St Albans High School for Girls January 2014 Newsletter

January 2014Newsletter

As we embark on this new term and indeed this new year, I

continue to be amazed, as we look back at the wealth of

activities and achievements contained in this newsletter, at

just how much can be packed into one term.

Presentation of Prizes, in early December, was a wonderful

platform to celebrate the achievement of girls in

Years 11–13. We were delighted to welcome Anne Pitcher,

Old Girl of the High School and Managing Director of

Selfridges, who presented the prizes, awards and certificates.

The occasion gave me the opportunity to share, with some sadness, a few memories

of my time as Headmistress at the High School in what will be my final year before I

retire. Many different avenues, including reflections on the proliferation of reality

television shows, the culture of celebrity and consumerism and the death, the previous

evening of Nelson Mandela, led me to think that it might be of interest to the girls to

ask them to think about who they saw as their inspiration and role models. I hope, in

my recollections of the two people who had most inspired me; the Senior Mistress at

my grammar school, and my mother, that I was able to instil in the girls, some

appreciation of the invaluable lessons that they are learning from their parents.

The past is history

The future is a mystery

Today is a gift

That is why it is called the present

Mrs Rosemary Martin

Headmistress

It is an enormous privilege to be joining St Albans

High School for Girls. During my three interview

days, the school’s warmth and wisdom and its wit

vividly communicated itself to me. (I’m still pondering

the perfect answer to one taxing question posed by

Year 5 girls: “What’s the best joke you’ve ever

heard?”).

As a fairly local girl, brought up in Finchley, I have long known of STAHS and of the

astute and lively students it cultivates. I am very much looking forward to leading this

school in which students’ and teachers’ horizons are wide and exciting, in which

learning is clearly such fun and in which the quality of relationships forged is second

to none.

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Mrs Jenny Brown

BA Oxon

Following the decision by Mrs Martin to retire after five,

extremely successful year as Headmistress, the

Governors are delighted to announce the appointment

of Mrs Jenny Brown with effect from 1 September 2014.

Mrs Brown is currently Assistant Head (Director of

Senior School) at St Paul’s Girls’ School, Hammersmith.

The Governors believe that in Mrs Brown, with her combination of intellect,

vision and relevant experience, the school has found the ideal successor to

consolidate and build on Mrs Martin’s success and to take the school on to a

new and exciting phase of development.

We know that Mrs Martin and Mrs Brown will work closely together over the

coming months to ensure a smooth transition and enable the school to continue

to thrive.

Miss Dorothy Henderson

Chairman of Governors

Headmistress:

Rosemary Martin

MEd NPQH FRSA

01727 853800

[email protected]

www.stahs.org.uk

Happy New Year from Wheathampstead House! We trust that

you will enjoy highlights from last term in this edition of the

newsletter. Noteworthy arrivals included the new raised beds

which will enable more girls to participate in growing and eating

their own fruit and vegetables. In addition, the audio system in the

hall was updated and this has made a significant improvement to

assemblies, events and concerts.

We launched a new community initiative with the local village

schools, hosting the first ever Wheathampstead Village Schools’

Debating Challenge just before the half term holiday. The day

involved Year 5 pupils from Beech Hyde School, St Helen’s School

and the Prep School. The children enjoyed activities in team

building, research and public speaking skills. The Mayor of St Albans

City and District supported the event and the children were

delighted to see her during the morning sessions and for their

final presentations.

A number of girls in Years 5 and 6 sang in the Wheathampstead

Joint Schools’ Choir at the St Albans and District Civic Service.

They sung ‘Zadok Rules – Hallelujah!’ by the Wheathampstead

composer Alexander L’Estrange. It was a special service for all and

it was very touching that many dignitaries took the time to come

and thank the pupils from all the schools; sharing that the children’s

performance had made the service.

The finale for the term was the superb Pre-Prep Christmas Play

and the Christmas services from Year 3–6; well done to all the

girls! As we enter 2014 we look forward to an exciting new term!

With best wishes

Ms Gillian Bradnam

Head of the Preparatory School

The girls in Reception had a super start at

Wheathampstead House and have settled in

happily. During their first term, the girls enjoyed a

school trip to Wheathampstead Library. They found

out how to use a library and listened to stories.

