ChronicleTHE

A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF

2017-18 J O R A P A R 2 From the Headmaster You have the latest edition of the Barrow Hills Chronicle in your hands… and what a treat you have in store!

The following pages record the many, varied, fun, exciting, inspiring and amazing activities and achievements of our children in the last academic year. As a whole, The Chronicle proves how creative, curious, brave, responsible, compassionate and joyful the children have been.

In the words of the Year 8 class of 2017-18, ‘Barrow Hill is an epic school!’

Mr Sean Skehan Headmaster 2017-18 Headmaster’s Welcome 2

Recitals, competitions, performances, quizzes House News 4 and memorable days

Activities, competitions, memories and outstanding work, Children’s Work 11 including creative writing, art and study and clubs

Performances, year group productions and concerts, Performing Arts 22 dance, ballet, LAMDA and music results

Performances, competitions and achievements for girls and Sport 34 boys sporting activities

Barrow Hills Community Committee, projects, fundraising, Charities 50 personal challenges and events

Day trips and residentials, lectures and educational visits, Trips and Visits 56 competitions and theatre trips

Life in the chapel, community outreach, Remembrance, The Chaplaincy 74 Service of Readings and Carols and festivals

Bridewell Day, Olympic Champions, National Finalists and School Council 76 fundraising Gillie Nicholls 77

Captains 78

Prize Day 79 4

House News House Poetry All children at Barrow Hills spent part of time to judge our House competition. Well Feeling free is a great thing to be. their English lessons planning, drafting done to all the finalists for taking part. Racing and zooming through the sky. and writing poems on the theme of Exciting adventure was up high. The finalists were: Freedom, as part of National Poetry Day. Exciting views from up above. Kean: Year 3 Charlie ‘Freedom’; Their English teachers then had the very Doing work from flower to flower, McCormack: Year 3 Sam ‘Freedom’; difficult job of choosing a finalist from Collecting pollen from hour to hour. Murtough: Year 3 Hermione ‘Freedom’ Oh what a wonderful bees life. Kean, McCormack and Murtough. This Me in a beautiful world. was a real challenge as all the poems Kean: Year 4 Rose ‘Freedom’; were so good! Some were funny and McCormack: Year 4 Ruby ‘Freedom’; Charlie (3R) some tackled more serious subject matter, Murtough: Year 4 Nathaniel ‘Freedom’ but all were powerful and thoughtful, Kean: Year 5 James B ‘Freedom awaits’; Is it true am I free? with each word carefully chosen to make McCormack: Year 5 Theo ‘Freedom’; Lying awake night after night. an impact. The hall was silent as the The cold damp smell pollutes the air. Murtough: Year 5 Harry ‘Freedom’ finalists read their poems with confidence Bullet shots going off. Soldiers injured. Kean: Year 6 Will M ‘The Tweet of Joy’; and expression. Each poem was projected The rain comes down hard against my face. McCormack: Year 6 Charlotte ‘Running onto a large screen on the stage so the Mud and dirt sloshes around me. audience could read the words as they Free’; The raging noises from the guns. listened. Murtough: Year 6 Nicholas ‘All on my Food is scarce, rations clamping down. own’ Richard Everett, local playwright and My head buzzes; the whole world writer, was our guest judge and he had Kean: Year 7 Hermione ‘Freedom’; flips around. the very difficult task of choosing a McCormack: Year 7 Elena ‘Freedom’; Leaving me in a daze. winner from each year group. Murtough: Year 7 George ‘Freedom’ My family back home they’re so free. I want to be free! After a short interval children from Kean: Year 8 Eddie ‘The life of death You must treasure freedom like an Drama Club performed a range of awaits you’; old friend. poetry, Mr Everett announced the McCormack: Year 8 Flyn ‘Freedom’; Treat it carefully. winners and the winning house, Kean! Murtough: Year 8 Harry ‘Free’ I know I may never be free again. The winners were: Thank you to Mr Kriehn for creating an Ruby (4R) excellent PowerPoint, Mrs Goedkoop for Year 3 Charlie; adding up the scores and Drama Club Year 4 Ruby; for performing with such enthusiasm. Year 5 James; A special thanks must go to our guest Year 6 Nicholas; Judge, Richard Everett, for giving up his Year 7 Hermione; Year 8 Eddie. House News 5

I heard a slight Looking towards that ever beloved freedom faint voice, A happy exam free life. It said Freedom arrives “Quick run!” Enjoy it whilst you can. The voice gradually Responsibilities. got louder A job, car, home. and louder, A family. then I realised … You have created the freedom of life. They were after me! Back to work. I dashed past the kitchen Back on a desk. then past the prisoners Trapped. It seemed like there You change. was an army of gods Grey. behind me Old. chasing me. I, Lonely. I sped round Just a little girl going to school one day. Friends gone, the corner glancing back I, Family nowhere as I did so at Just wearing my blue and yellow dungarees, Like you’re nothing. the huge crowd behind me And Hello Kitty top. Enclosed in your own world I crawled through Watching yourself fade I walked in the door to school, the hole at the bottom Fade. Everyone laughed at me. of the fence Fade away … That was only the start, before I sprinted up to the top of the hill Of my horrifi c life at middle school. Every day, pills upon pills. I looked at the wonderful The only thing that helps. Things got much worse. sea below me, An illness standing up against you. The thing that upset me most, as I said to myself Like a brick wall. Was that I got bullied. “I’m Free!” Always waiting for that freedom. That life went on for a while, James (5G) All because of the way I dressed. You had all those years ago … But now I am, Freedom Standing on the edge of the world. Free. The life of death awaits you. Weightlessly fl oating freely as a bird. I am a normal fourteen year old girl, Free from the world. Eddie (8G) Free. All on my own. The scenic view of the planet. I didnt let those people change, Like a giant ball. Me. House Quiz All on my own. That is why now, On Monday 11th December, 18 Darkness all around except the ball of I am still wearing, eager children took part in the annual bright lights. My blue and yellow dungarees, House quiz fi nal, having qualifi ed Europe all asleep. And Hello Kitty top. from the heats in October. Twelve Lights as bright as the sun everywhere. rounds of questions on a variety of Just watching them. I am now, topics, from history to famous faces, All on my own. Free. began and it was very tight all the Nicholas (6G) Hermione (7G) way through. Kean were generally the quickest to buzz and answer The crowd stopped. Born from an Oyster, and this paid dividends, as they were Everyone went silent. A pearl appears, crowned champions for the second I came onto the stage, Free from the dark hole you leave behind. year in a row. Thank you to Miss Took a deep breath, Lifted up to your mother to say hello to Young and Mr Kriehn for setting the Started. your innocent face. questions and making it so much fun! Not knowing what is ahead. I started telling everyone my story. My story. Next, My life. A calculated society, My story of how I became, Numbers and letters, letters and numbers No one. Endless Like a hamster wheel 6

Nicholas (6G), Thomas F (6G) and Lily (6G). Some interesting points were made and again there were lively contributions from the fl oor. The motion was defeated at the vote, so Murtough won.

A Kean team of Jake (6G), Fern (6G) and Matilda (6R) debated against Rupert (6R), Annabel (6R) and Ben (6R) for Murtough. The motion was ‘This house believes that vegetarianism is kinder to the planet’. The for the motion and McCormack against. arguments were ingenious, and again the House Debating Both teams presented good points and fl oor contributions were many and varied. For three weeks towards the end of the there were some great contributions from As the majority voted to abstain, this autumn term, Year 6 competed in our the fl oor. At the vote the motion was debate was a draw. fi rst House debating competition. defeated, so McCormack were the winners. So the overall result in the Year 6 House The fi rst debate was between a Kean The second round saw Isobel (6G), debates was a tie, between McCormack team made up of Alexander (6G), Maddie William B (6G) and Xavier (6R) for and Murtough, with Kean in third place. (6G) and Edward (6R), and a McCormack McCormack proposing the motion that Well done to all the Year 6 children and team of Emma (6R) and Oscar (6R). The ‘This house believes the school summer in particular those who represented their motion was: ‘This house believes that holidays are too long’. They were House as speakers. school uniform is outdated’. Kean spoke opposed by a Murtough team of

“fantastic sound and great diction” House Music during the hymn. ‘I’m a Believer’ was Thursday, 8th March dawned and the credited for being “upbeat and having a three Houses gathered in the chapel great sound”. Murtough were committed for the hotly contested House Music to the words, phrases were neat, crisp Competition. Mr Stasio Sliwka and Mr and short when they needed to be and Furniss-Roe from King Edward’s Witley the long phrases were held well. had kindly agreed to be the guest judges. Finally, it was the turn of McCormack to First up were Kean, who sang ‘Here I am perform. They had chosen ‘Praise Him’ Lord’ followed by the Abba classic ‘Thank for their hymn, followed by their own you for the Music’. Judges commented composition. The judges were impressed House Sport Results on the lovely “shape” of their singing and by their “fantastic dynamic contrast” Football McCormack Rugby McCormack the “dynamic contrast” throughout the and their “wonderful crescendo”. The Cricket McCormack hymn. Their rendition of ‘Thank you for House song was “brilliant” and very Swimming McCormack the Music’ was praised for the confi dent convincing. The song told a story and Lacrosse Kean singing of the soloist, the duo and the the sound worked its way from one side Cross Country (boys) McCormack trio. The mood of the song was very of the Chapel to the other. Netball Kean upbeat and there was lots of “colour”. Tennis Murtough During the judges’ deliberations, the Rounders Kean Murtough sang next, performing the audience were treated to some fantastic School hymn ‘Ad Majora Paramur’, impromtu performances from Julien (8G), followed by The Monkees ‘I’m a Believer’. Imogen (8G), Eddie (8G), George (7G), Judges complimented the singers’ Dominic (3R) and Dominic (5R). Thank you all for some wonderful entertainment.

Mr Sliwka and Mr Furniss-Roe had a very diffi cult decision, it was an extremely closely fought competition. The winners were.... McCormack! Well done everyone for your fantastic singing. House News 7

House Story Writing Competition The House story writing competition is a After Mrs Noble had very kindly presented Year 6: Winner: Fraser (6R); popular annual event that gives children prizes to the winners, there was time Runner up: Rory (6G) the chance to be creative. Themes over the for the children to ask some questions. Year 7: Winner: Serena (7G); years have included ‘Journeys’ and ‘The Sea’, It is not every day we get to meet a Runner up: Elena (7G) and this year English teachers throughout bestselling author at Barrow Hills, and the Year 8: Winner: Amy (8G); the school looked forward to reading the children certainly made the most of this Runner up: Flynn (8G) children’s work entitled ‘Survival’. Year 2 opportunity! They wanted to know all children all wrote a story, while Years 3 to 8 about being a writer and asked Mrs Noble Survival planned and crafted an opening paragraph, everything about her writing career to her People always say how their home is their designed to hook the reader and make them future ambitions. They were fascinated as favourite place. Ordinary bedrooms are desperate to read on… she explained how the publishing process crammed with electronics covering their worked, and how she planned her novels. pink bedspread which is as soft as clouds. Our judge this year was best-selling They wanted to know who was her Ordinary bedrooms are where teenagers author Elizabeth Noble (and mum of Miss favourite author and if there were plans hide away from their parents. However, Young, our Gap Student!). Mrs Noble’s to turn any of her books into a fi lm! my bedroom is where I hide away from fi rst book, ‘The Reading Group’, went life. Ordinary bedrooms contain a desk full straight to number one on the Sunday We are so pleased and grateful that Mrs of colourful pens but ordinary bedrooms Times bestseller list. She followed this Noble took time away from writing her don’t have machines beeping all the time. success with fi ve more bestselling novels latest book to judge our House Story Ordinary children don’t wake with a jolt in including ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘Things Writing Competition and to come and the darkness to hear the beep, beep, beep I Want My Daughters to Know’. Her new speak to us at Barrow Hills. It made our of the machines keeping them alive... book, ‘Letters to Iris’ comes out in April. competition very special! Thanks are also due to Miss Young who carefully carried Mrs Noble had the very diffi cult task of Amy (8G) the precious envelopes of stories home selecting a winner and a runner up from and handed them over to her mum! Survival each year group. Although all the stories Geoffrey Foxall sat by the window in his and paragraphs had the same title, they Congratulations to Murtough, our winners bedroom and thought to himself, I am were all very different. Some children and well done to everyone who took part. going to reach the summit of that Volcano wrote about battling through jungles and The winners were: of Glumtown. He collected his stuff natural disasters, while others described together. The volcano hadn’t erupted for being homeless or fi ghting an illness. Mrs Year 2: Winners: Max (2G), Daisy (2R); 500 years. He started to climb the volcano. Noble announced the winners and read Runners-up: Ottilie (2G), Alfred (2R) Scorching hot, the sun in his eyes, but their wonderful work aloud. It was very Year 3: Winner: Chloe (3R); with a lovely view of the sparkling sea. He interesting to hear the things that Mrs Runner up: Millie (3R) could feel the rocks on his wrinkly feet. Noble had enjoyed about each piece. She Year 4: Winner: Nathaniel (4G); Finally, he reached the top, he feared he praised the use of exciting adjectives and Runner up: Anastasia (4R) was going to fall. He also felt scared. He powerful verbs and commented on the Year 5: Winner: Ben (5R); climbed inside. When he was about half effectiveness of rhetorical questions. Runner up: Florence (5R) way he heard a thump, then a bump. The volcano started to shake! He was getting little spits of lava on his leg. He climbed to the top. The lava was going up to the top too. He had two options, jump or die. He decided to jump....

Anastasia (4R)

Survival I hid in the house underneath the bed. The ground was shaking, bombs were dropping everywhere. The smoke outside blocked my view from the German soldiers and feet were coming up the stairs. I instantly saw the gun of the person. It was an enemy German soldier. Still hiding underneath the bed, he could not see me! If I made one little move he would see me and shoot me, my heart was pumping.

Ben (5R) 8

Survival in the dark deadly jungle Survival Survival There was once a girl called Jane. She Twisting and turning I gasped for air. Metal My first thought was “how had I got was out of a rowing boat looking at some was ripped off my spitfire’s wings as I here?” Lying in the sand. Waves lapping beautiful fish. Now while she wasn’t hurtled to the ground. Smoke trailed from against the shore. Then I remembered looking, a huge wave came towards her. my burning engines. As I crashed with the plane crash, the horrible plane crash. She was struck by the wave. As soon a thud and slid through the thick mud, It had happened so quickly that I must as she opened her eyes she could hear I choked and spluttered from the smell have fainted. The plane pilot saw the red twigs snapping then she could hear of oil. I felt a warm liquid ooze down my flashing lights first. Next came the black leaves crunching. She got up from the coat. I was bleeding! Explosions rattled in smoke on the left side wing. The fire was ground. Straight away, she knew she was my ears as I lay still on the battlefield. bright red and hot. Suddenly, everything in the jungle. There was nobody there. went black, blue and red all at once. Fraser (6G) She started walking up the hill. Suddenly Wham!! Went the plane as it smashed she saw a pair of red eyes and lots of Survival in the dark deadly jungle and splashed into the sea. I bobbed about razor sharp teeth. It came out, it was a Here I am, watching my BFF (best friend a bit then I swam to shore. I must have hideous BEAST. The beast came running forever) drowning in a thick red pool of fallen asleep because I got up wearily towards her as fast as lightening. She was blood. How did it all come to this you and stumbled further up the shore. The so frightened that she started running ask? It started a week ago when I was beach was as white as snow with a wall of herself. She came to a steep hill but she flying to Japan. I was flying first class. tropical forest. It ended a few miles away did not stop running. She came to a cliff. It had gold pillars with sparkling seats in spikey rocks. How was I to survive here? She was feeling terrified, it was either life topped with soft cushions with built in Nathaniel (4G) or death, she thought, she jumped… seat warmers. I was treated to a delicious chocolate brownie with caster sugar Survival Chloe (3R) topped with a fresh strawberry. I was fast They took the risk. They ran. They Survival asleep when suddenly the plane smashed jumped. They swam. They tried, at least. Clouds of dust appeared as the feet of into an overgrown jungle! I woke up with But the current was too strong; it was strangers hurried past. I lifted my tin my two BFFs Hermione and Aoife beside pulling them down, down and under; cup and rattled it ever so slightly so that me. When I realised what had happened I under the overhanging rock. If they gave maybe someone could notice me on the was terrified. I could smell gas and petrol into the current they would die. They sidewalk. The sweltering heat suffocated with a bit of blood. I could also smell could not let that happen. They were me, my mouth dry from thirst. Even the animal business. I heard animals’ paws coughing, panting, dragging themselves world, motionless and unforgiving, had thudding on the thick mud and then I to safety. But even if they made it, even turned away from me. I was unwanted. heard a lion roar. I opened my eyes and if they survived, they wouldn’t be safe. I saw how dark it was. I saw trees and They would still be in danger. In danger Elena (7G) LOTS of green. A lion came towards us because he was still there, still watching, Survival and bit Hermione’s arm off! She screamed still following, ready to push them back Crash! Bang! The colossal waves like she had never screamed before! Aoife in, make them drown. They both knew he pounded against the ship. I remembered and I were so freaked out. Suddenly a wasn’t going to give up. And that’s what suddenly… Congo Island! huge gust of wind blew Aoife into a pool frightened them the most. of blood on the other side of the jungle! We’re near the Congo Island! Serena (7G) Mille (3R) At that moment, a huge wave felt like needles poking my face, Crunch! I was Survival thrown overboard with all my crew beside I stood at the black dirty gates terrified of me, then dark… my horrible fate. People were cheering and shouting. But suddenly the crowd went Florence (5R) silent and I could smell fresh blood of the Survival latest victim. I was next. The gate suddenly I run. Faster than I’ve ever run before. I creaked open and the guard pushed me don’t know where I’m going. Anywhere, into the blood filled arena. I was surely just as long as I’m not with ‘Them’. My going to meet my gory end. I heard the heart’s pounding. My feet sink into the roar of the creature as the gate swung mossy forest ground. I dodge the large open and the beast prowled towards me. looming trees. Body-like shadows at Rory (6G) every corner. I stop. I check I’m not being followed anymore, I stop suddenly. I can hear shouts. What do I do? I can’t dodge a bullet. So, I hide.

