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Helping you choose the right schools for your childrenInside

GIRLS AREWELL SPOKEN

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GLOBALAWARENESS

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Author opensup new libraryFOLLOWING the recent comple-tion of a year-long redevelopmentprogramme, Edgbaston HighSchool welcomeda renownedchil-drens author to officially open itsnew library.GP Taylor, who found fame with

his best-selling childrens bookShadowmancer , presided over theopening ceremony and hosted aprogrammeof eventsat theschoolto celebrate the completion.Throughout the course of the day

senior school pupils took part indrama and English workshops ledby members of the teaching staff anda masterclassin theartof cre-ativewriting,whichwas ledby GPTaylor himself.The pupils also attended a book

signing in the newly-extendedlibraryspace andreceivedspecial-ly commissioned EHS book bagsfilled with goodies to commemo-rate the occasion.DrRuth Weeks,headmistress,saidthe improvements to the librarywereareflectionof theneedsof theschools pupils.The new library is now almost

double its original size with dedi-cated research and fiction sec-tions, as well as a fully equippedITCsuite.Weare honouredto wel-

come GP Taylor to officially openourlibrary hispresence atschoolhasbeen aninspirationto boththepupils and staff.

The schools library extensionforms one part of a recently com-pleted 3.5 million re-developmentprogramme to improve facilities

which started in January 2010. Inaddition to the library, the facadeof EdgbastonHighSchoolhasbeentransformed to accommodate anew sixth form centre with theaddition of five new specialistclassrooms anda newfitness suiteand reception.

New chapter: Pupils help author GPTaylor open thenew school library.

World Book Day: Ron Weasley and HarryPotter, also known as Henry Scott and William

Lewis Jones, were on hand when pupils atBromsgrove School celebrated World Book

Day. For the full story see page five.

What wizard fun


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Top of the claPUPILSat a Droitwich Spaschool are celebratinginspection success.

Dodderhill School, inCrutch Lane, was visitedin January so an Indepen-dent Schools Inspectoratereport could be compiledof its early years founda-tion stage (EYFS).Inspectors found that all

aspects of the EYFS, suchas reception, kinder-garten and nursery, wereoutstanding includingleadership and manage-ment, quality of provision

and outcomes for chil-dren.HeadteacherJoanMumbysaid: It was a pleasure toread a report praising allaspects of our early yearsprovision from the safe

and spaciousenvironmthat Dodderhill offerthe ambitious and insing initiatives that enaour youngest pupilbecome confident, pendent learners.In additionto regulatioan interim inspectiotheschool a much briinspection also founexcellent curricupupils who were eplary learners, displaylively intellectual curity and whose perdevelopment is well

ported by caring and turing pastoral care.This environment me

that by the time theysixteen girls develop articulate and charmyoung women.

Building for the future: Finley Walton, four,Matthew Robins, three, Amelia Sheperd, four,

and Abigail Johnson, three.

Right royaleducationTHE Royal Wolverhamp-tonJunioris offering par-ents the chance to drop inand see what makes theschool outstanding asevery day is an open day.With scientists, dentists,

doctors, vets, solicitors,actors, musicians andauthors being formed bythe schools pastoral andacademic care systems who can deny the successand worth of a royal edu-cation?The individual educationbegins in the EYFS andpre-prep departments.Classes are ably support-ed by the schools highly

qualifiedteamof teachersand groups work witheach child to harness andmaximise their educa-tional andpastoral poten-tial.Thechildrenenjoy a won-derfully balanced cur-riculum with subjects,such as history, RE, geog-raphy, French and music,adding to their experi-ence.

