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Joint Editors: F M MacKenzie, S Hird Catteral Hall and Mill House Co-ordinator: S Musa

Cover: Catteral Hall children send off hundreds of balloons as Carol Vorderman declares the Partridge Building officially open (see pp 68-69)

Photograph: Andrew McMillan Keighley 0 1 535 680832

CHRONICLE 2003

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Words, Emotions, Faith, Heroes, Rivers of Blood (and Tears), and some Very Childish Behaviour . . .

Singing and Speaking was awaited, as ever. with tight lips and bated breath. However. soon each House had to open their mouths and project themselves loudly and clearly. as the night of the competition arrived ..

Morrison started the event with their act entitled "Words". Ali Christian sang a beautiful eloquent ballad by the poets of pop, Travis. Their House Speaking was 'Supercalifragelistic. . . ·

(bit of a mouthful), and Matt Bigland read a poem called 'Words' to excellently exhibit the power of language, and the theme.

Style was next up, characteristically disregarding gender stereotypes with their theme "Heroes". Ellese Barraclough's voice soared in 'Wind beneath my Wings', and Katherine Forgan read the 'Scott of the Antarctic' speech inspirationally. Lauren O'Toole's Queen Elizabeth speech strongly portrayed the toughness she required to succeed as a woman. The House Speech was Hercules, and the song was the Tarzan theme song. Poppy Redman and Diane Smith finished off with 'Oh What a Circus'.

Daniel Wong started Shute's evening of"Emotion" by running on stage and imploring the whole audience of 700+ people to clap their hands if they were 'Happy and They Knew It'. After a moment's pause he got the words right and. even though the two sides of the chorus came on singing at entirely different times. it did mean they were laughing. The whole House song wasn't as well performed. and it didn't look if it was going to be 'Happy Days' for Shute. Undaunted, Spike Hird and Kit Millar performed the opening speech from The Merchant ofVenice'. This difficult piece, depicting sadness. was well received by both audience and judges. The small group number was Tears in Heaven', the Clapton classic, led by The Two Dans' (Lawson and Winspear) as well as ian Canaway. Ollie Lancaster. Matthew Wright. Andrew Bruno and hidden talent Andy Dewar. Justin Fung accompanied on violin. A final audience-pleaser was their attempt at 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' in inimitable Monty Python style.

The stalwart men of Paley explored every way to find "Faith".The solo was by Toby Belshaw, who beseechingly sang 'Living on a Prayer'. The Group Speaking was a piece written by Peter Drake, which deserved points for originality. Peter was also hilarious alongside Charles Sykes in the Schoolmaster sketch. Another great performance by Paley.

Carr had the difficult task of following Paley to the stage -or, more precisely, Grace Deng d1d. She produced the most

memorable start to a performance by solo singing in her own language whilst the rest of Carr came onto the stage. Charnee Frith and Alice Boult also sang the classic 'Cry me a River' beautifully. The theme of"Rivers" was continued in very different context with the extremely controversial 'Rivers of Blood' speech, first spoken by Enoch Powel l in the 1970's.This was an outrage at the time, and was no less inflammatory this time around.

Nowell had to finish the night off, and, even though it was past their bedtime, did so with a piece called "The Innocence of Children". It got everyone giggling as they watched spoofs of childrens' television shows like Rainbow, and sang along to 'Poddington Peas'. The judges perhaps withheld some marks, feeling perhaps a little unsettled at how easily the House regressed to their childhood.

After an agonizingly long wait for the final results. Paley were announced as the overall winners. The Audience Prize was won by Shute, along with the Small Group singing. Katherine Forgan's speech won her the Solo Speech prize.

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M I C HAE L DAY'S M EMORI E S

.. . Yes there are many fantastic memories. Michael has only mentioned 30 productions, 80 with which he was involved during his 28 years at Giggleswick. Involved as initiator, motivator, Director, Producer, i/c props, or simply as a great supporter of all things theatrical. Quite simply he transformed the entire mindset about drama at Giggleswick, introducing hundreds of young people to the joy - and painl - of acting and coaxing from so many of them a qual ity of performance which they never dreamt they possessed. So often it was the totally unexpected ones who shone and who, because Michael had believed in them, discovered hidden depths of personality and talent, which not only led to fulfillment in their cultural lives, but also often gave them a confidence. hitherto dormant. which rubbed off in many other ways. Nor was it just his actors who experienced his passion for theatre. More often than not his Stage or Lighting Manager was a pupil, rather than a member of staff; and he gave them full authority to organise and make decisions within the parameters of the production in hand. What a learning experience for them! What a triumph it usually turned out to be! The considerable ach1evements of Gigg's drama for a quarter of a century have been inspired by Michael and he deserves all the plaudits heaped upon him.

Michael began at Catteral Hall and stimulated drama there in a remarkable way Working with his great friend, the late

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Bess Morris, he wrote words and music for three musical plays for young people of that age - Following Finkle, Tolly and Friends. Such a shame that none of these got into print, because they were such fun. Several of his early Catteral proteges were in Senior School by the time he moved up to be House Tutor in Nowell in the late 1970s and others followed him later. These then formed the

nucleus of talent for a string of productions, mentioned above in his 'Memories . . . '. He was like a breath of fresh air and formed part of a small group of staff who set about a radical modernisation of the Speaking and Singing Competitions (separate in those days). Michael made drama 'cool'. Pupils of all ages, sizes and abilities wanted to be in plays which he directed. An early example was Othello, not an easy play for inexperienced actors, but brilliantly realised.

Then followed a stunning production of Hamlet, which not only toured Denmark and Norway, but was actually performed in Elsinore Castle itself in front of the Danish Crown Prince.

A chance encounter with the late Sam Wanamaker at an ESU Lunch in London (Sam following up an article which Michael had written to The Independent about Shakespeare in schools) led to Sam coming to Giggleswick to deliver an inspirational lecture about the need to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe. Those who heard it wil l never forget it. This in turn led d irectly to our pupils organising the Young Friends of Shakespeare's Globe, a

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national organisation to raise money for the project; it led

also to the annual 'Shakespeare on the Platform'

competition for young people, the first of which was won by a Giggleswick pupil. Years later, in the late 1 990s, our

pupils performed the first play in English on the stage of

the emerging Globe Theatre- a play written by an O.G.

Michael directed many wonderful non-Shakespearean plays

as well. In his 'purple period' he was inspirational and

brilliant, although working with poor drama facilities in

school. The birth pangs and growing pains of his

productions became the stuff of legend and he was

renowned for having at least one 'mega-outburst' at the

cast in every one of them - this became a sort of trade

mark After he introduced Theatre Studies to the post- 1 6 and then to the GCSE curriculum. h e would be the first to

admit that he did not enJOY the restrictions of the syllabus,

but did welcome the weight being given to all the non­

acting aspects of theatre, which he had always held to be

A Day in Creation

In the beginning God created the Drama department.

And the Drama department was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the pupils.

And the Spirit of Stanislavski moved upon the face of the bewildered 6th form.

And God said, Let there be method acting: and there was method acting.

And God called the dry Specification Dull; and the gathering together of the moderators called he Stressful: and God saw that it was unnecessary.

And God said, Let the specification bring forth bullet points and handouts for the pupils to put in their files.

And God created great amounts of paper work. which the workroom brought forth abundantly, and were hidden in kitchen cupboards by other members of staff

And God said, Let us make e-mails in our image. after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the inboxes, and over the unsuspecting pupils who read them.

And God made two great techies - Oflland and Dubock; the greater Oflland to rule the day. and the lesser Dubock to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set the st�rs upon the stage to give melodrama upon the play,

And to rule over the Oflland and over the Dubock and to divide the techies from the actors: and God saw that it was contentious.

And God made the blue room.

And God called the blue room Heaven.

And the blue room brought forth cupboards with padlocks and God lost the key, and the contents were hidden: and God saw that it was Oflland who was hiding them.

And God said, Let there be no noise under the heavens

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just as vital as what the actors were doing. But paperwork, marking, box-ticking got him down; it just wasn't his thing. He will be remembered for altogether different reasons.

Michael will be sorely missed in the Staff Common Room, for his wit, his eccentricity. his creative flair, genuine concern for others, for his special humanity. All teachers would like to think that they have inspired young people to be 1nterested in their subject, maybe even go on to study it at university and make their career in some related field. In Michael Day's case there is absolutely no doubt about this. Many former pupils are pursuing careers today because he inspired them, often having left here to tread a very different path, yet coming back to the love of theatre, drama, production, or writing that he instilled. Others, in other walks of life, are richer in spirit because of him. And

they keep in touch with him - and he with them. What better legacy could any teacher leave than that?

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coming from the maths rooms, and let the performance appear: and it was so.

And God saw the lighting effects and that it was good: and God divided the lighting from the darkness with use of gels and gobos.

And God said, Let there be overacting in the midst of A Servant to Two Masters, and let it divide the good actors from the bad.

And God blessed the actors, saying, Be dramatic, and project, and fill the space with your voices, and let dance style movements multiply on the earth.

And God said, Let the dry ice machine bring forth the smokey effect so that the actors will be hidden: and it was so.

And God made the Health and Safety regulations after his kind, and Mr Lilley after their kind, who said that everything that is not securely fastened must be gaffer taped down.

And God said, let their be copious amounts of fabric that hath no particular purpose, and that it may be draped around the stage or clutter up the blue room.

And God said, Behold, I have given you butt clenching exercises, which every Year 9 shall be taught

And to every actor of the earth, and to every techie of the blue room, and to every cynical teacher of the staff room, wherein there is life. I have given drama.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

To MJJD, from the 'rest' of the drama department

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Review of the Year

The emphasis on Drama came as a big surprise for both

of us. Having only been at Gigg a week we were already on our way to our first drama trip in London. Gigg really doesn't believe in starting with the small things!

Our first weekend consisted of two plays: 'A Midsummer N ight's Dream' & 'A Woman in Black'. We were a group of 5 girls, 2 boys and 3 er . . . . high-spirited teachers who, as we

know, are never afraid to let their hair down! (MJJD, JEL & FMM).

This was probably our most memorable trip (in the U.K!)

There was The Metropolis, The Globe . . . The Shops! We

also took the opportunity to inform our new Canadian tourist that not every old building in London is Buckingham Palace!

There have been a huge number of drama trips that Mr.

Day has superbly organised . . . even if we did have to run from the minibus to EVERY theatre in the region and be subjected to his er . . . . hair-raising driving.

"Mr. Day, you're going to crash into!!! . . . . . . oh you did!"

From the golden oldies like Timothy West as King Lear to the more contemporary physical style of'Sieepers', this year has opened our eyes to a wide variety of performance styles.

On the topic of physical theatre, as an AS group we performed our devised part of the syllabus before Easter: Taking influences from productions seen, as well as the practitioner Artaud, we created a performance that could not have gone better . A group of 6 achieving seriously high marks, we worked so well as a group . . . minus the odd drama queen tantrum and hiccups - will we ever forget Dan trying to fit into that jumpsuit?!.

Drama this year has had such an impact on us and has exceeded all expectations. None of these amazing trips and post-show chats would have been possible without the help of our good friend and teacher. the one, the

only . . . . . . . Mr Mickey Dl! Thank you everyone and bring on next year!

Charlotte McCormick and Rosie Gray

A Servant to Two Masters: Cast Memories

The tremendous cramp that seized me while having to stand still in front of the audience at the start of the play -Will Anderson

The looks on the victims' faces when they understood the innuendo in the spotted dick joke -Simon Wigfield

Such a great cast and crew who worked together to achieve the ful l potential of the production - Dan Winspear

We all got to know one another really well. Whole-day Sunday rehearsals and days on the America tour when we used to sit around and just chat to each other: Trying to walk around in my hat and wide hips always raised a laugh as well. - Rosie Gray

Noth1ng will ever beat the experience of being asked to sign someone's chest in Ohio. - Ali Christian

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If you asked me today to describe the Giggleswick Drama and Music Tour to the States over Easter, I would squirm and pretend to go mysteriously deaf. For, quite simply, there was so much to take in. Day I is a blur from 6: I 5 am start at Giggleswick to bedtime at I 0:00 p.m. in Manhattan. But after that, things started to clear in my head, and I decided to keep a diary . . .

Day 2 Thursday:

station! After a quick breakfast, we drove around Washington DC amid war protestors and cherry blossom conventions and saw the White House, Capitol, Lincoln, Jefferson and Vietnam memorials, all of them white marble. Then over to a new hotel and a long wander around the

block's shops.

Day 4 Saturday: Charlottesville

The Big Apple

Up bright and early for a walkabout tour of Manhattan, first taking the Metro to the ferry to Staten Island, past the Statue of Liberty twice, then wandering the streets for a morning: Wall

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We drove the sunny road to Charlottesville, Virginia, and wandered about town. In the evening: BOWLING, involving fast food, flying balls, smashing skittles and some rather uncouth dancing, chief culprits

Street, Times Square, Ground Zero and other sights with our guide Andre and none other than Andrew Jervis OG (!), currently in Connecticut. Afternoon shopping around Times Square, and in the evening the Broadway show "Rent", a roaring success: we were still roaring hoarsely when we climbed drowsily onto a coach for the long overnight drive to Washington.

Day 3 Friday:WashingWhite Marble

We woke to see a massive white marble building, complete with Hellenistic columns, against which the coach was parked. White House? Capitol? - it was only a train

being the American Doofus and none other than M.J.J. Day Esquire! Spirits are soaring as we go to bed late.

Day S Sunday: Dancing With The Mountains . . .

A "stroll'' in the Blue Ridge Mountains: sun shining. birds warbling , but the "stroll" turned out to be something far more challenging. After losing the path in dense wood, we found our way back on course and reached a massive stone outcrop with a magnificent view down forested slopes and up into a cloudless sky The way down was certainly much easier. and we changed into tour kit and at 3: I 5 arrived at Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg. The Contemporary Dance group opened up the tour properly

with Spacewake and Robots. We met our homestays, and drove off into the sunset

Day 6 Monday: Music and Merchandise

A whole day atVES: bitter rain, morning lessons with our sixth-form hosts. a fantastic lunch, shopping in a local mall, and the musicians swiftly rehearse. The venue, a cruciform chapel, is less than ideal, jazz choir words elude the memory and some violin music mysteriously disappears, but we keep on the ball. Will Helliwell and Dan Lawson kick off with a jovial brass duet to a packed chapel, followed by a slower. more dignified violin-flute piece by Lewis Colau and justin Fung. The audience show their appreciation with warm applause. The jazz Choir come next, credits going to Mr Harvey the director/accompanist and Ali Christian. soloist, with the classic BGs single. How Deep Is Your Love. Then the jazz Band: some inspired solos from our resident improvisers merit a voluntary standing ovation.

Day 7 Tuesday: Play Day (Or Day's Play ... ) For a more interesting day we all (bar the techie trio of Elliot, Mike and Lewis) went to see some of the local sights: the Washington-Lee University, Lee chapel, R E Lee's tomb and then down the road to Virginia Mil itary Institute, Virginia's answer to the CCF.To add a bit of nature to the heritage, we also saw the Natural Bridge ofVirginia.Then a quick play rehearsal and a scrumptious tea. A Servant To Two Masters, an Italian farce, was old rope, but crew and cast pulled off a stonking performance which the audience loved (thank you, the gent on the front row who laughed at EVERYTHING!).

Day 8 Wednesday: In Transit

From VES we drive until 6:00 pm through flat. grey. drizzling tenrain, to Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. Ohio. After tea. we go to see the theatre, and what a theatre: a huge stage and auditorium, hundreds of lights, red carpets,

a radio link to the dressing rooms and soundproof control room. Then our lacrosse-playing hosts held a welcome party in an underground club, complete with live (deafeningly loud) heavy music. Then our homestays split us up and away we drove.

Day 9 Thursday: Contemporary Slacking

A wander around Hudson all morning until lunch: special mention here to Dan Winspear. who became lactose­intolerant having drunk three pints of chocolate milk followed by a couple of dairy mousses. In the evening, the dance group stole the show, with some impressive theatrical creativity. The music followed and was going brilliantly until a communication error had half the jazz Band playing the wrong thing; all right I admit it, we screwed up! Thanks to Mr H who covered up and saved the show.

Day I 0 Friday: Last Day In School

A quiet morning, afternoon rehearsals, then an evening performance.The Ohio audience loved the play almost as much as the Virginians had. After this final performance of the tour. another overnight coach trip to New York, a wet morning there, then overnight flight home. The trip had been a roaring success, so thanks to the staff who made the whole thing possible, and all those who made it such excellent rip-roaring fun.

Frankie Bruno

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Our musicians are amongst the busiest people in the school and once again I am grateful to the many pupils who have given so freely of their time to make this year's musical events both successful and enjoyable. After last year's busy calendar it was decided that we should do slightly fewer performances and put all our efforts into making those we did as professional as possible.

The first major showcase was the Inter-House Singing and Speaking competition which this year was won overall by Paley.

Kathryn Stott continued her series of Chapel concerts. being joined by the clarinettist Michael Collins, one of Europe's most distinguished instrumentalists and both gave an outstanding evening's music, featuring music by Debussy. Saint-Saens, Poulenc and Faure. Of all the concerts that Kathryn had organised this was perhaps the most memorable.

The year was notable too for the school's first major Rock Concert. Held in the Spring term this concert featured the cream of Giggleswick's singers and musicians, ably supported by Geth Griffith (Bass) Charles Ashby (Drums) and Chris Waddington (Guitar). We will not forget stunning performances by Poppy Redman, Diane Smith, Will Helliwell, Dan Lawson, Ed Walker. Michael Brigg, Spike Hird, Katie Porter. Ali Christian, Toby Belshaw, Ellese Barraclough, Mike Peek, Judith Briscall, Anna Wood, Ross Barrand. The Assembly Hall was full to the rafters with supporting pupils, staff and many parents who had travelled vast distances to see their young Britneys and Eltons in action.

The annual Prep Schools music day has. at last, changed format. We decided to offer a number of days when the different disciplines could come together to play, and this year the Concert Band day featured a huge number of pupils from local prep schools who gave a rousing

performance of band classics.

February's Young Musician of the Year attracted a record number of participants. The overall

winners from the day were Chris Thompson (Trombone)

and Lewis Colau (Flute).

Those with an interest in Jazz were treated to an evening

of top class Jazz entertainment in the spring term. A

packed house heard swinging classics from Hannah Ball (vocals) Gareth Maybury (Drums) Geth Griffith (Bass)

Gavin Robb (Sax) Steve Chadwick (Cornet) and Tim

Harvey (P1ano).

There have been some excellent performances from the

Chape l Choir; none more so than the Durufle Requiem in

November; on Speech Day; and their summer

performances of 4 anthems composed by members of the

Upper Sixth A Level Music group: Polly Ridley. Katie Porter;

Dan Lawson and Fiona Cowgill, all of which the choir

performed and recorded.

The Music Staff also gave a concert in chapel in the spring featuring music by Shostakovich, John Ireland, Mozart and JS Bach.

Much of the spring term was given to preparing for the

major tour to the USA. The Jazz Choir and Jazz Group

played hour-long sessions, supported by musical items from

Dan Lawson, Will Helliwell, Justin Fung and Lewis Colau.

Alongside our dramatic production and contemporary

dance group we took 34 students to schools in Virginia

and Ohio, and all performances were received

enthusiastically. it is great to know that Virginia Episcopal

School are already plann ing to return the favour by

bringing a touring group to Giggleswick next year.

The culm ination of the music year was the Eve of Speech Day Concert which, in my opinion, was the strongest in

living memory. Special note must be given to the

Orchestra and the Band, both groups undertaking demand ing reperto ires and exce l ling under their strong

direction.

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S P E EC H AN D DRAMA

Learning performance skills, public speaking and building confidence in reading are among the reasons pupils choose to study Speech and Drama. Many are keen to take examinations, and during the past I 2 months we have welcomed examiners from the London College of Music and Media (LCM) and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), when students have passed examinations in Acting, the Speaking ofVerse and Prose, Reading for Performance and Public Speaking. Max Deitermann, from Germany, taking his first Public Speaking examination, was delighted to pass Grade 8 with Merit. jenn ifer Holden, a former pupil who successfully obtained the Certificate of Merit in Reading for Performance, and Gold Medals in Public Speaking and the Speaking ofVerse and Prose during her time at Giggleswick, was awarded LAMDA's Advanced Communication Award and recently invited to London to take part in a day of competition and prize giving.

Besides their hard work towards examinations, students enjoy learning about mime and making up their own

poems and improvisations. At the end of the summer term the Year 9 students presented 'Commedia'

performances to an invited audience. All the

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students demonstrated their artistic talents by making masks to

depict their chosen characters, and had

gone to a great deal of effort to

provide costumes to further enhance their performances,

which were entertaining and

great fun to watch.

The following poem was a collaborative

effort between some Year 9 and I 0 students, inspired

by a piece of music:

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As most people went home for the Christmas holidays a group of us departed for a once in a lifetime trip to Russia.

Mr Banrand had tried to prepare us for the Russian way of life with his stories of the not-so-tasty food. the unwelcoming Russian people and the strictness of the police force. We were also advised to grow beards to cope with the bitter cold! But now we were about to discover for ourselves what life in Russia is really like.

We arrived at Moscow airport in a state of much excitement and anticipation. Our first glimpse of the city was at night so we had to wait until the morn ing to explore properly. There was a covering of snow, although we'd hoped for more, however we were optimistic that this might change! We were greeted by our guide Lena and taken to our hotel. The evening meal was pretty much what we'd expected, not quite boiled cabbage and potatoes. but pretty close.

Our tour of Moscow began in earnest the following day when, wrapped in thermals. hats, scarves and gloves we descended into Red Square. It was an amazing feeling to be standing in a place of such historic importance. Guarded by Russian soldiers, we went inside Lenin's Tomb and saw the embalmed man himself. We marvelled at the architecture of St Basil's Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ-the-Saviour. and in the evening saw a stunning performance ofThe Nutcracker Suite at the Bolshoi Ballet

The following day we headed for The Kremlin, and on the way Lena pointed out places of interest. They were either the biggest, the best or the first to be built in the world and it soon became apparent that Lena. l ike many other Russians, was extremely proud of her country and culture.

With breathtaking buildings in every direction, The Kremlin was an unbelievable place. In the afternoon we arrived at Arbat Street, home to artists and street performers. It

was an opportunity to buy Russian Dolls, shapkas (those big furry hats) and other souvenirs. We had fun bartering with the market traders (or getting Mr Mortimer to do so. as some of us were better than

others at this). By now we'd experienced the Russian underground and I have to say that

it was certainly an experience, with the dodgy drunk

Russians and the huge crowds of people I'm surprised we all survived it.

During our final day in Moscow we visited a school. The Russian children sang some traditional songs for us and we sang some Christmas Carols. They all seemed very excited and happy to see us and enjoyed showing us around their school. Afterwards the opportunity could not be missed to have lunch at the biggest McDonalds in the world (or so Lena said).

That evening we caught a 'sleeper' train to St Petersburg, although it was fair to say we didn't get much sleep that night. On arriving, we were happy to see that there was lots of snow. A tour of the city followed. with memorable visits to Peter the Great's Log Cabin and Cruiser Aurora. We also visited many museums, 1ncluding the Hermitage. Leningrad History Museum and the Political History Museum. Among one of the most impressive places we visited was the Winter Palace. As we looked round some of its many rooms we were amazed by this spectacularly lavish and beautiful building, abundant with gold trimmings and objects.

Our last day in Russia had arrived, and I think it's fair to say that this had been a fantastic opportunity and we were all sad to be leaving th is amazing country. Fiona Cowgill

Russia was unlike any other place I have ever visited. with beautiful bui ldings and interesting weather. Kate Moseley

It was the best opportunity I've had at Gigg. It fed my imagination. Polly Ridley

Never go on a Russian sleeper train! But seriously it was a fantastic experience and I would definitely go back. Emma Goodall

A unique experience. fascinating culture and people. and good for snow! Chris Fall

A completely different atmosphere. Russia seemed to have "the Biggest everything in the world," as well as some of the weirdest tour guides. Great trip. Chris French

FREN C H EXC HAN G E

On Friday the 4th of April we left for Blois - just 24 hours late. due to a French air strike. Originally there were to be around IS of us, but just 5 of us and Miss Flynn set off. We arrived outside the school at about I am and were allocated to 'nos families'. The next day we all met up to see our first (of many) castles, Chambord. It had a double entwining staircase, which was impressive. Nutella crepes were next, (also the first of many') followed by a visit to a wine 'degustation'. We enjoyed trying to decide which ones to buy . . . for our parents(!) On Sunday we had a free day with our families and I was taken to Le chateau de Cheverny, which appears in the Tintin books! Then in the evening we all met up outside the cinema (Chris came on a motor bike looking very slick!) with our correspondents to see 'Bienvenue chez les Rozes' which I can only say was an 'unusual' film. On Monday we visited the Chateau d'Amboise and le Clos Luce (which was Leonardo De Vinci's home), then we played 'Truth or dare' and sunbathed. On Tuesday we had lessons with the French pupils. I had Physics, Chemistry (quite amusing, because I did not understand a thing!), French and English. Everybody was very friendly (Siobhan and Eden were always together), but we stood out as British due to our baggy trousers (Sophie's intrigued the French the most) and sunburn (we learnt why the English are known as 'Les roast beefs'!) For lunch we went to a pizzeria with some of the French pupils, which was really nice, followed by shopping in Blois. We spent an amusing time in a CD shop, comparing musical tastes. To our disbelief they all seemed to worship johnny Haliday. After that, we visited the Chateau of Blois, with an American tour guide, whose French amused our hosts. Then we played 'Baby Foot', (which Honor was amazing at) followed by tea and cakes at their English teacher's house. The following day, after 'controversial' map reading, we reached Futuroscope recommended avidly by Mr Meneses. It was OK, but the attractions were not as we expected so we retreated from the rain under another crepe stall, and lingered for a while. Merci beaucoup a Mr Meneses who organised the trip but was held up by visa problems (notre immigre i l legal. Je blague1) and to Miss Flynn, who has succeeded in mastering the French road system! We all had a very enjoyable week. Catherine Hunter

The French Experience . . . After ten hours of travelling, we were at last tn the magnificent county ofYorkshire. Giggleswick School stood surrounded by cows, sheep and beautiful countrystde. When we arnved our pen friends made us welcome by giving a nice meal, then a tour of the school that left us spellbound. Incredible modern installations, and multitudes of sporting activities were shown to us in the wonderful surroundings. We went to bed that night with a burning

impatience to discover more about this school. After a good night's sleep we discovered the delights of an English breakfast. Then to Windermere, the biggest lake in England: I 0.5 miles long and 200 feet deep. An unforgettable day filled with shopping and walks. The next day, after a couple of lessons. we went to the swimming pool and tennis courts to let off steam. In the evening we went to the D.C. for a dance where we all had to wear red and black clothes, as they were the school colours and the theme of the evening. The music was great and we all had a really good time.

On Sunday, while some of us were watching an incredible tennis tournament in which two of our French students, Anna and Eleanor, played; Alexandre was enjoying the waiting room in the local hospital. This was due to the particular way he found to celebrate victory: he jumped the tennis net, fel l down, broke his right thumb and hit his left elbow. People suggested that he looked for another way to be noticed. We went to Chapel in the evening, in which the choir sang beautifully. On Monday morning, we went to York with our English pen friends to visit the immense and splendid cathedral. After that, we were allowed to go shopping but, because of the incredible amount of

shops, we didn't manage to explore them all. In the evening, we all went to the Music School where we spent the evening playing. Another surprise was waiting for us on Tuesday: a visit to the impressive ruins of Fountains Abbey. In the afternoon we spent our last savings buying tea in the town centre of Harrogate. During our stay we discovered a lot firstly, and to us this is very important. all of the students and teachers of the school were very welcoming and nice with us. Secondly, even though its not what everyone expected, we had some excellent weather; and finally, this trip has helped us a lot to improve both our culture and our Engl ish. We would like to say "Un grand merci a tous'" Special thanks to Alejandro Meneses, Christine Mahuzier, and of course our pen friends. Thomas Salandre and Emma Brace

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S PAN I S H EXC HAN G E

During the Spring half-term, five students, (myself, james Rigby, Mathew Gower, Connor Sexton and Chris Fall) and Mr. Meneses visited a small town called Segovia, in Spain. We stayed with some of the fourteen Spanish students who are involved in the exchange. Throughout the week we attended classes with the students. They stay in the same classroom all day, and the teachers come to them. Also, sixth form is called the Bachillerato, with lower being pnmero, and upper being segundo. and they take 8 or 9 subjects, compared to the four AS choices we have at Giggleswick. Another main difference is that they can smoke, (which may encourage certain members of the school to move to Spain)1 Also. the students call the headmaster and all their teachers by their first name, no Sir or Miss!!

The Spanish people are really welcoming and helpful towards visitors, and they are very generous. We thought we would have to buy our own lunches, but every day the family made a huge packed lunch for us to take to school, or out on our excursions. Everyone was very friendly, and they all thought I was "brilliant" (which everyone tried to tell me was only because I'm so blonde).

We visited many tourist attractions in the County of Segovia, and the town itself. Unfortunately; Mr. Meneses. (in his infinite wisdom) put us on the bus that arrived at siesta time, and left when everything reopened. We visited a few small villages, which were very quaint and old fashioned. We also visited the castle, which most people would recognise as the fairytale palace of Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland. The castle's real name is El Alcazar. which means 'the fortress'. In this castle they hold the records of every military serviceman of Spain back to the Middle Ages. We also visited the castle of La Granja, in a small town called San ldelfonso, about an hour's bus ride from Segovia. That day it was literally freezing at -2°! The fact that the weather was so awful, with sleet and hail, meant that the castle didn't look as beautiful as it normally would, but it was still amazing. There is mile upon mile of landscaped gardens with huge bronze fountains and statues. The castle itself is filled with art and history going back to when it was built in the 1520s, as a request of the king of the time, Phillip II. Phillip loved Versailles and, as

soon as he saw it. wanted a castle like it. However, despite

La Granja's huge gardens and fountains, it is still

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All of us liked the people there, and would

love to revisit Segovia in the not too distant future! It was a great experience, and we all learned a great deal.

The Return Trip One week after we returned from Spain, the Spanish visited Gigg. They arrived on Saturday evening, and were shown around all of the Houses by their guides. They had already settled into the old routine by Sunday lunchtime. Like a traditional Giggleswick student they were walking slowly and aimlessly around the campus in the patchy sun that passes for glorious weather in our secluded little haven. The bliss soon wore off as they were thrown into lessons at a lightning pace on Monday morning and they sat looking as blank as we must have done in Spanish Philosophy. It must have been awful to begin the week with double maths! After their lessons, the students were treated to a tour of the school, and shuttled off to Skipton Castle for the rest of the day.

On Tuesday the students took a day out to go and visit the sights ofYork. Unfortunately, we were not permitted to join our guests on the trip, as we would miss so many lessons. Despite the lack of our delightful company; they enjoyed their day. After spending Wednesday morning getting lost in Kirkham Abbey, they were dreading the prospect of tlogg1ng themselves up some hill in the rain with the cross country team, so they were perfectly content to end up just swimming in the school pool.

On Thursday they had lessons followed by the lngleton Waterfall Walk. led by Miss Flynn. The walk was blessed with the only good weather of the week. so the students thoroughly enjoyed the fresh air and the views. By Friday the students were reluctant, but there was no avoiding their last six-lesson run of the week. Having survived th1s, the students were treated to an afternoon out to the Lake District to visit Windermere, where the weather was not very Spanish, to say the least! Connor had used his Welsh charm and the fact that he was in a rock band to woo the Spanish 'chicas' and now they wanted a show. So that evening everyone collected in the music school. and waited for the 'maestro' to arrive. The concert was very good, and was topped off with a 'Salsa' style performance from the girls and Mr. Meneses and everyone ended the week on a happy note!

Sam Hart

PRE P SCHOOL LANG UAGE S' DAY

A languages' day for Prep Schools was a new venture for the Languages' Department th1s year. and I am pleased that it was very successful. and well-received by the prep school students. Forty pupils came to Giggleswick from Belmont-Grosvenor. Bramcote Lorne and Terra Nova, to try different languages and have the opportunity to make an 1nformed choice about their language-options when they go to senior school. The pupils moved around a carousel of five languages in the morning, trying each one for twenty minutes, just enough to get a taste. German and Spanish were on offer as new languages which can be started in Year 9, and Russian can be studied at Giggleswick in Year I I . The other two languages, Zulu and Italian, were included mostly for fun, but also to give a fiavour of some completely different languages. All the pupils really enjoyed themselves, and were still practising their Zulu clicks, Russian vowels and Spanish greetings in the lunch queue!

U P POMP E I I !!

A week before the Giggleswick Geography and Classics trip to Naples was set to depart, a report from an obscure Italian scientific journal hit the headlines: Vesuvius was 'about to blow' - and not just any old lava-spill. but a 'super-eruption', no less. Undaunted, we set off and were greeted, not with a pyroclastic fiow, but with snow. For the first time in living memory, Vesuvius resembled an Alpine peak. The strange sight of the snow-capped volcano, surrounded by orange and lemon groves, was a dominant presence during our stay. First stop was Naples, to call at the Archaeological museum, where much of the finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum are housed. This was our first taste of'old Pompeii', and of the cu ltural heritage preserved by the eruption of A.D. 79: a giant mosaic of Alexander the Great defeating Darius (the Persian king, not the pop idol); Roman copies of Greek statues, on wh1ch the Classics students were interrogated; and 'The Secret Cabinet', a room unlocked for our benefit. Pompeii itself more than lived up to the hype. The remains preserved by the eruption were so evocative that each detail fired the imagination: the 'Beware of the Dog' mosaic

After lunch, the pupils and visiting staff were taken to White Scar Caves for the afternoon, where they all went underground. They got some fresh air, and a break from languages before returning to Giggleswick for tours of the school. and then for a performance of a play in French. The play was given by a touring company of four actors who perform a play targeted to Key Stage 3 pupils in front of a projected backdrop of Paris; through a series of mishaps, the dialogue covered giving directions, physical descriptions, and ordering food. which are all part of the Key Stage 3 French course content.

