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y theme for Speech Day this year was Celebration and Continuation. When we had our nal school service of the year for the boarders, I chose as my theme the story of the mustard seed, the seed that is supposed to be the smallest seed of all and yet when it grows it grows into something larger than any garden plant; it becomes a tree large enough for even the birds to roost among its branches; from small beginnings to great outcomes. As this is my nal report from the study window, I thought it appropriate that I give a little information about the history of Tockington Manor School as it has grown from very small beginnings into the fantastic internationally known IAPS prep school it is today.

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navy, was a teacher at the Downs School at Wraxall where Mum and Dad met. During the rst few years of the schools life both grandfathers were involved in the teaching. The school slowly grew through the 50s and 60s with more day children joining and, when my parents retired in 1973, exactly 40 years ago this summer, the school had about 120 children in it and was fully booked for ve years ahead; those were the days!

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My mother and father agreed to buy the building in November 1946, my father having served in the war, on the condition that they were allowed to buy the eld in front and the eld behind with a view to starting their own school. My grandparents, my mothers mother and father, knew the building well because they used to cycle out from Clifton when they were young people. Although it took my father nearly a year to be able to buy the house, in the end he was able to purchase the building and the grounds and Tockington Manor School came into existence. You might be amused to know that my father always laughed and said that the only reason that the vendor was prepared to sell my father the elds in front and behind was because he knew my father would fail and, therefore, he would be able to get both the land and the building back again. As the school did not fail, my father and he never spoke to each other again. Good neighbours! Tockington Manor School started on 6th May 1947. The rst children came through my father writing to all his army friends and cricket friends (as Dad was a Dorset County Cricketer) to tell them that he was starting a school and please would they send their boys to him.Tockington was an all-boys boarding school for 713 year olds for the early part of its life. As years went by, one or two day children were gradually allowed to join but only on the condition that they had to become a boarder within a year. It was a very good, caring, traditional boys school as so many prep schools started up around that time. There were two grandfathers involved; my fathers father had been a housemaster at Wellingborough and Headmaster at Shaftesbury Grammar School and my mothers father, having been in the

Sadly, the next stage of the schools life was not very happy, and some 18 months later Jane and I received a very strange phone call. I was teaching at a prep school near Shrewsbury and Jane was in her rst year of teaching at a large comprehensive school in Shrewsbury. A phone call came through to the Headmaster of my prep school to say that my mother and father were coming to see me. My parents did not make those sorts of phone calls. Why did they not tell us that they were coming to see us? We assumed that they were coming to tell us that something serious was happening; we could not see any other reason. Mum and Dad, however, had been sent to ask us whether we would be prepared or interested in taking over Tockington. We laughed and said of course we would love to do it one day but in about 30 years time but that was not to be! Dad told us clearly that we either took over in September or Tockington Manor School would shut down. So 1975 was an exciting year. We were appointed in January 1975. We got married in April 1975 and we took over in September 1975. Jane was 21 and I was 26. My father promised to stand by us nancially for two years, even though he no longer owned the school, to give us a chance to try and make it work. We were very fortunate. We had a wonderful staff who, despite our youth, were prepared to be bossed around by two young people and things had to happen very quickly. We opened a Pre-Prep, (Lower School) in 1976. We turned the school co-ed in 1976 and spent months showing people round the school, who all said how much they liked the school and us but ended up saying but you are so young. In the end we started to get a reputation that we were young, something which future parents found quite exciting, and our family started to grow; rst Mark and Clare, then Paul and Simon. The Pre-Prep opened and numbers grew rapidly. A few years later we were very concerned about the dependence of the school on Forces families at a time when there 1

was serious talk about abolishing the Boarding Schools Allowance for serving ofcers and because the school was full of so many of my fathers colleagues as parents it could have been extremely dangerous having all our eggs in one basket. This is when we started down our international route in the Far East and Europe. The Nursery opened in 1989 and has proved to be an outstanding addition to the school. It continues to go from strength to strength, opening now for 52 weeks of the year, as the seed bed for the education of young people as they join Tockington Manor School. The Tree Top Club for 6-13 year olds, which also opened in the 1980s, operates in every school holiday to help working parents. Tockington Manor School was one of the rst schools in the county to provide this wraparound cover 52 weeks of the year. So, like the mustard seed, the plant had started to grow. Boys only boarding, day boys, boys and girls, expanded age range, initially 4-13+, then 213+, and international connections too. All of this has made the Tockington Mustard Tree strong and getting stronger. Of course, within that analogy, the team who have fostered the children has continued to grow in strength, too. To grow in strength, to grow in professionalism and the whole educational experience has also grown beyond belief. The professional nature of the teaching staff, the fantastic support staff with those who look after us for food, health, welfare, the grounds and gardens go on growing from strength to strength. I have had the great privilege over my career of being a school inspector for 20+ years and I have inspected many schools, large and small, but I come back to Tockington after an inspection always very proud of what the children are given here and the fantastic staff in all departments that we have. On a slightly light-hearted note, of course, as always happens with any school, there is much laughter and leg pulling about what a soft option school is nowadays. For those of you who have been connected with the school over many years, you will have seen huge transformations with buildings, grounds and facilities, which is an ongoing process, and will continue to be so. From the celebration of TMS history we must now get on to the celebrations of this year. It has been another fantastic year at Tockington. I must start with the academic 2

results and say, once again, all children made their rst choice schools and although we have only got a small group of senior leavers this year, two children got outstanding scholarship awards, two other pupils passed Common Entrance and others did extremely well under exam conditions. Congratulations to them all and their teachers. We all know, however, that Tockington is about much more than just classroom teaching. The whole Tockington experience is one to be envied and cherished. I would like to list a few of the achievements this year. Alexander Blackwell qualied in the Junior Maths Challenge for the Junior Maths Olympiad and nished in the top 0.5%, out of 240,000 participants! Three children qualied to take part in the National Youth Choir and three children qualied to take part in the National Prep School Athletics. A huge number of children took part in the local Eisteddfod showing off their skills in Music, Speech and Drama and Tom Edwards won the local Rotary Club Public Speaking competition. The children had many successes in a variety of Cross Country Relay Competitions. A Tockington Manor team reached the semi-nals of the inter-school quiz championships. We took part in the Thornbury Rotary Club Swimarathon, beating our own record for the number of lengths swum in 55 minutes 157 lengths is the target now! We won the Gloucestershire League Cross Country, 17 Athletics Records were broken and 58 Gold UK Athletic standards were awarded. Ijeoma Ogbobgo broke the Shot Putt record at the South West Athletics Championships. The Totally Tockington Newspaper which so many of us admire reached the nal for the best produced school newspaper and we continue to produce The Tracker every week. The Friends of Tockington Manor continue to work hard on so many fronts to foster staff/parent links and to raise funds. Events this year culminated in a joint venture with the OT Society A Night with the Stars Ball as a farewell to Jane and me. It is a testament to the dedication and support for the school that over 350 people attended. Thank you to the entire Ball Committee. The Old Tockington Society continues to work hard to keep old boys and girls in contact with each other, and most generously they hosted a party in London for Jane and me for those in the UK who could not come to the celebration weekend. Also, in May, there was a wonderful party in Spain for all our Spanish OTs.

Mr & Mrs Glanville

We had a marvellous Lower School Concert on 14th June and then, in the nal week of term, the Upper School Summer Concert. It was a memorable evening with performances from children, staff past and present, OTs and a Governor! It was marvellous to see three examples of former pupils who have gone to great things with their music a great inspiration to the children. While mentioning OTs, it is very exciting to be able to report that from the leavers of 2008 four are due to take up University places at Oxbridge; a wonderful achievement. So these are just a few examples where you have seen almost everybody take part in almost everything. I can only just say to everybody, to the teachers, to all those who lead different parts of the school, a huge thank you to you all on behalf of Jane and me for everything you do to inspire the children and set them on their way. We have a very special staff team. Thank you to you all. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to a few people during the year. Ella Trickey and Bronte Berenger, our two gap students, returned to Australia in December; Charlotte Panes, Lucy Loader and Clare Pearce left the Nursery and our House Parents, Emily and John Dengel left at the end of the Summer

Term. I would like to pay particular tribute to Emily and John. They have been a fantastic set of House Parents who have worked so hard for the children. I would like to thank John for all that he has done to promote the Swimming Pool and the Pavilion and Emily for all that she has done as our Child Protection Ofcer, for the work she has done in helping draw up school policies and in the enormous amount of work she has done in the boarding recruitment. To them both and their family I thank them for all they have contributed to Tockington and I wish them every happiness and success for the future. Many congratulations to Miss Chard, our Year 3 teacher, and Mr Glanville, Head of Science, who were married during the summer holidays. I wish them every success in the future. So the Mustard Tree is strong and ourishing. The plant continues to grow; we have a strong Nursery, a strong Lower School, a strong Upper School and ongoing international connections. I would like to thank the entire TMS team for their continuing hard work and support and wish them and our successors, Stephen and Amanda Symonds, well in the future. RGT

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Thank you from Jane & Richard Tovey

Jane and I would like to pass on our deep thanks and gratitude to all of you who were so deeply involved in giving us such a marvellous send off at the end of last term. Thank you for the very generous gifts and cheque which we were given.We will be writing to as many of you as possible over the coming weeks, but thank you again for your kind words and wonderful presents. We look forward to sitting down in the weeks ahead to plan our special journey and will of course report back to you about our travels. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the various celebrations held at the end of the summer term.Thank you for coming to join us and for making it such a memorable time for us both. Please do keep in contact with us.We would love to see or hear from you. Our contact details are available in the school ofce.

Jane and Richard Tovey

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2012 - 2013
Freya Belcher (Head of School), Oliver Harris, Darren Banks, Alexander Blackwell (Head Boys) Nkechinyem Ogbogbo, Rosie Dalziel, Ana Sanchez (Head Girls). Nkechinyem Ogbogbo (Not in Photo) Head of Alexander Oliver Harris Head of Churchill Alexander Blackwell, Nkechinyem Ogbogbo Head of Cunningham Freya Belcher, Darren Banks Monitors Lauren Clark, Javier, Rosie Dalziel
The Jubilee Cup Lou Saelens The Merchant Prize for English Freya Belcher The Shaw English Prize Lucy England The Old Tockingtonian Society Prize for Mathematics Alexander Blackwell The Old Tockingtonian Society Prize for History Freya Belcher The Benjamin Moore Science Shield Alexander Blackwell The Smith Prize for Science Javier Pena

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The Ashford Prize for Best Essay/Poem Aditi Mehendale The Most Promising Writer Tom Edwards The Middle School Prize for Science Tom Edwards The Broyd Year 3 Reading Prize Rohan Howard-Robinson The Gwrgan Cup for Excellence in Geography Freya Belcher The Robert Mason Prize for Geography Oliver Harris The Finnigan Prize for French Freya Belcher The Haigh Cup for Middle School Creative Writing Abigail Blackwell The Gundry Cup for Excellence in English Anna Vasilyeva 4

The Bett Prize for Classics Freya Belcher The McArthur Prize for Music Freya Belcher The Winson Prize for Singing Rosie Dalziel The Walters Prize for Piano Aditi Mehendale The Wilkinson Shield for Best Wind Player Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Prize for Best Brass Player Jonathan Baguley The Warn Guitar Prize Oliver Harris The Lees Progress Prize for Strings Olivia Campbell The School Prize for Percussion Roshan Patel The Sarah Finnigan Award for Drama Lucy England & Seren Clayton TheHenry Williams Prize for Religious Studies Oliver Harris & Freya Belcher The Emily Moore Award for Ballet/Dance Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Elaine Thomas Prize for Art Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Richardson Art Prize Beth Pritchard The School Art Prize Ana Sanchez & Freya Belcher The Allen Technology Prize Eleanor Parker The Jamie Smith Photography Cup Alexander Gooch The School Computing/ICT Prize Oliver Harris

The Pippa Mason Award Lauren Clark & Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Gerrish Activites Cup Darren Banks & Rosie Dalziel The Baker Make the Most of Every Moment Prize Oliver Harris The Girls Games Prize Freya Belcher The Lorenz Cup for Best Tramp Freya Belcher The Friends of Tockington Manor Awards Darren Banks, Rosie Dalziel, Oliver Harris & Alexander Blackwell The Barber Award for Effort Eleanor Parker The Ben Senior Cup (Red Stars) Darren Banks The Bursell Cup (Senior Stars) Oliver Harris, Ijeoma Ogbogbo & Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Lambie Cup (Middle School Stars) Eleanor Parker The Alice White Cup (Junior Stars) Angus Duncan The Titcomb Cup (Termly House Stars) Churchill The Stringer Shield (End of Year House Stars) Churchill The Barnes Grobler Shield for Best Boarder Laura Pena, Patricia Sanchez, Ijeoma & Nkechinyem Ogbogbo The Clucas Cup Freya Belcher, Rosie Dalziel, Nkechinyem Ogbogbo & Ana Sanchez The Cogan Cup Darren Banks, Alexander Blackwell & Oliver Harris Form Effort Prizes Year 8 Freya Belcher & Ana Sanchez 5

Year 7 Antonio Clemente, Charlie Sanzo, Lucy England & Ijeoma Ogbogbo Year 6 Aditi Mehendale Year 5 Eleanor Parker Year 4 Tabitha Huby, Isabel Browning & Poppy Carter Year 3 Lou Saelens, Jake Wakeling & Carmen Rey-Jones EFL Progress Prizes Victor Yavny & Artem Punchenok Lower School Progress Prizes Georgia Cooper, Oliver Edge, Alys Wakeling, Ben Jacobi, Amy Tucker, Thibault Desautard, Gabe Carrel, Frankie de Bradeny & Justin Son Lower School End of Year Prizes Gabe Carrel, Suzanne Saelens & Elizabeth Allan-Jones,

The Watson Sports Achievement Cup Cole OLeary, Billy Rowe & Olivia Dengel

The Senior Leavers have passed to the following schools: Darren Banks Freya Belcher Alexander Blackwell Lauren Clark Rosie Dalziel Oliver Harris Nkechinyem Ogbogbo Clifton College The Castle School Monmouth School Clifton High School Wycliffe College Wycliffe College Badminton School

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The Nursery
he Nursery and Foundation Stage Holiday Club have celebrated another very successful year. Play continues to underpin the Nurserys philosophy with the magnificent grounds that make Tockington Manor so special, providing endless opportunities for investigation and learning. The continual dedication of the practitioners in supporting and encouraging this learning has seen the children develop and gain confidence in themselves and their competencies. Throughout the year we have embraced the childrens interests and, through projects involving related fun and interesting, hands on learning experiences, have worked with the children to express their own theories and understandings through a variety of representative mediums The Wrens, particularly, enjoyed the many tactile experiences provided by Vikki and Becky which including body painting! The Robins used their fascination for transport to promote physical activity and active play while exploring wheels and gears, patterns, shapes and movement.

