Bromley High School 2013

Bromley High School 2013

Anniversary Issue1883 - 2013

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Anniversary Issue 1883 - 2013One hundred and thirty yearsis a long time. The challengewith this year’s special issueof the magazine was tocelebrate Bromley High’sproud record of educatinggirls since 1883 and to makethis relevant to the presentday. It has been clear from the fascinating materialprovided by alumnae that school days are bothinfluential and unforgettable.Many contributions have shown how the past is notforgotten and is an integral part of everything wedo in many subject areas today.Pupils from all year groups have chosen a decadefrom the past 130 years to study for each subject,

and the Junior School tell usabout 2013 in their ownwords. I hope that thisanniversary magazinewill be a treasuredkeepsake for many.Mrs Davies Editor

AchievementArtBusiness StudiesDanceDesign TechnologyDramaEconomicsEnglishFrom the HeadmistressGeographyGovernment & Politics

HistoryMathematicsModern LanguagesMusicPhysical EducationPsychologyScienceSixth FormYear 7Junior SchoolAlumnae

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ContentsBROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE 2013

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We’d love to hear about your Bromley Highschool days too. If you have memories and photosto share, then please send them to Mrs DeniseWoodfield, Bromley High School. BlackbrookLane, Bickley Bromley Kent BR1 2TW or sendan email to [email protected] are unable to return originals, so please copyor scan anything precious! Bromley High OldGirls’ Association enables you keep in touch withus and your classmates, contact us for details.

Right: a BromleyHigh pupil duringa Drill session in1911.

Above:Creating 3Dstructuresbased on‘Flight’

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In 1883 the founding Headmistress of Bromley High School must have openedthe doors to her new pupils feeling a range of emotions; excitement, trepidation,determination and many others perhaps.Little did she know that, 130 years later, we would have moved the school lock,stock and barrel to a new site a couple of miles away, and that we would beproviding an education that is light years ahead of her experience in terms ofteaching, learning and technology. She could not have imagined the facilitiesthat we enjoy, the range of co-curricular opportunities and the strength of thepastoral care system, or that the school would have grown to 900 pupils.Times have certainly changed at Bromley High School, but thefundamental values have remained the same. Like Miss Heppel, we continueto put girls first and like Miss Heppel, we continue to provide a first classeducation for every single one of our girls, putting their individual needs atthe very heart of all that the school does. Like Miss Heppel we want toprepare the girls for a productive, exciting and successful future in the worldbeyond school, wherever that exciting journey takes them.I hope that you enjoy this special celebratory magazine that looks back at our 130 yearsof history and the changes which have happened both within and beyond the school in that time.Our year of celebration has been a time to reflect on all that we are proud of, and to look forward tothe next 130 years of Bromley High School. It has reminded us of what is important to the school andits wider community and we are delighted that this magazine edition has allowed us to crystallisea little of this to share with you.I hope that you enjoy the magazine and I thank the editorial team; Mrs Davies, Mrs Upton andMrs Woodfield, and all the many contributors, for producing such a wonderful publication.

HeadSeptember 2013

Louise Simpson

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Bromley High School as itstood on Elmfield Road,Bromley South from 1883,until the whole schoolmoved to its green leafysite in Bickley in 1980.Right:Miss Heppel(1883 - 1908) the school’sfounding Headmistress.

Above: some of the firstBromley High Old Girls c.1900Left: just some of the current 900!

Miss Heppel couldnot have imaginedthe facilities that weenjoy, the range ofco-curricularopportunities andthe strength of thepastoral care system,or that the schoolwould have grownto 900 pupils.

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Miss Schofield

Miss Heppel

Miss Littlewood

Miss Reid

Miss Hodge

1883 - 1903

1908 - 1924 1924 - 1939

1971 - 1984 1984 - 1989

Miss Mary Louisa Heppel was the firstHeadmistress of Bromley High School taking upher role in 1883. According to an extract from‘Schoolgirl Voices’ - ‘This position which she heldin the educational world of Bromley was unique.Her striking personality commanded alike

admiration, respect and affection, and her influenceextended far beyond the boundaries of the school

over which she presided’.

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Mrs Hancock

Miss HardwickeMiss Leale

One of the earliest photos of Bromley High girls in 1911,about to do their Swedish Drill in the hall. As one formerpupil recalls,“We had Swedish Drill on Friday mornings.For this, we wore navy blue pleated skirts and long sleevedwoollen jerseys with pale blue ties. This was our only schooluniform duringWorldWar I and worn for Drill.”

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Francesca Aaskov 10 (10)Harriet Abbott 9 (9)Elizabeth Adewale 7 (0)Iqra Ahmed 9 (9)Folu Alao 9 (2)Daisy Andrews 9 (6)Anna Baines 11 (9)Frances Barcelos 10 (7)Alice Barker 9 (0)Megan Barnes 9 (9)Katherine Barrow 10 (9)Rebecca Barrow 10 (9)Annie Baxter 9 (4)Grace Baylis 11 (10)Ellen Birke 10 (10)DakotaBlacklaws-Lacy 10 (5)Eleanor Blackwood 10 (10)Sianah Brock 9 (9)Annie Burfoot 9 (0)Hannah Cawker 10 (8)

Sarah Christie 10 (10)Emily Clarke 10 (9)Helena Coleman 11 (11)Olivia Courtney 10 (10)Rosie Crowley 9 (6)Maddie Crust 11 (11)India Dafter 9 (2)Louise Davison 10 (5)Pearl Desai 8 (0)Katie Dulieu 9 (6)Sophie Durman 9 (5)Hyat El-Zebdeh 10 (10)Elvina Emmerson 9 (4)MymaEnchill-Yawson 10 (10)Sydni Evans 10 (5)Kiersha Fitzsimons 10 (8)Florence Ford 9 (2)Jemma Foyle 9 (6)Phoebe Glass 10 (10)Ursula Goddard 10 (10)

We are delighted that the girls have beenso richly rewarded for their efforts this year.

There has been so much doom and gloomaround the examinations process, and A level

grade deflation, but Bromley High girls rightlycelebrated excellent results again this year

They have been brilliantly supported byexcellent teachers and their families

and they deserve their success.Well done to them all!

Louise Simpson

Bromley High Girlscontinue to fly high!

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Emma Gray 9 (6)Aveen Hamawandi 10 (10)Abby Harmer 9 (9)Beth Harrison 9 (9)Chaenel Hay 10 (10)Molly Haynes 10 (10)Becca Houlder 9 (7)Angharad Hunter 10 (9)Parmis Imani-Berendjestanki 10 (10)Lottie Jenkins 9 (9)Tara Jennett 9 (8)Honor Jennings 10 (10)Eva Jensen 8 (3)Hannah Jones 10 (10)Tara Jones 9 (9)Tilly Keeper 9 (6)Liz Kelleher 10 (9)Laura Kruszewski 10 (10)Ellie Lawrence 10 (5)Felicity Lawrence 10 (9)

Rebecca Lennard 10 (10)I Wa Liu 8 (6)Anita Lofinmakin 10 (2)Abbie Maddison 9 (5)Faye Mallett 10 (10)Amirah Martin 10 (10)Georgina McCartney8 (0)Rebecca McKenzie 10 (9)Hibah Mehmood 9 (2)Darcie Moore 9 (8)Anna Morris 9 (5)Eliz Mullali 9 (2)Anna Myers 10 (10)Amber Needham 9 (9)Emma Northwood 10 (9)Megan O’Neill 11 (11)Jessica Page 9 (8)Asha Parmar 10 (4)Karishma Patel 9 (4)Kinita Patel 10 (10)Emma Ptak 9 (9)

Amy Reynolds 10 (9)Sarah Rowe 9 (1)Saba Sait 9 (0)Lydia Scobie 9 (7)Jennifer Sewell 9 (4)Kayley Smith 9 (9)Honor Teideman 9 (7)Rachelle Thevathas 9 (9)Monika Totman 9 (8)Katie Tragheim 10 (10)Olivia Tritton 9 (5)Gaby Victor 10 (10)Natasha Walton 10 (7)NatalieWeidlich Riley 10 (5)Elise Wiseman 9 (9)Zoe Wiseman 9 (7)Zara Zapico 10 (10)Yasemin Ziya 9 (1)

Results correct at time of going to print

(* denotes grades A* and A)

ADVANCED AND ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY RESULTS 2013LUCY ALLISON Business Studies, Geography, Mathematics AS Psychology

Business Management with Accounting and Finance UWEKHEZIA ASAMOAH Biology*, Chemistry, Spanish AS Mathematics, EPQ*

Pharmacy ReadingLEILA BOULDEN English Literature*, GPS*, History AS Economics, EPQ*

Law SouthamptonELLIE BROAD Biology*, Chemistry, Psychology* AS EPQ*

Medical Sciences LeedsLUCY BUBBERS Biology*, Chemistry*, English Literature* AS Mathematics*

Medicine UEACHLOE BUNTING Biology* Geography*, Mathematics* AS DT*

Biomedical Science WarwickFIONA BUTTERWORTH Mathematics*, Further Maths, Music*, Physics* AS DT, Music Technology

Acoustics and Music SouthamptonELLIE CLAYSON English Literature, Mathematics, Psychology AS Biology, EPQ*

Criminology with Psychology UWECHARLOTTE COLEGATE Biology, PE, Psychology

Sport and Exercise Science LoughboroughNICOLE ELANGO Biology, Chemistry, French* AS Mathematics, EPQ*

Biomedical Science St GeorgesLAURA ELLIOTT Mathematics, Further Maths, Spanish AS EPQ

Electronic Engineering with foundation year (4 years) YorkFRANCESCA EVANS Drama*, English Literature*, Spanish* AS Classical Civilisation*

English and Spanish (4 years) OxfordALEXA FARRELL English Literature*, Geography*, Psychology AS History

Geography (Science) ExeterHANNAH FOWLER Biology*, Chemistry, Mathematics*, Further Maths*

Chemistry (4 years) SheffieldCHRISTINAGARBI Art*, History, Mathematics* AS Biology, EPQ*

Art Foundation Central St MartinsSARAH GIACOPAZZI Drama AS ICT, EPQ

Hospitality and Event Management BrightonCAROLINE HARDY Biology, Geography*, Spanish

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Yet again our girls show us what hard work,commitment and dedication can do.

We encourage girls to aim high and havingachieved some brilliant grades, we are

delighted that our leavers have moved onto the universities of their choice,

and are heading to some great collegecourses both at home and overseas.

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CHARLOTTE HITCHENS Art*, Mathematics*, Physics*Civil and Environmental Engineering Leeds

QINGYUE HUANG Economics, Mathematics*, Further Maths AS PhysicsEconomics Edinburgh

TOBI IBIDAPO Biology*, Chemistry, MathematicsMedicine Prague

ASWEENI JANSDIN RAJ Biology, Mathematics, PsychologyPsychology with Sociology Nottingham Trent

ABBIE JESSUP Drama, Mathematics, RSPhilosophy Manchester

BECKY KNIGHT Business Studies, French*, Spanish* AS BiologyBusiness Management and French Surrey

SHUCHI KOHLI Biology*, Chemistry, Mathematics* AS EPQBiomedical Sciences Queen Mary

KAYLEIGH LEONARD History, Mathematics AS BiologyBusiness Management with Accounting and Finance UWE

HATTIE LOWERS Art*, English Literature*, Photography*, PsychologyArt Foundation Central St Martins

KATIE MELLING Art*, English Literature, PsychologyArt Foundation Camberwell

LIZZY MORRISON English Literature*, GPS, PsychologyEnglish Literature UEA

CLAIRE NORTON Classical Civilisation*, English Literature*, History*, Psychology*Ancient History King's College London

ELIZABETH OLIVER Classical Civilisation*, English Literature*, Geography* AS History*English Exeter

EMMAO’ROURKE Economics, English Literature*, Geography AS Mathematics, EPQ*Geography Leeds

RACHEL PARRY English Literature*, Geography, Psychology AS Biology, EPQ*American Literature with CreativeWriting with a Year Abroad UEA

DHARA PATEL Biology, Geography, Psychology AS Business StudiesGeography with Geology Southampton

ANNA PENSON Mathematics*, Psychology*, Spanish*Psychology Birmingham

VEENA PERUMAL DT*, Mathematics, PhysicsArchitecture Kent

CATHERINE POPE Drama, Economics*, English Literature*, Mathematics*English and Drama Exeter

CAITLIN POWELL Mathematics, Photography, PsychologyGap Year, Media and Communication (2014) Sussex

SHANNON PRATT English Literature, Geography AS ICT, EPQEmployment

TAZKIA RAHMAN Biology, French, MathematicsFrench Studies (4 years) Warwick

SARAH RANDALL ICT*, Psychology*, RS AS EPQ*Education Studies and Psychology Bishop Grosseteste

EMILY ROBERTS English Literature*, Geography*, Psychology AS ICTGap Year

LUCY ROCHE Chemistry*, Mathematics*, Further Maths*, Physics*AS Biology*, Critical Thinking*Mathematics Bath

MAIA RYAN-DAWES Biology*, Chemistry, English Literature AS MathematicsMidwifery Manchester

LAURA SIMMONS Biology, Chemistry, Geography* AS PhysicsHuman Sciences (Chiropractic) AECC

SOPHIE SIMPSON English Literature*, French*, Spanish* AS BiologyHispanic Studies (4 years) Bristol

KATE SYLVESTER Art*, English Literature*, Geography*AS Classical CivilisationEnglish Literature with Creative Writing UEA

EMMA TANNER Biology*, Chemistry*, Mathematics*, Psychology*Biomedical Sciences UCL

EMILY THOMAS Economics*, Mathematics*, Further Maths*, PhysicsActuarial Science LSE

QUILLAN TURNER Art, Photography AS ICTEmployment

ZOE TURNER English Literature, GPS*, Psychology AS EPQ*Sociology and Politics Kent

FRANCESCAWATERS Biology*, Geography*, PE* AS ChemistrySport & Exercise Science Kent

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There werelots of shouts ofencouragement andcheering as girls(and staff) climbed,aimed or flewthrough the air.Right:The newYear 7on their first daySeptember 2013

From Wednesday 10th to Friday 12thOctober the whole of Year 7 went to the PGLActivity Centre at Marchants Hill for a 3 dayand 2 night team building and ‘getting toknow each other’ trip.Our trip involved a range of activitiesincluding Jacob’s Ladder, Quad Biking,Zip Wire, Rifle Shooting, Trapeze etc.Everyone tried all of the activities whichwas great and there were lots of shouts ofencouragement and cheering as girls (andstaff) climbed, aimed or flew through the air.We had a great time during the day and also inthe evenings with an open air bonfire and adisco to keep us all busy.

Year 7PGL trip toMarchants Hill

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Young Leaders’ Conference 2013Designed to enhance our skills in leadership and teamwork, the Young Leaders’ Conference invites all the

Head Girl Teams from the 26 GDSTschools to partake in tasks that arenot dissimilar to that of the populartelevision programme, ‘TheApprentice.’ On our arrival at RoyalHigh School in Bath, we had theopportunity to listen to inspirationalspeakers offering us different perspec-tives on the role of leadership as wellas an insight into the qualities neededto become a successful leader. Theseranged from Helen Fraser, CEO of theGDST, Camilla Batmanghelidjh of Kids

Company, to Ann Daniels, the first woman to reachthe North and South Poles as part of all womenteams. This year, our task focused on creating afundraising event for one of four charities rangingfrom Whizz Kids, Clic Sargent, Breakthrough BreastCancer and Camfed. Split into twelve groups ofapproximately ten people from different schools, wehad to quickly delegate roles such as Managing

Director, ICT Manager and Finance Manager, aprocess which enabled us to bond as a group, witha diverse range of skills ranging from creativity tocalculation.Over the course of the weekend, we developed andmarketed our fundraising event, undergoing marketresearch in Bath, whilst creating a 30 secondpromotional campaign, a micro-site, links to SocialMedia networks and finally an eight minutepresentation. With pressure rapidly mounting,budgets were scrutinised, speeches edited and videoschecked before the presentations were given to a panelof judges including Helen Fraser and representativesfrom the four charities. The weekend culminated inan awards ceremony with prizes given for OverallWinner, Best Event and Best Video.This was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, givingus the opportunity to socialise with other Head GirlTeams across the GDST, whilst developing our skillsin areas such as communication and management.We had a fabulous time!

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2013 Head GirlTeamfrom left Kate Sylvester,Nicole Elango,ClaireNorton,Tazkia Rahman,Elizabeth Oliver andLeila Boulden

The Young Leaders’ Conference gave us theopportunity to socialise with other Head Girl Teamsacross the GDST, whilst developing our skills in areassuch as communication and management.

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I liked theBiennale bestbecause everysingle piece of artis different.Modern art hasinspired mebecause it was allvery original.Lydia

I learnt how to usewatercolours and mixing

paints to get the right colour.Rachel

I have learnt how tolook at art in a differentway and to understandit better. Isabella

Overall I have enjoyedthis trip so much andwould love to go backagain. I loved the waywe had so much free-dom and the teachersreally trusted us. I havegained independenceand I have mademany more friendsin the process. Amy

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The 2013Year 9Art StudyTour visitedVenice - what joy!

