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Issue 05 I Spring Term 2017 I St Paul’s School, Lonsdale Road, London, SW13 9JT I www.stpaulsschool.org.uk
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Drama & Music
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SPOrT
Judo
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MenTAL HeALTH
Blesma Visit
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Spring Update from the High Master
The ISI Inspection which took place
between 6 and 9 March dominated the
latter part of this term, comprising a full
educational quality and compliance
inspection. The outcome remains
unconfirmed until ISI formally publishes
its findings sometime in the near future,
but we were very pleased with the
process. The new format of Inspection
focuses much more closely on the pupils
and their progress, and I am very
comfortable when outcomes are in the
hands of Paulines. In particular, the
response rate of parents and boys to the
ISI questionnaire was high, and the
responses were very positive: I am really
grateful to all staff, pupils and parents for
all their support.
When the Inspection was in full swing,
half of the School was out on Bigside
cheering the U-15s to the final of the
NatWest rugby knock-out competition for
our tier of schools. They play the final at
the ground of Worcester Warriors on 28
March. More late news is the progress of
the football 2nd XI to the semi-finals of
the ISCA knock-out cup, the result of
which is unknown at the time of going
to press. The achievements of both
teams are outstanding.
Senior school boys have spent a number
of years looking at Paul Nash’s (OP)
paintings on display in the Walker Library,
most notably his Raider on the Moors,
and on 23 February the School and
parent art group (SPARTA) created an
opportunity for anyone from the School
community to view these within the wider
context of Nash’s life and works by
organising a private viewing of the Paul
Nash Exhibition at the Tate Britain.
Over 300 parents, staff, boys and friends
of all ages attended a superb evening.
An appetite is developing for such
community events: Upper Eighth pupils
and parents joined OPs and Mercers
at St Paul’s Cathedral in January for the
Annual Feast Service, then supper at
Mercers’ Hall afterwards where other
school paintings are being exhibited.
The School has a very fine collection
of art, and the current building works
provide a convenient opportunity to
exhibit it elsewhere for a while. I will
write separately to update everyone on
the progress of the construction of the
new teaching building, but we are hopeful
of occupation this summer. And when we
are settled in our new accommodation,
we will ensure that our art collection is
properly displayed to all at home.
Have a safe and relaxing break.
Professor Mark Bailey
HIGH MASTER
MATHeMATiCS
Maths Stars
Joe Benton will be joined by Hugo
Aaronson at the training camp for
selection for the UK team for the
International Mathematical Olympiad
(IMO). This is Hugo’s first invitation
to the final stage, limited to about
20 of the country’s leading school
mathematicians; Joe already has three
silver medals from the IMO itself.
Meanwhile, in the Lower Eighth, Luca
Marino has reached a similar stage
for the Norwegian team.
In further news, Joe assisted the UK
team with its second place win in the
Romanian Master of Mathematics
competition. The contest saw 19 teams
battle for the title in Bucharest at the
end of February, with the UK team just
three points behind the winning team
from Korea. Joe received a gold medal
for his efforts, and has made history
as the first person from any country
to obtain three gold medals at this
event, which is in its ninth year.
Earlier in the year, both Joe and Hugo
achieved gold medals in the first round
of the British Mathematical Olympiad,
with Joe scoring full marks and fellow
Upper Eighth pupil Lennie Wells
achieving silver. They all achieved a
further distinction in the second round.
Left to right: Dominic Yeo (2003-08),
Joe Benton (Upper Eighth) and James
Gazet (1981-85), who joins the School
from Eton as our new Deputy Head
(Academic) in the Autumn.
engineering
Paulines Head to
international Safe Cracking
Tournament in israel
St Paul’s boys proved their excellence
in safe cracking when a group of Lower
Eighth pupils competed in the fifth
UK competition and won for the
second consecutive year, immediately
qualifying for a place in the International
Safe Cracking Tournament.
The tournament, which commenced
in mid-February, saw students from
schools across the UK compete to
design a safe that could only be opened
by solving two physics riddles. The
catch was, while each team had
to be able to unlock their own safe in
under five minutes, the safe lock had to
be secure enough to keep opponents
guessing for at least 10 minutes.
With two teams from the School taking
part in the physics and engineering
challenge, St Paul’s came out on top
and will be competing at the
international tournament at the
Weizmann Institute of Science in
Israel during the beginning of the
Easter remedy.
Along with Eltham College (second
place) and King David High School
(third place), the St Paul’s team
won a travelling grant to allow the
opportunity to compete in Israel.
Keep track of the outcome by
checking the website and our social
media channels.
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MUSiC
Jazz Musicians Light
up The Bull’s Head
Over 50 of our jazz musicians performed
in an afternoon set at the iconic local jazz
venue, The Bull's Head on Sunday 5
February. Groups in action included the
Big Band, Funk Group, Swing Band and
Latin Guitar ensemble, as well as a
number of smaller groups. The venue
was packed to capacity for this popular
showcase, entertaining parents and
locals alike.
MUSiC
Chamber Music
Competition Finalists
Joseph Alfille-Cook (violin), Jason Kim
(cello), and Noah Zhou (piano) gave
a highly impressive and expressive
performance of the first movement of
Arensky’s Piano Trio in D minor at the
prestigious venue of St John’s Smith
Square in the final of the Southeast
Schools’ Chamber Music Competition
on Tuesday 7 March. They were one of
seven senior groups to make the final
with the standard of the competition
extremely high. Here they are pictured
rehearsing in the glorious surroundings
of St John’s.
DrAMA
Merrily We Roll Along
This term, SPS Drama staged a
production of a major work by the
superb musical theatre composer
Stephen Sondheim. The story traces
the relationship between three friends
in reverse chronology from 1976 to
1957, moving from disappointment
and disillusionment to youthful hope
and optimism. The score features
some of Sondheim’s most beautiful
songs, including ‘Not a Day Goes By’
and ‘Old Friends’.
Director John Hudson had the following
to say about the production: “I’ve wanted
to stage a school production of Merrily We
Roll Along for some years; it’s a delight to
be able to do so with such a talented cast
of young singer-actors. It is precisely
because the show is about what happens
to youthful hopes and ambitions that I
think it’s such a good choice for this age
group – not, of course, to suggest that the
mistakes the characters make are
inevitable but to reach the wonderfully
stirring end of the musical, when we are
reminded that the cast themselves are
starting anew. Their choices can be better;
they can set the world to rights. For that
reason, the final number, Our Time, is
one that its lyricist/composer, Stephen
Sondheim, says can still move him to
tears. I agree. Never has it seemed more
necessary for the young to put things
right than it does at this minute in 2017.”