The Owls class developed a keen interest in books and embraced the weekly visits to the school library. Cookery continued to inspire the children with hands-on activities helping them develop a pride and confidence in their own skills and abilities. Following numerous recipes throughout the year has encouraged their self-direction and independence, while also teaching them to follow directions and use thinking skills to problem solve. The Nursery Christmas celebrations, the picnic, Sports Day and happy week were enjoyed by children, parents and staff alike. Sadly for us, there have been a few changes in Nursery staff this year as Miss Lucy Loader, Miss Charlotte Panes and Miss Claire Pearce left to pursue their personal dreams and careers.

The year has provided us all with great memories and excitement. The snow, woodland walks, music, dance, languages, and swimming continue to be part of the wide curriculum and together with sand, water, gloop, paint, glue and the vast array of resources enable children to laugh, enjoy and remember their Nursery days. SR 7

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he Tree Top Club approached the summer holidays of 2013 with optimism as Britain was in the middle of a mini heat-wave. With great weather planned for the month ahead, my colleague, Alison Hale, and I planned a variety of outside activities for the summer that would keep the children busy and active. Tom Moore, one of our valued assistants, organised a two week series of sporting events suitable for 5 -13 year olds. Tom is currently studying for a degree in Sports Coaching and Performance and so was able to use his knowledge and skills to plan activities such as netball, rugby, football and quick cricket to introduce fun learning experiences for the group. The hot weather encouraged us to set dates in our summer plan to go to Blaise Castle and Hengrove Park so that the children could enjoy walking and climbing on the play equipment. Taking along a small amount of spending money with them meant they could soak up the sun with an ice cream!

The children who attend the Tree Top Club often join us having looked at our brochure to see what trips are on offer. Over the past year, visits to the Kids AM Cinema and taking part in local woodland rambles have proved a popular choice. The facilities at Tockington Manor School also provide the children with a fun and entertaining day without having to leave the school grounds. The indoor pool is used as much as possible and is a great hit with all the groups, whilst the adventure playground gives the children plenty of opportunity for play sessions throughout either a long or a short day. The holiday club continues to run with three groups: the Maples (Year 1 to the end of Year 2), the Oaks ((Year 3 to the end of Year 6) and the Youth Group incorporating children from Years 7 and 8. We have a very efficient staff team; many of them have worked for us for several years. The Tree Top Club believes that the success of our holidays comes from offering the children a day that is semi-structured. With themed weeks and usually at least one guided arts and crafts activity each day, the children have many opportunities to engage in activities independently or as part of a team. This summer, the Gromit Trail, which was followed by many people in Bristol, encouraged the children to make their own Gromit and the making of the rocky road cake had a big impact on both the children and their parents who wanted us to make some more as soon as possible! The holiday club continues to move forward in a positive way. We welcome new members on a regular basis and this summer we were delighted to invite families into the club who had had Tockington recommended to them by existing members. Information about the Tree Top Club can be found on the school website www.tockingtonmanorschool.com KD

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n the Autumn Term we always have to hit the ground running. Three weeks in and there were 56 four to six year olds performing on the stage for our Harvest Festival. This year we supported Kids for Kids a charity that helps children the world has forgotten, children in Darfur, Sudan, who live lives of inexcusable and unimaginable hardship. We have built up a strong connection with the founder Patricia Parker and she even mentioned Tockington Manor Lower School when she addressed a UN Peace Conference recently. By the end of the term, the children were seasoned performers and the culmination was a spectacular performance of Hey Ewe!, undoubtedly our best production to date. Unfortunately, as I was on ISI inspection training, I was unable to see the final show. My class ensured I did not miss out by singing all the songs on repeat for the whole of the following week!

In the Summer Term, during a very hot week, the whole Lower School participated with enthusiasm in both their Swimming Gala and Sports Day. The children demonstrated great sportsmanship and a genuine support for all their peers. Reception We have had a fantastic year in Reception. There have been far too many exciting moments to mention them all, so here are just a few of our favourites. In the Autumn Term we enjoyed a teddy bears picnic and our trip to Clearwell Caves. We tasted Korean food and of course performed in the Christmas Play. In the Spring Term we got creative, building our own story world in the classroom. We did lots of cooking and used our senses to explore porridge and ice. In the Summer Term we were busier than ever with trips and events. We greatly enjoyed a drama workshop; we have sown the Reception garden, made junk models and even fitted in some work! CE Year 1 We have had a very full and productive time in Year 1 this year. In the Autumn Term we covered a variety of topics, including Florence Nightingale and Festivals of Light. Once again this year, we celebrated a Christingle service in the classroom. Thanks to Reverend Alice Monaghan, who made it a very thought-provoking afternoon, and rounded off the Christmas term in a very special way. We also joined the rest of the school in the Science Lab for a ZooLab workshop where we met all manner of insects as well as snakes, frogs and snails. In the Spring Term we took a trip to MShed where the children took part in a Toys in the Past workshop as part of their History focus. They designed and made their own 9

playground equipment and in Science looked at Sound and Hearing. The Summer Term warmed up very gradually, but the children were given a taste of seaside holidays in a History workshop. They looked at growing plants, materials and produced some fantastic art work. The children especially enjoyed designing and painting their own Josephs Coats. LW & KM

choice to perform in front of the Lower School. The range of topics was very impressive; holidays, pets, Formula 1, synchronised swimming, the culture of Korea and Tom Daley to name a few. Perhaps the most difficult part was the Q & A session afterwards; four year olds ask some very tricky questions! With a fond farewell to Mr and Mrs Tovey, the children spent time in the Summer Term reflecting on what it means to belong to Tockington and their memories of Mr and Mrs Tovey. We wish them a long and happy retirement. JLS The caterpillars were in a pot with lots of food to make them grow. They grew into big fat caterpillars then they went in to their cocoons. We had to wait for a long time then when we came to school they turned into butteries! Gemma Allen We heard the story about Rama and Sita and Hanuman. They had candles to show them how to nd their way home! James Packham Today I went on Brunels ship and it was fun in the rst class cabin. We went to explore the ship. The next day I went to play board games with Jeanne and Lola. On Monday I got there nally. I enjoyed the trip. Olivia Dengel A moat is supposed to protect the castle. The only thing that you can get across is a drawbridge. The moat is smelly because the toilet water has been tipped into it so that the enemies cant swim across. The enemies wouldnt want to get smelly! Elodie Preston

Year 2 Year 2 is always a busy year as the children learn to become more independent and take responsibilities throughout the department. A highlight has been their enthusiasm for History in particular. They are passionate supporters of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and really enjoyed exploring the SS Great Britain and imagining him walking on the deck. They enjoyed learning about the Great Fire of London and took the learning beyond our syllabus to look at the life of Samuel Pepys and learned to write in the code he used in his diary. They have worked hard in all their subjects and achieved some excellent results across the curriculum. The children in Year 2 have taken the lead in school productions including the Christmas production, Eisteddfod and Summer Concert and whole school assemblies. They should be commended on their maturity and confidence. At Tockington Manor School, we pride ourselves on providing the children with as many opportunities as possible to extend and develop their speaking and listening skills. In Year 2, every child is asked to prepare a presentation on a subject of their 10

The very next day Jack got up for a wa lk He opened the do or And saw a beansta lk

Year 2 Rap Poetry

The very next day Jack got up for a wa lk He opened the do or And saw a beansta lk Up Jack climbed To the very, very to p When he could go no further He had to stop He saw a castle And a giants wife She opened the do or and threw a knife Jack went down th e beanstalk With the magic he n And said Im never Ever going there ag ain Toby Gaulton

Up Jack climbed To the very, very to p When he could go no further He had to stop He saw a castle And a giants wife She opened the do or And threw a knife Watch out Thats my head I am sorry, bye bye And off he ed Alys Wakeling

he schools chosen charities this year were the IAPS Charitable Trust, the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Butterfly Space, Open Arms International and Kids for Kids. We also raised money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, the Travelling Book Company, Readathon, Red Nose Day and Children in Need. Again, two teams took part in the Thornbury Rotary Club Swimarathon, raising money for local charities.

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year, there was nothing artificial about the feeling of festive cheer we all enjoyed on this special Sunday evening, rounded off with a warming glass of mulled wine and mince pies. The Nursery plays were wonderful and the Lower Schools performance of the musical Hey Ewe with Erin OLeary in the title role was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The traditional Upper School Carol Service was introduced with some lovely recorder playing whilst the congregation gathered, and choir contributions included Michael Clawsons wonderful arrangement of The First Nowell to the tune of Pachelbels Canon and an agreeable performance of Make Believe from Howard Blakes Granpa . The Junior Choir treated us to John Rutters gentle Carol of the Children whilst their more relaxed, fun version of a Cowboy Carol (Broadhurst/Sargent) provided a pleasing contrast. The climax though was definitely both choirs rendition of Gaudete which, with the help of some music staff and teachers, really raised the roof! The Noggin and Natter back at school afterwards, an event which as usual invited back Old Tockingtonians, included more relaxed entertainment with some more modern band Christmas items sung by small groups of children, all enhanced brilliantly by our resident Tockington drummer, Roshan Patel! Spring Term The Spring Term was equally busy for the Music Department which was wholly involved in both the Thornbury Eisteddfod and Alice the Musical. We had numerous solo wins in the Eisteddfod and both the Performance and Lower School Choirs received a Distinction in their respective categories. Consequently, both the choirs and many individuals were invited to perform at the special Festival Concert at the United Reformed Church in Thornbury in March. The Performance Choir performed a stunning rendition of Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, whilst the audience loved the Lower Schools Land of the Silver Birch and fun, choreographed version of Teddy Bear Rock and Roll. Alice the Musical was definitely one of the highlights of the year from both a dramatical and musical viewpoint. There were stunning performances from our two Alices, Seren Clayton and Lucy England, as well as some strong support from (to name but a few) Elliott Orchard (the Mad Hatter), Tom Edwards (the Caterpillar), Freya Belcher (White Rabbit) and Olivia Campbell (the zany Duchess) while Darren Banks and Alexander Blackwell were a hilarious Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Miss Chard directed the actors brilliantly and I had the pleasure of conducting the whole of the Upper School forming a two-part chorus and a small band including some teachers and fine recorder playing from Abigail Blackwell, Lucy Allan-Jones, Tom Edwards, Alexander Gooch and Aditi Mehendale. Both nights performances were a resounding success and truly memorable. 11

Music
nce again, we have had a fantastic year musically at Tockington, full of events highlighting the talents of so many of the children at school. It is wonderful that 65% have chosen to study one instrument or more and we are fortunate to have an outstanding team of peripatetic teachers. Our twice termly informal concerts have continued to provide a wonderful platform for the children, not only to showcase their talents, but to gain performing experience throughout the year. We were also thrilled that three of our talented singers, Olivia Campbell, Tom Edwards and Aditi Mehendale, auditioned successfully for the National Childrens Choir and were able to sing at the Royal Albert Hall in April. Furthermore, newly acquired resources and curriculum planning have meant that all children at Tockington now study a range of musical instruments and genres including recorder, keyboards, ukulele, samba, African drumming and composition, whilst the Nursery and Lower School can all enjoy using their own set of hand-held percussion instruments to enhance their weekly lessons.

