KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON
PRIZE GIVING 2020
Autumn 2020
Dear pupils, parents and friends Welcome to King Edward VI School’s covid secure Prize Giving Ceremonies. The School was founded in 1553, under Letters Patent of King Edward VI, by the will of the Revd William Capon, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Rector of St Mary’s, Southampton. Today the School is proud to be one of the country’s leading co-educational day schools for nearly 1000 students. Students are invited to push themselves academically whilst enjoying an extraordinary range of co-curricular activities and opportunities. The School actively continues to strive towards fulfilling our aims that all our children flourish. Unfortunately this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, we cannot invite back our past students, nor can we invite parents and friends to celebrate the achievements of pupils. We very much hope to return to a normal ceremony in 2021 and hope you enjoy the recording of the ceremony.
Order Of Proceedings General Thanksgiving Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you most humble and hearty thanks for all your goodness and loving kindness. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And give us, we pray, such a sense of all your mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, for ever and ever. AMEN. Edward Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich, O.E.
Introduction and General Thanksgiving, Chaplain
Welcome from the Head, Neal Parker
Prize Giving Ceremony - presented by the Head
Musical Solos Lower School Nathan Yam performing Sonata for Clarinet and piano Op.167 movement II Allegretto by C. Saint-Saens Upper School Nathan Man performing Gabriel’s Oboe by E. Morricone Sixth Form Mia Blake performing Summertime by G. Gershwin
Head of Year awards - presented by Head of Section
Heads of School award - presented by Head of School
Prize List 2020 Pryor Prize First Year Aleksander Birdsall Holly Chambers Kishan Dulai Zhiqing Gao Alice Higenbottam Rosa Shepherd Olivia Spooner
Bastick Award Second Year
Fourth Year
Katherine Ardern-Jones Charlie Aspinall Rio Gawne-Cain Lawrence Hole Raaghav Sharma Aashish Singh Dasmahapatra Louie Wu
Emma Aellen Kamran Dhariwal William Goodridge Isaac Haq Barnaby Saer Catherine Shore Joseph Thompson
Third Year
Fifth Year
Upper Sixth Prize for Contribution to School Life
Savinu Ariyawansa Celia Brabazon Alexander Hegedus-Adkin Sophie Kileff Nathan Man Isabel Smith Rebecca Vaughan
Isabella Finlay Elizabeth Lotery Abigail McCarthy Joseph Rachman Theeran Ramanan Tasmiah Safat-e-Jannat Xanthe Thompson
Gus Berry Sam Burton Eleanor Dunlop Alice Dyer Henry Gwilliam Zoe Henderson Stephanie Judd
Arev Melikyan Sophie Roe Daisy Sarton Xyla Taufaniska Sam Thompson Issy Todd Amy Tunney
Main School Endowed Prizes Some students who have been awarded these endowed prizes have also been awarded a scholarship. They will be invited to collect their award when the scholarships are called.
The LycĂŠe Victor Grignard Trophy
Irish Prize For Drama
Sam Webb
Max Henderson
The Robin Lawson Prize
The Gill Hall Classics Prize
Rosa Shepherd
Sophia Skenderis
The Dudley Brazier Prize for Design and Technology
The Gill Wright Prize For Classics
Nithusha Baheerathan Ellie Small
Jefferson Prize Joseph Rachman
Worner Poetry Prize Nathan Man
Lucy Walker
The Kettle English Prize Abigail McCarthy
The Religious Studies Prize Hannah Gawne-Cain
The Partridge BMW Engineering Prize Robert Evans Aaron Henderson
Scholarships First Year Scholars
Third Year Scholars
Academic Rivinu Ariyawansa Lucas Chen Aryan Devchand Thomas Farr Aryan Gupta Parrv Gupta Hannah Pugh Roxanna Sekhon Jessica Thomas Xi He Xu
Academic Eve Cameron
Music Exhibition Leo Havelock
Academic Celia Brabazon Sophie Carter Alexander Hegedus-Adkin Sophie Kileff Isabel Smith Afjal-Noor Chowdhury Savinu Ariyawansa Adele Congreve Tessa Tomson Rebecca Vaughan Michael Wong
Drama Afi Norgbey Ava Tarry Art Francesca Godsland-Ladislao Ruby Madon Sports Benjamin Aarvold Ewan Powell Samuel Rogers James Salter Isobel Sharp James Sheppard
The Ben Smith Award Drama Alexandra Lambert Sport Maya Takhar
Sports Alexander Fuller Laura Kortekaas
Upper School Scholars
