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Senior Courier
3rd July 2020 #REMOTELEARNING
Reflecting on the Year
It was not the end of year celebration
that we all had in mind, but that wouldn't
stop the traditional Commemoration and
More Inside
Prize Giving Service taking place, this time Prize Giving Virtual Sports Day
streaming online to the world. Enjoy this
edition of the courier which celebrates Dining Room Update House Picnics
achievements and looks back over the year. ...and much more
Enjoy your summer break!
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How is it possible to summarise the strangest of terms?...
by Lee Glaser, Headmaster
I must start with our students. The way you
have engaged with your learning over this past We have learnt so much together – and learnt from the students-
10 weeks has been exemplary. I have nothing and our challenge is to build on the best of what we have learned.
but admiration for you. It has always annoyed me when older The level of collaboration has been outstanding and we have
generations have described you as snowflakes. You have stood up been overwhelmed with the messages of support and praise from
and shown resilience when it mattered, probably more than you students and parents.
could have imagined. I have loved sitting in on lessons, watching
drama debates concerts scholarship sessions CCF, chapel talks and Our middle leaders deserve special mention. Heads of Department
Lectures. Your engagement has been amazing and I am extremely and House Staff have shown real leadership this term. All of the
proud of you all. teaching and pastoral initiatives have been driven by them and
their determination to deliver excellence has been essential in
Year 11 and Upper Sixth you deserve special mention. To have the making this work.
focus of your studies removed at the last minute was a real shock
and you dealt with it so well. The way you finished off your courses Parents, thank you so much for all of your support. Your messages
and engaged with the bridging the gap and pre-university courses of positivity and praise have been very much appreciated and
was very impressive. have often caused a bit of emotion. I sense that some of you have
enjoyed sitting in on lessons and may have learnt something along
Teachers – your commitment, creativity and resilience have been the way.
awe inspiring. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement
that schools would close I was asked by many colleagues “what As we come to the end of a year like no other I thank you all for
can I do to help?” My response was “provide our students with your positivity. We will be working hard throughout the summer to
the best possible online experience. Deliver outstanding lessons, ensure we can return safely in September.
outstanding pastoral care and an outstanding co-curricular
experience”. You did it and way beyond anything I could have
imagined.
Watch all of the end of Year celebration films by clicking this link:
https://www.tauntonschool.co.uk/parent-information/ts-end-of-year-celebrations/
Commemoration and Prize Giving
Last Taunton Chapel
Enrichment Talk: Game Changers: US race relations
and the influence of Sport, 1908-2020
End of Term Assembly
Leavers’ Service
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Commem Prize Winners
Form Prizes for 2020
Year 9 Major Prizes: Jana Boraei Prizes: George Cousins
Orlando Cairns Benjamin Giles
Hetty Christopher Matilda Jacoby-Kelly
Chloe Hims Ella Marsden
Max Mitchell Jessica Oppenheim
Isabella Wells Amalie Thomas
Year 10 Major Prizes: Kate Blackmore-Greasley Prizes: Henry Collins
Elizabeth Dutton Luke Cunningham
Mark Eavis Helen Hounslow
Evie Gulliver Julia Louw
Annabelle Mellenchip Grace Talbot
Nathan Roberts Zongyou Yao
Year 11 Major Prizes: Floriana Christie Prizes: Laura Assanti
Daisy Hickson Benjamin Coston
Naijia Hou Rebekah Kane
Alfie Joseph Katheryn McVicar
Hamish Ruthven Yuxiang Wen
Jianhua Zhang Charlie Shave
Middle School Prizes
Tucker Prize for History Jianhua Zhang
Pridham Prize for History Hamish Ruthven
Colin Rowe Prize for Technology (D&T) Sophie hant
The Summers Prize for Innovation (D&T) Adam Lewis-Williams
Dewdney Prize (Classics) Daisy Hickson
Jemima Layzell Trophy (Creative Arts) Chloe Hims
Turing Prize for IT Yuxiang Wen
Leaman Trophy (Drama) Woody Knight
Wilton Trophy (Art) Laura Assanti
Thomas Rowell Cornish Prize (Geography) Henrietta James
S.P. Record Prize (for best GCSE Results) Jesper Harrington
Lower 6th Prizes
Major Prizes: Skyla Coate Prizes: Lena Boraei
Vincent Cuevas Zoe Cao
Max Fletcher Flora Collier
Isabel Glaser Jessica Fisher
Edward Kerslake Sophie Fisher
Alvin Ku Jesper Harrington
Anastasia Liubychenko Rhiannon Lee
Benjamin Pomeroy Philip Pullicino
Daniel Travers
Beaumont Prize (History) Edward Kerslake
