n Top 10% for Value Added for the second year running“Pupils aremore likely toimprove theiracademicperformanceat Felsted thanat 90% ofother schools,either state orindependent,in the UK.”

n Top setstudents achieve as well as leadingGrammar Schools

Top Academic PerformanceFelsted Partnership with Junior Guildhall

n The first event of the 450th year – a commemorative photoof all pupils, teachers and staff from Felsted Senior Schooland Felsted Preparatory School (approx. 1,300 in total!).

Felsted is now rated 100% ‘excellent’ across both Felsted PreparatorySchool and Felsted School following the recent ISI Inspection in theSenior School. The week long inspection, which covers both academic and pastoral care, found Felsted to be excellent in allfourteen areas of inspection:

“a thriving and distinctive community”, “great dedication and commitment of all staffwho are united with pupils in their aspirations”

Felsted has partnered with the world-famous Junior Guildhall School ofMusic and Drama in London, the firsteducational collaboration of its kind inthe UK, offering talented musiciansan unrivalled range of benefits andopportunities. By following a tailoredacademic programme at Felsted,selected students will benefit from theflexibility to study music at the JuniorGuildhall as well as in the FelstedMusic Department. A Junior GuildhallString Programme will also launchfrom September 2014, to engagelocal children from age 4 upwards tolearn a stringed instrument under thesupervision of Guildhall appointedteachers.

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n Celebrating GCSE results.

n Peter Rayner, Felstedand Guildhall student.

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AcademicAchievement

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Teachingexcellent

Co-CurricularAchievement

excellentLinks with theCommunityexcellent

Leadership andManagement

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The Quality of Boardingexcellent

The Breadth of Curriculum

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The Co-Curriculumexcellent

Pupils’ Attitudes to Learningexcellent

Arrangements forPastoral Care

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The Contributionof Welfare, Health

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Felsted is celebrating its 450th year in 2014, one of only a handful of schools to reach thisimpressive milestone. A Celebration Service for the whole school community will take placeat St Paul’s Cathedral in March, followed by a Founder’s Day Service, Family Day andConcert on 24th May. Full details of all events and commemorative gifts can be found atwww.felsted.org/450.

2014 Edition

n Ronan Willis’, Yr 9, winning 450th logo.

n International and 2National Highlights

n Performing Arts 6n Adventure/ Old Felstedians 7n Sporting Achievements 8n Work Education 10n Environment and Community 11

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Celebrating 450 yearsPhoto © Gillman and Soame

100% ‘Excellent’ ISI Inspection

Felsted is delighted to have beenreaccredited for the prestigiousBritish Council InternationalSchools Award for a further threeyears.

The British Council were extremelyimpressed with Felsted’scommitment tointernationalism and thevery wide range ofinternational activitiesoffered at Felsted, forexample the ModelUnited Nationalsprogramme and theEuropean RoundSquare Conferencehosted last year.

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Felsted hosted its fourth Model United NationsConference in March, welcoming delegates from 15schools across Europe, including Germany,Switzerland, Romania and Morocco as well asFelsted Preparatory School.

The Conference, themed around ‘Medical Aid’,welcomed Ms Maryam Khan & Mr Sanjay Joshi fromMédecins Sans Frontières to speak to the delegatesabout their work and experiences.

Felstedians furthered their MUN experience byassisting St Cedd’s School, Chelmsford, with theirMini-MUN and attending conferences abroad, suchas the annual Students’ League of NationsConference in Geneva.

Education for Social Responsibility

n Felsted ‘delegate’represents Zimbabwe.

The 21st century presents our rising generation with an array of amazing opportunities,but also complex technological, social, economic and environmental challenges. ManyFelstedians in our schools will become the captains of new industries, leaders ofevolving businesses and people of significant influence in society. With that, comes aresponsibility for Felsted to prepare them with a comprehensive understanding of thesechallenges and to equip them with the skills, creativity and determination to be thechange makers who run the economy within the ecological limits of a finite planet.

To support these objectives, the Felsted curriculum will now highlight and challenge social, economic andenvironmental issues across the full range of subjects and for all age groups. The opportunities that Felstedprovides to grow aware and socially conscious global citizens continue to abound.

Felsted hosts Model UnitedNations for fourth time

Round Square ExchangesMax Bailes took full advantage of the School’s RoundSquare exchange programme when he travelled toAiglon College, Switzerland for a term.

