!e Wyvern 2017 – 2018 REFLECTIONS OF A YEAR AT QUEEN’S COLLEGE Table of Contents The Head’s Welcome

Welcome to the latest edition of the Wyvern as we look back over the The Head’s Welcome 3 2017–18 school year at Queen’s College. Highgrove Nursery 4 Nursery School 5 It has been another wonderful year of achievement for our school Pre-Prep 6 and its students – with more celebrations on the horizon. Reception 7 Since I was appointed Head Teacher two years ago, there Year 1 8 has been a strong focus on establishing Queen’s as a school Year 2 9 which puts pupil welfare at the heart of its thoughts, words Junior School Review 10 and deeds. !e tone for the success of last year was set Junior Houses 11 in September when we were visited by the Independent Junior Music and Drama 12-13 Schools Inspectorate for a full inspection. We were Junior Sport 14-15 justi"ably delighted that they recognised the hard work Ardeche Trip 16-17 carried out over the past two years and we were pleased that Wyvern Competition 17 they experienced a real sense of our community when they Cotlake House 18 visited us. Moving On From Junior School 19 Senior Review of the Year 20-21 Queen’s also commemorated 40 years since we became fully Arriving Pupils 22-23 co-educational and it has been a joy to welcome back many of the Performing Arts Review 24-25 "rst cohort of female students. As you will see in this Wyvern, we A Midsummer Night’s Dream 26-27 have much to celebrate in so many areas – the stage, the sports "eld and Annie 28 the debating arena, to name just three. However, we should not forget the huge amount of work Belle 29 which has taken place in the classroom by our students, supported, of course, by our dedicated Music 30-31 and hard-working teaching sta#. Art 32-35 Sports Review 36-37 !e "nal celebrations of the year took place during the summer when all the hard work was Girls’ Hockey 38-39 rewarded with another set of outstanding exam results. We are particularly pleased with the Boys’ Hockey 40-41 number of the highest grade awarded to our A Level students and with their success in gaining Rugby 42-43 places at "rst-choice universities, including our Oxbridge candidates and those students aspiring Athletics 44 to careers in medicine. Tennis 45 Cricket 46-47 !e emphasis we place on developing independent learning and thinking enabled us to achieve Badminton 48 excellent results in the EPQ (Extended Project Quali"cation) undertaken by some of our Sixth Canoe Polo 48 Form students. We were also extremely proud of our GCSE results – achieved a$er two years of Swimming 49 uncertainty, during which both teachers and pupils have been challenged by the change in system. Cross Country 50 Every student completing the two-year GCSE course achieved "ve or more 9-4 grades, while the Basketball 50 overall pass rate was better than last year’s "gure – itself the best since 2012. In addition, students Netball 51 also achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in ten subjects. Across the exam results, our aspiration to Equestrian 52-53 focus on the individual and their achievements has once again proved successful. Hutton House 54-55 School House 56 Speech Day 2018 marked 175 years, almost to the day, since the "rst children started at the school, Channon House 57 and the 2018–19 school year will see an exciting programme of events to mark the anniversary. Fielding House 58 Changes have happened throughout our history and, over the coming years, we must continue to Laker House 59 evolve and improve in order to establish strong foundations for the next 175 years. Ashurst House 60 Sibly House 61 We hope you will join us in more celebrations here at Queen’s next year. Students By House 62-63 Trips 64-65 Outdoor Pursuits 66 Model United Nations 67 Sixth Form 68 Leaving Staff 69-71 Dr Lorraine Earps Leavers 72-73 Head Teacher Old Queenians 74-75

2 3 NURSERY SCHOOL NURSERY SCHOOL HIGHGROVE NURSERY SCHOOL n January 12, 2018, Highgrove celebrated its hat an exciting year the Nursery Osecond anniversary, sharing some delicious WSchool children have had! !e Peter Rabbit-themed cupcakes with all of the Autumn Term kicked o# with a topic families who had made the year so wonderful. about food and included a visit from Gnorman the Gnome and his Senior School friends from our Catering team Highgrove has continued to go from strength who brought a healthy eating tasting to strength, providing the best possible care platter for them to explore some new for children in their earliest years. !is year, a foods. big focus for us has been developing stronger partnerships within the larger Queen’s College family. Miss Hayes from Nursery School has spent We held our "rst ‘Bring your the year with us forming bonds with sta#, children Grandparent to Nursery School week’ and families alike. this year and it was a great success with several grandparents joining the children in a variety of cra$, cooking It has already proven to be a great success in and gardening sessions. !e term ended forming positive and trusting relationships – with a special Christmas treat to the essential for smoother transitions onto the next Brewhouse to watch an enchanting step of their educational journey at Queen’s. puppet production called ‘Snow Mouse’ before the children took home all their Earlier in the autumn, the children had lots of wonderful Christmas cra$s. opportunity to explore autumnal change. !ey growing vegetables and cooking with them. Amira engaged in a multitude of activities across the has focused on encouraging interest and promoting During the Spring Term, the children wider college campus: making a scarecrow, healthy eating habits by involving them in growing, turned their attention to some of creating bird nests with items they had foraged, harvesting, washing and preparing the vegetables for their favourite nursery rhymes such using magnifying glasses to seek out bugs and meals during the nursery day. as ‘What’s the Time, Mr Wolf?’ and creating pictures for harvest using vegetables. ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ when they were introduced to the concept of time, Ensuring we are forming and maintaining strong before discovering what really happened In the spring, the children were excited to see partnerships with the families has also continued

HIGHGROVE to Humpty Dumpty when our own HIGHGROVE some snow! Puddleducks and Tiggywinkles had a to be a priority. We have held events such as co#ee homemade Humpty really did fall o# the brilliant time in the garden, throwing snowballs, mornings, invited grandparents in to read stories, wall! !is theme was also the focus of making snow men and creating marks using their welcomed parents in for stay and play sessions and we several musical workshops which were hands. Cottontails also joined in the action, but also held our "rst Saturday ‘Summer Family Fun’ day run as part of our partnership across the within the warmth of the nursery, by taking snow in mid-July. We also collectively supported events such whole of the Nursery Phase within the inside for them to explore, too. as the Macmillan Co#ee Morning and Sport Relief, Queen’s College family. while Royal Wedding fever gave everyone the chance Progressing through the summer term, our chef to dress up to join in the celebrations. Amira, who, for the second year running, achieved !e Summer Term brought the magic and wonder of looking a$er our very a "ve-star rating for the Highgrove kitchen, has We are all excited and looking forward to see what the own brood of caterpillars. Each day, been spending more time with the older children, new academic year may bring! the children carefully monitored the caterpillars as they gorged themselves on special food until it was time for each of them to turn into a chrysalis. A$er a little patience, "nally, one eagle-eyed child spotted our very "rst butter%y begin to push its way into the world. Over the next couple of days, one by one, each chrysalis hatched and the children watched them feed on nectar and orange juice before, much to everyone’s delight, we released them into the garden. Our minibeast topic then culminated with a visit from a beekeeper to teach us the importance of looking a$er bees and we 5 4 had the chance of a lovely taste of honey. 5 PRE-PREP t is always such a pleasure watching our Pre-Prep Ipupils progress over their time with us – from those "rst tentative steps when the children start in Reception through to our Year 2 pupils who are excited about moving on to the new challenges they’ll face in the Junior School. RECEPTION RECEPTION !roughout the year, children have developed their RECEPTION con"dence and personal skills through the range of activities o#ered to them, from singing and acting in he Reception classes have had an action- and the Somerset Fire Service. !e children enjoyed our Christmas Play through to the whole-College dance Tpacked year. In the Autumn Term, the learning how our emergency services support the show ‘Belle’. !e many extra-curricular clubs, including children participated in a Reception favourite community and continued this in their role play Singing Squad, Summer Games, Crazy Cricket, Mindful by visiting Charlton Orchard to see the apple areas. Colouring and our Cookery Club have all enhanced our harvest and taste fresh apple juice. pupils’ learning beyond the classroom. We celebrated the Royal Wedding in Reception by Forest School has been a highlight throughout holding our own play ceremony and enjoyed a tea Forest School activities develop our pupils’ con"dence, the year, with the children witnessing changing party in the sunshine. !e children wrote their own team-building skills, and they gain a greater seasons by collecting conkers, making snowmen invitations and designed a wedding cake. understanding of safe risks and what their bodies can do and looking for signs of spring. safely, particularly when climbing trees. Science Day was a great success with the children During the Spring Term, as part of our topic learning all about the importance of our oceans and Our pupils taking Speech lessons have done on People Who Help Us, we were lucky to have how we can do our best to keep them safe for our tremendously well this year, performing at the Taunton a number of visitors including Nurse Emma sea life. Speech Festival and taking their Vanguard Speech Walburn from our own medical centre, PC Parry exams, showing increased con"dence when speaking to a large audience. PRE-PREP PRE-PREP

!roughout the year we have seen the children make excellent progress both in the classroom and beyond, demonstrating that we o#er our pupils the very best skills for life.

7 6 YEAR 2 YEAR 2 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 Autumn Term !en they went to the Rural Life Museum in Autumn Term Summer Term ear 1 focused on the story of the Glastonbury where they made drop scones owards the end of the term, the Year 2 Forest School was lots of fun for Year 2 and YLighthouse Keeper’s lunch. !ey learned and rag rugs by hand. Tchildren visited Mountbatten Nursing we covered a large amount of our Science about their senses and, as part of the taste Home and sang their Christmas Nativity curriculum in this ‘outdoor classroom’. By testing, made a variety of sandwiches of Summer Term songs. !e residents really enjoyed the visit, going on a ‘bug’ hunt, the children learnt their own. Forest School sessions introduced with many of them clapping and humming about habitats and why animals choose to Year 1 found out how to grow their own bean the children to cooking on a camp"re and along to the children’s singing, who were live where they do. !ey made ‘bug hotels’ plants. !ey wrote “Bean Diaries” each week they made delicious treats from popcorn to then rewarded with a drink and a biscuit. by whittling elder to remove the bark and to note their observations and they wrote s’mores. poking out the inner pith. A$er a leaf their own versions of Jack and the Beanstalk. Spring Term identifying activity, the children looked at In Forest School, the children used tools how many di#erent shades of green they Spring Term such as bow saws, hand drills and hacksaws As part of our learning about healthy eating, had found in the woods, and then back in Year 1 concentrated on wildlife in Britain, to make a variety of cra$s. the Year 2 children visited the Rural Life the classroom, they were given the challenge museum to learn about where our food and they had a wonderful trip to Escot to !e "nal half of term focussed on seaside to create these ‘greens’ by only using blue, look at lives and habitats of lynx, grey wolves comes from, how it is harvested, and to try yellow, white and black paint. Building a holidays in Victorian times and now. !e out some farming techniques from the past. and red squirrels. !e children also looked at children found out about the various seaside camp"re and toasting marshmallows was a the Victorians and had workshops with the It was a brilliant day, and the children asked particular highlight and provided us with activities on o#er in Victorian times. !en many thoughtful and interesting questions. Museum of Somerset to experience life as a they went to Charmouth to go rock-pooling well-deserved treats in the form of s’mores. Victorian child in school. and fossil hunting. YEAR 1 YEAR 1

8 9 Ami Balasubramaniam Mate Mayer Isabella Amesbury Evelyn Riches Anu Balasubramaniam !eo Mcfadyen Zane Assal Ashton Rigby JUNIOR SCHOOL Joseph Ball Joseph Osman Felicity Cook Lucienne Rigby unior Speech Day proved a joyous celebration of another Archie Brierley James Phillipson-Curry Holly Downward Al"e Rucklidge Jsuccessful year. !e Headmistress, Mrs Tracey Freya Brierley Oscar Reason Olivia Higdon Eleanor Scho"eld Khodabandehloo, looked back over the past 12 months Tom Brown Florence Regan Eloise Hill Francesca Smith and also told how the school had retained the same You You Chin Tabitha Saunders values it held when Queen’s was founded almost Dylan Holberry Adam Smyth exactly 175 years ago. Megan Clark Ben Seddon Oliver Jebjerg Archie Wade !omas Clark Rosie Seddon Natasha Jewitt Frederick Walburn Highgrove Nursery continued to prove very Lily Colman Hannah Stevenson Noah Jones Nayan Wasu popular, while the Nursery team worked hard to Amalie Craig Hugh Stevenson Freya Lumsden !omas Wilcox prepare children for life in the Reception class. William Exley Archie Walter Meanwhile, Pre-Prep continued to be a place Felix Needham Flynn Williams where young people were given the best foundation Clara Gill Oliver Webster Hugh Pluckwell Liv Williams for learning. Molly Johnson Ben Weeks Benjamin Porter Oliver Wilson Samia Johnson Jamie Weeks Jasmine Porter Evie Yip Moving on to Junior School, Mrs Khodabandehloo Wilfred Kennen Oliver Wilson said the gentle teaching of good manners, politeness and Edward Preece Catriona Wombwell respect for others was as prized today as it would have been in 1843. She told of a letter received from a couple who had spoken to Year 5 pupils during a recent visit to the Haynes Motor Museum. BLACKDOWNS BRENDONS Our children showed such a level of maturity in listening, responding and engaging in converation that it had le$ them overwhelmed. One of the Science themes this year had been the environment and particularly single-use plastics. As a result of their "ndings, the School caterers were reviewing the use of non-recyclable waste in packed lunches. JUNIORJUNIOR What a wonderful example of the school motto – ‘We learn not for school but for life’ – in action. Mrs Khodabandehloo’s review included Year 3 meeting the Countess of Wessex at Queen’s, outstanding music and the Junior School play, ‘Olivia’, which was a resounding success. !ere were also numerous highlights in sport including the Year 6 girls, who had never lost a regular hockey or netball match in their four years at Queen’s. HOUSESHOUSES Meanwhile, only the previous day, four Junior pupils had competed at the National Prep Schools Athletics Championships, with one winning gold MENDIPS QUANTOCKS and another reaching her "nal. Mrs Khodabandehloo paid tribute to all of the teaching sta#, including those who were leaving at the end of term. Sha"n Akhtar Kitty McAlonan Maryam Alsaidi Mia McAree Ali Al Boukan !omas Nash Nina Brannan Peter McGivern She also praised the Year 6 children – about to move on to the next stage of their education – saying: “You Mohammad Al Boukan Calum Ormerod James Brooks William Milmer certainly have lived up to your early promise.” William Barnes Eliza Pickup Tristan Burr Benjamin Naguib Charles Biggs Harrison Porter Amy Chen Malcolm Nyansambo Referring to the 175th anniversary, Mrs Charlie Bolland Angelica Richardson Emily Chisholm Melvin Nyansambo Khodabandehloo referred to the "rst Headmaster Hannah Chisholm Edward Randolph of Queen’s, !omas Sibly, who believed that the Jasmine Bolland Greta Siakou"s children should always come "rst and that sta# Lily Bramston Alfred Sidney Agnes Copeland Caspar Reeves were there to serve them. Keanu Campbell Amelia Sidney Isabelle Criddle Matilda Ruthven Isabella Corp-Hill Tasanee Smith William Fewings Chloe Taylor She added: “Please understand that this is Araya Glanvill !omas Taylor also our belief and that we all appreciate you Adam Crompton Sophie Smy Claire Handel Finlay Twiss JUNIOR SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL entrusting your children into our care.” Christian Davies Charlotte Still Gwynneth Ellis Henry Still Jack Hardy Lucy Wake"eld Lachlan Evans Euan !ompson Ruben Khakhar Abhiroop Walia Coby Gardner Melissa Ture Charlie King Erin Whitelam Eliza Hopwood Kazusa Yoshimasu Francesca Lawrence Sam Zomorrodian Benjamin Mark Mayu Yoshimasu Archie Ledger- Ralph Zwarteveen 10 Wielkopolski 11 treat to also take both Clarinet and Trumpet Groups, who gave well polished performances. All the children sang some fun Christmas, sing-along repertoire, accompanied by sleigh bells and coconuts (donkey hooves!). !e children had a chance to have a drink and meet the residents a$erwards, which was enjoyed by all. Well done, everyone. You represented the Junior School admirably and we are really proud of you.

