Stanwell came 1st with a fabulous released into the firing line. we had some outstanding individual results.
rendition of All I Want by Kodaline, superbly They took on the challenge We had 1st placings in the following: Tallulah
arranged by Ila. We all had a fabulous time and came joint 1st with Poore. MacKenzie Smith - Inter High Jump; Shubha
and finished in 2nd place. Well done girls! Shetty - Senior 800m; Davina Gray - Senior
Long Jump; Lara Marsh - Inter 1500m; Farley
This year, our Company The British Science Week ‘Bake Off’ theme of Pfitzner - Inter Discus; Rose Strutt - Javelin; the
Supper theme was ‘Top ‘Journey’ inspired Hannah Gibson and Isabella Inters Canon Relay and Junior 4 x 100m Relay.
of The Pops’ which had Walker to bake a biscuit showing how the
the girls dressing as stars world had changed over time, detailing the On Founders’
from any decade of music. split of Pangea into different continents. Day, we waited
The winners were Talitha Mr Rose, a very creative baker, designed a to hear the
Powell and Rosie Strutt cake in the shape of the world with the core final results of
as Wham!, Sandy Du made of chocolate fondant! Amazing stuff! the Company
as David Bowie and Imogen Cooper, Skye competition.
MacInnes and Nell Boobbyer as Kiss. Once We came 2nd.
we had finished our lovely meal, we moved Well done to
upstairs for our silent disco. This was brilliant all of the ‘blue
fun and there were lots of impressive moves people’, you
and grooves seen on the dance floor! Red, were amazing!!
blue and green headphones glowed in the
darkness as we all listened to different music; Mrs Natalie Baldwin
Mrs B’s 80’s playlist was, obviously, the best!! Head of Moberly Company

The Company Hockey STUDENT HEAD OF COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILA SHETTY
Tournament was DEPUTY HEAD OF COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISABELLA IVERSEN
very exciting. The LIV SENIOR GAMES CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLORA GUY
and MIV came 1st, UIV HEAD OF FIFTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REBECCA MUTCH
were 4th, Fifth Form FIFTHS GAMES CAPTAINS...... IMOGEN COOPER AND SUSANNAH HIRST
finished 2nd and Sixth HEAD OF FOURTHS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IONA STANWELL
Form came in at 3rd place. FOURTHS GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHOEBE MATTEN

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The Grosstête girls have excelled again this year on the track, in the field, as part of musical
ensembles and quiz teams, in their creative costume making and academic endeavours.

The ‘Glorious Pandora Briselden and Nimi
Greens’ Majekodunmi decided to challenge
have been the rest of the company to dress
relentless in as ‘popular internet memes’; some
their efforts weird and wonderful outfits were
and have had duly donned. Afterwards, a silent
some richly disco saw the girls bust some
deserved moves and throw some surprising
successes. shapes in Top Hall. By the end

The Autumn Term got off of the evening,
to a promising start with most were a little
a rousing rendition of concerned about
the ABBA classic Gimme! the UVI’s taste in
Gimme! Gimme! for the music!
Company Shout, which
closed the annual Cecilia Finally, the Summer A magnificently consistent effort from the
James Music Festival. This Term hailed the Grosstête girls, once again, throughout this
was expertly choreographed cloud, rain and annual academic year. Go Grosstête!
by the UVI and progressed Sports Day. The girls
from shambolic shuffling admirably rose to the Ms Sophie Dunkin
in September to a slick, challenge of a soggy Head of Grosstête Company
polished performance in afternoon packed
October. Memorable musical with athletic endeavour
offerings were performed and fuelled by
by many including the final Company Shout Mrs Thomas’ cupcakes.
performance of our Grosstête Head Girl, It was great to see so many of the girls push
Hannah Barber, on the drums. Grosstête themselves to compete and strive to give
were lucky enough to secure 1st place on their best physical performance, regardless of
the night despite stiff competition. the outcome and weather conditions. Having
been chased hard by Ed Rich, we were just
The Spring Term brought the Company able to triumph and take the overall cup!
Supper and the prospect of fancy dress.

STUDENT HEAD OF COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PANDORA BRISELDEN
DEPUTY HEAD OF COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIMI MAJEKODUNMI
SENIOR GAMES CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNABEL GOURIET
DEPUTY GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCY FITZPATRICK
HEAD OF FIFTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZARA PRICE
HEAD OF FOURTHS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIA PURVES
FIFTHS GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH RUTHERFORD
FIFTHS GAMES DEPUTY CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELLIE BOURNE
FOURTHS GAMES CAPTAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLEMMIE HARGREAVES
FOURTHS GAMES DEPUTY CAPTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVIE MEDCALF

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It has been a cracking first year for me as the Head of Company of
Poore! We’ve had a wide range of fun and competitive activities for the girls
to get stuck into and I’ve been very proud of their efforts.