MUSiC
inaugural A Cappella
Concert
DrAMA
Rope
Rope, by Patrick Hamilton and first
produced in 1929, was adapted into a film
by Alfred Hitchcock in 1948 and remains
to this day one of the classics of the thriller
genre. For the mere sake of adventure,
danger, and the “fun of the thing”,
Wyndham Brandon persuades his friend,
Charles Granillo, to assist him in the
murder of a fellow undergraduate. They
then hold a supper party, serving the food
and drink from a chest that contains the
corpse. As in 1929, when the play proved
to be a critical and commercial success,
the group of Eighth Form actors (under
the direction of Alex Kerr) never put a foot
wrong. The tension was combined with
brilliantly poised social comedy and, every
so often, there was another brilliant turn
of the dramatic screw, ensuring the text’s
strong indignation against violence and
cruelty was as clear as it was almost a
century ago.
DrAMA
The Winterling
Written in 1996, over a decade before his
masterpiece Jerusalem, The Winterling is
one of Jez Butterworth’s most elliptical
plays; dealing with themes of power,
alienation and masculinity amongst a
disparate group of outcasts gathered in
a burnt-out farmhouse on Dartmoor, the
play’s mix of Pinteresque menace and
pitch-black humour was a challenging
ask for a group of Eighth Form actors.
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However, audiences were left affected
by the depth of characterisation and
tightly-wound tension maintained by
Tom Zussman, Jack Donoghue, Arthur
Speak, Milo Warshaw and Chiara
Maurino (under the direction of Christian
Anthony) in a production whose
professionalism and ambition was
roundly praised.
On Wednesday 2 February, Motley
Croon, Junior A Cappella, Concert
Choir, and The Barbershop Quartet all
performed in the first ever a cappella
concert to be held at St Paul’s. They
sang a mixture of light and serious works
from the repertoire to a healthy and
appreciative audience. The boys should
be congratulated for not only having the
stamina to deliver such a large and
diverse programme but also the level
of professionalism and talent that they
demonstrated during the evening.
Plaudits should go, in particular, to Daniel
Atkinson and Thomas McGowan who
sang in almost every item in the concert.
This concert was a real celebration of
the enormous talent of the boys and
demonstrated their clear love of
singing and a cappella music.
MUSiC
Music Competition
The heats of the St Paul’s School Music
Competition were this year held on
Sunday 26 February and Sunday 5 March.
We were delighted to welcome four
adjudicators to judge the various
classes: Jonathan Lo, a rising star in
the conducting world; James Maltby,
a freelance orchestral clarinettist who
frequently performs with Opera North;
Harriet Hardy, Assistant Director of
Music at Notting Hill & Ealing High
School and Lydia Griffiths, a freelance
oboist who frequently performs with
the UK’s leading orchestras. Over 70
Paulines took part in these classes and
all gained a lot from the comments given
by the external adjudicators. The final
will be held on Tuesday 26 April in an
evening concert featuring all of this
year’s prizewinners!
wATCH OUT FOr
St Paul’s School Music
Competition Finals
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APriL
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SPOrT
JUDO
independent Schools
Judo Success
CriCkeT
Cricket Preview
It will be a challenging season for the 1st
XI with eight leavers from the side that
won a historic 12 from 13 school matches
in 2016. The team is boosted, however,
by the arrival in the Lower Eighth of
Middlesex U19 and academy left-arm
spinner Abdullah Nazir. Freddie
Eltringham (Fifth Form) will open the
batting. Recently, he was selected from
Surrey for the London and South East
Provisional Squad who will play at the
annual Bunbury Festival from which
the England U15 Squad is picked. The
U14s have some very promising players
including Anosh Malik, who is on an Elite
Player Programme at Middlesex CCC, as
well as Zach Campbell (Gloucestershire)
and Freddie Harrison (Surrey), who have
been training with county age group
squads throughout the winter.
St Paul’s had an astonishing day at
the Independent Schools Judo Cup
in High Wycombe on Sunday 26
February. The school team won
seven medals with the two U14
boys (Tan Lam and Joe Middleton)
taking gold medals. Zacharie
Sciamma also won gold in the over
16 category and Milun Haggipavlou
and Oscar O’Brien took silver and
bronze respectively.
Left to right: Tan Lam, Joe
Middleton, Zacharie Sciamma,
Milun Haggipavlou & Oscar O’Brien
rOwing
Schools’ Head of the river
St Paul’s School Boat Club retained the
Thames Trophy for best overall school
for the fourth year in a row at the
Schools’ Head on 23 March. In a race
FOOTBALL
that was shortened due to blustery
head-wind conditions, the 1st VIII
powered through to an exciting and very
close third-place finish behind Shiplake
and Eton. They will be looking to
overturn the defeat at the National
Schools’ Regatta in May. Meanwhile
there was an eye-catching victory for
the J16s, who comfortably won their
category, as well as wins for the both
J16 and J15 B crews. The future looks
extremely bright for our rowers.
U15 and U16 Pre-season
Football Tour
At the beginning of the year, Mike Jacoby,
Gary O’Brien and David Hempstead
accompanied the U15 and U16 football
squad to their first junior football tour.
They arrived at St George’s Park and
were greeted by the sight of 12 perfect
football pitches, including the hallowed
turf reserved for the England team. After
unpacking, the group had their first fastpaced training session on the indoor 3G
pitch with two FA coaches. The following
morning, they toured the remarkable
facilities, which comprise everything
from an indoor Futsal pitch to a sports
medicine research centre, including
physiotherapy treatment rooms.
