Felsted Featured 2012

Stewart House officially opensFelsted’s new Pre-Preparatory School officiallyopened this year. The building, named StewartHouse, is designed specifically for four to sevenyear olds and is surrounded by characterfulmulti-sensory outdoor play zones. The buildingwas opened by Old Felstedian, Mr Andy Stewartand local renowned author Nick Butterworth wasa welcome guest, officially opening the StewartHouse library. His well-known illustrations, fromthe Percy the Park Keeper series, have beenused to name each classroom, and also appearon the main stairwell.Inside Felsted

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■ Top 10% for Value Added“Pupils are more likely to exceed their academic potential at Felsted than at 90% of other schools nationally, both state and independent.”

■ Top set GCSE pupils exceed local Grammar School performance

■ Record breaking exam results■ 90% achieved university of choice

The FelstedOlympiadtriumphsA unique programme ofprofessional and schoolevents was hosted byFelsted to celebrate theOlympic Year, includingsporting and culturalevents of all genres.Concerts by world-renowned musicians, suchas Julian Lloyd Webberand Neil Hannon, tocritically acclaimed drama,comedy, and educationalart exhibitions byprofessionals and studentswere enjoyed by allmembers of thecommunity. The Olympiadwas sponsored by WoopStudios, the graphicdesigners behind themagic of the Harry Potterfilms, who exhibited awonderful display of theirwell known collective noundesigns.

Felsted Hosts European Round Square Conference Felsted hosted the European Round SquareConference and Britain’s inaugural Youth RoundSquare Conference in November. This highprofile event welcomed His Majesty KingConstantine II of Greece and delegates fromacross Europe, and included a mini Model

United NationsConference,hosted by iPads.The conferencetheme of Creativityin education wastruly inspiring for all involved.

eaturedFHighlights of 2012

■ International and 2National Highlights

■ The Felsted Olympiad 6■ Performing Arts 7■ Old Felstedian News 8■ Sporting Highlights 9■ Work Education 11■ Democracy, 12

Environment, Adventure ■ Leadership, Service 12

■ Julian Lloyd Webber

■ NickButterworth withPre-Preparatorypupils.

■ King Constantine IIof Greece, with Dr and Mrs Walker,Mrs Burrett, MrsLemoine-Chicoineand pupils.

■ Mrs Lee with her Jubilee princesses.

Diamond Jubilee CelebrationsFelsted village proudly hosted a bonanzacelebration of the Queen’s DiamondJubilee in June, bringing a crowd of over3,000 villagers, school pupils, their friendsand families.

Top Academic Performance

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International and National Highlights

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Felsted made the gradeagain in the prestigiousTatler Schools Guide 2013of the top 230 Preparatoryand Public Schools in theUnited Kingdom. Tatlergives Felsted a glowingreport, commenting on itsinternational outlook andthe benefit of itsmembership to theprestigious Round Squareorganisation. Felsted’ssuccess across the yearshas been quoted as, “a school with pizazz!”

Felstediansings inOlympicOpeningCeremonyU6 Esme Smith showedoff her talent by singing toa worldwide audience offour billion at the OlympicOpening Ceremony,accompanying acclaimedpercussionist Dame EvelynGlennie and Alex Trimble,lead singer of TwoDoor Cinema Club.They welcomed theOlympic Flame into thestadium singingCaliban’s Dream – asong written byUnderworld’s RickSmith, Esme’s father,to mark the finaljourney of the Olympicflame before it came torest in the stadium.

Felsted Model United Nations Pupils from as far away as China, Morocco, Switzerland and Germany, includingsome Preparatory School children, attended the conference hosted by Felsted.Pupils debated, discussed and attempted to solve many real world problems,with several Human Rights issues on the agenda. With Conflict as the theme, Mr Graham Dossett from Amnesty International was the guest speaker,providing an invaluable insight into many of the topics discussed throughdebate. Felstedians enjoy a busy calendar of public speaking and debatingevents throughout the year, including a visit to Geneva and the Hague.

■ Six studentstravelled to SouthAfrica to representFelsted in theInternational RoundSquare Conference.Pictured here isGenevieve with herclass and theirglitter bags.