Music Sophie Kileff Nathan Man Boheng Shen James Booth Nicholas Dodd Thomas Waggett
Drama Lucy Walker Theo Shaw Nell Sarton Art Tessa Tomson Celia Brabazon
Special Prizes
Scholarships The E P Abraham Scholarship Sophia Bassi Amber Chen Ben Deans Isabella Finlay Sylvi Pickering Katie Powell Olivia Thomas Xanthe Thompson Alex Zhou
The Fl Wooley Scholarship Sophia Skenderis
Foundation Scholarship
Avent Integrity Prize
Anna Aksenova Michael Beck-Papageorgiou Tasmiah Safat-e-Jannat Charles Smeeton
Rio Gawne-Cain Charlie Ryves
Sixth Form Exhibitioner - Sport
Katherine Ryan
Freya Brannigan
Chipperfield Prize for Integrity P & A Love Memorial Prize Tim Ward Emily Price
The Ian Bruce Charity Prize Alice Dyer
The Governors Prize Yuqing Chen Ben Gavin
The Godwin Public Speaking Prize Alfie Wright
The JRTA Award for String Music Boheng Shen
Colin Diaper Prize for Music Sophie Wu
Macmillan Prize for Leadership Sam Thompson
Headmaster’s Art Prize Sophie Roe
Special Awards Head of Year Award - First Year
Head of School Award - Fourth Year
Megan Barriball Isabelle Sheppard AnnaSophia Tarafdar George Underhill Lily Walker
Alice Turner-Hall
Head of Year Award - Fifth Year
Darren Biney
Frederick Coulson Alice Leather Tamsin Morris Mirire Okitikpi Tabitha Rouf
Head of Year Award - Second Year
Head of School Award - Fifth Year
Lulu Darrer Sophie Kent Josephine Salter Harman Shergill Caspar Underwood
Sumiya Alam
Head of School Award - First Year
Head of Year Award - Lower Sixth
James King
Georgina Clay Emma Gueguen Jacob Ho Ghazal Salehi Majd Mirajur Rahman
Head of Year Award - Third Year
Head of School Award - Lower Sixth
Max Bouras Samantha MacNaughton Isabelle Nutbourne Georgina Wheeler William Read
Katherine Roberts
Head of School Award - Second Year
Head of School Award - Third Year Charlotte Akerman
Head of Year Award - Fourth Year Murray Boyle Mayan Gupta Sophie Keeble Nuzhath Siddiqua Ethan Woods
Endowed Subject Prizes (Sixth Form) Cook Prize for Biology Yuqing Chen Sam Thompson
The Stephen Noyce Memorial Prize for History Madeleine Wright
The Business Prize
Collett Memorial Prize for History
Lucy Giles
Wojciech Magier
Frederick Drew Memorial Prize for Chemistry
Magowan Prize for Mathematics
Cherida Zhang Arev Melikyan
The Anthony Hall Prize for Classics Lucy Giles
Guilmant Prize for Computer Technology Ben Gavin
The Dudley Brazier Prize for Design And Technology Will Sturdy
Stewart Prize for Economics
William Atherton Christopher Miller
Scanlan Prize for Music William Booth
Music Technology Prize Joseph Linehan
The Philosophy & Ethics Prize Robert Evans
Tony Allen Photography Prize Linus Etchingham
William Tall
Geoffrey Cockett Prize for Physics and Communications
English Language Prize
Sarah MacLeod
Amy Tunney
Roberts Prize for English Eleanor Dunlop
The Fogarty Prize Isabella Todd
John Bevan Prize for Geography Millie Parsons
T R Small Prize for Spoken German Xyla Taufaniska
V A and Joyce Bailey Prize for Physics Cherida Zhang
The Psychology Prize Ella-Jay Mallon
The Spanish Prize Eleanor Dunlop
The Sports Science Prize Zoe Henderson
Robert Twigg Prize for Drama Edmund Bissett
The Waterman Essay Prize Ian Costigan
The Ralph Morley Memorial Prize Lucy Giles
Waller Prize Sam Thompson Eleanor Dunlop Stephanie Judd Arev Melikyan
Head’s Prizes Prize for Heads and Deputy Heads of School Sam Thompson Eleanor Dunlop Stephanie Judd Arev Melikyan
The School wishes to express its thanks to the following for their input in enabling the covid secure Prize Giving to take place; Administration: Mrs J Canty
Theatre and Recording Manager: Mr J Consterdine
Musical Arrangements: Miss C Forsey
Facilities: Mr A Haynes, Mr D Heath, Mr A Manuel, Mr P Byles
Notes on Scholarships
