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An Inspector Calls You can imagine our surprise – and, initially, Thoughts from Spotlight on disbelief - when Mrs Watkins announced the head MeL main that a team of ISI Inspectors would be descending on us in less than twenty four he Summer term has to be my favourite for all the obvious reasons. What did you do before Berky? hours! Fortunately, we are constantly working to improve our school, and always thinking T The sun comes out and there are opportunities to enjoy cricket, I started my career as an Early Years rounders, and athletics as well as the many happy and valuable trips. The of new and exciting ways to interest and all-round Practitioner in Surbiton, Surrey and engage the children; we just had to hope Year 6 drama production and recital were magnificent showcases for the moved to 16 years ago, acting and musical talent at Berkhampstead and the Sports Days showed that, rather than getting completely bogged I worked at Infants’ down in paperwork, the Inspectors would see excellence the athletic potential that is being realised in our very youngest through School for 12 years before joining Berky. to our senior pupils. There is no doubt that the Summer term is the most our school for what it is – a brilliant learning isi report action-packed and this has been exemplified by all that our Year 6 pupils What do you do in your spare time? environment with a broad and stimulating have enjoyed during their final weeks with us. I am married to Ian, we have 3 curriculum provided by an exceptional staff 2017 children and Billy our dog. Alice our team dedicated to going the extra mile and The final year at Prep School is the most exciting. It is also the most eldest is at University, Daniel and ensuring the children’s well-being. We just challenging, both academically and pastorally. The children focus on their Lucy are at . They had to be ourselves! Entrance Exams and work tirelessly to prepare, completing practice take up most of my time, but I enjoy papers and looking at exam technique in a quest to do themselves We need not have worried. Berkhampstead the outdoors, walking, camping and gardening. justice when the day of the ‘real thing’ arrives. This year’s cohort was very was awarded the top rating of ‘excellent’ I love concerts and live music and take every opportunity to do this. successful and acquitted themselves very well, managing to win sixteen in all areas and the Day Nursery achieved places and many senior school scholarships in the If you were a character from a book which one would you be? ‘outstanding’ – also the highest possible process. They were all delighted when their destinations were decided and Miss Honey from Matilda. She appreciates and notices everyone and grading; the glowing report is now available On the air we celebrated their individual successes. everything. She recognises individual abilities and does all she can to for all to read on our website. However, there is still much we want to achieve and we will During the Easter holidays, BBC Radio We welcomed an Independent School Inspection team into school offer encouragement, care and support. Great qualities in a teacher. most certainly not be resting on our laurels. ran a week long feature on early in the term and we were thrilled with their endorsement that What have been the highlights of your first term at Berky? GA Berky on their afternoon show. DJ Jon Smith Berkhampstead School and Day Nursery is ‘Outstanding’ in every way. The children…. they are amazing, I look forward to coming to work interviewed Reception children about their This is, of course, down to the hard-working, diligent and creative staff and each day, and we have so much fun it never really feels like work. Easter party, Prep children about House Cross wonderful pupils they teach. I knew Berky was the right choice as soon as I had my first tour of Country and their Mother’s Day service play, The photographs and articles in this edition of the Berky Blazer capture the school. The Early Years team are such a lovely group of people. and Year 6 pupils about the Spring Concert. many of those individual moments of this term and are a wonderful He was bowled over by Mrs Rutherford’s representation of our school. I hope that you will enjoy looking through What would you most like to learn? incredible keyboard orchestra. these pages as much as I have. As a child I used to play the trumpet and subsequently had a few lessons to play drums which was great fun, but I would love to be able to play the piano. What do you look forward to? Richard We have been renovating our house and needed to move out for Richard Cross 6 months so I’m really looking forward to moving back in. Headmaster What is your favourite film? Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. I love any film starring Audrey Hepburn; she had such great style, and this Fruit of their was her first film and a particular favourite of mine. What is your favourite children’s book? labour As a child I loved The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton; The Wildlife Garden has been a hive of the characters were all unique and the children had such great activity for Year 2 this term. Having chosen adventures visiting strange and magical lands, although you were the vegetables they were going to grow, never sure if they would be stuck in a land before The Faraway Tree they have reaped the fruits of their labour, PTA news moved on. and have been harvesting strawberries, PTA activity began with a rush as we returned The Summer Fayre took place in glorious french beans, peas and potatoes. Although What are the most important qualities to instil in KG children? from the Easter holidays. The James Bond- sunshine and embraced a ‘foodie’ theme. the wildflower meadow has seeded itself, themed May Ball was held at the magnificent Fresh baked pizzas from a wood-fired oven To be kind and honest, to have the courage to try everything, show the green-fingered children have been kept respect for their environment and those that live in it. Pump Room. The food seemed even were enjoyed along with strawberries and busy by Mrs Taylor in her weekly gardening better than usual and music from “The Pleasure cream and glasses of Pimms. The usual range What is your wish for the KG children at this early stage club hedge trimming, replanting Dome” encouraged even the most reluctant of stalls selling a myriad of books, toys and of their education? strawberries from runners. and dancers onto the floor! bric-a-brac jostled with candy floss and ‘fruit thinning carrots and beetroots. Most of all I want the children to be happy and I believe that Fiona and her team once again produced kebab’ making. Year 6 pupils demonstrated their providing a fun, carefree, stimulating and secure environment where Many of Year 2’s other lessons entrepreneurial flair! The tug o’ war competition have taken place in a dazzling display of cakes provided by our they can learn, build self-esteem and self-confidence is key to this. Year 5 and Reception parents for this term’s was, as always, fiercely contested and the the Wildlife Garden standard set by our children in the “Berky’s got too this term. ‘Cake at Break’ sale. The children always seem so enthusiastic about this event, eagerly handing Talent” reached new heights! Steve Ackland, 2 over their 50p coins. PTA Chair 3 Newsfrom the Newsfrom Day nursery pre-prep