The SecretGardentours USAFelsted School touredthe USA with theirproduction of The SecretGarden, visiting severalschools on the EastCoast and a maximumsecurity prison!

Rebeka Géczi experienced alife changing exchange toMarkham College in Lima forsix weeks, in which time sheexperienced the culture,gastronomy and variety oflandscape that Peru has tooffer, including MachuPicchu. She also volunteeredwith Prosoya in Oxapampa, asmall village near the jungle.Prosoya works with childrenwho come from difficultfamily backgrounds.Rebeka’s exchange partner,Gabriela Castro, visitedFelsted in the Spring.

George Hitchcock and BenJewell visited two differentschools in Germany this yearand Albert Meister, Ben’sexchange partner, stayed inElwyn’s during the SummerTerm. Cassie McGaffin fromSouth Africa was hosted bySara-Jane Horne, and JessieFawcett from MowbrayCollege, Australia, spent thefirst part of the Summer Termin Follyfield House. More andmore pupils are taking up theopportunity to exchange withour Round Square partnerschools around the world.

Sunset Boulevard Research Trip in LAA small group of cast members from Felsted’s production Sunset Boulevard,travelled to Los Angeles to undertake research for the show. Whilst in Hollywood,they visited Paramount Studios, the set in which much of their production is staged.

Round SquareExchanges toPeru andGermany

Felstedfeatures inTatler 2013

Very AblePupil DaysFelsted hosted severalactivity days for Yr 5 pupilsacross the region who areshowing potential talent invarious subjects. Theyincluded a Women inScience Day, a DesignTechnology Day, an ArtDay and a dedicatedMusic and Art Day.


Languages WeekTwo ‘Languages Weeks’ were celebrated thisyear, with a range of linguistically basedactivities – a Spanish film, a German baking session, a French play and theinauguration of the Modern Foreign Language Twitter account!

Scott of The AntarcticMr Martin Williams, the UK representative of theNew Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, spoke topupils about the expeditions headed by CaptainScott and Sir Ernest Shackleton of the Antarctic. Hediscussed the legacy of these expeditions and thelinks to Felsted, following the School’s sponsorshipof a Husky for Scott’s expedition many years ago.

InternationalDinnerFelsted hosts an annualInternational Dinner incelebration of the diversecultures found within theSchool. Students enjoycelebrating their nationaldress and presenting theirculture to their fellowstudents.

Winning EconomistsU6 Economics students won the regional heats of theBank of England ‘Target 2.0’, a competition whereteams must assess the state of the economy and theinflation outlook before setting interest rates to achievethe inflationary target of 2%.

Table ofInternationalStudents20% of the Senior Schoolstudent body liveoverseas, as follows:AustriaBelgiumBosniaChina France GermanyHong KongIndia Italy KazakhstanKenyaMadagascarMalaysiaMoldova

MonacoNigeriaOmanRomaniaRussiaSaudi ArabiaSlovakiaSouth Korea Spain Switzerland Uganda UAE USA Thailand

■ Pupils celebrating Greek Day

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Apple RegionalTraining Centre

Felsted is now threeyears into its partnershipwith Apple and continuesto make use of Applemobile technologythroughout the school.Our mobile language laband teaching of Historythrough graphic novelsare just some of the waysApple products haveenhanced learningacross all ages.

■ Felsted Preparatory School celebratesAustralia Day with their Australian gap year student.



■ Outstanding CommitmentAward winners of the FelstedDiploma.

Prize Winning ScienceFelsted Preparatory School’s Very Able Pupils won fourregional prizes at National Science and EngineeringCompetition, Duxford, beating many much olderteams. They go on to represent East of England.

Recordbreaking IB DiplomaresultsFelsted achieved its bestresults to date in theInternational BaccalaureateDiploma (IB), up 5% on2011, with an averagescore of 34.4 points.■ Fifteen students gained

34 points or more,equivalent to 479 UCAStariff points.

■ The highest individualscore was 42 points, aworld class result.

■ Five students achieved40 points or better, and a further nine studentsachieved 35 points orbetter.

