The Dunelmian 2009-2010 From the Editor Essential Information 4 This year Durham School celebrates the 25th anniversary of girls Sport arriving at the school. Katie Geiser, the first girl to be Head of School, Girls’ Games 38 gave an excellent speech at the OD dinner in Big School in September House Reports 6 Swimming/Water Polo 47 2010 in which she reminisced with great warmth and affection on her Crooss Country 49 two years in the school (there will be a full report of the girls’ 25th The Caffinites House anniversary in next years Dunelnian). In 1993, Katie was one of about Athletics 50 School House 40 girls in the sixth form; today there are almost 140 girls in the senior Hockey (boys) 54 school between the ages of 11 and 18. The school has been transformed Poole House Rugby 55 by the girls. Their presence makes the school very different to what it Pimlico House Cricket 65 had been, and yet at the same time many of the traditions and qualities MacLeod House that made Durham School such a special place are still here. Rowing 69 A new feature in this year's Dunelmian is the News Round-up section. Speech Day 13 This news is selected from the regular newsletters that Rodney Thomas CCF and Nikki McCann produce throughout the year. As from this term the Speech Day Prizes 14 all the newletters will be published online: there will be no paper copies CCF Report 76 Headmaster's Report 15 printed. 1 felt, therefore, that The Dunelmian would provide an Royal Navy Section 77 opportunity to have an “edited highlights” version on paper which we Army Section 79 can keep as a record of the many and varied activities that go on in Chaplaincy News 17 Durham School. RAF Section 80 My thanks go to the pupils, staff and ODs who have contributed articles, but particularly to Colin Looker who, as always, has done a fine job in Music 18 News from the Common Room 81 setting out the reports and photographs in an imaginative and eye­ catching way. The reason that we have gone back to producing the OD Society 84 magazine in "landscape” format rather than "portrait” is that it provides Drama 22 five columns per page rather than three, and this gives us much more flexibility when laying out the text and photographs. The intention is to keep the magazine in "landscape” format from now on. Trips & Events Durham School is a happy place in which pupils achieve a lot. This magazine reflects that, and 1 very much hope that you enjoy reading it. Geography Field Study 26 Cairngorm winter trip 27 Mr. J.C. Renshaw. World Challenge 29 Chinese New Year 29 Sports team photographs have Normandy Visit 30 been reproduced by kind permission of Gillman & Soame Tristram Society 31 photographers and can be re-ordered by telephoning News round-up 32 01869 328200 Speech Day 1959- see page 84 The Dunelmian 3 Durham School 2009-2010 Essential Information Headmaster H S Dias, BA (Ulster); PGCE English E M George, BA (Manchester), PGCE: MBA Mrs K E Dougall, BA, QTS (Warwick) Girls ’ Games and Geography R Duff BEd (NCE Aberdeen)(Housemaster of Poole House) Head of Instrumental Music Deputy Head (Curriculum) Mrs C L Eccleston, BA (Sunderland) Modern Languages D W Goodhew. MA (Oxon), PGCE, Classics M B Fishwick Cricket and Hockey C S Fordyce, BSc (Herriot Watt) PGCE Mathematics Senior Master (Housemaster of Caffmites) D R Best, BA (Belfast) PGCE Head of History M A Gardner. BSc MA (Dunelm) Head o f IT P C Gerrard, BEd (Leeds Met.Carnegie College) Director of 6th Form Studies Deputy Head (Pastoral) Head of Academic PE Mrs F M Parker, BEd (Oxon); Modem Languages Mrs E L P Hewitt. BA (London), MA (OU) History R N Hewitt, BEd (Durham) Geography Head of Boarding and Careers Miss V A Holmes. BA (Northumbria). PGCE Economics & Business Studies M J Bushnell, BSc (Swansea) PGCE Head o f Economics & Business Studies Miss L J Hind, MA (Cantab); PGCE Modern Languages J G James, BSc (Wales); PGCE PE and Games Bursar K S Jones, BSc, PGCE (Dunelm) Head of Chemistry Mrs R Gardner Mrs S Kerridge, BSc (Dunelm); BA; PGCE Mathematics & ICT S J M Kime, BA, PGCE, FRSA (Aberystwyth) Head of English Director of Marketing Ms KL Lowery, BSc (Salford). PGCE Chemistry & Biology Mrs N McCann MC1PR B Mason BEd (de Montfort) Director of Sport R A Muttitt. BMus (Hull).ARCO, FRSAS Director of Music Chaplain Miss LM Nicholson BA (Northumbria); PGCE English Mrs A de Lange, BA (Exeter), MA (Sheffield), Miss J Plummer Biology and Games PGDip-Theol & Min(Dunelm) Mrs M F Proud, MA (Durham) Head of Religious Studies J C Renshaw. BA (Durham); PGCE Head of Geography Academic Staff 0 Stacey, BA (Oxon); PGCE Biology DB Aitken BSc, (Edinburgh); PGCE