They also had fun exploring different types of books

and learnt how to use the machine for checking out

and returning books. At school we shared lots of

our favourite stories and used these in our literacy

learning. The girls were very good at retelling stories

including ‘The Little Red Hen’, which they were able

to retell in their first sharing assembly.

SharingAssembly

Forest SchoolReception pupils started a Forest School in November.

They explored the woods and found a special letter

and stories about nocturnal animals. The girls then

made nocturnal animals from clay and natural materials.

The applianceof Science

Prep School pupils spent time in Science last

term engaging with the natural habitat and

exploring a number of activities including

exploding canisters and the solar system.

Year 5 and 6 pupils dissected eyes and hearts

as part of their human body topic.

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Girls in Year 1 enjoyed learning

about seaside holidays, listening

with interest to a visitor sharing

stories and experiences as she

described what holidays were like

in the 1950s.

Pupils play-acted a journey back in time to the 1900s and discovered moving

picture shows and how bathing machines were used. They were surprised and

amused to learn that a Hokey Pokey was a type of ice cream, not a dance!

In ICT, the girls designed and printed a seaside style postcard and in English,

wrote imaginative and humorous acrostic poems about their own holiday

experiences. In Art, they used the Pointillism method made famous by the

French artist Georges Seurat, to create their own colourful beach huts.

Developing the theme, the girls studied the physical features of a beach and

completed a holiday survey for the class listing the most popular holiday

destinations this year.

Last term Year 2 discussed animals in English, learning to

describe them using adjectives, similes and alliteration

and each pupil made their own website about an animal

of their choice. The girls studied a poem about naughty

kittens and wrote similar poems using exciting verbs to

describe all the naughty things their animals were doing.

The girls then became TV presenters and created animal

documentaries using exciting verbs, adverbs and

onomatopoeia. Finally the girls used their creativity to

create fictional animals and described them using all of

the linguistic skills they had learnt.

Year 4 were very excited to be part of a new trip

to Rye Meads Nature Reserve early last term.

Participating in bird watching, pupils used binoculars

and sat in the specially designed hides. The views

across the meads were spectacular and the girls

were able to identify many of the birds. They had

great fun swinging nets above their heads and

scooping out handfuls of weed and tiny creatures

from the bottom of the murky pond. Amongst our

finds were large water snails, leeches, water

boatman and newts. A drama activity helped us to

understand more about food chains and webs.


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Heartwood Forest

Girls in Year 3 enjoyed a very successful

eco-fortnight in November during

which they discussed how to save

energy and conserve resources. During

their trip to Heartwood Forest, they

took the job of planting trees very

seriously and as a team effort, planted

over 200 trees, some of which they

were able to name.

CelebratingNature

Amazing animalalliteration

Au bord de la mer

By Katie & Olivia, Year 6

In Art we have been working on a new

and invigorating art project on the theme

of ‘contrast’. All the ideas we created were

unique. We planned our ideas using mind

maps and flow charts. These showed how

our ideas would develop, how they were

inspired, and how they related to the

theme. Over the following five weeks we

worked on our ideas, testing out different

media, colours and textures. In the last

week we created a final piece using all the

artistic knowledge that we had gained

from the previous weeks. We enjoyed this

project as we unearthed new ways of

creating different effects.

Art Project

Girls broadcasting their hedgehogdocumentary to the class

The Mayor of St Albans joined pupils fromYears 5 and 6 in their Christmas Service.The Nativity retold

St Albans High School for Girls | Prep 5


Challenge

Years 3 and 4 enjoyed acting and reading in their Christmas

service. Through role play they retold the story of the Nativity

and reminded us all of the true meaning of Christmas.

Pre-Prep pupils delighted the

audience with their

Christmas Play ‘The Christmas

Recipe’. Cooks, robins,

snowflakes, presents and

characters from the Nativity all

performed magnificently as they

passed on their message of

Christmas – 'A gift called love'.

Pre-PrepChristmas

Play

Football Club

The girls who have joined are

thoroughly enjoying the sessions run

by St Albans City Youth coaches. We

have girls from the Pre-Prep and Prep

department attending on different

sessions and we are hoping to

arrange a few friendly fixtures next

term for the older girls.

Orienteering

The girls from Years 5 and 6 have made a fantastic start to the

Hertfordshire Schools’ League. After the first three events, the High

School is leading the Schools’ League competition and the Maureen

Webster Memorial Trophy. All the girls are competing extremely

well and a number of them are highly placed in the individual

competition.

