Cross Keys Old Peterite Magazine 2020

CrossKeys A MAGAZINE FOR ALL OLD PETERITES

Spring 2020

See the ‘new’

Boathouse Page 32

Old Peterite

News

Page 22

Five Minutes With Chris Hall

Page 39

Take a look at our New Merchandise Page 42

Complete the

Crossword Page 38

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A Warm

Welcome

It is a pleasure to write my second ‘Welcome’ for Cross Keys and I hope you enjoy the new look and feel of the magazine.

Visible developments at St Peter’s this year include the completion of the new Boathouse which is already proving invaluable in supporting the success of the rowing squads.

Just as importantly, it has stood up very well to its first test during the February floods. Whereas the old Boathouse would have been under water, the new one sits higher up and has a honeycomb structure to the foundations which allows water to flow safely around and underneath. Another very effective addition has been the creation of an outdoor games area opposite the Queen’s Building. This provides additional netball and tennis courts and a very large playground with much needed outdoor space for the children of Clifton and St Peter’s. An associated benefit has been to bring girls’ games more visibly into the centre of the school.

Over the centuries, the school has evolved and adapted to the growing needs of a changing world. It is true that we cannot know the future for which we are preparing children, but when can that have ever honestly been said? What is certain is that great opportunities will exist for those who are prepared to take them. A key concept is that we are not simply producing 18-year-olds, but rather thinking ahead to the Peterites of today as successful adults in their middle and late ages. If we start from that premise and consider what makes somebody happy, confident, successful and fulfilled later in life we know that it requires a wide range of skills, interests and values. We also know that it starts with examination results and last summer’s A Level and GCSE results were the highest for some years, demonstrating that in this key area our pupils and their teachers have the capacity for great achievement.

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the classroom but also through a wealth of other academic endeavours.

This is vital as we spend most of our professional lives problem solving, researching, refining ideas and working in collaboration with others in ways that go far beyond the techniques required to perform in the UK’s traditional approach to taking examinations.

Academic results are the foundations of a successful adult life but not the whole picture. Outstanding success has been achieved at regional and national level in sport and music with a very high level of participation through the numbers of teams we field and extensive engagement in other activities such drama, debating, the CCF and Duke of Edinburgh Awards. This of course also makes life a lot more fun and interesting and in a world where the notion of retirement seems ever further away, having a full and rich range of interests has never been more important.

Looking ahead, the school is in strong shape with excellent foundations on which to develop. We are having a focus on the flow of education from two to eighteen across all three schools and looking to the longer-term and future affordability to maintain a broad and inclusive pupil body. Developments have been made to the wider education of pupils and our teaching of computing is being increased to prepare them for the world that lies ahead. Increased time is being put into Tutoring to promote the personal development of pupils with a particular emphasis on positive mental health and a pupil led Eco-Schools Committee has been formed with tremendous potential for improving our environmental impact.

The Old Peterite community is crucial to the school in so many ways and your ongoing engagement is highly appreciated and valued. I am very grateful to all those involved in the OP Club and in particular to John Coles for his outstanding work as OP Club President and to Philippa Dunford-Jeffs and Sue Jenks. The last year has seen an increased number of events for OPs and this has my full support. Whether you maintain your connection to St Peter’s from far or near, there is always a warm welcome from your school.

Jeremy Walker Head of St Peter’s School

A Note from

The Editor

Welcome to our new look edition of the Cross Keys magazine for 2020! I hope you enjoy reading this magazine and seeing some of the amazing things we have achieved over the last yearboth as a School and within the Old Peterite Community.

You can read our report from our Old Peterite President John Coles on page 20.

We pay tribute to Teddy Denison on page 18 with a wonderful obituary written by Murray Naylor.

New to the Cross Keys magazine, complete our crossword and submit your answers to be in with the chance of winning an exclusive Old Peterite Prize on page 38!

I hope this magazine will continue to grow and evolve and give us a great opportunity each year to celebrate the School and the wonderful community we are all part of.

Please send any comments, letters or announcements – we are always delighted to hear from the Old Peterite Community, whether by post, email or on social media.

Philippa Dunford-Jeffs Development and Alumni Manager

This

Issue

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Old Peterite News See the ‘new’ Boathouse Complete the Crossword Five Minutes with Chris Hall Take a look at our New Merchandise A Warm Welcome A note from the Editor Update from Clifton Update from St Olave’s A Year at St Peter’s News from the School Past OP Events in Pictures OP Sports Reports St Peter’s when...

Old Peterite Calender of Events 2020-2021 Births, Marriages and Celebrations Obituary OP Club Committee Old Peterite News Top University Destinations Careers at St Peter’s Rowing at St Peter’s The New Boathouse The Boat Club Dinner 2020 What James Did Next...

Why I Give...627 Donor Our Commitment to Help with Fees Crossword Competition Five Minutes with Chris Hall The Art Department: Pictures of Portraits Old Peterite Merchandise Save the Date!

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Update from

Clifton “Exceptionally imaginative and creative approach to learning, based on a theme per term, integrating subjects and skills – practical, emotional and social as well as academic - and dynamically connected to children’s interests and ongoing discoveries, enabling them to see learning as purposeful and highly enjoyable. Depth of understanding and independence promoted.”

“Immensely satisfied parents – ‘fantastic’ is a word that recurs. Furthermore, RS Academics conducted a Parent Survey in the last twelve months to access the levels of satisfaction amongst parents across many aspects of life at school. 80% of families from Clifton participated in the survey and the main findings were, ‘welcoming’, ‘encouraging’, ‘inspiring’, ‘creative’ and ‘forward thinking’. 87% of parents are ‘completely’ or ‘very’ satisfied, with 97% of parents happy to recommend the school to others.”

“Something enormously exciting is happening here - we can completely understand why Clifton has a national reputation, with many visitors from the education profession, and won the 2018 Times Educational Supplement award

In November The Good Schools Guide published their review of Clifton School and Nursery, they highlighted the following areas in their report:

for best pre-prep/prep school. These happy, very engaged, active children are extremely fortunate to start their school life here.”

Over the past three years the school has benefitted from a number of structural redevelopments, the most notable being the addition of a new modern dining room designed by Harmer Fitz architects. The £1 million redevelopment was completed in January 2018 providing space where the whole school can eat together. We have also held a number of events here, such as Pop-up Café’s, Charity Art Galleries of children’s work, Governor Meetings, ad hoc PE lessons and parents’ social events.

In September 2019 an environmental classroom was created, complete with covered walkway to support our ethos of outdoor learning and creativity. Built as an enhancement to the existing building it provides an exciting learning environment for the children to work in. Much time was spent looking into different options to enhance and develop our existing space at Clifton and it was felt that an Environmental Classroom was the most environmentally friendly and sustainable solution. The classroom is energy efficient,

heated by radiant heaters, highly insulated, manufactured from eco-friendly materials and was extremely quick to install, cutting down on pollution. It also benefits from having direct access outdoors, allowing the children the benefit and freedom of the outdoors while they continue their learning journey.

In September 2019 the Clifton School Playground underwent a huge redevelopment, extending the existing space almost to the boundary of Pike’s Path. This has provided an increased play and sports area for Clifton School and additional sports facilities for St Peter’s School. The redeveloped play area in front of the new dining room includes a pergola, sensory garden and seating area, while the surrounding fences and gates were also upgraded allowing for further improvements to security of the site, which now features an electronic gate entry system.

Children enjoy a variety of trips throughout the year to support their theme based learning. Already this year, Reception classes have enjoyed weekly pop-up classrooms around the school site and in the city of York.

Year 1 have explored Holgate Windmill and Stump Cross Caves, while Year 2 and Year 3 have both visited the Yorkshire Museum and participated in Young Voices at Sheffield Arena. Year 2 have also visited Askham Bryan College of Farming and Year 3 enjoyed a recent trip to Tropical World in Leeds. We still have a number of planned trips for the summer term to include the annual residential trip to the Peak District and day trip to London for our Year 3 pupils as they end their learning journey with us before embarking on their next adventure in J1 at St Olave’s School in September 2020.

Philip Hardy Head of Clifton

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Update from

Andy Falconer Master St Olave’s

St Olave’s

The variety of school life at St Olave’s is part of what makes it so special. Here is a snapshot of just some of the activities and events that have taken place at the School in addition to all our teaching and learning over the last year: Our charity for last year was the Furaha Primary School in the Huruma slum, Nairobi. With a variety of events held across the School we were able to raise over £12,000 to help them run the school and also sent out art sets for them to use in their first ever holiday art club.

The National Shakespeare Schools’ Festival is an event which we take part in every year, with a cast of J5 pupils performing a 30 minute version of ‘Romeo and Juliet” at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. The J3s performed the musical “Wizard of Oz” as their whole year group production, with J1 also doing a production.

We were asked to provide a choir of primary school age pupils to sing in front of 1000 people in York Minster, as part of their Armistice remembrance events. They were fantastic and it will be an occasion that they will always remember. Our jazz band were selected to perform in the Music for Youth National Festival in Birmingham. This is the first time the school has ever made it through to the final round.

All 88 of the J4 pupils went to London for the day, visiting the Globe Theatre and taking part in drama workshops with their staff, then visiting the Tate Modern before a walk across town to the West End to watch ‘School of Rock’.

The J2 pupils went on their annual mini sports tour, comprising of 36 hours away from their parents and their phones/gadgets. They played King’s Worcester and Clifton College, Bristol.

