THE ABBOTTONIAN 2016 The Summer Term brought successes at Common Entrance with all pupils EDITORIAL accepted by their senior schools of choice. An Honorary Scholarship to The Towers was awarded to Darcy Newman and the Drama Scholarship to It has been a wonderful year at Sompting Abbotts. I thank everyone was awarded to Keane Bond. for their hard work. It has also been a pleasure to welcome new pupils. The term began with a History and English Day commemorating the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme. The Quantum Theatre performed a riveting musical Pupils have progressed in their studies and enjoyed varied school trips. Our Sports in the gym, containing songs from 1916 and also a potted history of events teams have also relished challenges and successes. leading up to that day. Later, pupils performed military drill, made aeroplanes Carol Services at St. Mary’s at the end of the Autumn Term were delightful. Prior and handled artefacts of the time. Mrs Wheeler arranged a Maths Day which to these, everyone enjoyed a successful Christmas Bazaar organised by SAPA. included a number of activities having fun whilst solving problems, including kite- building, tree-ageing and using collie dogs to work out speed, distance and time We are very proud of each pupil’s commitment and achievement in their chosen calculations! Mrs McKinnon organized a Den Day, groups built dens in our grounds activities. to raise money for Save the Children. The Spring Term, included performances of the annual school play, Another highlight was an evening Art Exhibition arranged by Mrs Strachan. In a “Superthunderstingcar”, a Thunderbirds pastiche, which was very enjoyable and convivial atmosphere in the Art Room pupils and parents were able to enjoy the a lesson for many in working with false eyebrows under warm house lights! Well work of Pre-Prep and Main School. done to all those who performed and shone in this show. Our SAPA committee signed off the year with a very successful Summer Fete Miss Scale organized another annual event – Science Week, as our part of British that defied the elements, followed by the Strawberry Tea on Thursday 30th June Science Week. Pupils designed posters; Year Five shone with Ellie Fisher-Shah, which gave parents an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful Rose Garden. Our shortlisted, Ava Strafford winning “Judges’ Favourite” and Pru Thomas winning sincere thanks to Mrs Stone and Mrs Phillips and helpers for all their hard work and the competition - for the second year running! Congratulations to all. Sompting support. Both Mr Mac and Mrs O’Neill’s teams’ efforts were also well rewarded by Abbotts was also represented by the Year Six boys who competed fiercely in the a successful Sports Day! Lancing College Prep Schools’ Science Challenge, and won prizes. In the final week, we had a wonderful Concert which involved pupils, their Mrs McKinnon organized Sompting Abbotts’ first Geography Day full of fun and peripatetic teachers and staff. There was something for everyone, including some educational activities ranging from a House Quiz to building Solar Ovens. It was a rather wonderful poetry. With sincere thanks to Mrs Williamson for all of her hard wonderful addition to our academic calendar. work, as well as Mr Harper and Miss Wynter – and Doctor Johnston! Towards the end of term we had an Inspection and we are pleased that we are I wish everyone a very happy summer break. meeting all of the exacting standards expected of us in all areas of the school by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. Stuart Douch

CONTENTS Pre Preparatory ...... 4-9 Science ...... 10-13 Geography ...... 14-15 Music ...... 16-17 More Events & Activities . . . . . 18-19 Games ...... 20-25 Achievements ...... 26-27

Editorial 3 PRE PREPARATORY PRE PREPARATORY It has been widely publicised this year that the national standards children are expected to achieve by the age of seven and eleven have been raised dramatically. The goal posts have been moved! The challenge for teachers is to enable their pupils to reach these new standards but maintain, at all times, a creative, lively and stimulating approach to teaching and learning. I think the Pre Prep staff and children have risen to the challenge. Now, we understand that our Year 2 pupils should leave PP4 knowing how to use an apostrophe to show contraction and possession and use a subordinate clause (a complex sentence in simple terms); they should be able to identify halves, quarters and even thirds of a number and know their multiplication and division facts too. The skills required for reading, spelling, grammar and mathematical problem solving are very important. We do, however, feel very strongly that it is just as important for our children to leave the Pre Prep having thrown autumn leaves in the air, made mud pies or garden potions, explored the top woods hunting for mini-beasts, squirted water from a fire engine hosepipe, petted a lorikeet and a bearded dragon, built a choice chamber for a family of woodlice, designed a paper aeroplane that will fly very high, picked blackberries for a pie, climbed a tree and many, many other physically and mentally enriching activities. These experiences instil a love of learning and trigger the natural curiosity within our children; we aim for them to always want to know more. Kate O’Neill

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ROCKET SEEDS A particularly special highlight in a busy year of Science at Sompting Abbotts... involvement in one of Tim Peake’s experiments. Two kilograms of rocket seeds were launched on Soyuz 44S on 02 September 2015 with a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, arriving on the International Space Station (ISS) two days later. British ESA astronaut Tim Peake took charge of the seeds while on the ISS for his Principia mission which started in December. After several months on board, the seeds were sent back to Earth. After they returned to the UK, they were packaged up with identical seeds that have stayed on Earth. Sompting Abbotts received two packets of 100 seeds to grow and compare and the results were entered into a national online database so that they can be compared across all schools in the UK. The experiment was inspiring and hugely popular with the children. Tim Peake gave video messages throughout the investigation and we will shortly find out which seeds had indeed been to space.

