Friday 22 September 2017

World Championship medal for Freya

We are delighted to announce that Freya won a bronze medal at the recent ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships which was held in South Africa. Freya competes in the Junior Women’s K2 event which is a gruelling 20K race in which if the slower contestants are lapped they have to drop out of the race. Freya and her partner Emma Russell competed this ‘marathon’ in 1 hour 31 seconds, with both first and second places being won by very strong Hungarian pairs. The

strongest 15 countries were represented at these particular championships, many of which specialise is kayaking as a major sport. Freya is doing incredibly well to repre-sent GB at the U18 level as she is still only 16 and can now add her fabulous bronze medal to her great GCSE results from the summer! She has competed success-fully with her partner Emma for over two years now, but is also a highly skilled solo kayaker and has represented GB at other

junior levels and already has a trophy cabinet bursting with national champi-onship trophies and other prestigious awards. Kayaking is a spring to autumn sport which now enters the off-season where Freya will balance her gym and fitness work with her A Levels. Very well done Freya for a great achievement. When we spoke to Freya about this result she seemed genuinely stunned that she and her partner were now ranked third in the world in this category. Wow! TRJ

Freya (front of boat) with her racing partner Emma

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Lights, camera, action!

45 economics pupils in years 12 and 13 recently travelled to the City of London to learn more about the role of the city as a global financial centre. They took part in a two-hour guided walking tour which, among other things, explained how the financial markets developed from the sites of the first coffee shops where stocks were traded, to the current stock exchange. The pupils learned about the independence of the City of London Cor-poration from the centre of governance and taxation in nearby Westminster. They also learned about the role of the Guild Hall and Aldermen in the oldest continu-

ous municipal democracy in the world. Following the tour, the pupils re-grouped at the Bank of England where everyone watched a presentation on Monetary policy and financial regulation. This forms a module in year 13 work as part of the new specification. Finally, the students visited the museum to get their hands on a £400,000 gold bar weigh-ing in at a mere 13kg and other exhibits detailing the history the UK’s monetary system and the role of the bank. Thanks to Miss Coulson and Mr Ford who be-come honorary economists for the day and helped manage the trip. MAH

A record number of students got their first choice places. As always the range of places reflected the wide interests and talents of our students. Four students got places at Cambridge - Ben Margolis (history), Dan O’Riordan (engineering), Davie Stapley (archaeol-ogy), Thais Warren (classics) and one at Oxford - Lorelei Piper (classics). Four students got places on art foundation courses (Kate Appleby, Owen Green, Sam McSweeney, Luke Talbot) and four are crossing the Atlantic to McGill (Sonya Woodruff ), UNC Chapel Hill (Lizzie Abouchar), University of Min-nesota (Darcy Jennings) and Emerson in Boston (David Kemp). Emanuel’s most popular destinations this year were Durham and Bristol with Exeter

and Newcastle also remaining firm favourites. Destinations of 2017 leavers includes: Roshaan Bajwa, mathematics at Bristol, Ezio Chuku Brachet-Contul, economics with industrial experience at Exeter, Kate Farmer, geography at Edinburgh, Katherine Keddie, politics at Durham, Chiara King, business manage-ment at KCL, Esme Nias, psychology at Bristol, Celia Pearson, physics at New-castle, Casey Soverall, product design at Nottingham Trent, Sharif Sharifkazemi, international relations and history at LSE, Ben Gerrard, international develop-ment with a year abroad at UEA, and Tom Green, electronic engineering at Southampton. We wish them all fulfill-ing studies and look forward to staying in touch. KEB

Last week saw the school’s brand new film studio facility open officially for use by students of all ages. Mr Skinner, our media coor-dinator, is running Media Club three days a week and the students are quickly getting to grips with all the new studio equipment. 38 students have attended to date, and they are working in teams to produce short interviews, news bulletins and weather reports. Keep an eye out for Emanuel TV, which will be coming soon! The studio and its editing facilities are also being used by sixth form students, who are producing films for their EPQ projects, includ-ing a psychological thriller. Additionally, teams participating in the House Film Competition will have access to the studio for shoot-ing their short films. Junior Media Club is currently running on Mondays (Group A) and Tuesdays (Group B) at 4pm-5.30pm. Senior Media Club is on Thursdays at 4pm-5. 30pm. For more information about the clubs or the film competition, please speak to Mr Skinner or email james.skinner@emanuel.org.uk.