Oxford-boundJamesAn Oxford place wassecured by JamesButterworth, who gainedtwo A*s and an A grade inPsychology, Maths andEconomics respectively.He is reading Economicsand Management at StEdmund’s Hall, Oxford.

5% improvement in A Level results■ 61% achieved A* to B grades, 5% higher than

previous two years.■ 10 students achieved all A* or A grades (10% of the

cohort). 18 A* grades were gained in total.

90% achieveduniversity ofchoice90% of the U6 achievedentry to the university oftheir choice, with 75%gaining their first choiceoption.

100% passrate for ESPFelsted has achieved a100% pass rate for both Yr 4 and Yr 7 EnglishSpeaking Boardexaminations since 2009.Year 4 gained 17% merit,66% merit plus and 17%distinction, whilst Yr 7achieved 1% pass, 5%good pass, 9% merit,52% merit plus and 32% distinctions,showing consistentlyoutstanding academicachievement.

Top 10% for Value AddedValue Added, introduced by the Department of Education, is a national measureof the progress students make between different stages of education, and revealshow state and independent schools have helped their students achieve this.Felsted’s ability to serve its broad intake, including the most academically able, istruly in evidence this year.

43% of GCSEs taken achieved A* or A grades Felsted pupils improved on last year’s grades, with 70% of all entries gaining animpressive A*, A or B grade. Top set pupils achieved 89% A* and A grades, withtwenty-one students gaining eight or more A* and A grades.

Teaching excellence Felsted was awarded three Good Schools GuideAwards for continued teachingexcellence this year. ■ Boys taking History of Art at

A Level■ Girls taking History of Art at

A Level■ Girls taking Economics at IB (SL)

■ D. Smith, F. Barrett and K. Monk with their awards.

Architecture ManchesterBusiness and Management Exeter Education Studies DurhamModern Languages with Business BirminghamLaw, Music King’s College

LondonEconomics and Politics BristolSpanish and History EdinburghEconomics Bristol

Top university places have been won to study:



Back toschool forparentsYr 7 parents enjoyedsolving the mystery of MrDeadman with the helpof their children. Theyused several scientificmethods to convict oneof the three suspects!

YoungEngineersAwardTop set Yr 6 pupils took partin the ‘Young Engineers forBritain’, part of the STEM(Science, Technology,Engineering & Maths)Scheme. Pupils undertook anOlympics themed challengeto create and design glovesfor rowers. The event waslaunched by JamesCracknell, double OlympicGold medalist, inspiring thepupils whilst allowing them toput their science, technology,engineering andmathematical skills intopractice. The pupils receivedbadges and a YoungEngineer Certificate for theirefforts.

London Junior ChessChampionshipsA Yr 5 pupil was awarded a spot at the London JuniorChess Championships qualifying event in PalmersGreen following his success at the Chess ChallengeMegafinals. Chess is a popular activity at thePreparatory School.

CambridgeEssay PrizeWinnersAlexander TempleMcCune, U6 achieved 3rdplace and a prize of £100for his essay, which wasentered into the annualCambridge University ASLevel Essay Competition,organised by thePsychology Department.James Taylor, L6submitted an essay on thecauses of the English CivilWar for the Robson EssayPrize, organised by TrinityCollege, Cambridge, forwhich he achieved a top10 position.

■ Felsted Preparatory School pupils celebrating World Book Day.

Ross’ Royal InvitationRoss, a Yr 6 pupil, sang with the DiamondChildren’s Choir, in St Paul’s Cathedral, as part ofthe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

PoliticsDinnerBethan Jenkins MP,the youngestMember in theAssembly in Wales,gave an inspiring talkto Felsted girls at thePolitics Dinner.

Legal EaglesFour 6th Form students represented Felsted in theGepp & Sons Schools Legal Debate for Essex schools.Calum Glover was awarded Individual Best Speaker atthe event, beating many local Grammar Schools.

■ Sixth Form debaters.

■ Yr 6 Young Engineers.

