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WEEKLY REVIEW

Maria V

Head’s Introduction

Roedean enjoys waking up to snow!

The students at Roedean had a brilliant time when they woke up to find the School was covered in a blanket of snow. They dashed outside before morning registration to have some fun, and it was a good job they did as it didn’t last and most of it was gone before lunch!

The arrival of snow at Roedean, however brief, caused more than a flurry of excitement this week. It was lovely to see the students charging around outside and having great fun. I am also very pleased that we marked Chinese New Year with an amazing firework display on Wednesday evening. I hope that this, along with the beautiful decorations in the fireplace and around School, and a Chinese lunch, has helped make a great start to the girls’ celebrations.

This week, there has been a range of brilliant House activities, lots of Netball and some fantastic victories against strong sides, Sixth Formers donating shoeboxes to homeless people in Brighton, House Dance, which was great fun and highlighted the girls’ talents, and Year 12 Parents’ Evening. We have also had the Year 9 Enterprise Day, and Brain Day for A Level Biologists and Psychologists, allowing the students to give breadth to their knowledge and deepen their understanding.

I am also delighted that Sorcha H (Yr12) put on her production of Godber’s play Shakers Re-Stirred to a large and appreciative audience in the Theatre this week. Given her age, Sorcha has a lot of experience of directing plays, and this was evident in her mature interpretation and clever yet simple staging of the play. The 8 actors, all from Year 12, also did a great job congratulations to everyone involved.

This has obviously been an important week at Roedean because of 100 Years of the Women’s Vote. We have heard about it in Assembly, and in wonderful Chapel services, many have been sporting badges, and the students have made their provisional choices from the list of impressive and diverse speakers during our Festival Celebrating Women on Thursday 8 March. Given the significance of this centenary in an all-girls’ school, I am very pleased that the student body has engaged with this so well.

Chapel heating is definitely fixed!

I hope that you all enjoy spending some time with family, friends, and dear ones, good luck to those of you who are going to France on the ski trip, and I wish you all a wonderful halfterm holiday.

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Unsung heroes in the spotlight Each week, many wonderful things happen at Roedean, about which many in the school are perhaps unaware; this section of the weekly review is dedicated to ‘unsung heroes’, in order to draw our attention to these people and remind us that our community is special.

The Tate as creative inspiration!

The Year 11 artists went on a visit to the Tate Modern on Saturday. We braved the rain and crowds to visit the permanent collection, which was amazing. Everybody found something absolutely inspiring to study for their GCSE Art exam.

Melanie C (Yr13) and Millie H (Yr8) for their act of kindness in attending to the sheep during the firework display [JRO]

Biology Olympiad Success The results are in from this year’s Biology Olympiad, and I am delighted that some of the Roedean students have done really well: ■■

Gold Awards (that is the top 7% of students nationally) –Melanie C and Miranda G

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Silver Award – Martha N

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Bronze Award – May Tia L

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Highly Commended Awards – Ishika A and Meghan G

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Commended Awards –Lucy B, Samantha C, Lydia L, Angela L, Prim N, Umu T, Nicole W, Nadia W

Well done to you all!

PCH

Dominique L (Yr7) for being incredibly kind and thoughtful on the Wicked Trip, looking after other students instinctively, without being asked [HBO]

Top Results for the Chemistry Olympiad Congratulations to the top 3 Olympiad results.

The test is out of 81, and it is so difficult that over 45 is considered exceptional. We are therefore delighted that Selen S scored 47, Mavis Z scored 45, and Emily T 35. The top performer in Year 12 was Nadia W, with 24.5. Well done!

MEB

Aisha T (Yr12) for her help in setting up for such a wonderful ‘Psychology of Film’ evening in Lawrence House [JRO]

Martha’s mural project At a time when we’re thinking a great deal about women’s equality, Martha S (Yr11) is also thinking about racial issues and equality. February is Black History month, and she is championing this cause - she has created a mural template so that everyone can contribute to this joint piece of art.

If you would like to be part of this brilliant project, drop in any time!

Mr Marchant and Mr Morris (staff) for writing and preparing this week’s excellent Chapel script, and then graciously stepping back to let others present it [RB] Nettie G (Yr7) for designing a poster to celebrate National Libraries’ Day, thanking Roedean Library staff from the Year 7s, and organising the signing of the poster by several Year 7s. The poster is now pinned pride of place on the Library noticeboard [SBL] Atlanta S (Yr11) for stepping up and representing House 4 at the House Dance Competition with only a couple of hours to prepare, after ‘Michael Jackson’ suddenly fell ill and was unable to perform [SEW]

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Roedean celebrates Chinese New year with a bang and a flash!

