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WarwickianEdition 40, Michaelmas Term 2013

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National ConcertBand Festival

Town Crier

Water PoloChampions

Big Draw

2014 Celebrations

To be or not to be...

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The Arts

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Dear Parents/Guardians,

A R Lock, Head Master

As we approach the end of my first term as Head Master, I can honestly say it has beensomething of a whirlwind but hugely enjoyable. Life at Warwick School moves at atremendous pace, particularly so at the start of a new school year. Whether at a concert,standing on the touchline, or sitting at the back of a great lesson, I feel extremely privilegedto witness first hand our students’ progress, performances and achievements.

It is not just me who is impressed by our boys. I received a delightful e-mail recently from theparent of a student at another independent school, and whatever the successes of our teamsso far this season (and there have been many) this ranks as one of my personal highlights:

“Two weeks ago I watched our school play rugby against another school team and wasleft disappointed at the loss of sportsmanship and fair play during the games. Oh how myfaith was restored yesterday by the Warwick boys. Their behaviour was exemplary. OurU14 teams were depleted and not only did your boys agree to play for us, but they did sowithout a fuss and put all their effort into playing for us AGAINST their own team mates. Ithought that you should know what a credit your boys and your staff are to you. Despiteour school losing, I came home a happy parent with my faith restored in school sportsand how they should be conducted. Thank you.”

Music at the School never ceases to impress me in terms of the standard of performanceand the number of boys involved. The ever increasing level of activity has resulted in anexpansion of the department and the refurbishment of the existing Music block. The newMusic pods and recital area are a tremendous facility for our boys’ lessons and rehearsals.At the regional finals of the National Concert Band Festival we had a great haul of medalsand three of our bands will now perform at the National Finals in April.

Selecting Hamlet, Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influentialtragedies in English literature, seemed ambitious for a school production. However, rightlyso, as it tested our students’ skills and commitment and they stepped up to the markbrilliantly alongside King’s High girls, giving truly outstanding performances. The staging anddelivery made a long and complex plot very accessible and entertaining.

I would also like to congratulate our debaters who won the Taylor Trophy and this is anotheractivity that goes from strength to strength with more boys taking part, including our youngerdebaters in the Junior School.

Our swimmers, fencers, rugby, hockey and tennis players and many other sportsmen haveall competed at high levels this term and enjoyed successes, many of which are recorded inthis newsletter.

For a long time now we have discussed and planned for the School’s 1100th anniversary in2014 and now it is upon us. We have a programme of events planned and some items ofmerchandise designed specifically to mark this special occasion. I do hope you will beinvolved in one or many aspects of our celebrations, whether it’s attending the gala concert,viewing our on-line museum or purchasing a book about the history of the School.

2014 is also the centenary of the start of the First World War, and like the rest of the nationwe will ensure that this is commemorated within the school. There is a team photo of theFirst XV in 1912-13, of whom nine lost their lives in the First World War. This is a poignantreminder of the tragic and wasteful loss of life during the war.

As a Head Master and History teacher, I will take great pleasure in ensuring that the boysknow more about the history of the School and also about the impact of the First World War.

In the meantime, however, enjoy the rest of 2013 and very best wishes from Ali and me forChristmas and the New Year. We have really enjoyed the term and been made to feelincredibly welcome and supported by the boys, their parents and colleagues alike, for whichwe are very grateful indeed. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

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One of the new sound-proofedmusic pods installed this year.

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Speed InterviewingCallum Ellis (U6Hd)

The Speed Interviewing evening onThursday 17th October gave boys aninsightful and valuable experience into whatit is like to be interviewed.

Each person was given three separateinterviews. The questions asked weresimilar to those that you would be askedin any formal interview, and althoughthey were difficult to answer at first,students’ skills developed quicklythroughout the evening.

One of the most rewarding parts to theevening was the networking at the end ofthe night. Boys were able to meetacademics in their chosen field of study,and simply talk and discuss mattersrelating to their subject.

The evening was extremely rewarding toall those who took part. Each persondeveloped their own set of unique skillsto answer questions with confidence andvigour. There was useful feedback on ourstrengths and weaknesses given at theend of each interview, and this issomething that will prove to be incrediblyuseful in the near future.

Many thanks should go to theinterviewers who gave up their time.

Arkwright Scholarship Congratulations to Will Butler who hasbeen awarded the Arkwright EngineeringScholarship. Internationally recognised, thisaward is given to those who show potentialin engineering. The award is of financialvalue and also provides any supportrequired from a sponsor within engineering.Will is being sponsored by Aero EngineControls, a division of Rolls Royce and herecently spent a day with them being shownthe design, development and manufacturingprocesses.

Congratulations to MatthewHolroyd, U6H, who was shortlisted forthe England Schools’ Debating team.He spent a day in London at the trialsbut just missed out on a place in thefinal four.

Debating with the Juniors The idea for this joint debating event,in which Senior boys collaboratedwith Juniors to create debating teams,came from Morgan Barnden,President of the IntermediateDebating Society.

