The Caterhamian 2018/19 by Caterham School

CATERHAM SCHOOL

THE CATERHAMIAN Review of the Year 2018-19

Front cover artwork ‘Force of War’ by Emily, GCSE Art

THE CATERHAMIAN 2018-19

CONTENTS 2 FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES 4 SPEECH DAY 13

ACADEMIC RESULTS

19 ISI INSPECTION REPORT 21

PUPILS ON THE MOVE

CATERHAM SCHOOL SOCIETY

31 HOUSE REPORTS 38

HOUSE EVENTS

41 BOARDING 43 WELLBEING 45

INDIVIDUAL PUPIL SUCCESS

ART

54 PRODUCT DESIGN 55 PHOTOGRAPHY 57 ARTS WEEK AND HUMANITIES 59 SCIENCE 61 HISTORY

62 GEOGRAPHY 64 MUSIC 74

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT

DRAMA AND THEATRE

82 PSYCHOLOGY 84 ENGLISH 86 MATHS 92

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES

93 DEBATING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING 94

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

102 CAREERS 104 LIBRARY 106

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

107

WIDER CIRCLES

120 OUTDOOR LEARNING 125 SKIING 126

TALENT SHOW

127 CCF 139 MISCELLANEOUS

143 SPORT 182 INDIVIDUAL SPORTING SUCCESS 185 PREP SCHOOL

FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES

Not only a superb school master who got stuck in around the place, but a talented musician and instrument maker, avid stamp collector, a passionate angler and a great advocate for the environment.

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FAREWELL Howard Tuckett arrived at Caterham Prep School from the wilds of Suffolk in 2005 via South Africa and Botswana.

t would be easy to quickly fall into the stereotype of a Wilbur Smith hero when describing Howard, but he does undeniably possess the calm and reassuring quality of a man who could face down a wild animal in the bush before donning a dinner suit and making a witty speech to assembled guests. Those who know Howard well will know just what a fantastic Prep School Headmaster he was (and is). The qualities mentioned above of calming reassurance were just what Caterham Prep School needed when he arrived. His mission was to create a Prep School that was full of pupils and families who shared our vision about holistic education, was full of ambition, strong on pastoral care and had a real sense of fun and enjoyment to it. This he did wonderfully well and many of you reading this will have experienced the warmth and strong sense of community that Howard brought to Caterham Prep School. Those of you who know Howard well will

also know what a wonderfully talented man he is – not only a superb school master who got stuck in around the place, but a talented musician and instrument maker, avid stamp collector, a passionate angler and a great advocate for the environment. As Headmaster of Caterham Prep Howard was much more than a warm and avuncular figure meeting and greeting his pupils each day with his winning smile and baritone voice that could be heard all the way across the Harestone Valley – in a Prep School these attributes should not be underestimated – he is a passionate believer in the power of education to change lives and a deeply compassionate and caring man. Howard really is a polymath and, consequently, a great role model to both his pupils and to the rest of us. Most importantly Howard was able to laugh at himself. I thoroughly enjoyed watching him in assemblies as he would put on funny voices and gently

undermine his own status to the enormous delight of the pupils. I personally was very grateful to have Howard’s advice and counsel when I arrived at Caterham – his wisdom and understanding of the school were invaluable to me – and I am delighted that Howard has had the opportunity to go and start a new school in Hong Kong. He is the founding Head of Wycombe Abbey School. It is no surprise to me that Wycombe Abbey saw in Howard the qualities I did when I arrived at Caterham – his reassuring and calming authority has gone down well already in Hong Kong and I know that Wycombe Abbey has made a strong start in a highly competitive market because of Howard. Clearly the Tuckett connection with Caterham remains as Colleen remains as assistant librarian in the senior school and I am sure we will see Howard striding along Home Field again before too long on one of his visits home. Ceri Jones, Headmaster

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COMMON ROOM

This year we say goodbye to the following members of the Senior Common Room:

Welcome to the following new teachers who join the Common Room in September 2019:

Magnus Anderson (Physics Teacher and Head of Year) who becomes Deputy Head (Academic) at Leicester Grammar School.

Laurie Angeli, who joins as a Teacher of English; she has taught in a London school and has most recently been teaching in Portugal.

Peter Buchan (Teacher of Mathematics) who takes up a post in Information Technology.

Matthew Baggs, who joins as our new Director of Sport from Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School, Wimbledon, where he held the same post.

Rob Clarke (Director of Sport) who becomes Director of Co-Curriculum at Marlborough College Malaysia. Harriet Howgego (Teacher of Chemistry) who is joining Croydon High School as a teacher. Emily Gray (Teacher of English) who is joining Magdalen College School, Oxford, as Deputy Head of English. Gareth Owen (Teacher of History) who leaves to continue his studies. Kieran Pegrum-Milner (Coach of Lacrosse) who leaves for a post in the USA. Jen Simpson (Head of Lacrosse) who leaves to pursue her career back home in the USA. Sam Houghton (Netball Coach) who has been appointed to Cranleigh School. Jamie Robinson (Teacher of Biology) who leaves for a post in Canada.

Nick Griffiths, who joins us as a teacher of Mathematics from Rosebery School, Epsom. Shaocheng Ma, who joins as a Teacher of Physics. Shaocheng is an Old Caterhamian; he has completed a PhD and this is his first teaching post.

Cara McCartney, who joins as Director of Netball from Coloma Convent Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; School.

Pippa Waterman, who joins as Director of Lacrosse from Whyteleafe School; Pippa is an Old Caterhamian.

SPEECH DAY

SPEECH DAY SATURDAY 6 JULY 2019

THE HEADMASTER’S SPEECH It has, by any measure, been another incredibly successful year and I am grateful to all members of the Caterham School community for the part you have all played in making this year so special.

f course my greatest thanks go to your sons and daughters, our pupils, who have once again demonstrated their talents across a whole array of areas and for which we will be awarding prizes later this morning. I would like to publicly thank all of you who volunteer your time and expertise to support what we do – we simply could not achieve what we do without your support – from the Trustees, the PA, the Old Cats and

the Caterham School Society you all make a hugely positive and appreciated contribution to this school. Of course, I should start with that ISI Inspection report. I hope you have all had a chance to read it – if not I would recommend it to you. Not only does the report give you the confidence that the school meets and exceeds all 550 regulatory requirements and standards that we have to adhere to, it also reassures you that pupils

at Caterham achieve fantastic things both in terms of their outcomes across all areas of school life, including academic and cocurricular, and it also demonstrates that their personal development is incredibly strong – confirming that we are actually ‘inspiring education for life’. I suspect, like me, those judgments are why you sent your son and daughter to Caterham in the first place – it is the core business of any school. Whilst I am very pleased by these judgments

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I was not surprised – I spend my day working with and alongside a hugely talented bunch of pupils and staff and you get a sense of what is going well and what is not. If you had asked me four years ago when I came to Caterham what sort of school I wanted to be Headmaster of then I would have exactly described the school that the Inspectors described to me when they gave us a verbal report following their visit – a school that is highly ambitious, where pupils are supported to achieve the best they can in an environment which places their wellbeing at the centre of everything, where balance and the growth and development of the individual is as important as the number of A*s they achieve and a school where there is consonance between who we say we are and the lived experience of our pupils – we do what we say we do. And of course we’re not perfect and of course things will go wrong from time to time but we are a school that, like our pupils and our staff, is self-reflective and strives every day to get better and to be better – and to offer excellence at every opportunity and in every interaction. On the co-curricular side of life I have a four way tie for my own

If you had asked me four years ago when I came to Caterham what sort of school I wanted to be Headmaster of then I would have exactly described the school that the Inspectors described to me when they gave us a verbal report following their visit ...

proudest moments – I think the senior school production of ‘In the Heights’ probably just about wins out. I genuinely do not think I have seen a better school production in 30 years of teaching – and the ease with which the cast (and the staff) carried off a really challenging piece should not be underestimated. Close on the heels of ‘In the

Heights’ I would put the Lacrosse Nationals where the 1st XII and the U14s almost made it through to the final in atrocious conditions and I would also put the 1st XV rugby boys. They had a fantastic season playing some of the most expansive and exciting rugby I have seen. Our swimmers also had a magnificent year winning a bronze medal at the national championships. We will celebrate the successes of individuals from both these teams who have gone on to play international sport when we come to the prize giving. My final best moment was actually very recently – a couple of weeks ago I was a judge of the inaugural Old Caterhamians ‘Innovation and Collaboration Prize’ which will be presented for the first time this morning (and I am very grateful indeed to Clive Furness the President of the OCA for initiating this – it is another fantastic way of demonstrating the relevance and importance of the Old Caterhamians to pupils currently in the school). This was a competition open to all pupils in the school -their brief was to identify a problem and develop (in a team) a prof of concept solution to the issue. They were to do all of this on their own.

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There were four teams in the final – one team of Fifth Formers and three teams of First Years. The challenges they had identified speaks volumes for the sort of pupils we have in the school – ranging from an augmented reality app to help pupils with learning support needs, an app for your phone to help address e-safety concerns and a shampoo and educational concept to address the issue of plastics in the oceans. It was judged in a ‘Dragons Den’ style by external experts. The pupils had to present and take questions. I could not have been more proud of all the teams who made the final – the quality of their thinking, their teamwork, their presentations and their determination to use creativity and innovation to make the world a better place was hugely affirming. As ever, I am hugely grateful to the incredible team of teachers that enable much of this activity to take place. The fact that we can put out so many sports teams, musical ensembles, debating teams, put on close to 15 productions, run trips to Tanzania, Morocco, run a hugely successful CCF and D of E programme and lots and lots more is something that I think we can all take for granted. We are lucky to have such a talented bunch of teachers at Caterham who are not only subject experts and inspiring teachers, but teachers who also share our vision that education does not just take place in the classroom – and are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure that

the commitment to education in its’ widest sense is what we offer here at Caterham School. I should also like to thank the outgoing prefects in the Upper Sixth who have played such a key role in the success of the school this year. Not only have they set a great example to all the pupils in the school, they have also helped shape some of our agenda this year, particularly around the issue of mental health provision and wider inclusion. It is great to see

such conviction and interest from our pupil leadership and I am very grateful indeed to them all for the part they have played this year. I am, of course, particularly grateful to the Head Girl and Head Boy – Anna Gardner and Joe Haynes – who we will hear from in a moment and who have been outstanding in their roles this year. One of the great joys about working in education and working with young people is the energy and optimism they bring when confronted with challenges. It has been a huge privilege this year to work with pupils that have thought seriously about the challenges facing adolescents in the 21st century and how the school should respond to them – many of the initiatives that we have undertaken this year have been a direct response to their persuasion and activism: from wellbeing dogs, to house families, to LGBTQ+ issues and environmentalism. I am delighted that Chris Hines is here this morning - I am very grateful to him for taking the time to come and address us later – because the very activism and issues that he espouses we see in our own pupil body. And indeed we see in our own tradition – reaching all the way back to our founder, John Townsend – a belief that we can, if we want to, change the world around us and that where we see injustice or wrong we should step into that space and not assume

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GUEST OF HONOUR: CHRIS HINES MBE FOUNDER OF SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY, DIRECTOR OF THE EDEN PROJECT. someone else will fix it for us – social activism, if you like. I am sure that you know that Reverend Townsend not only set up this school, he also set up what became the Royal School for Deaf Children because he was personally touched by the plight of a child of one of his friends – no one else was prepared to step in and do something about it so he did. And that thread of activism remains a key part of the Caterham DNA – there are, I know, a number of Old Cats and current and former parents who are doing incredible things both in the UK and internationally to try and make a difference to the lives of those around them because they believe, as I do, that we have a duty to be part of the solution. I know that the school council have been pressing hard to address some of the environmental concerns that we all share – in partnership with our pupils we have made significant strides this year in reducing our use of single use plastics this year alone we have reduced by 90% the amount of single use plastics that this organisation uses. In 2017-18 the school used 17,250 plastic bottles. In 2018-19 that number fell to 1,300. We still have work to do but I am delighted at the start we have made.

One of the great joys about working in education and working with young people is the energy and optimism they bring when confronted with challenges. Next year we will continue to focus on the reduction of our use of plastics, but also on food waste and food miles – doing all we can to ensure that as an organisation we are not simply expecting someone else to address this problem for us. You will all be receiving our first environmental impact report which will detail the huge strides we are making and the exciting plans we have to make more environmentally sensible use of the resources of Old Park Woods. You will all know that the partnership work that we undertake as a school is an absolute priority for me. I am delighted that our relationship with the London Academy of Excellence continues to thrive and develop as does our work with Lerang’wa, our partner school in Tanzania. But I am just as proud of the partnerships our pupils are developing with local primary

schools – such as our coding club with Furzefield Primary School in Merstham, our drama club with St John’s Primary in Caterham and our Maths partnership with St Stephen’s in South Godstone. On Monday this week we had over 100 primary pupils on site for a day with lessons being taught by our L6th pupils. I am also very grateful to all of you in the Caterham School community parents, staff and alumni who have so positively supported our Transformational Bursary Campaign – the first phase of our Inspiring Education masterplan. I am delighted at the positive and generous response of the wider school community which has already enabled us to offer life changing bursaries to three new pupils joining the school next year. I want all of our pupils to believe that we can change the world if we choose to –and that we also

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SPEECH DAY have much to learn from the world around us. I say this particularly to all of our leavers here today. You are about to go off and do and achieve incredible things in your chosen pathways. And on your journeys, although it may appear sometimes that your voice cannot be heard above all the metaphorical (and occasionally literal) shouting that it is going on across the news channels and social media it is worth remembering that this is an incredibly exciting time to be alive. You have access to networks and platforms that my generation and my parents’ generation never had – your power to be influencers, to connect, persuade and be agents of change is greater now than it has ever been, even if you may feel voiceless at times. With that power comes great responsibility – the responsibility to listen to others, to check your facts, to persuade rather than browbeat and to take the longer view – but also the responsibility to not sit by on the side lines while someone else forces an agenda. We assume that the digital space and social media cannot be a force for good – but of course it can be if we chose to use it in a positive way. Greta Thunberg has shown just how powerful the voice of young people can be and that agendas can be changed through moral force and argument and the connectedness of modern youth.

And I hope that Caterham has given you the moral framework to know what is worth standing up for and standing up to, and that we have given you the confidence and self-belief to define your own futures and not to let someone else to define your future for you. This

is who we are and what connects all of us back to the Reverend John Townsend – whether you are a person of faith or not, our instinct is to open our arms to the world around us and to go and make a difference. To believe that when we succeed we bring others with us and that our success does not come at the expense of others. My challenge to us all here today is to ensure that we do not allow cynicism or busyness to dilute that youthful activism that our pupils have (and which is so inspiring) and that we also have within us. This is a fantastic community and I am proud to be connected to something which is both so energetic, vibrant and caring. Those of you about to leave the school (both pupils and parents) will always be connected to this place and I hope you will stay in touch. I wish you all a very happy and restful summer and the best of luck to those of you leaving the school or waiting for exam results.

SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS

SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS ACHIEVEMENT, PROGRESS AND CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE First Year Prizes

Second Year Prizes

Elisabeth Ennis-Sharp Muaris Jan Scarlet Louca Will Lumbard Isabelle Pond Max Tatara Mark Wolstenholme Isabelle S Young

Imogen Freeland Harriet Lowe Xavier Parker Louis Preston Katie Roberts Pia Shah Tia-Sienna Singh James Williamson

Third Year Prizes

Fourth Year Prizes

Adeogooluwa Afuwape Alice Caiger Rachel Chan Pak Yin (Bryan) Chan Mili Greener Harry Jude Elliot Major Alex Mylet Rianna Rennie Marilie Van Slingelandt

Ron Xin (Rosing) Chen Lucie Day Dilan Patel Joshua Poon Laura Sessi-Knott Paris Singh Andrew Steedman Katie Tudor Oliver van As Santi Weiner

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S GOLD AWARD Alex Criscuolo Charlotte Cross Grant Davidson Daniel Farris

David Hocking Alex Thomas Pippa Wonders

PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING ALL-ROUND CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE The Rignall Prize The Gregory Prize

India Barton Annabel Chappell Natasha Derry Nell Fahey Rowena Field Ross Furley-Smith Charlotte Cross Daniel Farris Seb Kensey Jade Sanderson-Marsh Chris Smith

The Gorman Prize

Charlie Heaton-Armstrong Rory Moore Charlotte Roberts

The Eothen Prize

Anna Gardner

Old Caterhamians’ Prize

Joseph Haynes

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EFFORT Fifth Year Prizes

Lower Sixth Year Prizes

Caspar Barton Holly Cottam Olivia Lee Julia Makin Ekaterina Oblasova David Poolman Alex Richings Christian Thomas Ben van As Charlotte Yendall

Ka Hei (Hazel) Cheng Laura Chisholm Rhianna Harding Polina Ivanova Charlotte McDonald Jessica Small Tianhao (Thomas) Wang Jack Warr Zhengyuan (Leo) Yue Juanya (Anika) Zhang

SERVICE PRIZES The Bonarjee Prize

Olivia Clarke Ashleigh Davies David Macbeth Tom Mason Alex Thomas Max Zhelyabovskiy

The Brooke Prize Alexander The Wakefield Prize The Bacon Prize

Anastasi-Dow Grant Davidson David Hocking Roberta Lack Miranda Scott Alexandra Trantor William Buxton Alistair Kellaway Man Yi (Krystal) Lee Pippa Lloyd Alice Locket Mary Neale-Smith Tyler Norwood Sing Yu (Jerry) Poon Nicholas Van Dort Louise Blatt Ka Hay (Hayes) Fan Sam Herbert Sanjana Idnani Steffi Lagerberg Sophia Maisashvili Antonia Satchell Sophie Zonfrillo

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION PRIZE The Parents’ Association Prize for Senior Debating

Man-Tung (Electa) Yeung

SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS

UPPER SIXTH ACADEMIC PRIZES The Allison Prize for English Academic Prize for Biology Academic Prize for Business Academic Prize for Chemistry The Coleman Prize for 3D Design Academic Prize for Drama and Theatre Studies Academic Prize for Economics

Ka Hay (Hayes) Fan Max Santana Man Yi (Krystal) Lee Emily Haasz Megan McKeague Sanjana Idnani Jimmy Hoogendoorn

Academic Prize for Fine Art

Chloe Redston

The Hilton Prize for French

Pippa Wonders

The Stephen Smith Prize for Geography The Prize for German Academic Prize for Greek

Anna Gardner Isabel Sherlock Holly Lloyd

The Leathem Prize for History

Lucy O’Geary

Academic Prize for Latin

Rowena Field

The Robert Jarrams Prize for Double Maths (Pure) The Robert Jarrams Prize for Double Maths (Applied) Academic Prize for Single Maths Academic Prize for PE Academic Prize for Photography Academic Prize for Psychology

Chung Hay (Hayley) Lo Max Zhelyabovskiy Ollie Sullivan Antony McGowan Steffi Lagerberg Nell Fahey

Academic Prize for Physics

Oli Cox

Academic Prize for Politics

Rory Moore

The St. John’s Prize for Philosophy and Ethics Academic Prize for Spanish

Sanjana Idnani

Ross Furley-Smith Anton Konshin

SPEECH DAY PRIZE WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZES The Christine Walker Prize The Baynon-Milnes Prize for Outstanding Concert Performance The Abbott Prize The Andrew Fisher Prize for Outstanding Performance in Drama The Blake-Thomas Falaises Prize (CCF) The Susan Herbert Prize The Pidgeon Prize for Literature The David Rogers Maths Prize The Jen Dodd Maths Prize Moncrieff Jones Science Prize The Caterham Engineering Prize

Ruoxuan (Iris) Ma Rong Qian (Annie) Qin Annabel Chappell Eleanor Andrew Emma Knight Ellie Parmer Shreya Ganesh Kumar Oliver Hemsley Hanyang Li Dan Farris Rowan Bradbury Ashleigh Davies

The Caldwell Cup for Musical Theatre

Charlotte Cross Charlotte Roberts

The Chris Wright Cup for Junior Music

Isabelle Pond

The Susan Child History Essay Prize The Alexander Clarke Prize for Community Service The Hilary Trehane Prize for Services to the Community

Sophia Maisashvili Emily Haasz Eleanor Andrew

The Ansell Reed Prize for Contribution to Boarding & School Life

Anton Konshin

The Harvard Book Award

Ziru (Lucy) Yu

The David Evans Award for Overall Academic Excellence

Natasha Derry Hon Sum Leung Sarah Lowe Annabel Mitchell Mary Neale-Smith Neil Patel Antonia Satchell Yasemin Senai Wenxiao (Mandy) Yu

GAMES PRIZES Honours Cap – Representing Your Country in Sport The Dunwoodie Cup – Best All Rounder in Girls Sports The Dermer Prize for Top Sportsman The Whiting Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Girls Sports The Smith Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Boys Sports Games Prize for Consistent Contribution to Games (Girls)

Mina Darwin Roberta Lac Pippa Lloyd Lottie McDonald Tyler Norwood Georgia Tuckett Jude Williams Roberta Lack Alex Criscuolo Pippa Lloyd Joseph Haynes Sarah Lowe Antonia Satchell Georgia Tuckett

Games Prize for Consistent Contribution to Games (Boys) John Villers Cup David Hocking Seb Kensey Anthony McGowan Darby Medal for Swimming

Rob Bailey Amy Davies

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THE CATERHAM AWARD The ‘Caterham Award’ is awarded to Upper Sixth Form pupils, who have participated fully in the Caterham School community. The award winners represent a great variety of interests and talents, and they will all have demonstrated responsibility, creativity, and a commitment to life at school. The Caterham Award promotes the School philosophy, ‘Inspiring Education for Life’. Alexander Anastasi-Dow Eleanor Andrew Euan Andrews Dillon Arscott-Barber Eugenia Arveschoug Rocafull Lucas Ashton Flavia-Estelle Badircea Oliver Baker India Barton Megan Batchelor James Baxter Jonathan Benz-Salomon Louise Blatt James Blunden Rowan Bradbury Max Brett Mia Brinquis Solomon Fraser Brooker Ben Burke William Buxton Sing (Anson) Chak Annabel Chappell Yan-Lam (Beryl) Chau Wein Wen Emiri (Emiri) Cheng Wai Shing (Ivan) Chow Olivia Clarke Katie Colquitt Angus Conway Archie Cooper Alex Corbett Emma Cossins Oli Cox Alex Criscuolo Charlotte Cross

Chloe Cross Adam Curness Grant Davidson Ashleigh Davies Natasha Derry Kirsty Dickson Simon Dickson Anton Edwards Robyn Elrick Nell Fahey Hayes (Ka Hay) Fan Daniel Farris Rowena Field Julian (Kin Long) Fok Ross Furley-Smith Anna Gardner Emily Haasz Henry Hanrott Amy Hatch Jon Ming (Jason) Chow Joseph Haynes Charlie Heaton-Armstrong Mia Hebden Oliver Hemsley Sam Herbert Chak Ming (Amos) Ho Ho Wai (Horace) Ho David Hocking Jimmy Hoogendoorn James Horsley Ali Houson Weixiang (Wayne) Huang Sanjana Idnani Filip Iusein

Alistair Kellaway Seb Kensey Emma Knight Anton Konshin Roberta Lack Steffi Lagerberg Michael Lai Man Yi (Kyrstal) Lee Honsum Leung Jessica Lewis Hanyang Li Holly Lloyd Pippa Lloyd Chung Hay (Haley) Lo Alice Locket Sarah Lowe Rouxuan (Iris) Ma David Macbeth Sophia Maisashvili Amrita Makrak-Singh Anya Mantle Tom Mason Hamish McAree Antony McGowan Megan McKeague Longhuan (Miranda) Me Annabel Mitchell Rory Moore Mary Neale-Smith Max Santana Callum Sargent Antonia Satchell Jack Savage Miranda Scott

Lauren Scott-Smith Daria Semikina Yasemin Senai Raian Sharma Alexa Shaw Isobel Sherlock Christopher Smith Emma Sneddon Zhitao (Iris) Song Run Qing (Melody) Su Ollie Sullivan Vivien Wai Yan (Vivien) Tam Alexander Thomas Vajra Tirumaran Alexandra Trantor Alexander Travers Georgia Tuckett Nicholas Van Dort Abi Ware Callie Watson Rebecca Webb Jude Williams Max Wilson Pippa Wonders Tak Wa (David) Wong Isobel Wood Matthew Wray Theo Wright Ruzhen (Tommy) Yang Sum Yu (Livia) Yeung Wenxiao (Mandy) Yu Qi (Marine) Yuan Max Zhelyabovskiy Sophie Zonfrillo

ACADEMIC RESULTS

of pupils remain at Caterham after GCSEs to complete their A Level studies

CATERHAM SIXTH FORM PUPILS HIT THE MARK ONCE AGAIN!

his year’s A Level results saw outstanding success at Caterham School with two thirds of all grades achieved A*/A and almost 30 per cent the top A* grade. The results once again secured Caterham’s place in the ‘premier league’ of UK independent schools with A* to B grades at 86 per cent and over 96 per cent at A* to C. These results have been achieved with almost all pupils continuing into the Sixth Form following on from their GCSE studies at the school. This year’s leavers not only secured places at leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge where 62 former pupils are currently studying, but also to coveted professional apprenticeships including BP and EY where Charlie Heaton-Armstrong was successful amongst 8,000 applicants for just three places. Top achiever Max Zhelyabovskiy gained five A*s and an A, with six pupils also gaining 23 A*s between them. Head Girl Anna Gardner and Head Boy Joseph Haynes celebrated success collectively gaining seven A*s and one A grade. STEM subjects showed very strong results with Maths netting a total of 31 A* graders and Further Maths 16 A* grades. In Physics, 71 per cent of all grades were A*/A. The Art department were also celebrating with a 100 per cent A* rate.

Commented Mr Ceri Jones, Headmaster: “Today is a day of celebration for our Upper Sixth who have achieved such a strong set of exam results. I am very proud of each and every one of them. They have been a super year group throughout their time at Caterham and I am so pleased to see them leave having achieved such great things but also having made great friendships and having developed strong interests and passions that will sustain them for the rest of their lives. They have shown that strong academic ambition and results do go hand in hand with a balanced approach to life. “We believe that all our pupils are capable of great things and support all of them to become the best that they can be, and it is great to see the variety and range of university destinations and careers they are moving on to.” “This strong set of results is underpinned by the hard work and commitment of both pupils and teachers. It is heartening that our approach to education, which encourages pupils to think and not just to regurgitate, continues to bring such fantastic results at A Level, and beyond.”

ACADEMIC RESULTS

A Level Results

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of grades A* to B

of grades A* to C

BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BRILLIANT HEADS JOE and ANNA have been terrific in their roles as Head Boy and Head Girl at Caterham and now go on exciting next steps. ANNA achieved A* grades in all four of her subjects (Biology, English Literature, Geography and Maths) and will go on to read Geography at Cambridge University (Pembroke College). Last year, Anna beat 110 other pupils to win the Corpus Essay Prize for Geography, with her essay titled ‘Is a borderless world a dream or a nightmare?’ JOE is off to Durham University to read Natural Studies having achieved three A*s and an A (in Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and Physics respectively). “I am excited at this next stage of my life,” says Joe. “Caterham has been such fun, and I have loved all the sport.”

BUILDING A BRILLIANT FUTURE

MAKING POLITICAL HEADWAY

Many congratulations to ASHLEIGH, who achieved three A*s and an A (in 3D Design, Maths, Further Maths and Physics respectively). She will now go on to read Engineering at Oxford University (St John’s College). “I had wanted to be an architect, but I am now looking at civil engineering as a possible career, in part because I love physics,” she says. “I am very grateful to Mr Mansell, our Head of Physics, as he has been so helpful and supportive.”

RORY was recently elected to represent the 150,000 young people in Surrey, as their Member of UK Youth Parliament. The youngest of three siblings to have been educated throughout Caterham School, Rory is now off to read International Relations at the London School of Economics. Rory says: “I would like to thank my teachers, especially Mr Cooper, who inspired my interest in politics.”

FINANCIAL WIZARD JIMMY scored fabulous grades in his A Levels – Economics, Maths, Further Maths and Physics – and he now heads off to Cambridge University (Sidney Sussex) to read Economics. He is looking for a career in Banking or Finance. “I have loved the boarding community at Caterham,” says Jimmy. “They have been my family here at Caterham.”

ACADEMIC RESULTS

This strong set of results is underpinned by the hard work and commitment of both pupils and teachers. It is heartening that our approach to education, which encourages pupils to think and not just to regurgitate, continues to bring such fantastic results at A Level and beyond.

APPRENTICESHIPS BECKON FOR ALICE AND CHARLIE CHARLIE and ALICE both joined Caterham 15 years ago in our Pre-Prep School and have now won prestigious degree apprenticeships. Charlie says: “I have made so many friends over the years here at Caterham.” He had considered a degree in either psychology or business studies at university – “but our Head of Careers, Mrs Brown, suggested I looked at degree apprenticeships, and I am delighted to have been offered one by EY within their financial services division; I will also qualify with a degree in Business Management.” Alice will complete a 4-year programme with BP, also leading to a degree in Business Management. She won one of just three places within BP as a trainee HR Manager. There were 3,000 applicants, and she will now be BP’s youngest employee!

CHEMICAL REACTION!

CARPE DIEM, ROWENA!

EMILY has reacted with glee to the terrific news that she has won a place to read Chemistry at Oxford University (Somerville College). She says: “The Science Department here at Caterham is amazing. I had considered studying medicine, but chemistry has been so well taught here that I ended up loving it and wanting to study it further.” Emily has an entrepreneurial streak and is interested in building from her degree into a career within pharmaceuticals, perhaps setting up her own business. Emily achieved a fantastic set of results with 4A*s in Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Spanish.

Many congratulations to ROWENA, who achieved straight A*s in Latin, Biology and Geography. She has won a place at Cambridge University (Gonville & Caius) to read Classics. “I wanted to study Classics at university from the start of my time at Caterham,” says Rowena. “The Classics Department could not have prepared me better for the Oxbridge exams and interviews – they are amazing! I am going to miss everyone at Caterham, especially all the smiles!”

ACADEMIC RESULTS OTHER TOP ACHIEVERS NURSING DUO ANNABEL and ALEX have both selected to complete a degree in Nursing, at Nottingham University and Birmingham respectively. Annabel, who completed A Levels in Business, Drama and Psychology, says: “I was in hospital when I was very young and so I always wanted to put something back.” Alex, who studied Philosophy & Theology, English Literature and Psychology at A Level, is now looking to enter her chosen profession with the same verve and enthusiasm with which she approached school life at Caterham.

A LEVEL EXAMINATION RESULTS 2019

AN HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT! GEORGIA is one of Caterham’s lacrosse stars and is about to complete trials for the Under-23 England squad. She is now off to Exeter University to read History, having achieved an impressive set of grades in English Literature, History and Politics. She has been at Caterham School for a full 15 years, all the way through from our Pre-Prep – “I’ve had the best time!” she says.

Fine Art

3 0 0 0 0 100 100 100

Biology

5 15 12 8 4 44.4 71.1 88.9

Business

6 4 5 3 0 55.6 83.3 100

Chemistry

11 10 12 7 4 45.7 71.7 87

0 66.7 100

Economics

7 20 6 2 0 77.1 94.3 100

English Literature

48.5 78.8 100 75 100 100

French

1 5 2 0 0

Geography

8 6 4 0 0 77.8 100 100

German

0 2 0 0 0 100 100 100

Greek

0 3 0 0 0 100 100 100

History

3 9 12 1 0

Latin

5 6 0 0 0 100 100 100

Maths

31 35 8 9 5 74.2 83.1 93.3

Maths Further

Music

0 0 1 0 0

Photography

2 2 0 0 0 100 100 100

48 96 100

86.4 86.4 100 0 100 100

Physics

12 17 8 4 0 70.7 90.2 100

Physical Education

0 1 0 0 0 100 100 100

Politics

5 9 11 2 0 51.9 92.6 100

Psychology

6 9 11 3 0 51.7 89.7 100

Religious Studies

Russian

3 1 0 0 0 100 100 100

Spanish

3 5 8 0 0 47.1 100 100

TOTAL %

3 2 1 0 0 83.3 100 100

Drama & Theatre Studies 0

% Passes D A*– A A*– B A*– C

SUBJECT 3D Design

142 176 119 54 14 27.9 34.6 23.4 10.6 2.8

57.1 78.6 92.9

ACADEMIC RESULTS

Grade 8

The average grade for a Caterhamian is a grade 8 (A*)

GCSE RESULTS PUT CATERHAM PUPILS ON CLOUD NINE GCSE RESULTS A record breaking year at Caterham School has seen well over half of all GCSE grades the top ranking 8 (formerly an A*)and 9 grades and the average grade for a Caterhamian a grade 8 (A*). Almost 80 per cent of results are the 7, 8 and 9 grades (equivalent to A*/A grades) and over a third of all exams taken achieved a grade 9s.

he average grade for English Language and English Literature was an 8, with the most common grade the top 9. The average grade in physics, a popular subject for Caterhamians, is an 8 and in maths the most common grade a 9. Six academic subjects achieved 90 per cent or more grades at the top 9 to 7 including biology, Latin and Greek, art and religious studies. 20 Caterhamians achieved 10 GCSEs graded 9-8/A*s. Mr Ceri Jones, Headmaster, said: “This good news is not simply about numbers, it is about the hours of hard work put in by our young people along with the support of their teachers and parents, and the success and enormous sense of achievement that this has brought them.

“Alongside all their individual academic success is their full involvement in every aspect of school life which has seen them flourish: from sport to drama, music to our partnerships programme and not mention a good deal of the fun they have had alongside friends for life. “They have been a great year group – full of energy and optimism with a fantastic sense of humour and I am looking forward to working with them next year. As our Fifth Form now become the new Sixth Form, we will ensure they maintain a balance between hard work and on developing themselves as individuals, developing their own interests and passions. We will continue to support this superb year group inside and outside of the classroom, and ensure that they become increasingly independent thinkers and learners.”

TRIPLE TRIUMPH

RICH PICKINGS FOR ALEX

Many congratulations to CHARLOTTE, MAISIE and RACHELLE (pictured here, left to right), all of whom have achieved a phenomenal 22 grade ‘9’s between them. This year, twenty of our Fifth Year pupils achieved 10 GCSEs graded 9-8. Fantastic! Maisie, who is a rising star in the English Department, said: “I am so grateful to my English teacher, Dr Gray, who has been so encouraging.”

ALEX achieved a fantastic sweep of 10 grade ‘9’s (plus an A* in Further Maths). Alex is one of four pupils in his year who have achieved 10 Grade ‘9’s – an astonishing achievement.

DOUBLE JOY IN THE BOARDING HOUSE CHRISTIAN (pictured on the right) and PHOENIX (on the left) both love participating in School sport and being part of our boarding community. They have both done brilliantly: Christian achieved a wonderful 9 ‘9’s, an A* (with distinction) in Further Maths and a ‘7’, while Phoenix 4 ‘9’s, 4 ‘8’s and 2 ‘7’s.

ACADEMIC RESULTS

Well over half of all GCSE grades, the top ranking 8 (formerly an A*) and 9 grades

GCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS 2019 SUBJECT

9 8 7 6 5 4

Art

16 11 8 1 0 0

Business Studies

9 – 7

9 – 6

9–5

75 97.2 100 100 46.2 73.1 98.1 98.1

Chinese

7 6 1 0 0 0 92.9 100 100 100

Computer Science (I)

63 85.2 92.6 92.6

3D Design

26.3 68.4 89.5 94.7

Drama

3 1 3 9 3 3

17.4 30.4 69.6 82.6

English Language (I)

82.1 99.3 100 100

English Literature (I)

64.2 84.8 96.7 100

English Second Lang. (I)

French

12 8 10 16 10 3

33.3 50 76.7 93.3

Geography

12 23 26 15 2 0

44.9 78.2 97.4 100

0 0 50 100

German

2 0 2 5 3 0

14.3 28.6 64.3 85.7

Greek

3 3 0 0 0 0

100 100 100 100 47.6 70.7 84.1 93.9

History

13 26 19 11 8 3

Italian

0 2 1 2 2 0 28.6 42.9 71.4 100

Latin

26 13 1 1 0 0

Mathematics (I)

95.1 97.6 100 100

51.6 79.1 94.8 98.0

Maths Further

47.2 80.6 100 100

Music

6 4 0 0 1 1

83.3 83.3 83.3 91.7

Physical Education

4 0 4 4 1 0

28.6 57.1 85.7 92.9

Religious Studies

67.9 91.1 98.2 100

Russian

2 1 0 0 0 0

75 75 75 75

Spanish

9 19 15 15 9 5

38.4 58.9 79.5 91.8

48 53 20 7

1 1

77.7 93.1 98.5 99.2

Chemistry (I)

44.6 71.5 89.2 95.4

Physics (I)

61.5 86.2 93.8 97.7

Science Double (1) (I)

4.3 43.5 65.2 87.0

Science Double (2) (I)

0 26.1 52.2 65.2

Biology

Totals

493 380 344 204 74 33

31.9 24.6 22.2 13.2 4.8 2.1

I = International GCSE

% PASSES 9 – 8

ISI INSPECTION REPORT

We are delighted to share the Independent Schools Inspectorate report following their inspection during the summer term. I am delighted that this inspection reaffirms our position as one of the top co-educational day and boarding schools in England, with the inspectors awarding the highest grading to the academic and other achievements at Caterham School. Ceri Jones, Headmaster

ISI INSPECTION EXCEPTIONAL REPORT The stand out headlines are that ‘the quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent’ and that ‘the quality of the pupils’ personal achievements is excellent.’

hese are the two areas in which judgements are reached and ‘excellent’ is the highest grading that can be achieved. Caterham was recognised as a school where ‘pupils thrive in an environment which is safe and supportive, which promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle, both in physical and emotional terms.’ The Inspectors also found that the school is compliant in every aspect of all the regulatory requirements as they apply to independent schools and to the Early Years Foundation Stage.

The full report captures the fantastic development, progress and achievement of our pupils, it also describes a school we can all be proud of; a school which places ambition, achievement and wellbeing at the heart of pupil experience, a strong and purposeful community which is supportive and nurturing and a school which is fully committed to providing an education for life and ensuring that all pupils achieve, thrive and succeed in their own individual and diverse ways.

ISI INSPECTION REPORT

ISI Inspection report highlights:

Pupils display an excellent attitude to their work and are fully engaged and purposeful in all that they do in school….Pupils demonstrate a very high order of subject knowledge and understanding, working both independently and collaboratively…Strong progress was evident in the work scrutiny of all years and in individual lessons… This outstanding pastoral provision creates a healthy environment in which pupils can develop as individuals and are in a strong position to achieve their best. Pupils thrive in an environment that is very safe and supportive, which promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle, both in physical and emotional terms. Pupils enjoy and benefit hugely from the outstanding co-curricular programme organised by the school, leading to significant achievement, as individuals and as groups. Pupils engage fully and successfully in the life of the school, participating in a range of committees and taking responsibility for their personal development.” Pupils benefit considerably from their excellent relationships with staff. This promotes confidence in the pupils and in turn leads them on to experiment with new ideas without fear of being wrong. They thrive in a climate where the philosophy is that mistakes are an opportunity to learn. The quality of their creative and aesthetic work is outstanding, as heard in the very high level of musicianship in rehearsals, and seen in the variety of accomplished artwork on display through the school. The creativity of the pupils is supported by the excellent facilities and resources provided by the leadership and management of the school. Pupils’ use of technology in their learning is widespread and effective, reflecting the school’s investment in new learning. Pupils display a high level of commitment and achievement in their sport…The high level of pupils’ achievement is evident. There are 17 competitive sports on offer and a large majority of pupils have represented the school in this way. There are notable successes at both individual and team level. Pupils demonstrate study skills of a very high order and are very confident in their work. They display strong evidence of independent learning, seen in the range of research projects undertaken pupils of all ages. Pupils achieve considerable success in a wide range of activities and benefit significantly from the remarkably strong co-curricular programme… The excellent quality of the activities is seen across the school. Pupils have a strong moral code and accept that their behaviour will affect others….In all this they are guided effectively by the outstanding wellbeing programme in the school which has become an inherent part of the ethos. Strong collaboration can be seen in the house system and in the manner in which pupils view the school as one inclusive community, again promoted by the wellbeing programme.

Pupils know the value of leading healthy lives and appreciate fully the importance of having robust physical and emotional health.