E-ON LANCING COLLEGE SCIENCE CHALLENGE BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK POSTER COMPETITION In November E-ON came into school to run a workshop with Years 4, 5 and A team of Year 6 boys entered the annual Lancing College Science Challenge. The We entered the annual British Science Week Poster competition where the 6 on saving energy. It was called “A play in a day” and they ran a number of afternoon consisted of a number of different challenges in the Biology, Chemistry theme was Space for Science: Science in Spaces; to encourage young people to interactive activities relating to energy and electricity. The day finished with and Physics Departments using scientific methods and skills. The boys were split think about and investigate all the different spaces in which we find and ‘do’ the children putting on a 15 minute play to the rest of the school (PP4, Yr. up and formed teams with pupils from other schools. Each team was allocated science. The entries were phenomenal and the best of the best sent off for 3, 7 and 8). It was thoroughly enjoyed by all. points on performance and these contributed to the school’s overall result. judging. This year we had three national finalists from the same class! Ellie Fisher- It was very close at the top and this year Sompting Abbotts achieved a very Shah produced a poster on “The Tide”. The judging panel commented “We love commendable third place overall. A special mention to Jonny Townsend and Tom this piece which beautifully demonstrated the power of the tide, with several Coward who gained individual prizes for performances in Biology and Physics! The interactive elements!” afternoon ended with a lecture from the Chemistry Department about gases and the science behind cycling. Pru Thomas created a poster on “The Amazon Rainforest”. “This is a beautifully crafted pop up rainforest with interactive elements and stunning drawings”. Claire Scale Ava Strafford created a fabulous poster on “The Deep Sea”. Judges thought “This piece is magnificent! With interactive divers, LED glowing underwater creatures, and beautifully illustrated pictures, this piece of art is not only informative but visually stunning”. Pru gained first place overall and Ava’s poster was the favourite of the judges. Huge congratulations to all three girls. The winning poster - ‘Amazon Rain Forest’ by Pru Thomas

SCIENCE CLUB TRIP TO LANCING COLLEGE FARM Miss Scale bundled us into the minibus and off we went to Lancing College Farm. When we arrived we found the farmer at Reception and followed him down to the farm. There was a pen with a hut in the corner with straw on the floor and hanging on the wall was a bucket with a teat coming out of it. The bucket feeds the orphaned lambs. We were asked to get some milk powder from the storage shed and mix it with water then pour it into the feeding bucket. Just as we did this the lambs came over and rushed into the shed to have their milk. Also in the pen there was a goat that was brownish in colour. It was very friendly and came over and started to rub up and down our legs. He liked Miss Scale a lot! Next we moved onto the pigs. We arrived at 3:50pm just in time to see a baby pig born. The farmer told us that Amy the pig had given birth to 10 piglets in the past 3 hours. He can tell if she has had babies as her teats hang down. He also said they were a very healthy litter. The farmer had to meet some other farm helpers and we went into his classroom and gave our hands a good scrub before waving good bye to the farmer and heading back to school. Millie Bryant-Nichols

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SCIENCE WEEK The children threw themselves into Science Week with great enthusiasm. In class we had construction challenges with spaghetti and marshmallows. The tallest tower was built by budding scientists from Year 3, Annabelle Owen and Rory Horne! Juniors and seniors took part in the annual Science week quiz set by British Science Week. Sublime Science (as seen on Dragon’s Den) came in and entertained the whole of Main School and PP4 with a hands on workshop. There were cryptic scientific crossword competitions and of course the fantastic effort everyone put into the poster competition! Claire Scale

BIG BANG SCIENCE FAIR On the 29th June the Yr 8s went to the Big Bang science Fair. We all really enjoyed it. In the morning we guessed the tracks of animals and identified the breeds of some farm animals such as pigs, cows, sheep and ferrets. Later on in the day we looked round some stalls and people talked to us there about space. Then we did some animation on computers and had lunch. After, we saw a show all about digestion which was very funny and interesting. Anya Sanghani VI/Yr.8

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GEOGRAPHY FIELDWORK FIELDWORK ON THE RIVER ADUR Year 8 battled some fairly inclement weather to On a beautiful May day Year 7 set off to Lancing College to take conduct fieldwork for their Common Entrance projects part in some field work around the River Adur. in central . It was very exciting to be able to bring the text book to life and actually see The pupils surveyed density in different parts of the city centre the river features covered extensively in the classroom. We visited the source by doing pedestrian flow counts. They then stood with their of a tributary, and then followed it down until it joined the main part of the umbrellas, and attempted to coerce some rather grumpy people river channel. In two groups we battled the muddy slopes of the river armed into talking to them. They bravely approached members of the with our ranging poles, clinometers and quadrats. We collected some primary public at random to ask them for their responses to questionnaires data on the angles of the slopes on either side of a meander, and looked at how they had composed themselves asking questions such as where the vegetation changed as we moved further away from the river. The pupils they come from to visit Brighton, what was the purpose of their conducted themselves with decorum the whole day, except when one or two visit, how did they travel there. Some of the Year Eights came into people slipped in the mud and fell on their backsides; thankfully they made their own, showing excellent confidence and maturity in speaking good recoveries and took it all in good humour. We were working alongside to people, and even those who found it more challenging had Mr Foster, the Head of Geography at Lancing College, and I was proud of the made good progress in their approach by the end. We collected interest and attention our Sompting pupils showed him throughout the field some very interesting primary data in the field, and despite the work. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day taking our learning out into the real weather it was a successful trip. world.

