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THE 2016-17 Academic highlights Music Significant achievements in 2016/17 Choirs, concerts and all that jazz Boarding Masterplan So much more than a sleepover! Our latest improvements and investments — Askham — Welcome A very warm welcome to the latest edition of Rural Pub & Dining our whole school yearbook. Looking through these pages, I am astounded A very warm welcome to the latest edition of and heartened by the amount that has been our whole school yearbook. Following the move achieved by pupils, parents and staff during of Years 7 & 8 to our College site at the start the last academic year. From the successful of the year, Ranby House as a 3 to 11 school, move of Year 7 & 8, to the outstanding Oxbridge now celebrates the successes of our youngest results, the ongoing Master plan improvements, learners to our oldest pupils in Year 6. to an additional 40 students choosing to join us during the school year; it’s been a record- Capturing the achievements of every child in breaking year in many respects. one publication, each year, is quite a daunting challenge! I therefore hope you enjoy the themed This has also been the year that we have made approach of this year’s publication. The aim is great strides in bringing our two sites together to give you a snapshot of life and learning at our under one clear identity, with a new parent app school and the wide variety of opportunities and website both reflecting our status as a 3-18 and experiences every child has access to. The school. But there is more to do – and as we head tangible buzz of learning excitement that starts into the new school year, I look forward to the in Nursery and runs through the school on a day opportunities and developments as we bring our to day basis and is captured in the articles and two schools ever closer together. extracts included in this edition. Finally, whether you are reading this as a parent, Our children continue to grow and develop as colleague, governor, current future or past independent, adaptable, resilient learners in pupil – I hope you will enjoy celebrating the all that they do and I am exceptionally proud of achievements of the last academic year and join them all. As the oldest pupils, our Year 6 children me in wishing our outgoing Upper Sixth the very have excelled themselves this year as Heads, best of wishes for the future. Deputies, Captains and Senior Leaders of School. There is something here for everyone; Semper ad coelestia I therefore wish you happy reading! Christian Pritchard Gavin W Horgan MA (Oxon) MA, BA (Hons) Worksop College Headmaster Prep School Headmaster Joe Root Profile p4 House Reports - Worksop College p24 Exam Results p6 Drama p32 New Staff p8 Design & Technology p34 Academic Highlights p10 Art & Photography p35 EYFS p12 Music p36 Key Stage 1 p13 North Notts p38 Bookings 01777 83 85 64 contents Years 3 & 4 p14 Masterplan p40 Town Street, Askham, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0RS Years 5 & 6 p15 Sports Reports p41 House Reports - Ranby House p16 Combined Cadet Force p56 /DukeWilliamAskham @TheDukeWilliam [email protected] Boarding p20 WCPA p58 The Worksopian / 2016-17 Photo credit: Mitch Gunn / Shutterstock “He practised with a real sense of purpose, which you don’t see very often with 15-year-old boys,” said Parkin. “Guys that age often get bored – but “Guys that age often Rooty practised like an adult. He would just want to hit ball after ball.” get bored – but Rooty “He was still small at the time so he couldn’t score practised like an adult. quickly – but he could bat all day. If we had 150 to knock off Joe would be 50 not out at the end. He He would just want to hit felt under pressure to develop ways of scoring but we always wanted him to keep his technique ball after ball.” because that was what would help him make it in the professional game. Around this time, he Joe’s Test debut quickly followed (2012) where he experimented with becoming a 360-degree impressed from the start and his career statistics player and used his hockey and squash skills speak for themselves across all three formats, as to work on sweeps and reverse sweeps. This well as being ranked the number two Batsman in helped him to score as he found it hard clearing the world in 2015. the 30-yard circle. I remember him getting quite frustrated at his lack of power!” Joe had had limited Captain experience to this point, having captained Yorkshire on the odd Joe left Worksop College after completing GCSEs, occasion, as well as England Lions. deciding to concentrate