Will Butler at the Arkwright Scholarship awardceremony in London, receiving his certificate fromGareth Hedicker, the Director of EngineeringOperations at AEC.

Taylor Trophy:Intermediate DebatingWarwick students Oliver Layzell andMorgan Barnden won the prestigiousTaylor Trophy for Warwick School atBromsgrove on Tuesday 26th November.They convincingly argued that prisonersshould be allowed the right to vote. Thejudges praised Oliver’s tightly structuredargument and Morgan’s engaging style.

Two debates resulted and all the boysenthusiastically argued that, ‘All medicineshould be free’ and ‘Zoos should bebanned’. The Junior boys rose to thechallenge of speaking alongside their moreexperienced colleagues and the Senior boysadvised and encouraged. The younger boyslearned from their articulate and well arguedspeeches.

Ed Evans, Head Boy and Alex Luciano,Prefect, kindly gave up their time, not only tojudge the debates, but also to give individual‘feedback’ to every boy. As successful andexperienced debaters themselves, theiradvice was positive and constructive, giving‘pointers’ for the young boys to consider forfuture speeches.

Many Junior School parents were there tosupport and it was a memorable occasion tosee Junior and Senior pupils united by theirenthusiasm for debating.

Music around the WorldOn Thursday, 10 October the Junior School Choir travelled toGloucester Cathedral to take part in a Choral Workshop withKing’s School Gloucester. The theme for the workshop was‘Music around the World’.

In the morning we had a guided tour around the Cathedralwhich was used as the setting for some of the Harry Potterfilms. After lunch we rehearsed the songs which we would singin the concert at the end of the afternoon. All the songs haddifferent styles and it was lots of fun.

The day ended with the concert and many parents and visitorsto the Cathedral were there to hear us sing. The performancewent very well and I think the audience enjoyed it. We certainlyall enjoyed our day in Gloucester.

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All the Third Years were given the chance to take part in aworkshop with the jazz band LindyPop, when they visitedour school. The day was a great success and everyoneenjoyed it thoroughly. We all had to audition for theopportunity to perform the group rap that we had produced forthe concert at the Bridge House Theatre.

The tough competition, with many contenders, turned into twowinning groups. Everyone who took part with the rappinggroups deserves big congratulations and the winners, well donefor a splendid performance. Everyone who sang, played atrumpet, the drums, violin or played the guitar did a fabulousjob. The workshop beforehand was hard work, but it was also agreat opportunity to be able to improvise and practise theactivity they were going to do later on. Everyone worked hardand listened to all the tips that LindyPop gave them.

On Sunday 17 November the U10s and U11s took part in theNorth and Midlands Regionals of the National Schools RugbyTournament, hosted at Warwick School.

U10 The first match was against Akeley Wood which they drew 3-3, followed by a 3-0 victory over local rivals, The Croft. The finalgroup fixture was against Arnold Lodge where Warwick suffered aloss of 1-0. Their best rugby was played against QEGS in the nextround even though they were defeated with a score of 3-1.

Warwick still managed to come second in their group which securedthem a place in the Epsom Finals. Determination is high and theyare ready to play even better rugby!

U11by William Kendell, 3A

Our first game was against The Croft, whom we beat convincingly.Our second game was against Brontë House which we won, but bythe smallest margin.

Next, the toughest game we would play… Chesham were big andwell organised. In the first half, Chesham were dominated by ourforwards and we scored a try from the back of a ruck. In the secondhalf, they fought back and equalised from a penalty. Try as we might,we could not break through the Chesham defence so the gamefinished a draw.

In our last group game we had to win and score 5 tries to earn abonus point. It looked as though this was not to be - but with a greatteam effort I managed to score to give us that vital bonus point.

To qualify, we still had to win one more match, against Gayhurst. Wescored 2 early tries and won comfortably. We had done it! We aregoing to Epsom in March for the National Finals.

by Alfie Pearce, 3KAll that Jazz!

by Scott Francis 3M

U10 Rugby Squad

National Schools Rugby Tournament

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sA Taste For AdventureOn Friday 6 September, we had our first school trip of the year andvisited ‘Taste For Adventure’ in Hereford.

House Points Reignited!Having recognised shortfalls of the old system, the Junior Schoolhas launched a new system for House Points which has giventhe competition for points a much needed new lease of life.

James Selley and Charlie Mackenzie took partin the Amateur Swimming Club Gala held atNewbold Comyn, Leamington Spa. Both boys feltapprehensive but excited about the event andwere determined to do their best.

Charlie came first in the 25m breaststroke race,beating James by just a fraction of a second,making it a nail biting race! James took firstposition in the 25m freestyle race so both boyswalked away with a gold and a silver medal!

Felix Froud tookpart in a 25 milecycle as part of theMacRide 2013. Theevent was organisedby MacMillan Cancerand nearly 1,300people took partdoing differentdistances.