THE GEOGRAPHY FUN DAY DEN DAY We were blessed with a glorious sunny day for our whole school day anemometers, thermometers, solar panels, motors and bubbles to investigate On June 21st Sompting Abbotts took part in a national Den of Geography fun, and it was a splendid way to end the term. temperature, wind and sun variations around our grounds. The junior pupils used Building Day organised by the ‘Save the Children’ charity to raise their fantastic imaginations to construct ant theme parks out on the terrace, and money for families around the world who have lost their homes A lot of the morning activities were based outside in the grounds of our school. used their ‘journey sticks’ to record their route around the school grounds, they also to natural disasters. The pupils engaged brilliantly with all the activities, and worked productively worked very well together in their own microclimates investigation. The pupils even together in mixed class groups. The senior pupils made solar ovens in the Art managed to save some of their energy and enthusiasm for a ‘Big Fat Geography Sompting Abbotts’ pupils showed excellent planning, teamwork and Room and then tested their efficiency by cooking a piece of bread and cheese in Quiz’ in the afternoon, where they worked brilliantly in their House teams. Everyone imagination skills in their participation in this activity. We worked in 8 groups, them. They then charged around orienteering with Mr Mac and Mr Buckingham was involved and showed excellent camaraderie. The day was concluded with flag comprised of a mixture of children from Year 3 up to Year 8, and all the staff using their compasses to direct them to their Geography related clues. Pupils and mapping competitions in classrooms. It was a hugely successful and enjoyable were so pleased to see the ideas the pupils brought to their group, and the also joined Miss Scale and me in conducting a microclimates investigation using day of Geography learning, well done to everyone who participated! practical thinking they invested into their dens. We had waterproof dens, ones with bamboo frames, dens with camp fires, and mosquito nets, others adorned with lovely blankets, cushions and curtains. There was such variety in the results. This activity provided fun, teamwork and raised money for a very good cause.

GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO BRIGHTON BEACH Year 5 had a very successful morning at Brighton beach putting all of their theoretical learning about coastal environments from this term into practice. This sparky group showed great enthusiasm despite the persistent drizzle of rain, and we were able to map the land use of the area, and do some field sketching. Following this, once actually on the beach, pupils worked very productively in partners to survey the pebbles and how they change in shape and size transcending the beach. They also carried out a long shore drift experiment, and looked for evidence of pollution on the beach, as well as identifying beach management in the area. The final challenge of the day was to collect materials from the beach to make beach sculptures; this was a hotly contested competition, with mermaids, harbours, coral reefs amongst them. However Miss Scale’s prehistoric marine creature was definitely one of the best. A super morning of hard work from Year Five, topped off at the end with a rather large ice cream! Kathryn McKinnon

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MUSIC REPORT 2016 SUMMER CONCERT As I listen to the choir singing for Final Assembly on 8th The concert opened with Bibi and Felix Phillips singing July I can begin to reflect on a very busy and exciting “Consider Yourself” from “Oliver”. We ended the musical year. concert with the Choir singing another version of the same song rounding off an evening of outstanding Once again the children have worked hard to gain excellent results in their music exams as seen in the impressive list. We have a variety and talent. superb team of visiting music staff and have been very fortunate Items included the beautiful African melody accompanied by in having Darcey Wynter (OL) who has been teaching Singing here David Maloney on djembe who later treated us to a fantastic for two terms. She has been like a whirlwind and consequently rendition of “Heroes” by David Bowie – our very own Glastonbury many children have taken up singing and received expert tuition at Sompting Abbotts! The choir, led by soloist, Ines Lochrie sang from this highly-gifted lady who is now going on to take a PGCE “Lead me Lord”, “Coconut Man”, “This is the Day” and “Over the in London. Thank you so much, Miss Wynter for all your hard work Rainbow”. Solos were performed on voice, piano, flute, clarinet, and inspiration resulting in such a wonderful display of talent in violin, cello, guitar and drum kit. Of particular note was Rosalind the Summer Concert. In addition the arrival of Mrs Kelly who has Dyer (in costume and broomstick!) singing “Castle on a Cloud” conducted the Choir throughout the year has ensured the high from “Les Misérables”. We heard a violin duo and a piano duo; quality of singing for the various services and events. Recorder group, the String Group playing Caribbean music and the In brief the children have taken part in the following: Windband Orchestra playing Reggae Roundabout and the ubiquitous Canon Festival and String Days at Lancing College; Year 5 – trip to by Pachelbel enhanced by two brilliant violinists (Dr Johnston, Glyndebourne in October to watch “Die Entfuhrung aus dem parent of Annabel and Austin, and Miss Wynter). Other highlights Serail”; Carol Services in December; singing around the Christmas included representatives from Miss Diana Howard’s Speech and tree in in aid of the Rotary Club; singing for the residents Drama pupils: Eamonn Melaniphy, Paris Pourani and Millie Bryant- of Rectory Care Home; a lovely concert in January in aid of St Nichols who all recited poems beautifully. Darcey Wynter played Barnabas; Year 4 – singing in Chichester Cathedral for the Young “Gabriel’s Oboe” by Morricone. It is a delightful coincidence Voices Festival; Teatime Concert involving 46 children from Years that both Darcey and Richard O’Neal (Old Abbottonian 2004- 1 – 6; Chorister Day in May in the Crypt at Lancing College. 2009) - both oboists, overlapped at Lancing. For me, one of the many joys of teaching Music at Sompting Abbotts has been seeing the children developing musically from PP1 to Sixth Form and beyond. Music is a vital part of the curriculum and we are particularly fortunate in having so many supportive parents who help enormously in inspiring their children to practise regularly at home. Thank you to everyone for maintaining the high standard and enthusiasm for music-making. Annette Williamson

