Hoping you all enjoy a Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year

exactly ‘As You Like It’

Christmas 2011 messenger

Junior Department An Exciting first term in the new Junior Department

Music All the house reports from

another incredible House Music Competition

Physical Education National Schools’ Hockey

Peterborough Schools’ Cross Country Championships

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The King's (The Cathedral) School Christmas Messenger 2011

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Physical Education 11-13

Junior Department 14-15

The Prayer Room 16

Cathedral Prefects 17

Senior Girl Choristers 18-19

Drama 20-25

House Music 26-31

Design Technology 32

Sailing Club 33

Nettetal 35th Jubilee 34-35

End of Term Arrangements

Friday 16th December 2011

Term will end at approximately 12.30, following our final assembly. Contract buses will arrive at school at their normal times.

The new term begins on Wednesday 4th January 2012 at 8.35 a.m.

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Celebrating Success

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to ‘Celebrating Success’, where students’

achievements outside school are given the recognition they deserve.

Well done and Congratulations to you all!

Alexander Alcock (Junior Department Year 5) ABRSM Piano Grade 2 - distinction. ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 4 - distinction. ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 5 - distinction. Stephen Alcock (Junior Department Year 4) ABRSM Piano Grade 2 - distinction, ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 4 - distinction. ABRSM Theory of Music Grade 5 - distinction. Jonathan Alexander - 7LAV on winning the Junior Category (age 7 - 11) of the John Clare Poetry Prize 2011. The theme was Celebration and his poem was called Team Spirit, based upon a relay race he took part in running for his school.

Team Spirit

The Barnack team went to run,

In a relay under the blinding sun.

We lined up ready feeling the pressure, Our team urged us on which made us feel better.

Like a bolt from the blue Harry ran first,

He kept the pace though he was dying from thirst.

Benjamin was next to take hold of the baton, He ran round the track like the rings around Saturn.

Sean was swift like an eagle he flew,

The other teams did their best but there was nothing they could do.

Finally I ran quickening the pace, Hoping my team would come in first place.

We celebrated that special day,

The day our school won the relay.

Friends together in the quest, To be the fastest and the best.

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Part of Jonathon’s prize was to visit the Houses of Parliament and read his poem on the Speaker's Steps in Westminster Hall. He was then presented with a plaque by Bar-ry Sheerman MP, who then showed the prize - winners around, including lunch on the terrace overlooking the Thames. Marcus Arnold - 7OAC won a silver medal for Epee at the East Midlands Youth Championships. He has been fencing only since August 2011 and does (according to his coach ) show promise. He is a member of O.P.S Epee Club (Oundle, Peterborough & Stamford) and will be entering the Northamptonshire County Youth Epee Competition in January 2012. Oliver Bell - 8STS has achieved a LAMDA Level 1 Award in Performance (Acting Duologue Grade 3) with Merit. Over the summer, he also achieved Stage 2 of the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Additionally, after many years of hard work since the age of 4, Oliver has achieved Stage 10 (the highest award) of the ASA National Swimming Scheme, proving that he is now an able swimmer of all four main strokes. He also man-aged to separately gain his 1500m badge (1 mile), completing this in just over 40 minutes. Pam Belson - 7AKA. On Sunday 20 November Pam walked 1km around Central Park. Pam had major surgery in May this year and is halfway through the 12 month recovery period. She is still using her wheelchair for much of the time and so a sponsored walk was a real challenge for her - with the help of a few sit - downs along the way and a box of Heroes chocolates for encouragement ! Pam completed the walk in 58 minutes. Pam's sponsorship totalled £494 ,and with Gift Aid added on, where applicable, the total going to Children in Need is £570. Pam has raised money for Children in Need every year for the last 6 years and has always chosen a physical challenge. To date, she has raised in excess of £2000 since she started fundraising. Emily Boswell - 8TGR has achieved Grade 2 piano, Grade 3 singing and Grade 4 flute. Hannah Bowley - 11GEG passed her Grade 3 piano exam earlier this year with flying colours. She also achieved a bronze and silver award in a regional gymnastics competition. She continues to be a frequent gym - user and has entered the London triathlon for 2012. Abbie Brooks - 11DA on completing and passing her Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Abbie has also passed her first aid exam and obtained her first aid certificate. Tom Bridgewater - 12 AAR is taking part in an Olympic Double Gold Challenge to raise funds for VICTA (Visually Impaired Children Taking Action). The aim of the Bridgewater Gold team is to complete 10 Olympic sports and cover 2012 kilometres before the end of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and to raise £1500 for VICTA. Tom has just finished a six-week archery course and is considering his next sport - maybe fencing or horse-riding. Follow his progress at www.goldchallenge.org/gc/team/Bridgewatergold. Any sponsorship would be gratefully received. Indy Chadwick– 9FEO has won a place in the National Youth Choir.

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Ella Dalrymple-Smith - 7TVC took part in the Peterborough Gang Show 2011, which was performed at the Key Theatre. She played the Lion in the Wizard of Oz. Ella also took the opportunity of joining the Karate Club when she joined Kings at the beginning of term. She has now achieved double grading with her high score and is now a yellow belt. Kate Dobbs - who was in 13SP (now at university) for passing her ISTD Intermediate Ballet Exam with merit. Stuart Dockerill - 9NJB was awarded the Ted Brawn Trophy by Castor and Ailsworth Cricket Club, for Best Young Player of the Year 2011. Joanna Edworthy - 9JD passed Grade 3 Musical Theatre exam with merit. Ellie Fuller - 9NJB was put forward for the county trials in September and was selected to represent the U15 Girls’ East Midlands County squad. No mean feat when you consider she has only been playing for 6 months at her club, Peterborough Lions Rugby Academy. Alice Healey - 11DA passed her Grade 7 cello exam. Hannah Holding - 8TGR passed her Grade 2 piano during the summer. Jack Howard - 9FEO was involved in the Peterborough Gang Show, as were many other students from King’s, working very hard to perform an excellent production. Ben Jennings - 8CJS Below is an update on Ben's excellent progress over the summer. The headlines are: GB National Championships- 2nd Under 13 - August 2011, including a place in the prestigious Gold fleet for that event. This event involves 6 full days of sailing, where sailors are out at sea for up to 6 hours each day, requiring great levels of stamina and concentration. GB National Series - 2nd Under 13. This series comprises 12 days of racing at locations across GB North of England Championships - 3rd place and 1st Under 13 Midlands Area Racing Series - 1st Under 13