“I really enjoyeddoing the cyclealthough the hills near the end felt very hard asmy legs were quite tired by then. Some of thecyclists doing the longer cycles were very kindand gave me encouragement to keep me goingup the hills! I felt very proud when we finished andam pleased to say that I have raised nearly £200for charity.”

Now boys are given tokens in thecolour of their House and theydeposit these in the appropriatetreasure chest. The boys caninstantly see how well their House isdoing and this generates bothexcitement and a greater sense ofbelonging to a team.

The House Points are countedevery two weeks and whereas thewinning house used to be asked tostand in assembly and receive around of applause, we now also givethe victors a little prize in recognitionof their success.

As soon as we arrived, I was amazed!There was a totem pole, a high wire, aclimbing wall and much more. I wastold my first activity would be theclimbing wall. When I started climbing,I felt really scared but the more I did it,the more confident I felt. It was goodfun!

After that, I went on the bungeejumping trampoline and this was myfavourite activity! Everyone was doingback flips but I could not do one. Iasked if someone could help me. Theinstructor said, “Jump up and swingyour head and legs backwards.” I triedand tried again and eventually I did it!

Soon after, it was our last activity ofthe day, the obstacle course. We hadto step on planks and move them inorder to get across to the other side.First we balanced on a log, then wehad to balance on a piece of rope andnext we had to climb over a cargo net.Last of all, we crept through a darktunnel which was quite scary!

Finally, we all piled back on the coachand made our way to school.Everyone was tired but happy. I wasproud of myself that day as I rose tothe challenges presented to me and Ihad lots of fun too!

By Guy Schofield, L2N

Congratulations to this year’s prefects.

From Left to right: Luca Benjamin, AnkitSreevathsa, Felix Froud, Louis Bond, HarryChester, Sebastian Coughlin, Harry Watts,Oliver Stone, Rupert Bottomley, Milan Oakland,Daniel Harding and Scott Francis.

Prefects for 2013/14

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Nineteen boys, seven members of staff and one gap studentarrived in fairly wet weather conditions at Nescliffe TrainingCamp in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The weather was deemed badenough for the entire platoon to set up camp inside the bunkerwith the teachers, excluding of course the four enemy troopswho were forced to make their way out and set up bashers inthe damp.

Despite the wet conditions, the exercise got off to a quick start, withblank ammunition being issued to the 2 ICs of the two sections fairlysoon after arrival and all the boys participating in patrols on the firstafternoon. On the first night at the training ground, the boys took partin a night-time ambush on the four enemy troops, who wereeventually spotted on their second patrol of the area.

After a good night’s sleep, interrupted by an almost successful guardduty scheme, the boys began preparations for a series of sectionattacks, heading out in their two separate squads and neutralisingany enemy threat encountered. The tired squads then returned theirweapons, well-cleaned, and began preparations for that night’sescape and evade exercise. During this exercise the boys were splitinto small groups and put into a scenario in which they had to avoidenemy forces seeking to capture them.

This Half Term exercise was a thoroughly enjoyable event for allinvolved.

On Friday 13th September, 114 boysfrom the Lower Fourth set off for aweekend camp at PGL, BoreattonPark, Shropshire. After a two hourcoach journey we arrived, had lunchand got shown to our rooms.

On the first day we managed to do twoactivities in each group; in my group weenjoyed abseiling and high ropes. I wouldhave to say that the scariest activity for mewas the high ropes as I am terrified ofheights and the layout of the course meansyou have to keep moving forwards with noturning back! On the second day there werethree more activities; kayaking, (duringwhich we all got drenched) problem solving,

Half TermCCF Exercise

By Josh Heathcote, L6O

and zip wire. For me the best of theseactivities was the zip wire, being carried at30 miles per hour in mid air.

Overall the trip to PGL was a great successand it definitely accomplished what it set outto do which was to strengthen and increaseeveryone’s friendships. I know that all of usfeel we can trust and rely on each othermuch, much more! Hopefully the friendshipswe have made and reinforced at PGL willlast not only for our school careers but alsobeyond.

Lower FourthPGL Trip

by Giosué Larucci, L4G

U15 Rugby Tour to Northern IrelandAt the end of the Summer Holidays a squad of 38 playersand 4 teachers flew to Northern Ireland. Soon aftertouchdown in Belfast the squad ‘enjoyed’ a training session onthe pitches of their first opponents, Campbell College. Theywere then treated to a guided tour of the city and learned aboutits history.

The next day, after a visit to the Titanic Museum, it was the firstmatch of the tour and the season - Campbell College. Both theU15A and B teams from Warwick emerged the overall victorswith the As winning 62-0 and the Bs winning 29-17.

The penultimate day was spent in Portrush, a lovely seasideresort, when everyone took the opportunity to learn to surf!After a trip to the outstanding Giant’s Causeway, the squadwas ready to take on the final challenge of the tour - ColeraineAcademy. Both games were physically demanding andWarwick’s defence was pushed to the limit at times butemerged the victors with the A team winning 46-13 and the Bswinning 45-12.