Gōngxĭ fācái! This year, Chinese New Year begins on February 16, so we decided to celebrate it a few days early at Roedean, so that we could share in the festivities before half-term. The Catering Department put on an amazing spread of Chinese food, there was the opportunity to try your hand at the art of calligraphy, and the girls on the One-Year GCSE Foundation course made wonderful lanterns and traditional paintings to decorate the fireplace in Main Reception – thanks in particular to Lydia L whose beautiful traditional brushwork and ink panels add a special touch to the display. Furthermore, Victoria C played a piece on the traditional Chinese zither, or guzheng, in Chapel, and it was really beautiful.

However, the highlight of our pre-celebrations was the firework display – everyone gathered in the Quad to watch them, and they were brilliant! 恭喜发财 and 恭喜發財!

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Swimming vs Mayfield Shoeboxes for the homeless On Saturday morning, 10 Sixth Formers helped to organise our charity shoe boxes, making sure each box contained a piece of clothing, some food, hygiene products, some stationary to keep them busy, and a hand-written letter from the girls.

It took us the whole morning to make sure everything was prepared, and at 2 o’clock in the afternoon all of us went to Churchill Square.

We battled the cold and the winds for 3 hours to find people that needed our help. Half of the boxes we gave to homeless people that we found in Brighton, while the other half are going to different charities that help the homeless.

I would like to give a huge thank you to everyone who helped and donated, and huge congratulations to House 4 who donated the most out of all the houses. I cannot emphasise enough how beautiful the hand-written letters were, and what an amazing difference they made to the people we gave the boxes too.

Thank you to the Sixth Formers for donating and helping me. Don’t forget that you made someone’s day better on Saturday 3rd!

Maria P (Yr13)

The swimmers competed against Mayfield on Monday evening; it was great to have 40 swimmers in the pool. We competed at both A and B standard and both squads performed well; the races were extremely close. We have limited numbers of seniors in the squad so great respect to Gracie B, Liv H, Eden W-N and Josie F who swam up an age group and gained several wins in their events.

The overall scores were: Roedean A – 73 Mayfield A – 60 Roedean B – 38 Mayfield B – 22 Well done to the Roedean A team who were outright winners.

Shakers Re-stirred On Wednesday 7 February, ‘Shakers Re-stirred’ was performed by eight Sixth Formers with an obvious flair for classic dry humour. The simple staging and stand-out characters offered a mature look at what the Roedean drama students are capable of and left the audience in stitches. The actresses played waitresses, party girls and lads on tour, amongst others, and did so with great charisma and chemistry.

Certain roles carried deeper characters, but only

highlighted the diversity of the actresses and their knack for acting. Their professionalism whilst communicating their witty one liners showed talent, as well as confidence, in their art and the modernised version of the play revealed the skill of the director, Sorcha H. With a fun plot, actresses with and aptitude for comedy, and a director with obvious talent, this play went down like ‘a Bloody Mary on a 21st birthday’ - tasteful and having them coming back for Page 4

more. Although it was a shame that this was a one-night-only performance, the play presented a new era for fast-paced yet dry comedy in Roedean drama. We hope to see more of this and applaud the cast and director for their hard work and skill as well as keeping the audience in constant fits of laughter. Congratulations.

Teddy C

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Roedean celebrates 100 years of Women’s Suffrage To mark the anniversary of 100 years of Women’s Suffrage on 6 February, we had a wonderful service Chapel which focused on the events of 1918, and then presented the current situation from the girls’ perspective.

Our thanks go to Mr Marchant and Mr Morris, form the History and Politics Departments, and to Miss Earl (Faculty Lead for Humanities) and Maddie, Megan, Olivia, Georgie, Molly, and Yasmin, for leading the service.

Here is their script: Miss Earl: In 2018 the tasks before us seem great. Turn on the news and we see division and discord defining our politics. Amid such uncertainty, it may seem a strange time to celebrate, but that is what we do today.

We have much to rejoice and much to remember in 2018. It is now 120 years since young women have arrived on this site to earn an education.

This was an unusual endeavour in a maledominated society, but one that serves as a timeless reminder of our collective capacity to defy expectations and forge a fairer world.

