Tiffinian Magazine pages 1-36

Volum
olume
e 95
September 2012 — July 2013
Editor: Tim McCann
OT Section Editor: Gareth John
Cover:
Art in the LRC
Editorial
2
The Staff
3
Notes and News
11
Awards Ceremonies
30
University and College Places 2013
35
Sports
39
House Activities
102
The Arts
109
Societies, Courses and other Activities
111
Old Tiffinian Section
124
Obituaries
133
[Photo: Bill Prentice]
EDITORIAL
Forty years ago one of my predecessors, George Worth, who had occupied the editorial chair for 25 annual editions
without, in his words, “taking up valuable space to write editorial comments. I am more than content to stand aside
and let the School speak for itself,” wrote briefly, sensibly and sensitively on leaving this post. The initiative was repeated the following year, and in succeeding ones. Thus was a Tiffinian tradition established.
In continuing it, I note some recurrent themes from another year of education. The number taking French and German at A-level fell to a new record low, provoking a six month investigation (which will not concern M. Gallie and her
troops); 42% of employers had to provide remedial training for school and college leavers, as the British Chamber of
Commerce revealed that they were “disheartened and frustrated” while attempting to recruit school – and even university – leavers characterised by poor literacy, numeracy, communication skills, timekeeping, behaviour and attitudes. The government’s higher education access tsar, Professor Les Ebdon, warned that teenagers from ethnic minority families faced excessive pressure from parents to read medicine or law at leading universities, often to the
students’ detriment.
The lack of science practicals had produced some pupils who could not use a Bunsen burner, lamented the City of
London School’s head. By mid-July figures showed Mr. Gove’s department had sanctioned the sale of two school
playing fields every month since the London Olympics. The Education Secretary, meanwhile, complained at infantilisation of history lessons after an Active History website suggested classroom time spent depicting the rise of Hitler
as a Mr Men story, and the Historical Association advocated pupils learn about the early Middle Ages by studying the
depiction of King John as a cowardly lion in Disney’s Robin Hood. Small wonder the number of children missing
school rose to 320,000 nationally each day… Finally, a leaked government document calculated that secondary
schools would struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of pupils following its proposed raising of the school leaving age to reduce the incidence of NEETS, combined with an increase in births and a three-fold jump in immigration,
positing a crisis date of 2015.
This last, so vastly unlike most of the above, brings us closer to home. An extra form of entry from 2015 will expand
Tiffin’s number on roll, already unprecedented at 1,107 in the academic year just gone, with a sixth form verging on
400, to 1340 by 2020. This is, however, not the result of government dictate, but a decision by the school made
prior to the legislation, based on Tiffin’s extreme popularity – placed second in England’s top ten over-subscribed
schools [The Sunday Times, 22 September 2013], plus a main aim of this establishment, to be able to offer its product to as many young men as possible, with its renowned all-round element and reputation for enabling each individual to realise his utmost potential through a quality of education allowing him to go forward to a valuable and fulfilling life.
Crucial to such expansion will be the LRC2 project, first phase scheduled for 2014, main phase to follow. To achieve
this amongst the ripples of change currently ruffling education, epitomised by retrenchment – schools receive less
for buildings now, with money only for maintenance – may prove a Herculean task, but we remain optimistic, constraints of funding notwithstanding. Is there a donor out there? £2.5 million would really be appreciated…
For now, I shall heed Mr. Worth’s salutary advice, and let the school speak for itself.
Tim McCann
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Head:
Deputy Head, Curriculum and Learning:
Deputy Head, Pupils and Learning:
Assistant Head, Performing Arts:
Assistant Head, Professional Development:
Assistant Head, Assessment, Reporting & Recording:
Head of Sixth Form:
Deputy Head of Sixth Form:
Head of Year 11:
Head of Year 10, Duke of Edinburgh:
Head of Year 9:
Head of Year 8:
Head of Year 7:
Teacher i/c Playing Fields:
Head of Faculty of PE & Games:
Head of Faculty of Maths:
Head of Faculty of Science:
Head of Faculty of English:
Head of Faculty of Humanities:
Head of Faculty of Languages:
Acting Head of Faculty of Technology & ICT:
Miss H M M Clarke BA (Sussex)
Mrs E E Barrett BEd (Warwick)
Mr M D Gascoigne BA (Sheffield)
Mr S G Toyne MA (Oxon) FRSA
Mrs H O’Sullivan BA (Exeter)
Mr S B Cathcart BSc (London)
Mr D Starbuck MA (Aberdeen)
Miss L Hughes BA (Surrey)
Mr C D O’Connell BSc (Exeter)
Mr L Brittain BA (Nottingham Trent)
Mr A J Marley BA (Exeter)
Mr T Whittaker BSc (N Staffs)
Mr W Martin BSc (Brunel)
Mr M J Williams BEd (London)
Mr S B Cathcart BSc (London)
Mr A Ingall MA (Cantab)
Mr P M S Rennie BSc (London)
Mr M J Liddy BA (Bristol)
Mr M E Horwood BSc (London)
Mrs C O’Connell MA (London)
Mr P A Dewstowe BSc (Brunel)
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Mrs A Kenyon
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Mr M J LIDDY BA (Bristol)
Mrs N E Anson BA (Royal Holloway) Mtcg
Mr N Skerten BA (Sussex)
Miss K M Ferraro BA (Massachusetts, USA)
Mrs S Rehlon BA (Oxon)
Mrs H Lake BA (UCL)
ART AND DESIGN DEPARTMENT
Mr R J PLUMMER BEd (London), BA (London)
Mr I P Gajowniczek MA (Krakow)
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Mr P M S RENNIE BSc (London)
Mr A Howes BSc (Bangor)
Miss R Orchard BA (Cantab)
Mr L Leeves BSc (KCL)
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
Mrs L MOLYNEUX MChem (Sheffield)
Mr T Whittaker BSc (N Staffs)
Mr R J M Shaw BSc (Nottingham)
Dr J Wilson BSc (Northumbria)
Mrs M Roberts MSc (Cantab)
Mrs M M Pattison BSc (Canberra)
CLASSICS DEPARTMENT
Mrs C O’CONNELL MA (London)
Ms A Bolton MA (Reading)
Ms F Cooke BA (Oxon)
DANCE
Mrs K BRITTAIN
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Miss L HUGHES BA (Surrey)
Miss K M O’Connell BA (St Mary’s University College)
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
Mr R T A EARL BA (Birmingham)
Ms C Cornell BEd ( Greenwich), MSc (Cranfield)
Mr M Barwah BSc (Brunel)
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Mr M E HORWOOD BSc (London)
Mr I Langrish BA (Birmingham)
Mr L Brittain BA (Nottingham Trent)
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Mrs K ROSS MA (UCL)
Mr M D Gascoigne BA (Sheffield)
Mrs M Phillips BA (Oxon)
Mr O Bryan-Williams MA (St. Andrews)
Mr B Reekes BA (Exeter)
Mrs V Thomas BA (Queen Mary & Westfield College, London)
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Mr A INGALL MA, MEng (Cantab)
Mr T Narey BSc (Sussex)
Mrs E E Barrett BEd (Warwick)
Mrs C L Henderson BSc (Southampton)
Mr C D O’Connell BSc (Exeter)
Mr H Hameed MEng (City University)
Mr M Taylor BEd (Greenwich)
Mr S Trutch BSc (Exeter)
Dr J Frost MA (Oxon), PhD (Oxon)
MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Mrs N GALLIE MA (Manchester)
Mr M J Williams BEd (London)
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Miss L Monroe BSc (Aston)
Mr A J Marley BA (Exeter)
Mr R P E Courtin BA (Orléans la Source, France)
Miss L Ashby BA (Royal Holloway)
Miss O Shirley BA (Reading)
Ms M A Moore BA (Wolverhampton)
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Mr S G TOYNE MA (Oxon), FRSA
Mrs S J Cadogan BMus (Royal Holloway)
Mr S Ferris BMus (KCL)
Mr P Viveash BA (Oxon)
Mrs B Conway BMus (Ulster)
Dr R Allwood BA (Dunelm), DMus (Aberdeen)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Mr S B CATHCART BSc (London)
Mr W Martin BSc (Brunel)
Ms C Cornell BEd ( Greenwich), MSc (Cranfield)
Mr T C McCann BA (Oxon)
Mr D Morris BEd (Exeter)
Mr G Wilson BSc (Staffordshire)
Mr I White BSc (Portsmouth)
Mrs J Stapleton BA (West London Institute)
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Mr K J P HOLT BA (Cantab)
Mr T McKennan BSc (Imperial College)
Miss A Langerman BSc (University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, SA)
Dr F Dilke BSc (Sussex) , PhD (Cantab)
RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
Mr C R Ross BA (Univ. of Newcastle, Australia), MA
(Univ. of Wales, Lampeter)
Mr D Starbuck MA (Aberdeen)
Mrs H O’Sullivan BA (Exeter)
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Mr P A DEWSTOWE BSc (Brunel)
Mr J Girling BA (Bournemouth)
Mrs J Gould BA (Buckinghamshire New University)
Mr P J McDonnell BSc (Edinburgh Napier University)
HEAD, GOVERNORS & ADMINISTRATION
Mrs H EDWARDS (Head’s Personal Assistant, Head of
Personnel Services)
Mrs A WRIGHT (School Manager)
Mrs H Cox BA (Leicester) (School Receptionist)
Mrs J Pierce (Secretarial Assistant & Clerk to Governors)
Mrs L Johnson (Secretarial Assistant)
Mrs A K Swift (Administration Assistant TAL)
Mrs J Dixon (Secretarial Assistant)
ADMISSIONS
Mrs H E PITTS (Admissions Officer)
EXAMINATIONS
Mrs D MERID CAMPOREALE BA (City of London Polytechnic) (Examinations Officer)
FINANCE
Mr J Farnham (Principal Finance Officer)
Mrs T Costello B.Comm (Galway) (Finance Officer)
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Mrs D Carpenter (Administrative Assistant)
PREMISES CONSULTANT / SCHOOL ARCHIVE MANAGER
Mr J P King BA (CNAA,) FRGS, DipPSE
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR
Mrs H Harrison BA Eng (Oxon)
LEARNING RESOURCES
Mrs L FODEN (Dempsey Centre Manager)
Mrs M J Spooner (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)
Mrs Y Scicluna (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)
Mr D E Jillings (Learning Resource Centre Assistant)
CURRICULUM SUPPORT
Mrs P Weller (ICT Assistant [Curriculum])
Mr M M J Williams BSc (Gloucester) (ICT Technician)
Mr H Samuel (Technology Technician)
Mrs K Davies (Chemistry Technician)
Mrs S Madle (Science Technician)
Miss A Jeeves (Biology Technician)
Mrs R Bevan BSc (Cardiff) (Music Administrator & Outreach Co-ordinator)
Mrs C Critcher BA (Strathclyde) (Music Secretary)
Mrs S Read BA (Exeter College of Art & Design) (Art &
Design Technician)
Mrs A E Jennings (Photocopying)
Ms L Keirle BSc (Westminster) (Teaching Assistant)