Kindergarten’s Reception Journey of Discovery Once Upon A Time… Outstanding The children have been inspired by our topic, Having read the story of the Gingerbread Man, the ‘The Gruffalo’ and have initiated most of the children were shown a painting of a river, and were activities. They have loved dressing up as the asked to construct a bridge for the Gingerbread ISI April 2017 characters and playing in the ‘Gruffalo cave’ Man to cross to escape from the fox! Lots in all areas! role play area. We have been drawing the of measuring and engineering took place Gruffalo and we have learned the Gruffalo and brilliant bridges were made. song where lots of grrrowling is expected!! Another day, the children received letters from Mummy Bear and Goldilocks. Mummy ather than winding down in her last few commented, “Berkhampstead Day Nursery had We have planted bedding plants outside Bear wanted the children to check to see days before taking maternity leave, heavily the Kindergarten, and many helpers have R its fifth birthday in April, and in the same month she had enough food for a picnic for Daddy pregnant manager of the Day Nursery Emily was inspected. We are thrilled that what we Berky Bears Music promised to care for the plants over the comes to the Day Nursery! coming months. We also sowed cress and Baby Bear. The children loved sharing had to accommodate four ISI inspectors who believe is an outstanding Day Nursery has now the food and ensuring the two bears had the paid the School and Day Nursery a surprise been validated by the inspection team.” Music is integral to life at Berky and it seeds and learned about how plants grow, change and decay. same! Goldilocks asked the children to share four-day visit at the start of the Summer term. Four days after the inspectors left, an exhausted is no different here at the Day Nursery. sweets between the Three Bears. The children We weren’t surprised that the inspectors Emily gave birth to a little girl! Debbie Sallis is not only the school’s We have been learning about rhyme had great fun counting the sweets and were so impressed with what we offer here at Pre-Prep Head of Music and Percussion and alliteration during ‘Letters and predicting how many each bear would have. the Day Nursery - we strive hard to provide teacher, but also a very talented musician Sounds’ sessions, and about “flat” The children were very good and no sweets exceptional care for our youngest children - but in her own right. Debbie now visits every 2D shapes and where to find went missing! it was wonderful to be awarded ‘Outstanding’ in New Garden Enables week to the delight of our very youngest them in our environment. The Porridge making went down very all five areas - the finest possible outcome. Babies to Blossom children, bringing with her a wealth of children have been practising their well. The children received another According to the report’s key findings, We are delighted that our Under 2’s pre-school expertise and enthusiasm to mark making skills to encourage letter from Goldilocks, this time “Children’s personal and emotional gorgeous garden was completed this term. the Day Nursery. Her aim is to inspire our expression, communication, asking the children to write a development is excellent and they feel very We have been able to turn an unused space youngest children with her lovely music- imagination and creativity. porridge recipe so she could make secure, safe and happy.” The dedication and into a lovely environment for our youngest making sessions. A parent commented The snack area has now become it for the bears. Having written a care of our wonderful staff impressed the children, and the babies now benefit from “Laura attends the Kindergarten at the a healthy snack café, and the list of ingredients and instructions, inspection team greatly. The report notes that their own dedicated outside area - with school and has given the Wednesday music children gain independence through the children carefully measured staff are “warm and caring”, “very approachable”, colourful, soft rubber flooring - to crawl classes rave reviews! It was great to go serving themselves food and pouring out the oats and milk, heated the “supportive and encouraging of the childrens around on safely. They already have a chalk along to Berky Bears so that her year-old drinks. Our tables are smartly laid ingredients, chose toppings and own efforts” and that they encourage children board, new sandpit and lovely planters sister Bethan could join in the fun too with with table cloths and flowers. This finally ate the porridge; this was to “become confident learners and show filled with bright flowers and ‘sensory’ clapping, dancing and singing along with Mrs led to us thinking about ways to stay done with great eagerness! respect to one another.” The inspectors plants including mint and rosemary. Deputy Sallis and her guitar”. healthy. The children describe We all wondered who had left a witnessed that staff “respond extremely well Manager Mollie commented, “I am really Berky Bears Music, Fridays during term being healthy as: “bathing, playing lots basket of food and a red cloak in Reception. to children’s differing needs” and adopt a pleased with this new wonderful space. It is time, 9.15 - 9.45 - everyone welcome, of sport, being in the fresh air, eating The children agreed it must be Red Riding “very good use of praise and encouragement.” great to see outdoor learning taking place please call us on 01242 533830 for fruit and vegetables and - believe it or Hood! The children took part in “hot seating,” Children here, therefore, “make rapid progress for our babies”. Plans are to decorate the further information. not - sleeping!” They described how with one child taking on the role of one of from their starting points and are very well walls with colourful ladybirds and bees. their bodies felt different after the characters from the story. The other prepared for the transition to the next stage exercising… “My heart is thumping, children asked questions and the characters of their education.” my body is wet and I’m hot”. in role were encouraged to answer in detail. The report celebrates our outside areas. These We have introduced after-lunch Our shoe box fairy tale forests were include a ‘mud kitchen’, an allotment, sensory Mindfulness sessions. This is a fantastic! We used materials such as plants, a pretty Wendy house and a pond. form of relaxation that increases tissue paper, pom poms and metal As well as climbing areas, tunnels, stepping optimism, happiness, compassion and strands to create very imaginative stones and outside play equipment, we also empathy for others. The children forests.The children also enjoyed boast a brand new dedicated garden for our concentrate on their breathing as their parents and Prep school babies. All this “allows more opportunities for they watch glitter being shaken up in a teacher Mr Titley reading their physical development,” notes the report. bottle and then focus as it swirls and settles favourite traditional stories. at the bottom. Yoga is also popular. What a Thanks to everyone who shared Richard Cross, Head of the School was their stories. HRW delighted with the findings, and busy first term at Kindergarten! MM 4 5 “Any lesson with a bunsen SCIENCE TRIPS/VISITS burner is fun because PLANTING CRESS SEEDS Reception @Bristol Kindergarten had been learning about their Year 1 Bristol Aquarium I like to test things out environment, and decided to grow their own food. They Pittville Park - 4 times to look visited the wildlife garden to sew cress seeds on cotton at the change in seasons rather than just write.” wool in recycled ice cream tubs. They talked about Year 2 Bristol Aquarium the importance of sun and water to help the plants to Over Farm - looking at grow, and a few days later they looked at how the roots food miles had grown into the cotton wool and how the shoots Year 3 Lower Moor Farm - learning had sprouted. about keeping plants healthy “I like planting. It was really fun planting Year 4 Cheltenham Science Festival cress seeds and touching the cotton wool.” Year 5 @Bristol PIRATE SHIP SHADOWS Cheltenham Ladies’ College The Y1 children carried out an investigation about for a lecture/talk shadows when they learnt all about ‘Light and Shadows.’ King’s for a First thing one morning they took a pirate ship model Science Day outside, drew around its shadow, and made predictions Year 6 Detective agency workshop about what they thought would happen. They returned run by an ex-policewoman later that morning and then after lunch to see how the shadows had moved and changed shape. The children were amazed to see what had happened to the shadows! “I enjoyed seeing how the shadows changed during the day. When I am older, I am looking forward to doing experiments.” SPRING INVESTIGATION Year 3 investigated what happens to the length of a spring as masses are added to it. The children also found out where magnets and springs are used in everyday life to illustrate that science isn’t just for in the school lab, it is everywhere! “I enjoyed this lesson because I like experiments. Science is one of my favourite lessons. I like all the different equipment in the lab.” MOVING AND GROWING ‘Moving and Growing’ was an interesting topic for Year 4. They discovered a variety of facts about their skeleton, joints and muscles, and the effects of exercise on their own bodies. Science at Berky: “Running round the castle, and then taking our pulse rates showed us how our pulse changed when we exercised. It was fun!” MICROSCOPES Year 6 look at life in a lot more detail. Micro-organisms are studied using microscopes to show the pupils that there are both nice and nasty bugs! “I enjoyed seeing things up close - things Causing that I can’t see with my naked eye.” BUNSEN BURNERS “I am just a child who has never grown up. Bunsen burners are introduced to pupils in Year a reaction! 4, and used practically in Years 5 and 6 in their I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. investigations. Here (main picture), Year 6s are Occasionally I find an answer.” measuring the temperature of water as it is heated through the three states of matter. Stephen Hawking

