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| Great news from Canada - our 1st XV have won their first match by just one point 18-17. Mr Leaman said 'I've never seen a Kelly 1st XV play a better match, so we are all very pleased.'
Read the local press report here and follow their progress at @KellyCanada11 on Twitter | | | | At the end of June, as a member of the Brecon Beacons Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Panel, Major K J Everitt assessed the Kelly College Gold Expedition Groups.
He says that 'I have been an Assessor for more than ten years and have seen groups of varying standards and experience...the standard shown by your groups this year was of the highest. The level of experience shown by these young people, along with their positive attitude and pride in both the school and the task they were undertaking, was a great credit to them all'. | | | |
Kelly has won the 2011 Good Schools Guide GCSE Award for the best point score at an English Independent School for boys taking Design & Technology Product Design at GCSE.
Congratulations to all the pupils and teaching staff - a great accolade!
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One of Kelly College's most significant days of the year began with a Commemoration Service at Tavistock’s Parish Church, remembering College founder Admiral Kelly. The church was full with pupils, parents and staff celebrating the occasion and the service was led by The Reverend Michael Meachin BTh RN.
Following that, students, staff, parents and friends made their way back to the school for the annual Prize Giving, where they were treated to a thought provoking and entertaining speech from global business woman, ex Kelly pupil and Founder’s descendent, Tessa Cook.
Tessa is the Global Managing Director of E-commerce at Dyson. She spoke of her life experiences and challenges and how she felt her Kelly education enhanced her future experiences and opportunities.
By 7.00pm the celebrations were in full swing for an evening attended by some 380 guests at the Friends of Kelly Summer Masked Ball. This fantastic event was blessed by glorious weather and guests enjoyed a champagne reception on the Parade Ground before sitting down to a sumptuous buffet.
The evening continued with a memorable firework display, dancing to live band Gav & the Grim Notes and a great disco by Shot in the Dark, as well as fairground rides of Dodgems and a Carousel.
For more pictures visit the Kelly College Facebook page. | | | |
Victoria, a swim squad member, continued her equine part of pentathlon with success on the 19th June, as part of the winning East Cornwall Riding Club Junior Team, in the Area Showjumping Competition at Chyverton Park.
Together with her horse Zennor (both pictured far right) Victoria will now head to Lincolnshire in September to compete with the team in the National championships.
Thank you to eclipse-photos.com for permission to use the photograph. | | | |
Kelly College Swim Squad put up a magnificent show on Sunday winning the Cornwall and West Devon League.
There were some outstanding performances from the squad - with 29 wins, 23 personal best times and two new Kelly College records!
Kelly proved a formidable force for the other teams and finished on top with 217 points, 2nd Newton Abbot 151, 3rd Truro City 145, 4th Dinnaton 136 and 5th Caradon 112.
Congratulations to all who took part.
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The Fourth Form Geography groups took part in a field trip on 23rd June, visiting the coastline between Start Point and Strete near Slapton Sands.
They were investigating the beach as part of their Controlled Assessment. A fabulous day was had in the sun measuring pebbles and investigating long shore drift. | | | |
As part of their GCSE Biology course Fourth Form Biologists were asked to put together a campaign to raise awareness within the school community of intensive farming techniques.
On Friday 24th June they protested about the inhumane practice of intensively farming chickens. They created a Facebook page, collected over 140 names on a petition and made cakes with free range eggs to raise money and awareness.
The students also contacted Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to invite him to the event but unfortunately, he was unable to attend!
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With a brand new design of boat, in its 1st year of development, the Amazon Patrol Craft Race proved to be an exciting and unmissable event. All the excited 1st years competing rushed down to the swimming pool to race their APC boats, which they have spent many months building and tuning to perfection in their Design & Technology class.
The boats sped off at the start, but a few were left disappointed as their craft struggled to the middle of the pool and then proceeded to spin around in circles, but most of the boats did eventually reach the other side! - the winners were Ted Hatcher and Kacper Brudnik - pictured. | | | |
Great news - ten of our budding artists were asked to exhibit with the Tavistock Group of Artists in their Annual Art Exhibition in the Town Hall, for the first time. The work on display was from: Michael Ashley (UVIth last year), Sophie Ashley (GCSE), Flicky Massy-Birch (AS Photography), Holly Southcott (AS Art), Natalia Sparrow (GCSE), Chelsey Taylor (AS Art), Vicky Black (GCSE), Oliver Broadhead (GCSE) and Will Davies (GCSE).
Our Art and Photography Exhibition will be on display at the Westall Centre until the end of term (including Founder’s Day) and the DT Exhibition will be open on Saturday 18th June until noon and on Founder’s Day, 2nd July.
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....these just give you a flavour of the day. Congratulations to all those who took part and particularly to Mount House who were on excellent form! | | | | Wigfull Challenge Cup
Wednesday 15th June 2011
Once again the inter-house sailing competition was held at Roadford reservoir this year. Each house nominated 6 helms to race single-handed around a triangular course.
Three separate races were held, each with two competitors from each of the houses, so with twelve boats on the water there were plenty of incidents at the marks!
Matt Courtis of Courtenay showed the way with an emphatic win in the first race, but could not prevent Russell house taking an early lead in the competition with Chris Barbour and Harry Coulton finishing second and third.
In the second race Oli Hancox recovered from a dreadful start to win for Russell, closely followed by Kyle Telford of School house and Teddy Searight from Courtenay.
In the third race Beth Barnes led from start to finish to record a second victory for Russell house and tremendous sailing from Ben Hancox and Alex Byrne saw Conway secure second and third to leap-frog School house in the overall results table.
Special mention should also be made of Jess Bailey who competed for Marwood in all three races and only capsized once!
Overall Result
1st place 17 points Russell House.
2nd place 25 points Courtenay House.
3rd place 42 points Conway House.
4th place 43 points School House.
5th place 50 points Newton House.
6th place 57 points Marwood House. | | | | Go4SET CAD Day - Kelly College, the 'Pupils Choice'
Thursday 16th June
Go4SET is an initiative run by the EDT Trust, aimed at encouraging year 3 students into the exciting world of engineering as a possible future career choice.
Kelly is already involved with a similar scheme for lower 6th students, so the Go4SET was a welcome addition for our students. The team of six, (Ciara Glossop, Kate Blackwell, Selina Kisby, Rosannah Morel, Philip Sloman and Toby Broadhead) had ten weeks to complete a design for an 'eco-classroom'' and present their findings with an exhibition, presentation and a model of their proposed design to a
team of assessors.
The Plymouth University Venue saw the culmination of all their efforts and an impressive stand was decked with informative boards explaining energy sources and diagrams of the classroom as well as details of the company visit to Ambrosia at Lifton.
Judging was fierce and the team faced nearly 20 minutes of questioning about the design and its possibilities in reality. The team rose bravely to the gruelling crossfire of enquiries and shone through, gaining many rewarding comments as to professionalism and its comprehensiveness.
The day culminated with all 12 participating schools receiving certificates for their endeavours and participation in this great scheme.
The Kelly team was also awarded a prize for being judged the 'Pupils Choice', an award voted for by the other schools for the best display stand and general information and friendliness and expertise of their project on the day.
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Structural Engineering Challenge at Mount House School
An excited team of six first years (Beatrice Wilson, Kacper Brudnik, Riley Robinson, Katy Davidson, Katherine Hawley and Cameron Mckie) left Kelly for a day of structural engineering challenges.
Not knowing what the day had in store, the team first had an informative talk about structures from around the world as an appetiser for the challenge. The hall fell silent as our hosts explained they were to design a tower, over 2.5metres high that could support a hanging weight of 1kg at from its zenith and another of 1kg at a 1m height!
To add further complications the students were only allowed to use rolled up A3 paper tubes or A4 rolled paper tubes. Design ideas started to be talked about on the way back from the hall to the making area and after a frenzied morning of tube construction, most towers were barely off the floor..
After a superb lunch the towers began to rise swiftly and as the deadline drew near, most teams had towering paper structures. Alas the Kelly tower, though impressive had a weakness towards its top and suffered a slight failure when the weight was hung from its lofty peak.
The day was hugely successful and enormous fun for all involved, much was learnt about triangular strength and friendships forged. Thank you to the Engineering students from Exeter University for their advice throughout the challenge and to everyone at Mount House who were most welcoming. | | | |
Parents from Conway and pupils from all years are invited to join us on Thursday 23rd June.
We will proudly present four short plays for your entertainment.
As part of the 2nd form students’ last term in Conway House, they will have spent three days rehearsing, creating props and costumes as well as rehearsing musical numbers.
The showcase performance is on Thursday 23rd June at 6.30pm; it will take place in Melvin Hall. We anticipate it will last approximately 1 hour.
The students and I look forward to sharing this enjoyable occasion with you, and very much hope you will be able to join us.
Thank you for your continued support.
Natasha Eveleigh
Head of Drama
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Wed 8th June - U15 v Okehampton - WON - 19 rounders - 18 rounders
Wed 8th June - U14 v Okehampton - WON - 15.5 rounders – 5.5 rounders
Thurs 9th June – U13 v Torquay - WON - 22.5 rounders – 15rounders
Thurs 9th June – U12 v Torquay - WON - 14 rounders - 12 rounders
Sat 11th june – U12A v Wellington - LOST - only just!!! - 12 rounders – 12.5 rounders
Sat 11th June - U12B v Wellington - LOST - 8 rounders - 13 rounders
Sat 11th June - U13A v Wellington - WON - 16 rounders - 13.5 rounders
Sat 11th June – U13B v Wellington - WON - 13 rounders - 11.5
ATHLETICS:
Tues 7th June – Year 10 Championships
Tommy Dyer competed in the age group above him and won the SHOT with a new PB of 11.02m – excellent.
Eleanor Partington competed in the age group above her and won the 800m and hurdles.
Selina Kisby competed in the age group above her and won both the High Jump and javelin.
Ben Cole won the 100m and 200m.
Overall the boys team came 3rd and the girls team were placed 5th.
This week the following matches take place:
ROUNDERS:
Tues 14th June – u14 v Shebbear
Thurs 16th June – u13 and U12 v Shebbear
Sat 18th June – U15, U14 and U13 v Kingsley
ATHLETICS:
Sun 19th June – Kelly Trophy
We wish all of these players the very best of luck.
| | | | Kelly College again had a stand at the Royal Cornwall Show this year, and on day one we enjoyed meeting current and prospective parents and pupils as well as Old Kelleians, which made for a busy and enjoyable day!
The event itself was attended by a large crowd – see the photo’s for a flavour of what’s going on at the show. It’s not too late – the show runs today and tomorrow – so get yourself along, have some fun – and don’t forget to come and say ‘hello’ to us on the Kelly Stand – No 371 | | The team on Day 1
Meeting visitors
The fabulous RAF Falcons display
Royal Marines Band from Plymouth
Wow - MotoCross display!
aah... the Camel Polo match......a novel spectator sport
End of a long, busy & enjoyable day
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It is a National competition, which is a precursor to the British and International Biology Olympiad that students can take part in during the 6th form.
This year, the following students have been recognised for their achievements by the Society of Biology:
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Victoria Callow of Kelly College spent her time wisely during the half term, competing at the South West Area Tetrathlon at Bicton College.
Victoria, a member of the Kelly College Swim Squad, was representing Lamerton Pony Club in the Tetrathlon which is a two day event. On the first day, Victoria scored 840 points on the turning target shoot which she followed up with a personal best swim which left her in 5th place overnight.
Victoria’s swim was the best overall swim.
Day 2 started with a cross country ride consisting of 22 jumps and a slip rail and gate, which had to be negotiated in a certain time so as not to add penalties. Victoria and her horse Zennor achieved a clear on the cross country course and after a 45 minute break, Victoria completed a 1500m run in a good time, which saw her move up into 2nd place overall.
Victoria said ‘I am very proud of myself and my horse as it is only the second time we have competed at cross country and our first ever tetrathlon’.
| | | | We had 175 pupils which came from Kelly Prep, Kelly Main and Mount House taking the exams - please follow the links for full results!
| | | | Just to catch up on some news from Easter, a small but enthusiastic group of U6 pupils made perfect use of their first week of the Easter holiday by going on a study trip to Berlin. German teacher Mrs Asmussen led them to many famous sights and areas, making sure they would get a full picture of this amazing city. The knowledge gained should now enable the pupils to excel in their study of the cultural topic for the forthcoming A2 exams. Our photo shows them on a particularly active sightseeing tour, in front of the famous Brandenburg Gate. | | | |
Although there was a strong breeze and a fair amount of cloud, the rain held off for the Kelly College Sports Day.
Many parents came to share what was a very successful day, for pupils of all ages – with a number of school records being broken. The events ranged from the 80m hurdles and 1500m, to discuss, javelin, high jump and the highly competitive house competitions including the 16 x 100m!
