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The
LANCING COLLEGE MAGAZINE
Founder’s Day
Enrichment and
Extension Programme
A High Point ...
Further progress update as
the Chapel Porch Project
approaches its conclusion
In this Issue SUMMER 2021
10 14 56
4 College News 30 Art News 51 Campaign hits £3m Target
6 Letters from Lockdown 32 Scouting Adventures 52 The Evelyn Waugh Lecture
8 A Fond Farewell 34 A Week in the Life 54 A Decade since Lancing
9 Light Up Green 36 Qui diligit Deum 56 Chapel Completion Update
10 Founder’s Day 38 Sports News 58 The OL Club Review
14 Academic Enrichment 42 Lancing Prep Hove 60 News from OLs
20 Subject Focus: Drama 44 Lancing Prep Worthing 62 OL Sports Roundup
22 Leaving Lancing Programme 46 Little Lancing 66 In Memoriam
23 Overseas Applications 48 Foundation Office & Society 69 Leavers’ Dinner
24 Music News 49 The Shearwood Pavilion Forthcoming Events
28 Drama News 50 Foundation Council Update
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Welcome ...
Over these last weeks, I have been drumming out an upbeat refrain:
I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be
a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be.
It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.
As far as Lancing is concerned, Peter Opportunities have been wrested from preparing for the year to come. The
Ustinov is absolutely in the right of it. restrictions: there was the seamless Advent Term will be something to relish.
move to online learning; new ways Brightness, light, and yes, optimism
It would be wrong not to recognise of enjoying plays and concerts; the unrepentant and militant will continue
all the difficulties, the sadnesses – delightful energy of Founder’s Day – to be at the heart of all we do here
including of opportunities lost – and the something distilled in that cover image at Lancing.
strange agonies of uncertainty which of an exuberant Manor House on their I look forward to enjoying your
have faced us over these last 12 months way to give battle on the sports field. company in the year to come. In the
and more. We had a joining Third Form This has been a year where we have meantime, please enjoy the chance
who had not been able to conclude learned that a scholarly community to savour a taste of College life in this
Year 8 at their previous school. The new which has a shared technology can term’s design-refreshed edition of
Lower Sixth had not been put through work together wherever they may The Quad. I hope that you have an
the public exam paces of GCSE before be. We have also learned that the excellent summer.
moving into the rigours of Sixth Form social dynamic of teaching, the true,
learning. This has been a time when uninterrupted give and take of question
assessment for public exams has been and answer, the fizz and crackle of
once again made strange and stressful discovery and discussion are best
in unfamiliar ways. Getting to school and achieved in person, where we can mix
back home for international pupils has freely and work in physical proximity to
been a high-stakes game of incredible one another on our wonderful site. A
complexity and it has been a time where Lancing education cannot be halted by
balancing safety and opportunity has a pandemic but it is at its very best here,
been a tightrope walk, both individually where we can all be together.
and institutionally. In sum: this is a year to be incredibly
proud of our individual and collective
And yet it has also been a year of efforts and – even amidst a few
wonders. We have seen ingenuity, farewell tears from the leavers –
resilience, purposefulness. People of the brightness and warmth of the DOMINIC OLIVER
have worked alongside each other in prevailing mood. Head Master
bedrooms in Horsham or Hong Kong, in No doubt there will be challenges
Midhurst or Myanmar, and assessments next year but we will be eager to face
have been completed in quarantine them and to do so together once more;
hotels as well as in classrooms. the team here at the College is already
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 3
COLLEGE NEWS
College News
Pupil headliners and latest news
from round the campus and beyond ...
STEM SUCCESS SHORT STORIES
Ten teams of Fifth Form chemists took This year’s Short Story Competition
part in the Royal Society of Chemistry centred around the concept of ‘Inside’.
Schools’ Analyst Competition (right). Entries submitted by members of
The task requires the students to the Senior School and Sixth Form
research and perform chemical tests. considered constraints (both internal
The scenario was to analyse and and external), and a range of dense
identify the contents of three mysterious and often suffocating interiorities. The
barrels of chemicals that had been judges decided to award first place to
found by a river. This was a very tight Miles McNamara for his highly controlled
competition and the RSC was impressed exploration of an alienated self, haunted
with the ‘overall quality of the entries’. by its shadowy double; and second
Congratulations to all the teams who place to Mridul Shrestha, who impressed
took part but in particular to the winners: the judges with his ambition of a tortured
James Chester, Henry Shephard and soul trapped in a purgatorial loop.
Nima Zanjani (first place); Konstantin Commendations are given to Rosanna
Kluba and Max Weber (second place); May in the Third Form for her exploration
and Kiran Patel and Joe Fry (third place). of the murky English landscape, and to SHOOTING STAR
Conrad Padgett in the Lower Sixth for a
We had some terrific results in decadent, sense-rich monologue, whose Congratulations to Upper Sixth Former
the most recent Maths Intermediate arresting voice hints of Jean Rhys and Thomas Craig-Fleming who, despite the
Olympiad. Sammy Zhang and Kristy Anna Kavan. many COVID restrictions, was selected
Wong both were awarded a Distinction Congratulations to all writers who to represent England ‘A’ in the British
– the ‘Everest of Intermediate Maths’, as submitted their work: ideas, themes, Schools Small-bore Rifle Association
Mr Brooks put it! Well done to both. snatches of dialogue, and stray lines National. England won the match
show the rich seam of imaginative with Thomas shooting an impressive
The Lower Sixth biologists took part promise across the years. We look 196/200, leaving him 2nd highest score
in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad, forward to your submissions next year. in the competition. Thomas’s motivation
which this year involved over 8,000 is unquestionable and his commitment
students from 450 schools across the DR CHRISTY EDWALL to the sport has flourished over the
UK. Well done to all those who achieved Teacher of English years. No doubt he will be knocking on
an award and a special mention to those the doors of the GB rifle teams, both
who achieved a medal: Silver medallists small- and full-bore in the future.
Natalie Cheung, Ollie Faragher, Ben
Millward-Sadler and Paris Yim; and
Bronze medallists Thomas Bethell, Jina
Choi, Oliver Field, Angus Kwan and
Tallulah Redman.
