The Truronian - December 2020

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DECEMBER 2020

YESTERDAY AND TODAY

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In this Edition December 2020

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Development and Alumni Relations Team Jayne Grigg Director of Admissions and Development Nicky Berridge Development Manager Amanda Forde Development and Alumni Relations Officer Jo Wood

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Telephone: 01872 246094 Email: foundation@truroschool.com tsconnections@truroschool.com Online: truroschool.com/foundation truroschool.com/oldtruronians

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Thank you and keep safe.

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On the Cover Truro School Chapel is a quiet space within busy school life, providing a sanctuary for reflection and thought.

On the one hand the Chapel reminds the community of its history and its Methodist roots.

The Foundation Stone was laid on the 8 June 1927 by the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall.

The memorial plaques from the First and Second World Wars and Boer War honour those who fell during those conflicts.

On the other hand, the Chapel also provides opportunities for spiritual expression through music. A magnificent new organ has recently been installed, alongside a Steinway Grand piano. Music means different things to different people and the Chapel frequently comes alive with songs and compositions from passionate musicians throughout the School.

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Yesterday: The School Chapel in 1964 Today: The School Chapel in 2020 Inside: The School Chapel in c.1931

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From the TSA Chair and President Dear fellow Truronians, I write this at the end of a school term unlike any other I have experienced. Whilst school life has, in many ways carried on in its usual busyness, we have all had to adapt to new ways of working and teaching, making use of technology and learning to keep our physical distance whilst maintaining those all important relationships, with pupils, colleagues, parents and you, our alumni.

The usual events which mark the end of this term have all been adapted: carol services have been pre-recorded and streamed and the muchanticipated Staff Panto is to be replaced with the Trurovision Song Contest, with teams of staff recording videos of favourite Christmas songs for the entertainment of the pupils. As I write, the winners are yet unknown but there has been much friendly competition in the Common Room.

We have been sad to miss opportunities to connect with our alumni in person this term but the committee and I are, as always, grateful for the hard work of the development office, led

by Nicky Berridge, who have kept us in touch through the Keeping Connected newsletters and continue to support our whole community through these difficult times. We made the decision to postpone this year's AGM and will notify you of the re-scheduled date as soon as possible.

office and I look forward to being able to meet with you all in person again in 2021.

Rachel Vaughan CO98 Chair, Truro School Association & Old Truronian

The Guy Dodd Bursary appeal has also been launched this term and I am sure that those of you who, like me, had the honour of knowing Guy well, will feel that this is a fitting legacy to an inspirational Headmaster and a friend and role model to so many of us. Please see page 56 for further details. We look forward to being able to hold a service of thanksgiving for Guy's life in due course.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very safe, restful and happy Christmas. The TSA committee, development

Featuring Truro School staff and their favourite Christmas songs!

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Dear Friends, I hope that you and your loved ones are well, and that this is a Christmas that brings peace and joy to your households. My family and I are excited about our first Cornish Christmas, at the same time as hoping future ones will have a slightly different build-up!

The Truro School community has shown its strength of character and cohesion this term.

Education, pastoral care, and a vibrant cocurriculum have been upheld for all pupils across the whole term, including when some needed to access learning remotely from home for short phases of time during self-isolation. Building on the great foundations of last summer’s well managed lockdown, this has been a success.

Staff and pupils alike are tired, but their collective efforts continue to mean our school more than simply copes in these challenging times, but finds ways to thrive. Interest in potential admission to our Prep and Senior Schools has not been as high at this time of year since 2010, which is most encouraging also.

Financially, income from Enterprises has inevitably suffered, and we both froze fees before the summer and increased emergency bursary funds, in order to support School families through their own challenges. These were the right steps to take and we are hence achieving current success within tight, but secure, margins, which is to the very great credit of all.

There are exciting times ahead. I look forward to sharing our plans for the future with you in due course.

Andy Johnson Truro School Head and TSA President

I am delighted to be here and feel humbled and privileged to be leading the School at this time. It has been frustrating not to meet so many of the wonderful people in this School family, including those of you who would have been at the postponed 100th Annual Reunion Dinner and London Truro School Connected event. I look forward to meeting you when it becomes possible. To help our connectivity, and to celebrate the volume of news that is now being shared, I am delighted to let you know that the Truronian magazine will now be termly rather than annually, so please do keep your news and stories coming in. This will also help us to strengthen our Archive and nurture our heritage, which I value greatly.

I hope you will, with me and the School, look ahead to the New Year with optimism and belief.

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Truro School Connected

It has been an unusual and challenging autumn term: the Careers Department usually has a jam-packed diary of events and we rely heavily on face-to-face meetings and appointments, so we have had to alter much of our scheduling and ways of delivering talks to students.

Business lunches have continued to run, albeit in a slightly different format - they are now taking place via video conference calls afterschool hours.

We have been lucky enough to have had fantastic Old Truronians speak so far this term; Maisy Vincent CO20 is currently working at an international school in Bangkok on her gap year and provided a fascinating insight into this type opportunity and the challenges she faced embarking on a gap year during a global pandemic. Warwick Roydon C012 gave an inspiring talk about the pros and cons of running your own business and the skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur. He gave some great advice and students had the opportunity to ask their own questions about his experience running various businesses since he left university.

There are a host of further industry talks planned for early 2021, but still one or two spaces left in the schedule. If you feel that you might be able to offer half an hour of your time one evening to talk about a particular industry, I would love to hear from you. Please get in contact with me at nk@truroschool.com or Nicky Berridge at

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Whilst virtual networking continues to play an important part of what we do, particularly the advantage of the opportunities provided by the Truro School Connected LinkedIn page, it has been disappointing not to be able to host live alumni events. The London networking event has been a key event in the calendar over the last few years and it was very disappointing to miss the usual opportunity to catch-up with so many of our former pupils.

The Bristol networking event earlier this year before the pandemic took hold was the first of its kind in the region, and we are really sorry not to be repeating that in February 2021. However, we will continue to utilise our ever-generous Old Truronians in the academic terms to come, even if they are not able to meet the students in real life.

Nancy Kenward Old Truronian and Head of Careers

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This autumn term has seen business lunches become virtual, with Sixth Form students able to join the session live or catch up with the recording.

One of our most recent school leavers, Maisie, joined Mrs Kenward on for a gap year talk as part of the Careers Programme.

This academic year, Maisie jetted off to Bangkok, Thailand to start a year-long working gap year at Shrewsbury International School working mostly as a Teaching Assistant and Outreach Officer, but is involved where she can.

The process began around this time last year when Maisie bagan to research gap year opportunities and started introducing herself through emails - one of which to the school she now works in, before any vacancies were even posted. She advised to “be proactive and make the first move”. Her proactiveness was commended in her interview before being offered the job.

Maisie explained: “I have a say ‘yes’ attitude. It’s important to be flexible, and be open to anything because they’re looking for passion and willing to learn.”

Mrs Kenward asked Maisie why she chose the gap year route instead of work or further studies, she said: “I wanted more world experience outside of Cornwall and the UK before I go to uni, and to also network and make connections.”

Having secured her placement, Maisie set about learning the

very basics of Thai during the summer lockdown and has continued taking Thai classes now she’s out there.

However travelling on her own in the middle of a global pandemic was not easy and she had to face many challenges.

Having sorted her visas but with their borders closed, Maisie had to gain special permission from the Thai government to enter. There were no outbound flights except one specially chartered flight for staff working in international schools in the country.

It has now been a few months and Maisie is feeling more settled than when she first arrived. Her flatmates work at the same school, and through networking also has friends in other international schools, as well as the group of local university students who she says

has ‘helped her to see more of Bangkok off the tourist trail’.

Like Truro School, Maisie has half-terms and holidays off, which gives her the chance to see more of Thailand including picture-perfect beaches. “At first I was a little nervous travelling around but now I wouldn’t think twice. I receive a stipend of roughly £200 a month, which in Thailand is enough to live on so I can afford to book hotels and hostels. I also don’t have any living costs as part of my job so that’s something I’d recommend looking for in a gap year placement.”

We look forward to hearing more from Maisie’s adventures.

A little effort goes a really long way. Local people are really appreciative if you try. I’ve made friends with a group of Thai university

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Taking a Gap Year Abroad

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Warwick Royden CO12

Becoming an Entrepreneur

On Thursday 26 November, Old Truronian Warwick Royden took time to offer advice virtually to Sixth Form students interested in a career running their own business with host Nancy Kenward. The talk was informative, engaging and importantly, offered a personal reflection on what being your own boss might really entail, and many of the realities involved.