Mr D I White (Boatman/Coach)
Ms L Gall BA (Exeter) (Careers Advisor)
Mr B Benson BSc (Surrey) (Junior IT Technician)
SITES
Mr I SEDGLEY, BSc (Kingston) (Sites Manager)
Mr J Fisher (Assistant Caretaker)
Mr R Atkins ((Caretaker/Handyperson)
Mr W Dixon (Handyperson/Caretaker)
Mr A Downham (Assistant Groundsman)
Mr C Crewe (Assistant Groundsman)
SCHOOL SHOP
Mrs D Welham BA (Leeds)
Mrs L Cox BSc (Sheffield)
SPORTS CENTRE
Mr A Di Luzio LLB (Leeds) (Sports Estate Manager)
CATERING STAFF
Mr D Swann (General Catering Manager)
Mrs K Lock (Catering Supervisor)
Mrs S Mullings (Cook)
Mrs F O’Connor (Catering Assistant)
Mrs M Pancharatnam (Catering Assistant)
Ms S Ismail (Catering Assistant)
Mrs M Lal (Catering Assistant)
INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS
TEACHERS
Martin Allen
Lisa Beckley
Peter Brenton
Christian Brewer
Robert Vanryne
Mike Crowther
James Dalgleish
Sarah Douglas
Gill Ford
David French
Helen Godfrey
Clinton Hough
Peter Jaekel
David Kirby-Ashmore
Bernie Lafontaine
Anthony McColl
Julie Monument
Mike Osborn
Victoria Beattie
Ian Stott
Patrick Taggart
Li Boberg
Andrew Watson
STAFF
STA
FF CHANG
CHANGES
ES
It is always sad to say farewell to members of the Tiffin
community: our very best wishes go to the following:
CLAIRE HENDER
HENDERSON
SON
Following
being
placed at Tiffin during
her PGCE year, Claire
joined the school as a
full-time member of
staff in September
2000. From the start
of her time at Tiffin,
Claire showed a passion and exuberance
for teaching Maths
and her enthusiasm
hasn’t reduced over
the last 13 years. In addition to being a high quality
classroom teacher, Claire also valued and enjoyed being a Form Tutor, a role that she carried out in particularly caring style, always with the measure of the boy
and in regular communication with his parents. In addition, Claire held her fair share of positions of responsibility, which included stints as Head of Year 10, Head of
Faculty for ICT, Hans Woyda team organiser, Common
Room Treasurer, initiator of Thursday morning coffee
and cake and the most coveted position of Announcer
and Recorder at the Swimming Gala and on Sports Day.
It is so difficult to do justice to her loyal service, but
suffice to say that Claire was a tremendous colleague
and made a significant contribution to everyday life and
the extended life of Tiffin School. From Duke of Edinburgh trips, to Maths trips to Hampton Court Palace,
from the Ski Trip to Sunday River, to the odd cameo
role as ‘b’ team rugby coach, Claire bought in to and
valued the extra-curricular opportunities that boys benefit so much from here.
As a Maths teacher and self-professed ‘Maths Geek’,
what typifies Claire is the personal touch; the extra time
she takes with pupils and the mentoring that go well
beyond the call of duty. Her most recent contribution to
the Maths department was to match Sixth Form pupils
with lower school pupils, facilitating a mentoring system that extended and challenged our most able boys.
As an administrator Claire seems to operate about 3
times quicker than we mortals; as Alastair Ingall put it,
“if you want something done—ask Claire”. Often, she
would hear one of us in the Maths department groan at
SIMS or Excel, then resolve the issue or produce a
spreadsheet of the required information in next to no
time. And there is a speed of email response that
takes seeing to believe. Claire possesses the power to
type quicker than she can think – which is very handy
for dealing efficiently with correspondence and trivial
email matters. However, there have also been odd
occasions where her speed of response was so quick,
that sleeping on a matter and returning to it before
sending an emotive response ceased to be an option.
Most of the memories that I have of Claire all seem to
involve mischief, at least one of James Kibble, Ian
Cooksey or Michael Liddy and her crying with laughter.
Sadly, none of the anecdotes would be appropriate for
this magazine, but the puerility and hilarity of them only
heightens on the occasions when we reminisce about
them. Claire’s presence at Staff Socials will be greatly
missed, where her infectious sense of fun was at its
most obvious. We promise to give her notice of the trip
to Sandown, along with Jeff’s big tip for the night!
Personally, I will miss a kindred ‘Maths Geek’ that gets
excited over new strategy games, loves puzzles and all
things ‘Mathletics’. I will miss how carried away Claire
would get in the heat of battle at the UKMT Team
Maths Challenge, particularly in the ‘Race’ round. I will
also remember how easily Claire would succumb to the
distraction of a game of ‘Blokus’ or ‘Quarto’. With
hours lost over the years to running battles in each,
honours were probably even between Claire and I.
However, we would both have to concede inferiority to
Stuart Trutch at ‘Curve Fever’!
Claire moves on to teach at her Alma Mater, Raynes
Park High. In doing so, she fulfils a wish to teach
Maths in a Comprehensive school. There is no doubting that she will continue to be as passionate and vivacious and I am sure that she will stamp her authority on
the Maths department and Staff Room there in no time,
too. Claire can still be found as a prolific Facebooker or
on the terraces at AFC Wimbledon, no doubt with Imogen in tow. As we bid farewell to a fine colleague and a
good friend, we wish her the best of luck facing the
fresh challenges at RPH. Having exploited most of the
loopholes as a pupil there, she is very well placed to
deal with the likes of young Claire Joneses.
CO
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NAOMI ANSON
ROB EARL
The Daily Mail headline for 5th September
2005 advised first
time buyers to ‘Head
North’. With a delicious irony, 5 September 2005 happens to
be the very day that
Naomi began her
teaching career at
Tiffin and for this she
had had to ‘Head
South’. This was not
to be the last time that the Daily Mail and Naomi found
themselves at opposite ends of the news and current
affairs spectrum agenda.
Naomi joined the English Department as 2nd in Department but was very much 1st in Department when it
came to passion, enthusiasm and a genuine thirst for
teaching and learning. Amongst the many innovations
that Naomi was authoress of, shortly after her arrival,
she was responsible for modernising our monitoring,
tracking and assessment (MTA) procedures, well before
such acronyms became ubiquitous in the increasingly
acronymistic world of education. As a keen player of
the viola it is no wonder that Naomi had several strings
to her bow, leading a full and enriching life beyond the
demesne of KT2 6RL (the school postcode).
Naomi starred in a number of Cheshire mummers
plays, most notably in the 2007 revival of Atkinson’s St.
George and the Turkish Knight, where according to one
critic she gave the finest ‘French Officer’ since the
Compton Mummers’ celebrated 1885 performances.
Ever one to blend work and play, Naomi utilised this
particular folk narrative experience in her teaching.
The English department was enriched by Naomi’s unit
of work on Chivalry. If King Arthur were to awaken from
his slumber and go on a quest or something, he would
find no shortage of potential recruits from the modern
Year 8 Tiffinian.
It is not possible to write Naomi’s valedictory without
pausing to mention what perhaps very few of us were
aware of, during her time amongst us. As well as being
a top-notch teacher, frequently rated as ‘Outstanding’,
Naomi was a very successful textile salesperson, often
travelling the length and breadth of the sadly landlocked county of Berkshire, peddling her wares every
third Sunday from Michaelmas to Whitsun. It is a mark
of Naomi’s generosity that upon her departure she left
each of us a book of swatches. These have come in
very handy as handkerchiefs, whiteboard erasers,
household wipes and sundry whatnots.
Alas for Tiffin school, Naomi is now to be found in the
leafy wolds of Bintleywood where she is currently
enjoying something of a new career as the part owner
of a vintage coin shop, Naomi’s Numismatics
(www.naomisnumismatics.co.uk). We wish her well and
thank her very much.
ML
It is always so hard to
write a valediction for
someone: if I write
enough to do the person justice it may well
alienate all those who
might want to read it
in the time-deficient
environment we live
in. But I’ll do my best
to balance the needs
of all.
Rob came into the
school fired with enthusiasm despite being asked to fill big shoes. He not
only succeeded but surpassed the expectations put on
him, and generously put considerable time and effort
into helping the revamping of the school website. It was
simply that he was, and is, a good team leader and
member.
In his two years at the school Rob Earl established a
reputation that he can view with pride rather than anxiety, be that in terms of his contributions to the running
of the Economics Department, his work on the school
website, or in his social impact. There are a number of
conspicuous factors on his side such as a thriving number of economics students in the 6th form, a healthy
uptake of the subject at university, and the legacy of a
well-established and respected Tiffinomics website and
on-line journal that is the property of the school (which
has not always been the case).
On the personal side he was able to be similarly helpful, buying his rounds without prompting and able to
talk with aplomb about his economic interests with wit
and realising when to be quiet. He has always been
professional and considerate in his work with staff and
students who held him in high regard.
He could not resist the lure of working at a school
where he only has single figures of students in a class,
however, and gets paid more for doing it. Not that he
ever avoided his share of the workload, hidden away
out of sight up in the not quite ivory tower of Elmfield. I
wish him all the best in his new life of luxury at Trinity,
and will be interested to know how he settles into a
school where I’ve seen staff smoking a pipe nonchalantly in front of the students. Now that’s professionalism for you!
Rob, you have been a joy to work with, and thank you
for some great work and very comical memories.
MH
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DAVID STA
STARBUCK
RBUCK
ANDREA BOLTON
David joined the staff
of Tiffin School in
September 2007 and
became the Head of
the Religion and Philosophy Department
and Head of Year 12
in September 2008.