A Level results day 2017 brings many smiles

Economics trip to City of London

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We had bumper numbers of visitors for London Open House last Saturday (16 September). Around 70-80 people attend-ed the full 75-minute historical tour with the school archivist while many others joined the shorter 15 minute tours with some of our pupils and prefects who all did a terrific job. The real highlight was having so many OEs on the tours. Our oldest visitor left the School in 1953. There was a group of three gentlemen who had been best friends since 1960 and a large group of 1994 leavers. From the archivist’s point of view having OEs on the tours make them something special. They heckle, are great for bouncing jokes off and answer our questions like good old fashioned naughty schoolboys! We managed to get a couple of the ‘youngsters’ to pose with our old school caps, a few of which hadn’t visited Emanuel for over 50 years. Everyone thought “heads were smaller in the old days…” The next full tour will be in early June for the Wandsworth Heritage Festival when the school archivist will, once again, don his school cap and whisk everyone back in time. Parents are always welcome. TRJ

Open House: OEs arrive in force

By Iona

Last Tuesday afternoon (19 September), we were fortu-nate to welcome back OE Nadia Saward to run a poetry reading and poetry writing workshop. Having completed her English degree, Nadia is now embarking on a mas-ters in creative writing and poetry so we were delighted to have her expertise. After helping ourselves to tea and biscuits (which were very much welcome), the workshop kicked off with poetry reading, such as ‘White Blossoms of the Pear’, a Haiku (a traditional form of Japanese po-etry) by Yosa Buson. Haikus were the focus of the session and we were challenged to write our own, based on the theme ‘freedom’. Despite the fact that the haikus we created only needed to be three lines long and did not have to rhyme, this proved to be challenging due to the rigid structure we had to follow (the first and last lines of our haikus had to have five syllables and seven syllables in the middle). Nonetheless, the workshop proved to be very enjoyable, with students producing a range of haikus; some simple and witty, others poetic and grace-ful. A good reminder to us all that poetry can be created wherever, whenever in only a matter of syllables.

Poetry workshop

Mr Arnott spent a few days this summer holidays filming a sitcom pilot in Ealing for BBC2. The first episode of The Pact debuts on BBC2 next Wednesday (27 September) at 10 pm. Two teenaged friends make a pact: if they’re both still single aged 35, they’ll marry each other. Amy doesn’t think it’ll ever happen, while Andy, who’s secretly in love with Amy, desperately hopes that it will. Directed by BAFTA award winning Tony Dow (Only Fools and Horses, Stella Street, Birds of a Feather) it is part of BBC Studios’ New on Two strand. Mr Arnott plays the pivotal role of a puppeteer, harking back to his earlier career. Blink and you’ll miss him! RJA

By Ollie

Our year 11 and sixth form chemistry and physics students enjoyed a fantastic talk from OE Dr James Frith, titled 'Breathing Batteries'. He began by discussing the increasing use of lithium ion batteries in today's society, highlighting the disadvantages and dangers of these batteries, such as their poor energy efficiency and longevity. Dr Frith then continued by presenting some of his research into lithium-oxygen batteries which could eventually replace lithium ion batteries due to their greater energy-efficiency and ability to last longer. These batteries use the oxidation of lithium and the reduc-tion of oxygen to induce a current flow.

He then used some of his friends and ex-colleagues as examples when he showed us the variety and the multitude of careers open to those who are studying chemistry at A level. Dr Frith expertly answered questions from students, such as why it is not advised to overcharge a phone battery. The talk was very interesting and gave students a more complex look at the developing battery industry. It also displayed some of the many careers that are accessible to those

Breathing Batteries

Look out for Mr Arnott

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INDIVIDUAL MUSIC LESSONS: Please check the parent portal for any changes to lesson times. Music Ensembles - lists are also on the parent portal. Please check for details of when and where these ensembles are taking place. If you have any queries, please email Tim Rhodes (director of music) tim.rhodes@emanuel.org.uk or Lucinda Stuart-Grant (music administrator) lsg@emanuel.org.uk

