Ewell Castle Senior School

Newsletter 3 — December 2012

Artist of the Term, Yr 12 Photography

‘Head’ lines Co-curricular ventures continue to augment the term’s With the end of term now upon us, we look forward to our activity. The annual trip to the battlefields in France for traditional, and ever popular, Carol Service in St Mary’s Year 9 held particular significance as we located the grave Church. of a relative of one of the boys on the trip. Our musicians made trips to London to the Royal Festival Hall and the The undoubted highlight this term has been the success of Victoria Apollo (Wicked); with both trips it was the lead the School production of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’. All three performances that stood out for the boys and staff. There nights were sold out and it was a wonderful effort by all have been numerous educational conferences attended - involved from the Director/Producer, to the performers, to Politics, History, Physics and Biology. The Design and the stage, lighting crews and those that assisted with Front Technology Department took the A level candidates to of House. The hard work and attention to detail paid off visit the workshops at seymourpowell. Much with some fabulous performances, thoroughly appreciated consideration is given to these trips to ensure that the by those in the audience. The Lower School Music Recital curriculum is enhanced and extended. Furthermore, it was also a marvellous evening. The preparation here was would be remiss of me not to mention the hardy Sixth no less demanding with some of the boys making their Formers who took to the mountainous region of debut public appearances. It was a perfectly balanced Snowdonia for some fresh air and ‘light’ walking. A great programme and those who were able to attend, for what way to spend three days in late October! was another sell out occasion, were well entertained. As we look forward to the Christmas break there will be With so many boys involved on a weekly basis, the some serious business to be attended to by the sporting programme is always the mainstay throughout prospective examination candidates amongst us. To them the term. Despite some cancellations due to weather I will say: use your time wisely; re-charge your batteries conditions, the rugby and football games that were played and have some down time; but do not overlook the produced commendable results. Thankfully our sports required revision to ensure a performance to reflect your curriculum includes a range of sports that are less weather ability in the examinations approaching in January. A dependent - basketball, hockey and badminton- and these mature and industrious approach is the only way to be matches have allowed more boys to represent Ewell sure of doing this. Good luck to you all. To everybody I Castle. More sedentary competition also saw the Chess wish you all an enjoyable and safe holiday, not to mention team in action and our Public Speakers who were very a Happy New Year! successful. Mr M. Holder-Williams Politics Conference Day The A level students studying Government and Politics attended a politics conference in the heart of Westminster in November, to gain more of an insight into the political world. There was a wide array of speakers at the conference, ranging from politics lecturers at universities - such as Philip Cowley and Vernon Bogdanor from Nottingham and Oxford respectively - to current MEP and UKIP leader, the domineering and amusing Nigel Farage. Other speakers included the BBC’s Economics correspondent Hugh Pym, the Shadow Secretary of State for Defra Mary Creagh and Lord Norton of Louth.

All of the speeches were very educational and extremely Rotary Youth Speaks interesting, with personal highlights being Nigel Farage’s Ewell Castle entered a team from the Lower Sixth into the eccentric yet highly entertaining speech on why the UK Rotary Youth Speaks competition in November. Chaired should leave the EU. Francis Humphreys even had the by Hugo Bromley, with Danny Archer speaking on “The desire and confidence in front of an audience of 400 to ask Sport of Kings” and Kavien Sribalakrishnan proposing the Farage a question on UKIP’s relations with the Vote of Thanks. Our team put up a superb performance in Conservatives. I also summoned the bravado to stand up the first round, with stiff competition from The Warwick and ask Professor Philip Cowley from Nottingham School and Royal Alexandra and Albert School speaking on Ash dieback disease and cheating respectively. The University whether compulsory voting should be judges commented on the Ewell Castle team being well introduced within the UK. prepared and confident and, after nearly an hour of deliberation, they decided that we came out as the Thank you to Mr Krause for arranging such an enjoyable winners. This excellent performance means that we now and compelling trip and we look forward to further politics progress to the next round. events in the future. Danny Archer Mr S Bromley World-class Designers Inspire Sixth Form Design and Technology A level students paid a visit to world famous product design company, seymourpowell, Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Year 10 based in Fulham. Some of the designers explained their We had a very successful presentation to parents and roles and the career path they had taken to get to pupils in Year 10 on the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. seymourpowell. There was a clear link between their jobs The presentation was well attended and the uptake and the Product Design coursework at GCSE and A level. promises to be even larger than in previous years. Seymourpowell's reputation alone means they are The boys will be registered online and can then progress approached from a vast range of international companies - with their skills service and sports units. They can fulfil recently completing work for KT (Korea's BT), the interior many of these with the extra-curricular activities they for Virgin Galactic’s space tourism aircraft and Japanese already do at school. The expedition element of the sneaker design. They were also the first company to award will be in the spring and summer. design the cordless kettle, which is a concept that is still in Mr J C W Blencowe use to this day. Mr S Getty Staff News Dragon Supports Ewellian Entrepreneurs At the end of this term we will say goodbye to two The entrepreneur Peter Jones CBE, has selected Kearin members of the Modern Languages department. Mrs Mulcock and Thomas Runacres to receive funding, based Catherine Roy has only been with us a short time, but on their business proposal which succeeded in the personal circumstances have required her to move on. nationwide competition Tycoon in Schools. More than 50 schools across the country competed in the enterprise She taught French and Spanish, and was a Year 10 tutor. challenge to inspire Britain’s young people to start their Mrs Virginia Kennedy has made the decision to reassess own business. her teaching role based on changing personal circumstances. She originally joined the school in September 2005 teaching French and Spanish. Having taken maternity leave she returned on a full-time basis in April 2009 and, most recently, assumed responsibility for French. She has been an excellent form tutor and has contributed to many extra-curricular and co-curricular activities. We wish both of these colleagues well.