Scholarships In electing Scholars, the Governors aim to mark and encourage intellectual qualities of the highest order. Entrance Scholarships are awarded by the Governors to pupils entering the First or Third Year. Some of these Scholarships may be awarded for special proficiency in Music, Art or Drama. Upper School Scholarships are awarded by the Governors to pupils at the end of their Third Year. The E P Abraham Scholarships were founded and endowed in 1979 by Professor Sir Edward Abraham, CBE, MA, DPhil, FRS (1925-1931) from the E P A Cephalosporin Trust. The Scholarships are available to pupils entering the Sixth Form to study Chemistry or Biology and are tenable for two years. Sixth Form E P Abraham Award is an award made by The Sir Edward Abraham Memorial Fund. Sir Edward (1913-1999) was born in Shirley and attended the School. He was in the original Penicillin team at Oxford in the 1940s and developed another range of antibiotics “The Cephalosporins” which are still used extensively around the world to cure infections. In his lifetime Sir Edward was a generous friend to the School and benefactor of many pupils. His Memorial Fund supports Scholarships with bursarial assistance to pupils from the maintained sector, in the first instance, who wish to study Chemistry and or Biology in the Sixth Form at the School. The F L Woolley Scholarship was founded and endowed in 1979 by F L Woolley, FCA (1917-21), who was Clerk to the Governors from 1949–1977 and Vice–Chairman of the Governors of the School from 1984-1996. The Scholarship is available to a pupil entering the Sixth Form and is tenable for two years. Foundation Scholarships are awarded each year to not more than three pupils entering the Sixth Form and are tenable for two years.
Sixth Form Scholarships For Art, Design & Technology, ICT and Drama were instituted in 2002. They are awarded after discussions within the relevant departments and are intended for those pupils regarded as having achieved very high standards within their subjects and who are judged to have considerable further potential. The Scholarships are tenable for two years and are subject to review in March. The Pirelli General Scholarship was endowed on independence in 1979. It is awarded to a pupil entering the Sixth Form and is tenable for two years. The Chant Scholarship and a number of Governors’ Scholarships for excellence in musical performance are awarded to students entering the Sixth Form and are tenable for two years. The JRTA Award For String Music was established in l985 by Professor and Mrs R Scurlock in appreciation of the opportunities afforded by the School for particpation in music for stringed instruments to their four sons. The Ben Smith Scholarships for Drama and Sport were established in memory of Ben Smith (2000 – 2017) who tragically died in May 2017. He was a keen sportsman and had a passion for drama. The awards will be made to two incoming pupils who have excelled in these areas.
Notes on Prizes
Sixth Form Academic Prizes These are awarded for academic excellence. The D E E Pryor Awards for First Year Prizes were founded and endowed in 1996 by Mr D E E Pryor, BA, who served the school for 40 years (1954-94) as Assistant Master, Head of the Lower School, Registrar and Deputy Head Master. The Bastick Awards were founded and endowed in 1988 by a legacy under the will of Mr Frederick Vernon Holme in memory of Sidney L Bastick (1907-13). The Avent Prizes For Integrity were founded and endowed in 1989 by the family of R G Avent (1912-1989), a Master at the School for 26 years (1950-1976), to perpetuate his memory. The Chipperfield Prizes For Integrity were founded in 1900 by Robert Chipperfield, Chairman of the Governors 18771905, and are awarded mainly in the Fourth Year. The Magowan Prizes For Mathematics were founded in 1949 by a legacy under the will of Robert Magowan MBE (1891-95 Foundation Scholar). The Ronald Fogarty Prize is awarded annually for French reading. It was established in 1960 by the widow of Ronald William Fogarty (1917-23), who was Honorary Treasurer and President–Elect of the Old Edwardians’ Association at the time of his death on 30th January 1959. Lycée Victor Grignard, Cherbourg Trophy, is awarded to a pupil in the Third year for excellent work in French. It commemorates the exchange between Lycée Victor Grignard, Cherbourg, Quatrieme pilote and Form III/2 in the Summer of 1961. The Robin Lawson Prize given by the family of Mr R V Lawson, a member of the staff (1936-69), and Head of Modern Languages for 22 years until his death in 1969, is awarded annually for the best oral work in French in Year I. The T R Small Prize For Spoken German was established in 1989 by T R Small (1923-28), President of the Old Edwardians’ Association 1964. The Prize is awarded in the Sixth Form for proficiency in spoken German.
