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Issue 104 • 20 March 2015

Dear Parents,

Paris, Madrid, Northbourne Park!Thank you to the many families who on a beautiful spring day attended the NPS Paris Reunion 2015. We wereexpecting 20 parents and pupils and in the end saw over 40 people over coffee and (very fine) patisserie. Mythanks go to Sebastian Rees, Elisa Esteve and Eve-Marie Castellan for attending. As this letter comes out I am insunny Madrid setting up for the NPS Madrid Reunion 2015. I am hugely looking forward to seeing our Spanishfamilies and currently have over 30 people to catch up with. It is going to be busy! Please do come along to theSanto Mauro and meet Elisa Esteve and my successor Sebastian Rees.

AndrewWe were all shocked and deeply saddened by the news last week of the sudden and unexpected passing of AndrewHarvey, father of Tommy and Grace in the Pre-Prep and husband to the wonderful Sanaz. It is at these momentsthat our community shows its real strength and I know that Sanaz and the family have hugely appreciated yourmessages of support. These are never easy times for a community and our thoughts and prayers are with Sanazand the children at this difficult time. I have sent out a separate note regarding the funeral arrangements for yourinformation.

Pre-Prep Mothers’ Day ServiceAll Pre-Prep children acquitted themselves with aplomb last week in their celebration of all things maternal. Theposter paint portraits were perhaps a little ‘impressionist’ for some, but the levels of performance, line-learning,singing, recital and confidence were amazing. Thank you to all of the children and staff involved.

Craig (Country) RelayMy thanks to Mr Riley and the rest of the Games team for two immaculately executed cross-country meets. Boththe Stevens-Wainman and the Primary Schools Cross-Country tournaments were outstanding events. The ‘red noseon the cake’ was our A Team’s first place in the Primary Schools Cross Country Competition with medals andcertificates galore and a very proud Director of Sport. Thank you to all involved.

Gala Concert at St Edmund’sIt was a privilege to be involved inan evening of such high qualitymusic. To hear our 19 choirmembers singing so beautifully inthe cathedral was a wonderfulexperience for them and for us.James Pooley (NPS 2008-2010)exquisitely played a very challengingVivaldi piece adapted from the violinto the piccolo trumpet. OtherNorthbourne Park pupils andparents past and presentcontributed to the second half,singing Haydn’s Creation to a greatreception. My thanks go to StEdmund’s Music Department fortheir kind invitation to contribute tothis tour de force.

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mask or even bake a cake! It was what can at best be described as a carnival atmosphere in school last Friday,thanks to a lot of hard work back at home and in the boarding houses. Thank you for seeing it coming, thank youfor the noses the paints, the costumes and the cakes! It was all a lot of fun!

Open MorningThank you to the parents who helped with Open Morning and to Year 5 who acted as tour guides for the firsttime. This was the first time that we had held a Spring Term Open Day and I know our visitors enjoyed watchingcasserole cooking in the Outdoor Education village, touring the Pre-Prep and watching the final stages of rehearsalsfor The Pirates of Penzance. Thank you to the parents who acted as representatives.

Confirmation Service / Mothering Sunday The Rt. Revd. Trevor Willmott, the Bishop of Dover (Bishop in Canterbury)baptized two Northbourne Park School pupils and confirmed eight furtherpupils into the Church of England at the school during a wonderful serviceof baptism and confirmation on Sunday 16th March. Following weeks ofpreparation by the school’s Chaplain, The Revd. Nigel Hale, the childrenentered the Church of England with their fellow boarders and familieslooking on. In his sermon, the Bishop encouraged the congregation to beactive in their faith in a world in which it takes great courage to be aChristian. The Bishop and his wife stayed for lunch with the boardersafterwards and planted a cherry tree as part of the Boarding Schools’Association UK Boarding Orchard.

Scholarship News I am delighted to announce that, as predicted in my last newsletter, ZoeyYang was awarded both a full Art scholarship & full Music scholarship toWorth School in Sussex. Zoey has only been at Northbourne Park for a yearand half and is an exceptional musician and artist. She described theawards as ‘an honor to my family’. What a girl!

New minibus driversNext term, we welcome Peter Shilling our new minibus driver to the school. We also say a very fond farewell toPaul Jarvis, who retires at Easter with many thanks for his gentlemanly approach to running the labyrinthinetransport arrangements. Thank you Paul! Emmeline Henderson is taking over from Paul Jarvis as TransportManager. Emmeline has had an exciting and busy career with jobs such as a Cabin Stewardess, a Croupier and 8years as a Manager for P&O Ferries.

What is the Northbourne Ultimatum? Find out how you child can be involved in film acting, directing and editing next term in two concurrent filmprojects at NPS. Is your child the next Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt? More later…

Millie Knight (NPS 2002-2012) has excelled again in the International Paralympic World Championships inCanada this week. Millie and her guide Jen Kehoe won silver in the giant slalom, narrowly beaten by 0.34 secondsby a Russian pair. In the slalom, she won bronze, 10 seconds behind the winning Russian pair and 9 secondsbehind an Australian pair. What a girl!

This is the last newsletter of the term. Prep school reports will come to you by post over the weekend. The staffwish you a lovely restful Easter holiday and we look forward to welcoming boarders back on Sunday 19th April andday children on Monday 20th April.

