Fhs newsletter oct 2009 by Francis Holland School Regent's Park

Francis Holland School

Newsletter October 2009 FHS Summer Camp 2009

From the Headmistress Dear Parents, The hard work of both students and teachers was reflected in our public examination results this summer. At A level, 60.5% gained A grades; 85.7 % were awarded grades A and B. These results are a tremendous achievement and we are delighted that the Upper Sixth have secured some of the most competitive university places both in Britain and the USA. Congratulations also to the current Lower Sixth, who achieved commendably good GCSE results: 88.8% were awarded A*, A or B. In the first assembly of this term, certificates of outstanding achievement were presented to those who have achieved exclusively A or A* GCSE grades in ten or more GCSEs. In June, girls in the Lower Fifth were entered early for GCSE science modules in Biology, Chemistry and Physics; some girls scored 100% in these examinations.

Hannah Davidson, Lauren Kay-Lambert, Isobel Apter, Lois Brown, Ranya Mulchandani and friends enjoy a break during FHS Summer Camp 2009 (see pages 6 & 7).

Many congratulations also to several Sixth Formers who achieved Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards during the summer holidays, by successfully completing their final assessment expedition in Snowdonia.

to provide young Westminster children in foster care with an activity holiday they will probably always remember. Mr. Smith led FHS Summer Camp 2009, with the help of Mrs Drummond, Miss Webb and Dr Welch. The necessary sponsorship was raised in a variety of ways, including a generous donation from the FHS Parents’ Association. Sincere thanks to everyone involved in this important charitable project. Upper Fifth and Sixth Formers who would like to volunteer for the committee of Summer Camp 2010 should contact Mr. Chiverton for further details.

For the third successive year, a team of FHS senior pupils and four members of staff gave up a week of their summer holidays

In addition to the many musical events in school this term, for the first time this year, the Thirds (Year 7) will sing in a charity concert

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in aid of Barnardo's at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday 16th November. Tickets are selling fast and can only be purchased via the box office on 020 7589 8212. I look forward to seeing you at the many school events this term. Enclosed with this newsletter is information about the FHS Christmas Fair on Saturday November 21st from 2-4pm, which is set to be bigger and better than ever! Grateful thanks to all those parents who have offered to help the Committee of the Parents’ Association in this festive event.

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Staff News It was not only FHS pupils who excelled in public examinations this summer; their teachers have been leading by example. Several months ago, Miss Dickens, Head of Italian and Deputy Head of Sixth Form, set herself the challenge of learning Spanish from scratch and she sat the A level examination in Spanish in June. Never knowingly having under-achieved (Miss Dickens has a joint honours degree from Cambridge), she not only gained an A grade in Spanish A level this summer, but also achieved a “perfect” score of 600/600 marks. Many congratulations to Miss Dickens!! As this newsletter goes to press, several members of FHS staff are completing their preparations for the “Rat Race”: a one day triathlon race, which takes place throughout London on Sunday 27th September. The P.E. Department will be represented by Miss Gallagher, Miss Mahieu and Miss Tucker, who are participating in order to raise money for the school FHS is helping to sponsor: St Amedeus School in Tanzania. Giftaid contributions for the FHS team can be made via: www.justgiving.com/ratracetanzania

St Amedeus School Project Most of you may be aware that I am heading out for the summer term next year to work at St Amedeus School, in Moshi, Tanzania, which is currently being built and scheduled to open in January. Miss Dickens set up an initial link with the school which she and Miss Hack visited last December along with a group of girls in the Sixth Form. Various fundraisers for the school have been really successful, including a sky dive which raised over £9000 last year. The first for this year, however, is the participation of Miss Tucker, Miss Mahieu and myself, as well as some of our sixth formers in a team event known as the “Rat Race”, which will take place on Sunday 27th September. The day will involve the completion of a variety of exciting and challenging tasks along a set course taking in many sights and areas of London.

