The BA Spaldinge Grammarn School Putblicatlion eian A review of the academic year 2018 to 2019 Student initiatives Musical performances Art winners Trips and expeditions Sporting accolades And the all new... ‘Head Hunt” Front page: Daniel Dorey-Rodriguez and Thomas McManamon Cookson SGS Prime Au revoir SGS does Minister elected Madame School of Rock by students Gamble Dedication John Fordham Contents 4 Welcome 11 Reviews and successes 35 Enrichment 47 Careers and Universities 53 Primary Liaison Headmaster 1972 - 1987 Alumni Passed away in March 2019, aged 87 years 59 “I was fortunate to work under the leadership of such a Looking forward remarkable and admirable headmaster.” 65 Mr David A Jones - Former colleague and existing staff member 2 The Bentleian The Bentleian 3 cannot believe it is that time of the year again Welcome to the Bentleian where we are introducing another edition of the elcome, once again, to another Summer 2019 Bentleian! jam-packed edition of the Head Hunt Bentleian. Jack and I were adamant that we would not make How good is the same error as last year and leave it too late - I first got involved with the however, this was not as easy as we hoped, given some of publication last year, putting to your eye? the highlights are towards the end of the academic year! the test my journalistic and editorial skills for the first I Hidden somewhere time. Last year’s edition was hugely successful and it was W in the Bentleian are 8 Once again, it has been a pleasure spending my days great to hear positive feedback, from staff and students laughing with Jack, and I wish him well as he starts the alike, after all the hard work Miss Grant and I had put in. misplaced head shots next chapter of his life and moves on to University. of Mr Wilkinson. This year the Bentleian is back, bigger and better than I am sad that this will be my last year sat at the editors’ ever, highlighting the fantastic achievements from See if you can spot desk as I say goodbye for pastures new, but, I am students and all the big events that have occurred them! delighted that Jack and I have had the opportunity to throughout the school year. Looking back across the year, complete this edition. I hope that you enjoy reading it as we’ve seen a UK and USA election, some incredible trips much as we have enjoyed putting it together. That being all across the world and fantastic sporting achievements. said, I am sure my children are not sorry that this will be the last summer that they have to spend in my office. While over the past two years I have put the Bentleian together, if it weren’t for the fantastic student-led initiatives and hard work from staff at the Finally, I want to thank everyone for their input again this year - without you it would have School, I would be dealing with blank pages! been an immense task to write every article, editing each piece has been challenging enough. Special thanks to Mr D A Jones for his excellent proofreading, I had no idea that people could As my time at Spalding Grammar School comes to an end, it has been an honour to be an editor Pg 66 - Meet the new Senior spell ‘privileged’ in so many different ways; meanwhile, Jack was taken on a whirlwind lesson of this magazine before I head off to University, and I hope there’s another young, aspiring on participles. journalist at the School to take on the challenge next year! Student Team Enjoy the read and who knows, it could be you making the headlines next year! Enjoy this year’s edition. Pg 67 - Gamlyn and Bentley Miss Grant Jack Carson get new Heads of House Editor Editor from the desk editors’ Pg 68 - A review of the Summer What’s inside... Pg 36 - Follow our Flexyweek with student School week at Eton Wordsearch reviews of extra-curricular activities Pg 42 - Sunny Sri Lanka sees our budding Pg 8 - Meet the Year 7s that starred cricketers on tour Pg 62 - Ex-student Robert Posey recalls in our New Boys’ video for the new his time at SGS and shares his story of arrivals to SGS in September 2019 Pg 44 - Year 9 remember the fallen in France University to Industry and Belgium Pg 10 - Will Gurney reviews his hectic Pg 60 - We say goodbye to some amazing year as Head Boy Pg 46 - Bronze and Gold DofE awards for staff as they look forward to their SGS students retirement Pg 14 - Spec-tacular progress brings Pg 54 - Another successful