The Queen's Sehool Association the Committee for 1995-6 Officers
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The Queen's School Chester Governing Body Chairman J. A. Bruce. MA Deputy Chairman Dr. K. Dalzell MB. ChB. JP The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Chester D. T. Doxat-Pratt. A RIB A W. C. Dutton. MBE. FCIS J. H. Entwisle. BSc. Dip BA. CChem. FRSC Mrs S. P. Jones. CC B. A. G. King. TD Mrs A. Mounsey P. A. W. Roberts. MA. FCA The Reverend Canon J. C. Sladden. MA. BD Oxon Miss K. M. WoodSRN. NA (H) C(Lond) Clerk to the Governors B. Dutton. FCA 37-43 White Friars Chester Tel. 01244 312351 Headmistress MlSS D. M. Skilheck. BA (Hons.) London. Cert Ed Deputy Headmistress Mrs S. H. Sheedy. B Sc (Hons.) Liverpool. PGCE Cover Illustration Market Flowers bv Rebecca Slater. (JVC Foreword "A// //if world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: The Staff and girls make their exits and entrances they have their exits and their entrances: and the School carries on through its ages. There and one man in his time plays several parts, have been several major developments through the his acts being seven ages." ages, the enlargement of the original building, the development of the Liverpool Road site, the Library This quotation from Shakespeare's "As You Like It", Wing, the North Wing, the Language Block and the could well be applied to the school. Reading the pitching of the gymnasium roof. monthly Newsletter and looking through the 1996 Have Mynde certainly gives a picture of activity and In November 1996 the School will embark on a new opportunity. The stages of women are clearly age to be made possible through an Appeal. shown, from the dreams and accounts of Sandford House children, through the impressive creative A Staff Committee looked at our future needs and writing of Nedham House girls, to the range of took into account suggestions and Miss Skilbeck activities evident in all the accounts from Senior comments from parents. These were discussed School. Add to these the events organised by the with Governors and various options were Headmistress Parents Association and The Queen's School explored: utilising buildings nearby, moving to a new Association and the picture is complete, of a school site, developing new areas on our which is busy, happy and successful. All those who present site. After investigation the last option was are 'players' gain a great deal from the School and regarded as the only viable solution. I am sad that some girls do not take advantage of the many opportunities on offer. The areas on our present site which we hope to develop are the gymnasium roof and the area These opportunities are provided by staff and are between the gymnasium and the North Wing, over and above their teaching commitment. utilising the space above the gymnasium changing Teaching, as every teacher knows, is not just room and building above the entrance to the delivering subject matter but being aware of the playground. This will enable a train of events to be needs and aspirations of the whole person who is set in motion: a new Sixth Form Centre in the 'new' on the receiving end. We are fortunate in having space, an Art Room in the gymnasium roof, and a staff who are experts in their chosen fields and who Dance-Drama Studio in the old Art Room. The are dedicated and sensitive teachers. vacated Sixth Form Common Room in Stanley Place will be used for lockers, thus freeing the ground floor of the Science Block for additional The beginning and end of the academic year laboratory accommodation. As part of this plan we always bring changes. In September 1995 we also hope to improve computer facilities and welcomed Ms. Noble as Head of Classics and Miss upgrade library and careers provisions. These are Mrs Sheedy Arnold to Sandford House. Mr. Belkadi joined us to the major wishes' for the next age of the School, Deputy Headmistress help cover Mrs Davies (Miss Heaney's) maternity and it must surely be significant that the first year of leave and during the year Dr. Stalford covered Mrs the Appeal coincides with the Centenary of The Wiley's absence and Mrs Treweek has joined us to Queen's School Association. As part of their cover Mrs Chafer's maternity leave. Mrs Coxhead is Centenary, the Association is planning to increase our Health Adviser and provides a valuable service their Bursary Fund and we hope that monies from to the girls. the main Appeal will augment the School's Bursary Fund. These will ensure that girls of ability will be There have been staff changes during the year. Mrs able to attend The Queen's School regardless of Berry and Miss Nowell have been