Hoping you all enjoy a Merry Christmas and a

messenger
Christmas 2011
Hoping you all enjoy a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
exactly ‘As You Like It’
Junior Department
An Exciting first term in the
new Junior Department
Physical Education
National Schools’ Hockey
Peterborough Schools’ Cross
Country Championships
Music
All the house reports from
another incredible House
Music Competition
Contents
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Christmas Messenger 2011
Celebrating Success
3-10
Physical Education
11-13
Junior Department
14-15
The Prayer Room
16
Cathedral Prefects
17
Senior Girl Choristers
18-19
Drama
20-25
House Music
26-31
Design Technology
32
Sailing Club
33
Nettetal 35th Jubilee
34-35
End of Term Arrangements
Friday 16th December 2011
Term will end at approximately 12.30, following our final assembly.
Contract buses will arrive at school at their normal times.
The new term begins on Wednesday 4th January 2012 at 8.35 a.m.
2
Celebrating Success
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to
‘Celebrating Success’, where students’
achievements outside school are given the
recognition they deserve.
Well done and Congratulations to you all!
Alexander Alcock (Junior Department Year 5)
ABRSM Piano Grade 2 - distinction.
ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 4 - distinction.
ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 5 - distinction.
Stephen Alcock (Junior Department Year 4) ABRSM Piano Grade 2 - distinction,
ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 4 - distinction.
ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 5 - distinction.
Jonathan Alexander - 7LAV on winning the Junior Category (age 7 - 11) of the John
Clare Poetry Prize 2011. The theme was Celebration and his poem was called Team
Spirit, based upon a relay race he took part in running for his school.
Team Spirit
The Barnack team went to run,
In a relay under the blinding sun.
We lined up ready feeling the pressure,
Our team urged us on which made us feel better.
Like a bolt from the blue Harry ran first,
He kept the pace though he was dying from thirst.
Benjamin was next to take hold of the baton,
He ran round the track like the rings around Saturn.
Sean was swift like an eagle he flew,
The other teams did their best but there was nothing they could do.
Finally I ran quickening the pace,
Hoping my team would come in first place.
We celebrated that special day,
The day our school won the relay.
Friends together in the quest,
To be the fastest and the best.
3
Celebrating Success
Part of Jonathon’s prize was to visit the Houses of Parliament and read his poem on
the Speaker's Steps in Westminster Hall. He was then presented with a plaque by Barry Sheerman MP, who then showed the prize - winners around, including lunch on the
terrace overlooking the Thames.
Marcus Arnold - 7OAC won a silver medal for Epee at the East Midlands Youth
Championships. He has been fencing only since August 2011 and does (according to his
coach ) show promise. He is a member of O.P.S Epee Club (Oundle, Peterborough &
Stamford) and will be entering the Northamptonshire County Youth Epee Competition
in January 2012.
Oliver Bell - 8STS has achieved a LAMDA Level 1 Award in Performance (Acting
Duologue Grade 3) with Merit. Over the summer, he also achieved Stage 2 of the RYA
Youth Sailing Scheme. Additionally, after many years of hard work since the age of 4,
Oliver has achieved Stage 10 (the highest award) of the ASA National Swimming
Scheme, proving that he is now an able swimmer of all four main strokes. He also managed to separately gain his 1500m badge (1 mile), completing this in just over 40
minutes.
Pam Belson - 7AKA. On Sunday 20 November Pam walked 1km around Central
Park. Pam had major surgery in May this year and is halfway through the 12 month
recovery period. She is still using her wheelchair for much of the time and so a
sponsored walk was a real challenge for her - with the help of a few sit - downs along
the way and a box of Heroes chocolates for encouragement ! Pam completed the
walk in 58 minutes. Pam's sponsorship totalled £494 ,and with Gift Aid added on,
where applicable, the total going to Children in Need is £570. Pam has raised money
for Children in Need every year for the last 6 years and has always chosen a physical
challenge. To date, she has raised in excess of £2000 since she started fundraising.
Emily Boswell - 8TGR has achieved Grade 2 piano, Grade 3 singing and Grade 4 flute.
Hannah Bowley - 11GEG passed her Grade 3 piano exam earlier this year with flying
colours. She also achieved a bronze and silver award in a regional gymnastics
competition. She continues to be a frequent gym - user and has entered the London
triathlon for 2012.
Abbie Brooks - 11DA on completing and passing her Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award.
Abbie has also passed her first aid exam and obtained her first aid certificate.
Tom Bridgewater - 12 AAR is taking part in an Olympic Double Gold Challenge to raise
funds for VICTA (Visually Impaired Children Taking Action). The aim of the Bridgewater
Gold team is to complete 10 Olympic sports and cover 2012 kilometres before the end
of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and to raise £1500 for VICTA. Tom has
just finished a six-week archery course and is considering his next sport - maybe
fencing or horse-riding. Follow his progress at
www.goldchallenge.org/gc/team/Bridgewatergold.
Any sponsorship would be gratefully received.
Indy Chadwick– 9FEO has won a place in the National Youth Choir.
4
Celebrating Success
Ella Dalrymple-Smith - 7TVC took part in the Peterborough Gang Show 2011, which
was performed at the Key Theatre. She played the Lion in the Wizard of Oz. Ella also
took the opportunity of joining the Karate Club when she joined Kings at the beginning
of term. She has now achieved double grading with her high score and is now a yellow
belt.
Kate Dobbs - who was in 13SP (now at university) for passing her ISTD Intermediate
Ballet Exam with merit.
Stuart Dockerill - 9NJB was awarded the Ted Brawn Trophy by Castor and Ailsworth
Cricket Club, for Best Young Player of the Year 2011.
Joanna Edworthy - 9JD passed Grade 3 Musical Theatre exam with merit.
Ellie Fuller - 9NJB was put forward for the county trials in September and was
selected to represent the U15 Girls’ East Midlands County squad. No mean feat when
you consider she has only been playing for 6 months at her club, Peterborough Lions
Rugby Academy.
Alice Healey - 11DA passed her Grade 7 cello exam.
Hannah Holding - 8TGR passed her Grade 2 piano during the summer.
Jack Howard - 9FEO was involved in the Peterborough Gang Show, as were many
other students from King’s, working very hard to perform an excellent production.
Ben Jennings - 8CJS Below is an update on Ben's excellent progress over the summer.
The headlines are:
GB National Championships- 2nd Under 13 - August 2011, including a place in the
prestigious Gold fleet for that event. This event involves 6 full days of sailing, where
sailors are out at sea for up to 6 hours each day, requiring great levels of stamina and
concentration.
GB National Series - 2nd Under 13. This series comprises 12 days of racing at locations
across GB
North of England Championships - 3rd place and 1st Under 13
Midlands Area Racing Series - 1st Under 13
5
Celebrating Success
Ben Jennings - 8CJS and Ciaran Randeria - 8CJM have both been selected for Zone
squad places on the RYA Zone training system. There are four zones in the UK, Ben has
been reselected for North Zone and Ciaran has been selected for East Zone, both in
the Topper class. The 12 places in each zone are highly contested and the selection
process is demanding on many levels, which means that being selected is a great
honour.
