#St. Ed’ssome dressing up – Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar! 3717AB March 2017 St Eds Newsletter 01-08_Layout 1 20/03/2017 16:38 Page 5 Can you tell what it is yet? Form 6’s Charity

As is fast becoming the norm, WorldBook Day at St Ed’s has morphed intoBook Week and the usual flurry of activityevolved as the fascinating world ofliteracy swathed the daily routine. Wewere delighted to welcome worldrenowned authors, Sophia Bennett andTim Knapman who led the children inworkshops on story writing and how toinspire imagination. Sophia is famous forwriting teenage reality stories, including“Love Song” which has been nominated

for the Romantic Novel ofthe Year award 2017 andTim’s best-selling story,Mungo and the PictureBook Pirates continues tobe a best-seller. St. Ed’swas also fortunate enoughto welcome Karl Newson,children’s author and illustrator whojoined our very own Mr Budgen for apracticum on book illustration. Havingdescribed their illustrative visions to thechildren, Karl and Tim then involved thechildren by getting them to come up withtheir own story ideas where they had toillustrate the closing page. There weresome fantastic creations! Later in theweek, everyone took part in a brilliantliterary themed treasure hunt around theschool which was superbly organised byJill Boyd, and Petworth Books generouslygave their time once again to set up a

pop-up book shop in the Dance andDrama Studio where a huge assortmentof different books was on offer for all ofthe children to enjoy and purchase; thechoice was immense. Of course WorldBook Day would not be completewithout the customary dress up as yourfavourite story character and as ever, thediversity and creativity of costumes wassimply brilliant! See some of thehighlights over the page! Thank you toeveryone for all of their hard work andeffort in making ‘World Book Day Week’such a fantastical literacy phenomenon.

MARCH 2017

World Book Day 2017

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The Headmaster welcomed GeneralSir Gordon Messenger KCB, DSO &Bar, OBE, ADC, Vice Chief of theDefence Staff as Guest of Honour atthis term’s Networking in Educationdinner. Building on the success of thisunique network masterminded by St.Ed’s, those around the table includedHeads of schools including Cranleigh,King Edward’s Witley, The RoyalGrammar School Guildford, Highfield,The Royal, Bohunt and St Hilary’s toname a few. The General led adiscussion about how education canwork alongside our Defence forces toensure potential recruits have theskills and aptitude required to take onthe defence threats of the 21stCentury. The General went on toanswer a host of questions putforward by his audience and a livelyand informative debate took placeunder the Chatham House Rule.

Networking in Education

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Form 5B’s assembly this term certainlyinspired you to get out there andchallenge yourself! Mr Balfour set hisclass a task just before Christmas, to setthemselves a challenge that will defytheir comfort zones. The children

certainly embraced the mission given tothem and, having logged their trainingand achievements, the childrenpresented their personal challenges tothe rest of the school. From 20k bikerides to 10k runs; swimming multiple

lengths to how many goals scored in anhour; how many cookies can be baked ina day to not playing on an ipad for aweek, the children did superbly! Welldone 5B on an incredibly motivationaland inspiring assembly.

Children in our Junior Assembly thisterm were treated to a mostprestigious talent contest as Form 4Tposed the question, “Out of our fourDivisional leaders, who is the best?”With Nelson, Scott, Wellington andClive taking to the stage, a contest ofquick fire questions followed as thehistoric rivals battled it out forsuperiority! Wellington even pushedthe limits with claiming that no otherleader present had a pop song namedafter one of his conquests,whereupon an engaging dance routineto Abba’s ‘Waterloo’ ensued! Afantastic performance by everyone inForm 4T, a great way to start the day!

What’s been going on .....

Who is the best?

Challenge Yourself

The GlobeOur Form 10s enjoyed a fantastictreat this term, visiting The GlobeTheatre in London to undertake adrama workshop exploring the scriptof Romeo and Juliet which was led by

one of the Globe’s leadingShakespearian actors. If that wasn’tenough, they were also treated to abackstage tour of the theatre …. notthat we’re jealous!

