School News
Alumnae News
Arundel Castle Trip
CCF Practice
Chemistry Flame Test
Kitty + Spirit
Mountain Biking
Teatime Recital
Marisa Leaf, Anya Hart Dyke and Roya Dabir-Alai
New York OR Walk – Stef Rowbotham, Cynthia Pigott, Jade Ma, and Bonnie Host
Young Roedeanians’ Evening
We have had a fantastic start to the new academic year, and it has been wonderful to welcome so many new and existing students back to Roedean with everyone jumping feet first into school life. The Autumn term has been particularly busy with events and activities involving our whole school community and I have relished the opportunity to meet with so many of you.
This term we have welcomed a number of inspiring visitors to Roedean including Carolynn Bain who was our speaker for Black History Month. Carolynn, owner of the UK’s only bookshop that specialises in Black authors, delivered a thought-provoking lecture to our students which aligned perfectly with this year’s theme ‘Reclaiming Narratives’.
Following her incredible Olympic Games success, we were delighted to welcome OR Amber Anning back to school to inspire the next generation. She kindly took the time to speak to students about her journey and even brought in her two Olympic Bronze medals!
Our Community Action Programme (CAP) got off to a brilliant start and it is hard to believe the number of projects that our Year 12 students have been involved in already this year. The programme clearly gives the students a sense of achievement and personal growth while the communities we have been working with show a strong sense of gratitude and pleasure.
OR events filled the calendar this term and it has been lovely that so many Old Girls have been able to reconnect. We held the OR vs the School Hockey, Young Roedeanians’ Networking Evening, and London Lunch and it was a pleasure to have the Old Roedeanians’ Association in School for their AGM in October. I also travelled to Nigeria and Hong Kong to meet with members of our communities there and am looking forward to meeting more of you in the future.
As we approach the festive season, we look forward to our annual Christmas Fair and Carol Service. The ORA will also be holding their traditional Christmas Drinks in London so do check out the Dates for your Diary page for more information.
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas,
Niamh Green
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School Highlights
Year 12 Community Action Programme
All Year 12 students at Roedean take part in the Community Action Programme (CAP) which involves serving the wider community in a range of outreach projects. The programme engages many local institutions including primary schools, charities and other community groups and the autumn term has seen our students participate in various activities both on and off-site.
Over 50 children from City Academy Whitehawk joined us as part of the Junior Roedean Academy and enjoyed taking part in a science lesson and farm visit among other activities. The JRA is a popular part of the Community Action Programme enabling students to practice their teaching, communication, and leadership skills, which will be valuable ahead of them undertaking the roles of Teaching Assistants and eventually Class Teachers later this year. Another group have been learning British Sign Language and will also be able to use this later in the year to support the deaf community.
Some students headed off-site visiting the Chailey Heritage
Foundation, The Somerset Centre, Raystede, and St Mark’s Primary School, while our Community Cooking group baked Halloween treats for the homeless as part of their contribution to Off The Fences’ Project Antifreeze.
Our Community Music group have performed a Samba workshop at St Mark’s Primary School and will also be visiting Somerset House to perform to their elderly members before the end of term, and our Community Art group have made excellent progress on a mural they have designed at Our Lady of Lourdes School.
Finally, our Community Textiles group headed to a community re-use hub, The Circular Space in Shoreham, gathering materials for the sustainable fashion project they will be taking to a local school.
The number of projects our students have been involved in is nothing short of incredible and the impact they have is profound. Participants show a clear sense of achievement and personal growth while the communities they serve show a sense of gratitude and pleasure.
School Highlights
Amber Anning Returns to Roedean
Olympic medallist, Amber Anning (No.2, 2012-17), returned to Roedean in October to inspire the next generation. It was clear, seven years ago, with her name across the honours board in Centenary Hall, that Amber was going to excel, and we were delighted to welcome her back to School with not one, but two Olympic Bronze medals.
Her success is the result of hard work, dedication, resilience and sacrifice, and this was clear in the presentation she delivered to her audience of 250 students. She talked about the tough decision to move away from her family to America to focus on her sport and how her Mum had always encouraged her academically, as well as with her running, which helped push her to work as hard on the track as off.