In 2018 we reaffirm our commitment to these founding ideals by celebrating 100 years of female suffrage. Before 1918, women were excluded from politics and denied rights afforded to many men.

It was only after a long and hard-fought campaign that Parliament finally passed the Representation of the People Act, granting women aged thirty and above the right to vote.

Much like our modest beginnings, the path to women winning the right to vote started with a small group of highly dedicated individuals, whom we remember today.

Millicent Fawcett was one of the founding members of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, an organisation committed to peaceful methods of campaigning. Logical argument and appeals to sympathy were the hallmarks of her campaigns. In 1913 Millicent Fawcett and her fellow suffragists set out the positive reasons why women were entitled to the vote, which Maddie will now read to us: Maddie: What does women’s suffrage mean?

Thousands and thousands of quiet law-abiding women are asking for the vote.

Why do they want it? Not in order to sit in Parliament. It would not give them the right to do that. They want it in order that they may be able to help choose the men who make the laws.

What are these laws about? Many of them are about children, houses, wages, taxes, insurance, old-age pensions, and lots of other things which matter to women just as much as to men.

Don’t you think it fair that a woman should be able to help decide how her children are to be educated, and what kind of home she is to live in? Women want to help men to make this country a better place than it is for all the men and women and children in it.

Miss Earl: However, as the struggle for women’s suffrage continued, some became disillusioned with the lack of progress. Women seemed no closer to gaining the vote. Polite campaigning – holding meetings and writing pamphlets – was not getting results. Tiring of this lack of progress, some women believed their methods of campaigning should be more direct.

They founded a sister organisation, the suffragettes, to campaign more directly.

Deeds, not words; loud rallies not quiet meetings; civil disobedience rather than polite rhetoric – these were the new methods in the struggle to gain voting equality with men.

Christabel Pankhurst, a leading suffragette, was imprisoned in 1907 for protesting at a public meeting at Parliament Square. After her release from prison, she made a speech justifying direct action. Megan will now read an extract from that speech: Megan: The militant suffragists are engaged in the attempt to win the parliamentary vote for the women of this country. Their claim is that those women who pay taxes and who fill the same qualifications as men voters shall be placed upon the parliamentary register. The reasons why women should have the vote are obvious to every fair-minded person. For forty years, this reasonable claim has been laid before parliament in a quiet and patient manner.

Meetings have been held and petitions signed in favour of votes for women but failure has been the result. The reason of this failure is that women have not been able to bring pressure to bear on the government. Men got the vote, not by persuading but by alarming the legislators.

Similar vigorous measures must be adopted by women. The militant methods of women today are clearly thought out and vigorously pursued.

They consist in protesting at public meetings and in marching to the House of Commons in procession. Repressive legislation make protests at public meetings an offence but imprisonment will not deter women from asking to vote.

Miss Earl: As we know the campaign for women’s suffrage in the country has been fought and won. But as we celebrate this great victory for fairness and dignity, we must also be mindful of that which remains to be achieved. We asked four pupils to speak about their thoughts on the challenges ahead: Georgie: The executive director of UN Women asked journalists in New York ‘What is democracy? Is it people for the people, or men for the people?’ For too long the latter has been the case. Today there are many women leading British politics. All three branches of government executive, judicial and legislative – see women in leading roles. We have a female prime minister, female Leader of the House of Commons and female President of the Supreme Court. Despite this, it is no secret that the representation of women in politics still has a long way to go.

Under a third of MPs are women. And in the so-called land of opportunity, the United States, under twenty percent of congress is female.

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women have seen huge amounts of progress in politics, education and employment, all won through common endeavour and costly sacrifice. The task ahead is great, but in words attributed to the anthropologist, Margaret Mead: ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’

Molly: The fight for equal opportunities has been long and arduous. From limited opportunities in the domestic sphere, to vital wartime work in munitions factories, the role of women in the workplace has expanded greatly. Despite this, even in April 2017 men still earned 18.4% more than women according to the Office for National Statistics.

Why is this? After all it has been illegal to pay people unequally simply because they are a man or a woman since 1970. The fact is, women are statistically more likely to work in lower paid jobs than men. Moreover, the highest paying roles in companies are statistically more likely to be occupied by men.

The challenge before us therefore is to leave the workplace better than we found it, and to do all we can to earn our rightful place on an equal footing. With girls making such great progress in education, surely the days of the gender pay gap are limited.