Flyn (8G) House News 9

Winner: 6R Fraser - Mr Twit Book Week Runner Up: 6R Sascha - Skulduggery Pleasant When Mrs Mason invited us to act as judges of all the amazing Winner: 7G Toby - Green Man costumes to mark World Book Day, we had no inkling of just Runner Up: Harry - Christopher Robin how diffi cult it was going to be. Fun, of course. But diffi cult? Special Mentions: Nicky - Magwitch and We had no idea just how diffi cult! As we went round the Hermione - Grubby Gertrude classrooms we were deeply conscious of how much effort so many children had made, and we would have loved to have Winners: 8 Emily, Bethany, Amy and dished out prizes like Smarties. We tried our hardest to be fair Imogen - A Team of Princesses and thoughtful and to recognise those who had put particular Runner Up: Alexander - Pavel, The Boy in effort into their costume. Well done to the winners, runners up the Striped Pyjamas and those with a special mention. Commiserations to all those Special Mention - Julien - Napoleon who worked hard but who just missed out. Honestly, you were Overall Winners: all fantastic. Girls: Ruby (4R) - the world/Around the Mrs Nicholls & Mrs Buirski World in 80 Days Boys: William (6G) - Phineas Fogg/Around Both the World Book Day Costume Competition and the the World in 80 Days Extreme Reading Competition generated some fantastic entries. Many, many congratulations to you all. And the results are...

Extreme Reading Prep Winner - Cillian (6G) Pre-Prep Winner - Emilia (1G)

Costume Competition Winner: 3G Phoebe - Gangsta Granny Runner Up: 3G Paige - Pippi Longstocking Special Mention: 3G Lara - Mildred Hubble Winner: 3R Florence - Cruella de Vil Runner Up: 3R Aoife - Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web Special Mentions: 3R Dominic - Count of Monte Cristo and Hermione - Gangsta Granny Winner: 4G Lloyd - Grandpa’s Great Escape Runner Up: 4G Beatrix - Anne of Green Gables Special Mention: 4G Matilda - Amelia Fang Winner: 4R Conrad - Dennis the Menace Runner Up: 4R Jago - Harry Potter Winner: 5G Georgia - The Grand High Witch Runner Up: 5G Phoebe – Medusa Winner: 5R Barnaby - The Boy in the Dress Runner Up: Edward - Fawkes the Phoenix Winner: 6G Jake - Lord Voldemort Runner Up: 6G Maddie - The Peach Special Mention: 6G Rory - Gangsta Granny 10

St George’s Day Children, dressed in red and white, had a fantastically fun afternoon celebrating St George’s Day, with a multitude of different and inventive activities. Pre-Prep children took part in art, drama, cooking and Morris dancing. Prep competitions included ‘house for a mouse’, DT challenge, bench ball, chess, cooking and the bin bag challenge. A wonderful time was had by all; thank you to all the staff for supporting the children in their celebrations. The House competition was as hard fought as ever. Third place went to Murtough, second place went to McCormack and fi rst place to Kean. Well done everyone!

House Art and DT Showcase Many congratulations to all those who entered the House Art Competition. The results are as follows:

Overall 1st: Oscar (7G) Overall 2nd: Nicholas (7G) Overall 3rd: Sam (3G)

Year 8: 1st: Oscar (8G); 2nd: Matthew (8G); 3rd: Sam (8G) and Amy (8G) Year 7: 1st Lucy (7G), Hermione (7G) and Serena (7G); 2nd: Toby (7G); 3rd: Elena (7G) Year 6 1st: Isobel (6G); 2nd: Fraser (6R) and Oscar (6R); 3rd: William (6G) Year 5: 1st Harry (5G); 2nd: Jessica (5G) 3rd: Matilda (5R) Year 4: 1st: Nathaniel (4G); 2nd: Ruby (4R); 3rd: Jackson (4R) Year 3: 1st: Charlie (3R); 2nd: Edward (3R); 3rd: Florence (3R)

Special Commendation to Year 4 for all their outstanding work. The overall House winner... Kean! Well done! Children’s Work 11 Children’s Work Nursery Nursery have had a wonderful variety of exciting activities this year, from princess story time to forest school. Mrs Triska kindly came to take us on an adventure into the woods as part of our Outdoor Curriculum. Armed with our buckets and magnifying glasses we set off to look for fairies and build some fairy houses.

Mrs Triska guided the children through the trees, exploring as we went. The children gathered sticks, leaves and pine cones in their buckets, and Mrs Triska showed them how to balance the twigs together to build a little shelter. Much fun was had, especially when we went on a panda hunt in the bamboo! Many thanks to Mrs Triska for an exciting afternoon.

Kindy The children in Kindy have had a busy and exciting year. In December they thought about the true meaning of Christmas and Jesus and his special birthday with their fabulous nativity scene. Later in the year, the children explored the role of an archaeologist, digging for fossils that they had made from clay. Soon they had moved on to ‘people who help us’. The children are prepared for a variety of future careers! 12

Reception Our favourite things in Reception…

Mateo Decorating Easter eggs.

Delilah Dressing as an angel for our nativity play.

Bea Going to Bocketts Farm... making the Christingles... making polar bear masks.

Thomas B I liked having the ducklings.

Ellis I liked doing tessellating shapes best.

Maxi Making the ladybird biscuits.

Edward Wearing the clothes for St George’s day.

Thomas N I liked doing the Easter poem.

Anthony Going on the second school trip where we learnt about minibeasts.

Charlotte I really loved painting. I painted a rainbow dog and it is at home. I enjoyed making cookies.

George I loved art. We made different planets with aliens living on them. We also made magic trees with gems on them.

Alec Making the Easter hats.

Ethan I liked making the oranges with candles.

Elliot Everything! Doing gardening.

Rosie I loved the circus so much.

Lily The circus!

Toby Decorating Easter eggs.

Ducklings! Just after half term, there was a steady stream of children and staff visiting the Year 1 classroom. The reason for such a commotion was the arrival of six duck eggs on Monday 4th June. By Tuesday afternoon, fi ve had hatched and by Thursday, there were six adorable ducklings in the classroom. It was such an exciting week - the main event being the duckling swimming lesson!

Pre-Prep absolutely loved their experience, from the day the duckling hatching kit was delivered, the children were fascinated. From incubating to hatching, to their fi rst cuddle and introduction to water the ducklings were a joy for staff, parents and children! It was so educational and an experience the children will always remember. Thank you Mrs Pulleyn for organising a lovely treat, for their paddling pool and to Mrs Crisell for looking after them so beautifully.

From chicks, to ducklings – what is in store next year… Children’s Work 13

Memories of Year 1 Memories of Year 1G liked hearing them cheep! When the last Rory My favourite thing was looking after duckling hatched it was very small and the ducklings because they were soft to cute. I love learning about dinosaurs but I stroke! I loved learning about dinosaurs really enjoyed looking at real fossils. and Mary Anning. I gave Daddy a clay Year 1R I have really enjoyed… Ollie I loved visiting Portchester Castle dinosaur for Father’s Day. Arthur The Titanic topic. I liked learning because we climbed up stairs and looked about how to send the messages. Sophie I loved swimming lessons on out of the windows. I really enjoyed being Monday afternoon with Sally, I enjoyed in a football match with my friends. We Freddie When we had the ducklings. jumping into the water to collect bricks. all got a penguin and a medal! I like Watching them swimming was great fun. I enjoyed learning about bears, my making bug houses at playtime. Xanthe Art because I really enjoyed favourite bear is a moon bear. It was really Louis My two favourite topics were the making the castle display and my stand fun having a Teddy Bears’ Picnic. I loved Titanic and Dinosaurs, I even went to The up lady. visiting Portchester Castle. Godalming Museum with Mummy and my Aria Learning about dinosaurs. All about Eliza I loved visiting Portchester Castle brother. I enjoyed exploring the Titanic box. their bodies and how different they all were. because I like going on school trips. My My other favourite topic was Dinosaurs! I favourite part was walking up the steps to brought in fi ve books for the classroom. I Toby All the sport, especially the football The Keep and seeing where the prisoners loved having ducklings in the classroom. tournament. were kept. I enjoyed learning about the Lexi I loved learning about The Titanic. Emilia All the topics, especially dinosaurs. Titanic and I even made a Snakes and I enjoyed visiting Portchester Castle Looking at the fossils was great fun. Ladders Titanic board game! It was fun because normally I’m scared of heights Suzie The art lessons. Making the clay taking part in a football match. but I was very brave and didn’t mind! The dinosaurs and bear was really fun. Alfi e I loved looking after the ducklings. ducklings were nice to stroke and I liked Autumn The art lessons were fun They were so funny when they dived. I hearing them shouting! especially making things out of clay. Luke I loved looking at The Titanic box Making the Nativity scene was the best. my favourite object was a book called James Swimming with Polar The Titanic Bear. I enjoyed making a Sally because we have clay nativity, which we painted and took to get the blocks home. I put it in my kitchen! from the bottom of Lyla I loved the Teddy Bears’ Picnic. It the pool. was fun bringing my teddy to school and eating lunch together. It was fun watching the ducklings diving in the paddling pool. It was amazing seeing them hatch.

Annabel I love Monday swimming lessons with Sally because I like splashing. I enjoyed visiting Portchester Castle and looking at the view. It was fun watching the ducklings swimming in the paddling pool. 14

Memories of Year 2 Memories of Year 2G Timo I enjoyed learning about London Ilana The things I enjoyed in Year 2 Lucas In Year 2 I enjoyed sports day because the Great Fire of London was are when we went to London and the because in the sprinting I was partnered really cool! Tudor feast. with Hugo. In the next race I had to run Charlie In Year 2 I enjoyed Winchester Hamish My favourite thing about twice as Monty was away. Science Centre because of the science. Year 2 was the Super Hare-O contest. Cleo The thing I enjoyed most was the Gus In Year 2 I enjoyed the Tudors Daisy My favourite thing in Year 2 was visit from the ducklings! It was really because we had the best feast ever! going to Hampton Court Palace. I had funny, I loved it! so much fun! Jamie The trip to London! Ottilie My favourite thing about Year Charlie I enjoyed sports and science in 2 was the ducklings, they were really Memories of Year 2R… Year 2. cute! You got to hold them, they were Jacob My favourite thing about Year 2 as soft as cotton. was our topic the Tudors. We got to do Jethro What I liked about Year 2 was lots of yummy, funny things including the swimming because it is very fun. Jasper In Year 2 my favourite thing was going to Hampton Court and having our visit to Winchester Science Centre. Montgomery The thing I liked about our Tudor feast. Year 2 was the London school trip. Ronnie The thing I enjoyed most in Hugo I enjoyed Year 2 because we Year 2 was our trip to London. We went Alfred The things I liked about Year 2 had a school trip to London, we went on the London Eye, we went up, and were, going to Hampton Court, going on the London Eye and we had a Tudor down. I liked the ride on the boat. to London and having a Tudor feast and feast. I had never been on the London ‘Super Hare-O’ because they were fun, Max In Year 2 I enjoyed Forest School eye before! joyful and exciting. because I like the outdoors. Tomos What I liked about Year 2 was Amelie The best thing in Year 2 was the swimming pool because it is very topic. I liked it because I liked learning fun and we can play games. about Islands.

Super Hare-O Hot on the heels of the highly successful Haslemere Hares Luciana was the natural judge of the writing competition 2018 project, Year 2 received a visit from a very special super- and deemed Hamish (2R) as the creator of the winning story sized hare! featuring Super Hare-O as a pizza powered super hero, with Cleo (2G), Jasper (2G) and Charlie (2G) commended as Accompanied by his creator, local artist Luciana Flavell, and runners up. adorning a cape and eye-mask, ‘Super Hare-O’ dropped into school to meet the children, with a view to inspiring them to Hamish’s story was framed and displayed in the children’s shop create his back story. ‘Jumping Puddles’ in Haslemere. Well done Hamish! Helped by Mrs Miles and Mrs Kilgannon, the children hared into action conjuring up stories featuring familiar super-hero vocabulary such as ‘nemesis, ‘kryptonite’ and ‘saviour’. Children’s Work 15

Fun in Year 3 School isn’t all just hard work and no play when you get to Year 3! The children had a great start to the summer term, learning how to force rhubarb and pulling the fantastic crop with Mr Gaszka. The children then delivered the rhubarb to Tomas in the kitchen. They also enjoyed a Friday treat of ice- lollies and learning how to play boules. Towards the end of the summer term, the children spent an exciting afternoon in the woods, where they re-enacted ‘Beowulf’ under the guidance of Mr Dean. Much fun was had by all; perhaps it could be their production next year? Thank you Mr Gaszka, Mr Dean, Mrs Peek and Mr Hooker!

school grounds and thought about the different conditions Year 4 Science that each habitat offered. Year 4 have covered a wide variety of subjects in their The children were given a variety of materials and tasked with science lessons this year. As part of their Habitats topic, making a solid structure. they identifi ed and investigated the different habitats in the Having donned goggles and lab coats, the children investigated which substances dissolve and if heating makes any difference to dissolving. They had they fi rst attempt at lighting a Bunsen burner and made great observations about their fi ndings. 16

Year 4 Creative Writing

The Wizard’s Shop had vanished! She heard a thud and then Volcano Verse Emily Treacher felt the book vibrate softly a trail of green slime oozed out in front I can feel the fiery flames in her pocket. The book had told her to of the desk. “Ho ho I’ve been waiting for And sparks from the violent volcano head to St Paul’s Cathedral and look for you Emily.” She was petrified. She pushed My feet are blistered and burned the black and white spotted brickwork. herself under the cloaks, “who is that” Eventually she found it and skimmed the she muttered under her breath. “You I can see the fiery lava wall gently with her fingers. There was a will come with me, I shall test you with Bubbling in the volcano and loud humming noise as Emily felt herself potions, smother you with lotions, you Rocks slipping at my bruised feet come away from the ground. All of a shall be my prisoner.” She remembered I can see the flaming sparks firing out sudden, she hit the ground. A damp smell where she was, she slipped into the from the volcano. filled her lungs. invisibility cloak and creeped across the I can smell the burning sulphur floor and to the wand aisle. She tried As she stumbled along feeling Melting rock falling into the mouth of about twenty but not any of them were disorientated, she saw a light shining in The deadly volcano. right. After a while she found it! She had the distance. Slowly she went over and I can hear the sizzling and bubbling of found the wand that would defeat the knocked five times and entered. Gargoyles The volcano and the crunching and wizard. Then there was a BANG! Then all loomed overhead, their eyes shined like cracking of rock. of a sudden she opened her eyes to see two pools of fire. She assumed it must be before her a small pile of ashes. A rush I can taste the black soot flying into owned by some sort of wizard. Rows and of relief passed through her body. As she my mouth rows of deadly potions, cloaks draped over turned to take one last glance around the And the little sparks of fire bursting a hanger, one crafted from snake skin, magical shop, it vanished before her eyes. out of the vicious volcano. another watching every move she made. Ruby (4R) Matilda 4G As she turned to leave, she realised the small brown door in the side of the shop

Nursery Rhyme Report On Tuesday afternoon at exactly 3.00 pm Iron Men a devastating accident happened next to During the first half of the spring term, Year 4 read ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes the colossal sixteen meter high wall. The and wrote instructions, descriptions and newspaper reports in their lessons. Then, person in question was a large organic over the February half term holiday, the children worked extremely hard to make egg called Humpty Dumpty. their own Iron Men. Humpty Dumpty mysteriously fell off There were impressive D.T. skills and the writing of instructions as to how the Iron the wall and smashed onto a hard Men were made, some of them even lit up! Year 4’s models were much appreciated tarmac road. Egg yolk was pouring out and enjoyed by the whole school while they were on display in Great Roke. Thank of him (although he seemed to be alive). you parents for all their support too. At this very moment detectives are finding out the truth about how he fell. Was he pushed? Did he slip? Or did he just nod off?

The King’s men were called immediately. They informed the public to leave him alone! “He’d make a great omelette!” they exclaimed. Humpty was sent off to St Jones’s hospital for smashed food.

Nathaniel (4G) Children’s Work 17

Mad Hatters’ Tea Party On Friday 1st December, Year 5 celebrated the end of their Mad Hatter’s project by enjoying a tea party hosted in the refectory. Mrs Darg and her team made a range of delicious treats which included sandwiches, cakes and squash. Year 5 were able to show their creations to their family and watch a clip of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ tea party to complete their event. There were lots of fantastic compliments from parents and teachers on the range of creativity the children had shown when making their hats. Well done Year 5!

Reach for the stars Jedd (5G) won this year’s Generation Beyond Challenge - organised by Lockheed Martin and Discovery Education. The challenge - a UK fi rst - was launched to schools last year as part of a new STEM education programme to inspire the next generation of astronauts. Children were asked to stretch their imagination by designing a habitation module for Orion, the NASA spacecraft which will take the fi rst crew to Mars in the 2030s. Young scientist Jedd scooped fi rst prize with his vision for life on Mars: an amazing computer-generated design, enabling astronauts to live and work safely on the red planet. Designed to be assembled in Earth’s orbit, Jedd’s module included a zero gravity rocket and special radiation room, leading judges to remark that it was “very close to the real thing.” to make my ideas work whereas the visual look and shape of 9-year-old Jedd said: “In our science lessons at school we were my fi nal design was easy because that was in my head from studying the Earth and Space and our teacher told us about the word go!” this exciting competition. The inspiration for my habitation module for Orion’s mission to Mars comes from things I had Patrick Wood, Director of International Business Development seen before and I enjoyed the challenge of adapting them to at Lockheed Martin Space, presented Jedd with his prize make them my own. I have always been fascinated by space in assembly. Jedd received an iPad and science magazine travel, so I was enthusiastic from the start. For me, the hardest subscription, plus a £5,000 STEM grant for the school. Wow - aspect of the project was utilising the limited resources in space well done! 18

Year 6 Creative Writing Night Snake Began Tiger Began Night is a WARRIOR! Snake began Tiger began He makes me feel intimidated. he took the rattle of maracas She took the roar of a double decker bus His face is bold and brave. and the hiss of a burst pipe and the howling of the wind His eyes are blood-shot like fi re. and made his voice. and made her voice. His mouth is a pair of never smiling lips. For his skin For her coat His hair blows in the wind as he soars he took the roughness she took the blackness of coal across the sky like a dark angel. of the knees. He took and the orange of the sun His armour is made of steel. the brownness of wood she also took the softness of silk. When he moves he strides with pride in and his skin was made. his echoing steps. She took the slyness of a thief When he speaks his voice is coarse like gravel. From the depths of space and the pounce of a spring He lives in a palace of stone with only he took the speed of light she made her movement. he took the agility of a chanting bird shadows for company. Then she took the glittering of a diamond for his speech. Night, just me and him. and the blackness of a night sky Charlotte (6R) Then at night her eyes were made. Snake took the blackness of coal Survival For her claws And the stone of a hypnotist The sky was black. Jason wrestled against she took the sinister curve of an elephants To make his eyes. the wind like a tiger. The hurricane hurled tusk itself through the city. Houses were fl ying For his poison and the scratch of a rough brick wall through the sky. Screams dominated the he took the burning of fl ames and tiger was made. the sting of death air, The main road was fi lled with cars Oscar (6R) and trucks. Jason and his parents stayed and snake was made. in their house. Jason was forced to be Thomas (6R) separated into different rooms. He didn’t know how he would survive...

