Head's Weekly Review - 5 November 21 - Issue 7

5 November 2021 – Issue 7

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WEEKLY REVIEW

Head’s Introduction

HEADMASTER’S LECTURE

Welcome back after half-term, and I hope that everyone enjoyed the break.

We are delighted to have welcomed a team of six highly experienced ISI Inspectors to Roedean this week. This has provided an opportunity for us to show the strengths of our School and community, and I would like to thank the girls and my colleagues for meeting with the Inspectors over the past few days to share their experiences. I would also like to thank all our parents for completing the ISI surveys. A very high proportion were submitted and we are very grateful for your feedback.

Tanya Streeter OR

In the course of the week, the inspection team have considered over a thousand survey responses, spoken to a huge number of individual girls and staff members, observed very many lessons, analysed all our academic results and achievements, scrutinised the girls’ work, visited many co-curricular activities, seen Chapels, Assemblies, and boarding routines, interrogated our policies and procedures, explored all our safeguarding records, training, policies and practices, and triangulated every area for evidence. We can say, in all honesty, that Roedean’s education has been rigorously reviewed from every angle and in every respect. We look forward to hearing the findings in due course, and to sharing these with you all.

We are delighted to invite you to attend our next Headmaster’s Lecture on Tuesday 16 November at 7:00pm with world record freediver, Tanya Streeter OR. Tanya has claimed a total of 10 World Records, including one that she still holds today, the ‘No Limits’ record to 160m. Her passion remains under the waves, but today she focuses on her work as an environmentalist, raising global awareness for the importance of protecting the world’s oceans. Tickets for this virtual event are free but you can make a voluntary donation. Book now to be sent the link for the event at www.roedeantheatre.co.uk

On Tuesday, it was wonderful to welcome back to Roedean one of our Sports Ambassadors, Kate Richardson-Walsh, for our Hockey Experience Day. Supported by our PE staff and our Year 9 Sports Leaders, Kate worked with about 50 girls in Year 6, as well as giving talks to our Sports Scholars and some Year 11s. I am very grateful to the Sports Department and the Admissions team for making the day such a success.

We have celebrated a number of traditional festivals at Roedean this week, in addition to Halloween, and there have been a range of activities around School, particularly in the Houses, to mark the Mexican Day of the Dead, and Diwali. I enjoyed hearing about these in Chapel, when some of our students shared their personal experiences with their peers.

Well done to all those in Year 13 who sat university admissions tests this week, and thank you to Ms Bartlette for organising a series of Samba workshops for all of Year 8, as well as a group of pupils from St Mark’s. There have also been sports fixtures for Hockey, Badminton, and Netball, School Council, and Assemblies focusing on the climate conference, COP26, and I continue to be impressed with the range of activities Roedean students take part in every week.

Looking ahead, I am pleased to hear that the rehearsals are going well for next week’s major production, All Together Now – please do reserve tickets for this special event, as I am sure that it will be wonderful. Roedean is one of just 2500 schools around the world which have been granted permission to perform this show – the fact that every school has to perform it this weekend makes this truly global project all the more special, and I am proud that Roedean is part of it.

I congratulate you all on a great week, and I hope you all have a restful weekend.

VIRTUAL EVENT

Tuesday 16 November at 7:00pm

Olympic Hockey Champion at Roedean All Together Now! Friday 12 and Saturday 13 November This extravaganza is a compilation of brilliant pieces from all the musicals you know and love. Roedean is one of 2500 school around the world where this performance will be going on at the same time, so it will be a special event.

Tickets are now on sale! Please go to www.roedeantheatre.co.uk

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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.

Yanka (Yr11), Jemima (Yr12), Paloma, Anna, and Tamanna (Yr10), and Rachel (Yr9) – for their wonderful contributions to this week's Chapel services [RB]

Asmitha, Farwa, Minnie, Freya, Rhea (Yr8) – for delivering their Academic Week presentations so beautifully to Year 7, and doing so in a way that really inspired the younger pupils [HBO]

Sorrel, Harriet, Emma, Sylva, Sarah, Maddie, Anike, Sonia, Sydney, Sophia, Phoebe, Millie, Keira, Lea, Marta, Ellen, Emma, Zara, Issy, and Iras (Yr12), and Rula, Sophia, Lara, Emily, Anamika, Malika, Trinity, Ellie, Bella, Tuhina, Marina, Serena, Stella, Bronwen, and Jemma (Yr13) – for giving up their study periods to be runners for the Inspectors [GH]

Royal Academy attRAct Interviews for Keira and Vivian

Tuhina, Jemma, Sophia (Yr13), Alissandra, Issy (Yr11), Sylva, Issy (Yr12) – for presenting a brilliant and thought provoking panel discussion on COP26 in assemblies this week. Well done!