Manor Nursing Home Concert Queen’s was incredibly proud of the behaviour and musicianship shown by our "$een Junior musicians at our concert for the Manor Nursing Home, Bishop’s Hull. A group began with several bravely tackled rounds and short pieces. Jasmine Porter played MUSIC AND DRAMA Grandparents’ Day Concert two oboe solos, with Shintaro Kurata Our visiting grandparents enjoyed a and Tasanee Smith performing on Olivia! varied and exciting concert. Junior clarinet and Tom Clark on recorder. Joe Ball and Ben Naguib treated Congratulations to cast, crew, Choir opened the programme with the audience to guitar solos and musicians and technicians on an ‘Give It All You’ve Got’ (special mention You You Chin performed ‘Raiders amazing production of ‘Olivia!’. !is must go to Will and Melvin, our March’ on the cello, which had version of the musical was written by rapping soloists) and Mission Control, some of the listeners singing along. Malcolm Sircom, and the children featuring many brave Year 4 soloists. Eleanor Scho"eld concluded the did a fantastic job bringing the Ten Year 6 musicians sang solos or solo items by singing ‘Memory’ from adventure alive. We took a magical performed on a variety of instruments ‘Cats’, demonstrating commendable trip through Victorian London which and it was wonderful to see both their concentration in a busy environment. was brought to life with the help of con"dence and their enjoyment. Speech !e children represented Queen’s Junior School Junior School Mr Phil Dudman’s incredible set. pupils added some excellent prepared with distinction and the Under 13 Band, a new ensemble formed this admirably and enjoyed meeting the Choir Trophy. What a jubilant end to term, delighted the audience with !is show was a big undertaking for reading, poems and acting pieces to the programme, which was then residents for a quick chat a$erwards. a fantastic fortnight! Very well done, their %air and competence. the children. !ey did incredibly Well done, everyone! everyone, and a special mention to our well to learn and perform the big concluded by Senior Choir with moving Our choirs also had their turn in performances of ‘Memory’ and ‘Believe’. Junior School Director of Music, Miss the spotlight. Junior Choir made show tunes with the guidance of Sarah Scutt, for her fabulous teaching !ank you for such an enjoyable concert. Rotary Party the audience smile at their version the wonderful orchestra under the and encouragement! leadership of our Musical Director, We are really proud of you! Senior Choir (Years 5 and 6) had of ‘How Much is that Doggie in Miss Sarah Scutt, who worked so great fun entertaining at the Rotary Another very sucessful year; !e Window?’ and their "nal piece hard with our cast to produce the congratulations to all involved. featured courageous performances Cedar Lodge Christmas Festival Christmas party. !ey sang a variety most beautiful musical numbers. of festive songs, some known and from Year 4 soloists, both speaking and singing. Also a massive ‘thank you’ to Mrs !is was a wonderful event. Nineteen some unknown and mixed in a couple Junior School Summer Concert Candice !ompson-Gardiner, Mrs Junior musicians travelled to Cedar of non seasonal o#erings. Many Senior Choir concluded the concert More than 100 Junior School Anne Wade, Miss Nikki Williams, Lodge to give a special, early Christmas thanks to our brave soloists and for with not only harmonised, %owing musicians took part in the eagerly and Mr John Western who were concert for the residents. Recorder all the choir members who brought singing but also a very upbeat version anticipated Summer Concert. involved in the process from the start players performed "ve carols in reindeer antlers or similarly cheerful of ‘We Go Together’ (complete with and were invaluable in ensuring the harmony to which many members of decorations! !e Orchestra opened the programme energetic hand jives and chanting!). the audience sang along. Pupils in Years show went smoothly. with a varied selection, including ‘Star !is was a team e#ort. 5 and 6 performed solos on recorder, Wars’ and ‘Pomp and Circumstance’. !ank you to all those who worked %ute, trumpet and guitar. It was a real Taunton Music Festival It was great to hear their ensemble on the technical side, the wonderful skills and some exciting percussion backstage crew and volunteers, It was a busy but successful fortnight playing! Super Strings then performed without whom we could not have put for our Junior School musicians in the a beautiful ‘Passacaglia’. this show together. All the children Taunton Festival. Almost 50 members performed brilliantly and worked of our Year 5 and Year 6 choir took Our small ensembles were well so hard throughout the rehearsal part in the Junior Choirs 10 years and represented, with repertoire from Mrs process and produced a show to be under class. !e standard was high Jackson’s two recorder groups (we proud of. and it was a great opportunity to hear will never forget the brilliant duck other schools perform, and listen to quacking!), Trumpet Group, and MUSIC AND DRAMA MUSIC AND DRAMA di#erent repertoire. Our choir was Guitar Ensemble. All showed brave Miss Pamela Rosie – Director overjoyed to be awarded "rst place playing and great musicianship. Jazz 12 13 JUNIOR SPORT JUNIOR SPORT JUNIOR SPORT Netball Another sport disrupted by the weather. Rugby However, the U11 girls won the Mill"eld busy season with all the boys getting fully tournament and the U10 girls were not to be involved. !e U11s "nished runners-up at outdone and won the King’s Bruton tournament Athe West Buckland festival, the U10s competed and were runners-up at Mill"eld. strongly in our own festival and the U9s "nished Biathlon the season unbeaten in regular matches. Five pupils quali"ed for the British Schools’ Hockey Modern Biathlon Championships, with the girls We say goodbye to an outstanding group of Year competing in arctic conditions at Crystal Palace. 6 girls who have dominated the sporting scene !e U11 girls "nished sixth in the team category on our circuit. In their 4 years in the Junior and Greta Siakou"s was the U12 girls individual School they have never lost a regular hockey or bronze medallist. netball match. !ey have won 11 tournaments Athletics of varying descriptions and are currently the Some impressive performances during the County, South West Prep Schools and West season. Year 4 and Year 6 competed strongly at U11 Hockey Champions and came 5th in the the Somerset AA Championships. Tom Brown National Prep Schools Championships. came second in the Javelin at the South-West !e U10s made pleasing progress and the U9 Prep Schools Athletic Championships and along girls were Plate winners at the Exeter tourna- with Eloise Hill ("rst 100m), Jasmine Porter ment and then went on to win the Hazlegrove ("rst 200m) and Greta Siakou"s ("rst 800m tournament. in a Championship record) quali"ed for the !e boys all had strong seasons, with the Years National "nals in Birmingham. 3 and 4 showing potential for the future. !e Cricket U11 boys made tremendous progress and !omas Clark and Will Exley have both won the Shield competition at the South-West represented Somerset this season and helped Prep Schools without losing a match. !e the U11s to win the Queen’s tournament. In U10s improved as the season progressed and addition, girls’ cricket has been embraced the U9s won the Mill"eld tournament. All of and all the girls have been involved trying to the children have bene"ted from the excellent learn the intricacies of the game. “You have coaching of Mr Organ, our Director of Hockey, two sides, one out in the "eld and one in. Each and it is so refreshing that the message through- player that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and out is one of energy and enjoyment – and that’s when they’re out they come in, and the next just for his coaching sta#! player goes in until they’re out. When they are Cross-Country all out, the side that’s out comes in, and the Disappointingly, the cross-country season side that’s been in goes out, and tries to get out was a#ected by the weather with a number of those coming in. Sometimes you get players events being cancelled. Nevertheless, the Juniors still in and not out. When both sides have been competed strongly in the few events which in and out, including the not outs, the winner survived with a number of younger children is declared ... if there is one! Howzat!” !e girls posting encouraging results. "nished the season by coming runners-up at the Exeter Tournament.

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ARDECHE TRIP

ear 6 enjoyed an action-packed week in the picturesque Ardèche region of France. !eir week included a two-day kayak down the Ardèche river with an overnight bivouac, a trip Y121m underground at Aven d’Orgnac, as well as a high ropes course and a day rock climbing and weaselling.

Alongside the action, the group had a taste of French culture in an authentic market. !e trip was a huge success with many students "nding hidden talents and excelling in areas outside their comfort zone.

!e pupils enjoyed a wide range SHORT STORY CHALLENGE of activities, from high ropes to canyoning, water ra$ing and cave ur Junior pupils were given a story-writing challenge at Speech Day 2017 by the Chair of Governors, Mr exploration.Overall, the trip was a OMark Edwards, who asked them to write a short story about how our wyvern came to Queen’s and also to huge success. give him or her a name. Prizes were presented in a Junior assembly. !e winner was Amalie Craig, who named the wyvern ‘Albus’, and the runner-up was Jasmine Porter, who called it ‘Queenian’. Amalie’s story told how Albus le$ his colony of wyverns in Wales and arrived in Taunton. He saw the name Queen’s on the back of a bus and so came to our school hoping to meet Her Majesty! Albus enjoyed life at Queen’s so much that he decided to stay and the school became so fond of him, he was adopted as our emblem. ARDECHE TRIP ARDECHE ARDECHE TRIP ARDECHE 16 17 COTLAKE hat a busy year 2017–18 has been in Cotlake House. !e Junior boarders have thrown Wthemselves head-"rst into life at Queen’s College and I have watched all their contributions to the school community in awe at the depth of talent and commitment. Playing at school concerts, winning swimming galas, huge combined e#orts at Sports Day and watching so many past and orientated place to stay. I wish you all the very best present Cotlake boarders perform so wonderfully of luck with your future studies and endeavours. in ‘Annie’, were just a few highlights. I am certain you will all make a positive impact, !roughout the year the students participated in regardless of the path you choose. weekly excursions, extra-curricular events and exciting trips. Some of the highlights were visiting ‘You’re o# to great places! Total Wipeout, Clip ‘n’ Climb, Tarka Trail, Flipout, Today is your day! Woodlands, a leavers’ meal to Eat the Bird and, a Your mountain is waiting, favourite among the children, Splashdown! So ... get on your way!” – Dr Suess MOVING ON

Cotlake has continued to support and raise MOVING ON money for many charities over this academic year MOVING ON including Comic Relief, Sparkle, Children in Need To all of Cotlake’s support network, from the and the Taunton Association for the Homeless. medical sta# to the maintenance, reception, Presents were gathered and funds were raised by kitchen and domestic sta# who all play such an Penny Walker – Junior School Teacher donations as part of the many cake sales and ‘Own important role in supporting students and sta# Clothes Days’ held at school. Special mention must Started September 2007. Penny is Head of Geography and has alike, we greatly appreciate this valuable team go to Mrs Fox and Mrs !ompson-Gardiner for chosen to take early retirement. She enjoys sailing, gardening, e#ort. A special mention must go to Lauren the amazing skydive they did in aid of ASSERT – a Sephton who leaves us to return to St Helens. sewing and spending time with her family. charity which supports families and parents in She has put a mammoth amount of e#ort and contact with Angelman Syndrome – the boarders dedicated care into Cotlake House and I know the were extremely impressed and inspired by this children and sta# will miss her dearly. brave leap of faith. I must extend my thanks to Mrs Fox for all her e#orts over the last two years in her I must "nish by saying a huge thank you to our dedicated House team, Rebecca Morgan, Lauren

COTLAKE role as visiting boarding tutor. COTLAKE Sephton, Mariana !ornhill, Marina Donaldson, It is with a mixture of pride and sadness, that as Abbey !resher – Learning Support Assistant (Junior) Pat Fox and Millie Mayne, who all work tirelessly this academic year has drawn to a close, we have to ensure the children are safe, organised and Started September 2010. Abbey is returning to Musgrove Park said goodbye to our Year 8 leavers. Sarah Cawley , happy. I could not be more grateful for all their Hospital to continue her nursing career. Abbey loves the outdoor Dylan Rousell Crate, James Bradley, Sam Dormor, attentive and diligent hard work. I look forward to life, particularly canal boating, sur"ng and walking, as well as Charlie Bullock, Dimitri Youyou, Jack So and continuing our journey together next year. Dylan Whitehead. Some of these children have keeping "t. been in the Boarding House since Year 4 and without exception have all contributed to make Mr Doug Baker Cotlake a wonderfully special, caring, family Lauren Sephton – Resident Assistant Matron – Cotlake House Started September 2015. Lauren has decided to return to her home ‘up north’ for a new challenge. Lauren has built wonderful relationships with the children in her care and has now decided to look for a similar role in a school nearer her home in Manchester. She has supported the Senior School girls’ netball teams and Junior School girls’ rounders teams. Lauren enjoys planning her foreign v holidays.