Withey Prize (Chemistry) Ronnie Foster
Fung Prize (Physics) Daniel Travers
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Sandra Christie Baltnas Prize (Biology) Daniel Travers
Old Tauntonian Western Club Prize (Art) Kate Foster
The Ian Ball Photography Trophy (Art) Neva Ilhan
Upper 6th Prizes
Mrs Kidner Prize (English) Georgia McGovern
Old Tauntonian Prize (English) Astrid Thomas
Cyril Eyre Prize (History) Jack Kerslake
Fox-Bassett Cup (History) Tamsin Peto-Dias
Carrington Trophy Jack Kerslake
A.R. Painter Prize (Classics) Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Old Tauntonian Prize (Geography) Andrea Gilbert
The Polly Darvall Cup (Geography) Oscar Thomas
David Balfour-Brighton Trophy (Business Studies) Mabel Pyne
J.H. Newton Prize (Economics) Oscar Thomas
Representative Governors’ Prize (Religious Studies) Danielle Hardy
Smith Prize (Modern Languages) Astrid Thomas
Figgis Prize (Modern Languages) Sophie Brett
Le Clere Cup (Modern Languages) Angelica Gori
Modern Foreign Languages IB Prize Maria Parada Gasperin
T.S. Penny Prize (Art) Anastasia Malevannaya
Visual Arts Trophy (Art) Ethan Ho
Robinson Prize (Chemistry) Finnian Hallworth
Geoffrey Eyre Prize (Mathematics) Oscar Thomas
Geoffrey Eyre Prize (Advanced Mathematics) Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Pean Memorial Prize (Physics) Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Chan Prize (Physics) Julian Muller
Henry Colthurst Prize (Biology) Anna Parkinson
Telfer Project Prize (Biology) Katarina Bogdanovic
Kidner Prize (Science) Lorena Streit
Benjamin Clark Prize (Maths and Science) Hugo Lam
LC Phillips Trophy (Engineering) Stephen Cao
Havelock Case Prize (Engineering Science) Patrick Doherty
The Science Prize for Endeavour Lauren Berridge
Psychology Cup Jessica Stacey
Wickham Trophy (PE/BTEC) Dominic Murphy
BTEC Prize for Sports Science Conway Gilbert
Atyeo Trophy (D&T) Joshua Crompton
Clegg Salver for Innovation (D&T) Jose Etcheverria
The Turing Price for ICT Yuen-Lam-Janice Lee
Music Prizes
Howell Reed Orchestral Trophy Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Howell Reed Trophy (Piano) Ben Mouzouri
Lindo Cup for Musicianship Jose Etcheverria
Hudson Cup for Brass Sophie Whitworth
Angus Judkins
Ravenscroft Trophy (Woodwind) Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Michael Brown Trophy (Singing) Charlotte Michaels
Lisk Cup (Strings) Megan Jones
Bridges Trophy (Choral Singing) Florence Rihll
Music Department Prize for Contribution to School Music Sharon Huang
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Drama Prizes
Gulliford Drama Trophy Chikere Jumbo
The Smart Trophy Sophia Kasali
Landucci Speech Trophy Patrick Large
The Birdie Trophy (for technical support) Hoi Kit Wong
Speaking Prizes
Burke Prize for Debating Joseph Day
Goodland Public Speaking Prize Angelica Gori
Pascoe Prize for Public Speaking Hanna Wittek
Priest Prize (Most Improved Speaker) Nathan Roberts
CCF Prizes
The Pugh Combined Cadet Force Shield Thomas Yap
The Gray Cup Maria Parada Gasperin
Sports Prizes
Snow Cup (Boys’ Hockey) Toby Power
Richards Cup (Girls’ Hockey) Anna Parkinson
Thomson Cup (Athletics) Andrea Gilbert
Fred Wilton Dawe Award (Boys’ Athletics) Tom Dollery
Barrie Cup (Netball) Daisy West
Roger Smith Memorial Cup (Cricket) Conway Gilbert
Alec Stewart Memorial Cup (Cricket) Toby Eavis
Roger Smith Memorial Cup (Rugby) Daniel Irons
Burrows Cup (Senior Rugby Player of the Year) Tyler Goosen
The Longstreet Cup – Boys’ Tennis Jack Kerslake
Reid Cup (Girls’ Tennis) Jennifer Cuthill
The Merit Cup for Girls’ Swimming Georgia Williams and
Abigail Norman
The Wright Cup for Boys’ Swimming Alex Male
The Goddin Award for High Sporting Endeavour (Girls) Eloise Winsor
The Goddin Award for High Sporting Endeavour (Boys) Alex Male
School Prizes
Hebditch Cup (Sportsman of the Year) Daniel Irons
Hebditch Cup (Sportswoman of the Year) Anna Parkinson
Musician of the Year Trophy Charlotte Michaels
Daniel Lloyd-Jones
Florence Rihll
A.J. Williams Bursaries Andrea Gilbert
Patrick Large
Old Tauntonian Freemasons’ Prize Zachary Tyler
Megan Fender
P.G. Smith Cup for High Endeavour Katarina Bogdanovic
Harry McFaul Trophy Amy Whatmough
Pickard Trophy Angus Judkins
Lizzie Pincock Teapot Mabel Pyne
William Gore Prize (Best Emergent Mind) Julian Muller
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House Picnics
This week saw the return of over 240 Books, due to our inability this term to Thanks to all that attended, I hope
students to the school for house picnics. hold the normal Leavers’ Service and BBQ you enjoyed being back, if only for a brief
events. encounter, it was lovely to see you all, even
A simple way of enabling the
if only for a wave and a smile. Look forward
students to come back to the school There were definitely plenty
to seeing you all again very soon.