When she first went to America, Amber was studying at Louisiana State University, and it was around this time that she had the Olympic trials for the Tokyo Games – she got to the final but came last and so was not selected. She told the students how this had been extremely tough but ultimately just made her even more hungry for success. This prompted her to change university to Arkansas to help her become more focused on her running.
Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Amber enjoyed a number of successes, breaking the British indoor record over 200 metres, the notorious 50-second barrier for the 400 metres, and winning the trials in Manchester.
Her Paris Olympic games was nothing short of amazing and started with
Haewon in the Top 1%
Eight sixth-form mathematicians took part in the Mathematical Olympiad for Girls at the end of September. The competition is designed to highlight and celebrate girls’ excellence in Maths and is a 2.5 hour written challenge marked out of 50.
The students performed brilliantly with all achieving either a Distinction or a Merit. Particular congratulations go to Haewon who scored exceptionally with 17 marks over the Distinction threshold. This put her in the top 1% of the 4749 entrants all of whom are the best mathematicians in their schools.
her winning her first Bronze medal in the 4X400m Mixed Relay. She then went on to compete individually in the Women’s 400m, winning her heat and qualifying for the final. She ran an outstanding race and came fourth, just outside the podium places. Although slightly disappointed, she reminded herself that she was racing against the best athletes in the world, and she also broke the British record with a new time of 49.29 seconds! For her final event, she ran in the Women’s 4X400m Relay, where she won her second Bronze medal!
Her talk was truly inspirational, and she was so humble, often talking about her success as a collective effort. She spoke of her journey since primary school and of everyone who had helped her get to where she is today. Thank you, Amber!
School Highlights
Black History Month Lecture
October saw the return of Roedean’s annual Black History Month lecture. This year’s national theme was ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ which was the perfect fit for our inspirational speaker, Carolynn Bain, the founder of the Afrori bookshop in Brighton which champions the works of black authors.
Carolynn took to the stage with a pile of books – her lecture focused on telling stories and each book was a stimulus for a different story. Growing up, Carolynn was unable to find any books which represented her, as an adult she was fed up with going to bookshops and having to search for a tiny section of black authors. She knew they deserved more than that and this inspired her to open an online bookshop. Although she had no experience running a shop, marketing books, or creating a website, the online shop was a success and led her to open the physical shop.
Afrori is the only bookshop in the UK specialising in Black authors and Carolynn works to a three-point plan: supporting Black authors, creating diverse bookshelves, and standing up against injustice. She realised how much people wanted a shop like Afrori to exist when she raised the £10,000 needed to setup the shop in just 10 days!
To illustrate the lack of Black representation, Carolynn told the students the story of a six-year-old boy she had met at a book event. He had been looking at a Spider-man graphic novel, books which rarely show nonwhite characters, when he pointed to Mile Morales and said, ‘This superhero looks like me!’.
It was then that Carolynn realised what she was doing was working.
Carolynn was a brilliant Black History Month speaker – her lecture was inspiring, thought-provoking and completely engaging.
Jane Chandler Opens the Chandler Room!
We were thrilled to welcome back Jane Chandler, who dedicated an extraordinary 34 years to Roedean, and who many ORs will remember fondly either as a PE teacher, Housemistress, or Head of Year 7. Jane visited us to officially open the new Chandler Room.
The new classroom, named in her honour, sits between the astro and netball courts, and will provide a much-needed new teaching and events space. As well as cutting the ribbon, while she was here, Jane delighted everyone with her warmth and dynamic energy as she joined in with a Year 7 and 8 Games lesson.
School Highlights
Comfort Boxes for the Homeless
At the beginning of the term, two Year 12 students, Lydia and Angelica, devised a plan to raise funds to create ‘comfort boxes’ for the homeless in Brighton. They spent time researching what they wanted to go into the boxes before having a meeting with Julio, the CEO of the homeless charity, Off The Fence, to check that these things were appropriate. They had raised £506 from a bake sale and a non-uniform day earlier in the term and were able to use this to source the items ready to be boxed up and delivered to the community.
With help from a group of enthusiastic Year 10 students, whose year-group charity is Off The Fence, Angelica and Lydia were able to create a brilliant production line preparing and filling the boxes with gloves, a sleeping bag, shampoo, wet wipes, food items, and feminine hygiene products.