Full Results will be published here soon! | | | |
Congratulations to Cat Bell who has been awarded a Distinction for her National Diploma in Public Services (Level 2), which is earned through the Combined Cadet Force.
Cat gained a Distinction *( Star) overall having completed the following modules:
Public Service Skills
Career Planning for the Public Services
Improving Health and Fitness for entry into the uniformed Public Services
Employment in the Uniformed Public Services
Adventurous Activities and Teamwork for the Public Serices
Land Navigation by Map and Compass Expedition
Skills in Public Services
Volunteering in Public Services
This award is the equivalent of gaining a further 4 GCSE’s with a Grade of A*
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Kelly College Swim Squad members, Millie Murdoch(12) and Brittaney O'Reilly(11) both competed at the Exeter Open Meet on Sunday 22nd May. The Kelly College girls were quite tired from the effort they had put into the Cornwall & West Devon League on the Saturday where Kelly took top place, but both performed well.
Millie won the 50m freestyle, came 2nd in the 200m fly and third in the 100m breaststroke. Brittaney took gold in the 100m breaststroke and was just .27 off her National time. Both girls will be competing next month for Kelly at the ASA South West Region Age Group Championships.
Pictured here - Millie Murcoch with her medals | | | |
Kelly achieved 33 first places, 11 personal best times and one Kelly age group record in the second round of the Cornwall & West Devon Swimming League at the Quayside Leisure Centre in Kingsbridge on 21st May.
Chloe Barrow broke the girls 12 years age group record in the 50m butterfly with a time of 33.02 as she took first place in the 13 and under event.
Personal Best times were recorded by Chloe Barrow(2), Tom Brew, Will Davies, Georgia Jones, Victoria Moore, Melissa Murdoch(2), Robbie Nielsen and Brittaney O’Reilly(2).
The following swimmers won all their individual events and helped their relay teams to win: Tom Brew, Johannis Clifford-Flower, Matthew Henry, Victoria Moore, Brittaney O’Reilly and Molly Redford.
The final results were:
Kelly College 216 points
Kingsbridge Kingfishers 169 points
Bodmin 156 points
Torquay Leander 110 points
Launceston 102 points
The final round of this year’s Cornwall & West Devon Swimming League will take place on Sunday 26th June. | | | |
Many parents, friends and pupils attended the opening of the GCSE Art and DT Exhibition held at the Westall Art and Design Centre at the school on Friday evening.
The standard was incredibly high and above are just some of the stunning and eye-catching designs that have been created.
If you haven’t had a chance to visit yet – don’t worry – the Art Exhibition is open from 21st to 27th May during school times, so we look forward to seeing you there. | | | |
A good day was had by all on the Sound, with some testing conditions for the crews. The course was sailed in Laser 3000's, with 3 dinghies in each team.
Kelly started well, taking the top three places in the first race. The second race with a slightly altered course was a win to Kelly but with the Plymouth boats showing improvement. The third race showed a further improvement by Plymouth although this was helped by one Kelly boat unfortunately missing one of the marks whilst leading the pack by some way!
The next two races were memorable by the Kelly mishaps with one boat deciding to go for a wander whilst everybody else started the race.
A memorable last race was hotly contested and as the boats reached the windward mark a Kelly boat in the pack capsized, spectacularly missing the Plymouth boats but managing to take out one of the other Kelly boats.
It must be remarked that one of the Plymouth boats which had struggled throughout the first four races managed to come through well to take first place in the final race, a credit to them.
All in all, a great result for Kelly - very well done to all involved: Chris Barbour, George Harold, Harry Coulton, Will Jones, Christian Brown, Teddy Searight. | | | |
This year's teams were blessed with clear skies and sunshine for the start of the 51st Ten Tors Challenge!
Following months of training, Kelly pupils were amongst around 2,400 participants who trekked 35, 45 or 55 miles across open moorland.
All teams have to remain completely self-sufficient throughout the challenge, carrying all their food, water, bedding and tents and relying entirely on their well practised navigational skills.
Training for the challenge involves developing essential skills, together with commitment, determination and excellent teamwork.
The teams were all very grateful to Mr Lazenbury, Mr Bottrell, and all of the pupils, parents, teachers and friends who showed their support both at the beginning and end of their challenge.
Together with the great sense of achievement for completing the challenge itself, the Kelly teams also raised over £1,600 for the RNLI. | | | |
April 2011 saw a great success in music examinations with 26 pupils attaining certificates. The impressive array varied from Grade 1 Organ to Grade 8 Musical Theatre. Director of Music Andrew Wilson said ‘We are all delighted with this excellent set of results; it is a just reward for all the hard work put in by both the students and our dedicated team of music teachers’ | | | | |
Many Old Kelleians and their families joined us on Saturday May 7th for an entertaining and nostalgic visit to Kelly. Guests of Honour Christopher Hirst (former Headmaster) and Sara Hirst attracted many of their former pupils to share the day and Old Kelleian Dinner with them.
The weather, though threatening, was fairly kind, allowing an entertaining cricket match to be played between Kelly College 1st XI and the Old Kelleian Team (that only formed on the day). On this occasion Kelly College team triumphed with a convincing win.
During the day visitors enjoyed tours around the boarding houses and school – escorted by the Head of School and School Monitors, a barbecue and tea on the College lawns, swimming, archery and a climbing wall challenge. The little ones also enjoyed a bouncy castle and a magician.
There was a fine and moving service in Kelly College Chapel, with guest chaplain Reverend Robert Prance and the College Choir singing – joined by some of the Old Kelleians. Amongst others remembered was Denis Ball MBE, MA Headmaster of Kelly College from 1972 – 1985 who sadly passed away earlier this year.
The day was rounded off with a thoroughly enjoyable celebratory dinner, catered for by Kelly College catering staff. | | |
Kelly College students attended Plymouth University on the 4th May to collect their trophy and certificates from the Engineering Education Scheme, a particularly good result as this was the first year the award has been presented and competition was very strong. |
This award recognised the achievement of Kelly College students Edward Blackwell, Harry Coulton, Peter Meachin and Michael Parlby who have been working with successful Cornish pasty company Ginsters since November on a challenging engineering project.
The aim was to use the skills learned at Kelly College to investigate the design & construction of an improved “crimphead shoe”, which Ginsters use to give products their distinctive shape, resulting in reduced wastage and down-time on the busy Callington production line.
During their six-month project phase, students were encouraged to show industrial enterprise, creativity and innovation whilst gaining extensive experience of problem-solving, team-working and project management. All key life skills are developed within the context of the world of work, providing the motivation and inspiration to continue on a career path involving science, engineering and technology after leaving Kelly College.
At the awards ceremony the team had to deliver a presentation to the panel of experts drawn from South West companies. In an excellent talk, they described the obstacles they faced and how they were solved. The team then went on to face more demanding questions from the judges whilst manning their display stand. | | |
22 Kelly pupils complete 'The Canoeist's Everest' over the Easter Weekend |
After months of challenging training, the Kelly Team achieved commendable results winning the Junior Schools’ Competition and coming second in the overall junior event. Local pair Harry Coulton from Callington and Max Byrne from Bridestowe also achieved the fastest time for the Under 17s.
This was also a particularly significant occasion for pupil Ed Blackwell from Liskeard, whose step-grandfather, Mr O Dansie, won the Senior K2 race exactly 60 years ago and was at Westminster to see Ed finish.
For more information and full results, visit the official event website here. | | | |
Pupils and staff enjoyed a special Royal Wedding themed lunch on Friday 29th April, to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
Catering staff created a special Wedding Day Menu, which included Chicken a la King, Duchess Potatoes, Sauteed Jersey Royals, Onion Rings and red, white and blue Regal Cup Cakes!
| | | | Over the Easter Weekend we will have twelve Kelly boats taking part in the annual Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon. We wish all 24 Kelly Sixth Formers the very best of luck in their endeavours. | | | |
The Kelly College Chamber Music Ensemble recently presented a seasonal entertainment for the guests at the Tavistock Disabled Club Spring Luncheon. As well as playing works by Fauré and Purcell together, the musicians also performed a wide range of instrumental and vocal solos.
Pictured here (l. to r.) are: Ciara Glossop, Beth Barnes, Rosie Farrant (chair of T.D.C.), Jessica Bailey, Elissa Cundy and Chantal Whitfield. | | | | Kelly College pupil Jordan Channon, aged 12 has been selected by England Athletics to represent the South West in the Virgin London MIni Marathon on Sunday 17th April. He has been competing for both Kelly College and Tavistock Athletics Club and has had an excellent cross country season. He will make up a team of 6 under 13 boys and will stay at the Royal Holloway College in Surrey with the South West team and teams from the other 9 regions in England plus teams from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. On the day of the marathon, coaches will travel into London in convoy and will take athletes to the assembly area in old Billingsgate Market where they will be joined by more athletes representing the 33 London Boroughs. Jordan’s race will start with 270 boy and they will run the course which is the last 3 miles of the main marathon distance, which means that they will pass all the major attractions, such as, The Embankment, Westminster Bridge Street with Big Ben in front of them, Birdcage Walk and then will turn in front of Buckingham Palace to finish through the marathon gantries in The Mall, with TV cameras and massive crowds who will be lining the streets waiting for the competitors of the main London marathon to finish. The athletes will receive a finishers medal, tee shirt and goodie bag and will then have the opportunity to watch the leading contenders in the marathon. | | | |
Last week Kelly CCF had their Biennial Inspection by
Inpsecting Officer, Brigadier Beacom.
Brigadier Beacom saw some of the Army cadets at Bearwalls Training Area, visited the RAF cadets at Dartmoor Gliding Society at Brentor where the Inspection team and the cadets took to the skies and then everyone returned to Kelly where the Navy cadets were put through their navigation paces, while other cadets were staging a first aid scenario together with a range of stands demonstrating the activities and opportunities provided by the CCF at Kelly College. | | | | The Old Kelleian Hockey matches took place on a lovely hot sunny day and with two matches to play it was going to be an exciting afternoon.
The 2nd XI v 2nd XI OKs was a great game with end to end action. The OKs scored the first goal and the Kelly Boys not to be put off by this came back with an excellent finish and scored the equalising goal.
The 1st XI v 1st XI OKs was a different game altogether. With a huge amount of strength in the returning OK team the Kelly boys were pushed to the maximum. The score line of 2 - 7 defeat does not reflect how well the Kelly boys played but were just outplayed on the day. The good thing was that it proved that once the skills of a Kelly hockey player have been finely tuned they carry them on with them into later in life!
Overall an excellent afternoon with a high level of hockey being played.
| | | | Congratulations to Harry Dunlop, Josh Boon and Jordan Channon who won silver medal in the Boys’ Year 8 Team event at the GB Schools National Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace. | | | |
In February Josh Carnell, Ellen Riis-White and Jordan Channon gained selection for the English Schools' Cross Country final. Unfortunately Ellen was unable to compete but Josh and Jordan travelled to Nottingham with the team. Josh ran in the Year 10 & 11 race and ran 5.7km finishing 189th out of 320 boys (he was 5th Devon boy to finish, helping the team to 15th out of 43 counties). Jordan competed in the year 8 & 9 race finishing the 4.1km course in 165th place out of 331 boys (he was 6th Devon boy home so helped his team into 9th place). Congratulations to Josh and Jordan for all their hard work and dedication. | | | |
Six pupils recently visited The British Library, London: ‘We learned that the Library stocks every book, manuscript, poem, song, newspaper and play ever written or published.
Perhaps most intriguing was the fact that they stored everything in hard copy which amounted to well over 200 miles worth of shelving across multiple storage places.
A fascinating day included an exhibition which highlighted the ways in which our language has evolved over its long existence and how it’s still evolving today. We were also able to see books which date back thousands of years, including the very first bible that became translated into English.
On the journey home we concluded that this trip, which expanded the realms of curricular understanding, was invaluable to our learning. It was decided that history and literature as well as language and culture are comprehensively indivisible. The trip proved the importance of our language at home as well as abroad.’ | | | |
Just before half term, Kelly College was lucky enough to be selected to take part in the Go4SET scheme. This is a scheme aimed at Year 9 students who will be undertaking an environmental engineering project, set over a ten week period, working closely with a local company. Over two thirds of the year group at Kelly applied to take part, making the selection of a team of six very difficult. Ciara Glossop, Philip Sloman, Kate Blackwell, Toby Broadhead, Rosannah Morel and Selina Kisby were chosen to make up the team and attended the scheme launch on Tuesday 1st March. The Kelly team met their mentor engineer, Leah, from Premier Foods (Ambrosia) in Lifton. They were also given the choice of three exciting ecologically based briefs to choose from. The rest of the afternoon was spent gaining information about the weeks ahead, prize giving and valuable time with arranging future meetings with the company and how to proceed with the project. The afternoon also involved a challenging team building event, which saw them using a marble and five sheets of A4 card, some masking tape and newspaper to create a marble run with the longest duration. Kelly ignored the other enthusiastic structures being developed around them and imaginatively decided that a simple ‘u’ shaped string of cardboard would make a suitable course for the marble - to run firstly in one direction, and then, under momentum, continue to move backwards, - still moving but not breaking the competition rules. Suffice to say the Kelly team beat the other 14 teams, with an impressive duration of 17.4 seconds.
