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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Team Spirit
At the end of term, Simon Roche and Gavin Turner took the Segar’s
Lower Sixth to Winspit Quarry in Dorset for their Prefect training.
Showing great spirit and camaraderie, the boys spent a weekend
cooking on a fire, sleeping under the stars, rock climbing and
playing cricket, and are now well prepared to work as a group
to lead the House this year.
PEOPLE
We are delighted to welcome a number of
new teachers to St Edward’s this term. David
Roche, who has a BEng from Imperial College
and is completing his PhD in Medical Materials
at Cambridge, joins us to teach Science. He is a
qualified sailing instructor and rows in his College’s
1st VIII. Lauren Mackrell joins us to teach Drama
from Alton Convent School where she also co-
ordinated the extra-curricular programme for the
Lower School. Huw Thomas, a rugby Blue and
cricket coach, joins us to teach History. Huw has a
Law degree and is completing his MEd at Wolfson
College, Cambridge. Tom Phillips and Oliver Glass
join us to teach Maths. Tom, a rugby player and a
qualified Mountain Leader, previously served as an
Officer in the Army’s Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Oliver joins us from Manchester Grammar where
he was also a rugby coach. Robert Cottrell, a
former House Tutor at Sutton Valence, will join
us in January 2016 to teach Spanish, and to coach
rugby, hockey and tennis.
Congratulations to the following on new
internal appointments: Margaret Lloyd becomes
Assistant Head Academic; Ollie Barstow, Head
of Design; Dom Barker, Head of Maths; Andrew
Grounds, Head of Middle School (Fourths and
Fifths); and Andrew Dalgleish, Master i/c Rugby.
John Simpson takes up the post of Examinations
Officer in September 2016 and will work alongside
David Moore until July.
Goodbye and good luck to Mary Bradley who
left at the end of last term to move to Spain.
Finally, congratulations to Florence and Jeremy
Mather on the birth of Maximus Jeremy William,
a brother for Freddie, on 23rd April.
StirringWords
“I would like to thank the 1st VIII (and above all
Jonny Singfield) for teaching me the greatest
lesson of all time: the importance of unity,
teamwork and dedication. Learning how to push
beyond barriers, beyond your personal comfort
zone, and aspiring to the seemingly impossible
has become my most valuable skill and I owe
this entirely to Teddies. In hindsight, the greatest
feeling I have had thus far is losing in the Henley
Final last year. It may sound perverse, but knowing
that every single member of the crew had given
more than they thought possible in the name of
Teddies is a memory I will cherish forever.” Oscar
von Hannover (
Berlin Brandenburg International
),
Head of School 2014/15, Gaudy speech.
Harrison
Ward
Harrison (
John Mason
)
shattered a 17-year record
this summer when he
became the youngest player
to score a century for
Oxfordshire. He made
109 not out on his
debut against
Herefordshire
in July.
GCSE
Drama
Pupils in dress
rehearsal for their
GCSE Drama
Practical Exam.
Simon Hipwell