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C R A N L E I G H S C H O O L South Newsletter
Summer 2012
It never ceases to amaze me just how much the South girls can pack into a term and
still remain cheerful right through to the end … well, relatively! I have just returned
from a crazy but great fun evening with my 4th Form in TASC playing all kinds of wacky
games with the West 4th Form. Wow, what a year! Some have played cricket against
the MCC ladies team; many are playing hockey, netball at county level, and the musi‐
cians and budding thespians have taken the school by storm. LVth have had their first
taste of GCSEs and escaped unscathed. They are a strong, loud (painfully so at
times!), united and talented group and I can’t believe they have been two years in my
care and have survived. The UVth have worked hard for their GCSEs and dare I say it, with no fuss or hysteria. (Yes, we do pro‐
duce calm, unflappable girls in South!). The L6th are taking on the mantle as leaders of the house, and my warmest congratula‐
tions goes to Emily Robinson ‐ Senior Prefect (the first one in South for a long time!), Imara Gluning ‐ Head of house, and Ellie
Sutherland ‐ her Deputy. They are also supported by an excellent team of 4th Form Prefects and House Reps. So to the top ‐ my
wonderful, irrepressible, gifted, adorable (at moments) U6th. What a year you have been, lead by the Churchillian qualities of
Emily Coleridge and the exuberant Rosie Peters. Thank you for all you have done for South this year and your housemistress.
We will miss you. We also say farewell to Miss Morland and Dr Jackson who have been incredible tutors. So, my 2nd year has
ended as South Housemistress and I can hand on heart say I really love my job. Of course, Miss Greenwood, Miss Sturdee,
Claire (with the amazing help of Mrs Griffiths and Kim whilst Matey has been away) make it all worthwhile and a lot of fun. My
deepest thanks to my long‐suffering husband Dan! He pours the much‐needed wine! Have a great summer.
God bless. Mrs Frett x
Mrs F re t t ’s Repor t
Parent ‐Daughte r Char i t y Tenn i s On the 22nd April, South House hosted a charity mother/
father and daughter tennis tournament. The day started
with glorious weather and pairs of players turned up with
extra parents to support. Many mothers had generously
donated cupcakes to sell in aid of the charities, Tildy’s
Trust and Beyond Ourselves. Once Miss Greenwood had
assembled everyone into their groups the tennis was off!
Everyone played superbly, but eventually it was called off
due to a sudden turn in the weather.
Fortunately we had all
already had at least
three matches. Thank
you to Miss
Greenwood and Mrs
Frett for hosting the
wonderful event!
Another year has passed and although I am
old, I am not deaf. I know some of you adore
me …. and why not? I am cute, cuddly,
affectionate and have good listening skills. I
overheard Mrs F asking some girls to be peer
mentors and I’m most upset she didn’t ask
me. I’ve had years of training listening to the
Fretts go on … and on! It’s been a bit quiet here without Matey.
She is really the only one who loves me unconditionally, although
Claire lets me sit under her desk and doesn’t yell when I sneak in
to get a look at the biscuit tin. I’ll miss you all. I’ll miss your
squeals, your singing, your arguing (it’s no good ignoring me, I can
hear!) and your mess. Please think about me in the summer as I’ll
have no‐one to give me apple cores, left over noodles and
partially eaten Bourbons. I’ll leave you with some canine jokes:
Q: Why did the poor dog chase his own tail?
A: He was trying to make both ends meet!
Q: What do you get if you cross a sheepdog with a rose?
A: A collie‐flower!
Q: Why do dogs wag their tails?
A: Because no one else will do it for them!
F rodo ’s Corner
House athletics was a great success for South this year. De‐
spite the bad weather conditions everyone competed very
well and in high spirits. South won both the Junior and Sen‐
ior races, but unfortunately lost the Inter‐girls races. But this
still placed us 1st, alongside our co‐house, Cubitt, who won
the boys competition. Records were hard to break due to
House Ath le t i c s
House Badminton
House Swimming
House badminton took place at the beginning of this term
with both the Junior and Senior teams winning, which led to
an overall victory for South! Both teams consisted of three
pairs, the Junior team included Olivia Chesser, Poppy
Glaister, Claudia Berry, Allegra Clark, Ella Flashman and Holly
Gluning. whilst the Senior team was represented by Emma
Collier, Hannah Lock, Olivia Cope, Millie Crane, Caity O’Brien
and Rosie Peters. It was a great success and thank you to Liv
and Caity for coaching the Juniors.
South very much felt like the underdogs as they took on the gauntlet against West in House swimming. Our ambition to beat
them, even just narrowly, was unfortunately not realized, but there were some successes to celebrate. The 4th Form actually
won their age group, which was particularly impressive as only two Southies (Fayruz and Charlotte Livingstone) are in the
swimming team. There was brilliant support from the whole House—the U6th certainly matched the rest of the House in terms
of volume of screams and cheers. Apparently, the Loveday boys could hear our chants all the way from the swimming pool!
Well done on a great team and House effort, and better luck next year!
SOUTH NEWSLETTER
House Tenn i s On Thursday the 5th July, 16 South girls took part in Junior
House tennis against West. Everyone played very well,
especially as we finally had some sun to motivate us. Unfor‐
tunately West won (by quite a lot) but we had a great time
and we look forward to hopefully beating West next year!
J un io r This term Maddie
Lock, Gaby Carter,
Emily Hill, Cate Philip
and Kimi Zoet all took
part in the Junior
play “Beasts and
Beauties”. It was a
collection of 6 short
plays based all over
Europe, all being clas‐
sic stories or myths.
