About Oundle

Summer 2019

Athletics Track Opening A momentous Sports Day as Sir Howard Stringer (Ldr 60) opens the new athletics track – pages 18 & 19

Son of Sherlock A wonderful platform for our youngest performers – page 9

Sports MasterPlan Update All the latest on the new sports facilities at the School – page 16 INTRODUCTION Summer Term 2019 ACADEMIC www.oundleschool.org.uk

You will no doubt find your favourite story or Contents most compelling image among the pages ahead, but the impression one gets most strongly is that Introduction 2 the whole – life at Oundle – is somehow greater Academic 3 - 7 even than the sum of its many parts. That this array of life-enhancing, character-forming, mind- Arts 8 - 12 expanding takes place is as a result of a combined Environmental 13 commitment to its importance. Understanding opportunity, grasping opportunity, reflecting on Combined Cadet Force 14 - 15

opportunity: these things are central to our values. Sports MasterPlan 16 Sport 17 - 20 This wonderful publication speaks largely for itself, and I hope you enjoy it. Beyond Oundle 21 - 23 Community Action & Charity 24 - 25 Oundle Society 26 - 27 Sarah Kerr-Dineen, Head Social Media 28

Trivium Creations The “Connections” season at Oundle gives every Third Form pupil four weeks to complete the jewel in the crown of their Third Form work. They research a topic of personal interest to them, bringing together unusual combinations of ideas to find connections. Pupils produce a rigorous project in any of a wide range of formats: essays, artworks, films, compositions, poems and more. The fourty most striking, original and academically impressive projects are showcased and published online, winning awards. This season caps off their year of Trivium, which is the cornerstone of Oundle’s unexamined curriculum in the Third Form. All pupils undertake Trivium, or “Triv”, in small sets, with a single teacher for two periods a week, intensively and discursively exploring off-curriculum topics for the sake of pure interest, critical thinking and ethical debate.

Carnegie Awards Medics and Vets This year’s Carnegie Medal Shadowing Scheme involved the entire This year we were very pleased to have three successful Third Form, and culminated in a whole year assembly in the Great applicants receive offers for Medicine and one for nursing Hall featuring presentations about each of the eight shortlisted from our small cohort of six pupils. books.

Every English set read one of these books and created a Higher Education Overseas presentation that evaluated its literary qualities, the impact on Overseas destinations for higher education continue to the reader and aimed to make the case for their book to win the become more popular, with applications from the most recent Carnegie Medal. Upper Sixth pupils being made to the US, Canada, Ireland,

France, Netherlands, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The author and illustrator Chris Priestley adjudicated each set’s

presentation to determine who had made the most convincing US destinations where applications were successful this year case.He made an assessment of the pupils’ literary analysis, include Yale, Columbia, Northeastern, Colorado Boulder, Notre enthusiasm and presentation style, and with three sets tied for top Dame, Harvey Mudd, Texas (Austin), Georgia Tech and the marks, he judged 3Sx winners for their presentation about Rebound University of Chicago. by Kwame Alexander.

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Chinese at Oundle Sixth Form Lectures To join the worldwide festivities of the Chinese New Year of the Pig, Deng Xiaoping. Runner-up prizes were awarded to Rohan Scott (Sc), The 2018/19 Sixth Form lectures once again brought a mix of Oundle pupils were treated to a number of different events. At break who wrote about AC Scott, and William Crane (Ldr), who wrote about speakers from all walks of life. The Michaelmas Term started time, the Oundle community and pupils congregating in The Cloisters Li Hongzhang in a very brave essay on a difficult subject. with a lecture by GB Olympian Gail Emms on her illustrious saw an outing of our usually Adamson-bound Chinese dragon. The badminton career. We also welcomed Channel 4 film producer whole school was then treated to a Chinese New Year lunch, which Finally, Angelo Giacco (L) and Evan Ball (G) had the distinction of Jamie Berry to talk about his critically acclaimed film Walking was truly delicious. For those who are studying Chinese, the band qualifying for the final of the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Speaking the Nile. This gritty talk took clips from the film, some Transition, who sing in both English and Mandarin, provided live Competition in early February. Held at the British Museum, the grand shocking, some life-affirming. Music producer Mike Hurst once entertainment. Their first set featured top hits such as 对不起， 我的 final of the Mandarin Speaking Competition saw more than 130 pupils again made a return to Oundle to entertain the Upper Sixth 中文不好 Sorry My Chinese Is Not Good and 前进 Olympic Dream. from across the country vying to be recognised as the country’s best with his talk on the history of modern music. Highlights of the non-native Mandarin speakers. Pupils were required to make a two- Easter Term included Dr David Nabarro on the problems of The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU) and Peking minute presentation in front of the judges and audience, followed by feeding the world; art dealer and presenter of BBC’s Fake Or University returned to Oundle to present certificates and prizes to questions on their speeches. In the intermediate-plus category, Evan Fortune Philip Mould talking about the discovery of lost art; winners of the Joseph Needham Essay Competition. Pupils were was then presented with a scenario which he had fourty-five seconds and scientific hero Professor Robert Winston, on the science asked to write an essay drawing on someone from Britain or China, to prepare for. In the advanced category, Angelo was given three behind happiness. past or present, who has contributed to Anglo-Chinese understanding translations to complete on the spot, and then had fourty-five seconds and friendship. Thomas Caskey (L) wrote a fantastic essay on Deng to prepare a speech about the topic of healthy eating. Very well done The new lectures begin again in September. Xiaoping and was awarded a cheque for £100 as the winner. He set out to both. very clearly his definition of a ‘global citizen’ and made a good case for

Debating and Public Speaking The ESU Mace Debaters, George Brettle (B) and Lily-Rose Tebbutt (W) fought vigorously through to the Regional Finals. Our ESU Churchill Public Speakers (Isabelle Horrocks-Taylor (L)), George Brettle and Thomas Caskey (L)) then spoke first at 50th Edition of the Oundle Chronicle Magdalene College, Cambridge, there winning the Regionals and then represented the East of England at the Finals The Oundle Chronicle published its 50th issue in May. The at Churchill College Cambridge. newspaper is staffed by a team of pupils who report on the highs and lows of life in Oundle and nearby villages, filling every The Lent and Summer Terms have seen the finals of both the issue with stories relevant to the local community, such as local inter-House competitions. This year, Bramston (Saul crime, property, business, politics and the residents who live in Agar -Ward and George Brettle) won the Humphreys Gavel. the town. The first issue was printed in black and white in 1991 The Junior Mather Cup went to Jack Campbell and Junyu Li of when copy needed to be pasted manually on to pre-press sheets. Fisher House. Distinguished service awards were presented Since then, the Chronicle has adapted to changes in technology, to Danila Mikhaylov (C), Alice Gadsby (Sn), Tatiana North communications and distribution. While the newspaper used to be (Sn) and Freddie Stewart (B) for their active commitment to sold by newsagents for 50p, since 2012 it has been hand-delivered debating. by pupils to every household in town, and is widely considered to be the best source for local news. The Micro and Junior debate trainees rounded off their year’s training with mini-competitions.

