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Monday 8th March U15's lift the Rensburg Shepards ISFA CUP The highlight of last week was undoubtedly the final of the U15 National Cup. In a truly magnificent match staged at The Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion last Thursday, we defeated Repton 3-1 in the closing moments of extra-time after a titanic struggle between two fine teams. Our boys played tremendously well and thoroughly deserved their victory. We should be extremely proud that we are the first and the only school to have won national Cups at all three age groups, U13, U15 and U18. Home Stay Visit to Lille: There will be a brief meeting for all students involved in the Lille Home stay Visit tomorrow in GG5 at 1400. French Rugby Exchange: There is an important meeting for all involved in the hosting of the French students tomorrow in the Memorial Hall at 1320. Critical Thinking: The next Critical Thinking session for L6 pupils considering Oxford or Cambridge application is this Thursday 11 March at 4pm in OBS. Please attend with writing equipment, seeing Mr Bowley in advance if you cannot attend. Noye's Fludde: Congratulations to all involved in Brentwood Cathedral's performance of Benjamin Britten's opera Noye's Fludde which was performed in the Cathedral last week. Well done to those involved in the orchestra and special mention goes to Isabella and Oliver Valentini as well as Veronica Spinks who all played superb leading roles. Helen Walls and Lizzy Harris performed wonderful solo dances choreographed by Helen. Dance Show: Tickets are now on sale to the whole school for this year's dance show ‘Time Warp.' The show is taking place on Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd, and Wednesday 24th March at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall. Tickets are £3 for students and are available from Miss Herterich in the dance studio or at the main school reception. House Notices: North House, the assembly will change venue for this week only it will be held in the Courage Hall. Weald House will be having their full House meeting in the Memorial Hall. Bridge and Whist The overall result of the Cards Cup was: 1st Weald Bronze D of E Award: Well done to the 100 3rd years who participated in this weekend's Campcraft and Navigation weekend. Please would everyone check carefully this week's notices, on the D of E boards in the Allison and Queens Buildings, for important information on Expedition Groups and this week's new training venues. Many participants need to see Miss Moore as a matter of urgency, so check the boards carefully. Gold Award: There will be a meeting for all L6th Duke of Edinburgh's Award participants who are going to the Brecon Beacons at Easter on Thursday at 1600 in C6. Anyone who cannot attend must see Miss Bryce or Mr Golland. SABS: Dr Charles Fernyhough, a Psychology lecturer who writes novels, will speak of the Psychology of Fiction Writing at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Old Big School. The meeting is for SABS members and Psychology students. CCF Notices: Kit issue for members of the 3rd form continues this week with the RAF section boys today and girls tomorrow. On Wednesday and Thursday kit is being issued to the RN section candidates. All pupils attending adventure training at Easter are reminded that they should collect kit any time from this Thursday and must return their medical forms to the CCF Centre. Sports Notices: Cross Country: Congratulations to the 2nd year girl's team on winning the Mid Essex Championships. Congratulations to Christy Dailly and Chris Waltham who both won their races to become Mid Essex Champions. Football: On Saturday we contested 12 fixtures against Bishops Stortford High School winning 7, losing 3 and drawing 2. The pick of the results was the Under12a's 9-0 victory. Good luck to the Under 15 team who play Roding Valley School and the Under 12 team who play St. Martins School in the semi-finals of the Essex Cup this week Rugby: Our U15 rugby team's fine run of success continues with our boys reaching the semi-final of the Mid Essex Cup by beating Anglo European 50-0. We wish all of them the best of luck with their Essex Cup semi final match against Davenant this afternoon. Congratulations to all players for their great performances and results against Coopers last Saturday. The U12 team beat Coopers 25-10 and played really well in matches against Campion with the A team winning 21-19 in a very close and exciting game. Our U12 and U13 rugby teams also reached the semi final of the Mid Essex Cup against Great Baddow which will take place today and tomorrow. Hockey: The U12 A team had a successful district tournament on Thursday producing some excellent patterns of play. They reached the final which was closely fought narrowly losing 1-0 to Chelmsford County High. There were some excellent performances namely from Amelia Murphy and Emily Jerram. The U14 hockey squad faced Sacred Heart in the semi-final of the Essex Cup, despite dominating the play in the first half of the match, they narrowly lost. Netball: The U14 A team comfortably beat Chelmer Valley High School in the MESSA league, and remain unbeaten in the competition to date. The senior 1st V11 and the Year 10 team both beat Boswell's school in the MESSA league. The Year 8 team finished 3rd in the Under 13 Kelsall tournament, but dramatically improved performances later in the week saw them finish as runners-up in the District tournament. The B team also competed in the same competition and finished in 3rd place - a superb achievement considering they were competing against A teams from other schools. The Year 10 team hosted the Georgia's Teenage Cancer Tournament on Thursday. Superb team play saw them win all-but-one match and finish as runners-up for the second consecutive year. On Saturday the U14s and U15s played Chigwell. The U15 A and U14 B teams had excellent victories, while the U15B and U14 A teams both lost narrowly. Senior training IS on tonight and all players are expected. They have their Essex Cup quarter final against Robert Clack at home this Thursday. Please wish them luck Could the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year teams please check the notice board as they all have league matches away at Boswells tomorrow. 