Currently studying religions of the worldin their RS classes, Form 3 were luckyenough to have a private tour of the ShahJahan Mosque in Woking this term, thefirst purpose built Mosque both in theUK and Northern Europe. Following theirtour, the guide then spoke to the childrenabout the Qur’an and its many chaptersand versus as well as the daily prayersthat take place at the mosque every day. It was a fantastic visit that certainly gavethe children a better understanding of themosque as well as Islam as a whole.

Shah Jahan Mosque


Is it fair?

Form 3 have spent this term learningabout Greek Mythology, so it was of nosurprise that during their visit toFarnham Pottery last week, Medusa wasthe firm favourite to create in clay. Asyou can see from the photos, everyonethoroughly enjoyed getting their fingers

dirty and the finished handiworkscertainly captured the monster that shewas. The Medusas will be fired in the kilnover the next few weeks and returned totheir rightful creator next term. Watchout Mums, your kitchen walls are aboutto receive the wrath of Medusa!

Medusa in Clay

Form 4R presented an incredibly thoughtprovoking assembly this term, raising thequestion, what is fair? Focussing on theincreasing contrast between rich andpoor around the world, the childrenhighlighted the plight of poverty thatmillions suffer versus the mega rich wholanguish in their 25,000 acre estates.Quoting the parable, “it will be easier fora camel to go through the eye of a needle

than for a rich person to enter heaven”,Form 4R concluded their assembly withthe following valuable advice, “being richand owning lots of things does notmake us any better or more importantthan anyone else in this world”. Thankyou Form 4R for highlighting thesnowballing dichotomy between wealthand poverty in this world, a vitalmessage for us all to understand.

Le Mystère de l’HotelNorbertWe were delighted to welcome PicklesTheatre this term, a French theatrecompany who performed Le Mystère del’Hotel Norbert to Forms 6, 7 and 8.Specialising in presenting the Frenchlanguage in a non-classroom-likeenvironment by using a real time visualform, the four actors presented anincredibly energetic and fun performance,if at times a little excentrique! (That isthe only French I shall use as my googletranslate tendencies annoy the Frenchdepartment!). Thank you to everyone atthe Pickles Theatre for sharing theirenthusiasm and expertise with St. Ed’s.

Form 10 hosted their assembly this termand it just happened to fall on PancakeDay. So, how best to celebrate? Topresent a plethora of fascinating facts onwhy we celebrate pancake day, whilst halfof the class make their own pancakes onstage! The Great British Bake off it wasnot, but for pure entertainment value andfor witnessing Mrs Adams and Mr BP asthe chief taste testers, it was goldstandard viewing! Thank you Form 10 forputting a smile on all of our faces so earlyon in the day!

Anyone for Pancakes?

Wellington’sChemistrySpectacular! Everyone loves a school trip especiallywhen it promises exploding balloons,elephant toothpaste and a hammer madefrom a banana and liquid nitrogen! ForForm 5 their Chemistry lesson locationthis term was swapped from the lab toWellington College’s ChemistrySpectacular where everyone had afantastic time being surrounded by brightlights, colours, intriguing physical changesand whizz pops and bangs. Chemistry cancertainly be spectacular!


Excitement levels hit an all-time high a fewweeks ago when Form 1 left the comfortof their classroom to visit The Weald andDown Open Air Museum in Singleton.The day certainly brought their historylessons to life as the children embarkedon a Victorian Household Choresworkshop, which gave them theopportunity to explore and consider whatit was like to be 6 years old in Victoriantimes. Situated in Whittaker’s Cottage, atypical farm labourer’s cottage of theVictorian period, everyone rolled up theirsleeves and took on a varied range ofhousehold activities which Victorianchildren would have been expected tohelp with, including making the beds,polishing and beating the rugs. (Alerting allForm 1 parents, your children thoroughlyenjoyed their chores and got well andtruly stuck in, so next time you have theconversation of “go and tidy your room”,#St. Ed’s has photographic evidence inyour favour!) After ayummy packed lunch,everyone had thechance of enjoying theearly spring sunshineand from the looks ofit the ducks had agreat time too!