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Law Society Visits The Mather Cup The newly reformed selection of budding lawyers on the international aspects of This year, the Mather Cup competition has entertained, Law Society was family law, the duties of a QC, cross-examination of witnesses informed and delighted. The House has debated a variety of delighted to and much else besides. It was a privilege to have this generous motions, from whether music is more important than books, welcome a range and distinguished Old Oundelian back to speak to the Law to whether we would rather be happy than rich. We ended of esteemed guests Society, and we look forward to welcoming him again soon the year on a more serious note, as Fisher and Grafton went this year. head-to-head debating whether the problems caused by Judge Enright spoke to the Law Society on “The Law, the Inns the internet outweigh the benefits created. Ed Day and Jake of Court and the suppression of the Easter Rising”. This was Mr Will Tyler QC Darke Christopher of Grafton proposed the motion, rebutted top material for anyone interested in the historical elements (OO) came to speak eloquently by Jack Campbell and Jerry Li of Fisher. After some of law, as well as the nature of power as exercised in the to the Law Society deliberation, Mrs Kerr-Dineen announced the winner. The about family law. United Kingdom, and the personalities behind a major event. adjudicators unanimously agreed that Fisher House should He practises as a win the debate and be crowned Mather Cup champions 2019. top silk in family Miss Elizabeth Chapple, from Forsters LLP, kindly came to speak to a large gathering of the Law Society on the subject matters, as well as of pathways into the legal profession, and her own area of being appointed to the bench. property law. The speaker wrote afterwards to say that she was very impressed by the participation from the pupils and After an engaging particularly enjoyed the articulate and spirited debate at dinner with the Law Society Committee, who heard about dinner with the Law Society Committee: “fantastic to see four his schooldays in Fisher House (at that time named Laxton) individuals so engaged with the world”. She exhorted the and his path from Oundle School into the law, he took the pupils to read as much as they could, particularly on things Law Society through facets of family law that might not all that may not accord with their own viewpoint. normally occur to them. He fielded questions from a sharp

French Society Visit from Professor John Keiger Professor John Keiger, a Politics and International Relations specialist at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, spoke superbly about the reasons why and occasions on which France has broken out in revolutionary fervour post-1789, and of the Newton-like law of action/reaction at play in France. The CLR was packed

with pupils from the Third Form to the Upper Sixth and they distinguished themselves with some excellent questions, Quad Society Lecture with Jacob Rees-Mogg MP highlights being Yifei Zheng (Sc) on ‘the fetishisation of socialism and revolutionary movements’ and Angus Mihell (Sc) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP recently spoke to the Quadrivium Society, the Lower Sixth and a Great Hall full of pupils and staff. He spoke on ways in which President Macron could ‘quash’ the gilets first about Brexit, outlining the historical, legal and constitutional basis for examining the differences between the United Kingdom and jaunes, alongside Danila Mikhaylov (C) expertly quizzing the continental Europe. He then outlined his summary of what conservatism means and the notion of the ruler being subject to the law, as professor on the wider historical and political ramifications of against a society constructed from centralised principles downwards, or one where the ruler is himself the law. France’s example to the world. Mr Rees-Mogg responded to questions in detail, covering everything from the housing crisis to gay marriage and his own schooldays. Earlier in the afternoon, he had recorded an interview with Oundle School’s radio station, OSCAR. Between the two events, the Quadrivium department, pupils and invited guests hosted him to dinner. All pupils asked engaging questions and listened attentively and critically, including an informal session after the lecture where many pupils queued to continue their queries and take photos. We are grateful to Mr Rees-Mogg for spending no fewer than four near-continuous hours speaking with pupils over the course of his visit. Quadrivium looks to provoke interest and debate across a broad spectrum of topics, to encourage pupils to follow what fascinates Oundle Calling Antartica them into deeper research, and to engage in matters of public ethics. We hope next year to host a guest of similar standing, from a counterpoint political stance. The First and Second Form took part in a phone call with Doctor Kate Dillon (D 08) who is based on the Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. The pupils asked her twenty questions ranging from: “What is it like landing on ice?” to Biology Olympiad Biology Challenge “How long can you stay outside before it gets too cold?”. This Four members each from the Upper Sixth and Lower Sixth The Royal Society of Biology’s Challenge 2019 competition talk tied in with the First Form unit of work on Antarctica received medals this year in the Royal Society of Biology’s from the Michaelmas Term. Kate opened the pupils’ minds to British Biology Olympiad, which challenges Sixth Form had 47,183 entrants from 527 schools worldwide this year. Aimed at Third and Fourth Form pupils, there were some very what it is like to stay on Antarctica and busted some common students to expand and extend their talents considerably impressive performances by the younger age group this year. misconceptions. Hopefully Kate has inspired some of the beyond the demands of the A level Biology examination pupils to consider working in remote regions as part of their specification. Thomas Riegels (S,) who received his second 181 pupils were awarded certificates and it is great to see that so many of our pupils are genuinely aware of our natural future careers. gold, was in the top 7% of all participants this year. flora and fauna beyond the demands of any examination specification.