Many of the J5 girls went on netball tour to Spain and the boys went on rugby tour to Italy. We also ran a successful ski trip to Italy at Half Term, for both pupils and parents.

Two of our J4 pupils qualified for the national final in the Spanish and German spelling bee competitions, and one of our J5s has made the final of the national Maths Olympiad. Three academic scholarships and two music awards were won by pupils to St Peter’s School and one academic scholarship to Shrewsbury School.

St Olave’s was short-listed in the national TES Awards in the ‘Sports’ category. This was based upon both the

regional and national successes that our A teams had last year, along with the breadth of opportunity we provide for all children to play competitive fixtures (over 1000 fixtures last year) and our general approach to sport. Our hockey, for both boys and girls, continues to thrive with the U11, U12 and U13 teams all making it through to the North of England finals – this is a tremendous achievement and shows that success isn’t built around one team of very talented players in a particular year group but that we are able to develop talented teams throughout the school.

Our U13 boys and girls played in the national hockey finals in Nottingham, the first time that they’ve both made the finals in the same year.

As part of our Armistice remembrance every single child at St Olave’s made their own ceramic poppy during their art lessons, and these were then mounted on the wall in reception.

Many Old Peterites are current parents at St Olave’s and it is wonderful that they want to continue their link with the School through to the next generation of Olavites and Peterites.

We welcome applications throughout the year. For advice on all aspects of the Admission and Bursary process, or to arrange a visit please contact Mrs Gillian Bland on 01904 527 305, or by email at g.bland@stpetersyork.org.uk

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A Year at

St Peter’s

Just some of the many activities taking place at St Peter’s that involved pupils, staff and our School Community throughout the last year: November

School Production The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - The show boasted incredible acting, phenomenal costumes and magical Christmas scenery produced as the result of hours of planning and hard work by our pupil backstage team.

September

Old Peterite Day Brings together the whole School Community right at the start of the academic year.

July

Commemoration Service The St Peter’s Community gathered in York Minster to celebrate the achievements of the academic year with the annual Commemoration Service and Prize Giving.

May

Sports Day Since bad weather resulted in the cancellation of our Sports Days in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (such are the joys of a Yorkshire summer!), 2019’s Sports Day was the first for almost all of our pupils. Sports Day is a great opportunity for pupils to compete at a broader range of sports and to showcase skills at an event attended by the whole Senior School community.

March

Futures Fair Our annual Futures Fair offers pupils from St Peter’s and the local community the opportunity to speak with Universities, companies and professionals including Old Peterites, to help them make informed choices about their future.

January

Chapel Choir Our Chapel Choir attracts singers from across the School Community and exceeds 150 members. Each year they meet to sing a varied and challenging programme of music.

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December

Science Society Christmas Lecture

The annual Christmas lecture is presented by colleagues in the Science Department. Lights Camera Action took all pupils on a journey of discovery in science, through a huge number of demonstrations, experiments and illustrations.

October

House Sing Pupils at St Peter’s participate in a legendary House Sing every year to mark the end of the Half Term. It always makes for a fabulous end to the day that brings a lot of laughter!

August

Exam Results Pupils celebrated a ‘record breaking’ set of A Level results, they achieved the highest top level grades since 2012, when current records began. Over one fifth of all grades received were at A*, a testament to the hard work of the pupils and their teachers.

Fifth Form pupils at St Peter’s also achieved another fantastic set of GCSE results. 98% of results were awarded grades 9 to 4 (A* to C).

June

Exploration Week A week of different learning experiences incorporating some university-style lectures, practical activities, careers guidance opportunities, public speaking exercises and teambuilding activities is held towards the end of the summer term for Lower Sixth pupils.

April

Duke of Edinburgh The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, gives all young people aged 14-24 the chance to develop skills for life and work. St Peter’s pupils can take the Bronze award in the Fourth Form and the Silver and Gold awards in the Fifth and Sixth Form.

February

Whole School Foundation Concert Nearly 300 pupils from ages 3 to 18 shared the stage for an extraordinary performance at the Whole School Foundation Concert.

News from the School...

Will Miles-Kingston Wins Young Chorister of the Year Will Miles-Kingston has won the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year competition. The 13 year old won the title as this year’s boy chorister and was delighted to bring the award home to York.

To win this prestigious accolade, Will competed with three other shortlisted boy finalists at MediaCityUK.

Will treated the audience to an exquisite performance of Holst’s In the Bleak Midwinter and The Sussex Carol arranged

by David Willcocks. The judges commended the confidence in Will’s singing and enjoyed how he engaged his audience through telling the stories of each piece. They added that Will had “a lovely musicality” before making their decision to award him the prize.

National Hockey Finals for U14 Hockey team

Will Miles-Kingston

For the first time ever, the U14 Girls Hockey team have made history for the juniors by reaching the final stages of the national championships in December 2019. In a thrilling end to the regional stages, the girls defeated Sedbergh in the Northern semifinal. They went on to beat GSAL in the Northern final, with the score eventually decided on shuffles.

The result in the regional final was one of many strong victories they have achieved.

The speed at which the girls formed a cohesive squad is testament to their hard work and strong friendships. The national hockey finals took place in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on Tuesday 25 February 2020, with the team finishing 5th in the country!

U14 Girls Hockey

BBC Broadcast from St Peter’s School Chapel The Chapel Choir sang live to the nation on Sunday 26 January as BBC Radio 4 broadcast its Sunday Worship programme from St Peter’s School.

The theme of the service was ‘Stand Together’ to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls on 27 January. Holocaust Memorial Day provides an opportunity for people in

the UK to stand together with those of differing faiths, ages, and ethnicities within their communities.

The service was led by the School Chaplain, The Rev’d Daniel Jones, and the choir was directed by Paul Miles-Kingston, Director of Music at St Peter’s School. The service is now available on BBC Sound Cloud.

Rosselyn Park Rugby Win

Chapel Choir

In March 2019 St Peter’s Under 16s secured the Colts title of the Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens tournament, following a thrilling final against Millfield School. The Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens is the world’s largest school rugby tournament with thousands of boys and girls aged thirteen to eighteen competing annually.

An extraordinary final saw St Peter’s leading 10-7 against Millfield in the first half.

Millfield struck back in the second half and were fighting for the lead, taking the score to 15-12. With only a few minutes left on the clock the game could have swung either way, but with St Peter’s drive and determination, the steadfast team held on to their score and clinched their historic win.

Under 16s Rugby

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Past OP Events in

Pictures

OP team rowing

OP rowing crowd

OP Day, a great crowd

OP medal presentation

OP Day rugby team

OP Day crowds watching the rugby

Rugby

OP team rowing

OP Day - school receiving the trophy

All photos from our past events can be viewed at: www.stpetersyork.org.uk/foundation_alumni/alumni_events

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OP Day Hockey

OP Day chapel service

Wine and strawberries, St Peter’s School – 4th July 2019

Newcastle pub quiz - 8th October 2019

Newcastle Old Peterite dinner, café 21st – 8th November 2019

OP class of 1999

OP class of 1989

OP V school debate - 4th May 2019

Please contact alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk to be put in touch with any of our Sports Ambassadors or if you are interested in creating a new Old Peterite sporting group.

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OP Sports

Reports

Cricket

Old Peterite Cricket

As is always the case in the build-up, the OP team changed quite dramatically in the few days leading up to the game, but we did manage to turn up with a full team on both days! The OP’s batted first, with myself and Josh North (a newcomer in the side with the highest batting average in the Yorkshire leagues just about) opening. Sadly, Josh and I did not last long and it was a bit of a spluttering innings with only Joe Robinson tying the innings together with what can only be described as a sketchy 66 getting us up to a total of 174.

The School innings started in the best possible way with Charlie Elliot uprooting their openers middle stump first ball and it looked like the school were going to take a comfortable lead into day two. However, the exploits of wily veterans Nigel Muirhead (3 for 72) and Guy Wilkinson (3 for 10) pegged it back very well and the School were all out for 179 leaving the game wonderfully poised. There were about 4 overs left in the day so we thought it would be quite comfortable to bat them out however we lost two quick wickets leaving us in a pretty dire position 10 for 2 at the end of the day.

After much discussion and a sherbet or two, we needed a big effort on day two and it was provided by Alex Liley (who just happened to be the only sober player) getting a magnificent 157 not out and Charlie Parry getting a 50 leaving us to declare what we thought was an attacking 276 to win off 45 overs. Despite our best efforts the school coasted to a 5 wicket win with about 10 overs to go. Still it was a great game of cricket and a wonderful atmosphere. Thank you to the school for putting up with us again! There was a span of 30 years in our team of school leavers, and we are hoping to add more fixtures to our calendar so there isn’t just the one game for us every year. Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in playing (it’s about time women were represented in OP cricket?!?)

Pete Rivis (Linton 1994-1999)

Squash

The morning of OP day saw the return of the Squash fixture, bringing with it five lengthy and well contested matches.

The Old Peterites, led by the outgoing team players, took on a young St Peter’s team and were eventually successful (victory 12 games to 8) as their superior match experience shone through towards the end. The sport’s current and prosperous popularity will hopefully see the fixture continued in the coming years.

Rowing

We were proud to be able to re-introduce rowing for OP Day in 2019 and look forward to including School V OP Races as a regular part of the rowing calendar. As Old Peterite Ambassador for rowing I look forward to bringing Old Peterites and the school back together year on year. Please get in touch to be added to our mailing lists for future races and events.

