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CO-EDUCATION

Fifty Years of CO-EDUCATION

Celebrating Fifty Years of Co-education has included asking OCs for memories of their time at Canford. Some have been shared on social media in our #Fiftyfor50 campaign covering 50 weeks of memories which has generated a lot of interest.

On 19th April we will be welcoming OCs to Canford for the OC Arts family day where they can take part in music, drama and art workshops as well as catching up with other OCs and enjoying the Canford grounds. Celebrations will conclude at the OC London Drinks Party to be held at Coq d’Argent on Thursday 11th June.

SUNDAY 19TH APRIL 2020: OC DAY OF CREATIVE ARTS

Bring your family back to Canford for the day to celebrate 50 years of co-education. There are a host of free activities for you to take part in:

Rusty Musicians’ Orchestra Whether you last played your instrument when you were still at school, or whether you are still keenly involved in making ensemble music, this workshop is for you. Children who can read music also welcome.

Creative Storytelling (open to all) Come and enjoy creative storytelling in the theatre foyer. Suitable for all ages, but staged in particular with young families in mind, sit back and allow yourselves to be transported to somewhere far, far away!

Cyanotype Printing workshop (10+) Using natural materials gathered from the site, and photographic images you will be able to create unique prints to take home that reflect some of the flora found at Canford.

Drumming Extravaganza (open to all) Open to all ages and all abilities, this is an opportunity to make some noise! You are guaranteed to enjoy putting together a performance that will raise the roof of the Gisborough Hall!

Stage Fighting (10+) Challenge yourself and your nemesis to a duel! Learn to inflict and receive mortal wounds in absolute safety during our practical stage fighting workshop.

Drawing workshop (10+) Practice your drawing and try new techniques to broaden your range of styles and increase your skill level.

‘Come and Sing!’ (10+) This rousing session will give you the chance to join with members of Canford’s Chapel Choir to sing a couple of exciting favourites from their repertoire.

Stage Make-up (10+) Join us in the backstage dressing rooms to discover the secrets of stage make up. Participants will be given the opportunity to try out some simple but effective techniques and learn the tricks of the trade.

A children’s arts and crafts workshop for all ages will run across all time slots and the swimming pool will be open for family swimming from 11am until 2pm. The BBQ will start at 2.30pm and garden style games will be available on the lawn.

CONNECT GIVE BACK DEVELOP

At the end of 2018 we launched our brand new alumni platform – Canford Global Connect. This is a completely new online platform for Old Canfordians. It allows you to find, re-connect and reminisce with fellow OCs as well as enabling you to utilise the trusted Canford environment to expand your professional network.

This new initiative, supported by the Old Canfordian Society will serve as an effective communication tool for Canford events and will enable you to find out ‘who’s going’ - something that we are constantly asked about! If you are considering changing your career path and need advice, looking for a new job or seeking to recruit someone for your organisation, this network will be invaluable. Already we have many OCs who have offered to help by giving advice or being a mentor. Thank you!

For this platform to become increasingly effective we need as many OCs to join as possible. You can edit your profile as with other social media sites and offer (or not) what works best for you.

Many schools and universities have adopted this platform and we very much hope that you will join and make use of the valuable contacts available to you throughout the Canford Community.

Parents and former parents are welcome to join too. You are a vital part of the Canford Community and you bring a wide range of experience and valuable qualities that you may be willing to offer to others. Plus it’s a fantastic networking tool too!

CONNECT Find and reminisce with fellow OCs, see what they have been up to and stay in touch.

GIVE BACK Introduce, employ and offer to act as a mentor to OCs.

DEVELOP Develop your professional network to get introduced to people you should know.

NEWS See forthcoming events and news from Canford.

The Canford COMMUNITY

Everyone who has been through Canford is a member of our community. We also welcome those yet to join Canford. Whether you are a parent, OC, staff or friend of Canford, you are very much part of our community.

FRIENDS OF CANFORD

Friends of Canford School ran a full programme of events during 2019. As always, these events provided parents and other members of the Canford Community with the opportunity to enjoy some of the school’s unique facilities and activities, get to know other parents and feel involved in school life. Learning Real tennis and having the chance to shoot on the Rifle Range were just 2 of the regular highlights of the year as was the Spring Lunch where we were inspired by the life story of local, young businesswoman, Sonnaz Nooranvary, who is one of the expert restorers on the BBC2’s The Repair Shop.

The extra funds raised from these events were provided as grants to a number of school projects and partnerships. These were applied for by Canford staff and pupil leaders and those chosen demonstrated a high impact on social, environmental or educational purpose, a potential legacy and benefit to the wider community. The new projects funded by Friends of Canford this year were a Pop-up Theatre Space and a Moveable Paintball Range. We also continued our support for City Reach and the Serious Fun on Saturday programme at Canford for children from 3 local primary schools.