1st March 2010 I am pleased to report that the South House Charity week went extremely well with nearly £2,000 raised for their House charity and some wonderful cakes being both cooked and eaten. I am delighted to announce that Izzy Fewster has won a £15 iTunes voucher by guessing the number of jelly beans in the jar correctly. This has been a busy time for the Sir Antony Browne Society. The meeting this evening is led by Mr Peter Tatchell, who is talking about Human Rights, and last Friday Professor Anthony Slinn gave an excellent talk about The Impressionists before the Sir Antony Browne Dinner at which the after dinner speaker was The Times journalist Andrew Billen, who is a former pupil. Over the weekend I very much enjoyed reading the Fifth Form reports which have been written with great care by your teachers and tutors. It is excellent to see so many of you thriving on the demands of GCSE and clearly working hard to achieve good results this summer as well as making full use of all the extra-curricular opportunities available here. CCF Adventure Training: Because of a cancellation there is now a place available on the CCF adventure training trip to Snowdonia during the first week of the Easter holidays for either a 4th or 5th form boy. If anyone is interested, they should see Mr Carr as soon as possible. Sports Notices: Football: A reminder that our U15 Football Team are attempting to retain the Independent Schools Cup on Thursday in a match against Repton School in Burton on Trent. We wish them every success. Good luck also to the 1st XI football team who play Highams Park on Wednesday in the Essex Cup semi-final. The second form Under13 A team are reminded they are playing Forest School on Tuesday AWAY. They must meet at Hough at 1.15pm. All senior footballers are reminded to return their reply slips for the forthcoming ‘Presentation Evening' as soon as possible. Netball: Both the first and second VII beat Forest comfortably by 26 goals to 16 and the 1st team reached the final of the Kelsall Independent Schools Tournament, only to lose to Bancrofts. The girls played brilliantly throughout the afternoon. On Saturday the 1st team and the first year team played in the prestigious Royal Masonic Tournament. Both teams played really well throughout the day and both teams met Dr Challoners in the final and emerged as tournament winners. There were particularly fine performances by Poppy Church, Ellie Saunders and Georgia McCalle. Important messages: Reminders to the U19A and U15A teams that they have a league match tonight and must meet at the Hough roundabout immediately after period 8 Could all dancers, swimmers, netball and hockey players who have not yet returned their presentation evening slips please do so ASAP. Hockey: The U13A team produced an excellent performance at the Essex round of the national tournament, they defeated strong opposition including Bancroft's and Felsted in the group stage to progress to the semi final where they narrowly lost to a strong Coopers Coborn side 1-0 to come 3rd in the county. The U14s played a close match against forest school on Thursday they narrowly lost 2-1 after a fine team performance. 8th February 2010 Headmaster's Prayer General Notices: Mr Gray would like to give all those going on the Junior school ski trip notice that there is a Parents' meeting on Wednesday 10th of this week in Old Big School at 6pm. Students are expected to attend this as well. If there are any 5th or Lower 6th formers who are interested in the CCF/Wilderness Trust Trip to South Africa in the summer of 2011 who have not yet collected letters, they can do so from the CCF Centre. Forms regarding attendance at the initial meeting for interested pupils and parents after half term should be returned to Mr Crane. However please note that no deposit money will be accepted until after this meeting. There will be a non uniform day this Thursday 11th February in aid of the Haiti earthquake appeal. Due to the massive impact of this disaster and the devastation it has caused to an already poor nation we are hoping that all students who wish to participate give generously by donating more than the usual £1. Please ensure that you pass your contribution to your Form Tutor by Thursday at the latest. Sports notices:
25th January 2010 Headmaster's Prayer Last week was a very busy week with a focus on entrance examinations. I would like to thank all pupils who were involved in hosting our largest ever entrance exam day on Saturday and for making sure that all our candidates felt so comfortable. Our Public Speakers were also in action last week with Tobias Trojan particularly impressive as speaker for the senior team. Our first year team beat a much older team to finish second in their competition and this augers very well for the future. Two of our three teams have progressed to the next round. I am always pleased to publicise charitable fund-raising events. Shivani Rajani and others in the CSU, including Sophie Briggs and Ammen Gill, are organising a cake sale for the first three days of this week at break in the pavilion to support the Little Treasures charity. I hope you will support this sale. General Notices: The Junior SABS is meeting on Tuesday at 4 o'clock in Old Big School to learn about optical illusions. Would all who attend please bring their record cards with them. SABS: There will be a debate at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Old Big School on the role of Christianity in Education and Legislation when Father Paul Kayne, Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Essex University and Mr Peter Vlachos of the National Secular Society will give opposing views. Sports Notices: For the third consecutive year our swimmers have won the District Championships winning 7 out of the 12 individual age groups. This is a most impressive performance and I would like to congratulate all of the team. Similarly, our Under 13 cross country team competed in the Caldicottt School event on Tuesday afternoon, scoring an impressive 57 points. Congratulations to the team, consisting of Chris Waltham, Ed Lindsay, Ben Burgess, Maddie Gough, Christy Dailly, Lucy Longden and Ben Loader. A reminder that cross country takes place on Monday at 4 o'clock meeting at the Courage Hall and all are welcome to participate. In the Essex Schools Cross Country Championships held on Saturday Rebecca O'Neill finished third in her race. Rebecca has subsequently been selected for Essex to run in the Inter-Counties race and the English Schools National Championships in Manchester. Rugby:
Football: This Wednesday's senior fixtures against Colchester Royal Grammar are now at home not away.
Netball: Our teams are having a fantastic run of results at the moment:
We wish the U19 team the very best of luck when they compete in the regional round tournament of the national schools competition this weekend. 18th January 2010 Reading about John Henry Newman Headmaster's Prayer All of you will be aware that our boarding houses play an important part in the life of the school and their performance in House competitions often is much better than their size. Last week the school had a two-day boarding inspection the result of which is that Brentwood is the first school in Essex to have been awarded the status of "outstanding." All our boarders and their housemasters and housemistresses emerged from the inspection with great credit and it is good to know that if you, or a friend is considering boarding, there is nowhere better to go in the whole of the county. Notices: It is a great pleasure to present Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award ties to Robert Peckham and Tom Bolatch. The achievement of a Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award indicates great commitment and the ability to take yourself out of your comfort zone and it is a mark of real quality greatly valued in life after school. Duke of Edinburgh's Award: there is a Gold planning meeting on Thursday 4 o'clock in C6. Bronze Award: Meeting this Wednesday lunchtime at 2 o'clock in the Memorial Hall for all those who signed up. Please see Miss Moore in advance if you are unable to attend. Young Enterprise: meetings will continue on Tuesdays this term at 4 o'clock in BS1. Sports
5th January 2010 Welcome back after what I hope has been a very peaceful holiday. Headmaster's Prayer As usual during the holiday a lot of planning and preparation takes place for the new term and we took the opportunity to give some careful thought to the values we think are important as a school and what sort of people we expect you to be both while you are at this school but also after you have left. I am taking this opportunity at the start of the new calendar year to ask you to think carefully about the sort of people you are and the sort of people you want to be. Do you value justice and fairness? Are you courteous and considerate to the needs of other people? Are you reliable? Do you have the courage to take action if you see something that is wrong? Are you mindful of the needs of other people less fortunate than yourself and do you have respect for all people regardless of ethnicity, social background or religion? Education was once described as that which remains with us when we have forgotten everything we learned at school and the start of a new calendar year is a good opportunity for all of us to reflect on who we are and what we find important in life. You may be aware that the Chaplain's wife, Mrs Gilchrist, died after a fairly short illness during the holidays and the Chaplain will be away from school until after Easter. His lessons are being covered by Ms Roe who we are delighted to welcome back to the school. We also welcome back Mrs Thorpe, who is covering for Mrs Edwards' maternity leave and two new members of staff are joining us, Dr Vassiliou to teach Physics and Miss Hobot to teach Economics. We also welcome four new GAP students today. Notices: A former pupil - Mr Andrew Lansley MP - who is the Conservative Shadow Minister foe Health, will be speaking about the relationship between Parliament and Government at 4 o'clock this Thursday in the Memorial Hall. Mr Lansley is one of the leading Conservative politicians and he will be an important member of any future Conservative Government. Anyone wishing to participate in the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme must return the reply slips to reception by next Wednesday 13th January. Notice about Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award - there will be First Aid training for all 4th years taking the Silver award in the Memorial Hall on Monday 11th January at 4 o'clock. The First Aid component is compulsory so please see Mr Wright if you have any concerns. Sports
