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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
John Wiggins cheerfully shows off his official Guinness World
Record certificate for being the youngest rower ever to win the
Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
Advice from OSE
Hearing from OSE when they visited in the summer was
an incredibly useful exercise. Listening to their experiences
after School made all the Sixth Form guests aware how
many different pathways are possible. Having left St
Edward’s about five years ago, the speakers covered such
vital topics as the challenge of arriving at university, what
the workload is like, whether to take a year out and how
to actually find a job. The most valuable advice I took away
from the evening was to be persistent in job searching,
to never be afraid to hassle, and to take advantage of all
opportunities that come your way no matter how daunting
they seem. Over dinner, I sat next to a man who had been
at Durham, which is where I want to study. He was bubbly,
charming and very helpful in answering all my questions
about the University, both academic and social.
Immy Higgins
(Dragon)
Like Immy, I was really surprised by the range of careers
(or otherwise!) pursued by OSE. I met a Marketing
Director at Saracens Rugby, a writer for various NGOs,
a persistent ‘gapper’ and an Exeter undergraduate – who
had previously spent time as a bus driver. I also met an
Arabic speaker which was very helpful for me as I’m
looking to read French and Arabic at university.
Alex Niang
(The London Oratory)
PEOPLE
This term we welcome a number of
new members of staff to the Common
Room: Matthew Fletcher as Head
of Chemistry; Monica Islam to teach
Chemistry; Michael Bunch to teach RS;
Nicholas Permain to teach Art; Annie
Blair to teach Maths; David Aldred OSE
to teach Drama; Anna Heeran to teach
German; Adriana Tsenina to teach
Politics; and David Bickerton to teach
Physics. Susan Holland will join us in
January to teach DT.
New internal appointments this
term are as follows: Milly Pumfrey
becomes Head of Shells; Fiona
Wickens, Head of Sixth Form; Jonathan
Muir, Assistant Head of Sixth Form;
Beth Steer, Head of Pupil Wellbeing;
Anna Fielding, Assistant IB Diploma
Coordinator; Dr Lucinda Gallagher, IB
Theory of Knowledge Coordinator;
John Simpson, Exams Officer; Andrew
Grounds, Master i/c Rugby; and
Richard Howitt, Master i/c Cricket.
New Assistant HMs this year are:
Rob Cottrell, Cowell’s; Huw Thomas,
Tilly’s; Simon Palferman, Segar’s;
Richard Howitt, Kendall; and Laura
Allen, Avenue. New Resident Tutors
are: Tom Holdsworth, Kendall; Nic
Bond, Apsley; Sam Lapage, Segar’s;
Ashley Somogyi, Mac’s and Annie
Blair, Corfe.
We say goodbye and good luck
to Matrons Baba Balfour Paul from
Cowell’s, Pascha Francisco from
Tilly’s, Kathy Bailey from Kendall and
Hannah Bloch from Corfe. Kathy
now works in the Health Centre and
Hannah continues to teach Speech
and Drama. We welcome new
Matrons Yasmin Dean in Tilly’s, Claire
Elliott in Corfe and Amy Rutherford
in Kendall.
In personal news, many
congratulations to Zoe and Michael
Jennings on the safe arrival of Thea
Hesperides (Hesper) on 31st May.
We say goodbye to three long-term members of the School’s administrative team:
Lorna Roche, Warden’s PA, Sheila Hazelden, Bursar’s PA and Moira Nye, Sub-
Warden’s PA; we welcome Claire Skelton, Gail Fletcher and Lisa Smyth respectively
to carry on the good work
Katie Greves
Rower Katie Greves joins the English Department
this term hot on the heels of a silver medal in Rio,
the first ever Olympic medal for a British women’s
eight. One of the longest serving members of the
GB rowing team, it was third-time lucky for Katie
in Rio after fifth place finishes in Beijing 2008 and
London 2012. Katie has spent most of her senior
career in the eight, winning medals at World and
European Championships. Alongside teaching
English, Katie will coach Shell rowing.
OSE Hamish Atkinson, Reuben Mynheer and Henry Bickers