Thank you as ever for your support for all that we do at Northbourne Park. It has been an action-packed term.

With best wishes, Edward

Forthcoming eventsSaturday 21st March NPS Madrid ReunionWednesday 25th March 7pm The Senior Play: The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and SullivanThursday 26th March 7pm The Senior Play: The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and SullivanFriday 27th April 3pm Pre-Prep Easter Event

5pm Term ends. Start of Easter Holidays Sunday 19th April pm Boarders return Monday 20th April 8am Day children return.

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Congratulations to the following children for receiving SpringTerm Headmaster Commendations during Week 9:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Estelle Olcott Player of the match vs Kent CollegeAnna Bevan Becoming a member of the National YouthChoirHarriet Balfour An attractive model of a mosque and itssurroundingsGeorge Williams-Jones A super mosque with great attention to detailLuke Skingle A super mosque, with working electric lights!Jack Shipton A super mosque, with great plasticine detailsSophia Scholfield A creative and attractive mosque modelIsabella Savage A super ‘bronze’ mosque with lovely detailsCharles Defour A super mosque with colourful featuresJohn Rufus Carleton-Marsh A super mosque model with great details

Congratulations to the following children for receiving SpringTerm Headmaster Commendations during Week 10:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Grace Roche A great effort for World Book DayRia Siddhu A great effort for World Book DayOlivia Johnson A great effort for World Book DayCameron Matthews A great effort for World Book DayBlake Scammell A great effort for World Book DayHenry Hudson A great effort for World Book DayPoppy Rutter A great effort for World Book DayElianna Webster A great effort for World Book DayOscar Leney A great effort for World Book DayEmma Wardhaugh A great effort for World Book DayKai Shoon Kan A great effort for World Book DayMax Skingle A great effort for World Book DayCharlie Unitt A great effort for World Book DayAimée-Rose Hawksworth A great effort for World Book DayLuke Skingle A fantastic ‘Mad Hatter’ World Book Day

CostumeFreddie Hendy A great effort for World Book Day – Year 5

First PrizeKayley Kan A great effort for World Book Day – Year 5

First PrizeGeorge Titterton A great effort for World Book Day – Year 8

First PrizeToby Woodgate A great effort for World Book Day – Year 7

First PrizeSophia Scholfield Player of the Match v St Faith’sYear 3 Excellent acting and reading in French!Olivia Ryeland Player of the match against St. Faith’sCarla Tayssier Player of the match against Junior KingsRia Sidhu Independent Research in ‘Brain Freeze’Cameron Matthews Independent Research in ‘Brain Freeze’Isabel de Perier Mallo Reading 45 Books this yearIsabel de Perier Mallo A faultless History Review Test score! 100%Pierre Hottinguer An excellent History Review Test scoreToby Woodgate An excellent History Review Test scoreJess Sainsbury An excellent History Review Test scoreWilliam Leney An excellent History Review Test scoreAlex McGovern An outstanding History Review Test scoreMarsha Chen An outstanding first History Review Test scoreAlex Yu Being motivated and producing a good

standard of work in HistoryGeorge Williams-Jones A spectacular red nose cake creation!Matthew Hickson Making super red nose day cakesCameron Matthews Making super red nose day cakesAlexandra Bond A great decorated red nose cakeFreddie Hendy A super ‘pig’ cake for Red Nose DayThe Boarders Brilliantly decorated ‘funny face’ cakes!Eléonore Haas Excellence in the KET written English examSimon Lecomte Excellence in the KET written English examAlexis Plowiecki Sustained improvement in the KET written

English examFelix Saint Bris Showing the biggest improvement in the KET

written English examCarmen Babecki x 3 Great revisionsArturo Seco Sechi x 2 Great revisionsMaria Requeijo x 2 Great revisionsArmand Giraud Great revisionsSimon Lecomte Great revisionsNicolas Sanchez Girotti Great revisionsJaime Bergaz Great revisionsMarie de Talhouet Great revisionsMencia Guzman Great revisionsMaria Canero Great revisionsLoic Suja Rondeau Great revisionsVictor Saint Bris Great revisions

Northbourne Park Minibus ServiceNorthbourne Park minibus service provides our day pupilsand parents with a good alternative to a possibly stressfulcar journey at busy times of the day.We operate three routes morning and afternoon to providemaximum access to most school families.

Children from Reception through to Year eight enjoy travelto and from school on a safe, reliable and friendly busservice.The school currently operates two seventeen seat Transitminibuses and a smaller nine- seat Vauxhall minibus, drivenby capable and experienced drivers.

Occasional usersWe are usually able to accommodate occasional users in anemergency but ask for notice in other circumstances. Weaim to fulfil all needs whenever possible.

Current daily routesThese are set at the start of the academic year to cater forthe needs of families using the school and so are subject tochange from year to year.This year 2014/2015 we run buses to and from Ashford alsotaking children from Lympne and Boughton Lees; buses toand from Bridge also taking children from Wingham,Kingston, and Woolage Green; buses to and from Deal arealso taking children from Sandwich and Walmer.We try to accommodate all requests during the year foradditional stops and welcome any enquires.

