Malvern Times November 2018

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NOVEMBER 2018

Dear Parents

Iceland 1 Festival of Economics

2

Remembrance Sunday

2

CVS Ball

2

As we head towards the leave-out, I am writing to update you in an eclectic manner on a range of activities at Malvern.

Iceland

Manners make us human 3

Over half-term, our senior geographers

Informal Concert

phenomena related to their study are

visited Iceland where several of the

3

evident. It was an exceptional experience

Inter-House Singing Competition 3 Sporting Snippets

3

Parents’ Forum

4

Bulkeley Evans

5

Contingency Day

5

Christmas Celebrations

6

Wolf Hall

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for them: they walked under and over glaciers, visited the iceberg lagoon at Jokolsorlon, saw geysers

erupting and

visited the world famous Blue Lagoon.

Contact the College

e: mis@malverncollege.org.uk

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Festival of Economics

CVS Ball

Shortly after returning to school following half-term, some Sixth

On Saturday evening, thanks to the organisation of Mr Adam

Form pupils attended a Festival of Economics held in Bristol;

Hutsby, other staff and the School Council, our Sixth Formers

Annabelle Moody, Josh Preston, Arent Reimer, Dan

appeared resplendent in evening dress for the CVS Ball.

Holland, Nikki Stonham, Konrad Barbers, Francesco Coppola and Dmitry Solomatin competed well in the initial rounds and, at the conclusion of the event, Konrad Barbers, Francesco Coppola and Dmitry Solomatin were placed second amongst the school entries and selected to go through to an international event in Hamburg.

Everybody seems to have thoroughly enjoyed the occasion which, apart from being a fun event for our seniors, was also an important fundraising event for the multitude of charities which we support. In 2017/18 over £23,000 was raised by our pupils through such events and distributed to the following charities: The British Legion, Help for Heroes, The Oscar Foundation, The Alzheimer’s Society, Acorns Children’s Hospice, Action in Focus,

Remembrance Sunday

The British Heart Foundation, The British Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, Care after Combat, Hospice Care Kenya, Malala Fund, Medical Detection Dogs, Myeloma UK, The Roger Gower Memorial Fund and St Richard’s Hospice. Some of these are national or international projects and some are local.

An example of a local charity which we have supported in the past few weeks is Heartstart. Our interest in this charity which has to do with the use of defibrillators and training in CPR resulted from a sad story relating to one of our own school drivers.

In

December last year, Tony Allen, a Malvern driver, was unable to get his car off his drive as a result of heavy snow. His responsibility was to collect day pupils from Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire and bring them to Malvern College or Remembrance Sunday remains an important day in the life of

The Downs Malvern and he took his work very seriously. Tony

Malvern: we seek to pay tribute to those who were cut down

decided on that morning to cycle to work to fulfil his duties but

in the bloom of their youth and to recognise the impact of this

sadly en route he suffered a heart attack and died. Perhaps if

on grieving parents, wives, girlfriends and family members in

there had been a defibrillator at hand, the outcome may have

Britain, Germany, France, Russia and elsewhere. As many of

been different. Our staff and pupils have been touched by this

you will know, our pupils plant crosses in areas demarcated

story and wished to make a difference in saving lives in the future.

by House. Each cross bears a name of a Malvernian and this exercise demonstrates the respect we have for those who in the immortal words of Laurence Binyon “shall grow not old”. We are very grateful to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bettinson (No.7, 87-92) for his moving address at each of our services on a memorable day.

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Manners make us human

Sporting Snippets

Shortly after half-term I spoke to the pupils about manners and

Girls’ Hockey

the importance of demonstrating gratitude in situations where someone has done something special for them; the example that I used is a parent of a friend might have taken them to a special dinner or arranged a special trip/occasion, possibly to a sporting fixture or a concert and I said that, in those circumstances, I would expect a Malvernian to write a short note of appreciation alluding to what had made it a memorable event. This is such a small thing but it makes a huge difference to the recipient and

In Girls’ Hockey, the U18 and U16 teams have recently been playing in county tournaments. The U18 team finished as County runners-up, beating Bromsgrove 3-0, King’s, Worcester 7-0 and MSJ 6-0, but losing to RGS, Worcester 6-2. Tonia Worrallo scored ten goals and Hannah Atkinson was the Player of the Tournament. The team qualifies for the Midlands finals on the basis of their being county runners up.