The team will now have to decide on one of the three project choices, meet again with their company mentor and embark on a ten week project that will be challenging and rewarding.
Watch this space for details of the chosen brief and its progression.
Photographs show:
The team tweak problems with rigidity on their suspended track.
The Kelly team receive a prize of sweets from Paul Hartley (CREST Awards) for their winning, innovative marble run.
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Jordan Channon and Josh Boon were selected to run for Devon at the UK inter counties cross country held in Birmingham. They competed against 297 of the best indurance runners in the UK and they both ran fantastically with Jordan finishing 1st Devon boy (33rd overall) and Josh coming 3rd Devon boy (71st overall) helping the Devon team to 15th place out of the 41 county teams competing.
| | | | Josh Boon, Harry Dunlop and Jordan Channon have been very busy this cross country season running various events in Devon and Cornwall. They were all selected for the Devon U13 boys squad which comprised 12 boys. Eight of the 12 boys, including Josh and Jordan, were then selected based on how many races they had completed and their results for the Devon team. Harry is waiting in the wings as reserve.
Josh and Jordan will both travel up to Crofton Park, Birmingham to race in the 'Inter Regional Cross Country National Championships' - a race which brings together the best runners in Great Britain.The Boys Under 13 race is at 11.33am on Saturday 5th March and will be shown live on Sky Sports. Watch out for Josh and Jordan who will be wearing bright blue Devon vests with a white stripe down each side! | | | | During February half-term a group of CCF cadets enjoyed a week’s skiing around St Jakob, Austria. They visited 3 different resorts and experienced some outstanding snow conditions. They also enjoyed ice-carting and tobogganing. Congratulations to Alex Shephard who won the End of Week slalom race. | | | |
Congratulations to everyone in Newton House, Kelly College who completed their target swim of 68km (42 miles) - which is the distance of swimming the Strait of Dover there and back - in just 36 minutes! The swimming continued for the allotted hour and they swam an amazing 104.3km in the Kelly swimming pool. An incredible response has been received for this venture and so far a massive £6736.15 has been raised - and there is still more to collect! Thank you to everyone who swam, helped, supported and sponsored - a huge team effort.
The cause they have chosen to support this year is the 'Cots for Tots' appeal, run by regional chairty Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal.
On the left there is a link to Jack’s Story which has been written by Mr and Mrs Collard (Design and Technology Teachers at Kelly) whose own son, Jack, has benefited from St Michael's Hospital.
The 'Cots for Tots' campaign is raising money to support the region's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol. The fundraising campaign aims to raise £1 million for the Unit to provide a new suite of four intensive care cots to help save the lives of premature and critically ill new-born babies across the South West of England. The Unit currently needs more cots in order to meet the demand for the high level care that the team provides. Money raised will also provide a new home-from-home family accommodation unit.
To sponsor us please either sponsor a Newton House girl directly on their sponsorship form or go to our Just Giving page below:
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Congratulations to Kelly's India Lewis who, as part of the team, won the Area Dressage Championships.
India competed for Mid Devon Riding Club on Sunday 23rd January at the Duchy College in the Area Dressage Competition, where she was part of a team of four junior riders.
At the last minute India had to switch horses as her horse, Jack, threw a shoe. Her new horse, Shaemus, had done very little over the winter so it was quite a big decision to have to make that change.
However, she was thrilled to find that they had been placed 8th individually competing, but over the moon to find that the combined scores had placed the team in 1st place. Consequently they will now be the team representing this area at the British Riding Clubs National Dressage Championships at Hartbury in April. | | | |
Kelly College was celebrating a great set of results as last term’s Speech and Drama grades were received.
Speech and Drama has been taught at Kelly for the last fourteen years by Vanessa McCarty and for the last six years, public speaking has formed part of the curriculum for everyone in the Lower Sixth. Students take oral exams with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and have always enjoyed well above average results.
The most recent results saw 114 examinations being taken - 8 of which were at Grade 8. Twenty seven of the exams taken were Grade 6 and above, all of which earn UCAS points.
| Mime Grade 2 |
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| Harry Duddridge |
62 |
Pass |
| Ted Hatcher |
66 |
Merit |
| Cameron McKie |
66 |
Merit |
| Rosie Crosby |
68 |
Merit |
| Kirsty Farquharson |
68 |
Merit |
| Harry Donnelly |
69 |
Merit |
| Sophie Russell |
70 |
Merit |
| Beatrice Wilson |
70 |
Merit |
| Jack Cockcroft |
71 |
Merit |
| Jacob Clinton |
72 |
Merit |
| Ben Grove |
73 |
Merit |
| Daisy Trewartha-Wyatt |
80 |
Distinction |
| Lulu Kharas |
80 |
Distinction |
| Bethanie Wheldon |
80 |
Distinction |
| Ellen Wheeler |
80 |
Distinction |
| Selwin Hulme-Teague |
89 |
Distinction |
| Johannis Clifford-Flower |
89 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 3 |
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| Alexander Luscombe |
70 |
Merit |
| Beth Watmore |
76 |
Merit |
| Eve Lindsey |
81 |
Distinction |
| Harry Dunlop |
84 |
Distinction |
| Jessica Strutt |
84 |
Distinction |
| Danni Stead |
84 |
Distinction |
| Bel Germon |
84 |
Distinction |
| Joseph Holbrook |
89 |
Distinction |
| Hector Haffenden |
89 |
Distinction |
| Tobias Clifford-Flower |
89 |
Distinction |
| Harry Peak |
89 |
Distinction |
| Alec Hampden-Smith |
89 |
Distinction |
| Claudia Smith |
90 |
Distinction |
| Amy Sheldon |
90 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 4 |
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| Joshua Kappes |
81 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Whitson-Fay |
85 |
Distinction |
| Rob Grove |
85 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 5 |
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| Charlie Hatcher |
80 |
Distinction |
| Henry Searle |
82 |
Distinction |
| Olivia Hampden-Smith |
89 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 6 |
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| Ellen Riis-White |
84 |
Distinction |
| Henry Chamberlain |
86 |
Distinction |
| Amy Anstee |
86 |
Distinction |
| Anna Germon |
88 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 7 |
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| Jack Stockdale |
69 |
Merit |
| Joseph Morel |
69 |
Merit |
| Jamie Briant |
84 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Nichol |
88 |
Distinction |
| Max Gratton |
88 |
Distinction |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 4 |
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| Amy Lloyd |
80 |
Distinction |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 5 |
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| Anna Germon |
80 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 3 |
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| Eric Tam |
65 |
Merit |
| David Lloyd-Greame |
70 |
Merit |
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| Public Speaking Grade 4 |
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| Ryan Passmore |
58 |
Pass |
| Alexey Matveev |
60 |
Pass |
| Stefanie Roskosch |
65 |
Merit |
| Tara Spicer |
65 |
Merit |
| Nils Ahrens |
65 |
Merit |
| Galina Matveeva |
67 |
Merit |
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| Public Speaking Grade 5 |
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| John Hart |
52 |
Pass |
| Elissa Cundy |
53 |
Pass |
| Nathan Sutton |
56 |
Pass |
| Joe Voller |
58 |
Pass |
| Alex Toms |
59 |
Pass |
| Isaac Strutridge |
59 |
Pass |
| Hannah Rouse |
60 |
Pass |
| Ellen Keane |
61 |
Pass |
| Spencer Cunningham |
61 |
Pass |
| Ben Williams |
65 |
Merit |
| Rosie Willets |
68 |
Merit |
| Ed Blackwell |
68 |
Merit |
| Charlie Bayliss |
68 |
Merit |
| Nadia Edling |
69 |
Merit |
| Anna Court |
71 |
Merit |
| Joseph Morel |
72 |
Merit |
| Max Byrne |
72 |
Merit |
| Michael Parby |
72 |
Merit |
| Louis Dykes |
72 |
Merit |
| Oliver Ramirez |
72 |
Merit |
| Chris Monger |
75 |
Merit |
| Jack Stockdale |
76 |
Merit |
| Philippa Sandler |
80 |
Distinction |
| Holly Southcott |
80 |
Distinction |
| Leon Cording |
80 |
Distinction |
| Laura Siggelow |
80 |
Distinction |
| Harry Coulton |
80 |
Distinction |
| Gareth Matos |
80 |
Distinction |
| Amy Osborne |
80 |
Distinction |
| Pete Meachin |
81 |
Distinction |
| Jess Vick |
81 |
Distinction |
| Tolga Akcayli |
82 |
Distinction |
| Jessica Bailey |
83 |
Distinction |
| Freya Semken |
83 |
Distinction |
| Song Kim |
84 |
Distinction |
| Katy Collingwood |
85 |
Distinction |
| Sam Lindsey |
88 |
Distinction |
| Stine Walter |
89 |
Distinction |
| Jack Lindsey |
90 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 6 |
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| Ben Murphy |
67 |
Merit |
| Nathaniel Young |
74 |
Merit |
| Lauren Steadman |
81 |
Distinction |
| Lucy Perry |
82 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Nichol |
83 |
Distinction |
| Max Gratton |
89 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 7 |
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| Cathy Burton |
70 |
Merit |
| Oliver Broadhead |
85 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 8 |
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| Cameron Carpenter-Warren |
56 |
Pass |
| Iain Davidson |
62 |
Pass |
| Cat Bell |
65 |
Merit |
| George Harold |
66 |
Merit |
| Olivia Eadie |
82 |
Distinction |
| Natasha Dawes |
84 |
Distinction |
| Alice Kneen |
84 |
Distinction |
| Ben Walsh |
89 |
Distinction |
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| | | | | Music Scholars from Kelly College visited the Emmanuel Church in Plymouth recently to present their annual concert for the Plymouth Parkinson’s Disease Society. Their varied programme featured music from Mozart to Andrew Lloyd Webber and was very warmly received by the large audience. Pictured here (l-r): Elissa Cundy, Chantal Whitfield, Jessica Bailey and Beth Barnes. | | | | | | | | University of Bath - 23rd January 2011 – RESULTS
Kelly College sent 19 qualifiers to the Pentathlon GB Schools’ National Biathlon Semi Final at the University of Bath on Sunday 23rd January 2011 and all of them achieved personal best times in the swimming.
Congratulations to Cameron Carpenter-Warren, Ellen Riis-White, Thomas Brew, Benjamin Dunlop, Georgia Jones, Brittaney O’Reilly, Christy Gold, Josh Boon, Jordan Channon, Harry Dunlop, Josh Carnell, Bret Bassett & Christian Brown, all of whom have qualified for the British Biathlon Championships. We await results from other areas to see if any of our second placed teams will get a place at the finals.
School years 12 & 13
Cameron Carpenter-Warren won the 100m swim in 57.28 in the Boys Years 12 & 13. He also placed 5th in the run in 2:52.63 scoring a total of 2708 points which gave Cameron the overall win in his year group.
Cameron was joined in that year group by Bret Bassett (13th with 2404 points) and Christian Brown (19th with 2244 points) which placed the boys as winners of the Team Year 12 & 13 Boys.
School Year 11
Ellen Riis-White, our only girl in the Year 11 Group came 2nd in the swim in 66.11 and 5th in the run in 3:23.16 which placed her 2nd overall in the individual event.
Josh Carnell was the only boy in this age group. Josh came 11th in the swim and 4th in the run, totalling 2548 points which placed him 6th.
School Year 8
Josh Boon with 2484 points, placing 4th in the swim and 5th in the run, came 2nd overall. His team mates backed him up well, with Jordan Channon placing 5th and Harry Dunlop 9th overall which meant the team had a good victory over the other teams and took 1st place with 7144 points, more than 200 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Yately Manor Prep School.
Megan Bassett found herself the only girl in this year group but did well to place 16th overall with 2188 points.
School Year 7
This time it was the girls who took top honours winning the team event with 7278 points which was nearly 400 points ahead of Crickhowell High School in second place. Georgia Jones led the way with a 3rd in the swim and 19th in the run, which placed her 7th overall. Brittaney O’Reilly (16th) and Christy Gold (19th) were Georgia’s team mates in the
win.
It was an unfortunate day for Ben Staig. Though he had placed 6th in the swim with a personal best time, he was then unable to compete in the run because of an injury.
School Year 6
Second place in the Boys Team event for this age group. The team consisted of Benjamin Dunlop (6th), Nathan Linden (17th) and Mataeo Pearce (32nd). Together their total points were 6702.