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MATHS DAY Maths Day was a huge success with lots of fun and learning, The activities included: Flyball - where Gus and Islay helped the pupils with a range of tasks to complete, from having to use estimation skills to calculating the speed of the dogs and the percentage difference between them Kite Making – pupils had to make a kite using their skills in shape, measure and symmetry. Marshmallow Maths – pupils gained a greater understanding of 3D shapes including learning the correct properties of a shape. There were a few “missing” marshmallows at the end of each session. CSI Maths – Crime Scene Investigations - the pupils were given number clues to solve which led to the suspect. This was expertly delivered by a specialist who came all the way from Liverpool. Tree Ageing – using their mathematical skills the pupils had to locate the oldest tree in the grounds, which actually turned out to be the tree by the swimming pool. Paula Wheeler

YEAR 6 SUMMER CAMP 2016 A camp which began in the rain ended in an apocalyptic thunderstorm certainly challenged the boys. In between, a Downs walk, barbecue, campfire, roasting marshmallows, wake boarding, paddle boarding, had kept them busy. Their favourite of all... the marshmallows. Boys, what are they like. Thank you to their form tutor Mrs Wheeler who camped out and showed us her unique wakeboarding skills (or was she drowning?) Mrs Williamson who came on the Downs walk and Mr David who provided power and lighting in camp. Rob McLaughlin

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TRIP TO FRENCH CAFÉ IN STEYNING PERSONAL, HEALTH AND SOCIAL EDUCATION – P.H.S.E. YEAR 6 ANNUAL CAMP On Monday 16th May, Mrs Williamson took us to a French café in Steyning. This theme was developed under the title ‘Democracy’. A box of artefacts Year Six went on their annual camp in the school grounds on the We were offered a drink on arrival – hot chocolate (chocolat chaud), provided by the Palace of Westminster gave Year 5 the tools to re-enact the 16th and 17th of June which was a great experience enjoyed by the strawberry squash (sirop de fraise), orange squash (sirop d’orange). We had State of Opening of Parliament. Other aspects of the topic included manifesto whole class. Everyone became a little more independent after our croissants, cakes, bread and chocolate. We all had great fun and had to speak writing, hustings and secret ballots. Year 7 explored chosen issues and voted in overnight camp, and everyone tried new things; we all learnt how to in French for the whole time! a ‘referendum’ and the British contribution to the international work of major wakeboard and paddle-board for instance! Huge thanks to Mr Mac charities extended the topic. A further theme has dealt with the difficulties for organising the entire venture, and to Mrs Wheeler for staying over Will Thomson – LIV/Yr.4 experienced by stress. A specific exercise included writing a magazine problem night. page with advice to highlight possible ways to find coping mechanisms. George Bryant-Nichols LV/YR.6 In many ways what happens in PHSE is an extension and an amplification of HINDU TEMPLE the foundations of life inculcated at home and at school. Recently in Steyning with a small group, a gentleman who had been watching us came up and On Wednesday morning we went to the colourful Hindu temple in Crawley, asked which school we were from as he was so impressed by the behaviour the biggest Hindu temple in West . At the temple we met a man who and manners of the children. He commented on how happy they seemed and told us to take our shoes off by the door. We went through doors and into so how well they would learn. a room with statues of white polished marble of gods. Hindus pray three times a day. They normally give the gods food. We were asked to sit, we Felicity Harrington started praying while calming music was played. We saw a man in prayer. He had about five candles on a gold plate and warmed his hands and wafted it over his head. Afterwards we had a yoga lesson. We were saying “aum” whilst sitting on the floor with crossed legs. We were offered refreshments before leaving. Lottie Howell – LIV/Yr.4

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NETBALL U10 The U10 netball team are stars of the future at Sompting Abbotts. During the autumn and winter they worked so hard to improve their skills and learn more about the game. We were thrown in at the deep end with a tournament in September against some very good teams and it was a steep learning curve. The girls improved hugely week on week and results improved dramatically. Paris Pourani proved to be a feisty goalkeeper and Ellie Fisher-Shah seemed to be everywhere trying to intercept the ball. Annabel Johnston and Ines Lochrie work very well together in attack and their confidence and shooting improved. Rosalind Dyer is a brave player and really fights for the ball and Pru Thomas proved she has a great awareness of the game around her. Millie Bryant- Nichols showed an inner toughness and worked hard on the wing to move the ball down court. Lottie Howell proved to be an all-round good player and one to watch this coming term. Ava Strafford and Poppy Coles gained valuable experience and make excellent improvement throughout the term.