School Prizes 2008 – 2009

Art Cup

Julia Campion Prize (For academic excellence in the UIV)

Kate Emlyn Jones Zoe Silkstone

Danton Prize (For contribution to debating) Junior Debating Cup

Alice Pullen

Edgar Prize (An outstanding Historian) Ann Holt Prize (For excellence in English)

Melica Khansari

Junior Geography Prize

Jordana Belaiche

Gaudete Gaudeamus (Classics Prize)

Leona Mehra

Sophie Hastings Prize (Junior Violinist)

Srutti Suresan

Harvard Book Prize (For academic excellence & contribution to school)

Jessica Fletcher

Helen Last Cup (For contribution to school & the wider community)

Sophie Jacoel

Rebecca Kent

Alice Pullen

ICT Cup

Catriona Biggs

Brigstocke Prize: Junior (For Latin reading) Senior Mathematics Cup

Meera Santiapillai

Modern Languages Cup

Katherine Arnot

Jo Cohn Music Prize (For academic progress & contribution in LV)

Thea Waxman

Elaine Kelly Cup for Reading - Junior

Sophie Davison

Senior

Natalia Riley Ranya Mulchandani

Helena Moore

Religious Studies Cup

Natasha Holmes

Safarian Cup (For excellence in Italian)

Nicola Michaelides

Susan Pierce Prize (For the application of Science)

Catriona Biggs

Lucy Collins

The Seifert Cup (For outstanding effort & attainment in LV)

Erica Seal

Here’s what you can do to support us and give to St Amedeus School. Simply log onto www.justgiving.com/ratracetanzania to make a donation. There will be further fundraising opportunities over the next two terms to which you can contribute and the above link on justgiving will also remain during this time.

Charlotte Green Cup (For all round progress in UV)

Many thanks for your support!

Library Prize for helpfulness Millennium Research Prize Lower School

Christina Minasova

Thea Waxman {English}

Miss Gallagher P.E. Department

Winners of the Interform Debating Competition

Rafaela Elliston & Alice Pullen

Outstanding Achievement in LVI

Hanmo Zhang

Rosie Lom

Persona Grata Cup

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Stephanie Gunther {Latin}

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Third Year Activity Day 2009 On Friday 11th September, all of the new Third Year girls, accompanied by Mr. Chiverton, Miss Webb, Miss Gallagher, Miss Sainty, Miss Baig and Miss Murugan, enjoyed a day of fun team building activities at Sayers Croft Field Centre in Surrey.

and trying them out on the murky waters of the Sayers Croft pond. Despite a number of close calls, none of the girls’ wobbly rafts deposited them in the water, although many returned to shore rather damp.

Having first been divided into six groups, the girls took it in turns to rotate around the exciting activities on offer; whilst some began by hurtling along the giant zip wire, others were involved in practical team puzzles, or took their chances up on the high ropes course.

Our visit to Sayers Croft also allowed us to see the new Iron Age Round House which, thanks to the Parents’ Association’s very generous donation of £2000 towards thatching costs, is now close to completion. Our thanks go to David Quoroll, the manager of Sayers Croft, and all of his team, for such an excellent day.

Around midday a hearty outdoor picnic was enjoyed by all and, after lunch, great fun was had building rafts

Mr. Chiverton Head of Third Year

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Lower Sixth Theatre Studies trip to “Stockwell” Girls studying Theatre Studies in the Lower Sixth saw an exciting production on Wednesday 16th September. Sophie Lifschutz, an old girl of the school, is currently making a name for herself as a director, having studied Drama and German at Bristol University. She devised a piece based on transcripts of the enquiry into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, and, having received glowing reviews for its performances at the Landor (a fringe pub-theatre), her play, “Stockwell”, has now transferred to the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn. Miss Williamson, Mrs Oakley and Mrs Bachle-Morris accompanied the girls. Sophie Lifschutz will be coming into school to run a workshop on some of the drama techniques she used in devising the play. Miss Williamson Head of English and Drama Department F r a n c i s

