The Belvedere

Chronicles

The Leweston Society Record5th Edition

Headmaster’s Note 1

Prep School Headteacher’s Address 2

Leweston Society Manager’s Report 3

Music 4

Drama 6

Diary of Events 7

Our New Swimming Pool 8

Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves 10

Reunions 12

Class Notes 15

The OA Award 22

Leweston’s Sister School 23

School Dinners Then & Now 24

Art 26

The School Year in Retrospect 28

Summer Results 32

Contents

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ADR IAN AYLWARD

H e a d m a s t e r

WELCOME TO THIS FIFTH EDITION OF THE BELVEDERE CHRONICLES MAGAZINE. I HOPE THIS ISSUE

ENABLES YOU TO CATCH UP ON NEWS OF FELLOW OLD ANTONIANS, AND ALSO KEEPS YOU UPDATED

ON THE SCHOOL, WHICH CONTINUES TO THRIVE DESPITE THIS CHALLENGING ECONOMIC CLIMATE.

I thought I would share with you tworecent emails. The first was from amother to let us know her daughter hadachieved a First in Physics in her first yearat University and also went on to explainhow much she was enjoying the course.She wanted to thank Leweston for herdaughter’s foundation here, pointing outamongst other things, not only theteaching, but also crediting her daughter’s‘stickability’ (one of only three girls in thefirst year that had not dropped out of thecourse) to Leweston. The second emailwas from a parent to say that an old girlhad applied for her first job afterUniversity, at the same organisationwhere she, the parent, worked. She wasnot on the panel for the appointment, butnevertheless wanted to let us know notonly just how articulate andknowledgeable, but also how thoughtfuland natural the ‘old girl’ was and how shehad impressed the panel over the other 79candidates. I believe that some of thosequalities observed in that girl are truly theproduct of our education here.

This past academic year we were facedwith being “inspected” under the newinspection system. We were amongst thefirst schools in the UK to be inspected bywhat is now termed an interim BoardingInspection and an Integrated Inspectionin the Prep School. We were delightedwith the outcomes. Under the newsystem, there are no longer gradings and itis either pass or fail. The Senior Schoolpassed and I know it went very well for usbecause we were given very positive feed-back, particularly, for example, on ourpiloting the National Skills Award for

Boarders. Academically, we started thisyear on the back of our excellent A Leveland GCSE results but just as importantlybehind the statistics, we were delightedfor the individual girls on how well theyfulfilled their potential. Only one of ourUpper Sixth Form leavers did not get toher first choice University. Perhaps lesswell known to you is the fact that ourvalue added, as measured by the Centrefor Educational Management at DurhamUniversity – the system used by most ofthe Independent sector last year - put usin the top 10% at A Level. Anotheroutstanding success was in the BritishMaths Olympiad, where one of our girlscame top in the UK for her age range.

In the creative pulse of the school whichis so important to us, we had what waswidely acknowledged as our best musicalfor years, Sweet Charity. We also hadconsiderable success at the Bath Festival.Musically, Schola Cantorum has movedup a notch with some wonderfulperformances throughout this year and Ihave been particularly pleased to note thenumber of ensembles at work in theschool. It has been good to see thedevelopment of the Jazz Band and indeed,at our Jubilee Concert, some Year 9 girlswriting, composing and performing theirown piece. Our educational trips remain avibrant part of school life with the SixthForm looking forward to its trip to NewYork and Washington this term.

On the Sports front there has been muchto celebrate throughout this year. VictoriaHalford in Year 10, who represented GreatBritain at the world Biathlete Champion-

ship in running, swimming, and thenrunning again, finished sixth individuallyand was part of the team that finished asworld champions. Immy Jones Year 9wore the England shirt at a homecountries competition in riding andSiobhan Stewart, Sixth Form, has beenselected for the Independent SchoolsFootball under 18 England Squad. Wehave had 14 county representatives and 5regional representatives across hockey,cross country, netball, football, andathletics. The under 18s were Dorsetindoor champions and the under 13sDorset champions. We look forward tothe hockey season starting again this term.

Our vision at Leweston remains the same;we are committed to all girls’ education inthe Senior School. Whilst facilities arenot everything, they are important. It isdue to the generosity and drive of anumber of current parents that we havemanaged to have our magnificent newenclosed pool, and to commit to furtherdevelopments taking place throughout theschool over the coming year. We areactively at the moment looking to createbetter wireless facilities for the Sixth Formand a recreational café area which can bemore their own.

We look forward to another busy andsuccessful year ahead and as always lookforward to welcoming Old Antoniansback to Leweston. I enjoyed meetingmany of you this year at the GaudyReunion in May and look forward to thenext Gaudy Reunion in 2013.

As a preparatory school,we have themagnificent privilege of educating childrenso that they are prepared for their secondaryeducation and then their adult life.The worldis changing quickly.The top ten in-demandjobs two years ago did not actually existeight years ago.We are preparing childrenfor jobs that do not yet exist and we arepreparing them with skills to usetechnologies that have not yet beeninvented in order to solve problems that wedo not yet know are problems.This is anexciting time in education and it is anhonour to be part of it.

In my first term I have seen manywonderful things in classrooms, on sportspitches, on the stage and in the many clubs.Sadly, the sport has not been helped by theweather but this has not dampened theenthusiasm of the pupils who give so muchto the school.

Highlights of the term have been the FirstHoly Communion for four young people and,at the end of term, an incredibleperformance of the musical Olivia.This reallywas a chance for our pupils to show theirtalents on stage.The acting and singing wasreally some of the very best that I have seenin my twenty year career as a teacher and Iam very grateful to all the pupils and staffwho were involved.

Change is necessary at times and this canbe exciting.We have made changes to theallocation of form teachers and it is our hopethat this will successfully cater for the needsof both staff and pupils in order to build onthe good work that is already being donehere.As well as this, there will be some roomchanges as we swap the Year 5 classroomand the library.This will have the benefit ofbringing Years 5 and 6 together in the samebuilding and also siting the library next tothe Computer Suite in order to have thetraditional next to the technological.

I noted that the building which housesour Prep School Hall has no official name.This was opened up to staff and the Sistersand I appreciate their suggestions.One hasbeen chosen and I have pleasure inannouncing that the building will now beknown as The Padua Building.With StAntony being the patron saint of our school,his full name is St. Antony of Padua, namingit in this way will mean that we can keep thisconnection alive and I would like to thank

the Sisters for thinking of this name.The school was recently inspected and

we were very pleased that the report was sopositive.The spiritual,moral, social andcultural development was described asexcellent which is the top grade, as was thepastoral care and health and safety.Therewere many other extremely positivecomments but, as is the case in allinspections, there were somerecommendations.We have followed up onthese points throughout this term and I ampleased to announce that we have lookedcarefully at the balance of the curriculumand have ensured that the core subjects ofMaths, English and Science have quality timefor all year groups. In the Early Years we havebeen very fortunate to increase the staffing.This will undoubtedly help to build on thegood work that is being done there atpresent. In the boarding house, the schoolhas ensured that the Prep boarders have anage specific Common Room.We alsowelcome our new Housemistress,MrsLorraine Roberts, and look forward to havingher on the staff team.

In sport, the employment of a Director ofSport has helped boost the work that isalready being done and there have beensome amazing results this year.With the

wonderful new swimming facilities,Leweston has been able to employ Mr MickFlaherty as the Swimming Pool Manager.Hisappointment will undoubtedly develop ourswimming, as he is a very highly qualifiedcoach, as well as open up a new world forthe multi sports events.

In Music we are hoping to give our ownconcert in Sherborne on Saturday 11th Mayto raise money for the Mayor’s charities as hehas been very supportive of Leweston Prep.You are all very welcome and further detailswill be available soon.

The school is certainly thereforedeveloping well and,with numbers forSeptember expected to be higher than theywere a year ago,we will work hard at alltimes to give the very best for each andevery child. I believe that all children aretalented and have the right to excel in theirown area. It is my intention to growLeweston Prep so that every child eventuallyleaves as a happy, confident, independentlearner with a genuine passion for their owneducation.

J AMES SAV I L E

Prep School Head Teacher

In my first term I have seen many wonderfulthings in classrooms, on sports pitches, on the

stage and in the many clubs.

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MARGO L IDDLE

L e w e s t o n S o c i e t y M a n a g e r

his past academic yearseems to have flownby, the girls I’m sure

cannot quite believe thatanother speech day is over andthose who were in the PrepSchool not that long ago, arenow in their final year doingA levels!

I was delighted to meet so manyOAs who have returned toSchool during the last year,either for one of the reunions orvisiting the school whilst inDorset. We are always verypleased to see you, do keepcoming back!

Reunions have been a greatsuccess this year, particularlythe Gaudy day in May wherewe welcomed over 100 OAsback to school. I thank those ofyou who were instrumental incontacting friends and peersfrom your year groups; thisprovided the groups with almostmaximum attendance on theday.

There have been a number ofOAs who have generously

expressed interest in offeringour current girls workexperience in a career field theywould wish to pursue. I amhugely grateful to you, andwould like to spread the wordon this. I do hold informationon your chosen career paths butI feel much of this is not up todate and would ask you toplease update me with yourcareer and also, if you are ableto, confirm whether or not youwould be happy to offer the girlsany work experience. As I amsure you are aware the workplace is very different now tohow it has been in previousyears and any help would bemuch appreciated. We willonce again be hosting ourCareers Day for our currentSixth Form on Friday 1 March2013 and would welcome anyoffers from OAs who would bewilling to be a guest speaker onthe day. Please contact medirectly for more information.

I would like to draw yourattention to the OA Awardwhich is not only being offeredto our current pupils but also to

OAs. This is clearly writtenout for all on page 22 and Iwould ask those OAs who areconsidering working with achosen project or charitableorganisation to request anapplication form for this award.The sum of money awarded willcontribute towards travel andliving expenses of the successfulcandidate so that she is able tolive and work in thecommunity of her choice for aminimum period of six months.Applications should be made bythe end of March. Please usethe website to download anapplication formwww.leweston.co.uk oralternatively, contact medirectly.

Thank you to all those whohave been in touch with “news”for this edition of the magazine,it has made a wonderful sectionwhich I hope you will all enjoy.Please do keep in touchthroughout the year, we arealways very keen to hear fromyou, particularly from thosewho have been shy at comingforward about outstanding

achievements or results; I knowyou are out there and wouldlike very much to hear fromyou! May I remind you aboutLeweston’s Facebook page, thisis updated on a daily basis withthe schools news andachievements; it’s a very goodway of keeping in touch.

I look forward to next year’sGaudy reunion on Saturday11th May 2013; invitations willbe going out at the beginning ofnext year in order to give youall plenty of time to makearrangements! Before that thereis a “Science reunion”, pleasesee page 14 for moreinformation. I know theScience Department is verymuch looking forward to thisreunion with a difference! MayI take this opportunity toremind OAs that if anyone isthinking of hosting a reunion toplease get in touch and let meknow, we would be delighted tohost your gathering here atLeweston.

Liddlem@leweston.dorset.sch.uk01963 211015

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MUSIC

SCHOLA

In December, Schola and selectedinstrumentalists gave a very excitingperformance for the Christmas Concert inChetnole Church, in aid of Kampala MusicSchool (of which Claire Hawkes,Directorof Music, is a Trustee). The Carol Servicewas another example of a polishedperformance by Schola and music was onthe theme of ‘Darkness to Light’.

In May Schola gave a 45 minute recital inSherborne Abbey as part of the AbbeyFestival. The programme was on thetheme of the Anniversary of the sinkingof the Titanic and included music by EricWhitacre,Michael Head and Holst.

Following the Abbey Festival, later in May,Schola gave an unprecedented concertentitled ‘An Evening with ScholaCantorum’which included some of theirprogramme from the Abbey Festival aswell as solo items. It gave theopportunity for the choir to showcasetheir talents, from years 9 to 13.

Schola ended the musical year by singing‘An English Folk Mass’by Malcolm Archer,setting for the final Speech Day Mass inJuly. During the communion they sanganthems by Fauré, Rutter and Mozart.

SWEET CHARITY

Our two performances of Sweet Charity,in February, featuring girls in Years 10 andabove,was a huge success and involvedmany girls both onstage and behind thescenes. We were fortunate to have a 12piece band of professional musicians,some of whom perform regularly in theWest End who added a real feeling ofprofessionalism to the show.

JOINT SCHOOLS’CONCERTS

Instrumentalists from Lewestonperformed in two Joint School events lastyear: Sinfonia, in Leweston Chapel wasdirected by Claire Hawkes, andSymphony Orchestra, directed by JohnJenkins and performed in the Cornexchange in Sturminster Newton.