Biology & Chemistry S Thompson BA (Sunderland);PGCE English M P Alderson, BA, MA (Dunelm); PGCE (Housemaster of School House) Head of Modern Languages Mrs N J Thompson (Leeds) BA;PGCE DT & Art M C T Baldwin, BA (Kent); PGCE Head of Art and DT (Housemistress of MacLeod) M Bedworth, BA (York) Physical Education A R Wallace, BSc (Lancaster); PGCE Chemistry M F Burke, BSc (Leeds) PGCE Head of Biology Mrs K L Wilkinson. BA (Durham); PGCE Modem Languages Dr J M Bums, BA (Durham) (Housemistress of Pimlico) Modem Languges J Williamson. BA (York) i/c Rowing, I J Campbell, BEng, PGCE Physics P R Wilson. MA. BA (Cantab); PGCE Head of Mathematics Mrs L Chapman MA (Oxon) Mathematics D R Woodhead BA (York); PGCE Theatre Studies and Drama M J Clayton, BA, Sunderland; PGCE Design Technology S Wright Mathematics J Curry. BSc, MA (Durham) Head of Physics & Careers M Younger. BA (Sunderland); PGCE Art & DT T A Davies BA (Newcastle); PGCE Head o f Classics P Dias PE and Games 4 The Dunelmian Durham School 2009-2010 Essential Information Part Time Teaching Staff Technical Staff Head of the School Mrs G Connor. BEd (CNNA) PE, Games & Geography L Bailey Senior Laboratory Technician Tom Newbould R Gibbon, BSc (Sheffield); Cert.Ed Examinations Officer S Donaldson Laboratory Technician A Gouge. BA; PGCE Economics & Business Studies D Burton Laboratory Technician Head of School House Miss J M Linthwaite, BA (Newcastle); English as a Second Language M Ridsdale Network Manager Byung Choi MPhil; MEd; DipESL. Dip Pyschology & Sociology G Taylor IT Technician Head of Poole House M Robson DT Technician C Looker Print Manager Matthew Wilson Ms. E J Ross, BA (Durham) Head of Learning Support M O Stephens. BA; Cert Ed, MCollT, PGC in SpLD Learning Support Head of Caffinites D P Singleton FRSA Rowing & Learning Support Scott Gimby Governing Body Mrs F Swan BA (Durham); PGCE English Mr Alasdair MacConachie, OBE, DL, FRSA (Chairman) Mrs S Sweeting Netball Head of Pimlico Mr F Nicholson (Vice Chairman) Maxine Brewster Mr S B Anderson Pastoral Staff Mr P S Bell Miss H Wood Poole House (Resident) Head of MacLeod Canon S Cherry Mrs J Haley Pimlico House Emily-Jane Smith Miss G Kerr Mrs J Gorton RGN - Nurse Mr R H Langdon Mrs A Dutton RGN - Nurse Mr D W Welsh Mrs Sue Mitchell RGN - Nurse Monitors Mrs H G Weston Professor P Gilmartin Estates Staff School Mrs Coates B M Hunter Estates Manager Jack De verson Mr R Uttley P R Atkinson School Marshall/SSI Alexander Turnbull Fraser Jackson Administrative Staff Mrs S Spence Headmaster's PA. Caffinites Mrs AM Wides School Secretary Lewis Fraser R Thomas MA Marketing Mrs R Hetherington-Seymour Finance Office Poole House Ms K Hunt Finance Office Alastair Galbraith-Brown Mrs S. Langthorne Events Manager Mrs J Mason Librarian Pimlico House Mrs DC Woodlands Registrar Lucy Orton MacLeod House Gabby Minchella The Dunelmian 5 house report in two great performances to win a tightly contested year Caffinites group, all it took was the year 9s, 11s and seniors to place his year saw the start of Mr involved in the instrumental and second for the house to TFordyce’s reign as part song. In my mind and in convincingly take the title. Housemaster of The Caffinites. many others there is no real Stepping into Mr Hallam’s debate over which house has the The summer term proved to be shoes, Mr Fordyce has changed best house spirit especially after the perfect end to an outstanding the house dramatically in his the sight of the whole house year in house events. Overall short time and it wasn’t long walking out onto the playground victory in house rowing and before the boys were back in preparation for the Dunelm unlucky results for junior and working like a well-oiled run. The houses ability to out- intermediate house cricket sides machine again. I have to thank chant all of the other houses was proved that the boys were still The Caffinites end-of-year barbeque the lads in the house this putting in their all for the year for the effort and great house. House athletics house spirit they showed in showed that next year’s all aspects of school life. upper sixth are more than This year has been a very capable to lead the house, successful one in terms of again another win to add to competitions. From the start the rest. For once Caffinites victories came thick and fast went into the final house with wins in the table top competition of Senior House quiz, house swimming (both cricket as the favourites and juniors and seniors). House the team did not disappoint, Drama (again both junior with convincing wins over and senior) and House School and Poole to give a squash at all age levels.