Dixit 4th February 2022 by Holyport College

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EDITION 140 4th February 2022

The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family

Curtain up on The Westbrook Theatre!

In early December, we launched an appeal to raise money to help us convert the Drama Studio into a Studio Theatre. With the College putting in £15,000 of its own funds and with £8,800 already pledged through the generosity of our community, we now only need to raise a further £6,200 to reach our £30,000 target. We’re also delighted to announce that our new theatre will have a new name: The Westbrook Theatre. Westbrook Waste is a local, family run business which drives an innovative and ethical approach to waste management and recycling solutions. Our students feel passionately about sustainability and the environment and these are running themes in the topics they choose to explore in the more creative elements of our curriculum (such as Art and Drama).

We can therefore think of no better partner to support the exciting future of our Drama department and we are proud that our theatre will bear the Westbrook name. The new floor will be laid in the Westbrook Theatre over half term with the seating installed shortly afterwards however we still need more support in order to ensure the theatre is appropriately fitted out with a lighting rig, lighting and sound boards and lighting. See page 3 to find out how you could support us. @holyportcollege

https://westbrookwaste.com/ www.youtube.com/holyportal

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IN THIS EDITION

From the College

P.3

Ways in which you can support the Westbrook Theatre project

From the Assessment Team

P.4

Announcing the Top Tens in Years 7-10 from the Autumn Trials

From the PE Department

P.10

Sporting news from this week

From the MFL Department

P.12

Linguists of the Week and MFL Culture Week (plus news from Sixth Form)

From the English Department

P.14

World Book Day 2022

From the LGBTQ+ Society

P.15

Your questions answered

From the Art Department

P.16

Our collaboration with the Clarendon Fine Art Gallery

From Boarding

P.18

Recent trips and activities for our boarders

From the Student Leaders

P.21

Introducing our new Heads of House

P.24

From the TVLP Upcoming events and opportunities for students

P.25

From the Careers Department Details of a Google Parents’ Insight Webinar

P.26

From the Refectory Next week’s lunch menus

P.27

From the Calendar Upcoming events and items to note

@holyportcollege

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FROM THE COLLEGE

4th February 2022

There are a number of ways in which you can support the studio theatre project: OPTION 1: Sponsor a Brick

£100 Unlimited

Your name or message on a brick in the quad at the College. OPTION 2: Sponsor a Seat

£200 52 available

For £200, you can name one of the 52 seats in the new theatre. Your name will be etched onto a brass plaque on the seat for the next five years (minimum). In recognition of your support, you will also receive two complimentary tickets to a performance of “Bronte” in March 2022. OPTION 3: “Bronte” Programme Sponsorship

£75 half page £100 full page

A full or half page advertisement for your business in the souvenir programme for our production of Bronte. To make a pledge, please complete this form:

Studio Theatre Sponsorship Form

Tickets on sale next Friday at 10am. Details on the poster. 3

FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

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Year 7 Top 10s - AUT 2 English