PUPILS ON THE MOVE

UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS AND COURSES 2019

ur focus is to support our young people to the courses and university about which they are passionate and which best support and enable their ambitions. In 2019, 99 per cent of pupils gained a place at their university of choice with the remaining pupils choosing to progress to a work based apprenticeship or take a gap year before completing their studies. The choices of our 2019 leavers reflect the breadth of interests and diversity across this talented cohort of young people. Places were successfully secured on courses across a wide range of subjects including

medicine, maths, engineering and modern languages and philosophy, politics and ethics. Of note this year are the six offers received from Imperial College London to read mathematics, medicine and physics and two from the London School of Economics to read History and International Relations. Increasingly popular and competitive are degree apprenticeships with global firms. Two Caterham Upper Sixth Form leavers secured places on courses with EY and BP, competing against thousands of global applicants

Aberystwyth 1

English

Physics

Medicine

Architectural Association

Cambridge 5

Architecture Arts University of Bournemouth

Economics and Management

Art

Classics Geography

Bath 8

Economics

Mechanical Engineering

Land Economy

Psychology

Modern and Medieval Languages

Accountancy and Finance

Cardiff 1

Economics and Politics

Biological Science

Management and Marketing

City 1

Economics

Birmingham 7

Degree Apprenticeship

Theology and Religion

Biological Science

English

Durham 8

Russian Studies and International Relations

English Literature

International Business

English Literature and Philosophy

Nursing

Modern Languages

Bournemouth 1

Natural Sciences

Product Design

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Brighton 1

Classics

Business Management

International Relations

Bristol 4

Earth Sciences

Physics with Industrial Experience

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99% of Sixth Formers gained university places of choice

Edinburgh 5

Leeds 3

International Business and Spanish

Business Management

Ancient History

Automotive Engineering

Economic History

Business Economics

Linguistics

London School of Economics

Spanish and Business

History

Exeter 9

International Relations

Economics and Finance

Loughborough 4

Natural Sciences

Product Design and Technology

History and International Relations

Media and Communication

Law

International Relations

Drama

Politics and International Relations

History

Manchester 2

Geography

Biomedical Sciences

Politics and International Relations

Materials Science and Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Economics

Mathematics

Paediatric Nursing

Medicine

Economics and Finance

Physics

Architecture

Kent 1

Psychology

English and Sociology

Politics and International Relations

Kings College London

Mechanical Engineering Nottingham 9

Agriculture Imperial College

Newcastle 2 Environmental Science

Musical Theatre Harper Adams

Medicine

Chemical Engineering Guildford School of Acting (Foundation)

Navarra University, Spain

Finance, Accountancy and Management

Medicine

Accountancy and Finance

Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Nottingham Trent

Psychology

Physics

Economics

Oxford 6

Lancaster 2

Classics

Law

Engineering

Linguistics with Spanish and Films

Chemistry

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Ancient and Modern History

University College London

Experimental Psychology

Economics and Finance

Physics

Civil Engineering

Oxford Brookes

Economics

Business Management

Project Management for Construction

Real Estate

Psychology

Pearsons Business College

Business Management Queen Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University of London

University of London

Economics 1

Law Royal Holloway

Law University of the Arts London

Photography

Drama and Theatre Studies

Fashion Marketing

Southampton 1

Warwick 12

Psychology

Classics

Strathclyde 1

French and Economics

Electronic and Electronical Engineering

Mathematics, Operational Research

Surrey 3

History

Business and Human Resource Management

Mathematics with Physics

Psychology

Economics and Industrial Organisation

Bio Veterinary Science

Mechanical Engineering

Sussex 3

Management

International Development

Mathematics

Neuroscience with Cognitive Science

York 3

Psychology with Education

History

Swansea 1

Biology

Computer Science

PUPILS ON THE MOVE

OXBRIDGE PLACES SECURED Very well done to the 15 Caterhamians who received offers from Oxford or Cambridge University who, following completion of their Sixth Form studies, will join the 50+ Old Caterhamians currently studying at Oxbridge.

he offers received from both Cambridge and Oxford University span a wide range of subjects including sciences, languages, humanities and engineering. The Classics department celebrated a 100 per cent success rate with all five Oxbridge applicants receiving an offer. Ceri Jones, Headmaster, said: “This is a huge achievement in a very competitive field. We are incredibly proud of our pupils for this superb set of offers. What is important to all of us here is that these offers have been achieved alongside a full school life of sport, music, drama and many other activities.

Congratulations also must go to our teachers and parents who have supported our young people through this process. “We always prioritise supporting our pupils to take the path that is right for them as they progress on from the School, whatever that be. We are proud of our record of securing Oxbridge offers, but it is just one measure of success. It does, however, say something important about the academic ambition and experience of the school which benefits all pupils whatever their own particular journey may turn out to be.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Ashleigh Engineering Rowena

Classics

Cambridge

Anna Geography Emily

Chemistry

Cambridge Oxford

Jimmy Economics

Cambridge

Anton

Land Economy

Cambridge

Krystal

Chemistry

Oxford

Holly Classics

Oxford

Sophia

Oxford

Ancient & Modern History

Ellie Classics

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Oxford

Chloe

Classics

Samuel

Experimental Psychology

Oxford Cambridge Oxford

Isobel Linguistics

Cambridge

Pippa

French & German

Cambridge

Mandy

Physics

Oxford

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CATERHAM SCHOOL SOCIETY THE BEST OF THE BEST High on ambition, low on stress and big on innovation - and fun! Caterham School was named as ‘best of the best’ for STEM in The Week magazine’s highly acclaimed annual guide to the leading independent senior schools.

atler’s Good Schools Guide also featured Caterham School with a glowing report and a particularly super quote from one parent: “high on ambition, low on stress and big on innovation – and fun!’ Thank you to everyone in our school community – your support is key to our success and we should all be proud of these glowing reports!

CSS ENTREPRENEURS INSIGHT EVENING AT UBS Experienced and aspiring entrepreneurs and investors from across the Caterham School community gathered at UBS’ London headquarters for a special networking evening, sponsored by the Old Caterhamians’ Association. UBS Economist Dean Turner

and the highs and lows. The room

opened the evening with an

was buzzing through the sessions

insightful speech to an audience

and the open networking which

keen to hear predictions on the

followed.

impact of Brexit and current

The CSS Insight evening was

global activity. Our panel of expert

arranged especially to benefit the

investors and entrepreneurs then

entire community, from Sixth Form

shared their wealth of experience with the audience of parents, Old Cats and Sixth

pupils and senior/prep parents to alumni and former parents.

Form pupils. Amongst the panel of experts were

Huge thanks to parent Mr Paul Rix for his support

Steve Castle, ABC Investors, social entrepreneur

of this event, to our superb panel of experts and to

Camilla Bowry, Investor Paul Rix, OCA President

UBS for hosting us, also to the OCA for their support

Clive Furness and founder of Contago Markets,

and sponsorship.

founding partner of Reins Ltd Stephen May OC,

This event was part of a programme of Caterham

founder of Monty’s Bakehouse Matt Crane and

School Society Insight Evenings which support and

digital start up success Clare Wright. The audience

bring together all members (current and former

rotated around the room to hear, in turn, from each

parents, alumni and pupils) across a range of

expert and quizzing them on what inspired them

professions and industries.

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RUGBY PROFESSIONAL

CONGRATULATIONS JUDE Congratulations to Jude Williams who has signed a professional contract with Wasps RFC.

ecoming part of the Wasps Senior Academy rounds off an incredible 12 months for Jude. Having been released by Harlequins, a professional rugby career looked out of reach but following an exceptional start to the season playing at full back for the Caterham 1st XV, his scintillating form caught the eye of Wasps. He was soon invited into their U18 fold with trips up and down to Coventry becoming more and more regular and he continued to

impress them more and more. Those in high places had noticed that things were going so well for him at Wasps and at the end of the season Jude was asked to join an England U18 training squad. When the squad was whittled down, Jude was still there and he ended up representing his country in the U18 Six Nations scoring superb tries against Ireland and France. What a year! Well done Jude. All of your achievements are reward for the hard work and dedication that you have shown.

Insight Evening:

RESILIENCE AND SUCCESS

eading lights from UK elite sport, including former pupils, shared their wisdom and tips for resilience and success with pupils, parents, Old Caterhamians and the whole school community at our OCA-sponsored Caterham School Society Insight Evening. A huge thanks to Crystal Palace FC for hosting our evening and to our amazing panel: Ama Agbeze England Netball Captain Hollie Pearne-Webb, MBE GB/England Hockey Captain Rosie Clarke Team GB Steeplechase & Old Caterhamian Charlie Robertson Motor racing – LeMans 2018 & Old Caterhamian James Benning Former Surrey Cricket & Old Caterhamian Calum Giles Oly Double Olympic Hockey player Alex Bennett Former Saracens and England A Jeremy Snape Keynote speaker, Sports Psychologist, Sporting Edge

‘Inspirational!’ ‘open & honest!’ ‘amazing!’ were just some of the comments from those who attended. Leading sports psychologist Jeremy Snape started the evening with a look at how top achievers take positive steps to achieve their dream targets and how they cope with the inevitable hurdles they encounter. Jeremy gave invaluable advice on how to embrace the lessons gained through setbacks and how to recalibrate to ensure a successful onward path. Our audience then spent 10 minutes in conversation with each of our elite athletes sharing the inside track on their career highlights and tips for success. Thanks to the Old Caterhamians’ Association for sponsoring this event – thanks too to our amazing audience. “Inspirational!”, “open & honest!”, “amazing” were just some of the comments from those who attended. Caterham School Society Insight Evenings happen every term with each event focussing on a different profession or aspect of professional life. Recent Insight Evenings have focused on entrepreneurship (event hosted by UBS at their London headquarters) and cell therapy research (hosted by Guys Hospital).

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OC LECTURE: FAKE NEWS AND CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA

OLD CATS’ SPORT AFTER A WONDERFUL REMEMBRANCE SERVICE, THE CURRENT 1ST XII AND FORMER #LAXCATS TOOK TO THE PITCH FOR THE ANNUAL OLD CATS’ LACROSSE MATCH.

very competitive match throughout, however the trophy returned to the current school girls with a final score of 8-5. Thank you again to all the current, and former pupils and parents who made it another successful Old Cats Day! Already looking forward to next year! A tremendous day was had by all on Sunday with two fiercely competitive matches of Rugby for Old Cats on Remembrance Day. The matches were played in tremendous Rugby spirit with all players showing passion, respect and ultimately enjoyment as they squared off for winter bragging rights with the 1st XV and Old Cats taking the honours in their respective games. Both the Recent Leavers and Presidents XV showed the spirit of Rugby is well and truly thriving at Caterham. I can’t thank everyone involved enough for making it such a memorable occasion. Special mention to the 1st and 2nd XV Players involved who backed up from the tough fixtures the day before at Sutton Valence.

One of the driving forces behind the expose of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal, Stephen Colegrave OC returned to his old school to provide a fascinating insight into one of the biggest stories of the year.

n a fascinating lecture Stephen explain the current climate of fake news and the decline of investigative journalism – noting that most well-known super hero stories usually feature an investigative hack aiding the fight against evil! Stephen is co-founder of Byline.com which supports investigative journalists in addition to promoting the career and running a festival each August in the Ashdown Forest. In 2018 the Festival was supported by John Cleese and Alexei Sayle and band Pussy Riot. With the Cambridge Analytica story still playing out on both sides of the Atlantic, we will continue to watch with interest and greater insight following Friday’s lecture.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE – ST GEORGE’S CHAPEL We are delighted to announce that a plaque commemorating the Old Cats who fell on the Western Front in the Great war is now in situ in St George’s Chapel, Ypres. Caterham is one of the final schools to be able to give this recognition to our fallen due to limited space in the chapel.

This was the first Caterham School Society Bonarjee Lecture, held in memory of notable former pupil and benefactor Stephen Bonarjee who created Radio 4’s Today programme, ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ during his time as the ‘father of modern radio’ at the BBC. The Bonarjee Lecture will be held each autumn concentrating on the topics free speech and democracy.

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PA QUIZ NIGHT

THANK YOU

On Saturday 16 March 98 parents and staff enjoyed an evening of mindstretching questions with music and picture challenges at the PA quiz night.

he evening was hosted with enthusiasm and energy by Stuart Terrell with 11 teams attempting to win the coveted first-place trophies and prosecco. After several challenging rounds and a delicious supper of fish, chicken or veggie burger & chips and a game of heads and tails (with the last person standing winning a bottle of bubbly), the scores were in.

The winners and losers were presenting their prizes. Even the losing team got an honourable mention and were presented with certificates, medals and wooden spoons. THE EVENING RAISED OVER £1,700 FOR THE PA’S CHOSEN CHARITIES.

CSS Insight Evening:

LEGAL DRAMAS V REALITY MAY 2018

The Law Society provided a handsome venue as Sixth Formers, Old Cats and parents networked at the CSS Insight Evening, focussing this time on the reality of working in law versus on-screen legal dramas. It was a hugely enjoyable, valuable and fun evening for all who attended.

aterham parent Suzanne Kelly detailed how the production team on the BBC 1 Drama The Split shadowed her as they researched their first series. Suzanne revealed how many aspects then made it through to the final series – including her breakfast choice and a light sabre battle which began in her own garden! Our expert panel of high flying legal brains then hosted tables

around which the Sixth Form, Old Cats and parents networked in ‘café style’, rotating each 10 to 15 minutes. Golden nuggets of career and professional life advice were gleaned and many contacts made. Alas, filming for the second series of the BBC series The Split overran on the day, which significantly delayed our star Old Cat Chuk Iwuji (who stars as Alex ’Zander’ Hale). A new date with Chuk will be announced in due course.

Our termly CSS Insight evenings have been a big hit with the Caterham community. We’re looking forward to next year’s programme, which will begin in September with a panel of Entrepreneurs and Investors. Huge thanks to our panel, and to all those parents (current and former) and Old Cats who have so generously given their time. Thanks also to the Old Caterhamians’ Association for their sponsorship.

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Come and Sing

JAZZ CONCERT SUCCESS JUNE 2018 THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AND CATERHAM SCHOOL SOCIETY HELD THEIR FIRST COME AND SING CONCERT AT THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AND HAVE RECEIVED MUCH PRAISE FROM SINGERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS ALIKE.

ollowing only five sessions, the choir comprising parents, old Caterhamians, staff and pupils learnt an enjoyable selection of Jazz standards that included: It Don’t Mean A Thing, Mack The Knife, Over The Rainbow and Moon River, and made an impressive sound! Other singers came from local choirs and were supported by Barisons Singers, a community choir from Epsom. The concert also featured pupils from the String

Ensemble who accompanied some of the songs as well as performing their own piece, Fly Me To The Moon. The concert was also supported by a fantastic trio featuring Mr Hall (piano) and two VMTs; Mr White (bass) and Mr Briggs (drums). The event also raised money for The Royal Marsden. The whole project has raised over £900 for charity. A resounding success for one and all!

FIRST-HAND HISTORY LESSON FOR THIRD YEARS

n Friday 17 May, the history of Caterham School was brought to life as OCs from 1943 through to 1975 shared their school experiences with Third Year pupils at the OCA’s Over 60’s Summer Reunion. Over afternoon tea, pupils heard stories about the OCs’ former teachers, lessons, pranks and daily life (especially in the boarding houses) and enjoyed looking at the memorabilia brought in. The event was a chance for the current pupils to provide the visitors with an insight into the changes and continuities of academic and co-curricular life at Caterham now. This was the first time this reunion had been held on the School grounds and it certainly evoked lots of memories for the OCs and provided a chance for current pupils to find out first-hand about the history and traditions of the School.

Caterham Lecture –

from Caterham to the White House US and Middle East politics expert, and Old Caterhamian, Geoffrey Kemp returned to school to give a fascinating Spring Term CSS Lecture entitled ‘From Caterham to the White House.’

eoffrey Kemp served as Special Advisor for the Middle East at the White House during the

Reagan administration and is now an acclaimed writer and academic, residing in Washington DC. The packed audience were gripped by Geoffrey’s fascinating insight into the major issues in US politics and society, including infrastructure degeneration and the thorny issue of health care. Mr Kemp also outlined the domestic and international view on the Trump presidency before casting an eye forward to the 2020 elections. The Q&A session which followed brought forth so many fascinating questions and responses that the evening could have extended through the night.

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A wonderful community atmosphere and a first class fireworks display were enjoyed by many from Caterham School community. The pyrotechnics spectacle opened to ‘The Greatest Show’ and ended with a poignant and beautifully choreographed display to Elgar’s Nimrod – a wonderful way to hand over to Sunday’s Remembrance activities. A huge thank you to the Parents’ Association who did a fantastic job on the gates, bar, sweet and glow stalls and to the maintenance and caretaking teams – a true community effort. The wood fired pizzas, gourmet bbq and churros were a huge help in making sure the rain didn’t dampen spirits. Three roaring fires from thefirepitcompany.co.uk were stunning and added welcome warmth. Kat the Fire Goddess fought the somewhat dominant rain gods – but triumphed with a breathtaking show. We can’t wait until next year!

STAFF MATCH: CATERHAM V TRINITY On Friday 5 July, Caterham staff hosted Trinity staff on Home Field in a Twenty20 cricket match.

fter winning the toss, Trinity elected to bowl. Caterham immediately got to work and hit several lusty blows. Our staff set a challenging 188 for 4 off their 20 overs. Trinity’s reply got off to a flier but some disciplined bowling in the middle overs meant they needed 13 off the last 6 balls. The game went to the wire and it was Caterham staff who ended up victorious by 5 runs. The game was played in superb spirit and a great way to celebrate the end of the academic year.

HOUSE REPORTS 2018-19 Caterham School’s Heads of House report on the year’s events....

VINEY HOUSE 2018-19

VINEY MR NICK MILLS It’s been another enormously busy, successful and enjoyable year for the boys of Viney.

he House competition as always provided some of the highlights of the year, as the boys came within a point of winning the Stephen Smith Cup. In addition to the boys’ traditional areas of strength in badminton and chess, it was great to see them excelling in competitions like debating and swimming, while the most impressive team performance of the year came in the House cross-country where all of those who competed showed enormous commitment to secure first place overall. Of course for the boarders there is much more to their House experience than just the

Inter-House competition and life in Viney has been very busy over the past twelve months. The boys have enjoyed a huge range of trips and social activities, ranging from football matches at Wembley to more physical activities like ice skating and the annual paintballing trip. The trip to the all-you-can-eat buffet remains as popular as ever and we also ran a fantastic new trip to the Shocktober Fest at Tulley’s Farm. The prefect team, led by Head of House Jerry Poon, were excellent in organising In-House social activities and I am very grateful them for their efforts. It is always sad to say goodbye to the departing Upper Sixth boys after their A Level exams.

The boarders live and breathe Caterham School for the years they are with us and when they leave, they are leaving their home as well as their school. Some of the boys have been resident in the boarding house since the Second Year, contributing enormously to the boarding community and the school for the past six years, while others have made a great impact in the two years since joining for the sixth form. The Viney leavers of 2019 were particularly memorable characters made up of outstanding musicians, sportsmen, scientists, artists and economists. Their overall contribution to school life has been outstanding.

HOUSE REPORTS TOWNSEND HOUSE 2018-19

TOWNSEND MR PHIL COMERFORD A warm and heartfelt welcome to all the new Third Year boys who now grace our corridors. These are spaces and faces you will remember for the rest of your life; let’s make every memory more enjoyable and warming than the last.

s every year, we see new characters and qualities added to the house which keep the atmosphere as fresh and exciting as they could ever be, and this year is certainly no different. There is a huge amount of kindness, humour, and academic talent in the new arrivals, so it did not take long to see them settle into the Caterham way. Adjusting to life in a boarding house is always one to take time, but with the spirit that our new housemates showed, it did not take them long to find their feet among newly found brothers. As we say hello to some, we must say goodbye to others, as the departing fourth year make to move to Viney, they take a huge amount of sporting prowess, fun, and camaraderie with them. The next year will see them charge head first into the GCSE’s, the strength and courage shown throughout the fourth year will be bear fruit with an outstanding sets of results next year I’m sure. The house competition never ceases to produce memorable moments for our boys to recount many years into the future. Working together as a team has seen us sail over the finish line with smiles on all faces; for those who put

the shoulder to the wheel and fought hard to win, and for those who stood behind them while shouting support and willing them to take the lead. Just a few examples include: Louis Anslow’s performance in rugby showed no signs of being put under pressure. Lorenzo Federici spending every scrap of breath on getting over the finishing line of cross country among the top of his year group. Enzo Pedersen throwing javelins to challenge the furthest painted lines of the field. Nikita Berezin strategising his team’s way to chess victory. Or William Chang’s calm and calculating leadership of the maths challenge team helping them to become the smallest positive integer. Making life as fun and as interesting around the boarding house includes getting out of it often. This year seen plenty of thrills and spills in some of our trips and activities that see the boys exploring the world outside of the four walls that surround them every day. The thrills of Thorpe park always help the boys get to know each other at the beginning of the year, international football games giving nail-biting moments, as well as exciting visits to the theatre in London. The spills of paintball and

zorb football always produce some laughter, as well as the op-portunity to remind a roommate of borrowed belongings yet to be returned! A huge variety of activities take place quite regularly in-house also which has seen the boys have dodgeball competitions, movie nights in the theatre, team-building with prefects, board games nights, FIFA tournaments just to name a few. These would not take place if it weren’t for the energy and enthusiasm from all of the house team which make this place such a wonderful place to call home. In the light of staff I must mention a farewell to someone who has done many years of service to the boarding house. Mrs Deborah Moore has been unwaveringly dedicated to making the house as strong and cohesive as it ever could be. Her departure will see the ending of an incredible number of years in which her family have been linked to boarding here at Caterham, so it is truly the end of an era. A tough act to follow, but a challenge I am sure will be met by Mr Ed Tyldesley who brings his love of rugby and all things board games; much to the joy of the boys in house. I and all the boys look forward to all the moments of fun and humour he will bring.

HOUSE REPORTS BEECH HANGER HOUSE 2018-19

BEECH HANGER MRS CLAIRE QUINTON September seems like a lifetime ago as I sit here thinking back over the past year and marvel at everything the girls have achieved in and out of the classroom.

hether it was coming first in the Intermediate House Badminton for Beech Hanger or as part of a mixed boarding team win-ning House maths, Art, Debating, Chess and Basketball, every girl has in some way contributed to the success of the House. It has been a joy to see how busy the girls have been in taking full advantage of the rich and diverse co-curricular provision at Caterham, making new friends and broadening their horizons along the way. We have continued to support our girl in Nepal and raised nearly £300 selling ice creams at Junior Sports Day last week. Add to this the enormous success of our sponsored ‘Twelve Bridges’ challenge, when twenty of us set off from Battersea Bridge early one crisp and bright Sunday morning in October and made our way with a combi-nation of walking, jogging and running to

Tower Bridge for a well-earned flapjack and cup of tea! Thanks must go to Miss Gibbs, Mrs Jackson & Mr Bovet-White for accompanying the girls and me and for helping them to get to the finish line with a smile on their faces! Our Saturday evening activity programme went from strength to strength this year and for the first time we ran a hugely successful ‘tie-dye’ event, which attracted over half the house and resulted in the most fantastic t-shirts and pillowcases. Thanks must go to Miss Simpson for com-ing in to the house after a long day out in the cold on lacrosse fixtures to show us how it is done. We will miss her enormously when we return in September and the house will not be the same without her sunny smile and positivity, which she gave us 100% of the time. Our loss is America’s gain as Miss Simpson returns to her home country to pursue her teaching career closer to family and

friends. Academically the girls have continued to strive for the very best in themselves and produced some quite fantastic grades throughout the year. Our Upper Sixth attracted some truly wonderful offers from the top universities in the UK and further afield and I am in no doubt that they will have done themselves proud and will be heading off to the uni-versity of their dreams in September. The prefect team, ably led by Krystal, will be sorely missed next year but their legacy will live on through the girls they leave behind. All that remains is for me to thank all of the staff in Beech Hanger for their unwavering support of the girls and me. The time and effort that they all put into making the house run as smoothly and harmoniously as it does, is down to their belief and love of the girls who live here and we all look forward to welcoming Miss Henry to the team in September.

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UNDERWOOD MRS KATIE KOI

UNDERWHAT? UNDERWOOD! It is a pleasure to look back over the 2018-2019 school year and see success for Underwood in not only our Cup final standings but in total participation for the house.

iss Walters ably led the house in my absence and was supported by the ever enthusiastic student Heads of House, Alice Locket and Alistair

Kellaway. I have long been impressed with how the members of Underwood excel in so many areas of the school. This year was no different, with the house finishing first in a number of sports, debate and spelling! Overall the Senior Girls had the most first place finishes by dominating the tennis, lacrosse and badminton. The Junior Girls collected the most overall points for the house throughout their competitions so it is no surprise that we finished a comfortable third place in the Diane Raine Cup. Underwood improved from last school year in the mixed competition, finishing fifth overall with our Junior Spelling and Junior Debate teams leading the charge. The greatest achievement of the year belongs to our Boys who improved from sixth place overall to fourth place in the Stephen Smith Cup. The Senior football team had one of the best performances of the year followed by the Junior boys badminton team. Table Tennis was an absolute highlight this year, not only because we finished first overall but because it took cooperation between boys, girls and all age groups to put together a successful team. We often refer to Underwood as a family and the success seen in Table Tennis shows that this bond is true! Like any family, we must say goodbye to those that need to move onto the next stage of their lives. A huge thank you to Miss Walters for all of her support of the House and good luck as she becomes the Head of Harestone. This group of Upper Sixth leavers are particularly hard to say goodbye to as they been enthusiastic, talented and passionate during their time in Underwood. Best of luck in the future and remember to wear your Underwood green with pride!

RIDGEFIELD HOUSE 2018-19

Particular highlights include Ellen Tong winning the senior house art competition for the second year running, as well as Ridgefield’s continued dominance in the house rugby competitions.

RIDGEFIELD MISS REBECCA SMITH

The Green Dragons have had another stellar year with their gritty determination, sense of camaraderie and good humour shining through as always! Their pride in upholding the Ridgefield values has been unfaltering.

am delighted the House has experienced lashings of success throughout the year, mainly because it is a just reward for all the effort, passion and commitment shown. Particular highlights include Ellen Tong winning the senior house art competition for the second year running, as well as Ridgefield’s continued dominance in the house rugby competitions. The junior boys have also had a super start to their house careers, beating off fierce opposition to win not only the rugby, but also the hockey, athletics and swimming – bravo! The girls have also had a highly successful year, despite the results not always having gone our way. The Ridgefield girls have been out in force, with smiles on faces, having a wonderful time; exactly what the house competition is all about! And lastly I would like to thank the outgoing student Heads of House Mary and Tyler, and all the Upper Sixth leavers, for all they have done for the house. They have led by example always, and will be sorely missed. However, once in Ridgefield, always in Ridgefield! Here’s to next year team Ridgers!

HOUSE REPORTS HARESTONE HOUSE 2018-19

HARESTONE MISS JEN SIMPSON

HARESTONE!!! What a year it has been…three jammed packed terms full of House events, two Heads of Houses, and one ultimate goal…be the best house possible!

ince joining the house in January, I have been so impressed with the dedication, commitment and intense house spirit in Harestone! After taking over from the wonderful Miss Goddard, some specific highlights include - the incredible House Drama victory with a hilarious story about AD (our fearless leader) love of trainers, winning Intermediate House lacrosse on the coldest and wettest day of the year up at the Hill Pitches, and finally the incredible 3rd place finish in House Music! A huge thanks to AD and Miranda, the student Heads of House, who supported Miss Goddard and me from the start. Your enthusiasm and leadership has been key to the house success. Whether it was organising teams, stepping up to fill a team for a number of house events or

It has been my absolute pleasure being Head of Harestone the past two terms - the only down side is that it has been too short! .... such an enthusiastic and talented House ...

attending Junior and Inter events and cheering loudly on the side lines. You will be hugely missed next year! Best of luck to Laurie and Kirsty, our new student Heads of House, you have some BIG shoes to fill but I know you will be absolutely brilliant! It has been my absolute pleasure being Head of Harestone the past two terms - the only down side is that it has been too short! I am so thankful for the time I have had to be a part of such an enthusiastic and talented House - I know that there are big things for Harestone coming in the future! Best of luck to all of our leavers as they go on to pursue greater and better things. Just remember what being a part of Harestone has taught you… the most important lesson being always BLEED BLUE! Good luck next year!

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ALDERCOMBE MR ROBERT MUGRIDGE

Passion, teamwork, community, determined, supportive, effort, united

hese were the responses from the House when asked what it means to be in Aldercombe. For me, it is clear, that these qualities flow through all those that wear red. Every year I am truly blown aware by the House spirit, sheer determination and willingness to partake in the wide variety of House events. No matter the event (or weather in some cases) our pupils put in a performance that do the House proud. In terms of success, the girls continue to lead the way. The incredible range of events over the course of the year has allowed some notable victories for the reds. It was the junior girls that were all conquering this year with victories in badminton, netball, lacrosse, tennis and athletics – the

future looks bright! The senior girls were crowned champions in netball and athletics whilst the inter girls took the ‘W’ in netball. Throughout the year all the girls supported one another and teamwork no matter the event or results was evident to see. The result of all these great placings and super teamwork meant that our girls defended their Daine Raine Cup successfully. For our boys, we have continued to grow in strength this year. The positive strides we have made in recent years has continued and successes are close to happening. The mantra they have self-adopted of ‘we will take 4th’ is now more realistic then ever! In terms of victories, there was one it was the inter boys that claimed the cricket cup. Well done lads!

Nevertheless, although successes have not been that common, enjoyment was always had by those wearing red. If results were down to passion and enjoyment in representing the House, I am sure we would have come close to winning most of them! I and the rest of Aldercombe would like to thank all the Upper Sixth leavers for everything they have done for the House over the years and wish them every success in the future as they depart Caterham. I personally would like to say a special thank you to Roberta and Grant who lead the House with passion and enthusiasm throughout the year. You have both demonstrated a great deal of positive energy in your roles as pupil head of House, which I am sure has had an impact on the younger years and their performances. I also would like to thank Mr Richard Evans, the deputy head of House who fills his role with good humour and a love of quizzes! I am already relishing the chance to notch up some more victories next year and hope we improve on our already impressive participation numbers!

LEWISHAM MR DARYL TODD

Lewisham boys win fourth successful title (just!)

s ever, I have been so impressed with the goodwill of Lewisham students. As a House, there is no compulsion to participate. Instead, we rely on the energy, skill and willingness of our excellent girls and boys. After a slow and lack-lustre start to House competitions, our girls produced an impressive turnabout, beginning with an incredible clean sweep of wins at all age groups in House Swimming. This was followed later in the year with great success in both Junior Rounders and Senior Girls Cross Country. I’m happy to say this has reignited team spirit and participation, which had waned a little in recent years. Amazingly, the boys managed to retain the Stephen Smith Trophy for the fourth successive year. An outstanding achievement. We were fortunate to win the boys competition by just one point! (The closest winning margin on record). Our main rivals, the

Boarders, won more events, but it was our consistency over the year which pulled us through (plus our dominance on the Hockey field!). It will be interesting to see if we have the hunger to strive for success next year. We have relied rather too heavily on Mr Owen’s tutor group to secure the big scores, and encouraging the younger boys to participate is becoming ever more challenging. Nevertheless, I am so grateful to our die-hard super-students from all year groups, who commit to so many House events. Special thanks go to Heads of House, Emily Buchanan and Cameron Swayne who have always shown strength and character, often in the face of adversity. Thank you so much.

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Teams were always complete and smiles were always in evidence.

NEWINGTON MR NEIL PARKER The year 2018-2019 was a milestone for Newington House. Our Upper Sixth were the first cohort to have only been in Newington for their whole time at the Senior School, rather than having transferred from elsewhere when it was created.

think we can finally throw off the mantle of being the “new” house. The year was not our most successful in terms of the Girls’ and Boys’ competitions. Our only victory for the girls was the inter athletics and even then we had to share that honour with Ridgefield. Yet I was always delighted that we were able to put out a full team and all competitions were entered into with a sense of fun. Pippa Lloyd was a magnificent Head of House and led and organised the teams brilliantly. The boys did not fare much better in terms of victories, although our juniors did win the house cross country and junior cricket (the latter for the second time in a row). However, as with the girls, teams were always complete and smiles were always in evidence. Will Buxton was fantastic in cajoling and encouraging the house to take part. His motto was “I just won’t accept no”! It was the Jim Seymour Mixed Trophy where, we came tantalisingly close to some silverware. Winning the quiz and drama

improv competitions and coming in second or third in several others, put us second. The boarders, alas, were just too strong over the year and we lost out to them in the final count. Never mind. It was all great fun and I want to thank our leavers for all they have done to

embed the house spirit and make Newington what it is. Matt Wilmott and Mai Wallace have already made a great impact on the house as Will and Pippa’s successors and maybe, just maybe, this will be our year!

HEADER

HOUSE EVENTS Senior & Junior Maths Challenges On Monday 8 October, we held the Senior and Junior House Maths Challenges. It was a great opportunity for all the pupils who are passionate about maths to compete and engage with difficult and challenging questions.

ach House had a team of four and the competition was split into three rounds. The first round was a group round where ten questions (each one worth six marks) were given to the teams for 25 minutes. The strategies that the Houses followed were different; some of them decided to work individually, some of them in groups. The second round, and the most exciting one, was a cross-number, which is a puzzle similar to a crossword in structure, but with entries which consist of numbers rather than words, and clues being mathematical problems. The final round was a shuttle round were the teams are split into pairs and each pair needs the answer from the other pair to attempt their question. In the Senior competition by the end of the first round Boarders had a comfortable lead followed by Ridgefield. In the second round a lot of Houses stepped up and despite the fact that the Boarders were way ahead, three Houses (Lewisham, Ridgefield and Newington) were separated by only two marks in pursuit of second place! Also, the other three Houses (Aldercombe, Harestone and Underwood) were tied for positions 5-7. In the last round the Boarders and Ridgefield performed superbly getting the first two places!

The final Senior Standings were: 1st

Boarders

110 points

2nd

Ridgefield

65 points

3rd

Lewisham

62 points

4th

Newington

54 points

5th

Underwood

49 points

Joint 6th

Aldercome

43 points

Joint 6th

Harestone

43 points

In the Junior competition Aldercombe with a superb performance in the first two rounds was in the lead with 60 points and Underwood (47), Newington and Lewisham (41) were in pursuit of the first place. The shuttle round was very exciting and despite a superb performance by Underwood and Lewisham, Aldercombe managed to get first place. The final Junior Standings were: 1st

Aldercombe

69 points

2nd

Underwood

63 points

Joint 3rd

Lewisham

56 points

Joint 3rd

Newington

56 points

5th Harestone

Harestone 43 points

41 points

Caterham School and in particular the Maths Department would like to congratulate all the pupils involved in the House Maths Challenge. They were brilliant and super excited with the event! MICHAIL DIMAKOS

HOUSE EVENTS

HOUSE ART ON THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER WE CELEBRATED THE ARTISTIC SUBMISSIONS FOR THE HOUSE ART COMPETITION FOR 2018.

he pupils had been asked to respond, without teacher support, to the theme of ‘escape’. There was a wide range of media explored and highly varied and imaginative creations. In each of the categories there was a chance for 21 pupils’ work to be

INTERMEDIATE MATHS HOUSE CHALLENGE Congratulations to all 28 participants (7 teams of 4) in the second ever Intermediate House Maths Challenge. The boarders took an early lead in the group round. Newington won the cross number round (where opposite pairs do either the across or down clues, and no communication between pairs is allowed). In the shuttle round (where answers are passed from one pair to the other and needed to unlock the next question), Newington and Boarders tied. In the end, the boarders’ early lead proved unassailable, but congratulations to all houses for submitting full teams and to all the participants for their enthusiasm and focus. Thanks also to all the Sixth Formers and staff who helped run the event. Analysis of results and trends suggest that next year, Newington is the favourite to win…..” 1st

Boarders

124

2nd Newington 105 3rd

Lewisham

4th

Underwood

5th

Ridgefield

6th

Harestone

7th

Aldercombe

selected to win points for their house. The House that won the juniors category was Aldercombe, the Boarders won the Inters category and Ridgefield won the Seniors. Individual overall winners were Amali in the Juniors, Alice in the Inters and Ellen in the Seniors. There was an excellent turn out of pupils eager to see who had won and to view the artworks.

HOUSE Cross Country Annual Run

The annual House Cross Country run was hotly contested on Wednesday 27 March with the boys and girls across all houses putting their best foot forward. For the girls, it was in every sense a close run competition. Overall, Aldercombe girls took the top spot but were just 0.7 ahead of Lewisham and Underwood, who were equal second. For the boys, the clear overall winners were the Boarders with the combined forces of Viney and Townsend 12.5 points ahead of Lewisham in second place. Well done to everyone for a fantastic event.

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Results of the HOUSE EVENTS 2018-2019 GIRLS

BOYS

MIXED EVENTS

Junior Badminton

Aldercombe

Junior Rugby

Ridgefield

Junior Chess

Ridgefield

Inter Badminton

Boarders

Inter Rugby

Boarders

Inter Chess

Boarders

Senior Badminton

Underwood

Senior Rugby

Ridgefield

Senior Chess

Boarders

Junior Swimming

Lewisham

Junior Hockey

Ridgefield

Table-Tennis

Underwood

Inter Swimming

Lewisham

Inter Hockey

Lewisham

Junior Maths Challenge

Aldercombe

Senior Swimming

Lewisham

Senior Hockey

Lewisham

Inter Maths Challenge

Boarders

Junior Netball

Aldercombe

Junior Badminton

Underwood

Senior Maths Challenge

Boarders

Inter Netball

Aldercombe

Inter Badminton

Lewisham

Quiz

Newington

Senior Netball

Aldercombe

Senior Badminton

Boarders

Junior Verse and Prose

Junior Lacrosse

Aldercombe

Junior Swimming

Ridgefield

Inter Public Speaking

Inter Lacrosse

Harestone

Inter Swimming

Ridgefield

Senior Debating

Senior Lacrosse

Underwood

Senior Swimming

Boarders

Art Junior Winner

Junior Cross-country

Aldercombe

Junior Cross-country

Newington

Inter Winner

Boarders – Alice Feng

Inter Cross-country

Harestone

Inter Cross-country

Boarders

Senior Winner

Ridgefield – Ellen Tong

Senior Cross-country

Lewisham

Senior Cross-country

Boarders

Junior Art

Aldercombe

Junior Tennis

Aldercombe

Junior Cricket

Newington

Inter Art

Boarders

Inter Tennis

Underwood

Inter Cricket

Aldercombe

Senior Art

Ridgefield

Senior Tennis

Underwood

Junior Athletics

Ridgefield

Art Overall

Ridgefield &

Junior Rounders

Lewisham

Inter Athletics

Boarders

Inter Rounders

Ridgefield

Senior Athletics

Boarders

Drama

Harestone

Senior Rounders

Underwood

Senior Football

Drama Improv

Newington

Junior Athletics

Aldercombe

Basketball

Boarders

Inter Athletics

Newington &

Junior Spelling Bee

Underwood

Ridgefield

Inter Spelling Bee

Newington

Senior Athletics

Underwood

Underwood Boarders Boarders Harestone – Amali Carter

Aldercombe

When the annual competitions were concluded at the end of the Spring Term 2019 (therefore including the Summer term 2018 events’ results but not the summer 2019 results which are shown above) the House Cup Standings were as follows:

Diane Raine Cup for GIRLS 1st

Aldercombe

2nd Harestone

Stephen Smith Cup for BOYS 245 211

Jim Seymour Mixed Trophy

1st

Lewisham

228

1st

Boarders

200

2nd

Boarders

227

2nd Newington

182

3rd

Underwood

201

3rd

Ridgefield

217

3rd

Lewisham

165

4th

Lewisham

195

4th

Underwood

198

4th

Ridgefield

155

5th

Newington

172

5th

Newington

181

5th

Underwood

154

6th

Ridgefield

170

6th

Harestone

172

6th

Harestone

143

7th

Boarders

138

7th

Aldercome

161

7th

Aldercombe

142

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Getting to know one another

BOARDING

The first weekend of the year held a wide range of activities for our boarders.

n Friday evening the Juniors and Seniors gathered for social gatherings where they learnt more about each other through games organised by our Prefects. Saturday saw trips into London for the new Sixth Formers and the Juniors travelled to Crawley to enjoy an evening of bowling. After a service at Caterham URC on Sunday morning all three boarding houses spent the afternoon in the sun on Beeches Field getting involved in activities which included piggyback races and a blindfold obstacle course. It was brilliant to see new and returning boarders getting to know each other, with a great deal of laughter and encouragement heard throughout the weekend.

