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Issue 81 • 27 September 2013

Dear Parents,

Term is now well underway and the children aresettled into the school routine, which alwaystakes a little adjustment after the long summerholidays. The boarders have made a particularlystrong contribution over the past few weeks andI commend them on their adaptability andsocial skills.

Tonbridge HeadmasterIt was great to welcome Tim Haynes,Headmaster of Tonbridge School, to NPS lastweek and hear about the progress of our recentleavers who are pupils at Tonbridge. Ourprefects enjoyed meeting him and Mr Hayneswas impressed by their relaxed but confidentand articulate conversation over lunch. Some ofour senior girls even asked if Mr Haynes mightreconsider Tonbridge’s ‘boys only’ policy by theend of the meal!

Evening Societies I am very impressed at the start of this schoolyear by the number of pupils who are attendingour evening society meetings. Whether it inLanguages, Literature, Maths, Science or othersubjects, I encourage children of all ages to takepart in these voluntary sessions between 5 and6pm. There is, of course, a balance to be struckto ensure that the children are not too over-committed. However enthusiastic we are aboutthe value of these societies, pupils should notfeel pressured into attending; they are designedto enhance the learning programme and beenjoyable and productive.

Ploughing MatchThis year’s event will take place at Upper Hardres near Canterbury and our Reception, Class 1 and 2 will attend,together with our Heads of School.

Friends meetingI am delighted to announce the election of Stephanie Aiyagari as the new Chairman and Nalini Vaughan as thenew Treasurer. Thank you to all of the parents who attended the meeting last week and for the wonderful ideasthat they brought to the table; there has obviously been a lot of thought and planning going on over the summerholidays and the Friends have some very exciting plans for this year. The minutes of the meeting will arrive byemail very shortly. If you would like to offer your support of any of the Friends ventures, please do contactStephanie Aiyagari directly or through the school office. My aim is always that this should be as inclusive a group ofparents as possible and all are welcome!

Macmillan CoffeeThank you to those who attended and organised the Macmillan Coffee Morning last Wednesday at the Pre-Prep.My thanks to all of those nocturnal bakers (Alison Pouget included!) for their patisserie which raised £173.55p.

FROM THE HEADMASTER...

NewsNORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL

Head Pupils 2013/14, ready for the year ahead.

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General NewsWinter uniformLest there be any doubt, all pupils should be dressed in winter uniform from Monday 30th September please.PREP SCHOOL PRE-PREPBoys Girls Boys GirlsSchool coat School coat Navy cords Grey pinafore (or navy cords)School blazer School blazer Check shirt Check shirtCheck shirt Check shirt Sweatshirt SweatshirtSchool tie School tie Tie TieBlue v-neck jumper Blue v-neck jumper Grey socks Navy tightsBlue cords Blue cords or grey kilt Navy or black shoes Navy or black shoesGrey socks Grey socks with cords or

blue tights with kiltBlack shoes Black shoes

Pre-Prep Harvest Service, Friday 4th OctoberPlease put the date in your diary for a 9.30am start in our church.

Open Morning, 5th OctoberThe school has recently forwarded a copy of the Open Day invitation to you. We would love you to come and tourthe school and see your child’s work during the morning. We are very aware that the majority of our marketing isthrough word of mouth and personal recommendations about the school. Please do pass on the e-vitation tofriends or colleagues who might be interested in learning a little more about the school at Open Day.

Year 3 Parents’ Evening, Monday 7th OctoberWe look forward to welcoming parents of Year 3 pupils to the school at 6.30pm for their first Prep School parents’meeting.

NPS Maths Enrichment Day On Tuesday 8th October Northbourne will be hosting a Maths Enrichment Day. Children in Years 2, 3 and 4 from anumber of local primary schools will be joining Northbourne pupils to participate in activities designed to broadentheir understanding of Maths and hopefully have some fun.

The title of the day’s activities is ‘Using What I know to help me answer What I Don’t or Where Do I Start’?

Anti-Bullying WeekEvery year we dedicate time at the beginning of the School year to setting clear parameters for pupils to follow intheir interactions with others. Young children can be clumsy in their relationships at times, but with clear andagreed policies and procedures, we can make a safer and kinder school community. Instances of bullying betweenpupils are very rare at Northbourne Park, but when they do arise, it is important that the pupils understand that weare a telling school. Whether it is online or in their daily interaction with each other, it is important that yourchildren tell you or a member of staff if they are uncomfortable about anything in or out of school. Please do talkto your child about bullying and how to keep safe.