David went on to become the Head of
Sixth Form in September 2011 after three
years as an accomplished Head of Year
12. He left in August 2013 to become Deputy
Headteacher at the Albyn School in Aberdeen.
David was the leading light in the Religion and Philosophy department of the school and he changed the focus of the way it was studied and he also made significant contributions to the whole school approach to Independent Learning. He also applied the same approach to the work he did on changing the Social and
Moral Development programme into the current 21st
Century course that all students follow from 11-16.
David’s career at Tiffin was marked by his continuous
desire to improve and develop the way in which students learned and the ways in which teaching could be
extended to establish the highest quality environment
for the School. He always expected to challenge students to reach their highest potential and to value the
skills of thinking, development of ideas and arguments.
In his last year, he worked with Mike Liddy on the next
stage of the development of the Teaching and Learning
principles that guide the rich educational environment
that underpins the School.
Tiffin Sixth Form developed strongly under David’s leadership and many students were guided through some
difficult times by David’s wise and sensible guidance.
His creativity, intellectual direction and strategic leadership gave the School a valuable source of skill and dedication on which to build as it grew the Sixth Form. His
new post offered him the chance to return to Aberdeen
with his family which was where David had gone to university and where they were looking to settle for the
next stage of their lives. David was a great colleague to
work with and he provided a friendship and professional support to many people in the school. I know that he
will flourish at the Albyn School and that they will benefit from his many talents.
HMC
Andrea joined Tiffin
School in April 2009
on a temporary maternity cover but
soon
established
herself as a permanent and very welcome addition to
the Classics Department. As a Classicist, Andrea exudes
enthusiasm, making
enormous contributions to the organisation and leading
of numerous trips, both day trips in the UK and foreign
trips, most notably to Italy. Her local knowledge and
linguistic abilities were irreplaceable, particularly on
visits to her beloved Rome. More than 250 students
had the opportunity to visit classical sites under her
guidance and their experiences were all the richer for
having Andrea on board. Stories relating to those trips
are far too many to mention here but everyone who
participated will have special ‘Bolt’ memories of their
own which they will treasure for a long time to come.
In the classroom, that same infectious zeal for all
things classical was apparent and she secured not only
outstanding results amongst her students but also engendered a life-long interest in languages and in the
ancient past. Andrea also made valid contributions to
other subject areas during her time at the school, most
notably English, History and General Studies. As a
Form Tutor she was second to none. Her care and concern for the wellbeing of her tutees and for their academic progress was extraordinary. Testament to her
approach and indicative of the appreciation felt by her
students was the send-off she received from her form
group 11AB in July 2013.
Andrea was always willing to give up her own time for
the benefit of others as was apparent in the enormous
commitment she made not only to DofE but to the highly successful and rewarding John Muir Award Scheme
which she firmly established at the School. Furthermore, Andrea ran parent classes for Latin and oversaw
our very successful Classics Mentoring Scheme. Andrea always had time for others, whether colleagues,
students or parents. Her departure has left a gaping
void in the Department but we live in hope of being
able to lure her back one day! We wish her well as she
embarks upon a new life on the South Coast.
CC
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STUART TRUTCH
Stuart joined Tiffin in
September 2010. I
can just about remember sitting on his
interview lesson with
Ruth Harris, and we
were, obviously, very
impressed. Terry Narey asked which interviewee had been chosen, and I told him
Stuart had got the
job. “What, the young
guy with the funky
hair?” Terry replied, to which I said yeah, that’s him.
“Looks like the type who could burn the school down”
Terry said. He did say this with a huge smile, I would
like to add.
Stuart was truly fully formed when he arrived, and his
was the best NQT year I had ever seen. The kind of
techniques he was confidently using, I was not using
well into my teaching career. I look back at his year as
an NQT and use it as the standard to judge all new
trainees.
Stuart is an exceptional teacher – there is no doubt. I
think Mathematics is a subject that can often be taught
in a very uninspiring and mechanical way. The way in
which Stuart teaches is an inspiration, if you have been
lucky enough to see it. He thinks in great detail about
what he is teaching and to whom. He thinks of innovative and novel ways to present the content to his classes. He takes risks with the material and does his best
to involve all of the students in his class. He questions
the established “traditional” method and style of teaching. His methods are simple, yet sophisticated at the
same time, often peeling back the layers surrounding
the topic to its basic level and then building on this in
such a way as to ensure maximum understanding for
his class. His lessons are truly original and he seldom
teaches the same topic the same way twice.
As a colleague he shares his ideas and resources and if
you are looking to teach something in a new or different
way, he is the man to see. I do not think I have ever
seen him stressed or in a bad temper – cool as the
proverbial cucumber is the phrase that springs to mind.
He is always up in his class in the south building planning his lessons and creating resources.
Stuart has been a part of the Tiffin community in helping to organise the UK Mathematics Trust Competitions, helping the students develop an enthusiasm for
solving unusual and often complex problems. He has
also demonstrated he is a keen soccer player, and has
represented the staff in the student v staff fixtures with
plenty of flair.
He really exemplifies what I feel a committed and resourceful teacher represents and I think that as much
as we, his colleagues, will miss him, his students will
miss him even more. Although he has not burnt any8
thing down, he is responsible for lighting a fiery passion
for Mathematics for most of his students. I have no
doubt the students he will teach in the future will benefit greatly from his expertise and his passion for the
subject. He moves back to his home town of Bristol
with his wife to continue his career as a teacher.
HH
TONY HOWES
Tony joined us in November 2008 following a telephone interview in which he
asked almost all the
questions. Initially he
was employed on a
fixed term maternity
cover contract but we
soon recognised his
singular virtues and
were quick to offer
him a full time position.
Tony’s teaching was characterised by a fantastic relationship with his students who appreciated the care he
took in planning and delivering lessons and his readiness to indulge classes looking for humour to leaven
the daily bread of GCSE and A level. Few will forget his
innovative approach to classroom management using a
talking Mr T key ring or his tendency to burst into song
at every opportunity.
He became heavily involved in co-curricular activities;
as House Master of Scott, helping to set up and run a
lunchtime dance club, taking a major role in the Duke
of Edinburgh award scheme and leading Outlook expeditions to Bolivia, Mongolia and Borneo. His enthusiasm and positivity, even when soaking wet, added
greatly to the atmosphere of our residential field trips.
Other achievements include raising significant funds
for the EducAid charity which is working in Sierra Leone
to provide education for disadvantaged children. Tony
made a couple of visits to Freetown as part of this process and his heartfelt accounts of the difficulties faced
by the volunteer teachers and the experiences of the
students certainly helped colleagues to gain a new perspective on life.
Adventurous as ever, Tony left us in order to undertake
a challenging motorbike trek from Streatham to South
Africa and we are confident his ‘can do’ attitude will
lead to a successful journey. We will miss his gnomic
utterances, debating skills, dance moves, tact and his
endearing quality of not taking himself too seriously.
PR
TOM MCKENNAN
MCKENNAN
Tiffin students respect teachers who
have a genuine love
for their subject and
Tom definitely fits
into that category. His
insistence on academic rigour allowed
his classes to achieve
outstanding
exam
results and prepared
them very well for
further studies at the
next level of challenge. This profound interest in Physical Science also appeared outside the classroom. Who
would have thought that a debate over whether 0.9
recurring was equal to 1.0 could have endured over
several days. We were also able to gain a deeper insight into the concept of entropy through his relaxed
approach to washing up.
Tom’s other passion was for music and his performances at Gig Nights became legendary. It was amazing to
witness this relatively quiet individual become a rock
god once bathed in the glow of the spotlight. He was
also able to use his guitar to demonstrate many aspects of Physics and it was not unusual to hear riffs
emanating from room eleven, often accompanied by
the excited sounds of a class captivated by Tom’s enthusiasm.
The Science office is quieter and less entertaining following Tom’s departure. We really miss his ability to
render us helpless with laughter with a pithy, if often
scabrous, one-liner about goings on in the school. He is
now pursuing his dream of becoming Tiffin School’s
Brian May and we wish him the very best of luck in this
new adventure.
PR
JANE STAPLETON
Jane joined the Physical Education department in September
2010 in a part time
role having been
closely involved with
both Tiffin Schools for
a number of years as
Borough Sports Coordinator. An outstanding teacher of
Physical Education,
Jane made major
contributions in the
short time she was at Tiffin, working tirelessly to develop a network of external coaches who provided a wide
range of extra sporting opportunities to our students.
Jane also taught swimming and athletics to our Year 7s
and set up and ran the hugely popular Hawker Centre
games option for our Year 11s.
Jane was totally committed to her work and always had
a sensitivity and warmth to which young Tiffinians responded. She brought a feminine sense of organisation
and standards to our all male department that has sadly lapsed since her departure. She will be sadly missed
as she leaves to take up the role of Head of Sport at
Holy Cross Preparatory School and we wish her every
success.
SC
Best wishes go to Richard Plummer, Carmelina Critcher, Bob Benson, Michael Harris, James Price, Melissa Bradnam,
Daniel Ashenafi, Gogulan Nithiyabhaskaran, Kiran Richards, Ali Watkins, Vanessa Thomas, Bridgette Conway, Hannah Lake, Carys Evans, Tommy Latimer, Georgia Misson, Ben Mellett, Pierre Morris, Maria-Anne Moore, Graham Miller, Zenobia Ariswalla and Sam Dixon who also left during the year and whose help was much appreciated.
A very warm we
welc
lcom
ome
e is ext
extend
ended
ed to:
to
Mrs B Conway BMus (Ulster)
Dr R Allwood BA (Dunelm) DMus (Aberdeen)
Mrs H Lake BA (UCL)
Ms M A Moore BA (Wolverhampton)
Mr G Miller
Dr J Frost - MA (Oxon), PhD (Oxon)
Ms L Gall, BA (Hons), Psychology with German, (Exeter)
Ms A Kenyon
Miss K M O’Connell BA (St Mary’s University College)
Mr B Benson
Teacher of Music
Teacher of Music
Teacher of English
Teacher of MFL
Teacher of Chemistry
Teacher of Maths
Careers Adviser
Dyslexia Specialist
Teacher of Drama
IT Technician
and a similar welcome back to Dr K Diamond, Teacher of English
Prom
Pr
omot
otions:
ions:
Steve Cathcart, Assistant Head
Owen Bryan-Williams, Subject Leader, Government and Politics
Gerwyn Wilson and Ian White, shared post of Subject Leader in PE
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OBITUA
ITUARY
RY
BRIAN ALEC TIMOTHY HOLDEN 1935 – 2013
Brian Holden passed away on Saturday 18 May 2013 at the age of 77.His contributions to the Tiffin community have
been enormous and his knowledge of the history of the School and its pupils will be sorely missed. He continued to
be a strong supporter of the School and the Tiffinian Association throughout his life. He was affectionately known as
BAT from his initials.