Upstairs & Downstairs

Not satisfied with just reading about the Great Fire of London, Form 2 decided torecreate it this term thanks to some cardboard box house building, a sandpit anda match! It beats looking at a picture anyday!

The Great Fire of London

Many congratulations to Scott who wonthe Senior Divisional Model Makingcompetition and to Nelson who won it forthe Juniors! As always, an incredibly highstandard presented by everyone, well done.

Divisional ModelMaking CompetitionAs part of their science studies, Form 2

thoroughly enjoyed their recent trip tothe Look Out Discovery Centre inBracknell. With more than 90 hands-onscience and discovery activities, thechildren wasted no time getting stuck in!From discovering how hot air balloonswork to solving challenging problems,combined with a material workshop full ofexperiments and a climb to the very topof the look-out tower, the children had anawesome day with science literally at theirfinger-tips.

Form 2 Discovers!Following on from the success of ourBook Week, Form 5L hosted theirassembly on why they chose their bookcharacters to dress up as. Writing theirown scripts and coming up with theirown ideas, everyone presentedthemselves brilliantly as they took it inturns to explain why they dressed up asthey did. Congratulations Form 5L on ajob well done!

My favourite character

Form 4 swapped their schoolbooks for a pair of roman sandalsthis term, when their history fieldtrip took them to FishbourneRoman Palace. One of the largestRoman residences north of theAlps, Fishbourne has a largerfootprint than Buckingham Palaceand is now a modern museumincorporating most of the visibleremains including one wing of the palace and the gardens. The children thoroughly enjoyedtheir specially designed educationworkshops which included making theirown Roman mosaic, building an arch out

of roof tiles, spinning wool and writingtheir own Roman numerals. There waseven time left at the end of the day forsome dressing up – Hail Caesar!

Hail Caesar!


Can you tell what it is yet?

Form 6’s Charity Fayre

As part of their Englishcurriculum this term,Form 6 has beenlearning about the artof communication andthe means ofpersuasion. Whatbetter way to show offtheir newly honedknowledge than to hosttheir own CharityFayre! With theGeorge Bernard Shawroom chosen as theirlocation, the childrenbusied themselves withpreparing their stalls,complete withadvertising displays and branded give-aways. Their chosen charities includedBattersea Dogs Home, The Blue Cross,Water Aid, The Refugee Crisis Appeal andSave the Elephants. Embarking on theirprepared pitches on why their charitydeserved the most support, the energyand commitment amongst the stall-holderssoon resembled a Wall Street trading floor– incredibly impressive.

Form 7 were treated toa trip to Guildford’sYvonne Arnaud YouthTheatre this term to seethe adaptation of IanSerraillier’s The SilverSword. A wartime taleof courage, liberation

and kindness to strangers, the story istold cleverly in three acts, narrated bydifferent characters. The childrenthoroughly enjoyed the performancemade all the better by spotting two fellowpupils who starred in the show, namelyWill Parsonson who played Edek andArchie Wilson who played a refugee.

The Silver SwordForm 11 IGCSEDrama monologues

Counting towards 17% of their finalIGCSE grades this summer, our Form 11drama students presented their chosenmonologues to a packed audience earlierin the term. Their performances included“Nora” from “A Dolls House”; “Billy”from “Billy Liar”; “Michael” from“Someone to watch over me” and “Alan”from “Equus” to name a few. It was clearto see how hard everybody had workedas they portrayed a variety of emotionsthrough their orations. Well doneeveryone and fingers crossed!