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Ben Jennings - 8CJS and Ciaran Randeria - 8CJM have both been selected for Zone squad places on the RYA Zone training system. There are four zones in the UK, Ben has been reselected for North Zone and Ciaran has been selected for East Zone, both in the Topper class. The 12 places in each zone are highly contested and the selection process is demanding on many levels, which means that being selected is a great honour. "The purpose of the RYA Zone/Home Country Squad Programme is to feed talented sailors into the RYA National Junior Squad Programme at the appropriate age and ability, to enable them to succeed at World and European Championships at Junior and Youth level Junior and Youth pathway". (Ultimately the 4 Zone squads are the first step on the route to sail for Team GB in the Olympics.) Josh Holroyd - 9NJB and Carys Randeria - 10DJM both missed out on Zone selection, as they are at the upper limits of the age range but both have been selected for the Eastern Region Area Development Squad. All four sailors will be attending between 9 and 12 training sessions at weekends over the winter at various sailing venues across their chosen regions. Fay Lattimore - 12GAH passed her NPLQ National Pool Life Guarding Qualifications. Clare Mahon - 10IJF took NCFE Level 2 in Educational Psychology over the summer, passing with Distinction. Gregory Mattocks-Evans - 13SJW passed his Grade 7 Associated Board piano exam with merit. Hannah Milton - 7SG has now been ranked Number 1 in Cambridgeshire for U13 Girls’ Singles in Badminton. Abigail Morris - 7LAV took her Cecchetti Classical Ballet Silver Medal ballet award and was awarded a distinction. She also passed her Pony Club UK D and D+ Tests in August 2011. Lauren Morris - 9JVE has had her short story, which was entered into a competition through the school last year and was a runner up, published in the Stamford Book of Ghost Stories on 31st October 2011. Hannah New - 10IJF passed her Grade 5 flute examination with distinction. Molly Norman - 11DJH currently swims for the City of Peterborough Swimming club, as a competitive swimmer, and trains up to 18 hrs. per week. This includes several 2 hour morning sessions, where she has to wake up at 4:40 a.m. for a 5:30 a.m. start in the water. Molly has had a successful year competing in the County Championships, where she

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won several Gold's and Overall Champion for her age. In the Regional Championships, she won Gold and she also qualified for National Championships in July, she competed in the 100m Fly and 400m IM. This season Molly, is now back training hard, with her aims in the pool to qualify for the National Olympic trials in March, which will be held in the new Olympic pool in London. Annabelle Pick - JD1 won a dressage competition on her pony Tye (first - ever time competing) Emily Revell - 7OAC has passed her ice skating Advanced Level 3 (13) and has also achieved her Bronze Ice- dance award. Alyson Royle - 11MWB was one of 40 young people, between the age of 14-18 to represent the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden during the summer. This event held every four years since 1920 was the chance for 40,000 young people from almost every country in the World to spend 10 days together enjoying activities and learning to live in peace with each other. In addition the Cambridgeshire unit was provided with hospitality after the Jamboree in Portugal. There were 3 other young people from Peterborough and Alyson is following on a family tradition at such an event. In her role as a Young Spokesperson for the Scout Association, she also let the wider world know about the Jamboree through radio and newspaper interviews. Oscar Smith - 12 AAR arrived 3 days late this term because he was competing at the U17's Roller Hockey, European Championships in Geneva, Switzerland, from 5 - 10 September 2011. He plays locally for Peterborough Roller Hockey club. He was Captain of the England team (a squad of 10) and they came 8th. Other European teams competing were Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France, Andorra and Switzerland. Spain won.

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Laura Sowerby - 12SP attained a Sailing Instructor’s qualification and a Sailing Seamanship qualification, whilst working at Rutland Water. She is now doing a powerboat safety course with them to complement her Level 2 power - boating qualification. In September she qualified as a swimming lifeguard with the Grantham Lifesaving Club, with whom she is now training as a life - saving assistant instructor. Jake Stanley - 7AKA has taken his black belt exam in Tae-Kwon-Do, having trained for 5 years for this, and passed. He is now a 1st Dan in Tae-Kwon-Do. Andrew Steele - 12 NCK achieved a merit in his ABRSM Grade 6 singing exam. Elizabeth Steele - 10 AMK has taken another step on her journey to playing football for England. After various trials she has been selected to attend an FA Elite Performance Camp ,where the top 60 girls in the country (who have been identified as having international potential) get the opportunity for top - class training and support. It is attended by several England coaches and scouts. Rochester Quiz A team of four year 8 girl choristers have recently taken part in the annual Rochester

Choir Schools’ Quiz and were placed 3rd in a field of 14. Their total score was 231 with

the winners, The King’s School Ely, managing to score 251. Second place went to

Lichfield Cathedral School, with a score of 233. The members of our team were Grace

Harrington 8CB, Emily Osborne 8CJM, Laura Paton 8CJS and Iona Maria Del Pino

8CJM. This is the highest position we have achieved in recent years, so many congratu-

lations to all members of our team.

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Other Items Macmillan Coffee Morning Macmillan Cancer Relief’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning took place on Friday 30th September 2011. This event gave us the chance to raise money for people living with cancer. Year 11 students at The King’s (The Cathedral) School organised a coffee morning and raised £196. The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning gives members of The King’s School the chance to make a real difference to people living with cancer and their families. Last year The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning raised over £8 million. As we are all too aware, unfortunately many people suffer from cancer at some stage in their lives, and it is not uncommon for children at our school to have friends or relatives with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Relief is the charity that provides the expert care and emotional support that makes a real difference to people living with cancer. Macmillan offers a range of innovative cancer services and is at the heart of improving cancer care throughout the UK.

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On 9th October 2011 Zara Bailey, 11MWB, left the UK

to travel to Guadalajara in Mexico. She arrived in the

second town of Mexico as an athlete, part of the

Jamaican Pan American Games Team.

Since the age of seven, Zara has swum for the City of

Peterborough Swimming Club, COPS. She has swum

at the UK National Swimming event since Year 6 and

her best result was 5th place in the 50meter free

style and 400 IM races in August 2010. Training up

to nine times a week, with an additional three land

training sessions, Zara has worked towards this goal.

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and her school support network led by Miss Holly

Naismith, she worked towards this aim, slowly making

progress towards the qualification times that she

required.

Zara was given the chance to represent Jamaica, as she

qualified for a Jamaican passport thanks to her

Jamaican father. She was part of the 40 strong

Jamaican team and one of their three swimmers. At

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access to the village which consisted of eight white

high - rise apartment blocks, three swimming pools,

sauna, two - storey gym, huge food hall, village bus

service, laundry, etc. Athletes stayed in the

apartments, with all countries together. The USA

took up a whole building, as did the Mexican

athletes. The largest teams came from Brazil,

Canada, the USA and Mexico.