Anthea Watkins – Junior School Teacher Started September 2004. Anthea is the Junior School’s EAL teacher and has formed wonderful relationships with our non-English- speaking families. She is retiring and aims to spend more time in her garden, as she is a passionate and knowledgeable gardener. 18 19 Written by Head Girl, Poppy Greenshields, and Head Boy, Freddie Ruthven, for Speech Day 2018 must go to Anna Campbell for her sterling service to dance Exeter, Poppy Greenshields stood out in the Senior women’s throughout her Queen’s career, and for being a staunch and hammer and discus and Naomi Wilde came second in the indeed supremely talented supporter of the performing arts. U17 women’s discus. By way of thanks, we must attribute In the spring, the music department, under the direction much of this success to Miss Julie Harrison and Miss Caroline of Mr Ed Jenkins and Miss Cicely Wills, delivered a "ne Lewis, who, over their two decades here have inspired, mid-term ensemble concert, containing our swing band, trained and encouraged many fantastic athletes to great avail. chamber and middle school orchestras and choir. We wish them well as the sadly leave us this year, to pursue Other activities this year have included preparing choral other interests. works for the Founders’ Day service, carol service and As for the outdoors, our equestrian team has continued to evensong (due for next term), as well as wheeling out jazz bring home a multitude of rosettes, our paddlers eagerly music and soloists for light entertainment at numerous awaiting their whitewater trip to Austria, and the Bronze, school events. Regular informal concerts have taken place Silver and Gold DofE expeditions enjoyed favourable throughout the year, much to the delight of the parents, conditions; with all completing their routes to boot. showcasing the younger talent and unearthing a passion for With regards to the arts once more, the GCSE and A Level performance in the the lower school, and several external Art candidates, who had ardently laboured away over their REVIEW OF THE YEAR event took centre stage: the upper school’s production of concerts have taken place in support of charity – such as that "nal pieces for months, have enjoyed having their "nal pieces ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Mr Steve Evans’ curious by the girls’ singing group Quintessential in aid of Parkinson’s on show at the end of this term. !e meticulous attention he crux of our speech this year is that, as pupils of concoction of contemporary music and Shakespeare research. to detail, not to mention the stunning cra$smanship, was TQueen’s, we are all exceptionally fortunate to be delighted students, parents and external audiences alike, !e recent return of our Steinway model D piano has been a testament to the "ne expertise imparted upon the Queen’s presented with such a magni"cent selection of opportunities; with Fionn Hand’s excellent personi"cation of a wall treat for the more seasoned pianists at Queen’s, such as Frank artists by Mrs Claire Western, the retiring Head of Art. Her and moreover that it would be totally ludicrous (perhaps and Dan Roulstone’s all-too-realistic portrayal of an Baugh and Jessica Chan, and has facilitated performances talent as an artist and teacher has been greatly bene"cial to even wasteful) not to make the most of them. With that in amorous donkey providing much hilarity. !e scintillating from renowned professionals such as Peter Donohoe. the artists of Queen’s over several years. She will be missed mind, Poppy and I are going to share with you just some of scenes, in-house rock band and expert lighting made this Our orchestra in residence, the Southern Sinfonia, a concert greatly and we wish her well as she moves on to pastures new. the events from the past academic year – elucidating what a production truly memorable. given by Weng Soon-Tee (OQ, 2010–2014) and another Now of course, no Summer Term is complete without the prosperous, productive and of course positive place Queen’s Spreading some festive cheer, Tinsel Tuesday (in tandem concert given by the world’s’ "nest classical guitarist, John Middle School production. !is year’s rendition of Annie College is. with the newly-instated Harry Potter theme) brought Williams, have served as a highly-motivating source of certainly did not disappoint. Without exception, every Upon returning in the autumn, success was already evident. a wealth of carols, sweet stalls, games, etc to send us all inspiration for Queen’s musicians this year. Given the vast member of the cast demonstrated de$ acting skills, far !e GCSE results produced by the current Lower Sixth on our way for a much-needed Christmas break. More array of wins and accolades in the Taunton music festival this beyond their years, and the leading lady, Gracie Williams, represented a notable improvement on the previous year, as importantly, the impressive sum of money raised on year, this has clearly paid dividends! !e "nal act of the year graced us all with her beautiful, delicate and yet powerful 51% of students gained the top two grades – including the this day via said activities was split between a handful of for our musicians was to form a wind band for speech day, vocals. Tiger Cosens, despite not being a habitual singer, new numerical grades. !e A Level results from the previous worthy charities. playing many much-loved classics, such as the ‘Liberty Bell’ exceeded expectations and impressed the audience Upper Sixth were astounding, with three students gaining While on the theme of charity, this year, Queen’s hosted its march and ‘!e Great Escape’ theme tune. performance a$er performance with his take on Mr Oliver places at prestigious medical schools, an Oxbridge o#er very own Pain Olympics. Michael Franks, Fionn Hand and Whilst snow temporarily inhibited school life a few weeks Warbucks – a fantastic example of someone who grasps every being surpassed and the vast majority of students reaching Tim Webb all bravely parted with their leg hair, in front beforehand, the summer term came around all too quickly. opportunity. their "rst choice universities. It is also worth mentioning that of a crowd of bemused spectateurs who had all paid for Certainly, this is always a time of great stress for the public Sadly, space does not allow for the reams of celebration that his is not an unprecedented occurrence. the privilege of witnessing the screams, hollers and howls. exam candidates, and also a time tinged with sadness – for could continue. It has indubitably been another sublime year As expected, the quality of sport only continued to improve Despite “feeling like naked mole-rats” for several weeks, Year 13 and some Year 11 students this is our last term at at Queen’s. !anks must go to the "rst-rate subject teachers, throughout the term. !e 1st XV rugby team, under the the gents raised a total in the order of £500 for the appeal Queen’s. However, what a term it was. all the sta# in other roles (just as crucial as teaching) and the direction of Mr Simon Copeland, ably assisted by captain to purchase another MRI scanner for Musgrove Park !e athletics team boasted countless high-level achievements. parents and grandparents who send us here, albeit o$en to Callum Lane, was widely acclaimed to be one of the best to Hospital. For instance, in the South West Schools Championships in their great penury. We are very fortunate and grateful indeed. date. !e side comfortably won eight games and drew one Recharged, reinvigorated and rejuvenated, we returned highly-contested match, only conceding one loss across the to Queen’s to start the Spring Term on its way. Although season in which the team scored an almighty total of 285 typically a quiet term, Mr Organ and Tom Stevenson School Prefects 2017–18 points. A tour to the Basque region in Spain saw thrilling (England hockey) enjoyed a successful season in which Jess Brown victories over a rather dogged, resolute Spanish team, as well Kate Shapland the whole squad improved immeasurably, procuring many Elie Breton as some well-deserved team bonding activities. Freddie Ruthven victories and enjoying their hockey at an entirely new level. Ed Jobson Rohini Sarker Mr Simon Organ and his captain Kate Shapland managed Moreover, the performing arts department, under the Michael Franks Amelia Vance to produce an incredible level of hockey throughout the direction of Mrs Jo Elliott, put on a spectacular dance show, Poppy Greenshields Tim Webb girls’ season. Besides Kate, key players such as Naomi Wilde ‘Belle’. Sadly, in rehearsing for this inventive reincarnation Isabelle Desbrow Tina Yu (U16 Wales hockey) and a host of new additions to the team of Beauty and the Beast, Anna Campbell (the lead dancer) Hugo Smith Dan Roulstone ensured that the Queen’s girls remained a dominant force, was seriously injured in the penultimate rehearsal. !anks, Pippa Hoyle Fionn Hand retained their reputation for excellence and continued to be therefore, go to Imogen Billington, Ivy Aitkin-Andrews Kaitlyn Chan greatly revered by the local opposition. and Rebecca Howard for seamlessly assuming her role and As the end of the "rst term drew near, one particular performing her dances perfectly. Of course, thanks also 20 21 ARRIVING his school year has seen the arrival of a number of new pupils and sta# with more than 50 new Tstudents being welcomed into Year 7. !ey began the year with an Activity Day at Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor, including sailing, archery and team-building games. Georgina Ambler Sophie Lowe Matilda Barton Jonty Lusk Elliott Berry Tadhg McAlonan Vicky Chen Joshua McAree Annabelle Clark Katie McDavid Gregory Cook Joseph Naguib Jacob Coore Jan-Albert Nieuwenhuis Emily Davies Jarno Ottavianelli Jack Dayer Oliver Pitkin George Dodden Eleanor Pring Rosie East Rebecca Randolph Archie Elliott Freya Raybould Lily Fawcett Honor Reeves Eleanor Fewings Mungo Reoch Marta Folch-Serra Sebastian Sanders Harry Forknall Digby Saunders Franky Gediking Peter Serra Roldán Hannah Gooding Beatrice Speke Millie Gubby William !orne Emily Handel Isla Tilsley Laura Hart Oscar Wade Matthew Henden Harriet Walter Jamie Hill Mollie West Ben Jarman Toby White"eld ARRIVING ARRIVING Rachel Jobson Joshua Wilcox JT Langridge Hugh Wilson Javen Liao Nell Woodgate-Jones 22 Ze Lin Elizabeth Wrayford 23 choreography by Mrs Elliot, Miss Porter, performers began rehearsing frantically Many students entered and achieved We now look forward to 2018–19 which PERFORMING ARTS Miss Sophie, Mrs Wells and Miss Grant for Annie Jr. !is was another big high results in both Royal Academy of promises to be just as busy with a full as well as student choreographers; Immo production featuring over 80 students Dance Ballet Exams and ISTD Modern scale whole community production !is has been another exciting and Billington, Rebecca Howard and Anna and a large production team. !e show and Tap Exams. of For Queen’s and Country which exhausting year for Queen’s Performing Campbell. Sadly Anna, who was playing (directed by Mrs Evans and with Mrs has been written by Mr Evans (Head Arts Department. !e Christmas Abbi Hopwood, Polly Hall, Heather the title role, broke a foot in rehearsal. Elliott on choreography and Miss Wills Jones, Alex Tolley, Morwenna Crook of Performing Arts) to commemorate Term saw the energies of students So with only two days to go her part was as MD) was performed to 1,000 local the end of the First World War as well and sta# channelled into the Senior and Anna Campbell were all successful shared out with Ivy Aitken-Andrews children on the Tuesday and two very in auditioning for South West !atre as the 175th anniversary of Queen’s School Production of the musical A and Immo Billington learning the many enthusiastic audiences on the !ursday College. !is promises to be the biggest Midsummer Night’s Dream (Set at Ballet Company, which is resident at complex routines. Rebecca Howard and Friday. Queen’s College. production in Queen’s history featuring a festival complete with steam-punk and Kate Goodman displayed great children and adults across the age fairies, assorted spaced-out festival Dancing has become one of the most Along with the many achievements this adaptability and resilience in changing popular and well attended activities at ranges. It tells the true story of Gilbert types, public school lovers, some their choreography at very short notice. year, Michael Franks gained a place at Hosegood, who was Captain of School mad-cap mechanicals and a portaloo). Queen’s and we have had signi"cant one of the top Drama Schools in the !e show must go on and Queen’s successes in a variety of competitions: in 1911 and gave his life, along with !is was a very ambitious production Hall audiences were duly treated to a country (Guildford School of Acting) two older brothers, in the trenches. concept devised by Mr Evans but actors, superb display of talent as the show Millie Gubby wiped the %oor with the as well as being selected for this year’s Alongside the play, teachers across the musicians and technicians worked hard transported us into an intriguing and opposition winning the Improvised National Youth !eatre summer camp, college and in all the subject areas will in the build-up to the show and played moving narrative. Rebecca Howard, Ballet in Torbay, the Musical !eatre Issi Desbrow got into Chichester to be taking a multi-disciplinary approach to three highly appreciative houses in Kate Goodman, Ivy Aitken-Andrews Award, the Joseph Prowse Award, the study Musical !eatre and Pippa Hoyle commemorating the Great War. !is will early December. and Immo Billington all shone with Sybill Spencer Award, the Corbin Award is going to study Drama at Falmouth. culminate in an exhibition which will be Pupils in Years 7 to 9 worked hard other key roles being played superbly and the Modern Championship at Kate Goodman will be moving to on view in the week of the production all term towards Let It Snow, a festive by Megan Kemp, Bea Langham, Young Exeter Dance Festival. She topped these the prestigious Tring Park to study of the play. We are honoured that the frolic devised by Mrs Bloxham, Mr Dance Company, Michael Franks and triumphs by gaining a distinction in musical theatre and Anna Campbell wider Hosegood family will also be in Dudgeon, Miss Wills and Miss Sophie Fionn Hand. !e technical elements of Grade 8 Musical !eatre. was accepted for the Tring Park dance attendance. course. We wish them all the best! which had us all anticipating all things the show including lighting design by Polly Hall and Abbie Hopwood rocked Sadly we said goodbye to Mr Dudgeon, Christmassy! Dan Jones, superb colourful costumes the duets at Highbridge Festival with All our Drama students enjoyed trips who made a huge contribution to Alongside all this activity Queen’s by Charlotte Edwards and powerful double "rsts – in classical and cabaret. to Plymouth !eatre Royal to see the Queen’s Performing Arts in his time PERFORMING ARTS PERFORMING ARTS dancers rehearsed frantically for the sound system added another exciting And there was a well-earned third place acclaimed RSC version of Hamlet, the here, and he will be missed greatly, but forthcoming dance show, Belle, which dimension. for Abbie in song and dance. Alex Tolley Kneehigh production of !e Flying we welcome Miss Dominique Manners featured a huge cast of almost 200 No sooner had the dust settled on tied for third place in novice ballet at the Lovers of Vitebsk at Exeter Northcott who will start in September. dancers across the age range, and the dance show than Middle School Exeter Dance Festival with 83 marks. and War Horse at Bristol Hippodrome. 24 25 26 The Senior School AA MIDSUMMERMIDSUMMER Production A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM NIGHT’SNIGHT’S DREAMDREAM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM T feisty version of Pink’s What? So accomplished dance troupe reminiscent of Pussy the Cat a performed who Dolls goddess. Her entrance was really spectacular. She wasanked % by ahighly Next, queen, Titania fairy the (India L),was introduced shape inthe of arock awe-inspiring performance. actress and singer. She beautifully winds her own around body text the inaquite byperfection Anna C.!is is girl clearly atrained dancer but she awonderful is also Straight away, we were introduced characters. to magical the Puck was played to riotousthe colour of festival the initially took my breath away. eloped. Ihave to say that superb the reveal from austere the public schoolsetting to popular Glasto-esque music festival) where lovers the (Hermia and Lysander) have rehearse aplay –more of later which –and from thence to !e Cupid Festival (a hilarious bunch of grounds sta and# (!e Mechanicals) ancillary are setting out to we wereSoon transported to amaintenance grounds shed College inthe where a Hermia. with her friend, %irting best example of how Helena might feeling be as she watches her "rst love Demetrius characters.the Lucy H’s beautiful rendition of Dancing on My aperfect being Own cleverlywhich garnish text the and to encapsulate seem thoughts the and desires of (orchestrated by awonderful live band under musical the direction of Jenkins) Ed !e play interlaced has been with some cracking, contemporary pop songs instead of much the more suitable and sensible B). Demetrius (Elie her daughter Hermia (adiminutive Kaitlyn Lysander C)and rascal the (Michael F) Headmaster (Myles H)to task for not quelling burgeoning the relationship between Sixth Formthe students. Mrs Egeus (acommanding the G)is taking Christine We were initially transported to Athens ‘College’ where aruckus is going on among modern take on take Shakespeare’smodern greatest comedy. he talented team at Queen’s once again produced ahuge hit with thoroughly this pre-Christmas cheer! sophisticated and was this awonderfully clean. inall, riotous All explosion of audience clapping and waving along. ! e stagecra were$ and aspects technical A number of wonderful songs set-piece another added dimension and had the providedStarveling also some great spontaneous laughs. !e Wall and Toby Has alion with stage-fright. ! e dogbelonging to Hardy R’s players had alittle moment shone. they inwhich Fionn liked Iparticularly Has !e troop was marshalled by adelightful Pippa Has Pippa and Quince eachof the hilarious and had whole the audience convulsed. green o#-the-shoulder frock and lipstick. !eir death was quite scene simply role of awoman with but to begin hell-for-leather goes at it end inthe inadelightful # Eas Flute)(Ra makes most the of that idea the he’s not keen too on playing the Dan Ras Bottom (playing Pyramus) was quite simply for His perfect part. the !isbe Saturday night, clearly relishing roles. their actors!ese were brilliantly and, well by drilled Icaught time the show the on the actors ifthe aren’tspectacularly up to it. ‘Pyramus and !isbe’ is aclassic ‘play-within-a-play’ can which dive-bomb one of sequences funniest Ihave the !e Mechanicals’ everseen. version of ofpacked colour full and comedy but you had to wait until end the to experience of sense that itso true came the through evento an untrained ear. !e show was !e lovers’ big argument and was beautifully scene paced declaimed immaculately audience. shot arm inthe by an ensemble of actors really who unpacked it for acontemporary "gure made who an excellent double with Puck. act Shakespeare’s was given a poetry George W’s Oberon, King of Fairies the was akind of louche Jack Sparrow-type Reviewed forReviewed the Queen’s Bulletin by Paul Cairnes 27 BELLE BELLE $er watching mesmorised last year at Anna C’s B, Ivy A-A, Michael F, Lara B and Millie G to name Aperformance in ‘Fly’ and again watching her but a few. wonderful performance in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as Puck, I, like everyone else, was looking It consolidated in my mind just how important this forward to seeing her take the title role of Belle annual production is at Queen’s. in this year’s dance show. Alas, it was not meant to be, a$er Anna sustained an injury during the Its inclusive nature, with seemingly half of the dress rehearsal – only three days before the "rst student body involved from the young to the even performance. younger, the resilience of the group as a whole to be able to come back with such panache a$er the loss of Mrs Elliott – in the true spirit of Queen’s and such a signi"cant "gure, and the hard work that goes realising that ‘the show must go on’ – pulled out on, not just in the last few days but in the weeks and all the stops and, in one day, re-choreographed the months beforehand, make it an immensely special whole show to enable Ivy A-A and Imogen B to step occasion. ANNIE into the breach. espite the Government’s determination to the house down with ‘Little Girls’ and ‘Easy Street’. !ere were too many highlights in ‘Belle’ to point out Dsideline the arts in education, there are still a She towered over the orphans and was genuinely Having watched the morning matinee of ‘Belle’ all of my favourites. But I should mention the Frog few schools where creativity is championed as being intimidating but with a great sense of comic timing alongside around 500 excited children from local scene in the "rst half – a moment of pure joy – and vital and integral. Queen’s College is one of those and a cracking, powerful voice. primary schools, I can safely say that the result was the peformance of Fionn H as the Prince – who and a case in point is the school’s latest production spectacular. knew cricketers could dance?! of ‘Annie Jr’. What I loved about this show was not Jane Evans’ production makes clever use of projec- Show School Dance The Whole just the obvious commitment and near-profession- tion to make transitions to new settings. !is is A myriad of stars lit up this year’s show with Head Teacher, Dr Lorraine Earps, giving her thoughts alism of the students taking part, but its inclusivity particularly e#ective as we take a tour of all the captivating performances from Rebecca H, Imogen on our remarkable ‘Belle’ dance spectacular. landmarks of !e Big Apple in ‘NYC’. A highly The Middle School Production – there seemed to be a strong sense of togetherness in its tight-knit cast. !is is powerful to watch and organised crew, marshalled by stage manager genuinely moving. ‘Annie’ can seem rather saccha- Charlie, are smooth and e'cient in moving props rine at times but, when one observes children in and furniture around so as not to interrupt the this age-group working at this level, it is rather action. beautiful. Annie gets the chance to go for Christmas at the !e opening scenes featuring Miss Hannigan’s mansion of multi-millionaire Mr Warbucks (a orphanage are breathtaking. What an amazing stylish Tiger). An elegant and beautifully costumed group of talented kids they are! New York accents team of servants choreographically %oat around, are %awless and the choreographic routines (by discreetly keeping the house in order. !e aptly Joanna Elliott) on big numbers like ‘Hard Knock named ‘Baddies’ on the cast list, led by Louis (as Life’ are complex and executed perfectly. Rooster Hannigan) and Gabby (as Rooster’s ‘moll’, Lily) team up with Miss Hannigan to swindle Mr !e title role is acted and sung by Gracie. Her Warbucks out of a cheque for $50,000 but get their voice is pristine and reaches melodic perfection in just desserts in the end. numbers like ‘Maybe’ and ‘Tomorrow’. I was not surprised to learn that Gracie had been a semi-"- !ere is a great sense of commitment to plot and nalist in ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent a couple of years characterisation here, and numbers like ‘Easy Street’ ago! are warmly received by an enthusiastic audience.

Miss Hannigan (the drunken old has-been ‘Annie Jr’ at Queen’s was a great evening out! who runs the orphanage) is given a whole new 28 ANNIE make-over by a charismatic Vicky, who brought Reviewed for the Queen’s Bulletin by David Martin 29 Quartet, Flute Group and Clarinet Group. Steinway piano. !e piano was sent away for a full rebuild by Coach House Pianos of Swansea Our growing reputation for music in the which took six months. It has returned in area has led to us being invited to participate pristine condition and is now ready to serve in concerts in the area with local music the Queen’s Hall for many years to come. !is ensembles. !e "rst of these took place when investment re%ects the College’s commitment the Chamber Choir performed a charity to music and is to be followed up by the concert at Temple Methodist church with the refurbishment of the fabric of the Music Phoenix Singers; as well as performing the Jazz Department, with plastering, painting and Mass by Chilcott and Evening Prayer by Gjeilo, re-carpeting work due to begin in July 2018, they performed two unaccompanied works – thus refreshing and enhancing our already ‘Northern Lights’ and ‘A Good Night’ to great highly capable facility. acclaim. !is year, we continue to maintain a 100% pass !e Girls’ Singing Group performed as part rate in all music exams, with an increasing MUSIC of a charity concert for Parkinson’s at St Mary number of merits and distinctions being Magdalene in Taunton; this group, consisting achieved. Students enter both Trinity and t has been a busy and exciting year in Music Georgina Ambler entertained the Rotary of Mo Crook, Sophia Edwards, Mel Blake, Associated Board exams with cohorts of thirty with a wide range of concerts and music Club Tea Party in the Birchall Hall and were Ella Dayer and Megan Pineda-Langford or more being regular each term. !is bodes Iopportunities in every term. !e range and also part of the very successful ‘Let It Snow’ performed several works including their own well for the future of music at Queen’s. breadth of music undertaken has been very show which also featured the Middle School ‘Musical Mash-Up’ which went down a storm impressive and as ever, the musicians juggle Orchestra in excellent form, as well as rousing with the audience. !e Informal Concert in Despite all the demands on time, music

Senior School the ever increasing demands of academia with playing from the saxophone ensemble, Sound June marked the end of this series for the year continues to grow and develop, and although it dizzying rehearsal schedules. School. but was of the highest quality and featured a engenders many positive skills, it must always number of the younger musicians as well as be remembered that the main reason that !e year began with the arrival of several new Vocal music continues to develop well two singers who had already sat an A Level students engage so much in music is because members of sta#; Miss Cicely Wills joined as at Queen’s. As well as skilfully providing exam that day! they enjoy it. the new Assistant Director of Music, coming anthems for the main school services during from Gunnersbury Catholic School in London. the term, notably on Remembrance Day and June also saw the second of this year’s concerts !e unique satisfaction of a well performed Mrs Kate Shetli#e and Mr Jonathan Delbridge the Carol Service, the Choir also performed given by the Southern Sinfonia; as well as piece of music cannot be matched, together joined us as piano teachers – an increase to "ve the Humming Chorus in concert with being exciting for featuring Rachmaninov’s with the social cohesiveness that it provides. piano sta#, representing a growing interest in the Southern Sinfonia, our Orchestra-in- Second Piano Concerto played by the superb If measured by both achievement and instrumental lessons. All three have settled in Residence, as part of the exciting collaboration Peter Donohoe, it was the "rst public concert enjoyment, Queen’s should be extremely proud very well and made a huge impact already; we with this professional out"t. !e Chamber outing of the Queen’s Hall’s newly refurbished of its musical tradition. hope they will enjoy their time here at Queen’s. Choir went carol singing, "rst at Lavender Court and then on the High Street in Taunton !e concert series began quickly with the Tea to provide Christmas cheer to the community. Time concert which set a high bar for the rest of the term. Also in October, the Swing Band, Girls One of the main events of the Spring Term was Singing Group and various soloists travelled the Large Ensemble Concert; this provided an to the Sidholme Hotel in Sidmouth to give a evening of excellent musicianship from all of charity concert to a packed house; the audience the main ensembles of the College, including was extremely impressed with the range and Wind Band, First Orchestra, Middle School di'culty of the music performed and the event Orchestra, the College Choir and the Swing raised over £500 for charity. Band. !e Swing Band was also the headline act in the Children’s Concert when they played MUSIC MUSIC !is was rapidly followed by our annual to a large number of visiting children from lunchtime concert at St John’s Church, Taunton, around the area. which attracted one of the largest audiences of this concert series and featured highly polished In the Taunton Music Festival, which ran in performances of di'cult repertoire, including the two weeks before Half Term, our musicians a reprise from the Girls Singing Group together achieved great success both in solo and, with solos from Ken Chin, Mo Crook, Michael especially, ensemble classes, collecting a high Franks and Jess Chan. amount of Distinctions and Commendations, as well as a strong haul of medals and trophies. !e Informal Concert allowed a number of musicians to demonstrate their skills in a more !e Informal Concert in March demonstrated relaxed setting and proved an extremely popular the high quality of a wide range of concert with both students and audience instrumentalists and singers; the audience alike. !is included both solo and ensemble were delighted with a concert in which every items playing a wide range of music. On 30 single item was brilliantly prepared and November, Maisie O’Brien, Millie Gubby, Pippa performed. It also featured a number of the Drummond, Harry Forknall, Jamie Hill and chamber ensembles including the Junior String 30 31 Art

32 33 34 35 has ensured that the weekly cricket coaching Sport and PE Vision functioning, memory and SPORTS REVIEW to our boys and girls is of top quality, calling academic performance. upon his current county cricket experiences. ‘To develop healthy, capable and his year provided yet another action- Jon Roberts has also successfully passed his resilient young athletes, while Fundamentally, the Queen’s Tpacked year of sporting achievements PGCE in PE. attaining widespread, inclusive, College Sport and PE and endeavours for our students and sta#. I sustainable and enjoyable Department wishes to: do hope that you enjoy reading about these We unfortunately say goodbye to two truly participation and success for events over the coming pages. amazing PE teachers (and people), with both all levels of individual athletic OFFER Julie Harrison and Caroline Lewis departing achievement.’ Provision and quality coaching I felt it pertinent this time around though a$er long and distinguished service at Queen’s for all to say a few things about the sports sta# College. I cannot speak highly enough of A summary of why sport and and also to give an overview of our mission both. Miss H is the single best PE teacher I physical activity is so important ENGENDER as a department. have ever worked with and we will all miss Enthusiasm and a lifelong love of her dedication and commitment to getting !e start of September 2017 saw the „ Physically active students sport and physical activity with the very best from every student. Mrs Lewis arrival of our new Director of Hockey, perform better in school than all is the most patient, positive and supportive Simon Organ, and he has taken the hockey their inactive peers. of teachers and she, too, has enhanced the experiences for our pupils to even greater EXPECT experiences of all the students during her time heights. Unfortunately for Queen’s, the „ Improvements in general High standards from all here. success of our appointment was taken motor skills, functional "tness note of nationally and, over the summer However, the circle of life continues and I am and physiological health. Please continue to encourage holidays, Simon was o#ered the Director of delighted that we have been able to secure the your children to make the most „ Hockey position at one of the top clubs in services of Liz Halls (Head of Girls’ Games) Improvements in self-esteem, of our sporting opportunities, the UK, which he accepted. We wish him and Rachel Booton (Teacher of PE) to join the body image and mood. and support us as we challenge well and thank him for his contribution department in September 2018. them to be the very best they can in his year with us. Despite the short „ Improvements in persistence, be through the medium of sport turnaround, we were delighted to o#er We will also be welcoming two new sports resilience and initiative. and physical activity. David Gibson the role of Acting Head of graduates, Jess Hacker and Sam Fellows Hockey for 2018–19. He brings with him into the department as replacements to the „ Improvements in community See you all on the sidelines! a wealth of high-level playing experiences outgoing Liam Roper. Mr Roper has been a cohesion, teamwork and positive and we look forward to getting him started. real asset this year and we wish him all the relationships. Mr Simon Copeland best as he travels to New Zealand to play some Director of Sport Jake Lintott, as Acting Head of Cricket, cricket and hockey. „ Improvements in cognitive SPORTS REVIEW SPORTS SPORTS REVIEW SPORTS