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Theatre Studies News The six girls studying Theatre Studies in the Lower Sixth have a busy programme this term. Wed 23rd September: All day Workshops in Stratford on Avon, inspired by Russia, learning the techniques of Konstantin Stanislavsky. NB early start: meet at Marylebone at 7:10am. Thursday 9th November: Playwright Diane Samuels will visit the school to talk to the group about her play Kindertransport, one of two set plays for AS level. 3

ACHIEVEMENT BOARD

Effort, Achievement & Contribution to School Summer Term 2009

COMPETITION WINNER

Congratulations to Zoe Silkstone who won a regional competition run by the National Health Service. Zoe designed an advertising campaign aimed at showing the public the career opportunities available in the NHS. She won £50 worth of Amazon tokens and featured in the local press.

ICE SKATING

Congratulations to Anastasia Kinsky who came 6th in the British Ice Dance Championships. She achieved first place in the “original dance” section where she performed a Cha Cha. In August she entered a regional competition, in Basingstoke, and achieved first place in the dance section. Well done!

FOOTBALL

Congratulations to Miriam SandlerChadwick for being selected to play for the U16 Chelsea Ladies Football Development Squad and for the U16 Watford team squad. Well done!

SOPHIE HASTINGS MEMORIAL CUP

Congratulations to Srutti Suresan as the first recipient of the Sophie Hastings Cup for the most promising junior violinist. This cup has been donated to the school in memory of Sophie Hastings who was tragically killed.

HARVARD BOOK PRIZE

Congratulations to Jessica Fletcher who received the Harvard Book prize. This award is donated, by Harvard University, to a pupil in the Lower Sixth for academic excellence and contribution to school. Well done! Mrs Hastings, Srutti Suresan and Paul Jones

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Georgia Myerson

Lucy Streeten

Alice Lumley

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Margot Smith

Katherine Marris

Ruby Sam Russell

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Achievement Contribution

Saskia DeBorchgrave Niblett Deanna Chaytor

Danah Cred

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Sara Di Giorgio

Christina Minasova

Kirsty Pym

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Zara Saeed

Francesca La Costa

Isobel Schaw Miller

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Kate Chichikashvili

Jessica Bernberg

Yasmin Robinow

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Mo Langmuir

Tara Oberoi

Kate Clarfelt

UIVM

Sara Vaziri-Tabar

Zoe Silkstone

Alexandra Goodway

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Christiana Georghiou

Numaira Choudhary

Zoe Rudin

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Charlotte Golembo

Natasha Holmes

Rafaela Elliston

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Olivia Hains

Thea Waxman

Daisy Startup

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Anna Gillespie

Samar Ahmed

Emma Kutner

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Amelia Brooks

Melica Khansari

Tiggi Kempe

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Minette Bunker

Rosie Wright

Celeste Chipperfield

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Naomi Haymon-Gorlov

Bryony Foss

Ophelia Hirst

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Athina Bluff

Eleanor Sloane

Isabel Gruber

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Mathematics Trip to Regent’s Park

The Thirds went to Regent’s Park in the summer term for a Mathematics Trail. It all started off with a map of Regent’s Park. We answered lots of questions which really made you think and look around. The trail took us all around the whole park. There was one question which asked us to measure the length of a bridge, then to draw a plan view of a pillar from that same bridge. Then, a question asked us to go to a flower bed and see the shape of the outside; next, to the cafe when we looked at the shape of the roof. Lower Fourths working on the Mathematics Trail in Regent's Park

Onwards then to the other side of the park to the big gate where we looked out for features that spoilt the gate’s symmetry. We drew the webbed and non- webbed feet from ducks and coots near a small pond. We counted the petals on different flowers and found that they were always Fibonacci numbers, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13….. (can you see the pattern?). Finally, we discovered the petrified tree which was very, very old. Overall, it was a great day, though I think it was the hottest day ever for walking in the park! Mariam Hanna (LIVJ)

Royal Academy of Music Post Graduate Guinea Pigs!