When talking about the project, Lydia said: ‘We have been thinking about this since the start of term, so it is just amazing that the boxes are all made up and ready to go. It must be incredibly hard to be homeless, so if one of our boxes brightens up someone’s day, that will be brilliant.’ Angelica added, ‘I wanted the process to be quicker – it took time to raise the money and then get all of the items, and we had to be patient, but then getting the boxes packed up
was really quick, thanks to the Year 10s who helped us.’
Roedean has been working with Off The Fence for seven years and currently sends 100 hot meals each week to their centre to be distributed to those in need. In addition, to support their fundraising efforts, Year 10 spend a night during the summer sleeping under the stars so that they might get even a small taste of what it is like to be homeless.
U15 Netball Cup vs Brighton College
Our U15A team came head-to-head with Brighton College in September for an exciting Netball cup match.
The team made a brilliant start, moving the ball smoothly down the court and linking together. The second quarter saw both teams make changes to their defensive end with the opposition playing a shooting hold which created difficulty in our circle defence – at the end of that quarter we were down by 6 goals.
As we went into the second half, the team were ready to put in the work to make as many turnovers as possible to try and take the lead. We played with
confidence and determination and started to close the gap.
The last quarter was very close with both teams scoring and we were neck and neck. As it was a cup match, if the score ended in a draw, the ‘golden goal’ rule would apply – this means that the time is stopped and the teams play until a goal is scored, that goal being the winning goal.
In an exciting but nail-biting golden goal, we managed to take a shot and score resulting in a 30-29 win – congratulations!
Roedean London Art Exhibition at the Oxo Tower
Over three days in September, we held the Roedean London Art Exhibition which was a wonderful opportunity for both OR artists and last year’s A Level cohort, to exhibit their work in a professional gallery space in London’s busy South Bank area.
We thoroughly enjoyed welcoming so many people to the exhibition, including to our two evening events, from current students visiting with their parents, to ORs and their guests. It was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the incredible work of Roedean’s artistic community.
Art has always been a great strength of the School with so many having fond memories of their time spent in Roedean’s Art Studio – an inspirational space where students can challenge and express themselves. At Roedean, highly talented artists have the very unusual opportunity to complete their full A Level in one year in Year 12, and then complete an externally certified Art Foundation Year in Year 13, while still at School. This means that they can apply for direct admission to universities.
The preparation involved ahead of the opening was remarkable, from transporting the work from Roedean up to the gallery, to revising the layout of the exhibition and hanging the work, none of which would have been possible without the hard work and dedication of all involved. The exhibition was a huge success, and we are already looking forward to our next exhibition.
We still have some Art Exhibition brochures available so do let us know if you would like a copy and we will be happy to send you one.
International Events
This term Mrs Green and Head of Admissions and Marketing, Mrs Wienekus, have been busy travelling to meet our OR and Parent communities overseas. They started with a visit to Nigeria in September, where they held a long overdue reception in Lagos. Then in October, they travelled to Hong Kong and held a reception in the beautiful Shangri-La Hotel.
At both events, our OR and parent communities came together to hear an update on the School, and chat about all things Roedean. It was wonderful to be able to meet and connect with everyone who came, and we are looking forward to many more in the future.
We are hoping to hold more international events, either hosted by the School or organised by the team of ORA Overseas Reps, so do keep us updated if you move country to make sure you receive relevant invitations!
Camilla Smith
(Macpherson, No.1, 1989-94)
OR and Roedean Council member Camilla Macpherson was recently announced as one of the winners of the Europe Challenge’s writing competition. The Europe Challenge is a programme that brings together libraries and communities to address pressing challenges in their local areas. It is coordinated by the European Cultural Foundation and its partners.
The theme of the competition was How a Library Changed My Life. Hundreds of submissions were received and reviewed by a jury comprising members of the Europe Challenge team and editors of The European Review of Books. Camilla’s piece, a love story set in a library, was selected for being particularly original and innovative.
Part of the prize was the opportunity to attend a one-day summit held in Amsterdam called If Librarians Ran Europe. Camilla’s story was also published in a book to accompany the summit and performed by two actors.
Camilla said: “I love libraries, which are always my first port of call in a new place, and I have very fond
memories of the Old Ref and the main school library at Roedean. My story for the Europe Challenge was set in the Centrale Bibliotheek in The Hague. I lived in The Hague for five years and the library, and all it had to offer, was always there for me. It was a great privilege to attend the summit in Amsterdam and meet librarians from across Europe working on many important projects, from a book bus in Ukraine to community gardens and voter engagement in the UK.”