Performing Arts


The Felsted Olympiad The Felsted Olympiad provided a unique programme of professional and schoolevents to celebrate the olympic year.The Olympiad began with an evening of multicultural performances, including adramatic flag ceremony, in which 25 countries were recognised, accompanied bySamba drumming and Jazz. Dances from different cultures, such as France and

Africa were celebrated and performed by dancers fromFelsted’s Dance Academy, In Motion. Zimbe! was performed to the three hundred strong audienceand was introduced by the composer himself, Mr AlexanderL’Estrange. A mixture of staff, Old Felstedians, pupils, parentsand members of the community combined to form the choirand accompanying band.

School Olympic DramaSenior School pupils performed Teechers by John Godber, a play set in acomprehensive school, which required the seven actors to assume variousconstantly changing roles. Pupils from Courtauld House, Yrs 7-8, staged aproduction of High School Musical which involved over 45 pupils and a fullband. The Amazing Maurice was staged by Yrs 5 and 6.

CommunityDramaFelsted Community Players stageda production of A MidsummerNight’s Dream, which not onlyincluded pupils and staff fromFelsted, but also parents, governorsand friends of the School.

ProfessionalOlympicDrama Several professionalproductions were held atthe School during theOlympiad. Scamp TheatreProductions staged the one-man play, Private Peacefulby Michael Morpurgo. Thestory told the life of PrivateTommo Peaceful, a FirstWorld War soldier andproved educational, emotive and thought-provoking for all those in theaudience. The Boy withTape on His Face alsoperformed to the delight ofthe student body. Hisimaginative mime show,with a large prop bag androles of masking tape, washugely enjoyable to watch.

Julian Lloyd Webber magicFelsted also had the privilege of a performance byJulian Lloyd Webber. He gave the most wonderfulrecital, accompanied by the talented Pam Chowenon the piano, on his Barjansky Stradivarius cello(dated c.1690), with pieces by Bach, Fauré andBritten. In The Half Light, written by his fatherWilliam, was also performed with a finale of the epicCello Sonata by Rachmaninov. Earlier that day,Julian had performed with Felsted pupils andmembers of the Norwich branch of the musicalcharity ‘In Harmony’, of which he is Chairman. Julian is also patron of Felsted’s state-of-the artMusic School.

Neil Hannon delightsNeil Hannon of The DivineComedy performed in February,having spent an hour during theafternoon with a small group ofpupils, all of whom are keensong-writers. Neil performedsongs from his newest album,entitled Bang Goes theKnighthood, and also included

renditions of older classics, including Everybody Knowsand, of course, National Express. We welcomed manyfirst time visitors to Felsted from as far afield asGermany!

■ A Midsummer Night’s Dream fairies.

■ Preparatory School pupils in High School

Musical.

■ Senior School pupils in Teechers.

■ Felsted dancers.

Creativity


■ Felsted enjoyed a brass day with Paul Archibald and the BritishBrass Academy.

OlympicOperaThe Olympiad culminatedin an ambitious operaticproduction of Gilbert andSullivan’s Trial by Jury,performed by both Seniorand Preparatory pupilsand members of staff. Theaudience enjoyed asummer picnic whilstbeing entertained.

Woops of Art at FelstedThe Woop Art Exhibition, the largest to have been held at Felsted, attracted artenthusiasts from all over the county. Woop, the designers responsible for the HarryPotter films, paraded their animal based, alphabetical prints. The art featured someof the lesser-known collective nouns for animals, such as an aurora of polar bears oran embarrassment of pandas. The prints celebrated the use of collective nouns in afun, but also educational, way.The Woop Design Team inspired a competition for Felsted Preparatory Schoolpupils to produce acollective noun for agroup ofFelstedians. Thefinalist artwork wasdisplayed on thenight and includedthe followingwinners; A Blast ofFelstedians, A Splash ofFelstediansand A Family ofFelstedians.

Performing Arts

Bury Project CreativityIn Yr 9, all students begin their time at the SeniorSchool by taking part in the Junior Leaders Diploma, aholistic programme designed to give a taste of thewide range of activities on offer. The Bury Project is apart of this Diploma. Students are asked to make acreative piece of artwork, which is then displayed atThe Bury to be judged. This year’s theme was centredaround the Olympics, and the winning pieces wereused to help to launch the Olympiad at the openingevent, Zimbe.

■ Filming for the BBC in Windsor’s House. ■ Peter and Richard Rayner.