His connection with the School began when he joined Form 1B on 9 September 1946 having gained an Entrance
Award. He had previously been at Stoneleigh West Primary School. On entry he was assigned to Raleigh House but
was quickly moved to the new Churchill House when the houses expanded from six to eight. His record card reveals
his strong involvement in the life of the school being appointed a prefect in 1953 and ending up as Head Boy in
1954-1955. He left in April 1955, at the age of 19 years and 10 months, having gained A levels in French, German
and Latin, to do his National Service.
Brian did his training at GCHQ at Cheltenham and then joined the Intelligence Corps serving in Begelen, Germany
from 1955 to 1957. He rose to the rank of Corporal. Most of his work appears to have been in the analysis of signals
traffic before it was reported back to GCHQ. He also worked as the cashier for the camp cinema, early evidence of
his great organisational skills. His friend from National Service days, Peter Trevelyan, says that ‘he appeared to be
immune to the irritations of Army duties. He had an air of detachment which implied that, while he was willing to
obey orders, nobody should imagine that he approved of them!’
On finishing National Service he went up to Downing College, Cambridge having gained an Open Exhibition to read
Modern Languages, mainly French and German but he also dabbled in Dutch and Russian. He had always wanted to
be a teacher and on leaving Cambridge became an Assistant Master teaching French and German at Wimbledon
County Secondary School in September 1960. Whilst there he edited and produced that School’s magazine.
Early in 1963 Brigadier J J Harper offered Brian a post at Tiffin and he joined in September 1963. Besides his teaching of French, German and Russian he led many trips abroad, particularly to France which he knew and loved so well,
and also behind the Iron Curtain. He was a form master for many years and house master of Churchill-Gordon. He
also immersed himself in the running of the School: School accounts, tuckshop, vending machines, TPA link person,
exams administrator, School fair, pupil insurance, covenants, speech day prizes, language laboratory, grant maintained status, OTA Chairman in 1966, OTA Treasurer for 35years, Trustee of TAL, organiser of Cambridge and Oxford
dinners, Editor of the OTA newsletter, Editor of the ex-staff newsletter and the list goes on. He was Secretary/ Treasurer of Tiffinian Limited (and was still in post when he passed away) and helped to set up Elmfield Enterprises, otherwise known as the School Shop. He kept up correspondence with many Old Tiffinians and was a font of knowledge
about past pupils. There are no doubt many other jobs he did which are not recorded here but he was very much Mr
Tiffin.
Over the years he ensured that the School archives were safely
stored away or accepted when offered. The result is that the School
has a fine record of its history from 1880 up to the present day. Although Brian never had the opportunity to organise these archives
(and they are still being organised!) they reveal his good eye for detail. Indeed the knowledge he had in his head about the School’s
history was vast and I was always assured of an answer when I
asked questions of him.
Officially Brian retired finally from Tiffin School in 2001 but he continued to be involved in the life of the School. Indeed, in a letter he
said “the School is both my hobby and my work.”
JK
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Head Boy:
Boy:
Rory Goldring
Deputy
Dep
uty Head
Head Boys:
Hassan Asad
Louie Mackee
Liam Toner
Sai Ulluri
Charlie Harrison
Sahib Sidhu
Will Nichols
Prefects:
Pr
efects:
Kenneth Au
Connor Bingham
Zhen Chen
Declan Drewett
Matthew Elmore
Alex Hawkings
Wafiq Islam
Louis Mercier
Priyesh Patel
David Rapley
Praniith Selvaranjan
Bodvar Bergmann
Will Brunt
Joo Min Choi
Jesus Duque
Oliver Garner
Taichi Hobbs
Daehyun Lee
Nitesh Nagrath
Elias Rebeiz
Jamie Rowling
Guy Thomson
Form Prefects:
Prefects:
Henry Allan-Lowe
Bharadwaj Chada
Chris Cockerill
Darius Byramji
Sebastian Dawes
Alex Harrison
Seung-Gyum Kim
Tom Rouvray
Elliot Salmon
Baljeet Singh Lakhan
Joe Abell
Joshua Archbold
Ben Carter
Alex Chan
Patrick Corcoran
Harry Eaton
Orlando Gardner
Neil Patel
Kapil Vijh
Peter Wellham
Matthew Ashwell
William Birchall
Matthew Cockerill
Samsher Dhami
Dmitri Dharmasena
Shiva Krishnan
Christian Raimondo
Kiran Richards
Aaron Uraon
Daneesh Vijayasingam
Special Prefects:
Class
lassics
ics Pref
Prefects
ects
Sahib Sidhu
Tom Bain
Joe Pennycook
Victor Glovnea
Freddie Rigby
Euan Carter
Max Thomas
Caderyn Owen-Jones
Luke Sansom
Hinsum Wong
Matthew Gilbert
Jakob de Menezes-Wood
Art Pref
Prefects
ects
Sung Jun Kim
Reuben Green
Danc
ance
e Prefect
Prefect
Nitesh Nagrath
Mus
usic
ic Prefects
Prefects
Jesus Duque
Nikolaj Schubert
Liam Voller
Drama Prefects
Prefects
Max Funcheon-Dinnen
Billy Bobak
Tech
echno
nology
logy Prefects
Prefects
Arjuna Bastiampillai
Eun-Soo Jeon
LRC Prefects
Prefects
Hin Wong
Krishan Gobithen
Santheep Sritharan
Marc Oppenheimer
Josh Archbold
Chess
Ch
ess Prefects
Prefects
Shemin Sheen
Ike Lim
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From The
The Head’s
Head’s Study
The academic year of 2012/2013 has seen many changes in the educational environment for all schools. At Tiffin
we have had to come to terms with funding cuts as the government has imposed reduced funding for post 16 students in schools, and other limitations on funding streams that have affected grammar schools in particular. We are
bidding for funds from the DfE for the refurbishment of the 1929 building, and for our LRC2 project to replace the
dining hall and Elmfield classroom space, but this is increasingly difficult as more schools are bidding for a restricted
pot of money. The support of our parents through their donations to the Tiffin Education Fund is becoming more
critical if we are sustain the standard of education and co-curricular activities that have marked this last year.
In these pages you will see how rich the life of the School has been during the year. Whether in sport, music, dance,
trips to theatres, subject specific visits, competitions or any of the myriad of out of school events, Tiffin School has
sustained its vitality and drive for the highest standards in all that we do and also the provision of a learning environment from which all students can develop. We have also sought to set an agenda to ensure that we always look to
see what we can do better and to respond to views of our students, parents and people with whom we work. In
2012/2013 we have had more visitors than ever before who want to come and see what we are doing, to learn from
our good practice and to help us in moving forward in all that we do.
We have sought the views of the public on our plans to add an extra form of entry in 2015 and we have received
permission from the DfE to expand the School to its largest size ever of 1340 by 2020. During the year, we also got
the go ahead to start building phase 1 of our new building, LRC2, starting in February 2014. This will be funded
largely by parental donations to Tiffin Education Fund.
Those who left us in the summer of 2013 were a distinctive year group as they were captured in the book ‘175 faces
of Tiffin’ which will forever remain an iconic record of the Year 13 students of 2012/2013. I would also like to pay
tribute to them as a year group for their unity and sense of identity as Tiffin students, which was reflected in the way
they showed their support and compassion on the death of their fellow student, Conor O’Donoghue, in January 2013.
As a School we share the lives of our students and we will always remain a unique part of how they grow and develop. To all those that read The Tiffinian 2012-2013, I hope that you enjoy looking at what happened in the life of the
School and reflect that, as ever, Tiffin School and its students have had another year full of activity and achievement,
as it marks the 375th anniversary of the Tiffin Foundation which was set up in 1638.
Hilda Clarke
Headteacher
November 2013
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Music
Mus
ic Dep
Departm
artmen
entt Assoc
Associat
iated
ed Board
Board
Results 2012/2013
Results
MERITS
Distinct
istinctions:
ions:
Name
Instrum
Instr
ument
ent
Tanmay Sood
Jielong Yong
Neil Narayan
Kit Davey
Benjamin Knight
Jack Parker
Kiran Dasani
Daniel Henderson
Kiran Dasani
Jack Parker
Henry Saywell
Christian Rasmussen
Akshay Khanna
Christian Rasmussen
Jack Hawkins
Henry Willis
Louis Norris
Robert Jones
Sam Village
Violin
Guitar
Clarinet
Flute
Oboe
Viola
Oboe
Piano
Oboe
Viola
Guitar
Piano
Guitar
Theory
Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Trumpet
Viola
Violin
Grade
Grade
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
The following achieved success at Grade 8:
Jack Crozier
Trumpet
Sun Kyo Kim
Piano
Alexander Strange
Piano
William Brunt
Violin
Jakob De Menezes-Wood Violin
Louis Mercier
Violin
Elliot Linsey
Piano
Alex Chan
Piano
GOLD (40)
Magnus Handley
Robert Jones
Hayden Hyde
Laurie Kenney
Huw Morris
Sam Newton
Dhiren Patel
Dhruvaa Saravanan
Dhruv Sengupta
Athi Srikanthan
Robert Bywater
Ahmed Al-Muttalibi
Jonathan Bennett
Dipayan Chowdhury
Ben Fincher
Archie Herbertson
Daniel Lim
Aran Mahal
Jason Noone
Alex Step
Hemanth Veluru
Tanveer Bhandari
Akshay Jani
Thomas Doublet
Chinmay Joglekar
Tejas Katyarmal
Yaamir Badhe
7FC
7FC
7IW
7IW
7IW
7IW
7IW
7IW
7IW
7IW
7KF
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7KO
7PD
7PD
8OB
8OB
8OB
8SKR
PLATINUM(60)
Jeffrey Chong
Joseph Cheeseright
7KF
7KO
HEAD’S AWARD (80)
Tom Dalby
7KO
INDIV
IND
IVIDUA
IDUALL ACHIEV
ACHIEVEM
EMENTS
ENTS
Examinati
Exam
ination
on Results
Results
Once again this year’s students produced excellent sets
of exam results at all levels. The Leavers’ A Level results were again very high, with 88.6% at A*, A and B
grades, ranking us in The Times as the fourth best
boys’ state school nationally, and enabling the vast
majority to progress to Russell Group and other top
universities. A total of 21 boys won places at Oxford or
Cambridge. At GCSE, including the ‘IGCSE’, Tiffin maintained a very high standard, with 82% of grades at A*
or A. All these successes are despite a context, which
received much public attention in the summer, of
a decline in top grades being awarded nationally, making the students’ and School’s achievements even
more impressive.