Cotterill’s Easter BFunnies

Tunnels constructed, escape plans confirmed and rations divided, youmay have been mistaken in thinking the staff were planning to breakearly for Easter, but last Friday saw the welcome return of the mostpopular boarding night on this living earth, yup, you’ve guessed it …The Great Escape returned to St. Ed’s! As always, it’s never entirelyclear over who has the most fun the children or the staff, the latter most probably, buta huge high-five to Team Dick who successfully circumnavigated their way throughenemy lines to win their freedom.

It was destination Air Hop for our Senior Boarding Night this term, enough saidother than awesome!

Forms 3 and 4 Learning Outside the Classroomthis term embraced team building and the art ofcommunication. The children were split intoteams and given particular items that they had tomake using only their bodies. Promoting skillsincluding leadership and direction, the list ofthings to shape included a windmill, a house anda boat ….mmm from the photos, ‘a bundle’ musthave been on the list too!


HS2 Debate “The CuriousIncident of theDog in theNight-time”

“They” say the new high-speed rail link,HS2 is going to be more than just arailway. It is an unparalleled venture inmodern engineering where people allaround the country will benefit from theimproved connectivity between ourmajor centres of industry, learning andinnovation. Well for Mr Messina’s Form 8Geography class, they beg to differ.Currently learning about global trade andindustry, Mr Messina posed the question,

“are you for or against?” whereupon theclass divided into two groups and setabout clarifying their arguments as towhether it was a positive or a negativefor GB Ltd. I’m not too sure whether Mr Messina was expecting the full on antiHS2 demonstration that took place,complete with banners, but it is safe tosay both sides of the argument putforward extremely valid points; thedebate continues.

Little Ed’s News

Report by Tom Darrington – Head of Drama

None of our Form 9 or Form 10 dramastudents could have anticipated what wouldoccur when they sat down to watch theNational Theatre's production of ‘TheCurious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ at the Gielgud Theatre. The show wasa theatrical masterpiece, marryingincredible performances with brilliantstagecraft. The story centres onChristopher, a 15 year old maths geniuswith behavioural problems, who decides toinvestigate the death of a neighbour's dog.Christopher’s journey of discovery openshis world to the audience with stunningvisuals and overwhelming emotion and theset was awe-inspiring; a huge mathematicalgrid that sprung to life at every turn: maps,cities, trains, constellations. A trulyenriching experience had by all.`

Fantastic FOSE

Report by Jane Berridge, Chair ofFOSE.

Thanks to our Summer Fete, FireworksNight, Christmas Fair, Quiz Night and thenumerous cake sales, we are delighted toannounce that a whopping £7920.54 hasbeen raised for the school. A fantasticamount raised so a huge thank you to theamazing staff and parent body of St Ed’s forsupporting all of these events. As we headtowards the Summer it is almost time forJane and Bev to step down and pass theFOSE mantel to a new group with fun and fresh ideas for the next 12 months.Jane commented, “We’ve had fun,friendship, laughter, silliness and made agreat team and have enjoyed putting on theevents and Fun Days. Our last event will bethe Summer Fete and we look forward tohanding over at the end of next term.Thank you for your continued support andhave a fabulous Easter holidays!”

“PIGmalion”Many of you will have spotted a veryspecial pig on display in the Headmaster’soffice over the past few weeks and mostprobably filed it in the “yet anotherquirky St. Ed’s moment” file! #St. Ed’s isdelighted to introduce you to “Eliza” asshe has become affectionately known.Eliza has a starring role in the “HaslemereHog” initiative, a community idea dreamtup by Brian Howard of Marley Flowers.The project is using local artists andschools to decorate 60 fibreglass hogsthat will be displayed throughout the areafor approximately 3 months. Followingthis, “The Hog Parade” will be sold offwith the proceeds going to the Mayor ofHaslemere Charities. Our brief was tocreate a “hog” inspired character andthanks to the school’s association withGeorge Bernard Shaw, “PIGmalion”

became our theme and thanks to LivyWalliker’s artistic skills, Eliza was born.Other hogs include Sherlock Hamsproduced by Stepping Stones and BaconsMini as opposed to Barons! There isgoing to be a Hog Parade Launch, theonly time to see all of the hogs together,on Saturday 1st April between 10.00 amand 3.00 pm at The Haslemere Museumso please go down and support Eliza.#St. Ed’s wants to hear from you all whenyou spot Eliza around town!