U13 Our U13 netballers were a mixture of Yrs. 8, 7 and 5 girls. We had some great successes with some very good players. Darcy Newman and Anya Sanghani worked so well together in attack and Amy Clark-Davis and Grace Lochrie with their height proved very tricky defenders for the opposition. Although we will miss Darcy and Anya this team looks promising for the new netball season with the younger girls that bit more experienced and taller! I would like to thank Ms Fisher for all her valuable help and expertise coaching the netball. Claire Scale

ROUNDERS The weather played havoc with the rounders fixtures in the U13 FOOTBALL REPORT 2015 Summer Term. Our first match was a home one against Skipper’s Hill. Much of the corner. Thereafter our chances were generally only half chances except when Stone blazed over the bar (an unkind bobble didn’t help) whereas Lancing The older girls had a few matches and fought hard against good opposition. We game was played at a furious pace with neither side really able to keep hold of the ball for any length of time. squandered some excellent ones or were denied by the athleticism of Bond. made excellent improvements in the field and throwing and catching became Inevitably the hosts did put away a couple of chances to make the final score more accurate. Darcy proved to be a very accurate bowler and was able to Skipper’s Hill gradually gained the ascendancy and deservedly went ahead from a 3-1. It was nevertheless an enjoyable game to watch. motivate the team around her. Rounders involves so many skills and it really tests a scramble in the box following a free kick after Bond’s catching the ball in hand eye coordination. Next year we will work harder to improve our consistency his area but unluckily his momentum then taking him out of it. In fortuitous David Buckingham when batting and hitting it that much harder in order to score more rounders. circumstances we equalised from a long clearance that was not controlled by a I have been very proud of all the girls who have taken part in matches this year. defender allowing Waters to run in unopposed on the keeper and poke the ball They always play with a great team spirit, passion and determination and I look home. In the second half Skipper’s continued to dominate – they were kept out forward to teaching them again in the new school year. by an acrobatic save from Bond but eventually their superiority told and from a poor clearance they scored again and with the last kick of the game made it Claire Scale three – one. A lot of energy from the boys but very little controlled possession. In our next match, the boys travelled with Mr Mac to Lancing Prep Hove to play a combination of their seconds/thirds. The boys fought back to win 2-1 with goals from Dawson-Cantelo and Stone. Mr Mac was pleased with the performance and the spirit shown. Our third game was against Great Ballard; at home on a wet Wednesday afternoon. We started well passing the ball accurately with a bit of pace; no doubt helped by the damp surface and soon created several clear cut chances before finally, Stone from outside the box drove the ball into the top corner. It was almost ten minutes later before a second arrived, this time from a corner which saw Thomas arriving at the back post to volley home from close range. This was soon followed by a third - another hard hit drive from Stone in a similar position to his first. 3-0 at halftime was a fair reflection of our dominance; however in the second half we lost some of our fluency and Ballard became more dangerous and deservedly scored. Luffman and Thomas both unable to convert 1 v 1 against the keeper a second from the visitors meant that with 3 minutes to go an unlikely draw now looked quite possible. Fortunately, Stone once again picked up the ball on the right hand side of the box and smashed in his third, our fourth and so secured the win. Our final match was away at Lancing Prep Worthing. It was an entertaining match with both sides trying to playing the ball on a pitch with a good long covering of grass. No doubt, our opponents had the upper hand for much of the game with Bond being the busier keeper; however, it wasn’t all one way traffic. The home side took the lead following a good save from Bond that was poked home by a striker following up. Our response was immediate and it was a pleasingly well worked goal that started with a slick one touch passing move through the defence and midfield that ended with a well timed run from Stone, coming from deep, to rifle the ball home hard into the bottom left hand

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COLTS U9 The season began with a thrilling cup run at the Lancing College Prep The U9 team was captained by Roberts. In a much curtailed season the boys only had one match Schools Tournament in early September. The boys played well to the best against the local rivals Lancing Prep Worthing but what a cracker! The match swung one way and of their ability and reached the semi final of the Consolation Cup where another with a total of 22 tries scored. The boys played great attacking rugby to win twelve tries to ten. Man of the Match Jeswani scored eight tries, Roberts two, Armstrong 1. they gave a good account of themselves but narrowly lost to St. Aubyns. Goal keeper Townsend won the first of his Man of the Match awards having made Rob McLaughlin many excellent saves. HOUSE RUGBY In a difficult season the highlight for the boys was the match against Skipper’s Hill School where in a tight game they managed to gain the win by a single goal. Over The boys and girls joined forces to form Junior and Senior Tag teams. the season, Garrard had played well in attack while Phillips, Knight and Roberts had been stalwarts in defence. Player of the season was definitely Townsend, a very The Junior Tournament was won by Greeks. busy goalkeeper. Colours awarded to Garrard, Bryant-Nichols, Lawrence, Roberts, The Senior House Tournament was won by Etruscans who defeated the Romans by 5 tries to Patel, Townsend and Sanghani. 4 in a thrilling final. Man of the Tournament Waters scored a hatful of tries with his elusive running skills. Rob McLaughlin Equal third were Trojans and Greeks. U13 RUGBY 2016 Colours awarded to Dawson-Cantelo, Bond, Lovett. Only able to field 7 boys , the team had one match against Skipper’s Hill. In another try fest the match was drawn twenty tries each. Man of the Match was Bond who U13 CRICKET 2016 street danced his way through the opposition to score a hat full of tries. Our first match was played on a sunny day at Sompting Abbotts against a Rob McLaughlin Seaford B-side.