School Year 5
Another second place, this time for Year 5 Boys, Thomas Brew (5th), Jonathan Hawley (20th) and Jacob Staig (36th).
| | | | Phoebe Jourdan, 2nd Form, recently gave a talk to her class at Kelly about the RNLI. She then wrote to the RNLI about her talk and they published her letter on the RNLI website
Phoebe says:
'Today I performed my talk at school. In the talk I included the following:
•What the RNLI does as a charity e.g. how much it costs to run, crew clothing and equipment, types of boat
•History and how it all began
•SOS Day, the charity's annual fundraising day I took in our own VHF radio, showed everyone how it worked and explained about the range it has compared with that of a fishing vessel or other craft. I also took in my lifejacket and demonstrated with 2 members of the class how and why it is worn. They acted out a sea rescue scenario that I wrote, which included a May Day call to Falmouth lIfeboat station.
I made a fantastic display of RNLI posters sent to me by Lucy at the South West office, and laid out all of the leaflets on a table in front of me. I gave everyone an information pack to read, including the teacher, Mrs Lanyon-Jones.
Although in the modern age many teenagers prefer texting to most things, every member of my class was really interested in the leaflets and all said they thought the talk was gripping. They all sat down and read the leaflets quietly. They also loved adding the stickers to their uniforms.' | | | | Congratulations to Christine Corlet, from Yelverton, who has secured a place to study Natural Sciences (Physical) at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
At A-level Christine achieved A* grade in Mathematics, A Grades in Physics and Chemistry and a B grade in Spanish.
Whilst at Kelly Christine played for the 1st Hockey, Netball and Rounders teams, completed the Devizes to Westminster 125 mile Canoe Marathon, and achieved Grade 8s in Singing and Musical Theatre, and also Grade 8 in LAMDA Public Speaking and Mime. Christine has also been the star in many of the school’s musicals and plays.
Christine is currently on a Gap year – taking AS Further Mathematics. This will be followed in March with a 2 month placement at BAE systems in Bristol, in the MicronNano Engineering Department. Christine is hoping to do some travelling around Europe during the summer before heading off to Cambridge.
Christine is the second Kelly College to receive good news from the University of Cambridge – last week Tom Bury received an offer to study Mathematics at Queen’s College, Cambridge.
Students at Kelly College celebrated their GCE A-level results with a perfect 100% pass rate – 37.9% at A* + A Grade and 67.2% at Grades A* + A + B. | | | |
Congratulations to Tom Bury, from Tavistock, who has secured an offer at Queen’s College, Cambridge, to read Mathematics.
Tom gained stunning A-levels results last August with 3 A* grades - Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics, and an A grade in French. Tom not only achieved first class A-level results but he also embraced the extracurricular, sporting, cultural and creative activities that combine to make Kelly one of the best all-round educations available. Tom successfully completed the Ten Tors challenge at all three distances (35, 45 and 55 miles), played 1st XI Hockey and captained the Tennis, Fives and Squash teams. Tom also completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon (twice), gained his LAMDA Grade 7 in Public Speaking, and his Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
Tom is currently on a Gap year and is about to go out to South Africa where he will help teach sport and music in 12 local community schools – starting in Cape Town and working his way up to Mozambique.
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A packed audience at Kelly College were treated to a fantastic Classical Guitar recital by Andrew Booth this week.
His programme for the evening included:
Michael Praetorius - Dances from Terpsichore (arr. J. Williams)
J.S. Bach - Lute Suite, BWV 995, (transcr. F Koonce, in A minor)
Isaac Albeniz - Rumores de la caleta
Carlo Domeniconi - Toccata in Blue
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Prelude no. 1, Prelude no. 5
Joaquin Rodrigo - Invocation and Dance
Cole Porter - I love Paris (arr. R. Dyens)
Paulo Bellinati - Jongo
Biography
Hailed as ‘One of the best’ (West Sussex County Times), Andrew Booth is one of the most exciting young guitarists in the UK. He recently completed his Bachelor of Music degree with First Class Honours, followed by the Postgraduate Performance Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the tutelage of Gordon Crosskey and Craig Ogden. Andrew won an Education Award from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund and major scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the RNCM. Andrew is sponsored by the Countess of Munster Recital scheme for the 2010/11 season and has recently been accepted onto Worcester Classical Guitar Society’s New Artist’s Scheme.
Andrew has performed in masterclasses with many eminent guitarists including David Russell, Gary Ryan, Laura Young, Chris Stell (Eden-Stell Duo), David Tanenbaum and Dale Kavanagh. In 2008, Andrew attended the Iserlohn International Guitar Symposium, Germany, where he participated in the classes of Roland Dyens, Bruce Holzman and John Dearman (Los Angeles Guitar Quartet). During his time as an undergraduate at the RNCM, Andrew accepted numerous engagements as a solo and chamber recitalist. He has given performances throughout the North West and in many other parts of the UK and Ireland. Andrew continues to perform extensively in duo with the flautist Sarah Atter and with the cellist Stephanie Oade. He has also had considerable pit orchestra experience, having performed in productions of Les Miserables, Anything Goes and Threepenny Opera, amongst others.
Andrew was invited in three consecutive years to perform at soundSCAPE contemporary music festival at Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy, where he gave many world premiere performances of specially commissioned solo and chamber works. At the 2010 festival he worked closely with the composer Stephen Goss. Following his performances in the 2009 festival, Andrew was awarded the prestigious Performer Prize for his dedication and commitment to the performance of new music. Together with two musicians he met at soundSCAPE, Andrew recently formed The Penbridge Trio, with the unusual instrumentation of guitar, violin (Martha Morrison) and piano (Bryan Kelly). Focused on performing new music by emerging composers, the Penbridge Trio performed their first UK concert tour in the summer of 2010. | | | |
In a recent former pupils’ rugby match of the Old Kelleians against the Shebbearians (former pupils of Shebbear College, Devon) a total of £2,250 was raised for the Max Levene Trust Fund.
It was during a rugby match, a year ago, when Truro School were playing against Kelly College that Max Levene was injured in a tragic accident which left him paralysed. Headmaster, Dr Graham Hawley said, “We have all followed Max’s progress closely and we think he is a true inspiration to us all. The rugby match was a fantastic day, with former pupils coming from as far away as Tenerife, Malta and Greece to play in this match and raise money for Max.”
There were over 200 supporters on the touchline, and one of the Old Kelleians, Jon Bellamy, who organised the event, commented. “Rugby is a family, and whenever there is a need, everyone comes together.” | | | | Competent Crew Course
Recently Molly Limb and Chantal Whitfield joined the six person crew of Headstrong, a Dehler 34, at Jupiter Point. They spent the day in Plymouth Sound learning how to sail the boat, use the working jib and anchor. The wind picked up in the afternoon until we had gusts of approximately Force 8. They spent the night on a buoy up the River Yealm, and the next morning started towards Fowey. On the passage they learned how to take a three point fix and carry out a man overboard drill. On arrival at Fowey they were taught how to come alongside a pontoon and pick up a buoy. On Sunday they completed their final trip back to Jupiter Point. Both girls enjoyed the sailing and achieving their RYA Competent Crew award.
Congratulations to Molly and Chantal and thanks to CCF, Mr Bottrell and Miss Woodroffe for encouraging them to accept the challenge. | | | |
Congratulations Kelly musicians – Jess Bailey (Year 12) and Ciara Glossop (Year 9) who have both gained places in the County Youth orchestras – Jess for the Devon Youth Wind Orchestra, and Ciara in the Cornwall Youth Wind Orchestra. | | | | Recently 130 pupils from Kelly College and Kelly Prep School took part in the Plymouth Speech and Drama Festival and gained some fantastic results:
12 pupils gained Third Places
Amy Sheldon and Danni Stead for poetry duologue
Bel Germon for humorous verse
Jacob Clinton and Thea Crosby for original composition
Harry Donnelly for verse speaking
Kate Blackwell for bible reading
Selwyn Hulme –Teague for a set poem
Ellen Riis-White for bible reading
Rosannah Morel for a set poem
Lizzie Duncan for a set poem
9 pupils gained Second places
Daisy Trewartha-Wyatt for humorous verse
Phoebe Jourdan for lyrical verse
Sarah Heracleous for humorous verse
Sarah Heracleous for own choice verse
Sophie Whitfield for bible reading
Joseph Morel for bible reading
Kate Newman for TV news reading
Lizzie Duncan for sight reading
10 pupils won First places
Jacob Clinton for novice verse speaking
Selwin Hulme–Teague for humorous verse
Molly Sellers and Megan Bassett for Poetry duologue
Phoebe Jourdan for public speaking
Sophie Whitfield for sight reading
Daisy Waggett for humorous verse
Joseph Morel for TV news reading
Sarah Heracleous for bible reading and prose reading
Molly Sellers for original poetry writing | | | | Six students who completed their studies at Kelly College visited St James Palace to be presented with their Gold certificates in the presence of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Edwina Currie, who presided over the first ceremony at the royal palace, recounted stories of her D of E before giving certificates to the assembled award winners.
At Gold level the Duke of Edinburgh’s award comes in five parts - it requires the participants to help the community in the Volunteering Section; promotes participation in sports in the Physical Section; helps develop a talent in the Skills Section; the Residential Section takes individuals out of their comfort zone to develop as an individual away from friends and home; finally the expedition section sees them completing a four day expedition.
Rhys Byrne, who is currently studying Medicine at Bristol University, spent time working in a hospital in Ghana and completed the grueling 125 mile Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon. Megan Mackenzie who is studying Medicine at Imperial University worked as a volunteer in Cambodia. Jack Rouse who is studying Civil Engineering at Plymouth University worked on an Army base in Gibraltar as well as completing voluntary work for the National Trust. Georgina Killingbeck (who some may have seen riding her horse to school when the roads were snowbound!) has completed the DW canoe marathon, Ten Tors at all distances as well as her Bronze and Silver awards and is off to travel the world – first stop is Madagascar! Anastasia Steed was the College’s influential Head Girl last year and is also about to go travelling – first stop Singapore. James Macfarlane was also a veteran of all of Kelly’s major outdoor pursuits as well as an accomplished scholar and swimmer and completed his Residential section on Tall Ships. | | | | Devon Cup Semi Final
Kelly College 12
Torquay Boys Grammar 5
The Devon Cup Semi Final was a fantastic day for Kelly College. The Kelly team was well prepared and they were focused on the task in hand. With it being the first home game of the season, a large crowd turned out on a wet a windy afternoon. The game started quickly, with Kelly having to defend their line for a 5 minute period. Kelly dealt with the pressure well, managing to turn defence into attack. Kelly spent the rest of the first half camped inside Torquay’s 22, but were unable to turn the pressure into points. With it being 0-0 at half time, Kelly knew they had to take advantage of having a dominant pack and the majority of possession. This finally showed with Mike Parlby scoring from a drive over try, which Jamie Briant converted. Torquay did manage to score a breakaway try, running the length of the field, which made for an exciting finish to the game. Kelly did however keep plugging away in the forwards, with Ben Abbot scoring in the final 5 minutes to secure the win. A fine display of rugby from the whole team and one which Captain Tom Rickard should be proud of. | | | |
Kelly College Junior Squash team started the season well, with a closely-fought match against Mount House, which they were very pleased to win 4-3.
Mount House will be seeking their revenge in the return match later this term, and other fixtures are planned against Tavistock Squash Club, as well as schools and clubs further afield.
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Having beaten Plymouth College earlier in the term in the Plymouth Area selection, Kelly 1sts went through to the next round which took place at Blundell’s on Wednesday 13th of October.
Kelly's first match took place against Exeter School, a strong side who Kelly had managed to beat earlier in the season so they would be even more determined to secure a win. Exeter had the majority of possession and play in the first half as Kelly was slow to adjust to the quicker paced tournament style game. Exeter had several attempts on goal yet
the half-term score was 0-0. The Kelly team played a much stronger second half, in which they made several attacks on the opposition's defence. Both teams fought down to the final whistle with some excellent hockey between Olivia Eadie and Laura Siggelow.
Kelly's second match was against Blundell’s, hosts and usual county representatives. The Blundell’s team managed to sneak in an early goal, which made Kelly lose confidence and panic as a team. Steph Hole and Chantal Whitfield proved solid in defence, whilst Barnie Goldstone and Annie Court took the brunt of the blows defending what seemed to be a
constant stream of strong attacking play. Blundell’s had most of the possession throughout the game and the final score was 3-0 to Blundell's.