The swimming events started the day after the

opening ceremony at a venue across town called the

Scotia Bank Building. Zara swam in two events 400

IM and the 200 IM. The popularity of the events

proved how the Mexican people took the Pan

American games and athletes to their hearts. The

morning events started at 10 am and the finals took

place at 7pm every day from 14th of October. Zara

worked with a new Jamaican coach for a few days

before her events, and she had to deal with this

different coaching method and also the altitude

which affected her breathing quite considerably.

She swam in the heats of the 400 IM and the 200 IM.

The times she achieved were not her Personal Best

times, but she did achieve times that meant she

qualified for the B final. Each time she improved her

performance by a further 2 seconds. She finished

14th and 12th respectively.

The experience, which was disappointing as Zara

wanted to swim faster, was one that was really

amazing. The chance to swim at an international

meeting is one that very few will ever get to do.

Mixing with and meeting athletes from different

countries and backgrounds meant she had a chance

to compare and contrast the different opportunities

and experiences people have. Aliya Atkinson,

another Jamaican swimmer, is 22 and she has left

University to swim full - time. As a team - mate of

Zara’s she was impressed with the support that Zara

receives from her school, community and club.

Arriving home, Zara trained the first night back, and

she sat with her coach, setting down plans for the

next twelve months. Motivation and a desire to

continue improving in her swimming career is

another outcome from this fantastic experience.

Since arriving back, Zara has been contacted by

Jamaica and offered the chance at three more inter-

national meetings in 2012 including the Olympics –

now all she has to do is swim the qualifying time and

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Physical Education

Hockey Hockey is a popular sport with girls at the school and we have built up a good reputation, with a challenging

fixture list and enviable results this term.

Our new Year 7s have made an impressive start to hockey with over 20 attending training sessions. With this

increased number we have been able to put two sides into tournaments. A number of the Year 7s played for the

U13 at Kimbolton National Schools’ Hockey tournament, in which we finished 5th over all. This bodes extremely

well for next year.

The U14 have made a fantastic start to their season. They have competed against some very tough opposition,

including Stamford, The Leys, The Perse and Saffron Walden, to name a few. We hope to arrange fixtures against

Bishop Stortford, The Leys and Kimbolton next term. They were crowned champions of the U14 Schools’

Tournament, in which we beat the Leys 2-1 in the final, to progress to the next round at Redbridge. We were the

only state school at the competition with results including 1- 0 loss against Bancroft (Essex), 2-2 draw against

Hockerill Anglo- European (Herts), 1-0 loss against Sevenoaks (Kent) and a 3-1 win against New Hall (Essex). The

U18 boys beat Hills Road 2-1 in their first match of the season, building on performances from last season. They

made a good start to the indoor competitions at The Perse School, competing against Newport Grammar School

and The Perse. The boys finished 3rd in their group. The boys will take part in the U18 National Schools’

competition at The Leys, Cambridge in January.

The U16 girls’ indoor team finished 3rd at the indoor competition at The Perse School. Results included a 1-0 win

against TDA and a 1-1 draw with Newport, who finished above us and went on to win the competition. Perse and

Saffron Walden County High School came in 4 and 5th places.

Our Barbados Hockey Tour for July 2013 is in full swing, with 20 girls on the tour. We have made an excellent

start to fundraising, with over £600 in the pot from two fundraising events.

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Peterborough Schools’ Cross Country Championships.

On Friday 2nd December pupils from the school took part in the annual Peterborough

Schools’ Cross Country Championships held at Bretton Woods. This is for all year

groups and is the major Cross Country event for local schools.

From this event a team is selected to represent Peterborough at the Cambridgeshire

Schools’, the selection is based on the first 14 to finish each race. With a further two

selected afterwards, to take into account any who could not take part on the day.

We have performed well in this competition for a number of years and looked

forward to taking part, this year 80 pupils from the school took part with a few

unable to compete due to illness.

It was a very successful day for the pupils with a total of 29 gaining automatic

selection to represent Peterborough at the Cambridgeshire Schools’ in January, with

a further 5 likely to also be selected.

Team Results:

Oliver Bowling ran an excellent race to win the Year 8/9 Boys’ taking the lead during

the second lap; finishing 4th in that race was James Barkshire. Both boys are in Year 8

and will compete in the same age group next year. Whilst we did not have a girl

finish in the top 3 in the Year 8/9 Girls’ the first five of the team finished 5th, 6th, 7th,

8th and 9th and the sixth scorer was 16th. A very impressive display, well done to Milly

Tovey, Ella Blake, Hannah Randall, Jess Amps, Georgia Harrison and Kirstie Davis. The

depth of strength in this age group was demonstrated by the B team finishing 3rd.

The Year 7 girls enjoyed this event, which was new to all of them, with Alison Stokoe

and Alice Hardy both finishing in the top 10; 4th and 7th respectively.

It was very pleasing for the Year 7 boys to win, an age group we have not been as

successful at during the last few years. Three of the team finished in the first 10, Alex

Chymbai ( 3rd), Jacob Smith (6th) and Joshua Akinwumi ( 10th).

In the older age groups the Year 10/11 girls again won, despite having two of our top

runners unable to compete, Annemarie Ash and Sarah Chan pushed each other

throughout the race to produce one of their best runs, with Annemarie 5th and Sarah

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7th. The Senior Girls’ was dominated by King’s once again, with all six qualifying to

represent Peterborough. An excellent team performance by Eleanor Smith; Emma

Randall; Penelope Ford; Olivia Davies; Jess Jones and Pam Jacobs.

For the boys’ competitions the Year 10/11 boys produced an outstanding team result,

finishing 2nd, with Philip Wilson and Artem Chymbai working very hard to cross the line in

6th and 7th. We did not manage to get a full team for the Senior Boys’ this year but Callum

Reid, Henry Morton and Andrew Steele all qualified for the County Round.

I would like to congratulate all those who took part. As always the pupils support all of our

competitions and every single one performed to their best.

Well done, everyone

Mrs Harris

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Year 13 Economists win Regional Final of The Bank of England Challenge

A group of six students have made it through to the Area Final of the well known

Target 2.0 Challenge where students have to act as the Monetary Policy Committee

and decide whether they would take the same action as the MPC did at the start of

November.

It took over 30 hours to prepare the challenge and they were worthy winners on the

day. The next round is set for the end of February.

