Governing Body Christopher Honeyman Brown (OS) John Arkwright (OS) Nicholas Berry Jonathan Bewes (OS) Julie Brunskill Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent (OS) David Cheyne (OS) Stowe School 2010/2011 Juliet Colman Simon Creedy Smith (OS) The Revd Jonathan Fletcher Ivo Forde (OS) Prof Sarah Gurr Joanne Hastie-Smith David Hudson Outstanding Robert Lankester Lord Magan of Castletown Lady Stringer Christopher Tate (OS) Art School Air Vice-Marshal Marten van der Veen (OS) Mrs Susan van der Veen Christopher Wightman (OS) is opened Headmaster: Dr Anthony Wallersteiner Unique Lynn Chadwick Exhibition at Stowe Individual Sporting Success for Stoics Our Elite Sports Men and Women Represent Great Britain and England Poet Laureate Stowe School 2010/2011 School Stowe Stowe Carol Ann Duffy Buckingham MK18 5EH tattersall Wright lectures United Kingdom telephone: +44 (0) 1280 818000 e-mail: [email protected] www stowe.co.uk Registered Charity No. 310639 AcAdemic Success In ExternAl Exams Spectacular rise in GCSE results for the second year running Welcome to Stoke Park 5 Star Hotel and Two AA Rosette Restaurant 49 luxury bedrooms and suites 27 Hole 1908 Championship Golf Course 8 Meeting and Private Entertaining Rooms State-of-the-art Spa and Gymnasium Superb Tennis Courts inc. 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I joined Stowe in September 2010 and during my first year I have been privileged to witness Mrs Kathy some remarkable sporting achievements, listen to some inspirational speakers and attend a range of highly Campbell professional productions of music and drama. One of the most memorable moments was watching Stoics compete in the Coldstream Cup. The competition consists of a number of testing and demanding activities, all to be performed within the external examination successes of Stoics, published in set time constraints and the determination and team work August 2011, has delayed the completion of this magazine, shown by Stoics was outstanding. but I hope that when you read through the following pages you will feel that the wait was worthwhile. Stoics continue to embrace fully all the opportunities available to them on each and every day of the week: I have certainly Thank you to all the Stoics and staff who have helped to not been short of material for this magazine – in fact, the provide articles and photographs and to Angela Bartlett greatest challenge has been to fit it all into 156 pages. It is at Mcc Design, who has patiently ensured that the design no surprise, therefore, to find that we are now experiencing a of the magazine has equalled the high standard of the dramatic increase in demand for places at this stunning school accomplishments noted within its pages. that provides its pupils with exceptional teaching and learning and a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Academic standards at Stowe continue to rise and to reflect the impressive achievements of Stoics within the classroom this edition of The Stoic includes academic departmental reports. Unfortunately, our decision to include details of Kathy Campbell, Editor Annabel Roe, Lower Sixth The Stoic Editorial 1 Stowe School 2010/2011 ON THE COVER... Outstanding art school is Opened 56-57 Unique Lynn Chadwick Exhibition at Stowe individual spOrting success 86-87 fOr stOics Our Elite Sports Men and Women Represent Great Britain and England Poet laureate carOl ann duffy 70-71 Tattersall Wright Lectures academic success in external exams 17 Spectacular rise in GCSE results for the second year running 124 AcAdemic speech day 04-09 lytteltOn 44-45 valete 10-14 nugent 46-47 gallery: 15 Queen’s 48-49 carOline thOmpsOn stanhOpe 50-51 FEATURE: Lord lyell 16 temple 52-53 academic repOrt 17 WalpOle 54-55 16 MATHS repOrt 18 FEATURE: aRT school 56-57 ENGLISH repOrt 19 creative Writing: ‘frankenstein’ 58 SCIENCE repOrt 20-21 gallery: Willa mcfadden / see-Ho leung 59 GEOGRAPHY repOrt 22 HISTORY repOrt 23 clubS And SOcietieS religiOus studies repOrt 24 the XX grOup / 60-61 spOrts science and PE repOrt 25 64 the anacreOn Society LANGUAGES repOrt 26-27 the classical Society / 62 FEATURE: the Opening Of 28 the biOmedical Society the restOred library debating and public 63 gallery: Sofia subOtina / 29 speaking dham srifuengfung current affairs 64 and internatiOnal Old StOicS relatiOns events gO frOm strengTH tO strengTH 30-31 literary Society 65 creative Writing: 66 HOuSeS ‘sherlOck hOlmes’ bruce 