v \ Contents Essential Information 4 Flick through the Dunelmian casually and Headmaster’s Notes 6 it would seem to be the predictable record of a typical public school year. Look a little House Reports closer, read more carefully and the picture changes. It is easy to miss so many things. The Caffinites 7 The 1st XV are high prominence, but read School House 8 Toby Rostron Maher’s account of the 2nd Poole House 9 XV and see if it doesn’t change your per­ MacLeod 10 ceptions of the other levels. And if you Pimlico House 12 think it's time another sport deserved the headlines have a read the rowing report. Even if you don’t know anything about it Speech Day you will be astonished at the level of Speech Day Prizes 13 achievement within the club. Tom Edwards won a gold medal in last year’s European Headmaster's Report 15 championships when in the lower sixth.... And so on and so on... It’s impossible in Chaplaincy News 20 this small column to highlight every activity. The exuberance and elan of “Godspell”, the consistent quality and Music 22 variety of the music, the growing strength of the girls’ games, the O.D's : who’s in Drama 26 who’s out, who’s been swept up to the great playground in the sky.......... Geography Field studies 29 Atypical public school ? Maybe; but it should be remembered that in 2014 we will Trips/Events/Walking 30 be celebrating the sixth hundredth year of our existence. There aren’t many schools or even countries come to that which can look Sport that far back...... Girls 32 W. B Yeat’s famous lines “How but in Waterpolo 46 custom and ceremony are innocence and beauty born” come to mind. We can cer­ Athletics 47 tainly boast of custom and ceremony, let’s Rugby 51 call it tradition, like very few others. We Cricket 59 can certainly boast of innocence, take the Boat Club 65 year sevens and even some of the staff ... But can we boast of beauty ? certainly not CCF in the 2nd XV. Just look at the photo. And if you do read on maybe you'll begin to CCF Report 70 understand that we may be an ancient pub­ Army Section 70 lic school but we're certainly not typical. Royal Navy Section 72 RAF Section 74 Finally, many thanks to Colin Looker, our resident printer, whose help in coordinating News from the Common Room 75 this edition has been invaluable. Memory Lane 78 Hugh Dias. Friends 80 OD Society 83 ‘Dunelmian 2007-08 Headmaster N G Kern, MA (Oxford), MSc (Pretoria) Deputy Headmaster D R Best, BA (Belfast) PGCE Head of History Director of Development and Services Mr G Simpson Director of Studies J D Everatt, MA (Durham) Head of Classics Senior Master R Thomas, MA (St Andrews) Director of Marketing Senior Mistress Mrs F M Parker, BEd (Oxon) Head of Modern Languages Chaplain Mrs A de Lange, BA (Exeter), MA (Sheffield) Academic Staff DB Aitken BSc, (Edinburgh); PGCE Chemistry M P Alderson, BA, MA (Durham); PGCE Modern Languages M C T Baldwin, BA (Kent); PGCE Head of Art and DT M Bedworth, BA (York) Physical Education J A Burgess, MA, BSc (St Andrews) Head of Science and Biology M F Burke, BSc Biology Miss F Burnie, BSc (UCL) Mathematics Miss J M Burns, BA (Durham) Modern Languges M J Bushnell, BSc (Swansea) (Housemaster of Poole House) Head of Economics & Business Studies I J Campbell, BEng (Bangor); PGCE Physics J Curry, BSc, MA (Durham) Head of Physics & Careers T A Davies BA (Newcastle); PGCE Head of Classics H S Dias, BA (Ulster); PGCE English Mrs K E Dougall, BA, QTS (Warwick) Girls' Games and Geography R Duff BEd (NCE Aberdeen) Assistant Director of Music Mrs C L Eccleston, BA (Sunderland) M B Fishwick Professional Cricket Coach C S Fordyce, BSc (Herriot Watt) PGCE Mathematics M A Gardner, BSc MA (Dunelm) IT P C Gerrard, BEd (Leeds Met.Carnegie College) Director of Physical Education R Gibbon, BSc (Sheffield) Computer Studies M G Gibson, MA (Kent) PGCE (Housemaster of Pimlico) English & Media Studies Mrs S L Gibson, BA, MA (Middlesex) (Housemistress of Pimlico) Drama & Media Studies G Hallam, BSc (Leeds) (Housemaster of Caffinites) Mathematics MrsELP Hewitt. BA (London), MA (OU) History R N Hewitt, BEd (Durham) Geography J G James, BSc (Wales); PGCE PE and Games K S Jones, BSc, PGCE (Dunelm) (Housemaster of School House) Head of Chemistry S .1 M Kime. BA, PGCE. FRSA (Aberystwyth) Head of EMD Miss J M Linthwaite, BA (Newcastle); MPhil; MEd; DipESL English as a Second Language B Mason BEd (de Montfort) Director of Sport R A Muttitt, BMus (Hull),ARCO, FRSAS Director of Music ‘Dunefmian 2007-08 ^s&esvlial/ ^n^wvuiUcm/ 2007-2008 Mrs M F