Fitness Fanatics running one of the weekly sessions for staff

Mr Stuart Bland also leaves after an association which Kearin and Thomas impressed Peter Jones with their stretches back to 1978 when he accepted a temporary ‘Fitness Fanatics’ business which runs fitness boot camps. teaching post as Head of Woodwork and Technical The Ewellian entrepreneurs are both keen sportsmen in Drawing. He has witnessed considerable change in the Year 10. Peter Jones commented, “I have been hugely school in many respects, but most especially in the impressed by the quality of business plans submitted. facilities! His contributions have been wide ranging, not Students are already wearing their exclusive Tycoon in just in the area of Design and Technology: he was Schools lapel badges with pride and one teacher referred responsible for the development of the ICT suite; he to them as the Blue Peter badge for business because they served on the PTA; he was instrumental in developing the are so exclusive. I will follow the progress of the DT national curriculum; he was a Graphical competing teams closely over the next few weeks and look Communication examiner; he has always assisted with the forward to seeing their achievements.” technical side of school productions; and he has taken Mr Manley numerous Geology field trips. Mr Bland retired as Head of Design and Technology and ICT in 2000, but continued in a part-time capacity as a technician for DT. As well as achieving all this, he found time to publish books on The Castle Society Technical Drawing and Graphical Communication which The Castle Society is a selected group of academic high are still selling well worldwide! He has also edited several achievers who are invited to participate in a programme of technical manuscripts for West African authors. His lectures from staff and outside speakers. This term’s association with Zambia lasted eight years where he meetings were all well attended. Mrs McManus taught DT, Physics and Chemistry before arriving at Ewell presented a consideration of ‘The Olympic Games’ both Castle. He is a man of many talents and we wish him the classical and modern. Mr Leigh preferred a literary theme very best of luck as he now contemplates final retirement. as we considered ‘Why Shakespeare is so popular’? Mr M. Holder-Williams Mr M Holder-Williams Sport for all and in all weathers! Under 14 Rugby

We have had a very busy twelve weeks in terms of sport at The Under 14 rugby team have had one win (19-5) against the school. Rugby has seen some great talent emerge and St John Bosco, and three losses recorded. Julius Banks fantastic tries scored with a total of 66 matches played this continued his fantastic form and ended the year as leading term. The minor sports of hockey, basketball, badminton try scorer with 14. Choong Seo has also developed as a winger this year and used his determined running and and table tennis have thrived this term; we have had genuine pace to score seven tries throughout the season. matches against the likes of Kingston Grammar, St James, Louis Yapp-Davis has continued to be a strong ball runner Epsom College, Glyn, Grey Court and Halliford. Our teams with Tayler Woodcraft a dependable goal kicker and fly have trained hard and played exceptionally well, in many half. The team has shown much potential this season and instances clocking up some emphatic wins. Next term we could turn into a really great outfit if they are prepared to will be playing football and training for Rugby 7s put in the effort week in, week out at training. competitions which commence in March; we will have Mr P Krause more basketball matches and a plethora of extra-curricular clubs. Under 15 Rugby