"The purpose of the RYA Zone/Home Country Squad Programme is to feed talented
sailors into the RYA National Junior Squad Programme at the appropriate age and
ability, to enable them to succeed at World and European Championships at Junior
and Youth level Junior and Youth pathway". (Ultimately the 4 Zone squads are the first
step on the route to sail for Team GB in the Olympics.)
Josh Holroyd - 9NJB and Carys Randeria - 10DJM both missed out on Zone selection,
as they are at the upper limits of the age range but both have been selected for the
Eastern Region Area Development Squad. All four sailors will be attending between 9
and 12 training sessions at weekends over the winter at various sailing venues across
their chosen regions.
Fay Lattimore - 12GAH passed her NPLQ National Pool Life Guarding Qualifications.
Clare Mahon - 10IJF took NCFE Level 2 in Educational Psychology over the summer,
passing with Distinction.
Gregory Mattocks-Evans - 13SJW passed his Grade 7 Associated Board piano exam
with merit.
Hannah Milton - 7SG has now been ranked Number 1 in Cambridgeshire for U13 Girls’
Singles in Badminton.
Abigail Morris - 7LAV took her Cecchetti Classical Ballet Silver Medal ballet award and
was awarded a distinction. She also passed her Pony Club UK D and D+ Tests in August
2011.
Lauren Morris - 9JVE has had her short story, which was entered into a competition
through the school last year and was a runner up, published in the Stamford Book of
Ghost Stories on 31st October 2011.
Hannah New - 10IJF passed her Grade 5 flute examination with distinction.
Molly Norman - 11DJH currently swims for the City of Peterborough Swimming club,
as a competitive swimmer, and trains up to 18 hrs. per week. This includes several 2
hour morning sessions, where she has to wake up at 4:40 a.m. for a 5:30 a.m. start in
the water.
Molly has had a successful year competing in the County Championships, where she
6
Celebrating Success
won several Gold's and Overall Champion for her age. In the Regional Championships,
she won Gold and she also qualified for National Championships in July, she competed
in the 100m Fly and 400m IM.
This season Molly, is now back training hard, with her aims in the pool to qualify for
the National Olympic trials in March, which will be held in the new Olympic pool in
London.
Annabelle Pick - JD1 won a dressage competition on her pony Tye (first - ever time
competing)
Emily Revell - 7OAC has passed her ice skating Advanced Level 3 (13) and has also
achieved her Bronze Ice- dance award.
Alyson Royle - 11MWB was one of 40 young people, between the age of 14-18 to
represent the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden during the summer.
This event held every four years since 1920 was the chance for 40,000 young people
from almost every country in the World to spend 10 days together enjoying activities
and learning to live in peace with each other. In addition the Cambridgeshire unit was
provided with hospitality after the Jamboree in Portugal.
There were 3 other young people from Peterborough and Alyson is following on a
family tradition at such an event. In her role as a Young Spokesperson for the Scout
Association, she also let the wider world know about the Jamboree through radio and
newspaper interviews.
Oscar Smith - 12 AAR arrived 3 days late this term because he was competing at the
U17's Roller Hockey, European Championships in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 - 10
September 2011. He plays locally for Peterborough Roller Hockey club.
He was Captain of the England team (a squad of 10) and they came 8th. Other
European teams competing were Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France, Andorra and
Switzerland. Spain won.
7
Celebrating Success
Laura Sowerby - 12SP attained a Sailing Instructor’s qualification and a Sailing
Seamanship qualification, whilst working at Rutland Water. She is now doing a
powerboat safety course with them to complement her Level 2 power - boating
qualification. In September she qualified as a swimming lifeguard with the Grantham
Lifesaving Club, with whom she is now training as a life - saving assistant instructor.
Jake Stanley - 7AKA has taken his black belt exam in Tae-Kwon-Do, having trained for
5 years for this, and passed. He is now a 1st Dan in Tae-Kwon-Do.
Andrew Steele - 12 NCK achieved a merit in his ABRSM Grade 6 singing exam.
Elizabeth Steele - 10 AMK has taken another step on her journey to playing football
for England. After various trials she has been selected to attend an FA Elite
Performance Camp ,where the top 60 girls in the country (who have been identified as
having international potential) get the opportunity for top - class training and support.
It is attended by several England coaches and scouts.
Rochester Quiz
A team of four year 8 girl choristers have recently taken part in the annual Rochester
Choir Schools’ Quiz and were placed 3rd in a field of 14. Their total score was 231 with
the winners, The King’s School Ely, managing to score 251. Second place went to
Lichfield Cathedral School, with a score of 233. The members of our team were Grace
Harrington 8CB, Emily Osborne 8CJM, Laura Paton 8CJS and Iona Maria Del Pino
8CJM. This is the highest position we have achieved in recent years, so many congratulations to all members of our team.
Other Items
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Macmillan Cancer Relief’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning took
place on Friday 30th September 2011. This event gave us the
chance to raise money for people living with cancer.
Year 11 students at The King’s (The Cathedral) School organised a
coffee morning and raised £196. The World’s Biggest Coffee
Morning gives members of The King’s School the chance to make a
real difference to people living with cancer and their families. Last
year The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raised over £8 million.
As we are all too aware, unfortunately many people suffer from cancer at some stage in their lives, and it is not
uncommon for children at our school to have friends or relatives with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Relief is the
charity that provides the expert care and emotional support that makes a real difference to people living with
cancer. Macmillan offers a range of innovative cancer services and is at the heart of improving cancer care
throughout the UK.
8
Celebrating Success
With one of the mascots in the Athletes’ Village - Huigi and Zara.
On 9th October 2011 Zara Bailey, 11MWB, left the UK
to travel to Guadalajara in Mexico. She arrived in the
second town of Mexico as an athlete, part of the
Jamaican Pan American Games Team.
Since the age of seven, Zara has swum for the City of
Peterborough Swimming Club, COPS. She has swum
at the UK National Swimming event since Year 6 and
her best result was 5th place in the 50meter free
style and 400 IM races in August 2010. Training up
to nine times a week, with an additional three land
training sessions, Zara has worked towards this goal.
Together with the close support and encouragement
from her coach Ben Negus, her team - mates at COPS
and her school support network led by Miss Holly
Naismith, she worked towards this aim, slowly making
progress towards the qualification times that she
required.
Zara was given the chance to represent Jamaica, as she
qualified for a Jamaican passport thanks to her
Jamaican father. She was part of the 40 strong
Jamaican team and one of their three swimmers. At
the airport, fast - track facilities were available for the
athletes, get to the newly - built Athletes’ village in the
north - west of the City. Strict police cordons limited
9
10
Lower Right: The pool where the action happened
Upper Right: Getting ready to race
Arriving home, Zara trained the first night back, and
she sat with her coach, setting down plans for the
next twelve months. Motivation and a desire to
continue improving in her swimming career is
another outcome from this fantastic experience.
