The Chronicle 2021-22

Editorial Team:

Mrs Isabelle Blake-James Director of Development and Dunstonian Relations

Mr Jordon-Lee Squibb Head of Marketing and Communications

Miss Chloe Simpson Communications Officer

Mrs Virginia Hearn Chronicle Coordinator

The Graphic Design House Design and print

Introduction

Welcome from the Chair of Governors 4 Head’s statement 5 Junior School

Head of Junior School’s statement 7 Houses Forder 8 Hecker 9 Stuart 10 Usherwood 11

The Junior School Forder Programme 12-13 Music 14-15 Art and Design Technology 16-17 Sport 18-23 Year Group Highlights Nursery 24-25 Reception 26-27 Year 1 28-29 Year 2 30-31 Year 3 32-33 Year 4 34-35 Year 5 36-37 Year 6 38-39 Special Events 40-43 Prize Winners 44 Senior School Houses

Forder 45 Hecker 46 Stuart 47 Usherwood 48

The Senior School Forder Programme Overview 49-51 Drama and Dance 52-55 Music 56-59 Art and Photography 60-61 Design Engineering 62-63 Sport Overview 64-65 Rugby 66-67 Hockey 68 Football 69 Netball 70-71 Cricket 72 Swimming 73 Strength & Conditioning 74 Athletics 75

CCF 76-77 DofE 78-79 Adventurous Activities 80-81 Trips 82-83 Sixth Form

Head of Sixth Form’s statement 84 Head of School’s statement 85 Year 13 Symposium 86 Albam Exorna Award 87 Leavers 2022 88 Special Events Remembrance Day 89 Opening Minds Lectures 90 International Week of Languages 91 Black History Month 92 Mental Health Awareness Week 93 Anti-Bullying Week 94 St Dunstan’s Diapason 95 STEM highlights 96-97 Diploma Graduation 98-99 Beating of the Bounds 100 Commemoration Day 101 St Dunstan’s Festival 102-103 Awards 104 Prize Winners 105-113 Community and Outreach

Lewisham Young Leaders Academy 114 Charity 115 Sustainability 116-117 Community

Dunstonian Association Welcome from the Chair 118 Ladies Dunstonian Networking Tea 119 Black Tie Dinner 119

The Albam Exorna Award 120 Friends of St Dunstan’s 121 A Message from the Chaplain 122 Bursary update 123 Valete! 124-127 Salvete! 128-133

WELCOME from the Chair of Governors

On behalf of the Governing Body of St Dunstan’s Educational Foundation I would like to extend our thanks for another year of hard work, dedication and ambition which thankfully has seen the return to a much more normal school experience. It has been so welcome to see the children once again engaged in a full, rich and varied curriculum, complete with trips, fixtures, adventurous activities and performances, and I hope you enjoy the many highlights contained within this year’s Chronicle.

The Governing Body is responsible for agreeing the vision for the Foundation and the strategy which will enable the organisation to continue to grow and evolve, all of which is underpinned by a clear sense of values, and what makes St Dunstan’s different. Our ten-year strategic objectives clearly capture the trajectory for the organisation in each area of the Foundation’s work. These objectives allow us to carry out our statutory duties, ensuring compliance, approving policies, monitoring performance and reviewing key performance indicators for the Executive, via regular Board meetings and scheduled individual visits. Governors give their time voluntarily, and we are fortunate to have a broad range of expertise represented on our Board. I would like to thank my fellow Governors for all the time and expertise they bring to their respective roles. At the end of this academic year we say goodbye to Clair Wilkins, Bursar and Clerk to the Governing Body. I would like to acknowledge all she has done for St Dunstan’s in the time she has been here. She leaves a legacy of fantastic new facilities which have greatly enhanced the learning spaces for our pupils from Junior School to Sixth Form and will continue to provide inspiration for future generations of Dunstonians. My thanks also to Judy Clements who steps down from the Governing Body this year after 10 years of service. We are most grateful for everything she has given us during her tenure.

I look forward to the coming year and am very grateful to the whole community of St Dunstan’s for their ongoing belief and trust in the College.

Mr P Durgan Chair of Governors

WELCOME Head’s Statement

I have worked in education for long enough to know that it is a fallacy to consider any school year ‘normal’, but as we go into another summer holiday at St Dunstan’s I do reflect with no small degree of comfort that we have largely seen the return of our routines and customs, and most importantly have been able to keep children with their friends, at school and in the classroom.

It has not been easy. Children returned at the beginning of this year after a period of national trauma. It is increasingly evidenced that this trauma has been particularly potent in its effects on the young and we, like all other schools across the country, have had our work cut out, settling the children back into routines, reminding them of expected behaviour, and ensuing our well-respected, inclusive, kind culture puts its roots firmly back into the St Dunstan’s sod. In many ways we are of course particularly well positioned to achieve this. The culture of St Dunstan’s has become a powerful force over the years and our strategic agility allowed us to take some very deliberate steps in prioritising student behaviour, routines, and pastoral care in our development plan for the year gone. I have been incredibly impressed by the way the pastoral teams and teachers have set about their task and do want to take this opportunity to thank them on your behalf. What we have asked of the staff has been extraordinary, but they have met this task with characteristic resilience, compassion and good humour. I really am most grateful to them.

We ended the year in a very good place. The return of exams, both internal and public, was understandably unnerving for many, but I was most impressed by the focus and purpose of students, approaching the challenge with diligence and motivation, all the while supported by an exams team working flat out. It has been particularly enjoyable to end the year with the joy of our Festival. Indeed, as the long summer days fall upon us, there has been something rather moving about watching the children once again relish performances in the Big Top, in our new Theatre and Great Hall. To see the Festival evolve into a platform for community collaboration is also a great step forward and I am very pleased that the performing arts team at St Dunstan’s are now working so closely with Bonus Pastor School – it is a really exciting partnership that will surely only go from strength to strength. The return of Adventure Week and other residential trips is also enormously refreshing. Outdoor education is such an important part of our educational offer as we know its importance in forging character and values in our young people.

There have been a great many highlights from the year. From the Festival, I don’t think anybody will be able to forget the Year 6 production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the beautifully crafted Midsummer Night’s Dream and the explosive energy of High School Musical. The Jazz soirée was of a professional standard, the likes of which I cannot think you would easily find in any other school. This all comes at the end of a year characterised by a whole succession of wonderful achievements. It has been a year of new buildings, certainly, with the incredible STEM, Sixth Form and Junior Schools opening in September and then the new Performing Arts Centre that swiftly followed including, of course, our spectacular new Theatre and Recital Rooms. Indeed, perhaps this is an appropriate time to thank Clair Wilkins, in particular, for the extraordinary impact she has had on this school since arriving as Bursar; she leaves a terrific legacy and not just in bricks and mortar. There have been many other highlights too – concerts in prestigious London venues, including the Cadogan Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields, a wonderful performance of Machinal in our new Theatre and a West-End-worthy production of School of Rock, to name but a few.

However, perhaps the biggest achievement of this year is further defining and championing our very unique identity as an independent school. A school that likes to do things differently not for the sake of it but because we recognise that independent education needs to change in this country. That it needs to address issues of culture, of equality, of privilege and responsibility. That it needs to use the gift of independence to carve out imaginative and meaningful frameworks for self-improvement, to showcase that there is a place for independent schools to be part of the broader societal agenda, and to work with local communities for the betterment of our society at large. Of course, I am absolutely delighted that all this was recognised in being awarded Independent Senior School of the Year

at the TES awards, the gold standard of recognition in the Sector and firmly putting St Dunstan’s on the map of the very best and leading independent schools in the United Kingdom. I do want to thank the whole community for the support and encouragement to get us to this point. It hasn’t always been an easy journey, but I hope you feel that we have now very much arrived and I feel strongly that we are entering a golden age for St Dunstan’s College.

Albam Exorna!

Mr N P Hewlett Head

JUNIOR SCHOOL Head of Junior School’s Statement

What a year it has been! It was a pleasure to return to relative normality in school for the majority of the academic year.

To be able to come together once again for whole Junior School assemblies, performances, recreational time and Forder, to name but a few of the crossyear group activities that have taken place this year, it has been a welcome reminder of how strong our community has been to weather the storm of the last two years. We were certainly ready to hit the ground running in September. I am aware that it felt a little like a move from 0 to 100 in true St Dunstan’s style so I would like to thank you all for your ongoing support and words of positivity when I know that some weeks have felt extraordinarily busy. That said, the sense of purpose, activity and enthusiasm in school was what we all needed, and we have kept that momentum going throughout. It also means there are many celebrations and memorable moments to highlight to you in this year’s Chronicle as we reflect on the success of the academic year 2021/2022.

With our move to three forms of entry in upper Key Stage 2 and us noting a record number of new additions to our Junior School family, I must share how smoothly all pupils settled into school routines, but particular praise goes to our new Nursery and Reception pupils.

It is not just our new children who have been benefiting from the excellence of St Dunstan’s teaching and learning though, they have been joined by newts, a fox and an over-confident pigeon determined to join in with the children in our everevolving Woodland Classroom. The reintroduction of school residentials and larger-scale events for our older children has also been particularly wonderful to see, not least to bring our community together once again. Seeing our pupils challenged in a different way and taking educational risks in their learning once again has been delightful to watch and we look forward to another exciting year ahead.

Miss L Whitwood Head of Junior School

Reflections of the year

FORDER HOUSE Junior School

This year, Forder House have continued to enjoy lots of fun, challenges and success!

In the Michaelmas term we took part in the House Cross Country and we were proud to have lots of Forder runners involved. We really enjoyed our House Christmas Challenge and even though restrictions at the time meant we had to adapt it a little, we made some brilliant videos and enjoyed working collaboratively with the other Houses in our form classes, to pull the event off with some serious style.

In the Lent term, we put our great Forder minds together in the House Countdown and wow, do we have some future Rachel Rileys and Carol Vordermans in our House team as we had some serious success in this competition! We also made some excellent cakes during the House Bake Off, so actually maybe Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry should watch out too!

Trinity kicked off for us with a wonderful new challenge – the House Biathlon. Well done Forder for our success with this ambitious event which saw us racing in the pool, getting changed in the quickest time ever, then running round the field. Our squelchy trainers only just dried out in time for our Sports Day, but we practised hard at our ‘Sports Day House chants’ and gave it our all in the raceswe were delighted when Forder won the Prep event! We also had time to fit in a couple of swimming galas and rounded off our year with the fabulous House Fun Day.

Congratulations Forder House for such a fun-filled, action-packed and successful year!

Leila Karaki and Harry Gibb

Reflections of the year

HECKER HOUSE Junior School

So go the words from the in-no-way clumsily co-opted chant that echoed around the field during this year’s Prep Sports Day, as Hecker yet again showed themselves to be fleet of foot, strong of arm and valiant of spirit.

Another bold and brave year for the House, who may not always find themselves troubling first or even second place in weekly House point totals, but for whom House spirit is truly characterised and represented in every possible way. It has been a year where, more than ever, the College values of courage, creativity, compassion and confidence have been embodied wholeheartedly by each and every member of the guys in green. (Not forgetting curiosity – ‘Mr Chambers, why do you have so many green clothes?’)

Starting with a cross country competition that saw first, second and third places, and maybe more importantly, great participation and effort from every last member of Hecker, to the now traditional spectacle of the House Bake-Off, with

true Hecker ingenuity showcasing a range of delicious bakes of varying verdant shades of GREEN. Not forgetting a wonderfully exciting Swimming Gala, nail-biting Sports Day and phenomenal House Fun Day – we have had a blast!

In the immortal words, of that nowfamous chant:

‘One day, when the term is done we’ll take our leave and go.’

And so we must. Go Hecker!

Tom Fitt and Mathilda Chiao

‘There was once a House all dressed in green, the finest House that you ever did see’

Reflections of the year

STUART HOUSE Junior School

Stuart have thoroughly enjoyed a full year of House events, assemblies and competitions. Since we have returned to normality after a restrictive two years, we were finally able to meet in person, introducing new members from Year 3 to Stuart House.

We started the year with the traditional House Cross Country event in which there were plenty of blue shirts on display. In the lead up to Christmas, our traditional House celebrations were put on hold due to Covid but in year groups, Stuart members showed their excellent creativity and collaboration to keep the festivities alive!

During the Lent term we put our vocabulary and mathematic skills to the test in the hugely popular House Countdown challenge. During the Easter break and into the new term, Stuart gave their all to showcase their baking skills as part of House Bake Off. Here are some examples of our efforts.

Trinity term began with the House Biathlon – the event that tests running, swimming, cheering on your fellow House members and putting shoes on to wet feet. Another fantastic effort from Stuart in this challenge. With our House chants in full flow, a successful Sports Day and an entertaining House Fun Day brought the year to an end. Yet another fantastic year for Stuart!

Zadie Kaleta and Oliver Elizalde

Reflections of the year

USHERWOOD HOUSE Junior School

Congratulations to Usherwood for yet another fantastically fun year! Whilst some Covid restrictions were still in place in the Michaelmas term, we were able to participate in many events that we have missed in recent years!

Usherwood’s favourite event, the Christmas Challenge was a class challenge this year as we were in ‘bubbles’. It was still hilarious and we are already looking forward to performing next year!

Consonant, vowel, one large and five small are the clues to another successful event. Yes, House Countdown is now a regular feature in the calendar and Usherwood participate with much enthusiasm.

How many yellow cooking ingredients can you think of? Well, the House Bake Off gave all the culinary experts a chance to impress with their skills. The banana bread and lemon drizzle cakes looked delicious and very yellow…!

Congratulations to everyone who entered the 500-word writing competition. The challenge this year was to include the colour of Usherwood in the story. It was lovely that so many Pre-Prep children took part. Thank you and well done!

There are many House sporting events throughout the year, and it is great to see everyone participating and cheering each other on. This year we have had a biathlon, cross country, netball, hockey, rugby, cricket and the loudest event ever recorded has got to be the House swimming gala. How the pool still has a roof on, is a mystery! And of course, there was Sports Day. Usherwood’s spirit

always shines through, even if we don’t win every race. Go Usherwood!

The final event of the year was House Fun Day. How much fun can you possibly have in one day, you ask? A huge amount, is the reply. There was dancing and quizzing and even teachers singing!

To end the year, we must thank all the Usherwood members. THANK YOU for being part of such a fabulous and yellow team!

Anya Whittaker-Axon and Sasha

THE FORDER PROGRAMME

MUSIC

What a great musical year our Junior School pupils have had, from beautiful singing in the nursery Nativity, to the most accomplished of performances by our incredible Year 6 instrumentalists at Prizegiving and all the musical marvels in between!

Michaelmas term gave our Prep Choir their first performance in the Harvest festival. We then took part in the whole College Michaelmas Concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields, which was great fun and a wonderful opportunity to see our Senior School friends perform. Our Pre-Prep Choir, not to be outdone, was busy learning some gorgeous Christmas music to sing as part of the KS1 Nativity performance in the Great Hall. Our instrumentalists played beautifully in our November Prep Instrumental Concert and this seems a perfect time to mention what a wonderful and powerful sound our JS Wind Band have made this year.

In Lent term we hosted another successful Prep Instrumental Concert and also a Junior School Tea-Time concert in our ‘Ben Chudleigh Recital Room’, which gave our instrumentalists valuable opportunities to perform and our audiences a real treat. Our Year 3, 4 and 5 pupils all took part in their own showcase performances, which included some spectacular singing and dancing and took place in our amazing new theatre.

Coming back after the Easter exeat, we practically headed straight into town –to Cadogan Hall, where our Prep Choir performed so well. At the same event,

our Year 6 singers sang with the Senior School in a Massed Choir, performing Zadok the Priest – wow, that was a high one (as well as a highlight)! Our Year 6 were busy bees, as they also represented the Junior School with their beautiful choral performance in Southwark Cathedral on Commemoration Day. We rounded off the year with our exciting new Festival event – the ‘Big Summer Sing’, where we had great fun singing alongside pupils from a local primary school and also our Junior School Summer Concert, which included all of our music groups including Prep Strings and a special mention to our Year 2 singers.

Well done, Junior School musicians, we are so proud of you all! It is definitely time to have a very well-earned little rest before September!

Mrs L Marcinkiewicz

ART & DT

This academic year has been a busy and productive one for Junior School Art and Design. Art Exhibitions have been back in business prior to year group showcase performances and it’s been a lovely opportunity for parents to see the wonderful art their pupils have been producing in school.

Year 3 highlights have included rainforest themed work in the medium of collage, printmaking, felt making and sewing. In DT pupils enjoyed learning about different mechanisms and worked together to create seaside themed moving pictures.

Year 4 highlights have included some exciting Ancient Egyptian themed work where the children produced some intricate clay plaques as well as colourful selfportrait collages many of which have been on display all year round in the Junior School Hall.

Year 5 highlights have included a new space themed project which saw every pupil successfully design and make their own cushion drawing inspiration from contemporary textile artist, Karen Rose, as well as using photographs of real nebulae and galaxies as stimuli. These were highly praised by all who saw them.

Each Year 5 class also enjoyed a dedicated DT Day where they designed and made lunar buggies using gent saws and hot glue guns. The Year 6 classes spent a morning in the Senior School workshop also making buggies, but they got to make theirs move with a clever mouse trap mechanism.

During the final term Year 6 worked on a new exciting project involving lino cutting. Each pupil had the opportunity to create a three-colour reduction print. These were inspired by nature with work by designer,

William Morris, as a starting point. Some of the prints produced were outstanding and the children worked with real care on this project.

Competitions this year have included one ‘in house’ set for Year 6 which asked for artwork entries with an anti-racism message during Black History Month. Ayotunde Dauda in Year 6 won this competition with a stunning fist shaded with different skin tones.

Pupils across the school also had the opportunity to enter the annual IAPS art competition which this year had a theme of role models. We were delighted that one of our Year 2 pupils, Darius Brightman, came joint third nationally in this competition with his super portrait of Elton John.

Early Years and Key Stage One have continued to enjoy working creatively and the year ended with an exciting mural project in the Woodland Classroom. Pupils saw this space transformed as two artists spent Festival week painting a wonderful woodland themed picture. Pupils got to paint a tiny section each which was lovely!

The standard of work has at times been breathtaking and I would like to congratulate the pupils for their hard work throughout the year!

Mrs A Smith

SPORT Overview 2021-2022

Our first ‘normal’ year since before the pandemic, and what a year it was. A full schedule of games, fixtures and competitions with PE and games as usual was welcomed by our pupils and the opportunities for all were available across the board.

We were back to the usual format of beginning the year with netball and rugby, before moving to football and hockey after Christmas and finishing with cricket and rounders in the Trinity term. Our gender-neutral approach in the Michaelmas term was a great success with many pupils trying a new sport for the first time. Year 3 spent half a term on each of rugby and netball and Years 4, 5 and 6 were given the choice of what they would like to learn. We also reintroduced the morning fitness ‘Move

and Groove’ sessions taking place each morning, that had been such a hit during lockdown. Each morning, a different PE team staff member led the session to hot hits selected by our pupils. It was brilliant to see so many of our pupils, and staff members, wanting to start their day in the best possible way. A huge shoutout must also go to Year 4, who consistently had the best participation rates of the whole Junior School.

RUGBY AND NETBALL

Our gender-neutral approach in the Michaelmas term was a great success when focusing on rugby and netball and it was fantastic to see many children trying a new sport for the first time.

Highlights included the Year 5 block rugby fixture against Colfe’s with all three matches being incredibly closescoring games and the rugby on show was at a fantastic standard. The Year 6 mixed netball team won the Lewisham Games and went on to represent Lewisham at the London Youth Games. They progressed through the competition to the quarter finals making us, and Lewisham, very proud. Well done to Leila, Imogen, Agnes, Tommi, Andre, Evadnae and Lily.

FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY

During the Lent term, we moved on to football and hockey, with all Prep pupils spending half a term on each.

Within this term, we participated in numerous Lewisham Games football tournaments where our pupils did a sterling job representing St Dunstan’s at these events being held at the Jubilee Ground. St Dunstan’s also hosted some fun hockey sessions and festivals for other schools, which proved to be a great success on our wonderful hockey pitch. Our hockey programme was supported by the wonderful Mr Corbin O’Grady. The uptake of pupils joining our afterschool hockey clubs has been great to see and they have improved their skills and match-play.

CROSS COUNTRY

A keen group of runners competed at the London Youth Games Cross Country event at Parliament Hill. They represented Bromley and Lewisham and ran a tough course which involved, you guessed it, running up a rather large hill!

Congratulations to everyone who raced. A special mention to Luca who finished seventh out of 183 runners in the U11 race. Aside from this wonderful result, there was a great deal of success in cross country this year in local school competitions. Medal winners in these events were Arthur (Year 3), Zahra, Lyla (Year 4) and the Year 4 boy’s relay, Johann (Year 5), Luca, Mati and Ada (Year 6), and the Year 6 boys and mixed teams, across the Merton Court Cross Country, Farringtons, St Dunstan’s and Dulwich Hamlet events. What a fabulous group of runners we have!

SWIMMING

This year has been one of the most successful years that the St Dunstan’s JS swimming squad has ever had. This is largely due to the great depth of swimming talent that we have seen building across Year 6 for quite a while.