Howe were triumphant in the Senior House Literary Quiz earlier in the week, with Marlborough coming second. It was an easy win for Howe, with second to fourth places very closely fought. Howe had a major advantage as their team featured Esme “the Quiz Queen” who was the captain of the Emanuel quiz team who won the prestigious South London Kids’ Lit competition two years ago and went on to represent London in the national finals of the event. Of all the years I have run literary and general knowledge quizzes at Emanuel I don’t think we have ever had a better quiz player than Esme. Well done to everyone who com-peted in what is always a fun event. TRJ

BY SAMUEL

Laura Pick, who plays the role of Elphaba in the West End musical Wicked, visited on Monday. She was invited to sing one of the pieces we study in GCSE music - the dramatic ending to act 1, ‘Defy-ing Gravity’. Laura told us stories about her life as a professional actor, including forgetting her costume changes, chasing a flying broom and tripping over during a scene. She spoke about her childhood dreaming of becoming an actor, life as

a shop assistant (for two years) and how she accepted a place at Mountview Academy. Her dream role is the lead in the brand new Sara Bareilles musical, The Waitress, which she hopes will come to London, so she sang ‘She Used to be Mine.’ It was a fantastic afternoon. Year 10 and 11 music students will soon see Wicked at the Apollo. Laura has agreed to take us on a backstage tour. We look forward to learning more about life on the West End stage.

A FREE CONCERT: On Thursday, 28 September at 6pm in the Hamp-den Hall, year 6 and 7 students will be performing a selection of songs ranging from spirituals to a Queen medley. The concert is free of charge and all parents, staff and pupils are very welcome to attend. It will last approximately an hour. Please arrive in good time to get a good seat! TWR

25 pupils from years 8, 9 and 10, along with their families, have been hosting their German exchange partners this week from the Luisengymnasium, Bergordorf in Hamburg. Friendships have been made, cultural awareness has been developed, communal activities have been undertaken and a lot of fun has been enjoyed along the way. Visiting Thorpe Park on Monday together with the Emanuel pupils, our guests and teachers have been enjoying daily excursions into London to see the sights and soak up the unique at-mosphere. The accompanying German teachers have expressed their thanks to the Emanuel community and our own exchange pupils and families for making them feel so welcome. Our pupils are eagerly look-ing forward to the return trip to Hamburg during the October half term break. HJ

The second year 7 expedition was enjoyed by all – good weather, fallow deer in the woods, a spitfire from Biggin Hill flying overhead, excellent behaviour and tons of enthusiasm. I was particularly pleased to find that no fewer than four recent OEs (Joe Tulley, Luke Merrett, Chirstabel Hosking and Phoebe Moore) were helping as group leaders. It only seems like yesterday when they started at Emanuel, even if they are rather taller now! AFK

Senior House Literary Quiz

Year 7 expedition: part 2 German exchange

Something Wicked happened

Netball

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U13B v FRANCIS HOLLAND A FINAL SCORE: 22-12 (WON)BY GABBYThis was a great win and a good start to the season. Our defence was good and we managed to keep the ball mostly on our side of the court. Shooting as GA and GS were Lucie and Sveva. They played amazingly well, managing to score most of our goals. Our attack was strong and managed to keep hold of the ball and pass it down the court with some fantas-tic intercepting. We played brilliantly and we are excited to see what the season has in store for us.U15B v FRANCIS HOLLAND A

FINAL SCORE: 25-13 (WON)The netball squad had an excellent first outing against Francis Holland. The squad was strong with Grace and Emily in the shooting circle. The feeders were able to make the most of Emily’s height and fed the ball in under the post enabling close shots at goal. Libby had an outstand-ing game as goal keeper and was voted player of the match. She made several intercepts and pressured the Francis Holland shooters to make errors. Despite

U15C v FRANCIS HOLLANDFINAL SCORE: 32-6 (WON)BY JOSIEWe played well as a team with everyone working together. Centre court worked hard to get the ball down to the shoot-ers where they had an almost 100% conversion rate. The shooters where Amelia (player of the match) who scored a significant number of those, and Anna who scored with two very longs range efforts as well as making many inter-ceptions. Freya made many valuable defensive decisions and was a key player. She was awarded Miss Holden’s player of the match. We look forward to our next game.

