red house school yearbook 2014

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There have been tr ips and visits aplenty, from cultural exper iences abroad to local sites and places of interest. The Yearbook records these excur sions and the many successes in competit ions, spor ting, academic and co-curr icular activit ies.

Also recorded are the many events organised by the PTA without their suppor t the School would be a poorer place .

As a School we suppor t many char it ies and the work of the children in suppor ting them is given appropr iate recognition.

The Yearbook provides a unique record of what took place over the past twelve months and I am sure it wil l el icit many wonderful memor ies for al l those who were present or took par t in the many diver se activit ies.

I thank al l the children and teacher s who have contr ibuted to the Yearbook through wr it ing ar ticles, providing ar twork or submitting photographs. I also thank Mrs Tomlinson for her work in editing and over seeing the production of this the 2014 Yearbook.

WELCOMEWELCOME TO THE 2014 EDITION OF THE RED HOUSE SCHOOL YEARBOOK.THE SCHOOL HAS, ONCE AGAIN, HAD AN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL AND BUSY YEAR. CHILDREN FROM NURSERY TO YEAR 11 HAVE INVOLVED THEMSELVES IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC, SPORTING, ADVENTUROUS, MUSICAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

CONTENTSGCSE Results 1

Prize Giving 3

Festival of Achievement 7

We Are Writers 8

Nursery & Infants’ Art Exhibition 10

Public Speaking Success 11

LAMDA Speech and Drama 14

Musical Achievements 15

Seasonal Concerts 15

An Evening of Drama 16

Red House Has Got Talent 17

Racing To Victory, Latin Success, Junior Language Challenge 18

Doing Our Bit For Charity 19

PTA Events 21

Year 11 Prom 23

Events & School Trips 25

Queen Vicky Vic Victoria 37

Saxon Story 38

Proms In The Park 39

Educational Talks 41

Christmas Celebrations 43

A Fond Farewell to... 48

Prep & Senior School Art Gallery 49

GCSE Artwork 51

Sports Day 53

Sports Review 58

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OVER 98% OF PUPILS

FAR EXCEEDED THE

GOVERNMENT’S

BENCHMARK OF

FIVE OR MORE

A* - C GRADES.

Olivia Br ightl ing and Aditi

Rangan did exceptionally

well and gained A*s in al l

11 GCSE’s taken. Nathania

Ewruje and Zoe Johnson

were also delighted to gain

9 A*s and 1 A.

Subjects in which pupils

par ticular ly excelled

included chemistr y, physics,

geology and Spanish

with ever y pupil entered

achieving either an

A or A* grade .

Congratulations also go to

21 of our Year 10 pupils

who took their maths GCSE

examinations a year ear ly,

achieving 11 A*s, 8 A’s

and 2 B grades.

We can al l be extremely

proud of these results.

The aim of Red House is

to br ing out the best in

ever yone . We do this by

recognising and developing

individual talents and by

nur tur ing pupils ’ respect for

themselves and each other.

These results are a tr ibute

to al l the effor t put in by

the pupils and staff .

Pupil Total GCSE's A and A*

John Adair 9 0

Mil l ie Allen 8 6

Oliver Armitage 11 6

Allan Bird 9 2

Char lotte Blythman 8 0

Olivia Br ightl ing 11 11

Genevieve Brown 9 8

Thomas Brown 9 2

Bradley Canwell 9 0

James Caswell 10 10

Estel le Denison-French 9 6

Alexander Er soz 9 0

Nathania Ewruje 10 10

Ciara Fleming 9 2

Isabel Grove 10 10

Octavia Guss 10 10

Guy Henderson 9 0

Matthew Hibber t 11 9

Laura Hil l 10 7

Kennedy Hockborn 9 1

Zoe Johnson 10 10

Madeleine Lees 9 5

Bethany McLeod 9 7

Abigai l McManus 9 6

Stacey McMaster 9 4

Alexander Mor iar ty 8 6

Solomon Nelson-Ashley 10 7

Hannah Noble 9 8

Joseph Osborne 9 3

Gi Dong Park 10 8

Will iam Potter 9 1

Aditi Rangan 11 11

Evan Richards 9 3

Emily Rodger s 9 7

Alexander Ross 9 1

Jamal Shamim 9 1

Oliver Simpson 8 0

Joshua Spencer 11 8

Harr y Sturrock 9 4

Rober t Taylor 11 9

Jonathan Whiteside 10 7

Harr y Yetman 9 6

GCSE RESULTS CONTINUE TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

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GCSE ResultsGCSE Results

PRIZE WINNERS 2013-2014

FORM PRIZES

YEAR 4 FORM PRIZESIsobel EasonRose Korsen

YEAR 5 FORM PRIZESIyrah SwatiEmily May

YEAR 6 FORM PRIZESSophie AshforthLucy Aitken

YEAR 7 FORM PRIZESCharlotte Mallen-BeadleLucy Morgan

YEAR 8 FORM PRIZESKate StohrerSamuel Korsen

YEAR 9 FORM PRIZESAnna DunneFaryal Ijaz

YEAR 10 FORM PRIZESEmily StewartBethany Lamb

PRECIOUS CUP FOR JUNIOR ART (YEARS 4-8)

Eleanor Wright

THOMPSON/COULTHARD ART TROPHY (YEARS 9-11)

Isabel Grove

SKINNER CUP FOR DRAMA (YEARS 4-8)

James Norris

EWING CUPFOR SENIOR DRAMA (YEARS 9-11)

Samuel Plant

MUSIC AND MUSICAL THEATRE CUP

Nathania Ewruje, Emily Rodgers, Aditi Rangan

SENIOR BRASS TROPHYWilliam Todd

SENIOR STRINGS TROPHYGi Dong Park

ANDREW PHILLIPS AWARD FOR CHARITABLE ENDEAVOUR

Thomas Copeland

PEACH POETRY CUP Octavia Guss

BAKER GEOGRAPHY CUP (Y4-8)

William Soumare

M P BROWN ENGLISH AWARD (Y4-8)

Elizabeth Johnson

COLLIER CUP FOR SCIENCE (Y4-8)Eleanor Wright

GERMAN CUP (Y4-8)Bethany Webster

ICT CUP (Y4-8)Daisy Gant

MATHS CUP (Y4-8)Rishabh Kishore

MCKAY HISTORY CUP (Y4-8)Daisy Gant

PLAHÉ CUP FOR FRENCH (Y4-8)Beth Henderson

POTTS TROPHY FOR MINIMUS LATIN

Emily May

ST MARY’S AWARD FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES (Y4-8)

Daisy Gant

THE BLAKEY SPANISH CUP (Y4-8)Eleanor Wright

SPELLING CUP (Y4-8)Samuel Korsen

TECHNOLOGY TROPHY (Y4-8)Aimée Sinclair

RICHARD ROBINSON CUP FOR IMPROVEMENT IN YEAR 4

Elizabeth Armitage

STAFF CUP FOR THE MOST IMPROVED PUPIL (Y5-8)

Elizabeth Johnson and Mason McLeod

WILKINSON CUP FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS (Y9-11)

Millie Allen

HEADMASTER’S SHIELD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OVER THE WHOLE CURRICULUM (Y4-8)

Samuel Korsen and Kate Stohrer

JOHN STUBLEY CUP FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (Y11)

Olivia Brightling and Aditi Rangan

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

ECDL CERTIFICATEJohn Adair, Oliver Armitage, Olivia Brightling, Genevieve Brown, James Caswell, Estelle Denison-French, Alexander Ersoz, Nathania Ewruje, Ciara Fleming, Isabel Grove, Octavia Guss, Matthew Hibbert, Laura Hill, Kennedy Hockborn, Zoe Johnson, Madeleine Lees, Bethany McLeod, Stacey McMaster, Alexander Moriarty, Solomon Nelson-Ashley, Hannah Noble, Joseph Osborne, Gi Dong Park, Aditi Rangan, Emily Rodgers, Alexander Ross, Jamal Shamim, Joshua Spencer, Harry Sturrock, Matthew Taylor, Jonathan Whiteside, Harry Yetman

ESU PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS:

NORTH-EAST REGIONAL WINNERSAditi Rangan – ChairOlivia Brightling – QuestionerNathania Ewruje - Speaker

NATIONAL FINALSNathania Ewruje – Best Speaker at the ESU Public Speaking Competition Final

JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE:

GOLDRishabh Kishore (best in School), Samuel Korsen

SILVERBrandon Cheung, Daisy Gant, Kate Stohrer, Lucy Todd, Eleanor Wright,

BRONZEPaul Lee, Oliver Harrisskitt, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Small, Aimée Sinclair, Emily Tate

INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE:

GOLDAditi Rangan (best in School)

SILVERJames Bellamy, Olivia Brightling, Thomas Copeland, Isabel Grove, Zoe Johnson, Hannah Noble, Harris Syed, Matthew Taylor, Ben Tomlinson, Oliver Walls

BRONZEOliver Armitage, Matthew Hibbert, Keir MacDougall, Ben Monk, Mia Palleschi,Harry Yetman

MINIMUS MYTHOLOGY COMPETITION

Special Award – Francesca KardaszIndividual Award – Natasha Kardasz

DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE AWARD:

Oliver Armitage, Olivia Brightling, Genevieve Brown, Bradley Canwell, Estelle Denison-French, Octavia Guss, Matthew Hibbert, Bethany McLeod, Abigail McManus, Solomon Nelson-Ashley, Emily Rodgers, Joshua Spencer, Harry Sturrock, Matthew Taylor.