We enjoyed making our own pancakes andhaving our own little pancake races in thenursery, and we have had some lovely springwalks looking at our shadows in the sunshine.We have planted our own Sunflowers tooand our mud kitchen is in full swing!


Performed byReception, Form 1and Form 2Once there was a cow andher name was Daisy. She lived with all her cowfriends and they all gotalong splendidly ……

There’s a Sunflower in my Supper


Art Hall of Fame

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Festival Success

..... Godalming Festival

A special mention to the following who received places intheir classes:

Purdy Kent, 2nd place (87% Distinction)

Phoebe Smith, 1st place (88% Distinction)

Isabella Isaacs, 2nd place (87% Distinction)

Olivia Isaacs, 1st place (86% Distinction)

Olivia Isaacs, 1st place and winner of the SpeechskillsTrophy for Sight Reading (90% Honours)

Jake Paterson & Ned Cardwell, 1st place (87% Distinction)Didi Cardwell & Bonnie Davies, 3rd place (85%)Alexander Garrison & Harry Froggatt, 3rd place (85%)

Will Parsonson, 1st place (93% Honours)Olivia Isaacs, 3rd place (87% Distinction)Mitchell Marie, 3rd place (87% Distinction)

Madeleine Brissenden, 1st place (87% Distinction)

Huge congratulations to all of our LAMDA students who took part in theGodalming Festival this year. It is the largest festival of its kind in the South Eastand the standard was exceptionally high. We entered a diverse selection ofclasses and the Adjudicators praised pupils for their expression, posture,projection, character movements and most importantly, entertaining theaudience. St. Edmund’s pupils all received fantastic marks of 82% or over,showcasing their work with focus and skill. Congratulations to the following:

Purdy Kent, Lily Hampson, Jamie Burnett-Thompson, Lily Rayner, Hannah Gruhn,Lyra Garrison, Phoebe Smith, Sienna Isaacs, Florence Walker, Chloe Mockridge,Isabella Isaacs, Jacob Darrington, Elsa Gunn, Jake Paterson, Ned Cardwell, HarryFroggatt, Alexander Garrison, Didi Cardwell, Bonnie Davies, Santi Clements-Rodriguez, Oscar Williams, Sam Millard, Xavi Clements-Rodriguez, EmmaBerridge, Penny Boyd, Cosmo Inglis-Jones, Olivia Isaacs, Mitchell Marie, JackCardwell, Rufus Davies, Toby Walker, Will Parsonson and Madeleine Brissenden.

If that wasn’t enough, another even greater mention for Will Parsonson who wasawarded the highest possible accolade. Not only did he win his class, but he wasawarded The Teresa Mahoney Trophy for the most promising performance by acompetitor under the age of 18. Will has been asked to go to St. Catherine’s School tocollect his trophy in a special festival concert to be held later this month. Only threeoutstanding performances from the entire speech festival are asked to perform at thespecial ceremony and Will has been requested to perform his, what an accolade. Withinminutes of receiving this news, Will also found out that he has been offered the lead rolein a new film for Network Rail highlighting safety. The film will be shown in schoolsnationwide so everyone watch out for Will! The greatest of congratulations Will on twosuch fantastic achievements both of which are thoroughly deserved.

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The Crucible

Form 10 IGCSE performance of “The Crucible”

You can’t say Mr Darrington doesnot challenge hisIGCSE pupils! Thisterm saw our Form10s take on theworld renownedArthur Miller play,The Crucible, adramatized andpartially fictionalizedstory of the Salemwitch trials thattook place in theMassachusetts BayColony during1692/93. It wasclear to see howhard everyone hadworked and theirfinished productionshowed trueemotion, grit anddesperation.Congratulations toeveryone involved.