The aim of the day was to enthuse the pupils about languages, and the day was a great success. We'll have to see what other languages we can come up with for the Prep Schools' Languages' Day next year. Serbo-Croat anyone/

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in a porch-way; ancient fast-food serving counters. complete with containers for iced drinks; Roman graffiti on the walls. including our favourite outside the doctor's house: - 'If you've come here at night. check you've got the right house before you knock' (the doctor's ne1ghbour was a 'House of I l l Repute'). And all the while there were constant reminders ofVesuvius: the volcano itself. looming over the town; and the sad sight of plaster casts of the Roman victims, produced by pouring the plaster into the spaces where their bodies had been. Pozzuoli too made apparent the power of the volcano. It was a barren landscape stinking of rotten eggs and full of bubbling mud. The Geographers talked knowledgeably amongst themselves while the Classicists recreated sword­and-sandal epics in a nearby amphitheatre. The ancient town of Herculaneum, also destroyed in the A.D. 79 eruption, offered a chance to appreciate a Roman site on a more manageable scale. We wandered following our own interests: underground bathhouses; brightly­coloured frescoes; wooden house-beams and lifting-gear, strangely undamaged by the fiames; and a conveniently positioned (modern) food-kiosk Good, honest Italian cuisine. and not-so-honest Italian retail-therapy, was an important feature of the trip. The gloopy hot chocolate you could stand the spoon in, and the metre-long pizza eaten for a dare were memorable moments. If the entire bay of Naples is destroyed by a super­eruption, as the obscure Italian journal predicts, we'll be thankful we got our visit in first. JER

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W E ST E RN F RONT BATT L E F I E L D S TOUR

. . . Above all I am not concerned with poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity." This quotation by Wilfred Owen sums up the devastation of the Great War. Although we were only able to see a small number of cemeteries, we were still overwhelmed by the losses suffered during those unforgettable years. Each spotless grave reminded us of how much respect we owe the soldiers for their bravery. When entering a cemetery, you would be hit by a great sense of silence. It is incredible to think that each soldier had his own life and family. This magnifies the feeling of how lucky we are to not have experienced such an awful war. On each gravestone there is an epitaph to commemorate the life of the soldier. However. for a large a number of these soldiers who had died in battle, their caption only read "Known unto God." This, for me, was remarkable and quite frightening. Of course , there were not only British, but also German and French cemeteries to be visited. The German graves were black crosses with soldier's names on them. As British we could perhaps expect to feel slightly less sorry for them. But the fact is that they suffered the same horrors of war and deserved respect for their efforts. Like the British they were merely puppets being controlled by their commanders.

The French countryside was dotted with countless

numbers of cemeteries in remembrance of the dead. We could not possibly visit them all. The fields showed scars of the war such as shell holes and the memories of trench systems. However, on the horizon you would occasionally see the steady figure of a war memorial. The Th iepval memorial was an impressive figure with all of its walls covered with the tens of thousands of names of people who had been lost - not from the whole war, but just from the surrounding fields. The effort which had gone into constructing these memorials was obviously extraordinary. and they were not easy to miss. The Vimy Ridge memor ial we ighed over 6.000 tonnes and stood proudly overlooking the fields on which so many innocent men lost their lives. The ceremony at the Menin Gate was entirely moving. It honoured the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Great War. It is incredibly difficult to picture the noble hardship that the anmies had to suffer and this is our way of showing our gratitude.

Naturally when leaving a cemetery or a moving memorial service we would feel slightly overwhelmed. However, soon this was dispelled by the teachers' efforts to restore the usual happiness. You couldn't imagine Mr Mortimer being in the army after hearing him sing his rendition of the Yogi Bear song. At each hote l he would go on an early morning run. Each time a few pupils would promise to get up in time to join him, but in the end did not manage to: they blamed it on their alarms being wrong due to the time d1fference! Miss Clements kindly bought everyone Easter eggs and the bus journey was great thanks to Stan the man who drove us there and back. The trip was great -our thanks to all the teachers who made it possible.

Fergus Edmondson

YOU N G ENTE RP RI S E

YE-Day: Shot in the Foot ...

For the first time i n many years Giggleswick School decided to enter the Young Enterprise competition. This was open

to all Lower 6th students and involved setting up and running a business. To take advantage of the captive market of a boarding school, our company." Rood", decided to

make jewellery and candles, and to buy-in roses for Valentine's Day and shot glasses from America. There was excitement and some disappointment along the way, until the final skirmish at the YE regional final.

Due to several casuatties (may they rest in peace) our battle team was whittled down from I 6 'squaddies' to the remaining 5 'hardcore elite' business brains: Henry Meredith, Sam jenkins, Matthew Boswell, Siobhan Newell, and Catherine Hunter. After several weeks of intensive urban business training from our External Commander. Michael Dean, this elite group scouted the market, identifying enemies and possible targets.

We swooped in for the kill . . . with our cunning arsenal of bracelets, candles, roses and our 'big red button' . . . shot glasses. Our objective: the heavily guarded fortress of Skipton Building Society.

Our mole of many names, Mr. Paul Adams, encouraged us to use any means possible to accomplish our mission. We put into action our newly acquired urban tactics and were highly credited for this by our EC (Michael Dean). As the day of reckoning approached, local guerrilla forces of Skipton Girls High School. Keighley College and other unknown entities were engaged in their own battle preparations.

The night before the battle the troops were nervous. Was our mole reliable?

YE-Day was upon us . ..

I 530 hrs: Our Armoured Personnel Carrier (at short notice we commandeered the post van) was loaded with our weapons of 'mass' destruction. militia and 'rat packs'. We left our tranquil HQ heading for hostile territory with our newly accomplished getaway driver. our mole.

1 600 hrs: On arrival things were quiet . . . too quiet. We hastily made our defences in the form of a stand, blending into the surroundings like peroxide hair at HQ.This was our first engagement with the enemy and they had taken us by surprise with their organisation and their camouflage. Their weapons may have lacked 'va va voom' but their superior knowledge of the territory gave them a distinct

advantage in this unrelenting battlefield on which we stood little chance of victory. However there was still one last hope . . .

1 800 hrs: We endured two hard hours of disciplined hand-to-hand combat in the age old ·sun tsu' with our ferocious rivals . . . SGHS. Henry. Matthew and Catherine led our own 'Charge ofThe Light Brigade' from which we were mortally wounded and so retreated to the sanctuary of the cafe for some very nice sandwiches. quiche and nibbles. (mm tasty.)

1 900 hrs: Returning to the battlefield our defeat was set i n stone. Failing to clinch first place. we retreated with our tails between our legs . . . As we climbed into our APC our getaway driver sped us into the distance amid a barrage of taunts and jeers.

We would like to pay tribute to our External Commander (Advisor) Michael Dean and our Mole/Getaway Driver (Link Teacher) Paul Adams for their heroic actions in the field of battle.T(h)anks!! ;)

Henry Meredith, Sam Jenkins, Matthew Boswell.

Entrepreneurship Masterclass

I 3 business studies students. five from Giggleswick and eight from Settle High School. met at Giggleswick for a one-day Masterclass on Entrepreneurship. They were tasked with developing marketing plans and then presenting them to the guest speakers and business studies staff from both schools.

Guest speakers were invited to share the experiences gained from the real world of business with the students. who were then set a marketing activity to carry out during the day. Simon Campbell of Erskine Corporation, Communication and Rural Regeneration Consultants gave a presentation on developing businesses. highlighting many of the pitfalls and challenges of running a business.

Market Towns Officer for South Lakeland, Steve Finch, gave a presentation on tourism in the Settle area, explaining how it had developed in the past and how it might develop in the future and Michael Dean ofWelcome Holidays explained how marketing was done in his company and how the lessons learned there could be transferred to other industries.

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Well what can I say, Pritchard was a legend, Greg was annoying, Max was scary. and Mum (Mrs C) and Mate (Ms. Hannah) were, . . . . well, Mum and Mate.

The Politics trip, our teachers had lobbied, would give us an historical insight into the Parliamentary buildings. Eager to enter the debate, we conceded we would have to leave the buzz of School and travel to the tedium of the capital.

We set off early and anrived late, what more can I say! Having being given one free hour. in true Gigg style we abused it and were made to pay the price. However we did abuse it unwittingly and can quite honestly blame our break of curfew on Ken Livingstone. Greg, Max and I got in a taxi intending to meet Max's father, but realised halfway that we would not make it back in time so decided to get out, turn around and come back. This very pointless trip made us ten minutes late back to the meeting point where we were welcomed by a very grumpy 'Mum' - All because of London traffic, KEN!!!

T H E S HARE RACE

WARNING - Your Investment May Fall As Well As Rise Giggleswick School entered a razor-sharp Lower Sixth team in the 'BWD Rensburg Share Race'. The pressure was on, as last year the team finished in second place. We had a notional {_ I 00 000 to spend on shares and only four sales or buys allowed per month.

Our team of brokers included Tom York, renowned for picking star companies by dropping a pen on the Financial Times ftse list. He put us in trouble with Corus but steadied the ship with Eidos.

"Big Dave," Davtd Hassell may have turned up late and Richard Wilson may have been more keen to show off his fake Armani watch but their deliberations were long and hard as we fought to stay one deal ahead.

"Mikey", the Ukrainian, Astakhov, usually loud and volatile, was uncharacteristically silent as he played the markets and Captain Jenks was fired with enthusiasm as he sought ways to Get Rich Q�k.

Sally Coates was our quiet but deadly member. She was a mastermind at knowing

when to get out

In the morning we had to travel half-way across London to Parliament on the Underground. This was an exercise carried out with military efficiency. with Mum leading the charge, screaming orders (unbelievably energetically for that time in the morning) at the lethargic rabble waddling

behind (understandable for that time in the morning). We eventually reached Parliament where we met our local MP. David Curry. who showed us around the magnificent buildings of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. After our insight into Parliamentary life we had a

few hours before we had to be at the station to catch the train home. This started with the religious trip to Me D's. After this, Pritch, Mum and Mate went off to buy some stockings ('"Cause London is brilliant for tights," apparently). Myself, Greg and Max went on a whistle-stop tour of the back streets of London (which was nice!), taking in such sights of interest as HMV,Virgin, and Dixons!

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of dodgy shares! As the only female in the group she had no problems bossing us lads around' The man with the finger. always right (not) was Max Deitermann. But his knowledge of the world market and the war was priceless to our win.

As usual, James Illingworth's contribution was to look great in the press photos, with his schoolboy side parting modeled on Mr. Paul Adams.

We took an early lead and the first month turned out to be one of our best in terms of gain. An unfortunate drop in value followed and this gave a window for the other schools to catch up. Tension was high, and, as Sam Jenkins will tell you, things began to be stressful at the meetings! Our main problem was that Corus (which we had bought at 3 1 p) was dropping quickly (then at 14p per share), but it was probably too late to do anything about it The group was split - should we hang on or should we sell? A vote settled it We would keep it at least another week. This was the theme of discussion the week after, and the week after. and the week afterl We had decided to keep Corus. and the shares plummeted to 3p each! But they did eventually rally.

Finishing with a colossal {_ I I 2 000 we were delighted to find that we had won the Share Race - a great

achievement given the overall 3.3% drop in the market.

I'd like to thank Tom York for his choice of Corus, which put us in a bit of trouble. but kept us

amused all the same, and Mr. Adams for turning up every week. and organizing the event for the school.

David Hassell

MOLL F LAN D E RS

The grass was cut. the benches had arrived and the sun was shining. At 3.30 the North Country Theatre Company's green van pulled up in the garden. Three hours later the sun was still shining and the stage was set. As the first of the 1 20-strong audience arrived with their overilowing picnic hampers we knew we were in for a fun evening.

By the time the six professional actors took to the stage in this 'hilarious (bodice-) ripping romp through the fortunes and misfortunes of the infamous Moll Flanders,' the audience

was enthralled. Suitably refreshed by strawberries and cream during the interval. the second half brought with it the appearance of Black Bess, yet more ingenious usage of the few props and, of course, a happy ending.

As the well-fed, and equally well­entertained audience wended its way home, the girls of Style House tidied up and ate up the last of the strawberries. The theatre company packed their stage back into the green van and were off to their next venue.

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"S I MP LY S P I F F I NG"

"Daisy Pulls It Off" By Denise Deegan

Why put on a house production at a time in the year when staff and pupils are already on overload? Well, as the saying goes, if you want a job done who do you ask: EVERYONE.

Everyone in the house became involved with cast, artwork, publishing. costumes, front of house and makeup. The bonding. teamwork and personal development that unfolded from the I st day of term when auditions were held made this an invaluable activity for all concerned and I am hugely grateful to everyone for making it happen.

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The play was directed by Miss Musa, House Tutor; who coached a jolly good team performance from her girls. Stephanie Vickers played the lead role with panache, perhaps able to draw on her own reputation for quick­wittedness and a fondness for practical jokes? Poppy Redman was Daisy's right-hand friend Trixie', ecstatic in the way only madcap fourth form poets can be. Her exclamations of"Jubilate!" ended many scenes on an up­note.

Style's sixth form got the chance to play out their interpretations of schoolteachers with disturbing success -staff must be cringing at the thought of how accurate their mimicry of the current common room might be . . . The Headmistress was convincingly played by Erica Dobson, whose assembly announcements were uncannily authentic. Katherine Forgan played the formidable form mistress 'Miss Granville' with stern authority. Contrastingly. Sophie Thornton brought a distinctly flamboyant quality to the character of the Russian music teacher who is more deeply involved in the history of the school than she appears. Vicky Richards was also superb at portraying a continental temperament with her highly-strung French asides to the audience. Sally Coates, as 'Matron', worked hard all night making and remaking one of the main areas of the set -the 'dormy' bed. Her matronly depiction of a complete condemnation of hot water bottle fights raised a knowing laugh from the crowd. Charles Sykes rose to the challenge

playing Mr. Thompson with noticeable enthusiasm, although his hair seemed to have greyed alarmingly - was it immersion in his method acting, brilliant stage make-up, or the experience of working with an excitable group of girls in gym slips which aged him so?

Leading the rest of the cast. Sarah Tavernor as Clare Beaumont, Head Girl and Sports Captain, improvised convincingly as a girl in that position should be able to do. Stephanie Mendoros, as her best chum Alice. was perfectly in character with a light touch even when things went a little wrong . . .

Two girls who must have had to try very hard to achieve their roles were Imogen Drysdale and Eleanor Heaton, the snobbish baddies of the fourth form, who attempt to drive scholarship girl Daisy out of the school. Imogen played the perfect understudy to hard-hearted 'Sybil', played by Eleanor in fabulously over-the-top fashion. Her transformation to good-girl IS perhaps the most important aspect of the story which Daisy does indeed pull off

The rest of the players supported admirably, as did the technical team, many of who were involved backstage for the first time. Whether in a non-speaking role, working the lights or sound, stage-managing or serving tea at the interval, everyone from the House assisted in making this a fantastic all-round achievement.

A well-deserved success, particularly with all the other commitments every student has at this time of year.

Hurrah! Jubilate! Jolly good show!!

FMM

Daisy Pulls it Off - The Bad Girl's Perspective: Imogen Drysdale on her role as play villain Monica

My character was called Monica Smithers. She was the side kick/servant of Sybil Burlington. She played all sorts of tricks on Daisy and basically followed Sybil around causing mischief. However. near the end both Monica and Sybil fall off the edge of a cliff but get saved by Daisy Playing a character from a 1 930's boarding school was really good fun actually. We got to dress up in really cool outfits (made by the very talented Mrs Garner). Red skirts were replaced with Grangewood's navy blue uniform and badge along with tights, shoes, ties and straw boaters. Monica uses posh but silly vocabulary She was booed and hissed off stage by the audience when she came on for the curtain call at the end. If I time-travelled back to a 1 930's boarding school I think I'd stay there for about a day and then I'd want to come back!

The Hero's Perspective: Stephanie Vickers on her role as Daisy

I was really excited to get the part of Daisy. I thought it was going to be a big step forward. Daisy was a scholarship pupil who had come to Grangewood from an Elementary School. She wanted to be a really good girl and keep her head up high and never tell lies. But Daisy got into quite a few scrapes along the way A lot of people set her up to get into trouble

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because they didn't like the fact that she is a scholarship girl and not as rich as them. The best bit I got to do in the play would probably be one of the hot water bottle fights which was really good fun. (Watch out Style dormsl) We got to bash everybody! It was quite a hard part, especially to begin with because there were an awful lot of lines to learn, but after a while you have to get your head down and just do it. I had a singing part - and it was very hardl I'm not very good at singing (oh yes you are!). I also had to balance along a thin window ledge to re-enact Trixie and Daisy at their pranks. I wouldn't at all like to be at a boarding school for girls only

Grangewood V G iggleswick

Daisy gives her view on how Grangewood compares to Giggleswickian life!

• Red Skirts or Blue Gym Slips? - Red Skirts Rulel They're quite flattering when you're used to a floor length Gym Slip.

• Girls' Dorms Bottle Fights or Chasing Boys on the flat? -Chasing Boys! Capital Fun.

• Style Seniors or the 'Prees' of Grangewood Girls? -Style Seniors of course. I'd rather have drill from Rachel Smith than face the wrath of Grangewood Prefects!

It looks l ike Daisy would like the chance to try life in a co-ed post-Millenium School. Wonder what she would make of the hi l l trek to chapel?

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House Dinner The memorable evening of the House Dinner gave HoH and Deputy. Rachel and Lauren, the opportunity to look back at their Style days before jetting off to pastures new. Now was the chance to give their farewell speeches to the House. With Rachel's parents in Malawi, Mr and Mrs O'Toole also joined the party to celebrate Style days with perfectly prepared speeches and a few technological tricks! Rachel recal ls:"ln an attempt to reduce the amount of time on my Head of House speech I thought the best thing to do was make a video! However getting all ten leavers to agree on which scenes when, where and how was a lot harder than expected, especially when a few of us didn't quite see the funny side to our stereotypes. But we did manage to 'pull it off', with plenty of dressing up' We based it around a Gigg reunion: What are we going to be in ten years time? Sarah grew, undiscovered artists painted. Polly became Russian, what did Mike do to herl We had musicians and baby-making machines. wildlife presenters and the all-important Goth. Some secrets came out and we managed to make Mr B blush! The rest of the House seemed somewhat entertained with our amazing editing skills ....

Mr Hall. our guest speaker was on top form and very entertaining. The dinner was a great success but did result in a few of the leavers in tears."

Style Events Beauty & the Beast at The Manchester Grand Whole House Cinema Trips to "Harry Potter" & "james Bond"

Lightwater Valley Yuletide Shopp ing in York

The Christmas Party, The Halloween Party.

More Pancakes. U6th High Ropes Moll Flanders

& of course: Daisy.

Miss Gorner. After 4 years as a House tutor in Style we had to say goodbye and thank you , especially for her invaluable help with Singing and Speaking.

Salvete Dr Richard Taylor Miss Mags Rowles Miss Barbara Cilgram

Sporting Honours U 1 4 District Cross-Country:

• Alice Lilley U 1 4 District Hockey:

• Siobhan Martin • Louise Turner

U 1 6 District Athletics: • Rachael Parker • Diane Smith

U 1 6 District Cross-Country: • Poppy Redman

U 1 6 District Hockey: • Sophie Buscall • Poppy Redman • Rachael Parker • Diane Smith

U 1 6 County Athletics: • Rachael Parker • Diane Smith

U 1 6 County Hockey: • Diane Smith

U 1 8 District Athletics: • Sally Coates

U 1 8 District Cross-Country: • Sally Coates

U 1 8 County Hockey: • Sally Coates • Carla Dickens

U 1 8 North-England Hockey: • Sally Coates

This year Style has produced a significant number of girls playing sport at district, county and even North of England level. It gives me great honour to congratulate these girls on their achievements, and wish them good luck for next year and the future. As a county hockey player. I can say that playing a sport at a higher level than that at school enables you as a person to develop your personal and sporting skills. In team games it is hard to adapt to new players and their level of technique, but it also allows you to pick up knowledge, skill and expenence. I have found the whole experience challenging and sl ightly daunting, but have enjoyed every minute of it. It has also been a successful year for Style in the House competitions, thanks to maximum effort and enthusiasm 1n all sports, but special congratulations

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must go to the House hockey teams, the swimming teams and our athletes both in Scarrig and on Sports Day.

Style House turns out to be sporty rather than naughty in the traditional Yorkshire rain, Down on Papes we met our fate as we showed Carr how to play the game Rachel landed with a thump as she broke the record for triple jump New girl Laika proved to be a stunner not just in looks but as a runner Leonie tried her best but nearly had a cardiac arrest The old girls entered the tug of war but Carr dragged them along the floor The new year nine were really trying and Megan was practically flying Katharine did the hurdles one last time and let her talents shine Fourth form were awesome in their relay foursome Mr Bellis had a few of Roger's ice creams and nearly split his seams The juniors won, the seniors were close and then we all went and had tea and toast. We all had a fun despite the rain a great Style effort once again.

Drama & Music The stunning success of the House performance of'Daisy Pulls it Off' identified many drama stars from the House. Acting, singing and dancing seem to be in the blood of many Stylites with their regular renditions of'Chicago' following the House trip to see this at the Cinema. At the end of Spring term a group of Style girls headed off to take their dramatic talents across the Atlantic as part of a School Drama tour. These included Rachel, Diane, Vicky, and Ellie from Y I 0. The girls had all gained parts in the school Jazz choir and contemporary dance performance group and Rosie Gray was a major player in "Servant". The "Greatest Rock Concert" was also a memorable night for Style's music stars with solo performances from Diane, Polly, Ellese & Poppy. Two concerts by "Fried Egg Sandwich" in the common room meant we were 1ntroduced to a new singing star; Vicky Richards. The training ground for all these performances had, as usual, been an excellent Sing1ng & Speaking competition. This year we chose "Heroes" as our topic. and we were really pleased to win the cup for the best spoken piece. This was for Katharine Forgan's marvellous rendition of Captain Scott's last message .

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N OWELL H OU S E

For this year 's House report, I wil l try and take you through the year through the eyes of Nowell. Trying to think back. the first thing that sprung to mind was Singing and Speaking and the frantrc last-day preparation. This involved learning how to sing Postman Pat and read Thomas the Tank engine: suddenly th ings, that as a child seemed so easy, became very complicated and it became very difficult to find a tune amongst the shouting! However. on the n ight , everything came together surprisingly well -even the sl ightly risque Rainbow sketch was well received and we were narrowly beaten to the audience prize (slightly dubiously) by Shute.

Also in the term came the Astroturf football and the Junior House Sevens, in which we came 3rd and 2nd, so not a bad start to the House competitions.

Time quickly passed, and before we knew it we were at Christmas, and the holidays beckoned. In January we returned refreshed, ready to fight on. Looking through the red book revealed outdoor football (which turned out to be Astroturf football, Take 2), senior Sevens, basketball, swimming and the dreaded Scarrig. All was going well - a few more 2nds and 3rds - until junior swimming, which we won!!!! Things were looking up. then Scarigg arrived!! One of the most feared events in the year; as we had suspected, this put a blot on our copybook. finishing 3rd in the junior and last in the senior competitions, despite James Illingworth finishing second. Sports Day proved far more successful, Matt Pend lebury winning the Junior Boys' Victor Ludorum; Simon Horsfall winning three events in the Senior Boys and, most importantly, the boyz of Nowel l winn ing the tug of warl! Overall we finished second on the day, ending a tough year of competition well.

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Nowell TV Guide

Around the time of Singing and Speaking, i n our pursuit for a theme, we settled on Childrens'TV.This obviously meant we were FORCED to watch lots of childrens'TV: gutted!!!! This seemed to set a slightly unnerving theme for the year. Our coverage of the year begins with 24/7, the true-to-life, epic drama series that so closely echoed life at Gigg, 1ncluding characters Drew, Miles, Anya and our favourite of all, the un-aging prankster Stagsy. While filming, as a show of devotion to our favourite character. we covered the front windows of House in posters of our idol.

However, our attentions were quickly diverted from the action-packed life of 24/7 when a dream land giving all the Nowell boys that "Fimbling feeling" brought three new heroes into our life, Fimbo, Florrie and Pom, the three Fimbles. Ably supported by Rocket the frog, Roily mole and Betsy, they held our interest until Crossroads was released. With a murder. a theft, an affair and a secret marriage in the first episode alone, what more is needed to hold our attention, one thing alone, the first appearance of fellow Nowell Boy, Matthew Maude in the fourth episode: we were hooked. When we needed something to watch, we turned to Crossroads, whose time slot of Spm led us up to the beginning of Neighbours perfectly.

Near the end of the year, one final programme grabbed our attention, Balamory: the tales of PC Plum's adventures rescuing dogs and finding handbags providing entertainment for all.

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Balamory The Fimbles Neighbours Crossroads Neighbours (again)

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MORRI SON HOU S E

Our first year in Morrison was memorable in many ways. It isn't a beautiful building, but it is the people that make a place, and the boys of Morrison made us very welcome, and were incredibly patient with a new Housemaster:

I have to make special mention of the U6: they were a constant support and good fun. My favounte memory is Rob Tucker telling me that I'm not the right type to be a Housemaster and that I should open an orphanage! U6, thank you and good luck.

The rest of the House thank you and continue to be kind.

The Leavers

Sam C. Calm, dependable and patient, I couldn't have had a better Head of House.

Ben V. 'Strong, silent' type, but with a qu ick sense of humour.

Ben D. Enthusiastic, honest and kind, I enjoyed our political debates.

Adam P. On another time-zone a lot of the (year; a magnificent sleeper).

supportive and reliable, the tidiest room in House.

Matt B. Music man, with a big and selfless heart.

Chris B. The Arthur Daly of Morrison:" Wanna buy a watch??"

Tom H. What can you say about Tom that he hasn't said already himselfl

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Reflections of their new Upper Sixth replacements on the 2002/3 Year:

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Lower 6th has been branded the best school year you will encounter and last year was no exception. The U6th will be missed for their humour and dodgy Turkish imports and Mr Rob was as humorous as ever; cracking all those amazing jokes whilst Mrs Rob kindly produced tea and coffee in the evenings. And, of course, not forgetting the army precision of Mort's duties on a Wednesday. Then there were Tuesday nights, well. . . .. Luke Grose

Being a member of Morrison Lower 6th was by far my favourite year at school, mainly because of a great atmosphere created by Mr and Mrs Rob and the U6th, who will be greatly missed. I had many awesome times, the best of which was meeting a certain sexy young lady! However on the sports field there were also many top achievements, particularly an outstanding victory in the Rugby VIIs, and a crazy House dinner.

Alex Macdonald

Lower 6th was a great year for me at Gigg, the best yet. The new 'Boss' of Mon-ison, Mr Robertson, does an amazing job as Housemaster: always making the right

decisions: thanks Stevie1 There were a few memorable nights with the boys both at the DC and back in House. When the summer (if you could call it that) eventually hit us, a real sport began: the Cricket season had arrived! "If there's grass on the wicket. let's play cricket"! It turned out to be the best Cricket season I've had at Gigg.Then there was my first solo flight, which was a fantastic experience, hopefully the first of many more. A great year and I can't imagine a better set of mates and Housemaster to have shared it with. Cheers lads! MACCA

Andrew Heath

Last year was a great experience for me since it was the first time I had been to a boarding school in England, or any school in England, for nearly 14 years1 Having always gone to schools abroad, it took me some time to get used to everything. In Morrison House I was welcomed very quickly and got to make great mates and a Housemaster who is the 'Man for the job'. I had a great time with the U6th and will definitely miss their sense of humour.

Connor Sexton

With increasing academic pressure and an unfortunate knee injury, last year was a hard yet enjoyable year for me. However, I thought the House as a whole coped very well with my specific music taste and almost obsessive guitar­playing habits. Luckily Morrison is like that, with the new burst of enthusiasm from Mr and Mrs Rob and the extremely strong camaraderie of all the housemates. Morrison looks set for yet another great year which will hopefully once again fill the trophy cabinet and allow for my strange fetish with certain dinner ladies. Stuart Lowe

The L6th was fun until the end of the first week, when we realized we had work to do! But after that we soon managed to fit in all the things the Lower 6th do . . .DC discos. Frisbee at the back and generally adding to the atmosphere in Morrison. It was great having Stevie in his first year as Housemaster - no teething troubles at all! All in all, a top year, roll on Upper 6th.

G ret! t:rosby

The last year has been extremely successful for the Morrison boys. Academically, musically at Singing and Speaking and of course sportingly. Morrison won the 6 a­side football, and senior House rugby, not to mention squash and swimming. I would personally l ike to say thank you to Mr and Mrs Robertson for running the house so tremendously in their first year. For me personally; 2nd team rugby and I st XI cricket have both been fantastic seasons, the House atmosphere has been second to none and I wish all departed upper 6th good luck and farewell ! james Rigby

This year has been tremendous for Morrison House. With the new Housemaster. Mr Robertson and his wife, Morrison really was a fantastic place to be involved with. The atmosphere and everything that revolved around Morrison was so positive, both on and off the sporting field. Personally, I haven't enjoyed Giggleswick School as much. Being a complete rugby fanatic, playing in the first XV rugby team was a tremendous achievement for me and Morrison's victory in the House VIIs was awesome! I had fantastic year with the U6th and will miss all the humour and craziness they brought to the House! Thanks for a fantastic year. Riggers.

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CARR H OU S E '

What a year this has been, and how fast it has gone. Three terms, five year groups, one housemistress, lots of take­away(!) and so much fun!!

The year started off with a new group of people, the third form and new lower sixth - I doubt very much if without them we would have had as much laughter and tears this year. or enjoyed ourselves as thoroughly.

Firstly there was Singing and Speaking ... a night of inspiring musical talent, led by the vocal style of Grace Deng. Also not to be forgotten was the tear-jerking duet sung by Alice Boult and Charnee Frith. The night was ful l of surprises, and the words "We was robbed" hung in the air. It was without a doubt an evening to remember. for more than one reason.

Then there was Carr House dinner. another memorable night. The upper sixth provided a particularly entertaining evening with their representations of each other on film! Miss Wood's speech once again ended in giggles and loud applause, and Leah Terefenko's performance was certainly memorable - poor Mr McAuliffe(!) Great food and company provided for a wonderful evening.

House matches against Style provided the rest of us with something to shout about. and we were alerted to a remarkable similarity between a foghorn and Eri Takagi!

Victories included House Netball (all but one team demolished them!), Badminton (whipped 'em!), Tennis Uuniors and seniors) and Basketball (they had no chance!).

Unfortunately Style managed to snatch the Hockey and Swimming, however Charlie McCormick managed to break a school record for Backstroke shortly before passing out at the water's edge!!

Sports Day! Style had to face the fact that we are without a doubt BEASTS when we destroyed them in the tug of war. And lets face it, that's the only event that really matters! On a serious note, ummmmmmmmmmmm . . . everyone did their best with Kate Royle winning the Victor Ludorum, Tessa Boult stepping in at the last minute. showing her awesome flexibility, and coming joint I st in the high jump and Sheryl Slater proving that she really is a

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Duracell Bunny who just keeps going and going and going and going . . .

As well as new arrivals this year, we also had to say goodbye to Miss Thompson who left us for sunnier plains. that is to say Swaziland! She was replaced by the very lively Miss Lee, who immediately proved her worth by contributing her energetic nature to helping with Singing and Speaking. The senior DC discos have. more often than not, given the rest of the House a chance to giggle at the costumes, ranging from builders to dolls and strippers to tarts!

Scarrig: at least this year the weather was a huge improvement on last year! Sheryl Slater retained her title, winning the senior race yet again, this year in record­breaking time, and another keen Carr runner, Ita Hurst, came a close second. Speech Day: Carr were very proud to have many of our girls receiving prizes this year, and the Juniors especially came away with a generous selection of gift vouchers' A special mention should go to Victoria Turner (fourth form) for obtaining possibly the most amount of"spec recs" ever imaginable!

These past months in Carr have been filled with weird and wonderful memories a lot of which will never be forgotten. Projects are afoot to ensure that next year is just as successful if not more so. In particular the House has decided to organise various events throughout the year to raise money for NCH. our chosen charity, starting with the Junior Charity Ball in November.

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S HUTE HOU S E

Are you sitting comfortably, because Shute successes this

year make quite a list: Senior House football (4-0 "AVE

IT!"): Scarrig with the individual senior winner being a

Shutey Beauty, Dan (Keano) Lawson (also. notably, yet

another Shute Head of School) and David Lea winning the

Junior race. We came 3rd overal l on Sports Day (beating

Morrison!) with the Inters winning their section and Ali

Canaway (GOO NY) winning the Victor Ludorum and the

Junior Merit prize for his efforts off the track. As for the

House Sevens (the game with the funny egg shaped ball),

our seniors were the only team not to be defeated by

Morrison (even though we finished last!) However our

Praepo-fi lled B team fared rather better. with last minute

replacements Dan Lawson and Mark Hughes (Suzie)

turning on the style and finishing a very respectable

second. As for special House sporting achievements, we

had 6 first team footballers including captain Hodge: Rugby

had Spike, lan Canaway (Beast) and Hodge again. Boys'

hockey had the head Shutey beauty as

captain on the school team in the shape of Nick Solman. Cricket had Spike Hird; the two

Canaways: Ali and ian (lan representing the House superbly with

some big scores, averaging 50, and justly receiving full colours

for his efforts) and not to forget Suzie, the leg spinning genius of corridor cricket. The

two Keirs. who refuse to do anything unless it

involves water; won both events in inter­House swimming. Andrew (Franky) Bruno might not do the most sporty of activities, but when is

comes to debating, there is none better.

As for 'The Management", we had the most praepos, with 4 fine specimens in the shape of Dan (Head of School) Nick (Head of House), lan (Deputy HoH) and Smiley Mike Offland, BIGGUS MICKUS (3rd Praepo ).

Our splendid House Master; Mr Scholey had the most superb panic cake day parties and House senior meetings. Completing the dream team: Mr Shackleton (Shackers) a late addition, has come in as our resident tutor and has been fantastic to have in the House. (and even better. we stole him from Morrison!): Ms Clements, who lights up every Tuesday night Mr. Knight (Curley Sue) who makes every Wednesday a comedy night. and (Tall) Paul Adams

who insists he could have been a pro pool player and also confesses to support Bayer Leverkausen. Friday night, when

the moon shines bright, brings Dr. Hucknall to the doors of Shute. Also, ���--;::-0��

Robert, Dr: Hucknall's son, is an honorary Shutey beauty for life with 4 great terms of living with the Shute Boys.

As for our juniors, Shutey beauties in training, we have a good bunch of lads, if a few odd balls. But, as the older

generations move on, we are sure that old traditions of Shute will be carried on to a new era of sporting dominance along with academic excellence.

It has been a testing time for Y I I , being middle of the school but classed as seniors in sport, coinciding with their first taste of maJor public exams. Most of them have come away with flying colours, but we would kindly ask Will (Crook Head) to put a cork in it in future for the sake of humanity, as the Ozone layer is disintegrating enough

as it is.