The school also pridesitself on the excellent

sporting provision andEYFSand pre-prep pupilscontinue their valuableswimming lessons in thepurpose-built school pooland also take up the moretraditional sports.In the junior school, the

focus is on each child and

the curriculum superblysupports and enhancesthe life of the children.Together with the more

conventional aspects of learning, the pupils aretaught Mandarin fromyear four and in year fiveandsix there areperform-ing arts and study skillssessionsto helpthem pre-pare for the next step intheir academic life.Each lesson is delivered

by a highly qualified subject specialist and everyclassroom is equippedwithan interactive white-boardThe children are happy

and balanced.The schools openentrance philosophy, cou-pledwithanexcellentaca-demic and pastoral provi-sion, has ensured that ithas been one of the pre-mier providers of pre-11education since its foun-dation in 1932.Why notcome andsee foryourself.Toarrangea visitcontactAnn Jackson on 01902349100.

Jumping for joy:

The children atthe RoyalWolverhampton

Junior are happyand balanced.

Access for allTHE Blue Coat School, Birmingham, is anindependentpreparatory dayschoolofferingan outstanding educational experience toboys and girls from two to 11 years.Founded in 1722 as a charity school, it occu-pies a beautiful site in Edgbaston in 15 acres

of playing fields and gardens.It is a thriving place where children achievea great many things with outstandingresults.Each year the school offers a limited num-

ber of assisted places to pupils joining inyears three or four (ages seven to eight) most of whom come from local schools.Worthbetween25 and95 percent of full feesandsubjectto anassessmentof financialcir-cumstances, these places make independenteducation more readily accessible to talent-ed children.With an assisted place at Blue Coat, your

child could enjoy:An excellent, rounded education for up to

four years.Outstanding academicsuccess around 66

percentof our11-year- olds gain a grammarschool place each year.

A caring, nurturing environment withsmall class sizes.

Unrivalled opportunities in sport, musicand the arts.

A programme of more than 50 clubs andactivitiesInterested? In the first instance please con-

tactMichael Hopperin thebursarsoffice on0121 410 6805 to discuss your financial cir-cumstances and to find out if you are likelyto be eligible for an assisted place. He will beable to help you with the next steps.Allchildren arerequired topass theschoolsentrance test. For further information,please visit the schools website www.blue-coat.bham.sch.uk which contains lots of information about the school includingdetails of forthcoming open days. We lookforward to hearing from you.


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Shaping leadersKING Edward VI HighSchoolfor Girls(KEHS)hasbuilta reputationfor excel-lence in all areas of schoollife since it was first estab-lished in 1883.KEHS is one of two inde-

pendent day schools in theKing Edward VI Founda-tion, which is also respon-sible for f ive grammarschools and one academyaround thecityof Birming-ham.The school prides itself on

nurturingthewellroundedandinquiringmind outsideof the classroom as well asin it. In March alone, theschool hosted a ComeniusEuropean project whichbrings schools from fivecoun t ri e s together toexp lo re a s tronomica lmeasurement.The three day visit includ-

ed workshops, star watch-es, presentationsand visitsto key sights of astronomi-cal interest.KEHS alsohosteda uniqueexhibition of women book-

binders, girls have beeninvo lved in conce r ts including Mahle rs FourthSymphony a danceproduction, which includ-edapproximately a quarterof the school, a religiousstudies celebration month,a residential geographyfieldtrip,a classicalvisit toCirencester, a drama pro-duction of Skellig , a resi-dential musicweekend andvarious visits including aBBC journalist, the Bishop

of Birmingham author.

The list above glimpse of just onat KEHS opporandactivitiesof thisare a daily part of education, as Sarahprincipal, explains.KEHS is a vibr

munity, buzzing witgy. The opportunithe girls are outsand far beyond whschools can offer. Ito see how the everything in, but and pastoral staff agethemto pursue aand enjoyable balactivities and acwork.At KEHS we un

that we have a respity to shape tomleaders and this ifarmorethanjust aic success.

For further infocontact KEHS on 1834 or visit thewebsite at www.k

Leading byexample: Principal

Sarah Evans.