U11 RUGBY Dawson-Cantelo won the toss and decided to bat. He opened with Thomas; however, Dawson- Cantelo was soon dismissed as were Stone and Bond. Lovett and Thomas made a slight recovery The boys’ first game was a tag rugby match against Skipper’s Hill before the latter was well caught low down at the mid-off. To the crease came Jeswani making his because visitors had only brought for Year 6 boys. debut for the Under 13s at the age of 9. He swept his second delivery and serenely made good progress thereafter. Whilst he was scoring freely, Lovett continued his obdurate resistance at the We started the first half very well after an interception led to Roberts having an almost other end. In the 17th over Jeswani called Lovett through for a quick single and was undone by a free run out on the left wing to score a try. This rather took the visitors by surprise; good underarm throw by the Seaford captain - he had made a very creditable 27 and helped bring however, they soon showed that they were a competent rugby side with most of the our score up to a respectable 82 off the 20 overs. When it came to Seaford’s turn to bat they made boys fleet-footed and sure-handed so it didn’t take them too long to soon reply and a poor start, Stone was lucky to profit from a wide ball that found the inside edge - I thought we add their total with regularity. Bryant-Nichols had a good couple of runs on the wing were in with a chance as no Seaford batsman looked particularly adept; however, our bowling was but was unable to get past the Skipper’s defence. At seven ties to one by the end of the quite wayward at times and as the extras piled up, the score of 82 was never going to be enough, first half, we put a mainly Year 6 side out with only one Year 5, Gibbs. That slight increase especially as the chances that we did have to catch or run out the opposition were not taken. One in age just gave us the edge, and in particular Garrard and Knight took full advantage catch, however was taken by Lovett and it was of outstanding quality; the ball was lobbed up to a of any ball that they received out on the left and right wings, both sharing three tries short cover area and he, our wicket-keeper, sprinted 10 metres before putting in a dive to take a each. They were well supplied with ball from our centres Patel, Gibbs and Townsend, low tumbling catch! To use a familiar adjective from the Head of Games: “Tremendous!” It wasn’t the latter ran in two tries. In the second half of the match we scored seven tries to the enough however to change the course of the match and Seaford deservedly won by 7 wickets with opposition’s four so something of a moral victory at the end. 4 overs to spare. For the record, the other wicket takers were Luffman and Jeswani. Undoubtedly After half term we had 2 games in quick succession, a full contact Year 6 game on the Jeswani was the outstanding performer - he never once looked out of his comfort zone. Tuesday against Great Ballard and a non-contact tag Year 5/6 match against Sion on Our second match was another home game this time against Shoreham College on a rare, for the Wednesday. Both were at home. We started the first game strongly and took a Wednesday, pleasant sunny day (the two previous games had succumbed to the weather). well-deserved lead. Because we were missing a couple of players the Ballard teacher Shoreham opened the batting and made an excellent start, scoring a rapid 34 off the first three overs asked one of their players to volunteer to make up our numbers; Anton proved to be but Stone and Thomas started to find better accuracy and slowed the run rate down a little. First a very useful acquisition and it was he who opened the scoring following a nice move change saw Jeswani come on - first delivery was full and straight and the batsman missed it - first through the hands he picked up a week low pass with one hand and ran in probably wicket down! He then removed the other big-hitting opener and at 52 -2 with some less powerful the best try of the match from just inside the Ballard halfway line. He later scored hitters at the crease it looked as if we might have a chance of keeping the score to something his second and our fourth much to the annoyance of his school mates and the lone manageable in the allotted 16 overs. The final score of 98 was respectable but something we might Ballard parent watching! Ballard pressed, they were camped on our line and a player be able to match. However, the Shoreham opening bowlers were both bowling at a pace that none was in the process of reaching for the line to score when Knight pilfered the ball from of the boys had experienced this season; and all the boys struggled to make runs off them. Inevitably his grasp and led a breakaway to score. the pressure told and the wickets started to fall at regular intervals: Stone to a catch at mid-off, In the second half we continued you have the edge early on and it was only really Thomas was bowled behind his legs, Jeswani fell to an excellent low catch by the keeper, Bond and when the ball went to the powerful Ballard player Richard that we looked in any Dawson-Cantelo were both bowled - missing straight deliveries. Only Luffman managed to get into real trouble - it often took two boys to stop his runs. After a few minutes Ballard double figures and regularly put bat to ball; chancing his arm a little, he hit three fours and only fell pressed hard and deservedly equalised to make it 5 tries. late on when missing a straight ball - he was LBW for 16. He had been ably assisted by Anderson who played a nice couple of shots and was 4 not out at the end of the innings with Maloney also Knight had a superb match, he was outstanding in everything he did; tackling and playing undefeated. It was rather surprising that we had come within 13 runs of winning - Shoreham had at scrum half. Like Knight the opposition found Garrard a handful, he put in a good provided the bulk of our runs through extras. workload both with and without the ball. Townsend also made some excellent runs and tackles whilst Patel and Sanghani were resolute in defence and with Roberts were very Another wet Wednesday but thankfully it was only a light drizzle making it very misty and murky. much in the thick of things. All showed some good handling, mauling and rucking. Our opponents, Skipper’s Hill opened the batting. Their two openers were competent batsman, and playing correctly, especially the Year 5 boy who eventually retired on 17 not out made it difficult The tag game against Sion was played on a very sunny afternoon ideal for running rugby for our opening bowlers to make any inroads. A couple of catches did go down and a missed run and our team had a good set of small fast nimble runners. As Sanghani said to me later on out did not help our cause; nevertheless, the score was not racing along. It took the second change after the game, ‘It’s much easier to grab a tag rather than a player’. Final score 13 tries to 6. bowler Luffman to remove one of the opening batsman, trapping him LBW. Jeswani then chipped in with a wicket soon after - clean bowling the dangerous looking captain. Skipper’s Hill became more Our final match was an away game on March 9th against Shoreham College. The aggressive and started to make good progress and riding their luck, only losing one further wicket weather made for a particularly muddy encounter which Shoreham deservedly won by to Anderson. The 134 total looked probably a few too many for us to get; however, Thomas and four tries to one. All the boys showed great determination to get involved and tackled Dawson-Cantello came out hitting the ball hard to the boundary on a regular basis and we raced well. In the first half, we lacked the strength and power to penetrate the opposition’s to 40 runs off three overs; but when Dawson-Cantelo was out the wickets began to tumble. Stone, defence so the Shoreham team kindly lent us one of their players who was able to do Jeswani and Lovett all went in quick succession - another of the Skipper’s Hill Year 5 boys doing quite just that and it made for a more even game. Our ‘new player’ was well supported which a lot of the damage with some very rapid bowling. Thomas continued to hit out and made a breezy led to a deserved try. 41 before his luck ran out and was caught at mid on. Anderson and Rider soon followed bringing the David Buckingham game and this short season to an abrupt end. David Buckingham 22 Games Games 23 GAMES GAMES

