Norwich High School for Girls School Magazine 2015/16

Norwich High School for Girls aged 3 to 18

School Magazine 2015/16

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Contents

Contents Welcome from the Headmistress

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Senior School 63

Our Head Girls and Officers 2015-16

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Art and Textiles 64

Results 2016 – A Levels

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Biology 66

Results 2016 – GCSEs

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Chemistry 68

Fond Farewells 10

Classics 69

Inspiring Females 13

Computing 70

Winter Arts Festival 2016

Design and Technology

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Choral Concert 19

Drama 73

Fashion Show 20

Economics and Business Studies

Company Events 2015-16

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English 77

Sports Round-up 2015-16

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Geography 80

Stafford House Sport Overview

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History 82

Sports Days 2016 30

Mathematics 84

Debating 32

Modern Foreign Languages

Charities and Services

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Music 94

Lunch and Learn 35

Physics 96

The Library 36

Politics 98

Duke of Edinburgh Award

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Psychology 100

Cranmer Awards 42

Religious Studies 101 Sixth Form and Beyond

Junior School 43

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Nursery 44

MyTime 107

Reception 45

Alumnae 108

Kindergarten 46

Trips 110

Lower 1 48

Prize giving 2015 113

Upper 1 50

Royal School of Music Awards

Lower 2 52

Careers 120

Upper 2 54

NHSA 121

Lower 3 58

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Welcome

Welcome from the Headmistress Welcome to this year’s Norwich High School magazine, once again a fine testament to how enriching and inspiring the girls’ opportunities are.

We believe in providing a pioneering education, and the Inspiring Females programme is just one wonderful example of how our girls gain opportunities to learn from and meaningfully connect with an impressive array of female role models, as well as gain confidence from these contacts.

In a year in which we have devised a new Mission Statement which we believe expresses most clearly what is so special about Norwich High School, it is wonderful to see so much evidence of those aims in action.

And lastly, but by no means least, we believe in our community. Our girls are connected with and committed to the local community and our wider community of Alumnae, many of whom have revisited the school in the past year. It is always a delight to meet Old Girls and sense what feels like a long bloodline stretching back into the past.

We believe in putting our girls first, and there is much to suggest in these pages that the premier opportunities available to them in every discipline will help girls develop the skills and attributes they will need when they leave us, as well as broadening their sense of what is possible. From learning how to programme BBC MicroBits , to our incredibly strong Debating society, our girls relish challenges, and certainly rise to them.

I do hope you enjoy reading this as much as it has given me immense pleasure to oversee these activities in my first year at Norwich High School.

I would like to thank all the girls for making this so much fun, and the teaching and support staff for making it possible. Particular thanks are due to Mr Nobes and Miss Marchant for sharing the stories so well with us here.

Whilst we have been delighted with our examination results this year, we believe that education is about more than exams, and there are many stories here which testify to the wealth of activities which develop the whole person. We continue to have fantastic numbers of girls signing up to our Duke of Edinburgh programmes, and hearing how much girls had enjoyed the camaraderie and challenge at our Annual Awards made for a memorable evening.

Kirsty von MalaisĂŠ Headmistress of Norwich High School for Girls

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Head Girls & Officers

Our Head Girls and Officers 2015-16 From Polly Watson, Head Girl 2015-16

individual in this school is a vital part of the Norwich High ethos and an aspect which encourages girls to be strong, independent women who push boundaries and thrive in any area they choose.

I have been extremely honoured to be Head Girl of Norwich High 2015/16. If I had asked my nervous self when joining the school in Upper 3 if I thought that there would be any possibility of me attaining this role, I would have thought it impossible. Although the role has presented me with a variety of challenges, I cannot deny that I have acquired many skills and qualities that I will proudly carry with me throughout my career.

Having my role of responsibility in my final year of Norwich High has been such a wonderful opportunity for which I will be forever grateful. It has taught me a multitude of skills from organisation and communication to public speaking, and has allowed me to give back to the school which I will be forever in debt to.

I would also like to take this opportunity to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to my incredible Deputy Head Girls: Shoomena Anil, Jane Prinsley and Olivia Wells. Without them this year, all of our crazy activities would not have been possible. It is fair to say that we have had a great deal of fun and have made memories which we will treasure forever.

I must also show my gratitude towards the amazing teachers and staff at Norwich High School, who have supported us during our time in office. None of our achievements would have been possible without you and it has been an absolute honour working alongside you.

Proud to be a true Norwich High School girl, I firmly believe that this school has nurtured me to become a mature and aspirational young woman. I could not have asked for a better environment to stretch, challenge and inspire me both academically and in extra-curricular activities.

There is no question of Norwich High’s success in all areas of the school, be it sport, drama, art, music or academia, and this solid foundation is what both supports and challenges the girls here. However, if one digs deeper beyond the day-to-day curriculum, there is an aspect of the school which, in my opinion, sets Norwich High apart from any other school.

The sense of community and value of each and every

Norwich High School, thank you.

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Head Girls & Officers

(pictured left to right) Olivia Wells, Polly Watson, Kirsty von Malaisé, Shoomena Anil and Jane Prinsley

Head Girls 2015-16 Head Girl – Polly Watson Deputy Head Girls – Olivia Wells, Shoomena Anil and Jane Prinsley

School Officers 2015-16 Captain

Deputy Captains

Britons

Fatema Rasul

Sarah Williams and Charlotte Orme

Celts

Katrina Wilson

Beatrice Heywood and Charlotte Duffy

Danes

Amy Pape

Beth Storey and Laura Loveland

Normans

Amy Canfor-Wood

Felicity Conway and Samantha Bailon

Romans

Lucy Elliott

Alice Watson-Flowers and Dengyi Zhou

Saxons

Chiara Bond

Isobel Taylor and Charlotte Room

Art and Design Captain: Isabel Liu

Music Captain: Rebecca Watson

Charities Captain: Sarah Norman Deputy Captains: Daisy Pinching and Emma Buxton

Services Captain: Lillian Liu Deputy Captains: Katie Room and Kitty Emery Rainbird

Drama Captain: Amy-Louise McEvoy

Sports Captain: Niamh Lowe-Davies

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A Level Results

Results 2016 – A Levels Students at Norwich High School for Girls are celebrating another year of great A Level results, with 77% of girls achieving A* to B grades.

Kirsty von Malaisé, Headmistress said: “‘We are very pleased with many strong ‘class and individual’ performances from our girls this year in A2. This is a testament to their hard work and our teachers’ commitment. We also have many fine results at AS Level with straight A sweeps for several individuals.”

Girls studying Physics and Textiles did particularly well, with 100% achieving A* to A grades in these subjects.

Head Girl, Chloe Lansley celebrated exceptional results in her AS Levels, scoring a stunning 100% in Drama and dropping only eight UMS points in French and Latin.

Deputy Head Girl, Shoomena Anil, achieved A* grades in Biology, Maths, Further Maths and an A grade in Chemistry. Shoomena will now be taking up her place to read Medicine at the University of Cambridge.

Congratulations to all of the girls from the staff at Norwich High School on their brilliant results, and we would like to wish each student the best of luck for the future.

Shoomena said: “I am really happy; it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

The application process is a lot of work but it’s been worth it in the end!”

There was double delight for twins, Charlotte and Katie Room (pictured right), who achieved straight A*/A grades. Katie will now be reading Classics at Oxford University, and Charlotte will be studying Engineering at Bath.

This year a record three girls will be taking up places to read Engineering at University, with Kim Thorp and Beth Storey joining Katie at Bath University.

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GCSE Results

Results 2016 – GCSEs Outstanding GCSE results were once again celebrated at Norwich High School, with girls achieving 64% A* to A grades, with nearly a third of all results at A*.

Norwich High School girls continue to excel in STEM subjects with 90% achieving A* to A in Computer Science, far exceeding 2015’s national average of 21.6% who achieved A* to A in the subject.

Two girls secured straight top grades – Mary Pinching and Aarushi Ail (pictured below) both achieved 11 A*s as well as an A (the top possible grade) in Additional Maths each. Rachel Yan excelled as well with 11*s and two A grades (including Additional Maths) – that’s an amazing 33 A*s (or 36 top grades!) between the three of them.

Latin followed closely with 88% of girls scooping A* to A grades. Modern Foreign Language results continue to be amongst the best in the school with two thirds of Spanish entries achieving A*, and half of the 19 girls studying German being awarded the top grade.

Core curriculum subjects fared very well again this year with 83% of girls studying English Literature gaining A* to A grades, with 70% A* to A grades in English Language. Girls studying Mathematics achieved an impressive 85% A* to B grades.

The girls continue to shine in creative subjects, with half who studied Art achieving an A* and three quarters of girls studying Design Technology and Textiles achieving A* to A grades.

Kirsty von Malaisé, Headmistress said: “We are thrilled with these results. The girls have worked very hard to achieve these excellent grades, with the support of our fantastic teaching staff.”

Staff at Norwich High School would like to congratulate all the girls for their excellent results.

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Fond Farewells

Fond Farewells The very nature of a school is to change and develop, and most particularly for the people touched daily by the dynamic spirit of a place such as Norwich High School for Girls. This year we say goodbye to a number of much loved colleagues and pay tribute to them here.

As we wish all our leavers the very best for the future, we also look forward to welcoming a number of new colleagues who bring experience and enthusiasm with them in the coming year, and who will help to fill the pages of our next School Magazine!

Jenny Green After five years leading the Junior School to great academic and co-curricular success, Mrs Green left us this summer.

Under her leadership, significant strides have been made to the value-added scores which the girls make, thanks to her dedication and attention to the curriculum. She has also led on lots of additions to improve the Junior School, such as the new Reception area and the Adventure playground. Her sunny disposition will be missed by all, and we wish her the very best for the future.

Steve Kavanagh Senior Deputy Head, Mr Steve Kavanagh, also left us this year after 16 years’ service. Remembered for his sense of humour and un-extinguishable enthusiasm, Mr Kavanagh will be missed and leaves behind a huge legacy of fun and laughter. Numerous girls have enjoyed his Geography lessons, entertaining commentary at school events and larger than life character.

He worked with three Heads of the School, supporting them and the girls in all their endeavours, enjoying trips and formal events equally. Mr Kavanagh approached every aspect of life with gusto, inspiring his pupils to do the same.

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Fond Farewells

Mrs Cockburn

Ms Cross

Dr Mason

Mr Martin Livesey (11 years), Mrs Patricia Cockburn, Ms Lucie Cross and Mrs Jennifer O’Hagan (each 9 years) left us this summer.

Miss Whitwood

Also moving to new pastures this year are Dr Jenny Mason (5 years), Miss Laura Whitwood (5 years) and Dr Faye Thorndycroft (3 years).

Many students have benefited from their excellent teaching and huge support over the last few years.

Mr Livesey made huge contributions to the Geography, Sports and Careers Departments and the Rowing Club. His very special rendition of Angels will be sorely missed every Christmas and we wish him well in his retirement adventures.

Dr Mason’s commitment and sense of adventure inspired her students to fulfil a higher potential than they knew they had. She quickly became an integral part of Norwich High life, and her commitment to every aspect of the school was evident at every turn.

Her contribution to the partnership we enjoy with Elmina Girls’ School in Ghana is a legacy which will always be treasured. We wish her the very best as she continues her career progression as Head of Chemistry at CNS.

Mrs Cockburn’s love and support for the girls was felt across every section of the school. As second in the MFL Department she ensured that each of her girls received the best and most enthusiastic introduction to studying languages, and that our Language Assistants always had the warmest welcome. Hugely popular, a great arranger of trips and a dear friend, Mrs Cockburn will be greatly missed by us all. We wish her the very best as she relocates to Alsace (near Strasbourg) with her family.

Miss Whitwood’s inexhaustible wealth of ideas and activities, employed to great effect in the Junior School will be greatly missed. She encouraged her girls to make the most of every opportunity and to be the best they could be. Miss Whitwood said she will miss the girls hugely, particularly how considerate, kind and fun they are, and the Stafford House performances and singing, which she said always gave her goosebumps. As an Old Girl of Norwich High School, Miss Whitwood was a part of the family before she became a teacher.

We look forward to hearing more about her move to London as she takes up her new post as Deputy Head Pastoral.

Ms Cross joined us in September 2007 as a teacher of Religious Studies with a particular focus on A Level teaching. A very experienced professional and subject specialist with a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ms Cross is also a Principal Examiner and has taught all aspects of Religious Studies at Norwich High School contributing significantly to its successes and programme of excursions. She will be dearly missed for her great sense of humour, efficiency and organisation, and for being a great colleague and friend. We look forward to continuing to work with Ms Cross as she becomes Head of RS at Notre Dame.

Dr Thorndycroft’s professionalism and expertise helped many students to enjoy and develop their skills in Chemistry. With a can-do attitude, she inspired her students to have a go and never miss an opportunity. We wish her and her family well.

Mrs O’Hagan joined the Classics Department as a part time teacher. During her time with us, she supported many Sixth Form students with their EPQ qualifications and has helped to prepare several Classics Oxbridge applicants. She has also organised several memorable international trips, most recently to Tunisia. Mrs O’Hagan leaves us to continue her work as an examiner and to complete her Egyptology degree. We wish her a very happy and successful future.

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Fond Farewells

Mrs Christine Wiley and Mrs Sandra Smith

Mr Alexander Bujak

Miss Anna Townshend

Fond Farewells continued...

Mr Robin Malton (6 years) left us following a second term of service. We thank him for his enthusiasm and energy in running the IT Department. He was particularly proud of the work he did in raising the profile of Computing in the school and in setting up the school’s Digital Leaders’ Programme with the GDST. The team here in school continues to be a great success, helping to develop and raise IT skill levels among staff and girls alike.

Mrs Christine Wiley and Mrs Sandra Smith are much loved members of our Catering Team and left us this summer to enjoy retirement. Firm friends both in and out of school they intend to travel and enjoy new adventures together with their families in the coming years.

Facilities Manager, Mr Paul Fowler, left us during the year following three years’ service during which he oversaw the growth of the groundwork and caretaking teams and much improvement to the school facilities.

Mr Chris Bushnell has also retired this year following 5 years of teaching and 9 years as an Examinations Officer at Norwich High School, during which many girls and parents relied on his professional advice and calm support during the examinations process.

We thank him for his service and wish him a very happy retirement.

Gardener, Mr Alexander Bujak, worked phenomenally hard and made impressive improvements to the grounds during the year that he worked with us. We are very grateful to him for helping to return the school grounds to their former glory and wish him great success in his new post at Trinity College Sports Grounds, Cambridge.

We also wish Miss Anna Townshend (Biology) and Mrs Sophie Cocker (Psychology) our very best and thank them for the maternity cover they have provided in the last year during which they have taught and supported many girls through their exams with humour and great enthusiasm.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our Language Assistants, Romy Geisheimer, Aurora Mango and Esti Gregorio Ramos, who have helped our GCSE and A Level students practise and perfect their conversation skills.

Each year we also say very fond farewells to support and administrative staff. At Christmas, Mrs Patricia Dyer left us having served as PA to Mrs Bidwell, Mr Morrow and Mrs von Malaisé.

We thank her for her huge contribution to the school and her support for each of these Heads of School in the 16 years she worked with us.

Thanks also go to Mr William Glenn, who has been a peripatetic music teacher with us this year.

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Inspiring Females

Inspiring Females We were delighted with our inaugural Inspiring Females symposium, a three-day event where we invited a diverse panel of over 30 professional women to speak to, mentor, work with and ultimately inspire over 190 girls from Norwich High School, Framingham Earl and Flegg High School.

On the Tuesday, we were particularly proud of our groups of Upper 4 girls who developed their own Social Enterprises. They all delivered outstanding and well-considered pitches about their new business concepts. The winning team ‘Helping Hands’ had even secured the backing of several charities by telephone in the lunch break.

This ambitious programme was made up of keynote presentations, panel sessions with Q&As, specialist workshops, networking, wellbeing activities and more.

Our guests all commented on how exceptional and creative the girls were and vocalised what a wonderful school we have.

Here are just some of the things girls learnt as a result of the Inspiring Females symposium:

The women who all volunteered their time to join us throughout the week were on the same wave-length and as keen to share their wisdom as the girls were to hear it. We were delighted to welcome back six Norwich High School alumnae as guests, including The Hon. Alice Walpole, Dr Elaine McCash, Sophie Hind and Alice Hyde.

• “The importance of networking.” Alice Quarterman • “That it’s okay to fail and take a chance!” Amber Lord • “To always be nice to people on your way up because you will need those friends on your way down.” Emily Gilbertson • “You should follow what you believe in and keep trying.” Netra Jeyapragash • “That failing is a way of seeing where you can improve and that you should try again.” Olivia Gaskin • “That it is possible to have both the career that you want and a family.” Emily Tarbuck • “That it’s possible for women to succeed in work.”

Avalon Thursby

The feedback from everyone involved and people in the community who have since heard of what we are doing to develop girls’ authentic voices and confidence has been extremely positive, and there is a great wave of energy to take this pioneering project even further for 2016-17. Our girls were very proactive in asking an excellent range of questions to our speakers, taking every opportunity to be inspired by the amazing wealth of experience available to them.

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Inspiring Females

"I was inspired by the women in the panel session telling us that even if you fail you can still get where you want."

Laura Sillitoe Year 9

"My favourite part of Inspiring Females was the BEAT workshop on Thursday. The girl from BEAT [Erika] really inspired me."

Tara Daynes Year 9

"I found the Bingo Networking hard at first but after speaking to a few people I really enjoyed it; I'm sure it will be hugely beneficial for me in the future."

Nikki Kerdegari Year 10

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Inspiring Females

"I really enjoyed the workshops because I wasn't so nervous to ask questions and it felt more personal."

A blog by Madhulika Joglekar – U4B The Upper 4 connected curriculum week was titled Inspiring Females. In this week the school had organised many guest speakers to come in and talk about their experiences with work and home life to the girls, as well as run various workshops that we could choose according to our personal interests.

On the first day we were joined by the Lower 5s, Framingham Earl and Flegg High School. The women were truly inspiring, as they gave us essential pieces of advice and guidance. By the end we had a little bit of experience in a variety of different areas, including fashion, business and sport. Monday was a day in which we were allowed to choose three workshops to attend. I saw Sophie Hind who works with sound and helps in the running of Global Radio’s Summertime Ball, Chrissi Rix who works in the fashion industry and helps to run The Style Show, and Alice Walpole who is a Diplomat for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Tuesday was based around business and entrepreneurs. We were all put into groups, each with a mentor, and during the day we had to come up with either a product or a service to then pitch to Mrs von Malaisé and a panel of other judges in the afternoon.

My group won and we all received a £15 iTunes voucher as a prize.

Amy Elsom Year 9

"The five-year plan workshop with Erika Clegg was the best!

It didn't leave out anyone, and really made me think about the future in a more positive light."

Raffaella Dickins-Eastick Year 10

Lastly, Thursday was a day focused on mindfulness and happiness. Amanda Reynolds, the key-note speaker, told us her story and explained that having a successful life is possible even when you go through tough times, as she and many famous women did.

Once again we chose three workshops. I saw Karen Ruthven who told us about the Thinking Cycle and how our thoughts affect our outcomes, Cata Parish from YogaFolk who ran a calming yoga session for us and Ann-Marie Dwyer, a professional netball player who will be joining the PE Department this September. We learnt how sport can positively affect daily life qualities including competition, resilience and leadership.

"During Inspiring Females I was most inspired by Alice Hyde's workshop and Helen Fraser’s keynote speech."

Amber Lord Year 9

Overall I found the three days very interesting; we had a lot to take away and think about. Everybody was inspired in one way or another and it was definitely a very successful event.

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Winter Arts Festival

Winter Arts Festival 2016 The Norwich High School annual Winter Arts Festival brought a triumphant end to the first half of the spring term.

Students, parents, local schools and the community were invited to take part in a packed programme of inspiring and creative activities.

Highlights included a workshop by renowned conductor Colin Dowdeswell MBE, a visit from writer and filmmaker Matt Dickinson, a workshop by acclaimed theatre company Frantic Assembly and masterclasses with composer and performer, Paul Harris.

Further workshops – some attended by students from local schools – took place in dance, creative writing, textiles, fine art, and design technology.

In the Design Technology labs, girls used their imagination and creativity to create robots out of scraps and rubbish. The girls re-purposed the materials and brought them to life by staging a battle scene of their creations during the workshop.

Our incredible Upper 1s treated us to their adaptation of one of Roald Dahl’s most famous ‘Revolting Rhymes’: The Three Little Pigs (pictured above).

The girls put on a hilarious and professionally choreographed performance. The audience was blown away (pun intended) by their confident and creative performances.

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Winter Arts Festival

Parents were also invited to the Art Trail (work pictured left and right). This exhibition of artwork was centred on the theme ‘Olympic Games’, and celebrated a diverse range of cultures from around the world. Girls from the Nursery through to GCSE produced artwork that was proudly displayed around the school.

The local community was invited to join the Festival in the evenings when the school hosted a different arts event each night, including a Languages Evening of Poetry and Performances in French, Spanish and German, an evening dedicated to Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of his death, the Senior School Music Concert and a NED Talks Evening.

Norwich High School worked alongside organisations and local artists in Norwich such as Norwich University of the Arts (NUA), the Anteros Arts Foundation, the Forum and Leanda Hughes who ran a print workshop.

Rebecca, Ellie, Daisy, Brooke (voice), Elin (clarinet), Kate (saxophone) and Catherine (violin) performed as part of our inaugural Scholars’ Recital at Anteros Arts Foundation. Audience members enjoyed a photography display of design work before hearing the girls’ performances. The girls were congratulated on the high standard of music which enthralled the audience.

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Winter Arts Festival

The week concluded with the Dance and Music Showcase, a fitting finale for the action-packed week.

Showcasing a range of entertainment from girls of all ages, the evening included dances set to live accompaniment from the school’s Jazz Ensemble, and many brilliantly choreographed individual and group pieces.