Making her mark A STUDENT at WolverhamptonGrammar School has taken herfirst steps into the wider world of politicsafterbeingelectedonto herlocal city youth council.Elizabeth Bamford, a lower sixth

student at the Compton-basedschool, has been elected onto theWolverhampton City Youth Coun-cil(WCYC).Her successmeansshewill be representing students ather school and otheryoungpeopleinthe southwestof thecitywhereshelives.The 17-year-old, whois amember of the WGS student par-liament, was thrilled to be votedonto the city youth council.Iam delightedto bea part of thiscouncil, representing my fellowstudents and working hard toensurethatthe viewsof youngpeo-plein thecityare heard atthe high-est level, said Elizabeth.The WCYC was launched in 2001

andhaslinkswiththeUnitedKing-dom Youth Parliament and theBritish Youth Council. It holdsstrong links with the city counciland meets fortnightly to discuss abroad range of issues includingleisure and public services. It also

looks to address wider issueswhere they affect young peoplewithinthe city. Itsgreatestsuccesslast year was thebuilding of a newyouth cafe Epic inthe citycen-tre.Elizabethhasbeen activein schoolpolitics for several years. As partof theWGSstudentparliamentshehelped establish the new develop-ment committee, which looks ingreater detail atthe schoolsdevel-

opment planseekingto implementchange as and where appropriate.Head of WGS, Vincent Darby, is

pleased that students like Eliza-beth are keen to contribute to theongoing success of the school.The WGS student parliament is

the epitome of democracy inaction, one that not only benefitstheschool,butprovidesa veryrealpolitical experience for our youngstudents, said Mr Darby.

Next stop Downing Street: Elizabeth Bamford, frontrow, left, with members of WGS student parliament.

STUDENTS at StGeorges School,Edgbas-ton, have completed anepic challenge to readeve ry s ing le book intheir school library.

Th i s amounted to amammoth 7,000books intotal, from short storiesandnovelsto encyclopae-dias and dictionaries,with some books con-taining literally thou-sands of pages.Thechallengewas setbyPia Abbott, head of Eng-lish studies, to encour-age students to read awide variety of books.Ittookalmost 14monthsto complete and most of thosewhotook partwere

s po ns or ed t o r ai semoney for the Birming-h am b ra nc h o f t heAcorns Childrens Hos-pice. Following comple-t i on o f t h e t a sk t h e

s c ho o l p r es e nt e d a 2 ,3 4 5. 4 1 c h eq u e t oEileen Rock, the hos-pices Birmingham andWarwickshires commu-nity fund-raisingmanag-er.

Our students love achallenge and what bet-t e r t h an s o me t hi n gwhich combined raisingmoney for a good causewith improving theirpersonal knowledge andincreasing their passionf o r b o ok s , s a id S i r

Robert Dowling, hmaster at St GeorgesThe school is also pr

of the significant leverefurbishment whhas taken place fol

ingthe arrivalof SirBas headmaster in 201TheICT department

been upgraded,there inewart blockwitha sarateceramicsroom aa dance and drama dio has been created.

The library has bextended and the sform has moved to aferent building, offert e ac h in g r o om s leisure spacedesignedmeetthe needsof todyoung adults.

Kind-hearted: Acorns Hospices Eileen Rock, year nine student Cameron Parkesand Sir Robert Dowling.

Epic literary challeng


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What good sports

Classic play is a big hit

Schoo

MORE than 500 stu-dents from across thecountry travelled toStourbridge to competein a festival of sport atOld Swinford Hospital.

Headmaster PeterJones said: We weredelighted to host thisinaugural event cele-b ra ti ng t he 2 1s tanniversa ry o f theSBSA State BoardingSchool Association. It

was wonderful to see somany students enjoyingtheir sport and we lookforward to enteringteams next year.OSH is renowned for

its sporting heritageand our superb sportsfacilities wereput tofulluse, including the newsports ground at Tre-hernsFields, Hagley, forthe cross country andour new all-weather

MUGA fornetball. Stu-dents had the opportu-nity to compete against12 o the r schoo ls insports ranging fromrugby, football, dance,cross country, netballand basketball.Old Swinford Hospital

triumphed in the U-14basketball and studentEmilyMonkwasfirst inthe U-18 girls crosscountry.

