Whinchat 2010/11 - The Magazine of Bedford Preparatory School

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TUNDE ADEWALE TRENT

ABRAHAM C

ONNOR

ADAMS A

LI

AFTAB GEORGE ALLEN

DAVID

ADESIDA M

ATTHEW

BARKER

KAMRAN AHM

ED

TENDAI ALLEN

DYLAN ADKINS

JAI B

HAMRA SAM

UEL

ALDRED RYAN

APPS AM

I AJA

DI JESSE

BILLIN

GTON

TYLER ALDRIDGE W

ILLIA

M

BARRETT

GEORGE ANDREWS JAM

ES

BLANE

BEN ASHTON-RIG

BY DOM

INIC

BLORE-

RIMM

ER OLIV

ER ARMSTRONG JA

MIE

BROCK KAM

RAN AWAN EDWARD

BLYTHMAN A

LEX BARLOW CHRISTOPHER

BROENS JAM

IE BARNES T

HOMAS BLYTHM

AN

NOKKVI BERNHARDSSON M

ATTHEW CANNON

SIMON BEAL L

ENNARD BORNEMANN SAM

BLAKEMORE R

OSS CAWOOD JACQUES BELL P

HILIP

BORNEMANN JA

MES BRODRIP

ARUN CHAM

BERS

MIC

HAEL BENNELL CALUM

BOURNE OLIV

ER BURGESS

SACHIN CHAM

BERS ALEXANDER BIR

D RORY BOYLEN F

INN

CASSELL TOM

CHAMBERS A

LEXANDER BOWES JAM

ES

BRAKENBURY ALEX CEBRIA

ETHAN CHAPPELL-M

ASON WIL

LIAM

BOWES HARRISON BURGOIN

E ADAM

CHOUDARY JAKE CHARTERS

OLIVER CHRISTIA

N-ALLAN JO

SEPH BRIGGS M

ATTHEW BURLISON JACK

CIURO C

HIZU CHUKWU D

AVID BYGRAVES E

VAN CASE DARCY CLEM

ENTS

CHARLIE CLARKE T

HOMAS BYRNE L

OUIS CASE CONNOR CLIN

GEN ED CLARKE

JAKE CARTER G

EORGE CAVE JACK DAVIS JO

SS CLEARY ALBERTO CASTELLO T

ARAN

CHAND JAM

ES DAVIS JAM

ES COOPER JAYAN CHANDER SHAFIU

L CHOUDHURY

MIC

HAEL DAVIS FIN

LAY CUMM

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RDAN CHENG GEORGE CHRISTIA

N EUGENE

EKUBAN THOM

AS DASON-BARBER JI

N HYUN CHO TOM

CHRISTIAN K

EN EKWEREMADU R

AJ

DHALIWAL E

DWARD COLES FLORIO

CHRYSSAPHES SAMUEL EVANS R

ANA DHALIW

AL HARRISON

COLLIER R

OMEO CHRYSSAPHES M

ATTHEW FAHMY A

DAM D

ORGHAM N

ATHANIEL CONTE T

OBY

CLARKE BENJY

FISHWICK T

HOMAS D

OROSKY CONNOR COOK JI

M COOPER A

ARON FOLL ZECH

ENSON EWAN COX P

HILIP

COOPER JOSHUA G

ARRETT JOSEPH FORDHAM

OLLIE

CRANKSHAW LEWIS

CRAMP T

OBY GARRETT M

ATTHEW FORDHAM O

LIVER D

EAN NATHAN DASS C

ONOR GIL

MARTIN

MAX

FOULKES MATTHEW D

IEM

ER JOHNATHAN D

EW EWAN G

ORDON BRIA

N FUNG ARCHIE

DUNCAN SAM

DIC

KS

OLIVER G

RAHAM H

ARRY GARCHA K

OSTYA DZAVARYAN G

EORGE EDWARDS CHARLES HARRISON O

SCAR GARRAD

ALEXANDER EDWARDS ALFIE

ELSTON DANIE

L HICKEY T

HOMAS G

ULLIVER JA

CK ELLAMS F

REDDIE ELSTON D

AVID

HICKEY G

ERALD HARGREAVE MAWSON E

DWARD ELSMORE JA

CK FERRARI GHANNAM

HUSSAIN T

EDDY HARTIGAN

HENRY FAULKNER WIL

LIAM

GARNER JA

CK HUTCHINGS G

EORGE HAYWARD CALLUM

FENTON LEO G

RIGSBY A

NTONIO

IANIR

I OLIV

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OM FROST W

ILFRED HAM

ILTON M

ATTHEW JACKSON F

REDDIE HUM

PHREYS HARRY G

UTHRIE

MAXWELL HENDRY H

ARRY JENNIN

GS MAX HUM

PHREYS JAM

ES HIRST B

EN HERBERT GURKARAN JO

HAL ROHAN JA

COB

MATTHEW HIR

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HNSON PETER JA

MIE

SON SAM HOLLAND JE

D HORNER ADAM

KILBY SM

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UGO IDLE M

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ARRY JACKSON JA

MES KNELLER

TOBY KING A

LEXANDER HORN GEORGE JO

HNSON EM

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BY OSCAR HUDSON A

DAM JO

HNSTON ALEJA

NDRO

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AX LUSTY ROHAN M

ALHI JOSEPH JA

COB GEORGE KENDALL B

ARNABY MAY

JONATHAN M

ALINDIN

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LIAM

JEWERS JO

HN KENDALL TOBY M

AY ALEX M

ASON MAX JO

HNSON FRANK KUPSHIK

ANDREW M

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MASON L

OGAN JONES C

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LIVER M

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LS MAX JU

DGE EDWARD LAM

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ES MOFFATT JA

CK MURPHY W

ILLIA

M

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AGE LIDDER SAM

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NATHAN KONSTANTINID

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NETHERSOLE JORDAN LEGG A

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JOHN M

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AVID LEWES H

UGO MATHEW JO

SEPH NEEDHAM

HAYDN O

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L ALEX

LINLEY-H

ILL O

LIVER M

CCORMACK H

AMZA N

OOR NACHO O

RTEGA GEORGE M

ACTAVISH OLIV

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OGUNYIL

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MAKADIA

ENOCH M

UKUNGU BARNABY O

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ELIX M

ALLALIEU T

HOMAS M

URRAY SACHIN PATEL JA

YNIL PATEL JO

SHUA MARKHAM

MARKO NAZAROV SAM

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REDDIE PELLIN

G HARRY M

ARKS JAI N

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HOMAS PELLIN

G JACK M

ATTHEWS CHARLEY

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REDDIE PEACOCK M

ICHAEL PHIL

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EL MCNALLY M

AYOKUN OKUSANYA O

LLIE PEACOCK T

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ALEXANDER PLANTAGENET DE BROTHERTON G

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HRISTOPHER O’R

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HOMAS PARRY L

AURENCE PLEUGER THOM

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THOMAS PHELAN X

AVIER PLEUGER K

ELAN RIDDELL H

ARISSH PAHEERATHAN WAZID

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EN POSLAD PABLO SANCHEZ V

ARUN PARMAR A

RAN RAI ANGUS

QUINN L

ACHLAN SEAR AVI P

ATEL ANTONIO

REALE BEN REA H

ENRY SHAW OLIV

ER PERKINS D

ANIEL REID

MATT REA C

ONNOR SHERIDAN SAM

PERKINS T

YLER RISWICK

ALEX RENNIE JA

RED SHERIDAN JO

EL PINK B

EN ROWORTH MARCO SARRO E

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MES SORENSEN N

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HRISTOPHER TURNER ROBERT SALVESEN R

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CK TWIGDEN G

EORGE SEWARD JAM

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HOMAS STEWART A

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ONRAD STAROSCIK Z

AC STEWART JAM

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ARVEY STOREY MIC

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LEXANDER WATSON T

HOMAS TRUDGIL

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AUL WHALLEY C

ONRAD WEBBER

DANIEL TUNE M

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DAM W

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CK HUTCHINGS G


FENTON TUNDE ADEWALE T

RENT ABRAHAM

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LI AFTAB G

EORGE ALLEN DAVID

ADESIDA M

ATTHEW BARKER KAM

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CK CIURO C

HIZU CHUKWU D

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ARCY CLEMENTS C

HARLIE CLARKE T

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ATHEW JOSEPH

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Writing the introduction to the Whinchat Magazine is not something I ever expected to do as it is normally something that falls to the Headmaster. With Chris Godwin being granted a well-deserved sabbatical during the Summer Term I was given the great honour of being asked to be Acting Headmaster for the term.

This gave the School a great opportunity to see how it coped in Chris’s absence after 14 years at the helm. I would like to thank the whole staff for the great support that they showed me and, in particular, Jane Di Sapia, Mike Mallalieu and Sue Keane who had to take on so much more in their roles as Assistant Heads. I am also very grateful to Jo Christian and Kelly Faulkner who joined SLT for the term and who both contributed so much.

Three long serving members of staff retired at the end of the year: Sonia Dee who was the face of the School for 25 years as School Secretary, Charles Martin, our Director of Music who did so much to put music very firmly on the map, and Christina Handscombe, who taught EFL and Academic Support and was such a great favourite of everyone in the Common Room.

We also said farewell to Paul and Cass Clarke as houseparents of Eagle House; they did so much to create a homely atmosphere for our boarders and will be a really hard act for Simon and Mel Lincoln to follow.

There are so many highlights of the year, all of which are mentioned in this magazine. For me there were also some real highlights which aren’t quite so high profile. The Year 8 boys were, without doubt, a fantastic year. There were great successes in sport and music but the thing which impressed me most about the School was the fantastic atmosphere in the last few days of term where the Year 8 boys set such a great example by being such positive role models. They will be a very hard act to follow for future years but really do show just what Bedford Prep School is all about.

Geoff Wickens Prize Giving Speech

Honoured guests, ladies, gentlemen and boys, I would like to welcome you to this year’s Prep School Prize Giving.

It is a particular pleasure for me to welcome Chris Ridley as our guest of honour. Chris is a fairly recent Old Bedfordian who has gone on to excel in music as a member of one of our leading orchestras. Chris is the Associate Principal Timpanist of the Royal Opera House Orchestra.

I first came across Chris when he joined the School in September 1990. He came to the indoor hockey club which I was running and he immediately struck me with his infectious enthusiasm. He played for the 1st XI Hockey

in both Years 7 and 8 and was awarded his colours. He went on to represent the County. He played a total of 27 1st XI matches in his time in the Prep School and never actually scored a goal. Mind you, he was a defender, and a pretty good one too.

At the same time Chris was throwing himself into his real passion, music. As a percussionist his area was a little unfashionable and it is a testament to his skill that he went on to win a Music Exhibition in the Upper School and has never looked back.

I look forward to hearing what Chris has to say later on and hope that he doesn’t remember too many stories about me from days of old!

When I realised that I was going to have to give this address I took the opportunity to look back at all of the Prize Givings I have attended both as a pupil at my own school and here at Bedford as a member of staff. Counting both Upper and Prep School this is my 65th such occasion.

Which of the speeches from that time do I remember? To be honest, not many! But there are a few:

Many years ago we had an elderly guest of honour who lost his notes just before speaking. For 10 minutes he rambled on and all that time he was going through his many pockets.

With Chris Godwin, the Headmaster, on sabbatical, Geoff Wickens reflects on his term as Acting Headand the successes of the school year.

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Just as he was about to finish, the worst happened, he found his notes and that meant he could start it all again. Fortunately for you I haven’t lost my notes!

The other really memorable occasion was when we had a famous lady author as our guest of honour. On the Friday morning she had been gardening before catching the train to Bedford. Unfortunately she was a little forgetful and left her suitcase on the platform. This must have been the only occasion in the 459 year history of the School that the guest of honour has handed out the prizes in his or her gardening clothes wearing shoes with green stains on the toes!

Somehow I cannot remember many Headmaster speeches from the past and I am sure that mine will be just as unmemorable.

There are three members of staff who are retiring at the end of this term.

Firstly Christina Handscombe - she has taught ESOL and academic support for 17 years and is probably not that well known to most boys. She has had a massive impact on a few and the best example of this I can think of was a Korean boy who joined Year 6 many years ago speaking almost no English. By the time he was in Year 8 he was almost fluent and when he left the Upper School he went on to win a place at Oxford to read English. Christina is going to be missed a great deal by her colleagues as one of the real characters of the Common Room and a great friend to us all.

Second in order of length of service is Charles Martin who was appointed as the first Director of Music of the Prep School in 1992. Charles has taken music from quite humble beginnings and given it a massive profile. It is no coincidence that some of the biggest events in the Prep School year are musical – House Singing, the Composition Competition and the Summer Concert which took place last Thursday. The Prep School has been fortunate to have Charles at the helm during its first 19 years. And finally we come to Sonia Dee. Sonia joined what was called the Lower School 25 years ago replacing a lady who had worked just 3 mornings a week doing a bit of typing for the Headmaster. When the Inky and Lower School were merged in 1992 Sonia took on the role of School Secretary and quickly became the face of the Prep School. She is the person who can answer almost any question whether it is from a boy, parent, member of staff or visitor. She has been someone who has gone

out of her way to make the school a better place for everyone and will be really missed – and not just for the wonderful chocolate fudge cake she makes on staff birthdays!

I hope that all three of you have very long and happy retirements.

As Deputy Head I have always felt a great affinity with Vice Admiral Collingwood who was Nelson’s second-in-command at the Battle of Trafalgar. When he set sail he probably never imagined that it would be his duty to deliver the report to the Admiralty on the great victory over the French. For me, at the start of the school year, little did I know that it would be my responsibility to give this speech. Fortunately, Chris Godwin hasn’t been struck down by a French musket ball like Nelson and he will be taking back the reins again in September.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the time during which it has been my privilege to lead the School and would like to thank Mr Moule for everything he has done to help with his advice and support. I would like to pay a personal tribute to all members of the leadership team who have had to take on so many more things this term. I would also like to thank the whole staff for their hard work, tremendous professionalism and dedication to the School. Bedford Prep School is lucky to have such a great team of staff. Thank you.

There are many of the highlights of the year and it is right that we celebrate these successes, but what are my own personal highlights?

- Is it the amazing standards of our top musicians?

- Is it the significant number of scholarships won by our boys?

- Is it the successes of our top sportsmen, and this really has been a very special year? The overall record of our 1st teams across rugby, hockey and cricket is very impressive with both rugby and cricket being unbeaten.

- Is it our U11 swimmers in becoming national champions?

- Is it the large number of boys involved in Arabica, putting on such a spectacular show?

Of course they are all moments which I treasure, but I am equally proud of some less highlighted achievements:

- The comments from the Inspector with whom I walked round the School on how impressed she was with the quality of the enrichment sessions being run by Y8 boys.- The way the whole school worked together to raise over £1500 in just half an hour at lunchtime on Red Nose Day.

- Seeing so many boys find their niche and then going on to be really successful overall.

This brings me back very nicely to my Battle of Trafalgar analogy. The real reason for our victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets was not the great strategy of the leaders. In fact Nelson’s tactics were pretty simple and involved little more than getting his ships as close to the French as possible and firing cannon balls at them more quickly than they could fire back. This worked, but only because every man and boy in his crews were just so much better trained and could perform when it really mattered.

What we are really celebrating here today are the successes of all of the boys, even the small ones which often go unnoticed. The boy who finds something difficult but has the resilience and attitude to regard a low mark or disappointment, such as getting left out of a sports team, as an opportunity to improve, rather than a problem to be avoided. This is an attitude we all, teachers and parents, must encourage.

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Introduction School Life

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From Deputy HeadThe Headboy’s Speech

The School CouncilY6 BushcraftTripsCharitiesEagle HouseEnterprise PaysBest BlogsSubject Overviews

EnglishScienceGeographyHistoryMusicMFLArtDesign & TechnologyEnrichment

Nation TitlesRugbyHockeyCricketBadmintonCampaign for Sport

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School Governors, Headmaster, Mr Moule, Guest of Honour, ladies, gentlemen and boys. 2011 has definitely been one of the best years yet! You will notice that it is the first Prize Giving speech by both myself and Mr Wickens, so please bear with us. From House events to school trips, from History talks to sports matches this year been extremely varied. I would like to share with you recollections from my time in the Prep School, some of my highlights and also some of the teachers’.

It will come as no surprise when I, like many Head Boys before me, say it has been a fantastic year for sport, but this year it really has! The first XV rugby team stayed completely unbeaten for the duration of the season, only conceding a handful of tries! Also the October tour to Portora Royal School in Northern Ireland strengthened the growing bond between our two schools. Portora returned to England during the snow just before Christmas. Unfortunately no rugby was played, but Bedford narrowly won the impromptu snowball fights. The U13 7s team won the Warwick tournament and were eventual runners up at the National Prep Schools 7s. We definitely have some fine rugby players going into the Upper School next year!