Mathematicss

Science

Geography

1 ASLAM Alina

1 WATKINS Cerys

1 DAS Charlie

1 ELLIOT Albie

2 MCGEEVER Charles

1 GIBBS Jake

2 TRINH Leonie

2 ALI Belal

3 HILL Ella

3 ALI Belal

2 ELLIOT Albie

3 TRINH Leonie MEHANOVIC-SMITH 5 Isla

3 ELLIOT Albie HOLDAWAY-JAMES 4 Toby CRAWFORD Jas5 mine

4 HINCHLIFFE Liam

3 DAS Charlie MEHANOVIC-SMITH 3 Isla

4 YOUNG Oliver

6 GIBBS Jake

5 DAS Charlie

3 NUSSER Isabella

6 WATKINS Cerys

5 GIBBS Jake

6 OYEBOLA Teni WANSBROUGH6 JONES Nico

3 PANWAR Savi

5 GRIFFIN Mete MBA-NWOKOLO 5 Prince

8 HALL Summer

6 WATKINS Cerys

3 YOUNG Oliver

5 OYEBOLA Teni

8 JAGGS Charlotte

5 GRIFFIN Mete MEHANOVIC9 SMITH Isla

6 WILLIAMS Olivia

9 ELLIOT Albie

8 SHEFFIELD Sophia

9 SMITH Regan

10 ASLAM Alina

9 GIBBS Jake

8 WILLIAMS Olivia

9 THANDI Nehal

10 HEATHER Caleb

9 WATKINS Cerys

9 HINCHLIFFE Liam HUMPHERSON 9 Abigail MEHANOVIC9 SMITH Isla

4 HUMPHERSON Abigail

History

CRAWFORD Jasmine

1 DAS Charlie

5 GIBBS Jake

10 YOUNG Oliver Computing

Drama

BRANCH Taranpreet

9 REYNOLDS William Spanish

HUMPHERSON Abigail

Religious Studies

ALI Belal

YOUNG Oliver

WATKINS Cerys

JAGGS Charlotte

WILLIAMS Thomas

WATKINS Cerys

HENDRY Bowen

ELLIOT Albie

MBA-NWOKOLO Prince

DAS Charlie

HINCHLIFFE Liam

MAZAMAL Muskan

WATKINS Cerys

ASLAM Alina

OYEBOLA Teni

OYENEYIN Abimbola

WILLIAMS Olivia

MBA-NWOKOLO Prince

WILLIAMS Thomas

REYNOLDS William

BRANCH Taranpreet

ALI Belal

CRAWFORD Jasmine

WATKINS Cerys

MEHANOVIC-SMITH Isla

BROMHAM Alexander

DAS Charlie

NEISH Nathaniel

OYEBOLA Teni

THANDI Nehal

ELLIOT Albie

TRINH Leonie

TAYLOR Noah

HINCHLIFFE Liam

ELLIS Caity

10 ASLAM Alina

BROMHAM Alexander

SHEFFIELD Sophia

GIBBS Jake

10 GRECH Maisie

DAS Charlie

TRINH Leonie

10 HINCHLIFFE Liam

HILL Ella

10 NUSSER Isabella

TRINH Leonie

Art

Music

Latin

WILLIAMS Thomas

WATKINS Cerys

WARF Matteo

COBBLAH Ely

MUSTARD Jack

WATKINS Cerys

OYEBOLA Teni

HILL Ella

ASLAM Alina

THANDI Nehal

GORECKI Alex

CRAWFORD Jasmine

HINCHLIFFE Liam

TAYLOR Noah

WILLIAMS Olivia

WARF Matteo

ELLIOT Albie

HILL Ella

GIBBS Jake

OYEBOLA Teni

MEICHTRY Rocco

MAZAMAL Muskan

BROMHAM Alexander

MAZAMAL Muskan

HENDRY Bowen

PRICE Lawrence

HENDRY Bowen

OYENEYIN Abimbola

JAGGS Charlotte

NEISH Nathaniel

TRINH Leonie

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FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

4th February 2022

Year 8 Top 10s - AUT 2 English 1 FALLON Freya 1 MOYNIHAN Evie

Mathematicss 1 HALL Jennifer 2 DONALDSON Emma

1 2

Science DONALDSON Emma FALLON Freya

1 2

Geography HANCOCK Jessica MOYNIHAN Evie

1 1

History DONALDSON Emma MOYNIHAN Evie

3 PARKER Maisie 4 FALLON Eddie

3 HANCOCK Jessica 3 WILTON Joshua

2 2

HANCOCK Jessica KUNICKI Mikolaj

2 4

PARKER Maisie HALL Jennifer

3 4

HANCOCK Jessica HUGHES Holly

5 HALL Jennifer 6 ALAM Soha

3 XUE Ying Dong 6 FALLON Eddie

5 5

HUGHES Chloe HUGHES Holly

4 4

HUGHES Chloe TOPPING Daniel

4 6

TOPPING Daniel DRUCE Oli

6 AYRES Maya 6 GOHIL Jay 6 HANCOCK Jessica

7 KEARNEY Jesse 8 FALLON Freya 8 HUGHES Holly

7 8 8

WILKIE Max HALL Jennifer WILTON Joshua

7 7 9

DONALDSON Emma WITHERS Sophia FALLON Eddie

6 6 6

FALLON Eddie FALLON Freya HALL Jennifer

6 HUGHES Chloe ROTHWELL 6 Isabella 6 WILKIE Max

8 TOPPING Daniel

WITHERS Sophia

LIYANAGE Kathan

WITHERS Sophia

XUE Ying Dong

Computing 1 HALL Jennifer HANCOCK Jessica 2 2 KUNICKI Mikolaj

Spanish HALL Jennifer

French HALL Jennifer

Religious Studies FALLON Freya

CEDROLA Matteo

HANCOCK Jessica

MOYNIHAN Evie

DONALDSON Emma HALL Jennifer

FALLON Freya

MOYNIHAN Evie

WITHERS Sophia

HANCOCK Jessica

PARKER Maisie

XUE Ying Dong

MOYNIHAN Evie

BYRNE Ruairi

FALLON Freya

ADEYEMO Fiyin

HUGHES Holly

PARKER Maisie

WITHERS Sophia

HALL Jennifer

MOYNIHAN Evie

MOHAN Jessica

FALLON Eddie

HANCOCK Jessica

8 WILSON Annabel DONALDSON 9 Emma

HUGHES Chloe

PARKER Maisie

ROTHWELL Isabella DONALDSON Emma SAQIB Adam

HUGHES Chloe

MIAH Amarah

SANZ CARPINTERO Patricia

FALLON Eddie

HUGHES Holly

9 KEARNEY Ethan

ROBBINS Mia

DONALDSON Emma

XUE Ying Dong

PARKER Maisie

TOPPING Daniel

HUGHES Chloe

WILKIE Max

KEARNEY Jesse

4 HUGHES Chloe 4 TOPPING Daniel 6

1 2

Drama WITHERS Sophia

Art

Music

Latin

SANZ CARPINTERO Patricia

HALL Jennifer

FALLON Freya

PARKER Maisie

ADEKUNLE Irebamidele

WILSON Annabel

MOHAN Jessica

NEISH Jason

WITHERS Sophia

EVANS RODRIGUEZ Gerard

WITHERS Sophia

MOYNIHAN Evie

WITHERS Sophia

HANCOCK Jessica

ROTHWELL Isabella

DONALDSON Emma

O'SULLIVAN Oscar

TAYLOR Gemma

PARKER Maisie

SAQIB Adam

NEISH Jason

FALLON Freya

NEISH Jason

HANCOCK Jessica

MOHAN Jessica

OKPALANNABUDE Somto

AKINYEMI Crystal

BAILIE Lulu

WILKIE Max

HUGHES Holly

MOYNIHAN Evie

XUE Ying Dong

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FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