The effort that all of our squad members have put into their training at school as well as out of school for some, is a testament to their commitment to swimming. As a result, our Year 5 and 6 swimmers lifted the Lewisham Schools trophy again this year arriving home with a haul of medals, with Tunde winning top boy. The girls gave a strong performance in the highly competitive South of the River Gala, with medal winners Lyla and Imogen excelling in the butterfly and front crawl respectively. The World Championships followed, an exciting trip to the Olympic Pool with Year 6 boys and girls, all performing brilliantly. Medal winners on this occasion were Agnes, Luca, Thomas, Alex and Tunde. Here Tunde won 8 medals, winning the top U11 boy award. The U11 boys’ team came second overall. The IAPs finals followed, with the top 20 teams or individuals qualifying to swim once again at the Aquatic Centre in London. Here our boys (Harry, Thomas, Luca, Tunde, Andre) were exceptional. Making it to the final was achievement enough, but they finished seventh in both the medley and freestyle relays, with Tunde coming fourth overall on 50m breaststroke. Finally, the London Schools arrived, which again is such a high standard event. Ten of our swimmers qualified for

the finals, and the same five boys came home with medals. We finished second overall in the mixed schools competition, a great achievement. Well done everyone, you have made your teachers very proud.

CRICKET AND ROUNDERS

During the Trinity term, the focus during games lessons was on cricket and rounders. Our pupils have made huge progress across all areas of cricket and they have applied their skills and tactical understanding across fixtures against various schools.

In particular, we had some great fixtures against Alleyn’s and Colfe’s. In Year 3, we hosted ‘cricket fun skills sessions’ with other schools to supplement their learning and our pupils enjoyed honing their skills with pupils they were unfamiliar with. Our rounders players have developed a great tactical

understanding of the game and have become slick fielders, who are capable of striking some powerful balls. They were convincingly successful in their only match.

Mr J Macklin Junior School Head of Sport & PE

HIGHLIGHTS Nursery

Despite their short time at St Dunstan’s the Nursery class have established themselves as curious, courageous, and compassionate members of our community. The first part of the year was spent forming positive relationships with each other, learning about what makes us all special. They celebrated their first term at school by putting on a fantastic Christmas performance. It was a wonderful way to start off the festive season.

The children’s love of all things transport led us to the topic ‘Things that Move’. The children explored the concept of force and motion through play and targeted experiments. If you visited the classroom during the Lent term you were often met with zooming balloons, rolling marbles or handmade rockets.

The Trinity term gave us a chance to experience our very first trip, to Mudchute Farm. The children prepared for the trip by making predictions about what they would see, designing maps and drawing animals. The children were delighted to meet Farmer Tom who took us on a tour of the farm and told us lots of interesting facts. The children have made huge strides in their personal and academic understandings this year and are excited for the challenges of Reception next year!

Miss K Leane

HIGHLIGHTS Reception

What a fantastic year the Reception children have had! We started off the year leaning about our new friends, and together we explored different festivals our families celebrate including Bonfire Night, Diwali, Carnival and Christmas.

The children explored the topic ‘People who Help Us’ which led us to learn all about the people who work at our school, and how they look after everyone and the grounds. The children met with the ground staff and cleaning staff, to hear about all the jobs that they do. We even had a go at cleaning the grounds, the children becoming experts at using litter pickers, and learning about the importance of looking after our environment.

The Woodland Classroom provided many opportunities for lots of dynamic learning. We have increased our repertoire of campfire cooking recipes to include popcorn, baked bananas and bread. The children have learned about how to look after the Woodland Classroom including protecting minibeast habitats and protecting our pond wildlife. The children’s love of the natural world was mirrored in the classroom, in which they learned about endangered animals. Each class ‘adopted’ an endangered animal, learning about their habitats and creating those habitats in the classroom. This was followed up with a unit learning about minibeasts. Reception enjoyed a trip to the Horniman museum where

we explored the natural exhibits and spotted minibeasts. We used nets and handkerchiefs to carefully catch them, keeping a record on a spotting chart. It has been a jam-packed year and the children have taken every advantage of their learning opportunities, the teachers can’t wait to see what they get up to in Year 1!

Ms A Rose

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 1

To boldly go!

The transition from Reception to Year 1 is like Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind; it is huge! Up for a challenge from the start, the children didn’t just boldly go, they went with compassion, confidence, courage, creativity and curiosity into the unknown world of Year 1 and what a year it has been!

We have visited the science department to make ice cream and made an edible spinal column using sweets. We learned about the digestive system and made the large intestines using tights, biscuits, orange juice and water to investigate how poo is made! The squeals and groans when the ‘poo’ came out were hilarious! We have been engineers, designing bridges and toys, writers and authors creating our own fruit-inspired poems and space-inspired stories, and mathematicians solving problems and creating maths board games.

The Lent term saw school begin to get back to normal. Performing our class assembly about World Book Day to an actual real audience was magical. Getting back out into the real world and being able to go on trips again was the highlight of the year. We ended our IPC topic ‘Buildings’ with a trip to Tower Bridge and in the Trinity term, we visited the Royal Observatory.

The return of the Festival and the sound of glorious cheering from the crowd of proud parents at Sports Day have been the perfect end to a busy year, but it is not just the big things that have made this year so special. We have really

enjoyed the simple pleasures of being at school including grooving and moving in Morning Fitness, lunch time play on the beautiful field, exploring in the Woodland Classroom and spending time with our friends.

Year 1 really is fun!

Ms C Isaac

HIGHLIGHTS Year 2

What a fantastic year! It feels like we have just got started and yet it is the end of the year already! The children have had a brilliant year and we are so excited for them to begin their Prep journey next year.

Year 2 hit the ground running in the Michaelmas term with some exciting events, including exploring our local environment in our first IPC topic, ‘Our World’. In the Woodland Classroom, we cared for local birdlife by designing and making colourful and inviting feeders which we hung in the trees for the birds to nibble on during the long winter months. Back in the classroom, we got stuck into poetry in English which quickly became a highlight each half term as we got to delve into a new poem. The children explored aspects of their personalities by asking questions similar to Shel Silverstein’s ‘Zebra Question’, such as ‘Am I good with bad parts, or bad with good parts’ … how deep! The term was capped off by a magnificent performance by all the children in the Nativity. They worked so hard to learn their lines, sing the songs, join in the actions, and put their acting skills to great use! They should all feel super proud of themselves.

After a well-deserved rest over the Christmas break, Year 2 started the Lent term by heading out on a trip to The Golden Hinde as the entry point of our IPC topic ‘People of the Past’. We learned all about life on board the ship; no visit is complete without going to everyone’s favourite deck …the poop deck! As part of another brilliant IPC topic, ‘What’s It Made Of?’, we invited Fizz Pop Science to our school to teach us all about different materials and their properties.

In this topic, the children loved making fake snow to sprinkle everywhere and a gooey slime that stuck to their fingers! We continued to enjoy our Woodland Classroom lessons, despite the weather, and used the natural materials to create animal portraits. Can you guess the animal in the photograph?

Trinity term was jam-packed! We visited The Royal Observatory at Greenwich and really enjoyed learning about the different planets in the Planetarium and the history of time in the Observatory. One of the highlights of the year was being able to welcome parents back into our school to watch our assemblies. The children not only showcased their excellent IPC and Poetry work, but it was also a great opportunity to have a good old singsong too! Taking advantage of the improving weather, we took our maths lessons outdoors, making mazes for directional language. Back inside, we made cookies as part of our weighing and measuring lesson and even got to eat our work. Yum! The year was capped off with our wonderful residential on the school field. Our activities included setting up camp, roasting marshmallows, firing arrows, building a fire and a mug of hot chocolate was a perfect way to say goodbye to a brilliant year.

We can’t believe Year 2 is over but we are already looking forward to what Year 3 holds in store!

Mr R Hindes

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 3

Time flies when you’re having fun and this year has been no exception!

We weren’t sure what to expect as we entered the ‘grown up’ world of the Prep department but from the first day in Year 3, we have immersed ourselves in facts, fun and frivolity! We grooved to the music in morning fitness and performed mischievously in the class Christmas Challenge! We ran and ran and ran in cross country and cheered ourselves hoarse at the swimming gala. We journeyed (virtually!) to the rainforest and met a giant snail, a tarantula and a cockroach. We became stranded on a deserted island. We made SOS signs with classroom equipment. We built rivers and made a huge mess!

We were mathematicians, authors, poets, ‘grammarticians’, artists, linguists, musicians, swimmers, sports players, historians, geographers, archaeologists,

scientists and computer experts. We took part in our class assemblies and made the audience laugh. We performed in the showcase and made the audience cry! We were entertainers and we were comedians. We were singers and dancers. We were explorers and adventurers. We travelled to the depths of Dulwich and slept away from home. We went to bed late and got up early. We made fire, we toasted marshmallows and we built dens. We were curious. We were creative. We were compassionate, courageous and confident. We have learnt so much and we have had fun!

It’s been a wonderful year and now we are ready for Year 4.

Miss L Mitcham

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 4

What a year! We have been extremely busy in Year 4 and can’t quite believe it’s finished so quickly. There’s almost too much to mention; who can forget a visit from a real life dancing lion to celebrate the Lunar New Year, to creating our own Ancient Egyptian canopic burial jars, amazing art, marvellous music lessons, and of course all the fun of the Festival!

We loved being able to go on trips again, and we kicked off our ‘Turn it up!’ topic, focusing on the science of sound, with a visit to local favourite, the Horniman museum. We got our hands on a range of instruments from around the world, learned about how they produce sound and even played a calypso! We learned about magnets and even visited the Senior School Science labs for a lesson on electromagnets with Dr Qadiri.

The Lent term saw the first ever combined Year 3 and 4 Showcase, which provided a wonderful opportunity to welcome parents back into the school in our new dedicated performance space, with a mixture of dance, spoken word, and for the first time ever, cheerleading! We all agreed it was a huge thrill to be back performing on stage after so long.

In Trinity we were massively excited (and maybe even a little nervous!) to embark on the Year 4 residential, where we spent three glorious days in the Suffolk sunshine, zip-lining, bow and archerying (is that even a word?), team building and crabbing, as well as enjoying the

freedom of the great outdoors and staying up extremely late. We can’t wait for our next residential, and are already looking forward to what Year 5 holds in store!

It’s been a wonderful year.

Mr B Chambers

HIGHLIGHTS

Year 5

What a wonderfully busy year we have had in Year 5! From an Athenian armoury to NASA’s space academy, to our very own Woodland Classroom; we really have done it all. We have composed the catchiest of songs, scripted informative and witty mockumentaries, and choreographed showstopping dance routines. Our sporting abilities and infectious team spirit have been proudly on show, and we have loved representing our school in fixtures throughout the year.

School trips came back with a bang in 2022! Year 5 loved being able to visit the L’Oréal Young Scientist Centre. Think lab coats, protective goggles and fizzing chemical reactions; our bath bombs and lip balms turned out brilliantly after a day with the experts at the Royal Institute. Trinity term brought the arrival of the much-anticipated Year 5 residential. Deep in the Shropshire countryside, we courageously conquered our fears, tested our independence and, perhaps most importantly, had a fantastic time with our friends. Ziplining, bouldering, orienteering, archery, talking all through the night… the list goes on. We made memories to last a lifetime. Confidence and compassion shone through so much of what we did this year. We developed our oracy skills through our articulation of compelling cases in mock trials and in our presentation of persuasive arguments when debating the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans. We entered into rich conversations in our Religion,

Philosophy and Ethics lessons when discussing belief, faith and fact, and listened respectfully to the views of others.

Having achieved so much this year, Year 5 are ready and eager to step into their next adventure as Year 6 pupils; they will be wonderful role models at the top of the Junior School.

Miss A Cameron

HIGHLIGHTS Year 6

Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed their last year in the Junior School. We have worked collaboratively to achieve an enormous amount this year and we are excited to take on the next set of challenges as we move into Year 7.

A particular highlight for us this year has been our IPC topic ‘Go With the Flow’ where, as an entry point, we designed and built our own buoyant crafts using recycled materials. We tested our innovative creations by setting them sail across the pond in the Woodland Classroom. It is safe to say, not all designs will stand the test of time! As we continued to discover more about the function and formation of rivers, we began to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of dams. We held a wellinformed and considered debate to settle the argument.

There was much fun and creativity to be experienced in our other core subjects too. After reading the fantastic ‘Manfish’ in English, all about the life of Jacques Cousteau, we were inspired to write our own biographies of this truly inspirational man. In maths, we designed menus for a delicious three-course meal using conversion of measure and ratio to scale up recipes.

During the Lent term, we were invited to the Senior School to use the fantastic facilities in the Design and Engineering department of our STEM block. We were tasked with creating a functional buggy powered by the force of a mouse trap.

Carefully, we designed and accurately measured our materials in order to build a practical vehicle suitable for our brief. It was great to make use of specialist equipment under the expert supervision of the DT teachers!

To bring our year to a close, we spent time rehearsing songs and dances for our final production in the Junior School, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. And what a show it was! We loved performing together in front of the Junior School and then to our parents and friends later that evening. It was such a lovely way to end our time in the Junior School.

A Cameron

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Harvest

In the last week of an enormously successful first half term of Michaelmas, children in Prep took part in the Harvest Festival at St Laurence Church. It was a beautiful service that allowed the pupils to give thanks for this important time of year. In the week leading up to the service, the Junior School were overwhelmed with the generosity shown by our families. Miss Morris and the School Council representatives delivered the donations to Voluntary Services Lewisham to provide food support to the local community.

Mr M Clifford

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day was celebrated across the Junior School in March. The day started with a special assembly led by one of our inspirational parents, Dr Yasmin Bew. The Junior School children were enthralled by the experiences she has had, and it inspired many of them into a career in medicine or science. Subsequent Stuart lessons

explored the concepts of gender equality, the history of women’s rights and how they have changed over time and what the next steps are for our community to ensure the rights of all students are protected and met throughout their St Dunstan’s experience.

Mr M Clifford

‘School of Africology’ Assembly

Pupils in Year 5 and 6 were lucky enough to watch an informative and engaging drama show by the ‘School of Africology’, which also included one of our Junior School parents, Adrian Betton. The performance, taken from their ‘Tales of Black Folk’ sketch, focused on the Roman emperor, Septimius Severus, and the important decision he made regarding which of his sons would take over the empire. At the end of the performance, the pupils asked extremely insightful questions which allowed them to delve deeper into this period of time.

Mrs L Carmichael-Line

SPECIAL EVENTS

‘Born Free’ Conservation Workshops

Junior School pupils in Year 1 – 6 were visited by the conservation charity ‘Born Free’, an animal charity passionate about wild animal welfare and compassionate conservation. In the workshops, our pupils learned how to plan for a future where animals and people can co-exist and where threatened and endangered species are protected for generations to come. The pupils also learned how

conservation can enhance the survival of threatened species in the wild and protect natural habitats while respecting the needs and safeguarding the welfare of individual animals. Our pupils were truly inspired by this, and I am sure we have some budding conservationists within the Junior School.

Mr M Clifford

Residentials

The Junior School were delighted to return to residentials in many exciting destinations this year. Year 2 experienced their first taste of a St Dunstan’s residential with their overnight camping trip on the College field. They showed independence and enjoyed activities such as bushcraft and archery. Year 3’s residential took them to Dulwich Woods. They showed great collaboration when taking part in multiple teambuilding activities and made the most of the beautiful weather with lots of outdoor fun. Year 4 ventured a little further afield to Norfolk. They took part in archery, beach walks and showed heaps of courage when using the high ropes. Year 5’s residential took them to Shropshire. During the week, the pupils took part in a range of outdoor pursuits which challenged the children’s resilience and determination. They spent time working together, building new friendships and showing resilience in the face of new challenges. Year 6 travelled to France for the last residential in the Junior School. The pupils enjoyed learning lots of new vocabulary and were able to put their French language to the test when buying their own lunch from a local market! A huge well done to everyone for getting stuck in with camaraderie, enthusiasm and laughter!

Mr M Clifford

PRIZE WINNERS 2022 Junior School

YEAR GROUP PRIZES

Nursery Ambassador Louis Kennet

Nursery Progress Rita Hughes

Reception Ambassador Leela Patel

Reception Progress Erol Eriskin

Year 1 Ambassador Tadhg Orjuelehan

Year 1 Progress Jack Dockett

Year 2 Ambassador Darius Brightman

Year 2 Progress Will Harris

Year 3 Ambassador Leo Forbes Year 3 Progress Catherine Money

Year 3 Academic Alexa McLellan

Year 4 Ambassador Beau Halliday

Year 4 Progress James Tong

Year 4 Academic Maddie Berg

Year 5 Ambassador Ollie Yoxall

Year 5 Progress Louis Hamilton

Year 5 Academic Alma Brown

YEAR 6 RECOGNITION AWARDS

Confidence

Lily Aguguesi Ben Chambers

Oliver Elizalde Tom Fitt

Alex Lin Evadnae McDonald

Zachary Mohan-Khan Jessica Watt

Felix Wood

Courage

Ethan Betton Tommi Hedges

Julio Rees Ferreira Campbell Reilly

Oliver Wharfe

Creativity

Ida Benskin Mathilda Chiao

Maxine Dedieu-Nicoll Tallulah Greene

Anais Kocher Victor Leveziel Compassion

Gabriel Dayani Mia Humphrey

Zadie Kaleta Livia Nurse

Rose Peto Deven Prasad

Anya Whittaker-Axon Oscar Yeates

YEAR 6 RECOGNITION AWARDS (CONT...)

Curiosity

Ben Barker

Ada Kitson

Kai Mahoney

Max Nuthall

ARTS PRIZES

Performing Arts Trophy

Felix Castillo

Sebastian Lynch

Joshua Nayagam

Oliver Walker

Andre Nimoh

Chorister Trophy Jessica Byram-Wigfield

SPORTS PRIZES

Athletics Trophy Mati Nunez

Cricket Trophy Alec Farrell Football Trophy TJ Owen Hockey Trophy Lorenzo Crippa-Bloor Netball Trophy Leila Karaki Rounders Trophy Cecilia Hensby Rugby Trophy Luca Vignoli Swimming Trophy Ayotunde Dauda

SUBJECT PRIZES

Art Award Ayotunde Dauda Design Technology Trophy Thomas Armstrong Drama Trophy Sasha Puzitski English Trophy Charlotte Mullens Humanities Trophy George Williams Information Technology Trophy Sashin Relly McDermott

Languages Trophy Charlie Byrne Mathematics Trophy Edward Forbes Music Trophy

Caitlin Ho Science Trophy Turner Ost

SPECIAL AWARDS

Progress Award

Max Worsch Sportsman Trophy Harry Gibb Sportswoman Trophy Imogen Money

Albam Exorna Award

Lowell Ost Jasmine ThorpeJeremiah

Head Boy Award Matthew Tearle Head Girl Award Charlotte Mullens

Head of Junior School Trophy Agnes Stanley

Reflections of the year

FORDER HOUSE Senior School

It has been like a dream to be a part of the Forder House this past academic year. It has been wonderful to witness the dedication and drive of everyone from Year 7 to Year 13 really giving their all for the House events that they participated in. We truly showed what it means to be in Forder this year!

The year started with loads of House activities in the Michaelmas term based around the arts. Starting with the House Photography which gave Forder a great start to the year with a joint first place finish. This was the snowball that turned into the avalanche for Forder this year. Following on from House Photography was a brilliant victory in the House Music where Forder performed ‘Sign, Sealed, Delivered’ by Stevie Wonder, and the small group sang ‘Isn’t She Lovely’. From the arts into the House Sport competitions, Forder had many chances to show their competitiveness as well as the drive that we see in all of the members of Forder to win in the competitions that they are presented. Starting with House Netball, Forder had an astounding range of victories across all year groups and gained a strong first place. Next was House Hockey and House Rugby which once again provided an outstanding Forder first place in both events. This was down to the perseverance of everyone who participated which helped to raise Forder head and shoulders above the other houses. Unfortunately for the rest of the competitions, whilst Forder put their all into everything that was thrown at us, we did not quite manage to win the way we had done in House Netball. But nevertheless with the way the members of Forder threw themselves into the competitions we ended the term in first place.

Forder had a very strong Sports Day this year winning the majority of races in every category and also in most year groups as well, the Year 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s and 12s all put everything they could into the events they competed in and came out victorious on a day that could not have been any better. It was a great honour to hear that Forder had won Sports Day and a deserved win it was. A big thank you to everyone who got stuck in and involved with everything going on with House activities this year. We in Forder are looking to keep this momentum going and keep showing what it means to be in Forder.

Congratulations to everyone in Forder –we were overall House champions this year!

Beckman and Desiree Oghomi

Leo

Reflections of the year

HECKER HOUSE Senior School

This year has certainly been a busy one for Hecker, with lots of effort going into House events from our students so that we can continue our reign as House champions!

The Michaelmas term started with a fantastic performance from our new Year 7 students at Silly Sports Day, where they scored our first House points of the year. It was closely followed by a battle between Heads of House, with Miss Collard coming in first place with her skittle sorting skills and the quickest cup stacking. Hecker gave a formidable performance in Cross Country, securing second place. The hugely popular University Challenge event was, as always, extremely close and challenging, but our Sixth Form team came second, narrowly missing out to Stuart in the final. The Michaelmas term also saw Hecker take part in House Rugby, House Hockey and House Art, which involved a group of Year 7 students creating a superb House banner, which we’ve loved using to support everyone at House competitions!