Liz Furber
(Quin, No.3, 1964-69)
Congratulations to OR Liz Furber, who, together with her husband, was awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours earlier this year.
They have been awarded the honour for ‘Services to Education, to Health, and to the Environment in Malawi’, due to their work as Co-Founders of Ripple Africa. Ripple Africa’s mission is to inspire communities to achieve a sustainable future.
They do this through empowering communities to make changes themselves, rather than through hand-outs. You can read more about their work here: https://rippleafrica.org/
10 Questions with Sorcha Harris (No.3, 2015-2019)
Sorcha Harris is a Theatre Maker and Facilitator from the UK and Ireland. She is a recent graduate of the Lir Academy with an MFA in Theatre Directing. Sorcha is a member of the Young Vic Genesis Network as a Director and completed the Exeter Northcott Artist Programme as a Writer and Director. She makes playful, energetic, multidisciplinary theatre involving her love of music and movement. Sorcha has worked in community and outreach projects in the UK and Ireland as a facilitator and maker. She has worked as an opera singer and has been a member of Berlin Opera Academy. Sorcha is currently a recipient of the ‘No Strings Attached’ Bursary from Farnham Maltings.
What is your favourite memory of Roedean?? My favourite memory of Roedean would be my final International Women’s Day. Every IWD that Roedean hosted when I was a student was inspirational. But something about my final year; the last time I would go to these talks, the last time me and my friends could wander around the halls finding our next speaker to collect and bring to the talk. The freedom of that day, and the joy of hearing these amazing stories and sharing them with my friends. I always felt privileged on those days.
But also, lunchtimes were my favourite memories. Eating my weight in soup, laughing with my friends and then running to various play rehearsals or music lessons.
What was the best piece of advice you were given whilst at School?
What books have had a significant influence on you and why?
This isn’t a specific piece of advice but so many of my teachers encouraged me to challenge myself. Getting into Roedean was enough of a challenge and keeping up with my extremely clever and talented cohort was demanding but my teachers always encouraged me to keep trying and learn from my mistakes. There was a lot I felt I couldn’t do when I came to Roedean and my friends and teachers really showed me that I was wrong.
What have you done that you are most proud of?
I am most proud of getting into my Masters program in the Lir Academy, Dublin. It’s been my dream for so many years to direct, and to have the opportunity to just direct for a whole year was invaluable. I was one of four directors selected and one of their youngest ever directors to be accepted. It was a huge achievement and one, despite the challenge of the course, that I will cling on to when I feel like I should give up.
I am a literature girl. My classes with Mr Woodhouse were some of my favourites. I think I would say that Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s ‘A Ghost in the Throat’ will always be one of my favourite books. The writing style and the experiment in form is so bold and wonderful to read. ‘The Waves’ by Virginia Woolf. I have the most beautiful copy that was given to me after I started Roedean. I think Virginia Woolf will always be inspirational to me and I return to ‘The Waves’ because it is so lyrical and feels so comforting to me. ‘Brave New World’ by Huxley is a book that I really associate with my time at Roedean, as I painfully wrote my coursework on it. The dystopian and political nature of the book reminds me of the fire I have inside myself and how angry I am at our political systems and what they have done to us. There are some writers like Woolf or Lorde or Babitz who I will always be thinking about. Who I continue to read and obsess over and adore.
You can read Sorcha’s full interview here.
Read the full interviews and more at: https://community.roedean.co.uk/news/alumnae-interviews
To take part or nominate a fellow OR, please email alumnae@roedean.co.uk
OR vs Students Hockey
The first Saturday back at Roedean after the Summer meant only one thing – an almighty clash on the Astro between the 6th Form girls and the OR Hockey XI.
Previous results were in favour of the formidable OR team, who were victorious over the girls in 2022, and who played for a hard-fought draw in 2023. This time, the girls at Roedean saw the match as an opportunity to even up the playing field.
The ORs arrived early, and cranked up the tunes for their warm up. From the first whistle, it was attack after attack, with the students getting up to speed with the match and getting a foothold in the game. The students edged into the lead with a wellexecuted Penalty Corner which was smashed in with a rebound off the OR keeper in goal.
