Summer 2016

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Summer 2016

Summer 2016
SUSSEX UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS DELIVER
ENGLISH LECTURE SERIES AT BEDE’S
English students from every year group
at Bede’s recently attended a series of
lectures in the Recital Room organised
by English teacher Mr Sealey and Head
of English Mr Oliver.
Designed in part to give students an
insight into the style of teaching that
takes place at University and in part to
help them to engage with the kind of
higher level thinking required at
university, a side objective of the day
was to emphasise to students how much
more there is to English than what’s
necessary to pass a GCSE.
The first talk, which was tailored for
Fifth Form and First Year students, saw
the topic of Dystopia discussed by
Professor Peter Boxall from Sussex
University’s English department.
Bede’s Academic Deputy Head Mr Tuson
and fellow English teacher Mr Cheshire
brought their classes along and dug
deep into themes and ideas exploited by
Bradbury, Burgess, Atwood and Orwell.
“The talk provided the students with the
opportunity to explore topics and ideas
which aren’t covered by the curriculum,”
Mr Sealey explained, “and which added
a richness and depth to the students’
literary knowledge.
“This will hopefully enable them to
become more avid and sensitive readers,
thus improving their English skills.”
Next, Bede’s Sixth Form Cambridge
Pre-U English students attended two
lectures entitled “Questioning the
Canon” as delivered by Sussex University’s Early Modern Poetry Professor Tom
Healy and Sussex Modernism expert Dr
Hope Wolf.
Alongside exploring texts including
Gawain and The Green Knight and
Beowulf, the lectures touched on topics
as wide-ranging as philosophy, postmodernism and the absurd, with the Q
and A following the talk lasting well into
the evening.
“Every English teacher at Bede’s is keen
to encourage their students to think
about studying Literature at university,”
said Mr Oliver. “We also want to make
them aware of the rich literary history
of the county they go to school in, so are
fortunate to be forging links with Sussex
Bede’s Senior School
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University.
“As an institution, Sussex are keen to
help Bede’s students learn more about
University life and study, and to help the
school and the English department to
broaden our students’ cultural
knowledge, all while getting them great
exam results.”
By putting on this event, Mr Sealey
and Mr Oliver hope that Bede’s English
department can continue to lead the
way in enabling every Bedian to develop
intellectually, build a passion and
curiosity for Literature and provide a
setting in which young minds can be
challenged and stimulated.
“The event highlighted our commitment
to intellectual development and
constantly challenging ourselves to be
that little bit better and that little bit
more ambitious in all aspects of our
lives,” Mr Oliver added, in conclusion.
“We are of course extraordinarily
grateful to Professor Boxall, Professor
Healy and Dr Wolf for being so generous
with their time, and we are hopeful that
our burgeoning relationship with Sussex
University will continue to deepen and
develop in the coming months.”
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WHAT IS THE “BEDE’S DIPLOMA”?
ANIMAL MANAGEMENT
GRADUATES RETURN
TO SAY HELLO
In many ways the early summer is the most
exciting time in any school year. Like the
Roman god Janus, we find ourselves looking
back and looking forward, simultaneously.
Clearly, this is the business end of the
year, and the focus on the public exams our
students face cannot be allowed to slip;
meanwhile, however, our thoughts turn to
the coming academic year, to the ways in
which the school year will look different, to
the opportunities we will be enabling our
students to seize, to the ways in which we
will organise the school from September.
Right now, a great deal of thought, discussion and planning is going into putting the
final touches to the Bede’s Diploma, which
will be launched in September, for all students in the Lower Sixth.
We are taking the opportunity presented by
national reforms to post-GCSE education to
approach the organisation of our Sixth Form
in a new way. From September, students in
the Lower Sixth will undertake three academic courses (as opposed to the four that
have been the norm up to this point). With
time thus available, there is the chance to do
some genuinely exciting work, which we will
be wrapping up in the Bede’s Diploma.
We will be requiring all students in the Lower
Sixth to undertake the Extended Project
Qualification, or its equivalent, enabling
them to explore areas in which they have a
Last week, the second-ever cohort of
graduates from the Bede’s Sixth Form
Animal Management course returned to
the School to say hello.
The alumni included Amy Rimmington,
who now works professionally helping to
train race horses, Theodora Taylor, who is
just completing the final year of her Marine
Biology degree at Plymouth, Andrew Brundle,
who now works as the Aquarist at the
Brighton Sealife Centre, and Roberta Testori,
who is entering the final year of her
Veterinary Nursing degree at Edinburgh.
genuine interest, to a depth that goes beyond
that demanded by A Level study (and these
projects do not need to be conventional,
written documents – they could also lead to
the creation of an artefact, such as a film
or a work of art, or to the organisation of an
event).
Alongside the EPQ, the Diploma will also
see students gaining credit for some of the
things that they are already doing, and for
some of the things that some of them are
doing but which we would like to see all of
them getting stuck into: public speaking,
community work, the sorts of things that are
sometimes given the rather ugly heading of
“soft skills”.
As the future becomes ever less predictable
for our young people, as they head towards a
world in which they will almost certainly be
moving from career to career without the stability from which some of us have been able
to benefit in our own adult lives, the need for
such skills has never been greater.
The Sixth Form Diploma will be overseen by
Mrs Lambeth, who is currently investigating courses, exploring practicalities, talking
with students and teachers and parents, and
working to make sure we are ready to launch
at the start of the new academic year.
John Tuson
Academic Deputy Head
Some of the same students handling
a fruit-bat back in 2011.
It was brilliant to see and catch up with
the ex-students, all of whom were keen to
be reunited with some old friends from the
department – not least Mr Hepworth-Taylor,
Mr Jones and I.
Paul Juniper
Head of Animal Management
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LOWER SIXTH ATTEND
60TH ANNUAL NSDF
Towards the end of the Easter break,
Bede’s Lower Sixth Drama students attended the 60th annual National Student
Drama Festival.
As usual we were treated to a plethora of
dramatic displays – 12 in all – from big
scale musicals to stand alone monologues.
The standard of production this year was
higher than usual and there were
certainly common themes and styles running
throughout the week.
There was a celebratory feel to the
festival, that began way back in 1956 and
the opening festival revealed the names of
a glittering list of alumni including Timothy West (1950s) and Simon Russell Beale
(1970s) to name but a few.
Students took part in daily workshops and
it was wonderful to see such enthusiasm
and risk taking. Opportunities to work with
such expertise from RSC, Complicite, East
15, Frantic Assembly, Equity and others were
enjoyed by all.
Ambra Fuller and Charlie Belton took part in
a Curious Incident Workshop and their aching muscles the next day were testament to
the physical challenge of this work. Ambra
also enjoyed blowing up a range of
pyrotechnics and learning about fire on
stage in a technical theatre workshop.