2ND VII v FRANCIS HOLLAND 1ST VIIFINAL SCORE 26-17 (WON)BY INDIAWith some great defence play from Megan and Poppy, many intercepts and tips were made. Our midcourt was very good at getting the ball quickly down the court to our shooters, Maddie and Sophie, who consistently scored goals. Player of the match went to Mia who played C and WA. Mia was a key part of our game and helped get the ball down the court. It was a great win and we look forward to future matches.

3RD VII v FRANCIS HOLLAND 2ND VIIFINAL SCORE: 18-17 (WON)BY GRACEAfter a disappointing second quarter the girls found themselves down by seven goals, with Francis Holland proving to be strong in the shooting circle. We then came back with pure determination over the next third, with Georgie and Alice speeding up the ball movement in the centre court and Robyn, Hattie, Natasha and Vivian making some vital intercep-tions to get the score up to 15-13 for the third quarter. Although still down in the last quarter, it was our reliable shoot-ers that made the team stronger, with Rebecca and Georgie getting in shots in high pressure situations to bring the score up to a commendable win.

U13C v FRANCIS HOLLAND B FINAL SCORE: 17-15 (WON)BY JONAHAt the beginning of the match, with energy levels high, our attack team was strong and we were getting the ball down to the D very quickly. Our shooters, Miffy, Sophie and Lella were very ac-curate and scored goal after goal. By the middle of the match we were in the lead

being the first game of the season the team looked well drilled and all showed immense potential. Several players from this team have now earned a place in the U15 A team. LSW

but Francis Holland came back fighting and made our scores tie towards the end of the match. Our defence team stuck to their players to try and stop them scoring anymore goals and the attackers were on it and shot the ball back to the D. In the last five minutes we managed to score two goals. Our play was good throughout the match, especially as we all switched our positions around. However, for the next match we should try and take more time with the ball so our passes are more accurate - as a result there might be fewer footworks and foul balls.

U12A v FRANCIS HOLLANDFINAL SCORE: 19-4 (WON)BY LILY We played our first match of the season. For many it was their first match for Emanuel. We made a strong start with our shooters making the most of their opportunities. This put us in a comfort-able early position. Isabella (GA) regularly lost her marker which made for some great passing play. Our defenders played well, keeping the pressure on the opposi-tion and keeping the ball out of our side of the court. Fleur (GD) put on a strong defensive display and we had a number of interceptions and tips from her. It was an exciting first match.

U12B v FRANCIS HOLLAND FINAL SCORE: 9-3 (WON)BY MILLIEWe played well and Prudence shot some great goals as GA. Considering it was our first match, we played with determina-tion and had some excellent passing and marking. Pia in the centre court showed good control and fed the ball into the shooters, giving them many opportuni-ties to score.

Rugby

U13 QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENTOur top four pairs travelled to Highgate School for a tournament between High-gate, St Olave’s and RGS High Wycombe. We arrived looking to gain match experi-ence after a long break and the boys showed large improvements throughout the day. The first game against RGS High Wycombe, involved several close games with Joel and Timur playing well and having a close game which they lost 12-11, 12-10. The new pairing of Ethan and Ben F worked well together, coming from behind against a strong RGS pair to take both sets. Next game we were up against a strong Highgate team, many of who had been playing for years. Special men-tion goes to Ben H and Arthur at first pair who fought valiantly against a stronger pair earning praise from the Highgate coach. The final game was against St Olave’s, another heavyweight in the world of fives. Hughie and Ben W had a much stronger second set, pushing the Olave’s pair to the end, losing 12-4, 12-9. It was a solid performance, which showed solid foundations from all the players and some good potential to chal-lenge bigger schools later in the season. Our pair of the tournament goes to Ethan and Ben for winning all their matches, with an especially impressive victory over St Olave’s. BJR

1ST XV v WALLINGTONFINAL SCORE: 17-15 (LOST)We travelled to Old Walcountians RFC in high spirits after a convincing victory over Christ’s Hospital the Saturday before. Sadly, Ollie W was unavailable due to illness providing James with an oppor-tunity in the front row. Emanuel lost the influential Tom to a injury in the warm up giving Ollie R his first start of the season.

