House Reports

Mr.Richard Francis

I have often been told that the best way to judge a man is by his shoes. As I look down at Mr. Francis' new looking but well-worn trainers, I conclude that this is true. Both in school and out his main activities, in his own words, "tend to be very sport related". Mr. Francis coaches a rich selection of sports in both St. Olave's and St Peter's. His previous position was at Liverpool College and here as there his passion is "obviously Rugby", which he played to semi professional level in London. Through rugby Mr. Francis has been quite fortunate really in that he has toured Australia, Ireland, South Africa, Portugal and Spain. Having seen these places he would also like to get rugby "up and running", quite literally, in third world countries, which he says would be "a good experience to give back". When asked about St Peter's, Mr. Francis says that there is a "rich extracurricular side to the school" this being the thing he values most about it, as well as the friendly and supporting staff.

Mr. Francis states that his best experience here so far was winning a rugby game against Mount St. Mary's on a freezing cold day when he says, "everyone gave 100%; we didn't just beat them; we hammered them".

But the best experience of his life was the birth of his baby. Mr. Francis says he loves spending time at home with his family.

Although he doesn't play any instruments he would love to learn the piano and says he looks forward to "a good sing-song" on the forthcoming tour to Australia, which he insists, he is really looking forward to. Well, I hope you will join me in wishing him the best of luck with controlling the boys on this holiday (!) and with his own future.

Sally McLaren LVI

Mrs. Shazma White

Mrs. White joined the Business Studies and Economics departments in September 2003 having left her previous teaching position at a grammar school in Slough. When asked why she is at St Peter's she replies modestly that it was just luck that she was accepted, and she feels very privileged to work here as York is such a beautiful city, and St Peter's is a prestigious and traditional school. She is very much struck by how traditional the school actually is, and admires the way customs such as the monitor's gowns and the formal nature of chapel and assembly have been adhered to.

As a part-time member of staff who teaches the upper school only, Mrs White may not be a familiar face to all pupils, but this has meant she has more time to indulge in her other interests such as walking and reading.

Having read 'Third World Studies and Development' at university Mrs. White brings an interesting new angle to the school's professional repertoire as she is the only teacher with this particular qualification.

Mrs. White's states that her best experience at St. Peter's so far was her involvement with the 'Ogden Trust', and when asked about her most humorous moment she recalls with delight the harmonious voices of Jacob Smith and Benjamin Hough singing along to refrains of Elton John, - don't give up the day jobs boys!

At the end of her initial year it can be said that Mrs. White has settled well into the St Peter's community and is popular with her pupils.

Alice Lindley LVI

Mrs. Jackie Pyrah

Before coming to St Peter's as the new Marketing Manager Mrs. Jackie Pyrah, amongst other things, managed her own web company. She lists amongst her most interesting jobs promoting consumer products using Formula One sponsorship and Scuba Diving as one of her favourite hobbies. With such a background Mrs. Pyrah seems well equipped to deal with, and is clearly looking forward to, the challenges ahead at St Peter's. These she sees as many and varied just like the pupils of whom she states " are all individual with different stories. It is this that makes my job so diverse". When asked what she likes best about the school so far Mrs Pyrah replied "the food, the people and the site". She didn't say in what order!

Penny Boxall / Chloe Johnson LVI

Mrs. Jacque Marriott

Mrs. Marriott, the wife of our new Deputy Headmaster, was appointed to the position of Foundation Manager in the Spring of this year. Her first impressions of the school and the locality are very favourable and she especially likes the pupils, of whom she states, "make the school what it is".

Previously, at Button Valence School Mrs. Marriott worked as a Boarding Housemaster's wife and also at a nursery. The busy life that she led there has continued as she manages to juggle her duties at St Peter's with studying for a degree, training to be a teacher, being a mother and supporting her husband in his role as Deputy Headmaster. When and if she has any time to herself, she enjoys floristry, which is one of her hobbies. Mrs. Marriott sees her ideal job in the future to be a Head of a pre-prep school.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Marriott sees her main priority regarding her position here to create and promote opportunities for investment in the school's future.

Penny Boxall / Chloe Johnson LVl

Helen Briggs.

Helen Briggs, may not yet be that well known to those not in the CCF or who seldom visit the beautiful building, that is St Peter's Library.

It is palpable, however, that this may change: Miss Briggs came to St. Peter's, in September, bringing with her a new perspective regarding the use of the library. She feels that the importance of being able to use a Library efficiently is invaluable.

"This is a particularly essential skill", she remarks, in a school where the vast majority of pupils will go on to further education: where research plays a key role in many courses.

Born in Dewsbury and growing up in Gomersal, near Leeds, Miss Briggs attended a Moravian school - Fulneck, then strictly for girls only. She recounts there being barbwire and ditches separating the girls' from the neighbouring boys' school. After university she became a journalist for the Dewsbury Reporter Croup, and four years later moved on to her first position as a Librarian at Heckmondwike Grammar School. She then decided to take a year out travelling to Dubai to work again as a school Librarian and then to a job in Switzerland, where it was compulsory that the whole school went skiing every Friday.

Now at St. Peter's, nine and a half years after leaving university, she is clearly impressed, describing the school as "a nice atmosphere' to work in and quite different to any of the schools I have worked in before: the pupils are well behaved, polite and courteous, showing a good sense of maturity", yet she was quick to add "in general".

Formerly in charge of The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Heckmondwike, she offers St. Peter's a hand in the CCF, which she describes as interesting. Her help in the R.A.F. section has been of great value and the female members of the force would not be able to participate with out her supervision.

Georgina Duke LVl

Miss Jo Cant

As a Christian who attends St. Michael's Church Miss. Cant is a lively and charismatic person much like the style of worship held there. Having lived in thirteen places throughout England and Scotland as well as in Malawi, she now calls York and Dronfield her home.

It seemed, when talking to Miss Cant that the most significant time in her life so far was in during her experience in Malawi, whilst working in the education division there. Her eyes lit up when she spoke about the way her time there had challenged her views on life to the core. She describes the education system in Malawi as corrupt and her difficulties in helping those African teachers trying to cope with it were hampered by the language barrier.