Warwick started by discussing how he got started when he was just a teenager, and the decisions that led him on his way. After studying for his A Levels at Truro School, he was accepted to study at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester for a BSc (Hons) in International Business Management. Warwick shared that despite receiving offers to go to alternative universities due to gaining higher A Level grades than were required for the course, it was the networking opportunities within business that the university would provide that ultimately helped his decision. Interestingly, Warwick

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was initially sceptical about going to a university at all, but with some persuasion from his father, he went.

Before even completing university, Warwick discovered his first business venture whilst on holiday in Spain after discovering a soft drink he had a feeling would do well in the UK. At only 19-years-old, he recalled how he took the chance to see if he could strike a deal with the drinks company in importing it to the UK. He was successful and subsequently e-mailed Waitrose which led to a meeting with the Head Drinks Buyer. A deal was struck to stock the product in 28 stores.

After finishing university and a move back home to Cornwall, the opportunity came up to take over a company called Skylight Cinema who provide equipment to over 1,000 outdoor cinema screenings across the UK. Over the six years that Warwick has taken over the business, the number of events booked has grown from 40 to 340 per year.

Warwick also owns other companies including a start-up Cornish vodka company – Tan Dowr (fire water in Cornish), a nightclub and a mobile advertising company.

During the discussion, students were able to learn the extent of the impact Covid-19 restrictions has had on his businesses. With Skylight, the company is now running mainly open-air drive-in events only, and unfortunately the nightclub is not able to take any revenue at all.

Warwick also talked about the pros and cons of running your own business such as, time to yourself, able to take holiday when you prefer and the feeling when business is prospering. Cons included the lack of time when the business is compromised due to outside circumstances and ultimately having no safety net financially in the first years.

Warwick’s top-tips looking back now as an 18-year-old: “if you think you have an idea in you – just do it. Life lessons can be

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He also acknowledged the benefit of having parents in business which can offer a safety net for those just starting-up in terms of the advice and practical support you can fall back on.

Something many students at the School have access to given the nature of how many families earn a living in Cornwall.

A huge thank you to Warwick and for his support with the Truro School Connected initiative and the resulting valuable support Sixth Formers were offered.

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Some questions from Sixth Formers: How did you go from having an idea for vodka to creating a production line and distributing it?

How do you plan your time in between each of the businesses and what takes priority?

Is it definitely worth going to university and doing a degree in business rather than keeping that on the back foot, and taking another lead in something else, then coming back to the idea of setting up your own business later on? Will that mean that you will find it difficult to have a successful start-up?

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TRURO SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Denise Walker CO96

THE TRURONIAN ankle surgeries might appeal to someone who was thinking of medicine. It is such a varied career.”

Denise successfully applied to the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff where she qualified to begin as a basic grade Podiatrist at Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust. She became a senior podiatrist one-year later, a team leader in 2006 and now leads a team of 60 staff including podiatrists, orthotist, support staff and admin. This role also involves service improvement, business plans and managing both services of podiatry and orthotics in a clinical and all patient facing role as Head of Podiatry.

Students learnt how Covid-19 has affected ways of working for her and her team such as needing to screen all patients before any physical appointments and keeping them virtual as much as possible. But the restrictions have had a positive impact also: a previously paper-based recording system has now been developed into being electronic.

Podiatry and Orthotics

Denise attended Truro School Sixth Form from 1994-1996 and is now Head of Podiatry and Orthotics Services at Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust. On Wednesday 2 November, students interested in a possible career within an allied health profession were offered the opportunity to find out more about podiatry and to learn of the journey and progression Denise has herself made.

She shared that whilst still at School, she was interested in pursuing physiotherapy at the University of Cardiff but did not achieve grades high enough. Dr Blake (TS 1987-2009), who was a biology teacher at the time, was able to chat with Denise about alternative options and a podiatrist course was decided.

“I was a failed physio and now so pleased I didn’t get the grades to undertake it because the wound side of podiatry is much more appealing to me than the MSK side which is more like physio. They refer patients to us to do more indepth physio.

Also, the fact that podiatrists can develop into podiatric surgeons and undertake all foot and

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New opportunities have also been made available due to the necessary easing for other areas of the NHS. For example, her team are now able to support colleagues in care homes attending patients who need swabbing due to their skillset.

Rules have eased in terms of being able to offer guided steroid injections to patients (previously radiologists were only able to do this), and they are able to prescribe more specific antibiotics instead of referring patients to their GP. Whilst podiatry is still a vulnerable profession because it is relatively unknown, there are various of ways to access it, such as an apprenticeship route with Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust and the University of Plymouth.

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Claire began her virtual talk on Wednesday 9 December by explaining what a midwife is and what that means in terms of the care that she gives in her role.

There are a number of specialist roles in midwifery which allow midwives to streamline their career into various ways of caring including diabetes care, supporting breastfeeding, providing ultrasounds, measuring carbon dioxide levels, caring for patients with mental health issues, safeguarding or clinical governance.

But why shouldn’t you be a midwife? Claire explained that the role is not for everyone. There are long working shifts that occupy weekends and evenings leaving your free-time to be during more unsociable hours. Medically you are dealing with bodily fluids at very close contact during labours and on top of that it is incredibly emotional caring for women at a vulnerable time in her life. Every midwife should consider the fact that whilst mostly birth is extremely safe and you are able to witness many happy families, there are always births that result in stillborn babies and other complications which can arise.

Claire attended Truro School from 1998-2005 before attending the University of Surrey and working as a clinical midwife for three years following graduation. Additional qualifications since then have meant that Claire was soon

able to examine newborn babies and to train new midwives, whilst also becoming a union representative for the Royal College of Midwives.

She went back to university in 2016 to obtain a Masters from University of Surrey. She now manages the children and women’s health care unit at her hospital and is undertaking a diploma in patient safety with the University of Edinburgh alongside. She also works as an advisor to the Care Quality Commission which enables her to help her hospital trust prepare for inspections.

Claire’s main specialist area is now clinical governance; therefore, she is responsible for listening to how well services are running and providing recommendations.

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Students took time at the end of the talk to ask some questions, including: What was it that made you want to be a midwife?

Claire’s parents both taught at Truro School which initially inspired her to be a teacher but she changed her mind at sixteen when looking into a healthcare career. She considered medicine but loved the continuity and opportunity to produce good healthcare within midwifery.

Thank you to Claire for discussing a career in midwifery.

Sarah Finnegan, Co-ordinator of the Medical Pathways Programme particulary wants to hear from anyone in the allied heath sector. Do you work in healthcare? Are you passionate about promoting your profession? Please e-mail Sarah at sef@truroschool.com if you are able to help.

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CAREERS

Support FUTURES

2020/2021

The benefits of Truro School Connected are not just for our Sixth Form students, our alumni benefit too. Our active Old Truronian community holds a wealth of career knowledge and life experience.

The Development Office ensures that this knowledge base is not only accessible to our current Sixth Form but extends long after our young people leave - it extends beyond university into the world of work.

The team aims to connect those alumni who can offer experience and guidance in specific fields with those just starting out.

If you would like to be an active participant and become part of Truro School Connected, whatever the level of help you can offer, whether it is offering job opportunities advice, guidance or work experience, or to be part of the Careers Convention, please get in touch with: Nancy Kenward at nk@truroschool.com or Nicky Berridge at tsconnections@truroschool.com.

Search ‘Truro School Connected’ on LinkedIn to join the conversation

Ways in which you can offer advice, guidance, networking and opportunities for both Old Truronians and Sixth Form students

• Business Lunches Every term, we welcome Old Truronians to speak and share their career experiences with students. These career insights can make all the difference to students trying to identify the right career for them.

• Post-18 Option Days Students take part in our Post-18 Option Days where they get the opportunity to meet a range of entrepreneurs and high-profile visitors from leading businesses and universities.

With a multitude of talks and seminars, they can dip into the sessions that interest them, gaining first-hand insight from those with experience.

• Mock Interviews These help students practise their interview techniques and are enormously beneficial in preparation for university or the world of work.

• CV Reviews Our panel of reviewers are able to offer advice and guidance on the best type of CV, knowing exactly what skill sets are required by specific industries or career areas. This service also gives vital tips to a young person applying for their first or second job.