all efforts on becoming a professional cricketer – but played his first “This is not uncommon in the modern era of Yorkshire second team game whilst still at school, Cricket”, said Parkin. “Players rarely get to cut scoring a 50 against Derbyshire. their teeth as Captains in County Cricket, due to the relentless international schedule. It seems After leaving Worksop College in 2008, Joe went that most have to learn on the job and it’s clear on to play 2nd XI cricket for Yorkshire and carried that the ECB think Joe is the man, having been Joe on representing England at age-group level. made Vice-Captain at an early age.” “He grew physically, really quickly at this point “The job’s highly pressurised,” says Ian. “But he’s and this caused him a few issues”, said Parkin. got a great team of people behind him and a “It played around with his weight distribution great family.” at the crease, so he had to work really hard with Martin Moxon at Yorkshire, to amend his style and stop falling over. Joe overcame his Talent for cricket? We offer sports scholarships difficulties and broke into Yorkshire’s first team, all year round. Get in touch and see if Worksop Root has been a After speaking with Matt and Helen scoring runs at County Championship level, and College could be right for you. 01909537100 busy year Root (Joe’s parents) it was clear that Joe then being selected for England’s Lions. “It was [email protected] The so far for wanted an education that incorporated a rapid rise,” added Parkin, “and it was clear former as much cricket as possible. Joe’s that he was demonstrating the ability to stay meteoric 2017Worksop College pupil, Joe Root. father understood the importance of at the crease for long periods of time. Around Becoming a father for the first time, education – as a cricketer who had this time, he used to come back to the College with the birth of Alfred William Root in himself played at 2nd XI level and won to pick his brother up and would have a hit on rise of a January, Joe was appointed England’s Test the National Knockout with Sheffield a Friday afternoon with the first team lads and Captain just a month later. We reflect on Collegiate. help them out. He is just that kind of lad and he cricket Joe’s time at Worksop College and what has never changed since really. I remember in he’s achieved in the decade since he left us. Joe and brother Billy (now contracted to particular one net in the indoor school and he Nottinghamshire CCC) joined the school just looked amazing. We had guys here like Brett superstar “We first came across Joe when he shortly afterwards, with both being Hutton from Notts and England 19s and Lewis scored 80 for King Ecgbert’s School awarded a cricket scholarship – and Bramley who played for Lincolnshire 1st XI and against us at under-15 level, said Ian joining as a weekly boarder meant that he just shone. His bat looked massive and he hit Parkin, the Cricket master. “He just Joe was able to practise after school every ball in the middle! He looked like a man in stood out – right from the start.” and then again after prep in the evening a boy’s world, even though he was a similar age. as well, which gave him the intensive This was the first time that I thought ‘he could training needed to excel. go all the way.” 4 5 The Worksopian / 2016-17 The Prefects of 2016-17 PURPLE GOWNS HOUSE CAPTAINS AND BLUE GOWNS Oliver T. Dane (S) Captain of School Kathleen R. Robertson (D) Charlotte Docherty (G) Madeleine E. Foulds (D) William T.K. Hayman (M) Captain of School George T. Finlay (P) Isaac B. Parkin (Pt) David N. Bates (T) Hannah E.G. Smith (Pt) Coming to the College from Ranby House, Sabina Vice Captain of School Amelia A. Wells (SH) Schneider, was awarded an outstanding 10* Samuel J. Ratcliffe (S) grades, and a modest Jorge Stevenson achieved Emma Cheong (G) James Holden (T) 9 top grades saying “I thought I’d completely Vice Captain of School Phasu Chomsomboon (T) failed Spanish!”. Being a twin seemed to be Nick H. Hobbs (M) synonymous with top awards too, as Harry and Phoebe D.K. Leach (D) Tom Goodman as well as Charlotte and Alex Genevieve G. Moore (D) Kelham, achieved far higher grades than they Abby V. O’Donoghue (SH) were predicted and were all, understandably, Chloe F. Penty (D) delighted with their results. Martha J. Raymer (SH) Charlotte A. Robertson (D) Mr Horgan said: “We measure ourselves on the Nonoka Sasaki (G) value we add, not meaningless league tables. Alicia Shuker (SH) The results represent the hard work of pupils, Kashyap Suresh (T) teachers and the support of parents – it is that Katie E.