COLTS SPORTS DAY Bryant-Nichols was the Captain of the Colts this year. He led the Sports Day dawned with our now typical summer weather… boys well through a difficult season. heavy rain. Ruth Sinclair quoted a Carry On film ‘Carry on Regardless’ so we did. It was fine in the end with the boys and In the match against Lancing Prep Worthing a below par bowling display saw the team give away far too many extras and no-balls allowing LPW to score a girls running their socks off. Good call Ruth. daunting 140. Our top three batsmen played well and kept us on course, Man Harry Jeswani was Junior Victor Ludorum, Ellie Fisher-Shah Junior Victrix of the Match Garrard scoring 17. But once they had departed the runs dried Ludorum up and we lost by 53 runs. In the next match the boys matched Shoreham College in all departments winning by 8 runs in a close match. Again Garrard Keane Bond was Victor Ludorum and Darcy Newman Victrix Ludorum. batted very well scoring an unbeaten 30 runs. In the next game against Trojans won the House Athletics Cup. Skipper’s Hill loose bowling caused us to lose a close fought match by 3 runs. The Summer Term has been a disaster weather wise for fixtures. It seemed Parents races were won by Mr Armstrong, Mr Stone, Ms Fisher and Doctor to rain every time we had a Wednesday match. The Colts were able to play Honess. their final fixture at the Oakwood Tournament. Although they lost the three matches they played, two of them were narrowly lost in the final over. Stand in captain Townsend was Man of the Match for taking on the wicket keeping duties and for great batting. Colours awarded to Bryant-Nichols, Garrard, Townsend. SWIMMING GALA Rob McLaughlin A rare rainless day for the Swimming Gala saw Ellie Fisher-Shah and Harry Jeswani triumph as the best Junior Swimmers while Ben Lovett and Anya Sanghani took the senior titles. U9 The Trojans were the House Champions. New events enabled all the children, even non swimmers, to take part. It was great to see so many parents The U9 cricket team was captained by Jeswani who has been supporting their children. It made for an exciting and lovely atmosphere. selected and played for the Under 11 team the Western Warriors, a year before he is old enough. A great achievement firmly based on much hard work in the nets. The match against Great Ballard was a real nail biter at the end. Sompting needed two wickets off the last two balls. Jeswani took a wicket with his first ball ratcheting up the pressure on the incoming batsman who he beat with GOLDEN CONKER TOURNAMENT the final ball narrowly missing the stumps. Great Ballard had won by one run but what an exciting finale. After several knockout rounds it got very serious in the final with brother pitted against sister. In the local derby against Lancing Prep Worthing Jeswani and Kanaparthi top scored with 32 runs in a total of 173 for 2. In an improved bowling display Austin pounded Annabel’s conker with bits flying off it. But then disaster as Sompting limited LPW to 138 runs and took 5 wickets to win by 35 runs. Man Austin’s conker fell to the floor and Annabel stamped it to oblivion to become of the Match was Johnson who bowled a wicket maiden and ran a batsman the Golden Conker Champion. out. Rob McLaughlin Rob McLaughlin

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY In some beautiful spring sunshine the boys and girls pushed themselves to the limit in search of the elusive House Cup. In the Yr. 3 race Austin Johnston stormed around the course to win closely followed by Nell Woulfe who won the Girls’ race. In the Junior race Annabel Johnston continued in her younger brother’s footsteps to win the Junior Girls’ Race and Jeswani overtook all the boys two years above him to win the Junior Boys’ Race. In the Senior Race William Luffman and Jemyma Dawson-Cantelo emerged victorious. Etruscans won the Junior House Trophy, Trojans won the Senior House Trophy. The overall House winners were the Trojans