32-33 gallery: ‘heli carr smith 67 chandOs 34-35 cHATHAM 36-37 tripS And ViSitS cOBHAM 38-39 visiting speakers 68-69 graftOn 40-41 FEATURE: tattersall Wright lectures 70-71 grenville 42-43 OLD STOIC aWARD 72 2 Contents The Stoic gallery: 73 lucy clOsse-smith ActiVitieS the duke Of edinburgh Award 110-111 FEATURE: anOther Quiet 74 stowe CCF: army, RAF and naval sectiOns 112-113 summer at stowe ... the Coldstream cup 114 FEATURE: sixteen 75 kilOmetres Of beagling 115 70 scaffOlding service at stowe 116-117 FEATURE: STOWEBUCKS 76 chapel 118 gallery: anastasia Kozina / michelle isOng 77 crOssfire 119 FEATURE: stowe-harvard dinner speech 78-81 creative Writing: ‘UNTITLED’ 120 DIVING TRIP tO EGYPT 82 gallery: natasha rObsOn / Octavia trevOr 121 pOlO tOUR tO KENYA 83 stowe school 1st XI cricket Tour tO dubai 84 SpOrt rOME 2011 85 rugby 124-131 FEATURE: Outstanding individual 86-87 Hockey 132-136 spOrting stOics lacrOsse 137-138 creative Writing: ‘THE rOAD’ 88 cricket 139-141 gallery: michelle isOng / Japser simkin / 89 TENNIS 142-145 anastasia Kohsina basketball 146 football / netball 147 muSic athletics 148-149 Look tO the future 90-91 crOss-cOuntry 150 an intervieW With geOrge eatWell 92 rOWING / SAILING 151 an intervieW With chlOe knibbs 93 clay pigeOn shooting / pOlO / Equestrian 152 KARATE / gOLF / badmintOn 153 creative Writing: ‘BUTTERFLIES’ 94 sQUASH / FENCING 154 gallery: iveta drazheva 95 Swimming 155 Water pOlo 156 drAmA THE HIRED MAN 96-97 TALES UNTOLD 98 JOhnny and the dead 99 GCSE drama 100 sparkleshark 101 AS LEVEL 102 THE MAIDS 103 hOUSE DRAMA 104-105 UNPLUGGED 106-107 creative Writing: ‘HELSINKI’ 108 gallery: claire langer 109 102 The Stoic Contents 3 Speech day Chairman of Governors’ Speech hopelessly optimistic and totally unrealistic. I disagreed and how wrong they were. My Lords, Distinguished Guests, Tony, Headmaster, Fellow Governors, Ladies and 20 years on they have started taking the Gentlemen – A warm welcome to you all, scaffolding off the Western Pavilion, and to another Speech day at Stowe. the building site should be clear by the start of next term, thus concluding the first 20 years ago we had our first Harvard three phases of the restoration of the Fellow – and at the Annual Harvard dinner Mansion, including the Marble Hall and the last week we celebrated this with many of magnificent Library, all of which has cost those who have shared a year of their lives about £20 million – all raised from with us. One of the best parts of the voluntary sources. evening is to listen to their reflections of The list of new and refurbished facilities their year and their passion and over the last 20 years is too long to go into commitment for Stowe. They are not alone. here – you can see all around you the 20 years ago I attended a working party accelerating rate of improvement in created to decide what we were going to do buildings, sports facilities, classrooms and with Stowe, its restoration, facilities, and the boarding houses. endowment. This in the context that we had We are on the cusp of launching the Appeal sorted out the estate with the transfer to to raise the final million pounds for a new the National Trust, but bits were falling off Music School. I say new, but in reality the building. We didn’t know if we could Stowe has waited 90 years for a Music Chairman of Governors, Mr Christopher carry on. We concluded that we needed at School, as we have never had a dedicated Honeyman Brown least £10 million to do everything and building. We have already had some many around the table felt this was incredibly generous gifts to help with this 4 Academic The Stoic as possible and holding down fee increases to the minimum, and in evidence of this we are steadily slipping down the comparative fee list for comparable schools as a measure of our relative pricing. This is one league table where we are very happy to be in the second echelon. A school is made by its teachers and by all those who work behind the scenes – coping as you do with power failures, snow, sickness and all manner of other trials and tribulations. To everyone who works at Stowe, I offer the warmest thanks for your continued effort and commitment, giving so often as you do above and beyond the call of duty and out of your own time. To my Governor colleagues – my grateful thanks for your support and hard work, all given so freely and without complaint, volunteering as you do for jobs that have to be done.