BethanianThe 2019/20 The Bethanian 2019-2020 1 Our Team Our Team Teaching & House Staff Mr George Allen, Teaching Assistant Mr Philip Hughes, BA (Hons), PGCE, Teacher of PE and Pengelly Housemaster Board of Mr Alex Axon, Geography Teacher and Governors Kendon First Assistant Mrs Ann Hurst, Learning Support Assistant Mr Alex Bolton, BA (Hons), NPQSL, Director Mr Anthony Khan, BA (Hons), PGCE, Mr Roger Stubbs (Chairman), of Performing Arts Business Studies Teacher, Housemaster B Soc Sc, CMRS The Mount and Head Of Young Enterprise Ms April Bridge, MSc (Hons), PGCSE, Mrs Wendy Kent (Vice Chair) Teacher of Maths and Old Poplars Miss Samantha King, BA, Mr Jonathan Fenn (Vice Chair), LLB First Assistant Head of Girls’ Games Mr Peter Askew Mr Jonny Brinson, BMus, PGCE, Mr Xuenian Leng, MSc, BA, PGCE, Head of Music Lead Teacher of Mandarin Mr David Boniface, MA, MSc Miss Nicola Brown, BDES, PGDE, Mrs Hua Li, PGCE, Mandarin Teacher Mr Keith Buckland Art and Textiles Teacher Ms Liz Macrae, BA (Hons) QTS, Mr Roger Clark Miss Leah Bullock, Head of Food & Nutrition Studies Mrs Elizabeth Connell, BA LLB Trainee Music Teacher Mr Adam Manktelow, BSc (Hons) PGCE, Mr Andrew Cunningham Mr Richard Clough, BA (Hons), PGCE, Joint Head of Maths, Head of KRS Teacher of History Dr Robert Hangartner, Miss Claire Mills, BEd (Hons), BSc, MB BS, MBA, FRCPath Mr Clifford Cooper, MSc, Director of Assistant Head of Learning Support Mr Matthew Harman, BSc (Hons), MCIOB Outdoor Learning, Teacher of Maths, Mr Marcus Norman, BEd (Hons), Pengelly Boarding Assistant Mr Nigel Kimber, BSc FCA Head of Design & Technology Mr Robert Pilbeam Mr Simon Cuthbert, BA (Hons), PGCE, Mrs Claire Pack, BA (Hons), Head of Religious Studies, Head of Media Studies and English Teacher Mrs Gabby Power Head of Competitive House, Mrs Lindsay Roberts BEd (Hons) Assistant Chaplain Mr Matt Payne, BSc (Hons), Director of Sport Miss Amy Dalley, BA (Hons) Trainee Art Teacher Mrs Rachael Payne, BA (Hons), PGCE, Dance Teacher Senior Staff Mr Simon Davies, BA (Hons), Headmaster Head of History and Politics and The Mr Rob Philbin, BSc (Hons), PGCE, Orchard Housemaster Teacher of Biology and Science Mr Francie Healy, BSc HDipEd NPQH Mr Simon Duff, BEd, TEFL, NPQML, Mr Devin Reilly, BSc (Hons), Deputy Head Academic Head of Enterprise Department, Head of Teacher of Physics and Science, Head of Careers and The Orchard Boarding Assistant Competitive House Mrs Emily Hill, BA (Hons), PGCE Mr Jamie Forde, Swimming Pool Manager Mrs Nicola Rendall-Jones, BA, DTEFLA, Deputy Head Pastoral and The Mount First Assistant PGCE, Head of EAL and DSL Mrs Sarah Fuller, BSc, Mrs Carly Shapland, BA (Hons), Mr Alan Sturrock, BA (Ed) Hons Learning Support Assistant Teacher of English, Head of Competitive House Mr Alejandro Garcia, HNC, Human Resources Manager Spanish Teacher Miss Fleur-Estelle Shaw, MA PGCE, and Deputy DSL Head of Geography and UCAS Coordinator Mrs Tamara Gautier, BA (Hons), PGCE MFL Miss Toni Carter, Chartered MCIPD (Secondary), Head of Modern Mrs Sarah Smart, BA (Hons) Foreign Languages Design Crafts, PGCE, NPQML, Head of Art Bursar & Clerk to the and First Assistant The Orchard Mr Sherrick Hamilton, BA (Hons), Governors: Head of Computing and IT Services Mrs Anne-Marie Sturrock, BEd (Hons), Mr Stuart Harris, AIIRSM Teacher of DLS and EAL Mrs Sarah-Jane Harley, Sports Coach Mr Mike Thomas, MSc PhD, Head of Mrs Kate Harper, BSc (Hons), QTS PGCert Science and Kendon Boarding Assistant SpLD, School SENCo, Head Of DLS School Officials Mr James Vickerman, BSc (Hons) PGCE, Head of School Mr Tim Hart Dyke, BA (Hons), PGCE, DipEd, Teacher of Science, Kendon Housemaster Head of English and Head of Sixth Form Jeremy Daubeny Mrs Julia Wareham, BEd (Hons), Mrs Frances Healy, BA SpLD, Teacher of Maths, Old Poplars Deputy Heads of School Teacher of English and DLS Housemistress and Director of Enrichment Marcus Hobson Mr Tom Henson, BA (Hons), TA, Trainee Miss Jada Woolf, MEd, BSc, Alexia Pickett Teacher and Pengelly First Assistant Joint Head of Maths 2 The Bethanian 2019-2020 Contents Support Staff Prefects Contents Ms Jacky Austen, Carlotta Ansell Introduction Housekeeper Pengelly Jack Bartram Our Team 2 Mrs Karina Austen, Anson Chan Contents 3 Housekeeper Old Poplars Lauren Discombe Headmaster’s Welcome 4 Mrs Monica Beadsworth, Thomas Golding Accounts Manager Anthony Knight Our Houses Kendon 8 Mrs Sara Cooper, J’nique Lewin Admissions Assistant Freyja Qarajouli The Mount 10 Old Poplars 12 Kieron Tang Mr Phil Crafter, IT Technician Pengelly 14 Mrs Maxine Delves, The Orchard 16 Housekeeper The Orchard Estates Team Mrs Andrea Discombe, Upper Sixth Leavers 18 Mr Andrew Austen, Maintenance PA to Headmaster Inter House Competitions 22 Mr Jason Baldock, Mrs Alison Enticknap, Literacy Review 24 Grounds and Maintenance Science Technician Maths 28 Mr Jonathon Bourne, Science 30 Mrs Margaret Fillery, Heads Groundsman Senior Science Technician Mr Paul Davey, Minibus Driver The