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Congratulations to Third Former Matilde Ghirardi, who recently entered
the competition Green Spaces – A Celebration in Song with a poem
about her experiences during the COVID pandemic. The competition,
open to ages 11 to 18, aimed at commissioning song-cycles to be
performed live and to ‘see poetry about London Parks set to music’.
Matilde’s The Postcard was one of the three winning poems that will
be set to music by composer Amelia Clarkson for a song cycle premiere
hopefully in Spring 2022.
The Postcard
Some people can be blind, to the world we have left behind.
If I could steal a landscape, before our world gets reshaped.
Then maybe I wouldn’t be so lonely at home
Run with me in the park, before our world gets dark.
Let’s hope for a light, at the end of this fight.
Then maybe I wouldn’t be so lonely at home
The flowers are thriving and the sky is blue,
It’s only a shame we can’t see the view.
Soon we will be free, and our beautiful world we shall see!
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 5
COLLEGE NEWS
Letters from Lockdown
Like all the best ideas, the initiative Letters from Lockdown arose from a
face-to-face conversation, that basic mode of human interaction
that so many people have been denied over the last year.
‘Dom,’ said Hilary (aka Mrs Dugdale), Fourth Form to write letters; moreover, did, and the result is a treasure trove
‘I’ve just had an idea. It’s probably we’d devote a couple of weeks of of personal and social history which
bonkers but may I run it by you?’ Fourth Form lessons to learning about delighted, captivated and astounded the
Well, I’ve been at Lancing long the experience of evacuees, reading class of 2021.
enough to know that Hilary’s ideas literary classics which deal with life as an The pupils, of course, got to keep the
are rarely bonkers and always worth evacuee, delving into the school archive originals, but copies were taken of all
listening to. And this one turned out for photos and written accounts relating the letters, both pupils’ and OLs’, and
to be a corker. In brief, she suggested to Lancing’s own evacuation to the Teme these have been placed in the Lancing
that we get some Lancing pupils to valley, and reviving the almost forgotten College Archive.
write letters to our octogenarian and art of letter writing. It seemed important
nonagenarian OLs, describing their that the letters be handwritten, as this
own experience of lockdown in 2021. gave them that human touch which
We chose that particular tranche of the is missing from so much of the digital
OL community partly because we were world. Creamy Basildon Bond notepaper
sure many of them, who might well have was ordered in heroic quantities and the
had significantly reduced contact with Fourth Form rose to the challenge set
the outside world in the last 12 months, with equally heroic enthusiasm.
would welcome a letter from a current Over 100 epistles went out to the
Lancing pupil. But also because, just as 50 or so OLs who’d indicated they
Lancing’s current crop of pupils have would welcome a letter, and scores of
experienced the difficulties of lockdown beautifully written responses, full of
and remote learning, that generation of fascinating details of life in the 1940s,
OLs had lived through the dislocating winged their way back to the pupils.
ordeals of war and evacuation. This was a largely unexpected bonus:
As we discussed Hilary’s cunning plan, our OLs were under no obligation to DOM HARMAN
further refinements were made. It was respond – we’d only asked them if we Head of English
decided that we’d get the whole of the could write to them – but respond they
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I was excited to start writing my letter to my OL as I was
eager to learn more about Lancing during the war but
also to compare differences between the generations and At the beginning of 2021, the Fourth Form thoughtfully and
experiences during the COVID lockdowns. I was beyond carefully handwrote letters to OLs who attended the College
excited when Mr Harris replied with a wonderful letter telling in the years around WWII. We focused on asking about the
me all about the places he’s visited and the many opportunities parallels between the wartime experience through which they
he has enjoyed in his life, for example living on a fruit farm near lived, and the far more recent experiences of the pandemic
Cape Town, or training teachers in a string of villages along that we are all living through at the moment. I wrote to my OL
the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan as part of the VSO. He about my short time at Lancing so far and my plans to become
explained how he was at Lancing until 1954 when he joined an academic in the future. Also, I asked about the role of the
the army at 17, and that the Boarding House Teme was named Chapel in his Lancing days, and about how he is faring in these
after the area where Lancing was evacuated to Shropshire challenging times. I received a wonderfully detailed reply,
during the war. which painted picture of the customs of his days at Lancing –
I have found exchanging letters to be very beneficial. I was some of them very similar to those of today. He also told me
overwhelmed with the response, and I am very thankful to about his technological triumphs in operating an iPhone, iPad
have been given this opportunity. and iMac, which I thought were very impressive.
EVA BAKER HANNAH CLEALLSMITH
Fourth Form Fourth Form
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 7
COLLEGE NEWS
A Fond Farewell
shared with colleagues across lockdown
have charted the emotions of the past
year. Graham forged and grew the
College’s links with our partner school in
Oviedo and has shared his knowledge
and insight into the history, traditions,
gastronomy and language of Spain with
colleagues and pupils alike. A long-time
tutor in Second’s House, Snr D is owed
a debt of gratitude by Lancing pupils
across three decades. His is a well-
deserved retirement and hope it will be
a long and a happy one.
Sue Lawrence (above) joined the Isabelle Tarbet also leaves the Edward Grimble (above) joined in
College in 2012 as a teacher of DT Languages Department to retire after 2019 and brought energy, intellectual
and (marriage to Sam in 2014 and six distinguished years as a French spark and absolute commitment to the
two daughters later) was appointed Assistante, where her warmth and English Department. In his championing
Housemistress of Saints’ House – the dedication have encouraged the weaker of independent writing and close
first co-educational Day House at to confidence and to conversation, and reading and his challenge of all his
Lancing and the first new House to be has extended and challenged the most pupils, he has had a profound impact. A
established in 40 years at the College able linguists. new verb has entered the parlance: to
– in 2018. Her design flair has been be ‘Grimbled’ means to be put through
put to brilliant effect in the creation Serena Shah (below) came to Lancing one’s academic paces with rigour and
of a particular and harmonious sense in September 2019 straight from at speed. Gibbs’ House will also mourn
of community and House ethos. Her Cambridge where she had graduated his departure as a Tutor. Godolphin
attention to detail (from the physical in Music and held a choral scholarship and Latymer School is very fortunate to
detail of the layout of pupils’ rooms at Jesus College. Serena has been a gain someone of his calibre, intellectual
and workspaces to the design of the wonderful colleague, superb teacher conviction and care for all those he
House itself, to the emotional detail of and contributed so much to the musical teaches – and the relative brevity of
how to bring and bind a new community life of the College. An outstanding his time at Lancing is balanced by the
together) has been matched by a wider singer, violinist and pianist, her support strong impress of his influence.