This year's Lower Sixth are a great bunch, who have excelled in academia, sport and rule-breaking (unfortunately for them usually resulting in getting gated). However. as the year has gone on they have matured well and are slowly getting to grips with the fact that soon they'll be in charge of the House. The new boys have settled in well, bringing a lot to the school and helping us all have a good time. Kit brought in all the 'southern comforts' from home but. no matter what he says, he is still a cockney. The Continental acquisitions have been a superb addition to the house with Max's business sense and Benni's footballing skills, (ask Morrison) and Anton, who came from Cumbria even though he originates from Russia. It is also worth a mention that he sees an extra vizi as a fortnight's holiday. The great tradition of Shute boys continued, with two positions on the DC Committee: Chris Moxon as Treasurer and Spike Hird as Vice-Chairman and, with a bit of luck. we will also be able to implement

high positions throughout the school hierarchy. Good luck to you all next year. now you'll understand why it's

important to have a cooperative Lower Sixth.

The veterans of the Shutey Beauty clan are the Upper Sixth. King was Keano, sorry Dan Lawson, our Head of School. A living legend in his own right. he even, towards the end of the year. changed his singing style from classical

to Ms Dynamyte, OH YES. The prince of the Shutey beauties was Nick. He only joined the clan in lower sixth and has done a tremendous job since joining the school (PS Coventry City are in Division one, Nick. so leave it). Second in command was ian Canaway who managed to change nickname from Tubbs and Stidge Monster to plain old 'Beast'. After uni he is destined to be in adverts for protein shakes. Mike Offiand (Bigus Mickus) was one of two centurions within the Shute ranks with the other member of this elite club being Nan Cheng (Odd-job).The two Tims, Goodall and Hodge: Goodall seemed to have more frees than lessons and once was reminded that these were called study periods to which he replied. 'Come again?' And Hodge, the infamous 'naughty warty one' . . . . . . never mind. He was the comedian at line and kept 'spirits' high within the House. Guillaume "It's not like this in France" ]aillet-Gervias, a.k.a. Fubu, was like an animal in a pack. always looking for food, in his case - noodles. Jamie Kier. the human fish, a living legend of the chemistry lab, a hard heavy metal rocker and user of all sorts of sticky substances on his hair: And last but not least, Gareth Whitley, aka 'Gaz' and also 'Gareth Gated' can't think why? He is one of many who has served his time in Catteral and Gigg. He also thinks he is a football manager from too much time spent on the internet with fantasy football leagues. One of our favourite Gaz quotes:

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Na'lve 3rd former

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Fancy a game of pool?

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Got l Op?

All in all a brilliant year to be in Shute and don't forget, line is at 8 o'-clock guys, not when you feel like it!

Tom York and Nick Solman

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PALEY HOUSE

"Football's coming home", Vive les bleus!

In March, Paley Junior Soccer team, captained by Greg Broadway, took to the field for the Junior Football competition. Tough to break down, our first opponents were Nowell. Despite an impressive start, with some very good passing, the final score was 0-0. In a hard game, particular praise is needed for both lnchung and Ben Coope�

Our second match was against Morrison. Greg opened the scoring with an impressive solo goal. Joe Parker made the score 2-0, with I an Jenkinson finding the back of the net to make the final score 3-0. Our final match saw us face a speedy Shute side, who almost took an early lead through Oliver Holtam, catching keeper David Fortune off his line. Fortunately, a quick turn and chase saw David race back to make an impressive save. After more play in the middle of the park. ian Jenkinson released Greg for a fine finish. only for referee Harvey to have seen a 'handball'! Still, Lady Luck had one throw of the dice for us. In the closing stages of the match, ian took the ball wide on the left and, attempting to cross the ball, curved it into the back of the net. The victory was ours, 1 -0, and with it the trophy! No Paley supporter could have gone away disappointed, not least the chubby North Easterner marking his final role as a spectato�

Dan Arnold

Basketball

Paley assembled for the Inter-House basketball competition with a definite sense of determination. After two intense

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'tryouts' , taking a substantial part of our weekend. we assembled an elite team of the finest calibre players in Northern England. Calvin Qin and Nick Sung were relied upon for their shooting talent, Peter Drake was used for muscle and rebounding, Att Kitiyos was relied upon for his aggressive defence and playmaking abilities, I was meant to implement my knowledge of the sport into our game.

The days leading up to the competition were full of trash­talking and intimidation tactics from other Houses. Paley strategically remained modest until the competition, knowing full well our actions would speak louder than their words. We used our first game against Shute to set the precedent that Paley was the team to beat. With strong work physically by Drakey and Att, we controlled from the beginning. The second game against Nowell was a platform for Calvin and Nick to use their finesse and rack up the points, as we used our 'full-court press' to intimidate and force errors upon our opponents. The 'press' worked impeccably, as Nowell rarely crossed half-court. Morrison

was a breeze, as the opponents showed signs of fatigue and fea� There was massive support from the other members of the team: Dan Arnold, lnchung Chung, Michael Wong, Michael Wirsching and from Paley non-players. We

were undefeated!

I can say that the level of ski ll shown from Paley was supreme in all areas of play Paley prowess now lies in the hands of our younger players and I am sure they will continue the tradition of victory for many years to come. It was a good day for the team, the House and Paley pr ide. It has been an honour to captain the team and I would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and dedication.

Peter Thomasen

Sing and Speak some more . . . Piease!

From the start of the 'Singing and Speaking' season, Paley was already directed by a few unwritten rules. Laid down in Paley folklore, a couple of years ago a group of rogue Sixth Formers mutinied, went it alone, and went on to win it! A Paley precedent was set. It was time to bring the title

back, as last year we had been 'robbed' on our way to a hat trick of wins.

We decided to find a theme, and to stick to it. rigorously (as that's what the judges always say) . After a lot of debate, we finally decided on the interesting yet ambiguous theme of - 'Faith'. After an evening of the U6 reviewing songs, stretching well into the early hours. we decided on 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King.

The rest of the process seemed to come fairly naturally We chose a hymn for the 'Whole group speaking' piece, setting about the House to try to get it learnt (surely the hardest and possibly most wearing part of the whole

process). Thanks to the help of our U6 management team.

after a few short daily practices, and 'one big one' on a Sunday, we were ready to give it our best shot.

Recognition must go to the work of Peter Drake, who

wrote an emotional and powerful speech that he delivered

most excellently. not forgetting Andy Mabbitt whose cameo was just as important Credit Charlie Sykes too, for his hilarious impression of a teacher of the 'old school', and the impeccable timing of his class of Will Anderson and Peter Drake. Musical mentions too to the band: guitarists Mike Brigg and Ed Walker; and Peter Hodge on drums, who ensured that the songs ran smoothly. Will Davis provided the cute factor. a shameless ploy learnt from Owen and Leon in their first year, and not forgetting Tim,

Dan, Si and rr . . . Ritchie.

All that's left to say is Good Luck for next year. As Paleyites, you have been left a legacy. and one that is hard

to live up to. However. be assured, all is possible. There will be times when you're tired, when nothing works and no one is co-operating, when even your friends are having a go. But, these will be quickly forgotten when you bring the trophy back where it best belongs - have FAITH.

Toby Belshaw

Paley Leavers of 2003: Reflections of the Deputy Head of School

This year Paley's leavers have been a fruitfu l (or do I mean fruity?) bunch. Our noble leader: Charles Marsh, has been our guardian and protector: hobbling through his last year at Gigg with ease and a great inspiration to us all. In a different way, but nevertheless as inspiring," 1 2 bore" Charlie Sykes has been the entertainment in many Interludes of Paley life. He and his sidekick Peter "Texas" Thomasen have kept up the antics in both House and in front of the rest of School. Peter is our English Speaking Scholar from Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Though never admitting the fact that he was a year older than the rest of us, it did not show! By appearing in almost

every House and School team event we could throw at him, Peter has made best use of his opportunities at Gigg. If only we'd realized his talents sooner?

Also from lands afar, from Germany and Spain, are Andre Kwberg and Sebastian von Stauffenberg. Bringing with them the1r colourful languages and other things (!). they have g1ven Paley that extra bit of culture that sweetens our

already fertile lives.

Peter Drake has had the luxurious title of Deputy Head of School for ALMOST all of the year! His notable ginger hair and love of bizarre music. combined with his helpful and kind nature, made him loved by all. When he is not found on the rugby pitch as vice-captain, or on the athletics field or in a leading role on stage. he is usually comfortably relaxing in some dark corner with his better half.

From Italy, we have a politics expert in the form of Alistair Peckham (and a very fine form indeed). Ali can literally smile from ear to ear; and scares you doing so. (Could this possibly be why he did so well in the Model European Parliament?) I doubt any budding politicians would want to combat this 'social soldier for Prime Minister' (watch that space). Drawing Alistair to his room at night, for musical purposes, is Toby Belshaw, the musical talent of the House. Leader of the winning 'Singing and Speaking' competition, Tobes' music has brought him fortune in the fonm of three other band members (they call themselves Fried Egg Sandwich- don't ask) to help him entertain the school at weekends. Such is the quality of the perfonmance that they look towards a European tour this summer. Their roadie. a dashing ladies' man by the name of Nicholas Parker draws attention from all corners of the . . . . . . Common Room. The great footballer of Paley is fearful of little . . . (children possibly.

. because of his younger sister)! That doesn't stop

N1ck be1ng the greatest Paley poser since . . . . . . .. his brother! Nick's contribution towards the House has been in all activities, all sports and it makes you wonder what Paley will do without him.

Last but definitely not least, Alex Fullbrook, king of all outdoor pursuits, has been an outwardly calm member of Paley but a burst of energy in all recreational aspects. A mountain monkey at heart. Alex can be seen hanging from many a crack in the wall, usually upside down to show om His brief return to the beautiful game (to those of you without taste in sport, that's rugby) . as captain of the House B-team, saw the man himself climbing over all in his way. and that was just to get within tackling range of the opposition. Why he wore ice-cleats instead of rugby boots remains a mystery!

It'll be sad to see you all go, well done for making 1t through lads. We hope you've left the House a better place.

Peter Drake

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Twelve years have passed and in that time a myriad of activrties and experiences were the result of Mike's inimitable character. He JOined the school from the North East from a teaching environment

somewhat different to Giggleswick then or now, but he had already honed hrs distinctive skills as a schoolmaster. Unruly boys or truculent girls were little challenge to his teaching style. There is no doubt that his thorough and direct, unfussy methods in the classroom benefited all who passed through his hands. Indeed, from the Geog Lab, I was lucky enough to observe some of his ·A level PE lessons in whrch the physics of the javelin trajectory; shot putter's rotation, and the cricket bat's swing were brought to lrfe for all. His classroom management created an environment for real learning which, whilst not always enJoyed by a small number of pupils, was always respected for its effect. In 2000, Mrke became Head of Physics and his bureaucratic skills, already honed rn Paley; again worked wonders. However, he soon realized that running both a House and a major department would cause him to compromise in one area or the other, and this we all know is not his style, so instead he nurtured a new Head of Department and took a back seat as something of a guru. Beyond the classroom there are few areas of school life that Mike did not touch. His no-nonsense adminrstration made him a very successful examinations officer, at a time when computers were beginning to corrupt the good management of the school! And. of course, there was his beloved sport. Able to coach all the School's major sports, Mike was invaluable to successive Heads of Games and Directors of Sport. He is rightly proud that he coached three days a week three terms a year throughout his time

GWEN TAYLOR-HALL

Gwen Taylor-Hall joined Giggleswick in September 1 990, fresh-faced from Exeter University. She became the school's first full-trme Head of Girls' Games and was a teacher of both Geography and A level PE. She also formal ised, and for a long time taught, the school's PSHE programme. As a reside� tutor, based in Brookside, she gave invaluable support to the girls of Carr House until her marriage to Mike Hall in 1 995. When the Halls took over Paley in January 1 996, Mrs Taylor-Hall changed her allegiance and helped to provide pastoral care and support to a large number of boys. The amval of Adam and Abi brought delight to the whole community and their presence enabled the boys of Paley to get hands-on experience of parent craftl Evidence of Gwen's achrevement can be seen in the successful track record of the first XI hockey team. Their confidence and skills gained them a strong reputatron in the region and many of the players went on to achieve representative honours; a lasting tribute to the dedication

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at the school, a mighty I 300 games sessions, plus of course extra coaching that he threw in on top. The boys who began their cricketrng careers as U 1 4s had the surest of groundings and his uncompromising coaching of rugby; borr out of his own experience as a player at Blyth, meant no 2nd XV or later U I 5 XV ever gave up, no matter what the adversity. Of course he likes playrng sport as well: cameo innings for the staff cricket team and combative performances for the staff football XI will be remembered by hrs teammates. Then there is his music. Mike loves all forms of music but particularly progressive rock. and rn his later years he even lived out a dream by taking up the bass guitar and performing in the "Sad Old Men", three times on stage anc in Chapel. He acted rn dramatic productions as diverse as the Tempest and Grease, where his performance of"Beaut) School Dropout" was a memorable moment, especially for the girls around him!

Rightly; Mike's time at Giggleswick is most importantly marked by the eight years whrch he served as Housemaster of Paley, which showed the true schoolmaste in him. His insistence on high standards, and the development of a balanced culture of music, drama and sport created an atmosphere and framework in which, latterly, the boys themselves were able to win the "Singing & Speaking" competition twice in three years, no mean achievement for a Boys' House. His unwillingness to compromise on matters such as discipline did not endear him to all, but it is unquestionable that under his management some boys lasted their time in Paley longer than they may otherwise have done. A brref prowl along the corridors of the House to see the pictures and memorabilia show what a balanced and varrec House Paley had become. His period as Housemaster spawned 3 further HMC Housemasters from his Paley staf Eastbourne College will be the richer for his arrival. JPB

and enthusrasm of their coach. In her final year at school Gwen was appointed as Director of Sport, a role she carried out with her characteristic determination and efficiency: Faci lities rmproved and Gwen worked hard to ensure breadth of opportunity for both boys and girls in a wide variety of sports. Gwen leaves Giggleswick a richer place for all the contributions that she made. She is a thorough professiona dedrcated teacher and coach and pupils and staff, past and present, will all want to wish her every happiness and success in the future as she takes on the challenges of being a Housemistress at Eastbourne College. SLW

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Vice-captain: Peter Drake (Paley)

Played 1 3 Won 4 Lost 9

This was a tough season. exacerbated by a large number of injuries (many not as a result of rugby) and the consequent use of 25 players. We began with a well­attended three days of pre-season training that culminated in a practice match v Wharfedale Colts. The tackling that Giggleswick showed in that match set the tone for the rest of the season: despite usually being up against much bigger, heavier and physically stronger opponents, the tackling by the I st >01 was consistently brave and committed. In the centre, both james Rigby and the captain. Simon Horsfall, excelled with their defensive qualities. That both remained injury-free throughout the season was a huge bonus.

At serum-half. Spike Hird got better and better as the season progressed. both in defence and attack. A classic serum half, he niggled and pestered the opposition, exploited gaps rapidly and now needs to work on his distribution to really develop into a high qual ity player. Outside him, Sam Christian had an excellent season at fly half in his last year. Often receiving the ball on the back foot. he frequently made something out of nothing and, like those around him. tackled like a demon!

The biggest problem the backs as a unit faced, was a lack of ball; in many games we were lucky to have I 0% possession. This was a pity. as there was real pace on the wings in Luke Grose and the psychopathic Tim Hodkinson who liked nothing better than running full speed into a member of the opposition. Ben Vickers - at full back - also got better and better in all aspects of his game. He determinedly avoided kicking for the entire season and launched some excellent runs out of defence.

The biggest area of concern was the forwards: almost always much smaller than the opposition, we struggled to win lineout and serum, ruck and maul. Too often we were turned over in possession and lost valuable ball. Our cause was not helped by injury after injury - at one point, seven

of the eight first choice forwards were injured! Nevertheless, there were some tremendous performances: Peter Drake, vice-captain and No 8. led by magnificent example and was duly rewarded by selection for Yorkshire 1 8 Group B. Like Simon Horsfall, he has been a great servant to Giggleswick rugby. Alongside him in the back row, Att Kitiyos - in spite of half a term of injury - and Nick Parker played important roles and, like many of the team, were usually fitter and faster than thew opposite numbers. They were well supported by Tom Hart and Sam Jenkins, again as a result of injuries.

The tight five was where the team had the most trouble: at hooker, lan Canaway lasted 2 matches and then broke his finger and didn't play again, while Mark Harrison at lock went through an entire medical textbook of injuries. This was a pity as both displayed a lot of potential. Mike Astakhov, a strong prop, was likewise injured for most of the first part of the season but he too is turning into a high quality player as he adds technical knowledge and game sense to strength. On the other side of the serum, Charlie 'Rocky' Sykes avoided injury and made a great impact: his angelic features mask a steely core! In Canaway's absence, Richard Wilson did a fine job at hooker: high quality throwing in and some good aggression against other packs. Finally, Andrew Mabbitt - at lock - also remained injury-free and he too has a lot of potential and just needs to get a bit nastier.

Throughout a demanding season the team spirit remained excellent and it was a rewarding group of players to work with: even the early Tuesday morning fitness sessions were well attended and we certainly surprised several teams with our fitness and ability to keep tackling to the eightieth minute. I'd like to again thank the captain and vice captain for their support. as well as those members of staff who gave up their time to coach the other teams. They did a tremendous job:

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J im Bellis and Tony Simpson Jonathan Coward and jeremy Sykes Mike Hall and Christian Richardson Neil Gemmell

RUGBY

Kick-off at Lord's

On the 4 November 1 885, Giggleswick School I st XV defeated Sedbergh School by one goal and one try to nil. The match between these two famous northern schools was the first to be played on Giggleswick's new pitch, Eshton's. One hundred and fifteen years later. after countless more matches by several generations of pupils, Eshton's was 'retired' to make way for the school's floodlit all-weather pitch. A new venue was needed and the decision was taken to level and widen Lord's, another of the school's pitches. After I 8 months of hard work under the expert eye of Head Groundsman, Kevin Byrne, the ground was ready and Mill Hi l l School were invited up from London to play the opening fixture on 7 September 2002. Despite having poured all morning, the sun shone, the I st XV flag flew and the setting was magnificent, surrounded by the Yorkshire Dales. The new pitch looked gorgeous: Mark Mortimer. Master in Charge of Rugby, commented that there cannot be many other schoolboy pitches of such quality in England. A large crowd of pupils and OGs saw a thoroughly entertaining. flowing game. Mill Hill had a more powerful pack but the home side, led by the outstanding Simon Horsfall at centre. were far sharper in the backs and came out 25-8 winners. Sam Christian. at fly­half, scored the first try on the new pitch and Horsfal l -who is on the books with the Leeds Tykes Academy - ran in a hat tnck, converting one and adding a penalty. Also outstanding were the vice captain and number 8. Peter Drake, a Yorkshire I 6 B Group player. and the young centre James Rigby.

As ever; Giggleswick struggles with a lack of depth and numbers, being a small, fully co-educational school, but -barring injury - has a bright season in prospect with a young side, most of whom will return next year. In the evening there was a dinner for both teams at which the Headmaster talked about the importance of both schoolboy rugby and of having a I st team pitch capable of providing fond memories to all those who played there. As Director of Sport, Gwen Taylor-Hall, commented, Lords will certainly do that for the next I 00 years of Giggleswick rugby! MOM

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Simon Horsfal l (Captain) Peter Drake (Vice-Captain) James Rigby Nick Parker half-colours Luke Grose Spike Hird Sam Christian Mike Astakhov

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Peter Thomasen half-colours Att Kitiyos A relatively successful season for the I st VII, which saw us reach the quarter-finals of the North of England tournament and the semi-finals of the Stonyhurst Plate competition. A strong squad, with excellent fitness and some real speed in Simon Horsfall, we performed well above the level our size of school would suggest. Despite being unable to put in too much training before half-term, the boys responded rapidly to the different techniques and patterns required for the abbreviated game and, as a result, our positional play in both defence and attack rarely let us down. As in the I S-a-side season, both Peter Drake and Simon Horsfall were outstanding as players and leaders, while the half back pairing of Spike Hird and Sam Christian was the fulcrum of the team: Spike particularly is an extremely effective sevens player and thoroughly deserved his full colours. The find of the season was Peter Thomasen, our Canadian ESU scholar. who first excelled in the House sevens competition. Having played very little rugby and no sevens at all, he showed great natural talent and leapt from strength to strength. His ability to pick up the subtleties of the game was superb and he was deservedly awarded half colours. At Rosslyn Park, our progress depended on the result of our game versus the unbeaten Rugby School. Unfancied, we led until the last minute of an outstanding. intense match that we eventually lost by one score and 3 points. Afterwards, a very relieved Rugby coach said that his job had been on the line! It was a magnificent performance with which to wrap up the year and, with a lot of the squad retu�ning, things are positive for next season when we can hopefully devote more time and effort to a sport at which we are actually pretty good. MOM

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U I 5 Rugby season This was a season of high expectations. Following a successful first season of wins, many points and try scoring, many thought it would be 'business as usual' as they stepped up a year group. Unfortunately, our opponents were only too willing to show they too had grown and were now more competent in taking the game to us.

We were strengthened both by the arrival on the wing of Matthew Stone, who had a season of try-scoring awaiting his Giggleswick debut, and by the first-ever games of rugby for Oliver Holtam in the front row - the definitive baptism of fire. There were now players in all the right places. Given growing confidence in the fringe players, there was a healthy competitive pressure for places. As there were still shortages in the backs, most worryingly in the centre. a re­shuffle of the forwards would be seen to release untapped potential. Central to the team's development throughout the term would be the move of Stuart Illingworth to inside centre. Reluctant at first, his performances later showed this to be a major move, both for Stuart and for the 'backs play' of future senior teams.

Early fixtures against Rossall and Ashville clearly showed the problem. Too much was expected of'last years' players: we were all different now and needed a fresh approach. The more mature defence of our opponents now more than cancelled out the relentless battering play in the centre from Ben T revor and Stuart Il l ingworth. Never was this more obviously on show than in a comprehensive Daily Mail Cup defeat by an enthusiastic and committed Heysham side. Oh, how good it was to get to First Exeat!

The new team started to come into shape against Silcoates. Though another loss, tries were scored as determination and a 'Never say die' attitude was born. A defeat at Stonyhurst was possibly expected but still disappointing, however a corner was being turned in terms

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of personal skills and application.

From I to 8, Douglas Hunter had moved to hooker, with the reluctant new open-side flanker Oliver Partington starting to revel in the freedom his new position afforded. Oliver French made occasional starts in the front row, and excelled to the point of turning opposition coaches green with envy. With Luke Bennett and Ol iver Corrin forming a more than useful second-row partnership and the back row completed by Nick Kirby and James Hyett, an impressive group of forwards started to look more and more settled. Behind this pack, easily the player of the season in terms of commitment and attitude, Fergus Edmondson was a star at scrumhalf.

In the backs. the occasional starts of Oliver Lancaster showed what he could offer when fully fit and focussed. His deputy, Oliver Lumb. was at all times brave. With Matthew Stone outstanding in try-scoring mode, though needing defensive cover from full backs Richard Horsfall and David Fortune, i t is to be hoped that we will see both a fully fit Jonathan Maude and a more focussed Greg Broadway competing for future honours on the wings.

Ermysted's were beaten by the odd try in a match that yielded nearly eighty points, but St Bees were overwhelmed as everything started to click. A strong and large QES, Kirkby Lonsdale team were hard to beat in a fractious game, and there was a narrow loss in a low scoring game to St Peter's.

The season ended well with good wins in front of home crowds. The Hambleton-Richmond side found us too well organised, and though we were pushed to use all of our replacements, the win against Chetwynde was particularly satisfying.

This is a squad of boys that offers much. Add to it the work of the U I S B side, captained by Simon Wigfield and featuring Barry Lam, Dan Arnold and lnchung Chung, seeking 'A' representation this year, and the future of rugby for the School will be assured. As they develop, I wish them well as I do all involved in the future of Giggleswick rugby.

MJH

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U I SB This was the second year playing rugby for most of the team. but Daniel Arnold and lnchung Chung had never played rugby before in their lives, so well done to both for contributing so well to both A and B teams.

a game against Ashville. being pinned in our own half most of the game, but enjoyed the contest. It then came to the big one against Stonyhurst. We started off well, pinning them to their half and scoring but they came back nearly scoring at will. Near half time, we lost an influential David Fortune to a broken nose. We fought back hard but to no avail, losing that game. We started the season off well. training hard under the

coaching of Mr. Hall and Mr. Richardson. W1thin two weeks we were ready for our first game. Unfortunately we lost. but looked forward to the next game against Silcoates. We were determined to win and did. due to the forwards' power in the serums where we won most balls, thanks to Tom Wilkes and Daniel Arnold in the second row. We lost

Overall we had a great season and enjoyed the increased number of fixtures we were faced with. I would l ike to thank Mr. Hall and M r. Richardson for coaching. Simon Wigfield

SQ.!) AS H

For most of our fixtures Craig Dean. Ross Bryson. James I l lingworth and Chris Fall have formed the main body of this year's squash team; there are

five players in a team and these four have been ably supported by Tim Goodall, Michael Brigg, James Rigby and David Hassell. All six of our fixtures are tough

and are always going to be demanding both technically and physically. I've been amazed at some of the gritty performances the team have produced, particu larly for such a young and generally inexperienced team. All our results were close, and there was one brilliant victory over Barnard Castle. Craig and Ross are both very talented players and have remained a strong motivational force within the team. James I l l ingworth and Chris have improved greatly as players over the season. This

all certainly looks very promising for next year. Many thanks to Bob Barker for his invaluable time and coaching, and

also thanks to Alex Hall (very recent OG) for her help with the team. CDK

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I st XI Hockey Do lt Again First team hockey have had yet another exceptional year; losing just three matches. and winning most of the rest - a huge achievement for such a young squad. Only three U6th players have held a regular place in the side offering their experience to the apprentices!

We have had a number of highlights this season, one being the annual match against King William's College on the Isle of Man, in which we retained the Barrovian rosebowl with a well-earned draw, even though the weather was somewhat 'wet', the plane landed late and there was little time for a warm up! This was then followed by an easy victory in our Sunday match against their second team. This was hugely influenced by good defensive work by Alison Williams and a very well-motivated team. Other events included several tournaments in which we achieved a top placing each time, however unfortunately never reached the top spot In one of these (The Northern Hockey Tournament) we ended in third place, losing by just one penalty flick. Charlotte Topham, Alison Williams, Katharine Forgan, Sarah Tavenor and Sally Coates took the flicks. Having had no experience 1n flicks in recent matches/tournaments, our side did extremely well.

We have had three quite important matches this season against tough opposition. Firstly against Lancaster Grammar who were unbeaten but, in the dying minutes of the match, Sally Coates swiped a swift ball through to the left post, which placed a perfect opportunity for Leonie Sutherland to score the winning goal, leaving the final score 1 -0. Rishworth also presented stiff opposition. However; we

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tough side, which we managed to do in glorious style, with the whole team working their socks off to pull off an amazing S-0 victory, our greatest of the season. The goals were scored by Katharine Forgan, Roxanne Gibson, Honor Keiller and Leonie Sutherland.

Our final match of the season brought us up against the mighty Scottish side from George Herriot's. Having travelled from the great northern parts of England, we awa1ted their arrival with anguish. Their bulging Scottish muscles appeared from the coach and for a moment we trembled with fear: But it was not to last, as our own fearsome coach geared us up in preparation for this precious final match. We went out holding our heads high, and worked together; showing great team spirit even though for the first I S minutes we struggled to get out of our own half Tessa Boult and Diane Smith from the U I S team were added to the team to give them a chance at the top - both look to be promising players for the future and held themselves very well under pressure. By half time we were in the lead by I goal to 0, scored by Sheryl Slater: The second half became more testing with much more defensive tactics being called for; allowing Carla Dickens to save some beauties! Just before the final whistle we had a break from Leonie Sutherland, a superb cross to Tessa Boult who somehow managed to get the ball round the keeper before running off the pitch. We had managed to annihilate the great Scottish team, which was the icing on the cake at the end of the season.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Taylor Hall for all her time and effort in the organisation of the many fixtures we have had under her excellent and magnificent coaching over the years. We are all going to miss her (sob, sob) and wish her all the best for her future.

Sheryl Slater & Carla Dickens

HOCKEY

Boys, Hockey Right from the start we knew that this season was going to be tough due to the loss of several key players from last season. However a few changes to the team saw the emergence of a promising young squad. Ollie French stepped in as goalkeeper to replace Will Lound. Rob Tucker and myself had the enormous task of trying to replace Dan Kiese and Ben Topham as the pairing at Centre-Half With this vastly changed team we set about our first match of the season against Sedbergh. Unfortunately, Ollie was injured so Carla, the girls' first team keeper, filled in. Despite the team's best efforts and some brave goalkeeping from Carla we struggled but emerged not too downhearted. We learnt a lot from this tough first outing as it clearly exposed our weaknesses. The team trained hard before our next match against St. Peter's York A similar standard of opposition. however in this game the team played far better as a unit and at times with a fluidity going forward which was reminiscent of last season. However, we lacked decisiveness in front of goal -had we taken some of our chances the result may have been very different - as it was we gave away two easy goals. As our season continued the quality of the hockey gradually improved and the team began to play as a tighter unit. By the time we came to play Ashville at the start of February we had nearly all of our first team fit and playing weii.This was an end-to-end game with both teams playing well. After a spell of pressure we finally got the goal we had been waiting for; from our big centre forward David Klein. Unfortunately, after a sustained spell of pressure from Ashville, they managed to draw level. This kicked us into life again and we spent the next ten minutes peppering the Ashville goal with shots but still failing to score. The game ended with Ashvil le attacking and in a nervous last few

minutes we conceded several penalty corners. Thankfully. the final whistle saved us from defeat. This game boosted our confidence and our season continued with a far higher standard of hockey. We suffered a few narrow defeats to some very accomplished sides. Then it came to our last match against Lancaster Royal Grammar School. Suffering several injuries we introduced Sally Coates into the team. We were aware that Lancaster could cause us problems but started the match hungry for victory. Having won several matches with the girls' team Sally introduced both zest and composure. We started well, with good passing and many good attacks. The deadlock was broken by us scoring twice in a short spell after sustained pressure, and for the remainder of the game the team continued in inspired form. We scored another three goals, unfortunately allowing them a late consolation goal, to eventually win 5- I .This was a wonderful result to end the season and hopefully those continuing in the squad will build on this next season. Recently Andrew Portnell and Chris Heap have been selected to play for North Yorkshire which is an amazing achievement and very promising for the future. Finally I'd l ike to thank everybody who played for the team this year for all their time and commitment. Good luck to

all the members of the Upper Sixth for whom this was their last season for the school and I hope you all continue to play in the future. A special thanks to all the staff who helped with training the squad this year: Mr Blackburne. Miss Hogg and Mrs Taylor-Hall, who helped us to improve and enjoy our season. Nick Solman

Leanne Hogg

Giggleswick had hardly prepared itself for the return of Leanne in September 2000 - Ms. Dynamite was back! With her returned competitive hockey (for the Under 3s!), Khai-bo, Aerobics and all-night parties. Hoggy would say. 'There's no point putting your trainers on if you're going to come second . . . " . . . and they rarely did. They started with an "Oggie" and ended with victory. She led individuals from beginners to County. and a junior team through to the North of England finals. She also passed on her expertise on the Athletics field, particularly in the javelin, but she was able to coach all disciplines. She was

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an enthusiastic House tutor in Nowell, and she was committed to the well-being of the House.

Above all, Hoggy inspired confidence. a huge sense, of fun. a genuine enjoyment of sport and a razor-sharp competitive edge. She believed sport was for everyone, and her enthusiasm could convince even the most sceptical pupil to come round to that view. A vivid image of Hoggy was her accompanying a trailing runner in the 1 500 metres at this year's Sports Day - running alongside, she chatted and supported. and the finish line was reached so much more easily because of this. Regardless of their ability. she encouraged students to give their all, because I 00% was all she knew. She used sport to get people up and doing, and this reflects her abundant and infectious enthusiasm. Hoggy was respected as a sportswoman and as a dedicated member of staff. and she will be hugely missed by students and staff alike.

RB

Hoggy quote: "My that was a good hit!"

Quote on Hoggy: "That great big smile always made

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U I S This season was a good one for the U I Ss. Having had a very good season last year we were anticipating another. However we had lost a few key players, and had some vital gaps in the line-up. We started with high spirits and, from the beginning, played well as a team. From playing in torrential rain, to bitter cold to blazing sun everyone gave all they could, in training and matches. Particular improvement this year was found in Poppy Redman, who often led the forwards and set up some fantastic goals, often finished off by Rachael Parker. All season there were some great partnerships shown running down the pitch, and working together. We had five players representing Harrogate and Craven area, and Diane Smith representing North Yorkshire. This was a strong point for our team to work on, and to aim to be involved in next year. We had spectacular defence all season from Vicky Turner; who wouldn't let anything past her, and a great smack from Vicky Richards. Even those who weren't playing always showed great encouragement and cheering from the sideline. At the end of the season, we finished by becoming runners-up in the North Yorkshire Schools' tournament. Well played everyone in a great season, and good luck with the teams that you end up in next yearl Tessa Boult

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U l 4 This season the U I 4s had I 7 matches, 7 of which were tournament games. We got off to a fiying start with a 2-0 win over St. Bees at home, but sadly followed by a couple of losses to strong teams such as St. Peter's and Pocklington. Unfortunately the majority of our games had to be played on grass, our weaker surface since gaining the astro. We still went out to play as decent a game as we could and were constantly learning from our mistakes. It took a while for us to adapt as a team resulting in a few position swaps. We started a winning streak when all our determination. effort and team tactics came together - we looked strong and enjoyed the new skills we could use over our opposition. The highl ight of the season was our end of season district tournament when we became joint champions thanks to some great moves and defensive work in the backs. We wriggled our way into the final after winning a clever round of penalty nicks in the semi-final which was really nerve-racking. At a higher level, the strength of our team was helped by the success of four girls being picked for the area team, Lou1se Turner, Siobhan Martin, Shona Bruno and lzzie Marshall. Three of these went on to try out for the county team but sadly didn't qualify (Siobhan, Shona and lzzie). We thoroughly enjoyed the season with its ups and downs of all sorts but surely a lot of lessons learnt and, I think,

great potential for the future - it won't be long before we are in

the first team! Thank you to Mr Humphreys for his match day coaching and thank you very much to Mrs Taylor­Hall and Miss Hogg who are leaving us for pastures new. Good luck! lzzie Marshall

N ETBALL

This year has been a very successful and enjoyable one for netball. Hard work and perseverance from the squad . not to mention encouragement from our coaches, has resulted in a distinct 1mprovement in our team's skills. The atmosphere during training sessions and matches has been fnendly and positive, despite being strenuous and demanding - I have to congratulate the first team for being prepared to be put through their paces! The squad has worked together bri lliantly and succeeded in forming a good team rapport. Our progression is no better marked by the fact that the first team has gone on to

win all but two of their matches this season.