The year kicked Poore have done well
off in a traditional in a range of Company
way with the sporting competitions
‘It’s a Knockout’ held throughout the
competition, year. Highlights included
where the girls winning the UIV
competed in small Company Netball, Junior
teams across all of Company Lacrosse,
Fourth and Fifth Senior Company Hockey
Form to gain as competitions as well as
many points as showing excellent sportsmanship in all of
possible. Poore were victorious in their the sporting events. Thank you to Georgina
first event of the Autumn Term, finishing in McLintock, Maggie Rundell and Lily Mallinson
1st place. Well done girls! for leading and organising the teams, you did
an awesome job!
Spirits remained high as everyone began
to rehearse for the Company Shout, with Finally, we say goodbye and a huge thank
this year’s theme being songs by ABBA. you to our fantastic Head of Company and
Successfully led by Caroline Brenchley and Deputy, Caroline and Mimi, who have worked
Mimi Habib, all Poore members got stuck into hard and been committed to organising lots
learning their lines and choreography for Lay of fun activities and supported the rest of
AllYour Love on Me, showcasing some fabulous Poore throughout the year. They pass the
dance moves and singing voices in the process. baton on to Thea Hine and Emily Lavelle
Caroline also organised an entertaining vocal who will lead Poore next year.
ensemble singing Take Me Home, Country
Roads. Poore were not as successful in their Miss Clare Bloomer
final results, but everyone had a fantastic time. Head of Poore Company
Many thanks to Caroline and Mimi for their
enthusiasm, creativity and leadership.

The next event on the Poore calendar was
the Company Supper, which had the theme
of ‘favourite movie characters’. There were
some smashing costumes on show, with
highlights being Joey from Warhorse, Shrek
and Fiona, Dorothy and Toto, the cast of Wild
Child and Mulan. After a fantastic meal, we
were entertained by a bandeoke band, which
gave the girls a great opportunity to sing with
a live backing band, which was great fun!

STUDENT HEAD OF COMPANY..... CAROLINE BRENCHLEY
DEPUTY HEAD OF COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIMI HABIB
SENIOR GAMES CAPTAIN.. . . . . . . . . . GEORGINA MCLINTOCK
HEAD OF FIFTHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISLA CAMPBELL
FIFTHS GAMES CAPTAIN.................. MAGGIE RUNDELL
HEAD OF FOURTHS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SADIE ENTHOVEN
FOURTHS GAMES CAPTAIN................. LILY MALLINSON

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Sports Reports

We were delighted to welcome the Calne Girls ran, jumped and threw throughout the was my last at St Mary’s – even the rain could
Town Mayor, Cllr Robert Merrick, to our afternoon, supporting their Companies in not dampen our spirits! Well done to everyone
annual Sports Day which took place on working towards winning the Junior, Inter who took part and thank you for the great team
Tuesday 18th June at Beversbrook Sports and Senior points competition. effort from all the staff and Sports Leaders.’
Ground in Calne. The Mayor presented
the individual winners’ medals and enjoyed THE OVERALL COMPANY Mrs Caroline Heathorn
afternoon tea with the parents and staff. WINNER WAS GROSSTÊTE. PE Teacher
The event had a great atmosphere, despite
the persistent rain, and saw an increased PE Teacher and organiser, Mrs Caroline
spectator attendance to previous years. Heathorn said,‘Sports Day is always a great
event and my favourite day of the year. This
The standard of performances has been year’s event was particularly memorable as it
improving year by year as a result of the
excellent athletics programme at St Mary’s.

COMPANY RESULTS - OVERALL

1st Grosstête 367pts

2nd Ed Rich 363pts

3rd Poore 356pts

4th Moberly 334pts

5th Osmund 318pts SENIOR COMPETITION (LVI)

1st Ed Rich 72pts

JUNIOR COMPETITION (LIV & MIV) 2nd Moberly 67pts

1st Ed Rich 169pts 3rd Grosstête 58pts

2nd Poore 156pts 4th Osmund 56pts

3rd Grosstête 145pts 5th Poore 43pts

4th Osmund 130pts

5th Moberly 119pts JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL TROPHY
VICTRIX LUDORUM
INTER COMPETITION (UIV & LV)
Harriet Hillman

1st Grosstête 164pts

2nd Poore 157pts INTER INDIVIDUAL TROPHY
VICTRIX LUDORUM
3rd Moberly 148pts
Lily Mallinson
4th Osmund 132pts

5th Ed Rich 122pts

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FLORENCEHISTORYOFARTTRIPTO

The timing of the History
of Art trip was perfect;
the end of Spring Term,
just as we were about to
start our revision for
our summer exams!

On Thursday 28th March, after an early
start, we arrived in Florence in time for
lunch. The hotel was perfectly located
in the centre of the city, just one street
away from the Duomo, which was,
arguably, the hub of the city.

After checking into our hotel, we
immediately set out to tour the city
and absorb the culture - which involved
tasting an array of gelato! We then
headed for dinner via the guild’s church
of Orsanmichele, the Piazza della Signoria
and the Loggia dei Lanzi – a showcase of
sculptural excellence in Mannerist and
Renaissance styles.

Crossing the Ponte Vecchio, we observed
the Vasari Corridor which enabled the
Medici to cross the medieval bridge
without having to mingle with the
ordinary citizens of Florence. After one
of many pizzas that we devoured during
our stay, we returned to our hotel via
the districts that were once dominated
by Botticelli and the Tornabuoni family.