MG
Recent O.T. Eddie Rolls was a member of the Oxford
Blues boat squad.
Former Head Boy Geth
ethin
in Ant
Anthony
hony played Grigory Otrepyev in the R.S.C.’s Boris Gudunov by Alexander
Pushkin at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Ben Gibb
Gibbons
ons placed 19th out of 131 in the Under 17
Boys cross country section running for Team Richmond
in the London Youth Games, and in so doing helped
Richmond to become LYG cross country champions for
the third year running [Sorry – Ed.].
Humphrey A
Allen
llen performed Gymnastics at the RGA gym,
completing his bronze award, and was a member of the
scouts at Kew.
Vith Keth
Ketheesw
eeswar
aran
anat
athan
han
achieved Indian Drums
Grade 8, Eastern Vocal Grade 7, played cricket for
Malden Wanderers and Tennis for Worcester Park.
Abdel
Abd
el Azis
Azis Osm
Osman
an reached Stage 8 swimming at Barnet Leisure Centre.
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Vis
isist
istaa
aa Sur
Suresh
esh played Shooting Guard for the Bedfont
Strikers basketball team, and reached Grade 7 in Eastern Vocal.
Robert Jon
Robert
Jones
es won a place in the National Children’s
Orchestra.
Stuart Kaufm
Kaufmann
ann captained the Corinthian Casuals
Under 14 football side, and his ice hockey team,
Streatham Braves.
Sailor Felix Cro
Crowt
wther
her had a busy year progressing from
a Topper (single hander) to a 29er skiff, a double
hander requiring a crew. In October he was selected
for the Transition Squad and received generous sponsorship from Sportsaid and Neil Pryde Sailing. They
came 10th in the Youth National Championships at
Largs in Scotland in April and were top Squad boat at
the World Championships in Denmark in July.
Recent Tiffin student Ralph Stre
Street
et made his debut for
Great Britain in the World Orienteering Champs - "Find
your flow in Finland" - in July.
There are three individual "disciplines" in orienteering.
Classic or Long is 90-100 minutes in forest for men, a
bit less for women. Middle is 30-40 minutes in forest,
with a different planning style (emphasis less on route
choice, more on map interpretation.)
Sprint is 12-15 minutes often in a complex urban area
(university campuses and old towns are popular.)
There is also a relay for teams of 3.
Countries can enter up to 3 men and 3 women in
each discipline. Ralph did the classic and the relay none of the British men did more than one individual
event.
JACK PETCHEY
PETCHEY AWARDS
AWARDS
Student
Stud
ent
F
Form
orm
Reason
Reas
on
Spent on
Spent
Maxim Clarke
9TR
Excellent contribution to Tiffin newspaper – both reporting, editing and
organisation.
School newspaper funding distribution/
postage costs, material/paper (Kingston
Printers).
Sid Nath
9LL
Contributions to running the
school's extra-curricular Carrom club
(promoting and organising).
Brand new Carrom Board games to replace old one, acrylic carrom coins, carrom powder, carrom stands and new rule
books.
Shemin Sheen
U6JW
Excellent, diligent running and organising of the school's Chess Club.
New chess boards and pieces, timekeeper
clocks, score pads and award medals.
Alex Worthington
8SKR
Superb contributions (organisational
and written) to Creative Writing
Club.
Visiting writer (Sathnam Sanghera) and a
workshop.
Santheep Sritharan
U6CR
Contributions to helping run the LRC
at lunch time - issuing and receiving
texts, prefecting in the designated
quiet areas, shelving books and
helping with email/letter correspondence.
Digital video camera (Sony CX220 Full HDCamcorder).
Conor Fulton
9MN
Untiring contributions and immense
sporting successes in Tiffin's 1st XI
cricket throughout Year 9.
Contributed his £200 towards SLR camera for Drama and PE along with funds
raised by another student.
Hugo Khan
10NG
He has just represented the county
in the South East Inter-Counties
athletics competition.
Photon Rugby balls (9 balls, sizes 5 and
4).
Charles Jordan
8PM
His sponsored fast raised just over
£500 for charity; he also as organising a collection of foreign coins
which amassed £600, which was
also donated to charity via the
school’s Charity Club.
Trip to the London Dungeons (Charles
with nine others).
James Heyworth-Taylor
11LM
Outstanding comedic performance
as Lady Bracknell in Tiffin’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest
£200 donated to the Drama department
to purchase this year’s GCSE practical
performance scripts.
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JACK PETCHEY
PETCHEY AWARDS
AWARDS
From left to right:
Alex Worthington, Maxim Clarke, Councillor Mary Heathcote OBE, The Mayor, Charles Jordan, Conor Fulton
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TIFF
IFFIN
IN SHOP
This year has seen the introduction of a new sports kit
at Tiffin. A new reversible sports shirt replaces the old
rugby jersey, and it also replaces the old P.E. vest as it
is worn for P.E. as well. It is a modern, hi-tech fabric
designed to wick away moisture and be comfortable in
all weather.
The new shirt bears the Tiffin ‘3 fish’ logo on the
chest, and it can be worn with a thermal base layer
which has the TIFFIN name down the sleeve. Also
new are some modern P.E. shorts, white with navy
piping, which replace the old cotton ones.
Reaction from students to the new kit has been very
positive.
DW
SPORTS DAY
Henry Willis savours the Steeplechase waterjump
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Soohaeng Lee takes off
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Sanchit Ajmera taking the strain for Drake
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Sam Phillips
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OBITUA
BITUARY
RY
Conor O’Do
O’Donoghue
noghue
Conor joined Tiffin in the Sixth Form in September 2011 having spent his first five years of secondary education at St
Benedict’s School in Ealing. He quickly settled to life here at Tiffin and shone as a student. It isn’t always easy to
change schools and to have to get used to new and different ways and to make new friends. Conor took to life in the
Sixth Form and proved himself to be a successful student with A grades in his AS examinations that he took in the
summer of 2012.
He was a mature and reflective student who was motivated and enthusiastic in his learning and in his studies in History, Maths, Physics and Religion and Philosophy. The last three subjects were the ones he chose to focus on for his
A2 studies. He flourished in his academic work. He was a problem solver, an inquisitive and discursive member of a
class, somebody who liked to dissect arguments and create solutions. He had decided to go on to University to study
Physics which had become his favoured subject for higher education. He went with the Sixth Form group to Cerne in
2012 and took part in the Physics Olympiad Club. All of this had helped encourage his interest.
Conor was progressing to fulfil his ambitions and living the life of a vibrant sixth former who enjoyed his school and
social life as a young man on the verge of going on to the next stage of his life in higher education. Conor went missing on 8 December 2012 and he was found drowned in the River Thames on 8 January 2013.
His tragic death was felt deeply by his family and fellow students at Tiffin. Conor was 17 years old, a young man of
promise and ability much loved by his family and friends. He will remain in our thoughts as a bright young man and
forever as a Tiffin student. The School will respect his achievements and life and all those things that he wanted to
do and yet never managed to achieve. He is remembered by a portrait that was drawn by his fellow student, Sung
Jun Kim, which now hangs outside the Learning Resource Centre.
Hilda Clarke
Headteacher
[Drawing: Sung Jun Kim]
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Salv
lvete!
ete!
Ehsaan
Umar
Sanchit
Jamal
Babatunde
Mohammed
Emir
Ahmed
Harjyot
Abhinandan
Vishvas
John
Namat
Aditya
Daniel
Jonathan
Joshua
Tanveer
Angadvir
George
Christopher
George
Bertie
Henry
Ashley
Isaac
Robert
Anurag
Vic
Ned
Faraz
Joseph
David
Jeffrey
Dipayan
Benjamin
James
James
Sam
JoJo
Tom
Jack
Mohamed
Tejbir
Darshan
Wilf
Kaz
Felix
Maksymilian
Laurie
Ben
Ben
Varun
Kanishk
Sailesh
Jasper
Dillan
Harry
Anveet
Samuel
Sam
Mike
Magnus
Archie
Milinda-Aaron
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Ahmad
Ahmad
Ajmera
Al-Araimy
Alatishe
Al-Dubooni
Alhussni
Al-Muttalibi
Anand
Arivazhagan
Arora
Baggs
Bahram
Banerjee
Barrett
Bennett
Bennett
Bhandari
Bimbh
Birch
Bolton
Bowers
Bricusse
Brooking
Brown
Brownbridge
Bywater
Chandrasekhar
Chang
Chapman
Cheema
Cheeseright
Cho
Chong
Chowdhury
Clegg
Cochrane
Conder
Coogan
Cronin
Dalby
Davidson
Dembele
Deol
Desai
Dickson
Din
Dinh
Dudzinski
Fain
Fincher
Fosker
Ganatra
Gandhi
Ganeshananthan
Gaunt
Goss
Griffiths
Gulati
Gunman
Hall
Halliday
Handley
Herbertson
Hewagama
Damon
Alexander
Ergin
Jack
Alex
Yong-Hwa
Ken-Chi
Louis
Anish
Hayden
Hasan
Luca
Khushal
Jatin
Akshay
Adi
Nitin
Abbenayan
Kevin
Robert
Aum
Hritish
Sujan
Ibrahim
Ravneet
Anna
Nallie
Cameron
Laurie
Ajey
Keerat
Yassin
Idris
Mahid
Rohan
Varundeep
Theo
Ben
James
Michal
Abhijaya
Issei
Josh
Andrew
Soohaeng
Daniel
Aanshul
Aran
Leon
Tome
Harry
David
Sekander
Max
Joss
Manuj
Vishal
Agaash
Ali
Huw
Awsaf
Shyam
Jordan
Rohan
Navonil
Rohit
Sam
Ho
Hobbs
Hoda
Holden
Hong
Hong
Huang
Huang-Dixon
Hussain
Hyde
Iqbal
Jackson
Jagota
Jain
Jani
Jayakumar
Jena
Jeyakumar
John
Jones
Joshi
Joshi
Kaleendrarajan
Kapasi
Kapoor
Karan
Kayani
Kemp
Kenney
Kesavaraj
Khaira
Khalil
Khan
Khan
Khanna
Khosa
King
Knight
Kong
Krzyzanowski
Kumar
Kuzuki
Lambert
Landon
Lee
Lim
Luthra
Mahal
Man
Manasov
Manley
Mason
Matharu
McGarrigle
Miller-Todd
Mishra
Mistry
Mokanathas
Moodie
Morris
Muhammad
Murugan
Naidu
Nair
Neogi
Neppalli
Newton
Cameron
William
Jason
Kamal
Pramitji
Ishaan
Hardeep
Ajay
Amil
Dhiren
Jay
Vivek
Nilaksan
Charlie
Gary
Ifti
Inti
Mubariz
Shiv
Max
Avi
Sam
Ashwin
Hadi
Dhruvaa
Harrijn
Benjamin
Navraj
Rajun
Dhruv
Juan
Ali
Karan
Sebastiaan
Sami
Robert
Ishaan
Jivan
Gopishan
Matusan
Vijithan
Matt
Alex
Scott
Benji
Athi
Alex
Henry
Amit
Tom
Shun
Duncan
Aaron
Jeevithan
Ramanan
Vincent
Jezian
Joshua
Connor
Hemanth
Ben
Oliver
Alexander
Alexander
Jie Long
Mohammed
Nijjer
Noble
Noone
Oddy
Odedra
Pal
Panesar
Patel
Patel
Patel
Patel
Patel
Pathmanathan
Penny
Pitman
Rahman
Rahman
Raja
Rajkumar
Revell
Riar
Ridley
Sajeev
Sajid
Saravanan
Sathveekan
Seddon
Sekhon
Sembhi
Sengupta
Seo
Shah
Sharma
Shillingford Laus
Shori
Siitonen
Sikka
Singh
Sivanathan
Sivanathan
Sivaranjan
Sivewright
Smith
Smith
Speirs
Srikanthan
Step
Stothard
Syal
Sylvester
Tagawa
Tarboton
Thaker
Thilaganathan
Thirugnanasundaram
Trieu
Tudor
Tunnicliffe
Ung
Veluru
Vicary
Whiteside
Williams-Baffoe
Wright
Yong
Zaman
Valete!
