MILL HILL SCHOOL MAGAZINE. SPRING 2020 Magazine Mrs Jane Sanchez Welcome to the Mill Hill Magazine Head, In the Summer Issue I encouraged you to ‘watch this space’ as we approached the end of that term; I hope that on reading this issue you will enjoy the coverage of all that has gone on since then.

We are delighted to provide an opportunity for the new Chief Executive Officer of the Mill Hill School Foundation, Antony Spencer, to introduce himself, and to give an insight into this newly created dedicated role, as well as sharing some key elements from his career to date. On the farewell side, we also feature the final House Drama competition under the leadership of the Head of Drama, David Proudlock, who retires after almost 20 years of outstanding service to the creative arts at Mill Hill. You will also find a fascinating insight into the past 30 years of Mill Hill life in the form of Housemaster of Collinson Peter Lawson’s account of his career over these past three decades (notably in the context of boarding) as he prepares for retirement this summer.

Other features reflect the diversity of what Mill Hill has to offer, both in the academic overview and the wide-ranging co-curricular reports which cover: the Sports Department’s specialist coaches; musical insights into our annual Nine Lessons and Carols service and the Chapel Choir’s trip to ; highlights in Art; the CCF’s contributions to the community; the girls’ Hockey trip to the Netherlands and Rugby trips to Dubai and Japan.

The Mill Hill community spans the globe, and I look forward to reporting in the next Issue on my January trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco, where I will be rolling up my sleeves alongside Registrar, Tony Binns, for 4 6 8 9 30+ scheduled appointments with international educational consultants, MEET THE NEW CEO ACADEMIC OVERVIEW NINE LESSONS BEING WELL who will represent us to prospective boarding pupils from around the Introducing Antony Spencer Results and destinations AND CAROLS Wellbeing update world. We will also be joining Old Millhillians at dinners in both cities, Merrily on high including some whom I taught! 10 12 14 16 It is also wonderful to be including in this issue a feature by the GLOBE TROTTING HOUSE DRAMA ART NEWS THE DREAM TEAM Chairman of the Old Millhillians Club on our long-standing links with The Rugby and Hockey tours Priestley make History Recent highlights Sports crew profiles in Cumbria, one which has recently been rekindled since the relaunch of St Bees by the Full Circle Education group after two years of closure; their founder, Danny Wang, joined us for Foundation 20 22 24 26 Day in September. COMBINING FORCES LIVING THE DREAM ST BEES NEWS SMOULDERING AT The CCF in action 30 years on… Our Cumbrian cousins BOULDERING I hope that you will enjoy the magazine and that you will share it with Nathan’s passion friends and family. Edited by Mr Tony Binns 28 30 [email protected] VALETE Front cover: RECENT STAFF JOINERS detail from the Wellbeing Room mural Introductions Staff farewells by Mr Valentino Vannini, Art Teacher MILL HILL MAGAZINE 4–5 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

Meet the CEO

Having taken up his post in the Spring Term, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mill Hill School Foundation, Antony Spencer, reflects on his new role.

by As a child I didn’t have a clear idea of parties. Heads are rightly expected to Antony Spencer future careers, and at university I wasn’t know individual pupils and parents whilst CEO, Mill Hill School Foundation much clearer. I was interested in business, being under pressure to develop a and from studying PPE a career in banking strategic focus; these demands are or the Civil Service was a possibility. increasingly untenable, and the CEO role Teaching did appeal, and in my final year at Mill Hill is an appropriate response, at I did some voluntary teaching at allowing individual Heads to focus upon my old school, but the teachers were their own Schools whilst I maintain overall rather demoralised at the time and didn’t strategic oversight. promote the idea! Chartered Accountancy was recommended to me as a good Beyond the role, the appeal of working grounding in business, and ultimately I here was due to the Foundation’s ethos. spent eight enjoyable years working in I fully subscribe to the educational various finance roles for some large philosophy here, that academic excellence companies. needn’t come at the cost of a pupil’s overall development, and that learning This background has proved very useful in also takes place beyond the classroom. my teaching career, not just in my subject Happy, balanced young people with a teaching (Economics and Business), but as range of interests and breadth of I’ve moved into management positions I’ve experiences are more likely to live fulfilling found the business perspective and and productive future lives. Being part of a analytical skills to be helpful; schools team, dealing with successes and setbacks ultimately aim to provide the best with magnanimity, coping with adversity education possible for their pupils, and when taking on new challenges and this involves a careful balancing of valuing the individuality of others is all part academic and financial priorities. of a great education. I will seek to nurture this precious ethos as I look to further Schools are complex organisations with develop all that the Foundation offers to many, sometimes competing, interested the young people entrusted to its care. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 6–7 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

An excellent set of A Level results enabled a large Academic proportion of the 2019 leavers to secure places at their university of choice in their chosen field of study, with over 35% of passes at A*/A, compared overview to the UK average of 25%.

Amongst these were five pupils taking up of our Rocketry Society heading off to Many readers will know that the School has places at Oxford or Cambridge, reading: Southampton to read Aeronautics and been growing strongly for several years. With PPE at Keble College, Oxford; Classics at Astronautics with Spacecraft Engineering. 780 pupils from September 2019, and more St Benet’s Hall, Oxford; Chemistry at It is also encouraging to note that amongst again from September 2020, we have been The Queen’s College, Oxford; English at our leavers’ chosen fields of study are grateful for the support of the Court of St Catherine’s College, Oxford; Medicine at French, Politics and International Relations; Governors in recruiting into over 20 new Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. There we wish them well in shaping a bright future teaching and non-teaching posts. It has been are three other MIllihillians starting Medicine, on the global stage! extremely exciting to welcome such a large at Imperial, Bristol and Glasgow; one is a number of highly committed new colleagues 2019 leaver, and two left in 2018 and are We were also delighted to celebrate the to Mill Hill. We have also had the opportunity joining after their Gap Years. excellent performance of the Fifth Form to invest in some important renovations: part in their GCSE examinations. With 57% of of the Murray Scriptorium, to become a proper The Class of 2019 headed off to 40 different passes at grades 9 to 7 (A*/A equivalent), and teaching room for the rapidly expanding universities, which in order of popularity are: 78% at grades 9 to 6 (A* to B equivalent), this Computer Science & ICT Department; the Bristol (8); Nottingham (8); Edinburgh (6); year’s cohort has risen to the challenge with former IT Services Office, to be a teaching Loughborough (4); Birmingham (4); Oxford great success; 12 pupils are to be particularly room shared by Design Technology and (3); Leeds (3); Newcastle (3); Warwick (3); LSE commended for achieving nine or more Computer Science & ICT; the former Theatre (3); King’s (2); UCL (2); Imperial (2); grades 8 or 9 (A* equivalent) and over a third Bar, now a base and green screen stage for QMU (2); Royal Holloway (2); York (2); Exeter of all passes were at these two top grades. the Video Production Society. (2); University of the Arts, London (2); Sussex (2); Nottingham Trent (2); University of East In other academic news, a huge amount by Anglia (2); 15 additional UK institutions of work was done over the summer by Mr Alex Frazer received one entrant apiece. Other pupils Mr Tomas Trhlik, Head of Mathematics Senior Deputy Head are studying in Denmark, Spain and the USA. and Timetabler, to ready the School for a new timetable featuring eight shorter, We were pleased to celebrate not only the more focused 40-minute lessons per day. pupils’ academic achievement, but also Alongside increases in teaching time in the the diversity of their interests, be it in Sixth Form, these changes have proven university courses which are tailored to successful and popular with pupils and staff specific vocations such as Law, Journalism, alike. We welcomed our first Fourth Form Fashion Marketing, Engineering and Banking entrants from Belmont who did not take and Finance, or subject specific courses Common Entrance but followed a such as Chemistry, Computer Science, modernised Year 7–8 curriculum jointly Geography, Maths, Philosophy and English. planned by Heads of Department at Belmont Given that our ethos is based on the and Mill Hill. The pupils have been highly principle of inspiring the minds of our pupils stimulated by their studies and have arrived through learning beyond the curriculum, with improved skills to take on the challenge it is wonderful to see the pupil founder of their GCSE and pre-GCSE courses. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 8–9 MAGAZINE HILL MILL “I remember every carol and anthem from every year, and I’ve been in it for eight years!”

