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Lent Term The 2015 QuadLANCING COLLEGE REVIEW Music:The beating heart of Lancing ‘Tis Pity pushes boundaries DOUGHNUT ADDICTS raise £10K WWI in Poetry and Art Welcome... Contents 4 Short Stories: Lent Term News 9 Art and Poetry of the Great War 10 Lent Term News - continued 12 House Plays 13 ‘Tis Pity Review 14 Charities’ Term 15 Lent Term News - continued 18 Music of the Lent Term 22 Guy Jones Travel Award 2014 Report 24 Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards 25 A Tea Break with ... 26 Lancing Prep at Hove 28 Lancing Prep Worthing 30 The Foundation Office 32 OL News 2 The Quad ∙ Lent 2015 With the joyful indulgence of Christmas Lancing is thriving and as we look celebrations behind us for another year towards Easter and new, refreshed and summer glories still to come, this beginnings, it is exciting to think of is rarely a glamorous term. Lancing, what the next months will bring. In as ever, bucks that trend. As this the meantime we should applaud edition of The Quad testifies this has those who have moved so seamlessly been eleven weeks where alongside all from giving breath to Messiah to the the necessary graft of preparation for breathlessness of that ever-challenging examinations, we have seen powerful Lancing signature event which is the drama, a panoply of music, feats of League Run. Whether up hill and down sporting prowess and impressive dale, or across Bach’s dramatic and achievement and fulfilment in all sorts mountainous musical landscape, there is of other spheres too. Thousands have a great deal to applaud and to celebrate. been raised for House charities, the tally of concerts and recitals continues to rise, with everything from raucous House songs to the moving cadences of Mozart and Elgar, and you can read here of Lancing life from the blood-soaked pathos of ‘Tis Pity to the exploits of our sports teams. In the meantime, Lancing’s own mock election excitements are gathering pace alongside the real thing; I don’t think the televised debates will have half the pepper and vim of those we are scheduling for next term. Look out Cameron, Miliband and co. Dominic Oliver Head Master Lancing College Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0RW Tel: 01273 452213 Fax: 01273 464720 email: info@lancing.org.uk www.lancingcollege.co.uk We welcome your feedback and suggestions to: quad@lancing.org.uk The Quad ∙ Lent 2015 3 SHORT STORIES Lent Term news in brief WORLD CLASS SOUTHERN SCHOOLS BOOK AWARD 2015 Jasmine Taylor-Hutton writes This year marked the 10th anniversary of the Southern Schools about her participation in the Book Award, a presentation evening which has gone from British Junior Open at which strength to strength since the first event in which only nine squash players from a number schools participated. of different countries compete The 2015 SSBA presentation evening in January, hosted by last in this ‘world championship year’s winner Kevin Brooks, was attended by 300 students and for juniors’: staff from 34 state and independent schools in Kent and Sussex. During the Christmas The students, mostly aged 13 to 14, had read and voted for all five holidays I travelled up to titles on the shortlist and were on the edge of their seats, eagerly Sheffield to play in the British anticipating the results of the voting. Lydia Brown from the Third Junior Open which is the oldest Form writes: junior tournament in the world. On 9 January, five Third Formers travelled to Roedean School I was playing in the Under 17 for the presentation evening of the Southern Schools Book category (for 15-16 year olds) Award. This award is where the winners are decided by pupils and all the girls I played were themselves. Last term we had all read the five shortlisted books, a year older than me. I entered and voted for our favourite. We arrived at the theatre and Kevin the competition unseeded and Brooks, last year’s SSBA winner, was presenting the evening. so I had to work hard. I won After each author had talked about their books, there was a my first match against an Irish special Extraordinary Award (to celebrate the tenth anniversary player 3-0 and my second, also SMUDGER RETIRES of the awards) which was given to Helen Watts for her amazingly 3-0, against a highly ranked Farewell to Chris Smith aka powerful book One Day in Oradour. Then the highly commended Welsh player who was seeded Smudger, who has been fixing author was announced: Nick Lake for Hostage Three. Finally, the in the tournament. I managed the plumbing at Lancing winner was announced as Sophie McKenzie for her book Split to reach the top 16 round but College for the last 17 years. Second. These two