Autumn Term Christmas was, as always, a particularly enjoyable period heralded by Carols Round the Christmas Tree, a lovely event with a relaxed feel. Parents, staff, boarders and children were invited to join us to sing a selection of carols and despite new health and safety issues insisting we had a synthetic tree this

Summer Term There were some amazing performances witnessed during the Summer Term music assessments and the House Music Competition, this year judged by visiting teacher and cellist Mrs Helen Wallbridge, was great fun with some outstanding performances from individuals and with everyone, including parents who came along to watch, enjoying the House Choir songs, this year an Abba selection: Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen and Money, Money, Money. This year the coveted cup went to Cunningham.

of his solo Im Getting Married in the Morning to our very own Miss Chard and Mr Glanville, made us all smile and we especially enjoyed some wonderful guest appearance solos from three incredibly talented ex-pupils: Clarita Phillips, Eleanor Williams and James Parsonage. They truly demonstrated what our children can go on to with hard work and commitment to music. The Junior Choir encouraged Jane and Richard Tovey to embrace their retirement with their enjoyable rendition of Spirit of Adventure (from Up) and the Year 8 leavers and EAL children almost did raise the roof with their Samba Sounds led by Andy Warn. The climax of the whole evening, though, was without doubt the final piece, a tear-jerking performance of a Les Miserables medley, complete with some beautiful solos from Tom Edwards, Elliott Orchard, Olivia Campbell and Seren Clayton. Teachers and friends, old and new, joined both choirs to ensure a worthy and inspiring finale to a very special evening and the end of an amazing musical year. MW

The most spectacular event of all this year was our Summer Concert, a very special celebration marking the very last main musical event for Richard and Jane Tovey. A packed hall on a very warm evening was treated to a hugely diverse programme of entertainment featuring the school orchestra playing Star Wars and C Jam Blues, an Andean Ensemble complete with panpipes, ukuleles, drums and maracas, a recorder consort and string ensemble, as well as some stunning solos from current pupils. Tom Edwards dedication

MUSIC EXAMINATION RESULTS

Autumn Term 2012 Associated Board
Antonia Hopcraft Alexander Ganeld Alexander Ganeld Aditi Mehendale Tom Edwards Grade 1 Grade 1 Grade 3 Grade 3 Grade 3 Paino Sining Singing Singing Singing Merit Pass Distinction Pass Merit
Continued

Olivia Campbell Tom Edwards Aditi Mehendale

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 2

Theory Theory Theory

Merit Pass Distinction

Trinity Guildhall
Lucy Allan-Jones Abigail Blackwell Alexander Gooch Grade 3 Grade 3 Grade 1 Recorder Recorder Recorder Distinction Merit Distinction

Spring Term 2013 Associated Board

Olivia Campbell Poppy Carter Antonia Hopcraft Ella Howard-Robinson Bellayia Lazarides Aditi Mehendale Elliott Orchard Roshan Patel Annabel Sheppard Annabel Sheppard Isabel Browning 12 Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 Violin Piano Singing Singing Singing Piano Singing Singing Singing Piano Theory Merit Pass Merit Pass Pass Distinction Pass Pass Merit Pass Pass

Summer Term 2013 Associated Board

Lucy Allan-Jones Grade 2 Helena Brain Grade 2 Nkechinyem Ogbogbo Grade 2 Piano Violin Flute Merit Pass Pass

Trinity Guildhall
Oliver Harris Alexander Grocott Vivian Boudon Guitar Grade 3 Guitar Grade 1 Initial Guitar Pass Merit Pass

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n March this year we were led by a white rabbit, played by Freya Belcher, into Alices Wonderland when the Upper School performed a musical version of this well known story. Alice was played by Seren Clayton and Lucy England on different evenings and both young performers gave strong and engaging interpretations of the role. Tom Edwards was excellent as the caterpillar and Darren Banks and Alex Blackwell kept us amused with their comic portrayals of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. The other principal characters were played by the older children and we saw some very confident and entertaining performances. This version of Alice contained several innovations such as the singing and dancing computers played by Year 3. Year 4

portrayed the animals and dancing leaves and the teapot, cup and clock sequence performed by Year 5 was delightful. Alice was produced by Miss Chard and the musical director was Mrs Warn. Many other members of staff and children worked together to make this production a great success. It is always interesting to see how some children who are initially shy or reluctant to perform often become very keen as their confidence blossoms during rehearsals and eventually they discover drama can be a very rewarding experience. Next year the children will present form plays where each class can explore a different style or genre of drama. Finally, well done to all the staff and children who helped to make Alice such a wonderful production. JM

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Cartography Competition
Cartography remains a popular part of the Geography programme. The 2012-13 entries were high in quality and the pupils have all improved their map-making and presentation skills. The Autumn Term competition was won by Alexander Blackwell. The Spring and Summer Term competitions were both won by Freya Belcher who becomes a four-time winner. Congratulations, Freya. JJ Autumn 2012 Overall Winner Alexander Blackwell Runner-Up Freya Belcher 3rd Abigail Blackwell Best Year Entry Year Year Year Year Year Year EFL 8 7 6 5 4 3 Oliver Harris Harvey Jones Alexander Gooch Amy Horler Poppy Carter Archie Carter Antonio Clemente Spring 2013 Overall Winner Freya Belcher Runner-Up Abigail Blackwell 3rd Place Alexander Gooch Aditi Mehendale Best Year Entry Year Year Year Year Year Year EFL 8 7 6 5 4 3 Alexander Blackwell Lucy England Olivia Campbell Bellayia Lazarides Isabel Browning Joe Ancell n/a Summer 2013 Overall Winner Freya Belcher Runner-Up Abigail Blackwell 3rd Place Alexander Blackwell Best Year Entry Year Year Year Year Year Year EFL 8 7 6 5 4 3 Ana Sanchez Victoria Torres Lucy Allan-Jones Bellayia Lazarides Isabel Browning ILeonidas Lazarides Enguerran de la Raudiere

Mathematics Department
he Common Entrance results have been outstanding again particularly those of the pupil who sat the extended syllabus papers. The papers were very challenging and all pupils performed very well. A special mention must go to Alex Blackwell who gained outstanding in his Scholarship papers to Monmouth. Well done to everyone in Year 8, who worked very hard throughout the year, on achieving high standards in their CE exams. It is very encouraging to see the huge progress the pupils make during their time at Tockington and the new Maths Enhancement Programme is certainly adding to the success of the pupils. I have been very impressed with the progress made lower down the school and the positive attitude to learning and problem solving shown by the pupils. Persistence in problem solving is certainly the key to success in Mathematics and our pupils have certainly improved their ability to do this whilst using the Maths Enhancement Programme. This year the Mathematics Department has introduced some new awards for our pupils in Years 3-8. They are the Excellence in Mathematics Awards and will be awarded termly. The nominations and winners are as follows: Year 3 Nominations Lou Salens, Isabelle Preston and Joe Ancell Winner Joe Ancell Year 4 Nominations Annabel Sheppard and Tabitha Huby Winner- Tabitha Huby Year 5 Nominations Bellayia Lazarides, Eleanor Parker, Adassa Walker and Alex Jacobi Winner Eleanor Parker Year 6 Nominations Aditi Mehendale, Abi Blackwell, Tom Edwards and Alex Gooch Winner Aditi Mehendale

Year 7 Nominations Harvey Jones and Ijeoma Ogbogbo Winner Ijeoma Ogbogbo Year 8 Nominations Freya Belcher and Alex Blackwell Winner Alex Blackwell All children in Years 7 & 8 entered the UK Junior Mathematical Challenge again this year. The competition again was very tough with 240,000 entrants. The following pupils gained awards: Alex Blackwell (Gold, Best in Year and Best in School); Ana Sanchez (Gold) and Lucy England (Bronze and Best in Year). Alex Blackwell qualified to enter the Junior Maths Olympiad, only the top 0.5 % in the country got through to this stage. He gained a certificate for participation. All children in Years 5 & 6 entered the Primary Maths Challenge. The awards were given as follows: Aditi Mehendale and Abigail Blackwell (Gold); Tom Edwards, Roshan Patel, Olivia Campbell and Alex Gooch (Silver); Henry Allan-Jones, Oliver Shutt, Charlie Gent and Bellayia Lazarides (Bronze). Congratulations to all the pupils who gained an award on a very challenging paper. In Years 7 & 8 all the children participate in a project which is a collaboration of home and school study.Year 8 were set a project on decorating. This was designed to educate pupils in economic wellbeing and financial capability and was part of a series of projects the children have been working on. Year 6 had an exciting project on measuring as part of their experience of bringing maths to life. This gave pupils an insight of how Maths is used in all aspects of the home and life. A very positive development for the whole school Mathematics teaching is that we have had staff training from Professor Burghes from the University of Plymouth. Some of the Tockington staff are continuing their CPD by completing a Masters in Mathematics Education and taking higher skills courses, all provided by Plymouth University. Professor Burghes will continue to provide the staff at Tockington with inset sessions and all the staff from Nursery to Upper School can participate. This training is ongoing and has been of great benefit to all involved. I am delighted that Professor Burghes will be delivering some information evenings to parents next year; it will be a great opportunity to get involved with the childrens education in Mathematics at Tockington. EW

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English Department

We have enjoyed visits to the theatre to watch the pantomime, to see plays and to listen to poetry performances followed by a poetry writing workshop. The theatre even came to visit us with a production of Romeo and Juliet and The Hobbit. Handwriting and Presentation continues to improve with regular competitions both internally and on a national level. It has been quite a competitive year, as we took part in the Eisteddfod with many notable performances in drama, versespeaking and reading aloud. We also retained the cup in the Rotary Clubs Youth Speaks competition for the third year running. We participated in the Satips handwriting competition, the World Book Day bookmark design competition and the Radio 2 500 Words Story Writing Competition, as well as other writing competitions, where we have had some success and had a number of our poems published in an anthology. We continue to run a number of clubs for reading and Creative Writing as well as for our (nearly) weekly newspaper Totally Tockington (which has grown to twenty-one members this year) - quite a full and exciting paper, which we now put on the website for your delectation! The Creative Writing Club took a trip to the Cheltenham Literature Festival and had a fantastic day listening to and meeting a number of established authors and presenters including Sir Robert Winston, Derek Landy and Tony Robinson amongst others. This year we have introduced an inter-house Word of the Day Challenge which we have run twice and which has seen the children battling to remember words, definitions and derivations which they have been taught. Academically, we have had a good year with all of our children making a significant improvement in both the Reading and Spelling Age tests. We have had pleasing results in the CE exams and the programme of study gets richer each year with a great team of dedicated and creative teachers. JC

nce more we have had a lively year in the English Department with many opportunities to refine our reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through class and extra-curricular activities. Highlights on the calendar included World Book Day and National Poetry Day which were both celebrated in style by the children and staff alike. We have also had a number of storytellers visit the school, including the authors John Harris and Cathy Farr and local volunteers who have read to the children in assemblies. We have continued our Paired Reading programme where children from different year groups share books together during form time. We raised a great deal of money for childrens charities through the Readathon and we took part in a number of reading challenges which aim to encourage good reading habits and these have all been well supported by the children. The library has gone from strength to strength and borrowing is up. We now have a colourful, spacious library which is very well-stocked and administered by a dedicated team of volunteers steered by Mrs Phillips.

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he experience was enjoyed by all the pupils from Year 1 to Year 8.

A team of Year 8 pupils was invited to an Engineering Competition organised by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. They were tasked with constructing a method of communicating with a town which had been cut off due to bad weather. The team did very well winning the local heat and gathering a healthy points total which would eventually see them finish as the tenth best team in the entire country! The Ornithology Competition has focused on the Pheasant, Blue Tit and Sparrowhawk, producing some exceptional drawing as the pupils are really developing an eye for detail. The winners this year were: Bellayia Lazarides, Alexander Gooch and Pepe Garralda. NG

t has been an interesting and exciting year in the Science Department. We had a wonderful visit from ZooLab and Ranger Nick, who brought a collection of weird and wonderful animals for the pupils to see and handle!

Art Department

s the work displayed around the school will show, it has been another busy year in the Art Room. Pupils at Tockington Manor School are encouraged in the basic art skills of observational drawing and colour theory, whilst working in all manner of media, sculpture, printing, wirework, and clay. The new batik equipment has enabled pupils to start experimenting in the realms of mixed media and art textiles. Photography has always been a popular past-time at Tockington and this year we were delighted to run an after-school digital Photography Club. We also welcomed back Miss Lawrence to run the Ceramics Club where pupils created extraordinary insect masks. Pupils in Years 3, 5 and 8 created the colourful props and backdrop for our production of Alice in Wonderland during the Spring Term. An important feature of Art at Tockington is the cross-curricular links formed to support learning in other subjects. For example, Year 3 studied Greek myths to design their Greek vases, Year 4 explored Indian textiles to create wall hangings and Year 5 have studied and drawn endangered animals to support their learning in Geography. LM

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Out of school, Years 3 and 4 had a wonderful day filling their sketchbooks with drawings at the British Museum. Whilst taking advantage of the wonderful grounds, we welcomed Nina Davis, a visual and textile artist, to lead Year 6 on a willow sculpture workshop. Pupils worked in groups to create large scale willow sculptures inspired by seed pods and these can now been seen hanging from the trees at the front of the school, forming a new part of the Tockington Manor sculpture trail. LM

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Excursions and Visits 2012-2013

Geographical Field Study Trip

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conservation requirement, Year 8 learned of the disturbing impact of plastic on coastal environments and consequently combed Barafundle Beach picking up countless scraps of litter. When finally Year 8 returned to school, though suitably muddy and exhausted, everyone was in high spirits after a fulfilling and diverse week. Outstanding enquiries were completed by Ana Sanchez, Oliver Harris, Alexander Blackwell and Freya Belcher who all achieved over 90% in their CE scholarship projects. I would like to give a special thank you to Mr Jones, Mr Cann, Matt and all the staff at Stackpole for guiding Year 8 through this week and revealing the unique beauty of Stackpole. Ella Trickey, Gap Student

rom the 15th to 19th October 2012 Year 8 undertook a Geography field study at Stackpole, Pembrokeshire. Their task was to observe the sand dunes at Freshwater West as part of their ongoing studies, including a hefty assignment. What immediately struck everyone most about Stackpole apart from the initial shock of no phone reception was the abundant beauty of the place. But, as we delved deeper into its verdant woodlands and explored its spectacular coastline, we came to realise that this was more than just a pretty estate. Warden Jim Light advised the students to be mindful that nothing is there by accident. Having been walked across by man for over 5000 years, the landscape had been shaped in unique ways across the ages. Stackpole was like a living history book which, when read carefully, told tales of Romans, Normans and Thanes of Cawdor. It was a wonderful setting for Year 8s adventures. Having completed their research on the dunes, our leader, Matt, led a number of exciting activities. Year 8 splattered mountain bikes through Stackpoles muddy forests, coasted the jagged bay on stormy seas and conquered the coasts formidable hills. Then, trudging back to the Centre at the end of the day, they diligently developed their study with the essential aid of Mr Canns hot chocolate. Year 8 also took part in the John Muir Award which encourages the discovery, exploration, conservation and sharing of environments such as Stackpole. In order to fulfil the

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Out of Town Shopping

ear 7 undertook an enquiry on Out of Town Shopping at the Mall, Cribbs Causeway where they interviewed 314 customers. The pupils were complimented by many of the shoppers on their politeness, smart uniform and maturity during their 60 minute survey. They focused on two questions: (1) What was your main reason for coming to the Mall as opposed to using another shopping centre? (2) Where did you travel from to get to the Mall? The variety of shops was cited as the main reason shoppers went to the facility (89/314). The majority of the shoppers came from the Bristol area (124/314) with South Gloucestershire coming second (68/314). Congratulations to Lucy England and Seren Clayton who achieved 100% with their outstanding enquiries.