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Upper Fifth Scholars’ Trip to CambridgeA group of nine Upper Fifth scholars spent the lastweekend of September in Cambridge in glorioussunshine, staying in the beautiful surroundings ofMadingley Hall, a 16th century stately home nowconverted to conference and educational facilities.

The day in Cambridge included a visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum,tours of St John’s and Magdalene Colleges, and a rather eventfulpunting trip. On Sunday the group visited the small city of Ely withits magnificent cathedral and were given a guided tour up 289steps to the top of its West Tower. The boys enjoyed the variousactivities and gained a useful and, hopefully, inspiring insight intoCambridge life.

During October Half Term a party of49 boys, 17 girls from King’s Highand 8 staff departed for a 4 nightHockey and Rugby tour to Barcelona.

The trip included sightseeing of Barcelona, atrip to the Nou Camp and a day at PortAventura theme park where some of thebraver tourists took on Europe’s tallest rollercoaster.

On the pitch there was also a busy schedulewith two training sessions and three

Edinburgh Rugby TourIn the second week of half-term 46 boysand 4 staff travelled to Edinburgh for theannual Upper Fourth (U13) rugby tour toScotland.

The boys enjoyed a mixture of history,culture and fun such as paintballing, withsome extremely tough rugby matches aswell. Due to our success over the last fewyears, the three Edinburgh schools that weplayed put out their U14s against us so wewere immediately at a size disadvantage.We managed to beat Edinburgh Academybut lost to George Heriot’s and GeorgeWatson’s. However, the experience ofplaying at this level was excellent for theboys’ development and should help usachieve success in the future.

At the top of the West Tower, Ely Cathedral

matches for the Boys and Girls Hockeyteams against some of the top EuropeanClub sides including Egara HC, Juniors HCand Atletic Terrassa.

The Rugby team had two tough fixtures;firstly against Barcelona University, in theshadow of the Olympic stadium and thenSant Cugat.

The trip was a huge success and it wasgreat to see the two schools and sportsmixing and supporting each other on thepitch.

The Walking Society have had two trips this term, bothfairly local. In October, the wettest weekend of the year (itseemed) was chosen for a walk in the Cotwolds, starting atWinchcombe. A series of strange wooden statues, includinga giant frog, enlivened what was a fairly wet but fun day.

Our latest trip was a route on the Warwickshire/Northamptonshireborder, starting in the village of Charwelton. The weather wasdry at least, though overcast. Highlights included the southernentrance to the disused Catesby Tunnel, now blocked off, usedby the old Great Central Railway, a spectacular piece ofengineering in its day; the tiny villages of Upper and LowerCatesby, and the parkland attached to Fawsley Hall, laid out byCapability Brown.

Walking Society Trips

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Congratulations to

Songs of Praise Boys from Warwick School sang atthe Songs of Praise RemembranceService at St Mary’s Church and SixthFormer Alastair Harryman gave areading.

The Service was pre-recorded and thenbroadcast on Sunday 11 November. BBCDirector Garry Boon told ReverendDr Vaughan Roberts that he was stunned bythe beauty of St Mary’s and the wonderfulsinging of the choirs.

Return VisitJames Ellis attended our JuniorSchool and left five years ago to takeup a place at Chethams School ofMusic, Manchester.

James is now 16, and has obtained his DipABRSM with Distinction and is one of thelast 30 pianists in the Young Musician of theYear Competition. He came back to schoolto give a performance in the Pyne Room tostudents, staff and parents.

Jim Fellows has just returnedfrom the prestigious Oundle OrganCourse. He conducted Jesus CollegeChoir and read a lesson on Radio 4.

Two Warwick School students haveput their tracks on iTunes:

Elliot Hobbs (L5G) put hisdubstep track on iTunes whichgenerated several thousand pounds!

James Taylor Watts releasedhis third single on iTunes called‘Mirror Mirror’. He has also beeninterviewed on local radio where histrack has been regularly played.

At the start of term Warwick Schoolwelcomed a delivery of 11 pianos - thelargest delivery Steinway has made in thepast 50 years!

This included three Steinway grand pianos,one Boston grand, and seven Essex upright

pianos, all of which have either beenleased or purchased by the school.

This order makes us part of the SteinwayInitiative, and the first stage of becomingan All Steinway School. These beautifullycrafted pianos, which will last a life-time,give our boys a fantastic opportunity toplay world class instruments.

Photo courtesy of the Warwick Courier.

James Ellis with his three former piano teachersincluding Mrs O’Grady and Mrs Williams whotaught him at the Junior School.

Special Delivery

Boys’ Singing Group, Technical Hitch

The boys’ singing group TechnicalHitch (comprising Joe Hill, SamBluteau-Tait, Angus Firth, TobiasRogers-Mills, James Fellows andWill Taylor, along with their singingteacher and ensemble director MrsMorley) were asked to sing at thelocal branch of the Women’sInstitute in Long Itchington.