• Careers Fair Students from the 3rd Year upwards are able to attend. With a range of diverse careers represented. This is an opportunity to talk to professionals, helping dispel the myths and promote the highlights. Attendees also get advice on useful GCSE, A Level, degree courses and other specific skills required. This is a biennial event.

• Internships, work shadowing or small group visits These employer experiences can provide students with a meaningful insight into what it is like to work in a particular sector, job role or company.

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Anna Rood CO13

Anna Rood (nee Caklais) is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. Her research has recently gained national media attention on BBC News and Science Magazine as a result of her refining work in the field of geology.

In an earthquake zone near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Southern California is a rock, precariously balanced in place for 21,000 years. The disturbance needed to unsettle such blocks is significant, which led to Anna wondering how the stones could be used to understand the history of earthquakes and why such enormous stones have yet to be unsettled from their positions.

“The turn of phrase we’re trying to coin is that these precariously balanced rocks, or PBRs, are an inverse seismometer. A normal seismometer records an event that has happened, whereas our PBR is still standing there, and so it records an earthquake that hasn’t happened. Specifically, a large earthquake,” she told BBC News.

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By analysing the ages of unstable rocks and working out just how big of an earthquake would topple them, Anna and her colleagues have built a more precise picture of past earthquake behaviour in the region—and therefore what could happen in the future.

Previous research on earthquake hazards has focused on these rocks, but this is the first study of its kind to dramatically refine an entire hazard assessment and will be a case study for how to approach the use of fragile geologic features.

Anna’s first interest in geology was discovered during her lessons at Truro School. As well as enjoying the combined application of sciences and maths to the physical Earth, Anna told us she liked being able to go out into the world to apply the theory to interpreting reality – solving real problems. After receiving the top mark in the country for GCSE Geology, Anna moved onto A Levels where she continued her geology studies before completing a 4-year MSCi Geology degree at Imperial College London.

Her work is now based at the university as a PhD

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research student which involves the study of geology, geomorphology, inorganic chemistry, nuclear physics, coding, data analysis and interpretation, whilst also writing papers for publication. Anna frequently travels to California for fieldwork to collect rock samples and other data, to Australia to analyse the samples by accelerator mass spectrometer, and internationally to present at scientific conferences and workshops. She explained to us more specifically what her day-to-day work looks like:

laboratory at Imperial College London, where I train students how to process rock samples to date their age using cosmogenic isotopes. I have been involved in projects ranging from melting of glaciers in Greenland to the impacts of land use change on the Great Barrier Reef.

My research involves the study of precariously balanced rocks found in seismically active regions, to put previously unavailable constraints on the estimates of large, rare earthquakes that could happen in these regions. I calculate what strength of earthquake ground shaking would be needed to cause these rocks to topple, and date how long they have been perched in the landscape. I was drawn to my PhD research project because of its multidisciplinary approach applied to addressing a real-world problem that results in more precisely estimating earthquake hazards.

Did you consider any other career?

I am also deputy manager of the CosmIC

Recent success and media attention as a result of her work has now provided further opportunities for research collaborations, lectures, events and interviews.

I always thought that I wanted to be a vet, and even undertook voluntary work at the vets in Truro for my Duke of Edinburgh Award while at Truro School. Instead, I’ll channel my love of dogs by (hopefully soon) owning a pack of dogs!

Do you feel your time at School helped you to progress in later life?

My time at School definitely instilled my work ethic and motivation that I have today, and my desire to be working to my full potential. I left

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Away from work, Anna lives in Fulham “right by river Thames with my husband Dylan” who she married in a window of opportunity earlier this summer at St Uny Church in Lelant, Cornwall (pictured on their wedding day below). A big family celebration is planned in the future.

Notably, Anna’s connection to Truro School is extended by-way of her family with younger brothers John Caklais CO15 and Tim Caklais CO16 having attended the School, and through their mother Mrs Caklais who was a Nursery teacher at Truro Prep School.

Did you enjoy your time at Truro School?

Yes, I remember feeling supported by the teachers. They made classroom learning an enjoyable experience with a focus on us gaining a true understanding of the subject.

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Competing in the U16 National Netball finals and being overall runner-up in the competition.

I continued playing netball and captained my university’s 1st team.

Is there any advice you could offer anyone considering a similar life or career path?

To any Old Truronian who has just finished an undergraduate degree and is considering whether to undertake a PhD, I would say you should take the opportunity. You’ll spend the next however many decades in a job so there’s no need to feel the need to rush into one. A PhD will offer you experience and experiences you would not otherwise get. The jobs you’re considering now will be glad to have you at a higher level after doing a PhD, and you can always tailor your project to set you up for any future career you may want. Not only does academia offer work-life flexibility and for you to direct your own work, but you really have an opportunity to become a world

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expert in your own specific area of research.

Mark Vanstone taught Anna geology and still works at the School. He said: “It’s fantastic to see Anna continuing to work with the same passion for geology that she showed at GCSE, building on her knowledge of Cornwall’s fantastic geology to make an important contribution to our understanding of earthquake hazards near the most famous plate boundary in the world. One of my greatest joys is to be contacted by former students who are passionate about my subject and want to share that passion with others.”

Anna’s success and achievement in her field has now led her to being offered a role following the completion of her PhD as Research Associate at the University of Ottawa. The role will involve managing the cosmogenic isotope laboratory at the A. E. Lalonde AMS Laboratory national facility.

Whilst continuing with her own research, she will have the opportunity to supervise students, industry projects and be involved in a whole range of exciting, cutting-edge research.

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James Hawes CO82

James attended Truro School between 19751982 along with his sister Lucy Hawes CO86 and younger brother Michael Hawes CO94.

At one time an aspiring lawyer, he very early earned success as a BAFTA Award winning TV and film producer and director. James lives in St Margaret’s, south west London with his family.

I have extremely happy and rich memories of Truro School. It wasn't all roses. That trudge up Trennick Lane on a wet, dark, January morning would suck the enthusiasm out of most teenagers.

There were subjects I enjoyed, where I could do well, and others where I was, frankly, an embarrassment. Mainly physics. And maths.

Definitely maths.

I was a chorister soon after my arrival and the choir would be a huge part of my time at the School. Some of my most powerful memories are of singing in various venues such as small Cornish chapels and the Royal Albert Hall.

I made life-long friends at School, and my very

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happiest memories focus on them - the stupid pranks, the discos in the new gym, beach and house parties, and every party in-between. It was a tremendously social school.

Immediately after leaving, James shared with us that he completed, what was then called ‘seventh term Oxbridge entry’ with intention of applying to the University of Oxford for Law. It wasn’t to be but the process was rewarding: “that term spent with some very close friends, in our very own tutorials with Mr Weeks (TS 1957-1992) and other teachers. Those weeks were among the best studying experiences ever.” A gap year was then spent travelling across both Europe and the USA - “usual thing – Greyhound buses and Interrail” before gaining a place at the University of Warwick for Law. It was then that James began to plan his career in film and television, partly due to Warwick town having a great arts offering and, incidentely, home to the largest theatre complex in the UK outside of the National Theatre. “Some friends would tell you that I studied theatre and occasionally joined

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Despite moving away from Cornwall for university, James returned with his young family in 1999 to live just outside Constantine, the village he grew up in. His daughter, Isy, was born there and later became a student at Truro Prep School. “It was very special to see her in the TS uniform!”

Sadly, as with many Cornish residents in certain industries, work made it impossible for James to remain in the county, leading to a move to London in 2006.

However, James still normally visits Cornwall several times a year, with his parents and Michael living in the county along with some old school friends: My brother and my parents still live in the county. I visit several times a year, sometimes meeting up with old school friends, and had been in touch with Watson Weeks until his death a few years ago.

James now travels all around the world for work from places such as Vancouver to Sierra Leone.

Lately, production has been based in LA and Budapest for various American networks.

The key fact is that I am freelance and have been for most of my career. Even in my eight years working on documentaries at the BBC, I was on a contract basis. I work wherever the project takes me. I sell myself, market myself and largely represent myself. I operate as a limited company.

What does your current role entail?

As a director of high-end television drama, I am the key creative on the show. My role is to transform the script into pictures and performances. I am responsible for developing a vision for the show and driving the look and feel of the finished product. If I am launching a series or directing a single film, I do everything from deciding the crew and the cast, to choosing the colour of the walls, the locations, the way a set will be lit and shot, right through to the music.