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..... Mr Harnden’s Designs

Don’t blame the weather on Form 3, they’rejust trying out their rain making sticks.

Who needs a screen whenyou’ve got Form 4’s SpinningTops and Game Boards.

Form 7s work in progress, WoodenAutomata. These will eventuallybecome moving adverts for a selectionof high street shops. Look out fordisplays on everything from Dentiststo Bike Shops!

A Lounge ofLizards by Form 6.The childrendiscovered that agroup of Lizards isactually called aLounge ... everyday a school day!

You may need some earplugs, Form 5have finished their drums.

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Wooden animatronics powered byhydraulics and inspired by Form 8brains – still a work in progress.

Form 9 Desk Tidies inspired by De Stijl – a tidy desk, a tidy mind… just saying! Also DT Club laser cutting experiment

A sneakypreview ofForm 11’sGCSEcoursework…. Sshh!

Tomorrow’s World starring DT Department guru,Mr Harnden!

An abundance of new equipment, not toys,equipment has arrived in our DT department thisterm. Form 7 will be using the Injection MouldingMachine for their moving adverts and Form 9 willbe using the new vacuum former to make plasticcomponents to be used in their bookend projects.

Forms 3 and 4 will start their textiles (DT) projectsnext term. Look out for a range of puppets to be usedin our Form 3 Peter and the Wolf show and somecushions made by Form 4 to rest their weary heads.

Got time on your hands this holiday?The Design and TechnologyAssociation invite you to joinour campaign to promote andcelebrate the value of design inour everyday lives and its impacton industry and society. Thecampaign is simple: it invitesanyone to upload a picture oftheir favourite person, productor object – from industrialdesign to architecture,engineering to creativetechnologists – to Instagram,Twitter and Facebook, using the#DandTHeroes hashtag.

To get you started, Mr Harnden’sD&T Heroes are Charles Eames(furniture), Charles Schultz(cartoonist) and CorradinoD’Ascanio, designer of theoriginal Vespa scooter – who areyours? Get involved online andbring in an example for D&T“Show and Tell” next term.

Form 10s speaker housingunits, still progressing.

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Form 7 French Residential 2017Form 7 spent an exhilarating andexhausting week speaking (practically)nothing but French from waking up in themorning until going to bed at night.Visiting Le Château de la Baudonnière inNormandy, the children enjoyed a host ofexciting activities at the Château, includingfencing, climbing, archery, bread makingand, of course the legendary assaultcourse! They even had time to visit themarket at Vire and the Bayeux Tapestry.

As our Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Dr Roberts, writes: Le Château de la Baudonnière est un centre d’activités qui estsitué en Normandie. Les élèves de classe 7 à Saint Edmund’s yvont depuis 10 ans maintenant et ils le visitent chaque annéependant une semaine. Comme vous pourriez voir, il y a bien deschoses à faire au Château mais c’est obligatoire que tout lemonde, y compris les professeurs, parle toujours en français!C’est pour cette raison que les étudiants apprennent vite. Mais n’oubliez pas qu’il importe que l’on s’amuse beaucoupaussi! On tient à remercier tous les animateurs. Thank you Dr Roberts, #St. Ed’s could not have said it better!

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..... Senior Music ConcertThe quality of music at this term’s SeniorMusic Concert was quite stunning. A combination of voice and orchestralperformances, our soloists and groupsthoroughly entertained their delighted andcaptivated audience. Many congratulationsto you all and thank you for sharing youruncountable talents with us, what a treat!

Ben Daunter (Piano), Laura Beeston(Violin & Piano), Dominic O’Brien(Trumpet), Alex Smith (Piano), ImogenBurke (Cello), Lieske Oomen (Piano &Violin), Ashana Burford-Fleming (Voiceand Piano), Rufus Davies (Drums),Anastasia Chrispin (Voice), Oscar daSilva (Voice), Reuben Anelay (Trumpet),Eloise Carter (Voice & Piano), ImogenMayhook-Walker (Voice & Piano)

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..... in the Jubilee Hall

Music Exam ResultsCongratulations to all of our music scholars this term who allpassed their music exams with flying colours!