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Trips & Expeditions

We were particularly captivated
by the Botticelli room which
emphasised why these works,
ignored until the 19th century,
became celebrated icons,
setting standards of beauty as
impossible now as they were

The importance of visiting Florence cannot in the Renaissance. Although there was a bit It was a great contrast to
be expressed strongly enough, as it really did of a queue, we all agreed afterwards it was the Renaissance and it was
strengthen our knowledge of the historical worth the wait as our tour of these rooms fascinating to look at different mediums
city and its art. On Friday morning, we visited included of The Birth of Venus and Primavera. of art, such as film and clothing.
the Medici Palace, which we had previously
studied in class as a case study. After a We then had lots of fun Sunday morning allowed for one last visit and
short briefing to remind us of the context recreating well-known we finished our trip with several hours in the
of the building, we set off to explore the poses from pieces of art impressive Museo dell’opera del Duomo.
palace.  It was amazing to see first-hand the and exploring the huge
immense luxury and wealth of the Medicis; gift shop. Overall, the Florence History of Art trip was
the elaborate sculpture and the level of luxury a perfect culmination of our studies of the
increased as we explored our way around The food throughout the Italian Renaissance, as well as a lot of fun!
the many rooms. The personal experience trip was amazing! In the
of visiting the different Renaissance buildings evenings, Dr Wickson took Laura Greene and Janie Winter
improved our awareness of the visual culture us to traditional restaurants History of Art Prefects
of Florence. The first-hand viewing of sights via the walkways next to LVI Form
like Santa Maria Novella the Arno, where we enjoyed
and the Brancacci Chapel Italian delicacies, such as
was very useful in pizza Napoli and spaghetti
refreshing our memory carbonara. During the day,
of our class studies. we were given free time to
explore the shops and buy our lunch, giving
The afternoon was spent us plenty of time to experience the culture
at the Uffizi Gallery as well as history. The weather was perfect
which has made excellent and it was lovely to shop
use of its re-hang and in the sunshine while
modernisation to enable choosing trinkets and
its magnificent collection Murano glass jewellery.
to be viewed with fresh
eyes. We first looked at
the paintings as a group
and then we were given
time to interpret and study the painting
ourselves, and finally coming back together
to discuss details and analysis.

One of our highlights of the
non-academic part of the
trip was visiting the Museo
Gucci to see an exhibition
that explored Gucci’s
inspiration from nature.

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CenAtyeraer inSdrtamaage

Scholars’ play The girls worked quickly and efficiently; by A Level / GCSE
Sunday afternoon, all the dramatic scenes performances
This year, instead of the Company Drama were created through some very impressive
Competition, Drama Scholars and improvisation, the costumes were sourced This year, our girls have maintained the high
Ambassadors were asked to create their own and the girls were ready to go. standard of previous years for their curricular
piece of immersive theatre, using ideas from a examination performances.
wonderful workshop from Kilter Theatre, to The final piece was eerie and intriguing, with
create a site specific play in a weekend! moments of light humour. It was wonderful to Our UV GCSE group took on six different
extracts from Richard Bean’s One Man,
Saturday was the start of see how girls from different year Two Guvnors, a modern farce set in the
planning and character groups worked together and 1960s featuring everyman Francis Henshall
building. The girls chose communicated so effectively to and his attempts to work for two bosses
their spaces and created create a piece of theatre in such without each of them finding out. The girls
the play’s plot, which a short period of time. The
was centred around a weekend was a real triumph handled the timing,
scientific formula used and gave a real insight ridiculous situations
to keep the girls high- into the dramatic and heightened
achieving academically, but talent that we have performances with
was about to reveal alarming side effects! here at St Mary’s. such aplomb that
it left the audience
in stitches.

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Reviews

RADA

Our A Level group performed a short In February, the 15 girls who had completed
extract from the dystopian modern classic this year’s RADA Advanced Communications
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. A dark course went to London to the RADA Studios
piece, the audience were on the edge of their to present their final speeches. Aided by
seats and were enthralled by the plot, set and Mrs Chater and Mrs Cochran-Patrick, the
superb performances. girls prepared talks on topics that covered
a wide range of topics including the use and
importance of learning languages, the voting We say hello to our newly appointed Drama
habits among Generation Z, the dangers of Scholars, Izzy Albery, who has received the
online gambling and animal cruelty. 13+ award, and also Flossie Watts, who has
received the 11+ award.
We were joined by RADA’s esteemed
panel of experts who gave excellent We say goodbye to Miss Bethany Dickinson,
feedback to the girls and commented who has made herself indispensable to the
on their high standard of presentation. Department in a variety of roles, first as
We are happy to say that all the girls Graduate Assistant and then as Teacher of
successfully completed the course and Drama and Dance. It’s also farewell to Miss
were presented with their certificates Bethany Hughes who also excelled in her
in Chapel. Graduate Assistant role, and choreographed
the UIV and Junior Plays. We wish them
Both year groups had a wonderfully both very well.
supportive audience, who were incredibly
impressed by the talent on display. Well We also take the opportunity welcome back
done to all of the girls for such standout Miss Holly Darling to the Department following
performances. her maternity leave.

At the start of May, LVI and LV Looking forward It’s been a wonderful year, filled with the
presented their devised pieces, based on energy, enthusiasm and creativity of the girls.
stimuli – film extracts, photos, music and We say a huge thank you and goodbye to our I would very much like to thank them for all
poems – provided by the Department. Group outgoing Drama Scholars, Lucy Fitzwilliam- their support and their commitment to the
1 presented Splash the Cash, a piece about Lay and Isabella Iversen. Both girls have Drama cause in my first year here.
four schoolgirls who win the lottery, Group made a massive contribution to the Drama
2 used influences such as Inside No. 9 for Four Department in recent years. Mr Duncan Ellis
Walls, a disturbing, experimental piece where Acting Director of Drama
the theme of capital punishment was explored.
Group 3 presented The Envoy and used photos
as inspiration for the tale of an angel sent to
Earth to spread goodness, but soon finds out
that her ideals are corrupted.

The LVI followed this with their brilliant,
Katie Mitchell-inspired A Changeling’s Guide
to Survival, which was set in a women’s
refuge in Sweden. The three girls weaved a
terrific story of an on-the-run street kid who
slowly poisons the relationships between
the residents of the refuge. Using ‘live feed’
film, synchronised movement and incredibly
detailed use of space, the piece led to a very
powerful climax.