Proud, MA (Durham) Head of Religious Studies Governing Body J C Renshaw, BA (Durham); PGCE Head of Geography Dr. J W Marshall Chairman) Ms. E J Ross, BA (Durham) Head of Learning Support Mr F Nicholson (Vice Chairman) Miss C Snaith, LL.B (Northumbria) Religious Studies Mr S B Anderson Miss RHP Taylor, Bsc (Aberystwyth) Economics/Business Studies Prof. J H Anstee S Thompson BA (Sunderland);PGCE English Mr P S Bell Mrs N J Thompson (Leeds) BA;PGCE D T& ArT Canon S Cherry Mrs A Galbraith S Tween. BSc (Sheffield) DT and Art Miss J L Hobbs A R Wallace. BSc (Lancaster); PGCE Chemistry Dr E D Hunt M D Ward. BEd (Sheffield); PGCE Head of ICT Miss G Kerr Mrs K L Wilkinson. BA (Durham); PGCE Modern Languages Mr R H Langdon J Williamson, BA (York) He Rowing, History Dr S M Oliver P R Wilson, MA. BA (Cantab); PGCE Head of Mathematics Mr D W Welsh M Younger, BA (Sunderland); PGCE Art & DT Mrs H G Weston Part l ime Teaching Staff Head of the School A Gouge, BA; PGCE Economics & Business Studies Alex Duell M O Stephens, BA; Cert Ed, MCollT, PGC in SpLD Learning Support Head of School House Mrs F Swan, BA (Durham); PGCE English Adam Rich D P Singleton Rowing Mrs S Sweeting Netball Head of Poole House Harry Booth Pastoral Staff Head of Caffinites Miss H Wood Poole House (Resident) Alex Duell Mrs J Flaley Pimlico House Mrs J Gorton RGN - Nurse Head of Pimlico Mrs A Dutton RGN - Nurse Juliet Slade Mrs Sue Mitchell RGN - Nurse Head of MacLeod E-J Saxby Estates Staff B M Hunter Estates Manager P R Atkinson School Marshall/SSI Monitors School Administrative Staff Johnny Brooke Mrs S Spence Headmaster's Secretary Matthew Turnbull Mrs AM Wides School Secretary Caffinites Mrs N McCann Marketing Secretary Max Edge Mrs R Gardner Finance Office Richard Gregory Mrs R Hetherington-Seymour Finance Office Ms K Hunt Finance Office Poole House Mrs J Mason Librarian Kieran Forsythe Jamie Oyebade Greg Turner Technical Staff C Looker Print Manager Pimlico House Ms L Bailey Laboratory Technician Ella Davison J Hind Laboratory Technician MacLeod House S Donaldson Laboratory Technician Becky Maddison DuneCmian 2007-08 Headmaster’s Notes Mr. Neil Kern, Headmaster 1997-2008 hen Neil Kern arrived as Headmaster at Durham School in September 2007, he had already had a var­ Wied career. Born in South Africa, he had been educated at Forest School in Essex and read Biology at Oxford. After his first degree he took a year's opera course in London and then researched small mammals in the Kruger National Park for an MSc. He taught Biology at Rugby School and became Head of Biology at Repton School, where he also was appointed Housemaster of a senior House and ran the CCF. When one looks back over the past eleven years. Change and Progress are words that spring to mind, and as Head­ master he led these developments. In 1997 there were 298 pupils in the School; now there are 450. Then there were 24 Sixth Form girls; now there are 121 between 11 and 18, in two Houses, one of which has been purpose-built. Then there was one computer room with 15 machines; now there are three suites of computers as well as many Departmental stand-alones or small networks and the School is fully net­ worked. There was no official database, although a couple of small ones were growing up; Mr. Kern created a wide- ranging database and single-handedly developed programs and data banks within it. Reports and registration are now done via Schoolbase, a professional database with a myriad of applications. Sport too has widened with the building of the all-weather surface, a project that owed a huge amount to Mr. Kern's drive and energy. He has also had a great personal impact in Drama, showing what pupils can achieve in his enormously enjoyable and professional productions. Any member of one of his five casts owes him a debt and will have reaped great rewards from the experience. “Les Miserables" was probably the peak, but “Grease”, “The Crucible", “The Comedy of Er­ rors” and “Godspell" all entranced the audiences. The Kern family have been an integral part of our School life too. Mrs. Ann Kern has supported his role with her generous and accomplished hospitality and has played an important teaching role at Bow School as Head of the Pre- Prep department. Gemma and Julie were both scholars and musicians who distinguished themselves in various ways: for example, Gemma went off to Cambridge and Julie was Head of School. They now depart to South Africa to run a small, exclusive game lodge on the edge of the Kruger National Park.