Swimming has also been a great success this year. The U11 team were the National Boys U11 Champions and came first in the National Primary School Finals. In Hockey both the U11 and U13 teams represented Bedfordshire in the East Championships and

we have had a very successful cricket season with many wins across all the teams. These fantastic results are only the tip of the iceberg and any boy who has represented the Prep School in any of the sports on offer should be very proud of himself.

Music continues to be one of the main strengths of our school because everybody gets involved. The boys who have just entertained us with their incredible musical talents obviously deserve a special mention, but music at Bedford Prep involves all the boys. Wonderful examples of this are our fantastic Composition Competitions and House Singing. Whilst Bunyan won the House Singing (again!), it was a superb example of team work and musical talent involving the whole school. Of course, this success was not achieved without the hard work of Mr Martin,

Miss Gooch and the House Masters. Whilst I’m not going to mention individuals, credit must go to every boy who contributed to the musical life of the school this year.

I cannot close this section without mentioning the annual Choral Society concert, which was on a very grand scale. The Prep School Senior Choir joined boys from the Upper School, other Harpur Trust schools and professional musicians. The superb quality of the concert was a fitting tribute to Mr Martin and Mr Morris, who are both leaving the school after very distinguished careers. I’m sure you will join me in wishing them both a long and happy retirement.

The great brains of the Prep School have been hard at work this year with the Young Enterprise Team not only qualifying for the second round but also winning the competition overall. They raised a fantastic £450 for charity on the way. The General Knowledge teams also did extremely well, winning the Wellingborough Competition in both age groups. Along with many of us, Madame Faulkner’s highlight has to be beating Bedford Modern!!

One of my favourite highlights was the way History was brought to life again this year with several visits from historian Kevin Hicks. Along with other boys in Y8, I was manacled like a slave, after which I can assure you that not only are his talks informative and interactive but also really entertaining!

Alex Stammers reflected upon a successful year for both him and the Prep School during his

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The school play this year was Arabica and was a great success. The large cast under expert direction by Miss Gooch entertained a sell out audience on both nights.

One of the continuing strengths of our school is the way that older boys work with the younger boys on a regular basis. A great example of this is our enrichment programme which has been greatly expanded this year. Not only are the Upper School boys teaching the Y7s and 8s, but the Y8 boys are taking enrichment classes for the younger boys. I have had great fun helping the Y3s, 4s and 5s with History this year.

As most boys know the school trips are a brilliant way of having fun and learning at the same time. This year was no exception. My highlight has to be the Spanish and Art trip to the Costa Brava. The Gaudi museum was wonderfully weird, but the trip up to the top of the Sagrada Familla was truly unforgettable, once I had overcome my vertigo! I am reliably informed the German trip was a great experience as well. For the younger boys, PGL, Ickwell and the “Science Sleepover” remind me of the fun I had in my earlier years. A new venture this year was the Bushcraft Camp for Y6 which gave Mrs Di Sapia the opportunity to show all the boys her rabbit skinning skills. This just shows what a rich and varied experience you have in the Prep School.

Social media is one of the big new ideas of today’s world and the Prep School is certainly moving with the times. Our Media Team, of which I am the roving sports reporter, have covered school events, giving a boy’s eye view of what’s happening. We regularly blog, the Headmaster tweets and Facebook has arrived. Now there’s no excuse for not knowing what’s going on!

Charity fundraising has been a great success this year with Mega Mufti Day and The Big Bounce, which had to be seen to be believed! We are proud to have raised the grand total of £6200 for the many charities the Prep School is supporting this year.

My year as Head Boy has been a fantastic end to my six years in the Prep School. The Prefects, House Officers and all the Y8’s have been a superb year group and I am very proud to be their Head Boy and to be moving on to the Upper School with them.

When I cast my mind back to my first

day of term in Y3, I remember Mrs Keane announcing that there would be no prep for the first week and all the boys around me cheering, so I joined in, but I had no idea what prep actually was! After a quick explanation from another boy I realised that “no prep” was actually a good thing! I had only moved to Bedford a week before and I knew absolutely no one! However after a few days in Miss Oakley’s class, friendships were made that are still strong to this day!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff for guiding me through my time at the school and I would particularly like to mention Mrs Dee who has not only helped ME but many other boys throughout their time here. Mrs Dee is retiring at the

end of term and she will be dearly missed by everyone. I hope you will all join me in wishing her a very happy retirement.

Reflecting on six wonderful years in a great school, if I could give one piece of advice to the boys it would be, don’t just scratch the surface, but look deeper and take yourself out of your comfort zone, once in a while. If you follow that advice, I can guarantee that you will enjoy your time in the Prep School and to enjoy being at school is a wonderful feeling.

Finally to the all the boys, I hope, like me, you will look back on your years in the Prep School with great happiness and look forward to an exciting future, wherever you will be.

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This year in the Languages Department has yet again been as busy as the traffic on the Champs Elysées, although much more enjoyable!

Two particular highlights of the year were the Y7-8 language trips in the Easter holidays. The Hispanists flew off to Barcelona with Madame Faulkner, Madame Trounson and Mr Studd, where Spanish language, culture and Art combined to make an excellent visit to this beautiful city. The Germanists followed Frau Chalmers – the Pied Piper of Boppard – to their trip and enjoyed language lessons, a visit to a chocolate factory, a trip to a theme park and much more.

Prep School parents got the chance to see what goes on in the language classrooms in the Festival of Languages back in March. Boys from Y3-8 joined forces with the Upper School to present sketches, poems and stories in French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Italian. Even the wine and snacks were duly themed!

The keenest linguists in the Prep School enjoyed extra-curricular Enrichment sessions, with Sixth Form Learning Mentors delivering the Y7-8 classes and the Y8 boys running Y3-4 classes. This was an excellent example of pupils all working together in the enjoyment of languages.

rewarded points for their weekly total. Boys could be competing against other pupils at the same level from around the world. Boys regularly compete against pupils from New Zealand and Australia in the morning and USA in the afternoon. Teachers can set which level the boys are competing at.

The other aspect of Mathletics is the Curriculum area where boys can practice skills acquired in the lesson or be adventurous and try new skills. In the curriculum area boys have access to a help key where questions are modelled to help them if they require assistance. The boys love the interactive nature of the site, they all want to gain as many points as they can, to change their avatar and make it as outlandish as possible. Are you a mathlete? Do

you compete against others from around the world... in Maths? This year all the boys in school have become mathletes as the school has introduced the web-based MATHLETICS programme into the Mathematics curriculum. A mathlete is a participant in the mathletics programme.There are two main aspects to mathletics, the competitive strand is Live Mathletics where boys race against others answering the same question, and the mathlete who gets the most correct is the winner and is

English, in perhaps its more mundane moments, is a language to be learnt. A language of vocabulary, grammar, spellings and punctuation that, however humdrum, becomes a vital tool for not just our boys’ educations, but for their futures. This is and always will be at the core of what we do, but English is so much more than this. It is about dashing heroes and wicked villains, desolate graveyards and mysterious dragons’ lairs, about fostering creativity and confidence and, overall, producing boys who love books.

Our curriculum therefore seeks to find the balance between the practical and the creative. Focused lessons on spelling, grammar and punctuation run alongside creative lessons exploring a wide range of texts, from Shakespeare to Dahl, from historical fiction to more modern contemporary classics. We want to ensure that boys are exposed, at all ages, to the best that literature has to offer, whilst at the same time continuing to develop their technical skills.

Reading, and finding joy

in reading, underpins much of what we do. As a department we try to work closely with parents to ensure we help all boys develop a habit of regular reading. For the younger boys, regular access to the school libraries and weekly reading lessons aim to nurture a passion for reading, whilst our new initiative, Book Bites for Boys, exposes all boys to exciting and enthralling extracts from a wide variety of popular and classic literature.

Throughout 2010-11, there were a plethora of opportunities for boys to enrich and extend their scientific knowledge and

understanding.

In September, the Harpur Science Forum hosted Baroness Susan Greenfield (former director of the Royal Institution) for her talk entitled ‘The Future of the Brain, the Brain of the Future’.

After half-term, 30 fortunate and excited Y5 boys spent a night at the Science Museum in London.

In November, we hosted a demonstration lecture about liquid nitrogen given by Dr Peter Ford to all our Y7&8, as well as Y8 girls from DAHS and BHSG.

In the Spring Term, MJM and AJT took a small group of interested scientists from Y6 to the Big Bang Science Fair in London. As well as seeing a live show from the BBC’s ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ team, the boys were able to meet Andy Green (the only man to have driven a car faster than the speed of sound).

In March, a team made up of Oliver Winder, Toby King, Callum Fenton, Andrew Zhu represented the School at one of the Salters’ Festivals of Chemistry at University of Oxford.

In the Summer Term, the Science-DT Family Challenge took place. In an entertaining 10 team competition, the overall winners were a joint team with representatives from the families of Thomas Rainbow and Alex Ward.

At the Y3 Science Sleepover in June, the boys enjoyed a number of different Science activities including (for the first time) a reptile/invertebrate show.

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In a transitional year which saw Esther Smith fold-up her director’s chair and take up a new post in West Sussex, the Prep School produced a lively, vibrant musical entitled ‘Arabica!’ Directed by Jo Gooch, the performances in the school theatre featured a cast of boys from across all years in the Prep School and told the colourful story of coffee production and the often sinister machinations of the global economic processes involved.

In the interim, Sam Roberts expertly cast the spotlight over the curriculum drama programme before Jonathan Hooley took over as the new Head

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That is ultimately our aim – for pupils to enjoy languages, be curious in their learning and then go off and put their knowledge into practice.

All year groups worked extremely hard with some wonderful products being produced. There is no doubt that the students have enjoyed the projects and there is always a good positive atmosphere

in the workshop with a variety of materials and manufacturing processes being used.

The end of Summer Term certainly had the ‘wow’ factor with a splendid display of a range of projects. It was great to see over 400 people crowded in to the EMH for the occasion.Another feature of the year has been the development of an outreach project with Cople Lower School. Examples of their design technology work were also displayed in the exhibition.

“Human”, “Physical” and “Environmental” Geography topics are embodied in the Geography curriculum and complement the fundamental skills of reading maps, using an atlas and knowledge of global locations.

Map skills are taught in Y3-Y7, to provide the basic skills for interpreting and understanding plans and maps.

Geographical locational skills are reviewed and developed in Y5-Y7, to include worldwide physical features and European political features. In Y5, an understanding of the local Geography of Bedfordshire was enhanced by completion fieldwork along De Parys Avenue.

In Y3-Y5 comparisons were made between the “Physical” and “Human” Geography, environment and life in the UK to that in

History at Bedford Prep has become a little SMARTer this year. With the installation of the new interactive whiteboards an extra dimension has been brought to the teaching of a subject which is now delivered in glorious, animated Technicolor. Any parent who recoils in horror at memories of their History lessons would be very welcome to visit or enjoy the subject

of Prep School Drama. With the introduction of a new scheme of work that focuses upon physical theatre techniques, traditional storytelling, a devised thematic project and text based work, the emphasis is on imaginative, spontaneous work that relates directly to the ever-changing world in which we live.

At the time of going to print, the 2011/12 Drama programme is well underway, with boys from Y7-8 rehearsing Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar for the ‘Battle of the Bard’ Festival, whilst the first in a series of joint drama workshops with the new Bedford Girls’ School has highlighted the abundance of raw talent that we are so lucky to be able to draw upon in the Prep School.

For updates on all forthcoming productions and drama news, you can follow us on our new Twitter feed: @BPSDrama.

India, the Amazon Tropical Rainforest, Mexico and St Lucia, respectively.

In Y4 “Human” Geography was included in the study of settlements and in Y6 for the following topics - Population, Geography of Crime and Shopping.

In Y7 the “Environmental Issues” topic was supported by a fieldtrip to Priory Country Park, where sustainability was the focus. Additionally, OS Map skills were reviewed in depth and boys became competent map readers.

Finally in Y8, the topics prepared students for the transition to the Upper School and included: “Our Restless Earth” (plate tectonics and earthquakes), “Rivers and River Features” and finally “Weather and Climate”.

vicariously through our extensive e-learning site.

The contents of the History pages offer just a flavour of the work undertaken: Bringing the subject to life, keeping it relevant (yet keeping it scholarly and demanding) is the primary aim of the Department.

This year has seen a credible development in links between the Prep and Upper School History Departments. Working in isolation had been the status quo, but the sharing of staff has allowed there to be a better understanding of how to prepare budding historians for their future studies. Anything we can do to forearm boys ahead of GCSE is both our responsibility and privilege. Developing a common language, focusing on crucial skills, have become clear and specific targets. However, we still have plenty of room for the mendacious and salacious: our History has the juicy bits left in.

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Cankers Special

Starter Pan-fried barnacles served on a bed of rat fur custard

drizzled with puree of fish head

Main courseRotten lobster claws wrapped in sea salt and seaweed

Side salad of sea gull droppings and orange skin shavings

DessertDelight of jellyfish eyes and fresh newly hatched

wriggling maggots

DrinksPirate Punch - fermented apple peelings

with diced banana skins and coconut shells

Once again, an audience of Prep School pupils, teachers, and parents were blown away by performances of immense confidence, bravery and maturity in the annual Poetry Recitation Competition.

Reading poetry is difficult at the best of times. To read poetry in a space as cavernous as the Erskine May Hall, in front of a huge expectant audience of peers, is enough to give most grown adults a panic attack. That the twenty-two finalists performed to such a level of excellence is testament to the hard work, dedication and sheer talent to be found within the corridors of the Inky and Nashes.

David Bygraves’s expressive and at times gloriously disgusting performance of ‘Troll’ was enough to see off stiff competition from his fellow Year 3s, whilst in Year 4, the tightest competition of the lot saw Gerald Hargreaves Mawson snatch a deserved victory with his brilliantly measured and confidant delivery of ‘First Day at School’. In Year 5, Felix Mallalieu induced an eerie silence in the hall with his mature and extremely moving portrayal of Wilfred Owen’s classic ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’. In Year 6, another extremely close round, it was Tom Christian’s entertaining storytelling style of Roald Dahl’s ‘Pig’ that stole the show.

Thank you to Mr David Ashton, Head of English in the Upper School for taking on the near impossible challenge of judging the competition, and a huge congratulations to all the boys who took part for providing such a marvellous morning of poetry.

Congratulations to Hugo Matthews, who won a competition to be included in the children’s author Stephen Butler’s latest book. The competition, run by The Young Times, asked students to come up with a dinner menu suitable for a troll. Hugo’s menu will be published in book three of Stephen Butler’s ‘Wrong Pong’ series later this year. Here is Hugo’s disgusting menu in all its glory:

Poetry Recitation Competition

Young Times for Hugo Mathew

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In the Summer Term, Y7 launched themselves into their Media and Advertising Unit with the kind of determination of which even Sir Alan Sugar would have approved. The task? Design, brand, and market a new soft drink aimed at 11-14 year olds.

With far more aplomb (and far less bickering) than their BBC1 counterparts, the boys

set about deciding on their product. After positioning themselves carefully in a ‘gap in the market’, deciding on their ‘target audience’, and developing that all important ‘USP’ (Unique Selling Point), the boys created their brand, designed logos and came up with the all important slogans. They also shot their own 30 second TV adverts, created advertising posters, and produced a marketing strategy,

before the project was rounded off with (yes, you’ve guessed it) the dreaded ‘pitch’.

The professionalism and quality of the completed projects and pitches was outstanding. Keep an eye on these ones, Sir Alan…..

You’re Hired!Year 7 Media and Advertising

Soon, it started to snow. VERY heavily. It also became icy and slippery underfoot. Suddenly, Wendy tripped on a root hidden by the snow and held onto Dawn for safety, but they both went tumbling down. They cried out loudly as they fell. Dawn banged her head on the tree trunk and was knocked unconscious. As she fell snow came crashing down on top of them both, so you could only see their heads.

‘I think I’ve twisted my ankle!’ shouted Wendy. ‘I think Dawn’s unconscious because I can’t hear her!’

‘Do not worry!’ said Mr White. ‘Before I was a teacher, I trained in first aid. I have a first aid box with me. I can do the job.’

The children dug Dawn out frantically and quickly. Her forehead was bleeding.

‘She’s unconscious!’ Mr White shouted. ‘Try calling 999, I think your phone might be in range now,’ he instructed Miss McGold. He then got out some bandages from his first aid kit and bandaged Dawn’s forehead and Wendy’s leg.