Joining Friends of Canford is one of the best things you can do when your teenager joins the school. Everyone is welcome to sign up for the events on the school website. I want to thank and pay tribute to all of the committee members this year. What a hugely hard working and fun-loving group! We are always looking for new committee members too so do get in touch to see how you can get involved.

Unlike other Canford sports, rowers hardly ever have home matches. Most weekends during the racing season involve trips to the Tideway in London, Dorney Lake or other rowing venues around the country.

The Friends of Canford Rowing was formed as a way of supporting the current pupil rowers and providing that home atmosphere wherever they were racing. Every weekend during racing season, the FCR turn up with a gazebo, hot food, brownies and a huge amount of enthusiasm. Rowing reports are sent out afterwards so parents unable to attend are kept informed.

FRIENDS OF CANFORD MUSIC

Volante! Yet another busy year in the Music School, with each year seeming to surpass the previous.

THE AUTUMN TERM - traditional set pieces followed with the ‘Evensong’ at Winchester Cathedral, the magical Christmas Concert and sublime Carol Concert at Wimborne Minster.

THE 2019 SPRING TERM welcomed the annual residence by the Britten Sinfonia and a masterclass by pianist Libby Burgess, followed shortly by the effervescent Jazz Concert, this time without last year’s snow storm! This was swiftly followed by the quintessential trip to St John’s Smith Square, London where the Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, String Orchestra and Choir all played and sang in the historic hall.

FINALLY THE SUMMER TERM! ‘A Plethora of Pianists’ performed by the talented Canford piano teachers and music staff, celebrating the recently refurbished Steinway piano. To complete the year was the Summer Concert and a rousing selection of music from the choirs, orchestras and bands!

A special mention to Ben Davies. Ben originally helped establish FCM and has been Chair for the last six years. His performance over the years will be difficult to follow! Finally, this coming year is celebrating 50 years of co-education at Canford and a number of musical events can be found in the school diary. Events are regularly supported by Friends of Canford Music (FCM), our aim is to support the department both in publicity and in warmly welcoming you to events, often with a beverage and programme!

Perhaps you have a good-quality but unused instrument gathering dust and would like to donate it, thereby helping more young people to make even more music? This year, the OCS has focussed on developing our alumni services to become more agile and inclusive to all Old Canfordians. This included supporting the introduction of a new online alumni service – Canford Global Connect - and we are delighted to see OCs from 1948 through to 2019 joining. This is a very effective way for OCs to re-connect and keep in touch with each other and all that is going on at Canford, as well as a vehicle to post jobs at your organisation, offer work experience or find a mentor.

The annual Careers Symposium was held in March and we are most grateful to the OCs and parents who give up their time to support Canfordians in their career development decisions. We look forward to more OCs contributing to the next symposium and would like to encourage any OC not able to attend but who would be willing to offer advice or mentoring to use Canford Global Connect to do this.

Our thanks go to the Development Office team who continue to work very closely with the OCS and have organised a number of reunions for OCs. Each year events are now being organised for a year-group to celebrate their decennial anniversary of leaving Canford.

At the AGM held in November, Robin Wright retired as OCS President and was thanked for his enthusiasm and commitment to the OCS through many years of service. I was pleased to be elected and look forward to working with the committee and Development Office for the benefit of all Old Canfordians.

In 2020, we will continue to celebrate the anniversary of 50 Years of Co-education and we hope that many OCs will join us at Canford for the OC Family Arts Day on 19th April. There will be a variety of activities to take part in, not only for artists, and it will be an opportunity to see the how the school is developing and catch up with friends. We are very much looking forward to the OC London Drinks Party on 11th June which will conclude the celebrations for 50 Years of Co-education at Canford.

Many Old Canfordians, parents, friends and staff give up their own time to volunteer in many ways to support the Canford Community, by helping out at events, attending the Careers Symposium, helping with school trips, talking to pupils, mentoring Canfordians and OCs, being a Governor to mention just a few.

Careers Symposium 2019 CREATE YOUR OWN PATH

The theme of this year’s Careers Symposium, held on Friday 22nd March, was ‘Create Your Own Path’ which tied in with an overarching aim across the school to help pupils develop their interpersonal and communication skills, in both an academic and business context.

Now in its 16th year, the annual Symposium offers pupils in the Lower Sixth the opportunity to start preparing for their life after Canford, explore career pathways and entry into the world of work. Each year, over 70 volunteers from the Canford Community, alumni and parents, representing a vast number of industries, share their skills and personal experiences and advise, guide and inform pupils about their own working lives.