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Phoebe Matten, UIV

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Beauella Purcell, UIV

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Reviews

This year, instead of ‘Four on Tour’, the UIV took
part in the National Theatre’s ‘Connections’ Festival.

Every year, the direct address and The final performance was to a packed house
NT commissions many opportunities for of supportive and very impressed parents,
ten new plays for highly stylised moments staff and fellow students. Although the
young people to of physicalisation and school did not go forward to the final at the
perform, bringing ensemble work, this National Theatre itself, the experience was
together some of was a powerful piece
the country’s most that demanded a overwhelmingly positive. The cast relished
exciting writers, massive effort from the the mature subject matter of the project, the
poets, comedians auditioned cast and crew. creative challenge and the professional level
and theatre makers. end product.
Over 5,000 young The cast rehearsed in Mr Duncan Ellis
people from schools the NewYear and these Acting Director of Drama
and youth theatre intense sessions proved
groups across the country participate each to bear fruit when watched by professional
year, performing one of ten new plays at their director, Mr Ed Stamboulian, as part of the
own venue and in a local professional venue. NT’s selection process. He praised the ‘bold,
stark, provocative staging’ that was ‘really
Our play was Rob Drummond’s Flesh, a exciting’ and allowed the cast to show their
dystopic piece that had strong echoes of ‘infinite energy, passion and commitment’. He
Lord of the Flies, which told the story of a was impressed by the creation of individual,
group of teenagers who are washed up on definable characters and offered valuable ideas
a remote Scottish island with no memory for sharpening the piece up for the climax –
as to how they got there. With no set the performance at the Egg Theatre, in Bath’s
characters, a script that utilised naturalism, Theatre Royal.

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Reviews

LAMDA

AUTUMN

NAME DESCRIPTION RESULT
Distinction
Tessa Harrison Musical Theatre Solo Grade 3 Pass
Distinction
Candy Liu Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Elowen Faulkner Musical Theatre Solo Grade 4 Distinction
Distinction
Izzy Albery Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Fenella Challinor Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal

Megan Harley-Martin Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Distinction

Lucy Jefford Musical Theatre Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal

Josephine Newcombe Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal


SPRING

NAME DESCRIPTION RESULT
Distinction
Honor Bell Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Penny Burgon Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Maria Cobos Queixalos Reading for Performance Grade 3 Merit
Distinction
Claire Dodd Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Evie Medcalf Acting Duologue Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Emily Scrimgeour Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Zina Stevens Acting Duologue Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Leah Hosten-Silva Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction
Merit
Iris Nicholson Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction
Distinction
Beauella Purcell Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction SUMMER
Distinction
Marguerite Pickford Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction
Distinction
Amy Sneller Acting Solo Grade 4 Merit NAME DESCRIPTION RESULT
Distinction
Sasha Hale Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Lettie Fenton Acting Solo Grade 2 Distinction
Distinction
Clemmie Hargreaves Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Elea Aylwin Acting Solo Grade 3 Merit
Distinction
Khalilah Katagum Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Nina Li Acting Solo Grade 3 Merit
Distinction
Grace Law Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Lily Shen Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Talitha Powell Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Bea Temmink Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Rosie Roche Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction Rachael Unachukwu Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction
Distinction
Oliviya Serdyuk Acting Solo Grade 5 Alexandra Waterlow Acting Solo Grade 3 Distinction

Kunmi Adesola Acting Duologue Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Distinction Izzy Albery Musical Theatre Grade 4 Distinction

Yimika Adesola Acting Duologue Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Sarah Cheng Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction

Ore Bamisile Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Elowen Faulkner Acting Solo Grade 4 Merit

Eleanor Barr Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Tessa Harrison Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction

Anna Dodd Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Phoebe Matten Acting Solo Grade 4 Distinction

Rosie Graham-Campbell Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Lucy Crone Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Emma Okunbur Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Honor Fisher Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Eliane Willmott Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Kyra Ke Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Isla Campbell Acting Solo Grade 7 - Silver Medal Adrianna Reyes Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Abbie Cowley Acting Solo Grade 7 - Silver Medal Martha Rowell Acting Solo Grade 5 Distinction

Skye MacInnes Acting Solo Grade 7 - Silver Medal Sophie Crompton Acting Solo Grade 6 - Bronze Medal Merit

Cindy Xu Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 7 - Silver Medal Imogen Blair Acting Solo Grade 7 - Silver Medal Merit

Isabel Baker Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal Casilda Motte Acting Solo Grade 7 - Silver Medal Merit

Lucy Fitzpatrick Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal Amalie Macnaughtan Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal Distinction

Kirsten Higgins Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal Jolie Ryan-Dawes Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal Distinction