Right: Year 9 taking partin theArt Installation inthe Russian Pavilion attheVenice Biennale 2013

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flew to the ‘floating’ cityof Venice. The tripwas packed full ofadmirable architectureand inspirational galleries;our sketchbooks are fullof the wonderful sites wevisited. During our staywe went to an array ofgalleries from the pre-19th

century art of theAccademia to the current2013 Biennale whichshowcased artists world-wide, including our veryown Jeremy Deller.One of the highlights ofthe visit was The PeggyGuggenheim Gallery.

Peggy Guggenheim was arich American socialitewho through her first jobas an avant-gardebookshop clerk becameenamoured by thebohemian lifestyle ledby artists of all types. Thispassion continued all theway through her life and in1938 she opened her firstgallery for Modern Artwhich feature Jean Cocteauin its first show and wenton to include 20th centuryicons such as VassilyKandinsky (PeggyGuggenheim gave himhis first British exhibition)and Pablo Picasso.

Her love of art and desireto find unique, unwantedpieces led her to discoversome of the most famous20th century artists, suchas Jackson Pollock -discovered as a humblecarpenter - who gained hisfirst exhibition in Venicevia her patronage.This gallery combinesAmerican Modernistsand Italian Futurists insuch a way as to causeanybody to stand inawe of Guggenheim’sformer (and stillunfinished) home.

Atlanta Bartlett

One of thehighlights ofthe trip wasThe PeggyGuggenheimMuseum,near theMaria DellaSalute Churchon theGrand Canal

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machine to unscramble the meaning. Theinitial message just looks like a mess ofletters, but when they type these back intothe machine, the machine then decrypts itand it makes sense. The Enigma machinewas a bit like a typewriter except that whenyou type anything in, the keyboard sendsout a different letter. Also when you type inan ‘e’ one day it would come up with oneletter but then if the next day you typed inan ‘e’ you would get a different letter to theday before.This was important for the British in WorldWar II because it helped them to know whatthe Germans were saying and when theywere going to attack. Someone stole anEnigma machine for the British and eventu-ally they figured out how it worked andwhat they had to do. This helped becauseafter they decrypted the messages that weresent, they knew when the Germans weregoing to attack and were able to prepare forit. This saved a lot of lives.Dilys Tawiah, Year 8

An Enigma machine was a device createdby Arthur Scherbius, a German engineer, atthe end of the Second World War. It is anelectro-mechanical cipher. Electro-mechanicmeans it uses electricity and mechanisms;cipher is a means of concealing a message.

It was used to send signalsand messages during thewar. It works by theGerman person typing ina message which is thenscrambled into anunreadable code by the

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During the 1940s, the world was at war.In Europe, Britain and its allies were struggling to hold backthe armies of Nazi Germany. British men and women played their partin this conflict in many different ways.Normally, we focus on those who were involved in the military contest,but mathematicians also played their part in Britain’s eventual triumph.They were the codebreakers.

Working in pairs tocrack a cryptic code on

Crossphase Day

Far left: theEnigma machine.

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csAnd this is Rosie Clarke’s impression of how it was first captured – she mighthave employed a bit of artistic licence:

And this is Rosie Clarke’s impressionof how it was first captured –she might have employed a bitof artistic licence.

In February this year, groups of girlsfrom Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 spent a dayinvestigating codes: how they are animportant part of military history,

and how they continueto play importantroles in our daily lives.One code they learntabout was the‘Enigma code’, whichthe Germans inventedduring the SecondWorld War.

It was a cold and windy night, as the small, sneaky man jumpedthe fence to capture and retrieve the coding device, ‘the Enigmamachine’ – as the wretched Germans called it.He landed and, using the map he had so recently acquired,avoided mine after mine, barely keeping his footing. It was sostrange, he thought, that a German military base had put mineseverywhere. He edged his way towards the entrance.‘Hmm’, he whispered, studying the map. The entrance seemedcompletely unguarded. He studied the map again. ‘Oh, oh, oh’,he smiled, as realisation dawned. “Mines around a fakeentrance. How clever! Oh, they never got anything past him,not when he had escaped torture at Colditz Castle, takingmany of Britain’s best agents home with him, felling manyGermans in the process.”He moved away from the dummy entrance, scanning the wallof the bunker for another way in. He spotted a small hole inthe wall, just large enough to fit his shoulder through. It lookedlike a rabbit hole, but the tell-tale marks around it said thatthis was no ordinary burrow. No – this was a secret entrance.He felt inside it and there was a CLICK. He fell about a metreinto a heavily guarded room. He knocked all the guardsunconscious with his advanced karate skills.On the table was a machine that looked like a typewriter.But this was not typewriter. “Yes, you have done it, my boy”,he said to himself. “You have got the machine.”Rosie Clarke, Year 7

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In Mrs Meason’s classI remember,Mrs MeasonThe easy smileThe auburn hairThe white blouseThe pink cardiganThe fine silver chainThat hung round her neckAnd the small bumpunderneath her dress

I rememberThe tap-tappingOf fingers on the whiteboardThe rattlingOf the desksThe squeaking of pensOn the boardThe deep booming voiceOf the teacher next doorAnd the pale pastel yellowOf the classroom wall

I rememberThe shrieks and shoutsOf running childrenDrifted up to the secondstorey windowThe damp grassMorning dew soaking intowhite frilly socksThe spongy surfaceOf the play areaThe squeak of rubber alongthe soft groundAnd the shrill pealingOf a swinging bell

Sophie Ryall 7E

7E studied“AMidsummerNight’s Dream”and had lots offun designingall sorts ofcostumes fortheir ownimaginaryproductions,ranging froma science fictionsetting to a version set in the 1960s.Here’s one example of a more traditionaldesign by Fabienne Gnehm. Mrs Davies

8G studied ‘Wolf’ by Gillian Cross in the firstterm of this academic year. As part of the mys-terious narrative, the central character, Cassyhas to form a wolf’s head out of a malleableyellow substance, which we later find out to beplastic explosive! As the process is described insome detail within the text, I decided to ask myclass to undertake the same exercise, with greyclay; the results were very interesting!Mrs Rigby

Edmund Arthur BlainThese are not my words,This is a different me,Each morning I hear thecalling birdsAs they fly across the sea.I think I might be insane,Although I may be braver,Is it worth all of the pain?For a medal made of silver.As night dawnsAnd stars emerge,I put on my long johnsAnd the rain begins to surge.Deep into the trench it creepsSoaking the already soddenground,Fortunately the rations arein heapsAnd the weapons are bound.I miss my family dearly,It is so hard to explainYours sincerely,Edmund Arthur Blain

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shAs far as Britain was concerned, the First World War whichlasted four brutal years, started on 4th August 1914 whenshe declared war on Germany. This ‘Great War’ spawneda wealth of literature that continues to be studied in

English lessons today.On 21st June Year 9 visited a number of keycommemorative sites with specialist guides. The firstsite was Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery where 10,755casualties are buried. Unlike Tyne Cot, the largest

military cemetery in the world, casualties at Lijssenthoek aremainly identified. Pupils learnt that here, Staff Nurse NellieSpindler was also buried. She is one of only two British femalecasualties of the First World War to be buried in Belgium.After walking through original German trenches atBayernwald and learning about trench warfare, pupils visitedan advance dressing station – poet and doctor John McCraeserved here - before a stop off at the German MilitaryCemetery. Dinner in the lovely town of Ypres preceded avery moving Last Post Ceremony held at the Menin Gate.Here a selection of Bromley High pupils laid a wreath incommemoration.Feedback from year 9 pupils reflected the breadth of the dayfrom, ‘I had no idea the sheer scale of the numbers killed;seeing the graves really brought it home,’ to ‘I enjoyed the LastPost most because we were able to still show today how muchwe appreciated their sacrifice.’Other pupils commented, ‘When we read ‘Anthem for DoomedYouth’ in class we were just reading someone else’s experience.Standing at the ridge in Passchendale made it real.I felt quite angry.’

Mrs Morter Head of English

The SoldiersLike a bird with an injuredwing,Never to fly again.I have long lost my freedom,And all I feel is pain.

Shivers creep down my spineAs I touch the white tombstoneOf the nurse who was full ofcourage,The nurse with a heart of gold.

Hear the rats scurry around.Oh, life is so easy for some,They do not know numbness,How hard it is not to succumb.

Look at the land of the fallen,The martyrs for a great cause.Look, but never understandThe true feeling of loss.

Please, remember the soldiersWho sacrificed everything,just giving,Please, remember the peopleWho made your life worthliving.

Raveena Rao

One and oneselfCurling oneself into a ballHoping you’re out of reachOf the ammunitions flyingOver the land we’re notallowed to breach.

Burying one’s head in yourhandsTo keep away the soundOf gunfire, bullets and riflesShattering, ricocheting overground.

Folding one’s legs to yourchestTo keep out of the wayOf shots meant for yourcomradesBut that travel closer towhere you lie.

Tucking one’s head underyour armsSo you don’t have to seeThe dead lying abandoned orThe faces who knew thoselying silently.

Clare Sylvester

1910 – 1920war poetryfrom theFirst World War‘If any questionwhy we diedTell them,because ourfathers lied.’Rudyard Kipling,‘Common Form’.

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Year 8 burningmethanebubbles withspectacular results!


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The girlshad aproductiveday and thetime wasutilised wellallowing themto workuninterruptedforlong periods

On Tuesday 19th March, all Year 13 chemists spentthe day in the laboratory working on theirinvestigative project or their A-Level chemistry studies.It was an intensive day which gave each girl a taste ofwhat to expect when studying for a science degree atuniversity. The girls are encouraged to use techniquesand methods of analysis not normally encounteredduring their lessons.To this extent we had a steam distillation runningalong with infrared spectroscopy as well as the moretraditional techniques of which they are familiar.The investigations were based around a number ofscenarios such as analysing for the acidic content of red wine,investigating unsaturation in fats and oils, a study of catalysisand the kinetics of a clock reaction.The girls had a productive day and the time was utilised wellallowing them to work uninterrupted for long periods –something they are not able to do in normal timetabled lessons.

Dr Rowley Head of ChemistryYEAR13COURSEWORKINVESTIGATIONS

A taste of university life

Year 13 engaged intheir whole dayof Chemistry

carrying out theirinvestigative work.

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the Year 13 Chemistrypupils visit The NationalGallery. They were thereto hear from an art histo-rian on how Chemistry isused in the restoration ofart. This is based aroundtheir A2 unit ‘Colour byDesign’ which explainshow modern techniquessuch as reflectancespectroscopy and gaschromatography are usedto match up modernpigments and solventswith those used over 500 years ago. The talk centred aroundthe magnificent fresco ‘The Incredulity of St. Thomas’ byCima da Conegliano, the restoration of which was startedin 1969 and took about 15 years to complete. This pictureforms the centre piece of the Sainsbury Wing in the gallery.In fact, the design of this entire Wing was centred around thispainting. Modern pigments are used during restoration in placeof the toxic substances containing mercury and lead used bythe original artists. The girls were also able to see ‘A WheatfieldWith Cypresses’ by Van Gogh, another picture restored at TheNational Gallery during the 1980s and hear about how restorationof some paintings had actually resulted in damage caused by thesubstances used in the restorative process.A marvellous afternoon of Chemistry in the work place.

Thanks to The National Gallery forsuch an informative afternoon andto Dr Desai for accompanying uson the trip. Dr Rowley

Left: ‘AWheatfieldWithCypresses’ Van Gogh.Above: ‘The Incredulityof St.Thomas’ by Cima DaCornegliano

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ceRosalind Franklin was a significant female scientist in the 1950s: aCambridge graduate and keen biologist, she was working at KingsCollege, London during the era when important discoveries about thesubstance responsible for us all - DNA - was being made. She wasskilled and systematic and applied this to her work. Using X-ray photog-raphy, she provided some of the first clues to suggest the double helixstructure of DNA (see photo). However, at this time, her status as a

female scientist meant she was disregarded and excluded by her peers; her work being used withoutpermission by Crick andWatson who went on to conclude that DNA was a double helix structure andwho won a Nobel Prize withWilkins.Although treated unfairly in her time, we now recognise RosalindFranklin’s talent and dedication, despite prejudice, and realise how many life-saving medical techniques are,in part, owed to her findings.

Max Perutz’s discovery of the molecular structureof the protein haemoglobin in 1959 led to himbeing regarded as one of the world’s mostinfluential molecular chemists. Born inVienna, hecame to the University of Cambridge in 1936 tojoin a research group and it was here that he began

to explore the structure of proteins and haemoglobin (the protein in red blood cellsresponsible for transporting oxygen) using X-ray diffraction photography, a similartechnique to Rosalind Franklin.

Dr Perutz’s work was delayed byWorldWar II so it was not until 1959 that he completed the first lowresolution map of haemoglobin (see photo).This work resulted in him sharing the Nobel Prize forChemistry in 1962 with John Kendrew. Beyond intellectual brilliance, Max Perutz stands out as anambassador for Science and Human Rights and his work has launched a new era of molecular medicineand genetics over the last four decades. Emma Norton and Alex Chrysostomou

Physics is constantly making new discoveries and thrilling breakthroughs whichalter our perception of how we look at the world today. In the last decade themost monumental discovery was the Higgs Boson, which arose from a simulatedcollision between two protons; but 2012 will be remembered as the year thatphysics hit the mainstream. Physicists working on the ATLAS and CMS experi-ments at CERN announced they discovered a ‘Higgs-like particle’ and cameracrews and reporters arrived from around the globe to the lab based in Geneva

where the announcement was made. Its’ discovery comleted the standard model of particle physics makingit the most fundamental breakthrough of the 21st century so far, a breakthrough over time which could leadto developments in new physics and to new technologies just like the discovery of quantum mechanicswhich made microchips;mobile phones; computers and M.R.I.scanners possible.The discoveries and models created by physics inthe last century and decade have helped our everyday life by improving technology making Physics a verycurrent and valuable subject. Faye Holyoake and Charlotte Durden

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This year Bromley High Schoolwill celebrate 130 years of notonly successful academic work,but also fantastic opportunitiesfor the pupils to participate in avariety of sports.

Bromley High was opened in1883, 17 years before the firstOlympics where women com-peted. However, Bromley Highwas already offering their girlssporting opportunities after real-ising the benefits from takingpart. It was revolutionary at thetime and contrasted many localschools’ views but Bromley Highwas determined to give their girlsequal opportunities. Encouragingthem to express themselves andexercise while being able to enjoythemselves at the same time,aided the girls in other schoolwork and allowed them to lookforward to sport within theirschool days. In addition to this,allowing the girls to participatein sporting activities helped todiscourage the prejudice mostpeople had against women com-peting at this time. The pictureshows a rather large class takingpart in a gym lesson. The girls arein a gymnasium; a facility thatwas built along with the mainschool to allow girls the opportu-nities that would be limited in aclassroom.

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Tennis and Golf, although, therewere three French women com-peting in Croquet and there wasat least one woman sailor as partof mixed crews. Only two sportswere exclusive to woman, andneither of these particularly inter-ested the male dominant audi-ence as the idea was foreign tomost. Four years later in Athensthere were more woman compet-ing, however this was only 22 outof 997 of the athletes.

Recently, in 2012, our summerOlympics, there were 140women-only events and 4847of the 10000 athletes werewomen. Team GB contained morewomen than ever before (262,compared with 119 in 2008).Comparing some of these statis-tics with that of around 113 yearsago seems ludicrous. The attitudeof spectators now is far moreaccepting of the women competi-tors and although they are stillfacing a battle for equal mediacoverage and recognition,improvements have beenmade. In relation tothese internationalimprovements,Bromley High’s sporthas also developedby supporting thispositive movementwithin women’ssport and ensuringthe girlsunderstand theimportance of sportand exercise.

Bromley High School has alwaysbeen competitive. The depart-ment organises fixtures againstother schools and, therefore, offerthe opportunity to play competi-tively and strive for excellence.The support and drive of teachersover the last 130 years hasenabled Bromley High School towitness continued success.

Giving every girl the chance tocompete in sport is vital; todemonstrate the fun that can behad and the friends that can bemade is even more important.

A chance to demonstrate theseskills, motivation and passionfor sport was offered in June atthe school’s 130th Communityanniversary celebrations. PrimarySchools from around the Bromleyarea were invited to compete in aFestival of Sport. The day was agreat success for all and sportwas a superb way to bring manypeople together.

130 years ofsporting excellence

Bromley High girls in a gymnasium, a facility thatwas built along with the main school to allow girls

the opportunities that would be limited in a classroom.