Drumming Success for Felsted BrothersPeter Rayner, L6, has drummed his way into the final of Young Drummer of theYear 2012, a competition his older brother, Richard, won in 2009. Both brothersalso reached the category finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year for 2012, withRichard being awarded 2nd place and being interviewed at Felsted by the BBCin February. Richard is now studying percussion at Guildhall School of Music andDrama, and continues to perform in his band, FranKo and has supported McFlyon tour.

Mosaic to mark the JubileeFelsted pupils assisted in the creation of a mosaic to markthe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. All pupils and staff had theopportunity to arrange and glue the pieces in place,following the design drawn up by Mrs Alison Pierse andher assistant Laurie Plant. The finished mosaic is nowproudly mounted outside Stewart House.

■ The Woop teamwith their artwork.

■ Felsted pupils and staffperform Trial by Jury.■ Pupil artwork.

Performing Arts

Old Felstedians


First ever School Production of Sunset BoulevardThis year’s Drama production of Sunset Boulevard wasperformed to a sell-out audience over four nights andenthralled the audience. It was the first time a school oramateur company have ever staged the production,showing off Felsted’s Drama Department to the higheststandard. It proved the most technical production DrCharles Lee has ever directed,in terms of music and the setdesign.

■ Felsted welcomed back OldFelstedian and past Head Boy,Oliver Balch, as part of the launchof his new book, India Rising.

■ Bertie Blackwell made his FirstClass cricket debut for DurhamMMCU, taking 3 wickets. Bertiewas Captain of Cricket in 2009.

Sarah Brook (Felsted 2006-2008) graduatedin Psychology fromExeter in June and iscurrently training to be ajournalist. During hergap year, Sarah visitedMalawi to volunteer at a local orphanage, where she sawpeople living in some of the world’s worst conditions.Two years later Sarah returned, accompanied by hermother Janet, to see what she could do. Sarah has sincedecided to set up a project to provide and care for agroup of 356 street orphans. Having recruited a board oftrustees to oversee the project, Sarah has named theproject ‘Sparkle Malawi’, and the orphanage, completedin June 2012 has two classrooms, a bathroom, officeand an outdoor kitchen, and provides all the necessarycare and facilities for these children to live and enjoy life.For more details please visit www.sparklemalawi.co.uk.

Olympic OF DinnerOver 160 Old Felstedians, including seven FelstedOlympians, an Honorary Olympian, and formerMaster and Olympic bronze medallist John Cockett,attended the Old Felstedian Society OlympiadDinner. Guests included Sir Robert Finch, formerLord Mayor of London, Lieutenant General Sir PeterBeale, former Surgeon General to the British ArmedForces and Oliver Stocken, Governor at Felsted andChairman of the MCC.

OFs working at FelstedLoren Sherer

Head of Girls’ Hockey,

Biology and PE Teacher

Nick PhillipsHead of

Boys’ Hockey, PE Teacher

Anna WestCurriculum Leader and Yr 1 Teacher

Becky SpeightEnglish Teacher

Libby KniftonPreparatory School

PE and History Teacher

Christopher WestonPiano Teacher

Vicki HiettGraduate Marketing

Intern

Steven Megahey Graduate Development

Intern

Dominic OxnamMarketing Intern

Sparkle Malawi

The honorary guests were the Olympiansthemselves:

David Macklin Rowing (Eights) 1952

Howard Davis Hockey 1956, 1960, 1964 (Capt)

David Jones Bronze 4x100 Relay 1960

Martyn Lucking Shot Put 1960, 1964

Tony Ekins Hockey 1968, 1972

Tim Lawson Hockey 1968

Chris Hunnable Equestrian Three-Day Event 1996

Neil Allen Honorary Olympian 1956–1996

LAMDASuccess! Felsted celebrates a 100%success rate once again.41 pupils took part, with66% achieving merits and34% distinctions.

WestminsterSchool MusicTour Felsted welcomedWestminster School fromAdelaide, WesternAustralia, a fellow RoundSquare School, on the finalleg of their Music Tour.

■ Lydia as Norma Desmond ■ Will as Joe Gillis with the tailors.