Kelly's next match was against West Buckland, who again they had already beaten this season. Again the team started slow and West Buckland scored an early goal, however Kelly responded well with some great play between Laura Sivyer and Freya Semken, which lead to some attempts on goal narrowly missed by Flicky Massy-Birch. However, as
the game progressed the Kelly team began to dominate the position and consequently scored. In the last minute of the game Kelly managed to secure a short-corner, knowing this would be the final play of the game the whole team stepped up to take part in the short-corner. Laura Sivyer managed to get a touch on the ball during the hectic short-corner, leaving the final score 2-1 to Kelly.
Kelly's last match took place against an unknown South Dartmoor team. The Kelly team had high-spirits and went straight into this game with confidence, however a series of early attacks from South Dartmoor's forwards put them on the back foot, losing 2-0. Kelly tried to come back as a team in the second half however a constant stream of defensive short-corners left them unable to play much attacking hockey.
Contribution to the tournament goes to Amy Osborne for her tireless play in midfield.
Kelly 1sts wish all the best to Blundell’s and Exeter in the next round.
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A charity rugby match was held at Kelly which saw the Old Kelleian Rugby team hosting the Shebbear College Old Boys. The charity match was raising funds for the Max Levene Trust. Max is a pupil at Truro School who was tragically paralysed whilst playing in a school rugby match in October 2009.
The Shebbear team got off to a flying start with two quick tries. Kelly came back and at 19-13 at half time, the game was finely poised.
However in the second half Shebbear raced to a 43-13 lead with ten minutes to go. Kelly pulled back and the final score was 43-25 to Shebbear.
Refreshments and an auction followed, including a signed Wasps shirt from Phil Vickery, and in total around £1800 was raised.
Thank you to Jon Bellamy (OK) for all his work in organsing this match. | | | |
Former pupils from Kelly College, the Old Kelleians, will be playing against the Old Shebbearians in the grounds of Kelly College on Sunday October 17, 2010, kicking off at 11am.
The match has been organised by Jon Bellamy, who was a pupil at Kelly from 1993 to 1995, to raise funds for the Max Levene Trust. Max is a pupil at Truro School who was tragically paralysed whilst playing in a school rugby match in October 2009.
Everyone welcome - please come and help support this worthy cause.
Jon would like to thank the sponsors of the match, including Kountry Kit of Tavistock and Sodexo.
If you are unable to attend but would like to make a donation, please send this to the The Max Levene Trust, c/o Mrs Jayne Grigg, Truro School, Trennick Lane, Truro, TR1 1TH, Cornwall. | | | |
Congratulations to Kelly musicians who recently gained Grade 6 in their music exams:
Fiona Timms, Grade 6 Clarinet
Beth Barnes, Grade 6 Flute, with Distinction
Sophie Whitfield, Grade 6 Singing with Distinction | | | Congratulations to Kelly pupil, Justin Southam, who has been selected to play for the Devon U16 Rugby team against Somerset on Sunday 17th October. | | | | | Kelly Lower Sixth pupils, Alastair Quick and Isaac Sturtridge, attended the Juniors University Mathematics week at the University of Plymouth. During this week they presented some of their work to an audience, which included Charlie Stripp who is the new chief executive of MEI. Alastair and Isaac were awarded Certificates of Commendation for their presentations. | | | | Congratulations to the Kelly show-jumping team who, having come 3rd in the Devon Schools’ show-jumping event, then went through to the Cornwall-Devon Finals last Friday and came in 2nd Place. It was a fantastic team effort and everyone at Kelly was delighted they came home with 2nd place rosettes.
The team comprised:
Jack Stockdale on Skybourne II
India Lewis-Thompson on Jack
Jodie Wood on Grace
Olivia Eadie on Lordick Dance
Stover finished with 0 faults on a combined time of 119.09
Kelly finished with 0 faults and 136.76
Callington with 0 faults and 138.82
No other schools had no penalties.
Pictured are the riders, their families and Kelly Headmaster, Dr Hawley | | | | Cadets from the College’s CCF Contingent have taken to skies gliding with the Dartmoor Gliding Society (DGS). Good luck with the weather has meant that some cadets have been able to fly on each of the Contingent’s Thursday training afternoons this term. It is hoped that up to 40 pupils will have made their maiden flights by half-term. The cadets have been flying in two-seater K-13 gliders accompanied by very experienced instructors from the DGS.
The opportunity to go Gliding has gone down well with the cadets, Cadet Under Officer Darcey Ball described her first flight as ‘simply fantastic!’ and Cadet Warrant Officer Tom Elson-Knight thought the whole experience was ‘Awesome, definitely something to be done again, I’m really keen to go solo’. The Cadets were also pleased to see the Headmaster head up to clouds with them; Dr Hawley enjoyed two short flights on 1st October in recompense for driving the minibus up to the DGS’s Brentor site.
As the days begin to close in after half-term the cadets’ focus will turn to ground training in aeronautic skills in preparation for the return of fair weather in the spring. With a good grounding in those skills it is hoped to see that some of the senior cadets will make their first solo flights in the summer of next year.
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Kelly College was celebrating a great set of results as last term’s Speech and Drama grades were received.
Speech and Drama has been taught at Kelly for the last fourteen years by Vanessa McCarty and for the last six years, public speaking has formed part of the curriculum for everyone in the Lower Sixth. Students take oral exams with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and have always enjoyed well above average results.
The most recent results bring the year's total (2009/2010) to 410 examinations taken - 21 of which were at Grade 8. Many of the exams taken were Grade 6 and above, all of which earn UCAS points which can be claimed from 2009.
Pictured are some of this term's successful students.
| Mime Grade 2 |
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| Tobias Clifford-Flower |
80 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 3 |
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| Samuel Smith |
68 |
Merit |
| Alexander Kingsley |
69 |
Merit |
| Joshua Kappes |
70 |
Merit |
| Beth Barnes |
73 |
Merit |
| Amy Lloyd |
74 |
Merit |
| Sophie Whitfield |
76 |
Merit |
| Lauren Ross |
76 |
Merit |
| Samuel Cooper |
81 |
Distinction |
| Eleanor Partington |
82 |
Distinction |
| Lizzie Duncan |
84 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 4 |
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| Betsy Kharas |
60 |
Pass |
| Charlie Hatcher |
65 |
Merit |
| Biria Carr |
71 |
Merit |
| Rosannah Morel |
72 |
Merit |
| Georgia Donnelly |
74 |
Merit |
| Henry Searle |
75 |
Merit |
| Lewis Phillips-Crowther |
76 |
Merit |
| Jamie Duncan |
78 |
Merit |
| Daisy Waggett |
78 |
Merit |
| Rebekah Hainsworth |
80 |
Distinction |
| Jonathan Ball |
80 |
Distinction |
| Toby Broadhead |
80 |
Distinction |
| Theo Brown |
81 |
Distinction |
| Ben Clarke |
82 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Mime Grade 5 |
|
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| Laura Nicholas |
55 |
Pass |
| Fleur Sylvester |
55 |
Pass |
| Amy Anstee |
62 |
Pass |
| Emma Davidson |
68 |
Merit |
| Ellen Rhiis-White |
69 |
Merit |
| Felicity Massy-Birch |
72 |
Merit |
| Pollyanna Whitehouse |
78 |
Merit |
| Anna Germon |
83 |
Distinction |
| Katy Collingwood |
83 |
Distinction |
| Jamie Briant |
83 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Mime Grade 6 |
|
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| Alexandra Power |
54 |
Pass |
| Sophie Bassett |
59 |
Pass |
| Joseph Morel |
62 |
Pass |
| Jack Stockdale |
62 |
Pass |
| Daniel Goldstone |
67 |
Merit |
| Max Gratton |
82 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Nichol |
82 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Mime Grade 7 |
|
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| Guy Coulton |
58 |
Pass |
| Rupert Haffenden |
61 |
Pass |
| Lucy Jones |
67 |
Merit |
| Charlotte Chamberlain |
70 |
Merit |
| Sarah Heracleous |
74 |
Merit |
| Kyle Telford |
75 |
Merit |
| |
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| Mime Grade 8 |
|
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| Elissa Cundy |
52 |
Pass |
| |
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| Acting Grade 3 |
|
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| Leah Pritchard |
51 |
Pass |
| Philippa Johnson-Hall |
55 |
Pass |
| Sascha Lopes |
61 |
Pass |
| Ryan Whitson-Fay |
67 |
Merit |
| Jonathan Cull |
73 |
Merit |
| |
|
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| Acting Grade 4 |
|
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| Olivia Hampden- Smith |
60 |
Pass |
| Daisy Waggett |
78 |
Merit |
| Rebekah Hainsworth |
80 |
Distinction |
| Anna Germon |
80 |
Distinction |
| Katy Collingwood |
84 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Acting Grade 5 |
|
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| Freya Semken |
77 |
Merit |
| |
|
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| Acting Grade 7 |
|
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| Leah Grant |
53 |
Pass |
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| Verse & Prose Preparatory |
|
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| Zara Waddy |
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Distinction |
| |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 1 |
|
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| Daisy Trewartha-Wyatt |
73 |
Merit |
| |
|
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| Verse & Prose Grade 4 |
|
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| Rebecca Earp |
67 |
Merit |
| Olivia Lunn |
70 |
Merit |
| |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 5 |
|
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| Matthew Earp |
69 |
Merit |
| |
|
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| Verse & Prose Grade 6 |
|
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| Julia Howard |
84 |
Distinction |
| Sarah Heracleous |
86 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Public Speaking Grade 3 |
|
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| Harriet Peake |
65 |
Merit |
| Hannah Sutcliffe |
68 |
Merit |
| Amy Sheldon |
69 |
Merit |
| Thea Crosby |
69 |
Merit |
| Tobias Clifford-Flower |
71 |
Merit |
| Danni Stead |
72 |
Merit |
| Grace Hillier |
73 |
Merit |
| Ben Hancox |
73 |
Merit |
| Alec Hampden-Smith |
74 |
Merit |
| Frances Gilbert |
75 |
Merit |
| Harry Dunlop |
75 |
Merit |
| Daniel Bermingham |
75 |
Merit |
| Hannah Morris |
78 |
Merit |
| Eve Lindsey |
78 |
Merit |
| Claudia Smith |
78 |
Merit |
| Isobel Germon |
80 |
Distinction |
| Rhiana Durbar |
82 |
Distinction |
| Megan Bassett |
83 |
Distinction |
| Hector Haffenden |
83 |
Distinction |
| William Bennett |
83 |
Distinction |
| Eleanor Partington |
84 |
Distinction |
| Molly Sellers |
85 |
Distinction |
| Phoebe Jourdan |
88 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Public Speaking Grade 4 |
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| Ben Ashley |
66 |
Merit |
| Leon Cording |
69 |
Merit |
| Rosannah Morel |
70 |
Merit |
| Kate Blackwell |
73 |
Merit |
| Beth Barnes |
73 |
Merit |
| Jonny Goff-White |
75 |
Merit |
| Philip Sloman |
75 |
Merit |
| |
|
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| Public Speaking Grade 5 |
|
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| Lucy Perry |
70 |
Merit |
| Max Gratton |
80 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Nichol |
80 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Public Speaking Grade 6 |
|
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| Kathryn Jory |
59 |
Pass |
| Jonathan Elliott |
59 |
Pass |
| Catherine Burton |
62 |
Pass |
| Paul Tao |
75 |
Merit |
| Oliver Broadhead |
86 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Public Speaking Grade 7 |
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| Catriona Bell |
51 |
Pass |
| Rufus Hammerton |
66 |
Merit |
| Natasha Dawes |
68 |
Merit |
| Cameron Carpenter-Warren |
71 |
Merit |
| Iain Davidson |
80 |
Distinction |
| Olivia Eadie |
81 |
Distinction |
| Alice Kneen |
81 |
Distinction |
| |
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| Public Speaking Grade 8 |
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| William Gray |
57 |
Pass |
| Nicola Egginton |
61 |
Pass |
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UPDATE: Cameron Brodie had a fantastic swim this morning in the heats of the Men’s 100m Butterfly in Delhi, with a time of 56.20, to qualify for the semi-finals this afternoon at 17.14 local time (11.44am UK time). There is coverage on BBC1.
Cameron will also be awarded a silver medal as part of yesterday's Scottish 4x200m Freestyle Relay team. Well done, Cameron!
Old Kelleian, 20-year-old Jenny Oldham, made the finals of the Women's 50m Backstroke.
Great Commonwealth Games Swim for Kelly College Swimmer, Cameron Brodie
Kelly College Swimmer Cameron Brodie, who just turned 18 last month, equalled his lifetime best in the 200m Butterfly at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, narrowly missing out on a place in the finals to come 10th, with a time of 2:00.16, beating fellow Scottish team-mates Andrew Mayor and Lewis Smith. Cameron was the 4th fastest Brit and, after 150m, was in a position to match the best swimmers in the Commonwealth Games. Speaking to his coach, Robin Brew, today, Cameron said “I’m really pleased with my swim. The facilities here are absolutely fantastic. The pool is amazing! It holds 7,000 spectators. The first time I dived in it felt really good.”