Further information about current costs are available fromthe Bursar on +44(0)1304 610426 or by email [email protected].

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Northbourne Park celebrates WorldBook Day Friday 6th March 2015On Friday 6th March, children and staff at NorthbournePark School celebrated World Book Day in style with aday of dressing up as favourite characters from books. As usual, there was a wonderful array of costumes and alot of effort had gone into creating each and every one.In Years 3 & 4 we were joined by The Worst Witch, JustWilliam, Robin Hood and Spiderman who had come toschool for the day and it was great fun. The Boarding Team organised costumes for over 50boarders and the adults themselves were dressed up ascharacters from Alice in Wonderland. There was also asurprise visit from Gangsta Granny and a cute littledalmation puppy, as well as the Boy in the StripedPyjamas. Head of English, Ms Goodall said “Thankyou to everyone for all the effort you putin to this wonderful celebration of booksand reading.”


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The past fortnight has seen a surge increativity, academia and variety for ourboarding and day children alike. Webegin at the start of the last longweekend, where the children spent theday dressed as characters from theirfavourite books. The boarders, withgratefully received assistance, produced aspectacular range of costumes fromCurious George & Les Barbapapas to JaneEyre & Le Petit Prince! The children alsoproduced colourful posters in schoolwhich promoted books and authors fromtheir home countries, aiding once more their wonderful cultural awareness, well done children! During the eveningit was time to settle down with a film and some popcorn to relax after an exciting day at school.

On Saturday 7th the children enjoyed spending some time on their electrical devices as well as taking advantage ofthe Northbourne Park grounds to socialise and play games together. Additionally, we also ran a number of Prepsessions both compulsory and optional to give the children plenty of opportunities to prepare for their up-comingexams. In addition to some sensible studying, they also had a fun-filled time, splashing, sliding and diving theirway through the evening at Tides, the local fun pool!

Following a hearty brunch, Sunday saw the boarders finally reunited once again with their beloved Canterbury!They spent a few hours browsing, shopping and chatting in the lovely sunny weather and beautiful historicsurroundings, before returning to school for a run around outside, dinner time and the evening routine.

The following week was one of further study as the 5e and 6e sat their school exams, including their Englishspeaking assessments, while the children in Yr 5-8 studied for the exams which have taken place this week. OnThursday evening the choir took part in a beautiful service in Canterbury while some of the children at schoolopted to decorate cakes for charity. Friday saw the school transformed into a vision of red for the bi-annual Red






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News from the Boarding HouseNose Day celebrations. The children,once their exams had finished, wereencouraged to dress in red clothing;make their face look ‘funny’ andpurchase cakes, all in order to raisemoney for Comic Relief. This was anational event and was a greatexperience for many of our boardingchildren who have not taken part inRed Nose Day before. The children allgot involved and really enjoyed theday, and their comical red noses!

Saturday 14th saw the childrenfollowing a different timetable tonormal in light of the school open daywhich was followed by a normalafternoon of Games. As most of thechildren had spent the much of theday playing sport, Saturday eveningsaw many sleepy children settle down in front of the televisionto watch a movie. The boys enjoyed Earth to Echo while the girlshad a sing along to Mamma Mia in their respective houses!

For Sunday morning the children dressed up smartly in theiruniforms and headed to Church for another special service.Conducted by Bishop Michael, eight NPS pupils werewelcomed into the Church during a lovely Baptism andConfirmation service. This was followed by a tree-plantingceremony in the Environmental Garden as part of the BoardingSchools’ Association Boarding Orchard Project. During theafternoon the children we able to enjoy some ‘free time’ eitherinside or outside the house. Many chose to make the most ofthe clear skies and take walks and play games, while othersrelaxed indoors, enjoying the peace and quiet of a Sundayafternoon!

This week has seen the children in the English school systemstudying and sitting their school exams and for the 6e & 5e ithas been a week of reflection as they received the results frommany of their assessments taken last week. The children arelooking forward to the Night Walk on Friday evening and anactive weekend with another trip to Tides and the very excitingvisit to Chessington World of Adventure on Sunday! Next weekwe look forward to a week of theatre as many of our seniorstudents take part in The Pirates of Penzance, the schoolproduction, which is looking to be superb! Sadly next week alsosees us saying goodbye to Kaya & Saya who have spent afantastic two terms with us but will be leaving us in time to startthe new academic year at home. We wish them well in theirfuture studies and hope they have made many wonderfulmemories during their time at NPS!

Finally, on behalf of the boarding team, may I take thisopportunity to wish you a safe and sunny Easter holiday! Welook forward to the return of the chidlren for a fun-filledSummer Term

As always, please do get in touch with any questions or queriesabout boarding, on [email protected].

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FROM THE HEAD OF PRE-PREP

Thank you for joining us in the schoolchurch for our Mother’s Day service lastTuesday. Nursery, Reception and Years 1and 2 classes took it in turns to entertainour Mums with poems and songs. MrsGleave, Head of Music, did a wonderfuljob in preparing the singingarrangements.Always popular are the painted portraitsof the Mums, and the childrenpresenting why our Mums are soappreciated and special. Being a goodcook seemed particularly important tothe children this year!Thanks to all the Pre-Prep teachers fortheir work preparing such an upliftingservice.It was a lovely occasion for the childrento thank all you mums for everythingyou do for them.