Sporting Highlights


■ U11 Hockey National IAPS Champions.

National and Regional GloryHockey• U11 Boys’ IAPS National Champions and Essex Runners-up• U14 Boys’ 4th in National Finals • U13 Girls’ Essex and East of England Champions, 5th at the

Nationals. IAPS National Runners-up• U11 Girls’ Essex Champions, 5th at the East of England

Championships• U11 and U13 Girls’ IAPS National Finalists 2012/13• U13 Boys’ Essex Champions and East of England Semi-Finalists• U18 and U14 Girls’ Essex Champions 2012/13, Regional FinalistsNetball• U13 Girls’ National Champions. Nominated Essex Chronicle Young

Team of the YearRiding• Show Jumping Team 2nd at the National Finals

Karting• 4th in National Finals of the British Schools Karting ChampionshipsCricket• U14 Essex Champions, County Cup winners

■ Preparatory School Show Jumpers 2nd at National Finals.

■ U14 Hockey 4th at NationalFinals.

■ Felsted 4th at National Finals.

■ Under 11 Hockey Essex Champions and 5th at East of England.

■ U13 Hockey Essex Championsand Semi-finalists at the East ofEngland Championships.

■ U14 Cricket win County Cup and are Essex Champions.

■ U13 Netball National Champions.

English Giant Slalom Champion 2012Kieran Norris, 17, is the EnglishChampion in Giant Slalom for hisage group and has accumulatedenough FIS (FederationInternationale de Ski) points to beselected to represent the SkiTeam England U-19 team. Hehas spent the summer training inLa Parva, Chile, and competed ina number of South American Cupraces. Whilst competing in fourraces at the U-18 level, he haswon two and finished 2nd in theothers. As a Sports Scholar,Kieran follows an individualeducational programme,supported by his Housemaster and Tutor to ensure he keeps on top of his studies.When at Felsted, he is provided with an individual fitness and nutrition programmeto maintain and improve his fitness levels.

Rugby experts provide pre-season training expertisePaul Turner (ex-Gwent Dragons’ coach and ex-Walesplayer) gave a daily training session during the U16spre-season training. Nick Easter (Harlequins captainand ex-England captain) gave a contact, tackling andrucking session during pre-season training.

Photo: www.racer-ready.co.uk

Matthew Coward-Holley shootsat World Championships!Matthew has had a hugely successful year, winning manycompetitions. He attended the National and EuropeanChampionships, followed by the World Championships as amember of the England Junior team, coming joint third. He isnow ranked 11th out of 85 juniors in the world.

Sporting Highlights


Four Felsted Boys qualify forIndependent Schools NationalRugby Squad Rory Hartley, James Hardy, Phil Walsh and Rob Dennis wereselected for the National Squad in their domestic matches.James Hardy, Rob Dennis and Rory Hartley, who captainedthe match, scored a try, and was named Man of the Match,saw their first game against Scottish Exiles. The secondmatch was against the Welsh Exiles in which only Phil Walshplayed, scoring two tries, and was named Man of the Match.Their third match, against the Irish Exiles saw both Phil andJames play, resulting in Phil being approached by the IrishExiles management, and invited to join the team. All threeplayers were selected to tour with ISB to Rome. Felsted wasthe only school to have four boys selected.

Saffron Walden Reporterand Dunmow BroadcastSports Awards Felstedians were finalists in seven categories and won three. Junior Team of the Year: U13 Girls’ Hockey Team*Senior Team of the Year: Ist XI Boys’ Hockey Team Unsung Hero: Mr Brian Hays, Director of Co-CurricularSports and Activities, FPS*U18 Outstanding Achievement: Kieran Norris (Skiing),Max Paulin (High Jump), Rehan Hassan (Cricket)O18 Outstanding Achievement: Bruce Evans (Hockey)Coach of the Year: Jeremy Fincher (U11 Rugby)Lifetime Achievement: Hilary Hancock**winners

■ Dan Bentley, Great Britain Paralympics Athlete teachesthe Yr 8s how to play Boccia.