Arts Mr Nick Frank, Performing Arts 32 Development Manager Mr Martin Degenkolb, Carpenter and Maintenance Art & Design 38 Mrs Penny Graham, Design & Technology 48 School Office and HR Assistant Dr Keith Derrett, Minibus Driver Textiles 58 Mrs Mandy Hallett, Mr Matt Farrington, Maintenance Food & Nutrition 64 Housekeeper The Mount Mrs Tina Farrington, Cleaner Miss Karen Lane, Mrs Shirley Goldsmith, Cleaner Young Enterprise 68 Housekeeper Kendon Apprentice Challenge 70 Mrs Lucia Jaramba, Pengelly Society 72 Mr Mick Levett, Cleaner and Second-hand Design & Technology Technician, School Uniform Food & Nutrition Studies Technician Sport Mr Alan Jones, Maintenance Rugby 74 Mrs Sally Martorell, Registrar Mr Andrew Keates, Hockey 76 Mrs Ceri Mooney, School Office Senior Housekeeper Netball 78 Miss Lizzie Norman, Mrs Louise Kirby, Cleaner Football 80 Marketing Manager Mrs Mary Lane, Cleaner Cricket 81 School Colours/Honours Awards 82 Ms Helen Proud, Assistant Bursar Mrs Angela Meades, Cleaner Trophies 83 Mrs Claire Rendell, Mrs Jean Milham, Cleaner Librarian and Archivist Mrs Jean Relf, Cleaner Extra Curricular Mrs Stephanie Ridout, Miss Coral Richter, Cleaner Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 84 Senior Sister Wellness Centre Postcards from... 86 Mr Glen Ridout, Caretaker Mrs Denise Smith, and Driver Accounts Manager Staff Moves 90 Mr Steven Sault, Minibus Driver and Ms Juliana Tagliari, Speech Day 94 Maintenance Marketing Manager Mock Election 2019 96 Miss Dawn Saunders, Cleaner Mrs Penny Thompson, Old Bethanians Society 97 Deputy Sister Wellness Centre Mr Danny Sears, Chaplaincy 98 Estates Coordinator Charity Work 100 Mr Chris Thorncroft, IT Technician Mr Jakub Sleczka, Maintenance Tony Cardwell 102 Ms Katja Thornton, Alex Ward 104 Mr Kevin Thornton, Cleaner Examinations and Data Manager Remote Learning 106 Rev Serena Willoughby, Ms Susan Wickenden, Cleaner Friends of Bethany School 108 School Chaplain Mrs Sue Wilson, Cleaner Prizes & Awards 110 The Bethanian 2019-2020 3 Headmaster’s Welcome Headmaster’s Welcome This year has been dominated by Covid-19, Bethany has responded to this magnificently and remains as resilient as ever. Mr Francie Healy Headmaster As has become the norm, new boarders arrived in Bethany event for new parents and afterwards we launched our new a few days before the new School year started and settled in School video titled ‘To Be Known To Be You’ which was very very well. On the first night of term Mrs Healy and I visited warmly received indeed. It showed that our core aim is to the boarding houses to welcome back the boarders and it allow the pupils to be the best versions of themselves. is always great to see some familiar faces happy to be back at Bethany. The new pupils settled in seamlessly. The fine weather of course helped, but so also did the genuine warmth and At the end of the first week, we had our athletic sports sincerity shown by the staff and pupils. event. Once again, the pupils took part enthusiastically and competitively in the various athletic events. Later on The following week saw the School take part in its annual that evening, we had a most enjoyable wine and canapés School walk around the countryside raising money for 4 The Bethanian 2019-2020 Headmaster’s Welcome charities as part of our annual Charities Day. We received many compliments from local residents on how well our pupils obeyed the countryside code. Our first Open Morning of the year took place on Saturday 21st September and we had record numbers of prospective parents attend. Towards the end of September, we had a circus skills workshop in Bethany for Year 7 pupils which they enjoyed enormously. How times have changed since I was at School! For the second year running, our Year 11 musicians organised a Music festival that created a wonderful, relaxed atmosphere around campus. Bethany gladly hosted a GCSE Computer Science day for teachers, and we had teachers attend from all over the country The senior rugby team in Croatia who were very impressed with our facilities and campus. The Sixth Form Careers Fair took place on Friday 4th Our second Open Morning of the year happened in mid- October and was another outstanding success. We had October and it was also a great success with very high three keynote speakers in addition to the 26 companies numbers attending. Later on that week, we raised several who gave advice to our pupils. hundred pounds for the charity Water Aid which aims to provide clean water to children around the world. Half Term The heavy rain at the end of September meant that many saw our senior rugby team go on a rugby tour to Croatia rugby pitches were unplayable, however we were delighted which was greatly enjoyed. I was informed by many pupils to host an under 12 rugby tournament for Cranbrook, on their return that what happens on a rugby tour stays on Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks rugby clubs in early the rugby tour.