The children had a wonderful timemaking their faces ‘funny for money’ onRed Nose Day last Friday. Our thanks toMrs Payne who kindly did some facepainting Thank you for supporting thischarity so generously, the final totalraised was an amazing £200!

We held an Open Morning on Saturdayand welcomed some lovely families, withparticular interest in the Nursery. Nothaving the children in school on thisoccasion enabled the staff to reallyengage with the visitors and it workedvery well. The classrooms all lookedwonderful and my thanks to the staff formaking the morning such a success.

Please can I remind parents that childrenneed to be in their classrooms by8.50am for registration. You arewelcome to bring them for the earlyservice which begins at 8.30am (or8.20am if you have children at thePrep School). The breakfast service isalso available from 8am, but this mustbe pre-booked with Mandy in theoffice.

Finally, I look forward to seeing you allat our Easter event on Friday 27thMarch at 3pm, and wish you all alovely Easter holiday.

Alison Pouget

Class 1 Class 1 had a lovely outing to the ‘NoName Shop’ in Sandwich on Monday.






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They practised their French by ordering their snack ofpain au chocolat and chocolat chaud. We then wentfor a little walk to the park where the children especiallyenjoyed the roundabout. Thank you to MmePapougnot for organising this lovely trip.

Sainsbury VouchersDon’t forget to keep collecting Sainsburys vouchers!There is a collection box in the office.

Bourne to Have FunPlease return your booking forms and payment as soonas possible to Mandy for the Easter sessions: and 30thMarch – 2nd April; 7th – 10th April.Bookings also being taken for May half-term: 26th –29th MayPlease see the website for prices and booking form.

Dates for your diary:Pre-Prep Coffee: Every Wednesday from 8.15 in thehall.School Play (dress rehearsal): Tuesday 24th March,2pm. We will take the children to the Prep School towatch the senior play, ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. Pleasecollect your children from the Sports Hall at 4pm.Easter Event: Friday 27th March at 3pm (lates willfinish at 5pm).

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Nursery: Ruby Sidhu Great effort in singingRhianna Sidhu Great effort in singingGrace Harvey Lovely artworkAgatha Hudson Lovely artworkCharlie Thompson Numbers and countingAustin Smith Numbers and counting

Reception: Oliver Walker Brilliant work with Mrs JonesSamuel Brown Great improvement in handwritingNaomi Payne Independent story writingUmaiza Malik Independent story writingOphelia Turner-Stockham Independent story writingHarrison Saxby Independent story writingTabitha Thomas Independent story writing

Class 1:Tom Ryeland A super topic diagramCharlotte Mandry Super progress in spellingNoah Lucas Super progressing in readingPoppy Hendy Lovely expressive reading aloud

Class 2:Kitty Furneaux Wonderful yogaTommy Harvey Enthusiasm and confidence in MathsSimran Aiyagari Lovely yoga Harry Spencer Great effort all round

The ‘No Name Shop’ in Sandwich.

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Wednesday 11th March 2015

1st XV Rugby vs Duke of York’s (Away)

Northbourne traditionally do not travel well. Sometimes convincing themselves mentally that they have already lost the match– home advantages being like a big comfort blanket – so to speak!!

If our warm ups were anything to go by then this heavy loss may have been a continuation of the disappointing preparationthat some of the lads displayed before a ball had been kicked. Boys, you must start to motivate from within!

Once again, the lack of tackling was our nemesis!! It is so frustrating to build momentum and pressure and then camp in theopposition’s 22 putting together phase after phase, only to relinquish possession and then through a lack of bravery andtackling, find ourselves back under our own posts, receiving yet another conversion. This happened on no less than 5 occasionsduring the match, where on each occasion, a different lad from the opposition ran the whole length of the field to score underthe posts!

We were awarded our fair share of penalties and yet failed to turn these opportunities into any meaningful possession andultimately any points! There were at least 4 penalties awarded to us within 10 metres of the Dukies try line but alas theydefended heroically and kept us at bay. The lads must understand that a low and strong body position is vitally important inorder to drive to and dive over the try line, rather than try to walk over! It was disappointing not to be able to score any pointsin this match given our domination in the scrums and rucks.

The referee paid credit to the boys by suggesting that this score line did not reflect which team played the best collective rugby.Individually, Dukies had three or four very powerful and exceptionally quick players and in truth they were the ones that causedall the devastation.

At the end of yet another bruising encounter, the final score line was 49-0 to Dukies.

Under 9 Rugby vs Wellesley House (Away)

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We made a promising start in our first contact rugby game of the season. It was pleasing to see the boys make strong andaggressive runs in their quest to get forward. This was an evenly fought game as reflected in the score at half time which was 5points all with Wellesley scoring the majority of their tries straight from their kick-offs.

We now need to work on quick support for the player with the ball, especially at the ruck and more discipline in our defensiveline, taking responsibility to tackle our opposite number.

All boys should be pleased with their first match as they all showed great character which was epitomised by the gutsyperformances of Henry Hudson and Oscar Leney. Max Skingle made some good decisions at scrum-half, scoring one try andCharlie Unitt at fly-half scored 6 tries.