Interim Boarding InspectionI am delighted with the outcome of the ISI BoardingInspection last May, which identified great strength inour new boarding arrangements. Having only onespare bed in the boys’ boarding house is testament tothe success of the boarding team and the way in whichthey put boarders’ needs at the centre of theirthinking!

The ISI team insisted that we heighten the security ofour boys’ boarding house with the use of four securitykey pads, which as you know were fitted over thesummer. I am disappointed that these have affectedthe flow of people around this area of the school but Iam grateful to pupils and staff for adjusting so quicklyto the new arrangements.

Thank you, as ever, for your generous support of allthat we do as a school.

With best wishes, Edward


General NewsA WORD FROM THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT

I must thank all parents of Year 6 pupils for allowing their children to bring in to their recent History lesson piecesfrom their family memorabilia collection. The brief was to find and bring in some evidence that your family existedin the past and the evidence could fall into any of four categories – oral, visual, written or physical. The range ofobjects was staggering, including a Welsh coal miner’s lantern to multi-generational family photographs to storiesfrom great grandparents who were prisoners of war. Each pupil was really absorbed in what their peers had toshare with the class and they are the richer for it. So my thanks really must go to you for your participation withthis task.

Another project that is on the go involves thegrandparents of Year 5 pupils who have been set anextended piece of writing or ‘homework’ which is duein at the end of the half term break! This task highlightshow the historical process is useful beyond theclassroom and serves as a talking point across thegenerations. I am hopeful that each grandchild in Year 5will learn at least one thing that they didn’t alreadyknow about the formative years of their grandparents.Maintaining memories, happy and sad, are part of thisproject and I hope that it won’t prove to be too taxingon the older generation. I haven’t received anynegative feedback just yet so I thank you in advance forallowing this exchange of information to take place.

Christie Riley

Congratulations to the following children for receiving AutumnTerm Headmaster Commendations during Weeks 1&2:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Leo Bevan Learning to play Bach’s Prelude No 1 during

the holidays, with the most fantastic finger patterns

George Williams-Jones A most excellent holiday journal. Matthew Hickson A most excellent holiday journal.Kayley Kan A most excellent holiday journal.Estelle Olcott A most excellent holiday journal.Olivia Ryeland A most excellent holiday journal.Edouard Caillemer du Ferrage Excellent effort and good behaviour in Music. Carla Ruiz de la Prada Excellent Leadership in Year 7.Shion Kobayashi Excellent Leadership in Year 7.Ruth Spencer Excellent Leadership in Year 7.Ruby Norris Excellent Leadership in Year 7.Tristan Gauthier Excellent Leadership in Year 7.Emily Hickson A beautiful piece of R.S. prep on the life of

Jesus. Olaya Beacock- Benavides A beautifully illustrated prep on the life of

Jesus. Edouard Caillemer du Ferrage Excellent dorm captaincy.Camille Olcott 72% CE Spanish Listening. Amandine Lucas 84% CE Spanish Listening.Ferdinand Plessix Excellent dorm captaincy.Estelle Olcott Excellent holiday maths work. George Williams-Jones Excellent holiday maths work.Thurso Willett Excellent holiday maths work.Oliver Martin Excellent holiday maths work.Lauren Spencer Excellent holiday maths work.Olivia Ryeland Excellent holiday maths work.

Congratulations to the following children for receiving AutumnTerm Headmaster Commendations during Week 3:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Honor Glynn-Williams Excellent singing in choirTristan Gauthier Excellent singing in choirHarriet Balfour Excellent Holiday Maths WorkJoseph Plessix 100% in DictéeHarriet Balfour 96% in summer spelling challenge. Anna Bevan 96% in summer spelling challenge.Alexandra Bond 94% in summer spelling challenge.Abigail Mead An excellent result in the summer spelling

challenge.Isabella Savage An excellent result in the summer spelling

challenge.Sophia Scholfield An excellent 94% in the summer spelling

challenge.Thurso Willett An excellent 94% in the summer spelling

challenge.George Williams-Jones An excellent result in the summer spelling

challenge.Anna Bevan A great Science projectLeo Bevan A great Science projectIsabella Savage Excellent holiday Maths work. Mirko Matitia Being an excellent citizen in classCarl Le Hegarat Writing a wonderful summary over the

summer holidaysMirko Matitia Helping a friend in need.