granted early the limited financial means of the family. retirement on health grounds. This is a great sadness to both ladies and a bitter blow to the History department of the school. Many girls have The Parents' Association plays an important role in benefited from their inspired teaching and we are the life of the School. They help us with visits, fortunate that the reputation of the department has careers work, support for School functions and been maintained by Mrs Robert, together with her fund-raising. Over the years the Parents' colleagues. Association has provided the pupils with many 'extras' large and small. The Committee and all Mrs Brady retires this summer after five years as helpers are to be congratulated on their fund-raising Head of Nedham House. Mrs Brady had previously during the last year, especially the Autumn Market, been a teacher at Nedham House and returned as the Ladies Luncheon, the Caledonian Evening, Head. In this role she instituted several changes Taurean Trio, Summer Ball and most recently, the while maintaining the special atmosphere of Nedham House Garden Party. Nedham House. Thanks go to our Governors and to Mr. Dutton for all Mrs Wiley retires from the Chemistry department the work they do for the School, often behind the after 28 years service. She has inspired many girls scenes. We are fortunate in the whole team at The with a love of Chemistry and shown them Queen's School and hope you will enjoy reading applications of the subject outside the laboratory. Have Mynde and will realise the team effort which makes so many of the activities possible. Mrs Carpenter, who has taught Spanish and French during the last nine years, leaves us to take up a Best wishes to those who make their exits in 1996 post in a Sixth Form College. She has imbued many and welcome to those who make their entrances girls with a love of Spanish through the Sixth Form and help to move the School into another exciting course which she developed. age. We bid farewell to Mrs Willsdon who leaves us after Congratulations to our Editorial Team on the 1996 3 years during which she has taught Biology. She Have Mynde: they have indeed provided a good and her daughter Rebecca leave to join Mr. stage for the finale of the academic year 1995-96. Willsdon in Singapore. We wish them well. Miss Grimshaw leaves us for a permanent post in London and Ms. Noble leaves to return to her former school in London. Miss Luxmore, Clarinet and Saxophone, leaves us to take up a post in Birmingham. We thank all these ladies for the service, scholarship and inspiration they have brought to -a- 0T n » their teaching and to the School, and wish them well for the future. I English Mathematics Pianoforte R. P. Ainsworlh. RA (Hons.) Dunelm. /. J. Armstrong. BSc (Hons.) Dunelm. Miss R. Jones. GMus (Hons.), B Phil Newcastle. ACP. PGCE PGCE ARNCM. LRAM. ARCM. FLCM Mrs W. A. Beynon. BA (Hons.) Mrs A. Carter. BSc Liverpool. BEd Liverpool. PGCE. RSA Dip TEFL (Hons.) Liverpool. PGCE Violin and Viola Mrs S. Chafer. BA I Hons.) Wales. Mrs S. Osborne. BSc (Hons.) London. MrsJ. Holmes. MusB (Hons.) PGCE. ALCM PGCE Manchester. GRSM. ARMCM. Dip Ed Mrs H. Putel. BA (Hons.) Liverpool Miss P. Stanley. BSc (Hons.) Reading Mrs S. M. Stinson. BSc (Hons.) Cello & Piano Religious Education London. PGCE Mrs C. E. Jones. BA Glasgow. LGSM Mrs B. Lloyd. BD Umdon Mrs S. Sheedy. BSc (Hons.) Liverpool. Guitar Mrs H. M. Morris. Cert Ed. Adv Dip PGCE (Deputy Headmistress) Curriculum Studies P. D. Oliver. BMus Dunelm. LTCL Physics History C. V. Cook. BSc (Hons.) Wales. PGCE Woodwind MrsJ. M. Roberts. BA (Hons.) Mrs P. Moate. BSc (Hons.) Mrs E. Dutch. BA Bristol. ARCM Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PGCE Nottingham. I'GCE Ms R. M. Lyons. BA (Hons.) Mus Liverpool Miss W. J. Grimshaw. BA (Hons) Mrs P. Steventon. BSc (Hons.) Exeter. Manchester. PGCE PGCE Miss K. Luxmore. GRNCM. PPRNCM Mrs V. F. Cooper. BSc(Hons) Salfonl. Singing PGCE Chemistry Dr K. R. Young. BSc (Hons.) PGCE. Mrs F. M. Cooke. MA Cantab. LRAM Geography PhD. MEd Liverpool. CChem. MRSC Dip Ed Mrs E. D. Rowland. BSc (Hons.) Dr. C. P. Johnson. BSc (Hons.) PhD Bristol London. CChem. MRSC. PGCE Speech and Drama Mrs A. Mistry. LGSM. ALAM Mrs S. J. Bust in. BSc (Hons.) London Mrs M. C. Wiley. BSc (Hons.) Liverpool Mrs M. O. Selby. BA (Hons.) Physical Education Liverpool. PGCE Biology Mrs C. E. Moore. Cert Ed Coventry- Classics MISS S. Woodland. BSc (Hons.) Leeds. College Miss J. Hack. BA (Hons.) Nonington Mi A. Noble. MA (Hons) Cantab. BA Open University. MSc York. College (Kent) PGCE PGCE PGCE. CBiol. Ml Biol. Mrs L. Waring. BEd I.M. Marsh Mrs L Griffiths. MA (Hons.) Mrs E.