4th February 2022

Year 9 Top 10s - AUT 2 English PIGGOTT Arabella

Mathematicss WATKINS Tirion

Science HINXMAN George

Geography VASILEVA Monique

History WATKINS Tirion

GARGIULO Daniel

VASILEVA Monique

BATT Rayan

WATKINS Tirion

AYUB Deenah

GEE Lewis

THOMAS Harry

VASILEVA Monique

BOZORGMEHR Zara

GARGIULO Daniel

BURTON Freya

O'DONNELL Alicia

GARGIULO Daniel

GRECH George

CLAASSEN Nicole

WRAGG Fionnlagh

WATKINS Tirion

PRITCHARD Annabel

PEARCE Joshua

WHITEHILL Beth

SIDE Luke

VASILEVA 4 Monique BICKNELL Lois 8 BOZORGMEHR 8 Zara MCINTOSH 8 Amelie

STOTTER-BROOKS Oliver CHAN Brendon

BOZORGMEHR Zara MCPHERSON Millie RIVERS Isabella

WRAGG Fionnlagh

TERRY Zac

KALYAN Ramayan

GARGIULO Daniel

GEE Lewis

BICKNELL Lois

TERRY Zac

GEE Lewis

PIGGOTT Arabella

GARGIULO Daniel

HINXMAN George

MANJI Syrah

LIGHT Alice

ADEKUNLE Anuoluwa CHARMAN Amy

RIVERS Isabella

STOTTER-BROOKS Oliver

GHOSE Hidaya

MCINTOSH Amelie

MOLLART Josephine

VASILEVA Monique

WHITEHILL Beth

WRAGG Fionnlagh

1 2 2 4 4 4

Computing PIGGOTT Arabella 1 2 GARGIULO Daniel HINXMAN George 2 4 WRAGG Fionnlagh SIDE Luke 5 6 O'DONNELL Alicia 6 WATKINS Tirion VASILEVA 8 9 AYUB Deenah BOZORGMEHR 9 9 JERVIS Honour 9 MCINTOSH Amelie

Drama JERVIS Honour

Spanish GEE Lewis

1 3

PIGGOTT Arabella AYUB Deenah

2 2

BOZORGMEHR Zara CHU Eleanor

2 3

3 3

BICKNELL Lois VASILEVA

4 4

AYUB Deenah BICKNELL Lois

6 6 6

GHOSE Hidaya MALTON Tom WATKINS Tirion

4 4 8

9 9

CHARMAN Amy MCINTOSH Amelie

9 9

RYLAND Ellie SALNIKOVA Maria

French PIGGOTT Arabella

Religious Studies BOZORGMEHR

1 1

GEE Lewis HERIMAN Crystal

4 5

GARGIULO Daniel PRITCHARD Annabel HINXMAN George CLAASSEN Nicole

4 5

AYUB Deenah SALNIKOVA Maria

MCPHERSON Millie VASILEVA Monique TERRY Zac

6 7 7

BURTON Freya WATKINS Tirion WHITEHILL Beth

5 7 7

THANDI Yuvraj KHAN Bilal TERRY Zac

9 10

GHOSE Hidaya LAMPEJO Emmanuel

9 10

O'DONNELL Alicia SMITH Sophie

9 9

GHOSE Hidaya PIGGOTT Arabella

10 10

HUGHES Chloe KEARNEY Jesse

Art BICKNELL Lois

Latin PIGGOTT Arabella

JERVIS Honour

GEE Lewis

PIGGOTT Arabella

MCINTOSH Amelie

SALNIKOVA Maria

STOTTER-BROOKS Oliver

AYUB Deenah

MARVEL Levi

Year 10 Latin AGBEYEGBE Rachel

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara

CLAASSEN Nicole

HARDING Abi

VASILEVA Monique

PAYNE Gilbert

MATHEOU Ben

WATKINS Tirion

CHURCHILL-BROWNE Olivia

GARGIULO Daniel

LOSEL DALY Rose

NADI EL MEDIOUNI Mohammed

BURTON Freya

CHANDELIER Alexis

BATT Rayan

GIBBS Dylan

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FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

4th February 2022

Year 10 Top 10s - AUT 2 English

Maths

Geography

History

Computing

WOOD Katie

MURANGANDI Maita

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara PICKERING Tate

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

AGBEYEGBE Rachel

MOHAN Ella

CHAN Gordon

HARDING Abi

FOSTER Benjamin

HELEN-GOLDRING Elis VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

NOTHHELFER Maryam BROMHAM Samuel

WRIGGLESWORTH Alfie FOSTER Benjamin

SMITH Poppy

ADEBOLA-HASSAN

LOSEL DALY Rose

HARDING Abi

JONES Archie

MORL Keira

AGBEYEGBE Rachel

XUE Mu Xin

HODGSON Rachael

ZIEVE Josh

MURANGANDI Maita

FOSTER Benjamin

HAMMAN Felicity

NOTHHELFER Maryam CHANDELIER Alexis

WOOD Katie

GERRARD Oliver

XUE Mu Xin

CAMPISI-DIGNAN Dyllan TSE Joshua

GARCIA-JANY Sonia

CHAPMAN Daniel

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara

GERRARD Oliver

RUSSELL Jenna

10 HAMMAN Felicity

HELEN-GOLDRING Elis PARRY WILLIAMS

HELEN-GOLDRING Elis ONAFOWOPE Anwar

10 BARTLETT Phoebe 10 TUYSUZ-SIMPSON

Drama

Spanish

French

Religious Studies

Art

HODGSON Rachael

ADEBOLA-HASSAN

WOOD Katie

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

PICKERING Tate

WILKIE Jude

WOOLLEY Remilia

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

WOOD Katie

MURANGANDI Maita

FORDHAM-TRICE

AGBEYEGBE Rachel

PICKERING Tate

RUSSELL Jenna

KAZIC Vera

HAMMAN Felicity

PICKERING Tate

CHANDELIER Alexis

AGBEYEGBE Rachel

ZIEVE Josh

RUSSELL Jenna

MOHAN Ella

BHATTI Noor

MAKEPEACE Zoe

MYLVAGANAM Esmé

HARDING Abi

MISTRIK-AMBALA

LOSEL DALY Rose

LANDAW Lily

CHUKWUMA Jayden NOTHHELFER Maryam HODGSON Rachael

CAMPISI-DIGNAN Dyllan XUE Mu Xin

FORDHAM-TRICE Elliott GARCIA-JANY Sonia

NOTHHELFER Maryam ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara MOHAN Ella