grounds and have a socially distanced of smiles and of course a few tears of
face to face event with both their tutor sadness from some of the Year 13s (and
group, their housemaster or housemistress the staff ), but what is fair to say is that the Hayley Mortimer
and the tutors within the house. Many of enjoyment, energy and noise that came Director of Co-Curricular
the houses, went through some statistics with the picnics, certainly lifted everyone’s
about the year and gave presentations and spirits going into the summer break and
awards to their leaving Year 13s including this could not be dampened by the rain’s
the delivery of Leavers’ Hoodies and Year attempt to spoil the party.
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End of Summer Term Awards
CRICKET TENNIS
Colours Colours
Junior Full Benjamin Chaffey Junior Full Eloise Taylor
Benjamin Coston Matilda Clarke
Jacob Pengelly
Senior Half Service Colours Mimi Longchamp
Senior Half Service Colour s Ben Mouzouri Florence Salter Green
Dominic Murphy Florence Rhill
Zachary Tyler Ruby Cooney
Robert White
Senior Full Colours Jack Kerslake
Senior Full Colours Conway Gilbert Jennifer Cuthill
Toby Eavis Georgia McGovern
Ayush Shulka
ATHLETICS SWIMMING
Colours Colours
Junior Half Thomas Houghton-King Junior Half Matt Ashby
Ranuga Fernando
Junior Full Leila Fisher Daisy Hickson
Hamish Ruthven Kesia Cunningham
Ben Coston
Senior Half Service Colours Vincent Ruegg Hamish Ruthven
Tyler Goosen
Joshua Crompton Junior Full Hetty James
Bertie Miller Tom Houghton-King
Patrick Large Harrison Barrett
Owen Row
Senior Full Colours Tom Dollery
Alex Male Senior Half Service Colours Sophie Clough
Andrea Gilbert Ethan Ho
Astrid Thomas
Anna Parkinson Senior Full Colours Georgia Williams
Abigail Norman
DEBATING Alex Male
Colours Tom Dollery
Junior Half Kara Klimczak-Gang
Junior Full George Knowles RUGBY (Missed from Spring Term Assembly)
Guido Weiser Colours
Senior Half Service Colours Ollie Halliday
Senior Half Service Colour s Josh Cummings Sam Stevenson
Hanna Wittek Jek Ramella Pollone
Ruth Kargbo Archie Prosser
Senior Full Colours Angelica Gori
Joseph Day TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Colours
Senior Half Service Colour s Jason Wong
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End of Summer Term Awards
CCF
Colours Full Maria Parada Gasperin
Certificate of Merit Ollie Edwards (Army)
Thomas Yap (Army)
Matt Ashby (RN)
Ben Pomeroy (RAF)
Announcements of CCF Positions for Next Year: Contingent RSM – Makena Nesbitt
Head of Royal Navy Section – CPO Zoe Cao
Head of Army Section – CSM Emma Hounslow
Head of RAF Section - Flt Sgt Tom Kitson-Herring
Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate of Meritorious Service have been awarded to Mr Ian Piper for 26 years of service to the CCF.
YOUNG ENTERPRISE COUNTY FINAL
The Young Enterprise team were Somerset’s best overall Company and competed in the Regional round.
Regional Round: commended for their business model, great marketing video and use of social media plus also their local networking.
Young Enterprise Journey Award Winner is Miles Butt.
INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE CERTIFICATES DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD
Bronze – Year 9 Charlie Bedford Bronze Ailani Braine-Clarke
Tilly Jacoby Kelly Julia Louw
Ben Redrup Skye McLaughlin
Shailu Srithar Ollie Edwards
Ronnie Foster
Bronze – Year 10 Aniela Cuevas Martha Mileham
Ollie Heard
Pavel Irzhak Silver Award KesiaCunningham
William Kyles Short
Mina Li Gold Award Karl Andress
Devrim Tarr William Darlington
Angus Judkins
Bronze – Year 11 Sophie Chant Sharon Huang
Floriana Christie Lorena Streit
Hetty James Danielle Hardy
Edward Smith EthanHo
Verity Winsor Sophie Brett
Silver – Year 9 Lewis Frost
Morgan Gunter DANCE
RAD ballet exam success
Silver – Year 10 Elizabeth Dutton
Max Hole Grade 4 Lily Lucas and Nola Fisher (distinction)
Michael Hudson
Karl Ko Grade 7 Kesia Cunningham
Grace Talbot Georgia Imm
Arabella Ellisson
Silver – Year 11 Ben Coston
Daisy Hickson
Fedor Ivanov
Alfie Joseph
George Knowles
Zachary Meeten
Charlie Shave
Daniel Wen
Gold – Year 10 and Best in Year 10 Steven Yao
Gold – Year 11 Kelly Hou
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National School Sports Week
Over the past week (National School Sports Week) the House Teams have been encouraging participation from their houses in a
number of different events and activities to compete for Virtual Sports Day titles.
The responsibility fell to the Year 12s to collate videos, photos and evidence for each of the events and submit their completed
entries.
Well done to everyone that took part. Here are the results!
Hayley Mortimer
Director of Co-Curricular
BOYS GIRLS
EVENT Individual Winner House Winner EVENT Individual Winner House Winner
20km Bike Archie Tyler, ML ML 20km Bike Jana, BV BV
5km Run Archie Tyler, ML WW 5km Run Jana, BV BV
Plank Archie Tyler, ML ML Plank Jana, BV BV
Press Ups Sam Stevenson, WE WW Press Ups Zoe, WD JK
Sit ups Gustav Zhao, FW FW Sit ups Zoe, WD BV
Egg and Spoon Seb Dando, FW FW Egg and Spoon Kate, BS BV
Shuttle Ronnie Foster, FW WW Shuttle Charlotte Hicks, JK JK
Vertical Jump Seb Dando, FW FW Vertical Jump Andrea, BV BS
Broad Jump Seb Dando, FW FW Broad Jump Tia, WD BV
OVERALL OVERALL
HOUSE TOTAL RANK HOUSE TOTAL RANK
WW 36 1 BV 31 1
FW 31 2 JK 23 2
WE 23 3 BS 18 3
ML 21 4 WD 15 4
EV 19 5 WR 7 5
GD 16 6
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Regatta Winners
Last week, Hetty Holden, Marni Gallimore,
Catherine Kemmish and Lizzie Kemmish
competed in Chester "Virtual" Regatta -
apparently the oldest Regatta in the world
- and won the Junior Women's age 14 Quad
Race!
They have been continuing with their
rowing sessions weekly via zoom and using
ergo rowers but are looking forward to
being allowed back on the water soon.
Congratulations all of you!
The Taunton School student-
led Amnesty Group have been
busy continuing their work for
the International charity and have
produced a video of their latest
campaign: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=uU3zhHKKx2w&feature=you
tu.be
In the past, Taunton School’s
Amnesty group has helped tackle
period poverty. This was done by
collecting pads across the school and
donated to countries where girls had
a lower chance of attending school due to their periods and lack of resources. In addition, we have “Written for Rights” to governments,
government officials and victims themselves. Your generous donations will help provide food and shelter for these orphans. Because
of the terrible economic climate that COVID19 has left us all in, most of the funds that the orphanage once received have completed
and because of the dusk-dawn curfew, it has been harder than ever for the Kenyan citizens. The higher the donations, the more food
that can be given to help feed the children. We at Taunton School would like to give you our complete and sincerest gratitude, with
your donation, no matter how big your small, you have changed the life of a young child. Thank you for your positivity and hope in the
humankind.
A message from the pastor
Nyataro children's' orphanage is found to the Western
parts of Kenya, 52 km south of Kisii, Nyataro village. Kisii boarders
the Luo speaking community of Migori county to the south and
Maasai speaking community of Narok county to the north. This
two ethnical community are always hostile whenever comes
country's General elections. The orphanage was started in
October 2017 after a severe ethical war that was brought about
by political differences. Dozens of people lost their lives due to
political instability. These political wars led to many people and
poor orphans who fled to our church for safety.