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And Then There Were None 1984 by Matthew Dunster by Agatha Christie Son of Sherlock: The Case of the Hirsute Directed with precision by Lily-Rose Tebbutt (W) and Ed Evan Ball (G) took the helm as director of Housemaster by Simon Aylin Hodgson (Sc), the production demonstrated just how capable this claustrophobic masterpiece. A sheer joy! Full of all too familiar characters and hilarious and theatrically literate our senior pupils are. Declan Boyle Crisp, sophisticated storytelling was in one-liners, the piece provided a wonderful platform for our (L) shone as the central character, Winston and together with evidence as this impressive cast handled the youngest performers. Thomas Kemp’s (Sco) likeable, if a little Henry Worsley (Ldr) as the calm, calculated and undeniably twists and turns of the classic ‘whodunnit’ stupid, Harold Horatio Holmes made a perfect foil to the alluring O’Brien, the pair delivered a truly chilling torture narrative with clarity and assurance. quick-witted and spirited Mildred, brilliantly portrayed by Arya scene which triggered the play’s denouement. Samrai (By).

The Tempest by William Shakespeare There were some excellent performances from Amelie Holtby (Sn) as the all-powerful Prospero and Luke Seymour (L) as his chastened slave, Caliban. Isabel Macintosh (K) and Henry Gardiner (StA) brought an admirable innocence and wonder to their performances as the young lovers, Miranda and Ferdinand. Relocated to the Edwardian era ,the piece looked visually stunning thanks to the ever-inventive backstage team at the Stahl, with beautiful costumes by Mrs JG Henderson and set design by Mrs R Cox.

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Lower Sixth Work in Progress Exhibition (March 2019, Yarrow Gallery) This year our Lower Sixth artists were joined by the year twelve artists from Prince William School. Andrew Gillespie (international artist) ran a critique with all students involved and gave a talk to the Yarrow Society on his work and the creative process.

“Work in Progress” gave the opportunity to see how artists work, from conception to creation and the exciting creative

journey that takes place. Within a dynamic and vibrant environment that encourages risk, originality and diversity in

House Singing thinking, pupils were encouraged to challenge and develop their ideologies and practice both collaboratively and May Morning Madrigals House Singing gets better and better, with the Part-Singing independently. The exhibition was a tantalising chance to offering exceptional quality and creativity. Laxton won Part- see pupils in the middle of this creative process. The show This year’s May Morning Madrigals were a real highlight, with Singing, Laundimer the House Unison and Wyatt were winners provided an opportunity for pupils to share their work, a visit from BBC Northamptonshire’s Tom Percival and a very overall in a hotly contested competition, where just five marks enjoyable set of interviews with pupils live on air. learning more about each other’s practice and enabling you difference lay between the top five Houses! to gauge a broader range of responses to their own ongoing

artistic practice. For visitors, it is was wonderful way to see the Tom wrote, “It was great to be in Oundle on 1 May for the artists of the future as their newest creations take shape. madrigals. The sound of young voices drifting on the morning breeze is a beautiful way to greet spring – especially on a crisp sunny day! It was a pleasure to broadcast them on BBC Radio Hepburn Competition Northampton’s Breakfast programme.” The 2019 Hepburn Music Competition took place over three days, and involved some 320 performances across seven venues, judged by a panel of seven distinguished adjudicators. Visit to Cambridge The Hepburn Competition is one of the largest musical events of the year, and is effectively a complete music festival with all We took the Symphony, Chamber, Wind and Jazz Orchestras instruments represented across all age groups. to West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge- an obvious venue to visit on our doorstep. This was an excellent and appreciated The finalists’ recital on Sunday evening was adjudicated by opportunity for these ensembles to properly perform in a Will Bersey, Director of Music at The King’s School, Canterbury. good acoustic and in a venue large enough to accommodate Nine finalists all played Grade 8 and diploma repertoire them. with impressive precision and convincing musicianship. The evening was a credit to the sustained efforts of individuals and their teachers alike, and bears testimony to the value of the Hepburn and the work of the Music department.

The winner of the Hepburn Cup was Ed Pelham (Sc) on clarinet. As runner-up, Ken Zhao (StA) was awarded the Tatum Cup for his performance on cello. Harun Tekin (S), vocalist, was

presented with the David Bateman Cup. SECRET MIND Exhibition (May 2019, Yarrow Gallery)

• Artists donated a postcard-size piece of artwork

• Each artwork was numbered so the artist’s name was hidden, until the revealing evening on 17 May.

• Each postcard was £40

• We raised £2,575.70 for the registered charity Mind.

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Colour Ways − Journeys Tree Planting Across Continents On a bright January day, the Head, Mrs Kerr-Dineen, joined (February 2019, Yarrow Gallery) Mr Robin Fletcher, Chief Executive of the Boarding Schools’ In February, artist Kathryn Moore transformed Association (BSA), to plant the 150th tree of the Boarding the Yarrow Gallery with a vibrant collection on Orchard at the edge of Home Close on Glapthorn Road. the theme of colour and pattern. The exhibits connected continents from Southern Europe, The Boarding Orchard was launched by the BSA in 2014, and South East Asia and the Americas. She captured aims to create the largest orchard, by distance, in the UK. the essense of these countries by conveying Boarding schools across the country have been planting trees the diversity and similarities of their cultures in in their grounds to symbolise the tree of knowledge, and to painting, textiles, collage, print, pottery, installations demonstrate each school’s commitment to growth and caring and sculptures. for the environment.

For the Head, planting the 150th tree in the Boarding Orchard represented a full circle; the very first tree planted was a

cherry tree at her own childhood school in Surrey. Fashion Show for Charity

This year’s highly anticipated charity Fashion Show was a standout evening of entertainment featuring a cast of models from the Fourth Form upwards from eleven different Houses.

The organising team, Phoebe Hornor (W), Tilly Salmon (W), Poppy Chatterton (W) and Georgie Pringle (W), partnered with six fashion brands including Religion, Brora and La Llama, and programmed their show into themes from Pioneering New Packaging grunge to black tie. As part of the School’s ongoing commitment to its Together with the Porters and Mr Pettitt on tech, the Environmental Policy, the Catering department has introduced team transformed the Chapel with a theatrically lit raised a number of initiatives to reduce waste and minimise its runway extending down the central aisle.Each model pairing environmental impact. strutted along the walkway with tight and usually amusing choreography, displaying remarkable flair and confidence The department has made it a priority to source supply before a cheering audience. chains with minimum packaging, and is now introducing biodegradable disposables, such as hot and cold drink cups In between the walks, while the models went backstage and sugar stirrers. These new items are made from organic to change, musicians took the stage, including Sophie materials such as avocado skins, and they completely degrade Lee (L) and Declan Boyle (L), Phoebe Gammell (K), and in landfill without any mechanical process. an unexpected duet of Miss Dawes and Mr Barnes impressing the audience with “Diamonds on the soles of While these items are generally more expensive, because of her shoes”. The final walk section featured a cast of teachers the volume that is used and the purchasing discounts that showcasing their “signature looks,” to the audience’s have been obtained by the team, introducing them has proved immense enjoyment. to be cost neutral in the budget.