‘Yes!’ came Miss McGold’s voice. ‘The rescue helicopter is on its way!’ she shouted triumphantly.

‘Good,’ shouted Mr White back at her, ‘we need them badly.’ After about five minutes, the helicopter arrived. While Wendy and

Dawn were being hauled up into the helicopter by a rope, Mr White announced that he would be leaving them to help look after Wendy and Dawn. ‘I would also want to know if there is anyone who wants to be a doctor when they grow up?’ William, Angelina and Frankie raised their hands.

‘Well then,’ Mr White said, ‘you can come to keep them company and help me look after them. Is that all right with you , Miss McGold?’

‘Yes, it is,’ she replied with a smile.

SnowboundExtract from a short story by Jamie Williams Y4

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You go not till I set you up a glass Where you may see the inmost part of you. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene IV, Line 20-21)

What lies within me is a big squishy brain which is like the filing cabinet for my thoughts including my deepest darkest secrets. Most of my brain is like a basement of a library containing thousands of shelves with millions of books of information. To get into my brain you have to choose between two pathways: One leads to all the happy thoughts and information but the other leads to the dark secrets and bad ideas.

The good tunnel is like a playground. It is

surrounded by stacks of book shelves. Each shelf is categorised into happy subjects with wonderful titles. The book cases are the size of your bedroom cupboard. They slide across into more and more book cases which are full of books, encyclopaedias and comics: all in alphabetical order. When you slide the last book case it leads into ever more enjoyable places with huge amounts of information, growing every day that I learn new things. There are swings and seats and roundabouts made from books by Charles Dickens and slides made from The Guinness Book of World Records.

If you’re not so lucky you might end up

pulling the wrong book case that goes back to the path that leads into the dark area of my brain. In the deep dark tunnel which is full of cobwebs and creepy crawlies is a small dusty room with everything that can be scary inside it and a small cupboard. Whatever I put in the cupboard, I never want to see or think of again. Inside the cupboard, well no one knows because no one has escaped to tell the story. I imagine there are jars containing all the bad thoughts inside them. Sometimes I think I’ll have a look and I have a memory but then I let it all stay a mystery.......

Billy rolled over, yawned and glanced at the clock. “Ahhhh!” he cried as he jumped out of bed and threw on some clothes. Quickly he grabbed his bag and flew out of the front door.

Running down the path as fast as he could, he reached the corner just in time to see the bus pulling away from the kerb. “Not again!” Billy sighed. “I’m always late!”

He stopped running and sat down at the bus stop mumbling to himself. He was wondering what he would say to his teacher about being late again, when out of the corner of his eye he saw…..

….a load of people rushing and panting down the street. “Run, the robots are here!”Then 500 massive robots came marching down the street. I hid behind the bus stop while the robots were heading towards Westminster. “I’ve got to stop them!” Billy thought. So he followed the robots to Westminster where the whole of London was in chaos!

People screamed in terror. “Help!” they shouted. A robot spotted me.

“Ahhh!” The robot held out its metal claws. I started running and I saw a building, called Magnets. I went inside and it was full of magnets. Before I could grab a magnet, the building started to collapse. The robots were shooting it with laser guns. Then I saw a door marked ‘cellar’ and that seemed to be my last chance of survival, so I rushed inside!

Above me, the robots were destroying everything that moved, knocking down every single building. Big Ben was rubble now and St Paul’s Cathedral was broken bricks and

debris. I was the last person still standing, I had butterflies in my stomach but I knew I had to do something. I looked around the cellar. There was a great big red button and my curiosity told me to press it. The wall turned around and behind it were masses of weapons, guns, grenades, bombs etc. I suddenly realised that this was more than a magnet shop! It was the MOD head-quarters!

I took out a gun, and made my way out of the cellar to find only rubble. I picked up a few magnets and fired at the robots, sticking them to the ground. “I could take them down,” I thought to myself. I pulled out a rifle and shot all the robots and when I went to return the weapons, I found a note! “Billy, go to the back of the bus stop and you’ll find me. From Patrick Moore” The robots had come from outer space. That was the only explanation as to why Patrick Moore had anything to do with it. I went to the back of the bus stop and found Patrick. We then continued to look for survivors, together.

Invasion of the RobotsA short story by Antonio Reale, Y3

What lies within you?Work inspired by Shakespeare, Charles Harrison Y7

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All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and their entrances,And on man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. At first, the baby,Whining and screaming, keeping his parents busy,Mum and Dad up all night, feeding himCleaning him and caring for him.Then the bored schoolboy, walking slowlyTo school in the early parts of life.Sometimes happy, sometimes moody, but alwaysIn his heart he is loving. And then the teen,Grumpy and slouching, staying in bedUntil eleven o’clock in the morning,First girlfriend and puberty to follow As he grows older. Then the young adult,Just married, without kids, but trying.And then his wife becomes pregnant, he is now a man.The fifth age is an adult, two kids, He never argues with his wife, 40 years old.Still feeling lively into the best years of life.Old age follows, he can’t move as well as he used to.Getting towards the end of life,Wrinkles form and trouble with body occurs,He has a bus pass, and goes to Morrison’s Price CrunchTo get apples for 50p for the wife and grandchildren. Last scene of all is death. The few months beforeHe struggles through. He is ready to pass awayOf old age. On his death bed, his life passes by,Hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second.

by Harry Ward Y5

SHAKESPEAREInspired by

My whole body is like an onion with layer after layer. Each layer represents all the bad things I’ve done; these will cling on to me forever and will teach me lessons. There are lots of fields surrounded by barbed wire; each field has a loved one in it. Some gates are open and some are closed: I know they are there to be opened.

I have bubbles of lemonade love inside me when I’m happy and candy floss clouds appear. I think if I fall in love it would be like falling into a pool covered with rose petals shaped as love hearts.

I have hope inside me. Hope for lots of things, but mostly that the human race keeps our planet safe for my grandchildren.

I have dreams locked in a treasure chest, wrapped in chains. At night time the chest is lowered and the chains released and one dream is let out to roam free in my head.

By Harry Marks Y7

If you step into my mind, you will find a large filing cabinet containing maps saying where everything is in my life. On the other side of my head there will be cogs. There will also be windmills, always moving, generating ideas. When an idea is found, a spark will go off and it is put into a computer to later be used in real life. Also, new things I see in real life are captured on an ever-spinning wheel and spun into memories to later be used in real life. When I am angry, a gun will start firing and everything will turn black and grey. There will also be a cavern with grey clouds raining tears onto bad memories. The good memories are kept in a cinema always flashing onto the big screen.

By Adam Kilby Smith Y7

Romeo and Juliet – The Deaths of Tybalt and MercutioRobert Salveson Y8Blood Shed in Brutal Brawl Yesterday afternoon at around 1.20pm, blood was finally shed on the fair streets of Verona. A mere disagreement evolved into a fully fledged sword fight, which eventually led to the death of two youths. One man, who witnesses claim to have been Romeo, was seen fleeing the square with tears pouring down his face.The fight arose after Tybalt (of the Capulet) family challenged Romeo (of the Montagues) to a duel to the death, after he was caught stealing his way into the Capulet ball. As many know, there is a ferocious tension between these two powerful families. Romeo, who is alleged to be in a relationship with the daughter of Lord Capulet, declined the

challenge. However his friend, one of the fatalities, outraged by Romeo’s submission, took the place of Romeo, and decided to uphold the dignity of the family by himself.

According to witnesses, Romeo grabbed Mercutio and restrained him from attacking Tybalt. Little did he realise that this act would cause the death of his beloved friend. Slyly, Tybalt slid his sword under Romeo’s arm, impaling Mercutio directly below the stomach. The youth protested to the idea that he was seriously injured shouting: “Tis but a scratch”. When the doctor arrived, however, all he could do was deliver the sad news to a guilt-burdened Romeo.

Guilt-stricken and overwhelmed by anger and sadness, Romeo proceeded to attack Tybalt, slaying the killer of Mercutio. Once again,

blood was shed all round the streets of Verona.

The deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt were announced later that day by the Prince of Verona in a statement to the citizens. In it he said, “We citizens of Verona have endured so much disturbance form these families. Today, blood was once more, and the death of two youths was the result. Romeo of the Montagues will be banished form this land for he has slain a kinsman. Let this be warning to you Montagues and Capulets: disturb the peace of our town and you shall pay the price!”This event and statement has sent a strong message to the families. But what will be the result of this? Will the feud end? Or will there be more deaths and brawls? The majority believe that this is not the last we will hear of the Capulet and Montague feud.

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On Friday 24th June all the Y3 boys had a sleepover. First we went to the Planetarium where we could look at the planets and stars.We were told about Jupiter and saw what it looks like when you see it through a telescope.

We then made “Space Gloop” out of cornflower and water. When you squeeze “Space Gloop” it becomes a solid and when you just hold it, it is a liquid.

We put water and air into a bottle then the teacher put a dart into the bottle top. When the teacher pushed the bottle really hard the dart and the water flew out of the bottle really fast in an explosion. It was really funny because we all got soaked.

It was a shame we could not go into the Observatory to sleep under the stars, so we

went to EMH and made up our beds. We were sleeping here tonight. We watched Madacascar 2 and went to bed at 11 o’clock. Everyone was really tired because we had already had swimming and Sports Day earlier.

I slept near my friends Elliot and Archie and we had lots of laughs, but Mrs Carrington did not tell us off. We woke up at 4 in the morning and for breakfast we were lucky. We had pancakes, sausage and bacon rolls.

We then played Football on the Astro. We went home feeling very tired. It was the definitely best day I had in Y3.

I loved every second !

On Tuesday the 16th of November the boys in Y7 - 8 were treated to a lecture about liquid nitrogen by Dr Ford, who is famous for his interesting talks and unusual experiments.

He demonstrated a variety of exiting experiments including freezing bananas, bells, batteries and balloons. The experiments demonstrated the effect of minus 200 degrees on the properties everyday items. My favourite part of the lecture was grand finale which

involved a bucket, some washing up liquid and lots of liquid nitrogen, all of which ended up in a nasty mess on the EMH floor. The effect of the nitrogen mixed with the washing up liquid was to produce a huge plume of foam caused by the nitrogen expanding rapidly at room temperature.

This was his first visit to the school and we hope he will come again soon with weird and wonderful experiments.

On Friday 24th June all the Y3 boys stayed on after school for the exciting Science Sleepover.

After Sports Day we put our bags in the EMH and went straight outside for a little snack and play while we waited for Zoo Lab to arrive. They pitched up with a cart full of animals and taught us all about the animals and their different habitats. My favourite animal was the American grass snake, which I got to hold. It was really cool to do, and touch. There was also a tarantula spider that was dangerous so we didn’t get to touch him.

After learning about the animals we split into two groups and some went to the planetarium while some made water rockets. We had half an hour on each activity. When we went to the planetarium I saw loads of stars in the sky. When we made our water rockets we did so in the EMH because we were on “pizza patrol”, waiting for the pizza to arrive. It was absolutely divine! I had every last mouthful of my Margherita pizza…

With our tummies full of pizza we went to the science lab to make magic potions. Mine was blue and smelled like vinegar. Next we put some balloons near a fire lighter and made a massive fire.

By this time it was half past nine so we went back to the EMH and set out our beds for the night. I made up my bed next to William Sayer, Archie Walsh and Jack Davis. We didn’t go bed yet though – not for another 5 hours! Instead we watched Madagascar 2 and then after that they turned off the lights (it was midnight…), but I stayed up to 2am chatting to William until we finally drifted off to sleep.

In the morning I woke up at 5am but stayed in my sleeping bag until 6am when we all got dressed and packed up our beds and packs and waited for breakfast to arrive. Theo and Kelan’s mums made us a fabulous breakfast of sausage and bacon rolls, pancakes and lovely tasty drinks. We then went outside to play on the astro until our parents came to take us home to smarten up before coming back again later for Prize Giving. As we left we were given a packet of space ice cream.

The Science Sleepover just couldn’t have been better!

Hugo Mathew, Y3

James Walker, Y3, gives us his account of the Science Sleepover

Y3 Science Sleepover

Liquid Nitrogen!Alex Stammers explains more about Dr. Ford’s explosive talk!

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A small team of Y7 boys were selected to represent the school at the Salter’s Chemistry Challenge. It was a whole day event and we were up against at least fifteen other schools from all over the country.

The day comprised a number of chemical experiments including a “Who done it?” murder mystery to find the murderer of Mrs Flossie Chopps, and compile a forensic report using the evidence found at the scene of the crime. We set light to various chemicals to see the colour of the flame and tested the compounds in a number of solutions to see their reaction. These tests ascertained the culprit compound and the murderer. We did not get the answer right, we needed Inspector Morse’s help!

We had lunch in the lovely surroundings of the college and went into the neighbouring Natural History Museum which had a display of up rooted trees from Ghana to show a visual portrait of a rain forest under destruction and to raise awareness of the deforestation throughout the world. It was amazing to see the complexity of the roots and how deep they penetrated the earth. Four

football pitches of forest are removed every four seconds, which is very detrimental to the environment.

Next a University Challenge, where we had to work out the density of certain liquids. As a

tradition all tutors and teachers were sent off on a walk round Oxford so they could not help us! We had to put two coloured liquids in a test tube and see which was the heaviest. We had six liquids to work out and once we had sorted them into the correct “density” order, we added them all to the test tube and got a colourful stripy effect. If we had

got it wrong we would have got a muddy concoction. We produced a successful

rainbow.

We then made nylon using liquid A and B, and made a thread of

nylon 23.5 feet long. The final and best part of the day was a lecture from one of the Oxford Dons who gave a colourful and explosive Chemistry

presentation.

A fantastic and very memorable day. Thank you Salter’s and Mr Thackway. We may be the next Einstein!

The next

by Toby KingEINSTEIN

We needed Inspector

Morse’s help!

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Salter’s Chemistry Challenge. Oliver Winder, Andrew Zhu, Toby King and Callum Perton

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FIELD WORK“Why sit in the classroom, when you can get out there and see it for real?”

So with this in mind, the Geography Department decided that a fieldwork survey along De Parys Avenue would provide an ideal locality to complement the Y5 topic of ‘Your Place, Our Place, and My Place’.

The survey incorporated a range of environmental quality observations, both quantitative and qualitative data, with boys recording what they saw both visually and in the written form on the data sheets and the street map.

The data was collected in small groups, with boys alternating between making observations and recording the data. The boys excitedly made their way along the pavement, analysing, questioning and determining the characteristics of each property that included; property type, its purpose, style, size of garden etc.

The boys were so engrossed in the fieldwork they hardly noticed Mr Godwin, who accompanied us, taking numerous photographs of the boys working their way along De Parys Avenue.

An inspiring fieldtrip was followed up by lots of discussion and comparisons between the

two sides of the road, as the boys shared their individual data with other groups in the class.Following on from this year’s successful fieldtrip; De Parys Avenue is booked in for next year.

Our Y7 Fieldtrip to Priory Country Park in November focused upon the sustainability of Priory Country Park. With the boys’ knowledge of conflicts in National Parks, they were able to relate to the conflicts between the environmental wardens of the park and the park users: namely the Wildlife Trust and Park Rangers, who try to manage the park sustainably, and the local people who use the park e.g. dog-walkers, canoeists, runners,

A move towards

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fishermen, families picnicking etc.

The fieldtrip was guided by staff from the Wildlife Trust and boys engaged in activities and talks relating to the history of the park, notably the creation of the lakes and meadows, and the aspects of sustainable management within the park. The boys were encouraged to make observations on the range of resource materials available locally and how these resources were sustainably incorporated within the park.

Following on from the fieldwork, boys were asked to reflect on their understanding on sustainability within Priory Country Park via a choice from the following projects:

1) A newspaper article: “Can we sustain the environment and keep tourists happy in Priory

Country Park?” or

2) An environmental report: “Is Priory Country Park Sustainable?” or

3) Design a leaflet advertising ‘The Sustainability of Priory Country Park’

The projects would review the boys’ understanding and if they were able to relate to and provide evidence of sustainability, as witnessed in the park. The fieldtrip provided opportunities for a personal perspective on their experience of gathering data, listening to the information imparted in the talks, and in observing evidence of park management in and around the lakes, the mowed areas, meadows and wooded sections.

Overall, another fieldwork experience worth

repeating next year!

An extract taken from a Wildlife Report by James Smith, Y7

“Can we sustain the Environment and Keep Tourists happy in Priory Country Park?”

In summary, Priory Country Park is definitely sustainable, but will not remain in a stable pattern without a strong plan to manage the site and a team of Rangers and Volunteers to do the work.