U15 captain Harry Morley revealed:
“The extensive FA training session
was followed by some recuperative
hydrotherapy: we took turns in a warm
water pool, which has an underwater
treadmill and a floor that can be raised
or lowered for specific training purposes,
a wonderfully soothing Jacuzzi, and a
painfully cold plunge pool. On the last day,
we set off after breakfast for our fixture
against Shrewsbury Town FC: a tough
game against a strong team but
great experience.”
rUgBy
national Success
The U15 rugby team have reached the
final of the National NatWest Plate
competition following an exciting
encounter against St Alban’s. The team
overcame a stern challenge from their
opponents, when Will Evans glided
through the defence to steal victory
24-17 in the last five minutes. On the way
to the semi-final, the boys have beaten
King’s College Wimbledon, London
Oratory, St Benedict’s and Richard
Lander School from Truro. The success
has followed on from a great autumn
term and the team has developed
impressively into the spring term where
rugby is not normally played. All the boys
have contributed and Luke Scott has
been picked for the Harlequins EPP
and George Lyons and Charlie Hill
for the London Irish EPP.
Skiing
Skiing
Backcountry report
Solden Ski Trip
This year saw the launch of SPS
Backcountry and the School’s first ski
touring trip in recent memory to the
Ecrins National Park, France. After
two days of off piste and avalanche
transceiver training in the trees at Puy
St Vincent and Montgenevre, six Paulines
set off on their first ever ski tour to a
2,600m summit overlooking the Queyras.
At the beginning of the year, a group of
19 pupils and four members of staff went
on a six day trip to Solden, Austria in the
heart of the Tyrolean Alps, a resort made
famous in Spectre, the latest Bond film.
Day one proved to be a shock as the
temperature plummeted to minus 30
but, fortunately, the boys had packed
for a South Pole expedition and were
unfazed by the extreme cold.
Fully trained in ski touring, the group
then set off for the long tour up to the
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Refuge du Chardonnet (2,227m) where
we stayed overnight. The rewards were
huge; two days of unbelievable views
and knee deep untracked powder.
A great (but exhausting) trip was topped
off by watching professional French
Skier, Candide Thovex, throw himself
off a cliff and do some front flips on
the final day. A great inaugural trip
and good preparation for next year’s
trip to Hokkaido, Japan.
There were mixed snow conditions in
the Alps, which made for challenging
conditions ranging from smooth ice
to piles of snow from turn to turn.
Over the course of the week, the boys
made continuous progress with their
skiing and on the last day it was great to
see all of the groups confidently carving
down the major glacial black even with
the difficult conditions.
Due to the worst storm Bavaria has seen
in over a decade, we only just made the
delayed flight home!
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TriP
Mountain Biking 2017
Five pupils and three staff went to Wales
in early March for the School’s annual
mountain biking trip. Their coach and
guide, Tom Hutton, is about the UK’s
most qualified mountain bike guide and
is a minor celebrity in mountain biking
and adventure sports media. He guided
them around Coed-y-Brenin, the UK’s
first, and arguably best, designated
mountain biking trail centre, available to
use for free and built with EU money. The
weather was excellent, the trails were in
fantastic condition, and the boys were
challenged considerably, both in terms
of technique and in terms of endurance.
They made immense progress and a
fantastically rewarding time was had by
all. The consensus seemed to be that this
is St Paul’s best trip for price, experience,
rate of learning, and enjoyment of nature.
SPArTA
Brains, ideas and Magic
It has been said that Paul Nash put
‘brains and ideas’ into his great works
of art. The magic his art inspires fired
our imagination and school spirit at the
celebration of Paul Nash.
SPARTA’s Reception/Curator talk/
Private View of the Paul Nash Exhibition
at Tate Britain on 23 February was
a unique event that offered the
opportunity to come together as
a school to celebrate the legacy of Old
Pauline Paul Nash. The School has in its
art collection five of Nash’s art works
donated by Nash himself or the Nash
Trustees. One of these works, Objects
in Relation, was loaned to the Tate
Exhibition, the largest exhibition of
Nash’s work in a generation. The
curator of the exhibition, Dr Emma
Chambers, gave new insight into this
work, and the event provided a very
special opportunity to see this work in
the broader context of Nash’s other
significant works.
Throughout the academic year all boys
from SPJ and SPS have had various
opportunities to learn more about Nash
through art lessons, lunchtime talks,
drawing competitions and writing articles.
They have even been treated to a special
cake on Nash’s birthday on 11 May!
With generous support from parents
at both the junior and senior schools,
the sellout evening brought together
members of the St Paul’s community
including boys from SPJ and SPS along
with parents, current and retired staff,
governors and Old Paulines, all to be
inspired by the art and history of
Nash’s legacy.
MUSiC
MODern FOreign LAngUAgeS
Joint Strings
CHAriTy
The spring Joint Strings Day with
St Paul’s Girls’ School took place on
Sunday 5 February in the Wathen Hall.
Over 50 boys and girls relished the
challenge of tackling Lennox Berkeley’s
St Paul’s to Build new School
Links with ‘Beyond Ourselves’
rarely heard ‘Serenade for Strings’,
alongside a premiere performance of
Bernard Hughes ‘One morning, one
morning’. Bernard is Composer in
Residence at St Paul’s Girls’ School.
Building on the success of the recent trip
to work with schools in Sri Lanka through
the Senahasa Trust, St Paul’s will also be
building a partnership with educational
charity ‘Beyond Ourselves’, who work with
several community schools in Zambia.
MenTAL HeALTH
Harry Parsons Lecture Blesma
Blesma was founded in the immediate
aftermath of the First World War and
continues to this day as the only
charity which supports limbless and
injured veterans for the whole of their
lives, importantly recognising that
helping to support their members’
mental health is just as important as
physical treatment.
St Paul’s was visited by three Blesma
members, all of whom had experienced
significant injuries whilst serving in
either Afghanistan or Iraq. All had very
different stories to tell but all agreed
that the mental anguish involved in
coming to terms with their new
situation greatly outweighed the
immediate physical distress.
In overcoming the challenges posed
by their injuries, all had shown great
mental resilience but stressed the
importance of talking about their
problems and the benefits of seeking
professional help when appropriate.
Rarely has a Pauline audience been
so captivated and it was hard not to
respect the tremendous honesty with
which all three veterans discussed
mental health issues.
A group of boys from St Paul’s will be
visiting Janna School in the Copperbelt
region sometime in 2018 as an initial
step in what we hope will become a longterm partnership that will help students
from both schools develop a better
understanding of global issues through
student visits, fundraising and
integration into the current curriculum.