cience at Berky is engaging and fun! We strive to stimulate the By the time children leave us in Year 6, each pupil takes with S children’s curiosity and sense of investigative enquiry, whilst extending them a sound foundation of scientific knowledge and has their knowledge and understanding of the world. Younger children are learnt how to investigate to find out ‘how’ and ‘why’. taught Science by their form teacher, whilst children in the Prep School Here is a snapshot of just some of the wonderfully inspiring are taught by our specialist science teacher - Mr Morphew - in a fully Science teaching seen throughout the school. The children equipped Science laboratory; the focus is on hands-on learning. Science have added a few comments! trips and visits further enhance the children’s scientific education. 6 7 fromNews pre-prep fromNews prep the Right

Tnoteshis term has again seen a wealth of wonderful instrumental performances. I am delighted that so many are willing to work hard and Shiver me timbers Going Green! prepare to play in public. Pirates Seize Year 1 Year 2 Check At the Summer Recital, some of our Year 2 Classrooms! As the Summer term arrived, Year 2 turned their thoughts to players performed solos for the first time, After the Easter holidays, the children returned to More Berky chess success a new topic: ‘Go Green’. The mates sharing the platform with more experienced school to find their classrooms filled with pirate ships children set about clearing the nother very busy – and very successful – chess year has drawn to a close. Before Easter players from Years 3-5. and other Jolly Roger type paraphernalia - pirates planting bed in the wildlife garden, the chess team (Toby, Jack, James, George, Ollie and Sam) had wrapped up and retained had taken over the classrooms! We spent an exciting A Year 6 celebrated their musical talents in an and planting beetroot, peas, the district league and cup titles. This term, the third ‘major’ trophy – the Wheeler Cup for the term finding out about famous pirates, including evening Recital which was presented by pupils runner beans, carrots most successful school team at the annual district congress – was also claimed by Berky players. sharing the Front of House, Announcements Blackbeard who drank rum mixed with gunpowder! and potatoes; these were The district congress proved a vivid success for Berkhampstead. George de B-T was crowned They were fascinated to find out what life was like and Stage Crew duties. We heard some fine watched, watered and district individual champion after a peerless seven wins from seven matches. Jack and Toby solo, duet and ensemble performances. The as a pirate, from what a pirate would eat to tended by our keen Year shared 2nd place, James came 5th while two young blades, Oli and Rupert were the highest the places that they would sail to, and the Chamber Ensemble performed beautifully at the 2 gardeners. Everyone scoring Y3 pupils. in May, and - ably led by naughty things that they did. Imaginations agreed when the were fuelled as the children learnt all about Domestically, Toby, the school’s proud captain of chess, won the chess club’s Division 1 title Leslie M - won their class. strawberries ripened that (no mean feat with so many strong players competing). Noah finished the campaign as Division the history of piracy and how life has there is nothing better 2 winner while the Division 3 title was shared between Naomi, Andrew and Henry. The House changed over the last 400 years. than eating a freshly picked Chess tournament was as hotly contested as ever. A strong St. Patrick’s (captained by Jack) just strawberry. The wildlife One particularly memorable morning, pipped St. Andrew’s to claim the silverware. The Y2 children had their first taste of chess at their garden buzzed with bees the children received letters from annual club while the school team defeated the staff in their traditional summer showdown. Pirate Bluebeard who gave them a list and the Bug Hotel was checked for visitors. At Speech Day, Toby was awarded the Howard Cup for Chess. Toby has proved the most of instructions for a treasure hunt. The wonderful ambassador for Berky chess, captaining a richly talented team with grace and skill children then wrote their own clues to The theme for Verse Speaking at the Town Hall and leading by splendid example. MC make a treasure hunt for some of the was ‘Small Creatures’ and the children spoke younger children! Reading pirate stories beautifully showing confidence way beyond their and poems has inspired some very years. I have a feeling that some of the parents were exciting pirate creative writing. Lots more nervous than their children! 5 Ways to Well-being This term we have been thrilled by the of Pirate Pete adventures have been The children quickly became ambassadors for doing Berky was established as a ‘happy and achievements of three pupils in Y5 who will be created ranging from giant crocodile their bit to save the Planet. Lights were turned off, nurturing’ place, the premise being that joining prestigious music courses during the attacks to romance with a lady pirate taps checked and at home they checked out their happy children are better able to learn. summer holidays. Leslie M will be joining the named Pearl! Through this story writing, own recycling. Their production ‘Eddie the Penguin So introducing the ‘5 Ways to Well-being’ the children have developed their Saves the World’ made sure the message was to the Prep School was logical. The initiative National Children’s Orchestra on Oboe and understanding of alliteration and delivered to the whole school as the children sang, is made up of five key components: the National Schools Symphony Orchestra on story language. danced and acted enthusiastically. Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Give Viola, Jemima R will be singing with the National and Take Notice. The Learning Bench has Children’s Choir and Rhys L will be joining the In Science lessons, the children learnt about The trips to Cotswold Wildlife Park, Over Farm and National Children’s Orchestra on Bassoon. We Pond Dipping were all enjoyed and made us all been particularly successful; for instance, light and dark, floating and sinking. There wish them well. have been some fantastic investigations realise what an amazing diversity of creatures live Year 5 pupils Alice and Archie have taught into waterproofing and the best materials on our planet and what extraordinary adaptations Howzat? Net Gain other children how to knit and garden, Following another successful Taster Afternoon, to use to make a pirate ship - we have some of them have developed in order to survive for Berky Cricketers while activities such as origami have been there will be many new instrumentalists starting even made our own! The children have in their chosen habitat. provided for children in the ‘Connect’ lessons in September, and we look forward to Berky’s keen cricketers were delighted to return area. For pupils who favour a more ‘Active’ seeing what the next generation of also enjoyed creating some wonderful pirate The children were very keen to help endangered to school in the Summer term to three brand art including imaginative pirate selfies, ship animals and the sponsored orienteering event in playtime, there is a box full of balls, skipping Berky musicians can achieve. PM new cricket nets located on the MUGA. Boys ropes and racquets. The ‘Take Notice’ area silhouettes against oil pastel sunsets and pirate Pittville Park enabled them to send money to and girls have been able to hone their batting, hand puppets. Great fun! the WWF. encourages children to observe and record bowling and fielding skills with net sessions that what is around them. Michelle Bareham, Add to all of this the day to day English and By the end of term, the children were singing take place weekly during lunch breaks, and in Head of Pastoral Care at the School, maths, the sports day and swimming gala; sea shanties and dancing pirate jigs, and the games lessons, the nets allow smaller groups commented, “ The idea has been to promote yes, it has been a busy term! SO topic concluded in a very exciting to have focussed coaching sessions. the children’s well-being and to equip them pirate party day where the children Headmaster Richard Cross, himself a keen with key life skills on how to remain happy. came to school dressed up as cricketer, enthused, “ The nets are a fantastic I am pleased with the way in which the pirates! Lots of games were played, addition to our sporting facilities, and the surface scheme has encouraged different year groups a pirate feast was eaten and many of the MUGA is ideal for bowling - it offers a lot to connect with one another.” 8 Aaaarrrrgggghhh’s and Yo Ho Ho’s of turn for the spin bowlers.” 9 could be heard around the school.LLK Kayley D, Y6, Wild animal pastel study Ben J, Y1 Dalmation in collage and paint