What is wellbeing? Whilst it has become a hot topic nationally, both in schools and the workplace, it is not a particularly easy concept to define; various sources cite the Nine Lessons achievement of happiness in their definitions, whilst others solely mention being healthy or, and Carols at the very least, feeling comfortable. “Every year, when Once in Royal starts, I feel tingles down my spine – Christmas has started.” Being well Sure, there’s a huge buzz around the Mill is capable but only one person gets to do weeks, is full of excitement as they sing Hill Christmas; House Hogs, Christmas it: there are always tears! their hearts out for the duration of the Jumper Day, Secret Santa, the Christmas service. Most choristers have invited an video but the annual carol service has a Our wonderful school Chaplain reminds entourage of parents, grand parents, great by At Mill Hill we believe ‘wellbeing’ can Assistant Head (Pupil Development & special place in Millhillians’ and Old us regularly that we are a Chapel and aunt Gladyses, and next door neighbours! Miss Jade Boyle simply be defined as being well; in body, Wellbeing) – me. Grouping all of these key Millhillians’ hearts! School that embraces ‘All faiths and It is also not uncommon to look around Assistant Head mind and spirit. members of staff in one place shows pupils none!’ What better expression of this and find ex-choristers mouthing along to (Pupil Development that wellbeing is both physical and mental From about June each year, messages than a sixty-strong Chapel Choir made up the choir-only carols and trying & Wellbeing) Whilst we can define the term easily, we and allows them to be easily accessed begin to fly in regarding: specific pieces; of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Catholics, desperately not to sing along accidentally. acknowledge that achieving such a state is throughout the day. the anticipated size of the tree; opinions Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Atheists, difficult and maintaining it is even harder, on the use of battery powered candles for Agnostics and Humanists – coming At the end of the service, members of the especially when dealing with the day to The Wellbeing Room is perhaps the most the choir procession; a quick alert letting together to celebrate the birth of the choir, just for a moment, begin to show day pressures and expectations from exciting area in the new Wellbeing Wing us know that O Come, O Come Emanuel Christian Son of God, a Jew born to signs of tiredness from the nearly five peers, family members, teachers, exams and, whilst it is not yet officially open, it |is absolutely no substitute for Once in Jewish immigrant parents, whose hours of full concentration. However, they and social media, to name only a few. With has been well received, with many pupils Royal David’s City; and an insistence “as is immediate death was ordered by an quickly snap back into focus as the Head this in mind, we have created numerous having already sought solace in there traditional” that the service begin with ethnic Arab of Jewish faith, ordained King walks to the lectern to read the final support avenues for our pupils to access since September. Packed with plants and Grüber’s Stille Nacht sung from the of the Jews by the Romans, then visited lesson. Subtle, excited smiles can be seen to assist them to keep themselves mentally decorated in calming blues, greens and antechapel. by wise men (not necessarily three of as members of the choir catch each and physically well. grey, the room affords picturesque views of them) – astrologers who could have been other’s eyes knowing that the final big sing the rolling hills of and is filled From the choir point of view the, often of any religion or faith. has arrived. The organist gives the choir a The most recent creation is the Wellbeing with an array of relaxing seating options tense, rehearsal finishes at 5pm, the quick look and literally pulls out all the Wing, a new hub of support that can be including giant bean bags. The Wellbeing Chapel is made to look immaculate, The service itself is magical! The pews stops as the entirety of the congregation, accessed by all. Located at the end of the Room offers pupils a time out from the scores of candles are lit, music booklets are packed with current parents, pupils, at the very top of their voices, sings Hark School House building, next to the Peter demands of school and a chance to gain are presented neatly in folders, the lights Old Millhillians, staff, friends all dressed the Herald Angels Sing! Collinson Heritage Garden, it is a some headspace through mindfulness are dimmed, and the cassocks and in warm coats, waiting to sing their remarkably calm and quiet space which exercises, colouring, meditation, or simply surplices are moved to the changing area favourite hymns. Old Millihillian ex- pupils have remarked “doesn’t feel like sitting quietly and calmly. and laid out. About a dozen sopranos and choristers, and members of the Parents’ you’re in School at all”. Here is where the trebles wolf their dinner down in under and OMs’ Choir are greeted especially Wellbeing Room can be found, alongside The Wellbeing Room will be open, officially, 20 minutes and then run to the Chapel for warmly at the door and handed a special the two School Counsellors; the Director once the Mill Hill MINDS mural has been the 6pm ‘on the day’ audition for the Once descant booklet so that they can join in by of Sport; the Activities Co-ordinator; the finished in early February; its birds are in Royal David’s City solo. The competition the loud and high singing with abandon! Mr Kevin Kyle Head of PSHE; the Assistant Head already beginning to adorn the walls. is fierce, everyone is deserving, everyone The choir, having been rehearsing for Director of Musical Performance (Co-curricular & Operations) and the CHAPEL CHOIR TRIP TO TRURO Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a professional singer? Every few years, as a pupil at Mill Hill, you get the chance to find out. At the start of September, pupils signed up to the Music School Choir Residency in Truro, open to any pupil involved with Music at Mill Hill; a rare opportunity to work alongside professionals. Mill Hill choristers travelled down to Truro for a week and sang daily as professional choristers in Evensong and Out and about… Eucharist services; shoulder to shoulder with the professionals, our singers participated fully in every aspect of the The educational visits programme at Mill Hill Cathedral service, from rehearsing and singing to processing and chanting. continues to offer our pupils a huge variety of We had to learn a substantial amount of choice and opportunities. unseen music every night, with only an hour’s practice beforehand. With such a tight rehearsal schedule, there is very little by A quick reflection on the October Half term ended with a highly successful time to go over music a second or third Mr Tom Vercoe Term 2019, saw an amazing 20% of our Art trip to New York. time. Our pupils soon learned the discipline Assistant Head pupils enjoying school visits during their of raising their hand if they made a musical (Co-curricular & Operations) holiday period. This included 43 Senior Excitement now builds towards error to acknowledge to the director that it Rugby players, who toured Japan during forthcoming trips over the remainder did not need to be rehearsed. Pupils also the Rugby World Cup, whilst the U15 Rugby of the 2019/20 academic year. These learned to speak up if they had difficulty boys also toured Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In include trips to Cern (Physics), Duke of and needed to rehearse a specific piece of addition, the girls took two Hockey sides Edinburgh expeditions, La Manga (Golf music. The trip was a great success and our to Holland which was a fantastic mix of and Tennis), San Sebastian, Rouen and pupils worked extremely hard all week and high level sport, culture and a bit of fun. Montpellier (Modern Foreign Languages), were showered with praise by the clergy, and our Overseas Partnership trips to professional singers and members of the Away from the sporting endeavours, our Zambia, Zimbabwe and India. Then, of congregation. It was not all intensive musicians travelled to Truro and became course, we have the extravaganza that is concentration, however; we managed to fit the Resident Choir in the Cathedral for the Activities Week in late June, which offers in trips to the Poldark Mine, the Eden week, performing so well that they were our pupils 36 different choices during the Project, Land’s End, the Minack Theatre, asked to come back again next year. In last week of term. Finally, congratulations and Pendennis addition, a contingent of CCF cadets to Lyla, Ben, Theo and Rory who Castle. We returned home musically and travelled to Crowborough Training Camp successfully applied for our six week culturally fulfilled – and quite exhausted! in order to have their subject knowledge Sporting Exchange experience with the and instructional technique assessed for Sunshine Coast Grammar School, by their Army/Navy/RAF Proficiency Australia. It’s certainly an exciting time to Mr Kevin Kyle Certificates and to gain promotion. The be a pupil at Mill Hill School! Director of Musical Performance MILL HILL MAGAZINE 12–13 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