Mr S Casey By contrast with the first half of term, when many games were played, only one of the eight scheduled games took Under 12 Rugby place: the inclement weather made many pitches unplayable which was a shame. The fixture that was This term we had 25 boys represent the school rugby team played did not go our way as we went down to Grey Court and fielded A and B teams. This was very pleasing to see (43-17). The team was captained by Kearin Mulcock and and competition for places was strong as a result. Overall the top try scorer was Nathaniel Richards-Martin (11). the squad had a very good season, winning eight of their ten matches. The squad entered two Surrey Schools Mr M Holder-Williams Tournaments and the learning experience was invaluable to all. Rugby promises to be a strong sport for this group of Year 7 pupils and it will be interesting to see how the team improves next season. 1st XV Rugby

st Mr N Turk The Ewell Castle 1 XV has had a challenging 2012 season with the team made up mainly of young and enthusiastic Year 11 boys. We had a core of experienced players who remained from the year before and they have provided Under 13 Rugby great leadership and set a good example for the new members of the squad. The captain for the season, Ben The squad represented the school at the Surrey U13 Fifield, has led by example on the field and was backed up Whitgift Rugby Festival; a good experience for the team to well by his fellow senior players, in particular Harry pit their wits against some of the best rugby schools in the Keohane who had some outstanding performances in the county. Drawn in a tough pool, with RGS Guildford, the front row and Greg Le Lay who was a constant offensive hosts Whitgift and Gordon’s School, our team struggled. The final match saw a nail-biting, but disappointing, finish and defensive threat to our opponents in the backline. as a missed conversion with the last kick of the game Tom Radley also had a great nose for the try line and resulted in Ewell Castle losing 7-5 to Gordon’s. ended up the top try scorer for the year playing at number Defeat the following Monday to Grey Court School (42-24) 8. Other younger boys that have performed consistently showed that the team needed to regroup and do some well and will be important to building the team for the hard work on the training ground. Their final match of the future were: Khaya Mtunzi at full-back, Tom Palmer at season against CLFS was a very tough encounter with a hard loss. It was a disappointing finish, but nonetheless a flanker and Mark Goulder who showed great pace on the very productive season as the final statistics show: Played wing. The team has performed well in the second half of 12, Won 9, Lost 3. the term with wins over Esher High and St Paul’s, as well The squad have made great progress this year, our as an extremely close loss to Charterhouse going down 33 challenge is to train hard and step up another level to to 32. If we could convert more of our tries we would be compete with the very best rugby squads in the county. unstoppable!

Mr J Grindrod Mr M Bradshaw Hockey

This term saw an enthusiastic take-up of hockey and we hope to run more fixtures in the spring term as the devel- opment programme begins. Year 7-10 all had fixtures and we have quite a few boys who could make good players in the next few years.

Mr N Turk

Congratulations

Josh Rose has been selected to represent the ISFA South Senior Option XI Soccer Central District team. The team will attend the Independent Schools FA Under 13 Festival to play against A fabulous term’s soccer, which involved seventeen District teams from across the country. This Festival is at players, with only one defeat in six matches. Highlights Shrewsbury School from 25th to 27th March 2013. were the hard earned draw with Whitgift and the two During this Festival, the ISFA selectors will select an encounters with KGS. The fixture against Kingston, in the England Representative team. second half of term, being one of the squad’s best footballing displays of the season. Goalkeeper Lewis Bensley impressed throughout, as did the settled defence comprising, variously: Ollie Larrisey, Seok Hong, captain Danny Archer, Sean Farley and Amer Nazir. Shamin Patel was most influential in midfield, House Football was as fiercely contested as ever. With a energetically supported by Robbie Pfeifer, Zain Ahmed and nail biting finish and a goal in the last minute igniting a Dan Collins. Lone striker, in the 4-5-1 formation, Ben roar from the spectators , Castlemaine won the A team Ramphul worked tirelessly on the team’s behalf scoring, House Football. like David Beckham, from the half way line in the match against Trinity Grammar School. A goal to long remember!

Mr K Peto

Senior Basketball

The senior basketball team had some strong fixtures against the likes of Epsom College and Glyn this term. The boys undoubtedly gave their best efforts but were second best against some outstanding players. The squad man- aged a convincing win over Grey Court which was pleasing. Our team were relatively young compared to the competi- Raleigh were the ecstatic winners of the B team House tion which bodes well for future performances. Football.