Jack Coulthard (Hope 2012-2017)

Will Middleton, Upper Sixth Please contact alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk to be put in touch with any of our Sports Ambassadors or if you are interested in creating a new Old Peterite sporting group.

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Golf

2019 Grafton Morrish Northern Qualifying was held at Fixby Golf Club. The six man team was as follows: Tom Lloyd and Tim Peat, David Harryman and Charles Murray, Charlie Parry and Michael Miller. Unfortunately, we didn’t qualify for the finals but will certainly be trying once again in 2020.

Old Peterites vs Old Giggleswickians at Moortown Golf Club Leeds. A great day was had on one of the top courses in the North of England. James Marsden produced some fantastic golf alongside his playing partner Will Butler to produce our only point as we lost the fixture 3-1. The other matches all finished on the last which shows just how close it was!

Old Peterites vs Old Ashvillains was held at Oakdale Golf Club Harrogate. This was a new fixture in the calendar and certainly one we aim to keep. We struggled for available players and unfortunately suffered a defeat. It didn’t dampen the post-match atmosphere however and we plan to get our own back in 2020.

Old Peterite Golf Day 2019 at Strensall Golf Club. Twenty OP’s took part this year which is encouraging and I was delighted to see everyone enjoying themselves. We managed to avoid any rain and played a course that was in great condition. The hospitality in the newly refurbished club house was as welcoming as ever and the food was spot on.

The winners for the day: The Team Prize with a total of 79 points

(won with the highest points on the back 9): Richard Gibbon, PJ Skinner and Jono Kemp. The Burrnett Trophy with 40 points: Steve Miller. The Founder’s Trophy with gross 85: Jono Kemp.

Old Peterite Golf Awards

Tennis

The annual OP v School tennis match took place in May 2019, sadly the first team were just too strong for us so it wasn’t our year.

A fair bit of rustiness on our part meant we were always up against it, especially playing a well drilled team who are unbeaten this season!

Ed Marsden (Queen’s 1996-2001)

Pandas Hockey

The Pandas kicked off the Season with a disappointing Boxing Day defeat to York Hockey Club going down 5-1 at the Dick Hubbard Arena. That said it was a tremendous turnout with over 19 players including 5 from the current School squad. We now look forward to our annual fixture with the School in March and then an end of term tour with fixtures against Scarborough & Driffield on the weekend of the 27 March 2020. This will include an overnight stay in Bridlington, our previous second home for 45 years of festival Hockey. The Club Dinner will be held at Bedern Hall on Thursday 30 April 2020. Our new Club President, Matthew Todd, invites all Pandas old and new to attend.

Nick Kay (Temple 1993-1998) Pandas Hockey - Boxing Day Match 2019

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St Peter’s

When...

The wonderful buildings that are home to St Peter’s School are often believed by guests and visitors to be the original buildings for the School. With help from the Archives, we visit the numerous sites across York which have been inhabited by St Peter’s School before finishing at the School’s current location in Clifton.

1069

Documentary evidence of the School‘s origins is destroyed by fire as York is attacked by King Swein of Denmark and houses are set a light to deny shelter to the enemy. The fires blaze out of control and destroy much of the city, including the Minster and library.

1289 1390

The School is situated in Low Petergate opposite St Michael le Belfrey Church.

1557

Queen Mary Charter for the “Cathedral School of York” shows the school in the Hospital of our Lady in the Horsefair – see arrow.

This is at the beginning of Clarence Street which runs from the corner of Gillygate and Lord Mayor’s Walk. This area is now a car and coach park.

The School moves to the corner of College Street and Minster Yard.

We are delighted to welcome questions and queries about the School and its history as well as receive items to the Archives including photographs (high-quality copies or originals), examples of uniform, essays, reports and memorabilia. Please do also contact us if you are happy to record any history or memories of your time at School. John Armstrong, Archivist, can be contacted at archives@stpetersyork.org.uk 12

1644

In the Siege of York, the Horsefair buildings are demolished by the King’s forces and the school moves to Bedern into buildings vacated by the Vicars-Chorale.

1610

The archway to Bedern is opposite the National Trust Shop in Goodramgate near the Minster.

Map of York

1735

The school moves to St Andrew’s Church in St Andrewgate, near Bedern for reasons unknown.

1833

St Peter’s moves to a purpose built school by the Minster.

1838

1843

St Peter’s has only a few pupils, less than 20, but has money in the form of endowments. The Preparatory School has more pupils, around 55 in total, but little money. The Dean and Chapter buy the school and St Peter’s moves to the current site in 1844. The pupil numbers increase from 101 in 1844 to 196 in 1866.

The Proprietary School opens in Clifton.

1844

Campus Map

1905

1908

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2020-2021 Old Peterite Calendar of Events

As things stand these are our planned events for the coming year and we will keep the OP Community updated via our website and by email, should our arrangements change.

April-June

3 April 2020 - Postponed West Riding Dinner The Bridge Hotel, Wetherby 25h April 2020 - Postponed Boathouse Opening 2 May 2020 - Postponed OP V School Debate St Peter’s School 15 May 2020 - Postponed 61st East Riding Dinner Driffield

July-September 1-2 July 2020 OP Cricket

2 July 2020 Wine and Strawberries 3 July 2020 Commemoration 4 July 2020 Reunion Class of 1970 Reunion Class of 2000 4 September 2020 OP Golf

6 November 2020 Newcastle Dinner

4 December 2020 Old Peterite Parent Dinner Dance, De Grey Rooms, York 11 December 2020 Nine Lessons and Carols, followed by mulled wine 19 December 2020 Old Peterite Drinks St Peter’s School

Sunday 10 May - Grafton Morrish Northern Qualifying, Fixby Golf Club

We would love to hold an OP event in Edinburgh, in October 2020 – if you can recommend any venues or would like to be involved in helping organise this event, we’d love to hear from you.

Thursday 30 July – Old Peterites vs Old Giggleswickians, Moortown Golf Club

Further details on all events will be sent via email from the Development and Alumni Office in advance of the event. You can now register for most of our events online at: https://www.stpetersyork.org.uk/foundation_alumni/ alumni_events

Friday 4 September - OP Golf Day, Strensall Golf Club

To register your interest in any events please contact alumni@stpetersyork.org. uk or call Sue Jenks on 01904 527363.

Save The Date:

Old Peterite Day Dinner 5 September 2020 Drinks 5pm for 5.30pm, Dinner 6pm For the first time we are delighted to announce there will be an Old Peterite Day Dinner taking place following the end of our OP Day celebrations. All Old Peterites and their guests are invited to join us for a less formal event, an opportunity to socialise with friends and fellow OPs, get a table or two together for a reunion and mark the change of our Old Peterite President.

Tickets £35 includes; welcome drink, three course dinner, ½ bottle wine, tea & coffee.

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5 November 2020 Annual Fireworks Display

30 November 2020 Advent Service

5 September 2020 OP Day - Old Peterite Day Dinner St Peter’s School 7.30pm

Old Peterite Golf

October-December

Subsidised tickets will be provided for recent OPs attending their first dinner at £25 per head (please note these tickets are limited and are available on a first come first served basis).

The dinner will take place in The Memorial Hall. Due to the relaxed nature of this event, following OP Day - there will be no official dress code however smart casual would be appreciated! Musical entertainment and OP speaker to be announced!

To register your interest please contact alumni@ stpetersyork.org.uk or visit www.stpetersyork.org.uk/ foundation_alumni/alumni_events to purchase your tickets for the evening.

Conference

Training

Meetings & events at St Peter’s

Courses & holiday activities at St Peter’s New Networks for Nature Conference 2019

St Peter’s Summer Cricket Academy 2019

St Peter’s School offers a historic and unique setting for meetings, large conferences, or sporting events.

With dedicated meeting rooms, classrooms, two large functions halls, three separate dining halls, large reception area and sports halls, the School provides flexible spaces for a variety of events from small intimate meetings up to large conferences with extra exhibition space.

St Peter’s is located on a 47-acre riverside campus just a 5 minute walk from the city centre, train station and a huge choice of hotels for accommodation also within walking distance.

St Peter’s School offers a number of training courses throughout the year and a variety of different activities in the holidays for children which are open to all.

Courses are run by members of St Peter’s Staff 3-18, whilst some camps are run by external companies in the School holidays.

St Peter’s Courses for adults IOSH Safe to Supervise Course

Leisure Facilities: Indoor pool, three sports halls, hockey Astro, outdoor Astro cricket nets, tennis and netball courts, rugby, rounders, cricket and football pitches.

Lifeguard Courses (16 plus years)

Venue Facilities Parking spaces Meeting rooms

Petersport Plus

7-13yr olds (School year 3-8)

Mini-Petersport Plus

3-6yr olds (Nursery to School year

St Peter’s Holiday Club

3-12 year olds

Facilities In-house AV & support Wi-Fi In-house catering

90 6

Yes Yes Yes

Max Capacities Theatre Reception Cabaret style Boardroom Dinner/banquet Largest space m²

450 250 90 50 150 554

First Aid Courses In the holidays St Peter’s run the following camps for children:

St Peter’s Cricket Academy 9-14 year olds All of these camps and courses are open to the St Peter’s School Community and the wider public.