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On Wednesday 10th October, the U15 Netball team travelled toNorthampton High School to take part in the U15 Trust Schools’ NetballRally. Our team included girls from Years 8, 9 and 10. After a goodwarm-up to get our blood pumping and a team talk to keep us in focus,we headed into our first match with our heads held high and our gamefaces on. The final whistle blew signalling our first win of the day! Withthis under our belt, we then went on to play four further matches, draw-ing one, losing one and winning two. These results fortunately placed usas runner-ups in our group for the initial round of the tournament.However, we would have to play the winners of the other group,Sheffield High School, in the quarter finals. We predicted that it wouldnot be an easy match but knew that we were very capable of winning andprogressing into the semi-finals. With the thought of getting the goldwithin reach, we powered into the game, snatching any loose balls and

intercepting the ball whenever possible. Again the match was extremelyclose; however we managed to score the goal needed to win. NewcastleHigh School was our next opponent and after watching them play in pre-vious matches, we knew their standard of play was very high. Yet againwe went into the match with the gold in mind and eventually secured theplace in the final that we had been hoping for. The level of play in thismatch was exceptional and the win was well deserved. This standard ofplay continued into the final where we came up against Portsmouth HighSchool. Again it was a very close match; however, we kept focused andwith the support of the Hockey and Swimming teams on the sideline, weeventually won, 8-7. The team was ecstatic, along with an emotionalMiss Higgins, who after checking the score, gave into tears. Soon after,we were all presented with gold medals and the Trust Netball trophy.Overall it was a great day and the level of Netball shown was outstanding.U

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In May 2013,Miss Dahdientered 5 riders and6 horses into aTeamDressage competition atCarewell Farm, Lingfield.The riders turned out withgleaming horses andsuccessfully competed inlarge classes, achievingpainfully close results at theend. Sydni Evans, the teamcaptain rode two horses onthe day, and achieved anoverall 3rd place on herhorse Cimmy.The other ridersenjoyed a greatday of team spiritand did afantastic job atrepresenting the school.Thanks must go to theteam; Sydni Evans,MayaWingard, Izzy Player,Beth Hughes andLillyTuesley forpreparing sothoroughly inadvance.

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nIn the early hours on Monday the 1st of April the hockey girls boardedthe coach at 6:30am at school to depart for the Holland Tour. The journeywas long and tiring with the team at the edge of their seats waiting forthe action filled week ahead of us. When we arrived in Valkenburg wedrove through the town until we arrived at the hotel Schaepkens van StFijt. On Tuesday and Wednesday we had qualified intense training in themorning with our coach for the week, Jamie. We learnt new skills whichwe put into practise in the two tough games against the Dutch. OnTuesday after the training we headed to laser tag where we battledagainst each other in a cave, we all laughed and enjoyed the laser a lot.That evening we played against a local opposition. It was tough for theteam as it was a long journey but when we warmed up we were ready toplay. We all wanted to win the game so we went out fighting and wonthe game 7-0. On Wednesday the team woke up tired after the late nightbut full of energy. We had training in the morning and then went back tothe hotel and relaxed. Our next match was a hard match but we went

out and won 8-0. This was the hardest game but we went out on fire.On Thursday we had the end of week tournament. We found out thatwe were playing an U16 team and U14 team which were both older thanus! The teams were both English. When we played the U16 team wewanted to win - it was very tense because they scored the first goal.We kept our heads up and came back 1-1, but it was close in the last 5minutes of the game. They scored meaning we lost 2-1 to an U16 team.We went straight back on and played again. We were all very tired butdidn’t give up and we won 2-1. We were happy to come second in ourpool. After a long day we went back to the hotel to the end of weekdisco. It was amazing. On the Friday morning we left the hotel andvisited a chocolate factory in Belgium. We watched them make chocolateand brought some treats. It was lovely. The highlights of the trip for theteam were the matches against the Dutch teams and Laser Tag.On behalf of the team that was a trip we will never forget.Thank you from the team. Amelia Ward

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Lest we forget...

Above:John Sheekey

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All year 9 study the causes and the courseof the First World War as part of their historyspecification and since we are fast approachingthe centenary of the outbreak of the war, itseems appropriate to ask the pupils to look atthe effects of the war on their ancestors.The girls have had about two weeks to completethis investigative task and here are some of themore common and un-usual stories. I have putthe name of the relevantpupil in brackets toindicate whose ancestoris being discussed,unless they wish toremain anonymous.Mr BrasierHead of History

Ernest Wetzel (Imogen Goddard)was born inGermany in 1880 and married a domestic servantwhen he moved to Scotland. During the war he wasinterned on the Isle of Man, survived this only to beinterned during the Second World War.He died in 1949.Ernest Winter (Georgia Wimpory)was injuredby shrapnel in the war. He was invalided outand rarely discussed his experiences after thewar ended.Ranchodbhai Patel (Kevali Patel)was a footsoldier in the war but his regiment is unknown.He did survive the war.Sergeant William Finch (Sophie Finch)volunteered for the R.A.M.C. at the outbreakof war and served in the Gallipoli campaign,became epileptic and was invalided out ofservice in 1917. He died in 1919.

Private Thomas Jones (Lydia Goundry) was born in 1881 andserved in the Cheshire regiment in the First World War. Heserved at Ypres, was awarded the Victoria Cross for capturing100 of the enemy single-handed, endured the use of poison gasand killed in hand-to-hand combat a member of the PrussianGuard, who had recently received the Iron Cross from theKaiser. He survived the war and died in 1956.John Sheekey (Ellen Burfoot)was a member of the RegularArmy from 1905. When war was declared in 1914 he went toFrance with the regular army which suffered very heavy losses.He was wounded in April 1915 and then was transferred tocanteen duty with the troops. In 1916 he served as an ambulancedriver and remained in this capacity to the end of the war.He died in 1968.

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Medals,clockwise from top:Service medal forthe MiddlesexRegiment; 1914Star medal;British Servicemedal and a medalawarded for ‘Kingand Country - forServices Rendered’

Right: A medalfor ‘Service in theGreatWar’

Sergeant Murdo Mcleod(Ellen Burfoot)was born in 1892.He emigrated to Canada from the ScottishIsles and enlisted in the First Canadian Riflesin December 1914. He lost his life at Messinesin 1915 when he came under fire from theenemy and died of his wounds in aFrench Chateau.John Wood Brown (Julia Coulson) served as aprivate in the 5th Battalion of the Scottish Riflesand was killed in March 1916, aged 28.Hubert Victor Sperrin (Sophie Farrant)served as a private in the Oxford and BucksLight Infantry. He was wounded at the Battleof the Somme and died of his injuries inhospital in July 1916.Herbert Thompson (Isobel Thompson)was more fortunateas, although he was gassed at the Battle of the Somme, hesurvived the war.

William Higgs (Eleanor Higgs) played footballfor West Ham before the war but declared himselfa conscientious objector during the war and Ireceived a copy of a letter he sent in which he wastrying to arrange his release from prison, dated

September 1918.William Cottrell (Katy Cottrell)was a soldier who died onthe penultimate day of the war.Hugh Oxenham (Clare Sylvester)was born in 1895 andjoined the Welsh Fusiliers. He received a shrapnel woundclose to his ear and his hearing was impaired for the rest ofhis life. He died in 1979.


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Last June, I was given a box with a BromleyHigh Teddy Bear in and a letter about Geo-caching. I had heard a bit about this before, anddiscovered there is a whole community of overtwo million people that enjoys playing thisworldwide game of hide and seek. So, I madean account for my little Bromley High Teddybear. That summer I found a geocache box ina forest walk under a large tree in Chilworth,Hampshire. I placed my little teddy bearwith his tracking number in this box among theother little treasures and left him there, hoping for the best.To my amazement only 20 days later I received a message on theGeocache account that the teddy bear had been picked up and amessage read,”I will shortly be sailing south for the autumn andwill try to give Ted an interesting journey”.I was quite shocked at how quickly Ted had been moved. Soon theteddy bear was in Portugal! He had been around the country nu-merous times and seen many different sights. Finally he was placedin a Mystic Garden geocache and picked up by another team. Then Iheard that the teddy bear was now travelling to Sweden! I reallycouldn’t believe that in less than two months the bear had beentaken so far. In Sweden many different people were picking up theteddy bear and logging him in to my account.So far the Bromley High bear had been to tourist sights, events,sailing holidays, including trips to the Czech Republic and Madeira,and has been buried in deep snow and found by a group of children.At the moment he is in Central Sweden.The Bromley High teddy bear has now travelled a total of 5434.6miles since August, and I look forward to following his progress.Olivia Year 9

Travels of aBromley High bear

Mrs Norrisdemonstrates cloud

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GEOGRAPHYWORKING LUNCH

‘Iceland Air’At 12.45 hrs on Thursday 4th October theGeography Department opened its doors tostudents from Years 10 to 13 for a ‘workinglunch’. Despite being the first session itwas extremely popular and enjoyed byall who attended.Holding their Iceland Air flight boarding passinvitations, everyone was welcomed on-boardby Mrs Bird (who looked the part dressed as cabin crew!) –the topic of discussion being the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland.The session was kick-started by a fun quiz in the style of ‘Have I got News for You’. Did you know thatIceland is on a constructive plate margin, that its capital city is Reykjavik, that the name of the volcano isEyjafjallajokull and that it erupted beneath an ice cap?The ‘in flight’ entertainment ranged from an informative clip showing the ash cloud itself to an amusingsong trying to teach the pronunciation of Eyjafjallajokull. Everyone got involved in a group discussion onthe impacts of the eruption both local and global. Using props which were found beneath the seats, such asa trainer, a car, a farmer and the Kenyan flag, everyone contributed something. However no flight wouldbe complete without the in-flight snacks, delicious donuts, which rounded off an entertaining lunch timeof Geography. Emma

Left: Year 9 Geographersvisit Salomons Memorialviewpoint, Box Hill, thesummit of the North Downs.

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Iceland VisitAs we descended into Keflavik International Airport we were allbursting with excitement as we spotted lava fields beneath us.Our first stop was the famous Blue Lagoon, a man-made sitewhich is fed by the water output of the nearby geothermal powerplant. We all indulged in lathering on the silica mud!The next morning we all experienced a personally awesomegeographical moment when walking between the Eurasian andNorth American Plate (the mid Atlantic Ridge)! During a sunnywalk towards the Visitor Centre we came across moregeographical features such as a waterfall emerging from theEurasian plate. Geographical excitement did not end there as ournext stop was to the geysers and we waited in anticipation forthe eruption and we were not disappointed, as it erupted severaltimes during our visit.We had the chance to walk behind a waterfall called Seljalands-foss and saw close up the force of the water as it eroded the rock,forming a plunge pool. For many Gullfoss was their ‘personalawesome geographical moment’ due to the scale of this landformand the power of the processes occurring.Iceland was thoroughly enjoyed by all and we were all sad toleave wishing it had been a few days longer. We recommend thetrip for future A Level geographers as it was very useful for thecold environments sections of our AS Level syllabus. Finally wewish to thank Mrs Bird and Mrs Pradic for leading the trip.

Charlotte Durden and Olivia Rhind

Geography

It wasawesometo see thespectaculargeysersAlexa

I was ableto standat the endof arainbowwhich wasmagicalLilian

The Chinese TakeawayIn ‘Chinese Takeaway’ lesson we learntabout the causes and effects of the ChineseOne child policy. Each table was labelledwith a picture of popular Chinese delicaciessuch as the chicken chow mein, egg friedrice and crispy duck pancakes. In groups offour we were each given a red, blue, yellowor green hat and were given a topic to focuson when reading through the articles oneach table. Blue hats focused on the causesof the scheme, yellow hats focused on thenegative effects of the scheme, red hatsfocused on the positive effects of the scheme

and green hatswere given thetask of givingan overalldescription ofthe policy.Once wehad movedaround allof the tables,

each containing differentarticles, we shared our ideas making sureeveryone had place-specific detail in theirinformation to help answer examinationquestions. We then decided how sustainablethe policy was by colouring in the stars likethe Chinese flag. This exercise was veryenjoyable but most of all it really helped usto answer examination question. It was agreat way to clearly know the causes, effectsand an overall description of the policy.We also enjoyed fortune cookies at the endprovided by Mrs Bird!

Olivia Year 10

Strokkur geyser -watching a huge pent uprelease of 100c watershoot out of the ground

‘Here indeed was the genuine musicalspark and burning love for the cause’

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I thought thatthe music was socomplicated, but it wasactually so simple.Lauren

As one visitor to the school wrote in 1921;‘The concert was in the highest degree interest-ing, for these little daughters of Eve performedin a string orchestra of full strength, andthough several of them were not more thanten years of age, yet they handled theirinstruments with a fervour and with theassurance one associates with violinists of amuch riper age. And what bright andamusing expressions in the lively little facesas they sat with their chins resting against their violins,or straight and businesslike behind their ‘cellos -staring so hard at their music as though they wouldpierce through it, or looking up in obedience to therhythmic swinging of the baton. Here indeed was thegenuine musical spark and burning love for the cause. ‘Herman Lunde from Norway School Magazine 1921

What aperformance!

Bromley High School orchestra 1916The first three Honours Boards can beseen on the back wall that grace the ‘Honours Corridor’ today.

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The Workshop wasreally fun andenjoyable.I felt really privilegedto work withprofessionals. I had noidea that we could learnsuch complex roundsongs so fast.The concert was greatand I felt proud when Iwas singing with them.Heather

Dieci Voices was areally fun andenjoyable singinggroup. They madesinging fantasticand the sound thatwe made wasphenomenal!Grace

The singingWorkshop helped mefind a different rangeto my voiceMia M

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The Music Departmentinvited Dieci Voices to comeand deliver a whole-dayWorkshop to all our Year 7sand our Senior Choir mem-bers. The day culminated inan amazing concert whichincluded a wonderfullydiverse repertoire from theensemble and the piecesthat our girls had learntduring the Workshops.Dieci Voices’ musicianshipand skill raised everyone’sexpectations of their ownsinging and this was trulyevident in both the buzzingatmosphere during the dayand the exceptional concertin the evening.

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however to an extent it enhancedthe awareness of poster designs.In the 1950s there was a ‘post war

boom’ and productswere designed focus-ing on the consumer.Open-plan living wasintroduced andkitchens were fittedwith new appliances.Primary colours wereused during thisperiod and stackingfurniture wasdesigned as houseswere much smaller inthe 1950s. New

materials were created andwidely used such as PVC,fiberglass and aluminium.There were many abstractand geometric patterns withmany animal prints usedin these designs.1960s design was largelyabout replicating paststyles, however every-thing was given anirreverent twist tomake it all its own.Open plan living wasstill popular in the1960s; they believedthat one roomshould flow intoanother. Wood wasnot often used infurniture as plasticsand fabrics became

increasingly popular.Colours were bright and ‘fun’and furniture was often multi-purpose and even throwaway.Popular furniture from this periodincluded bean bags and designswith an ‘s’ or egg shape.The design was laid back andfabric was printed in repeatedpatterns for a ‘hippy’ look.During the 1980s and 1990s therewere many different styles, newmusical influences and designicons. These influential aspects ofthe late 1980s and early 1990swere particularly influenced

through many people anddesign movements includingMadonna, The Spice Girls,Princess Diana, Alessi andMemphis.Although most of the

designs within the 1980sand 1990s are quite quirkyand vibrant; oneparticular design whichstands out is ‘JuicySalif’ designed byPhilippe Starck in1998, whichis an iconic lemonsqueezer, made fromcast aluminium.Despite being abasic lemonsqueezer thedesign of it ismodern yet uniqueat the same time.

Throughout the 1920s to the late1930s iconic designs andproducts were developed andinvented some ofwhich we take forgranted today.Design was empha-sised from the painterPablo Picasso in 1921who introduced thetheme of Cubismbefore the industriali-sation period. Afterthe First World Warthe beginning ofSurrealism developedinfluencing ideas ofthe De Stijl movement where thearchitectural Schroeder House ofthe Future was created. Shortlyafter this in 1925 the FagusFactory was completed encourag-ing modern architecture. Thishelped to emphasise the Bauhausschool of design in 1925 whichmeans ‘house for building’, it wasfounded to try and rebuild thecountry after the war. The suc-cessful school of design includedsome of the world’s leading archi-tects such as Marcel Breuer whocreated the famous Wassily Chair.The school was shut down in1933 by the Nazis and Art Decowas recognised for creating theChrysler building. Design wasaffected by World War Two asresources were limited andexpensive due to rationing,

In the 1950sthere was a‘post war boom’and productswere designedfocusing onthe consumer.

Isobel CauchiKatie EverestHelen PhillipsZara ZaidiYear 12

Congratulations to the following Year 11 girlswho all passed the first stage in the selectionprocess for an Arkwright Scholarship, SophieDurman, Helena Coleman, Ellen Birke andHonor Jennings.Arkwright Scholarships are national scholarshipsawarded to pupils showing particular aptitude inDesign Technology. The successful girls all sat arigorous two hour scholarship paper in February.They have now been invited to a day of selectionchallenges and interview at London University,Imperial College. Should they be successful at thisnext stage they will receive a financial scholarshipplus backing and mentorship from one of the UK’sleading engineering companies.We wish them the best of luck in this final stage.