Isabella Iversen Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal

Rose Morley Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal

Emily Sandbach Acting Solo Grade 8 - Gold Medal

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News

DEBATING

For the first time ever, Debating this year has
St Mary’s went through to been a totally unexpected
the Nationals of the English rollercoaster!
Speaking Union Mace
Debating Competition. Nobody in St Mary’s Getting to the National Finals felt surreal
history has ever reached and it was so nice that the whole Debating
They were one of 12 teams the Regional Finals before, Society came to London to support us. We
who were all regional champions so for us to win and were so nervous, but once we got there,
in their own right from across earn our way into the
England, whittled down from Nationals has been a huge we focussed and just tried to do
over 230 teams who started off achievement. We are both our best.
in the first round! so proud of the progress
that we made! Overall, this has been a massive
The debates covered a variety of topics, learning experience, our debating
from banning meat to imposing Western For our very first debate, we and critical thinking skills have
labour norms onto multinational completely over-prepared! developed a huge amount and we
companies, and each time St Mary’s We expected that our had the opportunity to debate
Debating Society rose to the challenge! competition would be a lot with some of the top teams in the country.
stiffer and were a bit miffed Debating is such a useful skill in life; to
Our team of Georgia Brooks and Rose that we couldn’t use some construct a really well developed argument is
Morley (both LVI) are to be commended of our amazing rebuttals! By an incredibly useful tool that is going to help
for the dedication that they have shown in our final debate, we were able to create our to help us academically and in everyday life.
preparing for the four rounds of debating, as arguments a lot more easily and, as we went
well as how well they have developed their on, we actually prepared less for each debate, If anyone is thinking about trying debating,
skills as debaters. It has been an excellent relying more on ‘in the moment’ thoughts. please join us on Wednesdays in History Two
opportunity for them, as well as the whole from 5.30pm to 6.15pm - we promise we
Debating Society, to see some first class We put a lot of work into each of our won’t go too hard on you!
analysis and evaluation in action and they debates, so it was very rewarding to keep
have learnt a lot from the experience. We winning and going further and further, though Rose Morley
are looking forward to more competitions each time it came as a bit of a shock. We are LVI Form
with the ESU in the future. so grateful for all the help that our Debating
Team and Mrs Handy have given us and for
Mrs Samantha Handy putting up with our repeated rehearsals in
Head of History and Politics our Debating Society sessions!

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with Mrs Thompson, Miss Turley, rclwhoueitainE‘nahmsteWmsvdstentteoeemhreotarmurafybs,wfocnoobuafhtuuoyecnnaofngkvrreacrh,geksshfwtawetoraaam,wdirilalbtellegeseheusdtovrnohtwetm,emgeoarIwie.egl’naklaprimeDdntnncelhlaytgolooatayivrawtrn.rtt,ayisoietetwMitwhatesdhhayestitaseyvtehttahiegairansmwiimntuvrdbeegiepw!egasnphsiaelnowtatltl.nwroBahTtdyuiealhsldddee
Miss Galdes and Mrs Muir. Torrential tcpadhmu‘rclIoruanteowwrmidtvmuoerliigtecrnusihsneo!gldseloeoo,CavnfeunteaetvhrtnvuevoitbnennshurtnmgeitmenehwalybvosplleauulestesniwrgladdohhngigisnnaadeItevgpissnebsttoag!rihdl’nfuleurNdmihrsenaeeiwaydxvsmeiwerfearfiergovsodogooulmuumlitdnrhrgeiabttee
rain occasionally added an extra bbb‘OueetgnaiIbnoslnetuiinlrtlgofw,irIfaisttnthttdoehaudryog,thuwotgehgI idwvteihdoeiutcltadauvnintnnregyev..lesAr t the
dimension to the challenges, but
Bude’s micro-climate was on our side
and the weather was often better
than expected; we even had some
spells of sunshine.
Adventure International has its own high
ropes, climbing wall, abseiling and caving
tunnels; the beach and estuary are
close by for surfing, body boarding and
kayaking, and local fields are set up for
mountain boarding and mountain biking.
Evening activities included beach games,

crabbing, karaoke, a talent show and
disco. We were extremely pleased to
be named the week’s ‘Super Team’,
with Molly crowned as ‘Superstar’, Sol
winning the ‘Joker’ prize and Bea winning
the ‘Bottle’ award for bravery. Mrs
Thompson was also made an honorary
‘Superstar’ in recognition of it being her
30th year with a St Mary’s group in Bude.
Everyone returned to school feeling
very proud of all they had achieved
and with memories to last a lifetime.
Mrs Fiona Muir
School House Housemistress

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WHAT WAS YOUR
FAVOURITE ACTIVITY?

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activity my favourite.’ Emily

‘Bodyboarding! When you were gliding with a wave, it felt
like you were flying. It was so much fun!!’ Bene

‘I loved surfing because it was new to me and the instructors
were very helpful with getting you to stand up.’ Libby
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‘Bouldering was so much fun! We played a game called
‘The Floor is Lava’ where you had to find a spot on the
climbing wall before the floor ‘turned to lava’. Abseiling
was also lots of fun; you had to walk backwards down
the wall!’ Mia

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so it was quite a shock if you got caught!’ Izzy

WHAT WILL YOU
REMEMBER THE MOST?

‘The fun evenings spent with my friends, dressing up and
the numerous card games we played at every chance there
was. I now feel closer to people I didn’t
now we feel like a big family.’ Alice know so well and

‘Swimming in the sea pool in the morning, especially
when it was raining!’ Alex

‘Throughout my whole life I have been scared of anything
that could pose a risk. To me, the word ‘brave’ used
to mean ‘stupid’! I was surprised that at Bude I wasn’t
given an option to sit out, instead people were firm and
encouraging; I had to confront my fears
was huge. When I was done, however, I and this realisation
felt so strong! By
at the end of the week, I was awarded the ‘Bottle’ medal
and shirt for my bravery!’ Bea

‘Thursday evening was the most exciting, as the Super Team
rweacseiavnendoauncecertdifi-ciattewafosrapvaerrtyiciepxactiitnigngineaxlpl ethrieenacceti!vitEievesraynodne
our team won Super Team! We all got a medal and we all left
the marquee with huge smiles and a happy feeling!’ Mia

