FASHION SHOW - St Mary`s School Ascot

HISTORY
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SPORTS NEWS
PARIS
In February the UVI Art
Historians took a threeday trip to Paris in order
to view many of the
works of art concerned
with one of our A2
modules. Early starts
and late nights meant
that we were able to
accomplish much and
see not only the wide
range of both modern
and traditional art that
Paris has to offer, but
also some of the less
well known sites. From
the Louvre to the
Pompidou we also
popped
into
the
Parisian Museum of
Modern Art and the
small but beautiful Musée de l'Orangerie. We then traced Picasso’s
footsteps from the Ethnographic Museum, where unfortunately our
epiphanies were not quite as profound as his, to the much loved ‘Lapin
Agile’ in the Montmartre district where in a very jolly manner we bumbled
our way through the French folk songs and listened to some beautiful music.
Overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable and highly cultural trip and made all
the more pleasant by our brilliant teachers ■ Emma Olver UVI
NETBALL:
We have been very successful in our
tournaments this term with the U15, 16A and
1st netball teams winning their tournaments
and the U15B team winning the plate
competition overall. The U12s came 2nd in the
SE Berkshire netball competition, and our U12
and 13C, D and E netball teams have played in
competitions with the U12 and 13C teams
winning overall.
LENT TERM 2013
pool of finalists in the
competition. This term
Lara Jacobs, Camilla
Talbot, Katya Marks,
Cunningham,
Aisling
Isabel Baker, Charlotte
Schulte-Bockum, Marnie
MacDonald and Stefanella
Julius were selected to
train at the Junior Academy Centres run by
Berkshire Hockey. We are delighted that
Charlotte has been selected to play for the
county in the U13 team and Lara Jacobs is a
reserve for the U16 team.
INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS
We have had the inter-house cross country
and swimming this term, involving most girls
from Years 7 to 10. Jimena Plazas Cabral,
Madeleine Cooper and Eleanor Pooley won
their respective age group races in the cross
country. The result was: 1st Babthorpe, 2nd
Bedingfeld, 3rd Rookwood, 4th Wigmore and
5th Poyntz. For the swimming Babthorpe came
out top followed by Wigmore in 2nd place,
Poyntz 3rd, Bedingfeld 4th and Rookwood 5th.
SHROVETUESDAY
Our Shrove Tuesday celebrations followed the
similar pattern as in previous years with an
array of colourful and imaginative fancy dress
costumes being paraded in the OC in the
afternoon and entertainment organised by the
lower sixth but featuring ‘brave’ members of staff.
The theme for the staff fancy dress was musicals
and was won by the science department as
‘Joseph and the technical colour raincoat’, ICT’s
‘Willy Wonka’ coming second with residential
members of staff ‘s ‘Shrek’ in third place.
SKIING
Years 7 and 8’s theme of cartoons was won by
‘Mr Men’, second place went to ‘Mario Kart’
and third to ‘Thomas the Tank’. Years 9 and 10
took up the challenge of their theme of tube
station with great imagination. Bakerloo came
first, Canary Wharf second and Kensington
Olympia third ■ T Jelley
Alice Taylor, Lorna Oppenheim, Isabella Sodi,
Chloe Ayton, Gabrielle Jabre and Aurelia
Sports Awards Evening, Friday 15 March with Olympic
Women’s Hockey Captain & bronze medallist, Kate Walsh.
Aslangul competed in the British Schools ski
races in Flaine. In the individual Slalom and
Giant Slalom races, Alice gained a 4th and 6th
place, Aurelia and Isabella an 8th place, and
Gabrielle a 3rd place. As a team we came 2nd in
Slalom, 12th in Giant Slalom and 9th in Combined
giving a fantastic overall place of 10th out of the
50 teams who entered the competition.
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DANCE
The following girls completed their Royal
Academy of Dance certificates for ballet:
Georgemma Hunt, Lara Marks and Claudia
Walsh - Grade 6 Merit, Vanessa Moore, Isabella
Sodi, Madeleine St John, Allegra Stisted and
Ellie Tan - Grade 5 Merit, Emilia Power, Isabel
Orchard - Grade 4 Merit and Angelica Hopton Grade 4 Distinction ■ G Eamer
HOCKEY
The U13s played in the County tournament for
their age group coming third in their very strong
INTER-HOUSE
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CHESS
COMPETITION
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50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
DRINKS RECEPTION
On Sunday 3 March four alumnae from the class
of 1963 revisited the school for a 50th anniversary
reunion. A moving Mass included some of Mother
Campion’s beautiful music and was a highlight for
our guests. The reunion continued with talks from
the head girls about life at St Mary’s today, a
musical interlude, lunch and tours of the school. It
was a lovely day and enjoyed by everyone ■
On Wednesday 6 March over 60 alumnae
enjoyed an evening of champagne, canapés
and jewellery at Annoushka in Cadogan
Gardens, London SW3. It was a wonderful
evening when our alumnae enjoyed catching up
with one another as well as being able to view
the exquisite range of jewellery on display ■
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On Saturday 9 February the Upper Sixth staged a fashion show in the Rose Theatre in aid of Afrikids.
