came to St Peter's for the easy location and its reputation. She has discovered in her time so far that the school has met those expectations and she is 'really enjoying' herself. When asked to
We wish Mr.Taylor an enjoyable stay here at St Peter's. Edwina Denison and Ellie Binks LVI
describe the school in 3 words, Miss Ulstein gave us 'friendly, caring, high-achieving and hectic'. (Four words). So we have unintentionally discovered that maybe her maths is not as strong as her geography! Miss Ullstein is an avid fan of flying. She lists one of the best views as being Disneyland, Florida at night and the natural landscape features of America. Her love of geography has led her to travel widely. Just to name a small number of the places she's visited: Africa (she has climbed Kilimanjaro), Morocco, Tanzania, South Africa, most of Europe, North America and her favourite place, Canada. And she still has aspirations to visit South Asia, the Far East and South America. Despite her love for foreign shores Miss Ullstein has a special love for Cornwall. In conversation, we discovered that Miss Ullstein has a few foibles - she only eats her meat after she has eaten her veg, and she hates kidneys and tinned spaghetti. Plus, like many of us, eats chocolate bars by eating all the chocolate around the outside first then eating the middle.
Catherine Hempsall Mrs Hempsall, a former
Cambridge
Blue, joined St. Peter's in September 2009 as a teacher of history, rowing
coach
and
Deputy Housemistress of Queen's. As well as rowing, Mrs Hempsall enjoys
many
outdoor including biking,
other
pursuits mountain skiing
and
climbing. The proximity of York to places where Mrs. Hempsall could pursue her interests as well as the academic reputation of the school were factors which attracted her to St Peter's.
When asked about her aspirations for the future Miss Ullstein said that she 'would like more people to study geography and to she hopes to arrange foreign trips to places such as Argentina, Iceland, Canada and Africa.
Mrs Hempsall trained to be a teacher at UEA despite being warned not to teach by her parents who were both in the profession. She now believes that she is lucky to be in teaching which combines her academic and sporting interests and, of course, the
So if colouring the sea blue doesn't tempt you to do geogra-
holidays.
phy, we're sure this will! Mrs. Hempsall describes her time in Queen's so far as "busy We wish her well in her time at St. Peter's. Lipmunn Tang LVI
and entertaining". It is no wonder that Mrs Hempsall is adamant that Queen's is the best sporting house in the school. Her competitive streak surfaces frequently and is evident even in her choice of House Singing as her favourite experience at St Peter's
James Taylor Mr. Taylor joined us this year as a new member of the PE
so far. Mrs. Hempsall has been an invaluable and dedicated member of The Boat Club and when often discussing rowing she uses the phrase "mother of all rows!"
department. He first became interested in hockey when an astro turf was built at his parents' school as it encouraged him to play more. From that moment his passion for hockey continued to grow and his greatest achievement in life was playing hockey in the national semi-finals and scoring! Besides hockey Mr.Taylor also
Mrs Hempsall is looking forward to completing her first year at St Peter's so that she will understand how everything fits together. We wish her a successful and happy time at the school. By Ellie Binks LVI and Emily Freeman V
enjoys many other sports and socialising with his friends in his free time, especially when eating his favourite food, an Indian takeaway. Mr. Taylor grew up in Nottingham and, before arriving here at St Peter's, he taught ?? years in a school in Telford, Shropshire. When we asked Mr. Taylor what his first impressions were of
Christian Wienke Born in Soest, a German city in the county of North RhineWestphalia, Christian enjoyed sports, English and Latin at school. He attended both the 'Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln' and
our school he said that it was very "friendly, welcoming and live-
'Universitat zu Koln' and studied Sports Science and English. He
ly". He said that the toughest part of his job is the "long walk in"
wants to become an English teacher and is here to learn more
from the White House every day. Furthermore, when questioned
about the culture and language. His favourite part of being in
on which three words he would use to sum himself up, after a lot
Britain is the different dialects and accents found throughout the
of deliberation, he responded "boisterous, outgoing and sociable".
country. He has spent much of his time here travelling through-
Finally Mr. Taylor said that his ambitions for the future included
out the UK and immersing himself in the culture, including
getting a full time job and coaching hockey to as high a level as
British music- he is a particular fan of Mumford and Sons!
possible.
In ten years time Christian hopes to be "healthy, happy and financially stable", no fast car though, as he prefers motorbikes. He
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