Nicholas (6G)

Geography Fieldwork In June, Year 7 completed their river investigation, a vital coursework piece of their geography Common Entrance. They started with the fi eldwork section, collecting data on the speed, depth and width of the river. After this, the children travelled to King Edward’s Witley, where they began to transform their raw data into a well presented document with detailed graphs, analyses and conclusions. Common Entrance Success! In June, Year 8 celebrated their fantastic Common Entrance results. They have worked very hard over the last two years and it was a nervous time waiting for the results. Mr Skehan was delighted to announce that all the children passed and have secured their senior school places. Our Barrow Hills children will be moving on to Charterhouse, Churcher’s College, Cranleigh, Frensham Heights, King Edward’s Witley, Lord Wandsworth College, St Catherine’s Bramley, Seaford College, Worth and the International School of Helsinki. And they were awarded thirteen scholarships! Congratulations on these fantastic results. You should be very proud. We are all proud of you. Children’s Work 19

The Quest to Kill the Cruncher A long, long time ago (yesterday) an harris hawk. It was the deadly CRUNCHER. He strode heavily to the Cruncher looking heroic man called Joahny was set an His heart was pounding like an ant that like he wanted to give up. Again, he saw extremely dangerous quest to kill the had just walked up one thousand stairs. the sharp teeth of the Cruncher who was one the only Cruncher. He set off, pulled As Joahny walked closer, he saw a pair now waiting for him. Perched on a tree his heavy backpack onto his back and of sharp teeth that had just been freshly the cruncher looked at him in disgust. set off trudging in the thick wet boggy sharpened by him grinding them against Joahny placed the ladder against the tree mud. Joahny was not fi t, he was fat, not a hard steady rock. He had a long red in the specifi c place. He stumbled up muscular, he was fl abby but he was the tongue to defend itself from a sharp sword the ladder looking terrifi ed to fi ght the only one to be brave enough to fi ght the and strong wings to fl y away quickly. Cruncher, this was a very intense battle. exterminating Cruncher who was going As Joahny crept closer to the Cruncher JOAHNY the hero VS THE CRUNCHER to demolish dear old Joahny. His grandma he sprang up the huge standing tree. would be proud. He got deeper and At fi rst the Cruncher took one slice to The only way Joahny knew how to try deeper into the dark misty forest. the bony head. Then the Cruncher got and reach the Cruncher was by building extremely mad. The Cruncher pounced Finally, after a long, long trek into the a ladder by fi nding a gather of bamboo at Joahny with his sharp teeth and deep dark forest dear old Joahny came in the woods. He left the dangerous strong talons. The Cruncher took off one across a deafening sound of a terrifying Cruncher on its own to roam around the of Joahnys fi ngers. Joahny now realised screech up ahead in the bulky forest. A forest while he went off to fi nd the pieces who and what he was up against. stench of rottenness and decay wafted up of strong bamboo. Off he went. Finally, Joahny ran and ran. The Cruncher was from the dark and stung his nostrils. The after a short trek (long for Joahny) he still mad at Joahny for invading his space noises seemed to be closing in on Joahny enjoyably reached his fi nal destination. but it was too late. Joahny was never too and he held his breath as if he was being Joahny had never tied string before. He be seen again. suffocated. The forest was like a withering only knew how to tie his own shoelaces carpet of buzzing ,crawling insects. Joahny and do a fi gure of eight knot. He tried Oscar (6R) could see a dark shadow through the and tried to do a double knot and tangled up trees. He looked and saw managed one after about ten minutes. He the head of a dinosaur and the body of a completed his task, after a long time.

Tilford Hike On Monday 2nd July, Year 8 took part in a 12km hike around the Tilford area as part of their busy post Common Entrance programme. Due to the heat we did remove a check point from their route which they were all delighted about! Their map reading was very strong this year, with no groups getting lost. They impressed me by map reading on the move so we were able to complete the walk with time to enjoy an ice cream by the river in Tilford at the end. Excellent walking Year 8! Mrs Burnett 20

VivArtis Exhibition On Thursday 22nd March, 10 children were invited to the VivArtis Exhibition of local prep and junior school work. The following children were selected to be finalists in the exhibition with the opportunity of winning prizes for their work: Jessica (5G), William (5G), Phoebe (5G), Alexander (5G), Matilda (5R), Elena (7G), Ilaria (7G), Toby (7G) and Dominic (7G) and Oscar (7G). It was a great event with a range of quality work on show from all. There was one winner from our school in Category 2 (Year 7 and 8), where Oscar (7G) achieved 2nd prize. Well done Oscar and congratulations to all the finalists. Children’s Work 21 22 Performing Arts

Drama continues to be an exciting and vibrant subject at Barrow Hills School for all children from Pre-Prep to Year 8. GRADE Highlights this year included a wonderful production at the CANDIDATE SUBJECT & GRADE end of each term from Pre-Prep, Year 3’s superb performance Georgia (3R) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Distinction of Sleeping Beauty: The Ugly Truth, Year 4 with the very Millie (3R) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Distinction funny Oh What a Knight and Year 5’s Old Time Music Hall. Paige (3G) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Distinction Molly (3G) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Distinction This included poems, songs and sketches. Gabriel (3G) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Merit Samuel (3G) Speaking Verse and Prose Entry Level Merit Year 6 entertained the school and parents with a fantastic Raymond (4G) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 1 Distinction production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while Year Theodore (4R) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 1 Distinction 7 combined singing and drama in An Evening of Music and Nathaniel (4G) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 1 Merit Drama. This included some very moving scenes from The Thomas (4R) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 1 DistinctionMerit Louis (5R) Acting Grade 1 - Duo Distinction Diary of Anne Frank and Z for Zachariah, songs from The Thomas (5R) Acting Grade 1 - Duo Distinction Sound of Music and some comic extracts from The Diary James (5G) Acting Grade 1 - Duo Distinction of Adrian Mole aged 13 and 3/4, Boy and The Diary of a Mathew (5G) Acting Grade 1 - Duo Killer Cat. Finally, our oldest children in Year 8 performed Les Harry (5G) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 2 Distinction Distinction Georgia (5G) Acting Grade 2 - Duo Distinction Misérables, with a small chorus of children from Years 6 and Jessica (5G) Acting Grade 2 - Duo Distinction 7. This was a truly remarkable production. Mia (5R) Acting Grade 2 - Duo Distinction Phoebe (5G) Acting Grade 2 - Duo Additionally, Drama Club continued for three terms, the Rupert (6R) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 3 Merit ‘Off By Heart’ competition was a great success and children Max (6R) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 2 Distinction achieved high scores in LAMDA examinations. Year 7 and Oscar (7G) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 3 Distinction Charlotte (6R) Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 3 Merit Distinction 8 watched a production of Aladdin in London and Year 8 James (6G) Acting Grade 2 – Duo Distinction enjoyed performing ‘A Play in two Days’ as part of their post Ben (6R) Acting Grade 2 – Duo Merit Common Entrance programme. Children also had many Nicholas (6G) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Distinction opportunities to perform, including during whole school Edward (6R) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Merit William (6G) Acting Grade 3 - Duo Merit assemblies and at the annual Proms in the Park. The drama William (6G) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Merit scholars, Emily (8G) and Bethany (8G), took part in the North Dominic (7G) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Distinction London Festival of Music and Drama, winning two fi rst prizes. Freddie (7G) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Merit Lily (6G) Acting Grade 3 - Duo Distinction The achievements of children in outside drama societies and Emma (6R) Acting Grade 3 – Duo Distinction clubs were also celebrated. Fern (6G) Acting Grade 4 – Solo Distinction Serena (7G) Acting Grade 4 – Solo Distinction Hermione (7G) Acting Grade 4 – Solo Distinction Lucy (7G) Acting Grade 4 – Solo Merit Max (8G) Acting Grade 4 – Duo Merit Flyn (8G) Acting Grade 4 – Duo

LAMDA LAMDA was an amazing success with exam results comprising of 26 Distinctions and 13 Merits.

The pupils gave a wonderful performance at the Showcase for the parents and some performed in an ‘Evening of Music and Drama’. Three LAMDA pupils Ben, Flyn and Fern were awarded Drama Scholarships by their future schools.

Musical Theatre pupils gave lovely performances of songs and dances from a variety of shows at Proms in the Park. Performing Arts 23

Pre-Prep Nativity – A Midwife Crisis The audience were captivated from start to fi nish in the Pre-Prep production. There was outstanding singing, fantastic dancing, lots of tricky lines to remember and of course an important Christmas message - something for everyone in this modern nativity.

A very busy midwife who never misses an important birth is extremely excited when she hears that a king is about to be born in Bethlehem. She rushes out into the night in search of a shiny golden palace fi t for a king. Her donkey Steve doesn’t think he’s ever heard of Bethlehem Palace, but the midwife is in no mood to listen – where else would a king be born?

On reaching Bethlehem, the townspeople, shepherds and kings that they come across haven’t heard of Bethlehem Palace either and the midwife starts to panic. However, with the help of some gospel-singing angels and a very bright star, the midwife is led to a humble stable to fi nd the very special baby already waiting for her.

Pre-Prep, you were utterly magical, as always. Thank you to all the staff, especially the ever talented Mr Wardell and Mrs Pulleyn. 24

Pre-Prep Easter Service At the end of spring term, Pre-Prep families joined their children for an Easter service led by Year 2. The youngest children in Nursery and Kindy sang about animals waking up from their winter sleep. Children in Reception recited a poem about growing plants and new life, whilst the Year 1 children recited a poem about the changes spring brings. The Year 2 children dramatised the Easter story. During the service the children sang Easter songs and enjoyed celebrating this important time in the Church calendar. All the children had learnt their lines beautifully and the audience were suitably impressed! Performing Arts 25

Pre-Prep Summer Production – Eddie the Penguin Saves the World Eddie the penguin discovers that the world he lives in is changing and that the ice is melting. He decides to take his family - Mrs penguin, Granny penguin, Grandpa penguin, Aunty and Uncle penguin and Tom and Tim penguin to fi nd a new home at the North Pole. Here he meets Peter the polar bear and discovers that human beings are causing the ice to melt. Eddie goes on a mission to save the planet. With the help of programme producer Donnie and the Australian Prime Minister, Eddie raises awareness and lets the world know how they can change things for the better. The Boot and Motor families realised that it was just a short walk or cycle to school and that everyone could help stop the ‘drip drop’.

The fantastic Year 2 were supported by some gorgeous singing penguin chicks from Nursery and Kindy, some wonderfully sparkly polar bear cubs from Reception and some fabulous cars and houses from Year 1.

All the parents thoroughly enjoyed the performance and Mrs Pulleyn gave the children an eleven out of ten! Thank you to all the Pre-Prep staff for their hard work, to Ms O’Neil for battling the traffi c to support them in their singing and to Mrs Pulleyn for her expert direction. 26

Year 3 ‘Sleeping Beauty (The Ugly Truth)’ Wow! What a performance!

The Year 3 production of ‘Sleeping Beauty (The Ugly Truth)’ was a super success! All the children sang their hearts out, although special mention must go to Georgia (3R) and Sam (3G) for their amazing duet! The children’s acting skills and stage presence ensured an amazing performance from each and every one of them.

We are incredibly proud of all the children and what they have achieved. What a fantastic team effort! Well done Year 3!

Mrs Peek and Mr Hooker Performing Arts 27

Year 4 ‘What a Knight’ Mrs Harris and Mrs Wallace were delighted with the Year 4 performance of ‘What a Knight’ and commend the children for all their hard work in learning their lines, songs and stage direction! It truly was a night to remember! Jago (4R) wrote the following review:

On Tuesday 20th March 2018, I was thrilled to be invited to watch the Year 4 production of ‘What a Knight’ by Craig Hawes, at Barrow Hills School.

The plot is that Merlin wants Excalibur... The Black Knight wants Excalibur... Excalibur is found in a scone!

The stage was set up as the Castle of Camelot. Throughout the play, the props changed. Some of the scene changes I particularly enjoyed were when the castle became a kitchen.

The main characters were Merlin, Watt, the Black Knight and his Henchmen and Alice. I think my favourite character was Bernie because he said lots of funny things.

I also liked the performance of Colin Calvin because I liked the part when he said, “Shackles are so last season!”.

I would recommend this show to my dad because he likes funny jokes! 28

Year 5’s Music Hall On Thursday 30th November, Year 5 performed their production. We all thoroughly enjoyed performing on stage. Our favourite parts were being part of the Fab Four. The Fab Four included Theo, Louis, Will N and Barnaby. We sung the ‘Yellow Submarine’. All the jokes were incredibly funny! The whole year rehearsed very well.

The funniest sketch was Madame Zsa Zsa who looked like a 80s rock star! All the soloists were very brave to perform in front of about one hundred people!

Well Done to EVERYONE! By Barnaby (5R) and Will (5R) Performing Arts 29

Year 6 ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ was a great success. We all knew our lines off by heart and it was really fun performing it to the parents, grandparents and siblings.

We did the show on Thursday 28th June and we also had a dress rehearsal on Monday the 25th. We practised scenes over and over again until every single solitary part of the show was perfect.

On the night itself relatives fl ooded into the hall while we all got changed into our wonderful costumes.

At the auditions everyone did really well and I got the part of Veruca Salt. I was very happy when Mrs Mason announced my part because I wanted to get that part.

The whole audience loved the show and it was one of the most fun shows I have ever performed!

By Charlotte (6R) 30

Year 7’s Evening of Music and Drama On Tuesday 27th March, Year 7 presented their ‘Evening of Music and Drama’. The theme for the drama was diaries, fictional and real. The audience enjoyed entertaining performances from the ‘Diary of Adrian Mole’, ‘Killer Cat’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’, and two moving performances from ‘Z for Zachariah’ and ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’. Year 7, supported by the choir, also sang four songs from ‘The Sound of Music’, including ‘Edelweiss’, Mr Wardell’s favourite, which the cast and audience joined in singing as the encore. Congratulations to the Year 7 children on a wonderfully entertaining evening. tripsPerforming and visits Arts 31

Les Misérables From the very fi rst note of the opening number of the Year 8 performance of ‘Les Misérables’ on Thursday 7th December, it was clear that this would be no ordinary school production. Parents, staff and children had eagerly awaited this well known and much loved musical. However, perhaps none of us were quite prepared for the staggeringly sophisticated and emotive performances given by this exceptionally talented yet very young cast. Some of Year 8 had never performed a solo in front of anyone else before, yet all rose to the challenge of this diffi cult musical, working together to give unforgettable performances over two nights.

Year 8 were very well supported by a wonderful chorus of Year 6 and 7 children and also by Ruby from Year 4 as Little Eponine and by Phoebe from Year 3 as Little Cosette. The chorus gave up their lunchtimes to rehearse and we are very grateful for the contribution they made to the success of this show.

Well done Year 8! We are very proud of you and all you have achieved.

Mrs Mason, Miss Tan, Mrs Goedkoop and the wonderful Mr Wardell. 32

Ballet News

EXAM RESULTS

Autumn 2017 Pre-Primary Passes: Sophie, Eliza, Lyla, Emilia, Suzannah Primary: Savannah Pass Isabella Merit Cleo Distinction Ottilie Merit Ilana Merit Daisy Merit Grade One: Sophie Pass Rosie Merit Grade Two: Georgia Merit Jessica Merit Sarah Merit Spring 2018 Pre-Primary Passes: Freddie, Xanthe, Aria, Amelie, Abigail, Oliver, Autumn Congratulations to the Pre-Prep ballet girls who received the Grade One: Molly Merit following awards: Chloe Distinction Georgia Merit Holford Pre-Prep Ballet Cup: Cleo (2G) and Ottilie (2G) Dominic Merit Ballet Book Award: Amelie (2G), Ilana (2R), Daisy (2R) Grade One Solo Special Ballet Award: Annabel (1G), Suzie (1R) Performance Award: Jessica Distinction Ballet Commendations: Delilah (Rec), Beatrice (Rec), Summer 2018 Emilia (1R) Pre-Primary Passes: Deliah, Beatrice, Thomas, Annabel, Beautiful ballet - well done! Charlotte, George, Rosalia, Lily In Prep, the following prizes were awards: Primary: Amelie Distinction Grade One: Phoebe Merit Effort Cup for Ballet Phoebe (5G) Amelia Merit Holford Ballet Cup Jessica (5G) Grade Two: Phoebe Merit Congratulations! Mia Merit In other news, Jessica (5G) was accepted to London Junior Ballet Grade Two Solo Performance Award: Jessica Distinction Associate Programme. tripsPerforming and visits Arts 33 Music Music Congratulations to all our gifted musicians on their fantastic exam results. We are privileged that many of them showcase their talent in our Friday Assembly. Listening to our ‘Friday Musician’ is always a joy.

Grade 4 Singing Isobel (6G) Pass Grade 4 Horn Julien (8G) Pass Grade 5 Singing Julien (8G) Merit Grade 1 Piano Holly (5R) Merit Grade 3 Piano Dominic (5R) Merit Grade 4 Singing Emily (8G) Pass Grade 2 Piano Toby (7G) Pass Grade 1 Violin Theo (4R) Merit Grade 3 Singing Charlotte (6R) Pass Grade 1 Singing Sarah (5G) Distinction Grade 1 Singing Verity (4G) Merit Grade 2 Piano Sam (8G) Pass Grade 3 Clarinet Annabel (6R) Pass Grade 4 Singing Fern (6G) Merit Grade 5 Singing Imogen (8G) Distinction Grade 5 Singing Isobel (6G) Pass Grade 3 Singing Emily (8G) Merit Grade 2 Singing Charlotte (6R) Merit Grade 1 Singing Maddie (6G) Pass Grade 2 Piano William (5G) Merit Grade 1 Horn Xavier (6R) Merit Grade 2 Flute Amy (8G) Pass Piano Prep Test Phoebe (3G) Piano Prep Test Chloe (3R) Piano Prep Test Jago (4R) Piano Prep Test Dominic (4G) 34 Girls Sport Lacrosse Our U8 and U9 girls play pop lacrosse and girls in Years 5-8 progress onto fi eld lacrosse. The big difference is that in fi eld lacrosse girls are able to ‘check’ i.e. gain possession of the ball by tackling.