36 37 made by all of the players and they !e highlight of the season measureable. !e A side have been have worked hard for each other on was reaching the semi-"nals of ably captained by Pippa and the the pitch. the County tournament. Jenny B side enthusiastically by Maisie. !urston has led from the front and !eir results a$er Half Term have We have had some very close Bea Williams has been outstanding been impressive – the A side matches with strong opposition and throughout the season. Charlotte with a run of victories over Prior have stepped up under pressure. Speke received the most improved Park, Exeter, Reigate Grammar !e squad remained positive, player award. Jenine Alathari was School and Blundell’s, as well as enthusiastic and it was great that top goalscorer. Goalkeeper Abi qualifying for the Regional Finals we had more players at the end of Hopwood was o$en amazing. of the In2Hockey Cup. !e season the season than at the start of the !ank you to Pippa Drummond ended well with every girl, who was season! and Emily Donnan for stepping able, playing against Taunton Prep up to play for the U14A team on School – the highlight being the Well done to all and a special thank a regular basis; both show much 5–3 victory by our U13 Cs. you to Olga Maltseva, the captain. promise for the future. Under 12s Under 15A Under 14 B !e U12 A side had a slow start !e Under 15A team have won !e girls have seen great to the season but have stepped up, two, drawn two and lost seven improvement since the start of the pressed and hassled the opposition. this season. !e girls have shown hockey season, considering that !eir skills and "tness have been immense improvement, especially a lot were new to the sport. It is tested under pressure. !ey had a with a number of girls playing awesome to see many of the girls great game against Blundell’s and their "rst season of A-team hockey. utilising the skills trained in squad have four good wins, one draw and Ebony Dunn was brilliant in goal practice as well as discussing ways "ve losses. every game, while Mia Dunn and to improve following weekend GIRLS’ HOCKEY we did work hard to improve this, managing Maisie Russo led the defensive matches. !e girls have developed !e U12B team have worked hard to score 21 goals in our last "ve games against unit well. Captain Jo Keogan was a passion for hockey, showing this term, especially their technical 1st XI Hockey relatively strong opponents. the team’s top scorer and led by real enthusiasm, positivity and a development and understanding. he season started o# with some training example throughout the season. willingness to play and improve. !ey have had some excellent matches at Repton School, and the "rst We played 13 games, winning eight of them. matches and their best game was Topportunity to meet our new Director of Our strongest performance was probably Under 14A Lucy K has been selected ‘player against Blundell’s when everything Hockey, and of course for him to meet us and against Dean Close. Although it was a loss, of the match’ on numerous weeks came together. work out who had done the "tness work set we managed to play some great hockey !e U14A team started the season due to her e#orts as keeper and for out over the summer! !e games were tough against one of the top teams in the West. very brightly with an 8-2 win over making many amazing saves. !e U12C team had a tournament for us, but we learned a lot about each other, It was great to beat our local rivals from Kingswood. However, tougher at the beginning of term, "nishing and what we could do to help us become a Taunton and Wellington. matches followed and the team Under 13s 3rd overall. !ey have worked hard successful team. struggled against some very good to improve their skills and had the It has been fantastic to captain this team; opponents. !ey played 11, won !e girls have trained hard and opportunity to try them out in a We have had a great term of hockey, and it thank you to all the players and sta# involved. four, drew one and lost "ve. the improvements made have been recent match. is a shame our season has come to an end. Training has been pretty intense, but we 2nd XI always had a lot of fun. You could see the bene"ts of this method in our training when !is team has been built upon a strong we played matches where most opponents just and determined defensive unit – at its did not have the conditioning or courage to heart has been captain Olivia, ably assisted compete with us. by Michaela, Verity, Millie, Emily and sometimes Annie. !ey have played 12, won In the week we focussed on individual "ve, drawn two and lost "ve. All of their technical improvements, and in matches the games have been well contested, but goal focus switched to tactics and our game plan, scoring has been a problem. As a team, they especially when the opponent had the ball. gathered momentum a$er Half Term, started !is enabled us to control the rhythm of most to believe in themselves and work hard for matches; it was amazing how pretty much all each other. Highlight of the season? !eir GIRLS’ HOCKEY GIRLS’ HOCKEY opponents struggled to play against our ‘made 1-1 draw against Dean Close – a really strong in Holland’ press structure. It made us into a performance. really strong team, where trust, attitude and energy were essential components of how we 3rd XI trained and played our matches. !e 3rds squad of 14 have not had the results Too o$en, our goal scoring quality did not to show for all their hard work this season. re%ect the quality in the rest of our game, but !ere has been signi"cant technical progress 38 39 With such a small window for indoor training and competition, it INDOOR HOCKEY can be a lottery with results. !e luck of the draw can also hurt you, as our U18 girls found. We had a good team, and had the capacity to play intelligent indoor hockey, but in the County competition, we were drawn in our pool of three with the top two teams in the West. We were competitive in coming third.

Our U18 boys fared better, managing to qualify for the West regional competition. We were only four minutes away from qualifying for the semi-"nals. Had we managed to avoid defeat in this period, we would have had a great opportunity to reach the "nal. As predicted, the top two from our pool were convincing winners in the semi-"- nals, both qualifying for the nationals.

We entered the U16 boys’ competition with a young group, looking to use this competition opportunity to develop younger players, and to help them learn and understand how indoor hockey is played at the highest level. We did not progress through the County competi- tion, but we played to a plan, which should help us in years to come. Although smaller in stature than our opponents, we tried to play intelligent indoor hockey rather than ‘just charging around’.

Our U16 girls had a good opportunity to make the top three due to the ‘round robin’ format. !e level of the competition was not great, with most teams playing outdoor hockey just with indoor rules. Alas, it wasn’t to be.

!e three remaining matches were lost. !e team played Under 13s BOYS’ HOCKEY with a lot of enthusiasm and were largely drawn from Year 11. As a consequence, the squad will have gained much !e U13 A team had a really successful term. We worked 2nd Xl valuable match play experience for future seasons. hard on our individual development, but a key factor in 1st XI our success was the boys’ willingness to learn, work hard Whether you re%ect on the success of a !is has been a di'cult season for the second Under 15s and play as a team. !e major success was winning the team. We have at times played some good county cup against strong opposition. season with results, team performance or A$er three years of hard work, all the e#ort the A squad individual development, we can put a tick next hockey, this was clearly seen in an excellent win against Wellington. However, we have has put into their training sessions and matches has been Special mention must go to captains Gabe Cameron and to all three. !e attitude during training has rewarded this season with excellent wins over Wellington Sam Dormor who led well. Mark Carpenter and Brandon been excellent, which has provided us with far too o$en been our own worst enemy, as attendance at training has, at times, been School, Taunton School, King’s School, Bruton and Castle Ormerod grew as the term progressed and Jay Terry a platform to learn and develop as a team; School. Even in the matches which were lost, the squad scored over 50 goals throughout the season – a remarkable understanding our individual roles within a somewhat lacking. If we do not train, it is no surprise that matches are o$en beyond us. competed well and in most cases the scoreline was very e#ort. team framework. tight and the matches could have gone either way. !e U13Bs have done really well this year, remaining Looking back on our season, we have managed !ere have been some successes of the season, with Ed Falkingham starting o# in the second !e Under 15B team consisted of half a team who unbeaten in seven-a-side games, although their e#ort to play our best hockey against the schools had never held a hockey stick before while the other and great attitude did not convert into results when who tried to play hockey against us, though team and then becoming a key player in the "rst team. We have also been very lucky to half wanted to represent Queen’s on the hockey "eld. playing 11-a-side. Despite this, the boys were able to we struggled against schools who may be Consequently they had never played before as a team. have lots of fun, playing with great determination. Jack technically and tactically less organised. have Ayla and two very talented German girls play for the 2nd XI this season, Anna and However, every player was willing to make a real physical Sou only started hockey this term, and has shown great It is fantastic that Tom Stevenson has been Antonia. and emotional e#ort on the "eld and enjoy their hockey improvement. selected for the England U18 team, and he matches, which they did! 3rd XI Under 12s has led the team with great example. We have Under 14s seen a number of players become 1st team !is year has been a challenging one in that !e Under 12As enjoyed a successful season, winning players who may not have envisaged this at !e Under 14As had a tough season, winning 3, drawing ten, drawing three and losing six. !ey were particularly the beginning of term. It is wonderful that we a large proportion of the side were from Year 11 and o$en meeting more experienced 3 and losing 8. !ey were competitive in each and every successful in seven-a-side matches, playing well as a team have a culture where ‘if you buy into the team game, and o$en fell on the wrong side of very tight and always improving. !is culminated in winning the philosophy’ then we will help you develop opponents. !e side has been settled and has de"nitely improved as the season has matches. !e boys have improved over the course of the plate competition at the BGS tournament, beating some and grow as an individual as well as a hockey season, and always shown a tough competitive spirit on very strong opposition. !ey also played a number of player. We do have a couple of strong players in progressed. We found scoring goals di'cult, only managing 13 goals all season. Although the pitch. Toby Bloxham has led the team well all season, 11-a-side matches, which provided valuable experience the team, but a signi"cant factor in our success while Max Wombwell has stood out, o$en controlling for the years to come. Captain Harry Forknall led from the was the e#ort and desire to work hard for each we created a number of opportunities, we were unable to convert them. Victories matches from the middle of the pitch. front as the team’s top goal scorer, while JT Langridge and other. It has been great to see the individual Jacob Coore were consistently impressive in defence. progress of Ben Brown in goal, Tim Webb, Pete were recorded against Wellington and West !e 14Bs have been a great-spirited team this season. Widden and Ed Falkingham. Physically and Buckland, with a drawn match against Cli$on !ey have worked hard in every game despite the score. !e U12Bs showed enthusiasm and commitment mentally, the training has been tough, but it College. Unfortunately they have come out on the wrong side of throughout their season, attending almost all their squad has really worked for us because it was always 4th XI the result, although it’s not the result, it’s the performance sessions. Despite not achieving any wins this season, the great fun. Hopefully this is something that will and enjoyment that count for this team. !ere has been Bs defended well and improved with every game. help inspire younger players at Queen’s College !e 4ths played "ve matches with one match great energy in the team, with David Dawson and Dylan BOYS’ HOCKEY BOYS’ BOYS’ HOCKEY BOYS’ to be part of school hockey, and ensure that against Prior Park falling victim to the Beast Baker leading the way. Ollie Henden has been the Dwayne Javen and Ze share the most improved player for the we don’t see so many senior players disappear from the East. We won one match against Johnson at the back and has stopped promising attacks all season. !e most valued player goes to Hugh who led by 40 from our sports programme. Taunton School and drew with King’s College. season. example and was always encouraging his teammates. 41 the year group, has meant it has been tough going for showed their team spirit in two tightly fought drawn the boys. However, not once have they complained, and games against Taunton and Wellington, and they they will be stronger for these experiences in the long "nished the season in style with a resounding 45–10 run. Tom Russell, Ra# Evans, Oscar Che and Christian win over Wells Cathedral. Gabriel Cameron has been Stride have been the stand-out players. exceptional all season, scoring in excess of 30 tries. He has been supported well by Harry Love and Sam Under 14 Dormor who have led from the front, although every Coach – Mr Mann other player has also played their part too. !ey will !e Under 14s made a positive start to the season with "nd it harder next season though and it is imperative wins over Sherborne and Milton Abbey, before a few that they stick together as a group. injuries took their toll on the team. !ey have recovered in the latter part of the season to Under 12 perform very well against Wellington, Plymouth, and Coach – Mr Mo#at Exeter. !e Under 12s have improved exponentially this !is age group are not without ability, but are still season, not only as individuals but more importantly as to really knuckle down and develop the skills and a squad. All players, regardless of the outcome on the athleticism required to be successful. However, I am weekend before, were always eager to train every week. con"dent though that this will materialise next season. Both the As and Bs have enjoyed several good wins. Simon Sage in particular has excelled this season. Harry Forknall has been the stand-out player in every match, with his ferocious tackling and all-round action RUGBY RUGBY RUGBY Under 13 game. Peter Serra-Roldan has been the most improved Coach – Mr Lintott player. If the U12s keep working hard over the coming 1st XI 2nd XV !e U13s have had a really positive season, displaying years, they will really develop into a strong team at an Coach – Mr Copeland !e 2nd XV players have trained brilliantly a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn. !ey older age. he 1st XV have enjoyed a stellar season, all term and it was a shame that a number Reports written by coaches Twhich included wins over Exeter School of their matches were cancelled by opposing and Wellington School. We also enjoyed teams. In the matches they have played, they a fantastic mid-season tour to the Basque have shown real tenacity and commitment. BASQUE COUNTRY RUGBY TOUR Region. We "nished the season having won eight matches and lost only once, scoring Under 16 wenty-"ve players from the Under 18 and 16 rugby squads enjoyed a magni"cent mid-season (October) tour to 285 points in attack and conceding only 54 Coach – Mr Roberts Tthe Basque region of France and Spain. !e tour allowed us to reward the Year 13 students for their dedication in defence. !ey are certainly the best 1st !e Under 16s have enjoyed a very successful and commitment to rugby at Queen’s, along with the blooding of new and exciting Year 11 talent for the coming years. XV that I have had the pleasure of coaching season with plenty of good attacking rugby, !e boys trained exceptionally hard on the superb training facilities in and around Bayonne, with sessions being taken during my time at Queen’s College. !e team alongside some committed defence. !ey and analysed by former Wales and Wasps prop, Ben Broster, and up and coming Biarritz talent, Kyran Bungaroo. was led superbly by Callum Lane (who also have also done this without Tom Hazell- We lucked out with the weather for the entire trip, with temperatures averaging 28 degrees, and this made our trialled with the Scottish Exiles), and he Evans for several matches, who has played recreational activities even better. Numerous trips to the plethora of immaculate beaches were enjoyed, and whilst was supported by a talented and committed a number of 1st XV matches, as well as Sam there, the boys enjoyed the rehab (or battering, more like) from the wave riding and volleyball matches. Some of the group of Year 13 players. George Bolton Wansbrough playing up in two matches. !e boys took to the local traditions of eating ‘pintxos’ during our trip to San Sebastian, while the less adventurous enjoyed was outstanding throughout the season as whole squad has improved hugely and all a home-from-home Burger King! Whatever was eaten, though, was very quickly burned o# again as the boys enjoyed a second row / back row, and the scrum have played their part in the team’s success a two-hour surf lesson in the perfect sur"ng waters of San Sebastian. Other activities included a ‘pelota’ lesson, which was only ever going forwards with a front this season, although special mentions is a traditional Basque sport. !is sport certainly separated the coordinated from the not-so-coordinated! One of the row of Callum, Tom Goodman and Dan should go to Euan Floyd, Nikolai Abaluev, highlights, though, was watching the Basque derby between Bayonne and Biarritz on the Saturday night, with both Roulstone in it (combined weight in excess Miles Coleby-Hill and Louis Trotman for towns’ folk out in force. Our boys certainly aided the atmosphere further with their constant singing and chanting. of 340kg). Jack Howard was excellent at their performances. !ey "nish with a record openside, as was George Russo at %yhalf and of: won six, lost two. Our one match was against Hernani Rugby Club who play in the top division in Spain. !e boys enjoyed the tough but Josh Jolli# on the wing. Danny Kassapian free-%owing match, as they wowed their hosts with some scintillating attacking rugby to win 28-7. !e hospitality of (Bath Academy) and Andrew Hewitt (Bristol Under 15 all the Hernani players, coaches and spectators was truly brilliant, as was the post-match food! Academy) were brilliant, and still have one Coach – Mr Shepherd !e boys and sta# had an amazing time and really gelled as a group, while showing Queen’s College in the very best year le$ with us, as has Jasper Je#ery who !e Under 15s have had a really tough light. was an unsung hero on the wing. Added to season in terms of results. A number of key Huge thanks should also go to the excellent MSG Tours and my old friend Stuart Lock, who arranged all the on-the- some good lads from the U16s, next year’s players have been absent for most of the ground details while we were there, as well as Mr Roberts and Mr Lintott for their excellent company and enthusiasm. 1st XV will still be force to be reckoned with, season with injuries, and this, alongside a particularly in loose play. very small number of committed players in Mr Copeland