BOARDERS

BOARDERS’

Farewell

This year we say goodbye to 50 Upper Sixth Boarders, who recently celebrated their wonderful time living at Caterham School by sharing a meal in the Wilberforce Hall with the boarding staff who have so diligently looked after them day-to-day.

rs Quinton and Mr Mills (Heads of Boarding) gave a moving tribute to each of the boarders after dinner which brought both smiles, laughs and the odd tear of emotion. Pupil Heads of Boarding, Krystal and Jerry, gave a fitting vote of thanks on behalf of the Upper Sixth boarders. These pupils leave after at least two or more years of boarding; in that time they have developed a number of skills as boarders including: self-confidence, welcoming new people, tolerance, negotiating, independence and teamwork. Armed with these

‘soft-skills’ they will be very well placed to shine in life as they move on from living with their Caterham family. They will, however, always be part of the family and we look

forward to welcoming them back for future visits and events. Many thanks to the PA for their help in making the Wilberforce Hall beautiful for this event.

BOARDERS’ ANNUAL FUNDAY

SENIOR BOARDERS’

DINNER DANCE

The Senior Boarders’ Dinner Dance was held on Saturday 8 December. After a splendid dinner in the Refectory and a visit from Santa, approximately 100 boarders danced the night away in the Pye Centre.

IN JUNE THE BOARDERS HUGELY ENJOYED THEIR ANNUAL FUNDAY.

ood weather meant that following a splendid picnic they could pass the afternoon outside taking part in a number of Zorb games, water balloon launch games, volleyball or rounders, hula hooping or testing their skills at giant Jenga. Later, the ice cream van did a roaring trade! Great fun was had by children of all ages!

Wellbeing

NATIONALLY RECOGNISED UK LEADING WELLBEING AWARD Wellbeing and pastoral care at Caterham School has been given the UK’s highest accolade after the School was awarded the National Children’s Bureau backed Wellbeing Award for Schools (WAS).

ollowing a rigorous 16-month-long assessment, which included input from pupils, parents and staff, Caterham’s pioneering approach to Wellbeing was endorsed by the WAS inspector who commented: “Wellbeing is embedded in the curriculum and across the whole school. Pupils and staff have incredibly positive things to say about the climate of the school and how they have been personally supported.” The specialist award recognises the leading whole-school approach at Caterham which promotes mental health and wellbeing across the entire school community. Individuals at every level of the school’s community are proactively involved in supporting Wellbeing: from pupils in Kindergarten up to Sixth Form, to the school’s Trustees, the teaching and support staff and parents. Sarah Griffiths, Caterham’s Deputy Head of Pastoral Care and Wellbeing said: “Taking a whole school approach to wellbeing is the surest way of helping all our pupils to thrive and succeed and I am proud to work at a school

where this is so clearly understood. It is incredibly rewarding to work with so many members of the Caterham community to ensure our pastoral care system is proactive, positive and robust, and for our pioneering work in this area to be acknowledged by a national body.” Caterham’s evaluation for this prestigious award began in October 2017 and culminated in an extensive onsite inspection held this week. To receive the accolade, 60 wellbeing key performance areas were examined, in addition to an assessment of Caterham School’s overall climate. Each and every area of school life was examined with a particular focus on five key areas: Networks – Caterham School’s systems and external partnerships in place to support different types of emotional and mental health needs. Participation – ensuring Caterham School works with the whole school community to support emotional wellbeing and mental health. Positive culture – recognising that at Caterham School emotional wellbeing and mental health is regarded as the responsibility of all. Professional development – that

Caterham school is committed to high-quality, ongoing professional development on emotional wellbeing and mental health. Staff wellbeing – actively promote staff emotional wellbeing and mental health. Ceri Jones, Headmaster said: “I am thrilled that the work we have been doing for the past two years has been recognised in this way. The rigorous and reflective process that the Wellbeing Award for Schools encourages has been enormously helpful in focussing our thinking about positive outcomes for pupils and colleagues and has enabled us to have honest dialogue with the whole school community – and enabled us to plan effectively for the future.” In granting the Wellbeing Award for Schools to Caterham, the inspector noted a number of Caterham initiatives, including regular timetabled ‘wellbeing’ lessons, mental health discussions in form time and assemblies and targeted support (e.g. mindfulness and yoga) linked to specific aspects of school life such as reducing exam stress. Mental Health First Aider training, a full time counsellor available for pupils and that the school is working with other agencies to develop a local mental health hub were aspects of Caterham’s wellbeing programme which were singled out by the inspector.

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BELIEFS WEEK Beliefs week has been a time for contemplation, thankfulness, asking questions, and listening to speakers with experience and knowledge on this topic.

t was brilliant to welcome Old Caterhamian Ashvajit to speak about his journey to Buddhism, while on the following day Dr John Parry, Co-Director of the London Inter-Faith Centre, joined the Fifth Year and Sixth Formers for a seminar on inter-faith relations.

The reflection space in the concourse has been somewhere to ask big

questions, honour someone you miss, make doves of peace, pray for the world and add to the tree of thankfulness. The Chaplaincy team have also led assemblies, wellbeing sessions and a joint Junior & Senior Christian union where pupils and staff alike have been able to explore ideas and concepts that surround belief.

WELLBEING: SUPPORTING PUPILS AND PARENTS A fantastic Wellbeing evening for parents was held on Tuesday 4 June and focussed on helping our children thrive through the transition up to senior school. Breakout sessions were also held on growth mindset, E-safety, study skills, and managing challenge. We received so many encouraging comments (including the below) from attending parents at the event and look forward to hold future such evenings in the future. “I attended last night’s transition evening at the school and found the sessions I attended very useful in light of this discussion – especially the session on building a growth mindset and resilience: some great, practical take-aways.”

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PUPIL SUCCESS Acrobatic Success Fourth year pupil Katie travelled to Burgas in Bulgaria in May to compete in an International Acrobatic competition with her trio partners Caitlin and Erin.

hey were representing Lightning Gymnastics based in Sevenoaks. They achieved gold medals in each of their three performances, one balance routine and two dynamic. Their coach who is from Bulgaria was understandably delighted with their performances which combine beautiful choreography with advanced gymnastics moves.

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at National Youth Theatre One of our youngest pupils, Charlotte, First Year, enjoyed a summer in the spotlight with a role in the National Youth Musical Theatre’s Legend Trippers at the Other Palace.

he Legend Trippers is A brand new musical by Noisemaker – award-winning writing partnership of bookwriter/lyricist Scott Gilmour and composer Claire McKenzie. Charlotte was the youngest child cast with her character the little sister of the lead role. The show receive rave reviews, was sold out with the audience giving standing ovations. Having joined the senior school this week, Charlotte’s looking forward to getting stuck in to drama here. For over 40 years the award-winning National Youth Music Theatre has represented the very best in work with young people in musical theatre, leading Andrew Lloyd Webber to describe it as “the best youth music theatre in the world”.

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OXFORD ACCOLADES: PUPILS SUCCEED IN NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION

MUSIC ACADEMY During the summer holidays I was fortunate enough to spend a week attending the Corps of Army Music Summer Academy, which was held at their headquarters, Kneller Hall in Twickenham. The academy was open to brass, woodwind and percussion players over the age of 15. I was one of 43 students able to spend the week rehearsing and performing alongside the Band and Bugles of the Rifles. The week consisted of a number of musical activities such as Marching Band practice, full band rehearsals and a sectional workshop with a music professor, alongside fieldcraft and evening social activities. At the end of the week we held a concert on the “Rock” which is the bandstand at Kneller Hall. The purpose of the academy was to give an insight into what life as an army musician is like. It was an incredible opportunity to improve my drumming and percussion skills as well as being able to meet and perform with people who share an interest in music from all over the UK.

Two of our Upper Sixth Classicists had news of success in a national history essay competition over the summer. Head Girl Lottie, freshly returned from representing Scotland in the U19 Lacrosse World Championships, and Rhianna, an international CrossFit champion, both entered the prestigious Julia Wood Essay Prize, run by St Hugh’s College, Oxford. Rhianna (who hopes to read Classics at Oxford) and Lottie (Classics and English) produced essays which explored works by Cicero and Sallust and the beginnings of the collapse of the Roman Republic in the first century B.C.. Both girls’ entries were ‘highly commended’ by the judging panel of Oxford dons and they have been invited up to Oxford to meet them later this month.

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‘ABSTRACT RESPONSES TO MOVEMENT’ CHLOE CROSS, A LEVEL ART

NATIONAL GALLERY ART APPRECIATION On 21 November the Lower Sixth art pupils engaged in a day of art appreciation and contextual studies in London.

fter a whistle stop tour of the key eras in art at the National Gallery the pupils were taken through a series of exercises in stretching their personal opinion of artworks at Tate Britain. For example one pupil led a pupil, who had their eyes closed, to stand with their back to an artwork and have it described to them as they wrote down the description. Afterwards they were allowed to turn and look at the work and read about it and note their new

impressions. The pupils also worked in pairs to consider all the questions the artwork might ask them from the banal to the deep – this is a technique to enable pupils be more intuitive about their responses and less concerned about being ‘right or wrong’ about art. The pupils chose works that fitted with their personal direction for their studies and extended their written opinion about the work using the exercises they had practised.

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GCSE ART PUPILS AT TATE BRITAIN

n Thursday 20 Sept the Fifth Year GCSE art pupils visited Tate Britain to complete self-directed contextual studies of artworks which link with their coursework theme of ‘force’. They had the chance to visit the Aftermath exhibition which looked at the impact of First World War on visual art and society. They also caught the unnerving and mesmerising performance artwork by Anthea Hamilton called The Squash. It was a rewarding and challenging day which promises to bear much fruit in the pupils’ own practical outcomes as they digest what they have seen and formulate their own avenues of critical thinking and use of media.

FOURTH YEAR TRIP TO VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

n Monday 24 September the Fourth Year Fashion and Textiles pupils went for a day visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) to stretch their historical and contextual studies connected to their theme ‘armoured details’. The pupils had the opportunity to visit the Fashioned From Nature Exhibition, exploring fashion outcomes from the last 500 years and their impact on the environment. It will be exciting to see the ideas our pupils develop from this rich starting point.

JUNIOR ART SCHOLARS Our Junior Art Scholars responded to the centenary of the end of the First World War by creating their own poppy designs featuring elements related to the conflict. The aim was to use them in banners to be hung in the main entrance of the school leading up to the commemoration weekend on the 10-11 November. Behind the poppy designs are featured all the names of the Caterham fallen. It has made an arresting entrance to the school this week as we ‘Remember’.

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ARTICULATION PRIZE Regional Final SUCCESS At the beginning of February, Georgia, Lower Sixth, took part in, and won, the Kent regional final of the Articulation Prize with an impressive talk on a sequence of digital images by Instagram artist Polly Nor.

eorgia discussed a set of nine digital drawings of a woman confronting a devil, images that explore contemporary issues of mental health, social media and feminism. Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent presentation was praised for her perceptive art historical analysis and the way she used the images to raise important ques-tions relevant to us all. She will now compete at the national final in Cambridge in March, which will be judged by historian and Director of the V&A, Tristam Hunt. Art historian and broadcaster James Fox will also deliver a keynote lecture at this prestigious event. To get to this point, Georgia had already won the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Articulation competition, judged by Dr Gray and Mrs Veldtman, which featured some other excellent talks on subjects including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Michelangelo, Andy Warhol and Jenny Saville. Particularly impressive were runners up Isabella and Millie (both Lower Sixth). Well done to all involved and good luck to Georgia!

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ART WORKSHOPS

he Art Department hosted two art workshops on 7 December for local primary schools. The children were invited to try out sublimation techniques printing their own designs onto bookmarks and ceramic mugs. Children were also taught how to make origami stars ready for the festive season. It was a lovely chance for the art team to share their expertise with younger potential, some of whom were budding artists!

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FORCE OF FAITHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; TALIA VELDTMAN, GCSE ART

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ARTS HACK CLUB The Lower School pupils who are members of the Art Hacks weekly club on Monday lunchtimes have been recently working on learning how to etch.

hey started by drawing insects from observation using our collection of preserved insects and crustaceans. They then scratched their drawing into an etching plate which they printed in black ink learning all the processes involved. Finally they have been tinting their etching prints with watercolour paint. First and Second Year pupils have been making etching plates and prints, negative space inks, cutting their own stencils and spray painting, editing their photographs, learning to do watercolour tinting, paper marbling and mastering the sgraffito technique.

Well done to: Amali, Rianna, Holly, Isabel, Izzy, Lilia, Katie, Chante, Ethan, Annabel, Anna, Abbie, Leane, Kate, Mathilda and Alice.

National ARTiculation Final We are so proud of Georgia (Lower Sixth) and her marvellous presentation about the artwork of Polly Nor at the National Articulation Final held at Clare College, Cambridge on Friday 8 March. Georgia was one of 10 finalists who had won their regional heats for their ability to present a discourse on a work of art. She proved her academic prowess and admirable selfconfidence. Tristram Hunt (Director of the V&A Museum) gave Georgia high praise and constructive feedback.

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‘FORCE OF NATURE’ HANNAH LOBB, GCSE ART

‘FORCE OF DISTRUCTION’ ALEX RICHINGS, GCSE ART

‘FORCE OF EMOTIONS’ ESTHER KEYWORTH, GCSE ART

‘FORCE OF TIME SOPHIE TAO, GCSE ART

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‘CAPTURING A LIKENESS’ IRIS MA, A LEVEL ART

‘RELAXATION’ IRIS MA, A LEVEL ART

‘RESPONSE TO BREXIT’ ELLIE WOOD, GCSE ART

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PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT DESIGN IN ACTION

Sixth Formers were provided the opportunity to visit the Emmanuel, London in November. The focus of the day was to hear from five renowned speakers from a diverse range of design related specialisms.

peakers such as Graham Potts, who is an Industrial Designer, informed the audience of his successful term as Senior Designer at Seymourpowell. Most recently, Graham is now creative lead at forpeople, a specialist design com-pany based in an old pickle factory in south London. His presentation in particular described the excitement and pressures of a career in this design field but also the enormous satisfaction of being an integral part of creating the products of tomorrow. However, the highlight of the day was Sam Rogers who is a flight suit design engineer at Gravity Industries. He shed light on the approach Gravity have taken to develop a pioneering human flight suit. This included videos, with all the associated successes, failures and revelations. It described how

fundamental principles and design judgement can bring science fiction closer to reality! Day trips such as these provide pupils with a valuable insight into the world of design. More and more focus is placed upon creating products which are both technologically advanced and sustainable. A career in which todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young designer will enter will be rapidly changing.

It described how fundamental principles and design judgement can bring science fiction closer to reality!

First Year STEM Project ROCKET CAR CHALLENGE Rocket powered cars were once again seen travelling at incredible speeds across the netball courts on Monday 18 March as pupils in the First Year competed in the Race to the Line Rocket Car Challenge.

hey have been working on this STEM project for the past three weeks, learning about the aerodynamics in science, programming the timing system in computer sci-ence before designing and making their cars in 3D design. In 3D design they were put into groups of four and brainstormed ideas for their car design, keeping in mind the size restrictions. When their group had agreed on a final design they set about creating their car from bio-degradable foam blocks. The winners will be going through to the Regional Finals held in May. The winners were Team Flash, comprising Isabelle, Jakob, Harry and Zoe with a time of 1.57 seconds for their car to travel the 25M track, giving them a truly impressive average speed of 57.3 km/h.

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‘ISLAND’ WAYNE HUANG, A LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION EXHIBITION THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY SAW THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR’S CHARITY PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION EXHIBITION.

his year the theme was ‘my favourite things’ in support of the British Heart Foundation. A big congratulations to the winners and runners up of each category: Prep winner: Alexander Runners up: Abigail and Aimee Senior School First to Third Year winner: Paramita Runners up: Holly-Heather and Naomi Senior School Fourth Year – Upper Sixth winner: Becky Runners up: Nico and Jessica Old Cats, staff and parents winner: Mrs Mirza Runners up: Miss Hart and Mr Clarke

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‘FRACTURED’ STEFFI LAGERBURG, A LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

‘LEVELS, CURVES, VIBRANCE’ MATT WILLMOTT, A LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Creative, harmonious, collaborative and community-minded

ARTS WEEK Final Week Spectacular! Creative, harmonious, collaborative and community-minded brains were fully engaged as our Arts Week swung into action in the final week of term.

ouse Music lifted the roof of the giant marquee as the students battled it out for the best performance of some classic tunes; MAD Live showcased studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spectacular talents; Fake News was hotly debated and Community Day brought local primary school children to Caterham for a range of lessons and activities. Rumba workshops and Gospel singing saw students push themselves beyond their comfort zone and excel. Arts Week certainly ensured the final days of the school year were fully of energy and enthusiasm. Thanks to all staff and students involved and whose considerable efforts were appreciated by all. On Wednesday 3 July, the School was treated to an afternoon of live singing and dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MADlive returned for its seventh spectacular year!

Audiences at both the matinee and evening show were blown away by the wealth of talent showcased by our wonderful pupils. The cast ranged from the First Year right through to the upper sixth and each and every performance was both professional and impressive. A huge congratulations to all who took part and thank you for all your hard work!

ARTS WEEK AND HUMANITIES

Gospel Workshop First Years in Harmony

The workshop was provided by an inspirational Gospel ‘guru’

A GOSPEL WORKSHOP HAS BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF ARTS WEEK FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THIS YEAR’S SESSION WAS NO EXCEPTION.

ur First Years were fantastic; they showed great musicality, confidence and style in their performance - an informal concert was held to celebrate the work that took place during the morning’s workshop. The workshop was provided by an inspirational Gospel ‘guru’, John Fisher, the founder and director of the IDMC Gospel Choir. He has always

AI Symposium On Tuesday 12 March, the School held its second academic symposium of the year for pupils from Fourth Year to Upper Sixth Form.

he evening, attended by over 50 pupils, featured an insightful introductory talk on AI by Mai, Om and Solyana, and was followed by talks by teachers on AI in healthcare, AI and bias and the singularity, AI and Shelley’s Frankenstein and the ethics of AI. It was wonderful to see pupils from such varied disciplines so engaged in this topical issue, and so articulate in expressing their views. Thanks to Mr Webster, Ms Drummond, Mr BovetWhite and Mrs Webster for the fascinating presentations.

thought highly of Caterham School First Years and he commended again, the talent displayed. IDMC is an award-winning choir who celebrate this year, their 25th Anniversary. They have a huge list of achievement and prestigious appearances on TV and on stage. Well done to all First Years - a wonderful way to spend a morning.

SCIENCE BUDDING MEDICS – NEUROSURGEON TALK On Monday 13 May, budding medics listened to a fantastic talk from consultant neurosurgeon, Mr Nicholas Thomas, who is based at King’s College Hospital London.

uring the evening, he gave an interesting presentation demon-strating various surgical procedures and his experiences over 25 years. This included: removal of benign or malignant tumours in the brain, scoliosis, sur-gery on a foetus in the womb and when he did brain surgery on live TV. The talk gave an insight to the immense skill and pressure required to do such important surgery yet how rewarding it is to have a job in the medicine. BY RIAD (LOWER SIXTH)

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ROYAL MARSDEN The trip to the Royal Marsden was a valuable experience for pupils looking to study a science based degree or medicine at university.

The radiology department, which involves cancer treatment and tumour control in general, was the focus of the visit.

e learned about the origins and history of radio-therapy, treatment approaches and the delivery of care; this was followed by team building exercises. However, my favourite part of the trip came when we were shown the machinery and practical side to patient care. I am sure that every member of Medics Society would recommend this trip to any pupil. I certainly did not want to be a radiologist before the trip but I found the experience to be invaluable and I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Royal Marsden Hospital. BY OM (LOWER SIXTH)

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Awards Evening The Wilberforce Hall was abuzz with science excitement as the Second Years presented their entries for the Junior Science Fair Awards Evening on Tuesday 26 March.

n Tuesday 7 May, pupils from Caterham Medics Society organised and attended a talk given by Angela Stevenson - Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust Chief Operating Officer and Dr Sarah Rafferty - Consultant Anaesthetist. The talk was a super opportunity for over 20 pupils from Fourth Year to Lower Sixth to learn about the intricacies of the NHS and the challenges faced currently and going forward.

range of topics had been embraced by the young scientists covering the science of parachutes, tooth decay, absorbency and paper aeroplanes. Old Cat Mille De Leyser returned to school as guest judge. Millie is a Human Scientist studying at the University of Oxford with a particular interest in Human Evolution and Genetics. Millie enthused the Second Years with her love of science and encouraged them to explore and get involved in every aspect, both in school and beyond.

EVA WANG PRIZE THIS YEAR’S LOWER SIXTH ANNUAL BLUE BOOK AWARD – THE EVA WANG PRIZE – WINNERS WERE ELLEN FOR THE PRESENTATION AWARD AND BEN FOR THE INNOVATION AWARD.

hese awards are presented each year in biology for exceptional work in the run up to the exams during the first three months of Sixth Form biology. The prize is named after Eva Wang who is currently studying Biomedical Science at Oxford and achieved 100% UMS in A Level biology.

ANNUAL SCIENCE LECTURE

ast night saw once again a packed hall for the Moncrieff-Jones Annual Christmas Science Lecture. This year’s talk was by Mike Bonsall - Professor of mathematical biology from Oxford University. His area of research includes modelling how disease outbreaks such as Zika and Malaria will spread, an ever more important area of biology in our age of global warming. Only this month Congo has announced the worst outbreak of Ebola in its history. The talk included information from a paper published by old-Cat Ross Hendron who studied biology at Oxford, at St Peter’s College, with Prof Bonsall. Ross Hendron was also vice-President of the Moncrieff-Jones Society seven years ago.

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BATTLEFIELDS TRIP Exploring the trenches On a beautiful Friday morning in October the Third Year went for a day to visit the Ypres Salient. The pupils explored the trenches and museum at Sanctuary Wood and the Menin Gate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; soon to be the focus of the centenary of the Armistice. The day ended with a special wreath laying ceremony at the graves of Old Caterhamians who lost their lives in the conflict.

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LAND OF ICE AND FIRE

GEOGRAPHY EXPEDITION Over the Summer 39 intrepid Geographers and 5 staff travelled almost to the Arctic Circle to visit one of the most fascinating geological, glacial and tectonic places on the Earth. ‘The Land of Fire and Ice’ is a physical geographer’s paradise and the students were constantly in awe of the majestic power shown by the planet here.

he trip included crossing ‘The Bridge Between 2 Continents’, visiting and walking behind waterfalls, trekking across the Langjokull glacier (complete with crampons and ice-axes), climbing the dormant Eldfell Volcano in the Westmann Islands, swimming in the Secret Lagoon and being amazed by the awesome Strokkur Geyser. All in all, a breathtaking tour that gave many students the opportunity to experience the world in a way they would never perhaps have thought possible. Roll on the next trip in 2021!

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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ: JUNIOR SCHOOLS COMPETE On Friday 22 March, 10 teams from six different schools â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Whyteleafe Primary, Wray Common Primary, Essendene Lodge, Micklefield, Oakhyrst Grange and our own Prep School took part in the third annual Junior School Geography Quiz.

fter six hard-fought rounds including capitals, landmarks, whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barry and UK Geography, Micklefield School emerged victorious in the final round, beating Oakhyrst by 1 point with Caterham coming in third, one point behind them. Special mention should also go to Whyteleafe School who won the bonus Build a Feature out of Play Doh round in their first venture at the quiz. A huge amount of fun was had by all and huge thanks must go to Mrs Wallace for organising the quiz, Mrs Mesher for marking and to all the teachers, pupils and parents at each of the participating schools for coming along and supporting this event.

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LUNCHTIME LIVE

On Thursday 3 October we had the first of our Lunchtime Live series for the 2018/19 season. It was fantastic to see some of our hugely talented young musicians perform.

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he concert began with a performance of the much-loved C# minor Nocturne by Chopin that was performed by Louis (Fifth Year). It was a performance with energy and character. The concert consisted of several second year pupils, all of whom performed their pieces with musicianship and conviction. These pupils were: Pia (flute), Jae (cello), Fin (tuba), Megan (tenor horn), Ammara (clarinet) and Philip (violin). We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all pupils who performed.

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9 NOVEMBER 2018 MR ADAM ASSEN, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

On Friday, 19 October, the Music Department hosted another successful evening of live acoustic music, featuring some notable performances from our very talented singers.

rom Queen to Charlie Puth, the audience enjoyed an array of music from soloists, duos and groups. Sophia (third year) opened the evening with a stellar version of Adele’s Hometown Glory, whilst Emily and Fraser, both first year pupils, took to the stage for the first time with a beautiful rendition of Bruno Mars’ Count on Me. Georgia (fourth year) stunned listeners with her wonderful version of Demi Lovato’s Stone Cold, whilst Justin and Nick, both fourth year pupils, also made their solo debuts with fantastic performances of John Legend and James Arthur.

Close Harmony, our boys’ choir, performed a moving version of Extreme’s More than Words, whilst Vocalpoint, our girls’ choir, brought the evening to a close with beautiful performances of Pink’s What About Us and Cindy Lauper’s True Colours.

Many congratulations to all who performed on another fantastic evening of live music.

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Magical Choral Performance NOVEMBER 2018 MR ADAM ASSEN, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

Our Chamber Choir and ETS (Eric Thiman Singers) sang at the iconic Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace in an Evensong service that was uplifting and stirring.

hamber Choir showed skill and precision in their singing of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis settings by Purcell and in the response settings by Byrd. The anthem and psalm were sung beautifully by ETS and both choirs together performed a jubilant hymn with

force and energy. Chapel Royal is a significant venue for choral musicboth Purcell and Byrd wrote for the chapel as far back as 1572. It was a wonderful experience for Caterham choirs to perform in this inspiring setting and all who attended were keen to congratulate the choirs on their achievement. Hampton

Court representatives expressed their admiration for our choirs and commented on their professionalism as well as their singing. Our Chamber Choir and ETS continue to impress and astound audiences and all singers should be delighted and proud of their accomplishments.

RECITAL OF REMEMBRANCE Our chapel choir (ETS) and Chamber Choir once again performed an annual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Recital of Reflection and Contemplationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; following the Remembrance Service on Sunday 11 November.

he recital, held in the Wilberforce Hall, continued the annual tradition of a short, poignant performance where powerful texts are chosen to further commemorate the day. As always, both ETS and Chamber Choir gave polished performances of sacred pieces which included old and modern settings. Parents, Old Caterhamians and staff were moved by the recital and congratulations must go to all of the singers for their continued dedication to their role in providing excellent music for whole-school occasions.

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AUTUMN CONCERT A Musical Highlight The Autumn Concert, featuring our instrumental ensembles (Sinfonia, Concert Band, Early Music Consort, Symphony Orchestra, Senior Brass Ensemble, Flute Choir, Scholars’ Ensemble, String Quartet, Senior String Ensemble) was a fantastic evening that celebrated the importance of dance in instrumental music.

he concert included an eclectic and diverse range of styles: Mambo (from Berstein’s West Side Story) – expertly played by Sinfonia, with drive, energy and excitement; ballet (from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker), performed with majesty by the Symphony Orchestra; Themes from La La Land played with great style by the Concert Band; Rondo (from Purcell’s Abdelazar) performed with poise and precision by the Early Music Consort.

Other ensembles covered Latin American styles, swing and folk dances, and piano soloist Hanyang (Upper Sixth) gave a fantastic and skilful performance of a Chopin polonaise. This concert was entertaining and uplifting – the rousing finish, provided by the mighty Symphony Orchestra, captured the enjoyment of all Caterham musicians and high praise must be given to all who performed.

A WONDERFUL WAY to End the Term The Carol Service was a wonderful way to end the term and once again, our choirs ETS (Eric Thiman Singers) and Chamber Choir gave stunning performances of anthems by Stanford, Todd and Bullard. The processional carol, in traditional form, featured First Year boys Jack and Alex singing the solo verse of Once In Royal David’s City. The final anthem, a rousing piece by Carter, featured both choirs and boys from Close Harmony en force. The service of nine lessons and carols was attended by parents, staff and friends of both the Prep and Senior Schools.

SUPERB PERFORMANCES The first Lunchtime Live concert of 2019 took place on Wednesday 23 January. There were several superb performances.

rin and Katie, both in Second Year performed on the flute. Justin (Fourth Year) performed John Legend’s All of Me on the piano. Holly (First Year) and Elisha (Fourth Year) both performed on the piano. James (Second Year) performed the first movement of a Mozart piano sonata excellently.

Special mention must go to Bella (Second Year) for her fantastic performance of As Long as He Needs Me from the musical, Oliver. As ever, our pupils have done themselves proud and it is such a privilege to hear such wonderful performances from pupils, especially from some pupils who have not performed at Caterham School before.

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PIANO Recital On Tuesday 30 January the school hosted the annual Piano Recital.

he concert commenced with a refined, energetic and musical performance of Mozart’s Piano Sonata for Four-Hands, KV. 497 by Kristy (Fourth Year) and Elaine (Fifth Year). It is the first time in the recent history of the school that a duet of this magnitude has been attempted, let alone it being performed solely by the pupils. Ayla (First Year) and Sebastian (Second Year) both performed a lyrical piece, Blue Yonder together and played with both delicately and sensitivity. A number of the performers in the recital gave debut performances – it was such a treat to see some

of the superb potential Caterham School’s pianists have. Pupils who gave debut performances were: Kristy (Fourth Year), Alex (Third Year), Keanu (Fourth Year), Valarie (Third Year), Rhian (First Year), Ayla (First Year), Aiden (First Year), Bryan (Third Year) and Annie (Lower Sixth Form).

It’s always an absolute privilege to work with such talented musicians; all performers performed wonderfully with both musicianship and technical brilliance. A special mention must go to Annie (Lower Sixth Form); her performance of the Allegro Assai movement of Beethoven’s Appassionata sonata was enthralling. The technical mastery, dexterous finger work and musical and lyrical sensitivity was sublime and at a level that is rarely seen from a pupil of her age. The fact that the audience were unable to stop clapping is testament to the astounding standard of this performance. I am incredibly proud of all pupils who performed.

SCHOLARS’ CONCERT THE ANNUAL SCHOLARS’ CONCERT DEMONSTRATED THE OUTSTANDING TALENTS AND MUSICIANSHIP OF CATERHAM MUSICIANS.

any of the scholars also took part in the Pro Corda National Music Festival earlier in the week and it was impressive to see them perform again in such a demanding musical week. The performances were highly polished and displayed not only technical abilities but our young musicians’ passion and understanding of complex music. Starting the concert was the trio who presented an immaculate performance of Faure’s Dolly Suite. This was followed by two exceptionally well played solo items from Ammara (clarinet) and James (oboe), before Toby delighted the audience with a breath-taking rendition of Bellini’s Vaga Luna.

Michelle who kindly gave up her sixteenth birthday to perform in last night’s concert, lead the newly formed String Quartet with a piece by the Czech composer Josef Suk, Barcarolle, which again left the audience wanting more. Alice, Katie and Charlotte all offered contrasting solo flute pieces allowing the audience to see the different depths, tone colours, articulation and style the instrument has to offer. Emma’s ‘cello solo, Jewish Song, written by the Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch followed on with the focus of tone colour while playing what seemed like a simple yet intriguing song that depicts the character of a typical eastern European Jewish folksong. Philip and Michelle represented the violin whilst playing contrasting solos from British composer Edward Elgar; Chanson de Matin

and American composer John Williams; Remembrances from the soundtrack to Schindler’s List. The concert would not be complete without the vocal contributions of Rory and Alyssa, who both took the audience on a journey through their story-telling. The pieces were John Ireland’s Sea Fever and Arthur Sullivan’s The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze from The Mikado. In dedication to her grandfather, Willow played the Tommy Dorsey classic Getting Sentimental over You with great attention to the swing style of the 1940’s, with lovely tone and classic vibrato. To conclude an evening of musical excellence, Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice was performed by the Second Year Scholars Ensemble. All performers should be highly praised for such wonderful performances.

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NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL On Wednesday 7 February the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Festival opened with an explosive performance from Caterham’s Scholar Ensemble’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice which received excellent reviews.

his was swiftly followed by a lovely and sensitive performance from the Brass Ensemble with a medley from The Greatest Showman. The School’s Senior String Quartet made an excellent impression with their striking performance of Prokofiev’s Petrushka, whilst Mr Hall’s String Quartet showed a sensitive side to Purcell’s Chaconne. Just when we thought it could not get any better, the Senior Piano Trio gave an outstanding performance leaving the adjudicator speechless.

Excellent Ensemble Excellent Communication Excellent Preparation Excellent Performance This was FANTASTIC! To finish the full day of recitals and music workshops, the two latest additions to Caterham’s vast and expanding music family took to the stage. Caterham’s Horn and Trombone Quartet performed a lovely rendition

of Beethoven’s Drei Equali. The adjudicator had only one thing to say about the new Caterham Corp of Drums. In her own words “This was fantastic!” So all in all, a very successful day for the music pupils at Caterham school with seven of our music ensembles entering and performing to an extremely high standard in the Pro Corda National Chamber Music Festival. Adjudicator’s comments about the musicians of Caterham School: “Excellent Ensemble”, “Excellent Communication”, “Excellent Preparation”, “Excellent Performance”, “This was FANTASTIC!”

DIPLOMA ACHIEVEMENTS – TWO IN ONE WEEK! The Music Department is extremely proud of two Upper Sixth pupils who have achieved Diplomas during what is a very busy time in their lives.

harlotte (Upper Sixth) has gained a Distinction in her Trinity ATCL Performing (Musical Theatre) diploma. The examiner has commented on her dramatic, high-energy presentation and creative nuanced interpretation. This is a huge achievement and Charlotte’s hard work and supreme effort have been justifiably rewarded. The Music Department, and her singing teacher

Miss O’Sullivan, are very proud of Charlotte and offer her our warmest congratulations. Annabel (Upper Sixth) has passed her ABRSM ARSM (Associate of the Royal Schools of Music) Singing diploma. Passing this exam involved a lot of hard work and the pieces Annabel had to perform where very challenging. wCongratulations Annabel, from the Music Department and your singing teacher Miss O’Sullivan.

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ST. CHRISTOPHER’S FESTIVAL, EPSOM ETS ONCE AGAIN PERFORMED SUPERBLY AT ST CHRISTOPHER’S FESTIVAL IN EARLY MARCH AND WERE ADMIRED BY ALL OF THE OTHER CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLS IN SURREY AND SOUTH LONDON.

veryone was most impressed by their performance and commented on how inspirational they will have been to the younger children. Solo pieces from ETS included Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa which was sung to perfection. ETS then provided harmonies and descents in the massed choral items which included Bob Chilcott’s anthem, Can You Hear Me? This moving piece is unique as it employs sign language. Congratulations to ETS on another stunning performance. Also representing Caterham School this year were the Second Year Scholars’ Ensemble who performed solos as well as group items. A special mention must go to Ammara, Philip and Alice for their impressive solos. This festival, attended by seven other schools, was a wonderful opportunity for Caterham School singers and musicians to perform in the community and once again, we were very proud to share the high standards of music achieved here. Both ETS and the Second Year Scholars’ Ensemble made excellent ambassadors for the School.

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Spectacular CONCERT

in St James’s Church MARCH 2019

Once again, the beautiful church, St. James’s Piccadilly, played host to our annual showcase concert featuring choirs, instrumental ensembles, chamber groups and soloists.

he varied programme included demanding musical works that were performed with style, precision and authenticity. Parents, friends, Trustees and members of the public commented on the impressiveness of this ‘musical feast’ and aside from the musical prowess displayed, it was the confidence and professionalism of every performer that was remarkable. This was seen in our youngest pupils, from our Prep School Year 5, to our Upper Sixth and huge thanks and congratulations must go to all involved. Opening the concert, Chamber Choir sang, with brilliance, Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas, a challenging and striking piece that begins with plainchant and expands into complex chromatic and dissonant harmonies. This was followed by their sublime accompaniment to Aldi Ho’s stunning solo, the Kyrie from Mozart’s Great C Minor Mass. Joining the ensemble were Visiting Music Teachers and music scholars. The Eric Thiman Singers (ETS) then performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a profound and moving work that demonstrated their crafted sound to perfection.

The massed choral work this year was Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem that was accompanied by our Senior String Ensemble. This piece, first produced in 2008, is a moving and meaningful work with settings of known poems such as In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. Audience members and performers were entranced and captivated by Goodall’s beautiful settings. Our soloist section of the concert featured Annie, Charlotte, Emma and Toby. Annie’s performance of the 1st movement, Appassionata, from Sonata No 23 by Beethoven left the audience in awe. Charlotte’s performance of Poulenc’s Allegretto malincolico from Sonata for Flute and Piano was outstanding and displayed the full technical potential of the Flute. Emma’s cello solo, Jewish Song by Bloch, also explored complex technical aspects and was performed with excellence. Toby’s rendition of Faure’s Le Secret was a special moment – his performance showed such maturity and understanding. Two of our chamber ensembles were represented; the Trio (flute, clarinet and piano) and our senior String Quartet. The Trio performed

an arrangement of Debussy’s Dolly Suite with great passion and style. The String Quartet performed an arrangement of excerpts from Stravinsky’s Petrushka with energy and flair. The final section of the concert featured larger ensembles who provided a spectacular contrasting finale to the subtle choral works. The Senior Brass Ensemble performed Mussorgsky’s Great Gates of Kiev with grandeur and majesty, joined by the percussion section and organ. The Concert Band, with similar style, performed Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries and Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bald Mountain leaving the audience truly ‘wowed’. The concert ended with Sinfonia’s performance of Beethoven’s Overture from Leonore, a powerful and action-filled work full of drama. This provided a rousing finale to the concert and left the audience on the edges of their seats. Congratulations and high praise must be awarded to every singer and musician who took part in this triumphant concert. The event was most certainly another musical highlight of the calendar and will again leave lasting memories for all involved.

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Musical Theatre Evening ASTONISHING TALENT THE EXCITING, CABARET-STYLE, MUSICAL THEATRE EVENING WAS ONCE AGAIN A HUGE SUCCESS WITH PUPILS DEMONSTRATING THEIR PASSION FOR MUSICAL THEATRE.

fantastic atmosphere was enjoyed by a full-house of parents, family and friends as they were treated to a wonderful selection of songs from the stage; the audience was thoroughly entertained! Congratulations must go to every single performer who sang with confidence, immense style and character. Powerful characters were performed with

great emotion and expression and other characters with fantastic humour and comedy. The choirs, Vocalpoint and Close Harmony gave rousing ensemble performances. This event is particularly impressive as it comes together on the day – which gives the singers (and band!) the challenge of producing a polished performance based on only ten minutes of rehearsal time per

act. The songs performed are always complex and demanding which adds much excitement to the performances! Musicals both old and new were featured – the classics included songs from West Side Story, Fame, 42nd Street, Les Miserables and Grease. More modern shows included Wicked, Hamilton, Waitress, Addam’s Family, Avenue Q, Legally Blonde, Parade and Dear Evan Hansen.

ETA & CHAMBER CHOIR Tour to Rhine Valley, Germany

This year’s choir tour saw both ETS and Chamber Choir venture to the Rhine Valley in Germany.

utstanding performances took place in the majestic and awe-inspiring cathedral and St. Andreas Church in the centre of Cologne. Additional concerts took place in Bonn and Koblenz. Presenting repertoire by British choral composers including; Purcell, Elgar, Chilcott and Goodall, both choirs sang with wonderful precision and style- audiences at all concerts commented on the beautiful, blended sound. The professionalism and impeccable performance etiquette of all singers was also noted by local

musicians and fellow choral singers. ETS members on tour included Year 5 Prep pupils; for some it was their first time away from home. The willingness of the senior pupils to look after younger ones was impressive. The effective through-school model could not have been more apparent on this tour – for several of the Upper Sixth pupils (who this year, enjoyed their final choir tour abroad) it marked their significant contribution to choral singing at the school. Charlotte (Upper Sixth) who performed a stunning rendition of Dido’s Lament (from Purcell’s

opera, Dido and Aeneas) joined ETS in 2010, ETS’s inaugural year. The experiences gained in ETS, then later in Chamber Choir across the years, have included performances in Westminster Abbey, St. John’s Smith’s Square, Chapel Royal at Hampton Court and in countless churches and Cathedrals across Europe. Both ETS and Chamber Choir should be congratulated on their continued musical successes. They are such fine examples of Caterham School pupils – displaying through their singing; confidence, passion, great depth and intelligence.