[HBO]

Congratulations to Keira and Vivian (Yr12), who have both been shortlisted and invited for an interview for the Royal Academy attRAct programme.

This opportunity is designed to reward high level engagement in art, working on projects set by RA tutors and industry professionals. If successful, Keira and Vivian will be part of a free, year-long online programme, which is designed to encourage students to think critically about art and the creative industries. Well done, and we look forward to hearing more in due course.

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The Beat Goes On Samba Workshops All of Year 8 took part in Samba workshops in their tutorgroups on Tuesday – each group had just 50 minutes to learn the new skill of both playing the percussion instruments and mastering the Samba rhythms, and the progress they made was outstanding.

It was lovely that we were able to welcome about thirty Year 6 pupils from St Mark’s Primary to take part in the workshop too – they loved the experience and picked it up brilliantly.

At the end of the day, each of the groups showcased their newly-learnt skills to their peers, and the result was excellent. Congratulations to everyone involved, and thank you in particular to Ollie from Beat Goes On, who led all of the sessions so well and with boundless enthusiasm!

SOB

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Olympic Hockey Champion at Roedean We were delighted to welcome Kate Richardson-Walsh back to Roedean this week. She won Gold as Captain of the GB Hockey team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and we are incredibly lucky that she and her wife, Helen, are the School’s Sports Ambassadors.

Kate came to our School on a wonderful Tuesday, with the sun shining and little of our notorious Roedean wind. She worked throughout the day with 48 prospective students on this Hockey Experience Day, with the support of Roedean Staff and our Year 9 Sports Leaders.

Our visitors had a fantastic skills-focused day: in the morning, they moved around a carousel of five activities, working on ball-carrying, backhand passing, shooting, jab-tackling, and strength and conditioning. In the afternoon, the focus was match-play, giving effective opportunities to put their newly-honed skills into practice.

After lunch, Kate spoke to our visitors about her experiences in Sport, focusing on the central importance of working hard and having fun as part of a team. The girls loved it, particularly when they got to see her Olympic Gold Medal which she won at the 2016 Games in Rio – how fantastic!

Kate also had a Q&A session with our Year 11 GCSE Sport Science group and some of our Sports Scholars. As part of this, Kate spoke about her new book, Winning Together, in which she writes about the impact of team work on her success, as well as sponsorship and the role the media plays in sport.

Overall, it was a wonderful day – Kate’s approach and manner are incredibly open, down-to-earth, and warm, and there can be no doubt that this contributes hugely to the success of her visits. Well done to the Sports and Admissions Departments for making it such a brilliant day, and thank you to Kate Richardson-Walsh – we are already looking forward to her next visit!

RB

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Ceramics Masterclass with Alice Mara Just before half-term, we were delighted to welcome Alice Mara to Roedean, to run a ceramics masterclass with our hugely talented Year 7 and Year 8 Art Scholars. The groups made small clay beach huts, using a slabbed clay and precise mitre-edged cutting method.

From a young age, Alice was an integral part of her father's work and she appears in many of his prints – his artistic process was clearly a huge influence on her work. Tim Mara's collection can be found here https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/ collection/TM

Alice also gave a lunchtime lecture on the career of her late father, Tim Mara, an esteemed printmaker and former Head of Print at the Royal College of Art.

Well done to all of the Art Scholars – they did brilliantly, and had a great time doing it!

TYO

Fabric Collage for the Blind Veterans At the end of last term, a group of students made an amazing fabric collage for the Blind Veterans, providing the residents with a wonderfully tactile piece of artwork.

Here are some of the residents' comments:

'Very lovely – my grandchildren would love it!'

'Very well put together.'

Eric

Betty

'Lots of work gone into it!'

Maureen

Congratulations to everyone who was part of this project.