On Monday, the U12 rugby squads had a practice fixture against St Paul’s. This was the first outing for the boys and it was great that we were able to field A-D teams, with every boy in the year group involved. With the focus of the games be-ing on team ethic, effort and application, there were some huge positives to take from each of the four matches. TG

U13B v ST PAUL’SFINAL SCORE: 25-20 (LOST)BY CALLUMDuring the first half we played reasonably well. Oscar made some good ‘bingos’ and made ground, but we regularly lost the ball from silly handling. St Paul’s had a couple of big players who tried to run through us, but most of them would run sideways and try to find a gap in our de-fensive line. They scored two tries before Ollie intercepted the ball and scored a try. After that they scored a try and ended the half at 3-1. We started the second half stronger. We were thrashing them in every ruck and our tackling improved. Tom scored our first try of the half after an excellent run. St Paul’s scored another two tries but we kept going. Tom made another brilliant score. Donald, Nathan and Jamie made ground and were com-mitted to the rucks. We were unlucky when Otto made an excellent run but was penalised for a forward pass. Three minutes before the end we pushed for a try and Ollie scored his second. We were dominant and were unlucky to lose.

U12A: IBSTOCK PLACE TOURNAMENT RESULTS: v SURBITON HIGH SCHOOL: 4-3 (LOST) | v ST JAMES: 8-1(WON) | v TIFFIN GIRLS SCHOOL: 9-0 (WON) | v HARRO-DIAN SCHOOL: 5-3 (WON) | v NHEHS: 7- 1(LOST) | v HIGHGATE SCHOOL 7-2 (LOST). FINISHED IN SIX OF 11The competition was tough with many schools having played together at prep school. The others came from all girls’ schools. Emanuel were in pool A and needed to qualify in the top two to pro-gress to the semi-finals. In the first match against Surbiton High, we played well. The defence of Meg (WD), Fleur (GD) and Isabella (GK) were outstanding, making interceptions and bringing the ball down court with control. The shooters worked hard to get free and both Frankie and Isabella converted when they had the opportunity. In the next two matches we dominated with Lilly, Lucy-Rose and Pia in the centre court working at pace and feeding the ball into the circle to secure two fantastic wins against St James and Tiffin. The fourth match was against lo-cal rivals Harrodian. It was a close battle and we worked hard to secure the win. Jemima played in GK and had to work hard to stay with her player. At the end of the group stages Emanuel drew in sec-ond place with NHEHS, but unfortunately lost out on goal difference and finished in third place in pool A. This meant that our final game was against Highgate for fifth/sixth place. We started positively but it was clear the five previous games had taken it out of the girls as they strug-gled to keep up with the opposition, losing 7-2 and finishing sixth. This was a fantastic tournament and I am sure with their demanding training schedule that their fitness will improve, their passing will become more powerful and their knowledge of the game with improve. I look forward to a great season. LJF

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Fives

The frustrations arising in the warm up for Mr Gaynor and his side continued throughout much of the game itself - Emanuel being rewarded with most of the possession and territory throughout the fixture. However we failed to execute when necessary. We struggled to man-age the game and constantly looked to individuals to find that spark and break free. Countless times Max, Sam and Gabriele would break the line only to be turned over by a physical Wallington side who were tenacious at the break down. Tries from Kyal and Gabriele put Emanuel in the driving seat, however ill-discipline and poor game management kept Wal-lington within touching distance. With five minutes to play the scores were level 12-12. Max made another fantastic line break only for Wallington to kill the ball at the break down. Emanuel were awarded the penalty, Gabriele kicked the penalty taking his personal points tally to 10 and put the 1st XV 15-12 up with only two minutes left on the clock. Wallington restarted hungry and desperate to force the turnover but were penalised in the Emanuel 22. We would have surely se-cured a third win on the bounce; “time for the lineout” calls the referee. We lost the ball at the lineout and were steam rolled by the larger Wallington pack in the dying moments. SDG