James Baxter bravely headed off to a voice
workshop with the RSC and emerged teaching me about the importance of breath and
voice control. Toby Wallace took full advantage of the trip to show his AS monologue
to a member of the NYT audition panel and
received excellent advice.
This may be have been our swansong
in Scarborough as next year NSDF takes
place in Hull. Plus, The Edinburgh Festival
beckons…
SPANISH TRIP TO BARCELONA
IMMERSES AND INSPIRES
Spanish learners from across Bede’s year
groups recently travelled to the beautiful
city of Barcelona for a week-long immersion
into Catalan culture.
With the main objective of the trip being
for the students to practice using Spanish
in everyday situations, we also seized the
opportunity to expose the group to Spanish
food, music and art with a particular focus on
Gaudi’s many extraordinary works.
The trip was highly successful in relation to
above objectives, with the students having
ample opportunity to immerse themselves in
the Spanish language, both by reading and
listening to the target language while in the
city and the hostel, and by having to speak
Spanish when asking for and ordering things!
The students had a double-Spanish lesson on
the first day aimed at preparing them for their
daily transactions and interactions, and the
subsequent visit to the Chocolate Museum
offered the students the opportunity to read
the explanations in Spanish, supported by
English translations; they were eased in
slowly!
The students were subsequently able to
develop a very good sense of the geography of
the city by exploring parts of the city in small
groups, such as the Ramblas, Gothic Quarters
and the seafront, and particularly enjoyed
travelling on the Teleférico de Barcelona cable
car, viewing Barcelona and its surroundings
from above.
Everyone relished the Catalan food, and we
had some successful visits to “El Puma” (a
buffet), the local seafood restaurant
“Salamanca” and the brilliant sustainable
food restaurant “La Llavor des Origens.”
The students also visited Parc Guëll and the
church La Sagrada Familia to see the
impressive works of Gaudi in their original
surroundings.
We used the audio guides to learn about the
history and artistic intentions behind this
most beautiful basilica, and the students
showed a genuine interest and followed the
instructions around the place from one point
of interest to the next.
All in all, Mr Breeze, Mr Rohmer and I were
very happy with how the trip went and were
glad that the students had such a great time,
learned a lot and are already looking back
fondly on the experience!
Eli Lopez
Teacher of Spanish
Karen Lewis
Director of Drama
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SCIENCE CLASSES EXPLORE
THE BEDE’S ECOSYSTEM
The Bede’s Science department has been
making the most of the warmer weather, with
Lower Fifth double-award science classes,
led by Miss Lewis and accompanied by Dr
Cumpstey, seeking out wildlife in the Bede’s
Lake.
The class had recently been learning about
competition and adaptation in plants and
animals as part of their core Biology GCSE
and were curious to discover which life forms
have been thriving in the heart of Upper
Dicker – besides themselves of course!
“After donning wellies, we went in search
of real-life examples of water-borne insects
whose characteristic we had been studying in
the school grounds,” Dr Cumpstey explained.
“The students were able to use their discoveries to elucidate food webs and chains
which exist in our own environment, and
relate how the school’s activities can impact
upon them.”
With Bede’s Science faculty empowered to
make their lessons as practical as possible,
GCSE Biology groups alone engage in over 18
practical experiments across the course of
the two years of GCSE study.
Presently they are also currently part of a
scheme monitoring the growth of seeds sent
to the International Space Station and back
again in partnership with the UK Space
Agency and British astronaut Tim Peake and
are also working with the Bede’s Animal
Management department, breeding endangered species.
“The importance of engaging in practical
science cannot be overstated,” Dr Cumpstey
added, “as unless students get hands-on
it can be hard to connect the things they
are learning to reality. By growing seeds or
fishing about in the School’s lake, Science is
really brought to life – hopefully in ways they
will never forget.”
With many of the species recorded, measured
and analysed, all samples were returned to
the pond afterwards and treated with respect
throughout.
Now back in the lab, the students are using
the data they collected to visualise what they
have learned, scrutinising their findings and
writing hypotheses about how human and
environmental factors impact upon the The
Park’s ecosystem more widely.
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS
MEET MICHAEL PUTLAND
‘OFF THE RECORD’
On Tuesday 19th April a large group of
eager and talented Photography students
ranging from the Lower Fifth to Upper
Sixth departed from Bede’s and headed to
the Lucy Bell Gallery in Hastings.
Here we met the superbly talented and
renowned music photographer Michael
Putland.
Still working today, Michael was hired in
1973 to become tour photographer for The
Rolling Stones, which lead to a life-long
relationship, resulting in some of their most
poignant portraits.
The exhibition “Off The Record” also includes some of the contact sheets from his
many shoots both behind the scenes and on
stage.
Over the course of the afternoon, Michael
told stories to the students of his time travelling with The Stones on tour and showed
off some of his most iconic prints and
contact sheets.
Michael also showed our budding photographers the cameras he has used over the
years and let them use his Hassleblad to
experiment and capture moments on the
street outside.
We would like to say a huge thank you to
Michael, his wife Sophie and The Lucy Bell
Gallery who invited us to this beautiful
event. It inspired so many of our photographers to leave digital and look at the
wonderful world of film and printing in the
darkroom.
It was a wonderful afternoon where the
students could see a pure film exhibition
and ask questions to the photographer who
took these iconic shots.
Ema Excell
Head of Photography
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BEDE’S TOP MATHS STUDENTS
VISIT TRINITY COLLEGE
After we arrived in Cambridge, we were
taken to a lecture theatre where a
Cambridge professor explained what the
admissions officers look for in your
interview and STEP paper.
Next we were given a tour of Trinity College
by two charming engineering students. They
showed us the communal kitchens, the
rooms and the bar.
We were then taken to the Trinity College
dining hall with its huge vaulted ceiling
and long rows of benches where we had a
delicious lunch. After that, we walked to the
Babbage Lecture Theatre and on the way we
went down King’s Parade, past the iconic
Kings College Chapel.
Out first lecture was on Pascal’s Triangle
and some graphics as to what happens
when you put the numbers in it into a
modulo function; this results in some
fascinating patterns, such as the pattern for
modulo 2 looking like a Sierpinski’s triangle.
My favourite lecture was the second,
because it was about a subject I had zero
prior knowledge about but used on an
almost daily basis: image manipulation.
The third lecture started with the simple
question, “Why is a duck’s wake always
exactly 38.94 degrees?”
Perplexing but surprisingly relevant to the
study of aerodynamics and, much like the
rest of the day, inspiring.
Sam Leonard
Lower Fifth, Knights House
BEDE’S STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM
CHARLESTON FESTIVAL PARTNERSHIP
As a busy half-term drew to a close, what
could have been more vivifying than a trip
to the Charleston Festival--a chance to plug
in to a lively celebration of art, thought and
culture--and only a mere five miles from
Bede’s?