The girls enjoyed a brief three week lacrosse season where we played against teams from St Edmund’s and The Royal. The U13 team were by far our most ferocious team and never afraid to put in a check in order to gain possession of the ball. The girls learnt to shout when making a check and this was a highly successful tactic in putting off our opponents! They won both their matches against The Royal and St Edmund’s.

Rounders IAPS U11 Rounders Our U11 team made it through to the second round of the IAPS rounders competition after beating Highfi eld 8-7 in a nail biting match on 1st May.

On Monday 21st May, the U11 Rounders team travelled to Windlesham House to play the second round draw for the IAPS competition.

We got off to a great start, winning the toss, electing to fi eld fi rst and getting Windlesham all out for a total of one rounders in the second innings. The fi nal score was 28.5-3.5 rounder! However, we then batted our fi rst innings and and so we were convincingly knocked out of the draw! were all out for 1.5 rounders! In the second innings, the The girls fi elded incredibly well, especially in the fi rst Windlesham House girls seemed to get over their initial innings and made some fantastic catches. Emma (6R) won nerves and batted incredibly well scoring a further 27.5 the coaches’ award for girl of the game and Maddie (6G) rounders. Barrow Hills were able to score a further two won a pink rounders ball for making three catches during the match.

On Thursday 21st June, the Year 7 and 8 girls participated in Leavers Rounders vs their parents. The match ended in a convincing victory for the girls team 36-26! Leavers Rounders is a highlight of the sporting year. The girls love watching their parents strike and score. Mr Peek was the top scorer for the parents team on the night and Elena (7G) for the girls team.

All rounders and catches scored by every girl for the season is recorded. This year Lucy (7G) scored the most rounders in matches (14) and Maddie (6G) made the most catches (5). Sport 35

Netball Surrey Storm On Saturday 12th March, the Colts A Netball Team had the very exciting opportunity to season against Edgeborough 21-8 and be the ball girls The Royal 17-10. for a Surrey Further into the season the team lost Storm netball only one more Wednesday match which match vs Team Bath at the Surrey Sports was against Pennthorpe 19-8. The team Park. Our girls were introduced to the entered three tournaments: Bryanston crowd. They were each given a towel to (11th out of 21 teams) Cranleigh (3rd wipe the court in case a player fell and out of 5 teams) with following results: they had to collect the ball if it went off won 9-2 vs Danes Hill, won 7-4 vs court. The standard of the netball was Highfi eld, lost 4-5 vs Epsom College, lost inspiring for our girls, with Surrey Storm 1-5 vs Westbourne House. Their fi nal narrowly losing 51-56 to Team Bath. tournament was at Churcher’s College Great job Barrow Hills ball girls! and we fi nished a very respectable 3rd in match, won 1 and lost 5! Their second our section of eight teams. tournament - the IAPS Small Schools U11 Netball Team Netball Tournament - was a much more This year the U11 Netball team played successful experience! 10 netball matches winning 6 (Belmont On Friday 23rd February, our U11 netball 13-6, St Edmund’s 10-3, The Royal 4-2, team took part in the IAPS U11 Small St Ives 6-2, St Hilary’s B and Edgeborough Schools Netball Tournament. We travelled B 7-3) and losing 4 (Longacre 1-7, up the night before the competition and Ripley Court 5-9, Pennthorpe 12-23 we came home as winners of the plate and Amesbury 9-11). They played in competition. An excellent team effort. two netball tournaments. The fi rst was U13 Netball Team at King Edward’s Witley on Saturday We played seven matches, won four, lost The U13 team got off to a great start 30th September where the team drew 1 two and drew one. to their season, winning their fi rst two matches against Ripley Court 15-5 and Knockout Stages: Beat Framlingham St Edmund’s 21-10. However, then they College 7-1, drew 2-2 against Old faced Belmont who were just too strong Buckenham Hall, lost 3-0 to St George’s an opposition. Despite battling hard, (who went on to win the tournament) Barrow Hills lost 19-6. The team went and lost 8-0 to Witham Hall. on to gain more victories throughout the These results meant we fi nished 4th in our section and we went through to the plate competition. 36

Plate Competition: On Thursday 9th November both of Quarter Final - Won 11-0 against Forres our U8 teams played their fi rst netball Sandle Manor; Semi Final - Won 5-0 tournament at Cranleigh. The U8A team against Old Buckenham School; Final sadly lost all 3 matches against Amesbury of plate competition - Won 5-1 against 5-2. Edgeborough 3-0 and Cranleigh 2-0. Broughton School. The U8B team drew against The Royal 0-0, Edgeborough 0-0 and won against Fern (6G) was our player of the Brookham 1-0. tournament for her excellent movement into space at exactly the right time. Bryanston Netball 4 losses to: Ripley Court, Edgeborough U10 King Edward’s Tournament U9A team, St Andrew’s and St Edmund’s. On Saturday 30th September the U10 team participated in their fi rst tournament On Saturday 25th November they entered of the year at KES and managed to draw the Hoe Bridge U9B Tournament and they 3 of their matches, lost 1 and won 1. won it! They then fi nished 4th overall on their U8 Cranleigh Tournament: section of 6 teams.

The team then entered the GHS Netball Tournament on Friday 17th November. They fi nished 8th in a section of 12 teams gaining very impressive wins over Holy Trinity and St Catherine’s.

U9 Netball Team: Our Junior Colts A team played a total of 8 netball matches on Thursday afternoons with very mixed results. They gained 4 wins: Belmont, St Ives, Pennthope and Edgeborough U9B team. They suffered

Cricket In 2018, cricket was introduced to the girls at Barrow Hills. In May 2018, Barrow Hills hosted a cricket festival. Teams in The girls were quick to take to the sport and discovered many all age groups from U8-U13 Pennthorpe, Cranleigh, Amesbury of the skills needed for rounders were transferable for cricket. and Belmont participated in pairs cricket matches. Each pair Cricket is taking off as a girls sport across the UK and many was able to bat for two overs and every fi elder bowled one of the local prep schools chose to compete in girls cricket over so that matches could be kept short and the girls had the matches over rounders this summer. opportunity to play multiple schools. Cranleigh proved to be very strong, winning nearly all the age group competitions. However, our girls gained plenty of victories when competing against the other schools!

At the end of May, the U10 and U11 girls teams played more pairs cricket matches against Portsmouth Grammar School and won both games. The accuracy and speed of the bowling was fantastic. The girls also had learnt to work together when batting, as well as communicating when they would run. Our U13 girls played against an U13D boys team from Pennthorpe and won 223-217!

The girls are very much looking forward to more matches next year. Sport 37 Mixed Sport Swimming Being able to access the King Edward’s swimming pool has been fantastic for Barrow Hills in that we can now host swim galas throughout the school year.

Our fi rst home gala was against Pennthorpe in September 2017. The gala was a really close contest and fortunately our U9, U11 and U13 mixed swim teams were victorious winning 115-124!

In October, we hosted a girls only swimming gala against St Hilary’s, St Ives and Edgeborough. We fi nished 3rd overall behind St Hilary’s IAPS National Swimming Finals 2018 and St Ives but beating Edgeborough. Barrow Hills entered the IAPS Swimming In November, we had a mixed swimming gala away against Competition this year for the fi rst time and Highfi eld B team and Barrow Hills dominated nearly every race. amazingly two of our swimmers qualifi ed Next year we will try our luck against their A team! for the National Finals, which took place on Saturday 9th June. 257 schools entered this competition with 1500 fi nalists! Holly (5R) qualifi ed in the U10 Girls 25m Backstroke and Theo (5R) for the U10 Boys 25m Backstroke.

Holly fi nished 10th overall in the girls race in a time of 18.55 secs and Theo came 12th overall in the boys race with a time of 18.85 secs. Congratulations to both Holly and Theo for a superb achievement.

fi eld event and a relay. Our children really Athletics enjoyed running on a 400m tartan track Catholic Schools Athletics and performed fantastically well on a Championships (CSAC) at St George’s very hot day.

College, Weybridge U12 Girls On Sunday 24th June, 10 athletes from 100m - Matilda (6R) 1st 14.11secs Years 5 and 6 took part in the Catholic 200m - Matilda (6R) 1st 30.01secs Schools Athletics Championships (CSAC) Rounders Ball Throw - Maddie (6G) St Catherine’s Athletics Competition at St George’s College, Weybridge, with 1st 34m On Wednesday 4th July, 16 girls from 10 schools competing. All athletes were Years 3-6 took part in an athletics U12 Boys limited to the number of events they competition at St Catherine’s School. The 70m Hurdles - Theo (5R) 1st 13.16secs could participate in; 2 track events, 1 focus of this was for girls to participate in 70m Hurdles - Cade (5R) 2nd 13.83secs as many events as they wanted and most 200m - Theo (5R) 1st 28.53secs (New importantly to have fun. Results were not Record for the CSAC) recorded. Our girls took part in high jump 800m - James D (6G) 3rd 2min 43.14secs for the fi rst time ever and it was amazing 1500m - Cade (5R) 1st 5mins 16 secs to see many of them able to clear 1m Cricket Ball Throw - James H (6G) 3rd with no training in this event! Barrow 35.69m Hills girls dominated the track events which was fabulous to watch! 38

3rd VII Hockey and James was a marvellous captain. Hockey This year the thirds played really well. Overall, we played really well and had 1st VII Hockey We worked hard in training, this some fantastic hockey matches. Thank This year’s hockey season was defi nitely refl ected in our performance in matches. you to Mr Clarke and Mr Conway for a success. With over half of Year 8 in the Elena was our strongest defender. coaching us and improving our skills. fi rst team, people saw us as underdogs. Nicky was our most improved player. Sascha (6R) and Thomas (6R) No one had heard of us and didn’t expect We enjoyed all our matches but our much of us, until we beat them very favourite was against Danes Hill because Colts A2 Hockey convincingly. We ended up winning the afterwards at match tea we met loads of We began our season with a strong start by IAPS regionals on golden goal. This was friendly people. winning three games in a row. James was defi nitely the highlight of my season. We the highlight as he’d never really played We had a brilliant season. Thank you then made it to the National Finals for the hockey before. Our defensive unit was to all the sports staff for helping us in second year running. Thank you to Mr strong, with Nicholas and Alexander. Rory matches and training. Conway and Mr Clarke for coaching us. was also in defence. Half way through the Emily (8G) and Bethany (8G) season, Ben and Rupert joined the team. Ben (8G) They played really well all season.

The A2s had a very good season. Rupert was the most improved player and James was player of the season. Overall, we had a great season with a strong side, winning most of our matches. Thank you everyone for playing so well and everyone for coaching us.

Rupert (6R) and Alexander (5G)

2nd VII Hockey 4th VII Hockey This season we performed well and This year the fourth team played really won the majority of our games. Miss well with a total of four goals across six Gartland coached us very well. Julian matches. Julien scored an amazing goal. was our left winger and contributed to Amy and Tom worked really well together a lot of our goals. We played many local leading us to win two matches. We had schools in the area such as Cranleigh no injuries and saved eight goals! and St Edmund’s. Alexander, our striker, scored many goals. All around, the team Imogen (8G) put in a very decent and well-played Colts A1 Hockey Colts B1 Hockey season and deserved to get the results Over the hockey season, the A1 hockey We didn’t have the best of starts to season, we gained. team played many tournaments and we lost our fi rst match and needed to lift One more thank you to Miss Gartland matches. The hockey was outstanding! our spirits in the next game. Luckily, it was and the team for putting in such a There were some fantastic goals, great our best match! We won and Fraser got good performance. defending and brilliant passing. To man of the match. We fought like lions and mention some names, Matthew made tried our hardest but didn’t get the rub of Oliver (8G) some terrifi c shots, Oscar had great skills the green. We deserved more wins and but Sport 39

improved a lot over the season. The best tournament at Cranleigh they were in player was Michael followed by Fraser for a very tough draw, played in absolutely positive passing and creating many chances. freezing cold temperatures and came The most improved player was Fraser and 4th in their section of fi ve teams. Barnaby for effort and excellence. The U8A battled really well in their Cranleigh U8 tournament and fi nished Barnaby (5R) and Tom (5G) 2nd, beating Edgebrough and Cranleigh Colts B2 Hockey but losing overall to Eagle House. Our U8B It was a great season for the B2 team entered the same tournament but played against the B teams from the other team. Will played well this season, schools and came 3rd out of four teams. making good passes and scoring loads of goals. The whole team played amazingly with targeted passing and working as a team. We all enjoyed playing for the B2s this season.

Tommy (5R)

Colts C1 Hockey This year, we improved a lot from the start of the season to the end. Our main improvement was our passing. At the National Hockey Success Barrow Hills’ intrepid Under 13 boys’ start, we could not pass, but by the hockey team celebrated success once end of the season, it seemed that we again after qualifying for the national had known how to do it all our lives. fi nals of the Independent Association of We scored many goals on the way. Our Prep Schools (IAPS) hockey tournament. best pass though was when Harry did a The eight-strong team took on 23 dummy past a defender and passed to other schools at the IAPS West Hockey James and he shot and scored. Thank Tournament 2018 held at Millfi eld School. you to all the coaches for helping us on We came 2nd in the group, qualifying for the way and getting us this far. Girls Hockey the cup competition and going on to win The 2017/18 hockey season got off the quarter-fi nal, semi-fi nal and the fi nal Harry (5G) to a fl ying start with our U13 team with a golden goal scored by the Captain, Ben (8G). gaining wins over King Edward’s Witley U13A (4-2) and U13B (5-2). They then Buoyed by their success, the team played against Seaford’s U13C team and travelled to Millfi eld in March, battling it won 1-0, followed by a match against out at the National Finals where they were Cranleigh U13C team which ended in a pitted against the best prep schools in the 0-0 draw. Their last match as a girls only country. team was against St Edmund’s U13A The team’s coaches, Mr Clarke and Mr team which they won 6-1. A cracking Conway said, “Our fi rst U13 hockey team season for the Barrow Hills U13 team - has done fantastically well again this well done! year. They delivered a great team effort Our Colts teams only had one girls only throughout and should all be proud of their achievements. They’ve worked hard round of matches against St Edmund’s in training and deserve every success.” before they mixed with the boys and Junior Colts A1 Hockey played the remainder of the season as We all played really well. Tom was good mixed squads. The Colts A team lost vs St Edmund’s 2-0 and our Colts B and at goalkeeping because he stopped lots Colts C teams both won 3-1 and 6-0. of goals. The funniest thing was Tom falling over a lot in the tournament. Well Our Junior Colts teams played two done to the whole team for playing so matches as girls only teams, including one tournament at Cranleigh. The well. Junior Colts A beat St Edmund’s Jago K (4R) 2-1 and Longacre 8-2. In their U9 40

Cross-Country Barrow Hills entered fi ve cross-country competitions held throughout 2017/18.

The fi rst was held at Seaford on 22nd September and our U10 and U11 boys and girls cross-country teams took part in the tough course with a rather large hill to climb! Holly (5R) won the U10 girls race in a fi eld of over 50 runners! Claudia (5R) came 3rd and so groups in both boys and girls competed our U10 girls team came 2nd overall at Ripley Court. This time it was the out of all the competing schools. boys turn to win – the U11 boys team On Monday 2nd October, Barrow Hills came 1st overall. Beatrix (4G) came 3rd runners in the U9, U11 and U13 age in the U9 girls race.

In November, our girls ran at St Edmund’s. The Year 5 girls won the enjoyed a warm cup of hot chocolate at team event, beating six other schools the end. Well done to all who ran. into fi rst place. The team consisted of Holly (5R) who came 3rd, Claudia (5R) On Friday 1st December, the second 4th and Jessica (5R) 6th. ever King of the Hills (a two mile race from King Edward’s Witley to Barrow Despite an exceptionally cold day, our Hills) was held between children from girls did not give up and thoroughly the two schools. King Edward’s had 54 runners and Barrow Hills 86. The contest was to see which school was the fi rst to have 30 runners across the fi nish line. Barrow Hills were victorious for the second year running!