The play ran over 4 nights and was a great success. Cate
Philip played the bride in the “Blue Beard”, Emily played
the mother of the frightened bride. Gaby executed her
role brilliantly as the ugly sister of Kimi playing the role of
Beauty in “Beauty and the Beast”. They enjoyed the ex‐
perience a lot and can’t wait to participate in a new play
next year.
Duke o f Ed inburgh
The Bronze practice expedition helped
us to work together as a group and
learn from our mistakes for the real
expedition. During the walking hours
thankfully there was no rain, but after
we had put up our tents it started to
rain ‐ it was perfect
timing. The view of the hills we had on
the next morning was amazing and I
thought it was an amazing experience.
Silver assessed expedition, New Forest: We walked for 3 days in torrential rain
for 20k each day, in the most miserable conditions imaginable!! However we
didn’t get lost and kept our spirits high by encouraging and motivating each
other until the very end.
The Gold practice expeditions were under‐
taken during the Easter holidays, and
recently Abby Doherty and Teresa Yoon just
completed their final expedition to
mid‐Wales last week, enduring some of the
wettest weather Wales has seen (quoted by
a Welshman!). The Morocco trips are set to
go out later on this year and we wish them
all the best.
On Thursday 28th June, Poppy Glaister, Clem‐
mie Ryder‐Smith and Olivia Chesser played a 7
hole round of golf against a West team contain‐
ing both L5th and 4th form. In the end South
narrowly lost in a match that was extremely
close the whole way through.
House Go l f
SOUTH NEWSLETTER
House Cr i c ke t Although the weather was not on our side (in the end we played on the astroturf), House cricket was still a triumphant success for South. Some excellent performances came from Eva Solt and Clemmie Ryder‐Smith with the bat, helped out by Phoebe Osborn, Katie Bowser and Chloe Allison with the ball, and a special mention must go to Charlotte Lucy for some brilliant catches. The match was very close in the end with a tense final over, but well done to everyone, especially the 4th Form who are showing that the future is bright for South House cricket teams!
House Rounders House Rounders was split into the 5
age categories: the U6th won their
match in a very close contest
against West; L6th won extremely
convincingly (with a 12:5.5 score);
but all 3 Junior yeargroups lost after
a valiant effort against West. Al‐
most every single Southie batted,
bowled or fielded in one of the
matches, and House spirit was at an
all‐time high, with masses of sup‐
port from NTC girls, the House staff
and Frodo!
SOUTH NEWSLETTER
Having finished their GCSE exams, eight members of South and West
U5th swapped pens for running shoes on Sunday 24th June and joined
the crowds at Epsom Downs Racecourse to take part in the annual ‘Race
for Life’. They were inspired to run in memory of their beautiful friend
Tildy Curran who, with great bravery and dignity, lost her fight against
leukaemia in September 2010 at just 14 years of age. The girls them‐
selves wrote of their venture:
‘We are participating in race for life to represent Matilda Curran. Tildy
was the bravest girl you could ever meet and she was a fighter to the
very end. Her character and fortitude in the way she dealt with the men‐
tal and physical pain of her illness has been an example to us all. She was
always happy and smiling whatever the weather! Her spirit and laughter
still lives within us.’
Appropriately adorned in the trademark pink of ‘Race for Life’ they covered the 5km as a team in 38 minutes, raising an aston‐
ishing £1529.93 for Cancer Research.
T i l dy ’s Race fo r L i fe
On Friday 18th May a second performance from the winners of the Helen
Wareham Competition took place, in the Encore Concert. This was where
the winners of each of the four sections (woodwind, piano, singing and
brass), alongside the winners from each of the sections from the Prep
School, played a piece of their choice. Our very own Southie Lulu Golden
performed ‘Granados‐Cassado Intermezzo’ from the opera Goyescas on the
cello, and another Southie Chloe Allison effortlessly played with virtuosic
technique a rendition of ‘Rondo danzante‐Improwisazione’ by Bergmann.
The sad thing about this concert was the realisation that this was the final
performance that Lulu and Chloe would perform at Cranleigh. We wish
them both the best of luck with their music in the future but we look for‐
ward to the new talent from the younger years in South.
“Encore ! ”
Dev i ze s to Westm ins te r Over the Easter weekend, 18 Cranleigh pupils, including Ella Gurdon, Kate
McGovern and Ellie Sutherland, took on and completed the enormous chal‐
lenge of the Devizes to Westminster – a 4‐day canoe marathon covering
125 miles.
Between the three south girls alone, they raised over £3,500 for various
charities. All of the girls completed the challenge in good spirits, despite
aches, pains and the odd hospital visit! The Cranleigh girls’ team came first
in the Junior ladies race, with Ellie Sutherland and her partner coming 4th
overall. Massive congratulations to the three of them – an amazing achieve‐
ment.
Back in November Rev Parker gave his annual
invitation to any interested members of the
school community to embark on a Christianity
Explore & Confirmation course that would run
through the Michaelmas, Lent and Summer
Terms in preparation for the Confirmation
service in May. Sophie Paglierani, Kitty Cahill,
Anna Carter, Katie Robinson, Livi Hartley and
Tori Parker joined the course with several
other students from each House. The actual
weekly sessions were led by the Chaplain, with
students split into 3 smaller discussion groups.
Mrs Frett, Mr Cooke and Miss Sturdee fielded
lots of challenging and gritty questions, from
topics such as ‘sin’, ‘prayer’, ‘heaven and hell’,
and what it meant to be a Christian. The
course finale was an ‘Away Day’, with two
short talks and a trip out to go bowling and a
visit to Burger King. All the candidates were
then confirmed in a lovely service in Chapel,
supported by family and friends, and with a
special dinner afterwards.
Conf i rmat ion