Having been selected for GB junior ski training, it was afantastic opportunity for Max to be situated right in theSwiss mountains. Whilst on exchange, Max competed inthe British Schools’ Championship, helping the Aiglonteam to victory.

Another student to takeadvantage of Felsted's globallink was Ben Warner. Ben wasthe first Felsted student to beoffered a place on a RoundSquare Service Project andtravelled to India in July. Hespent three weeks travellingand helping to build and decorate at Lamdon School, Thiksey.

n Max helps the Aiglon teamto victory in Switzerland.

n Felstedians proudly wave the Felsted Flag at the RoundSquare Global Conference in Florida.

The Felsted Diploma merges together the philosophies andprogrammes of the Felsted Philosophy of Learning, theRound Square, the Duke of Edinburgh Award and theCreativity, Action and Service Programme (IB studentsonly) into a unique, single, coherent, personalisedprogramme.

The Diploma, which allows students in all yeargroups to select a programme of activitiesthat is specially geared to their individualrequirements, is now catching the attentionof schools across the country.

Felsted hosted the Chairman ofGovernors and the Principal from theUnity City Academy in Middlesbroughin June, who looked specifically at theDiploma and how this could translateto their school. It was also presented at the Round Square Global Conference inFlorida to much acclaim.

The Felsted Diploma – a pioneering approach

International and National Highlights

Table ofInternationalStudents19% of the Senior Schoolstudent body liveoverseas, as follows:

AustriaBelgiumBermudaBosniaChina CzechRepublicFrance GermanyHong KongItaly KazakhstanKenyaMallorcaMoldova

MonacoNigeriaOmanRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSlovakiaSouth Korea Spain Switzerland TaiwanTanzania ThailandUAE

International School Award

n Ben Warnermakes friends atLamdon School inThiksey, India.

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Three Yr 8 girls won the top Science and Maths prize in the National Championships of the Big Bang UKYoung Science and Engineering Fair 2013. Their project on ‘do heat protection hair products work?’ impressedthe judges and Professor Brian Cox described the girls as, ‘exceptionally bright young talent who rightlydeserve recognition for their project in this competition’.

Following in their footsteps this year are two current Yr 8 boys, who recently won the Junior Science andEngineering Prize at the Big Bang Regional Science and Engineering Competition with their project on ‘fruit asan alternative energy source’. They go on to represent the East of England at the Fair in March 2014. AnotherYr 8 boy received Runner Up in the Sustainability Prize.

n The Big Bang Science and Maths Champions 2013. n Junior Science and Engineering Regional Winners 2014.

National Science Winners

Felsted Blooms atChelsea Flower ShowFelsted and Paul King, Gold Medal WinningRHS Chelsea Flower Show Designer andFelsted parent, exhibited a Bronze Medal

winning garden at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013.

The garden, which commemorated the devastating loss of Follyfield,one of Felsted’s much loved boarding houses, represented the losssuffered and the prevailing “Follies” spirit, intertwined with hope for thefuture. The garden will be transposed into the the new Follyfield Housegarden in 2014.

Felsted featured in theprestigious Tatler SchoolsGuide for the fourth yearrunning. Described as‘mad about music’, Felstedis celebrated for its holisticapproach to educationand its recent partnershipwith the Junior Guildhall ofMusic and Drama.

The full review can befound at www.felsted.org/Tatler-Schools-Guide-2014.

n Head Girl Sara-Jane Horne, Dr Mike Walker, Garden Designer Paul King andDavina McCall in front of the Bronze Medal winning garden.

Tatler Schools Guide 2014

n Stewart House celebrateInternational Day.

International and National Highlights

The ButlerLectureMichael Woodford, the author of ‘Exposure: How I went fromCEO to Whistleblower’delivered this year’s ButlerLecture in a most engaging andpersonal manner.

His story of speaking outagainst his employer, Olympusin Japan, and the veryorganisation of which he wasCEO held the audience spellbound. Michael kindly signedcopies of his book after thelecture.

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Felsted in top 10% for Value Added for a second yearFelsted’s ability to intellectually serve its broad intake, including its mostacademically able, has been confirmed for a second consecutive year. ‘ValueAdded’ has revealed Felsted to be in the top 10% of all schools, both state andindependent, across the country in terms of the academic value added to everystudent’s performance.