Attain MagazineThe Autumn issue of the IAPS magazine, Attain, is nowavailable in the brochure stand by the front door at thePrep school. There is also a custom digital edition that hasbeen produced for Northbourne Park School. The newdigital edition can easily be accessed by going to thecustom website address:http://myattain.co.uk/315/

We would like to remind you aboutwww.schoolstrader.com the peer-to-peer trading site. It’sa well established free service where you can buy, sell andrent everything from musical instruments, text books andbikes, to boats, wetsuits and holiday homes. Trade withother families. Completely free. Schoolstrader has featuredacross the media and as a Sunday Times Top 10 website.Families can use Schoolstrader free of charge to buy/sellanything from bikes to buggys, toys to trampolines,motors to musical instruments, even houses. The site hasfeatured in most national media including Times,Telegraph and ITV. Schoolstrader covers all school anduniversity communities in the UK. It is open to everyoneaged 15 or over. The site is green and easy to use – itencourages reuse of items. And it’s free for all private ads.


General News

WELSH GUARDS AFGHANISTAN APPEALand COMBAT STRESS

Dear All,

I've just returned from sunny Wales havingcompleted my section of 'Walk on Wales';please check out the post on my Facebookpage which has a brief description and photo.

I’m delighted to report that my fundraisingtotal now stands at £2,033.75, which is afabulous amount in these difficult times. It’snot too late to donate, of course, and if youwould like to help our injured servicemen andwomen and bereaved service families thenplease visit my fundraising page atwww.virginmoneygiving.com/markpresland.

For further information on ‘Walk on Wales’ as itprogresses around the Welsh coastal path please visit www.walkonwales.org, clicking on the facebook link tocatch up with the latest developments and photos.

Thank you for your support. Mark Presland

ABRSM EXAM RESULTS SUMMER 2013Amandine Lucas Grade 5 Theory, Pass with MeritEvie Jackaman Grade 4 Singing, Pass with DistinctionMarie-Louise Boisnier Grade 4 Singing, Pass with DistinctionTristan Gauthier Grade 3 Singing, Pass with DistinctionJolyon Presland Grade 3 Trumpet, Pass with DistinctionLillie Beckett Grade 3 Piano, PassMarcus Yanni Grade 2 Saxophone, Pass with DistinctionRuth Spencer Grade 2 Oboe, Pass with MeritRoshan Aiyagari Grade 2 Piano, Pass with MeritOlivia Ryeland Grade 1 Recorder, Pass with DistinctionJess Sainsbury Grade 1 Piano, Pass with DistinctionCalum Nagle Grade 1 Clarinet, Pass with DistinctionLeo Bevan Grade 1 Piano, Pass with DistinctionOliver Martin Grade 1 Cornet, Pass with DistinctionLili Clifton Grade 1 Cornet, Pass with DistinctionClara Nagle Grade 1 Violin, Pass with MeritAnna Bevan Grade 1 Violin, Pass with MeritShion Kobayashi Grade 1 Saxophone, Pass

Following the previous newsletter we entered into our first Long Weekend of the term. For many of our boardersthis was their first opportunity to spend a full weekend at school without any lessons (woo!). This meant that wehad plenty of time to play games and have some downtime. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side, butthis did not deter us from our fun and games! In fact, it made a pleasant change to playing football, a very popularpastime for many of our boys! Instead we gave the children ablack bin bag and some newspaper and set them the challenge towork in groups and produce an ‘outfit’ with their materials. Theresults were both creative and funny!! The children had a lot offun and worked really well together to come up with somebrilliant new fashion designs; watch out for them on the catwalksnext year!!

On Sunday, the sun decided to join us for a while so we took theopportunity to explore the school grounds and a little further afield on a walk. Dressed in protective boiler suits, off we wenthaving a lovely stroll through the countryside… until we cameacross a giant, muddy and apparently ‘unavoidable’ puddlewhere the boarders, both girls and boys alike, had a great timejumping in and generally getting each other as muddy aspossible! What fun! Then it was back to school for a shower, somelunch and a movie- afternoon!

The school week flew by as always and in the evenings theboarders enjoyed a variety of activities including badminton,basketball and art. Many of the children have also already takenpart in football or hockey matches during their Games sessionsand they are enjoying working towards victory alongside theirEnglish team mates. For many of our Erasmus boarders theevening activity time is a chance to work through prep in theknowledge that once it is completed they are already with

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their friends for some downtime in the boarding house.