Mr N Turk

Music

I am always amazed by how much the musicians manage to fit into a winter term and this year has been no different. Since the first day of term musicians have been preparing for both Upper and Lower School recitals, GCSE students have been to town to hear the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, we went to see Wicked up in the West End, Year 7 singers and our string trio (Konrad Cheung, Leo Nam and Jamie Wilkinson) performed in the school play, and as I write the school choir is in rehearsals for the Carol Service on the last day of term. All this on top of coursework being prepared and revising for exams.

The Upper School Recital was an opportunity to showcase the musical talents of students from Years 10-13. Many of our musicians performed their solo pieces in preparation for their GCSE coursework. Highlights of the evening included Kieran Blyth performing ‘Albatross’ on electric guitar, Daniel Crego-Bustello ‘River Flows in You’ on piano, Hugo Bromley played ‘In Bloom’ on drum kit and Richard Afful performed Bach’s famous ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.’ The school orchestra opened the second half with ‘The Mask of Zorro’ theme and Brahms’ ‘Finale’ from his Symphony No.1. The concert band were the final act Most recently we had the Lower School Recital and pupils of the evening finishing with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and from Years 7, 8 and 9 took to the stage to perform solo ‘Don’t Stop Believing’. Our musicians continue to enthral items; every boy played superbly, receiving great applause for each of their pieces. Some standout performances and inspire with their standard of performance. were by Leo Nam on piano, Max Hawkins on drums, Jason Liu on piano, Ollie Rickus on drums and Jamie Wilkinson on violin. The school ensembles delivered some excellent performances: the new ukulele band, the guitar ensemble, and the orchestra. One of the special moments of the evening, however, was the Year 7 choir. After three months of practising they took to the stage, some for the very first time, and sung ‘One Voice’ and ‘Rule the World’. All those months of rehearsing were worth it as they sung marvellously and received great applause from the audience.

Looking ahead to next term, I would love to be able to say things will quieten down.....no such luck! In January we start rehearsals for the first House Music Competition of the year and Upper School Recital (7th March). Furthermore, I am hoping to receive plenty of emails from keen and willing parents who are prepared to join my new venture of a choir for staff and parents! But for now, wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Miss S Brack “I can’t believe just how good they were…”

After three months of hard work and tough rehearsals, both cast and crew of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ performed three nights of the play to a very high standard. The play was enthusiastically received by the audience with such comments as “I can’t believe that I haven’t seen any productions until this year... I won’t be missing anymore!”

Students have already been asking what the next production will be. Next year’s drama calendar will be a bumper one with: the senior school production; the Year 7, 8 and 9 productions; an A level production; Wassail; Arts Week; and the Summer Evening. With so much going on there will be plenty of opportunities for everyone to shine. The boys’ comic timing and ability to scare the living daylights out of the audience was a delight to behold. Particular praise must be given to the notable performances of: Chris Stevens, Chris Renwick, Louis Tait, Sam Conibear, Kalen Alford and Jack Stace. As well as thanks to the wonderful technical crew including: Dylan Jethwa, Hugo Bromley, Joshua Miller and Tom McDowell.

At the moment Miss Jones is in rehearsal for ‘The Scholarship’ which is based on the well known play, ‘Daisy Pulls it off’. So keep your diary free for what will surely be another production of talent and entertainment! Wishing you all a festive holiday season.

Mr Bader-Clynes and Miss Jones Art Each term the Art department awards artists of the term within each year group. This term the focus was ‘final pieces’. Below is the list of our winners and runners up. A lot of effort has gone into the artwork from all the students involved, resulting in some stunning ‘final pieces’. Year 7 Winner - Luke Rae Runners Up - Toby Conyers, Luke Hadley, Louis Panayi Year 8 Winner - Juhwi Kim Runners Up - Chanhyuk Park, Leo Nam, Mac Murfitt, William Harding, Kiran Acharya, Patrick Bell Year 13 Winner Year 9 Winner - Will Ellis Runners Up -Seok Min Hong, Faaris Sheikh, Brian Jung, Milan Andesilic, Nathan Segel Year 10 Winner - Jay Lee Runners Up -Giorgio Benvenuti, Konrad Cheung, Cameron Bell, Harry Fahim Year 11 Winner - Jack Hazell Runners Up -Christian Vander, Alex Devane, Toby Harper Year 12 Fine Art Winner - Cameron Tempest-Hay Year 12 Photography Winner - Harry Keohane Year 13 Fine Art Winner - Jamie Brown Year 13 Photography Winner - JJ Humphries

Mrs E Morton

Year 9 Winner

Year 11 Winner Year 12 Winner

Year 13 Winner

Year 10 Winner

Cities Year 8 Winner

Year 8 have been studying the theme of cities. They were taken on a walk around the school site and the church grounds to take photographs. The results were excellent and have been vital in drawing their final pieces.