I have recently directed two films for the Netflix ‘Black Mirror’ series. I am currently setting up a new London-based drama thriller starring Oscarwinner Gary Oldman for AppleTV. Is there anything that you are especially proud of relating to your life or career?

I set up The Young Shakespeare Company and

THE TRURONIAN toured productions around the UK and New England, USA over three seasons. I directed HRH Prince Charles in a documentary he wrote and presented about the challenges to the global environment. We flew around the world to Hong Kong, Sumatra, Italy, Scotland and the USA. The film was part of Europe-wide season of programming about the environment. (I was 25!).

I made an investigative documentary about fraud and sharp practice in Sierra Leone that led to the UN negotiating a better deal for the country. I launched David Tennant as the tenth Doctor Who, directing the first ever Christmas Special. Winning a BAFTA nomination for a film starring Helena Bonham Carter. Helping to set up Directors UK, the organisation which represents screen directors here. Making a TV movie about the investigation into the Challenger disaster starring William Hurt.

It won the Royal Television Society award for best TV movie. And my daughter! Above all - my daughter.

James’ daughter Isy is now in her third year studying Spanish and English at Durham University and James’ wife Janie, who has a background in publishing and company administration, assists James in managing the business. When he isn’t busy James enjoys running, gardening, writing for future projects and studies Arabic.

We were delighted to learn of the teachers who he says helped him progress in later life. Namely, Watson Weeks (TS 1957-1992), Henry Doughty (TS 1963-1988), and Nigel Taylor.

Watson Weeks was inspirational. We stayed in touch as he came to see plays I directed and also watched and critiqued every television film I made. At School Mr Weeks was Head of English and taught me in the Sixth Form. He had an immense passion for his subject. Lessons became performances but he incidentally also directed the School plays. All this sparked a passion in me for performance, for theatre, for text - that would lead me to a very different career - much to my parents' concern (or panic even).

Henry Doughty, Head of Music, gave me an enjoyment and a confidence in music that has lived with me ever since. Nigel Taylor taught me history. In lessons I would make many of my documentaries about historical and other topics.

It was a pretty robust school back then, which served me well. It contributed to my sense of Cornwall - of belonging to a place which has rooted me ever since.

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Did you consider any other career?

I grew up with every intention of following a family tradition and expectation that I would become an army officer, before launching into a career in the law. Everything in my early years at School aimed at this, including running crosscountry, Ten Tors training, leading the public speaking team, Duke of Edinburgh Awards etc. I even spent time on a potential officer’s course at The Royal School of Artillery. Then it all changed because of Truro School. Or to be more accurate, because of one teacher at the School: Watson Weeks. And once I had turned up at the BBC I became bewitched by the magic of making documentaries. And of course the drama, the travel, the places and people I have been privileged to meet. There was no turning back.

Is there any advice you could offer anyone considering a similar career path?

Practice telling stories. Everything in broadcasting and film making is about telling

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stories. It is a very competitive industry, so you need to show passion and you need to find a way to stand out. Write or shoot short films. Decide what makes you laugh or cry, what makes you angry and make a film about it.

What are your plans for the future?

I am attached to direct a movie in the US next year (Covid-19 permitting) and I am working to develop several of my own projects. My life is built on a project-by-project basis so I can begin a new year with no idea where it will take me. And to buy a home in Cornwall!

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John Lear attended Truro School from 19521960 alongside two brothers, Roger Lear CO67 and Philip Lear CO71. After leaving, he attended Westminister College, Oxford before training for the Methodist ministry.

Born in 1941 at Beacon near Camborne, John won a scholarship to Truro School in 1952.

At School John’s aspiration was to become a teacher and so after leaving in 1960 he went to Westminster College of Education, Oxford where he studied for a three-year Teachers’ Certificate.

Whilst there he captained the College Ist XV rugby team.

John’s first teaching post was in 1963 at Smethwick Hall Boys’ School in the West Midlands where he was eventually promoted to the Head of English. Six years later he moved to Longlands School in Worcestershire as Head of the English and careers master.

In 1973 John was appointed Director of Community Studies at Heathfield High School, Cradley Heath in the West Midlands.

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He would later become Senior Master at the school. Between 1978-80 he was seconded to Birmingham University where he read for a B. Phil.

(Ed.) degree in Educational Technology and was awarded the Cadbury Prize for research with his dissertation.

John told us that throughout his teaching career he was very involved in extracurricular activities, particularly sport. He held the post of secretary of Warley Schools’ Football Association and represented the county borough at English Schools level.

Throughout my life I have been greatly indebted to the Methodist Church, not least in my days at Truro School where two Headmasters – Lowry Creed and Derek Burrell – had a major influence on my subsequent life. Both my parents were active and loyal Methodists and so it was not surprising that I became a member of the local church. Later I became a fully accredited local preacher.

It was during the late 1980’s that I felt a call to ordained ministry. At first I resisted this prompting

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but eventually, with the support of my wife Gill, I put this call to the test and was accepted by the Methodist Church for training. I underwent a three-year part-time theological training course at the Queens College, Birmingham. In 1992 I resigned from my teaching post after 27 years in the profession.

John’s first station was in 1992 in the Derby (South) Circuit where he had pastoral charge of three urban churches. Seven years later he became superintendent minister of the Derby Derwent Circuit which was based in the city and its northern suburbs. He retired in 2002.

John and his wife Gill have been married for 52 years after they met whilst both studying at Westminster College (pictured above on their wedding day). They have three children: the eldest daughter is a GP in Derby, the youngest daughter is a teacher at Foremarke Hall Preparatory School in Repton and their son is managing director for global operations at JP Morgan in New York.

They also have six grandchildren (one of whom is pictured on the right). John also shared with us a photo from a recent family wedding (below right).

Now enjoying retirement, we asked John if he enjoyed his time at Truro School to which he

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shared that he “enjoyed every moment particularly on the rugby field and in the aero-modelling club run by the then chaplain, Rev. Victor Cooper (TS 1950-1954).” John recalls special memories of the morning service in the School Chapel and playing his first game for the first fifteen against a team from Hannover. But it was the annual staff Christmas play ‘The Ghost Train’ that stuck as one of his memories when apparently Mr Penna’s (TS 1945-1979) wig came off!

What does retirement entail for you?

Doing a lot of voluntary and church work in the local community.

Is there anything that you are especially proud of relating to your career?

I am especially proud of the sports teams I took time to run after school. It was when pupils mattered, and bureaucracy was on the back burner!

Is there any advice you could offer anyone considering a similar career path?

If you’re thinking of becoming a teacher, then I advise commitment and avoid cynicism, especially

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What are your hobbies and how is your leisure time spent?

My time is spent with church work and watching Derby County and Derbyshire County Cricket Club of which my wife and I are members. I am also the present chairman of the Derbyshire Cricket Society.

Are you still in touch with anyone from your time at Truro School?

Yes I’m still in touch with some of my cohort, especially Les Rendall CO59.

Do you feel your time at School, or anything about your time here, helped you to progress in later life?

Yes, most certainly.

What are your plans for the future?

I take every day as it comes. Each day is a bonus.

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Dr Sian Mooney CO84

Dr Sian Mooney CO84 attended Truro School Sixth Form from 1982-1984. After leaving she completed a BSc in Agricultural Economics at the University of Wales – Aberystwyth before leaving for a career in Canada and then the USA. She is Dean of the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Sian’s most memorable experience at Truro School was the A Level geography field trip to Wales.

The class stayed for several days studying physical geography – “it was a great opportunity to have fun with friends as well as learn a few things!” She also remembers squash lessons (which led her to playing at university level in tournaments) and the ‘girls room’ which became a relaxing place to retreat to during the school day.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Truro School and have many fond memories of my Sixth Form experiences, and still enjoy keeping up with the family and career successes of several students that I met during that time who are mostly on Facebook - namely Martin Phillips CO84, Lynette Carveth CO84, Julian and Vaughan Edwards CO84, Jeremy Holland CO84 and

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several others - but I have not seen anyone in several years.

Today, Sian works as Dean of the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University (pictured on the right) – a large public American university with more than 100,000 students spread over several different campuses in the state. This year the university celebrated its bicentennial. Sian shares her time between two locations – Bloomington and Indianapolis where her departments are located. The programmes within the university are highly ranked as the very top Master of Public Affairs degree in the US and as a result draws on students from all over the world, as well as Indiana.

