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SUTTON VIEWS the Voice of Sutton Valence School Edition 55 July 2013 SUTTON VIEWS The Voice of Sutton Valence School Sutton Valence School Strengthens Academic Focus Speech Day Page 2 Despite already being in the top 20% of schools nationally for value added at A Level, the Senior School is not resting on its laurels. To maintain academic work at the centre of all Prep School Drama Page 6 we do, the Senior Management Team has been restructured and, from a huge application field, Adrian Wyles has relinquished his role as Assistant Head: Sixth Form to become Academic Deputy Head, from September 2013. “The staff have been set a challenge”, said Mr Wyles, Ballroom Success Page 10 “to move Sutton Valence into the top 10% of schools in the country for value added. I will be spearheading the move forward, leading and working with Heads of Departments to oversee all of the academic side of the School. I am delighted to have been appointed and am Continued on page 2 Information A member of the United Westminster Schools’ Foundation For information about Sutton Valence School or to request a prospectus, please contact: Registered Charity No. 309267 • the Admissions Office at Sutton Valence on 01622 845206 or email [email protected] Founded in 1576 by William Lambe • Sutton Valence Preparatory School on 01622 842117 or email [email protected] Sutton Views July 2013 1 Continued from front page looking forward to the exciting and measure our teaching and learning by how challenging times ahead.” much value we add to each pupil. This measures how well each pupil has performed With the ambition to become the best against their perceived potential and, school in Kent for value added in all areas therefore, allows us to recognise the (academic, co-curricular and community improvements and results of each individual. involvement), Headmaster, Bruce Grindlay Mr Wyles’s appointment heralds a new said, “Rather than rely upon league table chapter in our long and distinguished history positions or the percentage of A* to B grades from which, hopefully, all students stand to to measure our pupils’ success, we prefer to benefit.” Speech Day The Very Rev Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, addressing the Senior School CCF Display Helen Grant MP addressing the Prep School 2 Sutton Views Senior School Speech Day lunch Prep School prizes Year 1 and 2 Prizewinners Happy Prep School Prizewinners July 2013 3 Prep School Sport Sports-mad Head of PE Tom Davey joined the Prep School after him the opportunity to work as a sports Easter, becoming Head of PE. Many will coach at Yardley Court, Tonbridge, where he perhaps remember that this isn't his first spent four years. experience of the Prep School as back in 2007 and 2008, he was a gap student, By his own admission, he is ‘mad keen’ on working predominantly in Year 3, but also sport, playing football, golf, cricket, tennis working with the games department. and going on many ski holidays. “Since joining Sutton Valence Prep School”, he said, Having completed his A Levels, Tom went “I have been impressed with the ability and on to read Sport Management at Coventry enthusiasm of the children. They have a University. It was here that he began to tremendous attitude towards their PE and become interested in teaching and so took a sport and I hope I can guide and teach them year out to work with us as a gap student. He to improve their skills and enjoy it as much went back to finish his degree, which gave as I do. of him, Sam gave the Prep School a little Gymnastics taste of what he could do in assembly. Sam Mostowfi, Year 6, took part in the South East Region U13 Gymnastics Championships in June. Despite being the youngest competitor, and two years younger than many, he did extremely well. He finished fourth, narrowly missing third place by 0.1 of a mark! With a bright future ahead Athletics established and three pupils qualified for the national competition! The IAPS County competition at the Julie Rose Stadium, Ashford, showed the Towards the end of term, the IAPS strength and depth of athletic talent we National Finals then took place in have at the Prep School. Eleven pupils Birmingham and all three pupils competed attended and came home with gold brilliantly against the best in the country. medals for Long Jump, Shot Put and the John Wilson won bronze in the boys Shot girls 1500 metres; a silver in the girls 100 Put, whilst Lauren Vinten in the 1500 metres and a bronze in the boys 1500 metres and Ben Lawrence in the Long metres. Additionally, two School records Jump both finished in the top ten in the were broken, five personal bests were country. 