Mrs E Morton

Year 7 Winner

Pop portraits Mac Murfitt and Kiran Acharya

Year 7 have been studying portraiture this term. Taking their inspiration from Andy Warhol and Julian Opie they created colourful pop portraits of themselves. They then developed memory frames, incorporating a variety of ideas and equipment and exploring their creativity. The work is on show in the Tudor Lounge, please ‘pop’ along to have a look, it is a stunning display.

Mrs E Shepherd

Aidan Gardner The Somme Battlefields Trip At the beginning of November all of Year 9 assembled for the annual trip to the Somme Valley. Our first port of call was the Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge. After hearing Mr Blencowe speak on the military results of the Canadians’ action, the boys were treated to a description of the monument itself from Mr Ashby. It was with an air of suppressed awe that the boys then went to read some of the 16,000 names inscribed in memory of those Canadian soldiers whose bodies were never found. The French National Cemetery at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette A moment of reflection and respect during the wreath-laying dwarfed both staff and boys with a vast sea of crosses. With respectful silence, they filed past a pit filled with The next leg of our journey took us to the Newfoundland sarcophagi descending four stories into the earth under Memorial where we were treated to a guided tour of the the rheumy eyes of uniformed French veterans. For many trenches and tunnels that made up this part of the British it was a compelling experience. front line on that summer morning in 1916. From the immense scale of the French cemetery the coach The boys were taken to the ridge where a Captain J W pressed on to the last stop of the day: the German War Blencowe, grandfather of our very own Head of History, Cemetery at Neuville-Saint-Vaast. This cemetery’s more stood on that same Summer morning looking out across modest scale was due not to any significant difference in the Somme Valley at the German positions that he and his the number of dead. Rather, it was because of unit were about to assail. Mrs Kaegler read several unwillingness on the part of the French government to extracts from Captain Blencowe’s war diary which were devote too much French soil to the memory of the fallen then fleshed out with the recollections of the author’s sons of a nation they saw as being responsible for the own grandson. tragedy that had occurred there. The fact that the The next stop was the enormous crater left by the Germans had to be packed in four-to-a-grave made the detonation of the Lochnagar mine at the beginning of the scale of the legion of black slate crosses stretching off into offensive, and then the Australian memorial, which was the dusk no less daunting for its comparative lack of size. the next stop on our journey through the Somme Valley. Here the boys were given an informative talk about the Australian war effort by Mr Krause, followed by an impassioned account of the New Zealand contribution to In the morning we travelled into the war by myself and Mr Bradshaw. the Somme Valley, the site of the Somme Offensive itself. The first stop was at the Ancre British Cemetery. Here the boys were intrigued to see a cross marking

the final resting place of Private

C Gostelow: a relative of Adam Gostelow, one of the boys on the trip. A small wreath-laying ceremony was held, with a poem Mr Bradshaw, shaken by the gothic tragedy at the German cemetery sympathetically recited by Jamie The last stop was the imposing bulk of the Memorial to Vogel. For many of us the the Missing at Thiepval. There the boys, in subdued awe, ceremony was an opportunity to observed the names of those 70,000 men from the British reflect on the very human nature forces who have no known grave. The boys were of the sacrifices made so long reminded of the truly terrible nature of the sacrifices ago. made by these young men. Under the towering arch of the Monument to the Missing, they were aware that every single one of the names above them was a real person once, not dissimilar to themselves. These people had hopes and dreams, fears and uncertainties. Each one was someone’s son, someone’s brother or someone’s father. It was with a sense of quiet reverence that the boys boarded the coach for the trip home. Mr A J C Daroux

Sixth Go Climbing in Snowdonia This term’s Sixth Form trip was a hiking weekend in Snowdonia. Our first walk started at Pen y Gwryd involving steep ascents before achieving the top of the highest peak in England and Wales. In mid afternoon the sky cleared and some fantastic views of the mountain and the surrounding ranges were enjoyed by us all.

