150TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Bethanian 2015/16 OUR TEAM BOARD OF GOVERNORS SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHING AND Mr R J Stubbs (Chairman) HOUSE STAFF HEAD OF SCHOOL B Soc Sc, CMRS Miss K Berry, MA, PGCE Sophie Lowther Mr D Boniface, Mr J Booth BA (Hons), PGCE MA, MSc Miss S Boyle, MDrama Mrs A Carboni, DEPUTY HEADS OF SCHOOL Mrs L Bryant, BA (Hons) MA (Cantab) Miss N Brown, BDes, PGDE George Dinnis Mr M Clark, Mr C Cooper, MSc BSc, CEng, MICE, MIStructE Nat Pearson Mr C Coupland, MA, M.Ed, CELTA Mr R C Clark, Mr S Davies, BA (Hons) MA(Ed), BA (Hons) PREFECTS Mrs J Digby, BSc, PGCE, Dip SpLD Miss H Foster, BSc, PGCE Mrs A Culley, Louis Beneventi CertEd Mrs K Gee, MAEd, PGCE, SpLD Grace Hebblethwaite Mrs K Harper, BSc (Hons), QTS, PGCert, SpLD Mr A Cunningham Seav Meng Ing Mr T Hart Dyke, BA (Hons) Mr J M Fenn, Adam Kirkbright Mrs F Healy, BA, SpLD LLB Connor Knapp Miss R Hesketh Mr M L Hammerton, Lillian Lee Mr P Hughes, BA (Hons), PGCE BSc, MBA Jay Lee Mr A A Khan, BA (Hons), PGCE Dr R Hangartner, Miss S King, BA BSc, MB BS, MBA, FRCPath Sophie Marland Miss S Letocart Phoebe Mills Mrs W Kent Mr A Manktelow BSc (Hons) PGCE Celia Mooney Mr N P Kimber, Dr J Marks, BSc, PhD, PGCE BSc, FCA Oliver Morris Miss C Mills, BEd (Hons), PGCert, SpLD Immy Oakes Mr R J Pilbeam Mr S McEvoy BEd (Bus Stud) Kipp Popert Mrs R McGovern, BA (Hons) Mr R Walden Max Ringer Miss N Nixon, BA (Hons), PGCE Bursar and Clerk to the Governors: Lloyd Roberts Mr M Norman, BEd (Hons) Mr S J Douglass Samuel Robinson Mr M Payne, BSc (Hons), PGCE Miss R Rayner, BA (Hons) Poppy Sadler Mr D Reilly, BSc (Hons) PGCE SENIOR STAFF Akin Segun Mrs C Shapland, BSc (Hons) PGCE Headmaster Alexandra Tate Mr M F Healy, BSc HDipEd NPQH Miss F-E Shaw, MA, PGCE William Wilkins Mr G Stubberfield, BA (Hons), PGCE Deputy Headmaster Merrick Wong Mr S Winter, BA (Hons) Mrs A-M Sturrock, BEd (Hons) Ryan Zhang Mr M Thomas, MSc, PhD Assistant Head, Academic Mrs K Thornton, MA Mrs D Gale, BSc (Hons) HDipEd Mr G Thorpe, BA (Hons) Assistant Head, Pastoral Mrs S Thorpe, BA (Hons) Mr A Sturrock, BA (Ed) Hons Mr M Turner BA (Hons) Human Resources Manager Mr J Vickerman, BSc (Hons), PGCE Miss T Lavender Mrs J Wareham, BEd (Hons) Mrs C Wickham BA (Hons) PGCE Mrs K Williams, BSc Miss C Wood, BA 2 CONTENTS WELCOME 4 KENDON 6 THE MOUNT 8 OUR TEAM/CONTENTS OLD POPLARS 10 PENGELLY 12 THE ORCHARD 14 SUPPORT STAFF UPPER SIXTH LEAVERS 16 Mrs J Austen, Housekeeper, Pengelly Mrs K Austen, Housekeeper, Old Poplars INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS 20 Mrs C Betts, Fees Clerk Mr J Bond, Communications Officer LITERACY REVIEW 22 Mr S Catley, ICT Technician MATHS 26 Mr B Chapman, Estates Manager Mrs D Coley, School History Author SCIENCE 28 Mrs J Clark, Housematron, Old Poplars MUSIC 30 Mrs G Corbett, Marketing & Admissions Manager DRAMA & THEATRE 32 Mr P Crafter, IT Technician ART & DESIGN 34 Miss M Delves, Housekeeper, The Orchard DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 42 Mrs A Discombe, Office Manager / Head’s PA TEXTILES 44 Mrs A Enticknap, Science Technician FOOD TECHNOLOGY 48 Mrs M Fillery, Senior Science Technician Mr J Forde, Pool Manager TH Mrs A Hallet, Housekeeper, The Mount 150 ANNIVERSARY Mrs S Humphrey, Housematron, Pengelly SPECIAL FEATURE 51 Mrs A Hurst, Learning Support Assistant Mrs L James, Housematron, The Orchard YOUNG ENTERPRISE 66 Mrs J Jarrett, Human Resources Manager PENGELLY SOCIETY 69 Mr M Kateley, Performing Arts Technical Assistant APPRENTICE CHALLENGE 72 Mr A Keates, Senior Housekeeper Miss K Lane, Housekeeper, Kendon SPORT 74 Mr M Levett, Design & Technology Technician SCHOOL COLOURS 80 Mrs S Martorell, Registrar SPORTS & HOUSE AWARDS 81 Mrs H Proud, Assistant Bursar Mr G Ridout, School Caretaker Mrs S Ridout, Senior Sister Medical Centre ACTIVITIES WEEK 82 Miss C Saxby, Art Technician SOUTH AFRICA EXPEDITION 86 Miss E Stanley Aston, Art Technician POSTCARDS FROM 88 Mrs P Thompson RN, Deputy Sister Medical Centre Mrs C Turvey, Lay Chaplain STAFF MOVES 90 Mrs D Vince, School Secretary CHAPLAINCY 94 Mr G Williams, Network Manager SPEECH DAY 96 Mrs S Xue, Chinese Language Assistant CHARITY WORK 98 FRIENDS OF BETHANY SCHOOL 102 THE BETHANIANS’ SOCIETY 103 With grateful thanks to the following who have CAMPUS NEWS 106 supported our staff this year: Katie West, Simon THE BETHANY NETWORK 107 Cuthbert, Fen Burley, Debra Shier, Dilys Coley and our two Gap Assistants, Hugh McMahon and Ambar van der Wath. PRIZES & AWARDS 108 3 Welcome to another edition of The Bethanian. I hope you enjoy reading it, as