Tormead Honours Servicemen and Servicewomen

Autumn Term Newsletter 2014
An Independent Day School for Girls 4-18 years
Tormead Honours
Servicemen and Servicewomen
Tormead was joined at this year’s Remembrance Day Assembly
by Major Olivia Madders and Major Barnabas Gibson.
Major Madders, who serves with the Royal Army Medical Corps,
has been stationed three times in Iraq as part of the coalition
forces and also completed a tour in Afghanistan. She is currently
Officer Commanding 36 Sqn, 4 Armoured Medical Regiment.
Major Barnabas Gibson also serves with the Royal Army Medical
Corps, and has seen active service three times in Afghanistan,
working in a hospital in Camp Bastion and in Brigade HQ in
Lashkar Gah.
To commentate the Centenary
of the First World War, Year 11
Tormead Historians have
researched men from our local area who gave their lives during the
Great War and WW2. The girls focused on the military service and
livelihoods of the men from Abinger Common who died in the Great
War. Poignantly, our young Historians had visited some of their
graves and memorials on a school trip to the Battlefields last May.
Using the information gleaned from their investigations, the girls
created a heart-felt display of their findings.
The Officers led prayers and readings, while the orchestra played
Elgar's Enigma Variations. Nicola Hoy played the Last Post and the
Head Girl, Faye Rodgers - accompanied by the two Junior School
Head Girls, Abi Newboult and Charlie Wreford-Doree - lit the
candles of Remembrance.
Five girls attended the Remembrance service at St James'
Church, Abinger, and discussed their research with Rev Anthony
Berry and parishioners. Alice Cartwright said, "It was really
moving to speak to all the people at the service and hear some
of their personal stories."
After the Assembly the girls planted WW1 Northlew
Poppy Seeds
Left to right: Izzie Edwards, Sophie Moss, Daniela Bologna,
Rev Anthony Berry, Hannah Harms, Alice Cartwright
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Tormead Charities
2014-2015
In this centenary year, it is no wonder that our main focus has been
The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, for which we raised over
£400.00 through the wearing of poppies and through collections
during our main school production: ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’. There
have been plenty of other events taking place, however, with our
annual shoebox donation making a striking display in the foyer, and
numerous form events ranging from Christmas jumper days and
spooky Halloween cake sales, to a street party in the Village. The
Wings of Hope teams have been selected and have organised
events various, including a staff versus pupils karaoke competition
and a netball match against the RGS rugby team! Furthermore, a
number of girls have made impressive individual commitments,
such as Imaan Irfan’s creation of a ‘Happy’ video involving teachers
and pupils; Ottilie Young’s organisation of a food bank collection;
Sophie Newboult’s running of a prize stall at the Cracker Fair; or
Laila Pell’s sponsorship for cutting off 12 inches of her hair!
Congratulations!
Olivia Charles (8X) selected for the GU14 Squad for Surrey Hockey.
Chloe Culhane (9Z) performed in the Leatherhead Operatic Society's
production of 'Annie' at the Leatherhead Theatre in November.
Sophie Murray (11X) won the Year 11 News Quiz.
Gemma Bland (10Z) has become a Guildford Young Ambassador.
Imaan Irfan (9W) won the Muslim Hands award for short story
category at the Young Muslim writers awards.
Izzy Gatward (U6) has been awarded the Senior Tap Trophy for the
highest score across all senior age categories in an Open Dance
Competition in October, for the third year in a row.
Sophie Evans (9W) played with the National Harp Orchestra.
Lucy Gamble (9Y) and her partner came first in the 12-18yr
women’s pairs at Pat Wade Classic Acrobatic Gymnastics
Competition in October.
Annie Hammett (7V) has qualified for the South East Optimist
Zone Squad.
Jess Hammett (U6) competed in the RYA Eric Twiname Youth and
Junior Team Racing event - the biggest youth team racing event in
the world, her team qualified for the Gold fleet and finished 7th out of
35 teams.