For more information visit:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2011/145.htm

Young Enterprise team off to a great start The King's School Young Enterprise Team ‘Profectus Enterprise‘

won first place at their first trade fair at the Stamford Art Gallery

on Saturday 19th November. ‘Profectus Enterprise’ won a £25

cash prize after selling and pitching their two unique products of

a gardener starter pack, with a choice of herbs or vegetables and

the other product of vinyl clocks , made from recycled vinyl

records, which had been cut into different shapes, one of which

was a butterfly.

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Written by Mr David Ludford, Head of The Junior Department

The New Junior Department has had a tremendous term. The successful start was made possible because of a lot of hard work and support from staff throughout the school and Cathedral, as well as from parents, prefects and of course our children. The Junior children were thrown in at the deep end, walking to the Cathedral within minutes of the

register on their very first day. Since then we have attended Speech Day, toured the chorister facilities and performed at the UN Interfaith Festival. We were delighted to welcome the Bishop and the Dean to dedicate the Junior Department, an event which was well - attended by Governors, and where everyone enjoyed some of the children’s baking afterwards. Support from the PE department has allowed the

Year 4 building our ‘living willow’ structure .

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Junior children to take part in numerous events this term: Year 3 Tag Rugby Festival Year 3 Dance Festival Year 4 Athletics Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Competition Year 5/6 Hockey Quicksticks Festival Our first inter-house competition was year 5/6 Cross country , and was won by St Chad’s House. Our Bronze Ambassadors, Emma and Tom, will help promote sport within our department throughout the coming terms. Clubs in Karate/Kickboxing, Art and Gymnastics have all taken place throughout the term, with our gymnasts performing so strongly at their recent competition that they have been chosen to represent the County next term. The children from our department who were able to take part in the House Music competition enjoyed a fantastic evening, largely due to the support they received from older students and House Captains. It was a delight to hear choristers from the Junior Department being broadcast on Radio 3 in October, and choristers from all year groups have shown real commitment to their rehearsals and the quality of their performances. Parents have supported the Junior Department well at events like our Garden Party, as well as Parents’ Evenings, House Music and the UN Interfaith Festival at the Cathedral. The Junior Department has have elected its School Council, who began by making decisions about the living willow sculpture. The children designed the structure and have now planted it in our grounds at Madeley House. This will root over the winter and provide a lasting legacy for Junior children to

enjoy in the years to come. Our children have taken part in assemblies in the main school and we marked remembrance with the ‘Last Post’ played in the quad. Our children made decorations to enter a tree in the All Saints Church’s Christmas Tree Festival. Other notable moments this term include: JD1 went out for lunch at an Indian restaurant, an

event for which there were many staff volunteers, including Mr Longman.

JD1 Performed their own assembly about teeth. JD2 hosted the Chinese delegation with a very visual

assembly in honour of our guests. Our term ended with a bit of theatre, the children taking to the stage on in the School Hall for a traditional Christmas Nativity, which was well attended by parents and staff.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff and students who have gone out of their way to make our Junior children feel a welcome part of The King’s School Family.

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This term has seen a huge increase in the number of students making use of the Prayer Room. We are so fortunate to have a space within the heart of our busy school dedicated to reflection, worship and stillness. It is used by students from all faith backgrounds and none, and many are drawn to the tangible change of pace and focus that awaits them there. We have seen many more students attending our “Alternative Worship” every other Friday - on one occasion we couldn’t fit everyone in and had people sitting in the corridor outside! Three different styles of worship are offered on a 6 week rota: Holy Communion, Taizé style worship and worship from CROPS (a Christian Youth out-reach team). In addition a new Prayer Room Café has started as a result of the vision of one of the chaplaincy prefects. It offers a relaxed space where students can hang out on a Friday morning before registration. From my point of view, it is as much an “assembly clinic” as a café, as students often bounce ideas around about how to do their form assemblies.

Faith is a gift and we are blessed to have it in abundance in our school. Wishing each and every family this Christmas season the peace, love and joy that comes from receiving the gifts of God into our hearts. Helena del Pino School Chaplain

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Our end of year Cathedral Service, on Friday the 22nd of July

2011, was marked by a historic event. Our Cathedral Prefects

were, for the very first time, invested into the Guild of Cathedral

Stewards.

As is the case every year, the service is the first to be organised

by the new team of Cathedral Prefects, only this year was to be

different. Since the post of Cathedral Prefect has existed, they

have ensured that school services have run smoothly, organising

orders of service, clearing away, welcoming and seating guests,

all the roles usually performed by the Cathedral Stewards.

It was because of this that the decision was made that from this

year on our Cathedral Prefects should be invested into the Guild

of Cathedral Stewards. In a major addition to the end of year

service our five Cathedral Prefects were invested.

The School congratulates Ricky Worraker, Lucy Lawrence, David

Moger, Jocelyn Hurcombe, Samuel Barber and Charlotte

McAuliffe on joining the Guild of Cathedral Stewards.

2011 marked the 200th anniversary of the foundation

of the National Society, an organisation which aimed

from the beginning to build a school in every parish in

England and Wales.

The National Society is still at the forefront of the

Church of England's school building and support pro-

gramme, carrying out an essential role in enabling

church schools to continue to meet the needs of

families and children 200 years later.

As part of the anniversary celebrations there was a

service of commemoration in Westminster Abbey,

giving thanks for that original commitment and

celebrating the contemporary and continuing record of

Church of England and Church in Wales schools.

The School was represented at the service by Head Boy

Callum Rigby, Head Girl Emma Randall and Deputy

Head Boy John Rolfe, pictured inside Westminster

Abbey on Friday 14th October.

Bicentenary of the National Society

Cathedral Prefects join the Guild of Cathedral Stewards

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Senior Girl Choristers on tour with the Peterborough Cathedral Choir 22nd

-28th July, 2011

On the last day of the summer term 2011, I was

privileged to join the Peterborough Cathedral Choir,

including 16 King’s students, as they set off on a tour

around the Loire Valley region of France.

The 16 Senior Girl Choristers had boarded the coach

that morning with a number of adult Lay Clerks to

spend six days in France, bringing glorious Cathedral

music to some of the finest buildings in Europe. They

were joined by Gina Hawkins and Anna Templeton,

who had recently left the school but returned to join

the soprano line for the duration of the tour.

The girls, from Years 7 to 12, had a gruelling few days

in front of them, covering many miles of French mo-

torway. After an overnight stop in Rouen, they arrived

at the picturesque village of Candes St Martin to sing

their first concert on Saturday, 23rd July.

The audience on this first night was impressively large,

not least because of a troupe of French Boy Scouts

who had arrived at the village to camp for the night,

and whose leader thought that the concert would

provide them with a memorable cultural experience.

When we saw them filling the front few rows, we

wondered how attentive this section of the audience

would be.