A wonderfully eclectic group of pupils, from
Upper Sixth to Lower Fifth, jumped at the
chance to see what makes this tiny corner
of Sussex so special. Regulars to the house
will speak of its history, its associations with
artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, others
will mention Virginia Woolf, or perhaps the
generations of writers which have emerged
from this outrageously talented Sussex
dynasty. It was the festival itself, however,
that drew us on the day.
Our first event, an energetic debate on the
literary value of Jane Austen and Charlotte
Bronte, set a wonderful tone for the afternoon.
Critic and biographer Clare Harman gave a
compelling argument for Bronte as the
superior talent and Professor John Mullan
presented a vigorous defence of Austen.
Following a whole audience poll, in which
Camberlot’s Joshua Simonassi seemed a lone
pro-Bronte voice, Austen was declared the
winner.
Though the three hundred strong audience
had made their decision, we continued the
discussion into the gardens, unpicking short
extracts from both writers and discussing
again their merits. Was Jane Eyre’s strident
call for equality more admirable than Austen’s
witty character assassinations, or should we
commend Austen for devising an ingenious
way of allowing us to see the self-deceptions
of others, and so realise our own? It was too
close to call.
The highlight of the day was perhaps the
evening event--’Shakespeare in Turbulent
Times’--a riveting talk between Professor
James Shaprio and renowned director Nicholas
Hytner. As sponsors of the event, Bede’s had
front row seats for a discussion that sought
to explore how Shakespeare’s plays reflect the
times in which they were written.
As one might expect of an expert in his field,
Shaprio moved seamlessly between plays,
and between past and present, helping
students see how the issues of Shakespeare’s
drama - governance, disease, freedom and
even terrorism - still resonate today. Like
many members of the audience, Camberlot
students Owen Maitland Shadwell and Gus
Bartlett now felt that they could return to King
Lear with a far sharper sense of the precise
historical moment which gave rise to scenes
of such crushing despair and fear. Armed with
a few cherished autographs, lots of ideas, and
even more new books, we returned to Bede’s,
already looking ahead to our next visit in the
Autumn.
Like great literary works, festival visits live
long in the imagination. Anyone wishing
to experience for themselves the magic of
Charleston should book those tickets early.
Matt Oliver
Head of English
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LOWER SIXTH DRAMA STUDENTS
EXCEL IN EXAM PERFORMANCES
This half term has seen Bede’s Lower Sixth
Theatre Studies classes formally assessed
by an external examiner as part of their A
Level course.
Tasked with performing a scripted work in
their first year of the A Level and then a
devised piece in the Upper Sixth, this year’s
cohort both chose modern plays for their
assessments and – in Bede’s Drama department style – presented these exam pieces
as fully realised, imaginatively-performed,
Thrust-staged productions.
First-off, the larger of the two groups, made
up of George Rice, Toby Wallace, Josh Knight,
Charlie Belton, James Baxter, Max Rubens,
Rosalind Manning, Lillie Skerman and Ambra
Fuller, staged Timberlake Wertenbaker’s
1988, Olivier Award-winning ‘Our Country’s
Good.’
A perennially popular play about the original
penal colony established in Sydney Cove,
Australia, the drama addresses a huge raft
of social issues from class to gender to fate
to redemption, and the cast did an incredible
job both in performance and staging.
The smaller Lower Sixth group meanwhile,
which consisted of Rhys Clarke as ‘A’, Freddie Stanley as ‘B’, Fleur Reynolds as ‘C’ and
Anne Kato as ‘M’, performed Sarah Kane’s
one-act play ‘Crave.’
First staged in 1998, the Complicité-influenced drama offers little context on the page,
no stage directions or character descriptions
and tackles a number of dark themes including eating disorders, suicide, sexual and
drug abuse and murder.
With the group showing no fear in the face
of such challenging material, using only four
stools as props and unifying costume colours
to stylise the piece, each delivered performances which required audiences to keep on
their toes.
Full credit for the quality of both of these
productions must, of course, go to the
students; minimal support from both Bede’s
Director of Drama Mrs Lewis and the group’s
other teacher, Mrs Goldring, gave the
individuals involved a huge amount of rope,
and with this freedom the actors formed a
high-wire which they walked with confidence
and poise.
JACK’S DATA TRACKER GOES
LIVE AT BRIGHTON UNIVERSITY
As part of their final year at the School,
Bede’s A Level Computer scientists
complete a programming project which is
worth 40% of their A2 course.
To make a project as realistic as possible,
the AQA examination board require students
to identify and work with “real world” end
users. In the past, for example, some of our
students have worked with sports teachers
to develop online school-team fantasy
football games, or programming
applications that demonstrate Mathematical
or Scientific principles that can be used by
teachers to help pupils learning.
This year, Jack Rickard found an end user of
a slightly different scale and with a real life
problem, however. His end user was Brighton
University, and their problem, as with many
large networks, is how to keep track of hundreds, if not thousands of network
connections across their campus.
There are many Data Cabling solutions that
target this issue, but Brighton University
required something a little more bespoke.
Jack spent serval sessions interviewing
and discussing how to resolve the client’s
problems in the easiest possible way and
created an application using JAVA and HTML
to manage an SQL database.
The final result has now been operational at
Brighton for several weeks, with Brighton’s
IT team saying of the project, “All feedback
so far has been very positive. Comments
have centred around it being easy to use,
visually clear and meeting all expectations.”
Well done, therefore, to Jack!
Chris Betts
Head of ICT and Computing
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BEDE’S EU REFERENDUM RETURNS ‘REMAIN’ LANDSLIDE
At the start of May, Bede’s held a school-wide EU referendum
on the question every voting-age citizen of Great Britain will
be faced with, “Should the United Kingdom remain a member
of the European Union?”
The whole School community had been invigorated by a series of
student-led debates the previous week, organised by the Bede’s
Politics and Economics Society.
Each of those discussions had explored the implications both
of leaving and remaining within the European Union, and the
intervening days had seen pupils and academic departments
campaigning with posters displayed around school and some
very vocal expressions of opinion in both directions.
When the big day finally came, Head of the Business Faculty Mr
Parfitt and Head of Politics Mr Parker manned the polling station, which was set up in the Recital Room, and the first wave of
break-time voting ensued.
“The whole process has been quite important for everyone at the
School,” Mr Parker explained, “not least because so many of the
The Politics and Economics Society debate
children have very strong feelings about the European Union
and the outcome of the actual referendum will have significant
consequences for them, yet they will not have the opportunity to
make their voices heard when voting day comes for the country.”
Mr Parker continued, “For other members of the student body,
this referendum provided the opportunity to get involved in
political discussions which they may not otherwise have had.
“As Politics is not on the National Curriculum and is not an
officially recognised course up until A Level, we at Bede’s do
everything we can to engage and inform students right from the
First Year, and an opportunity like this one seemed too good to
not seize.”