Katherine Apsey (L6), Ariadne Divaris (L6), Katina James (11Y),
Lucy Porter (11Z) performed in The Secret Garden production at The
Mill Studio at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.
Nicole Chapman-Hatchett (11Y) has been selected for the Surrey
Hockey Junior Regional Performance Camp.
Clare Huttly (10W) was selected for the England U15 High
Performance Assessment Camp (HiPAC) over half term.
Tilly Hansen-Hamilton (8V) came 3rd overall in her British Age
Group Category at the British National Swimming Championships in
the summer and has attended the England Talent Training Camp
this term.
Molly Brassington (7Y) was selected to with the English Youth Ballet
at Woking Theatre in November.
Hannah Croghan (9X) appeared with her dog Tilly in the CBBC show
‘Who Let The Dogs Out…Best In Show’, where she met Ashleigh and
Pudsey (of Britain’s Got Talent fame).
Ginny Small (9V) has been selected to perform in the National
Children's Chamber Orchestra.
Mehreen Ishaque (Leaver 2014) is reading Medicine at Imperial
College London.
Eloise Morrison-Clare (9V) got a distinction and a commended in
her two classes at the Woking Festival and then won the Dame
Ethel Smyth Award for best performance in any vocal class by a
female composer.
Issy Betts (9V) has been selected for the U14 Surrey Hockey squad.
Marsha Ford (L6) will be representing Tormead at the ‘Young
Inspirations’ concert at the Mansion Assembly Rooms this December.
Alicia Pettit (U6) has been busy this term but her highlight was
singing Britten's War Requiem at Prom 47 with the CBSO at the
Royal Albert Hall.
Yolanda Morgan (11Z) was awarded a Rock School Certificate in
Popular Music Performance.
In the Maths challenge Allie Marland (L6) was best in Year and
Fiona Kenyon (U6) won best in Year and best in School.
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To the Memory of the Fallen:
‘Pack Up Your Troubles!’
To commemorate the centenary of the start of WW1, the Drama department and Glee Club put on a tremendous joint production which combined
musical theatre and performance. The audience was transported back in time to a traditional Edwardian Music Hall, complete with song, slap stick
comedy and magicians. ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’ told the story of how the Music Hall was one of the dominant forms of entertainment of the early
20th century, but was also used for propaganda and recruitment. This was vividly demonstrated by the girls’ dramatic adaptation of ‘Oh What a
Lovely War’. The start of the war was portrayed with optimism, but as the scene moved to the battlefields and the number of wounded and dying
soldiers increased, a multimedia scoreboard depicted this grim reality of war, displaying the growing number of lives lost, contrasted with the
strikingly paltry number of “yards gained”. After the interval, Glee Club members used musical theatre to conclude the evening’s entertainment
with a combination of contemporary and traditional war anthems.
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Sports News
Netball News
In October, the U14As rewrote the
netball history record book and beat
Guildford High School 17-9. The girls
showed all the skill and team spirit they
had displayed at Condover.
In October, the U15A and U16A netball
teams played in the County
Tournament at Guildford High School.
The U16s won five out of five matches
and qualified for the County Finals. All
girls played magnificently especially
the defenders Hannah Harms and
Nicole Chapman-Hatchett. The U15s
won two out of five games and missed
out by one goal to qualify, which was
their best result at this tournament, so
well done to all involved!
U12 Hockey Tour
In November, the U12A and B squads
went to York on a two-day hockey tour.
They stopped off on route to play Bedford
Girls School. These proved to be
challenging matches but the girls enjoyed
the experience of playing outside Surrey
and the A’s Player of the Match was
Giorgia Thornycroft and and the B’s Player
of the Match was Abigail Jarvis. Later that
day, the touring girls played Queen
Margaret's School, York. The As won 2-0,
with Player of the Match Emma Corney,
and the Bs won 1-0, with Player of the
Match awarded to Natascha Crammond.