INSTRUMENTAL SUCCESSES

The music school has more chambergroups than ever before, the most recentinclude Clarinet Group, Jazz Band,Baroque Group, Junior Orchestra andYear 9 Band ‘Lady A’s’.who compose theirown songs.

Sixteen instrumental teachers now offerlessons in everything from guitar tosaxophone, singing to viola.

THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

Sophie Ellis OA joined the team in 2011and will be a full time music teacher fromSeptember 2012. We now have studentstaking AS and A2 music exams.

Exam results in 2012 were extremelypleasing,with Six A* Grades, Four AGrades and Two B Grades at GCSE and ASLevel.

PROPOSED JOINT SCHOLA ANDNETBALL TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICAJULY 2013

SCHOLA HAS MADE OUTSTANDINGPROGRESS OVER THE LAST YEAR ANDCLAIRE HAWKES HAS BEENDESIGNING A TOUR FOR THESUMMER OF 2013 TO PROVIDE THEGIRLSWITH AN EXCITINGCHALLENGE OF LEARNING A NEWREPERTOIRE AND PERFORMING IN ADIFFERENT COUNTRYWHICHWILLPROVIDE LASTING EXPERIENCES FORLIFE. THE TOURWILL BE JOINTWITHNETBALL.THE DIRECTORS OF BOTHMUSIC AND SPORTS HAVE BEENWORKING TOWARDS AN ITINERARYWHICHWILL ENABLE GIRLSTALENTED IN SPORT AND SINGING,TO BROADEN THEIR HORIZONS ANDWORK AS A TEAMTHROUGHOUTTHIS ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE TOURWILL INCLUDE FORMALAND INFORMAL PERFORMANCES INCAPE TOWN, INCLUDINGPERFORMINING AT THE CATHEDRALANDVICTORIA AND ALBERTWATERFRONT. ASWE TRAVEL ALONGTHE GARDEN ROUTE,WEWILL HAVETHE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORMWITH OTHER CHOIRS,MAKE MUSICWITH LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN INTOWNSHIPS AND PLAY AGAINSTOTHER NETBALL TEAMS IN VARIOUSSCHOOLS.

OUR AIM IS TO MAKE THE TOUR ASINCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE ANDWESHALL BE EMBARKING ONFUNDRAISING INITIATIVES TO RAISESIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO OFFERFINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THOSEWHOMAY NEED IT.

-- AA YYEEAA R OF EXCELLENCE

MUSICTHE YEAR AHEAD 2012 - 2013 ...

Scholawill be undertaking fundraisingevents to raise money for their tour,including activities such as singing at OAand staff weddings and a Gala concertevent in the Spring.

Sinfoniawill be performing in Novemberat Sherborne Boys School as part of aJoint Schools concert event. SymphonyOrchestrawill be performing in St John’s,Smith Square in March.

This year’s Christmas Concertwill takeplace in The Church of Our Lady,Chideock and will be raising funds for thejoint tour. The Carol Servicewill takeplace on Thursday 13th December in theAbbey and this year’s theme is ‘TheGuiding Star’. Please contact MargoLiddle if you wish to attend.

Music Scholarswill showcase theirtalents before October half term in theirspecial Scholars’ Concert, and otherinstrumentalists will have theopportunity to perform in regularWednesday concerts in the LectureRoom.

The exciting Choral Society event thisyear will be a performance of Zimbe!, byAlexander L’Estrange, a work comprisingfolk songs from around Africa. It iswritten for SATB choir, semi chorus andchildren’s choir and will be an excitingchance for all members of the school andlocal community to become involved inour South African tour project for July.

If you would like to attend any of theabove events the Music Departmentwould be delighted to see you.

JANE FENTON RETIRES AFTER 25YEARS OF TEACHING ATLEWESTON. NOT ONLY WAS JANEA TEACHER AT LEWESTON SHEHAD MANY YEARS AS A PARENTWHILST SEEING HER FOURDAUGHTERS THROUGH THEIREDUCATION. WE ARE SORRY TOSAY GOOD BYE TO JANE AND WISHHER A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT.

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LEWESTON WINTER BALL

The Leweston Winter Ball took place on Saturday 19thNovember 2011. The School welcomed over 220 guests tothis fabulous and hugely successful event. A champagnereception together with a selection of delicious canapésprepared and served by Leweston’s Leiths Cookerystudents and other pupils, greeted guests from 7.30pm.

Dinner, provided by Victoria Blashford-Snell and herteam, was a highlight of the evening as was the marqueethat had been beautifully decorated by Fleur Provocateuralong the theme of a “Winter Wonderland”. There wasplenty of extremely generous bidding on our liveAuction and the proceeds of £12,803.00 from theevening have gone towards our on-going Building forthe Future Campaign. Thank you to those OAs who sokindly provided raffle prizes and Auction prizes, thesewere hugely generous and very much appreciated.

The evening culminated with guests dancing the nightaway to our live band, The Van Gogh’s, and finallyleaving at 2.30am! Thank you to all who attended theBall; it was a truly wonderful night and a great eventfor Leweston!

The Prep Schoolhas once againput on anotherspellbinding

summer term production,this time Olivia, a witty takeon the well-known andmuch loved musical Oliver!

This brilliant and innovative show,set in Victorian times, traced thesteps of Olivia, from downtroddenorphan to star of the stage.Exceptional and engaging

performances were given by pupils in Years 5 & 6 who hadthe main parts and worked tirelessly on achieving Fagin andthe Artful Dodger accents to perfection! They were wellsupported by an excellent cast, chorus and backstage whoworked incredibly hard to create another outstanding show!

Sweet Charity, thisyear’s Senior School musical production and theculmination of months of rehearsal, took place inthe School Theatre at the end of February.

The extensive rehearsals, dance sessions with thechoreographer Karen Pankhurst and singingrehearsals with Claire Hawkes Director of Music,paid huge dividends as the cast took the audienceby storm on both nights.

The story of Charity Hope Valentine, playedbrilliantly by Year 12 pupil Esmee Roach, trying tofind true love moved some to tears and others toexhilaration. Here Esmee describes her experienceplaying Charity.

“Sweet Charity – the story of Charity Hope Valentine,a girl who just wanted to be loved. Leweston girls(years 10 upwards) were offered the opportunity toperform this musical and bravely, we accepted. Itseemed straight away we were singing, acting and evendancing our hearts out in front of the intimidatingaudition panel, and after a nail biting wait of a few daysthe cast list was put up. I was overjoyed to find out I hadbeen chosen to play the main part of Charity. This wasin June 2011, and after the summer holidays we cameback to school and immediately immersed ourselves infive rehearsals a week! I think I speak for the whole castwhen I say it was a challenge, but every minute of it wasmade enjoyable by the ever capable trio of Mr Irvine, MrsHawkes and Ms Pankhurst. Over the Christmas term lineswere being learnt, our dancing was improving and thesongs were beginning to sound rather tuneful! After theholidays we only had just over a month to pull everythingtogether, the set had to be built, dances and harmonies hadto be remembered and the final lines were admittedly stillto be learnt! On top of this most of us had exams, but westill pushed on. Show week quickly came, a brilliantorchestra was organised and the technical team worked theirsocks off. We spent all our spare time rehearsing and beforewe knew it, it was the opening night. Backstage there was aflurry of excitement mingled with last minute nerves as wewaited for the overture to finish and the curtains to open.Finally they did, and we belted out famous numbers such as‘Big Spender’ and ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’, but theclimax of the show came in the second half when all of us hada great time performing the much loved number ‘Rhythm OfLife’. All too quickly the show was over and we were left withonly one more performance to look forward to the next day.The last night came; it was fantastic, but after all the adrenalineand the excitement of being on stage came just a few tears whenwe realised it was all over.

I think that being in Sweet Charity was the best experience I havehad performing, and it has really helped me in deciding my futureafter Leweston. I am going to apply for the Drama and AppliedTheatre in Education course at the Central school of Speech andDrama which will provide me with skills such as using drama tobring communities together and teaching children with learningdifficulties using dramatic techniques.”

OLIVIA

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CONN I E ROB INS

A NOTE FROM THE HEAD GIRL

I have really enjoyed and valued theexperience of becoming a role model for the

younger girls at Leweston.

When I arrived at Leweston five years ago the Upper Sixthseemed so grown up, cool and powerful but now it seemsridiculous and amusing to think that’s what potentially theyounger girls would think about us! I have really enjoyed andvalued the experience of becoming a role model for the

younger girls at Leweston. The fact that the Sixth Form is notcompletely separated from the rest of the school communityallows this and helps us form an important part of school life.This has enabled me to develop skills I did not have previouslyand to help the other girls in the school with any problems

that I have had experience of.

After overcoming the excitement and surprise of being chosenas Head Girl I hope I can put everything that Leweston hastaught me into practice. I hope that this time next year I canlook back knowing I have provided guidance and support forothers. As I enter into the final year at Leweston I look forwardto the challenges ahead and preparing for the next stage in

life’s education.

LEWESTON WAS DELIGHTED TO OFFICIALLYOPEN ITS NEWLY ENCLOSED SWIMMINGPOOL AS PART OF THE SPEECH DAY IN JULY.KAREN PICKERING MBE OPENED THE POOLAND PRESENTED THE PRIZES AT THESWIMMING GALA THAT FOLLOWED.

Although Speech Day was the official opening,pupils have been swimming in the new poolsince May. This facility will enable year roundswimming for all pupils and it will also enhancewhat Leweston can provide for the wider schoolcommunity, parent body and the members ofthe local community who use the pool in thesummer months. This improved swimmingprovision will not only support the pupils in theSenior School but also our younger pupils in thePrep and Early Years, equipping them with avaluable life skill.

The new roof is comprised of green powder-coated aluminium arches with Perspex glazing.The heated facilities include indoor girls’ andboys’ changing rooms, showers, separate toiletsand a staff office. The design maintains the ‘lido’feel in summer with the lawn end gable openingcompletely and the panels on the outdoorchanging room side rising to give direct accessand an open-air feel.

We have been delighted with the number ofmembers at our Summer swimming Club thisyear and feel that having the roof coveringmade swimming all the more popular as theBritish summer was true to form with few sunnydays!

OUR NEW SWIMMING POOL

Paul Miles, Director of Sport, Karen Pickering MBE, Adrian Aylward,Headmaster and Dr Geoffrey Guy, Chairman of Leweston’s Appeal

After another successfuland busy year of sportand a phenomenalOlympic and Paralympicsummer, there is an air ofexpectation as the newschool year begins. Thegirls can look forward to

enhanced coaching and playingopportunities for all. We are particularlypleased to welcome Mick Flaherty ontothe staff. He will be in charge of thenewly covered swimming pool whichwill be in use all year. Mick is the currentGreat Britain Biathle coach and will offera new dimension to the coachingprogramme not only for swimming andrunning but also aquathlon, biathle,biathlon or triathlon! There will also beopportunities to shoot and fence andriding continues to flourish, so for thosewith multiple skills the ModernPentathlon or Tetrathlon is a genuinetarget.

Keeping an Olympic theme we are alsovery pleased that ex Great Britainwomen’s hockey coach Jon Royce hasmade himself available to run a session

each week for the senior girls. Thenetballers will also benefit from anadditional weekly coaching sessionfrom Sara Guy as they hope to embarkon a tour to South Africa in the summer.Opportunities for specialist athleticstraining will be available to the girlsover the winter and the new lighting forthe tennis courts will allow foradditional coaching for both tennis andnetball as the light fades. In addition tothe wide variety of sports in the PEcurriculum, the activities programmehas been developed to complement itand any budding golfers, sailors,footballers, basketballers or evencricketers will have opportunities tohone their skills. Other sports are in thepipeline so there will be something foreveryone and who knows, a LewestonOlympian may be waiting in the wings.

We are delighted to be offering the girlsso many opportunities which we feelwill be broadening their abilities in thesports curriculum.

OUR NEW SWIMMING POOL

This facility will enable year round

swimming for all pupils and it will

also enhance what Leweston can

provide for the wider school

community, parent body and the

members of the local community who

use the pool in the summer months.

PAUL MILES DIRECTOR OF SPORT

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I had a fantastic time whilst at Leweston,and I never thought I would look back sofondly on my years spent there! I still havefantastic friends, good memories and Ireally believe that it did truly set me up forlife ahead. I arrived quite shy and very self-aware, awkward at sport and dyslexic, butLeweston gave me the confidence I neededto excel in an all-round education. I wasencouraged to try a taster of everythingwhilst at school, with no refusal to do soand I feel those principles installed fromthe very beginning still stand true in what Ido now. I still get nervous public speaking,but I can see Mrs Dixon in my head tellingme to stand tall and “pronounce notmutter”!