BYRNE Eimear

BUTT Zain

MURANGANDI Maita

CHIANG Evana

MURANGANDI

CHEUNG Kathy

WOOLLEY Remilia

10 BROMHAM Samuel

10 WOOLLEY Remilia

XUE Mu Xin

DIXON Amelia

10 BYRNE Eimear Music

Physical Education

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

WOOD Katie

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

LOSEL DALY Ava

FOSTER Benjamin

LOSEL DALY Rose

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara MURANGANDI

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara STORMONTH Rhian-

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara MURANGANDI Maita

MAKEPEACE Zoe

DEGIORGIO

ADEBOLA-HASSAN

WOOD Katie

AGBEYEGBE Rachel

JONES Isabella

BROMHAM Samuel

DURKAN Oliver

CHEUNG Kathy

CHUKWUMA Jayden

DHAWAN Aryan

DIXON Amelia

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan PICKERING Tate

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan AGBEYEGBE Rachel

PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan PICKERING Tate

CHIANG Evana

DAMIRCHI Theo

ZIEVE Josh

HODGSON Rachael

BROMHAM Samuel

GARCIA-JANY Sonia

FOSTER Benjamin

RIAZ Reyhan

10 HELEN-GOLDRING Elis

STORMONTH Rhiannan

HELEN-GOLDRING Elis HODGSON Rachael

MAKEPEACE Zoe

RALSTON-SAUL Maxi 10 JONES Archie

10 HELEN-GOLDRING Elis

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FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

4th February 2022

ATL/Progress/Overall

Year 7

Year 8 Attitude To Learning

Attitude To Learning 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 9

WATKINS Cerys DAS Charlie MUSTARD Jack NUSSER Isabella PANWAR Savi TRINH Leonie WILLIAMS Olivia ELLIOT Albie BROMHAM Alexander MBA-NWOKOLO Prince

9 9

MEICHTRY Rocco SHEFFIELD Sophia

9 9

WILLIAMS Thomas YOUNG Oliver

Progress 1 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 10

ALI Belal ATKINS Frankie MAZAMAL Muskan MEICHTRY Rocco REYNOLDS William MUSTARD Jack RAMSEY Zachery TWIGG Imogen BROMHAM Alexander ELLIOT Albert

Overall 1

WATKINS Cerys 2 TRINH Leonie 3 ELLIOT Albie 4 ASLAM Alina 5 YOUNG Oliver 6 MEHANOVIC-SMITH Isla 7 GIBBS Jake 8 ALI Belal 9 DAS Charlie 10 WILLIAMS Olivia

1 2 3

HANCOCK Jessica HALL Jennifer WITHERS Sophia

4 4 4 4 8 9

HUGHES Holly KEARNEY Ethan SANZ CARPINTERO Patricia WILTON Joshua FALLON Freya DONALDSON Emma

10 10 10

GOHIL Jay KUNICKI Mikolaj ROBBINS Mia

Progress

1 2 3 4 4 4 4 8 9 10

QUINCEY Elena BROWN Robert ROBBINS Mia COLLEY Joshua MYHAN Harry PAINE CHARLES Precious WALLACE Sophie AKINYEMI Crystal PARKER Maisie ADEKUNLE Irebamidele

Overall

HALL Jennifer HANCOCK Jessica PARKER Maisie 4 FALLON Freya 5 DONALDSON Emma 5 WITHERS Sophia 7 MOYNIHAN Evie 8 FALLON Eddie 9 HUGHES Chloe 10 HUGHES Holly 2 3

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FROM THE ASSESSMENT TEAM

4th February 2022

ATL/Progress/Overall

Year 10

Year 9 Attitude To Learning 1

PIGGOTT Arabella

2 3

VASILEVA Monique KALYAN Ramayan

3 5 5 5 8 8 8

WHITEHILL Beth MOLLART Josephine SALNIKOVA Maria WATKINS Tirion CHARMAN Amy GHOSE Hidaya MCPHERSON Millie

Progress 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 8 9 9

MOLLART Josephine BICKNELL Lois SIDE Luke HERIMAN Crystal LIGHT Alice BOZORGMEHR Zara KHAN Bilal VASILEVA Monique

BRANWHITE George GHOSE Hidaya

Overall 1 2

PIGGOTT Arabella VASILEVA Monique

3 4 5 6 7 8

WATKINS Tirion GARGIULO Daniel GEE Lewis AYUB Deenah TERRY Zac MCINTOSH Amelie

9 10

GHOSE Hidaya BOZORGMEHR Zara

Attitude To Learning 1 AGBEYEGBE Rachel 2 3 3

ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara GARCIA-JANY Sonia HODGSON Rachael

3 3 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi WOOD Katie PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan HAMMAN Felicity MORL Keira MURANGANDI Maita PICKERING Tate RUSSELL Jenna STORMONTH Rhiannan XUE Mu Xin

Progress 1 2 2 2 5 6 7 7 9 9

GERRARD Oliver DURKAN Oliver HELEN-GOLDRING Elis MOHAN Ella PICKERING Tate WOOLLEY Remilia MORL Keira MURANGANDI Maita HODGSON Rachael KADHANI Lemuel

Overall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

VATSAVAI Vaishnavi WOOD Katie ADEBOLA-HASSAN Dara AGBEYEGBE Rachel RUSSELL Jenna PARRY WILLIAMS Teagan MURANGANDI Maita PICKERING Tate HODGSON Rachael HARDING Abi 9

FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT

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Monday saw a tight football fixture for our U14 boys against Park house. A good performance from the boys with some close chances. They were unlucky not to come away with the win. On Tuesday the year 8 girls made their first appearance at a Fives tournament. Travelling all the way to Highgate, the girls exceeded all expectations and represented Holyport in fantastic form. Team of the tournament went to Chloe Hughes and Jessica Hancock who won the Plate A tournament and the player of the tournament was Jesica Mohan, who alongside her partner did exceptionally well in the Cup tournament. Gaining new experiences and learning from new opportunities, the girls had a fantastic day.