Ms Bowman Head of Design Technology

On the 22nd November, we visited the V&Amuseumin London. At the V&Awe did a Product DesignWorkshop run by by Seymour Powell, a leading UKdesign practice. Our brief was to design a product thatwould make people socialise over a hot drink.To begin with we were shown a powerpoint on howSeymour Powell create their ideas.They showed us a video of someone making a cup oftea. We had to analyse the video for the problemsthe person encountered. After that, we shared theproblems we saw and came up with ideas on howto improve the process.We were shown around certain exhibitions in themuseum on how people drank hot drinks in differentcultures at different times. Also, we looked at the 20thcentury gallery for inspiration. Using the information wecollected we brainstormed ideas for our product. Lookingat all the ideas we put them together to create our finalidea. We spent the rest of the afternoon creating models,posters and a presentation for our product. We had topresent our product to the Seymour Powell team, whogave us feedback and questioned us on our final ideas.

It was a great and informativeexperience, which developedour knowledge and skills ofproduct design; it was anamazing opportunity.Abi Pennells, Sophie Gissingand Maddie Webster

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tries across the globe. Frenchfilms and song clips are oftenused during lessons at BromleyHigh as it is an interesting wayof showing the delights oflearning a new language andopens up ways of inspiringstudents to carry on learninglanguages in their education.As well asthe internet,the evolutionof phonesin the 21stCentury hasmodernised language learning,particularly for teenagers. Thereare numerous apps available forthe iPhone which enable peopleto translate a certain phrase whenthey are visiting another countryor needing to understand the

meaning of a sentence for work.These apps for phones or iPodshighlight how simple and quickit can be for anyone to learn alanguage during their everydayactivities. There are games orsongs which mean that thebuyers do not see these appsas purely informative and

educational,but a way toincrease theirlanguageskillsthrough fun

and innovative ways. With tech-nology illustrating how fun learn-ing a language can be, studentsare much more likely to want tolearn a language to become justas fluent as the translationwebsites or apps that they use.

French filmsand song clipsare often usedduring lessons

at Bromley Highas it is an

interesting way ofshowing the

delights of learning anew language andopens up ways ofinspiring students

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websites, there are severalwebsites which offer help withgrammar, including the presentand perfect tense, as well as themore advanced grammar such asthe subjunctive and the perfectconditional tense. This meansthat students are not restrictedwith their learning fromtextbooks; they can research anumber of websites that willexplain a certain grammar issuein several ways and, therefore,the students can find a way tolearn which best suits them.The development of technologyhas also enhanced the desire tolearn a language. YouTube, forexample, has become a world-wide sensation, meaning thatpeople from the UK can listenand watch videos from all coun-

By 2010, the development oftechnology had led to majorchanges in language learning.Not only has the internetinfluenced the ease of learningand developing language skills,it has also allowed students andthe younger generation to beinfluenced by the culture ofdifferent countries and be encour-aged to learn languages in school.During this decade, manyprimary school teachers haveunderstood the benefits of usingwebsites during language lessonsand this is proof that technologyis becoming integrated into thelearning process of the youngergeneration.Additionally, the introduction oftranslation websites and ofGoogle Translate in 2007 has beenseen as a benefit to older students.Many students can use thesetranslation websites if they needto translate a simple sentence orto find other synonyms for aparticular word to enhance theiressay and use more maturevocabulary. As well as translation

The development oftechnology has also enhancedthe desire to learn a language.

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Bromley High School GDST was foundedin 1882 and seven years later the EiffelTower was constructed. It is incrediblethat one of the most famous structures inthe world was built in the same decade asthe establishment of our school.The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice towerlocated on the Champ de Mars in Paris.It was named after Gustave Eiffel whowas a gifted engineer and builder. Thedesign was chosen out of 107 other pro-posals as part of a competition to createan iron structure as the entrance way toParis’ Universal Exposition World Fair.This event was to commemorate the 100thanniversary of the French Revolution in1789. The tower was saved from beingdemolished by being turned into a radiotransmitter. Although the constructionwas only meant to last for the duration ofthe Exposition, it still stands today,despite protests from contemporaryartists who feared the construction wouldbe the advent of structures without'individuality’.It is considered to be the Paris icon and is

Bromley High School onElmfield Road, BromleySouth at the end of the

19th Century, and one ofthe original architecturalplans for the building.

The construction of thegreat Paris icon

one of the most toured landmarks in theworld.The construction• Work on the foundations began on 26thJanuary 1887 and took five months, with theworkers using only spades.• The deepest foundations lay 15 metresunderground.• Assembling the first floor. The pillarssupporting the tower had to be positionedat a slanting angle so that they would meetthe horizontal beams on the first floor.• The second floor was assembled withcranes that took the same route as theelevators.The monument was inaugurated on31st March 1889. Gustave Eiffelclimbed the 1,710 steps to plant theFrench flag at its peak.At 985 feet the Eiffel Tower wasthe highest building in the worlduntil 1929, when the ChryslerBuilding in New York topped itat 319 metres.

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1880-1889However, new technology isaffecting our language negativelyas well. It also shows us thatmore and more people arebecoming reliant on the serviceto translate full paragraphs, forhomework for example.Additionally, Google Translate isnot always 100% accurate, inmany cases, the software justtranslates word for word butonce translated it either does notmake sense or means somethingcompletely different because theword order is very important innumerous languages and ifchanged slightly it can affect thewhole sentence.On top of this, English Languageis progressively becoming worsebecause of new technology.For example, mobile phones andcomputers use spell andgrammar checks to instantlycorrect our mistakes without useven realising; this means that weoften do not really know what isright as it was corrected withoutus even realising. This is good inthe short term, as we can quicklysend a message and not reallythink about it, but in the longterm it could affect our Englishlanguage, particularly for theyounger generation because ofthe increase of slang. The use of‘u’ instead of ‘you’ is starting tobe used in exams and in schoolwork demonstrating that somechildren do not understand thebasics of proper English.

Emma Herring and Rose Howell

It is incredible thatone of the most

famous structuresin the world was builtin the same decadeas the establishment

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On Thursday 6 December theYear 12 German group set off forMunich to visit the famousChristmas markets and to take insome of the historic sights of thecharming capital of Bavaria.On the first day we went into thecity centre to join a walking tourof the main sights. Our guide wasreally well informed, amusingand a great introduction toMunich. The tour lasted nearlythree hours and as it was verycold, we were very thankful to beable to thaw out afterwards andeat a delicious lunch in thefamous Hofbräuhaus.Our meal was accompanied bytraditional German music fromthe local band.After lunch we looked aroundthe Christmas market stalls inthe town centre and in theevening we went to the cinemato see a film in German.On Saturday we visited morehistorical sites including thememorial to the GeschwisterScholl who founded the resistancemovement ‘Die Weiße Rose’.Then we went to the beautifulEnglische Garten, where therewas a small but very atmosphericChristmas market and a great

On Wednesday, 20thMarch in the evening therewere lots of excited shrieksto be heard when finallythe coach with the Germanexchange girls arrived atBromley High. And it wasonly a few hours later thatwe could say ‘Hello’ toour German friends whowould spend a week withus at Bromley High.After a brief introductorytalk they went to their firstlessons with theirexchange partners.In the afternoon they sawan English film and Fridaythey had a quiz afterlunch. At the weekend theEnglish host families hadarranged various activities andmany visited the famous Londonsights.On Monday the English andGerman girls went to the LondonDungeon and travelled across theRiver Thames on the new Skytrain. Unfortunately the weatherrather let the side down but wekept going.The last day before their returnthey had the opportunity tospend a few hours doing somelast minute shopping in Bromleywhere they discovered the

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wonders of Primark.There were quite a number ofvery sad faces when we wavedthe German girls goodbye onWednesday, 27th March.How much our guests haveenjoyed themselves can be seenfrom some of the things they saidon their feed-back form:“I really liked my exchangepartner and my host family.I felt very welcome.”

“The school is very colourful andthere are so many ICT rooms!”“The food in the canteen was de-licious!”“People were very open-mindedand I loved all the sights inLondon.”“I hope I can see my exchangepartner again next year.”

Mrs Harvey Head of German

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Year 9 German exchangereturn visit to Bromley High

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Modern

LanguagesBerlin had been politically

divided since the end of WorldWar II, with the eastern portionof the city serving as the capitalof the German DemocraticRepublic. However the twoparts of the city were physicallydivided in 1961 with the con-struction of the Berlin Wall. Itseparated the communist Eastand the capitalist West and actedas a representation of the world-wide division of communismand capitalism. The wall aimedat preventing East Berliners fromfleeing the repressive communistregime to the West in order to ex-perience the advances and luxu-ries of the capitalist society.Attempts to escape East Berlinwere often brutally handled andone of the most infamous cases ofa failed attempt occurred onAugust 17, 1962. Two 18-year-oldyoung men ran toward the Wallwith the intention of scaling it.The first of the men to reach theBerlin Wall was successful. How-ever the second one, PeterFechter, was not so lucky. As hewas about to scale the Wall, aborder guard opened fire. Petercontinued to climb the Wall, butran out of energy just as hereached the top. He then tumbledback onto the East German sideof the Wall. To the shock of theWorld, Peter was just left there.The East German guards did notshoot him again nor did they goto his aid. Peter shouted in agonyfor nearly an hour. Once he hadbled to death, East German

guards carried off his body.He became the 50th person to dieat the Berlin Wall and a symbolof the struggle for freedom.In the late 1980s, the Soviet Unionwas beginning to collapse and itwas losing its hold on EasternGermany. A few years later onNovember 9, 1989 an announce-ment was made by East Germangovernment official GünterSchabowski which stated"permanent relocations can bedone through all border check-points between the GDR (EastGermany) into the FRG (WestGermany) or West Berlin." Theborders were open and peoplecould freely move betweenEastern and Western Germanyand less than a year later Ger-many was officially reunified intoa single country.

For 16 years Bromley High’sGerman department has enjoyedan annual trip to Berlin where thegirls have been able to see first-hand how Germany is overcom-ing the long-lasting effects ofWorld War II. Our GCSE Germanclass had the opportunity todiscover Berlin in September 2011.We were able to visit CheckpointCharlie, a main access point forAllied personnel and Westernersto cross the border and also seeparts of the wall which remainaround the city. We were immedi-ately fascinated by the history ofthe wall and how one nation hadbeen violently divided into twoseparate states less than 10 yearsbefore we were born.

Julia Bryson, Susannah Firth,Olwen Mair Yr 12

We wereimmediatelyfascinatedby the historyof the wall,and howone nationhad beenviolentlydividedinto twoseparatestates.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 - turnof the decade

view over the city. In the eveningwe visited Tollwood, a Christmasfair with dancing, traditionalfood and drink as well as craftstalls and bands.One of the main industries inMunich is BMW and on Sundaywe went to BMWWelt where wecould sit in cars, on motorbikes,drive on simulators and plan forthe day when we could affordsuch a vehicle. It was veryinteresting and quite unusual.After a lunch at the famousstudent Café Puck in theuniversity area, we returned toour hotel to collect our luggageand travel to the airport.We all felt it had been a mostenjoyable and successful tripwhich got us all in a Christmasmood.

Mrs Weston, Mrs Harvey

Left:The memorial to theGeschwister Scholl who foundedDieWeiße Rose ResistanceMovement.

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Stepin time!

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Year 7 perform the Lindy Hop steps.

Lindy Hop is a jazzy, duo dance thatjives, jitters and jumps. Born inHarlem, New York in the 1920s andoriginally evolved with the jazz music ofthat time. While newspapers worldwidewere reporting Lindbergh's pioneeringaeroplane flight across the Atlantic, atHarlem's Savoy Ballroom, the dancerswere creating a new dance they calledthe Lindy Hop.The dance was made popular in Britainduring the Second World War byAmerican GI's, stationed in the UK,subsequently adopting the name 'Jitter-bug'. It was danced and performed tothe original big band music of the 1930sand 1940s, and along with the modernswing music being created today, is stillpopular among dancers.

Year 7 looked at the dance stylesthrough the ages, and aroundthe world - many of which arestill popular with dancers today.

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The 80s are memorable for many reasons. Torvilland Dean, Eddie the Eagle, Wham!, Duran Duran,YUPPIES (I was one of those), Greenham Com-mon, the Falklands, the wedding of Prince Charlesand Lady Diana Spencer and…Mrs Thatcher (well,ok.. she first won an election in 1979 (May 3rd tobe precise) and, most importantly, the move ofBromley High from Bromley South to our leafyspot in Bickley. Good job the neighbours were notNIMBYS (not in my backyard)!!The move to Bickley of BHS led to many changessuch as not being able to hear the rumble of trainsin lessons and to the availability of many moreclassrooms the latter giving the opportunity tointroduce Economics as an A Leveloption; this was at the time of a seachange in the economic environmentand many new policies and initia-tives and developments such as:the reduction of the top rate of in-come tax from 83% to 60% (yes ..youread that correctly!), privatisation ofmany public corporations and utili-ties, the miners’ strike and ‘Big Bang’in the City of London, the advent ofthe property owning democracy withcouncil tenants given the right to buy.The Thatcher Government had setabout tackling a period of economicvolatility; at the start of 1980 thebiggest problem facing the UK wascost push inflation. The late 70s UKinflation reached over 20%. The Thatcher adminis-tration set about aggressively tackling inflation byincreasing interest rates, reducing the budgetdeficit through higher taxes and spending cuts andthe pursuit of the monetarist policy of trying tocontrol the money through monetary tightening(the opposite of the quantitative easing of today).However, this tightening of fiscal and monetarypolicy (combined with a strong pound)contributed to the severe recession of 1981.

Unemployment shot up to 3 million and high un-employment persisted through the 80’s. This wasone of the great failures of the 80s - the end of thepost war era of full employment. The high rates ofunemployment precipitated riots in inner citiesduring the summer months of 1981. After recover-ing from the 1981 recession, the UK experienced along period of expansion and towards the end of

80’s the growth rate was approxi-mately 8%. The governmentbelieved that there had been asupply-side miracle but in effectthis growth caused inflation and abigger current account deficit.House prices almost tripled in adecade caused by growth of realincomes for high earners,encouragement of a ‘home earningdemocracy’, council tenants giventhe right to buy and the growth inthe number of householdsexceeding the growth in supply.However, house prices crasheddue to high interest rates and therecession of 1991-92.As is the case now and throughout

the past, the economy continues to go throughcycles of expansion and contraction, recession andrecovery, and it is timely to reminisce about the 80s.An interesting time indeed. And one which saw memove from being a YUPPIE, (young upwardlymobile) to a DINKIE (double income no kids) andbeyond happily teaching at Bromley High thenand now!!

Mrs HilderHead of Business Studies and Economics

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s Years 12 and 13 Business Studiesand DT students have partici-pated in a most enlightening andeducational ( plus fun filled!) tourof industry. We reached our firstport of call on time which was atour of Royal Crown Derby,which is now the one and onlyproducer of fine bone china in theUK. We learned why this was thecase and watched job, batch andflow production in action. Wewere also informed about localunemployment rates, compara-tive pay rates and motivationprocesses and indulged ourselvesin the gift shop with a little retailtherapy.

Then we headed off to Rocesterjust outside Derby where wetoured the JCB factory. Dutifully,we donned high visibility jacketsand goggles and entered a worldof heavy industry where the workwas secure and well paid in anarea of high unemployment. Wediscussed and witnessed the reallife application of conceptscovered in the classroom:“Kaizen”, just in time production,total quality management and“kanban” to mention a few.

Off then we headed to the Jury’sInn to ‘freshen up’ for the eveningbefore we set off to TGI’s wherewe rewarded ourselves at the endof our hard day with Americansized portions of food.

After a good night’s sleep we hada most indulgent breakfast and

The move to Bickley ofBHS led to manychanges such as notbeing able to hear therumble of trains inlessons and to theavailability of manymore classrooms thelatter giving theopportunity to

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Business Studies and DT Midlands Tour

Royal Crown Derby ReportHaving finally arrived at ourfirst destination, we were alleager to explore one of the oldestproducers of fine bone china inthe world. Over the years theprivate limited company hascreated a variety of exquisiteitems, ranging from the delicatepastel green Titanic sets to thecurrent Diamond Jubileecollection.It was incredible to observe thelabour intensive production line,in particular the intricate artworkperformed by highly skilledworkers decorating the exclusiveitems. The tour greatly enhancedour limited knowledge of aworking production line and pre-pared us for our forth-comingvisits in Derby.

Rebecca Knight

then set off for Derby CountyFootball Club where we learnedabout business promotion andmarketing. Not only did we meetsome footballers(!!), we were alsotaken into the changing roomsand the directors’ box beforegoing down the tunnel and ontothe pitch. Some girls found thistrip the highlight of the tour

and perhaps not for theeducational aspects.Our last stop was atJLR ( Jaguar LandRover). We wereprivileged to observe

robotic engineering inpractice and to see Jaguarsprocess along the production linefrom being 300 individualaluminium panels to a completedcar. We learned about the historyand importance of JLR today as aprime earner of export revenueand also heard about motivationtheory, production processes,development and environmentalfactors.We all learned a lot that we canadd to answers and enhance ourexamination grades!!