They were invited along for supper andthe evening began in WI traditional stylewith everyone singing Jerusalem, towhich the ladies were delighted to have apiano accompaniment provided by JamesFellows. Supper followed and the boysate heartily, joining in the quiz of theevening - how many words can you makeout of “Technical Hitch”?

The boys sang a varied programme ofsongs ranging from Henry VIII’s Pastymewith Gud Companye to Louis Armstrong’sWhat a Wonderful World and wereextremely well received.

Quite the talk of the village for a few daysfollowing, Technical Hitch clearly causeda stir with their “performance of suchpolish”, and diplomatically gained secondplace in the word search!

Technical Hitch

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On Sunday 17th November, the Music School took sixbands to the National Concert Band Festival Regionalsin Northampton. All the boys (and girls) playedwonderfully well and should be proud of themselves.

The outstanding results are a testament to work put in by allinvolved:

Foundation Wind Orchestra - Platinum; Jazz Lab - Platinum;Little Big Band - Platinum; Big Band - Gold; Concert Band -Silver; Lower School Wind Band - Silver.

These astonishing results mean that the three platinum-winningbands are automatically invited to the Finals on 12 April at theBirmingham Conservatoire. Good luck to all!

Alexander Russell, Cameron Podmore and Daniel Buxton celebrate withjazz adjudicators Dr Ian Darrington MBE (left) and Pete Churchill (right).

Next stop... National Finals

Three art students from Warwick School had their workselected for the national Independent Schools ArtExhibition at Sidcot School, Somerset.

Congratulations to students Eugenio Cappuccio and AlistairJohnston-Wilder (now OWs) and current AS student JamesWilkinson.

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Eugenio Cappuccio’s(second from right), large painted head A2 2013.

The Big Draw Once again Warwick School took part in theNational Big Draw event. Warwick Schoolstudents from all year groups were involved.

The success of the Daily Mail Cup U15 win atTwickenham earlier this year was great motivationfor the pupils to tackle this challenge, completing161 canvasses of various sizes in one day.

Each pupil took a component of the whole anddid it in their own style and technique. Some drewin pencil or charcoal, others in felt-tip pens.Several painted in watercolour and acrylic andsome mixed media. Eventually as the dayprogressed the jigsaw started to come togetherand excitement mounted as the final pieces werecompleted.

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Shakespeare’s School Festival Warwick School Drama Department was delighted to bepart of this celebration of Shakespeare taking place allover the country, with performances being given by over1000 schools in 127 theatres.

Performers from Round Oak School (King Lear) and The WarrinerSchool (The Taming of the Shrew), along with Warwick School(Henry V) came together for this special night of drama. Jack Firth'spowerful Henry led the Warwick School ensemble, who performedwith confidence and energy as a group of England soccer fans 'ontour' in Europe reliving previous English conquests to fuel theirpatriotism. This classic text was given a comic lease of life by beingpunctuated by chants such as 'We love you 'Enry, we do…we loveyou 'Enry we do! And 'Que Sera sera… whatever will be will be,we're going to Picardy, Que sera sera!'. The unforgettable image of

Warwick School’s eagerly anticipatedproduction of Hamlet, Shakespeare’s mostfamous play and one of the greatesttragedies ever written, took place in theBridge House Theatre.

This modern interpretation was inspired bythe lives of members of the British royalfamily throughout the twentieth century andmuch of the action was set on a fictionalRoyal yacht ‘Elsinore’. Despite beingShakespeare’s longest play, thisperformance was easy to understand for allages. With an imposing and powerful designby Judy Reaves, Warwick School’s set andcostume designer, this production was full ofbetrayal, murder and revenge.

The portrayals of the main characters,especially by Ralph Davis (Hamlet), PeterBorsada (Claudius) and Emma Blacklay-Piech (Gertrude) were performed with deepfelt emotion and passion. There were manyother amazing performances in thisunforgettable production including Polonius(Jack Foden) with his witty and sillyramblings of wisdom and indeed theobedient and passive Ophelia (Tori Lamb)who, so wrapped up in passion, takes herown life.

Hamlet provided an exciting opportunity forWarwick School’s most gifted andexperienced senior actors to take on hugelychallenging roles and in the case of Hamletover 1800 lines to learn! HAMLET

the battle of Agincourt being fought with French baguettes will remainwith us all as a powerful memory of a night when Shakespeare'sstories were celebrated by a dynamic and absurd creative ensemble.

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Ameet Gill OW On 21 November thePolitics Society wasdelighted to welcomeAmeet Gill OW back toWarwick School. Ameetleft in 2000 and, havingstudied Modern History atJesus College under NiallFerguson, became DavidCameron's chief speechwriter while he was still inopposition. Joining MrCameron at No.10, Ameethas been promoted toDirector of Strategic Communicationsmaking him the key figure in connectingthe government with the media. To apacked meeting of the Society, Ameet

Business Lunch The Business Lunches continue on a weekly basis and are well attended byboys from the Upper Fifth upwards. There is a wide range of topics andcareers covered at these events.