Becs Gibson of ‘Beyond Ourselves’ said:
“We’re very excited about working with
St Paul’s and using the partnership to
give Zambian students an opportunity to
continue their education beyond primary
school and helping Paulines develop
a wider understanding of the world.”
If you’d like to find out more about the
partnership, please email Mr Block
[email protected]
Fourth Form Poetry
Competition
The Fourth Form poetry contest took
place in February and involved all Fourth
Formers learning and reciting a poem
in each of the languages they study. The
benefits are broad, as well as enjoyment
to be gained from this, it facilitates
excellent pronunciation practice, allows
exposure to new languages, gives pupils
the chance to learn some well-known
poetry and is a fun break from the
syllabus. Each language had a classroom
heat culminating with a final, judged by
an external native speaker. This year saw
Vasco Faria give arguably the best
performance, reciting with great
conviction the Italian nonsense
poem ‘Il Lonfo’, but the other winners
(Andrew Spielmann for German, Ayham
Alkader for French and Aidan Lim for
Spanish) were all roundly praised by the
very impressed judges. All the finalists
should be congratulated for learning
poems in two different languages and
performing them in front of a packed
audience of boys, staff and judges.
Left to right: Valérie Nolk (SPJ), Ayham
Alkader (French), Luis Cereceda (SPS),
Aidan Lim (Spanish), Andrew Spielmann
(German), Vasco Faria (Italian), Sandra
Barth (SPGS), Elena and Maria Riccobone
(Italian Cultural Institute).
PAULS4ALL
St Paul’s got Talent
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Tensions were running high backstage as
the judges were welcomed on stage by
quality compères Will and Huw. As they
took to their seats, judges Mr le Fleming,
Dr Gilks, Miss Gill, and Mr Motion took
the witty banter in their stride with
Mr Motion giving it back to them tenfold,
to the delight of the lively audience.
The judges did not have an easy decision
to make; the talent from both schools
was exceptional and Aaron, Raph and
Tim all performed exceptionally well with
staff band Steel Pedagogy completing
the listing. The night, however, belonged
to the ladies with Tallulah winning with
a song she had written.
This year’s Pauls4All Committee
extended their search for talent to
St Paul’s Girls’ School and welcomed
acts Nicola and Tallulah along with
judge Mr le Fleming.
All the proceeds from the night (over
£1000), and from all the senior school
community’s charity events this year,
are to go to Refugee Action.
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ST PAUL’S JUNIORS newS
SCienCe
Animal Testing
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MATHS
Team Challenge
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PArenTing
raising Boys
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Foreword from the Head of St Paul’s Juniors
ACADeMiC
SCienCe
Privilege. A word that can conjure up
Mandarin for Beginners Sixth international
Student Science
Conference
At the beginning of the spring term,
the Lower Eighth were fortuned the
opportunity to expand their linguistic
abilities with the introduction of
Mandarin lessons. Taught by Miss Qin,
who also teaches Physics, Mandarin
was added to the growing roster of
language provisions at St Paul’s School.
An earlier survey by Pauline parents
suggested that this was the most
sought after addition, with classes
already in French, Italian, German,
Spanish and Russian; and Japanese and
Portuguese for the Lower Eighth as a
non-examined General Studies courses.
Three continents, five countries, 15 talks,
21 schools, 52 posters and over 100
visitors all showing off real science
research done by school students – what
a day! Students from around the world
came together at St Paul’s to present
their original research on a range of
topics from growing seeds that had
been to space through to making
better nanomaterials for batteries,
via conservation of irises and cosmic
rays. Not only was some incredible
Left to right: Karthik Ramesh, Mark Bailey,
Pravin Steele, Gideon Rachman, Alec Russell,
Richard Thompson & Nick Hopkins.
research on display, but students had to
interact with each other and the adults
present, polishing their soft skills of
networking and foreign languages all
of which will benefit them in the years
to come. Feedback such as “We all had
a fabulous time – it was marvellous and
inspiring” and “I cannot explain how
amazing the day was to be able to talk to
so many students from all over the world
about all the research and experiments
they had done” made it all worthwhile.
PArenTS’ grOUP
Pauline Perspectives ii
TriP
“Is Social Media Ruining The great ridges of
Lochaber: December 2016
Democracy?”
Following on the success of last year’s
inaugural event, the second Pauline
Perspectives event received accolades
from all corners after a world-class panel
debated the question “Is Social Media
Ruining Democracy?”.
Two current Paulines kicked off the
arguments on opposite sides, holding
their own against the distinguished panel
in front of a sold-out venue. While the
advance vote was evenly split, the motion
was denied after Nick Hopkins rounded
off the argument for the “No” team.
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Calling on everyone to take responsibility
for fostering truth and democratic
values, he exhorted: “If social media is
poison in the well of democracy then
do something about it!”
The event used technology at the School
in several firsts – employing an online
advance poll, encouraging participation
via Twitter and broadcasting the event
on Facebook Live. Head to the St Paul’s
School Facebook page to see pictures
and videos of the night.
At the end of 2016, during the winter
remedy, Dr Tom Killick and Dr Ken Zetie
travelled with five students from the
Lower Eighth Form to the Great Ridges
of Lochaber. After trekking from London
Stanstead to Glasgow, with a three hour
drive through the Cairngorms in the dark,
the group spent the first day of the trip
climbing Ledge Route on Ben Nevis.
This was said to be a good start to get
used to the ropes and moving up ridges
as, according to pupil Isaac Hudis, the
following days at Curved Ridge and
Castle Ridge were “tougher”.
Isaac commented: “On the final day we
tackled Castle Ridge. This was a much
harder route, with two crux sections
of exposed climbing and a very narrow
ridge. On the descent, the clouds parted,
revealing the valley, a fitting end to a
wonderful experience. A special thanks
to Dr Killick and Dr Zetie for looking after
us during the trip and cooking some
fantastic meals.”
appreciation and distaste, so therefore a
dangerous word to start a piece of writing
with, especially when I am writing about
St Paul’s School. Every boy who is
educated at the School is hugely
privileged. They have been gifted with
the intelligence to pass highly selective
examinations and been awarded a place
here. They also have the privilege of
having parents who recognise that
education is life changing and have
decided that they want their sons
to learn here, at St Paul’s.