All proceeds from lettings income is committed directly towards funding our Help With Fees programme For more information visit stpetersyork.org.uk/venue-hire-and-short-courses or email R.lee-bursnall@stpetersyork.org.uk

Reunion

Notices

We are delighted to announce the following reunions for this year:

evening. To register your interest and find out more, please contact us.

1970 - Old Peterites from the Class

1990 - The Class of 1990 are starting to

of 1970 are making plans to join us in School on the afternoon of Saturday 4 July 2020. The plan includes a tour of the School, followed by a drinks reception, fork-buffet and musical entertainment into the evening. Please contact us to find out more.

discuss plans for their reunion. If you’d like to register your interest to find out more as plans develop, please contact us.

2000 - Old Peterites who left the School in the year 2000 are also holding a reunion in School on Saturday 4 July 2020. There will be tours of the School, followed by drinks and a buffet in The Memorial Hall. Initial plans also allow time for drinks in York later that

1994 - Rugby Reunion Plans are underway for a 25-year reunion and maybe even a game of touch rugby on Old Peterite Day 5 September 2020!

Rhys Silverwood (The Manor

1989-1994) is helping to organise plans for the day, please contact the Development and Alumni office to register your interest.

We always welcome enquiries for all types of reunions, Houses, sports, or for Clubs and activities. We’d be delighted to hear from you and are always happy to help alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk

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Births, Marriages And

Celebrations Trevor Mulryne (Master, St Olave’s 1999 - 2005) and Chris celebrated their Golden wedding in Late December 2019. To mark the occasion, they were joined by their children - Paul (Queens 1990 - 1992), Ann (Temple 1990 - 1994) and Stephen (St Olave’s 1990 - 1991, The Rise 1991 - 1992 and School 1992 1995) on a skiing holiday in La Plagne, France together with six grandchildren. Congratulations!

Harry Caley (The Manor 2003-2008) celebrated his engagement to Hannah Parfitt, they are planning their wedding for December 2020 in Nelson, South Island NZ. Harry moved to New Zealand with his parents following his graduation from St Peter’s and attended the University of Canterbury in Christchurch city in the South Island. Harry graduated with a Fine Arts Degree in 2012 and discovered that his true passions were in biology during a long struggle following the major earthquake sequences of 2010/2011. Harry completed his MSc in Biological Sciences in February and will begin work with the Department of Conservation as a Wetland Bird Science Advisor, salvaging several key native species from the brink of extinction.

Michael Kent (St Olave’s 1944 – 1949, St Peter’s (The Grove) 1949 – 1954) celebrated his 60th Wedding Anniversary on 25th July (2019) with his wife Audrey in Sydney. They were joined by 16

their elder daughter, who had travelled from Adelaide, where they also live, but via New Zealand, where she had been on a medical conference, and their younger daughter, also a doctor but the scientific kind, plus son-in-law and granddaughter, who had flown in from their home in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. “I have known my wife since 1953, the year before I left school, although it was some years later that I became the ‘chosen’ one! In 1954, at Commemoration, she remembers being smuggled up to the top floor of The Grove to see my very basic Head of House facilities!” Michael would love to hear from any fellow Old Peterites in the State of South Australia, or even the rest of Australia.

Please make contact via alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk

Hannah Wilson (The Grove 20032008), is graduating from Harvard USA, and is getting married this Spring.

Congratulations!

Nicholas Robin Barton (Queen’s 1954-1960) contacted us with an update from the last 70 years, since leaving St Peter’s! Nick had a very happy time at School first attending St Olave’s from 1950-1954. He joined St Peter’s, and was Captain of Fencing and a School Monitor in 1959-1960.

Nick continued fencing at university in Durham and graduated with a BA in 1965. He married Joy in 1967 and they went on to have two daughters Victoria and Augusta and now have five grandchildren! Nick continued his career in education as House Master at Grenville College from 1969-1977 then Head Master at Newlands in Newcastle from 1977-2001. Nick tutored at Durham University from 2002 before retiring in 2018; he was made a fellow of St Chad’s College in 2006.

Emily Gee (Queen’s 2007-2012) Emily completed her Upper Sixth year and chose not to go to university. She was accepted onto a private law firm’s legal apprenticeship scheme at 19 and has specialised in Insolvency Law. Emily graduated in October 2019 as a Graduate of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives having completed an honours degree level legal programme whilst working full time. She is currently working towards qualifying as a Chartered Legal Executive.

George A. W. Heppell MC (Temple House 1934 -1938) married his wife Doreen Hedinburgh on 4th March 1950 at Groves Methodist Chapel, in York. This March they celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary!

Congratulations!

Stuart Baldry (Temple 1979-1985) has been married to Janet for 25 years.

They live in Warwick next door to Warwick Castle. Charles, their son is at Warwick School and has played rugby and hockey against St Peter’s!

They enjoyed a tour of the School last summer. The attached photo is of them Gin Tasting in Scotland, note the “Glaswegin”!

In between publications of the Cross Keys magazine, details of OP News and Celebrations can be found on the website at: www.stpetersyork.org.uk/oldpeterites

In

Memoriam Mr Richard G Crowther

1929 - 2016 (School House 1942 - 1946) Mr W Robert Ibberson

1936 - 2019 (The Rise 1949 - 1954) Mr Alan Scott

2019 (Former Medical Officer St Peter’s School) Mr Sheldon Bonner

2019 (Former Staff) Mr R John Bulcock

2019 (Former Staff) Mr Alan Black

1943 - 2019 (The Grove 1956 - 1960) Mr Ian P Scott

1927 - 2019 (Temple 1940 - 1943) Mrs Morag Wilson nee Lyall

1985 - 2019 (School House 1993 - 2003) Mr David Pattison

1937 - 2019 (The Grove 1950 - 1955) Mr James D Carr

1944 - 2019 (Temple 1958 - 1963) Mr Peter Critchley

1964 - 2019 (Temple 1972 - 1982) Mr Hugh WJ Rigg

1934 - 2019 (The Manor 1947 - 1952) Mr Edward AK Denison

1928 - 2019 (Temple 1941 - 1946) Mr John Maw

2019 (Former Staff) Mr Cameron Miller

2019 (Former Staff) Mr Michael Veal

1938 - 2019 (Temple 1952 - 1956) Mr John Rodger Frost

1924 - 2019 (The Rise 1938 - 1942) Mr W Brian Hawkins

1936 - 2019 (The Grove 1950 - 1954) Mr Eric HN Turner

1938 - 2019 (The Grove 1951 - 1956) Mr Richard G Armstrong

1943 - 2019 (The Manor 1952 - 1959) Mr Clive Hodson

2019 (Former Staff) Mr Peter Moat

1942 - 2019 (Queen’s 1955 - 1958) Mr Peter E Jackson

1945 - 2019 (Temple 1959 - 1962) Mr Terry Wasden

1942 - 2019 (The Rise 1955-1960) Mr Anthony W Raylor

1942 - 2020 (School 1950 - 1959) Mr Nigel Thornton

1942 - 2020 (The Grove 1956 – 1961) Mr John Hutt

2020 (Former Staff) Mr Henry C Marshall

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Obituary

Teddy Denison

Delivering his eulogy at Teddy Denison’s service of thanksgiving at Bossall on 13 September 2019, Ashley Burgess, a friend of many years, prefaced his remarks by saying that Teddy was a ‘remarkable man’ and indeed he was, since in the almost ninety-one years of his life he achieved an extraordinary amount, touching the lives of many people, either in the help and encouragement he gave them or by influencing institutions that were affecting them.

He was a strong character, a man of many parts, invariably good humoured, generous, compassionate and wise but, above all, always prepared to give time to people who had a doubt or a difficulty.

Teddy was born on 13 September 1928 and spent his early years in York. He entered St Olave’s School in September 1936 and later progressed to St Peter’s. His school years were clearly energetic and happy; as well as doing well scholastically, he enjoyed sport, in particular boxing and shooting, joined the CCF, edited The Peterite, acted in the school play and was prominent in the debating society. In February 1945 he opposed the motion ‘Women can no longer be regarded as the weaker sex’ which was defeated - an early sign of Teddy’s powers of advocacy? He became Head of Temple House and Vice-Head of School.

After St Peter’s he was called up for National Service and was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment.

Posted to Vienna, he had the distasteful task of returning Russian soldiers who had been captured or who had deserted, to their own country to face an uncertain future. A life-long interest in soldiering remained with him from that time and was to continue in a strong commitment to the TA when he commanded the Third Battalion of the PWO Regiment of Yorkshire and later became its Honorary Colonel.

After the Army he read history and law at Brasenose College, Oxford while winning a Blue for boxing.

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Teddy’s professional career largely revolved around his work as a solicitor, first with Denison Suddards and later Denison Till, a leading York legal firm of which he was in due course the senior partner. In parallel he developed an interest in politics being elected to serve on both the District and the County Council. His political interest manifested itself in other ways and, had the opportunity arisen, he might have considered an involvement at Westminster. His respect for politicians may not have been universal but his wish to influence those who entered that particular arena was always to the fore with comments usually pithily delivered!