GWI and HBO

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St Mark's Reading Buddies

Light Over Darkness

Our St Mark's Reading Buddies are enjoying working with the pupils at our local prinary, supporting their reading and building their confidence. Well done to everyone involved!

GWI

Chapel by candlelight, showing the power of light. Inspired by Diwali, yesterday's Hindu festival of light, Mrs Marshall-Taylor, one of our Lay Chaplains, led discussions with Year 7 boarders yesterday evening on ‘light overcoming darkness’, as celebrated in Diwali and many world faiths.

दिवाली की शुभकामनाएँ Happy Diwali!

House 4 Marking Traditional Festivals It has been a very busy and exciting week with so many celebrations for everyone in House 4 to enjoy!

For Halloween, many pumpkins have been carved, and, during our House meeting, the girls loved the pumpkin decorating competition with their buddy!

To mark the Mexican Day of the Dead, the girls coloured sugar skulls, and, for Diwali, they made candles whilst cooking some delicious Indian snacks, and making homemade raita.

Another wonderful week enjoyed by all in House 4!

SEW

Happy Diwali to all those who celebrated yesterday – here are a few reflections on the festival: Tuhina (Yr13) – Diwali is a major festival observed, not only by Hindus, but Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists around the world. In northern India, it is celebrated in accordance with the Ramayana. The Ramayana is an ancient Indian epic, composed in the 5th century BCE. It tells the tale of Prince Ram of Ayodhya and when he was sent to exile with his wife and brother. Sita, Ram's wife, was kidnapped by King Ravan and the Ramayana follows the story of Ram as he defeats Ravan and rescues his wife. As Ram and his family return home, citizens of Ayodhya lit thousands of oil lamps on the moonless night so they could safely travel home. This symbol of the victory of good over evil is now celebrated annually by lighting oil lamps called diyas in and around their homes as well as creating a rangoli, making and sharing sweets, and burning fireworks.

Tamanna (Yr10) – Diwali celebrates the good over evil, from the Hindu mythology of Ramayana. After Sita Devi gets kidnapped

by Ravan, the demon king, Lord Ram and his brother Lakshman successfully defeat Ravan and rescue Sita. Ram, Lakshman and Sita had been living in the forest as they had been exiled.

After defeating Ravan, they walked back to their homeland for the first time in 14 years. The villagers lit up the paths using Diyas as a means to welcome them; thus called the Festival of Light. Hindus celebrate it as the return of Lord Ram, Lakshman, and Sita Devi.

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El Día de Muertos Thank you to Paloma and Anna (Yr10), who spoke in Chapel to share with the School the significance of the Day of the Dead Festival for Mexicans: Paloma – El Día de Muertos or the Day of the Dead celebration is the most important celebration in Mexico. It is a time full of excitement, joy, and culture.

Although the name might be a bit deceiving, the celebration is about celebrating life and death.

During this time, families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food and drink. It is a joyous time, where family can come together with their loved ones.

El Día de Muertos is celebrated each year on the first and second of November. There’s a lot of food that is specially made for those days, like tamales as well as decorations with skulls and flowers.

You might assume this is something scary like Halloween, but the mood of the celebration for us is the absolute opposite – it is an amazing celebration that the Mexicans look forward to each year.

Book of the Week Anna – Although the altar is the centrepiece of the festivity, we must not forget about all the visual representations that give life and colour to the celebration, such as Alebrijes, which are a type of Mexican craft representing the figures of magical creatures, typical of the most classic legends that have elements from different animals.

Another main decoration used on the Day of the Dead is ‘papel picado’, a delicate cut tissue paper used to decorate the spaces which are being used to honour the dead, representing the ‘fragility of life’. It is said that the movement of the paper during Day of the Dead signifies the arrival and presence of deceased loved ones.

Last but not least, the Day of the Dead’s female icon, La Catrina, a character that was born as a negative symbol changed over time into a popular symbol of death, and one of the most important characters in Mexico. La Catrina is represented in a multitude of illustrations as the skeleton of a lady with her skull painted in bright colours, and traditionally wearing a large hat and sophisticated clothing. Today, La Catrina is the Day of the Dead’s most omnipresent symbol.

Fiction

Twitch –

by MG Leonard Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom, and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays, he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere: a convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for birdwatching to hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot?