Since arriving back, Zara has been contacted by
Jamaica and offered the chance at three more international meetings in 2012 including the Olympics –
now all she has to do is swim the qualifying time and
work incredibly hard to do this.
Photos
She swam in the heats of the 400 IM and the 200 IM.
The times she achieved were not her Personal Best
times, but she did achieve times that meant she
qualified for the B final. Each time she improved her
The experience, which was disappointing as Zara
wanted to swim faster, was one that was really
amazing. The chance to swim at an international
meeting is one that very few will ever get to do.
Mixing with and meeting athletes from different
countries and backgrounds meant she had a chance
to compare and contrast the different opportunities
and experiences people have.
Aliya Atkinson,
another Jamaican swimmer, is 22 and she has left
University to swim full - time. As a team - mate of
Zara’s she was impressed with the support that Zara
receives from her school, community and club.
Lower Left: Reward for swimming = ice-cream
The swimming events started the day after the
opening ceremony at a venue across town called the
Scotia Bank Building. Zara swam in two events 400
IM and the 200 IM. The popularity of the events
proved how the Mexican people took the Pan
American games and athletes to their hearts. The
morning events started at 10 am and the finals took
place at 7pm every day from 14th of October. Zara
worked with a new Jamaican coach for a few days
before her events, and she had to deal with this
different coaching method and also the altitude
which affected her breathing quite considerably.
performance by a further 2 seconds. She finished
14th and 12th respectively.
Upper Left: Proof that Zara actually swam
access to the village which consisted of eight white
high - rise apartment blocks, three swimming pools,
sauna, two - storey gym, huge food hall, village bus
service, laundry, etc.
Athletes stayed in the
apartments, with all countries together. The USA
took up a whole building, as did the Mexican
athletes. The largest teams came from Brazil,
Canada, the USA and Mexico.
Physical Education
Hockey
Hockey is a popular sport with girls at the school and we have built up a good reputation, with a challenging
fixture list and enviable results this term.
Our new Year 7s have made an impressive start to hockey with over 20 attending training sessions. With this
increased number we have been able to put two sides into tournaments. A number of the Year 7s played for the
U13 at Kimbolton National Schools’ Hockey tournament, in which we finished 5 th over all. This bodes extremely
well for next year.
The U14 have made a fantastic start to their season. They have competed against some very tough opposition,
including Stamford, The Leys, The Perse and Saffron Walden, to name a few. We hope to arrange fixtures against
Bishop Stortford, The Leys and Kimbolton next term. They were crowned champions of the U14 Schools’
Tournament, in which we beat the Leys 2-1 in the final, to progress to the next round at Redbridge. We were the
only state school at the competition with results including 1- 0 loss against Bancroft (Essex), 2-2 draw against
Hockerill Anglo- European (Herts), 1-0 loss against Sevenoaks (Kent) and a 3-1 win against New Hall (Essex). The
U18 boys beat Hills Road 2-1 in their first match of the season, building on performances from last season. They
made a good start to the indoor competitions at The Perse School, competing against Newport Grammar School
and The Perse. The boys finished 3rd in their group. The boys will take part in the U18 National Schools’
competition at The Leys, Cambridge in January.
The U16 girls’ indoor team finished 3rd at the indoor competition at The Perse School. Results included a 1-0 win
against TDA and a 1-1 draw with Newport, who finished above us and went on to win the competition. Perse and
Saffron Walden County High School came in 4 and 5th places.
Our Barbados Hockey Tour for July 2013 is in full swing, with 20 girls on the tour. We have made an excellent
start to fundraising, with over £600 in the pot from two fundraising events.
11
Physical Education
Peterborough Schools’ Cross Country Championships.
On Friday 2nd December pupils from the school took part in the annual Peterborough
Schools’ Cross Country Championships held at Bretton Woods. This is for all year
groups and is the major Cross Country event for local schools.
From this event a team is selected to represent Peterborough at the Cambridgeshire
Schools’, the selection is based on the first 14 to finish each race. With a further two
selected afterwards, to take into account any who could not take part on the day.
We have performed well in this competition for a number of years and looked
forward to taking part, this year 80 pupils from the school took part with a few
unable to compete due to illness.
It was a very successful day for the pupils with a total of 29 gaining automatic
selection to represent Peterborough at the Cambridgeshire Schools’ in January, with
a further 5 likely to also be selected.
Position
Year 7
Girls’
Year 7
Boys’
Year 8/9
Girls’
A Team 1st
B Team 6th
1st
A Team 1st
B Team 3rd
Year 8/9
Boys’
A Team 4th
B Team
13th
Year 10/11
Girls’
Year 10/11
Boys’
Senior
Girls’
1st
2nd
1st
Team Results:
Oliver Bowling ran an excellent race to win the Year 8/9 Boys’ taking the lead during
the second lap; finishing 4th in that race was James Barkshire. Both boys are in Year 8
and will compete in the same age group next year. Whilst we did not have a girl
finish in the top 3 in the Year 8/9 Girls’ the first five of the team finished 5 th, 6th, 7th,
8th and 9th and the sixth scorer was 16th. A very impressive display, well done to Milly
Tovey, Ella Blake, Hannah Randall, Jess Amps, Georgia Harrison and Kirstie Davis. The
depth of strength in this age group was demonstrated by the B team finishing 3 rd.
The Year 7 girls enjoyed this event, which was new to all of them, with Alison Stokoe
and Alice Hardy both finishing in the top 10; 4th and 7th respectively.
It was very pleasing for the Year 7 boys to win, an age group we have not been as
successful at during the last few years. Three of the team finished in the first 10, Alex
Chymbai ( 3rd), Jacob Smith (6th) and Joshua Akinwumi ( 10th).
In the older age groups the Year 10/11 girls again won, despite having two of our top
runners unable to compete, Annemarie Ash and Sarah Chan pushed each other
throughout the race to produce one of their best runs, with Annemarie 5 th and Sarah
12
Physical Education
7th. The Senior Girls’ was dominated by King’s once again, with all six qualifying to
represent Peterborough. An excellent team performance by Eleanor Smith; Emma
Randall; Penelope Ford; Olivia Davies; Jess Jones and Pam Jacobs.
For the boys’ competitions the Year 10/11 boys produced an outstanding team result,
finishing 2nd, with Philip Wilson and Artem Chymbai working very hard to cross the line in
6th and 7th. We did not manage to get a full team for the Senior Boys’ this year but Callum
Reid, Henry Morton and Andrew Steele all qualified for the County Round.
I would like to congratulate all those who took part. As always the pupils support all of our
competitions and every single one performed to their best.