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CONCERT JUNE 2019

Pupils (mainly First to Third Years) were featured in a wonderful concert celebrating the immense talents and musicianship in the Lower School.

he concert was an eclectic mix of music from Baroque to Jazz and gave pupils the opportunity to build confidence and performance experience. A number of original and exciting versions of well-known pieces were performed by our ensembles including Shut Up And Dance by the String Quartet and Pink’s Just Give Me A Reason performed by the Concert Band. There were a number of solos, vocal and instrumental and a special mention must go to Ammara (Second Year) for her heartfelt rendition of an Einaudi piece on the piano, her second study instrument.

A FANTASTIC SHOWCASE OF THE EXCELLENT ABILITIES OF OUR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS IN THE LOWER SCHOOL.

A FANTASTIC LUNCHTIME CONCERT MAY 2019

Our final Lunchtime Live concert of the year was a fun and enjoyable recital featuring many pupils from the Lower School. The Brass Ensemble opened the concert with a rousing medley from The Greatest Showman that included all of the wonderful textures a brass group should display; powerful bass lines, majestic melodies and grand swells.

A special mention should go to Ben (Lower Sixth) who leads the percussion section for many of the School’s ensembles including the Brass Ensemble. Another ensemble, the Flue Choir performed two pieces with style and precision and

another special mention must go to Alice (Second Year) who led them with such skill and command. There were many highlights in the solo performances also that offered everything from a Bach Partita to I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady, sung by Milly (Fourth Year). A number of pianists performed including some making their concert debut – congratulations must go to them.

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A Wonderful Day of Orchestral Music ON SUNDAY 12 MAY, THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT WAS DELIGHTED TO WELCOME OVER 50 CHILDREN FROM 10 SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN THE CATERHAM SCHOOL ORCHESTRAL OPEN DAY. MUSICIANS, AGED BETWEEN 8-16 YEARS OLD, AND FROM BEGINNERS TO GRADE EIGHT, CAME TOGETHER FOR A NON-STOP DAY OF ENJOYABLE MUSIC-MAKING.

fter only several hours of rehearsals, the day was rounded off with a wonderful concert for parents and guests. The audience enjoyed a collection of fun and mystical repertoire as the concert began and finished with the full Symphony Orchestra of over fifty children playing original works, written with an atmospheric, film-like quality, conducted by Mr Hall. The string section, led by Mrs Richards, performed a vibrant version of the famous folk tune Shepherd’s Hey, while Mr Hill chose a quirky piece for woodwind, brass and percussion that emulated the musical style of the old black and white Disney cartoons – which invited some audience participation. Many praise-worthy comments were received:

‘I just wanted to thank you for a fantastic day on Sunday’ ‘The boys loved it, and the concert was great’ ‘My daughter, had a fantastic day, thank you for all your hard work, especially on a Sunday!’

An enjoyable day was had by our young musicians, staff and parents.

LIVE LOUNGE

An Evening of TALENT! The second Live Lounge event was another huge success with excellent performances from pupils in First to Fifth Year.

his event can be described as acoustic, singer - songwriter, open-mic type of affair; in essence an informal evening of live music. There were a number of stand-out performances with the repertoire ranging from Whitney Houston to Billie Eilish and a particular highlight was a debut performance of an original song by Mia (Fourth Year). Our special guest performer was a talented Year 6 pupil, George, who impressed

the audience with a beautiful rendition of Dynamite by Sigrid. The confidence of all our performers should be highly commended, particularly those in the lower school. In such an intimate setting, this type of performance can be daunting. The evening finished with performances from our choirs who ably supported soloists Josh, Millie and Josh (Fourth Years). Congratulations to all performers.

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Intermediate INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT OCTOBER 2019

This summer saw the launch of the Intermediate Independent Research Project (IRP) competition, for which pupils could produce a research project in response to any question of their choice.

e saw a fantastic response with projects exploring, for example, the ethics of cloning, the sustainability of palm oil, Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, feminism in India and the role of calligraphy in the digital age. The committee were really impressed by the quality of writing and research and highly commend the effort of all candidates. For her elegant and sophisticated response to the question ‘Has literature killed the American Dream’, First

Prize was awarded to Maisie, who will present a version of her research at the Senior IRP evening in November. Runner Up awards were given to Julia for her eloquent essay ‘Does wealth lead to a loss of religion?’ and Sophie for her beautifully presented project on whether there is other life in the universe. Congratulations go to all participants: Morgann, Shreya, Charlotte, Catherine, Phoebe, Talia, Keya, Brian, Bobby, Sharon, Matthew and Andrew.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECT RESULTS NOVEMBER 2019

Many congratulations to Anna, who was this year’s winner of the IRP – one of the School’s most prestigious academic prizes.

nna’s project, which also won the Audience’s Vote prize, was titled ‘Global Sustainability: can we avert tragedy?’ It was an insightful and impassioned analysis of the environmental dangers that we all face, and their possible solutions. Rory, who was awarded the second place prize, gave a wonderfully clear, concise and, at times, humorous talk on his project, ‘Nationalism – cause or symptom of a disrupted world order?’ Third place went to Sophia who spoke with tremendous knowledge and erudition on ‘How far was Thomas Jefferson’s America influenced by the Roman Republic?’ The three other finalists – Emiri, Emily and Krystal – also gave very engaging and impressive speeches.

Thank you to our judges: Mrs Francesca Lagerberg (Global leader, Network Capabilities at Grant Thornton and Caterham School parent), Mr Adrian Floyd (Headmaster of The Hawthorns School) and Caterham School parent, and Mr Oliver Hull (graduate in Biological Sciences from Oxford University and a former Head Boy at Caterham.

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DRAMA & THEATRE Tabby McTat: UK DEBUT OCTOBER 2019

We were pleased to welcome Years 3 and 4 from Caterham Prep to the UK debut of and a wonderful performance of Tabby McTat, courtesy of Freckle Productions and the amazing actors Anna Larkin, Luke Adamson, Terence Rae and Riana Duce .

he show was the first UK performance of Gruffalo authors Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler’s new story. A full house in the Humphreys Theatre with over 300 people from the Caterham community. Now we just can’t get those songs out of our heads!

“Me, you and the old guitar, How perfectly, perfectly happy we are. MEEE-EW and the old guitar. How PURRR-fectly happy we are!” 75

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HEIGHTS INSPIRATIONAL VISITORS

London Theatre Trip The Curious Incident JANUARY 2019

On Thursday 17 January, Lower Sixth drama class, both Fourth and Fifth Year GCSE groups and a few Third Year pupils all ventured to Piccadilly Theatre in London to watch Simon Stephens adapted play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

he winner of seven Olivier Awards and five Tony Awards brings the novel written by Mark Haddon to life on stage. The show uses spell-binding lighting, digital mapping and sounds, while also incorporating incredible physical theatre sequences choreographed by Frantic Assembly. An incredible show filled with spectacular acting and technical effects, including the moment the pupils were well and truly won over; when a puppy was brought on stage. A phenomenal and memorable trip thoroughly enjoyed by both pupils and staff alike.

‘OH YES WE HAVE!’ PANTO SEASON FEBRUARY 2019 THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT IS DELIGHTED THAT SO MANY CATERHAM PUPILS ARE REGULARLY ENTERTAINING AUDIENCES ACROSS SURREY THEATRES AND BEYOND!

or our dedicated and talented performers, panto season has only just finished. Our panto tour included Woldingham Pantomime, The Barn Theatre Oxted and most recently Banstead Pantomime. We are so proud of our performers and

their support for theatre beyond the school. A huge thank you to Charlotte (Lower Sixth) and Olivia (Second Year) for finishing panto season with such energetic, professional and glittery performances.

We were delighted to welcome two inspiring visitors to our ‘In the Heights’ rehearsal. Just days away from our opening night, the cast performed the opening numbers of the show to Gabriela Garcia who played Nina in the recent West End production. After resisting the urge to join in, she offered some helpful feedback and words of encouragement. This is a hugely exciting and complex show, so we were delighted to benefit from her experience and insight. She entertained the cast with anecdotes from the West End production and shared helpful advice regarding drama school applications and casting auditions. Gabriela was joined by Katie Atkin (Old Cat) who now runs a successful talent agency. She shared her memories of performing in past productions here. We are delighted that Katie continues to support performing arts at Caterham.

IN THE HEIGHTS – A SELL OUT SUCCESS The hottest ticket in town at the beginning of December was for Caterham’s production of In The Heights, running from Wednesday to Friday evening. Rave reviews flowed from a delighted audience who enjoyed the amazing acting, singing and dancing talents of an accomplished cast. The Tony award-winning musical ‘In The Heights’ tells the story of the vibrant residents of New York’s Washington Heights; a place where the community is on the brink of change, where the neighbours are full of ambition and the coffee from the bodega is best served piping hot. An exciting blend of hip-hop and salsa from the sensational creator of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The pupil cast and toe tapping band gave breathtaking performances for a truly impressive production. Well done to all involved.

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DAISY PULLS IT OFF FEBRUARY 2019

ON WEDNESDAY 13 AND THURSDAY 14 FEBRUARY WE SAW THE HUMPHREYS THEATRE TRANSFORMED INTO GRANGEWOOD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AS PUPILS FROM THE FIRST TO THIRD YEARS TOOK TO THE STAGE FOR A TOPPING PERFORMANCE OF DENISE DEEGAN’S SPOOF OF SCHOOL GIRL ADVENTURES: DAISY PULLS IT OFF.

ith cries of ‘jubilate’ and ‘how topping!’, plucky Elementary schoolgirl, Daisy Meredith, played brilliantly by Eloise and best pal Trixie (played with energy and enthusiasm by Zoe) find themselves battling to save Daisy’s reputation from unspeakable snobs Sybil (Asha) and Monica (Penny) as well as trying to discover the Beaumont treasure that will save the school and Clare’s (played delightfully by Anna) family

from ruin! With hilarious set pieces, including a cliff rescue, a choreographed hockey match and high jinks in the classroom, this play showcased some fabulous comic talent and impressive ensemble work. Well done to all the pupils involve! As well as this spiffingly entertaining play, the Lower School also delighted the audience with a puppet show and a devised piece, written by members of the Third Year and lead by Flora.

The Practical Princess

PUPPET SHOW MARCH 2019

It was lovely to welcome the Year 3 pupils from the Prep School on Friday 8 March to see the Third Year pupils perform their puppet show The Practical Princess. This fits in with a project on puppets that they are currently undertaking in Year 3 and was a wonderful opportunity for pupils from both schools to link up and share their enjoyment of this specialist area of performance.

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All three crews produced performances of the highest calibre and the audience were blown away

DANCE FESTIVAL CREWS’ SUCCESS MARCH 2019

n Wednesday 6 March, our three dance crews, Gravity, Adrenaline and Fusion, took part in the Surrey Star Steppers Dance Festival at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill. All three crews produced performances of the highest calibre and the audience were blown away by the exceptional standard of their dancing. This event followed on from their success at the Stars of Tomorrow dance competition in which the crews competed over half term. Gravity and Adrenaline both received well deserved third places in their respective classes, and all crews did themselves proud amongst tough competition from specialist dance schools. Well done to all!

ORCHARD THEATRE

Summer Festival JUNE 2019

Audiences to our Orchard Theatre Summer Festival 2019 got to enjoy the sunshine and even more of our talented performers with our expanded showcase. They were treated to abridged versions of Oedipus, Magic Merle’s Miracle Makeover Mush, and Bambazooled. We are delighted so many of our pupils used the opportunity to explore different genres of drama and plays throughout theatrical history, touching on Greek theatre, Melodrama and Commedia dell’arte.

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LEATHERHEAD DRAMA FESTIVAL Caterham performers took a fantastic four shows to the Leatherhead Drama Festival this year! Our talented young casts filled two full days of the junior festival.

n Wednesday 8 May, Caterham Young Rep performed The Storm, written and co-directed by Will (Fourth Year) and Louise Fahey. Our young director, Will created an exceptional play with a strong message and was said by the judge to have a lot of potential. Caterham Junior Rep performed How to Succeed in High School without Really Trying by Jonathan Rand. A comic piece putting a twist in a narrative they experience daily. On Thursday 9 May, Caterham Junior Rep performed a fresh take on a well-known story, Greta. The audience were guided through our play by Jung’s insight into the world of Hansel and Gretel. Caterham School also had Spotlight Theatre Company perform, a company formed by a dedicated group of Third Year pupils. Taking on Leatherhead for the second year after winning the new writing award at last year’s festival. This piece followed the impact on peers as the story of a pupil’s disappearance unfolds. The department are incredibly proud of all our writers, directors and performers. Their commitment to the rehearsal process and professionalism within the theatre was phenomenal. Caterham Rep achieved a number of special mentions and nominations, including Joshua (Fourth Year) for best actor. Special mentions for outstanding performance: Scarlett (First Year) and Poppy (Third Year).

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New Views SCRIPT WRITING PROGRAMME NOVEMBER 2019

An inspiring and creative week for Caterham playwrights.

n Monday 13 November the New Views Scriptwriting group were invited to watch the National Theatre’s incredible new production of Hadestown. Anaïs Mitchell’s new musical tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as she is lured to the depths of an industrial Hadestown, blended with New Orleans jazz and stunning dancing. On Wednesday 15 November award winning playwright Paula B Stanic visited our pupils to run a creative writing workshop for the group. Paula shared her extensive experience of script writing with the group, exploring stimulus ideas, characterisation and the importance of finding your own voice within your play. The session was incredibly helpful, with practical support and encouragement offered to all pupils to guide the development of their work. Each pupil will now work independently on creating their own original script for submission to the National Theatre in Spring 2019.

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SUPERB LAMDA RESULTS FEBRUARY 2019

Another set of superb LAMDA results were achieved by the 48 Caterham pupils who took their latest exams at the end of January. Taking the exams over three days, levels ranged from grade two speaking in public to grade eight acting. All pupils were awarded either a merit or distinction with a total of 32 distinctions being achieved!

ne of the pupils, Ross (Upper Sixth) has now come to the end of his journey of LAMDA exams with a fabulous distinction at grade 8, after starting with grade three in the Third Year. “LAMDA has given me confidence in my solo acting and the ability to work on my own and believe in myself on stage, rather than needing to work in a group. It’s also given me skills to transfer to GCSE and A Level drama and confidence for university interviews and presenting myself. Over the exams, I’ve had the opportunity to discover lots of different plays and playwrights and it’s been a great challenge to learn monologues, which have got longer and harder as I’ve gone up the grades. It’s also been a much needed creative break once a week from studying for A Levels. I will really miss these sessions, which have been a constant part of my time at Caterham and my love of drama.”

Record Distinctions:

LAMDA RESULTS

Another set of fantastic LAMDA results arrived on the last day of the Summer Term celebrating the successes of 33 pupils from First Year to Sixth Form who took their exams in June. With 21 distinctions there were a record number of devised examinations taken, with almost all achieving top grades. Henry, Third Year

Acting Grade 2

Merit

Max, Second Year

Acting Grade 3

Merit

Alex, Lower Sixth Form

Acting Grade 7

Distinction

Keya, Lower Sixth Form

Acting Grade 7

Merit

Stuart, Third Year

Speaking in Public Grade 4

Merit

Hamish, Third Year

Speaking in Public Grade 5

Merit

Rosie, Fifth Year

Acting Grade 7

Merit

Ishaan, Third Year

Acting Grade 4

Distinction

Isobel, Third Year

Acting Grade 7

Merit

Aathman, Fifth Year

Acting

Distinction

Mia, Fifth Year

Acting Grade 7

Distinction

Erin, Third Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Ella, Third Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Bella, Third Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Zoe, Second Year

Devising Grade 3

Distinction

Holly, Second Year

Devising Grade 3

Distinction

Isabelle, Second Year

Devising Grade 3

Distinction

William, Third Year

Devising Grade 3

Merit

Samuel, Third Year

Devising Grade 3

Merit

Megan, Fifth Year

Musical Theatre Grade 5

Pass

Benji, Third Year

Devising Grade 4

Distinction

Euan, Third Year

Devising Grade 4

Distinction

Kian, Third Year

Devising Grade 4

Distinction

Edward, Upper Sixth

Acting Grade 7

Distinction

Kristian, Fifth Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Edward, Fifth Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Josh, Fifth Year

Devising Grade 5

Distinction

Anoushka, Third Year

Speaking in Public Grade 3

Distinction

Sophie, Third Year

Acting Grade 5

Distinction

Jack, Third Year

Devising Grade 4

Distinction

Tristan, Third Year

Devising Grade 4

Merit

Asha, Fourth Year

Acting Grade 5

Merit

Hannah, Fourth Year

Acting Grade 5

Distinction

PSYCHOLOGY

NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY COMPETITION On 28 June, two teams of Lower Sixth pupils headed to Royal Holloway University to compete in the National Psychology Competition. Pupils were asked to respond to the prompt ‘How can psychology be used to promote equality and diversity?’

eams undertook extensive research into the various explanations for inequality by considering the cognitive factors, for example, the development of gender schemas, as well as the environmental factors, for example, the arbitrary forming of ‘in-groups and ‘out-groups’ to film and edit a three-minute video to showcase to a panel of expert judges prior

to the event. On the day, teams presented their scientific poster and tackled challenging questions from the judges to compete against 20 other teams for the prize. Pupils experienced a university-style lecture that discussed how Pattern Deviancy Aversion (an individual’s dislike for unexpected deviancy in abstract visual stimuli) is correlated with Social Deviancy Aversion (e.g. dislike for people

with tattoos and face piercings). The lecture touched on a number of topics we have be studying in the course, including correlation coefficients, the importance of peer review and replication of research and the issues of social desirability with self-report research. Although we didn’t return with first prize, the pupils and their teachers were incredibly proud of their efforts. Well done to all of those involved!

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PSYCHOLOGY INFORMATION A Beautiful Mind A psychology film workshop recently took place where psychologists watched A Beautiful Mind – a powerful account of the life of Nobel Prize winner John Nash. Lower and Upper Sixth psychologists observed Nash’s journey with schizophrenia, a topic studied in depth as part of the A Level course. Psychologists were able to carefully consider issues with the reliability and validity of classification and started to build their confidence diagnosing specific symptoms including delusions and hallucinations; a great opportunity for pupils to develop their application skills.

FIELD TRIP TO AUSCHWITZ November 2018

Our field trip to Krakow provided such an opportunity to really think about explanations of behaviour. There were opportunities for the application of social influence topics including the agentic state and deindividuation, to exercises and discussions on whether biological, cognitive or social learning theories are more valid as we attempted to understand what we saw. We also spent some incredible time with a holocaust survivor born in the Krakow ghettos. Following our visit to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Schindler’s factory we reflected on the evidential problem of evil, which put this philosophical problem into practice. We also examined the nature of conscience; we considered why it was that the Nazis were able to commit such atrocities and how therefore we can understand what the role of conscience is in an individual.

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LITERATURE WEEK & WORLD BOOK DAY March 2019

The first week of March is the English department’s favourite week of the year, celebrating reading and literature – and what a busy week it was!

ssemblies throughout the week have been looking at books that we believe everyone should read: First, Second and Third Years were recommended the compelling, clever and character-driven The Amber Spyglass, the final instalment in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy; Fourth and Fifth Years were urged to read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for its wit and wonderful story-telling; meanwhile, Tess of the D’Urbevilles was presented as the ultimate novel for everyone to read due its painful but poignant portrayal of the injustice mankind inflicts but also our ability to maintain humanity and dignity nonetheless. On Tuesday 5 March, all of the

Third Year went to The Globe to watch their set text, Romeo and Juliet, performed by a cast clad in leather, doing the Fortnite dance and duelling with blood splattering everywhere. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the drama, romance and spectacle whilst also hearing Shakespearean language brought to life – we think the Bard would have loved the modern, fun feel of this production as much as the pupils did! Finally, the week culminated in World Book Day, which was packed with activities: Drop Everything And Read happened on a mass scale across the school; Upper Sixth volunteers set up Blind Date with a Book in the Library and had wonderful chats with younger reader about the books they all enjoyed;

Lower Sixth volunteers went to the Pre-Prep School to read stories to the fabulously dressed up pupils; pupils manned a stall of scientific books by the refectory during lunch. Not to be left out, staff across the school dressed up as characters from novels – there was a terrifying, dirt-smeared Kurtz from Heart of Darkness by Mr Fahey, whilst Mrs Webster came as eponymously and simultaneously as The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and the whole of the Art Department were replaced by ‘The Son of Man’ painting, a clever link to Freud’s ‘Interpretation of Dreams’. Unfortunately, one teacher couldn’t make it in but Mr Birling from An Inspector Calls covered lessons for the day…

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TENNESSEE October 2019

On 11 October, over 50 pupils from Fifth Year to Upper Sixth, all arriving in an eclectic array of character costumes, gathered in the Wilberforce Hall, transformed to a stage of ‘lurid nocturnal brilliance’, for an immersive evening inspired by the playwright, Tennessee Williams, whose plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie are studied at A Level English and drama respectively.

his fabulous event saw Caterham pupils performing live jazz, enacting scenes of the plays and even playing poker with rowdy eruptions to create the atmosphere of melting-pot, vibrant New Orleans shifting to the poignant, sinister and tragic experiences of the plays’ characters. Pupils were intellectually challenged by short lectures by visiting speaker, Jed Pietersen, on America’s identity in 1947 and Dr. Emily Gray on the influence of Expressionism in Williams’ development

of New Plastic Theatre, plus a talk with accompanying performance from Upper Sixth pupil and Senior Literature Society President, Sanjana, on the play she has written inspired by Williams’s style – an inspiration in itself of what our pupils can push themselves to achieve. A huge thank you to all the pupils and staff involved in making this such a successful evening: this really was an event that expresses the spirit of the life which goes on here at Caterham School

Poetry by Heart COMPETITION October 2019

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun… On the first truly autumnal morning of this term, pupils across the whole school celebrated National Poetry Day – a worthy and appropriate jubilation given that at Caterham, pupils each year so embrace and enjoy poetry in our annual recitation competition.

his year, our tribute to poetry was expressed through a delightful film, created by Upper Sixth pupils and Presidents of the Literature Society, Beryl and Sanjana. The beautifully crafted and poignant exploration of poetry’s value and meaning reflected our pupils’ intellectual engagement with and indeed reverence for this ever-evolving and ever-enthralling form of literature right here at Caterham. However, poetry is not a lofty, archaic or even inaccessible form – last week’s popular Literature Society talk from Anna on ‘The Poetry of Instagram’ showed how it has developed and adapted to the modern world. On National Poetry Day, we launched this year’s Poetry Recitation Competition; an annual event which

gives every pupil at Caterham the opportunity to learn a new poem by heart and perform it to their class. This is, undoubtedly, a challenge: for some, having the guts to stand up before their peers is hard; for others, committing the words to memory is tricky. However, every year we are so proud of and thrilled by the effort that goes in and the performances that result.

CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION In the autumn term, the Junior Literary Society entered a creative writing competition hosted by the Petersfield Bookshop, entitled Ghost in a Bookshop. Congratulations to Scarlett (Third Year) who was awarded highly commended out of a large number of entrants. Well done to all the pupils who took part!

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MEDALS GALORE FOR UKMT SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE Congratulations to the 24 Upper Sixth and Lower Sixth pupils who achieved a gold medal in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge, taken on 6 November by able pupils across the country, qualifying for the next round of the competition.

pecial congratulations to the nine of those who achieved qualifying scores for the prestigious and very difficult British Maths Olympiad (round 1). 25 pupils also achieved Silver medals and 12 bronze medals. Three Third and Fourth Year pupils also took the competition and achieved gold medals; a fantastic achievement! The pupils who achieved gold and qualified for the BMO were Hanyang, Tommy, Haley (all in the Upper

Sixth), and Selina ,Harrison, Lucy, Leo, Rongqian, Mulang (all in the Lower Sixth). The pupils who achieved gold and qualified for the Senior Kangaroo were Ivan, Max, Marine, Anna, Jimmy, Honsum, Lucas, Oli (all in the Upper Sixth) and Roy, Guoqin, Howard, Thomas, Oliver, Billy and Anika in the Lower Sixth. Finally, well done to Gracie (Fourth Year), and William and Alex (Third Year) for their gold in a competition aimed at Sixth Form.

GCSE Maths in action by Sophie, Fourth Year

On Thursday 15 November 2018 pupils from the Fourth Year visited the Emmanuel Centre in London and enjoyed an inspiring, interactive day about how maths can be used outside the classroom.

e heard many insightful talks from different prominent mathematicians working in universities, industries and the media. The first speaker was Cerys Bradley whose presentation featured online privacy. She showed us how her knowledge of maths and statistics can be used to investigate cybercrime and the dark web. Next, we listened to Roma Agrawal, a structural engineer who uses maths to ensure the buildings we use every day for work or school donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t collapse.

We were also offered the privilege of speaking to her after her talk to learn more about her job. The penultimate speaker was Stephen Connor from the University of York. He used probability to show us how

many shuffles it takes to randomise a set of cards. Finally, Hugh Martin from Cambridge University showed us the maths and physics used for Guy Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wall of death, spinning tops, boomerangs and other spinning things. We also had a practical session where we uncovered the solutions to challenging problems from famous mathematicians. This session was presented by Alex Bellos, who writes the Monday maths puzzle for the Guardian. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed our maths-packed day in a London. It was certainly an interesting, intellectual experience we will not forget. Thank you very much to the Caterham School maths department for giving us the opportunity to learn more about how we will use the GCSE course we are taking over the next 18 months.

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Senior Maths Team REGIONAL COMPETITION On Tuesday 13 November the Senior Maths Team travelled to Holcombe Grammar School, to compete in the regional Team Maths Challenge competition.

ayley and Hanyang (Upper Sixth) and Lucy and Leo (Lower Sixth) represented Caterham School. The first round of the competition was a set of 10 questions on which the team worked together. After the first round (getting eight out of 10 questions right) Caterham was six points behind the leading schools. The second round was the cross number round which is like a crossword with maths clues. Our pupils really enjoyed that round, performing very well and getting 59/60 possible marks! After the first two rounds Caterham was in fifth place, seven points behind first place. The final round had a set of four questions with the pupils working in pairs where pupils needed the solution to the previous

question to answer their own question. We were hoping to manage a high scoring performance to reclaim our title (regional champions 2015 and 2016) and qualify to the National Final in London. Despite performing really well in the last round we finished fourth, seven points from first place (missing a great chance of getting nine more marks in the last round). It was a great day overall and the pupils had a wonderful time!

FLATLAND

A Satire on Victorian Society In 1884, Edwin Abbott wrote the classic Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions – a satire on Victorian society.

INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE Congratulations to the 11 Third Year pupils who qualified for, and sat, the Grey Kangaroo following an excellent result in the intermediate maths challenge last term.

ell done especially to the three pupils achieving merits in this tough paperLorenzo, Manol and Paramita. Four Second Years (Millie, Xavier, James and Sophie) also took part in this paper (aimed at Third Years) achieving excellent results and all getting higher scores than most of the Third Years! Even more impressive, the highest score in the School was achieved by one of the Second Year pupils. Well done Millie! 14 pupils from the Fourth and Fifth Years took the Pink Kangaroo following their achievement in the IMC. Well done to Adam, Tamsin, and Ben for their merits. Tamsin is to be especially congratulated – being in the Fourth Form and doing so well is a great achievement.

t was largely ignored until the 1920’s when it was rediscovered in the wake of Einstein’s theory of relativity, as it was also a superb introduction to the geometry of space in more than three dimensions. The 2007 movie of the book conveyed the relative ease with which higher dimensions could be understood, if not visualised, and was watched by an attentive and well-behaved audience of the entire second year during the Wednesday afternoon double maths lesson of the last week of term. The pupils then participated enthusiastically in a Kahoot quiz based on the film; congratulations to Oscar for winning! Several runners up were awarded prizes following a recount after one ‘dodgy’ question was spotted. Congratulations also to the small number of pupils who correctly deduced that a hypercube with 1024 vertices must be called a Dekeract. The book is available for next to nothing from all good online book sellers and would be a great stocking filler for the keen young mind.

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STUDENT AMBASSADOR SCHEME This term saw the launch of the Fifth Year of the Student Ambassador Scheme.

MATHS IN ACTION DAY by Alex, Lower Sixth

On Wednesday 12 December, a group of Lower Sixth mathematicians travelled to London by train to participate in a maths in action study day at the Emmanuel Centre.

e were accompanied by Mrs Scott, Miss Dawrant and Mr Buchan and we listened to five interactive, maths related lectures. The first lecture explained how statistics can help us to make better decisions and how the media sometimes distorts statistics, making them appear more dramatic. Then we had an entertaining lecture on pure maths, followed by tan interesting analysis of the movement of large crowds and how to manage people

at a football stadium or a music festival. The most exciting lecture for me was about the ‘Bloodhound Project’; a British engineering team are attempting to break the land speed record - combining science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The team hope to reach 1000mph! Finally, we were entertained by a singing mathematician who explored the maths behind the Christmas song The 12 Days of Christmas, and this ended the day on a comical note. We all had a very enjoyable time.

A Level maths pupils were given the opportunity to apply to support maths lessons and clinics and learn a little bit more about the role of the teacher whilst at the same time supporting our younger pupils. The standard of application was very high and there are now nine pupils supporting maths lessons every week and fifteen pupils supporting maths clinics on a rota. These pupils will have the opportunity to work one to one and in small groups to support our younger pupils and some will have the opportunity to plan and teach a lesson later in the year. It is a huge commitment and the maths department would like to thank those pupils for giving up their time, and thank Mrs Parker for her tireless commitment in organising the scheme. The support the scheme provides is invaluable to our younger pupils who love having this help in their lessons!

MATHS OLYMPIAD FANTASTIC RESULTS! The results for the Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad sat last term were: Congratulations to all qualifiers – William and Alex (Third Year) and Cameron, Eric, Eva and Gracie (Fourth Year). William, Eric and Eva achieved merits, which is fantastic, and Alex and Gracie distinctions which puts them as amongst the most outstanding young mathematicians in the country. This many merits and distinctions is an exceptional result and we are very proud of them all!

CATERHAM MATHS AMBASSADORS Caterham Maths Ambassadors from the Fourth Year and the Lower Sixth have been out to St Stephens’s Primary School in Godstone. They have been delivering and assisting with lessons, contributing to the school’s maths provision and learning a great deal themselves. With good partnership work like this, everyone wins.

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BRITISH MATHS OLYMPIAD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 12 SIXTH FORMERS AND ONE FOURTH YEAR PUPIL WHO ENTERED THE GRUELLING 3 1/2 HOUR BRITISH MATHS OLYMPIAD (BMO) AT THE END OF THE AUTUMN TERM. Annie, Lucy, and Leo each received a distinction, with Leo qualifying for the even more challenging BMO 2 (taking place on 24 January). Well done also to Hangyang, William, Selina, Tommy and Gracie for their merits. Gracie deserves special congratulations for achieving a merit – for a Fourth Year to achieve this in a Sixth Form competition is very special indeed!

MATHS OLYMPIAD Congratulations to the three Second Year pupils who took the Junior Maths Olympiad following an outstanding result in the Junior Maths Challenge. Millie, Sophie and James all achieved Merits, with Millie doing especially well. Congratulations also to Jason, Isabelle, Scarlet and Casey from the First Year and Yoyo, Jasper, Pia, Ethan and Celia from the Second Year who took the Junior Maths Kangaroo following a very good result in the Junior Maths Challenge. Special congratulations to Yoyo and Jason for their merits in this round.

JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE – SUPERB RESULTS Well done to the 12 gold, 25 silver, and 27 bronze medalists from First and Second Year for their success in the Junior Maths Challenge taken earlier this term. These superb results are the best we’ve had for some time in the JMC. Special congratulations to the 12 gold medallists, who also qualified for the next round, the very challenging Junior Maths Kangaroo. They were Sophie, James, Celia, Ethan, Jasper, Yoyo and Pia from Second Year, and Jason, Isabelle, Casey and Scarlet from First Year. An extra special congratulations goes to Millie, who again qualified for the Junior Maths Olympiad (which is very, very challenging indeed).

JUNIOR MATHS: REGIONAL TEAM CHALLENGE WIN! On Tuesday 5 March, the Junior Maths Team comprising Sophie and Mille (Second Year) and Alex and William (Third Year) travelled to Trinity School, to compete in the Regional Team Maths Challenge Competition.

am pleased to announce that Caterham won and will now represent the region in the National Finals, which will take place at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London on Monday 17 June. Over 1600 schools entered the competition and Caterham will be one of only 88 schools that take part in the final. The pupils had a great time in this unique competition. The first round was a set of 10 questions which the team worked on together. The second round was the cross number round which is like a crossword but with maths clues. Two of the pupils were given the across clues and the other two, the down ones. The third round had sets of four questions on which pupils worked in pairs, needing the

solution to the previous question in order to answer the current one. The final round (a relay round), involved pupils answering questions and then racing their solution to the far end of the room where a teacher passed them the next question. Congratulations to all pupils who took part; you did us proud!

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HANS WOYDA Maths Competition

Hans Woyda is now in its 40th year, with a record of 64 schools competing. It is a competition in two sections; the league section and the knockout section (which include a main competition and a plate competition).

his year Caterham School was in a very strong group for the league section with Whitgift School (last year’s winners), Wallington’s County Grammar School and Wilson’s School. For the first round Caterham hosted Wilson’s school. Alex (Third Year), Sophie (Fifth Year), Lucy (Lower Sixth) and Haley (Upper Sixth) represented Caterham. We started the game really well and a superb performance during the group round secured a comfortable lead, which Caterham managed to protect leading to a 39-31 win. For the second round Caterham School competed away against Wallington’s County Grammar School. In this game Alex, Sophie and Lucy were joined by Hanyang (Upper Sixth) and led Caterham to a very close win 44-41. This win secured the qualification of Caterham to the next round (either as first in the main competition or as second in the plate competition). All pupils were very pleased with their result and had great fun!

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For the third round Caterham competed away against Whitgift for first place. Alex, Sophie, Lucy and Haley represented Caterham in a fantastic game. In the first six rounds none of the teams managed to have a lead of more than two points which made the last round (a speed round) even more exciting! Whitgift performed really well and unfortunately Caterham lost 38-43. Despite the loss, all pupils were very pleased with their effort and they really enjoyed all three games. The standings of the league section are shown above. Caterham qualified in the plate competition (as a second in the League round) and were drawn to compete home against Hampton’s

school, earlier this term. Alex, Sophie, Lucy and Haley once more tried their best and did a fantastic job in the first six rounds (Caterham had a lead of two points). However, once more the last round didn’t go as well as we would have wanted to, and as a consequence Hampton’s school managed to take a close win. Overall it was a fantastic year for Caterham, qualifying once more to the plate competition even though we didn’t go as far as we would have hoped in the knockout stages! The maths department would like to thank all the pupils who represented Caterham this year and is aiming for an even a better performance next year!

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Intermediate Team MATHS CHALLENGE We are thrilled to announce that our Intermediate Maths Team came sixth in the National Finals for this year’s UK Team Mathematics Challenge trophy!

aving won the Regional Final, our team comprising William and Alex (Third Year) and Sophie and Millie (Second Year), travelled to the Royal Horticultural Halls in London. Over 1700 schools entered the competition and 88 teams qualified to take part in the final held on Monday 17 June. The final, which is run by the UK Mathematics Trust, involves teams of four Second and Third Year pupils. Pupils had to negotiate a ‘group circus’ which

involved solving eight difficult maths problems; a ‘maths shuttle’ in which the answer from each question feeds in to the next; a ‘cross number’ which is a mathematical crossword and a ‘relay race’ combining mental and physical agility. Prior to the event, pupils had to study ‘compass’ and ‘straight edge constructions’ with the aim of creating a poster on the

day with up to six points available, determined by mathematical content and artistic design. This (from what our memories tell us) is our best ever result and a truly outstanding result for the pupils, and for the teachers who have worked with them! Congratulations to everyone who took part!

Intermediate Maths Challenge Success Congratulations to the 33 gold medal, 53 silver medal and 31 bronze medal winners from Third to Fifth Year in the Intermediate Maths Challenge taken in February.

PROBLEM SOLVING

SUCCESS A team of six Lower Sixth pupils made it to the final of the Surrey SATRO Problem Solving Challenge in late March.

urrey SATRO have been running an annual Problem Solving Challenge for more than 20 years. Teams of six are given a limited set of materials and just 90 minutes to solve a challenging problem. Our Lower Sixth team performed well at the heats of the competition, beating some stiff competition from other local schools to win a place at the final. The team was apprehensive as we drove to the competition venue, but they made a rapid start on the problem – to design a miniature ferris wheel, powered only by the weight of some polo mints. The team developed an impressive design which worked well during practices, but which unfortunately collapsed (literally) during the judging! The photo shows the team with their design… before disaster struck.

illiam came top in Third Year, Elaine top in Fifth Year, and Bohdan Vereitin and Eric Lu took joint top place in the School and top in Fourth Year. William qualifies for the Cayley Olympiad, and Bohdan, Eric, Gracie, Eva and Cameron qualify for the Hamilton Olympiad – a fantastic achievement to get through to these extremely challenging follow-on rounds. Special congratulations also to Paramita, Anastasia, Holly-Heather, Eric, Marilie, Manol, Jess, Sophie, and Hermione, who have qualified for the follow on Grey Kangaroo (for Third Year pupils) and Elaine, Sophie, Jasmine, Adam, Christian, Ethan, Kate, Benjamin, Esther, Cyrus, Joe, Michelle, Alice, Thomas, Brandon, Lorenzo and Tamsin who have qualified for the follow on pink Kangaroo (for Fourth and Fifth Years) . A particular mention to four Second Year pupils who also participated – James, Sophie, Xavier and Millia, all of whom qualified for the Grey Kangaroo. Follow on rounds will take place on 21 March. Congratulations also to Leo and Annie (Lower Sixth) for their merits in the exceptionally challenging British Maths Olympiad round two taken earlier this term, narrowly missing distinctions; their success in these gruelling papers place them in the top 100 pupils nationally.

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES

Style, humour and intelligence...

n Wednesday 5 June, Caterham’s Economics Debating Team went into action against Lingfield College. Caterham were proposing the motion that “This House believes that Britain would be better served by a fully state-run rail service” and performed superbly, winning the floor vote. Our team of Qi, Chloe and Max argued with style, humour and intelligence and were full of outstanding economic analysis, as well as showing off their excellent public speaking skills. IT WAS A JOY TO SEE THEM IN ACTION!

This house believes that the government should act now to close the gender pay gap.

ECONOMICS DEBATING TEAM

n Wednesday 7 February, Caterham’s Economics Debating Team went into action against Lingfield College. Caterham

were proposing the motion that “This house believes that the government should act now to close the gender pay gap” and performed superbly. Our team of Electa, Karen and Narek argued with panache and intelligence and were full of excellent economic analysis, as well as finely honed speaking skills. It was a pleasure to see them in action.

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MODEL UNITED NATIONS: AWARDS WON

CATERHAM’S MODEL UNITED NATIONS IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH WITH TWO AWARDS WON AT LAST WEEKEND’S OXFORD CONFERENCE.

fter enjoying a stimulating opening address from the UK’s longestserving ambassador to the UN, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, 10 Sixth Formers enjoyed a weekend of debating at Oxford Global’s Model United Nations conference. Congratulations to Katie and Narke who between them won best delegate and best position paper.

Festival Speakers Panel DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAY, LAUREN, MOLLY, HANNAH AND ED (UPPER SIXTH FORM) SPOKE AT THE BYLINE FESTIVAL, A CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM AND FREE SPEECH.

hey took Abortion as their topic, and spoke confidently and eloquently, having prepared speeches designed to encourage debate. A lively discussion ensued during which the group fielded questions from an engaged audience. Congratulations to these pupils on an impressive performance.

Byline Festival is an annual festival celebrating free speech and democracy established by Old Caterhamian Stephen Colegrave and his partner Peter Jukes. The festival is held in the Ashdown Forest and attracts festival goers from across the globe.

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

FRIENDSHIPS CONFIRMED ON ANSBACH EXCHANGE MR W JONES, GERMAN DEPARTMENT.

An eager and excited small group of Second and Fourth Year pupils had an action packed week in sunny Bavaria the first week of the summer holidays. This was of course the second exciting instalment following the first part of the program back in March when the German pupils visited Caterham.

uring the week in Germany, Caterham pupils had the experience at first hand of seeing how a German family lives on a daily basis and also sampled plenty of lessons in our partner school and, of course, plenty of regional food, of which Bratwurst , Sauerkraut and Schnitzel all came out as firm favourites! Confidence levels in spoken German came on in leaps and bounds as the week progressed, initially The July sun by way of a few useful “survival phrases “ which shone on us for our boat trip pupils had been issued with and later on due on the Altmühlsee and mini to visiting lessons in German and trying golf competition and Caterham to converse more fully with their hosts. pupils all had a chance to captain Excursion highlights featured a highly the boat for a few minutes! informative walking tour through For most pupils, this was their very first the medieval town of Rothenburg, experience of going to Germany and everyone’s where we also visited “Käthe smiling faces certainly reflected that it had been a Wohlfahrt” Christmas shop, happy one, to the extent that some pupils are already where we learned all sorts eager to sign up for next year. of fascinating facts Following the success of our German Exchange a new trip to about German Berlin has been added for our First Year Germanists! Details of the Christmas traditions Information Evening for both trips will be in the first weekly Letter to and legends from Parents email this Friday, 6 September. our guide.