But it was to St Peter’s School that Teddy always gave his undivided attention. His alma mater and its future wellbeing were ever at the top of his agenda developing over time into a strong desire to ensure that the School should thrive. His twenty-three years as a governor and later Vice-Chairman when he served alongside five headmasters, three Deans of York - the ex-officio chairmen of the Governing Body - and three bursars, saw many radical changes to the way in which the School was governed and future developments in size and scope were decided and executed. Co-education, the 1989 Appeal, the Chillman Building, the acquisition of Clifton Preparatory School, the purchase of Linton Lodge as a boarding house, the advent of league tables, the creation of a Foundation to fund and support wider philanthropic policies and the opening moves to purchase the site of Queen Anne’s School to permit an expansion of the

campus, all occurred during Teddy’s time on the Governing Body. However, his most enduring legacy was perhaps reform of the School’s articles of governance. Since time immemorial the St Peter’s Governing Body had always been chaired by the contemporary Dean of York. Leading up to the Millennium, Dean John Southgate and Teddy agreed that such an arrangement was no longer appropriate in a world where school governance was demanding increased commitment from those involved, greater continuity and growing transparency. As a result, after many years as Vice-Chairman, Teddy became the first elected Chairman in 1995, a position he held for five years until retiring and being appointed a Fellow of the School.

Nearly thirty years’ involvement with an institution he cherished.

So how will Teddy be remembered by those who knew and worked with him?

Andrew Trotman who began his time as Head Master when Teddy became chairman, records their embarking on joint leadership of the School when Teddy ‘gave great support stipulating clear guidelines and teaching the value of building networks’. Robin Pittman, Andrew’s predecessor as Head Master always appreciated their relationship while not holding back from challenging Teddy when he felt that necessary.

As a result, each respected the other.

Nick Shepherd, appointed a governor

by Teddy, admired his ‘business-like approach and his ability to steer the School through some challenging times, realizing that modern day schools needed to adapt to the market place.’

Similar comments have been made by others. Finally, his citation as a Fellow recorded that he would be remembered for many different reasons not least that ‘he was a moderniser, a natural chairman – possessing both enormous charm and great powers of persuasion - never afraid of the challenges faced by the School and well able to guide the Governing Body through many difficult decisions.’

Most of those who are successful in life have the good fortune to benefit from a happy and settled home life. Teddy had that in abundance with Mary too associating herself with St Peter’s almost as much as Teddy, although in different ways. Their children and grandchildren equally enjoyed an involvement with the School and the family’s support for St Peter’s could truly be described as second to none. We all – family, school, friends and colleagues – can say that we have lost a good and respected personal friend, a man who had time for everybody and who could always see the bigger picture and, when appropriate, actually did something about it.

Major General David Murray Naylor CB MBE DL Editor’s note: Murray Naylor was appointed to the Board by Teddy and served as his Vice Chairman before succeeding him as Chairman in 2000.

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OP Club

Committee

Further to my introduction in the last edition of the Cross Keys Magazine, I am delighted to be writing with an update on the great progress I feel we have made within the Old Peterite Club particularly over the last year.

I had three aims during my time as President; to increase the number of Old Peterites attending functions, to encourage our younger Old Peterites to remain in contact with the Club and the School and re-introduce our annual London event.

I feel we have already started to make progress in all these areas. We continue to review our events and consider as a Committee what appeals to the Old Peterite Community. We are delighted that the regional dinners continue to take place each year and have enjoyed the addition of new events, such as the Newcastle Pub Quiz, which was enjoyed by a number of our younger Old Peterites in Newcastle in October.

We are also looking forward to reintroducing a London Drinks event and hope this will return as a regular fixture in the OP calendar.

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We have a more diverse Committee, and were delighted to welcome a number of new members at the AGM in 2019. These generous offers of support came as a result of the advertisement placed in the magazine this time last year. We now have representatives from each decade on the Committee and have already been able to make positive changes to our activities as a result.

I want to take this opportunity to give my thanks to Andy Tuck, who has done a wonderful job of looking after the finances of the Old Peterite Club for the last 22 years. We are in the fortunate position that we have been able to move the Old Peterite Club finances in to the care of the School. This has removed the need for a Treasurer for the OP Club and we will continue discussions as to how these funds will be used in future to benefit the OP Club and the School.

As ever we will continue to run these events whilst there is demand and I hope many of you will join us for the Old Peterite Dinner, taking place on 5 September, an evening where I ‘officially’ pass the baton of Old Peterite President to Harry Gration as my term will by then have sadly come to an end.

I feel in my term as President we have been able to make key changes that will hold the Old Peterite Club in good stead for the future and, as many of you will know, I am delighted to have had the opportunity to follow in my brother’s footsteps as Old Peterite President. I hope to see many of you at some of our OP events in the comings months and thank you for your continued support of the Old Peterite Club.

John Coles Old Peterite Club President 2018-2020

Your new

Old Peterite Club President 2020-2022

At the Old Peterite Club AGM on 31 August 2019, it was passed that the new President for the Old Peterite Club for 2020-2022 would be Old Peterite Harry Gration (Queen’s 1965-1969).

It was also passed that Harry would be followed as President by Old Peterite Anthony Robinson (The Rise 1970-1973) for the period 2022-2024.

We look forward to welcoming Harry as President and the title will be officially handed over at the AGM on 5 September 2020. The role of Old Peterite President is to further the aims of the Old Peterite Club encouraging Old Peterites to remain in contact with the School and with each other, leading Old Peterite Club Committee meetings and helping drive Old Peterite events and initiatives.

Meet the Committee

Members

John Coles Old Peterite President (School House 1959-1963)

Graham Todd Immediate Past President (Queen’s 1959-1964)

Ben Bond (The Manor 2014-2016)

Victoria Bradley-Inness (Queen’s 1988-1990)

Susanna Dale-Simmonds (Queen’s 1997-2000)

Anthony Dixon (Queen’s 1976-1981)

Peter Emsley (The Grove 1959-1964)

Mark Hepworth (Queen’s 1965-1971)

Robert Hudson (The Rise 1971-1974)

Bill Hudson (The Grove 1959-1964)

Mike Jobling (Dronfield 1961-1966)

Peter Netherwood (Queen’s 1951-1957)

Linden Richardson (School House 1958-1964)

Anthony Robinson (The Rise 1970-1973)

Harry Gration (Queen’s 1965-1969)

Comments and suggestions from the OP Community are always welcome.

You can contact any member of the Committee by contacting the OP Club Secretary, Philippa Dunford-Jeffs who will forward your enquiry: p.dunfordjeffs@stpetersyork.org.uk 21

Old Peterite

News

Tony Morris

(Temple 1951-1957)

“Hand to Harp Song Tales” is a new performance of songs and stories, mainly with harp accompaniments, that Tony is performing at various venues. The stories are wide ranging, some humorous in a surreal way, with reference to North Yorkshire and beyond. Any profits will raise funds for Accessible Arts and Media, a York based charity.

Jasper Powell

(Dronfield 1974-1977)

Robert Dingwall (Queens 1963-1968)

Has been awarded the 2019 Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community by the Socio-Legal Studies Association.

Robert has had a long and illustrious career in socio-legal studies and sociology of law, including positions at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, the University of Nottingham and, latterly, at Nottingham Trent University.

Andrew Powell

(Dronfield 1964-1969)

From the purchase of a BMW i8 last year, Jasper was invited by BMW to visit their Leipzig factory where the i8 is made.

Nicholas Hopton (Temple/School 1979-1984)

Has been appointed as the UK Ambassador to Libya. We were delighted to welcome Nick to the School on 25 February 2020, with his cousin Old Peterite Helena Bould nee Weaver (Dronfield 1982-1984) to talk to our Sixth form pupils about his role as a Diplomatic Ambassador and his experiences in the Middle East.

Andrew joined the St Olave’s Chapel Choir in 1960 and now sings with the Royal Choral Society, who have 18 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in the calendar for 2020!

Roderick MacLeod (The Rise 1965-1970)

Last year saw the launch in Berlin, at the European Association for Palliative Care conference, of The Textbook of Palliative Care of which Roderick was one of two editors-in-chief. It is in two volumes, has 101 chapters and is about one million words long!

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Craig Lawrence

(The Rise 1977-1982) In December Craig published a new book ‘Gurkha: 25 years of The Royal Gurkha Rifles’ to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Royal Gurkha Rifles.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, kindly wrote the foreword to the book which runs to 288 pages and contains over 500 images.

John Sutcliffe

(The Grove 1986-1992) After leaving St Peter’s, John studied for a Masters degree in Social Anthropology at Edinburgh University. Between university and going on to specialise in stonemasonry he completed an Art Foundation Course, worked in TV and then for the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for 4 years.

After going on to gain a Diploma in Advanced Stonemasonry at Building Crafts College, London, he embarked on a career as a stonemason and carver in the heritage sector.

In 2008 John returned to York where he spent 8 years working on the restoration of the East Front of York Minster. Between 2015 and 2017 he studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in Historic Stone Carving at City & Guilds of London Art School, where he won the Brinsley-Ford Rome Travel Award for his drawings which enabled him to study classical sculpture in Rome. Since 2018 he has been renewing the stonework and carvings of Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) at the Palace of Westminster, part of a wider project that is likely to continue for many years. - Kindly submitted by Don Hamilton.

Toby Latham

(Torlesse) (Clifton 2013- 2015) The last few months have been particularly busy for screen writer Toby with shooting Let there be Love (there may be scenes you recognise with some filming taking place at St Peter’s School over the Christmas holidays!) and then the release of Waiting for Anya which premiered in London in February 2020.

David Burns (The Rise 1982-1987) William Clark (The Rise 1985-1986 Richard Hemsley (The Rise 1981-1986)

In March 2020 these Old Peterites had their own impromptu reunion in York, 34 years after leaving!”