Therefore, after such an experience, she was not fazed when joining the exclusively male Biology department last September. However, there was no cause for worry as the Biology team are all 'sensitive, wonderful, helpful and caring people', Mr Monteith declared solemnly. Following the award of a degree in Biology from Durham University Miss Cant She has worked at Bishop Stortford School and Oakland's School in York. Presently, Miss Cant enjoys the environment at St. Peter's. She is especially impressed with the way she sees that people are encouraged in what they do and are working for what they want out of life. Such impressions lead to her decision on the word she thinks sums up St. Peter's: Determined.

Her positive attitude has also been much a part of the Girl's Boarding house, Dronfield, where she works two nights a week and every 3rd Sunday, living in the flat next door. The bad thing about it, she expresses, is that she can't ever be completely detached from her work, but this is all balanced out by the luxury that is staying in bed really late!

She trustingly told me that her biggest fear is of being ordinary: however, there is no fear of this, for if you have ever met Miss Cant, her amazing laugh alone is enough to convince you otherwise! Welcome to St. Peter's.

Ceorgina Duke LVl

C l i f t on

Perspective was added to our lives this year by the death of Mr Peter Taylor. Tributes will be found elsewhere in this edition of the Peterite, but, on behalf of Clifton House and my predecessor, Mrs Wike, I would like to record Peter's five years as Assistant Housemaster.

Christmas Term

At the start of this year I codified a new House ethos, though in effect it actually represents the values that this School and House have always promoted: the idea that individuals develop best collectively. I am delighted that this has been another year of success by individual members of the House in all aspects of School life and that this community continues to grow together.

We may not yet have had the sporting success as a House that our talented individuals merit and it is a shame that this is the main measure of success. Head of House Henry Scott together with Claire Taylor and Hannah Lloyd have done a splendid job of cajoling the less talented into participating in House sports. The senior Rugby even required some recruits from Queen's House - "Quifton" - though we were beaten by two excellent teams. Henry and Peter Slower represented the First and Second Fifteens this year and best wishes go to Peter for this summer's tour of Australia. The junior Sevens were more successful. An outstanding last-minute tackle from Harry Hustler won the semifinal for us, though we did run out of steam in the final, losing to an excellent Temple side. We had no shortage of forwards and no backs at all which probably cost us the game. James Rounding, Matthew Hall, William Holmes and Harry were all regulars in the U15 A XV and Nick Jennings was a B team star. Dominic Hanly - our Neil Back and Will Ashman represented the very successful U14 A XV and Edward Diggory, Callum Stark, Tom Lightwing and Nick Howard played for the Bs.

Claire Taylor captained the First XI Hockey this year but despite support from Lara Turner, Hannah Lloyd and the everpresent Schmichael of Clifton, Helen Ashman, we finished fifth in the inter-house tournament. Statistics are misleading; we conceded only one goal (to Queen's who finished seventh!) but unfortunately drew four games 0-0. For a Burnley fan this did not make unusual viewing! Again the future of the House is bright. Jessica Walker was part of the U14 side which got through to the North finals of the national schools knockout competition. Interhouse Cross-country is the day that the girls look forward to the most - you can tell this from our finishes of sixth in the seniors and fifth in the juniors. Having written that, there were some excellent individual efforts. Hopes always ride on Helen Buss in the junior event and she finished a creditable eleventh. In the seniors Claire came nineteenth and Hannah twenty-third. Every girl ran. The junior boys fared slightly better with Ed McKenzie a creditable tenth and Harry, Nick and Will all in the top twenty. The seniors performed like a Beckham penalty with the obvious exception of Alex Nicholson who finished a superb third. Alex truly epitomises our House spirit and continues to excel with his rowing.

The House trophy room was not bare however. It is now a tradition that Clifton wins the Great Egg Race. John Lewis led the practical bunch of Henry, Peter, Chris Wordie, George Diggory and Alice Jacobs in the successful attempt to build their spaghetti tower. Unfortunately, there was no more silverware to follow.

We are also a House that takes its community service very seriously. A Grove/Clifton joint venture helped raise over £100 for Mountain Rescue at an attic sale. Good luck to Alex Nicholson as he starts his six hundred miles Scottish trek in aid of York Against Cancer. Alex Howard, Tom Hubbard and Helen Round were committed to the Community Service Group throughout the year. In the summer term, a number of pupils ran the Beverley 10k, and Peter's Walk did see the School and House at their best.

We have been referred to as "The Musical House" which is probably not a reference to my singing ability. This year we had almost more choristers than non-choristers and so much talent on various instruments. Tom Wright impressed again in this year's Battle of the Bands and found fame in the Yorkshire Evening Press. It seems fitting to end the music section of this report with Alex Woodrow who leaves us on an Organ Scholarship to Cambridge,

the first such award to a Peterite in twenty-five years. Pupils with Alex's talent are so rare and we will follow his career with great interest. Alex's playing and the Clifton choristers' singing will have a special part in my memory after their efforts on December 27th last year!

Cliftonites always get involved in the School plays. Hannah, Claire, Nazeeha, Laura and Victoria Rounding all enjoyed, perhaps too much, their performances in The Threepenny Opera, reports on which are found elsewhere. Later in the year Matthew Hall starred very convincingly as the ferociously aggressive Roy in Two with Helena Wike on costumes and Tim Dennis on lighting.

Easter Term

The second term brought more sporting action and individual success in the Girls' Swimming gala. Rebecca Jacobs won the senior one length backstroke, Jessica won the junior one length breaststroke and Hannah the senior two lengths breaststroke. Overall the girls came a very creditable third. Their netball competition was hotly contested and with stars like Claire and Vicky we gained retribution for last year's final in beating The Grove. That we lost 11-1 to School and eventually finished fourth mattered little having beaten the old enemy! The juniors applied themselves very well in drawing with School and beating Temple but unfortunately did not make the semis. The junior Hockey boys must have felt they had a decent chance with Harry Hustler and Ed MacKenzie being two of the outstanding players in their respective year groups. Maybe next year! Ian Francis and Henry Scott continued their impressive hockey careers, though the seniors competition had to be postponed following an injury.