With the Recital Room quickly swamped, many pupils opted to
return to cast their ballots at lunch time, after which votes were
counted across the afternoon.
The final results were duly announced by Bede’s Headmaster Dr
Maloney in Stud Yard at the end of the School day, with a whopping 78% of Bede’s students voting to Remain in the EU, 20%
voting Leave and the remaining 2% of votes consisting of Spoilt
Ballots.
“The vote ended up being extremely pro-EU,” said Mr Parfitt,
“which came as very little surprise to many on the faculty. The
week preceding the vote had seen the children overwhelmingly
expressing their support for remaining in the European Union
and actually frequently voicing frustrations about being cut out
of this all-important political decision.
“Their fears are that an older generation of voters will determine
their fates but that they will have to live with the consequences.
Who knows how right they are, but I for one was surprised how
strong the pro-EU sentiment has turned out to be at Bede’s, and
am glad that the students have been able to express their views
in a tangible way within the School.”
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BTEC GIG RAISES FUNDS FOR ‘SAVE THE CHILDREN’
On Friday 29 April, five of Bede’s Upper
Sixth musicians got together and hosted
their final gig, accompanied by the
Lower Sixth BTEC band, packing-out The
Miles Studio Theatre in aid of Save the
Children.
With refugees so much in the news of
late, we all felt that Save The Children
was a more than worthy cause, and we
therefore set about doing everything we
could to make this year’s BTEC Gig a
success.
The evening started off with the Lower
Sixth BTEC band playing songs from the
likes of Imagine Dragons and
Coldplay, both of which created a
dance-like atmosphere. Considering this
was only their second concert, the Lower
Sixth band showed impressive
collaborative work and we were very
grateful to them for opening for us.
After the Lower Sixth band had stood
down, we took to the stage and started
our set with our floor-filling number from
last year’s Cabaret concert, the Arctic
Monkey’s I Bet You Look Good On The
Dance Floor, and followed it with Message
in a Bottle by The Police.
Grace Longden took on the dual roles of
playing bass and singing in both numbers and did a brilliant job.
Next came the most demanding song we
played; The Zuton’s Valerie, although we
decided to recreate the Amy Winehouse
version, a jazzy pop track that got every
last wallflower heading towards the
dance floor. It was a sight to behold!
With everyone enjoying themselves
immensely, we then invited Mr Hopkins
up to the stage to join us in playing
Killing Switch by Last Lynx.
This song delivered a funky vibe, with
Ivan Friedman kicking off the drums and
vocals and then splitting into a threepart harmony with Grace Longden and
Olga Shyshatskya. These performances,
along with the exceptional keyboard
playing of Mr Hopkins and his retrotechno sounds, gave the song a classic
80s touch.
The three superb vocalists put their
voices into use again with Help, a song
originally performed by The Beatles and
remade into an 80s pop hit by the
all-female British group Bananarama.
After this more relaxed interlude, we
kicked things up another notch with Liquid Lunch by Caro Emerald. With its jazzy
vibe and funky back beat, this song was
a guaranteed success, with more and
more people getting onto the dance floor.
Just like with Valerie, everyone was up
and having a good time whilst we were
there to provide the entertainment.
We next performed a jazz version of Mike
Posner’s Cooler Than Me which included
the wonderful Hannah Roberts performing. A smooth walking bass line and click
of the fingers helped provide the cool atmosphere in the Miles Studio and created
a chilled vibe before the intermission.
When we came back for the second half
we kept the chill vibe rolling with Grace
Longden and Ivan Friedman,
accompanied by James Cuxson on
acoustic guitar, playing You and Me by
You + Me - a song filled with emotion and
passion.
We then moved on to the more dance-like
part of the evening including songs like
I Know What You Did Last Summer and I
Can’t Feel My Face. We then played the
famous Friday I’m In Love by The Cure,
sung by myself; I was happy to be able to
make two members of staff sing at the
top of their lungs while also sounding
like Robert Smith from the band, and was
particularly thankful to be accompanied
by Grace on the harmonies.
The evening then ended after we brought
back Mr Hopkins and his 80’s sounds for
Electric Feel. This song got a lot of people
to the dance floor and the singing talents
of Grace and Olga continued to shine as
they sung with plenty of volume.
The gig ended with a brilliant applause
and, needless to say, while the Upper
Sixth BTEC Band had a good night so did
everyone else.
We now look forward to seeing what next
year’s Upper Sixth can do. Best of luck!
Alex Ball
Upper Sixth
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PREVIEWS: BEDE’S FEST, JUNIOR
Drama
Art
Exhibition
2016
Productions
10 JUNE, 13 JUNE AND 24 JUNE
Lord of the Flies
20 JUNE, 21 JUNE, 22 JUNE
This year’s Junior Production is an
adaptation for stage of William Golding’s
Lord of the Flies.
With four performances, one of which is
exclusively for local primary and Prep School
students (21 June at 1.30pm) as well as
three public-facing performances (4.45pm
on 20, 21 and 22 June), this production will
give our First Year and Lower Fifth students
an opportunity to shine. Not to be missed!
‘The Company’
27 JUNE, 28 JUNE, 29 JUNE
A new innovation for 2016: the Drama
department has empowered a group of
students, giving them a budget and technical assistance, and has set them the challenge of hosting their very own production.
Presently hard at work, The Company is
keeping details of their project under-wraps,
but already Studio 2 in The Miles Theatre
has been completely redecorated and the
set-build is underway.
With performances at 3.20pm and 5.00pm
on Monday 27 June and then 5.15pm on 28
and 29 June, the expectation is that this will
be Bede’s Drama at its very best.
The final term in the Bede’s Art School is the
busiest but, ultimately, the most rewarding
for students and staff alike.
It is the time when all those hours of hard
work, those preliminary sketches and those
moments of inspiration come together to make
a wide variety of final pieces.
The variety of work on display is always
staggering – from excellent Fine Art Paintings,
Industry standard Graphic Communication
and Sculptural Ceramics, to Professional
Photography and Contemporary Video pieces.
Once again over a third of our talented leavers
are going to some of the top Foundation and
Karen Lewis
Director of Drama
Degree courses including Falmouth, St
Martins, and Ravensbourne to name a few.
We are delighted to invite you to join us for
two shows this year. The first Private View
of the year is for the Upper Fifth GCSE Art,
Photography and Ceramics work of 2016. The
Art Department will be open on two days for
parents, friends and families to come to view
all the work on 10 June (4.30pm to 6.30pm)
and 13 June (3.10pm to 5.10pm).
The second date to add to the diary is the A
Level Private View, which will be held Friday
24 June from 6:00pm. Here you will be able
to view the work from our A2 students in Fine
Art, Graphic Communication, Photography and
Ceramics.
These displays provide a wonderful opportunity for students to showcase their projects,
demonstrating the hard work and effort they
have put in over the last two years.