Many thanks to all girls who auditioned for this term's main school play - and over sixty of you did! The play is cast, rehearsals have already begun and a meeting has been held for the stage crews. If your daughter is acting, please remind her to check the drama noticeboard for rehearsal details, which are published in advance every Friday. Inevitably there will be a few clashes, and your support is much appreciated in enabling girls to meet their rehearsal commitments. If your daughter is involved backstage, please plan for her to be very busy from mid-November onwards.

Emma Roberts, Blair Paskin, Beatrice Allen, Rebecca Lumley and Freddie Feely

As part of their Post Graduate Course in Vocal Studies, The Royal Academy of Music offers a unit for the teaching of young singers. Five girls from the Lower Fifth were chosen to be guinea pigs! The Academy students taught them for half a term and then they had to appear in front of an examining board at the RAM. I think that they all gained a great deal and enjoyed the venture. I gather that the Academy Post Graduate students all did very well in their final assessment! Mrs. Rolfe-Johnson Head of Music Department F r a n c i s

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Mrs. Oakley has received a few kind offers of help with the production - but more offers, especially with costumes and make-up, would be brilliant. Key dates (all in the Hall): Sun 22 Nov 9:30am–1:30pm First Run Fri 27 Nov 10am–5pm First Dress Rehearsal Wed 2 Dec 7–10pm First Night Thu 3 Dec 7–10pm Second Night Fri 4 Dec 7–10pm Final Performance 5

Parents' Association News

Francis Holland Summer Camp You’ll need to forget Martha’s Vineyard, Chamonix and Klosters. You’ll even need to forget Totnes, Harrogate and Burnham Market. Why? Because Summer Camp is about Francis Holland sixth formers giving their patience, their commitment and five days of their time and becoming really important role models. The task? To work with, play with, and support children in foster care through five days of activities at Sayers Croft Field Centre.

Welcome back to a new school year. We hope you have had a very enjoyable summer and are raring to go …!!

2009 was the third year since FHS initiated this unique project. Working closely with Westminster Social Services and Sayers Croft, Summer Camp has a host of benefits. Children in foster care gain from a huge range of outdoor pursuits; carers get some respite; FHS sixth formers are coached to lead orienteering, model making, raft building, climbing and team games; and lastly, our pupils’ horizons are extended and their confidence develops as they give their time and talents to the wider community. Thirteen sixth formers and four staff were the participants from FHS; five social workers from Westminster accompanied the young children; and once again the instructors at Sayers Croft were patient and skilful. Not content with all the formal sessions, our girls organised extra sessions of rounders, bulldog, campfire singing and piggy back riding. Friendships were made and cemented. We had such a good time that there were few complaints about the poor mobile reception. (For future reference, girls, the best place is standing on the railings by the compost heaps …). Thanks to our sixth formers: Isobel Apter, Rachel Barker, Hannah Davidson, Tanysha Garcia, Olivia Hutton, Marina Jadir, Lauren Kay Lambert, Ranya Mulchandani, Eliana Neidich Schwartz, Erica Seal, Jamila Wingett, and Candice von der Wehl. Thanks also to the staff: Miss Webb, Dr Welch and Mrs Drummond

• Used Uniform – We are looking for a couple of volunteers to help with the Used Uniform sales, which will now take place twice a year, January and June, instead of only in the summer. Please contact the office for further details.

"Now get into a big circle ..."

• Parents’ Association AGM – 3rd November, 6:30pm. Please put this important date in your diaries and join us for a fascinating talk by the Oxford University Admissions Department – it’s never too early! – followed by a sumptuous buffet supper. Watch out for invitations that will arrive with you very shortly.

Team challenge; you put your left leg in, your put your left leg out ...

Mr. Smith English and Drama Department

• The Christmas Fair – 21st November, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm. Our very grateful thanks to those parents who have kindly volunteered to help on the day – we will be in touch very soon with details. This year promises to be even better than last with some new exciting stalls: for example, Jamie Oliver and Urban Outfitters, amongst others.

