Senior School Newsletter 5 Summer 2013
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EWELL CASTLE SENIOR SCHOOL Summer Newsletter 2013 HEADLINES Other events this term have included; The PSFA Circus Event, the New Parents’ Evening, Prize Day, the Sports Awards Evening, the Summer Evening Entertainment, the Art Exhibition and the Activities Fun Day. It has been a great year and all the boys have grown in stature, in confidence and in an understanding of what is expected of them. School days will always be about opportunities. It is up to each individual to make the most of these. Get involved. If you could have done more, well look to September and make plans for a new beginning. If you were wholly engaged, then simply maintain the momentum. You are on the right track. I look forward to seeing all of those returning safe and well. For those This has been a very busy term because it represents the final run in to the public examinations for pupils in Years 10 to 13. For the other pupils, it is the completion of yet another year in the educational process, and for those individuals we also have to measure and assess progress. Certainly a lot has gone on in the classroom and beyond. Back in May, Sports Day was a tremendous success. Poole Road Arena was a hive of athletic activity with the whole school in attendance. Equally pleasing has been Ewell Castle’s athletes competing at other local athletic meetings and acquitting themselves well. The Tennis Teams have also showed their mettle in local leagues – the Juniors winning their division and the Seniors coming second. Well done!! We have played a lot of cricket and results have varied, but good team and individual performances were achieved at all levels. I am also delighted to see cultural pursuits figuring prominently. The Lower School production of ‘The moving on to other places and other challenges I wish you Scholarship’ was a real success. There is little doubt that well in all of your future undertakings. I also thank you all younger talent is being nurtured, that will entertain us in for your varied contributions to the life of the school. Do the years ahead. To reinforce the importance of this aspect make every effort to keep in touch with the school as we of education there have been numerous opportunities do wish to hear of all of your future accomplishments! to see West End productions. The final Music Recital of Mr M Holder-Williams the year also took place and not only provided the boys Head of the Senior School with a chance to perform publicly, but was thoroughly enjoyable. Achieving Each Child’s Potential 1 Achieving Each Child’s Potential PRINCIPAL ANDREW TIBBLE AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL Ewell Castle School Principal Mr Andrew Tibble attended the Society of Heads Annual Conference at The Vale Resort, Hensol Park, Glamorgan in March which was opened by The Princess Royal, and was invited to meet her during a recess period. The Princess Royal was familiar with Epsom and Ewell and their conversation naturally led to discussing the Derby. CLASSICS TRIP During the Easter holidays our classicists travelled to the Bay of Naples. Plenty of pizza and ice cream were consumed, but the boys also learnt a great deal which will stand them in good stead for the Classical Civilization GCSE exam in the summer. The exam is sat a year early as part of the school’s gifted and talented programme. Highlights of the trip included: a day visiting Pompeii; sailing to Capri and climbing to the Villa Jovis; climbing Vesuvius in memorably terrible weather; touring Herculaneum; and visiting a fascinating interactive museum on the two cities. 2 THE SCHOLARSHIP PRODUCTION Praise must go to all boys involved in Both aspiring actors and technicians this year’s Lower School production proved a great success and worked of ‘The Scholarship’, an adaptation with enthusiasm and dedication of a play by ‘Denise Deegan’. Set throughout the rehearsal process. in the confounds of ‘Grangewood It was rewarding to see such talent School for Boys’ in 1927, the play from Year 7/8 and also to see how follows the journey of ‘Danny well our Year 9’s had progressed Meradith’, a scholarship pupil who from last year. takes on several challenges in a bid to prove himself to the pupils As they say at Grangewood...... and teachers of this high achieving Spiffing! school! Miss L Jones CHARITY FUNDRAISING MATILDA Over £3,000 has been raised for different charitable causes over this academic year including; the Syrian appeal, Mr Blencoe’s bike ride across France, mufti DRAMA TRIP days, Christmas collections, white elephant stalls, cake sales and the Poppy Appeal. Well done to everyone, let’s keep up the good work and