We need not have worried. The young men were

beautifully behaved throughout; in fact, we might

almost have forgotten they were there, until the

rapturous standing ovation at the end of the evening.

It had been an excellent concert, one of the highlights

being a performance of Allegri’s Miserere. This piece

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Senior Girl Choristers on tour with the Peterborough Cathedral Choir 22nd

-28th July, 2011 King’s Students

sing at Burghley House

In the grand surroundings of Burghley House’s

Great Hall, the Senior Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks

of Peterborough Cathedral’s Choir gave a splendid

concert on Friday, 25th November.

Fourteen King’s students, from Years 8 to 13,

formed the soprano line of the Choir and en-

tranced the audience with the clarity and quality of

their singing. The music ranged from Parson’s Ave

Maria, composed in the sixteenth century, to a

contemporary setting of Mary Sidney’s Prayer by

Barry Ferguson – a piece composed to be sung in

the Great Hall of Penshurst Place, in Kent, and a

fitting addition to the evening’s programme.

Many of the pieces sung had been performed

during the Choir’s tour of the Loire Valley earlier

this year – a tour which saw them performing in the

Cathedrals of Orleans, Blois, Bourges and Amiens to

repeated standing ovations. The Burghley audience

were perhaps less demonstrative than their Gallic

counterparts but no less appreciative of the music

offered to them.

The Senior Girl Choristers, alongside the Boy

Choristers and the newer Junior Girls, sing at the

Cathedral every week during term, normally

leading two services and attending four rehearsals

in each seven-day period. They weave this in with

their school work and other commitments without

fuss or bother, and it is easy, sometimes, for us to

overlook the level of their commitment to the

Cathedral Choir. A concert such as the one at

Burghley, or those given during the summer in

some of the great cathedrals of Europe, remind us

of the talent, dedication and sheer professionalism

of these young singers.

By Sue Baker

involves a quartet singing alongside the rest of the

choir, with a memorable high soprano line sung by

Lucy Gorman, the senior chorister.

Delighted and taken aback with the enthusiastic

reception, the girls gathered in the aisle of the church

after the concert. Hardly had they drawn breath when

the Scouts arrived. “Beautiful girls!” they announced in

their best English, and thrust pens at the girls,

gesturing to them to sign their bare arms. Lucy, as the

main soloist, was mobbed, disappearing in a crowd of

enthusiastic young men and signing their arms and

programmes like a true celebrity. Language did not

seem to be a barrier as the French offered, and the

English received, congratulations and admiration.

Eventually order was restored, the Choir returned

safely to the coach, and the girls settled down for the

long drive to Orléans, flushed with their first

international success.

On subsequent days, the Choir led the Sunday Mass at

Orléans Cathedral; sang concerts in the Cathedrals of

Orléans, Blois, Bourges and Amiens; and represented

Peterborough Cathedral and City at a reception in

Bourges Town Hall to mark the twinned status of

Peterborough and Bourges. On the road, restaurant

staff commented on the high standards of courtesy

and behaviour shown by our students.

On tour in France, the Senior Girl Choristers

represented not just Peterborough Cathedral, but also

The King’s School, to their French audiences and hosts.

They did us proud, singing to the highest professional

standard and bringing good humour, co-operative

behaviour and impressively hard graft to the business

of offering English Cathedral music to the entente

cordiale.

By Sue Baker

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Honestly, you should have seen him, he was massive.

Drama As You like It - Goes on Tour

The Cast of As You Like It

Lucy Hallam as the melancholic Jacques, takes centre stage.

A love-struck Silvius (Joe Bradley) sits dumbfounded on the floor Orlando (Josh Baker) sits on as the weary Adam (Paul Ritchie) lies exhausted

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Honestly, you should have seen him, he was massive.

Shock, wonder, amazement. The audience just thought it was superb.

The Cast of As You Like It

Lucy Hallam as the melancholic Jacques, takes centre stage.

A love-struck Silvius (Joe Bradley) sits dumbfounded on the floor

James Hamilton collects his thoughts as Duke Frederick Ricky Worraker as Duke Senior

Rebecca Lee as Le Beau

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The Key Theatre By Paul Ritchie (Year 11) On Thursday 13th October, a group of drama and music students from King’s

descended on the Key Theatre, with the aim of performing a fantastic production

of ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare to an audience of hundreds of people.

As part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, there were a total of four schools

taking to the stage that evening. As well as King’s, John Fielding Community

Special School put on a beautiful performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the Thomas

Deacon Academy showed a spine-chilling ‘Macbeth’ and St John Fisher wowed

the audience with a hilarious version of ‘Twelfth Night’.

But before all of these, King’s was given the honour of being the first

performance. Naturally, we put on a first-class production. Although it was clear

from the nervous faces backstage who was used to performing in front of

audiences, each member of the cast clearly put 110% into their acting, and it was

a wonderful experience for every one of us. With the traditional court and forest

scenes transformed into a sinister gangster-style court and a circus, an idea

which was commended for its originality and the boldness and colour of the

circus scenes. Backed up by a live band from the Music department, the show

provided a novelty for the audience, and drew large amounts of praise from the

festival coordinators and the audience.

Every member of the cast and band enjoyed themselves immensely, and we

can’t wait to perform in Nettetal, Germany, in November (as part of the 35th

Nettetal Jubilee) and at King’s in December!

Josh Baker as Orlando is charged down by the acrobats The cast enjoy a good night at The Key Theatre

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Nettetal Germany By Rebecca Lee 13 AAR Drama Prefect Several weeks after the very successful performance of ‘As You Like It’ as part of the Shakespeare Schools’ Festival at the Key Theatre, the cast took the magnificent Shakespearean comedy to Nettetal, to be performed on the evening of Saturday 12th November. The ensemble spent the morning and early afternoon rehearsing and getting used to such a big performance space, through adapting voice and gesture to suit the massive theatre - which was almost full. The first half of the evening was a spectacular performance of several pieces by Concert Band and a couple of solos from Chris Gemmell. About one third of the cast was in Concert Band, and several of them went on stage with make-up on! As the interval drew to a close, the cast and musicians got into position, mentally and physically preparing themselves for the second public performance of ‘As You Like It’. The curtain opened, revealing the cast in all their finery, to applause. Jess Wing delivered the prologue in German for the benefit of our predominantly German audience. It was said afterwards that the prologue was helpful for those not so proficient in English to understand what exactly was going to happen in the play.