On the ball: OSH rugby sevens Jack Deakin, Ross Williamsand James Harborne.

BREDON School is continu-ingto developits pioneeringapproach to outdoor educa-tion as it prepares to open anew reception class in Sep-tember.Set in 84 acres of grounds,

theschoolhas a 13-acrefor-est school area and a work-ing farm.

Learning the natur

ThesGI RL S f ro mDodderhillSchool are cele-b rat ing a f t ersuccess in dis-tr ict debatingcompetitions.

The schoolspublic speakingt eam s haveenjoyed signifi-cant success byscooping awardsin two competi-t ions oneorganised by theRotary Club, theother bythe Eng-lish SpeakingUnion (ESU).

At the MalvernRotaryClubpub-l ic s pe ak in gcompetition theDodderhill teamof Lucy Green-head, TierneyHolloway andLuze Cavelle-Lock won thebestteam shield.

L uc y w a s i naction again atthe Internation-alRIBI YouthSpeaksseniorcompeti t ion, with Beth

HEATHFIELD Schoolsp roduct ion o f Blood Brothers , by Willy Rus-sell, was an ambitiousproject for such a youngcast.Each member of the cast

worked as a team player,some taking several rolesand a share of the narra-tion.

Audiences agreed thatthere were some excep-t ional performances.T he re w as p l en ty o f laughter and quite a fewof the aud ience weremoved to tears at the endof the play.

Stage: Rose Parkinson as Mrs John-stone and Nikita Arora as Mrs Lyons.


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With the development of our forest school we canoffer children even greateropportunities for outdoorlearning.

The new reception classwill enable Bredon to meetthe demand from parentsfor younger children to beeducatedin the sameschool

as their older brothers andsisters. Bredon School isbased around the pictur-esque Pull Court mansionnear Upton-upon-Severn. Afairly small, independent,day and boarding school,with a sixth form, it wel-comes boys and girls of allabilities.

l has excellent outdoor educational facilities. Wonderful books

Global awareness

PUPILS at BromsgroveSchool enjoyed a wonder-ful World Book Day withsome exciting activitiesthroughout the school.

At the pre-preparatoryschool the day was cele-brated in style with all thech i ldren and t eache r sdressing up as book char-acters.A grand parade in assem-

bly was followed by a quizandother activitiesinclud-inga bearhuntthroughtheschool garden, a WheresWally? hunt and various

other reading games andfun. At the preparatoryschool pupils also dressedup as fictional characters,buthad theaddedprivilegeof a special visit from teenfiction writer Sarah Sin-gleton.Sarah talkedto yearssevenand eight abouther careeras a writerand offeredcre-

ative writing tips.She readan extract from the begin-ningof hernovel, Amethyst Child , setting thepupilsupforwritingtheir ownopen-ingparagraphsin a similarstyle.

Fraser Foster, aged 13,wrote a piece set just afterthe Second World War,while Ben Bridgman, also13, went further back intime, writing about Quin-tus, a Roman centurionwith a dilemma.

Many pupils bought herbooks, The Island and Cen-

tury, while Sarah signedthem and chatted to pupilsabout her work.Sam Gilbert, a year eight

pupil, suggested an inter-esting title for Sarahs lat-e s t b o ok a n d N a nd i niBulchandini, of year five,wasableto show Sarahherownbook that shehasbeenworking on.

Wizard fun: Taylor Pantall-Burgess,TillyGiles, Grace Harker, Charlotte Harmer, Lauren

Whensley and Joshua Osborn-Patel.

e so well spoken

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trict finals. In both theseevents the girls, aged 14-16,

competed against teamsmade up of sixth formers.

way, Luze Cavelle-Lock, Bethany Barnes and Lucyebrate their competition success.

Latin flair: HolyTrinity International playedhost to exchange students all the way from its

sister school in Paraguay. Head Pam Leek-Wright is joined by Antonella Silvera and

Guillermo Aguirre.