Lent term saw two very exciting House competitions take place: House Music and House Drama. Every single Year 7 and 8 took part in an enthusiastic rendition of ‘ABC’ by the Jackson 5, complete with excellent choreography from Shani, Lois and Arabella in Year 8 – so a big thank you to them! We also had a superb band, whose professional performance of a Beatles classic won the top spot. The individual performances also saw Hecker gain lots of points, with Paola Finaldi and Wren Clark really standing out for their stunning performances in the Senior category. House Drama was another example of the talent and dedication we have in Hecker. Despite not getting the win,

everyone put so much effort into our performance of ‘Snow White and the Seven Entrepreneurs’. A special mention must go to the overall winner of Best Actress, Isabel Reynolds, and Best Comedian, Albert Watson, as well as Marcella Benson, whose directing skills were invaluable! The Lent term also saw success on the sports field, with Hecker winning House Football and coming second in House Netball.

So far in Trinity term, we have seen points gained through House Swimming, and of course, from the commendations earned throughout the year. Sports Day was a brilliant day, with lots of friendly competition and it was great to see so many students take part, as well as the teachers being good sports!

At the point of writing this article, we are all anxiously awaiting the final results. Regardless of the final rankings, we’re really proud of Hecker this year and how much everyone has put into the competitions. We’d like to give a special thanks to our other House Captains for the year: Isabel Reynolds, William Tong, Shani Smethurst, Summer McCraken, Jessica Rennison, Layla Watson, Max Ronzeau-James, Amani Rahman, Zoe Holness, Xin Shackleton, Jemima Marks, Joe Shanks and Adam Robson.

We’re delighted that Miss Reece will be taking over as Head of House in September, and we’re sure she’ll do a superb job of leading the way to victory next year!

Beadle

Isobel Edenborough and Liam

Reflections of the year

STUART HOUSE Senior School

This year has been a great one for Stuart, full of camaraderie and community. Despite numerous highs there were also many lows through which we persevered and learnt many lessons that helped to put Stuart in a leading position in the House points.

We began the year with a strong win in House Drama allowing new Year 7s to lead us to victory with the help of amazing sixth formers, especially Delphine, Maggie, Deborah, and a strong team of Year 7s through to Year 9s. Our performance of ‘The Musicians of Bremen’ with its musical interludes allowed Stuart to take home first place. Although we missed out on a podium spot in House Music it showed us the value of everyone’s cooperation. Particular thanks goes to Yasmin for helping co-ordinate our performance. This event allowed us to reflect and draw on values of cooperation and creativity to win the House banner competition, in which everyone’s teamwork showed and really challenged Stuart’s artistic skills. House Cross Country showed

our strong sports skills and House Quiz demonstrated our expertise in general trivia knowledge. Year 7 Silly Sports day brought great fun and provided a break from the academics in which we showed great sportsmanship and came first. This gave our Year 7s a chance to compete for their House. Years 7–9 also had another victory in Heads and Tails, a unique competition that brought great fun and collaboration. Sports Day was a great opportunity to show our sporting skills, enthusiasm, and teamwork. Although we ended in third place, Stuart had an amazing time in the sun. Overall, this was an amazing year for Stuart, full of collaboration, perseverance, and lots and lots of fun!

Sidney Fischer

Reflections of the year

USHERWOOD HOUSE Senior School

The 2021-22 end-of-year results saw Usherwood carry away three of the five sports cups, for cross country, hockey and swimming. The final House point tally showed just a 6% difference between first and third place – where Usherwood ended up – so things were very, very close indeed.

It has been really excellent to see House activities continuing to return to normal this year, with a truly impressive number and variety of events. Unfortunately, for Usherwood, results have not always reflected the enthusiasm and commitment which members of the House have shown throughout the year.

There have been a few successes, however: we are lucky to have an outstanding group of swimmers who led Usherwood to victory in that particular competition.

Other events at which Usherwood stood out were the House Photography competition, for which we submitted more photographs than any other House. An honourable mention was made of Cian McCormack in Year 7 for his picture.

House Drama saw an imaginative production of ‘The Cautionary Tale of Mary Contrary’ for which Alberto Casaucao-Dowler won the Best Actor prize. Enormous thanks are due to the production team of Frankie Gray, Marcus Flynn, Nona McIntosh, Malachi Naidoo, George Davies and Tomiwa Olagunju, as well as Mr Scambler who lent his invaluable support.

House Music was another event at which we found success this year, winning the overall competition with our impressive performance of ‘Dancing in the Streets’ by Martha and the Vandellas. There were also some stunning individual performances by Usherwood students:

Cian in Year 7 (again); Florence Craven in Year 9 and James Ahmad in Year 10 were absolutely outstanding. A great deal of support was given by Marcus, Mira, Nona, Malachi and Aaron to make this event a success. Mr Kimuli also lent his impressive musical talents to help with the organisation.

Once again, the Chronicle report is being written before the major event of the year: Sports Day. Hopefully, Usherwood will manage to gain some of the points that we have narrowly missed out on so far this year.

Thanks to all the captains and vice captains who have helped out this year and particular thanks to Mr Kimuli and Mr Scambler who helped a great deal with the music and drama productions.

After fourtenn years leading Usherwood House, Mr Webb has decided to step down from the role, and is handing over the reins to Miss Entwisle. Good luck to her and all members of the House for next year’s House events – and thank you so much Mr Webb for leading Usherwood for as long as you have. We all greatly appreciate you!

Go Usherwood!

Florence Lee

THE FORDER PROGRAMME

Finally, a full year of business as usual! What a joy it has been to see our students get a full year of co-curricular activity without disruption. We maintained the expectation of a full week of commitment during the timetabled period and students responded, with the Michaelmas sign-up being particularly ambitious in the lower years as always. Year 7 students, full of enthusiasm were quick to reassure tutors that 10+ clubs in a week was quite achievable and they set about tackling this new programme.

In order to support this increase in demand the staff were able to offer more clubs each day for students across the year groups to enjoy. Sport, Music, Art, Drama, Adventurous Activity and the CCF made the transition seamlessly back to full programmes, with a variety of opportunities on offer for students. Challenges for the teams this year were to make better use of Sixth Form students to support delivery and in sport in particular they responded, with the introduction of the Sports Leaders Award. In Drama, students were able to work alongside staff in directing all aspects of productions, and the spectacular, student-led Machinal performance was a real highlight.

We also explored opportunities to offer spaces for what the Art team called ‘studio’ style sessions, bringing students into the spaces and allowing them to access the facilities and resources to develop their own work. All of this

alongside the broad, diverse and highquality staff led offering. Other highlights included the CCF contributions to the Lord Mayor’s Show, Remembrance Day on-site and then again at the Lewisham Parade; the Michaelmas Concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields and then of course, the Carol Service. House Competitions were back up and running and House Drama and Music were both thoroughly enjoyable events as always, with a quite remarkable number of students involved. One of the real strengths of the Forder Programme has to be the diversity of opportunities that are available alongside these clubs. From Mosaics to Meditation, Climbing to Coding, Podcasting to Philosophy and Lego Leagues to League of Legends, this year was no different with students having an array of options to select from. As always we were keen to support them all in finding the right balance between pursuit of existing passions and branching out into new

challenges. We do hope they enjoyed the journey.

As always, it would be remiss of me not to mention the culmination of the co-curricular year, with all students engaged with Adventurous Activity on Adventure Week, and then into the ever-growing Festival with so much on offer. Each of these events are now well-established in the College calendar and in spite of recent challenges, we look forward to seeing them continue to grow and go from strength to strength. It is exhausting even to write about!

Congratulations to staff, students and parents alike for your continued commitment to the co-curriculum. I know as staff, we get so much from being involved in various forms and we do hope that you feel the same. The Forder Programme really does showcase

everything that is special about our community, and we can all be proud of what we have been able to achieve in the last year.

Mr D Gower Assistant Head Co-Curricular

DRAMA AND DANCE Senior School

We have been very privileged to open not one but two excellent performance spaces this year. In October, alongside the new drama teaching studios, we opened the Martin Preston Studio, named after an ex-teacher who sadly died in 2019. Preston was head of Religious Studies, produced inspiring theatrical productions, and had a prodigious knowledge of opera and theatre, with which he enthused others.

It was his ‘coming out’ and his work post-St Dunstan’s supporting LGBT+ rights that really left a legacy. To honour his memory the studio was opened with a production devised from the text of ‘The Laramie Project’, a verbatim play exploring a town’s reaction to the brutal murder of a young gay man, Matthew Shepherd. Students engaged in an intensive creative process led by Director of Drama, Mr Stewart. Combining live music, abstract movement and the original text, the invited audience was treated to an engaging and challenging piece of theatre that was also livestreamed. Notable mention must be made of Tom Sheen who acted as musical director and helped create the soundscape which underscored the whole production. The newly fitted studio provided an excellent space for this in-the-round production and all who saw it were moved by its message of acceptance and tolerance. The final image of the production was a large canvas, designed and painted by Year 12 artist Tapasya

Tiwari which was lowered from the ceiling and depicted the face of Matthew Shepherd scarred by the words of hate and discrimination that ultimately led to his death.

In the Lent term the new 150-seat theatre was opened with another production devised from a text, this time directed by two Year 13 students, Zoe Holness and Paddy Byfield, using the text, Machinal. The production explored the mistreatment of women both in employment and domestically. The production combined highly polished choral movement with audiovisual recordings, sound and light, and again live music under the direction of Tom Sheen. Technicians from Drama and Art combined to create an industrial scaffold set which acted both as screens and shadow boxes, highlighting and commenting on the action of the piece. We were thrilled to be able to invite those who have so generously supported the development of the Theatre to share this moving and visceral piece of theatre.

School of Rock

‘There’s no way you can stop The School of Rock’ was the anthemic sound that rang out in the Great Hall at the end of the Lent term as more than 50 students filled the stage to perform Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical version of the hit film ‘School of Rock’. The energetic cast was ably led by Martha Preece in the lead role of wannabe rock star Dewey Finn. Pretending to be a substitute teacher he takes on a role at prestigious prep school, Horace Green, overseen by uptight headmistress Rosalie Mullins, who was given fine voice by Agnes Sales. Dewey discards the formal education expected at the school for a more liberal one – so liberal it only really included forming a rock band. Thomas Lenz, Louis Wetherell, Coco Kitson, and Sidney Fisher made up Dewey’s core band, each playing their role with flair and a great sense of character. Safia Rieb Smith took charge of the students and the stage as bossy Summer Hathaway whilst Albert Watson flounced around as self-proclaimed designer Billy. The sheer energy and enthusiasm of the cast spilled off the stage and into the equally enthusiastic audiences who filled the Great Hall in a way that hadn’t been possible since the start of the pandemic.

EdwardFor the first time at St Dunstan’s students performed in a entirely dance driven production. Edward was a dance reinterpretation of the movie Edward Scissorhands which follows the story of a young man who has scissors instead of fingers. Choreographed by Champions Theatre Arts who worked with students during Forder in the Michaelmas term, the production saw over 20 Key Stage 3 students learn to dance and move in order to communicate a narrative entirely with their bodies. Isobel Reynolds was mesmerising at the titular Edward and led the whole ensemble with grace and precision. A visual treat for the audience, this marked the start of a new partnership to expand the range of dance and movement options available to students and we look forward to future collaborations.

Technical Theatre

This academic year has seen the exciting development of multiple performing arts spaces in redeployed areas of the College. The opening of the three drama studios, including the Martin Preston Studio, gives students excellent spaces for lessons, rehearsals and small-scale performances. The opening of the Theatre offers an even more exciting and flexible space for larger performances and workshops. This new performance venue will seat 150 for end on performances and the seating can be retracted to allow for theatre in the round or traverse. All the new spaces are linked so that they can be used to support each other and form a coherent performing arts centre complete with backstage storage and technical facilities. We are still fundraising to allow us to put a range of lighting into the theatre and are incredibly grateful for the generosity of those who have already donated so much to allow us to generate these exciting new spaces for students to explore the performing arts. Our technical theatre clubs have continued to flourish with most performances now supported by student technicians, allowing those who are engaged with the arts, but are not performers, an opportunity to develop their skills.

Mr R Gregg Assistant Director of Drama

MUSIC Senior School

This has been a year of unparalleled activity and ambition in the Music department and we have greatly enjoyed the opportunities made available to us by our new facilities and the ending of Covid restrictions. The year has seen us perform in exciting new venues, formulate our most diverse and dynamic programme of events yet, and our talented young musicians have raised their standards to new heights. The beginning of the year saw us open the new Ben Chudleigh Recital Room, where our senior scholars presented a concert of advanced solo repertoire to our new purpose-built chamber concert space. We were grateful to dedicate the room in memory of a former pupil and the concert finished with a moving flute duet by Desirée in Year 12 and Ben’s former flute teacher, Mr Kipling.

The Michaelmas Concert at St-Martinin-the-Fields was the focal point for all co-curricular activity in the first term. The Concert band under Mr Rawley’s expert direction began proceedings with great clarity and enthusiasm and other highlights included SDC Voices’ performance ‘This is Me’, the Prep Choir’s beautiful rendition of ‘Riversong’ and the College Orchestra, comprised of students only, finishing the concert with a performance of the lively ‘William Tell’ overture. With more than 200 performers from across the College community, the concert was our biggest yet and a testament to all the commitment of our

young musicians after a challenging two years!

The Chapel Choir have had a fantastic year and, after years of development, are now a fully balanced SATB group. They have risen to the demands of challenging repertoire throughout, in particular their performances of Harris’ ‘Bring us, O Lord God’ at the Remembrance Service and Byrd’s ‘Sing Joyfully’ at Commemoration Day. The group have enjoyed a more regular schedule of evensongs in the London area, highlights being our evensong at Southwark Cathedral in May and All-Hallows Church. After the disappointment of our Christmas service being cancelled due to the rise of the omicron variant, the choir were able to resurrect Christmas in their virtual carol service, recorded in the Great Hall.

The emerging standard of the group was demonstrated by the extremely memorable Easter Concert at Cadogan Hall in May. Their performance of Bach’s ‘Magnificat’ will live long in the memory, with this fiendish work being accompanied by a professional orchestra and all soloists being members of the choir. Our Symphony Orchestra was on fine form in a suite of music from Wagner’s ‘Tannhauser’, before we heard the world premiere of Year 13 Ben’s ‘Battle of the Hidden Temple’, which was an atmospheric video game composition of great ambition. The concert culminated in a magisterial performance of Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ from

a choir of more than 150 students, including SDC Voices and Prep Choir. Jazz music in the department has reached new standards and vibrancy throughout the year. Under Mr Harrison’s dedicated guidance, the Jazz Ensemble have continued their odyssey into this improvisational music and are now entrusted with providing the sonic wallpaper at many events. Their efforts culminated in the Festival’s Jazz soirée in which they combined with renowned saxophonist Camilla George and the College witnessed some of the most astonishing playing from our students yet heard. Likewise, the Big Band have covered more authentic repertoire, playing charts by the likes of Count Basie and Duke Ellington, leading to some outstanding results. We have welcomed several new members to the group and all have risen to the challenge of playing this amazing music.

Any written account of the achievements of the year will always be deficient in conveying the sheer frenzied activity of the Music department, but additional highlights have included the development of Rock and Pop performance in our co-curricular calendar. Benefitting from the support of Mrs Money and their own motivation, our inaugural Battle of the Bands in February debuted several new student bands and this was sustained in

the many performances in the outdoor concert in the Festival. The premier of our teacher band, ‘Do It Now’, was greeted with absolute bedlam in their rendition of Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’.

There is a fast-developing tradition of composing among our students and we have been rewarded with some excellent song writing and creations at GCSE and A Level. Many of these have been premiered at our Friday lunchtime ‘Tiny Desk’ concert series, a new initiative to develop informal performance in a supportive environment. We are lucky to have students who radiate an absolute passion and commitment to the subject, with record numbers continuing to study the subject at GCSE and A Level, against a national trend of decline. Likewise, there continues to be unprecedented demand for instrumental lessons, with more than 400 of these now taking place weekly in our new practice rooms.

We look forward to another year of excitement and artistic variety in the Music Department. We are thankful for the commitment of our students, the support of their parents and particular thanks must go to the dedicated support provided by the teaching staff and our community of Visiting Music Teachers.

Mr D Oldfield Director of Music

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY

DESIGN ENGINEERING Year 12 Side Table Project

After an almost two-year hiatus from practical work, the Year 12 Design Engineering cohort were tasked with utilising recycled and sustainable materials to create a unique side table. In a short 8-week period from design to fruition, students embraced the Dunstonian vision to aim to be a carbon neutral institution by using the old science benches for timber. The African Hardwood Iroko is known for its rich colour and grain. After some dedicated planning and sanding to remove decades of varnish and wear, the timber was

reinvigorated and brought back to its natural decorative state.

The tabletops were individually cast from GFRC (or glass fibre reinforced concrete). The material, often viewed as brutal or crude has been elevated to a marbleesque finish through a specialist casting process and subsequent polishing and waxing. The outcomes: although varied in their style, all champion the idea that we must strive to elongate the life cycle of all material through innovation as designers.

SPORT Overview 2021-2022

What a year it has been! This year more than ever we have been glad to be able to return to some form of normality and have welcomed the return of sport and fixtures.

Since being back, we have had a number of changes within the department, firstly, within the curriculum the transition from Physical Education to Sport and Exercise Science. As a department, we believe we have a unique opportunity to inspire and enrich all students in developing a life-long passion for sport, exercise and beyond through a modern alternative approach to traditional PE. We offer students an engaging, relevant, and inclusive curriculum which provides both academic and performance pathways through the integration of Sport and Exercise Science principles and terminology. This allows students to develop holistically adopting a ‘multi-ability approach’ in alignment with the College’s core values. Students have the opportunity to develop their academic pathways with specific emphasis on health and well-being through our established partnerships and opportunities for further enrichment through trips, events and lectures both inside and outside of the classroom. The numbers taking examined PE next year, especially at A level, are extremely healthy due to students feeling a high level of passion and curiosity for the subject. This breadth of experience allows students to enhance their self-awareness

and leadership skills, which leads me on nicely to our Forder programme. Our Forder programme continues to grow with hundreds of students getting the opportunity to partake in a vast array of sporting activities across the course of each week. We believe that not only does sport have a positive impact on our physical and mental health, but it has the opportunity to enhance students’ social well-being. Therefore, we have provided the opportunity for students in Years 10 and 12 to take part and complete a formal sports leadership qualification. As a result, students have been able to use this experience to officiate and lead in a number of Lewisham School Games competitions. This has proved to be extremely successful and is something that we will be continuing to offer moving forward.

Whilst you will be able to read the sporting highlights in the reports from our core sports which follow, I feel it is important to mention the particular ‘stand-out’ moments from this academic year. A huge well done to Zaki Fall for his selection to play for Saracens and our senior rugby captain, Zachary Riley Webster for representing Kent U18 –both just awards for their hard work and dedication. Congratulations must go to

Laila Humphreys who represented Bromley in the London Youth Games in kayaking. Well done to the 78 senior school pupils who have been nominated to trial at the London Development Centre, this is the first step on the England Hockey Performance Pathway and gives students the opportunity to test themselves with the best players in the country. A special mention must go to Sam Coulson, Joe O’Connor Coffey and Evan N’da-Koffi who have been selected to represent Greenwich and Lewisham District and London Schools in cricket for their respective age groups. Congratulations to Milla Dao, Nia Ahmad and Esmae Howard who represented the Lewisham Borough at the London Youth Games in netball. Finally, special mention must go to all those who represented the College at the World School Swimming Championships and in particular to Evan Birrane, Rafi Vignoli, Anyka Lin, Ava Holohan, James Sugrue and Stanley Reader who all took home silverware.

Finally, we wish our Year 11 and 13 leavers all the best with their future endeavours and say a massive thank you for all their hard work and dedication to Sport throughout their time at the College. We do hope that you continue on your sporting journey and look forward to welcoming you back for our Old Dunstonian sport fixtures and events.

As this year comes to a close, it is with sadness that we are saying goodbye to a few members of the Sports Department. Mr Hart, Miss McKay-Pryce and Mr Loveridge all leave us for pastures new. I am sure you join me in thanking them for their relentless passion and dedication and everything they have done during their service to sport at the College.

We wish them all the best for their new adventures. Looking ahead, we are excited to welcome new members of staff to the department and to get started on another fantastic year of sport. With changes to sporting provision and the continued evolution of the sports department, I look forward to writing to you with all the news and updates throughout the upcoming academic year.

Mr M McClune Head of Sport and Exercise Science

RUGBY

The 2021–22 rugby season saw the return to competitive training and fixtures after a couple of years of disruption from the pandemic and students entered the year full of opportunism and excitement to represent the College.