Sadly, due to the very bad winter and lots of snow, the largest cross-country fi xture held at Guildford High School in February had to be cancelled. Hopefully next year the weather will be kinder! Sport 41 Boys Sport Cricket 1st XI Cricket

1st Cricket Colts A1 Cricket Colts A2 Cricket This year’s cricket season was a very We began our season with a reasonable This year was a great season for cricket. The successful one. We won six and lost two start, with the first game being quite weather was perfect all term long. We had matches. I was very impressed with the close. Matt stayed in the whole game some new cricketers like Michael, who was boys’ dedication and hard work. The but we sadly lost. We had two other ok one of the best players in the team. We person who I think has improved the most games, one of which Tom almost scored had lots of success because we worked as is Matty, because he has the most wickets a half century, with 46. The other game a team. Alexander was a good captain and and he doubted himself at the start of the was our last game against Longacre. This lead us to a number of victories. Overall, season. The funniest moment was Oliver game was great because most of our we had a brilliant season and improved catching the ball with his shins and chest! players got wickets and we batted well. in fielding and bowling. In addition, our My memorable moment was Ben scoring wicket keeper Ed B helped the team when We had a good season and the player a century against Pennthorpe. we were struggling. Finally, William H made of the season was Tom M and most many catches, which won matches. I have loved my final cricket season at improved was Will N. Thank you to Barrow Hills and I hope the other boys the team for playing so well and to the William (6G) have too. coaches for helping us. Alexander (8G) Rory (6G)

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Colts B1 Cricket Colts B2 Cricket Junior Colts A1 Cricket The Colts B1 cricket team had a This year, the Colts B2 had a good start The A1s got lots of runs and we got lots of wickets. The best players were Tom H wonderful and eventful cricket season. to the season. We had a few close matches but we only lost by a few runs. and Tom H! Conrad got a good catch and Tommy had a terrific catch, Rupert Even though we lost all our matches, we a good six one match. We played really bowled four people out and Barnaby was continued to improve all the time. We got well as a team and the funniest moment a fantastic batter. I thank the team for close to winning one game but lost by two of the season was playing away at trying so hard, I look forward with great runs. I think the whole team improved but Belmont and getting lots of sixes because the pitch was so small. Thank you to Mr enthusiasm to the next cricket season. I thought Ed B improved the most. In our last game, we played the best. Conway for coaching us. Thomas (6G) Tom (4G) and Tom (4R) Max (6R)

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Junior Colts A2 Cricket Junior Colts B1 Cricket Junior Colts B2 Cricket This year, the A2s played fantastically and This season, the B1s had an amazing cricket The B2s had very hard matches. The we did lots of great hits. The funniest season. We scored loads of runs especially funniest moment was when I hit the ball a moment was when Lloyd had an easy run out but forgot to hit the bails off. The Paul and Toby. They played very well when tiny bit and got four runs with Theodore. best player was Lloyd because he was a batting fours and stumping people out. A Theodore was the best bowler and Jago S good bowler and got quite a lot of fours. funny moment was six people doing long and Alexander were the best batters. Well Thank you for being such a great team and to Mr Clarke for coaching us. barrier but they all missed the ball! done to everyone for playing so well. Gabriel (3G) Nathaniel (4G) and Edward (3R) Dominic (4G)

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Football 1st XI Football targets, but narrowly missed the Nationals The first football team began the season by one point, although having a higher goal with an away match against St Edmund’s. difference than national finalists, Cranleigh. Although we lost, the team had a good and A special note goes to our centre back Max positive attitude towards the match and areas who was the rock of the team, protecting Flyn, we needed to work on. In training, our focus our goalkeeper. Also Oscar, who added an was to use the width of the pitch and to attacking strength to our frontline. Lastly, to spread the play. The first team used this well Harry, who put an incredible amount of effort and bounced back with an unbeaten season. into every game, adding flair to our side. Well On the 11th of October, Mr Hatcher done to everyone who contributed to the team challenged us by entering the team in the and thank you to our coaches Mr Hooker and IAPS at Rokeby School. Our aim was to move Mr Hatcher for another great season. 1st XI Football the ball quickly and keep the ball on the Matthew (8G) ground, as it was six a-side. We reached our

2nd XI Football by putting the ball into the opposition’s always on the ball. Finally, a mention must The second team started the season by corners of the field. Alexander was our go to our goalkeeper George, who saved playing St Edmund’s at home. We lost our striker and our main goal scorer. Alexander almost all the shots. first game but we completed our challenge was our hardest working player who was Julian (8G)

Colts A2 Football The A2s had six fixtures this season, four We played our best and beat Longacre (who moved to the A1’s afterwards) of which were double fixtures, meaning 2-0 with Louis, our amazing winger and I, Seaford failed to score and we drew. we played against two schools. In our first both scoring. Then we played Chandler. I After Oscar moved up, Dominic joined us, match, we played St Edmund’s away. They was in defence, their player came towards and so did Ben. When we went into our were a very good team and we knew it me, I slipped and our keeper had no next game against Westbourne House would be difficult. We were a new team chance. We lost 1-0. and Pennthorpe away, we had a slightly and pulled together well. The final score Next, we played Seaford and Amesbury at different team but we still won 1-0 in was 7-0 to us, we were delighted and home. First, we played Amesbury. I scored each game. Rupert made amazing passes Matthew scored a hat trick. Buoyed by the first goal, followed by two great goals in both games. In our last game, we our successful start, we went on to beat from our strike force. We won 3-0 and played Chandler and drew. Great Ballard and Belmont the following went on to play Seaford. We were tiring week. Then, in our third match, we were Our coach Mr Clarke helped us through and did not score. However, thanks to against the one of our hardest teams - the whole season. some great defending by Thomas M and Chandler. We were playing Longacre and Barnaby, and our brilliant keeper Oscar Nicholas (6G) Chandler in the same afternoon. Sport 43

Colts A1 Football Colts B1 Football The Colts A1 team had a fantastic season This season has been very successful! and it is an honour to write this team Our strikers have scored some fantastic report. Over the weeks, I saw a huge goals, our midfielders have done improvement in the team’s passing ability some great passes, our defence has and understanding of one another’s game. been solid and our goalkeeper Will has saved countless shots from the Everybody played well and it is worth opposition. Everyone has worked their highlighting some key points. James hardest. A special mention for Tom who D and Alexander were outstanding in persevered and kept on playing after he defence with some crunching tackles was hurt. I think that Rory played really and a brave approach. It was great to see Colts A1 Football well and scored some amazing shots. Oscar come up from the A2s to perform Rupert played so well that he moved some incredible saves and prove himself up a team, he made some amazing set-ups and he was a great team player. as a solid keeper. Theo’s skill improvement Although we lost a few matches our was truly impressive, as were Ed’s crosses team still played superbly. My favourite into the box leading to some good part of the season was when we all goals, many of which were scored by the worked together which meant we all talented Matthew! enjoyed the matches. Thank you to all My favourite moment of the season was the sports staff for coaching us, Mrs James B’s screamer against Hoe Bridge. Darg for lovely match teas and to the whole team for playing so well! This was hit with the outside of his boot from some distance to slam into the top Sascha (6R) corner, leaving their keeper no chance! Colts B1 Football Thank you to the whole team for playing so well and to Mr Conway for coaching us.

James H (6G) Colts C1 Football This year, the Colts C1 team had a great start to the season. We beat St Edmund’s. Oliver scored an amazing Colts B2 Football goal. Will and I were the players of the The B2s had an intense season this year, season. The most improved was Will with many close games and some hard B. The Colts C1 were happy with their fought wins. Tommy was an amazing season. goalie, saving many attempts from the Cillian (6G) other team to score. Rory was also an incredible help to his teammates because of his great efforts in co-operating. Fraser was also outstanding - continually finding space and being ready for action. The team could rely on him to score, as he would Colts B2 Football unleash another powerful shot at goal. Finally, our last game was against Chandler Thank you very much to all the rest of on the first of November, at home. the team for playing so well and trying so hard. We all enjoyed the season and having the chance to compete against other Our first game was at home against St schools. We have plenty of skilled players Edmund`s. We went on to play Belmont Colts C Football at Barrow Hills and we hope we can build away, before facing Longacre and towards greater things next season (just Chandler in a tournament at the end of Colts C2 Football as the school motto says!). September. This was my highlight of the The Colts C2 team played matches in season as the whole team played so well. Thank you very much team and all our the first football season. All of us played coaches. equally well and we enjoyed ourselves. In October, we played both Amesbury and We all improved a substantial amount Seaford College at home before another Thomas (6G) because of our effort. Well done to tournament was held with Pennthorpe everyone for playing so well. and Westbourne House, also away. Edward (5R) 44 Junior Colts A1 Football worked hard for us in defence. The Junior Colts A1 team have had a great One of the highlights of the season was season, winning most of our matches, home and away. We played very well our competition against Chandler and together as a team and have enjoyed all Longacre Schools. The Junior Colts A1 our games. won in both of their matches against tough opposition and all of the team The first few games of the season against contributed to this success. We also St Edmund’s and Edgeborough taught us enjoyed travelling to Belmont, Amesbury the importance of playing together as a and Pennthorpe for our away matches. team, passing the ball around the pitch Thanks to Mr Clarke for being a great and having a strong defence. Gabriel coach. made some fantastic goals for us, Jonah Jnr. Colts A1 Football played well in midfield and Conrad Tom (4G)

Junior Colts A2 Football with Pennthorpe and Chandler and also We started the season well with a strong Churcher’s. By the end of the season, performance against St. Edmunds. we got a lot better and we were playing Jackson made some amazing saves as very well as a team, even though it was goalkeeper. Up front, Lloyd and Joshua getting colder. Thanks to the coaches worked really hard and scored loads for teaching us how to play as a team. of goals. We had a really tricky game Also thank you to the cooks for giving us against Amesbury but Jago did a really awesome match teas. good job at defending. We came back Dominic (4G) strongly after this game in our matches Jnr. Colts A2 Football

Junior Colts B2 Football The Junior Colts B2 team worked hard The Junior Colts B2 football team had at spreading out over the field but the a strong season. Dominic was a great area in which we improved the most was goalkeeper and also played well as a in passing the ball. All the B2s worked defender. Theodore shone as a midfielder really well as a team and were kind and while Sebastian liked being a goalie and encouraging towards each other. made some amazing saves. The rest of the The entire team would like to thank the team, Alexander, Sam and Jago really gave Barrow Hills Games teachers for teaching their best and played very well for the B2s. us and Mrs Darg and her team for the Matches against St Edmund’s and lovely match teas! Chandler were great fun, although they Nathaniel (4G) were tough teams to play against they Jnr. Colts B2 Football were very sporting and friendly.

1st XII Rugby Colts 5B Rugby Colts 5C Rugby This year’s rugby season I was very This year the 5B rugby team had a very The most memorable moment for the 5Cs impressed with all the boys for their hard good season. We learnt lots of new skills was bulldozing all the opposition tacklers. work and effort. I think they all improved and the most memorable moment was a lot but mainly Oliver for his tackling and when we beat Longacre. The best tacklers The best player was Oliver. The teams we were Harry and Tommy because they kicking. The most memorable moment was went in to all the tackles. played included Belmont and Amesbury. when Oscar kicked the ball backwards. We played very well and really enjoyed Well done for everyone for playing so well Also, we beat Edgeborough and Belmont and good luck next season. but lost to St Edmund’s. Overall we had a our season. great season. Harry (8G) James (5R) James (5G) and Ben (5R)

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Rugby

Colts 5A Rugby Colts 6A Rugby Colts 6B Rugby This year, we played amazingly in the 5As Our rugby season went well. We worked This year, the Colts 6B team got off by scoring and stopping tries. The most well as a team and won most of our to a fabulous start, beating Longacre. matches. Lots of our players did very well. memorable moment for me was when Dom Throughout the season, we came up Thomas, one of our best players, was brilliant stopped a try in the Edgeborough game against some tough teams but we fought at tackling and practically saved the team on and because of that we won the match. I through it, remaining unbeaten. a number of occasions. Two very important think this was our best achievement. players on the team were Rory and Will Our best players were James and Nicholas Our best player was Dom because of M. The overall best player was Oscar who as they had great stamina. The most was very good in both attack and defence. his great running and tackling. A funny memorable moment for the team was We ended our season not too well against moment was when his shorts fell down in every member scoring a try against Edgeborough. The pitch we played on was a tackle. The 5A team should be proud of so cold and wet that most of did not want to Edgeborough. Everyone in the team themselves for playing so well. play but we still had a good season. should be proud of their great season.

Louis (5R) Alexander (6G) Ed (6R)

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Junior Colts 4A Rugby Junior Colts 4B Rugby Junior Colts 3A Rugby It was a really good season. The funniest This season we won all but one of our We had a successful season, everyone got was when we were practising and I did matches. We just drew the last one. The lots of tries. The best players were Gabriel a sit down tackle. At the end of the whole team played well. Jonah, Jackson and I! The funniest thing was when Josh season, Conrad had scored the most and Jago were particularly strong and called his old friend “angry Oli”! The tries. Everyone played really well and I made loads of tackles. Everyone played whole team played so well and thank you really enjoyed playing contact rugby for really well. to Mr Conway for coaching us. the first time. Jackson (4R) Edward (3G) Lloyd (4G)

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Sports Day

Pre-Prep Sports Day Thank you to all the children who gave Senior Boys Cricket Ball Throw - Eddie The sun shone as Pre-Prep made their it their all, spectators who came to (8G) (8 years) way to the fi eld for their sports morning. support and staff who made the event Senior Boys Shot Put - Julian (8G) (7 years) The older children enjoyed sprinting run so smoothly. and three-legged races, those slightly * Number in brackets is the number of Overall Winners: Kean younger also showed off their running years the record has stood for. Victor Ludorum - Harry (8G) skills, followed by obstacle courses. And Victrix Ludorum - Elena (7G) fi nally... the relays with much cheering and support for all. All the children New Records* thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Year 4 Girls 75m Skip - Beatrix (4G) 12.9s (3 years) Prep Sports Day Year 6 Girls 75m Sprint - Matilda (6R) The afternoon arrived for Prep with 10.31s (11 years) perfect conditions to break records on Year 5 Boys 75m Skip - Theo (5R) their sports day and the children did 12.95s (2 years) not disappoint. Eight records in total Year 5 Boys 75m Sprint - Theo (5R) were broken, a record breaking year for 10.49s (3 years) record breaking! Year 5 Boys 400m - Cade (5R) Kean came out on top in a fantastic 1.09.78 (4 years) afternoon that was enjoyed by all. Year 6 Boys 100m - Alexander (6G) 13.68 (2 years) Sport 47 48 Sports Day Sport 49 50 Charity

The Barrow Hills Community Committee N’Gourma, including St Benoît School in and exciting facilities sooner rather (BHCC) is made up of parents and Burkina Faso, West Africa. We have an than later. This year, these included the staff, supported by our parent class annual commitment to them of £5,000, improvement of the Pre-Prep playground, representatives. The committee has which we are pleased to confi rm has been as promised last year and a contribution established a varied programme of reached this year. However, a number of to the very large maps now adorning the events each year for children, parents other charities also benefi t. This year this walls outside the Refectory and on the and the family. Raising money for has included the Blue Cross, The Source, ‘Slope’. The School and staff asked that school projects, both big and small, Crisis, Stroke, CAFOD, the Poppy Appeal the balance of the money be rolled over and supporting the charitable work and Macmillan, a total of £4350. into next year so that larger items can be undertaken by our children. purchased. We hope that these will be The Committee also supports the School enjoyed by our current and future children The charity fundraising of the Barrow to fund new facilities that may fall outside for many years to come. Hills Community Committee focuses on the existing future development plans of ‘knowing our neighbour’, one of our the School itself. These additional funds Thank you to everyone who has helped benefi ciaries being the diocese of Fada can help with the purchase of practical and contributed throughout the year.

Barrow Hills Triathlon On Saturday 16th September, 34 children took part in the Biennial Barrow Hills Triathlon, raising a total of £170 for schools in Fada, Burkina Faso. Well done to all the children who took part, to the parents who supported and to the staff for helping. Charity 51

Hog Roast Harvest Festival At the start of the autumn term, the Thank you for the amazing BHCC welcomed families, both new and variety and range of food which old, into School for our annual hog roast. was brought to school for our The sun was shining and it was a lovely Harvest Assembly and food sale opportunity to get together and usher in In October. Thank you, also, to the new school year. Thank you to the Mrs Stephens for helping our BHCC for organising such a wonderful chaplain, Mrs Nicholls, to set social afternoon. up the display and for helping at the sale of the food at the end of the day. The £508.74 raised from the food sale was given to the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church to help them feed the homeless. Macmillan Coffee Morning We have been supporting Macmillan since 2003. For the second year, we combined Bacon Butties with a coffee morning to bring the community together and rounded the day off with a cake sale. This year we raised £792.46 bringing our fundraising for Macmillan since 2003 to just over £5,200. Thank you to everyone who helped, served, baked and supported.

Brilliant Bonfi re and Creative Carving A very big thank you to all of those who expertly set up by Skyburst, were Pre-Prep: siblings, Jacob (2R) and Tom helped to make Friday 3rd November a spectacular, perfectly timed between the (Nur) - a lovely traditional pumpkin. successful bonfi re and fi reworks night. two displays from Chandler. Junior Prep: Paige (3G) (McCormack) - a It is true that many hands make light work Congratulations to the winners of the truly horrifi c creation - well done. and whether it was encouraging ticket raffl e, with a huge thank you to Claire Middle Prep: Theo (5R) (McCormack) - a sales, rounding up volunteers, manning Paterson for organising the hampers. dark concept indeed. the stalls or contributing to the raffl e - it Around 450 parents and children attended all helps! Special thanks must go to David Upper Prep: Bethany (8G) (Kean) - magical! and you all helped raise just over £1000 Brydon and Mike Westhorp for organising for the BHCC. Thank you to you all. There was one rogue entrant which, the Dads, building a spectacular bonfi re whilst an inspired and creative concept, There were numerous entries for this and for manning it on the night. was in fact a pineapple... nice try though year’s pumpkin carving competition and Hot dogs, hot chocolate, mulled wine Conrad (4R)! Mr Garman (Miss Anna’s son and an and superb glow in the dark trinkets Old Barrow Hillian) was very impressed. Congratulations to all the winners and were among the great things we Judging was diffi cult as the standard was to all who took part and a special thank enjoyed. We promise to have more so high but the results were: you to Mr Garman for judging. novelties next year! The fi reworks, 52

Remembrance Mr Shreeve was delighted to report that our Poppy Appeal raised £697.25 against last years £576.04. We have smashed our year on year records yet again. Rumour has it we raised more than any other school in the area. Thank you for all your contributions.

Christmas Workshop Pre-Prep Christmas Party The festive season began in earnest with the BHCC Christmas Pre-Prep were extremely excited when a surprise visitor arrived workshop. These have become a popular date in the diary that at their Christmas party on Thursday morning. Even better - he we all look forward to and this year was no exception. This year had a full sack of presents with him! The children all waited the BHCC added another layer of fun by working with Firing beautifully for their turn to meet Father Christmas, and eagerly Earth; a local mobile pottery company. This gave the children an told him what was on their Christmas list. opportunity to produce a beautiful Christmas tree decoration along with the traditional Christmas cracker.

With 178 children attending, from the littlest in Nursery right up to Year 8, a lot of fun was had; laughs, music, escaping Christmas cracker gifts, beautiful decorations and many smiling faces! Thank you to all the children for coming and being polite, the parents for supporting them to do it, the staff for getting them there on time, the catering team for the refreshments and the team of parents who were amazing in giving their time to help the children with this wonderful activity.

A special thanks to Adity Coombes for organising this event and to Mel Harris for organising the children’s Christmas cards. Thank you to Mel Harris, Tiggy Trounce and Jennifer Stipe who The event raised around £549 and the Christmas cards had liaised with the elves at the North Pole to arrange his visit, raised £678. and of course to Santa himself for coming to Barrow Hills at this extremely busy time of year.

The fun continued into the afternoon as Pre-Prep took part in various party activities. Fun and laughter fi lled the rooms as scissors snipped, glue sticks stuck and ribbons were tied as plastic cups, coloured paper and ribbon transformed into pretty table-top Christmas trees. Well done Pre-Prep! Your teachers said that you were all just fabulous to work with! Charity 53

Easter Egg Decorating An annual favourite of the children and in its 8th year! The BHCC and an amazing host of volunteers donned their aprons, fi lled the icing pots (again and again) and poured the sprinkles. The 199 children were as creative as ever and helped raise £375.

Thank you to everyone who helped.