This analysis, introduced by the Department of Education, measures students’progress between different stages of education and has concluded that pupilscontinue to be more likely to improve their academic performance at Felstedthan at 90% of other schools nationally, both state and independent.

48% of GCSEstaken at Felstedare A*–A gradesFelsted students improved on lastyear’s grades as 70% of entriesachieved a B grade or above. 28%gained eight or more A* or A gradesand 97% achieved 5 or more A*– C grades.

A Level success

IB results Felsted achieved fantastic International Baccalaureateresults, with students averaging 33.3 points, over 3 pointshigher than the world average (29.96).

41% gained 34 points or more, equivalent to two As and one B at A Level.

The highest individual score was 41 points.

10% of students achieved 40 or points or better and a further 23% achieved 35 points or better.

*2013 results

Top University Places Secured

Economics and Management, Philosophy, Politics and Economics OxfordBiological Sciences, Spanish and History EdinburghLaw, Music King’s London Education Studies, International Relations Durham Economics and Politics, Economics Bristol Architecture, Psychology ManchesterGeography, History and Politics Nottingham Business and Management ExeterModern Languages and Business Birmingham History Cambridge

Maths ChallengeCollaboration between the Senior andPreparatory School resulted in fourvery able students coming 3rd at theJunior Maths Challenge, held at theCentre for Mathematical Sciences inCambridge in May.

n Students celebrate exam success, improving on last year’s grades.

n James Wilkinson (right), with fellow Felstedian George Smith,outside the Coliseum in Rome.

James Wilkinson secured a place to read Physics at ImperialCollege, London with three A*s and one A grade in Maths, FurtherMaths, Physics and Chemistry respectively. James particularlyenjoyed Felsted’s teaching style and has enjoyed all the musicalopportunities at Felsted, reaching Grade 8 on the piano. Nothappy to enjoy a summer of rest, James rode an astonishing1800km from Paris to Rome with fellow Felstedian, George Smith,raising £4,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Outstanding Achievement

Freddie Bouttell scoredan impressive 41 points inthe InternationalBaccalaureate Diploma,securing his place atOxford to readGeography.

Freddie’sOxford place

60% achieved A*– B grades

Eight students achieved all A* or A grades, with 15 A* grades achieved overall.

Year 7 Parents’ Back to School Day Yr 7 Parents’Back to SchoolDay wasthoroughlyenjoyed byparents whoworked withtheir children tosolve a murdermystery!

International and National Highlights

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Felsted PreparatorySchool’s very own newsreport team participatedin the BBC SchoolReport day. The nationalevent brought together1,000 schools whosought out and reportedon stories to create theirown news bulletin,posted on the BBCSchool Report website.

PreparatorySchoolReporters

‘Women inScience’ dayFelsted hosted its secondannual ‘Women in Science’day in March, inviting girls fromschools across the county,including Felsted PreparatorySchool, to participate in a dayof scientific experiments.

The Apprentice came to Felsted in March when members of theRoberts Society were tasked with designing and marketing an EasterEgg. The winning egg, ‘EggEco’, was aimed at Fair Trade enthusiastsand won over the judges, leaving the nine remaining teams to be fired!

‘EggEco’ wins the Roberts SocietyEaster Apprentice Challenge

n Felsted Preparatory School chess enthusiastsare awarded certificates of achievement fromthe West Anglian Chess Megafinals.

Best-selling ‘Spy Dog’ author Andy Copeand his Border Collie, Star, visited FelstedPreparatory School in April to run a writingworkshop, whilst esteemed poet OwenSheers ran a creative writing workshop formembers of the Roberts Society.

During his visit, Owen also spoke tothe A Level English students abouthis literary works.

Owen, whose poetry collection‘Skirrid Hill’ featured as an A Levelset text this year, provided anopportunity for those sitting the examto really understand the messagesconveyed in the poetry.

100% pass ratefor ESBFelsted has achieved a 100%pass rate for both Yr 4 and Yr 7 since 2009. This year,88% of Yr 4 pupils achievedDistinction or Merit Plus.

Yr 7 achieved 83% Distinctionor Merit Plus.

Spectacular Science awardsFelsted Preparatory School hostedthe nation’s first ever BA CRESTMegastar Award Sleepover in June.

The Award, run by the BritishScience Association, usually takes anumber of months to complete, butspecial permission from the BSAallowed Felsted scientists tocomplete the challenge andexperiments over one weekend.