The U14 boys saw a tough game against a strong opposition. The boys made it difficult for Cox Green to hold onto their lead and should be proud of their performances on the pitch. The U12 girls had two thrilling games on the Hockey field on Tuesday. A close match against Marist and a whopping 5-1 win against Charters. Show stopping performance from Abi Oyeneyin in goal, well done to all the girls.

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FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT

All action on court for the Senior girls at Salesian College, well done to everyone involved! The U18A girls had a storming win against Leighton Park with an impressive 28-14 score line. Sharp shooting and fantastic teamwork, well done to the PoM Iris Stoute. The U13 girls made the most of their opportunities at their tournament. Showing excellent resilience and teamwork. Well done to all the girls and player of the match Jess Mohan.

NO SATURDAY SPORT Upcoming Fixtures:

Tuesday 8th February: U15 Football Away @ Sandhurst School. 15:00 KO Tuesday 8th February: U14 Hockey v Holme Grange. 16:00 PB Wednesday 9th February: U18 Football home v Burnham Grammar. 14:30 KO Wednesday 9th February: U18b Football home v Burnham Grammar. 14:30 KO Wednesday 9th February: U18 Netball Away @ Reading Blue Coat. 14:30 Start Wednesday 9th February: U18 Netball Away @ Reddam House. 14:30 Start Wednesday 9th February: U13 Netball Away @ Furze Platt. 16:15 Start Thursday 10th February: U14 Hockey Away @ Eton. 16:30 PB 11

FROM THE MFL DEPARTMENT

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Each week the MFL & Classics Department will be choosing ‘Linguists of the Week’! Congratulations to the following students for a great week! Year 7: • Alexander Bromham - Excellent work on the topic school and lovely decorations on your Spanish book • Charlie McGeever - Outstanding work on the module school, keep it up! Year 8: • Gemma Taylor - Being proactive in your learning- doing extra work to tackle the three tenses • Oscar O’Sullivan - Well done for completing all the extensions in lessons • Joshua Wilton- Great start in his new Spanish set, always participating and doing his best in class. Year 9: • Preston Mullane - Very good work on the topic "mi insti", impeccable attitude in lessons, keep it up! • Ramayan Kalyan - Excellent effort in Spanish, always participating in lessons and trying his best. Year 10: • Isabella Jones - Constant good work in Spanish and a great game of future tense battleships played! • Tamilore Benson - Excellent effort in the last week in French. Participating in class and getting good scores in her vocab tests, bien fait Tami! Year 12 • Peter Yanev - An outstanding presentation about Galicia, Spain. Great to see you research and develop your knowledge about this region Year 13 • Elpitha Polymerou - Outstanding translation on Polyphemus the cyclops • Ayra Tengku- Outstanding translation on the Boii 12

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FROM THE MFL DEPARTMENT MFL CULTURE WEEK 7th to 11th February

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Did you know that African French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 141 million people in the African continent?

•

Did you know Spanish is the 4th most spoken language in the world with 543 million speakers?

Beginning on Monday, the MFL Department will be celebrating Culture Week in the Year 7 to Year 10 lessons. Get ready to dive into the richness and diversity of both the French and Spanish speaking culture!

FROM THE SIXTH FORM Oxbridge (and other Russell Group) success for Holyport once again Holyport College Sixth Form’s stated aim is to get students into the top and best universities in the UK and the rest of the world. Whilst not the be all and end all by any means, Oxbridge and the Russell Group acceptance is one benchmark by which we can measure this target. I am pleased to say that this year, like last, we have 4 students holding offers from Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Alfie and Angelina both have offers from Oxford University – Alfie to study Law and Angelina to study Chinese. At Cambridge Jonathan has an offer to study Human Social Political Sciences (HSPS) and Poppy to study Behavioural Psychology. For a small school like Holyport – this is a phenomenal success rate and puts us alongside many of the independent schools. There has also been success at a lot of other Russell Group universities with offers at Exeter, LSE, UCL, Queen Mary, Liverpool, Manchester, York, Edinburgh, Durham, Glasgow and Warwick amongst many others. With the final UCAS form being sent off this week, I’d like to publicly thanks Mrs Yardley and the whole of the Sixth Form team for their support in the UCAS process this cycle so far and we now focus our attention to the current Lower Sixth. Mr Hardee Master in Charge of University Guidance and the Eton Relationship 13

FROM THE ENGLISH DEPT

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World Book Day

Thursday 3rd March This year, the College is celebrating World Book Day by asking all students and staff to dress up as a nostalgic character based on a book from their childhood. The best dressed student and best dressed staff member will each win a prize. Boarders are reminded to bring their World Book Day costume back to school with them after the half term break. Don’t forget to bring in £1 to support World Book Day, the money raised this year will support the World Book Day organisation and the charity Book Aid International. Their mission is for everyone to have access to books – no matter where they’re born or how much money they have. The Lower Sixth Reading Ambassadors are also asking students and staff to bring in a book to donate. Books for donation can be placed in the box in the reception area as the Reading Ambassadors will be hosting a book sale for students on World Book Day to help raise money. More information about World Book Day will be given after the half term break. Happy Reading!