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FRENCH SOCIETY: L’ENTRANGER PLAY THE FRENCH SOCIETY attended the first ever adaption on stage of Albert Camus’ existentialist masterpiece, by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. Camus, a Nobel laureate, was a French philosopher and novelist. He is considered as one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. Ben Okri ‘s play represents “a dramatization of one of modern literature’s most celebrated works.” The ensuing debate and analysis of the play promises to be riveting at the next meeting of the Society.

THE FRENCH SOCIETY: Fascinating Presentations Just before the Easter break, our Upper Sixth pupils delivered a series of fascinating presentations on their ‘independent research projects’, with topics as varied as: The Macron government, Genocide in Rwanda, Franco-Algerian relations, nuclear energy , death penalty, IVF laws in France and le Verlan. This term, the French Society started with a talk by guest speaker , Miss Silvero on ‘Deportation of French Jewish children and the role of the Vichy government during WWII’ – a topic directly relevant to the Upper Sixth programme and also useful for their study of the novel, Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo. Then, following on from the class topic on the role of women in French society, our Lower Sixth pupils Abbi, Anna and Olivia gave an insightful talk on Marie Curie, followed by questions from the group- en français, bien sûr! Bravo!

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Disney Magic On Friday 15 February, 44 sleepy but excited First Year pupils began their weekend trip to Paris. The long journey was broken up with lots of snacks, quizzes and movies and so we were soon at the hotel ready to head to the Wild West Show with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The next day we enjoyed a whole day in the Disney parks with lots of fast rides, shows and more food. The weather was glorious and it was hard to believe it was February. The pupils enjoyed exploring and many souvenirs were bought. On Sunday, we headed into central Paris and had a great view over the city from the Montparnasse Tower followed by a relaxing bateau-mouche trip on the Seine. Once again we were spoiled with sunshine and blue skies. Finally we boarded the coach to return home. It was a great weekend and the pupils behaved wonderfully, enjoying all that Paris had to offer. Thank you to the team of staff who gave the pupils such an exciting weekend.

EUROPEAN WEEK OF LANGUAGES As part of the European Week of Languages this week, pupils got involved in a friendly ‘boules’ competition in the sunshine on Tuesday 25 September. First year pupils tried their hand at this traditional French game and showed they had great ‘boules’ skills. Bravo First Year!

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUMMER OF CODE COMPETITION

The Summer of Code competition asks pupils to spend time over the summer break creating a game, website or app in their own time.

his is the second year of the competition and the quality of entries was in-credibly high. The Lower School winner (First – Third Year), Sophie created a clean and engaging website which included mini games within the site. The Senior School winner (Fourth-Upper Sixth), Alex created a fun, well-crafted game which was responsive and well exe-cuted. This year’s overall winner, James (Fifth Year), created some-thing truly exceptional, building a game using Virtual Reality. The planning, but more significantly, the

genuinely immersive experience would not have been out of place next to some of the professional games found online. Overall, this has been a really exciting year for the competition and we are very excited to see what next year will bring!

SHORTLISTED for TES Independent School Awards 2019

CODING CLUB the future is bright! We have witnessed

We are thrilled that Caterham was once again been shortlisted for a Times Educational Supplement Independent School Award, following on from our win for ‘Best Use of Technology’ in the 2018 awards. The TES announced today that Caterham School has been shortlisted for the Strategic Education Initiative Award. TES editor Ann Mroz said: “Independent education in this country is truly world class. It’s one of our great success stories. And those shortlisted for the TES Independent School Awards are the crème de la crème. “We received a record number of entries this year and the standard is the highest yet, so to be shortlisted is an extraordinary achievement for any school.”

impressive IT skills on display by the pupils of Furzefield Primary School. They have been coming to Caterham School every week for Coding Club hosted by our IT department. The future is bright if this lot are anything to go by!

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Bringing new ideas to life

ACCENTURE DESIGN THINKING On Monday 21 January, the Lower Sixth spent the morning with 15 executives from Accenture, learning about ‘Design Thinking’, the creative problem-solving process they use with their clients to innovate and bring new products to the market place.

ot only was this a great opportunity to understand an important process in the innovation space, it feeds in directly to a module in the Digital Inquiry course many of our Lower Sixth pupils are undertaking. The morning was spent learning from a range of Accenture’s staff who meet with and work alongside a wide range of clients in different fields. To give focus to the day,

pupils were invited to design new ways of fundraising for school charities, and it is hoped that some of these ideas may be developed further over the coming months. Accenture also offered the opportunity for some of our pupils to head up to their London office to have a tour of their Innovation centre and learn more about the process of working with their clients and bringing new ideas to life.

TEEN TECH CHALLENGES Six Third Year pupils attended the Teen Tech Satro Festival in January at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The festival brings together pupils from 50 schools across the region and 150 industry specialists from a range of companies, for a day of hands-on challenges and experiments.

o start the day, Teen Tech Satro gave pupils a design challenge. Pupils were asked to brainstorm ideas, select a project then divide up into production teams covering all aspects of the design process. Once an idea had been selected, they set about designing the details, establishing what components are required and the environmental impact of the product. They also had

to come up with ideas for its promotion/marketing. Ideas were then presented to the assembled audience of 150 peers. After the first challenge they had the opportunity to complete a variety of different challenges set by the various design companies. Ranging from the spaghetti tower challenge set by Fluor, a verbal recall challenge set by REME and further challenges set by MERU. Pupils had an interesting experience with the adapted toys and were impressed with the

simplicity of the challenges that had a huge impact on the children’s ability to play independently with their toys. At the end of the day, certificates were given out to each school for the first challenge and Caterham received theirs for the project entitled ‘Top Tech Tinker’ for the Self-Sufficient Car Design. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed their day, and came away feeling really enthusiastic and felt that they had learned a lot!

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CATERHAM WINS EDTECH OSCAR IN RECOGNITION OF OUR PIONEERING USE OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, CATERHAM WAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF UK SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE AN EDTECH AWARD AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN MAY.

he ‘Edtech Oscars’, supported by Intel, were chosen by an independent judging panel made up of educators and edtech experts. Caterham School was named as part of the prestigious Edtech 50 awards and features in a national publication that showcases imaginative uses of tech-nology to support teaching and learning across the UK. The Edtech 50 report includes details of the

schools’ work and has contributions from Ministers of Education from Wales, Scotland and England. Edtech 50 Schools is organised by the Education Foundation and CEO & Founder, Ty Goddard said: “I would like to congratulate Caterham and all the Edtech 50 schools. The power of education technology provides significant support to help students learn, reduce teachers’ workload and save money. There is great potential for edtech to help

make a difference but it needs to be the right technology, implemented effectively, and with support for staff. “ The Edtech 50 shines a spotlight on the schools leading the way, which we hope can inspire other schools across the UK.” Intel, Edtech UK, JISC, Chartered College of Teaching, Net Support and the Independent Schools Council Digital Strategy Group are supporting Edtech 50 Schools.

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Sixth Form Agents of Change Following the design thinking workshop in January, ten of our Lower Sixth Form pupils were invited up to Accenture’s offices in Fenchurch Street

hey got to spend the day in one of the organisation’s innovation centres, working through a design thinking challenge, and being exposed to some of the cutting-edge technologies being developed with the organisation’s clients. It was a fascinating day, and our pupils were able to get a real sense of the multi-disciplinary nature of working in a big company, as well as the importance of problem-solving skills. They also learnt a great deal about the importance of individual influence and how everyone has

the power to affect change for things they are passionate about. One pupil commented that what they had been shown had ‘genuinely made him think differently.’ Our pupils were able to get insights into upcoming technologies and how these might be used in the future and then given the opportunity to explore ways they might harness these coming changes for good in the school environment. We look forward to seeing them becoming agents of change in the coming months!

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EDUCATION EVOLUTION Sir Anthony Seldon joined representatives from Accenture, PwC, UCL and the Chartered College of Teaching as we hosted more than 50 UK schools at Caterham’s annual Education Evolution conference in School.

chools including Eton, Radley College and our local state primary and secondary partners came to hear a diverse range of speakers and see how Caterham has embraced innovation to build a strong digital skillset amongst our young people. The purpose of this annual conference is to encourage schools to embrace the changes already in action in the professional world and ensure we are collectively preparing our pupils in the best possible way. Caterham is well placed to share our experience of championing innovation throughout our educational provision having won national awards from the Times Educational Supplement and having been

announced as one of a handful of UK Ed Tech 50 schools in the House of Lords last month. The attending schools learnt more about the Caterham Digital Inquiry course from Sixth Former Freddie Hull. The course was established here at Caterham and launched this year to our own Sixth Form. The online course allows participants to develop a diverse skillset aligned to the World Economic Forum’s identified skills necessary for the working world in 2020 and beyond. At is core the course requires you to learn or develop digital skills and apply this learning to develop a product which solves a particular problem you have identified. The focus is on research, thinking skills in addition to critical thinking, entrepreneurship and self-awareness.

DIGITAL RESILIENCE SKILLS FRIDAY 14 JUNE SAW ALL THE FIRST YEARS LEARNING ABOUT THE POWER OF THE DIGITAL WORLD! As pupils navigated their way through a morning of interactive presentations, focus groups and lessons, they began to better appreciate the power of social media and some of the potential challenges. Reflecting on its possible impact on their emotions allowed them to start developing valuable digital resilience skills. These they used to design a new poster campaign which will be launched next week and well done to all the First Year for their incredibly imaginative designs. It was too hard to pick just one winning design and the posters have been inspired by the work of four girls; congratulations to Elle, Alice, Isabelle & Elisabeth. Thanks must go to Mr Webster who has done an incredible job of turning their visions into smart digital posters – stay tuned to see them around the School.

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SCRATCH CODING SUCCESS Sophie (Second Year) had her game ‘Out of the Blue’ appear in the ‘Featured Projects’ section of the Scratch website. Scratch, one of the most widely used platforms for teaching young people block-based coding, was created by the MIT Media Lab and has been translated into over 70 languages. To be featured on the site’s homepage your game needs to be recommended and endorsed by other users, so this is an absolutely fantastic achievement. At the start of the year Sophie was a runner-up in the Summer of Code competi-tion, for which she entered ‘Out of the Blue.’ Congratulations Sophie!

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OCA INNOVATION & COLLABORATION AWARD On Friday 21 June, the Deayton Theatre played host to the inaugural final of the OCA Innovation & Collaboration Award. The award was setup this year to celebrate pupils who work together to come up with an innovative idea or product, with a £1000 prize for the winning team.

ach team presented and then answered questions to a panel of four judges: Ceri Jones, Headmaster Clive Furness, President of the OCA, Preya Jubraj, Current parent and senior manager at Accenture and Karin Schulte, Former pupil of Eothen School and now director at GKKC Ltd The final was a genuinely inspiring event, with each team presenting their ideas with confidence and passion, far beyond their years. The judges found it difficult to pick a winner from the range of wonderful ideas they saw. Each entry impressed in its own right, for different reasons, whether that was for the entrepreneurial determination of ‘Titan Graphics’, presented by Joel and Max, the technological wizardry in the creation of an augmented reality app for education, developed by Ollie and James, or the emotive, powerful design and message of Jason and Max’s online safety app. The winners however, were ‘Planet Eco’ who were made up of Millie, Leah, Juliette, Isla, Izzy,

Savannah, Sayano, Scarlett, Scarlet and Karlijn in the First Year. Their idea of an eco-friendly shampoo and packaging was presented with a confidence and thoughtfulness well beyond their years. The judges were impressed by the depth of research and planning which has already gone into the development of the product, as well as the clear passion for the idea and the potential environmental benefits. Some of the team have even tested the product on their own hair! Planet Eco will win the OCA Innovation and Collaboration Award, which will be presented at Speech Day 2019, however all of the teams

showed genuine innovation and the OCA have offered to mentor and support all of the groups as they look to further develop their ideas. This was a fantastic example of the kind of innovation our pupils are capable of, and we are already very excited about next year’s competition!

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CAREERS Pupilsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Work Experience at

UN and UNDP

Upper Sixth Former Amrita spent a remarkable two weeks working for the UN and the UNDP (UN Development Programme) in Belarus in the summer of 2018.

mrita was tasked with reviewing a huge amount of UN strategic documentation for the country in both English and Russian, providing summary information that could be used by the UN to better guide its interventions. She worked on a whole range of policy areas, including gender equality, social issues for young people and renewable energy. Amrita had to work largely independently,

meeting with the various UN agencies and international project staff to confirm initial ideas and then select the key metrics. Her work experience included a presentation to the UN Head in Belarus; he was so impressed by the quality and detail of Amritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in such a relatively short period that some of her findings are now being used by the UN to shape further policy in the region. Well done Amrita!

MEDICINE & DENTISTRY CONFERENCE At the end of September, six Upper Sixth Formers interested in studying medicine and dentistry attended a one-day conference in Manchester on urgent care provision in the UK. It was delivered by the vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the head of NHS Digital among others. The pupils, who took a lot from the experience will be sharing their learnings with Lower Sixth and Fifth Year pupils also interested in studying Medicine.

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BECOMING AN AIRLINE PILOT The careers department were delighted to welcome parent Mr Peter Statham to School on Monday 29 April. Mr Statham, a short haul British Airways Captain, spoke to a select group of pupils and parents about his thirty year career as a commercial pilot. He talked us through the three routes into the profession, the training, the cost, what makes a good pilot and why he loves his job so much!

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CAREERS IN LAW On Monday 15 October the careers department hosted a Careers in Law evening.

huge thank you to parents, Miss Victoria Francis and Mr Damian Bisseker, who offered some excellent advice and guidance on the roles of a Barrister and Solicitor respectively, as well as Old Caterhamian Alannah Hoban who walked us through studying law at university. Alannah encouraged potential law pupils to research their courses to make sure they understand the options open to them. She originally applied to the University of Sussex to study Law and Spanish but when she began her studies it became clear that

many of the law options she was interested in, were not available if she was taking Spanish. Thankfully she was able to change to straight law. She also emphasised how important it was to visit universities before you apply as they can be so different in reality, to the picture painted on their websites – she explained how she know Sussex was the right place for her when she attended their open day. During this visit she was able to ascertain that the student support network was first class and that their assessments were based more on coursework than exams – something she always

found very stressful. Sussex also used this opportunity to showcase their specific law facilities – demonstrating their mock court room, pro-bono clinics and advocacy programmes. She also talked about the need for resilience and tenacity and how pupils should not underestimate the jump from school to university. She failed her first exam and was very disappointed with the result, yet she persevered and this summer, she graduated with the highest mark in her cohort and has just begun her Masters in Intellectual Property and IT! Well done and good luck Alannah!

UNI ADVICE FROM OLD CATERHAMIANS

Old Cats from the class of 2018 returned to school in the last week of the summer term, to enlighten Lower Sixth students on what to expect in their first year of university.

hey offered sound advice on the considerations in in choosing courses through to managing the work-life balance at university. It became evident that selecting the right university is not a linear process and that the journey the current Sixth Formers are embarking on may lead to an unexpected destination. They impressed the importance of visiting universities to get a feel for the town, campus and course, and not to be swayed by the popular choices of your friends to ensure you choose the course and uni that is right for you. A couple of them had experienced the clearing

process, it had ended well for both but made it apparent how important it is to have a B-plan and to be adaptable rather than just focus on one option. Meeting new people is key to the university experience, so they encouraged all the pupils to make the most of all the opportunities on offer, joining societies and sports clubs – even if you are a beginner, as it is the easiest way to meet people. It was interesting to hear how the panel was split on the benefits of catered accommodation versus selfcatering, but listening to the pros and cons of each gave the pupils plenty to dwell on. Clearly the experience is different for every student, but the Old Cats gave the Sixth Formers plenty to consider and look forward to. We welcomed back: Abigail Barrett (Leeds, Management) Emily Buchanan (Southampton, Medicine) Holly Mead (Exeter, Criminology & Sociology) Ben Deans (Cardiff, Environmental Geology) Phoebe Salem (Guildford School of Acting, Drama) Ben Soden (Bath, International Management & Spanish) Zach de Beer (Nottingham Trent, Law) Cameron Swayne (Exeter, Business Management) Charlotte Bridson (Birmingham Conservatoire, Education in Acting)

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TSBA CEREMONY:

Pupils meet Authors

PUPILS FROM 15 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED THE 2019 TRINITY SCHOOLS BOOK AWARD CEREMONY ON 15 MARCH.

hey had the chance to meet four authors and to view the impressive entries for the pupil competitions for Best Review and Best Creative Response. Pupils from 20 schools read six books and voted for their favourite. This year there was an unprecedented tie between Alice Broadway for Ink and Paul Dowswell for Ausländer! Unfortunately an injury prevented Alice from attending the ceremony, but she sent a video message and was clearly thrilled to be chosen and very disappointed not to attend. Paul Dowswell was there, along with Nicholas Bowling, Frances Hardinge and Muhammad Khan, and gave a heartfelt acceptance speech which clearly showed how pleased he was to have won. All

four authors took part in a Q & A session, which was expertly chaired by Mr Crombie. Excited pupils queued to get their books signed and chat with the authors, before departing with a bag of TSBA goodies in preparation for next year’s award.

TRINITY SCHOOLS BOOK AWARD The Library Book Group celebrated having read and discussed all six of the shortlisted titles for the Trinity Schools Book Award (TSBA). Teachers from across the Senior School picked a book to champion and came to the Group each week to join in the conversation. Parents joined in too; their choice of Ink prompted much discussion.

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The Library marked 100 years of the RAF with a series of displays. Several pupils and staff made model aircraft which were suspended alongside the propeller from the Blackburn B2 Trainer aircraft once owned by the CCF. If you haven’t visited yet please drop in to see various artefacts from across the years including War in a Stringbag, the autobiography by Old Caterhamian Charles Lamb; the story of Mrs Whitwell’s grandparents who all served in the RAF; fiction and non-fiction books covering topics ranging from engineering to food, as well as information on the RED Arrows and RAF careers.

The RAF Flag at Solway Aviation © Walter Baxter

WitchBorn Author Nick Bowling Visit Nick Bowling, author, stand-up comic, musician and Latin teacher visited the School to talk to First Year pupils about his novel Witchborn which has been shortlisted for the 2019 Trinity Schools Book Award. Set in 1557, Witchborn is an exciting story of secrets, witchcraft and political intrigue. Nick’s stories of how to identify a witch which included the inventive use of a sieve and a pair of scissors had pupils enthralled.

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ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME Revise like a Champion Did you know that one of the best ways to commit something to your long-term memory is to realise that you have forgotten something? A group of parents attended the latest Learning to Learn seminar with Mr. Kim Wells on Wednesday 8 May, discovering everything from the benefits of spacing your revision to interleaving your subjects.

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WIDER CIRCLES

WIDER CIRCLES DELIGHT CHARITY: PUPILS VOLUNTEER A large number of pupils form Viney volunteered to help Delight Charity move premises in June. Pupils have been volunteering on a weekly basis at the Delight Offices in Caterham, making a valuable contribution to a fantastic local charity. Delight works with primary schools to deliver quality arts-based programmes that broaden children’s horizons, increase self-esteem and aspiration, and better engage them in learning.

WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP WORK THAT IS REFLECTED IN WIDER CIRCLES AND ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE BOTH AT THIS SCHOOL AND IN THE ORGANISATIONS WE WORK ALONGSIDE, WHO SHARE OUR VISION OF WHAT MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP CAN MEAN FOR SCHOOLS, AND WHO WORK SO HARD TO BRING THAT VISION TO LIFE.

his vision is underpinned by a firm belief that working with others and being open to new ideas and influences brings huge benefits to all, a recognition that we have much to learn from others and that our engagement in the broader educational landscape and discussion is a necessary part of our reason for being here. Our approach to partnership work is to make a measurable change to our own organisation, our own pupils and our own teachers and to support those that we work with to make the changes they deem necessary to improve the outcomes of their own pupils. We want our pupils to leave this school understanding the impact

that meaningful and purposeful community action can make on the world around them. We are strongly of the view that we need to lead by example. Wider Circles captures both the purpose and impact of some of the partnership work that we engage in, the fun and enjoyment of working on these projects and also the personal development that these activities have on our pupils and our staff.

St John’s Drama Group CONGRATULATIONS to the St John’s drama group for their performance of Fish Tank held in the Deayton Theatre. This marked the finale of the third cycle of this club for St John’s Primary pupils planned and delivered by Caterham pupils on a weekly basis. We look forward to the next creative masterpiece!

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Youth Business

CHALLENGE

Our two business enterprise groups attended the Natwest 5-0 Youth Business Challenge awards evening at Christ’s Hospital on Thursday 2 May.

oth groups were singled out for praise for their presentation skills and their business organisation. Readers may have come across the groups selling refreshments earlier this term at the school play, or organising the ‘Footwear Friday’ event. ‘Team 2’ won the prize for the most innovative product for their fantastic acrylic phone holder design, of which they sold nearly 200 and in total raised over £1,000 in support of St Catherine’s Hospice.

GOLDSMITHS’ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD Our partnership with Clifton Hill School was shortlisted for the South of England’s regional finals for the Goldsmith’s Company’s Award for Community Engagement. Six members of the Lower Sixth went to Prendergast Vale School to present to a panel and face 20 minutes of questioning!

he pupils acquitted themselves superbly; the competition was also fantastic. We await the results and will see if our partnership is selected for the final show at Goldsmith’s Hall in June. The Goldsmiths’ Company has launched its first award for Community Engagement this year (2019). The awards, which are pupil-led, celebrate the positive impact schools have through charitable and voluntary

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initiatives within their local communities. These activities are of vital importance to many but often go unrecognised. The Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Award recognises, publicises and provides financial support to outstanding initiatives at schools that have community engagement ingrained in their DNA.

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HOCKEY COMMUNITY On Tuesday 12 February, Caterham hockey hosted a session for Year 3 and 5 pupils from Furzefield Primary School. The session was coached by Academy Director Peter Friend. The potential and skills on show by the pupils were fantastic and a great time was had by all!

Netball Outreach Session

FUNDRAISING EVENT

On Thursday 18 October 14 Year 6 pupils from St John’s Primary School took part in a fantastic netball session led by our Netball Academy Director Sam Houghton. Huge fun was had by all and Miss Houghton was very impressed with some of the skills on show throughout the session.

Thanks to all who supported the Tanzania Team Charity doughnut sale, supported by Krispy Kreme. We can only apologise to those who missed out, we sold nearly 500 in four minutes, raising £250 for Lerang’wa Lunches. Next time we will order more!

Lunches for Lerang’wa

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UNITED ACCESS EASTER RESIDENTIAL During the Easter Holiday the fifth United Access residential course was held at Caterham School.

he programme sees 18 pupils from six United Learning Academies attend two residentials per year, from Third Year to Upper Sixth. The Easter course had a strong focus on revision as the pupils begin their GCSE’s next term. The United Access team worked to ensure that, despite the focus on revision, the week was rewarding and enjoyable for pupils. They included opportunities pupils wouldn’t typically get in school, such as lessons on memory,

information recall & the best ways to revise and virtual reality revision, using the ‘mind palace’ theory to revise a least favourite subject with virtual reality goggles. The team was particularly struck by how focused pupils are on their studies and how they managed to maintain this throughout the week. The next residential is planned to take place in June, at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge, where pupils will begin to focus on University and the application process.

SUNNYDOWN SCHOOL Photogram Fun On Wednesday 5 June Caterham’s Art department had the pleasure of hosting a workshop for eight Second Year boys from Sunnydown School.

unnydown School is a special state school for boys aged 11 to 16 with communication and interaction difficulties, including autism. Mrs Parsloe ran a photography session on how to create ‘photograms’. This is a darkroom activity whereby objects are placed on light sensitive paper, exposed to light and then processed. The boys had some really lovely results and enjoyed their session. We had some lovely comments but the quote of the session was this; “I love this kind of photography! It’s just like magic!” We have close ties with Sunnydown and hope to continue this link in the years to come.

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Gifts for TANZANIA Pupils in 1R send money every month to a child in Tanzania named Lutha. He is their age and goes to school, but every morning and evening plus weekends he farms potatoes for his family business. Last week, pupils in 1R made friendship bracelets to send to

Lutha and his friends. It is proving a tricky skill for many, but they are persevering, knowing Lutha and his friends will enjoy their gifts.

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TEACHER TRAINING At the beginning of March some Lower Sixth pupils went to St John’s Primary School to act as teaching assistants in maths and English lessons. It is great to see everyone learning on these occasions.

COMMUNITY DAY - Fun & Learning The Lower Sixth were pleased to host Year 5 pupils from Hillcroft and Furzefield Primary schools on Monday 1 July. Activities included academics sessions from maths to history, practical sessions from drama to innovation, and an afternoon of games. Much fun and learning was had by all.

NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE CONGRATULATIONS to Upper Sixth Formers Daniel and Miranda who achieved success in the widely acclaimed National Citizen Service (NCS). Daniel says “Over the course of the past year Miranda and I have been taking part with the NCS. After completing the original course in 2017 we went on to represent young people at a regional level. We have since moved on to go to a Leaders’ Week with 58 other young people to represent our region at a national level with the NCS Trust. Over the course of the next year we have pledged to increase the number of young people in our area to take part in social action and charity work.”

HOCKEY ACADEMY Taster Sessions The Caterham School Hockey Academy welcomed 14 Year 5 pupils from St Matthew’s CE Primary School Redhill to the astro turf for a hockey taster session.

or many of them it was their first experience of hockey and they worked on some basic dribbling techniques and played some enjoyable games to put these skills to the test. This session followed last week’s

very successful taster session for Hillcroft Primary School. The players from both sessions came away feeling energised and excited about the sport and we hope to see them continuing to play when they return to their respective schools.

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WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY EXCHANGE Reports by two pupils ...

When we arrived at the Western Reserve Academy in Ohio, we had a pizza party and met all our exchange pupils who were really welcoming, and gave us a tour of the school grounds, which consisted of over 50 acres of buildings and sports pitches.

e spent the next week attending lessons with our exchange pupils and learning what American boarding school life is like, whilst also trying to navigate our way around the campus. There were really interesting classes that the pupils took such as cancer immunology, and we were able to watch boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lacrosse and wrestling. We visited the Rock and Roll Museum of Fame in Cleveland, and then went to see the Red Indians play at a baseball stadium. In the middle of the second week, we travelled to Washington D.C and spent the last couple of days visiting museums to learn about American history, such as the American Indian Museum, which was fascinating. We also went to see the Lincoln and

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Martin Luther King monuments, the Vietnam and North Korea memorials and the White House. One of my favourite parts was the

art museums we visited, such as the National Gallery, as some of the pieces they had were stunning. by Michaela (Lower Sixth)

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During the Easter holidays ten of the lower sixth pupils travelled to America for the Western Reserve Academy exchange.

he trip consisted of eight days at the boarding school in Ohio and a further four days in Washington DC. Whilst we were in Ohio we firstly visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Cleveland Museum of Art. This was a great way for the ten of us to get to know each other better and start off our journey! We attended classes with our American exchanges and in order to get the full American high school experience, we joined in with sports, dance and choir after classes. On the Friday and Saturday evenings, WRA hosted music nights where all of us Brits sang a very out

of tune version of ‘Party in the USA’ (just in case the American pupils hadn’t already realized our presence…) Another day we drove to Cleveland to watch a baseball game- Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays. This was a once in a lifetime experience for the ten of us and I believe this day out was definitely a highlight of the trip! In Washington we had a very busy schedule which meant we managed to see all of the main tourist attractions including the Capitol Building, Supreme Court Building, Arlington Cemetery

(where we watched the changing of the guard), White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and many more. One evening we went to Georgetown for dinner and shopping- another standout section of the trip for me. In the near future we are all very excited to welcome our American exchanges to England where they will experience Caterham and get familiar with London! by Leah (Lower Sixth)

LERANG’WA – SUMMER 2019 “A fantastic life changing experience” – Sophie A “The most amazing, enjoyable experience of my life so far” – Maddie P “It was inspirational to work in such a happy community, with such strong friendships” – Kirsty D “Our two schools are true partners and friends – with commitment to education underpinning that over 10 year friendship” – Tony F.

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LAE Pupils visit Caterham The new Lower Sixth pupils of Caterham House, London Academy of Excellence Stratford (LAE) came for a day hosted by the Caterham Lower Sixth early September. The day was a mixture of learning and fun activities. The day is an important part of our cherished link with LAE Stratford, allowing pupils to widen their experiences, make friends and network. There will be a return visit to Stratford in the Spring Term.

LAE Annual Matches We were delighted to welcome students from our partner school LAE Stratford on Wednesday 7 November. The annual football and netball matches were played out, with table tennis on the itinerary for the first time.

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PA CHEQUE PRESENTATION TO

LIMPSFIELD GRANGE The Parents’ Association presented a cheque to Limpsfield Grange School at this week’s AGM.

he total donation to this fantastic organisation totalled in excess of £4,000 and was raised through the efforts of the PA over the past two years and their commitment to help a local charity with a share of total proceeds.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORING SUCCESS! Thanks to all cookie eaters. All that pleasure and no guilt; pride in the fact that we raised £576.76 for Macmillan. Well done everyone!

SHOOTING STAR CHASE Cheque Presentation Chair of the Charity Committee and the champion fundraisers from last year’s Christmas fair were happy to hand over the funds to Shooting Star Chase which is part of over £15,000 raised for charities last year.

Limpsfield Grange is an outstanding residential and day school for girls aged 11 -16 with communication and interaction difficulties. Pupils of the school have a wide range of needs, and many have a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) including Asperger’s Syndrome or High Functioning Autism (HFA).

CATERHAM FOODBANK Period poverty refers to having a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. The pupils in 1L decided to take action to try and do something about this issue, which affects millions of girls and women world-wide, as well as within our own community. Research done by Plan International UK shows that: n One in ten girls cannot afford sanitary protection. n Over 137,300 girls have missed a day of school because of period poverty. n 40% of girls have used toilet roll because they could not afford menstrual products. n If a girl misses school every time she has her period, she is set 145 days behind her fellow male pupils. Last half-term, lower school pupils were encouraged to bring in as many sanitary products as possible, which will then be taken to the Caterham Foodbanks. The response was fantastic, and we ended up with a great number of products which will hopefully make a small but very important impact on those who need them.

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WRITE FOR RIGHTS Our pupils run Amnesty International group held a ‘Write for Rights’ event in the library during November. Human Rights activists from all year groups completed over fifty letters to support issues all over the world. @ Light a candle, don’t curse the darkness!’

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RED HAND DAY Large numbers of the School community supported the international Red Hand Day on Tuesday 12 February, leaving handprints and messages to support the global movement against the use of child soldiers. Sixth Formers from our Amnesty group coordinated the event with Mrs Moore raising stimulating awareness and reflection.

HARVEST FESTIVAL COLLECTION

CHRISTMAS FAIR There was an incredible festive buzz at the Christmas fair on Friday 14 December with over £1500 raised for charity. Well done to all involved and thank you for your support.

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CHARITY COMMITTEE:

20KG OF COINS FOR COMIC RELIEF On Monday 26 November, Mr Stamper drove Nell, Emily and Ross from the Charity Committee to hand-deliver almost 20kg of foreign coins and bank notes to British Airways’ HQ called Waterside, at Heathrow.

mily Kerr and Gregor Swanson met us – we had a tour, wandered past CEO Willie Walsh and handed over our buckets of coins and notes. The money – a total of £875.28 - will be converted by Travelex and that total will then go to British Airways’ global charity partnership – Comic Relief. The money was collected by the school houses and Underwood did a sterling job,

collecting over 6kg on their own. We will pass on the by-house totals and the overall figure as soon as we receive it from BA and Travelex. We now also have our own Comic Relief bucket, which we can try to fill over the coming months. Well done, everyone, and thank you for your generosity.

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CHEQUE PRESENTATION On Monday 21 January, representatives from Rotary Club of Caterham attended an event in Wilberforce Hall to thank our pupils and staff who helped to collect over £5,000 in door-to-door collections in the run-up to Christmas.

mongst the Rotary guests were Stephanie Barrett, President Caterham Rotary Club; Roger Easter, Past President & currently Club Secretary Caterham Rotary Club; and Steve Woplin, Chair of Caterham Rotary Youth Services Committee. They explained where the money would be spent and handed over a cheque to Rachel

Rossi of DKMS, the School’s chosen charity. Also present was Helen Shiers from local charity PSDS who accepted a cheque from the Rotary Club. It was lovely to say thank you to the pupils and for them to actually see cheques being handed over in person. Well done and thanks again to all the volunteers.

SUPPORTING MOVEMBER Doughnut Sale Members of the Lower Sixth held a doughnut sale for the Sixth Form to support Movember combat testicular cancer. This complemented a week of awareness assemblies about testicular cancer and related health issues

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TANZANIA EXPEDITION 2019

TONY FAHEY, TRIP LEADER

Twenty Lower Sixth pupils took part in our thirteenth successful expedition to Lerangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;wa School, our partners in West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

ur pupils took on lessons in music, sport, maths, English and art for the primary school children, with class sizes of up to 100 pupils! Whilst a powerful experience for our pupils learning about themselves and also experiencing a positive and effective community school in an unfamiliar context, but with familiar priorities and activities - the expeditions provide an important

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tangible link with the Lerangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wa community, building trust, understanding and mutual respect. The funds raised to support the school provided lunch for the pupils every school day. This provides security for the local children and contributes to increasing attendance and attainment at the school, primary education being the cornerstone for future development at both individual and community levels.

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SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS During the Christmas break, Caterham sent a team to the Independent Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ski Championships held in Les Deux Alpes, France.

he trip began with three days of ski coaching with pupils skiing fresh powder and learning to ski gates. The first event was the giant slalom and the pupils gave a good account of themselves on a challenging course competing with over 300 pupils. On the final day, Alice (Second Year) built on the success of previous years and won a silver medal in the Slalom. This trip provides a unique opportunity to ski in a competitive arena, but in a relaxed and friendly environment.

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TALENT SHOW The annual charity talent show took off in great style this year! The performers, technical crew and Upper Sixth Charity Committee (who organised the event) had a mountain to climb as preparations were hampered by snow on the preceeding Thursday and Friday. However, the result was triumphant with an impressive £4,121 raised for DKMS, Lerang’wa Lunches, St Catherine’s Hospice and the School’s Morocco project.

he matinee involved pupils from the Lower and Upper School and who performed a wide range of acts including drumming and gymnastics (the highest standard in memory). Congratulations to winners Penny and Hannah, who brought What is this Feeling (Loathing) from Wicked to life with their singing and acting – musical theatre at its best. Well done to all performers, thank you for your hard work making the show such a success! The evening show involving Sixth Form performers

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saw a delightful array of singers and musicians with varying styles and arrangements and included another original song from last year’s winner – Ashleigh. The winner was (magic) Michael who has honed his skills over the years as a talent show stalwart, winning the matinee last year and enthralling the crowd this year to a magnificent display of magic, complemented by pace, patter and stagecraft. Thank you all performers who made such an effort and made the show so enjoyable for the sell-out audience. Following the traditional staff dance curtain raiser, the boys v girls dance-off was conducted in great spirit with over 100 pupils involved. Both dances were of a very high standard and great entertainment for the audience and participants alike.

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CCF RANGE & OBSTACLE COURSE DAY LT MATHEW OWEN

THIRTY CADETS ENJOYED A FULL BORE RANGE DAY ON SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER AT ASH RANGES, SURREY.

fter revision of weapon handling and a briefing from the CO, the cadets completed the advanced marksmanship shoot at 100m, several scoring very commendably while the more ecologically-minded left the targetry largely untouched. In the afternoon, the party made for

Brunswick Camp, Pirbright and were put through their paces on the obstacle course, crawling through tunnels, clambering up a 30ft cargo net, swinging across (or into) a pool of murky water and vaulting walls. It was a splendid day in fine weather, during which all of the cadets performed admirably.

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Remembrance Sunday – Marking 100 Years

LT MATHEW OWEN

NOVEMBER SAW THE CORPS MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE ARMISTICE.

or five days the senior cadets were busy selling poppies around school, and on Thursday they made their own personal tribute to the Old Boys who fell in the Great War, planting named crosses on the Headmaster’s lawn. Sunday 11 November was, of course, the main event in our acts of Remembrance as a very large congregation of pupils, parents, staff and OCs gathered under grey skies. To mark the 100 years, a special guard of honour slow marched onto parade and bowed their heads as the Head Boy, Sgt Haynes, read out the school’s Roll of Honour. Then, to the evocative strains of Tipperary, a 150-strong parade of cadets marched on under the command of CSgt Jack Palmer to pay their respects. After words from the

Padre and the Headmaster and a poem beautifully read by FSgt Charlotte Cross, silence fell across the country and thoughts turned to terrible and humbling sacrifices made for our peace and freedom. At the Last Post, played beautifully by cadets under Mr Brian Hill, CWO Emma Knight lowered the CCF Banner in tribute, before the Reveille brought it up again as a

symbol of the new life so dearly paid for. This year more than ever, the service was a sobering reminder of the de-struction of warfare and a statement of the gratitude of the living for the sac-rifices of the dead. All the cadets and bandsmen who took part deserve great credit for their efforts, on Sunday and throughout the week, to honour and remember their forefathers.

CCF GROUND GLIDING SCHOOL SQN LDR ARMITAGE

The new Aviation Training Package (ATP) was available to eight RAF cadets on Saturday 15 September. This is situated at RAF Kenley and the facilities are concealed in a seemingly anonymous shipping container which actually contains a lecture room and gliding simulator. The training package consisted of a ground training element followed by use of the gliding simulator to experience the flying conditions for taking off, a circuit around Kenley and landing again. The third part of the package is either RAF gliding or a flying lesson at 6AEF at RAF Benson, which cadets will undertake over several field days throughout the year. All cadets passed the course – congratulations to them all!

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Gliding at RAF Upavon CPL MCGLASHAN

In the early hours of Saturday 17 November, four of us from the CCF at Caterham School gathered in the parking lot ready for an exciting day at RAF Upavon.

one of us had ever been gliding before and so we weren’t entirely sure what to expect when we got there. Fg Off Arrol-Barker drove the four of us (FSgt Farris, Cpl Warr, Cpl McGlashan, and Cdt Parr) safely to our destination. We arrived and eagerly signed ourselves in, dumped our gear in the cadet crew room, and sat in the classroom ready for the welcome briefing. Andy (a member of staff at the squadron) explained to us what we would achieve by the end of the day, how he expected us to behave and, of course, what to do in the unlikely event of a fire. After having been told this we watched a short video explaining the gliding in more detail. This included what to do if we needed to exit the aircraft, how to put on and take off the parachute we were issued and how to exit the glider in an emergency. We then followed Andy into a smaller room where we had to carry out the “JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!” drill which involved pulling a few leavers to jettison the canopy, grabbing the D-ring of the parachute and jumping out of the metal chair which resembled what the actual cockpit of the glider looked like. We were then weighed with the parachute on our backs to make sure that we didn’t exceed the limit of 110kgs — none of us did. Three of us had already done some ‘synthetic gliding’ at RAF

Within 20 seconds I went from being at a standstill on the ground to being 1200 feet up in the air without an engine. There was a slight inversion which is basically a very thin, low fog which made the view spectacular. Kenley in a simulator. FSgt Farris had to do his synthetic gliding part of the course while the rest of us played on the Xbox in the cadet crew room. We then all went back to the classroom in order to do the bronze wings theory (the level above the blue wings which we had all done by now). After this briefing we heard the

buzzer for the main briefing of the day and we all learnt that it was a near perfect day for gliding, if a bit chilly. I volunteered to help get the gliders ready whilst the others did the bronze synthetic gliding. So I headed out with the crew to the airfield. It was cold. Luckily I wasn’t outside for that long and before I knew it I was in the cockpit of the glider ready to go up. There was a short delay as there was another aircraft in the sky who didn’t seem to be listening to the crew and was unhelpfully in our airspace. He eventually moved away though and I was able to go up with my pilot behind me called Liz. Within 20 seconds I went from being at a standstill on the ground to being 1200 feet up in the air without an engine. There was a slight inversion which is basically a very thin, low fog which made the view spectacular. I got to go up twice, the first time Liz had control of the glider, the second time I did. All four of us got to go up twice and we all got to help pre-pare the glider for flight (like attaching the cable to the aircraft, and holding the wings level). It was truly an amazing experience and I cannot wait to go up again. We left the airfield just before 1600hrs and headed home with a gorgeous sunset behind us. We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and are very excited for when RAF Kenley is able recommence their gliding program.