John Lee (Temple 1991-1993)

The Medieval Clothier (Boydell, 2018), a new study of the clothmaking trade in England and the clothiers who increasingly controlled much of its production, has recently been published by John Lee. https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-medieval-clothier.html

Harry Cooke (Grove 1996-2001)

Old Peterite Harry left St Peter’s to study Computer Science at Newcastle University but always had an interest in gin! Realising there was a gap in the market he co-founded York Gin and the team produced their first bottles in 2018. Over the last couple of years, they have won countless awards with York Gin Old Tom recently taking the title of ‘Best English Old Tom’ at the World Gin Awards in January 2020.

David Heaton

(Temple 2001-2006) In May 2019 David was elected to the City of York Council for the Holgate Ward. It was wonderful to be able to welcome David back to School on 6 March 2020 to speak to our Politics students about his career path to date.

Ben Bond

(The Manor 2014-2016) On Saturday 14th December six generations of Manorites descended on The Fat Badger in Harrogate for their 3rd annual Christmas reunion. “A very enjoyable evening was had by all beginning with reception drinks followed by an excellent 3 course Christmas dinner, after which we moved on to another a bar in Harrogate. Many stories were shared and friendships rekindled, and as this was the first year there were people in attendance who had never met before it was great to see people being welcomed in our circle of friends as if we were back in the house once again. Great fun was had by all and I look forward to seeing everyone again over the Easter period for the first of our 3 annual events.”

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Welcome to the Class of 2019

Our Newest Old Peterites

Pierre Herrenschmidt (The Manor 2013-2019)

Former Head Boy Pierre has embarked on his first year of studies at EDHEC business school in Nice. His English speaking course involves 15 months of internships with 1 year in France, 1 year in LA and 1 year in Singapore. ‘It’s a great way to see the world and get a good business degree’

Alex Phillips (Clifton 2014-2019)

After leaving St Peter’s in 2019, Alex decided to undertake the Reserve Commissioning Course at Sandhurst, which he completed, passing out at the end of 2019 into a Gap Year Commission with the Coldstream Guards, with a dual ceremonial and infantry role. Alex will transfer to the reserves whilst at university in Durham and plans to re-join the army after graduating.

2Lt Alex Phillips returned to the CCF Dinner in February 2020 as the guest speaker to share his experiences with pupils. The annual CCF dinner recreates the experience of a formal military Dinner Night for our cadets. Old Peterite Emily McDonald (The Rise 2013-2018) former head of Cadets and now a member of the University Officers’ Training Corps (UOTC) also attended the dinner.

“We are delighted to welcome the Class of 2019 to the Old Peterite Community and look forward to seeing you at OP events in the near future”.

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John Coles Old Peterite Club President 2018-2020

Class of 2019

Top University Destinations Chosen by the Class of 2019

University Durham

8

pupils attending

University Loughborough

6

pupils attending

University Oxford Brookes

6

pupils attending

University Bristol

6

pupils attending

University Newcastle

6

pupils attending

University Cambridge

5

pupils attending

University Edinburgh

6

pupils attending

University Nottingham

6

pupils attending

University Manchester

4

pupils attending

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Listening

is a Superpower

In the midst of the daily grind, it is sometimes hard to remember why we do what we do.

I became a careers adviser because I wanted to help young people make positive choices about their future something that I didn’t get support with at school. If I ask my colleagues what their careers provision was like when they were teenagers, most of them reply ‘terrible’. ‘Why?’ I ask, ‘because no one really listened to me, or made me feel like I could aspire to anything much’, they reply.

In today’s modern world we have lost the ability to listen to each other. Our noses are most often stuck in our phones and our heads are full of the ‘busyness’ of work, chores and looking after children or pets. Since I became a careers adviser, I have realised the unquestionable importance of listening to people. Not just ‘hearing’, but really listening to what they are saying. When I work with pupils, it would be easy to simply ask the standard questions about what subjects they’re doing, whether or not they want to go to university or if they are considering a certain career path. But if I take the time to really get to know those entrusted to my care, I can relate to them on a completely different level.

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Questions like ‘what’s worrying you about the future?’, ‘what does success mean to you?’ or ‘how do you want to feel in ten years’ time?’ all open up avenues to explore together, and help pupils to arrive at a deeper state of self-awareness. Providing excellent career guidance isn’t about having all the answers and knowing the exact training routes for all career paths, it is about being a confidant, a supporter, an encourager and, above all, a listener.

At our school, we have recently established our ‘listening service’, a safe space for pupils to be heard, understood and valued in times of need. In working closely with pupils who are struggling with their feelings, I have seen what a huge crossover there is in the skills needed for emotional support and those used in careers guidance. Asking open questions, expressing empathy, being congruent and genuine, developing unconditional positive regard and having nonjudgemental curiosity creates an environment in which I can work together with the pupil to understand what they want out of life, and what might be standing in the way. Choosing a future pathway is momentous. It isn’t just about picking a ‘job’ or deciding what university to go to, it’s about

aligning your values, feelings and sense of identity with an action – it is expressing one’s sense of self into an outward accomplishment.

It is through the act of listening that we allow those with whom we work to know more about who they are, and how they can harness their own aspirations. I am fortunate enough to sit with young people through some of the biggest decisions they have ever had to make, and I hope that in getting to know them, they can understand themselves better and make choices that are right for them. This is when I remind myself of why I do what I do.

Listening isn’t just a necessity. It’s a superpower.

Joy Loftus, Head of Careers.

We’ve listened to our pupils and they have said they feel in regards to Careers they will benefit from a mentoring programme. We are lucky enough to have a fantastic network of Old Peterites and if you’d be interested in taking part as a mentor in our pilot mentoring scheme- please contact alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk

Why I Volunteer

Matthew Mikola tells us why he was inspired to give his time and speak with pupils at the annual Futures Fair

“It was at a St Peter’s Futures Fair about 20 years ago when I first heard about the career Our thanks go to all the Old Peterites that I enjoy immensely today. As it was a word that I’d not come across before, my who have so generously offered to interest was piqued and I nervously asked the question “what does an actuary do?” volunteer their time to help with our programme of talks, lectures and careers I’m so grateful to the actuary that took his time to attend the fair and talk to me that related activities throughout the year. day, as it changed my life and gave me inspiration for what could be done with my skills.

Our sincere thanks go to the following Whilst I may have known the surface of what some careers entailed, I had no idea of Old Peterites who joined us at the their depth and richness, nor the benefits and drawbacks that all careers have. Being Futures Fair on 5 March 2020: able to talk to people who had that experience was incredibly valuable.

Now an Old Peterite, I endeavour to return each year for the Fair to share information about my career with the students. Like my former experience, I hope to broaden their horizons and introduce them to options they may not have considered.

Engaging with the talented students is really rewarding. They are a great blend of inquisitive, confident and well mannered. I’m impressed by their questions and comments, one of which in-particular sticks in my mind: “Does that mean that you stop people having fun?” - in response to my explanation of how actuaries attempt to illustrate the risks associated with future events. A bold question, but incredibly refreshing, perhaps I need to improve my explanation of what I do!

I also use the opportunity to listen to what the students are seeking when looking to start their careers and feed this back to my company so we can improve our career programme. A recent example is the growing interest in apprenticeships.

I really enjoy returning to St Peter’s and connecting with those at the event. Rekindling lost friendships with some of the OP’s whom I recognise and networking with new faces. Other special moments (although growing fewer each year) are reconnecting with the staff who taught me, recalling past lessons and discussing what has happened since I left the School.

It’s also great to see the improvements and developments that are being made to the School and nostalgically reminisce about the fantastic time I spent there in the classrooms, on the sports fields and in the common rooms.

Pierre Herrenschmidt (The Manor 2013-2019) Laura Mounsey (The Rise 2006-2011) Sara Chapman (Clifton 1992-1999) Frances Devlin (Dronfield 2004-2007) Charlotte Anderson (Hope 2004-2009) Will Waterhouse (The Grove 2009-2014) Oliver Brooke (School House 1994-1999) Thomas Bowie (The Grove 2005-2010) Ed Bottomley (Hope 2012-2017) Michael Dronfield (The Rise 1959-1964) Alex Dickinson (The Grove 2005-2010) Jess Fox (School House 2011-2016) Save the date: our Futures Fair will take place on 4 March 2021.

I encourage all OP’s to consider if they are able to support the event and share in the chance to inspire the next generation.” Matthew Mikola (School House 1999-2004) 27

Rowing at

St Peters

The OP team on OP Day!

Ancholme Head Junior Women’s Double Sculls

The launch steps

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Medals for the Junior 16 Quad

Newark Junior Women’s Coxed Quad

OP crew

Preparing for launch

Mixed School Crew for OP Day race

School v OP crews on OP Day

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Rowing!

The best sport ever…

Our 5th form rowers give us an insight into rowing at St Peter’s. Even a freezing cold wet day in January on the River Ouse doesn’t deter our St Peter’s rowers. The oars can still be heard pulling through the water and the boats can be seen gliding down the river in the distance as you cross the river by Lendal Tower or over Scarborough Bridge.

Sophie and Rachel have a real love for their sport, even those early starts can’t put them off!