FROM THE LGBTQ+ SOCIETY

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Your Questions

Answered As you may be aware LGBTQ+ society has a box in reception for students to anonymously ask questions surrounding the LGBTQ+ community. With recent personal development lessons taking a focus on the community we have received many questions, so here are some of the answers: What does LGBTQ+ stand for? LGBTQ+ stands for multiple sexualities and gender identities within the community, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning, the + is used to include all other sexualities and gender identities.

Does it matter if you are undecided/how to decide your sexuality? No, it doesn’t matter. Ultimately, your sexuality and gender cannot be decided by anyone but yourself, but, you should know that you do not have to choose any labels and it is perfectly normal to change your sexuality or gender identity as many times as is necessary until you find one that feels right for you personally. If someone is transgender, would their passport change? It is definitely possible to change the gender listed in your passport though it can be quite a lengthy, complicated process. If a person were to change their legal name, this would change on their passport without affecting their listed gender as it would change for any person transgender or cisgender who legally changed their name. I found matching the flags and meanings of sexualities very difficult. To what extent does my confusion cause offence? There is absolutely no offence taken by confusion, especially when you are actively learning about different sexualities and gender identities. It is also completely okay to ask questions when you are confused about something as long as the questions come from a place of wanting to understand and not to undermine the LGBTQ+ community. Can you identify as more than just a gender, such as, age, race, height, weight? Gender is often associated with characteristics such as race, height and weight. However, when looking at identities like trans identities this is not the case. Gender is largely influenced by society, but this is not the same for age, race, height and weight. So, it is sex, which is biological and unchanging, that should be associated with age, race, height and weight in this context as they are also non-changing characteristics of identity. Please continue to leave any questions in the box in reception to be answered here again. Alternatively, come by LGBTQ+ Society during Wednesday co-curricular in Winton 1 or attend our upcoming drop-in session on Friday 11th February (more details coming soon). 15

FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT

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Art Exhibition - Our Collaboration with The Clarendon Fine Art Gallery Every Holyport student was invited over the Christmas holidays to do an artistic response to a Winter Poem by Laura Salas, we chose our top ten entries and last weekend these winning students had their work exhibited in the beautiful Clarendon Fine Art Gallery, central Windsor. (We actually snuck a very small eleventh piece in too!). On Saturday these winning students, their families and friends were invited to a Champagne gathering at the gallery where they were able to view their work, and hear the gallery owner’s winning two pieces. These winning two pieces of work are being exhibited for a following week, they are still up this weekend, so do please go and take a look, they look amazing! What makes this exhibition so special! The Clarendon Fine Art Galleries and The White Wall galleries are a joint enterprise and they are the UK’s largest Art Gallery group, they have a phenomenal portfolio including original Salvador Dali’s and Picasso’s, to the more modern Mr Brainwash. The gallery is high calibre, so for our students to have their work nestled amongst Salvador Dali and other big names is something they can proudly chat about in the future, it can also feature in their portfolios. A huge thank you to the Windsor Clarendon Fine Art Gallery for enabling us to provide this opportunity to our students. All the students were considered winners, but the gallery manager Sam Cox did select two overall winning pieces to stay in the gallery for another week (one from the older age category, one for the younger). He struggled so much to choose, that we allowed him to select two runners up also! Winner older age category: Millie Preston Runner up; Emily Foster Winner Younger age Category: Tate Pickering Runner up: Cerys Watkins

FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT

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Emily. Runner up older category 

 Tate Pickering’s textile art, winner younger category.

 Cerys Watkins and her runner up ‘singing robin’ younger age category. Millie Preston’s snow covered mountain walker 

 Millie Preston’s winning piece in older category

FROM BOARDING

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It has been such a busy week in boarding, with trips and activities galore. Thanks to all the boarders who participated and, of course, to our wonderful House Staff who make these experiences and opportunities possible. We also welcomed new members into MF - glorious new sofas! Zara and Bea won the 6th Form Boarders’ Cook-Off this week with a homemade cheese and tomato pasta bake, garlic bread and a delicious mocktail. ➔  Gravity Force Trampoline Park

Roblox Tournament Nico and Toye are the winners! 

Movie nights and Fifa 

FROM BOARDING

New MF sofas! 

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Baking cookies with Iris

Glass decorating with Claire ➔

Lunar New Year dinner this week  Sixth form trip to Honest Burger Windsor last Friday evening with Mr Agyeman 

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FROM BOARDING

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Deputy Head Master’s Spring Challenge - here are just some of the amazing photos taken by students across the College, capturing an essence of Spring. The winner will be announced on Saturday morning, with the prize being a Domino’s family pizza feast.

Coming up this weekend - Cirque du Soleil, Hollywood Bowl and Delta Force Paintballing!