An extract taken from an Environmental Report by Logan Jones, Y7

Priory Country Park was created in Bedford, Bedfordshire, in 1978, but it was officially opened in 1986. It covers 300 acres (121 hectares) of land, and contains habitats of woodland, grassland and lakes. It includes the Priory Marina and the Cardington Artificial Slalom Course.

The Bedford Borough Council, park rangers and the members of the Wildlife Trust try to keep the park sustainable and keep the users happy, but do they succeed in doing so...

PCP and the Wildlife Trust encourage recycling and reusing, as they have recycling bins and bottle banks around the park.

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On Greek Day we all dressed up and went back in time to find out how the Ancient Greeks really lived. There were loads of good things to do and it was really good fun. We tried on armour and I think I looked the best in the Golden Fleece. We also did an activity were you had to find answers from information boards. For me the highlight of the day was the Olympics were Sparta competed against Athens. I was a Spartan and we won thanks to Matt Rea, another Spartan, coming first.

Greek Day was brilliant!

It’s all Greek to me!Hugo Mathew tells us about Greek Day in May

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On the 17th November 2010 the travelling historian Kevin Hicks descended on the EMH once again to talk to the Y8s about Victorian crime and punishment. At first Kevin tried to explain about the background of the Victorians and what life was like being a Victorian. He

explained about children’s lives in that era, policing, punishments and medicine, he even tried to amputate my arm!!! Eventually he got to the most gruesome part of the talk Jack the Ripper, he went into detail about the horrific murders and conspiracy theories about who

Jack the Ripper really was? All this deep factual knowledge, combined with Kevin’s wicked sense of humour, made, once again, for a fantastic entertaining talk.

Y8 Victorian TalkA Report by Alex Stammers

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September 1992, I have just taught a Y6 class in the Nash’s Music Room and get on my bicycle to get to the Music School to teach a Y7 class which started 5 minutes before the end of the Y6 class. With me, my trusty old briefcase into which my whole world was packed, as I did not have my own classroom or office as a base. As the first Director of Music in the newly formed Prep School (in which the old Inky and the Lower School combined) it was my task to set up a department. These were challenging but exciting times, watching the Erskine May Hall being built, purchasing a Steinway concert grand piano (with a considerable amount of haggling with both the Bursar and with Steinway and Sons).

The EMH has remained at the heart of music at Bedford Prep, where many very memorable performances have been given. The Wells building was also newly built and I remember how green with envy I was at the wonderful art rooms on the top floor of the building; what fantastic music rooms they would have made. Prep School music settled into the building known as Palmer’s and this was to be my home for the next 18 years. About seven years ago the Music School was rebuilt, but it was still just as far away! In fact the period during

which the old building was pulled down and the new one was being built sticks in the mind as a rather productive time. This seemed to prove the old cliché that it is the people who matter not the buildings or facilities.Over the last couple of decades I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching and working with all the boys who have passed through the school. It has given me great satisfaction to watch them continue to develop in the Upper School, and I am always full of pride when I attend concerts and hear old boys of the Prep School perform. I have also had the pleasure of working with a number of Upper School boys as their accompanist and have kept in touch that way. I was particularly delighted that two former pupils came back in my final term, Chris Dearmer to judge the House Music Competition, and Chris Ridley as the guest speaker at Prize Giving.

I would like to thank all my Upper School colleagues for their valuable expertise, help, support and friendship; similarly all the visiting instrumental and singing teachers, without whom music would not be able to operate in the school. In 2002 Patrick Richmond took over as Assistant Director of Music. He was a talented, energetic and

inspirational teacher and Prep School music never looked back. For the past six years Jo Gooch has built on this success and brought her own dynamic qualities of enthusiasm and innovation to the department. It has been a sheer joy working with her, and I consider the last half dozen years among the happiest and most productive ones of my time at the school.

During the last few weeks of the Summer Term there were many musical events, wonderful occasions such as the Composition Competition, House Music Competition, Summer Concert, Y8 Concert (not to mention the surprise concert of music given by former pupils). It was brought home to me how strong music is in the school and how much I shall miss it. I shall remember particularly how boys of Bedford School invariably rise to a challenge and produce the goods when it matters. In the words of Geoff Wickens (acting as Headmaster for the term), who came up to me after the final assembly, ‘Bedford School boys always get it just right, don’t they?’

Charles Martin

Director of MusicFrom the

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We all enjoy the choristers’ trips and I liked this one the most. This time we went to Newmarket Races and watched the stallions’ race on 27th May. We set out from school heading straight for Newmarket, everyone excited. We arrived and stood around waiting for our tour guide. When he arrived we eagerly got onto the bus went around the corner to the fields where some of the horses stayed during the day. That was our first stop off point.

We got off the bus and went to greet the horses. The man told us how these horses are young racers and will one day race at Newmarket. We walked around looking at the horses and patting and stroking them. If we had any questions the man would answer them to the best of his ability. We then got back on the bus and continued on the road through all the stables, fields and training grounds.

We saw two mothers and their newly born foals. We learned that the field the foals are in must have the corners curved or the foals will crash into the fence. This is because they may be able to run well but they do not have

complete control of their legs so they cannot brake and stop very well. Another interesting fact is that the horses take a long time to stand up, which made wild horses vulnerable to predators when lying down to sleep. So that they could escape predators more quickly, they learnt how to sleep standing up.

After the interesting talk about the mares and young stallions we went to look at the stallions that race. We learned that the middle aged horses meet a mare three times a day, but when the horses get old and tired they only meet a mare twice a day. We saw the champion stallions’ stables. It has central heating which is as hot as summer so the stallions don’t grow a winter coat, making them look really good on the race track.

We then took a look at the place where the mares and stallions mate. They told us about the teaser horse that (if the mare hadn’t mated before) would be in a little stable in front of the mare to prepare the mare before she went into meet the stallion. After all the interesting facts we went off to

watch the races. Mr Morris placed a few bets and lost all of them. We watched two races before leaving, but it was so good and exciting that we wished we could watch all of them.

We then left for Cambridge and arrived with ages to go before the St John’s evensong, so we went punting down the river Cam. We passed all the colleges, learning things I didn’t remember from the last punting trip. We then walked through Cambridge until we stopped for a Pizza Hut supper. After very delicious pizzas and a refreshing drink we walked off to a fantastic evensong with front row seats listening to St John’s College Choir.

The choir sang the Radcliffe responses and Purcell’s “Remember not Lord our offences”. It was a great way to end a brilliant trip. Then, straight after the service, we walked out to meet the St John’s Choir Master Mr Nethsingha. It was a pleasure to see him again.

Thank you, Mr Morris, for a great day out.

Chapel Choristers trip to Newmarket

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PianoJustin Chung Piano Initial Distinction Jamie Brock Piano 1 MeritGeorge Edwards Piano 1 DistinctionThomas Edwards Piano 1 DistinctionBenjy Fishwick Piano 1 DistintionThomas Holland Piano 1 MeritMax Humphreys Piano 1 Jay Johnson Piano 1 MeritAlex Linley-Hill Piano 1 Merit

Alex Bird Piano 2 MeritCharles Dempsey Piano 2Rukudzo Msindo Piano 2 MeritBarnaby Ollerhead Piano 2 MeritChristopher O’Reilly Piano 2 MeritThomas Parry Piano 2 MeritAdam Ridley Piano 2 MeritAlexander Watson Piano 2 MeritPeter Whalley Piano 2 Merit Tunde Adewale Piano 3 MeritEdward Elsmore Piano 3 MeritJack Hutchings Piano 3 DistinctionEdward Johnson Piano 3 MeritAdam Johnston Piano 3 Thomas Lousada Piano 3 Merit Ben Whitelaw Piano 3

Nathaniel Conte Piano 4 DistinctionEdward Elsmore Piano 4 MeritJack Hutchings Piano 4 DistinctionRobert Salvesen Piano 4 DistinctionEdward Wilson Piano 4 Merit

Jim Cooper Piano 5 DistinctionEdward Wilson Piano 5

MusicExamResults

StringsKamran Awan Violin 1 MeritThomas Byrne Violin 1Michael Phillips Violin 1Laurence Pleuger Violin 1Josh North Violin 1

Dylan Adkins Violin 2 MeritKamran Awan Violin 2Matthew Barker Violin 2 MeritRoss Cawood Violin 2 MeritAlexander Edwards Violin 2Sam Holland Violin 2 Merit George Allen Violin 3Jesse Billington Violin 3 MeritNathaniel Conte Violin 3 DistinctionMatthew Fordham Violin 3Harry Guthrie Violin 3 MeritSam Holland Violin 3John Kendall Violin 3Oliver McCormack Violin 3 MeritRukudzo Msindo Violin 3 DistinctionGiles Pitman Violin 3 Merit

Jesse Billington Violin 4Rukudzo Msindo Violin 4 Merit Robert Salvesen Violin 4

Adam Olphin Violin 5

Edward Wilson Violin 6 Merit

Noah Putman Cello 1 MeritEdward Lamb Cello 3 MeritOliver Smith Cello 3Max Foulkes Cello 4 George Lilley-Moncrieff Cello 5 MeritTheo Ogden Cello 5 PassNic Reay Cello 6 Merit Jean-Jacques Bell Double Bass 3 Distinction

Jamie Partridge Harp 1 DistinctionArchie Young-Lee Harp 1 Distinction

Ryan Apps Guitar 1 MeritHarrison Burgoine Guitar 1 MeritJushua Garrett Guitar 1 Max Judge Guitar 1 MeritBarnaby Ollerhead Guitar 1 DistinctionCharles Tavengwa Guitar 1

Taran Chand Guitar 2 Daniel Di Filippo Guitar 2 DistinctionJordan Legg Guitar 2 DistinctionBen Slawinski Guitar 2 Distinction

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WoodwindThomas Trudgill Flute 3 Merit

Toby King Oboe 3 Merit

Elliott Sell Clarinet 1 Distinction

Eugene Ekuban Clarinet 2

Jin Cho Clarinet 3 Harjeet Sumal Clarinet 3 MeritOliver Winder Clarinet 3

Oliver Winder Clarinet 4 MeritEdward Elsmore Clarinet 4 Merit

Edward Elsmore Clarinet 5 Merit

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Barnaby May Singing Initial Merit

Barnaby May Singing 1 Merit

Kamran Awan Singing 2 DistinctionJames Blane Singing 2 DistinctionOliver Smith Singing 2 Merit

James Blane Singing 4 MeritHarry Guthrie Singing 4 DistinctionLogan Jones Singing 4 DistinctionOliver Smith Singing 4

James Brodrip Singing 5 MeritNathaniel Conte Singing 5 DistinctionJim Cooper Singing 5 DistinctionEdward Elsmore Singing 5 DistinctionHarry Guthrie Singing 5 DistinctionAlex Horn Singing 5 DistinctionLogan Jones Singing 5 MeritDavid Stephenson Singing 5 Merit

Jim Cooper Singing 6 DistinctionEdward Elsmore Singing 6 MeritNic Reay Singing 6 MeritDavid Stephenson Singing 6 Pass

TheoryNathaniel Conte Theory 5Edward Elsmore Theory 5 MeritHarry Jackson Theory 5 MeritTheo Ogden Theory 5 MeritGeorge Lilley-Moncrieff Theory 5 David Stephenson Theory 5Teddy Ng Theory 5 Gordon Yip Theory 5 Merit

PercussionOliver Graham Drum Kit 1 DistinctionJames Robinson Drum Kit 1 DistinctionStephanos Savvides Drum Kit 1 DistinctionFelix Lin Drum Kit 2 MeritRichard Wichhart Drum Kit 2 Distinction

BrassGeorge Christian Horn 2 Merit

Max Williamson Trumpet 3 MeritDavid Stephenson Trumpet 5 MeritHarry Allen Trumpet 5

Alex Horn Trumpet 6

Jed Horner Trombone 1 MeritGeorge Allen Trombone 2 DistinctionTom Christian Trombone 2 Distinction

Archie Young-Lee Trombone 4 Merit

Jim Cooper Trombone 8 Distinction

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Vendredi le vingt janvier… was the date that the traditional Friday school lunch was replaced by some cross-Channel treats for the Y5 boys for their annual French Lunch and Activities afternoon. The boys gathered hungrily outside the EMH at lunchtime, tantalized by the smells of fresh baguettes, pâté, delicious cheeses, mousse au chocolat and much much more. After (literally) singing for their lunch, the boys embarked on an afternoon of activities designed to make the most of their French communication skills. On s’est bien amuse!

Kelly Faulkner

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Today was one of the best days of the year. Y3 and 4 dressed up for French day. Firstly, we sang some French songs, but I only knew the title of one which was called “Les Seasons”. Then we played bingo which was really fun. I was only two away from saying bingo!

After that we had something even more exciting: a dressing up contest! Joe and Joseph were runners up and there were five winners! Then we ate chocolate, plain and strawberry syrup waffles, followed by pancakes! I had such a good day!

Max Lusty, Y3

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Spanish TripOn Friday 1st of April at 5am in the morning 33 boys and 3 teachers began their journey to Barcelona (thankfully this wasn’t an April Fool’s joke!). After a short trip to Heathrow, and what felt like a very quick flight, we were in Spain. We finally arrived at our hotel around 1 o’clock and after a quick bite for lunch we headed off to the first of our language lessons.

On the second day of the trip we travelled to Figures to see Dali’s House, which was definitely one of the strangest houses I’ve ever seen! We got to see various painting and sculptures, all in Dali’s unique style! On the Sunday we were lucky enough to have a tour of the Famous Camp Nou, and following a quick look in the gift shop, we headed off to “do” lunch in Park Guell. Next we were treated to a tour of the incredible Sagrada Familia, which is one of the most impressive sights in Barcelona. We finished the day’s trip with a bit of shopping on La Rambla.

On the final day we managed to squeeze in a language lesson, lunch in Lloret de Mar and of course another bit of shopping, all before our flight. After finally landing in England, we rounded off the trip with a bit of singing in the airport. We eventually arrived back at school at 11pm. It was a fantastic trip and we all really enjoyed the experience. I would definitely recommend it to any boy wanting to learn more about Spain!

Alex Stammers Y8

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D& T

“Wow! That’s my tie”…

On 29th June the EMH was bursting at the seams as proud parents, staff and children attended the Design & Technology Awards Expo. Showcasing and rewarding the work of Prep School boys, and children from Cople Lower School, the Expo was the grand finale to yet another year of outstanding DT projects and achievement led by Michelle Aldridge, Head of Design and Technology. Children were presented their awards by Mrs Sally Peck, Chairman of the Bedford Charity.In addition to teaching at the Prep School,

Mrs Aldridge has also been providing DT lessons to Cople Lower School children during her free teaching sessions. During the summer holidays she will also be re-designing the school’s outdoor playground.

Visiting the Expo the morning after the Awards ceremony, I smiled as a boy bounded into EMH and exclaimed “Wow! That’s my tie”, as he noticed a hand-painted silk tie, that he had designed and painted himself, was being proudly displayed on a mannequin. As I turned around to view the other exhibits I was astounded at the breadth of creativity and

outstanding workmanship from children so young.

Nestled on fresh rolls of turf, peppered with rocks and faux flowers, was an enchanting display of animal themed croquet sets – all designed and created by Catkins class at Cople Lower School. A collection of wooden shields by Oaks provided an imposing backdrop, and a collection of framed photographs of the Cople children framed the overall display. A captivating collection of animal themed wooden toys from Y3 boys were also nestled on turf and rocks!

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Suspended from the ceiling hung a colourful collection of silk umbrellas and silk painted fish windsocks, once again designed and painted by the boys, and laboriously sown together by Mrs Aldridge. Y4s’ wooden musical instruments were jauntily displayed on a faux piano, while Y5s’ wooden jewellery and Y6s’ felt slippers displayed a meticulous attention to detail in their finish.

A curious installation of bottles on the EMH floor intrigued me until on closer inspection I noticed a neat cluster of hand crafted bottle openers from Y8 boys were balanced on top; while across the hall stood a beautiful display of wooden clocks from Y7s. Mrs Aldridge exudes a feverish passion for her subject that is obviously shared by her pupils. Not only is it apparent that the boys enjoy their DT lessons, demonstrated by the outstanding pieces of work displayed in the workshop and EMH, but also because boys can often be found putting the final flourishes to their pieces at break-time.

I, for one, look forward to visiting next year’s Expo and experiencing first-hand how Mrs Aldridge’s ideas and lesson plans have been interpreted and brought to life by her pupils.