However, the privilege does not end
there. Once they are at the School they
have access to the best resources
available and 45 acres of amazing space,
a stone’s throw from Hammersmith. They
can enjoy an amazing co-curriculum that
can spark passions and interests that will
help them to forge strong friendships.
Some of this will shape and influence
their lives for many years to come.
It does not end there and it is only now,
at the end of my second term at St Paul’s,
that I am starting to understand the
privilege of being part of such a
community. The School exudes a
gravitational pull not just to incredible
young boys and men but also to
outstanding teachers. The privilege is
a two way process. Working with boys
who ‘yearn to learn’ is exciting. Watching
a class of 8 year old boys master long
division and cheer at the prospect of
using bigger numbers is not the norm
in the ‘real world’. Seeing a group of 13
year olds engrossed in a problem solving
challenge, balancing moments in a
physics lesson, gives the teachers a buzz.
Just as winning block fixtures against
local rivals, seeing cartoon artwork
coming to fruition and finding yourself
in the finals of the UKMT Team Maths
Challenge energises them also. We know
that it is a privilege to work with such
incredible minds.
and whilst I cannot comment on an
unpublished report, I would like to
share some of the words used by the
lead inspector in an informal debrief;
courteous, articulate, confident,
extraordinary, polished and yet
understated, fair minded, impressive,
full of initiative and showing responsible
autonomy. I feel that the team really
got under the skin of the School. I could
add my own superlatives.
With privilege comes the responsibility
to give back. The boys here recognise
this and I am still coming to terms with
the huge privilege I have been given, to
lead such an incredible junior school with
passionate, enthusiastic and exciting
boys and such a dedicated, determined
and inspirational staff team.
Maxine Shaw
One of the best examples for me, this
term, of how a Coletine demonstrates
these traits is our newly formed magic
club. Approached by several senior boys
I agreed to them setting up the club, to
be run by themselves. They auditioned
other boys who wished to join and the
sessions started with great enthusiasm.
There are plans for demonstrations to the
School and they have kindly agreed to
entertain the guests at a feeder school
dinner next term, walking from table to
table demonstrating their ‘magic’.
The beginning of March saw a visit from
the Independent Schools Inspectorate
ACADeMiC
MAgAZine
Debating
Success
1509 Spring issue –
exclusive interview
with Sir Alex Ferguson
In the final league night of the London
Junior Debating League, the SPJ debating
team qualified for the final with a debate
to spare, as Nikolas Boyd-Carpenter,
Harishan Ganeshan and Hari Collins
successfully opposed the prepared
motion “This house would reintroduce
grammar schools”, proposed by Francis
Holland. In the final debate of the round,
Joe Leventis, Jim Roberts and Wentao
Huang made a spirited attempt (given
just 25 minutes to plan their speeches)
to justify the state’s surveillance of its
citizens, but were narrowly defeated by
Fulham Boys’ School’s arguments for civil
liberties. Congratulations to the whole
squad, who are looking forward to the
final at Godolphin & Latymer next term!
COMPeTiTiOn
Ski race
winner
A huge congratulations to Upper Second
pupil Lorenzo Massi on his win at the
Crans-Montana Junior Grand Prix.
Lorenzo travelled to Switzerland with his
father to take part in the contest, which
was organised by ESS Crans-Montana
having previously been run by the Swiss
Ski School in Crans. Although Lorenzo
was nervous before the competition,
he succeeded and finished his course
in 35.29.
The latest issue of 1509 leads with an exclusive interview with Sir Alex Ferguson by
Miller Willis. Jeremy Hunt MP also gives an exclusive to 1509 as Hari Collins grills
him on the crisis facing the NHS. Opinion pieces focus on the rise of the Far East
and the emerging grip of the alt-right on Europe. Zac Zein re-examines the mystery
surrounding the assassination of JFK, Arsh Parekh explores the changing
nature of faith within the School over the last 25 years, while Matteo Reed
offers a lighter piece extolling the virtues of the city of Florence.
1509’s impressive editor, Hari Collins, muses on the impact of the Trump presidency,
in between reporting on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s recent visit to SPS and interviewing our
School Governor, Professor Rose Luckin, on the impact of Artificial Intelligence in
the classroom. A bumper issue, created by the boys and revamped with a wonderfully
eye-catching design by Wentao Huang, ensures that there is something for everyone
in this eminently readable copy of 1509.
“It was a gorgeous day: sunny, crispy
with hard snow that made perfect racing
conditions. When it was my turn to race
I felt the poles crashing against my arms
but at the end I knew I had done well.”
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ArT
Advanced
Printmaking
Club
SwiMMing
Each Thursday lunchtime a dozen boys
meet up in the art studios to explore
the wonderful range of printmaking
techniques in the Advanced Printmaking
Club. The club allows boys to learn other
forms of printmaking techniques that
are too time consuming for a regular art
lesson, and this year we have started
with lithography.
gold Medals at the iAPS Qualifier Swimming gala
The Juniors produced some outstanding
results at the IAPS Qualifier Swimming
Gala held at Latymer School in February.
With 23 races, SPJ accumulated a
whopping 18 gold and five silver medals!
The squad looked promising, with
brothers Anderson and Wilder Daffey
(Upper First) and Kynan Tallec-Botos
(Lower Second) breaking records at the
internal regional qualifiers in the previous
weeks beforehand. The three were joined
by Kamran Baghai (Lower Second) to take
part in the medley relay event at the Gala,
where once again they beat another
record. They beat the previous best by
11 seconds, completing the relay in a time
of 1’13”24. The whole team have done an
excellent job and St Paul’s look forward
to the upcoming finals this May.
First the boys use crayon, ink and
gouache to create their drawings onto
acetate. The image is transferred onto
thin aluminium plates by exposing it
through the acetate with ultraviolet
light and then ‘developing’ with a
chemical to bring the latent image to life
– very much like traditional black and
white photography. The plate is printed
by slowly building up very, very thin
layers of ink (this is the time consuming
bit!) and doing proofs until the plate is
primed ready for an edition onto quality
paper. For this edition of prints, the boys
worked in pairs to print their primary
black image. To save time, the group cut
out stencils and applied colour using
screen printing techniques.
PASTOrAL
Values of the week
A new initiative introduced to the Juniors
this term has been the ‘Value of the
Week’, which many of you may have
become familiar with via the Grapevine.