Robin Brew commented, “With age on his side and another 18 months to prepare for the Olympic Games, Cameron has shown his full potential to compete at the very highest level.”
Cameron flew out to Delhi from Doha on Thursday. He said ‘The athletics stadium is out of this world. I have never seen anything like it before, just enormous! Once we arrived in the village I was just hit by the enormity of the whole thing.” He was pleased with the athletes’ accommodation, saying, “ it was nowhere near as bad as everyone was expecting”, with well appointed apartments, including special ‘Commonwealth Games’ duvets for the athletes. “There’s a huge food court with so many different things to try, with dishes from all continents,” said Cameron.
| | | | Saturday 2nd October
Kelly College 1st XV 16
Exeter School 1st XV 13
With this match being a double header, it was not only a local derby match but also the Devon Cup quarter final too. This meant that the Kelly team had trained particularly hard throughout the week and were determined to win.
The game started well from Kelly’s point of view, as Jamie Briant kicked a long range penalty to put Kelly in the lead and it remained that way until the final whistle.
The Kelly College forwards took control from here on in, with the front row of George Harold, Tom Elson-Knight, Chris Monger, Peter Meachin and Ben Abbot really putting pressure on the Exeter pack. It was a real team effort from 1-15, with every player doing their job well. The Lindsey brothers and Tom Rickard covered a huge amount of ground in both attack and defence, whilst the back line made the right decisions at the right times to keep Exeter in their own half.
Harry MacManus scored a fantastic individual try, with a chip and chase, and to accompany this Jamie Briant kicked every kick he had, which turned out to be the difference in the two sides.
It was a phenomenal effort from the Kelly team and one which they should be proud of. | | | | Area Schools Devon Cup
Kelly College 1st XI v Plymouth College - WON - 4 - 2
The first round of the Under 18 National Schools Hockey took place at Brickfields on 29 September and with a few schools pulling out of the tournament, the Kelly 1st XI was left to play a straight match against Plymouth College. The Kelly team took a while to warm up to the fast-paced game, and Plymouth College managed to score two goals in the first 10 minutes. However Kelly managed to secure a short-corner shortly before half time and with an excellent strike finished off by Amy Osborne, we headed for half-time 2-1 down. The Kelly team came back even more determined and instantly started with a goal. This kept the confidence high and led to another, again scored from a short-corner. This led to a much frustrated Plymouth College side leading a series of strong attacks in which the Kelly defence fought tirelessly managing to prevent several shots on goal, with some great saves from goalkeeper, Cat Bell. With the game drawing to a close, both teams were left battling it out until the very last minute. Kelly managed to pip in one last goal by Laura Siggelow which secured the victory. Special mention must go to Stephanie Hole for her strong defending through-out the match.
This victory means that Kelly now go through to represent Plymouth in the next round. | | | | Area cross-country league, Eggbuckland.
Results for Kelly pupils
1st Form/Year 7 Girls
Brittany O’Reilly 3rd
Ella Ellis 6th
Georgia Jones 7th
Caitlin Chapman 14th
Beatrice Wilson 18th
Jennie Hasler 31st
2nd Form/Year 8 Girls (Racing against Year 8 and Year 9 girls)
Molly Sellers 4th
Thea Crosby 8th
1st Form/Year 7 Boys
Ben Staig 1st
Johannis Clifford-Flower 5th
2nd Form/ Year 8 Boys (Racing against Year 8 and Year 9 Year boys)
Jordan Channon 2nd
Harry Dunlop 3rd
Josh Boon 4th
Good runs by everyone over a very short course - congratulations to everyone and thank you to all the parens for their support. | | | |
Sunday 26th September 2010 saw Josh Boon racing at the Taunton Deane Aquathon. Having turned 13 yrs old just 3 weeks ago, he had a tough job of racing in the 13-14 year old TriStar 3 Age Group. Many of his competitors were two years older than him.
Josh completed the 400 yard swim (and swim-to-run transition) in just 5 minutes 18 seconds and set off on the 3-lap run course at a blistering pace. With two older competitors working together some distance behind him, Josh had his work cut out to maintain the distance ahead of them.
Executing a fantastic run plan, he completed the 3 laps without any possibility of the 2nd and 3rd placed competitors ever catching him. Completing the 3km run section in just 11 minutes 31 seconds Josh comfortably secured 1st place, with a total time of 16 minutes 49 seconds.
In exchange he received the smallest First Place trophy ever to exist! | | | |
Kelly College swimmer Jordan Channon was one of two 12-year-old boys selected to represent the South West in the British Triathlon Inter-Regional Championships which took place in Wales on Sunday 19 September. The event brings together the most promising young triathletes from around Great Britain; each of the 11 regions sends a team of 14 athletes to represent them in three age groups. The triathletes were disappointed on the Sunday morning when the announcement was made that, due to the water temperature in the lake being too low to swim in, the race would now be held as a duathlon, consisting of a 550 metre run followed by a 4 km cycle (on a very challenging course in the Welsh Valleys), followed by a 1.8 km run around Parc Bryn Bach. Jordan was racing in the Tristar 2 age group against 21 other boys, all being the top two in their regions. He was in 6th place coming off the bike but had a fantastic 1.8 km run, overtaking three athletes to finish in a podium position of 3rd. As well as competing for individual honours, athletes also score points for their region. The South West narrowly missed out on 3rd place overall, coming a very commendable 4th out of 11 regions.
Parc Bryn Bach hosted the finale to the British Triathlon season on the same day which meant that many of the elite triathletes were racing the same course as Jordan, who was lucky enough to meet many of his sporting idols, including Alistair Brownlee (2009 World Champion), Jonathon Brownlee (2010 U23 World Champion) and Tim Don (2010 British Triathlon Super Series Winner).
Pictured is Jordan with his medal, and Jordan with Alistair Brownlee | | | | Wednesday 22 September - Devon Cup Round 1
Kelly College 1st XV 79
Churston Grammar 1st XV 0
With little known of Churston Grammar and their rugby credentials, the 1st XV prepared well the week before. This was shown from the start with Harry Brown scoring 1 of his 5 tries in the first minutes of the game. From here on in Kelly took control of the game and shut down Churston at every given opportunity. The game plan was cleverly structured by Harry MacManus at fly-half, with him pulling the strings and feeding the forwards to drive the ball forwards and also setting the backs running at pace at the correct time.
With all the players on the pitch playing well, everyone was keen to get their hands on the ball. This was shown in the amount of players that scored tries, including Pete Meachin, Jack Lindsey, Sam Lindsey, Ben Murphy, Harry MacManus, Ryan Nichol and Chris Swash. | | | | Saturday 18 September - Shebbear College
Kelly College 1st XV – 46
Shebbear College 1st XV – 10
With 3 weeks training under their belts, the Kelly 1st XV were well prepared for the first match of the season. This showed in the first 5 minutes of the game when the forwards scored the opening try of the season with a rolling maul. With the team on a high and having the forward momentum they looked to play at a fast pace, putting pressure on Shebbear in both attack and defence. With the pressure being exerted it was not long until Kelly scored their second try of the game, again coming from the forwards and another push over try.
With the team scoring 23 points in both halves of the game, it clearly showed that the skill level and fitness had paid off and with a number of tries scored out on the wing, the team have now set the standard of play for the year, in which they should be looking to continue the good form. | | | |
The Kelly 1st XI started out nervously, expecting a strong Old Kelleian team. It took a while for the team to get into their usual standard of play, letting in a goal from the powerful OK attack. However the team came back strong with Laura Siggelow scoring a goal with support from Olivia Eadie. The team’s confidence was short lived when the OKs came back strong, forcing the backs to defend a series of short corners and with some excellent stick work by goal keeper, Cat Bell, the team managed not to concede. In the final few minutes of the game an excellent attacking move starting with Olivia Eadie in the mid, supported by Annie Court led to an excellent goal finished off by Amy Osborne. Special mention must go to Player of the Match, Freya Semken who played consistently and with great determination throughout the match.
Final Score Kelly 1st XI 2 Old Kelleians XI 1
Old Kelleian Team:
Claire Bruna, Kate Eadie, Katie Elliott, Georgina Killingbeck, Claire Mason, Charlie Maydon, Gabriella Murphy, Charlotte Olive, Bridget Passmore, Emma Passmore, and Milly Thomas. | | | | Kelly Swimming National Squad member, 13-year-old Vicky Callow, was placed 7th overall last weekend at the South West Regional Triathlon at Plymouth College.
Vicky went along, having never used a pentathlon-type gun, not owning her own gun with no practice prior to the event. She borrowed a club gun and still managed to hit the target several times! Vicky followed this with a superb Personal Best in the 100m swim (1:6.50), gaining a 1st place at this phase. Her 1500m run went very smoothly and she was placed 7th overall.
Vicky commented afterwards that, although a little apprehensive about competing because of the shooting phase, she was very proud to have won the swimming event for Kelly College.
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Students at Kelly College are celebrating their GCSE results with an overall pass rate of 94.1% and this year’s GCSE grades show that 46.1% of GCSEs were at A* and A grades.
GCSE Results 2010:
Overall Pass rate A* - C 94.1%
Percentage of results at A* 17.8%
Percentage of results at A* and A grades 46.1%
Percentage of results at A*, A and B grades 77.3%
Congratulations go to all our students but here are some of the highlights of outstanding performances where each pupil has achieved A*/A Grades across all subjects:
Freya Semken – 9.5 A*
Max Byrne - 8 A* and 2 A grades
Harry Coulton – 7.5 A* and 2 A grades
Charlotte Chamberlain – 8.5 A* and 1 A grade
Sam Lindsey – 6.5 A* and 3 A grades
Anna Court – 4 A* and 5 A grades
Headmaster, Dr Graham Hawley, comments:
“I am absolutely thrilled for each and every one of our pupils - they have worked very hard and they have earned these results. Our team of teachers will be so delighted that all their pupils have been rewarded with these grades – a huge achievement for a school that does not have an academically selective entry policy. In addition to their GCSEs, most of the students have also completed the skills-based ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence), which does not figure in national statistics.
We look forward to welcoming our students back to start their Sixth Form at Kelly where this year we achieved a 100% pass rate at A-Level with 67.2% at Grades A*, A and B.”
Pictured – Freya Semken , Sam Lindsey, Anna Court and Harry Coulton
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Students at Kelly College are celebrating their GCE A-level results with a perfect 100% pass rate – 37.9% at A* + A Grade and 67.2% at Grades A* + A + B.
A-Level Results 2010:
Pass rate: 100%
Grade A*s: 12.1%
Grade A*+ A 37.9%
Grades A*+A+B 67.2%
Grades A to C 86.2%
Congratulations to all the U6th Kelly pupils – here are just some of the highlights:
Tom Bury, from Tavistock, has gained 3 A* grades (Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics) and an A grade in French which means that he has got his place to study Mathematics at Durham University. Tom not only achieved first class A-level results but he also embraced the extracurricular, sporting, cultural and creative activities that combine to make Kelly one of the best all-round educations available. Tom successfully completed the Ten Tors challenge at all three distances (35, 45 and 55 miles), played 1st XI Hockey and captained the Tennis, Fives and Squash teams. Tom also completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon (twice), gained his LAMDA Grade 7 .in Public Speaking, and his Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
Giles Kisby (from Bohetherick) has achieved 3 A* grades (Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry) plus A grades at AS level in Geography and Biology. Giles will be studying Biochemistry at Imperial College, London. Giles has also played for the 2nd XI Hockey and Cricket teams, completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon, completed the Ten Tors challenge (35, 45 and 55 miles), and gained LAMDA Grade 7 in Public Speaking.
James Macfarlane (from Tavistock) has gained two A* grades (Mathematics and Design Technology) and two A grades in Geography and Physics and has qualified for his place at Cardiff to study Architecture. James successfully completed the Ten Tors challenge at all three distances (35, 45 and 55 miles), played 1st XI Cricket and captained the Golf team, completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon (twice) and achieved his Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award. James has also gained LAMDA Grade 7 in Public Speaking and has just completed a charity cycle ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End.
Leo Liu has secured his place at UCL to study Statistics and Management for Business by gaining 2 A* grades (Mathematics, Economics and Business), 2 A grades (Physics and Further Mathematics) and a B grade in Chinese.
Christine Corlet (from Yelverton) has achieved one A* grade (Mathematics), two A grades (Physics and Chemistry), and B grade in Spanish and she will be heading for Durham University to read Natural Sciences. Christine has played for the 1st Hockey, Netball and Rounders teams, completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon, and achieved Grade 8s in Singing and Musical Theatre, and also Grade 8 in LAMDA Public Speaking and Mime. Christine has also been the star in many of the school’s musicals and plays.