Commenting on the event, Headmistress Kirsty von Malaisé said: “Forget Valentine’s Day: our Winter Arts Festival had a wealth of inspirational events to fill anyone’s heart with joy. As well as being an important event to celebrate the fantastic work our students devise in the Arts, it brought the Norwich High School attributes to the fore: our girls showed that they are committed, confident, courageous, and creative.

We won’t be missing a beat!”

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Choral Concert

Norwich High School GDST (3-18 years)

Norwich High School

Choral Concert 2016

ELIJAH

by Felix Mendelssohn

Choral Concert

Friday 18th March Norwich Cathedral, 7.30 p.m

When the Norwich High Choral Society began rehearsing Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ in January, we soon realised that this year’s Choral Concert would be one of the most challenging yet.

As well as singing soprano in the choir, I was also given the task of singing the solo part of the ‘Youth’ which I found particularly daunting. Not only is the solo very exposed but also very high! On the evening before the concert, we all came together for one last (and rather gruelling) rehearsal in the Cathedral itself.

This impressive and intensely dramatic work depicts the events of the Biblical prophet Elijah, including the bringing of rain in Israel to end the long drought and suffering. Written for a full choir, orchestra, soloists and organ, this was very much a team effort.

Despite lots of apprehension and nerves, the concert was a huge success for all involved, especially our very own soloists Beatrice Heywood and Lucy Thalange (pictured above). It seems that our motto for the concert ‘Be not afraid’, really did work after all. I would like to thank Mrs Weiland and Mr Barlow for all their hard work in making the concert possible and also our brilliant professional soloists for showing us how it’s done.

Our weekly two hour Friday rehearsals brought together Norwich High girls from Upper 3 to Upper 6, as well as friends and parents of the school. Although the work was very difficult in places, we soon found ourselves getting to grips with the music and found the event fast approaching.

Rebecca Watson, Music Captain

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Fashion Show

Fashion Show The annual Fashion Show proved to be the perfect opportunity to showcase garments produced by GCSE, A Level and Lower School students.

Over 70 pupils participated in the show which explored eclectic themes such as World Cultures, Wish You Were Here, Flower Pop, Alice in Wonderland and Fashions through the Decades. Behind the runway, a backdrop of projected images showed a selection of the stunning artwork created by students throughout the year, including work produced during the Winter Arts Festival, MyTime sessions, the activities programme and examination projects.

The evening was a great success – congratulations to everyone who was involved.

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Fashion Show

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Company Events

Company Events 2015/16 Company Music Competition The theme for this year’s Company Music Competition was Disney. Each company produced a composition, Junior Ensemble, Senior Ensemble and Company song using music from a chosen Disney film.

Judged by Ashley Grote, the Master of Music at Norwich Cathedral and one of the country’s leading musicians, the overall results saw Celts crowned as winners with the Normans, Danes, Romans, Saxons and Britons making up 2nd to 6th place respectively.

Saxons Company Captains 2015 Over the past year as Company Captains we have been involved in many different activities, but the highlight for us as Saxons was Sports Day. We had a fantastic number of volunteers to take part in all the events, with even some Upper 6 and Upper 5 girls returning from A Level and GCSE study leave to participate.

It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon, and anyone who wasn’t taking part in the races cheered and encouraged along their fellow company members from the sidelines.

It was a lovely way to end our term, especially since Saxons ended-up winning overall!

Chiara Bond, Charlotte Room and Izzy Taylor

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Particular mentions were given to the contributions of Jane Prinsley and Daisy Pinching who excelled in their solo performance and arranging skills respectively. Romans were awarded best song with a live band accompaniment, with the Normans and Danes complimented on their great accompaniments and Britons for their advanced Junior Ensemble.

Mr Grote commented on ‘some excellent performances from some very talented girls’ and remarked how impressed he was by the organisation, enthusiasm and good humour of the event.

Company Events

Company Morning Company morning took a chilling turn this year as the school was put into a state of lock-down in preparation for the apocalypse.

Led by the Head Girl team, the girls were set tasks to test their problem-solving skills and creativity within their companies including creating their own fashionable and functional protective armour, building apocalypse-proof shelters, choreographing dances and directing their own mini-movies.

Congratulations to the Romans who came top of the leader board. The other companies placed as follows: 2nd Danes; 3rd Britons; 4th Saxons; 5th Celts; 6th Normans.

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Sports Round-up

Sports round-up 2015-16 To summarise the sheer amount of sporting achievements by our Senior School girls this year has proven to be a real challenge – there really has been so much to shout about! Back in September 2015, we enjoyed hosting five other schools for the South East GDST Sports Rally, competing in tennis, badminton, dance, hockey, swimming and dodgeball.

Congratulations to our over-14 dodgeball teams who were victorious and the U14 hockey team and over-14 badminton teams who were runners up.

The sporting year culminated with the annual Sports Dinner to celebrate all of the individual and team successes. Held at Dunston Hall, over 200 people attended this exciting event, with hockey player and army apache helicopter pilot Emma Lee-Smith sharing her sporting experiences as our guest speaker.

There have also been numerous sporting achievements by many girls outside of school in sports such as kayaking, gymnastics, karate, sailing, golf, fencing,

horse racing, equestrian, tennis, badminton, swimming, dance and trampolining.

who qualified for the School Games Gala in March 2016, representing Norwich.

Sport continues to be a high priority for the school and the girls. Well done to everyone for more amazing efforts this year.

Athletics

Badminton In badminton, the U14 and U19 teams performed extremely well in the local leagues, with the U14s reaching the league final for the first time against Hethersett Old Hall, finishing as runners up.

Swimming We have had many good performances in the pool with several girls taking part in local galas as well as national GSA and GDST events. Well done to Morgan Coates, Alice Watson-Flowers and Angel Dunderdale for reaching the finals of the prestigious GDST event. We have also been successful in galas against Town Close and Hethersett Old Hall.

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In athletics, our girls claimed the U17 title at the City Schools competition, with several of our girls also qualifying for the Norfolk Championships.

Congratulations to Rachel Bruce, Lucy Emmet and Heather Wilcox who progressed on to the Anglian Schools Championships at the UEA in June 2016.

Cricket We have enjoyed playing some cricket this year, with the U11s enjoying their first competition in May and the U14s taking part in the inaugural GDST event at Hampstead Cricket Club in July 2016. The team finished 2nd out of twelve at the end of the group round-robin stage and progressed through to the semi-finals. After some good batting and fielding the girls finished a respectable 4th position overall. We look forward to further developments in this sport next year.

Sports Round-up

Hockey Champions trophy match trip On Tuesday 21st June, 15 Upper 4 girls along with Ms Chuter and Mrs Smith went to the Olympic Park to watch the Hockey Champions trophy match, Argentina vs Australia.

We left school at 10am and travelled to London by minibus. Once we arrived we had a tour around the Olympic park to see the stadium, velodrome and swimming pool, taking lots of group photos along the way!

Cross country There have been some outstanding performances in cross country this year. Rachel Bruce became the U17 County Champion and Emma Ledward was crowned U15 Area Champion. Helen Metcalfe, Emma Ledward, Rachel Bruce, Lucy Emmett, Flora Dell and Catherine Longe were selected to run for Norfolk at the Anglian Schools competition in Lincolnshire. Special congratulations must go to Rachel Bruce, Lucy Emmett and Flora Dell who all qualified for the prestigious English Schools Cross Country Championships in Nottingham. Over a 3.9km course Rachel finished 115th out of 343 competitors (2nd Norfolk finisher) and Lucy was 224th (4th Norfolk finisher).

The match started at 2.30pm with our group cheering on Australia’s team. The hockey was fast and furious, which made the crowd participation really lively. After two goals being disallowed for Australia we wondered if we would ever get to celebrate. However, Argentina proved to be too strong and scored two goals in the second half.

The match ended with Australia pulling a goal back in the last five minutes but that was not enough to win. The final score was Argentina 2 – Australia 1.

We continue to run the Elite Athlete Programme, supporting high performers in the school. Several girls also participated in the Cancer Research Race for Life 5k charity run in May, running as part of the Norwich High School team.

As we all left the stadium buzzing with excitement, we were asked by one of the site team members if we would like to play some hockey and be coached by international coaches. We had to flick a hockey ball into a rubber ring, which proved to be quite hard.

We had a small competition seeing which team could get the most balls in the rings. Our team lost unfortunately and our forfeit was to do five push ups! Afterwards, on the way back we came across a photo booth, and enjoyed about half an hour taking numerous photos in the back of a taxi bound for the Rio Olympics!

Tennis A number of our tennis players have enjoyed success with the County team this year. Our U13 team won the Norfolk League, with the under 15s finishing runners up. Well done to Dione Camderman who won our Road to Wimbledon Competition and Emily Waller who was the runner up. Congratulations also must go to the 32 girls who have qualified to be a Tennis Leader this year. It was fantastic to see many girls throughout the school continuing to take part in tennis breakfast clubs and match play sessions with Mrs Andrews; in total over 70 girls played over 1,500 matches throughout the year! A highlight at the end of the year was visiting the famous Davis Cup tennis trophy which the GB team won this year.

During the day, we gathered many autographs from lots of different players and coaches, and soon hopped back on the mini bus home. The day was extremely eventful. We all had an amazing time, taking lots of photos, watching the match and meeting most of the players; and we hope to see another match in the future.

Kayaking

By Laura Sillitoe and Netra Jeyapragash U4B

It has been fantastic to see our new school kayak being used for the first time and the introduction of the sport in 5th Form Games Afternoons. Working in conjunction with Norwich Canoe Club many girls have enjoyed taking part in the after school club and competing at local and national level. Well done to Alis Roghi for her great success at the National Championships this year.

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Sports Round-up

Sports round-up 2015-16 continued...

Hockey

Netball

We have enjoyed using our brand new astro pitch for this year’s season. There have been many fantastic performances, most notably from the U16 team.

Not only were they Area Champions but they were also crowned County Champions for the second year running. After qualifying for the Regional Tournament at the UEA, the team performed superbly to win all their matches, scoring 17 goals and only conceding one. This ensured they qualified for the Regional Finals for the first time in the school’s history, finishing as the fourth best team in the Eastern region. Well done to our best ever hockey team in the history of the school.

In Netball the U19 team finished as runners up in the County tournament and qualified for the Regional Netball Tournament held in Essex at the end of January 2016, finishing 4th in their pool.

The team also finished seventh in the GDST U19 Netball tournament in Bromley.

The U13 and U15 teams performed brilliantly to win their area netball tournaments. It was also pleasing to see that all six of our teams from U3 to U6 either won or finished second in their respective netball league.

The U14 and U16 teams both made it through to the County League Finals in April. The U14 team finished as runners up, with the U16s coming third.

The U14 team finished as Area runners up and finished third in the County Tournament, missing out on qualification to the Regional Tournament by one goal.

In January, over 60 girls travelled to the Copper Box Arena in London to watch an exciting International Netball match between England and Australia. It was a great experience to see professional Netball players competing at the top of their game, despite Australia winning.

The U18 team also performed superbly in the National GDST Hockey Tournament in October 2015 to win the tournament for the second time in three years. They proved to be the dominant team, beating Northampton in the final.

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Rowing The rowing club has changed its focus over the last year and is now offering competitive rowing and the prerequisite training to all who are interested.

Led by Head of Rowing, Ms Middleton, and assisted by our new rowing coaches, the club has achieved several ‘firsts’ for the school.

Rounders Our rounders teams took part in over 90 rounders matches this year. In the area leagues, three of our four teams remained unbeaten all season to claim the U13, U14 and U15 titles. The U12, U13 and U14 teams were also crowned winners of their respective tournaments. Well done to everyone for another successful season!

Our First 8 team was the first crew to win a British Rowing event, winning the Novice Pennant at the Norwich Head in March 2016.

Following on from this first rowing victory for the school, the crew also entered the prestigious Women’s Eight Head. This takes place over the famous Boat Race course on the River Thames and involves over 300 senior women’s crews from clubs and schools all over the country. This was a fantastic experience for the girls.

With plans afoot to expand our fleet of boats and an ever increasing numbers of participants, rowing at Norwich High School is going strength to strength.

Other successes have included entering teams in the Carrow Cup, the oldest rowing competition in the world that is held on the River Yare each December, and the annual long distance row to Surlingham Ferry, which was also a great success with many members participating.

Yachting Charlotte (L4J) has been selected for the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Optimist East Zone Sailing Squad.

The RYA said the overall aim for the Junior Programme which Charlotte has been selected for is: “To develop sailors of the appropriate age and ability to win medals for RYA Team GBR at major international regattas at Youth and Olympic level.”

The RYA is keen to encourage more women into the sport, and this year the East Zone has more girls than boys! Charlotte will be training throughout the winter around the eastern region, preparing for next year’s sailing season where she will continue to compete in fleets of up to 200 boats.

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Junior School Sports

Stafford House Sport Overview All girls from Upper 1 to Lower 3 continue to enjoy their sport. Our major games Hockey, Netball and Rounders take place during Games afternoons, with sports such as gymnastics, dance, trampolining, tennis and athletics performed in PE lessons. It has been fantastic to take part in the Junior GDST Sports Rallies in netball, cross country, rounders, tennis and swimming, competing against the other GDST schools around the country.

October, with Ellice coming 1st and Isla finishing 3rd in their respective events. In the School Sports Partnership, 24 girls from Upper 1 to Lower 3 competed, with nine qualifying for the School Games competition at Gresham’s. Well done to Ellice who despite tough competition finished 2nd in the U9 event. In the Norwich Schools Cross Country League our team competed in five races throughout the season to finish 4th overall.

This year many girls have enjoyed playing hockey on the new school astro-pitch with numerous matches against local opposition.

This year we had 30 girls from Upper 1 to Lower 3 who regularly attended the competitive after school swimming club. All girls worked hard to improve their fitness and technique and this has been reflected in their success at local galas and in the School Sports Partnership events this year. The U11 swimming team travelled to Northampton earlier in the year to take part in the GDST gala against 20 other schools and the U8, U9 and U10 teams have enjoyed a number of wins against Town Close and Hethersett Old Hall. Many girls also took part in a biathlon which combines swimming immediately followed by running. This is the second year we have run the event and many girls impressed with some very quick times over the two disciplines. Congratulations to all girls who represented the school this year.

It was another busy season for the netballers from Upper 1 to Lower 3 as we played over 21 fixtures.

The U11s played in both the GDST Netball Rally and the Norwich Tournament and some girls had the opportunity to represent the School in the annual High 5 Tournament.

In rounders we have enjoyed numerous matches this year with Upper 1 to Lower 3 teams playing against teams from Beeston, Gresham’s, Norwich School, Taverham Hall and Town Close. The U11 team has also enjoyed playing in the tournaments at Langley and Northampton High. Our teamwork and batting has certainly gone from strength to strength.

Dance has once again been a popular activity this year. Our junior street dance club performed their first ever solo and small group routines in a dedicated junior school dance assembly. We have also enjoyed participating in some wonderful events

Many girls have enjoyed taking part in cross country this year. The U11 team performed brilliantly to win the Gresham’s Cross Country Championships in

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over the last academic year. The Junior School Day of Dance was held in January 2016 which enabled girls to experience workshops in Musical Theatre, Contemporary and Street Dance. Led by Miss Metcalfe, it was great to see everyone perform an amazing final dance at the end of the day. Lower 2 girls had an additional Day of Dance which allowed them to experience some new, more complicated styles of dance. We also held a Dance and Music Showcase in February 2016 which incorporated all of the dance clubs, which was a huge success. Our highlight of the year was the GDST Day of Dance held at Northampton High School. Upper 2 girls from Norwich High School joined others from Ipswich and Northampton to take part in a day full of workshops, culminating in a fantastic routine to perform at the end of the day.

Girls have played lots of tennis throughout the year with several tennis clubs run by Mrs Andrews.

Since September, over 40 girls have taken part in tennis breakfast clubs, mini tennis and Tennis for Life sessions. Many girls also enjoyed the tennis match play sessions at lunchtime, after school or at weekends. We enjoyed taking part in the U11 GDST Tennis Tournament at Northampton High School in June 2016.

Athletics has gone from strength to strength, with the Junior School entering numerous competitions and achieving some fabulous individual results too. We began the year with the Indoor Athletics competition at the UEA Sportspark where we took part in running, jumping and throwing events. In June 2016, we embarked upon several competitions, including the School Sports Partnership event where, after only a few weeks of training, we gained 1st place in six events.

Well done to all of the team for their excellent performances and achieving 2nd place overall at the event. There were also several fantastic performances at the City Junior Athletics Competition in July 2016.

Girls in Lower 1, Kindergarten and Reception have enjoyed taking part in the School Sports Partnership Multi-skills event at Easton Tennis Centre, developing their technique in a range of fun activities.

This year several girls have taken part in the Young Leader’s Sports Programme. Girls from Upper 2 have developed their leadership skills and have effectively assisted the running of a multi-skills club for infants at lunchtime. The leaders have also helped at two School Sports Partnership Multi-skills Festivals at Easton and Otley College.

The Junior School sporting achievements were celebrated at the end of year Stafford House Sports Awards. Participation and sports awards were presented by our guest speaker England Netballer Sophie Hansell. The exciting finale saw Fry crowned House Sports Champions after combining the results of House cross country, hockey, netball, swimming, tennis and rounders competitions throughout the year.

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Sports Days 2016

Sports Days 2016 Infants, Junior and Senior Sports Days have all been keenly contested this year.

Well done to everyone who participated, especially Ella Hazelden (Junior long jump) who broke a school record.

SENIOR SPORTS DAY RESULTS (Upper 3 to Lower 6) Individual Points Trophy winners

INTERMEDIATE POINTS TROPHY Grace Gowing / Agatha Kennedy / Emma Ledward

These trophies were awarded to individual performers who gained the most points in Sports Day.

JUNIOR POINTS TROPHY Freya Cushing / Linnea Spence

SENIOR POINTS TROPHY Georgia Rasmussen / Isobel Holroyd

Senior School Year group results Place

U3

L4

U4

L5

Senior

OVERALL

1st

Danes

Danes

Celts

Romans

Britons

Saxons

2nd

Britons and Romans

Saxons

Danes

Saxons and Normans

Saxons

Danes

3rd

–

Celts

Romans and Saxons

–

Celts

Romans

4th

Celts

Normans

–

Britons

Romans

Britons

5th

Saxons

Romans

Britons

Celts

Normans

Celts

6th

Normans

Britons

Normans

Danes

Danes

Normans

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JUNIOR SPORTS DAY RESULTS (U1-L3) All girls in U1 to L3 performed in a run, jump and throwing event for their House, with the afternoon finishing with the keenly contested relay races. The Team Spirit winners were Cavell.

Junior School year group results Place

U1

L2

U2

L3

OVERALL

1st

Fry

Fry

Fry

Julian

Fry

2nd

Cavell

Julian

Martineau

Martineau

Julian

3rd

Martineau

Cavell

Julian

Fry

Martineau

4th

Julian

Martineau

Cavell

Cavell

Cavell

INFANTS SPORTS DAY The infants enjoyed an exciting afternoon of sporting events using the theme of the Euro 2016 Football Championships for many of their races. The Fathers and Mothers races also proved to be a highlight of the afternoon.

It was also fantastic to see the Lower 1 girls take part in some more competitive events involving running, jumping and throwing.

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Debating

Debating Norwich High School Debating Society 2015-2016

Our Debating Matters Competition in October was our next adventure. Our team of four sixth formers were victorious once again at the Norfolk Qualifying Round of what is termed as the ‘toughest national debating experience’. With competition from Wymondham College and Langley School we experienced an evening of tough questioning from some very prestigious London based and regional judges.

Olivia Wells and Lucy Elliott were asked to propose the end of the BBC licence fee and Sarah Norman and Jane Prinsley opposed the repatriation of cultural artefacts from Western museums. We won both debates and Jane also picked up an additional prize for best individual of the round.

The Debating Society started the year with our annual Balloon debate where we argued for the best scientific discovery of all time. We enjoyed a fantastic set of arguments and witnessed some great debating from Ruby and Nanditha in Year 7, Polly in Year 8 and Sophie, Jasmine, Chloe and Fleur in Year 12. The discovery of the wheel was first to be thrown overboard, followed by evolution, penicillin and antibiotics. The final was an argument about the significance of vaccinations versus electricity, Chloe Lansley just winning with vaccinations.

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summation. We progressed to the regional round where we met stiff competition from six schools in our region.

Issues such as qualifications for voting and the criminalisation of homosexuality in the developing world were discussed and the students proved to be passionate, well informed and courageous in their arguments.

The Regional Final then followed at the University of Bedfordshire in the Spring and we were once again thrilled to be crowned as Regional Champions for 2015-16. Lota Ugochuckwu and Chloe Lansley proposed the motion ‘We should welcome the advent of human genome editing’, and Lucy Elliott and Jane Prinsley opposed the motion that ‘Gentrification is good for neighbourhoods’. We then got through to the final where Jane and Lota opposed the motion that ‘Childhood vaccinations should be compulsory’.

Lucy Elliott was also awarded the prize for the best individual of the day. This victory makes us one of the top 12 debating schools in the country for the second year running!

Other topics we have debated in Junior and Senior Debating have included the issues of performance enhancing drugs in sport, whether there’s a need for public libraries and if space exploration is a waste of time and money. We also enjoyed a special debate for the Winter Arts Festival in February on Shakespeare’s best heroine as part of the Shakespeare 400 celebrations. We listened to some great arguments defending the place of Juliet, Ariel, Kate, Beatrice and Lady Macbeth but our well-deserved winner was Netra Jeyapragash as Rosalind from As You Like It.

We then went on to represent the school at the National Finals at the Museum of London in July where Jane and Sarah won their debate on the future of Trident. Although Chloe and Lota lost their argument on the introduction of a sugary drink tax they were beaten by the overall winners.

Finally, our Junior Cup Competition was fiercely contested by students from Years 7, 8 and 9. Our semi-finalists debated nuclear weapons and boxing as a sport, and Amber Lord, Lisa Moore, Ruby Baines and Lena Sunnenberg prepared some excellent points.

Our finalists, Maddie Hazelden, Netra Jeyapragash, Emma Cossey and Willow Hicks debated compulsory childhood vaccinations with the cup going to Maddie and Netra who are our champions for 2016.