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Michael Billington The Literary and Drama Society weredelighted to welcome MichaelBillington back to the school as one ofour most distinguished OWs. AsBritain’s longest serving theatre critic anda pre-eminent writer on Britain’s leadingplaywrights, he is a well-known figure for

Nick Molesworth (OW) fromJaguar Land Roverdelivered an excellentBusiness Lunch on Careersand Opportunities at JLR.

One of his main messagesto the boys was “don’t beafraid to use your contactsto gain experience”. A fewof the boys were luckyenough to have their photostaken with a Jaguar F-TYPEV8 S.

WorkExperienceAt the end of each Summer termall the Upper Fifth boys spend aweek on work experience.

The placements they undertake varyhugely and this summer included a weekon a Camel Farm by Henry Harrison(pictured above) who wanted to find outhow a small business works and is nowtaking part in Young Enterprise in theSixth Form.

Angus Firth who completed his workexperience at Rolls Royce wrote: “Onegreat thing about my week was that Imoved around different parts of thecompany. I got to see work at both amanagerial level, and also the moretechnical engineering side, which showedme some different types of career pathsin the profession.

Working in a company feels very differentto school. At Rolls Royce I was joining aproject which had literally been years inthe making and you are all just a smallpart of one big goal. One of the bestthings I found was being able to talk tosome of the employees during lunch andbreaks. Rolls Royce take on a lot ofgraduates and apprentices, so talking tothem was really helpful to find out abouthow they ended up in the company andwhat type of training they had been givenas well as other useful questions such ashow much they travelled in their job andwhether you could get sponsoredthrough university”

We are always very grateful to parentswho can offer work experience to ourstudents.

casual readers, actors and academics.Naturally he drew a large crowd and theHalse Pavilion made a spectacularbackdrop for the first meeting of the term.Mr Billington spoke about the future ofBritish Theatre and the role of the critic andwas asked many searching questions bythe audience.

provided a remarkable insight into thepersonalities at the heart of government,together with a shrewd insight into howpoliticians seek to influence their portrayalin the media.

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We held a non-uniformday and cake sale for thisterm’s chosen charityRNCF (Royal NationalChildren’s Foundation),which raised £2,474.74.

Warwick SchoolStudent selected for2015 JapanJamboreeCongratulations to MorganBarnden who has been chosento be among the British scoutcontingent who will be travellingto the Far East in 2015.

Morgan won his place at a rigorousselection event of team activities andcreativity tests held at County ScoutHeadquarters at Youlbury Scoutcampsite in Boars Hill, Oxford. He isnow seeking to raise £3,000 as part ofthe Jamboree process. Morgan is verymuch looking forward to meetingpeople from different parts of the worldwho will be amongst the 30,000 scoutswho are expected to attend the event.They will travel to Tokyo for four days’sightseeing before heading to Kirara-hama, in Yamaguchi City, where thepurpose-built Jamboree site is located.

The Big Breakfast This year we once again held our Big Breakfast on themorning of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Students, staffand parents joined us for a bacon butty, croissants and coffee anda fantastic £3,482 was raised for Macmillan Nursing.

Angus, Jack andTom Firth in Nepalwith theirWarwickian.

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Travels... thought to have started in 1912, theTown Crier visited the school this term.

The whole school assembled to hear hisnews, delivered in the historical style.

Warwick Town Crier, Graham Sutherland,then toured the school to collect money forthe Mayor’s Charity.

Carrying on a Tradition...

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Seven OWs went to St James’s Palace to receive their D of E Gold Awards, completedwhilst still at school. They were presented by the editor of Wanderlust Travel Magazinein the presence of Prince Philip. It was a real achievement to have so many of ourDuke of Edinburgh award winners at the same ceremony!

On Friday 4th October, a team of nine boys set off to Swynerton training area tocompete in a military skills competition. Our team, of CSM Harryman, ColourSergeants Andrews and Ellis, Corporals Blackman, Brookes and Bluteau-Tait withLance Corporals Perry and Greaves, arrived at the training area ahead of the otherunits. The team soon had their bashers up and were settling in for the night, as otherteams arrived and set up in the dark.

by Alastair Harryman

Military Skills Competition

The next morning started with a commandtask which was a challenge for all. The teamcompleted a lightning fast section attack onthe next stand, followed by some excellentshooting by all the team. These stands werefollowed by military knowledge and first aid,in which we did not fair so well. Howeverthings picked up in the patrol andobservation stand. We moved on to thesecond command task with high morale,which included navigation of the well knownspider’s web (pictured above).In the night navigation exercise, our team

was the only CCF to reach everycheckpoint. After a challenging shoot wesettled down for the night. The next morningwe completed a strenuous 3 mile uphillmarch.

Although we did not win the competition wecame second in both CCF branches, thirdoverall in the March and Shoot and fifthoverall in the military skills competition. Thisis one of the best results we have had in thecompetition in many years. Congratulationsmust go to the team for the incredible resultswhich we achieved.

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Ceremony

Annual Lower FourthTug of War

Remembrance DayParade

The Lower Fourth forms allcompeted in an inter-house Tug ofWar competition at the start of term.