Cheyenne Liu has secured a place at Durham University to study Engineering having gained two A grades (Mathematics and Further Mathematics) and two B grades (Physics and Chinese).
Head of School, Anastasia Steed gained an A* grade in Mathematics, and A grades in both Economics & Business and Religious Studies, plus A grade at AS level Chemistry and she will be taking a gap year before university in 2011. Anastasia also captained the 1st VII Netball team and played 1st XI Hockey and 1st IX Rounders, completed the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon, gained her Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award and gained LAMDA Grade 8s in Acting, Mime, Verse & Prose and Public Speaking.
Katie Elliott (from Dartmouth) gained straight A grades in History, French and Economics & Business and will be studying International Management and Languages at Bath University. Katie also played for the 1st XI Hockey and 1st Tennis team, gained her Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award and achieved LAMDA Grade 8 Public Speaking.
Kelly is also celebrating the success of the students who have taken the BTEC National Diploma in Sport (Performance and Excellence) qualification and all have gained their places at University (including Bath, Canterbury and Manchester). Five BTEC students gained Distinctions in all modules including Paralympic medalist Louise Watkin, who is currently competing at the IPC World Championships (having won a Gold [beating world record holder, Natalie du Toi], two Silvers and a Bronze medal so far).
Headmaster, Dr Graham Hawley, commented – “I am absolutely thrilled that all the hard work of the students has been rewarded with such a good set of results and am delighted that the teachers’ efforts have been recognised. I am particularly pleased with the high number of A* and A grades – a huge achievement for a school that does not have a selective intake.
This year's leavers have gained places on a wide variety of University courses which include Architecture, Engineering, Economics, Design Management, Environmental Science, International Business, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Physics, Sport and Fitness Management and Theology to name but a few. I know that Kelly has prepared them to achieve great things and I wish them all the very best as they move on to the next stage of their education.”
Once again, despite having excellent examination results, Kelly College will not appear in the league tables published in the press. Dr Hawley explained, “Kelly is a small school that prides itself on providing the best education for each and every pupil. We remain committed to providing an all-round education and a full-extra-curricular programme of sporting, cultural and creative activities. Kelly College is an inclusive school and is about so much more than measuring the academic success of the brightest pupils. One only has to look at what the pupils have achieved outside the classroom this year, to see that there is a healthy balance in the education we offer.”
Pictured are Tom Bury, Katie Elliott, Anastasia Steed, Christine Corlet and James Macfarlane
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Congratulations to Oliver Hancox, 15, who has succeeded in his bid to become the youngest person to sail single-handed across the English Channel, raising money for Cancer Research in memory of his Dad.
Oli wanted to undertake a challenge which would raise both money and awareness for Cancer Research, but also make his father proud. His father, Neil Hancox, was the first person to windsurf across the English Channel in the 1980s and undertaking a similar challenge seemed, to Oliver, a fitting way to remember him. Before he set off, Oliver said: “This is one of the most important things I have ever done. I hope to raise £10,000 for Cancer Research, as well as boost awareness of the charity and its work. Cancer affects so many people and I think this is why the support I am seeing is already so strong. My Dad always loved adventure and this seems to have been passed down to me too. I am a little scared, but also incredibly excited and pleased that I can do my bit to help people in the future.”
Oliver had been planning the trip for over two years. His boat is a 1969 Silhouette called "Cariad" - meaning "Love" in Welsh. Oli set sail in Cariad on Saturday and crossed the Channel to Trebeurden, (a port next to Roscoff). Oli said, 'Cariad was fantastic, she averaged 5 knots all the way. The 105 miles took just under 24hrs.'
Oli would like to thank everyone for their kind support and donations.
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Last Saturday (3rd July) 14 cadets from Kelly College joined the Combined Cadet Force Summer Camp at RAF St Mawgan near Newquay, where they joined cadets from 12 other Schools. The cadets enjoyed a challenging week of activities that included: paint-balling, drill, kayaking, raft racing, shooting and an introduction to coasteering. The week culminated in a blank-firing exercise in which Kelly College once again successfully defeated the dastardly Kernow Catastrophe with a well executed dawn attack in the Penhale Training Area. The Kelly cadets produced some outstanding performances during the course of the week. James Coone achieved top marks on the ranges firing the Light Support Weapon, while the team as whole came first in the Skill-at-Arms stand of the Wyvern Trophy Competition and achieved a creditable 3rd place in the overall competition. Krista Cooke was voted Cadet of the Week by her teammates. | | | |
A group of Kelly athletes recently competed at the South West Regonal Biathlon Championships. Four of those attending successfully qualified for the British Modern Biathlon Championships to be held on Sunday 4th July 2010 at Wavertree Sports Park, Liverpool.
The Kelly athletes put in top class perfomances with a very high precentage of those Kelly athletes attending gaining qualification to the British Championships. Racing across different distances, depending on their age groups, all the Kelly athletes placed in the Top Ten of their own age groups. Outstanding results all round.
The Kelly athletes results were as follows:
Vicky Black: 3.03.15 (200m swim) and 8.45 (2000m run) - 8th place in age group
Ellen Riss White: 2.31.90 (200m swim) and 7.24.00 (2000m run) - 4th place in age group
Matt Courtiss: 2.11.73 (200m swim) and 7.40 (2000m run) - 8th in age group
Vicky Callow: 1.11.59 (100m swim) and 3.46 (1000m run) - 10th place in age group
Josh Boon: 1.09.63 (100m swim) and 3.33.00 (1000m run) - 4th in age group
Nathan Linden: 37.50 (50m m swim) and 4.06.00 (1000m run) - 6th in age group
In addition, Nathan Linden (Kelly Prep Sschool), Vicky Callow, Ellen Riis White and Josh Boon all qualified for the British Modern Biathlon Championships.
Good luck to these four athletes for this forthcoming Championships! | | | | Kelly College U13 Rounders Team - unbeaten success
Congratulations to the Kelly U13 Rounders Team who are having a fantastic season with the following results:
Kelly College 14 - Okehampton College 8
Kelly College 20 - Kingsley School 6½
Kelly College 32½ - Torquay Grammar 11
Kelly College 16½ - Shebbear College 2
Kelly College 25 - Plymouth College 6½
Kelly College 15½ - Mount House School 11½
The last match of the season was with Kellys’ local rivals, Mount House School, who have always had a superb Rounders team. The match began in fine form with both teams scoring 7 rounders in the first innings. But as usual Kelly dug deep and came out triumphant winning 15½ – 11½. Player of the match Rosannah Morel with 4½ rounders. A great end to the season.
The U13 Rounders Squad:
Georgia Donnelly, Rebecca Earp, Rebekah Hainsworth, Amy Lloyd, Olivia Lunn, Rosannah Morel, Eleanor Partington, Becky Sadler, Hannah Sutcliffe, Daisy Waggett, Daniela Wetten, Sophie Whitfield.
| | | | Physics Trip 2010
On the 17th of June the Kelly College sixth form physics group departed on their school trip to CERN located in both Switzerland and France. On the first day of their three day trip they visited ISO’s (International Organisation for Standardisation) central building situated in Geneva where they were given presentations about what ISO is, what they do and the importance of their work (developing and publishing international standards). It was very informative and relevant for those of the students thinking of studying engineering.
On the second day the Kelly students visited CERN – the European Centre for Nuclear Research. The place where scientists are looking for the mysterious particles created at the beginning of time. Particles such as the Higgs Boson (often known as the ‘God’ particle) that will explain the existence of gravity. At CERN the Kelly students were shown around by Dr. Vincent Smith (MBE) from the University of Bristol, who was very knowledgeable about all that goes on at the Large Hadron Collider. Students gained invaluable insight and detailed answers to all of their questions. The students were shown around many different areas of CERN including various particle accelerators, the Microcosm exhibition, the ATLAS detector and the gigantic computer centre.
Afterwards the students were treated to a trip to Lake Geneva where they got to see the Jet d'Eau (a large water fountain which fires water 140m in the air), took boat rides across the lake and also swam in the lake. On the third and final day the students were allowed to explore the streets of Geneva before catching their flight back to Bristol. | | | |
Oliver Hancox, currently in the Fourth Form at Kelly College and a member of Russell House is planning to become the youngest person to sail single-handed across the English Channel.
After losing his father to cancer two years ago, Oliver wanted to undertake a challenge which would raise both money and awareness for Cancer Research, but also make his father proud. His father, Neil Hancox, was the first person to windsurf across the English Channel in a team relay in 1983 and undertaking a similar challenge seemed, to Oliver, a fitting way to remember him.
Oliver will be sailing the 115 miles from Plymouth to Roscoff in a five metre, Silhouette Mk II Hurley. The journey is estimated to take around 24 hours and, all being well with the weather, Oliver plans to set sail on Monday 31st May. The boat, named Cariad, was carefully restored over the summer to prepare for the challenge and has remained berthed in Mayflower Marina, Plymouth, free of charge throughout the training period with the money instead being donated to Cancer Research.
Oliver says: "This is one of the most important things I have ever done. I hope to raise £10,000 for Cancer Research, as well as boost awareness of the charity and its work. Cancer affects so many people and I think this is why the support I am seeing is already so strong. My Dad always loved adventure and this seems to have been passed down to me too. I am a little scared, but also incredibly excited and pleased that I can do my bit to help people in the future."
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Alex Shephard, a Sixth Form Sports Academy student at Kelly College, will be travelling to Zambia on May 31st, to work on a game reserve and also to coach football to the local children. Alex, who has raised sponsorship from completing the 55 mile Ten Tors Challenge, has ordered new football kit, with the team insignia, for the team he is to coach, and he is raising money to pay for new football boots for all team members.
Alex (17) is delighted to be accepted to take part in this new challenge and has arranged everything himself, from the first approach, to raising money for the football team. Alex said, “I will be able to use this experience towards my Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award and also put into practice the coaching techniques I have learned on the National Diploma course”. “The brilliant thing about the Sports Diploma I am taking is the flexibility it gives me to participate in projects such as this, without compromising my academic studies”.
The football team Alex is raising money for is the Muluse Pioneers. This team was set up by Tavistock man and Old Kelleian, Paul Barnes, when he went to Zambia to work. The team play in a local league and struggle to afford kit, money for travel and new training equipment. Alex commented, “If I can help to make a difference, no matter how small, it will be hugely rewarding for both the team and myself.” | | | |
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Kelly College was celebrating a great set of results as last term’s Speech and Drama grades were received.
Speech and Drama has been taught at Kelly for the last fourteen years by Vanessa McCarty and for the last six years, public speaking has formed part of the curriculum for everyone in the Lower Sixth. Students take oral exams with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and have always enjoyed well above average results.
The most recent results bring this year's total (so far) to 295 examinations taken - 18 of which were at Grade 8. Many of the exams taken were Grade 6 and above, all of which earn UCAS points which can be claimed from 2009.
Pictured are some of this term's successful Grade 8 students.