The season started with 34 players representing the College in a trial match against Cedars School resulting in a 15-14 victory, setting us in good motion for the upcoming season. After being behind 10-14 in the last 10 minutes the team demonstrated heart and determination to work together which was evident throughout every game regardless of the result. After the positive performance in the trial match the squad was full of confidence going into the first round of the NatWest Cup against Riddlesdown Collegiate. The squad started to grow and produced a dominant performance from start to finish to run out victorious 32-0 showing a team spirit and attitude to keep the opposition scoreless. The 1st team squad endured a tough period during November due to a plethora of injuries to important positions but helped provide opportunity to other players to gain valuable playing experience whilst bringing the squad closer together. This resulted in the squad taking their performances on the field to the next level with a belief and confidence in every member involved in the programme. In the second fixture of the season versus Cedars School, we secured a 17–14 away

win from a fast start to the match with early tries from which the opposition could not recover. The last home game at St Dunstan’s College for the Year 13s took place on 4 December. The memories on the 1st XV pitch collected over the years representing the College are ones to remember, to look at where we came from and what we had achieved over the past 7 years. All 23 players in the squad wore their hearts on their sleeves and we finished off the season triumphant against a strong Coopers Company School who the College had not beaten for a very long time. The squad were put under pressure from the start of the match and showed strong resilience to hold Coopers from scoring before taking control of the second half with a powerful showing to overpower the opposition and produce the best performance of the season to take victory 20–10.

After a mid-season break from Rugby Union preparations begun for the Kent County 7s Competition. Through a focused 7s programme from Mr Loveridge and Mr Hart the squad of 12 players went about developing 7s understanding and a system to challenge the best rugby playing schools in Kent.

The preparation put us in a favourable position for the rapidly approaching competition on 9 March. The group stages started with a bang with the squad putting into practice everything learned in training, resulting in a comfortable win against Oakwood and narrowly losing to Duke of York 12–10. Our third match of the day was against Eltham College in which we emerged victorious. Our last game as the team of the 21/22 season at St Dunstan’s College was Gravesend. Despite a narrow loss, comparing the performance of the team from 8 September to now was immeasurable. The squad had excelled, prospered, and developed together throughout the season.

Zachary Riley Webster Senior Rugby Captain

The rugby programme saw highlights throughout the season from all age groups at the College. The Year 10s producing outstanding performances against strong rugby playing schools such as St Olave’s and Kings Rochester running out comfortable winnings in both fixtures. The season finished on the best possible note with them emerging victorious in the Kent County 7s Plate.

The 14s finished the season strong after a tough start to the year with a number of wins in the Kent County 7s, topping the group and narrowly missing out in the quarter-finals. The 13s ended the season being the most successful team in the rugby programme producing a number of outstanding performances in the season before coming second in the Kent County 7s competition, showing the understanding of the shorter format of the game well beyond their years. Throughout the year we saw over 30 players train every week and represent the College in competitive fixtures as well as enjoying a tour to Bath. The U12s entered the College for the first time with so much enthusiasm and energy to learn and improve their rugby skills. This saw the year group grow throughout the year ending in strong performances in the St Olave’s 7s competition.

The rugby season has seen plenty of highlights during the season from every age group in the College with opportunities for new players and current players to explore and discover the sport.

Mr Loveridge would like to thank all those members of staff who have contributed to the success of the programme and finally, a massive thank you to all the players who have worked so hard and given everything when representing the College.

Mr Loveridge (Coordinator of Rugby)

HOCKEY

With some brief relief from the havoc caused by Covid 19, we have had a fantastic year of hockey at St Dunstan’s College. We have continued to see a huge level of engagement from students across all years both during before and after school, and on Saturdays and as a result, we have played over 50 hockey fixtures against other schools throughout the course of the season.

On weekends where we have not had Saturday fixtures, we have always run hockey training and match play provision for those who are interested, and attendance at these has been strong, regularly involving 100+ pupils each weekend.

Our U12 teams started well. With many of the pupils having never held a hockey stick before, the learning curve was a fast and steep one, but by the end of the first half term they were already enjoying competitive match play. Our U13 group have gone from strength to strength and continue to show their talent and prowess across our boys, girls and mixed teams. The U13s are a really exciting year group, and we are excited to see how far we can push their learning to ensure they reach their full potential. Our U14 group comprised some beginners and some very advanced players, but all of them share a real passion and enjoyment for the sport. Lots of the pupils in our U15 group were very new to the sport but got stuck in nevertheless and enjoyed lots of game play within Games sessions. They were a cohesive group who were highly committed and a joy to coach. Many of the experienced pupils from this year group are within the England Hockey Pathway. Our 1st XI enjoyed a transformed season of training and match play, with real focus on ensuring high quality throughout the season. The season and progression of individuals within the College was capped off nicely with 78 Senior School players being nominated to attend Development

Centre trials, which is the first step on the England Hockey Performance Pathway. We have also seen a sharp rise in pupils wanting to pursue additional hockey outside of the College, with now many pupils representing youth and adult teams at local clubs such as BromBecks, Tulse Hill & Dulwich, King’s & Alleyn’s (Honor Oak), Blackheath and Elthamians HC.

Throughout the season there have been a number of highlights, these include our Friday night lights game against Colfe’s which was held at the Jubilee Ground with over a hundred spectators. Further highlights include the U14As placing third in the Kent County Tournament, narrowly missing out on the final by getting knocked out on penalty strokes. My final highlight would be seeing some Year 7 pupils, Rohan Mellish, Charlie Mander and Ted Beadle, coming to help coach the Year 3–6 after school hockey club, which was fantastic to see them passing on their knowledge and starting to shape the legacy of hockey here at the College. Well done to all of those involved this year!

Mr L Corbin O’Grady Coordinator of Hockey

FOOTBALL

We all approached the Lent term with renewed enthusiasm about getting back to a full programme of training and competitive opportunities. Needless to say, there was plenty of competition on show across all the year groups.

As always, it all starts on the training pitch, and our relationship with Tottenham Hotspur continued to be a central part of our students footballing experience. The emphasis in sessions is on individual skill development. They want us all to be comfortable in possession which is absolutely the right foundation to build from. All of our coaches then encourage us to play positively, seeking time on the ball and looking to get in possession and play forward rather than fearing mistakes. ‘Want the ball, and when you have it, look after it’ is the consistent message. There is no doubt that we have a great deal of promise in younger year groups. Stand out results for younger years playing friendlies were comfortable wins over Wilson’s, Cedars and Bickley Park for the U13. Full year groups once again went to Wilson’s and Colfe’s, giving every child the opportunity to represent the College at U12. U14s and 15s were back and exposed to a high level of competition in the SKIL League, picking up results against King’s Canterbury, Worth and Christ’s Hospital.

Finally, the Senior group. After making the decision to step up to SKIL League level, it has taken time for the 1st XV to adapt and adjust, with more established schools generally having that little bit more strength in depth. This year was the first in which we have really been competitive at that level. A year where we were so close, yet so far! We started the season with a draw away at Christ’s Hospital, going 1–0 up but letting it slip late in the game. Then came Brighton College, again 2–1 up at half-time but a

late goal conceded and we were two draws from two. The third game of the league season saw us travel to Sevenoaks, who were unbeaten and favourites for the title at that stage. With everything tight at the top, a win here would have seen us jump to second in the table with real momentum. A slow start saw us go 1–0 down, but a brilliant equalizer early in the second half had us dominating possession and territory looking for the winner. Unfortunately, it never came and the game ended 1–1. It really is starting to come down to the finest of margins.

We would like to wish the Year 13 players the very best with their future endeavours, and look forward to another leap forward for boys and girls football in 2022–23.

Jamal Kamara

NETBALL

The year started with two netball pre-season early morning training sessions running in the Michaelmas term. These sessions were successful in building fitness and general attacking and defending skills. There were two Forder clubs for shooting development, both of which were successful with an overall improvement of 20.9% increase from students after developing their shooting technique. Massive congratulations to the Year 7 group who showed the most progress across the board.

During the October exeat 48 students from Year 8 departed the College for the Netball and Rugby Sports Tour to Bath. The students experienced lots of highquality training sessions and fixtures. In training the tour focused on preliminary movements in attack, defensive tactics, ball handling and decision making. The netballers also had a fantastic training session led by Hannah Passmore and Lily Jones from Team Bath Netball at the Sports Training Village at Bath University. Many thanks to Haysfield Girls School for hosting our students for their fixtures. We saw some exceptional games played against two very experienced squads where our players adapted to the challenge in front of them, applying what was learnt in training which led to incredibly positive outcomes of these fixtures. Our staff facilitated some focus group style conversations on Sports Psychology and Nutrition to supplement our athletic experience. Of course, we still had to squeeze in some fun, starting the tour watching Bath v Saracens at the Rec in the City Centre, the Roman Baths, an extremely competitive

evening at the bowling alley and a big trip to Pizza Express! Huge thanks to Mr Loveridge, Mr Hart and Miss Collard for helping me make the trip an invaluable experience for our students.

During the Lent term sessions were open to all students according to the College’s gender-neutral sports programme. Students were set and moved across groups based on their netball experience, knowledge, and development. This led to a core group of netballers who were committed to the programme attending training and fixtures on a weekly basis and which will continue to build as they journey through the College. I would also like to congratulate all the students who had little to no experience of the sport who fully embraced it with over 100 fixtures being played across the term.

St Dunstan’s College entered the annual Kent Schools Netball Tournament, and the students were able to yield some good results with our U19-U12 teams all competing. A special mention to the U12, U13 and U16 squads who delivered some promising performances, which we are hoping to build on next time they

compete at the tournament. Our annual House Netball event showed fantastic competition and some flare in our performances on court. The combined winners across Year 7 to 10 were Forder! The St Dunstan’s Festival saw the Staff v Student netball match occur which the staff won, but the students showed their skill and athleticism bringing it back in the final quarter of the game. Congratulations to Miss Hughes and Dan Whitham who were respectively voted as Player of the Match. Lastly, to close out the year of netball at the College we had the Netball/Rugby 7s tournament down at the Jubilee Grounds. With over 60 students competing in both events prizes and bragging rights were up for grabs. Overall, standout performances could fill a whole page, but these pupils consistently impressed our courts, supported their peers, and demonstrated admiral personal qualities:

Year 12/13: Faye Baptiste, Desiree Oghomi, Abbie Bottle and Amelie May

Year 11: Molly Willson, Emily Kay, Sophia McGarr and Aley Owoh

Year 10: Betsy Davies, Nerys EmlynJones, Sasha Swann and Izzy Calogeras

Year 9: Milla Dao, Myriam Olson, Lucia Hedges and Sascha Rowett

Year 8: Jasmine Morrison, Aidan McHenry, Isabel Reynolds and Esmae Howard

Year 7: Megan Chalmers, Isobella David, Alyssa Jouy and Harry Hutchinson

I hope that our students have been able to develop a great love, understanding and appreciation of the game alongside the skills they need to develop as a netballer. It has been an honour to be the Head of Netball here at St Dunstan’s and I hope that our students will continue to be actively involved in what netball has to offer inside and outside the College.

Miss R McKay-Pryce Coordinator of Netball

CRICKET

Cricket has continued to go from strength to strength at St Dunstan’s this year with hundreds of pupils involved within the programme. We started our winter cricket academy training programme in September, these sessions took place before school in the nets with Years 10-13 training on a Tuesday morning, and Years 6-9 on a Friday morning.

During the winter, we spent a great amount of time doing technical batting, bowling and fielding and spent a lot of time in the nets on the bowling machines. This hard work through winter saw numbers continue to grow, and we are now at a stage where we will have to split the before school sessions again, to create another morning session to cope! This year saw the first year that we ran a cricket camp over summer, and then two cricket fixtures in September. The idea of introducing a cricket camp and September fixtures is to relieve pressure from exam seasons whilst also encouraging people to join a club over summer, play more cricket and continue working on skill development. We had a really competitive fixture list this year, and got some fantastic results vs Colfe’s, Royal Russell, Ashford, Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar, Cedars, HSBC CC (New Beckenham CC) and our annual fixtures against The Forty Club and MCC. Individual highlights include Will Kay scoring 51* against Marylebone Cricket Club, and Evan N’da-Koffi for scoring two half-centuries and captaining his team excellently throughout the season. Well done to all of those involved.

The U12 group captained by Evan N’Da-Koffi had a brilliant season with some commanding results against Colfe’s, Cedars and Ashford, with Luke Rowett, Evan N’Da-Koffi, Laila Humphreys and Adam Ahmad achieving Player of the Match performances in these fixtures. The U13 captained by Yuvraj Singh are also a very exciting group and couple both talented players, with huge levels of engagement. Alfred Davidson, Yuvraj Singh, Nicholas

Wilson and Ben Fender produced some standout performances throughout the year. We are very excited by the potential of these two year groups as they progress through the school and become our 1st XI in years to come. Our U14 group captained by Matthew Witham and Hal Elliot enjoyed some really competitive fixtures this season with stand out performances coming from Freddie Humphreys, Matthew Witham, Hal Elliott and Alfie Harper. Our U15s captained by Joe O’Connor-Coffey exceeded expectations this year with their cricket, enjoying the fixtures and putting in all their learning showing their dedication and commitment to the game. Our 1st XI captained by Dan Witham and Joe Shanks were the strongest 1st XI St Dunstan’s have produced in a long time, producing some good performances vs Royal Russell, Marylebone Cricket Club and New Beckenham CC, with stand out performances coming from Will Kay, Krish Patel, Joe Shanks and Dan Witham.

Cricket is in a very healthy place at St Dunstan’s, and we look forward to fostering a lifelong love of the sport and ensuring pupils continue to engage with cricket after leaving the College.

Mr L Corbin O’Grady Coordinator of Cricket

SWIMMING

Swimming this year has gone from strength to strength not only in how we have performed as squad in galas but also in our commitment to training and passion for the sport. Numbers at training have been higher than ever with on average 30 students at all swim session and over 40 at multi-fit training.

Miss Margaroli’s aim for this year was to push us to the next level and to help achieve this she introduced a new framework for the swim programme. This has given all members within the swim squad more focus and targets to ensure they are making continuous progress. The new framework included receiving new groups which are Penguin, Seal, Sword Fish and Shark. The different groups indicate the different ability of swimming with Shark being the top. This year we have introduced a new category to swim squad, the elite swim squad. The students in the elite swim squad train up to 20 hours a week in swimming, in their out of school clubs and in school training. Miss Margaroli and Mr Coley put every member of the swim squad into a group that they felt best suited them at the time and explained to them what specific targets they had to hit to reach the next level. This new framework made a big difference to the swimming training session and gave us real structure as a squad and chances to progress.

We had a wide range of competitive opportunities for members of the swim squad to compete in from internal galas to international events – there was something for everyone this year. Years 7 and 8 swimmers made it through to the final of the London League, stand out performers were Ava Gibbins, William Henderson, Zak Revell, Alyssa Jouy, Ollie Orteu and Rudy Burnell who all won their races and overall came fourth in the London League. We had an annual Christmas Cracker Gala which was full of fun relays, competitive racing and everyone had a great time. The Bath Cup is one of the most

prestigious races of the year. This year we had to hold trials as we have such depth as a club and it was great to see everyone giving it their all. The U18 boys team consisted of James Sugrue, Stanley Reader, Josh Igbokwe, Ben Mattinson and Ben Wedenig, and the U18 girls team was Evan Birrane, Raffi Vignoli, Izzy Calogeras, Anyka Lin and Ava Holohan. The team did very well at the Bath Cup with a very young squad, we look forward to seeing how they do next year.

We took 23 students from Year 6 to Year 10 to compete in the World Schools Swimming Championships which was held at the London Aquatics Centre which had schools taking part from across the globe. At the championships special mentions must go to Stanley Reader who won a number of medals, the U16 girls relay team which consisted of Evan Birrane, Raffi Vignoli, Anyka Lin and Ava Holohan who were victorious in the medley relay being presented with the winner’s plaque and to James Sugrue for being awarded the most valuable person award for his respective age groups – one of the championships’ most accredited awards. A special mention must also go to Stanley Reader for his outstanding performance at the national biathlon championships which saw him coming sixth in the country.

Finally, our annual House Gala saw some fantastic racing and House spirit. Congratulations to Usherwood who were the overall winners!

Buster Francis

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

The S&C programme has continued to improve the wellbeing and performance of students across the College this year. The programme has received an amazing uptake and as we have all progressed further into a full return to sport, strength and conditioning has continued to guide students both mentally and physically. A focus on fundamental movement skills, alongside strength through large ranges of motion, has ensured that our students are well-prepared for the dynamic demands that a variety of different sporting environments may place upon them.

Regarding performance, we have seen great improvements in levels of strength, range of motion, co-ordination and general physical preparedness of our high performing students. The standouts this year come from our Year 8 and Year 12 groups. Both have progressed considerably since the start of the year, which is a testament to their hard work and determination during training. They are now more comfortable moving onto more technical aspects of S&C, with the Year 12 group already starting to master some of the Olympic Lifts. Utilising these techniques, resistance training and plyometrics, these advanced students are now improving their ability to move with velocity, create power and generate large forces within sport.

Additionally, strength and conditioning has been purposefully built into the Sport and Exercise Science curriculum this year. This has meant that all students have had equal and ample opportunity in bettering their understanding and application of strength and conditioning in sports. In all SES classes, students have learned fundamental movements

like hinging, pressing, and pulling. The Sports department wish you all the best in your personal training over the summer, in whichever form it takes.

Mr Hart Teacher of

SES

ATHLETICS

This year saw some great success in athletics. Miss Margaroli is very excited to be taking over the running of the athletics programme and hopes that next year she can build on this year’s success.

We took a team of 30 students to compete in the Lewisham Athletics Championships which was a qualification competition to represent Lewisham in the London School Championship. All our students did very well, with standout performances coming from Theo Langham, Sasha Swann, Betsy Davies, Mihren Hamilton-Richards, Laila Humphreys, Nico Nunez and Siv Eliassen who all won their events. These students then progressed to represent Lewisham in the London School Championships. Betsy Davies finished second in her age group category for Javelin, Sasha Swann made it through to the final of the 100m sprint and Siv Eliassen who finished in the top 5 in long jump, competing in the age group above her own!

Betsy Davies and Sasha Swann

CCF 2021-22

With almost two years of pandemic behind us both the CCF staff and cadets were ready to return to a normal training programme. Having missed a considerable amount of training during this period the task would not be easy and the CCF staff understood that they were going to have to ask the cadets to demonstrate some of the core values of the College, namely courage, creativity and confidence. I am pleased to say that they did not disappoint.

Royal Navy

The Year 9 cohort experienced a newly developed Field Day alongside the Army Section at Mereworth Woods in Kent in early December and to their credit, early first promotions. The Year 10 cadets, who had a very truncated first year, got off to a flying start with their first promotion, and the PADI Open Water Course in early September. Other key highlights included the Method of Instruction Course for the Year 11 cadets, Danson Park Water-Sports Days, Remembrance Parade, the Cadet Leadership Course in February and two very well supported sailing weekends in May with all participants enjoying sunny days at sea, and for some a short break at Cowes for lunch.

Cdr Main, Head of the Royal Navy Section, would also like to thank the small team of Year 13 SNCOs who supported staff extremely well as we got back on our feet, Lt Gemma Davies for all her hard work with Cadet Field Gun - we have a promising ‘legion’ of enthusiasts ready for next year – and S/ Lt Harriet Hughes for her energy as the Diving Officer. The Royal Navy Section looks forward to the coming year, with strong year groups well placed to do well and a particularly large, and strong team of Year 12s providing some good competition for the prized positions at the top of the Section in Year 13.

Army 2021–22 saw the largest ever intake of cadets into the Army Section with over 80 Year 9s signing up which, when combined with a strong retention rate of the ever-impressive Year 10 cohort, meant training over 100 cadets on the weapons system was an ambitious target. Thanks to the remarkable patience and above-and-beyond commitment from staff, and the eagerness of cadets to master a new skill, all cadets had several opportunities to fire the cadet weapon system on range days and field training exercises throughout the year.

The Army Section enjoyed being back in the field, covered in camouflage, evading the enemy, and working as a unit to overcome a hostile force. The Year 10 Weekend in particular was a hugely enjoyable event for both staff and cadets, while the Year 9 Weekend also offered the new recruits their first chance to sleep under canvas and eat from a ration pack.

Lt Whittaker (Head of the Army Section) was keen to provide the seniors stretch and challenge, and they certainly showed him their potential as future leaders.

RSM Nicolas Doddridge and WO2 Freya Jacobs were deservedly promoted to the two most senior ranks and they led the Army Section admirably. The enthusiasm and effort they showed throughout the year, and the way they operated as a team were a blueprint for future seniors.

Corps of Drums

Due to the pandemic the Corps of Drums had had very limited opportunity to showcase what it does best – public performances – and the calendar for the year was still limited due to government guidelines. However, this did not stop the cadets from maintaining their Friday Forder training programme. The dedication it takes to continue to learn new songs and work on musical technique with no performances in sight showed true commitment. The new addition of ‘Teddy Bears Picnic’ brought a smile to everybody’s face. It goes with saying that the CCF is only as good as its adult instructors and at the end of the year we welcomed a new SSI, Sgt Ledger-Humphreys into the team. It is fair to say that his induction period was very short – on his first day here at the College he was delighted to be sleeping out on the College fields with over 100 Year 8s during Adventure Week for a five-day camping experience. As always, I would like to thank all the staff for their unwavering support and the ‘bucket loads’ of time given to making the cadet experience what it is here at St Dunstan’s College, but special mention must go to Cdr Main and Lt Whittaker. Both officers show huge levels of commitment to their sections, their officers and support me in providing an outstanding cadet experience. This report would not be complete without a special thanks to S/Lt Zhong Chen who will be sorely missed as she leaves us for pastures new abroad.