Last weekend we had Saturday school, which involved lessons as well as Outdoor Education in the Leadershipvillage and whole-school Games. For many of the boarders this was their first opportunity to experience NPSOutdoor Education and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The aim of this first session was team building andcommunication and involved a series of fun challenges around the school grounds… a little different to theirregular timetable! On Saturday evening the girls went for another walk while the boys had a calm evening inpreparation for the birthday celebrations on Sunday…

Sunday saw four, yes four, of our boys celebrating birthdays, so wefelt this called for a party. We went to Church, had a fun football, artand movie afternoon and then it was time for an English Party Tea(including lemonade, cocktail sausages and a giant cake!-Thank youLesley) followed by a Roller Disco in the Gym! As you can imagine,this was a fun-filled and very exciting evening and a great time washad by all - staff included! The roller skating posed a challenge forsome of our boarders but after a little while most people were doinga pretty good job of staying upright! Aside from a slight issue with aslippery-floor meaning we had to just ‘disco’ not ‘roller’ for the last30 minutes, we had lots of smiling faces, so all in all a very successfulevening! Happy Birthday boys!

I look forward to updating you on our coming activities in the nextnewsletter. For now, I hope you have a safe and enjoyable weekend,particularly to those children who arereturning to Paris to visit their families.

Once again, please do not hesitate to bein touch with us.

Katie Brown (Assistant Boarding Tutor)


Pre-Prep News

FROM THE HEAD OF PRE-PREP

Thank you to everyone who so generously supportedour charity coffee morning last week. We raised afantastic £173.55 for Macmillan Cancer Care. A specialthank you to Mrs Matthews for all her help.

It was lovely to see so many parents at our Cream Teaon Friday afternoon. We were very lucky that the suncame out for us. It was a lovely occasion for parentsand staff to have an informal chat over some deliciousscones and cream.

You may remember that half the money we raised atlast term’s Quiz Night was donated to the ‘Road ofSmiles’ charity bike ride, and with the other half wepurchased a new bike for the garden. The childrenhave really been enjoying trying it out!

I would just like to remind parents that Breakfast Clubbegins at 8am, the early service begins at 8.30am(8.20am for those children who have siblings at thePrep School) and registration is at 8.50am. Please canyou ensure your children are settled into theirclassrooms and ready for the register to be taken at8.50am. Thank you.

The children have been practising for our HarvestService and we hope you will be able to join us inchurch at 9.30am next Friday 4th October. A letterwith more information about this will be sent homeshortly.

Finally, if you know anyone who would like an invitationto Open Day, on Saturday 5th October, please letMandy in the office know.

Alison Pouget

Nursery The Nursery Class enjoyed their visit to Little

HEADMASTER’S COMMENDATIONS

Nursery: James Johnson Super tractor paintingAaliyah Bowman Careful colouringRebecca Mitchell A great start to Nursery ClassNaomi Payne A great start to Nursery Class

Reception:Freddie Balfour Great effort with handwritingHarry Ledger Being a wonderful friend

Class 1:Tommy Harvey Super efforts with concentrationErik Groth Super map drawing

Class 2:Grace Roche Enthusiasm in reading Cameron Matthews Enthusiasm in nature study

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Garrington Farm last week. Thank you very much to Mrs Spencer for inviting us. Here are what some of thechildren thought:

“I liked the horses. They were big horses, you can’t go near them, you must stay back. We saw chicks in the cageso the fox can’t get them and we got the chicken’s eggs. I climbed over the fence and went over the bit wherecows and horses can’t go. You have to balance on that”. James J.

“I liked driving my tractor at the farm. I liked climbing on the wheat but I don’t like the wheat going on myclothes. I liked the chickens clucking. We did stroke it and look at it. We got eggs, lots of eggs, I did have a turn.After the chickens we went for a walk on the farm”. Teagan

“I saw baby chicks at the farm and the horses. I saw chickens and a cockerel. We fed the chickens and got theeggs. I liked just sitting on the tractors. The farmer fixed the one with the flat wheel. I liked the wheat, slidingdown it fast”. Aaliyah

Dates to remember:Pre-Prep Coffee: Every Wednesday, 8.15 – 8.45am in the HallPre-Prep Harvest Service: Friday 4th October, 9.30am in ChurchOpen Morning: Saturday 5th October – children should be dropped off at normal time and collected at12.30pm.Parent Interviews (Nursery, Reception, Class 2) w/b 14th OctoberHalf Term begins: Friday 18th October – please note late service will finish at 5pm


Sports News

FOOTBALL

Wednesday 18th September 2013

1st XI Football vs Dover College (Home)

This was a good Dover College side and we were going to have to be at our best if the result was to go our way.