Easter Results - congratulations to everyone |
| Mime Grade 3 |
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| Rosannah Morel |
74 |
Merit |
| Hannah Sutcliffe |
75 |
Merit |
| Daisy Waggett |
77 |
Merit |
| Olivia Lunn |
80 |
Distinction |
| Rebecca Earp |
80 |
Distinction |
| Jonny Goff-White |
82 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 4 |
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| Laura Nicholas |
73 |
Merit |
| Fleur Sylvester |
73 |
Merit |
| Phillipa Johnson-Hall |
74 |
Merit |
| Olivia Hamden-Smith |
82 |
Distinction |
| Pollyanna Whitehouse |
85 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 5 |
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| Sophie Bassett |
72 |
Merit |
| Henry Chamberlain |
83 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 6 |
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| Leah Pritchard |
70 |
Merit |
| Charlotte Chamberlain |
72 |
Merit |
| Sarah Heracleous |
82 |
Distinction |
| Guy Coulton |
85 |
Distinction |
| Freya Semken |
85 |
Distinction |
| Rupert Haffenden |
86 |
Distinction |
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| Mime Grade 8 |
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| Lucy Perry |
67 |
Merit |
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| Acting Grade 3 |
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| Ben Clarke |
66 |
Merit |
| Samuel Smith |
67 |
Merit |
| Samuel Cooper |
69 |
Merit |
| Amy Lloyd |
70 |
Merit |
| Lewis Knight |
71 |
Merit |
| Georgia Donnelly |
72 |
Merit |
| Alex Boswell |
72 |
Merit |
| Theodore Brown |
73 |
Merit |
| Henry Searle |
75 |
Merit |
| Lewis Phillips-Crowther |
76 |
Merit |
| Emma Davidson |
76 |
Merit |
| Ellen Riis-White |
77 |
Merit |
| Matthew Earp |
78 |
Merit |
| Jonathan Ball |
84 |
Distinction |
| Toby Broadhead |
84 |
Distinction |
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| Acting Grade 4 |
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| Hope Stevenson |
73 |
Merit |
| Ellen West |
77 |
Merit |
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| Acting Grade 5 |
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| Jack Stockdale |
66 |
Merit |
| Joseph Morel |
66 |
Merit |
| Katie Morritt |
66 |
Merit |
| Sylvie Ball |
69 |
Merit |
| Brogan Pennington |
72 |
Merit |
| Ryan Nichol |
73 |
Merit |
| Max Gratton |
73 |
Merit |
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| Acting Grade 8 |
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| Anastasia Steed |
54 |
Pass |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 3 |
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| Tobias Clifford-Flower |
50 |
Pass |
| Hannah Morris |
56 |
Pass |
| Harry Dunlop |
58 |
Pass |
| Alec Hampden-Smith |
59 |
Pass |
| Hector Haffenden |
62 |
Pass |
| Grace Hillier |
62 |
Pass |
| Harriet Peake |
63 |
Pass |
| Eve Lindsey |
63 |
Pass |
| Isobel Germon |
63 |
Pass |
| Molly Sellers |
67 |
Merit |
| Frances Gilbert |
68 |
Merit |
| Amy Sheldon |
68 |
Merit |
| Danni Stead |
68 |
Merit |
| Claudia Smith |
69 |
Merit |
| Thea Crosby |
71 |
Merit |
| Megan Bassett |
71 |
Merit |
| Rhiana Durbar |
72 |
Merit |
| William Bennett |
73 |
Merit |
| Benjamin Hancox |
75 |
Merit |
| Phoebe Jourdan |
76 |
Merit |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 4 |
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| Lauren Ross |
68 |
Merit |
| Kate Bladkwell |
70 |
Merit |
| Elizabeth Barnes |
70 |
Merit |
| Lizzie Duncan |
73 |
Merit |
| Sophie Whitfield |
75 |
Merit |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 7 |
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| Kate Newman |
75 |
Merit |
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| Verse & Prose Grade 8 |
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| Darcey Ball |
80 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 3 |
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| Lawrence Li (Weiyuan) |
61 |
Pass |
| Phil Sloman |
68 |
Merit |
| Hannah Rouse |
76 |
Merit |
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| Public Speaking Grade 4 |
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| Alexander Kingsley |
73 |
Merit |
| Jamie Duncan |
83 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 5 |
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| Ben Zhang (Yu Peng) |
62 |
Pass |
| Mark Sammut |
71 |
Merit |
| William Sorrell |
74 |
Merit |
| Jonathan Elliott |
75 |
Merit |
| Lilly Batten |
82 |
Distinction |
| Sarah Heracleous |
83 |
Distinction |
| Chantal Whitfield |
83 |
Distinction |
| Anna Germon |
84 |
Distinction |
| Paul Tao (Xing Hong) |
84 |
Distinction |
| Oliver Broadhead |
87 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 6 |
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| Reggie Liao |
56 |
Pass |
| Harrison MacManus |
62 |
Pass |
| Ben Turner |
62 |
Pass |
| Natasha Dawes |
63 |
Pass |
| Alice Kneen |
63 |
Pass |
| Blaine Small |
65 |
Merit |
| Catriona Bell |
65 |
Merit |
| Robert Sloman |
66 |
Merit |
| Patrick Blake |
66 |
Merit |
| Jonathan Croft |
68 |
Merit |
| Rebekah Sutcliffe |
69 |
Merit |
| Chris Barbour |
70 |
Merit |
| Iain Davidson |
72 |
Merit |
| Rufus Hammerton |
74 |
Merit |
| Thomas Rickard |
77 |
Merit |
| Olivia Eadie |
78 |
Merit |
| Cameron Carpenter-Warren |
78 |
Merit |
| Laura Sivyer |
82 |
Distinction |
| Ben Walsh |
84 |
Distinction |
| Ryan Kingsley |
90 |
Distinction |
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| Public Speaking Grade 7 |
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| Will Gray |
68 |
Merit |
| George Harold |
71 |
Merit |
| Hector Jourdan |
74 |
Merit |
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| Public Speaking Grade 8 |
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| Oliver Dibben |
51 |
Pass |
| Carlos Citara |
61 |
Pass |
| Tom Elson-Knight |
68 |
Merit |
| Christine Corlet |
86 |
Distinction | | | | | To see the timetable for all the events for this years Sports Day please download the programme here.
| | | | Kelly College hosts its very own “Three Choirs Festival” on Saturday 22nd May, when the Kelly Choral Society, Kelly College Senior Choir and Kelly College Junior Choir will be combining to present a Choral Gala evening in the gorgeous setting of Kelly College’s beautiful Chapel. There will be a range of music for all tastes from Vivaldi to Glenn Miller and the programme will also feature the third public performance of Andrew Wilson’s mysterious Dartmoor Cantata “The Blackingstone Ravens” which was commissioned by, and first heard at this year’s Tavistock Festival of Music and the Arts.
The choirs are conducted by Andrew Wilson and Maria Collier and accompanied by Mary Mazur-Park and Ian Hardy. The soloists are Kelly College sixth-form singing students Roseanna Perry, Christine Corlet and Christopher Barbour.
Admission to the concert is free and everyone welcome! | | | |
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Congratulations to all the Kelly pupils who all completed Ten Tors 2010.
Ten Tors 2010 saw a record of 36 Kelly pupils completing the challenge - with Kelly teams and also joining in with teams from other schools and organisations. It was a fantastic effort by everyone concerned and the weather couldn't have been better. Well done to you all:
Kelly 35 Mile Team:
Aiden Maison, Frazer Bayliss, Charlie Ross, Jonty Newton, Will Davies and Ryan Nichol.
Kelly 45 Mile Team:
Max Byrne, Harry Coulton, Ben Murphy, Louis Dykes, Michael Parlby and Christian Brown.
Kelly 55 Mile Team:
Teddy Searight, George Harold, Alex Sivyer, Gabriella Murphy, Chris Barbour and Will Sorrell.
Walking with other 35 Mile Teams:
Joseph Morel, Molly Limb, Martin Budden (who made it to the 10th Tor but sadly an injury forced him to pull out at that point), James Coone, Penny Timms and Charlie Huish.
Walking with other 45 Mile Teams:
Ollie Shea, Hector Jourdan, Will Jones, Peter Meachin, Charlie Bury, Nathan Sutton, Elissa Cundy, Annie Court and Amy Osborne.
Walking with other 55 Mile Teams:
Alex Shephard
Walking with the Jubilee Challenge
Chantal Whitfield and Oliver Hancox |
Team photographs by James Bird | | |
Congratulations to the Kelly crews who successfully completed this year's Devizes to Westminster Canoe Marathon. |
The Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race is recognised to be one of the toughest canoe races in the world. It starts in Devizes in Wiltshire and finishes 125 miles later at Westminster Bridge, in the heart of London. It is held over the Easter weekend each year and has been a fixture in the British sporting calendar since 1948. However, the DW is much more than just a canoe race - it’s an adventure! It forces competitors to dig deep into their reserves of physical and mental stamina, which is why the race is often called “The canoeists’ Everest”. Having the technical skill to paddle a kayak or canoe is essential, but the most important quality needed to complete DW is raw determination. The reward for making the mighty effort needed to cross the finish line is a sense of satisfaction so profound that many paddlers can’t resist coming back year after year.
Kelly are one of the small number of schools who regularly contest the DW and the fleet has grown from a single kayak in 1997 to twelve boats in 2009. Kelly have twice won the School's team event, which takes the cumulative times of the fastest three boats and have the proud record of never having a boat fail to complete the marathon.
This year, unfortunately, on day 1 disaster struck for Lucy Jones with the recurrence of a partially healed wrist injury after 13 miles which forced her to retire and, in the absence of anyone else, Mr Huish was forced to step in and paddled with Darcey Ball. Farther down the canal disaster had also struck Tom and James with a broken steering line. Despite the problems experienced en route the Senior A team still managed to finish fifth, narrowly beating the Senior B team who finished sixth overall.
This year’s winners of the Ohlenschlager Shield for the fastest Kelly boat were George Humble-Smith and Tristan Hext who completed the 125 miles in 19hrs 42mins and 37 sec. Seven of the ten crews finished in under the 21 hrs 34 min target set by Mr Huish and for the first time ever all boats finished in under 24 hours.
The crews in full: George Humble-Smith & Tristan Hext, George Harold & Cameron Carpenter-Warren, Tom Bury & James Macfarlane, Owen Gorringe & Rupert Searle, Jonathan Croft & Jonathan Elliott, Tom Rickard & Will Sorrell, Laura Sivyer & Alice Kneen, Sophie von der Groeben & Catherine Burton, Catriona Bell & Natasha Dawes, Darcey Ball & Lucy Jones (and Roger Huish, and Freddie Dawes, and Anastasia Steed).
Well done to all those involved and many thanks to all the Kelly staff who coach the teams and to all the parents and brothers and sisters for keeping the crews going throughout the four day event.
| | | | Old Kelleian 1st XI v Kelly College 1st XI – match drawn
Old Kelleians – 186 all out
Kelly College – 116 for 4
With a very strong Old Kelleian team it was going to be a tough day for a weakened Kelly 1st team due to Ten Tors. This however did not stop the team putting in a very sound display, with a few newcomers making a name for themselves - Sam Goldstone showed his excellence in the field with some very good fielding which led to a run out. The Old Kelleians lost a couple of early wickets but a sound batting display from Freddy Frost, with a century, gave them a very respectable score for the Kelly 1st team to chase.
With a change in the batting order for the 1st team, Harry Macmanus and Jonny Elliot put together a very strong start with a partnership of just short of the century. It only left the rest of the batsmen to hold off the tight bowling of the opposition to see out the draw. It was a very good performance from both sides and a good confidence boost for the 1st team boys to put together a good all round display.
Old Kelleian 1st Team – Freddy Frost, Jack Newton, Angus Murray, Henry Murray, Jonathan Bellamy, Will Eldred, Chris Anderson, Will Davis, Charlie O’Shea, Lloyd Colin, Richard Stanyer.
| | | | Four students from Kelly College were selected to participate in a nationwide project called The Engineering Education Scheme that would provide them with a head start to their careers. The Kelly students were given the chance to solve a real engineering problem of interest to an important industrial company.
The scheme introduces students to the world of engineering and encourages the most able students to consider a career in Engineering and related Science and Technological subjects. It also makes a significant contribution to UCAS Application forms and can also count towards the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the BA Crest Award.
Over a period of 6 months, the team worked with Mr. Peter Griffiths, Safety & Technical Support Manager of DS Smith Speciality Packaging of Launceston, Cornwall, as well as a mentor from the Engineering Education Scheme, and their teacher Mr David Turnbull. DS Smith Speciality Packaging is a highly renowned packaging firm that produces cardboard boxes for well established customers such as Wrigley, amazon and Ginsters.
The team had been set a challenging task in respect of order changes on the Corrugator. This machine produces corrugated board and can involve up to five different paper lines travelling at different speeds in excess of 250 metres per minute. The task was to synchronise the joining up of all the different papers such that the joins were synchronised to within half a metre of finished board. This would reduce waste and thus provide cost and environmental benefits.
Part way through the six months, the team with their teacher, mentor and DS Smith’s Safety & Technical Support Manager, took part in a three-day Residential Workshop at Plymouth University. The project was developed with the use of the university’s facilities and helpful academic advice from experts and technicians.
In order to solve the problem they had been set, the team visited Applied Automation in Plymouth – a company that designs and programmes automation equipment for use in industrial machinery – to research information about PLC’s (programmable logic controllers) and their use in industry. The team were able to successfully solve their brief by producing calculations of the machinery at DS Smith Speciality Packaging, which could be programmed into a PLC from Applied Automation.
To conclude the scheme, the team had to produce an engineering report and presentation that was reviewed by a panel of assessors at Plymouth University on a Celebration and Assessment Day.
Deputy Head Academic, Mr Rob McDermott, said “The EES represents a fantastic opportunity for students to work alongside practising engineers in a real situation. The students certainly grabbed the opportunity with both hands and have raised the bar with the quality of their presentation and technical report.”
Ryan Kingsley, Upper 6th | | | | External Tennis coaching at Kelly can be made available to pupils in 5th Form and above at a cost of £25 per hour - taking place on Wednesdays from 2.00pm. The school also has links with Tavistock Tennis Club and pupils are welcome to join.
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We would like to invite all Old Kelleians and their families along to our Old Kelleian Day which takes place on Saturday 8 May 2010. The Annual Old Kelleian Tavistock Dinner will take place at Kelly on the evening of Saturday 8 May. Please download further details about OK Day and the OK Dinner on the link opposite or contact Candace Greensted on registrar@kellycollege.com. |
Please download and complete the OK Club Annual Dinner booking forms. | |
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