Cake Sales and Bacon Butties We held our last cake sale of the year in June, raising £191.20. Our grateful thanks go to everyone involved – cooks, helpers This bought the grand total for the year to £1,173.46. Of this and of course eaters! A particular thank you to Roz Scudamore £245.30 was donated to Macmillan. for organising the cake sales and to Gill Wilson and her helpers for always being a welcome sight with bacon butties on a Our fabulous bacon buttie team raised over £5,085 for Friday morning at drop off. the BHCC. 54

Lenten Appeal 2018 Our annual Lenten Appeal, which runs from 12th March to 26th March, was, as ever, extremely well supported. From Year 8’s shortlist of three charities, children voted for The Blue Cross, which helps sick, injured and homeless pets as the main benefi ciary for funds raised during the Appeal with smaller donations destined for Crisis, the charity for single homeless people and The Source, Aldershot which supports vulnerable people in Hampshire and Surrey. Year 7 and 8 embarked on an ‘Upper Prep for Hire’ venture As always, Nursery, Kindy, Reception and Year 1 thoroughly to raise money. The children asked staff, family members and enjoyed their Lenten Appeal challenges. Nursery and Kindy cycled close friends for possible tasks they could undertake, from and ran laps around the Pre-Prep garden. Little legs worked hard tidying out the garden shed, to dusting a room for a week, to as the children were keen to do their best and raise as much sharpening a huge number of pencils for Pre-Prep! money as possible. Reception and Year 1 were challenged to complete laps of an obstacle course in the woods. Everyone tried The children’s fabulous fundraising activities raised a record their hardest over some tricky obstacles and the odd bump or two sum and with the profi ts from the School Council’s Dragons’ was swiftly patched up by Mrs Burnett as the children were keen Den added, we presented Blue Cross with a cheque for £2,431. to carry on. Competition was strong to complete the most laps! We also made donations of £250 each to Crisis and Source Aldershot, the two other charities Year 8 presented to the On Monday 12th March, despite the weather not looking School. A massive thank you to all staff who were involved, promising fi rst thing, there was a gap in the clouds and the well done children and thank you to all their sponsors, this is a Year 2 and Junior Prep Lenten Appeal walk from King Edward’s wonderful example of compassion in action. Witley to Barrow Hills was completed in the dry. Although a little muddy at times, everyone was well prepared with their wellington boots! Year 2 were the leaders the whole way and showed great enthusiasm to the cause!

Middle Prep organised a fantastic fair to raise money for the Lenten Appeal. Parents, children and staff all tried their hand at the various games of skill and also enjoyed some edible treats. Thank you to everyone who came and also to all those who helped with setting up and clearing up! It was a great success. Charity 55

Proms in the Park This event just gets better and better! Thanks must go to everyone who to them of £5,000, which we are pleased worked so hard to put this event to confi rm that we have reached this year. First dreamed up and put together in together, and to everyone who came A number of other charities also benefi t; 2010 and now in its ninth year, this annual to support. Special thanks to Weltons this year this has included Blue Cross, The event has gone from strength to strength. Brewery for the donation of the real Source, Crisis, Stroke, Macmillan, Children Sunday loomed with grey skies and a ale and to The Meat and Fish Market, in Need, CAFOD and the Poppy Appeal. sprinkling of rain but the weather was kind Milford for the delicious lamb. and the rain cleared for the performances. There was one person not able to make Your generous donations helped raise it on the day, Mr Wardell. We know how It is an afternoon when all members of nearly £740. much he loves this event and we wish that the extended school community can come he could have been with us. We send him together in our beautiful school grounds Our wonderful compère for the afternoon, our best wishes for a speedy recovery and to down a chilled Pimm’s (or two), enjoy a Jackie Morris, was joined by the Year 7 and hope that he will be back with us soon. bite from the BBQ and watch the children 8 Drama Scholars; a wonderful addition for running around and having a wonderful this year. They explained that the charity time. That could be considered to be treat fundraising of the Barrow Hills Community enough, if it weren’t for the exceptional Committee focuses on ‘knowing our musical, dancing and dramatic skills of so neighbour’ with our main benefi ciary being many of our children. St Benoît School in Burkina Faso, West Africa. We have an annual commitment

Roke Revival A brilliant party, organised by a brilliant committee! Well done and a huge thank you to the BHCC Roke Revival Committee Tiggy, Roz, Paola, Mel, Lydia, Kim, Anne, Adity and Rachel. 56 Trips & Visits

Kindy Trip to Tuesley Farm On a warm June day, Kindy enjoyed a sunny adventure to Tuesley Farm, learning how the machines sort and pack the fresh fruit. The children wore protective clothing as they entered the fridge areas - it was cold! They then picked and collected their own punnets of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries before having a picnic lunch in the woods. Thank you to the Hall family for a wonderful visit.

Another round of hand washing; Reception Visit to Bocketts Farm then off to the barn, where the The day of Reception’s much-anticipated farm trip dawned fair, children had great fun feeding sheep, and excited children and adults boarded a minibus, clutching lambs, goats, a cow and alpacas. wellies and sandwiches. More hand washing; and off on a tractor ride through mellow autumn We arrived to discover we had the farm virtually to ourselves. sunshine, past pumpkin fi elds, cows, After a quick pit stop, we went straight to the animal handling sheep, and scarecrows. area where the children stroked a silky black rabbit, a ‘fancy mouse’ and two guinea pigs. A goat was then milked, and the After yet more handwashing and a children felt the surprising warmth of the creamy milk. picnic lunch in the hay barn, we went to ‘choose our pig’ for the famous pig-race. After a tense countdown, Voldesnort, Beyoinkce, Lewis Hamilton, Piggy Startdust, Justin Bieboar, and Uswine Bolt set off at a fast trot, squealing around corners and charging through the screaming crowd, with Justin Bieboar romping to a well-deserved victory.

Before getting back on the coach, the children enjoyed some time in the playground. Mr Kriehn felt the need to check out all the slides on behalf of the children and a thoroughly good time was had by all. Thank you to Mrs Triska, Mrs Harris, Mrs Platt and Mr Kriehn. Trips and Visits 57

Reception trip to Sayers Croft Reception had a wonderful trip in and explore which the sunshine to Sayers Croft in the mini-beasts live summer term. in that habitat, fi nding some The children hunted for mini-beasts in beautiful moths the woods; turning over logs to discover and butterfl ies. woodlice, slugs, snails and centipedes. After a forest walk, They then took butterfl y nets into the some games and meadow to carry out a ‘meadow sweep’ a picnic lunch, the children went down to the pond - alive with damsel fl ies - to The coach trip home was another engage in some pond-dipping. They source of excitement, with children learned how to safely carry and use the eagerly spotting familiar landmarks equipment and were thrilled to scoop from an unfamiliar vantage point. up tadpoles, water boatmen, water Thank you to Mrs Harris, Mrs Platt, Mrs snails and small fi sh into their buckets, Triska and Mr Kriehn for taking them before gently releasing them back into and to the catering team for a delicious the water. packed lunch.

A Parcel of Pigs On Wednesday 10th May, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had a special visit from illustrator and author Andréa Prior. Andréa’s latest book: A Parcel of Pigs and Other Funny ‘Tails’, is a collection of funny rhyming poems with bright, colourful illustrations, drawn by the author.

Andréa read from her book and had no shortage of volunteers when she asked the children to demonstrate the tricky tongue twisters! The children were fascinated to see how the illustrations developed from a rough sketch to the fi nal cover. They listened beautifully as Andréa explained that she gets her inspiration everywhere, from dreams, to jokes with her husband and her friends - one in particular who became a caricature in her book!

She also gave the children a sneaky peek of her next book and they voted on which of two potential covers they preferred. This was a fabulously interactive session, thank you Andréa for joining us! 58

Circusology Workshop for Pre-Prep On 12th June, Pre-Prep enjoyed a learning journey! Confi dence was wonderful Circusology workshop. The boosted and fun was had as the themes of the day were interaction, children learnt centuries old skills co-ordination, concentration and fun! using their balance, hand-eye co- The circus skills offered many links to ordination and rhythmic movement. curriculum areas such as PE, art, music, Parents enjoyed a demonstration just literacy and numeracy - yet the children before pick-up and the children were didn’t even realise this was part of their thrilled to be able to show their skills.

Year 1 Visit to Alice Holt If you go down to the woods today …. you might just bump into Year 1 on their trip to Alice Holt. As part of our topic on woodlands, we were excited to explore the forest and identify all the trees we have been learning about. Jen the Ranger played some interesting games with us. We had to fi nd wiggly worms made of pieces of wool. The bright colours were easy to fi nd, but the camoufl age ones were tricky. We then pretended to be moles by wearing blindfolds and trying to fi nd our way by holding a rope and using all our other senses. Mrs Reed found it a bit scary but the children managed it so quickly. Our fi nal game was bat and moth, investigating echo location. Using masks and bells, the bat had to fi nd the tasty moth snack.

Then we were off on a mini-beast hunt. Using pots and magnifying glasses we looked under logs and in the leaf litter to capture bugs. We used fact sheets to fi nd out which types of insects we had in our pots.

After lunch, we took a stroll through the woods and found toadstools and fungi, deciduous and conifer trees, acorns and pine cones. Thank you to our volunteer for helping us on the day. Our trip really brought the habitat of woodlands to life. Trips and Visits 59

Year 1 visit to Portchester Castle Year 1 are incredibly fortunate to have brilliant sunshine every time they visit Portchester Castle. The children had a wonderful day. They took part in a workshop and loved having the opportunity to dress up and answer questions. They explored the castle and particularly enjoyed visiting the theatre.

Finally, they carefully climbed the steep steps in the Keep. They enjoyed seeing the hooks on the beams where prisoners’ hammocks were hung. It was a fantastic trip and our grateful thanks go to Freddie’s mum for helping us on the day.

Well done to Year 1, you all showed a super knowledge of castle features and behaved beautifully.

Year 2 and The Tudors Year 2 had a very exciting week as part of The children were able to make their their Tudor topic in December. On Tuesday own crowns complete with jewels. They 28th November, they travelled by coach to also walked in the gardens, saw the Hampton Court Palace. The children visited beautiful fountain and some red deer. King Henry VIII’s kitchens, his apartments, Year 2 took part in a Tudor Day later that the Chapel Royal, and saw a magnifi cent week. In the morning, they made Tudor replica of his crown. Year 2 impressed pomanders and delicious Tudor sweets. their guide with their knowledge of the A lunchtime, they enjoyed a Tudor Feast Tudors and in turn, he told the children at the Court of Henry VIII. The children about many different Christmas traditions. enjoyed not having to use knives and Year 2 were astonished to learn that in forks! In the afternoon they learned a Tudor times Christmas presents were not Pavane dance to the ‘Greensleeves’, opened until a week after composed by Henry VIII. Christmas Day. Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their Tudor topic. 60

“On Friday I went to a ballet performance, Ballet Trip to ‘Giselle’ it was amazing. All of the girls had pointe “On Friday all the girls in Year 2 and up shoes on. There were two acts. Halfway went on a ballet trip. We got to London through, Miss Anna gave us all a book by coach. We were going to see Giselle that told you the story and it showed you in the Royal Opera House. When we got a picture of Giselle in the olden days. The there, we had lunch and then we went ballet was absolutely amazing. Giselle did a to watch Giselle. The room we were grand jeté but the sad thing is that Giselle beautiful and organised. They had shoes to watch in was amazing! Massively killed herself just because her true love that you can stand on your toes. They magnifi cent! The curtains were as red falls in love with another woman called were amazing.” Amelie, Year 2 as rubies! I was so excited for the show Bathilde.” Ottilie, Year 2 “On Friday, we went to the Royal Opera to begin. Suddenly the curtain moved “In the ballet, they had olden day dress, I House. We went on the coach. When we and the opera struck up a beautiful tune was so excited... they were so graceful, got there we had lunch. It was great! We and... Giselle started!” Cleo, Year 2 went to see the pointe shoes, they were outstanding.” Ilana, Year 2

”We went to the Royal Opera House and we watched Giselle. Giselle was my favourite character. After lunch, we went to see the pointe shoes and there was some fabulous dancing. Then we went to watch the ballet and Giselle swung the sword around and killed herself... We got to keep our tickets and we got two leafl ets. I am reading one of the leafl ets.” Daisy, Year 2

Year 2 Trip to London On Tuesday 6th March, Year 2 had a The children identifi ed many famous fantastic day in London. They travelled landmarks which they have been learning by train, went on the London Eye, about in class. Well done to Year 2 for experienced a 4D movie about London being so well behaved and thank you to and fi nished off the fabulous day with Mrs Pulleyn, Mrs Miles, Mrs Kilgannon a very informative river boat cruise. and Mrs Triska for taking them. Trips and Visits 61

Year 2 Trip to Winchester Science Centre Fizz! Whizz! Pop! Bang! Science educator ‘Harry’ gave the Year 2 children a brilliant ‘whizzy walk’ through space, looking at planets stars and gases. Dry ice fl owing from a glass jar, exploding water bombs and bursting balloons were just some of the wild and noisy experiments demonstrated.

The children had a fun and exciting time in the Centre eagerly exploring all of the hands-on exhibits testing their fi tness, stamina and construction skills before walking through part of a bowel to see how ‘poo’ moves through and leaves our bodies. The fi nale was in the Planetarium exploring the darkness of space amongst the planets and stars. As ever the children were a joy to take out and wonderful ambassadors for Barrow Hills School.

Mrs Miles and Mrs Kilgannon Year 3 Trip to Butser Ancient Farm

The fi rst adventure of the year for Year 3 was a great trip to Butser Ancient Farm where history was brought alive!

We were given our very own Round House for the day, which had a real fi re alight in the centre. It was so smokey but luckily some of the smoke escaped through the amazing thatched roof above us. In here we were given a talk about our History topic ‘The Celts’ and found out some more interesting facts before setting off on our day of discovery.

We had an action packed day full of activities. We took part in an archaeological dig where we discovered many different Celtic artefacts as well as trying our hand at the ancient art of ‘clunching’ which involved crushing chalk and mixing it with mud, hay and water to build part of a wall. it was extremely messy but incredibly fun! It was truly an incredible opportunity to see what life would have been like in the Iron Age.

Ballet trip to the Royal Opera House On 6th June, a group of ballet pupils thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. from Year 3 and 4 had the fantastic Inspired by their work in DT, they even opportunity of visiting The Royal Opera enjoyed the coach trip through London, House in Covent Garden. With the best commenting, unprompted, on the bridge seats in the house, the children watched structures over the Thames! the new production of ‘Swan Lake’, Well done Year 3 and 4, you were a joy to performed by The Royal Ballet. The stage accompany on the trip, and a huge thank sets, costumes, music and ballet were you to Miss Anna for organising it. all truly spectacular and the children Mrs McBrown 62

Year Three take the train to visit the Natural History Museum! Mrs Peek and Mr Hooker took Year 3 on an amazing adventure to enrich their science topic ‘rocks, fossils and soils’. They caught the train to London to visit the Natural History Museum.

Their adventure began when the children donned their archaeologist hats and investigated different rocks and fossils in the museum. Later in the day, they were able to become palaeontologists and had an amazing time digging for dinosaur fossils. As you can imagine this was hungry work, rewarded by a scrummy Pizza Express tea. day all the more exciting for the children The day was made even more exciting and only a little stressful for the teachers by the fact that it had snowed whilst the on the trip! South West trains thankfully children were in the museum! As they rose to the occasion and all trains home exited the museum London was covered were running on time! with a blanket of white. This made the The children had an amazing day. They arrived back at School extremely tired but full of fascinating facts about fossils and dinosaurs and of course a tummy full of pizza!

Parent responses to the trip …. Museum last Tuesday. It sounded like “We just wanted to say a very big thank an absolutely fantastic day – the children you to you and the rest of the staff for were buzzing for the rest of the week! taking Year 3 to the Natural History We know it is no easy feat to take so many children on public transport into London, around museums, into Pizza Express… and the freezing snowy weather couldn’t have helped!

Thanks again for taking such good care of our children and giving them a day to remember.”

‘The Hobbit’ On Tuesday 26th June, Years 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed a super performance of ‘The Hobbit’ by a visiting theatre company. As the cast explained to Year 5 in their workshop, it was an abridged version! The children were enthralled by the scene changes, special effects and the costumes. Every character was always acting, even if they weren’t speaking, which was fantastic for the children to see and to take note of for their own future performances. Trips and Visits 63

Following a delicious dinner of chicken nuggets and chocolate Junior Prep PGL Residential mousse, we returned to our rooms and changed for our camp Junior Prep had a wonderful time on their PGL residential. fi re experience. The team leaders sang lots of songs and told funny stories. Everyone sat around the camp fi re and had fun. Junior Prep were fortunate enough to travel to PGL for our Nathaniel (4G) residential. We were so amused when we saw the humongous amount of luggage placed on our minibus. Jonah (4R) The next day involved raft building in activity groups. Which group was going to have the most secure raft? Who was to When we arrived we were all very excited! We dragged all our remain on their raft and OUT of the lake? Great team spirit and luggage into a little room and met our team leaders, called Mike lots of laughter had by all… Mrs Wallace and Gabbie. Junior Prep strolled up onto the fi eld to eat their scrumptious pack lunch. On the way we sang a ‘repeat after me’ The last morning had arrived! It had been a superb few days, song. Theo (4R) involving incredible activities. We collected our luggage from the dorms, climbed into the minibuses, waved goodbye and After fi nishing our lunch we strolled into the woods to begin our headed back to school. It had been the best residential ever! fi rst activity. The giant swing looked monstrous! Verity (4G) Matilda (4G) As the swing was rising up it felt like you left your tummy behind Anastasia (4R) Rifl e shooting came next involving learning to load and shoot a rifl e in an hour and a half. Some people were really lucky and managed to get a bulls-eye Rosie (4G) Finally the moment we had been waiting for…. our amazing teachers announced our dorms! There was a moment of silence, then they called out my name and the others in my room and we rushed to unpack. Ruby (4R)

Junior Colts to Twickenham The Junior Colts enjoyed their trip to Twickenham in December to watch the Oxford vs Cambridge match. Thank you to Mr Hatcher for arranging the trip. 64

Historical Trip to Haslemere On Thursday 30th November, Year 4 travelled to Haslemere on the minibuses. The fi rst landmark we arrived at was the Georgian House. It had different coloured bricks on the front to show how decorative it was. A famous politician lived there.