30 girls attend the Year 4 Netball Club. As well as

enjoying the sessions, their focus and determination

shows great improvement. Last term all teams achieved

success against some stiff opposition.

Netball

The Year 5 Netball teams have worked

extremely hard and have had success

against teams from Beechwood Park

School and Stormont School. Their

tactical skills are developing, particularly

in creating space and making back-line

passes.

The Year 6 girls have had a very busy first

term with friendly matches against

Westbrook Hay Prep School, Stormont,

Beechwood Park and Manor Lodge

School. All girls who attend the club have

played this season. We have had three

league fixtures against Cunningham Hill

Junior School, Wheatfields Junior School

and Fleetville Junior School, winning one

and narrowly losing the other two.Spor

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Year 4 Netball

‘The Christmas Recipe’

Cross Country

The team began the season

well and is currently 1st in

the District Cross Country

League with two more

races yet to be run. Special

mention to Maya who

received an individual

Bronze medal at this event.

41 girls from Year 8 enjoyed the smells and sounds of the market

in the beautiful German city of Aachen and after only six weeks

of German were very brave in trying out their best German!

Aachen Christmas Market

During the Michaelmas

term several girls in Years 8

and 9 attended a lunchtime

Mandarin Club, taught by

Mrs Lam.

It was a fun and educational

session in which the

formation of Chinese

characters was taught and a

variety of topics were

covered, including families,

nationalities and basic

phrases.

The girls thoroughly enjoyed

this new and different

aspect of learning,

pronouncing a language

without an alphabet and

writing on grids.


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By Jessica, Rhea, Christabel, Jasmine & Zoe

St Albans High School for Girls | Senior

Ni Hao!

Three Year 9 students, Miranda, Alba

and Ashlea bravely undertook a

French, German, Spanish and Italian

art project for the Modern Languages

Department. Their aim was to create

four pieces of artwork to depict the

nations whose languages are studied

at the High School. All three girls, with

the help of our French Language

Assistant, Sandra, researched many

different artists to use in their

techniques in their artwork. We were

very impressed with the girls’

independence and creativity and we

have proudly hung their work in a

languages classroom.

Ciao, Hola,Bonjour,

Guten Tag

In October, 15 girls from Year 9 and 10 took part

in a German Exchange to our partner school in

Lüneburg. Students particularly enjoyed waking

up to the smell of fresh pretzels and horse riding

with their families. “We had a great time going

around the town and seeing all the lovely

buildings and sights of Lüneburg, Berlin and

Lübeck. Berlin was a little adventure, very

interesting with so much to see. The families were

extremely hospitable and they gave us an

incredible amount of German food, which was

delicious! The German Exchange was a really

great experience because we learned lots of

German and experienced a new and exciting

culture”.

Pretzels and Bratwurst

Creativity

Mandarin Club

U19Squad


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Swimming

In the Hertfordshire County League,

the girls have continued to swim to a very high standard, and have

been placed 1st or 2nd in 32 out of the 44 races in the league to date.

In the English Schools Swimming Association Team Competition in

Watford there were some new season best and personal best times

set. Following the gala the Senior Freestyle Relay and Medley Relay

team gained a place in the National Finals at Crystal Palace in

November, and were placed 14th and 16th respectively in the country.

County, Regional and

National Selection in

Lacrosse and Netball

Many girls have achieved great

individual success this year.

There are currently five girls

playing Regional netball, six girls

playing County netball, nine

girls playing County lacrosse,

two national lacrosse players

and one national netball player.

After competing at the Midland Schools’ Ski Championships in Welwyn

and coming 2nd, Under 14 team members Josie, Alina, Ellen, and Harriet

went through to the English Championships held in Norwich on the

weekend of 5/6 October and were placed 4th. Our ‘Open Team’ came

14th – an excellent result as three of the team, who compete against

many Under 19 girls, are Under 14.

As a result of competing in the English Schools’ Dry Ski Slope

qualifying competitions last term, Harriet (Year 7) and Carys

(Year 6) have been selected to train with the English Schools’ Ski

Team. Harriet will go to Italy in February and Carys will go to Austria

at Easter.

Netball

In October, the U19, U16 andU14 teams played in thecounty round of the NationalSchools Netball Competition.