Oliver M, Y2 Duck using a quill and ink

Joy C, Y3 Monet in pastel and paint Beatrice M-D, Y2, painting of Elizabeth 1

Arsalaan H, Y1, Chocolate bar using collage and paint

Charlie C, Reception self portrait

Y6 collaborative quarter circle canvas

Naomi F, Y6 Wild animal pastel study

Holly B, Y6 Winter scene in acrylic Ethan O’Y, Y6 ceramic fish

Albie B, Y2 Scottish tapestry

Harry B Y6 Art Scholar Sarah D, Y5 Wayne Thiebaud inspired pastel The creativeSummer and innovative workExhibition of every Berky pupil from Reception to Year 6 celebrated in our annual Art Exhibition Y5 ceramic cakes ow in its third year, our Summer Art and striking Egyptian-inspired Year 3 ceramic the school, and displaying artwork from every year inspired by Wayne Thiebaud NExhibition took place immediately after coil pots: the art on show was both diverse and in one place shows the progress the children make half term. Always a crowd-puller, appealing. Many visitors were impressed by the while they are with us.” the exhibition showcased the work of each Year 6 Scholarship portfolios which were also child from Reception to Year 6, from gorgeous on display. The standard of work this year was The Summer 2017 exhibition was a huge teddy bear collages lovingly crafted by our exceptional, and Michelle Bareham, Head of Art success, and we look forward to seeing more Reception children, stunning Year 2 bird studies commented, “I am so proud of the standard of of the fantastic efforts of our current students created using ink and quills, to Year 5 silk art at Berky. next year. paintings inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt, It is wonderful to see such a variety of work across Kimora P, Y3 Monet in pastel and paint

