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Bishop Wordsworth's School PRIZE GIVING Guest of Honour Nick Beer Thursday 19 September 2019 3.30 pm Salisbury Cathedral 1 Head Master’s Introduction to BWS Prize Giving 2019 Given the turbulent political background to this academic year, work in school has had an uncanny sense of calm about it. We were promised relative stability in terms of academic reform, and that probably reflects the status quo over the past 12 months. The final stages of the Govian examination and syllabus reform at both 16+ and 18+ have fallen into place and the second stage of the National Funding Formula has also been implemented, giving a little more financial certainty. Sadly it became clear that the latter could be a false dawn as the government then decided to inflate the employers’ contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from 16% to 23% of pay. This sounds like a bureaucratic irrelevance; in practical terms it means that a school the size of BWS has to find an extra £170k each and every year from now on. Intense lobbying at a national level resulted in additional funding being provided through to August 2020, but there is absolutely no guarantee of any sort for the future. Our educational priorities were largely unchanged during 2018-2019; social mobility in all of its various guises loomed large, and quite rightly so, as our second 160-strong year group joined us in Year 7. Academic standards and quality of delivery in the classroom remain the principal areas of focus for my staff, and they can be proud of the excellent sets of outcomes that have emerged in the summer just past. But there is so much more that has been achieved in the way of trips, concerts, a sports fixture calendar that is intimidating in scale and quality and many other aspects of a World Class Education. Of particular note in Sport was our Intermediate Team progressing to the National Finals of the ESAA Cup Athletics where they came 9th. Our mathematicians and scientists turned in record-breaking levels of success in the various Olympiads and challenges including a RSC Roentgenium award for a second year running – Will Armstrong finishing in the top 50/9000 entries nationally. Somewhat strangely the site has been bereft of construction equipment and personnel for another year, though we now have a splendid architect’s master plan for redevelopment and have been in discussion with the planning authorities. There was a focus on maximising the footprint that we have and this will continue as our number of students increase over the next 3 years. We have worked hard on engaging with our alumni; a milestone was passed in the spring when we finally completed the first stage of our alumni database with around 11,000 Wordsworthians registered. We said farewell to a slightly higher number of staff than usual at the end of the summer term. Justin Moore (Bursar) went to a new bursarial post in Oxford. Charlotte Wilson and Alastair Endersby left for pastures new from the sixth form office, David Podger and Michele Millidge moved on from Art, Natalie Steer from RS, Martin Taylor from DT, Jacqui Cheetham from the Languages Faculty and Marie Russell from the Pastoral Support Office. After two years with No 11 as his fiefdom Ben Jones moved on, and last (but definitely NOT least) Andrea Nute said goodbye to Reception. We will miss them all, though I am sure that most will stay in touch… and I am hugely grateful for everything that they, and the rest of my colleagues do to make things special for the boys at Bishop’s. It sounds like a quiet year, but it wasn’t. It was both busy and really successful, and the school emerged stronger and more resilient. That is important as BWS gets bigger and we prepare to welcome our first female students for over 9 decades in September 2020. Dr S D Smallwood Head Master, Bishop Wordsworth's School 2 Captain Nick Beer Polar Medal (BWS Governor 2002- 2011) Nick decided to become a Merchant Navy officer when he was 12 and, after attending HMS Worcester (a school ship on the River Thames), he began his career soon after his 17th birthday, flying to New York to join his first ship. His 4-year apprenticeship was mostly spent in the warm waters of the South Pacific but, after gaining his first professional qualification, he followed a long held ambition and joined the ships of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Explorers like Scott and Shackleton were heroes of many boys of Nick’s generation and, in the early 1970s the Antarctic continent held out attractive possibilities for adventure (as it still does now). As a navigating officer on ice-strengthened research ships operating in notoriously rough, partly surveyed and ice-strewn waters, Nick learned the specialist skills needed to become a polar ship’s captain. During the following 22 years he worked alongside the foremost polar scientists as he became thoroughly familiar with the Antarctic and all its beauty, drama and challenges. In 1988 his personal contribution to Antarctic science and exploration was recognised by the