In the same month, Yr 9 studentstook a day out of lessons to partakein a variety of scientific activities andpresent their science projects fortheir CREST awards.

n Yr 9 boys present theirtheir BA CREST Awardprojects.

n Andy Copewith his dog,‘Star’.

n Owen Sheers ran workshops for the RobertsSociety and A Level English students.

n Owen Sheers gave invaluable insight intohis poetry for A Level students.

n Preparatory students enjoy theBA CREST Megastar AwardSleepover.

Visiting authors inspire students

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MarvellousMusic!

n Felsted’s Yr 8 band ‘Dystopia’ in action atHigh Barn!

n The DysFunktion studentband perform at the inauguralFelsted DysFunk Fest raising£700 for ‘In Harmony’ MusicCharity. Over £2,500 wasraised for this charity in 2012.

Talking to Terrorists was this year’sspring production and wasattended by renowned theatredirector and OF Max Stafford-Clark, who also judged this year’sMonologue and DuologueCompetitions.

Yr 7 and Yr 8 staged a productionof Little Shop of Horrors to ravereviews, and the first ever Yr 11 GCSE results achieved anastounding 100% A*- B pass rate.

n The Preparatory School pupils in LittleShop of Horrors.

NYT success forFelsted thespianU6 student Lydia Carrington was awarded acoveted place with the National YouthTheatre in April and trained with thecompany in London over the summer.

n Yr 11 GCSE Drama studentsthrilled with a 71% A*- A pass rate.

n Yr 5 and Yr 6 perform Scheherazade. n Felsted dancers stunned the audience at the 10th annual FelstedDance Show.

n Felsted and Guildhall student Peter Raynerreached the final ten out of 400 contestants atYoung Drummer of the Year 2013. Photo by John Milton

n Lydia Carringtontrains with theprestigious NYT.

The sensationalSenior Schoolproduction of Cabaretfeatured some of themost iconic songs inmusical theatreincluding MoneyMakes the World GoRound, Two Ladies,Maybe This Time andof course Cabaret.

n Preparatory School Steel Band perform atthe Annual Swing into Spring Concert.

n Felsted Steel Band brought a taste of theCaribbean to the Essex Young Farmers’ Show.

n Felsted Thespians attended the star-studdedOlivier Awards and met some very specialcelebrities.

Felsted Productions

Felsted hosted a 70thbirthday bash fordrumming legend CrissyLee, which included adrum kit competitionand a drum offchallenge with Crissy.

n Preparatory School pupils sing at the Young Voices O2 Concert 2013.

Cabaret!

Crissy Lee’sDrummingExtravaganza

n Crissy Lee withIntermediate Drum winner.

n JamesBowman CBEhosts amasterclassfor talentedsingers.

n The School Orchestra has performed onnumerous occasions throughout the year.

OFs working at Felsted Loren Sherer Head of Girls’ Hockey, AHM Follyfield, Biology and PE TeacherNick Phillips Head of Boys’ Hockey, PE and Geography TeacherAnna West Curriculum Leader and Yr 1 TeacherBecky Speight Lower School Academic Co-ordinator and English TeacherLibby Knifton Preparatory School PE and History TeacherChristopher Weston Piano TeacherRob Short Graduate Marketing InternAlex Manley Learning and Chapel Assistant, Preparatory School Will Allen Preparatory School Admin Assistant

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Arata Otake (Felsted 1999-2003) hasused her degree in Geography fromDurham and a Masters in Translating andInterpreting from Newcastle to travelextensively. After an internship at theUnited Nations Information Centre inTokyo, she was then InternationalCoordinator for Peace Boat’s GlobalVoyage, where she spent the followingthree years travelling to over fifty countries,engaging in peace educationprogrammes. Arata is now working inMorocco as a Rural CommunityDevelopment Officer, where she isempowering women and young girls through education and income generation projects.

Christopher Weston (Felsted 1988-1998) recently completed hisstudies at the Royal College of Musicwith a First Class Honours withdistinction, also taking first prize at theBrooks-Van der Pump Competition forPiano Accompaniment. Visit hiswebsite: www.christopherweston.co.uk.Felsted is fortunate to have Chris asmember of its peripatetic music team.

Max Kendrick (Felsted 2008-2013) beat the world famous AP McCoy in a flat race atPlumpton in November, onlyshortly after AP McCoy hadridden his 4000th winner. Awonderful achievement!