Well done, everyone
Mrs Harris
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Year 13 Economists win Regional Final of The Bank of England Challenge
A group of six students have made it through to the Area Final of the well known
Target 2.0 Challenge where students have to act as the Monetary Policy Committee
and decide whether they would take the same action as the MPC did at the start of
November.
It took over 30 hours to prepare the challenge and they were worthy winners on the
day. The next round is set for the end of February.
For more information visit:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2011/145.htm
Young Enterprise team off to a great start
The King's School Young Enterprise Team ‘Profectus Enterprise‘
won first place at their first trade fair at the Stamford Art Gallery
on Saturday 19th November. ‘Profectus Enterprise’ won a £25
cash prize after selling and pitching their two unique products of
a gardener starter pack, with a choice of herbs or vegetables and
the other product of vinyl clocks , made from recycled vinyl
records, which had been cut into different shapes, one of which
was a butterfly.
13
Year 4 building our ‘living willow’ structure .
Written by Mr David Ludford, Head of The Junior
Department
The New Junior Department has had a tremendous
term. The successful start was made possible
because of a lot of hard work and support from staff
throughout the school and Cathedral, as well as from
parents, prefects and of course our children.
The Junior children were thrown in at the deep end,
walking to the Cathedral within minutes of the
Support from the PE department has allowed the
Pupils from Year 5 and 6
completing a timed classroom challenge
The Junior Department performing with
members of the Sikh community at the
UN Interfaith Event.
14
register on their very first day. Since then we have
attended Speech Day, toured the chorister facilities
and performed at the UN Interfaith Festival. We
were delighted to welcome the Bishop and the Dean
to dedicate the Junior Department, an event which
was well - attended by Governors, and where
everyone enjoyed some of the children’s baking
afterwards.
Junior children to take part in numerous events this
term:
Year 3 Tag Rugby Festival
Year 3 Dance Festival
Year 4 Athletics
Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Competition
Year 5/6 Hockey Quicksticks Festival
enjoy in the years to come.
Our first inter-house competition was year 5/6 Cross
country , and was won by St Chad’s House. Our
Bronze Ambassadors, Emma and Tom, will help
promote sport within our department throughout
the coming terms.
Other notable moments this term include:
JD1 went out for lunch at an Indian restaurant, an
event for which there were many staff
volunteers, including Mr Longman.
JD1 Performed their own assembly about teeth.
JD2 hosted the Chinese delegation with a very visual
assembly in honour of our guests.
Clubs in Karate/Kickboxing, Art and Gymnastics have
all taken place throughout the term, with our
gymnasts performing so strongly at their recent
competition that they have been chosen to
represent the County next term.
Our children have taken part in assemblies in the
main school and we marked remembrance with the
‘Last Post’ played in the quad. Our children made
decorations to enter a tree in the All Saints Church’s
Christmas Tree Festival.
Our term ended with a bit of theatre, the children
taking to the stage on in the School Hall for a
traditional Christmas Nativity, which was well
attended by parents and staff.
The children from our department who were able to
take part in the House Music competition enjoyed a
fantastic evening, largely due to the support they
received from older students and House Captains. It
was a delight to hear choristers from the Junior
Department being broadcast on Radio 3 in October,
and choristers from all year groups have shown real
commitment to their rehearsals and the quality of
their performances.
Parents have supported the Junior Department well
at events like our Garden Party, as well as Parents’
Evenings, House Music and the UN Interfaith Festival
at the Cathedral.
Pupils in their first King’s School Nativity.
The Junior Department has have elected its School
Council, who began by making decisions about the
living willow sculpture. The children designed the
structure and have now planted it in our grounds at
Madeley House. This will root over the winter and
provide a lasting legacy for Junior
children to
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the
staff and students who have gone out of their way to
make our Junior children feel a welcome part of The
King’s School Family.
Gym Club members taking part in a
competition.
Year 5 and 6 Tag Rugby Competition.
15
The Cathedral School
The Prayer Room
This term has seen a huge increase in the number
of students making use of the Prayer Room. We
are so fortunate to have a space within the heart of
our busy school dedicated to reflection, worship
and stillness. It is used by students from all faith
backgrounds and none, and many are drawn to the
tangible change of pace and focus that awaits them
there.
We have seen many more students
attending our “Alternative Worship” every other
Friday - on one occasion we couldn’t fit everyone in
and had people sitting in the corridor outside!
Three different styles of worship are offered on a 6
week rota: Holy Communion, Taizé style worship
and worship from CROPS (a Christian Youth outreach team).
In addition a new Prayer Room Café has started as a result of the vision of one of the chaplaincy prefects. It
offers a relaxed space where students can hang out on a Friday morning before registration. From my point of
view, it is as much an “assembly clinic” as a café, as students often bounce ideas around about how to do their
form assemblies.
Faith is a gift and we are blessed to have it in abundance in our school.
Wishing each and every family this Christmas season the peace, love and joy that comes from receiving the gifts
of God into our hearts.
Helena del Pino
School Chaplain
16
Cathedral Prefects join the
Guild of Cathedral Stewards
Our end of year Cathedral Service, on Friday the 22nd of July
2011, was marked by a historic event. Our Cathedral Prefects
were, for the very first time, invested into the Guild of Cathedral
Stewards.
As is the case every year, the service is the first to be organised
by the new team of Cathedral Prefects, only this year was to be
different. Since the post of Cathedral Prefect has existed, they
have ensured that school services have run smoothly, organising
orders of service, clearing away, welcoming and seating guests,
all the roles usually performed by the Cathedral Stewards.
It was because of this that the decision was made that from this
year on our Cathedral Prefects should be invested into the Guild
of Cathedral Stewards. In a major addition to the end of year
service our five Cathedral Prefects were invested.
The School congratulates Ricky Worraker, Lucy Lawrence, David
Moger, Jocelyn Hurcombe, Samuel Barber and Charlotte
McAuliffe on joining the Guild of Cathedral Stewards.
Bicentenary of
th e Nati onal
So ci ety
2011 marked the 200th anniversary of the foundation
of the National Society, an organisation which aimed
from the beginning to build a school in every parish in
England and Wales.
The National Society is still at the forefront of the
Church of England's school building and support programme, carrying out an essential role in enabling
church schools to continue to meet the needs of
families and children 200 years later.
As part of the anniversary celebrations there was a
service of commemoration in Westminster Abbey,
giving thanks for that original commitment and
celebrating the contemporary and continuing record of
Church of England and Church in Wales schools.
The School was represented at the service by Head Boy
Callum Rigby, Head Girl Emma Randall and Deputy
Head Boy John Rolfe, pictured inside Westminster
Abbey on Friday 14th October.
17
Senior Girl Choristers on tour with the Peterborough Cathedral Choir
On the last day of the summer term 2011, I was
privileged to join the Peterborough Cathedral Choir,
including 16 King’s students, as they set off on a tour
around the Loire Valley region of France.