Making history The House Drama competition is, in my opinion, the best event Mill Hill School puts on. Having been part of the competition since the Fourth Form, I jumped at the chance to direct the Priestley House play.

Mr Proudlock is pictured with two of the winners of the previous House Drama competition won by Cedars. His legacy as Head of Drama for almost 20 years is In Priestley, House Drama was a huge deal Our biggest hurdle when rehearsing acknowledged in the Valete section. for us having got to the final last year and the play was the French scene, which a huge group of Sixth Form pupils who entailed the whole cast pretending to were devoted to performing. After looking be in a house of ill repute whilst only at the cast we had in Priestley I chose to speaking French; the comic potential put on an adapted version of Alan of the scene was fully exploited! The Bennett’s The History Boys. The play being astonishing acting exhibited not only a perfect mix of comedy and drama gave by our leads but also by the other cast the cast so much to play with when we members secured our victory in the started rehearsing. competition.

Our play which consisted of many After years of being so close, winning talented actors and actresses, spanned all this year’s House Drama was the the years at Mill Hill. The cast consisted of biggest achievement of my school Daniel A, Jessie W, Will J, Adam C, Luke M, career and was a wonderful way for me Amelia B, James R, Zack H, Oliver C, Minar and the rest of the Upper Sixth in the H, Sonny S and Gillies M. Working cast to cap off our last performance in alongside us were our tech team, who the School. Overall, the experience were Ella K, Jessie B, Nasan S-R and Syon was incredibly rewarding, working with S-R. These pupils were pivotal in adding pupils of all years and sharing our love the finishing touches to the production. of Drama.

by Leonardo Shaw Upper Sixth REMEMBRANCE killed in the Falklands War. In front of the MURAL artists involved are: Xena R, our organiser We were inspired by the contemporary whole School gathered on the quad, Last academic year I approached and Chair (Weymouth), Jay J (Priestley), artist Christian Boltanski for our Fourth Form pupils came forward and Mrs Sanchez to ask how I might be Dylan R (Cedars), Andrea T (McClure), Remembrance Service artwork this year; presented the bells with solemnity and involved in Mill Hill MINDS – I saw such Mariia D (Murray), Nick J (Weymouth), a Frenchman born to Catholic and Jewish poise. All we could hear as they were lovely initiatives by the group (origami Veronica M (Weymouth) and Francesca G Art parents in the aftermath of the Second brought up to us was silence and the message birds, colourful statement (Atkinson). Madison W (Weymouth) has World War, and for whom the tinkling of bells, a sound which Boltanski badges and cupcake activities) and been our photographer and cake-baker! commemoration of the dead and the described as the “music of the soul”, thus wanted to support them in an Art context. Mr Vannini, Miss Stoller, Mr Lockwood and possibility of life after death are enduring reminding us of the enduring influence of Mrs Sanchez showed me a room where Miss Randell have all painted a bird, as well news themes of his work. A Sixth Form each human life. she wanted a mural painted – I had found as Mrs Bailey who loves to paint when she representative was chosen from each our spot! After lots of discussion and is not teaching Physics! The mural is a house to plant the 125 bells on wire stems BELMONT planning with the MINDS Group, we work in progress; in the spirit of wellbeing An update from the Art in the Chapel Garden. They were: Hessam In November, keen Year 8 Art pupils from decided on an image of an open window we are not enforcing a strict deadline, G (Collinson), Luke F (Murray), Nita K Belmont came to MHS for an Art lesson. with birds. Their concept is to symbolise however, we expect to unveil our artwork Department on recent (Cedars), Chess G (Atkinson), May S (New), Inspired by Frida Kahlo, they drew from a escapism, being able to accept others as in Spring 2020. Watch this space! Elias C (Winfield), Lucas T (School), Luis S ‘Life & Death’ themed still-life, over they come and go from your life and the activities. (McClure), Chris T (St Bees), Danyal Z symbolic inky backgrounds. The pupils feeling of freedom. The birds are already in (Burton Bank), Zoe B (Priestley), Ollie H were excited to be in the Senior School the Mill Hill crest; we simply chose 19 (for by (Weymouth) and Agne C (Ridgeway). Each and had lots of questions! They worked the year 2019) local North London species Miss Lucinda Randell bell also had a typewritten name tag beautifully, with enthusiasm and total of bird to fly around the walls, sit on the Head of Art attached, to commemorate every one of concentration. The result was a set of dado and inside the bookcase. All the birds the 124 Millhillians who died in the Second individual and considerate drawings. We are unique and encourage reflection on World War and also the Millhillian who was look forward to seeing them again. what it is to be happy in your own skin. The MILL HILL MAGAZINE 16–17 MAGAZINE HILL MILL ZOE GARETH JENNIFER ZOE LEVIN HATHERLY STEPHENS GRIFFITHS HURFORD