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Continuing toset standardsNORFOLK HouseSchool,an inde-pendent preparatory school forboysand girls agedthree-11,basedin Edgbaston, Birmingham, hasonce again excelled in its recent11+ examination results.Eightyfourpercentof itsyearsixchildren have won places at theg rammar and independen tschools of their choice.

This includes King Edward VICamp Hill School (five passes forthe girls and two passes for theboys school); King Edward VIAston (two passes); King EdwardVI Fiveways (two passes); KingEdward VI Handsworth for Girls(one pass); Handsworth GrammarSchool for Boys (one pass); SuttonColdfield Grammar School for

Girls (two passes); Priory School(twoscholarships); SolihullSchool(onepass); EdgbastonHigh Schoolfor Girls (seven passes includingtwo scholarships); King EdwardsSchool for Boys (four passes) andKingEdward HighSchoolfor Girls(three passes including one schol-arship).NorfolkHousessuccessis readilyseenin theNovember 2010 SundayTimes Parent Power listings.The school is ranked 50th in a list

of the top 200 preparatory schoolsinthe country thehighestrankedBirmingham school in the leaguetable.Italso takes pride in its inclusion

in the Good Schools Guide .The schools recent addition,Nor-

folk House Nursery, isset wspacious and magical landgarden including a new anfully constructed adventurground.Itsetsa newstandard forfandsessionaldaycarebetwages of three months ayears.Every aspect of the nur

beenmeticulouslythoughtodesigned to helpthe youngdren learn and develop own individual pace.There is much emphasis

vidual attention and socemotionaldevelopment at NHouseNursery,as wellas lein a structured yet inspienvironment.

Musicians make the gradeFOUR pupils from WinterfoldHouse in Chaddesley Corbetthave won six music scholar-ships to top senior schoolsacross the region.Henry Thomas, aged 13, has

gained music scholarships toShrewsbury School and Chel-tenham College, while HenryNewbould, 13, has gainedmusic scholarships to Shrews-bury School and RGS Worces-ter not to mention threeother academic and all round-er scholarships.

Meanwhile Brittany Collie,12, and Olivia Wormald, 13,have both gained music schol-arshipsto Bromsgrove School.

All four pupils have gainedtheir grade five music theoryand all play in Winterfolds jazz band the Groove Dig-gers.

Henry Thomas r ecent lygained two grade sevens withdistinction in pianoand trum-pet and is a member of theNational Childrens Orchestraof Great Britain.Healsoplaysin theWorcesterYouthJazz Orchestraand wasthe winner of the U-12 brassclass two years running at the

Worcester Arts Festival.Henry Newbould is gradeeight saxophone, grade fivebassoon andgradefour piano.

Healsoplaysin theWorcesYouth Jazz Orchestra andthe Worcester IntermediaOrchestra.Brittany is grade six vio

grade four singing and grasixsaxophone.She playsin tH ay b ri d ge C o mm uOrchestra and sings in theCassians Church Choir.

Olivia is grade six vigradefivepiano andgrade fisinging and is shortly joinithe Worcester Youth JOrchestra. The four m

cians look forward to a brifuture and are testimonythe f an ta s t i c s t anda rdmusic at Winterfold.

Music success: HenryThomas, Brittany Collie, Henry Newbould andOlivia Wormald.


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Where theres so

much going onKING Edwards School,Birmingham, has been oneof the bestacademic schoolsinthecountryforovera cen-turyandexamresultsin2010have been outstanding.

A record 77 per cent of pupils achieved A* and Agrades at A-level and 53 percent gained A* grades atGCSE.These are truly exception-

al results , said JohnClaughton,the chief master.Achieved by boys who arealso doing an extraordinaryrange of other things.In 2010 25 boys were accept-

edby Oxfordand Cambridgeand 20 boys have receivedoffers this year.