In December we hosted the first round of the English Speaking Union Schools Mace Debating Competition. Our team of Clara Foster and Lota Ugochuckwu prepared an excellent argument in favour of non-custodial sentences for non-violent offenders. They spoke with clarity and passion, and won the debate with their incisive rebuttal and superb

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Charities

Charities and Services This year we have strived to improve and bring together not only our school community, but also the wider community around us. We have helped the local area by working with the elderly in nearby care homes, and have supported bereaved children through a ‘Purple Picnic’ fundraiser for Nelson’s Journey. With the support of the whole school and parents, we raised well over £800 for the EACH - Nook Appeal from the Christmas Carol Service.

It has undoubtedly been a busy year, but we have all benefited hugely from the organisational and leadership skills that our team has developed through this opportunity.

Lillian Liu – Services Captain

PJ Day

This year was the first time in school history (as far as we know) that the whole senior school was able to spend a day in PJs – a fun way to raise money for Nepal Youth Foundation UK, a charity helping Nepal’s most impoverished children.

Sports Relief

To raise money for Sports Relief, we decided to take the idea of a primary school sports day to a whole new level, with senior school pupils racing against teachers in fancy dress. The event included egg and spoon and beanbag races. The final was very close between the head girls and the sports teachers – with the head girls coming out as champions. It was good fun and action packed.

Pancake Race

We held our annual Pancake Race this year at Dingly Dell with the help of Mr Hall.

There was lots of participation, especially from younger year groups, along with many spectators. There were awards given for Best Costume and Fastest Team. Mrs von Malaisé took part as well in the Teachers’ Team! It was an eventful lunchtime, raising money for the local Hamlet Centre.

Sixth Form Sleepover

In October 2015, the Sixth Form had a Halloween themed sleepover in the Sixth Form Centre raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society that raises

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money for research surrounding Dementia and providing a support network for carers and family members. Over the evening, we ordered in pizza, did a treasure hunt and watched a film. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and we raised a lot of money for an amazing charity.

Design of Pennies

The annual Design of Pennies competition had the theme of celebration this year to celebrate the 140th Birthday of Norwich High. Many classes got involved and created some very impressive designs ranging from wedding cakes to popping champagne.

We raised money for Trees for Cities, a charity which seeks to provide volunteering opportunities and brings local people together by planting trees in urban environments.

Purple Picnic

This year we held another popular ‘Purple Picnic’ on the Big Pitch. We had purple coloured food, decorations and clothing!

This was all to raise money for Nelson’s Journey, a local charity supporting bereaved children and families.

Lunch and Learn

Lunch and Learn Lunch and Learn sessions have been very popular this year with many students attending these enriching extension sessions.

This year our talks covered a variety of topics well-beyond the confines of the curriculum from insights in poetry to some of the latest mathematical research. Our speakers have been varied in their area of expertise but all have been engaging and have encouraged us to expand our interests and knowledge. Listening to Professor Hussein Kassim (pictured right) speak on the EU Referendum in May enabled us to gain a meaningful grasp of the consequences of voting In or Out. Professor Keith Tovey’s talk on Fracking was instrumental to the Upper Sixth Geographers who happened to be preparing for an examination on the subject of the proposed Fracking in the Fylde area at that time.

We have continued to build links with the UEA mathematics department with Dr Davide Rizza (top of page) leading a very inspiring talk entitled ‘The Arithmetic of Infinity’. This talk generated a substantial amount of interest, which led to a research project being initiated here in school.

Budding psychologists and those with a keen interest in mental health issues gained much insight from Paul Whatrup’s illuminating discussion of acute mental health issues in adults. In summary it has been another interesting and inspiring year.

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The Library

The Library It has been another busy and exciting year in the library, full of many lovely book related activities and events. We began the academic year by welcoming a new library assistant to the Senior School Library. Mrs Elibol joined us from City of Norwich School where she had been the school librarian for many years.

to Mary Poppins, the girls spent the day bringing book characters to life and inspiring each other to get reading. World Book Day also provided me with the perfect opportunity to introduce my own challenge to the senior school girls and staff.

The 21 Books Challenge encouraged girls to rethink their reading habits, try something new or perhaps return to a much-loved old favourite. The girls approached the challenge with great enthusiasm and commitment and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about their reading discoveries.

Author visits have continued to be a popular feature on the library events calendar. During the Winter Arts Festival in February we were delighted to welcome the author, film-maker and Everest summiteer Matt Dickinson. Matt spoke engagingly about his writing for young people including the Mortal Chaos and Everest Files series. He also shared some awe-inspiring film footage from his time working for National Geographic Television, the Discovery Channel and the BBC including film recorded at the summit of Mount Everest. Following his visit, Matt returned to Everest having been appointed Writer in Residence to the Jagged Globe 2016 Everest South Col Expedition.

April saw girls from Stafford House, staff and guests welcome Robin Stevens to speak about her mystery series of books, ‘A Murder Most Unladylike’. Robin, who was born in California and grew up in Oxford, talked about her fascination with Agatha Christie and spending her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. It soon became apparent that both of these experiences had a huge impact on her writing.

The ‘Murder Most Unladylike’ series is a clever mix of Enid Blyton, Jacqueline Wilson and Lauren Child.

During the event the audience had the opportunity to devise their very own murder mystery novel which had to include a victim, a murderer and of course, the all-important clues.

This year World Book Day was celebrated in true Norwich High style with all of the girls and staff dressing as their favourite book characters. From Lizzie Bennet to Katniss Everdeen, Sherlock Holmes

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The Library

I must just finally mention Mariam, Raffy, Rebecca and Ruby (some of our pupil librarians), who did their bit to dispel any lingering librarian stereotypes by joining me to become ‘Team Library’ for the Sports Relief Norwich High Games. It was a lot of fun and although our Olympic careers may have to wait, it just goes to show librarians aren’t always just about the books.

During the summer term, girls from Upper 3 to Lower 5 had the chance to become literary critics as we shadowed the CILIP Carnegie Medal. This award brings together the best in contemporary fiction for children and young people and each year the shortlist seems to get better and better. The Norwich High School overall winner was ‘Lies We Tell Ourselves’

by Robin Talley. The girls felt this was a worthy winner, sensitively written, a relevant and necessary story covering some very important historical and social issues. The summer term ended on a high with our annual visit to the UEA during the Festival of Literature for Young People. Girls attended talks given by author Celia Rees and illustrator and current Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell. The opportunity to hear such creative and talented speakers was one not to be missed and very much enjoyed by all.

Liz Wraith, Librarian

As ever there is a big vote of thanks from me to the pupil librarian team. They have worked extremely hard throughout the year assisting with the day-to-day running of the school library as well as creating fabulous displays and reading promotions.

Their contribution is always greatly appreciated as they help to make the library a happy and vibrant heart of the school.

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Duke of Edinburgh

Duke of Edinburgh Award – An overview provider) so much that they asked to borrow it to share with other schools.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award was sixty years old in 2016. To mark this special occasion, a splendidly sunny Garden Party was held at Buckingham Palace on Monday 16th May 2016 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Invitations to attend were issued to Mrs von Malaisé, myself and to Katie Bates, the lucky Gold Award Participant randomly chosen by the Regional Office.

It certainly was a day to remember, with celebrity chef Marcus Wareing presenting us with a special DofE plaque. The visit to Buckingham Palace was certainly a new experience for me.

Our 2016 Expedition season has seen Norwich High School Girls venture as far west as the Brecon Beacons, as far north as the Lake District, to Derbyshire and to North Norfolk depending upon the level of their Award. The 19 different teams (four Gold, six Silver and nine Bronze) have all risen to the challenge and fulfilled the ‘Twenty Conditions’ that must be met for a successful Qualifying Expedition.

The weather for our Gold Practice expedition at Easter was particularly atrocious (you name it, they had it), which made the groups tenacity at sticking to the task in hand all the more impressive.

Another first has been helping facilitate our Upper 6 group through their Gold Awards. One of the earliest to complete her Award was Laura Bruce – a magnificent achievement, particularly as her mantra on expedition was repeating ‘I hate DofE’ quite a lot!

As people say in the Outdoor Industry, expeditions can be ‘Type 2 fun’; you only really enjoy it after the event. As for keeping Charlotte Orme happy at the end of her expedition, all we had to provide was a glass of milk! The book produced by the positively named team ‘Dr Doom’, as part of their Qualifying Expedition, impressed A-Z Expeditions (our Gold

Expeditions are character building and memorable.

However, all of the other sections of the Award are equally important. Heartfelt thanks go to all of those staff, parents and volunteers who contribute in whatever way to enable our girls to complete these sections, and well done to the significant number of girls who have completed their DofE awards this year.

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Duke of Edinburgh

DofE Awards Duke of Edinburgh Gold Awards achieved since May 2015

Duke of Edinburgh Silver Awards achieved since May 2015

Laura Bruce

Laura Loveland

Aarushi Ail

Sophie Jenkinson

Emma Buxton

Molly Nash

ZoĂŤ Blacklock

Hannah Keely

Amy Canfor-Wood

Madeleine McArthur

Gemma Bond

Alexandra Knight

Felicity Conway

Helena Rasmussen

Ruhi Chitre

Madhumita Senthil Kumar

Charlotte Duffy

Charlotte Room

Chelsea Crawford

Aoife Lowe-Davies

Lucy Elliott

Elspeth Storey

Sarah Crooks

Arielle Plummer

Hannah Kay

Kimberly Thorp

Abigail Davis

Ella Sharrock

Niamh Lowe-Davies

Pollyanna Watson

Flora Dell

Abigail Shorrock

Eleanor Kingston

Olivia Wells

ZoĂŤ Dodds

Rebecca Sibley

Amy-Louise McEvoy

Selena Rees

Anna Elliott

Imogen Turner

Amelia Ellis-Baumber

Isabelle Walton

Lydia Ellis-Baumber

Matilda Warde-Aldam

Philippa Howes

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards achieved since May 2015 Niamh Adcock

Isobel Holroyd

Eloise Roghi

Abigail Allen

Freya Irving

Arabella Sabberton

Evie Andrews

Alisha Keshwala

Kate Shearer

Katherine Barnes

Eleanor Kingston

Daisy Smith

Olivia Bevan

Kudzai Kpodo

Isabella Stephens

Rachel Bruce

Bethany Ledward

Laya Suraparaju

Jessie Buergel

Roxana Maleki

Abigail Sutherland

Felicity Chaney

Lydia Martin

Rosie Thornton

Maya Conway

Kyrmina Nassif

Avalon Thursby

Maria-Isabel Cordoba Young

Georgina Nicholls

Emily Waller

Ishika Dhatariya

Helena Nieto

Lara Wells

Angel Dunderdale

Amelia Pasco

Ella Wharton

Annabel Daugaard-Hansen

Arabella Perry

Heather Wilcox

Raffaella Dickins-Eastick

Mikayla Peters

Anja Wimmer

Lucy Eccleston

Tarah Peters

Isobel Windle

Lucy Gaffer

Alessandra Pellegrini

Rachel Wright

Lottie Gibson

Selena Rees

Rachel Yan

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Duke of Edinburgh

Duke of Edinburgh Award – Bronze The next day I very reluctantly woke up at 5.50am in the morning and immediately prepared for our departure scheduled at 8am. We had to take down our tents and cook breakfast, as well as re-pack our rucksacks for our final day of walking. We left the campsite slightly later than anticipated, but managed to walk fast and keep up with our planned timings.

On 14th and 15th May 2016, together with other Upper 4 girls in Wave 2 for Bronze DofE, I completed my practice expedition. The expedition was from Itteringham to Baconsthorpe and back. We reached Itteringham Village Hall on Saturday 14th May at 9am, in order to check our rucksacks to make sure that we had everything, and to add extra equipment such as tents and trangias (the cooking systems). My group and I left the village hall at 10.30am to begin our walk, regularly checking the maps and compasses in our hands. Reaching our first checkpoint felt like a big achievement, even though we had only walked about 2km. It was a relief to put our heavy bags down and take a break for a few minutes. We continued to walk on various roads and through never-ending fields, regularly stopping at checkpoints for a short break. Getting lost was the most frustrating feeling, as we realised we had been following the wrong road and had to walk back to find our way. Finally, after approximately six hours of walking, we arrived at Baconsthorpe campsite which gave us a sense of accomplishment. We set up our tents and started cooking the pasta we ate for dinner. After washing up all the plates and cutlery, we were able to relax in the tents and soon were able to sleep.

Once again we followed the maps to trudge along each meadow, forest and path. Our most frightening experience was encountering a large, barking dog which approached us in a small wood while we were trying to climb over a fence. After leaving our last checkpoint, we were extremely excited about reaching Itteringham Village Hall and when we did, it felt like the biggest victory we had ever experienced!

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in my DofE expedition, because although it was both mentally and physically challenging, it taught me new skills about map reading and using a compass effectively, as well as working efficiently as a team. Both my group and I are looking forward to our qualifying expedition in September 2016.

By Maddie Joglekar U4

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Cranmer Awards

Cranmer Awards Ten girls with Mrs Goodby and Mr Emerson travelled to St Lawrence’s Church in Castle Rising for the Cranmer Awards this year.

This competition takes place each year and students are invited to read for three to five minutes from the Book of Common Prayer. Anne Robinson has become a consistent member of the judging panel and enjoys hearing our girls recite.

Chloe Lansley won the first prize for the senior section of the Eastern Region. This marks a continued tradition of Norwich High School winning at this event.

Congratulations to all participants who gave the judges a really difficult task of choosing.

Well done to all!

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Junior School It is with great pride and a little sadness that I write my final contribution for the School Magazine.

I have always seen our raison d’être as being to enable the girls and staff to fly. As I reflect on my time here, I am delighted that I have been able to contribute to so many individual and joint successes. The nature of a school is transformation and growth. I have taken real pleasure in both here in Stafford House as our girls progress from Nursery through the Infants to the Juniors and beyond.

I have enjoyed five wonderful years at Norwich High School, serving our girls in the Junior School and working with a wonderful team of staff, parents and Governors. Being Head of the Junior School is like being a parent, but to hundreds of girls over the time I have been here! I may not have always got everything right, but I have always given my best for our school and put the girls at the heart of everything I do.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Norwich High School family wholeheartedly for their continuous support, commitment and friendship throughout my time here. It has been a very special time and an honour to have shared this journey with you.

I will look back on my days at Stafford House with great affection, and a huge sense of privilege and pride. It is a very real treat to teach such creative, enthusiastic and affectionate pupils, and I am very proud of our many achievements in the last five years; from the measurable year on year increases in attainment and having the best value added scores across the GDST in Mathematics to overseeing the transformation of the playground and refurbishment of the inside spaces in the Junior School.

I wish you all the very best for the future and I look forward to watching Stafford House and Norwich High School continue to flourish in the coming years.

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Nursery

Nursery In October, the Nursery girls enjoyed a ‘pony day’, with parents and relatives invited to join them for a full day of fun.

They spent the week making ‘hobby ponies’ and refreshments for the day.

The girls enjoyed their Gymkhana including jumps, hurdles and balances, pin the tail on the pony and a dressage activity.

In May, our Nursery girls were treated to a merit party for all of their hard work during the term.

The girls were very excited to welcome a special guest to their party – Cinderella!

She read them fairy tales before the girls enjoyed an afternoon of dancing with their friends and enjoying snacks.

We were all delighted by a comment written by a parent in one of our girl’s reading books, which read that she “might have had the greatest day of her life today!”

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Reception

Reception Reception Class have thoroughly enjoyed their weekly Forest School sessions in the woods. Come rain or shine, we have been out in the woods getting stuck in to our child initiated and adult directed activities.

our eyes. We had to wait for our marshmallows to cool before we carefully ate them off our wooden sticks. The damper bread took about fifteen minutes to cook over the fire. Once cooked, we all enjoyed dipping the bread in to strawberry jam and eating it.

We have been finding out about the flora and fauna that can be found in the woods, getting creative in the mud kitchen and using tools to make structures.

We have also spent time looking under logs and carefully handling any little critters that we find, taking a closer look at their appearance and how they move.

Back in the classroom we have been taking a further look at the different mini-beasts that we might find in our woods. We have looked at spiders, ladybirds, caterpillars and butterflies in particular, learning facts about them and taking a closer look using magnifying glasses.

A particular highlight this year has been sitting around the fire enjoying toasted marshmallows and damper bread. We have learnt about fire safety and watched in awe as the roaring fire has become ashes before

We watched the life cycle of a butterfly happen before our very own eyes. It all started one day, when five tiny caterpillars arrived in the post. We watched them as they gradually ate the food in the tub, getting bigger and bigger.

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change, they moved one at a time to the top of the tub and turned into a cocoon. After more watching and waiting, we started to see butterflies appearing out of the cocoons. Day by day, another beautiful painted lady butterfly would be seen fluttering around their temporary home. One sunny day, we decided to release the butterflies and waved them goodbye as they flew off into the distance.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten This year, we have really enjoyed learning about our food and where it comes from.

We had lots of fun finding out which parts of the plant we can eat and were surprised to find that we sometimes can eat the flower or the root.

We learned about a famous painter called Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who was famous for making self-portraits using fruits and vegetables. We spent a lot of time working out which fruits and vegetables would give us the effect we were aiming for. Rocket was particularly useful for hair and beards!

We had an amazing day out at a real, working farm at Easton and Otley College. We were lucky enough to see some very small calves and were allowed to touch them. We thought the pigs were interesting, but they were very noisy and rather smelly.

The girls also learnt lots of farm facts such as: “I learned that farmers use colour coding a lot. If a sheep is going to have just one baby, she is marked red. All the sheep with just one baby are put in a field together.”

“I found out that one cow can give around 30 litres of milk every day. Their best cow gives 50 litres every day!”

“Cows have to have a calf before they can be milked.”

“Farmers cut the grass in May. The grass is stored for the cows to eat in winter.”

“If you see a Highland cow with horns it doesn’t mean it is a bull – all the girls have horns too.”

“A mummy pig is pregnant for three months, three weeks and 3 days. She can have as many as 17 piglets in one go.”

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From working so hard, we were rewarded with a class party day.

In the morning we made our own strawberry jam and bread for our sandwiches. We also made homemade hummus and pitta bread as well as chocolate chip cookies. In the afternoon we had a picnic at Dingly Dell and pretended we were at the beach!

We really enjoyed being young business women. In groups we conducted some market research to find out which fruit would be the most popular flavour for a fruit smoothie. We then designed a logo for our company as well as a tagline, to persuade the mums and dads. Finally all of the groups went head to head, with the Juniors acting as taste judges.

We had great fun being TV chefs; in groups, we chose a recipe and took turns presenting and filming it. We even designed an opening sequence for our programme.

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Lower 1

Lower 1 Life in Lower 1 has been incredibly busy!

We have been out and about on many trips.

We went to the Queen’s house in Sandringham.

We saw so many precious pictures of the Queen and her family, as well as where she eats her Christmas dinner – her dinner table fills the whole room! The Queen likes to eat by candlelight. She has some strange items in her house, such as guns and swords.

We also saw a statue of Estimate, one of the Queen’s favourite race horses.

Following our First World War topic ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’, we went to the Muckleburgh Military Museum. The day started with a tour of the museum.

Each group had an iPad and made their own video diary as they walked through the museum. We really enjoyed learning about the Norfolk Regiment. We were amazed at the size of the tanks and guns.

Before we came home we went for a ride on a military vehicle; it was so bumpy!

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Lower 1

Riddle me this, Riddle me that!

Can you tell what we are describing in our Lower One riddles?

I am nice for breakfast.

I don’t grow on a plant.

Quite popular am I. Can come in different types.

You can burn me.

I am a friend of butter.

What am I?

I eat leaves!

I have long legs.

I am taller than a car.

I have a tail.

I have spots.

I have a long neck.

What am I?

I am cold!

My second name is cream.

I have no legs.

When I am in the sun I melt.

I live in the freezer.

You can lick me.

What am I?

I can kill you!

I am fluffy.

I have sharp teeth.

I live in the jungle.

I have stripes.

Beware, I am vicious!

What am I?

I have got bits in me.

I am any flavour.

I am really sticky.

You might like me on toast.

You can eat me.

I am a friend of a scone.

What am I?

A: A giraffe

A: Ice cream

A: A tiger

A: Jam

Charlotte and Anna

Sepideh and Olivia

Esme and Dilly

Emilia and Amelia D

A: Toast Poppy

Lower 1 welcomed Edith Cavell to our class on Thursday 21st January 2016. She told us all about her life and work during the First World War. It really made us all think about how brave Edith had been in 1915, though she did not want to be regarded as a heroine. She answered our questions and helped us to become Edith Experts. Edith was very impressed with the behaviour of her audience, both in the whole school assembly and later in the classroom.

‘Pack Up Your Troubles’ could be heard in the Lower 1 classroom! We have learnt about Cher Ami, a pigeon whose bravery saved the lives of 200 American soldiers in World War I. We are now also experts on other animals that helped the soldiers during the Great War – we were all amazed that so many animals were in the army. We decided to make our own pigeons during our Art and DT lessons.

It required a lot of concentration, but we were thrilled with the finished pigeons!

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Upper 1

Upper 1 Upper 1 have had an exciting year exploring History and Geography through our new Bespoke Curriculum Topics: Lost in Translation, Eurovision, and Flog it!

Our first topic, Lost in Translation, led us on a journey through the ages to discover how language has developed from marks on walls to Shakespeare. We even had a go at telling stories ourselves with a workshop run by a professional story teller.

To introduce the topic ‘Eurovision’, we tasted lots of different foods from around Europe. Some flavours were much tastier than others! We explored European countries and landmarks, before delving back into History to discover how trade and transport have developed from the Stone Age to Modern Day. We had an exciting trip to Celtic Harmony Camp and tried a range of activities dressed as Stone Age people, including trading goods and shaping arrow heads.

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Who’s that puffing in the Stafford House Hall? It’s The Wolf, of course, one of the main characters in Upper 1’s performance! Audiences were treated to an unexpected twist in Upper 1’s performance of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ by Roald Dahl in the Spring Term. The Three Little Pigs took us on a journey filled with adventure and hilarity, visiting well-known fairy tale characters and settings to try to escape the Wolf.