After a spooky ghost walk around the
Shambles of York and a good night's rest,
the girls played The Mount School the
following morning. The As won 6-0 and the
Bs drew, with Player of the Match for the B
team being awarded to Olivia Perry. In
torrential rain, the U12As drew against
Fettes, and Player of the Match was given to
Madeleine Morgan, whilst the Bs narrowly
lost, with Player of the Match Isobel
Gleason. Due to adverse weather
conditions, the last match against St Olave's
had to be abandoned but fun and lots of
sweets were had by all!
In November, the U14, U16 and U18
squads competed in the National
Netball Finals at Epsom College. The
U14 and U16 played well and the U18
came 4th.
Gymnastics
In November, the senior Tormead
gymnasts had a friendly competition
against Haberdashers’ Aske’s School
at home. The day was a great
success and the best start to the
gymnastics competition ever! The
U13s, U15s and Senior teams all won.
A great preparation for next term.
During December all the gymnasts
from Reception to Sixth Form took
part in our annual Christmas display.
Despite a nasty bug over 130
gymnasts took part on the night. It
was fantastic to see the development
of skills as the girls rise through the
school. But more importantly the
obvious care and support the senior
school gymnasts give to our junior
girls. Well done to our junior Disney
gymnasts and our senior show girls.
U13 and U14
Condover Hall Tournament
In September, the U13 and U14 netball A teams participated in the GSA tournament at
Condover Hall. The U13s played six matches on the Saturday, beating Notting Hill,
Haberdasher’s and Dame Allan’s, and drawing with Bolton School. The team came 3rd in
their group and played in the Cup section of the tournament on the Sunday. Here the team
beat Tudor Hall and Bolton Girls to get into the semi-final but were unlucky to lose to
Godolphin and Latymer School in extra time, but finished 3rd overall.
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Hockey News
In November, a selection of Senior Hockey
girls played in the U18 Indoor County
Hockey Tournament at Epsom College.
They lost their first two games against
Alleyn’s and Cranleigh but were the only
team to score against Cranleigh. Tormead
drew against the City of London
Freeman’s School and won 4-1 against
Lingfield. It was a great tournament and this being their first indoor hockey
experience - to come joint third overall
was a great result.
Junior Gym News: GISGA Gold
Having qualified back in October to
compete at the GISGA National
Gymnastics Competition, our U9's travelled
to Birmingham to represent Tormead at the
end of November. The girls were warming
up at 8.00a.m, competing at 9.00a.m, and
by 7:45p.m., were awarded their welldeserved trophy. Without doubt, the depth
of talent ensured we secured Gold:
Tormead’s excellent reputation for home
grown talent continues to thrive!
Emily joined the Junior School last year,
and in the past 12 months she has gone
from being a novice to the National U9
GISGA champion. Emily led the team by
example. The girls shone throughout the
day, displaying courage, finesse and
determination to secure victory. The
triumphant team consisted of Team Captain
Emily Travers, Isobel Land, Lilly Hunter,
Lilia Stredwick and Liberty Smith.
Credit must also go to our talented
reserves, who fought hard but missed out
on the final selection: Cassia Cortes,
Annabelle Davey, Amber Wild and Katie
Stott. Congratulations to all of the girls, the
reserve team, and of course the coaches.
Well done!
The 1st XI played in the King’s College
School Wimbledon hockey tournament. In
the Team Group Matches, Tormead drew
against Prior’s Field, Latymer Upper
School and Tiffin Girls School, and
spectacularly beat the hosts Kingston
College School Wimbledon in the
play-offs to finish an amazing 3rd place.
Swimming
In November, Year 7 swimmers competed
against St Catherine’s. The overall score
was 241-179 to St Catherine’s, but special
congratulations to the A team who won their
section 47-45.
In December, all Year 7 to Senior swimmers
competed against Guildford High School.
Special congratulations to Year 8 and Year 9,
who each only lost their section by 5 points.