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Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: British Gymnastics & London Scottish 1st XV Marist Hockey Club New Level 1 Hockey Coach, Sussex Trampoline Coach Level Assistant Coach, Saracens Zealand Division 2-4, County Selector, U18 Winning 2, Schools Tennis Coach Academy Coach, Southgate Hockey Club Indoor Hockey Nationals Award, Squash Coach Level County Coach, Wasps Ladies, National Hockey League, Coach, U18 Finalist Outdoor 1, Schools Cricket Coach Premiership Head Coach, Mill Hill First XI Coach. Hockey Nationals Coach. Meet the sports Award, County and National Italy National Rugby League Playing Experience: Playing Experience: level Athletics Coach. Assistant Coach. Marist Hockey Club, Sussex County Player, Playing Experience: Playing Experience: Canterbury Hockey, New Junior HiPAC Player, Regional GB Triathlon and Duathlon Bath Premiership Academy, Zealand Training Camp, Performance Centre, Durham 2011-2020, World Duathlon Cambridge/Worthing RFC Southgate Hockey Club. University 1st XI, Southgate Champion, County National 1. Hockey Club. specialists Coaching & Playing Goals: and National Cross Coaching & Playing Goals: Promote our First XI Hockey Coaching Goals: Country and Athletics To be a leading practitioner girls to Nationals in 2020. Progress to Level 2 coaching Runner, Middlesex County in talent identification and To keep my club team in award, developing my Trampolining, Middlesex talent development, National League next year. coaching of new skills at County Squash, National supporting players and lower level Hockey. Mill Hill School Sport have been busy over Tetrathlon and British Eventing. What are you most looking coaches to achieve success in forward to with your What are you most looking this past year adding to their already strong Coaching & Playing Goals: both their sport off-field coaching at Mill Hill? forward to with your I’d like to see my personal interests. Seeing the pupils develop coaching at Mill Hill? department of specialist coaches. bests being broken by the What are you most looking their Hockey over their time at To see players develop a love athletes whom I coach. forward to with your Mill Hill. and enthusiasm for Hockey, What are you most looking coaching at Mill Hill? encouraging them to show Sporting Highlight: forward to with your coaching Working with members initiative in learning and by We are delighted to announce the Winning silver at the at Mill Hill? of staff who, regardless of practising new skills. Mr Aaron Liffchak appointment of 11 new specialist staff Nationals, Lee Valley 2019. Helping Mill Hill become their experience, want to learn Director of Sport who have already made a huge impact Sporting Highlight: a top competing school and grow whilst having the Describe Mill Hill Sport on our core sports teams this season Playing in a mixed game of in athletics. pupils’ development and in three words: with our Senior Hockey and Rugby Hockey with both my mum growth at the centre of the Future looking bright. teams reaching new heights in their Sporting Highlight: and brother in the same team. way they coach at Mill Hill. respective national competitions. Winning gold at the World It was certainly an experience Whilst our elective sports including Duathlon Championships Sporting Highlight: I will never forget. Cross Country, Basketball, Fives, Golf in 2019 and winning the Cross Playing for Mill Hill Staff XV Describe Mill Hill Sport and Badminton have all celebrated Country Championships v Old Millhillians in the in three words: local success, we are looking forward at the age of 16. 150-year anniversary match Inclusive, thriving, to watching these sports develop on Top Field. further with the help of our new and Describe Mill Hill Sport competitive. existing coaches. in three words: Describe Mill Hill Sport Competitive, inspiring, in three words: inclusive. Inclusive, enjoyable, memorable. MELISSA IMOGEN TIM LUCY LAWRENCE CHANTELLE RIKI LANCASTER WONG MCKENZIE SHEFFIELD HAYWOOD MIELL HOULDEN