The evening raised over £7,400 for Changemakers, a new summer programme that the pupils will be participating in to provide a week of outdoor experiences in Derbyshire for children from Peterborough schools.

Goodbye to Plastic Bottles The Catering department has reduced the use of plastic water bottles in pupils’ packed meals and hospitality refreshments. In the academic year 2015/16 the number of bottles consumed totalled 25,844. By encouraging pupils to use reusable bottles like those in the left photo, in the current academic year the use of plastic bottles has been reduced to 96.

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CCF Inspection Parade On Thursday 16 May, Brigadier Alex Macintosh, father of Oundle School pupils Eleanor and Izzy, inspected Oundle School’s CCF contingent. 250 Cadets were on parade, led by the CCF Marching Band under the leadership of Band Captain Freddie Stewart (B) and Drum Major Alice Hamilton-Charlton (L). The Parade was commanded by Cadet RSM Maddie Terrell (W), the first time that the Parade has been commanded by a female Cadet. Earlier in the day Brigadier Macintosh had conducted a tour of CCF training, including shooting, rowing, fire-fighting, drill and paintballing. At the end of term seventy-five Army Cadets will travel to west Wales for their summer camp, and fifteen Royal Navy Cadets will be flying to Corfu for a week-long offshore sailing course.

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Girls’ Rugby With record numbers signing up to Girls’ rugby this season, and Mr JR Ingle, Mr ID Clark and Mrs SJ Waring at the coaching The Sports MasterPlan continues to progress. We look forward to Nick Beasant, helm, the Girls’ rugby squad were set for a fine season, the new Director of Sport, joining Oundle in September and continuing to commendably led by Iris Cecil (W) and Petra Glazebrook (Sn). develop the School’s sporting vision which is at the heart of the development. The girls began learning the principles of rugby in the cold The new Sports Centre is now rising impressively above the hoarding and is winter months (many of them having never played before), starting to take shape. The vision of how the whole sports campus comes before facing stiff opposition in a mixture of XV-a-side, together with the Sports Centre at its heart is now becoming much clearer, XII-a-side and VII a-side games against the likes of Welbeck and the aspect of the balcony over to the JM Mills Pavilion is impressive. The Defence 6th Form College, Peterborough RFC and Wisbech coming months, ahead of the full opening in spring 2020, will see the start of a Grammar School. The girls were able to apply their newly co-ordinated marketing campaign to promote membership of the Sports Centre. learnt techniques in a match scenario and this helped develop The School remains committed to ensuring that the new Sports Centre, built first and foremost for our pupils, will also offer a commercial programme that their confidence in the contact area too. In the 7s season, will broaden access to sporting and leisure opportunity for the local community, the Reigate 7s was a real highlight, not only because we won whilst helping ultimately to offset the running costs of such a facility. The Sports the Shield, but also because Natalie Gaunt (Sn) volunteered Centre will host a cafe which will be open to all and we are delighted to confirm to help make up numbers for Wisbech… and they went on to that the School has now signed a Heads of Agreement with Beans, of Oundle, to win the Plate! The eleventh annual Thommy Purbrook charity provide this facility. The final contract is expected to be signed over the summer match raised about £1,500 for the Purbrook Scholarship fund and a formal announcement will be made in due course. and was an incredibly close contest. The season culminated in the world’s largest school rugby tournament: the National 7s at Rosslyn Park. The girls beat Peter Symonds College and lost to Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf and Kings of Wessex Academy.

Badminton Sixteen pupils participated in the county round of the National Schools Badminton Championships on Wednesday 16 January. The KS3 (Years Seven, Eight, Nine) and KS4 boys (Years Ten, Eleven) were runners-up to a very strong team from Caroline Chisholm School, and despite Daphne Ngan (N) winning all of her games the KS4 girls only managed third place. The KS3 girls all put in brilliant performances. Pearl Potluri (Sn), Dawn Ngan The new Sports Centre (By), Season Fung (By) and Khayali Kanabar (Sco) won all of their matches and qualified for the regional round. Swimming Pool Additional Facilities A full 50m training pool with raised ends, an access hoist, A seventy-station fitness suite which will use the latest submersible boom and moveable floor. Six lanes and a 2m IPTV equipment, a dedicated dance studio with floor depth, with three large stores and a separate first aid room. to ceiling mirrors and ballet barre, plus an additional Relaunch of Basketball at Oundle flexible space which can be divided into four separate Spectator seating for 100+. After a twenty-year gap, a new generation of pupils are studios or one large hospitality space. now enjoying basketball at Oundle under the direction of

Changing Facilities Mr Burman-Roy, and they recently celebrated a win against Eight group dry change, four group wet change, one village Uppingham. Basketball has a lengthy history at Oundle, first mentioned in the 1962/63Laxtonian. wet change and one staff change. 250+ lockers. Catering Facilities On the ground floor will be a café serving a range of food and drinks (more details coming soon). A large commercial kitchen and hospitality facilities will Sports Hall accommodate match teas on the first floor, with the An eight-court sports hall with line markings for badminton, space including a balcony with unspoilt views over to netball, basketball, volleyball, tennis and five-a-side football. the cricket pitch and JM Mills Pavilion. Retractable bleacher seating for 600 spectators. Three large

stores for sports equipment, plus a separate large store.

Perse Tennis Tournament 2019 The Sports MasterPlan gives us a rare opportunity to resource a The U14A team retained their title at the Perse U14 tennis modern, thoughtful vision of sport as part of an education which Tournament. Maddie Todd, Amelie Kass (N), Tilly Ashby (L) informs our pupils’ lives long after they have left. and Francesca Shepherd (N) competed in against The Perse, Haileybury and Uppingham in a team competition of singles Sarah Kerr-Dineen, Head and doubles.