Summer Term

Henry Scott opened the bowling for the First XI this year and took many valuable wickets. Ian Francis, Tim Heaps and Nick Mannion were star performers in the seconds. Due to exams there is not enough time for a senior cricket competition. Before the weather deteriorated after half-term, we did fit in the junior competition, though given our disastrous batting and running between the wickets, the less said the better! Harry Hustler took many wickets for the U15 As and learned to control the ball as the season progressed. Matthew Hall, James Rounding and Tim Dennis also played. Tim should be thanked for the amount of scoring he has done this year. He should also be congratulated for his continued fencing success outside School. He represented Yorkshire at LJ16 level and ranks in the top thirty sabreurs in that age group. Dominic Hanly, Ed Diggory, Ed MacKenzie, Matthew Ford ("safe hands") and Callum Stark all represented the U14Bs. The Junior Boys also had a chance to impress in a five-a-side football competition. Despite some superb goals from Will Holmes, assured defending from Nick Howard and silky skill from Ed MacKenzie, we failed to make the semi-finals. The games were all close but we co into goals.

Sports Day brought no House trophy but there certainly were some individual performances to mention, especially in the field events. Yet again Robyn Webster won the Shot Putt, Helen Buss beat all her rivals in the Javelin and Jessica Walker won the Discus. Tom Lightwing was the only male winner but he did it in some style, winning all three of his events - the Javelin, Long-jump and the glamorous 100 metres sprint. Tom went on to represent North Yorkshire at the National Schools event in the long-jump, as well as taking part in pentathlon events. Well done!

The Girls Tennis saw us matched with a strong Dronfield team and we came unstuck despite determined efforts from Claire, Helen Round, Hannah, Laura Lewis, Vicky Rounding and Rebecca Jacobs. Rowing certainly took off this year with Angelina Warburton, Helena Wike and Will Holmes joining Rory Stark, Robyn Webster and Alex amongst the elite. The junior Rounders team were well led by fourth year stalwarts Catriona Rajan, Ruth Kirkman, Helen Buss and Esme Telfer and certainly improved on last year's position with draws against Temple and Dronfield. Catriona must be congratulated on representing the As and Helen and Ruth the Bs. Peter Slower was the star Tennis player this year, representing the first VI throughout the season. He partnered Alex Howard in the House competition and they did win a couple of matches but ultimately lost out to Linton.

Prize giving reflected the academic progress and musical talent shown by Cliftonites this year. Dominic Hanly and Alex Wordie won Third year prizes for academic merit, Vinnie Guadagnino won the German Prize, Jonathan Forsyth the Maths Project Prize and Hannah Lloyd the Latin Prize. Angelina Warburton won a Music Prize, the Composition Prize was won by Tom Wright and Alex Woodrow was awarded both the Music and Wind and Brass Prizes.

Hannah Lloyd and Claire Taylor have been excellent School Monitors and examples to the younger pupils. They have a great understanding of what this School is all about and we will miss them. I was delighted to award Claire the Keith Pemberton Plate for contribution to House life; she has excelled in so many areas. Henry Scott has proved to be a fine Head of House and I hope that he has enjoyed the experience. He showed great character and personality - a totally loyal servant. I am sure that he would want to wish Helen Round every success in this position next year. I would like to wish all our leavers, including Chris Spencer who moves to the Sixth Form College, well and luck with their future careers. They should remember that, in Peter Ustinov's words, School is but a mere platform from which they are projected into the stratosphere of life!

Dronfield

The year 2003 - 2004 started with one very significant absence: a third form! This is a hole that we will continue to live with (and rue) for four more . Nevertheless with a new occupant in the first floor flat and five new members to the Lower Sixth there was plenty of interest.

Not least among our new sixth from was Tina Stiller: a highly accomplished rower, surely destined for a Great Britain vest. Not without considerable commitment and determination, however: long, tiring hours of travel and training and the company of Mr E-D in the pursuit of excellence, and there have been at least as many lows as highs...there is a message in all this.

Sally joined us from Darlington, Rachel from Hong Kong, Gabby from Windermere and Jennie from Pocklington. Each plays an important role in the family of the boarding house. If you would like to see one example, log on to http://dronhouse.cjb.net to see what Gabby has produced.

Kathryn started selling homemade cakes and biscuits to raise funds for her trip to Venezuela: there has been an infectious excitement on Monday mornings to discover what she has been baking over the weekend! Innovation and inspiration have helped Emma in raising funds for her trip to Morocco: cooking and craft theme days in the holidays have been a big hit with younger children.

Another innovation this year came from the chaplain: each House was to be responsible for one chapel service during the year. Dronfield presented the theme of family community and mutual respect in a boarding house: it was a convincing performance, enhanced by Peggy's brave piano accompaniment to "Consider Yourself."

Further innovation came in the shape of a landscaping challenge for the fifth form boarders after the end of their exams. Harriet, Yayra, RJ and Kate all rolled their sleeves up and took up the tasks of planning and then scrubbing, painting, planting, digging and shifting tons of soil in what turned out to be a very successful venture at The Glen.

But there is simply not enough scope for everyone to be innovative, and we cannot forget the gallant efforts of other people in the House, whose roles have also been exceptionally valuable and no less valued.

Holly Hughes showed selfless determination as she ran the 1500m. Korinna made a significant role simply by being here: a 15-year-old German girl left to board in an English school. How many English girls could cope with being left in Germany? Korinna got on with it, attended the lessons and even learnt how to play rounders. She, along with Laura, Frankie, Fliss, Emma, Holly, Harriet and RJ played in the inter-house rounders competition.

Once again Dronfield was host to the South African Exchange Student. We had enjoyed and admired the sensitivity and eloquence of Lindiwe Kwatscha last year, and this year we hosted Sam Dormehl who was quite a different character: no less eloquent and a very positive individual. We will long remember

her motto: 'smile, smile, smile'. Sam helped us out in the hockey where we finished fourth, but the afternoon was made all the more significant with the unveiling of the new house shirt.

Catherine, Lorna, Kate, Yayra, Cabby, Ail-ne'e, Vivian and Kris joined forces to finish third in the senior netball. At sports day Catherine broke the school 200m record and Cabby finished first in the javelin. Amanda, Kris, Lorna and Catherine brought the inter-house badminton trophy back home in convincing style. Sadly, late-comer Frankie, along with Amanda, Kris, Catherine, Aime'e and Marie were losing finalists in the tennis competition.

Fliss has really enjoyed the new drama option and played a very convincing role in "Two" as the landlady. Emma was also involved in Dreamers. Holly, Aim£e and Marie were no less convincing in "The Threepenny Opera"!

I mentioned the new occupant of the first floor flat at the start of this report. Jo Cant was with us for this year only and moves drawn by her wanderlust. Her contribution to the house and the support she offered to her tutees have been valued. We wish her well in Hong Kong. Mrs Hall moves to School House as Housemistress. We know that she will make a great success of this and will miss her in Dronfield.