Players of the Match: The whole squad. Don’t stop believing!

Colts Rugby vs St Faith’s (Home)

This was the last match of the season and it was a non-contact, tag version – very different from the full-contact style the boyshave been playing all term.

We struggled to get into our stride in the first half and we constantly ran into the tackle rather than supporting the ball-carrierand passing down the line. We scored first through Charles Defour but then we relaxed and St Faith’s came back with 2 tries oftheir own, just before the break.

A reorganisation and a reminder of the game plan put the team back in the driving seat and we took control of the game withtries from Alexis, Jack and another from Charles.

This squad have come so far this season both in terms of skill and aggression; we have had some great results. I’d like to thankall the boys for working so hard and a special thank you to Oliver Martin for being such an inspirational captain.

Final Score : Northbourne 4 St Faith’s 2. Men-of-the-Match : Everyone

Saturday 14th March 2015

1st XV Rugby vs Deal and Betteshanger (Home)

This was the return fixture after our heavy defeat to Deal and Betteshanger earlier on in the season. The boys were remindedabout their lack of focus and application in the mid week game and they clearly understood that this would have to beimproved upon from the time we left the changing room. Friday’s practice had seen us work on our body position, whilst

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keeping low and driving forward with our legs.

All of this hard work started to pay dividends as this was a completely different performance from every member of the team.The boys must be commended on displaying improved desire, discipline and motivation. It was clear to see that ‘it mattered!’

Deal and Betteshanger enjoy the luxury of having 4 or 5 players that are taller than most coaches, so unsurprisingly we neverwon a single line out!! However, the opposition had no answer to our wonderful forwards and their superb rucking andscrummaging. We simply out played Deal in this department! Once again that repetitive passage of play emerged, as it hasdone all season, where we are pushing for a try in the opposition’s 22, only to have the ball turned over and then end upchasing one of their very big and powerful ‘man mountains’ all the way back to our posts!!

However, we scored two of our own tries in this match and unfortunately had a third try disallowed in the dying seconds of thegame! We also missed two penalty kicks at the posts! Jolyon Presland opened our account with a superb solo run after breakingaway from a maul and Jaime Bergaz crashed over the line for our second try.

All in all, this was a fantastic performance from every boy and one in which they can be justifiably proud of. Every person thatwatched the game commented on the sheer guts, tenacity and technicality that the lads displayed – all the attributes that MrRiley knows this team is capable of! Bravo!

The final score was 54-12, but in truth, given our missed chances, this may have been 54-27!

After a wonderful afternoon of intense rugby and sheer determination, the match ended up with all of the spectators, playersand officials enjoying a wonderful match tea with presentations being made by both teams. This was another perfect exampleof why sport is not only important in our lives but how it builds character, friendships and self-discipline. Well done to everyoneconcerned and we look forward to replaying these fixtures next year.


1st XV Rugby vs Wellesley House Combined 2nd XV (Home)

It is always nice to end off a season with a convincing win, and when that victory is the first win of the term, it makes it so muchsweeter! Even though we were playing against a combined 2nd XV from Wellesley, they were gutsy and still put us underpressure throughout the game. We started the match off rather slowly but gradually gained in momentum, creating goodplatforms from which to mount our attack. However, we were still too tall when going into the tackle – low and strong bodyposition is very important.

Although we were leading 19-0 at half time, the boys were reminded about the simple and basic errors that they were making,which were beginning to allow the opposition back into the game. Wellesley House scored early on in the second half and thissomewhat spurred the lads into another gear. It was from here on in that we started to totally dominate the match and ran inthree further second half tries. The final score was 40-7 to NPS. Special mention must be made of Charles-Antoine D’Ornanowho was very impressive with his converting from the kicking tee. Well done!

The changing room was a very emotional place after the match tea as each young man was reminded of just how much thesememories would live with them forever. The chance to play sport with your friends in a competitive environment certainlydevelops character and builds life skills that stay with you forever. The emotional tears that were shed by some of the lads was areminder as to why we all play sport – we lose together, we win together, we laugh together! Sport builds a bond that teachespeople to be disciplined, selfless, determined and to share in each other’s success – it keeps us motivated and inspired!

Boys you have learnt much this season. Like the NPS boys before you and NPS boys of the future, you will leave this rugby terma stronger personality, better disciplined and knowing that rugby is only won if you tackle!! Playing for each other, in an NPSshirt and for the last time ever, is a piece of history. Remember this, you were part of it!!

A big thank you goes to all of the ladies in the kitchen for the superb match teas – these made it more difficult for us to keep upour levels of fitness and our general shape!! To Dolrick and the Maintenance Dept for preparing the wonderful fields – landingon them was like a feather mattress! And finally, to Mr ‘Crash Bag’ Benyon and Mr ‘Mountain Boots’ Avery for all of their helpand support this season – Bravo!

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Friday 6th March 2015

U11 Netball vs St Faith’s (Away)

This game was so close against a young St. Faith’s team. Both teams played exceptionally well and entertained the spectatorswith end to end play and some great finishes.

The basic skills of everyone have improved massively. It is fantastic to watch everyone play the way they have been practising allterm and coming together as a team. Everyone worked for each other and our goal scorers did their job.