Prize GivingPrize Giving

SPORT:

RICHARD ROBINSON CUP FOR BEST ATHLETE AND OVERALL SPORTS’ PLAYER IN YEAR 4:

Shay Morfitt

READHEAD CUP FOR GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY (U.13):

Rebecca Hall

READHEAD CUP FOR BOYS’ CROSS-COUNTRY (U.13):

Thomas Hearmon

ORIENTEERING CUP (U.13): Thomas Hearmon

SCAIFE CUP FOR GIRLS’ SWIMMING (U.11):

Charlotte Eynon

READHEAD CUP FOR BOYS’ SWIMMING (U.11):

Ethan Brown and Jamie Darnton

PURVIS HOCKEY CUP (U.13): Olivia Small

BOYS’ HOCKEY SHIELD (U.13): Brandon Cheung

BOYS’ HOCKEY OUTSTANDING PLAYER (U.16):

Matthew Taylor

EARNSHAW CUP FOR MOST IMPROVED HOCKEY PLAYER (BOYS) (U.16):

William Johnson

HARRIS GIRLS’ HOCKEY PLATE (U.16):

Millie Allen

SHEPODD CUP FOR THE MOST IMPROVED NETBALL PLAYER (U.13):

Jessica Brown

HUTCHISON NETBALL TROPHY (U.16):

Kennedy Hockborn

F C INGLIS TROPHY FOR FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR (U.13):

William Soumare

CREWE FOOTBALL SHIELD (U.16): Allan Bird

RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (U.13): Charles Caswell

HARRIS RUGBY TROPHY (U.16):Thomas Brown

APPLETON CUP FOR THE CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (U.13):

William Dexter

SENIOR CRICKET SHIELD (U.16): Ben Tomlinson

MOST IMPROVED ATHLETE (U.13): Oliver Harrisskitt

MOST IMPROVED SENIOR ATHLETE (U.16):

Libbi Spencer

MCLAUCHLAN CUP FOR JUNIOR GIRLS’ SINGLES (U.11):

Lauren Worsley

BAILEY CUP FOR JUNIOR GIRLS’ DOUBLES (U.11):

Emily May and Lily Patrick

SENIOR GIRLS’ SINGLES: Lucy Pearce

HENNESSY/HAN CUP FOR SENIOR GIRLS’ DOUBLES:

Lucy Pearce and Kate Stohrer

THE BRACE TRIATHLETE (ATHLETICS) TROPHY – BOYS (Y9-10):

William Johnson

TRIATHLETE (ATHLETICS) TROPHY – GIRLS (Y9-10):

Kate Lowcock

GIRLS’ SPORTING COMMITMENT: Laura Hill

BOYS’ SPORTING COMMITMENT: Matthew Taylor

THE C M ROBINSON TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT FOR GIRLS (U.13):

Rebecca Hall

THE C M ROBINSON TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT FOR BOYS (U.13):

Samuel Korsen

REPRESENTATIVE SPORTING HONOURS 2013-2014

SHOW JUMPING

INTERNATIONAL – TEAM GB TEESSIDE YOUNG SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEARMillie Allen

HOCKEY

STOCKTON DISTRICTJessica Brown, Philippa Brown, Alice Butterfield, Ciara Fleming, Megan Kavanagh, Phoebe Matthews, Lucy Pearce, Olivia Small.

JUNIOR ACADEMY CENTREFrancesca Blyth, Lucy Pearce, Joanne Worsley

JUNIOR REGIONAL PERFORMANCE CENTREMichael Andrews, Brandon Cheung, Thomas Copeland, Matthew Hibbert, Samuel Korsen, Samuel Masterson

HIGH PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT CAMP (NORTH)Laura Hill, Matthew Taylor

NATIONAL AGE GROUP SQUAD ACADEMYLaura Hill

NETBALL

STOCKTON DISTRICTRebecca Hall, Lucy Todd

SATELLITE ACADEMYMolly Brown, Alice Butterfield, Anna Dunne, Jessica Hibbert, Maddison Hockborn, Faryal Ijaz, Phoebe Matthews, Emily Snowden

DURHAM COUNTYJessica Brown, Megan Kavanagh, Olivia Small

REGIONAL ACADEMYLaurie Elder

FOOTBALL

ISAWilliam Soumare

RUGBY

DISTRICTJames Borthwick, William Corbett, Ross Harll

COUNTYCharles Caswell, William Corbett, William Dexter, Luke Featherstone,Samuel North, Harry Thompson

CROSS COUNTRY

COUNTYRebecca Hall

SQUASH

NORTH EASTMichael Andrews, Oliver Walls

NORWAY OPEN CHAMPIONOliver Walls

CRICKET

COUNTYWilliam Dexter, Atticus Garlick, Samuel North, Ben Swindale, Ben Tomlinson

TENNIS

COUNTYRoss Harll, Lucy Pearce

TETRATHLON/TRIATHLON

NORTHJamie Darnton, Lucy Todd, William Todd

ISA NORTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

ATHLETICS WINNERSJames Davison, Anna Dunne, Cameron Gornall, Rebecca Hall, Ross Harll,William Liversidge, Joshua Scott

SWIMMING WINNERSRebecca Hall, Joshua Scott, Matthew Scott

TRIATHLONRebecca Hall (Bronze)

ISA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

I.S.A. ATHLETICSCameron Gornall – Gold in hurdlesJames Davison – Silver in high jump and relayRebecca Hall – Silver in 1500mAnna Dunne – 4th in shotRoss Harll – 4th in 300mWilliam Liversidge – 4th in shotJoshua Scott – 5th in 1500mKate Lowcock – 6th in 800mStella Dooris – 9th in 800m

I.S.A. SWIMMINGMatthew Scott – Silver in backcrawl and medley relayRebecca Hall – Bronze in butterfly and medley relayJoshua Scott – Bronze in backcrawl and freestyleSamuel Chell – 4th in medley relay

GUILDHALL/ASSOCIATED BOARD EXAMS:

ALTO SAXFrancesca Kardasz Prep TestFrancesca Kardasz Grade 1Ella Pearson Grade 2

CELLOElla Pearson Grade 3

CLARINETLauren Worsley Grade 1Francesca Blyth Grade 4Aislin Brown Grade 4

CORNETWilliam Todd Grade 4

DESCANT RECORDERNatasha Kardasz Grade 2Natasha Kardasz Grade 3

DRUMLouis Harll Grade 2Seren Williams Grade 2James Norris Grade 3Samuel Moore Grade 4

EUPHONIUMEmily Rodgers Grade 5

FLUTELaura Watson Prep TestNatasha Kardasz Grade 2Natasha Kardasz Grade 2

PIANOElizabeth Cordwell-Smith Prep TestLiberty Duncan-Whitfield Prep TestOliver Greenaway Prep TestAakanksha Jayswal Prep TestMolly McDermott Prep TestGeorge Townsley Prep TestHebe Garrett Grade 1

SINGINGEmily May Grade 1Iyrah Swati Grade 1Emily May Grade 2Kate Stohrer Grade 2Iyrah Swati Grade 2Daisy Williamson Grade 2Jessica Hibbert Grade 3Kate Stohrer Grade 3Anna Dunne Grade 4Daniel Taylor Grade 5

VIOLINAngus Grey Grade 1Daisy Williamson Grade 1


Prize GivingPrize Giving

FESTIVAL OF ACHIEVEMENTThe Nurser y & Infant School celebrated their year at the annual Festival of Achievement.

Children from each year group spoke confidently about their highl ights. Delightful music and poetr y recitals were performed

and Year 3 pupils were presented with their Nurser y & Infants graduation cer tificates.

WE ARE WRITERS Nurser y & Infant School chi ldren

became budding author s when their

creative wr it ing was published into

a book cal led ‘We are Writer s’ .

The book is a celebration of our

pupil ’s imagination and talent. Well

done ever yone for their wonderful

work and to Isabelle for designing

the front cover.

A PLAYTIME POEM Er in Groom Year 1

I love playtime!

I can see children playing in the sun,

I can hear ever yone shouting,

I can smell my lunch cooking,

I can touch my soft robot toy,

I can taste my fruity apple .

I love playtime!

JUNGLE MONKEYSMonkeys l ike to swing al l day long from the trees,

Monkeys love to eat bananas and f leas,

They are ver y cheeky!

Myles Johnson, Mathilda Edge and Alice Henning : Reception

WHATIF? Scar lett Car ton Year 3

Last night, while I lay thinking here ,

Some whatifs cl imbed inside my ear,

And danced and par tied al l night long,

And sang their same old whatif song.

Whatif my hand was covered in blood?

Whatif I bumped into Robin Hood?

Whatif there was a dog on a log?

Whatif I saw a dancing frog?

Whatif there was a great fire?

Whatif I got poked in the eye?

Whatif my yellow jel ly went on the tel ly?

Whatif I suddenly became ver y smelly?

Ever ything seems well , and then,

the night t ime whatifs str ike again!

FIREWORKSIn the sky fireworks. . .

Burn

Explode

Bang

Make rainbows

Make star s and fish!

Dr ip l ike rain drops

Make music

Sparkle and fizz

Crackle and fal l

Lauren Shaw, Lucy Bloomfield, Nathaniel Gallagher, Jude Smith, Sam Lane , Jacob Hall , Louis Costigan and Dexter Basford : Nurser y

FULL OF AUTUMN Will iam Jeavons Year 2

This poem is ful l of Autumn,

Each l ine holds something new.


Especial ly for you.

It ’s ful l of leaves fal l ing slowly,

It ’s ful l of trees bending softly,

It ’s ful l of conker s cracking loudly,

It ’s ful l of hedgehogs sleeping quietly.