As Dean, Sian is responsible for all aspects of the school including the faculty, students, finances and curriculum. A Dean is most often the external face of the university and represents interests across the university, as well as to outside constituents.

Did you have any specific career dreams or aspirations?

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I enjoy change and new challenges and did not deliberately plan my career path - but I feel very fortunate that it has worked out so well. I have said "yes" to many unexpected opportunities, experienced many adventures and I have not regretted any of them. Although I currently live in the USA, I would never have expected to be in my current position when I was a student at Truro School. During my undergraduate degree I worked as a research assistant for a professor that was visiting from Canada. We worked on policy responses from the UK government to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. I found I enjoyed research and I also liked to travel. The opportunity presented itself to undertake additional degrees in Canada and later the USA and I took advantage of these to both study and live overseas. I initially planned on being away from the UK for just a year!

Did you consider any other career?

I was part-owner in a private consulting firm for a few years and thought about doing that full-time. But I feel that I made a good decision to continue on a higher education path. I believe people can be successful and enjoy many different careers. If something has interested me I have said “yes let’s do this” and not regretted change.

Is there anything that you are especially proud of relating to your career?

There are many achievements that I am grateful to have had a hand in creating and I am proud to have been selected to help propel the O'Neill

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Away from work Sian lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband Dr Shawn Novak who is also an academic. This is my seventh US state having previously lived in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho (twice), Virginia, Arizona and now Indiana.

Prior to the US I also lived for four years in Winnipeg, Canada. They have two daughters currently at university themselves as students.

We also have a black labrador puppy named Zuri who is one-year-old (and a bundle of energy) as well as a 16-year-old named Pasha. We enjoy mountain biking, road biking, running and I recently started to take piano lessons again. I am enjoying having more music back in my life. I also like to spend time traveling when I can. When I lived in a colder climate, I was an avid telemark skier and also competed in cross-country ski marathons (skate skiing).

As with so many families who send their children to Truro School, the pattern continues in Sian’s family, whose neice and nephew Max and Alice both attended Truro School for a short time, before her brothers’ family relocated abroad.

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THE TRURONIAN Do you manage to visit Cornwall and have you ever returned to Truro School for a visit?

I come back once or twice a year and have explored the exterior of the School on foot a few times informally. The School has grown considerably since I attended!

Do you feel your time at School, or anything about your time here, helped you to progress in later life?

I learned to be more resilient and I feel my time at the School helped me to appreciate how to learn. It also taught me how best to become accustomed to operating in what was then a mostly male environment. It proved to be good training for working many years in a mostly male environment later on.

What are your plans for the future?

To keep working as Dean and Professor.

Is there any advice you could offer anyone considering a similar career path?

To pursue the things that interest you, and don't be too tied to the experiences that others think you should take.

Call for Contributions Would you like to take part in an informal interview about your career and family life since leaving Truro School?

Maybe you have an interesting story or career to share?

Do you have any fond memories of your time at Truro School?

We would love to hear from you.

Complete the questionnaire online by visiting the Keep in Touch page in the Old Truronians section, or email tsconnections@truroschool.com.

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Archive

140 years ago: the School’s first year 1880 in focus

There is actually very little about the early years of the School in the archive. What we do have comes from a few recollections recorded in school magazines more than a decade after it began and from some newspaper clippings from January 1880. A recent trawl of the British Newspaper Archive online unearthed some new information, helping to fill out what happened at the school in its first year, after it began in January 1880.

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Truro School from Lemon Quay, late 19th century

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Lent Term The opening ceremony of the School took place on Monday 19 January at the Bethesda Chapel Schoolroom in River Street. Lessons began for the first 35 pupils on the following day. By the end of the month the directors decided to build new premises for 120 pupils and began the search for somewhere suitable.

It wasn’t long before Nicolls Park, a four-and-a-half-acre site, above The Parade and to the south of Pentreve, was secured for a new building. The Royal Cornwall Gazette on 13 February reported that it was formerly the property of Mr Charles Gatley and cost £1,100 or about £250 an acre.

In March a newspaper advert for the School shows the staff consisted of the headmaster Mr Turner, Mr W. Vincent, Mr R.

White (music and singing) and Sergeant Elton for drill.

The first annual shareholders meeting was held in April and arrangements were made for launching the competition for designs of the new building.

Those present felt the necessity of permanent buildings “worthy of the county and commensurate with the pressing requirements of the institution”. There was already a waiting list of prospective pupils and prompt action was needed. The new building would include school rooms and the headmaster’s residence. £25 and £10 were offered for the two best designs.

The shareholders expressed the general wish “that the building should have some architectural pretensions, so that they might feel proud of it when it was erected”.

The directors reported that the furnishing of 4, Strangways Terrace with beds, bedding and other necessaries came to £220, while desks, books, maps and other equipment came to £75.

“The furnishing has entailed considerable anxiety and labour, and the most rigid economy consistent with efficiency has been observed” (Royal Cornwall Gazette, 16 April 1880).

Mr and Mrs Turner were thanked for their efforts in making the School a success.

Summer Term The summer term began on 1 May with 43 pupils. By midJune 12 sets of designs had been received in response to the competition. The shareholders were invited to inspect the architects’ plans which had “so much equal merit that the committee could not undertake to decide as to which was best and most suitable without calling in professional assistance” (Cornish and Devon Post, 12 June 1880). The winning plans were by Eliot J. Etwell of West Bromwich, who was awarded the £25.

The build was estimated to be

£4,000. The 2nd place went to Messrs Bromelow and Cheem of Liverpool.

The earliest references to the School’s sporting activities appear in the summer term.

On 25 June the Royal Cornwall Gazette reported that the cricket match between the Truro YMCA 2nd XI and the Wesleyan Middle Class School which took place the day before. It was played at Tolgarrick and “resulted in an easy victory for the YMCA by 64 runs”. The return match was postponed a few times due to rain, but finally played on Friday

19 July. The YMCA won the toss and put the school in to bat first “and owing chiefly to the batting of Turner (master of the school) who scored 14, Thorne 9 and Wilton 7, they reached the score of 49”. The YMCA “headed the opponents score by 10 runs”. In the second innings the School were unable to make a stand against the bowling of Gowing and Clyma, and they were all out for 25 runs, Wilton scoring another seven. By the call of time, the YMCA won by 3 wickets and 7 runs, although it was reported that “R Trounson and Wilton bowled splendidly

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for the School”. Another cricket match was played later in July, against Hart House School in Tregony, but the more experienced Hart House won by an innings and 9 runs, although Wilton, for Truro, made 3 and 8, and took 9 wickets.

The Wesleyan Conference at the beginning of August discussed the expansion of Methodist education and remarked on the successful progress of the School in Truro. “During the consideration of educational affairs, special reference was made to the efforts of Truro in leading the way in middle-class education” (Western Times, 9 August 1880).

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Michaelmas Term Adverts for tenders from builders for the new building first appeared at the end of July and those interested were invited to view the plans. By the time of the directors’ meeting in October six applications had been received. Messrs Julian and Sons, Truro, were chosen from a selection of builders from Truro, Torquay and Gloucester.

Plans were also set in motion to invite the Sir William McArthur, Lord Mayor of London to lay the memorial stone of the new building.

Plans were also made to take a large house in Lemon Street for assistant masters and boarders. Nearly 40 boarders were expected in the new term after Christmas, and C.A. Eaton was appointed as third master.

The new term was to start on Saturday 22 January 1881.

In December a few pupils sat the Cambridge Local Examinations for the first time.

The Cornishman in March 1881, when the results were published, mentioned that H. Thorne of Liskeard and A.C. Trounson from Penzance, entered for the exams

by Mr Turner, “satisfied the examiners”.

The first Speech Day was held at the end of term on 21 December in the temporary schoolroom, presided over by the Mayor of Truro, and School Director, Amos Jennings. The boys, now nearly 50 of them, sang glees and solos between the speeches, accompanied by Mr R. White on the piano. Among the various speeches, the Headmaster Mr Turner’s received loud applause. “…The School being but just

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The Rev. J. Hutcheon felt that the directors “had done well in their selection of instructor. He believed Mr Turner to be the ‘right man in the right place’ … a good report of the School had already spread around … the new term would commence with 80 or 90 boys … and he hoped the institution should become celebrated for its cultivation of the power of thought and personal judgement, which was so necessary for the boys to acquire in order to make them successful in life”.