The team this year has consisted mainly of upper sixth formers. The tall frames of Harriet Marks and Sally Pegg in attack have provided problems for numerous opponents as they

struggled in vain to reach the rebounds. The progression of Charlotte Selka as a match player has been particularly not1ceable. whilst the influence of Charlotte Ingle in defence has been unquestionable. Solid as a rock at the back, she has proved invaluable and a real match winner:

The fate of the team next year looks hopeful, as there were also impressive performances from members of the lower sixth. Lianne Dowling and Catherine Drowley have both made striking debuts in the first team l ine up, whilst the introduction of Charlotte McCormick in the centre of the court gave us energy and a variety of new match-play options. There have also been a number of promising performances by some up and coming members of the squad, particularly Emily Glass who has dazzled us with some sharp shooting. Thus, we hope that these players, along with some of the current second team who have been expertly captained by Eleanor Dean this year. will go on to bigger and better th ings next year:

With regard to our fortunes this season, it is fair to say that we started off the year poorly with a loss against Settle High. The team were still finding their feet! As this season progressed, the quality of play has increased beyond recogn ition with some excellent wins. The most notable of these victories was perhaps the very competitive match against Stoneyhurst that we deservingly won 1 7- 1 6. Near the end of the season we had a rematch against Settle. This time we left victorious, winning a very respectable 38-1 2. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in netball this season and to all the teachers who helped run it - Mrs Wood, Mrs Humphreys , and a spec ial thank you to Miss Hannah whose first year of running the squad has been successful and, we hope, enjoyable. Well done everyone and good luck next year!

Leah Terefenko

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From the Coach My main aim at the start of the season was to get the team playing football. They were quick to learn and trained with great enthusiasm. Although the season saw a mixture of results the team always looked to play good football. realising that a backward pass can in fact be a great attacking ploy if accompanied by the right player movement in front. Opposition coaches frequently commented on the quality of their football , particularly pleasing when playing against schools that have soccer as their main sport. Results were better on better pitches and that is no coincidence. We will lose some very able senior players, but many of the team will be here next year and we can look forward with some confidence Special thanks must go to Mrs. Crowther who drove many miles to support the team, appreciated by all. A pleasure to work with a great squad, and I must say it is far easier to shout instructions from the touch line than actually do the business on the pitch. WSR

From the Captain Boswell: Matt had a good first season playing for the I st XI. He made some vital saves in goal which in some cases saved us the match. He will play a key part in next year's team.

Hughes: Young Mark developed so much this

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position, but he did a jolly good job. He has a good eye for the ball, and is always pro-actively ready to pounce on anyone in his way. Parker: Nick played down the left hand side of defence. He is more of an attacking player; and did actually get moved up front for a few games, but with his lightning pace he was always on the attack swinging his balls in. Grose: Luke, not meaning to embarrass the poor lad, is one of the most useful players on the field. He moves the ball around with his feet so quickly and is extremely hard to stop. I am sure that Luke will have a major role in the I st XI next season.

Dean: Deano was unfortunate not to get picked for the county this season. He reached the final stage. a great achievement. He played in mid-field, but I can't really specify exactly what position, as this young player was all over the place, hassling all opposition players. Hofmann: Chris has played a key role in this team for two years now, and will leave a massive gap in the team next season as he moves on. He has a great eye for the game, and is always looking to move the ball around quickly and accurately. Moore: Andy has a passion for the game, and he shows this with his determination. Andy was always moving into space, although you could say he was 'a bit of a donkey' when it comes to shooting. Orterer: Benni is new to Gigg this year; but after the first few training sessions. you could soon tell that we had managed to find a good one. Benni made a huge impact on the team, and played outstandingly as a centre forward, taking every opportunity (well most) which arose. He will be a great asset to the I st XI next season. Christian: This is the third year that Sam has played for the I st XI. He has a natural talent for the game, and will be sorely missed next season. He delivers some great balls through from mid-field and is always willing to push that extra length for a win. Crowther: Lewis joined the team determined to prove himself He did this magnificently. Playing down the left w1ng, he was always there supporting every member of the team, and you could always trust him to supply the attackers will quality balls. I am sure that he will continue his success in the I st XI next season. I would like to thank Mr Robertson for being such an inspirational coach, and always managing to slip in something about the way Man Utd play. You are a great guy and I will miss my role next year working alongside you. I would also like to thank Dr Taylor for organizing all our games. Without you, none of them would have gone ahead. I must also thank you for keeping me in order; and making sure all the team sheets were up on time. Tim Hodkinson

C ROSS COUNTRY

This year 35 pupils represented the school across 6 different age categories, of which I I qualified to represent the district in the North Yorkshire Schools races.

The season started, as ever. in the cold, dark month of November. The first major annual race of the season was the Harrogate Craven Championships that would eventually finish in a potentially dirty weekend in Brighton, albeit at the English Schools' championships. As ever our teams did us proud. Of the six races we took part in we brought home the team silverware in three of the categories, with the junior and senior girls retaining last year's trophies and the senior boys regaining the title from local rivals Ermysteds.The senior teams were led home by the winners in their races, Sheryl Slater and james Illingworth, with Emma Royle gaining silver in the jun1or race. Special mention to Alice Boult for her 'heroic effort' in the senior team that secured the victory.

The normal end-of-term celebration at Stonyhurst was a rather damp squib as an annoying pre-holiday bug struck down the majority of the team and it was sad to see a possible victory there go a-begging. Dan Lawson, who was the least under-the-weather was our leading runner pf\the day.

January saw a refreshed team after a well-deserved Christmas break, but the festive season had got"to one or two, so work had to start early in order to get back into shape for the start of the main season.

On the first weekend back was the North Yorkshire Schools' championships at Catterick The course was quite flat, so was not to our liking. The first six at this race automatically qualified to represent North Yorkshire at the English Schools' and places 7 through to I S had to battle it out in one last race at York Racecourse at the beginnjng of February to see if they could get in the back door.

Of the I I that went to Risedale College wearing Harrogate and Craven colours, a staggering 7 qualified to represent the county. Sheryl and james both finished fourth to comfortably book their seat on the coach to Brighton and the five others, james Greenhalgh, Chri Holmes, Dan Lawson, Sally Coates and Ita Hirst made the grade for the match against East Yorkshire.

Between the county race and the next qualifying round for the Nationals we made a visit to Coventry for the annual King Henry VIII relays. 45 teams from all over the country tum up to this 6 x 2 mile relay. In recent years our position as a team has been 5th, I 2th and I 3th. This year we had an average-to-strong team, however a couple of our runners lacked experience in this type of race, so it was going to be interesting to see how we did. Coach Scholey set the target as anywhere in the top ten places, and was not disappointed - we finished 7th, just behind local rivals Sedbergh, but well ahead of Ampleforth. Our two fastest runners managed to get into the top 30 fastest times of the day: james Illingworth - 1 2:26 and james Greenhalgh -1 2:3S.This is an amazing effort on a national scale. It was now time to get back on to the trail to the Nationals. This time it was at York Racecourse, in the snow. To qualify for the English Schools' this time there was only one option: to be one of the first North Yorkshire runners

home. This was by no means an easy task, however Dan Lawson managed to be the I st North Yorkshire boy back, earning him a much-deserved place in the nationals along with James Illingworth and Sheryl Slater.

From snow to humidity. No, we hadn't started training in a sauna; Hong Kong was the very different venue. This was a trip of a lifetime. The very fact that we had a I Okm race didn't seem to bother us in the slightest.

The eight international runners (as we liked to call ourselves) were wide-eyed at the amazing sights and the completely different way of life. Although the race itself was unlike any we'd ever raced in - I 0,800+ competitors, starting at 7am in temperatures we could only dream about back in England - we did remarkably well. In the Junior Boys Category Dan Lawson came 5th, james Illingworth 6th, James Greenhalgh 1 4th, Alastair Canaway 23rd, Andrew Mabbitt 24th and Mark Hughes 39th.There were very few junior girls racing but Sheryl Slater and Sally Coates both ran good times. Coach Alastair Scholey came a creditable 99th out of the I 0,000 entrants in the race.

Special thanks must go to Mr and Mrs Thursby for their great hospitality and organisation and allowing us the opportunity to experience running on an international scale.

Back in England, and recovered from the jet lag, we hosted the Midland and Northern Independent Schools Cross Country Championships for the first time. We welcomed 1 8 schools with a total of around 430 runners, across all the age categories. The senior boys team finished 2nd overall, ahead of arch-rivals Sedbergh but behind Ampleforth - but a great result considering most were still very stiff from our inter-House rugby on the previous Thursday.

This is how the 1nd1vidual competition got on:

Junior Boys:

Open Girls:

Senior Boys:

David Lea - 9th

Sheryl Slater - 1 2th Sally Coates - 2 I st

James Illingworth - I Oth James Greenhalgh - I 3th Dan Lawson - I 6th Tom Hart - 23rd

Finally, a record fell in our own beloved Scarrig, the race when all the non-runners find their trainers and plod round the course, dreading every step of the way, swearing never to do it again, but then feeling on top of the world at the end. This year we were blessed with perfect conditions, and the Senior Girls' record fell to Sheryl Slater. Congratulations to her and to all the runners who made this a great season. The results go to show how much cross-country has come on in the last year. Who knows what next season holds for us?

james Greenhalgh

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It was that time again, for some the first time round. A chance to put all that training to test, or lack of it as the case tended to be!! Everyone stood at the start anticipating Mr Scholey's return, teeth chattering through cold and nerves. First up were the junior boys, I lap of the course and up 'the big one'!!! There were 77 boys competing and it

was going to be a tough race. In the end it was won by David Lea in 1 2 mins 9 sees, with David Fortune second in 1 2:37, and third being taken by Stuart I l l ingworth in 1 2:44. The second race of the day was to be the Senior Girls. For Sheryl Slater it was now or next year. She was aiming to break the record she just missed the year before. Starting the race in front and finishing clear of the field (unless you count her mum chasing her round the course egging her on) Sheryl finished in record time of 1 4:03. Ita Hurst finished in second with a time of 1 5: I 2. Third place was taken by Sally Coates in 1 5:49. The seniors were shortly followed by the junior girls. There were to be a few contenders for the I st place spot but nobody had a clear idea of the probable winner. It was a fast, short-ish course. After a hard and challenging race which had positions swap dramatically in the last few hundred metres, taking third place in a time of 1 2:48 was Diane Smith. Second place was won by Isabel Marshall in a time of 1 2:46 and, with a brilliant run, Alice Lilley won the junior girls with a time of 1 2:4 1 . Clearly a close race. Last to go were the senior boys, and there three 'big guys' that stood out: James Ill ingworth, Dan Lawson, and James Greenhalgh. This was a long course but the final three places were decided in the last stage. Dan Lawson won the race after pipping james I l lingworth in the sprint finish. His time was 2 1 : 1 2 with james clocked only 2 seconds behind. Third place was taken by james Greenhalgh in 1 2:54.

Well done everyone who took part. Scarrig is dreaded by many for the indignity, the pain, and, of course, the mud . . . but that's the fun of it! Until next year . . . Isabel Marshall

S HOOT I N G

The Golden Shot Over the past five years shooting has rocketed in its popularity and the students' abilities (not to forget Mr. Thomas's). Shooting sessions usually go something like this: Mr. Thomas masterfully sets up a sporting layout up at Chapel, then after firstly making sure that safety using a gun is enforced, invites the less experienced shooters to have a go. Only when safe shooting has been mastered does he start to tantalisingly hint at the secrets behind a perfect shot. By now you are totally fired-up, and you are then invited to take shooting as a games option. This is where the real shooting starts. Our group uses the well-established shooting ground at Coniston Cold - a top ground offering all types of clay shooting. One of the more popular types is sporting, which uses a series of traps laid around the shooting ground. Usually there wil l be four layouts. Three layouts have six targets to hit, and one has seven, to add up to a total out of twenty-five clays. My personal favourite shoot is DTL (down the line).This layout is five stands in a curve with a trap house in the middle, which fires clays at lethal speeds away from the shooter in different d irections. Another favourite of mine is skeet. This is a difficult layout to master: as it is incredibly high-speed shooting. Skeet has a high tower and a low tower facing each other at opposite ends of the layout. There are seven different stands, which arch in a semi-circle from the high tower to the low tower. The shooter is presented with one clay from the high tower. then the low, then both at the same time, with again a possible score out of twenty-five. As this is my last year shooting at Gigg, I'd like to pay tribute to the talents of Mr Thomas. whose enthusiasm and sportsmanship has been the mainstay of the sport for all of our shooters. A fine shot, over the years Mr. Thomas has been creeping up the league tables from 'C' class category to a professional 'A' class category. It is not unusual for him to shoot a straight 25/25 in DTL. However it's not always fine and

dandy - Mr. Thomas has been known to miss a few sitting ducks, but in these circumstances there is a book of excuses every shooter at some stage uses for defence. Here are some examples: "It's these b****y cartridges! I thought I'd try them out but they're useless. I won't be buying these again'" "/ thought I'd hit it'" "I got injured playing rugby a few years ago, and every so often it comes back, all it takes is a bit of damp and that's it, I can't shoot." But it's the 'easy' shots, which are inexcusable to miss. Unfortunately, if you happen to be the next shooter after Mr. Thomas you're guaranteed to hear "You should hit all of them, they're easy. No excuse if you miss them."This is called psyching your opponent out and it works. Cheers Mr. Thomas' Charlie Sykes

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1 st XI

What a difference a year makes - and some sunshine of

course!!!! From the relatively few matches of the last two

years, the I st XI managed to play I 2 this season. The team,

ably led by Sam Christian, gelled into a formidable unit, and

each player who represented the I st XI played their part.

Against Mark Mortimer's Invitational XI, they were given the

chance to see if their thorough preseason training would

pay off. With both Sam Christian and lan Canaway posting

half centuries and then Greg Crosby claiming four wickets

and Stuart Illingworth, playing up from Year I 0, three, we

claimed an easy and impressive victory.

A further victory against traditionally stiff opposition.

Ermysteds. with Greg Cosby contributing 4 3 runs, was

added proof that a good season was possible.

Unfortunately we did not score enough runs against the

first of our adult sides. and lost by four wickets.

Against Cokethorpe School, Oxford, we played very well.

Greg Crosby contributed 53 and Alistair Canaway. 34. We

then bowled them out for 44 to win by over I 00 runs.

Mark Hughes took figures of 3 wickets for six runs, and

Spike Hird, 4 for 1 4.

We were in good heart when we played Sedbergh I st XI,

but we were to learn a salutary lesson: to hold catches. We

dropped both openers before four runs were scored - a

vital lesson. as they both went on to score centuries. After

that we were never in the match. and, although not bowled

out, we didn't score quickly enough and lost by 1 20 runs.

Cometh the hour, cometh the men!! The MCC approached

their traditional fixture with their usual cavalier approach,

batting first on what was a boggy wicket. At 27 for 5 they

must have been rueing the decision. as both Spike Hird and

Sam Christian scythed through the early batsman taking 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Eventually they declared on I 28 for 8. After the worst possible start. losing two wickets from

the first two balls. lan and Alastair Canaway batted calmly -

ian scoring 59. When Alastair was dismissed ian was joined

by Spike, who steered us home to win by 5 wickets. This

was a heroic performance by all the team and really was

the highlight of the whole season for all!

A draw against Leeds Grammar was followed by a victory

against Rossall School. Again the bowling of Mark Hughes 4 for 8, and Spike Hird, 4 for 26 proved decisive. Greg Crosby

again made a solid 44 runs when we batted.

By the last week of term the tiredness began to tell, as did

the injuries. The squad was decimated, and this led to losses

against the OGs and the Saints. The season ended with a

recreation of the Ashes, as we hosted Kings Paramatta.

Unfortunately. l ike our more professional counterparts. we

succumbed to the Australians!

This was an excellent season and the whole squad can be

rightly pleased, though there are areas of improvement to

be made. Nobody progressed to a really big score, and

catches were dropped in key situations. However. we have

only lost two senior players for next season. and as a

consequence really good preparation work has already

started. They are a great bunch of lads to work with, and I

must thank them for their commitment and dedication.

Thanks must go to Dave Fallows who has contributed

valuably with his coach1ng skills, and also to Stuart Lowe our

scorer. Roll on those long lazy sunny summer days. and the

success that I am sure will follow!

PWH

C RI C KET

U l 4 For the first time in the last two years, the cricket season of 2003 promised some real activity for the Y9 boys. Having suffered the ravages of Foot and Mouth and poor weather in previous years, it was fair to say that the game of cricket was still unfamiliar. Fortunately, though skills were still in their infancy, the sp1rit and a willingness to work hard could not be faulted. The first fixture against Leeds G.S. started well. Captained by opening bowler and upper order batsman Nick Thursby, the toss was won and Ross Bousfield raced to a score of 28 from only eight scoring shots. Unfortunately, and not to be the first time, a casual shot would see him caught on the off side. Though opening partner ian Jenkinson belligerently supplied I 8, and Charles Flather I 0, our visitors reached our final score with something to spare. Stil l , we'd had our first game and importantly looked'to ha� something as a team in both the bowlin�;md fielding departments. A very hot day at RossaO sav/'our hosts �p us in the field until well after tea. It wo�ltfbe fak.._ to ackr.l� edge that our good fielding and bowling, ot �Jbe braces of w1ckets for Thurs� Jenkinson and thre r-9fek

'iji ls'IDn, reSt{icted our

hosts to on[y'-J 1 8. However. the sun ;,ad�o,ne ��darvage and with the ��ain.,urrder1 an umbrella ant!'<t lias�y �e­shuftled battinf d'rder. 'we�ere �ver a�'to��ng� t f score in tb�over?> affEJrdciJ In e nd, lbatting practice anti protecting,.!he wickets saw the game through to a dra

A strong Woodhouse Grove team, away and on a very wet track would end our season. But it didn't! The skies opened during our last week of term and, well, rain very definitely did stop play

A final thanks must go to our intrepid scorer. Richard Hall, rewarded by a team place against St. Peter's. These matches need their scorer and all of the boys who turn out as twelfth men. Thanks to you all and, for the future, there is much promise here.

JMH

U I S After two seasons when U 1 5 Cricket had been blighted by foot and mouth and the weather. the simple fact that in 2003 the under I Ss were able to play a full fixture list of matches rendered the season successful! It was sorely needed, as there were cricketers in Year I I who had played fewer than a total of 6 games for the school! The team were capably and intelligently led by Henry Wilman. He also opened the batting - and on occasion the bowling too - and constructed some patient, long-lasting innings. At times, he was Boycottesque in his defence! He also sh�'e'dc.his ability to attack as well. He was ably supporte�bJ;Oiivec Lancaster - a lusty hitter with a Ermysted's on Top Pitch pC2videtl one of our tlest ga�es '\ somew{at;fustic tec:J:inique who looked as though he of the season. Though we'nnly posted a lowly 79 fro our " / / ,

25 overs, our catching looked to be winn'ng us the match. would bury ball, but compiled some important With fine bowling figures al l-ro:i,d, the left arm trundling innings. ' � pace of Ed Tame conceding only I I 'runs and both Wils�n Stuart �ngworth w';; avairable. o.Q!y �en � playing for and jenk1nson snapp1ng up three w1ckets each, Ermysted s the 1 st :XI. On his day, he could pr�duc_e match-winn�ng were only to beat us with their last pair ac_d jn our.�al�-::::-. -.£ispla>;:_;- �f batting: his 58 not out, in qui�k tfue at over. Tense stuff 1ndeed, as our roly-poly ump1re and coach E '; . , h . . . Tc ft '---., " fi "' A . . d rmySLeus""e1ng a case 1n po1nt. oo o en'l) 1oug , 11e 1ost could hardly cope w1th the exotement. The ga"Le-was a so' "-., . '-. . . '"". notable for wicketkeeper Ross Bousfield's cha,nce to sho"i' l concentrat�m�nd threw away hiS Wicket by trying to command and control behind the stumps. thump good' bbvvl ing.

A rushed overs game in Lancaster against � ipley St. Unfortunately, the'>e was not much else in the batting Thomas pitched us against a far more experienced side. locker; the odd cameb from Thomas Burdekin being the Again, our opponents could only score what we allowed, -..._ exception. As a result, we lacked the abil ity to post and were disappointed to only reac� I 1 2. Good bowling- >-., competitive first innings totals, or failed to chase down all-round, led by captain Thursby, Jenkinson. jack Seddon relatively modest targets. and the leg spin of Ben Cooper; was suppor.-ted by steady fielding, notably from Alun Davie/ at. shGt:'extra cover. .>' Sadly, our batting never got going and we were =a lOsing 49 for 8 at the close. __...,.-I � A home match against St. P1ter's, York,a�wed us to seek to show an improvemen_>Tiiougl:!,. th'ey �rofessed to 'be weakened', nevertheles7 we1were deter,ryned to give our all. But would our 93 tbr 7, Spencer Mo(an 's late 1 4 a boost to the more d�terrhned approach from Bousfield, be enough against,{ la�gef school reno,�·med for sporting strength in deptt;J? It was! Again, we bowled well, three more for Nick Wilson, two each for Seddon and Cooper. Ross Bousfield ook three sharp catches to enhance his

Behind the stumps, the 'keeping duties were shared by the cat -like Ferg s Edmonson and o0er Lancaster. The bowling was our stre��'the�uccess we enjoyed largely built on this: Wilman m�ag�d to prod use a lot of swing, usually off a good length, while Richard Horsfall dtlivered some beautiful overs. He now ne�s to work tojeli�te the one or two bad balls an over. Ttfes�o were ably ":\., supported by the consistent and phle�i\�lay of Grel\ Broadway, Nigel Barker. Matthew Stone �nd Thomas \

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At the end of Easter the '2003 squad' set off to the Jonathan Markson Centre in the Algarve for a week of tennis, more tennis and lots of laughter. Our small group of only 1 4 pledged to make the trip unforgettable. and we were to be far from disappointed. When we arrived on the first night I won't forget sitting on the balcony looking over the breath-taking scenery and thinking I was in for a sleepy. relaxing week. All I can say is. I was wrong!

We started with an early morning run round the resort to wake us up and improve our fitness (cutting through the bushes. wasn't the idea we don't think - oops!). We then met the coaches. who I'd describe as 'characters.' Ricardo Fonseca gave us a demonstration and then we stretched. He is an old friend of Giggleswick. coaching the past squads in Portugal and also visiting school last May. He became a great friend to all and we're hoping for another visit very soon!

We then split into groups of no particular standards. We played for 3-4 hours per day working on different areas of the game. Each day we worked on a different stroke from forehands. backhands. to volleys. serves and attempting smashes with hilarious

consequences. Not to worry as the coaches were eager for improvement and pushed us hard, as there were to be no slackers on court The coaches never lacked humour and entertained us using games that included lots of press ups. free drinks, bets and trying to hit each other as hard as you can with tennis balls!

After a morn ing of tennis we ate lunch and walked down the road to explore the village and the beach. Afternoons included swimming. water fights and any spare energy went into a tennis game or two.

Nights involved a trip to a local restaurant with very good food and sometimes a walk round to experience the local nightl ife.

It's impossible to list all of the memorable moments but one that is worth a mention was the afternoon that gave James Jakes a chance of a lifetime as he played Mennel who. at only I 3 years of age. is the No 4 Portuguese junior player. One afternoon we also had a singles tournament, which was very relaxed and fun. It gave us the opportunity to play against new friends we made during our stay. The final however was an aii-Giggleswick affair between Tessa Boult and myself: it was an 'interesting' match with Tessa coming out on top. Thank you so much. Miss Wrenn. for the trip. Every aspect was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thank you to everyone for the memories. laughter and new friendships made. I personally can't wait to return next year to the sunshine.

Jade Lanson

AN N UAL TEN N I S TOURNAMENT

Sunday the 1 5th June was the date set for the school's Annual Tennis Tournament.

Once again we were blessed with stunning weather, with warm sun and a light breeze. Perfect!

The day started early (well, early for some), at I Oam so there was a whole day to play lots of tennis! All were eager to try the new tennis courts which at long last were completed, and they did not disappoint. With their superb surface I 'm sure tennis at Giggleswick will increase even more greatly in popularity, as was proven by the turnout for this year's tournament.

It was a record turnout with 40 anxious and enthusiastic players including OG Tor Fuller and Governors John Hartley and David Gillibrand. There were also plenty of parents such as Katie Boult and Mr McCormick; former teacher Mr Farmer paying us a pleasant visit, and lots of teachers

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such as Dr Peek and Miss Hogg wiping the cobwebs off their rackets. Also, not forgetting the huge number of pupils who played superb tennis: we definitely gave the adults a run for their money.

There were 4 teams with five couples in each, all of very even ability so no couple would struggle. Couples moved around, all having a chance to play on a variety of grass, new courts and old. There was also a barbecue for lunch so thank you to the catering staff and also Mr Boult for grilling the burnt burgers (only joking!), and Mrs Boult for the Pimms. We had just enough time for the food to digest and then more tennis! The standard was impressive and each couple played 9 matches. We ended the day with a well-deserved cup of tea and strawberry tarts.

By the end of the afternoon I know most people were exhausted but the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all. There was vast enthusiasm for tennis (and the weather), from the players and also the spectators, who I thank for their support.

Thank you to Miss Wrenn for the impossible task of the organising the day. teams and timing, ably assisted by Mr Wharton. A job extremely well done! I can't wait till next year and advise more people to come along for a great day. Jade Lanson

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Once again we came full circle and back into the athletic season, with the promise of heavy rain and very little sunshine - it's a wonder we ever practise at all. This year: a young team of finely-tuned athletes (well most of us anyway!), showed great potential for what is to come.

We had an excellent start to the season within a week of being back into school, throwing ourselves against the

QlJ ALI F I E 0 L I F E SAVE RS

Lifesaving is really booming at Giggleswick School! Fifteen pupils are now qualified lifesavers holding their Bronze Medallion Award, and some of those are already going for silver by December 2003.

In addition to this impressive number, twelve members of staff from the senior and primary schools, as well as Mill House have also gained their awards, and numbers are ever on the increase! In the Royal Lifesaving Society's

might of Stonyhurst and, whether we were just lucky or not, our victory cannot be ignored: winning by a margin of

20. Newcomers who contributed to our team were Benny Orterer and Matthew Stone.

With the next athletics meet in a triangu lar match against Lancaster Boys and St Edward's we began our training in earnest, though the weather seemed to shower us with enough water to flood the Sahara - there seemed no end to the wetness.

The season would not be complete without some of the players being injured in some way, or otherwise needed elsewhere. So with a slightly reduced team and a lot of shuffling we arrived at Lancaster I 2 men strong with a full event list. The day proved to be productive, if not tiring, with most of us having to do a range of events. We managed second place.

We hope for an even better season next year with this season's young squad losing only two people. I wish all those competing the very best of luck for the year to come.

Att Kitiyos

AGM 2003, Giggleswick School was announced as having the third highest number of qualified lifesavers in the Bradford and Airedale region, and first and second places are in swimming/lifesaving clubs, not schools! So well done all of you, and thanks for your service to the school through helping with all pool activities! Keep up the good work!

JMF

Carr: Cathenne Hunter Sep 0 I Sarah Jury. Sep 0 I Morrison: Craig Dean. April 03. Paley: Dav1d Krauss, Sep 02. Timothy Fa1rclough. April 02. Shute: Jeff Lau, April 02. Style: Rebecca Newman. Apn l 03. Angela Hill, April 03. Sarah Tavernor; April 03. Sarah Tame. Apnl 03. Carla Die (en• April 02. Kat1e Hague. Ap,.o 02. Poppy Redman, April 02. Eleanor Heaton. Apnl 03. Catherine Moseley. April 03 ( 1 5). Staff: Magnus Caithness. Sep 0 I . joanne Flynn(AofM) - Sep 0 I . Ross Hunter; Sep 0 I Sue Hunter. Sep 02. james Huxtable. Sep 0 I . AleJ.mdro Meneses. Sep 0 I fergus Olg1lv1e. Apnl 02.jill Ptlkington. Sep 0 1 . Susan Bellis, Apn l 03. Amanda Le1gh. Sep 02. jo Lee.Aprl 03. julte M1ddleton. Sep 02 ( 1 2)

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SPORTS DAY

The weather was mainly kind to us for Sports Day, leading to some record-breaking performances:

Open Girls Triple Jump: Rachel Parker - I 0. 1 Om (Record: I 0.04m, R Taylor; 1 998)

Junior Girls 75m Hurdles: Rachel Parker - 1 3.29 (Record: 1 3.3 H Millard 1 994, M Heaton 1 996, C Jefferies 1 998)

Senior Boys 400m: Peter Drake 5 1 .86 NR (Record: 53.0 P Drake 2002)

Overall Results Junior Girls:

I st Style 2nd Carr

Overall Girls: 1 st Style 270 2nd Carr 262

Junior Boys: I st Morrison 1 22 2nd Paley 1 1 7 3rd Nowell 1 07 4th Shute 1 0 1

Senior Boys: I st Paley 1 7 1

2nd Nowell 1 38 3rd Morrison 1 26 4th Shute 105

Overall Boys: 1 st Paley 405 2nd Nowell 374 3rd Shute 346 4th Morrison 345

Senior Girls:

I st Style 2nd Carr

Inter Boys: I st Shute I 40 2nd Nowell I 29 3rd Paley I 1 7 4th Morrison 97

Tug ofWar: Boys: Nowell Girls: Carr

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My first year as the School Staff Instructor (SSI) has been a varied and challenging one, and in many ways the boots of my predecessor, Mr Bernard Lively BEM, have been difficult to fill. The endless stream of new cadets queuing at the CCF stores door, eager to be issued with their new chosen service uniform meant I had to hit the ground running. The army cadets have been involved in many things over the year and the school range has been well used on Friday afternoons. There the cadets hone their shooting skills with the cadet small bore rifle before moving up to Catterick ranges to shoot full-bore ammunition. The contingent were able to use Catterick ranges on 2 Sundays during the winter months and I have seen the overall standard of shooting improve every time day we attended. Special praise goes to Emma Goodall who shot consistently well throughout the year.

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Annual Camp

This year's annual camp was held at Wathgill Camp within Catterick Garrison and its surrounding training area. Ten cadets attended, two of these were Marine Cadets.

On Day One we attended a series of practical stands and outdoor lectures based on the functions of command and leadership. The practical stands proved a real test of initiative and team organisation for the cadet nominated to lead the test. The army cadets performed admirably and proved to be a capable team who were able to work well together and give advice and guidance to the cadet in charge if the need arose. Our overall score put us in second place from a total of I 6 other schools and this could have been improved had we not had a touch of bad luck on the last stand of the day. This was a very encouraging start.

On Day 2 we were given the chance to do a spot of adventure training with a choice of climbing on an indoor climbing wall or canoeing the local lake. The two girls were quick to volunteer for climbing as the chance of becoming wet and cold did not appeal to them. I joined up with the canoeists and supplied hot tea throughout the day. which on occasions was well needed. Morale remained high and everybody enjoyed the experience.

The remainder of the week's training became progressively harder and the tempo quickened with cadets moving over the training area from one stand to the next. The weather was hot and everyone was forced to drink plenty of water to prevent heat exhaustion and dehydration. Cadets were taught patrolling, ambushing, and attacking techniques and then, to round it all off, they attacked a small enemy position. The final day was spent on the ranges where cadets were able to fire the cadet GP rifle and also, for the first time, the light support weapon in automatic mode.

My first annual camp with the cadets had been a great success and I was impressed with the high standard of support and training that the regular army provided for the camp. This was complemented by Giggleswick cadets' willingness to get stuck in and give I 00% i n all they participated in. This positive attitude enabled all who

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CCF F I E LD DAY

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�he ful line-up of P"'1•Ctpants at RAF Cottesmore On Saturday 5th July, when most people were starting their summer holiday, three cadets: Cdt. Arnold, Cdt. Sebbage and Cpl. Colau went to RAF Cottesmore. an active Harrier GR-7 base, down in Rutland. From the moment we arrived, the week was action-packed. which was probably a blessing as the accommodation wasn't exactly five star. Coming from a small squadron, we were allocated four bunks in the corner of a thirty-two bunk room. Somehow Lewis managed to get hold of the spare bunk.

The first couple of days saw us taken to the nearby RAF Cranwell, where we got to spend 30 minutes up in the air. in control of the Grob T I Tutor. We then saw several aircraft museums, and other historic sites at the base.

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at the last minute due to a bomb threat being located in our dining hall. This certainly livened up the evening, as we witnessed RAF Bomb disposal units arriving, and actually blowing up the bag!

The overall highlights of the week had to be getting three day's work experience with the RAF squadrons, at different locations around the base. This really opened our eyes to what the real RAF is like - as most of the personnel had just arrived back from Iraq it was fascinating to listen to their stories and opinions about the conflict. Some of the most memorable things we experienced included the Fire Brigade, the attack dogs. the air traffic control, and of course visit1ng the Harrier squadrons. This even involved working on broken harriers which had had to return to base. I was actually involved marshalling one in from the runway, turning it around, then sending it off again once the repairs had been undertaken. Overall we had a fantastic time, and I can personally recommend this trip to any RAF cadet next year.

We also had a day at nearby Rutland water. orienteering, cycling and raft building, which was great fun, even if we did get really wet.

Many thanks to Mr Andrew and Mrs Wood for accompanying us.

Daniel Arnold

RAF Weston on the G reen

The opportunity arose for Royal Marine cadets aged I 6 and above to attend a one-jump static-line parachuting course at the Royal Air Force Parachuting Association Centre (RAFPA), Weston on the Green. Oxford Places were restricted to 4 cadets per school, and from the amount of Royal Marine cadets who showed an initial interest it would have to be a first come, first served basis. It soon became apparent that those initially keen to get a place on the course were now having second thoughts at the prospect of throwing themselves out of a perfectly good aircraft from 3,500 feet. Places were then offered to any cadet from the contingent aged I 6. and from this wider offer 3 would eventually attend.

time training finally finished at

1 7 1 5hrs the cadets were all suffering from a severe

case of information overload and an eagerness to JUst get on with it.