Non Fiction

Fifty Words for Snow –

by Nancy Campbell

Pop-up Bookshop The Roedean Reading Reps organised a fantastic pop-up bookshop during the last week of the half term. They worked incredibly hard, and successfully sold over 100 books provided by a local business, The Book Nook. The Reading Reps were responsible for the selection of stock, the preparation of retail materials, as well as the set up and staffing of the shop. The Reps demonstrated their love of reading by providing recommendations to their peers, and ensuring

that there was a wide range of titles for sale.

Everyone involved showed a great deal of responsibility, knowledge, and maturity in making the event such a great success.

This term we are hoping to run a Christmas charity bookshop, with a wide range of stock to suit all ages – keep a look out for updates.

GBA

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Snow. Every language has its own words for the feather-like flakes that come from the sky. In Japanese, we find Yuki-onna – a 'snow woman' who drifts through the frosted land. In Icelandic, falls Hundslappadrifa – 'big as a dog's paw'.

And in Maori, we meet Huka-rere – 'one of the children of rain and wind'.From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, writer and Arctic traveller, Nancy Campbell, digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow. Under her gaze, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth and story.

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Fantastic Weekend Activities Last half-term saw some unique and adventurous weekend activities for our students, some of which included exploring our local sights, such as Brighton Pier and the Brighton Marina, more creative and calmer endeavours, like pottery painting and Yoga, and other more adventurous and physical activities, such as K-pop dancing, Laserzone, and Zipwiring! There really was something for everyone!

A particular highlight was seeing thirty of our students whizzing down the zipwire overlooking Brighton's wonderful beach and the English Channel. A special mention goes to Mary, in House 4, who spent eight hours painting her pottery! – the final result was very impressive and will be a reminder she can keep forever.

This half-term promises to be just as exciting!

Look out for trampolining, and wintery trips to Harrods in London, ice skating at the Brighton Pavilion, and even indoor skiing!

GWI

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COP26 Roedean On November 1st and 2nd of this year, 120 leaders from all over the world attended the Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, more commonly known as COP26. This meeting was part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which aims to lower greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, until they reach a safe level whereby they do not interfere with the climate system.

There were many issues discussed in COP26, as leaders made it clear that climate change is a global problem which requires a collective effort to overcome. The agreements made at this conference feel very positive and some ambitious pledges have been made. All countries that were present are aiming to collectively put a yearly sum of $100billion towards Sustainable Development Goals and commitments made at the Paris Agreement. Other major pledges include ending deforestation by 2030, securing net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and taking action to keep global warming at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures by 2050. Other solutions discussed range from ways to produce cleaner energy to reducing carbon pollution through new innovative technologies.

There’s also so much we can do as individuals to contribute, such as cutting back on how much meat we consume, avoiding online shopping, turning off lights when you leave a room, only having the heating on when you need it, rejecting ‘fast-fashion’ brands, such as Shein, and buying from more sustainable sources, such as Depop.

Seeking alternative forms of transport, like taking a public bus or riding your bike, can also help! If

Once upon a time, a bold princess rode across the Western Sahara, dressed as an elderly woman, on a mission to rescue her brother from a hyena…

Open to all year groups, this exciting competition allows students the opportunity to turn traditional fairy tales on their heads, as a way to subvert expectations, and to express the richly diverse world we live in.

The word count for Years 7-9 is 500, and for Years 10-13 is 800. You should submit your entry to rh@roedean.co.uk by Friday 10 December, and the winner will be announced when we are back at School in January.

If you have any questions or need some guidance, please feel free to ask your English teacher.

RH

We can remain hopeful that, after COP26, there is a greater drive and incentive for action to take place, and the increasing recognition that climate change is receiving is so important – we encourage everyone to keep discussions going!

Jemma and Tuhina (Sustainability Prefects)

Charity Events – November-December 2021 Remembrance – 11 Nov 21 Poppies for the British Legion

Off the Fence Sleep-Out – 12-13 Nov 21

Mr Weir is ‘sleeping rough’ overnight, in order to understand better the experience of a homeless person

Odds Socks Day (Anti-Bullying Alliance) – 15 Nov 21 Students and staff can wear odd socks to show their support for this initiative

Headmaster’s Lecture: Tanya Streeter OR – 16 Nov 21 Donations via the Roedean Box Office

Twisted Tales

everyone takes these small steps we can have a much bigger positive impact altogether.