BBC Sports Journalistchallenges Felsted’s tophockey strikers Ben Fryer, BBC Sports Journalist for BBC Essex Radiotook on the 1st XI Girls’ hockey team and two Year 11hockey boysas a GoalKeeper, aspart of BBCEssex Radio’s‘Try anOlympic Sport’Campaign.

Felstedpartner withEssex CricketFelsTed appeared atEssex Cricket Ground anumber of times thissummer, as part ofFelsted’s unique schoolpartnership with EssexCricket.

■ Yr 8 experience some Paralympian events, includingblind running with a partner, seated volleyball, wheelchairshot put, tennis and goal ball.

Tennis SuccessFelsted tennis is onthe up with muchsuccess across allage groups. Teamsare playing in regularregional leaguecompetitions, inaddition to schoolmatches. Playing allyear round is reallymaking the difference,with pupils using thenewly re-surfacedcourts at thePreparatory School under floodlight during the winter months.Three of the Preparatory School’s Tennis teams werepromoted following an impressive season. The U11 FelstedMixed Green Team won their Halstead League. The U13Girls’ Tennis Team were promoted as Champions toHalstead League A Division, whilst the U13 Boys’ werepromoted as Champions to Division 1, following an unbeatenseason for both teams.

Olympic Fever at Sports DayOlympic Paralympian Miss Nikki Emersonofficially opens Felsted Preparatory School’sOlympic Sports Day this year.

■ U15A Team won Division A League andprogressed to the Essex Finals.

■ Felsted Preparatory boys’victorious rugby tour to Dublin.

Golfing talentRebecca Earl is competingin and winning severaltournaments across thecounty, with an impressivehandicap of 19!

FelstediansBowled overby home ofCricketJoshua Wells, Jake Foley,and Rehan Hassan atLords, collecting awards foroutstanding performancesagainst the MaryleboneCricket Club, the previousseason.

Work Education


Felsted pupils experienced a beneficial year of workeducation events, exposing students to as manycareers as possible. The Felsted Network has beencrucial to this, with many parents and Old Felstediansoffering their time and support. To become a memberof the Felsted Network, please log on to www.linkedin.com andsearch for Felsted.

■ OFs Lucy Ockendon, Charlotte King and Grace Williamsoncame to talk to current Felsted pupils who are interested in acareer in the Performing Arts.

Year 9Industry DayThe Yr 9 Industry Day sawpupils visit a variety ofindustry workplaces:• e2v (technology

solutions RF Power)• Fiberweb Geosynthetics• Leez Priory (Events)• Stansted Airport

(Aviation) • Tesco (Grocery)• Veolia Environmental

Services (WasteManagement)

OFs return to inspireFelstediansRory Kilmartin, Operations Director of CornhillPrivate Wealth, delivered a fine presentation to theL6 on Finance. He used his experiences to illustratea point about modern working life, and whilstwinning the money game is important for many,health and relationships should be valued more. Kevin Chen returned to talk about a career inScience and Henry Walton on veterinary andmedicine applications.

Sir Alan Haselhurstinspires Lower SixthSir Alan Haselhurst, MP for Saffron Waldendelivered a ‘Question Time’ structured talk, allowingthe L6 to ask many probing questions. Thesecovered a range of topics from the NHS and theOlympics, to becoming an MP and the infamousexpenses scandal.

Year 10 World of Work DayYr 10s had a taste of the future, and what they would haveto achieve academically in order to reach their goals.The morning consisted of three sessions; a talk by MrRyan Ibbotson, Business Manager, Barclays Bank, whichfocused on making the most of opportunities and how TheFelsted Diploma should help pupils’ CVs stand out. Hestressed the importance of work experience and the needto research Sixth Form subjects. Speed Careering thenenabled the students to meet thirteen professionals, mostof whom were Old Felstedians, from a variety of vocations;Royal Navy lieutenant to a teacher of Geography. This wasfollowed by a career and university talk from members ofstaff, in which pupils undertook a survey to determineappropriate job paths.

OF Oliver Balch leads IB Language Master Class Oliver Balch(Journalist andOF) offered U6IB students aninsight into thevariousmethods usedin producingnon-fiction textsand adaptingwriting styles tosuit different audiences. The students reviewed anddiscussed Oliver’s own writing from his blog, travelogue,articles and even his thesis. Oliver also spoke to L6 abouthis experiences of being a travel journalist and offered thestudents some useful career advice.

