Gareth was keen to offer classes to students wishing to
school life. To this end she instigated and ran the Tuesday
prepare for the Chemistry Olympiad and the Cambridge L6
lunchtime prayer group, set up the Box Office organising tickets
Challenge. One student he tutored was placed in the top 4% in
for Physics Lectures and other events at the school, joined the
the UK.
Choral Society and took part in Verdi's Requiem and the Messiah
Gareth had a keen interest in IT and has and he significantly enhanced the department's site on i-Fawkes. His own pages contained well over 200 files of videos, animations and explanations of various chemical theories.
and acted in the School Panto in which she played a fabulous cat. Whilst not at school Charlotte could be found in her garden which she loved. Charlotte left the school to take up a new challenge and is
His self-declared legacy to the department was to leave us with all of our videos converted to video files and catalogued in our own teaching department area.
now working in The Human Resources Department of York Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as an Events Administrator In short Charlotte was always willing to join in, was great fun
I would say that more importantly he left us with students who shared his love of the subject and who have a better understanding as a result of his unlimited teaching time.
and will be missed. Lucy Carter
Gareth was a tutor in Linton House where he made a tremendous contribution to pastoral care from the moment he arrived in the House. He maintained a tight ship when on duty, but the boys found him very approachable due to his good sense of humour and he could often be found late at night discussing rugby strategy!
Erica Town Erica Peter's
joined as
St our
Marketing Director in 2006 after a business
Gareth coached the U15 rugby team for two years. He had a
and marketing career
no-nonsense, hardworking philosophy to coaching and expected
in the food business.
the highest standards of commitment
She read languages at
towards training and
playing.
Reading University and
In his first year his team reached the last 32 in the Daily Mail Cup, narrowly losing to St Ambrose. In his second year he organised a successful tour to Oxford and his team only lost three matches in the season. The team again reached the last 32 in the Daily Mail Cup, this time losing to the eventual winners of the
worked
large
Cadbury, Nestle and Young's Seafood. As a continuous learner by nature
competition.
for
organisations including
(Erica
completed a General Certificate in Horticulture and an A-level in Sadly Gareth's family didn't settle to life in York and he left St
Spanish in her spare time), moving into education marketing
Peter's at the end of the 2011 Christmas term to teach back at
seemed an obvious next step, but not doing a 120 mile round trip
Abingdon School. With his family living in Leamington Spa Gareth
commute from York to Young's Seafood every day was also very
was hoping that he would soon find a position in a school much
appealing. Erica has always seen everything in life as a learning
nearer to home so that he could live with his family from Monday
experience and she felt she learnt a great deal in her 5 years at the
to Friday. Fortunately Gareth has found such a post and he is now
school, and not just about the vagaries of marketing an
Head of Chemistry at Warwick School.
independent school. When asked to be more specific she said she learnt how important inspired leadership is, how 'full on' life in a
P. Northfield
boarding school is, what pastoral care really means, how dedicated staff are to the development of their pupils - Erica can now be
Charlotte Cranfield
heard defending teachers and school holidays vigorously at dinner parties! Her time at St Peter's inspired her to take her next learning step - into teaching - combining her love of travel and all
Charlotte arrived at St Peter's in January 2008. She was a very valued member of our team of secretaries and receptionists.
as
a
receptionist Charlotte was keen to be involved in many other areas of
The Peterite 2011-2012
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to the Physics department for their valiant efforts to help her understand the wonderful world of physics - she is still trying and regularly podcasts The Infinite Monkey Cage'. Erica was a pleasure and great fun to work with, never without her A4 folio in case she needed to scribble something down, always travelling or talking at full speed, and leading by example by cycling to school no matter
In addition to her responsibilities
things foreign with English language teaching. She is also indebted
what the weather. I am personally very envious of the progress she has made over the last 5 years into serious off-piste skiing and the time she now has to devote to it. A. Falconer