One of the last benefits of Leweston that Ireceived was in my final year; I wasawarded a scholarship for the Sail TrainingAssociation to compete in the Tall ShipsRace across the Baltic Sea. I absolutelyloved it which meant that I went back as ateam leader four times. I have done someincredible sailing trips with them and eventaught the older generation to climb therigging, certainly good for growingconfidence! I then went onto NewcastleUniversity to study Zoology – this was avery practical course and more full timethan many of my peers, but I think ithelped me get the most out of my time atUniversity.

After a failed attempt at getting into VetSchool and taking a further gap year inAfrica working with horses on a ridingsafari, I decided it was time to start my ownbusiness. I was advised to get a job andgain some experience, which I did with atravel company in London, which lastednine months. I found London too crowdedand took off for a final “mini gap” skiseason and eventually arrived in Scotlanddetermined not to take no for an answerfrom anyone and to establish a top endtravel company.

Twelve years later I am a Director ofAardvark Safaris and we have four offices;Hampshire, Scotland, London and SanDiego USA. We have nineteen peopleworking for us. Although it’s a sales role,people come to us first with their wish listand then we put the holiday together piece

by piece. This can be a honeymoon couplewho are trying to stick to a budget andhave a very firm idea of what they want.Often we arrange family holidays and as amother myself, I often go out to meetfamilies (once flying to Geneva to do so)to go through each country, what theoptions are and if they prefer malaria free, abit of golf to keep Dad happy etc. We gointo a lot of detail with our guests, oftenletting them know the type of saddle theywill be riding in and what their horse willbe called on a riding safari to the actualnumber and position of their villa on abeach if it’s a honeymoon. We also arrangefamily anniversary trips for 60th birthdaysor large groups of cousins withgrandparents which are great fun. Oftengroups can take over entire lodges orprivate houses and the guides go out oftheir way to spoil them with surprise bushpicnics, sleep outs on the Pans, and manymore activities. We try to leave anelement of surprise (in a good way) to eachholiday that we do. It can take between 4and 6 weeks to get a trip right, goingthrough each element with guests andmaking sure that people are 100% happywith all the plans. All the holidays we sellare through personal recommendation, wehave visited each destination, and so wecan give a guarantee and honest, unbiasedexplanation of each hotel or lodge.

Although the business is operating wellnow, it’s been hard work. I know everyonetells you this before you start your ownbusiness but long hours and poor pay at thebeginning are not an easy combination. Inow work with fantastically motivatedteam of people and it’s a very buzzingoffice. The juggling of work / motherhood /husband and animals (we have 44) ismanic and needs organisation as well as asense of humour, but I would not have itany other way.

My advice to anyone wanting to set uptheir own business, is to go for it, but letyourself make mistakes, they are veryeducational. Also do things that keep youperky, and surround yourself with peoplethat make you laugh, it makes life a lot fun.

To find out more about Aardvark Safarisplease visit: www.aardvarksafaris.co.uk

Sisters are doing it for themselves...

ALICE GULLY (NEE MCVITTIE ‘94)

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SARAH GORDON LENNOX (NEE MCVITTIE ’95)

Few people can claim to have set up and sold their first business by the age of 30. But Sarah, 35, is alreadyan entrepreneur. Her success has been recognized by The Times newspaper and Management Today bothhave hailed her as “one of Britain’s top female entrepreneurs”.

After leaving Leweston, Sarah spent a year teaching English in China. She then completed hereducation at Edinburgh University where she studied Economics and Chinese (gaining a 2:1) andwas then offered a job in an investment bank working as an analyst in Corporate Finance. AtUniversity, Sarah developed an interest in motorbikes and fuelled by her year in China had adesire to ride her motorbike from London to Beijing across the Silk Route. She convinced 5other friends to join her, and the investment bank to let her take a year off, and they set offin 2001 on 2 Ural motorbike and sidecars, a Land Rover and a lot of spare parts! Thousandsof miles, 13 countries and many breakdowns later they made it to Tiananmen Squarehaving raised £50,000 for Cancer Research and Mercy Corps.

Sarah then started her first job but quickly realized that life in the city was not forher! But, it was her first job that inspired her to start her first business. She spotteda gap in the information market and left her job in June 2003 to set up her firstbusiness.

Sarah’s first business, Texperts, was the world’s first SMS question answeringservice. At 25, she developed Texperts from an idea into a pioneering,industry-recognised leader in a new market segment with significantpotential in mobile. Over 5 years, she raised £2.5 million in angel fundingand took the company to a successful exit. In 2008, Texperts was soldto its largest competitor kgb (parent company of 118118) in a multi-million pound transaction. Texperts won numerous industry awardsfor its concept & technology. As the inspirational force behindTexperts, Sarah accrued an extraordinary record of businessinnovation and performance in a short period of time. After sellingTexperts, she realised she had caught the entrepreneurial bug andstarted her second business in 2009. Her new business, Dressipi, is alsoa technology business but this time in the fashion space.

Dressipi is focused on developing the ultimate discovery and decision-making engine for personal styling and shopping. It enables consumers toquickly find clothes and brands that match their unique FashionFingerprint(TM). It’s equivalent to having a digital stylist on tap 24/7.Dressipi officially launched in November 2011 and now has over 50Kcustomers.

Sarah has proven that you do not need to be a computer scientist to be successfulas a technology entrepreneur. She has proven that through sheer hard-work,tenacity and drive it is possible to achieve success in any sector. She is passionateabout encouraging entrepreneurship and takes time out to encourage young peopleto see entrepreneurship as a real alternative to more standard jobs.

I had the fortune to be at Leweston, not only for my senior school,but also at St Antony’s prep. I have wonderful memories of all thestaff and all the lessons they taught me, both on an academic andnon-academic level, sometimes I definitely needed a little bit ofdiscipline! Thanks to my years at Leweston I believe I haveapproached life with an open mind, it was a school that instilled inme a sense of decency, honesty and courage to be myself and dowhat I believe in.

“Sisters are doing it for themselves...

OA Reunion

O A R E U N I O N Y E A R O F 2 0 0 6

OAS WHO LEFT THE SCHOOL IN 2006

RETURNED TO LEWESTON IN OCTOBER

FOR THEIR REUNION. THE DAY PROVIDED

THE GIRLS WITH A CHANCE TO COME BACK

TO SCHOOL, MEET UP WITH SOME OF THE

STAFF AND REMINISCE ABOUT OLD TIMES.

A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REUNION AND AFTER

WATCHING THE FINAL 10 MINUTES OF A

LEWESTON HOCKEY MATCH: THE GIRLS

WERE VERY TEMPTED TO HAVE AN OA

MATCH, BACK AT SCHOOL IN THE NEAR

FUTURE. A HUGE THANK YOU TO LOTTIE

EAGLES (FORMER HEAD GIRL) WHO WAS

INSTRUMENTAL IN GATHERING GIRLS

FROM THE YEAR, WHICH LED TO THE

GREAT TURNOUT ON THE DAY.

eweston wasdelighted to welcomeover 100 OAs back to

the School for their annualGaudy Reunion in May. It wasfantastic to see such a largegathering of Old Antoniansfrom all the different yeargroups. We were so pleased somany of you had made such aneffort to attend with a largenumber coming from overseas,this I know took a lot oforganising!

The reunion started in theManor House with everyoneassembling for coffee, followedshortly by Adrain Aylward,Headmaster speaking in thePensabene Library which manyremember as the old diningroom! This was soon followedby a delicious lunch which wasprovided and served byLeweston’s Catering team;followed by tours of the Schoolwhich bought back countlessmemories and wonderfulstories. The most popular areas

to visit were by far the boardingareas, which I’m sure you wouldagree most OAs have plenty ofstories about!

Thank you as always to thosewho were so helpful in gettingtheir year groups together, itwas a very memorable day forus all and we look forward towelcoming you back toLeweston in the near future.

OUR NEXT GAUDYREUNION IS SCHEDULEDFOR SATURDAY 11TH MAY2013 WITH THEFOLLOWING YEARGROUPS BEING INVITED:1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983,1988, 1993, 1998 AND 2003.

GET PLANNING . . .

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GAUDY REUNION SATURDAY12TH MAY 2012

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Reunion in Sherborne forOAs from 1987

From left to right, top to bottom: Grace Duggan (nee Cheetham),

Nichola Routledge, Sian Gorham (nee Bisset),Imogen Wort (nee Clist), Sophie Russell,

Anne Baggesen and Jo Appleyard.

Kerry Ashbridge and Victoria Waldron (nee Robertson) were also present.

REBECCA PATMAN

(NEE TURNER ‘75)

REPORTS:

By happy coincidence, seven OAs

from the year of

1975 met up in July. Jo Simpson (C

hancellor),

husband Paul and son Richard flew

from their home

in New Zealand to catch up with t

heir daughter

Amanda who is gapping over here

at the moment.

They spent the weekend at Mary-A

nne (nee Egan)

and Dave Darlow’s lovely cottage i

n Hellesley,

Gloucestershire. Kitty Cavill (nee

Mancais),

Caroline Straughan (nee Fesq), Ho

nor Hawkins

(nee Harrison-Hall), Jenny Vaugha

n-Griffiths (nee

Young) and Rebecca Patman (nee

Turner) gate-

crashed Hellesley’s Village Fun Da

y and caught up

with one another’s news amidst th

e cream teas and

welly-wanging!!

LEWESTON SCIENTIST REUNION OCTOBER 2012

SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2012 LEWESTON HOST A REUNION FOR OUR SCIENTIST FROM YEARS 1997 – 2011

THIS WILL BE A DAY WITH A DIFFERENCE WHEREBY OAS WILL BE JOINED BY OUR CURRENT SIXTH

FORM PUPILS AND STAFF FOR LUNCH FOLLOWED BY A SCIENCE PRESENTATION AND ACTIVITIES

THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. WE HOPE YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR INVITATIONS, IF YOU FEEL

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITE AND HAVEN’T PLEASE DO GET IN TOUCH. THE SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS REUNION AND CATCHING UP WITH THOSE

WHO HAVE GONE ON TO STUDY FURTHER. THIS YEAR MARKS MR SHERWOOD-TAYLOR’S 40TH YEAR

OF TEACHING AT LEWESTON WHICH HE CONTINUES TO DO ALONGSIDE DR KEMAL. THEY BOTH VERY

MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE DAY.

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C LASS NOTESALEXIA ROBINSON ‘87

Is living on a farm nearCheltenham with her partner,Charles, his two children andmore dogs, cats, horses, sheepand chickens than she cancount.

2012 has been a busy year forAlexia as her Love BritishFood business has beeninvolved in both the DiamondJubilee and the Olympics;whereby promotions in shops,pubs and restaurants across thecountry were set up to enticeconsumers to buy the diverseand delicious food that Britainproduces. During the DiamondJubilee a national schoolcompetition “Cook for theQueen” was set up whichculminated in Schools comingto Buckingham Palace to cookfor her Majesty! To find outmore about Alexia’s business visitwww.lovebritishfood.co.uk

ALICE COWEN ‘97

Alice has been working as apersonal fitness trainer inLondon for the past 10 yearswww.alicecown.co.uk and hasnow moved to Pollenca,Mallorca and has started up aboutique bootcamp calledBOOTIQUE.www.bootique.me, is whereshe trains groups of friends,colleagues etc in a beautifulplace near the sea andsurrounded by mountains.Providing super healthy foodand weekend fitness blasts!

ALICE SHARPE

(NEE HELLIWELL ‘02)

After working in television inthe UK, Alice moved to LosAngeles in 2009 to tackle theAmerican TV industry.Having settled by the beach inSanta Monica, California,Alice currently develops TVshows in the US for networkssuch as Discovery, NationalGeographic, TLC and ABC.

AMANDA MIRFIN

(NEE NICHOLSON ‘91)

Amanda and family areimmigrating to Adelaide,Australia in October. Her sister Zoe Nicholls (neeNicholson) ‘93 got married inSydney last April and is livingthere with her husband Daveand two dogs, Rolly and Tiger.

ANGELA HAWLEY ‘78

Just retired after 30 years in theRoyal Air Force and now livingin Cheltenham, married toGraham.