Emily G, Y4 ceramic name plate Summer exhibition 2017

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10 11 andTrips visits Lakeside Learning On a blisteringly hot June day, Year 3 travelled to Cotswold Water Park to further their studies about helping plants grow. When we arrived, our leader Gail asked the pupils questions to do with the uses of plants and their life cycles (much to my relief they had answers to all the questions!) Pupils enjoyed catching invertebrates in nets and with a key as a guide, they were able to work out their names. It was discussed how plants and animals live side by side and rely on each other, and that even these tiny insects have an important role to play. We walked through the wooded areas and collected colourful parts of plants FOffresh faces, new we places andgo... wide spaces - to make into collages. The day ended with some clay modelling. Corinium Capers! we’ve used them all this term to bring learning to life It was a lovely day, and I was pleased with the pupils’ behaviour and ability to answer all the questions. TM The Year 3 pupils travelled back two thousand years in time to discover what life was like in Roman times. The Corinium Museum in hosted our children who relished the chance to dress up as Romans, investigate what they ate and drank, create Super Science memorable mosaics and pit their wits against their pals at historic Even though it was pouring, Year 4 still enjoyed finding boards around the board games. The workshops the pupils attended were fascinating festival grounds to answer scientific questions.The interesting facts on the and we all learnt how the town was founded. Seemingly, the Roman boards ranged from a volcano eruption being the loudest sound on earth, invaders and local Britons lived side-by-side in relative peace allowing DOWN ON Roaring to a piece of broccoli containing more Vitamin C than an orange! many soldiers to leave the area and transfer to more unstable parts THE FARM Success Having watched a very interesting presentation about energy, we headed of the country. Our children demonstrated their learning keenly and were full of ideas and spark. They proved splendid ambassadors Reception children gained Year 2 pupils visited the to the Discover Zone for hands-on investigation. for Berkhampstead School. MC hands-on experience of a ‘forest Cotswold Wildlife Park in Pupils were also delighted to see a model of the Bloodhound that by the school’ environment when they Burford. Their topic was ‘going end of the year will break the land speed record and next year go faster visited Cotswold Farm Park. Our green’ and the children wanted than 1000mph - the Berky School name is on its side as we are one of its hardy bunch didn’t seem to to find out why animals around sponsors! The Cheltenham Science Festival is a great event and I would notice the cold weather as they the world are endangered encourage everyone to go next year. TM Tudor Times watched the baby lambs frolic, and what can be done to help protect Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their Tudor and held chicks and rabbits. them. They enjoyed a thrilling safari train ride during which they experience at Sulgrave Manor. There They also enjoyed feeding the spotted some of the large animals - including rhinos, giraffes, zebras and Bon Appétit! was much excitement as the children three enormous lion cubs - before meeting the keepers to learn plenty donned Tudor outfits and took part in animals and watching a very Year 4 visited the lovely little French restaurant in town called L’Artisan. of interesting facts about the animals they had seen. As well as the big a Drama Workshop about Henry VIII impressive falconry display. The trip enabled the children to speak French to French people in a animals, they also saw the smallest ones in the invertebrate house, and and his wives. After acting out several Young Emma remembered real situation – namely, ordering food – and they did this very well. They some not so small ones in the reptile house! Year 2 had a fantastic day out executions, divorces and deaths we took holding the chicks, “They were able to choose crêpes au sucre, crêpes au chocolat and crêpes a la and are now keen to find out what they can do themselves to help these part in a more cheery traditional Tudor were very soft,” she commented, “I also confiture de fraises. Elisabeth, the owner, was wonderful with the children, endangered animals, and particularly the rhinos. HC dance! It was then on to a tour of the enjoyed feeding the goats and horses.” Meanwhile Tom was speaking entirely in French and teaching them the vocabulary for the slightly perturbed that when he attempted to give food to a baby Manor, learning about Tudor food, language, cutlery which they had to say correctly before being allowed to order medicines and buildings. We finished the day goat, a bigger one pushed in and pinched it. Both said they would love their crêpes! The crêpes were absolutely ‘délicieux’ and there was not a to return. HR-W with all the children playing a variety of Tudor Where are you going to, thing left on any of the plates! games. Lots of learning - a super day. PMc little brown mice? An excellent time was had by all and superb French was spoken by all of the children! CMc Seasonal Changes The Early Years travelled to the Forest of Dean for some As part of the science curriculum, Year 1 visited Pittville Park each Gruffalo hunting! They had to follow the clues around the trail at Back in Time season throughout the year to study the changes in the trees and Beechenhurst Lodge to find the characters from the much loved Our annual trip with the Year 5s to the Black Country Museum vegetation. The children recorded the different ways that the weather story. Many claimed to see animal footprints along the route as well Lifelong memories was again a great success. On arrival we were sent down the mine was affected by the seasons, as well as the amount of daylight there as potential homes around the forest setting; a few even heard some For their final Berky residential, an excited Year 6 travelled to to experience the dark and damp reality of what life was like for was each day. We studied the local flora and fauna and carried out growls coming from the trees! Finally, we found the elusive Gruffalo, Viney Hill in the Forest of Dean. We were extremely lucky with children working in Victorian times. From there it was on to a history detailed drawings and compiled lists of what we observed. For our and much to everyone’s relief he wasn’t anywhere near as scary as the weather which was glorious for the three days we were there. trail following the life of a Victorian child. We visited a back to back final trip the children enjoyed a summer picnic in the park to mark the we thought he would be. A picnic followed under the shade of the Our oldest pupils had the opportunity to try lots of exciting new house, played street games and got a super tour of the Ironmongers, end of a brilliant year! LL-K trees and a play on the fabulous wooden play area rounded off the activities including canoeing, crate stacking and mountain biking, and where the children learned about catching cockroaches and rats. afternoon. All the children behaved wonderfully on the trip, made memories that will last a lifetime. Having been on both Viney After lunch we had a lesson in a Victorian school room and saw just we are all very proud of them. JG Hill trips with this year group I was impressed with how they had how differently children were treated compared to today. Our final OVER FARM matured. Everyone helped and supported one another, and we all had activity was to sample the delights of an early 1900s fairground. a fantastic time! Well done Year 6, you did yourselves proud! DB The children learned much from the trip and had a great time. PMc Over Farm was a great place for Year 2 to to find out all about where our food comes from, and to get a better understanding of food miles. We were shown a variety of crops including wheat and Christmas Corinium museum Forest of dean trees, and we enjoyed looking for ‘brains’ and ‘eggs’ in the rhubarb Science Festival patch as well as picking asparagus spears. We saw tiny pumpkin Pittville Park seedlings which will, come October, be ready for carving! A visit to Cotswold water park the shop enabled us to look at the labels on the produce to find OVER FARM out which items were local and which had come from further away. Black country Living museum We found tomatoes from Spain and surprisingly some onions from Viney Hill Australia! L’artisAn On our return to school we cooked up our delicious asparagus Cotswold Wildlife Park and some broad beans which we all thoroughly enjoyed, with an enormous strawberry on the side! HC Cotswold 12 Farm Park Sulgrave Manor 13 “A breathless tour of the world - “Hilarious! Engrossing! Colourful costumes, marvellous with a wonderful message.” A dazzling performance!” music and splendiferous speaking!” Mr Cole, Prep Teacher Mrs Taylor, Pre- Prep Teaching Assistant Mrs Agg, Deputy Head

Pre-Prep presents Year 6 presents Early years present Eddie the Penguin Pirates of the Once Upon Saves The World curry bean A Time

