Contents Sunday tabloid , let’s call it "The World of Essential Information Athe News once boasted that "all human life is here". Well maybe... Whether a School magazine can boast the same is open to question House Reports but at least within these pages there should be a flavour of what has happened during the past The Caffinites 4 year. School House 5 Picture and words cannot hope to capture Poole House 7 everything. The House Singing Competition, MacLeod 9 held for the second time at the Sage Concert Pimlico House 11 Hall, was a magical evening. An O.D. becomes the new Headmaster. An UR pupil scores his first century on the Playground. A young soprano with a golden voice sings her fist solo Speech Day at the Rememberance Service. And so on, and Speech Day Prizes 12 so on. Headmaster’s Report 14 Every single day of the year can be a treasured memory for some individual, whether it be gaining an A* in an exam, a word of praise from a teacher, or even finishing a cross country run. Chaplaincy News 19 One young man was in atrocious pain with a Music 21 badly injured foot. He came last in the Dunelm Run but he was cheered to the rooftops by every single member of his House when he managed Drama 25 to limp unaided over the finishing line. Geography Field studies Simply old fashioned? Simply Tom Brown's Schooldays? No. Simply marvellous. Warkworth 30 31 As was the perception of a year 7 pupil when Arran writing about Charles Dickens..... Barcelona 32 Iceland 33 "He wrote the book to raise awareness of the Italy 36 terrible plight of children in the eighteen hundreds and to teach people to give rather then Sport to get. but two centuries later, ironically all it Girls 38 has done is make Ebenezer Scrooge famous as the Miser. People today associate money with Swimming/Waterpoio 51/52 happiness but I think that Dickens still gives a Athletics 52 valuable insight into human nature. I just wish Rugby 63 a few ghosts would visit Alastair Darling Cricket 74 sometime.." Boat Club 80 There are gems like that all over the place. Behind the faces of all the teams and group CCF photographs there are wonderful, surprising unique individuals. Something that Durham Army Section 86 School is very proud of. Please read on. Royal Navy Section 88 RAF Section 89 But before you do please make note that our thanks are due to Mr Colin Looker, for all his hard work in the printing room. News from the Common Room 91 Hugh Dias. Memory Lane 92 OD Society 93 Essentia] Information 2.008 - 2.009 Headmaster Part Time Teaching Staff E M George, BA (Manchester), PGCE; Mrs G Connor. BEd (CNNA) PE, Games & Geography Headmaster from April 2009 M B Fishwick Professional Cricket Coach R Gibbon, BSc (Sheffield); CertEd Examinations Officer Deputy Headmaster A Gouge, BA; PGCE Economics & Business Studies D R Best, BA (Belfast) PGCE Head of History Miss J M Linthwaite, BA (Newcastle); English as a Second Language MPhil; MEd; DipESL Director of Development and Services Ms. E J Ross. BA (Durham) Head of Learning Support Mr G Simpson M O Stephens, BA; Cert Ed, Learning Support M ColIT, PGC in SpLD Deputy Head (Pastoral) D P Singleton Rowing Mrs F M Parker, BEd (Oxon); Modern Languages Mrs S Sweeting Netball Deputy Head (Curriculum) Pastoral Staff D W Goodhew, MA (Oxon), PGCE, Classics Miss H Wood Poole House (Resident) Mrs J Haley Pimlico House Director of Marketing Mrs J Gorton RGN - Nurse R Thomas, MA (St Andrews) Mrs A Dutton RGN - Nurse Mrs Sue Mitchell RGN - Nurse Chaplain Estates Staff Mrs A de Lange, BA (Exeter), MA (Sheffield) B M Hunter Estates Manager P R Atkinson School Marshall/SSI Academic Staff DB Aitken BSc, (Edinburgh); PGCE Chemistry Administrative Staff M P Alderson, BA, MA (Durham); PGCE Modern Languages Mrs S Spence Headmaster's Secretary (Housemaster of School House) Mrs AM Wides School Secretary M C T Baldwin, BA (Kent); PGCE Head o f Art and DT Mrs N McCann Marketing Secretary M Bedworth, BA (York) Physical Education Mrs R Gardner Finance Office M F Burke, BSc Biology Mrs R Hetherington-Seymour Finance Office Miss F Burnie, BSc (UCL) Mathematics Ms K Hunt Finance Office Miss J M Bums, BA (Durham) Modern Languges Mrs J Mason Librarian (Housemistress of Pimlico) M J Bushnell, BSc (Swansea) Head of Economics & Technical Staff (Housemaster of Poole House) Business Studies C Looker Print Manager I J Campbell, BEng (Bangor); PGCE Physics Ms L Bailey Laboratory Technician M J Clayton, BA, Sunderland; PGCE Design Technology J Hind Laboratory Technician J Curry, BSc, MA (Durham) Head o f Physics & Careers S Donaldson Laboratory Technician T A