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Traffic Survey
ear 5 worked hard on their data collection for their enquiry on the type and volume of trafc on Washingpool Hill on Friday 10th May. One hundred and fteen vehicles passed us between 8.30-9.00 am, as opposed to just 44 between 9.00 - 9.30 am. We discovered that the most common make of car was Ford with 23 of the 131 cars that passed. Seven farm vehicles were recorded over the hour. E Parker Eleanor Parker and Bellayia Lazarides achieved 100% in their outstanding enquiries. JJ

River Survey

ear 6 spent a day on the River Caerfanell, a tributary of the River Usk, undertaking their data collection for their forthcoming enquiry. They focused on measuring the width, depth and velocity at the youthful, mature and old age stages of the river. We observed many changes along the course of the river from its source to the mouth at Talybont Reservoir where it forms a delta. We had our lunch at a beautiful waterfall. The pupils were impeccably behaved and were a pleasure to be with. Thanks go to Mr Mildon and Miss Milsom who assisted me on the trip. Congratulations to Olivia Campbell, Alexander Gooch, Tom Edwards and Aditi Mehendale who all achieved 100% in their outstanding enquiries. JJ

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Year 7 French Trip

n Monday 24th June we left Tockington at 10.00 am on a coach to Portsmouth. Then we got on a ferry at 3.00 pm. There were lots of shops, an arcade and a cinema. Some of us went to the cinema to watch The Croods. We ate a massive tub of popcorn! Afterwards we had a fantastic time in the arcade trying out the games. It was a six hour crossing but we did not get bored! We arrived late at our hotel in Ouistreham. Each room was comfortable with a nice en-suite bathroom. On Tuesday, we went to Arromanches and visited the D-Day Museum where we were talked through the World War Two history and the Mulberry harbours in particular. Then we went shopping. We bought the best crepes and a postcard to send to our families. We went to the American Cemetery in the afternoon. It was very moving because there were so many graves. All the white crosses were perfectly in line. Our guide, Anne-Sophie, talked about some of the soldiers who are buried there. She showed us some pictures of them and explained what a sacrice they had made for us to be free nowadays. Pointe du Hoc was amazing with all its bomb craters and remaining bunkers. We learned a lot about war that day. On Wednesday, we saw the famous Tapestry in Bayeux and learned about William the Conqueror. Then we went to the local market and bought a lot of presents for our friends and family. The crepes and pains au chocolat were tasty, too! Then we went to Festyland. We all had great fun on the rides, especially the vertically spinning Erectic! On Thursday we got on a coach for two hours and drove to a rural part of Normandy to make some bread and learn about clogs. The bread that we made was delicious in our own chef ways but was difcult as many of us got it wrong and no good, as Yves, our French baker teacher, would repeatedly say! He made a special loaf of bread for us in a shape of a tortoise that we called Roxie. We also had a race wearing clogs; it was so hard to keep them on while running! Ijeoma was our champion. The evenings were fun too as we were allowed to go to the beach and play after dinner. We had the traditional sandcastle competition, a game of boules, football and cricket. What a great time we all had! A very big thank you to Madame Veron and Mr and Mrs Tovey for organising such a wonderful trip. By Seren Clayton, Elliott Orchard, Ijeoma Ogbogbo, Harvey Jones, Arturo Diez, Otto Cullis, Larry Williamson and Lucy England. 21

Senior Summer Camp 2013

he British and Irish Lions had just won their rst test in Brisbane and I returned to Gloucestershire in time to have a quick change of clothing, grab a sleeping bag and mat and continue the journey to the campsite at The Biblins. Arriving after supper, the group had been well fed and watered and were ready for the rst round of cricket, followed by a trial session of Gold Rush - a wide game involving gold, money and bandits! The evening ended with hot chocolate and torches out at 10 oclock. Morning came too soon! The smell of bacon soon ensured that everyone was raring to start a new day. It had been a cold night under canvas but the sun soon came up to warm the day. Breakfast meant a good start to the day. Rangers were entrusted with washing-up. This became a somewhat messy affair when the group decided to see who could get the wettest! We then set off on our climbing adventure. Three pitches had been set up. One looked particularly difcult with a little overhang while the others looked good. The group started and soon found out that things were not quite as easy as they appeared. The surface was very smooth and slippery; the word glass was mentioned more than once. We all had a good go but failed to reach the top of the climb. We heard later that the other group had been more successful in their attempt. We returned to camp for lunch and then on to the next activity. This was a real challenge involving teamwork, intelligence and a belief that ideas would work out. The previous team had 22

scored 135 points on eight activities. We approached our nal activity, the mineeld; needing ve points to draw and ten for a win. The tension was building but the nal leap proved too great and resulted in a draw. We returned to camp for a well-earned evening meal followed by a game of baseball. Later that evening we walked up to The Seven Sisters.The walk takes us up the valley to seven buttresses that look down The River Wye. From there we move on to the caves where screams can be heard as the bats y around, then on again to the quarry and the haunted hut. Hot chocolate back at camp signals the end of the day and time to sleep. Another ne morning and we leave camp for a day on the river kayaking and Canadian canoeing. Kitted out in life jackets and windproof jackets we assemble alongside the boats. After

a brief lesson on paddling we are quickly off on the river. It is soon playtime on the water. Who can splash the most and get the wettest! The Canadian crew very nearly capsizes with most of the crew in the water. Crew safely installed back on board we head on towards Monmouth for a lunch that had thankfully been stored in a dry bag! After a change of boats we continue our journey by paddling down to Redbrook. This part of the journey involves going over the rapids and getting wet of course. It was now time to haul the boats ashore and load them onto the trailer and return to camp. We all enjoyed a little down time before tucking into a well earned chicken curry. Clean plates all round. The evening activity was Gold rush. The aim of the game was to make the most money by buying and selling gold. It is a frantic game trying to avoid the bandits and by the end of the game we have a winning team. A new day begins with more challenges ahead. It is our nal day and we wake to nd the sun shining, a little misty, but a welcome sight after the cold night. After a hearty breakfast we set off for archery, abseiling and orienteering. Unfortunately, the rain forecast arrived late afternoon. The scheduled campre had to be abandoned for an evening in the mess tent. The traditional making of dough sticks still went ahead, this time cooked on the gas range. I cannot say who ate the most! The time has come to break camp. Thankfully, the rain has abated and the tents can come down. It is the end of another famous camp, the troops have survived having had a wonderful

experience. There will be many memories of friendship and competition for years to come. Tramp colours were awarded to Freya Belcher, Alexis de Villepin, Tanguy Soutjeau, Marie de Jouffroy dAbbans, Oliver Harris and Andre Juilhard. The best Tramp section was the Wanderers and the Best Tramp award was given to Freya Belcher. RS

Year 6 Camp
his years Year 6 Camp was at Longtown Outdoor Education in. The week was lled with lots of exciting activities that challenged the children in both logic and teamwork. On arrival, we ate our packed lunch before going an afternoon walk up Darrens Dash and straddling the boarder of Wales and England. From the bottom of the mountain, it looked huge, but nothing was impossible for the Years 6s, making the journey seem like a walk in the park! The next day, the children were still bursting with energy which was lucky given that we had a day canoe trip down the Wye River from Monmouth to Redbrook. There was an opportunity to surf some of the rapids, which was very challenging and only a couple of boats managed to succeed. Everybody had a wonderful day out on the river and thoroughly enjoyed the swim at the end on a very warm day. On return to Longtown, a wonderful meal was waiting for us before we headed back

outside for some more team activities which everyone loved and approached with an open mind. On the Wednesday, we all headed out to Pontsicill Reservoir where we took on two activities, mountain bike riding and raft building. The mountain bike riding was very challenging, especially when we began the journey with a massive hill, however, many of these gutsy Year 6s managed to ride all the way to the top! Control was the key to the riding, especially when our guide challenged everyone to ride as slow as they could without stopping, and the last one to nish won. In contrast to this activity was raft building which required the children to communicate ideas and work together to build a raft that hopefully did not fall apart. However, one groups raft started to slip apart towards the end of their journey on the water leaving a handful of people quite wet! On our nal day at Longtown, we ventured back to Wales to hike the highest mountain in Southern Britain, Pen-Y-Fan, which is 886 metres above sea level. This was a challenging hike 23

half way up the mountain for a bite to eat when the rain started, so we made a quick move and pushed to the top.The views surrounding us were spectacular and everyone was very proud of what they had achieved. We then headed back down the mountain feeling quite damp and made our way back for our nal night at Longtown where the children had to build shelters out of tarps and ropes, allowing them to work as a team for a nal time. All in all, it was a wonderful camp lled with unforgettable memories, with great opportunities to get to know children and staff better. Miss K Taylor, Gap Year Student

for everyone given that we followed the river upstream for majority of the walk. Even when everyone had wet feet and an unfortunate fall into the river by Beth, spirits still soared high with everyone really excited to get to the top. We stopped

Activity Week
o t in with all the festivities and celebrations that were taking place to celebrate the time that Richard and Jane Tovey have spent leading the school, the theme this year mirrored that of the Summer Ball and was A Week with the Stars. This turned out to be quite a versatile theme and we had some absolutely wonderful and very varied projects taking place all week. It was a most interesting week with Year 3 exploring star signs and astrology with Miss Chard and Year 4 inventing their own virtual Hollywood star with Ms Case, designing their clothes and their homes.Year 5 lmed the life of a star from beginning to end using multilink cubes and ipads with Mr Glanville, and the EAL class designed Hollywood cakes and aprons with Miss Reynolds. All four year groups worked on music projects with Mrs Warn and a fantastic group art project recreating Van Goghs Starry Night with Mrs Martin which can be seen on the stairway in the Meade building. There were 24

countless other projects going on with Mrs Barron and Mrs Murphy, two swimming lessons each with Mrs Hinchliffe, games every day; the list goes on. Our Tuesday trip was a visit to Legoland, Windsor. The weather was perfect, warm and sunny but not too hot. The Tuesday trip is always a wonderful opportunity for the children to enjoy a day out with members of staff from all areas of the school including ofce staff, cleaning staff, kitchen staff, teachers and support staff without whose enthusiasm and genuine happiness to be out with the children the day could not happen. Thank you also to the kitchen staff for such a well-organised packed

lunch which made things so much easier while we were out. The childrens behaviour as always was perfect which meant everyone was able to enjoy the day. The EAL had their long day out in London on the Thursday which was a great success. Year 5 enjoyed being mini-monitors for the week and what a wonderful job they did; they helped run the school calmly and happily and nothing was too much effort. Thank you Year 5; you were fantastic. Activity Week gives the children in Years 3-5 a chance to sample boarding life with set nights assigned to each year group. All the children who stayed over had a very happy time and were well cared for by the boarding house staff. AD

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Sporting Activities 2012-2013

Soccer
1st XI Played Lost Results
v Wycliffe v QEH v Sidcot v Wycliffe v St Johns College (a) Lost (a) Lost (h) Lost (h) Lost (h) Lost 0-7 0-7 0-8 0-2 1-9

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Wycliffe 6-a-side Tournament 6th place

1st XI Soccer Team he 2013 season was a tough one for the team. Small in number and raw in experience, it proved fruitless in terms of actual results. However, despite being well beaten in the majority of our matches, the boys never gave up, ghting hard for each other and taking on board the coaching advice given. Harvey Jones deservedly won the Sharland Cup for the outstanding footballer of the season. Harvey has potential and is developing into a useful midelder. The MacLellan Challenge Cup for Inter-House Soccer was won by Alexander. We came up against some very strong sides during the season. The Wycliffe team was gifted and was regarded as one of their best sides over the last 20 years. We only had a few Year 8 boys so the Year 7 boys made up the majority of the team which left us short of experience in a match situation. The 2014 season looks bright with some useful Year 6 players joining us. The following players represented the 1st XI during the season: Alexander Blackwell, Darren Banks, Luke Dutton, Javier Pena Mendiola, Harvey Jones, Elliott Orchard, Oliver Harris, Aturo Diez, Jaime Dorado, Charlie Sanzo and Larry Williamson. JJ

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COLTS Played Won Drew Lost

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t was a pleasure to work with this group of boys during the Spring Term. They gave 100% at all times and showed a great deal of skill, producing some excellent football and one or two impressive results. The squad worked well with each other and enjoyed applying their skills to the passing game that we try to play; it was often difcult to pick individual players for Man of the Match awards, as more often than not all of the boys contributed equally during a game. It was encouraging to see the boys putting into practice the skills that they have been working on since Year 3. They looked comfortable on the ball and had a clear idea of how to break quickly and to defend when needed and were able to score goals from all positions - which is always a bonus if someone is having an off day! On behalf of the team I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who loyally supported the boys during the term; they may not say so, but they do appreciate it! I look forward to seeing this group develop further as they progress up the school, but for now, well done boys, it has been a good season. The Colts squad included: Max Curtis, Thomas Edwards, Hamish Gardner, Alexander Gooch, Jack Knight, Oliver Shutt, Alex Ganeld, Alex Jacobi and Alex Grocott. AC