Amanda Holmes U VI

Thanks go to our other leavers: Catherine, Kate, Lorna, Emma are all transferring to day houses next term. We wish them well and look forward to watching their continuing development. The Upper Sixth, Vivian, Amanda, Marie, Aime'e, Kris and Rosemary move on to the next stage of their careers at university or on gap years. We thank them for their contribution, humour and guidance and look forward to learning of their future successes. Kris has certainly been a popular Head of House this year and we wish Jennie well in the role next year.

Thanks go finally to Mr Shread and Mrs Houghton for their guidance as tutors, and to Mrs Grant for her untiring support of the girls, very often when they are at their very lowest.

Following the success of his book and film "Touching the Void", Joe Simpson wrote this as an afterthought in July 2003: life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in? I'll never know.' Food for thought, indeed.

The Grove

Elisabeth Ellis (EE)

It is the last week of term as I sit writing this report. Exams are over and The Grove has an air of relief and anticipation as the long summer lies invitingly in front of us....and no wonder, as it has been an exceedingly busy year with all manner of activities. However for some the summer is going to be equally action-packed. David Cook is sculling from Edinburgh to Glasgow to raise money for his 2005 Venezuela trip. Giles Buchanan is preparing for a 650mile trek across Scotland in aid of York Against Cancer. Simon Webster is off to experience life in South Africa at Selborne College, and various others are going on the school music tour, the World challenge tour of Morocco and the Rugby tour to Australia. These all say much for Grovites' 'get up and go attitude' that has been much in evidence throughout the year. This is just a brief taste of some of the activities that have been taking place.

The Grove has been well represented in this year's round of musical and dramatic events. The 'Three Penny Opera' saw our usual drama suspects out in force. Ran Harrison, Sarah Crompton, Pipp Saul-Harrah and Sophie Ottewell all took on large roles and were impressive in their dedication and musical range. Sarah Crompton has also branched out into the field of directing, organising the middle school play, in which Richard Kirsch also took part. P a r t i c u l a r l y noteworthy in the summer concert, Pipp Saul Harrah played Weber's Andante and Rondo for viola with poise and feeling, and has also been leader of the orchestra this year.

The initial reception of the news in February that we were to do house chapel was met with varying degrees of enthusiasm. However Grove members from every year soon got into the Valentine spirit. Matthew Naughton's rendition of Enrique Iglesias' 'Hero' as David Cook and Pippa Bailey (dressed as Cupid and a fairy) wafted around delivering love hearts was a real highlight! Matthew Naughton accompanied by Matthew Gray on the piano also sang Tears for Fears' 'Mad World' in the Cabaret Concert with style.

It would be fair to say that the girls have led the way in sport this year. Lara Gibbs has gone from strength to strength with her running, culminating her school career by smashing the 1500 m school record by 10 seconds. Alex Kaars Sijesteijn (also school tennis captain,) led us to victory in the girls' tennis, with a special mention for Hannah Wilson who did well to play senior girls in the

final. Sophie Cuthbertson won the Victrix Ludorum and the Sprint Cup at sports day, having won the junior long jump, 100m, 300m and leading the relay team to a record-breaking victory. The girls also won the junior house netball and were second in the house hockey. The Grove took the girls' inter-house cup at sports day, and (shared with School House) the Cambridge cup for sport over the whole year. The new III boys also made their mark on the sports field, with keen performances in the interhouse rugby, and at sports day, Oliver Hawking deserves praise for coming first in 1500 m and both Tom Downey and Emraz Zaman finished in the top four in three different events. The junior boys have keenly set about competing in 5-aside football, reaching the semi finals in the summer term. Joe Parkes ran well in the inter house cross country (9th of 116), and along with six other members of the house ran the Beverley 10km run.

The house raised £1642 in sponsorship for the Peterswalk, with Emma Hartley raising an incredible £200 by herself. It has been really good to see various members of the Grove throwing themselves into Community service projects. The Grove/Clifton Attic Sale stall in September raised £138 for Patterdale Mountain Rescue, with thanks going to Tom Downey, All Sargeant, Ian Watkinson, John Ramsden and Pip Bailey for organising and selling items on the day. The fourth form girls have been helping with recycling as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, and organised the St Olave's disco. Charlie Simpson has made her mark helping a tenant at the Wilberforce Trust, and many others have also joined in other projects throughout the year, which is something I wholeheartedly encourage others to continue in the future.

As the term draws to an end it is time to say goodbye to our leavers, Kate Showan and Myles Fell in V Form and all the Upper VI, who have really led by example this year and have helped to make the Grove into a warm and friendly environment. I must thank Tom Downey for carrying out his duties as head of house in a cheerful and approachable fashion, and we have also been blessed with two other monitors, Nathan Howard and Sam Ford, and Lara Gibbs as head girl, in our midst. I shall miss the Upper Vl's wit and enthusiasm as they leave to start new adventures. Wherever they are going we wish them every success. To mention just a few, Alex Kaars Sijpesteijn has won a hotly contested place to read history next year at Cambridge. Ian Dawson has plans for a gap year commission with the army before reading medicine, Lara will also read medicine, and Ian Watkinson is off to work in a school in Canada. We also wish Mrs Hopkinson a long and happy retirement, and thank her for her care and wisdom as a Grove tutor for many years. Next year Mick Morris and Sophie Ottewell will be the new Heads of House, and we look forward to another year of thrills and spills in 2004-5!

Sophie Ottewell L VI

Elizabeth Ellis

Linton

Together Everyone Achieves More. This is a well-known adage in Linton, but one that I think applies very aptly to life in Linton this year. In particular, the Upper Sixth have worked together to engender a fine house spirit and have set an outstanding example for the younger members of the House.

The summer holiday was a period of intense activity in the house, during which a team of tradesmen worked hard to carry out a variety of refurbishment, in preparation for the boys' return in September. We welcomed two new pupils into the Fourth form, four into the Lower Sixth, and six into the Third form, giving a total of 44 boys in the House. It certainly did not take long for the new third form to establish themselves as a very lively and spirited year group. The Sixth form returned rejuvenated after the Exam and Results frenzy in July and August. Our top performers at GCSE were Roland Leung and Dominic Jameson with seven A* grades each; Paul Rushton and Tom Woolsey achieved four A grades at AS level - a considerable achievement! Very soon the house transformed from the relative tranquillity of the holidays into a hive of activity - social, sporting, and even some musical and academic!