(from left to right) EUGENIE

TOMLIN (NEE WILKINSON)

CHARLOTTE DURRANT (NEE

BULLOCK) ANNA ASHFIELD

(NEE DE HALPERT) and ELIZA

GLUCKMAN (NEE PATTEN) allyear of 1994. This photo wastaken in June 2012 at Charlie

Durrant’s (nee Bullock) leavingparty as she is off to live andwork in Hong Kong with herhusband and 3 children.

ANNA ASHFIELD

(NEE DE HALPERT ‘94) iscurrently on Maternity leavefrom her job as a ClinicalNurse Specialist at GuysHospital after having hersecond daughter Ella Jane inApril.

ANNA BOWDITCH ‘00 isworking as a Sister in BathHospital EmergencyDepartment.

ANNE BAGGESSEN ‘87

Lives in the Isle of Man withher husband, Mark Cox andtheir two daughters Niamh(14) and Freya (9). Anne is aDirector of SMP Trustees Ltd, acompany based in the Isle ofMan, providing Trust andcorporate serviceswww.smppartners.com

BARBARA BANNISTER

(NEE ANDERSON ‘65)

After 25 years in SouthernAfrica, Barbara is nowmanaging a company whichprovides 24-hour live-in care topeople in their own homesacross the south of England:www.oxleycare.co.uk

BRONWEN GRAY

(NEE EDWARDS ‘89)

Bronwen is based in SouthWest London with her husband& two children. She is makingthe most of working flexibly

from home to escape to the sun& stay with family in Portugalover the summer holidaysbefore adopting 2 rescue cats inSeptember to complete thefamily! Please follow her ontwitter! @bronniegray

CAMILLA HEXT

(NEE MACKECHNIE ‘84)

Is living in Dummer,Hampshire after many years ofliving overseas. Her son Ollie(20) has just finished his firstyear at Exeter Universityreading French/Spanish andSophie (15) is at St Mary’sShaftesbury and is hoping tobecome an Equine Vet. Tom,Camilla’s husband is workingin South Africa, so plenty oflovely holidays are had visitinghim!

CLAIRE ZARB ‘00

Is very happily living inBalham, London with herpartner Tom. In 2008 Clairedecided to change her careerand studied Homeopathy, aform of complementarymedicine. Claire has since setup her own business as aHomeopathic Practitioner,treating people in London andvia Skype! She specialises intreating sufferers of IrritableBowel Syndrome, Acne andFemale Hormonal Disorders.www.happyhomeopathy.co.uk

CAROLINE MICHEL

(NÉE CROCKER ‘85)

Is living in Rennes, France andjust finishing an MBA inSustainability and Leadershipwhich has been a steep learningcurve but has proved to bemost enjoyable. Caroline stillworks at the Business School inRennes running theInternational Office, and ishoping to make a move in thenext couple of years either intoindustry or possibly remainingin higher education (Ph.D nextperhaps?) but has decided to bedefinitely somewhere warmerin the world!

Caroline has three children,Baptiste is 20 and is in MedicalSchool, Pierre is 18 and has justfinished his first year ofEngineering, and Marie isnearly 16 and is entering Lycéeto study for her InternationalBaccalaureate majoring inLiterature. Life is hard work,but rewarding from so manypoints of view.

Caroline would be very happyto get back in touch with anyOld Antonians and would beinterested also in anyone whohas any international projectmanagement jobs to offer.

CAROLINE BOYD

(NEE PUGH ‘94)

Is very happily living inBermuda with her husband forthe past four and a half years.He is Global Head of InsuranceLinked Markets for AllianzRisk Transfer and does quite abit of travelling so Carolinegets to tag along whenpossible!! She is working alsowith the Bermuda HeartFoundation using herexperience as a cardiothoracicnurse to try to improve thehealth of the local population,an uphill battle to say the least!They are hoping to remainliving in Bermuda but workpermits will dictate this.

ZOE RIDGWAY (NEE FISHER

‘94) has just moved back toGermany with her Armyhusband, Simon, and her broodof 3!!

JULIET CLEMENTS (NEE

BIGGART ‘94) is happilymarried with a new baby and adog or two. Living in London.

ALISON HENRY (NEE

BEAVON ‘94) is married to theamazing Mike and has 2gorgeous kids.

CATHERINE ATKINSON ‘04

Was lucky enough to spend aweek up at the Royal MewsWindsor with her horse.Catherine was to take part inthe Queen’s Diamond JubileePageant and represent herinterest in racing.

The Diamond Jubilee Pageantwas a dazzling journey aroundthe world, reflecting TheQueen’s State andCommonwealth visits duringthe course of her Reign. Thespectacle visited The Americas,Australasia, Asia, The MiddleEast, Africa, Europe and finallyGreat Britain. The showincluded indigenous dancers,musicians, military personneland horsemen who joinedtogether in a scene full ofmovement, colour and sound,that culminated in aspectacular demonstration ofthe culture of their country.Catherine was also lucky

enough to meet the Queen andthe Duke of Edinburgh. Shedescribes the week as a weeklike no other and anunforgettable experience;Catherine comments “I amincredibly lucky and privilegedto have been part of such aspectacle”.

CHARLOTTE HOPLEY

(NEE COLTMAN ‘91)

On 6th June 2012 CharlotteColtman married MartinHopley and are very excitedabout expecting their first childin October this year. Martinand Charlotte are living inTanzania and are continuing towork in the field of Educationestablishing their own activitiesworking in far remoter andneedier regions of Tanzania,starting in southern Singida.The Projects will work in bothConservation and Education,primarily restoring the naturalhabitat destroyed bydeforestation and working inpartnership with the localcommunities and schools, tosupport and enhance theirexisting education structure.Charlotte was very involvedfrom the start with helping tobuild the St Marie Eugenie girlssecondary school in the Moshiarea of Tanzania. This projectis still ongoing and is ownedand now managed by theAssumption Sisters.

CHARLOTTE MONMONT

(NEE VAN DER HORST ‘86) hasbeen living in Brussels for thelast five years, after five years inMinneapolis, Minnesota, andeleven years in France. She ismarried to Franck and theyhave four children. Oldest,Max, is going to be 17, thenMathilde, 14, Oscar, 12 andyoungest, Theo, is 4.

CLAIRE HOPKIN ‘02 isOperations Manager forCasterbridge Tours and WorldStrides USA.

CHARO DE MADARIAGA ‘74

Owns a small hotel inCamino de Satiago, Rioja,Spain which has a featurein the Alastair Sawdayshotel guide. Charo wouldlike to spread the wordabout her hotel throughoutthe OA network and wouldbe pleased to offer an OAdiscount to those visiting.The hotel is well placed iftravelling to the south ofSpain or on your way backto the UK using the ferryfrom either Santander orBilbao. Alternatively Riojais a lovely place to visit onits own, Mihotelito is awonderful old house whichhas been fastidiouslyrenovated with all itsoriginal architectural charmrestored throughout. Tofind out more please visitwww.mihotelito.es

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DAISY SKEPELHORN ‘10

Is a member of the OlympicBroadcasting Services (OBS)training programme and wasworking on the Olympics andthe Para-Olympics. One of thegoals set by the London 2012Organising Committee was toleave a long-term legacy and insupport of this, the OBStogether with local universities,is running the BroadcastTraining Programme.

Daisy worked on the 3Dcoverage and was based in themain Olympic stadiumcovering the athletics and atLee Valley Park covering thecanoeing.

ELIZABETH CAIN ‘01

(FORMER HEAD GIRL)

Elizabeth is currently living inPoole, Dorset and is enjoyingthe challenge of working as adoctor in Emergency Medicine(A&E). She is currentlytraining to be a consultant inEmergency Medicine with dualaccreditation in PaediatricEmergency Medicine. She isengaged to be married toDuncan Chambler, a fellowdoctor, in 2013. AnnaBowditch (year 00) is one ofher bridesmaids.

EMILY DAVIES ‘89

Continues to run the DorsetBlue Soup Co and is involvedin the family cheese-makingbusiness producing Dorset BlueVinny. Emily has two children,

May and Tom who make lifeanything but quiet. However,Emily did find the time to runthe London Marathon last yearwith Jane Anderson (neeSpurr). Emily’s chosen charitywas ARC (a charity whichsupports parents who may needto make a difficult decisionabout an unborn child).

EMILY FRENCH ULLAH

(NEE FRENCH ‘94)

Lives in South West Londonwith her husband and their twosons aged 4 and 6. Emily isworking in Children’sTelevision. She still sees a lot ofOAs including Juliet Biggart,Anna de Halpert, MichelleFattorini, Eugenie Wilkinson,Eliza Patten, Alex Durnfordand Victoria Kenyon.

EMMA PRICE ‘04

Emma enjoys a busy and variedcareer as a freelance musician.Based in London, Emmaperforms regularly across theUK in one of the many groupsshe’s part of, which vary fromClassical to Jazz and Folk.Please visitwww.ayreflutes.com,www.lotusclassics.co.uk,www.beaubowbelles.comAdditionally, Emma also enjoysteaching the flute and piano,and also works regularly for theTimes Education Supplement.

EUGENIE TOMLIN

(NEE WILKINSON ‘94)

Is now based at the DefenceAcademy, Shrivenham, withhusband Neil, Lara (8) andRory (6). Eugenie is singing inthe new Military Wives Choiralbum!

GAELLE STARK-ORDISH ‘00

has her own Theatre Companybased in Totnes in Devon. Itslatest production was writtenby Gaelle herself, about fourfriends whose lives weredevastated by a fire that breaksout in their school. Gaelle has directed andproduced a number ofproductions including oneaward winner from theEdinburgh Fringe Festival. Shehas recently completed an MAin Creative Writing and enjoyswriting or adapting scripts forperformance.

This is a new and emergingcompany which seeks to createthought-provoking andinteresting theatre in non-conventional spaces. To find out more visit www.fame-totnes.co.uk

GEORGINA WINSLOW

(NEE O’FLYNN ‘75)

Has been living just north ofHouston, Texas, for 18 yearsnow. Georgie’s husband hashis own business from home,hosting and managing websitesfor churches, ministries andsmall businesses.www.churchsquare.comGeorgie is now a grandmotherand Lia is nine months old.Their son, David and his wifelive in Tacoma, Washington;he is in the USAF and flies C-17 cargo planes and theirdaughters, Julia (24) and Anna(17) are doing well, Julia islooking for a job aftergraduating from college lastyear, and Anna is about tofinish High School. Georgiestill has her 1972 school-widephoto framed and sitting on herkitchen counter. She looks at itevery day – happy memories!!

GINA MOSSE ‘99

Over the past year I gotengaged to Marc after 2 years ofliving together, in a house webought, renovated and made

our own. Gina and Marc havedecided to have a Caribbeanwedding and are currentlyplanning that for May 2013 inthe Dominican Republic. Totop it all Gina fell pregnant inMarch so along with thewedding, she is planning forher baby too which is due 11thDecember 2012. As Gina saysshe never did anything byhalves!

HANNAH LUARD

(NEE BRAGG ‘93)

Hannah and family havemoved to Buckinghamshire andare enjoying life there. Theyhave George who will be 3 atthe end of October; Lilly (shortfor Elizabeth) who was 1 inMay and our 3rd is due at thestart of October.

Hannah is loving being a fulltime Mum and she rememberswith laughter how herhousemistress at Lewestonmade her clean the bannisterswith a toothbrush which sheadmits has never ever come inuseful as with two little onesshe simply doesn’t have timefor cleaning bannisters!

PENNY BULLEY (NEE

GOLDING ‘90) has given upheadhunting to be a full timemum. She is married with twolittle girls, Annabel 4 andGeorgina 2, and living in thebeautiful Surrey Hills. Sheholidays on the Dorset coastand catches up with Joy Yapp(nee White) and her familywhenever possible.

HARRIET OLDS

(NEE LAVENDER ‘95)

Harriet and Matt had twin girlsin September 2011 calledIsabella and Kitty. It’s been avery busy yet happy time forthem both. They are living in asmall village near Bedfordshireand Harriet is currently onmaternity leave. Harriet’s sisterCharlotte lives in Hong Kongwith her baby Eliza Rose andher other sister Jessica lives inLondon and is still teaching!