Suzanne SharpCommunications Manager, Harpur Trust

When Mrs Aldridge asked me to present the prizes at the DT Expo on June 29th, I was naturally delighted, but immediately my mind drifted back several years ago, before

Mrs Aldridge arrived at Bedford School, to the wonderful treasures my sons so lovingly brought home having completed yet another year in the Design and Technology Department: I have a leaning kitchen towel holder, a wobbly tray and a mug tree ........ whereby if you don’t hang the mugs at just the right angle they fall crashing to the floor. How wrong could I be! As I walked in to the Erskine May Hall that evening I was totally bowled over by the absolute brilliance before me. The colours of the hanging Koi Fish Wind Socks and the Japanese Umbrellas (hung precariously from the ceiling by Mr Milton c/o a loaned cherry picker) were quite extraordinary, the eye for detail in masterminding the Art Deco Mini Desk clocks was breath taking .... in fact all the exhibits were just fabulous.

Sally Peck

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A year in the making

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The Y5 boys put on their thinking hats on Monday 9th May when, alongside the girls from Bedford Girls School, they engaged in a wide range of problem solving activities run by the Happy Puzzle Company.

From balancing penguins on an iceberg, to completing jigsaw puzzles, matching up roads and working with shape problems, the children were engaged and displayed excellent problem solving and lateral thinking skills.

The Prep School has been working in conjunction with the Bedford Gifted and Talented Lower Schools partnership in order to provide Enrichment opportunities for pupils in several curriculum areas. Selected boys in Y3-4 have visited different schools to participate in a variety of workshops: Design and Technology, Art, Spanish, Problem Solving and Numeracy, to name a few. Below is Finley Cummings’ report on the ICT Enrichment event on 18th November:

“Thank you for organising the IT enrichment event. I really enjoyed it and the best bit was that we got to record our voices into microphones and then, we got to put them onto the page so when we clicked on a box it would say what we said into the microphones.”

Finlay Cummings Y3It has been another successful and vibrant year for the General Knowledge teams in the Prep School and huge congratulations go to the Y5-6 and the Y7-8 General Knowledge Teams who are winners of the 2011 Wellingborough Prep Schools’ Quiz League.

The Junior competitors beat previous title holders Laxton Prep by a score of 29-19 to become the first Bedford Prep School Y5-6 side to win the regional competition, whilst the Senior team of Y7-8 boys retained their title for the third consecutive year, convincingly beating Sir Christopher Hatton School by 36-11 points.

Well done to all competitors: Frank Kupshik, Wilfred Hamilton, Robert Salvesen, Tom Smith, James Smith, Logan Jones, Taran Chand, George Christian, Tom Christian, John Kendall and Lewis Cramp.

As part of the preparation for the regional competition, a group of ten Y7-8 boys travelled to Bedford Modern School for a General Knowledge Quiz with two Bedford teams and two BMS teams. Each team took it in turns answering questions on an array of subjects ranging from General Knowledge to Myths and Legends. The two Bedford School teams performed fantastically and overall we convincingly beat Bedford Modern. This was a very fun event to be at and everyone enjoyed taking part

Joshua Taylor, Y8

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This scheme allows keen and able boys in Y5-8 to attend a weekly Enrichment class run by Sixth Form volunteers. The wide range of classes, from Art and English to ICT and History, enable Prep School boys to benefit from the older boys’ experience and enthusiasm in order to further their own interests and understanding. This programme then cascaded down so that Y8 boys took on the role of Learning Mentors to Y3-4 pupils who chose to attend Enrichment classes. Henry Faulkner in Y3 explains: “Robert Salvesen is amazing at French and so me and five other Y3 boys went to French Enrichment on a Friday lunchtime. We did lots of games and learnt verbs that normally we wouldn’t do until Y6! It was really fun and Robert was a good teacher. He even gave us sweets sometimes if we did well!”

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Harpur House ReportAndrew Whitbread

Herman Cain once said, ‘Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.’ I love being Housemaster to such a wonderfully committed and talented team as Harpur House and I am constantly reminded of our boys’ love and enjoyment of House competitions. Seeing Harpur lift the House Cup for the second consecutive year (and only

the third time ever) was a truly thrilling and proud moment!

To cover all our successes in such a condensed form is tricky, but here are the stand out moments. The Autumn Term kicked off in style with victory in the general knowledge competition, followed by 1sts in Y4 and Y8 rugby. In the Spring Term our fine tradition in cross country continued with joint 1st in Y3-4 and 1st in Y7-8 and victories were also seen in Y4 and Y5 hockey. The Summer Term saw swimming come to the fore with success in Y5-6 and Y7-8 and 2nd in Y3-4. The Y4s also bowled in with victory in cricket. Junior Sports Day proved another ‘red letter’ day for Harpur! An excellent list of sporting prowess indeed! But, the House Cup is an all round competition and I was impressed to see us come 1st in poetry writing and poetry recitation as well as Y7-8 public speaking. This was also followed by a wonderful 1st place for merits over the year and 2nd place by a narrow margin for commendations!

The ultimate highlight of the year was undoubtedly our second consecutive victory in unison House Singing. The boys sung their West Side Story medley ‘as one’ with skill and passion – a huge thank you to Music Captain Jim Cooper and Miss Gooch for all their efforts.

So, with such talents in sports, drama and music, added to academic success and a helpful and caring personality, it makes Harpur a

Housemasters reflect on a year of huge endevours for all house members with

a few excuses for playtime too!

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formidable House at present. I congratulate ALL Harpur boys on their achievements this year. My job has been made very easy with a wonderful group of House Officers and Prefects (thank you all!!) and the best set of House Tutors in the School.

Here’s to continued happiness and success for Harpur! Dare we dream of a ‘hat trick’ of House Cups in 2012??!!

Howard House ReportPenny Oakley

2010-11 has been a rollercoaster of a year. I can’t remember a year where the competition has been so close or so exciting for so much of the time. Howard have had more first places in this year’s competitions than ever before and I have leapt up and down gloating at Mr Whitbread on many a memorable occasion! What a year!

It started with the House swimming relays, at which I nearly jumped in the pool with excitement at the superb swims and an incredibly close win. A special mention to Nick Stalley here, who swims with such superb technique and grace, it is a pleasure to watch. The House Singing was a superb event too. A very close competition, as always, with Howard taking a well-deserved second place in the part song.

The rugby season saw successes as well. The Y7 squad, particularly fantastic, were not only victorious, but did not concede a single try in the tournament! A commendable achievement! This was swiftly followed by the squash

matches boasting a Y7 victory and Y5-8 mini victories (beating Harpur!).

It has been, however, the truly fantastic Summer Term which has had the Howard pulses racing. House music had some excellent wins, Sell and Rea with particularly memorable performances for me. Y5-8 Sports Day was an heroic morning. Howard won in so many events. I would like to mention here successes for Stewart in the Hurdles, Ekweremadu in the Shot Put, the unbelievable Y5, Y6, Y7 relay teams who stormed competition and Johnson and Andrews leaping to heady heights in the Y7 high jump, to name but a few. I was so proud of the commitment and the energy from the boys.

My thanks to the House staff who are the cement between the bricks, holding the House together and to my officers: Stalley, Thackara, Hickey x 2, Burgess, Stephenson and Stammers, who have been wholeheartedly involved in the House, supporting me in organising assemblies and taking part in House events with enthusiasm. It has been a pleasure to work with you all.

With a competition so close right the finish, there are many things that we can learn from this year about focus, determination and the celebration of talent, not just of boys in Howard, but of boys throughout our amazing school. It has been a real pleasure to see boys come into their own: on a stage, a field or a pool lane. The competition itself allows us a chance to grow. I hope that you boys are very proud to be a part of our very special Howard and, along with me, you have learned that,

“real victory lies in participating sportingly. The spirit of competition makes each of us a winner, whether we hold the trophy or not”.

Whitbread House ReportCharles Blacklock

We began the year with great resolve and determination and by February half-term Whitbread House was in pole position. Our House Officials have led with enthusiasm and commitment: Charlie Clarke (House Captain), Tom Smith and Ross Cawood (Deputy Captains), Max Foulkes (Games Captain), Edward Wilson (Music Captain) and our two Prefects – Adam Dorgham and James Smith. By the end of the year all seven had received their House Colours and I am very grateful to them for all their help. I would also like to add my thanks to our Whitbread staff who are such a wonderful, friendly and supportive group of ladies and gentlemen.

Once again, the House Singing Competition was the premier House event of the year. We chose a popular Queen hit, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, as our unison song and our part song was a wonderful rendition of ‘California Dreaming’ by The Mammas and The Pappas. As in previous years, the boys from Whitbread performed brilliantly and we were absolutely thrilled with our final overall position: 2nd equal. I would really like to congratulate all the boys who performed and give my special thanks to Miss Gooch who gave up so much of

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her spare time to rehearse with the boys.

With regard to the sport, we again had a mixed bag of results. Our youngest Inky boys were brilliant on the football and rugby fields. Our Y6 boys won the hockey in the Spring Term and a combined Y5-6 team won the cricket in the Summer Term. We enjoyed success in the racket sports in Y7 and 8 with a good many points being won in badminton and squash.

Aside from competitions, this year we have enjoyed two evenings of fun with the other Houses and I am extremely grateful to my fellow Housemasters for all their organisation and support with these events. In the Christmas Term we enjoyed a ‘Splosh and Nosh’. This was a free swim in the pool followed by a marvellous barbecue by the Dining Hall. Then in the Spring Term we had a Beetle Drive where we learned the delights of this traditional dice game. It was a riot and great fun was had by all. Many thanks to all the boys who attended these evenings - especially to the younger Inky boys who showed so much enthusiasm.

After a very, very exciting and close run competition this year, we came 3rd out of the four Houses! Harpur have got their name on the House Cup again and we are so pleased for them and their Housemaster. Well done to the Reds! But next year…. the Greens will be back!

Bunyan House ReportJohnathan Beckwith

I say this every year and I’m going to say it again: wow! Another rollercoaster of a year has been embraced by the boys with so much enthusiasm. A splendid effort chaps! No one could have given more than you did during the year, and I applaud the marvellous spirit and enthusiasm that you have consistently shown in all the House events and activities. On a constant basis you make me very proud to be the leader of a such a great bunch.

The year started off with everybody pulling together extremely quickly in getting ourselves prepared for the House Singing Competition.

What can I say? Yet again, for the fourth year in a row, you, all sang your hearts out and gave a most memorable performance, giving us first place overall! You all sang well for lots of reasons but you did it primarily for the House and that is a winning formula before we even began. I knew that it was going to be another successful year with such a great bunch of boys and staff that all make the House a great team to be part of. It is the 21st June and the boys have done remarkably well to move us up the leader board since the start of the year! Only a few competitions left but I know whatever the outcome Bunyan boys will have done their best so in my eyes you are all already winners.

Winning is not everything, but the effort is and this epitomises the way that Bunyan roll. Individual successes appear too numerous to mention, but I congratulate you all with special thanks going to a fine team of House Officers who have shown loyalty and commitment that has pervaded all aspects of Bunyan this year. I thank you all, staff and boys, for making Bunyan the House of which I am extremely proud to be Housemaster.

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The Magic Box by Rohan Jacob Y3

I will put in my boxA wave of wonders flapping in the breeze

An enormous elephant rampaging in a locked zooThe touch of a golden unicorn with soft, leathery wings.

I will put in my boxA tickle of a monster with treacherous arms

A pizza with extra marvellous tingly tunaA cat eating cheese and a mouse eating the cat.

I will put in my boxMe, flying through the skies on a scaly Chinese dragon,

Racing on a rocketing fast race-courseI will rampage on humans.

My box is made with silver wire and pizza handles.It is kept in New York

And it will zoom to a mystical land.

Year 3 Winners

Winner The Magic Box by Rohan Jacob - 3JRunner up Loneliness by Antonio Reale 3SHighly Commended Zabaloo by Finlay Cummings 3N Dad by Hamza Noor 3J

Year 4 Winners

Winner Toucan by Nathan Dass Runner up If by Oliver TunnicliffeHighly Commended Feelings by Finn Cassell

Year 5 Winners

Winner Boredom by Toby GarrettRunner Up The Sun by Giles PitmanHighly Commended The Happy Sun by Antonio Ianiri The Sun by Ben Roworth

Year 6 Winners

Winner Autumn by Thomas ParryRunner Up Moon by Oliver GrahamHighly Commended Natural Disasters by Michael Davis Life by George Christian The Moon by Leonard Bornemann

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POETRY Toucanby Nathan Dass Y4

Beak as colourful as a rainbow,Wings as black as midnight,Neck as yellow as the sun,Feathers as soft as silk.Flight as graceful as a ballet dancer,Squawk as terrible as my mum’s singing voice!Landing in the canopy of the rainforestCatching its pretty, silent as a mouse.

There was a young bird,Who wondered one day,What the rainforest would be like,If all the sound would go away

So he made a big net,And in it he putAll the sounds he could get, Which were:

The buzzing of the bumblebees,The wild horses’ neigh,The barking of the wild dogs,As they hunt the prey.

The howling of the wolves,The eagles screeching caw,The growling of the tiger,As it starts to roar.

There was a young birdWho took all the sound away,This is such a shame,‘Cause life will never be the same.

Sounds of the Rainforestby Noah Putnam Y5

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Boredomby Toby Garrett Year 5

Young Tim was so very bored.‘Nothing ever happens’, he sighed.

He didn’t know, he hadn’t a clue,That right there and then, what a to do,Thugs were robbing the bank next door,

Armed with guns, people on the floorHe heard a shout, he heard a bang

He even heard the alarm as it rang.But young Tim, he couldn’t care less:

He thought it was a dog, making a mess.

‘I’m so bored I’ll go for a walk.’So he walked down the street

Looking at his feet.He didn’t see the aliens green

And the spaceship shiny and clean.He missed all the action at house number three,

And the brown monkey smiling with glee,Swinging through the trees and hanging up there

Grunting and scratching without a care.

Young Tim carried on walkingMore bored than ever.

‘Nothing ever happens here…. NEVER!So maybe look twice before you are bored.

Autumnby Thomas Parry Y6

They descended slowly,With the whispering wind twirling them through the air.They crack and crunch under the man’s foot,They look so miserable.From emerald greenTo beautiful brown they change.The hand looks so bare without its nails.Suddenly Nature starts crying endlessly andThe leaves don’t look so tired,The tears knock at the windowAnd the wind whirls up everything.The leaves dance happily to the music of the rain,The snapping of old soggy twigsBreaking as the old battered rake picks them up with its talons.Squirrels running riot to try andGet their acorns before winter,The red breasted planes start to soar through the sky,The wind rattles at the gate to come in.But suddenly they start to die down.The squirrels have filled there homesThe garden is clean of leaves.Then Nature starts sprinkling icing sugar over the rooftops andIt gets colder and colder and colder.

The Sea Is….by John Kendall Y6

The sea is…A rippling plain of dusty tarmacA plaice of all things fishyA cricket ground with just a few spectatorsA gaping hole in the worldThe world’s transport systemA massive underground chasmThe land’s big brotherA life giver and takerA tiny bit of blue blossom on the tree of lifeA Martian’s television that has lost signalA massive blue boil on God’s backA massive turquoise slide for fish to play onThe nemesis of fireA balloon ready to be poppedPoseidon’s purple palaceA cracked egg on the floorAn upside down skyA four year old’s bad drawing The backbone of life.

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As I wandered over to the Great Hall for what has become one of my favourite events on the School’s calendar I passed multitudes of boys, all decked out in their white shirts and looking very smart. I called to mind the time when my own son, now aged 18, took part. I had arranged to meet him before the competition to hand over another white shirt because I knew my son well enough to know that there would be Bolognese sauce, jam, grass stains, paint. and possibly engine oil over the pristinely white one he had left home in that morning. He was a quarter of an hour late to meet me, he didn’t seem to have changed out of his sports kit and was looking anxious. “Mum, something terrible’s happened!” he said. Feeling very proud of myself for anticipating the problem I was just about to tell him about the clean shirt when he piped up “I’ve lost my trousers!”.

As always, the Hall was buzzing. As one of the most enjoyable occasions of the year, the House Singing Competition is always very well attended and it seems hard to imagine how we fitted everyone in when it was held in the Erskine May. I managed to find myself a seat and settled down to what turned out to be a wonderful afternoon’s entertainment.

Howard’s unison song was “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz. Alex Stammers, who seemed to be enjoying himself, conducted his House up through all the high notes and down to the low notes, summoned the loud notes and muted the soft notes (how he made David Adesida quieten down is a mystery: I’ve never been able to do it). The boys did everything right, they smiled and

they sang their hearts out. I wrote down “1st” in the margin of my programme. Their part song choice, “The Sound of Silence” (Paul Simon) was a good one and the performance was amazing. You have to remember that I had heard the boys practising earlier in the week and had thought that the idea of “the sound of silence” was a good idea in more ways than one! Another “1st” was added to my programme.