it contains a huge amount of information. This year, of course, offering to the local community. was dominated with the celebrations marking As usual, the term finished with our Carol Service in our 150th year. It got Cranbrook Church and once again it was both well off to a great start in attended and hugely enjoyed. September when I presented a concise We had been expecting our regular six yearly school history of the School to inspection and I was looking forward to it as I would present and past pupils, a visit to the dentist! The inspectors arrived in January as well as parents. The and although it was a time of great stress, I am hugely Commemorative Bethany appreciative to the large degree of support I received Tree, which was designed from parents and pupils alike. Inspections are a Mr Francie Healy and created by A level necessary analysis of what we do and I was very pleased indeed that it went well. Headmaster pupil, James Hunter, was also unveiled. February saw Bethany perform its annual School In October, the digitisation of our Archives was Production and this time, in light of our 150th year, formally launched and a most pleasant evening was the Director of Music, Gareth Stubberfield, wrote had by all who attended. a special musical and called it “Providence - the Musical!”. This was performed in early February to October also saw the launch of the innovative Bethany capacity audiences over three nights. Network, the aim of which is to bring together current and former pupils, parents and local businesses into Our now regular, FOBs sponsored, Fish’n’Chips Quiz a mutually beneficial entity and this is going from Night in March was once again an outstanding success. strength to strength. In line with the other events taking place during the year, it had one round specifically tailored to the history Our boarding pupil base has an increasing of Bethany School. There was a lot of wine and indeed international flavour and I was delighted once again to wisdom in evidence throughout the evening! be given the opportunity to visit Thailand, Hong Kong and China. The trips had the dual purpose of giving In April, our longest serving resident, the lovely face to face feedback to parents, as well as recruiting Dorothy Richards, passed away peacefully aged 97. new pupils and this took care of my autumn half term The funeral service took place in the School Chapel break. It’s a hard life but somebody has got to do it! where she had married her beloved George in 1940. In November we had a special Founders’ Our much anticipated indoor swimming pool, which Remembrance Service, which was hugely enjoyed by had been first envisaged in 1948, opened in April. An many past staff and pupils who attended. online auction for the first six swimmers raised over £700 for charity. We also continued with our Year 6 Master Classes and these once again, were incredibly well received At the end of this month there was an emotional and have now become a feature of our annual Dedication Service in Goudhurst Church presided 4 WELCOME over by the excellent Bishop of Dover, Trevor Wilmot. of relaxation. All waxed lyrical about the wonderful experiences they had enjoyed. The annual Kendon versus Pengelly football match took place in June and once again no effort was August, of course, is a very stressful month for our spared. There was fierce rivalry between both Houses pupils and I am delighted our A level pupils got into and I think it was fair to say it was the most one sided their chosen universities and that our GCSE pupils got 3-3 draw I ever witnessed as Kendon were the better the necessary grades to continue their education with side and they won 4-2 on penalties. renewed confidence and determination. As has become an annual tradition, I welcomed the Any school is only as good as its staff and I am incredibly boarders to my house in May for a summer barbecue grateful to all of the teaching and support staff for just before their GCSE and A level examinations working so hard, both individually and as a team, to started. It was great, what with so many electronic ensure that our pupils get a wonderful experience both devices on show now, to see children play traditional inside and outside the classroom at Bethany. games and interacting so well with each other on a verbal and physical level rather than simply remotely. In addition to the construction of an indoor swimming pool, I am also delighted that we were also Our annual Speech Day, Leavers Day and TBS able to open an additional Sixth Form Centre, as well Reunion Day was an overwhelming success.