Name Form Instrument Grade

Emma Berridge 7 Flute 3

Madeleine Brissenden 9 Singing 4

Imogen Burke 10 Cello 6

Inigo Burrell 7 Singing 3

Raph Chamberlain 4 Violin 2

Anastasia Chrispin 10 Singing 4

Oscar da Silva 10 Singing 4

Evie Denton 6 Singing 2

Theo Freeland 5 Cello 1

Yasmin Gubby 5 Singing 3

Gabby Hibberd 6 Cello 2

Bella Isaacs 5 Singing 2

Freya Johnson 7 Singing 1

Luca Kellar-Hume 5 Piano Prep

Archie Record 4 Piano Prep

Phoebe Smith 4 Singing 2

Indra Tason 7 Singing 2

Sarah Whiteley 7 Piano Prep

Enzo Frederick 6 Jazz Piano 1

Music Concert at Cornerway LodgeReport by Mr Cotterill

On Thursday 9th February the Music Department took fifteenchoristers from the St Ed’s Chapel and Chamber Choirs toCornerway Lodge Retirement Home in Grayshott where theyperformed an afternoon concert for the residents. As well assinging popular pieces from the choirs’ extensive repertoire,there were also solo instrumental performances from Tom Burke(clarinet), Sasha Parker (violin) and Jonny Murray (piano). Theresidents enjoyed a varied selection of choral items includingPanis Angelicus (Franck), Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart), The Rose(McBroom) and the ever popular Ave Maria (Lindley).

This was a highly enjoyable afternoon and the choristersacquitted themselves superbly, providing a concert of extremelyhigh quality as well as acting as excellent ambassadors for theschool. Cornerway Lodge was hugely appreciative of the pupilsfor entertaining the residents and rewarded the choristers withan obscene amount of chocolate – Easter came early this year!

Senior House Music Competition

The quality of music at this term’s Senior House Musiccompetition was simply outstanding. Starring in the “SoloInstrumental Section” were Ben Daunter, Piano; Alex Smith,Piano and Reuben Anelay, Trumpet. In the “Solo Vocal Section”Imogen Mayhook-Walker sang ‘Liability’ by Lordes for Rose,Oscar da Silva performed ‘Mr Bojangles’ for Martlett and EloiseCarter covered Daniel Powter’s ‘Bad Day’ for Oak. It was all toplay for as the “Ensemble Section” took to stage with AnastasiaChrispin and Lieske Oomen covering Sia’s ‘Chandelier’ for Rose,Ashana Burford-Fleming and Lucy Canning sang Bruno Mars,“When you were her man” for Martlett and Eloise Carter andArchie Wilson closed the competition with their rendition of JMraz’s “I’m yours”. Adjudicating this year’s competition wasMiss Danielle Green, Assistant Director of Music at LordWandsworth College who commented on the extremely highlevel of talent within the room and how she had found itincredibly difficult to judge. Placing Oak in the first place for allof the categories bar one, which was won by Ben Daunter forRose in the Solo Instrumental Section, OAK were awarded theSenior House Music Competition Cup, received by our twoHeads of House for Oak, Ollie Walters and Nathan Almond.Congratulations Oak!

Hall of Fame A big St. Ed’s high five for Olivia Isaacs who has won acoverted place as a Company Member of the National YouthMusic Theatre. Olivia received a prized early offer fromYMT as one of the most outstanding auditionees and shewill rehearse and perform with the company this summer.Congratulations Olivia.

Well done Lily Hampson in Form 3A who was awarded anamazing 86% Distinction in her Grade 1 Cecchetti ClassicalBallet Exam. She will be competing at the CecchettiSouthern Area Awards later this month in Sussex – best ofluck Lily!