Mrs Turner also received a special mention and thanks “for the home comforts she gave the boys at Strangways Terrace, they were… of a substantial kind, and the care and maternal arrangements” added greatly to the success of the School. The secretary Mr Kendall reported that “he had gone in for three figures as the number to start the School when built and, he added, that in the cost of the building the directors had had considerable financial help outside their connexion.

They had secured £500 from connexional funds, but they had another £500 from another source, which they would have

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Obituaries Tributes and Memories PAUL COLLENETTE (FORMER TEACHER TS 1974-2010)

Paul COLLENETTE

28 August 1950 - 29 September 2020

LES HOSKING CO62 (TS 1956-1961) DEREK HILBORNE CO39 (TS 1937-1939) RAYMOND HILL CO47 (TS 1937-1947) TREVOR JAGGAR CO43 (TS 1937-1943) BRUCE MUMMERY CO72 (TS 1966-1972) Paul taught me Geography and Geology and it was clear he was passionate about his subjects. At the time, I was the only girl in two of my A Level classes and he went to the trouble of moving the other sets around so that some other girls were switched to my classes - a real kindness to a girl who was new to the School and rather out of her depth.

As a teacher returning to the School some twelve years later, I couldn't believe my luck that he was to be my new Head of Department. He was always there if I needed anything (and as a newly qualified teacher, I

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needed quite a lot), but also showed total trust in me - I never felt micro-managed. He memorably pointed out to me that if there were deficiencies in my knowledge, I could blame him, but that he was pretty confident that he had taught me all I needed to know while I was in the Sixth Form! I accompanied Paul and the Geography department on many field trips. Particular highlights being the trip to Tenerife and the memorable Dorset coast visits.

He worked so hard. As head of two thriving departments, he must have been so busy,

TRURO SCHOOL ASSOCIATION but students were in and out of the boarding house that he and Rosemary managed all the time, getting extra lessons and a phenomenal amount of his time to help them on their way to success. He was notoriously outspoken during staff meetings and was rather critical of the bureaucracy that was creeping into classrooms, but our students were always, always at the heart of everything he did, and they knew that. He was deservedly given 'legend' status by his students as a result.

Tribute by Nancy Kenward Old Truronian, current teacher of Business and History and Head of Careers

THE TRURONIAN I worked with him for 30 years and he had a big influence on my teaching style making me realise early on that field-based learning in Geology and Geography was the way to really inspire students.

Paul was often relentless on fieldwork starting at 8.30 am in the morning and not finishing until it was too dark to see anything! We clocked up many thousands of miles together in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, south Wales, Tenerife and the west coast of the USA. Paul was loved by his students, had a very easygoing manner with them, and was a master of quality banter. We always did karaoke in Tenerife on the last night of the trip with our students.

Tribute by Ian Kenyan Current teacher of Geology

TRURO SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Paul was a massively influential teacher in the School, Head of Geography, Geology and fifth year, as well as chairing the catering committee and working in boarding, alongside his wife Rosemary. As a former student of his, I found him to be knowledgeable and always put students first, working tirelessly on our behalf. The Geography and Geology departments took great care of me as a student, helping me develop an enduring passion for the Earth Sciences, encouraging me to consider Geology at the University of Oxford and helping me to prepare for the interviews.

During his time in charge of Geography and Geology, the departments achieved outstanding results, including national prizes for high performance at GCSE and A Level, but Paul particularly delighted to help struggling students, giving up hours of his time to teach them at lunch times.

Paul’s charge to me when he retired, was to remember the weaker students. Paul also seemed to understand better than anyone how the School worked, he had an impressive knowledge of the fifth form students and was an expert at gently encouraging them into the Sixth Form.

Tribute by Mark Vanstone Current teacher of Geology and Director of Studies

I was lucky enough to accompany Paul on some of his School adventures to the USA and Hawaii (pictured right). Paul provided some amazing trips for the pupils, always camping in the wilds with the bears and cooking our own food on the stoves we carried with us, or on the campfires in Yellowstone. Paul would always be up at the crack of dawn, raiding the local supermarkets for bargains, returning often with ham, cheese and copious amounts of peanut butter!

We used to drive for miles and miles to visit the geographical sites, Paul often saying, "it's just a short drive!" Hours and hundreds of miles later we would arrive, often in sweltering heat, but it was always worth it.

Paul was a very generous and giving man, both in his time to the pupils and staff, but also with his nature and warmth.

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He was a true Truro School legend and a man that will never be forgotten for all those pupils and staff he influenced.

Tribute by Sonya Newton Current Assistant Director of Sport

As a geography and geology alumni of Truro School, I would guess that Paul Collenette was the teacher that took me for more lessons than any other teacher. So many happy memories and enjoyable lessons from Truro School must be therefore, in no small part, a result of Paul’s contribution to my time at the School. I am now enjoying my life and career as a geologist - Paul’s influence can only be described as profound.

I owe a great debt to a great teacher, not least Paul’s confidence and understanding in my approach to geography and it’s A Level course work.

Tribute by Huw Williams CO97

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When Paul Collenette started at Truro School in September 1974, I was a member of his first A Level Geography class. Like many 16-year olds, at that time I had absolutely no plans for the future; nearly three years later, following hours spent studying Geography and Geology with such a talented teacher, undertaking a Geography degree was inevitable. It is no exaggeration to say that his enthusiasm, geographical knowledge and ability to clearly explain things, together with his genuine desire to ensure that we did our best, were an inspiration to me. Whether considering physical or human geography, geographical methods, palaeontology or any other aspect of geology, he was well informed and had the ability to make any topic both interesting and enjoyable.

who owes so much gratitude to a great teacher and person - it was a privilege to be taught by and to know him.

This was not only evident in the classroom but also when on fieldwork, including during an excellent residential A Level course based in Swanage at the start of the long, hot summer of 1976, just before we sat our A Levels. Such an event needs to be carefully planned which undoubtedly it was, except perhaps for the intervention of an irate local farmer screaming “get out of my field” as we walked across chalk downland! I suspect that that residential field trip was the first he organised, the forerunner of many to follow which will have benefited and educated so many students over the 36 years he was teaching at the School.

My heart felt condolences to the Truro School community.

Paul's dedication to his students was unquestionable, as was obvious in the detailed feedback given on essays and exam questions, something not always a 'given' in those days.

It was also evident in the time he was prepared to commit to discussion outside of lessons, not necessarily subject related but perhaps about sport - as an aside, couldn't he hit a cricket ball very hard?!

His support and wise counsel were things I greatly appreciated and I shall always be grateful for his time and advice as I started as a fledgling Geography and Geology teacher, years after I left Truro School.

As my wife commented when I told her of Paul's passing, he was absolutely pivotal in shaping how my career and, indeed, how my whole life has panned out. I am sure that I am not the only one

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Tribute by Nick Scantlebury CO76

Memories from Old Truronians and Friends I’m so sorry to hear this news. He was a lovely man and a really inspirational teacher. I have very fond memories of going up Mount Teide with him on the Tenerife field trip.

by Lucy Cotton CO09 Very sad news. by Nick Wilshaw Old Truronian Parent

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Les HOSKING

Trevor JAGGAR

Having beaten prostate cancer between 2017 and 2019, Les Hosking has passed away suddenly at home.

Dad was born in Chingford, North East London to Bertram and Ethel, but moved at a young age to Perranporth in Cornwall with his mother. His love of the Cornish coast never died and he still visited regularly in his late 80s.

13 June 1944 - November 2020

He was a long standing member of the Penzancebased Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity (RRMC), an organisation whose aim is to train communities to use defibrillators and get the life-saving machines installed in as many schools, neighbourhoods, buildings and public spaces in Cornwall and beyond.

Les, with his wife of 52 years Margaret and their son Leon helped to make the RRMC public access defibrillator (PAD) programme the national and international multi-award-winning success that it is today. As well as his work for RRMC, Les was a a keen modeller and parts manager for JC Tractors Service for 23 years. He was also involved in St Buryan annual rallies for a producing catalogues. Born in Penzance, Les lived all his life in Marazion.

9 February 1925 - 27 September 2020

At Truro School, he excelled at sport, acting and certain academics. He was probably one of the few people to have captained a future England rugby captain in a school second XV - John Kendall-Carpenter CO43. His ascent into the cricket first XI team required taking heed of the contemptuous comment of a teacher-umpire to his errant forward defensives: ‘Going fishing, Jaggar?’ The other distinction our father had at Truro School was singing all four parts of the Messiah whilst a pupil: he graduated from soprano to alto to tenor to bass over a five-year period.