Joe
Sami
Henry
Joshua
Tom
Saron
Hassan
Blend
Matthew
Kenneth
Thomas
Arjuna
Bodvar
Connor
John
William
Billy
Alex
Alex
William
Tom
Hayan
Darius
Aiken
Ben
Toby
Bharadwaj
Alex
Zhen
Harry
Ka Junn
Joo Min
Christopher
Matthew
Alex
Jonathan
Patrick
Sam
Adam
Sam
Sebastian
Chamath
Dishan
Dmitri
Devashish
Declan
Dominic
Jesus
Harry
Cameron
Matthew
Ryan
Kai
Alex
Sahand
James
Max
Orlando
Oliver
Luke
Sumeet
Sujan
Krishan
Rory
Abell
Ahmadi
Allan-Lowe
Archbold
Archer
Arulneshan
Asad
Ashtey
Ashwell
Au
Bain
Bastiampillai
Bergmann
Bingham
Birchall
Birchall
Bobak
Boitier
Bransgrove
Brunt
Butcher
Butt
Byramji
Cairncross
Carter
Cashman
Chada
Chan
Chen
Chesterman
Cheung
Choi
Cockerill
Cockerill
Collier
Collins
Corcoran
Crawford
Curran
Dale
Dawes
De Silva
De Silva
Dharmasena
Dixit
Drewett
Drummie
Duque
Eaton
Edgar
Elmore
Faderani
Fan
Fenton
Fouladiasl
Frankenberger
Funcheon-Dinnen
Gardner
Garner
Geraghty
Gill
Gnanendran
Gobithen
Goldring
Karan
Ben
Edward
Josh
Alex
Charlie
Kieran
Sam
Alex
Oscar
Zaib
Taichi
Wafiq
Ahmed
Eun-Soo
Biravin
Arrun
Ashley
Freddie
Leo
Ted
Alex
Daniel
Rahul
Pung Kang
Kuganesan
Kayani
Mark
Ali
San
Seung-Gyum
Sung Jun
Nicholas
Shiva
Moses
Ohhyun
Louis
Baljeet
Daehyun
Minuk
Ike
Orfeo
Harvey
Max
Robbie
Louie
Shabbir
Faisal
Vakisan
Thomas
Richard
Zayd
Louis
Ben
Ross
Michael
Nitesh
Vinay
Jahn
William
Raekulan
Marc
Jack
Haran
Aron
Chris
Grewal
Grosvenor
Hale
Harris
Harrison
Harrison
Hashmi
Hasler-Winter
Hawkings
Herrera
Hilal
Hobbs
Islam
Jawdat
Jeon
Jeyakarunakaran
Johal
Johnson
Johnston
Jones
Jones-Healey
Judge
Jung
Kalhan
Kang
Kapilan
Kayani
Kelly
Khorsandi
Kim
Kim
Kim
Koh
Krishnan
Kwak
Kwon
Lafon
Lakhan
Lee
Lee
Lim
Llewellyn
Lo
Lovelock
Lunniss
Mackee
Makai
Malik
Manoharan
Martis-Jones
Marvin
Mehdi
Mercier
Mitchell
Morey
Murphy
Nagrath
Nair
Nazari
Nichols
Nithiyabhaskaran
Oppenheimer
Orso
Paripooranananthan
Park
Parsons
Harshul
Neil
Priyesh
George
Robert
Matteo
Kasey
Hassan
Chris
David
Aravinden
Prushoth
Elias
Kiran
Alex
Tom
Jamie
Russell
Nad
Elliot
Mohit
Jashan
Nikolaj
Shane
Praniith
Shemin
Riwaj
Azhar
Sahib
Adarsh
Akil
Ki Baik
Kreean
Pran
Santheep
Kishanth
Ahilan
Alexander
Haris
Al
Sahib
Guy
Liam
Kevin
James
Yaw
Sai Prudhvi
Aaron
Sayibrinthan
Daneeshanan
Kapil
Liam
Daniel
Brian
Leo
Peter
Ryan
Ben
Andrew
John
Hin
George
Ahmad
Nayeem
Patel
Patel
Patel
Powell
Pratt
Probert
Purvor
Qureshi
Raimondo
Rapley
Ratnakumar
Ratnatheepan
Rebeiz
Richards
Robinson
Rouvray
Rowling
Royer
Rutherfoord
Salmon
Samtani
Sandhu
Schubert
Selvadurai
Selvaranjan
Sheen
Shrestha
Siddiqui
Sidhu
Sivasundaram
Sivasundaram
Son
Sriranganathan
Srishangar
Sritharan
Sritheran
Srivishnumohan
Strange
Sufi
Taki
Thind
Thomson
Toner
Tozer
Turland-Pierson
Twum-Danso
Ulluri
Uraon
Vickneswaran
Vijayasingam
Vijh
Voller
Vorley
Wang
Wang
Wellham
Wheeler
Whitfield
Wigley
Willison
Wong
Yang
Yousef
Zaman
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This bea
beaut
utiful
iful and
and ins
insight
ightful
ful sermon
sermon was deliver
delivered
ed at Tiffin
Tiffin Sch
School
ool Fou
Founders’
nders’ Day
Day Serv
Servic
ice.
e. 18 July 2013, by out
out-going
goi
ng Head
Head Boy Rory Goldr
Goldring’s
ing’s mot
mother,
her, the
the Rev
Revere
erend
nd Rach
Rachel
el Car
Carnegi
negie,
e, and we are grat
grateful
eful for her perm
permiss
ission
ion to
repr
eproduc
oduce
e it her
here.
e.
It is a pleasure to be here today and I am most grateful to the Headteacher, Hilda Clarke, for inviting me to preach.
Today my most important job description is as a Tiffin parent. This is my son Rory’s last day of school. And what a
superb school it is – producing young men of character and diverse achievement in so many fields. Just in Rory’s
year I am aware of a Countdown champion, a Norwich footballer, an iron man, caram board kings, dance choreographers, artists, origami innovators, computer wizards, musicians, singers, actors, sportsmen – and that’s before starting on the academics. There is something unique which knits the Tiffin community together – and something more
than a stripey blazer and a natural talent for verbal reasoning that defines a Tiffinian. But what is it?
Recently I read a book called: Five People I met on my way to heaven. The author reflects on five people who have
inspired him on his journey through life. I decided to conduct a mini-survey and ask some of Rory’s friends about five
people who have inspired them on their journey though Tiffin.
I won’t mention individuals – that would be giving it away! - but will rather focus on qualities these boys mentioned
about five groups: their friends, older boys, younger boys, teachers and other adults involved in school life.
There were a few challenges in terms of Tiffin lingo in my interviews, but once I began to understand what they
meant by schwef, and parr and La Fiesta, I could see that these boys had something meaningful to say about what it
represents to be a Tiffinian!
First, about their friends - the boys I spoke to said they valued:

a strong sense of humour;

keeping each other grounded;

working hard and playing hard;

being altruistic;

being able to get on with anyone;

wanting to be active and not lounging about;

self-deprecation coupled with space to be confidently individual;

always being there for each other – on good days and bad days.
This really is a brilliant description of friendship and reminded me of the scripture passage we heard earlier – about
friends we can trust, who stand by us in times of trouble. As it says: Faithful friends are a secure refuge. They are
beyond price; whoever finds one has found a treasure. So, treasure your friends – friendship is a commitment. (and
those of you who are leaving Tiffin today, I believe you will treasure your friends from school for many decades to
come.)
Secondly, I asked my survey group to say what they liked about older boys when they themselves were much younger. Of course an ugly six foot sixth former is a daunting sight when South building is getting congested, but nevertheless my informants told me that they had valued older boys who would chat and have a laugh and not be condescending. They enjoyed the way that different years have different types of humour – and the fun to be found in activities which mix the years. They said it was important that older boys look back and show that they understand – for
example, understanding what it was like to be small and to depend for fun on the air-flow football.
I also then asked my survey group, now in their final year, what they valued in younger boys. They observed that it
takes all the boys to make school a happy place. Keep smiling, they said, help out – we all share the same space.