Major R Davies

CCF PRIZE WINNERS

Coxswain’s

Army Section Awards

Army

100

Best

Sword

Corps of Drums Awards

Commanding

Royal Navy Awards

RN Section Most Promising Recruit Harry Stevens

Junior Rate Award

Inaya Rouse-Farooq

Collingwood Telescope Sammy Oswald Barnshaw

Sword Scarlett Noraika

Section Most Promising Recruit Mathis Jouy

Trophy Charlotte Windsor

Shot Cup Gabriel Taylor

Stick Freya Jacobs

of Honour Nicolas Doddridge

Officer’s Bugle

Nona McIntosh

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD

A purposeful, well-run Duke of Edinburgh scheme is the foundation of any outdoor education programme. The award is not a compulsory part of the College curriculum, instead it is the College’s culture of learning outside of the classroom which has resulted in the consistent uptake year after year.

Year 9 students had their first introduction to the scheme during the College’s annual Adventure Week, where they all completed their Bronze Practice expedition in Dorset. Whilst Year 10 finished their Bronze awards in the Surrey Hills.

The Silver Practice and Qualifying expeditions took place in the Black Mountains of Brecon, and the Peak District respectively - with very contrasting temperatures.

This year’s Duke of Edinburgh offering concluded this year in North Wales, as the Gold Qualifying teams tested

themselves against the mountain ranges of Snowdonia. It was a very strong cohort, with 12 participants completing their awards.

There are few experiences that simultaneously builds a combination of teamwork and independent thinking. The inedible meals, putting up a tent in the pouring rain, or the challenge of scaling a mountain in the Snowdonia –the memories of a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award last a lifetime.

Mr T Telford Head of Adventurous Activities

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD

ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES

At St Dunstan’s College, we understand the importance of the holistic development of a child, and that to achieve this, we must take them beyond the walls of the classroom. The mental, physical and educational benefits of Adventurous Activities are boundless. It develops children’s technical, intellectual and social skills by overcoming challenges, sharing decisions and becoming more physically active. From the time a student joins us to the day they leave, we have a responsibility that they not only excel academically, but they are ready and prepared for life.

The year began with the Year 7 Bushcraft Trip, which returned to its usual location in Oxford. The trip is a staple in the College calendar, serving as a fun, teambuilding experience which always forms lasting relationships amongst students and staff.

Freed from last year’s pandemic restraints, we were able to run a far more diverse programme of activities. We took a Mountain Bike cohort to Bedgebury, our Scuba Divers completed their PADI Open Water certifications, and Climbers tested their balance on the gritstone of the Peak District. The reintroduction of trips was not limited to the UK. Key Stage 3 students experienced glacier travel in Iceland, the Sixth Form skied in Italy, whilst our Junior School journeyed to France for their Adventure Week. The year would not be complete without our annual Adventure Week, as the

College dispersed throughout the country. During their week in South Wales, Year 7 rode through a carousel of outdoor activities. Year 8 conducted their CCF Bootcamp at the College, with day trips to a water park. We divided the Year 9 trip into two halves, to allow all students to complete their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition, as well as visit an adventure site in Dorset. Year 10 focused on climbing and caving in the Peak District, whilst Year 12’s week centred around sustainability. Learning outside of the classroom is a different, but equally important education, and the programme of activities provides every opportunity for our young people to become the best version of themselves.

Mr T Telford Head of Adventurous Activities

SIXTH FORM

Head of Sixth Form

Reflecting on the year just past, I note the ways in which the Sixth Form continued to exemplify the values of the College and adorn their journeys in fascinating and inventive ways. The Michaelmas term saw Year 13 – who had never sat formal GCSE examinations – face the prospect of entering their year of the terminal exam.

But face it they did, girding their spirits and fostering a sense of togetherness in their learning. This was helped by a ski trip to Italy when almost every other school in the country did not take the risk because of uncertainty as to whether Covid restrictions would prevent it at the last minute. With the help of multiple tests and that ever-ready sense of St Dunstan’s fortitude, it did not and the Sixth Form enjoyed esprit de corps on the slopes. The Diploma Scholars’ Symposium was hosted by alumni and Chair of the Dunstonian Association, Richard Fagg, and saw some outstanding project work of the year group, testament to their intellectual ambition. The Lent term saw Trials completed and Forder

societies created, History and Politics becoming centres of debate in the year group as the last Prime Minister (but one!) teetered on the brink. Perhaps this next generation will come up with better solutions than the current? With the advent of summer, the cricket and athletics season opening up, the Sixth Form also finally entered those allimportant examinations. And succeed they did, scoring the best-ever A level results in final examination conditions. A super year then that saw us continue to go from strength to strength.

Mr A Brewer Head of Sixth Form

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Ever since joining the school, I could think of nothing better than leaving it. No more homework, no more early alarms, and no more God forsaken end-of-year exams. It was my ticket to freedom, to happiness, and to living life on ‘my own damn terms’. Yet, when the day finally arrived to leave the College doors one last time as a student, I found them a little harder to push open. Although my ‘ticket’ was punched, my ‘destination’ of supposed freedom and happiness were waiting for me, and my ‘train’ (likely delayed) was now running on tracks wrought around my own terms, I could not help but feel a sense of loss. In an ironic twist of events, by fulfilling my biggest dream, I was actually leaving behind the place I had come to see as my second home.

Evidently, St Dunstan’s College has grown to mean a lot more to me as I look back. In many ways, a ‘second home’ is quite an apt and fitting label. The small class sizes, cross-year integration and the importance placed on wellbeing has helped foster an unmatched family atmosphere. Classrooms have come to act as quasi-living rooms, the refectory a kitchen filled with all the smells of familiar cooking, and even the detention rooms signal an immediate parallel to being kept on the ‘naughtystep’. Teachers walk about in loco parentis and Assembly, with faces of both the older and younger generations, can sometimes feel more akin to that dreaded family reunion. But nevertheless, the warm feeling of home, and of belonging, continuously prevails. In an almost magical way, this Victorian and surprisingly orange building has a unique gift: it routinely brings in the most diverse selection of students, all from different backgrounds, and from it creates a distinct community of unity. When we progressed to Sixth Form, this tangible sense of community was only further emphasised. No longer sat at the kids’ table, we now had responsibilities. From creating and running societies, to ensuring the representation of the student voice in College Parliament, arriving in Sixth Form gave us the chance to shape and mould the direction of the College we had spent the last few years growing up in. A stationary cupboard in the Common Room? Organised. A more comprehensive sexual education for the Stuart Programme? Arranged. More recycling bins in the classrooms?

Placed. Removing raisins from the refectory cookies? Still controversial. And much like growing into an adult in a family, along with an increase in age came an increase in independence. Free periods enabled us to explore and navigate subjects at our own leisure, with this newfound freedom enabling students to come to view their disciplines as intrinsic parts of their identities; passions to kindle rather than solely prerequisites to work and employment. The near one-to-one teaching support at A Level also helped us to build up rapports with our teachers that, by the end of the year, had a closer resemblance to genuine friendships rather than the expected ‘professionalworking’ one.

But like any home, being able to move out would always be a daunting, but necessary prospect. I’m sure come September, when for the first time I won’t have my almost ritual last-minute rush in making sure I still know where all my uniform, folders, and textbooks are, a tinge of disbelief, gratitude and homesickness are sure to balance out my excitement for the future. Yet, I know that I, and those around me, graduate from this College stronger and more resilient than when we first entered. Indeed, in our world of unpredictability, we can be rest assured that we leave as confident, enlightened Dunstonian men and women of the modern world, ready to grapple with any challenges that may come our way. What more could you ask for?

SIXTH FORM

Year 13 Symposium

The Sixth Form Scholars’ Symposium took place on Thursday 18 November in celebration of the final project contributions of our Year 13 Scholars. Projects on display showed the huge diversity of intellectual output amongst this year group. We learned about the ‘Boys of Walthamstow’ and how photography reveals our internal thinking; we were dazzled by the puzzle of Dark Matter and whether WIMPS, MACHOS or MONDS could effectively fight it out for being the true contenders for the missing weight of the universe.

We moved from reading a project that looked at the effect of Covid on the mental health of NHS workers, through to another on whether the assassination of Julius Caesar could be justified. And on the projects went, sixteen in total, and all truly thought-provoking. Our judge, alumni Richard Fagg, was delighted with the contributions and after careful assessment decided on Thomas Kaddish (‘To what extent should chemicals be used in agriculture?’) and Adam Tolfree (‘What is Dark Matter?’) as runners-up. Whilst first prize for their joint-research study looking at air pollution in urban areas as a significant threat to health went to Jess Collins and Claudia Tremble. Well done to all involved – a credit to their ingenuity and hard work.

Mr A Brewer Head of Sixth Form

SIXTH FORM

Albam Exorna Award

This award comes as a gift from the alumni body ‘The Dunstonian Association’. The judges were Alex Brewer, as Head of Sixth Form alongside two alumni of the College, last year’s winner Denise Spigler (leaver 2021) and Tom Coling (leaver 2001). There is a winner’s prize of £1000 and a runner up prize of £250.

Year 13 were invited to apply earlier this year making their case for why they have best ‘adorned the white’ during their time at St Dunstan’s. We were looking for individual stories that reflected a true depth of reflection on their experiences during their time at St Dunstan’s. This of course made judging difficult because each entry brought a wealth of different experiences, each heartfelt in their own unique way.

However, the judges did reach a decision. The runner up prize, given for the quality of their reflection on their experience, and the commitment made to the number of things they packed into their time at the school, went to Isabelle Humphreys

The winning entry went to a student who has been with the College for a very long time, and who has every year consistently adorned their own shield in multiple formal and informal ways, and who expertly expressed the strong bonds of relationship and friendship they formed along the way, allied to how they now intended to continue that journey in later life. The judges were unanimous in giving the £1000 award to Faye Baptiste

Mr A Brewer

SIXTH FORM Leavers 2022

Bath Spa University Geography (Human) Bournemouth University Geography

Cardiff University Chemistry Psychology with Professional Placement

Durham University History Theology and Religion Imperial College London Mathematics

King’s College London Biomedical Science Computer Science

Manchester Metropolitan University Psychology English and Multimedia Journalism

Queen Mary University of London Biochemistry Computer Science St George’s, University of London Biomedical Science

UCL (University College London) Mechanical Engineering University of Birmingham Biological Sciences International Relations with French Philosophy, Religion and Ethics University of Brighton Biomedical Science

University of Cambridge History

University of Edinburgh Accounting and Finance French and Spanish Infectious Diseases

University of Exeter Ancient History and Archaeology Zoology

University of Glasgow English Literature

University of Kent Economics with a Year in Industry Human Geography International Relations University of Leeds Computer Science Geography Film, Photography and Media Philosophy, Politics and Economics

University of Liverpool Architectural Engineering University of London Institute in Paris

French Studies with International Relations

University of Manchester Environmental Science with a Research Placement

French and Business & Management (4 years) Microbiology (4 years) [MSci] Physics

University of Nottingham Management Mathematics and Economics Religion, Philosophy and Ethics

University of Oxford Engineering Medicine Physics Theology and Religion University of Portsmouth Sociology

University of Sheffield Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) Japanese Studies

University of Southampton Computer Science Geography Politics and Economics University of Stirling Sport Business Management University of Sussex Biomedical Science Computer Science English (with a study abroad year)

Geography and International Development Social Sciences (with a foundation year)

SPECIAL EVENTS Remembrance Day

The annual Service of Remembrance took place on Thursday 11 November.

This year, the Head, Bursar, Chaplain, Head of School and the Chapel Choir were joined in the Great Hall by Years 10–13, whilst the rest of the College watched live from their classrooms. The service was opened by a reflective performance of Edward Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ by the St Dunstan’s Concert Band. Reverend Colin Boswell then delivered the opening prayer, reflecting on the loss of life during the First World War and other conflicts. He said: ‘We stand here to remember lives sacrificed in the service of our country and especially those who were members of our school community, those traumatised and those injured in conflict.

‘May we have such a devotion to justice and freedom, that the heroism of all who fought and still fight may continue to be remembered in a nation of service and in a world that longs for peace.’

The Head, Bursar, Chaplain, Head of School and prefects then made their way to the front crescent for the two-minute silence and laying of the wreaths. The ‘Last Post’ was performed by Nona on the bugle before the two-minute silence. During the First World War, more than 877 Dunstonians served in the forces, and St Dunstan’s suffered one of the highest percentage losses of any school in the country. Tragically 277 students and teachers lost their lives during the war. St Dunstan’s Rivers of Poppies display was once again installed at the front of the College featuring more than 750 poppies. The display is made up of two rivers of poppies hanging down the side of the front building and a giant three metre by three metre poppy, which was placed on the grass.

SPECIAL EVENTS Opening Minds Lectures

Opening Minds is a series of online events where we ask leading figures in a particular field to share their thoughts on the current issues they face. Our audience mainly comprises members of the Senior School, parents and carers. We generally have some alumni joining in as well and they are always welcome in the audience and as speakers.

This year, parents Dean Byfield and Lolita Chakrabarti looked at what it takes to put together a drama, either on stage or film; after COP26 we heard from environmental journalists Simon Pickstone (2009) and Martha Dillon, Tim Atkin (1979) and Robin Rowland (1979) on the issues facing food and drink and the hospitality industry; parents Nic Lenz and Nick Crawford discussed the impact digital technology has on our lives and for the last one of the year Very Rev John Hall and Imam Faiz Zahid discussed Faith in Education.

It has been a wide range of topics which have provoked some lively debate and some fascinating follow-up work from our scholars. Plans are already well advanced for next year’s programme, but we are always ready to hear from people with remarkable stories to tell.

Mr J Elmes

ST DUNSTAN’S PRESENTS

Opening Minds is a series of themed discussions and masterclasses. Keynote speakers discuss and share their views on what is important in their chosen field. The talks will be on Teams. They are suitable for all Dunstonians whether they are alumni, parents or Senior School students and are linked with our Scholars’ Programme.

International week of languages

In September, the Modern Foreign Languages department ran a wonderful week celebrating International Languages throughout the whole College, creating wonderful displays, running Forder culture clubs and assemblies themed with the importance of language and communication.

There was a poignant theatre piece performed in middle school assemblya recitation of Jacques Prevert’s famous poem ‘le petit dejeuner du matin’ enacted by Paddy, Jemima, Ralph and Iris and recited by Maina in French, with Ms Crivellari playing the melancholic Satie’s ‘Gnossienne’ as a backdrop.

SPECIAL EVENTS Black History Month

Throughout Black History month students were encouraged to celebrate black culture with the theme of the month being ‘Proud to Be’. Staff and students of black heritage shared their cultural background on College’s notice board. Deborah, Year 12, Yasmin, Year 10 and Danielle, Year 10, delivered assemblies to all of the sections of the school on their cultural heritage. In Art, students made art using Adinkra symbols with an expert, Kwame.

Mental Health Awareness week

Youth Mental Health Summit

St Dunstan’s College was delighted to host its inaugural Youth Mental Health Summit on Friday 8 October, 2021. The summit, which was hosted in the College’s Great Hall, was attended by more than 100 students from schools across the country.

The Head, Nick Hewlett opened the summit, acknowledging the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health. He explained: ‘The world has been through one of the biggest shocks in the last 60 or 70 years, and with any great shock comes a fundamental change in society’s perceptions and values – and that’s what we’re in the middle of right now. We understand that the world we live in today, for all of us, but particularly for young people, is a challenging one. A very, very challenging one.’

Sir Anthony Seldon, former ViceChancellor of the University of Buckingham, and previous Deputy Head of St Dunstan’s, opened the summit with the keynote ‘Enough talk: how does one improve student mental health in practice?’

St Dunstan’s Deputy Head Jade McLellan also led a keynote talk ‘Child and adolescent brain development,’ and Tom Telford, Head of Adventurous Activities, spoke about ‘Thriving in a

stressful environment.’ Following the keynote talks, students then took part in a carousel of workshops. This included ‘Adaptability in a changing digital world’ hosted by Finalsite’s Lori Foster and Jak Blackwood; ‘Managing your stress container’ led by St Dunstan’s Head of Psychology, Lois Haddington; ‘Understanding thought processes’ with the school’s counsellors Julia Gray and Fugen Hassan; and ‘Thriving in a stressful environment’ with Tom Telford. All of the Summit’s talks are available to watch on our YouTube channel

Hello Yellow Day

We celebrated Mental Health Awareness week with Hello Yellow Day, where students around the College wore a piece of yellow clothing to raise awareness for Young Minds.

SPECIAL EVENTS Anti-Bullying Week

Odd Socks Day

On Monday 15 November 2021, the College celebrated Odd Socks Day as part of Anti-Bullying Week 2021. Students and staff alike wore odd socks to pledge their support and raise awareness of anti-bullying. As you can see from the photos, our school community really showed their support.

SPECIAL EVENTS St Dunstan’s Diapason

In 2021, the St Dunstan’s Diapason was launched – a new umbrella structure for pupilstaff partnership, the purpose of which is to ensure that the College builds an ongoing strategy that celebrates and promotes the benefits of diversity; audits and enhances diversity; and builds a culture of equality for all.

Speaking about the Diapason, Mr Hewlett explained: ‘If schools do not allow their pupils to become active agents in strategic thinking, we risk an ever-polarised society where the young feel disenfranchised from authority, generationally dislocated and where issues that matter to them become locked in an echo chamber of bitterness and injustice.’

The St Dunstan’s Diapason has started with five main pillars, with a view to expanding this over time. The first five pillars focus on:

Sexual orientation

Sex and gender

Race

Religion and belief

Disability

Each pillar has a staff lead and a student lead from the Sixth Form who work with staff and student champions within each area of interest. The leads hold regular meetings with the champions, staff and students to further the work of the Diapason. Each pillar is also encouraged to work alongside key charities and other outside organisations, where necessary. Together, the Diapason meet each term as a group, with the meeting chaired by the Head. The Diapason also liaise with governors, speak with parents, and support the pastoral team in finding solutions to problems when they arise.

Each of the groups have already made significant developments to each area of College life. The religion and belief group have carried out an audit across the school of people’s beliefs/non-beliefs, and working closely with the estates team have planned for a ‘quiet room’ which will be used as a space by particular faith groups at various times and offer a place of reflection for non-believers. The race group have also made positive changes to school life. Working closely with the Junior School and local bookshop, Moon Lane Books, the team have co-ordinated a more diverse book range to

be placed in the junior library. The leads have also worked with the catering team to ensure there is a diverse range of holidays celebrated in the menu, such as Chinese New Year, Diwali and Eid. They concluded the year with a wonderful International event organised as part of the St Dunstan’s Festival.

The disability group have also made a key aim of raising awareness of different disabilities. Using assemblies, tutor time, student parliament and the school’s digital signage, the group have informed students and staff about ADHD awareness month, Dyslexia Awareness Week and World Spine Day.

The Diapason meetings are lively and sometimes challenging – staff and pupils from across the organisation, bring together different views and ideas into one forum where everyone is heard, allowing meaningful change to be driven by those in direct receipt of the culture that is created here.

SPECIAL EVENTS STEM Highlights

In Lent term, St Dunstan’s College celebrated STEM as part of our theme of the week. It was kicked off with an assembly by Mr Randall (Head of Design Engineering) who inspired the students to think about how engineering has affected our daily lives.

5 duckling eggs arrived at the College on Tuesday. Staff and students alike have been very excitedly awaiting their arrival – three ducklings have hatched already. Students were then treated to a giant Thermite reaction and ‘elephants toothpaste’ experiment in the Plaza.

The Nursery school took part in an electricity workshop – using the Van Der Graaf Generator. A fantastic collaboration between the nursery school and Year 8 students.

Dr Guy Sutton from the University of Nottingham came in to do a specialist workshop with A Level and GCSE Biologists and Psychologists, focusing on the brain - including a brain dissection.

The team at Imperial College London delivered a Sickle Cell Anaemia Workshop called ‘Invisible Warriors’. Students got a chance to discover more about this inherited disorder which affects African and Caribbean Communities.

Year 11 had the opportunity to attend a Maths Inspiration Trip where they heard talks from esteemed mathematician and comedian, Matt Parker, and there was a pi recital in the STEM Atrium, with the student recalling the most digits of pi to the audience winning Matt Parker’s Humble Pi book.

Chemistry Olympiad

Three of our Year 12 Chemistry students have been awarded certificates in the 2022 Chemistry Olympiad, organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Bruno was awarded a Silver certificate, placing him in the top 30% of students in the country, and Karina and Jacob were awarded Bronzes. Congratulations to all who took part.

SPECIAL EVENTS Beating of the Bounds

On Thursday 26 May a group of students travelled up to All Hallows by the Tower to take part in the ancient tradition of Beating the Bounds. This custom is still observed in many English parishes and its roots go back to mediaeval times when parishes reaffirmed their boundaries by processing round them at Rogationtide, stopping to beat each boundary mark with wands and to pray for protection and blessings for the land.