Olivia: Today in the 21st century, more girls go to school than ever before. However more than 62 million girls worldwide still don’t receive an education due to their gender, and 15 million girls will never enter a classroom compared to only 10 million boys. Being denied these opportunities limits their future job prospects, decreasing their family income, and therefore restricting the economic development of their country. Girls who are educated can not only improve their own lives, and the lives of their family, but improve whole communities, and even countries.

Women are now 35% more likely to go to university than boys, and, in 2014, 1200 more women than men were admitted to medicine and dentistry courses in the UK. There have been improvements but we still have a long way to go for equality.

Yasmin: Despite good progress in recent years, there still exists a stark gender divide at the top of UK businesses. Following pressure from the Government, the proportion of boardroom roles doubled between 2010 and 2015. About 26% of FTSE 100 boardroom roles are now occupied by women, up from 12.5%, but most are in nonexecutive and part-time director positions.

The most striking statistic however is that more men called John run FTSE 100 companies than women. 17 men named John are CEOs or chairs, compared to seven women.

The challenge ahead is hence both clear and considerable, but we will of course prevail. In the words of the highly successful businesswoman, Sheryl Sandberg: ‘In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders’.

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Year 9 Enterprise Day On Tuesday, the whole of Year 9 took part in the Ryman’s National Enterprise Challenge. This was an opportunity for the students to work in groups on a variety of challenges based around designing a new roller-coaster for Alton Towers. Throughout the day, they had to use a range of skills from across the curriculum, such as creative writing, Drama, and Maths, to help present their business ideas. The day ended with the students pitching their concept to two successful entrepreneurs, Nick Levens and Edna Kissman, from the Guild of Entrepreneurs London, who were our judges. Well done to the winning team (Priya T, Joyce W, Esme B, Scarlett B, Megan T, Holly B, Isabel G, Ashley W, Daisy W). The day was an enjoyable one and all the students put in lots of energy to their ideas.

Hopefully it will help some of the students to decide whether Business may be a good choice as one of their GCSE options for next year.

SLO

Brain Day

House 4 celebrations

On Tuesday, the Year 13 Psychology and Biology students were lucky enough to have a ‘Brain Day’ led by Dr Guy Sutton. The day was an intensive introduction to Neuroscience and featured cutting edge research into Brain Structure, Schizophrenia, and the ‘Criminal Mind’, amongst other topics. The day also included a dissection of a sheep brain. Being able to see the detail and anatomy of a brain up close has deepened my understanding of brain structure, and Dr Sutton’s explanations of each brain area’s functions were engaging and helpful. His style of speaking, dotted with personal anecdotes and research conducted by his friends, kept the day entertaining and allowed even the most squeamish of girls (like myself) to be drawn out by their curiosity and even hold the brain!

To celebrate the end of a wonderful half-term, the House 4 girls enjoyed a pizza party! Congratulations for everything that has been achieved in 2018 so far! There are lots of exciting times ahead – happy half-term!

The day also provided an opportunity for both Psychology and Biology students to learn about topics just outside of our respective fields. For example, Dr Sutton spoke about Neurobionics, a topic that isn’t covered in Psychology, but was incredibly interesting even without any prior knowledge of this field. As a Psychology student, these areas were of a particular interest as I wouldn’t have had the chance to be taught about them at such a high level of detail without this day. Overall, the day was a great success and Biology and Psychology students came together to study the brain in great detail.

Louisa A (Yr13)

Following our pizza party, the House 4 girls danced the night away!

Alongside many student-led dances, Mrs Wilson taught the nutbush and Mrs Leckie introduced the boat dance! We had a wonderful evening, full of fun and laughter to celebrate a fantastic half-term!

SWI

Chinese New Year in House 3 With Chinese New Year fast approaching, the girls in House 3 from most of the year groups set about making beautiful red and gold lanterns and dragons. The House Staff have also been busy making red envelopes for all the girls in the house which is a custom for Chinese New Year. In China, the red envelopes usually contain money given by the children’s parents or grandparents, but in House 3 we have put a gold sweet coin in our envelopes! These envelopes are called Hongbao in Mandarin and Lai See in Cantonese.

The girls have also decorated a large sheet of red card adorned with a brown earth dog, the symbol for this year’s Chinese New Year, and this will be proudly hung in House 3’s Reception.

On Wednesday evening, the girls also made some Chinese sweets in the ODR.