The Christmas term proved to be a very busy and challenging term where much hard work and commitment was shown, and where much was achieved. 28 boys from Linton regularly represented the School at rugby, including Tom Woolsey (captain of the 1st XV), Jeremy Thomas (captain of the U16 XV) and Tom Lloyd (captain of the U15 XV). In addition, James Marsden and Tom Woolsey played for Yorkshire at Under 18 level. Rowing was also strongly represented in the House, with a fine example being set by Andrew Black and Joe Clarke, who began training at 6:30 a.m. throughout most of the year. Andrew also (somehow) found time to be Sargeant Major in CCF, and James Bennett, James Ash and Miles Baker also held senior ranks. It was good to see that we were able to hold our own in intellectual pursuits as exemplified by our second place in the Great Egg Race bridge building contest, under the leadership of James Ash and Matthew Ward. In their spare time, many boys helped with a wide variety of community service projects. The competitive spirit within Linton was the catalyst for our excellent performance in other Inter-house competitions, including 3rd place in the Cross Country (Tom Woolsey finished 4th/140 in the senior event; Charlie NeateandTom Lloyd finished 4th and 5th / 120 respectively in the junior event).The senior boys (Tom Woolsey, Miles Baker, James Ash, James Bennett, Paul Rushton, Russell Spence, James Marsden, Jason Burton, Simon Baker and Jeremy Thomas) lost in the dying seconds of the final of the Inter-house VIIs competition against Temple. The Carol Service and House Dinner brought this hectic term to a close, and both events were enjoyed greatly by all in attendance.

There were two welcome additions to the House at the beginning of the Easter Term: Alex Shaw joined the third form and baby Abigail was born on the 21st of December. Whilst preparation for the impending GCSE, AS and A2 exams had a large impact on the Easter and summer term's activities, there was still opportunity for the House to excel. A multitude of boys represented the School in rowing, hockey, tennis and cricket, including Tom Woolsey, who became the leading wicket taker

at St Peter's. Highlights in inter-house events included reaching the final of the junior hockey competition, which they lost narrowly against Temple. The junior boys (Tom Lloyd, Will Bickfordsmith, Dominic Ketteringham, Callum Coffin, Charlie Neate, Josh Dobbins and Tommy Tarn) won the inter-house soccer league, but lost in an enthralling play-off final against Queens. The House has also been very successful at tennis, winning both the team (Sam Farquharson) and individual (Josh Tindell) competitions. Many boys also represented the School at a variety of national events including the Rosslyn Park Rugby Vlls competition (Jeremy Thomas, Simon Baker, Paul Middleton Walker, Sam Farquharson, James Marsden and Tom Woolsey) and Henley Royal Regatta (Andrew Black and Joe Clarke). At Sports Day, Linton finished in the first 4 in 23 out of the 35 events, including second places in all three relays, and individual wins for Tom Lloyd (javelin) and Jason Burton (400m).

Rest assured that Linton is not devoid of musical and artistic talent this year. On the contrary, middle school boys from Linton were active members of the School choir (Nick Hall, Daniel Bailey, Alex Shaw, Tom Lloyd) and various instrumental groups (Paul Middleton Walker, Archie Dallas) throughout the year. Stephen Blackman appeared in The Threepenny Opera, as well as along with Archie Dallas,Tom Lloyd, Dominic Ketteringham and Josh Dobbins, in the middle school plays,Two and Bed. Miles Baker compered the T2004 and the unique performance by Alex Mullings and Matthew Ward will be remembered for a long time to come. Just to prove that the boys in Linton made time for their academic work throughout this year of busy endeavour, prizes were awarded at Commemoration to Matthew Thomas-Peter, Jeremy Thomas, Paul Rushton, Joe Clarke and Russell Spence.

The teamwork shown by the Lintonites has also benefited the local community: Over £1000 was raised for the Peter's Walk within the House, and the fifth form boarders worked for a week after their exams to design and create a garden in the grounds of a Care Home for the physically disabled, near to School.

Miles Baker U VI

It would be nigh on impossible to catalogue all that has gone on in a House as busy as Linton, but I hope that this gives a flavour of the action-packed year we have had. This level of achievement and participation has required much commitment and teamwork from both pupils and staff. I am indebted to the tutors for all their hard work and support, and I wish Mr Cwilliam and Mr Murray every success in their new positions. A special mention must go to Hugo Battersby, who has been a tremendous Assistant Housemaster for the last two years. James Bennett has also been a splendid Head of House. I pay tribute to all the Upper Sixth: they have achieved a lot in their time at St. Peter's in Linton, displaying much fun, loyalty and comradeship. It is up to the current and future Lintonites to try to give to Linton and the School as much as the current Upper Sixth form has. I sincerely hope they will rise to this challenge.

Having read this report, I hope you will agree with me that in Linton this year, by working Together, Everyone Achieved More.

M.A. Monteith

The Manor

As we come to the end of a very packed year it is easy to forget just how much has been packed into the last ten months. In September we welcomed six new third years and two new L6th into the house. Our new entrants included a convert from Clifton, Will Butler, whose free transfer was very much to our benefit, as he very soon became an established member of the boarding community. His own sporting achievements included 1st XV rugby, Yorkshire U18 A XV, 1st XI hockey and 2nd XI cricket. Yang Sha came to us with apparently little English but very soon was heard to lapse into the vernacular with his "Tourettes" type outburst over Stats. Our new third years distinguished themselves by managing to enter all events at both swimming and sports day. From Chris Brewers outstanding swimming to Jack Sykes efforts on sports day each of them could be proud of their commitment. Fergus Keatinge bagged the great Egg Race but again our performance came to a sticky end. In addition to his efforts in both A team rugby and cricket Harry Caley also proved a very effective member of the now formal house council. It was good to see Eddie Sinks make the move up to the U14 cricket squad and thence into our house team, to go alongside his efforts in the house rugby. However if two events are to really stick out this year for our newcomers it would be Chris winning the York U14Tennis Cup and Charlie Knockton's outstanding performance in the talent show. With the option to join the Rowing club being made available to the fourth year it was great to see Richard Swan, Chris Hopkinson and Ben Les grab this opportunity with both hands and make a real success of it. The same can be said of Kris Rawcliffe with his Hockey and Tennis and David Gardner, Adam Hinchcliffe and Andy Lum with their Rugby and Cricket, including the staff XI. Ben (Mackem) Schonewald and Mark Baker also went on to make tremendous performances in junior Drama. The two Ben's, Kris, Andy, Fergus and James Beadnall all played with tremendous commitment in the newly re-formed junior inter-house football and were unfortunate to go out in the semifinals on penalties. The consolation was that Ben Les was awarded the player of the tournament award. It was especially good to see James back playing football and tennis again following his skiing injury. The fifth year even found time for work amongst the rowing, music, rugby, hockey and cricket. It was good to see the success of Tom Binns, Richard Lum, Henry Law and Richard Towers on the river and to see further success fof Richard Lum, lain Jarvis, Matthew^