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Sports NewsDuring the dying minutes of the game, St. Faith’s had a few goal scoring opportunities, but were unable to convert them intopoints.

Final score: 5-4 to NPS. Player of the match: Olivia Ryeland


U13 B Netball vs Junior King’s D (Home)

Our U13 B team took on Junior King’s D team on Wednesday afternoon. The match didn’t start particularly well with bothteams rushing passes and showing little composure on the court and neither of the teams managed to score a goal during thisfirst quarter. Things improved after the first break, however, and the ball was moved more fluently up and down the court. Thescore at half time was 2-2. NPS finally went on to win the match 6-4 – their first win of the season. Well done girls!

Player of the Match - Mencia Guzman De Aguirre

U11 B Netball vs Junior King’s D (Home)

This game gave NPS the opportunity to provide some of the girls with time on the court and some precious experience ofmatch play. The game was extremely even against a hugely improved JKS team.

Our passes were good, however there were times when we reverted to the ‘lob the ball and hope it goes to one of our players’pass. JKS showed aggression and some great interceptions enabled them to have plenty of goal scoring opportunities. Due toour good defence, we were able to put pressure on them so that they only converted one of these opportunities into points.

Our attempts at the other end of the court were not going too well, however we managed to slot in two goals, allowing us totake the lead in the last quarter.

Final score: 2-1 to NPS.

Player of the match: Carla Tayssier

U9 Netball vs St Lawrence (Home)

An afternoon of high spirits and perfect weather conditions saw an exciting game of netball. Some of the Under 9 girlscourageously stepped onto court into an unfamiliar position today, but adapted well and gave their all. St. Lawrence were at anadvantage in regards to their height, and were able to retain possession of the ball by passing overhead; but Northbourne didtheir best to jump into the air to intercept the ball. Unfortunately this passage of play allowed St. Lawrence to progress the balldown the court quickly to the shooting third and score.

We were 2 goals down after the first quarter, so returned back to the court with a focus to stick with our opponents and defendwith confidence – which the girls displayed during play. Northbourne continued to play with will power; however the strengthof our passes were not equal with the distance in which we tried to pass, thus allowing the opposition to interrupt our smoothpassages of play. The Under 9’s fought hard during the second and third quarter to obtain possession of the ball, and did getthe ball into our shooting third, although our accuracy was a little off target with no goals being scored.

The final quarter of the game saw the tension levels soar with even more repositions of play. Grace Roche stepped into the roleof GA and used her height advantage to get the ball back to our shooting third with help from Poppy Rutter and MariellaDance, but St. Lawrence’s defence were able to deflect the ball back out the shooting circle and out to their defenders.

Girls, you continue to progress in each game we play which is fantastic to see. You must remember to make the most out of thespace available to you on the court and look for your team mates to make accurate passes.

Final score: 10 – 0 to St. Lawrence

Player of the match: Grace Roche

Tuesday 17th March 2015

U9 Netball vs St Faith’s (Away)

Beautiful sunshine shone down for today’s match game of two halves, as the girls battled their hearts out for the duration ofplay. We were up against St. Faith’s development team first. During training we have been focusing a lot on marking ourdefenders closely and getting into space, which the girls did in abundance today. Quick, accurate centre passes from EmmaWardhaugh allowed the girls to get possession of the ball and create strong passages of play into the goal third. MariellaDance, Grace Roche and Poppy Rutter showed fantastic teamwork to hold their space for perfectly timed passes. As always,Grace displayed wonderful shooting technique and created a strong lead in the first quarter. This successful play continued intothe second quarter, with all girls closely marking their opposition and moving into space to receive the ball. Emma continued tointercept St. Faith’s passes, and drive towards the goal third once again. Poppy and Grace demonstrated good tactical






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awareness, bringing their defenders away and moving into space to position themselves to shoot. Catching a beautiful reboundoff the edge of the hoop, Poppy repositioned her feet, took her time and focused – seeing another goal glide through the net.At half time Northbourne Park School were leading 4 – 0.

St. Faith’s 1st Team stepped on to the court for the second half of this match, challenging our defence and marking. Althoughthis second half was a challenge, the girls continued to give their all and fight for possession of the ball, one of the qualities Ihave loved about coaching this team. Olivia Johnson and Aimee-Rose Hawksworth added pressure to St. Faith’s shooters,sticking to their sides and tracking them everywhere they went. Elianna Webster and Ria Sidhu interrupted the flow of St. Faith’steam as they tried their best to intercept passes.

Final score 8 – 4 to St. Faith’s.

Girls, it was fantastic to see all your hard work, concentration and determination rewarded out there on the court today. I don’tthink I can pick a player of the match are you were all passing accurately into space, marking with confidence, and mostimportantly working together as a team. Although we did not win this match, I think we can close the netball season withgleaming grins on our faces and our heads up high in the knowledge that we have improved significantly from our very firstgames session and match. Well done! Let us hope for an exciting rounder’s season.


U13 A Netball vs Wellesley House U13 B (Away)

Being the last match of the season and having had an inspirational talk from Mr. Riley, the girls were ready to win their last evernetball match against our rivals Wellesley.