year of Primary Liaison sees Y4 taster days, Open Evenings and politics to life as SGS elects a Prime Pg 48 - Jack shares his knowledge BENTLEIAN HEAD Mr Kilby taking Science to Primary Schools Minister on how to succeed at SGS CHESS INDIA D OF E KILBY Pg 58 - New boys making friends ready for Pg 18 - A review of the musical events Pg 50 - Year 10 test out the real ELECTIONS MARATHON September - Summer Sports Week in 2019 at SGS world with their two-weeks’ FLEXYWEEK SWIM work experience Pg 26 - Hikers hit the himalayas in their Outlook Expedition 4 The Bentleian The Bentleian 5 2019 Year 7 Cohort Salvete OUR STORY SO FAR... As another academic year began, we welcomed a bright and enthusiastic cohort of Year 7 boys to join the School. Bentley Gamlyn Hobson Johnson Moulton Wykeham As tradition dictates, we hear from two of the ‘new boys’ at our Open Evening in June, as they share their encounters and experiences Alden A Al-Gahtani R Argent C Bartlett S Bialas K Boateng E of their first year at SGS. Booth B Barkhouse L Berry F Bunting M Cade C Castillo L Chandler I Boyall M Clare T Clarke C Clarke C Cooper J Corcoran T Brown J Cranke H Da Silva P Davis T Delaney J Day J Callow J Duce H Edwards M Egbo M Derouen S Alfie: Good evening. My name is Alfie and I am a Year 7 student in group 7R. Delaney W Christie S Freeman N Ekogiawe D Figura M Dorsett J I’ve really enjoyed my first year at Spalding Grammar School. It was very Fensom L Cousins G Fry S Gadkari V Gamble G Ellis S daunting when I first started but throughout the year I have made new friends. Ghasemi A Dawson J Gino L Garner R Garwell J Gater F One way that I made new friends was by getting involved in the Summer Sports Harvey J Dodds L Hicks O Grundy S Hales B Harrison J Week, which I would recommend to you. Jarvis L Gibbs J Ishaq S Himsworth K Hoang K Holman T Kinsella C Hicks H Joseph C Kharel A Khela K Lewis H Adam: Hello, my name is Adam and I am also in Year 7. Langford W Jenis A Lightburn X King T Maskell C McDougall B The differences between my Primary School and SGS are immense. I was the Lijesh J Lambe J Morley D Malitka P McCullough O Murray A only student from my Primary School but I soon made new friends. It did not McGuire T Mooney J Noshy M McKenna G Mountain F Seaborn Townsend J take long to get used to walking to different lessons but you have to be organised Naylor H Neal H Rajkumar V Olaniran A Overland O Smith H so you have the correct books for the lessons. Perowne T Pinnick T Robinson A Pang A Salinas Nichols S Taylor A Shirley K Richards C Singh B Rolfe M Sapkota J Townsend C Alfie: When I joined SGS it was a huge step up for me from being the oldest at Sorrell O Simons M Sunil D Ryan C Smith R Walters B primary school to the youngest here. Summerfield G Stevens H Walker H Shinoj A Symonds M White R One of the biggest differences are the subjects. At primary school we did English, Thacker J Uttarkar S Ward H Suwarneraj A White B Maths, Science and so on. We do those here, just more advanced. However, one Whyles A Walsh C of the new subjects I started when I joined was Latin; we also started Spanish. Adam: Starting new subjects can be difficult, but teachers are always willing Alfie Robinson - Left, Adam Murray - Right to help you whenever they can – even if it means going in at lunchtime or even just emailing the teacher to ask for extra help like I sometimes do because not everyone is perfect, you know! “The teachers made me feel confident and gave me loads of opportunities. They made lessons fun” Alfie: Another thing that was new to me was the sporting opportunities. At primary school I used to do cross country, hockey, tag rugby, and cricket. Joshua Delaney However, now I do a lot more such as rugby, football, table tennis, athletics, Y7, Wykeham tennis, basketball to name a few. At lunch there are always activities on offer including the outdoor table tennis tables. Adam: Another opportunity SGS has provided me with was amazing residential trip during Flexyweek. Flexyweek is when in Year 7 you spend one school week away from home at your chosen destination and these include; Paris, North Spain, Snowdon and Tallington Lakes. You spend time looking at magnificent scenery, conquering your fears and spending time with your teachers and friends. Alfie: Adam and I went to Paris for a jam-packed week of fun.