ddie the Penguin’ is a play about how fun and lively, catchy songs; Year 2, with the help ith a ‘Yo-ho, heave ho!’ the Year 6 characters. With the numerous puns, some ur Reception and Pre-School children ‘Room on the Broom’ and ‘What the Ladybird ‘E everyone’s contribution towards saving the of Year 1, performed with great panache. Thanks W play was off on its journey over the more terrible than others, the play was made O performed “Once Upon a Time” brilliantly Heard.’ Reception children did an amazing planet makes a difference. Eddie and his penguin to the genius of Mrs Sallis, there were some ocean blue. With pirates, sailors and the tribe all the more humorous by the children’s in front of packed audiences. They invited their job, remembering their lines and using friends notice with alarm that the Antarctic is terrific solos and instrumental contributions. The of Lumbago the play was full of adventure, impeccable timing and wonderful delivery. parents, teachers and siblings to join them on a musical instruments to accompany the songs. melting. Along with some friendly whales and children involved in stage management were slick betrayal, battles, storms, treasure and of course It was an absolute pleasure to work with them journey with a little boy with just Mum and Meanwhile, our lovely Pre-School children also polar bears, the resourceful penguins form the and efficient and Mrs Taylor’s and Miss Middleton’s monkeys. The children gave it their all and threw and I could not have asked for anything more. a cat for company. Nothing happens, no one delighted the audience, looking adorable, and rock band ‘Eddie’s Cool Operators’ (ECO for scenery was truly awesome. The heartwarming themselves into the production wholeheartedly. A fantastic production; they should all be truly comes by…or so the little boy says. also remembering their actions and words. short!) and travel the world with vitally important story was delivered loudly and clearly; we can only All the pupils sang their hearts out, took on proud of themselves. Well done, Year 6! But the children told a very different story, Well done, Early Years! HRW messages for the thoughtless humans. Although it hope that the audience took notice and are now the dance moves (and there were quite some and we met all manner of storybook characters You did it in style, true piratical style! BE contains a serious message, this play is also full of doing their bit for Planet Earth. GA moves) and fully immersed themselves in the including creatures from ‘The Gruffalo’,

14 15 Sportsdays Prep Sports Day Kindergarten he perfect day greeted us as the Prince of Sports Day T Wales Stadium, cool and breezy with the A lovely sunny morning greeted us, and the prospect of some sun later on. The children children enjoyed participating in obstacle, sprint, started off with the field events and it was sack and egg and spoon races. It was lovely to lovely to see the support they gave each other see so much energy and smiling faces from both as they tried their best in each event. We had the children and the proud parents watching! an amazing number of records broken: The children were thrilled to receive stickers, a Long Jump - Jonathan B and William B in Year certificate and an ice lolly at the end of all their 3, India R in Year 4, Florrie H in Year 5. Standing hard work! Well done to our youngest athletes! KJ Broad Jump - Max C in Year 3 and Isabel F in Year 6. Cricket Ball Throw - George de B-T in Year 5. Shot Putt - Florrie H in Year 5 and Cheltenham Schools Millie J in Year 6. Knockout Cricket In the afternoon, we kicked off with the Trophy Race for middle-distance track events and it is quite clear we have some astonishingly good runners, Berky are the with records broken by Lincoln H in Year 3 and champions! Florrie H in Year 5. Then came the sprint heats Our U11s took part in the Cheltenham followed by the finals. Here some long standing Knockout Trophy - which has been competed success records were broken by Lincoln H for the for since 1924 - towards the end of the Year 3 boys’ 75 metres and Ollie R for the Summer term. Our opening match against Year 6 boys 100 metres. The finale was Dunalley set the tone, with Berky scoring a the house relays which are always a fitting total of 304. Our excellent bowling and fielding conclusion to sports day. wrapped up the victory by 129 runs. In the next Results: St George’s won all three trophies round we faced Charlton Kings and again had a this year: the relay, field events and the overall positive outcome: 65 runs to the good. trophy. This gained us a place in the semi-finals against Well done to all our children for running St Edward’s, where we faced the strongest their hearts out and cheering each other on. bowling attack of the day. They restricted us Also, thanks to the parents for their generous to 245 runs, which was a fair if not spectacular support of all. LW total. However once again our excellence with the ball was too good for our opponents, Pre-Prep Sports Day restricting their total to 180. By the time we Sports Day 2017 kicked off with field events on reached the final against the Richard Pate the MUGA. Children had great fun using the new School, the rain was falling steadily and the long jump pit. All children thoroughly enjoyed conditions were challenging. However our themselves seeing who could jump the furthest. boys were not distracted, and outplayed our Children also participated in welly throwing, opponents with bat and ball to win by 40 runs. aiming activities, dribbling footballs and javelin. It was a superb performance. PMc There was great teamwork and camaraderie, and the children’s faces showed how much fun they were having. The afternoon’s track events took place in front of a large audience of enthusiastic parents. Children from Reception through to Year 2 took place in obstacle, sprint, egg and spoon, sack and relay races. The children’s efforts and determination paid off and this led to exciting and tense races at times! A fantastic end to a great sporting year! KJ