The performance got off to a successful start. Each cast member put in as much energy as they could, working individually and as a team to the best of their ability to impress our audience. The cast must have made a successful impression because there were lots of comments on the strong performances delivered by

all. One woman mentioned how effectively we had portrayed the comedy and tragedy of Shakespeare in under an hour. Almost every character provoked a laugh, or an ‘awww’- one of the many things that were emphasized in rehearsals. As with every performance, some things didn’t go according to plan but even if the audience noticed, no one said anything. The play ended, the cast felt very relieved, and the audience applauded rapturously for quite some time, i.e. well after the cast had left the stage! Everyone was relieved that the performance was over, but also that it had gone well. There were only positive comments about the production. Someone noted that “the maypole was central”, another said, “the entire performance, props and costumes were lively and colourful” and “visually, the play was very funny”. One of the members of staff at the Werner-Jaeger Gymnasium revealed that they would have never got their students to sing, dance or do anything like what the KSP cast of ‘As You Like It’ had done! Finally, many agreed that ‘As You Like It’ was the best performance that King’s has ever done (these weren’t the only comments - there were lots more!). The cast of ‘As You Like It’ should be proud of their performance in Germany, because it really was

fantastic. Thanks go to everyone involved, including Mr Aldred, Ms Barnes and Mr Kerrison. Everyone is looking forward to what is sure to be a superb Carnival of Music and Drama, on Thursday 8 December and Friday 9 December 2011.

Chris Lewis as Corin Josh Baker as Orlando is charged down by the acrobats The cast enjoy a good night at The Key Theatre

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Philip Colbran as the wicked Oliver, and acrobats Nikita Bathia, Nell Baker and Indy Chadwick.

Sarah Ritchie as Pheobe, putting the audience to good use.

“You’ve missed a bit”

Mime artists, Fran Bannister and Dora Rackham

School Performance By Josh Baker (Year 10)

We are at the end of a long, enjoyable and some say painful journey. The story of ‘As You like It’ began just before the summer holidays when we were summoned for a discussion about this production. We all sat down and Mr Aldred proclaimed we would be performing “the play by William Shakespeare: As You like It”. Most of us looked in confusion at each other, as most of us had to admit we had never heard of it. And as Mr Aldred went on to explain that it would be set in a circus, there was further trepidation, especially within the less athletic. But on the 8th of September rehearsals began, we had been told to learn our lines and practise our ‘circus skills’ over the summer holidays, which we had done although with varying degrees of success. At first it seemed that the play would never be ready in time, but the first milestone was the NYT (National Youth Theatre) workshop where we learnt, from professional actors and directors, the core skills we would need. Finally our first big day arrived: The Shakespeare Schools’ Festival and our opening performance. We loved the night and will never forget it. So on to Nettetal, Germany, the introduction of dancing was certainly my biggest worry but the whole evening again was amazing and the Germans understood perhaps more than expected. Finally the school performances were upon us, where our friends, peers and parents would be in the audience. But our first performance would be a matinée to Year 7 who have a reputation for being a vicious audience. But they seemed overjoyed by seeing older students make complete fools of themselves for their entertainment, they even helped us with some hilarious audience participation which then became a feature of the show. Thursday was our first official performance at school in front of a small but appreciative paying audience and naturally we wowed them once more, time then for final night. Five minutes before the show, stood behind the curtains we could tell that we were in for a bigger audience than last night but we were all surprised as the curtains opened revealing a Hall full of recognisable, smiling faces. As the prologue finished, they erupted in tumultuous applause and the energy this gave us fuelled the next hour of hilarious (slightly improvised) Shakespeare. I would love to say that it was all rehearsed, but some of it really was completely new, though this was the joy of the last night, It was alive and we loved every second of it and as the curtains closed once more there were smiles and tears as we realised it was over. We will all miss the show so much, thank you to all the people who supported us right the way through the journey. To Mr Aldred for helping and inspiring us with everything from the circus skills to how to speak like the Bard envisiaged, to Miss Barnes who had the patience of a saint while we attempted to dance. To Miss Short and Mrs Varty for producing the most colourful and strange costumes I’ve ever seen on the King’s School stage and last but by no means least to Mr Kerrison for his musical direction and for keeping us sane through the long rehearsals. Finally, thank you to everyone who helped in the show, whether it was backstage or front of house, from building the set to selling the tickets. This was an experience none of us will forget in a hurry.

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From back and front of stage.

By David Hughes (Design Technology)

Back in May, only a few short days after the curtain fell on ‘Animal Farm’, I was approached by David Aldred about his next dramatic adventure. The conversation began with promise “Our next production is in October but we only need one item and it’s not big” he started, this was music to my ears, especially after the marathon build for ‘Animal Farm’. Hopefully no 1.5metre toy box or any more two - metre tall Lego windmills. “I need a four - metre tall pole” he contin-ued, easy, I liked the sound of this. “but… it needs to be free standing”, not so easy, “and we need to take it to the Key Theatre, then to Germany”, “oh, and it needs to be lightweight….. and we need to be able to erect it in five minutes”. “Anything else?” Was my obvious, slightly worried, reply. “Yes, we’d like to hang fabric from it and swing round it!” My dreams of an easy life were shattered, even before he mentioned it had to function as a pillar, a tree and a circus tent. “I’ll see what we can do” is all I could say. Joe Dobson, our technician, was sceptical about whether we could make it work but after a couple of weeks, scratching heads as we looked at stability and loading, especially of the uneven variety, we had a plan and within another two weeks Joe had it built, although the scaffolding suppliers must have thought we were barmy. That one conversation told me all I needed to know of the skill and ambition that were to go into this production. Into this short chat David had layered all the drama and suspense you could wish for, come the end I was still waiting for him to say “and it needs to float”, though fortunately that request never materialised. What did materialise was a short, thirty minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’, which I hear went down a storm at the Key Theatre and in Nettetal. By the time it arrived on stage in the School Hall, it had morphed into something much grander. Before the interval the audience was treated to a wonderful orchestral introduction, “not sure what’s going on here I thought, but it isn’t half good”. Actually, it was superb. Curtain up after the interval and we were introduced to a carnival of dancing clowns, gymnastics, music and … gangsters. What unfolded was a wonderfully fresh adaptation of a story I’d only previously seen in a rather quaint, Jane Austin period drama style. Yet this was exactly what Shakespeare should be, funny, exciting, entertaining, but most of all fun and that’s with a capital FUN. And that’s before I even mention the superb quality of acting and improvisation. Much is the pity, that more of the school were not there to see it, for those that did were unanimous in their praise. This was not just one of the few things in life that are (at £8) very cheap, but one of those seriously endangered events, one that was worth literally every penny. I for one cannot wait for the next production. Although Mr Aldred, please make the set easy to build.

Philip Colbran as the wicked Oliver, and acrobats Nikita Bathia, Nell Baker and Indy Chadwick.