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Lower 2

Group L2W

Lower 2

We got creative at The Sainsbury’s Centre for Visual Arts during WAF week!

What an exciting year we have had in Lower 2. From building our own mountains to designing an Alice in Wonderland theme park, there has not been a dull moment. We have studied art and buildings across history and travelled back in time to learn about the events and developments which make our country so great today.

All aboard the Lydia Eva. Ahoy there!

Baking Alice in Wonderland themed biscuits!

Exploring West Stow Anglo-Saxon village.

Group L2A

Cheers! Tasting grape juice in our Jewish workshop.

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We made it to the top of a wind turbine at The Green Britain Centre in Swaffham‌ And back down again!

Lower 2

In English, we learned how to use descriptive language to describe a cruel mountainous winter setting.

We used adjectives, verbs and adverbs to build descriptive phrases, as well as personification, to bring winter to life. We also wrote contrasting pieces describing the same location on a peaceful summer’s day.

Here are some of our poems and descriptions for you to enjoy…

Winter poems: I am your worst nightmare.

I will make you shake and shiver.

I am the bitter ice violently perishing this land.

I am the obnoxious wind bitterly howling in your face.

I am the terrifying clouds looming powerfully over you.

I am the bitter snow freezing you to the bone.

By Evie L2W

I am the deafening wind tugging fiercely at anything in my way.

I am the lonely snow tumbling down the mountain covering everything I see.

I am the sharp ice that watches everything that moves.

I am the stormy clouds striking fiercely at anything that moves.

By Imogen L2W I am the powerful menace which sends shivers down your spine.

I will ferociously destroy the land and attack all spiteful creatures.

I can fiercely crush enormous mountains which tower high above you.

My cruel, hateful ways violently frighten all living things.

I make spiteful icicles fall harshly to the snow covered ground.

I send the bitter winds which furiously watch the land below.

The frosting snow melts rapidly before my terrified eyes.

By Lara L2W

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Peaceful mountain story settings: Located just beside a stunning Scottish mountain waterfall stood a humble log cabin. Around the frost-topped log cabin, the sweet aroma of hot cocoa boiling on a crisp winter’s day hung in the air. The sound of wild deer trotting in the distance through the dew-droppy fields echoed continuously. A stunning sight resided near a wet, icy glacier as it sat between two snow-capped mountains. Relaxation sat everywhere.

By Anusha L2A By the snow topped rocky mountains was a small village.

The rooftops of the cottages were carpeted in a soft layer of snow. Cows were mooing in the distance. Birds were cheeping happily. The smell of fresh flowers blooming in the fields made people feel welcome.

Gentle breezes slowly passed by.

By Romilly L2A

Upper 2

Upper 2 It’s Not Fair!

Rumble Rumble in the Jungle!

With excitement and suspense bubbling within us, we were on the edge of our seats to find out what we were about to discover with our inaugural Bespoke Curriculum topic, ‘It’s Not Fair!’ Finding out about conflict and invasion was just up our street, so when we found out about our trip to Mountfitchet Castle, we were thrilled! In fact we were counting down the days until we could explore a time when using technology was not possible – a time when William the Conqueror ruled Britain and built walled Norman towns. Mountfitchet took us back in time to 1066.

We found out how the Anglo-Saxons lived; from farming and religion to torture and gory deaths.

It was amazingly exciting, incredibly interactive and wonderfully educational. Everything that you expect from a Norwich High School trip and even more!

‘Rumble Rumble’, our volcanic based topic, began with an action packed BANG!!! Our first captivating activity was when we became famous geologists and created passports, new identities and appearances.

At Norwich High School, we really love to embrace the topics we study. To do this, we need to get ourselves into character and in this instance, we were geologists exploring the world! We found out our mission was to write for the ‘National Geographic’ magazine and report back our findings to our readers. To do this, we travelled around the world, concentrating on the Philippines and the South East Asian countries that form the area known as the Ring of Fire!! 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes are found in this horseshoe shaped area.

After learning about how volcanoes can create diamonds, we relocated to Africa and wondered why, if they have oil, diamonds and gold as their natural resources, their countries are so poor. We were troubled by this matter so we wrote a letter to the Prime Minister about exploitation and corruption and on 2nd June 2016 received a helpful reply!

This journey back in time will help us in years to come to understand history and will remain in our lives forever!

By Megan, Selina, Honey and Sophie L

By Saanvi, Berfin, Millie, Taylor, Emma, and Hattie.

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Upper 2

Making movies at the Apple Store…

Katakanu Challenge!

In June, Upper Two went on a tremendously exciting trip to Whitlingham Broad Outdoor Activity Centre for two thrilling activities – canoeing and katakanu! In Upper 2, we love our trips. In fact, this one was another brand new experience of the year, and it certainly didn’t disappoint! Weather-wise, we got lucky as we didn’t get rained on once! We all thought canoeing was great fun, but it required a lot of paddling as there were only two of us in each boat. However, katakanu was difficult as there were more people to paddle the wrong way, but we worked well as a team and everyone’s ‘inner Tony Estanguet’ shone through eventually. As the session finished, we were all soaked to the skin, but glowing with happiness after the amazing morning we had.

In Upper Two we are very lucky to have our own personal iPads which we use daily for numerous activities, from maths warm-ups and writing blogs, to creating mind maps and making eBooks.

It was therefore great fun to visit the Apple Store in Norwich to learn from the experts how to make an iMovie! As we approached Chapelfield, we were filled with buzz and excitement!

As always, we are ready for a challenge! After arriving at the Apple Store we were greeted by the lively and very animated instructors, who told us loads of fascinating tips along with how to import things from Google like moving clips to insert into our own movies. We couldn’t wait to get stuck in! We noticed that every single one of us had different ideas, from horse movies to spy films!

After a while we were told how to do ‘slo-mo’ clips as well as how to make things go faster.

That was a great tip!

Later we watched each other’s iMovies which was really amusing, especially when we realised we had a captivated audience from other shoppers in the store.

By Hannah, Sophie Y, Esme, Maddie and Ellice

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Upper 2 continued...

Year 5 Science Day In early July, Stafford House girls and Year 5 pupils from schools across the Norfolk area were invited to attend a Science Day at Eaton Grove. The chemistry department kick-started proceedings with an exciting demonstration lecture featuring Whoosh bottles, exploding Pringles tubes and burning ÂŁ5 notes.

The pupils were then escorted to the Science department where they took part in a series of workshops; over the course of the next few hours they got to construct volcanoes, drop Mentos into coke, make perfumes and handcreams, send a variety of secret messages and even investigate a crime scene using chemistry. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the event and it was lovely to receive a small stack of thank you letters and drawings over the next few days.

Dr Heselden

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Visiting Artist Zoe Anthistle inspires us For one of our art topics this year we studied printmaking focusing particularly on Lino prints.

In fact we even made our own! During this phenomenal art project we had a visit from one of Norfolk’s print makers, Zoe Anthistle. Despite Zoe being a specialist in Lino prints she also does other variations of prints. Interestingly, Zoe informed us that she was inspired by the architecture in our county.

Lots of her prints are of fields and nature. When it came to our turn, we thought of animals and objects that we would like to create prints of. The process involved working incredibly carefully so we had to be patient, but the results were stunning. From fantastic fish and cool camper vans to fabulous bird cages and divine flowers, our masterpieces were displayed in the Stafford House Upper Junior corridor. We really enjoyed it and felt proud of our creative endeavours.

Off to the Norfolk Broads in Winter In February 2016, we went to the Norfolk Broads and stayed at How Hill for a two night, three day residential experience. When we visited this antiquated house we loved it at first sight.

The dorms were warm and toasty with huge views over the broads. We were busy all the time and did many different activities including pond dipping where we discovered an interesting array of diminutive invertebrates. Even in the cold weather, they lurk under the surface. We also took part in orienteering where we had to read clues whilst running round a soggy field and compass reading – all at the same time! We spent the evenings weaving, making things like scarves for teddy bears and woollen bookmarks.

It was great as a wind down after a long day exploring the area! At the end of each day we got into our pyjamas and had a cup of special hot cocoa with marshmallows before heading up to our dorms.

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Lower 3

Lower 3 Lower 3’s Cathedral Trip

After this, we split into classes. While L3S continued their tour, L3D went to see the volunteers at the Broderers Guild, which was a very exciting opportunity, since only certain people are allowed in.

The fabrics were amazing and very decorative, with some of the samples available for us to touch.

On 11th May, Lower 3 went to Norwich Cathedral to learn about its immense history. While we were there, we participated in a whole range of activities including playing the organ, trying on vestments and sketching. In the end, we learnt about the history of the building, as well as who worked and lived there.

Once we had finished, we completed our tour and went up to play the organ. It was really thrilling and some of us were allowed to use the special effects to make our music amazing.

When we arrived we were led into a room where we got ready for the day ahead. After that, we were given a talk by one of the ladies working there now.

We found out that the building was 871 years old.

We were split into groups and both groups were given a tour of the Cathedral.

It was a very impressive and enjoyable experience, and we would all love to go back for another information packed day.

“I learnt more information about Norwich Cathedral.”

Isla

During the tour, we baptised a doll (pretending it was a real baby), tried on the priest’s clothing and sat in the Bishop’s Chair. We also got to sit in the choir stalls. Both groups were fortunate enough to walk down and examine both the monks’ and the priests’ corridor. They were both very different, including the doorways.

“I enjoyed drawing the stained glass window.’ Lauren “It was a very moving opportunity, and I would love to go again.” Amelie

We sat in the cloisters to eat our lunch. Once we had finished we sketched the Cathedral and enjoyed exploring the labyrinth.

By Amelie, Sephie, Isabel, Lauren and Isla.

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Lower 3

150 Years of Alice in Wonderland

All in all, it was an exciting and fun week which everyone enjoyed. Here are some quotes from the week: “It was a very enjoyable experience which taught me more about Lewis Carroll.” Grace

To celebrate 150 years of Alice in Wonderland, during the Spring Term, all of Stafford House participated in an Alice in Wonderland week.

Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. He also wrote a sequel to the book called Alice Through the Looking Glass. Both books were – and still are – extremely popular!

“I found it fun and entertaining.” Ellie “I enjoyed dressing up and acting out the character.”

Charlotte “It was amazing how many activities there were.”

Katherine

During this week, we enjoyed lots of different Alice in Wonderland themed activities; making a puppet theatre, completing a piece of descriptive writing, investigating maths in a Wonderland-themed booklet and much more. For the puppet theatre, we were put into groups and given an act from Alice in Wonderland to turn into a play. We each wrote our own scripts for one scene, and made stages along with puppets. The maths booklet was a lot of fun too.

We were given tough and challenging questions, some of which included; The White Rabbit’s Ramblings (a time question), the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (a logic question) and lots more. One of the other activities was our very own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the dining room. There were cakes, sandwiches and jelly.

Everyone was in costume and we watched the film at the same time, which gave it a ‘Wonderland’ touch.

By Megan, Amelia, Ellie and Nora.

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Barbie Debate On 14th March 2016, all of Lower 3 took part in a Barbie Debate, in PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education). The debate was held in one of our classrooms. We were debating whether it was necessary for Barbie to have undergone a complete body and image makeover to celebrate her 50th anniversary. Learning how to debate and taking part in the actual debate was exciting and helped us to discover new skills that we didn’t know we had.

Our Blickling Trip…

On 12th May 2016 the Lower 3s and Upper 2s went on a trip to the Blickling Hall Estate. This was an opportunity to enhance our sketching skills, whilst learning many valuable lessons on the history of the house. Did you know that on 19th May, every year, it is believed that the ghost of Anne Boleyn arrives at the house on a carriage with headless horses as she holds her head? This was an exciting experience that opened up our imagination in Art.

This is how we organised our debate: 1. Speaker number one came up and gave a speech, on behalf of the group for changing Barbie’s appearance.

2. Speaker number one from the next group did the same, presenting the opposing view, to keep Barbie exactly how she is.

3. Both groups’ number two speakers came up and backed up their group’s number one speaker.

4. Speaker number three from each group summarised their colleague’s speeches.

When we arrived, we were impressed by the immense structures of the building. We were split into four groups – two of which were introduced to the house.

Meanwhile, the other two groups sat in the scorching sun, drawing from different angles. We all found that the sketches were unique in their own ways.

Following up from this, we explored the gardens and saw that each side was symmetrical; this was a popular Victorian design. During the day we searched through the secret pathways of Blickling, analysed vegetation and further developed our historical knowledge of the Victorians. We were also led on a fascinating tour, learning about the rooms of a Victorian family and immersing ourselves in history.

Throughout all of this, the time keeper kept an eye on the time. Then it was up to the audience to ask both groups questions, which we were then discussed in groups.

As soon as we had finished, we had a quick lunch and set off on the bus thinking about our great adventure at Blickling Hall. What a sensational experience!

Overall, Lower 3 thoroughly enjoyed this experience and welcomed the challenges that it brought.

“It was a good experience to learn about the roles in a debate.” Ruby, Grace, Willow and Katherine

“This trip has helped me with my sketching skills so much!” Clarice

“It was a great opportunity to learn how to debate.”

Isabelle

“Everyone was really enthusiastic and I learnt a lot!”

Pippa

“I learnt a lot from it.” Leiha

“We all discovered fascinating facts about the extraordinary house. You must go!” Leiha

“It was exhilarating to learn how a debate works.”

Ruby “I thought it was very interesting.” Charlotte

By Clarice, Abi, Pippa and Leiha.

By Connie, Maisie, Charlotte and Olivia.

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L3S Assembly

400 Years of Shakespeare

L3D Assembly

Did you know that the first Globe Theatre was built 400 years ago, in 1599, and was home to many of Shakespeare’s plays?

The original Globe burnt down in 1613, whilst the second was closed in 1642, as a result of an ordinance issued on that day.

On 25th November 2016, L3D performed a Shakespeare themed assembly in Stafford House Hall. We started off our assembly with a magnificent musical medley which featured two pieces: ‘Who is Sylvia?,’ and ‘Somewhere.’ ‘Brush up your Shakespeare’ was our class song. Although we had a lot of lines to learn, we managed it very well. The purpose of our assembly was to share what we had learnt with everyone.

Lower 3 visited The Globe Theatre in London during the Autumn Term, as part of our ‘Read all About it’ topic. We had an extremely enjoyable experience. We learnt many exciting facts about Shakespeare and The Globe. Did you know that when Shakespeare was alive, people didn’t have electricity – so if the actors needed light to perform their plays, they could only do them in the day time?

We also took part in an acting workshop, where we acted out parts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the many plays written by Shakespeare.

We all found the visit thoroughly exhilarating – our favourite highlight of the day was going onto The Globe stage.

Here’s what our peers thought: “It helped me with my acting skills.” Connie “It was a rewarding experience.”

Willow “A glorious experience.” Ruby

We performed four mini plays which we authored in our groups, based on four different characters; Robert Bowley, Ralph Hyde, Samuel Brown and Signor Bosoni.

We all worked together collaboratively, listening to each other’s ideas. This was a very enjoyable experience.

“I found it an exhilarating experience.” Sienna.

“This was challenging in the beginning but it proved to be far easier than I thought!” Anoushka.

“I thoroughly enjoyed this.”

Shadan.

“This was extremely enjoyable and a joy to perform” Jasmine

By Shadan, Jasmine, Sienna and Anoushka

By Florrie, Tilly, Isabelle and Ava

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We were all full of excitement as soon as we found out that we were to perform an assembly!

Mrs Sims put each of us into groups to write our own script about different aspects of Roman lifestyle. Our first step was to research the Romans, in addition to learning our song!

Next, we had to plan and write a script and then to allocate different roles to different people, making sure nobody was left out.

Then, we sorted out props and costumes, entirely independently and rehearsed our scenes. Soon we were ready and raring to go!

Before we knew it, the day of the assembly had arrived.

Everyone was a bit nervous, but the adrenaline helped fuel our performance. Each scene was acted out fantastically and everyone kept calm. During the weeks, the rehearsals had gone relatively well, with some people missing their cues or forgetting their lines, but all of our mistakes helped us learn.

Overall, we think that everyone really enjoyed doing the L3S assembly. It was extremely educational and enjoyable at the same time, and we wish we could do it again!

“I thought it was a sensational experience!” Clarice “I really enjoyed our class assembly. It was so exhilarating!”

Maisie “The class assembly helped us learn more about the ancient Romans.” Lola “I found it very informative!”

Welaf “We were much more independent than usual!”

Hannah

By Hannah, Lola, Welaf and Charlotte

Lower 3

Student Digital Leader Conference 2016 On 26th January 2016, 11 Norwich High Girls went to the SDL (Student Digital Leader) conference in London. Although it was an early start, we were bubbling with excitement as we clambered onto the train at Norwich station. When we arrived, we were impressed by the smart interior of South Hampstead School and excited by the goodie bag which we promptly explored. We quickly settled down to a day of jam-packed technological fun.

After a brief introduction, we were set our challenge which included this year’s theme ‘Women in Technology’. Our challenge was how to encourage more women into the ICT business world.

To promote our ideas we had to produce a video, poster, public communication and a business plan.

The programming session was followed by continuing with our team challenge, and setting up our technology stall with the idea of selling our product to the panel and other SDLs. When our time was up, we examined the other teams’ ideas, as well as showing other students our website, video and colourful posters, and trying to convince the judges that our idea was the one to choose. The adjudication was preceded by speeches from four inspiring British women who currently run successful IT businesses.

Under the leadership of Morgan and Connie, we came up with the name ‘Cherry Coding’ for our website, which we planned to contain programming challenges, information about women in technology, links to helpful YouTube channels, as well as games for younger girls to get them interested in the world of technology.

Even though we didn’t win, we all agreed that we had a great time in London, and that we hope to do something similar soon!

The planning session was followed by the introduction to some ‘greenfield’ hardware – the BBC MicroBit – and we were the first children in the country to get our hands on it! We mixed with other GDST Year 5 to 7 girls, learning to program the MicroBit together.

By Florrie, Amelia, Shadan and Pippa.

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Art and Textiles

Art and Textiles A Level

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Biology

Biology Natural History Museum On 11th March 2016, the whole of Upper 4 went to visit the Natural History Museum in London. The bus was buzzing with excitement and no-one could wait to explore the museum. When we arrived, we were shown to our ‘base’ for the day. After we had dropped off our bags, we were given two booklets; one which was created by the school and one which was created by the museum itself. The museum booklet was all about evolution on earth and mass extinctions. The booklet made by the school was about evolution, variation and adaption.

These were all subjects that we had covered in lessons and I found that doing the worksheets helped me understand it better.

In small groups we were then given time to find the information and explore the museum.

We went around the museum answering all of the questions.

It was so amazing to see all of the exhibitions. The information was presented in many different ways, such as interactive games, artefacts and writing.

Our first booklet contained questions focused on ‘The Big Bang Theory’, the formation and development of Earth as well as how creatures have evolved and the history of life on Earth.

I found this part particularly interesting, as the exhibition in which the information was presented was very innovative and interactive. A highlight of the trip was the ‘From the Beginning’ timeline, which was a captivating and engaging showcase that explored the evolution of life on Earth from the ‘Big Bang’ to the present day. Whilst reading the displays I learnt some fascinating facts

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about the variety of life that has lived on our planet and evolved.

Our second booklet was focused on how different animals are adapted to their surroundings and natural selection. This part of the day fitted in with one of the main topics which we were studying in class. Having the opportunity to see extinct and living animals and physically notice how they were adapted to their environment brought a stronger level of understanding to the subject area. We were able to apply our knowledge from what we had learnt in class to the real life examples in the museum.

Biology

Being able to see recreations of extinct animals and exotic living animals made the topic more engaging and intriguing.

In the afternoon we were given free time to explore the museum and visit any exhibitions that you weren’t able to see in the morning. Exploring the museum was such fun because there were just so many different exhibits and rooms to go into. It felt like the museum was endless! Most people’s favourite exhibition was the dinosaur exhibition. There were sounds and moving models which made it seem so life-like, as well as maps and sketches to show where dinosaurs would be living which was really interesting.

After we had seen everything we wanted to, groups of us went to the shop to buy gifts for ourselves and our families; there was so much choice like books, stationery and even pyjamas!

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day because there was so much to do and see which made the whole day interesting.

By Amy Elsom and Amber Lord U4P

Visit to Cley Nature Reserve Cley Marshes is Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s oldest and best known nature reserve. It was purchased in 1926 to be held ‘in perpetuity as a bird breeding sanctuary’.

It provided a blue print for nature conservation which has now been replicated across the UK. The water levels in the pools and reed beds are regulated to ensure they are ideal for the resident birds, and reed is harvested every year to keep the reed beds in good condition.

The shingle beach and saline lagoons, along with the grazing marsh and reed beds support

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large numbers of wintering and migrating wildfowl and waders, as well as bittern, marsh harrier and bearded tit.

All the Lower 5 Biology students spent the day with teaching staff from the reserve and Norwich High Biology Department.

There was an introductory talk followed by bird watching and identification and ‘dyke dipping’.

This involved collecting water from a dyke and using keys and pictures to identify invertebrates, fish and other water creatures.

Miss Welbourne

Chemistry

Chemistry Medical matters This was the final year in which the ‘Pills, Potions and Poisons’ extension class was offered as a separate course to Year 13 (many of the activities will continue to run, but as part of the newly-formed Free Radical Society) and we certainly went out on a high.

As always the topics covered in the course were wide-ranging, but this year’s students particularly enjoyed the practicals in which they made their own medicines and then analysed the purity of these.

Three separate teams of girls were formed, each with their own team name, and they quickly became highly competitive. This led to an exceptional standard of practical skill, with each group trying to outdo their competitors. As each new batch of drugs was produced we sent them off for analysis with our STEM partner, RLC Laboratories, and eagerly awaited the results. These were astonishing; all three teams managed to make 100% pure samples of Antifebrin (a paracetamol precursor) but team ‘Breaking Bark’ also manufactured a 100% pure sample of aspirin.