Results

v Wycliffe (a) Lost 58 v QEH (h) Drew 22 v Grittleton House (h) Drew 33 v Sidcot (h) Won 130 v Wycliffe (h) Lost 04 v Rosehill Westonbirt (a) Won 312 v St Johns College (h) Won 73

UNDER 11 B

The Under 11 B team had a strong finish to their season this year, after weather interrupted the first few training sessions. We had some strong performances throughout the season, with the star players being Tom Edwards, Hamish Gardner and Roshan Patel. Weather affected much of the season but once the players had trained and played together for a few weeks the results started to come our way, winning against Sidcot, Wycliffe and Rosehill Westonbirt in the latter stages of the term. I would like to congratulate the boys on the way they performed all season and the improvements they all made, it was a pleasure to coach them. NG

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e started the football season at home to Rosehill Westonbirt with several boys to choose from. We managed to field three teams which ensured everyone was involved. Rosehill proved tough opposition, giving the boys lots to think about going into the rest of the season. We soon established players individual strengths and changed the A team goalkeeper from Bennie Sanzo to Jacob Wakeling. Angus Duncan proved to be a rock at the heart of the defence and Ceredig Jones proved prolific in front of goal, scoring a number of well-worked goals. By the time we were hosting the annual U9 Severnside Tournament, the teams were really starting to think about what they were doing with the ball and trying hard to retain possession. The boys were also beginning to hold their positions and moving away from flocking around the ball which proved to be one of our downfalls early in the season. The tournament was very tough with Wycliffe A and St. Johns-on-the-Hill A showing excellent organisation and skill to finish second and first respectively. However, some committed performances ensured we gave a good account of ourselves with our C team holding St Johns B to a hard-earned draw. Elsewhere, goals from Leonidas Lazarides, Ceredig Jones and Sam Gardner saw us finish third in the mini league. The stand out player from the B team was Louis Clevett. Rohan Howard-Robinson also stood out for the C team with some excellent goalkeeping skills between the sticks. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed watching and helping the boys to develop throughout the season. We had a number of tough tests and I believe the boys learnt a lot from these experiences. Boys representing the U9 soccer team were: James Allen, Jonathan Baguley, Vivian Boudon, Louis Clevett, Angus Duncan, Ceredig Jones, Ben Orchard, Bennie Sanzo, Oscar Watts, Joe Ancell, William Bamber, Peter Banks, Archie Carter, Freddie Cooper, Sam Gardner, Rohan Howard-Robinson, Harry Huby, Leonidas Lazarides, Jake Wakeling and Otis Walker. BM

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1st XV Played Won Drew Lost
Results
v Llandaff Cathedral v Monmouth School v Wycliffe College v Hatherop Castle v QEH v Sidcot School v Beaudesert Park

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(h) Lost 0-60 (a) Lost 10-30 (h) Won 25-10 (a) Lost 5-20 (a) Lost 12-14 (h) Lost 0-50 (h) Drew 17-17

1st XV Rugby Team fter a difcult and challenging start to the season the squad, small in number and stature, stepped up to the mark and progressed signicantly as the term unfolded. Many of the squad were new to the game and it was a steep learning curve! However, it was a pleasure to coach this group and to see the development of their skills, competitive spirit and game awareness over three months. The nal match at the end of November illustrated the strides that the team had made with a fantastic game of rugby against a good Beaudesert Park team. We scored in the nal seconds to secure a 17-17 draw in a match enjoyed by the parents, pupils and referee; a great advertisement for U13 rugby. Harvey Jones deservedly won the Hollington Cup for the best rugby player of the season. He was a talented, abrasive and skilful scrum-half, always at the heart of all we did. Elliott Orchard played very well at hooker and shows great promise for the 2013 season. Antonio Clemente was our own top try scorer. He learnt the game rapidly and was a dangerous and elusive centre. Our three long-serving Year 8 boys played their part in the teams development and were invaluable in the matches and training sessions. Alex Blackwell was a strong and useful prop whose handling improved signicantly. Oliver Harris was a good distributor and runner from the y-half position and Darren Banks led from the front and was an all-action, aggressive prop/lock. The Cymric Inter-House Cup was won by Cunningham. Overall, this was an enjoyable season. We all learnt a lot as a group and all the players developed considerably over the course of the season. The following boys represented the 1st XV over the season: Alexander Blackwell, Elliott Orchard, Javier Pena, Larry Williamson, Darren Banks, Harvey Jones, Oliver Harris, Antonio Clemente, Daniel Bertomeu, Charlie Sanzo and Arturo Diez. JJ

7-a-side Tournament at Dean Close 4th Overall

Colours Alexander Blackwell Darren Banks Oliver Harris

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COLTS Played Won Drew Lost Fixtures
v Llandaff Cathedral v The Grange v Hatherop Castle v Colstons v QEH v Clifton v Beaudesert Park Lost 5-15 Lost 14-26 Won 14-0 Drew 24-24 Lost 19-33 Won 21-19 Lost 14-24

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his was my rst year at Tockington and I was given the responsibility for taking charge of the Colts rugby team over the Autumn Term. After only a small number of lessons with the boys, we went into our rst match at home to Llandaff Cathedral with condence. It was a good start and I was very pleased with the effort the boys made and was able to focus on a few areas we needed to work on. The second game came round fast and saw us face another tough test at home to The Grange. The team had worked hard to improve weaknesses over the week. The backs worked very well, creating two excellent tries, both nished off by Alex Grocott. Our next game away to Hatherop Castle proved we had turned a corner with a great all-round performance which ensured we were never threatened by the opposition. Our next two xtures away at Colstons and QEH looked as though they would be our toughest test and they both proved to be that. The Colstons game saw us go through a very thorough warm-up only for what can only be described as a monsoon to hit the school and within seconds the pitch was a mud bath. However, this only seemed to inspire the boys and they put on their best display yet. In our nal two games we beat Clifton College and lost to Beaudesert Park. I believe the team really developed and grew throughout the season. They were very strong in the tackle and rucked and mauled to good effect. Overall, the boys were a pleasure to work with and should all be very proud of themselves. Boys representing the Colts team were: Henry Allan-Jones, Max Curtis, Tom Edwards, Hamish Gardner, Charlie Gent, Alex Gooch, Jack Knight, Roshan Patel, Oliver Shutt, Hugo Watts, Alex Ganeld, Alex Grocott and Alex Jacobi. BM

Severnside Sevens Tournament Won 2, Lost 2

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v Wycliffe v The Grange v Hatherop Castle v Wycliffe v Clifton High v Clifton v Beaudesert Park v Beaudesert Park

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(h) (h) (h) (a) (h) (a) (a) (a) Lost 0-4 Lost 0-5 Lost 1-6 Lost 1-6 Drew 5-5 Lost 0-10 Won 5-0 Won 4-0

t is a shame that we play rugby for just one term, as this year I feel that we only really got going in the last three or four weeks. As usual we found ourselves playing mostly Year 4 sides and were always on the back foot in terms of size and speed, but the boys deserve a tremendous amount of credit for how they got stuck in match after match, always playing to the nal whistle. This year I was particularly pleased with the commitment in the tackle area and the way the forwards recycled the ball. Our passing improved as the term progressed, allowing us to attack the space away from the break downs and, as we began to hold our shape, teams found us difcult to play through. This group has a lot of potential and I am looking forward to seeing this develop over the next few years. The wet weather caused a few cancellations and interrupted our skills sessions in the middle of the term but, when the ground improved, the tness work that we had done paid dividends and gave us a clear edge in the nal few xtures of the year. It is always difcult to pick out individuals at this age but Jonathan Baguley, Angus Duncan and Sam Gardner all played very well at times and are to be congratulated for the progress that they made this year. Under 9 squad: Jonathan Baguley, Angus Duncan, Ceredig Jones, Ben Orchard, Bennie Sanzo, Oscar Watts, William Bamber, Peter Banks, Samuel Gardner, Rohan Howard-Robinson, Leonidas Lazarides, Jacob Wakeling and Otis Walker. AC

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Netball
SENIOR Played Won Drew Lost Results
v St Johns-on-the-Hill B v St Johns-on-the-Hill A v HMSG A v HMSG B v Beaudesert Park v The Downs

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Senior Netball Team

Colours Freya Belcher

nce again, bad weather caused a great deal of disruption to our very busy xture list. This was disappointing for our small squad of U13 netball players who were looking forward to a packed calendar of matches. Our rst three xtures, including the U13 Severnside Netball Tournament to be played at Wycliffe, were all cancelled because of snow and ice and, to make matters worse, we were unable to practise on our own hard courts for some considerable time because it was deemed to be too dangerous. Those schools which beneted from indoor playing areas were able to carry on regardless and so it was with nervous anticipation that we met our rst opponents, St Johns-on-the-Hill. However, against all the odds, the girls played extremely well drawing with their B team and losing to their A team. As a nale, we played a third match, mixing players from both schools, which was fun and good experience for both sides. We had a decisive win over HMSG with our A team winning 8-1 and the B team winning 12-1. All the girls played with commitment and enthusiasm. Our shooters were in good form that day and the result never in doubt. The match against Beaudesert Park was a close one which led to a very exciting nish. Although we were 4-2 down at half time, the girls raised their game and went on to win 8-5. This was a well-deserved victory. Our nal game was against The Downs School which we won 11-5. Again, shooters were on form and defence solid. By this time the girls were playing really well as a team. The tempo of play was fast and passing from defence to attack slick. In Year 8 there was experience and talent in the shape of Freya Belcher, solid performances from Lauren Clark and Rosie Dalziel plus Ana Sanchez and Nkechinyem Ogbogbo, both novices but with huge potential.Year 7 girls will, of course, come into their own next year, but they are a talented bunch and are clocking up quite a bit of experience between them. If there is any regret it is that this group of girls have not got another year together. Given more favourable circumstances they could have developed into a very formidable team indeed. Well done to you all. The Farr Inter-House Cup was won by Churchill and there were notable performances from Ana Sanchez and Freya Belcher who both played so well in each game but organised their respective teams expertly. The Skinner Cup for most improved player was awarded to Freya. Girls representing the Under 13 team were: Freya Belcher, Lauren Clark, Rosie Dalzie, Nkechinyem Ogbogbo, Ana Sanchez, Seren Clayton, Lucy England, Ijeoma Ogbgbo and Imogen Rees. JP 31

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hat a fantastic netball season the U11s had! They were an incredibly easy team to coach as every one of the girls was motivated and enthusiastic and the standard of play was very high. Due to bad weather, which included a lot of cancellations due to snow, our rst xture was straight in to a tournament. This was quite daunting for the girls, especially as we had not been able to get out on the courts to practise much so, unsurprisingly, we had to accept this was a learning opportunity as we drew two and lost three matches. The next match we played was much better; the team started to work well together and we only just lost by two goals to St Johns-on-the-Hill. From then on the girls played as a single unit and no-one could beat us; we were slick, fast and condent. We won every single game, the goal differences getting higher and higher until the last match which we won by an almost embarrassing 170. The skills the girls learnt were advanced for their age. It was fantastic to have so many girls with natural ability and the hunger to learn as much as they could and become the best they could. It was such a pleasure to be their coach. Girls representing the U11 team were: Amy Horler, Abigail Blackwell, Aditi Mehendale, Olivia Campbell, Eleanor Parker, Antonia Hopcraft, Patricia Sanchez, Lucy England and Helena Brain. AD

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e started the season with a good grounding in the basic skills. We looked at the matches as learning experiences for the girls to develop skills and experience in positional play. We came across some good opposition in our rst triangular game and lost, but felt we could improve and learn from it. We then began to pass and look for space and started to grasp how to play competitive games. Two players of note were Dalis Jones and Poppy Carter who were excellent at reading the game and intercepting the ball. The next part of the game to improve on was to turn defence into attack. We had a number of triangular games and we slowly developed in experience and skills. Over the course of the season we had many close games drawing with teams or just losing by one goal. The skills that need to be developed going forward to next season are our goal shooting and moving into space. When it came to the Severnside tournament we faced some very slick teams. Any bad passes in each game resulted in an interception and then a goal against us. However, the girls did not give up and kept ghting each match. Well done to all the girls who played in the U9 team; all the Year 3 girls gained experience from being included in the games. Girls representing the Under 9 team: Isabel Browning, Poppy Carter, Tabitha Huby, Dalis Jones Jessie Sanzo, Madeline Summers, Georgina Loring, Carmen Rey-Jones, Lucy-Ann Gingell, Iona Campbell, Lou Saelens, Amelia Dengel and Isabelle Preston. EW In addition to the Year 3 gaining experience in the U9 team they had their own U8 matches to play. All the girls were invited to the U8 tournament at BDP well done to those girls who gave up their Saturday to compete they all gained a lot from this experience. They also had some xtures against others schools were they performed well and improved positional play. EW

Hockey
SENIOR GIRLS Played Drew Lost Colours Nkechinyem Ogbogbo 7 4 3

Senior Girls Hockey Team his year we played most of our senior fixtures only losing one to the bad weather. We entered two tournaments so this equated to a very busy term; these fixtures were mainly away on astro-turf. We had quite a number of pupils joining us this year in the U13 age with little or no hockey experience. These girls had a very steep learning curve but often made up for lack of skills with plenty of enthusiasm. We came across very stiff opposition this year as we competed with A teams in this age group. The results often did not reflect the performance and, as we had so many novice players in our side, I was very impressed with our game play. We included all the girls in the age group and the emphasis was on involvement and development. It was an enjoyable season. The girls performance peaked at the Severnside Tournament where the skills we have been learning all season fell into place. We had a few of the U11 girls stepping up to play for the senior team, in order to develop their skills and to gain experience of a faster paced game. The following girls represented the U13 Team: Freya Belcher, Lauren Clark, Rosie Dalziel, Nkechinyem Ogbogbo, Seren Clayton, Imogen Rees, Lucy England and Beatriz Villar. The Tayler House Hockey Cup was won by Churchill. The tournament was played in very good spirit but Churchill won convincingly beating the other Houses by at least two goals each game. Players who showed potential and progression were Nkechinyem, Lucy and Antonia. EW

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GIRLS UNDER 11 Played Won Lost U11 A v Beaudesert Park v Kings Gloucester v Clifton College U11 B v Kings Gloucester v Beaudesert Park 5 4 1

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Won 2-0 Won 5-0 Won 12-0

his was a really enjoyable season for the U11 girls who got off to a ying start, scoring good wins over Beaudesert, Kings Gloucester and Clifton.