All teams played someexceptional netball with theU14 being crowned CountyChampions and the U19 andU16 teams finishing asrunners-up. These results willenable all three teams toprogress to the RegionalRound of the competition, tobe held later this term, for thefirst time.

This year the Gymnastics Squad took part in the DistrictTrampette and Tumble Competition at Roundwood Park School,where they performed to a very high standard and won morethan 40 medals across all year groups and categories.

Skiing Success

Sports Round-up

U16Squad

U14Squad

National Swimming Final

Lacrosse

Following pre-season training, the Senior and U15

Lacrosse Squads made a strong start to the season, with

the Senior Squad winning all friendly matches in

preparation for the County tournament. Unfortunately in

the County Competition, the girls were unable to

replicate their earlier success and were placed 3rd in

Hertfordshire.

In the Indoor County tournaments, there were some very

close matches with the 1st team finishing as runners-up

and the 2nd team being crowned as County Champions. Gym Squad

Challenge

A large number of girls entered the Rotary Young Chef

competition in November. Following the first round of

the Competition, which involved an internal cook-off,

the Rotary judges selected Ella, Anisha, Alicia, Emiola,

Katherine and Georgina to represent the school in the

next round held at Marlborough School.

The girls had to prepare and cook a two course healthy

meal for under £10 within timed conditions. They

competed against three other Hertfordshire schools

and all six girls reached a very high standard. We were

delighted that Georgina came in third place and Ella

won this stage of the competition and will now be

entered into the Regional finals in March.

In early October, Year 9 were privileged to spend the day working

with the poet Cliff Yates. The aim was to demystify poetry and help

us to enjoy writing creatively. At the start of the day, we heard some

of his favourite poems and the stories behind them. It was very

interesting to see how small moments could lead to such creative

poetry.

Each teaching group then spent some time with Cliff where we put

some of our ideas into practice. He gave us the first line of a poem

and we had to complete it. It was extremely interesting to see the

different creative paths the class members took. We were then given

a poem which we had to edit to suit our personalities and to show

what we appreciated in life. These turned out to be both sweet and

funny!

The day was challenging and stimulating and really helped to improve

our poetry writing. Most importantly, we had lots of fun!

By Maddie & Louise, Year 9

In November, the Art Department were delighted

to welcome to the school two leading

contemporary artists; Paul Brandford and Jeanette

Barnes. They worked with GCSE, AS and A2 Art

students in a series of dynamic drawing workshops.

Using historical and contemporary photojournalism

as a starting point, Paul worked with the A Level

students to create experimental and ‘playful’

drawings which explored the creative processes

behind composition. Jeanette set our GCSE girls an

exciting ‘urban challenge’; where they went on to

create imaginative structural drawings based on the

city environment. This was our fifth year running the

highly successful Artist in Residence workshops and

with many of the girls taking these ideas further

into their own work, it is clear they have become a

vital and inspirational part of the art calendar.

Artists Year 9 pupils enjoyed attending a series of Maths

Masterclasses held at the University of

Hertfordshire last term. The sessions, which

stretched pupils’ mathematical skills and logical

thinking, included topics such as ‘Archimedes’,

‘Mathematical Modelling’, ‘Wicked Wizards’ and

‘Devious Dwarves’.

In early November, 70 Sixth Formers participated

in the Senior Mathematics Challenge, 54 of whom

were awarded certificates, of which 37 were

Bronze, 13 Silver and four were Gold.

Sixth Form students Alex, Victoria, Rachel and Jenny

took part in the UKMT Senior Team Maths

Challenge which tested mathematical,

communication and teamwork skills.

Year 9 augmented their awareness of

global development issues in November

as they attended their own Development

Conference organised by the Geography

Department. One of their tasks was to

design, in groups, a simple product or

tool to help improve the lives of those

living in less economically developed

countries. Each group presented their

prototype to the rest of the delegates

and explained the strengths of the

product and how it would transform the

lives of poor people.


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The beauty ofnumbers

Global DevelopmentConference

Rotary Young Chef

Poet Cliff Yates

Community

Nurturinga love ofpoetry

In the first week of December,

Year 12 English Literature students

studying Michael Symmons Roberts’

poetry collection ‘Corpus’, winner of

the Whitbread Poetry Award 2004,

were delighted to welcome the poet

to the school. They were able to

discuss the stunning poetry collection

with Mr Symmons Roberts before

joining guests and staff in listening to

him read several of his poems.