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RAF AIR EXPERIENCE FLYING On Wednesday 27 March a party of eight new Third Year recruits, three Fourth Year cadets and one Upper Sixth on her last flight set off to RAF Benson for their termly Air Experience Flying (AEF).

he morning’s low cloud base lifted sufficiently for all our cadets to fly in the afternoon. Standard preparations were undertaken as ever – the safety brief and practising fastening and unfastening harnesses and parachutes. There were some particularly long flights for some cadets as Puma and Chinook helicopters were returning to base and the cadets in their Tutor aircraft had to fly the circuit until the approach was clear. An unforgettable day was had by all flying in the Oxfordshire skies, especially for the first-time fliers.

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TRAINING CAMP, SOUTH WALES In a flagrant breach of tradition, clear skies, regular sunshine and mild temperatures accompanied a party of 45 cadets from five year-groups to South Wales for the Corps’ annual adventurous training camp.

onning wetsuits, wellies and helmets cadets scrambled, waded and splashed their way up the beautiful River Mellte, a chilly but much-needed wash for some which culminated in a crawl behind a waterfall and a leap from the top into the plunge pool below. Just down the river at Craig-Y-Dinas, a package of climbing and abseiling on an imposing limestone face featured training in both climbing and belaying, before competitions began to rage fiercely: LCpl Steel’s one-handed ascent proved unbeatable despite his juniors’ attempts, while other cadets made remarkable progress on parts of the face blindfolded. An evening out in the cultural centre of Merthyr Tydfil stood as a warming reward for an exhausting first day, which also gave the Officers’ Mess a chance to

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soothe pride bruised on the rock face as they schooled the Other Ranks in the manly arts of pool and ten-pin bowling. But the star attraction of the area was the famous Porth Yr Ogof cave system. An initial session allowed cadets to enter through

the majestic entrance and explore some narrow squeezes and geological wonders. This training was building experience and confidence for a more demanding second session underground: an abseil into a vertical entrance through a rift which an Army breakfast nearly precluded; crawls (or rather collapses) headfirst through fissures; and finally a total soaking in a crawl against a torrenting subterranean river before surfacing, chilly but victorious, to the watery Welsh sunshine. All cadets approached the testing training with the dauntless spirit the exercise aimed to engender, and, bested only by the M25, returned at last, exhausted but smiling, to Caterham, with the Corps’ reputation for hardiness and adventure burnished by their laudable spirit and enthusiasm.

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RANGE & OBSTACLE 3RD YEAR RECRUITS On Sunday 3 March, 20 Third Year recruits, newly through their weaponhandling tests, had their first opportunity to fire the L98 A2 live on the ranges at Lydd on the gusty Kent coast.

he party, supported ably by old hands CWO Knight and FSgt Farris, undertook a 25m full-bore familiarisation and classification shoot in the stormy drizzle. The recruits’ drills were slick and their shooting exceptional for first-time firers, with several winning badges: ‘Passes’

to Recrs Amitrano, Hannah and Saunders; and ‘Marksman’ to Recrs Caldwell and Willimont. After lunch, cadets took part in a demanding obstacle course which tested bravery, aggression and teamwork as well as fitness and strength. The howling Channel winds made the 20-foot-high cargo net and Burma

bridge particularly stomach-turning prospects, but all the recruits proved themselves very worthy of the Corps’ reputation for hardiness and courage, pushing themselves on and conquering all in their path, to their own smiles of achievement and the generous encouragement of their peers.

CCF EXERCISE CATERHAM LASER On Sunday 17 March, Caterham School CCF staged the annual Exercise Caterham Laser. Thirty three cadets from across the Third, Fourth and Fifth Years practised their survival skills in the School’s woodland and learnt how to build a fire, prepare fish, collect rain water and find shelter. For the second half of the day, the cadets put their tactical skills to the test and competed against each other in a series of laser-weapon war-games. A great day was had by all!

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CCF EX SUMMER LIGHTNING 2019 In response to intelligence that a foreign power was operating out of the Home Counties, a platoon of the CCF deployed to Bramley Training Areas in Hampshire.

irst it liaised with a special forces detachment, training in CQB lanes, grenade throwing and section tactics. As the afternoon wore on, the cadets advanced to a harbour area and soon began to dominate the ground. The enemy was driven from huts, pillboxes, tunnels and fortified positions in a string of fighting patrols, before a devastating midnight ambush on a vehicle convoy seemed to have ripped the heart out of its pitiful resistance. But after a few hours’ sleep ‘stand to’ was called with reports that a small but die-hard faction was active again. A downed helicopter was found and some straggling enemy put to flight, before a massive platoon assault on a fortified compound saw the cadets’ TIBUA skills end once and for all the threat to British inter-ests. The cadets who braved these exhausting two days, many of them re-cruits exercising for the first time, performed admirably and have a sense of pride and satisfaction to take home in place of the decoration for valour they surely deserve.

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CATERHAM WIND ORCHESTRA CCF SHOWCASE

Thirty members of Caterham Wind Orchestra delighted guests at the CCF General Inspection on Sunday 12 May with a musical contribution that ranged from the Sunset Hymn to a march past accompanied by It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.

he event offered the Wind Orchestra a chance to shine with a musical interlude that included Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, and Mussorg-sky’s Night on Bald Mountain. Caterham Drum Corp made their marching debut linking the military aspect of cadets with musicians at Caterham School. They performed with precision and flair. The audience witnessed a spectacular presentation which saw the cadets and the music department join forces for three hours, ending with the lowering of the flags to the Bugle Call and the rousing National Anthem.

CCF RANGE & OBSTACLE COURSE DAY Twelve cadets enjoyed a full bore range day on a sunny Sunday in May at Ash Ranges, Surrey.

he cadets from Third Year, Fourth Year and Lower Sixth completed a demanding classification shoot at 100m, 200m and 300m on an ETR, with targets popping up and falling when hit and scores logged by a state-of-the-art computer system. All cadets passed the shoot and gained their marksman’s badge, and many won their advanced marksmanship

award with some very impressive shooting. In the afternoon the party made for Brunswick Camp, Pirbright and were put through their paces on the obstacle course, crawling through tunnels, clambering up a 10 foot wall and swinging across (or, in Cdt van As’s case, into) a pool of murky water. It was a splendid day in fine weather, during which all of the cadets performed admirably.

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E X P E D I T I O N Forty Third Year recruits met at School on the last Saturday of the half-term break to prepare for their Self-Reliance Expedition: a 16-mile yomp which tests their selfsufficiency, navigation and camp-craft.

he morning was spent prepping route cards and revising map and compass skills until, just before lunchtime, the first groups to begin were away. Remarkably the order in which the groups set out was radically changed by the time they reached the first checkpoint, with diversions being blamed on ‘navigational difficulties’. At each checkpoint cadets were tested on their map and compass skills by staff, some of them even able to pin-point their

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... limited sleep, aggressive blisters and in some cases woeful navigation ...

positions on a map to within 20 square miles. The glorious summer weather made for beautiful views and dripping sweat as all the groups (eventually) found their way to their campsite for the evening. After a balmy night under a canvass sheet another brilliant dawn broke and in fine spirits they were off again, tramping through fields and woods. Despite packs laden with e-numbers, limited sleep, aggressive blisters and in some cases woeful navigation, the recruits fared very well on this demanding exercise, showing grit, teamwork and stamina. If the lustre of Recr Masters’ patriotic songs dwindled as the weekend wore on, if Recr Fordyce led her group through an exhausting re-enactment of the Grand Old Duke of York, or if Recr Patel ultimately lost his battle with Triffidesque nettles, it was all part of the expedition’s richness and proved how resourceful and hardy these young cadets could be.

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CCF RAF Flying Day

After a two-hour journey to RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, the cadets went straight to get their flying suits fitted. The weather was looking questionable; however, all of the cadets were in good spirits and we were glad the flying was still on.

irst, the cadets went to the crew room for the briefing and run through of the escape routine which involved jettisoning the canopy of the cockpit and jumping out of the aircraft ready to activate parachutes. Once the safety briefings were complete two of the cadets were selected to be escorts, which involves taking cadets to and from the aircraft. With a parachute and helmet fitted, it wasn’t long before the final cadet was being escorted to the aircraft (Grob G 115).

Despite the dreary weather all of the cadets managed to fly with Cpl Jack Warr whilst he completed his bronze wings training. Many congratulations to him! All cadets reportedly enjoyed their flights. Ninety minutes later and after battling the M25 traffic, the final flying day of this academic year was complete and all the cadets returned safely to Caterham. Many thanks go to Plt Off Bovet-White for his assistance on the day and also to the cadets for their exemplary behaviour.

FLT LT SAMANTHA RAWLINSON INSECTS AND INSPIRES This year the CCF were delighted to invite back, Old Caterhamian, and ex-cadet of the Unit, Flt Lt Samantha Rawlinson of the Royal Air Force as the Inspecting Officer for this year’s passing out parade. At Caterham between 2009-2011, Flt Lt Rawlinson was a cadet NCO in the Corps’ Army Section. She went on to read medicine at St John’s College, Oxford, where she received a medical bursary and subsequent cadetship. After graduating and postings in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Australia, she served at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, home of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, working in

the largest critical care unit in Europe. She is soon to start a new posting at RAF College Cranwell as a general duties medical officer. Flt Lt Rawlinson has also represented the RAF Athletics Team at the highest level. She has medalled at the inter-services in multiple events and has been selected for the HQ AIRCOM Inter-Nation Athletics Championships three times. Following the parade, Flt Lt Rawlinson, who is an advocate for the School’s Transformational Bursaries Appeal, took time to chat to one of the pupils who is a lead for the Caterham School Society. She also spoke to other pupils interested in careers in the Armed Forces or in medicine.

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AGI ANNUAL SHOWCASE On a sun-drenched Home Field, the Corps put on its annual showcase on Sunday 11 May before a very large crowd of parents, guests, Old Caterhamians and military visitors.

n impeccable Guard of Honour, commanded for the last time by Capt Gordon Wilkinson, welcomed our Inspecting Officer, Col Ian Denison OBE, Colonel Cadets for HQ London District. This was followed by a tour of various stands, including climbing, archery, first aid and bushcraft, where the cadets showed off their training. This year, for the first time, the AGI was accompanied by the Wind Band under the baton of Mr Brian Hill, who played magnificently to accompany marching and in

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performance pieces of their own. The Corps is immensely grateful to Mr Hill, his thirty-odd bandsmen, and in particular Cpl Sharpe and his Corps of Drums: what they added to the occasion cannot be overstated. As tradition demands, the spectators were then treated to a slick and noisy section attack across the Home Field to root out another enemy incursion, with predictably glorious result. The day finished with the whole contingent on parade, where the Inspecting Officer commended the 130 cadets on their excellence, commitment

and positivity, before awarding prizes: Best Recruit went to Recr Baker; Best JNCO to Cpl Parr; and Best Cadets in the two sections to CSgt Davies and FSgt Farris. The parade was commanded by our first female Head of Corps, CWO Knight, who was awarded the Stokes Pace Stick for her five years of stalwart service. Col Denison, whose job involves weekly visits to units around the London area, later commented that Caterhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was one of best units he had ever seen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but the cadets knew that already, of course.

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ON CCF SUMMER CAMP M M OWEN, CAPT OC ARMY SECTION

A CONTINGENT OF 45 MEMBERS OF THE CORPS’ ARMY SECTION HEADED FOR SENNY-BRIDGE, WALES FOR THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRAINING YEAR: ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP.

fter travel and an evening of fieldcraft revision and inter-section competitions, Day 2 was spent climbing on coastal cliffs and surfing on the sands of Porthcawl. The weekend was back to ‘green’ training – a two-day battle exercise which included building clearances, night ambushes on vehicle convoys under a canopy of flares, and battlefield first aid scenarios with terrifyingly realistic lost limbs. An evening of bowling, dominated as usual by the prowess of the staff, seemed enough to re-energize the indefatigable cadets, who spent the next two days on expedition in the Brecon Beacons. Through a combination of dry and liquid sunshine, they scaled Corn Du and Pen y Fan, rigged their own Tyrolean across a river into their wilderness campsite, and gave a hearty rendition of Sweet Caroline

around a roaring campfire. Up with the lark and the deluge of rain, off the cadets went again, straight from their tents into wetsuits for a canyoning session in a torrenting River Mellte which featured jumps from waterfalls, surrender to the current and desperate swimming to safety. Following an evening of platoon sports and a night back in Sennybridge’s palatial accommodation, it was back into uniform for Day 7. The morning was spent on the ranges, engaging pop-up targets from four positions in disturbing proximity to the M4 and then organizing the rescue of a bemused badger who inadvertently wandered onto the firing point; the afternoon on area practising fire and movement with paintball guns amid abandoned tanks and helicopters. Our final full day took some deep underground and underwater in the wet caves of

the Neath Valley, others off to the Wye for a day’s two-man canoeing in the sunshine. And in a jiffy, nine days were up. A splendid mess dinner on our last evening bade farewell to two stalwarts and legends of the Corps, Maj Henry Taylor and WO2 Maurice Byrne, who bowed out in style, accompanied by the lusty chorus of cadets singing a heartfelt Auld Lang Syne. Only those who have worked with or under them, hundreds of cadets and all us staff, will under-stand how very much they will be missed. The curtain came down for them and for all at final parade, where prizes were awarded to several cadets, including Best Cadet on Camp, Cdt Odeide, and Best NCO, Sgt Salem. But in truth all deserved prizes for their remarkable performances over the nine days, in which all the cadets exhibited in buckets the spirit and values of cadetship.

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RAF CRANWELL AIR CADET LEADERSHIP COURSE FSGT HULL, RAF SECTION

This summer I attended the Air Cadet Leadership Course, a demanding cadre for cadet NCOs from across the UK held annually at RAF Cranwell.

was under scrutiny from arrival right up until the week was completely over. The week began with the intense and most military style registration ever, clearly setting the bar for standards very high for the week. Sunday started with a 1.5 mile run at 0600 hrs followed by a 16km walk after breakfast. Many two-hour drill sessions awaited me at 0530 hrs throughout the week, followed by leadership theory. The course was split into three phases of command tasks, which got progressively harder and longer. After completing phases 1 & 2 we prepared for two nights out in the field. During this time, we completed phase 3 tasks, lasting up to an hour each, being assessed on our leadership and followership skills. Already knackered, they pushed us and our teams to the limits in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Exercise Top Togâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; involving a 5k log-run, before returning to base. Saturday morning came as an honour as we had the privilege to pass out on the most prestigious parade square in the Royal Air Force, with our certificates

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being presented by the Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty CBE of the Air Cadets. I passed the course with a merit and was part of the winning flight. It was an exhausting but incredibly rewarding week to say the least.

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On Wednesday 17 November all pupils in First and Second Years were visited by the Happy Puzzle Company and took part in a Puzzle Challenge Day.

he day saw pupils enjoying a variety of puzzles to crack which actively promoted teamwork and perseverance as well as engaging them in logical thinking tasks. The pupils had a great time solving puzzle such as, placing 24 penguins onto a moving iceberg without falling off, which encouraged pupils to work together as a team. Another puzzle which tested their problem solving skills involved having to build a road out of a certain number of junctions in order to create a system of roads with no dead ends. The day was centred on perseverance which meant pupils couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move on to the next puzzle until successfully solving the previous one. This made the successes (of which there were plenty) much more fulfilling!

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COOKERY COMPETITION ON 4 DECEMBER, FIVE CATERHAM PUPILS (HOLLY-HEATHER, EWAN, ADE, BEN AND ROHAN) TOOK PART IN THE YOUNG CHEF COMPETITION AT DE STAFFORD SCHOOL.

ompetition amongst our competitors and others was of a very high standard. Contestants had to produce a tasty starter, main and dessert and all within the given timeframe. It was fantastic to see Holly-Heather crowned as the winner and Ewan come in second place, as presented by the Head Chef of Chez Vous restaurant, Warlingham. Holly-Heather will now represent the Caterham area in the regional finals after Christmas. Well done Holly-Heather; Masterchef here you come!

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COMPETITION On Saturday 19 January, Holly-Heather (Third Year) competed in the regional stage of the young chef competition, after winning the local heat. Holly-Heather had to prepare a three course meal for two within the allocated time.

he competition was very tough indeed and it was great to see Holly Heather get a deserved third place. This was a fantastic achievement and experience for Holly-Heather – hopefully leading to bigger and better things as her passion for cooking has been ignited further! A big thank you to Caterham Rotary Club for their help throughout this event.

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rs Turk, an administrator at Caterham School and a founding member of Caterham WI, has for the past couple of years run the Caterham Bake Off for the Caterham Festival and this year decided to enter as well. Mrs Turk entered two categories; the ‘free from’ and the ‘fruit or vegetable’. When she arrived to do her shift on the stall, a cheer went up. Her name was called out as the winner of the ‘fruit or vegetable’ category. Her rhubarb and custard cake had done it. Well done Mrs Turk!

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EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOP for Third Years

On Monday 17 June, we were delighted to welcome IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution), a registered charity involved in research and training for the food and grocery industry. ‘Feeding Britain’s Future’ is their latest employability programme and we were delighted to be able to welcome five superb ambassadors from IGD including participants from Waitrose (the John Lewis Partnership) and Tesco.

he ambassadors helped a select group of Third Year pupils to find out more about the industry and learn about employability skills and how they’ll help them in their future careers. Keith Rosser, Partner and Manager in Contract and Service Development (Waitrose), Louise Doyle, Technical and Commercial Manager (Waitrose), Lauren Fairhall, Partner and Retails Change Coordinator (Waitrose) and Colin Hamilton, Store Director Central Convenience (Tesco) joined Dan Simpson from IGD to engage with our pupils and teach them about the variety of roles within the industry whilst encouraging them to think about their skills and how they might develop them, over the next few years. Each guest spoke a little about their role and the subjects they studied at school and university – Business and English seemed to have been popular A Level choices. We learnt that: n One in seven jobs in the UK are in the food and grocery industry n 49% of all money spent in UK shops (not online) is spent in food and grocery shops

One in seven jobs in the UK are in the food and grocery industry n China

and the UK lead the world in the amount spent on online food and grocery shopping

We also looked at the huge number of jobs and professions behind the design, production and sale of a simple pre-packed sandwich, from a chef, food technologist, finance manager, engineer and delivery driver to an advertising designer, a dietician, a brand manager, package designer and buyer – and these are just a few! The pupils then had the chance to ask some searching questions which included; how might Brexit affect their jobs? Would delivering food by drone work? Did you know you wanted to get a job in this profession when you were at school? What are the challenges you face in your role? They also learnt about networking, and practised this

through a game of network bingo, and they talked about their skills and how they might improve them as they get older. We finished off the session with our guests offering one piece of advice that they wished they had known when they were 13 and 14, and funnily enough they were gems that have been heard many times before – choose subjects that you love, learn about yourself more and focus on the skills you are good at, follow your dreams and never give up, don’t worry if you don’t have a plan – things will fall into place along your career journey and be confident in what you can achieve – you are all exceptional young people who, with hard work and determination, will go far in whatever route you choose. It was a wonderful feel-good event which we’re confident will have benefited everyone who attended!

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Paula’s story was ultimately about bravery, compassion and incredible human spirit in the face of adversity.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TALK ON TUESDAY 25 JUNE, WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO WELCOME PAULA ZEFF, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, TO CATERHAM SCHOOL, AS PART OF A VISIT ORGANISED BY THE HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

aula shared her testimony with our Third Year cohort. Both pupils and staff found her story incredibly moving, humbling and revealing about current society. Paula eloquently articulated how this aspect of history is still part of our lives today and she encouraged pupils to recognise the power that they have to prevent and expose racial hatred and discrimination in our world. Paula described her close family and how they were separated before the Second World War. She was sent to live with her

grandmother’s sister in Holland and when it was decided that it was too dangerous to keep Paula they asked a local church to help. A very brave family volunteered and Paula went to live with them. They had seven children; the youngest was five years older than Paula. Paula shared some of her family photos with us. She had to stay indoors during the war and her description of joy felt when peace in Europe was announced, was vivid. We learnt from Paula how, after the Second World War when the fate of her parents and

Environmental Report Improving Our Impact

In the last week of the summer term we issued Impact – our annual environmental update. Whilst there is still a way to go, we are pleased with the progress made this year and to work of the pupil-led Green Committee in the Senior School, Eco-Warriers in the Prep School and the academic and bursarial staff’s Environmental Strategy Group. Ideas and enthusiasm from these groups have informed so much of our improvements over the last 12 months.

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grandparents became clear, she was sent to live with her uncle where acclimatisation took some time. Paula finished her testimony with a picture of her extended family today. She now has three children of her own and seven grandchildren and she plays an active role in their lives. Paula’s story was ultimately about bravery, compassion and incredible human spirit in the face of adversity. We are indebted to Paula for her courage and her willingness to share her testimony which has touched us all.

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RUGBY REPORT AN EXCITING START TO THE SEASON Caterham 1st XV enjoyed a 33-0 win over KCS Wimbledon on Saturday 8 September in an excellent performance. Norwood put in a typically destructive performance, Criscuolo controlled proceeding from fly half and the forward quintet of Buxton, Haynes, Repton, Davidson and McGowen were dominant up front. Other tries came from the imperious Williams (2) and from U16 rookie star, Lock. Sometimes though sport is simply a distraction from reality, and the brace of tries from Poku was just that. The young man recently lost his father but showed tremendous courage and determination to put in an outstanding performance. There were a host of other really well contested matches with the 2nds, 3rds, U16A and B and the U15A, B and C all in action, dusting off the rugby cobwebs, ready for another exciting season ahead.

1ST XV FLYING START The 1st XV got off to a flying start to the season.

fter an excellent pre-season camp in Exeter in August (where the boys watched the Exeter Chiefs train) the boys had a useful pre-season hit out at Hurstpierpoint where comfortable fixtures were recorded against Reigate GS and CLFS. Excited by the new playing system that has been introduced by new Head of Rugby, Wade Kelly, the boys have been superb in training and that was rewarded with a superb 33-0 victory over KCS, Wimbledon in the first block fixture. This was followed by excellent wins against King’s, Canterbury (31-20) and Shiplake College (46-5). These comfortable victories against strong schools have got the world of schoolboy rugby talking and the Caterham team were named in the Fifteen Rugby’s ‘Top 5 Schools of the Week’ last week alongside the likes of Sedbergh and Wellington. As if further evidence of this side’s potential were needed, it came on Wednesday 26 September with a comprehensive 50-7 victory over George Abbot School in the first round of the National Cup. Congratulations to all of the players involved.

RUGBY SEASON 2018/19 Saturday 8 December was the culmination of the fantastic Inter and Senior Rugby season for 2018/19.

aving taken over an excellent program in the summer from Mr Dan Richards it has been a pleasure, and I thank them wholeheartedly, to work with all who succeeded in delivering a successful, rewarding and ultimately enjoyable experience for all the pupils involved. In just the 14-Senior age groups we have had a phenomenal 220+ boys participating in five games sessions, 10 turnouts and up to 15 fixtures every week, emphasising the focus held by Mr Richards and Mr Clarke on participation. My focus has been on building up intensity on the core values of rugby that lay the foundation of elite performance both on and off the field. Hard work, discipline and respect have been at the cornerstone of all sessions and I believe we will start to see the fruits of this labour, in both the short and long term, not only on the field, but also in the classroom and at home. I have a strong belief that whilst rugby is a game for pure enjoyment we can use it as a vehicle for pupils to develop tremendous character serving them in all parts of their lives. Better people make better rugby players. The 1st XV have been a great example of this with the hard work they have put in earning them the reward of an outstanding season. They indeed are a very special group. Averaging over 35 points a game the young men have played some breath-taking rugby from 1-15. Their determination to improve in all facets made each session we had together a pleasure. Having the privilege of seeing them turn out magnificent performances from an internal perspective brought all the staff involved pure joy. The only sadness I have is only having had a single term with them, but what a term it was. I rest assured that the experience they have had will ensure that they will not only look back fondly at their time at Caterham but that they will continue to reap the rewards that the game can afford them for

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AN EXTRAORDINARY RUGBY SEASON We are particularly proud of three of our 1st XV members who have achieved extraordinary feats this season.

yler was outstanding for Surrey 18’s scoring two tries and earning him selection in the South East England Team at their recent trial day at London Irish Rugby Club. He now is well in the mix to be selected for England Counties on the tour of Ireland. Jonathan has continued his rise with Harlequins, excelling in all of their recent 18’s fixtures against other Premiership clubs. His form has captured the attention of various Premiership clubs who are putting their academy rosters together for next season.

U12 RUGBY 7S The U12 Rugby teams capped off a very successful season with superb performances at the Surrey 7s tournament on Friday 2 March.

ut of the 36 teams that were in attendance we were one of only two schools to have a B team there. For a school with just 50 boys in the year (as opposed to over 150 at other schools) this is a brilliant achievement and is testament to the depth of talent in this year group. The B team had a brilliant day, beating their Hampton equivalent 5-0, then drawing with St John’s, Leatherhead and Reed’s A teams. They were somewhat a victim of their own success; by finishing third in the group they went through to a tough tier of competition in the afternoon. But they continued to roll their sleeves up, got better and better, and competed brilliantly against strong A teams from Gordon’s and Ibstock Place among others. The A team, too, improved steadily throughout the day. They overcame Epsom College, CLFS and Christ’s Hospital among others to win their group convincingly to put them into the very top tier of afternoon rugby. A narrow defeat to Hampton 10-5 was frustrating but

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Finally, Jude Williams has capped an amazing year with nine tries in six games for Wasps 18’s which sets them up with a finals showdown v Bath this Sunday. His performances have seen him selected for the England 18’s development squad and hence a real shot at wearing the u/18’s Red Rose in term three. His performances have him in RUGBY on track to go straight COUNTY SUCCESS to Pro Rugby when he Congratulations to Jude departs Caterham in the and Tyler on their selection summer. for the U18 Surrey These three young Rugby squad. Deserved men are outstanding recognition for both your representatives of talent and hard work. Caterham School and, indeed its rugby programme, and we will be keenly following their progress in years to come.

showed just how good this team are (it was a game the boys could have won and Hampton went the day unbeaten). It was followed by a 5-5 draw against RGS, Guildford who had previous dispatched Dulwich College and John Fisher; again a game the lads were disappointed not to win. But a win did come in their last match of the day, this time against Trinity. The boys played some beautiful 7s and scored some memorable tries to record an excellent 10-5 victory. Well done to all involved.

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HOCKEY REPORT

PHIL ROPER Hockey Performance Player of the year, nearly 100 full international caps, two Commonwealth Games bronze medals and a Euro Hockey Championships bronze medal

HOCKEY SEASON BEGINS WITH A BANG –

GREAT BRITAIN AND ENGLAND SUPERSTAR PHIL ROPER VISITS CATERHAM This year has seen a huge change in the way that hockey is delivered at Caterham School with the First and Second Years playing their hockey season in the Autumn term for the first time.

he first few weeks of term have been actionpacked, starting with our Welcome to Hockey session where the U12s had their first taste of hockey. Their parents were then invited on to the pitch to be coached by their children and have a try at all the skills and techniques that had been learnt in the session. The following weekend the boys were treated to an amazing experience. Great Britain and England captain and England Hockey Performance Player of the Year Phil Roper, who has nearly 100 full international caps, two Commonwealth games bronze medals and a Euro Hockey Championships bronze medal, came to the school to coach our U12 and U13 year groups. He worked on attacking and elimination skills with the boys and then showed them how it was done by taking shots at our goalkeepers, drawing gasps from the crowds. The boys were then able to get their sticks signed by Phil who was extremely impressed by the facilities at the school and by the boys’ attitude and desire to improve.

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We then moved to our first round of fixtures the following weekend against Reeds. The previous weeks of hard work had built up to this tough first fixture but it paid off as they held their own against a good hockey school. Notable results included a huge 2 – 1 win for the U13As away in their first ever attempt at 11-a-side hockey against a very strong Reeds team, as well as amazing games at home for the U12As and U12Cs, narrowly losing out 3 – 4 and 2 – 3 respectively. The block was played in fantastic spirits; the boys really enjoyed the experience.

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U14 HOLLAND HOCKEY TOUR During February half term, 18 U14 boys had the opportunity to put their hockey skills to the test as they embarked on a four day hockey tour to Holland.

ome superb hockey was played by all players and it was brilliant to see players from the A, B and C team come together and work as one. Based in Noordwijk, a quaint seaside town with a beautiful sandy beach, the boys started their tour off with a competitive game of beach football amongst themselves. This was the perfect warm-up for an evening training session at Noordwijk HC, with Caterham taking full advantage of the superb facilities at the club. The second day saw the tour have some fun at an indoor water park, a great opportunity for the group to gel as a team whilst enjoying themselves on the wide array of slides and pools on offer. They then moved onto another training session at Noordwijk HC before transferring over to The Hague for their first match against the always friendly HDM HC. This competitive match saw the boys come away 3-0 winners, with the

defence staying strong and some great follow-up play from the attackers. Friday saw us embark on a round of mini-golf before a trip to Liederdorp as we were welcomed by the always hospitable Alecto HC. The boys spent a great day at their club, enjoying some down-time and training sessions before starting the second match of the tour that evening. A closely fought game finished 2-0 to the hosts; however it could have gone either way in a game involving two evenly matched teams. Our final day of the tour involved a triangular fixture between Caterham, HC Forescate and HC Voorhout. The boys finished the tour with a brilliant win in their final match, putting into practice what had been worked on in the training sessions and really playing for the Caterham badge. Overall, a brilliant tour with the boys doing their school proud with superb hockey. Well done to all!

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The U15s travelled to Reeds School for their competition.

It was a great week for Caterham hockey with both the U12s and U15s competing in the Surrey Schools cup in March.

hey dominated the group stages and convincing victories over Reigate and Lingfield and a draw against Kingston Grammar School (KGS) put Caterham top of the group. The semi-final against Trinity was a hard- fought contest. The boys showed huge heart – a strong defence and some quick counterattacks earned the team a well-deserved draw. A place in the final was to be decided by penalty flicks. The boy held their nerve – two fantastic saves and flicks taken calmly and with purpose meant Caterham would compete in the final against KGS for a second time that day. The game was end-to-end with both sides dominating periods of play. Caterham’s 1-0 lead at half time was quickly lost as KGS scored with their first attack of the second half. The deadlock couldn’t be broken and the game was decided by penalty flicks once again. Unfortunately this time it wasn’t meant to be and with two flicks just going wide of the post the team came second. A superb achievement after a fantastic day of hockey!

he U12s got off to a promising start in their tournament at Reigate School with victories against Barrow Hill (2-0) and Parkside (1-0) – and the score lines could have been even bigger. This set the boys up well for their encounter with Reigate in a winner takes all match to top the group. It was a fiercely fought game that went right down to the wire. With chances going begging the game finished 0-0 meaning we finished second in the group on goal difference. In the semi-finals we faced a strong St Georges team and despite a gutsy performance from the boys they lost to the eventual winners 3-0. Now we were battling for third place. By minimising the opposition’s attacks we began to dominate the game but we were unable to capitalise. It was to be settled on penalty flicks. With some superb saves and powerful flicks the boys won 4-3. A fantastic achievement!

WELCOME TO HOCKEY DAY On Saturday 8 September Caterham School hosted a ‘Welcome to Hockey’ day for the new First Year pupils.

or some it was the first time they had ever picked up a stick but for lots of them it was a good way to dust off the cobwebs from the summer and get stuck in to Saturday sport and hockey at the School. After a fun and challenging session the parents were invited on to the pitch to meet the coaches and have a go for themselves as their sons showed them the techniques and skills they had learnt during the session. There were some great performances by the boys and their parents and the positive and vibrant atmosphere bodes very well for the hockey season ahead.

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CRICKET REPORT AN EXCITING YEAR FOR CATERHAM SCHOOL CRICKET

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was an exciting time for cricket in this country, with England winning the World Cup, and one of the most exciting Ashes series ever, ending in a 2-2 drawn series. It was also an exciting year for Caterham School cricket. Cricket across the whole school is thriving, and it has been great to see so many girls getting involved for the first time. I would like to congratulate Toby Whelan, Kirsty Dymond, Johnny Naylor, Tom Hart and Max Thomas for their involvements with Surrey and Kent.

1st XI The season got off to a promising start for the 1st XI, with a strong performance against City of London Freemen’s that should have resulted in a victory. Unfortunately, we just lost out in a thrilling match. This was followed by a wonderful win against Reigate on Home Field, Captain Simon Dickson and Ankush Patel leading the way at the top of the order. Following a superb performance against a really strong Whitgift side, which included a powerful 44 from Toby Whelan, in the national T20, the season took on the shape of a series of fits and starts. Winning Wednesdays became a ritual, with excellent wins against John Fisher and Judd. However, Saturdays saw a common theme that despite valiant efforts from the bowlers, a lack of runs from the batters made winning games difficult. Towards the end of the season the batsmen started to make better decisions and Tom Williamson, as a 15 year old, showed a few of the older players how to go about building an innings with a superb 100 not out against Eltham, ensuring a hard earned victory. There were also excellent displays against the MCC, despite Mr Muttit’s appearance for the opposition, Kings Canterbury and Joe Haynes blasted a remarkable 95 against the old boys. The bowling attack was led admirably by Anthony McGowan, Joe Haynes and Toby Whelan, while Simon Dickson, Ankush Patel, Tom Wiliamson, Alex Criscuolo and Kirsty Dymond all showed glimpses of their ability with the bat. A special mention must go to Simon Dickson who grew as a captain every game, and showed outstanding commitment to the team all summer.

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the last over to tie the match and forecast a super over. Fraser Bailey was the leading run scorer in the school this year, and was deservedly promoted to the 1st XI to join fellow 4th year Tom Williamson.

U14s XI The U14s had a really enjoyable season and continued to improve throughout the year. Johnny Naylor and Ethan Whenman were the two most consistent players, but there is an excellent core of players who all contributed to six excellent wins.

U13s XI The U13A team have shown a lot of promise in 2019 and they enjoyed a successful season also winning 6 matches. Tom Hart was the most consistent batter, but it was Callum Noonan who shone on tour with a brilliant 139 not out against St Joseph’s College. If they can become more consistent as a side then they will see much success over the next few years.

U12s XI It has been wonderful to watch the U12s enthusiasm for the game, and has seen us fielding A, B, C and D teams. The U12As have been the most successful team in the school winning 8 matches and regularly played against really strong opposition. With the depth of talent in the lower year groups, it is safe to say the future of cricket within the school is very bright.

U15s XI The U15s were the most improved side, and having shown much potential in previous years, they really began to come of age under Mr Crombie’s watchful gaze winning six matches this year in comparison to only 2 last year. My personal highlight of the season was their remarkable victory against Whitgift in the Surrey Cup, when Oli Vickers took three wickets for no runs in

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I would like to thank the twelve staff members who gave up their valuable time again this year to take the teams, and also Mr Dodwell and his ground staff for once again producing some amazing pitches for us to play on despite the challenging weather.

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SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET TOUR We arrived at O.R. Tambo international airport in Johannesburg, and enjoyed a fascinating afternoon in the apartheid museum learning about the dark ages of racial segregation and how protesters brought about change and democracy. CRICKET U12A XI

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fter enjoying a much needed meal we transferred to the high performance centre of the University of Pretoria, where we spent the evening relaxing and enjoying the quality facilities. The next morning, we had our first training session in the nets, then spent the day in Johannesburg at the Gold Reef City theme park. The next day brought our first match of the tour, with the ‘B’ team taking on Hans More School. The boys produced a strong bowling performance to bowl out their opponents for a relatively low total, but were slightly rusty with the bat and fell short. While the ‘B’ team were in action the rest of the squad enjoyed a fascinating tour of Pretoria, visiting landmarks including the Voortrekker monument to the Dutch Afrikaner people who founded Johannesburg and the Union Buildings where the end of the Apartheid policies was negotiated. After a long day we all enjoyed some fantastic hosting, staying at houses of pupils of Hans More. It was then the turn of the A team to take on Hans More and after a strong start from our hosts, spinners Christian Thomas and Tom Williamson bowled accurately to restrict the Hans More batsmen. With Ankush Patel leading from the front, the Caterham boys put in a strong effort with the bat but lacked the firepower to chase a strong target. After the game both squads enjoyed a ‘Braai’ (traditional South African barbeque) and spent our evening with the hosts. After saying goodbye to our first set of hosts, we then travelled to Pretoria to take on our next opponents, Centurion High School. Both teams showed glimpses of potential, but were beaten by our opponents in what was a fantastic learning experience for us all as we witnessed some of the best schoolboy cricketers in South Africa ply their trade. In the evening we were met by our hosts from Eldoraigne High School, and we were treated to a meal at a local restaurant. On our last day in the Gauteng area, the A team took on Eldoraigne in a short form game, and inspired by a majestic half century from captain Simon Dickson, Caterham posted a strong target of 141 in 25 overs. Eldoraigne lost early wickets, but just managed to make the target in a tense finish. The ‘B’ team also played against Sutherland High School and showed huge improvements, coming up just short in a valiant chase

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of a fairly big target. On our final evening with our back to the lodge for the night. The next morning, we second set of hosts many of us were treated braved a 5am start for a chance at seeing to traditional South African cuisine by our some more fantastic wildlife, and our hosts. commitment was immediately repaid Cape Town brought The next morning we left Eldoraigne as we witnessed a female cheetah and set out for the Mabula game attack and kill an impala. Such a its own unique reserve, a couple of hours drive scene is rare even by the standards atmosphere, as north of Pretoria. After checking of the game reserve, and we were we spent our first in, we set out in search of the ‘big simply awestruck by the feat that morning taking in five’ on our first game drive. Our we had just witnessed. The rest of the spectacular views guides led us to all the best spots the game drive did not disappoint from the top of Table for sightings and after spotting as we saw hippos, giraffes and countless Wildebeest, Impala and crocodiles in their natural habitat, in Mountain. zebras, we struck lucky and witness a what was a fantastic end to the first group of Lions relaxing in the evening light. leg of our tour. We returned to the game We were able to park fairly close (but not too reserve and soon departed for the airport to close!) and soak in the fantastic scene before heading fly to Cape Town.

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Cape Town brought its own unique atmosphere, as we spent our first morning taking in the spectacular views from the top of Table Mountain, before enjoying the V&A waterfront complex and the facilities of our lagoon beach hotel. On our final rest day we took a trip to Robben Island, and were taken on an emotional but fascinating tour of the island. We were then led through the prison which Nelson Mandela and other members of the ANC were wrongly imprisoned, and a former political prisoner on the island explained the awful conditions which prisoners were kept in. With our mid-tour break from cricket over, the A team took on Pinelands school. The match was a thriller, with Pinelands chasing Caterham’s target in the last over. The closeness of the game epitomised the improvement of the Caterham boys since the start of the tour. The B team also lost, having put pressure on their opponents with some tight bowling. We then drove east to Paarl, where we were greeted by our final set of hosts at Paarl Boys’ School, a famously strong rugby school, but an unknown quantity at cricket. After staying the night with our hosts, we spent the next morning in the township of Mbekweni, playing and coaching cricket to the young children who live there. The positivity and enthusiasm of these children in the face of the difficult conditions in which they lived was inspiring, and the experience was life-affirming and humbling for many of us. Due to a waterlogged pitch, the B team match was cancelled that afternoon, but the A team took on our Paarl hosts in a T20 fixture. Toby and Antony bowled viciously in a successful opening spell for Caterham, but unfortunately the team could not keep up the barrage and Paarl posted a total which proved out of reach. Once again we were treated to a fantastic Braai and spent some more time getting to know our hosts.

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All the boys loved the experience, and the wealth of good cricket and amazing cultural enrichment allowed everyone to make strides as both cricketers and people. Then came our final matches of the tour against Paul Roos High School in Stellenbosch, another school famed for its rugby history having produced over 50 ‘Springboks’ players. We were first treated to another delicious lunch, before both teams played 35 over matches. The A team posted a challenging total, after some classy batting from openers Simon and Ankush, but our hosts batted sensibly and saw themselves home with a few overs to spare. The B team produced their best performance of the tour, almost chasing down a large target thanks a solid batting performance led by a captains knock from Caelan. That evening we enjoyed a final meal at a gourmet burger joint in Stellenbosch and reflected on the past few weeks, giving out awards for standout performers with the bat and the ball from each team. We retired to Stellenbosch hotel for our last night, then caught an early flight home the next morning, tired but having had the experience of a lifetime. Thanks must go to Mr Batty for organising such a great tour, and to Mr Taylor, Mr Muttitt and Mr Patterson for assisting us. All the boys loved the experience, and the wealth of good cricket and amazing cultural enrichment allowed everyone to make strides as both cricketers and people.