vision for the House. Rigorous and kind, of and participation in choral and
administratively precise and imaginative, instrumental music here have been Our cohort of undergraduate
she has established new ‘traditions’ in second to none. Serena is now about to assistants each year play a tutorial and
Saints’: the creation of House families, a embark on an exciting chapter in her life pastoral role in Houses, coach sport,
weekly break-time brunch, a sleepover as she moves to take up an appointment assist in the programme of weekend
– these have made this community feel at Harrow International School, Hong activities, help at Lancing Prep Hove
distinctive. Kong. Serena will be greatly missed but and Worthing and are often the glue
Sue and family leave us for a will take our warmest good wishes with that binds together the co-curricular
tremendous adventure as she and Sam her in her new ventures. programme. We say farewell this year
become House Parents for a school for to a particularly strong group. Amelia
elite skiers in the French Alps. Davies, Lydia Hughes, Lucas Johnston
and Natalie Taylor have assisted
Graham Davies joined the Spanish from the Equestrian Centre to activity
Department in 1997 as Head of Spanish camps, have stepped in to help manage
– a position he held for many years. In quarantine provision, have become
this capacity he inspired generations masters at administering Lateral Flow
of Lancing pupils, and those that he Tests (the core of our team) and have
sent on to illustrious universities across been unfailingly cheerful, flexible and
the world have retained links and generous with their time and talents.
returned to visit. He has quietly and Amelia, Lucas and Natalie return to
modestly made a significant impact on university for their final year’s study
those he has taught. A distinguished and Lydia goes on to work and travel
crossword clue creator, a jazz pianist internationally.
and a composer, Graham’s abilities
and passions have extended beyond
the classroom and a thread of tunes
8 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021
On the evening of 24 June, more than 100
well-known buildings and landmarks all over
the country were lit up in green in support of
national healthcare and first aid charity,
St John Ambulance.
24 June is St John’s Day, a focal point of
the charity’s annual calendar of activity, when
the team of volunteers and staff reflect on
the past 12 months and plan for future work
in communities around the country. Due to
COVID-19, St John Ambulance has had to mark
St John’s Day in different ways from usual, and
the ‘Light it Green’ initiative is one way that the
country was asked to take part on the day. At
the same time, the work of the charity and its
volunteers is also being highlighted through a
new campaign, ‘Ask Me’, which focuses
on many stories that tell of the lives saved
and positively changed by first aid and
St John Ambulance.
Lancing College was delighted to be able
to support the charity as it continues to work
on the NHS vaccination programme, respond
to the pandemic, and starts returning to event
duties and providing first aid training.
For those who wish to support the charity
through fundraising, please visit the website
www.sja.org.uk/green
Lancing Chapel
Lights Up Green
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 9
FOUNDER’S DAY
Founder’s Day 2021
It was fantastic to see the school back
together as one this year, after the long months
of lockdown and restrictions.
FROM A SPORT-LOVING SIXTH FORMER As a student, it was incredible to
see the whole school out together in
This year’s Founder’s Day was the glorious sunshine, especially as
approached in a very different way. At it has been so long since something
first the inability to welcome parents so special took place. Even if parents
and OLs to the College for the day’s and OLs were missed this year, I was
celebrations was perceived as an very pleased with how the day was
overwhelming challenge. However, with structured and it was great to see the
the popular grass tennis tournament and school coming together again this year.
cricket matches going on throughout I am sure all the other students would
the day, the school took a new initiative agree that the sports day event will be a
by introducing their first ever full school great addition to future Founder’s Days
inter-House sports day event. There was – hopefully with the inclusion of parents
also an amazing line up of live music, and other guests too!
refreshing ice creams, delicious food
and fantastic weather, coupled with
the great atmosphere created by the
students and staff on the immaculate
pitches and around the College.
The competitive nature of this
fantastic Inter-House event meant we
witnessed a wonderful field of colours
from all the Houses, from the vibrant
yellow of Manor to the sea of green from
Teme, while Second’s House waved a
huge flag emblazoned with their logo. All
the different year groups battled it out to
take home their winning gold, silver, or
bronze medals, celebrating their glory Lancing Reporter
in front of the gathered crowds at the WILLIAM CROWTHER
finish line. Lower Sixth
Photo (left) by
Lancing Reporter
Evlin Mayne
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FOUNDER’S DAY
FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE the organ to play Walton’s triumphant experience of a ‘real-life’ Founder’s
Spitfire Prelude. Day at Lancing. I was a member of the
Music for Founder’s Day took on a We continued to ring the changes in Concert Band lite, a condensed version
different flavour this year due to the the afternoon with the musical moment of the Concert Band with a suitable
change in venues for the key events. taking place from the Cricket Pavilion’s number of instrumentalists to fit on
The Prize-giving ceremony in Chapel roof whilst athletics, cricket and other the Cricket Pavilion roof in a socially
enabled an opportunity to hear some sports took place on the fields below, distanced manner. This was the first time
chamber ensembles. Before the creating a fabulous festival atmosphere. in 18 months that I had the chance to
ceremony the Third Form ensemble Among the many musical highlights play in a group spanning multiple year
with Miss Shah performed Satie’s were duets by Tom Goss and Jess groups. Anyone who has been lucky
Gymnopédie, followed by Benjamin Emerson, Ally Yuen and Kevin Ng, and enough to stand on the balcony knows
Krauss (trombone) and Benjamin Irvine- ensemble performances by A Cappella just how mesmerising the view is; it was
Capel (organ) with a marvellous rendition Club, Big Band-lite and Concert Band- a truly special experience to look out to
of Guilmant’s Morceau Symphonique. lite in specially reduced formats. the wonderful hills whilst playing one’s
Dom Harry (trumpet) played a fanfare The music hour came to close with instrument. It was an excellent start to
by Purcell for the entrance of the Head superb pop and rock from bands from what will hopefully be a spectacular
Master and his guests with real sense Field’s and Teme with amazing vocal revival of Lancing music performances.’
of style. At the end of the ceremony a performances from Claudia Wong and
brass and wind ensemble performed Max Beeson. ALEXANDER MASON
part of the Finale from Symphony No. 1 Pupil Hannah Cleallsmith shared Director of Music
by Brahms with real aplomb, after her thoughts of the day with us: ‘Being
which Benjamin Irvine-Capel leapt onto in the Fourth Form, this was my first
“Performing outdoors on top
of the Cricket Pavilion was
a real eye-opener for me – it
is very different performing
with such an open acoustic
when you cannot really hear
yourself playing. Nonetheless,
all music performances were
excellent and thoroughly
enjoyed by all.”