FelstedInsuranceNetworkFelsted’s inauguralInsurance Network, held inAldgate, London attractedover 50 OFs, parents andpupils interested in theinsurance business. Theevent was hosted byRobert Brown, formerly ofMont’s, CEO EMEA ofAON.

■ Yr 9 girls at FiberwebGeosynthetics.

■ Mrs Lee and Yr 3’s Design and Technology education in the workplace trip to Pizza Express!■ Speed Careering.

■ Sixth Formers at the InsuranceNetwork.

Work Education update

Leadership, Service


Democracy, Environment, Adventure

StudentdemocracySenior School students arenow actively involved in theTeaching AppointmentPanel, Teaching andLearning Committee,Healthy Schools Committeeand 450th CelebrationCommittee. PreparatorySchool pupils have anactive Pupil Council madeup of League and BoardingCaptains.

“Pupils play a hugelysignificant role ininfluencing change”

OFSTED 2011

Magic MumbaiEight senior pupils travelled to Mumbai in October halfterm to volunteer with Magic Bus, a charity founded byOF Matthew Spacie MBE, which aims to take a millionchildren from childhood to livelihood. Working withmarginalised children from Indian slums, the volunteershelped empower the children through sports andactivities. It was a highly emotive experience for thestudents who went, and has left a lasting impression.

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Duke ofEdinburghGold AwardsThree Old Felstedians – AliCharlton, Claire Speakmanand Jack Prior, werepresented with their Duke ofEdinburgh Gold Awardcertificates at St James’sPalace, London in March.

■ Yr 8 & 9Spanish Tripto Cádiz.

■ FPS Ski Trip to Risoul, France.

■ Yr 8 Geography Trip to Dorset.■ Yr 4 pupil in Ffrome Courtgarden.

CCF NewsFelsted CCF hasparticipated in anumber of activities thisyear, including a visit toRAF Wyton, where 12RAF cadets flew andtook the controls of aGrob 115E ‘Tutor’ fixed wing aircraft. The CCF Army section visited Fingringhoe Ranges,Colchester, where the pupils fired live ammunition andcompeted for the honour of becoming the ‘ChampionRifle Shot’. They also became ‘Trained Cadets’. Cadets were put through their paces as the CombatCadet Squad over a 24 hour period. A nine-person teamthen competed in the EX Combat Cadet Competition,involving 44,000 cadets, testing all the military skills. Cadets also attended a RAF 24 hour exercise to RAFHonington, where they undertook first aid training,visited the armoury and completed the assault course.130 cadets were also on parade for the annual FelstedRemembrance Sunday Service. League

Charity Day The League Captains andLeague Charity Captainsfor the PreparatorySchool showed wonderfulefforts on the Leaguestalls as part of CharityDay. The children paid £1to attend the non-uniform day, held stalls and carriedout activities which raised £766.49 for their Leaguecharities and £435.48 for Sport Relief.

MontSense win Essex Enterprise AwardsMont’s House Young Enterprise business teams,‘MontSense’, had their Business Plan judged to be thebest in Essex. The team hand-made scented candleswhich were presented in recycled, quirky containers. Sam McArdle, James Taylor, Jamie Baker and GeorgeSmith were winners of the Central Essex round and,presented at the Essex Final. They were awarded BestBusiness Plan andthe award for SocialResponsibility. Allof Felsted’s L6participate inBusiness Enterprisewithin their Housesand makedonations to theirchosen charities.

Jack PetcheyAward WinnersRebeka Geczi U6, LydiaCarrington L6, Cecilie vonHeintze and SamuelMcArdle U6 each won anaward for theircontributions towardsschool and communityprojects.

Felsted pupils learning outside the classroom

In HarmonyYr 10 pupils raised £2,500 for In Harmony, a localmusic charity, through a sponsored Grade 1-a-thon.Pupils, staff and parents took up the challenge oflearning an instrument from scratch to take Grade 1within six months!

■ Classics and Geography Trip to Sicily.

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

Documents

Felsted Featured 2012