The Dudley Brazier Prize For Design And Technology were established in 1996 by Mr W Dudley Brazier, JP, FRICS, FCIOB (1926-30), Governor and Chairman of the Building Committee (1973-1995) appointed a Fellow of the School in 1995. The prizes were awarded to help encourage high standards in the practical aspects of the Design and Technology syllabus. The Guilmant Prize For Computer Technology was established in 1992 by John Guilmant (1925-32), President of the Old Edwardians’ Association 1967, and past Editor of the Old Edwardians’ Association Journal. The Jefferson Prize For Information Technology was established in 1992 by Dr and Mrs A Jefferson, whose three eldest sons were educated at the School. It is awarded every two years to a pupil in the Upper or Lower School who demonstrates excellence in Information Technology. The Worner Poetry Prizes were endowed in 1993 by a bequest from the will of Mr Philip Worner (OE). They are awarded for poetry written by members of the Lower School, Fourth Year and Lower Sixth. The Ian Bruce Charity Prizes were established in 2004 to reward outstanding commitment to fund raising and community service work. The Governors’ Prizes were established in 2004 for exceptional achievement in extra-curricular activities. The Irish Prize For Drama first awarded in 1994, was established by Mr Brian Irish, past President of the Old Edwardians’ Association. It is awarded for excellence in Dramatic performance below the Sixth Form. The Business Prize is awarded to the best Sixth Form student in this subject. The Partridge BMW Engineering Prize was established in 2019 to promote Engineering-related studies. It is awarded to a pupil demonstrating proficiency within this area of study.
Gill Hall Classics Prizes given in memory of Gill Hall by her husband, Martin Hall, Director of Music from 1984-2005 and an anonymous donor. Gill Hall was a member of staff (1977-1999) and Head of Classics from 1991 until her death. They are awarded annually in the Lower and Upper School. The Gill Wright Prize For Classics awarded to the Second Year pupil who has shown outstanding endeavour and progress throughout the year. The Kettle Prizes for outstanding work in English in the Lower and Upper School were endowed by Chris Kettle, teacher 1980 – 2007, Head of English 1998 – 2002. The Psychology Prize was established in 2013 for excellence in this subject. The Spanish Prize was established in 2013 for excellence in this subject. The Sports Science Prize was established in 2013 for excellence in this subject. The V A Bailey And Joyce Bailey Memorial Prize For Physics was founded and endowed in 1966 by the late Mrs Joyce Bailey in memory of her husband, Professor Victor Bailey (1910-13), Exhibitioner of the Queen’s College, Oxford. The Geoffrey Cockett Prize For Physics And Communications was established in 1994 by Mr G H Cockett, President of the Old Edwardians’ 1992. It is awarded to any pupil taking A level Physics who is placed in the top six in the year and who has demonstrated enthusiasm, initiative and communication skills. The Cook Prize For Biology was established in1979 by Dr Peter Cook and is awarded annually in the Sixth Form for outstanding work in Biology. The R F Collett Prize For History in the Sixth Form was founded and endowed in 1946 by friends in memory of Reginald F Collett (1915-1919), for many years treasurer of the Old Edwardians’ Association. The Stephen Noyce Memorial Prize For History was established in 1999 by the family of Stephen Noyce (19851992), who died in 1998. It is awarded each year to the best Lower Sixth historian.
The Stewart Prize was donated in 1985 by Mrs M V I Smith in memory of her Old Edwardian brother, Mr Stanley Stewart. It is awarded annually to the best Upper Sixth Form Economist. The Roberts Prize was established in 1969 by F G Roberts MA, a Master (1932-68), in memory of the long association of himself and of his family with the School, and is awarded for work to university scholarship standard in English. The Anthony Hall Classics Scholarship was established in 2009 to recognise an outstanding contribution to Classics. The Waterman English Essay Prize was established in 1997 by Professor A M C Waterman (1941-1949) and his brother Mr P N R Waterman (1942-52). This is awarded for the Extended Project Essay. The English Language Prize was established in 2006 for outstanding critical and creative evaluation of language in different forms and contexts. The John Bevan Prize For Geography in the Sixth Form was founded in 1979 by a legacy under the will of John S Bevan, FCIS (1911-17), who was a Governor of the School from 1966 until his death in 1978. The Colin Diaper Prize For Music was founded and endowed in 1983 by Colin Malcolm Diaper, President of the Old Edwardians’ Association 1982, and subsequently a Governor of the School, for meritorious work or performance in connection with the activities of the Choir. The Derek Scanlan Award For Music was founded and endowed in 1975 by Mrs Eileen Scanlan to perpetuate the memory of her husband, Mr D I G Scanlan, MVO, OBE, (1928-1936), who, at the time of his sudden death in May 1973, was Honorary Auditor of the Old Edwardians’ Association (London Branch). The Robert Twigg Prize For Drama was established in memory of Robert Twigg (1985-2002), Deputy Head of School 2002. He was tragically killed in a car crash in December 2002. Robert had a love and flair for theatre. He was a talented dramatist, both directing and acting in many school productions. The Drama Studio now bears his name. The Robert Twigg Prize for Drama is to be awarded annually for academic work in Theatre Studies, a course Robert was following at the time of his death.
