The Chronicle, No. 668, September 2015

16 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

The Arts and Beyond: Another side of GaudyWeek By Alex Tester, Director of Music

This year, Gaudy wasn’t just about cultural events, the arts, and sport. When not performing or rehearsing, the Lower Sixth and Shells took part in a series of departmental lectures, seminars and workshops designed to allow a fresh and engaging look at a range of academic disciplines. Engineering was the focus for the Physics and Design Departments. The Lower Sixth designed and built their own rocket cars, fired across the Quad at blistering speed during the Gaudy Week demonstration to challenge the 1,000 mph target of the British Bloodhound Supersonic Car team. A member of the Bloodhound team launched the project by giving pupils an update on progress of this cutting edge, all-British engineering project, and also presented prizes to the winning teams. A pupil film-making project ran alongside the rocket car challenge to provide a different perspective on aspects of engineering. In the History Department, a visiting lecturer focused on the Battle of Waterloo on its 200th anniversary. The related discussion involved pupils exploring different accounts and considering the

issues of the time. Similarly, a two-day Religious Studies conference focused on the place of religion in 21st-century society with a series of debates and research presentations, and another conference considered the problems in the philosophy of art for artists and non-artists alike. In an Apprentice- style marketing challenge, pupils enjoyed the opportunity to create a marketing campaign for a male moisturiser. With the rousing tagline of ‘defend your skin’ the winning campaign named their product Army & Co, and demonstrated clear thinking around their marketing strategy. One Lower Sixth group took the opportunity to be away from the classroom and enjoyed walking along the Ridgeway, taking in the beautiful sights of the Oxfordshire countryside; another group looked into the history of art, visiting the Ashmolean Museum and the Oxford Union in a quest to analyse some remarkable Pre- Raphaelite paintings. In all, it was a week of new activities and fresh perspectives – a great way to end the term.

Academic Promotions Summer 2015 Promoted to Honorary Academic Scholarship

Promoted from Drama Exhibition to Honorary Drama Scholarship Emily Smart (Broomwood Hall) Eva Cottingham-Mayall (Cheam) Casper Sunley (Cheam) James Buxton (Wetherby Prep) Lu Wright (Broomwood Hall) Promoted to Honorary Drama Exhibition Louis Verschoyle (Lambrook) Selena Thompson (Sylvia Young) Tanaka Chitsenga (Dragon)

Promoted from Dance Exhibition to Honorary Dance Scholarship Lottie Burr (St Neot’s) Promoted to Honorary Dance Exhibition Poppy Kettlewell (Dragon) Saskia Chancellor (Queen’s Gate) Promoted to Honorary Art Exhibition Felix Ross (New College) Louis Leger (École Internationale Bilingue) Vera Gorlacheva (School 1264, Moscow)

Promoted to Honorary Music Exhibition James Buxton (Wetherby Prep) Promoted to Honorary Henry Emmott (St Hugh’s) Promoted from Sports Exhibition to Honorary Sports Scholarship Brume Otubu (British International, Lagos) Promoted to Honorary Sports Exhibition Will Monks (Moulsford Prep) Tom Powell (St Andrew’s, Pangbourne) Sports Scholarship Fergus Flory (Pilgrims’)

Daniel Gill (New College) Kyla Haslett-Hawkins (Dragon) Alice Isola (Sotogrande International, Spain) Sanders Lau (Kingston International, Hong Kong) Anish Mehta (Caldicott) William Wallis (St Neot’s) Sassy Hammersley (Dragon) Armela Lasku (Matthew Arnold) Danielle Lim (Windlesham House) Promoted from Music Exhibition to Honorary Music Scholarship Eva Cottingham-Mayall (Cheam)

Lotty Hope (Dragon) Reha Soni (Danes Hill) Valery Orlova (Wychwood) Promoted from Academic Exhibition to Honorary Academic Scholarship Alex Miller (Winchester House) Millie Tozer (Banda, Nairobi) Promoted to Honorary Academic Exhibition Benjy Bailey (Cheam) Rebeca Barden

(Windlesham House) Ilana Cope (Cherwell)