We then visited the Tudor Cottage. We can tell it is Tudor because it has black beams and Mrs Wallace said it dates back many hundreds of years. Next we came to a green, hexagonal pillar box with the lettering VR. This was built in the time of Queen Victoria. We noticed by looking at the sky lines, there was so much detail in the buildings and amazing chimneys. We Year 4 visit the Victorian were lucky enough to visit the town well and make a wish. School Rooms We ended our trip with a brief wander around the Haslemere On Monday 26th museum and a warm mug of hot chocolate on our return! March, Year 4 By Verity (4G) and Ruby (4R) dressed up in Victorian outfi ts, travelled to the Victorian school rooms and began their day as Victorian school children of 1888.

“We were taught many different subjects, such as arithmetic, drawing and religious studies. We used fountain pens that we dipped in ink and slate pens that squeaked when we wrote with them. There were no erasers in Victorian schools!”

“The girls had to line up separately from the boys. The expectations regarding behaviour were high. The girls Orchestral Day and boys also took part in separate activities such as embroidery for the girls and design for the boys. The On 12th October, Barrow Hills joined forces with King Edward’s teachers were stern and used words such as scholars and eight other schools for the annual Orchestral Day. The and offi ces.” children were well looked after by King Edward’s music department and thoroughly enjoyed the biscuits on offer! The day “After a delicious lunch in the castle grounds we visited the was rounded off by a concert for parents and guests. The children Guildford Museum where we were able to play a variety performed superbly and raised the roof with the fi nal piece of Victorian board games. Upstairs were many examples of ‘Thriller’. Thank you to Mr Wardell for organising a great day! Victorian toys, bicycles, clothes and iron works.” “I felt really excited about the day and hope that I may be able to visit again!” Trips and Visits 65

Band of the Royal Logistics Corps Hotfoot from Washington, ten members of the Band of the Royal Logistics Corps visited Barrow Hills in February. The Band of the Royal Logistic Corps is one of 22 Bands comprising the Corps of Army Music - the public face of the Army which supports National and Defence interests around the globe, where its specialist musical abilities cross international languages and cultures.

Their wonderful music fi lled the School and we were extremely privileged to have them here.

Year 5 Trip to Boulogne On Friday 9th March, Mrs Wood, Miss Next, we went to Young, Mr Andrade and I took Year 5 the Nausicaä sea life to France for the day. The coach left centre where we had extremely early in the morning and we our packed lunch caught the Eurotunnel. before we walked around the aquarium. We arrived back at Barrow Hills at 8:30pm. In France, we went to a bakery. The baker’s The children saw sharks, crocodiles, seals It was a long but very enjoyable day for wife told the children about the different and many different types of fi sh. the children and the teachers. types of bread they make and the baker demonstrated how to make croissants. In the afternoon, we went to a sweet Thank you to Mrs Wood, Miss Young factory where the owner explained, and Mr Andrade, who managed to keep Jessica commented:”I loved it when we in French, how he makes boiled and going all day. Merci beaucoup! made croissants because the baker was chewy sweets. really scary and funny”. Madame Early

Maths and Science Challenge at King Edward’s Witley On 19th June, six Year 5 children spent the day at King Edward’s Witley being challenged in maths and science. They completed more than 30 tricky maths puzzles. Their science challenges included creating invisible ink in the chemistry lab and writing a secret message and evaluating a crime scene to determine the thief. They used clues from pens and pollen found at the scene using chromatography and microscope skills. They worked very well in teams and used excellent problem solving skills. Well done Barnaby (5R), Will (5R), Holly (5R) and Tilly (5R), Alexander (5G) and Eoin (5G). 66

Year 5 Residential, Isle of Wight On Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018, Year 5 went on a residential trip to the Isle of Wight. We travelled by coach getting on a ferry at Portsmouth Harbour. The ferry took about half an hour. Soon after getting off the ferry, we arrived at the hotel. The family who owned the hotel welcomed us into it and told us they had two cats, a bird and a dog (which was not theirs). We all unpacked and settled in and then had dinner. the Harris Hawk back, he brought out an wood, an oyster deathbed and a sea owl. I can’t remember which species it sponge! Theo found a dinosaur tooth! After dinner, we had a walk through was but I couldn’t hear any sound when Afterwards, we had lunch and arrived Shanklin Chine. Shanklin Chine is a it flew. The falconer put the owl back just at Alum Bay, a shopping place with a waterfall and a long river heading to when the peregrine falcon came back and sweet shop, arcade machines and more. the sea. Walking past the waterfall Mr the falconer tried to make it go more than I bought a box of sweets, then we saw Andrade gave seven eighths of his polos 100 mph. I’m not sure if it did or didn’t a glass blowing demonstration where for a challenge. One eighth of us didn’t do it. I also did a maze which I made but the instructor made a wine glass bottle. have polos because we didn’t like them. it was quite hard. I needed a bit of help. Afterwards we got onto a boat where we The challenge was to make the polo last We then walked to the 4D cinema. I was passed The Needles. Finally, in the evening the forty minute walk. a bit scared at first but I soon got used to we had a disco which was great, and On Tuesday 5th June we started off with it. 4D cinema is where you sit and where after another long day we fell asleep. a nice breakfast. Tuesday was a good everyone sits is moving and the screen is Dominic (5R) start going to Osborne House where I at a first person view. was called Ralph because we were being It was Friday and we had to get up early William (5G) Victorians. We met someone called Jenny to pack our things. For breakfast I had who called herself Mrs Pilkington. On Wednesday we woke up and had toast and Cocopops, they really filled breakfast, afterwards we took the coach me up. We caught the ferry at 9am to Next we went to Robin Hill Country Park to Carisbrooke Castle and there was a go to Portsmouth Harbour. On the way where we went on a toboggan run, we man who told us about the warfare and we played card games which was fun. watched a falcon display, we went in a ranking of people, then we went sailing. I When we got to Portsmouth, we went to maze and watched a trailer on Journey was terrible! I only got seventy-eight. But HMS Victory which was fun. After that to the West in 4D. On the toboggan Mr Crisell got one hundred and thirty-six. we started the journey back home. I won run I almost fell off on the huge hill at I also got two lollypops from a machine. two lollypops and a bag of chocolates. the start. I caught up with Georgia and In the evening we went body boarding it When my mum picked me up I hugged Hayley because they were going soooo was exhilarating. After a long day we had her so tight that I would not let go. When slow, and I was going quite fast. At the dinner and went to sleep. I got home I was so tired I ate my dinner falcon display a peregrine falcon came out and went straight to bed. My bed was so first. He set off going freely with a tracker On Thursday we woke up tired and had warm and comfy I went to bed instantly. I on his legs. Next out came a Harris Hawk. breakfast. Afterwards, we took the coach just wish I could re-live that week again. His legs just dangled down and he didn’t to the coast and started to hunt for care about them. When the falconer put fossils! I found a large chunk of fossilised Harry (5G) Trips and Visits 67

Theo’s Fantastic Find! Theo (5R) made a phenomenally rare discovery on 7th June whilst taking part in one of “Island Gems” multi award-winning Fossil Hunting Trips. Theo found a Neovenator dinosaur tooth in fantastic condition. The tooth is believed to be around 120 million years old. Commenting on the fi nd, Steve Love, who was leading the fossil trip on Brook Bay, Isle of Wight said, “From its curved shape, sharp point and cutting edge we are sure it comes from a fl esh-eating dinosaur. We believe it is from a Neovenator, which is a large two-legged carnivorous dinosaur which has been found on the Isle of Wight and which pre-dates T Rex by sixty million years.” Martin Simpson, the Isle of Wight’s “Fossil Man” said, “This is the best tooth ever found on one of these fossil trips in 30 years. It’s a very rare fi nd, only one skeleton of Neovenator has ever been found. The tooth was found off shore by the famous ‘Fossil Forest’, making it around 120 million years old. I’ve nicknamed the tooth Theovenator (after Theo).”

Bridewell Day On Tuesday 13th March, the Bridewell Singers from King Edward’s and Barrow Hills sang at St Bride’s church in London. Children and members of staff from King Edward’s and Barrow Hills came to the service. As part of the Bridewell Singers, I found it a brilliant experience to sing with a large choir made up of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, all singing at different times. I enjoyed singing in front of the Lord Mayor and other important people. We sang ‘Zadok the Priest’ by Handel and ‘Blessed be the God and Father’ by Samuel Sebastian Wesley.

We started rehearsing with Mr Wardell last term and I know he would have been so proud of the lovely sound the choir made.

Emily (Head Girl)

On Tuesday the 13th March, Barrow Hills School was invited to St Bride’s Church with pupils from King Edward’s Witley. Everybody was really friendly and the Bishop was funny which kept us all engaged. The choir were incredible and had a wide variety of tones. After the service, we went to Guildhall. This was spectacular as it was so large and the food was great. After that, we got back on the bus. Overall, I think everybody had a great day.

Ben (Head Boy) 68

Middle Prep’s Kite Workshop On 22nd June, Middle Prep learned the art of creating and fl ying kites at a unique interactive workshop. Under the expert guidance of Malcolm Goodman, a.k.a. ‘The Kiteman’, children were helped to hone their kite fl ying technique, which involves developing hand-eye coordination, kinesthetic awareness and gross motor skills. They built and decorated the kites before taking them outside for kite fl ew the maiden voyage, holding on tight to the string as they successfully. They loved the challenge and thrill of getting watched their creations take fl ight and soar across the sky. the kite up into the air and the task of keeping it up in the sky. It was good to see their pride and amazement as they Mr Andrade said, “The children thoroughly enjoyed the day. mastered a new skill.” We had perfect weather conditions for kite fl ying and every

Middle Prep visit Legoland Years 5 and 6 had a fantastic end of term trip to Legoland and there was even some learning involved! The children took part in an excellent STEM workshop investigating, amongst other things forces, gears and pulleys. Old Operating Theatre Museum On 22nd March, Year 6 visited The Old “If you were poor you were Operating Theatre Museum and Herb treated in hospital, if you Garret with a history and science focus were rich you were treated in mind. Below are a few anecdotes at home.” from the children about the trip: “I learnt about ‘the placebo effect.” “They thought if you were “Using a pestle and mortar we made “I learnt that hops change smell ill one of your four humours was herbal remedies. We chose two different every season.” unbalanced. If red you had a fever and herbs, e.g. rose petals and peppermint, had too much red blood, so would suck and crushed them up. Then an egg was “A person was laid on the operating blood using leeches or cups.” added to bind and they were covered table, a tourniquet used to stop blood with talc if you were poor, or iron fi lings fl owing, they were then held down and “Kidneys, brains, eyes in jars.” if you were rich and a panacea pill was their leg cut off if it was infected. The “Diagnosis, when know what the made - one pill to cure all!” surgeon tied the blood vessels together. problem is, prognosis when guessing.” No washed hands, bandage on end, “Anaesthetic was fi rst used in the more blood on apron hospital in 1847, 25 years after the fi rst meant they were operation in the Old Operating Theatre.” a better surgeon! “Illnesses were thought to be caused by They wiped knives miasma -bad air.” on coat.” Trips and Visits 69

Year 6 Residential, Bowles “On the 4th of June, Year 6, Miss Holden, of Faith’ because Mrs Campbell-John and you have freedom in the campsite. Mrs Burnett and Mr Clarke went to Bowles apparently turned upside down on the You will be able to challenge yourself Activity Centre in Kent for a residential to trapeze! I was the only pupil in our group on the ‘Leap of Faith’ and you can push enjoy team work and activities. to catch the trapeze which made me yourself to do things you have never done really happy. Mrs Burnett was the last to before!” Maddie (6G) After lunch, which was delicious we had go on the ‘Leap of Faith’ and she couldn’t an activity called ‘Leap of Faith’ which turn upside down! was challenging, I fell off but I made it to the top of the tower, when I fell off I felt My favourite activity was skiing because like bird without wings. our instructor’s name was Nigel which is a seagull’s name. It was really enjoyable On day two, after a good fi rst night, we because we had to work on going to the started off with climbing which was great top of the slope. because we learnt loads of new techniques and skills. That afternoon we had biking. On Wednesday, in the evening, we had Biking was my favourite activity. a camp fi re, it was really amusing when we all sang campfi re songs. Alex came Finally, it was watersports day. It was up with ‘The Guy On The Buffalo’ and great because we made an excellent raft ‘We Love The Moon’. I was really excited and won the competition. when we got to eat marshmallows! After I would recommend Bowles to people that, we drank some hot chocolate and who love adventure. Also the food is told some riddles. great.” Michael (6R) On Thursday we had a whole day of “On Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June water sports. My group created a great 2018, Year 6 went to Bowles Activity raft called ‘HMS Paddle’! In Camp in Kent. We were all very excited! the afternoon we got into kayaks and paddled round As soon as we had had lunch, we went to the lake. do our fi rst activity. Mine was the ‘Leap of Faith’. I was really excited about the ‘Leap On Friday we were all very tired and we trudged around doing our last activity: orienteering and we couldn’t fi nd one of the posts which was really annoying! I would really recommend this to the current Year 5s because it is really exciting 70

Kindness Workshop Ahead of the Christmas festivities, our children who participated the myriad benefi ts in a Kindness Project run by the charity 52 Lives, were reminded to the ‘giver’ of of the importance of simply spreading kindness. showing kindness to others, including 52 Lives is a charity which aims to change someone’s life every a heightened sense week of the year. The essence of the charity’s work is based on of physical and emotional well-being. the premise that people are good and good people working together can achieve amazing things. The children learned how no act of kindness, however small, is wasted and how they have the power as individuals to make a Greig Trout, a motivational speaker from 52 Lives, met with difference in someone’s life. During the workshop, the children children from Years 5 and 6. The workshop invited the children made cards and calendars, and were encouraged to think about to explore the concept of kindness; why it is important; how those who might benefi t from a gift of kindness this Christmas. it may be manifested by a simple (often low cost) gesture; and

French Play at King Edward’s Science Lecture from On Friday 10th November, Years 6 and 7 were invited by Thomas Watson King Edward’s to watch a French play. It was a series of small funny sketches about neighbours, all in French, which is quite On Wednesday 15th November, Ms Garcia took Years 6 and challenging. All the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. 7 to King Edward’s for the annual Science Lecture. This year the children had the opportunity to listen to Thomas Watson - Alexander Graham Bell’s right hand man. The children enjoyed the lecture, which was both interesting and informative. Trips and Visits 71

Christmas Themed Bowling Fun! On Thursday, Years 7 and 8 went to the Guildford Spectrum for an end of term bowling trip. Everyone wore Christmas outfi ts, which consisted of anything from themed hats to Crocus Planting a full elf costume! The trip started with a breakfast of croissants, pain au On Wednesday 1st November, Year 7 visited Milford Clockhouse chocolate and hot chocolate before heading off, full and to plant bulbs in their garden. Each child brought in a bag of energised, for the competition. Split into teams spread over bulbs and some garden tools from home. By the end of the fi ve lanes, there was lots of fun, laughter and competitive session in the garden, they had planted over 600 crocus bulbs, spirit. The top scorer in game one was Sam (8G) and the which will fl ower in the spring, making the front garden of the overall winner was Nikki (7G). Well done! Clockhouse look stunning!

The children then went inside and met a few of the day guests for a chat and to tell them what we had done. They were thrilled and we shall be going back in April to see the fruits of their labour. Thank you to Mrs Newman for coming up with the idea and Mr Conway for coordinating. Mr Crisell

Bridewell Debating Year 7 took part in the fi rst inter-school debate between Barrow Hills and King Edward’s Witley in the summer term. The motion was ‘This house would make attending lessons optional’. King Edward’s proposed and Barrow Hills opposed. Some great arguments were presented and good points made from the fl oor. Although the vote was inconclusive, with more abstentions than votes for or against, when the debaters were scored for the quality of their arguments and presentation, Barrow Hills were judged to have won, by a very narrow margin. Well done to Harry, Nicky and Toby. 72

Year 7 Residential What a fantastic residential this year 1944. We then went to a to Normandy! little biscuit factory, where the children were able to On Monday, we travelled by ferry and make (and eat!) biscuits. on arrival at the centre, we went for For lunch, we had a a walk to see the view of the cliffs, picnic at the ‘Batteries de followed by a lesson about fruits and Longues’, another site what to ask for at the market. of the D-Day landings. On Tuesday, the children had a French Afterwards, we had a lesson about places in town and lovely walk to the beach directions, then we went to a market. where we took part in a The children had fi ve euros each to buy scavenger hunt. Finally, some fruit to make a fruit salad. In the we visited the American afternoon, we went to a little harbour cemetery above Omaha called Port-en-Bessin. The children beach. Whilst there, we were given a sheet with directions to watched a short fi lm different places to fi nd and questions about letters from some to answer. The afternoon continued of the Americans who with a cheese tasting session and I was died during the Battle pleased to see that most children tried of Normandy. It was a very interesting Bob and Yvette, commented how much a variety of cheese. Finally, we walked and emotional day for the children, Mr they had enjoyed our visit, and our through the woods to visit a Second Kriehn and me. driver Adrian said that we were the World War German bunker. tidiest group he had for a while! On Thursday, we went to the Mont St Wednesday began with a visit to Michel, which is a couple of hours drive Madame Early the 360 degree circular cinema near from the centre. We had a picnic there Arromanche to watch a short fi lm about and on the way back we stopped for the Second World War. We then walked an ice-cream on a farm. For dinner, the to Arromanche where Bob, our guide, children had the opportunity to taste explained what had taken place there in snails for starter, followed by a BBQ. The boys were defi nitely braver than the girls! We were lucky with the weather, which was sunny but not too warm and the children were all well behaved. Our hosts,

Feeding the Homeless On Sunday 14th January, four Year 8 pupils (Amy, Bethany, Our children were fantastic, serving a three course lunch to over Alexander and Tomas) went to Bloomsbury Baptist Church with 60 guests and then clearing up, as well as taking the time to Mr and Mrs Crisell. The purpose of the visit was to see how the talk to many of those there. Amy, Bethany, Alexander and Tomas money we raised at harvest festival is used by the church. were a credit to Barrow Hills. It is so important, when we can, to give our children fi rst hand experience in seeing the difference Primarily, our donation contributes to a pot of funds created we can make when we are trying to help other people. This visit as a result of numerous charitable donations made throughout did exactly that. the year. One of the things the church offers is a weekly Sunday lunch for a number of homeless people, those in sheltered In assembly, the children gave a very clear account of how our accommodation and some who have mental health issues or community at Barrow Hills made a difference. The children were who are simply alone. each awarded a Green Commendation, well done and thank you. Trips and Visits 73

Trip to the British Film Institute On Thursday 8th February, 18 children from Year 7 and 8 went to The British Film Institute in London to see a few French films. We travelled by train and then walked to the BFI. We weren’t allowed phones, so we actually had to talk to each other! It was great to talk to people face to face and the journey went very quickly.