Final checks of all equipment were completed and I waved them off as they

set off on the 5 minute plane ride to 3,500 feet. I watched all 3 cadets exit the plane through my binoculars and with great

relief witnessed 3 near-perfect landings. With the school digital camera quickly handed over to

Carla Dickens it was my turn to get my skydiving gear ready and onto a plane fiying to ah:itude

( 1 2,000 Feet). A I 0-minute fiight to altitude and a 60-second freefall trying to "Sit Fly" put the same size of smile on my face as all the cadets had once they had landed. We stayed the night and relived the experience with the cadets from other schools that had attended the course. More parachuting courses will be planned for the future, watch this space. Socrates once said "No man IS truly free". Socrates did not skydive! IOJ We arrived on the Friday evening after travelling 4 hours

by minibus. My powers of concentration had been severely tested during the journey by the constant barrage of -------------------------:;-� questions on skydiving and just what it entailed. Saturday morning started early with the issue and fitting of parachutes and associated equipment. The weather was perfect for jumping and the plan was to get all the ground training completed by late afternoon and to jump at 1 700hrs. The day's training was divided into lectures and practical lessons. Cadets were taught how to fit the equipment correctly, how to exit the plane, what to do should the main parachute not open(!), and how to fly and land the parachute safely.

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Royal Marine Cadets -The Sir Stuart Pringle Trophy The Team:

CSgt. Dan Lawson (IC) Cpl. Alex Fullbrook Cdt. HenryTopham Cpl. Ben Vickers (II C) Cpl. Adam Maude Cdt. Henry Meredith

Cpl. Peter Drake (II IC) Cpl. Dan Woolnough Cdt. Mike Brigg

In October our team of nine Giggleswick Royal Marine Cadets made the trip to Commando Train ing Centre, in Lympstone, Devon to compete in the annual military skills competition for the Sir Stuart Pringle Trophy. This is a national event for the eighteen public schools that have a Royal Marine Cadet attachment.

On arriving we began work immediately. preparing for the map-read ing stance from a local vantage point on Woodbury Common and putting final layers of pol ish onto our drill boots. In the evening we had a briefing and the team draw for the following day was made. We definitely drew the short straw. being allocated the first stance at 0550 the next morning! To make matters worse, the night was thoroughly uncomfortable with a midnight fire drill and then reveille at 0445.

After a ful l Engl ish breakfast our top 3 shooters went to the ESAT (Electronic Small Arms Trainer) range to blow up some tanks, which we did in good time considering the circumstances. The second stance was the dreaded drill: this was slick polished and accurate and was described by Captain Ogilvie as "The best drill I've

ever seen from a Giggleswick Pringle

team". The day had started well,

and everyone was ready for lunch

although it was not yet 8.30!

round-robin stances for the "' day took place on

Woodbury Common - where they make real Royal Marines. Here

assessed on a multitude of military field craft skills: battle exercise (casualty evacuation); section battle drills; first aid; leadersh ip and teamwork; observation, camoufiage and concealment; weapon handling; map reading and she lter bu i lding. Everyone gave their all, and by the end of the afternoon, and what had already been a very long day, we were all exhausted but felt we had given a good account of ourselves. We returned to base to get on with weapon cleaning, showering, packing up as much of kit as we could before the next day and cleaning the bi llet. By eight o'clock (sorry 2000 hours) the whole team was asleep. looking forward to another busy day on Sunday. In the morn ing we were up bright and early, ready for a good run on the endurance course and orienteering stances to clinch those vital last points. We sacrificed our cooked breakfasts for dry white toast and tea. The discipline paid off with an excellent performance, halving our time from last year! After a large and much-needed curry lunch, the Brigad ier of 3 Commando Brigade came to award the prizes. We were awarded the weapons handling trophy, which is a real achievement and just reward for all our hard work over the weekend. The standard of competition was very high and to finish 8th in a national competition of this calibre required an excellent effort from everyone. We also finished well up in a number of the other stances: 3rd in Leadership and ESAT stances, 4th in the Cam. & Con., and

5th in the Leadership and Endurance/Orienteering. We were very lucky with the weather. and the sunsh ine certainly helped maintain our morale. The lads conducted themselves very well all weekend, combining good humour with a willingness to work hard together: I was immensely proud to lead such a great team and thank Captain Ogilvie and Colour Sergeant johnson for giving the ir time to take us down and experience a great event. Dan Lawson

Bngad•er james Dutton. Commander 3 Commando Bngdde. presents Dan Lawson w�h the Trophy for the Weapon Handhng Stance.

ROYAL MARI N E S F I E LD DAY

Su rvival Skills - Shelter building and Cooking in the field

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Garelochhead, Scotland

We had heard about Camp From Mr Ogilvie, but he is a teacher and it is always best listening to your mates as they give it to you straight. Andrew Mabbitt, a veteran of last year's Camp, told us it would be a lot of hard work at the time but in retrospect was a good experience and that he had learned a lot. The word enjoyment seemed not to feature highly in his account of things! It sounded a little daunting but the three of us - Pat, Moxy and Spike - decided to give it a go. We were accompanied by Mr Ogilvie and Miss Lawrence, a new addition to the CCF Officer strength.

We were on the go from the minute we arrived. This was to be a feature of the course - we were always busy and often exhausted, but still found ourselves enjoying it all along the way.

We got up early in P.1 rig and did a 'wake up': a combination of a run and circuit training that certainly got the blood pumping and blew the cobwebs away. This was administered and joined in by the teachers and the Royal Marine Youth Training Team (RMYIT). The physical training was designed so that every cadet could push himself as far as he could, with plenty of encouragement from all the instructors.

Lunchtime came and went but we did not receive any 'bag rations'. The afternoon passed and teatime approached, no sign of the transport back to camp or food! Enter W02 Turner: "Right gents, you now know how to survive in the wild, that is what you are going to do tonight . . . (pause for dramatic effect) . . . . Crack on!" This was a great challenge and there were some interesting expressions on the massed assembly a mixture of glee, shock and disbelief Needless to say we all survived the night sleeping in the four-man shelters we had built, cooking the rabbits and vegetables we had been given by the RMYTT and keeping the fires stoked - it gets quite cool half way up a Scottish mountainside even in mid-summer: We managed to catch three eels on the night­lines we set in a local loch and were rather glad we did not have to eat them. The transport arrived early enough to get us back to Camp for a quick shower and breakfast. It had been a long but enjoyable night.

We spent two days on the training area carrying out more advanced troop and section level skills. We ran through section attacks, close quarter battle battle drills (CQB) and operations in built up areas (OBUA) or FISH as some call it (fighting in someone's house), where we cleared rooms with automatic fire and to add to the realism 'thunderllashes' and

smoke were also thrown in. One of a number of individual challenges during the

After breakfast it was always a race back to the accommodation to pick up all the items we required for the day as per the daily routine orders and onto the parade ground - fiVe minutes early as we all wanted to be good Royal Marine Cadets! Failure = press-ups . . ... benda! . . . . . . streeeetch! . . ... bendal . . . . . . streeeetch . . . . .!

The first few days of training were fairly basic - material we had covered at School

in some depth but this was to ensure we

"I made some great friends, improved my fitness a thousand times and gained a little insight into the life of a Royal Marine, all while having the experience of a lifetime."

Camp was the obstacle course: another dimension to the pretty comprehensive physical exercise package we experienced. We also learned how and why we use models in the orders process, had the opportunity to fire live with the SA80 over I OOm on a field range and were introduced to operating radios in the field and voice procedure. We finished off with lectures in the mechanics ofTroop Attacks and the Nato Orders Process.

Spike Hird

were all had the skills and were at the same level before the three day troop exercise. We looked at weapon handling with the SABO weapon system, why things are

seen, camouflage and concealment, observation, target indication, fire control orders, aims and types of patrolling, hand signals, section patrolling skills and fire and manoeuvre. All

this was taught to us by the instruction team for the course: the RMYTT, the teachers and

two trained ranks Marine Rivett and Corporal

"' Diamond who had recently arrived back from OPTelec in Iraq.

After the initial basic introduction we had an interest day. This was a

day in the woods covering survival skills. The lectures

included building shelters, making fire, how to catch, prepare and cook

food in the wild - Ray Mears eat your heart out! This was all great fun but we were rather hungry.

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range (SAT) and abseiling off a multi-storey car park We also had a high speed ride in a rigid raider and a rib - sadly these were not available for the exercise.

Another feature of the camp was the six mile run up Glen Nevis through some cracking scenery. We cleaned up at the end by jumping into the very cold but refreshing nver. We also visited the famous Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge before spending an hour browsing the shops in Fort William and in particular the 'big knife' shop.

The three day exercise was our opportunity to test our individual, section and troop skills and put into practice all we had learned in the past week or so. Many of us had the opportunity to lead in various tasks and appointments during the next forty-eight hours. We patrolled through varying terrain, took part in deliberate attacks and ambushes on a vehicle convoy and reacted to being ambushed ourselves. We set up troop harbours, observation posts (Ops) and sent out recce patrols in the dead of night. Our final task included an attack and clearance of a building. There were times when there was nothing to do except sleep. At other times there was the monotony of sentry duty and again

other times where there was planning to do and orders to give. The highlights were naturally the contacts and subsequent firefights with the enemy. The opportunity to get plenty of rounds down to the background of purple smoke and boom of 'thunderllashes' - yeeha! All this was as near to real soldiering as it gets without having to sign your life away. This was a great experience and one that we all learned a huge amount from. not just on the military side but about ourselves too. We had a bit of relaxation after the exercise when we did adventure training including walking in Glencoe mountain and canoeing on Loch Lomond - all in fantastic countryside that was bathed in scorching sunshine. We finished our stay in Scotland with tours round a minesweeper and a hunter-killer submarine, followed by a grand social gathering with a BBQ. plenty of good food and a few beers, the trained ranks in togas, and the final course

debrief and presentations. Chris Moxon was chosen as the cadet showing the best 'Commando Spirit' over the two weeks. All in all we can say we were very busy, the course was challenging and we learned a great deal. Above all we made plenty of new friends and we had a lot of fun along the way. This is a course well worth attending for those thinking about it next Surnmer. Thanks go to all those on the RMYTT and those members of the Royal Marines and Royal Navy who made the Camp possible. FOGO, Patrick Crossland, Spike Hird and Chris Moxon

S E N IO R CAD ET TRAI N I NG: OTT E RBURN

Cadets attending:

Emma Goodall Harriet Foote Sophie Thornton Greg Crosby Friday 20th

James Greenhalgh Stuart Lowe Chns Moran

After a busy afternoon of CCF training a section of 7 Army cadets made the 3 hour journey up to the North East towards Redesdale Camp in Otterburn Training Area. We arrived at 9. I Spm and straight away were tested on our GP and LSW Handling. Along with cadets from several other schools we were transferred to a harbour site w1th no electricity, and received our rations for the next two days. By this time it was extremely late and most of the cadets settled down for the night. We had a long day ahead of us. Saturday 2 1 st

The following morning we were woken at 0600. After an interesting breakfast of corned beef hash and chocolate pudding we set off, practising basic patrolling dril ls which ended with the section engaging live targets as we patrolled along a small ravine. After lunch we were back out in the field doing section attacks. We made contact with the

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enemy in three different positions. This was then followed by a quick lesson on Platoon Battle Drills, then tea.

At dusk we moved off on a night exercise which involved a 3 mile trek to the Night Patrol Range. Here we patrolled along a route which involved river crossings, setting off trip flares, engaging with the enemy and finally trying to achieve an objective which would help us the following day. Once the objective had been completed we were bundled into the back of a 4-tonner and hurtled back to the harbour position for the night.

Sunday 22nd

During the night pairs of cadets had to patrol the harbour area for an hour each. This was a test of stamina and discipline within the sections. Reveille was at 0600, when we got up and made our last meal. There was one test left -the Platoon Attack. All the schools merged and became one Platoon. This was a well-planned and highly tactical attack, engaging four enemy positions in quick succession. Once back in the harbour area we packed up and returned to Redesdale Camp for weapon cleaning and a final de­brief, before setting off for the long journey back to school.

Greg Crosby and James Greenhalgh

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Practice Expedition

I don't think any of us knew what to expect on the expedition, apart from maybe Siobhan and a couple of others. She'd been camping before and was pretty sure of what she was doing. I, on the other hand, was a beginner and new to everything. One of the real shocks was how heavy the packs were. I struggled with mine and fell over more than once! But I eventually got the hang of it and, after a few useful tips from Miss Flynn, we set off The first few miles were OK, but soon it started to rain just as we got onto the tricky bit of our route. We met up with another group and took a short cut. The supposed "short cut" took us 2 hours instead of 45 minutes because we had a few difficulties with cows, fields,

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and vicars. But we soon found our road and another "short cut" took us even longer and we eventually arrived at the campsite, 2hrs behind schedule. By this time, we were all soaked through and grumpy but still we kept going, thanks to the odd appalling joke from Megan! It took us a while to pitch tents and get the stoves going, but with quite a lot of help from Dr Walker we managed! It rained all through the night so our kit didn't get a chance to dry. but we were up bright and early and I was determined to make the second day a success! Our group set off later than schedule again but we kept a fast pace and were ahead of time. After a few stumbles (lzzie!!) we were safely on our way. or so we thought . . . Once again our pace was interfered with by another cow­obstacle problem, which we managed to overcome. All in all I really enjoyed the trip and learnt a lot, like to always take a spare pair of socks and to put a plastic bag inside your rucksack otherwise all your kit will get wet I'd like to say a huge "thank you" to Dr Walker for coping with a load of soaking, panicking, tired, and grumbling girls, and to Mr. Bellis for bringing us hot chocolate in the middle of the nightJ! Thank you!!

We would like to thank all of the O.P Staff who throughout the year helped us and arranged the expeditions.

Siobhan Martin and Shona Bruno

ART WORK

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The trip had an eventful start to it, with the bus having a tyre blow-out on the M56. This delayed the start of the fun-filled weekend but meant we had a chip supper instead of having to cook our evening meal! On the Saturday we walked over three mountain peaks, Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewellyn. A long but very enjoyable day with great weather! Having had a long day's walk we all chipped in a happy birthday song to Mr Norris and in the evening ate a hearty dinner of spaghetti

The term had just ended and everyone was looking forward to a restful Easter holiday, except five brave 'OPers' who decided that the holidays passed a little too slowly, so set off for North Wales. It was a lengthy drive to our destination but were cheered up immediately on arrival by the fact that the weather was sunny. which in north Wales is a rare occasion indeed. We made an initial assessment of the campsite and according to Ben the parking area was SOLID - I repeat he said it was SOLID and firm. In the morning, after a nerve­racking night in a tent with James Sturrock, surprise, surprise the minibus was stuck tight . . . . but no-one individually was 'to blame' . . . We had to give Mr Norris a ring and he and his friend with a 4x4 managed to tug it out. It was a pleasant walk up one of the local mountains - the weather luckily was still holding out and everyone enjoyed

the day and returning to 't he campsite for tea. 1'\nother night passed (eventually) with

shall remain nameless on their

bolognaise ready for an early start the next morning. Later that same evening we watched a real mountain rescue with four helicopters coming and going from the east side

ofTryfan and lots of rescuers running through the campsite. On Sunday we went climbing which was great fun. Every one had a go at the different routes. Even Miss Le Bris, who had not climbed in ages, soon got the hang of it and successfully completed the SOft abseil. Thanks to all the staff, we all had a fantastic weekend. Joshua King

safety rope controller (erm), which was fun. On day three we packed up the tents and food and visited a disused slate mine. Mr Norris gave a guided tour around the mine and gave us an insight into its history.Then we climbed up a shale slope inside the mine. Mr Noms went round the corner and said ''I'm just checking for any dangers around this corner". A few minutes later he came back and said "All clear" and it was revealed that it was Ben's 1 8th so Miss Lawrence had bought a cake and champagne for him . . . (down a mine). It was interesting to

say the least, and a memorable way to end a great weekend with outstanding weather and a very nice group of people.

AC ROS S SCOTLAN D BY B I KE

On the last day of term we set off on an 8-hour journey to Fort William on the West coast of Scotland. The roads got more and more narrow and less and less straight until we arrived at our campsite at Glen Nevis. We set up our tents and prepared the bikes for the ordeal to follow. After an early start next day we packed our bags and set off. The day involved a 25-mile journey along the Caledonian Canal and the forested banks of beautiful Loch Lochy. A steep bend in the rain unfortunately led to the demise of Ben Dubock who fell, injuring his arm and knee. Dr Walker and Ben returned to Fort William and spent the rest of the day in casualty.

After a n ight in Laggan youth hostel the remaining riders departed in the pouring rain and wind. The day's ride was only I I mi les long but led us along many technical sections with a lot of hard uph i l l that proved difficult in the awful weather conditions. The toil was well-rewarded howeve� with some glorious sections of fast down hill . We arrived in Fort Augustus to dry out over lunch in a local bar. We arrived at the campsite wet and muddy but at least well fed. The majority of us showered, dried our kit and prepared for the evening whilst the hardcore amongst us went back and did it all again!

Tuesday was a superb day of biking covering 26 off-road miles, rather than Dr Walker's estimated 1 8 miles. This was partly due to a route-finding error, which nobody would take responsibility for! Along the banks of Loch Ness, the route climbed steeply up hairpin bends, crossed rocky summits and descended for mile after mile of technical riding through the forest. A great day's ride although we were d isappointed not to see the monster!

On the Wednesday we travelled the last 29 miles to

Inverness in hot sunshine. This involved undu lat ing hills on

quiet back roads, which was a pleasant change from the

rugged off-road riding in the rain of the last few days. The day brought us exceptional views of Inverness and the surrounding hills. With celebrations over: we packed the

minibus and trailer and departed back to Fort William

where we spent the night at Inver Coe campsite, a

beautiful loch side site amongst the mountains.

On the Thursday we rode across Rannach moor which

proved difficult due to the strong winds and heavy rain. The

majority of the time was spent struggling through bogs and

over rocky knolls which proved to be physically and

mentally tiring. Once back at the campsite we packed, and

went to the Clachaig Inn for a celebratory meal. Although

the weather was tough, this was a superb trip through

wonderful scenery enjoyed by al l - including Ben!

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Waugh English Fergus J. F. Edmondson Howson Classics Henry R. Wilman Howson Modern Languages, French Oliver F. lancaster

Victoria L Turner Howson Modern Languages, German David M. Lea Howson Modern Languages, Spanish Fergus J. F. Edmondson Moore History Victoria L Turner Hurst Geography Daniel T. Arnold Style Mathematics Henry R. Wilman Biology Daniel T. Arnold Turnbull Cheminry Henry R. Wilman Allan Physics Henry R. Wilman Home Economics Jennifer L Gower Art Jonathan D. Maude Design Graphics Fraser J. Gray Music limon R. D. Wigfield Drama Max L-M. Quinn ICT Tm W-Y. (hoy Junior Sport Tma J. Boult

Waugh English Catherine E. Drowley Howson Classics Toby E. Nicholson Howson Modern Languages, French Luke 0. Grose Howson Modern Languages, German Emma R. Innocent Howson Modern Languages, Spanish James A. J. Rigby Moore History Catherine E. Drowley Business Studies Samuel W. Jenkins Political Studies Greg T. Crosby Economics Peter Thomasen Hurst Geography Kate J. Hague Style Mathematics Calvin Qin Biology Connor H. Sexton Turnbull Chemistry Toby E. Nicholson Allan Physics Stuart B. Lowe Music Lewis A. Colau Home Economics Sheryl I. Slater Art Catherine E. Drowley Drama and Theatre Studies Daniel J. E. Winspear Physical Education James W. Greenhalgh Information Technology Fiona M. Halliday

Music Daniel M. lawson Partridge Art Prize Matthew I. Bigland Butler Literature Prize Robert L G. Tucker Russell Harty Drama Prize Michael J. Offland The Hyslop Geography Prize Daniel H. Woolnough Andrew Beaver Design Prize Emma L Goodall Simpson Craft Prize Matthew J. Gower Swann Outdoor Pursuits Prize Alexander J. L Fullbrook/

Daniel H. Woolnough Farley Cup for Cricket lam D. Christian Warwick Brookes Junior Merit Prize Alastair G. Canaway Heads of House Awards Charlotte J. Ingle

lam D. Christian Christopher A. French Charles W. D. Marsh Nicholas J. Solman Rachel A. Smith

Sean Whiteside Memorial Prize James R. Pritchard Charles W. lykes

Peacock Memorial (General Merit) Eleanor V. A. Dean Ben R. Dubock

Old Giggleswickian Club Prize limon E. Horsfall Alistair E. Peckham

Williams Memorial (General Merit) Katharine E. M. Forgan Katie Hassell

Marshall Memorial Peter J. M. Drake (Sporting Achievement) Sheryl I. Slater

Pape Memorial Trophy Ben R. Dubock (Achievement in RAF) Charles W. D. Marsh

Silver Kukri Trophy Daniel H. lawson (Achievement in Royal Marines)

Style Memorial (High Endeavour) Charles W. D. Harsh Edward I. Wilman

The Leadership Prize Michael J. Offland Headmaster's Prize Daniel H. lawson

GRAHAM WATSON

On March 28th. the School was honoured to hold a memorial service in the Chapel for Graham Watson. a governor of the School for 5 I years, who died the previous November aged 94.

Both Graham Watson and his brother' t'>av{P were generous benefactors to the School. In the late 980s, for example, they arranged for the restoration of the magnificent Chapel light1ng, replicating exactly the original

gasoliers. in memory of their father, William Hainsworth Watson OG. Graham Watson's own legacy to the School, which included his home - Heaton Rise - and his substantial collection of paintings, furniture, glass, pottery and silver, has allowed the School to push ahead with an ambitious programme of development In addition to the current refurbishment of the Science building. the Art department can look forward to moving to a redesigned

e'{jjq.�l Centre providing a modern. light and spacious area II(C<Drpo111t i ng specialist st ios for ceramics, screen ¢�. �'tng and sculpture. In reto�QI'his .Ben�iggleswick has created a ''Grahatn �ii.tlo�" to be awarded to the best

ernal �diT- in � 4. J+ scholarship exams. The e sting "!lwid poray waf$6n Scholarship" founded by Grafiam cj � Af obls brother will now become a spe · ward tdtthe best performing sixth form schola · c�date currently being educated in the state

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WE CAN B E H E RO E S FOR J U ST O N E DAY . . .

Twelve sixth formers have been Heroes for much more than one day. They have mentored younger students. mainly at Catteral Hall, hearing them read. helping with literacy skills and supporting them with Prep. They have shared their love of a favourite subject, listened to their worries and celebrated their successes. And along the way. our Heroes themselves have picked up the odd new skill as they saw the benefrts of such strategies as Mind Mapping in action. They have been role models, teachers, friends, big brothers or sisters. Truly, they have been Heroes! Lewis Colau sums up mentoring, "It worked as a great opportunity to listen and help, if for nothing else other than to be a useful resource. At first, finding times when we could both

meet to talk was difficult, as we both lead busy lives, but once we got talking things seemed to work all right." Carla Dickens says that mentoring offers many benefits for the younger student "It gives them someone to talk to out of their normal everyday life, you have fun and I think he just likes talking to me." Charles Sykes agrees: "It was cool, e-mailing him and just finding out what he had been up to. Will feels more confident in himself, having a mentor has made him feel special." The older students got a lot out of it too. Sheryl Slater enthused: "I really enjoyed teaching Christian. It gave me a feeling of fulfillment when he did well in a test which I helped him prepare for." Katie Hassell agrees, "I could see the students getting better at reading. and it was rewarding that they were improving and becoming more enthusiastic and confident." Carla and Lewis were keen to recognize the spin-off benefits for the mentors themselves: "It is good to get out of normal school life and do something for someone else. I think it made my organization better too, being aware of someone else's problems as well as my own". AS

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House and Name

Carr Bone G A Caspari C Cottier C A L Cowgill F E Cruse A S Dean E V A Deng G lngelheim T V Ingle C j Marks H Pegg S E Porter K M Terefenko L A Williams A S

Morrison Bigland M S

Burrows C J

Christian S D Dubock B R,.. Hart T A Peters A G Tucker R Vickers B D F Woolnough D H

Nowell French C A Hofmann C M Horsfall S E Hurd W Klein D C-F

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Art Foundation Gap Year then German University Marketing Management Biochemistry Gap Year ESU Scholarship then apply for English 2004 Foundation Year Art, Architecture, Design History with Media International Hospitality Management Hospitality Business Management Occupational Therapy Art Foundation Applying in 2004 Business Information Technology

Art Foundation

Applying for Estate Management or Town Planning in 2004 Japanese Physics Biochemistry International Relations and Politics English Chinese Law

Architectural Design German National Service Applied Sports (Foundation degree) Art Foundation Business Economics and Marketing

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University/College/Other

Lancaster & Morecambe College

Northumbria York

London College of Fashion Kingston (2004) Surrey (2004) Sheffield Hallam Teesside Leeds College of Art

Manchester Metropolitan

Leeds College of Art (2004) deferring to follow I year music course in Leeds

Edinburgh (2004) Durham Newcastle (2004) Portsmouth UCL Edinburgh Aberystwyth (2004).

Edinburgh

Newcastle College York St John London Guildhall

House and Nome Course University/College/Other

MaW Computer Science Glasgow Maude A C Interdisciplinary Foundation Programme Durham Monk J K Business Studies Aberystwyth Moore A D Spanish Liverpool John Moores (2004) Pritchard J R Agriculture with Animal Production Harper Adams Wilman E S Chemistry Oxford (Hertford)

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BelshawT Journalism and Broadcasting Salford Drake P J M Microbiology with Immunology Leeds Fullbrook A Biological Sciences Edinburgh Kirberg A D German National Service Marsh C W D Mathematics (Pure and Applied) Cambridge (St John's) Parker N C Business Economics, Cardiff Peckham A E Politics and International Relations Aberdeen Stauffenberg S German National Service Sykes C S Business Management & Psychology Manchester Metropolitan (2004) Thomasen P Liberal Arts Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

Shute Canaway I H Geography Manchester (2004) Cheng N Computing Science Aberdeen GoodaiiT L Marine Sports - Technology Portsmouth Hodkinson T W Art Foundation Lancashire and Morecambe College Jaillet-Gervais G International Business with Spanish Sheffield Hallam Keir J A Chemistry with Forensic Science Heriott Watt Lawson D M Mechanical Engineering Imperial College. London (2004) Offland M J Applying in 2004 Solman N J Economics Heriott Watt Whitley G Accounting with Finance Portsmouth

Style Barraclough E K Biological Sciences Edinburgh Forgan K E M Art Foundation Leeds College of Art Goodall E Chinese Edinburgh Hassell K Physics Warwick O'Toole L Estate Management Northumbria Ridley P E French and Russian Bristol Selka C R Art Foundation Harrogate College of Art Smith R A Zoology Edinburgh Stone S-A Human Resource Management Northumbria Tong I KY Pharmacy Brighton

N EW STAFF

New Staff I n R S H ' s b i o l a b t h e re's a c h i p m u n k 1 n a ca g e ,

A n d M i ss L e e ' s l u v v i e forte i s d e fi n i te ly r a g e o n stage. From m a k i n g the ki d s speak F re n c h , A u d e d o e s not re lent,

A n d S imo e n c o u rages their a lgebraic g i ft s a n d t a l e n t ; Tu r n b u i i - Brown's M at h e mati cs i s b o t h a p p l i e d a n d p u re ,

Arty i n s p i ra t i o n i s w h a t M i s s Row l e s ' i s at G i g g for. M r G r i ffi n arr ived a n d j o 1 n e d t h e d e p a r t m e n t of c o m p u t i n g ,

A n d H u m p h reys s h o w s u s c o n t o u rs , a n d m a p - re a d i n g , a n d re-routing! In the S s c o u rts M c A u l i ffe's i n st a l l at i o n s precariously p e rc h ,

A n d D o c Tay l o r h a s a r r i v e d i n C h e m i stry from research -We ' l l s e e t h e m thro u g h t h e h i g h s a n d l ow s , t h e j o y a n d t h e d e s p a i r ( ! )

A l l b r i g h t e n u p t h e staff r o o m , a n d a r e v e r y w e l c o m e t h ere!

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After a long countdown from September, 1V personality Carol Vorderman officially opened The Partridge Building in March. A windy day ruffled hairstyles a bit, but it was well worth the bluster as red and black balloons soared skywards in celebration. Carol was a real star; and after cutting the ribbon, helped the children (and staff) with their sums in every classroom. Designed by John Squires, architect of the Dining Hall and Sharpe Library, Catteral's new two-storey teaching centre replaces the venerable "Green Carpet" classrooms, and provides two extra rooms to cope with the continuing increase in pupil numbers, as well as having a complete

ICT suite, Learning Support room and, for the first time, loos. Top attraction is the Library. with its comfortable ambience, stained glass entrance, and stunning views over the fells through its vast picture window. The building was named after E H Partridge, Headmaster of Giggleswick from 1 9 3 1 to 1 956, who bought the Catteral Hall estate in 1 932, even having to dig deep into his own pocket as the ful l amount could not be found from School funds. Needless to say, the prep school has proved a great investment. RDH

On Monday the I Oth of March our fantastic Partridge Build ing was officially opened by Carol Vorderman.

We all had to collect a red or black balloon from Mr. Heap or Miss Thompson and were asked to stand on top grass. By the time Carol Vorderman came through the car park gates the whole place was full of people like the old Headmasters of the school, and the old head boy and girl: Spencer Moran and lzzy Marshall. There were lots of other famous people too like Richard Whiteley, and reporters and photographers from the Craven Herald and the Yorkshire Post. The school band was playing lovely music too: "I'm a Believer", "jazzy Brown jug" and "Smoke on Water".

When Carol Vorderman stood on the little stage by the tower she told all the girls to say hello so they said "hello" but they weren't loud enough. She asked them to try again so they shouted "Hello Carol". Then Carol told all the boys to say "Hello Carol" so they said "Hello Carol" and finally, the whole school were asked say "Hello Carol". Carol asked us to "Sing the Countdown theme tune". So we all did and she then cut the ribbon and the Partridge Building was officially opened.

We all got back to lessons and all the important people came around the classrooms. I was a bit disappointed because Caroi Vorderman and MrWhiteley didn't come round the English classroom but I did see her lots of times around the school.

When we all went to the Dining room for lunch the 6M boys saw Carol Vorderman walk 1nto the Dining Room and then have lunch in the Function room. I was walking back from lunch and I saw absolutely loads of very fancy cars; cool ones like Jaguars and Aston Martins. The day then went on and we were left knowing that the

Partridge Building was officially opened.

The following morning I saw Charlotte

Rushton with

Carol

Vorderman in the newspaper: Carol had asked her a question about the Partridge Bu i lding and she said that it was nice and warm, which it is.

Another lucky student to speak to Carol Vorderman was Ben Edwards. He said: "We were in the Catteral computer room when Carol Vorderman came into the room. I was very nervous; as I had to explain to her the task we were doing on the interactive whiteboard. There were lots of cameramen with her so that made me even more nervous. Luckily I had already explained the task to another group so that made it a bit easier and made me more confident".

The things that I like about the Partridge Building are the Tower, the warm

classrooms and the cosy and colourful Library.

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E I L E E N BAM FORD

Parent - Teacher -Hon OG . . . Eileen's credentials for being a member of the Giggleswick family can be summarized under the above three headings. To do so, however, would be to leave out several more, equally important ones: coach, colleague, tutor, friend, thesp., caller, calmer of troubled waters. Put them all together and you get 'Miss B', 2 artificial hips and all!

Eileen joined the Catteral Hall staff several times but firstly 20 years ago as a pioneer, boldly going where no man had gone before, into the uncharted waters of . . . .. Girls' Games. It was, of course. nuts & bolts to her, being a fully qualified PE teacher, but for Catteral it was something new. That she was prepared to accept the part time post testifies to the faith she had already shown in the school by placing her two sons there when she was living overseas. Between 1 983 and 1 987, Eileen helped provide that part of the curriculum, commuting from such exotic places as Leighton Buzzard, Hong Kong and Melling in order to do so.

In 1 987, Eileen's connections with the school became more permanent when she took on the position of Class Teacher to Year 5, a role she fulfilled until 2002. She did not relinquish her games coaching, encouraging groups of girls in the delights of netball and rounders, moulding many of them into successful teams. Although racquets and sticks may have been her first choice, Eileen showed herself to be enough of a "team player" to leave those sports for others to coach, while she enthused about indoor rounders and line dancing.

Lee joined the Giggleswick staff in 1 988 to help the Style House team in the days when there were girls at Holly

Bank. Since then she has worked in the Senior School Sewing Room and, from 1 992, has been involved with Catteral Hall, firstly returning to

Holly Bank with the "first form" boys and latterly in the boarding house.

During her fifteen year involvement with the School, Lee has tackled the rig ours of the Prep School Matron's job with great enthusiasm and

efficiency; be1ng a source of support for many p.upils and fellow staff. We wish Lee and her

husband Chris many happy years in which to enjoy their well deserved retirement.

Matron's Farewell to Catteral I'll miss: The highs, the lows, the laughs

Enthusiasm is certainly the word to describe Eileen's approach to Life Skills, Catteral's appellation for that commonly known as PSE, now PSHE and Citizenship. Instrumental in setting up the course, she has latterly been

the main deliverer of it, fighting doggedly her corner to procure its vital inclusion in an already crowded curriculum.

Given her inclination in that direction, Eileen slipped effortlessly into the role of Deputy Head (Pastoral), a position she filled during her final few years at Catteral.

As she retires to her haven of peace and tranquility beside the main road up Ribblesdale, drawing breath between visits to Australia, the USA or elsewhere, depending on the current whereabouts of her globe-trotting family; our best wishes go with her for a much deserved and very happy retirement.