Davies BA (Newcastle); PGCE Head o f Classics HS Dias. BA (Ulster); PGCE English Mrs K E Dougall, BA, QTS (Warwick) Girls ’ Games and Geography R Duff BEd (NCE Aberdeen) Assistant Director o f Music Mrs C L Eccleston. BA (Sunderland) Modern Languges Governing Body C S Fordyce, BSc (Herriot Watt) PGCE Mathematics Mr Alasdair MacConachie, OBE, DL, FRS A(Chainnan) M A Gardner, BSc MA (Dunelm) IT. IT Systems Manager Mr F Nicholson (Vice Chairman) P C Gerrard, BEd (Leeds Met.Camegie) Director o f Physical Education Mr S B Anderson G Hallam, BSc (Leeds) Mathematics M r P S Bell (Housemaster of Caffinites) Canon S Cherry Mrs E L P Hewitt, BA (London), MA (OU) History Miss G Kerr R N Hewitt, BEd (Durham) Geography Mr R H Langdon Miss L J Hind, MA (Cantab); PGCE Modern Languages Mr D W Wefsh Miss V A Holmes, BA (Northumbria), PGCE Economics & Business Studies Mrs H G Weston J G James, BSc (Wales); PGCE PE and Games KS Jones, BSc, PGCE (Dunelm) Head of Chemistry Mrs R Kelly, BA, (Dunelm); PGCE History Mrs S Kerridge, BSc (Dunelm); BA; PGCE Mathematics & ICT Head of the School Monitors S J M Kime, BA, PGCE, FRSA (Aberystwyth) Head ofEMD David Quinn B Mason BEd (de Montfort) Director o f Sport School R A Muttitt, BMus (HullhARCO, FRSAS Director o f Music Head of School House Henry Cockburn Mrs M F Proud. MA (Durham) Head o f Religious Studies Toby Bain Jonny Parker J C Renshaw, BA (Durham); PGCE Head o f Geography O Stacey, BA (Oxon); PGCE Biology Head of Poole House Poole House Mrs F Swan, BA(Durham); PGCE English Myles Green Stuart Woodhouse S Thompson BA (Sunderland);PGCE English Mrs N J Thompson (Leeds) BA;PGCE DT & Art Head of Caffinites Caffinites (Housemistress of MacLeod) George Bryant Jack Hope A R Wallace, BSc (Lancaster); PGCE Chemistry Robert Weston M D Ward, BEd (Sheffield); PGCE Head of ICT Head of Pimlico Mrs K L Wilkinson, BA (Durham); PGCE Modern Languages Becky Heslop Pimlico House Jessica Grahamslaw J Williamson, BA (York) He Rowing, History Head of MacLeod P R Wilson, MA, BA (Cantab); PGCE Head of Mathematics Chloe Deighton MacLeod House D R Woodhead BA (York); PGCE Theatre Studies and Drama Jessica Hannah M Younger. BA (Sunderland); PGCE Art & DT Sam Harrison Dunelmian 2008-09 I 3 house report his year Caffinites house has competitions of the year saw a strong my fellow Monitors Jack Hope and Tbeen driven on by a genuine showing from Caffinites. The Rob Weston. A big thank you must pride and enthusiasm in all removes cricket competition in June go to all the Tutors within Caffinites, interhouse ventures. The house has was a Caffinites triumph. Our boys the senior tutors Mr Fordyce, Mr enjoyed a number of successes this defeated School House by 8 wickets Kime and Mr James and for the year capitalising on the skills and and Poole House by 7 wickets to removes Mr Campbell and Mr talents of boys from all the year bring the cup home for the house. Wallace. Next year its all change in groups. This success followed a strong Caffinites. On behalf of the boys I showing of the houses sporting welcome Mr Fordyce as our new The house swimming competition prowess with Caffinites becoming House Master and Mr Campbell as was contested with fierce enthusiasm overall winners of the interhouse Assistant House Master. Mr James by all in the house, which resulted in athletics at Maiden Castle. takes over as the Junior House victory for Caffinites in both the Master helping the new Year Sevens removes and senior competitions The ends of the Christmas and and Year Eights settle into the house with the relay teams putting in some summer terms were topped of by two spirit and routines. outstanding performances. hugely enjoyable nights of House I would like to thank all the boys in Caffinites for their The interhouse cross efforts in support of country was as usual the house in all the a hard fought affair activities this year. with particularly The enthusiasm they good runs for Lewis show and their Hall and Brad Pears. remarkable The removes commitment to performed Caffinites and our fantastically well by common goals o f a winning the junior strong and happy end of the house has been competition. Well outstanding this done lads! year. Perhaps the most Finally our thanks popular and must go to Mr inclusive of the Hallam, House interhouse M aster of the competitions is the Caffinites, who house music leaves after 9 years competition which as our leader. Mr this year for the Hallam combines second time was just the right balance held at the Sage in Suppers and House Barbecues. Both of discipline, guidance and strong Gateshead.