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A Message from the Headmistress Welcome to the 2012-13 edition concern for others and generosity of The Victorian magazine. At the are also expressed in charitable College, pupils learn, achieve and and community involvement. Our acquire the skills and values which potential for creativity in music, art will prepare them for adult life and and literature is showcased here in all for the world of work. This year’s its variety. magazine offers a record of the year inside and outside of the classroom 2012-13 was a very special year for and takes us from south Belfast to the sport in the College as our 1st XI continents of Europe, North America, Hockey Team played in the Schools’ Africa and Asia. Cup final for the first time in 40 years and brought us great pride. Sporting The magazine begins with a report life goes from strength to strength of the activities of the Association thanks to teams, individuals and all of Parents and Teachers which is those who teach, train and coach to always energetic in its support for whom we express our appreciation. the College, and we are very grateful to parents for their support and I thank Dr Mitchell-Barrett and the partnership, and likewise to our Board of Governors. Our staff of the Preparatory Department, Pre-School and Boarding Department, the House system, the contribution Playgroup for all their efforts to give our youngest pupils of pupils in the School Council and the visit of President such a welcome to the world of learning. I thank also and Mrs Obama are celebrated in words and pictures. the Secretary Mrs Betty Kerr and Committee of the Old Girls’ Association and Victorians Hockey Club for their We have many outstanding academic achievements record of the lives and achievements of our pupils once to report. All three of our Oxbridge applicants were they leave us. successful in obtaining offers. Examination performances by the A-level 2013 cohort out-performed both 2012’s As we go to print, we can report the exciting news that A-level results and the previous average over three years, we have been recognised with the Inclusion Quality placing Victoria College in the top ten grammar schools Mark, and these pages fully illustrate the reasons for this in the Province this year. prestigious award. Truly we inspire and challenge every girl to reach her full potential. Yet there is so much more to Victoria College than excellent examination results and outstanding classroom Thank you to Dr Brown, Mrs Turkington, Mr and practice. The school community is grateful to those who Mrs McCullough, Mr Austin and the PR Team for the offer so many opportunities to the girls to experience combined efforts of all those involved in the production the world around them. The magazine features the of The Victorian issue 39. I trust you will enjoy reading it pupils’ participation in, for example, the thriving Duke as much as I have. of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, a Senior Choir tour to Kenya, Habitat for Humanity, Comenius and World Challenge expeditions. We have secured a Green Flag for our environmental work and been awarded The Best Kept School award once more. Our values of Ms Patricia Slevin International School Award 2009-2012 1 Editorial In Ms Slevin’s introduction to the As Business Manager, Mrs Welcome to College on our new website, we Turkington has dealt with the read that “An education in Victoria unenviable task of negotiating The Victorian College adds value.” The truth of the final steps to publication, and this statement is apparent on every members of the Senior Leadership Issue 39 page of our magazine. The Overview Team willingly offered their services of the school year celebrates our to check and proofread. Many academic and other achievements thanks to Mrs McCullough, Mrs and features life in our thriving Porter and the Public Relations Boarding Department. In Teaching Team for providing access to formal and Learning we focus on the work and informal images. Our newly of each Department in helping pupils revamped website is an invaluable achieve their full academic potential. resource, although I trust that readers Other sections testify to the many will find that the magazine offers ways in which each girl rises to the a different experience. Mr Austin challenge of being “the best that is indispensable as the guardian of she can be” beyond the classroom, the images archive and yet again in creativity and performance, in has had his patience sorely tested sport, in the community and in the by the editor – many thanks, Ivor! wider world. The vibrant life of our Miss Mawhinney, Mrs Kirkpatrick youngest pupils in the Preparatory and the office team are an essential Department, Pre-School and source of information and support. Playgroup