RMJ

The tantrums and the tears, The host of different people I've worked with all these years. The "craie" at the matrons' meetings

With tea and interruptions The bells, the smells, the boys and the gels

The usual Prep-school ructions. The phones, the moans, the skiving kids Who try to bunk off Games The jibes, the v1bes, the catty girls Who call each other namesl The missing coats, the muddy kit The always-missing shoes The broken specs, the cricket bats -Ross, tackling blocked up loos! I'll miss: Sue. amazing lady who can Run in five directions Organizing trains and planes With appropriate connections. Sending off the children Often at crack of dawn Popping them in taxis Whilst stifling a yawn. Sometimes she's been up all night

Woken by the bell-a busy life- a busy wife Sometimes it must be HELU She does Swimming Club, booking Club School discos also feature, Many, many, many more Plus - she is a teacher! I'll miss: Anne, juggling with the school's match kit Sometimes with sinking heart To sort a size that fits each child And hopefully look smart! She hems things up! She lets things down! Her talent is for sewing: She won't thank me for saying this -It's just as well I'm going! I'll miss: Jenny, handing tuck out, And inspecting for clean shoes, Checking heads and making beds And supervising queues! I'll miss: Dealing with those Birthday Cakes And all those LOVELY parties Fizzing Pop and sticky paws And stealing all those Smarties! I'll miss:

SARAH SCARR

Sarah first joined the Catteral Hall staff as a resident matron in 1 986 and continued until 1 989, when she took up an appointment with a previous employer in Japan. In 1 992 she returned to Giggleswick and has been very much a part of school life since then. The range of tasks and activities that she has undertaken has been enormous. An active member of the St John's Ambulance Brigade. Sarah established a Junior Branch in Settle, which she ran as an activity in school. She has organized many Catteral Ski Holidays and been involved in many school trips. and clubs for cookery and crafts. The Drama department has benefited from Sarah's skill with the needle and she undertook the unenviable task ofWardrobe Mistress for the whole school for a period of time. All this on top of

Sarah. doing duty With grim determination - would Not give in to wonky knees But swallowed medications. We all felt very thankful when, at last The surgeon's letter, Gave her. and us, a hope that He could quickly make her better. Now, hopefully, she's on the mend -Although she's still not right We're happy that she's here with us On this Reunion Night. Now Wendy's here to join the team Not quite sure what she's done! I hope she'll have a happy time And have a lot of fun. I've told her if, at end of term, My cool composure flickers - to Whisper softly in my ear. No more socks and knickers! So au revoir and thank you all I hope you'll stay in touch Good health, good luck and Happy days! I love you very much!

Lee Fryer

the important and time­consuming role of a Catteral Hall Matron! There is no doubt that Sarah's many talents will be greatly missed and we wish her a speedy recovery from the knee surgery and all best wishes for the future.

Rowan Bailey spent three months with us as a Gap student to help out with winter sport coaching and PE. He was hugely popular with both staff and pupils and threw himself into Catteral life with great gusto, doing everything from wake up calls to evening entertainment - all with understanding, humour. enthusiasm and determination. FOGO

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B E S S MORRI S POETRY COMPETITION

Bess came to teach at Catteral Hall i n 1 973 and, i n the

years until her premature retirement because of ill health in 1 992, she taught a junior form and then English at the

top end of the school. She gave unstintingly of her time

and care in the roles of Deputy Head, Acting Head and Senior Mistress. Bess inspired many Catteral pupils to enjoy

reading, writing and drama. Her passion was poetry and it

was her wish that there should be an annual poetry competition.

Year 7/8 Winner

Evening and Night

I sit in the sunset, Upon the grassy ground

While the dark of evening's shadows

Circle all around

The night grows slowly nigh

As the gold light starts to fade The suns sinks low before me

And I sit in the dark shade.

I lie upon the dar* grass

Within a pool of light

The moon shines bright above me Upon this star filled night.

The tall trees stand in darkness

Against the silver moon

And all around their bases

Contorted shadows loom.

In the morning I awake To the chirruping of birds

Who raise their soft silk voices

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The light is soft and gentle From the new born sun The night will always be there But the light has always won

Alexandra Rattray 8H

Year 5/6 Winner

There's a man in the garden

There's a man in the garden, He's got a pink tie, It sort of glows and glistens whenever you go by.

There's a man in the garden, He has funny hair; It's really big and hairy like a grizzly bear.

There's a man in the garden, He's got long shoes,

In a colour you would never choose.

There's a man in the garden, He's got a big nose, It's oh so big he could hang up his clothes.

There's a man in the garden, Where the cabbages grow, Haven't you guessed yet, he's our scarecrow!

Tilly Sharp 6C

Year 3/4 Winner

The Spirit Of Death

The tiger is a hidden creature It hides beneath the palm leaves' shadows

Invisible it stays until night comes The tiger's time has finally come

It stalks a herd of big gazelle One gazelle looks up unsure

The tiger stops dead like a log

It climbs a tree and takes a pounce

The tiger uses all its weight To push down the heavy gazelle

It takes a plunge right at his neck

The gazelle lies there it's finally dead

The tiger drags it back to his lair The day is coming very near

It lies beneath the palm leaves' shadows

The tiger's still a wondrous creature

Hannah Wright 4M

WORLD BOOK DAY

Characters of every shape and size who feature in books from all over the world had come to visit Catteral and turned the hall into a blaze of bright colours and excited chatter:Tolkien would have been proud to see Middle Earth alive and parading the aisles of our very own Assembly Hall. For an afternoon Catteral had been turned into Hogwarts and Roald Dahl's imagination was vividly painted onto the faces of our students. The entire family of Simpsons, and even the Hound of the Baskervi l les, graced us with their presence. Well done to everybody who dressed up and celebrated the occasion. We would l ike to extend a special thank you to Miss Williamson, Deputy Head, Giggleswick School, who came to judge our competition. She announced the following Winners:

Year 3 Emily Bolger: Mildred the Worst Witch Ben Jones: Captain Hook

Year 4 Hannah Galley: Black Beauty Lottie O'Connel l: Mary Popp1ns

Year S George Vyvyan: Robin Hood Edward Bolger: Stig of the Dump

Year 6 jessica Brew: Amy "Sieepover Club"

Tilly Sharp: Eeyore Laura Bardsley: Rabbit "Alice in Wonderland" James Ferran: Draco Malfoy

Year 7 Jan Willem Scolten: Harry Potter

Robert Corner: Colonel "Dennis the Menace"

Wiet Van Lanscot: Mowgli "jungle Book"

Becky Watson: Queen Victoria

Year 8 Ellie Turner: Peggy Blackett "Swallows and Amazons" Andrew Bardsley & Adam Lindblom: Oompa-Loompas Emma Royle: Violet Beauregarde

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Charlotte Rushton: Mrs Doubtfire Robert Cavanagh: Ent "Lord of the Rings"

Simon Smith: Frodo Baggins

Pairs I Groups Christian Drysdale:

Frodo Baggins Tom Figgins: Go llum

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Senior Reading Competition

All students competed in the first round of the senior reading competition, which was held in the classroom. The best three or four students in each English group were sent through to the semi-final, which was held in the l ibrary The eventual finalists were: Alex Stamper; Lizzie Holden, lzzy Vyvyan. Phoebe Lebrecht, Jack Aspden. joe Martin, john Rae, Becky Watson, Rebecca Bames, Suzie james and Edward Sykes (me!).

On the night of the competition the atmosphere was tense. All the finalists drew a number out of a hat to decide the order everyone was going to read in. Becky Watson got to read first and I got to read last!

We all trooped into the Assembly Hall and took our seats on one side of the Hall. Then Miss Musa gave us all a different poem to read. We had a few minutes to rehearse this poem, owing to the fact that none of us had ever seen these poems before!

Finally the reading finished and Mr Day (the judge) made his decisions. Alex Stamper deservedly won the competition with joe Martin in the runner up position.

It had been a very enjoyable evening for everyone, not just because we all got to miss Prep! I would like to that everybody who was involved with organising such a lovely evening.

Edward Sykes 7F

On the evening of the competition I was very nervous, as was everyone else. The book I was reading was called "A Kestrel for a Kna,;'e" (Kes).

Miss Musa asked us all to pick a number to help indicate which order we were reading in. I picked a number two, which meant I was to read second.

When I got into the Hall most of my nerves went chaotic! Miss Musa gave us a poem to sight read. Mine was called 'The Word Party' which I had to read as well as the passage from my book. Everyone read well, but in the end the judge, Mr Day, had to pick a winner and a runner up. He chose me as runner up and Alex Stamper as the winner:

I'm glad I took part in this competition because I really enjoyed it!

joe Martin 6C

Junior Reading Com petition

Parents came in their droves to support their offspring entertaining us with their readings of a variety of popular novels.

Harriet Sykes Your chose to read from "Knight and Squire". Your reading was incredibly powerful and dramatic. You knew your passage intimately and were able to bring it to life with both your intonation and facial expressions. Your poetry recital was atmospheric and had people at the edge of their seats.

Edward Bolger Your choice of"Toilet of Doom" raised a few incredulous eyebrows.You worked hard with all the accents and were entertaining. You offered the audience an energetic reading. You were funny and engaging. You introduced the poem with a big grin. The reading was clearly enunciated, well pronounced, and crispy clear:

George Vyvyan You introduced us to the secrets of"The Biggler Treatment". You were highly entertaining and performed to the audience. Your tone of voice, volume and eye contact all added to the polished performance. Your poetry reading was humorous, entertaining. dramatic, well paced and atmospheric.

Emily Bolger Your smiling face greeted the audience and prepared them for the entertainment to follow. "Sophie's Adventures" was dramatic and enjoyable. Your poetry reading was interesting and you seemed to enjoy yourself. This was evident with the eye contact that you made throughout your performance.

Winner: Harriet Sykes Runner Up: Edward Bolger Runner Up: George Vyvyan Runner Up: Emily Bolger

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Woodwind Class Beginners

I played "Chim Chim Cher-ee" by Sherman. When I was playing my flute I was so scared that I would run out of breath or that someone would make me laugh. When the judge was about to read out the winner he paused for a moment and everyone held their breath. When he read my name out everyone relaxed. Lots of people were very disappointed, but my family was ecstatic.

Harriet Sykes SL

Woodwind Class Junior

I was shaking in my boots. My piece was "Direct Action" by Graham Lyons. My mind just went blank. I felt sickly and nervous but I managed to play my saxophone well. The adjudicator missed me out when he read out the review

of all the performances. I didn't know why He said my name at the very end and then he told me, "You displayed a gutsy performance and I loved your piece." My parents hugged me and we celebrated.

Jack Aspden 6C

I played "Danny Boy". When I won it felt as though I had just won the best male in the world. Everyone likes to be a winner. My mum went berserk and my grandma went even more berserk. They told me that they were really proud of me. I am really proud of myself too. ., .. . . .. ' 4 I II II ' f 1 t 1 • Christian Drysdale 7F • ' ........ t ...... .

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I played a piece called 'Rosie' by Pamela Wedgewood, on the saxophone. I was very surprised I won because there was some very good p laying by other people. The judge said, "You created a lot of atmosphere". I rated it as worth getting out of bed for, plus I got an

XXL tub of M1niature Heroes off my mum!

I was playing "Summer Landscape" by Michael Jaques. It was a very hard class with some great performances. My mum was very pleased with my result. I really enJoyed the accolade of being part of the Young Musician of the Year.

Alexandra Stamper 8J

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I was the last up. I played "Black Orpheus/All of Me" by Bonfi/Marks. I was so nervous I was feeling sick! When I

had finished I was very relieved. The judge said, "A very good performance with some very tricky pieces and that's why I'd like to award you first place'" Everybody clapped. My mum gave me lots of hugs and told me how well I'd played.

Edward Bolger SL

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Percussion

I played "I got rhythm" by Gershwin on the trombone. The adjudicator said that I had a good rhythm and it felt very jazzy. I thought I played with lots of feeling and good timing.

Chris Thompson 8J

I played "Corners" by Brian Stone. When I discovered I had won I was confused because I didn't think I was the best. He then explained that I was the only one to use all the drums. While I was playing the piece I was nervous and worried that it would go wrong. When I finished I was relieved and happy. Dad was proud of my achievements.

Mark Portnell 7T

Guitar Class Beginners

I was very nervous before I started, but then Mr Waddington arrived. He sat and played with me. I wasn't sure when to start, so I asked him and he said when I felt ready I played the "Dutch Folk Song". I didn't repeat the last bit and when I stopped playing so

did Mr Waddington, so I thought I'd better stop too! I was very shocked when I won because everyone else was older than me and they all played so well. My Mum thought I was fantastic. I took the cup I won to show my Grandad.

Sam Wood 3J

Guitar Class Intermediate

I played 'Sad Waltz'. I thought I played quite well. My teacher agreed. My mother was very proud of me. I was very excited before the competition and delighted after the results had been announced.

Becky Watson 7T

YOU N G M U S I C I AN OF TH E YEAR

Strings Class Beginners

I played "Polka" by Wohlfart on the cello. I didn't make any mistakes. When the judge called my name out. I was really happy because it meant that I had got my first cup. My mum thought I was good. I felt really proud and hope to take part next yea�

Lottie O'Connell 4M

Strings Class Intermediate

I was playing "Go from My Window" on the violin. I was the first, and then sat down. Dad winked at me and Mum looked happy. At last the judge came up. He talked about our pieces in turn, then he announced the winne� I was thrilled that it was me. I got a trophy. Then I rushed to Mum,

Dad, Melissa and Granddad and they all said "well done".

Hannah Galley 4M

Strings Class Senior

I played "After The Ball" by Harris on the cello. When I won I couldn't believe it My Grandma and Granddad were amazed. My mum and dad were really pleased and so was I.

Fraser Davies 7F

I won joint first with Fraser Davies who played very well too. My family were all very proud of me, especially my granddad. I played a tune on my violin called "Hollywood" by Hillary Burgoyne. It was a tough competition because everyone played very well.

Charlotte Rushton 8H

Piano Class Beginners

I played "Moon and Stars" by Waterman. I was really. really surprised to win, but I was very happy too. My mum and dad were so proud because I only went along to enjoy myself. When they said that I had won I

thought that I was dreaming.

Olivia Bell 7F

Piano Class

Intermediate

There were a lot of people in this class. I played a p1ece called "Creepy

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Crawley" by Gritton, which is a good fun tune. I couldn't bel ieve it when the judge announced that I was the winner of this class as well. I was gobsmackedl Mum and Dad were really proud of me.

Edward Bolger SL

Piano Class Senior

I played a 'Minuet' by Bach on the piano. I was surprised to be the winner because there was some strong opposition. The adjudicator said "I kept in time very well and had a great contrast in dynamics and a great sense of the piece." Afterwards I was very pleased and I got lots of congratulations from a variety of people.

Chris Thompson 8J

Voice Class Junior

I sang "Where is Love" by Bart. When I started I had a really croaky voice. I wanted to stop but I couldn't. I liked it, it was fun and I hope to do it next yea� I'm amazed I won and I really enjoyed it.

jack Cory Wright SL

Voice Class Senior

Christy Moseley 8J

adjudicator said that I expressed the piece very well and that he would like to present me the shield. I was delighted!

Chris Thompson

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T H E BAN D, STRI N G S AN D CHOI R TOU R

The Band, Strings and Choir Tour was a great success. We performed two concerts, one at Terrington and one at

Lightwater Valley.

We left on Friday morning in the glorious English rain and travelled for about two hours before reaching Terrington Hall. After eating a scrummy school packed lunch we manoeuvred the instruments and ourselves to a huge hall

and set ourselves up ready for the concert at four 'o' clock. By this time everyone was nervous and at the same time

excited.

At Terrington we were all playing in a huge sports hall. We had a short rehearsal before the big concert, where the

whole ofTerrington and their parents turned up.

The String Quartet was playing first, and we were all very

nervous. Fraser got up to introduce our first piece, 'Summer Stomp'. After we had got into the piece, we relaxed and played very well. After the quartet's performance of two other pieces, 'French Folk Tune' and

'Bobby Shafetoe', the String Group got ready to play The pieces we were playing were 'Pachabel Canon ', 'Skye Boat Song', The Dark Island', and 'AIIuetta'.

The Band played a number of pieces that were very well

known: "james Bond", "I Get Around" and "Smoke on Water".

The final ensemble playing on the York tour was the Choir.

We had been practicing for months before. We performed "The Bare Necessities", "In Dreams" from The Fellowship OfThe Rings Movie, "Smoke Gets in your Eyes", "Some

where Over the Rainbow", and "Can you Feel The Love Tonight?" as performed by Elton john.

We sang quite well, and were relieved that we didn't have to perform the 'slightly' more difficult "Laudamus Te" from

Gloria. which is grade eight singing! We performed well, but

had to hurry off quickly to continue our trip.

Everybody then quickly packed up to go to the hotel at the race course just outside York's town centre. We had to

rush and work together if we wanted to go to the cinema

that evening. The juniors watched johnny Engl ish, which they found rather funny and entertaining. The majority of the senior boys watched X Men 2 and most of the girls watched How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. At the end of

the film we all met up and were very tired. When we got

back to the hotel we sneaked into our rooms as the juniors were supposed to be asleep.

After a very short night of mainly talking. we woke up excited for the day in front of us. The morning began with a shopping trip into York shopping. Ironically, some people did not have any money because it had been all spent on popcorn the night before.

Following the shopping trip we went to LightwaterValley, but unfortunately the weather was too cold to play outside. We went into the indoor stage and played the best we could. To our surprise only six people came to listen, including two ex-pupi ls. But we played the best we ever did on that day. The concert was brilliant and we all had a lot of fun doing it.

We had a total of four hours to go round Lightwater Valley The park was barely filled so that was an advantage. We went on all of the best rides and all of them were great and not a waste of time. But time went quickly. and back to the bus we went. This time our destination was school.

Duncan Mellin 8J, Jennifer Rae 8J, Michelle Green 8J, Alex Rattray 8H and Sarah Marsh 88

TH E C H R I STMAS CAROL S E RV I C E

The Christmas Carol Service was held on the final day of

term. All the pupils were looking forwand to it because

after the concert the holidays would begin and everybody

could go home. The service kicked off with the first verse

of"Once in Royal David's City" being sung beautifully by

Christian Drysdale.

All the hymns were sung well by the school including '0 Come All Ye Faithful' and ' 0 Little Town of Bethlehem'. Tilly

Sharp, Henry Caudweii-Todd, Duncan Mellin and Becky

Watson also read very well, letting all of Catteral Hall

reflect back on the Christmas story The final hymn, 'Hark

the Herald Angels Sing' was sung with such vigour, that I think Rev. Sykes was startled by the noise that was

erupting from the mouths of all the students!

Then. it was all over. The atmosphere that hung in the air

as the Rev. Sykes spoke the last Blessing was magical. I

could tell the members of the audience felt it too. Then it

was all over. The service had finished and everybody was

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. . . and Concert Later on that evening was the turn of the Christmas Concert. Everyone piled into the Sports Hall at about seven o'clock. As soon as everyone had taken their seats. the String Group were greeted by a round of applause. They played many tunes such as 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', and 'jingle Bells'.

Then, in came the Choir. They sang very well and brought life to the large Sports Hall with songs like 'Star Carol'. and

'Brightest and Best'. As they went off, I could tell the Band

were itching to get on and show the audience what they are capable of producing. First to be played was 'I'm a

Believer'. This was accompanied by a few pupils, and members of the audience, bobbing along to the rhythm in the background! After that came lots of other good tunes like 'Deck the Halls'.

The Christmas Concert was a great occasion and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Edward Sykes 7F

C H RI STMAS 2002

We Wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The Christmas Party

and Dinner The Christmas party was a great occasion because it was a fabulous time for fun and games. There were many games to play. There was the Chant Challenge where each house had to make up a chant accompanied by a cheerleader routine to promote the qualities of their individual houses. Another game was to pass an orange from chin to chin five times down a very long line. House Letters was where we had to make letters using a human alphabet. We all had a go at the "infamous" Cracker Game too.

The school then had to smarten up for a more serious occasion: The Christmas D1nner. The entire school was at the Christmas Party. Heads of School, House Captains and the prefects had to set up the hand made name cards so people knew where they were sitting. Then after the party the children flooded into the colourful dining hall while the Seniors showed staff to their seats.

The dinner is always a time of chatting, joke telling and eating scrumptious meals prepared by the ever hard working kitchen staff. For the main course there was sliced turkey with stuffing and a sausage wrapped in bacon with all the trimmings and vegetables.

The entertainment was provided by the best of Catteral Hall Clarinets: Alex Stamper, Sophie Schofield, Suzannah James, Michelle Green, Jennifer Hill, Harriet Thursby, Alice Farmer, lzzy Vyvyan and the best of Catteral Hall Saxophones: Duncan Mellin, Felicity Gains, Lucy Shuker. Robert Cavanagh playing their songs which had been put

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together and directed Mrs Stott. There was a selection of pieces beautifully performed.

When the Christmas Pudding came it was set alight and Victoria Offland played the solo of"We Wish you a Merry Christmas". We followed the Pudding's journey down the dining hall. Everyone enjoyed both the pudding, food, and santa chocolate bar.

Before we knew it, it was 8 o'clock and time to go. The year eight students helped the kitchen staff tidy up.

On behalf of the rest of the school we had a great time we wish to say a massive thank you to all the kitchen staff for their help.

Martin Wigfield 8H

Dance the N ight Away -

Catteral Christmas Disco 2002

For at least a week before the 30th of November. the day of the Catteral Christmas Disco, the talk was all about who was going with whom, what we were wearing and whether we were actually going. On the actual Saturday the atmosphere tingled with the apprehension. Some of the day pupils stayed behind to have tea but the rest of us went home to dress.

The disco started at seven o'clock and we each turned up in our finery. The year six boys all seemed to be wearing the same sort of clothes, which included: a simple shirt and scraggy jeans. The girls went for a better approach, generally wearing small tops and glittery trousers. We swung each other around the hall and generally had a good time. The slow dances were very popular and no one stuck to the people they were originally going with!

Apart from the fact that songs were played over and over again (YMCA etc) we all had a good time and didn't want to leave. The disco was a success. The lighting was flashing and winking all over the room and everyone was dancing. Par Harinasuta was walking round with her camera taking photos of pupils and the teachers who were responsible for the music.

Alex Rattray 8H, Ellie Kirby 8J, Lucy Wright 6M

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EASTE R DI N N E R

After a hard day of school, the thought of the usually excellent food and massive baked Alaska was a welcoming one. We gathered together in our houses and made our way down to the dining hall in amazingly high spirits as the light of the sun began to fade. As we entered and found our places we found that we were all set next to people we usually wouldn't talk to. We

BURN S N IG HT

A few weeks before the event we had been practicing. We were being taught many Scottish dances like The Gay Gordon's', 'Dashing White Sergeant' and 'Strip the Willow' just to name a few. Mr Caithness arrived in his kilt and displayed his dancing talent to all. The evening started with people having a great time dancing and singing and generally having lots of laughs at those who lost control and the ones that just started inventing routines. The ones who managed to dance the dances properly got the largest rounds of applause. Half way through the night people were given a couple of drinks to cool them off. Everyone thought it was time to eat before the honorable Rev. Sykes set off the dancing again. The dancing was more exciting than before (if possible) and the boys on the cameras were busier than ever to get those few brilliant pictures of the dancing that had sped up violently. If you left the building it looked like the noise was shaking the entire building! It was amazing! If you had gone in at half time the noise would immediately given you a thumping head. Then once everyone had calmed down we all sat down to eat. Mr Caithness recited an ode to The King of all

Puddings' that was 3 pages long! Then we dove in to the meal of haggis. swede, and

mashed potatoes! All cooked by our lovely

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were allotted seats in our houses: Bowland, Craven, Fountains and Malham. We all had a great time discussing things.

The best part of the Easter dinner was when we had the baked Alaska. It was big and snowy white, covered in melted marshmallows and lots of tiny bits of chewy or crunchy tuck. Inside it was full of ice cream, with a variety of flavours that even put Neapolitan to shame. Lots of people had more than one bowl, and some people were racing who could eat the most. After that we had a Cadburys's cream egg each. Everyone went away with fullness and joy, as the sky turned a navy blue. Many thanks to the chefs for the wonderful meal and all the catering staff for the hundreds of meals they provide for us each year. We all had a great time.

Rintip Nirundonpruk 7T and Alex Rattray SH.

of Boarding, Mrs Hunter. Anton Maigre, our I 3-year-old Russian, comments, 'The Haggis was brilliant! I ate 5 whole plates full! I was very thankful that Mrs. Hunter took the time to cook it for us. When I went to bed I fell asleep straight away because I was so worn out!" Par, our roving journalist, comments, "I danced just one dance with Mr Caithness. It was peculiar dancing with a teacher. I felt like I was a rag doll being swung through the air. Ben Edwards was quick to catch this on camera. I was a waitress too. We served the teachers and the other students. The food was the haggis! It was surprisingly delicious and yummy too." After we had eaten our fill we indulged in some more dancing and then it was off to bed. Robert Lave rick

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E RN I E'S I N C RE D I BLE I LLUC I NATI O N S

The I nside Story Hellol My name is jack Aspden also known as Ernie. I found that being the star of the show was fantastic. Performing this play was really good fun and funny. Sometimes I found it difficult not to laugh when I was supposed to be serious. When I was speaking you couldn't see anything except the bright shining lights. On the first night it was a bit scary. we got in our positions for the first scene, which was the waiting room. Miss Musa had said she would give me a signal to start. It was pitch black and I thought Miss Musa had given me a signal so I started speaking and after I finished the first paragraph Miss Musa said "Very good jack. but just wait a minute." It was so embanrassing. It was amazing how Michael Offiand and Elliot Foote did all the lights and the music. The costumes were brilliant too. In the end both nights ended up fine. A very big thank you to everyone who helped make Ernie such a success. Jack Aspden 6C

T H E EMPEROR'S N EW C LOTH E S

The first rehearsal began with " Miss Leigh!" and ''I've lost my script!" Most of the children were well organized. Everyone looked nervous, shaking and mumbling at first but then they built up their confidence and went for it. The opening started with a song, which warmed up the crowd and got the crowd's anticipation going. The first scene began with Nicole and Edward walking through a wood setting the scene. When the scene had been set and the audience was still, Hannah Wright let off an almighty SCREAM with George Vyvyan close behind with an axe. As it was only the dress rehearsal

we were expecting a few technical glitches but no one forgot their lines or walked the wrong way throughout the whole production. The most popular part of the play was when everyone was involved at the market square scene. Everyone had a line to say and it was full of smiley faces and cheeky grins. Polly Sykes 3j and Emily Bolger 3J were extremely cute as they were so small but both exceptionally loud. My personal favourite was Jack Cary-Wright SL as the 'Empress', because he was just so talented and hilarious. Another character; which was funny and got the audience laughing, was Catriona Bellis SL as 'Mumsy'.The most eagerly anticipated scene in the play was the one appearing at the end: the Emperor was supposed to arrive nakedl Harriet arrived in a "special suit", which was very lucky! Overall the production was very exciting and funny. The audience laughed the whole way through. Miss Leigh said, "It was a very interesting but fun experience and we will be sure to do another production in the future." Phoebe Lebrecht 8J

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On the long journey to Courmayeur we watched videos, gossiped, ate sweets and moved around a lot (which the teachers weren't very happy about!). After being on a short trip on the ferry we got back on the coach and travelled for a long time with hearing a lot of"are we nearly there yet?"

We finally arrived in Italy just in time for lunch and, soon after. went to our hotel and everyone was eager to unpack but soon clothes weren't in the lockers but spread all over the room! That night. excitement was in the air and no one could get to sleep because everyone couldn't wait for tomorrow's day on the slopes. �

We all woke up to find it snowing which made it even more exciting so we all eagerly got into our ski gear and had some breakfast and after we jumped on the coach and were on our way up to the slopes. Snowballs were being thrown, shades were being compared and then the dreaded helmets arrived. When everyone had found their ski or snowboarding instructor the different groups approached the lifts pushing and shoving. The day was fun, went fast and everyone couldn't wait for more. Throughout the week this routine didn't change much. The evenings were filled with apres-ski activities including swimming, bowling watching videos and going to a pub for

karaoke where Mr Ogilvie humoured us by taking part.

When the time came to leave, bags were packed, rooms were tidy and nobody wanted

to leave. After our final meal we were dragged on to the coach where we slouched on our seats before realizing the 23-hour

journey we had to face. It was late and everyone slept most of the way until our

arrival at Catteral Hall where we were awaited by anxious parents waiting to collect their children.

Christy Moseley SJ

VI S I T TO A SYNAGOGU E

On Thursday I 3th February 6M and 6C both went on a trip to the Bradford Synagogue to see what it was like.

There are two kinds of synagogue: a Reformed synagogue and an Orthodox synagogue. The difference is that in a

Reformed synagogue men and women sit together. and in an Orthodox synagogue men and woman sit apart.

We were met by Mr and Mrs Fabian. They took us into the Synagogue, which was just like a huge hall. and then showed us around. Mr and Mrs Fabian showed us the Mezuzah and everyone was amazed. The Mezuzah is a scroll case. It has upon it Hashem's name. The scroll is placed above a door and you should kiss your hand and place it upon the Mezuzah as you enter a room.

6M and 6C asked lots of questions and got their answers.

The tour guides said lots of interesting but different things. There was an upstairs but we didn't go up there. One of the scary parts was when Mr. Fabian blew down the ram's horn. It sounded l 1ke a war cry to begin a battle. It looked very hard to blow down to make such a noise. Mr. Fabian's face went bright pink.

"I l iked the synagogue. I thought it would be very light and full of plants. I was shocked by the design of the Ark. and I liked it when the man blew the horn." said James Ferran.

"It was a long journey but I never thought the building would be in an alleyway and I thought it was a bit small for a Synagogue," said Josh Ryan.

Sam Rosie 6M

VI S IT TO T H E ROMAN MUSEUM

We went to the Roman museum i n Ribchester. We had a guide called Patrick and talked about the things we knew about the Romans. We looked at some slides of archaeologists digging up building, bones and pottery. We passed around some Roman artefacts, like shoes. pottery, money, and bags etc. Then we tried on some armour. like chain mail and helmets. We tried on a funny helmet, which was for special parades, it was like a mask. We tried on the plaited armour and there was a really heavy shield and

sword. None of them were real. it is likely they were all

copies.

Patrick had a model catapult. He fired a ping­pong ball at us! It was great fun. Then we went to ruin of the granaries and Patrick told us how

all the wheat was kept. After that we went to the museum itself. There was a really nicely carved gravestone that only the rich people would have had. There was a Roman soldier

who looked alive. We went to the ruins of the

bathhouse and pretended to

bathe. it was great. Then we went back to the cars and everyone fell asleep on the way back to school.

Emily Bolger, Polly Sykes and Charlotte Bell Jj

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We went into a barn and learnt CPR (mouth to mouth resuscitation) then we had to practise on a dummy Before the end of the day we also learnt about safety on a mountainside. We were all divided into four teams and one person from each team was nominated to be the model. From the pile of clothes (bags, waterproofs and even a few silly things) each team had, you had to dress the model in clothes that you thought would be good for on a mountainside. In this activity we learnt that on a mountainside you must wear more clothes to keep wanm or you will die of hypothermia. Joel Mendonca 6C

My group had to interview Mrs Cooper; an old lady She said "I moved to new street about ten years ago. My husband went to the war and only brought me some jewellery back. just a couple of days ago I went out to get my shopping. When I came back I found my door open. I went in and found all my belongings on the floor. I am not wealthy but the only thing they stole was those jewels. I can't go out and leave my house because I don't know if my house will be broken in by someone." Rebecca Barnes 6C

The thing that caught my eye was the mangled Ford Sierra from a real accident. The police officer said that he would say some unpleasant words and he did but that didn't bother me. He told us that some drivers don't pay attention to the road, so if you cross the road and don't pay enough attention a car could squash you. Just before you were squashed the car would swerve out of the way and would probably kill the pedestrian, himself and the car would be mangled. Every time you cross a road think STOP, LOOK, LISTEN. LIVE. James Ferran 6M

Our situation was i n a nightclub. The police officer played 'Pink' so we all started dancing. As the song finished we noticed pots of sweets and a drink in a bottle. The lady said that we could go and have some so we all went over and took some.They were Tic Tacs and the drink was Ribena.

After everyone had taken some we went to go and sit down on some benches. He asked us to think about what we had JUst done. We

noticed then that nothing had any labels on. We learnt that we shouldn't drink or take food from containers that don't have a label on it. We also got told that in a nightclub we shouldn't take anything from strangers. Grace Farmer 6C

The Firemen taught us what to do in the case of a fire. also they brought a smoke detector/fire alarm and turned it on to show us what it sounded like if we had a fire at home. josh had to pretend that he was having a sleepover with all of his friends and suddenly the fire alarm went off. We had to think of a way to escape. The firemen revealed that the way to see if the fire was in the next room was to see if the handle was hot. They requested that we were not to grip the handle but touch it with the back of our hand. The handle wasn't hot so he opened the door slightly and all of this fake smoke came out. so he closed the door quickly, but the smoke still came out the bottom of the door. They taught us to put some cloths or clothing under the door to stop the smoke and if there wasn't another door then we should try the window. We were told to shout. "HELP FIRE!" as loud as we could and then if there was no response we should throw soft cloth, pillows or annoying little brothers out of the window so that we landed on something soft. Laura Bardsley 6M

At crucial crew we had different lessons on safety. One of them was train safety. In that lesson we watched a video based on a true story. It was about a boy who went with

his friend under a fence and into an abandoned train station. When they got in, they started playing on abandoned trains. Then one of the boy's little

brother came along and saw the hole in the fence and went through it. When his brother saw

him he and his friend started throwing spray cans at him. When they all missed he started walking down a train track that

he thought was not being used, but as he was walking, a train came up behind him. His brother shouted but he didn't hear him because he had a hat on. Eventually he heard the train. He looked back and

saw the train coming. He stumbled and fell. But the train couldn't stop. We learnt that we should not play on train tracks.