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Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: Coaching Experience: The energy and Level 3 Rugby Coach, RFU Captain and Coach to Netball 6 Years as a Tennis Coach. Southgate Hockey Club U8, Menzies School 1st XV and 7s Rugby Coaching for Saracens Cambridge University Coach Educator, RFU Coach teams at MHCHS, Captain and U12,U16, Tennis Coach, Coach New Zealand, Strength Foundation & Saracens High Eton Fives Club. enthusiasm our new Playing Experience: for Dorset and Wiltshire, Coach to the Women’s and Conway LTC. & Conditioning Coach. School, Level 2 Rugby Coach, staff have brought to our Tennis – Regional Senior Playing Experience: Dorset and Wilts Ladies’ 1st Mixed teams at Swansea Level 2 Rugby Referee. already strong department Men’s, Rugby 1st XV, Playing Experience: Playing Experience: Men’s Open Finalist. Four time XV, U18 and U15 Rugby Coach. University Ultimate team. Football 1st XI, Regional & National League Rugby League: Coventry Playing Experience: National U25 Champion. has led to exciting new Playing Experience: Playing Experience: Cross-Country & Athletics Hockey Player, BUCS gold Bears, London Broncos Somerset County Rugby Ranked 6th nationally. initiatives and helped Bournemouth University University Regional and Regional Representative. medal for Durham University. Rugby Union: Chippenham Player U15–U18, U18s broaden our provision Coaching Goal: Women’s Rugby 1st XV, National competitions, RFC. 7s Squad, England U20 XV Coaching Goals: Coaching Goals: To help school pupils discover for pupils. Pupils will Saracens Women’s 1st Reading Ultimate , Squad, 5 World Series with Help develop Tennis at To develop hockey at Mill Hill, Coaching & Playing Goals: the joy that Fives offers, see benefit further from XV Team. outdoor Regional and England Sevens, Bristol Ladies Mill Hill School, by increasing helping it become one of To stay part of the sports I them continue to enjoy the National competitions. 1st XV, Saracens Ladies’ 1st their specialist coaching, Coaching Goals: the number of players whilst London’s best. love for as long as possible. game for years to come. U24 Great Britain Mixed Team XV. mentoring and experience; Being a part of sport for years increasing the quality competing in the U24 World What are you most looking What are you most looking What are you most looking many of them have to come, whilst becoming of their play. Coaching Goal: Championships in Heidelberg, forward to with your forward to with your forward to with your Head Coach of 1st XV or Become a level 3 coach, played and coached Germany. What are you most looking coaching at Mill Hill? coaching at Mill Hill? coaching at Mill Hill? Rugby Sevens Team. become Director of Rugby professionally. We have forward to with your Seeing the younger years Helping the pupils at Mill Hill Seeing pupils of a wide range Coaching Goals: and become part of a small taken a holistic approach What are you most looking coaching at Mill Hill? grow year on year. reach their full potential. of ages, backgrounds and To develop a cohesive team group of Level 4 female forward to with your Working with, and helping, ability levels all enjoying to our recruitment this that works hard for each Sporting Highlight: Sporting Highlight: coaches. Help grow girls’ coaching at Mill Hill? aspirational young tennis being on court. past year and I believe we other and enjoys representing Getting promoted into Being selected for the Rugby at Mill Hill School. Seeing the pupils learn, players fulfil their potential. have the team in place to the School. National Leagues playing for Wales Students’ Rugby Sporting Highlight: improve, show passion Sporting Highlight: Sporting Highlight: Southgate Hockey Club. League squad. Captaining Cambridge reach new heights in sport and enjoy their sports. What are you most looking Tyrrells Premier 15s Becoming regional University to victory at the at Mill Hill School. Watch forward to with your Describe Mill Hill Sport Describe Mill Hill Sport Championship winning team Sporting Highlight: Tennis Champion. 2016 Eton Fives Varsity Match. this space! coaching at Mill Hill? in three words: in three words: with Saracens, debut for Playing for the best Women’s Working alongside brilliant Describe Mill Hill Sport in Inclusive, varied, committed. Inclusive, energetic, England 7s in Sydney. Describe Mill Hill Rugby Club in the country coaches who put their all three words: innovative. Sport in three words: and being part of winning Describe Mill Hill MR AARON LIFFCHAK into their team and Success, pride, inclusiveness. Fun, playful, competitive. the inaugural Tyrrells Premier Sport in three words: DIRECTOR OF SPORT contributing to the 15s Championship. Best school ever. development of sport at Describe Mill Hill Sport Mill Hill. in three words: Sporting Highlight: Family, heart, fun. Representing Great Britain in Ultimate Frisbee. Describe Mill Hill Sport in three words: Just keeps growing. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 20–21 MAGAZINE HILL MILL Joining forces During November, the CCF was particularly busy and took part in four major events within the space of a week.

by The Royal British Legion invited six Mill Hill Show has an uninterrupted history of over received by the hundreds of spectators a static routine to gathered guests at the Major Anthony Norrington School cadets to read prayers at the 800 years, since King John’s Mayoral that lined the route and they should be Army Reserve Centre. During his speech, Contingent Commander opening of the annual Garden of Charter to the citizens of London in 1215 very proud of their efforts. Martin Russell complimented and thanked of the Mill Hill School Remembrance at St Paul’s Cathedral, one decreed that the Lord the Corps of Drums for their commitment Combined Cadet Force of the four centrepieces in the capital. It must present himself to the Sovereign on The following day the Corps of Drums were and professionalism, particularly for was attended by over 150 VIP guests assuming office. Today the Lord Chief back on parade for the London Borough of performing so well at two significant including the Lord Mayor of London, Justice receives the Lord Mayor on behalf Barnet’s annual Remembrance Sunday public events one after the other. In Master of the City Livery Companies, of the Sovereign at the Royal Courts of Parade. This prestigious and important closing, he said the cadets were a great representatives from the City’s Armed Justice. The event has now become a local event, comprised of a march from credit to the School, which drew an Forces, and other key London institutions. unique combination of state procession, the local Army Reserve Centre, along enthusiastic round of applause from The service in the Garden was followed by military parade and carnival. There were Barnet High Street to St John the Baptist everyone present. a parade of Standards accompanied by 150 serials, 7,000 participants which Church for a service of Remembrance. the Band of the Coldstream Guards. This included 1,800 military personnel and After the service the parade marched back The Call to Remembrance at Mill Hill year, the commemorative event was open 1,800 children. There were 200 horses, from the church to the Army Reserve School is the most significant event that to the public for the first time, making this 140 motor and steam driven vehicles and Centre paying compliments to the Deputy cadets take part in, and for those in the a significant event and our involvement a 24 carriages forming a procession three Lieutenant of Barnet, Mr Martin Russell. Upper Sixth that are still in the CCF, rare privilege. The cadets were miles long! It is the longest parade in both participation in the Guard of Honour is an immaculately turned out, read beautifully distance and time that the cadets take part The parade consisted of Army Reserve immense privilege. The cadets’ and proudly represented Mill Hill School. in and it was broadcast live on BBC1. The soldiers from 240 Transport Squadron RLC appearance and drill was smart and actual length of the route is nearly one and (V), ex-servicemen and women and polished and they contributed greatly to The following Saturday, the Corps of a half miles, which is a long way to carry representatives from the CCF, Army Cadet the success of the event and are Drums once again performed in the Lord heavy musical instruments, play them Force, Sea Cadet Corps, Air Training commended for devoting the hours Mayor’s Show which was a thoroughly continuously and maintain a smart military Corps, Scouts and Guides. The Corps of required for training and committing exciting event to be part of. Incredibly, the appearance. The cadets were very well Drums led the parade and also performed themselves to such a special School event. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 22–23 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