Sophie started rowing when she joined St Peter’s in the 3rd form and Rachel started at the end of St Olave’s. They have never looked back. They both admit that rowing takes a certain dedication but according to them there is no other sporting community like it. The friendships and bonds they share really set them apart – not only because they spend so much time together.

Sometimes the motivation to drag yourself to another rowing session in the rain is tough, but knowing your team mates will be there to cheer you on helps to keep them motivated. They have to work HARD. Sometimes training up to twice in a day. Because the sport relies so much on team work, they have to be flexible, rowing and sculling and take on different positions to give them flexibility when they row.

All the pupils have different courses they like to race – Percy, is very passionate about his home course, the River Ouse. Percy enjoys rowing further up the river out towards Poppleton, where it is tranquil and peaceful and feels like a completely different place to the buzz in the centre of York, where the rowers have to share the river with a number of boats on any given day. Sophie, Rachel and Hannah all spoke about Eton Dorney, the Olympic lake, which inspires them. The atmosphere, they explain, is like no other, with Schools attending from across the country when they take part in the National Championships- it is the highlight of the School rowing calendar.

The 5th form girls all share the same ambition to make it to the National Championships this year.

Hannah explained how much they all benefit from rowing. Even the results from the recent School Cross-County has surprised them, with better times than they thought possible because of the training and strength and conditioning they do as a result of rowing. Rowing is also a benefit to many other areas of School life, and all the rowers talked about how it helps them learn to work with others, both individually and as part of a team. Though Percy is there to provide the power and the drive, Hannah is also responsible for steering the boat and each recognises the parts they play and the importance of their contribution to the overall performance of their boat and crew.

It is clear that all our rowers already have a huge feeling of pride for their sport, but the completion of the Boathouse in October 2019 has generated new feelings of excitement, enthusiasm and boosted the confidence of our rowers. They all pointed out how lucky we are to have such fantastic positioning so close to the Ouse, and that having this new Boathouse is a real boost for rowing at St Peter’s. Hannah and Percy hope that even more pupils will be inspired to take on the sport, and that these great new facilities will also attract pupils who already love the sport to join the School. All the rowers unanimously agreed that the access to the Boats, moving equipment and launch to the river has all become far easier and safer thanks to the design of the Boathouse and the racking inside. All of this means they get more time doing the bit they enjoy best, which is the rowing on the river!

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5th form rowers on the Ouse

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The new St Peter’s old Boathouse

St Peter’s new Boathouse in construction

Boathouse The completion of our new Boathouse has allowed for the profile of rowing to increase within the School’s sport programme.

Inside St Peter’s old Boathouse

St Peter’s new Boathouse in flood waters

The new facility caused a buzz in all year groups and got everyone talking. The new Boathouse has brought everyone closer within the year groups which we are proud to see as we believe it sets our sport apart from the rest” Joe Johnson, Boat Club Captain 2019-2020.

‘We are delighted with our new Boathouse which has not only provided a more practical space for manoeuvring boats but also a more welcoming and safer atmosphere for all rowers.’ Claudia Freeman, Boat Club Captain 2019-2020.

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St Peter’s new Boathouse ramp in use

The

Boat Club Dinner 2020

We were delighted to welcome back Old Peterite and former GB rower Helen Austin (Temple 1994-1999) to speak at the Boat Club Dinner this year, which took place on Saturday 1 February 2020.

St Peter’s new Boathouse

The Memorial Hall was transformed with oars descending from the ceiling and beautifully lit above the tables, setting the scene for Helen to speak after dinner.

Helen shared some of her memories and rowing challenges with the pupils, parents and supporters of the St Peter’s School Boat Club, including a tradition at University boat club dinners, which involves throwing bread rolls at the speaker if they have talked for too long!

Storage in St Peter’s new Boathouse

Helen started rowing at School when Mr Ellis-Davies remarked to Helen in the lunch queue that she was tall and should row as she would be good at it! This prompted Helen to sign up,

Photo above right: Helen Austin, with Boat Club Captains Claudia Freeman and Joe Johnson

starting rowing in the summer term of her fourth year. It is a sport that has since influenced almost every aspect of Helen’s life: where she went to university; the close friends she made; opportunities in sport, at work and socially. Helen has been able to race and train across Europe, in the US, Canada, China and New Zealand; and it all started at St Peter’s.

Helen told us how she went from being a novice rower to the world championships in just over two years, “not bad for a beginner” as Mr EllisDavies would say.

At the Boat Club Dinner with upper sixth rowers

Helen gave some great words of advice to the pupils encouraging them to make the most of the excellent facilities they have, and the river on the doorstep.

Helen finished her speech with a lovely quote: “So, as Mr Ellis-Davies, always said as we pushed off to race - go out there and have fun, and you have the most fun by going fast.”

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What

James did next…

James at King’s College, London

Old Peterite James Ellis (Linton 2016-2018) tells us about life after St Peter’s.

Life at School was a big personal change. Joining at the age of sixteen, this was my first time away from home. Despite this, the fellow boys in the house and the house mistress were all very welcoming to new arrivals. The routines certainly took time to get used to; particularly the early starts which I’m sure Mrs Williams, Linton House mistress at the time, can agree with me on this! There were many memorable times throughout my two years of school and living in the boarding house. The general experience of living with the other boys, led to some vivid and funny memories, as I’m sure you can imagine.

After my A-Levels, I moved on to King’s College, London where I am reading medicine. Now in my second year of the five-year degree, the course has particularly picked up in pace regarding clinical exposure. On Friday’s I now find myself taking consultations on GP placement, with guidance from a General Practitioner when needed. In addition, with respect to hospital placement at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, I have been able to see rare and interesting medical interventions and cases that may not be presenting anywhere else in the UK. These include seeing the exciting new technology for patients with type 1 diabetes and the very new cases of the Wuhan corona-virus.

With the academic aspect of the degree aside, the placement at St Thomas’ Hospital also provides me with the beautiful view of the Houses of Parliament, which itself has a historical link back to the School that I’m sure we are all aware of!

Almost every day, I am asked the following question, “Do you know what you want to specialise in yet?” Sometimes this is even asked by my patients. At this current moment in time, other than knowing that one day I will qualify as a Doctor, I am not entirely sure what my future in medicine will consist of. At the moment I have some interest in nephrology and cardiology, however it is possible that in future new specialities will develop that do not currently exist, which I may take interest in.

Moving from perhaps what you could call the ‘capital of the North’ to London does bring its changes. The first noticeable difference is that London, as you can imagine, is much busier than York. This can be a desirable trait of living in the city 34

with respect to there being plenty to see and do, with a vast range of cultures literally on your doorstep. However, the sheer volume of people can very much work against you, particularly when you’re stuck in the City rush hour. Not to mention the increased cost of living!

However, these are things you must come to terms with living in the famous ‘big city’.

The School has shaped me in the immediate respect that the careers department were particularly supportive in mine and my peer’s journeys to medical school. On a more personal note, I believe the School developed me to become a more independent and rounded person following my experiences from boarding, which gave me a significant advantage when settling into university in my first year.

In the current day, a significant proportion of students attending independent schools like ours receive a margin of financial support through the form of bursaries. It must be noted that my experiences of School would not have been made possible without some financial support from the School, which I am very thankful to have received.

Why I give…

627 Donor

It feels amazing to help students to be able to go to St Peter’s. I used to make random donations to help pupils be able to go to the school – usually when I had a phone call over the summer. I then swopped to a monthly amount when I realised it helped budgeting for the school. I don’t miss the cash and if ever I do notice it on a bank statement it makes me feel really chirpy. Here are some of the reasons why.

I met my best friend Judith at St Peter’s in 1980 - she had bagged the best desk in our study, with a lovely view of the front of the school, and was putting up all of her posters as I walked in. I forgave her my viewless desk and we became firm friends.

I had been at a school in Barbados before that, government funded, and therefore no cash for anything. We had to run round the one playing field 20 times for cross country. By contrast St Peter’s had everything; interesting teaching, so many sports, drama, a spirit of competitiveness plus family, with a great social side. The school made me feel I could achieve anything, and had a fabulous blend of making me feel independent plus pastoral care when I needed it.

Left: Judith O’Reily. Right: Sophie Atkinson

40 years on Judith and I still meet up several times a year, her daughter is called Sophie, and guess what - Judith came to St Peter’s because she won a scholarship, the contribution to her school fees mean that we met in the first place. Judith went on to be a journalist and an author, I run a business making car cleaning products, and hopefully my monthly donation helps other people’s dreams come true too.

Sophie Atkinson (School House 1980-1982) 627 Society Donor Sophie is CEO of Autosmart International, the UK and Ireland’s largest manufacturer and distributor of vehicle cleaning and professional products. It has just been listed as one of the top 200 companies for international growth in The Sunday Times. It sells through more than 250 franchisees across the UK, Europe and Australia.

Judith O’Reily (School House 1980-1982) is an author Judith’s latest book called ‘Curse the Day’ is out this Easter, her second novel in the Michael North series. Her two non-fiction books are called Wife in the North and A Year of Doing Good (both published by Viking Penguin, in 2008 and 2013 respectively). Wife in the North reached number three in the UK bestsellers’ chart and was in the top ten for five weeks. It was also a top ten bestseller in Germany.

It sold across ten countries, was serialised by The Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

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Our Commitment to

Help With Fees

We need your help to continue to offer an outstanding level of Help With Fees to support pupils who will enrich the St Peter’s School Community.