Henry Caudwell Todd 6M

Bird handling at Mary Arden's house was fabulous. The first bird the trainer bought out was a Harris Hawk called Hal. Hal was very lazy and had become overweight. He couldn't be bothered to fly even when the trainer showed him food! She had to bring out a more energetic bird called Fracture who was also a Harris Hawk. Fracture sat on top of a barn until he saw food in the trainer's hand, then he would land and eat the food. The trainer let onlookers feed Fracture with pieces of chicken; he was surprisingly light even though he was overweight too. Jennifer Rae 8J and Eleanor Kirby 8J

Our favourite part of our trip to Stratford was the butterfly farm. The butterflies weren't scared of us as you would expect but came to land on us. The butterflies were really pretty but there were also other animals. Some people held a giant cockroach, a huge stick insect and a big boa constrictor. Eleanor Turner 8B and Jennifer Hill 8J

The highlight was going to see The Taming of the Shrew. We really enjoyed the play because it was very funny and was very well acted. It was all about two sisters. one who was ugly, horrible and described as a Shrew and one who was beautiful and modest and loved by her father. Tiffany Smith 8J

I enjoyed our trip to Warwick Castle. First, we went to the underground village, an underground place where you can see what life was l ike for women and men in the medieval times. Then, we went to the Ghost Tower. which was a very dark tower where someone was killed; it was decorated to represent the medieval age, but it was not that exciting. After that we went to the dungeons. They were very small and they smelt terrib le. Jose Sierra 8B

We had a guided tour of the Butterfly Farm. Rebecca had two butterflies land on her shoulder. Then

we went to see snakes and we got the

opportunity to have the snake wrapped around our necks. It was exhilarating! After that we went to see our eight legged friends. Did you know that all spiders are poisonous; even the common house spider? Finally, the man got the tarantula out. Rebecca ran to the corner. but I was brave enough to hold itl Rebecca Dobson 8H and Alice Farmer 8H

The highl ight of the Stratford trip was the theatre. The actors were very good but some of the language was hard to understand. When the actors were talking a lot of spit flew out of their mouths. I was sat on the third row and I am sure that some hit me! My favourite play was "Taming of the Shrew". This is because all the jokes were funny; especially when Barnadeen sprinted onto the stage, fel l over and almost s l id off the stage. al l in h is excitement to please his master! Andrew Bardsley 8B

I found that Stratford was a big place and it is very easy to get lost. Luckily the youth hostel was just outside Stratford. I liked my dormitory, as I was sharing with some cool people. The gardens were big and fun to play around in. We even played a ferocious game of rounders. The centre piece of the garden was a huge tree that we all took turns to climb up. Andrew Hasty 8H

My favourite moment of the Stratford tnp was the biggest butterfly farm in Europe. In the farm they housed butterflies, moths. sprders, scorpions,

iguanas and caterpillars. We were shown into the arachnid areas and various people got to hold Steph: the Boa Constrictor. Ben Connor 8B

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In November Y 4 visited York to support our History topic ofThe Vikings. We set out on what threatened to be a long dull drive for the children, fortunately Mrs Kitchen had somehow managed to find enough game boys and mobile phones to keep all of the children happy playing games until we arrived. Once near York. the games stopped and the sight seeing started! The Museum gardens provided a good site for 'break time', pigeons, peacocks and squirrels are now much more wary of anyone wearing grey shorts and blue jumpers! We then set off on a walk through the town, just enough time to take in the magnificence of the Minster before arriving at the ARC for our first visit. The children stopped being school children as soon as we entered and became archaeologists, their task to find out who lived in the house they were excavating. They looked through a number of clues, sifted through dirt and grime and even fossilised human waste to find the profession of the householder! Eventually the children

On the 30th of January, we all waited patiently in the club before the lecture from Ms Sismey, Mrs Clements and Miss Hannah. Then Ms Sismey said those magic words, "Go!" Everyone ran as fast as they could for a good seat. It was trag1c. Once we had parked up and trundled off the bus we were split up into two groups and told to not eat or drink in the museum. How many of us paid attention to that rule? My group went straight upstairs to answer a question sheet on the Civil War by using the different galleries and armour. Most of us wandered around carrying these chairs that you

could borrow. Suddenly we heard a man shout and scream; he was acting out what it was like in the Civil War for an English longbow-man. l.!e kept lunging out into the crowd where Sophie Schofield and I were screaming as he made us jump.

The next section of the museum was a room full of Armour that was for us to try on. The kit was really heavy and a few demonstrations took

place during the 'safety talk'. Then the kids were going, the camera was clicking and the armour was clanging. It was exciting and some people were completely dressed in everything that either a musket or foot soldier 1n the civil war would have worn. The

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had gathered enough evidence to have a guess and happily all of the children came extremely close to the right conclusions. Lunch outside the jorvik Viking centre provided more

opportunities to get to know York's pigeon population. and then it was time for another journey through

time! The new cars at jorvik give a better view of the re-created Viking village and the sights. smells and sounds provided the children with a real idea of the people we had been studying all term. Another quick walk through York had us back on the bus and on the way home. A very worthwhile trip from which the children learned a lot.

most lethal thing was Martin Wigfield with a sword, when he attacked the Head Girl. There was one type of helmet which was not recommended to wear. as there was a risk

of your ears being crushed and cut away from your head. I was one brave soul who was tempted by the helmet and tried it on. I trusted Ben Connor to place the helmet on my head without any injuries, which he did, thankful ly. After the second tour was over we passed the other group where we noticed Christy Moseley and Sarah Marsh running frantically away from their stalker, a foot soldier. The girls were traumatized for the rest of the day.

I think the funniest bit of the day was when we all returned to the bus. Mrs Clements did a final head check and found one child missing. Every ones heads suddenly turned to look inside the Royal Armouries where we could see Emma Royle walking into a huge glass window not being able to find the way out. She herself found the funny side of it after a while. The Royal Armouries was a good day out but we had to return to Cross­Country. If you ask a group ofYBs their favourite bit I can not guarantee it wil l be "The History" that they will reply. Pheobe Lebrecht 8J

L IVING H I STORY

At the start of the new year, Ms Sismey had the YSs in period costume and the

Y7s making medieval castles. Choose your favourite!

Drama consists of four areas: Role, Narrative, Language, and Personal Skills. All of these are valuable in their own right. however; it is only when they combine that 'drama' takes place.

Catteral Hall students used all their skills i n the spring examination session of the Thames Valley University of Music and Media Studies. The Examiner said how impressed she was with the standard of the candidates' presentations and, when the marks were returned. 70% had been awarded Honours.

The Speech and Drama Department entered candidates for the Skipton Festival this year, which they found quite scary! It took a lot of courage to stand centre-stage and

deliver lines to unfamiliar faces in a huge hall. I was extremely proud of them all and especially pleased when George O'Connell was awarded the medal in the Reading for Performance section. We received lots of positive feedback and hopefully next time we will all feel much more confident.

Lessons have been a lot of fun as well as hard work: we have explored mime. improvisation and reading, and with an excellent props cupboard it is easy to dress the part. The summer term came to an end with Y8 students presenting their poems and characterisations at the Leavers' Dinner; bringing smiles all round!

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Grizedale forest i s located i n the Lake District. The name itself means Valley of the Wild Boars. My favourite part was when we got to build sculptures out of any materials we could find in the wood. The one I made was called Fearie Ring. It was made out of sticks put into the ground to make a circle, with slate put into the gaps between the sticks and a y shaped stick with a rock on top in the middle.

We discussed how forests could be very scary places and then we had to make a play using props from around the forest. We had extra props that included a bag of plastic animals and a furry hat.

All in all we all had a great time and the only bad thing was the lunch (fizzy water: boo!)

Joel Mendonca 6C

The most fantastic bit of our Grizedale adventure was when we were making sculptures. My group Ooe, Lucy. Harry K, Grace) made a bedroom. It was made out of grass, wood and bark. In the bedroom there were lights, side table and a radiator. It looked excellent.

The view was perfect and 1n front of us was a magnificerv. sculpture. I

think was supposed to be a church. Stuck to the wood was blue shiny paper. When the wind blew it looked like

water. Inside it had seats, which were quite comfortable.

Did you know that art isn't just painting? A play is art too. We all created plays. My

group's play was very funny. It was about children camping in the wood and the

boy was scaring us by pretending to be a monster. Then the real monster popped out and killed us.

Rebecca Barnes 6C

My favourite bit about the Grizedale trip was when we made up a play. We were put in to groups before we went and then we went on a trail. A woman came and told us to

make a sculpture. Our group made a dinosaur. and then we made a play.

Our play was about sound. We made every one close their eyes and we

pretended that someone got shot and we all ran on the spot to make them think we

were running away.

Lara Buckley 6C

RUBHA F IOLA "

Scarba: Martin Wigfield, Chris Thompson, Andrew Bardsley, Phoebe Lebrecht, Alex Stamper

Jura: George Bullough, Henry Bullough, Robert Cavanagh, james Cavanagh, Duncan Mellin, Adam Lindblom, Jennifer Rae, Michelle Green, Elly Kirby, Hannah james,

Staff: Magnus, Helen and Archie Caithness

The week begins with a splash as many dive into the sea to swim the short distance from the boat to the island. Sleep seems far away as the Tilly lamps are extinguished, the children are getting to know each other and all sorts of plans are being made about the challenges to be met through the week

Pre-breakfast dips were the order of the day. We took the approach that we only have a week and every opportunity should be grabbed with both hands so that when we leave there are no regrets - but I am not so sure as we plunge off the end of the pier! We spend the days doing rock sports, fishing, kayaking, and also abseiling which was not without its challenges - walking backwards off a cliff does require composure and a deal of guts. Phoebe did particularly well in overcoming her fears - of absei ling but not of seaweed! Loony feats abounded - piggy back abseils, three - legged climbs, the youngest ever piggyback climb was achieved as Archie (aged I 0 months) was taken up one of the easy climbs, having only just taken his first steps the night before! Wiggy had developed his love for swimming so much that more time was spent out of the kayaks than in! We also had a session on the canoe slide -brilliant fun! And we did the "eagle swoop" aerial runway

at the notorious mud pit -we do tell the children to

bring old clothes.

around you, or falling asleep in a shelter you have built yourself, whilst the stars twinkle through the doorway.

One of the highl ights was "TH E THING!"The children follow a rope - blindfolded -until they reach an object tied to the end of it. More

mud, midges and screams; it sounds an awful lot easier than it really is - even if you are talking with the person in front. The hot showers were really welcome after this adventure!

The Kiwi Climb wil l be remembered by Duncan, George, Chris, james and Alex with a real sense of achievement. The others also managed to achieve some notable things; one of our groups went fishing and I was really jealous to hear that some of them had been swimming with seals -Wiggy (again!) had got within about I S metres of them.

The culmination of the course is the survival exercise when the children are left to fend for themselves on a deserted island for just less than 24 hours - a great expenence which gives rise to some amusing stories.

Another wonderful Rubha Fiola week Tired and dirty we returned to "the real world" and gave the washing machines a real test. Speaking to some of the instructors, they tell me that it is still a leader (if not THE leader) in outdoor education after 28 years. The experience it provides the children is second to none and taking them is really enjoyable and worthwhile, made all the more so by

the "thank you's"

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FU N DRAI S I N G FOR C HARITY

Farm Africa is a charity which helps poor people build a

better life for themselves and their families. We had

a goat mask competition where we had to decorate

a goat's head with string, straw, paper. foam and anything else we could find in the staff room. We

wore our own clothes for the price of a pound which

went to Farm Africa.

Hannah James 8J

We raised over £200 for Diabetes UK by wearing rambling kit for the day in exchange for £ I . It made a change seeing people in their own clothes, especially Phoebe Lebrecht in her pink fluffy jacket and jack Aspden, Harry Kevil/ and Harry Taylor in their baggy jeans and hoodies.

Eleanor Kirby 8J

Mrs Bamford gave us all daffodil pots to take home and fill with spare change. Jack jones, 4M, raised the most money among the day pupils and he was awarded a "Flake" Easter egg. The boarder who raised the most was Sharif Jibrilu, ?F and he was given a big tub of "Celebrations". Felicity Gains, 8B, and lzzy Vyvyan, ?T, clubbed together and played music in Grassington and won the joint prize. Altogether the school raised over £600.

Bryony Matthews 8J

We did a Spellathon to raise money for Mencap and had to learn some very odd and complicated words. We raised an enormous £904.70 which qualified us for a gold certificate and a prized trophy. The winners were: Year 3 Ben jones Year 4 Freya Robertson, Hannah Galley,

Matthew Bravery

Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8

Fergus Voigt, Saskia Hill Harriet Thursby, Ellen Kerr Elizabeth Holden, Zoe Boult jenny Hill, Bryony Matthews

Alex Rattray 8H and Bruce Slater 7F At Christmas the charity 2 1 st Century Child collect shoeboxes filled with presents and give them to children from Romania and Belarus. We collected 86 shoeboxes in total and received a letter back from each person who had received one of our boxes telling us how grateful they were. so we can all be glad we helped some children less fortunate than us.

Alex Rattray 8H

Over half the school took part in a sponsored swim to raise money for Merlin, the British equivalent of Medicins

Sans Frontieres. The staff team did really well and raised over £200 and among the pupils N icole Elliott topped the bill with nearly

£90. Overall we made just over 000 for this very worthy cause.

Isaac Parker 8H

P RI ZE G IVING

Form prizes For academic achievement over the whole school year

3J 4M SL 6C 6M 7F 7T 8B 8H 8J

Emily Bolger Hannah Galley Harriet Sykes George O'Connell Laura Bardsley Fraser Davies Elizabeth Holden Eleanor Turner Alexandra Rattray Jennifer Rae

Year 8 subject prizes English Bryony Matthews Mathematics Robert Laverick Science Hannah James French Christy Moseley Latin jennifer Hill Geography jennifer Rae History Alexandra Stamper RE Alexandra Rattray Art Duncan Mellin Design

Food Technology

Music PE

General prizes

Sarah Marsh

james Bums

Christopher Thompson Isaac Parker

For significant effort and progress in all areas of school life

Juniors Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Seniors Year 6 Year 7

Year 8

Charlotte Bell, Polly Sykes Henry Fell, Hannah Wright Emily Bowring, Catriona Bellis

Ellen Kerr. Henry Caudwell Todd Rintip Nirundonpruk, Olivia Bell, Mark Portnell Monty Caudwell Todd, Penny Barnes, Felicity Gains, Charlotte Rushton

3 Peaks Challenge for runnmg up and down the 3 Peaks in a single academic year: Monty Caudwell Todd, Alex Hirst.

Phoebe Lebrecht Jodie Stacey, R1chard Heap, Tim Mellin, Claire Lilley

UK Junior Mathematics Challenge

Year 7 Bronze Richard Heap, Victoria

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Silver Sam Mather. Tiphanie Kitchen Benjamin Edwards, Mark Portnell

Year 8 Bronze Christopher Thompson, Toby Brown,

Bryony Matthews Silver jennifer Hill , Duncan Mellin,

Hannah james, jennifer Rae, Alex Chan, Adam Lindblom,

Gold and Best in School Robert Laverick

House Plate Craven

Special awards Band Person of the Year

Strings Person of the Year Choir Person of the Year Speech and Drama Cup The Young Cup (Sporting Excellence)

The Jeffries Bowl (Sporting Excellence)

Canaway Salver (Community Art)

Wilson Humour Cup Shute Prize (Academic Achievement by a Day Pupil)

Michelle Green, Martin Wigfield jennifer Rae Alexandra Rattray Victoria Corner Ben Connor

Alexandra Stamper

Michelle Green, Eleanor Kirby Henry Bullough Jennifer Hill

John Williams Memorial Christopher Thompson (Long Service to the School)

Lyons Endeavour Alice Fanmer. Jodie Stacey (Dedication and Stickability)

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YB: Eleanor Turner, Christy Moseley, Charlotte Rushton, Jodie Stacey, Jennifer Rae Y7: Olivia Bell, Zoe Boult, Becky Watson, Elizabeth Holden Y6: Laura Bardsley. Imogen Boswell, Lucy Wright YS: Jessica Lowe

Gymnastics is a popular activity at Catteral. We have lots of talented gymnasts who are getting great enjoyment from their involvement. We cover Women's Artistic Gymnastics, which concentrates on floor work; Sports Acrobatics, which is group/paired fioor routines and, new this year, Rhythmic Gymnastics where we use apparatus such as ribbons and hoops.

This year the students worked hard on moves such as cartwheel, roundoffs. backward and forward walkovers. splits. and progressions towards backflips, handsprings and aerial cartwheel. The progress they have made is fantastic. They work hard and are very determined to perfect their moves. Each week we spend a lot of time working on strength. flexibility and conditioning exercises, which are very important.

We are aiming to be able to take part in competitions outside school, but we need to practise and be able to do certain moves which are compulsory at this age group. However, to get the idea of making a gym routine and build on the competition experience, we hold competitions

against each other.

� 1 This year we had a very enjoyable but tough competition. I was very impressed with the routines that

were performed with composure and the students are starting to look like experienced gymnasts!

Results

Women's Artistic Floor

Paired Sport's Acrobatics

Rhythmic Gymnastic

1 st Eleanor Turner 2nd Olivia Bell 3rd Laura Bardsley

1 st Zoe Boutt and Christy Moseley

"'2nd Eleanor Turner and Olivia Bell

1 st Laura Bardsley and Christy Moseley

2nd Charlotte Rushton 3 rd Lucy Wright

and Elizabeth Holden

Well done to everyone who took part!

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Y3/4 GYMNASTIC S

In May Y3 and 4 had a gymnastics competition. We have never had a competition before, so everybody was really nervous. We had to make a routine up of six moves for Miss Thompson to judge.

The results were extremely close in both groups. In the Beginners' group. Freya Robertson was first, Charlotte Bell was second, and Emily Bolger and James Barnes were joint third.

In the Advanced class, Hannah Wright was first, jack Jones was second and Nicole Ell iot was third. It was great fun. Everyone got a certificate and lots of goodies for taking part! Miss Thompson also awarded three special certificates. "Most Talented Gymnast" went to Jack Jones; "Most Improved Gymnast" went to Hannah Wright and Henry Fell, and "Most Enthusiastic Gymnast" went to Sam Wood and Hannah Galley:

Gymnastics with Miss Thompson ROCKS!!!

Hannah Galley 4M and Hannah Wright 4M

Judo sessions take place every Monday after prep. If you work hard enough each term you will be able to move up a grade. In judo you wear a gee which is sort of padded, but not very thick coat and your belt shows your grade. Beginners start with red, then white, yellow, orange, green, blue, black stripe and the highest level is black.

In judo at the moment, in grade order, are: Ben Edwards: White; Fraser Frost Pennington: Yellow; Alex Raczkowski, Ben Conner, Robert Laverick, William Throup, Laurie Spacie: all Orange; Henry Caudwel l Todd and George O'Connell: Green; Monty Caudwell Todd: Blue and Chris Thompson: Black Stripe.

Ben Edwards says. "Judo is really interesting. If you work hard at it you can go up a grade l ike I have. I started after the first half term, in October, at the first belt, (red) and

now I am white belt."

Fraser Frost Pennington says, "judo is great especially when you go up a grade like I did. And everyone is so supportive."

Ben Connor says, "judo is great especially when you 'are as tall as me. You can use your size as an advantage. However, there are some smaller people who can still beat you."

Robert Laverick says, "I highly recommend anyone to go to judo."

Chris Thompson says, "It's really good being the best in the group because I can beat Ben Connor even though he is bigger than me."

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The first of the galas was against St Mary's Hall over at Stonyhurst. It was a great opportunity to compete in a 25m pool. Although we lost the match our swimmers put in a great effort and there were some very good individual and relay team victories. The final score was much closer

than in previous years. The U I 3 team and the U9s and U I Os did particularly well. Lucy Shuker, Hannah Galley. Isaac Parker, Jenny Hill and Alex Stamper stood out as our strongest swimmers.

The next match was against Sedbergh Junior School who had several impressive swimmers. The gala was swum in the 'big school' and it was very much 'sardines' on the side with teams in categories U9-U I 3. The fixture was well contested and Catteral managed to win in all age groups

SCARRET

Scarret began with us al l crowded around Mr. Jones, in the cold.

The younger ones set off with Sam Wood and Emily Bowring leading on the first lap of Papes.They had no idea what lay ahead of them. On their return the order had changed slightly, Emily Bowring winning with Hannah Wright close behind before Sam Wood's cracking finish.

Next was the U I I s and, as they lined up shaking in their shorts and t-shirts. the rest of us wrapped up in our

tracksuits. Mr. Jones did his little trick and shouted, "Halt!" which made everyone sprint (looking really stupid!).That

race was over very quickly. It was a close finish for Harry Taylor and Abbie Schofield, the rest later reaching the tunnel with exhausted expressions, which didn't help me

and the rest of the U I 3 girls. We needed to calm ourselves down for that awful run ahead of us.

Mr. Jones shouted "GO!" through this ear blasting loud

T H E CATTE RAL S H I E L D

The Catteral Shield this year was a great success for all teams competing. Twenty-four schools came along to take part, bringing 360 children - one of the biggest events that is hosted by Catteral Hall.

As the first race set off children could be seen running full pelt round Pape's, not pacing themselves for the big hil l ahead. As the first rtM1ners hit the hil l we could see who was going to survive. The faster of the racers jogged up the hil l and down the other side without a backwards glance whilst the slower runners decided to

and the overall competition.

The final gala of the year was the U9-U I I event at home

against Casterton. Our junior swimmers had learned a lot

from the previous experiences of the year. Everyone

swam well and our team came out on top and everyone

had a fun afternoon in the water.

It has been noticeable that the swimming of our pupils has

greatly benefited since the addition of the new diving

boards to our pool. We look forward to even more

improvements in the standard of Catteral swimming next

year.

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speaker; we "legged" it.

The first lap was difficult as everyone ran as fast as they could before hitting the Ghyll field. This was where we separated and positions started to show. For the girls it was an obvious first place for Sarah Marsh and second and third went to Claire Lilley and Emma Royle. We were all back for the start of the U I 3 Boys race.

The boys all looked smart at the line-up, ready to show off their talents. Mr. Jones took up his position and yelled, "GO!" They set off and immediately it was obvious who were the stronger and weaker runners. Their run didn't last long as Ben Connor made a clear finish with Mark Gemmell as a silver collector and Sam Mather picking up the bronze.

The day finished with prize giving, pleased parents and exhausted children.

Phoebe Lebrecht 8J

take the easier option of walking up the hil l . I am glad to say that all of our runners ran up the hill.

Ben Connor came 2nd in the U I 3s boy race. Mark Gemmell did really well. He came in just after Ben. Our U I 3 Girls came first out of about ten schools. Sarah Marsh came 2nd and Claire Lilley came 3rd and the rest of the girls came in the top twenty All competitors from Catteral did extremely well. Abbie Schofield came I st in the U I I

Girls' race and Harry Taylor came first in the U I I Boys'

race.

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C ROSS COUNTRY

This has been the busiest and arguably the most successful cross-country season in the past decade.

The lngleborough Trophy gave ourY7 and 8s the opportunity to run on a fairly fast but bumpy course against local schools. All four teams won their races with first places for Claire Lilley and Sarah Marsh. The Malsis Invitation always provides a good challenge to our runners. The course is flat and fast and the field includes schools from as far away as Perthshire in Scotland as well as the very strong Ermysted teams. In the U I 3 Boys we finished 4th with Ben Connor finishing in 3rd

place. The U I 3 Girls were 3rd. The younger runners put in a tremendous effort and both the U I I boys and girls teams finished in 2nd place.

The North West Preparatory Schools' Championships were hosted by Catteral and attracted thirteen schools. We were by now beginning to hit race fitness and there were some very strong individual and team performances. The U I 3 girls were 2nd and the U I I girls' team 3rd; the U I I boys' team were 2nd and the U I 3 boys' team came I st, without an ill Ben Connor; and thanks to fantastic performances from Mark Gemmell, Isaac Parker and Toby Brown.

We again hosted the HMC N Jun ior Schools, and ten of the twenty-four schools took part. This is always a big test

COUNTY TRIALS

Those who qualified at Skipton represented Harrogate and Craven at the inter district match at Catterick, which also were selection races for the county team. Our runners ran well in very good company. and both Claire Lilley and Sarah Marsh had good enough runs to put them into the county teams. This year we were invited to St Martin's Ampleforth to run i n the U I 3 and U I I boys' races. We had suffered some illness and this provided the chance to let Claire and Sarah compete with the boys as part of our senior team. The races were through woodland and hills in the Ampleforth grounds and both courses were very long. Catteral finished 2nd in both the U I I and U I 3 boys' events. The U I I boys ran very well, particularly Harry Taylor, Harry Kevill and Joe Martin who finished in the top three places. The County match between North Yorkshire and Humberside was run at York Race Course, very much flatter than the countryside around School. This was the only opportunity to run at this level. Sarah Marsh had a super run against many girls a year her senior and finished 9th in the junior girls' race. Claire Lilley ran in the minor girls' race and started right at the back of the field but by the end had worked her way into an excellent 2nd place. Well done, girls!

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for our younger runners as the schools they run against have far bigger numbers to choose from. This did not deter our boys and girls and the results were fantastic. The U I I team had four in the top ten -Taylor; Caudwell Todd, Kevill and Martin - and ran away with the team event. Not to be outdone, the U I 0 girls put in a terrific effort also winning the team event with Lucy Shuker; Emily Bowring, Emi ly Bolger and Hannah Wright in the top ten. The U I I girls came home in second place with Abigai l Schofield having a great run to win the individual event.

The Harrogate and Craven District Championships at Skipton's Aireville Park allows our pupils a chance to vie as an individual for places in the district teams. The Y7 girls were 2nd and Claire Li lley won the race. The Y8 girls won the team event for the first time ever, thanks to great runs from Sarah Marsh, Christie Moseley, Sophie Schofield and Alex Stamper. The Y7 boys also finished 2nd with particularly impressive performances from Tim Mel lin, Mark Gemmell and Mubarak Abdullahi. The Y8 boys' race had a very strong field and the team finished well in 2nd place. Overall eight of our runners qualified to run at the country trials: Claire Lil ley, Hannah Jakes, Megan Taylor, Sarah Marsh, Emma Royle, Christie Moseley, Tim Mellin, Mark Gemmell. A further four were invited to run as guests: Ben Connor, Mubarak Abdullahi, Elizabeth Holden and Zoe Boult.

The Belmont Grosvenor School Shield was the finale to the season. A tough. hilly course presented a stiff challenge to our ten runners - eight boys and two girls. There were some fine performances - not least Ben Connor's run, which resulted in a new course record. Catteral retained the Shield for the third consecutive time - a pleasing way to wind up a great year. Well done to all. particularly the team runners. Thanks too to the staff who, through their enthusiasm and determination, make it happen week in and week out.

Isaac Parker 8B

Colours awarded to: Ben Connor, Isaac Parker, Sarah Marsh, Monty Caudwell Todd, Christie Moseley, Alexandra Stamper, Tobias Brown

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This event includes running each of the Yorkshire Dales peaks of Pen-y-Ghent, lngleborough and Whernside (one per academic term) for which a certificate is awarded at the end of the year.

The autumn term started well and no fewer than twelve pupils and three staff completed the Pen-y­Ghent run in very wintry conditions. The important lessons of having the correct clothing and staying as a group when on the hills were very closely adhered to.

The Charlotte Slater Memorial Fell Race was run on Remembrance Sunday after observing the traditional two minutes silence outside Kelbrook Church. The event is always great fun and money is raised for Candlelight: the Children's Cancer Charity. Catteral won the U9, U I 2 and U I 4 team events. Many of the runners who took part in the races d id so for fun, less than half were runners from our regular cross country teams.

Due to a very busy Spring term the lngleborough run was completed at the start of the Summer term with nine pupils and two staff taking part. We had a brief stop on the l imestone pavement before the big climb and a talk on the local geology flora and fauna of the area from Mr Ogilvie . . . yawn! At the top we saw some great views all the way to the Lakes and Morecambe Bay and another talk from Mr Ogilvie about stone circles and the settlement on the summit plateau . . . more yawning!

We could only find one Sunday in the summer ���---=�=���!:.��-.:::_�:____:�=_;_��� term to complete the Challenge. Sadly the clouds came in certificates: and there was a massive downpour. Mr Ogilvie decided it Claire Lilley, Phoebe Lebrecht, Tim Mellin, was not safe to run the eight miles over Whernside and Richard Heap, jodie Stacey, Alex Hirst, Monty Caudwell instead we went to run through the woods in the Forest Todd. of Bowland. This run was great fun and it was a change to run though forest trails. We eventually ran Whernside in the summer holidays and the following have received their

Thanks to Mr Lilley, Mr Gemmell, Mr Florence for taking part and to Mr Ogilvie for organising the events.

I HOCKEY S EASON

U 1 3 Captains: jodie Stacey. Alex Stamper

U 1 2 Captains: Claire Lilley. Zoe Boult

U I I Captains: Grace Farmer. Lucy Shuker

U 1 3 Boys: Andrew Bardsley

This year's season was exceptional. The U I 3 girls' team won the North Yorkshire tournament in Pickering, qualifying to compete in the Yorkshire Finals, at Hymers Co llege, Hu ll. They won the Harrogate & Craven tournament at Harrogate, won 24 games out of 35 and scored a whopping 97 goals in 35 games!

The U I I s were winners in both the North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire tournaments, allowing them to represent Yorkshire in the North of England Finals, at the Commonwealth Stadium, Manchester. This is a tremendous achievement as there are only I I girls to choose from and two girls were only in year 5! Compare this with Merchant Taylor's, the winners of the North of England tournament who regu larly have over 90 girls in a year group!

The U I 3 boys also had a successful season, narrowly missing out by one goal to go through to the Yorkshire Finals, but with 7 wins in 9 games, and 2 1 goals scored, the boys are proving to be skilful and talented. Captained by Andrew Bardsley; the team showed real determination, passion and a will to win.

The U 1 2s had a qu ieter season, but they certainly made up for it with the 'B' team winning the Harrogate & Craven tournament and the 'A' team coming Runners-Up.

jodie Stacey captained her team faultlessly, and her commitment to hockey is commendable. Her own performance improved greatly over the season and she worked tire lessly in mid-field along with Christy Moseley and Felicity Gains. Alex Stamper and Michelle Green were selected to represent the U I 4 Harrogate & Craven district squad , and Alex scored 40 goals for Catteral - an outstanding achievement. Michelle continued to be a very effective sweeper. driving onto the ball, taking it up the pitch and occasional ly shooting. Eleanor Kirby kept goal for the second season and made some super saves, helping to keep the goals against as low as 1 8. The wingers, Phoebe Lebrecht, Sarah Marsh and Claire Lilley were very reliable, and with their speed and fitness managed to drive the ball into the D to create many scoring opportunities.

The U I 3s had only a few I I a-side games - one was against Pocklington on grass which was one of the most exciting games all season! The final score was 4-2 and without the dedication of the players aided by Emma Royle, Sophie Schofield, Al1ce Farmer. Zoe Boult, and Megan Taylor the score line could have gone the other way.

Grace Farmer's U I I team were undoubtedly the most successful team this year. Winning 2 1 games out of 27 and scoring 8 1 goals is a true reflection of their skill, teamwork and dedication to improving their game. Each player developed throughout the season which helped their understanding of the game. Lucy Shuker scored 30 goals,

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them! Emily Bowring, only in Year 5, played alongside Grace in mid field and created a very effective partnership. Laura Bardsley proved to be such a reliable sweeper that she hardly let anything go past her for the keepers, Ellen Kerr and Harriet Thursby, to deal with. They both made important saves under pressure and only let 1 3 goals i n all yearl

The season was extremely hectic, with the players being involved in Inter-school matches, North Yorkshire Leagues, school tournaments and National tournaments. All the players deserve a huge 'Well-done' for all their efforts and successes. Every girl from Year 5 to 8 represented Catteral Hall either in an 'A' team or a 'B' team and after seeing

them compete under pressure it was apparent just how much every player had improved.

This year's awards went to the following:

U l 3 Capt:

U l l Capt:

Top goal scorer:

jodie Stacey

Grace Farmer

Alex Stamper and Lucy Shuker

Most Improved player: Grace Farmer

Next season will be just as exciting and busy and the

captains for Season 2003 - 04 are:

U l 3 Capts:

U l l Capts:

U l l Capts:

Claire Lilley and Megan Taylor

Grace Farmer and Abbie Schofield

Lucy Shuker and Emily Bowring

Good luck to all the new captains and teams.

A big thank you to Miss Leigh and Mrs Bamford who

helped out on the pitch in all conditions and a special

thank you to Miss Thompson who was, again, invaluable in helping me umpire and organise all the matches and tournaments we had. I must also thank all the support I received from other member of staff and pupils, and to all the parents who regularly came to support in all weathers - mostly cold and wet!

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U 1 3 Captain's Report This year has been the best season for the U I 3 team because of teamwork and good spirit. There has been so much effort put in to make us play well this season.

We entered many tournaments. and won some. These include Harrogate and Craven District I I a-side tournament. We also participated in the North Yorkshire Finals: this was the highlight of our season. It was a great experience that we thoroughly enjoyed and learnt a lot from.

As a team we attended the Harrogate and Craven League, which we did well in (apart from a few stupid mistakes). There was one team we became good friends with after we had competed several times: St Mary's Hall. May we add we beat them every time! 1

Our best win of the season was against \>ocklington; on grass, with outstanding determination and skill!

We will miss Miss Hogg greatly - we couldn't have done so well without you. Thank you and good luck to the next U l 3 team.

Jodie Stacey SH,Aiex Stamper SJ

The under I I s have had a good season, with lots of matches and tournaments. About half way through the season we went to Pickering to qualify for the Yorkshire's. We got through and went into the next round at Hull. Harrogate hockey club just beat us, which meant we went through as the runners up. We went to the Commonwealth stadium represent1ng Yorkshire. The whole team played really well but even though we didn't get any further we were all very pleased that we got that far. We had a really fun season.

Grace Farmer 6C

e Fin s On the 1 6th February the hockey teams travelled to Hull to play in the semi finals that would help decide the two teams to qualify for the North of England representative team. The U I I tea;;; Included: Grace Farmer (captain), Emily Bowring. Lucy Wright. Abbie Schofield. Lucy Shuker (vice captain). Laura Bardsley and Ellen Kerr. They had Suzannah james and Harriet Thursby as substitutes.

The U 1 3s team included: jodie Stacey (captain). Christy Mosley. Phoebe Lebrecht. Sarah Marsh, Alex Stamper (vice captain). Shelly Green and Elly Kirby. They had Claire Lilley as a substitute.

The U I 3s lost two of their matches and drew one, so they didn't get through to the finals. but they played their very

best.

The U I I s however, went on the pitch and won their first match, so were on a winning streak. We played against some very strong teams and clubs like Bradford. We won all our matches in our pool so we went to play the runners up of the other pool. We won that match too.

We ran off the pitch screaming and shouting ecstatically because we knew that we had got through to the North of England Finals. We then went to play Harrogate which

are a very strong club, and the first time we played them we were very scared. We got onto the pitch and the very minute they took the pass back we were onto them. We stuck right onto our player like glue. It was a very good match and at the end of the game the score was 2 - I to them but it was the best match we had played all day.

Harrogate were the winners and we were the runners up for the North of England Finals.

On the way back we just stuffed our faces with sweets and sang very loudly.

Laura Bardsley 6M

• ls Boys Hockey Boys Hockey is not very popular at Catteral, but some of us enjoy the sport very much. We only played one match against lngleton and won 6-0. lngleton was late for the

match and they didn't have enough players, so we had to put Simon Smith and George Bullough into their team.

Charles Flynn played extremely well at right wing. He scored three goals. and Andrew Bardsley. Adam Lindblom and Alex Chan scored one goal each.

On 25th january Catteral Hall took two teams, U I 3s Boys and Girls, to Pickering for the North Yorkshire Hockey Tournament. The boys did very well and we came 3rd. This was without very much practice. Everyone played extremely well, and it was very unlucky for us. If we had won our last match we would have got through to the Yorkshire Finals.

In May we took six boys to Pickering. but this time we were training for the U I 3s North Yorkshire County teams.

We learnt a lot of new techniques. Congratulations to Mark Portnell, Andrew Portnell and Ben Connor who have been successful and have been put through to the North Yorkshire County Team. It was an unlucky moment for Charles Flynn, Andrew Bardsley and Alex Chan because they just m1ssed out.

