St. Mary’s School Melrose 2017 - 2018 Equipping young people for lifelong journeys CONTENTS page Headmaster’s Prize Giving Speech 3 Valete List 2018 9 Prize Giving 11 Form News Form 8 12 Form 7 14 Form 6 16 Form 5 18 Form 4 20 Form 3 22 page 30 Form 2 24 Form 1 26 Reception 28 Kindergarten 30 Life at St. Mary’s Boarding 32 Form 8 Camp Trip 37 Farr Out Challenge 39 Music & Drama 40 Squad Singing 43 Art 44 Design & Technology 48 Mathematics 50 page 32 page 40 Languages 52 English 54 Poetry & Lecture 56 Staff News 58 Activities 59 Debating 60 Squad Day 61 Articles Friends of St. Mary’s 62 Bang Goes the Borders 64 Charities supported this year 68 Outside Clubs 69 page 62 Remembering St. Mary’s in your Will 69 Former Pupils 70 Sport 1st Team Photos 73 Athletics & Sports Day 74 Cross Country 78 Rugby 79 Cricket 83 Swimming & Tennis 87 Clay Pigeon 88 Hockey 89 Netball 95 page 44 page 77 Rounders 100 st. mary’s magazine 2017 - 2018 CONTENTS 1 St. Mary’s School Melrose Melrose Roxburghshire Scotland TD6 9LN Tel: 01896 822517 Fax: 01896 823550 Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk The Governors Mrs Linda Forbes, BSc, HNC Childcare Secretary Gareth Baird, Esq (Kindergarten & Classroom Assistant, Ms Julie Birdsall (Chairman, FP) SpLD) Mrs Sonya Edwardson Mrs Sarah Fresle, BA (Hons), PGCE Estates Manager (Parent Governor) (Form 2 Class Teacher) Mr Alistair Bell Andrew Fleck, Esq, BSc, MA Mrs Anne-Marie Gordon NNEB, Dip Mod (Headmaster, Sedbergh) Montessori Kitchen Staff Mrs Caroline Grant (Kindergarten Assistant) Mr Robert Sinclair (Chef) (Former Parent Governor) Mrs Marnie Harvey Mr Bruce Hughes (Assistant Chef) Dr Rachel Mollart (Website Design, ICT Forms 5 & 6, Miss Emma Douglas (Former Parent Governor) Classroom Assistant) Mrs Angie Lawrie Nigel Pollock, Esq, WS Mrs Lorna Hutchison, MA, PGCE Miss Sarah Logan (Retired Solicitor) (Junior Languages) John Robertson, Esq Miss Lesley Kerr, HNC Early Education & School Matron (Former Rector, Dollar Academy) Childcare Mrs Pam Gordon David Sturrock, Esq, TD, WS (Maternity Cover Kindergarten) (Retired Solicitor) Mr Jonathon Key, BA (Hons) Domestic Staff Mrs Ann Wright (Latin Forms 7 & 8) Ms Helen McSorley (FP/Parent Governor) Mrs Jennifer Kirkness, BEd (Hons), MEd Mrs Rita Redpath (Form 3 Class Teacher - Tues & Thur) Headmaster Mrs Vicky Lewington, MA, PG Cert Friends of St. Mary’s Mr William J Harvey, BEd (Hons) (Classroom Assistant and SpLD) Mr Alan Mathieson Mr Pablo Mateos (Chairperson) School Management Team (House Tutor, Classroom Assistant, Mrs Fiona Bell, BSc (Joint Hons), Cert Ed Assistant Form 5 Tutor, Spanish Form 6, Former Pupils Association (Deputy Head - PE, Games, Geography Latin Forms 4 & 5) Mr Billy Hamilton Form 6, Latin Form 5) Mr Ian Millar (President) Mr Ian Purvis, BEd (Hons) (Classroom Assistant, Games) (Assistant Head - Form 8 Tutor, Mrs Emma Rawson, MA Hons, PGCE GAP Students Maths Form 6, Geography Forms (Head of Boarding) Mr Stefan Rooney 7 & 8, Games) Mr Tom Rawson Miss Madeline Hall Mrs Penny Hardie, BSc (Hons), Dip SpLD (House Parent, Assistant Form 7 Tutor, (Form 7 Tutor & Learning Support, PHSE, English, D&T, RS, Games, Latin) Visiting Music Teachers Debating) Mrs Catherine Redmond, BA (Hons) Mr Stuart Black (Brass) Miss Kirsty McRae, BEd (Hons) (Classroom Assistant and SpLD) Mr John Bryden (Piano) (Form 6 Tutor, Director of Music and Miss Joanna Renwick, BEd (Hons) Mr Gordon Campbell (Chanter/ Drama, Form 8 ICT) (Form 1 Class Teacher, Early Years Co- Bagpipes) ordinator) Mrs Claire Davis (Cello and Piano) School Academic Team Mrs Pippa Routledge, BSc (Hons), PGCE Miss Lena Ewan (Woodwind) Dr Keith Morgan MA (Cantab), DPhil, (Classroom Assistant Maths & Games) Mr Iain Fraser (Violin) PGCE Mr Andrew Rutherford, BEd Mr Andy Gray (Guitar) (Director of Studies, Maths Forms 5, 7 and (Games) Mr Scott Jamieson (Drums) 8) Mrs Jo Scott Aiton, BA (Hons) PGCE Mrs Jessica Leary (Singing) Mrs Linda Runciman, BEd (Form 4 Class Teacher, Games, Boarding) Mr Tomlin Leckie (Guitar) (Middle School Curriculum Mrs Linda Simpson, BA (Hons) PGCE Mr Ross Markham (Piano) Co-ordinator, Form 5 Tutor, Games) (Classics Form 8) Mrs Christine Smith (Flute) Miss Ellen Simpson, BA (Hons) MA, CELTA, Mrs Mwara Stuart, BSc (Hons) PGCE Mr Norman Smith (Chanter/ PGCE (Science Forms 5 - 8, Games, Boarding) Bagpipes) (English Forms 6 - 8, Form 8 Assistant Tutor) Mrs Gillian Townsend, SVQ 3 Childcare Mrs Sarah Syme, MA (Hons), PGCE (Kindergarten Assistant - Maternity Leave) Visiting Staff (French Forms 6 - 8) Mr Andrew Whitelaw (HND) Mrs Rosie Letts, SpLD, Marketing (House Tutor, Assistant Form 5 Tutor, Teaching Staff Games) Magazine Editors Mrs Louise Berni, NNEB, PDA Mr Andrew Whitelaw, HND Mrs Fiona Bell (Head of Kindergarten) (House Tutor, Assistant Form 5 Tutor, Miss