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The 1920s was a challenging andexciting decade for manywomen. Husbands, fathers andboyfriends had been lost in theGreat War or had returnedhome physically and mentallyscared. The freedom womenenjoyed during the War wasbeing eroded as they wereexpected to return to theirtraditional roles as wives andmothers. At the beginning of thedecade working class womenbore the brunt of the economichardships.However, young women in theupper echelons of societyenjoyed life to the full. The‘Bright Young Things’ as theybecame known with their bobhaircuts, androgynous figuresand love of music and dancing,particularly the ‘Charleston’

defied the gloom and despon-dency that was around them.They shocked their elders withtheir public displays ofaffection, their drinking andsmoking. They were referred toas ‘flappers’ and inspired poetsand authors alike.Nevertheless during the 1920swomen made significantprogress in many walks of lifeas the following paragraphsshow.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONIn 1921 the Sex Disqualification(Removal) Act helped to pavethe way forwomen, as it tried toprevent women being discrimi-nated against in the workforce.It also meant that being mar-ried was no longer a reason awoman could not do her job.

Consequently in the 1920swomen qualified as solicitors,vets, civil servants and engi-neers. Part of the Act meant thatuniversities had no reason todeny women admission tomembership of the colleges.In 1920 an Oxford Universitystatute enabled, for the firsttime, women to graduate andhave full membership to theUniversity.Charlotte Mealings

LITERATUREThe 1920s brought about a sig-nificant change in the world ofliterature. Having previouslybeen constrained by the 19thCentury regime of adoptingmale pseudonyms in order toget their works published - mostnotably the Bronte sisters - the

1920s introduced AgathaChristie, one of the most famousfemale crime writers ever.Christie's first novel, 'The Mys-terious Affair at Styles' was pub-lished in 1921 to great accoladewith Hercule Poirot becoming ahousehold character. Christiehas claimed the title of ‘best-selling author of all time’ havingsold four billion copies. VirginiaWoolf’s novel, 'Mrs Dalloway,’published in 1925, dealt openlywith mental illness. Further-more, Woolf has become one ofthe most influential feminist au-thors in modern day, with 'ARoom of One's Own' examiningthe difficulties that women facedin the 1920s.Moreover, this decade also sawthe first lesbian novel published,with Radclyffe Hall's ‘The Wellof Loneliness’ causing contro-versy in 1928 with the BritishCourt labelling it ‘obscene.’Bethan Boxall

POLITICSIn 1918 women had the rightto vote if they were over 30 butin 1928 this was reduced to 21,the same age as men.Nancy Astor had become thefirst woman to take her seat inthe House of Commons in 1919and the percentage of femaleMPs increased to 2.3% by 1931,compared to 22% in 2010.

Margaret Bondfield (Labour)became the first femaleMinister in 1924 at theMinistry of Labour, and wasthe first female Cabinet Ministerand Privy Councillor in 1929.Samantha Muir

LAWWomen also saw significantlegal changes affecting them, forexample in 1922 a wife becameable to inherit property on anequal basis to that of her hus-band. Other legal changes wereperhaps more far reaching asthey concerned family issues. In1922 The Infanticide Act waspassed whereby if a woman’smind was deemed to be unbal-anced she could not be hangedfor killing her child. One yearlater a wife was able to petitionfor divorce on the grounds ofher husband’s adultery and in1929 women became ‘persons intheir own right’. Coupled withthe availability of birth controlfor married women and morejob opportunities for singlewomen, women were startingto move out of the patriarchalshadows and to forge a presencein British society that womentoday take for granted.

Mrs MurphyDepartment of Government andPolitics

Womenin the1920s

Being married wasno longer a reasona woman could notdo her job.Consequently in the1920s womenqualified as solicitors,vets, civil servantsand engineers.

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Anti-psychiatry, a term firstused by David Cooper in 1967,was the movement that ultimatelyquestioned many practices ofmainstream psychiatry.

The movement accused psychiatryof neither curing mental illnessnor being a legitimate branch ofmedicine. Many opposed the use ofpsychiatry to forcibly detain, treator excuse behaviour that theybelieved merely deviated fromsocietal norms, viewing mentalillness as a whole to be ‘a myth.’

However, as the movementprogressed throughout the 1960s,there was a growing public aware-ness of controversial treatmentssuch as electroconvulsive therapy(ECT) and lobotomies. ECT was aprocess that, through the use ofelectrical impulses sent through thetemples, induced epileptic type fitsfor a few minutes; these fits allevi-ated the symtoms of depression.Lobotomies, which acted as a ‘quickfix’ for women suffering fromdepression in the 1950s, was theprocess in which an orbitoclast (oran ice pick in many early attempts)was hammered into the patientsskull through the inner corner oftheir eye. By doing so, many of thenerve endings in the frontal lobewere damaged causing the patientto become more docile and manage-able, relieving them from the

symptoms of depression orpsychosis. These procedures werehighly dangerous with a vastamount of patients dyingunnecessarily.Moreover, mental institutions werecriticised by many women’s rightsactivists for controlling women whowanted to do more than just bewives and mothers.

Today, psychopathologies arerecognised as serious illnesses withwhich the use of psychiatry isessential intreating thepatient. Ratherthan ‘curing’the illness, asmany doctorsbelieved couldbe done duringthe anti-psychia-try movement,psychiatrists aimto help thepatient managetheir illnesswithout lettingit affect theirdaily life.

Bethan BoxhallYear 12

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Gray’s Anatomy Book Art SculptureEva JensenYear 11

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Bromley High SchoolExpedition to Ethiopia 2013

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The team with the children of‘Children’s Heaven’ Orphanage


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View of the ‘Bridge of God’ whichseparates Lake Chamo and LakeAbayaFrom top: Resting before pitching campin the Nechisar National Park’Painting the library wall in‘Children’s Heaven’,Friendly zebras in the NechisarNational Park.

Our intrepid girls are a real credit tothe school and to themselves.

This year’s expedition to Ethiopia tested their gritand determination as well as giving them a real outlookonto the lives of those who live a very different life to us.

I hope that the memories that they madewill be with them for a long time to come.

Louise Simpson

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Left: lunchtimebreak from workto play with the

children at‘Children’s Heaven’

Middle: Makingbracelets to sell to

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the doors and paint-ing the cupboard

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This summer Bromley High School went to Ethiopia with12 girls from the Sixth Form. We started in Addis Ababawhere our project involved painting the school libraryand fixing and painting some cupboards for storage.These seemingly small jobs made a huge difference to avery under-privileged school and our book donations(thanks to the contributions of parents) practically doubledtheir resources. The school lacked electricity in all but oneof its rooms and so we were also delighted to be able topay for the materials and an electrician to complete thework to the premises. Thank you to all those whocontributed to the money we raised.After the project phase, we went to the Bale Mountains forour trek starting at an altitude of 3,000 metres and goingas high as 4,000 metres. We were lucky to have 4 days ofdry weather but it did seem that our last night and day wehad enough rain to compensate for the other days.

Unfortunately, this was the night that the leader teamhad volunteered to do the cooking! The scenery wasamazing and we even saw hyenas and all the girlsenjoyed the experience (although for some it was aretrospective appreciation).Our final phase involved us travelling to the Arba Minchin the Rift Valley where we bartered for our excellentaccommodation and took a boat ride to the other side ofthe lake where we camped, trekked to see the zebras andwent to the crocodile market. The crocodile market is socalled because there are lots of crocodiles there notbecause they are being sold!As always, it was a pleasure to enjoy the experience withthe girls who were a credit to the school in their attitudeand behaviour.

Dr Major, Team Leader and Head of RS

Expedition

The scenerywas amazing;

we evensaw hyenas,and all the

girls enjoyedthe experience- although forsome it was aretrospectiveappreciation!

The team duringa foot safari atNechisar National Park


Looking back...

Opera Nostra: The Sailors’ Dance 1953. This play was written by 8 mem-bers of the sixth form and according to the school magazine; enabledeveryone to “dress up in wonderful costumes and strut about the stage totheir heart’s content”. The KentishTimes review wrote “120 pupils playedparts, some 20 others were ‘backstage’, and that music songs and effectswere composed by other pupils. It will be appreciated that co-operationis one of the school’s main assets - at any rate, in the world of drama.”

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As another year passes we can reflecton how drama this year has not onlywhizzed across decades and betweencenturies but how the action has alsoswept through a whole range of locationseither when studying or performing,staging or watching.

Having been in the last fourProductions at Bromley High,this annual event has become anintegral part of my school (andextra-curricular) life. Alternatingbetween plays and musicals theDrama Department has certainlyhad variety; from Hairspray andWe Will Rock You, to Romeoand Juliet and more recently,The Silent Bride.Being interested in both Dramaand Singing, Hairspray(2009)seemed like the perfect opportu-nity to get involved; little did Iknow this would turn into fouryears of productions; joining atheatre school, an obsession withmusical theatre, and eventuallystudying Drama and English atUniversity. Hairspraywas a greattime for me - a timid Year 10thrown in at the deep end to playthe role of Amber. It was an op-portunity to grow in confidenceand learn from the Sixth Formers.Two years later, inWe Will RockYou, I had the chance to be one ofthose Sixth Formers - playing therole of Meat.In 2010, Romeo and Juliet could nothave been more of a contrast tothe musicals - a different experi-ence both smaller scale and moreintimate - but just as enjoyable. Asa chorus member of the House ofMontague, I managed to escapethe task of mastering too manyShakespearean lines. The produc-tion of 2012 was unlike any other.Mr Graham, influenced by thecharacters of Dickens, wrote TheSilent Bride set in the smoke of Vic-torian London. This was a very

different process,modifying the scriptthroughoutrehearsal. I had therole of narrator, withlong monologuesand five solo songsto sing, and it wasmy biggest challengeso far. It was nerve-racking being isolated in a rolerather than working with theenergy of the other cast membersbut exciting. The cast of 50

included students ofall years and togetherwe created a subtle,charming and entirelyoriginal Christmasplay. These Produc-tions have been ahuge part of my timeat school - I havemade lasting friend-

ships and the performances are thedefining moments I will rememberwhen reflecting on my schoolyears. Catherine Pope

These productions havebeen a huge part of mytime at this school –I have made lastingfriendships, and theperformances are thedefining moments Iwill remember.

London 1857.Lucy Harrington is a skilled seamstress in a dress emporium but the economic pressures of thetime mean that she is soon left redundant. Meanwhile her father, Arthur Harrington, loses hislivelihood and seeks some way of earning a living for both himself and his daughter Lucy.In nearbyWandsworthTown, ThomasTownsend is a rich factory owner but his lingeringgambling habit drains his profits and leaves him in a state of chronic debt. He needs to findsome miracle way of creating funds or he will lose his business and possibly his family home.A chance conversation overhead in a public house leads Arthur toTownsend’s factory.Arthur takes the opportunity to askTownsend for a job for his daughter; Townsend, ratherconfused, thinks Arthur is offering his daughter as some kind of economic saviour.In the blink of an eye Lucy Harrington is whisked away to be married to the deviousTownsendand finds herself shut away from the outside world. All that is left is for Arthur to try and savehis daughter from the clutches of the mischievous factory owner, ThomasTownsend.

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DramaTHEATRETRIP:

The Animals andChildrenTook to the StreetsThe National Theatre

Theatre Company 1927 used aningenious mix of animation andlive actors accompanied by apiano score to create their tale ofyoung children on the rampage inthe seedy tenement block of anameless city. It played like a mixof Berlin cabaret, silent movie andsocial commentary. The simpleverbal and visual humour struck achord with the Year 10 group whowere fortunate enough to see theproduction just before Christmas.

I thought it was amazing.The way theactors performedbehind a screenand stoodexactly wherethe screenwent wassuperb.

I thought that is wasclever how the actions of theactors such as sweeping with abroom, were transferred to thescreen so that puffs of dustfrom the sweeping wereshown as animation.

Performance : BehindThe Scenes AtThe MuseumYear 11 pupils embarked on this project as their final practical assessment in March.Set inYork between 1950 and 1968, Bryony Lavery’s adaptation of Kate Atkinson’saward winning novel uses a memory play structure as it drifts between the vital stagesof the upbringing of one Ruby Lennox.We meet the rather dysfunctional members ofRuby’s family and travel on a journey to try and discover what appears to be a missinglink in her upbringing. The play uses a myriad of storytelling styles and a richensemble of characters to weave a darkly comic and ultimately tragic tale.‘Ruby Lennox reflects on her past, trying to find the missing puzzle piece to her lostmemories. She is naïve, innocent and desperate for the truth.’‘The character of Gillian is very irritating and attention but her one true intentionis to be loved.’‘TheTwins: Daisy- not someone you would want to be left in a room with;Rose- creepy, mysterious.’

This year’s Festival boasted an international theme - each form was to producea piece based on a folk tale derived from a specific European country.Best programme 9GTheWounded LionBest use of Props 8G Mother SavageAward forTeamwork 7ETheTwinsWithThe Golden StarMusicianAward Emily Pugh 8BThe Flying DutchmanBest individual performer Leah Berry 8BThe Flying DutchmanBestYear 7 7S MedusaBestYear 8 8SThe Pied PiperBestYear 9 9SThe GiantWho Had No HeartOverallWinner 8SThe Pied Piper

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THEATRETRIP: One Man,Two GuvnorsThe Haymarket TheatreRichard Bean has transposed the 18th century Italian playA Servant With Two Masters to the very English seasidelocation of Brighton in 1963. Full to the brim with physi-cal comedy, innuendo and stock characters, One Man,Two Guvnors follows the hapless FrancisHenshall as he struggles to balance parallellives and the production continues to be aWest End success.

Year 11 pupils enjoyed it hugely :All the characters were sofunny…It was hysterical when amember of the audience wascovered from head to toe infoam from a fire extinguisherA memorable moment was when Alanwas trying to be threatening using a smallretractable knife from Woolies!What is striking about One Man TwoGuvnors? The colours, the larger than lifecharacters and the constant comedy that burstsinto life throughout the play.

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I have so enjoyeddoing theGCSE Art course,as it hasallowed me toimprove my skillsand explore variousnew techniquessuch as etching,and push myideas totheir limits.Eva


Above:watercolour andacrylic,Zara ZaidiFineArtAS Level

Above right:A still from a filmby Hannah JonesFineArt andDesign GCSE

Right: Pencil studyHattie LowersFineArtA2 Level

Left: using fleeceto create a felthanging

Left: BookArt by Eva JensenGCSE Art and DesignTop Left: Still life painting in acrylics

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Left:Mixed mediaKatie PeterFineArtAS Level

Right:Mixed mediaCaitlinWestgateFineArt AS Level

Below:Felt DressKatherine BarrowGCSEArt & Design

Below right:Year 10 paintingpreparation for textiles

Below left:Monoprinting

I really enjoyed choosing myown topic at GCSE level andbeing able to explore mypersonal interests visually.Dakota

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Year 8 taking part in the DesignTechnology Recyclingcompetition. The girls worked in groups to design adress or fashion accessory with aValentine’s theme.They could only use rubbish and materials that were tobe thrown away.The results were amazing!

Clock / Heidi AbbottYear 9

Mechanical toy Jasmine De Maid

Mechanical toy / Ella Canham

Mechanical toy / Beatrix Biddle

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Year 8 modelling their designs for theRecycling Fashion Competition. Judges praisedtheir inventiveness and were impressed withtheir use of colour co-ordination.

Clock / Emily Bird Year 9Wooden ChestSophie GissingYear 10

MechanicalToy / Claudia Peter

MechanicalToy / Renee OjikutuMechanicalToy / Ella Middleton

I really enjoyedmaking mymechanical toyin DT.It was rewardingto have an idea andthen make it intoa 3D object.I liked using aFretsaw and anEnd sander for thefirst time.Ella Canham

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My first year as Junior Head has flown by and the school has celebrated 130 years instyle. I am always impressed at how our girls enthusiastically embrace each newexperience and how confident they are to share their learning with their friends,families and with a wider audience. This has been a most successful and happy yearfor all members of the school.Our creative approach to the curriculum and the cross-phase days have providedyour daughters with challenges and opportunities to extend their knowledge andskills and raise attainment in all areas of school life.In addition, each term has been packed with exciting events, trips and visitors, whichhave enriched the learning for the girls. Particular highlights for me have been thehelicopter landing in the grounds, seeing our Year 5 girls develop their independenceduring their residential trip to Sayers Croft and watching the amazing animated filmmade by our Reception girls.The Junior section of the magazine is a wonderful reflection of the school experience your daughter has atBromley High Junior School. With photographs and quotes from the girls on their year group pages andreports from Mrs Botham and Mrs Clare on the sport and music at the school, I am sure as you read through ityou will recall many happy memories.In my new role as Junior Head I very much enjoyed reading the memories from past Junior Heads. I am mostfortunate to be in the position of knowing each one personally; working for three of them and even havingMrs D’Angelo as my Reception Teacher! They all continue to be interested in Bromley High Junior School andhave been a great inspiration to me - tough acts to follow!When asked on our Festival day what makes Bromley High so special, my instant response was -the girls! Their natural curiosity and eagerness to participate and often take risks with theirlearning, ensures that we are a vibrant and busy community and it is a pleasure to work with bothyou as parents and with your daughters. I am very much looking forward to an exciting futurewhere we will all continue to work together for the benefit of the girls.With best wishes

Claire Dickerson Head, Junior School

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When asked on our Festivalday what makes BromleyHigh so special, my instantresponse was - the girls!