Co-written by the LIV

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ParisTrips & Expeditions

In January, the UVI French students set off Eiffel Tower lights were turned on, which
to Paris for a long weekend. After settling was a wonderful way to end our sightseeing
in to the Generator Hostel in the 11th for the day.
arrondissement, we were all ready for the
busy days ahead of us. The next day, we took the Metro to
Montmartre, a beautiful area of Paris that
In the morning, we walked along the Canal is home to the Sacre Coeur. With the sun
Saint-Martin to the Gare d’Austerlitz, an shining brightly, we climbed the steps up to

the beautiful basilica; this was
definitely my favourite moment
of the trip. After admiring the
view - and enjoying a round
of crêpes! - we headed to the
Gallerie Lafayette, a shopping
complex worth entering just
for viewing its intricate ceiling.
Around this area were a number
of gilets jaunes (‘yellow vest’)
protesters and a few of us were
eager to join in!

important location in both of our A Level After dinner at an authentic
texts. For many of us, the lunch at the Ciel crêperie, we finished the day
de Paris in the Tour Montparnasse, the tallest with a lovely evening stroll
building in Paris, was a highlight. We were around Paris, which included seeing the Arc
de Triomph – and standing underneath it!
treated to
a delicious
three-
course
meal with a
breathtaking
view of
the city.
Not long
after we
descended the 60 floors, we were rising up
the Eiffel Tower! As we were leaving, the

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On our final morning, we took the Metro to moving and allowed us to understand the Overall, it was a fantastic trip which we all
the Museum of Immigration at the Palais de la gravity of the events which we have been thoroughly enjoyed. We are very grateful
Porte Dorée. This was a wonderful chance to studying. It was a very poignant way to to Madame Ross and Madame Northcote-
understand the key role that immigration has end the trip. Green for making it such a lovely weekend
played in French culture. The museum explored and providing us with the opportunity to
the art, music and lives of immigrants and their experience Parisian culture.
invaluable contribution to France. Then, it was
onto the Notre Dame, which we briefly visited Isabel Baker
en route to the Deportation Memorial on UVI Form
the Île de la Cité. Both the memorial garden
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Reviews

On Friday 5th October, the annual Cecilia James
Company Music Festival took place, adjudicated by Jo May. 

The Instrumental Ensemble pipped the other The composer himself conducted the music,
Cup was won by Moberly, companies at whilst the viola solos were played by Mr Philip
led by Ila Shetty playing the post for the Dukes and the organ played by our own
her own arrangement of ‘Shout’ and the Mr Chris Totney.  The concert was attended
All I Want by Kodaline. The overall Music by over 200 parents, siblings and supporters,
very worthy winner of the Festival winner and received tremendously positive feedback. 
solo prize was Head Girl was Grosstête.  Solos were performed by UVI Choral Scholar
Hannah Barber, exciting   Emily Sandbach (Pie Jesu) and Celia Ellis
the audience with her On Saturday 17th (Hostias et preces tibi Domine).  Mr Bednall
utter mastery of the drum November, the commented: ‘what a wonderful night it was…the
kit.  The Vocal Ensembles Chamber Choir girls really did fantastically well’, while Mr Dukes
proved entertaining, with their mix of vocal performed David Bednall’s Requiem in the remarked that ‘the choir sounded superb’.  The
skill, choreography and comedy.  Grosstête Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, alongside event raised £2,500 for the Music Bursary
took this category with a mash-up of Stand 50 of its alumnae (2008-2017 Leavers). The Fund, which supports musical girls in the
by Me, Beautiful Girls and Just the Way You Are. occasion marked the 10th anniversary of school who are in need of financial support
For the first time ever, staff got in on the act the first performance of the piece (on 14th to continue and enhance their studies.
with Miss Sîan Evans leading the teachers in November 2008) and was a testament to the  
the song Money, Money, Money.  This year, the affection shared by all the girls for this music
theme for the Shout was ABBA.  Osmund and for their time in the Chamber Choir.

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String Sinfonia playing selections from
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake; String Quartet
playing a Mozart string quartet; Percussion
Ensemble playing Fireflies in the dark with
light-up drum-sticks; Strictly Strings playing

Aside from the music, one of the other On the weekend of 9th March, 14 girls Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins; Big Band
highlights of the day was the chance for girls participated in a Piano Festival at Pangbourne playing El Gato Gordo and Wind Band with
to have supper in the Dining Hall at Merton, College, providing them with a wonderful Crocodile Rock.  Choral performances included
alongside some of its current students, giving opportunity to play on a Steinway Model D Chamber Choir with Sheep May Safely Graze,
them a (quite literal!) taste of university life. grand piano. Junior Consort with The Trout and The Silver
  Swan, LIV Choir with Three Songs of Creation
The event has made Each pupil performed a solo piece before by Richard Rodney Bennett, and Opera
memories to cherish: being given a short coaching session by the Ensemble’s Papageno Papagena, culminating in
one recent Leaver wrote adjudicators, Mrs Pamela Chilvers and Mr Luis a grand finale led by our UVI Music Scholars,
afterwards to say, ‘I cannot Parés.  The experience of a public performance who had specially crafted an arrangement
tell you how much I enjoyed in a workshop-style setting did the girls the of The Eye of the Tiger, The Circle of Life, and
singing with the choir again, world of good ahead of their Music exams.  Katy Perry’s Roar!  The girls did a magnificent
especially that wonderful Congratulations to all the girls on their job, and nearly £1,200 was
piece of music and in such excellent efforts, particularly toYuYing (LVI) raised towards the school’s
a beautiful setting’, which who won a runner-up prize for her excellent Performing Arts Centre.
sums up the evening extract from Children’s Corner by Debussy.
perfectly.   We look forward to our
  This year’s Spring Concert was held on next major external event
After some 30 years of Friday 22nd March at the Wiltshire Music on Thursday 28th November
service to the Nesbitt Room, our ageing Centre in Bradford on Avon, in the splendid, 2019: Fauré’s Requiem, sung
grand piano, which had been in situ ever since sold-out 300-seat concert hall.  The concert by St Mary’s singers, and
the Music Department was built in the late featured all the major music ensembles the tenors and basses of
1980s, was replaced with a brand new Yamaha playing animal-inspired music, including: Eton College, at the Old Royal Naval College,
C5X model during last year’s summer holiday.  Symphony Orchestra, playing Peter and the Greenwich, in aid of the military bursaries
On Monday 14th January, we were joined by Wolf, which was narrated by Keith Abrams; provided by the Calne Foundation Trust. 
the Berkshire musician, Mrs Pamela Chilvers,
for a dedication concert.  After hearing the Mrs Rebecca Cavill
Director of Music
girls perform,
Mrs Chilvers
then gave a
presentation
about her
musical life and
experiences
and played
a selection
of favourite
pieces including
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, along with some
of her own compositions.  At the conclusion
of the event, there was a surprise in store for
the girls as she presented them with signed
copies of a book containing some of her
pieces. The evening was a great success and
it was marvellous to mark the arrival of an
instrument which will serve the department
on an almost daily basis – who knows, perhaps
even for another 30 years or more!