Each l ine holds something new.


Especial ly for you.


We Are WritersFestival of Achievement

NURSERY & INFANTS’ ART EXHIBITIONBUDDING ARTISTS FROM NURSERY TO

YEAR 3 CREATED ABORIGINAL ART, WATER

PICTURES, DINOSAURS, NORTHERN

LIGHTS AND AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS.

Their masterpieces were proudly displayed

in the Barn for parents to view and purchase .

The ar t exhibit ion is a great oppor tunity for

chi ldren to use their imagination and put their

creative ski l ls into practice .


Nursery & Infants Art Gallery

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PUBLIC SPEAKING SUCCESSESU NATIONAL FINALISTS & WINNER OF BEST SPEAKER IN THE COUNTRY

We consistently perform ver y well

in public speaking competit ions

and for the second year running a

team of Red House pupils reached

the national finals of the English

Speaking Union (ESU) Public

Speaking Competit ion. Nathania,

Aditi and Olivia gave an outstanding

performance at the finals held at

Cambr idge Univer sity and Nathania

won the award for Best Speaker in

the Countr y!

NATIONAL POETRY BY HEARTNathania also won the regional Poetr y by

Hear t competit ion by giving a beautiful

recital of three poems; Kubla Khan by

Samuel Taylor Coler idge , Thoughts After

Ruskin by Elma Mitchell and Grodek by

Georg Trakl . This is the second year running

that Nathania has won the regional Poetr y

by Hear t competit ion and competed in the

National finals in London.

NATHANIA EWRUJE WINNING SPEECH AT THE ESU NATIONAL FINALS

PHILOSOPHY HAS A FIRM PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD.How does one decide to take the long safe route or the risky shortcut? How does one decide whether the latest piece of gossip is fact or fiction? How does one decide whether to turn off the life support of a loved one? This afternoon, I, Nathania Ewruje, declare that Philosophy has a firm place in the modern world.When he hear the word philosophy, we often think of the renowned philosophers of

ancient Greece – Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, so indeed, we ask what do Ancient Greeks

have to do with the modern world? Well, it was through their ancient philosophy that

humans were set apart from every other creature in the world and our life was able to

advance to its present state. Some of the quintessential elements of modern society: from

the discovery of electricity to the foundations of our political and justice systems; are

ramifications of the philosophy of our predecessors. So naturally philosophy has become inbred into our genetic make-up. From the moment we are born, philosophical

questions fill our brains and consequently we rapidly learn more about the human psyche.As we mature we go to school, and learn to exploit the internet as an all-encompassing source of homework tutoring and knowledge. With around 800,000,000

answers delivered from the small thing we desire to know, speaking from experience, it is

clear that we need philosophy to decide whether to utilise this source, or not.We then approach higher education and realise once again that the modern world offers us

a plethora of options and choices. I’m sure many students in this room, like myself, have

entered the delicate stage where they must use the philosophy of consequentialism to swot-

analyse and deliberate upon where to study and what, exactly, to do with their lives.Next stop – adulthood: we are finally freed from our mother’s apron strings and in all aspects

of life, from the workplace to the home, philosophy is a vital skill to help us navigate through

the advancing world around us.Overall in life, through the philosophy of ethics we establish our personal beliefs and found

our sense of morality. In the very near future, our judges may wisely philosophise to crown Red

House School as the winners of this competition… hint, hint.Now let’s envision a modern world deprived of philosophy:• If you bought the latest phone or tablet, it wouldn’t become unfashionable within the next

month as there would be no more inventions. No one would possess the ability to evaluate

and think: how could I improve this? - because technology can only evolve at the rate at

which our philosophy evolves.• At this very moment in time I would be at home, procrastinating about my GCSE revision

as there would be no reason for us to be here today. We speakers would not be able to

rationalize over our given topics, and as for the poor questioner to my left - would the

expertise of questioning, the Socratic method of questioning to be precise, remain in the

absence of philosophy?• In the justice system there would be no: ‘It was self-defence’ or ‘I didn’t mean to,’

as our action-reaction world would declare that there is a set punishment for every crime, notwithstanding the circumstances. In fact, without Kant’s philosophy of Deontology,

which tells us that we have a duty to abide by moral rules; we would be ultimately lawless.• Frankly, there would be no modern world. We would go back to antediluvian concepts of

dictatorship; a world of malleable robots following orders mindlessly as we would have no

moral code to abide by: do what you want, when you want, regardless of the outcome. Planet

Earth: a callous place where empathy, charity and altruism cease to exist. As the philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, “science is what you know, philosophy is what you

don’t know.” Unless we, as a modern world, can honestly proclaim that everything is known, then I

believe philosophy has a firm place in the modern world.So, how does one decide to take the long safe route or the risky shortcut? How does one decide

whether the latest piece of gossip is fact or fiction? Now tell me, how does one decide whether

philosophy has a place in the modern world? Philosophy.

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Public Speaking SuccessPublic Speaking Success

100 % IN SPEECH AND DRAMA EXAMS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SIXTY-TWO PUPILS WHO PASSED THEIR LAMDA (LONDON ACADEMY OF MUSIC & DRAMATIC ARTS) SPEECH AND DRAMA EXAMINATIONS ORGANISED BY ENTER CIC.

THIRTY-TWO OF OUR PUPILS

ACHIEVED DISTINCTIONS AND

THIRTY ACHIEVED MERITS.

LAMDA examinations help chi ldren

to improve their communication ski l ls ,

increase their self-confidence and develop

strong social ski l ls .

Well done to ever yone including Mrs

Flynn and her team.


LAMDA Speech and DramaFestival of Achievement

AN EVENING OF DRAMAFamily and fr iends were treated to a l ively and ver y enter taining evening by pupils

in Year 4-9 in their production ‘An Evening of Drama’. Children performed a var iety

of shor t plays based on tradit ional fair ytales to a sel l out audience and gave a

terr ific take on the ‘Bir thday Surpr ise’ by Jul ia Donaldson.

SEASONAL CONCERTS

MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTSA NUMBER OF PUPILS TOOK

PART IN THE ANNUAL ABRSM’S

(ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE

ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S)

HIGH SCORERS’ CONCERTS IN

STOCKTON. THIS CONCERT IS

HELD FOR PUPILS WHO GAINED

A DISTINCTION IN THEIR

INSTRUMENTAL EXAMS DURING

THE PAST YEAR.

Twenty-seven children from the distr ict attended

and four of them were Red House pupils ; Adam

Addison (grade one piano), Hebe Garrett (grade

one piano), Tegan Addison (grade two piano) and

Kate Parkinson (grade five treble recorder) al l performed at the concer t.

Four pupils were also invited to take par t in the Middlesbrough High

Scorer s’ Concer t; Kate Stohrer (grade three singing), El la Pear son (grade

two saxophone), Laura Watson (grade two piano) and Stel la Door is (grade

five piano)

Congratulations also go to Stel la Door is who successful ly auditioned to be

a viol inist in Tees Valley Youth Orchestra. Stel la, who is in Year 8, is now the

youngest member in the Orchestra consisting of over 80 player s.

THE EASTER AND CHRISTMAS

CONCERTS WERE EXCEPTIONAL.

The Easter concer t saw Gi Dong play a piece that he composed himself .

The Red House Choir wowed the audience with songs from Mar y Poppins

and Daisy and Kate gave wonderful solo performances.


Concerts & PerformancesMusical Achievements

JUNIOR LANGUAGE CHALLENGEWELL DONE ISOBEL, MATTHEW,

FRANCESCA, SEREN, RONA AND LAURA

FOR COMPETING IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF

THE JUNIOR

LANGUAGE

CHALLENGE.

They studied hard

learning Japanese for

the competit ion, and

competed against 30

pupils from across the

Nor th East.

Isobel and Matthew

were announced the

winner s and went on

to learn Somali for the

national finals held in

London.

LATIN SUCCESSWELL DONE TO PUPILS FROM THE LATIN

CLUB WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH THEIR

OCR LATIN CERTIFICATES.

This real ly is a great achievement as pupils who usual ly sit

these exams are expected to be from Year 11! Congratulations

for passing your exams.

RACING TO VICTORY

THE YEAR 6 RACING TEAM DID

MAGNIFICENTLY WELL IN THE

GREENPOWER RACE AT SUNDERLAND,

GAINING 2ND PLACE (THEY JUST MISSED

1ST PLACE BY ONE POINT!).

They also won an award for the ‘best presented car’ ; another

well deser ved trophy.

The annual Red House Has Got Talent competit ion exceeded

ever yone’s expectations. Pupils from Year 4-11 showcased

their talents which ranged from ‘Thr i l ler’ dancing, a number

of incredible instrumental performances and a show stopping

solo of ‘Let it Go’ from the Disney fi lm ‘Frozen’.

Fir st pr ize was awarded to the synchronised swimmers Sam,

Ben Will , Adam and Char l ie . The Talent Trophy was awarded

to the Year 11’s for their magnificent music medley.

JOHN, BRADLEY AND SAMUEL PERFORMED INCREDIBLY WELL AT THE REGIONAL FINALS OF THE BRITISH SCHOOLS KARTING CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHERE THEY COMPETED AGAINST MUCH OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED RACERS FROM SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ACROSS THE REGION.

They successful ly quali fied for the Nor thern finals where they

came 9th out of 13 teams. The step up in pace from the Nor th

East event was incredible , with even more club racer s and

sixth forms taking par t. The boys did ver y well when faced

with such sti f f competit ion and Bradley achieved our best

result of the evening with a 2nd overal l in his heat.