The 16 Senior Girl Choristers had boarded the coach
that morning with a number of adult Lay Clerks to
spend six days in France, bringing glorious Cathedral
music to some of the finest buildings in Europe. They
were joined by Gina Hawkins and Anna Templeton,
who had recently left the school but returned to join
the soprano line for the duration of the tour.
The girls, from Years 7 to 12, had a gruelling few days
in front of them, covering many miles of French motorway. After an overnight stop in Rouen, they arrived
at the picturesque village of Candes St Martin to sing
18
their first concert on Saturday, 23rd July.
The audience on this first night was impressively large,
not least because of a troupe of French Boy Scouts
who had arrived at the village to camp for the night,
and whose leader thought that the concert would
provide them with a memorable cultural experience.
When we saw them filling the front few rows, we
wondered how attentive this section of the audience
would be.
We need not have worried. The young men were
beautifully behaved throughout; in fact, we might
almost have forgotten they were there, until the
rapturous standing ovation at the end of the evening.
It had been an excellent concert, one of the highlights
being a performance of Allegri’s Miserere. This piece
22nd-28th July, 2011
involves a quartet singing alongside the rest of the
choir, with a memorable high soprano line sung by
Lucy Gorman, the senior chorister.
Delighted and taken aback with the enthusiastic
reception, the girls gathered in the aisle of the church
after the concert. Hardly had they drawn breath when
the Scouts arrived. “Beautiful girls!” they announced in
their best English, and thrust pens at the girls,
gesturing to them to sign their bare arms. Lucy, as the
main soloist, was mobbed, disappearing in a crowd of
enthusiastic young men and signing their arms and
programmes like a true celebrity. Language did not
seem to be a barrier as the French offered, and the
English received, congratulations and admiration.
Eventually order was restored, the Choir returned
safely to the coach, and the girls settled down for the
long drive to Orléans, flushed with their first
international success.
On subsequent days, the Choir led the Sunday Mass at
Orléans Cathedral; sang concerts in the Cathedrals of
Orléans, Blois, Bourges and Amiens; and represented
Peterborough Cathedral and City at a reception in
Bourges Town Hall to mark the twinned status of
Peterborough and Bourges. On the road, restaurant
staff commented on the high standards of courtesy
and behaviour shown by our students.
On tour in France, the Senior Girl Choristers
represented not just Peterborough Cathedral, but also
The King’s School, to their French audiences and hosts.
They did us proud, singing to the highest professional
standard and bringing good humour, co-operative
behaviour and impressively hard graft to the business
of offering English Cathedral music to the entente
cordiale.
King’s Students
sing at Burgh ley
Hous e
In the grand surroundings of Burghley House’s
Great Hall, the Senior Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks
of Peterborough Cathedral’s Choir gave a splendid
concert on Friday, 25th November.
Fourteen King’s students, from Years 8 to 13,
formed the soprano line of the Choir and
entranced the audience with the clarity and quality of
their singing. The music ranged from Parson’s Ave
Maria, composed in the sixteenth century, to a
contemporary setting of Mary Sidney’s Prayer by
Barry Ferguson – a piece composed to be sung in
the Great Hall of Penshurst Place, in Kent, and a
fitting addition to the evening’s programme.
Many of the pieces sung had been performed
during the Choir’s tour of the Loire Valley earlier
this year – a tour which saw them performing in the
Cathedrals of Orleans, Blois, Bourges and Amiens to
repeated standing ovations. The Burghley audience
were perhaps less demonstrative than their Gallic
counterparts but no less appreciative of the music
offered to them.
The Senior Girl Choristers, alongside the Boy
Choristers and the newer Junior Girls, sing at the
Cathedral every week during term, normally
leading two services and attending four rehearsals
in each seven-day period. They weave this in with
their school work and other commitments without
fuss or bother, and it is easy, sometimes, for us to
overlook the level of their commitment to the
Cathedral Choir. A concert such as the one at
Burghley, or those given during the summer in
some of the great cathedrals of Europe, remind us
of the talent, dedication and sheer professionalism
of these young singers.
By Sue Baker
By Sue Baker
19
Drama
As You like It - Goes on Tour
The Cast of As You Like It
Lucy Hallam as the melancholic Jacques, takes centre stage.
Orlando (Josh Baker) sits on as the weary Adam (Paul Ritchie) lies exhausted
20
A love-struck Silvius (Joe Bradley) sits dumbfo
Ricky Worraker as Duke Senior
James Hamilton collects his thoughts as Duke Frederick
Honestly, you should have seen him, he was massive.
ounded on the floor
Rebecca Lee as Le Beau
Shock, wonder, amazement. The audience just thought it was superb.
21
The Key Theatre By Paul Ritchie (Year 11)
On Thursday 13th October, a group of drama and music students from King’s
descended on the Key Theatre, with the aim of performing a fantastic production
of ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare to an audience of hundreds of people.
As part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, there were a total of four schools
taking to the stage that evening. As well as King’s, John Fielding Community
Special School put on a beautiful performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the Thomas
Deacon Academy showed a spine-chilling ‘Macbeth’ and St John Fisher wowed
the audience with a hilarious version of ‘Twelfth Night’.
But before all of these, King’s was given the honour of being the first
performance. Naturally, we put on a first-class production. Although it was clear
from the nervous faces backstage who was used to performing in front of
audiences, each member of the cast clearly put 110% into their acting, and it was
a wonderful experience for every one of us. With the traditional court and forest
scenes transformed into a sinister gangster-style court and a circus, an idea
which was commended for its originality and the boldness and colour of the
circus scenes. Backed up by a live band from the Music department, the show
provided a novelty for the audience, and drew large amounts of praise from the
festival coordinators and the audience.
Every member of the cast and band enjoyed themselves immensely, and we
can’t wait to perform in Nettetal, Germany, in November (as part of the 35th
Nettetal Jubilee) and at King’s in December!
22
The cast enjoy a good night at
The Key Theatre
Nettetal Germany
By Rebecca Lee 13 AAR Drama Prefect
Several weeks after the very successful performance of
‘As You Like It’ as part of the Shakespeare Schools’
Festival at the Key Theatre, the cast took the
magnificent Shakespearean comedy to Nettetal, to be
performed on the evening of Saturday 12th November.
The ensemble spent the morning and early afternoon
rehearsing and getting used to such a big performance
space, through adapting voice and gesture to suit the
massive theatre - which was almost full.
The first half of the evening was a spectacular
performance of several pieces by Concert Band and a
couple of solos from Chris Gemmell. About one third of
the cast was in Concert Band, and several of them
went on stage with make-up on! As the interval drew
to a close, the cast and musicians got into position,
mentally and physically preparing themselves for the
second public performance of ‘As You Like It’.
The curtain opened, revealing the cast in all their
finery, to applause. Jess Wing delivered the prologue in
German for the benefit of our predominantly German
audience. It was said afterwards that the prologue was
helpful for those not so proficient in English to
understand what exactly was going to happen in the
play.