Athletics Colours Awarded to: Isabel F for winning the District 100 metres and breaking the School Year 6 Standing Broad Jump, Milly J for breaking the School Year 6 Shot Putt record, Florrie H for breaking the School Year 5 600 metres Long Jump and Shot Putt records, Ollie R for breaking the Year 6 100 metres record. 16 17 Sportsreports It was those who developed the defensive cover achievement. Alongside this the boys have played drive that excelled in the matches. Euan, Luke a very exciting brand of cricket. You should be and Finn topped the batting averages, closely very proud of this, boys. Well done! PMc cricket stats followed by George, Andrew and Jensen. I was A Team (all awarded colours): O Armstrong, also pleased with the development of Oscar H, H Barber, B Bird, G de Burgh-Thomas, played won lost drawn Oscar A, Harry and Noah who became reliable R Loffhagen, S Perris, O Rendell, A Ryder, J Shaw, U8 4 2 2 0 batsmen who protected their wicket well. C van Staden, H Whistler, O Wiles. Bowling was strong with a mixture of pace and Outstanding Player Awards: O Armstrong, U9 7 7 0 0 spin bowling. The most dangerous was Captain H Barber, S Perris, A Ryder, H Whistler. U11A 10 9 1 0 Luke who, at times, was unplayable. He was very U11B | Cricket U11B 7 5 2 0 U8 | Rounders U10 | Rounders ably supported by Ed, George, Andrew and Euan. The U8 A and B teams have had a fantastic first A super season to end an excellent year of It’s been a successful season for the 11Bs. U11C 4 2 2 0 Fielding developed over the term with improved season of rounders, with some girls representing sport for the U10 girls. The ‘B’ team remained The weather has been good which has resulted energy and determination - many run-outs (and both teams. The A team kicked off with a match undefeated, whilst the ‘A’ team only lost one in lots of matches and plenty of training sessions. few overthrows) with Noah wicket keeping against Hatherop Castle, and although they game. The girls’ fielding skills tightened up U8 | Cricket superbly. There is much talent and potential We started the cricket season played well, they were matched by an equally through the season and they began to play with The boys improved their bowling, batting and here and they were superbly led by Luke whose against Bredon with a win good opposition, and lost 6-5. Despite this, it was a tactical mind set. As the season progressed fielding skills throughout the term. Each skill is knowledge of the game is exceptional. RC where we scored 289/1; evident that we had some great runners and so did their ability to score rounders, some quite difficult to pick up. Bowling in particular U9 Team: O. Afseth, J. Ayland, F. Cooper, a positive start. This continued fielders. At Prep School, the even having the confidence to place the ball to proved tricky to learn but the boys worked well. H Dowds, L. Flexman, O Hughes, E Macnish, the following week with an A team won and B team lost. St Edward’s was maximise their chances of gaining a full rounder. away win against Rendcomb In our matches we played very well against A. Perris, G. Rea, E. Stewart, N. Wheaton. next, and the abilities of all teams were pretty Well done, girls, you have all developed your skills where we scored 275/1; it Hatherop Castle and came away with 2 good well matched, and the A team held on for a this year. Once again, the girls’ attitude and team was a fantastic game for our wins. Richard Pate proved a little too strong for close victory for Berky. The B team drew, with spirit were amazing, encouraging and supporting boys and a good win. There us. Their bowling was more accurate therefore 15 rounders. The final encounter for the A team each other. JH was a break for a couple of giving away less free hits and we decided to run was at the Richard Pate School. The match was A Team : A. Ellison, E. Emberson, I. Freeman, weeks and then we played everything (even when the ball was next to the even throughout, until the last few balls when F. Hampton, A. Holder, J. Rayner, E. Vintcent, St Edward’s at the Victoria stumps that we were about to run to!) Special RPS scored 3 rounders, taking their lead to 11-8. M. Ward, E. Wragg. Ground. This was a close mention must go to Alex D and Will B who Although we lost, our teamwork and efforts B Team : Z. Cleland, K. Crichard, H de Wit, match and unfortunately, took to the game very well, also Lincoln H who continued right to the very end. Well done girls, S. Doughty , R. Madden, L. More, C. O’Connor, we lost by just 16 runs with listened to and followed instructions in every you have had a successful season, and should be G. Pierce, C. Whistler, D. White. 297/3. Following this we went session without fail. proud of the progress you have made. KJ to King’s Gloucester, but only Team: I Atack, D Brackstone, D Bond, P Bond, It has been a term full of good learning about played two overs per pair C Butler, D Cain, J Charley, P Collins, H the game and how to play it. Next year will see because of the heat. Despite Crompton, C Farr, R Fenton, I Keogh, V Madden, even greater improvements. Well done! TM Year 5 Cricket squad this the boys played well and P Martin, J Molloy, K Ponsford, E Tebbutt, E U8 Team: J Barron, W Billings, O Bird, M Cleland, won with 272/5. Hatherop Wallington, G Wayt, A Wheeler, A Woodward. A Doughty, J Ellis, R Goulding, L Hunt, S Lauriault, came next and we played A Lewis-Borman, G Loffhagen, O Simpson, them at home where we had A Snell, H Wheeler, J Wilks. a huge win of 348/1. The boys won this match by 92 runs, a superb result. Then we finished the season with a home match against the Richard Pate School. This was a very close match and it was all to play for right up U11 | Rounders until the penultimate ball. Hugo dealt with this Both teams made a slow start against Rendcomb and scored a 4 which gave us a victory of 320/3, College but then shifted up a gear and started a winning margin of just 8 runs! to play beautifully. The A team lost their second The boys have worked hard in training and taken match against Richard Pate by half a rounder Year 6 Cricket squad on board the advice that they have been given. which they should have won. Their fielding has They have bonded as a team and given each been sublime all term, it was just their batting that U11A | Cricket other lots of encouragement and praise. DB U9 | Rounders let them down on occasion. Here I must mention This has been a fantastic season which has seen B Team: E Atkinson, J Ayland, H Bawtree, Milly’s hat-trick of rounders in consecutive hits The won-lost statistics for the Under 9s do some wonderful cricket played by the boys. G de Burgh-Thomas, R Campbell, C Dunning, against the Croft which was amazing! It is the not show an accurate assessment of the term’s The first half of the term saw comfortable R Lewis, G Lockwood, C Makins, B McInnes, E best fielding display I have ever seen at Berky; U9 | Cricket play at rounders, their attitude or their sporting The U9 boys have showed huge enthusiasm victories against RGS Springfield by 95 runs and O’Yando, W Parkin, J Paterson, M Sissons, I could almost put anyone anywhere which is behaviour. The U9As won 2 and lost 6 of their and much skill across the disciplines of batting, Rendcomb by 7 wickets. This form continued E Stojanov, C Van Staden. testament to how well they all fielded. The As matches, but the number of rounders scored bowling and fielding. They have supported each after half term with a 5 wicket victory against then recorded two good wins against the Croft by the Berky girls was 57½, compared to 59 other, delighting in others’ success with the bat St Edward’s, an 8 wicket win against King’s U11C | Cricket and Beaudesert which makes it even more by the combined opposition teams. This is the and ball, and, at times, they have played a very Gloucester and a resounding win against This season was a mixed one for the team. disappointing that their last match against St truer reflection, I feel, of their season – only 1½ high standard of cricket. Hatherop. The initial two games did not go Berky’s way. Edward’s was cancelled; I felt a victory was on However, as the season continued so the team rounders less! And if we had seen some of the the cards! The B team had an amazing season The season started very well against Rendcomb. Next up was the Cheltenham Knockout Trophy. began to improve. Bowling was more accurate, big hits that have been coming recently at the in terms of tight games. Against Richard Pate, The team out-played their opposition in all areas We played three matches to end up in the final fielding was tighter and batting was stronger. beginning of the season as well, it would have King’s Gloucester and Beaudesert they won by and never looked like losing. Great partnerships against Richard Pate, and we won! Peter and Jasper were strong with the bat but been a different story. We definitely ended on half a rounder and against the Croft they lost by of attacking and defending batting ensured a (More on this on P17) Nick excelled in the final game scoring 30 from a high! half a rounder. Their fielding was also good and good win. Further victories came in the games This team have many talented players. Everyone one over and 52 in total. Edwin was always the The U9Bs played 5, losing 3 and drawing 2. their running between the posts sensible and against RGS Worcester and St Edward’s but sadly rounders stats has chipped in with runs and wickets. Henry, most accurate bowler causing the opposition They will need to focus on their hitting next decisive, which gave them their 3 victories by the two games were lost to the weather. The season played won lost drawn Sam, Harry and Adam have consistently scored no end of trouble. However, the Year 5s also season as this was the weaker area. CMc narrowest of margins. finished against King’s Gloucester and Richard well. Ollie A, James, Bertie, Olly W, Rhys and made good contributions, Benjamin and both U8B 3 0 2 1 A Team: V. Boddana, S. Dubb, B, Dunning, Well done to all the Year 6 girls. LW Pate School - tougher opposition - but the boys Charlton have all been amongst the wickets the James’s with the bat. Archie was the most U8A 4 2 0 2 S. Griffiths, L. Hurcombe, D. Oakley, I. Rutherford, A Team (all awarded colours): E Collins, played well and beat both teams. and Ollie R has developed into a promising improved bowler and George L made excellent U9B 5 0 3 2 H. Sampson, M. Wrathmell. I Fletcher, L James, M Jenkins, A Keogh, I have been impressed with how determined and wicket-keeper. George also kept wicket nicely in contributions in the field. U9A 6 2 4 0 K Lillywhite, H Mackay, L Stewart, E Terry. dedicated the U9 boys have been to improving the last couple of games. The boys have worked U10B 5 5 0 0 B Team: E. Godding, G. Johnson, F. Rayner, C Team: J Ayland, J Carder-Geddes, J Ellis, B Team: H Brown, C Crompton, K Dowds, their skills. They worked hard in the nets to hard and supported and encouraged each other U10A 4 3 1 0 L. Sherborne, E. Sissons, A. Thomas. B Jenkins,G Lockwood, N Milne, P Sinden, N Flexman, E Griffiths, D Harcourt, F Harvey, develop the accuracy of their bowling and we and have been captained superbly by Henry and U11B 5 3 2 0 E Stojanov, M Sissons, A Mills. R Mackay, F Parkin, E Wheaton. Outstanding saw huge improvement in batting. Sam. To go through the season losing only one U11A 4 2 2 0 Player Awards: E Collins, A Keogh, H Mackay. 18 match and to have won the trophy is an amazing 19 academic year 2016-2017