This was extraordinary, since in all the years in which RLC Laboratories have been partnered with schools across the UK no-one had ever submitted a sample of aspirin at this level of purity!

Nylon record shattered In the autumn term the Upper Sixth carried out their annual inter-class competition to synthesise the longest string of nylon.

This involved mixing together the chemicals needed and then carefully and delicately pulling out the nylon and supporting it with glass rods as it steadily grew in length. It was such a spectacle that it drew onlookers from the DT department, who couldn’t quite believe what they were seeing and stayed to film proceedings.

The winning class managed an unbroken length of just under 30 metres, produced from just 80ml of solution. This shattered the school record which had stood unchallenged for seven years!

In the autumn term we were delighted to be visited

by Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, Director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, who flew in from Edinburgh specially to give our sixth form medics a series of mock university interviews.

The girls found the experience exceptionally useful and it was a marvellous preparation for the actual interviews which came only a few months later.

We are very grateful to Professor ffrench-Constant for giving up his valuable time to help us out in this way.

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Classics annus optimus MMXV-MMXVI The Fifth and Sixth Form girls enjoyed a joint Classics and Drama trip to the British Museum and to watch the Greek Tragedy, Medea. The Sixth Form girls particularly enjoyed their ‘VIP access’ to the special Athenian vases collection at the British Museum and were only just prevented from pulling off their heist to ‘capture’ their favourite: the famous Exekias’ Achilles and Penthesilea vase!

The Classics department has enjoyed another exciting year of drama events, educational visits and other enrichment opportunities, as well as individual successes in GDST competitions. It has been particularly pleasing that so many of the girls have been involved in learning Classical Greek this year, in either the junior or senior Greek clubs or through the popular MyTime Greek course. One highlight of the senior club’s hard work was their presentation of extracts (entirely in Classical Greek) from the fable ‘The Frogs and their Ruler’ at the Language Evening as part of the Winter Arts Festival.

Congratulations must go to Katie Room (Upper Sixth) and Chloe Lansley and Clara Foster (Lower Sixth) for their success in achieving GDST Pearson and Silver prizes for academic excellence in Classical subjects.

We were also delighted that Raffaella Dickins-Eastick and Ishika Dhatariya secured places at Girton College for a Classics Study Day in March. This event broadened their awareness of the Classical world and gave them an insight into studying Classical subjects at Oxbridge.

All of the Upper 3 girls rehearsed hard for their form plays (performed entirely in Latin) in December. Lower Sixth Latinists Chloe and Clara (pictured above) ably judged the internal competition this year. Sixteen girls were then selected to represent the school at the annual Ludi Scaenici Competition in Cambridge; this was a very successful day and we returned proud of our achievements as runners-up. Chloe and Clara have also made a welcome addition to the Classics lunch time club: Mythology Mondays.

We look forward to more exciting enrichment opportunities next year. For regular updates from the Classics department, follow us on Twitter: @classocmed

The Lower 4 girls enjoyed their educational visit to the Norwich Castle museum where they explored the Roman Britain and Egyptian galleries as part of their Latin course.

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Computing

Computing All the girls in Lower School have recently undertaken a course using ‘ProDesktop’, our computer aided design (CAD) program.

The beauty of this software is that precise engineered images can be created, saved, stored, amended and developed in an electronic format. There are options to illustrate 3D images to give a sense of realism or just to introduce graphic impact.

High quality engineering and orthographic images can be produced at the click of a mouse!

Compared to the relatively recent history of laborious technical drawing, this system allows

for absolute perfection: once you know the rules. We have recently bought two fabulous 3D printers and these images can be translated into actual products.

Despite being at the early stages of developing this technology, one of our Digital Leaders, Lucijo, was able to create a piece of product design for her AS in Design Technology.

We are hoping to introduce this concept into a Year 9 project for the next academic year. Mr Smith has had a lot of fun exploring the potential of the equipment and creating some fantastic Star Wars memorabilia.

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The future of Computing at Norwich High School is incredibly exciting. Our vision for the department is that we will weave pure Computing with applied ICT. We want to inspire some students to take the subject further with Computing at GCSE and A Level, including computer science and coding. We will provide all our girls with a sound basis so that their skills can be used in all curriculum areas, as well as for life skills such as budgeting.

Mr Rothwell Head of Technology

Design and Technology

Design and Technology

Just a few comments left by guests who visited our exhibitions ‘inspirational designs’ ‘ an impressive array of talent’ ‘ all of the work is fabulous’ ‘ excellent use of materials and imagination’ ‘ fantastic work – hugely impressive’ ‘ stylish, exciting design’ ‘ an amazing standard’ ‘talented girls’ ‘great skill and imagination’ ‘a room full of delights’

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Drama

Drama The Drama department has had a very successful year, producing a wide variety of performances featuring the talents of girls of all ages.

ran the Lower 4 and Upper 4 Drama Club. Alongside these, there were several dance clubs inviting students to learn more about styles including jazz, street dance and contemporary, which they were then able to perform in the annual dance assembly.

The year began with rehearsals for the Senior School production of Sondheim’s musical ‘Into the Woods’.

The music was technically challenging, but with the help of Mr Barlow as our Musical Director, we were able to overcome the challenge and produce astounding performances featuring very professional costumes, set and lighting.

This year’s Winter Arts Festival was very successful with students taking part in lots of workshops and being offered many performance opportunities.

We were extremely lucky to have the opportunity to take part in a workshop run by renowned physical theatre company Frantic Assembly, during which we learnt a lot about their style and recreated extracts from ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime’. The intermediates took part in a ‘play in a day’ workshop where they successfully produced a performance of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ after a day’s workshop. The week culminated in the Dance and Music Showcase when many girls presented their talents and created a very entertaining evening.

During the Autumn term, Lower 6 worked alongside the Lower 4s to produce several pantomimes which were performed to primary schools around Norwich.

The Lower 6 girls did a brilliant job writing, directing and producing the pantos and the local children were all thrilled by the Lower 4s’ performances.

There has been a variety of clubs run throughout the year enabling students to refine their skills and learn more about the arts. Jane Prinsley ran the Upper 3 Drama Club, while Lizzie Green and Chloe Lansley

The GCSE and A Level girls worked very hard this year and produced many extremely successful exam

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The exam students also went on many trips to the theatre throughout the year, going to a range of London theatres including the Almieda Theatre, the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe.

Performances enjoyed included ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’, ‘Medea’, ‘Our Country’s Good’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The AS girls also went to Blackheath High School for the annual GDST Shakespeare Day where they were able to work on several texts and develop their understanding of performing Shakespeare.

pieces. In the Autumn term we were invited to watch the Lower 5 perform devised thematic pieces based on ‘The Ash Girl’ by Timberlake Wertenbaker and Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’, as well as the creative physical theatre pieces by Upper 5 that portrayed the horrific Grimms Fairytales. In the Spring term the Lower 5 girls presented very powerful and moving performances of ‘The Crucible’ and the Upper 5 wowed us with their mature performances of ‘My Mother Said I Never Should’.

The Lower Sixth performed ‘Two’ by Jim Cartwright in the style of Steven Berkoff for their AS Level whilst the Upper Sixth created two creative adaptations of ‘The Yellow Wall Paper’ (performed in the style of Theatre of the Absurd) and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (performed in an Epic Theatre style).

In the summer term the intermediates performed the play ‘His Dark Materials’. With an extremely professional and original set, under the guidance of Mrs Rea-Gardner, the girls produced a spellbinding performance. We were treated to several riveting performances as a part of this epic journey.

In the Spring term we were invited to watch the Upper 3s perform a variety of Greek Myths.

The performances were very successful and it was exciting to see the young performers create such an interesting theatrical experience.

Lizzie Green Drama Captain

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Economics and Business

Economics and Business Studies Young Enterprise (September ‘15 – May ‘16) Norwich High School entered three teams into the Young Enterprise Competition this year.

All teams worked really hard to set up and run a Private Limited Company. Each team was successful in creating a viable product and all were profitable.

Team Empire – (Managing Director: Jasmine Mansfield), created a re-usable carrier bag, which aimed to promote Norwich and Norfolk as a tourist destination.

All three Norwich High teams were invited to take part in a radio interview with Future Radio in order to talk about their experience with the Young Enterprise Programme. The girls spoke eloquently about their experiences and were able to promote their products to a wider audience.

At the Norfolk Finals, all three teams gave very strong performances in their Trade Stand interviews and in their presentations to an audience consisting of judges, other

Team Libra – (Managing Director: Saidhbhe Youngs), created a range of children’s language books in Spanish, French and German using the story of the Three Little Pigs, as a way of engaging younger children with new languages.

Team Opulent – (Managing Director: Samantha Bates), created a range of tea towels which were designed by local artists and used to promote the protection of wildlife.

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students, teachers, friends and family. We were very pleased to win five out of the 9 awards that were presented on the evening.

• Empire (reusable bags) won three awards: Runners up Award, Spirit of Enterprise Award and Best Financial Record Keeping Award.

• Libra (children’s language books) won the Customer Focus Award.

• Opulent (tea towels) won the Most Environmentally Friendly Product Award.

Economics and Business

The Bank of England’s Target 2.0 Challenge (November 2015) Upper Sixth Economics students (Samantha Bailon, Lillian Liu, Olivia Wells and Hannah Kay, the team’s captain), took part in the regional heat of the Bank of England’s Target 2.0 Challenge.

This is the first time that Norwich High School has entered the competition.

The girls had to conduct a thorough analysis of UK and global economic data and their possible impact on inflation and the economic outlook for the UK (just as the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee does each month). The team then had to decide whether current monetary policy is appropriate or needs to be adjusted, to meet the 2.0 per cent inflation target set by the Government.

Finally in a fifteen minute presentation to a panel of Bank of England judges, the girls had to explain their decision and justify it through their answers to questions from the panel.

Business and Economics visit to Cadbury World and Jaguar (February 2016) On 7th and 8th February, seventeen Business, Economics and Design Technology students took part in an overnight visit to the Midlands in order to visit the Jaguar Production Plant and Cadbury’s Factory.

The girls faced very stiff competition from other local schools including CATS College Cambridge, Wisbech Grammar School, Norwich School, Notre Dame, The Kings School and City of Norwich School.

The visit enabled the girls to gain a real world understanding of the topics that they have been studying in the classroom such as Operations Management, Marketing, Production, Innovation and Externalities.

The girls were able to tour the factories, attend presentations and take part in Q&A sessions which were tailored to meet the specifications of their A Level studies. All of the girls involved found it to be a valuable and enjoyable experience.

Unfortunately we were not the overall winners but were very pleased to be awarded runners up. All four girls gave an excellent performance and the judges commented that they were impressed with the girls’ recognition of banks balance sheets, the macro economy and the concept of the liquidity trap.

They were also commended for their use of long run data on the charts in their presentation. The chair of the judging panel, Alastair Cunningham, said “One of the tightest judging decisions I’ve made this year – amazing to see how many different ways schools approach the same policy issue.”

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English

English Shakespeare and Me at the Winter Arts Festival This year’s tribute for the Winter Arts festival really had to be to the Bard himself as we marked 400 years since his death. Upper school students were invited to respond creatively to the theme of ‘Shakespeare and Me’ and indeed the range of contributions certainly made clear how he still speaks to us in a very personal way. Contributions were entered into the ‘Pamela Homer Prize for Upper School Creative Writing’. Alice Quarterman’s poem about encountering Shakespeare in the classroom with a combination of anxiety and excitement was the winner with Highly Commended awarded to Clara Foster for her moving tribute to her grandfather, Chloe Lansley for her perspectives as an actress and Mariam Salih’s original and sophisticated reflections on the Klingon claim to ‘Hamlet.’

Memory of the Ile de Ré

We shared an ice cream afterwards, of some Inconsequential flavour - blackberry I think; No, blackcurrant, with rum and raisin, And sat licking our spoons and grinning As the breeze ruffled the waves beyond The old brick walls into salted foam

I recall sitting in a dimly lit cacophony of sound, sipping honeyed cider from a stout glass, laughing as he breathed a joke Through rusted lips and brittle skin, Watching as he ordered (from an equally stout waitress) a crêpe in perfectly accented French. I don’t remember what he said;

And now I wonder how I missed it: The wasting skin, the thinning hair Still so dark, even after rancorous chemicals Should have lifted it from the round dome Of his old head, long after time should have Washed the strands free of colour.

At the time I don’t suppose I thought to care, And as the summer rain dripped from the skies To form concentric circles on the soft weight Of glassy water in the dock,

But his eyes were still so bright as we sat Side by side in cool tin chairs clearly designed By those untroubled by so vulgar an idea as Comfort, and looked on at the watercolour sky Slowly darkening in deference to an ambivalent Time, and all we needed to do was smile.

We must have spoken of A Levels And Classics, and Shakespeare perhaps, But avoided the cancer, even though He knew, he had to have known Even as he told me of this world too wide For his shrunk shank, and simply saw no cause To let us know that this was it.

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Classroom Shakespeare

by Alice Quarterman L5RG A performance on paper And a foreign English; A stumbled reading hurling unfamiliar sounds.

Language to untangle And characters to become; An untested task on untried ground.

Doubts...

Doubts...

Doubts...

But what if I try And I think And I feel?

Doubts...

Doubts...

Doubts...

Could I understand?

Could I learn And enjoy?

Is there good to be won If my mind I employ?

When I look will I find A meaning to cherish?

I can never know Until I let these doubts perish.

Could the characters be real?

Could I Feel What they feel?

In Star Trek, there’s this joke (based on Soviet Union propaganda) that the Klingons believe the man we call William Shakespeare is actually Will’yam Sheq’spir, a Klingon poet and playwright. Any evidence to the contrary is simply clever Federation propaganda. This is brought full circle in the sixth Star Trek film (incidentally called The Undiscovered Country, a quote from Hamlet) in which our resident Klingon character Chancellor Gorkon tells us, in conjecture to a conversation about Hamlet, that “you have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”

Thus, in 1996, The Klingon Language Institute actually published The Tragedy of Khamlet, son of the Emperor of Qro’nos, complete with English translation and contextual notes.

But not only is the Klingon Hamlet written entirely in Klingon, it is also written with the gimmick that the story actually originates from Klingon culture, and that it had been adapted by humans in an attempt to “discredit the achievements of Klingon culture.”

Mariam Salih 6SS

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Anna Wasse’s story, Happiness, won the Year 7, 8, 9 category of the GDST Creative Writing Competition 2016 Happiness The day was cold and clear and the streamers of sunlight lent their sparkle to the morning frost.

On a lake somewhere nearby, a boat was bobbing peaceably, and it was in that boat that a girl was lying, her feet dangling in the water and her head tipped back against the mast, trying to catch the first rays of morning sun. Now, had this girl been watching carefully, she would have noticed a patch of darker, choppier water rapidly approaching from the northernmost point of the lake, an incoming gust of wind, but…, well…, the day was bright, the sky was blue, the birds were singing and the water was gently rippling, the light playing across its glittering waves.

The boat was steadily rocking back and forth, back and forth, akin to a baby’s cradle, and so the girl was lulled into a state of blissful relaxation.

Richard Burbage didn’t know how good he had it. For an actor, Shakespeare is without a doubt the most considerate and understanding playwright that there ever was. He does not ask me to squat on the floor for hours at a time, making my kneecaps sound as though they’re splintering every time I take a tentative step forward, nor does he ask me to over exaggerate my accent to the point of pulling a mouth muscle, unlike Steven Berkoff. He does not ask me to excavate the dingy and dank depths of my long term memory to recall the memory of seeing my pet goldfish Archimedes die at age 6 for the sake of giving emotional insight into the pure despair Character #3 feels when her nail breaks, unlike Anton Chekhov. Nor does he make me think about the symbolism and great emotional turmoil behind the turning on of a light mid-scene, unlike Henrik Ibsen. Not that any of these methods or requests are wrong; indeed, I do love a good bit of lightbulb symbolism.

However, there is a rather excellent feeling of relief when you open up a Shakespeare play and realise that he’s taking care of you. He’s the dramatic equivalent to a nice hot bowl of chicken soup.

Unseen, the dark patch of water crept ever closer…. … And then the gust arrived!

The sail flapped and the mast rattled, the tiller groaned ominously. Startled, the girl jolted upright, then smiled, finally some proper wind! She heaved in the main sheet, shoved down the dagger board, furled open the jib, and then the boat was off! The sail billowed and the boat sliced up the lake as if attached to a jet pack, tipping sideways as it did so. The briny water sprayed up into the girl’s face, and the muscles in her arms burned fiercely, but it was a good kind of burn. Eyes alight, hair flying, the girl sped up the lake, waving at the passing swans and laughing delightedly into the wind.

For Shakespeare does care about the actor, most probably because he was one himself.

He understands what gets laughs and what doesn’t, what creates tension and what bores.

His understanding of the characters is so deep, and their paths so oxymoronically both intricately planned and astoundingly natural, that the actor can’t help but understand how they should play the role. And yet in spite of this, they also feel as though they have a huge amount of scope and flexibility with which to interpret the part. Shakespeare even accommodates the actor through his language – if you obey the punctuation of Shakespeare, you’ll never be out of breath, no matter how hard you try.

Yet his accommodating nature, his chickensoupiness, certainly does not predicate him to be bland – he is anything but. Shakespeare’s plays are studies of human nature, the good, the bad and the ugly. In particular, his understanding of women is incredible, and without him I fear there would be hardly any place for women in theatre today.

All of a sudden the luff flapped a little too much and a sinister creaking sound filled the air. The girl could feel the boat tipping dangerously under the wind’s brutal force. She battled with the mainsheet and lent as far out of the boat as possible, so far that her hair danced across the surface of the lake, but it was no use. The boat tipped slowly, inexorably, the sail brushed the waves, water trickled into the cockpit.

It was not long before the boat capsized into the water with an almighty splash.

A few seconds later, a head emerged from under the boat . A lone strand of seaweed was dangling off the girl’s nose. “Can I do that again?” she asked, and grinned.

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Geography Lower 5 trip to the Peak District

evenings which went towards our GCSE coursework.

However, we appreciated it in the long run and seemed to get plenty done.

After the Easter holidays, the Lower 5 Geographers went to the Peak District on a three-day field trip in order to collect data for our Geography course work.

The second day was full of data collection from the other sites, and yet again we found ourselves standing in water, getting to know the River Dane well! We were allowed some free time in Buxton, where lots of unnecessary sweets were bought.

Later we again enjoyed a nice meal in the hostel and settled down to bed with help from Mrs Packer’s lullabies. All of our data had been gathered now and we were ready to embark on our long journey home, which also involved a selfie with Ms Chuter and more singing. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed the trip and we are grateful to all the teachers for taking us.

The journey included loads of singing, Ms Chuter reversing into a service station bush and ‘Stally Hally’ living up to his name by stalling left, right and centre…! (he says the school buses aren’t like his campervan… excuses!). We had a quick picnic lunch beside the River Dane and then began our data collection of the first two sites. This involved putting on waist high waders and getting stuck into measuring the river variables such as width, depth and velocity. The hostel in Miller’s Dale was really welcoming and comfortable. The meals were great and the rooms were lovely. Much to our disappointment we had to do some work in the

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Geography

A Grand Welsh Tour On 19th April we left Norwich early in the morning for four days to go on our field trip to Wales.

Our first stop was at Cardiff, where we focussed on Human Geography in urban areas such as Butetown, Cathays and Heath. From here we went to Snowdonia and climbed 500m up Cadair Idris, and then onto Aberystwyth to investigate the River Ystwyth.

After a tiring long day, we returned to our youth hostel, The Urdd, and we analysed the results that we had collected during the day.

We arrived in Cardiff in the afternoon on the Saturday and had a well-deserved break, after our long six hour journey. We started work around 4pm, and continued with this until dinner. During the evenings we analysed the data we collected and we were introduced to Unit 2 of Geography, a separate AS Level paper which involves questions about our fieldwork and what we learnt from it.

On our third day we travelled to Snowdonia and climbed Cadair Idris. It was an exhausting walk but we saw many post-glaciation landforms and even saw a tarn lake. From here we went to Aberystwyth.

We investigated the relationship between discharge and hydraulic radius along the 33km of the River Ystwyth. We enjoyed a fun day out measuring velocity, depth and width of rivers. This day was called our wet day and involved many people falling in the river and wellies filling up. After we returned to our bed and breakfast, we enjoyed a homemade dinner and started analysing our day’s work, calculating the Spearman’s Rank of our rivers and finding a conclusion.

We had an early start on the second day and our first stop was at Butetown. Butetown is an inner city area of Cardiff where the majority of the population are from Somalia and Yemen.

We observed how all the shops were tailored to the people’s needs and sold special items such as halal meat, flat bread and even fresh camel milk.

From here we travelled to Cathays which is where quite a few of the University of Cardiff students live.

At each of the sites visited, we investigated social welfare by questioning local residents as well as taking an environmental assessment of the place.

Even though it was an exhausting trip, we all thoroughly enjoyed it – it felt like a once in a life time experience!

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History

History An overview of the year

We have encouraged girls this year to enter into the process of making history. That is seeing the past as historians do not just as a set of factual events to be absorbed and understood but as a place of argument, debate and uncertainty. Girls have been encouraged to think about events in the past and try and understand how historians think, discuss, revise, simulate and use contemporary understanding to make sense of the past in new ways. Nothing helps more with really getting to grips with making sense of history than visiting historical places and sites and engaging physically and emotionally with the people who inhabited the dim, and sometimes distant, past.

Upper 3 visit Castle Acre On the 30th June, Upper 3 visited Castle Acre, a walled castle built by the Normans in the 12th century. We explored the ruins of the castle, and walked through the surrounding village, making several sketches, and learning about the site’s history. We discovered that the castle was built there, in the countryside, because it is near a river (water supply), and a major Roman road (access to trade). Overall, this was a fun and educational trip, which largely contributed to our castles topic in History.

Caitlin Sydney U3

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The Upper 4 visit the Imperial War Museum, Duxford At the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, we saw aeroplanes from many different periods in history and saw their development from brittle World War One fighters to long-range Cold War bombers capable of holding atomic warheads. We were fortunate to visit on a beautifully sunny day before an official flying day and so we also enjoyed watching, and hearing, the historic Spitfires and Hurricanes of World War Two flying above our heads as they had in the Battle of Britain some 75 years before.