These exhibitions are a celebration of talent,
vision, creativity and hard work, and we would
be delighted if you came to see what the next
generation of artist, designers, photographers
and sculptors has to offer.
Jonathan Turner
Head of Art and Design
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PLAYS AND SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
Bede’s
Fest
DT Exhibition 2016
SATURDAY 25 JUNE
FRIDAY 24 JUNE
24 June 2016 at 6pm sees the start of the
annual Design Technology Exhibition in the
Recital Room.
Each year, Bede’s DT students in Upper Fifth,
Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth design and make
some stunning pieces of practical work as
part of their Controlled Assessment. Our Exhibition is a way of showcasing student talent –
it would be a shame if the only people to see
these fantastic products were the examiner
and the students!
In the four years since we introduced the DT
Exhibition, we have presented some
extraordinarily creative, challenging and
beautiful objects; and 2016 is no exception
to this.
This year we have 40 students who have
made products ranging from a backgammon table to a tennis umpire’s chair, from a
draughtsman’s desk to a drinks cabinet.
To say that some of the pieces are ambitious
is to understate the students’ achievements
massively; it’s hard to believe that all the
work you see here is done by teenagers…
Nick Potter
Head of Design Technology
An annual celebration of Bede’s talented
pop and rock musicians, Bede’s Fest is
always a fun day out and this year’s
concert is set to be the best-ever.
If you have never been before, Bede’s Fest is
a family-friendly event which looks and feels
like a small music festival. With a barbeque,
ice creams for sale and even a Tattinger
champagne tent, the audience is invited to
watch acts from the First Year through to
the Upper Sixth playing both songs that they
enjoy and, in some cases, songs that they
themselves have written.
Auditions are currently taking place to determine the final line-up, but the Lower Sixth
BTEC band will be headlining the event and
playing six numbers.
Other locked-in performances include
Upper Fifth prodigy Archie Taylor, who will be
playing some of his own dance-influenced
compositions, and fellow Upper Fifth student
Rosa Witts - a talented singer-songwriter
who will also be performing original songs.
Louise Morris
Director of Music
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FILM AND MEDIA OSCAR NIGHT 2016
delicately constructed James Blake video.
Jessica Houston’s lyrical documentary on
time was also a big winner.
Oscar Night 2016 undoubtedly saw some of
the best films ever made by Media and Film
students at Bede’s.
The audience were treated to a brilliant array
of short dramas, music videos, hard-hitting
investigative documentaries, comic
mockumentary and philosophical musings on
the transient nature of time.
Special mention must go to Ivan Friedman,
Will Morgan and Harry Wilson. Graham’s
Interlude, their beautiful and provocative
film about mental illness has already won at
the Eastbourne Film Festival and the
quality of cinematography, combined with
the intriguing and elusive narrative proved a
real highlight.
Alex Mirzhoeff-Campbell’s beautifully
conceived and executed whisky ad was also
of the highest quality and the attention to
detail and commitment to excellence in every
frame really shone through. Harvey Cole and
Joe Robson submitted a challenging and
unconventional short film about radical
Islam in the UK. Their film was pitch perfect,
with a sharp script expertly realised by
Harvey Cole in the key role of a bewildered
and furious middle-class Muslim.
This year, many students have chosen to
explore effects software, looking to create
eye-catching animations. Rebecca Horne
produced a complex and visually rich title
sequence for a TV drama, making excellent
use of light, layers and complex
compositing techniques. A real labour of
love that involved learning professional level
After Effects software.
Carlos Sellmeyer, Amir Mograhbi and Moritz
Brommekamp won the best editing Oscar
for their shocking film about abduction and
mental illness, highlighted again by a superb
performance from Harvey Cole and as well as
brilliant use of our studio lights and Go-Pro
camera. The best music video award went
to Alina Wiltshire, Hector Hadow, Genevieve
Carr and Phoebe Picken for their subtle and
Jess spent weeks immersed in a huge range
of books about the topic and her film reflects
the level of research that she undertook. A
gentle, poetic work with a universal appeal,
shot and edited with great care.
Olga Shayshatka also deservedly scooped an
award for her film about the recent conflict
in the Ukraine. Focusing on the plight of displaced people, rather than the conflict itself,
she painted a haunting and
poignant portrait of everyday folk whose lives
have been catastrophically affected by war.
The courage and sensitivity of Olga’s very
personal film really stood out and I hope it
inspires future film students to explore the
investigative documentary genre.
Some marvellous films, made by some very
talented and determined students. Bring on
2017!
Rick Williams
Head of Media and Film Studies
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SNOOKER CLUB OFFERS STUDENTS A WELCOME BREAK
Now in its eighth year, Deis Housemaster Mr Driver’s Bede’s
Snooker Club is a veritable Bede’s institution.
Originally held in Eastbourne, the activity migrated to O’Sullivan’s
Snooker Club in Bexhill three years ago and sees 8-10 students per
week, from the Lower Fifth upwards, honing their skills on the baize.
“The group is predominantly boys at the moment,” Mr Driver explains,
“and we’re about 50-50 day and boarders. One of the things I like
about the activity is the way that it enables members of the wider
school community to meet, enjoy some quiet time, and week-by-week
develop confidence and social skills.”
Mr Driver, who started playing Snooker at 12, became a semiprofessional and played in a number of professional tournaments
before becoming the top-ranked amateur in the South of England at
Senior level when 17 years old. He last won a tournament in 1993 at
the English Amateur Southern Grand Prix.
“One of the things I always liked about the sport is getting out of the
house and meeting people from all walks of life,” Mr Driver continues.
“In this day and age of computers, devices and noise, it’s especially
good to unplug. Phones are banned in the Snooker Hall, so the
students have to talk and enjoy a British game which now has
achieved worldwide popularity.”
With the students rubbing shoulders with and learning from the
Club’s players including Mark Davis, Jimmy Robertson and Leo
Fernandez, the activity gives pupils, many of whom are not interested
in team sports, an opportunity to engage with each other and a
member of staff and enthuse about the things they care about.
“The players at the club are really kind, welcoming people, and I
couldn’t do it without their help and support. I also, thankfully, see
the pupils’ Snooker improve! It takes a long time to get good, but
every term we run a championship and this gives the best players a
chance to show how much they’ve learned.”
Bede’s current reigning Bede’s Snooker Champion is Upper Sixth
student Jack Roberts, who has been attending for two years and is
the only student to have ever won ‘The Driver Challenge’ – a match
against Mr Driver where the students have a 50-point head start.
Jack said of the activity, “I joined because on the one hand it’s
relaxing but on the other it really encourages you to think tactically.
I’ve made some good friends through the club, and beating Mr Driver
was great. Nobody had done it before, and the prize for winning is
£1. I used my winnings to buy myself the most delicious can of Coke
ever.”