The students very much enjoyed taking part in the Beating Party, something that had not been able to take place for two years due to Covid restrictions. The south boundary of the parish is mid-stream of the Thames and the Beating Party board a boat which takes them out onto the river to beat that boundary mark. They then return to shore and the procession moves around the parish, stopping at various points to allow the beaters to mark the boundaries with canes as they go.

The party then returned to All-Hallows by the Tower where St Dunstan’s Chapel Choir sang at the Festal Evensong service for Ascension Day with senior prefects and the Head reading prayers.

Every third year the ceremony includes a ‘battle’ with the Governor and Yeomen Warders of HM Tower of London at the boundary mark shared by the Tower and the church. During the Middle Ages the boundary was always in dispute, and this meeting commemorates an occasion in 1698 when a riot took place between the people of the Tower and those of the parish. The Triennial Battle took place following the service of Festal Evensong and fortunately for all concerned, the exchange is now rather more peaceful than in the past!

SPECIAL EVENTS St Dunstan’s Festival

Over the past seven years the Festival has grown, developed and become a mainstay of the school calendar, celebrating everything we are at St Dunstan’s. This year saw more than 160 events take place over the course of 12 days, including some outstanding performances from the Music and Drama Departments.

Some of the mainstage highlights were our first Festival Shakespeare in the form of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the energetic and colourful year 6 production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Festival Concert spectacularly brought themes from Movies and Television to life ending with a massed choir of over 150 students singing from The Lion King. We had some Festival firsts this year that we hope will grow into regular events. The International Evening saw students and staff show off traditional clothing from their respective cultures, guests could sample food from around the world and wander around a gallery of artefacts and costume. The Community Sings saw local choirs come together to stage a concert in the Festival Big Top and several events featured students from other school as we open the doors of the Festival wider to share the amazing opportunities we have here at St Dunstan’s. We welcomed guest artists, speakers, and workshop leaders to really elevate the experience of students, parents and the public, notably with a talk from the Director of the National Gallery, Gabriele Finaldi and a masterclass and concert with professional jazz saxophonist, Camilla George. Keeping everyone informed and entertained each morning was our live

broadcast of Festival TV, presented by Ralph Arrigoni, Joe O’Connor Coffey, Leo Beckman and Ed Burrows. More than 700 students took part and over 4,500 tickets were booked for the activities, performances, and workshops. Planning is already underway to make the 2023 Festival even bigger and wider reaching, offering a unique experience to students at the College and the wider communities of Catford and the Borough of Lewisham.

Mr R Gregg Festival Director

SPECIAL EVENTS Awards

St Dunstan’s College was delighted to be named Independent Senior School of the Year at the Tes Awards 2022.

The awards, which were announced at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel, celebrate the work of teachers and schools across the United Kingdom. The event was held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic, and for the first time in Tes’s history the awards brought together both state and independent schools for the ceremony.

Speaking about the award, the Head, Nick Hewlett said: ‘We are absolutely delighted to have been recognised in this way. It is testament to the extraordinary drive and ambition of so many that we have been able to create the unique school culture we enjoy today. ‘To transform a school so that it challenges and trailblazes in the sector takes a colossal community effort. My gratitude goes to everyone who has contributed to our incredible journey as a school.’

Winners were chosen by a panel of experts – including school leaders, inspectors, and education researchers.

Judge David James has worked in independent schools for over 20 years and is an experienced inspector for the Independent Schools Inspectorate. He said: ‘There’s a very clear and coherent vision of what they want to do, both with the curriculum and the local community. ‘The head is asking interesting questions of the sector, including areas like

privilege and responsibility, which go beyond the usual platitudes. It’s a really interesting school in a tough market, trying to not just survive but actually make something different for the children and families they’re working with.’

PRIZE WINNERS 2022

Senior School

USHERWOOD PRIZES

Year 7 Values Prizes

Courage Sonny Sealy Confidence Alberto Casaucao-Dowler

Creativity Ruby Blair-Joseph Compassion Ava Gibbins

Curiosity Jesse Greene Year 8 Values Prizes

Courage Sidney Fischer Confidence Indy Garton-Jones Creativity Siv Eliassen Compassion Arabella Holmes

Curiosity Lottie Cleaton-Roberts

Year 9 Values Prizes

Courage Alex Mills Confidence Duncan McIntosh

Creativity Milla Dao Compassion Amy Francis Curiosity Yola Moran Year 10 Values Prizes

Courage Sammie Sartini Confidence Lucas Bryan Creativity Georgina Brown-Williams Compassion Freddie Childs Curiosity Danika Mleko

Year 11 Values Prizes

Courage James Wilson Confidence Charlotte Tearle

Creativity Maya Singh Compassion Deebha Uthayan Curiosity Samual Strautnieks

Year 12 Values Prizes

Courage William Barker Confidence Marley Bascombe

Creativity Tom Sheen Compassion Desiree Oghomi

Curiosity Matilde Eiras-Cacao

Year 13 Values Prizes

Courage Isabella van Roosmalen Confidence Claudia Tremble

Creativity Sami Mirza Compassion Mark Butala Curiosity Adam Tolfree

HECKER PRIZES

Year 7

Imani Rouse-Farooq Stanley Colman Year 8 Aidan McHenry Nicholas Wilson

Year 9 Lisle Horner Myriam Olsen Year 10 Mei Lin Rawlings Freddie Childs Year 11 Susannah Dench Saskia Chilcott Year 12 Daniel Witham Noah Fields Year 13 Thomas Kaddish Stanley Evans

ACADEMIC PRIZES

Art and Design

Lower School Middle School Upper School Mrs Brenda Atkin Memorial Upper School Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers

Coco Kitson

Jamie Holmes

Isabella van Roosmalen

Nicolas Doddridge

History of Art Zoe Holness Business Upper School Mai Broughton Latin

Lower School Karimah Adetunji Classics Middle School Upper School Sir John Moore Memorial

Jude Keyworth Ania Mussett

Ancient Languages Reading Cup Lucas Novick Music

Lower School Mrs Florence Ruston Memorial Middle School Mr E G Widdowson Upper School Mr E G Widdowson

Duncan McIntosh

Eleanor Clark Ben Foster

Psychology Upper School Scarlett Noraika Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Lower School Middle School Upper School

Misty Scott-Lynch Charles Tennant Galya Friedler

Science (Double Award) Middle School Mr Paul Baker Benjamin Wedenig

ACADEMIC PRIZES

Biology

Football

Lower School Middle School Upper School

Harry Stevens Mahieka Beniwal J. Peebles-Brown Chemistry

Lower School Middle School Upper School Prof. Sir Henry Armstrong Memorial

Physics Lower School Middle School Upper School G H Stevens Memorial

Spanish Lower School Middle School Upper School

Theo Langham Susannah Dench Claudia Tremble

Yola Moran Inaya Rouse-Farooq Adam Tolfree

Alessandro Ferrara Mariandie Haritsis Isabelle Vicary

Sports Science Middle School Upper School Sam Coulson Jago Burnett

FORDER PRIZES

Spirit of St Dunstan’s Award

Lower School Mr & Mrs P A Leigh

Middle School Mr & Mrs B R Allen

Raffi Vignoli Mihren HamiltonRichards Molly Wilson Calum Steele

RRD Bodenham Award Zoe Holness Arthur Plumpton

Athletics

Most Improved Athlete Mr R R D Bodenham Siv Eliassen Cricket

Most Promising Junior Mr J H A Eames

Player of the Year John Smithers Memorial Captain’s Cup M J W Cassy

Cross Country

Junior Training Cup Senior Individual Championship

Fives

Junior Individual Championship Senior Individual Championship E Marsh & R J Marsh

Matthew Witham

Kisu Patel

Joe Shanks

Max Barrasa Gordon Nico Nunez

Jared Srinivasen

Buster Francis

Most Promising Junior Player of the Year Captain’s Cup

Hal Elliott Frank Miller David Amamize Hockey

Most Promising Junior Player of the Year Captains Cup Worshipful Company of Basketmakers

Sian Konijinenberg Poppy OswaldBarnshaw Margot Emlyn Jones Netball Most Promising Junior Player of the Year Captain’s Award

Milla Dao Molly Wilson Faye Baptiste Rugby

Most Promising Junior Player of the Year Captains Award Mr C J Sinclair

Swimming

Most Promising Junior Mr P J Milner Swimmer of the Year Townsend-Gilmour Cup Captain’s Cup F H Carter

Oscar Ewart Thomas Cahill Zachary Riley-Webster

Anyka Lin

Evan Birrane & James Sugrue Maïna Dias-Niang Performance Lower School Middle School Upper School Örs Prize

Isabel Reynolds Martha Preece Zoe Holness Debating Lower School Middle School Clemments Barnes Memorial

Keyboard Playing Award

Alex Mills Joseph O’Connor-Coffey

Maggie Mirfield

Strings Player Award Mr K Ellis Oscar Hibbert Brass Player Award Ralph Arrigoni Woodwind Player Award

Desiree Oghomi

Senior Singing Cup Upper School Mr Peter Snowdon Agnes Sales Music Composition Award Leon Bielski

Commitment to Co-Curricular Music Lower School Middle School Upper School

Florence Craven Isabel Dixon Tom Sheen

SERVICE PRIZES

COMBINED CADET FORCE

R N Section Most Promising Recruit Harry Stevens

The Junior Rate Award Presented by Commander E S Main RN

Inaya Rouse-Farooq

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lower School Service Mr and Mrs Withy Finley Plant

Middle School Service Old Dunstonian Association Centenary Prize

Joseph O’ConnorCoffey

The COLLINGWOOD Telescope Presented by Captain M G Rutherford R N

Army Section Most Promising Recruit Adrian Jones Memorial

The HUNDRED Trophy

Presented by 100 (Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)

Pace Stick Presented by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Scarlett Noriaka

Sammy OswaldBarnshaw Coxswain’s Sword Presented by the Worshipful Company of Marketors

Mathis Jouy

Charlotte Windsor

Freya Jacobs

Sword of Honour James Lyall Memorial Nicolas Doddridge Commanding Officer’s Bugle Nona McIntosh

The Drum Major’s Award

Presented by Major R W Davies

Agnes Sales Best Shot Cup Sir John Aird Memorial

Gabriel Taylor

Upper

School Service Reverend Colin Cuttell Memorial Chloe and Brian Dance Prize

Excellence Award

Lucas Bryan Ibrahim Ahmed Verity Flint Bennett Memorial Award for House Service Forder Ambassador Lower School Middle School Upper School

ACHIEVEMENT

The von Einsiedel Cup Presented by the family of Evelyn von Einsiedel

Ben Baylis Anton Johnson Needle Nona McIntosh

Rufus Aagaard

Academic Achievement Lower School Misty Scott-Lynch Best GCSE Student Mr David Moore Samual Strautnieks

Braddon Cup R H Braddon

John Iberson Memorial John Iberson

Coling Cup Andrew Coling Memorial

Albam Exorna Award Presented by the Old Dunstonian Association

Deputy Head of School Cups Presented by Sir Roger Cork

The Jane Davies Award for Service Presented by the Old Dunstonian Association

Thomas Kaddish

Nicolas Doddridge

Claudia Tremble

Winner: Faye Baptiste Runners up: Izzy Humphries

Claudia Tremble Ibrahim Ahmed

Xin Shackleton

INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL PRIZES AND OTHER AWARDS

It should be noted that not all the prizes and awards are presented each year. Old Dunstonians are indicated by the inclusion in brackets of their year of leaving the College.

ACADEMIC PRIZES

Ancient Language Reading Prize

Presented in 2003 by Mr & Mrs J Rivett, parents of A Rivett (2000). The Cup is awarded for the sensitive reading and appreciation of Latin literature, particularly poetry.

The Mrs Brenda Atkin Memorial (Art) Presented by Mr Ronald Atkin in memory of his wife. Mr & Mrs Atkin were the parents of two Old Dunstonians, T J Atkin (1979) and M N Atkin (1983).

Art & Design Prize

The Sir John Moore Memorial (Latin - Upper School)

The Basil Harvey Memorial (Drama)

The Örs Prize (Drama)

The William Barrett Memorial (English - Upper School)

The Charles Pearce Memorial (Senior Essay)

The Clemments Barnes Memorial (Spoken English - Middle School)

The J M Williams Memorial (Geography - Lower, Middle and Upper Schools)

The Douglas Howard Memorial (History - Upper School)

The RM Presentation (Information and Communications Technology Lower and Middle Schools)

The Professor E N da C Andrade Memorial (Information and Communications Technology)

The Charles Mitchell Memorial (Mathematics - Upper School)

The Mrs Mirabelle Bennett Memorial (French - Upper School)

The Mrs Florence Ruston Memorial (Music - Lower School)

This Upper School prize has been endowed by The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. It is awarded to a Sixth Form pupil for efforts in the Fine Arts.

The College Foundation has received annually since 1702 a gift of £15, this sum being a bequest by Alderman Sir John Moore to the Parish of St Dunstan in the East.

Presented by B R Mitchell (1957) in memory of Mr B W F Harvey, Senior English Master 1928-1962.

Presented by Mr A & Mrs R Örs, parents of K Örs (1991) and S Örs (1995).

The College Foundation has been in receipt annually since 1408 of the sum of £4, this sum being the bequest of William Barrett to the Parish of St Dunstan in the East.

Presented by Charles Pearce, OBE, JP, who was Chairman of the Governors 1950-1967.

The bequest of Mrs S S Barnes in memory of her son C D J Barnes (1912) who was killed in action in 1917.

Established in memory of Mr J M Williams, a Master at the College 1948-1978 and Deputy Master of the Lower School.

Presented by Mr C A Howard in memory of his son, D C Howard (1940) who died on active service in 1942.

Presented by RM plc.

The bequest of Professor E N da Costa Andrade (1905), who was a Governor 1944-1971.

Presented by Mr & Mrs Charles Mitchell in memory of their son C H Mitchell (1904), killed in action in 1916.

It was Mirabelle Bennett’s gift of £220 in 1632, which enabled the land on which the College was built in 1888 to be acquired.

Presented by Mrs F M Ruston, MBE, Governor 1959-1977.

The Widdowson Prizes (Music - Middle and Upper Schools) Presented by Eric Widdowson (1925).

Keyboard Playing Award Presented by Norman Harper, Director of Music 1986-2002.

INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL PRIZES AND OTHER AWARDS (CONTINUED)

It should be noted that not all the prizes and awards are presented each year. Old Dunstonians are indicated by the inclusion in brackets of their year of leaving the College.

Most Improved Strings Player Presented by Mr Keith Ellis, a Master at the College 1956-1994.

Most Improved Woodwind Player Presented by Mr D J Leal and Mrs V P Bailey, parents of M D B Leal (2004).

Senior Singing Cup Presented in 1996 by Mr P Snowdon (1996).

The Paul Baker Prize

Presented in honour of Mr Paul Baker, MBE, Clerk to the Governors for many years, and first Bursar of St Dunstan’s College.

The Mr & Mrs R J Surrey Prize (Middle School Science) Presented by the parents of T C Surrey (1998) to be awarded annually to a Year 11 pupil whose practical science work is considered outstanding.

The Professor Sir Henry Armstrong Memorial (Chemistry - Upper School)

The G.H. Stevens Memorial

ATHLETIC AWARDS

Spirit of St Dunstan’s Award (Lower School)

Spirit of St Dunstan’s Award (Middle School)

R R D Bodenham Award

Presented by Miss Nora Armstrong and her three brothers, H C Armstrong (1896), R R Armstrong (1902) and H L Armstrong (1907) in memory of Professor H E Armstrong, Governor 1894-1937, and Dr E F Armstrong FRS (1895), Governor 1937-1945.

The bequest of William Stevens Esq, in memory of his son, G H Stevens (1929), who was killed in action in 1943.

Presented by Mr P A Leigh (1960) & Mrs J H Leigh, parents of J G B Leigh (1992) and N R Leigh (1995).

Presented by Mr & Mrs B R Allen, parents of J R Allen (1990) and of M C Allen (1992) to be awarded annually to students in the Middle School for attitude and overall achievement in sport and academic work reflecting credit on them and on the College.

Presented by Mr R R D Bodenham, a Master at the College 1982-2016.

The Most Improved Athlete Tankard Presented by Mr R R D Bodenham, a Master at the College 1982-2016.

The Sir Stuart Milner-Barry Chess Cup Presented by Sir Stuart Milner-Barry.

The Most Promising Junior Cricketer Cup

The Best Performance Cup

The John Smithers Memorial

The Cross Country Training Cups (Junior and Senior)

The Junior Cross Country Individual Championship Cup

Presented by Mr J H A Eames, a Master at the College 1957- 1982.

Presented by the family of M J W Cassy (1940), Head of School 1939-1940, who was killed in action in 1944.

Awarded for the most outstanding cricket performance of the season by a Middle School pupil. It was presented by the Old Dunstonians in memory of John Smithers (1942), who was a Governor of the College.

Presented by Mr & Mrs J R McManus, the parents of N C J McManus (1989).

This cup was formerly the Inter-House Boxing Cup. It was re- designated in 1988.

ATHLETIC AWARDS

The Senior Cross Country Individual Championship Cup

Presented by Mr D W M Wade, a Master at the College 1964 -1969.

The Fives Junior Championship Cup Presented by A J Glover (1965), and P G Roland (1966).

The Fives Senior Championship Cup Presented by E Marsh (1958), and R J Marsh (1965).

The Fives Junior Doubles Award Presented by the British Universities Sports Federation.

The Most Improved Hockey Player Cup Presented by H G Judd (1978) as the Best Fencer Cup. It was re-designated in 1998.

Captain’s Cup (Hockey) Presented by The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers in recognition of the College’s ongoing links with the City.

The Captain’s Award (Rugby) Presented by C J Sinclair (1971).

The Lower School Best Individual Swimmer Cup Presented by Mr P J Milner, a Master at the College 1963-1969.

The Captain’s Cup (Swimming) Outstanding Swimmer Cup Presented by F H Carter, who was a Governor 1914-1918. Presented by Mr Townsend to be awarded to swimmers who show outstanding commitment and team spirit. The inaugural winner was Anna Gilmour whose level of commitment was an inspiration to all.

COMBINED CADET FORCE

R N Section Most Promising Recruit Presented by St Dunstan’s College CCF. Coxswain’s Sword

The sword, belonging to David Williams, is presented by the Worshipful Company of Marketors to celebrate the partnership between the College and the Marketors.

The COLLINGWOOD Telescope Presented by Captain M G Rutherford RN, Captain, HMS COLLINGWOOD.

The Junior Rate Award Presented by Commander E.S. Main RN; who after becoming Coxswain of St Dunstan’s College Royal Navy Section, went on to serve in the Royal Navy as an officer for over 30 years.

Army Section Most Promising Recruit

Presented by the family of A E T Jones (1940), who was killed in action in 1944.

Drill Competition Cup Presented by St Dunstan’s Educational Foundation 2006.

The Pace Stick Presented by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to which the Advanced Infantry Platoon of the Army Section of the CCF is affiliated.

The Drum Major’s Award

The Sword of Honour

Presented by Major R.W. Davies; in 2009 Major Davies, in his role as Contingent Commander re-established the Corps of Drums and this award was presented to the CCF to mark this occasion.

Presented by Mr & Mrs D J Lyall in memory of their son James.

Best Shot Cup Sir John Aird Memorial.

COMMUNITY SERVICE PRIZES

The Withy Prize (Service - Lower School)

The Old Dunstonian Association Centenary Prize for Service

Mrs Reeves Memorial Prize (Community Service)

Lloyds Bank Working in the Community Award

The Reverend Colin Cuttell Memorial Prize

The Chloe and Brian Dance Prizes for Service

R C R B Bennett Memorial

Presented by Mr & Mrs Withy, the grandparents of a former pupil, for service to the College Community.

Established by the Old Dunstonian Association for service to the College Community.

The bequest of Mrs Reeves, who received Task Force visitors from St Dunstan’s College for eighteen years.

Presented by Lloyd’s Bank. Awarded to a pupil of the College who has been involved in Service in the Community.

Presented by the Rev C C Cuttell, OBE, Governor 1963-1976 and former Vicar of All Hallows by the Tower. For service to the Performing Arts.

Established on the retirement of Mr B D Dance as Headmaster of the College, by the Old Dunstonian Association. For outstanding contribution to the Prefecture.

This prize for outstanding service to House activities has been bequeathed by Mrs E M Bennett, widow of Guy Bennett (1921), in memory of her brother-in-law, Robertio Bennett (1905), who was killed in action in World War I, and after whom Bennett House was named. Bennett House was later incorporated into Forder.

ACHIEVEMENT

The von Einsiedel Cup

Braddon Cup for Excellence

The John Iberson Memorial Award

The Ben Chudleigh Performing Arts Awards

Presented by the family of Evelyn von Einsiedel (2000), for perseverance and tenacity in the Middle School.

Presented by Mr R H Braddon (1943). Awarded to the student with the best A Level Results.

Established in memory of Mr John Iberson, a Master at the College 1950-1988 who died in 1989. Presented to a student who has demonstrated the most engagement with the St Dunstan’s Diploma.

This Scholarship Fund has been set up from donations made in memory of Ben Chudleigh (1984–1999). The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage pupils to develop their abilities in the sphere of the Creative and Performing Arts. Awards will be made annually to pupils who wish to attend a course to develop their skills in these areas.