award of the Polar Medal and he was appointed as a magistrate of the British Antarctic Territory. He helped design and oversee the building the Royal Research Ship (RRS) James Clark Ross which was launched by the Queen in 1990 (and will soon be replaced by the RRS Sir David Attenborough). He was her first Captain. In 1994 his career changed direction when he accepted a new government post as a no blame marine accident investigator charged with learning the lessons from accidents and making recommendations to improve maritime safety. This entailed mastering new skills in maritime law, psychology and forensic analysis as well as using his accumulated expertise as a ship’s captain. During this second career he has investigated over 80 major accidents, become a visiting professor at Cranfield University and the General Secretary of the international group of chief marine accident investigators. As an accredited expert with the UN’s International Maritime Organization he visits and advises governments of developing countries and he has trained nearly every marine investigator in the European Union. Nick has three grown up children: his son Sam was BWS Head Boy 2007/8. He lives with his wife in the New Forest where he actively follows a wide variety of interests. 3 P R O G R A M M E Welcome and opening prayer by the School Chaplain Reverend Andrew Gough Please stand as the platform party enter Please sit Introduction by the Chair of Governors Miss Jill Horsburgh Choir Barbara Ann Fassert Tambala Walira Sauka The Head Master's Report Dr Stuart Smallwood Musical Interlude Tico Tico Zequinha Abreu Adam Pinnock – Trumpet Will Waterhouse – Piano and the Jazz Band Guest of Honour's Address Nick Beer Prize Giving Vote of thanks by the Head Boy to the Guest of Honour Henry Dix Please stand for The National Anthem All remain standing as the platform party leaves 4 PRIZE LIST OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Sam Stephenson Head Boy ASSOCIATION PRIZE OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Jojo Jenner Deputy Head Boy ASSOCIATION PRIZE OLD WORDSWORTHIANS’ Sam Jennings Cathedral Prefect ASSOCIATION PRIZE THE BWSPA PRIZES SIXTH FORM PRIZE Sunny Chung Economics SIXTH FORM PRIZE Ned Thomas English Literature SIXTH FORM PRIZE Ben Risebrow Mathematics SIXTH FORM PRIZE Michael Aarons Spanish Sam Shaw History SIXTH FORM CARPENTER PRIZES Ned Thomas History Essay SIXTH FORM PRIZES Jamie Harper Contribution to Drama Will Armstrong Year 12 Mathematics Daniel McGovern Geography Arthur Pallecaros Music Vincent Elvin Politics SIXTH FORM SCIENCE PRIZES Toby Thompson Chemistry Ed McNulty Geology George Turnbull Physics Endeavour in A Level THE A LEVEL SCIENCES PRIZE Jonty Shaw Science MULLINS LECTURE PRIZE Ben Risebrow History THE NICHOLAS BRADISH PRIZE Sam Jennings Medicine THE TODD BURROWS PRIZE Oliver Hapke- Basquette Endeavour in Science THE DR ROGER SHERWOOD PRIZE Ollie Dennis Bioscience JARVIS YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Siddhant Nayak Science JARVIS YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Nathan Burn Mathematics THE MAGNUS CUP Ned Thomas A Level Latin THE ART PRIZE Jojo Jenner A Level Art THE ART PRIZE Charlie Sherwin GCSE Art THE DALER-ROWNEY PRIZE Thomas Prior Lower School Art THE MILLENNIUM PRIZE Ethan Drake Improvement THE JOE PERRETT SHIELD Jojo Jenner Football THE RORY WALWORTH CUP Seb Jones Rugby THE SAM BEATTIE MIDDLE SCHOOL Jed McGrath Sport PRIZE THE R GILLO PRIZE Rob Jones Athletics THE R GILLO PRIZE Chris Penny Sport 5 RUGBY AWARD Xavier Hastings Rugby TEAM BWS VALUES PRIZE Milo Kantolinna Sport For an outstanding THE JAMES VAUGHAN PRIZE Josh Miskin contribution to BWS THE WORT PRIZE Alexander Wilkinson Music THE FLYNN SIXTH FORM PRIZE George Thompson Good Manners THE FLYNN YOUNG ENTERPRISE Sam Herbert Young Entrepreneur of PRIZE Charlie Knight the Year THE PERSONAL COURAGE PRIZE Rufus Shire For overcoming adversity THE ESU PRIZE Will Nath Debati ng THE ESU PRIZE Curtis Leung Public Speaking THE RORY WATERS PRIZE Martin Endersby Singing THE WYNDHAM PRIZE Jolyon Chamberlain History THE TOM SHEARER AWARD Jasper Bates Duke of Edinburgh Award THE HAPPOLD PRIZE Josh Miskin Performing Arts THE ARTHUR MAIDMENT PRIZE Sam Jennings Community Service THE AUSTIN UNDERWOOD PRIZE Charlie Balshaw Community Service KS3 LANGUAGE PRIZE George Gande German KS3 LANGUAGE PRIZE Jack Rodriguez Spanish Jolyon Chamberlain YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE German Toby Justesen YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Alex Rogers Spanish YEAR 11 GCSE PRIZE Oliver Hapke-Basquette Latin THE ARTHUR BOWDEN PRIZE Will Hackett Languages THE SALISBURY SAINTES TWINNING Alice McConnell A Level French ASSOCIATION PRIZES Paddy Maidment GCSE French THE PAM ERRINGTON PRIZE Charlie Balshaw Religious Studies THE DON STOBBS PRIZE Discretionary Award Josh Hole (Sixth Form) THE DAVID TOMLINSON PRIZE Discretionary Award Alex Boulter (Middle School) THE LOWER SCHOOL PRIZE Joshua Wood Discretionary Award The Lower School House Cup is presented to Edward Klein on behalf of 8M.