Issue No.10, July 1994
Issue No.10, July 1994
| FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Staff charges - Sadly we have to say goodbye to a number of staff. Mr. Sharman (Head of Humanities) and his wife have
decided to spend some time seeing the world before continuing
their careers. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Holt have both gained
promotions to Deputy Head of English posts in other schools. Each has made a very special contribution to the school and each will be sorely missed. We wish each of them a happy and successful future. We also say farewell to Mr. Campbell (RE) who has completed a one year contract [see also below], Miss Wilding, Mrs Waite and Mrs Williams, all on short term or part time contracts but nonetheless valued for that. We thank them for all they have contributed. We welcome Mr, Philip Tapp as our new Head of the Humanities Faculty, he was formerly head of Religious Education at Nailsea School, Bristol, also Miss Julia Reed to the Maths department, Ms Rosemary Henson and Ms Tracy Collins (English), Mr. Mark Levy (History) and Miss Nicola Perrett (Modern Languages). A Level results come out on 18th August and the school will be open from 10 a.m. for pupils to collect results. A team of staff will be available to help, congratulate etc. Likewise for the GCSE results on 25th August. We do need time to organise the results - so please no earlier than 10 am! May I wish you a safe and happy holiday and remind
you that school re-opens for pupils on Tuesday, 6th
September. Adam Hall and Lorraine Butler have been elected as Senior Students for next year. SCHOOL UNIFORM : A Reminder that the final School Uniform Shop this term will be held at, the school on August 24th 2-4 pm. Items of uniform previously ordered can be collected. Details of further uniform sales will, be announced early next term. PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTS : Congratulations to Jamie Cordell (Sixth Form) and Kit Perona-Wright (Year 10) who have both had musical compositions played at the Royal Festival. Hall recently. The compositions had been submitted as part of their A Level and GCSE examinations respectively. ENVIRONMENT CLUB : On July 14th, Edward Drewitt (Year 9) and Ms. T. Smith went to Gatwick to receive an award from the London Gatwick Environment Awards Scheme where Edward was presented with a cheque for £300 and a certificate by the TV presenter of Country File, John Craven. The money will be used for planting more shrubs etc in the school grounds and for smaller projects which the Environment Club has in mind. AFRICA EVENING - Everyone who attended voted this as an excellent evening. The school throbbed to the sound of African drums which marked the culmination of months of work by junior pupils. They displayed high quality art and design work, gave a fashion parade of African costumes they had made and sang and danced to the compulsive rhythms created by African Master drummer David Oladunni. The evening finished with pupils playing instruments that they had made in an exciting drumming competition. This link with African music and dance will continue, as selected pupils will go on to work with professional composers, players and dancers from the internationally renowned London Sinfonietta. Therfield is one of only three Surrey schools chosen. CABARET EVENING - Once again Cabaret Evening was a musical and social success with a well-balanced programme making for a splendid evening's entertainment. Following Mr. Pratt's speech of thanks to the performers at the end of the evening it was nice to see the tables turned on Mr. Pratt and Mr. Wood by the pupils when Jamie Cordell on behalf of those students who are leaving thanked them for their help, hard work and dedication to music. Thanks to them many youngsters have a love for and knowledge of music they might never have known while others have had their talents nurtured. SPORT James Angus was adjudged Seaman of the Year, Richard Guy, Crew of the Year and Gavin Print, Helm of the Year. Andrew Fleming, Alistair Tudor, David Bignold, James Hardwick, Robert Hardwick, Catherine Green, Emily Porter and Emma Gordon also did well at this Surrey Schools' Sailing Association Regatta. The Sponsored Sail and Barbeque held last Friday which is the club's main fund raising event was very popular and Mr. Stewart hopes that between £700 and £800 will be raised as a result. CRICKET - Yet again our cricket. teams have had a successful season. Year 8 and Year 9 won their respective leagues with Year 10 sharing top spot with Sondes Place School. We are desperately short of cricket facilities at the school - particularly nets. So if anyone knows any influential cricketers with access to development funds for school cricket please put in a word for Therfield! TENNIS - this is the first year a tournament has been held within the school and it was well supported. Finals were held on Monday and winners were Year 7 - Martin Leay; Year 8 Robert Gordon, Mihaela Ramsden; Year 9 Graham Bennett, Alison Lowe; Year 10 Caroline Nicholls. SHOW NEWS (Reminder) - Therfield's major drama production has traditionally taken place in November. For this coming academic year, however, we are planning our major production for the Summer Term - sometime in July "95. It will be a 'Son et Lumière' style performance outdoors. Full details later. Mr. Philip Campbell came to us from the BBC where he was a journalist in BBC TV News and Current Affairs. Given the culture shock such a change in jobs must bring we asked for his thoughts - "I only came for a term - as a newly qualified R.S. teacher but stayed for a very happy and valuable year. But now I am departing I am still asked why did you leave your cushy and enjoyable job as a journalist in BBC TV News and Current Affairs for the undoubted stresses of teaching? "Well to be fair my old broadcasting job was
wonderful - a seat in the gallery of the Commons, the BBC
canteen and a nightly chance to influence minds (if any were
awake) on Newsnight - my 22 years there were fun. |