Living the dream

I am but the tenth Housemaster in all-important academic grounds, and here (Weymouth) and loved their honorary Collinson’s 117-year history. I hope this many a pupil fell asleep in one of my association as teenagers with Collinson Approaching retirement after 30 years’ ratio attests the stability and wellbeing razor-sharp twilight lessons, but it was House, which itself has had girls in the of the ship and all who have sailed in her. very bonding. building since 2006, one year after I crossed the threshold. service at Mill Hill, Housemaster of Indeed, on my arrival in 1989 from Saturday School – another traditional Merchant Taylors’, I was struck by the emblem of boarding – had always seemed In 2015 The Mount, Mill Hill International uniqueness of the heartbeat of this school too sacred for the abattoir, but it was opened its doors and it was my privilege to Collinson, Peter Lawson, looks back in London, so many of whose rhythms unexpectedly discontinued as recently as have the whole of the incipient School in played out according to a rural boarding 2012. The decision was wholly justified by my pastoral care before integration across model, even though by then 55% of the the developing constituency of the School the Houses – the correct decision, given with fondness at the changing face boys no longer lived in. In fact, the first and made the pace of learning more the growing demand for boarding at Mill day House, Murray, had opened in business-like, but the idiosyncrasy had Hill – a year later. 2015-16 has been the 1933, a time at which the current not been without its allure and its calm. most exciting of my career to date. of boarding. preponderance of non-residents would have been unimaginable. During my time I have witnessed the The days of boys climbing with their trunks gradual morphing of School House from onto trains from home in far-flung shires Until well into the 1990s there was boarding to day. In 1995, boys wept as for the journey to Mill Hill are long gone. boarders’ Chapel every Sunday. Indeed, their Winterstoke diaspora was scattered But as my own wonderful time here the whole School followed routines – to other Houses to make way for Grimsdell, approaches its coda, my wistfulness about such as Sunday parents’ meetings – only again such a symbol of the future. 1997 the past is suffused by a sense of vibrancy extant in boarding schools. Into the new and coeducation saw the opening of that derives from the thriving beat of millennium, between October and Cedars House for girls’ boarding on the contemporary and cosmopolitan London February, we still had, twice a week, what site of the Old Sanatorium (now New boarding. The array of cultures and was called Winter Timetable. On these House). I feel this to have been the most languages inside our doors now is the days, everyone piled out onto the sports important development in my time here. future; it cannot but energise all those field at 14:00, thence into class from 16:15 Both my grown-up daughters drew first fortunate enough to live what for me until 17:45. It is difficult to defend this on breath as Mill Hill babies, were educated has been the dream. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 24–25 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

St Bees

On 30 September 1938, the UK Prime Minister, Lessons were being taught, Rugby was Neville Chamberlain returned from a meeting being played and – amazingly – the Mill Hill with Adolf Hitler in Munich proclaiming “Peace Magazine was still being published. The commemoration for our time”. The Heads of Belmont and Mill pupils who edited those magazines thought Hill were less than convinced. By the end of they were reporting current school news 1938, Arthur Rooker Roberts, Head of Belmont, and events. Little did they know they were had already moved Belmont pupils to also writing history. The articles are a fertile Cockermouth and Dr Thomas Derry, Head of source of content describing how life went Mill Hill’s War 1939–1945 Mill Hill, had advised parents that in the event on as normal – and sometimes not so For the duration of the Second World War, pupils of Belmont and of war, arrangements were in place to normal. During five years, pupils re-locate pupils to St Bees. experienced four Heads (Derry, Rooker Mill Hill were evacuated to Cumbria. For the same period, our Roberts, Jacks (interim) and Whale) and also Eleven months later Hitler invaded Poland and regular news of OMs killed in action. The school premises became a military hospital. Early in 2020 the the Second World War began. Winterstoke St Bees story is compelling: the historical Housemaster Warren Phillips, on summer context, the memories and reunions of Old Millhillians Club will publish a magazine in commemoration vacation in , received a telegram former pupils, the 2015 closure of St Bees advising him not to return to North London, School and its 2018 re-opening to a bright of those challenging times. but to head to Cumbria to start preparations new future. The Old Millhillians Club is for receiving Mill Hill pupils. Within a month, constantly seeking to modernise itself, but by Boarding Houses were in place, beds and an occasional look back at its past is also The Old Millhillians stained glass window in the Mr Peter Wakeham desks had been purchased and a virtually important. The St Bees legacy is a story that St Bees Chapel, is soon to be mirrored by a St Bees Chairman of the Old Millhillians Club seamless transition was complete. the Club needed to tell. window to be installed in the Chapel at Mill Hill. MILL HILL MAGAZINE 26–27 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

Nathan shares his experience as an internationally recognised bouldering champion. Getting a grip

Since the age of six, I have been rock same squad. In climbing it is not very an open international competition in the climbing, Before that I was a competitive common for people to have coaches as Netherlands during the summer and won. gymnast, but transferred to rock climbing they get older, it is mostly a self-coached This made me realise that I might still be at due to the competitive nature, problem sport, so I decided to start training myself. a reasonable level so I then went on to solving and just pure fun. I started A new climbing wall opened up near the compete at the GB trials a few weeks ago. competing when I was seven and in my School, which proved convenient for my I was successful and I am now back onto first regional competition came 3rd in training and I continued to get stronger the GB team, with the hopes to make use London. I was lucky enough to get invited and better. of my last year as a junior and hopefully onto the only performance squad in compete for my country again. London at the time, which helped me During the next three years I competed progress over the course of six years. for Great Britain on nine occasions, during I have put a lot of time and effort into my A lesser known fact about climbing is which I placed 5th in Europe and 17th sport over the last 12 years; I train 5-6 days that it can actually be quite dangerous in the world. Climbing has allowed me a week, up to 25 hours a week, but when for younger climbers, since it puts a lot to travel to amazing countries such as you are up there competing on a stage, of stress on their body – especially the Austria, Poland and China, where I got it makes it all worth it. The thrill you get fingers. I am grateful for the coaches to see fascinating cultures and also meet when standing in front of thousands of who helped go through this time without extremely motivated climbers. After this people watching you as you try to get to any injuries or problems. time I then took a break from international the top of a seemingly impossible climb, competitions for a while, yet still training with the pressure to do it first go, can At the age of 13, I came 1st in the Junior harder than ever. From the age of 16 until never quite be explained. Bouldering Championships for my age you leave school, you are counted as a group, which meant that I was elected for junior as well as a senior. This coming year the GB team (the youngest age they allow will be my last year as a junior; after which on the team). This was around the time I I will have to transition fully into the seniors. by started at Mill Hill School, and due to the It seemed like a perfect opportunity to get Nathan Whaley distance I was not able to continue at the back into competitive climbing, so I entered Upper Sixth MILL HILL MAGAZINE 28–29 MAGAZINE HILL MILL