Each week, First, Second and Third
year boys are presented a value to reflect
upon; with quotes and questions to aid
analysis. The values were introduced to
the Juniors by Miss Bartlett as a way to
encourage the boys to think more about
how they are developing not only
academically, but as a person. The
School values give boys the opportunity
to ‘root’ these positive qualities in their
characters so that they might bear ‘fruit’
as they develop as individuals.
Miss Bartlett said: “Values are of huge
significance in all aspects of life and no
matter what career path our boys end
up following, they will always need to
demonstrate the values that we are keen
to instil in them, such as: kindness, loyalty,
trust, courage, honesty, co-operation,
integrity and self-belief.”
The next technique we are exploring
is etching. We will be looking at the
etchings of Lucian Freud as inspiration
for a series of portraits – before
venturing into hard ground, soft
ground, aquatint and sugar lift
etching processes.
SCHOOL OF rOCk reView
‘Stick it to the Man’
St Paul’s Juniors’ concert trips are often
a highlight in my termly calendar, and this
term was no exception. Following on from
November’s somewhat niche visit to see
a little-known Baroque opera performed
at the Wigmore Hall, we decided to ‘stick
it to the man’ this term and take a trip to
see the head-banging musical version of
School of Rock. Citing School of Rock
as one of my favourite films, but having
a love-hate relationship with Andrew
Lloyd Webber musicals, I was initially
apprehensive about the trip. Would it be
as funny as the film? Would the cheesy
lyrics and chord-progressions make me
weep with cringe (while secretly tugging
on my heartstrings – shhh!)? Would I
hear anything more musically advanced
than a root-position chord the entire
evening? These were the vital questions
I asked myself on the journey to the
theatre. I needn’t have worried.
James Lawson far left
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From the moment the show started, I felt
like I was 14 years old again, back in the
mosh pit watching System of a Down
play at Murrayfield Stadium. We were
completely electrified by the energy of
the performances on stage – not least
our very own James Lawson who played
the socially-awkward keyboard player
Lawrence in the show. The story was
exactly that of the much-loved film, but
Lloyd Webber’s music, despite my initial
reservations, only served to enhance the
experience. Even Mr Berg was shedding
a few tears by the end of the Bonnie Tyler
influenced power ballad towards the end
of the show.
After a couple of hours of being told to
‘stick it to the man’, we all came out
feeling suitably revolutionary, and I’m
pretty positive that lots of boys will have
returned home that night and raided
their parents’ record collections for that
authentic Pink Floyd experience! Serious
kudos needs to go to James Lawson
(Upper Third) for making us laugh so
much in his role – we’re all incredibly
proud that James, along with the other
children in the band, have been
nominated for an Olivier for their
astonishing contribution to the show.
As a final word of encouragement – to
parents and boys alike – there is so much
music out there to enjoy. If you have time
over the Easter break, dust off your copy of
Dark Side of the Moon, or Beyonce’s latest
album Lemonade, or even, dare I say it, a
bit of the Biebs, and stick it to the man!
Gordon Waterson
SCienCe
geOgrAPHy
Lower Second Take on
Upper Third explore
Animal Testing at kCL environmental issues
Following a visit from Professor Page
last term as part of the Upper Third unit
of work on Ethics, a group of pupils
were invited to visit the animal testing
labs at KCL.
During his visit last year, Professor
Page explained that the development
of medicines for respiratory conditions
requires the use of testing on animals.
He also judged the Upper Third essay
competition on the topic of animal
rights in which Sebastian Marsoner
was crowned the winner. His essay
will be published in the Coletine at
the end of the year.
During the visit to the labs, the boys
learnt much more about how and why
animals are used in testing and saw
a range of mice, rats and gerbils. Ian
Direnzo noted that it “really changed my
point of view. I thought that they used
animals for testing because it was cheap,
but everything involved showed me how
expensive it is to test on animals.”
Our work with the Lower Second classes
in Geography this term has focused on
environmental issues. To bring the work
to life, the boys decided to write letters
to the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),
The Wetland Centre, Thames Water,
Greenpeace, Maserati and others –
one boy even wrote to his own mum!
Arun Hussain said: “It was really
impressive. The conditions were much
better than the stereotypes I had in
my mind.”
The boys have been thrilled and
surprised to receive replies from most
of the people they have written to.
The letters have been detailed and
personalised. Fred Websper said:
“I feel happy that someone has taken
the time to read my letter and to write
It was a really interesting trip and the
pupils were very grateful to Professor
Page for his hospitality.
a reply which was a detailed and
thorough response.”
Dishith Borra said: “I expected a short
reply and was really pleased to get
a lengthy one.”
One of the more recent responses came
from DEFRA, in which some of the boys
were personally acknowledged. Max’s
suggestion that President Trump’s wall
should be built from solar panels was
commended while Elliot and Henry were
addressed in regard to their concerns
about planting more trees.
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DrAMA
MATHS
Around the
World in 80
Days
Team Maths Challenge
regional winners
The combined team from St Paul’s
and St Paul’s Juniors of Aidan Choi
and Thomas Magalhaes (Fourth Form),
along with Johnny Cubbon and Ali
Imam-Sadeque (Upper Third), competed
in the regional finals of the UKMT Team
Maths Challenge on 1 March 2017.
The Upper Second took us Around the World in 80 Days
(in around just as many minutes!) and performed the
much loved tale with exquisite delivery, tremendous
characterisation and many moustaches.
To pull together one production with four classes – giving
us a whole cast size of 72 – is no easy feat, and our truly
talented troupe of gents stepped up to the bar and took the
challenge head on. Naturally, on occasion, the ride has been
bumpy, much like the elephant ride charging away from
gunfire! But for just eight weeks’ work and 30 minutes a
week, these boys created a stunningly good ensemble,
fit enough to rival any West End company.
TriPS
This show was written specifically for the School, so to
be able to premiere such a terrific adaptation was a huge
privilege, and I am so proud to see how the Upper Second
pulled it all together. Ably supported by a superb technical
crew, led by Mr Duke, and performed on a super stage
designed by Elliot Squire, this show is one we won’t forget
in a hurry.
Lower Seconds
Hop Aboard the
Hogwarts express
Top hats must be tipped, brandy glasses raised, and
moustaches twiddled in congratulations to all boys involved:
every Fogg, every Aouda, every Passepartout, every
Detective, every sailor, gent, passenger and protester –
everyone involved deserves a tremendous round of applause.