24 Games Games 25 ACHIEVEMENTS CHARITIES 2015-16 Macmillan Cake Sale £130 AN OLD ABBOTTIAN SUCCESS Harvest Festival - PP £104.94 Machis Baboulene (2007-2013) joined the Streetfunk hip-hop and Poppy Day £134.40 street dance group in 2008 whilst at Sompting. Children in Need – PP £71.99 He has developed his love of dance with them ever since, travelling the country Carol Service £318.05 (£119.40 + £198.65) and even into Europe with the BN1 Crew, winning competitions and, this year, becoming a teacher for the younger ones at Marina Studios in Brighton. Fire Fighters Charity – PP £45 Machis (pictured with The Executives crew, dancing for charity at this year’s Paddle Save the Children Den Day £110 Round the Pier event in Brighton) will be representing BN1 and Omega crews, as Charity Cross Country: £1,180 well as dancing solo, at the UDO World Dance Finals to be held in Glasgow next (Chestnut Tree & Ferring Centre) month and has even made it to the Hip-Hop International World Finals – for which he will be travelling to Las Vegas in August! This will be his biggest show yet as it is one of the most prestigious competitions in his field. Total £2,094.38 Warm appreciation to you all for your generosity. SOMPTING ABBOTTS As the years passed FROM MALHAAR SHAH (2009-2013) - JULY 2015 by Darcy Newman VI/Yr.8 And others lasted longer, Every boy has a tutor in house, and my tutor is the head of MFL. SENIOR LEAVERS My understanding and I am taking French and German, but learning Swedish, Norwegian knowledge K.L. Bond 2014-2016 Lancing Sitting proud upon a hill, (with the head of French, who speaks it) and Russian, which is far Grew stronger and stronger. more challenging than the others. However, I’ve been focusing on L.C.A, Dawson-Cantelo 2010-2016 Sion Amid the Sussex Downs, My teachers were kind, the sciences, and want to go into engineering (either computer or B.D. Lovett 2007-2016 Lancing I sit in awe, and wonder, They guided us well. chemical), and would like to teach for a while. My aim right now is D.B.R. Newman 2006-2016 The Towers At this place: Stanford University. A. Sanghani 2006-2016 Brighton My days at Sompting have been “Does everyone wear a crown?” T.D. Thomas 2014-2016 pretty “swell”. At GCSE, I am taking English Lit./Lang., Maths, Triple Science, Religious Studies, A question I asked my mother, French, German, Art and Drama (also, I am taking Gujarati and Computer Science without lessons - I am doing the work myself). It will be a shame to leave Latin When I was only two. The idea of leaving and History, as they are subjects I enjoy, and am good at, but unfortunately, other HEAD OF SCHOOL D.B.R. Newman “This place is a castle, Mummy, interests take precedence. Geography, I must admit, I have not been enjoying. Is making me sad. DEPUTY A. Sanghani “For a Princess, not me or you.” In terms of the end-of-year and other activities, my exams have gone very well, Where shall I go and I have come second in the year overall (and first in French). I won the Patterson To cheer myself with a lick Cup for poetry recitation, and am the first third-former to receive the Sir John AWARDS But this was no castle, From a Lab? Weston poetry prize for writing poetry. D.B.R. Newman Hon. Scholarship The Towers This was my school. Or a smiling wave from I still feel that I have Sompting to thank for a lot of this, and it really has helped K.L. Bond Drama Scholarship Lancing A place of magic, a place so cool. All my friends, make me the person I’m becoming. My day would start, That are my family now, There isn’t much aside from that. I hope you, Meg and Milly are well, and everyone Playing with sand, playing with else there. I would appreciate it if you could say hello from me. I still miss my time ‘Til the end? water, at Sompting - there is a word in Welsh to describe this: hiraeth, meaning a yearning for a place you know you cannot go back to, or a thing you cannot have again. It’s Painting my hand. My blazer I will keep, the only place I’ve ever felt this for. It would end with a story and a quick nap, My memories I will treasure. And before I knew it, This place will stay with me That was that. For ever and ever. ASSOCIATED BOARD ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC AND TRINITY Lottie Howell Piano 1 PASS EXAMINATIONS Annabelle Johnston Violin 2 PASS Millie Bryant-Nichols Cello 2 MERIT Frankie Phillips Violin 2 Awaiting result Millie Bryant-Nichols Piano 1 PASS Austin Johnston Violin 1 PASS Millie Bryant-Nichols Cello 3 PASS Pru Thomas Violin 1 MERIT George Bryant-Nichols Piano 2 PASS David Maloney Drum Kit 2 Awaiting result Paris Pourani Piano 1 MERIT Paris Pourani Violin 2 PASS TRINITY COLLECE LONDON SPEECH DRAMA EXAM RESULTS 2016 GRADE 1 SOLO VERSE AND PROSE Kiran Patel Violin 3 PASS Oliver Knight Violin 3 PASS Evie Beard Distinction Amy Clark-Davis Theory 5 Awaiting result Chloe Rumsey Distinction Ines Lochrie Singing 2 MERIT Tom Coward Singing 2 MERIT GRADE 2 SOLO VERSE AND PROSE Tom Coward Singing 4 MERIT Millie Bryant-Nichols Distinction Keane Bond Singing 2 PASS Paris Pourani Distinction Aran Sanghani Piano 4 PASS Eamonn Melaniphy Merit Ewan Roberts Piano 2 DISTINCTION Ethan Roberts Piano 4 MERIT GRADE 4 DUOLOGUE ACTING Max Rider Flute 3 MERIT Oliver Knight Distinction Anya Sanghani Piano 6 PASS Joshua Patel Distinction

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