He took Mathematics and Physics at A Level and was sent to Bristol to serve the nation at Malvern during wartime summer vacations. He graduated with First Class Honours and then served the nation through Colonial Service, spending several years in Tanzania, becoming fluent in Swahili and returning many times during retirement, having restudied the language at the School of African and Oriental & African Studies, University of London.

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His major career avenue was in teaching and in the schools inspectorate, before becoming a headmaster aged 32 and taking the Secretary of State for Education and Junior Ministers around various inner London examples of educational philosophies. He was not above showing them the worst example of their favoured philosophy and the finest example of their most despised one. The ministers concerned were sufficiently self-aware to appreciate the joke.

When his two children were still young, the family settled in North West London where he and his wife Eiry (pictured right with Trevor in Austria, 1963) lived for almost exactly 50 years before his death aged 95. Both he and his wife were greatly respected members of the local community.

Dad became a Quaker in later life after attending a Quaker service at the school he had sent his son to, realising that the quiet contemplation of a Quaker meeting allied to the Quaker dictum ‘There is that of God in everyone’ seemed to fit best with his Weltanschauung. His final working role was heading the Quaker Education policy unit (QSRE) at Friends House.

Whilst neither of his children sought to emulate his various accomplishments directly, his love of playing Professor Higgins in Pygmalion whilst at Truro School did lead his son to write: ‘Why can’t a Heffer be more like a Brown?’ which caused great merriment in Westminster, not least the line ‘One Brown in a million might shout a bit…’

His love of the stage was curtailed by wartime necessity, but he was able to admire the geography teacher at his son’s school, whose dismissal of pupils being coruscated for bad language in public was: ‘Well, bugger off then!’

That combination of delightful hypocrisy allied to perfect actor’s timing spoke to my father’s sense of harmless yet wicked fun. His life was fully lived, his influence was widespread, his admirer’s legion.

Tribute by Trevor’s son, Rhys Jaggar

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Bruce MUMMERY

9 February 1954 - 5 November 2020 will be sadly missed by Pauline and his daughters, Hannah and Roxane, and by his School chums from the CO72.

Tribute by Nick Schulkins CO72

Bruce Mummery passed away this year after a short illness. Although Bruce was born in Rochester, he was a proud Cornishman all his life, with his parents, Frank and Barbara, moving to St Austell when he was only two-years old to run their local Post Office at Mount Charles. His family came from seafaring roots, with Frank being a merchant navy sea captain and Barbara being the daughter of Will Hendra, the harbourmaster at Charlestown.

He was always proud of his time as a day boy at Truro School, pointing out the ‘school on the hill’ when he passed through the city. At School he played rugby (a prop at 2nd & 3rd XV level), and he represented St Austell at water polo, which was a sport in which he excelled.

Higher education took him to Portsmouth and Plymouth, where he studied accountancy and, through which, he met his wife to be Pauline.

Bruce became Chairman of the Exeter Branch of the Certified Public Accountants Association (CPAA), and was also on their Council of Management, through which he regularly travelled throughout the UK. He had a lifetime enthusiasm for aircraft and fast cars, once harbouring a dream to join the RAF, but always following motor racing with old school friends from Brands Hatch in 1970 to Silverstone revival meetings in 2017. His humour and kindness

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A very different year for the Development Office 2020 started for us in much the same way as most years in our office - making plans for our ever-growing events calendar, with the new Truro School Connected Bristol event in February followed by the Truro School Connected Careers Convention later in the month (which was to be bigger and better than ever with lots of Old Truronians taking part).

The ever-popular Afternoon Tea at Easter and very importantly looking forward to our 100th Annual Reunion Dinner and sports fixtures in September, as well as the October Truro School Connected event in London. Little did we know what was ahead.

Lockdown!

Mid-March brought lockdown, and with it, the postponement of all our events. Back then, we were naïve enough to think that, before long, we would be re-scheduling and back on track. Yet we find ourselves at the end of the year and still with no idea when we will be able to gather our alumni and wider Truro School community together again.

However, that was not the worst thing for us – there was a big blow in May when we lost our dear friend and former headmaster, Guy Dodd (TS 1993-2001). His warmth, smile and positivity was always a joy whenever he used to visit us and we miss him greatly. For me personally, I will always treasure the four years working with Guy in his role as founding Chairman of the Foundation – it was a real privilege.

My colleagues Amanda (Development and Alumni Relations Officer) and Jo (Researcher/Archivist) were among those furloughed until the beginning of the academic year – it was certainly not the same without them. Working alone from my ‘home office’ I enjoyed the increased communication with our Old Truronians and soon realised many were feeling the same; a little isolated and cut off from usual life. So, with the help of Foundation Chairman, Graham Hooper and Trustee/Governor Helen Sullivan (both Old Truronian parents), our weekly Keeping Connected e-newsletter was born: its aim - to share uplifting stories, online cultural viewing ideas, and probably most important Maria’s brilliant Cookery School recipes!

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This engagement was warmly received by our community: we have seen mini-OT reunions via Zoom (one of which pictured right), heard so many lovely stories in ‘Where Are They Now?’ and even managed to reunite many friends of yester-year.

We also discovered the amazing diversity and achievements of our alumni (some of whom are at the forefront of work surrounding the current pandemic). So, we decided to continue our newest e-newsletter, ‘Keeping Connected’, on a monthly basis after lockdown eased.

With reduced staffing levels it was not possible to create the annual Truronian magazine in time for our usual August publication, but with Amanda and Jo returning in September we managed a late edition, albeit in our new, more environmentally friendly, electronic format only sending hard copies by request.

The New Normal Whilst I was certainly overjoyed to have us all back working together as a team again, things still remain very different for us, as we are each working individually, mainly from our home offices.

So, the year is ending still in a very different way for us, we have no idea when we will be able to

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safely bring our Old Truronians together again, face to face. With the recent news regarding the Coronavirus vaccine, we hope it will be by the next academic year in September 2021.

Plus a change…

Our happy team will be saying farewell to Amanda (but only for a short spell) as she and fiancé Adam will be welcoming a new little addition to their family towards the end of January 2020. Watch out for the special news in the New Year!

However, one thing remains strong, constant and unchanged – our wonderful Old Truronian community: OT alumni, OT parents, current parents, OT former staff and current staff. We count ourselves very lucky to be part of this caring, engaged and vibrant family that is Truro School.

The 1952-59 era during a Zoom reunion earlier this year

Please keep sending us all your news, achievements and items of interest and until we can meet again, Jayne, Amanda, Jo and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings and, perhaps most important of all at the moment, good health, safety, happiness and peace in the New Year!

Nicky Berridge Development and Alumni Relations Manager

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Annual Reunions 2020-2021

Due to current restrictions, all events are on hold until further notice with dates to be confirmed.

All Old Truronian events are free of charge with the exception of the Annual Reunion Dinner. We welcome all former pupils to join any event along with guests, although some are specific to particular eras.

If you would like to receive further information about the events, please contact tsconnections@truroschool.com or telephone 01872 246094.

We hope to see you again soon!

REUNION

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Annual Alumni Sports Reunion

Truro School

Matches between Old Truronians and current Truro School teams: rugby, hockey and netball.

Annual Alumni Reunion Dinner

Truro School

We extend a warm welcome to all Old Truronians and guests to this reunion dinner, held in the Dining Hall.

Truro School Connected London

London venue (to be confirmed)

An opportunity for Old Truronians in the London and south-east England to network and catch up with one another.

Truro School Connected Bristol

Bristol venue (to be confirmed)

An opportunity for Old Truronians in the Bristol and Bath areas to network and catch up with one another.

Afternoon Tea Reunion

Truro School

For Old Truronians aged 75 and over. Join us for an afternoon of Cornish cream tea, memories from the School Archive provided

by Jo Wood, and excellent conversation with friends.

Royal Cornwall Show

Wadebridge Showground

Visit the Truro School stand for refreshments and conversation with fellow Old Truronians and current members of staff.

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Online | truroschool.com/oldtruronians

Don’t forget to update your details with us to be added to the alumni mailing list where you can receive the monthly newletter Keeping Connected and other updates straight to your inbox

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Admissions figures continue to be positive at Truro School

Choosing a school is like choosing a home; it has to feel right. We are proud of our warm, friendly and relaxed atmosphere. At the ages of 3-16, our role as a school is to work with parents to encourage and nurture children so that they reach the very limits of their abilities. Likewise, in the Sixth Form, we advocate less formal teacher-pupil relationships, helping students to find themselves, accept responsibility and achieve their individual aspirations.