They commended younger boys getting involved in whole school activities, such as contributing to house events.
They said, at first it seems surprising how small a Year 7 is compared to his rucksack, but that as these new boys
immerse themselves in the life of the school, the older boys get the chance to appreciate their talents. I am told the
Prefects prized the stripeys’ (ie. younger boys) participation and Orc-like ferocity in the mock battle staged earlier this
term.
I also asked about teachers: on that they had much to say! So-and-so is so safe! So-and-so is so jokes. Many stories
seemed to involve minibus rides with Mr Morris, caram board sessions with Mr Hameed or dance routines from Mr
Haskey. I heard about teachers who put in so much effort, during school and after hours, to help the boys; teachers
who invest in their students as people, even while they perhaps assess their form as sporting opponents in the Widger match. Above all I got a strong sense of how the teaching staff care for students and shape the atmosphere of the
school.
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And finally I asked about other adults linked to the school. Everyone had at some time lost their lunch card and was
indebted to the kindness of those in the office and the canteen. The boys valued the caretakers who are always game
for a laugh and go the extra mile, such as opening the gates at dawn for Sunday car boot sales. Jeff the caretaker is
apparently, I quote, “unbelievably safe’. My informants also mentioned great parents, giving time to get involved.
So in my mini-survey I got a rich impression of the Tiffinian character. It seems that everyone seeks to ensure that
each day is well lived – with enthusiasm and commitment. Each one of you boys is at a particular stage in your school
life. Make each day matter; make friendship matter; make life matter. As we heard earlier from the poet Kalidasa:
Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
With such a school, I think your 17th century founders, Thomas and John Tiffin, would have been very very proud.
Help and Support
Support
The Parents’ Association
T.P.A. ‘200 Club’, especially for Prefect gowns
TIPRA (Tiffin Parents’ Rugby Association)
The Friends of Tiffin Music
The Neil Desai Foundation, for endowed prizes
Urmi Desai, for a generous donation to the library
K.G.S. and the Trustees of the Lovekyn Chapel
C.R.Y.
J A C T Greek Project, for a generous donation to Classics
Ms F T Hosking for prizes in memory of Dave MacLeod
The “In Conversation” Parent Group
and finally all of those parents who give of their time as refreshment helpers, car boot sale volunteers and all those
who serve on the many committees.
Chariti
Chari
ties
es
Donat
Do
nations
ions mad
made
e to
to char
chariti
ities
es by the
the scho
school:
ol:
Centre for Alternative Technology £286.00 (collection made in memory of Dave MacLeod)
British Heart Foundation £193.67 Dodgeball
Wings of Hope Mufti Collection £1,951.42
Project Pencil Case £1,708.27
Manitha Neyam Trust £1,674.50 (helping the under privileged in Sri Lanka)
Neil Desai Foundation £127.05
R.N.L.I £90.00
Momentum £85.41
Shooting Star Chase £340.00
Shelter £262.20
Southwark Cathedral passed on more than £500 from the Tiffin Christmas candlelit choir service collection to C.R.Y.
Ackn
Ac
know
owledgem
ledgements
ents
The Editor would like to record his thanks to those who have contributed to the magazine, or helped in any way in its
production, especially the inimitable Pippa Weller, and Hobbs the Printers. Apologies are offered to photographers
not mentioned by name.
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LEAVERS’
LEAV
ERS’ CELEBRAT
CELEBRATION
ION 2012
2012’s Leavers’ Celebration, held at Kingston Parish
Church on Monday 10 September was, for the second
successive year, graced by no guest speaker, and thus
essentially a warm, in-house occasion. Head Hilda
Clarke hosted proceedings which, aside from the pres-
ence of so-recent alumni, owed most to the contribution
of Assistant Head and Head of Music Simon Toyne,
whose speech about recipients of the endowed prizes,
redolent with wit and sparkling with prismatic play of colours, illuminated the evening.
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PRIZE LIST 2012
ARTS
The Seaborn Prize for Drawing
The Andrew Morley-Brown Memorial Prize for Design
The Roger Charles Prize for the Performing Arts
The AON Prize for Drama
The John Shepherd Memorial Prize for Brass Playing
The Rice Prize for Choral Singing
The Gutmann Prize for Music
Aaron Cheng
Henry Herbert
Chris Born
Finbar Fitzgerald
Charles Hudson
Joel Nulsen
Peter Lidbetter
SPORTS
SPO
RTS
The Basketball Prize
The Badminton Prize
The Cross Country Prize
The Tennis Prize
The 2nd XV Rugby Prize
The Rugby Prize
The Rowing Prize
The Wagstaff Cricket Prize
Jack Rogers
Bakhtar Ahmad
Shankar Saanthakumar, Jeevan Thind
Harrison Tricker
Chris Born
Eun Su Yun
Jack Claydon
Robert Forster
PRESENTATION OF
OF LEAVERS’
LEAVERS’ S
SCHOOL
CHOOL TIE
Bakhtar Ahmad, Ibaad-Ullah Aleem, Akbar Ali, Hussam Ali, Kashan Ali, Wahid Ali, Aaron Alvares, Taha Amir, Varesh
Anandarajah, Thomas Arneil, Daniel Ashenafi, Callam Atwal, Robindeep Aujla, Xarius Austin, Kapilan Balakumar, Michael Ban, Tom Batstone, William Beedham, James Berrow, Harneet Bhullar, Christopher Born, Matthew Born, Billy
Brooks, Connor Brown, Sanford Brown, Gianluca Bush, Leonardo Buter, Frazer Carroll, Elliot Carter, William Caruana,
James Chauncy, Aaron Cheng, Jerry Chiu, Dongchan Choi, Ha Neul Choi, Richard Clarke, Jack Claydon, Nick Coats,
Ben Crespin, Dairui Dai, Sam Dando, Matthew DaSilva, Robert Dean, Karanvir Dhillon, Miles Dilworth, Kiyan Djalai,
Thomas Dolfi, Jordan Doughty, Oli Downey, Matthew Edmunds, Michael Ellison, Nicholas Fairhurst, Mohammad Farwana, Edmund Figueiredo, Finbar Fitzgerald, Robert Forster, Callum Fraser, Zubair Froogh, Alastair Garner, Innogen
Gengatharan, Thomas Gibbs, Michael Gostling, Akash Gupta, Jonathan Hall, Khalid Hayat, Henry Herbert, Tom Hill,
Anthony Ho, Alex Hogan, Nathan Holt, Samuel Hopcroft, Rajan Hothi, Taran Hothi, Andrew Howe, Charles Hudson,
Vewegan Illampooranan, Alexander Ireland, James Ireland, Ryan Jaswal, Pearse Johnson, Matthew Jones, Travis Joseph, Samuel Joyce, Kogul Kamalanathan, Nav Kandhari, Sun Kandhari, Geevethan Kannan, Keshav Kapoor,
Harshan Karunakaran, Julien Kenrick, Stefan Knap, Teja Kooner, Oh Hun Kwon, Ryan Ladwa, Tom Latimer, Jack
Leese, Shawn Li, Peter Lidbetter, Ha Yeong Lim, Rory Long, Sam Loyd, Chau Luu, Chris Mallet, Calvin Man, Stevan
Manokaran, Oliver Massey, George Mathias, Sam McArdle, Matthew McConnell, Kyle McKenzie, Danoush Mohajeri,
Kristjan Moore, Kieran Mulvena, Yosef Mustafa, Gun Woo Nam, Rudi Narendran, Joel Nulsen, Gana Nwana, David
Park, Jae-Young Park, Shekher Parshad, Vikash Patel, Vithulan Patkunan, Shreegovind Patwari, Joshua Powell, Edward Purse, Prajith Rakunathan, Kieran Reals, Alex Reid, Jason Rodrigues, Jack Rogers, Shankar Saanthakumar, Harmohan Sahota, Timothy Salinger, Adam Salisbury, Aman Samra, Aaron Sandhu, Mithun Sathananthan, Marko Sestovic, Sharaf Sheik-Ali, Faris Shoubber, Ashmeet Sidhu, Mike Simargool, Miko Sipin, Aaranan Sivasubramaniam, Giles
Smith, Michael Smith, Brinthan Somaskanda, Maximilian Spies-Majewski, Denis Storey, Janahan Suresh,
George Symeonides, George Tang, Han-Yih Tang, George Taylor, Daniel Teh, James Temple, Shahil Thakar, Sayanuthan Thavaratnam, Asath Thavaseelan, Savva Theocharous, Jeevan Thind, Sahib Thind, Kamran Toor, Harrison
Tricker, Oliver True, Steven Turner, Rayhan Uddin, Shifquat Ullah, Tharshan Umasuthan, Jonathan Wall, Thomas Wallace, Benjamin Ward, Simon Williamson, Kirk Willicombe, Alexander Woolfenden, Andy Yu, Eun Su Yun, Ali Zahoor,
Enpu Zhang
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ACADEMIC
The HHC Arthur Prize for English
The Murphy Prize for History
The Politics & Government Prize
The Economics Prize
The Edward Key Prize for Geography
The Philosophy Prize
The Cory Chappell Prize for Modern Languages (French)
The Hector Drever Prize for German
The Spanish Prize
The Classics Prize
The Les Syrett Prize for Technology
The Pathmanayagam Prize for Chemistry
The Stanley Perfitt Anderson Prize for Science (Biology)
The Stanley Perfitt Anderson Prize for Science (Chemistry)
The Stanley Perfitt Anderson Prize for Science (Physics)
The British Physics Olympiad Gold Award
Faris Shoubber
Miles Dilworth
Alex Reid
Adam Salisbury
Nick Coats, Daniel Teh
Billy Brooks
Charles Hudson
Ali Zahoor
Callum Fraser
Thomas Wallace
Aaron Cheng
Alex Woolfenden
Matthew Edmunds
Kristjan Moore
Tom Arneil
Tom Arneil, Savva Theocharous,
Marko Sestovic, Joel Nulsen
Calvin Man
Marko Sestovic
George Tang
Jonathan Hall
The Tiffinian Lodge Prize for Engineering
The Howard Watson Prize for Physics
The Dean Memorial Prize for Mathematics
The Further Maths Prize
TIFFINIAN
TI
FFINIAN AWA
AWARDS
RDS
The Ron Baker Prize (for all-round achievement)
The Neil Desai Prize (Captain of Cricket 1st XI)
The Staff Prize (for outstanding service to the Tiffin community)
The Prince Prize (for progress)
The Durnford Cup (for service to the wider community)
The Governors’ Prize (for all-round success at A-Level)
The Chairman’s Prize (Captains of the Champion House)
The Headteacher’s Prize (Retiring Head Boy)
Joel Nulsen, Tom Gibbs
Kamran Toor
Tom Latimer, Chris Born
Asath Thavaseelan
Samuel Hopcroft
Matthew Edmunds
Callum Fraser, Peter Lidbetter
Tom Hill
TIFFINIAN
TI
FFINIAN ASSO
ASSOCIATION
CIATION PRI
PRIZES
ZES
(Awarded to students achieving at least 3 A* grades at A Level)
Akbar Ali, Thomas Arneil, Dairui Dai, Jordan Doughty, Matthew Edmunds, Michael Ellison, Jonathan Hall, Sun
Kandhari, Oh Hun Kwon, Kristjan Moore, Joel Nulsen, Jae-Young Park, Miko Sipin, George Tang, Savva Theocharous,
Steven Turner, Andy Yu
YEAR
YEA
R AWARDS
AWARDS CE
CEREMON
REMONIES
IES
Year 8 awards wer
were
e present
presented
ed on Frid
Friday
ay 5 Ju
July
ly in the
the Sports Hall
Hall by Mr T Wh
Whitt
ittak
aker.
er.