Well done Upper Second boys. You’ve really shown us how
it’s done, and for that you should be immensely proud.
On Wednesday 22 February, the Lower
Second wizards flew (via Westbus) into
the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at
Warner Bros. Studios. Absorbed by the
magical world of film making, the boys
saw the thousands of jobs across the
numerous departments it takes to make
a film – props making, costume design,
scenic construction and concept art were
SPyT
just a handful of what they got to see.
Throughout the tour we crashed through
platform 9¾, boarded the Hogwarts
Express, found several golden snitches,
became a virtual Dobby, wandered
through Diagon Alley and, of course,
had a pit stop at Privet Drive with a
cool glass of Butterbeer.
youth
Theatre
MUSiC
Choir give
emmanuel
evensong
The Chamber Choir and SPJ Recital Choir
sang a guest Evensong in the stunning
Chapel of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
on Saturday 4 February. The music
included Noble’s Magnifcat and Nunc
Dimitis in B minor, as well as Wood's
thrilling anthem ‘O Thou the Central
Orb’. The service was well attended by
enthusiastic supporters and the choir
was joined by OP, Adi George, who is
a Choral Scholar at Emmanuel College.
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St Paul’s Youth Theatre (SPYT) is having
another terrific term. The focus this
spring has been on devising and the
group have had specialist workshops
with Producer Sam Cadman and
Directors Ruby Clarke (West Yorkshire
Playhouse) and Jake Smith (Finborough
Theatre, Almeida). The Youth Theatre
aims to create their own set of short
plays, for performance in the summer
term, as a means of celebrating their
one year anniversary! SPYT is open
to young people aged 7 to 14 from
SPJ and surrounding schools –
for more information contact
[email protected].
The four boys did exceptionally well
to win their competitive Regional
Final beating many strong schools
(including Westminster who came
second). More than 1700 schools enter
the overall competition and our team
now progresses to the National Final
on 19 June 2017 at Lindley Hall.
Many congratulations to them.
wATCH OUT FOr
UkMT Team Maths Challenge
national Finals
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JUne
geOgrAPHy
St Paul’s Juniors in
the Lake District
In early March, 105 boys and 10 staff
headed up to the Lake District for the
week to embark on some outdoor
activities and carry out Geography
and Science Fieldwork. Highlights on
the academic front included, setting
traps for voles and mice in Science (they
were let back into the wild afterwards!),
and spending a wonderful morning
on the shores of Lake Windermere
completing a Geography tourism survey.
DrAMA
Drama Monologues
Congratulations to Kelechi Nwoko
(Upper Third boy), Jasper Parish (Fourth
Form boy) and Felix Westcott (Lower
Eighth boy) for winning prizes in this
year’s Monologue Competition. Thanks
must go to all the boys who performed;
the standard was impressively high this
year across the board, and each boy
commanded the stage, in his own way,
with great control and confidence.
Special mention also to Sam Lawson
(Upper Third pupil) and Felix Westcott,
whose monologues were self-penned.
Thanks also to Harry Burton,
actor/director and OP (1975-80), who
returned to the School after 37 years (!)
to adjudicate our competition. He did so
with grace and candour, giving
constructive, detailed feedback to each
boy. Harry also spoke warmly regarding
the late Bryan Robson, former Head of
English and a leading figure in Pauline
drama for many years, whose passion
for theatre inspired many boys to
pursue successful careers in drama.
Photo: The adjudicator and his three
winners. Left to right: Felix Westcott
(Lower Eighth), Jasper Parish (Fourth
Form), Harry Burton OP, Kelechi Nwoko
(Upper Third).
The outdoor activities saw all the boys
canoe, walk up the local fell, sea level
traverse at Morecambe Bay and use
their mapping skills to complete an
orienteering course. This is the 13th
year we have been up there and the
boys always return with a greater sense
of ‘place’ along with newly-acquired
life skills: making beds, preparing
sandwiches and the importance of
hanging up wet clothes at night!
HiSTOry
Portsmouth Visit
The whole Upper Second Year visited
the Royal Historic Dockyard in
Portsmouth as part of their studies
of Britain’s maritime history this term.
They got close enough to smell the
timbers of the Mary Rose which, after
400 years underwater and 35 years
drying out, is now on display in
its purpose-built museum. They
investigated the artefacts that were
found with the ship, thinking about
differences between rich and poor in
Tudor society, before going on board
HMS Warrior, built 300 years later.
After sitting round crew’s mess
tables and trying out a hammock, they
looked at the officers’ quarters, and
considered the same social divisions.
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U11XII, winners of the Rosslyn Park National Schools’ Sevens
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On Thursday 16 March the U11XII took
part in the National Schools’ Sevens at
Rosslyn Park. In a round robin format,
SPJ were to play a strong collection of
both local schools and those from further
afield. The day started with a big clash
against one of the favourites, Trinity
School, Croydon. SPJ opened slowly and
quickly conceded a try. They were level
soon after with a score from Massi.
Trinity scored again only for the deficit
to be cut again when Evans-Alcantara
scored a splendid touchdown. Again,
Trinity pushed and secured their third
of the match and it was a huge rearguard action that allowed Bottomley
to score the final try that sealed
a breathless draw.
Some tactical advice from Mr Page and
Mr Cattermole before the next game saw
adjustments in defensive and attacking
patterns and SPJ squeezed passed a
spirited Ludgrove side by 10-5, tries
from Wadwhani and Bottomley.
Terra Nova, from Cheshire, were next up
and SPJ really began to hit their stride
and a 40-5 victory, with tries from
Bottomley, Massi, four from Evans-
Alcantara and a final brace from
Hadjiloizou set up a massive
challenge next against unbeaten
St Thomas’s, Clapham, arguably
to settle the silverware.
In a masterful display from the boys,
they completely denied two playmakers
from St Thomas’s any ball or space and
dominated the game. Tries from Bishop,
Thomas, two from Tredre and another
from Hadjiloizou produced an impressive
25-10 win.
To cement top spot on the day the boys
then ran out comfortable winners against
Whitgift by 25-0 (tries from Tredre and
two each from Bishop and Hadjiloizou)
and then 25-5 victors against
St Benedict’s, two more tries from
Hadjiloizou and one each from
Bottomley, Tredre and Bishop.