Described as intriguing, unpretentious

yet meticulous, his poetry explores

seemingly abstract and traditional

ideas and grounds them in reality.

Symmons Roberts is winner of

several prestigious awards and with

his latest collection ‘Drysalter’ which

made its debut this year, has already

secured the Forward Prize and is

nominated for the prestigious TS Eliot

Poetry prize.

in ResidenceCharcoal Workshop

Senior


St Albans High School for Girls | Sixth 9

The season of goodwill

Members of the Sixth Form

were busy little elves in the

run-up to Christmas. Their

efforts meant that 60 presents

were delivered to the Home

Start charity based in

St Albans which will help a

number of local families enjoy

a brighter Christmas. They also

donated £128 to Great

Ormond Street Hospital.

Sixth Formers demonstrated

a true spirit of fun and

goodwill as they continued to

raise funds for a variety of

charities.

“I liked that every piece I did was

challenging and new to me’’ - Art student

UrbanChallenge

Finding items

old, new and in

some cases, long

forgotten, girls

wore pink and

raised £140 for

Breast Cancer

Awareness.

The ever-popular Pyjama Day,

complete with onesies and

teddy bears of all shapes and

sizes, enabled the Sixth

Formers to donate £213 to

Children in Need.

High School pupils entertained in true style

at the Amnesty ‘Raise Your Voice Concert’

in the Jubilee Hall in October. Organised by

Year 12 pupils, with the help and support of

members of staff, the concert showcased

the music and drama talents of a cross

section of the Senior School. Supported by

parents and pupils alike, the concert raised

over £2000, an amazing amount of money

for Amnesty International, whose aim is to

protect individuals wherever justice, fairness,

freedom and truth are denied.

AmnestyConcert

Santa’s Little Helpers

Wear Pink DayCommunity

At the annual Year 12 Physics trip

to Thorpe Park in October,

students combined having fun

whilst having the opportunity to

explore aspects of their studies on

the rides. After attending a talk

about the various physics/

engineering applications used in the

rides, they calculated the energy

transfers that took place on

‘Stealth’ and how the topics

of pressure, electromagnetism,

g-forces, equations of motion,

circular motion and Newton’s Laws

were utilised in the ride’s design.

Students visited CERN, the European Organization

for Nuclear Research, which is home to the biggest

particle physics laboratory in the world, and to the

infamous Large Hadron Collider.

Following an introductory lecture by one of the

professors working at CERN, the group enjoyed a

tour of the visitor centre that exists 100m above

one of the particle detectors called ATLAS

(A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) which provided data

that contributed to the discovery of the Higgs

Boson. Afterwards the group visited the magnet

testing facility where they test the components that

have to be cooled to -2710C which is colder than

outer space! The following day was an opportunity

to see the town of Geneva, and pay a visit to the

History of Science museum which contained

fascinating artefacts used by scientists.

CERNvisit

Having fun with Physics


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Aiming high

Duke of

Edinburgh’s

Award Scheme

Six former High School pupils and four Year 13

students, including Lauren, Tobi, Arabella and Gargi

have achieved Gold awards last term. Additionally 23

Silver and 54 Bronze awards have been completed.

In addition to the girls working towards their Gold

award in the UK, 25 girls will fly out to Morocco in

July to complete their Gold expedition and

residential phases of their award. They will be staying

in the Toubcal region of the High Atlas and working

with local Berber tribes people to refurbish their

school.

Young Geographer

of the Year

Competition 2013

Year 13 Leaver receives

Physics A Level

Award

We were delighted that Sarah Weeks, who left

the school last summer, was presented with an

award at the Salters’ Institute Annual Awards

Ceremony for being placed second in the

country in her A Level Physics examination last

summer. This prestigious event held at the end

of November at Salters’ Hall celebrates

excellence with the science education sector.

At the end of November,

Bryony in Year 12 received a

Highly Commended award

at the Royal Geographical

Society Young Geographer

of the Year Competition.

The annual Christmas Concert featured

the Senior Choir, the Senior Chamber

Choir and the Gospel Choir, as well as a

duet by Bryony and Megan, and the ever-

popular Year 11 Vocal Group.