wish Richard good luck for the summer tour to Australia. Iain also excelled for the U16 hockey and was selected for the 1st XI cricket. Pete Puxon captained the 1st XI hockey with distinction and was supported in his role by our own bearded James Rowlands. Ben Russell trained hard to gain selection for the senior tennis squad.

Tennis also provided the main summer sport for James Barber and Tommy Tse, who played regularly for the second team. Other second team regulars included Carl Burton and Tommy for rugby and Joe Tang for hockey, who also took a major role in the historic victory over Ampleforth at Fencing. Carl also went on to do very well in athletics winning the high jump and 1500m on sports day and coming third in the 1500 in the HMC championships at Gateshead. He also shared the Tooby Cup at the Beverly 10 K. This was an event well represented in the house with nearly a third the boys taking part. Jamie Knox provided our main oarsman in ».the lower s i x t h hoping to follow Ben Noble and Luke Wheeler down to Henley next year. Both these very strong academics devoted huge amounts of time to rowing, from 6.30 am training, to many regattas. They are testament to the ethos of the community and deserve success in both areas. This is certainly true of Ben in his music where he has been outstanding. He alongside Nick Devlin and Pete Townson have led our cultural contributions from a great re-run of "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat" in a real "house chapel" service, to their performance of "The Pearl Fishers" at the very end of the year. Pete also ran the excellent Talent show which gave many others their chance of glory! It has been good to see the acting side of the house continuing with significant performances in "The Threpenny Opera", "Two" and "Bed". Special mentions to Richard Thomas and Pete Townson for their awards of Drama prizes for this year. The introduction of the new Drama CCSE and A/S proved very popular in the house as did the new PE A/S, with Will and Carl taking over the organisation of house sporting activities next year. Marcus Keatinge has also agreed to continue his excellent work running the house council. As we come to the end we remember the huge commitments to our community from the U6th, from our Head boy and 1st XV stalwart Tobias Burckhardt, to Peter "the weasel" Puxon the man of the moment with three sixes in three balls to secure a tie in the 1st XI match with Leeds. Who will ever forget Nicks attempts to enter the house via the flat roof! Clarky happily avoiding the stress that affected all others, Pete's "record breaking" culinary performances and Tommy and Nelson's fantastic cooking for the whole house. I cannot end without highlighting Steve Davis's courage throughout his CCSE and A/S years, he was an inspiration. However for me it has been the way that this group of young men have changed the boarding experience for the rest of the house that has been most significant. Instrumental in this has been the attitude to mentoring and peer group support and I thank them all for this especially Peter who has been a tremendous Head of House. My thanks also go to my assistants whose efforts have been huge both in house and in school. Special mention to Dave Hughes on leaving after ten years as tutor in the house. I cannot thank him enough for his support over the'

Tommy Tse L VI

Queens

The Autumn Term started with great excitement when in September we had a party to mark the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Queen's House. We had a wonderful celebration with fun and games in house and a lovely cake provided by the school catering staff, as well as hosting a reception for former members of Queen's. The Sixth Form organised tours around the school, Adam Lucas came up with an inventive quiz and all year groups put on displays in the common rooms and corridors. The limited edition colours badges went down extremely well with pupils and visitors and we had a really lively chapel service to mark the event.

The House spirit has prevailed throughout the year on the sports field - we may not always manage to win, but we throw ourselves into the participation, regardless of the outcome. Not many trophies have come our way this year, although many individuals have done their best to put Queen's at the top of the list. Chris Cronin, Jonathan Butterworth, Eilish Hannah and Katie Mellor did very well in the Inter-House Cross-Country, and our girls' badminton and junior netball teams got to the final rounds.

The rounders and cricket competitions saw our teams giving the others a very good run for their money and only narrowly missing the finals. The Athletics Sports Day brought out some strong individual performances; congratulations to Alex Rich, Katie Mellor, Duncan Watt, James Wackett, Ben Reeves and Tim Johnson for winning their events. The junior boys did end the year on a high, carrying off the five-a-sde football trophy.

Nearly half the house has been involved in musical and drama events over the year, ranging from the beautiful setting of evensong at Durham Cathedral to the somewhat less formal renditions on stage in the talent show. Jacob Smith and Sarah Hayward were really impressive in the Threepenny Opera and Rachael Saxon's dry wit came through splendidly in her tete a tete performances at the Christmas Concert. Emily Dodd, Megan Hall

Queen's pupils keep busy in every area of school life, often working behind the scenes like Chloe Johnson and Primrose Lovett in charge of costumes and make up for the Drama Department or in the front line; both Chloe and Primrose have been brave enough to face fierce competition in the Debating Society on many occasions. Becca Dawson has unobtrusively gone out of her way to make sure that people always feel comfortable and welcome in the house. Daniel Telfer has excelled in fencing, Peter Wackett has been selected to play Rugby for the England U16 Squad, a fantastic achievement, and we are delighted at Marcus Denison's election as Head Boy. Our own Charlie StricklandConstable, not content with being a musician of exceptional talent, has achieved the amazing accolade of representing Great Britain in the International Final of the Physics Olympiad - the rapturous applause he received from his peers at the House Dinner said it all.

As we began the year, so we ended it, with a party. We said goodbye to our leavers with a full House Dinner where we were splendidly entertained by Charlie Elwess and Charlie StricklandConstable, who gave a performance which left even this Housemistress speechless. We have had strong and good humoured leadership from Sarah Hayward and James Wackett and their U6 team, aided and abetted in particular by Sarah Wood's hilarious attempts to clarify things with her own explanations. We wish all of our leavers every happiness and success for the future. I would like to thank my brilliant team of tutors for their support and help in making this year go smoothly: Katharine Edgar-Hunt for all her encouragement and her training up of the new pupils, Mike Duffy for his incomparable sense of humour, Andrew Wright for not minding when we don't laugh at his jokes, Ian Lancaster whose calming words and expertise with exam organisation have been invaluable and of course the virtually irreplaceable Ian Lowe who, as our senior tutor, has been the best listener and wisest advisor anyone could hope for.