were our group’s favourites so we were very narrowly lost in a tight four set Chris was known for his pleased! match to an Egyptian girl who gallant fundraising efforts After the awards we had an opportunity to meet the authors went on to reach the semi- for local charities (we won’t and buy some of their other books with a token that we received. finals. My final placing was mention the green mankini!) It was a very enjoyable experience and a great way to discover 16th, which for my first year and his never-ending stream of new books. playing in this tournament is bad jokes. We wish him all the extremely pleasing. very best in his retirement. OXBRIDGE OFFERS Many congratulations to our pupils who have recently received Oxbridge offers: Tara Slade, to read Medicine at Gonville and Caius, Cambridge; Jack McMinn, to read Natural Sciences JOE NAUGHALTY (Biology) at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Brandon Clifford, to A warm welcome to Joe read Mathematics at St Anne’s College, Oxford; and Matt Gurtler, Naughalty, who has joined to read Modern and Medieval Languages (German and Russian) the College this term as at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Director of Hockey. Joe, who started playing hockey for CONGRATULATIONS ... his local club, Weston-Super- ... to David Harvey, Mare, when he was 13, is an Housemaster of Second’s, international hockey player and his wife Helen on the with Wales and back to back safe arrival of their daughter national indoor champion Caroline (Caro) Nina on 14 with club side East Grinstead. January, a sister for Seth. His hockey career took off after a move to Cardiff Met Also to Head of University and he went on to Photography, Tim Auty, score 75 National League goals on his marriage to Yvonne in Cardiff before moving to during the Christmas play for East Grinstead Hockey holidays. Club in September 2012. 4 The Quad ∙ Lent 2015 SPANISH TRIP TO BFI DANIEL FINLAY ACT SUSSEX SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY Emma Pappenheim, Lower DRAMA WORKSHOP Fifteen of Lancing’s athletes competed in the Sussex Schools’ Sixth, reports on the Spanish Tom Armstrong, Lower Sixth, Cross-Country Championships on 14 January. Seven gained trip to the BFI: writes: county selection: Isabella Molinaro, Angelica Aldington-Hunt, On 16 January a group The Drama Scholars were Tommy Blanden, Grace Hanna, Issy Holt, Flo Margaroli and Felia of A Level Spanish students treated to a fun and thought Inglis. Congratulations to the Senior Girls’ team who finished in travelled to the British Film provoking workshop run by second place, losing out to the winners by only three points. Institute on the South Bank Daniel Finlay from Brighton’s in London to spend the day Academy of Creative Training learning about Spanish cinema, (ACT). We began with warm focusing in particular on the up exercises and then went on lesser well known director to devise pieces which would Fernando Trueba. We spent the test our skills on how to think morning listening to a detailed of a simple story line and then talk about the director, some of develop it. It made us all think his films and his inspirations. on our feet but also try and We learnt that he is a diverse link our performances with director who produces a wide real life situations; in our case variety of films such as dramas, the subject was tension. We documentaries, comedies and then had to perform the same cartoons. In the afternoon we piece but edit it down to just watched one of his most well five lines of dialogue, a difficult known films, La niña de tus ojos task but a good challenge (trans. The Girl of Your Dreams). which we tried to meet with The story was about a group of precision and expertise. It was Spanish film makers who travel an enjoyable afternoon and to Berlin to make two versions some very valuable skills were of a film: one in Spanish and learnt in the process. one in German. The film makers think they are leaving behind the terrors of the Spanish Civil War but they end up in a situation just as bad, in the midst of the Nazi takeover. Despite the depressing circumstances, the film had some very comic moments and I found it very enjoyable and TOP OF THE BENCH interesting. Laura Partridge, Lydia Brown, Russell Woodger and Henry Steele represented Lancing against nine other schools in the RSC’s recent LIVING FOR SPORT Top of The Bench Chemistry competition. The Lancing team gave On 28 January, Lancing College was privileged to have a visit a terrific performance, both in the practical and written elements from Steve Brown, Paralympian and Captain of the GB Rugby and finished in third place, only five points behind the winners Wheelchair team.