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Pancake party in House 1 As promised last week, Miss Ford-Senior, Miss Truman, and Mrs Williams had the best pancake party ever. We lost count how many pancakes were made and eaten, but it must have been well over a 100! Girls from across the Houses came and joined in the fun. Every topping possible was laid out, from healthy berries to ice-cream.

House 1 are now getting ready for the House Bake Off on Saturday 24 February. Good luck to the other houses – you have lots of competition!!

JWL

House Dance On Monday, we were treated to a fantastic display of exuberance in the form of the House Dance Competition. A variety of styles and techniques were used, along with a range of colours to represent their houses and chosen musicals to bring their performances to life. We enjoyed Chicago from House 1, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from House 2, Grease from house 3 and Thriller from House 4. The results were as follows:

Best Choreography

House 3

Lawrence ping pong

Best Costume

House 2

Best Lighting

House 1

Best Performance

House 4

OVERALL

HOUSE 3

This term in Lawrence House, we have been running a ping pong tournament. Every single girl (and some of the staff!) has played at least one match, and the much anticipated final was last week. Anya I and Maggie Z battled it out, before Maggie was crowned Lawrence Ping Pong Champion 2018. Many thanks to Mr Browne for organising the tournament, and for all the girls participating in such good spirits; it was a superb way to get the whole House together, and certainly led to some great memories being made!

ST

Congratulations to everyone involved!

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Netball JJ SATURDAY

3RD FEBRUARY VS SEAFORD COLLEGE

U14A Victory!

The U14s had a nail-biting match against Seaford. They worked tirelessly to turn the ball over and use their centre passes effectively. The shooting was fantastic, and the girls were goal for goal in the last quarter! The final score was 20 19 to Roedean. Brilliant!

U15A

The U15As had a difficult netball match against a strong Seaford side. I was impressed with their enthusiasm and work-ethic throughout. The girls never dropped their heads and we played to win each quarter. Although we suffered a heavy defeat, the last quarter was our strongest, as we matched their score. Player of the Match was Demi.

The 2nd team had a well-contested and evenlymatched game. After a slow and shaky start in the first quarter, the girls pulled it back moving into the second half. Some outstanding defence enabled us to close the gap, but unfortunately we were unable to take the lead. The Player of the Match was Mary.

Heroic win for Roedean 1st Team

This was by far the most impressive game of Netball I’ve seen at Roedean during my time here! It was a wonderful display of team work, unity, and pure grit from every one of our girls on court. From the outset, it was clear this game was going to be close. Seaford College were well-drilled, had tall circle defenders, and accurate shooters.

Roedean brought fierce circle defence, accurate passing, and even sharper shooting from Gabby R and Zarbanu M. 1st Team newcomers Ella L, Jess K, and Ami F all showed exactly why they deserve a spot on our 1st team and they played out of their skins. Ami linked beautifully with her older sister Freya, who pulled off her trademark ‘bullet’ style passing into the circle.

U14A

U14B

The U14B team had a very close game. In the first quarter, Roedean managed to perform some fantastic attacking play and it enabled our shooters to score and take the lead 5 - 2. In the second and third quarters, we showed fantastic determination – we communicated well and the ball was flowing nicely down the court, resulting in a 15 - 14 lead. It was all to play for in the last quarter, and we fought for the ball and tried our best to score at every opportunity, but Seaford managed to win. Serena C won Player of the Match!

2nd Team

U15A

U15B

The U15B team started brightly on Saturday, creating lots of counter attacking opportunities in the first two quarters, even though we were trailing 7 - 3. In the second half, Seaford began to rally and showed some good patterns of movement and passing, which was then executed by their composed goal shooter. The final score was 21 - 5.

There were never more than a few goals in it and, in the dying seconds, Roedean took the win by a single goal. It was 34 - 33 to Roedean. Well done and thank you for all your hard work in training and your commitment – it’s all paying off!

GCR

Thursday 8th February – Volleyball vs Burgess Hill

U14A

U14A – Birley’s Netball Tournament, Kings Canterbury On Tuesday, our talented U14A squad made the journey to King’s Canterbury and took their invitational place at the annual Birley’s Netball Tournament. We had some excellent results against some very reputable teams, and we finished 5th overall. Our results were: ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■

9 - 9 vs King’s A (D) 10 - 2 vs Cranbrook (W) 12 - 3 vs King’s B (W) 13 - 10 vs St Lawrence (L) 10 - 7 vs Kent College in the 3rd vs 4th Play Off 5th overall

The senior volleyball team had their 2nd match of the season against Burgess Hill yesterday.