42 43 GIRLS’ TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS

he tennis season for the seniors is brief, Harriet and Doris. Well done. with all matches being played before Half T !e U13s had the luxury of having three very Term and exam leave. !e senior teams have strong players – indeed, Emily Donnan has been made up of a few loyal Sixth Formers and played for the U14s, U15s and 1st team. We numerous Year 11s. !e teams have had mixed are proud that she has been selected for and fortunes – victories for the "rst team against played for the U14 County Cup team. Pippa Wells and Blundell’s, well-contested games and Elise have also played for the "rst team and against West Buckland and Taunton, which we acquitted themselves extremely well. !e talents lost and a master class from Mill"eld in power of these three have in%uenced the rest of their hitting and consistency. !e second team beat year group to ‘up their game.’ In the Aegon Cup, Wells, drew with Mill"eld and the third/U15 we pushed Mill"eld Prep hard – "nally losing team had a victory over Mill"eld. 4-2, but they had to play at their best to gain a !e Under 15s have enjoyed a competitive victory. Sam Yeates has been invaluable with term for the most part, recording two notable this group of girls – she has provided a positive wins over Exeter School and Taunton School, role model. As a year group, they have promise ATHLETICS combinations: track and "eld, track and relay, but coming second best in the other "xtures. and should be encouraged to play more tennis "eld and relay. Each competitors’ times and !ey have struggled for numbers on most out of school. distances are converted into points for the team. occasions, but the core group of girls; Mia he season began in April with a combined !e majority of the U12s were new to tennis. !e age groups for this are di#erent, combining Dunn, Lena Polensky, Maisie Russo, Jo Keogan, track "xture with the Junior School against Year 7/8 and 9/10. Both the Junior and Inter girls !ey have attended as many practices as they TMinehead Middle. Emma Forknall, Elise Midworth and Daisy teams "nished 4th. Pippa was highest scorer have been able to and some have made good Godfrey-Foyle should be delighted with their Year 7 boys and girls had a close competition, with 41points (JG) and Jo scored 40 (IG). Both use of our external coach. !eir progress has e#orts. !anks should also go to Ruby Russo in both winning, the girls by 2 points. Individual boys’ teams "nished 5th and highest scorers were been steady and it was really encouraging to Year 9 for several appearances when "lling in winners were Sophie (100m), Mollie (1500m), Seb Gabriel on 46 points (JB) and Tom R with 32 see 12 girls playing against West Buckland in for absent Year 10 girls. (800m) and Toby (100m). Minehead won both points (IB). the last match of the season. year 8 competitions, beating our boys by just 2 !e U14As have had a mixed season, winning At the Somerset Junior Track and Field A special mention goes to Jess Brown. points. Individual winners were Gabriel (100m Championships in early June, Gabriel performed four matches and losing three, with good and 200m), James (800m), Emily (800m) and !roughout her school career, Jess has been very well and became County champion for the wins against Exeter, Wells, Blundell’s and Pippa (1500m). Queen’s won the event overall. a strong, enthusiastic and reliable player. She 200m (24.92s) and the long jump (5.08m). Louis Taunton. !e team have been fully committed Due to the cancellation of our time trials, our older has played for the "rst team for two years and Reynolds came 4th in the HJ. In the 300m Emily throughout and their ground shots have athletes had a later start to the season. has been a dependable captain this season. and Pippa "nished 2nd and 3rd respectively, both improved dramatically. !e strongest In the Somerset Schools Combined Events In the "rst team, she has forged a successful running under 50 seconds. !e Queen’s relays performances have come from Emily and Championships at the end of April, Hamish and were unfortunately cancelled, as some of the other partnership with Olivia Sandow and they have Eleana. Many of the U14Bs started the season Daryl entered the Junior Boys pentathlon. !is schools taking part could not "eld enough for the experienced many ‘cracking victories.’ Full having never played a set of tennis before. involved competing in the 80m hurdles, shot, LJ, teams. colours are awarded to Jess Brown and Olivia. HJ and the 800m. Both boys completed all of the However, they have gone from strength to At the Somerset Schools Athletics Championships, strength with a strong 8–1 win over Blundell’s. !anks must go to Mr Copeland, Mrs events with Hamish "nishing 9th overall. Hamish 20 athletes represented the Taunton Area. Queen’s Most improved players of the U14 squad are Drummond, Sam Yeates and Steve Pantling. was selected to represent Somerset in the South had 11 athletes "nishing in the top 3 and some West competition and the Somerset team won this new PBs for other athletes as well. Naomi W (IG event. Hamish performed well, improving on some discus) and Sophie J (SG 800m) both won their PBs. Bea W competed well in the Junior Girls events and were county champions. Poppy G (SG pentathlon. discus and hammer) came 2nd in her events, the BOYS’ TENNIS Taunton Area Trials were held in early May following gained 3rd place: JB – Gabriel C (300m), and Queen’s athletes did very well, with 20 Hamish R (HJ) and Alex B (shot); JG –Eleana S of the 22 entered being selected to go on to (javelin); IB – Miles C-H (200m) and Eason T With exam pressures, Ten Tors, cricket Matches a$er this point became a bit tougher. represent Taunton Area at the Somerset Schools (shot); IG – Jo K (javelin) and SB Jasper J (HJ). priority, international hockey practices and !e last match of the season was a mixed match now university Open Days on Saturdays, this against Blundell’s which proved successful and a Championships held in Yeovil in June. Area trials Two athletes went on to compete for Somerset in has been a busy and short term for the tennis winners were : JB – Gabriel (100m) and Hamish the SW Schools Championships in Exeter. Naomi bit of fun. (HJ), SB – Alayham (LJ) and Jasper (HJ), JG W (IG discus) achieved National Entry standard team. 18 boys, including two Year 7 boys, have Stalwarts of the team include Francis Baugh, – Eleana (Javelin), IG – Connie (800m) and SG – with a throw of 33.08m, coming 2nd in the represented the two teams with enthusiasm. Robin Chandler-Payne and the international Sophie (800m). South West. !is was the "rst time Poppy G had Many of the matches have been closer than duo of Nikolai Abaluev and Gabriel Sambo A number of athletes also competed in the represented Somerset and she "nished 5th in the the scorelines suggest. We appear to have an making themselves available for every match, Somerset AA T&F Championships. County discus and 6th in the hammer. inability to win the vital game-winning point. with Jasper Je#rey, Oli Drummond, Nathan Champions were: Ed F (SB 800m), Sophie J (SG Another two athletes quali"ed for the National An early win against Heath"eld was followed Harrison and Michael Franks making the "rst AT H L E T I C S ATHLETICS 800m) and Naomi W (IG discus). !ere were also Prep School Championship in Birmingham. At the by a close game against Wells Cathedral, with team when available. Half Colours go to Francis podium "nishes for Poppy G (2nd SG discus), Ben Nationals, Louis competed well but didn’t have his the seconds winning and the "rsts just losing. Baugh. D (3rd JB 3000m) and Hamish R (3rd JB HJ). best competition. Gabriel went on to win the 200m !e English Schools Cup competition took 44 "nal achieving a new PB in the process of 24.59s. 45 place at Mill"eld in May. !is team competition Congratulations. requires pupils to compete in one of the following U13A U13/12B their skills consistently. !is has !e U13s’ season has been a bit of a Some 26 di#erent players resulted in some resounding mixed bag. A$er a slow start, they represented the side. !is gave victories against West Buckland, "nished the season strongly and a lot of the younger and less BGS and Castle School. !e played excellent cricket; the bowling experienced players some wonderful side boasted two outstanding improved, and a main feature was opportunities to play competitive performers. JT Langridge was the running between the wickets cricket. Unfortunately, wins were very consistent with the bat. He when batting. hard to come by. On occasions we struck 346 runs, passing 50 on six out of eight occasions. With the Batting highlights were Jay Terry set the opposition some challenging targets, but our "elding and dropped ball, Elliott Berry was the stand and Harry Love sharing seven out, taking 18 wickets from eight half-centuries with the stand-out catches cost us matches we might have won. matches, including 5-6 against West for Terry being his 81 against King’s Buckland. Hall and Love for his 77 against Reports by team coaches West Buckland. Bowling proved to U12A be their weakness, although Terry !anks must go to coaches who was always consistent and there !e U12As have enjoyed a mixed have helped with boys’ cricket this were also useful contributions from season. While the boys have come term – Messrs Hamilton, Mann, Charlie Ball and Ollie Hunt. on the wrong side of some close Roberts, Organ, Exley, Shepherd, defeats, they have all showcased Copeland, Attwood, Davis, Simon, Roper and Janis.

BOYS’ CRICKET U15A !e attitude in the team has been massively di#erent 1st XI from last season. No-one has complained and the boys his has been a very successful season for have started to see the sport’s social side. !is change Tthe 1st team. !ey have played 13 matches, in attitude has seen the performance improve week winning eight, drawing one and losing four. on week, with batting and "elding targets being hit. !ey at times played some outstanding cricket, With the bat, Will Je#ery has been consistent opening with notable wins being against a very good the batting. Tommy Hill and Andrew Smith have been Colston’s team and an excellent bowling lethal with ball and Tom Hopwood has skittled teams display against BGS. !e highlights of the with his leg spin. season have been: James Duckering’s maiden "rst team hundred against the Forty Club, Heinrich Pieterse’s three centuries, including an U15/14B GIRLS’ CRICKET outstanding 132 against King’s, Fionn Hand’s We have trained and played with good energy and a decision was taken this term in is out and out is in. Games were !anks go to Mr Lintott, Mr Davis, 5-32 against the MCC, which will also see him positive attitude. !e boys have made a lot of progress to dedicate more of the played v King’s Hall, Taunton Prep Mr Copeland and Mr Roberts. receive a special presentation at Lord’s next A with regard to their behaviour and body language when curriculum games time to the and Senior, St Peter’s, Holyrood and summer, his century against the Somerset A special mention goes to Millie part of a team !ere are a few boys in this team who development of girls’ cricket. For a Stragglers and his 156 against SGS College. Wellington. Lusk. Millie has a real passion for may have challenged for an A-team spot, in particular Special mention must go to Tim Webb, who few of us this started in the winter We also took part in the annual Ra# Evans and Ben Badley-Curtis, but I am happy we cricket. She has worked hard during has played in the "rst team since Year 10. He months with indoor nets, where managed to keep them since they always contribute a Queen’s Tournament – an event the winter months to improve her has bowled brilliantly, as well as leading the our bowling and batting skills lot to our team. which was the brainchild of all-round game. She has listened team very impressively in the absence of Fionn. were honed under the tutelage of Mr David Hedges and strongly carefully to the advice of Mr Davis, Mr Davis. An indoor tournament 2nd XI championed by the Broderick Mr Suppiah and, latterly, Mr Lintott; U14A in the Autumn Term saw a good !e 2nd XI de"nitely has been the social side of family who donated the magni"cent performance from the U15 team, this open and positive acceptance of the School. Despite not managing to record a !e U14 A team had a tough season but there were shield which was won this year by coaching ideas and a willingness to some notable performances. Max Johnson captained who narrowly missed out on victory during the term, the players have played Wellington School. act upon them has resulted in her and trained with a good spirit. the side well and led the batting performances, with progressing further. two 50s, as well as pulling o# some outstanding Our "nal "xture of the season was a most successful season to date. !ere have been 18 players in the squad and, And so to the Summer Term which catches in the "eld. Max Wombwell struck the ball so$ ball festival, where a marvellous pleasingly, there has been a large number of saw mass ‘how to bowl’ sessions, Millie has captained the U13 and very cleanly for his 60 against Bristol Grammar all-round team performance saw Year 11s for whom the experience will stand which were taken by Mr Lintott, U15 sides in victory and defeat with School. Toby Bloxham’s bowling was very consistent victories over Wellington B, Exeter them in good stead for future years. Mr Roberts and Mr Roper – to equal enthusiasm and has played CRICKET CRICKET and Jack Dormor was a real ‘livewire’ behind the School, Taunton U12s and, in the varying degrees of success. Many for the boys when needed. We are !roughout the season, the squad has been stumps, keeping the side going with his enthusiasm. "nal ,Taunton U13s. Finally, we ably led by Callum Lane, who captained the girls in Years 7 and 8 played for the proud that she has been selected for Connor Miles, Simon Sage, Matthew Empsall and Tom listened to Miss Harrison and her side with humour and maturity and showed a Langford were also regulars in the side and deserve "rst time – admittedly struggling the County U13 side. huge amount of empathy for his players. one coaching point – ‘just whack it!’ 46 credit for their commitment to the team. initially, with an alien game where 47 improved player. All games were competitive and CANOE POLO we were rarely beaten by more than a goal or two, but our mistakes and lapses in concentration were his year, we have put out two canoe polo o$en punished by quick and powerful opposition. Tteams and tournaments have spanned all three terms. With our ‘"rst’ team having been Our ‘second’ team played in the South West promoted at the end of last season to the South- Youth League and "nished the season having West League Division 2, we knew we were going won 6 and lost 8 of our 14 matches. Initially, to be up against some tough opposition. We the inexperience of the team le$ us vulnerable "nished having won two, drawn two and lost ten to rapid counter-attacking play and, despite of our 14 games. !is was just enough to stay scoring goals, games were o$en lost due to slow in the Division, which was our priority for the decision-making. !e team made real progress season and a great achievement for the team. throughout the season and have become a much Colin Kallnik was fantastic in goal and Matt more cohesive unit with better awareness of their Keogan drove the team forward at every positional responsibilities, good organisation opportunity. Eddy Jobson worked tirelessly and belief in themselves. !ey gained notable for the team and Tom Rucklidge was our most wins against Cheltenham and Bridgend, and always played with enthusiasm and commitment. Jo Keogan and Oskar Hinds were particularly in%uential and have grown in con"dence, as well SWIMMING as developing their paddling and ball-handling SWIMMING skills. Poppy Greenshields has provided some and Gabriel Cameron won the Swimming in a range of events, resilience to the defence and James Mockridge SWIMMING U13 boys’ freestyle. Dominic Rohan Fidell won the greatest made a very encouraging debut this year. ueen’s has had another Williams swam a superb race to number of points for the boys’ Qsuccessful swimming take the boys’ U13 butter%y by team this season. Fabian Farbahi, All players have thoroughly enjoyed the season this year! In total, our a "ngertip and the Year 7 girls Dmitrii Slipenkin, Matvey tournaments and their commitment to both swimmers from Years 7–13 had fought through every centimetre Lisovskiy, Tiger Cosens and teams has been fantastic. Well done to all! 11 swimming matches and won of the pool to snatch a win in

CANOE POLO CANOE Oliver Drummond were all on CANOE POLO CANOE eight of these. the U12 freestyle relay by eleven winning form for the boys’ team. hundredths of a second! Our junior swimmers in the Year In the Meade King Cup Queen’s older swimmers won 7 and 8 teams were successful in competition, Fay won the U16 all but one of their competitions. most of their galas, but the BADMINTON season has not been without its girls’ breaststroke and butter%y comfortably and our girls were !e Year 7 boys were well led by challenges, especially for the he Queen’s badminton teams have second in nearly all the other Harry Forknall who swam the boys, who were a team without Tcontinued the success of previous years, events, including the relay winning all three divisions entered. individual medley and butter%y the senior stars of the past few at almost every gala! !e Year 8 years. A willingness by our boys events, to "nish runners-up. !e Milly Man received special permission to boys have gained race con"dence to step up to the challenge made boys had a much tougher time play in the boys’ division due to her ability this year. the di#erence between success and "nished, only one point in the sport. Milly was runner up this year and failure. !e boys held their behind King’s, in fourth place. in the ladies’ singles at the Somerset senior In the Year 7 girls’ team, Mollie own in most galas, but were also Rohan dominated the U15 boys’ championships and performed fantastically West was an outstanding boosted by the girls, who enjoyed freestyle, winning by several against older and much more experienced performer. !e junior team a team strong in every age group metres. In the Cannon relay, we players. Milly is the strongest female gala scores were boosted by a this year. gained a well-deserved second badminton player that we have had at Queen’s particularly strong girls’ team in place, well ahead of King’s and and hopefully she will go on to greater success Year 8 who won all of the Year !e senior team, captained by Wellington and not that far in the future. 8 girls’ events at some galas. No Amelia Vance and Matthew behind Taunton. the Boys’ U18 !ird Division, beating Wellington and swimming records have been Keogan, won galas against King’s !e Queen’s 1st boys’ team of Milly Man, Mill"eld. !is was a fairly young team with Jack in Year broken this year, but Bryony Bruton, Wellington, Blundell’s, Perhaps the swim of the gala for and King’s this season. Fay Matthew Lee, Michael Yeung and Bjorn 8 and Vince in Year 10. !ey show much promise for the Fidell and Emily Donnan are only Queen’s was Sam Wansbrough’s future. Graham gave several excellent Hemberg have retained the U18 Division 1 a "ngertip away! last leg of the U16 boys’ medley demonstrations of how to stay in title for the fourth year in a row, beating Wells relay, in which he thrashed out !e girls’ 1st team of Milly Man, Maggie Yang, Stephanie control of a race and Ste' French, Cathedral and Huish College. !is was a very In the annual Four Schools two lengths freestyle to storm past Mak and Tina Yu won the Girls’ U18 First Division, competition, our Years 7 and Jess Brown, Sophie Jones, Naomi strong division and the team played with the King’s swimmer in the last beating Mill"eld, Heath"eld and Huish. !e girls were 8 "nished runners-up. Tean Wilde, Harriet Criddle, Gabriella consistency and accuracy to comfortably win few metres. We may not have won very strong dropping only two games across both singles Teanchanukulchai and Emily Ciappara and Jasmine Fortune the title. this event, but it was one that was and doubles. Donnan won both of their all had a signi"cant number of

BADMINTON truly representative of Queen’s BADMINTON backstroke and freestyle races wins to boost our points total. At !e boys’ 2nd team of Vince Chin, Andrew several galas, the girls won every determination and swimming Wong, Andrew Wang and Jack So won !is is one of Queen’s most successful years at badminton. in the U12 and U13 age groups 48 single relay race! team spirit. 49 NETBALL NETBALL NETBALL he senior teams have competed and contested Twell against local schools and have achieved some excellent results. With further commitment and dedication to training and matches, we can improve next season. !e juniors recorded some superb results which Championships held at Aldon and Year 8 boys were fourth as a re%ected their commitment and CROSS COUNTRY enthusiasm in practices. Hill, there were notable team and the Year 8 girls and Year !ank you to all the sta# who he season started back in performances from Lily Fawcett, 7 boys were seventh. ninth in the minor girls, Jo have helped this season and we TOctober with the "rst round are sorry to say goodbye to Miss of the National Cross Country Keogan, eighth in the inter girls, In the Larkman Cup, our boys Harrison, Mrs Lewis, Mrs Sully Cup. !is was held at Downside and Matt Keogan sixth in the and girls ran well in very wet and and Miss Sephton, and wish them 3rd and 4th XIs in all of the remaining "xtures. School – a fast, undulating course, senior boys. !ey were then muddy conditions, with Pippa all well for their future. For the 3rds and 4ths the !e only time we were outclassed, which was a good test of speed selected to represent Somerset in Drummond, Lily Fawcett and commitment and team was against Taunton School, endurance for our runners. the South West championships – Franky Gediking turning in good spirit shown by the relatively whose team have reached the performances. 1st XI small squad of players are national "nals. Louisa has led the they "nished 57th and 52nd and commendable. Attendance at A team impeccably as captain, !e individual competitions !e newly formed 1st team have 38th respectively. had a mixed season with their practice has been eaten into by and it has also been great to see started with the Area results, losing 5 narrowly and a variety of other commitments, the emergence of newcomers Championships and 11 of our At the National "nals held in winning 3 against Wells Cathedral however, the girls tried hard and Harriet, Macy and Fiona into the runners were selected to represent Leeds, Jo was 247th and Matt and local rivals King’s College. kept their composure in some A and B squads. It is essential this Taunton area at the County 207th. !e highlight of the season being really tough games this term. year group remain enthused and Championships. the victory over Wellington in a !ank you to all those who have committed with all of their sport. played this term, and for stepping In the Somerset Junior tightly contested match in which the girls played their best netball in to play at short notice or in a