Throughout my 10 years at the helm of Queen's I have constantly been in awe of the way in which so many of our pupils balance such busy lives. It has been breathtaking to see energy, enthusiasm and talent so often shared, and hugely rewarding to work with such a range of lively individuals. My thanks go to all those who have contributed to our house spirit in ways too numerous to name and to all those who have made the job so much fun.

It has been an amazing experience being Housemistress of Queen's and I know that the house will continue to flourish under the leadership of Mr Gwilliam and his new team. Thank you for everything. I had a great time.

J Bambridge

Kate MellorV Year Rebecca Dawson V year

The Rise

The brilliant summer weather continued well into the Christmas term. The boarding community made full use of it on the first Sunday back with an It's a Knockout competition. The Rise and The Manor competed against Linton and Dronfield and spent the afternoon bouncing across inflatables, and throwing foam and water at each other. The results were inconclusive, but all had a good time and a barbeque rounded off the afternoon's activities. Just as importantly boarders old and new found time to meet and get to know each other again in a very informal setting.

In The Rise we welcomed Louise Walters, Rosie Binns, Kayleigh Nadin and Charlotte Parkinson into the Third Year and Tilly Cottingham, Ellie Atkin, Anneka Munsch and Alice Lindley joined the Lower Sixth.

Over the holiday a substantial amount of work was done in the house: new furniture, lighting and d£cor was welcomed and helped to get the term off to a good start.

The re-introduction of House Chapel provided the opportunity for The Rise to extol the virtues of boarding life. Emily Cogbill, Laura Walters and Sarah Welsh read beautifully and the Fifth Year gave us their interpretation of'I will survive', entitled,'I live in Rise'. One aspect of Emily's theme for the service was the importance of getting involved and being part of a community.This philosophy has again been followed through in practice this year;The Rise has competed in all the inter-house fixtures with enthusiasm. We have won nothing! However, individual performances are worthy of note, particularly Sarah Welsh and Anneka Munsch in the Senior BF&,,Cross Country and Rosie Binns in the junior.

Outside the inter-house programme, ^Katie Farnsworth has represented the school in the squash team and Tilly i Cottingham and Louise Walters at swimming. Sophie Binns, Sarah Welsh and Anneka Munsch have played second team hockey and Laura Walters and all the Thirds have played in the Under Fifteens. Ruth Craven, Ruth Wheeler and Laura Sinks began regularly competing for the Junior Rowing Squad and Betony Lloyd, Ellie Atkin, Hannah Thomas and Rosie Gaunt have rowed at both junior and senior levels. In-doors the ever expanding Community Service Programme has been enhanced by the time and genuine commitment shown by Sarah Welsh, Hannah Thomas, Lucy Wellington and Alice Lindley with The Wilberforce Trust and SNAPPY. Sarah and Alice provided lively discussion at the Debating Society when they proposed that, Ronald MacDonald causes more harm than Osama Bin Laden...

Many girls took up what was a considerable drain on their time to rehearse and perform in The Three Penny Opera. The Fourth Form changed sex, the Fifths played tramps and what a fine bunch of promiscuous ladies the Sixth Form made. This was indeed a transformation for Betony Lloyd who had played a Salvation Army officer in last year's Guys and Dolls! Particular praise must go to Laura Walters for her excellent Crook Fingered Jake.

The Rise and the boarding community as a whole have also benefited from a broad and prolific activities programme. We have had days out to Leeds and London this term, as well as a hugely successful 5th November celebration and the now customary end of term trip to the cinema, love Actually' and 'Master and Commander' were on offer; there was a clear split amongst the boarders, predictably Dronfield and The Rise opted for the former and Linton and The Manor for the latter.

Despite the inconvenience of trial exams and modules, the Easter term got off to a good start, partly due to the introduction of the long awaited Sunday brunch. Cooked to order breakfast and lunch was an instant hit. Thanks must go to Matthew Dransfield and his staff for preparing such excellent food.

The inter-house programme continued thick and fast. Tilly Cottinghan, Katie Farnsworth, Priscilla Kong and Anneka Munsch represented the house at squash and netball saw all the Thirds and Fourths compete as well as an enthusiastic senior team captained by Sophie Binns. Sophie also captained the school first team and Anneka Munsch, Tilly Cottingham, Sarah Welsh and Kirstie Dallas played regularly for the Seconds.At Under Fourteen level Charlotte Parkinson, Louise Walters and Rosie Binns also represented the

school. Rowing continued to be addictive; girls competed at venues as far a field as Doncaster, Boston and Chester and Rosie Gaunt and Hannah Thomas moved closer to representing their country with a rigorous training schedule and Great Britain trials.

The terms play, 'Stags and Hens' was a high light of the term. The scouse accents that had been practised in the dorms of The Rise for some considerable time were finally given an airing by Lucy Wellington, Kirstie Dallas and Sarah Mayne all of whom performed brilliantly. The acting was of the highest standard and provided entertainment that was both amusing and thought provoking.

During the Easter Tern the long awaited kitchen relocation was completed. Without doubt this superb facility has set the standard for St Peter's and has been an instant hit. Beech furniture and fittings coupled with spot lighting have been off set by the 'retro' pink decor Some people had reservations about the choice of colour, but all concerns were soon forgotten. The facility is excellent and much appreciated. It was officially opened with an Italian Night; food was prepared and cooked by the girls and was washed down with a few bottles of quality Lambrusco!

The exam season began early and continued throughout the term. The stresses and strains were ever present, but a great deal was still achieved outside the exam room; Sophie Binns, Sarah Welsh, Alice Lindley and Kirstie Dallas represented the school at senior rounders and Charlotte Parkinson, Louise Walters and Rosie Binns at junior level.

The junior play was a clever and amusing interpretation of Jim Cartwright's 'Two' and 'Bed1 . All The Rise Third and Fourth Form were involved. Eve Newby, Louise Walters and Rosie Binns were brilliantly typecast in 'Two' and Charlotte Parkinson and Laura Walters had significant roles in 'Bed'. Kayleigh Nadin performed in an extra play 'Dreamers'.