Encouragement and support

The Xmas Café will be open again and we are looking for any good bakers to come forward and bake some cakes as contributions to the fayre – last year was a roaring success with many delicious offerings. Again, please contact the school office to be put in touch with a Committee member. • Farewell – it is with great sadness that we bid ‘farewell’ to Daphne Hadjipateras who has worked tirelessly during her years on the Committee – ‘Thank You’ Daphne, you will be greatly missed! Pond dipping - one of the quieter activities, but a great favourite with the youngsters Raft building ... you get wet ... and not a FHS girl in sight!

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Equestrian Club visit to West Hampstead Mounted Police Stables

Knapp House 2009 At the end of last term, the Upper Fourth spent six days down in the depths of North Devon at our favourite Activity Centre, Knapp House. The girls enjoyed getting involved in all manner of activities, from water skiing to abseiling, tunnel crawling to crabbing, and abseiling to rafting, many of which they had never done before. The girls thoroughly enjoyed water-skiing. Some made it round two circuits in style, whilst others stylishly dived head first after only a couple of metres, but fun was had by all. After twenty sessions of various activities, the girls were rewarded with a Disco on the final evening; a time when soaking clothes and mud-caked shoes are quietly forgotten and more glamorous outfits are dragged from the depths of heaped up suitcases, and the girls look like Francis Holland girls once more. The party arrived at school on Friday evening, weary and slightly unkempt, but fulfilled and happy. It had been a wonderful week. Special thanks must go to the staff who accompanied them to Devon, and who daringly took part in all the activities too; Mrs. Bachle-Morris, Mr. Clayton, Miss Laytham, Miss Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Laoire, Miss Bacon, Mr. Ward.

After school on Monday 6th July a group of six horse-mad girls, accompanied by Mrs. Durham and myself, were lucky enough to visit the West Hampstead Mounted Police Stables. We were kindly invited by P.C. Jane Disspain to spend the evening looking round the stables and meeting the police horses. Some of the horses were incredibly friendly; no doubt helped by the carrots and apples brought along by the girls! However, others were jealous of the treats being shared around and became rather bad tempered, creating a lot of noise kicking at the stable doors with their enormous hooves.

From top left: (1) Getting ready for the climbing wall (2) Obstacle course (3) Final instructions from Mr. Clayton (4) The beginning of the task (5) Success!

Mr. Clayton History and Politics Department

Equestrian Club meet the horses!

We were told about the life of the horses and their riders, which often involves long days of strenuous work. The horses undergo rigorous training to ensure that they will be unflappable in the heaviest of traffic and riot situations. Only horses with a suitable nature make the cut. Unfortunately their presence is not always appreciated, and we were shown some shocking footage of police horses caught in a football riot, where riders were pulled off of their horses. Next we were taken to the tack room where we were shown the immaculate saddles and bridles, which were extremely heavy with all the extra equipment that the horses have to carry. We were shown the armour and weaponry, and it is fair to say that the girls were just as enthralled by the chance to handle police batons as they Isabelle Com ber (LIVM) m were by meeting the akes a new fr iend horses! Miss Webb Equestrian Club

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Equestrian Club visit to West Hampstead Mounted Police Stables After school on Monday 6th July a group of six horse-mad girls, accompanied by Mrs. Durham and myself, were lucky enough to visit the West Hampstead Mounted Police Stables. We were kindly invited by P.C. Jane Disspain to spend the evening looking round the stables and meeting the police horses. Some of the horses were incredibly friendly; no doubt helped by the carrots and apples brought along by the girls! However, others were jealous of the treats being shared around and became rather bad tempered, creating a lot of noise kicking at the stable doors with their enormous hooves.

Equestrian Club meet the horses!