Miss Zoe Griffiths joins the Classics Miss Laura Lilley joins the Sciences Mr Akram Bou Shamseddine joins Department. After studying at Durham Faculty to teach Biology. A graduate in the Sciences Faculty to teach Physics. University, she taught for two years at Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour from Following his studies, he taught in his Cranleigh School in Surrey. She has Durham University, Miss Lilley comes native Lebanon before moving to spent the past year working at the Houses to us from Haberdashers’ Aske’s School international schools first in Egypt and New staff of Parliament and returns to teaching at for Girls, where she has taught since then in the UK. He joins us following Mill Hill, where she will complete her 2016. Her early career was in wind five years as a Teacher of Physics and PGCE through Buckingham University farm development, and she is a keen Mathematics at Ashwicke Hall School during her first year in post. sportswoman. in Wiltshire, where he has also been involved in boarding. Mrs Samantha Hadley joins the Formerly a Graduate Assistant, members Geography Department. Having read Mr Liam Oakes takes up a teaching Miss Lucy Sheffield joins the History Social Anthropology, Development and position in the PE Department and & Politics Department. Having grown up Geography at Edinburgh University, she will complete his PGCE through locally, attending The Latymer School, trained to teach at Oxford before joining Buckingham University during his first Edmonton, Miss Sheffield read History The following colleagues have joined the teaching School in South West London. year in post. He studied Sport and at Durham University and trained at the From there Mrs Hadley moved to Vietnam Exercise Science at Hertfordshire UCL Institute of Education. She is an staff in recent months. to teach at the British International School University. enthusiastic sportswoman and musician. in Ho Chi Minh City. She has also completed her MA in Development Education and Mr Daniel van Noordwyk joins the Mr Robert Taylor also joins the History Global Learning through UCL. Design Technology Department. He & Politics Department. A graduate of Mr Ayub Abdi joins Mill Hill as a Learning Miss Ellen Brereton joins the Mathematics Miss Georgia Conlon also joins the studied at the University of Pretoria Leeds University in Chinese and History, Support Teacher. He studied Philosophy Department. Having studied Chemistry at English Department as a Newly Qualified Miss Zubayda Hagi joins the Sciences before working as a teacher and a civil his early career was in marketing and at Essex University and the Philosophy of Manchester University, she trained to Teacher, fresh from her PGCE at the Faculty as a Newly Qualified Teacher servant specialising in road safety in his communications in Shanghai. He turned to Education at the UCL Institute of Education. teach Mathematics at King’s College, UCL Institute of Education. Following specialising in Chemistry. Miss Hagi native South Africa. He moved to the UK teaching in 2015 when he joined Reading He joins us from Harrow College and London. She joins us from Ashcroft her degree in English and Drama from grew up locally and is a former pupil of in 2002 and has taught in the state and Blue Coat School. He comes to Mill Hill College. Technology Academy in . Queen Mary, University of London, Miss and UCL Academy in independent sectors, notably at following a year at Holland Park School. Conlon’s early career was in publishing . From there, she studied Berkhamsted where he was a Miss Catherine Berry joins the English Mr Cory Cambridge joins the Religious and media imagery. Biochemistry and Genetics at Nottingham Housemaster. He joins us following a Miss Greetje Wijnstok is the third new Department. She studied English and Studies Department. He studied at University. year at JCoSS. member of the Mathematics Department. Theatre at Sheffield University and trained Newcastle University and trained to teach A former student teacher at Mill Hill, She studied Mathematics as well as to teach in the city. She joins us having at Durham. Over his career at a variety of Miss Jessica Curtis returns to the Modern Mrs Michaela Knowles Barron also joins Miss Roslyn Sanby joins the Computer Interior Design in the Netherlands, successfully completed her Newly state schools in Birmingham and London, Languages Faculty to teach Spanish and the Modern Languages Faculty as a Teacher Science & ICT Department. She will where she grew up, before training to Qualified Teacher year at St James’s he has been a Head of Department, a Head French. Her degree is in Hispanic Studies of German who will additionally act as also be teaching Mathematics. She teach Mathematics. She has taught in Catholic High School in Stockport, of Year and a seconded member of the from Nottingham University and she joins German Assistant, providing oral lessons. has degrees in Computer Science the Netherlands and the UK since 2008, Greater Manchester. Senior Leadership Team at Haberdashers’ us from Fields School. A German native, she studied Business and Mathematics from the University and joins us from Aske’s Hatcham College. Mr Cambridge Administration at the Berufsakademie in of Cape Town, where she also trained in Barnet. Miss Jade Boyle joins the Senior Team as joins us following two years at Miss Ruksan Emirali also joins the Mannheim and Multilingual Communications to teach before moving to the UK. She Mill Hill’s inaugural Assistant Head (Pupil Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School. Mathematics Department. She studied at the Technische Hochschule in Cologne joins us from La Retraite Roman Catholic Mr Valentino Vannini joins the Art Development & Wellbeing). She will teach Applied Mathematics at Nottingham before working for a number of internet Girls’ School in Park. Department. After a lengthy career in English, PSHRE and Games; she is a keen Miss Eleni Maria Chalepa joins as a University and trained to teach at King’s firms in the UK. In addition to her work at the fashion industry in his native Italy and Hockey player, coach and umpire. After Teacher of Computer Science & ICT. College, London. She joins us from Mill Hill Mill Hill, Mrs Knowles Barron teaches at Mr George Seller joins the Business the UK, Mr Vannini moved into education reading English at Loughborough She studied at the University of the County High School and is already familiar Birkbeck College, University of London, and Education Department to teach both in 2015. He originally studied at the University, Miss Boyle trained at Haydon Peloponnese in her native Greece and has with Mill Hill as an Officer in the CCF. the German Saturday School in . Business and Economics. He will University of Bologna, and trained to teach School, Eastcote, before moving to The worked in schools there and in London. also teach some lessons at MMHI. at the UCL Institute of Education. He joins John Lyon School, Harrow, where she has She will in due course complete her PGCE Mr Matthew Godwin is the third new Miss Zoe Levin joins the PE Department. Having studied Business and Marketing us from The Warren School in . served as a Head of Year and Deputy through Buckingham University, as part of member of the English Department. She studied Human Biology at Oxford at Sheffield Hallam University, he Designated Safeguarding Lead. her work at Mill Hill. Having read English at Southampton Brookes University before training to teach trained to teach at the UCL Institute of University, his early career was as a digital Science and PE. She joins us from South Education. He joins us from The John analyst at Accenture. He turned to High School. Miss Levin Lyon School where he has been Head teaching in 2016 and joins us from represents Great Britain at Triathlon and of Aquatics alongside his role teaching Davenant Foundation School in Loughton. Duathlon. Business and Economics. 