BEST-EVER SCHOOLS LEAGUE FINISH FOR BEDE’S WARHAMMER TEAM
Warhammer, for those not in the know, is a hobby involving 3D
artwork, tactics and patience.
At Bede’s, the Warhammer Club has been going strong for a number
of years and across many afternoons our band of intrepid warriorartists have built and rebuilt armies and tested them during dozens
of skirmish games in preparation for tournament play.
To give you a sense of scale, there is an international Warhammer
Tournament scene involving tens of thousands of players who
compete across a series’ of annual events leading up to National and
World Championships, through which competitors can earn
significant cash prizes – and, of course, bragging rights.
While not yet of global renown, the Bede’s Warhammer Team made it
past some hefty competition at our local store championship,
progressing through the Regional competition to qualify for the
Nationals in Nottingham; embarking by bus, the adventure was a day
out to remember for those who took part.
On arrival, we met with the top 20 School teams from around the UK
and set to work, collectively attempting to make it through the Heats
and Quarter Finals.
Aidan, Toby, Kieran and Will all did a brilliant job, and although the
team did win just under half of their games they fell short with a
score of 125 and ended the competition in 14th place nationally, just
behind Beechen Cliff School with 129.
The trip was, nonetheless, thoroughly enjoyed by the four students
and they all represented the school with sportsmanship and skill.
Furthermore, several of them plan to take their hobby to a new level
as a result so who knows – perhaps next year will see the Bede’s
Warhammer Team breaching the UK top ten?
Matthew Peattue
Teacher of Mathematics
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LEGAT DANCERS SHINE IN “SPIRIT” SHOWCASE
On Saturday 7 May, the Legat dancers
presented a mixed bill of inspired dance
works entitled “Spirit.”
With no seats left to spare, the audience were
not disappointed by the programme that was
imaginative, entertaining and at times
extremely powerful. One of the Housemasters,
Mr Leggett, was even moved to tears after an
emotional solo performed by Amira Davidson
during the performance “Autumn”
choreographed by Legat’s new Principal and
Artistic Director, Mr Lee Smikle.
The varying genres of dance represented
during the mixed bill demonstrated how
versatile and technically proficient our young
dancers are and even saw some extremely
impressive vocal solos during the
Opening Number, “A Chorus Line” where
Amelia Mitchell and Jody Laughton
Zimmerman were particularly stand-out.
Some of the Royal Academy of Dance
examination variations were also performed
sublimely by the dancers, all of whom were
awarded Distinction grades in the recent
examinations. These dancers demonstrated
musicality, grace and precision.
Their variations preceded large corps de
ballet group pieces restaged from the Royal
Ballet professional repertoire, Cinderella and
Sleeping Beauty. The Legat dancers here all
demonstrated their ability to perform in
perfect unison and awareness of group
patterns and formations, both of these
performances were expertly reconstructed
on our dancers by Fiona Chadwick, former
principal of the Royal Ballet Company and
regular teacher at the Legat School of Dance.
Student choreography also featured in this
year’s show as Lower Sixth dancer, Hannah
Chen performed her winning solo from our
recent Choreographic Competition, “The Thin
Veil of Life After Loss.”
This piece continued to move the audience
and demonstrated Hannah’s ability to dance
entirely from the heart.
Phoenix Tanner’s dance film “Built to Consume” was screened again after winning
the group choreographic section of the Legat
Choreographic Competition and a new piece
of student choreography “Isopraxism”
presented in another dance film
choreographed and conceptualised by Katy
Eedle which explored the idea of
adrenaline in a confined packed London tube.
The student choreography was then rounded
off by an energetic and entertaining
performance by our Upper Sixth Leavers in
which they presented “Salutation” a dance
which enabled them to say farewell to Legat
and Bede’s before they all embark on their
next stage of professional training, as it
drew on the different pieces that they have
performed throughout their time in Legat.
We are extremely proud of all of the dancers
and the show was a huge success.
Alex Murphy
Head of Academic Dance
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LEAVERS’ CONCERT TUGS THE HEART-STRINGS
On the 18 May, an audience of pupils, staff
and Sussex locals filled the Recital Room to
the rafters for the annual Leavers’ Recital.
Always a poignant time of year for the Music
department, the event is staged to say
farewell to those Upper Sixth musicians who
have added richness, diversity and quality to
the musical life of Bede’s during their time
at the School.
First up, the ever polite, caring and
tenacious, Julia Mayer played ‘Sonata for
Flute’ by Poulenc with genuine virtuosity
before Szofia Lindsay-Macdougall took to the
stage; a multi-faceted musician and highly
creative person, Szofia’s played ‘Watching
the Wheat’ by John Thomas on her harp and
left the room in a stunned silence.
After the Chamber Choir had performed
‘Love’s Philosophy’ by Alexander L’Estrange
and ‘And So It Goes’ by Billy Joel arr. by Bob
Chilcott, the third leaver stepped up to
perform: multi-instrumentalist Grace
Longden, who has delivered exceptional
dramatic and musical performances during
her time in the Sixth Form, gave a rendition
of James Brown’s ‘It’s a Man’s World’ that
was powerful and moving.
Pianist Ben Stannard followed, playing
‘Piano Sonata in G, Op. 79 (2nd movement)’
by Beethoven with discipline and style,
and was succeeded by Emile Epifanoff and
myself playing ‘Sonata in B flat, K. 358’ by
Mozart in a crowd-pleasing duet.
The extraordinary James Cuxson next wowed
the audience with his rendition of ‘Gymnopédie No.1 (arranged for solo guitar)’ by Erik
Satie – a performance which underlined his
talent and how much he will be missed.
Prodigiously talented singer Hannah Roberts
then had all in attendance on the edge of
their seats with a performance of ‘Stay With
Me’ by Stephen Sondheim.
The penultimate performance came care of
Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Connell, the most
exceptional jazz pianist in the School’s recent
history. He performed ‘Nameless’ – a piece
that he himself had composed – before he
was joined by James Cuxson for a final, toetapping performance of ‘King Cockroach’ by
Chick Corea.
We thank all of the performers for sharing
their talents with us one last time, and of
course wish them every success as they
embark on the next chapter in their lives. You
will be missed!
Robert Scamardella
Deputy Director of Music
BEDE’S SINGERS RAISE FUNDS
FOR CINNAMON TRUST
On Saturday the 14 of May a small group
of Bede’s singers hopped on a minibus and
headed to St John’s church in Polegate.
Ahead of us was a joyful evening of
singing where we were to join the South
Downs singers in a community concert in aid
of the Cinnamon Trust.
On arrival we entered the church to see a
group of lively adult singers rehearsing a
wide variety of pieces directed by our very
own Miss Morris and accompanied by Mr
Scamardella.
After a short rehearsal in the afternoon, we
headed off to prepare for the evening ahead.