PRIZE LIST 2012
Year 8
8 BR
8 GW
8 OB
8 PM
8 SKR
FORM PRI
FORM
PRIZE
ZE
Angelo Umashangar
Alex Line
Sebastian Tyrrall
Ben Gibson
Yaamir Badhe
Year 8 Religion & Philosophy Award
Year 8 English Assiduity Award
Year 8 Maths Award
Year 8 Science Award
PROGRESS
PROGRE
SS PRIZE
PRIZE
Dylan Hillier
Hakim Khan
Sathanen Pathmanathan
Manish Manoj
Rishab Chadha
Dylan Hillier
Tom La Frenais
Kyle Patel
Callum Davison
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House Awards
Awards
Churchill-Gordon
Drake
Kingsley-Montgomery
Livingstone
Raleigh
Scott
Callum Davison
Henry Maxwell
Cameron Helsby
Alex Belemet
Charles Jordan
Aditya Deshpande
Sports Awards
Awards
Athletics
Basketball
Badminton
Tennis
Cross Country
Gavin Griffith
Sam Jefferies
Henry Saywell
Orlando Low, Daniel Morlans Whitehead
Shiv Kapila
Arts Awards
Awards
Dance
Drama
Art
Music
Cameron Helsby, Layth Mehdi
Charles Jordan
Milo Gardner
Rory McKeon
Endo
ndowed
wed Priz
Prizes
es
The Wagstaff Cricket Prize
The TIPRA Rugby Prize
The John Prize for Treble Singing
The Jan Baird Prize for Most Promising Treble
The Ison Prize for Public Speaking
The C.H. Porter Prize for Prose and Verse Reading
Manish Manoj
Luke Harden
Ben Gibson
Alexander Line
Aditya Deshpande
Edward Driver
The clos
closing
ing remarks
remarks cam
came
e from
from Sam
Samir
ir Desa
Desai,i, Old
Old Tiffinian
Tiffinian and elder
elder brot
brother
her of Nei
Neil,l, whose entr
entrepr
epren
eneur
eurial
ial succ
success
ess
mad
ade
e him a fi
fine
ne exampl
example
e to
to inspir
inspire
e our jjuniors
uniors in their
their futur
future.
e.
Next cam
Next
came
e the
the Year 7 Awards
Awards ass
assemb
embly
ly on Tuesday
Tuesday 9 July. Guest
Guest Sp
Speak
eaker
er was the
the Worshipf
Worshipful
ul the
the Mayor of the
the Roy
Royal
al
Bor
orough
ough of Kingst
Kingston
on upon
upon Thames,
Thames, Co
Counc
uncill
illor
or Pen
Penny
ny She
Shelto
lton,
n, whos
whose
e words
words conclud
concluded
ed the
the occ
occas
asion,
ion, foll
followi
owing
ng Head
Head of
Year Mr W Mart
Martin’s
in’s present
presentat
ation
ion to
to thos
those
e belo
below.T
w.Tessa
essa Hosk
Hosking
ing best
bestow
owed
ed the
the Techn
Technol
ology
ogy Priz
Prize
e comm
commemor
emorat
ating
ing her
late
lat
e husb
husband.
and.
Year 7
FORM PRI
FORM
PRIZE
ZE
7IW
Dhruv Sengupta
7PD
Manuj Mishra
7KO
Tom Dalby
7KF
Avi Riar
7FC
Navonil Neogi
Year 7 Religion & Philosophy Award
Year 7 English Assiduity Award
PROGRESS
PROGRE
SS PRIZE
PRIZE
Tome Manasov
Jasper Gaunt
Ben Fincher
Scott Smith
Dillan Goss
Dhruv Sengupta
Ali Moodie
Sports Awards
Awards
Athletics
Basketball
Badminton
Tennis
Cross-Country
Mohammed Zaman
Hayden Hyde
Varun Ganatra
Gary Pitman
Anish Hussain
Arts Awards
Awards
Dance
Drama
Art
Sam Gunman
Ali Moodie
Manuj Mishra
House Awards
Awards
Churchill-Gordon
Drake
Kingsley-Montgomery
Livingstone
Raleigh
Tom Dalby
Alex Step
Jivan Singh
Hayden Hyde
Sam Newton
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Scott
Dhruv Sengupta
Endo
ndowed
wed Priz
Prizes
es
The David MacLeod Technology Prize
Wagstaff Cricket Prize
The TIPRA Rugby Prize
The Music Prize
Duncan Tarboton
Sami Shori
Huw Morris
Robert Jones
The Year
Year 9 awards
awards wer
were
e besto
bestowed
wed on Fr
Friday
iday 12 July, atte
attend
nded
ed by Head
Head Hilda
Hilda Clark
Clarke,
e, Head
Head of Year
Year Mr A. Marl
Marley
ey and
Guest Sp
Guest
Speak
eaker
er Mich
Michell
elle
e Garn
Garner,
er, Sch
Schoo
ooll Governor.
Governor.
Year 9
FORM PRI
FORM
PRIZE
ZE
9JKG/CH
Hosouk Lee
9LL
Sid Nath
9MN
Edwin Jarratt Barnham
9RC
Oliver Tse
9TR
Andrew Siu
The Philosophy Prize
The English Department Assiduity Award
P
PROGRE
ROGRESS
SS PRIZE
PRIZE
Gurnam Grewal
Kian Hatamieh
Ali Fouladiasl
Jeremy Chen
Sanchith Nadanakumar
Maxim Clarke
Edwin Jarratt Barnham
House A
Awards:
wards:
Churchill-Gordon
Drake
Kingsley-Montgomery
Livingstone
Raleigh
Scott
Josh Kim
Chris Judge
Krishan Sachdeva
Andrew Siu
Matthew Stevenson
Alex Harmer
Sports Awards
Awards
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Cricket (The MCC Award for All Round Performance)
Cross country
Rowing
Tennis
Michelangelo Buter
Gregory Tucker
Andrew Siu
Conor Fulton
Euan Traynor, Tom Jackson
Arthur Morris
Jamie Glancy
Arts Awards
Awards
Art
Dance
Drama
Music
Hosung Choi, James Lawn
Hosung Choi, Tom Jackson
Christian Rasmussen
Jack Parker
Endo
ndowed
wed Priz
Prizes
es:
The Philip Martin Prize for Public Speaking
Wagstaff Cricket Prize
The TIPRA Rugby Prize
The Holden Prize for Modern Languages
The Youthbridge Prizes for German
The J Donald Stranks Prize for Maths
Laurence Ellis
Krishan Sachdeva
Hugo Whittaker
Khalil Mhiri
1st: Gabriel Brookes, 2nd: Jong Hwa Hong,
3rd: James Lawn
Hosouk Lee
The last cer
ceremony
emony hono
honour
ured
ed Year
Year 10 winn
winners,
ers, on Tuesd
Tuesday
ay 16 July, when the
the Head,
Head, Year
Year Head
Head Mr L. Britt
Brittain
ain and
Guest
Gu
est Sp
Speak
eaker
er Mark Hand
Handley,
ley, Professor
Professor of Network
Networked
ed Syst
Systems
ems at UCL,
UCL, offic
officiat
iated,
ed, ag
again
ain in the
the Sports
Sports Hall.
Hall.
Year 10
FOR
FORM
M PRI
PRIZE
ZE
10KH
Chet Johal
10LMO
Geshopan Tharmarajah
10NG
Dhru Vyas
10OS
Vikas Mishra
10PV
Dylan Danno
Year 10 Philosophy and Religion Prize
PROGRESS
PROGRE
SS PRIZE
PRIZE
Lucas Tishler
Subhodeep Biswas
Hugo Thomas
Branavan Mahadevan
Ibrahim Ishaque
Abdullah Ahmed
House Awards
Awards
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Churchill-Gordon
Drake
Kingsley-Montgomery
Livingstone
Raleigh
Scott
Sports Awards
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Cross Country
Rowing
Tom Mitchell, Haris Amin
Dylan Danno
Joe Mills
Rishi Satkunarajah
Sami Siddiqui
Alex Kirkup
Tennis
Lucas Tishler
Gaurav Kapoor
Daniel Wheatcroft
Abhilash Sivaraman
J14 Squad: Alex Kirkup, Joe Everest, Matt Entwistle
Joe Willson, Cormac Molloy
Ed Hubner
Arts Awards
Awards
Art
Dance
Drama
Music
Junhwa Park
Branavan Mahadevan, CK Khan
Louis Sutcliffe
Dominic Jones
Endo
ndowed
wed Priz
Prizes
es
The Mallinson History Prize
The Wagstaff Cricket Prize
The TIPRA Rugby Prize
The John King Geography Prize
The Steve Thomson Prize for English
Dylan Danno
Max Talman
Ben Chandler
Yo Yel Kang
Edan Umrigar
BIOLOGY FIELD TRIP
Biologists and their winkles…
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IVERSIT
ERSITY
Y AND COLLEG
COLLEGE
E PLA
PLACE
CES:
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SEPTEMBER
EMBER 2013
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me
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Forename
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me
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Matthew
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Helei Leo
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Sanford
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