The 627 Society was established to acknowledge and thank our donors who have chosen to support the School on a regular basis. 627 Society members receive annual updates on the progress of pupils who have benefited directly as a result of their support, recognition on our 627 Society Donor board, invitations to donor events and a 627 Society pin badge.

Total number of 627 Bursaries awarded in 2018-19 5 Number of 627 Donors 167 Amount raised by 627 Society in 2018-19 £52,000 Total funding awarded by St Peter’s School 2018-19 £600,000 Total number of pupils receiving ‘Help With Fees’ in 2018-19 33 Awards range from 25%-120% Ensuring we cover those added extras including essentials such as uniform and funding for trips.

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Did you know?

All proceeds from our commercial lettings income is committed directly to support Help With Fees and generates around £200,000 each year.

Donations of all sizes are hugely appreciated and your support can really make a difference to helping pupils fulfil their potential.

If all Old Peterites reading this magazine were to give a single donation of £20.20 we would raise almost £100,000 in support of Help With Fees.

Leaving a legacy Some Old Peterites may choose to leave a gift in their will to St Peter’s School. If you would like to discuss leaving a legacy please contact Philippa Dunford-Jeffs, Development and Alumni Manager 01904 527363. p.dunfordjeffs@stpetersyork.org.uk

How much of the fees will the school cover?

At what age can children apply?

120% 25%

Year 7 We can cover between 25% and 120% of school fees, depending on financial circumstances.

£30 can purchase a House hoody, a memento for a pupil to celebrate their time at St Peter’s

Year 9

Sixth Form

Help with fees is usually only available to pupils entering Year 7, Year 9 or Sixth Form.

£100 can fund the pocket money for one term for a boarding pupil receiving Help With Fees

£200 can fund the purchase of two suits and two pairs of shoes, for sixth form uniform

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Thank you for choosing to support Help With Fees at St Peter’s School. Your donation can help transform the lives of pupils, who otherwise would not have access to a St Peter’s School education.

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Crossword

Competition Complete and return your completed Crossword by 7 September 2020 to win A Mug Full of History, from our Old Peterite Merchandise collection.

Or you can email a copy to alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk Good luck!

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4. Which laboratory has to do with a falling apple? (6) 6. Which OP plays cricket professionally today? (8) 8. Who is the hockey pitch named after? (7) 11. Longest serving Head Master in the 20th century? (9) 12. Which house opened in 1952? (5) 13. After whom is the latest new building named? (6) 15. First Head Master in 627? (8) 17. What is the original gym used for today?

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1. Which OP once captained Leicestershire County Cricket?

(5, 5) 2. In which building was The Grove founded (5, 5) 3. Until recently, what job did the Chair of Governors always have in York (4) 5. St Peter’s refers to its alumni as? (3,9) 7. Which house colour is green? (6) 9. Whose boundry stone is behind the cricket pavillion (6) 10. After whom was the ďŹ rst chemistry lab named (9) 14. When School House left the main building, what was its new name? (6) 16. The school moto - Super Antiquas? (4)

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Five minutes with…

Chris Hall

Knowing Chris has been a familiar face at the School for a number of years, we took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his time at St Peter’s.

How long have you been at St Peter’s?

Since September 1989, 31 years

What is your current post? What other roles have you held in School?

I joined the School as an Art Teacher, then took on non-resident Boarding Assistant in The Manor. I became resident in The Manor, before joining Dronfield as a tutor. I was Head of Rowing for about 4—5 years, before my wife Judith (who was working at Bootham and is now teaching at Clifton) and I moved to The Rise. We were in The Rise for a total of 11 years, our children grew up there and we left the house in 2011. This was followed by House Master of The Grove for a year, followed by Senior Teacher for two terms when Richard Smyth left midyear. I took the post of Co-Curricular Deputy for seven years and for a year within that time I was House Master of Hope. This year I began the role of Head of Boarding and taking on House Master of Hope permanently. I was Head of Boarding 12 years ago, so this is actually my second time in this role!

Chris with Old Peterite Helen Austin at the Boat Club Dinner

Which role has been your favourite?

Being a Boarding or Day House Master is without a doubt the best role in School! Though being an Art Teacher is also pretty special. I do still like coaching rowing after all these years as it gets me running around outside.

All these different roles are great as you meet so many different groups of children and an excellent overview of what is going on at different times in the School!

Chris Hall

What advice would you give to your sixteen-year-old self?

It’s a bit of a cliché- but get on with it and make the most of it! Pupils have so much opportunity to take from this school and give back to it.

I went to a school where this wasn’t possible and I realised as soon as I got to St Peter’s what a special place this is. As a consequence, this is why our Old Peterites talk so fondly about the School, having had a really amazing time, not just in the classroom but the opportunities they get for sport, music and trips are all great.

What would you like to be remembered for?

I do remember saying when I came here that I wasn’t going to be here for very long…! Now it’s 31 years and I am completely institutionalised, there is no question about that. What is really special is that my kids and now my wife all have benefited from the same experience as me. It’s quite a personal thing, that legacy for them.

I’d like to think that I’ve been involved in a lot of things, but the constant for me has been my teaching in the Art Department. Overall I’d like to be remembered for my sense of perspective and my sense of humour!

What is the naughtiest thing a pupil has ever done?

There are certainly a few stories! Going back over 25 years- there were two girls

who were dared by friends to spend Chapel hiding under the Altar. This one was pretty harmless and actually quite funny looking back!

How has St Peter’s changed in your time here?

Better or worse? I think it’s definitely different. When I first came there were only girls in the Sixth Form and I taught the first tranche of GCSE girls in School. Some now have their children in the School! Sport is still significant but it is great to see things like Music, Drama, and Community Action that appeal to a range of pupils - this has been a substantial change. There is a real rhythm to the School year, and we have to be very aware about what we change. Things like the Minster Services are really significant and of course Chapel is hugely important to the School, whatever your religious persuasion. I think it is a key part of the pastoral care of School and the pastoral care we provide is more important than anything else. It’s so important that we have this strong body of support, through our community of Old Peterites, but I always remind leaving pupils to “Come back and see us, but don’t come back too often!” We create this strong community but part of it is preparing them for what comes next after St Peter’s.

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The Art Department:

Pictures of Portraits

Throughout the year the pupils and teachers from the Art Department create some wonderful, creative and inspiring pieces of art in a variety of mediums. We are lucky that many of these pieces make their way to St Peter’s to decorate the corridors, dining hall, and The Memorial Hall Foyer so we can truly appreciate them.

Our 4th form pupils have painted a remarkable series of portraits inspired by the Russian artist Valery Koshlyakov. The pupils planned the compositions carefully, working together to consider the most striking angles and using various techniques to create a sense of depth.

Fourth form pupils

Pupils discuss their work

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Holly with her portrait

Frankie with his portrait (top right)

Developing technique

Fourth form portraits

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Price List

Ties and Socks 1 OP Club Tie (Silk) 2 OP Club Tie (Polyester) 3 OP Club Bow Tie (Silk) 4 OP Club Bow Tie (Polyester) 5 Broad Stripe Tie (Silk) 6 Broad Stripe Tie (Polyester) 7 Broad Stripe Bow Tie (Silk) 8 NEW - Broad Stripe Socks Jewellery 9 OP Cufflinks 10 NEW - Signet Ring (silver, gold, rose gold) 11 NEW- Silver Tie Clip 12 Silver Charm Bracelet 13 NEW - Silver Charm Necklace 14 NEW - Crest Earrings (silver stud or silver drop) 15 OP Lapel Pins

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Mugs 16 Mug (Crossed Keys- Black) 17 NEW - Mug (China -’Mug full of History’ of Our School)

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Miscellaneous 18 Umbrella (Crossed Keys—Black) 19 NEW - Water Bottle 20 Hand painted Old Peterite Crest 21 NEW - Limited Edition Print from original painting St Peter’s School, York by Ken Howard R.A, R.W.S. (unframed)

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It is also possible to purchase striped OP cloth which can be made into a blazer, or any other item requiring fabric. The fabric is available at £30.00 per metre.

To order please contact Sue Jenks on alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk or on 01904 527 322.

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Save

the Date!

Saturday 5 September 2020 Old Peterite Day With a packed programme of events throughout the day, OP Day continues as the biggest event in the OP calendar!

This is a wonderful opportunity to get together with friends, socialise and enjoy the variety of activities taking place throughout the day. This relaxed day offers Old Peterites and their families tours of the School, a wonderful Chapel Service, the opportunity to view our Archive display and the chance to take in a variety of sports throughout the day from rowing to rugby!

Join us this year to find out more about the growing variety of Old Peterite Sport and activities on offer, we hope you might even be tempted to sign-up!

Old Peterite Day Dinner Drinks 5pm for 5.30pm, Dinner 6pm.

For the first time we are delighted to announce there will be an Old Peterite Day Dinner taking place following the end of our OP Day celebrations. All Old Peterites and their guests are invited to join us for a less formal event, an opportunity to socialise with friends and fellow OPs, get a table or two together for a reunion and mark the change of our Old Peterite President.

Tickets £35.00 To register your interest for any of our events please contact: alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk or visit: www.stpetersyork.org.uk/foundation_alumni/ alumni_events to purchase your tickets.

St Peter’s School, York, YO30 6AB T 01904 527300 F 01904 527302 E alumni@stpetersyork.org.uk W www.stpetersyork.org.uk St Peter’s School, York is a registered charity: number 1141329

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