raise even more next term! Mr S Leigh SYRIA CHARITY BIKE RIDE In March this year Ewell Castle School started a collection to equip a nursery in King Abdullah Park refugee camp, near the Syrian border, home to around 1000 refugees fleeing from Syria. Boxes of toys and stationery, donated On Thursday 20 June Year 7 by staff and pupils, were collected by went to see the award winning Mrs Andrews and transported by her Musical, ’Matilda’ at the husband to the camp in Jordan where Cambridge Theatre, London. On the 10th July 2013 I will be setting he was working on security matters. It was a dazzling evening of out on a 1300 km charity cycle ride. entertainment with music and The aim is to raise as much money lyrics from Tim Minchin. The as possible for the Royal Marsden set and lighting was amazing Hospital, Cancer Charity. Starting and the performances were in Biarritz on the 12th July, cycling outstanding. Miss Trunchbul through France and finishing at Royal played by Charles Brunton was Russell School on the 20th July. outlandishly foul and Matilda We have opened a just giving page played by Cristina Ray was that will allow you to donate if you so incredible. The boys came wish to this very worthy cause. back even more energised than they had left school and the https://www.justgiving.com/teams/ following day they were still cyclingsirs buzzing about the production. Many thanks for your support Mr L Bader-Clynes Mr C Blencowe 3 Achieving Each Child’s Potential STAFF VS LEAVERS FOOTBALL used his speed and guile to find space in the box to score a brace and make it 4-0. Mr Grindrod added a 5th with a blasting shot into the roof of the net. Mr Turk, smelling blood, drifting out of defence and after some clever 1-2’s passed the ball into the back of the net. The Sixth Form responded with a goal of their own. Josh Gregory broke the offside trap to clip the ball over the out-coming Mr Manley in goal. Final score; Staff 6 – 1 Year 13 TEAMS Year 13; At the start of the summer term with study leave and Fifield, Iqbal, Angel, Keohane, Theobald (C), Cousins, exams around the corner, the Year 13 boys wanted to say Abeyratne, Radley, Allotey, Gregory, Pfeiffer, Vijapura. “au revoir” by taking on and defeating the staff in an 11 a side football match. Unfortunately, their best laid plans Staff; didn’t quite go as they had wished! Manley, Fitzgibbon, Krause, Turk, Grindrod (C), De-Souza, Young, Darlow, Casey, Marigeson, Some clever interlinking play in the midfield saw Mr Bradshaw, Sing, Vijapura, Szetela. Fitzgibbon strike a low drive past the despairing Ben Fifield. A few mintues later, Mr Grindrod found himself in an advanced position on the wing and sent in a teasing cross for Kye Marigeson, the groundsman, to rise like a salmon and dispatch a header into the net, 2-0. With Mr Grindrod driving a penalty wide of the post before half time, it was a chance for the Sixth Form to get into the game. Always looking dangerous from set pieces, Tom Radley headed wide and Harry Keohane scuffed a shot over the bar. It was now game on. Mr Casey came on and DISTRICT ATHLETICS Ewell Castle School achieved its and lots of personal bests that best ever results at the Surrey resulted in us coming fifth in the District Athletics Championships 16 Junior competition, second in the May at Kingsmeadow Stadium in intermediate competition and the Kingston. Junior and Intermediate following intermediate boys being Teams represented the school selected to represent the District within the boys competition, at the County Championships on against Epsom College, Glyn, the 8 June: Julius Banks (Discus Blenheim, Esher High, CLFS, St second place), Mark Goulder (third John’s, Hinchley Wood, Ashcombe, in the 200m final), Khaya Mtunzi and the very best of luck to those St Andrews and Therfield. This (second place in the Javelin) and boys representing the District in the was our best ever year, with great Jack Dyer (winner of the 800m). County Championships. performances from the boys Well done to all who competed, Mr S Casey 4 GOLF DERBY On Wednesday 5th June, Ewell all played extremely well in what was Castle golfers from Year 7 – 10 took a great afternoon’s work from the on Glyn School in a pairs Junior Junior team. and Senior Derby Competition at In the Senior match play, Cameron Chessington’s Horton Park Course. Bell and Sam Wilton played well as With boys pairing up to form a 4 a pair winning their pairs match as ball against a pairing from Glyn, it did Callum Cunningham and Julius was an exciting opportunity for the Banks. The other pairings of Peter players to demonstrate their driving, Ku, Justin Kim, Charlie Fordham- pitching and putting skills in fabulous Moss and Charlie Borman had tough conditions.