At the top of Bristly Ridge overlooking the Nant Ffrancon

The North Ridge ascends very steeply, is quite exposed

and affords the most stunning views. For large parts of

the time one needs to use both hands and feet to half

climb, half scramble, to the summit. Precipitous drops on Mr Cruikshank OE either side give outstanding views of the Nant Ffrancon valley and the Carneddau range to the north. As we neared the summit the cloud closed in a bit, but the sun Sunday morning did not disappoint. Clear skies, superb was still strong and each of us had the amazing experience light conditions and the fitness levels of the team boded of seeing a Brocken Spectre and Glory. This is one’s own well for a great day on the mountains. On arrival at the foot of Tryfan, we were astonished as a gentleman (Mr shadow on the mist surrounded by a circular rainbow. You Cruikshank, pictured) came over and asked if we were can only see your own spectre. Many climbers never see from the same Ewell Castle School that he had attended as this phenomenon in their lifetime. a boarder in the 1960s. He remembered Mr Pledger and Mr Saunders and, indeed, Messrs Hadden and Sagar. His party included a gentleman who had just climbed Everest and a mountain guide and they were going to attempt the North Ridge of Tryfan, described in the guide books as the most enjoyable and exciting scramble in Wales. Not to be outdone - we decided to follow them.

The Cantilever

The summit of the Glyders is a desolate space covered in massive rocks at all angles. One has to pick a route carefully and tread warily to avoid mishap as one progresses from the cantilever to Glyder Fach, then the Castle of the Winds, and finally Glyder Fawr, before The summit of Snowdon descending the scree slopes to Llyn y Cwn and the steep

path past the Devil’s Kitchen to Llyn Idwal.

As we strolled past the lake to Idwal Cottage we looked back on a superb day’s walk that had encompassed three 3,000 foot peaks, one of the most challenging ascents in the UK and the most spectacular views. The Sixth Formers who came on this trip displayed both fitness and endurance. They accomplished something really quite special and were rewarded with stunning views and a tangible sense of achievement. Mr S D Bromley

Overlooking Ogwen Valley and the Carneddau A Word from the PSFA Parental Lobbying Proves Effective

Fireworks’ night was a Parents may recall that in the summer Epsom & Ewell tremendous success with Borough Council published a consultation paper under the over 400 people attending title of ‘Development Management Policies Development and a spectacular display Plan’. I wrote to parents in August and was reported in in the Castle grounds. The the local press, to the effect that I believed the proposals croquet lawn made an ideal setting for some could weaken the protection on open spaces and playing stunning pyrotechnics and fields in the borough. I urged you to respond to the allowed everyone a great council consultation – and you did in large numbers. At a view. Planning Policy Sub Committee on Wednesday 12th December it was reported that, as a result of the There has been a great response to the PSFA Theatre consultation exercise, the Planning Officers are now Club’s ‘Snow White’ ticket offer at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Friday 4th January 2013. The panto has proposing that the National Planning Policy Framework spectacular sets, dazzling dance routines and bags of Paragraph 74 wording on protection of open/recreational audience participation. ‘Wicked Queen’, Priscilla Presley, spaces be adopted, instead of the weaker protection promises a fun filled show: “I am so delighted to be afforded by their previous "positive exceptional loss making my pantomime debut in ‘Snow White and the policy". The proposals relevant to our interest (7 and 9) Seven Dwarfs’. The script is hilarious and my costume is had the highest number of responses - and I recognise sensational …” most of the names to whom comments were

Back by popular demand, the Quiz Evening will be on attributed. Many congratulations and please accept my Saturday 2nd February 2013 in the Castle. Order forms appreciation of your support. are on the Parent Portal and should be returned to the school marked PSFA. This event is always popular so A J Tibble, Principal please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The circus is coming to the Castle! Professional circus acts, traditional circus games, stalls, a grand draw and lots of food and drink will make it a fantastic way to spend this Bank Holiday Sunday, 5th May 2013. All tickets are £8 if bought by 1st February 2013. Tickets will go up to £10 after that date. Please let your friends and family know so that no one misses out on what should be a fabulously fun day!

Finally - thank you to all the parents, staff and friends of Ewell Castle who have volunteered their services and helped with events throughout the year. The PSFA Committee wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.