HELEN RUDLAND

(NEE ROCHE ‘04) Passed herPhD viva in July, and will begraduating in October - so, in afew weeks Helen will actuallybe 'Dr. Roche'! Helen’s bookbased on her thesis, entitledSparta's German Children: TheIdeal of Ancient Sparta in theRoyal Prussian Cadet Corps,1818-1920, and in NationalSocialist Elite Schools (theNapolas), 1933-1945, is goingto be published in Novemberby the Classical Press of Wales.Helen is also starting her newjob as a Research Fellow atLucy Cavendish College inCambridge at the beginning ofOctober, which is veryexciting. She will beresearching the impact ofphilhellenism on politics anddiplomacy in the Third Reich,as well as continuing to do a lotof music (she is currentlyreserve viola for the EuropeanUnion Baroque Orchestra2012). Helen has a newacademic website, so if anyonewants to know more about herwork, they can visitwww.helenroche.com.

HENRIETTE RICHMOND ‘88

Having quit the rat race inLondon in 2002 to travelaround southern Africa, shefound herself in Cape Townwith the option of a trip backhome or the temptation of anadventure at sea with the Capeto Rio regatta in early 2003.

After very little thought thetemptation of the regatta gotthe better of her and she gotherself a place as crew on thefamous Maiden yacht and setsail across the Atlantic fromthe African continent to SouthAmerica. Under the quiet of24 days of sea, sea and more seaand stars at night that couldblow your mind I met myhusband, the yacht’s Spanishskipper. They have set uphome in Marbella, SouthernSpain and have two childrenand run a yacht chartercompany (Marbella BoatCharter) as well as holidayrentals www.casacasita.com

ISABELLE BARBER ‘11

has been offered a place to read English at Oxford.Congratulations Isabelle.

JANE FIELD

(NEE WALLINGTON ‘75)

Lives very close to Lewestonand has run her own businessfor the last six yearswww.jonnyssister.co.uk.Jane’s eldest daughter hasrecently left Leweston and isawaiting A level results beforehoping to go to Uni; theiryoungest son is at SherborneBoys. Jane came to the 50years old class reunion aboutfour years ago which was greatfun.

JOANNA WILESMITH

(NEE HAWKYARD ‘91)

Is living in Luxembourg and isexpecting her third child laterthis year.

JULIET MOORE

(NEE FABER ‘76)

Is living in New York andcurrently job hunting, havingjust finished a Master’s degreein social work at HunterCollege. In fact, Juliet’sgraduation this springcoincided with her sonEmerson’s. His was for a BA (inhistory) from PrincetonUniversity! Meanwhile Tom,her younger son is an undergradat Washington & LeeUniversity.

KAREN BROOKS

(NEE DIXON ‘86)

Is currently a headteacher of aprimary school near Aylesburyin Buckinghamshire. Verysadly Karen’s father passedaway last year and some OldAntonians, particularly thosewho attended St Antony’s Prepin Sherborne, will rememberhim. He spent a great deal oftime helping out at the schoolwith plays and fetes. Somewould remember him queuingup each day at 4pm hopingSister Marceline would givehim a biscuit; others wouldremember him at fetes givingout ‘polo mint calendars’ asprizes on dice games. He wasso very supportive of bothschools and enjoyed readingthe OA magazine every year.

KATE DAWSON

(NEE PARSONS ‘91)

married in 2009 to Ben Dawsonthey have three childrenFaraday (9), Florrie (2) andTom (1). They currently live inNottingham and Kate isworking at University Hospitalof Leicester as Senior Managerwithin the PharmacyDepartment, specialising ininfection control andmicrobiology.

KATIE VICOS

(NEE CHADDOCK ‘90)

Lives in Oxfordshire with herhusband and two boys aged 8and 7. Katie works part-time inthe HR Department of aHousing Charity and enjoysyoga and other fitness in herspare time.

Katie is in contact with MaddieNovissimo, Abi Price andTanya Plympton.

KERRY JENKINS

(NEE ASHBRIDGE ‘87)

Lives in Kingston with herhusband, Alastair and daughterElinor (8) and dog, Poppy!Kerry works two days a weekfor a Travel Managementcompany WEXAS TravelManagement, and the rest ofher time is taken up fundraising for the school andwalking dogs! Kerry is inregular contact with JoAppleyard (living in Barcelona,teaching and has a son Patrickage 12), Nichola Eaton (neeRoutledge who is living inClapham with husband Alex),Grace Duggan (nee Cheethamwho is living in Dulwich withartist husband, Peter anddaugther Zoe (3). We recentlyorganised an unofficial reunionand hooked up with SianGorham (Bissett), ImogenClist, Sophie Russell, AnneBaggessen, Grace Duggan,Nichola Eaton, Jo Appleyardand Victoria Waldron (neeRobertson) in Sherborne, assome of these people were notable to make the officialreunion at Leweston in May.We are now going to try andsecure a date once a year uponwhich to get together. We willuse Facebook and othermethods to communicate!

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KIMMY COLOMBO ‘11

Is currently interning for a localEnglish Radio Station calledRadio Frontier as a reporter andpresenter, but also has a weeklyFashion chat every Wednesday.Back in June Kimmyinterviewed on air MariaBarlow another OA from 2011who has gone on to studynatural sciences at BirminghamUniversity. She was askedabout her ideas on how scienceaffects the way we perceivefashion.

KIT KNOWLES

(NEE BRIGSTOCKE ‘83)

Is living in Cheshire with herhusband Anthony andbeautiful daughter Savannah(who will soon be 13). Kit nowhas five fabulous horses whichkeep her busy and is focusingon a new business venturewhich concerns all thingshorsey (with a difference) as itis all natural, handmade andorganic. Kit is also doing agreat deal of photography aswell. Her sister, Sarah-Jane isstill living in Queensland andworking as a GP.

LAURA JAMES ‘97

is a Virtual Assistant as well asstudying for an MA in writingfor young people. Laura haspreviously been working in thefilm industry.

LOUISE EVANS

(NEE HARTLEY ‘78)

Louise is living in Perth,Western Australia, is marriedto Peter and has a daughter anda son. She is kept busy writingfictional poetry and she hasbeen published in 5 anthologiesand made appearances on localTV and radio. Louise hastaken up painting for pleasureand has recently beguncommission work. Havingbeen diagnosed with BreastCancer last year, after 15months of treatment Louisefeels she is now on the road torecovery.

LOUISE HARRIS

(NEE WHITE ‘77)

Louise and husband Stephenhave lived at Coldcot Farmsince 1985. They have 3 girlsand a boy, Sam has just leftDownside and is going to havea year on the farm with theidea of University in 2013. Thegirls are all in work. Two are inLondon and one is working inDorset. Both Stephen andLouise farm an organic beef andarable farm in Wiltshire.

LUCY TREACY

(NEE PEARCE ‘98)

has just had her first solopainting exhibition, in Co.Cork, Ireland. Her first book,Moon Time, was published earlyin 2012 and her next book,Reaching for the Moon, is dueout in early 2013. She has threechildren and blogs atwww.dreamingaloud.net

MARIAN BOSWALL

(NEE ESTLICK ‘84)

Marian is living in Kent withhusband Rupert and childrenPhoebe (17) and Robbie (14).She runs a busy landscapearchitecture practice and is alecturer at GreenwichUniversity.www.marianboswall.com

MELANIE MOORE ‘91

Is currently enjoying living inPerth, Western Australia withher boyfriend John who worksin the oil and gas industry.Melanie is still working as afreelance graphic designer(corporate identities andpackaging in particular).Perth’s outdoor life stylecertainly appeals with so muchon offer with lots of kayakingand sea fishing.

NICOLETTE REAVLEY

(NEE EL-PHEE ‘87) and familyimmigrated to Singapore inApril 2012.

REBECCA LUMLEY ‘10 andLUCY GREGORY ‘11

Both girls are at NorlandCollege studying to becomeNorland Nannies. Rebecca hascompleted her first two yearsand was one of two studentsselected to be on placementwith quads! Her next step is togo out on placement for a yearwhich she is very much lookingforward to. Lucy has justcompleted her first year atCollege and has enjoyed hertraining.

PENNY BEVEN

(NEE DAWSON ‘72)

Is running a very busy pre-school in Fleet in Hampshireand this year completed a BAHons degree in Early YearsPractice. Penny has a family offour grown up children, theeldest being 34 and gettingmarried in April next year.Penny would like to makecontact with other class mates,especially Judy Ricketts.

PENNY ROSS

(NEE COYER ‘77)

Penny is living in the midDevon countryside andenjoying life. Their son, Toby,is now away at University andvery happy there. Both Pennyand her husband are busy withPlant Heritage - helping toconserve cultivated plants.Sadly, she lost her father (whosome OAs will remember) in2010, he was 90.

SALLY GOODDEN

(NEE HYETT ‘89)

Sally is a full time Mum havinga break from her Marketing jobbut is considering going back toWildlife art which she used todo many moons ago!

PHOEBE JUDD ‘11

is studying Politics at LeedsUniversity.

EMILY SIMONS ‘11

is studying French and Spanishat Exeter University.

RACHEL CARTER

(NEE BEVAN ‘71)

Rachel is now working full timeat Downside as a singingteacher, director of the Girls’Chamber Choir and co-ordinator of the girls in theSchool. Rachel wasHousemistress last year and feltthat her time at Leweston wasexcellent preparation for thejob, though none of the girls atDownside had been as naughtyas she was at Leweston!

LUCY HASELDINE

(NEE GRASSBY ‘02)

Studied Geography atuniversity and GIS/RiverManagement MSc and now works for anenvironmental/riskmanagement consultancyCompany. Lucy is now workingas a Catastrophe ModelDeveloper, JBA RiskManagement, developingprobabilistic models for naturalperils (e.g. floods and windstorm).

SARAH SANDERSON ‘05

Is a junior doctor working inintensive care in TorbayHospital, Torquay. Sarah isenjoying living on the SouthDevon coast and spending lotsof time on the beach andDartmoor. Sarah is stillenjoying her music, singingwith the local choir and hasalso taken up the violin again.She has another year trainingin Devon then is off to NewZealand for a year or two towork as a doctor and do someexploring!

SOPHIE DANBY ‘11

Is thrilled to get an offer to readmedicine at Leeds.

SOPHIE-LOUISE HILL

(NEE COOPER ‘94)

Married to Edward with threedaughters Eliza, Daisy and Bellaare living in Hampshire nearWinchester. Looking forwardto the 20 year reunion in2014!!

SUSANNA REDMAN

(NEE BENHAM ‘94)

Lives in Dorset with herhusband and 2 daughters aged 6and 3. Susanna works full timefrom home as a Social MediaMarketer and is in touch withlots of lovely Old Antonians,both from her year and others.It’s amazing how many OAshave come back to Dorset toroost!

THERESA OSEN (NEE ELY ‘90)

Now living in Godalming,Surrey, with her husbandDavid, son Milo and daughterPia who was born at the end ofJuly. Theresa works as anindependent PR consultant ona huge variety of projects,including, most recently, TheChelsea Flower Show.

Both Theresa’s sisters live inScotland - Philippa lives inEdinburgh with husbandMalcolm, a pilot with Easyjet,son Harry and daughter Lucy;and Camilla lives inAberdeenshire with husbandGeorge, daughter India andsons Alex and Charlie.

VICTORIA CAIN ‘03

is working as a physiotherapistin Poole Hospital.

VALENTINE SIMSON

(NEE COOPER ‘77)

and family are happily settledinto their new home in Dorset.They added an extensionduring December 2010 withthe awful snow and nearly frozeas a result of the new windowsbeing stuck on Exmoor.However it’s all finished nowand well worth the problems.Valentine’s husband Kestrelworked as a Games Maker atthe Olympics helping at theBeach Volleyball which wasabout 100 yards from his officeso an easy commute! Herchildren are now 30, 27 and 21- two in London and oneworking as a restaurantManager in Morocco.Valentine loved attending theOA reunion at Leweston inearly May being able to catchup with so many school friends.

ZOE SCHWARZ

(NEE THOMPSON ‘82)

Is a Jazz and Blues Singer whotook part in a 12 hour Gigwhere she was singingconstantly for the duration toraise money for a children’smusic charity. Zoe did well andmade over £500 for her chosencharity.

SOPHIE NEWTON ‘08

has graduated from theDepartment of ModernLanguages and EuropeanStudies at the University ofReading with a BA in Italianand History of Art.

MarriagesSTOP PRESS ...

LUCY GRASSBY ‘02married Kevin Haseldine on Saturday 8th September 2012 inMartinstown, Dorset.

LUCY STIRLING ‘96married Nicholas Barnwell in Sherborne Abbey on Saturday15th September and had Leweston’s Schola Cantorum singing at the wedding.

CLAIRE PARROTT (‘02) married Nathan Neal on Saturday25th August 2012 at Minterne Magna House, Dorset. Two of thebridesmaids included CLAIRE HOPKIN (‘02) and VICTORIAKNIGHT (‘02). All OAs from the year of 2002 were guests at thewedding along with their families.