Bunyan were next up. Nic Reay was in charge of the baton as they launched into “Stuck in the Middle with You”. It certainly got the toes tapping. The part song was “Don’t Stop Believin’” and it was brilliant. Their timing was perfect and it didn’t take long for yet another “1st” to appear in the margin.

Whitbread gave a rendition of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” – not a very easy piece but performed really very well with Edward Wilson conducting. The

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song choice is, of course, hugely important in a competition such as this one. To choose something previously sung by such a legendary band takes some nerve but the boys pulled it off with no lights, no synthesizers and no Freddie! The part song took us away from a drizzly February day in England to the sun-soaked beaches of the USA for a spot of “California Dreaming”. Imagine me running along the sand in my bikini with my surf board under my arm…….no, perhaps you’re right! A very self-assured Edward Wilson stepped forward for his solo and as the final note ended a wave of applause broke from the audience.

Last up were Harpur. They knew there were some hard acts to follow. The haunting, lovely “Somewhere” was beautifully performed and then we were transported back over “the pond” to “America” where, apparently, everything’s big! Well, the boys’ voices certainly were. I think “Il Divo” need to watch their backs if “Appsy”, “Bourney” and Enoch ever get introduced to Simon Cowell. Incidentally, their conductor, Jim Cooper, was the only one to give Jo Gooch a nod of appreciation. That boy will go far!

The final song of the competition was the wonderful “Imagine” by John Lennon arranged by the very talented Master Cooper. A

very moving way to end what had been a spectacularly good competition.

So, the margin in my programme now showed eight “1sts”. Probably a good thing it wasn’t me doing the judging then! The man chosen for this unenviable task was Mr James Lark, Bedford School’s Composer in Residence. As he said when he took to the stage to enthusiastic applause, “at the end of this speech three-quarters of the room will hate me!”.

James said he had been looking for five main things throughout the performances: (1) Diction; (2) Singing in Tune; (3) Musicality ie. timbre; (4) Precision; and (5) Sense of Performance – boys looking like they were enjoying themselves.

He said he thought Howard’s unison offered excellent contrasts between loud and soft and there was such great energy from their performance of “The Sound of Silence” that he felt “shivers down his spine”.

Bunyan were “very impressive” and they managed to hit the high notes right on target during their unison and their rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin’” exploited all the different ranges within the group to great effect.

Whitbread gave a super performance – they seemed to be enjoying every minute of their time on stage – you could hear every word sung because the diction was perfect. James singled out the conductor, Edward Wilson, for special praise saying how important a role he played in the success of his House. He said that the boys really sold “California Dreamin’” to the audience.

By the time he got to Harpur everyone in the Hall knew for certain that they didn’t have a clue which House was going to win!

James gave special praise to the boys in Harpur for attempting such a difficult song, applauded their concentration and congratulated them on carrying it off with such aplomb. He gave a special mention to Jim Cooper who had arranged the part song providing a “lovely blend of voices and a great sense of communication with the audience”.

There wasn’t a sound in the Hall as the marks for the Unison were announced. 4th – Howard. 3rd – Bunyan. 2nd – Whitbread, and I can’t think why, but an enormous amount of cheering erupted from the boys wearing the red stripe on their ties. You couldn’t hear what Mr Lark said but I think it was “1st – Harpur”.

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A beaming Jim Cooper strode up to collect the cup. Once the cheering had finally died down the part song results were announced, again in reverse order: 3rd Harpur. Joint 2nd – Howard and……………wait for it……… Whitbread. Once again loud cheers rent the air, this time from the beasts with the golden striped ties, and the result went unheard “1st – Bunyan”. A very happy Nic Reay collected the cup and held it aloft towards Bunyan. As if we hadn’t had enough excitement for one day Mr Lark then went on to announce the overall winners of the House Singing Competition for 2011. In 3rd place, Howard; in joint 2nd place Whitbread and………………….(at this point I nearly fell off my seat I had been leaning so far forward in eager anticipation!) Harpur. Well, it didn’t take a mastermind to work out that Bunyan had triumphed for the fourth year running. The audience were cheering, diction had gone completely to pot and Mr Beckwith was about to perform a triple backward flip before he realised he might end up on Mr Moule’s lap!

Sue Keane had said at the beginning of the Competition that she had heard all the Houses singing and couldn’t even begin to guess who was going to win because they were all so fantastic and they certainly lived up to expectation. James Lark made every single one of the boys feel as if they had done a great job so I think he may have escaped the lynching he was expecting. Once again, huge praise needs to be given to the Housemasters who had given up their time to help the boys. It goes without saying that Charles Martin and Jo Gooch had missed break times and lunch breaks for months prior to the Competition to make the event a success. It certainly paid off. Well done to everyone concerned: it was an afternoon to remember.

Claire Sharples

Overall Positions: 1st Bunyan2nd Harpur & Whitbread4th Howard

Unison Song:1st Harpur2nd Whitbread3rd Bunyan4th Howard

Part Song:1st Bunyan2nd Howard & Whitbread4th Harpur

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NaturalBEAUTY

House Art 2011The theme for this year’s House Art Competition was ‘Natural Beauty’, a concept that demanded boys to explore and locate what they perceive to be beautiful and how beauty can be produced as art. It was a challenging task but one the boys rose to. There were 76 entries, exhibiting a wide range of ideas and methods, with boys all the way from Y3 to Y8 participating. Each entry gained points for their House with winning entries scoring extra points. We thank Andrew Jelly, Art lecturer at Bedford College and active local artist, for giving up his time to adjudicate the boys’ work and award their prizes. The final results are listed below and a slideshow of commended and winning entries can be found on the intranet’s Art gallery link.

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Y3-4 1st Matt Rea, Howard2nd Elliott Sell, Howard3rd Thomas Byrne BunyanCom. Suraj Makadia, Bunyan & Joshua Markham, Bunyan

Y5-61st George Hutton, Howard2nd Benjamin Wilshaw-Quinn, Bunyan3rd Alex Ward, WhitbreadCom. Jaynil Patel, Whitbread

Y7-81st Rkudzo Msindo, Whitbread2nd Tom Smith, Whitbread3rd Max Williamson, BunyanCom. Simon Beale, Bunyan

Final House Results1st Whitbread 75pts2nd Howard 53pts3rd Bunyan 44pts4th Harpur 32pts

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The Y3-5 School Councillors have met regularly to discuss School issues. As it has become increasingly difficult to find a time when all councillors can attend meetings, each tutor group elected two councillors this year, in the hope that at least one of them would be able to attend. This has worked well in the main, though memory has been an issue for some councillors!

On the whole, it would seem that Y3-5 are very happy with their life at Bedford Prep School. During one meeting we concentrated solely on the issue of bullying and it was felt that actual bullying wasn’t a problem, though there are occasions when some boys can be unkind to others. It was also felt that boys

would report bullying incidents to members of staff should they occur – which is reassuring to know. In next year’s Personal Development lessons we aim to discuss ways of how we continue this culture in Y6-8.

The main discussion point that was brought up frequently was the lack of water fountains – particularly in and around the Inky building. Next year’s Council will continue to see what can be done about this. The other oft repeated request was for a Cookery Club – is there anyone out there willing to run one?

The School Council members 2010-11

Y3 Freddie Stock, Alexander Walker, Jack Davis,Sam Dicks, David Bygraves, Joseph Needham

Y4Ryan Apps, Sam Aldred, Christopher Broens,Edward Blythman, Matthew Stewart, Daniel Smith

Y5Ben Rowarth, Rohan Mahli, Alexander Watson, Ben Rea, Samuel Wainwright, Marco Sarro, Mayokun Okusanya

Y3-5 School Council 2010 - ‘11Di MacAskill sums up this year’s discussions

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At Bedford Prep we are always looking for new ways to challenge and enhance the learning opportunities of all our pupils, so in October 2010 over forty Year 6 boys (and 4 lucky members of staff!) had the opportunity to practise the fundamentals of Bushcraft survival skills, as well as experience the excitement of sleeping out in the wild.

The Bushcraft camp was based in beautiful woodland in where the boys learnt how to light and make a fire, cook on an open fire, build a shelter from branches and leaves, skin and butcher a rabbit; and they also learnt basic trapping skills. The Bushcraft Company was founded by Alex McBarnet in 2008, after eight years working alongside Ray Mears and travelling to every extreme environment on the planet to put his skills to the test. By taking learning outside the classroom, we (and the Bushcraft Company) hope young Bedford Prep pupils will acquire key skills that are invaluable to their social and personal development.

The weekend tested the endurance of all, especially the staff when they saw the ‘alfresco’ toilet facilities! But it was an extra-ordinary experience and one which we hope will remain with all of us for many years.

The Bushcraft Company have a very interesting insight into children’s education, espcially in this modern world. Here are a few words from their website that are particularly pertinent:

About playing outdoors...

“In this society where you can so easily connect with your friends through various digital portals, it is perhaps unsurprising that many children do not feel any real need to leave the

confines of their bedroom and explore the great outdoors. Of course we cannot forcibly

remove children from their TV or games console. Instead we need to offer them an alternative that draws them into a reality that can provide them with the same challenges, rewards, friendships and excitement that they find in the screen. That is our goal and we will continue to achieve it by offering children a departure from their everyday existence that then allows them to return to it nurtured, enlightened and inspired.”

About eating outdoors...

In an attempt at spearheading this current age of fast food and childhood obesity, we endeavour to change young people’s attitude towards their diet, by teaching them where food comes from. Food plays a key role in all of courses, and we not only provide our students with healthy, nutritious meals, but we also teach them how to do it for themselves. Through experimenting with a variety of vibrant ingredients, such as wild game, fresh herbs and vegetables, as well as numerous cooking methods including hot rocks, open fires and pit ovens, young people are given an honest education that allows them to make informed choices about their diet.

Jane Di Sapia explains why if you go down to the woods today, you really will be in for a big suprise.

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One way or another, the boys were going to get wet this year. With the sun only gracing us with its presence on the last day of our stay, the boys did well to soldier on, whether that was up a climbing route, through the cave system or kayaking along the canal (into a pretty unforgiving head wind). As usual, they were excellent ambassadors for the School, even when the going got tough. Each can say that he experienced something new, whether that was a week away from parents, catching that wave all the way in, managing to stay relatively unmuddied around the mountain bike course, or still being able to sleep despite rattling with E numbers. The staff also got stuck in with fears conquered here and there, though Messrs. Phillips, Carrington and Beckwith were able to avoid the shock (!) of the early morning sea-pool swim this year. Many thanks to them for their support, alongside Mrs Carrington. Roll on Bude 2012: hopefully it won’t be “a maritime winter” next year.

Ruth Mann

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PGL

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In May, the Y4’s had their (now traditional) weekend away to the Lincolnshire countryside to enjoy an action-packed time at the Caythorpe Court PGL centre.

A record 50 boys had a wonderful time tackling different activities, including kayaking, archery, climbing, high ropes, fencing, rifle shooting and challenge course.

Here’s what Aaron Kirby thought of the trip:

“So far this has been the happiest year of my life but going on the PGL trip topped it off. There lots of exciting activities!! The best activity I enjoyed most was the trapeze. I had never done this before and was encouraged by all my friends.

The food was brilliant and we were given juice to drink.

When it was time to go to bed we were the loudest dorm and we woke Mrs. Keane up at twelve thirty.

At the end of the trip we had a disco. This was fun and most of the songs we knew and sung along to. I would definitely like to go back to PGL as it was fun.

I would like to thank Mr. Whitbread and the PGL team for giving me the chance to do all these new activities that I would never usually do. I enjoyed myself and with their encouragement they gave me the confidence to try and do new things.”

Mr Whitbread would like to congratulate all the boys on being a credit to the School. He would also like to thank Mrs Thomas, Mrs Keane, Mr Loader and Mr Strickson for all their wonderful effort, support and good humour over the weekend!

Andrew Whitbread

On the 10th December 2010, 44 members of Y7 and Y8 from Bedford Prep School, set off on a ski trip to Austria. We arrived at our hotel, shattered, it had been a very long journey, we were thinking of only one thing, sleep.

We awoke the next day, fit, nervous and ready for an energetic day ahead, although the early start was too early for some members of the trip, who slept through their alarms; they were woken by a very eager Mr Guest banging on their door.

After a short journey, we arrived at HochZillertel and the party was divided into five skiing ability groups. Fun was had by all, including Mr Guest who seemed to be first on the slope, and last off it! The skiing resort was fantastic, with many runs and a number of very tall peaks, it created fast and challenging runs. The beginners wasted no time and their progress was astonishing, they soon had the basics mastered, and were linking turns down the blue runs.

We had many different activities in the evening’s, including nine pin bowling, quizzes, a visit to a water park and a having fun at a party to name just a few!

Over the week, we had no lack of snow; on one day, it nearly snowed throughout! But where there is snow, there are cold temperatures, us boys tested this theory by sticking our tongues on our jacket zipper, and yes, you guessed it, they stuck!

Fun was had by all, over the week, and our time to leave was drawing ever closer. Finally, on the last day, we handed in our kit and got on the bus home, to get stuck by more snow back in England! All in all, it was an experience I will never forget, and I wish I could go again!

Jake Charters, Y8

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Once again it is time to say a huge ‘THANK YOU’ to the whole Prep School Community for the amazing support given to this year’s fund-raising events, during what has proved to be, a most difficult and challenging fiscal period. However, despite the Government embarking upon a programme of belt-tightening-measures, our buoyant cake sales meant that some of us were letting our own belts out! Record funds were raised due to Mr Lincoln’s splendid organisation, and the absolutely wonderful army of mums and dads who sent in delicious cakes and cookies on Fridays for our weekly ‘Cake at Break’ sales’. These unsung heroes have been the backbone of our fund-raising, and if you were one of them, thank you, thank you, – the time and trouble you took to sift, bake, decorate and send in your scrumptious treats was greatly appreciated by us all.

This year the Charity Committee, usually comprising of at least four House Representatives was kept running by just two amazing Y8 boys: Matthew Burlinson and Daniel Hickey. Their original ideas, their infectious enthusiasm and their unwavering support earned them both, not only my gratitude, admiration and respect, but also a well deserved Headmaster’s Award.

This year the committee decided that as well as continuing to support the Swaziland Schools’ Project, it would like to try and raise funds for local organisations, such as the St

Charities

£8000+Over £8000 has been raised this year by the School’s Chartities Committee.

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John’s Hospice at Moggerhanger, and the Keech Cottage Hospital for children. And indeed, this year’s total means that at least £2000 will be forwarded towards the cost of both on-going projects and the payment of school fees. The latter will enable over 300 pupils to attend the Forbes Reef Primary School, where through past donations, the Bedford Prep Sports / Playing Field has become a reality. In September, both St. John’s Hospice and Keech Cottage will also receive funds to support the very important care that they provide.

In addition to our main, named charities, the boys’ fund-raising efforts throughout the year have enabled the School to send donations to: Children in Need, Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund, Red Nose Day, Air Ambulance Association, Sports Traider, and the Elisabeth Curtis Centre for the Disabled.

In conclusion, my heartfelt thanks go to everyone in our fantastic school community for playing their part, and in particular to Matthew for his unstinting support and enthusiasm, and Daniel for his drive and dramatic input to our often comedic and impromptu Charity assemblies and for his critical review of the past year, which I leave you with.

Sue KeaneChairman Charities Committee

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When Matthew, my colleague in the Charity Committee, first came up to me and asked me if I wanted to be on it, I don’t think either of us realised the scale of what we were about to become a key part of. From masses of mufti days and weekly cake sales, to an enormous plastic coke bottle filed with pennies, this year has been wonderful, for both me and Matthew.

The first few meetings were somewhat down-heartening, when some of the other members failed to turn up, but as time wore on, I discovered that Matthew and I were more than capable of organising and running the different activities to help raise money for our chosen charities.

Of all the events we did throughout the year, for me, the one that out-shone all the rest was Red Nose Day. The ground afterwards may have been covered with litter, but the sheer size, noise, colour, fun and Red-nose goodness of the day made it worth all the trouble; especially the amusing and entertaining BIG BOUNCE!

Others though, still cling to my memory, such as the Monster Cake Sale, where we initially only had one cake to sell! But, following a short, witty assembly, appealing for either home-made or store-bought cakes, we quickly amassed a MONSTER number of mouth-watering cookies and cakes that boosted our funds no end and drew record queues!.It has been fantastic working with Matthew and Mrs Keane, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. And how much money did we raise, I hear you ask? As the term ends the figure in somewhere in the region of just over £8,000!