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Reviews

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS

Autumn Results 2018 Spring Results 2019

LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON



Name Exam Grade Mark Result Name Exam Grade Mark Result
Jane Wu Bassoon 6 77 Merit
Amy Black Popular Music Vocals 7 91 Distinction Polly Mallinson Singing 7 94 Distinction
Isabel Baker Singing 8 75 Merit
Emily Sandbach Music Theatre 8 85 Distinction

TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON ABRSM MUSIC THEORY



Name Exam Grade Mark Result Candidate Subject Grade Mark Result
Charlotte Nicholson Theory 5 69 Pass
Tessa Harrison Double Bass 3 84 Merit Iris Nicholson Theory 5 88 Merit
Holly Stephens Theory 5 84 Merit
Maddie Gladston Saxophone 4 69 Pass

Georgia Goodwin Singing 5 79 Merit

Isabella Bleaken Piano 6 75 Merit

Flora Wilson Singing 7 88 Distinction

Caroline Brenchley Singing 8 76 Merit

Tatiana Parr Singing 8 73 Pass

Holly Stephens Violin 8 89 Distinction

ABRSM PRACTICAL MUSIC

ABRSM MUSIC THEORY Name Instrument Grade Mark Result
Elyse Leung Piano 1 112 Pass
Candidate Subject Grade Mark Result Isla Campbell Harp 2 133 Distinction
Beatrix Arnold Theory 3 97 Distinction Grace Dowdeswell Singing 2 130 Distinction
Alice Hay Theory 3 84 Merit Nina Li Piano 2 117 Pass
Catriona Hay Theory 3 73 Pass Beatrix Arnold Clarinet 3 117 Pass
Vivian Liu Theory 3 85 Merit India Campbell Singing 3 122 Merit
Lydia Metaxa Theory 3 90 Distinction Eloise Franks Piano 3 104 Pass
Iona Aylwin Theory 5 86 Merit Clemmie Hargreaves Flute 3 114 Pass
Amy Bolton Theory 5 72 Pass Emily Wright Piano 3 118 Pass
Amena Boyd Theory 5 86 Merit Sadie Enthoven Singing 4 122 Merit
Laura Edwards Theory 5 90 Distinction Maddie Gladston Singing 4 122 Merit
Elan Fryar Theory 5 93 Distinction Olivia Purves Singing 4 110 Pass
Rosie Graham-Campbell Theory 5 80 Merit Hannah Thorneloe Singing 4 133 Distinction
Tessa Harrison Theory 5 86 Merit Sophie Thorneloe Singing 4 120 Merit
Kirsten Higgins Theory 5 74 Pass Sienna Wong Piano 4 127 Merit
Izzy Albery Piano 5 122 Merit
ABRSM PRACTICAL MUSIC Rose Byng Singing 5 133 Distinction
Laura Edwards Singing 5 124 Merit
Name Instrument Grade Mark Result Elan Fryar Piano 5 120 Merit
Sophie Gao Flute 2 121 Merit Sophie Kitson Singing 5 130 Distinction
Beatrix Arnold Viola 3 134 Distinction Elyse Leung Singing 5 132 Distinction
Faith Beya Violin 3 122 Merit Evie Medcalf Singing 5 130 Distinction
Iris Nicholson Violin 3 108 Pass Lydia Metaxa Piano 5 134 Distinction
Alice Hay Piano 4 112 Pass Iris Nicholson Singing 5 134 Distinction
Catriona Hay Piano 4 112 Pass Coco Yu Piano 5 127 Merit
Isabella Bleaken Singing 5 133 Distinction Iona Aylwin Singing 6 130 Distinction
Candy Liu Flute 5 117 Pass Laura Edwards Piano 6 112 Pass
Charlotte Nicholson Singing 5 130 Distinction Elan Fryar Singing 6 135 Distinction
Izzy Albery Singing 6 138 Distinction Daisy Gough Singing 6 140 Distinction
Daisy Gough Violin 6 124 Merit Rosie Graham-Campbell Singing 6 118 Pass
Jenna Dickin Piano 7 115 Pass Hum Hunt-Davis Clarinet 6 116 Pass
Megan Harley-Martin Singing 7 124 Merit Florence Knight Cornet 6 123 Merit
Jane Wu Piano 8 117 Pass Dora Qiu Violin 6 104 Pass
Joanna Kim Singing 8 120 Merit Iona Stanwell Singing 6 117 Pass
Jamie Chen Singing 7 122 Merit
Clemency Fisher Flute 7 117 Pass
Lauren Wiltshire Singing 7 132 Distinction
Frances Arnold Singing 8 130 Distinction
Vicky Shi Piano 8 100 Pass
Yu Ying Sy Piano 8 106 Pass