Racing To Victory, Latin Success, Junior Language ChallengeRed House Has got Talent

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A GRAND TOTAL OF £6,225.09 WAS RAISED THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014.

The char it ies we have suppor ted include:

BBC Children in Need £1,435.61

Daisy Chain £1,235.20

DEC - Phil ippines Appeal £988.47

Spor ts Relief £767.30

Omwabini Project Kenjya £392.90

Butterwick Hospice £275.00

Macmil l ian Cancer Suppor t £230.45

Unicef £177.30

Book Aid International £126.00

Guide Dogs £155.70

Cancer Research UK £62.84

Teenage Cancer Trust £94.75

Parkinsons UK £74.87

NSPCC £72.50

Par tial ly Sighted Society £44.10

The Dog's Trust £55.00

RETT UK £20.10

RSPCA £17.00


Doing Our Bit For CharityDoing Our Bit For Charity

PTA E

VENTS

PTA EVENTSTHE PTA ORGANISE NUMEROUS EVENTS

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE

BENEFIT OF ALL THE CHILDREN AT RED

HOUSE SCHOOL.

These have included Chr istmas par ties, cinema nights, the

Easter fun day, the French Cafe , as well as the Leaver s’ Prom.

In addition they have held many fundraising events such as

‘Bags to School’ , the May Ball , the Summer Fete and a Golf

Day at Wynyard.

Their hard work has ensured that the events are ver y

successful ; br inging enjoyment to the children whilst also

raising funds for the school. Thank you to the PTA and to

ever yone who has suppor ted their activit ies.


PTA EventsPTA

YEAR 1

1 PR

OM

YEAR 11 CELEBRATED THEIR PROM IN STYLE AT JUDGES COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL IN YARM.


Year 11 PromYear 11 Prom

EVEN

TS AND

SCHO

OL T

RIPS

AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL

BLUE REEF AQUARIUM

BARLEY HALLBEDE’S WORLD


Events & School TripsEvents & School Trips

BOLTON CASTLE

MURTON PARK

CHIQUITOS HANCOCK MUSEUM

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM

DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

ROSEBERRY TOPPING

KESKADALE BECK

GERMAN CULTURAL EXPERIENCE - FREIBURG RSPB SALTHOLME



STOCKTON FIRE STATION

RNLI

PRESTON PARKHORRIBLE SCIENCE, DARLINGTON CIVIC THEATRE

TEES VALLEY SKILLS SHOW

ANDALUCÍA CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

ROSEBERRY TOPPING

LA PLAGNE, FRANCE

ORMESBY HALL

SOUTER LIGHTHOUSE



At Tivoli World we were given wristbands that enabled us to unlimited goes on 37 spectacular rides. Some of the rides included the Tivoli dragon, the big wheel, the bumper cars, the mysterious boat and many more, but our favourite was the free fall tower!

The free fal l tower was an astonishing 60 metres high!

It provided us with an amazing adrenaline rush and

we were also able to enjoy the wonderful views of

the coast and Tivoli Wor ld – for a few seconds while

we were up there! For lunch we had a quick snack of

chicken and chips before setting off again to explore

more of the park.

There was also l ive enter tainment! The ghost r ide , the

waltzer s, the mouse trap and log f lume also proved

great fun. After a great day we headed back on the

coach to our hotel to enjoy our last night in sunny

Spain. However, on the way back we stopped off to

visit the beautiful tradit ional vi l lage of Mijas. Mijas

is situated in-land up in the mountains but boasts

magnificent views of the Mediterranean. This gave us

an oppor tunity to do some last minute shopping and

make fr iends with the “Burros” taxis; that is the donkey

taxis which are typical of the area. From here we

headed back to the hotel .

In the morning we did our last minute packing and

went down to our last buffet breakfast at 7.45 am. Then

we were on the coach again heading for the airpor t.

Ever yone was sad that our holiday was

coming to an end but we couldn’t wait to see our

famil ies again and to tel l them about al l the funny

stor ies that happened along the way!

Our plane left Malaga at 10.45 and we arr ived in

England a few hours later. We got picked up at

Sainsbur y’s car park (we were al l ver y tired!) . We

al l had a great t ime but none of it would have been

possible without the four teacher s that took us. Ms

Smar t, Mrs Auty, Mr Kitching and Mr Haywood - Thanks

for ever ything!

We arr ived at the Balmoral Hotel in Benalmadena after

a ver y bumpy but fun f l ight and checked in. There was

then time to quickly change into our summer gear as

we headed to the beach; a one minute walk around the

corner. After splashing around in the freezing cold sea,

we enjoyed a game of rounder s before going back to

the hotel for a yummy buffet. We didn’t however just

f ly to sunny Spain to eat delicious Spanish food but

also to see the beautiful area around Malaga. One of

the tr ips took us to Granada, which is about two hours

from Benalmadena. The Alhambra Palace there was

absolutely spectacular, just l ike Málaga Cathedral which

we visited one day later. Málaga is the bir thplace of

the wor ld famous ar tist Pablo Picasso and in the local

museum we could actual ly see some of his drawings!

The weather in Spain was great (sunshine and 25°C ,

nothing l ike at home!) perfect for sunbathing and

messing about in the water. On the beach we were also

approached by these ver y keen salesmen who were

tr ying to sel l their

‘top make’ belts and sunglasses to us! However, we

preferred to stick to our game of rounder s!

Evening enter tainment also included a f lamenco show

with br i l l iant dancing and lovely Spanish food (‘tapas”

as these tradit ional snacks are known). We got back

to our hotel real ly late and were pretty tired, so we

were pleased we could have a (longer) l ie in the next

morning; which was just as well because we had to

be fit for our highl ight – the visit to Tivoli Wor ld, an

amazing theme park in Málaga.

ANDALUCÍA SPANISH CULTURAL EXPERIENCE BY ELEANOR WRIGHT AND KATE STOHRER

LAST EASTER 26 PUPILS FROM YEARS 7-10 SET OFF ON

A VERY LONG JOURNEY TO MÁLAGA IN THE SOUTH OF

SPAIN FOR A FIVE DAY BREAK OF SUNSHINE, SAND AND

SIGHTSEEING. WE WERE ALL VERY TIRED AT 5.30 AM IN THE

MORNING BUT WERE RARING TO GO WITH EXCITEMENT.



BEDE’S WORLD BY SOPHIE STEWART – YEAR 2

ON TUESDAY YEAR 2 WENT ON A SCHOOL TRIP TO

BEDE’S WORLD IN JARROW FOR OUR R.E LESSON.

When we final ly arr ived at Jarrow, we got off the bus and walked to

Bede’s Wor ld where we had a dr ink and a biscuit . All of a sudden a

man named George and a lady named Lauren appeared at the door.

As soon as we stepped into the building ever yone , except me ,

stared at the wishing pool. I told Edie that it was not near ly as cool

as Bede’s Wor ld, that it was just the doorway enter tainment.

We went upstair s and had a talk about what we were going to be

doing dur ing the day and dumped our lunch. Back downstair s we

went into a ver y cool room. We had a talk about a model of the

monaster y; I found out that monks don’t only pray. They pray, farm,

dig graves, wr ite , read and learn! That was my favour ite par t and

then we drew a working monk.

Next we went to a church and al l got dressed up in habits. The

habits were itchy. It was cool because Isabell and Sam were at the

front of the l ines and were cal led Brother Issy and Brother Sam.

We walked towards the church and had another l itt le talk, got out

of our habits and walked back to the museum and had lunch. I had

a jam sandwich, an apple and a pear.

Now it was time to go to the scr iptor ium. We al l got an alphabet

sheet, but it was in LATIN! I found it quite easy to wr ite in Latin

but most people found it hard. I can wr ite my name look Sophie . I

found the quil l uncomfor table to use though.

Then, sadly it was time to go home. I wil l definitely go back. Also, I

was pleased that it had no moving mannequins!

ORMESBY HALLYEAR ONE ENJOYED A DAY AT ORMESBY HALL. THE

CHILDREN WERE DRESSED SUITABLY FOR THE ERA

AND KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK

HARD TO IMPRESS THE STAFF AS THEY APPLIED

FOR VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN THE PENNYMAN

HOUSEHOLD!

BUTTER PATS

Butter was made from the cows’ milk on the farm. Once the milk

had been churned to form butter, it was patted into shape . I f the

ser vants had used their hands to do this, it would melt the butter,

so wooden hands were made cal led ‘butter pats’ . It turned out

to be a ski l l ful job and involved quite a bit of dexter ity, however

Thomas mastered the technique .

SETH AND THE MANGLE

The laundr y room was a hot and steamy place to work. Only gir ls

could work there and they star ted at 5 o’clock in the morning. The

water and irons had to be heated by fires. Up to 68 bedsheets

arr ived at any one time to be washed, dr ied and ironed. There

were no electr ic washing machines and the laundr y maids used a

mangle to squeeze out the water between two roller s.

BAKING

The gardener s supplied the kitchen staff with lots of fresh produce .

Mr Pennyman would look forward to eating meat pies and fruit

tar ts, as well as freshly baked bread. Tom, Harr iet and Isabella were

great chefs!



INSPIRING FUTURE OLYMPIANSYEAR 3 WERE INSPIRED TO BECOME FUTURE OLYMPIANS AFTER THEY SPENT THE DAY AT NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY TRAINING WITH TOP ATHLETES.

They explored the impressive Spor ts

Science Labs at the Univer sity where they

were shown the different types of training

equipment, whilst learning about the

dedication that is required to become an

Olympian.