As one former pupil remembers,“The Hawthorns to me was a large,friendlyVictorian House, not my ideaof school at all. In Preparatory andLower 1, at least, we had little tableswith small cane chairs around them.On the backs of the chairs were littlebags like shoe bags in which we keptour books and needlework. At break-time when we were small, we used tohave ‘a run around the flower bed’,which was a large circular bed outsidethe dining room”.

Left and right: thePetting Zoo onFestival Day 2013and in the 1950’s.Rabbits and guineapigs were kept atHawthorns and thegirls fed them in theholidays and “every-one had the opportu-nity to take a babyrabbit home”.

Left: Hawthorns - atTudor House,whichhoused the entire JuniorSchool before Speld-hurst was acquired.A former member ofstaff recalls,‘The gardenwas a paradise for smallchildren,with a smalllawn which made anatural ‘stage’ onwhich we performedseveral plays’.

Below and right:The Junior girls onFestival Day celebratingthe 130th birthday ofBromley High Schoolwith songs and craftactivities.

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After 14 years as a teacher at Bromley High,I became Junior Head in 1989 – a wonderfulnew challenge. I would walk into school eachday with a spring in my step wondering whatfresh situation would arise – every day wasdifferent. The extension was built toaccommodate 2 Form entry and would I don ahard hat to see the new rooms and have to reachunder a dusty polythene sheet to answer thephone! The official opening was a day toremember – All the girls singing ‘We are theYoung’ brought tears to the eyes of many in theaudience. I have such good memories of thegirls, parents and colleagues. Of course therewere some difficulties, but the main memoriesare of the hard work of pupils and staff and ofcourse, much fun and laughter.When I hear of my old pupils’ successes in life,it gives me such pleasure. BHJS must have gotquite a lot right!

Saiv D’Angelo

1989 – 1999

Brenda Doig

My favourite memory of the old school inBromley South was the garden at Speldhurst,which was an old family home. It had a hugegarden with fig trees and the girls loved to playoutside in this wonderful space. During my timeas Junior Head the school moved from BromleySouth to the Blackbrook Lane site.I received notice that we would move at Easter,and the staff dutifully packed up the school.We then found out that the move had beenpostponed to the autumn term and had tounpack once again! I remember clearly the 100thAnniversary Service for the school held inSt Paul’s Cathedral. It was amazing to see theyoung girls enter the Cathedral and stop deadin their tracks so overwhelmed with themagnificence of the building. Bromley HighJunior School Head is a wonderful job, althougha very challenging and demanding one.It is also very fulfilling and rewarding.

When I hear of myold pupils’successes in life,it gives me suchpleasure. BHJS musthave gotquite a lot right!Brenda Doig

It was amazing tosee the young girlsenter the Cathedraland stop dead in theirtracks so overwhelmedwith the magnificenceof the building.Saiv D’Angelo

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Ellen Hill

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I was bursting with pride in my Bromley Highgirls’ many and varied achievements soI instigated a ‘graduation’ ceremony to the SeniorSchool at the end of the final term of Year 6 incelebration of their successes. I loved my time atBromley High. It was a privilege to have suchwonderful friends amongst pupils, staff andparents. At the end of my final term, Year 6 hada farewell party and I was lucky enough to begiven the little icing sugar figure of a BromleyHigh Junior girl sitting reading a book from thetop of their special celebration cake.That little girl still sits – and always will sit,cherished, in a special corner of the displaycabinet in my sitting room - a treasured reminderof four very happy years and a fulfillingculmination of my working life.

Marilyn Trask

1999 – 2003

Dilys Pratt

There were many things that made mytime at Bromley High Junior School so specialand I have a plethora of treasured memoriesbut if I had to sum up what makes BHS sucha unique school it would be:- the buzz of excitement and expectation asyou enter the building.- the team spirit generated by the entire school,which spurs everyone to work together toachieve their best.- the feeling of ‘I can do’ with never a murmurof ‘it’s not fair’ to be heard.- finally the happy, smiling faces that pervadeevery corner.All of the above made each day worthwhileand three years that I will never forget.

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The tension ran high in the labyrinth ofcorridors that make up the dressing rooms deepunder the Royal Albert Hall as the Junior girlslined up for the performance of a lifetime.Months of rehearsals and preparations ofmilitary precision culminated in an amazingportrayal of the Selfish Giant, a Cantata writtenby Sheila Wilson, which brought tears to thetransfixed audience. The event was the 125thbirthday of Bromley High in March 2008.The magical evening continued with theHawthorns Choir (Years 5 and 6) singing withthe Senior Choir in Carmina Burana, theirvoices filling the cavernous dome of this iconicvenue. The unforgettable experience is one thatwill be recalled by the girls in the years to comeas a highlight of their school days.

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Left: thedentist gives ushandy tipsabout healthyeating.Below:exploring thecrocodile

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I liked doing theDragon Dance forChinese New YearRhia

My best day was when we changed theclass into an airport Georgina

I liked painting My Gumpy’s Motor Car because I usedlots of different colours Bella

I haveenjoyedshowing myspecial toysfrom myspecial boxSybil

My best day was my first day atschool because it was myBirthday and I met everybody.Now they’re all my friendsCharlotte

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girls brought a little bit of home into their newlearning environment as they shared their specialboxes with each other, and they took pride in talk-ing about their precious things. The topic ‘Here IAm’, looked at the early stages of development aswe welcomed visitors from new born to 3 yearsold. We learned lots about our bodies, with a lis-tening walk around school, exploring our sense ofsmell, tasting different foods and keeping healthy.A visit from the dentist gave us some handy tipsabout cleaning our teeth and turned our mouthsblue as we checked our brushing skills at home!In the Spring term we searched for evidence ofdinosaurs with Professor Bones and created ourown dinosaur habitats. We explored every kindof animal, including extinct, mythical, imaginaryand endangered. The girls wrote about their ownmythical creature, raised money to adopt two en-dangered animals from London Zoo by holding abook sale and enjoyed singing about ‘All Crea-tures Great and Small’. It was lovely to draw onsome of the experiences of our own girls in orderfor us to gain a better understanding of theAfrican culture. For our ‘Bring Your Bike toSchool Day’ the girls had competition from MrBugden riding on his Lambretta and Mr Bushon his racing bike. Our visiting animatortaught us a little about creating an animationusing the girls’ illustrations. Finally, we took tothe high seas building boats and exploring float-ing and sinking. Wow! Haven’t we had a busyjourney with many new experiences!

I liked when Mr Bushbrought his bicycleBeatrice

I liked making my kitebecause it was really funand I got to putdecorations on itBella

My best day was whenI made new friends Tate

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French fun with atrip to a French

Market at BromleyHigh School

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The Year 1 classes have had such a busy and excit-ing time over the year. They have been learningand investigating new things and enjoying newexperiences. It all started with learning aboutthemselves. The girls could not believe how manymuscles and bones we have in our body!Dinosaurs and other animals were the order of theday in the spring term. They raised money in theirbook sale to adopt endangered animals. Then ‘ohla la’ they visited a French town in our hall. Theyneeded passports and to speak French while visit-ing the shops and a café. After this there was aComic Relief day, story strings to make and a visitto Horniman Museum and many other things.In the summer term they were investigatingtransport. Both classes took an assembly. Year 1Breminded us about going on a plane. Year 1H toldus about the London underground. Mind yourheads everyone a helicopter is landing in ourschool grounds! The girls loved going on boardthe helicopter and pretending to be a pilot.The visit to the Enchanted Forest at GroombridgePlace gave the girls a fabulous finish to this term’stopic and their time in Year 1.

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My magicmoment in Year 1was when MissPayne madebaubles with us atChristmas time.My bauble waspurple and it hadsnowmen on it.I enjoyed it verymuch and thenwe went homeand hung it onour treeDrew

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This yearI enjoyed theBin BagFashion Show.Miss Payneand I werethe models!Ramya

I remember whenI first started Year 1and I felt reallywelcomedDaisy

My magic momentwas when I had mycertificate fromMrs Dickerson.I felt proud andsurprisedIsobel

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Above: our LondonUnderground mapright: portrait display,below: a collection ofwheeled vehicles andleft, a DinosaurDiorama

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Here is an example of one of our topics:All Creatures Great and SmallThese are just some of the things that the girlsin Year 2 learnt all about during this topic.How many of them do you know?We learnt that a lion’s roar can be heard from 8kmaway, a blue whale is bigger than a jet engine,warthogs run with their tails sticking up, there are3 different species of hyena – spotted, striped and

brown, elephants can sing,a baby giraffe is 6 feet tallat birth, aardvark is anAfrikaans word that meansearthpig or antbear, a polarbear does not have white fur– it is in fact clear hollowtubes and an antelope canjump 8 feet in the air!

My favourite activity waswhen we made the class

underground map. I like itbecause I enjoymaking things.

I did the river ThamesLauren

My favourite thing has beenreading to the teachers and

myself in the morningNaomi

I have enjoyed learning aboutourselves and what we wouldlike to be when we grow up.I was interested to learn aboutour bodies and we made askeleton puppetAnna

My favouritething was makingthe dinosaurdioramas becausein my box waslots of woodlandthingsJenna

Year2

From top;TicoTango Parrot,creating clay animals,and above left; amythical creaturewhich we took turnsto add to.

This year has been a busy one full ofexciting trips and visits as well as going onthree incredible learning journeys.The girls have learnt all about themselvesand their families, a wide variety ofcreatures, real and imaginary, from thebiggest dinosaur to the smallest mammalsand finally about the vast array of transportthat is used across the world.They have visited the Horniman Museumto explore extinct and endangered animals,watched a helicopter land in theirplayground, met an artist and learnt to drawportraits, had a talk from the RNLI, travelledon a boat and a steam train and workedtogether with the whole school on

sustainability.

The best thingthat happenedwas when wewrote a storyabout a mythicalcreature becauseI like writingstories and I amgood at itKate

My favouriteactivity was when wemade endangeredanimals from clay.It was excitingCharlotte

My favouritememory in Year 2is when we made theTico Tango collagebecause it was funand crafty. I was ableto put the feathery partson the head too!Grace

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Participating in Drama activities helps the girls tobecome more confident and self-assured; it teachesthem to speak out clearly and with good intonationand it enables them to have fun!There are opportunities to take part in large scaleproductions and also in smaller performancesthroughout the year.Every girl has taken part in her class assembly,performing to the rest of the school and parents.Year 6 girls led our Harvest Festival Assembly,where they showed short sketches which theyhad written on the theme of caring for others andour world.At Christmas, we had the Prep Production of‘It’s A Cracker!’ All the girls in Reception, Year 1and Year 2 performed and they acted and sang theirhearts out, much to the delight of the audience.Girls in Year 1 performed two plays entirely in

French – ‘Les Trois Petits Cochons’and ‘Boucle d’Or et les Trois Ours’.In the Summer Term, girls inHawthorns performed a musicalproduction of ‘The Pied Piper’ on theSenior School stage, complete with

fantastic costumes, stage lights and make-up.The girls in Year 6 took the main parts but girlsin every year group gave superb performancesto the appreciative audiences.Mrs Clare, Head of Music

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This musical play followed a familyat Christmastime and it was full

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I reallyenjoyedbeing a ratandfollowingthe Pied Piper

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TheSnowQueen Our older girls in Years 3 to 6 all took part in ‘The Snow Queen’

a lovely musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s story.The production was staged in the Senior School hall and,as well as the singing and acting, the audiences weretreated to performances from our Gym Squad, theBallroom Dancing group, the Modern Dance Cluband various musical ensembles.

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Top: girlsparticipated in anumber ofactivities onViking DayAbove: face paintingmaths investigationLeft: Girls had funmaking a volcanoerupt

For the first timeever in the class Iwas elected into theSchool Council.It was fun as I hadthe opportunityto representmy classCharlotte

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What an amazing year we have had! We started by travellingtwo thousand years back in time and discovered that Britainhad been invaded by the Romans. We visited SouthwarkCathedral and found out all about religion in Roman times.The Romans believed in many Gods which we found very in-teresting. We each made an individual mosaic which collec-tively made a symmetrical class mosaic. Britain continued tobe invaded! Next the Anglo-Saxons arrived. We greatly en-joyed a Workshop where we made a leather tag decorated inrunes, braided a bracelet made from wool dyed in authenticAnglo-Saxon colours and made a necklace using gem stonesthat were popular in that period. Finally the Vikings arrived!We all dressed up as Vikings and made our own swords andshields, personalised with individual engravings. Thoroulfthe Viking visited us and showed us how the Vikings livedand worked. He moulded a replica Viking coin for us to takehome as a memento of our day. The climax of the day was aViking battle. Our swords and shields served us well!In the second half of the year we learnt about the UnitedKingdom and how to read and understand maps. We then

looked in detail at rivers of the UK. We studiedthe course of the river and its relationship withthe water cycle. The highlight was travellingalong the River Thames in a Thames Clipper.Our final destination was the National Gallerywhere we attended a Workshop which wasbased on ‘Journeys through Paintings’. Otherhighlights of the year have included: ourfirst swimming lessons in the school pool,learning to play the recorder, baking cakesfor our first charity cake sales, presentingour class assembly to our parents, taking

part in our first production on the Senior Schoolstage and starting Spanish as a second modern language.What a year of firsts!

My favourite memoryof this year wasStorytelling Club.I really enjoyed itwhen the Preps listenedto our story play in JuneBrooke

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My special moment that happened this year wasmeeting Karen McCombie because she wasvery funny and she told us where she getsher ideas from. I think it will help mewith my new book I’m writingKeren

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I liked taking part in the schoolproduction such as The Snow Queenand the one which we are about to dowhich is The Pied PiperHannah

My best day in the 130th Year waswhen my sister had her first assembly.I was very proud. I also enjoyedthe Fashion Show in ourEnrichment Week.Ainoa

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The whole of year 4has been my

favourite school year.I was so happythat I moved to

Bromley High becausethe teachers are allnice and I madelots of friends.

Daisy

I love Kung Fu Punctuation.We get to use actions for fullstops, commas, apostrophesand speech marks.It helps us to remember ourpunctuation in a differentand fun way.Niamh

I felt really proud toperform in our school play.Our part seemedreally special and itwas greatto stand out onthe stage.Charlotte

Above:Class Photo inthe style ofJulian OpieLeft: Aztecinspired papersculpture

Above:Ceramic design inthe style of Clarice CliffRight: Tie Dye sewingBelow: Aztec Drama workshop

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During this 130th year, Year 4 took part in manyactivities and completed many projects.In the Autumn Term our humanities topic was theTudors. To support our learning, we went to HeverCastle, had a visit from Bromley Museum and we tookpart in an action packed Tudor Day. We also madeTudor houses in Design and Technology and had avideo conference with the National Archives Centre.In the Spring Term, we learnt about India.We established links with an Indian school andexchanged video clips and letters. Our art workincluded creating tie-dye fabric samples, paisleypatterns and block printing and during India Daywe learnt to cook chapattis and dance ‘Bollywoodstyle’.The Summer Term focused on the Aztecs and includedan Aztec drama session and a paper sculpture work-shop (above). Also this year, we were challenged toan “Apprentice” style biscuit making eliminationcontest (and it wasn’t just the biscuits that got fired!)We got very messy making modroc bowls and lastbut not least was the special responsibility of lookingafter the school guinea pigs, Boris and Half-Pint.

It isn’t every dayyou get to dress upand work in teamsto act out events inthe past.I really enjoyedTudor Day, youlearn a lot andeveryone looks funny!Aria

I love looking after and playing with the school guinea pigs.We feed Boris and Half-Pint carrots, cucumber and grass.This is my favourite part of Year 4 but we have toremember it is a big responsibility. Macy

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A little note...There are many opportunities to enjoy makingmusic in the Junior School, whether it be in the classmusic lessons, as a member of an ensemble or as asoloist. Girls can perform in class, in assembliesand in concerts and they can take part in the School

Music Festival. There are ensemblesas diverse as the String Quartet andthe Rock Band, the Orchestra andthe Indian Music club and thereis something for everyone,whatever stage they are at in theirmusical development.Year group informal concerts,assemblies and concerts formembers of our local community

take place during the year and our Carol Serviceis held at Christmas. The girls enjoy singingand enthusiastically take part in our musicalproductions.Girls in Year 6 are able to join with girls in Year 7to go on the Middle School music tour. This yearthe tour was to Belgium and the girls had thehonour of singing in the Brussels Basilica as well asperforming at a community centre and a church.We visited a chocolate factory, went sightseeing inBrussels and took a canal boat ride in Bruges.These trips allow the girls to work together and tobecome more independent.Mrs Clare Head of Music

My specialmomentwas singing atthe BrusselsBasilicain Belgium

Sophie

I liked thelast Concertespecially aswe had to doan Encore whichmade me feelreally proudHayley

I enjoyed my first ferryride! It was a greatexperience as my friendswere there with me. I alsoreally enjoyed the canal rideas everyone was reallyhappy and it was very

relaxing. I alsoliked it as I got thechance to interactwith Y7s I didn’treally know beforeEesha

One of my favouritemoments in Belgiumwas seeing thehappy reactionsof all the audiencesthat we performed toJade

I enjoyed the wholeentire Music Tour,but my best momentwas when we went tothe Chocolate Factory!Nadia

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The sound of music can be heardall round the schoolas songs areoften usedto supportothercurriculumlessons:reinforcingnumeracy skills;practising phonicsounds; learning a foreignlanguage and much more.Music also plays a centralrole in the CreativeCurriculum and the Prepgirls perform songs basedon each term’s topic totheir parents.