Josh Baker as Orlando is charged down by the acrobats
The performance got off to a successful start. Each cast
member put in as much energy as they could, working
individually and as a team to the best of their ability to
impress our audience. The cast must have made a
successful impression because there were lots of
comments on the strong performances delivered by
all. One woman mentioned how effectively we had
portrayed the comedy and tragedy of Shakespeare
in under an hour. Almost every character provoked a
laugh, or an ‘awww’- one of the many things that
were emphasized in rehearsals. As with every
performance, some things didn’t go according to
plan but even if the audience noticed, no one said
anything.
The play ended, the cast felt very relieved, and the
audience applauded rapturously for quite some
time, i.e. well after the cast had left the stage!
Everyone was relieved that the performance was
over, but also that it had gone well.
There were only positive comments about the
production. Someone noted that “the maypole was
central”, another said, “the entire performance,
props and costumes were lively and colourful” and
“visually, the play was very funny”. One of the
members of staff at the Werner-Jaeger Gymnasium
revealed that they would have never got their
students to sing, dance or do anything like what the
KSP cast of ‘As You Like It’ had done! Finally, many
agreed that ‘As You Like It’ was the best
performance that King’s has ever done (these
weren’t the only comments - there were lots
more!).
The cast of ‘As You Like It’ should be proud of their
performance in Germany, because it really was
Chris Lewis as Corin
fantastic. Thanks go to everyone involved, including
Mr Aldred, Ms Barnes and Mr Kerrison.
Everyone is looking forward to what is sure to be a
superb Carnival of Music and Drama, on Thursday 8
December and Friday 9 December 2011.
23
School Performance
By Josh Baker (Year 10)
We are at the end of a long, enjoyable and some say painful journey. The story of
‘As You like It’ began just before the summer holidays when we were summoned
for a discussion about this production. We all sat down and Mr Aldred proclaimed
we would be performing “the play by William Shakespeare: As You like It”. Most
of us looked in confusion at each other, as most of us had to admit we had never
heard of it. And as Mr Aldred went on to explain that it would be set in a circus,
there was further trepidation, especially within the less athletic.
But on the 8th of September rehearsals began, we had been told to learn our
lines and practise our ‘circus skills’ over the summer holidays, which we had done
although with varying degrees of success. At first it seemed that the play would
never be ready in time, but the first milestone was the NYT (National Youth
Theatre) workshop where we learnt, from professional actors and directors, the
core skills we would need. Finally our first big day arrived: The Shakespeare
Schools’ Festival and our opening performance. We loved the night and will
never forget it. So on to Nettetal, Germany, the introduction of dancing was
certainly my biggest worry but the whole evening again was amazing and the
Germans understood perhaps more than expected.
Philip Colbran as the wicked Oliver,
Baker and Indy Chadwick.
Finally the school performances were upon us, where our friends, peers and
parents would be in the audience. But our first performance would be a matinée
to Year 7 who have a reputation for being a vicious audience. But they seemed
overjoyed by seeing older students make complete fools of themselves for their
entertainment, they even helped us with some hilarious audience participation
which then became a feature of the show.
Thursday was our first official performance at school in front of a small but
appreciative paying audience and naturally we wowed them once more, time
then for final night. Five minutes before the show, stood behind the curtains we
could tell that we were in for a bigger audience than last night but we were all
surprised as the curtains opened revealing a Hall full of recognisable, smiling
faces. As the prologue finished, they erupted in tumultuous applause and the
energy this gave us fuelled the next hour of hilarious (slightly improvised)
Shakespeare. I would love to say that it was all rehearsed, but some of it really
was completely new, though this was the joy of the last night, It was alive and we
loved every second of it and as the curtains closed once more there were smiles
and tears as we realised it was over.
Sarah Ritchie as Pheobe, putting th
“You’ve missed a bit”
We will all miss the show so much, thank you to all the people who supported us
right the way through the journey. To Mr Aldred for helping and inspiring us
with everything from the circus skills to how to speak like the Bard envisiaged, to
Miss Barnes who had the patience of a saint while we attempted to dance. To
Miss Short and Mrs Varty for producing the most colourful and strange costumes
I’ve ever seen on the King’s School stage and last but by no means least to Mr
Kerrison for his musical direction and for keeping us sane through the long
rehearsals. Finally, thank you to everyone who helped in the show, whether it was
backstage or front of house, from building the set to selling the tickets.
This was an experience none of us will forget in a hurry.
24
Mime artists, Fran Bannister and Do
, and acrobats Nikita Bathia, Nell
he audience to good use.
ora Rackham
From back and front of stage.
By David Hughes (Design Technology)
Back in May, only a few short days after the
curtain fell on ‘Animal Farm’, I was
approached by David Aldred about his next
dramatic adventure.
The conversation
began with promise “Our next production is
in October but we only need one item and
it’s not big” he started, this was music to
my ears, especially after the marathon build
for ‘Animal Farm’. Hopefully no 1.5metre
toy box or any more two - metre tall Lego
windmills.
“I need a four - metre tall pole” he continued, easy, I liked the sound of this. “but… it
needs to be free standing”, not so easy, “and we need to take it to the Key
Theatre, then to Germany”, “oh, and it needs to be lightweight….. and we need to
be able to erect it in five minutes”. “Anything else?” Was my obvious, slightly
worried, reply. “Yes, we’d like to hang fabric from it and swing round it!”
My dreams of an easy life were shattered, even before he mentioned it had to
function as a pillar, a tree and a circus tent. “I’ll see what we can do” is all I could
say. Joe Dobson, our technician, was sceptical about whether we could make it
work but after a couple of weeks, scratching heads as we looked at stability and
loading, especially of the uneven variety, we had a plan and within another two
weeks Joe had it built, although the scaffolding suppliers must have thought we
were barmy.
That one conversation told me all I needed to know of the skill and ambition that
were to go into this production. Into this short chat David had layered all the
drama and suspense you could wish for, come the end I was still waiting for him
to say “and it needs to float”, though fortunately that request never materialised.
What did materialise was a short, thirty minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘As
You Like It’, which I hear went down a storm at the Key Theatre and in Nettetal. By
the time it arrived on stage in the School Hall, it had morphed into something
much grander. Before the interval the audience was treated to a wonderful
orchestral introduction, “not sure what’s going on here I thought, but it isn’t half
good”. Actually, it was superb.
Curtain up after the interval and we were introduced to a carnival of dancing
clowns, gymnastics, music and … gangsters. What unfolded was a wonderfully
fresh adaptation of a story I’d only previously seen in a rather quaint, Jane Austin
period drama style. Yet this was exactly what Shakespeare should be, funny,
exciting, entertaining, but most of all fun and that’s with a capital FUN. And that’s
before I even mention the superb quality of acting and improvisation.
Much is the pity, that more of the school were not there to see it, for those that
did were unanimous in their praise. This was not just one of the few things in life
that are (at £8) very cheap, but one of those seriously endangered events, one
that was worth literally every penny. I for one cannot wait for the next
production. Although Mr Aldred, please make the set easy to build.