THE CHILDREN WERE

THEN TREATED TO...

• A volleyball training session with Lynne

Beattie and Peter Bakare , who both

represented Team GB at the London

2012 Olympics.

• A talk and spr int session with the Wor ld

Youth Olympic Bobsleigh si lver medall ist

Mica McNeil l ; they even got to hold her

si lver medal!

• A basketbal l training session with Eagles

legend Fabulous Flournay!

SUPERLEAGUE STARSPUPILS FROM YEAR 5 AND 6 WERE

CHOSEN TO BE MASCOTS AT THE TEAM

NORTHUMBRIA SUPERLEAGUE NETBALL

MATCH, WHICH WAS TELEVISED EARLIER

IN THE YEAR ON SKY SPORTS.

Pupils had lots of fun suppor ting the team and cheer ing

our ver y own Miss Ewing, who is a key member of the

Team Nor thumbr ia squad. At half t ime the children even

got to showcase their own netball ski l ls in front of a ful l

arena.



5HPeople did sneeze and cause disease

Like diphther ia

The people dreaded as the germs they spreaded

causing mass hyster ia

Victor ian schools had ver y str ict rules

Like canes for misbehaviour

Parents had to pay to send their chi ldren for the day

To learn about our saviour.

1854 brought the Cr imean War

With nur ses l ike Mar y and Flo

With these gir ls in town, the death rates went down

To the rats they said “now go”

When just a gir l she came upon a whir l(wind)

As she toured the Br it ish Isles

People would wave and cr y as she went by

She was the best Queen by miles

The gir ls and boys had ver y few toys

And were always covered with soot

Breaking their backs with ver y heavy sacks

It was ver y rough underfoot

She introduced schools with ver y str ict rules

All throughout her reign

Education for the masses with ver y large classes

The children got whacked with a cane .

QUEEN VICKY VIC VICTORIA YEAR 5 WROTE THEIR OWN VERSES TO

THE NOW FAMOUS “QUEEN VICKY VIC

VICTORIA” SONG AND PERFORMED THEIR

OWN VERSION WITH MR MCREDDIE.

The song, which was or iginal ly wr itten by Mrs Jones’

brother, has been used with ever y year group for the

past nine year s and is now proudly featured on our

YouTube channel. Pupils are given the chorus and

fir st ver se and their task is then to wr ite their own

ver ses, showing how much they have learned about the

Victor ians!

CHORUS:

Queen Vicky, Vic , Victor ia Ruled the Br it ish Empire From 1837 – 1901 Her reign was 64 year s long

FIRST VERSE:

And in that t ime , the factor ies and mines Appeared throughout the land Bit by bitty, people moved to the city And the towns began to expand

YEAR 6 PUPILS STUDIED AN ANGLO SAXON WALL PAINTING BEFORE CREATING AN IMAGINATIVE STORY BASED ON THE IMAGE.

SAXON STORY BY LUCY AITKEN YEAR 6

THE MONSTER IS DEAD. THE MONSTER IS DEAD. THE MONSTER IS DEAD.

THE WORDS RANG LIKE WEDDING BELLS IN PEOPLE’S HEADS.

NOBODY COULD BE UNHAPPY.

5GWorkhouses appeared, gruel , rags and tear s Pover ty hunger and gr ime The work was hard, always on the guard Their treatment was a cr ime

In the school, the teacher s were cruel , They loved to cane al l day Learn the 3R’s you’re a super star Was school fun? - no way!

On the gravel the trains had to travel With no thought for pollution With open car ts, through the fields they would dar t A mobil ity solution!

Under Vicky’s reign, along came the train People thought “wow, I can wander” Sitt ing in a cosy seat al l nice and neat Journeys took people yonder. There were people in the town but Vicky wore the crown The people came from round about They built the Royal Alber t Hall and had a bal l The people loved her, no doubt.

It al l star ted long ago when King Pax was on the

throne . He was a wise and peaceful ruler and the

kingdom was a happy one with no war s or battles. King

Pax needed a son and heir to rule his kingdom when

he was dead. His dream son however turned into a

nightmare . The midwife swore the sight of the creature

near ly ki l led her. The Kings wife Eda gave bir th to a

monster. A boy with the tongue of a snake and scaled

hands with claws as big as cuttlefish bones and as

sharp as dagger s. His eyes rolled in his head and were

a horr ible emerald green. The king was horr ified. He

would not look upon his son. He was so embarrassed

he locked himself away for days. The kingdom felt the

uncer tainty of the king, and was worr ied. The king kept

strong though and faced the people . He locked away

the monster, not even giving him a name. He would

soon real ize that the decisions he made now sowed

the seed of his kingdom’s future . The seeds that were

sown however were black and cruel . The monster sat

in the dark, damp cell waiting and waiting and waiting.

The Kingdom was happy. Again people smiled and

children danced in the streets. The wor ld was at peace

with the kingdom and the centre of it al l was the

King’s town, Wodnesfeld. The poor were happy and

the r ich were happy and they al l l ived in harmony.

Then a tragedy fel l on the kingdom like a never moving

shadow. King Pax died. His wife had only bore a gir l

s ince the monster and she was only a tiny baby not

yet out of robes. She had been sent to be engaged to

a pr ince in another land. The kingdom cracked in two.

No woman had ever ruled before and many didn't

want Eda to be the fir st . A rumour spread l ike wildfire .

The monster. The monster. The monster. The evi l

lords of the kingdom decided after al l this t ime that

the monster should rule the land. They thought the

Monster would be dumb and they would rule for him.

How wrong they were . The Monster had been waiting

this day to come for thir ty long year s. He would make

the kingdom pay for his father's cruelty.

“People of Wodnesfeld. My father is dead. He was

cruel to me so I wil l pay it back on you.” The words

were shor t but meaningful . The lords hear ts groaned,

the people were terr ified. For twenty-four long year s

the monster ruled. For twenty-four long year s the

people suffered. Many died in those year s and any

children born were slaughtered to feed the Monster.

One day the scorched grass showed patches of

health, for a beautiful young woman with a small gir l

came to Wodnesfeld in search of Eda. The townfolk

told her she had long ago been ki l led by the monster.

The woman grew angr y and ordered to see the

monster. “Who are you fi lth?” questioned the monster.

“I am Lizbeth Hondur ing, wife of King Ace and

daughter of King Pax now what have you done with

his kingdom?” cr ied the woman. Then with a f lurr y of

hooves behind her came King Ace and his lords. And

off came the monster s head!The monster is dead. The

monster is dead. The monster is dead. The words rang

l ike wedding bells in people’s heads. Nobody could be

unhappy.

A woman and child looked at a grave “Mama who’s

grave is that that you stare at?” said the gir l .

The woman gave a wear y smile “Nobody’s. Look here’s

your papa, it ’s t ime to go.” The child looked cur iously

but she was never to know who or what lay beneath

the grave .


Saxon Story Queen Vicky Vic Victoria

PRO

MS IN THE

PARK

PROMS IN THE PARKFAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME TOGETHER AND ENJOYED A GOOD SING-ALONG AT THE NURSERY & INFANTS PROMS.CHILDREN SANG AND PLAYED

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND

THE TEACHERS ENTERTAINED

THE CROWD WITH THEIR

PERFORMANCE OF BOOGIE

WOOGIE BUGLE BOYS!


Proms In The ParkAwaiting Title

EDUCATIO

NAL

TALK

S

DIWALI ORGANS OF THE BODY

HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

ROAD SAFETY

WILDFOWL WETLANDS TRUST

WORLD WAR II

CREATIVE WRITINGHOSPITALS AND X-RAYS ANCIENT GREECE

FIRST AID

EDUCATIONAL TALKSTHANK YOU TO ALL OF VISITORS WHO

HAVE SHARED THEIR STORIES AND

EXPERIENCES WITH OUR PUPILS.


Educational TalksEducational Talks

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS 2013


Christmas CelebrationsChristmas Celebrations


Christmas CelebrationsChristmas Celebrations

A FOND FAREWELL TO ...

MR DAVE FRANKDAVE FRANK JOINED RED HOUSE SCHOOL IN 1977. HIS

CREDENTIALS QUALIFIED HIM TO TEACH BOTH CHEMISTRY AND

GAMES AND FOR MANY YEARS HE SUCCESSFULLY COACHED THE U13

RUGBY, SOCCER AND CRICKET TEAMS.

In his later year s he rel inquished his games duties to focus upon his chemistr y

teaching in which he was extremely successful , helping to gain A* grades for many

of the pupils he taught. Dave’s pupils were also ver y successful in chemistr y quizzes

against other local and independent schools, reaching regional finals on several

occasions and winning those finals twice to represent the Nor th East in the national

final .

He accompanied the ski tr ips on many visits to both Europe and the USA and the

‘bingo nights’ which he organised proved to be ver y popular. Dave was also actively

involved in organising many of the staff social functions and the teams in which he

belonged were occasional winner s of the PTA quiz. He was, for many year s, a Year

11 tutor and was largely responsible for producing the pupil profi les and collating

the photographs that appeared in the pupil leaver s’ books.

In his leisure time Dave is a keen golfer and cycl ist and an ardent suppor ter

of Middlesbrough Football club. These activit ies wil l keep him occupied in his

retirement, which we al l hope wil l be a long and happy one .

MISS LAURA EDWARDSLAURA EDWARDS JOINED THE SCHOOL IN 2007 AND HELPED BUILD

THE NURSERY AND RECEPTION AREAS TO THE SUCCESSFUL TEAM

THEY ARE TODAY.