BEN MILLWARD-SADLER
Lower Sixth
12 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021FOUNDER’S DAY ENTERTAINMENT Grant recalled the days ‘when pants everyone’s commitment and skills led to
were pants.’ Tom Goss was a forgetful some fantastic results, offering a night
I thought it would be fun to put Hamlet and Scarlett Phillips his prompt; of comedy that everybody enjoyed. My
together some comedy sketches and supplemented by music from Andy favourite part of the whole experience
create a ‘Founder’s Day Entertainment’, Wang and Chris Clay and topped was simply being able to perform again.
as COVID put paid once again to off with a George Michael number, There really is not another experience
a regular play. The best of Monty the performances were attended by quite like it, and I look forward to being
Python, Fry and Laurie, Ronnie Barker appreciative audiences and blessed by involved in more plays next year.’
and Victoria Wood were teamed with the weather.
Armstrong & Miller’s ‘Be a Teacher’ Shirin recalls her experience:
vox pops, the latter causing a certain ‘Founder’s Day entertainment was a
amount of recognition among my highly unique experience for both the
colleagues. Kitty Chadwyck-Healey gave performers and audience. Rather than
Oliver Parr a Shakespeare masterclass, one play, a combination of music and
Shirin Mirzayasheva found herself in an short sketches made for a wonderful
argument – or was it? – with Will Palmer, night of entertainment on the Tennis
and Poppy Sutcliffe gave notes on Pavilion lawn. Personally, drama holds
a production of Hamlet that was ‘fun, a very important place in my school life.
fun, fun!’ The time spent rehearsing with people
Rosalind Dyer and Flynn Sinclair from various year groups makes it a
experienced communication problems, brilliant opportunity to socialise and have
Theo Almond and Theo Craig dealt some fun. Rehearsal time for this year’s
with a business crisis, and Charina entertainment may have been short, but DR NICK BALDOCK
Teacher of History
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 13ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
Enrichment & Extension
Programme
After May Half Term the Academic Team launched this year’s
enrichment programme, designed to involve Fifth and Upper Sixth
Form pupils after all Summer Term assessments had been completed.
The Fifth Form enrichment as applying to university, work All lessons were held at school,
programme this year was a five- experience, CV building, MOOCs with the option to attend online
week event with four weekly (Massive Open Online Courses), or watch recorded sessions (if
sessions. The pupils had the EPQs and degree apprenticeships. in a different time zone) given
opportunity to learn more about In this year’s sessions the pupils to those pupils who could not
their four chosen A Levels with were also given insights into physically be at Lancing.
the aim to further developing leadership opportunities offered Approximately 40 new pupils
their skills and knowledge of to Sixth Formers, for example who will join the Sixth Form in
the subjects they plan to study being chosen as Heads of September were also invited to
next year. House, House Captains or School attend the sessions virtually – an
In addition to the academic Prefects, as well as the Peer opportunity to meet their future
enrichment, a vital part of the Supporters scheme. Time was classmates and teachers. Many
Fifth Form timetable in the also spent discussing what to were able to join in from their
Summer Term is the Transition to expect on GCSE results day and homes across the world.
Sixth Form programme, where how to approach learning in the
the focus is given to topics such Sixth Form.
‘Goldfish’ by Zoe Clark
In the Art School pupils took part in
textiles workshops, creating images
using the technique of Batik using hot
wax and coloured dyes on fabric.
14 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021The Fifth Form academic enrichment
provided an opportunity for the
Geography Department to work with
the students who will form some of our
Lower Sixth cohorts in September. Given
the fact that this year group missed
out on their GCSE field trips, and that a
write-up of a field trip is worth 20% of
their A Level, it made sense to get the
group out of the classroom and in
the field.
The enrichment group spent a full
day on a trip in Shoreham by Sea which
served as an introduction to many of
the ideas and case studies they will be
studying next year.
DR RICHARD BUSTIN
Head of Geography
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 15ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
Enrichment & Extension Programme – continued
Getting Ready for University
The Upper Sixth was also involved in
the academic enrichment programme
“There was a huge heretical ideas that they found incredibly
exciting. In every class, the teacher’s
once their exam commitments had been variety to choose from, own passion for what they had chosen
fulfilled. These sessions were intended to teach encouraged students to read
as a preparation for university, and were and each session gave further on various topics such as gene
structured as open discussions to share
ideas and prepare for university-style
us different skills that editing, hermits in the Renaissance era,
the biology of COVID, the philosophy
lessons. All classes were very popular, we can take forward of the mind, extreme environments,
testament to the commitment and advanced chemistry and further pure
dedication of Lancing pupils. to post-Lancing mathematics.’
Upper Sixth Former Christina
Lawrence has written about her
education.”
experience of the programme:
‘For three weeks after their final we will receive at university; at first,
exams, Upper Sixth form students it felt very strange to be attending a
attended a myriad of enrichment lesson without resources to take notes,
classes, ranging from The Psychology or not having to memorise or revise
of Psychopaths to The Seven Deadly any of the content. However, the more
Sins. There was a huge variety to relaxed atmosphere allowed me to
choose from, and each session gave us really absorb the information; in many of
different skills that we can take forward my classes we found ourselves setting
to post-Lancing education. I chose to off on tangents on whatever we found
attend classes related to the subjects the most interesting. It was also hugely
I wish to pursue at university but also inspiring because many of the teachers
took the chance to try something new. I chose to run enrichment classes either
found the enrichment sessions to be a on the research they carried out to earn CHRISTINA LAWRENCE
useful insight into the style of teaching their qualifications, or on more recent, Upper Sixth
Array of Speakers for the Upper Sixth
An impressive line-up of speakers contributed to the enrichment programme in
Business and Economics, focusing on life in the business world.