The South Down singers started off the
evening with songs from the likes of Mozart
and Cabaret. The Bede’s singers then took to
the stage singing, “Fix You” and “Homeward
Bound” with a beautiful solo sung by Tilly
Holker.
As the concert progressed we heard an
incredibly skillful violin solo of the theme
tune from “Schindlers List” played by Bede’s
pupil Conor Woodbridge, which was both
emotional and moving.
The Bede’s singers then got the crowd going
with an upbeat rendition of ‘O Happy Day’ a
song featured in the film Sister Act, which
created an upbeat atmosphere amongst the
audience, and then sung a stunning
rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’
To finish off the evening, both choirs came
together to perform “When You Believe”
from The Prince of Egypt, creating stunning
harmonies and an overwhelming and
powerful sound.
Overall, the evening was one of great
enjoyment where two groups of singers came
together to produce an incredible evening of
musical performances in aid of an excellent
cause.
Talisker Cornford
Lower Sixth, Bloomsbury House
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KNIGHTS WIN HOUSE BAKE-OFF
Thursday 12 May saw representatives
from each of Bede’s 10 Houses working in
groups and competing with one another in
a very special House Bake-Off.
In a belated celebration of the Queen’s 90th
Birthday, the House teams were tasked with
decorating a sponge cake for Her Majesty in
no longer than 30 minutes.
Each team was given a selection of icing,
including red, white, blue and butter icing,
piping bags, rolling pins and spatulas, and
could use additional edible beautifications
bought separately to finish their masterworks.
The teams from Bede’s boys’ boarding
houses Camberlot, Stud and Dorms appeared
conceptually and almost existentially
bewildered by the task at hand; the
outcomes for all three ended as unmitigated
disasters which, if served to our monarch,
would comfortably qualify as acts of treason.
Contrastingly, the Dicker, Dorter, Deis,
Crossways, Charleston, Bloomsbury and
Knights House teams had all brought a plan
along with them!
On the Dorter table, the girls had come up
with a preliminary design on their laptops
and seemed positioned to excel. The
challenge, it turned out, was to translate
their design into icing, with the materials
being far stickier and less easily cut-toshape than they had expected.
The Crossways girls took the opposite
approach, concluding that simple was best;
they iced their cake and then set about
using spray-icing to colour the entire cake
gold, finishing it with pink flowers and silver
baubles.
Probably the most supported team in the
room was the Deis House group who, at
moments during the competition, attracted
a critical and passionate crowd. At a certain
point, this audience had to be moved on as
the boys needed their space to ensure that
their design really came together.
Dicker House’s effort proved perhaps a
little too simplistic and possibly not edible
enough; covered with printed paper and
adorned with Ferrero Rocher chocolates still
in their wrapping, the team cut a few too
many corners during their rush to finish.
A full hop, skip and jump ahead of the
competition, the girls of Charleston and
Bloomsbury House and the boys’ of Knights
all created stunning designs which would
have made Mary Berry proud.
The Bloomsbury team started by rolling out
their icing and cutting out hundreds of tiny,
delicate, red, white and blue flowers which
they then placed onto the cake in a suitably
patriotic, Union Jack design, secured in
position by butter icing.
The Knights boys similarly zeroed in on a
Union Jack design and took a clinical, almost
mathematical approach to their process:
Bede’s Theatre Production whizz Matthew
Jebb, ably assisted by his teammates, less
decorated their cake and more built their
design using slabs of icing and an array of
home-bought accoutrements.
Possibly the most ambitious of all, the
girls of Charleston House not only iced and
artfully decorated their cake with an icing
flower and bunting care of Eastbourne Young
Chef of the Year 2015 finalist Zoe Kirk but,
in what looked to be a coup de grace move,
Lower Sixth artist Alina Wiltshire also made
a complete model of Queen Elizabeth II out
of icing, replete with crown and handbag, to
stand on top of their masterwork.
Once the 30 minute time-limit had elapsed
and the competitors had departed for their
afternoon Co-Curricular activities, Holroyd
Howe’s chefs judged the outcomes and
determined that Knights House had won with
Bloomsbury House in second and Charleston
in third.
All in all, this House Bake-Off was a fun,
challenging and characterful event enjoyed
by all – even if the cakes were almost all
rendered wholly inedible by the end of the
decorating process.
More intriguingly, with time running out on
this year’s House Cup competition, could it
be that Knights House has it in the bag?
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BLOOMSBURY GIRLS INVITE LEO
FOR GLITZY FORMAL DINNER
DORTER GIRLS MARSHAL AT
EASTBOURNE FUN RUN
On Sunday 22 May, girls form Dorter house
assisted in running the Children with Cancer annual Eastbourne fun run.
The girls from Dorter spent the morning
marshalling both the 1 mile junior run and
the adult 10km run.
On the 21 April, there was much excitement
in Bloomsbury getting ready for our annual
formal dinner.
At 6pm we arrived at chapel for a very moving
and uplifting service conducted by Reverend
Buckler. The theme this year was Perseverance
and the sermon was very thought provoking.
There was some fantastic singing from Ruby
Moody, Rosa Witts and Imogen Lock.
Afterwards we had drinks on the lawn before
we entered the Recital Room, which had been
superbly bedecked in a ‘Great Gatsby’ theme.
The Lower Sixth and a few Upper Fifth girls
had worked extremely hard to make it look and
feel very special. We even had a photo booth
with our very own cardboard cut-out of
Leonardo DiCaprio!
We had a fantastic meal and enjoyed yet more
brilliant singing from Millie Sefton, Hennia
Chowdhury, Rosa Witts and Tally Cornford.
Mr Rohmer was our guest speaker and his
stories of growing up in Eastern Germany
had us all spellbound. He is a real example
of someone who persevered for something he
believed in, despite the cost and all the girls
were captivated.
To round of the evening, Emilie gave a really
memorable speech about her time in Bloomsbury House, what Blooms means to her and
some advice for the younger years.
It was a fantastic evening enjoyed by all, and
my thanks must go to Rev Buckler, Mr Rohmer
and to Mr Scarmadella for all their hard work.
It was also lovely to see Mrs Ballard, Mrs
Pendry and Mrs Webb returning to School to
join us. Come again soon!
The charity aims is to grant wishes to
children up to the age of eighteen, and their
families, who have, or have had, cancer and
who primarily live in East Sussex, Brighton
and Hove.
Wishes can be practical, medical or fun
and made to individual families as well as
supporting a group together by giving them
quality family time.
The girls found the morning working with
the charity a rewarding experience and look
forward to getting involved in more practical assistance to go alongside their annual
fundraising in the future.
Mary Leggett
Bloomsbury Housemistress
David Leggett
Dorter Housemaster
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SPORT
ATHLETICS TENNIS
BEDIANS EXCEL AT
SUSSEX AREA TRIALS
On Thursday 19 May, Bede’s athletes
took part in the Area Trials for Sussex.