30th November 2009 Reading on The Fall of the Berlin Wall Headmaster's Prayer Notices: The main event this week is the Sixth Form production of "She Stoops to Conquer." This is a fast-moving and amusing romantic comedy for all ages. Performances are on Thursday, Friday and Saturday but tickets are being sold quickly. The School Chess Club takes place on Thursday lunchtimes at 1.20 and all are most welcome to attend. Mr Kayne would like to thank you all for noting and respecting the signs about access to the school field. Your consideration is having a very positive effect on the pitches. A reminder that when the signs are orange or red you are not permitted to use the field for transit to lessons or when moving to and from school coaches. Awards/Competitions:
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9th November 2009 Reading on the ‘green' credentials of the new 6th form building by Justin Hesketh Headmaster's Prayer Notices: The Headmaster stated that it has been a most impressive first week of the new half-term. He congratulated all cadets, NCOs and officers who marched in the Remembrance Day Parade on Sunday and represented the school with great pride and commitment. 40 CCF cadets also helped bag packing in Sainsbury's on Saturday in aid of Help for Heroes Charity. In total we raised over £1100, a fantastic amount for a very worthwhile cause. In addition, the Headmaster would like to congratulate the pupils that performed with such skill in the Brentwood Operatic Society production of Les Miserables throughout last week. Over 20 of our pupils were involved, and under the musical direction of Mr Pickthall, James Wilson dominated the stage from start to finish as an outstanding Jean Valjean. Continuing the dramatic theme, the Headmaster was also filled with admiration for all 4th form students that performed in the schools drama productions and found all performances impressive from start to finish. Awards/Competitions:
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2nd November 2009 The Headmaster welcomed back all pupils from half-term break and congratulated them all for benefitting from the astonishing range of activities and trips which took place. The trip leaders emphasised what a pleasure it was to be with such cooperative, helpful and interested pupils and all were praised for their conduct.
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JSABs - Meeting in the Memorial Hall at 4 o'clock tomorrow about Human Rights. 12th October 2009 Reading on sacrifice by Alex Rigler & Grace O'Connell Headmaster's Prayer Notices: The Headmaster was pleased with pupil's conduct and appearance at the recent Ypres trip to unveil a memorial plaque to all Old Brentwoods that have given their lives in the service of their country. Approximately 100 cadets and officers in the CCF along with 100 former pupils attended. The choir sang superbly, particularly the soloist Oliver Valentini from the 1st year, and the three senior cadets, Alex Quigley, Oliver Candon and James Lennox who represented the school at the wreath laying ceremony at the Menin Gate. Awards/Competitions:
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CCF - Please could the Naval Section of the CCF see John McCann about the forthcoming Scuba Diving trip to Egypt. SABs - Meeting in Old Big School today at 4pm to listen to the poet Aidan Andrew Dun explain and give a vocal and instrumental performance. 28th September 2009 Reading on the importance of music in our lives by Liam Taylor Headmaster's Prayer Notices:
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West House Charity Week - A cake sale will be held on Wednesday and a Penalty Shoot Out will be held at Thursday at lunchtime. Monies raised will be donated to the Make a Wish Foundation and local charity SNAP. CCF/CSU - No CCF/CSU this Friday and all school buses will leave at the normal time. CCF/ School Choir - Please meet in the Chapel this Friday at 3.30pm regarding the trip to Ypres to unveil the memorial plaque. 14th September 2009 Reading on courage by Poppy Church Headmaster's Prayer Notices:
SABs - Mr Eric Pickles, Chairman of the Conservative Party will be speaking to SABs about 'The Case for Conservatism' in Old Big School at 4 o'clock Tuesday 15th September. Oxbridge - Mr Bowley would like to speak to all Oxbridge candidates after assembly to confirm your choice of courses and universities. Equestrian Club - Mr Rees would like to speak to pupils regarding Equestrian Club at 2 o'clock on Tuesday. CCF - Mr Seaman would like to receive all reply slips today from all NCOs. Careers - A RAF Liaison Officer will be visiting Brentwood School on Wednesday 23rd September during the afternoon, please see Mr Brown after assembly if you are interested in attending. House Music Rehearsal: West: 1.15pm today in the Music Studios. South: 1.15pm today in Music Room 2 in the Huddleston building. |
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