What a day; what a performance!!!
The boys should be hugely proud of
their achievement. Certainly both
coaches were proud to accompany them.
if the boys think their maths is challenging,
just wait till they become parents!
All parents struggle at times (myself
included!) There are so many stressors
in life: work demands; money worries;
divorce; bereavement and illness to name
but a few. Sometimes these really do
take their toll on our ability to enjoy
and celebrate family life.
We often think that other parents are
not experiencing these challenges and
sometimes we are too embarrassed
to admit that things are not going well.
There can be a sense of shame and
embarrassment when we are not
enjoying parenthood and this is one of
the reasons that we don’t ask for help.
When my children were 12, 8 and 6
I embarked on a 10-week course called
‘The Nurturing Programme’ through my
local healthcare provider. It was practical,
analytical, thought-provoking and very
enlightening. I learnt about myself
through my own childhood experience
of being parented, and I realised what
I needed to do to feel more successful
as a parent.
The common expression that ‘there is no
manual’ is no longer true, because help
is at hand from a variety of resources,
including positive parenting courses,
website and books. It’s worth noting that
such support may not work for everyone,
but having worked in the safeguarding
and children’s welfare field for over 30
years, I thought it was worth sharing my
tried and tested resources and tips which
I hope might be of help. Good luck!
Websites
• Family Links
• The Parent Practice
• Family Lives
• The Incredible Years
Books
• The Incredible Years, CarolynWebster-Stratton, 1992
• The Parenting Puzzle, Your Guide
Transforming Family Life, Family
Links, 2003
• Beyond Toddlerdom: Keeping 5 to 12
year olds on the rails, Dr Christopher
Green, 2000
• Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph, 1997
Top Tips
• Praise is magic! Praise for how they
are being rather than for what they
are doing is best of all.
• Boundaries will work if applied with
consistency and fairness.
• Listening, as in really listening to what
they say. Find time to let them speak
unhurried.
• Understanding my own feelings before
acting, have they done something
wrong or am I just tired?
Safeguarding
Shelagh Willis is the Safeguarding
Coordinator at St Paul’s. Shelagh is a
highly experienced and accomplished
child protection professional, having
worked in the NHS, Local Safeguarding
Board, Private Sector and Independent
schools across the UK over the last 30
years. Trained to train by the NSPCC,
Shelagh is passionate about delivering
high quality, child-focused training.
• Understanding their feelings. Why
might they be acting as they are?
Managing feelings takes years to learn.
• Play is powerful; they practice and
embed what they have learned when
given time and space.
• And finally... Look after yourself!
PArenTS’ grOUP
LiBrAry
500 Club winners
Spring Term
‘Shelfies’ and Bookworms
for world Book Day
500 Club January draw winners:
1st Prize – Mrs L Lee
2nd Prize – Mr & Mrs J A Skoulding
3rd Prize – Ms H L Dyer
4th Prize – Mr L K Das
5th Prize – Mr L K Das
500 Club February draw winners:
1st Prize – Mrs & Mrs R Palmer
2nd Prize – Mr B Thomas
3rd Prize – Mrs & Mrs R Palmer
4th Prize – Mr R Lister
5th Prize – Sir Duncan Ouseley
March 500 Club winners will be notified by 10 April 2017.
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POSiTiVe PArenTing
This year’s World Book Day theme
was ‘Do Something Booky’ and, as
an overwhelming majority of SPJ boys
already enjoy reading for pleasure, the
challenge for the library staff was to find
something different to mark the festival.
The staff were challenged to take
a ‘Shelfie’ photo of their bookshelf,
at home or school, which would say
something about them as individuals.
These were displayed with staff portraits
and the boys were challenged to ‘Match
the Selfie with the Shelfie’. For the second
week of the competition the staff provided
clues to help (or perhaps hinder) the boys.
Alongside the Shelfies, a daily reading
challenge was also run throughout the
week. The Lower First Years came
together in the library on World Book Day
for a short session of booky activities and
we played a game of ‘The author says...’ –
a game similar to ‘Simon says’ where the
boys not only had to listen to the action
described but then act it out. We then
made origami bookworms together,
some of which still adorn the library and
may be found hiding in the bookshelves.
A very successful World Book Day.
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deals o
SPOrT
Villarreal FC Football Development Tour December 2016
Thirty eight boys from the Lower Third
Year and five staff headed off to Spain for
a four day football development tour as
term finished in December. The boys
enjoyed some great coaching with the
Villarreal FC coaches whose adult team
plays in La Liga, the top league in Spain.
Every boy played in closely contested
matches against local Spanish teams FC
Manilla and FC Allorca. The boys also
enjoyed two stadium tours including
Valencia FC’s ground La Mestalla, the
third biggest stadium in Spain with a
55,000 capacity. A special highlight for
the boys was travelling to the Nou Camp
to watch Barcelona play in a La Liga
match against Espanyol. The boys were
fantastic ambassadors for the School
while they were away and we look
forward to future tours.
Back in February, 17 teams of parents and
teachers brought supper and a range of
refreshing beverages to the dining hall for
the annual St Paul’s Juniors Quiz Night.
the quiz had actually started. A few deals
of crisps were hastily distributed from
the back of the room and the quiz
got underway.
‘Leaping Sammons Worthy Waterfalls’
were the first winners of the night for
their absolutely charming table décor.
Inspired by the names of their teachers,
Miss Sammons and Mrs Waterworth, this
L1M team came up with a papier mâché
centrepiece representing a waterfall with
salmon leaping over it and their table was
a lake with lily pads.
After eight hotly contested rounds,
the glory eventually went to ‘Heads We
Win (Again)’, one of the two teams of
teachers. It’s a relief to know that our
boys’ musical education is in the hands
of a man who can identify a hurdy gurdy
from all possible angles. Upper Third
team ‘The Alternative Facts’ were beaten
by just one point, with ‘There’s No Free
Lunch’… from Lower Second hot on their
heels. We hope to see you all back again
– same time, new dining hall – next year.
PArenTS’ grOUP
Quiz Quiz Quiz
As for the quiz itself, several teams then
placed themselves on the back foot by
eating the ‘tasting round’ crisps before
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