The Andrew Coling Cup

Presented for the first time in 2008 by Mr & Mrs P Coling, parents, in memory of their son Andrew (1996). The Cup is awarded to a Sixth Former who has shown outstanding commitment to both academic and extra-curricular life and who, through their service to the community, has brought credit to the College.

The Albam Exorna Award

Deputy Head of School Cups

This award, sponsored by the Old Dunstonian Association, recognises the final year student who best demonstrates that they have “adorned the white” during their time at St Dunstan’s.

Presented by Sir Roger Cork in 1999 to mark the end of his term as Chairman of the Governors of the College and in memory of his wife Barbara.

ACHIEVEMENT

The Jane Davies Award for Service The Head of School Service Prize, presented by the Old Dunstonian Association, was re-designated in 2014 in recognition of Mrs J D Davies’s service to the College as Headmistress and to the Association as President.

HOUSE TROPHIES

The House Academic Achievement Cup Presented by the family of Lord Broughshane (formerly Sir William Davison MP), who was Clerk to the Foundation 1898-1953.

The Combined House Championship Cup Presented by A J Norris, Governor 1934-1946.

PREVIOUS GUESTS OF HONOUR

1891 Mr Portal 1919 Thomas Elliott Bart, KCB

1892 Sir Owen Roberts 1920 Sir Harry Perry Robinson

1893 Bishop of Rochester 1921 Rev H Costley White MA 1894 Dr Butler 1922 C M Stuart (Headmaster)

1895 Mr Bickerseth 1923 Sir Gregory Foster, PhD

1896 Sir Owen Roberts 1924 Field Marshall, Sir William Robertson Bart. GCB, GCMG, KCVO, DSO

1897 Sir Alexander Wilson 1925 F Fletcher

1898 The Bishop of Southwark 1926 Major, the Hon J J Astor MP

1899 Sir Ralph Knox KCB 1927 Right Rev W W Perrin, Bishop of Willesden

1900 Sir William Preece KCB, FRS 1928 Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell VC, DSO

1901 Sir Joshua Fitch 1929 Sir Carrick Hey Robertson MB, FRCS

1902 Sir Arthur Rucker 1930 Grace the Duchess of Athol DBE, DCL, MP

1903 Sir William Ramsay 1931 Professor E N da C Andrade DSC, PhD (OD

1904 Alderman Sir James T Ritchie 1932 Rev P B Clayton

1905 General Lord Meruen GCB, KCVO, CMG 1933 Rev A L I Preston

1906 Evan Spicer (Chairman of the London County Council) 1934 The Lord Sempill AFC, FRAeS

1907 Major-General Lord Cheylesmore CVO 1935 W W Vaugh MVO, MA, DLitt

1908 Major E F Coates MP 1936 Sir Edward Campbell MP

1909 Sir William Bousfield 1937 Field Marshall, Lord Milne GCB, GCMG, DSO

1910 The Hon Sir John A Cockburn KCMG 1938 The Rt Hon W S Morrison MC, KC, MP

1911 Sir Philip Magnus MP 1939 J F Usherwood

1912 The Right Rev The Bishop of Woolwich 1948 Brigadier Lorne M Campbell VC, DSO, TD

1913 The Rev HP Gray DD 1950 Sir Gerald and Lady Jane Kelly

1914 Sir Owen Roberts MA, DCL, LLD 1952 Rev James Wall MA

1917 Rev Rosemeare 1953 Eric James MA, BSc, DPhil

PREVIOUS GUESTS OF HONOUR

1954 Sir Thomas Creed KBE, MC, QC 1988 Sir Greville Spratt

1955 Miss LE Charlesworth CBE, MA 1989 Michael Grade (OD)

1956 The Rt Hon. Lord Gorell CBE, MC 1990 Michael McCrum

1957 Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG, GCB, DSO 1991 Dr David Ingram

1958 Sir Graham Savage 1992 Rt Hon Sir Rhodes Boyson

1959 Dr Barnes Wallis 1993 Paul Parker

1960 Rt Hon the Lord Morrison of Lambeth 1994 Rt Hon Baroness Young

1961 Field Marshall Auchinleck 1995 Mrs G M Randall

1962 Christopher Chataway 1996 Sir Bernard Ingham

1963 Rt Hon W F Deedes 1997 Alderman Roger Cork

1964 P S Noble 1998 Lord Archer

1965 Rt Hon Lord Justice Willmer 1999 Rt Revd Dr Wilfred Wood

1966 Rt Hon Horace King 2000 Sir William Castell (OD)

1967 Rt Hon the Lord Shawcross 2001 Michael Grade CBE (OD)

1968 Dr W Hamilton 2002 Lord Ouseley of Peckham

1969 Lord Hinton of Bankside 2003 Andrew Dilnott

1970 C S Arthur 2004 Matthew d’Ancona (OD)

1971 Sir Walter Adams 2005 Dr Jane Glover CBE

1972 Dr J Steven Watson 2006 S G Bown MD GRCP (OD)

1973 Sir Lincoln Ralphs 2007 Professor Sir Colin Berry

1974 D J E Ingram 2008 Professor Sir Martin Evans FRS (OD)

1975 Sir Ewart Jones 2009 S D Thorogood BA (OD)

1976 Rt Hon the Lord Vaizey of Greenwich 2010 Mrs Venetia Howes

1977 Sir Havelock Hudson 2011 Lord Drayson (OD)

1978 Professor Donald G MacRae 2012 Lord Peter Hennessy FBA

1979 Sir Kenneth Cork 2013 Lord Grade of Yarmouth (OD)

1980 Professor Peter Naylor 2014 The Very Revd Dr John Hall (OD)

1981 Sir Huw Wheldon 2015 Professor Jane Glover CBE

1982 Sir Montague Finniston 2016 The Rev’d Bertrand Olivier

1983 Dr Bryan Thwaites 2017 Nicholas Hewlett

1984 Alderman Sir Edward Howard 2018 Sarah Ebanja

1985 Professor R J Blin-Stoyle 2019 Peter Snowdon (OD)

1986 Professor Eric Ash 2020 Nicholas Hewlett

1987 J C B Gosling 2022 Sir Geoffrey Nice (OD)

COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH Lewisham Young Leaders Academy

In 2021, St Dunstan’s College announced a new ground-breaking partnership with Lewisham Council and Westside Leaders Academy to establish the Lewisham Young Leaders Academy (LYLA).

The Academy was established in response to research and evidence showing disparities in attainment and outcomes for Black Caribbean and dual heritage (Black Caribbean/White) children and young people, not just in Lewisham, but throughout London and the UK. Through weekend classes, Lewisham Young Leaders Academy provides additional support to young people from across Lewisham through transformative teaching in life skills, including leadership, teamwork, presentation skills and CV building. The programme is

designed to develop 12 traits of leadership in the young people attending: bearing, courage, decisiveness, enthusiasm, initiative, integrity, judgement, knowledge, loyalty, perseverance, responsibility and unselfishness. Whilst the Academy benefits from using St Dunstan’s facilities, including our halls and STEM classrooms, staff from the school have also led some of the weekend sessions giving up their own time to lead workshops on climbing and martial arts.

Charity

The Head and the Bursar, along with other members of staff and Sixth Form students slept rough on the College site on Monday 13 December to raise money for Centrepoint UK. In total we raised £5,978 for Centrepoint which makes St Dunstan’s their top ‘Sleep Out’ fundraiser for 2021!

More than 1,000 books collected for Acorn Book Club providing books for disadvantaged families

Christmas foodbank drive for Lewisham Foodbank

Catford Bridge Station Pop-up was maintained with new books added regularly for local people to read St Dunstan’s supported Lewisham’s Autism Awareness Week by hosting the Champions of Inclusion event which saw over 60 local children attend awareness workshops at our Jubilee Ground.

Lewisham Historical Society had free use of our facilities for their monthly meetings and lectures

The Jubilee Ground hosted Remark Community Deaf Junior Football Training

Street Trees for a Living – students volunteered and raised money for new trees to be planted in Catford

Clean up Catford – students took part in a litter pick up as part of St Dunstan’s Festival

Charity Days

Young Minds – Wear Yellow Day – £1,368.57

Young Minds – Battle of The Bands/ Cake Sale - £466.90

Save The Children Xmas Jumper Day - £169.00

Macmillan Cake Sale - £580.00 WaterAid - £181.95

Afghan Aid 2nd Hand Clothes Sale - £168.50

Ukraine DEA Junior School Cake Sale - £767.38

Comic Relief 2022 - £1,073.90

COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH

Sustainability

The College continues to make strides in our commitment to reduce our carbon footprint and protect our planet. 50 trees have been planted across the site to create an Orchard next to the Ecology Pond and Junior School Woodland Classroom. Over the summer our Estates Team will plant 150 lavender plants near the Junior School, as well as maintaining additional wildflower areas around the site. We have seen a significant amount of biodiversity in and around our ecology ponds, the newts being one of our favourites!

The Sustainability Committee has been working closely with local company RAFT (Retrofit Action for Tomorrow) to identify priority areas for carbon reduction. RAFT have completed a feasibility study of the school Refectory, which details plans for a complete refurbishment to reduce heat loss by up to 80% and increase dining space by 350sqm. This is an exciting project for the future, on a listed building, will provide much needed dining space as well as contribute towards our ambitious carbon zero targets.

The College continues to work with our catering provider, Holroyd Howe, to ensure that we are reducing food waste where possible. In addition to this, it is very pleasing to see the increased number of students and staff opting for the plant-based offering at lunchtime each day.

In May 2022 we celebrated Sustainability Week, to coincide with Earth Day. Throughout the week students took part in an exciting programme of events, ranging from student led assemblies, to pop-up sustainable taster bars. We invited external speakers into College to discuss the impact our diet has on our carbon footprint. Students learnt about a range of sustainable ‘future foods’ and took part in form-time activities, discussing why it is essential we get involved and why we should take action to influence others on their opinions about climate change. The passion, determination and creativity displayed by all pupils was remarkable to see.

The College continues to work towards

a new Green Flag application, this is a revised scheme that recognises and rewards well managed parks and green spaces across the UK. We look forward to sharing more news on this with parents and carers early in Michaelmas term.

THE DUNSTONIAN ASSOCIATION

Welcome from the Chair

After so much turmoil and change over the past year, I believe many have found a new rhythm to life and a new albeit different, sense of normality. I hope you have all found a new healthier work–life balance amongst such changes.

Just as the College has had to adapt in support of the students in their nurturing of these young minds, their individualism and sense of community, the Association is also responding to changing demands and circumstance.

I am delighted to have taken the role of Chair from David Edwards (’83) in November 2021 and thank him for his tremendous stewardship. Reflecting on this past year, we have aimed to forge ever closer ties to the College and particularly the outgoing sixth form and to promote the Association’s support for all beyond their school years.

As the latest cohort leave to ‘Adorn the white’ and spread their wings, the Association is here to support their careers as well as social and sporting enjoyment. We have held an inaugural Property Industry Alumni event with the ambition to nurture networks and support for those venturing into this area of work or developing their careers. Our ambition is to facilitate similar events for a range of career areas. Success of course relies upon interested parties to help. Please reach out if you are interested and able to support our alumni in finance, law, the arts, marketing and comms, science and technology, medicine and so forth.

Similarly we also held our inaugural Ladies Tea and hope such events are of ongoing interest to Dunstonians in the future. A new-look Dunstonian’s Family Day was hosted at the Jubilee Ground in September with shooting, tug of war, bouncy castle obstacle course and family rounders providing much fun and enjoyment.

Our 1980s Reunion and Black Tie Dinner offered great occasions to re-connect and will provide the backbone of regular similar events over the months

and years ahead with a view to these become perhaps bi-annual events for the entire Dunstonian community.

The work of our SD Connect office continues. It has moved to a new location in the College with an amazing collection of records of the past. Just the sight of old chemistry lab stools, uniform memorabilia, photographs, fencing foils, teacher’s yard stick rulers bring so many memories flooding back. Come in and take a look.

My thanks to our Committee Members and particularly the efforts of our SDC Connect office team, who do so much to drive our events programme and other initiatives forward that help us all connect.

Finally on behalf of the Committee, we look forward to the year ahead with excitement and hope to see many of you at the events in the coming months.

Richard Fagg (’83), Chair

Ladies Dunstonian Networking Tea

Fifteen alumnae responded to our invitation to a high tea at the Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall on 20 May 2022. Some had not seen each other for 10 years or more and one Dunstonian even travelled from Norfolk so as not to miss the reunion.

We presented them with a photo of the 1994 intake to see how many pupils could be named – our aim is to recreate the photo at our forthcoming Dunstonian Day on 3 September and we would love more women to come forward to fill in the gaps.

We then had a brainstorming session over tea, mini sandwiches and scones about how best to engage with other younger Dunstonians still at university. Social media was discussed and we were

Black Tie Dinner

On 12 March 2022 more than 70 Dunstonians (plus their partners) gathered at the College to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Dunstonian Association.

The evening started with a reception in the lobby outside the Great Hall, before guests enjoyed a fantastic performance by the SDC jazz band in the Great Hall itself. We then proceeded (to the strains of ‘Jerusalem’, no less) to the Dining Hall and enjoyed an excellent meal, followed by speeches, before reconvening in the lobby for coffee or more wine, according to taste.

The evening was a fantastic success and, we think, enjoyed by all. Particular thanks go to the catering and facilities staff at SDC, who made a huge effort to put on a truly special event, as well as to members of the College’s Leadership Team, who attended the first part of the evening.

We will definitely be doing it again next year!

planning the next event by the time we left the Athenaeum. We hear that the conversation carried on into the night over cocktails...

COMMUNITY

The Albam Exorna Award

The Albam Exorna Award was first established in 2014 by the College and the Old Dunstonian Association (known as The Dunstonian Association since November 2018) and has been awarded every year since then. The award is a generous cash prize of £1,000 for the winner and £250 for the runner up, both sponsored by The Dunstonian Association.

The Award recognises the student who best demonstrates that they have ‘adorned the white’ during their time at St Dunstan’s. All final year students who will be attending a university course or other form of professional training or equivalent sponsorship are eligible to apply.

All eligible students who wish to be considered for the award submit a written application to the Head. There is no prescribed length to the application nor are there any set criteria. An application should set out the grounds on which the candidate considers they are worthy of the award. All contributions to College life will be relevant. These may include contributions to the academic, artistic, sporting, dramatic or musical life of the College, but this list is not exhaustive. Involvement in community work or the CCF, for example, will also be relevant. Candidates should also include in their presentation how they envisage continuing to ‘adorn the white’ after they have left the College.

All written applications are then considered during the final week of Lent term by a panel that includes senior teaching staff and officers of The Dunstonian Association, and a shortlist of candidates will be drawn up. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to support their

applications with an oral presentation to the panel and to answer any questions on their application and presentation.

This year’s winners were announced on 13 May 2022 during the Graduation Ceremony that took place in the new Theatre for all Year 13 students and their parents. Faye was the winner of the £1,000 prize with one runner-up, Izzy. Congratulations to all!

COMMUNITY

Friends of St Dunstan’s

After a few years of disruption to community events due to the pandemic, we looked forward this year, with great enthusiasm, to planning and hosting fun and enjoyable events once again for our whole College community.

The year kicked off with the highly popular Cheese and Wine evening. As always, a well-attended evening by both parents and staff, full of lively conversation and fantastic art displays from our children, and accompanied by a myriad of cheeses, wines and Indian snacks, resulting in a wonderful start to the new academic year.

A couple of weeks later, Friends and the Charity Committee held a Cake Sale in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, superbly supported by parent volunteers and cake donations, raising much needed funds for that cause.

The cancellation of the Christmas Fair due to government guidance was disappointing to many, however we still managed to raise funds for the school through sales thanks to the generosity of our community, and all the organisational efforts will be put towards next year’s fair.

In March, came the return of the muchanticipated Quiz Night, which was held in support of Lewisham Foodbank. Over twenty-one teams attended what was an extremely competitive and exciting event which eventually saw the winning team ‘Nerd Immunity’ come through and win the inaugural ‘Friends of St Dunstan’s Quiz Night Champions’ trophy and medals.

2022 was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year and, in honour of this great occasion, the Summer Fete in July was resplendent in Union Jack bunting and even held a Great St Dunstan’s Bake-off with some very suitably decorated and tasty entries. Stalls, inflatables, games, and plenty of food and drink offerings made this a fabulous family event to end the year on.

All in all, it has been a successful year of events for our community, with the Friends College Shop further establishing itself in the College Atrium with the help of its fantastic volunteers. Over £8,000 was raised through these events and the shop which will be put towards College and charity initiatives. Thank you to everyone for your support.

Friends of St Dunstan’s Committee

COMMUNITY

A message from the Chaplain

What does a chaplain do at a school? I am sometimes asked this question and I am sure there is a genuine desire to know why a school would choose to have a chaplain. When the Head spoke to the new staff in September, he kindly introduced me as an important person, and then he said ‘Well, actually, he hangs around’. I think this is a good description of much of the life of a school chaplain, to be around the place as a presence ready to listen and to engage with staff and pupils.

I think it a good thing if the chaplain is not too near the centre of things. I mean, is not in a position of the school hierarchy. so that they can sometimes be on the edge of things, because it is often on the edge that they will find people who are in need. ‘Yes, but what do you actually do?’ Well, a good deal of the time it is about listening. There is a real value in having someone who is given the time to be available to listen to the stories of others. To take seriously the joys and sorrows of those who come to tell you how it is for them. So often people think that what they are worried about is not important enough to bother the chaplain with, however, if it hurts it hurts and that is enough. The young child from the junior school who has lost their grandparent, the Year 11 pupil who is finding it hard to keep up in a subject, the sixth former who has lost a good friend. There is a real therapeutic value in saying out loud how they are feeling and sharing the options they can see from where they are.

Sometimes words are not necessary and to have a quiet discreet place where staff and students can simply sit and reflect or become calm is a real gift. A place where there is no pressure to talk or explain but just the invitation to rest a while in peace. To be about the school to ask after a student who has not been well, to congratulate someone who played in the school orchestra the previous evening, to wish good luck to someone about to take an exam – such things will not be undertaken only by the chaplain of course but there is certainly a ministry of encouragement in many areas of school life.

And then there are the moments when the whole community celebrates or perhaps reflects on events concerning the world or sometimes more specifically the school. It is often the chaplain who will lead such moments or certainly play a part. Again, it is

about a sense of belonging that leads us to want to share joy or be there for others in sorrow. All this is a privilege, and I am very conscious of that as I am touched by so many people and share so many important moments in their lives.

The Reverend Canon Colin Luke Boswell Chaplain of School

Bursary update

Several improvements to the College estate were made during the 2021/22 academic year. We were provided with some fabulous opportunities to redesign the vacated spaces that were created following the opening of the College’s new Junior School, STEM Block and Sixth Form in April 2021. This involved transforming the historic DT/DE Workshops into a Theatre, the Biology department redesigned as Music facilities and the Chemistry laboratories remodelled as Drama Studios. These projects make up our new Performing Arts Centre which has provided our community with the most fabulous performing arts spaces, consisting of:

The Theatre - a 150 seat theatre used for productions, musicals, assemblies, lessons and conferences

Three large drama studios

Two dedicated LAMDA rooms

Three large music classrooms with two break-out spaces

Recital room

One recording studio

Nine music practice rooms

This significant transformation has physically brought together our performers, helping pupils and staff to work more effectively and creatively as one. The facilities are also available for wider community use.

In other areas of the College, the IT Department have worked hard to implement a successful 1-2-1 laptop roll out for all staff which has improved the use of digital technology in lessons, as well as the installation of interactive touch screen TVs in every single classroom across the site. A third computing classroom will be completed by September 2022, with laptops available for students to work more

flexibly. This space will also host our new eSports provision.

St Dunstan’s Enterprises continue to lend our extensive sports and educational facilities to a vast number of local organisations ranging from schools and community groups to charities and businesses. Our partnership with Munchkins goes from strength to strength and they have relocated their Head Office to our Jubilee House as a direct result of their successful holiday clubs and camps provision. We know that our parents find these services invaluable during the holiday periods. Of the many sporting activities organised by our Enterprises team, Swim School has been an extraordinary success this year, with over 600 children making the most of the excellent swimming lessons on offer every evening and weekend.

Mrs C Wilkins Bursar

COMMUNITY Valete! 2022

Miss A Mulroy, written by Mr Rawley Miss Mulroy joined the College in September 2020 as a Singing tutor. During this time she has inspired a wealth of our vocal students, all of them benefiting from her experience as one of the country’s most respected choral singers. Her boundless enthusiasm for singing, and her unique teaching style (lots of props) have meant that our students have delivered polished and engaging performances, as showcased by our concert in Cadogan Hall earlier in Trinity term. We wish her the very best and enormous thanks for everything that she has offered the College.

Miss A Shaw, written by Ms Cameron Miss Shaw joined the Junior School team in September 2020 as a Cover Teacher and Sports Graduate before moving into a Form Teacher role the following academic year. Pupils have been motivated by Miss Shaw’s infectious enthusiasm in early morning cross country sessions, inspired by her teaching of growth mindset, and challenged by the rich and ambitious lessons she has taught. We wish her every success as she embarks on an exciting new chapter as a form teacher in a new educational setting.