Firstly, Geoffrey Faulkner spoke about work experience and finding ways into world that is in store for our pupils and
the logistics, buying and negotiating the banking world through contacts impressed upon them the importance
supply of vegetables going into major and hard work. Matt’s message was of two major themes: a fearsome work
supermarkets. The balance of power not lost on anyone and many now feel ethic and the ability to take advantage of
in the deal-making and the mechanics motivated to use their wits and contacts opportunities.
behind filling up the groceries areas in a to generate a better CV and embrace
supermarket left us all breathless. this world in greater depth.
Stefan Wesson OL (Gibbs’ 2002– Finally, Ed Prager, one of the College’s
2007) regaled stories and experiences Maths teachers, gave the students a
as Chris Eubank Jr’s promotional lesson on corporate takeovers from the
manager. Arriving in a McLaren certainly perspective of technology companies
sparked interest, and what he had to who constantly look to secure market
say about the life of the rich and famous share. His career was fascinating to hear
allowed the students to indulge their about and showed the many twists and
minds into a world they most rarely get turns that can happen over the course of
to glimpse. a career.
Matt Hall, a current parent at the This impressive group of professionals
College, showed insight and gravitas gave their time and expertise to
in the world of investment banking. benefit the students in their careers
The focus was on career progression and attitudes to the workplace. The ED WATSON
and on the critical message of gaining speakers gave candid views of the Teacher of Business and Economics
16 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021Exploring
the Outdoor Classroom
Geography is a subject which is focused on the real world and, in spite of some rather
inspired use of virtual fieldwork in Google Earth, the inability in recent months to
go on our usual planned excursions has certainly been frustrating.
This term the Geography flow measurements and discuss
Department was keen to get the nature of tides, river deposition
students out of the classrooms, and landscape management. In
albeit in a COVID-safe way; we took Shoreham we conducted land
advantage of the good weather to use surveys, especially around
offer a series of field trips around the redeveloped Ropetackle area,
the school grounds and down to comparing the previous use of the
Shoreham-by-Sea. land with what is in the area now.
The Third Form field trip involved The second day of the field
a walk down to the river Adur to trip took place around the school
investigate the question ‘what grounds, where we measured
processes have shaped our local infiltration rates in the Ladywell
place?’ Data collection involved valley and on the fields at the top of
a field sketch at the point where the school. The students acquired
the Ladywell stream meets the a range of data collection methods
Adur, a look at tidal processes, and to use as they start to investigate
environmental quality assessments their own geography for their
at various points along the river. coursework projects.
The Lower Sixth geographers
spent two days in the field. The first DR RICHARD BUSTIN
trip took us to Shoreham, where we Head of Geography
stopped en route on the footbridge
over the Adur to conduct some
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 17ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
Putting Lancing on the map
The Geography Department ran a competition last term, where pupils were tasked
to reimagine and draw the map of Lancing College. Many fantastic entries were
received, and the winners were announced by the Head Master in assembly.
THIRD FORM WINNER
Well done to Vanessa Fung,
who was praised for her
simple yet very effective
Harry Beck-inspired map
depicting the College site
as a series of stops
and lines similar to the
London Underground map.
FOURTH FORM WINNER
Tiffany Yu for her Tolkien-inspired
fantasy map in which sea levels
had risen and separated parts
of the school into a series
of islands.
18 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021Ria Yadav for her ‘memory’ map
in which she added images and
annotations of her favourite parts
of the College to show happy
memories from her first term.
Isabelle Klosowski for her
map which used the House
logos and subject symbols to
create an effective and clear
map of the school.
Max Willis for his map which
reimagined Lancing College as a
Roman settlement complete with
amphitheatre and Colosseum.
Highly commended
Grace Shearing for her
Harry Potter-inspired
Marauder’s Map
of the College.
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 19SUBJECT FOCUS
Exciting Opportunities
for Drama Students
A Level Drama was first introduced at Lancing College in 2018
and was taken up with alacrity by a cohort of seven.
Most pupils had taken the subject for to step into the role of father after There was an invaluable opportunity
GCSE, but not all. One of the original the loss of the family’s parents. An to receive feedback from the audience
students was French and it was interesting message, as he clearly felt on the first night, and a number of
remarkable to observe the growth in her too young for the task and there were changes were instituted for the second
confidence and her linguistic ability. disastrous consequences as a result. performance as a result. Political theatre
The course is diverse and pupils study It was clear that the company felt he brought from 400 BC to the modern day!
plays by Shakespeare and Aristophanes, should have grown up and accepted his Where we think we are really able to
as well as more modern playwrights. responsibilities. The second play also excel at Lancing College is in the unit
They experiment with the techniques of had a strong moral message – this time working with published scripts. I tend
theatre companies like Frantic Assembly about expecting something for nothing to use plays from the in-yer-face genre
and Kneehigh, and have looked at without being prepared to put the work as students can be incredibly dynamic,
famous practitioners like Bertolt Brecht in first. creative and committed. I use works
and Konstantin Stanislavski. Their own Additionally, in the first year students by playwrights like Steven Berkoff and
devised work is fascinating – in the first opted to actually perform their set text in Sarah Kane, and students are able to
year of the course, they put together an attempt to try out their ideas so that score incredibly highly for their creation
two one-act plays in the horror/suspense they could write about them in an exam of character through use of voice,
genre. One had an older brother having having actually experienced the work. physicality and use of space. Most recent
20 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021productions have included Berkoff’s so students have been benefitting from
East, West, Sink the Belgrano! and a range of additional specialisms. Kelly
Agamemnon, and Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis. Edwards brings great energy and rigour
My background in dance really helps to the studio when it comes to devising
in terms of choreographing acting, so drama. Matt Smith has been working on
there is not a moment when students are modern texts like Peter Shaffer’s Equus
standing still not knowing what they are and Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an
meant to be doing. I say to them that if Anarchist. He and Nick Baldock have
they do not come off stage dripping in been coaching students on monologues
sweat, they are not doing it right! for examination.