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Later on in the day we had a guided part in the land warfare museum where we took part in a small re-enactment of D-Day. We had to wear helmets and had a chance to feel how heavy the equipment they had to carry was.

Emily Tarbuck U4

The Lower 5 watch the film Suffragette at Cinema City In October we were lucky enough to go and see the film Suffragette which proved to be a really beneficial experience that helped us reinforce our learning for this part of the GCSE course. The cinematography was excellent and the film was

historically accurate with the setting, costume and props being authentic for the time period. This along with the very talented cast portrayed how real the situation was and showed the determination of the brave women who fought for women’s suffrage. Suffragette is a brilliant film and has been a very effective piece of visual aid for our learning. It showed us the hardships women faced as a consequence of being a suffragette and the sacrifices they made for future generations of women. It was great to have seen this film, which has helped us grasp a true understanding of the topic and time period.

Nikki Kerdegari L5

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Minecraft In History, the girls put their technological know-how to good use in their creative presentations on life in the trenches.

The girls were asked to present in any way that they like, drawing upon their learning outside of the History classroom to make their presentations memorable.

Sophie, one of our digital leaders, used Minecraft to take the girls on a tour through the trenches, proving that the game can be a useful learning tool as well as being great fun!

Mathematics

Mathematics What an exciting, innovative and packed programme we have had this year! We have enjoyed a wide variety of enrichment opportunities throughout the year, and have participated in a host of competitions and activities. These experiences have enabled our students to strengthen their mathematical skills, to think outside of the box and to get fully enthused with this exciting, rewarding and surprising subject. Here is a flavour of a few of the activities we have enjoyed this year.

Junior Mathematics One of many highlights of the year, was in June 2016 when our Junior Mathematicians excelled in this year’s UKMT annual competition. Particular congratulations to Britt Dewing who was placed in the top 1,200 students nationally from a cohort of approximately 250,000 students!

“It was a lot easier than I expected because we prepared for it well, and the multiple

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choice format was good.

I still found some of the questions challenging but I enjoyed this.”

Aanya Muktyar “I was one mark off a Bronze Certificate but the questions were really interesting to make you think, but not hard enough to make you bang your head on the table.”

Cordelia Martin

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Mathematical pioneers help with UEA research Mathematical pioneers from Norwich High School assisted Dr Rizza from the University of East Anglia with researching the concept of infinity.

they helped each other discuss the intriguing and complex ideas and concepts.

One of our Sixth Formers said: “It was really interesting to learn some in-depth information that was not on our course but was nonetheless interesting and relevant to maths.”

Dr Rizza called the workshop a ‘world first’, and said that this was the first time secondary school pupils have been involved with research within this area.

The girls worked through brand new material called ‘First Steps in the Arithmetic of Infinity’, in which Dr Rizza explored Yaroslav Sergeyev’s work on the infinite unit, which is also known as a grossone.

Dr Rizza said “I am very grateful for the help from the school, and the girls’ hard work in testing this new material.”

Using the unit grossone, mathematicians can now tackle calculations involving infinity in the same way they would ordinary calculations. Exercises around this sparked animated dialogue between the girls as

Norwich High School would also like to thank Dr Rizza for all of his contributions to school life, including a series of fascinating Lunch and Learn workshops over the past year.

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Mathematics

Code-breaking with Dr Grime In March, the secret world of code-breaking came to Norwich High School, as Dr James Grime from the University of Cambridge and ‘Numberphile’ (a fabulous maths YouTube channel – check it out!) delivered a talk to our Upper Four girls.

Having learnt about the ultra-secret code-breakers of Bletchley Park, the girls also took part in a series of have-a-go code-breaking workshops in the afternoon.

They took on the challenge of deciphering a variety of real, existing codes such as Steganography, Morse, Caesar Shift and Vigenère themselves.

UKMT Senior Individual Challenge

There was a real sense of achievement each time a code was broken, and in true secret-agent style our girls had to abide by the Golden Rule of Code-Breaking: Code-breakers never disclose their secrets! Combining the results of each task enabled the groups to break the codes to identify hidden characters from the presentation.

In November, Sixth Form mathematicians competed in the annual UKMT Senior Individual Challenge.

The Senior Challenge is aimed at all 16 to 19 year olds studying mathematics across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It involves answering 25 multiple choice questions in 90 minutes and is sat in school under normal exam conditions. The top 60% of students nationally receive a gold, silver or bronze certificate.

The girls also had the chance to get up close to one of the few remaining World War Two Enigma Machines. The Enigma Machine is one of the most famous code-breaking machines of all time, used by the Germans to send secret military messages during World War Two.

Amy Pape, Shoomena Anil, Lotachukwu Ugochukwu and Sophie Windsor competed in the regional round of the annual FMSP Senior Team Challenge at CNS, Norwich.

“I really liked the way they played with the maths we encountered, including the ‘cross-number’ puzzle and the ‘relay race’. The maths was within our syllabus but in an innovative format, which made it a really interesting day.” Lota Ugochukwu L6

“James Grime was a really interesting and engaging speaker. The code-breaking activities were challenging but really fun to solve!”

Laura Sillitoe U4

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Year 8 Maths Quiz at UEA

Maths Feast at CNS

Agatha Kennedy, Emma Ledward, Melissa Misket and Natasha Peacock represented Norwich High School at the 35th Year 8 Maths Quiz at the UEA on Thursday 16th June.

In February, FMSP (Further Maths Support Programme) held the Norfolk round of its second annual ‘Maths Feast’. This is a Lower 5 (Year 10) maths event open to all schools across the country at separate venues. The main focus for the Maths Feast was to enjoy a variety of mathematical challenges, puzzles and problem solving, and includes hands-on activities, relay rounds and never-seen-before topics.

Approximately twenty teams of four represented their schools. We were ably represented by Alice (L5RG), Emily (L5RG), Heather (L5R) and Lara (L5R). With the emphasis being on fun, enjoyment and challenge, the Maths Feast declared no overall positions or winners at the end – nonetheless our team acquitted themselves very well indeed and received certificates for producing the best results in one of the five rounds.

The girls worked both as a team and individually to answer questions on topics including fractions, algebra and estimation.

The standard was very high but the girls performed admirably, finishing a creditable 8th, three points from qualifying for the grand final.

Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses

Congratulations go to Alice, Emily, Heather and Lara and we look forward to more of our students enjoying similar mathematical challenge events in future.

Megan Smith created a beautiful graph on her iPad, using the DESMOS app, as part of her mathematics lesson. Megan is one of three students who have participated in the regional Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses in the summer term.

Jenny Nicol and Aditi Naik have also enjoyed the opportunities that this programme of events has provided.

UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls This year Amy Pape participated in the UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls. This national competition was launched in 2011 and sat by 2000 students this year. Amy was congratulated for her fine performance which placed her in the top half of the cohort nationally.

“I loved the masterclasses because they taught us lots of maths that was outside of the curriculum.”

Aditi Naik U4

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Modern Foreign Languages Studies of Monet

Annual MFL Pantomime

As a little light relief after their hard work preparing for A2 oral exams, the French group spent an afternoon painting in our beautiful gardens! Having studied the work of Claude Monet as one of their A2 cultural topics, this was an opportunity to try to replicate the techniques they had studied. The girls focused on two subjects which they thought Monet would have liked; bluebells and cherry blossom, with lots of dappled light. The girls all had lots of fun and got a greater understanding of how the works were achieved. Thanks to Mrs Nencini for her help supporting a group of amateurs!

In the lead up to Christmas, the Modern Foreign Languages department treated Eaton Grove to their annual pantomime performance.

The unique adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood was performed entirely in French, and was based on ideas the girls had written over the summer.

There were plenty of laughs throughout the performance – thank you to all the staff involved for bringing their own touch of Christmas spirit to Norwich High School. C’était fantastique!

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U4 French exchange to Le Chesnay, near Versailles When I first stepped off the coach, I was quite literally shaking with nerves. I didn’t know whether or not I would get along with my exchange, or whether I would be able to speak enough French. I didn’t know whether I’d like the food, or how big their house would be. When we got off the coach, it was such a shuffle that it was quite hard to find our exchanges amongst the crowd! I didn’t say much on the first night but the family was very welcoming, and very patient as well. On the first morning, I discovered the French have a slightly different way of eating breakfast: they dip bread or cereals into a big bowl of milk and then, when they’re finished, they drink the rest of the milk from their bowl.

U6 French Impressionism trip In February, the U6 French group went to visit some London galleries, as part of our A2 French Cultural topic of Monet and Impressionism. First stop was the Courtauld Gallery, where we were lucky enough to have a guided tour in French. It was fantastic to see paintings by artists such as Renoir, Degas and Monet close up, and to discuss the background and brush strokes in French with our guide. We then went to the ‘Making of the Modern Garden’ exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. The paintings were spectacular and had been brought together from galleries all over the world. We agreed to speak in French for the whole exhibition, giving commentaries of the paintings.

We were all amazed by the paintings and how the Impressionists had inspired other artists.

The highlight of the exhibition was being surrounded

by Monet’s Waterlilies, which had been brought together for the first time from galleries all over America. Overall it was an incredible and insightful trip. We learnt that it is one thing to study a painting from a book, but another thing completely to see it in real life.

I noticed that in France they buy bottles of milk as opposed to cartons. After school, we would return home in time for a goutêr (a snack) consisting usually of a biscuit or some fruit. In the evenings, we’d go out to the park or the cinema, or stay home and play games together. I was worried at first that I would feel a bit isolated throughout the trip, but I couldn’t have been more wrong – our exchanges gave us plenty of occasions to meet up and by the end of the trip all of us, French and English, were good friends. The exchange is a great way to make new friends and discover new experiences all whilst getting better and more confident when speaking French – I would definitely go again!

Chiara Bond U6 French

Maisie Mitchell U4

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Normandy Experience Trip 2016 On 26th June the Lower 4’s said ‘Bon Voyage’ to Norwich and travelled to Normandy in France.

I was really apprehensive about going on the trip as I find staying away from home for long periods of time a worrying prospect, but I am so glad I decided to get stuck in and go on the trip. It was my first trip abroad with the school, and it was the best trip I have ever been on! Our challenge was that we had to speak French as much as possible during our trip and our ‘animateurs’ (French

activity leaders) would speak to us only in French. Again, this was something that concerned me, but we were so prepared from our French lessons, it came like second nature when we were conversing with the lovely animateurs and teachers.

On our first day we visited the Château and did a range of activities including aeroballe, orienteering, bread making, archery and French lessons.

All of these I enjoyed thoroughly.

We also had excursions during the trip including walking across to Mont Saint-Michel, and visiting Arromanches and the British Cemetery which I think the whole year found very moving and emotional. We had a moment of reflection at both Arromanches (Gold beach) and the British Cemetery, when some people read out the poetry that they had written in our English lesson the week before.

One of the highlights for me from the trip was going on the beach in the evenings with friends playing games, and taking photos of the beautiful sunset. I would absolutely love to go back, and I couldn’t recommend the trip enough. It has taught me to take every opportunity that arises and to get stuck in as much as possible.

Darcy Amiss L4

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Carry On Panic rose inside me, Like the breath of those huddled close.

Loss and fear crept through me, But I was told to carry on.

Blood.

All I could see and smell was that metallic red liquid.

It lingered on our clothes.

In the air.

In the sea.

Constant gunfire scared me, The sea surrounding my boat was red.

My heartbeat thundered inside me, But I was told to carry on.

Waves.

They crashed all around us.

Curling.

Snarling.

Like a second advancing army.

Swallowing us whole.

Sickness and salt filled me, Just like the darkness beyond the boat.

A shadow of death cast over me, But I was told to carry on.

Faces.

Faces of those I knew.

Faces of those I loved.

Faces filled with horror.

Faces filled with hope.

The beach was now near me, Yet still a million miles away.

The thought of what was waiting terrified me, But I knew I must carry on.

I recognised friends of mine, Now just lifeless bodies, Heroes who died for their country, But I had to carry on.

Floating helmets passed me, They couldn’t be helped or saved.

Even so guilt still filled me, But I had to carry on.

The endless noise shook me, I just wished for peace and quiet.

But I had landed on the sand of Omaha beach, And I had to carry on.

Charlotte Carr

Elise Carrington

I will never forget the day The day we did our country proud All I felt was fear and the Unknown They didn’t expect us My heart was beating like a drum as we got closer A step closer to victory or defeat Suddenly the silence was broken by the sound of a rifle shot Then there was blood and terror all around The sand and sea turned a frightening red as the massacre began Bodies fell to the ground like dominoes tumbling Then it was over Thousands of soldiers who would never return home.

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The sea was harsh and rough The boats were wet and slow The soldiers were tired and cold I’ll never forget that day The sound of the soldiers shrieking The sound of the bombs dropping BOOM BOOM BOOM The sound of the bullets flying through the sky I’ll never forget that sound The wounded bodies on the beach shore The brave men who killed others The supporting families who were always there I’ll never forget the men The feel of the wet clothes on my body The feel of cold dead soldiers The feel of the trigger of the gun I’ll never forget that feeling The smell of smoke The smell of life The smell of death I’ll never forget the smell I’ll never forget you.

Persia Ashley

MFL

Modern Foreign Languages continued...

German Exchange to Heilbronn 2015 On Saturday 12th December 2015, 17 girls travelled to Heilbronn for the German exchange. Having flown to Baden-Baden, we eventually arrived at our host school, Elly-Heuss-Knapp Gymnasium, before making the final leg of our journey to our homes for the week.

We spent the first day with our partners and the majority of us went ice skating which was really fun. Here, we also got to watch an ice hockey match before we skated.

GDST MFL Festival at Putney High School Two Upper 4 teams participated in a Culture Quiz at Putney High School. The rounds covered topics such as Geography, food and drink, TV and film, and famous people related to French, German and Spanish-speaking countries.

Well done to Lucy Bell, Isha Mull, Gazaal Malik, Melissa Misket, Elise Carrington and Beeda Tarkpessi for taking part.

Our Upper 3 team of Fredi Davies, Cordelia Martin and

Nanditha Rajesh competed in the Year 7 French Spelling Bee. The girls performed outstandingly against teams from many other GDST schools and came 1st.

Congratulations girls – you were ‘buzzingly brilliant’! Victory was even sweeter because last year’s team was placed first too.

We look forward to March 2017 and a chance to maintain our top position.

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On Monday the Headteacher, Frau Peimann-Schaak, gave us a welcome talk. We then attended some lessons before we went climbing at the hugely impressive Kletterarena. The next three days saw us visiting the landmarks of Heidelberg, the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart and the KZM Museum in Karlruhe. Each day gave us the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful sights, smells and tastes of the German Christmas markets.

As ever, we ended our programme with an energetic morning at the Aquatoll water park with its brilliant slides, rapids and hot pools. This was the day everyone was looking forward to the most! Saturday was our last chance to be with our host families before it was sadly time to leave. On the bus to the airport everyone was talking about what a great time we’d had and how we would love to go again!

Sophie Dawson L5B

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French Cinema Club French Cinema Club meets once or twice a term and it’s very relaxed – anyone is welcome after school and it’s as simple as it sounds; we watch a film and then chat. So far we have watched four films and they have all been extremely varied. We’ve experienced a real scope of different genres and there’s always something for everyone to enjoy.

My Spanish Journey

We started off lightly with ‘La Famille Bélier’, an uplifting family comedy about a teenage girl who is an interpreter for her deaf family who ends up pursuing a singing career. This was a really nice way to introduce French Cinema Club and was definitely a really enjoyable and accessible film.

My Spanish journey has been a relatively short one in comparison to my other subjects, as it only began in Lower 5. I chose an accelerated course of Spanish as one of my GCSE subjects, which meant we had only two years to cover everything, rather than four years.

GCSE Spanish was an enjoyable experience. With a small class of only seven, we seemed to cover the content incredibly quickly and therefore had lots of time for fun activities with a definite competitive edge.

The next film – ‘A Bout de Souffle’ – was probably one of the most interesting films I’ve ever seen.

It was not the story-line but the way it was filmed that engaged me. It was directed by Jean-Luc Godard, released in 1960 and was one of the first examples of the French New Wave cinema.

Despite us all achieving fantastic results, I was the only one who chose to continue studying Spanish onto A Level at Norwich High. I chose to do Spanish, along with French and German for AS level, as I thoroughly enjoyed languages probably as a result of being brought up in France. Although quite daunting at first, having one-to-one tuition in Spanish has been an incredible experience and has given me a huge advantage. It has ignited a passion and I am going on to read Spanish with French at university. With the help of my two amazing teachers, I was able to delve into the history of Spain after a civil war as well as discover Columbia under a dictatorship through the novel ‘El coronel no tiene quien le escriba’. Being in a one-to-one learning environment also allowed me to discuss further reading I had done for my UCAS application with my teachers.

‘Jean de Florette’ and its sequel ‘Manon des Sources’ have been my two favourites. The first film charts a young family moving to rural France, attempting to make a living off the land. Meanwhile their neighbours try to quash their efforts in a bid to cheaply buy their farmland. ‘Manon des Sources’ continues the story, following the family’s daughter, Manon, as a young adult. The film was a heart-breaking sequel, delivering a hugely surprising ending.

The whole experience has been really useful, not only in terms of collecting material for AS oral questions but for accessing a different culture through their films. I had never heard of any of the films before and I definitely did not expect to enjoy them as much as I did, especially as I originally thought that watching films with subtitles would be boring. ‘Jean de Florette’ and ‘Manon des Sources’ were two particular favourites, I was so surprised at how invested in the storyline I became and at how much the ending shocked me. Overall, it’s proved an interesting way to try something new and is something I’m looking forward to continuing in my A2 year.

I would definitely recommend studying languages, as they are not only practical and a skill that you will no doubt use in your lifetime, but are also incredibly popular amongst employers. Languages also encourage travel. Last summer I spent some time in Barcelona on a course, studying the language, improving my grammar and oral skills in the morning and visiting the city and discovering the culture in the afternoon and evening.

It was an amazing experience which allowed me to meet lots of people my age from all around Europe who all had the common link of Spanish.

Tilly Harrison L6

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Music

Intermediate concert

Norfolk County Music Festival

The evening started at 7pm and consisted of solos,trios and group performances. The choir gave an excellent performance. Intermediate Orchestra had a wide range of repertoire; including Disney and Classical – namely ‘The Barber of Seville’ and the overture to the opera ‘The Magic Flute.’

We started the evening with a rehearsal at the school, before going into the school canteen for some delicious snacks.

Once we had gained some energy, we walked to the festival, with the Chamber Choir at the back and Intermediate Choir at the front. It was St. David’s Day, the first of March, so it was already getting quite dark, but we managed to see a huge starling cloud gathering over the city. It grew bigger and bigger as we walked through the city to the hall.

The MyTime group (ensembles conducted by Mr Barlow) gave examples of well-rehearsed music perfect for the occasion. The ‘Clarinettes’ performed an entertaining selection from Star Wars to Jazz.

The Baroque Quintet played a technically demanding piece that was well executed. Some Upper 4s excited the audience with solos from well-known classics to unaccompanied movements. The student-directed ‘Here Comes Treble’ Trio helped to close the show; their introduction was extremely memorable and continued the ‘punny’ theme.

Town Close Choir sang before us – then it was our turn. We sang ‘Can You Hear Me?’, ‘Double Double’ (the Harry Potter song) and ‘A New Commandment’, written by a member of the choir, Catherine McCardel. The judges enjoyed our performances in general, and awarded us with a ‘Highly Commended’.

The night was memorable and extremely enjoyable.

Thank you to everyone who played.

The choir later received a letter from one of the judges saying that she enjoyed all of our songs enormously.

Madeleine Gibbs and Fredi Davies U3

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Physics

Physics Physics workshops

killing the virtual patient. This proved how difficult it would be without their scientific developments.

Our third stop was a physics demonstration. We were shown many astounding natural phenomena and just when they all seemed impossible to explain, they showed us exactly how it all worked, amazing us by how much scientists already know about the world.

After getting up bright and early, we left the school at 7am on our way to the Cavendish Laboratories in Cambridge. We had come to see the Physics at Work Exhibition, which aims to encourage a wider participation in Physics. Some of the exhibitors were from Research Groups within the Cavendish Laboratory and others were from the industry, including companies such as Rolls-Royce Plc, Domino Printing Services and The Technology Partnership.

After some tasty refreshments we went to our fourth workshop, which was all about computing.

We learned how algorithms can be used to save lives. For example, by simulating scenarios on a supercomputer there’s no need to test out new explosives in real life. I had never realised that this was such an important industry. They told us about all of the well-known companies they work for, including big names such as Land Rover and ‘the biggest coal company in the world’.

When we arrived, we were briefed on the 20 different workshops on offer and put into groups. As we only had half a day, each group was randomly allocated six workshops.

The first workshop I went to was a workshop on polymers. We took part in many informative and interesting demonstrations, including turning polymers into slime, and were amazed by how the chemistry we had learnt at school applies to real life.

Next, we were introduced to the physics behind medical machinery. We were shown how difficult radiotherapy and similar operations are and how they use physics, maths and computing to work.

We then had the chance to operate a simulation of a radiotherapy machine, but unfortunately ended up

Afterwards we were fascinated to see how physics can be used to solve mechanical and engineering mysteries. We were shown different examples such as a broken bridge, a collapsed pontoon and broken fairground rides, and found out how scientists figure out why they broke.

Our final workshop was about microelectronics, semiconductors and the processes behind creating tiny computer parts. We were shown a microchip,

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Germany Physics trip On Saturday 24th October 2015, four of us began our trip to Germany, where we would be staying for two weeks in a small environmentally friendly village named Wildpoldsried with 30 other girls from nine GDST schools across the country.

which was about the size of a thumbnail and if you really squinted you could see the word ‘tiny’ printed in tiny writing in the centre of it.

It was so small that the ‘tittle’ (the dot) of the ‘i’ couldn’t be seen by the naked eye.