Ms S Ghandour, written by Mr Clifford Ms Ghandour started her time at St Dunstan’s as a Year 1 teacher before moving into Year 2 for two years. During her time in the PrePrep, she showed an excellent subject knowledge of Key Stage 1 and her teaching allowed the pupils to excel both academically and socially. This time included two separate periods of lockdown, in which she provided invaluable support to families and pupils during an unprecedented period of challenge and through what is a particularly formative time in a child’s education. Ms Ghandour now moves on to an exciting new teaching role in Jordan and we wish her every success in her next adventure.

Mr S Hoffman, written by Mrs Anderson

Since joining in 2019 Mr Hoffmann has been an integral part of the Biology Department. He is an avid reader and routinely shares developments at the cutting edge of Biological Sciences with staff and students. His enthusiasm for the microscopic world led to him creating a Forder club where students created microscopes using their mobile phones and lenses. Many an afternoon was

spent exploring the world around us on a microscopic scale. During his time here he has been a valued Lower School tutor where he has given pastoral support to many students. We wish him and his young family all the best for their move back to Australia.

Mr I Kimuli, written by Miss Jordon Mr Kimuli joined St Dunstan’s in 2019 as Teacher of Science, starting in the Physics Department and then joining the Chemistry Department. During his time at the College he has had a great impact on the students, not only through his teaching of science but also in his passion for music and supporting the Music Department. He has formed excellent relationships with students through his role as a Lower School tutor, and provided invaluable pastoral support to many. The College will miss him and we wish him the best of luck as he relocates to the countryside.

Mrs E Loosen, written by Ms Permanand Mrs Loosen has been a part of the Junior School SEND Department for 3 years. She is passionate about pupils’ progress and has challenged the SEND team to follow latest research and think about different ways to support the children. She has a passion for both literature and something rather wonderful, called mathematical mindsets. She has been keen to find interesting ways to teach maths and has led the drive to bring diverse books into the library and into the children’s homes. We particularly thank her for the work she has done in leading the race diapason in the Junior School. She leaves us to pursue a career as a form teacher and we wish her very well for the next steps in her career.

Mr T Hofmeyr, written by Mrs Davies Mr Hofmeyr joined as Head of RPE in 2018 and quickly established himself as an inspirational and dedicated teacher, with students enjoying his engaging and thought-provoking lessons. He initially sought to further develop the Lower School curriculum to support students with skill development. It has been wonderful to see these skills in abundance in the GCSE cohorts this year, as a result of the learning that took place during their years in the Lower School. Mr Hofmeyr is passionate about teaching and learning and matches high expectations with a supportive and caring approach. He is always there to help students and colleagues and the increasing numbers of students opting for the subject at GCSE and A Level are a testament to his commitment to, and leadership of the department. He will be missed by staff and students alike and we wish him the best as he re-locates to take up a teaching position at Claremont Fan Court School in Surrey.

Miss A Jordon, written by Mrs Latham Miss Jordon joined St Dunstan’s in 2018 as Head of Chemistry. Her subject knowledge and passion for Chemistry quickly established her as an excellent teacher. Her students benefited from innovative lessons where they were able to work independently to make progress. Miss Jordon later took the additional role of Head of Science, where she continued to support students effectively across the three Sciences. She has also worked with Sixth Form students on their Medicine/Veterinary Science applications through the Galen programme which she has overseen with enthusiasm and great success.

As part of the Forder programme Miss Jordon developed the Science department’s STEM club and Medics society. Her work as the lead on the race strand of the St Dunstan’s Diapason is also to be commended. The impact of this on the whole student body is tremendous and the student leads truly benefited from her guidance.

Miss Jordon takes her determination into her new role as Head of Science and Chemistry at St Paul’s School in São Paulo. We wish her the very best for her future career.

Miss Z Chen, written by Miss Clewley Since joining the College in 2017, Miss Chen has been an exceptionally valuable member of the College community. She has used her passion and expertise in Mathematics to stretch our keen mathematicians, leading Advanced Maths clubs in Forder time for various year groups, to not only explain some complex ideas far beyond the curriculum, but also to help students research and present on such concepts themselves. Miss Chen has been very generous with her time, supporting students with university applications and interview preparation for a variety of mathematical degrees.

Miss Chen is passionate about creating opportunities for students’ personal development, volunteering to run enrichment trips and being a crucial member of the CCF. She has dedicated a great deal of time outside of school to this aspect of College life, ensuring all of the students involved have benefited from her enthusiasm and expertise. We wish Miss Chen the best of luck as she embarks on a very exciting relocation to Japan.

Mrs C Wilkins, written by Mr Hewlett Mrs Wilkins joined us as Bursar in 2017 from Weald of Kent Grammar School. Her infectious enthusiasm and enviable work ethic quickly endeared her to staff, students and parents from across St Dunstan’s, who warmed to her immediately. Her ability to relate to people, to be a listening ear, coupled to an instinctive desire to help support and develop people and to find solutions, meant that she had tremendous impact in all areas of life across the College. She leaves a lasting legacy in so many ways. Mrs Wilkins has modernised and streamlined innumerable policies and procedures, contemporising our support functions across the organisation. She has crafted an exciting strategy for our digital agenda and in so doing evolved our IT infrastructure into something unrecognisable from what it once was. She has taken great delight working with parents and students on projects and working groups including, most notably, the Pupil Parliament and also the Sustainability group, both topics she is particularly passionate about. However, perhaps her greatest legacy is the incredible buildings we enjoy today.

Mrs Wilkins was fundamental in the success of every part of those projects –from the permission to build, the design, the construction and the occupation. She deployed her superb interpersonal skills with particular dexterity and achieved the impossible; incredible budlings, on time, in budget and in the middle of a pandemic!

Her development of the estate did not stop with these buildings, however. The creation of our new Theatre, the Performing Arts Centre, including the wonderful recital room and drama studios, as well as the rolling programme of classroom modernisations she implemented across the estate, have all been so impressive. In her role as Bursar she oversaw the Enterprise arm of the Charity, generating additional

revenue for the educational work of the school as well as showing a sincere and deep-rooted commitment to our broader community work and partnerships in Lewisham. Mrs Wilkins was also clerk to the Governing Body, a role she undertook with great seriousness and yet all the while building long lasting relationships. Mrs Wilkins will be leaving many friends at St Dunstan’s, but always one for a new challenge, she now takes up the role of Bursar at Kent College and we wish her and her family the very best for the future.

Mr T Scambler, written by Miss Clewley

During Mr Scambler’s seven years at St Dunstan’s, he has enthusiastically embraced all aspects of College life. From delivering engaging lessons to all of his classes and leading trips to enthuse our budding mathematicians, to running the incredibly popular Go Club and volunteering to help the Music and Drama departments in numerous performances. He very much enjoys sharing his exceptional mathematical knowledge, planning innovative and fascinating lectures for our Sixth Form students across the year.

Mr Scambler has been a highly valued member of the Sixth Form team, both as Head of Year and Oxbridge Coordinator. He always puts the students first and has been fully committed to helping them to achieve their best, both academically and personally. His warmth and good humour are always appreciated by students and staff alike, creating a calm environment wherever he is.

This term, Mr Scambler has also been our Maths Coordinator, leading the department through the busiest term of the year and putting in incredible amounts of work behind the scenes to prepare the department for next year.

We wish Mr Scambler the very best as he goes on to retrain as a software engineer.

Mrs L Hartwell, written by Miss Jordon Mrs Hartwell joined St Dunstan’s in 2006 as a Teacher of Chemistry.

During the years she has been at the College she has taken on a variety of additional roles including Head of Stuart House and the Newly Qualified Teacher Co-ordinator. She has also supported the English Department with a very popular creative writing Forder club, and helped to run their residential creative writing course. She is well known for her passion for Chemistry and can always been seen around the College with her Periodic Table bag and pencil case. Her organisational skills are excellent, as evidenced by the fact that for many years she has undertaken all the arrangements for Prize Giving, which is quite a phenomenal task. She will also be much missed at Christmas time as she has organised the staff ‘Secret Santa’ for many years.

Mrs Hartwell is a fantastic tutor and has developed really positive relationships with many of her students. She has been a constant in the Chemistry Department over the past 16 years and we will all miss her.

We wish her the very best of luck as she embarks on a new career as an Examinations Officer.

COMMUNITY

Salvete!

2022

Dr

Susan Adeoya-Osiguwa

Teacher of Biology

Dr Adeoya-Osiguwa joins us from Graveney School where she has been working as Head of Biology. She has a PhD in Biomedical Science and completed her PGCE in 2005 at Goldsmiths College. Before entering teaching she worked at King’s College London as a Research Associate. At Graveney she was involved in science outreach, engaging with local primary schools to teach practical skills to Years 5 and 6 and participating in science week at their schools. She has also been involved as part of the pastoral team at KS3 and KS4.

Mr Nicholas Ashford Head of Computer Science

Mr Ashford joins us from Whitgift School. He has a BSc in Computer Science from Swansea University and a PGCE in Computer Science from the Institute of Education. As Second in Department at Whitgift he has been involved in many of the day-to-day aspects of running the department, and has led on numerous school-wide CPD sessions, particularly for digital literacy. He enjoys leading co-curricular clubs such as eSports, Robotics, Games Development and Cybersecurity, as well as participating in working groups including the Green Committee.

Ms Sarah Atkinson

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Ms Atkinson joins us from Clifton College where she has been Head of French and teacher of French and Spanish, as well as a former Assistant Housemistress in both day and boarding houses. She has a BA(Hons) in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University. At Clifton College she has run regular French and Spanish trips, as well as a number of cocurricular events from sixth form interschool debates to poetry competitions and even a French cheese tasting evening in order to enhance students’ cultural understanding of the languages they study.

Mr Tim Barnett

Junior

School Form Teacher – Year 5

Mr Barnett joins us from the British International School of Houston

where he has been a Year 5 class teacher and Head of Year 5. He has a BA(Hons) in English Literature and Ancient History from the University of Cardiff and completed the Graduate Teacher Training program at the University of Gloucester in 2008. A keen marathon runner he has supported cross country and track and field clubs at his current school, and has also been involved in outreach projects with the local community.

Mrs Katrina Browne Teacher of Computer Science

Mrs Browne comes to us from Elmgreen School where she is Head of Computer Science and ICT. She has a BA(Hons) in Product Design and Development and completed her PGCE in Computing at Greenwich University. In her current school she has created schemes of learning and assessment which aim to develop students into responsible and capable members of an increasingly digital world. She is also running the NCCE Gender Balancing project in Year 8 to encourage more girls to take up Computer Science at GCSE level.

Mr Daniel Butcher Teacher of Chemistry

Mr Butcher joins us from Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys where he is Curriculum Leader for Chemistry. He has an MSc (first class) in Chemistry from the University of Bristol where he also completed his PGCE in Science with Chemistry. He has experience of teaching abroad in Argentina, Spain and the USA. He is also a qualified football coach and has had experience of training rugby teams, and organising ski trips to Austria and Spain, and service trips to Tanzania.

Ms Sian Eiles Teacher of Geography

Ms Eiles joins us from Parliament School where she has been teaching Geography and Politics at secondary level. She has an MPA in Energy and Climate Change Policy from UCL which she gained with distinction. She also has a BA(Hons) in Geography from SOAS and

gained her PGCE in Secondary Geography from Goldsmiths. As well as her teaching career she has worked as a House of Commons researcher and takes a keen interest in local politics.

Miss Caroline Eperon Junior School Form Teacher –

Year 5

Miss Eperon joins us from Eliot Bank primary school

where she has been working as a Year 2 class teacher. She studied Anthropology and Sociology at Durham University and completed her PGCE at Canterbury Christ Church College University. At her previous school she helped to run the lunchtime running club, hockey club and netball club. She is a keen rower and kitesurfer and also enjoys cooking and art. She is looking forward to contributing to the co-curricular life of the College, particularly anything outdoors related.

Mr Lesley-Brian Gordinsky Junior School Performing Arts Graduate and Teaching Assistant

Mr Gordinksy, a St Dunstan’s alumnus, joins us as Junior School Performing Arts Graduate and Teaching Assistant. Since graduating from the Institute of Contemporary Theatre Training he has been working as a tutor at LCN Performing Arts which offers dance, drama and singing classes for 3-15 year olds in Blackheath. He is looking forward to taking his first steps into teaching with this graduate opportunity.

Ms Pamela Hay Visiting Music Teacher of Singing

Ms Hay joins us as Teacher of Singing from September 2022. She comes to

us from Eton College where she has been teacher of singing since January 2020. She has an MA (Mus) from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University and completed her PGCE at the Royal College of Music. She teaches singing at the Royal Opera House as well as several local schools, and is involved in extensive work as an animateur across the UK. She has substantial experience as a performer and teacher at all levels and is versatile in both Classical and Musical Theatre repertoire.

Mrs Saffron Hutt Chief Operating Officer

Mrs Hutt joins us in September as Chief Operating Officer to the Foundation. Mrs Hutt graduated from Oxford Brookes with a First in English before obtaining a distinction in her MA in English Literature from Kings College London. She has worked in a number of operational and strategic roles across the Higher Education Sector, including King’s College London and University College London. She is currently at the University of the Arts, where she is Director of Administration and Senior Professional Services lead for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges, as well as being a member of the College Executive Group. Mrs Hutt has one daughter already at St Dunstan’s, in our Junior School, and another joining the Nursery in September.

Miss Sophie Jones Teacher of Psychology

Miss Jones joins us from Fulham Boys School where she has been working as Teacher of Psychology and Science. She has a BSc in Psychology with Criminology from the University of Exeter where she also completed her PGCE in Psychology with Secondary Science. Her interest in

teaching developed at university where she set up a peer mentoring programme for first year students. She is also a keen singer and a member of two a cappella groups, which is something she would be keen to bring to our co-curricular offering.

Mr Simon Lloyd Junior School Teaching Assistant –Reception

Mr Lloyd joins us from Newton Prep School where he has been working as SEND Learning Support Assistant. He studied English Literature at the University of East Anglia and has been working as a Teaching Assistant in a variety of settings for nine years. In his current role he provides differentiated booster lessons in Maths and English to pupils from Year 3 to Year 8. He has also streamlined and updated many of the department’s digital processes to allow for greater depth in analysis of standardised data.

Miss Charlotte Lucas Teacher of Mathematics

Miss Lucas joins us from Alleyn’s school where she has been Teacher of Mathematics after completing her training through the National Maths and Physics SCITT. Prior to undertaking her first teaching post she worked as a manager at Deloitte in the Public Sector, Finance, Operations and Support team. She participated in the CCF at her own school and is looking forward to supporting the CCF at St Dunstan’s, as well as engaging with the outreach and charitable work of the College.

Ms Sara Lukins Segerstrom Acting Head of Mathematics

Ms Lukins Segerstrom joins us from the Alpha Plus Group where she has been Head of the Mathematics Faculty. She has a BEd in Mathematics from the University of Kalmar, Sweden and completed both a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics and an MA in Mathematics Education at the Institute of Education. She enjoys helping students see the uses of Mathematics beyond the classroom and has initiated and run several successful cross disciplinary projects in her current setting.

Miss Olivia McConnellWood Teacher of History

Miss McConnellWood joins us from Cranleigh School where she has been Teacher of History and Resident Assistant Housemistress in a girls’ boarding house. She has a BA(Hons) in Ancient History from Cardiff University and is currently teaching History to Years 9–12. She also has experience of teaching Classical Civilisation. She is involved in a range of co-curricular activities including coaching netball and hockey teams, is Second Lieutenant in the CCF and supports the DofE programme.

Mrs Sophie Mitchell Teacher of Mathematics

Mrs Mitchell joins us from Dulwich College where she has been completing her National Maths and Physics SCITT training via the University of Buckingham in which she has been supported by a scholarship from the Institute of Mathematics. She has a

first class Masters degree (MEng) in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol. During her engineering career she spent a lot of time as a STEM ambassador which inspired her to move into teaching. She is an active member of Crystal Palace Triathlon Club and enjoys assisting with Dulwich College’s Cycling Club.

Miss Caroline O’Malley Junior School After School Care Assistant

Miss O’Malley joins us as Junior School After School Care Assistant.

Since leaving St Dunstan’s she has worked in a variety of roles in stage and events management having completed a BA(Hons) in Music Business from BIMM London. She is hoping to pursue a career in primary teaching and is excited about returning to St Dunstan’s to work with the Junior School pupils.

Mr Liam O’Sullivan

Junior School Teaching Assistant

Mr O’Sullivan joins us as a Teaching Assistant having previously gained experience as an SEN teaching assistant at Angel Oak Academy. A St Dunstan’s alumnus, he has a Masters in Engineering from the University of Warwick. He has worked in a variety of roles including most recently as a project support officer for Age UK. A keen sportsman, he has competed in football, rugby, cricket and swimming at club level and is looking forward to assisting the College in CoCurricular Sport.

Mr Vinit Patel Junior School Sports Graduate

Mr Patel joins us from Spencer Cricket Club where he has been working as a cricket coach with children age 8–19. He initially studied French at the University of Portsmouth where he is about to complete a Masters in Sport Performance this autumn. Prior to starting his Masters he worked at Oundle School as Junior Sports Coordinator, with responsibility for their Strength and Conditioning programme for scholars as well as running an introductory programme for beginner athletes.

Mrs Nerys PeposhiRobertson

Teacher of RPE

Mrs PeposhiRobertson joins us from Fitzalan High School in Cardiff where she is Teacher of Religious Studies. She has a BA(Hons) in Religious Studies from Cardiff University and completed her PGCE in Religious Studies at Bath Spa University. She enjoys extending learning opportunities beyond the classroom running events such as inter-faith ‘Question Time’, subject specific trips to places of worship, and whole school initiatives such as Shoebox Appeal, Foodbank collection and Daily Acts of Kindness.

Miss Helen Riddle

Assistant Head –Director of Teaching and Learning

Miss Riddle joins us from Wilson’s School where she is Head of History and one of the school’s directors of policy on curriculum, pedagogy and CPL. She has an MA (distinction) in History from King’s College London and a BA(Hons) in History from Durham University.

She began her career in corporate law, but transitioned into teaching, completing her PGCE with Worcester University. She values education and continued development in adults as well as children, and enjoys mentoring new staff. She has also fulfilled the role of Head of Higher Education launching the school’s first ever Higher Education Convention.

Mr Harrison Sandford Junior School Sports Graduate

Mr Sandford joins us from Colfe’s where he has been working as Graduate Sports Assistant and SEN support worker. He has a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Loughborough University. At Colfe’s he has gained experience in the classroom teaching at KS2 and KS, and has coordinated Year 8 football and secondary and senior basketball. He enjoys using sport for the wider good and enjoys organising charity fixtures and bike rides. He is looking forward to the opportunity to develop his teaching and coaching experience further at St Dunstan’s.

Miss Ankita Sengupta

Teacher

of Chemistry

Miss Sengupta joins us from Hurstpierpoint College where she is Head of Chemistry for Years 7/8. She has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Surry and completed her PGCE in Chemistry at the University of Sussex. In her current role she has designed a taught programme of study for the lower school as a GCSE foundation programme. She also runs the Bronze CREST award which allows pupils to tackle real STEM problems. She has also enjoyed assisting with stage management of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Les Misérables

Ms Tiffany Trood Junior School Form Teacher

Ms Trood joins us from Benedict House Prep School where she is a Year 4 class teacher. She has a BA(Hons) in English Literature and Cultural Studies from Trent University Ontario and completed her BEd Primary and Junior Division at Queen’s University Ontario. She has worked internationally in Turkey and Vietnam, where she taught for five years at The Canadian International School in Ho Chi Minh City. She enjoys getting involved in co-curricular life with experience of coaching basketball and organising charity and art events.

Mr Russell Van Niekerk Teacher of Biology

Mr Van Niekerk joins us from Brighton College Al Ain where he is Teacher of Science (KS2-5) and Maths (Year 7/8). He has a BSc in Education from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and completed an MA in Education at King’s College London. He has over 27 years teaching experience in a variety of settings, including independent, state and international schools. At his current school he has assisted in setting up the DofE award and initiated the first baseball co-curricular activity.

Mrs Lisa Williams Teacher of Sport and Exercise (Maternity Cover)

Mrs Williams joins us from Colfe’s School where she is PE Assistant and Sport Coach. She has a BA in Sport and Exercise from Massey University, New Zealand. She played netball for New Zealand U19 team and is

a qualified netball and basketball coach, and is the coach for Beacons Netball Club. She is a passionate believer in the fundamental importance of physical education and in supporting pupils to develop their skills to the best of their ability.

Mrs Beata Wilson Teacher of Geography (Fixed Term)

Mrs Wilson joins us from Buller’s Wood School for Girls where she has been Teacher of Geography and most recently Acting Head of Geography. She completed her undergraduate studies at Jozsef Attila University in Hungary. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in how to ignite a passion for her subject, and has a particular interest in the use of digital technologies to enhance geography teaching. Over the years she has enjoyed getting involved in wider school life, being a mentor for trainee teachers, and taking part in enrichment activities such as DofE, EPQ and trips both in the UK and abroad.

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