I can only wish Mrs Keane good luck for next year, and hope that her new committee members come up with some original and fun-filled events to raise as much (if not more) money for the Charity fund!

Daniel Hickey Y8 Charity Representative from Howard

The Charity Tug of War Competition was a great success!

A Pupil’s Perspective

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Ten years ago on a PGL holiday that Paul and Cass Clarke were on, along with Jane Di Sapia and Geoff Wickens the talk was of who could possibly take over from the Spencers as house parents of Eagle House. Jane looked over at us and smiled and said ‘Well we’ve got a couple

right here who just might fit the bill!’Thus an idea was born and not having concidered the possibility before, we began to give the idea some serious thought!

We discussed this with Sarah our youngest daughter who was fourteen at the time, and her response was ‘I’m not sure that living in the same house as 30 boys appeals to me really!’ After explaining that we would have a house separate from the boarding side and that being close to town, her school and the dance academy she attended every night , she thought it might not be too bad after all!The following year saw us moving into Tisdalls next door to Eagle House, where we looked after the flexible boarders and the late room. Paul became an assistant house master which was a very useful experience and helpful with aiding a smooth transfer.

In August 2003 we moved into Eagle House and a completely different lifestyle began. Getting ready for the arrival of about twenty six boys, some old and many new, was quite daunting. Getting to grips with the fabric and maintenance of the house as well as learning about the routines and expectations of house parents was a tremendous responsibility and we were really excited about the challenge.

Trying to make the private side as well as the boarding side of Eagle House become our home was the immediate challenge and along

Paul and Cass Clarke reflect fondly on their eight years spent working as the

Housemasters of Eagle House

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with plans to develop the gardens there was never a dull moment . When it was announced that a boarding inspection was taking place in our first term we felt we were on a real roller coaster ride! It was a good job we were used to very busy lives and could burn the candle at both ends!

At the end of the Summer holiday we met our domestic staff who were to help us provide a clean and well maintained house and gardens. Managing this team was a challenge we hadn’t really thought about but before too long we learned how to pull together as one to get the jobs done. Our only major staff change was our resident matron who had reached retirement after three years of working in the house with us. We were fortunate to recruit Mrs Kuch who has remained with us to the end of our time in the house. Another unexpected duty was to oversee the three overseas gap students which at times could feel as if we had extra children to look after! However we have met some really lovely young men who we will hopefully catch up with when we finally both leave and start some serious travelling.

There have been so many boys go through Eagle House and we have dozens of stories we could tell. Lots of funny and memorable moments as well as the not so amusing… In fact we could write a book !

The highlight of every year must be the

extended weekend away youth hostelling. We have been to the Peak district, Minehead, Lynton, Arundel and Ilam in Derbyshire where we will have been this year. The lovely walks and challenging cycle rides along with the inevitable theme park visits have always been very popular.

Saturday evenings will be very different for us next term when we do not have to share our kitchen with lots of boys making their own pizzas or pasta dishes or tossing their pancakes on Shrove Tuesday or making cakes for birthdays or charity sales. We will be downsizing but doing these activities with our grandchildren instead, which really is one of the reasons why we have decided to leave Eagle House. Cass will be doing some child minding with our youngest grandson and be free to visit our other grandchildren in Fareham.

Some of you may recall Paul doing the London Marathon last year to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and he would like to thank so many of you, staff ,pupils and parents for the amazing generosity of your donations. He is hoping to do it again next year when he is sixty, at least that is the plan.

So many staff have given up their time and expertise to assist us in the house. Assistant housemasters Patrick Richmond, Andrew Whitbread, Jenny McGuire, Nick Winter, Jenny Butterfield, Oliver Whiteley, Lee Strickson and Edward Loader have all been

fantastic in so many different ways and also our visiting Tutors Jonny Beckwith, Shawn Phillips and Laura Pugh not to forget Father David whose visits brought another dimention to life in Eagle House – we thank you all so much.

The present domestic staff, resident matron Christiane Kuch, day matrons Jacki O’Rourke and Diane Kyle, cleaners Toni Pascarella and Franca Prinzi and handyman Peter Johnson, and also Barbara Harris and Donna Dennis from our early years, have all made valuable contributions to the smooth running of the

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house and I am sure will continue to do so next year for the new parents Melanie and Simon Lincoln.

Two other people we should mention are Liz and Keith Fossey who have been our very close friends for many years. They have been on most of our YHA holidays with Keith acting as mini bus driver, and Liz chief cycle instructor for those boys who have had problems staying on a bicycle, and we have had a few! They have also provided a welcome retreat for us when we have been lucky enough to have some time out to recharge our batteries!

Along with all our special Christmas dinners, the end of year bbq’s have been most memorable events when as a community, including the school tutors and school management team, we get together for a fun time. The last two years have been very special with some former Eagle House boys from the upper sixth came along and we have enjoyed

seeing what wonderful polite, confident and appreciative young men the school has turned out, and lovely to hear them reminiscing about their time in Eagle House.

In conclusion we are very grateful to have been given the opportunity to do this very special job and hope that in some small way we have helped to produce these well rounded young men who will hopefully take with them some special memories of their time in our care just as we shall take many wonderful memories with us into our retirement.

We wish the Lincolns all the very best for their future family life in Eagle House which will be a very exciting and challenging time for them all.

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Old Bedfordian Oliver Whiteley and current student Robert Salveson offer excellent examples of the ways in which enterprise and resourcefulness, as instilled at Bedford School, pay off in our currently challenging commercial environment. In this feature, they reveal how imaginative thinking, attention to detail and, of course, lots of hard work earned them satisfaction and success in the diverse sectors of specialised campsites, at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and in a youth-focused charity supporting young people on a path to enjoying sport….

Robert’s story…

“Towards the end of the Christmas term last year (2010), I was part of a team of ten boys from Y8 who were chosen to be part of the Young Enterprise Team.

We were assigned a real life task, which was to work with Sports Traider -- a youth-focused charity offering youngsters the kit, and support they need to get into sport.

Sports Traider encourages children to try new

sports and help talented sporting youngsters excel, whatever their background.

They use proceeds generated from their retail units to fund coaching and access to facilities such as sports clubs and gyms.

As a team, we met regularly and discussed possibilities for acquiring the kit.

We made posters to advertise our activities and the response from the school was phenomenal. We then decided to hold a series of sales after, and during, school. These again were a great success and we raised a total of £291. This great performance saw us sail through to the next round.

Our final task was to use the rest of the kit we had to create a window display at the Sports Traider shop in Bedford. The money made from the sale of our kit would go towards our total.

We decided also to contact companies and clubs. We gained support from Kookaburra, Luton Town, Bedford Eagles, Bedford Blues, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Callaway. We also contacted former pupil of the school and current rugby star Will Skinner, who agreed to send us a Harlequins shirt signed by him and the team.

We were put in charge of the marketing and advertising of the shop during the week of February 28th and enjoyed wrestling the mannequins into their Arsenal kits!

Bedford School students past and present have proved that their energy and focus can bring good results in the

business world – for everyone!

Old Boys

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Overall, we raised more than £350 and nominated “Riding for the Disabled” to receive a share of the profits alongside Sports Traider.

Our performance was such that we were ultimately named winners of the 2011 Bedfordshire Young Enterprise Competition -- beating 20 schools in the process. As a group, we were very grateful for this experience and I am sure it has inspired us to consider following in the footsteps of many successful entrepreneurs.”

Oliver’s story…

“The lessons I learned at Bedford put me in good stead in so many ways – socially and, thanks to networking with so many of my Old Bedfordian connections, in creating and working in business.

I still keep in contact with a lot of my classmates, but recently it has astounded me how many of them keep cropping up – and perhaps the best example is my involvement at Silverstone Woodlands, now the official campsite at Silverstone. It’s quite an OB story in so many ways.

It began in late 2009 when the circuit approached the Wheeler family and asked if they would consider hosting an official campsite on their land, which is right next to the circuit.

They agreed, of course, and the two Wheeler brothers, Duncan and George, who are both OBs, sought to bring a fresh and creative angle to the task. Essentially, they wanted to offer a quality experience at a fair price.

This worked and in 2010 they hosted more than 20,000 campers across six events. They broadcast World Cup football on giant screens to add an extra entertainment factor to well-sourced food supplies. But the biggest job was the installation of proper bathroom facilities with running water and hot showers – making sure the campers had a quality experience.

After helping out for the first year, I became fully involved in 2011 as Production Manager, overseeing various aspect of the campsite from design and construction of the on-site pub (named The Petrol Head!) to the production of the website.

And, if success is best measured by repeat business, I am happy to report that we had sold out the enlarged capacity of 11,500 – previously 8,000 – by March, four months before the Grand Prix weekend in July.

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We had more help, too, from other Old Bedfordian connections, having enlisted Ben Williams, running his bespoke Champagne business Champagne Charlie, to run the bars. During the Grand Prix weekend, Ben had two bars running – and in all saw more than 19,000 pints consumed with a smile, not to mention the champagne sales!

When we needed a salesman to represent the growing business, it was, of course, another OB who came in to take the role -- Carl Blundell. He led the marketing of our ‘glamping’ (glamorous camping) brand, known as Comfy Camping.

Old Bedfordians were also involved in other ways – like Adam Emms, who sang live on stage as part of ‘Alfie and Sammi’, Steven Middleditch who created, filmed and edited a promotional video and Richard Stidolph, who helped with complex database scripting. All were good team players as you would expect – and hard workers in the OB tradition.

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A short video which was shot during the opening of the Dining Halls. Rather than having food we had all tried before, the Head Chef had decided to put out a spread of things none of us had ever tried! Chinese style Chicken feet and Duck tongues were some of the more unusual items, as well as a selection of Dim Sum, and flavoured pasta’s. There was even a chocolate pasta which was yummy!

Media Team

On Tuesday 21st June, the school had it’s annual Sport’s Day, where the majority of the boys in years 5-8 participate in a number of athletic events. This year I was in two events: the Shot Put where I came 5th by a centimetre (which I thought was quite impressive seeing as I’d never done a field event before) and the 200m C race, where I came a close 2nd, which is an improvement from last year when I was in the same event and came 3rd.

I like Sports Day for an number of reasons: a) it’s a chance to miss a morning of lessons, b) the weather (which was mixed this year), c) it’s a chance to try new things, d) it’s a chance to do better each year (which was the case with me this time) and e) just knowing that everyone else is enjoying themselves too.This year Howard won the competition, with my house, Bunyan coming 2nd by about 60 points.

Logan Jones

8.20am: We boarded the train at Bedford station and travelled first class to Sheffield. The seats were pretty comfy but Mr Phillips said his free cup of coffee didn’t taste very nice.

10.30am: Arrived at Ponds Forge and warmed up in the impressive 50m pool. Enjoyed watching divers going off the 10m board with instant video replay.

12 noon: Spen and I represented our team in the parade, but Spen wasn’t looking where he was going and walked into the girl carrying the Division 10 banner!

1.30pm: Our first race-the heats of the medley relay. We did quite well with a time of 1:07.55 and were seeded 2nd in the final beside Dragon School who got 1:06.99.

2.30pm: The medley final - we were quite nervous, but just nicked it from Dulwich and we won.3.00pm: Our freestyle heats, which didn’t go quite as well, but we were seeded 5th with a time of 1:00.78, missing out on 4th by 0.06.

3.30pm: The freestyle final and we stepped up our game, leapfrogging two teams to come 3rd. This put us joint best school with Dragon, each with one 1st and one 3rd place. We were joint National Primary Champions.

4.30pm: We were presented with all our trophies but Mr Phillips let Dragon school take the Champions Trophy for the first six months because he had worked out that nobody would see it for two months over the summer holidays.

6.15pm: After a trip to Burger King we boarded the train for Bedford. Mrs Travis was not very impressed by the number of Chewits I ate, but it’s not every day you become a National Champion, is it?

8.20pm: Arrived in Bedford, tired but happy - greeted by some very proud parents who were keen to take photos of all our trophies.

Finally, a very big thank you to Mrs Travis and Mr Phillips who have given up lots of time to take us to swimming competitions this year

Oliver Winder

Dining Halls Opening and Ducks Tongues!

Sports Day!

National Swimming Champions

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On the 17th November 2010 the travelling historian Kevin Hicks descended on the EMH once again to talk to the year 8’s about Victorian crime and punishment. At first Kevin tried to explain about the background of the Victorians and what life was like being a Victorian. He explained about children’s lives in that era, policing, punishments and medicine, he even tried to amputate my arm!!! Eventually he got to the most gruesome part of the talk Jack the Ripper, he went into detail about the horrific murders and conspiracy theories about who Jack the Ripper really was? All this deep factual Knowledge combined with Kevin’s wicked sense of humour, made once again a fantastic entertaining talk.

Alex Stammers

On Saturday 2nd April 2011 we arrived at school at 4:30am with our bags ready to go. We were all very tired but at the same time excited and had to be at Dover at 8:30. When we got to Dover we checked in and got on the ferry. The ferry was very large and there were cafes and shops. We left England at 9:40 and arrived at Calais at 12:10. From Calais it took us around 8 and half hours to get to our hotel, however, we did stop at services on the way and got though about 4 movies. So we finally arrived at Hotel Bergschloesschen and went to our bedrooms to sort our clothes out and then had our evening meal. All in all this was quite an adventurous day.

On Sunday after breakfast we went on a boat trip down the river Rhine. The boat trip was great with all the castles on the hills. Fantastic scenery! We also saw some lovely German towns with big churches in the middle of the towns which also had multi-coloured houses. Then we went to Rudesheim which is an interesting old town, with narrow streets which have loads of gift shops full of German souvenirs. Later we went on the chairlift up to the Niederwald monument, designed to symbolize the re-establishment of the German Empire and Germany’s unity. This was very impressive. The monument was quite similar to the statue of liberty and I got 4 post cards at the gift shop there. After that we went back to Rudesheim and went to the Siegfried’s Musikkabinett which is a music museum with old fashion German instruments.Then we went back to the hotel to have our evening meal followed by an evening of bowling in Koblenz. Another fun and interesting day full of great experiences.

We had breakfast at 7:30 the next morning and made our packed lunch. Then we went to our language course. The teacher taught us some German and gave us books to keep if we decide to do German. After that we went to Bonn where we went shopping. We visited the cathedral and went to Beethoven’s house which was very interesting. We first had a talk and then we had a guided tour. We learnt that Beethoven was not rich in his young years and when he got older he became deaf but still wrote music. After that at about 19.30 we had our evening meal at the hotel and had a quiz evening.

After our language lesson the next morning, we went to a theme park in Klotten. There was one big ride and some other good ones. Also there were also some very big bears which you could feed! I thought the theme park was great and I would go there again.

On Wednesday we got up 7:00 and started the journey home! We got though a lot of movies and slept then finally got home at about 9:00!

I think this was a great trip that let me know a lot more about German life and culture.

George Andrews

Friday 18th of March saw the arrival of the long awaited Red Nose Day 2011. Morning break saw the mega cake sale and 4k’s Easter egg raffle, and finally to conclude the morning’s entertainment was the “Big Bounce”, this included space hoppers, tennis balls, footballs and even several bouncy feet!

Lunch break was extended to allow all the activities to take place. The variety of activities was amazing from apple bobbing to a make shift fruit machine, and from noughts and crosses to the pogo stick challenge. It was a great day and we look forward to finding out the total and knowing that our money has gone to help someone less fortunate than ourselves.

Alex Stammers

Victorian Talk

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Swimming

The Under 11 swimming team of Oliver Winder, Spencer Willis, Ben Ashton-Rigby and Evan Case, from Bedford Prep School enjoyed a very successful Summer Term 2011.

It all began in Watford when some great swimming saw the team crowned ESSA Division 10 team champions in both the Medley and Freestyle Relays. This qualified them for the National Team Championships for Primary Schools to be held in Sheffield in June.

They followed this up on by winning the U11 IAPS Boys Swimming Championships at K2 in Crawley through victories in the two relays and Gold for Oliver in the 50m breaststroke and bronze for Ben in the 50m backstroke.

In June the team travel to Ponds forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield to take part in the 17th Annual ESSA Team Championships. 24 teams took part in each relay competition and the team swam brilliantly to claim Gold in the Medley Relay and Bronze in the Freestyle Relay. When the results were combined Bedford Prep were crowned joint Champions for 2011.