HELEN ROCHE (‘04) and Oliver Rudland married on Saturday19th May 2012 at Our Lady and the English Martyrs CatholicChurch (OLEM) in Cambridge. This is a magnificent VictorianNeo-Gothic church, whose tower is the tallest in Cambridge.

The reception in the Parish Hall was attended by family andfriends and also attended by many former Leweston staff andpupils, amongst them ex-headmaster Henry MacDonald, his wifeLuisella and their daughter Poppy, former Deputy Head Mrs PatHooper, and former Director of Music Mrs Jane Stein, as well asex-pupils RUTH MCCREADY (NEE INGHAM BLACK ‘04)who was Helen’s witness, BIANCA BRAJUHA ‘06, who was abridesmaid, and ANGELA TSAI ‘04, who sang in the choir. Alsoattending were Mrs Jane Fenton, Mr Burton-Brown, and Dr Kemal. Helen studied for her first degree in Classics atGonville & Caius College, Cambridge, and recently submittedher PhD thesis prior to her wedding to her husband OliverRudland, a professional composer.

SARAH MCVITTE‘95 married CharlieGordon Lennox inScotland on 5th May2012. OAs ALICEBROMAGE ‘95 andHOLLY RITCHIE‘95 attended thewedding.

EMMA BROWNJOHN ‘86

Emma will be exhibiting at the following venues this year:Brighton Art Fair, 20th - 23rd Sept stand 48

Wills Art Warehouse, Putney, London 15th Sept - 5th NovStudio 657, Fulham, London 1st Oct - 31st NovWindsor Art Fair, 9th Nov - 11th Nov stand 58

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BirthsEMMA MAGUIRE (NEE PENTREATH ‘02) a baby boy Freddie WynRufus Pentreath Maguire born on Friday 3rd August 2012 in hospitalin Abu Dhabi.

JULIET CLEMENTS (NEE BIGGART ‘95) baby girl Daisy HonorSanta Clements born 3rd November 2011.

VICTORIA VENN-NOVISSIMO (NEE NOVISSIMO ‘95) a babygirl Violet Elizabeth Alice Venn-Novissimo born 7th June 2011.

KATE PINDER (NEE ROBB ‘97) a baby boy Christopher MauderleyPinder 8th June 2012.

JOSIE AGGETT (NEE SINNOTT ‘92) a baby girl Coraline AnneMarie Aggett born 20th February 2012.

CHARLIE DODGE ‘95 a baby boy Rafael Oscar Leo Moore born22nd December 2011.

CHLOE NASH (NEE GALLIMORE ‘02) a boy Milo Charles GabrielNash on 1st August 2012.

CAROLINE MARCH PHILLIPPS DE LISLE (NEE BUDGE ‘99) ababy boy Tobias Alexander Vincent March Phillipps De Lisle born27th March 2012.

MADDIE NOVISSIMO-RICHARDS (NEE NOVISSIMO ‘90) a babygirl Emilia Iris Novissimo-Richards born on 17th June 2012.

DAMARIS DREWS (NEE HOOPER ‘91) a baby boy born at home inTaiPo, Hong Kong called Jed Joshua Drews born 15th July 2012,weighing 4.35kg/9lb.9oz!

DeathsMRS PATRICIA JOHNSON (NEE BRETT ‘49) died January 2011.

LESLEY MAIDMENT (NEE DUNN ‘83) died October 2011.

PAUL BURNS CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNORS AT LEWESTONfrom 1996 – 2007 died February 2012.

MARALYN NEWMAN (MANNING-HILL ‘54) died May 2012.

RetirementsJANE FENTON retires after 25 years of teaching at Leweston. Notonly was Jane a teacher at Leweston she had many years as a parentwhilst seeing her four daughters through their education. Lewestonare sorry to say good bye to Jane and wish her a very happy retirement.

MARGARET CROSSMAN retires after 8 years of teaching Physicsand being Head of her Department. She will be greatly missed by herDepartment and we wish her a happy retirement.

COOLCANALSMARTINE O’CALLAGHAN ‘81

“Coolcanals lays claim to fame as probably the tiniestpublishing company in the world, housed in the bow ofour travelling narrowboat home. We confess that movinglock, stock and barrel onto a narrowboat shell with theintention of building the interior ourselves at the sametime as travelling the water and running Coolcanals isn’tthe easiest way to run a publishing business and leisurewebsite. But from the start, Coolcanals didn’t aim tofollow iron rules. Sawdust on the laptop is par-for-the-course and the boat is getting built in traditional slowcanal time. We’ll carry on building the boat in betweenwriting and publishing our books and magazine-stylewebsite, "as long as we’ve got a crate to sit on and a kettleon the stove, we’re happy”.

2012 is turning out to be a manically busy year for mypartner and me at Coolcanals. We are very honoured thata special edition of one of our books has been chosen asthe gift incentive to attract supporters for the new‘national trust’ for the waterways, the Canal & River Trust,which launched in July www.canalrivertrust.org.uk, andalso in July we published our sixth book in 3 years‘Britain’s canals’. This is a national treasure in 100 must-see objects and tells the remarkable story of Britain’scanals past, present and future - from our own travelsaround the canals. Phillippa and I uncover some of the100 treasures of Britain’s canals, and we asked TVpersonality, Julia Bradbury, along with the Chairman andHead of Heritage of the new Canal & River Trust and otherexperts to pick their favourites too.

The book makes a great Christmasgift and of course is available in allgood high-street bookshops andon Amazon but we’re offering aspecial discount for OAs in the shopon our website - 25% off any of ourbooks - just enter LS01.www.coolcanals.com”

THE OA AWARD IS a sum of money available annually to assist apupil or former pupil of Leweston School whose project developsthe School’s mission statement to those less privileged.

The chosen project could be overseas or in the UK. It could beinspired by the Sisters of Christian Instruction or any other religiousor charitable organisation. When applying for the award applicantswill detail how they became interested in their chosen charity, whatthey want to do to help the charity and how they propose to raisemoney for their chosen project. If there is no suitable applicantfound for the award in a year the committee can consider awardingan “OA Grant” to a pupil at the school who needs money for acharitable project.

The sum of money awarded will contribute towards the travel andliving expenses of the successful candidate so that she is able tolive and work with the community of her choice for a minimumperiod of six months (a shorter period would be considered for aGap Year candidate). It is not envisaged that the Award will be useddirectly to assist the community or those in its care.

At the beginning of each academic year the Award will belaunched at the school and made known to OAs through theLeweston website www.leweston.dorset.sch.uk and the OldAntonian Magazine which is produced annually. There will becontinual reminders and advice for applicants during the scholasticyear.

ELIGIBILITY The Award is open to any former or present pupil of LewestonSchool aged between 18 and 30.

DISCLAIMERThe successful applicant for this Award will be required to sign thisform as a statement absolving the Old Antonian Association andLeweston School from all responsibility. Neither the Old AntonianAssociation nor Leweston School can be held responsible foraccidents to the applicant whilst working with her chosencommunity.

CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING THE AWARD• The successful applicant will be at least 18 years old when she

takes up the Award.

• She is expected to take up the Award within a period of 12months from the date of the offer.

• The successful applicant will be required to provide proof of:adequate travel and personal insurance cover; satisfactorypersonal health; completion of a course of appropriateimmunisation and vaccination.

• She will be required to undertake, on her return, a presentationof her experiences during the time she was receiving theAward by personally visiting Leweston School to give a talk.

APPLICATIONOAs wishing to be considered for the Award will be required tosubmit the following: • A completed application form including the names of two

referees.

• An explanation of the nature of the work she would envisagedoing and the benefits which the applicant and the communityshe intends to visit would expect to gain from her stay.

• Written correspondence indicating acceptance from the headof the community the applicant plans to visit.

• An estimate of the total cost.

To obtain an application form please emailLiddlem@leweston.dorset.sch.uk or alternatively, visit thewebsite www.leweston.co.ukwhere an application form can befound under Leweston Society and OA Award. Applications shouldbe made before the end of March. This will enable all applicationsto be carefully considered, and shortlisted applicants interviewedby the Chairman of the OA Association at Leweston.

The successful applicant will normally be announced at SpeechDay, which is held at the beginning of July each year.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO: The OAA Chair, Mrs Shirley Hewson, Leweston School, Sherborne,Dorset DT9 6EN.

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LIZ RUTTER teacher at Leweston from1973 – 1995 is very involved with theJana Jyoti School in Nepal. Liz writeshere of how the School has changed overthe years through the funding of thedifferent projects and today continues tothrive in all areas under the managementof Headmaster Bil Gurung. Jana Jyoti(Light of the People) was built of bamboo52 years ago by the parents of its firstpupils. When Leweston’s lower sixthtrekking group found it in 1987, we metthe Headmaster Ganga Ghale who was soproud of his crumbling, leaking Schooland had such visions for its future thatthere and then we vowed to help and webecame a sister school. Over theintervening years we have repaired theold buildings and rebuilt those beyondrepair.

During this time over thirty Lewestongap year pupils have spent part of or all oftheir gap year there and experienced thisvery special place. According to many oftheir parents they have returned humblerand wiser. Under the influence of GangaGhale and the present headmaster, BilGurung, the school continues to be abeacon showing other headmasters whatcan be achieved with vision, hard workand the help of overseas friends. Our lastproject is to build a school hall to doubleas a teacher training centre. Theestimated cost of this is £10,000 of whichJana Jyoti holds £6,000 raised from

autumn Lectures held at Leweston overthe past 10 years which we are immenselygrateful to the School for hosting. Whenthe hall is complete and teachers arebeing trained there with moreimagination than their state traininggives them, our promise made in 1987will be fulfilled and Jana Jyoti’s influencefor good will continue to spread.

While Bil Gurung, his teachers andpupils past and present are so encouragedby our financial help, they appreciate gapyear students coming most of all. It is bygiving their time and talents they knowtheir honoured sister school really caresabout them. I would like to inviteLeweston pupils past and present tospend some time at Jana Jyoti, apart fromteaching English any other expertise youcan offer we would be delighted toreceive. There have been girls who areartists, games players, mathematiciansand even dancers amongst others all ofwhom have added to the enrichment ofthe school. If this is something you areconsidering for your gap year why notapply for the OA Award.

You can contact me via emaillizrutter@onetel.com for moreinformation. If you would like tocontribute towards our funds pleasecontact Margo Liddle in the MarketingOffice at Leweston.

Shirley Hewson OA and Chairman of

the OA Association

Leweston School has a long history ofcharity work and the OA committeewould like to highlight this throughthe award. It is essential that theapplicants should outline what theywant to bring to the project and howthey propose to fund their work.

Applicants who want to help with aparticular charity may have beeninspired by the school’s involvementin, for example, the Jana Jyoti Schoolin Nepal. Maybe their inspiration hascome from an experience within theirown family or a charity connected withtheir studies or interests; their chosenproject could be overseas or in the UK.

The committee is aware that times arechanging and the amount of moneyavailable may not be sufficient forsome overseas projects. However, wewould stress the award is not just toassist applicants to travel in their gapyear. Innovative ideas from applicantswill be much appreciated. Theirmission statement and their ideas todraw in the school and OAs to supporttheir charity will score very highly.

This year we have introduced an “OAGrant” as there were no suitableapplicants for the OA award as awhole. However, a pupil in the lowersixth who wants to go on to studymedicine at University and has alsobeen heavily involved in voluntarywork locally, has been awarded thissmall sum of money. This contributedtowards her expenses when she visitedLourdes with the Oder of MaltaVolunteers during the summerholidays.

Memories of food from my years spent ata convent boarding school, explainedhere by PENNY ROSS (NEE COYER ‘77).

1973 and deep in the Dorset countryside,around three hundred schoolgirlsassemble daily, for meals. There is nocanteen, and no choice of food, fast orotherwise. Nor is there choice ofcompany. Every term we are allocated aplace at an octagonal table, each underthe watchful eye of a senior girl (there isnot a member of staff in sight). Foodarrives on trolleys and we lay and clearthe tables and for a full thirty minutes inbetween we must sit, eat, converse andobserve good table manners.