The ten girls from St Mary’s were joined by ten boys from Eton and they modelled clothes from
brands including ‘Brora’ and ‘House of Fraser’. In addition to the main event, there was a photo
booth, a blackjack table and a raffle. The event, organised by Beatrice Gogarty and Claire Cullimore
(with photos taken by Rose Scrope) raised in excess of £3,000 for Afrikids, £500 of which could be
credited to Father Dermot’s auction for ‘a romantic dinner for three’! ■
The results were as follows:
1st
Babthorpe
2nd
Bedingfeld
Joint 3rd
Rookwood and
Wigmore
5th
Poyntz
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There have been a number of socials this term with Radley College and Harrrow School,
involving Years 10, 11 and LVI. This is from just one such event
Social with HARROW
On Saturday 19 January, Year 11 boys from Harrow trekked through the
snow in order to have a social with St Mary's. Luckily for Year 11 the
snow didn’t prevent the coach from arriving, so at around 7:30pm
everyone sat down for dinner in the OC. The delicious food prepared by
the catering staff was so popular that several boys went up for
seconds. After an hour of eating and getting to know each other,
everyone moved swiftly to the dance floor, where the DJ was
immensely popular. Despite the weather conditions, the DJ had dug his
car out and bravely battled through the snow to spin some epic tracks.
The evening was very successful, we all had a lot of fun and were sad
to see it draw to a close. Although Mrs Hewer had declared the evening over, the DJ still
managed to slip in one last track, the famous Gangnam Style which got everyone dancing ■
Beatrice Hammerton and Isabelle Brooks, Year 11
ONESIES FOR
RED NOSE DAY
On Friday 15 March, girls and staff were invited
to pay a ‘fine’ for the privilege of wearing
‘onesies’ or pyjamas to school for the day ■
CLASSICS
Latin pupils in Years 9 and 10 have won
prizes from the Joint Association of Classical
Teachers Jowett-Sendelar Classics Essay
Competition. This is a prestigious national
competition which attracted 226 entries from
schools such as Wycombe Abbey, Harrow and
St Paul’s. Each essay requires a great deal of
research, not least because the essays are
2500 words long. Serene Chongtrakul
performed extremely well, placed 3rd in the
entire competition and gaining a Distinction
for her essay which compared the heroic
status of Aeneas and Odysseus (described in
the judges’ report as “a superlative instance of
thoughtful and well-developed argument
and… a beautifully written speech”). Aisling
Cunningham was awarded Commended on
her essay comparing the Roman Emperor
Augustus with Margaret Thatcher. Emily
Goulding and Anna Reid were in the top 20 and
were each awarded a Highly Commended for
their witty and sophisticated essays on the
Greek Gods. Amelia Chu, Aisling Cunningham,
Katya Marks, Ishbel Simpson and Greta Tozer
all gained a Commended.
This is a splendid achievement against very
strong competition and the judges also said
that some girls were unlucky to have missed
out on prizes ■ A Wright
OTHER
CLASSICS NEWS
This term Professor Rosalind Thomas of
Balliol College, Oxford gave a thought
provoking talk: A Possession for All Time on
ancient historiography to senior Classicists
and the Sixth form academy in our Rose
Theatre and the Lower Sixth Classical
Civilisation class attended lectures on Homer’s
Odyssey in London ■ L Povey
A FABULOUS CAKE
BAKED & DECORATED
BY SHEILA PURSER
TO CELEBRATE THE
ELECTION OF
POPE FRANCIS ■
HUMANITIES
TUNING
INTO
Drama
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Girls working at the European Commission
The economics and politics trip to Brussels
from 3 - 4 March ■
The Lent term began with a wonderfully
imaginative production of Phillip Ridley’s
Brokenville, directed by Miss Carr in the Rufus
Sewell studio and featuring girls from all year
groups. A joint play-in-a-day project with
Ludgrove was an enjoyable and successful
event for lower school girls and our annual
Trinity Guildhall examinations took place
following half term. The term was concluded
with the whole school production on the Rose
Theatre’s main stage of Oh! What A Lovely
War directed by Mrs McNamara, featuring a
talented cast of actor-musicians, dancers,
acrobats and linguists ■ A McNamara
RELIGIOUS STUDIES:
VISIT TO THE JEWISH MUSEUM
On Monday 11 February 2013, Year 8 visited the
Jewish Museum in London. After arriving, we
were greeted by the members of staff who
then showed us to the 'Judaism, a living faith'
gallery and the 'History' gallery. In the living
faith gallery especially, there were many
beautiful intricately designed items of Jewish
significance, our favourite being the
stunningly decorated Torah case. The Torah is
the first part of the Hebrew Scriptures. It
contains the five books of Moses. The Torah
scrolls are handwritten on parchment.
murdered during the Holocaust which we
found absolutely terrible.