Peace Boat Global Voyage

n Max in action in a previous race.

n The 2003 South Africa Hockey tourteam returned to Felsted to play thecurrent 1st XI.

n Yr 10 Spanish trip to Cadiz.

n Yr 9 Geography trip to LondonDocklands.

n U6 Classics and Latin trip to Rome. n U6 English trip to Dublin.

n L6 Geography coursework trip to the Alps.

n Yr 5 visit Kentwell Hall.

n The 1st XI hockey team toured the USAthis summer, visiting Boston, Connecticutand New York and were successful infriendlies and tournaments alike.

n Felsted Preparatory pupils travelled toFrance for a week of water sport fun.

n Stewart House enjoyed a trip to the seaside!

n The Politics Society visit Great Westminster Hall.

Adventure

Old Felstedians

Sporting Achievements

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National and Regional Sporting Glory 2012/13HockeyU11 Boys National Finalists IAPS - Plate Champions and East ChampionsU11 Girls National Finalists IAPS and Essex Mini Schools’ ChampionsU13 Boys National Finalists IAPS and Essex Mini Schools’ ChampionsU13 Girls National Finalists IAPS and Essex Mini Schools’ ChampionsU14 & U16 Boys East of England FinalistsU18 Boys National Semi-Finalists - Boarding School CupNetballU11 National Finalists IAPS*U12 National Finalists IAPS and Regional Champions*RugbyU18 & U15 Boys National Finalists - Daily Mail VaseU13 VII Last 16 Nationally - Rosslyn Park National Schools’ SevensTennisU18 Girls IV 2nd Round – AegonCricket1st XI Regional T20 FinalistsU15 Boys Essex T20 ChampionsU15 Girls Essex Quarterfinalists RidingPreparatory & Senior Team 90cm National FinalistsPreparatory Team 70cm National FinalistsGrass Roots 50cm and 60cm National FinalistsGolfRebecca Earl U13 IAPS Golf Champion and Royal Laytham Cup Winner

*National Finals cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

n U15 Daily Mail Vase Runners-Up.

Felsted became the first ever school to take both U15 and U18 sides into the DailyMail Vase Finals in 2013. Both Felstedsquads fought hard in tight games butunfortunately neither were able to raise atrophy on the day.

n U18 Daily Mail Vase Runners-Up.

Kieran Norris (2009-13) continued to excel on theslopes, placed 1st GBR racer and 4th overall atthe Welsh Alpine Championships 2013. At theScottish FIS race he was 3rd in the U18 SuperCombined and 2nd U18 GB skier. As a sportsscholar, Kieran followed an individual educationalprogramme, aided by his Housemaster and Tutorto ensure he kept on top of his studies. AtFelsted, he had an individual fitness and nutritionprogramme to maintain and improve his fitnesslevels. Photo by www.racer-ready.co.uk

Skiing sensation

Felsted Rugby makes history at Twickenham

n U13 VII ranked in top16 nationally at RosslynPark National Schools’Sevens.

n Felsted riders qualify forthe National Finals of theNSEA Show JumpingCompetition. Felsted hostedits own NSEA show this year,with four teams qualifying forthe National Schools Finals.

Golfing sisters Hollyand Rebecca competedin the IAPS NationalGolf Championships,held at the famousRoyal Lytham and StAnne’s Golf Club. Hollywas awarded 3rd placein her age group andRebecca was crowned National IAPSGirls’ Champion and won the GirlsLytham Trophy by a 7 point margin.

Blue Hornets Felsted

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Felsted announced its partnership with BlueHornets Hockey Club in 2013 and is workingclosely with the club to develop a Centre ofExcellence for Hockey. Many Felsted studentsrepresent this club and were members of theteams which played at the Club National Finals.The club ranges from U8 to U16 levels andincludes indoor hockey training. Chloe Rogers(GB Bronze Medallist at London Olympics2012) is an esteemed board member. n U13 Girls’ Netball tour to Guernsey.

n The U11 Girls’ and Boys’ Hockey teams areNational IAPS Finalists.

n Yr 4 student is selected for EnglishYouth Ballet, whilst another Yr 4 girl isselected for the National Youth Ballet andcame 2nd nationally in the Junior ClassicalBallet Duet (9 and Under).

n U12 Girls’ Netball team – RegionalIAPS Champions and National Finalists.

n Thomas Brabrook competed in the BritishSchools Shooting Team at the ISAS 2013competition, held in Dortmund, Germany.

n U15 Cricket boys – Essex Champions for thesecond year running.