Warwick School CCF took part in thetown’s Remembrance Parade andSenior Prefect, Ben Lavelle,performed the last post.

In the evening a Remembrance Servicetook place in the School Chapel.

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The Warwick School Golf Team finished in 6th place out of25 in the Nett competition and 8th in the Gross competitionat the Independent Schools Golf Association Cup, held atthe Shire Golf Club, London.

Third Place for WarwickSchool in the President's CupOur U13 team achieved third place in the North andMidlands Schools Championship held at Bolton School.From seven matches the team only lost to hosts Bolton inthe semi-final and drew with Midlands rivals KESBirmingham. The semi final vs Bolton was an intenseoccasion which was narrowly lost by 4 goals to 5.

Captain Jack Bromwich (7), Joe Jones (6) and Ollie Tubbs (8)were the team’s top scorers. It was a splendid team effort andlearning experience for the squad who will play against the best ofthe South and East next term.

National Finals Warwick School was the most successfulMidlands team at the Crystal Palace National Finals.

The U16 Medley team set a new school record for the 200m MedleyRelay. Finn Linton, Harry Manship, Thomas Leung and RossPearman beat their qualification time by 2 seconds. They qualifiedfor the Event Final and took an excellent 7th place.

The U14 freestyle team were unexpected qualifiers and three newpersonal best times resulted in the team jumping up five places fromtheir qualification place to 11th nationally. They were led off bycaptain Kieran Curran, who lifted the team with an outstanding firstleg, handing over to Luke Williams, Calum Tam and ReubenTrotter, who all swam exceptionally well.

Warwick 50’s Both the U12 and U13 teams won their agegroup and came out overall boys’ winners, as teams entered fromacross the Midlands at the 2013 Warwick 50's event.

The U12A team came home fastest in the last event, the FreestyleRelay, to seal the overall win by just 3 points from Solihull Schooland Nottingham High School. Max Holton won the 100 IndividualMedley in a new personal best time. Five swimmers from the JuniorSchool made up the U12B team to introduce them to a higher levelof performance. They swam really well and finished ahead of severalof the U12 teams competing.

The U13 A team, again with one individual win, Reuben Trotter inthe 50m backstroke, packed the top places in every race andfinished with a flourish by winning both relays.

Both Warwick School teams are now through to the nextround of the NatWest Schools Cup.

In round 5 the U15 team faced Bromsgrove School away andsecured a 36-11 victory.

The U18 squad faced a tough side from Solihull School. In awonderful spectacle of school sport, Warwick heroically came backfrom 31-12 down with 15 minutes to play, before scoring three triesfrom deep in their own territory to secure a 31 all draw. On the rulingthat the team with the most tries goes through in the case of a draw,Warwick now have a place in Round 6 of the competition.

Last year the U18 team lost in the semi-final of the competition,whilst the U15s took the national title at the Twickenham Final.

Rugby News

Harry Bassett - Warwick School U18 vs Solihull School U18.

Swimming News

Left to right: Laurence Johnson, George Gill, Mr Tedstone and Cameron Koolhoven.

Individually,LaurenceJohnson finished5th out of nearly100 boys in theNett competitionand George Gillfinished 7th in theGrosscompetition.

The Warwick School Golf Team

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Both the Year 8 and Year 10 Tennisteams competed in the Midlandsfinals stages of the Aegon NationalCup.

Both teams started well with the Year 10team beating Alun School from North Wales

Rob Loveridge and his sister,Emma, a pupil at King’s High School,who have had a great season’s sailingand as a result has been re-selected forthe GBR National Squad. Highlights oftheir successes include:

Second in the 29er 2013 Grand Prixseries that runs throughout the year. Second in National InlandChampionships November 2013.Eighth in the recent Eurocup eventthat was held in Lake Garda, Italy, inthe half term.

The new Lower Fourths haveshown a great interest inhockey with many boys trainingand playing, resulting in anU12A, B and C team.

After a fantastic season last year theU13 team has got off to a great startand is unbeaten this season.

The U16s are County IndoorChampions after winning the CountyTournament, held at Warwick School,but failed to progress beyond theMidlands Regional Finals.

The first XI beat Princethorpe School2-1 in the first round of the National Cup andare now waiting to hear who they face in thenext round.

Congratulations to Adam Merrell andHarbhavan Thiara who were both selected

Congratulations to

George Simms and his horse,Leave It To You (stable name Bart), whoqualified for the Royal InternationalHorse Show at Hickstead in July, aswell as The Horse of the Year Show atthe NEC, Birmingham. The Horse of theYear Show is the highlight of the ridingcalendar and this is the fifth consecutiveyear he has qualified for a hotlycontested place in his class.

for England Hockey U17 high performanceassessment camp held at Lilleshall NationalSports Centre over October Half Term andhave now been invited to take part in anU17 Development Squad.