Life with Laura was never dull ; i f there was an adventure to be had Laura would

be there . Dur ing her time at Red House she became a mum to Louis and marr ied

her husband Chr is. Laura turned her hand to ever ything, usual ly with high levels of

success, although it is doubtful i f she wil l be appear ing on the Great Br it ish Bake off

anytime soon! With her infectious laugh and total commitment to the children in her

care she wil l be greatly missed. We wish Laura ever y success in the future .

MS JANE ROBERTSONJANE JOINED RED HOUSE IN 2012 AND DURING HER TIME WITH US

SHE BECAME A MOTHER TO OLIVIA AND CONTINUED TO DEVELOP

HER IMPRESSIVE SKILLS IN WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.

She demonstrated a professional approach to al l her work and brought a lot of

smiles to the children faces. Jane could always be rel ied upon to get involved, be

that dressing in more and more r idiculous costumes or simply finding that missing

piece of planning that had eluded ever yone else! We wish Jane the ver y best for

the future .


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ARTWORK GALLERY PREP & SENIOR ARTWORK

Lucy Aitken - Year 6

Lily Patr ick - Year 5

Hebe Garrett - Year 6

Kathr yn Woolfal l - Year 5

Iyrah Swati - Year 5

Francesca Kardasz - Year 5

Sophie Ashfor th - Year 6

Char lotte Eynon - Year 6

Lily Cordwell Smith - Year 5

Alice Darnton - Year 5

Emily May - Year 5

Harr iett Steel - Year 7

James Norr is - Year 7

Joshua Scott - Year 7

Kate Stohrer - Year 8

Lucy Armstrong - Year 8

Aimée Sinclair - Year 8

Alexandra Scott - Year 7

Char lotte Mallen Beadle Year 7

Alexandra Scott - Year 7

Eleanor Wright - Year 8

Francesca Hammersley Gonsalves Year 8

Megan Edwards - Year 7

Char lotte Mallen Beadle Year 7


Prep & Senior School Art GalleryPrep & Senior School Art Gallery

Char lotte Blythman - Year 11

Hannah Noble - Year 11

Estel le Dension French - Year 11

Isabel Grove - Year 11

Solomon Nelson-Ashley - Year 11

Guy Henderson - Year 11

Abigai l McManus - Year 11

Madeleine Lees - Year 11

Kennedy Hockburn - Year 11

Solomon Nelson-Ashley - Year 11

ARTWORK GALLERY GCSE ARTWORK


GCSE ArtworkPrep & Senior School Art Gallery

SPO

RTS D

AY

SPORTS DAYNURSERY & INFANT CHILDREN

HAD LOTS OF FUN ON SPORTS

DAY AND ENJOYED BEING

CHEERED ON BY FRIENDS AND

FAMILY.


Sports DaySports Day

JUNIOR SPORTS DAYYEAR 4-61ST PLACE: CASTLE 218PTS2ND PLACE: WHORLTON 215PTS3RD PLACE: RAGWORTH 207PTS

VICTRIX VICTOR LUDORUM LUDORUM

Year 4 Mia Fleming Finn Gornall

Year 5 Kathryn Woolfall Matthew Ward / Lily Patrick

Year 6 Charlotte Eynon Michael Chilvers

SENIOR SPORTS DAYYEAR 7-101ST PLACE: WHORLTON 327PTS2ND PLACE: RAGWORTH 323PTS3RD PLACE: CASTLE 309PTS

VICTRIX VICTOR LUDORUM LUDORUM

Prep Olivia Small Oliver Harrisskitt

Senior Laurie Elder William Johnson / Kate Lowcock

RED HOUSE RECORD BREAKERS: U13 Rebecca Hall 300m 47.36 (from 2008)

U13 Rebecca Hall 800m 2.35.96 (from 1996)

U13 Rebecca Hall 1500m 5.14.08 (from 2013)

U13 Lucy Pearce Javelin 20.96 (from 1997)

U15 James Davison Hurdles 12.61 (from 2011)

U11 Michael Chilvers 600m 2.05.90 (from 2012)

U10 Lily Patrick 600m 2.15.75 (from 2013)

U10 Kathryn Woolfall 200m 34.10 (from 2003)


Sports DaySports Day

IT HAS BEEN AN EVENTFUL YEAR WITHIN THE PE DEPARTMENT WITH MANY NOTABLE SUCCESS STORIES. RED HOUSE PUPILS HAVE ONCE AGAIN, LEAPT OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND FLOURISHED IN MANY ACTIVITIES THIS SEASON.

I have been delighted to hear

so many pupils extending their

endeavours by taking par t in

physical activity outside of school,

some to an exceptionally high level .

We have so many athletes who help

inspire the next generation at the

School. As well as congratulating

al l pupils for their effor ts this

year, I would also l ike to take this

oppor tunity to thank al l staff who

have helped make this possible .

GIRLS HOCKEYCLEVELAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT – U16’s RED HOUSE WON THEIR POOL AT NORTON, WITH VICTORIES AGAINST LAURENCE JACKSON AND KINGS ACADEMY.

The gir ls travelled to Egglescl i f fe to

play Teesside High in the County

final . They won this game 2-1 and

were crowned Cleveland County

tournament champions for the 2nd

year in succession.

The team went on to represent

Cleveland County in the Nor th East

Semi-Final at Pocklington School in

York. There is no doubt that our

U16’s were the underdogs at this

stage of the National competit ion

but I was ver y impressed at how our

gir ls approached this tournament

– being drawn against larger

independent boarding schools;

St Peter s and Pocklington. I was

delighted at how we matched the

opposit ion on pace and ski l l , and the

gir ls gained a ver y respectable draw

against Pocklington and 1-0 loss

against St Peter s. Unfor tunately,

Pockl ington and St Peter s drew

against each other in the final game,

which resulted in us fai l ing to reach

the next round on goal difference;

1 goal ! This is the closest we have

come to reaching the next stage in

many year s so I was ver y proud of

their performance; well done!

TEAM: Laura Hil l (Cpt), Mil l ie Allen,

Hannah Noble , Madeleine Lees, Zoe

Johnson, Genevieve Brown, Ciara

Fleming, Kate Lowcock, Daniel le

Young, Aisl in Brown, Francesca Blyth,

Laur ie Elder and Joanne Worsley.

CLEVELAND COUNTY TOURNAMENT THE U10 TEAM WERE CROWNED COUNTY WINNERS IN THEIR 1ST EVER TOURNAMENT.

A victor y over Yarm and a draw

against Teesside High was enough

to secure the trophy and the

pressure is on to do it al l over again

next season. What an impressive

debut performance from al l squad

members this season.

TEAM: Lily Patr ick, Molly Mc

Dermott, Francesca Kardasz, Alice

Darnton, Kathr yn Woolfal l , Ir yah

Swati , Lauren Worsley, Emily May,

Li ly Cordwell-Smith.

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SWIMMINGISA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS THESE EVENTS GAVE SOME OF OUR SENIOR SCHOOL CLUB SWIMMERS A CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR RED HOUSE AND I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS.

At the Nor th ISA Championships

in Liverpool, al l pupils performed

exceptionally well :

REBECCA HALL

1st in Fly and Breastroke

JOSH SCOTT

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MATTHEW SCOTT

1st in Backcrawl and 2nd in Fly

CALLUM BRASS

2nd in Individual Medley and in

Backcrawl

SAM CHELL

2nd in Breastroke and 3rd in

Freestyle

LUCY TODD

2nd in Backcrawl and 3rd in

Freestyle .

Well done to al l swimmers for a

fantastic set of results!

Four pupils went on to represent

the Nor th ISA at the National

Championships in Coventr y in

Februar y and amassed the fol lowing:

MATTHEW SCOTT Silver in individual backcrawl & medley relay

REBECCA HALL Bronze in individual butterf ly & medley relay

JOSH SCOTT Bronze in individual backcrawl & freestyle

SAM CHELL Swam a fantastic leg of the medley relay, helping the Nor th team come 4th out of 8 Regions in the race and 1st overal l in their age categor y

ATHLETICSQUEEN ETHELBURGA’S ATHLETICS INVITATION EVENT

GIRLSYEAR GROUP TEAM POSITION

4 1st

5 1st

THE FOLLOWING GIRLS ALL WON THEIR EVENTS:

ROSE KORSEN

(300m, 600m & Long Jump)

MIA FLEMING

(200m)

LILY PATRICK

(800m, Long Jump and Relay)

KATHRYN WOOLFALL

(75m, High Jump and Relay)

LILY CORDWELL-SMITH

(300m)

IRYAH SWATI

(Rounders Bal l Throw)

BOYS YEAR GROUP TEAM POSITION

4 2nd

5 3rd

BEST PERFORMANCES ON THE DAY:

SHAY MORFITT

Won 200m / 2nd in 75m / 2nd in

Long Jump and par t of the winning

relay team.

ASHLY LOCKER

2nd in Long Jump & High Jump and

3rd in 300m

I .S.A NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BIRMINGHAM

CAMERON GORNALL Gold in hurdles

JAMES DAVISON Silver in high jump & relay

REBECCA HALL 2nd in 1500m

ROSS HARLL 4th in 300m

WILLIAM LIVERSIDGE 4th in shot

ANNA DUNNE 4th in shot

JOSHUA SCOTT 5th in 1500m

KATE LOWCOCK 6th in 800m

STELLA DOORIS 9th in 800m

The U11’s, U12’s and U13’s were

al l placed 3rd in their county

tournaments and the U13’s came

a ver y respectable 3rd out of 8

schools in the Durham Schools

hockey 7’s tournament. This

tournament involved playing some

of the best independent schools in

the Nor th East. The team enjoyed

notable wins against Cundall

Manor and Durham School in this

competit ion; well done!