We then had a very inspiring talk on Shabbat,
which is the Hebrew word for 'Sabbath'.
Shabbat arrives every Friday evening when
the first three stars arise and ends when the
sun sets on Saturday. This is a sacred time of
love and sharing for the Jews.
What we found most amazing about the trip to
the museum was how the Jews kept their faith
strong even through times of cruelty and
hardship, when many were lost. We want to
thank everyone involved in our trip because we
learnt so much and were so incredibly inspired
by the bravery of Jews through troubled times
■ Olivia Millard and Iria Pernas Y8
Economics students from St Mary's and
Charters working on deficit reduction policies
with Cabinet Office officials at Admiralty
House, Whitehall on 6th December 2012 ■
The lower sixth Geography field trip to the
London Docklands and 2012 Olympics site ■
In the History Gallery, we learnt so much about
the difficult history of Jews especially during
the Second World War, many stories of which
touched our hearts. Six million Jews were
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LIFE AFTER ST MARY’S
MUSIC
We held another successful Open Mic event for
which girls were quick to sign up to perform in
and in which there were wonderful, confident
performances from girls in year 7 to lower 6th.
UNIVERSITIES
In 2011-2012 12 girls from a year group of 60
received offers and went on to secure places at
Oxford and Cambridge for ten subjects across
12 colleges. Two girls also secured post A Level
offers, one each university. The subjects
included English, Classics, Modern Languages,
Music, Physics, PPE, Engineering, History &
Politics, Law and Theology. From the same year
group, three girls secured places at Medical
Schools. Another popular destination was
Bristol where 9 girls took up places to study
Drama, History of Art, Geography, Politics and
Theology. At Edinburgh 13 girls took up places
to read History of Art, Social Anthropology,
Medical Sciences, French, Politics, English &
History, Psychology and Philosophy. Other
destinations included LSE, UCL, Durham,
Nottingham, Warwick, SOAS, Imperial, St
Andrews, Leeds and Newcastle. Two girls took
up places at Trinity College Dublin to read
Business, Economic & Social Studies and World
Religions. Girls from this year group also
received offers from Brown, Georgetown and
NYU in the USA.
In 2012-2013 10 girls from a year group of 60
received offers from Oxford and Cambridge. As
of early February girls had received offers to
read Economics, Chemical Engineering, History
of Art, Politics, Childhood Studies, History,
Psychology, English, Law, Dentistry, Veterinary
Science, Modern Languages, Drama, Primary
education, Clinical Science, Combined Honours,
Philosophy, Interior Architecture, Archaeology
& Anthropology, Geography, Classical Civilisation
and Mechanical Engineering. These offers came
from 32 different universities. Eight girls had also
applied to Irish universities and five girls had
made applications to a range of US universities.
We are delighted and congratulate all of the
girls on their hard work. Well done also to the
sixth form team! ■ G Williams
and popular music circuit who were impressed
by the high standard of performance and fine
level of musicianship. The evening was
compered very ably by our music captain Holly
So and the competition was won by Wigmore.
The Year 9 pop bands project was also a great
success and for the first time parents were
invited to hear the concert.
On 5 March the acclaimed concert pianist Roger
Owens came to the school to give a piano master
class followed by a piano recital in the evening
which was a privilege for the girls to attend.
On 12 February the Rufus Sewell Studio was the
venue for an informal evening concert in which
there were performances from three small vocal
groups and a string ensemble as well as solos in
a variety of styles and a jazz band to finish the
evening’s entertainment.
This year Campion were joined in the Lenten
Vocal Concert by Junior Campion, Davenport,
two Madrigal groups and soloists. There was a
wonderful variety of repertoire in the first half of
the concert and then after a short interval the
Campion Singers performed a semi-staged
version of The Easter Story composed by Anita
Rees. This beautiful and inspiring piece was
accompanied by a professional string quintet.
This was a most memorable concert and a fitting
close to a term of much music making ■
N Hutchinson
The inter-house Music Festival included many
fine solo and ensemble performances. Rosanna
Suvini won the best junior instrumental prize
performing the very demanding Praeludium
and Allegro by Kreisler on the violin and
Althea Goldsborough won the best senior
instrumentalist prize performing the very
challenging Le Chat et La Souris by Copland on
the piano. The well-known composer Pamela
Wedgwood adjudicated the competition which
was won by Babthorpe.
The Battle of the Bands proved to be an
enormous success. The judging panel was
made up of three regular performers on the jazz
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