LACROSSE REPORT It was another fantastic year for the Caterham Lacrosse teams. This past season, our lacrosse teams have recorded the best results in years.

he awards, achievements, and selections are endless, which shows the strength of Caterham Lacrosse. This past season Caterham has proved to be a huge threat in the Surrey County and also in the nation, which comes down to the hard work, dedication and commitment of the pupils. In the Surrey County Tournaments, all of the Caterham A teams have finished at least Top 8 in the County, with our 1st XII, 3rd XII and U14As finishing Surrey County runners up in their respective competitions. The 2nd XII and U12B were crowned Surrey County Plate Champions, the U13Bs were also crowned Plate Champions at the Coloma Cup and finally, the U13As went undefeated at their tournament and were crowned Surrey County Cup Champions - the first time since 2005 that a Caterham team has won a Lacrosse County cup! At the National Schools tournament, Caterham also had a ground-breaking showing with all teams finishing at least Top 17 in the nation. Particular highlights must include the 3rd XII finishing Top 8 - the best ever finish of a Caterham 3rd XII team. The U14As reached the semi-finals to finish Top 4 in the nation out of 36 teams in the competition, and finally, the 1st XII fought through two days of matches to reach the semi-final, played in the Aldershot Garrison Sport Centre Stadium and eventually finish Top 4 in the nation out of the 55 teams entered - the best finish for the Caterham 1st team in three years.

Seventeen pupils were selected to represent the Surrey County in the Super Counties Tournament

The Caterham lacrosse programme has had the greatest participation rate ever, showing its depth and growth. There have been 15 lacrosse teams in action - with our first ever senior 4th XII team participating in the Senior Surrey County Tournament, every First and Second Year representing Caterham in a match, and over 70% of the Thirds Year girls also taking part. There has also been some incredible individual recognition. Seventeen pupils were selected to represent the Surrey County in the Super Counties Tournament, five pupils were selected to represent

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Lacrosse Day At the start of term the autumn term Second Year girls participated in the annual ‘Welcome to Lacrosse’ day on Home Field. It was an absolutely fantastic event to start of the U12s lacrosse careers at Caterham. A special mention must be given to the U15s and seniors that gave up their morning to help coach the U12s. Looking forward to seeing the U12s take the pitch in their first matches of the season on the 15 September against Benenden. A huge thank you again to all parents who came out to have a go!

the South East Region at the Regional Tournament, seventeen pupils are actively involved in an England, Scotland or Wales National programme. This summer at the U19 World Cup held in Canada, Pippa Lloyd and Lottie McDonald will represent Scotland, and Roberta Lack will represent Wales. Georgia Tuckett, Nell Jones, Imogen Lack, Georgia Young will also represent their country at the U19 World Cup Festival that will run alongside the World Cup. What a fantastic achievement! A special mention must go out to the ten Upper Sixth. Your commitment, leadership and dedication to lacrosse has laid a foundation and legacy for the upcoming years. I am so proud of all that of you have accomplished during your time at Caterham. Thank you - you will be greatly missed. Congratulations to all pupils who have participated and represented Caterham lacrosse this year. It has been an absolute pleasure coaching you these last five years and I will miss you greatly next year. I know there are is a bright future ahead for Caterham lacrosse and wish everyone the best of luck! I will take my own advice and remember… Once a #Laxcat, always a #Laxcat!

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NETBALL REPORT Netball Saturdays do not come around all that often (most of our netball is played mid-week) and so when they do, they really do feel very special.

e always say to the girls that, no matter the outcome of a match, the most important thing is to have fun. Sport, first and foremost, is there to be enjoyed. To win is a fantastic feeling! And to lose may not always feel good. No matter the result, there are always whole host of positives to be found, whether that was having the time of your life on the coach, enjoying a fantastic match tea, taking the interception Huge congratulations to the U13 A&B VII for winning of your dreams, or throwing yourself into the GA their matches, as well as to the 2nd VII for their 30-30 position having never shot before and finding out that thriller of a draw! you are actually pretty good at it (yes, YOU, Eva!). On a chilly late-January morning, the mighty 3rd Our Saturday block fixture against Hurstpierpoint VII descended upon Hurstpierpoint looking to pick up was a massive test for us. We were delighted to be able another win on the road. A strong looking team on to put out ABC teams right through from U12 up to U16, paper were met by a strong looking team in person – as well as three senior teams. Against the strength and the average height of the opposition standing at least depth of Hurst – with their three afternoons per week five inches above the determined away side. of netball at every age group, and their ability to put The first quarter was certainly dominated by the out teams A to G! – we knew that every turnover, every home side as we struggled to shake off the infamous rebound, every successful centre pass, and every goal ‘bus legs’ and the girls could have been forgiven for would be precious. letting their heads drop after this. Most of the matches ended in rather resounding But that did not happen. defeats. However, after a delicious pasty had been Arise the passion; arise the endeavour – the mighty enjoyed in tea and we were heading back to the bus girls of the thirds were not to be beaten (except by to begin our journey home, there was nothing but the final score). The team emerged a different animal smiles on the faces of our girls. When asked if they had – Mollie and Maddie were electric in front of goal; enjoyed it, the answer was a resounding YES! As well the two Georgies were dynamic and devastating; the as it being a relief to know that our girls are resilient determination of Katia, the vision of Solyana, and the enough to get beaten, but to still walk away dependability and poise of Abbie saw the full of the joys of netball, it is also team really shake things up and unsettle incredibly heart-warming. The buzz the opposition, just when they were at on the coach on the way home their most comfortable. But, nothing filled us NetCats’ coaches with The team emerged a could have prepared Hurst for the a huge sense of pride. different animal - Mollie and savagery of Michaela Swayne. Try as I might to sum up Maddie were electric in front Although she was pulled up the efforts of our girls, I am of goal; the two Georgies for fouling over fifty times, she no match for our head of were dynamic and devasting; was not to be deterred – like English, Mr Crombie, who a rabid leopard she clawed at took our 3rd VII under his the determination of Katia, the helpless ball, intercepting wing and ensured that the the vision of Solyana and and moving, dominating and girls went home having the dependability and poise destroying (and obviously had the time of their lives, of Abbie saw the team really apologising constantly whilst doing despite a rather resounding shake things up... it). While we may not have made loss. His match report – which I many friends on the court, we certainly believe could actually be a report won the admiration of the crowd. of any one of our teams who left it No one messes with this team of heroes. all out there on the court last Saturday – can be found below.

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U14 VII REGIONAL NETBALL FINALS On Sunday 28 January the U14 VII travelled to Lady Eleanor Holles School for the Regional Netball Finals.

aving started their campaign back in November by winning the Surrey County qualifiers, the girls were full of confidence as to what they could possibly achieve – and rightly so. The tournament got off to the perfect start: a 14-3 dominant performance against Forest School, which gave the girls fantastic confidence and showed that they really meant business. Next up was Bromley High, a school with a strong netball reputation, and the girls were challenged here but dug deep for a 6-4 win. The girls then had to prepare themselves for two tough games on the run: Goldolphin and Latymer, followed immediately by Surbiton High, who were both also yet to lose at this point in the competition. Goldolphin and Latymer took charge from the first whistle and led the whole way. The girls fought hard but

couldn’t overcome a spirited Goldolphin team, with the game finishing in a 5-8 loss. Surbiton High were up next and the girls re-grouped and prepared themselves for what they knew was a must-win match. Surbiton hit the ground running and were leading going into half time, but the girls knew the significance of the game and produced some outstanding turnovers in defence, giving the shooters the opportunity to put us ahead. The girls held strong and in the final few minutes took an 8-6 win. The final two matches of the day saw the girls take on St Helens and Sevenoaks. Two wins here would secure a place in the incredibly prestigious National Finals. However, as can so often happen in a tournament, having just seen out a ferocious battle against Surbiton they immediately came unstuck in their very next game. A quick start from St Helen’s meant they took the lead early on and unfortunately Caterham couldn’t quite recover, with St Helen’s taking the win by a single goal. Disappointed but determined not to finish on a loss, the girls came out fighting against Sevenoaks, with a superb final score of 12-7. Knowing that Surbiton had also lost two games we waited to hear how goal average would separate second and third place. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be for Caterham and 0.12 of a goal was the deciding factor, leaving us in third place. To have put themselves in the position where they were so close to the Nationals is an incredible achievement. We were so close! But the girls are young and they will have another opportunity in two years’ time. This team has a very exciting future ahead and we are very proud of all their have achieved so far. U14 VII: Ronnie (captain), Imogen, Mina, Sophie, Freya, Willow, Grace, Lucy and Rianna.

FIRST CLASS NETBALL: REGIONAL FINALS PLACE 1st VII The 1st VII put in one of the most composed and impressive tournament performances of any team that Caterham has been lucky enough to produce. I was truly blown away by the standard of netball these girls produced against the most testing of opposition, and by the maturity and calmness in the most testing of sporting circumstances that they were exposed to during the day. The girls immediately put the cat amongst the pigeons by defeating the highly-favoured Epsom College (10-5), and they then backed this up with a win against St John’s, Leatherhead (11-6). After a minor wobble against St Catherine’s, they then took points from every remaining match. The confidence and belief shone through the brightest against Lingfield Notre Dame and Coloma; against Lingfield the girls were down 1-5 at half-time, but they re-grouped and stayed composed to win the game 8-6. In the final game, an exhausted squad of players faced Coloma, who at that point were undefeated. We were right in it for the entire match, with our girls refusing to let their tired legs and their tired brains get the better of them. The final score

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was a hugely credible 8-9, almost causing what would have been the upset of the day. The girls finished a highly respectable fourth out of eight schools.

U16 VII After enjoying a superb run-in to the tournament, with wins against Warlingham U16A VII and the Emanuel 3rd VII, the U16 VII had their best performance in a county competition. Terrific play led to impressive victories against Wimbledon High and Coloma, as well as a hard fought draw against Royal Russell. The

SPORT ENGLAND NETBALL CAPTAIN VISITS CATERHAM On Tuesday26 February we were very excited to welcome England Netball captain, Ama Agbeze, to Caterham for the day.

e have been fortunate to have been visited by Ama on a few occasions in recent years; however this was her first visit since captaining England to the Commonwealth Gold medal, which was won in Australia last year. This was the first gold medal ever won by England, and the team are currently training hard to match this success by hopefully taking gold once again at the up-coming World Cup, to be staged in Liverpool this July. Ama is also captain of Superleague side London Pulse, having played professional netball in both Australia and New Zealand for the past ten years. The day began with Ama guest-starring in our Lower School assembly, where teamwork, sportsmanship and resilience were discussed. Next up were our Fourth Year GCSE PE pupils, who were given an inspirational

insight into an England netballer’s training as Ama led pupils through an incredibly tough strength and conditioning workout. At lunchtime, our CAP athletes were incredibly lucky to have a talk, followed by a q&a, with Ama. The key focus here was on the mental and physical preparation needed to be an elite athlete, as well as an insight into how Ama has been able to stay motivated throughout her 17 year international career, with all its ups and downs. Then it was onto a session with our A Level PE pupils, who were able to ask some excellent questions covering key syllabus topics such as recovery, nutrition, training demands and coping strategies. Finally, our U12 NetCats were treated to a photo opportunity and a short q&a, before Ama dashed off to be a star guest at the Caterham School Society Insight Evening. It was an absolute honour to have Ama with us, and it was an amazing opportunity for our pupils to gain an insight into not just into the world of elite sport, but also how it is possible to be incredibly successful whilst remaining humble, as well as grateful for the opportunities in front of you. Ama epitomises this, and we are very grateful for the time she gave us!

EASTER NETBALL CAMPS Over the Easter holidays the Netball Academy hosted two netball camps.

he first was a ‘match play day’ in which we were joined by a touring club from Abu Dhabi. The morning was spent learning different positionalbased skills and tactics and then the afternoon saw an enjoyable, friendly tournament out on the Beech Hanger courts. We were also joined throughout the day by Surrey Storm players Sigi Burger and Leah Goss who coached the girls but also gave a talk about their

netball journey and answered on life as an elite athlete. The second camp was held the week after, with Sigi Burger in attendance again! The girls picked up lots of useful coaching tips and tricks from the South African International. The weather also played a starring role in this camp and enabled us to make use of the outdoor courts at the Prep School, a beautiful setting for the two days.

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NETBALL U12A VII

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ROUNDERS TEAMS

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TENNIS REPORT The seniors started off our tennis season days after our return to school from Easter.

hey were thrown into a tough triangular in the league against St Cats and Guildford but in true smashcats style jumped off the bus, had a short warm up and buried St Cats 2-1. They then took on Guildford and pushed every game to a tie break winning just 1 of the 3. The seniors fielded two teams most weekends and always played with a lot of fun and determination – they had notable wins against Christ Hospital and Lingfield College as well as St Catherine’s with the 1st putting into practice the terrorising tactics of Simpson and True that they had learnt during the week. Lower down the school we had more depth then ever before and the focus on participation has meant we SENIOR TENNIS TEAM have now outgrown the courts with so many playing. Lunchtimes see tennis being played every day socially as well as in lesson with Mr Flanagan. 4 age groups now train throughout the year come rain or shine with more the boys also training once a week throughout this term – thank you Mr Friend for organising and taking all the boys fixtures. The U15 and U14 girls fielded A and B squads with a large number of players rotating to give everyone the competition they deserved. They both had excellent wins over Reigate Grammar and Croydon High which were hard fought right to the end just showing the determination these girls have. The U13 were team of the season with not only the most players competing each week and training regularly but also with fantastic results in depth. They had a big squad so again we had rotations to give everyone games and each week they played TENNIS U15A with determination or if on standby supported their team mates, checked if they were needed and wished good luck to those that were Thanks to our new coaches Mrs Stedman and playing. I think a lot can be learned Mrs Clifton, Mr Weiner and Mr Godfrey for all by the way these teams handled their help and knowledge they brought to themselves with such grace and The U13 were team the practices – the surprise on the faces sportsmanship. of the season with not of the players as they realise you have The new smashcats in the only the most players skills out of the classroom as well was U12 have started their careers priceless - the fact these staff have with great enthusiasm and competing each week asked to help out again next year is a a lot of questions! They are and training regularly testament to you as players listening and fantastically keen and with but also with fantastic generally being great fun at practice. every one of you having results in depth. And finally thanks must also go to Miss represented the school we Simpson as she moves on – she has given have a lot of potential for the a lot to the tennis teams over the years and future. The teams learnt a lot in a although she has had a target on her back as she’s short amount of time as few had played such a good player she has happily taken on anyone doubles before by the end of the season they who challenged her and Miss True, usually with a lot of were scoring, hitting and most of smashing the ball style and fists pumping! about the court.

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ATHLETICS REPORT DISTRICT ATHLETICS SUCCESS Friday 10 May saw the Schools Junior and Intermediate Athletics Teams attend the District meet at the K2 Arena in Crawley.

hree podium finishes for Rianna in the discus (throwing a school record of 33.83m), the shotput (another school record of 11.06) and capped off with a fine victory in the 200m. This saw the junior girls off to a strong start, and was backed up with further dominant performances from the impressive Jemima in the discus, and javelin. Genevieve was runner up in the 1500m. Grace also was district runner up and Sophie and Mina secured lots of valuable points over the five events that they shared. Sophie hurdled superbly early on to claim an impressive victory. This brilliant individual and team effort saw the junior girls The Junior boys showed real grit in team crowned as district champions. their performances with the pick of The Intermediate girls The Intermediate girls also saw the results going to Roman and also contained brilliant brilliant individual efforts from Harry for their 1-2 finish in the individual efforts from Lauren and Sharon who finished Shotput to score maximum team Lauren and Sharon first and second place respectively points. Austin also impressed in the shotput, scoring maximum hugely with two podium finishes in finishing in first and points for their age group. Sharon two events he had never previously second place respectively was also crowned district champion competed in (Triple Jump & 300m). in the shotput in the long jump with an impressive The Intermediate Boys team saw leap of 4.42m. Olivia finished a the return of the dominant Fifth Year brilliant day with victory in the high athletes bolstered with some exceptional jump and hurdles. Nicola (1500m) and Abbie Fourth Year performers, this year group having (300m) both achieved places on the rostrum for their dominated the school circuit as champions since the impressive and brave efforts in two very demanding First Year. Justin and Enzo completed the first brace of events. Taylor and Zoe finished second and third top two finished with dominance in the discus. This was respectively in their 200m during a very fast final. The followed up with two outstanding runs from the gutsy girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team finishing the day at runner-up in the team and determined duo of Oliver and Tom also claiming standings, was a testament to these and many other the top two spots. With winning becoming a habit endeavours. the sprint duo of Andrew and Nick took to the track, another 1-2 in the boys 200m saw Andrew take the crown with Nick in second place. Powerful displays of 400m running from Jonny and Will gained the team further points with Jonny also taking victory in the Shotput. Andrew popped up again with a victory in the Long Jump with Nick just behind him, this pair also finished strongly in the 100m. The Inter boys capped off the day with a barn-storming 4x100m victory securing their District victor status for another year. The combination and contribution of all the schools athletes aided in Caterham being crowned as overall district champions.

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CATERHAM FIRST YEAR GIRLS DISTRICT RUNNERS-UP; BOYS CROWNED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

aterham’s First Year Pupils travelled to Reigate Grammar School to attend the Year 7 District Finals athletics meet. This could have seemed a daunting prospect for the travelling teams, but after hosting several meets of our own, the two squads where not deterred by the scale of the largest district meet to-date. Tremendous effort was shown from all that took part and it is a testament to all the hard work that the pupils have invested during games and turnouts that have brought about the gains shown in the competition. The girls’ team were runners-up in the team event narrowly missing out on top sport by a matter of two points! (Equating to two places in an event!). Such fine margins I’m sure will provide extra motivation for the final few training sessions as we move into next year’s sporting competitions. An impressive display from Izzy winning a spot on the podium in the 100m earned the girls team lots of points as did Eloise who ran a commanding 1500m showing immense levels of determination. Izzy featured again as did Isabella, Sienna and Leane finishing high up the rankings to bring in valuable points. To top the day off, Izzy and Bianca were crowned as District Champions for the Long Jump and

Javelin respectively, each earning maximum points and prestige! The boys team were crowned as District Champions with impressive displays from William in the High Jump and 70m Hurdles in which he was crowned District Champion. Tunrore won a spot on the podium with a great height in the High Jump. Determination and desire were on show from the Caterham distance runners with Sam, Robert and Alex all securing valuable points, each of them dipping on the line to secure a place higher. Josh and Josh earnt good points in the Javelin and Sprints, each showing the work they had put in prior to the event was not in vain. A special mention must go to Ethan, who ran back to back heats in the 300m, 200m, and 4 x 100m qualifying for the finals in each. He then competed in the Long Jump winning that competition only to find that the finals were run in the same order. The extra fitness sessions Ethan had completed in the build up to this meet stood him in an excellent position as he finished first in the 300m, third in the subsequent 200m and second in the 4 x 100 with the help of his team mates. A brilliant way to finish and exceptional day for all the Caterham athletes.

TWO MEDALS AT THE SURREY CHAMPIONSHIPS Caterham’s rising athletes produce two medals at the Surrey School Championship. Amelia (Upper Sixth) won gold for the South Surrey District at the Intra-County meet and will now progress on to represent Surrey at the Regional Finals. Amelia’s win came in the Senior Girls Hurdles an event that she has dominated on the circuit. Amelia has been a long standing member of the athletics team and is a keen club athlete too. Jemima (Third Year) recorded a distance of 26.20m in the Junior Girls

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competition to win a silver medal and in the process smashed the 21-year-old school record by over a metre and a half! Jemima’s work-rate in training and desire to improve has been inspirational to those training around her and we wish her luck in the Regional Finals. Olivia (Fourth Year) and Rianna (Third Year) also posted respectable times and distances for their events; Hurdles and Javelin. Both girls managed to reach their respective finals in what is the most difficult county to represent.

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GIRLS THROUGH TO REGIONAL FINAL OF THE ESAA TRACK & FIELD CUP For the second consecutive year Caterhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intermediate and Junior Girls athletics teams qualified for the Track and Field Cup Regional Final.

his competition aims to find the best all-round athletics team, with athletes only allowed to compete in a two events one of which must be track based and one field based. Points are awarded in a positive correlation for increased distances thrown or jumped, and an inverse correlation for running times. The Junior Girls team showed exceptional all round achievement, with almost every girl averaging 13 points per event. Stand out individual points scores from Lucy (Second Year) scoring 20 points in the 200m with a time of 29.20 and Genevieve (Second Year) scoring 24 points in the 1500m with a time of 5:09.9 helped the team to qualify for the next round. Star performers in Round 1 for the Intermediate Girls came in the form of Rianna (Third Year) who amassed a total of 54 points for the team with an impressive 100m (13.3) and a Javelin throw of 34.03m breaking her own school record achieved earlier this term. Jemima (Third Year) totalled 45 points for the team and cemented Caterhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domination of the Javelin, with an equally impressive throw of 33.12m. Lauren (Fourth Year) totalled 38 points 23 of those coming in the shot put with a throw of 9.05m. The team managed to average 28 points per two events which is exceptional.

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SWIMMING REPORT JUNIOR GIRLS MEDLEY RELAY On Saturday 17 November, pupils Ava, Bella, Lana (Second Year) and Jessica (First Year) travelled to the Aquatic Centre in Stratford. The Junior Girls Medley Relay team finished 11th – 0.07 seconds outside of the final. They are now the 11th best team in the country out of 200+ schools who entered the competition. Congratulations girls, we are proud of you!

SWIM ENGLAND AWARD Lucy and her U16 South East Region U16 Water Polo Team won the Swim England SE Water Polo player of the year award on Saturday. Well done Lucy!

SURREY SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS CONGRATULATIONS to the 11 swimmers who represented Caterham School at the Surrey School’s Individual Championships at Guildford Spectrum on Saturday 19 January. We came away with some superb results including five medals: Amy (Lower Sixth) Caiden (Second Year) Izzy (Lower Sixth) Ava (Second Year) Jae (Second Year)

– Gold 100m FC – Gold 100m BK – Silver 100m BRST – Silver 100m BRST – Silver 100m FC

Well done also to Laura, Seb, Louis, Theo, Lana & Lucy. BATH CUP

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TABLE TENNIS REPORT SURREY COUNTY SCHOOLS’ TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Our U19 Boys Table Tennis players won their rounds and now represent Surrey in the zone finals in London on Sunday 20 January. It was not easy and they fought hard to the last point! Well done, Horace, Will, Nikita and Jay. The U16 boys played multiple sets of games against very well trained opponents and came fourth out of nine schools, which is a terrific level, given the opposition. Well done, Jake, Raul, Andrey and Nagim!

U13 BOYS SURREY SCHOOLS TABLE TENNIS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS On Thursday 8 February, Jay, Tom, Toby, Nick, Hamish and Raul went to compete in the U13 Boys Surrey Schools Table Tennis Individual Championships at Jubilee School, Addlestone. Once again, fierce opposition awaited and in time-saving matches of first to 15, sudden death – rather than five matches of first to 11 with tie breaks, giving time to assess opponents – the boys did very well among the six schools present. Raul placed in the last eight, which was an excellent performance. The boys did so well with just practice at home and school, and a determination to take on any level of player. Well done, Jay, Tom, Toby, Nick, Hamish and Raul!

TABLE TENNIS U19S VICTORY Our reigning U19 Boys Table Tennis Team, winners in the Surrey Schools Championships, faced their latest round on Saturday 29 January. They went to Brighton Table Tennis Club to face Epsom College and Varndean Sixth Form College. After a bruising set of matches, Horace, Will, Nikita and Jay emerged victorious! They are now School Champions for U19 Boys across Berkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex (aka Zone 7). The next challenge is to head to Bristol Academy of Sport on Sunday February 10, where they will face Zone 5 Winners, Zone 6 Runners-up & Zone 8 Runners-up. Good luck to them as they fight for a place in the National Finals.

U16 BOYS TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Last Friday our four entrants for the Surrey Schools U16 Boys Individuals Table Tennis Championships went to Jubilee School, Addlestone to compete against a wide range of schools and talents. Nagim, Andrey, Nikita and Jake faced a variety of opponents in knockout rounds, and Nagim progressed as far as the semi-finals. The overall quality of play at the tournament was high and it was rumoured that seven national, U16 Boys players were present, displaying their strength and accuracy, and ultimately overpowering their rivals. The luck of the drawer led to some unequal initial knockout matches, but our players took part, did their best and enjoyed the afternoon’s games. Well done to you all!

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U19 TABLE TENNIS BOYS CHAMPIONS! On Sunday 10 February, our U19 boys’ table tennis team of Will, Horace, Nikita and Jay faced a two-hour journey to Bristol, to take on Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire; Ernest Bevin College, Wandsworth; and Budmouth College, Weymouth. They played on-and-off from 10am to 5pm, but sadly we were not able to progress to the National Finals, next month in Leicester. As you can imagine, the overall quality of play from the wide range of age groups present, for both boys and girls, was genuinely amazing. Many of those players present last Sunday will go on to represent England. The long, two-hour-plus journey home was offset by a Burger King meal at the half-way point. We won’t forget that they’re still U19 Boys Champions for Berkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey & West Sussex – meaning they’re the best U19 Boys Table Tennis team in a population of over 10 million people, which is pretty impressive. Well done Will, Horace, Nikita and Jay!

HORSE RIDING REPORT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – BRITISH RIDING After qualifying for this years Finals for both Pony Club and British Riding Club National Championships, we are pleased to say Ed has been successful at both of these events.

he British Riding Club National Championships was held 1-2 Sep in Lincoln, after a long journey Ed had a fantastic weekend with his team mates and his horse. Ed represented the Three Counties Riding Club, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. After a thrilling competition in the Junior Jumping with Style, the Three counties RC could not be beaten and were crowned British National Riding club Champions as a result of a lot of hard work. Ed was also awarded 3rd place individually from 93 other finalists, an amazing result.

With the Pony Club Championships, a huge achievement to qualify for the Dressage finals. Ed was a member of the Old Surrey and Burstow pony club dressage team, which finished 9th overall and Ed was individually placed 13th, again a great achievement. This is a new partnership with this talented home bred mare and they continue to go from strength to strength.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS EQUESTRIAN FINAL Fourth Year pupil Ed has been flying the flag for Caterham school as part of the equestrian eventing team with his two horses Gizmo and Leading Lady.

raining for the event began back in the autumn and by May both horses and rider were fit and ready to compete – kitted out in the new Caterham School colours. Eventing consists of three phases: dressage – where precision, harmony and obedience count with points awarded for every movement; show-jumping – which involves jumping over a course of coloured fences; and lastly cross country – where a course of large natural obstacles are jumped over at a gallop within an optimum time, bravery needed for both horse and rider.

On 11 May, Ed, his support team, two horses (and the dog!) travelled from South Godstone to the beautiful setting of Stonar Equestrian School in Wiltshire; one of six regional qualifying events held around the UK, to battle it out for a place in the National Schools Final. Against stiff competition Ed and Gizmo had the second best score after the dressage with just a half a point between him and the leader. Although nerves were high for the final phases, he rode a careful, clear round in the show-jumping followed by a cracking clear round cross country, galloping to finish just within the time. Ed and Gizmo now go forward with the top four teams and individuals from each regional to compete for the National title in September. A fantastic achievement!

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KARTING REPORT KARTING SUCCESS: IAME WORLD FINALS Third Year pupil Ollie, spent a weekend in September competing in the Super 1 UK Karting Championships.

espite tough conditions, Ollie finished in eighth position (out of 33 drivers), competing against opposition two or three years older than himself. He now lies tenth in the UK Championship with one round to go at the end of September. From his superb performance, Ollie has been offered an entry to the IAME World Finals in October.

This event is invitation only, with drivers invited by either the organisers or a European Team. Ollie has been asked by a European team – essentially because he is small and so talented it suits the LeMans track, where the event will be taking place. This is a large event, with over 450 drivers from across the world taking part. Good Luck Ollie.

KARTING SUCCESS: CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Congratulations to Adam and David (Upper Sixth formers) and James (Third Year) for qualifying for the British School Karting Championship final. The three boys drove superbly on Saturday4 May at Buckmore Park, claiming fifth spot overall, and crucially gaining the right to compete amongst the 15 best teams in the country on 29 June at Whilton Mill.

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS: KARTING SUCCESS At the beginning of June, Ollie (Third Year) took part in the British Championships in which 40 of Europe’s best drivers compete.

llie successfully won the race which now places him second in the UK championship. And, only three weeks ago Ollie took part in round two of the Euro Championships. Hopes were high but a few, long days culminated in his chain snapping in the pre-final where he had started third. The chain failure meant he had to start the final flat last of 34 karts (there were 54 drivers total with the top 34 making the pre-final and final). After shaking off the disappointment he drove

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extremely well making up 30 places to finish fourth with easily the most places made up across all 40+ races over the four days. Ollie is now placed third in Europe – so a very successful few weeks. Well done Ollie!

Branden (First Year) is making a name for himself in the Karting world! Attending a recent meet with his karting team (Ambition Motor Sports), he raced on the Whilton Mill circuit against tough competition. As a novice he had to start from the back of the grid but Branden drove extremely well to finish sixth out of 28, and won first place as a novice. Well done Branden!

OTHER SPORT REPORTS

GOLF Mili (Third Year) joined the Sky Zone live on Sky Sports with Nick Dougherty and Luke Donald and also took on Tommy Fleetwood in the ‘Beat the Pro’ feature live during the third round of the championships. Mili performed really well. Congratulations Mili.

BASKETBALL: A SUPER PERFORMANCE The U15 Basketball team beat Lingfield 69-15 on Friday 1 March in their final league fixture to progress to the Surrey Development League finals on Tuesday 19 March at the K2 Crawley. A super performance by all!

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DISTRICT GYMNASTICS: A FANTASTIC FINISH On the afternoon of Tuesday 26 February, six Caterham First Year pupils competed at the district gymnastics at Oakwood School in Horley. All participating pupils; Jake, Tunrore, Sara, Leah, Zoe and Ayla did fantastically well and a special mention should go to Sara, Zoe and Ayla who finished in first, second and third places respectively! Coach Lisa Soyvural from Caterham Gymnastics was ecstatic after the performances; “This is a culmination of the hard work this group has done on Monday lunchtimes at the gymnastics club. The journey from the starting levels in January to now has been astounding. They should all be so proud” Well done to all pupils who took part!

SAILING HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Fourth Year Theo who has been selected for the GBR Sailing Squad in the Laser 4.7 category. Theo’s selection will see him compete in the European Championships in 2019. A keen sailor since he was just six years old, Theo’s success is the culmination of years of hard work. BASKETBALL TEAM

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INDIVIDUAL SPORTING SUCCESS GERMAN NATIONAL LACROSSE TEAM Well done to Sophia who has had the opportunity to train with the U19 German National Lacrosse team.

he squad is in the final stages of selection for the U19 World Cup and while Sophia does not make the age requirements to be selected, the coaches were extremely impressed and have asked her to return in September

SWIM ENGLAND NATIONAL TRAINING CAMP SELECTION Congratulations to Amy (Lower Sixth) for being selected for the Swim England National Performance Training Camp being held at Millfield School during the Christmas Break. This is an extremely selective programme; which has been partly influenced by how well Amy has done at the recent London Regional Championships where she won numerous titles and posted some very impressive times. Amy will also be competing at the Swim England Winter Nationals being held in Sheffield at the weekend. This meet will have numerous Olympians involved and to even qualify is an impressive achievement. We wish Amy the best of luck on the training camp and the Nationals and hope she enjoys the experience!

U14 GIRLS’ WATERPOLO Well done to Lucy who has captained the South East Region U14 Girls’ Waterpolo Team. The team came fifth in the championship. Lucy was the most valuable player (MVP) for the South East and also the overall MVP of the championship. Well done Lucy; we are really proud of you!

U19 LACROSSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Roberta has recently progressed in her journey to the U19 Lacrosse World Championship being named to the U19 Wales World Cup Training Squad.

he is one of 26 that have earned a position on this squad. Two other Old Cats, Holly and Kaityln, have also been successful in their selection to the World Cup Training Squad and along with Roberta, are still vying to be named to the final World Cup Squad that will participate at the World Championships in Canada next summer. Congratualtions to Roberta on her fantastic achievment and the strong representation of Caterham Lacrosse in the U19 Wales Program.

SURREY CRICKET SUCCESS Congratulations to Caterham School pupil Toby who has been selected by Surrey Cricket as part of their U16 Elite Player Group for winter training.

fter a good season in 2017, in which Toby became a regular member of the School’s 1stXI, and an excellent tour of South Africa, Surrey invited Toby to their winter trials, from which he progressed

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when she does make the age requirements. It was a challenging weekend that tested her lacrosse skill but also her knowledge of the German language. Huge congratulations Sophia!

to the training group. This is a wonderful achievement for Toby, and just rewards for the hard work that he has put in over the last 12 months.

SPORT CATERHAM’S ENGLAND RUGBY RISING STARS We are extremely proud of Sixth Form pupils Jude and Tyler who have both represented their country and donned rugby shirts during the Easter holidays.

T RUGBY WASPS U18S Well done to Caterham Rugby 1st XV star, Jude, who played three games for Wasps U18s over the Christmas break. He played well against both Sale and Leicester but the highlight was a hat-trick against Worcester. Well done!

RUGBY: PUPIL SELECTED FOR ENGLAND COUNTIES U18 TEAM!

yler capped off a brilliant schoolboy rugby career by representing England U18 Counties. Tyler played in the squad that were beaten by Ireland 17-30 but there is a rematch so hopefully the England team will be victorious in that one Jude was selected for England U18s and received his cap from England and Gloucester fly half Danny Cipriani. Jude scored two tries for England U18 against Ireland! England led 17-10 at the break with two tries from Jude and seven points via Orlando Bailey Second half converted tries from Phil Cokanasiga and Oisin McCormack took the score to 24-17 and despite late Ireland pressure, England held on for victory.

Jude sparked the game into life, latching onto a loose ball inside his own half before searing down the left wing, kicking ahead of the Ireland full back and touching down for a fine individual score.

AMAZING AARON CROWNED REGIONAL CHAMPION The Third Year’s answer to Usain Bolt: Aaron, has been whizzing through the qualifying rounds on his path to the English Schools’ Athletics Nationals.

England Counties U18 team manager Dave Penberthy has named the squad to face Ireland in a two match tour in April. The 23 player squad was selected following a national development weekend at Stourbridge RFC which saw players gather for several days of coaching and selection. The squad includes Caterham pupil Tyler. The squad gathered on 18 April at HMS Temeraire in Portsmouth to prepare for two fixtures in Dublin against Ireland U18 Clubs and Schools. The first match took place on Wednesday, 24 April followed by the second game on Saturday, 27 April. Congratulations Tyler, a phenomenal effort on your part – we are extremely proud of you!

aron qualified to represent the Inter-Counties Regional Finals, the South Surrey District which took place on Saturday through his club and 15 June. Aaron again performed school and performed exceptionally to finish on top of the amazingly at the Surrey Schools podium and be crowned Regional Championship recording Champion for the 200m. a time of 24.04- a Aaron currently new personal bestcompetes in the Junior knocking over a Not only was this Boys U15 events and second and a half has recently increased a personal best but off last season’s his sprint distance it beats the current best time. Not from the 100m & school record, only was this a 200m to the 200m which has stood for personal best but & 300m; he is a keen 12 years it beats the current member of Holland school record, which Sports Athletics Club has stood for 12 years, and manages to balance a by 0.66 of a second and demanding training schedule sees him ranked within the top 50 whilst also representing the nationally for boys of his age. School’s cricket team. The strength of Aaron’s We wish Aaron the best of luck in performance afforded him his future Club events and National qualification to represent Surrey at Qualification.

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RUGBY KENT U18S 7S TOURNAMENT Congratulations to Fifth Form pupil Andrew (pictured here on the front row far left), who won the Kent U18 7’s tournament with Sevenoaks RFC.

ndrew had been invited to play up not one but two age groups! This comes after gaining selection to The Scottish Exiles (Green) Camp held in Northampton over the Easter break. Andrew has been working hard on improving his fitness and

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breakdown skills as he attempts to move from the backline into the back-row and stake a claim for a place in the full exiles squad. No doubt his power and pace will have caught the selectors’ attention having been a real asset for the successful U16 A team this year.’

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MR BEN PURKISS

SPEECH DAY 2019 Mr Smith, Mrs Whittle, Trustees, Mr Jones (whom we welcome as our Guest of Honour at this year’s prize-giving), Reverend Thomas, honoured guests, parents and pupils. Good Morning and welcome to Caterham Prep School’s Speech Day 2019.

hank you Mrs Whittle, for your words of encouragement and support. At the end of my first Term here at Caterham, what better way to end than to celebrate the successes and efforts of the children over the last academic year. In the short time that I’ve been here I’ve been struck by the industry and diligence of the children throughout the school and the hard work and dedication they show in all areas. Children, whilst today is about individual successes, it is important

to note that we are incredibly proud of all you achieve, in every area of our busy school. So, whilst it is impossible to mention every name, and every success, if you do not come on to the stage this morning, please understand that your contribution is no less important. It is, of course, tradition at this point for the Headmaster to provide an exhaustive report on the major achievements of the School and all that has happened over the last academic year. Well, you’re in luck for 3 reasons: firstly, I wasn’t here for most of it, secondly, I’m a

physicist and so concision is a gift, and lastly, but most importantly, today isn’t about me … it’s about the children and the sooner we get on to them the better! The myriad of opportunity that exists for the children at the Prep School both in and out of the classroom is extraordinary and there simply isn’t the time to walk you through the year however, Visiting speakers, workshops, presentations and assemblies all contribute to the depth and breadth of the children’s Prep School experience. From the fire

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service to visiting planetariums and a zoo – no educational stone is left unturned. This year a total of 47 educational visits have taken place, from Tea in the Park with the nursery to day trips across the channel to France. Children across the School have enjoyed the opportunity to enter national competitions in a range of subjects and endeavours, from computing competitions to instrumental exams, and have achieved some tremendous individual and collective successes. Theatre arts provision has gone from strength to strength with the introduction of LAMDA and the first full year of the new curriculum delivered. It’s worth nothing at this point too, that The Prep School has been shortlisted for the prestigious Independent School of the Year Awards for its Theatre Arts provision! We await, with baited breath, the announcement of the winners, which will take place in October this year. It has been a successful year on the sporting front too with

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Testament to the great work that goes on both in and out of the classroom, please join me in congratulating the following children on being offered a scholarship to the Senior School: Millie Art & Design Scholarship Rhian Music Scholarship Tanya Performing Arts Scholarship Charlotte Performing Arts Scholarship Charlie Drama Scholarship

notable successes from the girls and boys at all age groups in all sports from football to cross country and everything in between. I am particularly proud that the Prep School now offers equality in terms of sport provision with equal opportunities for girls and boys, which is something that we will continue to develop over the coming years.

Phoenix Sport Scholarship Going to alternative Senior School: Livvy Academic and Sport Joel Academic Scholarship Jacob Sport Scholarship

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At this point, I need to mention how wonderful our parents have been in supporting the Prep School this year, and to personally thank Clair Chapman for her hard work as Prep Representative Chair of the Parents Association. The PA work tirelessly to support the School with their fundraising. Their hard work and commitment is much appreciated and represents the very best of the Prep School community. Please join me in a round of applause for the Parents Association Team. Beyond all that the children achieve, I am also immensely proud of the colleagues with whom I am lucky enough to work. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the contributions of every member of staff at the Prep School. Everybody works well beyond what is expected of them and it is their contribution, as well as the immense discretionary effort, in all walks of school-life, that makes Caterham Prep School the great school that it is. Everyone has a key role to perform and I would like to ask that you please join me in recognising their hard work with a round of applause.

The PA work tirelessly to support the School with their fundraising. Their hard work and commitment is much appreciated and represents the very best of the Prep School community. And so onto leavers and joiners on the staff body. Annie Bullen Annie, who has been with us for 12 years, is heading home to Wales. Having led the Mathematics Department throughout her time here, she has been an amazing Form Tutor, whose wisdom, patience and terrific sense of humour have helped guide hundreds of children through the School. Annie set up the Skills for Life Programme, initiated the Bushcraft trips and has been instrumental in the Year 6 plays, creating some incredible costumes and has been responsible for stage management. Annie is held in the highest regard by colleagues and pupils, and will be missed immensely.