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FROM THE STUDENT LEADERS

4th February 2022

STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM I’m pleased to inform you that the new leadership team members have now been appointed and taken up their posts this week. The Heads of House have taken the time to introduce themselves and outline areas they wish to develop to improve the community at Holyport College. Mr Parry Head of Student Leadership

Head Girl

Head Boy

Tilly Kemball

Saif Khan

Brunel HoH

Herschel HoH

Milton HoH

Fawcett HoH

Ollie Clark

Darcey Howe

Elliot Pett

Joshua Gregory

Brunel Prefects

Herschel Prefects

Milton Prefects

Fawcett Prefects

Alice Stoddart

Katherine Dudley

Millie Preston

Emma Withers

Lucy Blunden

Marilena Malathouni

Anna Romero

Jamie Wilkinson

Zsofia Olah

Will Saunders

Jaden Ogenlade

Jamie Sheffield

Emily Dulieu

Hannah Sinnot

Zara Kaif

Peter Yanev

Eve Lester

Uma Sandrasagra

Molly Martin Elliot Tomkins

Hannah Elston Amelie Brindle

Tom Pendrich Brunel Peer Mentors

Herschel Peer Mentors

Milton Peer Mentors

Fawcett Peer Mentors

Florence Luff

Jessica Fordham Trice

Ruby Wheeler

Rebecca Hall

Jamie Harris

Robin Malan

Maureen Salama

Aimee Krubally

Ruan Thorpe

Danielle Golan

Charley West

Olivia Allan

Gideon Ojo

Will PearmaIn

Bea Powell Harper

Fraser Andrews

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FROM THE STUDENT LEADERS Herschel Head of House

Good Afternoon, our names are Joshua Gregory and Darcey Howe and we are both extremely proud and excited to be taking on the role of Heads of Herschel. We have both been aspiring members of this community for several years and feel very grateful to now be in the position to make the changes that we think will be beneficial. As Heads of Herschel, we want to be able to make the boarding community more lively by incorporating more activities for students of all years. This will brighten the boarding atmosphere and make sure every member of boarding feels comfortable and happy in their home away from home. Secondly, we also want to ensure Hershel is an inclusive community where everyone feels like a valued member. To do this we want to introduce competitions and activities where not only sport is showcased but also other talents such as Drama and Music. We are looking forward to working towards these goals together and hope you will work with us to achieve them.

Milton Head of House

Good afternoon, our names are Hannah and Molly. We are the new Milton day and boarding Heads of House. We are really excited about this new opportunity and are very thankful to have been selected by the house for these roles. Between the both of us we aim to bring more integration between year groups and give students new opportunities to widen their horizons. We aim to start having more house activities that are based on music, drama and art, not just sport as we understand sport isn’t for everyone. In boarding we want to create more ‘sisterly’ bonds between year groups, including more later evening activities for years 11-13. We want to give opportunities to fundraise for the house for charity and to invest in more activities for the boarding environment. We are both very excited to introduce our plans at Holyport with our ideas only being the start. We want to ensure Milton stays the best house to be in. We are looking forward to seeing Milton grow over the next year! 22

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FROM THE STUDENT LEADERS Fawcett Head of House

Hello, we are Elliot Tomkins and Amelie Brindle, and are new the day and boarding Head of House for Fawcett. With one of us being a boarder for over 3 years and the other a new day student in 6th form, the combination of someone with familiar with Holyport and someone with a new perspective on the school, we see this working extremely well in improving both day and boarding experiences. We hope to introduce and share the idea of a scheme called PPE, this is students and teachers’ Personal Positive Environment. These plans should help aid the improvement of mental and physical well-being throughout education and should give everyone the tools to improve their experience at Holyport. This plan aims to focus on the individuals, and then improve the wider community of the school as a whole. We would like the gap between teachers and students to be a lot smaller and create an environment where students aren’t scared to voice their opinions. Also, one of the things Amelie loved about boarding was the close-knit bonds between year groups. We want to continue to promote these relationships within our two years in this position. Our first project for this issue is to introduce more inter-year activities, with the Arts being an important part of the school for us. We are both excited to begin with our changes at Holyport and we want to leave our mark upon the Holyport community. These plans above are just the start.

Brunel Head of House Hi, we’re Elliot and Ollie, the Heads of House for Brunel. Our joint intention for Brunel house is to create a more unified environment between our students and teachers, and instill a greater community within our school. The way we aim to do this is by running more student-led charity events, for example raising awareness for teen and adolescent mental health, as we believe that it is an important cause following the difficult past two years we have had with the pandemic. As an example, we would like to set up events such as a charity football match to raise money for Young Minds charity. Another one of our ideas for bringing our community closer together, is reintroducing inter-house events, such as inter-house sports competitions or chess tournaments, whilst also coming up with new ideas such as inter-house music competitions, where we could perhaps set up a concert. The two of us are extremely passionate about music, and we both want to get as many students involved with music as possible. We hope that by doing this, we would make the variety of competitions more inclusive for all students, as there is a general theme of ‘sport’ for competitions, which excludes many pupils at schools throughout the country. We hope to be a friendly face to all students in the house, improve our intrahouse connections and meet our students' needs to the best of our abilities; even if this is simply by taking a moment of our time to listen to how their day is going and implementing improvements they think would be beneficial. Listening to your student body is the top of our priority and we believe this to be the key to having lasting and effective improvement in our school. The two of us joined this school back in 2018 as borders; throughout this time we spent a lot of our time together in our daily school lives and in boarding, where we shared a room together for the majority of year 11, strengthening our bond. We believe that our joint experience and knowledge of the school is what Brunel needs to reach its fullest potential, and we hope to create and leave lasting benefits for students to come. 23