The Martin Skipper Prize was founded by Martin Skipper (1994-2001) in 2002 to be awarded annually to the Lower Sixth pupil who has excelled himself or herself in the study of Philosophy by showing an outstanding ability to grasp the fundamentals of this classical subject.
Patron
The Woodford Prize is awarded to aspiring Law students.
Chair: Mr A J Morgan MA (Oxon), FCA, ATII (7) Vice-Chair: Mr I H Rudland (7) Dr Y Binge MB, ChB (7) Councillor M Chaloner MA (Cantab) Barrister-at-Law (5) Mr N Challis CEng, BEng, MIStructE (7) Mrs M L Chant (7) Mr A J Connell BSc (7) Reverend J M Finch (1) Mr B E Gay BA (7) Mr J J Gray BSc FCA (7) Ms A Holden (7) Mr A Jones (7) Miss P S Kirk B.Ed Cert.Ed (7) Mr A Knibb BA (Hons), B Arch, ARB, RIBA, Vice Chairman Hampshire RIBA (7) Mrs S J Mancey (7) Cllr K Mans (3) Dr J E Mitchell MA (Cantab), MBBS, DRCOG, DCH (7) Mrs C G Musker Chartered MCIPD (7) Mrs H V Nicholson MA (Oxon) MSc (7) Mr W A Oscoft BSc (7) Mrs W P Swinn BDS, LDS, RCS (7) Dr A L Thomas MA, PhD (Cantab), CBiol, MRSB (7) Mrs J L Wadsworth (7) Clerk: Mr R V Maher BA (Econ), ACA
The P&A Love Memorial Prize was established in 1999 at the instigation of Mark Chiverton, BA Hons (Oxon) (1990-97), Deputy Head of School (1996-97), and funded by the Love and Chiverton families in memory of Pamela Love (d 1997). Mrs Love was the widow of the Reverend Arthur Love, former Head of Geography at the School. The award is made to a pupil in the Upper Sixth who demonstrated consistent integrity throughout his or her two years in the Sixth Form. The Godwin Public Speaking Prize was founded by James Lawrence Godwin (1992-1999, Head of School 1998-1999) in 1999, to be awarded annually to any pupil in the School who excels themselves and shows distinction in Public Speaking. The Ralph Morley Memorial Prize was founded and endowed in 1957 in memory of Ralph Morley MA Member of Parliament for Itchen (1929-1931) and (19451954). It is awarded annually to the Chief Librarian and the Archives Librarian. The Macmillan Prize For Leadership in the Sixth Form was founded and endowed in 1981 by Mr Murray Albert Macmillan (1920-1923). The Waller Prize for the Head of School and the Deputy Heads of School was founded in 1953 by a legacy under the will of George Albert Waller, Clerk to the Governors (1907-1933) and a Governor of the School (1933-1948). The King Edward VI Goblet is awarded to a member of the School Community, past or present, who has brought particular credit to the School. The King Edward VI shilling, the centrepiece of the Goblet, was presented to the School by Mrs Sarah Saunders Davies, a member of the Governing Body. The Goblet was first awarded in September 2001. The Tony Allen Photography Trophy is awarded for excellence in photography.
HM Lord - Lieutenant of Hampshire Mr Nigel Atkinson
Governors
1. Ex officio 2. Appointed by the Old Edwardians’ Association 3. Appointed by the Hampshire County Council 4. Appointed by the Senate of the University of Southampton 5. Appointed by the Southampton City Council 6. Appointed by the Board of Directors of the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce 7. Co-opted
The Governors wish to express their gratitude to the following donors of Bursaries at the School: The E. P. Abraham Cephalosporin Trust Messrs. Elliott Brothers Pirelli General plc The Frank Misselbrook Foundation The F. L. Woolley Trust These and the many other donors to the Bursary Fund, too numerous to mention by name, enable the Governors to offer bursaries to parents who would otherwise be unable to send their children to the School.
Founded 1553
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