Although we scored early on in the match, it was down to a fine save from Ferdinand Plessix that kept us in the game. Anunfortunate incident involving a pass back that was picked up by our keeper resulted in an indirect free kick being awarded inthe penalty box and Dover duly slotted the ball into the net.

We eventually went into the break 2-1 up. Both sides scored early on in the second half making the score 3-2 to NPS.

It was only until the last 15 minutes that we really began to dominate the match. Dover began to tire and started to chase theball. We kept our shape and allowed the ball to do the work, passing into space and being competitive in every department.This resulted in us winning the game 7-2.

Well done on your first win of the season boys and let’s hope there will be many more. Keep working hard, be competitive andalways look to distribute the ball. Man of the Match: Jean-Baptiste Defour

Under-9 Football vs Wellesley House (Home)

In our first match of the season, and for the Year 3s their first match ever, we started with great caution trying to do the rightthing but we let Wellesley dictate the pace of the game. Although we played with great spirit, we were slow to close down theplayer with the ball, giving them too much space and time. Consequently we were 3-0 down by half time.

In our half time talk we decided to concentrate on denying the opposition space and time on the ball and try to mark moretightly. We made a huge improvement becoming far more determined and thoughtful in our marking. Wellesley scored onemore goal but we can be proud of the improvement shown throughout the game.

Players of the match: The whole team. ‘Don’t stop believing!’

Saturday 21st September 2013

1st XI Football vs Junior King’s (Home)

The battle cry was simple – look to close the opposition down early and be brave and very resolute!! This the boys did andmore!!

This King’s team are physically strong, fast and their midfield players and strikers are very skilful.

Right from the start, we displayed the type of tenacity and determination that was required and kept denying King’s theopportunity to score. However, they sent wave after wave of attack upon our goal. Our defence remained rock steady andFerdinand Plessix was enjoying a day to remember in the goals. He displayed the agility of a cat and the bravery of lion. Arise SirFerdinand the Lion Heart!

With King’s beginning to panic, we were certainly obstructing their game plan and structure. Alas, they eventually scored 5minutes from half time and we went into the break 1-0 down.

We were a little flat in the first 5 minutes of the second half and unfortunately conceded another goal, and although we werebeginning to tire, our heads did not drop! Sir Ferdinand continued on his quest to keep us in the game and time after time heused his skill and gloves to great effect! A truly phenomenal performance – well done! We then conceded an own goal righttowards the end and the final score was 3-0 to Junior King’s.

Lads I was proud of your efforts today. You will be disappointed because you put everything you had into this performance andit still hurt not to win. However, you will have learnt a great deal from this match and it will make you better and morecomplete footballers. Well done and I hope this drives you to want to achieve further.

Man of the Match: Ferdinand Plessix for his outstanding goalkeeping display.

NPS U11 Primary Schools Football Tournament - Tuesday 8th October 2013This tournament is now in its 12th year and it has always been an extremely successful and competitive afternoon offootball. The number of schools participating increases year on year and I am sure that this tournament will be no exception.

We have decided to bring the event forward by a month in order to accommodate more schools in the competition andwithout losing any daylight hours!! This should mean that the finals are played in daylight rather than by car headlights!!!

Good luck to all of the competitors and let’s hope that the weather Gods smile upon us with glorious sunshine!! Craig Riley


Sports News2nd XI Football vs Junior King’s (Home)

The 2nd Team boys ran out onto the field a bit disorganised at first but when the whistle blew for the start of the match theysettled quickly and began to string some decent passes together and have a few attempts on goal.

We gave away too much of our possession by just kicking it up the field and hoping for the best rather than slowing the balldown and sending it out wide, although some phenomenal defence and great clearing of the ball managed to keep King’s fromscoring. We went into half time with the score being 0-0.

We began the second half well and played in the King’s half for some time before a counter attack drove us back which lead toa King’s corner which ended in a very unlucky goal. We were now 1-0 down. The opposition scored a further two goals, leavingthe final score at 3-0.

We definitely need to improve on our communication with each other and keep our heads up when things aren’t going ourway.

There is a lot of work still to be done, but we have a good foundation to work on which is promising for future fixtures.