We are looking forward to welcoming another fresh intake in September 2021. Despite only being able to offer our Open Events on virtual platforms, we are delighted that the number of registrations for 11+, 13+ and 16+ is above that of previous years and we look forward to the summer term when we hope to invite them all into School for their Taster Days.

Jayne Grigg, Director of Admissions and Emma Williams, Admissions Assistant As of December 2020, the number of pupils currently attending Truro School are: Whole School (including Prep):

1,046 pupils (Prep 282 pupils)

Senior School (including Sixth Form):

764 pupils (698 day pupils, 66 boarders from 13 different nationalities)

Sixth Form only:

171 pupils (101 in the Lower Sixth and 70 in the Upper Sixth)

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Jayne and Emma at last year’s Year 6 Activity Day which was – you have guessed it – on the theme of Harry Potter. It included making wands in woodwork and cheese straws, potions in chemistry and a chaotic, but thoroughly enjoyable, Quidditch match complete with broomsticks.

This year the team had to change things just a little to operate on a virtual platform. However, that did not seem to stop over 100 children enjoying a “Wake Up and Shake Up” with the Director of Sport, an art lesson involving painting with coffee and a variety of maths challenges which delivered that all important life lesson – when things seem impossible to begin with, just keep trying...

Thursday 3 September - Year 7 Induction Day to the Senior School

Friday 4 September - New and returning pupils on the first day back at School

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Round-up of the year from the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce in order to keep the Cornish economy buoyant. Thankfully the bumper summer gave our hospitality sector the life raft it needed, but two lockdowns either side of that has meant local eateries and pubs have taken a huge hit in 2020 – so go and have that Christmas drink with a friend.

I’m feeling very grateful that here in Cornwall we will get the most normal Christmas possible this year, thanks to our prestigious Tier 1 status.

The campaigns encouraging us to source our gifts and festive products locally this year continue to gather pace and we can now build on that even more by physically going into shops that couldn’t stay open during lockdown.

In classic economic theory, it is estimated that the accelerator effect on each pound spent in a local economy results in an impact of 4 times that, as that small business in turn spends it locally. As a behavioural economist, I believe the impact is even greater than that if you factor in confidence, ability to invest, borrow from the bank and make more secure plans.

Don’t forget, the phrase ‘buy local’ extends to pubs and restaurants too. Earlier this year we were told to, ‘eat out to help out’ and that need still exists

I’m very insistent that as we move into 2021, messaging coming out of Cornwall Chamber of Commerce shouldn’t be about trying to ‘get back to normal’. There is a positive to the pandemic in that it has put Cornwall in the spotlight nationally. This has opened up a wealth of potential opportunities that will become more apparent as times goes on. Therefore, I feel that getting back to normal would in fact be a step in the wrong direction for the Duchy; we need to capitalise on the attention we have received and use it as a catalyst for positive change.

the first to receive the latest business information from the government, which has given our members the very best chance of planning and sometimes, reacting.

I am sure we will continue to face many challenges next year – we’re not out of the woods yet, but I will certainly be counting my blessings this Christmas and enjoying time with the appropriate amount of family and friends. I hope you do too, Happy Christmas.

Kim Conchie Chief Executive Officer, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce

The team at Cornwall Chamber has grown again since I last wrote. Our members continue to rely on us to get them the very latest details regarding funding, government plans and Covid legislation – so we are busier than ever.

We have seen the purpose of a Chamber of Commerce play out in front of eyes this year; when things go wrong, businesses look for support in the form of a trusted, legitimate body. Our affiliation to the British Chambers of Commerce has meant we have been

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Governor’s autumn term report developments, the whole School community can move into 2021 with vigour. Before that we are able to enjoy Christmas and a break which all staff, pupils, parents and carers deserve.

Ultimately there is little that gets in the way of ambition, it drives everything forward with an unwavering desire to get things done and to achieve in whichever way is important. That however will come with the new spring term.

Now though is a time for rest, recuperation and enjoyment. On behalf of the governing body I thank you all, for your support of the School and wish you a very peaceful Christmas.

Richard Thomas Chair of Governors

Dear All, During the course of the last year there has been immense change in our world and community.

On the one hand there has been the pandemic which has resulted in restrictions, limitations and financial hardship for many of us but on the other hand the School is going through a period of significant change and with that comes ambition.

We have a new Head in Andy Johnson, an energised leadership team and also a new Chair of Governors in myself.

One of the real benefits to have come out of the last few months is the positivity and community spirit. That community spirit is engendered in Truro School and the way we lead our lives. As governors of the School we are so grateful for your support, for the commitment and the dedication.

I know the School have been working so hard to achieve the best for all parties and together we can look forward to next year and all that it may bring with it.

With every new day there is a new dawn and with each new year a renewed desire. With the progression in controlling the virus and the rolling out of a vaccine there is a lightening of the atmosphere and we can look forward again. With a new head, a healthy community and exciting

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Tuesday 8 December - Year 5 Christmas Play

A snapshot of festive events this term Wednesday 2 December - Sixth Form Christmas Fun

Wednesday 2 December - Nine Lessons and Carols

Friday 4 December - Christmas Concert

Tuesday 8 December - Truro School Prep Christmas Boxes

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Truro School Foundation memory of Guy Dodd over the holiday period.

If you feel able to, please help us to continue our promise of more Cornish children benefitting from a Truro School education by donating to Guy’s Bursary Appeal.

We want to commemorate his life by continuing his ethos of helping to change the lives of more young people with transformational bursaries.

Wishing you all peace, health and happiness for the coming year – and keep safe.

Sincerely yours, Graham Hooper Chairman, Truro School Foundation & Old Truronian Parent Season’s Greetings from Truro School Foundation.

As with many things in 2020, Christmas will be different for most of us, but we hope that - whilst remaining safe - you and your loved ones will be able to enjoy each other’s company over the festive season.

One of the things I had been looking forward to in my first year as Foundation Chairman was meeting members of the Old Truronian community at the various events hosted by the School’s Development team. Then Covid intervened.

My hope for 2021 is that we will be able to resume our events programme and we can get together for the Annual Afternoon Tea Reunion at the School, in Bristol and London at the Truro School Connected events and - very importantly - at the Annual Reunion Dinner next September.

This will be our 100th Annual Dinner, so it would be good to make it a memorable gathering perhaps the biggest Old Truronian gathering in the history of Truro School. That really would be some celebration.

For many, Christmas is a time for reflection and remembering friends and family that are no longer with us, so I hope you will join me (figuratively speaking) and raise a glass to the

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OUR MISSION: To honour the passion and vision of this inspirational educator, wonderful husband, father, grandfather, friend and wise counsel to countless others – And so we launch THE GUY DODD BURSARY AWARD APPEAL.

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Guy’s beliefs, values and legacy will live on:

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Please DONATE TODAY and honour the memory of someone so significant in the history of Truro School and help us to change a child’s life by supporting The Guy Dodd Bursary Award Appeal: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14406#!/DonationDetails If you would like to know more about this appeal, or prefer to receive a donation or legacy form in the post, please contact us directly by emailing or calling: Email: foundation@truroschool.com Graham Hooper: 07831 606 850 Nicky Berridge: 07969 895 415

All gifts, no matter how great or small, are vitally important.

One-Off Donation examples:

£200

Will allow an award recipient to have music lessons for 1 term.

£500 £1,000 Could fully fund a uniform award for a bursary student.

£15,000

£30,000

50% assistance for Sixth Form bursary (2 years) OR pay 1 full year of fees.

£103,000

combined with 15 other, like-minded individuals, would fund a student for a full academic year.

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1 fully funded Sixth Form Award (2 years)

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7 year 100% fully funded bursary award which could be gifted in memory of a loved one or in your own name.

ANY and ALL gifts can transform a child’s life.

TOGETHER our gifts can make the impossible achievable.

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Together, we can make a difference.

Together, we can change lives.

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The Guy Dodd Bursary Award Appeal formally launched in October. Please help us to create more bursary places and help more children.

TOGETHER, we can change a child’s life.

Support the campaign by using the donation form inside this magazine or donate online at truroschool.com/foundation. Thank you.