STOCKTON DISTRICT (INDOOR) TOURNAMENTS • The Yr 8’s and the Yr 11’s were

crowned Distr ict Champions after some nail bit ing performances! Congratulations to al l squad members involved in winning their t it les: Yr 8’s: Rebecca Hall , Lucy Todd, Olivia Small , Jessica Brown, Lucy Pearce , Kate Stohrer & Hannah Evans Yr 11’s: Mil l ie Allen, Laura Hil l , Ciara Fleming, Hannah Noble , Madeleine Lees, Zoe Johnson, Genevieve Brown.

• Yr 7’s and 10’s: both 3rd place

CLEVELAND COUNTY LEAGUETHE COUNTY INTRODUCED A 7 A-SIDE LEAGUE THIS SEASON TO HELP YOUNGER PLAYERS GET MORE INVOLVED IN HOCKEY WITHIN THE CLEVELAND AREA AND TO BUILD LINKS BETWEEN LOCAL CLUBS.

Both the U12’s and U13’s were

crowned County Champions as a

result of the fol lowing matches:

• U12’s – played 5, won 4 & drew 1.

• U13’s – played 5, won 4 & lost 1.

The improvements made by these

squads this season have been a

par ticular highl ight and I know they

have even more potential for the 11

a-side game next season.

Well done to al l squad members:

U13’S: Lucy Pearce , Jessica Brown,

Olivia Small , Rebecca Hall , Kate

Stohrer, Aimée Sinclair, Bethany

Webster, Hannah Evans, Lucy Todd.

U12’S: Phoebe Matthews, Stel la

Door is, Jessica Coapes, Alexandra

Scott, Phil ippa Brown, Alice

Butterfield & Emma Hewitt.

CROSS COUNTRYSTOCKTON DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PLACEMENTS FROM OUR YR 7 PUPILS.

With almost 100 runner s in the

race , congratulations to:

STELLA DOORIS (14th)

TOM HEARMON (14TH)

BEN STEWART (15TH )

MEGAN EDWARDS (20TH)

The best team placement of the

day came from the Junior Gir ls

(U14) with 120 points total from

6 runner s. All of our Yr 8 gir ls

were competing a year young

in this categor y and they al l ran

exceptionally well to come 2nd out

of 14 schools in the team event.

Well done to al l the team: Rebecca

Hall , Lucy Armstrong, Jessica Brown,

Lucy Pearce , Lucy Todd, Bethany

Webster and Eleanor Wright.

The best individual performance

of the day came from Rebecca

Hall – with 102 runner s in the

race , Rebecca ran extraordinar i ly

well to win the race (competing a

year young!). In addition to this,

she ran another impressive race

at Laurence Jackson School in the

County competit ion and came in

6th place . This made her el igible for

selection to compete for the County

at Nationals but unfor tunately she

was competing at the ISA National

Swimming Championships on the

same day!

RED HOUSE INVITATION CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSWITH INVITED SCHOOLS SUCH AS AMPLEFORTH, TERRINGTON, TEESSIDE HIGH, YARM, POLAM HALL AND QUEEN MARYS, OUR U13 TEAMS RAN AN OUTSTANDING RACE AND CAME 2ND IN BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS CATEGORY.

Collectively, this is the best

performance from our pupils in

this event in many year s. Well done

to al l runner s involved. Notable

performances in the race included:

• GIRLS: Rebecca Hall (2nd), Lucy Armstrong (3rd), Lucy Todd (10th), Stel la Door is (26th), Jessica Brown (30th) & Olivia Small (31st).


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INVITATION ATHLETICS AT CLAIRVILLE STADIUMGIRLS WON THE OVERALL TEAM PRIZE AND BEST PERFORMANCES WERE FROM:

OLIVIA SMALL (1st in High Jump &

Long Jump and 3rd in 200m)

JESSICA BROWN (1st in Discus and

3rd in Shot)

LUCY PEARCE (1st in Javel in)

PIP BROWN (1st in 100m)

LUCY TODD (1st in 800m)

REBECCA HALL (2nd in 1500m and

3rd in 300m)

BOYS CAME A VERY RESPECTABLE 5TH IN THE TEAM PRIZE AND BEST PERFORMANCES CAME FROM:

OLIVER HARRISSKITT (2nd in Shot

and 100m and 5th in 400m)

CAMERON GORNALL (1st in

Hurdles and 3rd in Tr iple Jump)

JOSH SCOTT (2nd in 800m)

LINDISFARNE PLATE ATHLETICS AT JARROW STADIUMBEST PERFORMANCES OF THE DAY (WINNERS OF EVENTS):

SENIORS:OLIVER HARISSKITT (Hurdles &

Long Jump)

JUNIORS:FINN GORNALL (High Jump)

HARVEY ERSOZ (200m & 50m)

ROSE KORSEN (400m)

SHAY MORFITT, CAMERON

GORNALL, HARVEY ERSOZ, ROSE

KORSEN in the relay.

THE FOLLOWING ATHLETES WERE RUNNERS UP IN THEIR EVENTS:

SENIOR:OLIVER HARISSKITT (100m)

OLIVIA SMALL (High Jump &

Discus)

INTERMEDIATE:HARRY WHITFIELD (200m)

KATHRYN WOOLFALL (400m)

MATTHEW WARD (400m)

JUNIOR:SHAY MORFITT (50m & 100m)

FINN GORNALL (Cr icket Bal l)

ROSE KORSEN (100m)

In the team competit ion, the U13

team finished in 2nd place , the

intermediate team finished in 4th

place and the junior team also

finished in 2nd place . In the overal l

standings, Red House were 4th.

NETBALL MISS EWING

ALL GIRLS IN YEAR 7-11 HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT SCHOOL THIS YEAR IN LEAGUE MATCHES AND WE HAVE AGAIN ACHIEVED SOME EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS. WELL DONE TO ALL PLAYERS INVOLVED!

YR 7A

1st in league , 2nd in Stockton

Tournament (Rotating Captain)

YR 7B

3rd in league , 3rd in Stockton


YR 8A

1st in league , 1st in Stockton


YR 8B

2nd in league , 1st in Stockton


YR 9A

3rd in league , 2nd in Stockton

Tournament (Capt Megan Kavanagh)

YR 10A

1st in league , 2nd in Stockton

Tournament (Capt Laur ie Elder)

YR 10B

2nd in league , 2nd in Stockton

Tournament (Capt Daniel le Young)

YR 11A

1st in league , Stockton Tournament

(Capt. Hannah Noble)

YR 11B

1st in league , Stockton Tournament

(Capt. Estel le Denison-French)

PUPILS IN YR 5 AND 6 HAVE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT SCHOOL IN FRIENDLY MATCHES AND TOURNAMENTS.

The gir ls have enjoyed the chance

to play al l posit ions in the high

5 format of the game and have

thr ived on the oppor tunity to

play competit ively. The highl ight of

the year involved the Yr 5 A team

win at the Durham School annual

tournament; a fantastic achievement

against some ver y good opposit ion.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING GIRLS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED REPRESENTATIVE ACADEMY HONOURS AND ARE NOW PART OF THE PATHWAY THAT AIMS TO DEVELOP

INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND NETBALL STARS OF THE FUTURE!

ENGLAND NETBALL REGIONAL ACADEMYLAURIE ELDER YR 10

ENGLAND NETBALL COUNTY ACADEMYJESSICA BROWN YR 8, OLIVIA SMALL YR 8, MEGAN KAVANAGH YR 9

ENGLAND NETBALL SATELLITE ACADEMYJESSICA HIBBERT YR 9, ANNA DUNN YR 9, FARYAL IJAZ YR 9, EMILY SNOWDON YR 9, PHOEBE MATTHEWS YR 7, ALICE BUTTERFIELD YR 7, JESSICA COAPS YR 7, MADDISON HOCKBORN YR 7

TEESSIDE SPORTS PERSONALITYCONGRATULATIONS TO MILLIE ALLEN WHO WON THE TEESSIDE SCHOOLS’ SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR FOR THE 2ND SUCCESSIVE YEAR!

COLOURS

SENIOR JUNIOR

HOCKEY

Joanne Worsley Olivia Small

Laur ie Elder Lucy Pearce

Kate Lowcock Jessica Brown

Francesca Rebecca Hall

NETBALL

Laur ie Elder Jessica Brown

- Olivia Smal

CROSS COUNTRY

- Rebecca Hall

ATHLETICS

Kate Lowcock Rebecca Hall

TENNIS

- Lucy Pearce


Sports Review

RUGBYU11 RUGBY THE U11’S ENJOYED A PLEASING SEASON AND THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF ABILITY AND COMMITMENT IN THIS AGE GROUP.

The fixture l ist always produces

chal lenges and the boys responded

accordingly. They lost narrowly

to a talented Terr ington Hall side

and drew with Cundall Manor in

a thr i l l ing 14-14 encounter. They

recorded impressive victor ies

against Durham Chor ister s, Teesside

High and Queen Ethelburga’s.

DURHAM SCHOOL SEVENS - SEMI FINALISTSThe U11’s played with great ver ve

and intensity to produce some

excellent rugby. The significance

of their achievement in reaching

the semi final of this prestigious

competit ion should not be under

estimated. In winning their group,

the boys took some notable scalps;

Dame Allen’s 21-19 W

Merchiston Castle 26-12 W (Edinburgh)

Mowden Hall 24-7 W

St. Martin’s Ampleforth 26-7 W

King’s School Tynemouth 21-0 W

The boys lost to Newcastle School

for Boys in a hard fought semi final

by 3 tr ies to one but won many

plaudits for the quality of their

performance .