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Broadening
horizons
Tormead’s Sixth Form Horizons
programme began this term with a visit
from Dr Steve Dayman of Meningitis Now,
a leading figurehead in the fight against
meningitis in the UK.
The Horizons programme is a series of
weekly enrichment lectures for the Sixth
Form. It is designed to widen the girls’
knowledge of important issues and
debates, help them with topics that may
be discussed at their University
interviews, as well as introducing then to
University style lectures.
Other speakers this term have included
Emma Cole, who spoke about living with
HIV; Shaun Attwood, an ex-prisoner who
graphically described his jail experience
and the consequences he faced by
getting involved in drugs and crime. Dr
Kathryn Harup who discussed the
science of Vampires and Jane Frankland
(a Tormead old girl) who gave the girls
some practical tips on what they can do
now to better position themselves for the
world of business.
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Cross
Country
The U12s took part in the Prior’s Field XC
in November. The conditions were testing
and the competition tough. However,
Tormead came 5th out of twenty schools
and the highest scorer was Tilly Gough,
who came a tremendous 10th place. In
addition, well done to Emma Ward,
Giorgia Thornycroft, Emily Meares,
Hannah Bramsden and Christabel Walker.
All of Year 7,8,10, the PE Staff and Ms
Painter and Ms Buchan took part in a
cross country course around Stoke Park:
disguised as the “Tinsel Trot” !
Girls go gold
Jane Frankland meets Lower Sixth
entrepreneur Hannah
GCSE and A Level PE students went to
Girls Go Gold Conference at St
Catherine’s on 18th September. Guest
speakers were Baroness Tanni GreyThompson, OBE, sports photographer and
UK 2012 Olympic Photographer Mark
Pain, and the London 2012 Olympic Gold
Medallist Anna Watkins MBE, a truly
remarkable athlete, rower and academic.
Biathlon
Tormead athletes competed in the
Surrey Schools Biathlon Championship
in Crawley in October. The U12 team
placed 2nd overall (Olivia Perry 8th,
Emily Meares 10th, Daniella Salter
11th). Tilly Hansen-Hamilton was 8th
overall in the U13 category and won the
award for fastest swim in her age group.
Ellenor Rixon was 6th overall in U15
category, and won the award for fastest
swim in her age group. The U15 team
placed 2nd overall (Ellenor Rixon 6th,
Leah Schlaeppi 11th, Isabelle Tinkler
12th). Gabrielle Morgan was 4th overall
in the U17 category.
Going for gold
Geoff Wightman gave a motivational
talk to the ‘Elite Athletes Programme’
and top team squads on Wednesday,
19th November, giving anecdotes
from the 2012 London Olympics, as
the chief athletics stadium announcer
and as an international runner.
School News
Building work
Phase 2 is progressing well, with the demolition complete and the steel structure now in place.
Check out our weekly video updates on the building work.
Performances on stage as well as on the radio
The Music department has been busy performing this term, with
concerts and performances in school, at the Electric Theatre,
The Guildford Club for the Disabled and The Guildford Institute as well
as the annual Carol Service, an arts and music evening and for the
first time a live radio broadcast of the Daily Service on Radio 4.
This 15 minute service is broadcast every weekday at 9.45am and
has been running since 1928. Thirty-seven girls from Years 6-8
journeyed to Manchester sung two hymns and a blessing by John
Rutter written for Clare College, Cambridge. The girls were reminded
before the service that around quarter of a million people listen to the
service! No pressure then!
Whilst in Manchester, the girls were also able to visit The Lowry
Gallery (for workshops on portrait and industrial landscapes) and the
Imperial War Museum North. Congratulations to all the girls and the
staff; The Director of Music Mrs Salmond Smith and the organist
Mr Martin Holford.
School News
Nightingale won the Fashion and Design element
of the House Fashion and Dance Show on Friday
Livingstone took their inspiration from the planets and the solar system
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Wellington won the dance element and the
overall House Fashion and Dance Show Trophy
Musicals inspired the Nelson entry, from The Lion King to Hairspray.
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