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Duke of Edinburgh's Award During the Summer Holidays, while most of us were lapping up the sunshine far away from London, ten brave girls battled the elements on their Gold expeditions. Katherine Arnot, Louisa Dearman, Iszy Foss, Bryony Foss, Ali Gillum, Emily Johnson, Sophie Millns, Ranya Mulchandani, Stella Papadopoulos and Erica Seal all had a fabulous (and wet) time in the Peak District and Snowdonia. All girls passed their expeditions with flying colours and should be enormously proud of their efforts. Congratulations! Bronze expeditions are going out in September and October and we wish all girls good luck, and pray for no rain. An account of the Assessment expedition by Stella Papadopoulos… Gold D of E – Snowdonia, Wales. “I completed my gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition this summer. I’m not going to lie and tell you it felt like a ‘walk in the park’, because it didn’t, it felt exhausting. We had two different expeditions; the practice, in the Peak District, and the assessment, where we went to Snowdonia in Wales. During the assessment, we were wild camping in the mountains by ourselves, which made us realise

the basics we take for granted at home, like a toilet! We also realised how much we take our mothers’ cooking for granted at home, as cooking without the most basic of utensils proved to be a challenge. We also gained some vital skills, as in how to navigate ourselves around to our designated campsites; we were given two maps and a compass. By the end of the week, we were all able to map read comfortably. Altogether in the five days, we walked a staggering 85 kilometres. The highlight of my week was when one of our team members clumsily fell in a waist-high river, but managed to safely recover, and once she had, we could not stop laughing for the rest of the week. In my opinion, gold Duke of Edinburgh is one of those things that requires physical and mental stamina. However, once completed, there was not only a sense of relief, but a great sense of satisfaction. Although it was tough, if I had the chance to do it all over again, I would. It was an amazing experience and adventure I won’t forget, and I would recommend it to anyone!” Stella Papadopoulos LVICD

Main picture: Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition 2009 Inset: Stella Papadopoulos and Katherine Arnot

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The Sports Report

Sports Day Results 1st Place 60m Sprint III – Lucy Streeten LIV – Nina Gharbi UIV – Yasmin Assan LV – Issy Stone-Wilson & Toni Aveline 1st Place 800m III – Eugenia Klemos LIV – Ella Marshall UIV – Mim Sandler-Chadwick LV – Natasha Holmes 1st Place Javelin III – Alice Lumley LIV – Julia Muccio UIV – Mim Sandler-Chadwick LV – Danielle Fine

A Sports Day so good, we did it twice! After a slightly rain interrupted last week of term, the summer term ended superbly in 2009 with the penultimate whole school Sports Day and Swimming Gala events. It was fantastic to see so many girls involved so strongly in both days and it will be with great anticipation that we all look forward to the ever approaching summer 2010! Many thanks to all staff for helping on the day, students for participating so well and parents for supporting so loyally. Autumn is here and it has already started at break-neck speed. Team trials are now completed and fixtures underway. Parents are strongly encouraged to come along to fixtures and support our many FHS sports teams; it is lovely to hear the cheering from the sidelines. Fixture lists have been sent home this term, but they can also be found on the school website.

1st Place Shot Put III – Alice Lumley LIV – Ella Marshall UIV – Kate Clarfelt LV – Pippa Critchley 1st Place Rounders III J LIV S UIV J UV B & H & W Overall Winners III J

Top: Lower Fourth Sprints Below: Dr. Chaplin presents prizes at the end of Sports Day

Lessons are running smoothly and we are starting to build up to our first whole school event of the year, the Interform Hockey Tournament. Started last year, the Interform Hockey Tournament will take place in the second to last week of the Autumn term. Come along and join in the day if you can!

South Africa Sports Tour October 2010

The big, big news for this term is the launch of the next FHS Sports Tour to South Africa in October 2010. Netball and Hockey team members from all year groups are warmly invited to join the P.E. Department on tour and experience the trip of a lifetime. A Parents' Information Evening will take place on Wednesday, 14th October in the school hall at 5:30pm.

Parents’ Information Evening Wednesday 14 October 5:30pm Reply Slips & Deposit Wednesday 4 November

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Swimming Gala Results Junior Gala 50m Freestyle Sabrina Conroy-Iglesias 50m Breaststroke Lucy Streeten 50m Butterfly Romy Denton Hall 50m Backstroke Nadia Sodi Senior Gala 50m Freestyle Emma Kutner 50m Breaststroke Nicole Morrell 50m Butterfly Olivia Boothman 50m Backstroke Kate Emlyn-Jones Open Cups Palariet Cup Olivia Willis Speed Cup Paloma Friedrich Rosamund Leach Cup Olivia Willis Ind. Medley Cup Paloma Friedrich Junior Gala Winners III S Senior Gala Winners LV H Overall Gala Winner

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HELP FUND

Reuse-Recycle!