The wealth of High School instrumentalists

was on show yet again with performances

by the Senior Flute Choir, the Brass

Ensemble, Ringwood Band, Pop Group, Sax

Quartet and Concert Band.

Scholars’ and Prize winners’

Concert

This year’s Music Scholars’ Concert saw an

impressive array of talent, with some fine

playing both by soloists and string quartets.

Particular highlights included some strong

playing of Corelli’s La Folia, by Rosie, a lovely

rendering of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins,

and the audience was visibly moved by May’s

performance of Remembrances from

Schindler’s List. All three quartets played with

a sense of idiom and musical perception,

together with a beautifully tailored

performance by Emma of the Adagio from

Mozart’s Violin Concerto in B flat.

Autumn Orchestral

Concert

The Symphony Orchestra, comprising

over 75 players, gave a spirited and very

tidy account of Vaughan Williams’ Folk

Song Suite at the Autumn Orchestral

Concert held in mid November. One of

the gems in the programme was Nina’s

wonderful vocal rendition of Ging Heut

Morgan from Songs of a Wayfarer by

Mahler, a truly notable achievement by

soloist and orchestra alike. Following

attractive pieces by the Intermediate

Orchestra and Lower Strings Ensemble,

the programme ended with an exciting

performance of the first movement of

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2, played

on the new concert piano by Anna Le

Hair.

Christmas Concert

Creativity

Senior


St Albans High School for Girls | Sixth 11

Service of Lessons and

Carols

Once again the annual Carol

Service for pupils, parents and

guests, was held within the

atmosphere of the Cathedral

and Abbey Church of St Alban.

The charitable collection this

year was for the continued

development of the Annabel Memorial Health Centre

in Mugoma, North West Tanzania, one of the poorest

and most inaccessible regions of Tanzania. This is being

built in thanksgiving for the life and work of Dr

Annabel Joyce Jenkins, an Old Girl of the High School

and daughter of another Old Girl, Mrs Ann Jenkins.

Harvest Festival this year involved the House and School Officers taking part in ‘I’m

a House Officer get me out of here’ in order to win food for Herts Young Homeless.

The response from the whole school was phenomenal and nearly 20 extremely

large shopping bags were filled with tinned produce and personal care items for this

year’s Harvest Festival collection. The donations were given to the Herts Young

Homeless Association, a charity that has been supporting vulnerable people in

Hertfordshire for over 15 years.

Harvest

Festival

Musical talent


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A delicious sale of cakes, organised by Year 10 pupil

Isobel and the Beat Bullying mentors, raised just over

£100 for the charity last term.

On the evening of Friday 15 November, Michael House Hall

was transformed into a Yuletide wonderland by Young

Enterprise group ‘Blank Canvas’ who hosted a Christmas Fair

for pupils, friends and parents. A variety of stalls sold products

including jewellery, cupcakes and cards and featured the

work of local artists, a photographer and an embroiderer,

raising over £800 for their ‘company’. A magician mystified

the audience with his tricks and the girls also ran a nail bar

and henna painting stall which the younger girls loved.

Additionally, Year 7 girls collected donations throughout the

evening, for the Philippines’ disaster fund raising

approximately £150.

The other three Young Enterprise groups this year are:

Infinity – making dip dyed and embellished sweatshirts

Astra – making fairy light garlands

Libra – making chalk boards and purses

Following a variety of fundraising activities on Mufti Day

in December, an amazing £850 was raised for a

selection of House Charities.

Senior School Charity Day

Beat Bullying

Young EnterpriseChristmas Fair

Over three consecutive nights in November, audiences

were treated to a thoroughly entertaining rendition of

Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale of river bank animals in the

School Play, ‘The Wind in the Willows’. The delightful antics

of wise old Badger, kindly Rat, gentle Mole and boastful,

bossy Toad delighted audiences in the Jubilee Hall.

An important aspect of the show was provided by the

band composed of an array of eleven excellent musicians

from the school, playing with both great finesse and

exuberance. The music for the songs had been arranged

specifically for this combination of instruments by Edward

Kay, and there was some most engaging and appropriate

Scene Change music composed, again specially for this

show, by Year 13 pupil, Aurélie who is to be congratulated

for this.

Music and Dramain harmony

HSS Forthcoming Events

Chinese New Year Party

Senior School Jubilee Hall

31 January

Easter Event

Wheathampstead House

29 March

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