25
HOUSE MUSIC
2011
By Callum Rigby (Head Boy)
and Emma Randall (Head Girl)
26
October 18th was time again to tune your instruments, warm up those voices and prepare yourself for House
Music 2011!
Yet again, Mr Kerrison’s Music Department had been somewhat commandeered by 16 stressed House Captains,
who had been thrown in at the deep end, with one of the biggest inter-house events in the school’s calendar. For
the previous few weeks each house had been living and breathing their acts: tear - jerking senior choirs, stunning
orchestras, charming junior choirs, energized finales and loud band pieces to showcase the school’s very best and
enthusiastic musical talent at Kingsgate Community Church.
With the finishing touches to ball gowns, banners and bad jokes almost complete, the school waited in eager
anticipation to witness what each house had in store, on what promised to be a truly epic evening of excellent
entertainment.
And so it was, as everyone in attendance was treated to a spectacular musical show as over 600 talented singers
and musicians, split across four houses battled it out to challenge for four silver cups and one big wooden shield.
Come the end, no - one could have predicted the results.
The results for House Music 2011 are:
KSP Young Musician of the Year : Chris Gemmell (St. Oswald’s House)
Best Band Trophy: St. Oswald’s House
Junior Choir Cup: School House
Orchestra Cup: St. Oswald’s House
Senior Choir Cup: School House
House Music Shield:
1st - St. Oswald’s House
2nd - School House
3rd - St. Chad's House
4th - St. Peter’s House
Well done to everyone involved for creating such a memorable night.
Thank you also to Kingsgate Community Church for hosting the event.
27
St. Chad’s House Music Review
We would like to thank those Sixth Formers who helped out with the running of the
competition. Special mention must go to Annie Davies, Meiyi Lu and Charlotte McAuliffe
because without them it would have made our lives even more stressful and difficult.
Also thanks to the band members for the hard work they put in and apologies for not
thanking you on the night…. And thanks to those who took part in this year’s competition
and making it one of the best yet. All four of us were proud to be Chad’s that night.
But not to forgot a special thanks to Mrs Amps and Mrs Hobday, who kept the spirits
raised during the process, and gave a ‘kick up the backside’, when needed. Your help was
appreciated, especially by us.
Matt, Ben, Archie, Alina
28
LET US HEAR YOU ROAR!
So House Music is over! Third place not too shabby when you think about the success
Chads has had over the last few years. But what a night it was. It was the combination of
5 weeks of hard practicing from all parts of the school and even the new Junior
Department. The result of the hard work was a set of outstanding performances, if we do
say so ourselves. No doubt I think everyone who was there that night cannot deny the
quality of the performances, and how even the competition was on the night itself. House
Music itself started a few days before with the solo competition. Although success was
not high on the agenda, there was a few stand - out performances, from Charlotte
McAuliffe and Alywn Hopkins in their respective categories. So we would like to thank
those who took part in that competition, because we know from experience it’s not that
easy to do. The night itself brought many highlights for us, the Senior Choir and the
orchestra captured many people’s imagination and showed what talent we have in our
house.
St. Chad’s
Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy!
St. Oswald’s
St. Oswald’s House Music Review
House Music 2011 was a night to remember for St Oswald’s House. Another (much
unexpected) success! After winning Sports Day and the House Cup last summer, we were
on a high from our achievement. However, this led to some members of Oswald’s
becoming rather complacent. Our House Master and Mistress (Dr Webster and Mrs
Willis) and we House Captains were becoming increasingly worried about lack of numbers
at rehearsals; things weren’t looking optimistic for success at House Music. Fortunately,
following one of Dr Webster’s famous motivational and patriotic speeches in a House
Assembly a few weeks before the event, with a particular appeal to the junior boys,
things began to look up. Rehearsal attendance increased and more importantly, a revived
enthusiasm took over the House. In the solo competitions in the days leading up to the
big event, our soloists’ amazing talent shone as we dominated the competition. Our
efforts culminated perfectly on the night of Tuesday 18th October. We would like to
thank our House for their time and hard work, with particular mention to our senior musicians - we couldn’t have done it without you!
St. Oswald’s House had to follow three excellent performances from each of the other
houses, meaning we were particularly nervous. We were most impressed by the efforts of
all the other Houses, particularly, Chad’s dramatic orchestra and Senior Choir; Peter’s
energetic Junior Choir and excellent cover of the 1960’s hit (their band piece); and
School’s beautiful Junior and Senior Choir under Tara McKay’s meticulous instruction. We
would like to give our commiserations to the other Houses: the trophies could have been
anyone’s on the night, and we would also like to congratulate School House for deservedly winning the Junior and Senior Choir cups.
Finally we would like to thank Mr Kerrison for organising the event and all the other
House Captains for putting in so much work to ensure the event ran smoothly. We are
sure you are glad, like us, to now have our break and lunchtimes back!
WELL DONE, ST OSWALD’S HOUSE – Long may the victories continue!
Charlie, James, Pip and John
29
St. Peter’s House Music Review
Finally, the day had arrived. The morning began with the magnificent tradition that is
‘Warsap’s Dream Speech’ that offered both hope and desire for what would be a blue
dawn. As the House Captains embarked to Kingsgate to establish the front line, we were
aided in our offensive by both The Music Department, our House Master and Mistress
and the support and guidance offered by the other twelve House Captains. Opening the
evening was our fabulous Junior Choir, which was very well received by the audience (you
should be very proud of yourselves). To follow was a greatly improved Orchestral piece,
topped off by a beautiful rendition of Ave Verum sung by our own majestic Senior Choir.
Offering the sweet cherry for a charmingly iced bun was our final piece of the night ‘Let’s
Dance to Joy Division’ sung with gusto by the entire Peter’s Platoon.
We hope you all enjoyed the experience as much as we did. Unfortunately the result was
not reflective of how we believe you performed, however we are very proud of your
efforts and hope that it has set the Blue Peter’s ship sailing ready to recompense in future
years.
Lucy, Charlie, Helena and Matt .
30
P E T E R S Come on Peter’s, we’re the best!
Back in September work began for what was the mammoth task of ‘The House Music
Competition 2011’. And so, four admittedly naïve House Captains began to rally the
troops into the formation of a Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Orchestra and Finale. For the
next five weeks, St. Peter’s House slaved tirelessly towards musical domination. The
weeks passed, as our pieces grew to a standard the House could be very proud of, thanks,
to the immense effort of all our blue warriors: Irena Radic, Hannah Butson, Ellie Beaumont and the beautiful blue band, to name but a few.
St. Peter’s
GREEN ARMY!
School
School House, House Music Review
There were great expectations preceding us in the run - up to House Music 2011 after
School House’s impressive victory at last year’s competition, however the evening of 18th
October was yet again one of huge success for us. The atmosphere was incredible, and
the endless chants of “WHO ARE WE? GREEN ARMY!” echoed in our ears until the early
hours of the morning.