Kirsty McRae Mr James Brown, MA (Hons), PGCE Games) (History, Geography, RS, Games, Assistant Mrs Zoe Wright BA (Hons), PGCE Magazine Marketing Form 6 Tutor, Boarding) (Form 3 Class Teacher, Mon, Wed & Fri, Mrs Fiona Tait Mrs Alison Brown, BEd Games, Form 7 ICT) (Classroom Assistant and SpLD) Miss Deborah Wood, BA (Hons), PGCE School Officers Mrs Abbie Burke, SVQ 3 Childcare (Head of Art, D&T) Antony de Gier (Head Boy) (Kindergarten Assistant) Iona Salvesen (Head Girl) Mrs Christine Currie, BEd School Administrator Oliver Carrick (Deputy Head) (Reception Class Teacher) Mrs Fiona Tait Jessica Wright (Deputy Head) Front cover features: School image by Amanda Phillips Magazine design by Individual Design Melrose 07767235109 email: [email protected] 2 STAFF www.stmarysmelrose.org.uk HEADMASTERS SPEECH 2018 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, you will note the We would all be lost without you Julie, we know you care as gorgeous flowers decorating the marquee this evening. deeply about our pupils as anyone, and on behalf of all of us These have been arranged by two people who give hugely here at St. Mary’s, – happy birthday and thank you! to St. Mary’s in their capacities as tireless members of the Friends of St. Mary’s. Thank you to Lorna Blunt and Sophie We have had many visitors to St. Mary’s these past Scott for all you do on behalf of the school, including months. Former Chairman of the Board and FP, Lord Russell arranging these flowers for tonight’s celebrations. Sanderson and his wife Liz, attended Squad Singing back in September. Their presence at this event is always a treat As some of you might know, two weeks ago I gave the as the squads compete for the Andrew Sanderson Salver. address at the Crowning and Installation Ceremony in Andy would have loved the sense of fun that surrounds Melrose Abbey as part of Melrose Festival week. this singing competition, where the dedicated staff and pupils of the four squads put on a show. It is Lord and Lady For inspiration earlier that day, I had turned to a drawer in Sanderson’s Diamond (60th) Wedding Anniversary today my desk in which sits a copy of a newspaper article written and, though they are not here to join us, we wish them many about my late father - Dr Bill Harvey - when he retired from congratulations, and we thank them for their endless support General Practice in Coldstream twenty-four years ago. I of the school. dug it out and started to read of his respect for the hard- working, honest people in his care, their adaptability as times Less welcome was the visit from the “Beast from the East” changed and the community spirit, which saw them through in February of this year. The heavy snowfall meant roads good times and bad. It did not pass me by, that he could so became impassable and Police Scotland deemed it easily have been talking about this unique, wonderful and irresponsible, if people attempted to venture out in their very special community we call St. Mary’s School. vehicles. This gave us no choice but to close school for two separate three-day spells. However, Mrs Rawson and I would like you to consider identifying a common theme her dedicated team of boarding staff rallied to the call as that I believe stands St. Mary’s apart. several pupils became “stranded” here at school. True to the superb boarding provision throughout the year, fun activities One of the most dedicated were organised as staff cooked meals for the twenty plus staff in the school has given number and supervised study sessions were provided for me strict instructions not our Form 8s. It was incredible how, within an hour of a to mention that today is Latin revision session taking place in the Hamilton building, a special birthday for her; Jessica’s mum, Ann, appeared in a huge four wheel drive and that is Miss Birdsall, tractor to rescue her stranded, and suddenly very relieved or “Julie” as the Pre Prep daughter. A mercy mission of almighty proportions given the pupils love to call her, as ten feet snowdrifts on the road down from Synton Mill! they peek over the hatch Thanks too, go to Mr Jonnie Gordon, Mr Paul Rooney’s estate at the office, or poke staff and Mr George Fuller who all turned up in tractors to stones through the office help clear the drive and the car park. letter box from outside and run off giggling. Therefore, And if that was not enough to test the brilliance and neither will I mention the endurance of the Mrs Rawson’s boarding team of Mr tireless positivity, patience, Rawson, Mr Whitelaw, Mr Brown (our “lay chaplain”), and kindness she shows to Mrs Scott Aiton, Mrs Stuart, Mr Mateos, Pam, Stefan and anyone who comes to the Maddy, then in came the Care Inspectorate soon after, Julie Birdsall hatch, whether they be first in mid-March.