Sarah Ritchie as Pheobe, putting the audience to good use.

“You’ve missed a bit”

Mime artists, Fran Bannister and Dora Rackham

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HOUSE MUSIC

2011

By Callum Rigby (Head Boy)

and Emma Randall (Head Girl)

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HOUSE MUSIC

2011 October 18th was time again to tune your instruments, warm up those voices and prepare yourself for House Music 2011! Yet again, Mr Kerrison’s Music Department had been somewhat commandeered by 16 stressed House Captains, who had been thrown in at the deep end, with one of the biggest inter-house events in the school’s calendar. For the previous few weeks each house had been living and breathing their acts: tear - jerking senior choirs, stunning orchestras, charming junior choirs, energized finales and loud band pieces to showcase the school’s very best and enthusiastic musical talent at Kingsgate Community Church. With the finishing touches to ball gowns, banners and bad jokes almost complete, the school waited in eager anticipation to witness what each house had in store, on what promised to be a truly epic evening of excellent entertainment. And so it was, as everyone in attendance was treated to a spectacular musical show as over 600 talented singers and musicians, split across four houses battled it out to challenge for four silver cups and one big wooden shield. Come the end, no - one could have predicted the results. The results for House Music 2011 are: KSP Young Musician of the Year : Chris Gemmell (St. Oswald’s House) Best Band Trophy: St. Oswald’s House Junior Choir Cup: School House Orchestra Cup: St. Oswald’s House Senior Choir Cup: School House House Music Shield: 1st - St. Oswald’s House 2nd - School House 3rd - St. Chad's House 4th - St. Peter’s House Well done to everyone involved for creating such a memorable night. Thank you also to Kingsgate Community Church for hosting the event.

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St. Chad’s House Music Review

So House Music is over! Third place not too shabby when you think about the success

Chads has had over the last few years. But what a night it was. It was the combination of

5 weeks of hard practicing from all parts of the school and even the new Junior

Department. The result of the hard work was a set of outstanding performances, if we do

say so ourselves. No doubt I think everyone who was there that night cannot deny the

quality of the performances, and how even the competition was on the night itself. House

Music itself started a few days before with the solo competition. Although success was

not high on the agenda, there was a few stand - out performances, from Charlotte

McAuliffe and Alywn Hopkins in their respective categories. So we would like to thank

those who took part in that competition, because we know from experience it’s not that

easy to do. The night itself brought many highlights for us, the Senior Choir and the

orchestra captured many people’s imagination and showed what talent we have in our

house.

We would like to thank those Sixth Formers who helped out with the running of the

competition. Special mention must go to Annie Davies, Meiyi Lu and Charlotte McAuliffe

because without them it would have made our lives even more stressful and difficult.

Also thanks to the band members for the hard work they put in and apologies for not

thanking you on the night…. And thanks to those who took part in this year’s competition

and making it one of the best yet. All four of us were proud to be Chad’s that night.

But not to forgot a special thanks to Mrs Amps and Mrs Hobday, who kept the spirits

raised during the process, and gave a ‘kick up the backside’, when needed. Your help was

appreciated, especially by us.

Matt, Ben, Archie, Alina

St. Chad’s

LET U

S H

EA

R Y

OU

RO

AR

!

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St. Oswald’s House Music Review

House Music 2011 was a night to remember for St Oswald’s House. Another (much

unexpected) success! After winning Sports Day and the House Cup last summer, we were

on a high from our achievement. However, this led to some members of Oswald’s

becoming rather complacent. Our House Master and Mistress (Dr Webster and Mrs

Willis) and we House Captains were becoming increasingly worried about lack of numbers

at rehearsals; things weren’t looking optimistic for success at House Music. Fortunately,

following one of Dr Webster’s famous motivational and patriotic speeches in a House

Assembly a few weeks before the event, with a particular appeal to the junior boys,

things began to look up. Rehearsal attendance increased and more importantly, a revived

enthusiasm took over the House. In the solo competitions in the days leading up to the

big event, our soloists’ amazing talent shone as we dominated the competition. Our

efforts culminated perfectly on the night of Tuesday 18th October. We would like to

thank our House for their time and hard work, with particular mention to our senior musi-

cians - we couldn’t have done it without you!

St. Oswald’s House had to follow three excellent performances from each of the other

houses, meaning we were particularly nervous. We were most impressed by the efforts of

all the other Houses, particularly, Chad’s dramatic orchestra and Senior Choir; Peter’s

energetic Junior Choir and excellent cover of the 1960’s hit (their band piece); and

School’s beautiful Junior and Senior Choir under Tara McKay’s meticulous instruction. We

would like to give our commiserations to the other Houses: the trophies could have been

anyone’s on the night, and we would also like to congratulate School House for deserved-

ly winning the Junior and Senior Choir cups.

Finally we would like to thank Mr Kerrison for organising the event and all the other

House Captains for putting in so much work to ensure the event ran smoothly. We are

sure you are glad, like us, to now have our break and lunchtimes back!

WELL DONE, ST OSWALD’S HOUSE – Long may the victories continue!

Charlie, James, Pip and John

St. Chad’s St. Oswald’s

Ozzy! O

zzy! O

zzy!

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St. Peter’s House Music Review

Back in September work began for what was the mammoth task of ‘The House Music

Competition 2011’. And so, four admittedly naïve House Captains began to rally the

troops into the formation of a Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Orchestra and Finale. For the

next five weeks, St. Peter’s House slaved tirelessly towards musical domination. The

weeks passed, as our pieces grew to a standard the House could be very proud of, thanks,

to the immense effort of all our blue warriors: Irena Radic, Hannah Butson, Ellie Beau-

mont and the beautiful blue band, to name but a few.

Finally, the day had arrived. The morning began with the magnificent tradition that is

‘Warsap’s Dream Speech’ that offered both hope and desire for what would be a blue

dawn. As the House Captains embarked to Kingsgate to establish the front line, we were

aided in our offensive by both The Music Department, our House Master and Mistress

and the support and guidance offered by the other twelve House Captains. Opening the

evening was our fabulous Junior Choir, which was very well received by the audience (you

should be very proud of yourselves). To follow was a greatly improved Orchestral piece,

topped off by a beautiful rendition of Ave Verum sung by our own majestic Senior Choir.

Offering the sweet cherry for a charmingly iced bun was our final piece of the night ‘Let’s

Dance to Joy Division’ sung with gusto by the entire Peter’s Platoon.

We hope you all enjoyed the experience as much as we did. Unfortunately the result was

not reflective of how we believe you performed, however we are very proud of your

efforts and hope that it has set the Blue Peter’s ship sailing ready to recompense in future

years.