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Athletics Track Official Opening Friday 24 May saw the official opening of the Athletics Track, with Sir Howard Stringer (Ldr 60), the School’s greatest benefactor, coming to Oundle to unveil the plaque. Sports Day was given a new lease of life to mark the occasion and was designed to offer a greater sporting experience for pupils and supporters. All pupils had an opportunity to compete and the format challenged tactical skills as well as athleticism. The House flags were flying proudly as the fabulous new athletics track was officially opened by Sir Howard Stringer, a keen track athlete during his time at Oundle and generous benefactor to the School with his most recent donation dedicated to improving and updating the athletics facilities as part of the current Sports MasterPlan. Innovative events such sas the Medley Relay, the 1,500m Drop Out and the Dreilauf were introduced by Head of Athletics, Mr JR Ingle. The excitement of these events was enjoyed by all due to the tactical challenges that they posed to all the Houses involved. Notable mentions go to those who broke School records on Sports Day: U15 Triple Jump Coleman Sham (Sc) 10.76m U17 300m Matilda Somerville-Cotton (L) 42.40s

U17 100m Archie Thorpe (L) 11.20s After the unveiling of the plaque and speeches, U20 100m Eldad Eradiri (N) 12.50s Sir Howard started the first race of the day, the Medley Relay, with pupils competing for the rest of the afternoon in a broad range of track and field events for their Houses, harnessing their individual sporting talents and celebrating teamwork.

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Indoor Rowing

Over 700 enthusiastic pupils took part in the Inter-House Boat Club Races Indoor Rowing Competition. British Rowing ran the event, At the Northampton Head of the Nene on 19 January, seven A Level Print Workshop at Leicester which was equipped by Concept 2 with thirty machines. pupils competed in a time trial race over a 2km river course Third, Fourth and Fifth Forms rowed individual timed races, alongside crews from clubs across the East Midlands. The Sixth Form artists participated in a printmaking workshop. while the Sixth Form rowed four-person relays, covering 2000 The crew won three of the five races entered. There were This day helped develop and drive each pupil’s own ideas and metres. wins for Holly Kunzer (N) and Lily Wolfson (D) in the women’s work forward, while enriching their coursework portfolios. Junior U18 double scull event, and Ella Aisher (W) and During the day the pupils working alongside two artists who guided them through two printing processes, Monoprint The support from the spectators was so enthusiastic that Ekaterina Tarlo (K) in women’s Junior U16 double scull. and Collagraph. This enabled all pupils to really consider the cheers could be heard outside the building for some distance. direction of their individual projects. Crosby House rowed the fastest relay, followed by Bramston In the mens open single scull, Henry Stringer (Sc) won by two seconds over a sculler from Stowe School. and Fisher with only two seconds between them. Kirkeby There were two second places for Harry James (L) in the House and Laxton boys were “miles” ahead of the competition men’s Junior U18 single scull – just three seconds behind a in the final overall points tally, and claimed the two House sculler from Stowe School. Olivier De Lenquesaing (G) raced trophies. in the men’s Junior U17 single scull, and was pipped to the we drove to the La Paz Waterfall Gardens which had some Costa Rica top spot by a sculler from Falcon Rowing Club (Oxford). enclosures with many different types of Costa Rican animals Former champion rower Kristina Cowley (L 2013) came back At the start of the Christmas holiday, the Geography including frogs, birds, big cats and butterflies. In the afternoon to School to present the team awards, including the House On 2 February the Club set out again for the Peterborough department took a group of pupils on an exciting trip to Costa we walked under and around the big waterfalls of the park. Rica. We were met at the airport by our lovely guide, Mario, indoor rowing trophies, which were awarded for the first time Head of the Nene, a race over 2.5km, where conditions On the fourth day we went caving in the Venado Caves in since the 1980s. included snow, ice, gusts of crosswinds and cold headwinds. who accompanied us for the whole trip. the morning then on a walk up an old volcanic lava flow in Wins came in the women’s double scull for Lily and Holly, On the first day we had an early 4am start, and drove to the the foothills of Mt Arenal in the afternoon. In the evening we spent some time at the Ecotermales Baths, a thermal hot and Henry Stringer in the men’s single, with Olivier finishing Caribbean coast of the country were went kayaking, walking York Regatta a close second. The girls’ double came away with fourth and snorkelling. While kayaking we spotted our first sloths, spring heated by the volcano. On the fifth and penultimate At the end of June we took thirty-seven pupils to York Regatta, place in a very competitive W.J16 event, and Harry James iguanas and monkeys, which was amazing. At the end of day we crossed Lake Arenal by boat and then drove to a including twenty-eight taking part in their first ever events.. came a close second in the J18. the day we went to our hotel on a black sand beach. In the coffee, cocoa and sugar cane plantation where they explained years. Pupils competed in eights, octos and quads throughout evening it rained heavily, and we woke on the second day to how coffee, chocolate and sugar are made and told us about the day with nearly all pupils representing the School in two the sound of the howler monkeys. In the morning we went on their diversification into ecotourism. On the final day we went different categories. a tour down a river where we saw porcupines, iguanas, sloths zip-lining through the Monteverde cloud forest with volcanoes and many different types of birds. After the boat tour we drove on the horizon, including Mt Arenal. It was so much fun and a great way to end the trip that we’ll remember forever. to an organic pineapple plantation to learn about pineapple farming. We had the sweetest pineapple that we had ever Bella Blanchard (Sn 5) tasted; it was incredible. After spending the second night at an Girls’ Football − Unbeaten All the winning penalty with aplomb. amazing hotel with an infinity pool overlooking the rainforest,

Season For this team to remain unbeaten proves how far girls’ football Ably captained by Flora Stocks (W), Oundle’s first XI football at Oundle has come over the last two years. team enjoyed an unbeaten season, winning four and drawing two matches. Built around a solid defence of Anjola Solola (Sn) Beatrice Wells (L), Grace Cunliffe-Lister (Sn) and Grace Maund (K), the team only conceded one goal all season and were able to show great resilience and skill to overcome a busy match schedule.

The first match versus a developing Oakham side saw Oundle comfortably win 4-0 with goals by Flora Stocks Inca Cunningham-Reid (D) Amy Ratcliffe (L) and Amelia Gurney (Sn. This was followed by further wins versus Stamford (3-0) and Uppingham B (5-1). The penultimate match versus a very strong and experienced Repton team took place in poor conditions. The wind played havoc in what was a very even match. The score ended up 0-0 with both sides giving their all. Amy Ratcliffe (L), a star performer, and the players’ player of the season was inspirational from central midfield in one of the season’s standout moments.