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FROM THE TVLP

Upcoming events and opportunities for students NEW. TVLP speaker event with the Richard Scudamore, Former Executive Chairman of the English Premier League. Wednesday 23rd March 2022, 10:40am 11:40am. This in-person event will take place at The Langley Academy, SL3 7EF. To bring pupils, please send the names of attending students and staff to info@tvlp.org.uk NEW. Careers in Hospitality with speaker Marcus Burnett. Thursday 3rd February 2022, 8:45pm – 9:45pm. This is an in-person speaker event at Eton College. Open to students and staff from TVLP schools. Register via Eventbrite: VocSoc - Marcus Burnett, Careers in Hospitality Tickets, Thu 3 Feb 2022 at 20:45 | Eventbrite NEW. 'Downhill to the Top' - Careers in the Ski Industry with speaker Rupert Langdon. Tuesday 8th February 2022, 8:45pm – 9:45pm. This is an in-person speaker event at Eton College. Open to students and staff from TVLP schools. Register via Eventbrite: VocSoc - Rupert Langdon, 'Downhill to the Top' Careers in the Ski Industry Tickets, Tue 8 Feb 2022 at 20:45 | Eventbrite NEW. Careers in Adventure with speaker, David Fox-Pitt MBE, Founder of WildFox Events Ltd. Thu, 10 February 2022, 8:45pm – 9:45pm. This is an in-person speaker event at Eton College. Open to students and staff from TVLP schools. Register via Eventbrite: VocSoc - David Fox-Pitt Tickets, Thu 10 Feb 2022 at 20:45 | Eventbrite NEW. Construction & Engineering Law talk with Isabel Hitching QC. ‘From snails to artificial intelligence: novel ways to solve legal problems.’ Wednesday 23rd February 2022, 8.45pm-9.45pm. This is an in-person talk at Eton College. Open to students and staff from TVLP schools. Register via Eventbrite: LawSoc - Isabel Hitching QC - Construction & Engineering Law Tickets, Wed 23 Feb 2022 at 20:45 | Eventbrite NEW. ‘Narwhals and Netflix: Working in Wildlife TV’ with speaker Martha Holmes. Thursday 24th February 2022. This is an in-person talk at Eton College. Open to students and staff from TVLP schools. Register via Eventbrite: VocSoc - Martha Holmes - Narwhals and Netflix: working in wildlife tv Tickets, Thu 24 Feb 2022 at 20:45 | Eventbrite NEW. Student writers wanted for Views: The Arts Digest, to be produced by Eton College. This will be an online publication covering art, fashion, literature, theatre, photography, architecture and more. Open to students from TVLP schools. For more information, or to submit your interest in writing an article, email info@tvlp.org.uk NEW. TVLP Orwell Youth Prize Writing Workshop. Thursday 10th March 2022, 10:00am - 3:00pm. Location: The Langley Academy. Open to students in Years 10-12 from TVLP schools. To register your interest in attending, email info@tvlp.org.uk tvlp.org.uk/upcoming-events COMPETITIONS FOR STUDENTS The Ibn Battuta Essay Prize: Now accepting entries. Open to students from TVLP schools. First prize: £100. Run by Eton College. Deadline: Friday 25th February 2022. For more information: tvlp.org.uk/competitions

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FROM THE REFECTORY

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Next week’s lunch menus Holyport College - Winter 2022

Week Three

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Traditional Counter Main Choice

Chilli Con Carne

Chicken Pie topped with Puff Pastry

Beef in Black Bean Sauce

Vegetarian Choice

Bean Chilli

Thursday

Friday

Roast Pork served Kimichi Chicken Burgwith Crackling and ers in Brioche Buns Apple Sauce

Quorn with Peppers, Roasted Vegetable Spicy Bean Burger in Vegetable Hot Pot Pineapple in a Sweet Wellington Vegan Brioche Buns 'n' Sour Sauce

Steamed Rice, NaCauliflower Cheese chos, Sweecorn and Roasted New PotaEgg Noodles Stir Fry and Saute' Cabbage, Fries, Baked Beans, Roasted Peppers. toes, Steamed CauliSteamed Carrots and Vegetables Peas Sour Cream, Guaflower & Broccoli Roast Potatoes comole

Sides

Jackets and Pasta Bar

Jacket Potato with RS Jacket Potato with RS Jacket Potato with RS Jacket Potato with RS Baked Beans Baked Beans Baked Beans Baked Beans Penne Pasta with Penne Pasta Mascar- Tomato & Roasted Macaroni Cheese Tomato & Basil Sauce pone & Basil Sauce Vegetable Sauce

Daily selection of Sandwich & Snack Fresh Sandwiches, Bar Crisps and Fruit

Daily selection of Fresh Sandwiches, Crisps and Fruit

Battered Pollock

Daily selection of Fresh Sandwiches, Crisps and Fruit

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Salad Bar Main Dessert

Chocolate Sponge Chocolate Sauce

Apricot Cake

Peach Melba Slice

Cold Desserts

Jelly Cheesecake Fresh Fruit

Sticky Toffee Pudding Jam Sponge Custard and Custard Sauce

Jelly Cheesecake Fresh Fruit

These Menus Are Subject to Change

The Catering Department will make adjustments to the daily menus where possible to accommodate special dietary requirements, when this is not possible an alternative meal will be offered. If you have any queries please contact our Bursar, Rosalind Doctor, on bursar@holyportcollege.org.uk or 01628 640150. 26

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FROM THE CALENDAR

4th February 2022

Some Dates for Your Diaries Friday 11th February—half term starts

On Wednesday Year 10 Artists visited the ‘Life Between Islands’ Caribbean British Art 1950’s-Now’ at the Tate Britain and spent the afternoon in the ‘Waste Age’ Exhibition at the Design Museum. The cross curricular trip also addressed issues on climate change and history it was an excellent opportunity to get back into the galleries. Many thanks to the three Year 12 students who helped mentor the groups.

Parents’ Evening Dates 2021/22 Year 7 parents’ evening—Wednesday 17th November

Year 9 parents’ evening—Monday 22nd November Year 1 parents’ evening—Wednesday 26th January Year 8 parents’ evening—Tuesday 8th February Year 10 parents’ evening—Monday 28th February Year 13 parents’ evening—Wednesday 23rd March

Year 12 parents’ evening—Thursday 28th April 27