Hockey Round-Up

to move into the final. In the Year 10 finalRepton School defeated Warwick 4 sets to2. Cameron Maguire was the standoutperformer winning his singles 6 sets to 0and also winning his Doubles with SamReay-Smith.

The Year 8 team completed a clean sweepof wins against Bridgenorth School,Shropshire. In the Year 8 final, Warwick lostto an extremely strong Lancaster School,who have 3 out of 4 players of NationalStandard, and our players can be veryproud of their performances.

For both teams to finish second in theMidlands, and therefore in the top 8 schoolsout of over 1000, is an excellentachievement in itself.

Congratulations to: Year 10 Team - SamReay-Smith, Cameron Maguire, AlexDomingo and Joe Hill (All Upper Fifth).

Year 8 Team - Robert Yates (L5th), GeorgeHolding (U4), Finlay Smith (L4) and PeterColbourne (L4).

Tennis Midlands Finals

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At the Cocks Moors Woods ÉpéeChampionship, Douglas Boyle took theGold Medal in the U13 group and at U15level we claimed four out of the top tenplaces with Alessandro Giovannonetaking Gold, Jake Reynolds Bronze, DanPerry coming 6th and Will Bray 10th.

Douglas Boyle takingGold at the Cocks MoorChampionships.

Fencing SuccessThe Warwick School Fencers had great success at two recent competitions.

Five of our Senior Boys then went on to theSenior Competition where Jake came 6thout of 58 competitors.

This was then followed by the PackwoodLeon Paul Épée 2013 where DouglasBoyle and Joseph Banks won the GoldMedal in U13 and U18 competition respectively.

At U15 level WarwickSchool againdominated the groupwith Alessandrowinning Silver, Jakethe Bronze and Danfinishing 8th.

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Warwick Schoolwill celebrateits 1100thanniversaryin 2014, witha full calendarof special eventsand activities for boys, OldWarwickians and the wholeschool community.

Virtual Museum January will see our on-line museum go live - Warwick School in 110 Objects. Overthe past few months we have invited suggestions of objects, artifacts or mementosto be included in the museum that reflect something of the life of Warwick School.

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Book LaunchSports Pavilion Tuesday 25 February at 7.30pmJoin us to hear a brief history ofthe school followed by drinks andcanapes.

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Gala Concert Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre Friday 14 March at 7.30pmFeaturing many of ourinstrumental and choral groups,this concert promises to be afantastic evening’sentertainment.

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CommemorationFestival Saturday 5 July 12.00pm - 8.00pmA huge site-wide celebration ofthe school’s 1100 years toinclude a performance area, craftand food stalls, activities andentertainment for all.

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Anniversary ChapelServiceSunday 12 October at 10.00am Chapel Service to mark the 1100year history of the school.

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David WalshSir Ben Kingsley LectureBridge House TheatreTuesday 1 April at 7.30pm Sir Ben Kingsley Lecture andCommemoration of the Great War.David Walsh will be talking abouthis book "Public Schools and theGreat War".

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Dates for Diary

There has been a school in Warwick since the time of King Edward theConfessor (reigned 1042-1066) and probably for a century earlier, most likely inthe grounds of Warwick Castle. The earliest appearance of the town of Warwickis in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle under the Year 914 and this, for a long time, hasbeen taken as the date of the foundation of Warwick School.

1100 Years in a Nutshell!

Front of School - 1920 Chapel Choir - 1903

We have had many suggestions and eachweek a different object will feature on thewebsite until the museum of 110 objects iscomplete. Items suggested include:

✥ The Blue Book - very first Blue Book of 1934.

✥ Boarders' letters home 1950s.

✥ Old School Bell.

✥ Printed copy of score of Latin schoolsong, composed for 1906 Pageant.

2014 Winter Ball Warwick School Sports CentreSaturday 6 DecemberSee the year out with a bang atour Anniversary Winter Ball.

1477 ✥ Lessons were held in the old church of St John the Baptist in the MarketPlace.

1545 ✥ King Henry VIII re-founded the school as "The King's New Scole ofWarwyke" and the school moved to what is now the Lord LeycesterHospital.

1697 ✥ The school moved to the disused mediaeval buildings of the Vicars Choralin St Mary's churchyard.

1879 ✥ Move to the open fields Myton site.

1906 ✥ Merger with King’s Middle School.

1910 ✥ Electric lighting installed and Engineering Shop built (still used as DTDepartment today).

1946 ✥ The governors were forced to declare that Warwick School would have tobecome independent.

1958 ✥ Queen Mother visited the school in 1958.

1969 ✥ Guy Nelson Hall was completed at a total cost of £95,000.

1977 ✥ Corporal punishment was totally abolished in the school, as was Saturdaymorning school.

1992 ✥ New sports centre and indoor swimming pool opened after filling in of theold outdoor pool.

2000 ✥ A brand new theatre was built on the site of, and named after, the BridgeHouse.

2007 ✥ Warwick School first XV won the rugby Daily Mail Cup for first time in theSchool’s history.

2013 ✥ Halse Sports Pavilion opened by Lord Sebastian Coe.