Numbers opting to study Drama at The work in class is supplemented
A Level are growing and we have by a bulging co-curricular drama
peaked at 15 students, with results programme. All A Level students have
consistently high. taken part in productions outside the
As the course has grown, we have classroom which has vastly improved NICHOLAS BEEBY
been lucky to welcome additional their knowledge, expertise and, thus, Director of Drama and Dance
teachers to support the Department, achievement in the examination hall.
“Students gain hugely important skills for life by studying
Drama. Employers and universities alike are looking for the
sorts of attributes fostered by the discipline.”
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 21SIXTH FORM
Preparing for Life
after Lancing
The Leaving Lancing programme plays an important part in our Sixth Formers’
timetable. The programme is in place to offer members of the Upper Sixth a chance to
further develop some skills and prepare for their time after they leave the College.
This year the programme included a left with a goodie bag containing recipes leftovers. We were gifted recipe cards
carousel of four activities: practical of the meals they were shown, some to take away, with instructions and ways
cooking, street safety and self-defence, brownies and an officially branded to use the basic ingredients again for
healthy living and student budgeting/ vegetable peeler so they will always other meals so leftovers would not go
financial advice. be able to remember the College when to waste. In the following weeks we put
One of the first sessions this term was preparing vegetables! to practice what we had learnt as we
a cooking demonstration given by the Pupil Maya Richardson writes: ‘We cooked the recipe in groups, finishing
College’s Head Chef, Dean Drewe. Dean attended sessions on street safety, with a tasting session at the end. It
showed the students how to sharpen healthy living, networking and finance, was such a beneficial task as it was
knives and safely chop vegetables, all of which were a good introduction to a proactive and practical way to ensure
then moved on to cook a basic beef life beyond Lancing. Perhaps the most we had understood what we had
and vegetables mix that can be used popular of the sessions was the cooking seen demonstrated.’
to create a myriad of dishes. In front of demonstration and subsequent cooking
the pupils Dean created spaghetti with practice. As we move on after Lancing DR RICHARD BUSTIN
a Bolognese sauce, chilli con carne, we won’t have the privilege of three Leaving Lancing Lead
a curry and a burrito. The smell in the cooked meals provided every day for
Theatre was fantastic! us, so this demonstration was especially
At the end of the demonstration Dean useful. Chef showed tricks to mince
answered questions, before the students garlic, peel carrots and how to best use
“It was really interesting to watch a professional chef cook a favourite
recipe then transform it in many different meals. Afterwards we had fun
cooking in House while learning a valuable skill at the same time. I found
the sessions very useful for our transition to university life.”
FREDDIE PRITCHARD
Upper Sixth
22 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021Overseas Applications
In addition to specialist UCAS support provided in the Sixth Form, a dedicated
Overseas Applications Coordinator assists Lancing pupils who are considering
continuing their higher education studies overseas.
This academic year we have seen again and Charlie Gilgenkrantz will go to
another round of students applying Southeastern on a golfing scholarship.
to the US, Canada and Europe. In a Tara Bozickovic is returning to her home
year when applications to the US from country of Canada to study Film and
international students are up 10% on English at the University of Toronto.
previous years, we congratulate the Closer to home, Agathe Jreijiri-Moreau
following students who have secured is going to TIO University in Utrecht and
places in the US: Dmitry Trudovoi Nikita Pikovich has gained a place at
has secured an early decision from Esade University in Barcelona. Freddie
Northeastern to study Engineering; Pritchard is also hopeful of gaining a
Daniel So has been offered a place at place at University College Dublin, which
Penn State also to study Engineering; will be confirmed in early August.
HELEN ROBINSON
Overseas Applications Coordinator
TIO University of Applied Sciences is a business school-style Esade University is located in a village called Sant Cugat near
university with more practically run courses. The university Barcelona, Spain. I will be doing my Bachelor’s Degree in
system in the Netherlands allows you to apply to university, Economics, Global Governance and Legal Order. I have also
then once accepted you can use your first year to prove applied to a university in Madrid called IE, however, Esade
yourself and your dedication to the course. I chose to move was on my priority list from day one. I have also applied to
to the Netherlands as I have a European passport and it also UK universities such as LSE, St Andrews, Warwick, Bath and
made sense from a financial point of view. I will be studying Edinburgh through the UCAS system. The reason why I chose
Hotel and Event Management Bachelors, and I have chosen to study overseas is that I think that studying in the heart of
to study Spanish, Dutch Culture and Oenology as extra credit Europe will allow me to nurture deeper connections that would
courses. The application process for Dutch universities is help me in my future career. The application process to Esade
very simple but requires a lot more effort from the students. consisted of tests lasting several hours which included verbal
They have a system very similar to UCAS called Studielink. I reasoning, logical reasoning, maths and completion of several
attended a few online seminars and talks about the universities essays on set topics, as well as the submission of all the
I was interested in, and contacted some Dutch friends in the reports and academic achievements in senior school.
year above for help. I found it to be more effective as they I am very grateful for the help and the knowledge that Lancing
knew how the application system and universities worked. College has given me to be the person that I am right now.
I think if you want to apply to a university abroad, especially in
Europe, it is useful to contact a friend who attends a university
there or another contact that is based in that country, as
they will might know more about the universities or they can
connect you to someone who can help.
NIKITA PIKOVICH
Upper Sixth
AGATHE JREIJIRI-MOREAU
Upper Sixth
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 23MUSIC NEWS
A Term in Music
The green shoots of recovery are well and truly evident in a
really varied term of live music making at Lancing.
The pupils, ever adaptable, have managed to put on an enormous amount;
their achievements from this term are outlined below.