Player of the Year!Yr 8 pupil Nancy Hebronwas voted Essex U13Cricket Player of the Yearfor the second yearrunning and was selectedto play for the EnglandU15 side at Loughboroughin September.

Girls’ Inaugural Cricket TeamReach Essex Quarterfinals!

This year saw the first ever girls’ cricket team step outonto the wicket in the Essex T20 competition. The U15side produced a fantastic innings against Bower Park inthe first round, scoring 121-6 and bowling the oppositionout for 53.

n Felsted achieved its bestresults in four years at theEast Anglia Prep Schools’Athletics Championships2013, in which fivestudents qualified for sixnational final events.

National Athletics success

Name Position at National Finals

Oliver Butler Boys’ U12 1500m 6th Nick Lawrence Boys’ U12 200m 6th (also qualified for 100m)Harry Sturge Boys’ U13 discus 5th Nancy Hebron Girls’ U13 javelin 8th Eve MacLennan Girls’ U12 javelin 9th

National IAPS Golfing Champion!

n Nancy in action atFelsted’s U15 Girls’Cricket debut.

Sporting Achievements

Felsted launches EssexCricket PartnershipFelsted announced a three yearpartnership with Essex Cricket this year,giving cricketers additional training andparents and pupils great offers at countygames.

As official ‘Family Package Sponsor’ atEssex Cricket, the Family Stand at TheEssex County Ground has been renamedthe Felsted School Family Stand.n Felsted cricketers with the 2013 Essex Squad.

Work Education

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Felsted welcomed back its Old Felstedians to share theirexperiences of Felsted and the direction their lives hadtaken since leaving the School. Groups of three or four Yr 10 students took it in turns to quiz the returners abouttheir careers.

Speed Careering

Felsted Property Event

n OF Corin Greenhow (b85-90) networking with current students atBNP Paribas in London.

The Arts and Media Networkevent brought together OldFelstedians and pupilsinterested in the industry. Thiscontinued with a workeducation experience, whichconsisted of a visit to theImaginators office in Essex, atour of the ITV studios, and anevening with Old Felstediansand parents who are involvedin arts and media.

n Max Stafford-Clark (OF) and theMonologue and Duologue competitors.

OF Max Stafford-Clark (fe50-59), now a legendaryTheatre Director, held a workshop at Felsted to coachcast membersof Talking toTerrorists. Healso advised anumber ofstudents thatthey werecapable ofpursuing aprofessionalcareer on thestage.

Arts and Media Network

n The Felsted LegalNetwork was recentlylaunched at HerbertSmith Freehills inLondon, kindly hostedby current parent,Phillip Carrington.Felstedians had theopportunity to speak toOFs and parents in thelegal profession aspart of Felsted's workeducation programme.

The Felsted Network continues to thriveWith the aim to be vocational, educational and social, the Network provides opportunityfor Felstedians to link with parents and OFs through events, social media includingLinkedin, the Work Education Programme, and beyond the School into university andtheir careers. The success is a result of the commitment of parents and OFs providingwork experience, meeting with students to talk about their careers and hosting events inthe workplace. You can connect to The Felsted Network by searching Groups onLinkedin and requesting to join.n Members: 1169 n Directors: 175n Global Membership, including London, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Sydney, Salzburg,Ontario, Zagreb, Berlin, Milan, Oslo, Bucharest, Bratislava, Johannesburg, Madrid,Zurich, Istanbul, Dubai, New York, Holland, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cyprus,Denmark, France, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Tanzania,Thailand, Ukraine

n Year 9 Industry Day saw students take trips to a variety of industry workplaces, including Latham’s Farm Grain Distribution and Storage Centre.

House of CommonsOld Felstedians were joined by current parents and pupils in the Strangers’ DiningRoom at the Palace of Westminster for an evening reception to celebrate the School.Kindly hosted by current parent, Brandon Lewis MP and former Felsted governor SirAlan Haselhurst MP, guests were able to network and engage with the school.