After a busy half term of training, several
of the athletes were hoping to make a
mark; when the day came, they did
themselves and the School proud and
many were successfully selected to represent Hailsham and Southdowns in the
SSAA Track and Field Championships at
the K2 Athletics Track on 11 June.
In the Intermediate Girls, Alice Fenton
excelled in the 300m while Leilanni
Nesbeth did brilliantly in the triple jump.
In the Intermediate Boys meanwhile, Toby
Wiltshire proved his mettle in the long
jump, Ollie Duncan did the same in the
200m, Myo Braithwaite shone in the high
jump and Oscar Morisett made quite a
dent in the shotput.
At Senior Level, Anna Dagwell did
superbly in the 200m while Alannah Akinwunmi surpassed all expectations in the
shotput. Jake Davidson set himself apart
both in the long jump and triple jump,
Tom Stodart qualified in both the 800m
and 1500m and Morgan Webb stood out
for all the right reasons in the 800m too.
Mr Betts and I offer our huge
congratulations to all the athletes who
took part and wish those who qualified
the very best of luck on the 11 June.
COUNTY TITLES HELD FOR 9TH YEAR
Bede’s recently enjoyed a triumphant week
of tennis, with both the boys’ and girls’
U18s winning the Sussex County Cup and
the boys U18s and U16s winning the Sussex
Schools Independent Championships in
straight sets.
Contending against a diverse range of Sussex
schools including Brighton College, Ardingly
College and Worth School, the Sussex County
Cup competition saw both Bede’s U18A and B
boys teams progressing through the semifinals, making for a Bede’s vs Bede’s final.
In the end, Bede’s A Team, featuring 15-year
old tennis ace and Sussex Men’s number 2
Kai Maxted alongside Ethan Parker, Andre
Bennett and Alex Targett dispatched their
schoolmates Paul Girard, Elliot Stevens, Josh
Goldin and Nick Graw in a tough contest.
Mary-Jane Newbery
Head of Athletics
Bede’s U18A girls’ team meanwhile,
featuring Elise van Heuvelen, Louisiana Vine,
Elizaveta Lukinskaya and Paula Diedrichsen,
beat Eastbourne College in their final which
helped Bede’s to defend both the boys’ and
girls’ U18 County titles for the ninth year
running.
Following these victories, Bede’s boys’ teams
were at it again for the Sussex Schools
Independent Finals over the weekend, with
Bede’s U16s team beating Eastbourne College 6-0, Ardingly College 6-0 and Brighton
College 6-0, winning 36 matches in total and
dropping none.
Similarly, Bede’s U18s also didn’t drop a set
in their competition, beating Brighton College
6-0, Ardingly College 6-0 and Lancing College 6-0, meaning Bede’s U16 and U18 boys
teams both also held onto these titles which
the school has not lost since 2007.
With Bede’s U16 Boys having also won the
Sussex Shield the week before, this summer
is proving to be a fruitful one for the School’s
Tennis Academy.
Director of Tennis Ms Salmon said, “For both
boys’ sides to not drop a single set across
their competitions is a remarkable
achievement, and congratulations to all the
players who took part.”
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SPORT
CRICKET
CRICKET
1STS ENJOY A CHALLENGING SEASON
ARIANA DETAILS BEDE’S
GIRLS’ CRICKET SUCCESSES
The 1st XI’s season so far has been very
challenging – which is great.
We have the strongest fixture list in our
history, playing the likes of Tonbridge, Eton,
Whitgift, Cranleigh and Charterhouse, to
name a few, which was always going to be
a big ask for a very young squad of talented
players. We have also had very close games
against Eastbourne College, Cranleigh and
Hurst but unfortunately due to lack of
experience – and “fire power” – have lost all
three.
This year and the following are definitely
developmental years after saying goodbye to
eight Upper Sixth 1st XI cricketers last year.
This has given me the opportunity to play
several young cricketers, playing years above
their own age groups.
We have all year groups represented, with just
three Upper Sixth students. All the youngsters,
Scott Lenham, Tom Naish (First Year), Alastair
Orr, Tom Gordon, Oscar Green (Lower Fifth),
Zac Cisotti, Ryan Hoadley (Upper Fifth) have
contributed hugely. They currently may lack a
little power and tactical awareness, but they
are learning huge amounts with every game
they play, which is very rewarding. I have little
doubt that in the next two to three years these
boys will be dominating 1st XI cricket against
all opposition.
We do also have some exceptional senior
cricketers in Joe Billings, Delray Rawlins,
Dikembe Wilson and Nick Beck. For all of
those who have seen Delray play this season,
they will understand why I am very excited
about his prospects. I have no doubt that if he
continues to work hard and take his chances
when he plays for Sussex 2nd XI this summer,
he will be on the “Wall of Fame.”
Jacob Ince has had a mixed season for the 1st
and 2nd XI but remains very much a squad
member. Freddie Knott meanwhile has “come
to the party” late, but has made telling
contributions with the bat while Nick Beck
has worked tirelessly since winter to improve
his bowling action and it is paying dividends.
He is bowling as quick as anyone and swinging the ball.
Dikembe Wilson has contributed massively
with both bat and ball and has been totally
committed to his cricket in the two years that
he has been here from Barbados.
We have four tough matches left and I am
quite sure that all the boys will be trying to
put together all they have learned over the
previous 10 fixtures and do all they can to finish the season on a high – they deserve it.
Alan Wells
Director of Cricket
Girls’ cricket is a huge area of development
at Bede’s, with five girls now playing cricket
at a County level: Ellie Robinson, Polly
McCarthy-Williams, Daisy Bean, Leilanni
Nesbeth and Ariana Dowse.
Ariana said of her progress in the sport, “I’ve
been playing cricket since I was seven but it
really started taking off for me when I was
eleven and selected for the County set-up.”
Ariana went on to talk about her sporty family
who all attended Bede’s (brother Theo played
hockey for England, Naomi played rounders
for England and younger sister Saffron is
living and training at a tennis camp in
Spain). Ariana’s other sister Laila is more
academically focussed and, having been offered a place at Oxford in her Lower Sixth, left
Bede’s a year early to take up her place.
Like many of Bede’s elite sportsmen and
women, Ariana has to juggle her
responsibilities as the Sussex U15 captain
including a hectic training and fixtures
schedule with her studies and the programme
that she undertakes with Bede’s Director of
Cricket Alan Wells.
When asked about her ambitions for the
future, Ariana explained “I would love to see
cricket in my future somewhere –
ideally playing it but if not in some of the
many related professions.”
Bede’s Director of Cricket, Alan Wells
commented, “We are very proud that Bede’s
is a school which actively promotes girls’
cricket and supports those who choose to
get involved. Because of our strong links
with Sussex, we are able to complement the
development programmes they are part of
there from Bede’s Prep upwards.”
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Summer 2016

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