CROSS COUNTRY In the Somerset County Under 13s CROSS COUNTRY Championships, the Year 7 girls all season. Our matches have di#erent position! been played with tremendous !e U13s had a very promising team spirit. We have competed season. !e A team had victories strongly and never given up, even Under 15s over Exeter Cathedral, Wells, when the score was against us. !e U15s have had a tough season Perrott Hill, King’s Hall, St Peter’s BASKETBALL Our skills in defence and attack with victories being hard to come and Blundell’s. !ey "nished an have %ourished. !ank you to all by. Enthusiasm for the sport has honourable fourth in the County Sun, Oscar Che, Chris Guo, Will enjoying even more matches with the 1st team squad, all of whom sometimes been lacking, but they tournament, a$er rattling some of he basketball team have have persevered and kept "ghting. their more renowned opponents. Keyte and Nikolai Abaluev have have shown great willingness to Tcontinued to make real an expanded basketball league in improve their match play and Molly has been aggressive in !eir best performance was in progress this season, as all excelled, and all have at least the "rst term. skills. !anks must go to all our defence, happily taking on any the "nal match of the season highlighted by our second-place one more year at the College, sta# who have helped this term: teams attackers by any means against Blundell’s. !e team has "nish within the local "ve school which bodes well for the future. Well done to all of the boys for Mrs Brunt, Miss Harrison, Mrs necessary! Mia, a$er returning been captained by Millie, whose league in the Autumn Term their e#orts and commitment Lewis, Mr Copeland, Mrs Sully, from injury, has produced some consistent and accurate shooting has li$ed the whole team. It has Hopefully, we will be installing this season and I wish them all Miss Harrison, Mr White, Mrs great performances for the A !e boys enjoyed wins over Allan, Mrs Gardner and the team. Lauren and Daisy have been pleasing to work with such Wellington on two occasions, much-needed end basketball the best of luck next season and gappies Simone and Nick. !e improved immensely throughout enthusiastic, netball-loving girls. King’s College, and only one goals so we can train and play beyond. future for Queens’ netball looks the season. A number of players !e B team have worked hard narrow loss against Taunton. properly at home next year, promising. have had to step up from the Bs on their skills and although they particularly as the players will be Mr Simon Copeland to the As and have done well in haven’t won many games, the improvements they have made Matches were harder to come a much faster-paced game. Well 2nd XI done to all! have been considerable. by in the Spring Term but West !e second team have been Buckland provided a welcome set enthusiastically captained by Alys of new faces for the boys to play Robson-Edmunds. Although Under 14s Under 12s against. victories for this team have been !e Under 14s are a talented !e U12s have made good few, they have improved as the and committed year group, and progress this term and have !e squad have trained twice a season has progressed and have this has been demonstrated by trained regularly. !e As have just lost out in the "nal quarter their exceptional attendance and played 7, winning 3, drawing week without fail under coach on several occasions. !eir enthusiasm for training. !e 1 and losing 3. !eir captain Tumie Ngakane. He has provided best performance was against As and Bs have had absolutely Eleanor has also stepped up to enthusiastic and knowledgeable Cli$on College, where they held replica seasons of each other. play occasionally for other year training sessions and he deserves their nerve in an intimidating Both enjoyed "ne early season groups.!e Bs and Cs haven’t BASKETBALL BASKETBALL much credit for the team’s rapid environment – they defended wins against Wells Cathedral enjoyed as much success, but have worked hard to improve, and this improvement. brilliantly with Sophie, Verity and and King’s Taunton, before then Megan on top form, and attacked "nding a run of narrow defeats should lead to success next year. with equal skill and energy. Gabriel Sambo-Briceno, Jonathan 50 51 EQUESTRIAN NSEA Eventers Challenge Championships Blue Chip Winter Show Jumping at Hickstead Championships, with Ted coming second in a non-Championship Royal Windsor Horse Show At the end of May, we were again at the class. nce again, we did amazingly well and prestigious All England Show Jumping Course Oquali"ed to compete at the Royal Windsor in West Sussex, competing in the NSEA As well as qualifying for the Horse Show for the third year in a row, which Eventers Challenge Championships. We had BS National Show Jumping is unbelievable and such an achievement, a total of 27 entries making up six teams and Championships in the Just considering there had been over 250 teams from three individual entries. Our riders were Molly for Schools in both team and all over the country, all trying to qualify for a Rucklidge, Ruby Russo, Maisie Russo, Millie individual classes, we had riders place. On the day, there were 27 teams in the Chadwick, Will Field, and Ted Field. quali"ed for the BS classes. Molly NSEA Inter Schools Show Jumping Class, with quali"ed two ponies for the 1.00m each team having four riders. !e 90 Eventers Challenge Championship team Restricted Rider Championship, of Will, Molly, Ruby and Millie came 7th. In the Will one for the 1.10m Restricted Our team consisted of Ted Field on Jessy 1.00 Eventers Challenge Championship, Will Rider Championship and one for Wonder, Ruby Russo on Tullibards X Factor, came 4th individual and the team of Will, Ted, the Novice Championship and Will Field on Sprite II and Molly Rucklidge on Molly and Millie came 6th. Ted one for the Stepping Stones Rosnakill Skittles. Championship. In the 1.00 Elite Show Jumping, the same team In addition, while at Windsor and, for the came 4th. Will Field on Sprite II came 9th and Eventing "rst time, three of our riders Will Field, Ted 24th on Noah. Molly came 37th and 55th out of Field and Molly Rucklidge were competing 132 riders individually in the 90cm Jump With Henri Ewell had a successful start to Showing Type class at the Derbyshire Festival in the Land Rover Services Team Jumping, Style class. In the 90cm, we were 11th and 14th the British eventing season with her of Showing held at Somerford Park representing the Somerset Army Cadet Force. out of 26 teams. horses Cool Fantasy and Connaught In the past year, Daisy Trebble in Cheshire in June. She’s had an !is class was held in the prestigious Main Diamond. She was placed in the top (Year 1) quali"ed for HOYS riding incredible year, to say the least! Ring, which is incredibly daunting. We were Later in the summer, we were back at ten in 8 out of her "rst 10 events Overley Game Bird. She was the competing against the Royal Artillery, the RAF, Hickstead for the NSEA Elite Show Jumping of the season, six of these having youngest person competing there Francesca Lawrence (Year 6) has Royal Navy, the Army as well as the Police who Championships with a team in the 1.00 Elite double clears.Henri was invited to last year. returned to County Level showing were all on huge horses. In came our team, and Molly and Will with two ponies in the Milstreet International horse trials this year on her Welsh Section B one by one on their ponies, and jumped two 1.10 Elite where they jumped in Hickstead’s in Ireland to compete in the CIC* as Daisy and Overley Game Bird pony, Mynach Orsino. !ey made beautiful clear rounds with one round having International Arena in front of the derby bank, part of the GB Junior development also quali"ed her Lead Rein a successful debut to the season at eight faults. Considering we were the youngest and the Hurstpierpoint National Schools Show squad. Show Hunter Pony for the Royal !e Native Pony Magazine Show, team and on the smallest ponies, we came a very Jumping Championships the next day. International Horse Show to be winning both their classes and are commendable eighth place out of 17 teams! At the NSEA, Moreton ODE held at Hickstead in the summer. now campaigning the Horse of Quali"ers for NSEA National Championships Ruby Russo "nished seventh as Daisy won her class at the Cheshire the Year Show Junior Mountain & an individual with a dressage Premier Spring Show as well as the Moorland small breeds classes for We have also had 80cm, 90cm and 1.00m score of 31.5 and a double clear, Best Rider title. the rest of the season. teams qualify to compete at the National so she quali"ed for the ODE Championships plus, as individuals, both Ruby Championships at Ascot under Daisy and Overley Game Bird also Many thanks to Mel Brown for and Ted in the 80cm, Molly and Will in the Wychwood, near Burford, Oxon, in moved up from eighth to come "$h all her e#orts on the Queen’s 90cm, Ted in the 90cm show jumping and Will October. in the HOYS Lead Rein of Hunter equestrian front! in the 1.10m JWS with three ponies. EQUESTRIAN EQUESTRIAN ueen’s College Equestrian Team are also Qmembers of the Just for Schools league run under British Show Jumping Rules. At the time of writing, the Queen’s College team were lying second in the country in the 1m league and third in the 90cm league.

Individually, in the 1.10m League, Will was third and Molly sixth out of 50 riders. In the 1.00m, Will was lying equal "rst with Molly in hot pursuit in fourth out of over 130 riders; while, in the 90cm, Ted was 13th out of over 230 riders. We certainly are a force to be reckoned with!

Molly and Will both quali"ed to compete at the 52 53 canes and chocolate Santas. !is helped to raise greatly missed. money for Hutton’s chosen charity, Taunton On a personal note, I will be sad to leave Hutton Association for the Homeless. House at the end of this academic year. My !e house sta# are a good team and work family and I have many fond memories of my closely together to help support the girls – there time spent as a Houseparent. I have enjoyed is always someone for the girls to talk to. !anks meeting the students who have passed through must go to all the residential sta# and visiting Hutton, watching them grow into independent tutors, Hutton House would not be the same young ladies ready for the next challenge. !e without them. !is year we will be saying Year 13 students have worked hard this year House Prefect and Mentor, Molly !urstan. goodbye to Miss Elizabeth Storrs-Fox. She has and I would like to wish them the best of luck in HUTTON been a resident tutor in the house for four years their exams and in the future. !e boarders have been kept busy by the wide and a key member of the team. She has been his has been another successful year for variety of co-curricular activities and the trips And "nally, huge thanks must go to all the a great support to the girls and I would like to Hutton House. Mrs Yvonne Mackey joined we have o#ered. Some of the highlights have support sta# and medical sta# who help run T thank her for her contribution to the House and the team to become the Assistant Houseparent been horse riding on the Quantocks, Cookery Hutton House on a daily basis. the time devoted to the students. She will be in Highgrove. She settled into her new role Club, trips to Exeter and Bath, Flip Out and Mrs Kate Newsome quickly and has been providing students with Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. A$er returning tasty treats – her fruit salads have proved very from the Easter holiday, Hutton House held popular in Highgrove. their house dinner at the Somerset Cricket Club. Hutton welcomed around 40 new students this !is was a fun-"lled night, with a three-course year from a rich mix of backgrounds. !e year meal followed by a very popular silent disco. started well with an excellent performance Charlotte Moreland has been an excellent Head in the House Singing competition. !e girls of House. She has the attributes we consider worked hard to deliver a well-executed important: kindness and sincerity. She has performance of ‘Royals’ by Lorde. It was plain worked hard to support the sta# in the House to see we have some very talented singers in the and has made time for the younger boarders House. to help guide them. Michaela Fry has been an !e Hutton boarders have performed key roles invaluable assistant to the Head of House. Her in the school plays and the Dance Show. We organisation and no-nonsense approach gets the have watched some inspiring performance job done. She did an excellent job organising from the girls, Anna Campbell as Puck in ‘A the charity event at Christmas, selling candy Midsummer’s Night Dream’, Megan Kemp and Vivian Liu in the Dance Show ‘Belle’ and, more recently, Victoria Ogunyebi as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie Jr’ – and this is just to mention a few. !e boarders have also helped backstage, with make-up, selling tickets and refreshments. We have many keen sportswomen who have represented the school across all sports. !e

HUTTON Year 10 Hutton team proudly won the house HUTTON netball competition and the team spirit at all sporting competitions has been exceptional, helped by the Head of Sport, Ste' French, and 54 55 56 L SCHOOL Matthew have Lee keen fencers been among Cambridge. New pupils, Jickson Cheung and andLevels auniversity o#er from Caius College, managed inalongside this to squeeze "ve A kayakers and players. canoe polo Hugo has andKallnik Hugo Smith have who regular been of School. Particular mention to goes Colin a variety of di#erent inand activities outside House!e School boys have involved been in music performances at school. has, who asChin always, astalwart of the been were ahighlight and we were ably by led Hao Andrew Wang and Guy Wong Pinto Wahnon house from singing. parts Luk, Solo Henry !e boys can once again proud feel very of their SCHOOLSCHOOLcommitted to. as awhole,School and is something we are very process of integrating boarders the into the ‘old timers’ important it was avery of part the While took this some getting to for used the assemblies and day-house the spaces with them. with day the pupils and shared inregistration, a$ er 4pm. have !ey intutor been groups House morning inthe and not returned until pastoralthe system. boys the have All le$the !is year achange has seen structure inthe of mull over stories of House. inthe time their and would always again them keen to be to see wish brothers Ollie, Oscar and Tim best the all association House with School to an end. We yearthis and brings Webb the family’s 12year Househas the led really well as Head of House supporting projects inMusgrove Hospital. Tim money for Love the Musgrove charity is which well doneReally to Tim raising has who been enjoyed it! waxed for charity. to have seemed both !ey followed his brother Oscar inhaving his legs eg waxing a‘Webb’ to seems be trait as Tim School inMUNconferences,School and received both again leading representatives been for the BretonElie desLoys and Hislop Finley have Junior about School life inother countries. grateful for help their with apresentation to the a variety of We schoolactivities. were very other and sports have thrown themselves into Monday evening from now on! a great We deal. wish himamore relaxing ofover and time miss period we this him will and afabulous has been tutor and great support avisitingbeen tutor House inthe for ten years Henden from House. School Mr Henden has Unfortunately, we dosay goodbye to Mr having apupil been at Queen’s himself. Mr Lintott House joined School the sta# team House inSeptember, we were delighted also that As well as welcoming pupils 30new into the year, is which wonderful to see. passion and talent he wasn’t aware of until this throughout year. the He has discovered a productions Queen’s inthe Hall and assemblies of crew technical the that have supported the Felix important Cheng has become avery part Miles, and luck good for next season. Bristolthe RFCAcademy U16team. Well done represent Somerset U16rugby the team and at school. Miles Coleby-Hill to was selected is"cant areally signi achievement still while of Duke Gold their Edinburgh Awards, which Mr Jon Shepherd A Scanner appealScanner and quickly about set raising funds students chose to support Love the Musgrove MRI For our House daunting it may have felt at time! the for allowing of all usinvolved to be –however real highlight on stage the and Mrs Clark conducting was a view, having my two children (Tommy result. "nal the to sneak From point apersonal of extremely and good tense and a close #air. boy the All ‘Castle on Hill’ the brilliantly well inwhat was a Channon custody a$ er we Sheeran’s Ed performed some time. ! e House Singing crown remained in highlights back onLooking year the sta the # and between link student community. tasks on of behalf the to organise many events, complete administration models for younger the students; have they helped (Deputy Heads of House) have positive role been Franks (Head of House), Fionn Hand Lam and Leo reliable and energetic team of students. Michael Channon House competent, by led has avery been for our students and maintaining standards. high Mr Chislett), have done an excellent jobincaring combination with visiting the tutors (Mr Exley "cantmade asigni contribution to house the and placement as aSports Graduate. resident Both sta# his role boarding inthe house with aone joined sta the 'ng team inSeptember students. Mr (Resident LiamRoper Tutor) also and quickly becoming favourite a"rm with the moving from ‘dark the side’ House) (School Mr Jon joined us as Assistant Roberts Housemaster, formed and some memorable shared. experiences and cohesive atmosphere, friendships with new and student the community have created avibrant CHANNON has %own by! It ahugely has been positive year nother action which will which , and we are grateful to students the c harity year this - packed year at Channon House , thankfully for thankfully us, we managed stay for memory inthe H ouse and have avital been , there are some obvious , the Channon the s’ houses were , combining and - year work Megan) and , in

Sopp all the very best for best future. the very the Sopp all Head of House), Baron Li,Ken and Chin Danny Hand (Deputy Head of House), (Deputy Lam Leo We wish Michael Franks (Head of House), Fionn YearOur 13leavers have positive legacy. le$avery contribution to Channon House. and we are hugely grateful for excellent their thoroughly by missed Channon the community as avisiting tutor from September. be will Both world; meanwhile Mr Hamilton replaces Mr Exley spending next the be year travelling will Roper the of students and some wonderful sta#. Mr Liam year, we have to say goodbye to afantastic group As we draw towards end the of another academic on of whole the boarding behalf all community. timetable’ e'ciently so and abrilliant does who job of co-ordinated Boarding, who ‘restructured the mention must go to also Mr Jon Shepherd, Head boarders’ were fed and all looked a$er. Aspecial team who grateful to fantastic the catering and domestic whole community together pulled and we are very mass "ghts. snowball It was noticeable how the opportunity to make snowmen, sledge and have made most the of situation the –enjoying the "xture having cancelled), boarders to the be as annual the House School vsChannon football and disruption the to lessons (and events such raining it snowing! started Despite hold-ups the January it when "nallystopped and February; I’m not sure that we had many days during dry remembered be !is also year for will weather. the of ra and(e ticket sales student donations. impressive £434.40was from raised acombination evening performance of play. School Senior the An we ra sold (e tickets to patrons prior to each and, with the help of the generous that we up ended creating two hampers contributions to ahamper. Companies were so We beganby canvassing businesses for local to help towards charity the , against ensured odds, the that the

S enior ’s target of £1,000,000.

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CHANNON CHANNON 57 LAKER performing arts this year: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘Let it Snow’, the Dance Show ‘Belle’ and the aker House has experienced a very busy and Middle School play ‘Annie’, as well as all the musical