We then came up against some stiff opposition from Wycliffe, Colstons and Beaudesert A who really stretched us. This was quite challenging, especially for the Year 5 girls, who were not as experienced or as physically strong as the Year 6 girls. Nevertheless, they relished the challenge and, although we were beaten by these strong teams, the girls gave very brave and condent performances. With a full xture list which included both A and B teams in this age group everyone was included. All had the chance to play in different positions within the teams and it was very encouraging to see progress made throughout the term with some players showing real potential in this sport. Girls representing the U11 team were: Lucy Allan-Jones, Abigail Blackwell, Olivia Campbell, Antonia Hopcraft, Aditi Mehendale, Beth Pritchard, Patricia Sanchez, Olivia Banks, Helena Brain, Amy Horler, Ella Howard-Robinson, Bellayia Lazarides, Eleanor Parker and Adassa Walker. JP he Under 10 Tournament held at Badminton School in November was hugely enjoyed by all. Our team of seven players might have been tipped as outsiders to win the tournament but against all the odds played magnicently, beating Redland High, Badminton, Bristol Grammar and drawing against Colstons and Red Maids. Our attack was immense, defence was sold and, before we knew it, we were in the semi-nal against Beaudesert A who had already dispatched schools such as Milleld, Clifton High and Richard Pates. We actually lost the semi-nal 0-1 and Beaudesert went on to win the tournament, beating St Johns in the nal. This must be the best result Tockington has ever had in this tournament. It was an amazing achievement for this group of girls and the whole school was extremely proud of them. Well done! Girls representing the U10 team were: Adassa Walker, Amy Horler, Eleanor Parker, Olivia Banks, Helena Brain, Bellayia Lazarides and Abigail Blackwell. JP

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he Under 9 hockey team had a really good season in Autumn 2012. Year 4 had enough strong players for us to have a Year 4 team training and playing matches as a cohesive group. This meant they were able to learn one main position and hone their skills at that position. Also, they learned to trust the other members of their team as they trained together, so all the girls knew where they needed to be and the team gelled and worked as one unit. The girls built on their understanding of game play and by the end of the season they were playing at a very mature level; this will serve them well as they go in to Year 5 next year. The Year 3 girls all had a chance to go with the Year 4 team and watch a match each before they were thrown in at the deep end and put in a team and expected to play. This was an excellent opportunity for them to see how other schools played and how important it is to work together as a team and why it is so important to work hard during their lessons so they are as prepared as they can be for their first matches. All the girls in Years 3 and 4 represented the school in a hockey team and all played at a good standard. We won three of our seven matches and drew one. In our hockey festival, the girls won all of their matches and had a really enjoyable afternoon. A great U9 hockey season, well done girls. AD

Cross-Country
School Cross-Country Records Senior Course Boys: Robert Yates (1997) 11 mins 33 secs Girls: Victoria Budd (2007) 12 mins 07 secs Junior Course Boys: Alexander Grocott (2013) 7 mins 25 secs Girls: Victoria Budd (2004) 7 mins 56 secs Mini-Course Boys: Alexander Grocott (2011) 2 mins 42 secs Girls: Victoria Budd (2003) 2 mins 52 secs Jessie Sanzo (2013)

Cross-Country Runners his was a hugely enjoyable and successful season; two records were broken and all the children worked tirelessly towards their Personal Bests and target times. We competed in many events throughout the two terms with the vast majority of the pupils in Years 3-8 competing in an inter-school event. Our U11 Boys team won their section of the Gloucestershire League for the second successive year. Alex Grocott was placed second and Max Curtis fourth in the individual standings. The U11 Girls team were third overall and show great promise. We competed in the National Prep Schools Championships at Malvern where the highlight was Alex Grocotts commendable sixth place for which he won a shield. Our talented U9s won their inter-school xture at Wycliffe College and Alex Grocott came third in the English Schools Southwest Club and County Championships at Bicton College. We again competed successfully in the Mixed Sixes CC Meeting at Dean Close with our U9, U11 and U13 teams all nishing as runners-up in their respective races. Notable individual performances included Alex Grocott winning the U11 race, closely followed by Max Curtis in second place. Bennie Sanzo came second in the U9 race. We hosted a successful and exciting TMS relay event. Our U11 Boys team of Max Curtis, Oliver Shutt, Alex Grocott and Alex Jacobi won their race and lowered the record to 11 minutes 25 seconds; they won the race by an impressive margin. The U13, U11 and U9 Girls teams all came home in second place. Our teams again thrived in the annual Hatherop Castle relays with the U11 Boys and U9 Girls winning their races by huge margins. The trio of Jessie Sanzo, Dalis Jones and Poppy Carter show great promise. We won the overall shield for accumulating the most points over the afternoon. This was a super afternoon which was enjoyed by all. The Clarke Cup for Inter-House Cross-Country was won by Alexander. The Booker-Jones Cup for the outstanding girls was won by Eleanor Parker and the Davies Cup for the best boy was won by Alex Grocott. JJ

Colours Lauren Clark Oliver Harris

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Internal Competitions Turkey Trot Lucy England Pumpkin Pursuit Dalis Jones, Bennie Sanzo, Charlie Sanzo, Freddie Cooper, Abigail Blackwell, Eleanor Parker, Leonidas Lazarides September Prize Challenge Jake Wakeling, Bennie Sanzo, Darren Banks Mufti Day Challenge Year 7 Rugby Run Freya Belcher November Cup James Allen (Years 3 & 4) Freya Belcher (Years 5-8) Burns Day Burn Up Luke Dutton Goose Egg Gallop Arturo Diez, Jaime Dorado, Alex Ganeld, Luke Dutton, Antonia Hopcraft, Bennie Sanzo, Joe Ancell, Rohan Howard-Robinson, James Allen Easter Egg Competition Jessie Sanzo (Years 3 & 4) Jaime Dorado (Years 5-8) St Davids Day Challenge Alex Jacobi Clarke Cup Individual Challenge Winners Hamish Gardner, Jack Knight Athlete of the Month Awards Helena Brain, Eleanor Parker, Bennie Sanzo, Alex Grocott Tockington Manor Cross-Country Relays National Prep Schools Championships at Malvern College Gloucestershire League Meetings Mixed 6s at Dean Close U9 Match v Wycliffe & Beaudesert Park Boys Winners Girls 2nd

Gloucestershire League Meetings Under 11 Boys Winners Under 11 Girls Bronze Medal Winners Under 13 Boys 6th Under 13 Girls 7th National Prep Schools Championships at Malvern College U11 Boys 11th U11 Girls 20th U13 Boys Unplaced U13 Girls 17th Tockington Manor Cross-Country Relays U9 Boys 3rd U9 Girls 2nd U11 Boys Winners U11 Girls 2nd U13 Boys 4th U13 Girls 2nd

Hatherop Castle Cross Country Relays U9 Boys 3rd U9 Girls Winners U11 Boys Winners U11 Girls Winners U13 Boys 2nd U13 Girls 3rd

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Cricket
1st XI Boys playing for the 1st XI were: Darren Banks, Alex Blackwell, Oliver Harris, Javier Pena-Mendiola, Alexis deVillepin, Andre Juilhard, Pepe Garralda Otto Cullis Jaime Dorado Harvey Jones Elliott Orchard Charlie Sanzo and Larry Williamson.

1st XI Cricket Team his year was a tough one for the 1st XI cricket team. Our rst game at home to Wycliffe gave us several positives to take away despite losing the game. Oliver Harris put in a great batting performance which saw him open and hold his bat through the innings, scoring a respectable 22 runs. We worked hard on our elding skills over the week and were lucky enough to benet from a number of coaching sessions from Gloucestershire Academy director Owen Dawkins. Our second game against St Johns-on-the-Hill ended in a draw after the game was eventually called off after rain came down during our innings. St Johns hit 97 for 7 with 2 wickets each from Harvey Jones and Pepe Garralda. We found ourselves on 27 for 2 when the rain stopped play. The next game at home to Rougemont saw us bat rst and lose several wickets early on. A fantastic innings of 26 from Harvey Jones spared our blushes and ensured we made the game competitive. However, despite some good bowling from Darren Banks and Pepe Garralda, Rougemont managed to reach our total with several overs to spare. By the time the House Cricket Tournament had come round we had had several sessions working hard on bowling and batting technique. The tournament was very closely contested and the nal game saw Cunningham take on Alexander. Cunningham batted rst and very tight bowling from Alexander kept Cunningham down to just 24 runs in their 6 overs. With Alexander only needing 25 to win, the result looked inevitable. However, some very excellent bowling from Cunningham saw the game go down to the nal ball of the nal over! Alexander only needing a single to win the tournament, Oliver Harris hit the ball straight back to the bowler but knew he had to run. The ball was not picked up cleanly leaving Oliver to run the single needed for victory. This was a fantastically contested tournament with the stand out players being Pepe Garralda and Alex Blackwell. Our next xture went on to be our last of the season due to cancellation from St Johns College. Beaudesert Park brought a very strong side over to play us and this seemed to knock the teams condence. Beaudesert batted rst and posted treble gures. There was some encouraging bowling from Alex Blackwell, Pepe Garralda, Darren Banks and Harvey Jones. However, we did not look sharp in the eld and really paid the price for this. Beaudeserts opening bowlers bowled with some blistering pace and gave us little time to play ourselves in. There was a pleasing innings from Elliot Orchard and Charlie Sanzo but the damage had already been done and we fell well short of the target. A tough season for the boys, but I believe a lot of lessons have been learnt and I hope this will allow us to move forward next season with a strong group from Year 6 coming into Year 7. BM 37

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Results v Wycliffe Lost by 140 runs v St Johns-on-the-Hill Drew (rain stopped play) v Rougemont Won by 5 wickets v Rosehill Westonbirt Won by 45 runs v Beaudesert Park Lost by 9 wickets v Clifton High Lost by 5 wickets

t the start of this season we had no one whom I would describe as a natural cricketer. All elements of the game did not come easily to the boys; this was a mixed blessing, as with a squad that knows the game much is expected. However, working with a group with only basic knowledge, enabled us to see the development as the season progressed. The early part of the season saw a lot of work on getting our bowlers to develop a good line and length. Time was spent in the nets with the video camera negating need for any real comment from the coaches (a picture paints a thousand words)! As the actions improved we saw a denite increase in condence as the term progressed, with the bowlers now expecting to take wickets. The elding skills also improved enormously during the term, resulting in some excellent run-outs and many runs saved on our small pitch. Our batting hinged on developing our footwork; many early wickets were lost due to lack of movement to the ball, but as we worked on this in the nets, again runs started to come.

Looking back over the season, it is clear that as far as results go we have had better years, but looking at the development of the squad and how they worked as a team, good progress has been made. Credit must be given to Max Curtis for captaining the side and improving both his batting and bowling as the season progressed. Good bowling performances were also recorded by Oliver Shutt, Hamish Gardner, Tom Edwards and Henry Allan-Jones and Jack Knight showed great improvement as wicket keeper. The whole team improved their elding skills and the squad should be proud of the progress they have made. The squad members included: Max Curtis, Jack Knight, Henry Allan-Jones, Hamish Gardner, Oliver Shutt, Tom Edwards, Alex Gooch, Hugo Watts, Alex Jacobi, Alex Ganeld, Alex Grocott and Roshan Patel. AC his season was a successful and enjoyable one for the Under 9s. The boys were enthusiastic and willing to learn new skills. The vast majority of them were able to bowl effectively by the end of the season; this is a difficult skill to master at Year 3 level. The highlights of the term were the excellent victories against Clifton High School and a first ever win against The Grange, Monmouth, where we won a thrilling match in the last over by three runs. Jake Wakeling and Ceredig Jones were our top wicket takers, Angus Duncan was the top runs scorer and Jake Wakeling was our best fielder. The boys received three coaching sessions from Owen Dawkins, the Academy Director at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. This benefited their development and got the season off to a flying start. Owen established that there was a good pool of talent in this age group which is encouraging for next year. The following boys represented the U9 team during the season: Angus Duncan, Jake Wakeling, Ceredig Jones, Bennie Sanzo, Sam Gardner, Leonidas Lazarides, Peter Banks, James Allen, Vivian Boudon, Jonathan Baguley, Louis Clevett, Oscar Watts, Ben Orchard, William Bamber, Archie Carter, Harry Huby and Freddie Cooper. JJ

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e have been developing our cricket skills now over a number of years and we have now got enough experienced players for an U13 squad. The girls have great enthusiasm for the game and have developed their skills considerably. Unfortunately, due to the poor weather this summer, our cricket xtures were cancelled. U13 Squad: Freya Belcher, Seren Clayton, Imogen Rees, Lucy Allan-Jones, Olivia Campbell, Aditi Mehendale, Lucy England, Olivia Banks and Lauren Clark.
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Tennis Finals Senior Boys Singles (Rapson Cup) Charlie Sanzo Senior Girls Singles (Hilleard Cup) Ana Sanchez Junior Singles (Simson Cup) Bennie Sanzo Senior Doubles (James Finnigan Cup) Andre Juilhard & Alexander Blackwell Mixed Doubles (Lucy Newman Cup) Charlie Sanzo & Seren Clayton Junior Doubles (Pritchard Cup) Hamish Gardner & Max Curtis