Excellence is obviously onegoal of this school, but so isaccessibility.The school is also striving

hardto ensure thatopportu-nities areavailableto allable boys,whatever thefinancialsituationof their parents.The school has extended and will

continueto extend theprovisionof assistedplaces,fundedbythe KingEdwards Foundation andthe gen-erosityof former pupils,and30 percent of boyshave some form of feereduction, with 10 per cent havingentirely free places.

INTERNATIONALBACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA

FOR THE SIXTH FORMAnother major change has beenthe introduction of the Interna-tional Baccalaureate Diploma forthe sixth form last September.

King Edwards is the first major

independentschool in thiscountryto introducethe InternationalBac-calaureate Diploma and ceaseteachingA-levels atthe sametime.Thisis a historicchangefor KingEdwards School, said MrClaughton.We believethat,with its breadth,its freedom and its recognition of allaspectsof a pupilseducation,itwillprovidethe right challengeforthe boys that we have in thisschool.

PAUL AND JILL RUDDOCKPERFORMING ARTS CENTRETheschoolis also inthe processof building a 10m performing artscentre in collaboration with KingEdward VI High School for Girls.

This project is being funded

through the substantial generosi-ty of a former pupil of KingEdwards, Paul Ruddock, and theKing Edwards Foundation, andwill provide excellent facilities formusic and drama to match theremarkable quality of those activ-ities.In fact, this term the senior pro-

duction was a triumphant render-ing of Les Miserables , the juniorplay was an inventive staging of Skellig and there have been con-certs at the school ranging fromorchestral music to guitar ensem-bles.

For further information pleasecontact Nicole Phillips, admis-sions and marketing co-ordinator,on [email protected] or call

her on 0121 472 1672.

Triumphant: The school production of Les Miserables wasa big hit.

HighflyingOLD SwinfordHospital studentAlasdair Paynehas been offereda place at theUniversity of Reading to studywar, peace andinternationalrelations havingcompleted a

BTEC firstdiploma level twoin public serviceswith adistinction star.The 18-year-old

took advantageof the chance tostudy for theBTEC throughthe schoolscombined cadetforce. I havegained extraUCAS pointsthrough theBTEC, whichresulted in theoffer fromReading and willhopefully furthermy chances of achieving acareer in the

police force.

AlasdairPayne.

ScholarshipHOLY Trinity Interna-tional School is invitingapplications for year fivepupil scholarships forentry this coming Sep-tember.Head Pam Leek-Wright

said:Weare delightedtobe able to offer thesescholarships for entry into our year five class thiscoming September.With a strong tradition

of supporting pupils andtheir families throughour community scholar-ship programmes, HolyTrinity InternationalSchool enjoys welcomingfamilies from both thelocal and wider commu-nities, and we hope thatby offering further schol-arships we can supporteven more families withtheir educational studies.Throughout the prep, senior

and sixth form, a total of 24scholarships will be issued toreward existing students andenrol studentsof a highcalibreto the school.Scholarships will be awarded

for academic excellence, cre-ative arts and sports. Once astudent has been awarded ascholarship, they will be enti-tledto receive continued provi-sion foras long as they remainat HolyTrinity, providing theymaintain appropriate stan-dards.During the morning boys and

girls will sit mathematics andEnglish papers, with studentswishing to be considered forcreative arts or a sports schol-arshipneedingto bringin theirportfolios of works before tak-ing a general assessment inboth mathematics and Eng-

lish. Being held on SaMay 21, from 9.30-11dren from local and surringschools areinvitedtowith scholarship prograavailable upon requescholarship applicationsto besubmitted to HolyTInternational SchooWednesday, May 18.MrsLeek-Wright addedis a wonderful opportunparents andstudentswhohave previously thoughan independent educationot a viable option.For parents who are in

ed in the school, buscholarship is not an Holy Trinity also offesaries on a means tested

Prospective familiwarmlyinvitedto attendtheschools manyweeklFridays following the break andpriorto Maysarship entry deadline.