London Lunch 2024
On Thursday 10th October the OR London Lunch returned to the Bluebird in Chelsea and it was wonderful to welcome so many ORs spanning so many year groups, from the Class of 1949 all the way to the Class of 2019. Guests enjoyed welcome drinks before sitting down to a delicious three-course meal and
It was 1-0 after the first quarter. The second quarter saw the OR midfield begin to dominate, and each attack was relentless until finally the students’ defence broke, and this led to an equaliser toward the end of the second quarter.
It was all square and the match was balanced nicely. The third quarter led to counterattack after counterattack, with both teams pushing all the way up the pitch, until finally, the students broke down the right, carried the ball to the baseline, and then round the keeper to make it 2-1 to the students. The final quarter saw a lot more action, but no goals, as the students held off the ORs and evened up the
results, with one win each in three matches.
It was a wonderful morning, with great support for both teams, including parents and OR friends. The OR team spanned a number of year-groups, going back as far as 2015, and even included three pairs of sisters! At the end of the match, everyone came together in the Clubhouse to enjoy a delicious match tea and have a long-overdue catch up.
Until next season for the next encounter! There’s a rumour that the OR side have scheduled training sessions prior to the match...!
there was a real buzz in the room as many caught up with old friends as well as chatting to ORs they had met for the first time.
Dr Ross Barrand, Deputy Head: CoCurriculum and Partnerships, and Anthony Millard, Chair of Council, gave updates on the School, talking
about the charitable fundraising and philanthropic endeavours our students have been involved in as well as talking about future plans for Roedean. Thank you to everyone who made the afternoon so enjoyable, we are already looking forward to next year’s lunch!
The Good Shepherd
Roedean School is the proud possessor of three murals. They were painted by the Founders’ younger sister Sylvia soon after the new buildings were completed in the early 1900’s.
Sylvia studied art in Paris and when she returned to England she became Head of Art at School. She was involved in the planning of the existing art studio and in her own artistic life was encouraged by the artist G.F Watts – also known for his mural painting.
The murals sit in an alcove above the fireplaces in the “House Mistress’s Drawing Rooms” of No. 1, 2 and 3.
All different in style and subject, the Frieze in No. 2 depicts a shepherd tending his flock on the cliffs – an activity that takes place at Roedean 125 years later.
Over a century since they were painted, they have long been in need of some serious TLC.
During half term Brighton and Hove art conservators Stig Evans and Gregg Howarth spent three
days re-attaching the lifting canvas, stabilising the flaking paint, cleaning the whole painting and retouching. The emphasis here is very much on ‘conservation’ rather than ‘restoration’. We are keen that the School’s Heritage artefacts continue to reflect their era and their place in the history of the School.
The cost of carrying out the conservation of this frieze was made possible by generous donations from Old Roedeanians.
The ORA would love to show you the murals, and the other Heritage Projects. Do let us know if you would like to come on a tour in 2025.
Whilst it is fantastic that we have been able to complete the restoration of the No. 2 Frieze, we still urgently need to raise the funds for the remaining projects, before they deteriorate further.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ora-heritage-projects community.roedean.co.uk/pages/ora-heritage-projects
You can donate online via: …or via the Roedean Community Network, where you can also read more about the different projects.
Dates for your Diary
Wednesday
4th December 2024
6.00pm – 9.00pm
The Caledonian Club, 9 West Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR
2024 AGM of Roedean School
The 2024 AGM of the Corporation of Roedean School will be held at the Caledonian Club, 9 West Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR on Wednesday 4th December at 6pm, with registration from 5.15pm.
The formal Notice documents with further details have been sent to Governors. If you are a Governor and you have not received your papers, please email governors@roedean.co.uk
Thursday
5th December 2024
6.30pm – Late
Upstairs at The Antelope, 22 Eaton Terrace, London, SW1W 8EZ
Saturday 7th December 2024
10.30am – 1.00pm Roedean School
Wednesday 11th December 2024
3.30pm – 6.00pm
Roedean School
Tuesday 11th – Thursday 13th February 2025
Roedean School Theatre
Wednesday 12th February
4.00pm
Roedean School Chapel
Old Roedeanians’ Association Christmas Drinks 2024
ORs are warmly invited to the traditional Old Roedeanians’ Association Christmas Drinks.
Please RSVP by either clicking here, by emailing events@oldroedeanians.co.uk or by commenting on the invitation posts on social media.