Tennis Team with Clifton College ennis was again a most popular sport during the Summer Term. The courts were used constantly throughout the school day. We have some talented players, particularly in the lower part of the school. Jessie Sanzo is part of the Under 9 county squad and has been successful in a number of tournaments on the circuit. Bennie Sanzo. Charlie Sanzo and Angus Duncan also play out of school and are playing at a very good standard at Club level.Tennis, although popular, has limited curriculum time due to our many other sporting commitments. The internal tournaments were keenly contested with some excellent matches being played. We entered the Severnside Tournament at Beaudesert Park where our rst pair, Oliver Harris and Pepe Garralda, came fourth and our second pair, Alexis de Villepin and Harvey Jones, came third. I would like to thank our Captain, Oliver Harris, for his service to the team over the years. It was a shame that Charlie Sanzo and Pepe Garralda missed playing in the tournament. The pair played well together and did not drop a rubber all season. The Tuite Dalton Cup for House Tennis was won by Churchill. JJ

Rounders
UNDER 13 Played 3 Won 3 Colours Freya Belcher Ana Sanchez Rosie Dalziel Lauren Clark Nkechinyem Ogbogbo

Under 13 Rounders Team his was an excellent season for the girls and culminated in a convincing win of an innings and ve runs. All the girls involved in the team progressed in both their batting and elding skills. The combination of bowler (Seren) backstop (Freya) and 1st post (Ana) proved difcult for oppositions to compete against, particularly in an all out innings. Well done to all the girls involved. I am very proud of the progress and commitment of all the girls. Girls representing the U 13 team: Freya Belcher, Lauren Clark, Rosie Dalziel, Nkechinyem Ogbogbo, Ijeoma Ogbogbo, Ana Sanchez and Lucy England. EW 39

The Pike Rounders Cup was eventually won by Churchill. Churchill scored the most rounders with 12. Players of note were Freya, Seren and Olivia Campbell in the magic triangle of bowler, backstop and 1st post. The player of the tournament was Freya. The parents v pupils match was a mixed event this year. There was a very high standard of play and lots of excellent rounders scored. All of the pupils and parents involved had a really enjoyable time and there were only a few injuries! The pupils ended up the winners after a wonderful rst innings performance. EW UNDER 11

e had an excellent rounders season this year and I am sad it is all over for another year. Our Years 5 and 6 girls showed natural ability, strength of character, enthusiasm, motivation, determination and a maturity beyond their age. We started with a high scoring match against Clifton which ended with us just losing by one rounder! However, this only served to motivate the girls into working even harder and they became a formidable team, winning all of their following matches against strong teams from the other schools until the nal match of the season, where tiredness from the previous week away at camp showed and we lost by just three rounders. The team were a joy to coach; every criticism was met with a positive response and worked on without any grumbles. The girls all encouraged each other and coached each other and they quickly became a team who worked with one mind, knowing exactly what to do and where to position themselves so as to back each other up. They could almost have thrown the ball blindfolded, knowing the player they were throwing to would be there in the right place.

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This is such a positive way to end the year, knowing that the coach who gets my Year 6 girls next year will have a wonderful baseline to start from and my Year 5 girls will be a fantastic base for my new U11 team. The following girls represented the U11 Rounders team: Antonia Hopcraft, Olivia Campbell, Aditi Mehendale, Abigail Blackwell, Patricia Sanchez, Laura Pena Mendiola, Lucy England, Eleanor Parker, Helena Brain and Olivia Banks. Well done girls; you have been an absolute joy to work with. AD

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he Under 9 girls rounders team had great fun during the summer. They were an enthusiastic and hardworking group of girls who showed enormous improvement as the term progressed, both individually and as a team. All our matches were exciting. Jessie Sanzo was our top scorer, but it would be fair to say that the rest of the team were hard on her heels by the end of the season. Fielding skills quickly improved and by the end of the term the team were playing well as a unit with some players showing real potential in this sport. Credit must be given to Carmen Rey-Jones and Lucy-Ann Gingell, both Year 3 girls, who stepped up to the plate and strengthened the team even further. I am sure this group of girls will go on to do great things in the future. They have been a pleasure to teach and I wish them well when they move on up next year. Girls representing the U9 team were: Isabel Browning, Poppy Carter, Talia Curtis, Tabitha Huby, Dalis Jones, Georgina Loring, Jessie Sanzo, Annabel Sheppard, Lucy-Ann Gingell and Carmen Rey-Jones. JP

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he swimming year has brought many highlights, but I would like to start by thanking the team that help the lessons go smoothly. The Nursery staff help to run a military style operation, with Charlotte Panes at the helm. I wish Charlotte good luck in her new career and will miss her on a Thursday morning. The Lower School team have the pupils ready for action each week with precision and good humour and Mark Roberts, as lifeguard and teacher, has been a huge help to me this year. Finally, as a veteran swimmer who swims in pools all over the country I know that our pool is the cleanest and most well run in the land. We are very fortunate! Without the help of Marion, Rose, John and David the pool would not be the clean and healthy environment it is and I would like to thank them all. The Lower School and Nursery follow the STA Stanley awards which allow skills sets to build up gradually in a fun way. The Nursery enjoyed a parent watching session where the skills learnt at the beginning of the term were demonstrated. The Year 8s provided some much needed help and gained work experience. I have been lucky to have had the support of Rachel Nicholls and Hannah Wheldon who have supported the Lower School swimmers. They experienced the fabulous Lower School gala which was the culmination of an entire years work. We had worked hard on our focus stroke of backstroke and the rewards were obvious on the day. Life saving and beach safety form a huge part of the work in the Summer Term and the RNLI again provided magazines and posters. Logan Fitzpatrick, Philip Monaghan and Amy Tucker won the Lower School stamina prizes at Easter, swimming 100 metres in under ve minutes. The most improved swimmers of the year awards were presented at the gala to: Gabe Carrel, Georgia Cooper, Sophia Dengel, George Bloomeld, Frankie De Bradeny. William Bate and Erin OLeary. Water polo continues to be hugely exciting for the children. The sight of the nets creates squeals of delight in the changing rooms! In the rst term, House events were the order of the day, as stroke and technique became the focus. Backstroke had dipped in previous years and the school focus has paid dividends with new school records and Severnside triumphs in the Summer Term. Next year the focus will be on Breaststroke. During the Easter term the focus moves on to Stamina. Imogen Rees nally became the winning swimmer with 1260 metres in 20 minutes. A superb night of fun and entertainment was enjoyed at the Thornbury Swimarathon where money was raised and the school record of 141 lengths broken in style. The record set was an amazing 157 lengths in 55 minutes. Well done to Alex Blackwell, Ana Sanchez, Elliott Orchard, Imogen Rees, Seren Clayton and Lucy England. The Junior Team triumphed with 139 lengths, beating the record of 127 lengths set in 2011. Thomas Edwards, Ella Howard-Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Alex Gooch, Olivia Campbell and Abigail Blackwell show great promise for 2014/5.

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The Downs School visited for some mini-galas and Years 5 and 6 performed brilliantly, winning by a narrow margin. What was most impressive was that the TMS team was the entire Year 6 group plus some Year 5s to make up the numbers. This demonstrated the breadth of swimming we have now at Tockington. We swam with a tiny squad (due to other xtures) at Rosehill Westonbirt losing by one race. The performances were remarkable and committed with Jonathan Baguley swimming backstroke in virtually every age group! The Severnside gala was a hugely enjoyable, if tense, event. Wycliffe eventually won with a huge squad. However, the result of the day was the Boys Under 13 team who won their category; great progress! Alex Blackwell, Darren Banks, Harvey Jones, Pepe Garralda and Andre Juilhard secured the win and a number of new school records. The Under 9s boys came 2nd and broke a number of relay records. Well done to: Jake Wakeling, Louis Clevett, Jonathan Baguley, Rohan Howard-Robinson, Joe Ancell and Leonidas Lazarides. After several outstanding performances and superb leadership, Alex Blackwell was awarded his colours for swimming. These have been richly earned through regular attendance and effort at squad, in class and at competition. Alex fully deserved his rst places in the Severnside gala and school gala; well done! The swimming nals were richly contested again and are the culmination of a year of competition, personal bests, water polo, diving competitions and the stamina events in March. It is important to note that every swimmer has put points on the board for their The swimming finals were richly and are the culmination of a year of762. competition, House. The eventual scores were contested Churchillagain 850, Cunningham 787 and Alexander The Inter-House polo matches were won at Christmas by Alexander and in the Summer Churchill 850, Cunningham 787 and Alexander 762. Term by Cunningham in a tense and exciting nal. The polo ball used in the Olympics and generously donated to matches the school by Mr at Peter Smithby has been a huge hit with the pupils! The Inter-House polo were won Christmas Alexander and in the Summer Term by
personal bests, water polo, diving competitions and the stamina events in March. It is important to note that every swimmer has put points on the board for their House. The eventual scores were

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astonishing 95%. Tom Daley beware! swimmers. Place 1st U9 Boys U9 Girls Poppy Carter Leonidas Lazarides U11 Boys Max Curtis U13 Girls Seren Clayton U13 Boys Pepe Garralda 2nd 3rd Louis Clevett James Allen Jessie Sanzo Bellayia Lazarides Alex Grocott Alex Gooch Imogen Rees Ana Sanchez Alex Blackwell Darren Banks

Cunningham in a tense and exciting final. The polo ball used in the Olympics and generously donated

to dive the school by Mr Peter Smith has by been a huge hit with the 3 pupils! The trophies were won jointly Peter Banks in Year and Ana Sanchez in Year 8 who produced stunning dives to take the title. Peter broke the school record in the heats with an The dive trophies were won jointly by Peter Banks in Year 3 and Ana Sanchez in Year 8 who astonishing 95%. Tom Daley beware! produced stunning dives to take the title. Peter broke the school record in the heats with an

The Final results are shown below and reect the most consistent performances from the The Final results are shown below and reflect the most consistent performances from the TMS top TMS top swimmers.
U11 Girls Olivia Campbell Diving Ana Sanchez/ Peter Banks Olivia Campbell LucyAnn Gingell/ Pepe Garralda

Abigail Blackwell Olivia Banks

The progressawards awards this this year have been awarded to: to: Isabelle Preston, Angus Duncan, The progress year for forswimming swimming have been awarded Isabelle Preston, Angus Ella Howard-Robinson, Oliver Shutt, Jaime Dorado and Javier Pena Mendiola; for water polo: Duncan, Ella Howard-Robinson, Oliver Shutt, Jaime Dorado and Javier Pena Mendiola; for Laura Pena Mendiola and Darren Banks and the most improved squad swimmer wasAlex Gooch. water polo: Laura Pena Mendiola and Darren Banks andbespoke the most improved swimmer The swimming has been much enhanced by a wonderful, sound system.squad Thanks must go to wasAlex Gooch. Mr Julian Wheldon for sourcing and installing it and the Friends of Tockington Manor for donating it from funds raised you all. enhanced by a wonderful, bespoke sound system. Thanks The swimming has by been much must go to Mr Julian Wheldon for sourcing and installing it and the Friends of Tockington The Winthrop Cup (U13) was won by Seren Clayton, the Ruck Cup (U11) by Olivia Campbell, the Manor for donating it from funds raised by you all.

The Winthrop Cup (U13) was won by Seren Clayton, the Ruck Cup (U11) by Olivia Campbell, the St Lawrence Cup (U9) by Leonidas Lazarides, the Diving Cup by Peter Banks BH and Ana Sanchez and the White Cup for Inter-House Swimming by Churchill. BH 42

St Lawrence Cup (U9) by Leonidas Lazarides, the Diving Cup by Peter Banks and Ana Sanchez and the White Cup for Inter-House Swimming by Churchill.

Athletics
Victor Ludorum Results
Senior Boy Senior Girl Oliver Harris Ijeoma Ogbogbo

Under 12 Boy Max Curtis & Oliver Shutt Under 12 Girl Abigail Blackwell & Helena Brai Under 10 Boy AngusDuncan Under 10 Girl Jessie Sanzo

Athletics Team

Colours Oliver Harris

hat a fantastic summer it has been! The school has had one of its most successful Athletics seasons for a number of years. Looking back over a year we always try to pick out the positives, but this year Tockington can be proud of what has been achieved considering the size of many of the schools we compete against. There have been school records, regional records and success in national nals. As usual, the competitive season started with the Severnside Athletics meeting hosted by Beaudesert Park. Here we enjoyed considerable success with six individual winners, two relay wins and many of the 30 strong team being placed in their respective events. It was great to see so many Tockington parents cheering on the children and being able to see rst hand the standard that the children have reached. The individual winners included Ana Sanchez (U14 Girls Shot), Max Curtis (U12 800m), Alex Grocott (U12 800m B race), Hugo Watts (U12 100m B race), Roland Juilhard (U12 Long Jump) and Bennie Sanzo (U10 600m). It was pleasing to see Bennie Sanzo and Ceredig Jones (1st and 2nd in the U10 600m) both getting under the previous school record to set new gures of 2mins 04sec. It must be said that the best was saved to last as the relay teams performed superbly. The U12 boys team of Alex Grocott, Tom Edwards, Oliver Shutt and Max Curtis won their race in style, setting a new school record of 1min 00.4secs. The U10 team of Leonidas Lazarides, Bennie Sanzo, Ceredig Jones and Angus Duncan not to be outdone, also set a new school record of 1min 09.2secs in winning their relay. What a great afternoon! Once again, we were in the fortunate position of being able to take a number of athletes to the Southwest of England trials held at Milleld School. There were some excellent races resulting in three Tockington children being selected to represent the Southwest at the National Championships in Birmingham. It was great to see our athletes competing with the best in our area, enabling four of them to set new school records. These included Max Curtis with a time of 2min 31.1secs in the U12 800m and Alex Grocott setting a time of 5mins 08.6secs in the U12 1500m. The outstanding results of the day went to Ijeoma Ogbogbo with 31.1secs in the U12 Girls 200m and a new school and Southwest Championship record of 7m 40cm in the U12 Girls Shot Putt. As a result of their efforts, Max Curtis, Alex Grocott and Ijeoma Ogbogbo went on to represent our region at the National Prep School Championships. At those nals in Birmingham, Ijeoma improved her gures to 8m 30cm in gaining 3rd place in the U12 Girls Shot Putt and Alex Grocott further reduced his time in the U12 1500m to 5mins 03.4secs also gaining 3rd place. Unfortunately, Max found that a week running, climbing and exploring the Welsh hills during the Year 6 activity week was not the best preparation and was visibly tiring in the nal 200m of the U12 800m nal. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents who have regularly come out to support the children. They may not show it at times but it does mean a lot to the athletes.