Athletics

The U14 4 X 100m relay squad of Oliver McCormack, Jake Carter, Tunde Adewale and Arun Kalyan became National Prep Schools’ Champions at the Alexandra Stadium in Birmingham.

The team had to run an extra round after a mix-up by the officials meant that their heat

was re-run. Through the day they got stronger and stronger and they produced a time of 50.07 seconds, just 0.07 secs outside the record to win the final convincingly.

Golf

Bedford School cleaned up at the prestigious IAPS Stowe Putter Golf Tournament on Thursday 25th August. In a superlative display of golfing prowess, the school came away overall team champions with Adam Winter, Daniel Idowu and captain Joshua Taylor winning the group prize. Adam Winter also won the 13s title carding an impressive 48 points whilst Joshua Taylor scooped the overall trophy, shooting sub par golf on the tight and testing Buckinghamshire course.

by Shawn Phillips

NATIONAL TITLESA Year of

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Despite some of the worst weather ever experienced in the School rugby season, enthusiasm and commitment for the sport never waned and it was marvellous to see a total of twenty one teams represent the Prep School during the Autumn term.

It was a term not without challenges for some of the teams and while a few age groups struggled for victories their development was encouraging and there is no doubt that their hard work will be rewarded with greater success in the future.

Pride of place for 2010 goes to the 1st XV who recorded the rare feat of being unbeaten over ten games and in doing so repeated the performance of the 2005 side. The victories were achieved in convincing style scoring 446 points with only a misely ten points being conceded. In the process victories were achieved over old rivals, Warwick (34-0), The Dragon (61-0) and Caldicott (55-0).

Their brand of rugby was based on the power

of a large and athletic pack combined with some real speed out wide. Tries came from all areas of the field with many expressions of admiration being heard on the touchline. Six boys had trials for the Prep Barbarians with two, Jake Carter and George Cave, ending up representing the team on their tour of France.

The squad also enjoyed a highly successful tour of Northern Ireland with victories of the Royal School Armagh and old friends Portora Royal School.

Sevens

The season kicked off with both U12 and U13 squads travelling to Warwick School for their annual tournament. The U12s played hard and qualified for the quarter finals only to be eliminated. The U13s played within themselves but managed to remain undefeated, bringing back the trophy following a final victory over Portsmouth Grammar.

A combined squad, all weighing below 63kg

entered the Millfield Tournament and ended up 3rd in their group. This meant playing in the Plate competition where they advanced to the semi-final, only to lose to The Downs.

The National Prep School’s Tournament was played on 28th and 29th March. A reasonably comfortable group win saw us face Cathedral School, Llandaff in the group winners knockout. This was incredibly tight and two second half scores and some stout defending resulted in a 10-5 win. The second day quarter final against St.John’s on the Hill was won 17-5 and this was followed by a 31-12 win over Downsend. The sevens played in these two games was of the highest standard. The Final was against Bromsgrove and, despite competing well and putting them under some pressure, they proved too strong for us and the 2011 team were just not able to emulate the performance of the 2006 squad who won the tournament. A very creditable two days’ work by a team we should, rightfully, be proud of.

By Shawn PhilipsRUGBY

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Hockey, this year, has been enjoyed by some 200 boys, all of whom have put a lot of hard work and effort into what is a technically difficult game. It is pleasing to see a hunger and enjoyment to play hockey. This, with added technical and tactical advice, shows that there is real potential in the Prep School.

The 1st XI was made up of mainly Y8 boys with the exception of two Y7 boys in Robert Seamark (goalkeeper) and Ed Johnson. The team enjoyed a successful season, winning the Bedfordshire County Tournament, thus progressing to the East Regional Rounds where they finished third in their section. They also finished runners-up in a 20 team tournament in Canterbury. As individuals, and as a group, there is much promise for this team and there is excitement to see how good they could

become by 1st X1 age group in the Upper School.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams all had good seasons, beating some very strong opposition throughout the term and, furthermore, playing some entertaining hockey along the way. Special mention must go to the 3rd X1 who had remained unbeaten right up until the final game, so well done to all the boys and Mr Strickson for this superb effort.

It has been a tough year for the Under 11s who have struggled at times. Even though in the results column losses have been more prominent than wins, all teams have been trying to play good, flowing hockey. With a bit of fine tuning there is scope for good progress next year. The U11 A team did progress to the

East Regional Tournament aided by some Year 5 pupils. The team was by no means disgraced and it was good exposure to tournament play for all who took part.

The Under 10 age group have shown signs of real potential. When they are disciplined and keep their structure and width they look very good. This is sometimes difficult to keep mainly because of their age and their enthusiasm to be on the ball. Some good performances and results bode well for next year.

With the amount of boys playing and, more importantly, enjoying hockey, paired with the ability they have, there is real scope for hockey to be on the rise again at Bedford School.

By Alyn Meredith HOCKEY

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The cricket season was busier than normal as the School tried to fit as much training and fixtures as possible in to a very short term. The passion for cricket was once again very evident through BPS and you needed to look no further than the field and nets at lunch times to see the evidence of the boys’ enthusiasm. As a result 19 teams were fielded this year to play fixtures including U13 Options C against Maidwell Hall and an U8 side against Swanbourne House.

The quality of the cricket on show was impressive as the boys continued to develop their personal skills while adapting to a seemingly ever changing and more aggressive form of cricket as seen in the professional game.

There were some excellent results across the board with the 1st XI recording eleven wins, a tie and one loss. The 2nd XI celebrated an undefeated season as they won all seven of their fixtures, while the U10 A team recorded some splendid victories, winning all but one game and in doing so showing excellent maturity as they chased down large totals on more than one occasion led by their captain Tom Blythman.

The U11 sides continued to work hard and their improved technique meant that they also enjoyed some success this year. The U9 teams have shown a lot of promise as they apply their skills in match situations and learn to value the importance of keeping their wicket.

The highlight of the season has to be the triple victories over Northamptonshire CCC with wins at U10, U12 and U13 age groups. It was also great to see a total of eighteen boys representing either Northamptonshire CCC or Bedfordshire CCC at various ages throughout the summer.

Special mention must go to Charlie Clarke and Ben Slawinski as the move on to the Upper School after two superb years of service to the 1stXI, leading by example and displaying genuine talent. Next year’s 1st XI squad have a good deal to look forward to as they start there preparations or the 2012 South Africa Tour.

Simon Lincoln reflects upon another great year for Prep School Cricket

CRICKET

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The National IAPS Badminton competition took place at St Pauls School in London. It was a doubles competition and BPS entered two pairs of George Allen/Emilio Llanaj and Ben Slawinski/Andrew Zhu. The competition was played to a very high standard so both pairs did well to reach the quarter finals. Unfortunately the pairs were drawn against each other and it was George and Emilio who progressed to the semi finals. Here they played an unbeaten team from Ardingly College but won convincingly with some excellent play and sound tactical awareness. This put them into the final against a very strong pair from St Bede’s School who in the end beat George and Emilio 21-12. They were the first paring to get into double figures against them so it was a great effort. The boys all had a fantastic day and were a credit to the School.

BPS entered five teams of four players into the Y7 and Y8 Centre Parcs Badminton competition. They played other local schools at the Bunyan Centre over four weeks. They did very well with the A teams coming first and the B teams coming second in both years. This qualified the Y8 A and B teams for the county finals at Cranfield University. In a very competitive field both teams played some excellent badminton and the B Team qualified for the Finals where they lost in a very close encounter.

BadmintonA Report by Simon Lincoln

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The Campaign will come to an official close in 2012 and we are on track to raise just over one Million pounds. I would just like to remind you of our original goals;

• Refurbishing the Pavilion• Creating a state of the art Fitness Centre• Updating the Boat Club equipment• Developing the Golf Masterclass Programme• Enhancing our Sports Scholarship programme As we wrap up the Campaign for Sport I would like to thank not just the Campaign Committee, but everybody who has donated, large and small (as in all teams all contributions count!) be it to the upgrade of facilities or to Sports Scholarships or the Golf Masterclass programme. I am very proud of Bedford School’s Sporting traditions and if we are to continue to perform at the highest competitive standards then we must continue to invest in our sportsmen, their facilities, equipment and coaching. I look forward to catching up in 2012, our Olympic Year, and

hope that there will be an opportunity to thank you in person.

Ian Peck (65-76), Chairman, Campaign For Sport

Fitness Centre – Open for Business and Pumping!

On Saturday 22nd January Old Bedfordians, Friends of Bedford School, staff and boys gathered for the official opening of the

Lindsay-White Fitness Centre. This impressive new facility in the Recreation Centre is already receiving a lot of use from boys as they train for a particular sport, recover after an injury or are just keen to maximise the use of their free time and stay fit.

We were thrilled that Andrew Gomarsall MBE, Old Bedfordian (88-93) came back to the School to open the Fitness Centre. During his England rugby career he was capped 35 times and represented England in three World Cups, the highlight being in the winning squad in 2003. Andrew stressed how important his time at Bedford was in many different ways. The passion for sport and quality of coaching laid the foundations for the rest of his professional rugby career. Boys from the Prep School were very pleased that Andrew returning to the School also found time to join in a rugby training session and to give them some useful tips for improving their performance.

The Head Master thanked the project team and all those who had donated to the Bedford

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School Foundation and Trust through the Campaign for Sport. Without their generosity, this important development would not have been possible. In particular, he highlighted the significant legacy gift to the School by the late Gordon Lindsay-White. He was delighted that Alison and Paula, and other members of the Lindsay-White family could join the School on this special occasion. Gordon-Lindsay White remained fit and healthy throughout his life, and was a keen advocate of daily exercise. As a result the naming of the Lindsay-White Fitness Centre in his memory is a very appropriate way to mark his life and the exceptionally generous legacy gift to the School. It will certainly benefit many future generations.

Tennis on the up!

Barry (50-57) and Susan Papé visited the School on Thursday 8th July to take part in the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the upgrade of the Phillpotts Tennis Courts. They were escorted by Steve Pocock, the Estates Bursar. On site they enjoyed meeting several different members of the Project Team.

We are pleased to report that the work was completed in September and this facility will make an enormous impact on tennis across boys of all ages. The School is very grateful to Barry and Susan Papé for so generously supporting this project. With such fantastic facilities complimented by an unusually warm September the boys have enjoyed an extended tennis season.

Golf Day drives fundraising efforts!

We were again very fortunate with the weather on Saturday 21st May for the second Bedford School Annual Foundation Golf Day. Fifty six golfers, organised into fourteen teams battled it out in the sunshine around the Bedfordshire Golf Club at Stagsden. It was again lovely to see this event being so well supported by Old Bedfordians, parents, Friends of the School, boys and staff. Across the field there was a total mix in abilities and ages. Everybody just seemed happy to be taking part, having fun and raising funds for the School’s Golf Masterclass programme which is a key focus within the Campaign for Sport. This initiative, now in its third year, in partnership with Woburn Golf Club continues to go from strength to strength, and we are thrilled to see the way in which boys are developing, and the positive impact that they are making at all levels of golfing competition.

On the day, the “Chantry Triers” were triumphant. They were made up of: Anthony Ormerod (47-57), Julian Ormerod (75-85), Tom Langley- Poole (96-06) and Simon

Frame. Well done to this team for a great day’s golf and commiserations to those who had a more challenging eighteen holes – there is always next year! It would also be amiss not to mention one of the staff teams, “Goodbye Mr Chips” made up of Simon James, Sam Roberts (85-96), Henry Taylor and Mike Mallalieu, who set a new standard in the Best Dressed category. Once again, Bedfordshire Golf Club looked after us very well and overall we raised £3,093.90. A particular thank you must go to Chris Johnson (66-75), the Foundation Chairman and Paragon for not only being the driving force behind this event, but also for supporting the day in so many ways.

We are pleased to report that we have already had three teams signed up for 2012! This event remains open to all and we hope that old and new friends will join us again on16th June 2012 for this informal and fun day of golf. Please contact the Foundation to register.

Pavilion Refurbishment Work on schedule

The School Pavilion has evolved several times from the original Cattle Shed structure adopted as a changing room in the latter part of the 19th Century. The work which commenced in the Summer will create an extension on the southern façade and fully refurbish all of the internal areas.

mk40 architects have designed a new 40sq m extension at the southern end of the building, creating a new entrance and circulation space. The design and location of the building fulfils several aspects of the brief. It creates a new entrance and focal point for boys and spectators approaching along the car park to the south, equally it enables the internal rationalisation of the space, and finally it creates a new display gallery for the School’s sporting memorabilia.

The design of the new extension is intended to be a respectful addition to the existing building. It borrows its form, style and materiality from the existing building and as such remains a subservient and complimentary addition. The curve relates to the wing terraces added in 1936, whilst the scale and massing ties in with the proportions of the original building. The extension has been designed to sit symmetrically on the southern façade when approached along the car park, but it is set far enough back so that when viewed from the front will not interrupt the existing symmetry of the wing terraces. For the spectator, the raked seating is being re-furbished, re-covered and new benches installed.

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The new extension and stair location has enabled the internal spaces to be re-configured with great benefits. Not only creating a new gallery and viewing point, the stair’s new location has enabled all the public spaces on the first floor to look out over the sports field. At the northern end the Long Room will be extended and a new high level bulkhead will display the Cricket Honours Boards. A new room to house the Rugby Honour Boards has been included, also with views out onto the sports field. A new bar area and plenty of viewing spaces, both inside and out, will make the refurbished pavilion a great place to enjoy sport, and to celebrate the School’s sporting success.

On Saturday 2nd July at the “At Home” many Old Bedfordians enjoyed hearing more about the project in person from the Project Manager, James Coley of Ainsley Partners and Stuart Devonshire from mk40 Architects. The date for the official opening of the Pavilion in the Summer of 2012 will be announced early in the New Year.

Named Benches and Paving Stones Thank you to all of those who have taken part in this part of the project. We know that these features will provide a significant addition to the project.

Sports Scholarships – Thanks to Pauline Fletcher

September 2011 saw the thirty year anniversary since the Main School Building formally reopened after the notorious fire of 1979. Not surprisingly many boys still look back on this single event as one of the most memorable events of their entire School career,

if not their lives! OBs that experienced the fire are also always very proud of the way in which the disruption was kept to a minimum and lessons continued unaffected in no time at all. Without doubt there was a great sense of unity and camaraderie as the School pulled together in difficult times.

To mark this anniversary Pauline Fletcher kindly agree to donate to the Foundation a framed set of four tiles with the intention of raising funds for the Murray Fletcher Sports Scholarship which is part of the Campaign for Sport. The tiles were salvaged by Pauline and Murray from his classroom (B16) two days after the fire. Both Murray and Pauline obviously made a huge impact on many boys over their time at the School, particularly in Redburn. By the time you read this the auction will have closed, but we are confident

that we will have raised an impressive amount.

Prominent OB Oarsman Returns to the School before Bedford Regatta

On 12th May, James Crowden (41-46) accompanied by Richard Barnwell (72-77), the current High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, returned to Bedford School. The visit included lunch with the Head Master and a tour of Pemberly House before a trip to the Boat House. At the River they met several Masters and current squad members as well as seeing our newest boat, ‘The James Crowden’ being put through its paces. Preparation was well underway for the prestigious Annual Regatta on the following Saturday. Ian Codrington (45-56), Chairman of the Bedford Regatta and Hugh Maltby (73-83), Secretary of the Bedford Regatta were delighted to have the opportunity to catch up with James in particular. Before leaving, James wished the School the very best for the Regatta and the rest of the term. The School was particularly thrilled to welcome James and Richard back in the 150th Anniversary Year of the School Boat Club. Dr Will Suthers (MIC Rowing). James and the Head Master

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Who said teachers aren

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was no icecream left at Sports Day

Teachers consider new discipline techniques

Come on, make my day

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Local schools attack during the riots

Shouts of “Stay off the Inky Pitch” weren’t heard

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Staff investigate ways to beat rising fuel cost

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New discipline techniques prove more fun than educational

Mr. Clarke shows off his Eagle House leaving present

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The editorial and design team (Chris Godwin, Ruth Mann, Penny Oakley and Oliver Whiteley) would like to thank all staff, pupils and parents for their contributions to this year’s Whinchat.

Special thanks go to our Media Team, who have worked extremely hard throughout the year collating information not only for the Whinchat but also for the School Website.

The Whinchat is published annually. The views expressed by contributors to this magazine are not necessarily those of the School. While we have made every effort to include all text of articles submitted to the Editorial Team, we cannot guarantee that articles have been reproduced in their entirety. We also reserve the right to edit and amend where necessary.

Cover: All the names of the boys in the Prep School with their House colour for the year 2010/11.

Whinchat 2010/11 - The Magazine of Bedford Preparatory School

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