The final match versus a full strength Uppingham team will live long in the memory. Fortunately, a missed penalty by Uppingham meant the match went to penalties and Oundle prevailed to win 4-1 with some expert spot kicks. Amelia Gurney put on the gloves and made some saves that David De Gea would have been proud of. Priya Moondi (K) tucked away

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wonderful culture of Germany. Many thanks must go to Miss German Exchange 2019 Wagstaffe who organised this amazing trip, and also to Mr Berlin On the final Wednesday before the Easter holidays, a group Smith. At the end of the Michaelmas Term, the History department of ten Fourth Form pupils set off to Hamburg, to immerse took Fifth Form GCSE pupils to Berlin to see the sites where themselves in the German language and culture, whilst staying Joseph White (L 4) the Germans conceived and launched their campaigns leading with German host families. The first day was spent looking up to and during WWII, and to understand how Germany had around the beautiful district of Blankenese, where we were recovered from that experience. given a tour of the area by our exchange partners. In the “Guten Tag”, I am a German Exchange student who was afternoon, we headed to the Schwarzlicht Indoor Mini Golf, able to study at Oundle for two weeks this June. First of all, On our first evening we went straight out to see the iconic which was an awesome way to get to know everyone and also everything seemed so big and I thought that it would take me Reichstag, and then the Brandenburg Gate, a powerful and a very amusing experience. On the Friday, we attended our ages to settle in and get used to everything, but even after the impressive sight, dramatically lit.The second day included first lessons at Marion Dönhoff Gymnasium school with our first day, it became more and more familiar and felt like home. a tour of the Olympic Stadium, the site of so many historic German exchange partners. After a ‘Currywurst mit Pommes’ I lived in Kirkeby and everyone there was really nice and open encounters, and also a good look round the German History for lunch, we took the metro into central Hamburg to see with me. Almost every day, I went with Sofia Strokina from Museum.The prison at Plotzensee, the concentration camp the beautiful city centre and learnt the history of each of the the Fourth Form to her lessons and could learn a lot of new at Sachsenhausen, the Holocaust Memorial and the villa at places we visited. Highlights of that day were the St Michael’s things especially new vocabulary. Furthermore I could learn Wannsee where the Final Solution was conceived, all provided Church which we climbed for a panoramic view of the city, something about the school system and quickly identified chilling evidence of humanity at its worst.On the final full day, and also the Elbphilharmonie, which is renowned as one of were all impressed by a large-scale revue with over one- some big differences between Oundle and my school in we visited the Palace of Tears, the crossover point from East the most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world. The hundred dancers, musicians and artists that combined music, Germany. After a few days, another German Exchange arrived to West Berlin where people’s futures were decided. We also weekend was then spent with our exchange partners, and theatre and technology with marvellous results. We could from Hamburg and I got the opportunity to participate in a saw the Stasi interrogation centre and the harrowing prison many of us met up to see the stunning ‘Miniatur Wunderland’, have spent many more days in Berlin. Stepping outside few of their trips as well as to talk with them about Oundle. at Hohenschonhausen. which is an amazing model display of the city, whilst others the classroom with our teachers as guides was not only Mrs Wagstaffe kindly invited me to join the excursions to visited the Planetarium and 3D world. Throughout the invaluable preparation for our exams, but it was a tremendous London including a tour of Parliament, Burghley House with After full days of touring, we enjoyed evening cultural duration of the week, numerous amounts of traditional experience that we will not forget a Sculpture Workshop and Cambridge, which pleased me a performances,including the ballet, opera and music. We German food was consumed, including different varieties lot. In addition to that I enjoyed walking through Oundle and, Joseph Meisner (L5) of fish from the North Sea. On Monday, after lessons in the of course, sampling the milkshakes and wonderful coffee at morning, we went back into Hamburg for a tour of the city by “Beans”. I hope this trip is the start of an exchange program boat on the River Elbe. On the final day, we took the train to between Oundle and the Landesschule Pforta in Naumburg the city of Bremen in the north west of Germany to see the (Mr Röhrborn, as well as Nietzsche were former pupils too). I Universum (the science centre), which was an interactive and am really thankful for the great support of all at Oundle School fun experience, and we also had some time to explore the city and the experiences I could make and I am looking forward to itself. welcoming Serena De Choisy (L L6) to my school in August.

I would urge anyone who is studying German in the lower Hannah v. Eimern (Landesschule Pforta, Naumburg) years to go on the exchange trip, as it was a real insight to the

Adventure Awards Silicon Valley Every year, travel scholarships are awarded to pupils in Over the Half Term holiday, nine Sixth Form pupils from the the Lower Sixth Form to encourage a spirit of adventure, Computing department headed to Silicon Valley for a week exploration and physical challenge. In 2019, nine groups and of tech-based activities in the global tech capital. The first Visit to Policing Museum Spain thirty pupils competed for an award, and made it through to stop put the development of computing technology into Four pupils were invited to the newly opened Museum Twelve Lower and Upper Sixth Form pupils studying Spanish the final interview stage of the process. context, where pupils learned about the earliest - and noisiest - enjoyed a week’s work experience in Córdoba, Spain over the of Armed Policing in Chatteris to assist the BBC Breakfast computers in action at the Computer History Museum. programme in producing a segment about the new museum. Half Term. The aim of the trip was for pupils to experience full The top award of £300, The Dudgeon, went to Louis de Gale With the police use of firearms a growing and changing area language immersion in an authentic environment. Moving on to the newest and shiniest developments, pupils (G), Adam Hutchinson (G) and Alice Hamilton-Charlton (L) for within the police, the Police Firearms Officers Association dressed up in a “clean suit” at Intel;met the inspirational their trip to the Isle of Skye. The pupils plan to cycle round (PFOA) believes that it is important for the public to have an Pupils worked for four hours a day in a variety of different thirty-three year-old multimillionaire CEO of BOX; created Skye and walk parts of the Cuillin Ridge, wild camping every opportunity to understand how armed policing has evolved placements. Grace, Tavi, Ruben, Olga and Daisy all worked a Snapchat filter in Python at Berkeley; walked through a night. since the 1600s. The Oundle pupils learned about significant in pre-school crèches, which proved the most challenging super computer at NASA; visited the Tesla production line in events that have required armed responses and were able to placement. Grace and Emily worked in shops, Harry worked a building bigger than the Vatican City; and experienced a VR Runners-up awards went to trips visiting Georgia in the experience first-hand the rigours faced by firearms officers by in the reception of a museum and Hugo worked in an Arabic game where they fought off aliens. They also visited an Old footsteps of Steinbeck, a Grand Tour of Europe, Florence on training on a firearms simulator. baths. Lily worked in a vets washing dogs all week and Emily Oundelian who is studying for a PhD in artificial intelligence a Renaissance-inspired trail, and two awards for intellectual and Ollie both worked for a language exchange company. adventures to Athens. “Visiting the newly opened Museum of Armed Policing was and machine learning at Stanford. an amazing experience, made even better by our short Breakfast In the afternoons pupils enjoyed trips to the cinema to see As well as visiting Alcatraz and the sights of San Francisco, The history of these awards dates to the Second World War appearance on BBC . It was extremely interesting a Spanish film, which they managed to understand without pupils relished the best of American cuisine. They feasted on with an Old Oundelian called Patrick Dudgeon who was sadly to gain an insight into how the armed police in Britain has subtitles, and cultural trips around Córdoba. Pupils stayed In and Out Burgers, cooked waffles for breakfast and enjoyed executed after refusing to give away military secrets. In his evolved, adapting to various mass shootings. A highlight for all with families and were able to practise their Spanish with the biggest desserts they had ever seen at Bucks of Woodside. memory, his family provided funding to the School for a travel of us was the virtual reality shooting range, in which we got a the families in the evenings, too. On the weekend, pupils scholarship to inspire pupils to create their own adventures. glimpse into how much pressure these police officers have to cope with, and just how important the split second decisions went to both Granada and Seville where they visited the they have to make are. Overall, it was a wonderful day out and famous Moorish Alhambra palace in Granada, the Alcazar and I would recommend it to anyone!” Lucy WIght (K U6) cathedral in Seville, giving them all a real sense of the rich legacy left by the Moors in Andalucía.