Roedean Bake Off (internal House Competition) – 16 Nov 21

Each House holds an internal competition for boarders and day-girls – entry fee is £1, then selects a winner to go forward to the inter-House competition

Roedean Bake Off – 17 Nov 21

Judging at Break of the 6 cakes, and winning House announced – all cakes sold in the Fireplace at Lunch

Children in Need – 19 Nov 21

‘Wear Something Spotty’ – students and staff can accessorise their uniform

International Day – 25 Nov 21

Students and staff can choose to wear clothing which represents their country and culture – nonuniform day

Christmas Fair – ‘White Christmas’ – 4 Dec 21

Tutor-Group stalls to sell something or a game to raise funds for our school charities

iDrop Challenge – for Raystede – 4 Dec 21 Molly, Sophia, Jemima (Yr13) and Dr Barrand, and Mr and Mrs Wilson will be abseiling from the i360 in support of our local animal charity, Raystede

If any parents would like to donate towards any of these events, in support of local or national charities, please follow this link to add your donation to you school bill Autumn 2021 Charity Donations Thank you in advance for your generosity!

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK Mollie (Yr10) For her incredible swimming achievements and progress made this year.

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House Hockey Students from Years 7-13 competed in House Hockey Matches in the final week of the halfterm. Some slick skills, efficient eliminating, superb scoring, and fantastic fun was had out on the Astro! With numerous house teams competing, and every point counting towards their House total, it was all about which House could work collectively together to come out on top in the end.

SMC

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SPORT U16A Hockey vs Brighton College The U16A team put in an impressive display to run out 5-2 winners against Brighton College.

Brighton began strongly and took the lead half way through the first half, but Roedean replied through Pippi, and the game was level at half time.

Roedean began the second half with more aggression and purpose, leading to goals from Pippi, Elodie, and Amy (2), to put the game beyond our visitors' grasp. There has been a noticeable progression with this group since the start of term; they train with intensity, learn quickly, and are becoming more communicative on the pitch – these are all very good signs for the challenges to come during the second half of term.

MSM

Jasmine's Double Clear Jasmine (Yr8) has been training hard with her riding after school and during the weekends, and she has moved up from riding ponies to horses.

It was a milestone day on Saturday when Jasmine competed in her first ever senior horse show with her new ride, Willow. The partnership was only formed 3 weeks ago, but Jasmine rode beautifully amongst many adult riders (and some are professional riders), the pair delivered a super double-clear, finishing in 8th place!

There must be an exciting future ahead for the pair, and we hope to see them proudly representing Roedean at National Schools' Equestrian Competitions soon!

SMC

U12D vs Worth

Topping On Top Form

The U12Ds first match of the half term was off to a flying start on Wednesday. With a smaller squad than normal, the Year 7s had lots of work to do. Last match vs Worth was a 0-0 draw, so this weeks 7-0 victory shows the amount of progress this team have made. Tali, Coco and Kat were our super goal scorers, it’s another clean sheet for Sofia in goal and Lily and Lola played extremely well in defence. It was Sohana who took home girl of the game and Liv who earned coaches player. A great start to the final half term of hockey, well done U12D!

Mollie (Yr10) has had a busy few months swimming with her club, Mid Sussex Marlins.

Competitions have resumed, and, a few weeks ago, she attended the Sussex Winter Counties Championships, where she won four gold medals, three for the 50m, 100m, and 200m breaststroke, one for the 100m individual medley, and one silver for 50m freestyle. With the times she swam, she has now qualified for the South East Regional Championships, which are held this weekend in Winchester, as well as the Swim England National Winter Championships, which will be held in Sheffield at the beginning of December. She has also been representing her club in the National Arena League, where the A team competes in the Premier Division. There are very exciting times ahead – well done, Mollie!

SMC

OR OF THE MONTH – Sophia Williams Our latest OR of the month, interviewed in conjunction with World Mental Health Day, is child and adolescent psychiatrist Sophia Williams (No. 4, 1985 – 88) whose career was inspired by fellow OR Dame Cicely Saunders (No. 2, 1932 – 37).