Breakfast is based on cereal and breadplus ‘something extra’. Cornflakes onMonday give way to Rice Krispies onTuesday and occasionally Weetabix. OnSundays, we have Alpen (‘Imagine, abetter way of life’) which the nuns regardwith some degree of suspicion. In thewinter there is porridge, which arrives inhuge vats and has to be queued for, like ascene from Oliver Twist. On the first dayit is so thick that is has to be wrestledfrom the ladle, on the second it must bepoured. The ‘something extra’ may besausages, or bacon or eggs or –incongruously - cheese, salami or pâté.We put this down to the fact that some ofthe nuns come from Belgium. Eggs seemto provide a special culinary challenge.Boiled eggs are either bullet hard, orwoefully underdone; scrambled egg ismade from dried egg and has a peculiarlygreen tinge. On the other hand, it isserved with slices of fried bread whichmanage to be light and crispy and not inthe least bit greasy. The whole thing iswashed down by tea, or on Sunday,coffee, not that we can tell the difference,the latter being made from vast cateringtins of ‘powdered instant’ and poured outof teapots.

Lunch is the main meal of the day. Roastmeat, sliced paper thin and accompaniedby boiled and roast potatoes is popularand is served with occasionally excellentvegetables which the nuns grow and tendin the kitchen garden. There are meatpies too, and several variations on atheme of mince: mince with onions,

carrots and gravy, spaghetti bolognese(the mince recipe with tomatoes) andcurry (with sultanas and curry powder).Just as well, then, that we have not yetheard of chilli con carne. On Sundaythere is roast chicken and excellent chips,usually with peas, but sometimes withtinned apricots instead (another Belgianthing, we presume). Things go downhillrather in summer, with slices of ham,spam, corned beef or pork pie (therectangular one with an egg in themiddle), accompanied by floppy lettuce,tomatoes and boiled beetroot, anointedwith Salad Cream, which is brought injugs.

At puddings, the nuns excel. We havenumerous types of cake, which weunfairly call ‘stodge’, as it is really quitelight and goes down a treat with warmgolden syrup, chocolate sauce or jam.They are remarkably good at fruit piesand crumbles too, gathering fruit from thefruit garden and hedgerows and ringingthe changes with the season. With agenerous serving of Jersey cream the pieswould be a triumph; alas they are servedwith custard, which suffers the sameproblems as the porridge. Rice puddingis served with soft brown sugar and wefairly fight over the doughnuts which arehot and fresh and ooze sweet raspberryjam. On Sunday, there is vanilla icecream (which we cut from a family block)with hot chocolate sauce, which is aboutas good as it gets in the 1970s.

On Open Day, when the parents are inattendance, we find out what the cooks

are really made of. Delicate triangles ofcucumber and salmon sandwiches;exquisite tartes aux fraises; choux pastry,which is light as love and filled withcrème patisserie; and brandy snaps whichare crisp but melt tantalisingly in themouth. We will not see the same againfor another year.

High Tea (which is followed later bycocoa and biscuits) is an altogether morepedestrian affair consisting mainly ofnursery classics like macaroni cheese,cottage pie and tinned spaghetti (whichhas hard boiled eggs floating in it). This isfollowed, mercifully, by fruit. We may noteat apples the ‘garden way’, but must cutthem into quarters and remove the core.Oranges on the other hand, must not bequartered and sucked, but must be peeledand eaten one segment at a time. I willnot go into the rules for bananas. Toastsaves the day. Volunteers from each tabletake orders to vast toasting machines inthe pantry where slices of Mother’s Prideare put into revolving racks and arereturned golden and piping hot to thetable, where they are eaten, comfortingly,with yellow salted butter. Crusts areespecially popular. Unfortunately thebutter is rationed and we must then makedo with tubs of margarine, although wewill shortly be the happy recipients of theEEC butter mountain.

Of all the memories which will endureyears later, it is surely the versatility ofmarmalade. At breakfast, having littleelse to do, we stretch this product to itsculinary limits and try it with sausages,pâté and even cheese, and come up witha surprisingly successful combination: thebacon and marmalade sandwich. It is ataste that some of us will never quite getover, although it is vastly improved if thebacon is smoked and crispy, the breadrustic and lightly buttered and themarmalade sweet, with just a hint ofbitterness. In the years to follow, I willonly ever meet one other person whoconfesses to putting marmalade in herbacon sandwich. And yes, she went toboarding school too.

PENNY ROSS (NEE COYER ‘77)

HOW LEWESTON’S CATERING HAS CHANGED FROM THEN TO PRESENT DAY!

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BREAKFASTEvery Day There is a Selection of Fresh Fruit Juices / Porridge or Healthy Cereals Served with Semi-Skimmed Milk

Fresh Fruit / Yoghurts / Toast & Hot Drinks

LUNCHSelection of Freshly Prepared Single and Mixed Salads Served With Low Fat Dressings and Homemade Breads

SUPPERSelection of Freshly Prepared Single and Mixed Salads Served With Low Fat Dressings and Homemade Breads

TUESDAY

Pain-au-Chocolat or Warm

Croissants with Preserves

MONDAY

Bacon and Poached Eggs

with Plum Tomatoes

WEDNESDAY

Scrambled Eggs with

Potato Waffles &

Mushrooms

THURSDAY

Cold Meats, Cheeses,

Boiled Eggs and Hot Crusty

Rolls

FRIDAY

American Pancakes with

Berries and Maple Syrup

TUESDAY

Chicken Saute Chasseur

Boulangere Potatoes

Broccoli Cauliflower

Carrot and Watercress

Roulade

Baked Potatoes with Baked

Beans, Cheese or Tuna and

Corn

Berry and Clotted Cream

Brandy Snaps

Mincemeat Tarts and

Custard

MONDAY

Lamb & Red Pepper

Hot Pot

Baby Baked Potatoes

Green Beans and Corn

Cobs

Roasted Squash, Lentil and

Roquette Salad

Tagliatelle Carbonara

Profiterolles with Cream

Steamed Sultana Sponge

with Custard

WEDNESDAY

Steak and Ale Pie with

Gravy

Steamed New Potatoes

Cabbage and Carrots

Broad Bean, Pesto and

Goat’s Cheese Bruschetta

Soup and Baguettes

Smoked Salmon and

Cream Cheese

Bacon and Brie, Brie and

Grape

Lemon Chicken, Veg Melt

Strawberry Moussecake

with Cream

Waffles with Hot Chocolate

Sauce

THURSDAY

Marmalade and Tarragon

Baked Gammon

Roast Potatoes

Roasted Med Veg and

Asparagus

Warm Stilton, Pear, Pecan

and Cranberry Salad

Moules Mariniere

Garlic and Herb Bread

Apple Mallow Tarts

Pineapple Fritters

FRIDAY

Poached Salmon with

Hollandaise Sauce

Gratin Pototoes

Sugar Snap Peas

Aubergine and Black Bean

Stir-Fry

Penne Pasta with either

Tomato and Basil or

Broccoli and Blue

Raspberry Tiramisu with

Cream

Warm Danish Pastries

TUESDAY

Spring Vegetable Soup

Chicken and Seafood

Paella

Seasalt and Rosemary

Focaccia

Vegetable Tapas

Quorn and Halloumi Stir

Fry

Jelly with Cream

MONDAY

Wild Mushroom Soup

Steak Burgers and Baps

with Burger Relish

Duchesse Potatoes

Mushroom, Tomatoes and

Salad

Nut Loaf

Apple Shortcake with

Custard

WEDNESDAY

Red Pepper and Cherry

Tomato Soup

Southern Fried Chicken

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Plain Rice and Mixed

Vegetables

Squash, Chick Pea and

Coconut Curry

Viennetta

THURSDAY

Carrot and Coriander Soup

Traditional Spaghetti

Bolognaise

Garlic and Herb Bread and

Garden Peas

Spaghetti Vegenaise

Strawberry Gateaux

FRIDAY

Minestrone Soup

Pizza Selection

Sweet Potato Fries

Greek Salad

Salad Selection

Cheese and Tomato,

Pineapple and Roquette

Berry Torte

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eiths Franchise Scheme forSchools Basic Certificate in Foodand Wine is now firmly

established for those in the sixth form atLeweston. The first group of girls have allsuccessfully completed and passed withflying colours all elements of the courseincluding the assessed practical lessons,the food hygiene certificate, wine tastingand appreciation, menu planning and thefinal theory and assessed practicalexaminations.

The course is a valuable life skill where thegirls learn how to prepare and cook, to avery high standard, food suitable fordinner parties, family holidays, ski chaletsand yacht season catering. Leiths offersuccessful students the opportunity ofpaid employment during their gap year.

The students must be prepared to committime and effort as the course is run oneevening a week for two and a half hours,over five terms.

Well done to the five girls who passed allelements of the Leiths examinationprocess with flying colours, with two ofthe girls managing to achieve a first classpass. For their practical examination thegirls prepared and cooked cream ofvegetable soup, cheese scones, mustardgrilled chicken, which included jointing awhole chicken, glazed carrot batons andprofiteroles.

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OA Jemma Lacey (‘06)Teacher of Design @ Leweston

L E I THS

S u s a n L a r k i nTeacher in charge of Home Economics

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IT IS WONDERFUL TO USE THE SKILLSand experiences I gained at art school as ateacher at Leweston. I have always had agreat passion for art and design and it hasbeen particularly good to return toLeweston at an exciting time of growthand development, in order to be part ofthis process. The Fashion and TextilesDesign courses at Leweston haveundergone big changes since I first joinedthe school. All ages are offered theexperience of design, from year 7 upwards;we broaden their awareness of designersstudying Vivian Westwood to CathKidston and try to communicate theexcitement this form of creativity brings. My background has prepared me well toface the exciting challenges that Lewestonnow offers. During my further education atArts University College Bournemouth Igained a foundation qualification, studyingphotography, graphics, fine art, jewellery,film and textiles; progressing on tospecialise in fashion and textiles at theWinchester school of Art. As an OldAntonian I had always kept strong linkswith the school, coming back in thesecond year of my degree to teachworkshops and showcase my portfolio. Iwas asked to participate at Leweston’sWearable Arts show in 2009 and was ableto give the pupils and parents an insightinto my collection. After graduating I wasselected to exhibit my work at NewDesigners in London before accepting thepost at Leweston and I began my teachingcareer in 2010, studying for my PGCE atBuckingham University whilst at theschool.

WORKING AT LEWESTON HAS GIVENme great experiences; our standard ofGCSE work is very high; our girls are trulydedicated to this course they have chosenwhich is very much displayed in all their

work. I enjoy teaching at this level due tothe pure infectious nature of theirenthusiasm and commitment. The girls atthis stage are building on the techniquestaught in the lower school and so garmentconstruction becomes more creative andfluid. When pupils reach A-level they arefully committed to the subject, and havemany opportunities to extend theirknowledge. This includes weekly lifedrawing classes with Sherborne School andvisits to London and New York. Our pupilsthis year have produced fantastic digitallyprinted fabrics and their infectiousenthusiasm has spurred me on to updatethe design studio at Leweston; paintingeverything in a contemporary shade ofwhite, adding special areas for exam classesto study as well as the addition of specialistequipment to the department. Our courses offer many differenttechniques, ranging from fabricmanipulation to screen printing. Thebasics of sewing are still taught; howeverour classes revolve around creativity andexperimentation by the individual pupil.We challenge our girls with the techniquestaught using Photoshop, customised dresspatterns and screen printing to further aidtheir practice. All the hard work from thegirls is rewarded by the impressive examresults they all achieve; having been giventhe valuable support and encouragementthrough these demanding exam years. As ateacher I encourage a continuous dialogueabout pupils’ work and there is greatsatisfaction in helping pupils realise theirideas in 3D.

OUR PAST PUPILS HAVE GONE ON TOstudy at Camberwell, London College ofFashion, Falmouth, Epsom and the ArtsUniversity College Bournemouth. Arecent leaver has just finished her fashiondegree at Nottingham Trent Universityand been selected by VOGUE as one ofthe 10 new Graduates to look out for inthe future. I look forward to the excitingdevelopments that my department willmake in the future and see our subject asan ever evolving and important part of ourschool.

OA Jemma Lacey (‘06)Teacher of Design @ Leweston

QUEEN’S VISIT

Leweston pupils and their families lined

the streets to see the Queen and Duke of

Edinburgh when they visited Sherborne in

May as part of the Queen’s 2012 Jubilee

Tour. The grey skies certainly didn’t

dampen any spirits with most of the girls

being very near the front of the railings.

Four Leweston pupils were chosen,

alongside pupils from other local schools,

to take part in an art activity in the Abbey

which was admired by the Queen and

Prince Philip. Other Leweston pupils lined

the streets and waved their flags as the

Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

travelled through Sherborne to the Abbey

and one of our Prep Pupils Anna Downing

daughter of OA Luci Downing (nee Leigh)

was fortunate enough to hand the Queen

a bouquet of flowers she had brought

along with her! This was a very proud

moment for not only Anna but Luci too!