TROPHY WINNERS2012-13

These are awarded for progress,commitment and achievement.

Year 3 Alice FeblesYear 4 Isabella MundayYear 5 Sophia Short

Anita KarimiIndiaWilson

Year 6 AnnaWilliamsKirsty TurnbullBeatrice BrollyKatharine George

Orchestra Section LeadersHayley Ngan (strings)Ellie Smith (woodwind)Marina Mitchell (brass)

Strings Group LeaderSonya Mathew

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Year 2 Choir Reception instruments

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Year 1African Drumming

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Year 5 has had an amazing year of learning newskills and trying new challenges in our 130thAnniversary year.We researched the Victorians and the life of QueenVictoria, had a video conference with a Victorianstreet seller at the British Museum, investigatedextraordinary inventions and dressed up as Victo-rian school children and were treated very strictly!We decided we prefer going to school nowadays!In our DT and Art lessons we studied the work ofWilliam Morris and designed ceramic plate motifsin his style.We studied Sherlock Holmes, and created our owndetectives to rival any Poirot or Miss Marple!As part of our topic on Myths and Legends we helda debate as to whether a Loch Ness monster reallycould exist. We carried out a personalised learningproject on Australia creating models, videos,posters and leaflets. The highlight of the SpringTerm was our residential trip to Sayers Croft. Wehad a go at rock climbing, abseiling, orienteering,shelter building and archery! It was an exhausting3 days but we really enjoyed ourselves!In the Summer Term we learned about rainforests,creating our own display which we were veryproud of. We rounded off the year by visitingCharles Darwin’s home in Kent and comparinglife at Bromley High with that at Royal Bath Highlinking up with a class via a video conference.A fun-packed and interesting year has been hadby one and all!

Above: AVictorian SamplerLeft: our three super sleuths can rivaleven the most well known detectives.

Below and right: designing anddecorating a plate in the style of

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Right:Creating ourrainforest

Top right: Sketching at Down Housethe home of Charles Darwin,

and above: stopping to ponder ontheThinkingWalk

Right: Experiencing life as aVictorianschoolchild.

Above: Shelter buildingHappy days at Sayers Croft,right.Left: A model of theGreat Barrier Reef

In the Summer Term welearned about rainforests,creating our own displaywhich we were very proud of.

Imagine our dismay when we came in oneday to find it had been ripped down and destroyed!It made us realise what it must be like for the people of therainforests who are having this done to them for real.

I remember walkinground and experiencing

how long Darwin’sSandwalk was. It wascalm, peaceful and

enjoyable.Alex

I rememberwriting onslates while theteacher actedreally strictBeth

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We were givena wide range ofactivities that theEgyptians did ineveryday life.Only now do Itruly look at whatthe Egyptians didwith amazement.Chrisa

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My highlight of the yearwas when we went toFrance on a trip.On the last night,we had a camp fire.We sang, hadhot chocolate andwrote our worrieson a piece of paperand threw it inthe fire. This wasa memorablenight.Poppy

A fabulousmemory of beingin Year 6 wasSixties Day.We dressed upin vibrantclothes and shoes.We looked ascrazy as madhatters!Our franticdancing andludicrouscatwalks madethe day!Isabella

My favouritememory ofthis year wasthe trip tothe Mayor ofBromley. I waschosen to wearan authenticcostume.We also carriedout a debatewhich was veryexciting.Tara

Year6Year 6 girls have experienced many fun andexciting activities in our anniversary year.During the Autumn Term girls studied theSecond World War. We visited the impressiveHMS Belfast and learnt about the ArcticConvoys. The girls thoroughly enjoyed a videoconference with The British Museum on thetopic of propaganda.The Spring Term began with girls dressing invibrant clothes to celebrate studying the postwar years and the 1960s. Girls performedevents from the 1960s as well as dance andfinished with a fashion show along a catwalk!In English we studied balanced argumentsand put this to the test by visiting the Mayorof Bromley. We carried out a debate in front ofthe Mayor inside the Council Chambers on thetopic of the proposed expansion of a local air-port. Year 6 enjoyed a five day adventure inFrance in the Summer Term. Staying at a beau-tiful chateau, girls had the opportunity to im-prove their French skills by visiting a market,carrying out questionnaires as well as goingon a treasure hunt. Girls had a wonderful timeexperiencing kayaking, abseiling, survival,low ropes as well as chateau Olympics!Other exciting features of this term includeddressing as Egyptians and making bracelets,canopic jars, bread and authentic carvings.The girls ended their final year of the JuniorSchool by completing many investigations andprojects in small groups.

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My highlight of Year 6 was when we went toLe Chateau du Broutel in France, as I had a lotof fun with my friends. We did some breath-taking adventure activities such as kayakingand abseiling. It’s the best school trip I haveever been on. Krushi

My special moment waswhen we went to the

National Gallery; it was greatfun because we went on theRiver Thames and lookedat the paintings. I lovedseeing the paintingsbecause I had neverbeen to the National

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I liked going to Jubilee Park.It was so fun.

I liked looking around. Ria

Climbing theladders andexploringHMS Belfastwas thehighlightof Year 6.Tara

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One school day a helicopter landed in the fields.It was dark blue and bright blue, black and white.

We were all cheering, talking, whispering, screaming and shouting.We also got to sit in the helicopter. We asked questions about the

helicopter and how it works. Ruby

The best thing was whenthe helicopter landedin the school groundbecause we all got

the chance to sit in itMaddie

My best day waswhen I saw thehelicopter land inour field.I liked going insideChloe

My magic moment inYear 2 was when thehelicopter pilot came.I liked it because I havenever seen a helicopterland before.It was amazingMaia

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We had the mostamazing time inFrance, with somuch independenceand adventure.The trip helped melearn so much, notonly education wisebut also friendshipwise. I overcameso many fears andcompleted so manychallenges.I will never forgetthis amazingexperience.Polina

In September wewent to Hever

Castle and it wasgreat! It was the best

school trip!My favourite bit was

the water mazebecause if you stepon the wrong stoneat the wrong timeyou get splashed

with water!I really wish wecould go again.

Saakshi

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My best day was when we went ona school trip to Groombridge. Sophie

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I was one of a group of Year 6 girls which wasprivileged to attend the Paralympics.We had to look in all different directions as therewas so much going on at the same time.We were lucky enough to see a GB athlete receivingher bronze medal and the shouts of the crowd musthave really lifted the athletes’ spirits. It was aspecial day that I will never forgetGeorgia

Two of our main aims, sporting excellence andregular participation by all, have been very evidentthis year. Highlights on the competitive frontinclude finishing as Trust Gymnastic Champions,making a clean sweep in the Kent Schools’ MiniTennis Red, Orange and Green Team Competitions,being victorious at the Combe Bank and StChristopher’s Athletics Meetings and winning theSt Christopher’s, Bromley High and Sutton HighSchool Netball Tournaments. Nearly every girl inHawthorns was a member of at least one of theextra - curricular clubs which offer a mixture ofcompetitive and non-competitive opportunitiesand the Year 5/6 Netball and Rounders leaguesonce again proved popular with over 90 girlsparticipating on a weekly basis. We extended thegirls’ love of Rounders to include a Parent andDaughter’s tournament where Mrs Allerton andMr Bugden played starring roles and all teamsshowed great enthusiasm and, particularly in thecase of some of the fathers, a highly competitivespirit! Year 6 girls were lucky enough to takeaway long lasting memories from two extremelyinspiring visits to the Paralympics and all girlsenjoyed the challenge of representing either theirclass or house in a variety of sports.Whether competing at national level or being acommitted member of a sports club, every girl’scontribution is highly valued so that sport remainsa very important aspect of the day to day life atBromley High.80

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Top: the Parents and Daughter’s RoundersTournamentWinningTeamLeft:The Sack Race and belowthe victoriousYellowTeam on Sports Day.

Above, Year 6 St Christophers’ Athletics meeting winners

Left, theTony JamesYear 4CrossCountryRace

We loved playingin the Year 5 and 6Parent andDaughter’sRoundersTournament.It was such fun

becausewe were in thesame team as Mr Bugden and it was agreat team performance. We were surprisedhow well all the parents could play roundersand they definitely improved their skills bythe end of the evening. Our last game wasvery intense with lots of memorablemoments but in the end we won which

was great!Mia and Michelle

Sports Day was exciting anda really great experience forgirls of all ages. We all learntnew chants and Yellow House

won – what a great wayto end the year!

Ilina

It was exciting as we had lots of different races.I enjoyed the relay race as my team came second

Lucia

I enjoyed the‘Car Race’ aswe got to dressup and lookedsillyDarcey

It was the mostexciting Sports

Day ever – all theteams were closetogether in points.

Maia

JuniorSchoolSportsWe have so many opportunities to practise and

improve lots of different sports and to try to achievepersonal bests Imogen

I looked forward to all the sports lessons every week andI have learnt so much. I can’t even start to list thesports that I have been taught. I have been lucky enoughto represent the school in some of these and that hasmade me feel special. Thank you! Krushi

Right:MiniTennis OrangeKent Champions

Below:MiniTennis RedKent Champions

MiniTennis Green Kent Champions

When I was in Year 3,I was chosen toplay Tennis at theKent Schools’Championships andI was very nervous butas I moved up throughthe Junior School, Iplayed each year andI grew in confidence.Grace

In the 130th year ofBromley HighSchool, my favouritething I did waswhen I representedthe school andplayed againstCroydon High intennis. Elissa

I loved Swimming in galasagainst other schools

but my favourite momentwas when everybodyin Year 4, 5 and 6

was invited to swimin the School

Championshipsand I received a bronzemedal for backstroke.It was a great feeling!

Yasmeen

GDST Under 11 Gymnastics Champions

The Sutton High 5Teams NetballTournament winners

Competing at the Trust Rally forgymnastics and winning it out of allof the GDST schools was a greatreward for all our hard workImogen

Netball has made me a better team player and hasallowed me to make many friends during matches

against other schools as well as within schoolChantelle

In Year 3 I was invitedto play against 15tennis teams from Kent.It was really hard butreally FUN! I foundout that I would startSwimming in Year 3.I really enjoy Swimmingwith my friends andlearning new strokesand skillsSaskia

EXTRA-CURRICULARSPORTS CLUBS

Hockey, Swimming,Gymnastics,Dance,Netball, Fencing,Ballroom Dancing,Yoga,Rounders,Tennis,Athletics,MiniTennis, Cricket,Cross Country

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Junior SchoolSwimmingTeam

Years 5 and 6 Interhouse HockeyTournament winners

I have loved competing in Netball, Swimming, Rounders andGymnastics and we have been very successful as we haveworked hard as a team Emily

I was so excited to play in a mixedHockey Tournament with the ElthamCollege boys and I saved lots of shotswhich could have cost us the game

Emily

My best moment ofYear 4 was when Irepresented the schoolat swimming. I tookpart in the Galaagainst Coombe Bank.We WON! It wasamazing and I wishI could do it againZoe

Each school took 5 teams to play at theSutton High School Tournament andthe points for all the matches were addedtogether. I was ecstatic when I receiveda letter inviting me to play in thisTournament and I was so proud whenBromley High won the whole eventAnnabelle

Imogen MeersEllie SmithMichelle LiIsobel Aitken-DyteSonya MathewChantelle OmotoshoEmily Wistow

Maya Percival

Izzy KerslakeImogen Sears

Emily ArnoldRose MeersGrace RobsonImogen NaishAbigail LaunderMadeleine ComptonMitra StainsburyHilary LeungMia SantiniGeorgia GrayGrace BirdsallZarya MekathottiSophie Kerr

All Round Achievement

Year 5 Netball ProgressYear 6 Netball Progress

Year 6 Hockey ProgressYear 6 Contribution toTeam Cross Country

Year 6 Contribution toTeam Gymnastics

Year 6 Contribution toTeam Swimming

Year 3 Swimming Progress



Year 6 Swimming AchievementYear 6 Dance AchievementYear 6 Athletics ProgressYear 6 Rounders Progress

Year 6 Tennis ProgressMini Tennis Progress

SPORTS AWARDS 2012-13

INTERHOUSE

TOURNAMENTWINNERSYEAR 5/6 DODGEBALL GREENYEAR 5/6 NETBALL GREENYEAR 3/4 SWIMMING REDYEAR 5/6 SWIMMING GREEN

YEAR 3/4/5/6ATHLETICSYELLOWYEAR 5/6 HOCKEY - GREEN

YEAR 3ANDYEAR 4 INTER FORMTOURNAMENTWINNERSDODGEBALL 3B AND 4HNETBALL 3H AND 4BROUNDERS 3H AND 4B

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We are delighted to be celebrating our 130th birthdaythis year and we held a Community Festival to markthis historic event.There was a party atmosphere as past and presentpupils, parents and governors, visitors from nearbyschools and care homes in the local communitymingled together in the grounds.The Junior School enjoyed different workshops in themorning in preparation for their performances to thewider community in the afternoon. The PE Depart-ment organised a community sports festival and ourYear 5 girls were wonderful hosts to the local primary

children who attended. There was anexcited atmosphere at the track and goodcompetitive spirit between the schools.The children enjoyed their day and wouldvery much like to return in the future.Parents donated cakes and biscuits andserved teas raising monies for our chosencharity, Marjorie McClure School.The Junior and Senior School pupilsentertained us from the stage with a

fabulous range of music, cheer leading andgymnastic displays. Many other activities took placeacross the day, all raising monies for charity.Amongst these attractions were stalls and sideshows, farmyard animals, a circus skills sideshow,‘sponge the teacher’, face painting, climbing walland fun displays by the local police and fire-brigade officers.

My best memorywas when it was the130th birthday ofthe school becausethey had free RockClimbing. I hadenough money tobuy a gift for MrsDickersonRaakvi

I liked throwing a wet spongeat Ms Simpson at FestivalDay. I got to have three go’sand I caught heron the foot!Lila

My favourite thing at FestivalDay was when I was strokingthe sheep at the zoo and singingour songs to our Mumsand Dads Lana

In the 130th year ofBHS I had my secondCommunity Festivaland I learnt how towalk on stilts.Also I made my firstfish out of recyclingHolly

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My favourite memoryof this year was the130th CelebrationDay because you gotto have fun and domany activities suchas; rock climbing,throw the ball in thehoop and hit thecoconutHannah

This year I enjoyed theFestival Day. I played‘ball in a bucket, andwe sung ‘Sing’ to ourparents. There werelots of stalls but myfavourite wasHolland Farm.We loved the lookof the food!Annie

My favourite part ofthe 130th yearcelebrations was beingthe model for theRecycling FashionShow. It was funny tobe wearing everythingbut it was a bit uncom-fortable. Everythingfelt like it was about tofall off. I enjoyed thisexperienceHibba

Above: Each classmade a ‘flower-potman’ and placedthem around theschoolFar left:Recycled MaterialFashion Parade

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�My magic moment was when wesang ‘Sing’ and then had a picnicDarcey

“Today has beenlovely! The girls havebeen the highlight,they were veryfriendly.” Betty, one of the Senior Citizens

"It was lovely to beback at BromleyHigh again 30 yearslater. We are proudto have been part ofsuch a wonderfulSchool.”

Elizabeth Hill andHolly Innes, BHS Class of ‘88

Our Community Festival raised money for the Majorie McClure School in Chislehurst.The Sports Department ran a sports day for Year 5 pupilsand other local primary schools, which included Rounders,Long Jump and Sprinting.Elsewhere, the Art Department provided face paintingand potato printing alongside Year 9 pupils, while the Design Technology staff organised the popular ‘Sponge theTeacher’ stall. Others stalls on the day sold Kent produce,such as jewellery and beauty treatments, and parentswere treated to a Pimms Tent, courtesy of Savills, Locksbottom with all proceeds going to the school’sFloodlights Appeal.

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What a fantastic day of celebration, and what a fitting way to celebrate our birthday. June 7th was a day for us to embrace the local community and give a little something back to our neighbours and friends. It is our aim as a school to develop in our girls a real sense of what is really important in life; in being good citizens, kind and caring and knowing how to put others first. These attributes were in abundance on this day, with local school children being treated toa Festival of Sport, local senior citizens enjoying our girls' musicmaking, and with a sense of looking outwards, rather than at ourown desires and needs.In an ever more competitive world of work and challenge beyond school, I hope that these fundamental kindnesses, consideration and manners will mark out our girls as people ofintegrity and of the strongest of values, as well as a sense of duty tothose around them. It is, after all, these qualities which mark out the most pleasant people around us.