Click the link below to read how she so eloquently describes the unique mental health benefits of attending a school overlooking the sea, how she was inspired at school by the women she met, and in turn her own great work in adolescent psychiatry, which is undoubtedly inspirational for the current generation of Roedean girls. https://community.roedean.co.uk/news/alumnaeinterviews/569/569-10-Questions-withORSophia-Williams

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ORs in the Arrow Trophy Regatta Roedean participated in the annual Arrow Trophy Regatta for the sixth time earlier in October. This year’s event saw 26 independent schools race against each other in two separate fleets, giving more opportunities for competitive racing. Due to last minute sickness, the crew was fortunate to welcome one non-Roedeanian “ringer”, but for the first time in OR racing history we were able to field an all-female crew (one of only two all-female crews at the Regatta, the other being St. Swithun’s).

On Friday 1 October, we had a full day of bespoke training with Mason King, a professional race coach, who had previously worked with us in a series of online training sessions over the last year. We were extremely excited to be able to put the theories we had learnt into practice. As it happened, Friday also had the best sailing weather out of the whole weekend, and we were able to fine-tune our teamwork, and even have a play with the spinnaker in the more sheltered water off Osbourne Bay. For the rest of the weekend, the weather was forecast to be breezy and did not disappoint. It was gusting over 40 knots at one point, so we were lucky that racing went ahead at all on both Saturday and Sunday. With two reefs in and no spinnakers allowed for the race, the conditions made for challenging sailing. The training from Friday clearly had a big impact on the teamwork and manoeuvres on the boat, with improvements seen everywhere.

After an ambitious start line position in our first race, we were unfortunately squeezed out and started further back in the fleet than we had hoped. Our helm, Caroline Bowen, did

some excellent heavy weather helming up to the windward mark though, and put us back up into the top 5. We managed to maintain this gain, and even overtook a boat when they needed to take a 360 degree turn for infringing us at a mark rounding. We were rewarded for our hard work with a very promising fourth in the first race.

The weather took a dive, with howling wind and rain just before the start of our second race. Despite that, we had an excellent start, hitting the line with speed, clear air, and in a good position. This, compounded with another excellent windward leg and clean tacking in tough conditions, meant we were lined up for 1st place at the first mark. Unfortunately, we were forced to crash tack to avoid collision with a boat on port (despite having right of way on starboard), and then were not afforded the same seamanship from another competitor when we were not yet underway. Disappointingly, this resulted in a collision and our subsequent retirement from the race.

We celebrated the day with canapés and bubbles hosted by the Pangbourne team, followed by the formal Arrow dinner and drinks at Cowes Yacht Haven.

On Sunday, we were sent on a course “round the cans” – a short tour of the Solent. Excellent boat handling again saw us in a good position at the start, and we were looking in a strong position round the first few marks. A few quick tacks to avoid boats coming into a mark lost us some ground, and we moved from second to seventh, without any opportunities to make up the places.

Overall, we finished the weekend with a very respectable mid-fleet position in challenging conditions, and everyone had a wonderful weekend of racing.

This fantastic weekend could not have happened without the kind financial support from the ORA, and from an anonymous OR Governor who sponsored our extremely productive training day.

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sportswear kindly provided by the Alumnae Office.

Looking ahead, we have plans to train over the winter months on keelboats at Queen Mary Reservoir in West London, and possibly participate in the Arrow J80 event again next Spring.

For more information, or to get involved, please email Sophia Cheung at Roedean.Alumni.

Sailing@gmail.com The 2021 Arrow team: Daisy Alden-Templeman (H2, 2007-2014) Caroline Bowen (H1, 1991-1998) Leonora Bowen (H4, 1994-2001) Sophia Cheung (H1, 1991-1995) Annabelle Daniels (H3, 2006-2014) Jackie Wilson (H1, 1995-2002) Helen Lewis (H2, 1994-2000) Stephanie Ockenden

News of Friends – Rebecca Hall (No. 4, 1996-2000) Earlier this year, we were excited to announce that OR Rebecca Hall's directorial debut, Passing, had been acquired by Netflix, following its debut at the Sundance Film Festival.

We are delighted to now be able to share that the film will be released worldwide on Netflix on 10 November.

Passing is a black and white period drama, following the story of two mixed-race childhood friends who reunite in adulthood. The two friends are leading very different lives, with Irene living as a Black woman, and Clare "passing" as white.

Congratulations to Rebecca – what a brilliant achievement!

GLC

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