Inevitably there have been some Ben Millward-Sadler sung a wonderful as part of a larger work. The Third Form
disappointments as circumstances bass solo in the anthem Where Thou ensemble, for example, have learned
have necessitated the postponement Reignest by Schubert. Bach’s evergreen Air on the G String
of a number of events. Nevertheless, After Half Term the long-awaited and the Fourth Form ensemble worked
the direction of travel is a positive return of the Eucharist on Wednesday on Prokoviev’s quirky Gavotte from the
one and in the new academic year we morning enabled the Choir to revise Classical Symphony.
eagerly look forward to the continued several settings of the mass with Vierne, All year groups in the orchestra have
restoration of live music making as an Stanford, Darke and Briggs. Sadly, also been preparing to perform themes
experience to be enjoyed and shared by a service of Choral Evensong was from Jurassic Park, Sousa’s Liberty
performers and audience alike. postponed after the pupils had worked Bell March and the Basse-Danse from
At the start of the term the Choir so hard on preparing music by Dyson Warlock’s Capriol Suite. Whilst the
– in House pairs – continued to sing and Gibbons, but this again will be re- postponement of the Summer Concert
music for the two Wednesday morning scheduled for September. With a trip was unfortunate, we are already eagerly
services. The Eve of Founder’s planned to sing Evensong at St George’s anticipating a ‘Late, Late Summer
Day Eucharist was the first choral Chapel, Windsor Castle next term, there Concert’ in September.
Eucharist for many months and an is much to look forward to. The same fate befell the Junior
extremely meaningful moment for the The pupils have rehearsed a vast Concert where members of Sinfonia had
school community. At the Service of range of music in year group bubbles, been practising favourite themes from
Thanksgiving on the day itself, some for the ensemble itself and others Star Wars, Battle Hymn of the Republic,
24 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021Amazing Grace and Oom-Pah-Pah, but groups to form four bands from different Simon Sun’s epic guitar riffs in this iconic
again we look forward to hearing these year groups. That they were able to put classic got the pulse of the audience
pieces next term along with a whole host on a concert with 11 songs in the time racing, and concluded a spectacular
of young solo performers. available was little short of remarkable! – if soggy – evening. Mr Anthony
Meanwhile the High-RES Trio (below) The Third Form Band’s rendition of Hutchings yet again mastered the
recorded Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. Zombie by The Cranberries was a terrific sound to perfection.
1 in D minor which has been released on opener with Matilde Ghirardi’s soulful We were so grateful to Father
the College’s Vimeo channel. Coached voice bringing real meaning to the lyrics. Richard for letting us move the concert
by Miss Shah, Eliza Hawley (violin) Next up was the Fourth Form Band to the Memorial Cloister underneath
and Sofia Rogowski (cello) recorded with Theo Almond as the frontman in a the Chapel at short notice – a truly
their parts in Lancing while Randa He brilliant cover of Pompeii by Bastille. The spectacular location which kept the
(piano) recorded her part thousands of Lower Sixth Band from Teme House was performers and equipment dry!
miles away in China. The wonders of joined by vocalist Scarlett Phillips to sing
technology never cease to amaze. four songs including Come As You Are
Rehearsals for rock music workshops by Nirvana with power and conviction.
began in April (two terms after they The Upper Sixth Band (above) brought
would have normally begun); Barry the concert to a close with Sweet Child
Worley, one of the College’s peripatetic O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses; Georgina
teachers, has worked wonders with the Powell’s amazing vocals and
ALEX MASON
Director of Music
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 25MUSIC NEWS
Showcasing Musical Talent
The Music School offers a busy programme of concerts
to support the work of individual pupils.
This term we were fortunate to attend three wonderful recitals
performed by our Music teachers and pupils.
Organ Recital with Alexander Mason and Lancing Pupils
Our world-famous Chapel is well known The world premiere of this particular Toccata. An international prize winner
as a first-rate venue for organ recitals, miniature (performed by Alex Mason) in the 2001 International Grand Prix
and both its superb organs were in fine demonstrated Theo’s understanding d’Improvisation, Alex’s playing is akin
voice in a concert given by both pupils of a truly important ingredient of to anything you may hear in the world’s
and staff. composition – a good bass line! The finest cathedrals and concert halls. The
The concert began with the grandeur opening theme (utilising the distinctive masterful use of registration evoked a
and might of Walton’s famous Spitfire perfect fourth) pervaded the entire piece spectrum of colour, and the performance
Prelude, followed by a stylish and vivid and returned a number of times, most of Reger’s Toccata emitted the brightest
performance of Guilmant’s Preludio notably in the pedals with gushing triplet of musical fireworks. A superb recital
from Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, played accompaniment. from all concerned.
by Fifth Former Benjamin Irvine-Capel. We were then treated to the seldom-
Both pieces were highly evocatively and heard combination of trombone & organ,
expressively performed – not an easy with Fourth Former Benjamin Krauss
thing to accomplish on the imposing sensitively and musically accompanied
Walker organ. by Benjamin Irvine-Capel in Guilmant’s
Fourth Former Chris Clay’s debut as a Morceau Symphonique. The lyricism
concert organist followed, with Ich ruf zu and warmth of the opening section gave
dir BWV 639 by Bach, this time on the way to a bright and animated melody,
Frobenius organ. Chris’s textural clarity followed by the final più mosso (‘more
was particularly fine here, with some movement’) with a great deal of bravura
intriguing registral colours. playing from both performers.
During the concert we also saw the The second half of the concert was
announcement of Fourth Former Theo performed by Alex Mason, playing
Almond as the winner of Lancing’s Vierne’s Prelude (from Symphonie No.
second Organ Composition Competition 1), Bach’s Valet will ich dir geben BWV
for his piece Scurra (meaning ‘the joker’). 736, Jongen’s Chant de Mai and Reger’s CHRIS LANGWORTHY
Assistant Director of Music
& Head of Academic Music
I had the pleasure of writing ultimately decided upon. It The Organ Recital was its overwhelming chamade
a new piece of music for was an absolute honour to the perfect opportunity to trumpets and rumbling
Lancing’s Organ Composition have Mr Mason perform its showcase two of Lancing’s bombardes for pieces by
Competition. The piece, world premiere. most famous and valuable Walton, Vierne, and Reger.
