ISSUE 15 Silver for Iain Percy at London 2012 Forthcoming Salminen were also a threat, and the Swedes controlled the fleet from the Reunions start of the race. The Team GB pair gave their all in their battle for sixth and looked as though 56-63 Fundraising it was certain with just 200 metres to Celebration Dinner go. But a sudden gust of wind propelled three boats past Percy and Simpson, 11th December 2012: dropping them to the Silver medal Richard Langdon/RYA position with Sweden claiming Gold KES Iain Percy (KES 1992) and his team and Bronze going to Brazil. mate Andrew Simpson claimed Team Despite admitting their disappointment GB’s first sailing medal of London 2012 at missing out on a second consecutive Edwardian Girls v KES when they won Silver in the Star class gold medal, both sailors insisted that Senior Netball Team at Weymouth and Portland. they were proud of their efforts over the The pair knew that Bronze medal course of the week. 23rd March 2013: position was all but sewn up as they The Silver medal makes Iain Percy the KES headed into the double points medal joint second most successful British match needing only a sixth-place finish Olympic sailor of all time, equalling to defend the title they won in Beijing Rodney Pattisson’s achievement of two Oxbridge Reunion 2008. Golds and one Silver medal. Percy won They held an eight point advantage his first Olympic medal in the Finn class Spring 2013 TBC: over nearest rivals Robert Schiedt at Sydney 2000 before claiming Star Oxford TBC and Bruno Prada of Brazil. However, Gold with Simpson at Beijing 2008. Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and Max Richard Langdon/RYA For further details of any of the above events, please contact edwardians@ kes.hants.sch.uk or ring 023 8070 4561 Update us with your email address Please help us to update our files by sending us your email contact address and mobile phone number. This will assist us in staying in contact should you move house and forget to tell us. It will also enable us to send you a copy of the Edwardian magazine to your email account. Please email us on [email protected]. sch.uk specifying your full name, leaving year, email address and mobile telephone number. King Edward VI School Wilton Road . Southampton . Hampshire SO15 5UQ Telephone: 023 8070 4561 www.kes.hants.sch.uk1 From the Editor for our 56-63 cohort. In each case we amazing things once they leave the have been thrilled to see so many of School. This summer saw two of our you attend and to hear about what you community compete in the London have been up to. Sport has also been 2012 Olympics. Rob Moore played active with the Edwardian boys playing for the GB hockey side but sadly the 1st XI cricket team in June and we just missed out on a medal with the were delighted that the girls, under the team coming 4th, whilst Iain Percy captaincy of Alex Morgan (formerly represented Team GB in the sailing, Williams), raised a formidable team of winning a Silver medal in the Star class. hockey players for a pre-season match We will watch them and other up-and- against the School’s senior team in coming future Olympians, such as September. The next six months will current 5th Year pupil and rowing star see a fundraising celebration dinner Harry Uglow who in August became the for the 56-63 cohort in December, youngest person ever to row the English the Class of 2002 10 year reunion in Channel, with interest over the coming October, a girls’ netball match in March years. and a Spring Oxbridge event. I hope you enjoy this edition of the I have been pleased by the amount Edwardian and we look forward of you who have sent in news since to meeting many of you at the It has been a busy year so far with the last edition. Our snippets section forthcoming reunions. six reunion events taking place since gives you a chance to see if there is Happy Reading! January. As well as our regular annual news from anyone you knew at School. Please do keep your news coming, events such as the Poole Veterans’ and Suzanne Hooper pre-1939 leavers’ luncheons, we have big or small and we will endeavour to Development Officer also held a Bristol, Bath and Cardiff publish it in the next edition. dinner and another fundraising event Edwardians continue to achieve From the Head Master The academic year 2011/12 has been feeder schools both for our entrance a particularly significant one with the at 11 and 13+. Its acquisition will acquisition of Stroud School in May provide greater security for the future 2012. This represents a major strategic and will allow us to develop increased change for King Edward’s as the School educational continuity from the early expands its reach to include children years to the Sixth Form. We have also from the early years in a combined achieved a key objective of the Sanger- together with a number of the former community of nearly 1300 pupils. A Davies family by providing a secure Stroud directors, thus bringing great deal of work has already taken long term future for the school they continuity to the future development of place to cement the relationship have built up over the last 50 years. our new preparatory school. between the two schools and Our short term objective is to improve At King Edward’s we began the year arrangements for joint governance and or replace a number of the buildings with 975 students on the roll with a shared vision for our mutual future on the Stroud site, whilst leaving the demand at every level of entry. The development are well underway. excellent educational standards in senior school has made a number Stroud is a successful preparatory and the hands of the current Head and his of changes to its facilities including pre-preparatory school and will be well team. Governance will be covered by a refurbished classrooms, a refreshed known to many Edwardians. For some Governors’ sub-committee consisting pavilion at Wellington and an expanded years it has been one of our principal of four senior King Edward’s governors music rehearsal area to cater for 2 continued to impress all who attended with a blend of sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. Charitable and community work remains a key feature of the School. In the past year over £26,000 has been raised by the students themselves for a range of different organisations and our Green Team has good reason to be proud of its success in securing the coveted Green Flag for King Edward’s. Edwardians have enjoyed numerous reunions organised by our Development Officer, Ms Hooper, including a very successful project, led by those at the School between 1956 and 1963, to raise funds for a bursary. The King Edward VI Foundation, which helps students applying to King Edward’s from disadvantaged backgrounds, goes from strength to strength. King Edward’s has had another very successful year marked increased numbers. Excellent teaching and the highly by a major investment in its future with the joining of motivated nature of our students has resulted in another Stroud School to the King Edward’s family. KES students impressive set of academic results. have continued to distinguish themselves in many ways The weather has not been kind to our summer sports with but manage academic and sporting achievements with an their Olympic theme but we were very proud to have two unusual commitment to the broader community as they Edwardians representing their country. Rob Moore was a develop into impressive young adults fully committed to key member of the hockey team and just missed out on a playing their part in the wider world. Bronze medal. Iain Percy added to his tally as a sailor with a Silver medal. We escaped the worst of the weather at AJ Thould Sports Day and hosted a mini-Olympics for local schools Head Master on our Wellington site. There have been some outstanding performances in a number of team games as well as some very impressive individual achievements. The School has continued with its wide-ranging programme of School visits and expeditions. This year KES students have enjoyed visits to the USA, South Africa, Mexico, the West Indies, Czech Republic, Spain, France and Germany. The proximity of the New Forest and Dartmoor provide plenty of opportunities for the hundreds of students who participate each year in the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The arts have had a high profile particularly with the spectacular concert at The Anvil in Basingstoke with over 500 musicians from a range of our partner schools filling the house with orchestral and choral music including a new composition from Dr Leaman. Another spectacular production of ‘That Certain Uncertainty’ written and directed by Mr Herklots and Dr Leaman was also performed in the Theatre Royal, Winchester. The annual art exhibition 3 News from the School Cross Channel KES students in Record Breaker Mexico The School’s customary biennial contribution to the world conservation effort was this year once again organised with Operation Wallacea; this time with a group of fifteen students from the Lower Sixth accompanied by two members of staff. This summer, the destination was the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where Operation Wallacea has established a new project looking at the biodiversity in the Mayan jungles at the northern end of the forest that extends south as far as Guatemala and Honduras.