concerts and assemblies. A number of Laker girls LAKER productive 2017–18. New for this year, Georgia LAKER LBuss, Year 11 prefect, organised Laker into vertical also went to watch the musical ‘Hairspray’ at groups to allow pupils to get to know each other the Bristol Hippodrome, which was thoroughly FIELDING enjoyable. !e House this year has been very well led better across the year groups. !is has been lovely his has been an excellent year in Fielding. by Tom Hazell-Evans and he has been well to observe, seeing girls from di#ering age groups !e charity prefect team this year have raised socialising and supporting each other in the day money for ‘Girls Not Brides’. We have had face T!ere have been a number of changes to supported by Sam Wansborough, Max Carlson the structure of the House and I hope the boys room. painting, ice-cream and sweet sales at a variety of and Francis Baugh. I am sure that next year’s school events. feel that these changes have made dayrooms a prefects will carry on with the success of House singing this year was all about ‘Revolting happier place to be. Fielding House. Having just met the new Year 7s Children’. !e song was cra$ed and cleverly taught Combining with Ashurst prefects, Laker prefects by Mel Blake and Morwenna Crook from Year 11 delivered an assembly to the Junior School, talking !e year started well as we gave a very I feel very con"dent that Fielding will carry on and supported by Mady Baugh from Year 13. !ey about aspects of life in the Senior School. It was creditable display in the House singing going from strength to strength. literally brought the West End to the Queen’s Hall very interactive, with a pupil quiz and question competition and thanks must go to the Year 11s I wish all Year 11 leavers the best for the future and were victorious in winning the competition. and answer session. Year 10 pupils also ran a bingo and Francis Baugh for all the hard work that and I hope that they enjoyed the end-of-year Year 7, especially Millie Gubby who commanded session during the Year 6 transition day. they put into House singing this year. Maybe Hog Roast. I would also like to thank all the the front row, really held their own and were truly !e year was celebrated with a well-attended House 2018 will be the year that we wrest the trophy tutors for the help and support that they have ‘REVOLTING’! To celebrate our success, Laker Dinner at Taunton Racecourse, where a delicious away from the boarding houses?! given over the year. girls were treated to a pizza evening followed by the carvery was eaten, prizes awarded (both sensible "lm ‘Pitch Perfect’. As a House, our strength lies in sport, and there I, personally, would like to thank Mr Wilson and funny) and many awesome dance moves At the end of the Autumn Term, Year 7 were displayed. Finally, thank you to all the current Year have been some outstanding performances for all the hard work he has put in over the year this year. As a House, we regained the House treated to a Christmas party organised by Mrs 11 and the prefects: Georgia, Emily, Olivia, Kate, as my assistant. Let’s hope next year is just as Lewis where fun and silly games were played with Rose, Anna, Mel, Morwenna and Head of House swimming event – this was a real House e#ort. successful. !anks to all. !anks must go to Rohan Fidell, who captained doughnuts and oodles of chocolate. Millie Aish for their continued hard work and the team so well. Mr Angus Hamilton Once again at Easter, we held our annual Easter e#orts in making Laker House what it is. Egg Hunt on the front lawn and I believe some We also said a sad goodbye to Mrs Wedge-!omas !ere have also been some excellent results in chocolate eggs and bunnies are still hiding out who has been part of the Laker team for ten years, the House Cross-country competition, with there somewhere! and Mrs Lewis who has been with Laker for over many of the boys running extremely well in ten years and Assistant Head of House for three . di'cult conditions. !e junior teams have Mrs Allan – Year 8 tutor, also had another baby girl: born 11 June. She has been called Ruby-Elizabeth. Mrs Kay Bloxham also performed well, with notable success in We look forward to Ruby joining Laker in the Rugby, Hockey and Cricket. I was also delighted future. with the e#ort the boys put into Sports Day. Yet again, there was a real sense of pride in It has been a busy year on the sports "eld with many successes in House competitions – hockey, representing Fielding. indoor hockey, cross country, netball, swimming, tennis, rounders and athletics. It is great to see FIELDING FIELDING them wearing their pink socks with pride and determination. Individual Laker girls have also excelled in their sports. Laker girls have been actively involved in 58 59 Co-curricular SIBLY Fair during the here really never seems to be a gentle start "rst week. to the new academic year. !is year saw For the "rst Tthe start of new arrangements for the boys with time since I have a shared Day House space, each year group been responsible having access to suitably furnished rooms, for for Sibly House, socialising during breaks, or quiet rooms for the boys won all catching up on work. three age group On top of that, Sibly House welcomed three competitions new tutors: Mr West (Year 11), Mr Lintott (Year for hockey, 10) and Mr Dudgeon (Year 8). Unfortunately with Oliver Mr Dudgeon only stayed for two terms a$er Drummond which Mr Shepherd and Mr Clarke shared (Year 9), responsibility for the Year 8 tutees. pictured, being named hockey SIBLY Once settled into their new accommodation, the SIBLY boys quickly turned their attention to the House player of the year – some achievement when Music competition. Year 11 canvassed the rest Sibly also has an international in its ranks in of the House for ideas and quickly created an Tom Stevenson. interesting short list. At this stage, I bow to the Matt Keogan took pride of place for Sibly in expertise of Mr Wager who then listened to the the cross-country by representing Somerset ASHURST groups and I am grateful to the girls who "lled in at list of songs and worked with the boys to arrive Schools at the National Cross-country the last minute to ensure we had a full team. at an appropriate choice. ‘Counting Stars’ by One Championships in Leeds. Matthew had been his year has seen another busy and fun-"lled ten !ere have been some major successes this term Republic became the choice and, by the time the named as a reserve on several occasions, so months in Ashurst house. !e Year 7 girls have from Ashurst girls. Congratulations to all who took competition came around, the boys were able to to actually get selected this time was a great Tmade the most of their "rst year in Senior School part in the school plays but particularly to Gracie deliver an excellent rendition, to do themselves achievement. by involving themselves fully in all that Queen’s has Wickens-Sweet and Victoria Ogunyebi who took lead and Mr Wager justice. For Year 11, the year was rounded o# with the to o#er. !e highlight of the "rst term for many of parts in ‘Annie’. Fay Graham had two fantastic wins in All boys settled quite quickly into the routine annual prom, which gave the students a chance the girls was being able to skip, sing and dance their the Meade King Cup and continues to impress in the of school and the new Year Seven students to relax in each other’s company and to say way around EuroDisney in Paris. A large number of pool. Naomi Wilde has been busy on the hockey pitch were no di#erent, creating new friendships goodbye to those going o# to pastures new. !e Mickey ears in various designs and cuddly toys "lled and has represented Wales at U16 level. I am sure we and navigating their way around senior school. year ended with a well attended BBQ where the coach on the return journey. Many are already can expect even greater things over the next few years. Most of them found themselves with squad the boys enjoyed the nice weather, lots of good planning their return trip in a year’s time! !e "rst !e prefect team this year have been ably led by practice and they quickly discovered the food (dubiously cooked by myself) and some term also meant the return of House Singing. Ashurst Clodagh !orpe and Lottie Gaukroger. !ey have range of activities available to them through friendly cross-year football matches. chose to sing ‘You’ve Got Something I Need’ and were fully involved the house in Christmas activities, Year the co-curricular program by attending the Mr Adrian Palmer fully prepared and drilled to perfection by Sophia 6 assemblies, charity and sport and have always led Edwards and Ella Dayer. Unfortunately, victory by example and with enthusiasm. Fay Graham and was not ours, but I was immensely proud of the Naomi Wilde have been well-organised, preparing all performance including solos from Gracie Wickens- of the sports teams across the age groups. Sweet and Molly West among others. !e energy and kindness of the Year 11 prefects !e prefects have chosen the South West Children’s will be greatly missed in the house next year and Hospice this year as the Ashurst charity. A delicious the new prefects have a lot to live up to! To all those cake sale and fun games were organised by the House who are leaving in Year 11 and 13 to take on new Prefects to raise money. challenges, we wish you luck for the future and thank On the sports front, the girls have been successful you for all you have done for Ashurst over the years. again this year at hockey, netball and cross country Your continued support and commitment has been and retained the house swimming trophy yet again. amazing! !ere were some fantastic performances across all age Miss Claire Harrison ASHURST ASHURST

60 61 Nathan Harrison Tadhg McAlonan Daryl Sigobodhla Rebecca Goldsworthy Munopa Nhete Isla Tilsley ASHURST FIELDING !omas Hazell-Evans Scott Nagle Andrew Smith Tilly Goodman Maisie O’Brien Alexandra Tolly Shad Akhtar Benjamin Dayer Jamie Hill Sebastian Nicholls Sean Smith Islam Al Boukan Ella Dayer Fay Graham Sa#ron Painter Amelia Vance Charlie Aldridge Jack Dayer Tommy Hill Jan-Albert Nieuwenhuis Jack So Jenine Alathari Isobelle Desbrow Poppy Greenshields Williams Verity Vance Francis Baugh Sam Dormor Oskar Hinds Caspian North Mark Sydes Georgina Ambler Matilda Doak Emily Handel Rebecca Randolf Harriet Walter Toby Bloxham Monty Durman Jack Howard Dominic Osborne Jay Terry Emma Apps Octavia Dowding Florence Hayal Olivia Richardson Mollie West Ben Brown Alex Eveleigh Oliver Hughes Oliver Pitkin William !orne William Brown Edward Falkingham Ted Jackson-Mount Blaise Price Oscar Wade Tegan Arthurs Pippa Drummond Edie Hepburn Isobel Rossiter Jessica Western Charlie Bullock Falah Faridi Ben Jarman Samuel Pugh Sam Wansbrough Sasha Baker Lucia Edwards Kirsten Hill Maisie Russo Gracie Wickens-Sweet Max Carlson Rohan Fidell Christian Jobson Mungo Reoch Benjamin Wiggins Sophie Beard Sophia Edwards Rebecca Howard Ruby Russo Lucy Wilcox Toby Carlson Edward Field Edward Jobson !eodore Reoch Dominic Williams Jessica Brown Osazuware Eribo Yasmin Howard Aleksandra Sieradzka Phoebe Wilcox Mark Carpenter William Field Charlie Kassapian Tom Rucklidge Huw Williams Rebecca Brown Lily Fawcett Pippa Hoyle Ciara Smith Naomi Wilde Phoenix Carrol Harry Forknall Danny Kassapian George Russo Peter Williams Sarah Cawley Eleanor Fewings Emilie Jarman India Southwick Beatrice Williams Charles Cobden Charles Frost Colin Knowles Freddie Ruthven Dimitri Youyou Tiger Cosens George Garrett Javen Liao Hamish Ruthven Amelia Chadwick Marta Folch-Serra Heather Jones Beatrice Speak Louisa Wills Jack Crouch Joshua Goodwin Ze Lin Simon Sage Ruby Chapman Jasmine Fortune Molly Kelly Charlotte Speak Arabella Wilson Zubin David Mungo Hall Harry Love Sebastian Sanders Annabelle Clark Aimee Gaskell Lucy Kirkpatrick Jasmine Stanhope- David Dawson Christian Hand Charles MacNeice Peter Serra Roldan Lily Clark Lottie Gaukroger Lauren Lowe White Harriet Criddle Elise Gill Sophie Lowe Clodagh !orpe !omas Smith Eve Davies Daisy Godfrey-Foyle SIBLY Andrew Hewitt JT Langridge Katie McDavid Tallulah !relfall-Eyres Dominic Hill Jonty Lusk Ben Spear Chris Adams Joseph Criddle Myles Hoar-Hewitt Joseph MacDonagh !omas Stevenson Ben Badley-Curtis Luke Cuthbert Tom Hopwood Joshua McAree Louis Trotman Dylan Baker Edward Desbrow Cameron Houston Connor Miles Eason Tsui Joel Underwood Sophie Jones Imogen Osborne Eleana Stevenson Charlie Ball George Dodden Oliver Hunt James Mockridge LAKER Elliott Berry Oliver Drummond !omas Hunt Harry Moreland Silas Vickery Maeve Kennen Macy Pena-Romero Emma Stock George Wells Millie Aish Emily Donnan Joanne Keogan Mollie Pickup Georgia Sydes David Bleloch James Duckering Harry James William Mugford !omas Bleloch Archie Elliott William R Je#ery Joseph Naguib Harvey White Ivy Aitken-Andrews Isabel Eveleigh Zoya Khan Eleanor Pring Annie Temple-Bowie George Bolton Matthew Empsall William S Je#ery Todd O’Donnell Toby White"eld Olivia Aldridge Bryony Fidell Tamara King Emily Raybould Daisy !omas Alex Boswell Raphael Evans Max Johnson Brandon Ormerod Dylan Whitehead Imogen Amesbury Isabella Flavell Rose Kravis Freya Raybould Grace Trebble James Bradley Hew Fanshawe Joshua Jolli# Jarno Ottavianelli Peter Widden Grace Barton Emma Forknall Fiona Laney Honor Reeves Elenoa Vea Fraser Caddick Fabian Farbahi Callum Jones Fabian Reah Archie Wilcox Matilda Barton Alexandria Fowler India Lightwood Cecily Reynolds Sophia Welch Gabriel Cameron Franky Gediking Matthew Keogan Harry Reeves Joshua Wilcox Madeline Baugh Emily Fry Megan Llerena Alys Robson-Edmunds Sophie Whitehead Robin Chandler-Payne Tom Goodman !omas Keyte Louis Reynolds Arthur Wilkinson Melanie Blake Hannah Gooding Pineda-Langford Ruby Ross-Martin Carly Williams Bill Chen Benjamin Hart William Keyte Matthew Rossiter Hugh Wilson Anna Bleloch Kate Goodman Abigail Lower Harriet Rowswell Nell Woodgate-Jones Gregory Cook Oliver Haste Ravi Khakhar Dan Roulstone Max Wombwell William Wrayford Lara Bloxham Mille Gubby Millie Lusk Lily Roy-Wolfe Elizabeth Wrayford Noah Coombe Toby Haste Rohan Khakhar Dylan Rousell-Crate Ali Zomorrodian Holly Brooks Polly Hall Alice Martin Molly Rucklidge Rufus Coombe Matthew Henden Callum Lane !omas Russell Georgia Buss Emily Hancock Elise Midworth Olivia Sandow Jacob Coore Oliver Henden Tom Langford Digby Saunders Vicky Chen Laura Hart Genevieve Midworth Anina Sarker Gabriela Ciappara Grace Hemmings Rhiannon Murray Rohini Sarker Crus Leung Aeacus Pang Danny Sopp Morwenna Crook Tilly Hopcra$ Jones CHANNON Ayla Nethercott Kate Shapland Baron Li Heinrich Pieterse Mitchell !ompson Tanya David Abigail Hopwood Amelia O’Connor Vici Sieradzka Oscar Che Fionn Hand Levi Li Hardy Ramsden Dominic Tse Emily Davies Rachel Jobson Jessica Old"eld Maisy Sleigh Andy Cheung Andy Huang Samuel Li !omas Ross Andrew Wong Ken Chin Iverson Huang Tim Li Caric Siu Andrew Yang Michael Franks Ryu Kosolvatawong Matvey Lisovskiy Cyrus Siu Michael Yeung Eleanor Grant Evita Ma Moji Tapanachainukul Kevin Gu Leo Lam Wilson Look Dmitrii Slipenkin Lewis Yu HUTTON Ava Gu Stephanie Mak Jenny !urstan Yvonne Guo Olga Maltseva Molly !urstan Maxim Igenbergs Ken Lui Minson Tang So"ya Astakhova Jessica Chan Josie Hancock Zhenya Mamysheva Nicole Tsui SCHOOL Jasper Je#rey Henry Luk Dennis Tsoi Serenity Au Yeung Kaitlyn Chan Connie Hickman Milly Man Iris Wang Nikolai Abaluev Vince Chin Frank Jia Jakob Mak Andy Wang Sherie Au Bronwen Dermody Cherie Ho Antonia Mitrofanova Anais Whitehead Riley Alford Miles Coleby-Hill Colin Kallnik Desmond Mok Timothy Webb Capucine Barale Rujeko Doroh Alice Howes Tilly Mordaunt Chiara Wol# Alayham Alusta Oliver Dermody Rocco Kawar Evan Pang Guy Wong Caitlin Bartlett Ebony Dunn Lucy Hughes Charlotte Moreland Melody Wong Elie Breton des Loys Jack Dormor Iosif Khristof Ivan Pang Jethro Wong Eleanor Bartlett Mia Dunn Nicole Jia Michelle Nie Shereen Wong Brendan Chan Tom Feng Marcus Kwong Mark Pogoster Simon Wu Imogen Billington Scarlett Ellis Megan Kemp Victoria Ogunyebi Gigi Wu Gilbert Chan Euan Floyd Chris Lao Joseph Ruan Steven Yip Georgie Bird Henrietta Ewell Jasmine Ko Samantha Pan Jessica Yang Matthew Chan Steven Guo Sharif Lau Gabriel Sambo Briceno Zishen Zeng Zara Bullock Ste#anie French Alexandra Kushnir Charlotte Peach Maggie Yang Ramses Chan Tony Guo Matthew Lee Hugo Smith Andrei Zhang Marta Burhan Kacey Fry Crystal Lai Lena Polensky Tina Yu Wayne Chan Aditya Gurung Owen Lee-Moore Christian Stride West Zhang Anna Campbell Michaela Fry Vivian Lai Mariia Rusina Doris Zhang Felix Cheng Bjorn Hemberg Michael Leung Calvin Suen Charlie Zhao Charnize Chan Christine Galustian Fengchun Li Tara Seemar Diana Zlotnikova Jickson Cheung Finley Hislop Yuzhen Lin Jonathon Sun 62 Katie Geldard Vivia Liu Beatrice Sabini 63 Hao Chin Jonathan Ho Billy Liu Wesley Tam 64 TRIPSTRIPS O “Brilliant trip and girls the were excellent and shopped we dropped! till by magic the of parades the and shows of Queen the Hearts; were blown away Woody,Cruella, Marie, Mali"cent and mad by ‘It’s World’, aSmall met Mickey, scared on Tower the of Terror, driven roller coasters, were scared beyond came out we inus screamed all: on the Mrs Bloxham!e inner Disney writes: “ during Half October Term. wonderful trip to EuroDisney Paris y-twoFi$ girls and sixsta # had a range of locations. TRIPS another busy year of trips to awide ur students and sta# have enjoyed Experience museum beforeExperience visiting the nextthe day enjoyed they Titanic the wentthey on city aBelfast tour and inMarch.to Belfast Monday Onthe Year 12geographers made ashort trip too!” sta... the # secretly had an awesome time earthquakes, coastal featuresearthquakes, coastal and the hydro-thermal features, impacts the of volcanoes,glaciers, and geysers other In apacked itinerary, studied they for a"ve-day trip. 24 GCSE students and sta# o# to Iceland over Easter holidays the with agroup of More Geographers were on travels their geography. examined of somealso physical aspects Giant’s Causeway and Portrush. ! ey were challenged also on one day with attempts and German to their use excellent throughout, made good !e pupils, behaviour whose was chocolate museum. and river the aRhine cruise rides, Highlights included two the cable car Marksburg and Burg Eltz. of most the well-known – castles Koblenz and intwo taking Cologne, Activities included visiting Rüdesheim, tales. wine and fairy Rhineland, renowned for its castles, involved. !e region of choice was the enjoyableboth and interesting for all trip for Year 7–9pupils proved to be In June, inaugural the language German Mid-Atlantic ridge.

downhill mountaindownhill karts. waterpark and asession on some includingactivities avisit to an extreme in anumber of other adventurous water,O# the group the took part also and its tributaries, were paddled. many stunning of sections river the Inn, Fantastic progress was made by and all therefore, asteep learning curve. "rst alpine trip and paddling it was, were anumber for whom was this their alpine experienced there paddlers, very Although at leastof half pupils the were Switzerland during summer the break. a kayaking expedition to Austria and Ten pupils and four sta in # took part did admirably. ordering own their lunch, they which