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Summer Results 2019

LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON



Name Exam Grade Mark Result Name Exam Grade Mark Result

Lettie Fenton Music Theatre 2 85 Distinction Mia Waller Drum Kit 5 78 Merit

Claire Dodd Music Theatre 3 89 Distinction

Angharad Davies Music Theatre 4 85 Distinction

Elowen Faulkner Music Theatre 4 97 Distinction

Leah Hosten-Silva Popular Music Vocals Recital 4 96 Distinction ABRSM MUSIC THEORY

Izzy Albery Music Theatre 5 95 Distinction

Adrianna Reyes Music Theatre 5 88 Distinction Candidate Subject Grade Mark Cat

Octavia Sanger Music Theatre 5 87 Distinction Candy Liu Theory 5 85 Merit

Felicity Cotton Music Theatre 7 93 Distinction

Amalie Macnaughtan Music Theatre 7 77 Merit

Kristina Wolf Popular Music Vocals 7 80 Merit

Charlie Balfour Music Theatre 8 77 Merit

Amy Black Popular Music Vocals Recital 8 91 Distinction

TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON ABRSM PRACTICAL MUSIC



Name Exam Grade Mark Result Name Instrument Grade Mark Result
Faye Fowler Pass
Imogen Blair Double Bass 2 78 Merit Coco Yu Piano 1 117 Pass
Sandy Du Pass
Nina Li Violin 3 73 Pass Florence Knight Oboe 2 116 Merit
Demilade Ajibola Merit
Rosie Craven Flute 5 75 Merit Queency Wu Piano 3 104 Pass
Ellie Donald Pass
Eleanor Barr Singing 6 84 Merit Amy Bolton Piano 3 124 Pass
Amy Bolton Merit
Aoife Reid Singing 6 76 Merit Tessa Harrison Violin 4 120 Pass
Amena Boyd Pass
Emily Wright Singing 6 82 Merit Iona Stanwell Violin 4 112 Merit
Shubha Shetty Distinction
Hannah Gibson Singing 7 87 Distinction Oboe 5 108

Ella Malik Singing 7 87 Distinction Flute 6 114

Abigail Ralph Singing 7 83 Merit Singing 6 123

Jolie Ryan-Dawes Singing 7 87 Distinction Clarinet 6 117

Adrianna Wade Singing 7 75 Merit Piano 7 113

Natasha Ashbridge Singing 8 89 Distinction Oboe 7 123

Kirsten Higgins Singing 8 81 Merit Violin 8 133

Kirsten Higgins Trumpet 8 71 Pass

Millie Knight Cello 8 83 Merit

Vivian Liu Flute 8 75 Merit

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News

THE CALNE FOUNDATION TRUST

The CFT has enjoyed another excellent year supporting St Mary's and
St Margaret's.  Thanks to the many generous donations of the schools'
supporters, funds have been raised for both capital projects and bursaries.

This year we have felt the benefit of having this brief update
the Simon Knight Sports Hall being fully will give you a
operational. It has been wonderful to taste of what we
witness what a huge difference it has made have achieved.
to both our schools and to members of The next Shaping
the local community. the Future
projects that are
We have also sought to increase the availability special events and donations contribute under way are
of opportunities for talented children to to these funds. the new library
join St Mary’s. We believe passionately that and the Lime Kiln
access to the school should not be restricted We are extremely grateful to all who have Garden, and we look forward to keeping you
to just those families who can afford it, and supported our fundraising initiatives and up-to-date with these exciting projects as
our collective aim is to be able to welcome special events over the past year, and I hope they progress.
talented girls from all walks of life. This
requires a dedicated approach to fundraising Mrs Cari Depla
for bursaries, and we have seen a number of Director of Development

LIBRARY PROGRESS ENRICHMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
Over the summer, we were very Building will progress throughout the year,
pleased to see the groundwork for with completion due in June 2020 and the Each year the CFT awards Enrichment
the new library build commence. grand opening planned for September 2020. Scholarships, up to the value of £1,500, to
It has been an incredibly exciting girls in the Sixth Form for academic or
time! Located by the much-loved Gap Year purposes.
school orchard, the new library will
be a lively academic hub; a place This year, 10 girls were awarded Enrichment
which will instil a love of reading, Scholarships for projects which include an
research and learning, as well as anthropological expedition of North Korea; a
collaboration and the sharing of ideas. film documentary course; a wildlife project in
Thank you to those who have helped with Bolivia; penguin conservation in South Africa
the funding of this fantastic new library. and participation in the U19 Lacrosse World
Championship in Canada. Congratulations
to all. For more information on CFT
Enrichment Scholarships, and the girls’
reports on their experiences, please visit
www.calnefoundation.org

Our Funds

We have a number of different funds within
The Calne Foundation Trust which gives
our supporters the opportunity to donate
to the cause closest to their heart. To
find out more about our funds, please visit
calnefoundationtrust.org

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