OA Millie Pilkington (nee Chittenden) was

the official photographer for the Queen’s

visit to Sherborne.

RACE FOR LIFE

The boarding staff, together with pupils

and other members of staff, took part in

the Race for Life in Sherborne again this

year. Head of boarding Lyndsay Fielding

was dressed as Pepper Pig for the race,

and had much more attention than she

had ever assumed, children swarming

from everywhere! The girls and staff did

very well with their sponsorship and

collected close to £1,000 for Cancer

Research.

HOLY COMMUNION

At the Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday, four

young pupils from Leweston Prep and the

Sunday congregation made their First

Holy Communion. The School Chapel was

filled to the brim for this important

moment in their lives and those of their

families. Leweston’s Visiting Chaplain,

Fr Peter, was the celebrant and our nuns

from Sherborne Parish joined us for this

special occasion.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE WINS GOLD

Congratulations to Victoria Halford (Yr 10)

who came 6th individually when she

represented Great Britain at the World

Biathle Championships in Bulgaria – a

fantastic achievement. Victoria’s

performance helped Great Britain win the

gold medal in the U15 team event. Last

year Victoria brought home a silver medal

for team GB in the same age category and

this year’s Gold builds on her international

success. The event consisted of a 500m

run, 100m swim, followed by another

500m run. The British Biathle Team took

home a total of 64 individual and team

medals. The Great Britain medal haul

placed the team second in the medal

table just behind their old adversaries,

South Africa.

RREETTRROOSSPPEECCTTTHE SCHOOL YEAR IN

PARIS TRIP 2012

A wonderful time was had by all Year 9

pupils who were very fortunate to go to

Paris for four days in the summer term.

The girls crammed a lot into their four day

trip, exploring the beautiful sights of Paris

including the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame

and l’Arc de Triomphe. They also had the

chance to visit the Louvre, the Pompidou

Centre and the Orangerie museums. They

completely immersed themselves in the

Parisian Culture, eating local foods and

living the French Life!

RECORD RESULTS FOR LEWESTON AT

THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS TRACK AND

FIELD CUP

Around 90 Schools entered the English

Schools Track and Field cup staged at

various venues within the South West.

Only 24 schools qualified for one of the 3

regional rounds. Both Leweston’s Junior

(Years 7 and 8) and Intermediate (Years 9

and 10) teams qualified and competed at

Exeter. With points being awarded for

times and distances in the various events,

both school teams achieved the highest

aggregate scores ever by Leweston teams

in this competition.

WORLD BOOK DAY

Over £250 was raised for the local charity,

Julia’s House Hospice, which provides an

incredible service for children with life-

limiting conditions (www.juliashouse.org).

Leweston organised a successful book

exchange and book sale in the school

library and also hosted Julia House’s

mobile sweet shop, which raised an

additional £100 for the charity. The girls all

made a huge effort in dressing up as their

favourite book characters.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

GOLD PRESENTATIONS

AT ST JAMES'S PALACE

After months of hard work and

determination, three of the 2010-2011

Gold Duke of Edinburgh Leweston team

members travelled to St James’s Palace to

collect their Gold Awards.

There was a real sense of occasion as

participants from across the Country

gathered. The girls enjoyed meeting the

Duke of Edinburgh who found their

decision to go to Ireland for the

expedition part of their award most

amusing - he asked if they had checked

the forecast beforehand!

JUBILEE CONCERT AND CELEBRATIONS

The pupils in the Prep and Senior school

had a day packed with festivities to mark

the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Pupils

came to school dressed in red, white and

blue and the school was decorated with

balloons and bunting. There was a bbq

lunch for all staff and pupils to enjoy

followed by a Jubilee Concert for parents

and friends of Leweston. We were

delighted to be able to host the concert in

the grounds of the School which featured

Schola Cantorum, the Senior and Prep

School Choirs and various musical

ensembles. This was followed by a

delicious traditional afternoon tea for all

to enjoy.

RETROSPECTTHE SCHOOL YEAR IN

PARIS TRIP 2012

TOP 10% FOR VALUE ADDEDThe MidYIS Value Added feedbackproduced by Durham University has onceagain placed Leweston in the top 10% ofschools nationally. Value added is ameasure of the progress pupils makebetween different stages of education; ifgirls perform beyond expectations thiswill be reflected in a high ‘value added’score. This high ranking demonstratesLeweston’s ability to add value to eachgirl’s education and encourage them toperform above original expectations. TheMidYIS system measures performance toGCSE and is used by almost allindependent schools

“Once again the hard work and commitment of the girls at Lewestonhas been rewarded with record breaking success in the most recentGCSE results. These achievements pay testimony to the support thatthe staff have given the girls and to the effectiveness of single sexeducation which underpins the serious work ethic of the school”

Headmaster Adrian Aylward

LAMDA GOLD!Year 10 pupil Molly Foster has passed hergold medal LAMDA (the London Academyof Music and Dramatic Art) exam inspeaking verse and prose. The gold awardis equivalent to NQF level three or an A Level and means that Molly is nowqualified to teach LAMDA and has lettersafter her name! This is an exceptionalachievement at such a young age – welldone. It was another bumper year ofLAMDA results overall with 25 distinctionsand 15 merits.

SPORT RELIEFPupils at Leweston Senior and PrepSchools raised a record amount for SportRelief this year. Pupils walked, hopped,jumped and even ‘wheel barrowed’ a milefor charity in May and their efforts did notgo unrewarded with a total of £1,450being raised for this worthwhile cause.Well done all!

LEWESTON PREP CELEBRATES

INSPECTION REPORTLeweston Prep School is delighted withthe findings of its 2012 ISI inspectionreport which graded the school excellentor good in all areas.

The inspectors commented that the‘pupils at Leweston Prep achieve well,reaching high standards and emerging asconfident, articulate and independentlearners extremely well prepared for thenext steps of their education’ and that thework in the classroom is backed up by‘excellent extra-curricular provision’. Theynoted the strong provision for games andPhysical Education.

The report acknowledged the school’sparticular success at meeting its aims ofencouraging all pupils to flourish asindividuals and fully developing theirstrengths and talents. There was alsopraise for the excellent relationshipbetween the staff and pupils andamongst the pupils themselves.

James Savile, Head at Leweston Prepcommented: “I am delighted with thefindings of the report. The inspectors’comment on the pupils’ awareness ofothers and their collaborative andsupportive approach to learning reflectswhat is special about Leweston Prep andthe ethos that underpins the school. It isgratifying that this report acknowledgesthat the children not only achieve wellbut that the less tangible indicators ofsuccess, such as the pupils’ personal,spiritual, moral, social and culturaldevelopment, so fundamental to what weoffer at Leweston, are also excellent.”

LEWESTON GIRLS SEE THE

OLYMPIC TORCH AND PARALYMPICSA group of girls were taken to see theOlympic flame pass through nearby Yeovil.The girls had a great position and wereright by the flame when the two torchbearers 'kissed' to pass on the flamebefore continuing their journey. Thegirls were also lucky enough to havetickets to the Paralympics and werefortunate to see a good variety of events.

different sports throughout the day.

CAMBRIDGE CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE

AS Chemists have won prizes at the 2012

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, an

innovative web-based competition for

young chemists from all over the world.

After sitting a very tough paper, Monica

Dec was awarded a GOLD award for

coming in the top 7.5% of all entries.

Charlotte Hooper won a COPPER award

for coming in the top 50% of entries. Both

are impressive achievements as there

were a total of 4296 entries in this year’s

competition.

KRAKOW AND AUSCHWITZA group of Year 12 Philosophy and Ethics,History and Politics students took part in astudy tour to Krakow for four days at theend of the spring term. The girls travelledto Poland primarily to witness theevidence of the wartime experienceof Europe’s Jewish population in theghettos and in particular the death campat Auschwitz-Birkenhau.

The group enjoyed visiting the beautifulSt Mary’s Church in Rynek Glowny whichalso boasts the largest medieval townsquare in Europe. The girls also had theopportunity to visit Wawel Castle andCathedral in a fortified position over theRiver Vistula, the former Jewish district ofKazimierz and the very moving exhibitionin Schindler’s Factory, established by theGerman industrialist Oskar Schindler andmade famous by the film Schindler’s List.In addition the girls also enjoyed a trip tothe extremely impressive salt mines atWieliczka, a UNESCO world heritage site.

On the last day of the tour the groupvisited Auschwitz-Birkenhau, the largestconcentration and death camp in Europe.They had a superb guide and wereincredibly moved by their experience. Theweather was cold and wet but this did notdampen the energy and enthusiasm ofthe girls who all greatly enjoyed thismoving but informative trip.

DUKE OF EDINBURGHAs well as giving the girls adventures andmemories that they will have for life, theDuke of Edinburgh Award challenges girlsand enables them to discover talents theydid not know they had. Achieving theaward will give the girls skills, confidenceand a view on life that everyone is lookingfor, including universities and employers.The girls will also be making a differenceto other people’s lives, and to their localcommunities. Of course, it is also greatfun, and the fact that so many girls areinvolved at Leweston pays testament tothis.

Our groups have done well over the pastacademic year with the Bronze Groupcompleting its expedition which wasspread over two days in Dorset. Despitethe terrible wet weather conditions over48 hours all the girls managed to passtheir bronze award and many plan tocontinue onto their Silver.

The Silver groups headed off to Exmoorover the summer. All girls completed thissection of the award and we are hopefulthat many will continue onto their Gold.

Our Gold Candidates worked tirelesslyraising funds for their final expedition toMorocco which took place over thesummer holidays. This was a particularlychallenging expedition which all girls tookon with great determination.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Leweston celebrated its third set of record GCSE results in fouryears with an unprecedented 47% of all candidates achieving 9or more A or A* grades. 64% of all entries were passed at A*or A with 88% of examinations passed at A*, A or B.Congratulations to the 13% of girls who got 9 A* grades ormore. 96% of all examinations were passed at Grade A* to C.

Another year of excellent results for our Sixth Form leavers.Students achieved a 100% pass rate in both A Level andCambridge Pre-U subjects. 71% of the examinations werepassed at A*, A or B grade or Pre-U equivalent, with 51% atA* or A or equivalent - nearly double the national average.An impressive 30% of students achieved 3 or more straight A*or A grades across a range of subjects with more than 10% ofgirls achieving 5 or more A* or A grades. Average UCASpoints per candidate were 402, the equivalent of over three Agrades per candidate.

This year has also seen the third set of strong Cambridge Pre-Uresults. 100% of candidates passed at Distinction or Merit.

These results have enabled almost all Leweston’s leavers to winplaces at their chosen universities or specialist colleges. Manygirls will be going on to the more selective universitiesincluding Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Cardiff, Cirencester, HongKong University, Leeds, Nottingham, Warwick and York tostudy degrees such as Agriculture, Accounting, Business andManagement, English, Earth Sciences, Fashion Styling andPhotography, Journalism, Law, Medicine, Natural Sciences,Mathematics and Pharmacology.

“These results continue Leweston’s

impressive academic record and pay

testament, not only to the hard work of the

students, but also the work ethic of the

school, especially in the Sixth Form.

These students should be justifiably proud

of their achievements. I am delighted that

almost all of our leavers have achieved

their first choice university places where

they will undoubtedly continue to excel.”Headmaster Adrian Aylward.

GCSE A LEVEL

Once again Leweston’s girls have

excelled themselves and I am delighted

with their outstanding performance in

their GCSE exams. I am certain that

they will go from strength to strength as

they move into our Sixth Form and

embark on their A Level and Cambridge

Pre-U coursesGeoff Smith, Director of Studies

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12 A* GCSECiara McCarthy

The Leweston Society

THE LEWESTON SOCIETY IS THE UMBRELLA STRUCTURE UNDER WHICH ALL ASSOCIATES

OF THE LEWESTON COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER INCLUDING SCHOLARS, OAs, PARENTS AND

FORMER PARENTS, PARISH MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT STAFF AND GOVERNORS.

ADRIAN AYLWARD

Headmaster

MARGO LIDDLE

Leweston Society Manager

GOVERNORS

Andrew May – Chairman

Nick Bathurst

Charles Comyn

Ian Crowther

Mary Head

Mark Hudson

Eddy Newton

Triff Skepelhorn

Emma Treichl

Amanda Wedge

Belinda Wingfield-Digby

The Leweston Society Sherborne Dorset DT9 6EN

Tel: 01963 211015 Email: liddlem@leweston.dorset.sch.uk

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