Bede's Newsletter 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 Univer-sity’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, post-modernism 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

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.”

Bede’s Senior SchoolUpper Dicker, HailshamEast Sussex BN27 3QH

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WHAT IS THE “BEDE’S DIPLOMA”?

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, discus-sion and planning is going into putting the final touches to the Bede’s Diploma, which will be launched in September, for all stu-dents 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 aca-demic 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

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 sta-bility 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 investigat-ing 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 TusonAcademic Deputy Head


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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT GRADUATES RETURN TO SAY HELLO

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.

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 JuniperHead of Animal Management

Some of the same students handling a fruit-bat back in 2011.

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 LopezTeacher of Spanish


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LOWER SIXTH ATTEND 60TH ANNUAL NSDF

Towards the end of the Easter break, Bede’s Lower Sixth Drama students at-tended 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 Timo-thy 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 ach-ing 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 teach-ing me about the importance of breath and voice control. Toby Wallace took full advan-tage 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…

Karen LewisDirector of Drama

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 dis-coveries 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 endan-gered 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.


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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 in-cludes 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 trav-elling with The Stones on tour and showed off some of his most iconic prints and contact sheets. Michael also showed our budding photog-raphers 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 photog-raphers 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 ExcellHead of Photography

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 OliverHead of English


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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 LeonardLower Fifth, Knights House

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 depart-ment 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’, Fred-die 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-influ-enced drama offers little context on the page, no stage directions or character descriptions and tackles a number of dark themes includ-ing 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 perfor-mances 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.


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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 hun-dreds, 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 BettsHead of ICT and Computing

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 sta-tion, 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

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 whop-ping 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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The Politics and Economics Society debate

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 ArcticMonkey’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 num-bers and did a brilliant job.Next came the most demanding song weplayed; 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 three-part harmony with Grace Longden and Olga Shyshatskya. These performances, along with the exceptional keyboard playing of Mr Hopkins and his retro-techno 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 Liq-uid 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 perform-ing. A smooth walking bass line and click of the fingers helped provide the cool at-mosphere 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!


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Alex BallUpper Sixth

Art Exhibition 201610 JUNE, 13 JUNE AND 24 JUNE

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

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 opportu-nity 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 TurnerHead of Art and Design


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Drama Productions

Lord of the Flies20 JUNE, 21 JUNE, 22 JUNEThis 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 JUNEA new innovation for 2016: the Drama department has empowered a group of students, giving them a budget and techni-cal assistance, and has set them the chal-lenge 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.

Karen LewisDirector of Drama

PREVIEWS: BEDE’S FEST, JUNIOR

PLAYS AND SUMMER EXHIBITIONS

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 Exhi-bition 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 backgam-mon 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 PotterHead of Design Technology


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DT Exhibition 2016FRIDAY 24 JUNE

Bede’s FestSATURDAY 25 JUNE

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 deter-mine 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 MorrisDirector of Music

FILM AND MEDIA OSCAR NIGHT 2016

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

delicately constructed James Blake video.Jessica Houston’s lyrical documentary on time was also a big winner.

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 dis-placed 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 WilliamsHead of Media and Film Studies


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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 semi-professional 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.”


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SNOOKER CLUB OFFERS STUDENTS A WELCOME BREAK

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 warrior-artists 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 PeattueTeacher of Mathematics

BEST-EVER SCHOOLS LEAGUE FINISH FOR BEDE’S WARHAMMER TEAM


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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 Con-sume” 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 MurphyHead of Academic Dance

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 ‘Gymno-pédie No.1 (arranged for solo guitar)’ by ErikSatie – 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 mostexceptional 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, toe-tapping 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 ScamardellaDeputy Director of Music


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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 CornfordLower Sixth, Bloomsbury House

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 master-works.

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-to-shape than they had expected.The Crossways girls took the opposite approach, concluding that simple was best; they iced their cake and then set aboutusing 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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DORTER GIRLS MARSHAL AT EASTBOURNE FUN RUN

On Sunday 22 May, girls form Dorter house assisted in running the Children with Can-cer annual Eastbourne fun run. The girls from Dorter spent the morning marshalling both the 1 mile junior run and the adult 10km run.

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 practi-cal assistance to go alongside their annual fundraising in the future.

David LeggettDorter Housemaster

BLOOMSBURY GIRLS INVITE LEO FOR GLITZY FORMAL DINNER

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 Blooms-bury 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!

Mary LeggettBloomsbury Housemistress


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SPORTATHLETICS TENNIS

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 semi-finals, 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, AndreBennett and Alex Targett dispatched their schoolmates Paul Girard, Elliot Stevens, Josh Goldin and Nick Graw in a tough contest.

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 Col-lege 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 Col-lege 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.”

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 rep-resent 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 Akin-wunmi 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.

Mary-Jane Newbery Head of Athletics

SPORTCRICKET

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 swing-ing 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 fin-ish the season on a high – they deserve it.

Alan WellsDirector of Cricket


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1STS ENJOY A CHALLENGING SEASON ARIANA DETAILS BEDE’S GIRLS’ CRICKET SUCCESSES

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 of-fered 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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