We were then shown an enlarged version of this chip on the projector and zoomed this further into the dot of that ‘i’. It turned out that this dot contained the word ‘tiny’ printed in exactly the same text – just a thousand times smaller. This was then repeated a second time, finding yet another ‘tiny’ printed inside this tittle. It was incredible to see how accurate computers can be at such infinitesimal levels.

We had a tour around the village and were able to see how they produced six times more energy than they use, solely from renewable energy. We also had a look at the district’s heating system. Our first activity was to build and wire a solar work case (a portable solar powered battery) in small groups of four from scratch, which was really fun and also taught us a lot about how energy from the sun can be used as electrical energy. It also gave us some time to get to know the people in our groups. We had various visits to sites where renewable energies were produced including a hydroelectric plant, wind turbines and a biogas plant.

We also had the chance to look at developing technologies such as electric cars and battery storage systems for houses that generate electricity using Solar PV Panels.

We even saw and went into a house that rotated so that the panels always faced the sun at any time of day. Throughout the two weeks we had lessons on renewable energies and technologies and worked towards a qualification in ‘The Rational Use of Renewable Technologies’.

Throughout the workshops we were enlightened by how closely-linked science, maths and computing are, and how they are used in the wider world. It was an eye-opening experience and I would especially recommend it to anyone who is interested in either science, maths or computing.

Along with the work and learning, we did a few cultural things. We had the chance to visit Neuschwanstein Castle – which was the inspiration for the Disney castle, the Deutsche Museum and some of the city of Munich.

We all had a great time, met some brilliant people and would definitely recommend the trip to anyone who had a similar opportunity to go in the future.

Ruhi Chitre U5W

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Politics

Politics An overview of the year Clearly this has been an incredible year in contemporary Politics and currently many textbooks are being re-written. Many experienced political commentators cannot predict what is around the corner. For our girls therefore Politics has never been more contentious, relevant and therefore exciting!

We have been proud to see Fleur Curson elected as the constituency representative for the Youth Parliament and other Sixth Form students making public contributions to local and national political debates, bucking the national trend of an apparently political apathetic youth.

We have been pleased to maintain an excellent breath of activities which have included: Lower 6 students participating in the UEA Politics Conference, lunchtime speakers on the implications of BREXIT, our very own Model UN convened by Mr Greenwood during Connected Curriculum Week and a visit to Parliament which, just after the Paris terror attacks, highlighted democratic government at work in a crisis.

We are very excited about our collaboration with North Carolina State University running a simulation of the US Presidential Election in the coming months.

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Model UN

An overview by two of our girls

As part of our Connected Curriculum week, Lower 5 took part in their own Model United Nations over the course of three days. The girls took on the role of delegates from nations from across the world, with their discussion and research reflecting the actual position of one of the 193 member states.

In November, we travelled to London or a Lower 6 Politics trip.

When we arrived at Westminster, we headed over Westminster Bridge to get lunch which we then ate at the protesting square outside the Houses of Parliament.

The girls engaged in research, negotiation and passionate debate on the subject of worldwide gender equality, putting aside their personal feelings on the issue and taking into account the priorities of their allocated country.

The quality of the speeches and informal negotiations was extremely high, and all of the girls displayed impressive levels of confidence and knowledge. The exercise gave them great insight into the world of diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations.

Model UN involves and teaches research techniques, public speaking, debating, and writing skills, in addition to critical thinking, teamwork and leadership abilities.

When it was time for our tour of the palace we went to the newly built education centre where we met our guide Ed. We began our tour through Westminster Hall, into central lobby and into The Lords Chamber. We saw the portraits of major political figures and important sculptures including the statue broken by suffragette protest. We also most excitingly saw The Commons were sitting at the time of our tour which unfortunately meant we weren’t able to go inside the chamber, but this did give us the chance to go and watch the Home Sectary (Theresa May’s) question time. We visited directly after the attacks in Paris so it was incredibly interesting to see the operation of MPs in the House after this event and witness the thoughts of many members.

It was also impressive to see Theresa May speak.

After having exhausted the palace and looked at everything we were able to see we took the tube to Westfield for dinner. It was an interesting and educational day and after studying the Houses of Parliament it was fascinating to see the decision-making process first-hand.

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participate in an EU day at Epic Studios hosted by UEA professors. It was a day of debate and research and most importantly, free lunch.

The event was held by academic experts on the EU and the day started with an in-depth overview of how the EU works. We touched on trade, immigration, election of MEPs and our diplomatic relations to other member states. This was incredibly useful and although nobody in our class could vote in the referendum, we were able to understand the EU further and form a foundation for an opinion on the UK’s EU membership.

We then split up into groups to work on a brief to present to the whole group using various articles and papers. Our subject was trade and we worked together over lunch to create an A4 sheet of information. Examining a particular subject in depth was useful, especially as trade was one of the points of debate that received less media coverage.

The day finished with a debate between a pro-leave UKIP police commissioner and a pro-remain small business owner. After a day of strict neutrality, the injection of emotive arguments nicely rounded off the whole event and the opportunity to question both men gave us an insight into the thinking of both sides.

Tilly Harrison and Fleur Curson L6

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Psychology

Brain Day

UEA PhD Psychology Researcher visit

Psychology Interest Day in London

During the summer term Jessica Brennan (pictured above), a PhD researcher from the UEA, visited our students to discuss her current research in developmental psychology. She gave a comprehensive overview of the range of research being carried out in the Psychology Department at the UEA.

Our Psychology students headed to London in December to attend a series of lectures by several leading UK researchers discussing their current research.

Dr Ashok Jansari lead an intriguing discussion on face recognition in society and its use in the Metropolitan Police to identify ‘super-recognisers’ in the police force for strategic deployment. This talk highlighted how research can have significant real world applications and laid the groundwork for the topic on ‘Memory’ that the girls studied later in the year. Professor Stephen Reicher introduced an interesting counter argument to two key studies the girls had learnt during the autumn term in the topic on Social Influence

by Milgram and Zimbardo.

He critically highlighted the need to rigorously analyse research evidence. Overall it was an extremely fascinating day that built on and extended the girls knowledge from the A Level course. The day finished with a spot of Christmas shopping in Covent Garden.

The talk highlighted how a range of technology was being used to extend our understanding of cognitive psychology. For example, the different techniques used to measure brain activity using fMRI scans and how eye trackers are used in research linked to advertising and dyslexia.

Jessica also discussed in great detail her own research into attachment and the interactions between mother and baby.

This was extremely valuable as not only did it consolidate the girls’ learning on attachment formation but also brought alive the scientific method in conducting research.

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During our Connected Curriculum Week, Dr Guy Sutton from Medical Biology Interactive and the University of Nottingham visited our Psychology students and several students from Langley School to lead a one day introductory tutorial in neuroscience. The day involved a breadth of activities from learning about the anatomy of the brain, using interactive computer-based sessions to understand epigenetics and techniques developed to study the brain such as fMRIs. The students also had the opportunity to dissect a sheep’s brain and make comparisons to the human brain. The day finished by focusing on mental health and how neuroscience is used to help understand and treat diseases such as schizophrenia.

The content stretched the students to degree level and gave them a taster of university level teaching. Dr Guy Sutton shared his enthusiasm and fascination for neuroscience in psychology readily with the students. The responses from our students and Langley School were very positive and the students were captivated throughout the whole day.

Religious Studies

Religious Studies Holocaust Trip Every year the Holocaust Educational Trust takes hundreds of sixth formers to Poland to visit the death camps at Auschwitz, as part of the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project. |This scheme is based on the premise that ‘hearing is not like seeing’, and it aims to re-humanise the Holocaust, helping students to see past the many numbers and dates associated with the atrocities and through to the individuals involved.

Having attended the orientation seminar, where we heard the testimony from Rudi Oppenheimer, we were unsure of what to expect. The lives of Rudi and his brother Paul had been saved, he said, by his younger sister Eve. Eve had been born in England, therefore Rudi’s family were classified by the Nazis as ‘Exchange’ Jews which meant that they might be exchanged for Germans interned by the allies and were to be exempt from measures taken against other Jews. However, they still endured a lot of suffering, with 13-year-old Rudi falling into a coma shortly after the liberation

of Bergen-Belsen. Both Rudi and his brother now travel around the UK, speaking regularly about their wartime experience. Paul has written a book, ‘From Belsen to Buckingham Palace’ about his experience.

Our first stop in Poland was a brief trip to the town of Oswieciem, a town living in the shadow of the camps built there. Before the war, over half the population were Jews. Now, out of its 45,000 residents, not a single Jew remains. We stood at the sight of the Grand Synagogue, which had been completely destroyed by the Nazis. Then we visited the Oświęcim Synagogue, which is now part of a museum, the Auschwitz Jewish Centre. Here, the story of pre-war Jewish life was told through various photographs and documents.

The synagogue there is still used

by Jewish communities, who travel there from around the world to pray there – showing that despite the odds, Judaism lives on.

Visiting the camps themselves was a harrowing experience.

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comprehend what had happened there; to reconcile the faces we saw in photos on the wall with the piles of shoes, pots, suitcases and hair. Learning about how the Nazis pillaged the possessions, clothing and jewellery of the new arrivals at Auschwitz and took them to the so-called ‘Kanada’ warehouse, cruelly named after Canada, a country that symbolised wealth, was disturbing.

The trip ended, however, on a hopeful note. The 200 people that had come on the trip sat on the floor of the Kanada warehouse, looking at the family photos displayed on the wall. Rabbi Shaw, who had led the trip there, gave a moving speech about his family history, there were some readings, and then we had a candle-lighting ceremony, where we placed our memorial candles on the train-tracks leading to the main gate at Auschwitz Birkenau.

The message we were to take forward was to stand up to any forms of racism, prejudice or discrimination in an effort to truly ensure ‘Never Again’.

Rebekah Possener and Michelle Luong

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Sixth Form and Beyond The Medic Portal

Houses of Parliament Visit

The Medic Portal came to GDST Trust Office in London to run a series of workshops for prospective medical students from GDST schools across the country. The days consisted of tips and advice for the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and interviews. The speakers aimed to make the days as interactive as possible, encouraging us to get involved in and to take part in a range of activities. The interviews were challenging but extremely useful. We were rated out of five for all of the sections, such as reflection on work experience and teamwork. The interviewers also gave us some useful feedback and explained how we could improve for the actual interviews.

The speaker discussed current affairs with us, such as the A&E crisis and the junior doctor strikes, as well as ethical situations and expanding on the Four Pillars (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice). Overall, the experience was very useful and fascinating.

On 29th June this year we were given the opportunity to visit the Houses of Parliament for an event on female genital mutilation (FGM) held by Freedom Charity, a Norwich-based charity. The lady who started the charity, Aneeta Prem, has written a new book called ‘Cut Flowers’ which is targeted at young girls to educate and raise awareness about FGM. The book handles the subject with delicacy and honesty, and is such an important tool that every school should have. The event was roughly an hour long and consisted of a series of speakers. Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education, spoke first with a great degree of clarity and intelligence.

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their eyes. After speaking for only five minutes, the importance of combating FGM was completely driven home. As she sat down she was given a standing ovation and the feeling was obviously shared by everyone in the room.

On Friday 30th June, Simon Pollard, from Smart Resourcing Solutions Ltd visited us and ran a three hour workshop on employability. He talked about getting into the ‘Early Careers Market’ and advised us how important it is that as soon as we start university, it’s good to do internships in the summer with companies. He spoke about improving our CVs and how best to stand out to employers to make sure we get the job we want. During the workshop, we worked on a group exercise where our behavioural and technical competencies would be tested.

We were able to bring a few copies of both ‘Cut Flowers’ and ‘It’s Not Fair’ (on child marriage) back to Norwich to donate to our school library.

What was particularly impressive about the books was the simplicity of them – the stories are engaging and well-written. This, coupled with pages and pages of important resources for young girls who are worried for themselves or for their friends, makes the book an invaluable resource. At the event, many horrifying statistics were thrown around which really emphasised the importance of working within our community to combat FGM. We would urge everyone to donate to the Freedom Charity and share both books around all young women. It was a humbling, moving day that touched upon one of the cruellest problems of our generation that must be stopped.

The workshop was very exciting and we all learnt something new to help us in our future careers.

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Sixth Form and Beyond continued...

Fleur Curson - Youth MP

whilst setting up my social media to get myself out there. The week before the election I also visited local schools and spoke to their pupils about what is important to them.

In March, Fleur Curson (6M) was elected as the UK Youth Parliament Representative for Norwich South with a record number of votes. We spoke to her about her new position as a Member of Youth Parliament (MYP):

What will you be working on?

We will carry on with campaigns, started by our predecessors, such as the stigma surrounding mental health, voting ages and wages. Something I am passionate about and would like to focus on is political participation and getting more young people involved with politics. That being said, in Norfolk we had a great turnout for the election; 51% of those who were eligible voted. It’s about making everyone more aware of what is happening around them and how to be involved in creating change.

Tell us about your new role: I have been elected as a Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) by young people to represent their interests within the Norwich South constituency. The constituency demographics we represent mirror those used in the general election to elect MPs. We take part in both national campaigns, where every member of the Youth Parliament campaigns on issues that affect young people across the UK, and we also work on devolved campaigns to tackle issues that affect those in their own constituency.

We have the chance to debate in Parliament once a year, and have annual sittings with our local MPs to help us create change in our areas.

What is first on the agenda?

We have already started media preparation and training. I have already taken part in my first radio interview. The first issue we will be looking at is votes for 16 and 17 year olds. Norfolk County Council have sent a letter to Downing Street asking for the voting age to be lowered, and what we have to do is work out whether the Youth Parliament and the young people in our constituency support that or not.

It’s not about what I think; it’s about representing the voice of young people in Norwich South.

Tell us about your campaign: Campaigning officially began two years ago, so it has felt like a long waiting game. A few months before the election itself I got a team together who were able to help me create posters, stickers and other materials

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MyTime

MyTime This year has seen ‘MyTime’ run for the final time, as we move to our new and exciting Enrichment programme in September 2016.

We have been able to offer our widest array of courses yet, with new inclusions in the form of ‘Problem Solving and Proof’, ‘It’s All Greek to Me’ and ‘Vocal Virtuosos’.

The girls enthusiasm for their courses was clear for all to see at the ‘MyTime Celebration’ held in May where girls, parents and staff from Upper 3, Lower 4 and Upper 4 came together to celebrate achievements from the MyTime programme. Amazing work produced in these sessions was on display through a range of presentations which included demonstrations of computer games, examples of film

animation, poetry in Mandarin, counting in Greek, beautiful Batik dresses, and performances from our MyTime Ensemble and our Drama group who created scenes from ‘The Witches’.

the amazing standard of work produced during these sessions.

Well done and thank you to all the girls and staff who have contributed to making ‘MyTime’ such a joy!

In the last three years I have continually been astounded by

Fee Kempton Academic Tutor

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Alumnae

Alumnae The Norwich High School family is far-ranging and we are proud of all our girls, following their achievements beyond their school journey with great delight.

We are always thrilled to hear news of alumnae and enjoy welcoming them back to the school for a variety of events and occasions. We find with each success story that the core values of the school are clear. It is the commitment, curiosity and character of a Norwich High School girl which is demonstrated time and again in our alumnae. This year we celebrate a few of our Old Girls who have inspired the next generation of alumnae.

Genevieve Raghu Former NHS Company Captain and member of Mrs Weiland’s Chamber Choir, Genevieve Raghu, completed a highly successful run of Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ for Hampstead Garden Opera in London in November.

Emma Pooley

Genevieve, who also won the prize for Choral Contribution and left us in 2006 to study English and Theatre Studies at Warwick, conceived a completely new interpretation of the opera involving the updating of the activities of the notorious philanderer, with an imaginative use of social media and an Oxford University setting.

In November 2015, a state-of-the-art £1.3m boathouse at Whitlingham, was opened by Olympian and Norwich High alumna Emma Pooley after almost a decade of hard work to get it built.

Both the school and many individual parents were involved in the huge fundraising efforts to build the Whitlingham Boathouse, which will be used by our rowing club. Ms Pooley said the community should be very proud of this new building.

Excellent reviews have already been published and her production has now been nominated for the prestigious ‘Off West End’ Awards for ‘Best Opera Production’. Congratulations, Genevieve!

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Inspiring Alumnae As part of our inaugural Inspiring Females Symposium (see page 13 to read more), we were delighted to invite several Old Girls of Norwich High School to speak to our girls. Below is a brief summary of their achievements:

Alice Walpole (1971 - 1981), British Ambassador to Mali and Niger, Alice began her career at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985, and has served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg (2011-2016), as the British Consul General in Basra, Iraq (2009-2011) and at the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York, the UK Representation to the European Union in Brussels, the UK delegation to NATO, and in the British Embassy in Dar es Salaam. Postings in London have included Head of the Foreign Office Peacekeeping Unit and Deputy Head of the (crossGovernment) Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit. In addition, Alice has six children and enjoys theatre, sewing and gardening.

After school Alice Hyde (1999 - 2009) taught English for 12 months in a remote village in Northern Thailand, before studying Law and French at Leeds University. She is now Private Secretary to the Director General for Defence and Intelligence. Before starting her current role, Alice entered the Diplomatic Service in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the Afghanistan Team.

Following Norwich High School and university in London, Rosie Sexton (1981 - 1987), having grown-up in Africa, always wanted to go back and spent several years distributing food during a severe drought in rural Zimbabwe. From that she moved into development, training people to start and run their own businesses in a country where unemployment was over 50%.

She met her Australian husband there and they have two children.

She set up a charity, and after working for a period in Uganda, became a ski instructor in the USA (a life-long dream). Rosie moved back to Norfolk, where she set up English+, a charity which provides English-teaching and support to refugees, asylum seekers and those isolated due to a lack of English.

Lindsey Rix (left 1998) joined Aviva in September 2014 as Chief Operating Officer of the UK & Ireland General Insurance business. She was appointed Managing Director, Personal Lines, UK General Insurance, on 1st January 2016, taking responsibility for the direct and partner business within the UK. Prior to this she was a Managing Director at Santander, most recently responsible for the development of their Private Banking and Wealth Management business, and previously in various MD roles within their Corporate and Commercial business, all reporting to the head of UK banking. She has also held various positions at Barclays in their Corporate and Commercial businesses.

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Businesswoman, Libby Peryer (1985 - 1990) opened Libby Ferris Flowers after travelling the USA and UK for five years following her graduation. Libby grew her business for ten years before selling the venture last year. Today she manages Garden Kitchen, alongside the Director, providing business analytics and supervising the day-to-day running of the corporate catering business and the cafĂŠ.

Alumna Dr Elaine McCash (1974 - 1980), scientist, entrepreneur, author, businesswoman and former academic, trained as a physical chemist/chemical physicist, and has vast experience and expertise in research, technology and management.

She has devised and steered projects in technique development including biomedical sensors and surface processes. An expert in spectroscopy and surface science, Elaine has managed research programmes at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge and the University of York. She is the author of two best-selling textbooks, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Member of the Institute of Physics.

Trips

Trips Ghana Trip 17th to 27th October 2015

Day 1 and 2 We are sitting in our room in Elmina under the whirring fan to try and stay cool from the heat after a long but lovely drive in the van taking in the sights, sounds and smells of Ghana. On the drive we got to see the ‘real’ Africa; chickens, goats and street sellers galore. We are now enjoying relaxing after our long trip!

The town of Elmina, on the coast of Ghana, was the destination for a group of Fifth and Sixth Form girls over October half term, accompanied by Mr Hall and Dr Mason. Linking with our partner school, Elmina Catholic High School, we spent 10 days living in the community and attending lessons and workshops within the school. The visit was a great success.

The flight was good and we made it through the airport quickly, but we were all shocked by the humidity and the heat that stayed at around 27°C all night.

A major focus was the refurbishment of their library, adding ceiling fans and electricity to the room, as well as mosquito nets and a lick of paint. We also had a very moving visit to the slave fort of Elmina and other visits to a cocoa farm and Kakum Rainforest National Park.

During the journey here with golden beaches and natural palm trees, not to mention the tranquil turquoise sea, we felt we were in paradise. The morale within the group is running high and we are really looking forward to meeting our buddies tomorrow and getting started on our projects.

This really was a life changing experience for the girls and some strong friendships have been forged with the partner school. We also returned with over 150 pen pal letters which the L5, U4 and L4 have been enjoying and replying to.

Day 3 Today, after a delicious breakfast of pancakes, we went to the school and met all the girls, we all found this brilliant and the girls were so excited to meet us! We had a tour of the school which was very interesting as it was very different to ours, for example they were allowed to go into the staffroom!

During the trip the girls and staff from Norwich High wrote a blog, which was the main way of keeping in communication with friends and families at home.

In the next columns are some extracts from the blog written by Daisy Pinching, Mary Pinching, Holly Scrivner, Arielle Plummer, Emily Annegarn, Katrina Wilson, Sarah Crooks, Dr Mason and Mr Hall.

We went into the classrooms and introduced ourselves and then got to speak to the girls; everyone

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Trips was extremely welcoming and many were amazed by our hair. They then performed a welcoming ceremony with speeches from the teachers, prayers and brilliant dances. We all performed a “Thank You” Ghanaian song we learnt on the coach journey from the airport which they seemed impressed with.

the surrounding landscape and everyone took plenty of pictures! On the journey back to the gift shop, we stopped to try some fresh coconut. Some people also bought a cocoa bean, which we were surprised tasted so good despite slightly resembling a brain.

We continued to the gift shops which were filled with a huge range of items, from masks to dresses and even sling shots. Soon afterwards it started to rain, so we all gathered back on the bus and headed back to the guesthouse. On the way we stopped off at a cocoa farm, and we all learned a lot. We were told about the cocoa beans as well as this particular man’s farm, which he had inherited from his father.

Overall, many of us experienced things that we never had before today. We all enjoyed it and can’t wait for tomorrow.

We set off with some of the girls to collect water; we attempted to carry the packs of water on top of our heads like the girls, but we obviously didn’t have the same level of balance as they did. Daisy took this balance issue to another level by getting her foot stuck in a drain and taking a tumble. Luckily her camera which took the brunt of her fall was okay, as was she although a little bit bruised and scratched.