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‘‘Adventurer’ First Aid Course Launched at Oundle During the memorial weekend for Nick Moore (Lx 93) and awareness. George Gilroy (G 93) a new First Aid and Global Awareness course was launched as part of the ‘Learning for Life’ syllabus. Braving the elements of ‘Storm Eric’ provided even more realism whilst working outside around the CCF armoury. ‘Adventurer’ has been developed by Stephen Fisher (LS 93) The pupils were outstanding throughout, fully engaged with alongside his wife Sue and an ex-colleague from his time in their awareness and ‘thinking outside the box’ noticeably

developing as the day went by. With gap years planned the Royal Navy, Terry Bastyan, who is now a HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Paramedic. It was inspired directly by the amongst them to Australia, India and Nepal, as well as ski Changemakers tragic accident in which Nick and George lost their lives. season’s the course had particular relevance to all who attended. Changemakers is a new summer holiday project between Oundle and a local partner school, Gladstone Primary. It offers twenty-four Eight members of Oundle Sixth Form took part in the ten year-old children a fun and challenging time at a residential camp at the Outward Bound Trust’s Ullswater Centre in the Lake The finale of the course was the certificate presentation by District between 19-23 August 2019. The children are from diverse backgrounds, and qualify for pupil premium status. It is hoped that inaugural course at School. They were taught many different Mrs Patsy Gilroy, James and Juliet Moore, Simon Clark and Phil the project will have a real impact on their life experiences through this type of learning and education outdoors. Caving, open water aspects of remote first aid from basic CPR to improvised stretchers, how to escape from a sinking car to how to Harrison. It is hoped that ‘Adventurer’ will become a fitting rowing, waterfall jumping, sailing, climbing and walking are all among the activities on the programme. Twelve Oundle Lower Sixth legacy to Nick and George and the course will be rolling out pupils were selected to mentor the children on the expedition and have been working hard to fundraise between £300-500 each. The recognize and swim clear of riptides,and from breaks and across the nation in the coming months. initiatives have included a fashion show in March where pupils modelled clothes from brands including La Llama and Brora alongside bleeds to foreign travel preparation and local customs musical entertainment, raising £7,500. Other events included a gaming competition, a club night and sales of cakes. Third Form pupils

over the last two years have also contributed significantly to the project by undertaking a sponsored walk at Grafham Water and have raised over £2,500 on each venture. Oundle has worked with the City Children’s Holiday Fund for over forty years, and this charity has Community Action Talk Flymo Squad recently become part of the OBT. Oundle has been chosen to pilot this project in 2019 and it is hoped that this model will succeed and be replicated by other independent schools. CA pupils were delighted to welcome back Alastair Taylor On Field Weekend Monday, the Wednesday afternoon CA (L 16) to speak on the Monday morning of Field Weekend Flymo Squad spent a full day at a home owned by Hope Into about the Durham Winter Night Shelter he has set up for the Action, a charity which provides housing and support for homeless in Durham. During a gap year between Oundle and vulnerable people in the East Midlands area. The team, who university, Alastair volunteered at the Glasgow City Mission usually spend their afternoons assisting with mowing lawns, Drop-in Shelter. This sowed the seed for his project in Durham weeding and leaf clearing for local elderly residents, tackled which provided shelter for over 30 guests during the cold a larger project which included demolishing a garden wall. nights over the Christmas period. Alastair is currently in his Hope Into Action founder, Ed Walker spoke to CA pupils over second year of studies. Any OOs interested in supporting the September Field Weekend. shelter can contact Alastair at [email protected]. Sponsored Horse Ride for Kivuli Each week, the Community Action Riding for the Disabled group accompany Sam Sherwin and his pony Charlie for a riding session. On Field Weekend Sunday, the group undertook Grand Day Out a sponsored horse (six miles) and bike (two miles) ride with Sam to raise money for physiotherapy sessions for children On 5 June, the Fourth Form joining Community Action in attending Gilgil Special School in Kenya. The Kivuli Trust (www. September 2019 hosted elderly residents from local nursing kivulitrust.org) is a UK charity which supports the boarding homes together with members of the 660 Club at the annual hostels at the special school. Sam and his team raised over Grand Day Out event in The Great Hall. Over afternoon tea £500. with musical entertainment, visitors were treated to archive footage on the big screen whilst trying their hands at a variety of craft activities as well as bingo and board games, yoga and

boccia. Have a Go Days Over the April Field Weekend, the Community Action department hosted a record number of visitors to its two Have a Go Days. On Sunday 28 April, over 300 visitors from Mencap, Gateway, YIP and PHAB clubs together with Mencap holiday families enjoyed a variety of activities including swimming, football, boccia, archery, table tennis and the ever popular photo booth. Activities were moved from Two Acre (which was being reseeded) to the Chapel Lawns (with nets protecting the Chapel windows from stray balls and arrows!). On the Monday (29 April) of Field Weekend, pupils hosted 170 pupils from local special schools who were also treated to traction engine rides around the Chapel path. Feedback from visitors, staff and pupils was, as always, overwhelmingly positive.

