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Monday 7th September
New Girls’ Day Boarders
return from 12 noon
Tuesday 8th September
School begins
25th- 27th September
Exeat Weekend
Friday 23rd October -
Monday 2nd November
Half Term
20th- 22nd November
Exeat Weekend
Tuesday 8th December
Carol Service
Thursday 10th December
End of Term
V O L U M E 5 I S S U E 2 S u m m e r T e r m 2 0 1 5
Dates for the Diary
Inside this Issue Renaming the Boarding
Houses
Moors Valley Cycling
Chaplaincy Update
Adios to our Mexican
Friends and Others too
All good things come to an end – and this year we are all very sorry to see the end of
Junior House as we know it! Goodbyes are said to many of our girls, who are either
moving on to Middle House or have completed their time here and are returning to
their own schools in their own countries. We also very sadly say farewell to our
wonderful Assistant Housemistress Miss Hulls who is continuing her education and
moving to Bristol to start her Masters in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health.
Miss Hulls has been highly popular and enthusiastic and we will all miss her in so many
ways, we wish her well as she returns to her studies. We hope she takes many fond
memories with her and finds the time to pop back and see us next year. Summer term is
always full to the brim of events, visits, trips and many different experiences. The girls
have embarked on many adventures including how to be code breakers, cave
explorers, Saxon warriors, kite flyers, mountain bike cyclists, sand castle builders,
farmers and campers and of course well - practised shoppers!
At this time of year we take the opportunity to reflect a little, thinking of the people
who make our time here run smoothly and happily, Junior House boarders are always
keen to acknowledge and thank the Support Staff who look after them when they are ill,
clean our house, cook our food, wash our laundry and mend, repair and maintain all that
we need to live here. We are thankful to them for being so kind and helpful to us.
For those girls returning or joining us in September, Junior House will be as welcoming
as ever – only we will have morphed into ‘Rose House ‘– our new name and a change
for the better.
I wish you all a wonderful summer holiday with your family and friends, I hope the sun
shines for you and you take many good memories away from another happy year at
Leweston.
Mrs Lorraine Roberts
Housemistress, Junior House
Here Comes the Sun! (Hopefully)
….and Miss Phipps
The weather has been kind to us this term with many sunny days and the
chance for the girls to enjoy the nearby countryside. Having all this space
around the school enables the evenings in summer term to be used to the
full: tennis, running, rounders, cycling and not forgetting dog walking! It
seems unfair then, that in our education system we ask the older girls to sit
exams at this time of the year - how unreasonable to see the sun shining
and be stuck indoors revising and preparing for exams! Year 13 have
certainly got their heads down on the revision front and have been very
dedicated, I am sure all their hard work will pay off when they get their
results at the end of summer. I wish them all the best in the future and the
place will not be the same without them.
We also say farewell to two of our Graduate Assistants: Miss Hulls and
Miss Russell. Miss Russell has played an important part in Senior House this
year and I know all the girls are going to miss her calmness and ‘get it done’
attitude. Miss Hulls will certainly be missed by the girls in Junior House and
I suspect a few tears will follow in the coming weeks.
It is always at this time of year that I look back and think about the highlights of the year and this year there is a stand
out winner: the Harry Potter Studios. The whole trip from start to finish could only be described as ‘magical’ and we
all had so much fun we plan to run it again next academic year! On that note I will wish you all a happy and fun filled
summer – let’s hope the sunshine stays around.
Miss Lyndsay Fielding
Director of Boarding and Housemistress, Senior House
A Note From Miss Fielding
New Houses I cannot believe another year
has passed so quickly, it does
not seem two minutes since
we were welcoming new girls
in September and now we are
ready to say goodbye to
our Mexican and Spanish
girls who joined us for the
year and also to the girls
visiting this term. I hope
they keep in touch with
the friends they have
made; I am sure there will
be lots of tears as they
leave!
As always the term has
been packed with exciting
trips: the beach for ice creams
and kite flying, visiting Cheddar
Gorge, some of the girls even
learnt to ride a bike in order to
join one of our favourite trips,
Moors Valley, cycling around
the forest all day and having a
picnic!
Year 11 rose to the challenge
and settled down to do the
long awaited GCSEs, the exam
period seemed to stretch a
long way ahead at the start and
it was a relief to finally reach
the end!