Achievements and leavers’ destinations

Prize winners 2017 English Cup Naomi Flexman Wendy Burrows Choral Cup Courtesy Cup For Creativity Mathematics Cup Sam Perris Daisy Harcourt Hugo Bawtree and Eve Wheaton Holly Brown and Ethan O’Yando and Edwin Stojanov Croker Music & Drama Cup Berky Ambassador Cup Y3, 4 & 5 Prize Winners Science Cup Amelia Keogh Fran Parkin Bertie Bird Form Prize Computing Cup Lola Stewart Bartlett Endeavour Prize Platinum Award Trophy 3CC Rupert Goulding MFL Cup - French Flora Harvey Elli Collins and Harry Barber Amelia Keogh and Toby Martin 3MC Griff Loffhagen MFL Cup - Spanish Max Sissons The Howard Cup for Chess Berky Prize Henry Whistler 4T Millie Wrathmell Humanities - History Milly Jenkins Toby Martin Headmasters Prizes 4E George Rea Humanities - Geography Williams Sports Cup (Girls) For Progress Peter Sinden 5W George de Burgh-Thomas Claire Crompton Lovisa James and Helena Mackay For Perseverance 5B Leslie More Humanities - RS Naomi Flexman Scot-Simmons Sports Cup Charlie Dunning and Evie Terry Endeavour Prize Progress in Humanities (Boys) Ollie Rendell & Sam Perris For Resilience Oliver Osborne 3CC Daisy Bond Rex Lewis Moss Cup for Sportsmanship For Citizenship Katie Lillywhite 3MC Alex Doughty Art Goblet Nick Milne Rowan Mackay & Harry Barber For Academic Achievement 4T Daisy Oakley Music Instrumental Cup The Adventure Shield Evie Griffiths 4E Hattie Sampson Oliver Armstrong Jasper Ayland and Kayley Dowds For Athletic Achievement 5W Ella Vintcent Isabel Fletcher 5B Eliot Atkinson Scholarships 2017 Jasper Ayland Daisy Harcourt Toby Martin Evie Terry Music Exhibition, King’s Gloucester All-Rounder Award, King’s Gloucester Academic Exhibition, King’s Gloucester Academic Exhibition and Harry Barber Flora Harvey Nicholas Milne Sport Award, King’s Gloucester Art and Sports Award, King’s Gloucester Music Scholarship, Art Scholarship, Dean Close Prep; Eve Wheaton Bertie Bird Amelia Jenkins - All-Rounder Award, Art Scholarship, St Edward’s School Academic Scholarship, All-Rounder Award, King’s Gloucester King’s Gloucester; Choral Exhibition, Ethan O’Yando Rendcomb College Naomi Flexman Downside School King’s Contribution Award, Henry Whistler - Academic Academic Scholarship, King’s Gloucester Amelia Keogh - Academic Exhibition King’s Gloucester Scholarship, Dean Close Prep and Art Award, King’s Gloucester Leavers’ Destinations 2017 Ollie Armstrong: Sir Thomas Rich’s Charlie Dunning: King’s, Gloucester Rex Lewis: Francesca Parkin: King’s, Gloucester Jasper Ayland: King’s, Gloucester Isabel Fletcher: Winchcombe Katie Lillywhite: Dean Close Sam Perris: Sir Thomas Rich’s Harry Barber: King’s, Gloucester Naomi Flexman: Pate’s Grammar Helena Mackay: Cotswold School Oliver Rendell: Balcarras Hugo Bawtree: St Edward’s Evie Griffiths: High School for Girls Rowan Mackay: Cotswold School Peter Sinden: Balcarras Bertie Bird: The Crypt School Daisy Harcourt: King’s, Gloucester Toby Martin: King’s, Gloucester Max Sissons: Holly Brown: St Edward’s Flora Harvey: Rendcomb College Nick Milne: Dean Close Lola Stewart: Dean Close Ellianna Collins: Cheltenham College Lovisa James: St Edward’s Oliver Osborne: Bredon Hill Edwin Stojanov: Sir Thomas Rich’s Claire Crompton: High School for Girls Amelia Jenkins: Cheltenham College Middle School Evie Terry: Kayley Dowds: High School for Girls Amelia Keogh: King’s, Gloucester Ethan O’Yando: King’s Gloucester Eve Wheaton: Ribston Hall High School Henry Whistler: Sir Thomas Rich’s

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