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Christmas Drinks at 67 Pall Mall Last Christmas we hosted our Christmas drinks at the exclusive 67 Pall Mall, a private members’ Ccub which 2019 London Dinner has recently been asserted to have the best wine list We are delighted to announce that the 2019 OO London Dinner in London. Some sixty-nine years of OOs, from 1949 - will be held on Thursday 28 November at the Honourable 2018, were represented, and joined by many current Artillery Company. Please do mark the date in your diaries. and former parents. After a champagne reception, the Club’s sommeliers introduced guests to a variety of fine wines chosen especially to pair with a traditional Christmas lunch. Under the direction of Head Chef, Marcus Verberne, guests feasted on array of delicious canapés which were served throughout the evening. We are delighted to be returning to 67 Pall Mall this year on

Thursday 12 December so please do save the date. Through East Prussia to Warsaw − Crossroads in Conflict (1914 - 1989) Last month, accompanied by Alan Midgley (former Head of History, (1970 -97)) we led a five-night tour to Poland with a wonderful Twenty-Five Year Memorial group of OOs and former parents bound by a common and keen interest in history and of course their connection to Oundle. It was a Around fifty OOs and their families joined together on Saturday fascinating and thought-provoking trip taking in a bespoke itinerary 9 February to remember their friends, Nick Moore (Lx 93) and covering conflict in the region from 1914 - 1989. George Gilroy (G 93), who died tragically in a car accident during their gap year in Australia, in February 1994. We began our tour in Gdansk (Danzig) where the Second World War started and the Solidarity Trade Union signalled the beginning

The Moore family and Patsy Gilroy were in attendance, as of the end of the Cold War. Highlights included a visit to the Edinburgh Drinks memories of the boys’ characters were reignited through two Kindertransport Memorial, European Solidarity Centre and Museum fantastic addresses in the Chapel by Nick Tong (Lx 93) and James of the Second World War before a boat trip down the Vistula to the A substantial number of current, former and prospective parents gathered for our annual reception at The New Club, Edinburgh, on Bucher (G 93). Reverend Brian Cunningham led the service which Westerplatte Peninsula. Thursday 9 May. Guests enjoyed drinks and canapés with spectacular views of Edinburgh Castle. The Head, Sarah Kerr-Dineen ,and was followed by lunch in the Common Room (The Old Tuckshop) Director of Development, Matthew Dear, gave an update on the School as well as introducing Antony Bounds who is taking over as where a montage of photographs and video drawn from the On day two we made our way to the former East Prussia, visiting Registrar from Gary Phillips in September. It was wonderful to see Old Oundelians from many different generations, including recent archives was displayed, evoking memories from School days Malbork Castle, before taking in the Wolf’s Lair (Wolfschanze), leavers who are at university in the city. Thank you to all those who joined us; we really enjoy connecting with the Oundle community in all the way through the twenty-five years of annual reunions in where Hitler spent the majority of his time during the war and the Scotland and look forward to seeing you all again next year on Thursday 7 May. memory of Nick and George. site of the Stauffenberg Bomb Plot of July 1944. After a game of football for old times’ sake, there was a moment The final two days were spent in Warsaw where we visited the to reflect in a short memorial gathering - with a reading from exhibitions honouring the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto (1943) OO Sports Lunch Nick Bizley (Lx 93) and Simon Clark (S 93), who had made the and the Warsaw Uprising (1944). We also enjoyed taking in the city, were also in evidence including rowing and tennis. Several much of which has been beautifully rebuilt having been destroyed in On Friday 26 April over 100 OOs gathered together for the trip all the way from Australia, reading a poignant poem written former staff members were present including John Wake, Vic the war. En route to Warsaw (with a little help from Google Maps!) annual Sports lunch in the very pleasant surroundings of the shortly after the accident in 1994. There were many stories Northwood, Tony Cowley and Terry Cobner with his wife Brenda. we stopped at the site of the Tannenberg Monument, (where Queen’s Club in London. Superbly organised by Guy Simmonds reminisced in The Ship that evening and many old faces to catch Hindenburg was buried in 1943) of which only a few stones remain (StA 95) and Al Gordon (C 69) everyone enjoyed reconnecting The Head spoke to update everyone on the progress of the up with from the quite remarkable turnout, to end a memorable after it was destroyed by the Soviet Army in 1945. with each other over drinks in the bar followed by a delicious Sports MasterPlan and on sport in the School generally. day and a fitting tribute to two old friends. lunch. We would like to thank Alan Midgley for all his assistance in After lunch Jules Mountain (S 84) gave a gripping account, organising the tour and sharing his knowledge and expertise along A number of people took the opportunity to meet up with together with slides and video, of his attempt on Everest which the way, along with the whole group for their excellent company, old sports colleagues from School and there were tables took place at the time of the devastating earthquake in 2015. enthusiasm and camaraderie. representing the 1994 cricket tour of the West Indies and a rugby It was both a sobering and enthralling presentation and guests LinkedIn were captivated by Jules’s story. table of 1991/2 leavers. Several other sporting preferences Oundle School has now been set up as an educational institution

on LinkedIn, meaning that the School crest will appear on your profile if you have the School listed under your education entries. We hope this will make it easier to connect and network with Oundle Telephone Campaign fellow OOs under the ‘Alumni’ section of the page. Should you Our annual telephone campaign will be running from 15 - 29 July. wish to do this you will need to r select Oundle School under The purpose of this campaign is twofold: primarily to raise funds the educational section of your profile. You can also follow the for the School’s Bursary Programme and new Sports Centre, as School should you wish to keep up to date with School news in well as to enhance communication between the School, Old your feed. Oundelians and parents. The calling team will consist of recent leavers and pupils in the current Upper Sixth. We hope you enjoy chatting to them should you receive a call.

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