We’ve all been a lot more careful of the drains since.

Day 4 Today we started our project work. We began by clearing the library with our Ghanaian buddies and then spent the rest of the morning preparing the walls and woodwork, sorting out books and putting on the first coat of paint.

Day 6 The girls are doing us proud; they have slotted into the Elmina way of doing things and everyone is coping well with the heat and making sure they are drinking plenty. Taking care of yourself is a job in itself; making sure the bathroom buckets are kept full in case the water is off later, and keeping up with our own hygiene. Most of us have done a bit of washing by now too, so lines for drying have been rigged up in rooms.

We then returned to the guesthouse for a lunch of tomato cheese salad, bread and rice, and then pawpaw and green lime oranges for a delicious dessert. We returned to the school to find that our buddies had completed the second coat of paint; we joined them to clean the floor of all the paint splatters.

The blackboard was then painted to neaten it up. You can already see a big difference!

Everyone is in high spirits; we even broke into a spontaneous dance on our way home today, much to the delight of the local women selling their bits and bobs at the side of the road. Emily found her rhythm this morning with the dance workshop and Mary led the Elmina girls into a ceilidh which had everyone laughing and whooping with delight. A cold drink stop at a local bar on the way back home was a just reward for all the hard work this morning, painting the library shutters and outside walls.

Day 5 The journey to Kakum was long and bumpy but luckily there was air conditioning in the bus. At Kakum we began by reading a few information boards before we took the small trek up to the rainforest. When we reached the top we were hot. However everyone was really excited about going on the canopy walk.

From the rope bridges we had an amazing view of

The library now has ceiling fans, lighting and sockets ready for laptops (one day) and clean, painted walls, which we are all quite proud of.

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STEM trip to Germany On Saturday 24th October 2015, four of us began our trip to Germany, where we would be staying for two weeks in a small environmentally friendly village named Wildpoldsried with 30 other girls from nine GDST schools across the country.

We had a tour around the village and were able to see how they produced 6 times more energy than they use solely from renewable energy and we also had a look at the district heating system. Our first activity was to build and wire a solar work case (a portable solar powered battery) in small groups of four from scratch, which was really fun and also taught us a lot about how energy from the sun can be used as electrical energy. It also gave us some time to get to know the people in our groups. We had various visits to sites where renewable energies were produced including a hydroelectric plant, wind turbines and a biogas plant. We also had the chance to look at developing technologies such as electric cars and battery storage systems for houses that generate electricity using Solar PV Panels. We even saw and went into a house that rotated so that the panels always faced the sun at any time of day. Throughout the two weeks we had lessons on renewable energies and technologies and worked towards a qualification in “The Rational Use of Renewable Technologies”.

New York 2016 Lower 5, Upper 5 and Lower 6 embarked on their adventure to New York and Washington over the Easter break.

The girls had a packed schedule, visiting the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Wall Street and of course Broadway. The girls also took part in a brilliant musical theatre workshop.

On Easter Sunday the group travelled to Washington DC where they took a tour of the capital’s famous landmarks and learnt about Washington’s rich history.

Along with the work and learning, we did do a few cultural things. We had the chance to visit Neuchwanstein Castle - which was the inspiration for the Disney castle, the Deutsche Museum and some of the city of Munich.

We all had a great time and met some brilliant people and would definitely recommend the trip to anyone who had a similar opportunity to go in the future.

Humaira Hossain and Elspeth Storey

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Prize giving

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Prize giving FORM UPPER III

FORM UPPER IV

FORM UPPER V

The Ebbinghaus Poetry Prize: Polly Ward

PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN UPPER IV: Niamh Adcock, Ishika Dhatariya, Emily Green, Alice Quarterman, Eloise Roghi, Kate Shearer, Rosie Thornton, Lara Wells, Heather Wilcox, Isobel Windle

The Alun Creed Prize for Product Design and Technology: Megan Cooke

The Jill Tusting Memorial Prize for Religious Education: Darcy Amiss PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN UPPER III: Lucy Bell, Charlotte Carr, Phoebe Chapman, Gazaal Malik, Catherine Moir, Aditi Prabhu, Christina Tillyard, Renata Verschoor PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN UPPER III: Tallulah Brookes-Davies, Rosie Gomez, Alis Roghi, Mia Sharrock, Beeda Tarkpessi, Tabitha Yull

CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN UPPER III: Darcy Amiss, Lucy Buxton, Morgan Coates, Gazaal Malik, Agatha Kennedy, Polly Ward

FORM LOWER IV PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN LOWER IV: Madeleine Hazelden, Netra Jeyapragash, Madhulika Joglekar, Maisie Mitchell, Aditi Naik, Elizabeth Pearson, Anna Wasse PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN LOWER IV: Parnian Abivardi, Martha Bealey, Millicent Benstead, Emma Cossey, Amelia Daniels, Amber Lord, Laura Sillitoe, Esha Singh

CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN LOWER IV: Netra Jeyapragash, Aditi Naik, Jenny Nicol, Emily Pinching, Zoë Robertson, Laura Sillitoe HEAD’S SCHOLARSHIPS: Oke Ighomereho, Flora Norton

PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN UPPER IV: Charlotte Austrin, Katherine Barnes, Olivia Bevan, Angel Dunderdale, Lucy Gaffer, Emiri Inoue, Nikki Kerdegari, Kyrmina Nassif, Laya Suraparaju CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN UPPER IV: Elin Davies, Lottie Gibson, Isobel Holroyd, Freya Irving, Arabella Sabberton, Lara Wells, Ella Wharton

The Annandale Reading Prize: Chloe Lansley The Boxer Prize for Music: Connie Yan The Dr Rutledge Memorial Prize for Science: Lota Ugochukwu The Emma Easton Memorial Trophy for Information Technology: Morgan McArthur The McKeith Cup for Contribution to the Arts: Rebekah Possener The Old Girls’ Prize for Mathematics: Sophie Windsor

FORM LOWER V The Anne Hogg Modern Foreign Language Prize: Eleanor Egan-Gilbert The Coward Prize for Music: Rachel Yan The Hinde Memorial Essay Prize for History: Mary Pinching

PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN LOWER V: Aarushi Ail, Chelsea Crawford, Anna Elliott, Frances Evans, Philippa Howes, Grace Jackson, Georgina Mullan, Amber Peacock, Mary Pinching, Rebecca Sibley PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN LOWER V: Lucy Bannister Curran, Ruhi Chitre, Aoife Lowe-Davies, Abigail Shorrock, Imogen Turner, Amelia Williamson, Cordelia Woolliams CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN LOWER V: Ruhi Chitre, Frances Evans, Philippa Howes, Sophie Jenkinson, Charlotte Korn, Aoife Lowe-Davies, Ismay Whitaker HEAD’S SCHOLARSHIPS: Isobel Keane, Ella Sharrock, Emma Steggall 115

The Waltraud Jarrold Prize for Vocal Excellence: Lucy Thalange PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN UPPER V: Lucy Baxter, Kate Constable, Clara Foster, Lucijo Galer, Olivia Hollinger, Isabel Holmes, Humaira Hossain, Chloe Lansley, Deepa Nelson, Rachel Nirmal, Evie O’Neill, Connie Trojan, Harriet Williams PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN UPPER V: Samantha Bates, Harriet Bracey, Shachi Jain, Holli Langshaw, Natasha Leveson-Gower, Olivia Lloyd-Sherlock, Olivia Nicholas, Mollae Scott, Elizabeth Small, Catherine Williams CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN UPPER V: Clara Foster, Elizabeth Green, Jasmine Mansfield, Morgan McArthur, Rachel Nirmal, Rebekah Possener, Lucy Thalange, Lota Ugochukwu, Emily Webb

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FORM LOWER VI

FORM UPPER VI

The Emma Moroni Prize for Modern Languages: Amy Canfor-Wood

The Alan Brodie Prize for History: Madeline Taylor

The Jenny Butcher Memorial Prize for Classical Civilisation: Genna Scott

The Miss Rawlins Prize for English: Jane Prinsley

PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN LOWER VI: Shoomena Anil, Amy Canfor-Wood, Lucy Elliott, Jiang-Yin Liu, Lillian Liu, Sarah Norman, Katharine Room, Amy Pape, Jane Prinsley, Elspeth Storey, Isobel Taylor, Kimberley Thorp, Dengyi Zhou

The Apollo Cup for Music: Jasmin Daniels

The Joanna Beveridge Memorial Prize for Music: Surina Fordington

The Australasian Trophy for Enterprise: Emma Nicholls

The John Jarrold Prize for Mathematics and Science: Emma Nicholls

PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN LOWER VI: Isabelle Jani-Friend, Charlotte Room, Holly Scrivner, Rebecca Watson, Olivia Wells, Katrina Wilson

The Clouting Award for Outstanding Service to Choral Work in the School: Phoebe Robinson

CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOL LIFE IN LOWER VI: Emma Buxton, Felicity Conway, Charlotte Duffy, Lucy Elliott, Niamh Lowe-Davies, Sarah Norman, Daisy Pinching, Fatema Rasul, Sarah Williams

The Audrey Sunderland Prize for English: Phoebe Robinson The Bridgewater Prize for Initiative: Fatima Zaidi

The Dr Rutledge Memorial Prize for Mathematics: Surina Fordington The Eleanor Harrison Prize for Strings: Olivia Korn The Emma Alexander Prize for Service to the School: Alice Bamber The Friends of Norwich High School Prize for Drama and Theatre Studies: Madeline Taylor The Garland Prize for Art, History or History of Art: Rebecca Woodrow The Howell-Johnson Prize for Mathematics: Lily Alger The Irene Hasler Memorial Prize for Economics: Hannah Theobald The Irene Hasler Memorial Prize for Geography: Olivia Korn

The Michelle Ketteringham Prize for Spoken German: Julia Constable The Miss Bartholomew Plate for Exceptional Service to the School: Alice Gregorie The Nancy Plumstead Memorial Award: Elspeth Jamieson The Nursey Award for Games Captain: Elspeth Jamieson The Pamela Homer Prize for Creative Writing: Phoebe Robinson The Pooley Prize for Spanish: Eve Cameron The Somerfield Prize for Assistant Head Girls: Julia Constable, Surina Fordington, Charlotte Taber The Schwarz Prize for Science and Technology: Jasmin Daniels PRIZES FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR IN UPPER VI: Chloe Adcock, Kate Buxton, Emily Bremer, Hio Ian Chu, Elspeth Jamieson, Oriana Lee, Kate Mann, Bethany Whitehead

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SIXTH FORM SUBJECT PRIZES: Prize for Biology: Ella Morris Prize for Business Studies: Scarlett McAnsh Prize for Chemistry: Emma Nicholls Prize for French: Sophie Lau

NORFOLK COUNTY SCHOLARS: Chloe Adcock, Grace Adeyemi, Lily Alger, Alice Bamber, Katherine Bates, Emily Bremer, Kate Buxton, Eve Cameron, Hio Ian Chu, Julia Constable, Jasmin Daniels, Surina Fordington, Alice Gregorie, Magathe Guruswamy, Henrietta Hook, Phoebe Illingworth, Elspeth Jamieson, Anjeline Joegi,

Apoorva Kanojia, Olivia Korn, Sophie Lau, Oriana Lee, Kate Mann, Scarlett McAnsh, Ella Morris, Alice Musson, Molly Nash, Emma Nicholls, Phoebe Robinson, Genna Scott, Charlotte Taber, Madeline Taylor, Bethany Whitehead, Eleanor Wood, Rebecca Woodrow, Fatima Zaidi

Prize for German: Fatima Zaidi Prize for Latin: Sophie Lau Prize for Physics: Alice Gregorie and Kate Buxton Prize for Politics: Abigail Cowe Prize for Psychology: Grace Adeyemi Prize for Textiles: Grace Adeyemi

CUPS AND TROPHIES AWARDED FOR TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT Fencing – The Kellett Cup for Senior Fencing: Laura Sillitoe Netball – Miss Booth’s Cup for Team Effort: Under 16 Netball Team, collected by Rachel Nirmal Physical Education – The Walmsley Award for Contribution to Sport in Upper IV: Isobel Windle The Weatherhogg Shield for Contribution to PE in Lower V: Frances Evans The Willamott Cup for Contribution to PE in Upper VI: Elspeth Jamieson Rowing – The Lathe Cup for Rowing: Emily Bremer

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Swimming – The Anne Wright Memorial Prize and Cup for Life Saving and Swimming: Isabel Holmes The Asher Cup for Senior Swimming: Yael Ronen The Swimming Progress Cup: Rosy Smith-Clare The Wintle Cup for Junior Swimming: Morgan Coates Inter-Company Trophy: Saxons, collected by Phoebe Robinson Music – The Clare Mundy Memorial Plate: Awarded to Jazz Ensemble, collected by Kate Shearer

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Associated Board of the Royal School of Music Awards Alto Saxophone

Oboe

Bassoon

Piano Prep Test

Kate Shearer – Grade 7 Alexandra Wetherall – Grade 7

Tamara Kpodo – Grade 3 Saanvi Shenoy – Grade 1

Clarinet

Connie Yan – Grade 8 Elin Davies – Grade 8 Philippa Garrod – Grade 5 Maddie Hazelden – Grade 4 Laura Sillitoe – Grade 4 Lydia Sington – Grade 2

Flute

Rebecca Watson – Grade 8 Sophie Jenkinson – Grade 7 Lydia Martin – Grade 5 Deepa Nelson – Grade 5 Martha Bealey – Grade 4 Charlotte Knight – Grade 4 Fiona Hill – Grade 3 Freya Cushing – Grade 3 Tamara Kpodo – Grade 2 Eleanor Widdows – Grade 2 Ava Borthwick – Grade 1

Harp

Anoushka Few – Grades 4 and 5

Horn in F

Olivia Bevan – Grade 2 Helena Nieto – Grade 1

Anna Rechel Maddie Everington Raphaelle Horne-Morris Poppy Kozmian-Ledward Amelia Roberts Madeleine Rose

Piano

Ishika Dhatariya – Grade 5 Lucy Bell – Grade 5 Sephie Andrews – Grade 4 Nora Rechel – Grade 4 Kyrmina Nassif – Grade 4 Emily Tarbuck – Grade 4 Ridhi Dumpala – Grade 4 Tamara Kpodo – Grade 4 Lisa Moore – Grade 4 Clarice Nassif – Grade 3 Ria Ranjitkar – Grade 3 Lucy Buxton – Grade 3 Gazaal Malik – Grade 2 Amelia Wilson – Grade 1 Sai Shruti Alanoor – Grade 1 Ana Belen Cacho – Grade 1 Chaman Uppal – Grade 1 Melissa Hawkings – Grade 1 Sasha Mukhtyar – Grade 1 Verity Wilson – Grade 1

Selina Husain – Grade 2

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Emelia Campbell – Grade 8 Daisy Pinching – Grade 8 Rebecca Watson – Grade 8 Clara Foster – Grade 8 Alice Young – Grade 6 Zoe Robertson – Grade 5 Emily Pinching – Grade 5 Catherine McCardel – Grades 4 and 5 Jemima Napier – Grade 4 Amy Elsom – Grade 4 Isobel Holroyd – Grade 4 Daisy Smith – Grade 4 Emily Tarbuck – Grade 3 Kudzai Kpodo – Grade 3 Amber Lord – Grade 3 Cassie Metcalf – Grade 1 Gazaal Malik – Grade 1 Ellie O’Kane – Grade 1

Trumpet

Freya Irving – Grade 5 Alice Shaw – Grade 4 Beeda Tarkpessi – Grade 3 Amelie Atkinson – Grade 2

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Jiang-Yin Isabel Liu – Grade 8 Aditi Naik – Grade 8 Arabella Sabberton – Grade 6 Ruhi Chitre – Grade 4 Jennifer Wilson – Grade 4 Katherine Dale – Grade 4 Nora Rechel – Grade 3 Laya Suraparaju – Grade 3 Esha Singh – Grade 3 Berfin Hasgul – Grade 2 Shaana Amarawickrama – Grade 2 Esha Singh – Grade 2 Laya Suraparaju – Grade 2 Charlotte Thistlewood – Grade 2 Adhvika Rajesh – Grade 1 Arshia Bhatia – Grade 1 Inez Duman – Grade 1 Lisa Moore – Grade 1

Careers An overview A huge thank you has to go out to the many parents and friends of the school who gave up their time to contribute to the Careers Programme, whether that was through talks or the offering of work experience placements or guided tours of work places.

Careers talks were given on a range of occupations from structural engineering to design, from investment banking to corporate law and from the Armed Forces to Medicine.

Both the GDST Alumnae Network and GDST Insight Days have benefited our girls greatly throughout the year. These insight days with companies such as such as Rolls Royce, Aberdeen Asset Management, The Royal Opera House and PwC can lead to highly sought after internships.

Work Experience and Take Your Daughter to Work Day (TYDTWD) Gaining work experience is very important and it was great to see the variety of placements secured this year, from teaching to dentistry and from structural engineering to Television Programme Production.

A particular nod must go to Abigail Davies UV who not only secured a work experience with Larking Gowen but has also shown the initiative to set up and run her own company ‘Maple and Muffins’ over the summer!

Pupil reflections on TYDTWD 2016 The UIV enjoyed the opportunity to have a day at work on Take Your Daughter to Work Day (TYDTWD).

Coming after the events, seminars and workshops provided by the Inspiring Females week TYDTWD provided the opportunity for students to reflect and act upon what they had heard and learnt.

On negotiation At 10.30, I was able to sit in a meeting between my dad and a supplier. I found this really interesting to see how people negotiate and how different compromises have to be made by each side. The meeting lasted an hour and a half to give time to debate and come to a conclusion.

Amy Elsom UIVP On teamwork Every role is important in a business, whether being the manager or having a low paid job, everybody had a responsibility.

Some jobs were the people at the till, the girl at the back of the take away picking up orders, the chefs, the delivery men, the people who packed all the takeaways, everyone’s role was crucial.

Celine He U4E On surprise I was particularly struck by the variety of different tasks carried out by both librarians and archaeologists. For example, a common misconception is that archaeologists spend most of their time digging in the field. However, the majority of my mother’s work actually consists of writing.

Additionally I was impressed by the amount of physical effort required when working in a library (the dense academic tomes were particularly heavy!) and that even an extremely specialised library can hold hundreds of thousands of books and periodicals.

Anna Wasse U4BK

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On coping with challenge During the day I saw two patients who both had Brain Tumours, one who was in recovery from an operation and another who was deciding how long she wanted her course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to be. During this appointment the hard decisions patients have to make were apparent, as both the 6 week course and the 2 week course have pros and cons, as the 6 week course is more aggressive and therefore more effective. However, to a fragile patient it can have significant side effects on them during the treatment. It was also a shock to see that many of the patients even though they sadly had a terminal illness they still stayed positive and optimistic.

Amber Lord U4P On new experiences Prior to this, I had never met anyone with learning or physical disabilities and initially I was slightly hesitant but I soon felt very comfortable and welcome. It was a really positive environment and everyone was incredibly friendly and had a constant sense of humour. I also saw that everyone was encouraging and supportive which really appealed to me. It made me reconsider my future career in that I definitely want to work in a place with a similar atmosphere. Esha Singh U4B On making opportunity for yourself I had a really amazing and very interesting day and thoroughly enjoyed working as a florist. Sarah sent my mum an email later that night saying how impressed she had been with my work and if I ever needed a holiday job or Saturday job they would be delighted to have me. I am so proud and will definitely go back to help them again. I think I may follow a career in floristry too!

Laura Sillitoe U4B

The NHSA

NHSA overview 2015/16 Cake Stalls The NHSA has held cake stalls on the big pitch after school, which proved very popular with girls and parents.

The NHSA (Norwich High School Association) is a voluntary organisation supported by parents, grandparents and friends of children attending the school. Our aim is to raise funds for the girls to provide equipment and support not covered by the school fees.

We host a number of events throughout the year both for social get togethers and to raise money for the girls.

Second Hand Uniform Shop The Second Hand Uniform Shop continues to be very popular. Thursday afternoons are always busy and we have lots of stock available, including summer dresses. The shop is a great way to recycle uniform and to save money, so do bring in anything your daughter has grown out of which is still wearable.

Here are some of our highlights from 2015/16.

Burns’ Night Ceilidh We held our second annual Burns’ Night Ceilidh in January.

The Eaton Grove entrance, dining room and hall were transformed into a Highland castle for the evening.

There was a roaring fire, lots of tartan, candles, bagpipes, kilts, haggis, whisky, live music and much dancing. It was a hugely successful evening and great fun for all those who came – and as a bonus we raised £950 for the School.

This year for the first time we have sent a large amount of obsolete uniform (green blazers, old sports kit, etc...) to a school in Nicaragua, with the help of the Peace and Hope Charity. We continue to collect old uniform and kit, and will send another load later this year. So do have a root around for any old uniform at home, and bring it in to the shop.

NHSA Summer Fete The inaugural NHSA Summer Fete proved a huge success in June, raising a staggering £2,000, with more funds to come in. A traditional event packed with fun and games, the fete was supported by the whole school.

Girls, parents and staff enjoyed a wide variety of stalls; bobbing ducks, crashing crockery and cupcake decorating gave a host of opportunities to win prizes. Thank you to the NHSA and everyone who came together to make the afternoon such fun.

Quiz Night March saw the return of the Quiz Night, which was as enjoyable and hotly contested as ever. The quiz was set this year by Mr Edwards and the Head Girl team, and the winning team was a table of parents, pipping two staff tables to the post. The kitchen provided an excellent supper, and the introduction of a cash bar meant we raised over £1,500 for the School.

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School Magazine 2015/16 Norwich High School Magazine ISSN 0266-2930. New Series No 28.

Published by Norwich High School for Girls GDST, 95 Newmarket Road, Norwich.

All articles and illustrations – copyright November 2016.

Thank you to all girls, staff and parents who have contributed to our magazine this year.

Views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the school or the GDST, a Registered Charity No. 306983.

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by Ella Harvey