As soon as the first whistle blew the girls were sprinting down the court with their “power plaits” flying behind them. The ballwas thrown over Ruth’s head and as she was about to catch it she turned and banged her head on the metal post. Though shehad a big, blue bump on her forehead, she decided to keep composed and carry on. By the end of the first quarter we hadscored 3 goals to their 2 - one great goal from our injured, but consistent shooter, Ruth Spencer and two more by our superspeedy goal attack, Kaya Burrows.

During the second quarter, Wellesley came back stronger and ready to try and dominate the rest of the match, but ourdefenders were having none of it. Each of their planned centre passes were negated by Ruby Norris, our intercepting wingdefence, and Carmen Babecki, our competitive captain.

In the middle of the second quarter, the girls were starting to get tired and made a few sloppy passes, some dodgy decisionsand started to lose their composure. At half time we had another inspirational talk by Mrs. Robinson and as we walked back intoour positions, we all suddenly realised the importance of winning our very last match.

With the score at 4-3, it was an NPS centre pass and our “sticky frog” (Mr Riley’s phrase) centre Saya Burrows caught every ballthat came her way, combining well with our spirited Wing Attack, Jess Sainsbury, who then passed it quickly into the circle toRuth who scored with every shooting opportunity she got.

In the last quarter there was a worrying moment when the ball got to Wellesley’s circle. They could have scored a goal butthanks to our jumping goal keeper Zoey Yang and her interception skills this didn’t happen. The ball was quickly passed downinto the NPS circle and we scored the final, fourteenth goal just before the final whistle blew. Our players of the match, aschosen by the Wellesley team, were Ruth and Saya. However, the squad and Mrs. Robinson agreed that the whole team playedextremely well and everyone should be recognised as player of the match.

The girls were delighted with the 14-6 score line and that we had beaten our local rivals Wellesley. Well done girls for thiswonderful season, we could not have tried harder. We have won almost all our matches and have beaten some of our oldestrivals. The team and I would like to thank Mrs. Robinson for being such a great coach and teaching us both the tactical andphysical skills that helped us to win the hardest matches. We would also like to thank the dinner ladies for some amazing matchteas, the Maintenance Department and everyone else who has helped make this our best ever netball season.

Well done girls, I hope you all keep playing netball at your next schools.

U13 B Netball vs Wellesley House U13 C (Away)

This was the last match of the season, and for most of the team it was the last time they would represent Northbourne ParkSchool on the netball court. Although a mix of emotions hung in the air, the U13’s were eager to give their best and were veryexcited to improve upon previous performances in the season. Wellesley House took the first centre pass, and were able tomove the ball quickly into their shooting third and score. But Northbourne fought back to equal the score with a beautiful shotat the post which glided through the net. Wellesley House were very fast getting the ball up their attacking side, whichunfortunately stopped us thinking about the game as passing with composure as we endeavoured to follow their speed.

We returned to the court for the second quarter with the determination to retain possession of the ball and score. Isabel dePerier Mallo, Marie de Talhouet and Mencia Guzman smoothly passed the ball up the court to Charlotte Martin who skilfullyexecuted two shots from the edge of the circle. We had finally settled in to our own rhythm of play, finding space and markingwith intention. Our defenders followed in these same patterns of play as they jumped, leaped and stretched to interrupt the

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Sports Newspath of the ball in the goal third.

All the girls displayed fantastic netball skills on the court for what was a closely fought second half. We finally discovered thatour knees do bend and continued to practice this as we propelled ourselves up to snatch the ball out the air. Molly Gu andCharlotte Martin worked tirelessly together in the shooting circle to hold their space and dodge past Wellesley’s strong defence;and with restored confidence in her shooting Charlotte continued to succeed. Molly, who, with new found self-beliefcontributed to the ever increasing goals of Northbourne Park.

No one wanted this match to finish, but the whistle had to be blown. It has been an incredible season ending with a strongfought match displaying everything we have worked on this netball season. Even though we didn’t win this match, we wereextremely proud of our development as a team and success that we achieved, however big or small. We would like to say a bigthank you to Mrs. Robinson for her continued encouragement and knowledge of the game, and to Miss Richardson for hersupport during matches. To the ladies in the kitchen and maintenance staff for the preparation of the courts and deliciousmatch teas.

Final score 7-8 to Wellesley house. Player of the match: Charlotte Martin.

U11 Netball vs Dover College (Away)

This match was a culmination of a very successful netball season for the girls. The game didn’t start very well because we wererushing our passes and not playing the structure we had been practicing all season.

After the first quarter, everyone settled in and started to play more confidently according to the game plan we had discussed.Our shooters were on target and were helped once again by Sophia and Isabella transferring the ball swiftly along the court intoour attacking circle.

Once we were in a more dominant position, the reserves had an opportunity to prove themselves, which they did. We scored asmany goals during this time, which shows how much everyone has improved throughout the season. Positions were swappedand yet each player continued to play as if they had been in that role for the entire season.

The other team put up a fight. They were aggressive in intercepting the ball and worked hard to get it into their attackingcircle. This tenacity enabled Dover to score 2 goals. We scored 14 goals by Harriet, Olivia, Isabella, Cloe and even our goalkeeper, Alexandra! What a fantastic effort by everyone.