As in previous years we will also be collecting donations under the Christmas Tree for the St Mungo’s Wix’s Lane Homeless Project in Clapham. Suitable donations are supermarket gift cards and any small useful things, e.g. mugs, toiletries, socks, chocolates etc. If you could bring one small item which fits in your handbag that would be wonderful.
Roedean Christmas Fair 2024
ORs are very welcome to join us at the annual Christmas Fair.
Come along and get into the Christmas spirit, and even buy some Christmas gifts – we will also be selling our range of Roedean merchandise! There is no need to book for this event – we hope to see you there. Not all of the stalls will have card machines, so do remember to bring plenty of cash with you!
Roedean Carol Concert 2024
ORs and Former Staff are invited to join us for the Roedean Carol Concert followed by refreshments.
This year, we are delighted the service will return to the School Chapel. Please arrive from 3.30pm to be seated for 4.00pm.
We only have a limited number of tickets remaining, and booking closes on 4th December, at which point any spare tickets will be offered to the ORs who have asked to bring guests – so do book soon if you would like to join us by clicking here or emailing alumnae@roedean.co.uk
The Sound of Music
Join us for the Spring term production – The Sound of Music. Further details and booking options to follow.
Founders’ Day and Commemoration Service. With the Chapel reopened, the annual Founders’ Service will be returning. If you would like to attend please email alumnae@roedean.co.uk. You can see the list of ORs who will be remembered this year by clicking here.
Roedean Merchandise Shop
Are you stuck for Christmas gift ideas?
We have a fantastic range of Roedean merchandise available at https://community.roedean.co.uk/shop/
The range includes everything from stocking fillers such as keyrings, scrunchies and bookmarks, to larger gifts such as the new Roedean X Chilly’s water bottle, 125th Anniversary Umbrella, and our latest additions, personalised blankets and pyjama bottoms, and many more.
On Saturday 7th December we will have a merchandise stall at the Christmas Fair. ORs are most welcome to attend the Christmas Fair where there will also be a range of other stalls – the perfect opportunity to buy some last minute gifts and get in the Christmas spirit!
Life Events
Jane Hall
(Prideaux, No.4, 1966-72)
Jane was born on 15th November 1954 at The General Lying In Hospital in Lambeth and was one of 5 children for Ann & Jim.
After a brief time at an American school, Jane went to board at Roedean where despite having glandular fever when she was 15, she passed all her exams and went onto Queen’s College London University to study Nutrition. She gained her degree in Nutrition and first worked at Hammersmith Hospital before moving up north in 1976 to work as a dietician at York Hospital.
Jane married Nigel in 1970 and had three sons, Ben, Josh, and Chris. She was a very natural mother and would knit to make clothes for the boys when they were babies. She would help them with their homework, ferry them and friends to school and all their activities, inviting many of their friends over to stay. She would enjoy going to their concerts, shouting from the touchlines and applauding by the boundary ropes. On one rugby trip to South Africa with Chris’s school, Jane would help tend to the injuries and provide motherly support and advice for the boys on tour.
In the early 90s Jane decided it was time to go back to university and started her PGCE at King’s College to become a teacher. Her first teaching role was at George Abbott in Guildford and then she moved on to Manor House school for 2 years before going on to Surbiton High School for Girls, teaching Biology & Chemistry to A Level students. She was Head of Year 9 and mentored the trainee teachers that came to the school for experience. She would frequently work until midnight, marking homework, preparing lessons and writing reports, such was her commitment to the girls.
Susan Turns 101!
A very Happy Birthday to Susan Tolfree (Kelly, 1937-41) who turned 101 in September!
Susan was enrolled at Roedean when her mother, who was a visiting school nurse, fell in love with the School. She started her journey in Brighton but was evacuated to Keswick during the war, sitting her school certificate in the station master’s office at Keswick station.
Jane was herself always a very caring person with a big heart.
She loved life but also enjoyed a jolly good murder. She was an avid reader, perpetual student and a dedicated teacher.
She was a sewer, a quilter and a beekeeper.
She was a cook, a baker and family maker.
She collected everything, especially friends.
Her smiles will stay with us forever.
We would love to share your news, whether it is a special birthday, you have got married, or have a new addition to your family! Please email photos and updates to alumnae@roedean.co.uk
Nigel Hall