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So were we going to be dodging the rain in order to run our Inter House Athletics match this year? Fortunately not, it was more a case of reach for the sun cream and shades! At the start of the day Alexander had 123 points, Churchill had 108 points and Cunningham had 84 points. As in the past, we ran the heats in the morning and then after many families had enjoyed a picnic lunch in the beautiful grounds, we had the nals in the afternoon. I must say that the competition was erce but conducted in a very sportsmanlike manner, with athletes and their supporters all recognising the effort and determination on display. As a result of several hours of honest endeavour, Alexander managed to hold on to their lead and were eventual winners with 437 points with Churchill in 2nd place on 415 points and Cunningham 3rd on 316 points. I would like to thank all of the staff involved on the day for helping to make things run so smoothly and all the athletes for their efforts on the eld resulting in many new school records being set; it was a wonderful day. To conclude, it is interesting to look at a few gures, bearing in mind the size of our school. This year the children have achieved the following: 17 new school athletics records; one Southwest regional record; three National nalists; 58 Gold standards in the UK Athletics scheme, plus many silver and bronze standards and three triathlete awards in the UK Athletics Scheme AC any children continue to enjoy archery sessions in the Summer Term, thanks to the loyal support of Tockington Archers.

The Tockington Archers Cup was won this year by Abigail Blackwell and Jaime Dorado was awarded the Rowland Shield for Archery for the most consistent endeavour throughout the seasons sessions. In addition to these awards, the Tockington Archers were delighted to also award Abigail Blackwell with the white badge of the Archery GB Progress Awards Scheme. This is a national scheme open to juniors of all ages and the badge awards are, in order of merit, white, black, blue, red and gold. The score required for each badge is dependant on age, gender, distance shot and bow style. Congratulations go to Abigail and also to Amy Horler and Alex Blackwell who came close to achieving the white badge. LB

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s I enter my fourth year at the helm of the Friends of Tockington Manor, I am delighted to report our past years efforts have raised sufcient funds to purchase items such as white boards, the swimming pool PA system and the hall projector, all of which will continue to benet the children who attend Tockington Manor School for years to come. In addition, we have seen record numbers of parents joining our ranks and because of this we have been rewarded with yet another successful twelve months of fund raising during what has proved to be the busiest year yet of my FOTM chairmanship. This is how we did it.

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Friends of Tockington Manor
Founded 1985 Tockington, Bristol BS32 4NY Telephone (01454) 613229
We rolled up our sleeves in the Summer Term to sell ice creams and lollies at the end of the school day and, in so doing, put smiles on the faces of many Tockington Manor pupils while creating an opportunity for the Lower School parents to chat as their children enjoyed their treats. The main event of our year came in July when we jointly hosted our Night with the Stars Summer Ball with the Old Tockingtonians. This celebration of Richard and Jane Toveys 38 years at the helm of Tockington Manor School attracted in excess of 360 guests from all corners of the globe and was not only a very tting manner in which to say goodbye but was an unprecedented fund raiser, too. So, as Richard and Jane hang up their Presidential Friends of Tockington Manor hats along with the responsibilities of the Headship, their legacy to the Friends of Tockington Manor is a thriving Committee who are now well versed in the skills required for hosting a plethora of events. With the help of Steven and Amanda Symonds, our new Head and his wife, we plan to build on our recent success and take the Friends from strength to strength. All that remains for me to say is that I would very much like to take this opportunity to thank each and every committee member for playing their much valued part in making the Friends of Tockington Manor School the success story it is today. Anita Williamson, Chairman

In the Autumn Term, we kicked off our duties with Harvest Festival teas in the pavilion and, although this was not a fund raising event, it provided a great opportunity for the Friends to promote our work and meet other parents. A little later in the month we organised our very popular sh and chip supper and quiz night. This teased our brains, expanded our waistbands and put a very respectable sum in our coffers, too. Quiz Night was closely followed by our Bonre Night celebration at which we served everything from hot chocolate to hot dogs while a disco, the bar and the most enormous bonre provided entertainment for all who attended. We rounded off our 2012 events with our increasingly popular Christmas Market which attracted stall holders from far and wide. The Friends sold hot drinks and mince pies along with rafe tickets and once again achieved a healthy return for our efforts. The Spring Term was equally busy. We made cakes and sold them at our bake sale with tea and coffee while the children had their faces painted and did some biscuit decorating. A little later in the term we encouraged parents and children alike to clear out their cupboards and, by doing so, raised further funds with Cash for Clothes. In addition, we sold drinks during the interval at the school play and also hosted our well-attended and professionally run Night at the Races which once again was a very lucrative endeavour. To round of the term, as Easter approached, we rafed a huge soft toy lamb and this also made a very respectable prot.

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Old Tockingtonian Society
Chairman: Mr J Rapson Hon Secretary: Mr J Jones Hon Treasurer: Mr K Nicholls Membership & Development Secretary: Mrs C Brown
Dear OTs May I rstly welcome the18 new Old Tockingtonians to the Society. Every one gained entry to their rst choice schools and on their behalf I would like to congratulate the teachers, the children and Richard & Jane Tovey for an outstanding achievement. New Headmaster in the Study I am also delighted to formally welcome Stephen & Amanda Symonds and their two boys to Tockington Manor. Just before the start of the Autumn Term, I popped down to the school to meet with Stephen and offer the OT Societys best wishes for his success at the school and we look forward to a long and happy relationship with the school. New OT Secretary For as long as I can remember, Richard Tovey was the OT Society Secretary and did a fantastic job of keeping the records of the Society (and the Chairman) organised! With his retirement from the school, Richard also retired from the OT Committee, which left us looking for a replacement. This was not going to be easy; we were looking for a person with supreme organisation skills, a deep knowledge of the school, someone living locally to be the OT man (or woman) on the ground. Where would the committee ever nd someone like that? After a lengthy and exhaustive search, I am delighted to conrm that Mr Jonathan Jones, Deputy Headmaster, has very kindly agreed to join the OT Committee as its Secretary and he assures me that he will not wear a pencil skirt to meetings! Richard & Jane have left the Building! After 38 years, it nally happened, Richard & Jane Tovey retired! In the months leading up to the end of the Summer Term, they were entertained by almost everyone, the Friends of Tockington Manor, the children, the OTs, the staff, IAPS you name it, they were there. Come the 13th July, the school was bathed (or rather baked) in sunshine and after an unusual triple act at Speech Day (including cameos from Tony Spratling and me) the afternoon should have seen the OT Cricket XI take to bottom eld. However, due to a lack of numbers, we had to call it off and instead, spent the afternoon enjoying the newly named Tovey Swimming Pool, the beautiful grounds and a refreshing drink. 46 But the nal act was perhaps the most tting tribute to the Toveys. Some 350 people, including over 130 OTs and their partners gathered together at the school for the nal send off A Night with the Stars Ball. Having been piped in, Richard & Jane were seated on a pair of thrones and, towards the end of the night; I was delighted to be able to present them with a cheque on behalf of the OT Society. Thanks to the generosity of many OTs this was sufcient to buy two round-the-world air tickets. I understand that the planning is already underway and we look forward to hearing what they get up to on their trip of a lifetime. On behalf of the OT Society it is my great pleasure to formally record our thanks to them both and to wish them a long and happy retirement they deserve it and we look forward to welcoming them back to many OT events in the future. OT Events 2013/14 The OT Committee meets regularly to plan the events for the coming year. The OT Christmas Drinks & Dinner will be in Bristol this year but we are also planning a similar event in London in the spring. Having discovered that the matre dhtel at one of Londons most famous restaurants (Bentleys Oyster Bar & Grill) is an OT (Kingue Nkembe) we will be adopting this as our cultural home in town. We will conrm the dates and venues as soon as possible; please keep an eye on the school website or join the OT Facebook group. On Tuesday 10th December we are back at St Marys Church, Olveston for the Carol Service (6:30pm start) and afterwards in the School dining room for the annual Noggin & Natter. Mince pies, mulled wine, nibbles and a cash bar are available on the night. For advance tickets, please contact the school. Finally, I would like to thank all members of the OT Committee, Richard & Jane Tovey and Keith Nicholls for their help over the last 12 months. Kind regards James Rapson Chairman mister.rapson@gmail.com 0777 57 56 777

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOLS & OLD TOCKINGTONIANS 1986

Alex Shepherd got married this year. He is now a lawyer and lives in Dubai.

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News from Senior School and Old Tockingtonians
*BELCHER (Freya) The Cottage, Old Church Farm, Church Road, Rudgeway, Bristol BS35 3SQ *BERTOMEU-QUILES (Daniel) Calle Alejandria 16, Buzon 5311, Moraira 03725, Spain BINGEMAN (Robin) Flat 2, 147 Castelnau, Barnes, London SW13 9EW BLACK (Charles) 2 Contemporis, 10 Merchants Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4HB *BLACKWELL (Alexander) The Old Vicarage, Mill Road, Winterbourne Down, Bristol BS36 1BP

2006 Raphael Reboul called in to see us. He would like to be an actor and is hoping to study Drama at a university in the UK.

2008 Lilith Green took part in a Redland High School Modern Languages Debate in French and Spanish against two other schools.

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BLISS (Oliver) 38 Wingard Close, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS23 4UL BODY (Matthew) 16 Five Trees Close, Chavenage Lane, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8DE

CHAPMAN (Steve) Ballarat House, Frog Street, Lopen, South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5JR *CLARK (Lauren) Leaside Cottage, Hardy Lane, Tockington, Bristol BS32 4NL *DALZIEL (Rosie) Shepperdine House, Shepperdine Road, Oldbury-on-Severn, Bristol BS35 1RW *DIEZ (Arturo) Calle Candamo 15, Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid 28240, Spain *DORADO (Jaime) Calle Ebro 16D, Urb los Penasacles, Torrelodones, Madrid 28250, Spain GALE (Nadine) 54 Staines Square, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 3JQ GARDINER (JF) 3 Eastern House, Landemann Circus, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS23 2NH *GARDNER (Hamish) Stable Cottage, West End, Wickwar, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8JZ *GENT (Charles) Well Cottage, High Street, Hawkesbury Upton, Gloucestershire GL9 1AU

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2012 We had a letter from The Red Maids School advising us that Eleanor Clark had been awarded the 9T Prize for Contribution to the Tutor Group and Lucy Woodruff the Year 10 Prize for PE. CHANGES OF ADDRESS and those of new Old Tockingtonians* are printed below. If you have changed your address, or we have printed it incorrectly, please help us to keep our records straight by informing us. *BANKS (Darren), The Tower, Kyneton House, Mumbleys Lane, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 3JZ

GIBSON (Robert & Timothy) Rushlands, West End Lane, West End, Nailsea, Somerset BS48 4BZ GOMEZ EL CANO (Julen) Calle Espirea 31, Madrid 28042, Spain *HARRIS (Oliver) 10 Springhill, Upper Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11 5PF HUMPHRIES (Caroline) The Coach House, 75 Sheldons Court, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 2NR *KNIGHT (Jack) 9 Chestnut Close, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8LH *LAZARIDES (Bellayia) 281 Juniper Way, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 0DP MARSTON (Madeleine) (nee Sampson) 199 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 1QU MORRIS (Adrian) Harrow International School, Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong MORSHEAD (Alan) 32 Maple Road, Broadclyst, Exeter,Devon EX5 3NE *OGBOGBO (Nkechinyem & Ijeoma) 6 Tommy Murphy Park, Graigecullen, County Carlow, Ireland OSMAN (Rebecca) 144 Boundaries Road, London SW12 8HG

*PENA MENDIOLA (Javier & Laura) Pascaul Saorin 8, Torrelodones, Madrid 28250, Spain PIERSON (Robert) No. 10, Leighwood House, Leigh Woods, Bristol BS8 3PQ RAPSON (James, Luke & George) 68 Fruitelds Close, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 5JY *SANCHEZ (Ana) Calle Angel Alberquilla Polin 9, Portal 1, Baso D, Torrelodones, Madrid 28250, Spain SETTER (Caroline) 3 Benhall Avenue, Benhall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6AF SMITH (Anthony) 26 Beinn View, Conon Bridge, Dingwall, Ross-shire, IV7 8DG SPRINGFORD (Kim) (nee Graham) 15 Wessex Avenue, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1PW THOMPSON (Claudia) 32 Christchurch Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9SS VARNEY (Guy) 110 Redland Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6QU DEATHS David Drew-Smythe (1964)

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