A huge thanks should go to our parents who supported us, Mrs Robinson for her expertise, the kitchen staff for providing uswith food when we were hungry and water when we were thirsty and the girls for working so hard for each other.

Player of the match: The whole team.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Tuesday 10th March 2015

NPS Primary Schools Cross-Country Relay

This was the 12th running of the Primary Schools Cross-Country Relay with Northbourne Park School hosting it every year since2003! We pray and hope for perfect weather with every event and although we had to cancel the race one year due to snow,this year, those Northern Hemisphere weather Gods were certainly smiling upon our little corner of the country! The school andthe course were bathed in glorious sunshine, with not abreath or hint of wind and just a slight chill in the air. Thesewere absolute perfect running conditions.

This year saw 28 teams of 6 runners from 16 differentschools participate in the event. Each team comprises of 3boys and 3 girls from either Year 5 or Year 6. NPS entered 3teams into the race this year, which included children fromYear 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and 6e. Special mention mustbe made of Poppy Rutter, Grace Roche, Mariella Dance,Max Skingle and Charlie Unitt who as Year 3 and Year 4pupils, were running against children two or three yearsolder than them – such tenacity, bravo!

As all the schools arrived for the race, there was muchexcitement as well as a few nerves floating around whichhelped in creating a wonderful fun filled atmosphere. Asthis is a relay event, each runner carries their team’s batonwhilst completing an 800m course before handing thebaton onto their next team mate.






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Sports NewsThe race started off at a frenetic pace with every team jostling for a good position. After nearly 30 minutes of great fun, rivalryand superb competition, each runner had completed the course having achieved their own personal goals whilst surprisingthemselves along the way as to what they can achieve when they put their minds to it – the mental joy of middle distancerunning!!

Once the dust had settled, the final results of our three teams from NPS were as follows:1st Place NPS Team A9th Place NPS Team B17th Place NPS Team C

The top three schools were:1st Place Northbourne Park School A2nd Place Wingham Primary School A3rd Place Kingsdown and Ringwould A

A massive thank you must go to ‘Team Northbourne’ for yet another fantastic cross-country event – two successes in one week!!As a school it is what we do well, with superb hospitality, just like a finely tuned machine!! From the Staff to the GraduateAssistants to the guides, marshals and of course the runners – you were all fantastic!! Here’s to an even bigger and better eventnext year!

Friday 13th March 2015

Duke of York’s Invitational Cross-Country

We arrived at The Duke of York’s Royal Military School for the annual running of this Invitational Cross-Country Meeting. Thiswas the third year that it had been organised, and as defending champions, we were very keen to bring back the trophy for thethird time in a row!

We have always used this event to give some of our younger children a chance to experience the challenges of senior cross-country, in the hope that this will stand them in good stead for the future. At Northbourne Park School, we are very keen to‘blood’ our talented younger runners and we believe that it is this ethos that has allowed the school to enjoy much success inthe past. ‘If you are good enough, then you are old enough’ is the type of approach we like to foster within our sport.

As always, there was much anticipation and nerves in the lead up to each race. Every runner was advised to stick to the ‘gameplan’ and implement the tactics that we had all discussed as a team earlier on in the day.

The following table are the final individual results of each race:

Year 7 Girls Year 7 Boys6th Place – Charlotte Martin (Yr 7) 4th Place – Jack Shipton (Yr 6)8th Place – Carmen Babecki (Yr 7) 7th Place – Charlie Defour (Yr 6)9th Place – Isabel De Perier Mallo (Yr 7) 9th Place – Roshan Aiyagari (Yr 7)13th Place – Olivia Ryeland (Yr 5) 11th Place – Charles-Antoine D’Ornano (Yr 7)14th Place – Estelle Olcott (Yr 5) 12th Place – Joseph Plessix (Yr 7)17th Place – Jess Sainsbury (Yr 7) 13th Place – Amaury Gagnez (Yr 6)Year 8 Girls Year 8 Boys5th Place – Kaya Burrows (Yr 8) 4th Place – Raphael Lanvin (Yr 8)6th Place – Molly Gu (Yr 8) 9th Place – Xavier Joubert (Yr 8)8th Place – Mencia Guzman De Aguirre (Yr 8) 10th Place – Antoine Ceolin (Yr 8)10th Place – Saya Burrows (Yr 8) 15th Place – Ilya Malchevskiy (Yr 8)11th Place – Maria Requeijo Torres-Puchol (Yr 8) 16th Place – Victor Saint Bris (Yr 8)13th Place – Ruth Spencer 18th Place – Jolyon Presland (Yr 8)

Alas, this was not to be our year and we finally relinquished our crown to Kent College. As a school, we still finished a verycreditable 2nd place overall.

This cross-country meeting signals the end to our cross-country season and I would personally like to take this opportunity tosay a very big thank you to every pupil through out the school for all of their hard work and effort throughout the season. Aspecial mention must go to all of our teams who have been outstanding ambassadors for the school. Your commitment, desireand dedication is second to none – bravo!

To all of the Graduate Assistants, Miss Richardson and Mrs Robinson, thank you for your energies, advice and training – you areinvaluable! Cross-country continues to thrive here at NPS and it is the one sporting discipline that requires the most courage,self discipline and determination – three fine ingredients and life skills to carry on into life.





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