Jaione Berasain Jaione, who is sadly not able to join us today, as she heads back to her native Spain to pursue a career in teaching. Jaione joined us two years’ ago, where she has worked tirelessly in 1:1 support in the Pre-Prep. She will be hugely missed and we wish her the best of luck. STAFF JOINING In September we are looking forward to welcoming 2 new members of staff to the Prep School Team. Lex Lang will be joining us from Newton Prep, as Deputy Head Teaching and Innovation. His primary role will be to lead the academic offer at the Prep School and I know that he will bring a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm to the position.

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Daniel Taylor also joins us to step into Annie’s shoes as Head of Mathematics. Daniel joins us from Archbishop Lanfranc Academy where he is the year 7 Achievement Coordinator and leads the KS3 Maths provision. He, I know, is very excited about joining the team, and we are delighted to have him. Sally Wallis, is neither leaving nor joining, but in a very exciting step has been appointed to the role of Assistant Director of Innovation. Sally will work closely with Adam Webster and Lex to develop innovative teaching and learning strategies across the School, with a particular focus on girls’ involvement in Science,

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Mathematics and Engineering subjects. This is a very exciting and positive step forward and I’m delighted that Sally will be leading this from within the Prep School To finish, I thought that I would take the opportunity to answer the single most common question that I have been asked in the short time that I have been at Caterham “What are your plans for the future”? I am assuming that this is in relation to plans for the Prep School, rather than a subtle way of suggesting I move on already! In order to answer that question, I have to add some context to why I am here in the first place. Why do

I or the staff get out of bed in the morning? The answer is simply because this is the best job in the world. Children in the Prep School are like blank canvases - their opportunities and experiences are the colours that shape them. Every word and thought and action seeps into the pores of their canvass and makes a difference. With us they learn to walk and talk, to take turns, to listen, to collaborate, to engage with and appreciate the world around them, to understand the difference between right and wrong and how they can influence and have an impact on society. These are weighty lessons and responsibilities and it is an absolute privilege to play such a significant role in the lives of our young men and women. So, back to the question ... “What are your plans for the future”? The Bursar will be delighted to learn that the answer does not necessarily lie in bricks and mortar, rather, the future has its foundations in outstanding and inspiring teaching, learning and pastoral care that will enable All of the children who leave the Prep School to be aspirational and ambitious with an energy and passion for life and learning, and a belief that they can be anything that they want to be.

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We will be developing a curriculum that equips children not only with knowledge but the 21 century competencies required for jobs that do not yet exist. Whilst retaining the best of tradition, we will be pushing the boundaries of Prep School education to maximise the potential in all of the children, wherever their strengths may lie. In front of me now is a stable of untapped potential, of future leaders of industry and experts in

their field, our job is to exploit your strengths and ignite your potential with brilliant and inspiring practice. This is where the future of the Prep School lies. These are exciting times I look forward to sharing the journey with you as we move forward. All that remains for me to do is to wish this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leavers the very best of luck for the future and to wish you all a peaceful and well-earned summer break.

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In December, pupils in Pre-Prep gave enthusiastic performances of their annual

Nativity Plays. There was some amazing acting, superb singing and all the children delivered their lines with loud, clear voices. A fantastic team effort â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thanks and well done to everyone involved!

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Pre-School SPRING CONCERT The Pre-School children put on a wonderfully colourful and entertaining Spring Concert on Friday and impressed their teachers and families with their singing, dancing and acting throughout. Well done Pre-School.

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around the world We had a really exciting two weeks in Pre-School with lots of visiting parents from Russia, Poland, Bangladesh and India helping us with our ‘Around the World’ topic. We’ve learned so much and especially enjoyed trying on the costumes and jewellery! We then had parents join us for playtime and a story in our last Come and Play of this year. We can’t believe the year is almost over.

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CHINESE NEW YEAR On Tuesday 5 February, Pre-Prep had an assembly about Chinese New Year. Thank you to Xalvadore, Marble, Eugenia and Cecilia who showed Pre-Prep Chinese New Year Decorations, with a special thanks to Xalvadore for explaining that children are given red envelopes containing money to celebrate and for teaching us all how to say Happy New Year.

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PEOPLE WHO HELP US The Reception classes thoroughly enjoyed their topic on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;People who help usâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and were very lucky to have lots of visitors who told them about their jobs and how they help people!

urse Lesley, our school nurse, involved the pupils in some role play and bandaged up some wounded children. They were then taken on a tour around the Health Centre over at the Senior School. Graham, a member of the Maintenance team at school, taught the pupils how to build small wooden boats which they were then able to take home! The Godstone firefighters arrived with their fire engine and talked to the pupils about fire safety. The pupils were lucky enough to go on the engine! Mrs Taylor, a vet from a surgery in Nutfield, came in to tell the pupils about the animals she looks after and kindly brought some guinea pigs and rabbits with her for the pupils to meet! Dr Einollahzadeh visited the pupils to

talk about her role as a dentist and how they should look after their teeth! We would like to thank all the

visitors involved as the pupils had a wonderful time and will hopefully remember the experience for many years to come!

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WORLD BOOK DAY A whole day of fun for World Book Day, dressing up and reading favourite stories.

n the lead up to World Book Day, we held a Book Fair at both the Prep and Pre-Prep Schools. Most children were delighted to be able to experience choosing and purchasing their own book, or books, and it was very well supported. Over the course of four days we sold approximately ÂŁ1000 worth of books and we will be able to purchase a large amount of books for the library or other resources as part of the scholastic reward system. Many thanks to the parents for supporting this event.

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Reception children visited Caterham Library for World Book Day. The children had a wonderful time looking at the books, listening to stories and finding out about how a library works. Thank you to the staff at Caterham Library for being so welcoming.

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1D in the Woods 1D HAD AN AMAZING TIME IN WOODS DESPITE THE CHILLY WEATHER.

he children loved making Christmas tree decorations out of wood and explored the whole area, climbing and swinging on trees. Then, continuing from their chat with Nan last week about life in the past, the children toasted bread on an open fire using a toasting fork. It was very yummy!

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ear 1 were incredibly lucky as Nan (Mrs Maskatyia’s Mum) came into school and talked to the children about what life in the past was like. The children had previously written questions that they would like answers to such as ‘How did you wash your clothes?’ and ‘What did you do to entertain yourself as a child?’ Nan answered the children’s questions brilliantly and told them some wonderful stories from when she was a child. We all learnt such a lot. Thank you so much Nan for coming to talk to us.

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MR JONES WAS DELIGHTED TO WELCOME A TROOP OF VISITORS FROM THE PRE-PREP FOR A TOUR OF THE SENIOR SCHOOL.

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n September Year 1 children had a fantastic adventure to the post box at the end of Dome Hill. In Geography the children were learning all about addresses so it seemed fitting that they write a letter home to their family and then post it themselves. They were incredibly surprised when a letter for them also arrived from their teachers. What a great afternoon!

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BLUE WATCH VISIT YEAR 2 HAD A VERY EXCITING VISIT FROM BLUE WATCH AT GODSTONE FIRE STATION.

s part of our History topic on the Great Fire of London, the firemen came to set fire to some fantastic model Tudor houses that the children had made at home from boxes to help us recreate how the fire started. The children varied in excitement and really started to empathise with people who lived in London in 1666. The firemen also explained to the children how this type of disaster is unlikely to happen today with rules about how far apart houses are built and what houses are built from.

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Samuel Pepys In May Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Alfie the peasant and Samuel Pepys.

e enjoyed a workshop full of information, helped rein-act historical scenes from the past, made 3D tutor houses and we even went outside with a dead cart and threw some children into the plague pits! The children had fun being introduced to our new topic of Plague and Fire. Thank you to parents who helped immerse the children in their day by sending them to school dressed as peasants from the 1600’s! A fantastic day enjoyed by all.

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e had the pleasure of having a story teller come to visit who retold lots of different traditional and exciting tales. The children listened beautifully and really enjoyed the experience. In year 2, we reinacted the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and created our props and stage by making use of all the natural resources in the woods. We had a lovely time, and discovered some budding actors/actresses and even directors amongst us!!!

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In May the Prep School were invaded once again by the Romans! Although, on this occasion, the Celts far outnumbered the invaders, the Romans easily won through with their battle tactics and superior weapons.

Invaded by Romans again! Dressed in costume, Year 3 spent the day taking part in various exciting activities including Gladiator School, Latin lessons (using original ‘tablets’), handling ancient artefacts, making lucky charms and much more. As always, a highlight of the year!

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Amaya:

My favourite part of Roman Day was being a Celt in war because we got to throw rocks at the Romans and I hit the emperor! What I found most interesting was Latin School. We learned how to spell ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’, ‘good’, and ‘bad’. We used wax tablets with a sharp wooden stylus that was pointy at one end and flat on the other.

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We all got to touch old Roman artefacts.

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We had to see which coins were real and which ones were fake. My favourite part was the Romans versus Celts because it was fun and it felt like I was in a real battle.

Florrie:

It was the best day of Year 3!

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This morning, whilst doing our Maths lesson, a Roman slave suddenly walked into our classroom and stole Seb’s purple crayon. We got to dress up like Romans. The girls wore dresses with belts and scarves. You would wear the scarf on your head if you were married. The boys wore tunics and belts. It was super fun!

Conor:

We had a war and all of the Celtic soldiers died except 5. I survived!

Alex:

Today was Roman Day. We had a battle. I was a Celt. The Celts (and me) threw rocks (fake) but the Romans had a defence called a tortoise shield and all of the rocks bounced off!

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Stone Age Day

YEAR 4 VENTURED INTO THE WOODS FOR A STONE AGE DAY, TO ENHANCE THEIR LEARNING ABOUT THIS TIME PERIOD IN HISTORY.

hey spent part of their day with Mr Wilkinson, learning about foraging for food, lighting a fire, collecting wood and cooking flatbread made with flour and water. Other activities during the day included making spears and axes by hammering flint to the appropriate size, making Bullroarers for communication and percussion instruments for entertainment. The children loved this experience: Harry said â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great fun because we were actually doing everything we learned about.â&#x20AC;? Thank you to Mr Wilkinson for organising the day. It was a huge success!

Big FAT Geography Quiz On Friday 15 March three teams of Year 4s and 5s from Caterham Prep School went over to the Wilberforce Hall to participate in the Great Big Fat Geography Quiz, where they competed against a number of other local primary schools for the amazing esteemed trophy.

ur three teams have been practising their Geography skills over the past few weeks revising their flags, landmarks, capital cities, rivers, mountains and more. Some of the children even gave up their lunch times to come to the drop in sessions held in the library. Despite all of this we were unable to win the trophy but more importantly everyone had fun, and fantastic collaboration was evidenced within each of our three teams. Throughout all of the rounds all of our teams held their own and we were proud of the way they worked. Thank you to all the members of our teams for participating.

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ART VISIT YEAR 4 STUDENTS WERE TREATED TO A VISIT FROM A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR CHERY NUYGEN WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING.

hery has recently produced a series of giant matchboxes which feature people characterised as animals. Chery uses this vehicle to investigate friendship and personal qualities of people she knows. She ran a really fun workshop with students with art activities like the ‘drawing dice’ game where students had a go at Blind drawing, left/opposite hand drawing, continuous line drawing and speedy portraits, many of teachers! Students then tried their hand at live figure drawing from stick men to full characters. Students were

so excited to meet a real life artist and asked her lots of key questions about her work. Then many who were a little star struck got Chery’s

autograph before she left. We look forward to seeing students finished art pieces inspired by Chery’s work for this project!

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Debating Society The Debating Society is open to members of Years 5 and 6, meeting weekly throughout the Autumn and Spring terms. Membership continues to grow and this year we held a number of formal and informal debates throughout the year considering issues such as school uniform, the wages of professional footballers and whether you should say thank you to a robot waiter!

n the Autumn term Year 5 took on Year 6 to debate whether Year 6 pupils should be allowed to wear their own clothes to school. The Year 5 team of Alexander, Elizabeth and Abirami all spoke eloquently against the motion, with Elizabeth making particularly good use of emotive language techniques to persuade the audience to support her position. Speaking in favour of the motion, Joel, Aurelia and Jacob (as a last minute stand in) also spoke with confidence and authority when presenting their arguments. The audience were then able to pose challenging questions to each team requiring them to think on their feet and defend their position. In the end the vote went

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with Year 6 and so the motion was carried. The debate was chaired very well by Livvy who kept good order in the House. The Spring term saw the arrival of the House Debating Competition. For the second year running it was a Viewpoint versus Viewpoint grand final. Narayan and Orin took on Charlie and Millie to try and convince the audience of danger driverless cars posed to road safety. Both teams had clearly researched their side of the argument very well and presented compelling, terrifying and often humorous arguments to prove their points. Following some challenging questions from the members of Debating Society an audience vote was taken which was

won, narrowly, by Narayan and Orin. Guest judge Mrs Howden agreed with the audience on this occasion but was full of praise for the skilled speech-writing and public speaking shown by all participants. Debating colours were awarded to Narayan, Charlie, Millie, Stanley, Michael and George.

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Masterchefs Year 2 have been cooking and discussing the importance of healthy food as well as learning where it comes from.

he children have had a fantastic time becoming chefs. Last week they made their own salad. Washing, cutting, chopping and peeling their own vegetables are a few of the skills they used in their rainbow creations. This week the children have made carrot and courgette muffins using yet more skills of measuring, weighing, grating vegetables and breaking eggs. Some children couldn't wait to get home to eat it!

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MUSIC WEEK The final week of November in the Prep School was filled with Music!

T YEAR 3 INSTRUMENTAL SCHEME THE YEAR 3 INSTRUMENTAL SCHEME IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR!

ll Year 3 Pupils are able to try their hand at playing the flute, oboe, clarinet, tenor horn, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Pupils are then allocated a string instrument and a brass/woodwind instrument to learn in small groups for the rest

of the Autumn term. A thrilling performance for parents is given at the end of the term and it is so great to see so many pupil take up lessons and continue to play. We greatly thank all of the visiting music teachers for helping out with this scheme!

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he Year 5 Concert and Opera Workshop, a visit from the Junk Orchestra and numerous performances by our ensembles for all of the prep school children. Saul from the Junk Orchestra gave a fantastic assembly making all of the staff play his junk creations including the flip-flop-ophone! They were are very musical bunch. Year 4 also participated in workshops linked to their science topic of sound and how it is created. We are looking forward to Saul coming again next year. Congratulations to Foxborrow house for winning our first Prep House Shout. Judged by Mr Jones and Miss Lacabe, their performance of Blame it On the Boogie was brilliant!

CATERHAM PREP SCHOOL were taken on a journey this year for the Spring Concert. ‘Caterham Island Discs’ was a wonderful event filled with hilarious introductions from some of the Caterham Prep Staff.

e had Mr Bartlett playing cricket with a guitar, Mrs Driscoll flying like Mary Poppins along the fire escape, Mrs Ingrassia reminiscing about her time as a Moulin Rouge dancer and Lego versions of Mrs Wallis and Mrs Hudson. All of the Prep Ensembles gave polished and entertaining performances culminating with all of the pupils involved singing ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’. What a night!

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ach term throughout the year, Years 4, 5 and 6 are given the opportunity to do solo and class performances for their parents in a Year Group Concert. We have every style of music featured and it is a wonderful opportunity for pupils to get up and perform in a relaxed environment. It is so nice to see their performances develop over the years.

HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION This year we welcomed Lauren Easton (Mezzo Soprano from Glyndbourne Opera Company) as our adjudicator for the day. Lauren had to make many tough decisions to award first places in every category and with over 100 entries, we really kept her busy all day. Congratulations to the winners listed here. Strings Grade 3 Guitar Senior Woodwind Intermediate Beginner Piano Brass/Woodwind Beginner Strings Grade 1 Piano Advanced Brass/Woodwind Grade 1 Brass/Woodwind Advanced Strings Beginner Piano Grade 1

Charlotte Phoenix

Piano Grade 2 Strings Advanced

Darcy Alexander

Joel

Piano Beginner

Thomas and Rosie

Strings Grade 2

Elizabeth

Singing Intermediate

Charlotte

Taiyan

Rosie

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Lewy

Isabella

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Skye

Harry

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Rhian

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Benjamin

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Tanaiya Francesca Xylia

Abigail

Overall the winning house was Foxborrow! Congratulations to everyone for participating and giving some wonderful performances on the day.

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Innovation in

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PERFORMING ARTS IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST STANDING ON A STAGE. TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF PERFORMANCE SHOULD INCLUDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT BUILDING BLOCKS THAT CREATE THE FINAL PRODUCT – NOT JUST EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE ITSELF.

e achieved this by totally redefining the Drama and DT curriculums, re-working them into an innovative Theatre Arts curriculum which draws every child in the school into a working production company, in which they can each be a part of process to end product, experience living, breathing teamwork in action, and be part of a Drama culture which encompasses the entire school community. In the first year we have introduced a new curriculum with study units including Musical Theatre performance, Shakespeare performance, Set Design, Costume Design, Puppetry, Stage Make Up, Prop Design and Make, Mask Making,

Mime and Monologues, Publicity and Advertising. Our new Spring Production involves every single child in the school. This year’s Alice in Wonderland JR featured Year 3 as the supporting chorus, Year 4 taking the cast and ensemble roles, Year 5 designing and building the many props, and Year 6 designing and painting the set. Our inaugural Caterham Prep School Drama Festival, a wider community event which celebrates youth theatre and this year brought together four local schools for a special evening to perform and build friendships, was a huge success, with a wonderfully eclectic range of performances. Shakespeare Schools Festival, the world’s largest youth drama

festival, which works with thousands of pupils from every community, background and school type across the UK is a big part of our Theatre Arts provision, and we are entering two teams in 2019: The Tempest and Macbeth. This year’s production of Romeo and Juliet received glowing feedback. Our first LAMDA entries were very successful, with 15 children entering Acting and Speaking Verse and Prose examinations across Grade 1 and 2. All passed, 2 with Merit and 13 with Distinction. The impact that the new curriculum has had throughout the school has been a joy to see, and Theatre Arts at Caterham Prep School moves from strength to strength.

LAMDA In 2018-19 Caterham Prep School began its LAMDA journey, offering LAMDA classes to Year 5 and 6 pupils, in Acting and Speaking Verse and Prose. The scheme has proved both popular and rewarding for all involved, with a very evident development of both skills and confidence. At the end of our first year we were delighted that all 15 candidates passed, 2 with Merit and 13 with Distinction. Congratulations to all our LAMDA students.

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A l iinc e Wonderland In the first ever Theatre Arts Spring production, Caterham Prep School took a journey down the rabbit hole and joined Alice, one of literatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beloved heroines, in her madcap adventures. This musical show was a fast-paced take on the classic tale.

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An inspiring experience for the whole Prep School community!

he ever-curious Aliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey began innocently enough as she chased the White Rabbit. Her adventures became increasingly stranger as she grew and shrank with alarming regularity, raced the Dodo Bird, got tangled up with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, rapped with a cool dude Caterpillar and beat the Queen of Hearts at her own game! The three Cheshire Cats narrated the story with pink and purple style and dozens of other wonderfully wacky characters joined in the fun:

rock lobsters, talking fish, royal cardsmen, unbirthday partiers, as well as a group of sassy mean-girl flowers! This was a wonderful collaborative experience for the Prep School Production Company, with every single pupil involved: Year 3 were our singing chorus, Year 4 took to the stage in the lead roles, Year 5 designed and built the props and Year 6 designed and painted the set. An inspiring experience for the whole Prep School community!

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LION KING THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH CAME TO LIFE ON OUR STAGE IN JUNE WITH SIMBA, RAFIKI AND AN UNFORGETTABLE CAST OF CHARACTERS AS THEY JOURNEYED FROM PRIDE ROCK TO THE JUNGLE... AND BACK AGAIN, IN THIS INSPIRING, COMING-OF-AGE TALE.

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hen the wonderful Mufasa is killed by a thundering herd of wildebeest, arch villain Scar sends Simba into the wilderness thinking it is his fault. The Pridelands descend into chaos under Scar’s rule, aided by his scheming but not too bright team of hyaenas! The highly comic Timon and Pumbaa befriend Simba, until Nala persuades Simba to return and save the kingdom. The stage was filled with incredible colour and energy in this production, and the wonderful music by Elton John and Tim Rice was moving and memorable with 80 children singing! “Oh my goodness!! I still have goose bumps from the show. What a phenomenal performance from all the children, it honestly felt like I was at the theatre in London. To see all those children, confidently singing and acting was beyond outstanding, but even more than that, the sheer joy and excitement on their faces was priceless.” PARENT

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Romeo and Juliet by Caterham Preparatory School at The Leatherhead Theatre, 29/11/2018 appraised by Jesse Phillippi I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Caterham Preparatory School for your fantastic production of Romeo and Juliet as part of the 2018 Shakespeare Schools Festival. It was a brilliant night of theatre, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to highlight just a few elements that really stood out. First off, I would like to take a moment to congratulate the team of adults who made this production possible: Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Bullen, Teacher/Assistant Director Mrs. Howden and Teacher/Director Mrs. Driscoll. Your hard work, determination and kindness inspired the rest of the company during rehearsals, workshops and especially during this fantastic production! I would also like to mention your fabulous use of sound and music and your clever (but simple) costumes and props that supported your show without complicating it. I wanted to join you onstage wearing a purple or red velvet sash! Your costumes and colourful aesthetic were beautiful but they also helped you tell a clear story of Montagues and Capulets (and those trying to keep the peace between the two). Everything in your production--from props and costumes to staging - supported that story, which meant your audience could easily understand your Shakespearean text - a challenge for any professional company! Speaking of staging, the wonderful stage pictures in your production really impressed me. You took us from a lush party of classical dancing to large-scale street brawls with outstanding battle choreography. It takes a great deal of commitment from each actor to make slick visual theatre like this, so well done! I would like to congratulate this company on your stellar sound, subtle storytelling and superb staging. Your earnest and tragic production of Romeo and Juliet made us swoon and filled us with sorrow. Excellent work! Performing Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words on a professional stage takes courage, resilience, and imagination. You and your teachers should all be incredibly proud of what you have achieved.

I hope to see Caterham Preparatory School in the Festival again next year! Jesse Phillippi

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festival THE INAUGURAL CATERHAM PREP SCHOOL DRAMA FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE ON 14 JANUARY 2019, IN THE HUMPHREYS THEATRE.

he evening was a wonderful celebration of youth theatre, with plays presented by St Francis Primary School, Essendene Lodge School, Royal Russell Junior School and Caterham Prep School. With a hugely varied programme the evening was an eclectic mix of genre, but the energy and obvious enjoyment of all four casts was a consistent thread throughout the evening. It was a huge pleasure to work so closely with other schools in our community and the Prep School looks forward to

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the event, and the performance opportunities it offers, becoming a regular part of our Drama calendar. See more photos on Facebook @ CaterhamSchool and Instagram @ Caterham_School

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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES We enjoyed colourful costumes, flamenco dancers, two Eiffel Towers, Marcel Marceau, boxes of frites, Coco Chanel and even a couple of Napoleons! Two members of each class received a ‘best dressed’ mention in our assembly this morning, which was led by Mrs Roberts. She showed us just how many opportunities are available when you can speak another language.

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Bebras National Competition THE RESULTS FROM THE 2018 BEBRAS NATIONAL COMPUTING CHALLENGE COMPETITION ARE IN. EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL WHO WAS PRESENT ON THE DAY THAT THEIR CLASS TOOK PART SHOULD HAVE A CERTIFICATE AND THERE ARE SOME EXCELLENT SCORES. VERY WELL DONE TO EVERYONE.

n the lower age group, the year 3 children worked as teams to answer many varied questions that challenged their special awareness, their logical reasoning and their ability to see things from various angles and points of view. The top scoring team consisted of Harry and Ava with a score of 86/119, and they received the Best in School certificates for this category. Certificates of Distinction for being in the top 25% in the Kits category go to Shri and Kitt, Oliver and Beth, Amelia and Aarav, Harry and Cora, Lucy, Ben and Daisy, Conor and Jacob, Vivienne and Florrie, and Ilfat and Daniel. Emma and Anya managed to get 124/152 in the Castors category for 8-10 year olds, a super result and they are awarded a well-deserved ‘Best in School’ certificate each for this category. Certificates of Distinction for being in the top

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25% in this category also go to the year 4 teams of Abigail and Lily, Aimee and Llewelyn, Harry and Drew, Harry and William, and the year 5 pupils who worked individually – Alexander, Rosie, Austin, Annabelle, Zac, Orin, Daisy, Ava, Skye and Rory. In the Year 6 category (10-12 years), the questions become harder with penalties for getting them wrong. Harry earned the top mark of 123/200 and received a Best in School for Juniors category Certificate. These people received certificates of Distinction for being in the top 25% – Lucy, Millie, Tanya, Charlotte, William, Tilly, Isabella, Stanley, Tom and Aurelia . This year there are two very special awards – Harry and Charlotte have both scored highly enough to be invited to participate in a brand new Challenge, the 2019 Oxford Computing Challenge. Mrs Thompson and Caterham Prep

School are particularly proud of them both. This takes place next March. As an added bonus this year, the Bebras challenge forms part of the Duke Of York Idea Badge Codes. All children have been assigned a personal one use code which gives them one of a variety of Bebras iDEA badges depending on how they have done and how old they are and gives them and points towards their Bronze award. These can be found in two places: 1. On the bottom of their certificates. 2. In the score menu when they login to the challenge site and review their entry into this year’s challenge. If you have not heard of the Duke of York iDEA scheme then please go and have a look. It is a little like a digital version of the DoE award. More information about the partnership this year can be found here: http://www.bebras.uk/ idea-badges.html

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Photography Competition The evening of Wednesday 13 February saw the opening of this year’s charity Photography competition exhibition.

WINNING PHOTOGRAPH, PREP CATEGORY

his year the theme was ‘My Favourite Things’ in support of the British Heart Foundation. A big congratulations to the winner of the Prep category Alex, whose mum won the Old Cats, Parents and Staff category - photography must run in the family! A massive well done also to Abigail and Aimee who came runners up in the Prep category.

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PRODUCE SHOW Congratulations to all pupils who entered items for this year’s Produce Show. The assembled entries made a wonderful display in our school hall earlier this week. Thanks to Mr Bartlett for coordinating this event for us this year.

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Reception A WONDERFUL DAY AT PAINSHILL PARK The Reception classes had a wonderful day out at Painshill Park on Friday 14 June.

hey were met by Lisa the storyteller who took the children on an imaginative fairytale adventure with her prop basket! The children participated in drama, dance, and games throughout the morning, and activities included building a home for baby bear in the woods, collecting hay and sticks for the pigs’ houses and finding Jack’s

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beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty’s magical palace! The children were also able to explore the beautiful surroundings, had fun in the outdoor play area and even got to feed some very hungry ducks! It was a very busy day, and it was lovely to see the children having so much fun! Thank you to everyone who helped make the trip such a success!

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TONBRIDGE CASTLE VISIT

ear 1 embarked on an exciting adventure to Tonbridge Castle! The children got the opportunity to fire a catapult, dress up in an array of costumes as well as completing brass rubbings and many more fun, hands on activities. They then explored the castle, spotting murder holes and arrow slits and learning interesting facts such as what a Gong Farmers job was. The weather was on our side and we all got to have a sunny picnic in the Bailey The children were amazingly behaved and made Caterham School very, very proud!

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Year 3 had an informative and enlightening day at wonderful Wisley. YEAR 3 EXAMINED SEED PODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT METHODS OF DISPERSAL.

he brimming orchards gave them a chance to see a wide range of fruit growing in different ways. They were ‘wowed’ by the exotic plants in the enormous Glasshouse. ‘We saw seeds that float away from their parents for more space to grow.’ Dax ‘We planted Cosmos- that is a type of flower. We made pots out of newspaper, and I was not very good at it. I can’t wait to see it grow!’ Ben ‘My most interesting one was one that grows in Australia- it needs fire to let its seeds out.’ Aarav ‘We saw lots of different plants and flowers that I have never seen before.’ Amelia

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TIME TRAVELLERS On Friday 8 March, Year 4 went back in time to the Victorian Era at Preston Manor in Brighton.

hey learned to lay tables correctly, cook, clean and polish, all with the minimum of talking and with the maximum of politeness. I hope this has rubbed off on their behaviour at home. They also visited the museum where they were able to touch and investigate Victorian artefacts and try and identify their uses. The children behaved well, even when not being shouted at by Mrs Storey, the housekeeper, and we all had a great day.

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TRIP TO HAMPTON COURT PALACE The year 5 pupils set off for a History trip to Hampton Court Palace in October.

hey were all astounded by the size of the Palace and its grounds as it came into view. A quick tour of the courtyards was followed by the morning being spent discovering The Great Hall, Watching Chamber and Processional route. The pupils also learnt a lot from becoming Historians looking at Tudor artifacts and through drama, working out how Henry became the king he was known as in later life. They even had the opportunity to quiz a Tudor gentleman who was around during

the time! After lunch, the afternoon was spent learning about the Chapel Royal and how it was used and changed throughout the years. The Tudor kitchens were also visited showing different foods, meals and how Henry VIII fed his servants,

guests and friends. The pupils then learnt about young Henry's story from a very knowledgeable member of staff in the Chapel Royal. The trip was enjoyed by all and the pupils behaved impeccably throughout the day.

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ISLE OF WIGHT Year 5 were all as keen as mustard to set off on their travels to the Isle of Wight. We were absolutely delighted to be able to include Mrs Hudson, Mr Jones and Mrs Wallis in our numbers to enjoy what always proves to be a very exciting experience.

e were blessed with the sun coming out as we made the short journey across the sea to the Isle of Wight. Our first destination was Carisbrooke Castle, famous for many things, including Charles 1 being held prisoner there for a short while. Whilst at the castle, we learnt how water was collected from two different wells, the various jobs that people who lived at the castle did, and all about some of the armour and weapons that were used in battles against the French. We then walked around the battlements and up to the keep which was an incredible sight. Later that afternoon, we arrived at the PGL centre at Little Canada full of excitement now that the pupils knew who they were rooming with. During the first evening, we had to work out who had kidnapped a person in a human form of Cluedo. This allowed the pupils to work together and get rid of any excess energy they may have still had before bed. With a good night’s sleep behind us, Saturday proved to be very exciting. There was Archery to shoot arrows, telegraph poles to climb and jump

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off, Jacobs’s ladder to climb and sensory trails to experience. The day was challenging, but many fears were overcome and positive team building experienced. In the afternoon, a minibeast hunt was completed finding various insects and bugs in the woodland, meadow and ponds around PGL. The evening entertainment involved a walk to the local beach, where the pupils enjoyed playing games and singing around a campfire. After a long day, the pupils were all ready for a good night’s sleep. On Sunday, we started off spending time at the local beach investigating the various tidal zones and learning about the inhabitants of each. Crab hunting proved

fascinating, as whoops of joy were heard every time a large crab was revealed from its watery home. We spent the afternoon completing more activities in our groups. Some pupils overcoming fears of heights by completing the giant swing and others experiencing survival skills and lighting fires in the woods. The evening provided the children with the chance to play a giant game of hide and seek in their groups. Another chance to form bonds and work together to try and win was found! Monday morning arrived all too soon. We had time to enjoy a few more activities before we set off home towards Caterham, complete with lots of fabulous memories about the weekend. The children enjoyed one last trip across the Solent, with certificates handed out, before the journey home. An excellent trip, where the year 5 pupils behaved impeccably.

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TRIP TO FRANCE from sharks to sea horses... ON FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER 2018, ALL OF YEAR 6 ARRIVED AT 5.00 AM READY FOR THE TRIP TO FRANCE. THIS TRIP HAD BEEN IN THE PLANNING FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.

smooth ride took us to Folkestone where, after a traditional French breakfast, we crossed over to France using the Eurostar. Soon after, we arrived at a typical French market. Here we divided up into 5 groups and looked to see what was available to purchase for our lunch. Once each group had been all around the market, the purchases were made. Each child had to purchase at least 1 item and had to speak French whilst making the purchase. The market stall holders were very obliging and very helpful too. Once each group was satisfied that they had enough nourishment for a picnic lunch, we boarded the coach to travel to Nausicaa. Before

entering Nausicaa, the children were able to stretch their legs, have a little play around and taste fresh and delicious food straight from a French market. There were many squeals of delight as to how delicious the food tasted. Nausicaa has had some renovations done in the last year and is now bigger and better. The children absolutely loved walking around gazing at a huge variety of fish and other sea creatures, all pulled together with an environmental theme, with signage in both French and English. From sharks to sea horses, Nausicaa houses a huge array of sea creatures. The final trip of the day was to an artisan bakery where we were taught how to bake bread on a

wood fuelled stove and how to make croissants. The tutelage was in French but it was of a suitable level that kept the children engaged and understanding the vast majority of what was being spoken. Loaded up with croissants, the children and staff returned to the coach for their trip back to Caterham School. We had another pleasant journey back to Caterham School arriving at 7pm. Year 6 children seemed to really enjoy the day and the new experiences, including travelling out of the country for the first time for some of the children.

Bushcraft 2019 year 6 go camping in the wild! Always a great trip they had a fantastic time and didn’t let the inclement weather spoil the fun. “The best bit for me was the lake because it was super cold and we got out as soon as we could. The bad thing was the tents were very bug-friendly!” Bailey “I thought Bushcraft was a very good opportunity to be out in the wild. It was full of fun activities and life lessons. The food was pretty decent considering we were out in the woods.” Ava “Bushcraft was one of the best trips ever. I didn’t like sleeping on the ground but I survived … I was with my friends so that made it better.” Luca “I thought building our own traps was really good fun. We had the chance to use equipment to create a trap to catch our own food if we ever need to in the wild ... a really useful thing.” Coral “Bushcraft cannot be described! It was one of the best experiences of my life, apart from you couldn’t wash!” Livvy

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PREP SCHOOL SPORT REPORTS Football This year’s football season got off to a glorious start as we enjoyed some fine Autumnal weather.

eventy five games played across all age groups saw every boy get a chance to show off his skills on the football field. It is always a pleasure to see improvement throughout a season and all the boys can be proud of the efforts they put in, with some fine individual and team performances throughout. The Colts A team had a terrific season, going unbeaten in their 10 games, conceding just two goals thanks to the goalkeeping of Rory and the sturdy defensive work of Bradley and Joel. On the attack this team were always a menace and some great midfield play from Zac, Jacob and Arthur meant that plenty of chances were created for Phoenix and Fionn up-front. A brilliant season from the boys was almost topped off in the Caterham U11 Football Tournament, however it was heartbreak on penalties as the boys just missed out on a place in the final. The under 10 A team also performed brilliantly at the Reigate St Mary’s football tournament, reaching the final with some superb team football, advancing to the final after beating The Hawthorns on penalties, before losing a closely contested and high quality final to Downsend. In the other year groups there were some more superb performances and special mention must go to the Year 3 boys. Their first prep school football season

Girls Football On Monday 3rd December the Prep School hosted its inaugural U11 Girls Football Tournament. We were joined by St. Anne’s Primary School, Reigate St. Mary’s, Manor House and Aberdour. The tournament was played on our AstroTurf at the Sports Centre and it gave the girls a great introduction to football. Despite the cold December evening the girls loved playing under the floodlights and had a fantastic evening. Despite only one short practice the girls demonstrated strength, determination and skill to overcome some stiff opposition, finishing the tournament by drawing 3-3 in a nail biting finale against RSM 1st team. Congratulations girls on your enthusiasm and commitment to what turned out to be a highly successful and enjoyable evening of sport. This is an area we are looking to develop more at the Prep School so watch this space.

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The rugby season was slightly disrupted by our harsh winter and frozen pitches but the boys did put in some fine performances.

The cricket season also suffered quite a few washed out matches but when we did play The Colts A found the going tough.

he Under 11 has some fine wins over Surbiton and Banstead and were well served by the attacking flair of Phoenix, Joel and Jacob. Bradley and Lucas were outstanding in defence. The under 10’s continued their outstanding rugby journey by going yet another season unbeaten. Fionn, Arthur, Zach, Leo and Rehan were incredible all season in wins over Hawthorns, Reigate, Surbiton and Banstead. The U9’s also had a fine season beating Hawthorns and Reigate with hugely impressive performances. The under 8’s were one of the standout teams making their rugby debut winning all 6 of their games which bodes well for the future.

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was a successful one with all the boys playing in some closely fought matches with the A team winning 4 of their 7 matches. It was brilliant to see them learning through match-play and putting what they had worked on in games lessons into their fixtures. Overall, a great football season with every boy getting lots of game time and improving immensely along the way. Well done to all the boys and thank you to all who came to support.

lthough our bowling attack performed well we really struggled outing any meaningful partnerships with the bat together. The Colts B on the contrary had a great season winning all their matches with 3 matches going down to the last ball. The under 9’s also had a tough season again struggling to score runs but on a positive note our bowling performances were very strong. The message for next summer is plenty of batting practice.

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Our first venture into girls Cricket has been a great success with high participation levels and boundless enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills.

The October half-term saw the departure of Mr Smith as our swimming coach.

e were at times victims of our own success in match play, as the opposition found it far easier to bat against accurate length and line. Developing greater speed and spin when bowling and improving power and consistency with the bat will be targets for next season. Congratulations to all girls for embracing this new sport with such eagerness and commitment throughout the Summer term.

Boys Hockey The boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hockey performances were outstanding this year.

ll the hard work that they put into their PE lessons is starting to pay off. The highlight of the year was both the Colts A and Colts B winning the Caterham Hockey Tournament by winning all their games.

Girls Hockey In only our second year of hockey the girls have needed to dig deep in what has been a steep and demanding learning curve.

hey have thoroughly embraced the game and have made superb progress in stick skills and match play throughout the season. The older girls in particular have improved dramatically in a short space of time and achieved some great results in the final fixtures of the term. Well done to all girls on the enthusiasm and dedication shown in hockey lessons and matches this year!

ur thanks goes to him for all his hard work in developing the swim squad over the last two years. The Prep School Swim Squad were able to give Mr Smith a great send-off in their first gala of the year with a hard fought win over Royal ...THE SQUAD WAS BACK Russell. The squad ON FINE FORM TO DEFEAT was represented by REIGATE COMFORTABLY IN all year groups from THEIR FINAL GALA OF THE Year 3 to 6 boys and YEAR. girls. We would like to welcome our new Head of Swimming, Mr Sean Perfect to the Prep School who has already put his mark on the Prep School Squad. The Royal Russell victory was followed by a narrow defeat by Hazelwood but the gala produced some tremendous performances and the squad was back on fine form to defeat Reigate comfortably in their final gala of the year.

Cross Country The Cross Country team put in a fine performance in the Schools at Somerhill regional race.

his notoriously difficult course was a stern test for our U11 and U9 boys and girls which they met with great commitment and determination. This test stood the children in good stead when they raced at Warlingham Park in February. The Under 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s took to the team title with Under 11 girls and boys coming runners up.

Year 5 Cross Country Team at Somerhill

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Netball Over 100 netball matches were contested against local rivals and strong opposition from further afield this season.

ll girls fully participated in some thrilling games and showed skill and determination in achieving plenty of great results. The U11’s started the season well by achieving a second place spot in the Caterham U12 Netball Versatility tournament and, despite being drawn in an extremely hard pool, did remarkably well in the exciting but demanding Surrey Schools Netball competition. They topped off a great run of success by winning bronze medals in the prestigious IAPS Netball qualifiers and in the Caterham U11 Versatility tournament - a fantastic set of results. The U10 teams won 19 of their 25 matches with 3 draws and only 2 losses– a great achievement. They also achieved runners up silver medals in their own hotly contested Caterham Prep tournament in March. The U9’s started the season very well with the A squad successful in 5 of their 7 fixtures before Christmas, only losing out to the powerful St Michael’s and Hoe Bridge squads. Their basic skills have developed well and although work is still required we are looking forward with enthusiasm and optimism to the years ahead. The Year 3 girls worked hard to get to grips with what is an exacting game, but all 3 teams achieved success and thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of match play.

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U11 Netball Squad win Bronze at Caterham U11 Versatility Tournament

U10 Netball - Hawthorns Tournament

Surrey Schools Netball Squad

Lacrosse All girls continue to learn the skills and tactics required for the exciting game of lacrosse as they move through their last two years of Prep school.

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he link with the Senior school lacrosse coaches remains strong and we have been able to arrange two fun-filled matches against the U12 girls, in which Caterham Prep were able to demonstrate their new found talents and flair. The Thursday co-curricular club goes from strength to strength and provides great experience for those entering the Senior school, where lacrosse is a major and highly successful sport.

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