entitled Scurra, is one of a assets – the Frobenius
series of pieces written for and Walker organs. It was
organ for each of my friends. particularly exciting that this
This idea came to me whilst event provided scope for
listening to Elgar’s Enigma each organ to be utilised for
Variations, dedicated to each pieces true to their stylistic
one of his friends. capabilities; some of the
It took me a few days to great organ works of J S
complete the work, with the Bach were to be heard on
final touches added during the spikey, articulated flutes
the last Exeat Weekend when THEO ALMOND of the Frobenius, whilst the BENJAMIN IRVINE-CAPEL
registrations for Scurra were Fourth Form Walker was able to employ Fifth Form
26 THE QUAD | SUMMER 2021Recital: Serena Shah (piano) and Emilie Harlow (flute)
After around 14 months of postponed and nimbleness with which Emilie Concerto for Two Violins in D minor,
recitals, it was wonderful to hear negotiated the tumbling semiquavers BWV 1043, arranged for violin and flute
Lancing’s Great School crackle with felt effortless. by Emilie – stylishly accompanied by
the excitement of a performance once The romance and drama of the Alex Mason. Bach’s dialogic writing
again, in a notable opportunity to hear Gaubert was juxtaposed perfectly with was perfectly presented here, with a
four of Lancing’s full time staff in action. Serena’s performance of Schubert’s beautiful sense of discourse between
Headlining the recital was Serena Shah, Impromptu No. 2 in A flat major Op. 142 flute and violin, and Emilie and Serena
Graduate Teacher of Music (violin & for solo piano, which portrayed both the breathed a great deal of life into Bach’s
piano) and Emilie Harlow, Graduate Classicism and the Romantic sentiment dancing polyphony.
Music Assistant (flute). in this poised performance. This was Lancing is lucky indeed to count such
The concert began with Gaubert’s swiftly followed by Chopin’s Étude Op. able performers amongst its staff body.
Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando for flute 10, No. 12 in C minor (‘Revolutionary’), Although the evening was superb, this
and piano, with Emilie accompanied and Serena’s interpretation captured the recital proved, too, to be bittersweet, for
by Chris Langworthy. Rich with angst and dread intended by Chopin it marked Serena’s final term at Lancing.
impressionist influence, the warmth in his depiction of the 1831 attack We are, however, delighted that Emilie
of the Nocturne reverberated through on Warsaw by Russia. The agitated will be taking up the reins as Graduate
Great School’s luxurious acoustic, and semiquavers felt both restless and Teacher of Music from September 2021.
Emilie’s soaring flute line portrayed relentless, and the full might of Lancing’s
a beautifully evocative narrative. The Steinway D was deployed in this Review by
Allegro Scherzando presented a great powerful performance. CHRIS LANGWORTHY
deal of contrast in its lightness of touch Serena turned violinist for the final
and swift passagework, and the agility performance of the evening – Bach’s
Recital: Chris Langworthy (piano) and Steve Dummer (clarinet)
Steve Dummer is a highly successful and Piano based on Polish folksongs,
clarinettist and conductor, who many will Mr Langworthy sensitively interpreted
know as one of our clarinet teachers and and performed Arnold Schoenberg’s Six
the musical director of Concert Band. Little Piano Pieces, a brief suite cleansed
Chris Langworthy is an exceptionally from any sense of tonality.
talented pianist, bassoonist and singer, After the interval, Mr Dummer
who directs A Cappella Club and has performed a well-known work
taught Music to most of the current for unaccompanied clarinet, Igor
Lancing pupils at some stage during Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Solo
their school career. Clarinet, with great agility and panache.
With a selection of clarinet and Alban Berg’s Four Pieces for Clarinet
piano repertoire from the 20th century and Piano followed.
preluded by wonderful anecdotes from To conclude, both Mr Dummer and Mr
both Mr Dummer and Mr Langworthy, Langworthy displayed their expert skill
the recital was inspiring and enriching and mastery of the clarinet and piano Review by
for all those who attended. respectively in a selection of tunes SERENA SHAH
The programme began with one of from Porgy and Bess, composed by
John Ireland’s last major compositions, George Gershwin and transcribed by
his emotionally charged Fantasy- Jascha Heifetz. As the fusion of jazz and
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. Before traditional music luxuriously filled the
moving onto Witold Lutosławski’s Upper Quad, the finale of this musical
dazzling Dance Preludes for Clarinet feast was certainly the highlight for me.
SUMMER 2021 | THE QUAD 27DRAMA NEWS
All That Fall
For the first time at the College, an onstage radio play was performed – no props,
dancing or singing were required, although there was a little humming ...
The play was performed just before We had a few challenges during the direction, creating instead multiple
Half Term and involved a small cast lockdown after Christmas but, after sound cues mixed with live sound
of four students: two actors (Jess meeting at the end of the Lent Term, effects. When trying to supplement the
Emerson and Ross Belton) performed we agreed we could get this play off recorded sound of rain, Emilie had the
on stage while two technicians (Emilie the ground in a short period of time, brilliant idea of dropping rice onto a
Jakob and Bradley King) contributed so rehearsals began in earnest in the bin liner (we had tried several different
with live and recorded sound effects. Summer Term. surfaces) to mimic rain on a hard surface.
With the exception of Jess and Ross on All That Fall was commissioned for the We used this and other tricks (for
stage, all other voices heard during the BBC and first broadcast in 1957. Beckett example, a tray of cat litter for walking
performances were pre-recorded by originally wrote it as a radio play and for in gravel) to mix live and recorded
other College pupils and staff. many years he resisted anyone trying to sound together.
Martin Chandler, Theatre Manager take it to the stage. Nowadays you can My thanks go to staff and pupils
at the College, recounts the process of get permission to do so but I wanted to for their patience and willingness to
setting up such an unusual play: keep the essence faithful to the original be recorded. I could not have done it
‘It was a very rewarding experience! idea. Beckett’s original instructions were without this cast, they all contributed to
I deliberately included the cast in the that all the sounds were to be created the process and the final night was an
process of developing the text. onstage; we had to go in a different absolute gem.’
‘The rehearsals for the actors covered reading over the ‘I found All That Fall a fascinating piece of drama to
play and discovering its many layers as we developed our experiment with, having never performed a live radio play on
characters, focusing on our vocal techniques which helped stage before. The exploration of my voice to create different
the characterisation in a different way to usual play rehearsals. images in the audience’s mind was fun. There was no
The preparation on the tech side included finding the best physicality and therefore it was vital to use all aspects of
quality sounds (for example Mr Chandler slamming his door my voice to communicate; a useful tool for all drama students
with a recorder in it, opening different doors to find the best to possess.’
sound). The voice recordings were taken from different people ROSS BELTON
in the school, including the Verger and his wife, teachers, and Upper Sixth
students too – only one person guessed correctly who all the
voices were!’
JESS EMERSON
Upper Sixth
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