Please visit their "Go fund me page" if you can help:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/nyataro-childrens-orphanage
Taunton School Amnesty International Group
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Dining Room Update
After an enforced 5 week absence continued. of cabling and controls are being installed
just before Easter, the contractor returned everywhere. The dining room will have
The most significant visible change
to site at the start of May and our project state of the art audio visual systems, colour
since the return is the removal of the large
is now very much back on track. Works controllable lights, automatic blinds and
blue hoarding on Densham Green – that
started slowly at first, to allow site staff to underfloor heating to name but a few.
has allowed passers-by to see for the first
adjust practices and activities and a new These are in addition to a kitchen facility
time the impressive full height glass façade
way of working in line with Govt guidance that will allow our catering team to work in
that is the new dining room. The dining
around Covid-19. a 21st century catering environment.
room will open out on to the new terrace,
Working inside a nearly completed properly linking the interior spaces with We are now “full steam ahead” for a
building has been no easy task, but the the outside. completion just before the new term at the
team on site has responded superbly, start of September.
Inside the building we are starting
ensuring that the site is safe at all times.
to see significant progress on the finishes Terry Harris, Estates Manager
The continued efforts of all involved have
and services – our facility will have a huge
been superb and as such progress has
amount of technology built in, and miles
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Taunton School Memories Project
We’re collecting memories!
A new online campaign has been launched encouraging all members of the Taunton School community – Old Tauntonians,
teachers, staff and parents past and present to take part.
So far we have received some excellent responses to our questionnaire from Old Tauntonians, dating back to those who
attended school here in 1944! We’d love some more stories and memories from our parents - memories of the first day of dropping
children off, proudest moments and anything you’d like to share.
We are planning to use all these stories, photos and videos to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the school in two years’ time.
Join in!
Taunton School Foundation Team
For Parents and Staff: https://forms.gle/x5Ame3ckepu76PDWA
Click here for Main Website: http://rememberwhen.tauntonschool.co.uk/
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Taunton School
Daily Drawing Challenge
Thank you to everyone who has
taken part during the
summer term.
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@tsartdepartment
wi return...
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#BLM
Game Changers: US race relations and the influence of
Sport, 1908-2020
On Tuesday, 30th June, Ben Marsden higher profile, and there appears to be a influential in highlighting and promoting
(History Teacher and Housmaster) delivered genuine appetite for change. change than has perhaps been recognised.
an insighful and topical enrichment talk as
To mark this current mood, To watch his presentation in full
part as part of the end of year celebrations.
Taunton School is offering a free lecture presentation, follow this link: https://www.
The recent death of George Floyd on the influence of sport in the long-term tauntonschool.co.uk/parent-information/
and the ensuing turmoil in the USA has campaign for improved civil rights in the ts-end-of-year-celebrations/
given fresh impetus to the movement for USA. Ben Marsden provides an historical
racial equality around the world. The Black sweep of the twentieth century, and argues
Lives Matter movement has never had a that black athletes have been far more
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Looking back over the School year...
House Singing Christmas
Weirfield took the 2019 crown! Christmas celebrations and a special debate.
Read this edition of the Courier here. Read this edition of the Courier here.
RaG Week
Lots of fun and games during this year's RaG week. Visit the School Facebook page for a round-up here.
Festival of the Arts Netball Champs
Great success for musicions at Taunton Festival of the Arts. The U14, U16 and U19 triumph at County Championships.
Read this edition of the Courier here. Read the news story here.
World Mental Health Day Rugby charity fundraising
Tea and Chat for students to support Mental Health Day. Rugby Team raise money for Musgrove A&E.
Read this edition of the Courier here. Read this edition of the Courier here.
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John Rae Lecture Dining Room Time Capsule
Reporter and Broadcaster Tim Marshall visited School. Students marked a moment in time for the new dining room.
Read this edition of the Courier here. Read this edition of the Courier here.
The 39 Steps
A superb production of The 39 Steps was performed by talented students. Read this edition of the Courier here.
Harry the Piano CCF Inspection
Harry the Piano entertained a packed theatre. Taunton CCF had their Biennial Inspection.
Visit the school Facebook page to see a short film here. Read this edition of the Courier here.
Choral Concert Home Learning
The Community Choir sang John Rutter's Magnificat Learning at home for the Summer Term.
Read this edition of the Courier here. Read this edition of the Courier here.
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