As I write Lower Sixth girls are composing their applications for the Help Fund Committee and Kaammini Chanrai, Violet Farkas and Hanmo Zhang have volunteered to remain on the Committee for another few months. This means they will be able to pass on the benefit of their knowledge and experience to the new members and we hope this will make Help Fund even better at raising money for worthy causes.

Francis Holland’s carbon footprint committee (CFC) is increasingly aware of the school’s carbon footprint and aims to spread that awareness throughout all the members of the school community by recycling paper and books as much as possible. On the last day of the Summer Term Diego and I loaded 31 boxes of secondhand text books and equipment into my car (see picture) for delivery to School Aid – a charity that sends books and equipment to Africa for use in schools less fortunate than our own. This is the third year running we have done this and School Aid are very grateful for our support of their excellent work.

The Sponsored Walk this year is on 6th October and will be raising money for The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Summer Camp, in which FHS girls take disadvantaged children from Westminster away for an activity holiday in the summer. This means our Sponsored Walk focus this year is again on children.

Mrs. Foy English and Drama Department

Sixth Form Lecture Programme Autumn Term 2009

This term always sees a lot of Help Fund activity, from money raising cake sales to making up Harvest Boxes for the Homeless and Christmas Boxes for children in Eastern Europe. Individual forms and societies will also be raising money - the Amnesty Group already have their first cake sale planned.

7th Sep Jake Meyer ........................................................ Mountaineer, Adventurer 14th Sep Sean & Jules ................................................... Sliding into binge drinking 21st Sep Mr. Brooks & Amelia Brooks ............................................ Uganda/Kenya 28th Sep Prof. Sian Harding: Cardiac Pharmacology Dept, Imperial College, London Stem Cell Therapy Research 5th Oct Emma Cole ......................................... Positive Voice for HIV Awareness 12th Oct Metropolitan Police ........................................... Drug Sniffer Dogs Team 2nd Nov LVI Sexual Health (STDs) UVI ‘Arrive Alive’ Driving Standards Agency 9th Nov LVI Sexual Health (STDs) 16th Nov To be confirmed 23rd Nov John Hare: Fellow Royal Geographical Society ... The Mysteries of the Gobi 30th Nov Dr. Sally Day: Senior Lecturer Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College, London .................... Liquid Crystals: talk & displays 7th Dec Dr. Niblett: Chatham house Centre for Strategic Studies The US and Obama’s first year in office 14th Dec Annual Sixth Form Christmas Quiz

As always, the contributions of parents in sponsoring, cake baking and the like are always very much appreciated. FHS girls are very aware of their many advantages in life, and it is wonderful to see the enthusiasm so many of them bring to activities and fundraising which help to brighten the lives of those who are not so privileged. Revd Locke Help Fund Co-ordinator

HPV Vaccine

Future Dates for your Diary

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that protects against cervical cancer is available for all girls in the Lower Fourth, Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth.

Wed 7th Oct Sixth Form Open Evening for parents, students and Staff 5:30-8pm Sat 17th Oct Classics Trip to Greece and Equestrian Trip depart Sun 25th Oct

The local Health authority are not vaccinating the Sixth Form in school as they will be able to receive the HPV vaccination free of charge from their GPs. The programme has been postponed - new dates will be sent out after half term.

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Wed 4th Nov Nightingales Concert in the Hall Sat 7th Nov

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Quondam Birthday Lunch

Mon 10th Nov Sixth Form Scholarship Examination Wed 18th Nov Second hand uniform sale in the gym

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Fri 27th Nov Staff Inset Day/ Pupil Reading Day/ ‘Merchant of Venice’ rehearsal

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First Performance of ‘The Merchant of Venice’

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