We began with our incredibly cute Junior Choir, represented by both the Lower School
and new Junior Department, who performed the challenging ‘Pure Imagination’ from
Willy Wonka, with ease. Later on, Senior Choir delivered a powerful performance of
‘Every Breath You Take’ originally done by The Police. We were rewarded for our choral
talent by achieving both the Junior and Senior Choir Cups - a brilliant achievement which
we were thrilled with!
For our Orchestra piece, House Captain Becca conducted a dramatic rendition of the
‘Indiana Jones Theme’ and our Band piece was ‘I’ll Be Waiting’ by Adele, with Year 13 Jess
Wing providing a polished performance on lead vocals. We finished with ‘Be Young, Be
Foolish, Be Happy’ by the Tams, a lively, feel-good Finale reflecting the whole evening,
which secured us a respectably close 2nd place overall.
Our congratulations go to St. Oswalds’ House for stealing that extra point which earned
them the 1st place shield, however we can offer no fewer congratulations to both St.
Chad’s and St. Peter’s, who also gave some fantastic performances.
We must thank every member of School House who was there that night, whether you
were a singer, an instrumentalist or part of the invaluable backstage crew. Throughout
the rehearsal period we had endless support from Sixth Formers and our Housemaster
and Mistress, Mr Hughes and Miss Cripps, so our thank-yous extend especially to them.
Everything came together on the night; the energy and passion that was displayed by
School House made the weeks of relentless organising and rehearsing completely
worthwhile, and we look forward to celebrating the New Year with a continuation of this
success!
Paul, Tara, George and Becca
31
design technology
Student wins Design Lab 101 Competition
DesignLab101 is a website which challenges aspiring designers to show their creative skills. Their latest
competition, to design a Basketball shoe, and judged by Bart Liang of New Balance Sportswear, was won by
David Mahoney (Year 13) with the design shown above
David wins a Wacom ‘Intuos’ Graphics Tablet to help him develop his skills.
“DesignLab101.com is a creative platform for both high school and college students to compete against their
peers in design competitions. Students have the opportunity to win prizes as well as recognition in the design
community. Contests are judged by featured designers who have expertise in their industry and can select a
winner while providing feedback for students to improve.
At DesignLab101, our mission is to help students more easily make the transition from school to college, as
well as from college to becoming a professional. These transitions are supported by giving students
opportunities to improve their skills as well as network within the design community.” (designlab101)
Find out more about DesignLab101 at www.designlab101.com
You can see more of David's work at www.idmahoney.com and www.behance.net/idmahoney
32
Sailing Club
Barton Turf Story by Tom White (Year 9)
The King’s School Sailing Club visited Barton Turf Adventure Centre in Norfolk to develop their already formidable
skills. Although not a competitive weekend this was a great opportunity to go away, work on skills, be with friends
and have fun.
We went to Barton Turf on the Friday afternoon and by then the atmosphere on the coaches was already
excitement all round. When we arrived everyone was really tired and looking forward to the next morning. The
Saturday morning was a busy one with everyone sorting out which boats they were in and who they were sailing
with. We used two types of boats. Coypus and Wayfarers. A Coypu is 3.5 metres long and a Wayfarer is 4.5
metres. We had the morning sailing and got a little wet but spirits were very high while sailing on Barton Broad.
After lunch we headed up Barton Broad and into one of the rivers but not all the way up. Despite the lack of wind
that afternoon but we managed to get back to the centre. On the Sunday we headed up the river from Barton Turf
to Sutton Heath and we had a picnic in the warm weather. We then had to be towed back to the centre because
of the lack of wind. Everyone had enjoyed the weekend and on the coach back everyone was very quiet!
33
35
th
Jubilee
History of the Exchange
By Trevor Elliott
Every year since 1977 a group of between 10 and 40 students has visited our twin school, the Werner-Jaeger
Gymnasium, in Nettetal, Germany, and welcomed a group of Nettetalers for a return visit. The exchange was set
up by Wolfgang Hentschel and Ian Nicholson in the days when Kreis Viersen was already linked with
Cambridgeshire but before Peterborough was twinned with Viersen. Herr Hentschel simply took the initiative
one day and turned up at King’s to ask the Head at the time, Michael Barcroft, if his school might be interested in
developing a partnership. The answer was ‘yes’, and the exchange has continued ever since. The minibus-loads of
boys of the early days were soon replaced by mixed groups, travelling by train and more recently by coach and
air.
Responsibility for the exchange rested on the shoulders of Wolfgang Hentschel until his retirement, with Heinrich
Eikelberg now being at the helm. At King’s, Trevor Elliott was responsible from 1979 – 1986, with Jane Hogg,
Pauline Zähner and Alister Drakeford, as Head of Languages, taking over and leading the exchange and all its
developments since.
Headteachers Michael Barcroft, Dr Hans-Jakob Pauly, Gary Longman and Frau Elizabeth Ponzelar-Warter have
always played an active encouraging and supporting role.
In the 1980s, a Work Experience exchange was added, giving Sixth Form students the opportunity to work and
learn in each other’s country. In recent years The King's School has welcomed a WJG student into our Year 12 for
a term.
The Music departments in the two schools have developed an excellent working relationship, and have joined
together for workshops and concerts on both sides of the Channel. In 1999, to celebrate the 25 years of the
'Orchester am WJG', this orchestra and The King's School Choir travelled together to Tuscany. Concerts were
given in the Duomo in Florence, the cathedral in Fiesole, in a charming little church in Cortona, as well as in
Nettetal. This shared music-making has met with great success, and Albert Monod and Nicholas Kerrison are to
be thanked for all their efforts. Since Herr Moinoid’s retirement, Music at WJG is in the hands of Yvonne Herter
(who visited KSP as a student herself!) and Bjorn Feist.
There have been "Jubilee Weekends" with sports competitions, theatre performances, art exhibitions and joint
concerts by our two orchestras in Peterborough and in Nettetal.
This year we celebrate 35 years of the partnership. Over 260 students and 40 staff were involved in October in
Peterborough and in November in Nettetal.
34
A Collection of images from a wonderful October weekend,
where we enjoyed sport, music, art and drama with our
German visitors. See our next issue for a full report.
35
Help raise money for the School
Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the easiest way to help raise money for The King's (The
Cathedral) School. If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis,
Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while
you shop!
So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up at easyfundraising and use
the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend
comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazon and you raise £2.50 for us. £100 with WH Smith puts £2.00 in
our pocket and so on. There are over 2,000 retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be as
much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money and Win Prizes!
Plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be
helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself. And this Christmas easyfundraising are giving away prizes
worth over £5,000 including £1000 cash, so if you start fundraising now, you could be a winner!
See our website or visit easyfundraising.org.uk for more details and start raising money with these
retailers and many more.
36