The first short film was called ‘Tea Time’ this was about an old lady upgrading her robot. But it turns out that the new robot is evil and controlling. The last short film was called ‘La queue de la souris’, this means All the films were cut into short clips and after each clip we had the mouse’s tail. This was about a mouse that was about to be to fill out a pack and then discuss with everyone. eaten by a lion but the mouse stops him and says he will get The second film was called ‘Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis’ this something better for him to eat. The lion ties the mouse to a was about a genie that was found in a ravioli can but the man piece of string. The mouse brings back lots of animals but the that found the genie was only granted two wishes not three… lion is about to eat the mouse but he realised the mouse has tied him up! The next film was called ‘French Roast’ this was about a man that couldn’t pay his bill and he kept ordering more and more We then had lunch. coffee. A nun sat next to him and a homeless man came. The We then watched a film that was about a hour and a half and it beggar asked for money and the nun pulls out a big wad of was about a boy who kept misinterpreting things it was very funny money. In the end the nun turns out to be a thief and she leaves but also very frustrating because the boy got everything wrong. in a hurry, leaving €500. The beggar picks it up and gives it This was a very fun day and I think everyone enjoyed it! to the man who couldn’t pay his bill. This film had a big story behind it and that is do not judge a book by its cover. Emily (8G)

Year 8 to the Ardèche On Saturday 23rd June, the excited Year 8, accompanied by Mrs Goddings and Mr Conway, set off on a coach to the Ardèche in the South of France. We enjoyed many different activities including caving, climbing, raft building and some team games. On Thursday we set off down the Ardèche for an exhilarating two day descent of the river, covering 26 kilometres and 24 rapids. We cooled down in the river when it was too hot. Overnight we slept under the stars on a tarpaulin. Thank you to Mrs Goddings and Mr Conway for taking us - we will never forget this amazing end to our Barrow Hills journey. 74 From the Chaplaincy

I can’t believe that this is the last time that I will be putting together a summary Life in the of a year in the life of the Barrow Hills Chapel this Year chaplaincy. I equally cannot believe that Masses and Services it is seventeen years since I fi rst came to Our school chapel has, Barrow Hills! I arrived not really knowing as usual, been at the how things were going to work out, heart of our school never having been a chaplain before, and life and therefore busy arriving in a school which hadn’t had a This year we had seven First Holy this year. We are all chaplain before. The initial few years were Communicants (Aoife, Dominic, Florence, very grateful to Father tricky until I became properly ‘part of the Anastasia, Theo, Sebastian and Conrad) David Parmiter (parish furniture’ and everyone became used to whose achievement we celebrated in a priest in Godalming) there being a school chaplain. I look back special assembly on Friday 15th June during for the numerous over the years and think of everything that which they were presented with the gift of times he came to has happened; the number of children a rosary and book. We were delighted to help us with various who have passed through the school and be able to share their and their family’s joy liturgies. We were the tremendous commitment of priests at such a special time in their faith journey. also delighted to see and bishops who have come to help me Father Peter Newsam in my work here. I am going to take this (parish priest in opportunity to name them all here by way Petworth) and Father of recognition of their services and also as Jeremy Garratt (parish a record of those who served us over the priest in Waterlooville). years (information which I am sure will be useful to someone in the years to come!) … Thank you to everyone who has supported Father Martin Ashcroft SSJ Exposition: Tuesdays 8am-8.30am our First Tuesday of Father Roger Barralet OFM One of the things I shall miss the most after the Month Masses. These have been Father Chris Benyon I have left Barrow Hills is the opportunity a true highlight for me and for all those Father Chris Bergin to spend a full 30 minutes sitting in the who were able to attend – what could Mgr Kieran Conry presence of Jesus. Jesus comes before us Father Brian Coyle be more wonderful than to start the day and makes himself present in exactly the Mgr Jeremy Garratt in the presence of our Maker, listening to same way that he made himself present Father Stephen Hardaker and receiving his Word and wisdom, his Father Nicholas Heap to those with whom he walked the earth forgiveness and his love. Father Jonathan How over 2,000 years ago. People came to him Father Korneliusz OFM The Church teaches that Lent is a time for and were transformed; they found what Father Patrick Lonsdale OFM doing more in terms of prayer, giving they were looking for or needed. Once I Father Tony Lovegrove and fasting. Barrow Hills entered, as it have left Barrow Hills the opportunity to Father Phelim McGowan SJ always does, into the spirit of Lent through sit quietly in a chapel in the true presence Father Bryan McGraw SDB its many and varied fundraising activities, of Jesus will be considerably reduced, and Father Fergal McGuinness this does make me sad. Hopefully, the new Father Richard Meyer the CAFOD Fast Day (which raised £1,020!) Mgr Richard Moth and, fi nally, a whole-school Service of chaplain will continue this tradition and will Father Peter Newsam Reconciliation which Fr David led for us. also be able to fi nd ways of attracting more Father Michael O’Kane OFM people into the chapel for what is one of On Friday 18th May we held our annual Father David Osborne the greatest privileges this school has. May Procession. The girls looked Father Francis Owen SSJ Father David Parmiter wonderful as they processed down the aisle Parents’ Prayers Father Michael Perry of our chapel bearing their beautiful fl owers This has had a mixed history! Over the to lay at the feet of the statue of Our course of the years there have been times My heartfelt apologies if I have left Lady. This year Florence had the honour of plenty and times of famine. I know anyone off what is an astonishing number of crowning the statue with an exquisite how much this liturgy has meant to those of priests who have given their time and crown created for us by Mrs Anne Bennett. parents who were able to come to what services to us over the years. Chaplaincy 75

has been an enduring and important aspect area (founded in 1944) and looks it! It is in a out and laid for Sunday lunch. By 1pm the of our school prayer life. Many ex-parents dreadful condition. There are two buildings, hall was filling up with a combination of have come back again and again, in order three classrooms in each. There are 384 church-goers and ‘gentlemen of the road’. to enjoy what has been a very calming children in the school. Their key need would Over the next hour and a half, our Year 8s half-hour liturgy of readings, prayers and probably be the complete refurbishment of were kept busy serving up and clearing away silence. I want to thank every single one the buildings and some furniture. a three course meal. After lunch had been of our parents, both present and previous, eaten and everyone had gone, they were Perhaps, however, one of the most exciting for their unfailing support of this liturgy, a then responsible for ensuring that all the prospects of being of real help to the liturgy which has been so very beneficial to tables were not only clear, but clean also. All entire town is the fact that Fada urgently both you and me. four children were absolutely magnificent, needs a lycée, that is to say the final three attracting many compliments not only from Christmas Service of Readings and Carols years of education to enable pupils to then the guests, but from the church leaders who Gosh, these have required a huge amount progress to university. Before we run a had helped me to set the event up. Two of work to put together over the years, mile at the prospect of financing a lycée, I years ago, when I was first looking for a but worth absolutely every effort. Many should point out that this is no more than charity which feeds the homeless and which of our parents have viewed the Barrow a block of four large classrooms – that’s it. would welcome the help of 13-year-olds, Hills Service of Readings and Carols as the Their needs are simple! it was no easy task. In fact, I had drawn a point at which their Christmas celebrations I do urge you all to really get behind our complete blank everywhere until I contacted started. I am so grateful to the many Burkina Faso project, particularly after my Dawn and Libby at the Bloomsbury Central children who, over the years, have stepped departure. I have visited our project there Baptist Church. We are very grateful to them up to read or sing, and grateful too for the every single year since 2005, and they for giving our students such a hands-on parents who decked the chapel in beautiful would continue to appreciate visits. In the experience of ministering to those who are decorations every year. Of course, without past Mrs Barraud and Mr Hatcher have homeless and hungry, and who have agreed the incredible talents and enthusiasm of Mr accompanied me, and I leave it to them to to us making this an annual Year 8 event. Wardell, these services would have been consider how Barrow Hills will continue to but a shadow of what they were. Year 8 Retreat: Tuesday 19th June do its best for those who have so little. I am very grateful to the local Trinity Trust Life Beyond Harvest Festival and helping the Team (Andy Poulsom, Matt Smith and the Chapel local elderly Arianna Pisetti) for leading what is always a day of fun but thought-provoking exercises One of the significant and plenty of outdoor play. In the past I have aspects of my work taken our Year 8s to the Franciscan Friary at Barrow Hills has in Chilworth (now a Benedictine Abbey) been the setting up and also the Holly Barn in Wintershall. and nurturing of our For the last few years, however, I have really important link Thank you to everyone who brought food taken them to Ladywell Convent where with the Catholic in to school on Friday 6th October 2017 the Sisters (Franciscan Missionaries of the schools of the diocese of Fada N’Gourma, and who then supported the sale of the Divine Motherhood, otherwise known as in eastern Burkina Faso. It began in 2005 food at the end of the day. We raised a the FMDMs) are always very attentive to when I went to set up a link between us terrific £508.74 which was given to the our needs and anxious to make sure we and St Benedict’s Primary School in Fada. Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church on are comfortable and have everything we Our support of St Benedict’s Primary School Shaftesbury Avenue where, every single need. We always have a great time and the over the years has genuinely resulted in its Sunday, they serve a full Sunday lunch to the location has proved to be perfect. becoming one of the best, with children local homeless. Building upon the success Farewells achieving a 100% success rate in passing of taking some Year 8 children to London We bid all our leavers a sad but excited their exams. In 2017 the direction of last year, we were again given permission to farewell on the last day of the school year, our project changed to include the other take four of our Year 8 children to experience confident that we have done our best schools which had looked on over the serving lunch to the homeless. This year to produce young people of integrity of years, hoping that some of the benefits of Mr & Mrs Crisell accompanied Alexander, whom we can all be justly proud. They the link with us would come their way. In Bethany, Tomas and Amy. After arriving at left with our love and prayers, as I know February 2018 I went to visit some of those Waterloo they walked to the church (which that I leave with your love and prayers. other schools. They all have basic needs, is on Shaftesbury Avenue), taking only about but perhaps the one which stood out the 25 minutes to get there. They were warmly Thank you to everyone who has been most was Simandari Primary School. This welcomed and taken to the church’s large such a help and support over the last 17 school is the second oldest school in the hall where all the tables were already set years. I will miss you all! Mrs Nicholls 76 School Council School Council 2017-18 School Council Members 2017-18 Year 3: Phoebe, Edward L Year 4: Rosie, Nathaniel, Conrad Year 5: Phoebe, Theo Year 6: Emma, Ben Year 7: Harry, Hermione Year 8: Amy and Oliver

Our School Council has had another busy year. In November, the Council collected old £1 coins for Children in Need. ‘Pudsey Bear’s Round Pound’ initiative raised £91.80, of which £57 was the old style pound coins.

During a chilly winter, the School Council ran incredibly popular hot chocolate sales, with all profits going towards a future young enterprise scheme. The School Council were kept incredibly busy making endless cups of hot chocolate with plenty of toppings! They raised a grand total of £142 so thank you very much to all the children and parents who supported this sale.

In March, the School Council ran a Dragon’s Den Challenge, open to all children in Years 3 to 8 who wanted to put their entrepreneurial skills to the test. Groups pitched their idea to School Council and were then given a loan to start their business idea. The children purchased their products over the Easter holidays ready to sell over a two week period in the summer term. Fortunately, all groups made a profit! The children gave away half of their profit to charity (Blue Cross) and kept the remainder for themselves!

Well done to our very successful business entrepreneurs:

Buy It, Use It, Love It Stationery - Aoife (3R), Eoin (5G) Water Bottles - Georgia (3R), Amelia (3G) Cook Book - Amy (8G), Harry (7G) Balloons - George (7G), Toby (7G) Survival Bags - Sebastian (4G)

Thank you to all those on the School Council this year and to Mrs Burnett for organising. Gillie Nicholls 77

Gillie Nicholls It is always hard to say goodbye to a to the lives of many who are a part of colleague but it is particularly hard when the Barrow Hills community and those that person has been a familiar face at that have been a part of the Barrow school for 17 years. Hills community.

Now, to put this into some sort of The difference she has made to a huge perspective and for a bit of fun, Mrs amount of people over the years is Nicholls, had a quick tot-up of what immeasurable. Not only this but she has worked tirelessly seventeen years of service has amounted People look for consistency, trust and love with her own charity Les Amis. Created to in terms of written and spoken words: and Mrs Nicholls has these in abundance. over 11 years ago and developed Monday assemblies: 220,000 words; ever since, you only have to read the Friday assemblies: 58,000 words; Pastoral Mrs Nicholls has provided more than the newsletters to know what a difference Newsletters: 374,000 words; Friday religious needs of a school. Her work she has made to so many women in need newsletters: 163,000 words. That is a lot of outside school is something to behold. of help in Burkina Faso. words! But every one of them, thoughtful, Her overwhelming commitment to others caring and often thought provoking. has been carried out effectively and with Mrs Nicholls, we are all sad to see you go love and dedication. but as you said to me, you feel you have Mrs Nicholls has not just been a chaplain come to the end of your journey here to us in that time but also a friend. Her She began our link with Saint-Benoît in and it feels right, however you know that door has always been open and I know Burkina Faso some 13 years ago, a bold, exciting new beginnings are right around many children, staff and parents have brave move but one she felt compelled the corner whatever they may be. I know popped in for a chat when things have not to do. Getting a school community on you will carry on with your work outside gone to plan and times have been diffi cult. board for something so unusual but vital Barrow Hills and continue to make a huge She has always, always been there for us. has without doubt been a huge challenge difference to the lives of others because There’s far more to being a chaplain than but one that she has continued to pursue that is what you do. booking priests and lighting candles. for staff, parents and children nearly 3000 miles away. Taking her lead, we have We wish you well Mrs Nicholls, we shall Her guidance, empathy, advice and above made a difference to so many people and certainly miss you, come back and see us all absolute faith, have made a difference learned many lessons along the way. whenever you wish, our door is always I don’t exaggerate when I say that she open. On behalf of the Barrow Hills has at times on leaving her own family, community past and present, thank you put herself in a degree of danger and so much for all you have done. Good luck certainly the unknown. It takes a brave and God bless. and committed person to do that. Mr Crisell 78

Senior Prefects and Captains 2017/2018 Head Girl Emily Forest School Alexander Head Boy Ben Humanities Tomas Kean Alexander Music Imogen, Julien McCormack Julian Pre-Prep Sam Murtough Amy Sport Matthew, Oscar, Harry Art Flyn, Max, Oliver Drama Eddie, Bethany Prize Day 79

1st in Year 6 - Alexander 2018 Scholarships & Awards Effort in 6G - Madeleine Effort in 6R - Sascha 11+ BARROW HILLS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS 2018/19 1st in Year 7 - Elena James - Sport Effort in 7G - Harry Xavier - Music Effort in 8G - Emily Fraser - Art In each Year one academic prize is awarded for 1st in exams. Alexander - Academic Effort prizes are then awarded according to the number of A Benjamin - Drama grades achieved throughout the year.

13+ LEAVERS’ SHIELDS SPECIAL AWARDS Benedict - Cranleigh - Eric Abbot Award Academic Progress - Julian Imogen - King Edward’s Witley - Academic and Music Scholarships Alfonso Sedati Cup (Written French) - Julien Eddie - King Edward’s Witley - Academic and Drama Scholarships All-Round Musician Cup - Julien Alexander - Worth Atkins Hockey Cup – Max Matthew - International School of Helsinki Barrow Hills Sportsman’s Cup - Harry Julien - King Edward’s Witley - Music Scholarship Beauclair Year 6 Maths Cup - Alexander Julian - King Edward’s Witley Bodsworth Cup – Anastasia Emily - Churcher’s College Borelli R.E. Cup - Bethany Flyn - King Edward’s Witley - Drama Scholarship Campbell-John Drama Cup - Bethany Max - Seaford College Coopper I.T. Cup - Eddie Bethany - Frensham Heights - Academic and Drama Scholarship Curtin Cricket Cup - Oscar Samuel - Charterhouse Davies English Cup - Oliver Oscar - King Edward’s Witley - Sports Scholarship Dr Booker All Round Best Student Cup - Alexander Tomas - King Edward’s Witley - Drama Scholarship Effort Cup for Ballet - Phoebe Amy - St Catherine’s Enrico Medi Cup (Oral French) - Matthew Oliver - King Edward’s Witley Esposito Football Cup - Matthew Harry - Seaford College - Sport Scholarship Farmer Rugby Cup – Eddie Alexander - Lord Wandsworth College - Drama Scholarship Forster Year 7 Maths Cup - Toby Garman Art Cup - Barnaby 11+ LEAVERS’ SHIELDS Hirst Cup - Alexander Hobbs Sports Cup - Madeleine Annabel - Churcher’s College Hodgson-King Cup for History - Benedict Edward - Royal Grammar School Holford Ballet Cup - Jessica Cillian - The Portsmouth Grammar School Hutchings Year 8 Maths Cup - Amy William - Rodborough James Brown DT Cup - Ilaria Madeleine - Churcher’s College - Academic scholarship La Berliere Cup (Year 7 French) - Harry Lily - Prior’s Field - Sport scholarship Latin Cup - Eddie Rory - Seaford College Liz O’Neill Cup - Sophie William - Seaford College MacMillan Acting Cup - Flyn Emma - Prior’s Field - Academic scholarship Navin Cup - Julian Michael - King Edward’s Witley Netball Cup - Lucy Jake - Rodborough Performing Arts Cup - Emily Fern - King Edward’s Witley - Academic and Drama scholarship Pollen Chorister Cup - Imogen FORM PRIZES Regina Caeli Cup - Tomas Rice Science Cup - Imogen 1st in Year 3 - Joshua Effort in 3G - Molly Sommer Rounders Cup - Madeleine Effort in 3R - Charlie St Pier Cup - Lucy 1st in Year 4 - Nathaniel Taylor Best Endeavour - Samuel Effort in 4G - Beatrix Victor Ludorum - Harry Effort in 4R - Ruby and Sophie Victrix Ludorum - Elena 1st in Year 5 - Barnaby Wilde Hockey Trophy - Benedict Effort in 5G - Alexander Wyatt Humanities Cup - Imogen Effort in 5R – Holly Zante Art Cup - Amy A R D U M A M J O R A P A R A

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