A big #St. Ed’s “yeehah” for Florence Walker in Form 4 whostarred in Dick Whittington at the Churt Village Hall duringJanuary. Florence played a pirate …. a hint of an artisticlicense by the Director by the sounds of it!

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..... and on the Sports fields

Home Fixture

Luke van Oudtshoorn

Amelia Starr

James Medley

Alice Sydenham

Henry McDonald

Evie Denton

Teddy Henry

Amelia Norwood

Ben Leighton

Georgia Thomas

On the Friday before half term the whole schoolgathered for the annual cross country competitionand for the first time ever, the event took place inthe snow! The blizzards and arctic winds did nothamper anybody’s performance with the top fieldits usual accumulation of divisional and housecolours. The support by loyal parents and classfriends was outstanding, helped enormously by thecatering team’s infamous hot chocolate andcookies! Many congratulations to everyone whoran and well done to the following winners:

The Surrey School’s Cross Country Championships took place a fewweekends ago and I am very pleased to report that St Ed’s childrenperformed outstandingly. The top 8 pupils of schools in Surrey wereinvited to run which resulted in approximately 120 pupils competing inthe races. Some of the most notable successes were 1st places for EvieDenton and Henry McDonald, a 2nd for Eva Payne, an 8th for Zoe Gowand top 20 finishes for Yasmin Gubby, Elsa Gunn, Josh Wright and FreddieEichorn. Top 8 in each race will be invited to run for Surrey in the Inter-Counties plus invited to join some specialist training. What made memost proud however, was the effort and determination shown by theentire St. Ed’s team, all hungry to achieve the very best that they couldand who exceeded all expectations – everyone proved to be fantasticrepresentatives of the school. Such was the impact of St. Ed’s that wewere singled out for praise on the day by the Head of Surrey School’sAthletics, who had also made the connection to Luke VO, mentioningthat he is an amazing athlete and a great ambassador for the school. I was so proud to be part of Team St. Ed’s, well done everyone.

The Surrey School’s Cross CountryChampionships Report by Miss Mac

By Swim Squad coach, Mr Chichester

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Many congratulations to Luke vO whowas awarded the East HampshireDistrict Council Junior Sportsperson ofthe Year. The ceremony was held at theOld Thorns Golf Club and prizes wereawarded by Alex Danson, GB HockeyGold Medalist in Rio 2016.

Double success for the Payne familywith both Charlie (F8) and Eva (F5)qualifying to compete at the BritishSchools Modern BiathlonChampionships Final at Crystal Palaceon 25/26 March – huge congratulationsto you both and please keep #St. Ed’sposted on how you get on.

A big St. Ed’s high five to Ollie Murphy,Wilby Westley, Luke vO and EthanGubby for taking part in the SurreyCounty Swimming Championshipsearlier this month. #St. Ed’s is awaitingthe results so watch this space – in themeantime, well done boys!

This is a first for #St. Ed’s Hall of Fame– many congratulations to HenryBahair (F4) and his fellow “Sixers” atGrayshott Cubs who won the packquiz this month qualifying them torepresent the pack in the Haslemeredistrict quiz later this month. They beatCamelsdale, Fernhurst, Chiddingfoldand Hindhead, so a great accoladeHenry, well done!

A mountainous St. Ed’s high five forRufus and Bonnie Davies whocompleted their D of E DiamondChallenge last weekend by setting atarget and climbing Mount Snowdonreaching the summit in 2 ½ hours …wow, what a fantastic achievement, welldone to both of you.

Hall of Fame

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..... Flipping Awesome!Congratulations to Scott who won thisyear’s annual Divisional Pancake Race.Chief Pancake Judge, aka Mr Cotterill,adjudicated the proceedings ensuring thateach competitor tossed at least twice andall teams kept within their distances.Some fantastic flips, some spectacular flopsand not a jar of Nutella in sight … howdisappointing! Well done everyone forsome awesome flipping!

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