This year, Lower Sixth pupils were asked to consider what their real passions are and what they enjoy to assist them in pursuing their interests and an eventual career. The pre-lunch workshop entitled ‘Networking for your Dream Career’, facilitated by Canford parents Simon Phillips and Anna Herrington, helped them explore how they might best present themselves in person and through different media, to reflect these interests and helped them prepare themselves for the 1-2-1 networking session later in the day. It was a very interactive morning session which was enjoyed by both pupils and volunteers.

“There are an increasing number of different higher education and career options open to our pupils when they leave Canford, and we are fortunate that they are able to draw on the experiences of so many former pupils and parents. This Symposium is an important part of our Careers Guidance provision for our Lower Sixth as they start considering their future plans and we are very grateful for all those who took time out of their busy schedules to support it.”

MICHAEL DOHERTY, HEAD OF CAREERS

“Thank you to all those who generously gave their time to support this year’s Symposium and to Amanda Seabrook (C92), our OC Committee Careers Representative. We encourage all those who attend to build relationships further through our new portal Canford Global Connect www. canfordglobalconnect.com which enables OCs and parents to network and connect online.”

ROWENA GASTON, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

VOLUNTEERS 2019 Thank you to the following people who donated time and expertise to Canford in 2019. We have tried to include as many people as we know about, but we apologise for any omissions or errors. Please do let us know if we have got it wrong!

GOVERNORS Annette Anthony Dr Mar y Armitage Tea Colaianni Bar ry Coupe (F70) Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CBE Robert Daubeney (M84) Dr Philippa Dickins Georgina Fozard (W04) Professor Mark French Nick Holloway (F96) Michael Jeffries Stephen Le Bas (B89) Da vid Levin Richard Nicholl Adam Richards (B88) Revd. John Simmons James Stileman Annabel Thomas (F95)

OCS

1940’s David Combe (C45) Alan Wilson (S48)

1950’s Colin Patrick (F52) Mike Blunt (C55) John Rowe (W57) Ian Spink (C57) Robert Pierson (SH58)

1960’s Mike Lerwill (SH62) Nigel Milliner (W62) Mike Petre (F63) Simon de Halpert (F64) Jeremy Fergusson (F64) Jeremy de Halpert (F65) John McFarlane (S67) David Ralph (SH67) Robin Wright (SH69) Robert Morton (SH74) Mark Rathbone (S74) Vaughan Ives (S76) Frans Glazener (S78) Maggie Greening (F81)

1980’s Jason Rea (W81) David Cotterell (M82) Richard Dyball (S82) Richard Dyball (S82) Teresa Fisher (S82) Richard Wear (S83) Mark Adams (F84) Rob Daubeney (M84) Tim Hanbury (W84) Tatjana Koenig (SH84) Tim Porter (SH85) Sophie Minter (M86) Lucy Moore (S86) Jonathan Rea (W86) Sheila Way (B86) Jamie Crittall (SH87) Kevin Driver (W87) Mark Patrick (F87) Kempton Cannons (W88) Thomas Coombes (B88) Ben Davies (S88) Dan Diamant (M88) Joanna Jensen (W88) Ewan MacLeod (B88) Hugh O’Neil Roe (F88) Adam Richards (B88) Alex Bellars (W88) David Cherrett (C89) Matt Keats (S89) Stephen Le Bas (B89) James Oliver (B89)

1990’s Giles Duley (SH90) Christopher Snell (C90) Jessima Timberlake (S91) Richard Bellars (M92) Amanda Seabrook (C92) Richard Black er (B93) Mark Hannington (S93) Emily Hewitt (S93) Christian Warman (B93) Simon Young (M93) Thomas Dudding (S94) Natalie Llewellyn (SH94) Nick Pomeroy (S94) Jon Howat (SH95) Annabel Thomas (F95) Nicholas Coombes (M96) John Ow en (M96) Luc Vrettos (S96) Natasha Di Cangio (Ma97) Andrew Harvey (S97) Poppy Naylor (W97) William Holloway (F99) Charlotte Tice (Ma99)

2000’s Jonathan Gollings (W00) John Wells (SH00) Henry Gill (F01) Tim Wilkes (L01) Mike Hayward (W02) Marie-Louise Sharp (S03) Georgina Fozard (W04) Richard Booth (L06) Charles Chalkly-Maber (S06) Lauren Friend (L08) George Davis (L09) Jamie Lilley (F09) Will Robinson (F09) Edward Searle (M09)

2010’s Thomas Acworth (SH10) George Gillard (SH10) Edward Snook (S10) Maudie Fraser (D11) Kathryn Hanna (B11) Cameron Parham (L11) Alexander Talbot (L11) Tobias Russell (M12) Nick Saqui (M12) Oliver Stocks (W14)

CURRENT PARENTS Coralie Anstee Tim Anstee Martina Asmar Richard Balasubr amaniam Richard Bloxam Angie Brook Russell Bull