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School days are both influential and unforgettable and are an integral part of

everything we do in many subject areas today.Bromley High Old Girls share their memories.


The bestschool days ever...

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Top: The Tudor HouseNetball Team 1949

Back row: Mary Palmer, Heather Ashomore, Ann Ridley,

and Mara Brading Smith Seated: June Staiger, Pam Dagwell

and Jean Wilkins.Right: Margaret Scott-Wilson and

Celia Nicholls 1950

POLITICSMargaret HodgeMBE MP Featured recentlyin the BBC’sWoman’s HourPower List 2013‘Top 100 Most InfluentialWomen’. In 2010 she waselected Chair of thePublic Accounts Committee

ARTSGillian Lynne CBEDancer/choreographerJulia PottsExecutive Director of theAlmeida Theatre and Theatre DirectorNON PROFIT & CHARITYDr Mary Baker MBEFormer CEO of Parkinson’sDisease Society and Presidentof the European Federation ofNeurological Associations

“At the time I took it for granted that I was beingtaught across the currriculum by women teachers; looking back I realise what it meant to be exposed to brilliant minds in this way.”

Photo/Chris Thomond

ACADEMIC & EDUCATIONProfessor Dame Marilyn Strathern DBE MA PHD MBA is a British femi-nist anthropologist who has workedlargely with the natives of Papua NewGuinea and dealt with issues in the UKof reproductive technologies. Her workas a feminist anthropologist has pushedopen doors and minds in thinkingabout the implications of new birthingtechnologies andgender roles inMelanesia andthe UK.Strathern hasheld numerouspositions overher long career, including Former Mistressof Girton College, Cambridge.Bromley HighSchool 1952 - 1959

Left: Marilyn Strathern at the opening of the Bromley HighSports Pavilion - Summer 1959. As Senior Prefect she madea speech and presentation to the builder, Mr Ashton. MissLeale is standing at the back in the doorway.

BUSINESSJo FairleyGreen and Blacks founder,Judges Bakery in Hastings.Author of the Beauty Bible,brand advisor and Speaker

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Susanna WhiteBromley High 1972 -1979British Film Director. Won a BAFTA awardfor Best Drama Serial for her work on the series Bleak House. She was alsonominated for an Emmy for her workon BBC mini-series, Jane Eyre. Main picture shows her working on the set of Nanny McPhee

Richmal Crompton (centre amongst her class 1921)known to girls as Miss R.C. Lamburn, Bromley High 1917- 1923

Top: Susanna’s letter offering hera place at BromleyHigh and above,her first uniformbill. The total

amount of £29.75will buy two white

blouses and apullover today!

Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in Lancashire in 1890, andafter taking a B.A. degree at London University she became Senior Classics Mistress at Bromley High School, where she taughtuntil 1923. During her spare time, and during the school holidays, she started towrite, and her Just William stories starring naughty eleven year old William Brown,first appeared in 1919. In 1923 Richmal Crompton contracted polio and gave upteaching to concentrate full time on her writing. A former pupil recalls; “Miss Lamburn was always tolerant and patient and her keen sense of humour was a great help; amusing stories, atrocious puns and sillyjokes impressed rules and vocabulary on our minds where learning by rote wouldhave failed.”This was the teacher who “was by far the most lasting influence on my life. Herserene and happy temperament and deep faith in the essential rightness of thingshas a special value for girls at a difficult age. Her love of Literature - English, Latinbut most of all Greek, was infectious.” Marie Bridge ‘Schoolgirl Voices 1883 - 1983’.

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I have many warm, happy memories of my school days at BromleyHigh School. Looking back, I remember the excellent pastoral careas well as the most dedicated staff who were intent on helping pupilsachieve good academic results propelling them into areas of workmost suited to each individual.

During war time we moved everywhere in alphabetical order; myname was Wheeler which meant that I was at the end of the row –apart from Alma Wilson – so when we were in the undergroundshelters I could hear two different lessons simultaneously, often asdiverse as Maths and History. I am convinced that the experiencehas helped me enormously to multitask throughout my entire career.

I truly loved Speech and Drama lessons at school and I was also amember of the Beckenham Children’s Theatre. One year I was Titania in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and the dressrehearsal was a must that I had to attend. However, it was sched-uled to follow a school Netball match which meant I had no time toreturn home for tea before the rehearsal. My mother gave me moneyto buy some refreshments to sustain me until my father could collectme after rehearsal. Unbeknown to her, I bought fish and chips and settled down at the back of the number 227 bus to eat my ‘tea’! I was seen by an unknown person who reported me to the school foreating in my uniform. The next day at Prayers, anyone travelling onthe number 227 bus was required to stay behind. When only I remained, Miss East, the well respected Headmistress at the time, asked me if it was I who had sat on the bus eating fishand chips out of a ‘newspaper’ and poor lady, she had a real diffi-culty with saying the word, it was so abhorrent to her!

Music, Art, Drama plus Sport were all pursued with very real enthusiasm. I well remember that after an exhilarating match, teamteas were important and we were all encouraged to be excellent hostesses and many good friendships were forged between the TrustSchools. I particularly recall playing the triplets from BlackheathHigh School and the difficulty we had with marking them!

School lunches were important; we had to sit straight, no elbows onthe table and serve others before we served ourselves.

All lessons well learned and never forgotten.

During war time,when we were in theunderground shelters

I could hear two different lessons

simultaneously, oftenas diverse as Maths

and History. I am convinced thatthe experience has

helped me enormouslyto multitask

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Dr Mary Baker MBE

HAPPY SCHOOL DAY MEMORIES FROM BROMLEY HIGH

Dr Mary Baker, MBEBromley High School 1943 - 1953Currently President of the European Brain Council, immediate past President of the European Federation of Neurological Associations, Consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Member of EFPIA AdvisoryBoard and Chair of the Working Group on Parkinson’s Disease formed by WHO in May 1997,and a member of the Commission’s CONNECT Advisory Forum. Academic appointments include Associate Membership of the Health Services Research Unit, University of Oxford and Visiting Fellow within the London School of Economics HealthCentre at the LSE. An Honorary Doctorate from theUniversity of Surrey was conferred upon Mary in 2003 in recognition of her work within the worldof Parkinson’s disease and an Honorary Doctor of Science from Aston University awarded in July2013. In 2009 she received the prestigious British Neuroscience Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Neuroscience and for Public Service.

Above: Catching up on a Chemistrylesson with Dr Rowley, 2013

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Top: BHS FirstCricket XI c. 1940sRight: Tudor House Netball Team1949

Far right: Miss Winter, M. Dracup, Margaret Scott Wilson and Molly Rice 1948

Below: First Second Year Sixth 1949-1950

Top: First Upper Fifth Summer Term 1949Below: First Upper Sixth 1949

I had a happy life at Bromley High from theHawthorns to the VIth Form during the Headshipsof Miss Littlewood and Miss East. In my earlyteens we spent much of our time in the underground air raid shelters where lessons continued until the All-Clear sounded. Somehow Sport was enjoyed at the Bickley Field

and I relished Hockey, Netball, Tennisand Cricket under Miss Jackson withmany matches once the war was over.Our greatest success was winning theTrust Hockey Rally in 1948 and it is always good to read of the continuingachievements.Of course we had a few very clevergirls, but so many of us easily managed a B+ standard. At SchoolCertificate in 1945

the Latin set book was truncatedto 4/5 of the text. This was a gift to most of us but not appreciated by Miss Griffith who

loved her Classics.Dinah Hepburn nee Atley

At the Field where we played Hockey, Tennis andCricket in my early days from 1941, we had acarthorse called Dobbin, who was stabled on the fieldand as far as I recall, pulled the mower. No idea whathappened to him. Sounds like something from the darkages now doesn't it? Pam Dagwell

MEMORIES FROM THE 1940s

First Hockey XI1948 - 49Back row: PatriciaMiddleton, Julia Whitaker,Pamela Rogers, Lesley Hawkins, Gillian Appleton,Audrey Nichols.Front row: RosemaryNash, Sheila Geere,Ruth Howieson,Helen Ford, Catherine Walker

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1st X1 Cricket Fathers’ Day Match 1950

Back Row Left to RightSheila Geere, Rosemary Nash, Catherine Walker,Susan Groves, Penelope Davies , Delia Kenyon.

Front Row (kneeling)Pam Rogers (Vice Capt), Pam Dagwell (Capt), DeliaSheldrick, Mary Field, Margaret Oliver.

I know we drew that particular match whereas we lost the previousyear (1949). Sheila Geere was a fast bowler and at that time was getting chosen for the Kent XI.Pam Dagwell

Below: A scene from The Fathers’Day Cricket Match at The Field1949

Above: Dido WitchesThe School Production ofDido and Aeneas 1952The Court1952Bottom: The Dream

The fathers played againstthe school XI. My fatherplayed and was quite surprised how dedicatedwe were and didn't bowlunder arm or anything!

Saaskia Aark-BennettI do remember sitting, during prayers in the Hall at Bromley South andrunning through the names of everyone in the forms above and belowme. I started at 5 and left at 17 years old in the summer of 1957. Regretfully, I was a rebellious student who secretly couldn't wait to escape - which means that I didn't pay particular attention to any lessons except Art (thanks to Dickeybird - Miss Starling) and a new 6thForm subject - Human Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene because Ithought the Anatomy would help me with work on keeping horses fit -and I loved all the drawing and diagrams involved! I brought my pony tothe cloakrooms at Speldhurst (very narrow alley entrance) and friendspinched sugar lumps from the teachers' afternoon tea trays for him.Not an ideal student, but something got through and thanks to that education and the ideals I learned - I've had a tremendous life, havelived world-wide, achieved so much and am still writing, now as SaaskiaAark-Bennett, but I attended school as Jenny Abson - remember me? -thanks to the Alumnae I've enjoyed contacting a few schoolmates - it'sfun to swap each of our (so-far) rather worthwhile life experiences!Keep up the good work, dear teachers - I will say that I've always appreciated what teachers put into teaching - and for many of her latter years, I kept up a running correspondence with Miss Leale Head.Best wishes - Jennifer Gaff (ex Jenny Abson), PS. Whatever happened to Lizzie Drake, Maureen Weaver, Louise Evans,Pat Langford, Armorel Walling and so many more? B

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Beryl Dean1911 - 2001

R Brundle, PJD and M Scott Wilson by the cycleshed 1950

BERYL DEAN - Bromley High Alumna, anda leading exponent of modernist design inecclesiastical embroidery; she introducedan entirely new approach to a field hitherto limited to a traditional Victorian style.Beryl Dean's most notable worksincluded five large panels forSt George's Chapel, Windsor, which were made between 1969 and 1974.In 1977 she designedthe Silver JubileeMitre, Stole andCope for the Bishop of London.

Meryl (Nee Fergus) Doney Does anyone go all the way back to1953-8? I played a drunken blacksmithin a production of Peer Gynt! Ring any bells?

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The smell of polishedwooden hall floors; thebell sounding the endof lessons and singing‘The Twelve Days ofChristmas’, are justa few things that some people cannot dowithout - or so it would seem inthe Bromley High Staff Room...

The ‘inhouse’ alumnae...

FIONA HOLMESClass of 2004Ballerina in school production 2003. Now Reception Teacher at Bromley High Junior School

KATHRYN McADAM Class of 2003Left: Kathryn in ‘Les Mis’ 2008Currently Part Time Singing Teacher at

Bromley High School

HILARY ELKINS (right)(Nee McNamara) Class of 1979

Deputy Head, Pastoral, Bromley High

School

ELANOR FLOWER PETTMAN (left)Class of 1999Currently Biology Teacher at Bromley High SchoolLeft with Year 7 and teacher Mrs Russel-Mitra

LESLEY CLARE(left) Class of1974Now DeputyHead, Head ofMusic at Bromley HighJunior School

SASHA HARTClass of 2003(above and right) A school production of Romeoand Juliet 1988Now Part Time Drama TeacherBromley HighSchool

Bromley High School 1964 - 1977Our guest speaker at Graduation thisyear was Dr Sue Eckstein and shepresented the girls with a graduationscroll signed by their teachers alongwith a yearbook. Sue Eckstein attended Bromley High School fromthe age of 5 to 18 before studying English Litera-ture at the University of Durham. Sue delivered an inspirationalspeech by drawing on her various career paths. She taught Eng-lish in Sri Lanka for two years before joining Voluntary ServiceOverseas where she spent nearly 15 years working in London,Bhutan and the Gambia. She changed career in 1999, and joined

the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics at King’sCollege London. Since July 2007 she was Lecturerin Clinical and Biomedical Ethics at Brighton and Sussex Medical School where she taught Clinicaland Biomedical Ethics and was Admissions Tutor.She also found time to write, and her play, TheTuesday Group, was performed in February 2003 as part of King’s College London’s Art of DyingFestival and again by BSMS Theatre in November2011 and as part of Brighton Festival Fringe in

May 2012. Sue’s radio plays, Kaffir Lilies, Laura, and Old School Tiesas well as her dramatisation of her first novel, The Cloths of

Heaven (Myriad 2009)have been broadcast onBBC Radio 4. Her second novel, Inter-preters, was published in2011. Sue made the girlsrealise that you need tograsp opportunities at anyage and not to be afraidto change career paths.

AlumnaeSUE ECKSTEIN

A TRIBUTE TO JANET SONDHEIMER

Sue at the Sixth Form GraduationCeremony at Bromley High SchoolJune 2013

Sue Eckstein and Sarah-Jane Durman relaxing with other Sixth Formers in the Sixth Form Common Room 1977Left: Sue and friends sitting on thestairs outside the staff entrance atBromley High School, May 1977

Late 1970sview from theschool window

We were delighted to welcome Ernst Sondheimer, his son Julian Sondheimer anddaughter Judith Robertson and Julian’s family, to a tree planting ceremony at Bromley High in memory of Ernst Sondheimer’s wife, Janet Sondheimer.Janet, who attended Bromley High Schooland went on to be a Trustee of the GDSTfor 34 years, was passionate about education, particularly women's education,so it is appropriate to have this ‘living’ memory to her amazingly diverse and rich life, planted in the very heart of her old school; in the grounds of our fabulous new outdoor space, the ‘Quad’. Our girls have already started toenjoy learning and performing on this amazing outdoor stage and the treewill be in very lively company.We were extremely grateful to Mrs Lorna Cocking, Chair of the GDSTTrustees, who joined us for this special occasion, along with Bromley HighSchool governors, our Junior School Head Girls’ Team, Rosannah How, Year13, winner of the 2012 Sondheimer Award, and other distinguished guestsfrom the GDST, including two former Chairs.Both Louise Simpson, Head, and Lorna Cocking spoke, expressing deepestappreciation of Janet Sondheimer’s contribution to the work of the GDSTand dedicating the Silver Birch tree to her memory. Julian Sondheimer andJudith Robertson planted the tree on behalf of their father, the rain cloudslifted and the sun appeared - shining down to give a warm welcome to thisspecial and graceful tree. We look forward to watching it flourish.

Sadly Sue Eckstein, a 1970sAlumna, who was our guest of honour at Graduation this sum-mer, lost her battle with cancer in November. Sue epitomised all thatwe are proud of in our girls andwas an inspiration when she addressed them in June. She led arich and varied life, from novelistto VSO volunteer in Africa, toplaywright and University Admis-sions tutor. She urged us all to lookfor the opportunities in everythingthat life might throw at us, and shedemonstrated just how fabulous alife this is likely to lead to. Sue isan Alumna of whom we are incredibly proud and will remember with great fondness. Louise Simpson, Head.

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such as ‘ the 6th Form Concert in which we

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The uniform is 'notdreary and maroon’ any more – we have a smart new greyblazer and maroon/grey check pleatedskirt for the Seniorsand a pretty maroon/grey check tunic forthe Juniors – thegirls and parents love thisnew uniform.

Bromley HighSchool made adifference to thelives of school children in Nankesido, Ghana last Christmas. A smart school uniform is a real luxury for these children and wewere delighted to be able to help by sending them our old style schooluniform kindly donated by our parents. The children and staff were really

grateful for this donation and thought you would like tosee the girls wearing their new school uniform. It certainly makes schooling even more special for them.


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The next step...

DINING ROOM MAKEOVER

For years our Sport’s changing rooms and Dining Room have been drab and lacklustre; fit for purpose, but slowly looking more andmore unloved.... until this summer. The Dining Room, now with mirrored walls, acurved glass block screen, funky furniture inbright colours and state of the art serving andkitchen facilities is transformed and makes thewhole eating experience so much better. The zesty colours and high quality finish reallydo improve the look and feel of the whole experience, and give Mr Taylor, our Head ofCatering, an appropriate platform for his fabulous food.The newly refurbished changing rooms now provide 4 discreet spaces for changing, with new showering facilities which provide a muchmore user-friendly experience for all concerned. The new pool roof, with improved thermal insulation and acoustic baffling, makes for awarmer and rather quieter experience inthe pool. We are delighted with the newdevelopments and now look forward tothe installation of floodlights on the astro-turf pitch which is planned (now that we have planning consent) for the near future.

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