The house has very much enjoyed its part in the varied and valued activities that have been linked with Community Service. 'Peter's Walk' raised a significant amount of money and was swiftly followed by the annual Beverley 10k race. Both Hannah Thomas and Rosie Gaunt completed the course in well under an hour and proved that their arduous rowing programme was worthwhile, not only on the river. Both girls have added significantly to St Peter's being recognised as a major rowing school. This summer Hannah will represent Wales in the Home Internationals at Nottingham and Rosie will compete in France in the AngloFrench competition. The 6.30am training sessions have paid off!

The Garden in the Glen project was an initiative instigated by Paddy Stephen and organised by the Fifth Form boarding community. Without doubt this saw St Peter's at its best. A garden, murals and a seating area were created 'Ground Force' style in just a week for the children of The Glen, a care centre in Clifton. All The Rise Fifth Form were involved, but in particular: Sorrel Gaunt, Kirstie Dallas and Laura Sinks.

This year a great deal of effort has gone into organising events to widen the opportunities available to boarders at St Peter's. It has been most rewarding to see so many girls excel in such a wide variety of events and activities outside the classroom; in sport, drama, community service and music. Once again the end of year Cabaret Concert was a highlight of the music calendar and saw Betony Lloyd sing beautifully opposite Brook Adams. Betony is a rower, a musician, is in the CCF and has contributed significantly to Community Service - proof that it is possible to excel in a wide variety of activities and maintain high academic standards.

We will miss the Upper Sixth, who despite their diverse interests and achievements have remained united in their desire to see The Rise thrive and remain the happy and well-balanced community that I hope it is.

Thanks to the tutors and assistants: Mrs Shepherd, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Garbutt, Mrs Lawrence, Mrs Robinson and particularly to Dr Hockenhull who leaves us (again!). They have been a great help to the community over the last year. In September we look forward to welcoming Mrs Cherry Fricker back into The Rise. Cherry (Alton) was Head of House in 1994 and returns as a boarding assistant.

Finally thanks to Emily Cogbill , who has carried out her duties as Head of House with diplomacy and sensitivity right to the bitter end.

Chris Hall

School

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SLm Morag, but this year, unlike the past, we managed to score goals as well as avoid conceding them. Three victories and two 0-0 draws meant that only a draw was needed against Temple in the last match to win the competition. We quickly went a goal down, but with time running out, clinched a decisive equalizer to win the tournament. Lucy's skill and enthusiasm were much in evidence, but girls from all 5 years contributed superbly to an excellent victory.

Both rugby teams did as well as they could have expected in the House sevens, both reaching the semi finals before losing to Temple. In the cross country, the juniors were 6th (Matthew Waugh 3rd), whilst the overall strength of the seniors meant that School House retained the trophy.

Matthew Mikola's now traditional victory in the Christmas Quiz was followed quickly by the squash competition, where a

With the arrival in September of 17 new 3rd formers, and 3 pupils into the Lower Sixth, the House numbers stood at 74.1 was delighted to have Tom Edwards as Head of House who along with Brook Adams, Richard Kiveal and Lucy Jones was appointed as a school monitor. Whilst these pupils were recognized by the school, the Upper Sixth as a year group were to prove as reliable and supportive as I had hoped, and set a very positive tone at the start of the year. I was also delighted to welcome Mr. Francis to the House as tutor for the Upper Sixth.

The busy inter-house games programme began with the girls finishing an impressive 3rd in the badminton. This was to be the beginning of a very successful sporting year for the whole House, but the girls in particular. The seniors finished 3rd in the crosscountry (Chloe 2nd, Emma 4th & Sally 7th), whilst the juniors were 3rd overall, Lauren and Alice being the first two 3rd form finishers (2nd &4th) with Laura 6th.

The first real high spot of the girls' sporting year was the hockey. Alice proved a more than adequate replacement in goal for victory over Rise meant valuable Cambridge Cup points. The netball competitions brought further success, the juniors finishing 3rd, and the seniors sweeping all before them on the way to the final. Unfortunately, Temple gained their revenge for the hockey, and were comfortable winners.

The senior boys were denied another imminent victory in the hockey competition when it had to be abandoned due to a serious injury, and due to various time constraints, the boys were also unable to complete their swimming finals, many swimmers having qualified through the heats.

The much-awaited girls swimming competition saw School House thrash all comers, bringing to an end Temple's remarkable domination of the event. Individuals swam outstandingly well (Sally, as ever, and Alice, who broke a school record), but special mention must be made of Hannah Armstrong and Vicky Sugden,

Amongst the individuals to achieve particular success, Neil Riley won the Chemistry Prize, and Charlotte Buckley the Geography Prize. In addition, Brook Adams earned a prestigious Millennium Volunteers Award for his outstanding work in the community.

both of whom stepped in at very short notice to ensure that the team gained valuable relay points.

Whilst I was personally unable to be at Sports Day, both girls and boys finished 2nd overall, which meant that the overall girls sports cup would be decided by the rounders competition. On a hot Saturday afternoon, the junior girls emphatically cruised to the final with some superb batting and fielding. The final, against Grove, would decide the Cambridge Cup. The played as well as they had all afternoon against strong opposition to claim a clear victory, which meant that overall, School House and Grove shared the Cambridge Cup. This was a magnificent achievement, and credit to all of the girls who had contributed throughout the year, as well as the outstanding individuals.

The afternoon was made complete as at the same time, the junior boys were easing their way to the cricket final. A few days later, a strong Temple team were thrashed in the final by an excellent all round display. From a sporting perspective, the future of the House certainly looks bright.

As I have already mentioned, the Upper Sixth have been an outstanding group, not only this year, but throughout my time in the House. It has been a privilege to watch them grow into the impressive young men and women that they now are. They have set a tremendous example as to all of the things that make the school what it is, and I hope that as they mature, some of the younger pupils will begin to appreciate this. Tom in particular, has been a wonderful support who has been immensely valued.

It is with much sadness that I leave the House after 5 years. The House system is an important aspect of our school, and I hope that my successor, Mrs. Hall, will gain as much from her experience as I have. I believe that the House has developed a well balanced and caring group of staff, who as well as supporting the children, have been an invaluable help to me, especially during my absence. I shall miss the day-to-day contact with the pupils (and the pink walls!), but continue to enjoy their successes, of which I wish them many.

N A Matkin

Kate Ashworth V Form