GK Ben Connor. Sweeper Martin Wigfield, LB james Cavanagh. RB Robert Cavanagh. LH Duncan Mellin, CH Adam Lindblom, RH Tom Taylor Parker. LW Alex Chan, Ll Mark Portnell, Rl Andrew Bardsley, RW Charles Flynn

Substitutes: Simon Smith/George Bullough

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1 st XV As the season went on we built on our frtness but it took two and a half games before we really began to gel as a team and the structure, particularly at the breakdown, began to develop. We also began to enjoy our games and we played with spirit and kept our chins up.

The forwards made great progress. They scrimmaged well and in the loose individuals made many a strong run. Ben Connor led the way but was ably supported by the Cavanagh twins, whose rucking, mauling and tackling all improved. Isaac Parker. Martin Wigfield, Mark Portnell, George Bullough and Christopher Thompson all played their part and showed improvement

Andrew Bardsley came on well during the season and Charles Flynn also made a very late burst for the line, and these two were arguably the most improved players of the season.

The backs showed plenty of skill and there was no lack of pace but, despite looking dangerous going forward, they just did not seem able to open up the gaps. Mark Gemmell played well at serum half showing a lot of skill and ability and was well supported by Duncan Mellin, Richard Heap and Chris Thompson who all had spells at fly half The centres looked strong in attack with Charles Flynn and Richard Heap both taking the ball forward well. Out wide there was pace on the wings in the fonm of Mubarak Abdullahi, Laurie Spacie and Alex Chan, and also Sam Mather at full back.

It was good to see other players being brought into the side for the odd match. Edward james and Simon Smith did not look out of place on their visits from the 2nd XII. We also saw the blooding of some promising Y7 players: Carl Houchen, Gregg Miller. James Bennett, Tim Mellin and Tom Figgins.

Thanks to Mr Ogilvie for the hard work he put in and to M r Gemmell and Mr Heap for coming in and helping - it was greatly appreciated. Thanks too, to Mr Green who refereed some of our earlier matches at home.

Colours were awarded to (full colours in bold): Gregg Miller, Mark Portnell, George Bullough, Mark Gemmell, Chris Thompson, Isaac Parker. Richard Heap, Mubarak Abdullahi, Sam Mather. Tim Mellin, Alex Chan, Charles Flynn, Duncan Mellin, Laurie Spacie, Ben Connor,

James Cavanagh, Andrew Bardsley, Karl Houchen, Rob Cavanagh, Martin Wigfield, Simon Smith

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2nd XI I I have definitely come to the conclusion that the title of Catteral 2nd XII should be changed to Catteral's development squad. Thirty-one different players represented the 2nd team this season (who can say that we don't share thing out!).

Eight members of the original 2nd squad gained promotion at one time or another to the I st XV, most of them becoming regular members and, by the end of the season, three reached the 'dizzy heights' of the I st Sevens team. Statistics like these show just how valuable the 2nd team has been in developing the younger players and those relatively new to the game. It has also given several of the third squad a taste of action at a higher level in preparation for the step up next season.

The down side to such a changing team (not one member of the original pack played in the final game of the season) is that continuity and tactics were quite difficult to implement. We did have an enjoyable season however with, as always, highs and lows. We were, on a couple of occasions, on the wrong end of a heavy defeat, when our tackling crumbled against stronger opposition. We did however win some games in fine style, scoring exciting tries. To add a little dramatic tension we also had a couple of very tight games.

Two chaps stood out through thick and thin. Edward james captained the team very well. For the first half of the season he marshalled the troops from serum-half. Later on, with most of our pack promoted to the I st team, he moved to hooker to add some experience to our front-row. Simon Smith, before his promotion, was our number one tackler, never afraid to knock down or take on usually much bigger boys.

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Hav1ng finished half way u p our pool i n the Malsis 'Lewis Bootham' tournament right at the beginning of the term, we had a good day at Cundall Manor where the standards and the pitch sizes were beefed up from last year. There were some good sides and we learned that ball retention was vital if we were to create scoring opportunities. Some good tackles were put in, the most notable by Mubarak Abdullahi. Robert Cavanagh, Mark Gemmell, Richard Heap. Chris Thompson, George Bullough and Laurie Spacie also showed they had plenty to offer with the ball in hand. We finally lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winners -Terrington - who had a great side and were to be one of the best sides on the VIIs circuit this year. Terra Nova is always a fun event to play in and we got the opportunity to play schools not on our normal circuit. We had a great semi final game against Terra Nova, a real nail biter which, in the end, they won in extra time. Richard Heap. Mark Gemmell, Andrew Bardsley and Mubarak Abdullahi were the pick of the bunch in this tournament. We played in the Ampleforth festival for the first time. This was a round robin tournament and with less at stake we could experiment with players and positions. George Bullough. Simon Smith, Richard Heap and Laurie Spacie all played very well and there were good support roles from Mark Gemmell, Isaac Parker. James Bennett and Carl Houchen. Terrington is one of the bigger tournaments we attend. We had some notable scraps in the pool games where we beat Newlands, Cundall, Howsham and Bow. Chris Thompson, Mark Gemmell and Robert Cavanagh had a particularly good afternoon. We progressed to the plate semi-final where we met a larg� Barnard Castle side and our afternoon ended there. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the mini tour to Mowden Hall and Merchiston Castle. We had a tough group at Mowden and although we played some good, attractive. attacking rugby we lacked the offensive defence that the top sides displayed. Despite losing 2 1 -7 to Terrington we played well and went on to win the rest of our pool matches. In the semi-final we played some good rugby but lost to a proficient St Martin's side. There was no U 1 3 weight limit at Merchiston which gave us a chance to play our 'big guns' Ben Connor and Jim

Cavanagh. We played four games, beating Sedbergh and a depleted Mowden Hall, winners of their own tournament the day before. We managed to play some spirited sevens in a third place play-off against Craigclowan and came away with the silverware. Everyone played well but particular plaudits should go to Simon Smith, Mark Gemmell, Carl Houchen, jim Cavanagh and Ben Connor, the latter two fitting well into almost a scratch team who improved dramatically over the afternoon. This was a great way to end a very busy and tiring season. Well done to all who played. A big thank you to Mr Heap and Mr Ogilvie for coaching and encouraging us along the way. FOGO and Ben Connor 8J

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The squad enjoyed a successful season this year. We recorded good wins against Sedbergh Junior School, St Mary's Hall. Westville and Settle Middle. Our game was characterised by spirited tackling and a "Never say die" attitude that is every coach's dream. Despite losing our first three games the boys never lost hope and continued to train hard and, eventually. the results they deserved came.

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Harry Taylor led the team brill iantly; his desire to win the ball was fantastic all season. Henry Caudwell Todd played a superb role at fly half and was devastating on the loop. Chris Gemmell and joe Martin did a great job in the centre. runn1ng hard and always tackling anything that came their way. The wing positions were taken by various people. but always the result was the same, with josh Lancaster. jack Aspden, Eddie Bolger; Liam Turnbuii-Brown and Fergus Voigt all doing a superb defensive job and providing valuable support in attack. josh Ryan was super at ful l back and made some excellent try-saving tackles when it really mattered - a run of over half the pitch to score in the corner remains one of the highlights of the season. Speaking as a hooker; the pack is. of course. where the game is won and lost and our forwards rose to the challenge. often against bigger and stronger packs. George O'Connell was exceptional when at hooker; prop or second row. both in the loose and the tight. The props. Alex Raczkowski. Harry Kevil l and Fergus Voigt. did excellent work and the second rows, jack Cory-Wright. jack Aspden and George Vyvyan all did good jobs in winning the ball. jack Cory-Wright was outstanding all season and will grow into a superb player in years to come.

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RUG BY AT MOW D E N

We were feeling nervous; the U I I rugby team was going to Mowden Hall to play rugby. On the bus we were all raring to go; all strapped in and sitting up, but that changed very quickly. One and a half hours later we were slouch ing and some people were falling asleep. Not long after that we

drove up the drive at Mowden Hall.

As we got off the bus we looked like drunken hippies and that showed during the first half Our star player. Chris Gemmell, was injured and we had to call for an ambulance, instead a mini came and drove Chris up to the school. Chris was headed for the San, and that woke us up and

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U l ls This year the I st team played 7-a-side throughout the season with the formation 2-3- 1 . We had a squad of around twenty and a second 7 played as well. The majority of our matches were mini round robin tournaments. Our 'A' and 'B' teams got at least two matches each and we usually had two substitutes per team so it enabled a number of players to represent the school.

The regular seven comprised of, Andrew Bardsley. in goal; Simon Smith and Gregg Miller were the usual defenders; Mubarak Abdullahi in the centre midfield with Mark Gemmell and Aliyu lsa out on the flanks; and upfront was Charles Flynn who got some great ball from the two wide flanks.

We kicked off the season at home to Sedburgh and Mal sis. We played Mal sis first and won in a close 2- 1 . We then went on to play the stronger side of Sedburgh but sadly we came out losers in a close 1 -0 defeat.

The season continued well when we went over to Oakhill. They had quite a weak side and we came out winners of a 5-0 thrashing. But we did not do so well against their B team who we only beat 2-0.

However the next two matches went downhill a bit. We started by playing Malsis away on a surface we were not used to: Astroturf. We kicked off positively with Mark Gemmell getting the first goal shortly before half time. But after half time we started to play very poorly by giving away silly balls and they scored to equalize. Our defending got worse and worse and the match finished on a disappointing 3- 1 defeat.

Our next match was against Queen Ethelburga. We were playing on a full sized pitch, which again we were not used to. They scored first which really put us on the back foot and at half time it was 3-0 to them. We managed to claw one back through a spectacular solo goal by Charles Flynn but sadly the final score was 6-1 . However when we played their second team it was a totally different story. We scored first through Charles Flynn again who then went on to score four more which put us ahead 5- I at the half time break.

After half time we put two more on the board to take us to 7- I and to end it all Charles Flynn scored an excellent

shook us into action.

We were getting stuck in and scoring more tries and this was my favourite part of the match. Mowden kicked the ball and I was at full back. I caught the ball on our "twenty two", ran the length of the whole pitch, and scored in the corner! Everyone cheered very loudly. I was the star! The whistle went and we went back to school and greeted Chris with our good news. We hadn't won but the score was not too embarrassing. We had match tea.

Josh Ryan 6M

free kick to take us to a very impressive 8- I victory.

Our final match was against Settle Middle who we have not beaten in years. We went in very positively with an early goal by Charles Flynn who was assisted by an amazing cross by Mubarak Abdullahi. He then went on to score another and the final score ended in a 2-0 victory.

I, on behalf of the team, would like to thank Mr. Ogilvie for refereeing and organizing the matches, the matrons for cleaning and preparing our kit and to the whole team for a great season.

Good luck next year!

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U I I s The Under I I s played well all season and had a mixed set of results. We mainly played round robin tournaments against one or two schools and were able to put out an 'A' and 'B' team for each tournament we played.

The 'A' team included Henry Cauldwell Todd (capt.). Chris Gemmell, Harry Taylor. joe Martin, George O'Connell. Harry Kevill and Alex Razckowski.

The 'B' team was taken from Eddie Bolger. josh Lancaster. Josh Ryan, Sam Rosie, Jack Aspden, George Vyvyan, jack Cory-Wright, Fergus Voigt, Jamie Halton, Liam Turnbuii­Brown, James Ferran.

The boys in both teams tried extremely hard in all of their games and were a credit to themselves and the School in the way they approached the sport.

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1 st XI The season started well with a first match success against Cundall Manor: The luck started at the toss. with myself and Chris Thompson opening the batting. We managed a steady run rate until we were finally all out for 1 23 - a notable performance coming from Ben Connor: The second half was equally as successful - but not for Cundall, who were dismissed for 82! Consistent bowling - in part due to Mark Gemmell - secured the win.

Unfortunately, the next match was a different matter. away to Aysgarth's 2nd XI. We didn't play with enough conviction and were dismissed for 56 runs. They went on to make these with overs to spare. Rather a short game but a long drive home to rue our perfonnance.

We played two "30 over" matches. against Sedbergh and Settle Middle School. This was a fun fonnat. requiring a different attitude and greater urgency both at the crease and in the field. Against Sedbergh we allowed them too many runs through over-exuberant throwing in the field. However, our batsman made good chase and Ben Connor demonstrated some very powerful, if unorthodox. hitting and was finally out for 68. We lost narrowly but did manage to bat through the overs.

We revisited Sed burgh to play the "70 over" format of the game. This time we were more prepared, apart from possibly Richard Heap, who whacked the minibus door onto his hand. It locked and had to be opened from the inside - OUCH!

We bowled accurately and fielded well and looked far more alert. When we went out to bat we tried hard to apply ourselves and although our top order batsmen did not score freely they did try to play sensible strokes. Despite losing, Simon Smith, Mark Portnell and Sam Mather can take great credit for their application and their stroke selection as they stayed at the crease for a long time.

Our match at Barrow against Chetwynde was a rain affected draw. but both Isaac Parker and Charles Flynn showed they are capable with the bat when their minds are set to the task. They had two county players and our bowlers did well to stem the run flow with some good

accurate deliveries.

Sadly. the match against St Mary's Hall was the worst of our term. After a fairly stem mid match talk from Mr Ogilvie we put up very limited resistance with the bat. He suggested we use the time to gain some valuable experience and play for a draw because I 86 was an unrealistic total to chase. Our batsman had other ideas and there were three unnecessary run outs and far too many people bowled as they tried to hit across the line. Maybe a lesson was learned that day!

Still smarting from the SMH game we decided to play Mal sis with greater spirit, and character was shown both in our batting and fielding. They were a very good side but we managed to take seven wickets and keep them down to 1 24 runs in their allotted time. Mark Gemmell bowled a very nagging line and length and Simon Smith again displayed ability with a very promising variation of spin. Our batsman worked very hard and Andrew Bardsley is worthy of particular praise. He stayed at the wicket for 22 overs, a great feat that showed much patience and no little skill. Despite losing, our pride was regained.

The season ended on a positive note with a most exhilarating match enjoyed by all concerned. The sun was shining aga1n as we stepped up to face Settle Middle. The teams seemed equally matched as we survived our overs, setting 70 as the fairly small target, Mark Gemmell making half of these in ebullient style. They chased this hard despite a regular fall of wickets. It all boiled down to the last ball of the last over: Settle required three to win off Andrew Bardsley's last ball but, despite a valiant effort, their batsman was run out on the second attempted run. Our second win of the season and a nice way to round things off.

On behalf of the team I would like to thank Mr Dave Fallows who coached us in the Spring nets sessions and Mr Ogilvie who kept us on our mettle particularly after our crisis!

Toby Brown did a solid job as Captain throughout the season. He led by example, learned a huge amount and is very deserving of his Full Colours.

Toby Brown 8H & FOGO

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2nd XI The 2nd X I was very much a development squad, with many newcomers. The boys were mustard keen, and competition for the last few places in the team was fierce: net practice was always very purposeful. Edward james captained the team with great diligence and perseverance. He led by example with both bat and ball, supported by constant vocal offerings from wicketkeeper Martin Wigfield. Chris Drysdale was the most stylish batsman, and William Throup put in some doughty performances, notably in the valiant rearguard action at Malsis. We got close to victory on a number of occasions, but let our opponents off the hook at critical moments. Lots of potential for next year. provided there is lots of practice.

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Harry Taylor, Chris Gemmell, jack Cory-Wright, josh Lancaster, Harry Kevill and Joe Martin have all bowled

regularly for the team and all have been rewarded with wickets.

I hope all of these players go on to enjoy their cricket for years to come and can continue to improve as much as they have this year.

Squad: George O'Connell, Chris Gemmell, Harry Taylor, joe Martin, Harry Kevill, jack Aspden, Henry Caudwell Todd, Alex Razckowski, josh Ryan, jack Cory-Wright, George Vyvyan, Eddie Bolger, josh lancaster. Jamie Halton, Liam Turnbuii-Brown.

Scorers: Joel Mendonca, Jack Aspden, George Vyvyan.

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U l l U l l With a large group o f girls i n Y8, the intention was always

to give as many as possible the opportunity to play in

school teams.

Early in the term the U I 3s played St Mary's Hall, a school

that had already been playing netball through the autumn

term. An uphill task against a strong, well-organised side, we

put up a fight and showed that the potential was there, but

the final score was a convincing win for the opposition.

Mixed-age matches followed, teams drawn from Years

5,6,7, and 8. It is always difficult to match ages and ability

but the close draw against Malsis showed that these

matches can be very exciting. A different group of girls

played Sedburgh junior School and, with the teams less

evenly matched, we were comfortable winners, I 8- I .

The Mini Tournament played against lngleton Middle

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U l l U l l The season began two days into the term with the jet Tournament match against Malsis, who had a week of play already behind them. Our lack of practice was obvious in the first innings and, t'11ough the standard of play greatly improved in the second half, time ran out with us just half a rounder behind.

The girls quickly improved skills and team play with easy victories against lngleton Middle School 28.5-3.5; Skipton Girls' High School 23-9 and Ripley StThomas 26- 1 I .

In the game against Casterton, the team had a disastrous first innings and, though the second half was so much better. we narrowly lost by I 0.5- 1 2 rounders.

A mixed-age tournament was held at Catteral, with A and B home teams and visitors from Moorlands and Sedburgh

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Later in the term the U I 3s had wins against lngleton

Middle School, St Martin's Ampleforth, Skipton Girls' High School and Ripley StThomas.

The U 1 2 team played and beat lngleton Middle School and Ripley StThomas. The standard of their play greatly improved through the season, with some of the girls playing for the U I 3 teams. They have the potential to do well next season, particularly if training begins in the autumn term.

Netball Colours were awarded to: Michelle Green, Alex Stamper. Alice Crowder and Jennifer Hill

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UIJ junior School. Scoring maximum points and 47 rounders,

the A team won, with the Bs in second place, beating the

visiting teams, and scoring 37 rounders.

The final match against Malsis was a most exciting game

with excellent batting and fielding skills from both sides, Catteral winning by I I .5-6.5.

The U 1 2 team had a most promising season, losing at the

start to Ripley StThomas 24- 1 6 but going on to beat lngleton Middle School 22.5-4.5; Skipton Girls' High School 1 6- 1 I and Casterton 8-7.

Colours were awarded to Michelle Green, Emma Royle,

Alex Stamper and Pheobe Lebrecht.

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ATH L ETICS

All pupils took part in the Track & Field programme during the Summer Term, learning techniques in PE lessons and practising them in Games' sessions, especially on Thursday afternoons. Pupils from every year group also had the chance to compete against boys and girls from other schools in inter-school, area and national meetings.

Boys and girls from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 travelled to )arrow for the HMC (NE) junior Schools' Championships. The girls returned with two I st places (Ellen Kerr, Lucy Shuker), one 2nd place (Emily Bolger) and three 3rd places (U I 0 Relay Team, Lottie O'Connell, Abbie Schofield) and the boys with one 2nd (Christopher Gemmell) and one 3rd place (Harry Taylor). These were well deserved rewards and worth the long journey, especially for Lucy who beat the meeting record when winning her U I 0 200m.

The Y7 and YB Girls took part in the Independent Schools' Girls' Athletics meeting in York. Sarah Marsh's I st place in the BOOm and a storming run from the relay quartet helped the YB team to finish 5th out of I 3 schools and the Y7 team finished 1 2th out of I S.

joined by a Y6 team for their second outing, at Casterton, the Girls competed in a triangular match against Casterton and Windermere St. Anne's and returned home having won all three age groups convincingly.

Catteral hosted a 3-way match on Pape's against Malsis and Sedbergh junior School in which Catteral teams of U 1 3 Boys & U 1 3 Girls and U I I Boys & U I I Girls were

S PORTS DAY WI N N E RS

Event 1 st

Senior Boys l OO m James Cavanagh (C) 200 m Charles Flynn (M) 400 m james Cavanagh ( BOO m Isaac Parker (M) 1 500 m Isaac Parker (M) Relay Craven Long jump Alex Chan (B) Triple jump Andrew Bardsley (C) High jump Ben Connor (B) Shot Ben Connor (B) javelin Ben Connor (B)

Senior Girls 1 00 m Christy Moseley (F)

200 m Sarah Marsh (F) BOO m Sarah Marsh (F) Relay Fountains Long jump Alex Stamper (B) High jump Emma Royle (M) Shot Felicity Gains (B) javelin Michelle Green (B)

once again victorious.

1 9 pupils took part in the North-East Prep Schools' Athletics Championships held in York, returning with four I st places, seven 2nd places and seven 3rd places. Three school records were broken, by Ellen Kerr (U I 2 200m ) ,

Sarah Marsh (U 1 4 BOOm ) and the U 1 4 Relay Team -Christy Moseley, Alex Stamper; Sarah Marsh & Michelle Green.

As a result of their performances, B pupils were selected to compete in Birmingham, at the National Prep Schools' Athletics Championships. joining the five above were Harry Taylor; Ben Connor and Claire Lilley

The term finished with everybody competing in an 'Afternoon of Athletics', culminating with some Inter-Form relay races, which taxed the children's brains as well as their running abilities. Then, a week later. Finals Afternoon was held, with prizes at stake. The cups, presented by Mrs Sheila Green, went to

Ellen Kerr Junior Girls'Victrix Ludorum Christopher Gemmell Junior Boys'Victor Ludorum Michelle Green and Senior Girls'Victrix Ludorum Sarah Marsh Ben Connor and the

Senior Boys'Victor Ludorum

Inter-House cup went to Craven.

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junior Boys l OO m Christopher Gemmell (C) 200 m Christopher Gemmell (<S:) BOO m Harry Taylor (M) Relay Craven Long jump Christopher Gemmell (C) High jump Henry Caudweii-Todd (M) Cricket Ball George O'Connell (B)20

junior Girls Laura Bardsle (C)� l OO m

200 m Ellen Kerr (M) BOO m Abbie Schofield Relay Fountains Long jump Ellen Kerr (M) High jump Ellen Kerr (M) Rounders Ball Grace Farmer

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SUMMER SCHOOLS

Now in their third year, the july summer courses at Catteral Hall and Mill House have gone from strength to strength. Record numbers meant we had to close the doors at peak periods, and between the two schools, we filled the dining hall with over I 00 on many a day. Despite the very indifferent weather, lots of fun was always on the menu, and not just at the BBQs. The class teachers produced some memorable work, including the drama group's renditions of Snow White and Goldilocks, and the linguists' patriotic presentations and course magazine. The computer crew made their own website and artists created wonderful masks. Tennis and squash tournaments in the mornings, initiative games in the afternoon and twister and water polo in the evenings kept everyone on

the go. The younger ones at Mil l House worked hard too, but also went swimming, had picnics and wheely toy days, and tested the adventure playground to its limits.

Trips out included several enjoyable afternoons on Morecambe beach, the Forbidden Corner, Skipton Castle, the 1-Max cinema, White Scar and lngleborough caves, the lngleton Waterfalls walk and Giggleswick Scar, Windermere and of course souvenir shopping rounded off the

excursions.

A big thank you to all the staff who made it happen - and

all the youngsters who made it (exhausting) fun!

RDH & SMML

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MONDAY 1 9 JULY - FRIDAY 30 JULY

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S N OWBALL F I G HT

On Monday 3rd February it snowed and snowed and snowed! Games would have been impossible, so the whole school from YS up to YB went into the Ghyll Field and split up into two teams. We had ten minutes to build a fort, and then we had a massive snowball fight.

We got changed, as usual, at break time, and then went to the hall. When everyone was there, Mr Mulryne sorted us into two teams. Each team was given flag and the other team had to try and steal it. The winner was the team that got the other team's flag first.

One team had a fort at the top of the hill in the Ghyll Field and the other team had a fort at the bottom of the hill on the other side of the bridge. In the first game the team with the fort at the bottom of the hil l won, and in the second game it was a draw.

In the second game Fergus Voigt was a "silent assassin", trying to sneak up the hill to get the flag. I saw him and planted a snowball in his chest. Sam Mather was hiding behind a tree p icking people unlucky enough to be passing by. George O'Connell and Alex Raczkowski were having a mini war with Josh Ryan and me, until my brother, Monty Caudwell Todd, came along and splatted me! Huh!

Brotherly love eh, but then he was on the opposite team!

Alex Raczkowski then followed Fergus's example and went as a "silent assassin" up the hill to attack the others. Alex

was busily throwing snowballs at people and was about to throw one at the back of one of the girls' head, when the whistle went. It was unlucky for him. but very lucky for the girl in question!

Henry Caudwell Todd 6M

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M y name is Jessica Brew, my friends call me jess. Have you ever noticed the big white fluffy balls of fur walking around and eating grass? Yes, I am sure you have. These white fluffy balls are called Sheep.

You know why I like sheep? I like them because they run quite fast and when I try to catch them they run away from me. Sheep have four legs. They are fluffy and as white as snowdrops.

Another reason I like sheep is because I like to talk to

them and they make interesting noises when you run after them. The sheep eat the grass on the Ghyll Field and drink water from the stream. It would be funny if the sheep were green and not white.

Sheep are very interesting creatures. They are very good friends of mine. If you see any sheep in Giggleswick School. please tell them "jess says Hi"

jessica Brew SL

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Patterns The Nursery children enjoyed exploring patterns as one of their Spring topics.

These snails were made as a follow up to our weekly music class held by Miss Gorner. " Snail. snail. snail, snail, making such a long long trail". We have been practising our skills in working to a plan. Sam and Ruairi followed instructions to build these models. Everyone enjoyed this messy activity! We made pictures and repeating patterns with tinned Spaghetti.

Paintings of Flowers by Y I Children

Elizabeth Wheeler Y I Daffodills by Melissa Catherine Mills Y I

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Daffodils by Lawrence Charlotte Fowler Y I

Butterfly House, Lancaster The highlight for Mrs Ridley & helpers was a nice quiet journey home with a bus full of sleeping children !

One sunny day in May Mill House Nursery class visited the Butterlly House at Williamson Park Lancaster. The children had a lovely day out with a picnic lunch and play in the adventure park. They enjoyed a guided tour of the minibeast house and were able to wander freely among the giant butterllies in their tropical palm house. By far the highlight of the day for a class of 3 & 4 year olds was playing roly-poly down the grass hil ls back to the minibus.

Giggleswick Church The Nursery visited Giggleswick Church Clock Tower early in the Summer term. We learnt how the clock worked many years ago and how it works by electricity today.

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The Organ Visit

Mr Harvey kindly agreed to play the organ for us and explain its workings to the children. They were fascinated by this visit and talked about it for many days afterwards. It's not often we are treated to theme tunes from Postman Pat,Tweenies.Tellitubbies,Thomas the Tank Engine and Scoobydoo in Chapel is it ?

Ana-Marie Wheeler drew this wonderful picture as a thank you to Mr Harvey (right)

Self portraits by Y I Children

This is Melissa This is Alice

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This is Oliver

Visit to G reenfoot Mill House visit to Greenfoot with Rev. Ridley -children pictured with one of the residents.

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The Three Wishes Once upon a time there was an old man and an old lady. A tortoise came out of the sea. He said I will give you 3

wishes. He was going back but the water dried out. Can I live with you? Yes said the old man. They took the tortoise home. The old man and the old lady wished for some money. The money dropped by them. I wish we had some food, then some dropped down. I wish we had a pet. It was a dog, and the dog barked. The tortoise said is that all you want? Yes said the old man and the old lady. They all lived together.

Michael Griffin Y2

The Three Wishes Once upon a time there was a lady and a baby, they were very poor. They went to the sea-side, and a fairy came to them and said you can have three wishes. The Mum said I wish I had a car. a cot and some money.

The fairy tapped her wand and all the things came.

Mummy packed the things into the car. They went home and unpacked the car. They had tea and the baby went to sleep. Mum went to

bed and they lived happily ever after.

Annabel Walker Y2

I went to a Bonfire and I saw fireworks and a Guy Fawkes. Christopher Mills; Reception

My mum is fantastic. She likes gardening . Melissa Galley; Reception

My dad is brill iant. He is a vet. He likes playing squash. Alice Roberts; Reception

My Mummy is fantastic. She likes to go shopping.

Lawrence Walker; Reception

When I was a baby my daddy cuddled me. Charles Roberts; Reception.

lnvestsgatsng now and gradients through Wilt pray. er

Maths can be fun ' (Nesl Bilsborough) · A u< or a bob s e gh ?

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Mrs Kitchen came to talk to us about patchwork.

Rain I l ike rain because I get to splash in the puddles. I l ike it because I get out my umbrella. Alice Roberts; Reception

I like the rain because my dog gets smelly and wet. The rain runs down the window and then goes down the drain. Oliver Brierley-Jones; Reception

A Visit To M r Blackburne's Garden We went to see Mr Blackburne's garden. I saw some potatoes and carrots and broccoli. Melissa Galley; Reception

We went to see Mr Blackburne's garden. I saw some rhubarb. Charles Roberts; Reception

Reception Visit To The

Aquarium Of The Lakes We went to the aquarium. At the aquarium we saw lots and lots and lots of fish and next we went upstairs and we saw an Otter. She was playing with a pebble. Christopher Mills; Reception

We went to the aquarium. We saw an Otter playing with a pebble. The otter lived in a holt. We saw a shark. I held a leech on my hand. It tickled me. We looked at a toad. The toad sprayed poison at anything that was going to eat it. Alice Roberts; Reception

Visit To The Vets

We saw a dog. I saw my dad. He is a vet. Charles Roberts

We saw a tick. We looked in the microscope. We saw a lamb that was ill. Mr Roberts made it better. Oliver Brierley-Jones

The Florist Jill showed us how to make a buttonhole. Jill came to school. I had a carnation it was pink. Jill has a shop in Settle.

Alice Roberts

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Tongue Twisters Holly is hot at the hospital. Holly hops in a hole, hitting a h ibernating hedgehog. Holly h iding by a huge hairy horse.

Holly Webster Yl

Stefanie is slow at swimming. Stephen was sick of sausages. Sarah screamed when Stephen <Was sick. Simon is singing a song.

Stefanie Hill Yl

Eve explodes with energy Eve eats eggs Eve enjoys exciting elephants.

Eve MillsY2

Joshua jumps for joy Joshua likes juicy jelly joshua is a jack-in-the-box joshua has jim-jams

joshua Davies Yl

The Once upon a time there was a village called Tambel. In Tambel monkeys were bad enemies. The people were not pleased. The king said "I do not like these monkeys". After a few years of the monkeys a man turned up. He >saia "I will make them go away. Behind the man stood a monster with a golden body and red wings.The man said "Only if you give me £90." "Yes we will" So he let the monster free and the monster ripped the

monkeys, the monkeys went flying into the air. "Can you give me my £90?" "No"

"Okay then I will get you!"

Michael Griffin Yl

T Once upon a time there was a bird. She was called Twinkle. Where she lived there was lots of mice and people too. The people didn't like the mice, so the bird sang so beautifully th"at all the mice followed her. She went over a river and all the mice drowned.

Elizabeth Wheeler Y I

he Cas e This is a story of a boy who lived in a real castle and the boy's name was Will. Will 'was a spit boy; his job was to turn the meat for the soldiers and give the food to the soldiers. "Now boy; give the food to the soldiers and give it to

them quickly"

So Will gave the food to the soldiers and Will was a brave

boy. He didn't want to be a spit boy.

Annabel Walker Yl

The Cat There once were some cats. They were bad cats. Some

people said they were good cats, but some people said

they were bad cats. One day a man came, he had a pipe,

he said he could get rid of the cats. He played a merry

tune, all of the cats followed him.The people were happy.

The man came back, he asked for £50.

"No" said the people.

"I will take the children away" and the people never again

saw them.

Charlotte Fowler Y I

On Tl!lesday I 8th Marc� 2003 we went to the market with

Mrs Luchetti. It was a hot day. There was jewellery like

bra<elets, necklaces, rings, watches in all sorts of colours. It

was a big market It was fun. We saw Stefanie's mummy

and there were flowers.

Holly Webster Yl

ape I We went to the chapel. We met Mr Sykes. He showed us

around. We had a Treasure Hunt. We went to see pictures

up on the ceiling and then we went back to school.

The Castl One day the knights were sad because the drawbridge

was stuck. So they had to JUmp off the window but they

couldn't cross the moat. They had to make a drawbridge

from all the axes and bows and arrows and swords. It was

good.

joshua Davies Yl

! I went to Eureka on Tuesday. The first thing I saw was a

man and a bath. The man was on a chain and he went in

the bath and all the water came tumbling down into a

huge bucket. Then we got to look round Eureka on our

own. After lunch we went to a kind of tent and there was

a screen. It told you what you do at home. After that it

was time to go back to school.

Stefanie HiiiY2

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Malham Tarn

We went to Mal ham Tam. We played a name game. I was called Catherine cocoa. Stefanie was called Stefanie spaghetti. Michael was called Michael monster, Eve was called Eve elephant, Holly was Holly hedgehog, Charlotte was Charlotte cat, Annabel was Annabel ant. joshua was joshua jack-in-the-box, L izzy was Lizzy lizard, Liz was Liz lol­lipop.

Liz showed us about. We set a trap. We put food and straw in it and we put a red stick next to it. Then we went to the wood. When we got there we went to look for traps that Liz had hidden. In the one I found there was a slug and in the one that Liz found there was a wood mouse. We went to build some nests and then we went to find some strings. They were blue, yellow, purple, brown and green. The easiest ones were purple, red, blue, yellow and the hard ones were green and brown. When we had done the string game we went to lunch. We had crisps for lunch, and a sandwich and a kit-kat and an apple. Then we played a game called fox and rabbit. Then we checked on our mice and then we checked our traps and nothing was in them. Then we went back to school.

Catherine Mills Y I

Reception Class Visit to Merewood Homes Site, G iggleswick

We went to a building site. We looked at some houses.

Charles Ferguson

We went inside a house. It did not have any wall s to make rooms. It did not have any glass in the windows yet.

Alice Roberts

We had to wear a spec ial jacket. The jacket was yellow so everyone could see us clearly.

Christopher Wills

We had to wear a hat to stop something hurting our head. The hat was white.

lawrence Walker

We went to the building site. We saw the diggers. The dig­gers were yellow and black.

Oliver Brierley-Jones

It was sunny. We looked at the houses and we saw the gar­dens and we went inside two houses.

Melissa Galley

Paintings of Relatives by Y l Children

My Nanna

My Nanna is special because she lets me sleep overnight. We make biscuits and buns.

Alice

My Granny

My Granny spo ils me. My Granny lets me go to the toy shop.

Oliver

My G.andad � Ronnie

My Grandad is silly. He makes me laugh.

Melissa

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