At this time of year we usually
say goodbye to our Graduate
Assistant, however, this year
Miss Leigh will be staying at
Leweston but, sadly for us,
moving to the Sixth Form.
Wishing you all a lovely
summer!
Miss Gina Phipps,
Housemistress, Middle House
From September, no one will ever board in Junior,
Middle and Senior House at Leweston School.
Don’t panic! It is only because the Houses are being
renamed.
After much consideration and consultation with
students and staff, the Houses have been renamed in
order to link to the history of the estate.
Junior House will become Rose House.
This is in honour of Mr Eric Rose, of the Rose’s Lime
Cordial family, who restored Trinity Chapel and
owned the estate at one point.
Middle House will become Glyn House
Renamed in recognition of Sir Richard Glyn who was
Master of the Blackmore Vale Hunt and added the
wing where the current Middle House is situated.
Senior House will become Hamilton House
Mr George Hamilton Fletcher designed the
Belvedere, an area predominately used by Sixth Form
as one of their privileges for being head of the school.
This is why his name was chosen to represent Senior
House.
Chaplaincy Update The summer term heralded exams for many of our girls and
many candles were lit in the chapel and prayer intentions
included in our boarding Mass. A candlelit service was held in
Trinity Chapel for Senior House to pray for their revision and
exams.
Trinity Chapel will also be used to hold the final PJ prayers of the
term for Junior House. Night prayers for the younger years have
been an enjoyable mix of activities and prayers, including: Marian
devotions such as the Rosary, singing the ‘Our Father’ in Swahili
accompanied by bongo drums, crafts and time for personal prayer.
May I take this opportunity to say thank you and farewell to all the
girls at Leweston for their participation, enthusiasm and
prayerfulness, as I finish my own time here. I wish you a restful
summer.
Dr Genevieve Cox
A Celtic Blessing: ‘May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the
sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God
hold you in the palm of His hand.’
Moors
Valley
Cycling
We visited Moors Valley on a cycling trip. It
started out with an uneventful bus ride, save
for the occasional song being sung and the
constant chatter. Moors Valley was a
country park and it was very big in my
opinion, just like any good country park
should be. As we cycled down the trail, we
passed many tall trees with deep green
leaves that cast long shadows over our path.
The water in the lake that we rode quickly
by was crystal clear. At one point we
stopped at a children’s playground to rest
our aching legs and bums, sore from sitting
on the mountain bikes too long. Nothing
noteworthy happened, how could it? We
practically chased everyone else out!
After the break, we kept cycling for a while
longer before stopping to try a rope swing
across a shallow stream. It ended up with a
lot of people soaking wet! After that, the
rest of the cycle ride went pretty smoothly,
very unlike the path that we were cycling on,
with countless dips and a great deal of small
stones that would make you bounce in your
seat when you rolled over them. I’m sure I
would do it again in the future, even though
I did come back quite tired!
Isabella Ahrendt, Year 9
This was the Viking I met when we visited Corfe
Castle. He thought he was scary, he hadn’t met
anyone from Junior House before though! Monica Larrinaga, Year 6
Gaudere et bene facere Gaudere et bene facere Gaudere et bene facere
Making a break ….
Bye Bye Bye
I’ve had such a great time here at
Leweston! I feel really lucky to have
had the opportunity to get to know
you all and thank you for the laughs
and giggles we have shared!
A big thank you goes to Junior House
and Mrs Roberts for helping me
settle into Leweston life and making
the job so enjoyable – you’ve all been
great.
I wish you all a great summer holiday
and hope you have a well-deserved
break! Miss Hulls xxx
I’ve had a great year here at Leweston. Thank you to Miss
Fielding for making me feel welcome in Senior House as well
as Senior House itself for keeping me on my toes.
I hope you all have a sunny summer with lots of relaxing.
Good luck to everyone for next year: whether it’s at
Leweston or off at University.
Miss Russell xx
I really loved my year here at Leweston. My advice
to anyone else would be to enjoy every minute and
not to worry that time passes so quickly.
Leticia Pietrini, Year 9
The best year of my
life!
Tamara Mansur Year 9
I came here to learn
English but I have learnt
so much else too!
Thank you to everyone
who looked after me,
all the friends I made in
Middle House and Miss
Phipps, Miss Leigh and
Miss McGuigan too.
Sofia Garcia-Sainz Year 9 I came here to school
but it has become my
family.
Andrea Tello Reyna
Year 9
Summer Term at Leweston
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