TRIPS TRIPS 65 MODEL UNITED NATIONS MODEL UNITED NATIONS

OUTDOOR PURSUITS climb ever harder routes. Training has also begun MODEL UNITED NATIONS for the next climbing expedition to Spain which his has been another very busy year for outdoor departs in October 2018. ur seventh Queen’s College Tpursuits at Queen’s with the range and scope of Queen’s expedition group, for the "rst time in over OModel United Nations activities continuing to grow. 20 years, put two teams into the Ten Tors event on took place, with our Secretaries- General Chris Adams and Dartmoor this year. !is was a real challenge and !ere have been regular kayaking and canoeing Cameron Houston. With ten involved many training trips during the Autumn trips to Dartmoor and Cardi# whitewater centre, schools in attendance it was a and Spring terms as well as the actual event in early as well as weekend trips to North Wales. !e fruitful day of debate on such summer expedition this year went to Austria and May. !e whole process was incredibly rewarding topics as international tax reform, Switzerland where the river levels were good, the for all those involved and both the pupils and sta# the question of LGBTQ+ rights weather was "ne, views were stunning and the learnt a tremendous amount from the experience. and the reform of the United whitewater was fantastic. In the pool, we have Diving has also seen a revival this year, with a Nations. In the joint committees, for Economics and Politics and the question of Unifying the moved up a division in the canoe polo league to number of enthusiastic pupils going through their the question of the thawing the Environment Committee. Korean Peninsula (very prophetic) the South West Division 2. !is provided a steep PADI Open Water diver training. !e theory and relationship between North Korea Our delegates debated topics and !e Question of the South learning curve for our team and lead to some "erce pool sessions have all now been completed and and the rest of the world was ranging from tackling electoral China Sea, among many others, competition. the qualifying dives will take place in September at hotly debated, in which many corruption and fraud to global in the morning, before coming Vobster, a %ooded quarry on the Mendips. sensible clauses were tabled and natural disaster provision and together for the General Assembly !e climbing club has continued to meet on discussions on what were the main the question of child poverty. in the a$ernoon. Alarmingly, this Tuesday evenings throughout the year as well as We have also seen Adventure Challenges for Year 7 negotiating issues at stake. Our Our students ranged from Years session led to a majority decision to being a !ursday games activity for the senior at Wimbleball, Year 8 in the Wye Valley and Year 9 General Assembly was chaired 9 to 13 and we were delighted escalate to nuclear war. However, pupils and occasional weekend activity. !e group in the Brecon Beacons. !ese have included a wide by Cameron, Chris and Isobelle, that Georgia Sydes received this may have just been because has grown and it has been a real pleasure to see range of adventurous activities, from canoeing and with the focus being a "ctitious yet an honourable mention in her it had been a long day! We hope! the climbers pushing themselves and each other to climbing to mountain biking and gorge scrambling. plausible new con%ict occurring "rst ever conference, and that For three of our students, Rohan in the Middle East, a region that Bill Chen was commended in Fidell, Bill Chen and Tommy is always good to engage young EcoPol, whilst Isobelle Desbrow Hill, this was their "rst time in people with, in order to start them was highly commended in the a MUN Conference and they all thinking about and assessing both environmental committee. did extremely well. Despite not Overall, the team was returning with any awards from commended as a delegation. this conference our students all Next day we took nine students, contributed to their committees up to Bristol Grammar School’s and gained valuable experience for 10th MUN conference, the next time. Well done! representing both Poland and We look forward now to next Egypt. Once again our teams year when it all starts afresh – the comprised students from Years planning, the preparation and the 9 to 13, three of whom attended speeches. What events we can look both conferences. Following forward to debate next year is a a day of intense debating on a completely open "eld right now, wide range of global topics our as the world is clearly changing its tensions and recent history delegates were rewarded with rapidly, with old allies at odds with which has such in%uence on the yet more awards: Again, Georgia each other and old foes wanting Duke of Edinburgh Award world as a whole. !e day was "lled Sydes (Egypt) was commended to become friends; and of course with serious debate and enjoyed in the Human Rights committee, we must not forget the breakup DofE has been well supported this year and all participants were rewarded with fantastic weather for by all. One of the delegates from Chris Adams (Poland)was highly of established unions! !ere is their practice and "nal expeditions. We have also seen our "rst horse riding expedition this year and Ethiopia said it had been by far commended in and Samuel purportedly the curse of “may you although this provided some logistical challenges for both parents and sta#, it was a great success. With his favourite conference this year. Pugh was best Junior Delegate live in interesting times”. Well, if we walking, canoeing and horse riding expeditions running from Scotland down to Dartmoor, the range of Congratulations must go to Samuel in Human Rights as a delegate of do, then MUN is the best vantage opportunities open to pupils taking part in DofE this year has been tremendous. !e pupils now need to Pugh for being commended in the Egypt. point a student can get to view and make sure they get the other elements of the award signed o# as soon as possible. Many thanks to all the Political Committee. However, the year began discuss our time. sta# involved. Back in February we had an right back at the beginning in extremely busy weekend when, September at Exeter College independently, Exeter School MUN, where we represented and Bristol Grammar School, Mexico, Egypt and also Germany scheduled their conferences for the in the Historic Security Council. same weekend: Exeter on Saturday Our team of 9 students debated OUTDOOR PURSUITS OUTDOOR OUTDOOR PURSUITS OUTDOOR and Bristol on the Sunday. On topics which ranged from Saturday, four students represented women’s rights in the Middle Sweden in the Security Council, East, the question of Sustainable the committee for Social and Farming and Animal Agriculture, 66 Human Rights, the committee 67 68 SIXTHSIXTH FORMFORM W time oftime year, for Sixth Form the sometimes slightly daunting, is always an exciting, and on university and career ofexperience advising students statements. Mr Aldridge’s and write winning personal UCAStheir applications guidance on how to optimise Martyn Aldridge, giving them from our Head new of Careers, !e Sixth Form" bene tted also lungs. Caroline’ at top the of their 154 students blasting ‘Sweet reverberated to sound the of Singing, Queen’s the when Hall "rstthe of half term was House and, as ever, point high the of of yearly term, the festive quiz Dance "rstBarn in the week events as diversesocial as the as ever, managing to incorporate !e Autumn term was as busy phase lives. intheir ready to an start exciting new "rsttheir choice of university, great many so to see went on to more help and support. It was studentsthose abit needed who lives,their as well as advising at such amomentous point in fantastic there to be for students exciting as ever, and it was Results day 2017was just as resultsLevel day inmid-August. sta# , our year with A begins SIXTH FORM new yearnew inSeptember of start the hile the heartening how to see many at Queen’s, and it was really ofpart life Sixth Form inthe continue an to be important activities Extra-curricular enthusiasm, wisdom and patience! again, boundless intheir been Sixth Formthe tutors have, yet Sixth Form Manager, and all Co-ordinator, Mr Jerey,# our Mrs Mockridge, our Sixth Form for another year. In addition, year’s UCAS applications begin practice evenmore as next fully forward to putting hisinto ideas to Sixth Form, the and we look choices has proven invaluable year, and Potter Harry the theme celebrated its second successful Form Prefects. Tinsel Tuesday ably compered by our Sixth of general knowledge questions, with each other to answer a range whereQuiz, teams competed our always well-attended Festive Sixth Form Centre kicked o# with celebrationsChristmas inthe success level. at every andbasketball hockey, with great from rugby and to canoe polo top-notch coaching ineverything positive and students received to continues sport very to be production. Contribution such ahilarious and professional Sixth Form treading boards the in many so to see members of the Night’s Dream’, and it was great yearthis was ‘A Midsummer capacities. ! e senior production students were involved indi#erent school as Old Queenians. move onto lives their beyond successestheir in August, as they We forward look to celebrating lives.demanding intheir period what is always atricky and term, and has hopefully eased exams"nal days "nal inthe of have sittingotherwise been their studentshelped those would who Summerthe Term year this has !e change interm dates for stathe supported# who them. completed rigorous the course and for students the both who werethey arewarding experience instil instudents at Queen’s, and independent learning we hope to really of show best the very the Solution’. presentations ! ese about"cs of speci ‘Final the the extentthe to Hitler which knew Diversity‘Bacterial Gut’ inthe to topics covered from everything enlightening as ever. !e range of proved just to be as impressive and !e EPQpresentations year this charity event of year. the wins prize the for messiest the another charity success, and surely !e Sport Relief Colour Run was for at inneed those Christmas. charitiessee supported$s with gi enthusiasm, and it was great to Sixth Form responded with great Appeal,Shoe Box to the which "cantlysigni less was painful, the charity. successful, Equally but publicto avery legwaxing for were three the prefects agreed who money –perhaps most memorable variety of means by to which raise Sixth Form year this and we had a inthe Charity afocus was also o# for awell-earned break. work of term,before the heading to dress up and celebrate hard the and it was great to have an evening at Manor, Ball Oake Christmas Festivities culminated with the charity by SixthForm the Prefects. out" ts, and sum for raised agood resulted insome really hilarious

LEAVINGLEAVING STAFFSTAFF humour”. day,every but for and also of wicked her wonderfully sense dry incredible and skill unwavering optimism that she greets us with writes: “Mrs Western by missed not be us all; only will for the miss success her and future.will inthe wish her every Astudent on to an exciting venture new setting up adult classes. We Art on her boat and spending with time her family. Claire is moving know she is looking forward to doing more travelling, sailing loving her garden, travelling, her family and We her Reggie. dog, a fountain of knowledge on range awide of topics, as well as on its and look feel. sharp-witted skilled, Claire and is very has developed department, asuccessful standards setting high and has helped make Queen’s an enormously creative place. She Claire is leaving a Department$ forer leading Art the 13years WesternClaire past couple of years. However, his sporting involvement extended exertions of U15girls’ the tennis only squad stepping down inthe team he which enjoyed until running he switched to gentler the !e summer termof 1987saw Pete over take U15boys’ the cricket years of direct involvement with award the at Queen’s. award before moving on for to section Gold the running his few "nal 1987. He was privileged over to see 1,000students through Bronze the Bronze DofE Award and took over inSeptember section the running Brian Director then the Clough, of Studies, inhis of running the Jack Tigg as# Bisson’s Geo Assistant Housemaster. He shadowed also "rst term of GCSE and Pete, and his wife Marie, moved also into Economics (and Commerce). !e Lowerh had just Fi $ done their Pete arrived inJanuary 1987to over take teaching the of Business and Pete Vicary worked with over past the 31years (and two terms!) and Ihave lucky been of part to it.” be Pete writes: “Queen’s sta# Ihave special of because very school, the especially is aspecial College Room. Politics as well. Latterly, his long-standing presence at schoolsaw the himas Chairman of Common as Head of Department for Business and, following then, Tony Darby’s departure, for Economics and Queen’s with impressive Robinson’s value-added statistics. A$er Gerry departure, he took over initially In classroom, the Pete played amajor role exponential inthe growth of Business Studies within captain elected to be surprised of sta the # sidefor years several (not an job!). easy to playing for Wyverns the over many years with end the of termtours highlight. He the being was wonderful trips planned for retirement. Sheila and Mike enjoy travelling and we are sure have they some and, of course, share aMaths joke with her department colleagues. stathe # room, always about to willing talk her pupils, her latest trip hard-working, in missed be earnest and will colleague who friendly Houseparent of Howard Vivian House, with husband Mike. She is a of Maths external examinations. While at Queen’s, she was also to top results. heavily She been involved has also marking inthe comfortable at top the end and has stretched Maths ALevel pupils well and has desire adeep for to them succeed. She is equally strength is her interest inher pupils – she gets to know really them and inher superb one-to-one support sessions. Sheila’s greatest countless pupils through her here, time inaclassroom both setting Sheila Platt taught Maths at Queen’s for 46years. She has supported PlattSheila 69 Julie Harrison Sarah Whitehouse Julie arrived at Queen’s in 1997, taking over as Head of Girls’ Games from Sharon Sarah joined the Physics department in January 2013 as Queen’s "rst full-time Wilde. Julie has been an outstanding teacher throughout her time at Queen’s. She female teacher of the subject, certainly within living memory. Although she joined has worked very hard to maintain and raise the standard of the girls sport. She is halfway through an academic year, she quickly won over her classes through a great all-rounder and able to teach virtually any sport. Julie has taken teams and her tireless e#ort, inspiration – and cake. Coming from a family of renowned individuals to national level in hockey, athletics and cross country. She has a lot of physicists, Physics is in her blood and she has been a great help to the department, experience but is always open to new ideas and techniques, spending a lot of time writing schemes of work, taking responsibility for organising exams and spending researching and helping pupils of any ability excel. Just recently, cricket has been many hours helping exam candidates prepare. Sarah has also held responsibilities introduced for the girls and Julie has regularly taken their teams in addition to the in the Sixth Form and helped out with DofE and outdoor pursuits. She goes now tennis and athletics. to take a break from teaching to travel and we wish her all the best for the future. Julie has also mentored and enabled a number of sta# and ‘Gappies’ to develop their skills and teaching ability – the help ranging from the obvious to elocution lessons! She has also encouraged and inspired colleagues to become involved with taking teams, taking time to help, listen and give them as much support as possible. Julie Eoin O’Donnchadha has been an incredible support not only within the PE department but as a tutor in Ashurst and as a colleague. Julie has always seen her work as a vocation, going over and above what is expected and leading by example. Julie has been Eoin joined Queen’s in September 2016 as a graduate trainee of Economics and Business. involved with Somerset Schools for a number of years supporting not only Queen’s athletes, but pupils from across With no direct background in Economics, along with no experience of both teaching Somerset and they, too, will miss her support. at a secondary level and English public schools, Eoin found teaching a sharp learning curve, especially where all the classes had important external exams. However, he is an intelligent individual who enjoys the intellectual challenge of the topics he has had to research as he has taught the various speci"cations his classes have been following. He has quickly grasped the nature of the assessment process and the importance of Caroline Lewis creating an understanding of exam technique within his classes. He developed a really Caroline has been a member of the PE sta# at Queen’s College for the past good rapport with the pupils in the classes he taught. Not surprisingly, he completed his 20 years. She has become an integral part of the department. Caroline teacher training with %ying colours. has been a fantastic all-round PE teacher – netball, hockey, swimming, Over his two years, he has been a very e#ective Sixth Form tutor and has especially been orienteering, athletics and biathlon have all been delivered with attention active in promoting preparation for UCAS applications. He has been an enthusiastic to detail and meticulous organisation. She has always been motivated to helper within the school’s MUN programme. It has been a pleasure to see Eoin grow in encourage every child to participate, achieve and take pride in their own con"dence as a teacher and an economist. Our loss is Ireland’s gain. personal contribution to the sport at Queen’s. As a form teacher and Assistant Head of Laker, pupils have bene"ted from her caring and no-nonsense approach. Never one to shirk hard work and long hours, she has been a loyal and committed servant to the school. Kindness and generosity of spirit are key descriptions of Caroline, the person, and she will be missed at Queen’s. Liam Roberts Liam has been a wonderful asset to Queens’ this year. He is an extremely talented sportsman who has passed on so much of his knowledge to the students. Not only is he a wonderful coach, he will always go out if his way to help if there is a problem and is always "rst to put his hand up if extra help is needed. We wish him Sue Wedge-!omas all the best on his travels and hope he has an amazing time. Very rarely will you get Sue started at Queen’s, teaching Biology, in January 2006 and, by the following someone so dedicated and e'cient in their "rst year of teaching. September, she became a permanent part-time Biology, Chemistry and Physics teacher, as well as assisting the PE department with swimming coaching. Sue then added teaching Food Technology from Years 7 to 13 to her repertoire where she really enjoyed the challenge of teaching a new subject. She also dabbled in the Junior School, teaching Geography to Year 6. Elizabeth Storrs-Fox Gradually, with more and more involvement in competitive swimming, she reduced her multi-subject teaching and eventually was able to have a timetable of Biology-only. ‘Bu#’ has been a resident tutor in Hutton House for four years and a teacher of Food and Nutrition, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and horse She has been an enthusiastic, well-organised and knowledgeable teacher from Year 7 riding. Bu# has given a great service to Queen’s as a classroom teacher, to 11, with her favourite subject areas being ecology and genetics. She will be sorely especially in the Food and Nutrition department where she taught missed by all the Science sta# who have loved working with her. from Year 7 up to 13. She is very well regarded by the pupils she taught For the past "ve years, Sue has also been in charge of competitive swimming at and will be greatly missed by both the sta# and pupils at Queen’s. She Queen’s. She introduced a swimming session every day of the week to enable swimmers to get enough training and has spent many evenings in the boarding house helping girls with prep, had lots of success, including reaching the ESSA National Relay Finals on several occasions. !roughout her time at being a patient listener and giving sound advice. !e girls and her Queen’s, Sue has been a dedicated and caring tutor for both Laker and Hutton girls of all ages. colleagues really appreciate everything she has done for them. 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to celebrate the vigour of youth and optimism for packed the dining hall with 56 people. perhaps because of ill health or distance. Alas, OLD QUEENIANS some have passed from us this year. !ey include the future. !e Service of Remembrance on Friday, !e other memorable event was held on 28 April 10 November, was followed with the annual dinner Professor David Berry, Fellow in Dentistry in the would "rst like to thank Martin Bream for his to celebrate 40 years of co-education. It was Royal College of Surgeons, and Sir Christopher considerable contribution as Secretary of the the next day and then the hockey matches between remarkable that so many of the girls who were Pitchford, one of the most eminent judges of his I OQs and the School on the Sunday. Support for the "rst into the school were able to come together: OQA. He kindly agreed to take the role a$er the generation. Details about them, and several other latter was particularly heartening. OQ men were just over half of the 1977–78 intake were present sad passing of John Elford in March 2015. As a OQs who died in the past year, can be found in the delighted to record a victory for the "rst time in a together with two of the four girls who pioneered former Head of Biology, Housemaster of Sibly, OQs newsletter. Head of the Duke of Edinburgh Award and rugby while. the way as individual pupils in the years before. It coach, Martin was well placed to serve the interests Another event that is now keenly anticipated by was a delightful occasion. Similarly, the achievements of some OQs are recorded in the newsletter, including those of of both the school and many pupils who had many (at least those who qualify by age) is the In the Summer Term, a change was made to the Georgina Longbottom who was selected to become OQs during the 35 years he had worked at Vintage Lunch which was held at the beginning annual cricket match between the OQs and the represent Great Britain in canoe polo. Fergus Queen’s. He devoted a lot of time to the business of December. A little later in the month, an School. Instead of the usual Sunday "xture, a Wiggin has published his autobiography and of the OQA, organising meetings and supporting innovation was a drinks evening to celebrate Twenty/20 match was played on a Friday evening. Stephen Hill has produced the third volume in as many functions arranged for OQs as he could. Christmas held at the Cosy Club which it is !is proved to be a success. !e match could not a series of biographies of Somerset cricketers. He also addressed the school in assemblies and hoped will be organised again. Many OQs prefer have been closer (the OQs won by three runs Alastair Forbes and his wife, Maria, have sailed o$en spoke at various OQs events on behalf of the to organise their own gatherings – something to on the last ball), as many spectated as had done the Atlantic, whilst Simon Morris is, at the time of Association. He proposed many initiatives and be encouraged, and I would be delighted to help in previous years on Sundays, and the supper writing, pedalling around the world to raise funds helped reinvigorate the OQA. In October 2017, facilitate such events. One example of this is the provided a$erwards was ideal. !ere has been for charity. he and Viv moved to Edinburgh to be near their lunch organised by Colin Campbell and Mike only one reunion this summer. Leo Hunt was daughter Elizabeth. I wish them well for the future. Kinnersley at Bicknoller Inn. the driving force behind a gathering on 7 July of So many OQs achieve so much and it is always delightful to hear about them. It has also been a !e vacancy of Secretary was "lled at a committee 30 OQs who le$ in 1993. Following a tour of the Two special events were arranged in the Spring pleasure to welcome many OQs back to Queen’s meeting in November when I was asked to school they enjoyed a meal at the Cosy Club that Term. On 6 March an OQs lunch was held in the who have popped in for a visit. I would urge all assume the role. As a result, it is my pleasure evening. House of Commons, hosted by John Baron, who OQs to keep in touch and to keep me informed of to provide this report. !e calendar of events I would like to thank for making us so welcome Any OQ able to attend the events mentioned above their current contact details. contained several that are now well established. For and for taking several of the party into the will feel fortunate to have been involved. However, OLD QUEENIANS OLD QUEENIANS example, Remembrance Weekend was not just an visitors’ gallery to watch a debate in the House it is appropriate to pause and consider those OQs 74 opportunity to recognise the sacri"ce of others but of Commons. !is event was so popular that we who are no longer able to attend such functions Geo# Bisson 75 Queen’s College Trull Road Taunton Somerset TA1 4QS www.queenscollege.org.uk