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world with this backing. Hannah will be Good. Other successful plays include A Resident Tutor of Ridgeway for six years sorely missed by pupils and colleagues; Midsummer Night’s Dream and Our and through the School’s Board Games she is tenacious, an excellent assessor, Country’s Good. Club, which has a loyal group of members. highly efficient, imparts her painting Through the club, Calum has given pupils skills with patience and passion and is Three productions were performed at the the space to socialise and find their a warm and engaging presence in the Art Edinburgh Fringe to popular acclaim niche, bringing a welcome buzz to the Department and McClure. We wish her all including Kvetch (with Daniel Sharman and department on a Thursday afternoon. the best in her continuing painting career Robin Green) and The Luck of the Bodkins We wish Calum all the best in his new role and thank her for her commitment and (a PG Wodehouse delight). A number of at and look forward to building hard work. We are confident we will see successful alumni acknowledge the a link between our schools’ Physics her represented in an art gallery soon – introduction to Drama they had under his Departments. Calum’s extensive watch this space! care and his roll call of successes includes knowledge and experience is second to Rufus Hound and Hattie Morahan, Daniel none; we will all miss his presence here – Mr Naishal Patel Sharman and Harry Melling and Nancy his ability to teach five classes at once Naishal arrived at Mill Hill in September Wallinger who recently appeared in the (through sheer volume), the support and 2017. He played a very full role in the West End in Groan Ups. guidance he so willingly gives and the work of the English Department, teaching humour and wit he brings to social across the curriculum in the Lower School David leaves a legacy of excellence; his occasions. Valete and the Sixth Form. He set about his work pastoral care, commitment to his craft and with enthusiasm and this was a quality warm-hearted inclusive approach have Ms Joanna Young much appreciated by the pupils whom he ensured the success of his department Jo joined Mill Hill at a slightly We bid farewell to the following colleagues, whose valued taught. He loved the subject and he was both in and beyond Mill Hill School. He is unconventional time of the academic also generous with his colleagues in a larger than life character who will be year, picking up the reins in April 2016 contribution to the life of the School is recognised here. sharing teaching resources that he had sorely missed. following an unexpected early departure identified or created himself. As such, he by her predecessor. She quickly adapted was a collegiate team player and his Mr Steven Walwyn to the School and worked hard to establish contribution was much valued. His Steven was one of the two new additions herself. Pupils reacted well to her firmness kindness and warmth of personality went to the Maths Department that joined us in and her passion for the subject, as well Ms Megan Kennedy Mr Cieran Lee she would not hesitate to make a day trip a long way with his Sixth Form tutees also, September 2017. During his two years with as her desire to help them, often giving Megan leaves MHS to complete a Physical After two very successful years as a to Paris to watch some world-class tennis, and it was not unusual to see Naishal with us he has involved himself in many areas up her own time to offer them extra Education PGCE after completing a year Graduate Assistant, Cieran is sadly leaving and she has also been a football season a group of them in his classroom at any of school life. These include being a tutor assistance when needed. She came to as a Graduate Assistant. Huge thanks go Mill Hill. During his time, he has helped ticket holder for several years now. Such is time of the day having a chat with him. in McClure House, playing a role of a play a very full role in the English to Megan for all her efforts in Sport/PE, revolutionise Strength and Conditioning at her passion that she managed to sneak the His guidance to them with their UCAS school football team coach as well as Department. Apart from her teaching she particularly in the swimming pool, where the School, through PE lessons, education names of many of her favourite players personal statements was particularly taking students on a trip to our partnership ran, alongside Mrs Kaplan, the very she spent countless hours working with of staff and the creation of a healthy into the recent Maths exam she created. valued. school in Tamil Nadu. However, his main successful English Society, and did much the swim squad. The reinstatement of the culture amongst the pupils. Cieran has We are grateful for all she has done for Mill involvement has been, without a doubt, to put this increasingly popular activity inter house galas was solely down to her helped run both the 1st XV Rugby Team Hill and wish her all the best in her new job Naishal has not just moved school but within the academic department. We are on the school map. Latterly, Jo became hard work and vision. Another huge part and the 1st VII Netball team and will be at Highgate School. also continent, taking up a post as a grateful for all the efforts he put into the first appointee to the Second in of Megan’s role was living and working in greatly missed (although the 1st teams teacher of English at the Dubai branch of teaching Mathematics as well as being Department role established in English. New House, where she will be greatly might not miss some of his fitness Ms Caitlin Morrell North London Collegiate School. This an efficient Social Secretary of the In this role she co-ordinated the running missed. sessions). He is also much loved in Caitlin joined us in September as a will present a very different climate, department. Next academic year he will of the Fourth Form curriculum and was Collinson House and I know that the pupils Graduate Assistant and has achieved her meteorologically and culturally, challenges be working as a teacher of Philosophy at heavily involved in the running of the Miss Andrea Klein and Mr Lawson will miss him immensely. aim of gaining a university place on a that Naishal will relish. We wish him every Cobham Free School in South London. department more generally, offering good Miss Klein has worked with us since We look forward to tracking Cieran’s Physical Education PGCE for the next success there and in the future. This career move may be surprising to advice and support at all times. She was January 2009 as a teacher and assistant in progress in the world of S and C and in academic year. Caitlin has been many people; however, Philosophy has also a committed Senior Tutor in Atkinson the German Department. She has not only particular his work with Saracens RFC. instrumental in the running of Games, Mr David Proudlock always been a great passion of his and is House, so Jo’s role in the School both taught German, collaborating successfully delivering PE lessons, leading teams and As Head of Drama at MHS for 19.5 years – clearly something he would like to teach academically and pastorally, was a full one. for many years with the German teachers Ms Hyeji Lee assisting in the smooth running of Burton DSP worked tirelessly to build a vibrant and devote more of his time to. We wish Jo left to take up a role teaching English at here at Mill Hill, but has also coached and Hyeji joined the School as an Oxbridge Bank. Caitlin has proved herself to be team committed to getting the most from him all the best. North Bridge House School, and we wish inspired our students through difficult oral graduate in September 2017 and it can be someone who can always be relied upon the pupils in his care, and to creating her every success in this post and in the examinations, and has formed an integral confidently said that she is one of the best and I have no doubt that she will make a outstanding performances. His vision Mr Calum Watterson future. part of the Modern Languages Faculty. Her mathematicians employed by the School fantastic PE teacher in the years to come. ensured the studio space was secured for Calum has been a core member of the contributions to the working life of the in its recent history. Miss Lee can be the use of Drama pupils and this now Physics Department for eight years, faculty have always been well thought out described as a bit of a perfectionist who Ms Hannah Murray offers a dynamic and much appreciated offering invaluable expertise both to newer and underpinned by a high degree of would rather not do a thing than do it Hannah Murray joined Mill Hill in 2017 second production area. members of the department and careers professionalism. Miss Klein takes her without giving it a hundred percent. This as a part time teacher of Art. She has advice to pupils – particularly those retirement from German teaching in order philosophy transcribes into the way she successfully completed her NQT year David’s school productions have always interested in Engineering. In 2011 Calum to focus on her work outside school as a thinks about her lessons as well as the whilst with us and is now embarking on been full of energy and reflecting the set up the School’s Astronomy Club and in therapist and life coach. We have no doubt expectations she has from her pupils. a different educational journey altogether; collaborative approach that is his hallmark. 2016 he introduced GCSE Astronomy as an that the experience and enthusiasm that Being attached to a boarding house, many Hannah is beginning an MA in Painting We have most recently been delighted option for pupils to sit over two years Andrea used to motivate her students will pupils had the opportunity to benefit from at the New York Academy of Arts in by the glitz and glamour of Bugsy Malone during activity time. Aside from his lead to great success in her continuing her knowledge of Mathematics when she August 2019. 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