the Curriculum Sporting the Curriculum Seasonal Celebrations Passion Projects As autumn leaves fell, fresh produce, grown Our English Department is passionate on the School allotment, was distributed about instilling Harrodians with a love of to the Barnes Foodbank at Castelnau reading, and this year’s Look at the Booker Community Centre along with many other event, below, was an eective way to engage non-persishable foods that pupils donated for them in the literary world. Six of our Lower Harvest Festival this term. A total of 147.6 Sixth English students took up the challenge kg of food was provided by Harrodians: that of digesting one each of the six Man Booker is the equivalent of two teachers in weight! Prize shortlisted novels and then presented To mark the occasion, the Pre-Prep’s annual a review of them to a Senior Library full of assembly brought each class onto the stage students, parents and sta. Lovers of music to sing or recite poetry, while a group of PP3 were also able to hear Zach Davies (L6), a narrators explained the meaning of harvest keen pianist, give a fascinating talk about the time. musician Glen Gould and his interpretations Next to follow, our Christmas Fair celebrated of the keyboard music of Bach, as part the arrival of winter and the beginning of of the Sixth Form Lecture Society. Zach’s the festive season, far right. Guests were enthusiasm for the subject was evident, and treated to a new Christmas pudding ride, an his talent as a pianist meant he was able to inatable energy zone and a pantomime in authenticate his views by demonstrating the auditorium! As well as being great fun, some of his points on the piano. Our sta the Christmas Fair is a vital fundraiser, and also have the opportunity to speak about this year it supported two smaller charities subjects that they feel passionately about at -– the Dusty Yak Foundation and the Flying the well-established omson Society, held Team Triumphs As a result, our U12A team were able to Seagull Project – as nominated by two on Tuesdays after School in the Auditorium. We have celebrated great triumphs in football secure a great win against Whitgift. Higher Harrodian parents. Following this, our 14s Madame Any, Teacher of French, made a this term. In the Prep School, our U9A team up the School, Kyle McCrystal (12C) in the and 15s, who bought and wrapped presents fascinating debut talking about her life as a were awarded the Northcote Lodge Six-a- U13A team, is in the nal stages of ISFA for the women and children at the Sutton woman of mixed race. side Tournament trophy by winning each selection and if successful will represent Women’s Centre, thought about how they of their three group games and achieving a London. Our 1st XI U18 squad, above, has could make it a warmer winter for others. On fantastic 3-0 victory against Westminster had an impressive season with a number of the last day of term, all pupils and sta paid Under School in the nals. Football has had outstanding performances produced in our £2 to wear Christmas jumpers and proceeds a record following in the 9s, with the highest toughest matches. e team is the rst group were donated to the Save the Children. A number of pupils ever to attend lunchtime of Harrodian footballers to have reached collection at the end of the Carol Concert football clubs. e opportunity to practise the third round of an Independent Schools also raised money for Mind and West so often has benetted our U10A team, who Football Association (ISFA) tournament London Action for Children, two charities won the Hampton School Tournament in and to participate in the National ISFA that have been supported by our 13s through their age category, inset above. Our U12s Boodles Cup against some of the best-known the Harrodian Youth Philanthropy Initiative have had a number of new 11+ pupils join independent schools, such as Eton College, (YPI), and with which they continue to their teams, all of whom have integrated Wellington College and Charterhouse. ey maintain links as they move up through the well and played at a high level this season. won their preliminary match and rst two Senior School. Spirit rounds against Radnor House, Tonbridge Grammar and Bury Grammar School, without conceding a goal. In a close third round match, Harrodian lost narrowly to Harrow School. Despite defeat, the team at School, it isn’t surprising that so many has lots to be proud of. eir playing record Harrodians choose to compete in the this term has been one of the best the School sport. For the second time in Harrodian has seen in its 25-year history. Out of 13 history, our PP3-Prep girls’ team won the matches, they won 10, lost two, conceded 12 Hall School Wimbledon Competition by goals and scored 47. beating 12 other local Prep Schools, and the corresponding boys’ team nished well, Playing Ball too, in second place. In the Richmond Autumn Term is the busiest time for Borough Cross Country Championships in netball, with a large number of interhouse Richmond Park our 10s and 11s girls’ teams, or interschool tournaments and also trips. together with nine individual girls and boys Netballers in our 11s to 15s were able to from the 11s to Lower Sixth, performed train intensively over the course of a PGL well and have consequently been selected weekend in Shrewsbury, below, while our to represent Richmond in the Middlesex U13 and U14 girls’ teams travelled to Championships in January next year. Evie Marbella for ve days during half term Priest (11P) came rst out of over 100 girls, to receive expert coaching from Scarlett with Ollie Weintraub (15D) fourth and Williams, a former England player who now Timin Kanani (L6) third in their relevant age plays for the Surrey Storm team. e girls put categories. Our Upper Prep girls’ teams also their learning into practice and immediately participated in the English Schools’ Athletics reaped the benets. Our U11A team won Association Cross Country Competition and the Highgate School Tournament and our qualied for the second round, in which they U11B team, which has not lost a match this ran a tough 2.5km course in St Albans. e year, remained unbeaten in all eight games of team were not successful in reaching the next the omas’s School Tournament and went round, but there were still some impressive on to win two additional tournaments. Our individual performances, particularly from U12 and U13 teams also took part in the Izzie Coppinger (12A), who achieved the Highgate and omas’s Tournaments and best Harrodian nishing time in her age were awarded silver and bronze medals. With category. plenty of opportunities to play competitively, Harrodian netballers have made been able to make good progress and ne-tune their skills. Up and Running Running and cross-country are both very popular at Harrodian, with a number of related clubs that involve children as young as six years old, from PP2 (Year 2) upwards. With such a large outdoor space In the Spotlight In the Spotlight Too Much to the soundtrack of La La Land and the other to e Lion King. e sta dance nale Information - a Storm Trooper rendition of the Star Wars Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. theme – closed the show with a few laughs, Someone shares a secret. Someone won’t whilst Darth Vader disappeared back to a answer the door. Someone’s not ready to talk. galaxy far far away. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone’s never felt like this before. is term’s Senior In Rehearsal production was like a theatrical kaleidoscope Our 15s Drama pupils stayed at Rookesbury with myriad characters trying to make sense House, Surrey, for a weekend residential of grief, depression, love, information and trip to prepare for their GCSE Performance memory. Love and Information by Caryl examination, below. ey were set the task Churchill, left, was performed by pupils in of creating an original piece of drama in our 15s and Sixth Form and directed by Ms the style of either Bertolt Brecht or Physical Farrow, Teacher of Drama. e seven sections theatre (storytelling primarily through to the play included a total of 63 seemingly physical movement). By the end of their unconnected episodic scenes and involved 16 stay, one group had created a piece about students playing more than 120 characters. the fragility of life from the perspective of To add to the visual impact of the piece, three elderly women in a care home; another black and white photographs were projected group had produced a political drama about at the back of the auditorium to underscore the perception of happiness in the modern each scene and make the audience think, feel world; and the nal group had constructed and look further. e dierent sketches, when a short play about the fallout after the 9/11 performed as a complete piece of theatre, came tragedy. All pupils worked hard to improve together to evoke a sense of unease about a their practical drama skills; but they also had society which is replacing human connections some fun with a lm and games nights at the with speed of communication. large spookey manor house! Stepping off Screen Pupils ranging in age from 8 to 15 looked like they had just stepped o the screen to perform this year’s Magic of the Movies Dance Show. Mr Lineker, Teacher of Classics, who compèred the evening dressed as Darth Vader, came equipped with a whole host of movie-themed jokes.