ensures that he/she respects the writer as a person with good

The U16 team finished as County Champions, winning 2-1 against

manners, a person who appreciates kindness and does not take

King’s, Worcester, 4-0 against Bromsgrove and drawing 1-1 with

things for granted. Here is a jingle, “emailing passes the test, but

RGS, Worcester. Millie Kold scored four goals, whilst Ruth Ettler

writing a note is best”.

was the Player of the Tournament. The senior girls have progressed to the third round of the England Hockey Cup and the U16s beat

Informal Concert

King’s, Worcester, 6-1 in the England Hockey Plate Competition with goals from Otty Thomas two, Jemima Martyn-Smith, Jessica Vickers, Sophie Roberts and Jasmine Ellis one. Our

Our thanks go to all the pupils involved in the excellent Informal

Player of the Match was Harriet Carpenter.

Concert held last Friday: Felix Berger, Alice Day, Helena Rose, Thomas Birley, Freja Bedell, Nayanna Sira, Konrad Barbers, Cameron Eldridge, Kitty Holroyd, Leo Westwood, Harrison

Rugby

Hudson, Crystal Yip, Johnnie Wan, Shea John, Helena Huang Zhu, Syuzanna Avanesova, Nicholas Wilson, Jasper Penrice and Eileen Shen. It was a lovely and varied programme with a great number of outstanding performances.

Inter-House Singing Competition Well done to all of our performers who graced the Malvern Theatres in the Inter-House Singing Competition. All of the Houses did very well and so the adjudication must have been quite a challenge. Ultimately, the Adjudicator’s Prize went to House 5, the Timms Cup to House 2 and the winning trophy to House 8.

In Rugby we had some close matches against King’s, Macclesfield on Saturday. The U14A won 45-5 with Charles Hoyland scoring four tries, Frankie Jefferies two and Cameron Smith one. The U15A won 34-0 with tries from James Pickering, Jack Yeoward, Zach Watson, Will Crossland and Rory Upton. The U16A lost 5-26, our Players of the Match being Tom Hughes and George Batyrev. Paddy Moyle, Jacob Perry and Shea John were also worthy of special mention. The Seconds drew 5-5 and the Firsts drew 12-12 in a great performance with tries from Dylan Sillence and Vansh Ladwa.

Imoesi Ogwemoh, Harry Sillence,

Harry Bluck, Oliver Millard, Jack Onslow and Captain, Nick Yeoward, played superbly. Nick Yeoward has also been included in the Worcester Warriors U18 matches recently.

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Girls’ Golf

Equestrian

Our very warm congratulations go to Izzy Lloyd who has been

In Equestrianism, Amy Grammaticas competed in the NSEA

selected to play in the Junior European Girls’ Golf Championships

event challenge at Lucton against 41 riders, achieving second

in Spain next week. She will be up against the best players in the

place, Freja Bedell who rode in a different class, came fifth.

whole of Europe and so this is a huge honour for Izzy.

Parents’ Forum

Netball Our U14 Netballers took part in a county tournament and beat South Bromsgrove 6-4 and Heybridge 9-6, and then lost to RGS, Worcester, 14-5 and Bromsgrove 12-2. Mary Needham, Amelia Scott, Gia Neath, Georgie Balfry, Lexie Darby, Amelia Scott, Lily Hutton, Cate Mercurio, Anna Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Lily Brown and Lucy Underwood all did well.

On Saturday, the Senior Management Team held its termly meeting with the Parents’ Forum in the course of which presentations were made and a number of issues were discussed. Richard Whitehead, our SENCO, spoke about Learning Enhancement while Lewis Faulkner, our Deputy Head: Pastoral, spoke to the recent Pastoral Bulletin he had issued to parents on some aspects of alcohol misuse and the consequences. Other topics covered included subject choices, co-curricular opportunities, catering, uniforms and arrangements about House Singing. The purpose of the termly meeting is to consult with parents in a constructive fashion and to move the school forward positively. Parents on this Forum are able to be consulted by fellow parents for advice of a general nature, but if there is an issue which needs to be taken up on an individual basis, then please do continue to direct it to the appropriate person on our staff at Malvern College. For internal use only, the email addresses for the parents on the Parents’ Forum are as follows:

House

Name

e-Mail Address

No.1

Katie Hawkins Sarah Bensaude

Katie_anthony_hawkins@yahoo.co.uk bensaude@gmail.com

No.2

Sally Townsend

sally@fernhillcradley.co.uk

No.3

Rod Wood

rod@bayer-wood.co.uk

No.4

Beata Davison Frank Kenyon-Slaney

beata.davison@googlemail.com fslaney@world-odyssey.com

No.5

Jamie Cox Elisabeth Cox (Lisi)

jamie@jamiecox.org lisicox@mac.com

No.6

Sara-Jane Berry

berry.home@hotmail.com

No.7

Anna Renton

annalrenton@btinternet.com

No.8

Neil Anderson

Neil.Anderson@QCom.co.uk

No.9

Sarah Platnauer Sarah Mayell

Sarahp4@me.com smayell@wyenet.co.uk

School House

Jeremy Hubbard Jane Eldridge

jchubbard@btinternet.com jane@collegeguardians.co.uk

Ellerslie House

Sanjiv Jain

jainsa@us.ibm.com

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Bulkeley Evans The Bulkeley Evans HMC Scholarship awards are made for gap peer projects and, generally speaking, are awarded to those who are financially needy and who will engage in projects which will benefit the community in countries in the developing world. There are a range of stipulations which are attached to such awards and all Houses have been circulated with the details.

Contingency Day This academic year, for the first time, the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has set aside Wednesday 26 June 2019 as a “contingency day� for GCSE and GCE A Level examinations should sustained national or local disruption arise during the June 2019 examination series. In other words it is possible, though unlikely, that some examination papers may be re-scheduled to that day from earlier in the examination period. Should this happen, candidates for the relevant papers would be expected by JCQ to be available in College for examination that day. Clearly, this would not be a last minute decision so most candidates would have time to return to College, but it is something parents may wish to bear in mind when making arrangements for the post-examination period.

I am writing to introduce the Malvernian Society, and to let you know that as a Malvern parent, you automatically become a member of the Society. This is a recent initiative and it gives us great pleasure to welcome you into the fold. Your child(ren) will join the Society on completion of their final term of the Upper Sixth.

The Society is a growing network of over 10,000 Old Malvernians

Ballet. As we are a global network, parents based overseas will

(OMs), parents and Friends of Malvern College. They maintain

discover that the Society hosts gatherings in many major European

regular contact with their members to inform them about

cities, as well as in North America, Australia and the Far East.

forthcoming events and news from the College. The Society is managed by Paul Godsland who taught at Malvern for over 30 years and ended his career as Deputy Head: Logistics.

As a member of the Society, you will be able to keep up to date with events and activities through their social media platforms.

They have a presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. They

It is also the fundraising arm of the College and has been involved

also publish and mail out an annual newsletter. Please do let Paul

in virtually every building project since the foundation of the

know if you would like to receive a printed copy and they will

College. You may be interested to watch the Development video

happily add you to their mailing distribution. His email address is

on their website (www.malverniansociety.org.uk) which

paul.godsland@malverncollege.org.uk. They shall shortly

underlines the importance of the generosity of our members.

email you their information leaflet.

The Society offers a varied programme of social activities

They look forward to meeting you at one of our events in the

throughout the year, ranging from sporting occasions and musical

near future. In the meantime, if you have any questions

concerts to informal gatherings and lectures. Paul looks forward

regarding the Malvernian Society, please don’t hesitate to

to welcoming you to these, which will include national events

contact Paul Godsland and he will do his best to help.

such as Royal Ascot, the Cheltenham Music Festival and the Royal

The Malvernian Society Privacy Policy and Data-sharing Agreement with Malvern College are available on the website.

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Wolf Hall Performances of Wolf Hall are on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November 2018 at 7.30 pm. Tickets may be reserved via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/malverncollege. Patrons may print an e-ticket at home or alternatively display on a mobile device.

We do hope that you will be able to join us for what promises to be an exhilarating and entertaining piece of theatre, the inaugural production in our refurbished Rogers Theatre.

Christmas Celebrations Parents are very welcome to join us for the following Christmas celebrations

Advent Carols Sunday 2nd December 3.00 pm Great Malvern Priory

Christmas Concert Sunday 9th December 7.00 pm Big School

Town Carol Service Wednesday 12th December 7.30 pm College Chapel

Antony Clark | Headmaster

Malvern College, College Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3DF, UK t: 01684 581 500 | e: enquiries@malverncollege.org.uk