is abundantly manifest in My most sincere thanks go once their contribution, and the Old Girls’ more to Mr Ray McCullough for Association report demonstrates his sympathetic approach, patience the continuing influence of Victoria and professionalism in bringing the College in the lives of former pupils, magazine to print. many of whom have achieved very remarkable successes. May I thank you for your support for the magazine in its printed form, As ever, I wish to express my sincere which we believe in this digital age thanks to all those who have worked still offers a unique archive of a together to produce the magazine. school year in Victoria College. As Staff and pupils past and present you pick it up to browse through it or have been so helpful in supplying the enjoy a more leisurely read and share articles and images which brighten it in turn with a wider circle, I hope these pages. Particular thanks go that everyone will gain a sense of once more to Miss McQuillan and the the many ways in which our College staff of the Preparatory Department helps its pupils to realise their for a delightfully full record of their full potential. If you wish to share school year. I remain indebted to your news with your wider school Mrs Betty Kerr, Honorary Secretary community or to comment on this of the Old Girls’ Association, and year’s issue, please get in touch - we to her daughter Dr Julie Kerr for are already gathering our stories for furnishing the OGA reports. Dr Issue 40. Kerr’s very attractive and enjoyable book Victoria College Belfast: The Dr J Brown (Editor 2013) First 150 Years is available to those readers and friends of the College who wish to go further back than one single year in exploring our rich and significant history. 2 The Victorian Magazine No. 39 2012 - 2013 Contents Page Secondary Department Overview of the Year 6 Teaching and Learning 25 International School 48 Beyond the Classroom 58 Creative Expression 70 In Performance 76 Sport 82 Preparatory Department Pre-school 102 Playgroup 103 Reports from Prep 1 - Prep 7 104 Artwork 116 Overview of the Year 121 Old Girls’ Association Victorians including Statement of Accounts 129 Editor: Dr J Brown Business Manager: Mrs D Turkington 3 Governors and Staff Board of Governors Senior Teachers Mrs J E Haugh BA PGCE Chairman Mr A M Robinson BSC PGCE MSc Dr B J Gregory BSc PhD CEng MICE MIEI FCIWM FGS Head of Preparatory Department Vice-Chairman Dr R Mitchell-Barrett BA MA PGCE NPQH PhD Dame Joan Harbison DBE BA MSc Head of Corporate Services Ms P Slevin BA MEd PGCE PQH (Headmistress) Mr N Ritchie MBA BA Mrs L Beatty BSc Mr N Brown ACII Mr A J Barrett BSc PGCE Dr B Callender MB MRCGP Miss A Bothwell BSc PGCE (Temporary) Dr R Clarke MB BCh BAO FRCPath Dr J Brown BA PhD PGCE Miss A Curry BA MBA Ced MCMI FSTBE ILTM Mrs H Burn BA PGCE Mr J N Finlay BSc CEng FICE FIEI FCIWEM MConsE Mrs H Burnett BEd Lady Froggatt Miss M Cassidy BA PGCE Mr J A B Gibson MBE JP BSc DipEd Mrs H Clarke BA PGCE AdCertEd Professor D R Hadden MD FRCP Mrs A L Coulter BSc PGCE Dr A Helmy MBBCh MSc MRCPI Mr M P Donaghy MEng PGCE BEI Mrs M-L Morwood LLB LLM (co-opted member) Mrs Y M Dornan BA DipEd Mr M H Hunter FCA Miss N Du Toit BSc DipEd Dr M S Johnston MB BCh BAO Mrs A Edgar BSc PGCE Ms F Kane BA (co-opted member) Mrs R H Elwood BEd Mrs H Lavery BA PGCE PGCCEG Miss M Faloona BA PGCE Mr C G Maccabe CB LLB LLM FRSA Mrs J A Findlay BA PGCE Mr S McKillop BEng CEng MIEI Mrs A E Gillian DipMusEd (RSAM) LGSM LTCL MTD Ms C A McKinney OBE BA (Hons) PGCE MBA MEd Miss L Hamilton BA (Temporary) BA (QTS) Mr A M Robinson BSc PGCE MSc Mrs K Hogg BSc PGCE Mrs E A Robinson Mr N J Kavanagh BA PGCE Mr A Sayers BSc Mrs H Lavery BA PGCE PGCCEG Mr R Telford BSc DIS MRICS MAPM Miss C Lough BSc PGCE Dip (Temporary) Mr E Thompson BSc PGCE Dip HE Mr C P Luney MSSc BA PGCE PGDip PG Cert Mrs G Wells MB BCh BAO MRCGP MFCH Miss C Lynch BSc PGCE Mr J W Wilson QC Mr D McCaw BSc PGCE Mr M Yousaf MBBS FRCS FRCS (G: Surgery) MPhil Dr J A McCormick BSc PGCE PhD Mr D G McCracken BA PGCE Full-Time Teaching Staff Mrs Y McCullough BA ATD AdvDip Mr T McKee MEd BSc DipM Headmistress Miss J McKnight BEd Ms P Slevin BA MEd PGCE PQH Mrs R A McLuckie BEd Mrs N McMurray BA PGCE Deputy Head Miss J McQuillan PGDip BEd ABRSM ALCM Mrs H Woods BEd BSc AdCertEd DASE PQH Dr L Meneely BA Dip PGCE PhD Miss L Montgomery BSc PGCE (Temporary) Assistant Principals Mrs J Morrow BSc PGCE (Career Break) Mrs L Diffin MA PGCE AdCertEd PQH Mrs M J Murray BMUS PGCE Cert TCS Miss M McMackin BA PGCE Mr R A O’Brien BA HDipEd MA Mrs D Turkington BA Cert TCS Dr P A Oliver MSc PGCE PhD 4 Mrs K P O’Neill-Skelly BA MSc PGCE Playgroup Assistants Mrs J Porter BA PGCE Miss H Robinson MA PGCE Mrs R Taylor BSSE Dip Mrs P A Robinson BSc PGCE Miss A L Scott BSc PGCE Playgroup Leader Miss J Sheridan BSc PGCE