Lucy, Charlie, Helena and Matt .

St. Peter’s P E T E R S Come on Peter’s, we’re the best!

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School House, House Music Review

There were great expectations preceding us in the run - up to House Music 2011 after

School House’s impressive victory at last year’s competition, however the evening of 18th

October was yet again one of huge success for us. The atmosphere was incredible, and

the endless chants of “WHO ARE WE? GREEN ARMY!” echoed in our ears until the early

hours of the morning.

We began with our incredibly cute Junior Choir, represented by both the Lower School

and new Junior Department, who performed the challenging ‘Pure Imagination’ from

Willy Wonka, with ease. Later on, Senior Choir delivered a powerful performance of

‘Every Breath You Take’ originally done by The Police. We were rewarded for our choral

talent by achieving both the Junior and Senior Choir Cups - a brilliant achievement which

we were thrilled with!

For our Orchestra piece, House Captain Becca conducted a dramatic rendition of the

‘Indiana Jones Theme’ and our Band piece was ‘I’ll Be Waiting’ by Adele, with Year 13 Jess

Wing providing a polished performance on lead vocals. We finished with ‘Be Young, Be

Foolish, Be Happy’ by the Tams, a lively, feel-good Finale reflecting the whole evening,

which secured us a respectably close 2nd place overall.

Our congratulations go to St. Oswalds’ House for stealing that extra point which earned

them the 1st place shield, however we can offer no fewer congratulations to both St.

Chad’s and St. Peter’s, who also gave some fantastic performances.

We must thank every member of School House who was there that night, whether you

were a singer, an instrumentalist or part of the invaluable backstage crew. Throughout

the rehearsal period we had endless support from Sixth Formers and our Housemaster

and Mistress, Mr Hughes and Miss Cripps, so our thank-yous extend especially to them.

Everything came together on the night; the energy and passion that was displayed by

School House made the weeks of relentless organising and rehearsing completely

worthwhile, and we look forward to celebrating the New Year with a continuation of this

success!

Paul, Tara, George and Becca

St. Peter’s School

GREEN A

RM

Y!

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design technology

Student wins Design Lab 101 Competition

DesignLab101 is a website which challenges aspiring designers to show their creative skills. Their latest competition, to design a Basketball shoe, and judged by Bart Liang of New Balance Sportswear, was won by David Mahoney (Year 13) with the design shown above

David wins a Wacom ‘Intuos’ Graphics Tablet to help him develop his skills.

“DesignLab101.com is a creative platform for both high school and college students to compete against their peers in design competitions. Students have the opportunity to win prizes as well as recognition in the design community. Contests are judged by featured designers who have expertise in their industry and can select a winner while providing feedback for students to improve.

At DesignLab101, our mission is to help students more easily make the transition from school to college, as well as from college to becoming a professional. These transitions are supported by giving students opportunities to improve their skills as well as network within the design community.” (designlab101)

Find out more about DesignLab101 at www.designlab101.com

You can see more of David's work at www.idmahoney.com and www.behance.net/idmahoney

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Barton Turf Story by Tom White (Year 9)

The King’s School Sailing Club visited Barton Turf Adventure Centre in Norfolk to develop their already formidable skills. Although not a competitive weekend this was a great opportunity to go away, work on skills, be with friends and have fun. We went to Barton Turf on the Friday afternoon and by then the atmosphere on the coaches was already excitement all round. When we arrived everyone was really tired and looking forward to the next morning. The Saturday morning was a busy one with everyone sorting out which boats they were in and who they were sailing with. We used two types of boats. Coypus and Wayfarers. A Coypu is 3.5 metres long and a Wayfarer is 4.5 metres. We had the morning sailing and got a little wet but spirits were very high while sailing on Barton Broad. After lunch we headed up Barton Broad and into one of the rivers but not all the way up. Despite the lack of wind that afternoon but we managed to get back to the centre. On the Sunday we headed up the river from Barton Turf to Sutton Heath and we had a picnic in the warm weather. We then had to be towed back to the centre because of the lack of wind. Everyone had enjoyed the weekend and on the coach back everyone was very quiet!

Sailing Club

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History of the Exchange By Trevor Elliott Every year since 1977 a group of between 10 and 40 students has visited our twin school, the Werner-Jaeger Gymnasium, in Nettetal, Germany, and welcomed a group of Nettetalers for a return visit. The exchange was set up by Wolfgang Hentschel and Ian Nicholson in the days when Kreis Viersen was already linked with Cambridgeshire but before Peterborough was twinned with Viersen. Herr Hentschel simply took the initiative one day and turned up at King’s to ask the Head at the time, Michael Barcroft, if his school might be interested in developing a partnership. The answer was ‘yes’, and the exchange has continued ever since. The minibus-loads of boys of the early days were soon replaced by mixed groups, travelling by train and more recently by coach and air. Responsibility for the exchange rested on the shoulders of Wolfgang Hentschel until his retirement, with Heinrich Eikelberg now being at the helm. At King’s, Trevor Elliott was responsible from 1979 – 1986, with Jane Hogg, Pauline Zähner and Alister Drakeford, as Head of Languages, taking over and leading the exchange and all its developments since. Headteachers Michael Barcroft, Dr Hans-Jakob Pauly, Gary Longman and Frau Elizabeth Ponzelar-Warter have always played an active encouraging and supporting role. In the 1980s, a Work Experience exchange was added, giving Sixth Form students the opportunity to work and learn in each other’s country. In recent years The King's School has welcomed a WJG student into our Year 12 for a term. The Music departments in the two schools have developed an excellent working relationship, and have joined together for workshops and concerts on both sides of the Channel. In 1999, to celebrate the 25 years of the 'Orchester am WJG', this orchestra and The King's School Choir travelled together to Tuscany. Concerts were given in the Duomo in Florence, the cathedral in Fiesole, in a charming little church in Cortona, as well as in Nettetal. This shared music-making has met with great success, and Albert Monod and Nicholas Kerrison are to be thanked for all their efforts. Since Herr Moinoid’s retirement, Music at WJG is in the hands of Yvonne Herter (who visited KSP as a student herself!) and Bjorn Feist. There have been "Jubilee Weekends" with sports competitions, theatre performances, art exhibitions and joint concerts by our two orchestras in Peterborough and in Nettetal. This year we celebrate 35 years of the partnership. Over 260 students and 40 staff were involved in October in Peterborough and in November in Nettetal.

35th Jubilee

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A Collection of images from a wonderful October weekend, where we enjoyed sport, music, art and drama with our German visitors. See our next issue for a full report.

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