Within the first set, Roedean were working well as a team and each girl managed to perform a successful dig enabling us to stay in the game.

This was a close set throughout and during the game our girls showed true determination to get to every ball they could. At the end of the set, the score was 25-18 to Burgess Hill. After a team talk the girls were ready for the second set. Roedean were leading at the start, with Nell performing some fantastic serves and the team as a whole were working well and communicating effectively.

This set was very close with Roedean just falling short of winning 25-20. The penultimate set our girls were communicating better and started to show more confidence in the game; they managed to pass the ball effectively to each other and then try to spike the ball over to win the point. Burgess Hill, however, were showing great tactics and ball skills to stop Roedean from scoring. The final result was 25-14 to Burgess Hill.

All the girls worked really hard and showed great resilience. A huge well done to you all!

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Netball JJ WEDNESDAY

7TH FEBRUARY VS MAYFIELD

U12A

Our U12A made the trip to Mayfield for their fixture. It was an extremely close game throughout. Newcomer Izzy B played some wonderful give and gos towards the circle edge, and Isabella P played really well against a tall opponent. Roedean slowly clawed back the gap, but were just short, losing 10-13.

GCR

U12D win

After a rather nervous start, the U12D was leading 2 - 1 after the first quarter. As the game progressed, the team grew in confidence, and our passing and shooting significantly improved. Our team gained a well-deserved win, with a score of 9 – 4. Bridget R and Petra B shot some excellent goals, and Bridget was awarded Player of the Match.

U13D

After a win and a loss, the girls had a tough match against Mayfield yesterday. Roedean showed some promising movement and a strong defensive display in the early stages of the game.

With one quarter to go, Roedean were leading 10 - 7. However Mayfield had a strong finish, making it a tense ending to the game. The final score was 10 - 10. The Player of the Match went to Lola C for her clinical shooting.

U12A U12D

U13A – Tournament at Mayfield U12A

U12B

The U12B team played well, moving the ball confidently and driving into space well. Our defenders made lots of turnovers and marked tightly, and the attackers drove the ball down the court with pace. The Player of the Match was Maria V.

The U13A started extremely well against the home team, by consistently feeding the ball into our shooters who were holding their space and shooting accurately. After a good solid win, the team lost a bit of focus which resulted in a loss in the next game. However, the girls identified the areas where they needed to improve, and did so in their last 2 games. I am very proud that the girls managed to obtain third place overall! The Player of the Day was Ella.

U13A U12B

U12C won 18 - 6

The U12C team had a great game. Roedean kept possession throughout the game, and worked really well as a unit. Mayfield showed great determination throughout, but Roedean stormed ahead with an 18 - 6 win. Well done to Tia L who got Player of the Match!

U13B

The U13B netball team had a difficult start against Mayfield; our defence worked hard and stayed strong. As the match progressed, we improved, scoring 6 goals in the last quarter, with the final score 19-8 to Mayfield. The girls of the game were Tavi P and Issy J. Frieda J played really well in GK and defended a lot of goals. Well done everyone.

U13C victory

The U13C team fought in a great game against Mayfield. The first quarter started explosively, with Roedean scoring 5 goals in quick succession.

From that point, it was one way traffic. The game finished 11 - 2 to Roedean. Darcey M was awarded Player of the Match for her excellent shooting.

Issy J U12C

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U13D

Swimmers at the Sussex County Champs Congratulations to Rania K and Rosa F (Yr7) who were both part of a relay team that won the silver and gold medals for the IM and free style relays in the recent Sussex County Championships.

I swam in the Sussex County Championships’ long distance event, the 800m Freestyle. I am very proud of myself and delighted to have knocked 22 seconds off my last PB in January, finishing in 10 mins 39 secs.

Jemima V (Yr8)

Unstoppable U15 squad book place in the Semi Finals of Sussex Cup Our U15A squad proved again that they are a talented bunch, beating Ardingly in the Sussex Netball Cup. Most of the work was done in the first quarter as they pulled ahead with a 5-goal lead. They then did enough to hold the persistent opposition at bay, to take the win 32 - 25 and a place against their ongoing rivals, Warden Park.

Beautiful play from Ella L & Demi A proved why they are one of the most solid circle defence combinations out there, with strong communication and beautiful stretch over the ball. Congratulations, and good luck for the semis!

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