U 13 RUGBY XVThe U13’s produced a powerful

team and their strength in the

pack unner ved and upset al l their

opponents. They recorded emphatic

victor ies against Durham Chor ister s,

43-0 and Hipperholme Grammar

School, 81-7! They also notched

victor ies against Aysgar th ‘B’ ,

Teesside High, Fyl ing Hall and Argyle

House .

HOCKEYU11 HOCKEY: NORTH OF ENGLAND FINALISTS - 4TH PLACETHE U11 HOCKEY TEAM ENJOYED AN EXTENDED RUN IN THIS COMPETITION WHICH SAW THEM THROUGH TO THE COUNTY, NORTH EAST AND ULTIMATELY THE NORTH FINALS.

This in itself is a great achievement

but the style and manner of their

success would suggest these boys

have a great future in this spor t.

Having quali fied for the Nor th East

finals the team overcame strong

opposit ion to represent the Nor th

East at Leeds Univer sity in the

Nor th finals. The Nor th Finals

presented a considerable chal lenge

but the team were undaunted; a

draw, 1-1, against King’s Chester,

a 2-1 win against Arnold KEGM

(Isle of Man) and a 0-0 draw with

Ashvil le College (Harrogate) saw us

into the semi finals .

We faced Kir kham Grammar in

the semi but a fai lure to conver t

chances meant we were punished

in the later stages of the match.

The boys were disappointed but,

on reflection, being one of the top

four hockey schools in the Nor th of

England is fantastic achievement for

a school of our size . (It is also wor th

noting that Red House finished in

the top four last year as well !) .

U12 HOCKEY: DURHAM AND CLEVELAND 7 A SIDE CHAMPIONSDURHAM AND CLEVELAND LEAGUE WINNERS

THE U12’s began their season

in some style by dominating and

ult imately winning the County 7

a-side Tournament at Egglescl i f fe

School.

THE U12’s went on to enjoy

outstanding season and added to

their tournament success by winning

the Durham and Cleveland Hockey

League . The boys were unbeaten

and, in fact, won their games without

conceding a goal . An emphatic

5-0 win against Yarm School was

cer tainly one of the highl ights of the

season.

U16 HOCKEY: NATIONAL CUP - NORTH EAST SEMI-FINALISTS

THE U16’s produced an excellent

performance to beat Yarm School

2-1 in the Durham finals and were

delighted to represent Durham

and Cleveland in the next stage of

this national competit ion. It was

a great shame, therefore , that we

had to send a greatly depleted

side to face Yorkshire’s Amplefor th

College . A combination of injur ies

and GCSE commitments meant that,

with the exception of one Year 11

pupil , our U15 team had to step

up to the plate . The boys worked

tirelessly to produce an outstanding

performance of ski l l , resi l ience and

commitment but, ult imately, the

task was beyond our young team.

It was a spir ited display that was

recognised and greatly appreciated

by our opponents.

FOOTBALLU9 FOOTBALL: YARM 6 A-SIDE TOURNAMENT – WINNERSTHE U9’S WERE ENTERED INTO THIS TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WERE PROVED TO BE OUTSTANDING AMBASSADORS FOR THE SCHOOL IN TERMS OF THEIR ENDEAVOUR, BEHAVIOUR AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR PLAY.

The boys got off to an excellent

star t with a 4-1 win against

Sunder land High and total ly

dominated Barnard Castle to

secure a 4-0 victor y in their second

game. The third game against

Royal Grammar School Newcastle

proved more chal lenging and we

surrendered a one goal advantage in

the final minutes to lose two one .

This did not affect our progress in

the tournament, however, and we

entered the semi finals as runner s

up of our group. We were by far

the better side in the semi final

against Bow School but fai led to

capital ise on our chances. The

match was decided on penalt ies and

the boys were wor thy final ists.

The final presented us with a

chance to avenge our ear l ier defeat

against RGS. The chal lenge was

significant but the boys produced

an exceptional performance . The

opposit ion were strong and ski l ful

but had no answer to our energy

and determination. A 1-0 victor y

was secured by an outstanding goal

and the boys were able to celebrate

with the trophy.

BOYSSPORTSREPORT BY

MR CREWE & MR KITCHING


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U11 FOOTBALLTHE U11’s play a 7 a side format

with an ‘A’ and ‘B’ team at each

fixture . Both teams represented

the school with distinction; playing

with considerable ski l l and tactical

under standing.

The A team recorded victor ies

against Teesside High, Cundall Manor

and Queen Ethleburga’s. They drew

with Terr ington and lost to a ver y

strong Newcastle School for Boys.

U13 FOOTBALL: POLAM HALL 7 A-SIDE TOURNAMENT - WINNERS

Seven teams entered this

tournament and the U13’s were

delighted to come away with the

trophy after a ver y enjoyable

afternoon of football . The boys

played an enter taining brand of

football and won their fir st five

games with intel l igent passing

and some cl inical finishing. Facing

Sunder land High in our final game

we knew that a win or draw would

secure the si lverware . The team

played with composure and purpose

and took a well deser ved lead.

They looked al l set to cruise to

victor y but a late equaliser sent

ner ves jangl ing in the final minute .

The draw was sufficient, however,

and the boys could celebrate an

excellent result .

U16 FOOTBALL

THE U16’s got off to an impressive

star t in the ISFA National Cup with

a 5-0 victor y over Newcastle School

for Boys. The glor ious cup run came

to an abrupt end, however, with a

l imp performance against Hil l House

School, Doncaster. There is no doubt

that the team sadly missed the

inf luence and creativity of Allan Bird

who was unable to play due to his

commitments with Middlesbrough

F.C . Academy.

CRICKETTHE CRICKET SEASON WAS NOTABLE FOR ITS SUCCESS THIS YEAR AND THE RED HOUSE SCORE BOOK MAKES VERY PLEASANT READING. ACROSS THE AGE RANGES WE PLAYED 15 MATCHES AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS AND WERE VICTORIOUS IN 14 OF THOSE MATCHES.

THE U11’s beat strong opposit ion in

matches against Durham Chor ister s,

Bow School and Terr ington Hall .

Atticus Gar l ick scored a superb

68n.o. against Terr ington and

Matthew McDonaugh performed

well with the bal l . Atticus and Josh

Taylor batted with f lair and technical

abi l ity in al l matches. Unfor tunately

their season was badly affected by

the weather with several matches

rained off .

AT U12 level Ben Swindale gave

a dominant performance against

Newcastle School For Boys hitt ing

55 not out and taking 4 for 11.

THE U13’s played the most

consistent cr icket beating

Terr ington, TSHS, Fyl ing Hall ,

Chor ister s, Argyle House and Yarm.

Notable contr ibutions included an

unbeaten 50 by Sam Nor th against

Chor ister s and impressive bowling

by Will Dexter and Ben Swindale

throughout the season.

THE U14’s beat Yarm with Sam

Chell scor ing valuable runs and

Sam Korsen returning remarkable

bowling figures of 5 for 2!

THE U15’s benefitted from the

exper ience of captain Ben Tomlinson

in their matches. They secured

victor ies against Yarm, Argyle

House and TSHS. Michael Andrews

hit an aggressive 56n.o. and Sam

Master son, Ross Har l l and Jack

Hewitt always threatened with the

bal l .

ORIENTEERINGBY MR JONES

WE HAVE TAKEN PART IN A NUMBER OF ORIENTEERING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND WE HAVE ACHIEVED SOME EXCELLENT RESULTS. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE THAT TOOK PART.

SUMMERHILL PARK:

Ben and Li ly Cordwell-Smith ran

br i l l iantly to come fir st in a time of

10.56. Matthew Ward was 3rd with

an equally impressive run and less

than a minute behind. Wil l Ashfor th

and Oliver Greenaway were 4th,

Ashly Locker and Jack Craggs came

5th. The team came 2nd overal l .

On the yel low cour se , Michael

Chilver s and Ethan Brown were

excellent, winning in a time of 12.04

with Jamie Darnton and Will Baker

just behind in 2nd. The team came

2nd.

ERRINGTON WOODS:Pupils found this cour se to be

rather tr icky! However, Matthew

Ward ran br i l l iantly and he won on

the white cour se gaining maximum

points for Red House . Ben and Li ly

Cordwell-Smith came an excellent

2nd and less than a minute behind!

Oliver Greenaway and Will Ashfor th

were a close 4th. The team were

2nd overal l .

On the yel low cour se , Tom Hearmon

recorded an excellent 3rd place .

Michael Chilver s and Ethan Brown

did well and achieved 7th place . The

team came 2nd overal l .

COLOURS

SENIOR JUNIOR

RUGBY

Will Johnson Char l ie Caswell

- James Bor thwick

- Sam Korsen

- Will Dexter

- Sam Nor th

- Harr y Thompson

- Danny Powell

FOOTBALL

Ben Tomlinson Sam Korsen

Keir MacDougall Matthew Scott

Sam Master son Will Soumare

HOCKEY

Oliver Walls Sam Korsen

Tom Copeland Wil l Soumare

Michael Andrews Brandon Cheung

CRICKET

Ben Tomlinson Sam Korsen

- Will Dexter

- Sam Nor th

ATHLETICS

Will Johnson Oliver Harr isskitt

TENNIS

- Louis Har l l


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