Man of the Match: Victor Saint Bris

Under-9 Football vs Junior King’s (Home)

We started well with more determination against a strong King’s team. Although we didn’t keep our team shape, we werequick to close down on the player with the ball. Despite this, we were 4 – 0 down by half time, having given a penalty and anown goal away.

In the second half we again made a huge improvement and although we were unable to pressure their goal, we showed ourtrue spirit with our boys giving their all which stifled the King’s play. We lost two further goals but can be proud of anotherimproved performance.

Players of the match: The whole team.


1st XI Football vs Wellesley House (Home)

This was a disappointing result. Still looking for our first league win and indeed our first league goal, small margins were goingto decide the victor of this match.

The game was evenly matched for the first half and although we conceded an early goal, Paddy Jackaman brought us level witha thunderous strike into the top of the net just before half time.

Unfortunately, it all fell apart immediately after the break. We allowed Wellesley to pass freely and didn’t close them down infront of goal. In the end, 10 minutes of ‘spectating’ and not clearing our lines, cost us a further 4 goals!! This was a pity,because we played some wonderful football in between this carnage, especially in the last 10 minutes.

Boys we have to learn to play 50 minutes of consistent football, where we all play to the game plan. If you do not convert yourpossession into points, then it is difficult to win in any sport.

Heads up boys – let’s keep the focus!

Man of the Match: Jean-Baptiste Defour

2nd Team Football vs Wellesley House (Home)

The 2nd team were faced up against much bigger boys during Wednesday’s match against Wellesley. This seemed to affect theway we played in a big way as we did not want to do anything with the ball. We did not challenge for ball in the air but ratherwaited for Wellesley to make the first move.

We backed away from the match and made some very silly decisions up front and at the back which allowed Wellesley to scoreeasy goals.

We went into the half time break 5:0 down. After some water and a few words of encouragement the boys were fired up andran back onto the pitch with purpose.

We played a very “gutsy” second half and although we still conceded a goal we managed to create a few scoring opportunitiesourselves. We need to switch on earlier in the match and go flat out from the first blow of the whistle.

The end score was 6:0 to Wellesley.


Sports NewsHOCKEY

Saturday 21st September 2013

U13 Hockey v Junior King’s (Home)

Northbourne made a super start to this match with some lovely passing moves and crosses into the shooting circle. Carla,Camille and Honor displayed excellent stickwork at pace and the rest of the team backed up and used the space well. By halftime Carla had scored 2 goals, Camille 2 goals, Honor 1 goal and Ella, who is improving game by game, scored once with alovely strike and was unlucky to have had another shot into the goal disallowed.

At 6-0 up we were able to give some of our younger and less experienced girls a chance to play. They worked hard throughoutthe second half, coming close to scoring on a couple of occasions and defending well at the other end. The final score remained6-0 to Northbourne.

Players of the Match - the whole squad.

Tuesday 24th September 2013

U9 Hockey v St Faith’s (Home)

This was the first hockey match ever for some of the girls. They were very excited and, once they had settled down, played avery good team game. Unfortunately we allowed 3 very quick goals from the opposition, which put us under pressure from thestart of the game.

In the second half, Lauren Spencer defended like a lioness protecting her cubs and Olivia Ryeland showed her talent bydribbling around St. Faith’s and taking numerous shots at goal. We managed to score 2 goals against a tenacious goal keeper.The girls improved so much and should be very proud of themselves.

Final score: lost 2-5

‘Man of the match’ – Lauren Spencer and Olivia Ryeland


U13 A Hockey v Wellesley House (Away)

We knew that Wellesley would be tough to beat at home and they certainly started off very strongly. Our defensive work,however, was solid and we managed to frustrate all their attacking moves, keeping the score at 0 – 0 by half time.

Again fitness levels played a part and eventually Wellesley broke through our defence in the second half to score twice. We didstring together some good moves and passes up the pitch and continued to make the opponents work hard. Final score was 2–0 to Wellesley.

Player of the Match – Honor Glynn Williams

U13 B Hockey v Wellesley House (Away)

With almost half our U13 B team being very new to Hockey, this match was a steep learning curve for them. Wellesley’s largepitch really tested the fitness levels of the girls as well as their ability to pass the ball over longer distances. They worked veryhard, Emily making some good saves in front of goal and Zita getting the ball into the Wellesley goal only to be denied a scoreas the ball hit her feet first. The final score was 5 – 0 to Wellesley.

Player of the Match – Emily Hickson

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