Academic excellenceHead Pam Leek-Wright


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A GROUP of boys at Broms-grove Preparatory Schoolhaveprovedthemselves excep-tionalina runof hugesuccess-es across several sports.

The boys, all aged 13 and

under, formed the rugby sev-enssquad whichfought toughopposition at the prestigiousRoss lyn Park Nat iona lSchools Championships toemerge as champions with a27-0 win against BedfordSchool. The Bromsgrovesquad had been favourites towin following their perform-ances in the tournamentsleading up to Rosslyn Park,winning thecups at Packwoodand Millfield tournaments, aswell as at home at the Broms-grove Sevens. Coach ChrisHarrissaidthatthe boys area

credit to the school and thatthe success at Rosslyn Park isthe highlight of my 31 yearshere.The same group of boys also

hadsuccessearlierin theyear

with an astounding unbeatenrugby union season. The firstXV broke records with a runof 15 matches with 15 wins,amassing an astonishing 752points and conceding only 30.

The team were universallypraised for their impressiveskill and conduct in everymatch.If success in rugby acrossthe

boardwasnot enough to provetheir quality, boys from thesame group stole the show atthe IAPS National HockeyFinals at MillfieldSchoolwiththefirst VIIbattlingtheirway

to thetopto claimthe champonship. It is only the tt ime in 12 years thatBromsgrove teamhas wonthtitle, with the two other ocsions in 2004 and 2005.

Only thehost team, Millfiehas won the championsmore times making Brogrove thesecondbestschoolthe competitions history.

In addition the same group were national finalisin the ESAA All EngCross Country Cup FinaAlnwick, Northumberland,aonly one of two prep schto have qualified. To top itoff the boys in this age grare also known for their scessin cricket, swimminganathletics for which the sumer season holds high hop

Its a sporting phenomenonMagnificent:The boys collect their trophy.

They are the championsGIRLS fromHeathfield Schoolturned on the stylewhen they took partin the MidlandsNetballChampionships,which were held atStafford PrepSchool. Heathfieldentered two teams,one in each agegroup. The U-10team finished infourth place, whilethe U-9 teamfinished in firstplace and are theMidlands ISANetball Champions.The winning team

are Rose Pearson,Harriet Jones,Charlotte Bardsley,Lydia Peters,Berenice Lunn,Georgia Warrington,Hannah Fellows,Ella Deanwood,Emily Baker andAlice Liversidge.

Silverware: Theunder ninesnetball winners.

Future starsBOWBROOK House School has champi-ons in their midst once again as two of their most talented pupils have beenrecognised as both female and male jun-ior sports personality of the year 2011 inthe Wychavon Sports Awards.Harry Sykes and Tazmin Pugh are both

pupils of BowbrookHouse School andaretwo extremely talented and committedathletes. Both Tazmin and Harry quali-fied for the ISA National Cross CountryChampionships. However, the Wychavonaward was for an entirely different sportand an entirely different achievement such is the diverse talent shown by thesetwo pupils.Just12-years-old,Harryisnotonlyanout-standing swimmer, performing consis-tently well, but has also led the PershoreJuniorSwimmingteamto gloryat awholehostof different events.He isthe ISAMid-lands outstanding boy swimmer and anISA national champion. As well as swim-ming, Harryrunsa threemilecross coun-tryeachweekat schooland then athomelooks after his pony, which he uses forPony Club Tetrathlon. Harry also takespart in school rugby and football teams.Tazmin,who is 10-years-old,continues toshow great commitment to her sport sur-passing her previous years individualsuccesses. She was the National ISA

Swimming Champion for the thirdrunning at Coventrys Olympic lpool. In addition, shewon theISA Nal Junior Girls most outstanding smer trophy and is the ISAMidlandsoutstanding swimmer. Tazmins comment toher trainingis immense.Shethepoolsixdaysaweekandalsotakesin school netball and hockeyagainst other Worcestershire school

Outstanding: Harry Sykes aTazmin Pugh withTom

Naughton, the coach fromPershore Swimming Club

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