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A fortuneraised forFarleigh! Over the past five years,Mont’s and Manor havehelped raise in excess of£12,000 for FarleighHospice. Most recently, theManor girls proudlypresented the charity with acheque for £1,930. n Manor girls present their cheque to Farleigh Hospice.

n Bishop Christopher Morgan visited Felsted to attend aservice for those who wished to confirm their faith. The serviceraised over £300 for the Bishop’s youth projects in the localarea.

n Felsted IB students raised over £300 through theirsponsored swimathon, which they donated to the TaborCentre in Braintree. A representative group from theorganisation came to visit Felsted, where they werepresented with a cheque and took a tour of the School.

n Gepp’s Housemaster, MrBennett completed a 134km bikeride in June, raising a fantastic£1,300 for Prostate Cancer UK.

HealthyFood forFelsted Felsted PreparatorySchool was awardedthe Essex HealthySchools Award,celebrating theSchool’s commitmentto healthier living andlearning.

Legal Eagles

Grandparents ofstudents in StewartHouse were invitedinto School to takepart in a number ofactivities and admiretheir grandchildren’swork.

Felsted Pets’ Service The animals came into theFelsted Chapel two by twoin a dedicated service forpets. Parents, pupils andstaff gathered at the Chapel,with rabbits, chickens,lizards and even a pony intow, to give thanks for theirfurry friends.

Grandparents inSchool Day

Environment and Community

Felsted is striving to keepits pupils, staff and parentsas up-to-date as possible,with the launch of itsmobile website and iPhoneand iPad app. Informationon the go means that

members of the Felstedcommunity never miss anevent, lesson or match!

Felsted’s Facebook andTwitter presence iscontinuing to flourish, withparents, pupils and

community members able to follow all that the Schoolhas achieved.

Our Twitter page now boasts over 1,500 followers and iscontinuing to grow. Please visit https://twitter.com/FelstedSchool to follow our account. Search for FelstedSchool to find our Facebook page.

Felsted gets Appy

Olympic FundraisingTo mark the one year anniversary ofthe London Olympics, the FelstedPreparatory School leagues took ontheir own sporting challenges, all toraise money for their electedcharities. An afternoon of sponsoredrowing, running, cycling, swimmingand walking challenges resulted in atotal of over £3,300 being raised forthe Leagues’ nominated charities.

n An afternoon of sponsored sporting challengessaw participants raise over £3,300 for charity.

Charitable Giving

Four 6th FormstudentsrepresentedFelsted in theGepp & SonsSchools LegalDebate forEssex Schools.

Follyfield build well under wayThe building of the new Follyfield House is wellunder way, with everyone very much lookingforward to seeing the new boarding house risefrom the ground over the coming months.

Environment and Community

CCF successFelsted CCF has experienced a busyyear, which began with its biennial reviewin March. The inspection, conducted byMajor General PD Jones CBE, a formerFelsted parent and Colonel of the RoyalAnglian Regiment, gave the CCF theopportunity to showcase all it does.

The Combat Cadet squad won twotrophies at the annual Ex Combat CadetCompetition in May. The nine-personteam came first in both the March and theAssault Course, a fine achievement in the competition which involves 44,000 cadetsand tests all military skills.

Duke ofEdinburghGold AwardsTwo Old Felstedians, Jamie Charltonand Meg Browning, were presentedwith their Gold Duke of EdinburghAward certificates at St James’sPalace, London in October.

Jack Petchey Award Winners

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Thank you to all those who have contributed pictures,in particular Dr Charles Lee.

Sarah Walsh Yr 11, William Rowntree-Taylor Yr 11,Tamara Evans U6, Edward Reid L6, and Luise BendfeltU6 each won an award for their contributions tocommunity and school life.

Leadership and Service

Magic MumbaiThirteen senior pupils travelled to Mumbai in October half term tovolunteer with Magic Bus, a charity founded by OF Matthew SpacieMBE, which aims to take a million children from childhood to livelihood.Working with marginalised children from Indian slums, the volunteers helped empower the childrenthrough sports and activities at the same time as raising over £8,000 for this worthwhile charity. Itwas a highly emotive experience for all involved and one which left them with a lasting impression.

450th History of Felsted

FelsTED’s Early LearningFelsted’s Early Learning classeslaunched this year, offering toddlersthe perfect introduction to theireducation pathway. The classes,held at the School and led byexperienced teachers, range frommusic and gymnastics to dance andrugby!

Felsted Historian, Alastair Grierson Rickford has written awonderful book, ‘The Riche Heritage of Felsted School’,which can be purchased from the Felsted Book Shop oronline at www.felsted.org/450.