4 Sutton Views Poets in the making? If poetry is, as Isaac Newton said, ‘a kind of Established in 1991, Young Writers ingenious nonsense’, then both the Prep and nurtures creativity in children and young the Senior School have an array of talented adults, to give them an interest in poetry and and creative pupils. an outlet to express themselves. Said Mr Davenport, Head of English, “Seeing their Wes Magee, the well-known and award work in print will, we hope, encourage them winning children's poet, spent a day at the to keep writing as they grow and become our Prep School before half term, working with poets of tomorrow.” the older pupils in unique workshops and then judging the Poetry Competition for Years 1 to 6. Mrs Barr, Head of English and Drama said, "The children have all worked so hard, they really have been inspired by Wes and we have heard some brilliant poetry performances. I'm very proud of all of them." Earlier in the term, ten First Form pupils at the Senior School found out that their poems had been selected to be published in The Young Writers’ ‘Winter Wonders – Icy Delights’ collection. July 2013 5 Prep School Drama Oliver (Year 6) 6 Sutton Views The Emperor’s New Clothes (Year 2) July 2013 7 Head of School, Lewis Burnham Whilst many of you were relaxing and some, I • Chelsea have had nine managers, hope, busy revising over Easter, I was Arsenal’s trophy cabinet remains bare and contemplating what the message of my speech Tottenham are the top team in London, should be. The most obvious theme would and, have been the very important examination • New words added to the Oxford period coming up for a large percentage of us. dictionary include Bling, WAG, OMG, However, I feel you’re all well aware of the Phone Hacking, Cyberthreat, pressures and expectations exams bring. Braggadocious, Bouncebackability and Bucket List. Then it struck me that my seven years at Sutton Valence have all come down to the next Then I began to think: what have I done in my two months. A scary prospect, and I began to seven years at SV and how many items can I tick think: what has happened in the outside world off my bucket list? SV has provided during those seven years, and how has SV opportunities both inside and out of the prepared me to meet the challenges I will face classroom, the combination of which has taught when I leave School? me a number of life skills including teamwork, leadership, consideration, compassion, respect Some of the notable events include: and confidence. • The resignation of a Pope, which hasn’t happened for over 600 years; Many of my best experiences have been • Two of the World’s most wanted men shared with people in this Chapel, and I hope killed – Colonel Gadaffi and Osama Bin this will result in long-lasting friendships. Some Laden; of the most unique events have been made • The first Black American president possible by the CCF. I climbed the highest peak elected; in England, achieving my Gold Duke of • The collapse of the Global Economy; Edinburgh Award; slept in the Belizian jungle • Uprising in the Middle East and rising for five nights, learning many survival tensions with North Korea; techniques, including how to identify a • A nuclear disaster in Japan, categorised poisonous snake through its colouring, by the as severe as Chernobyl; phrase, “if red touches yellow, deadly fellow” • Corporal Beharry made the and visited a local orphanage where we helped youngest-living British recipient of the the staff and entertained the children by Victoria Cross; introducing them to mobile phones and ‘Angry • Global IT development, including 4G Birds’. networks and the expansion of You Tube (apparently, one fifth of the I attended a cadet leadership course and was world’s population viewed the ‘Gangnam immediately labelled by my northern Style’ video); roommates as a ‘Southern Softie” (I got my • The confirmation of the existence of the revenge by being appointed team leader for the Higgs Boson; final exercise) and I was a member of a guard of • A home Olympics; honour at Westminster Abbey. 8 Sutton Views Last summer I was part of the SV team which develop our full potential, contribute positively cycled 460 miles from Margate to Land’s End to the wider world and cross more items off our raising money for Blind Veterans UK and bucket lists along the way! throughout my SV career I have been privileged to represent the School in many sports. However, whilst mankind’s capacity to learn appears infinite, I would like to add a word of I learnt the guitar and drums for two years; caution, supported by a quote from former US however, lack of ability could not be overcome Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld: by effort.
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