Issue 89 • 7 March 2014

Dear Parents and friends,

I hope that you have enjoyed a very good half term, which now seems some way away. Many thanks to the staffand the children who were ‘Bourne to Have Fun’ in the Pre-Prep at half term!

Thank you also for supporting our new morning drop-off arrangements, aimed at developing more confidence andindependence in our intermediate and senior children.

ScholarshipsHalf term is always the time that Year 8 Scholars compete for scholarships to Senior Schools. Traditionally over 50%of our Year 8 pupils eligible for scholarships are successful and this year is no exception.

Congratulations to the following Year 8 pupils on their achievements: Marie-Louise Boisnier Drama & Choral Scholarship St Edmund’s, Canterbury Felix Dont Sports Exhibition Sutton Valence School Honor Glynn-Williams Music Scholarship St Edmund’s, Canterbury Paddy Jackaman Sports Scholarship St Edmund’s, Canterbury Camille Olcott Academic and Drama Scholarship Worth SchoolNic Yanni Music Scholarship St Edmund’s, CanterburyI congratulate all of these children for having the courage to put themselves forward for scholarship and thankthem for being wonderful ambassadors for the school.

Holiday Activity Manager / ChefI am pleased to announce the appointment of Anne-Marie Vandervord, who will share the role of Holiday ActivityManager with Richard Smith our Reception teacher. Sandy Relf who works as a chef at The King’s School,Canterbury will start next month as our new chef. We wish them both well as they start their Northbourne Parkcareers.

Bovine Mufti DayMany thanks indeed to the Hickson family and especially to Emily fororganising her second school-wide, charitable fundraising day. We had alot of fun dressing up as cows, naming the two beautiful calves, Big Mac(Ahh!) and Tamara. Thank you to all of you who baked and created forthe highly successful cake sale later in the day, the proceeds of whichwere £246.

Stevens / Wainman Cross- CountryThis annual IAPS tournament took place on Mardi Gras. Thank you toCraig Riley and the other staff involved for making it once again such asuccessful and competitive event.

Mardi GrasThank you to Emma Balfour for her creativeapproach to Pancake Day for the Pre-Prepchildren and well done to all the children fortheir colourful and noisy carnival parade and foreating so many pancakes!

Thursday 6th MarchThank you for your support of World Book Dayand at the time of writing we are lookingforward to admiring all of the wonderfulcostumes on the day.

Saturday 8th March Paris ReunionAs I write this newsletter I am preparing

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to travel to Paris for the NPS Paris Reunion 2014 and look forward to seeing lots of Northbourne families andfriends there. Thank you for passing on the invitation to interested friends and families.

Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn NPS has made great advances over the past months in its Social Networking profile. We have a very active and funTwitter account (Northbourne Park School) which contains lots of snippets of information about happenings at theschool. It is a wonderful summary of all that goes on here on a daily basis. Equally, the Facebook account containsup-to-date information on all sorts of school activities. LinkedIn (Northbourne Park School) also provides awonderful network for alumni, current and prospective parents. Please also feel free to Link In to me, as many ofyou already have done, to extend your networks further.

AlumniClaire Percy and Shaun Carlton have done a wonderful job in gathering together all of the alumni details for theschool onto our database. Many of these past pupils and their parents are now receiving our fortnightly newslettersand keeping in touch with the school in this way. Many are also following the school on Facebook, Twitter and

LinkedIn. If you do encounter Betteshanger, Tormore orNorthbourne Park alumni, please do ask them tocontact the school and update their details so that wecan stay in touch.

Millie Knight One special past pupil, will be racing down a mountainoutside Sochi fairly shortly. The dates of her races are14th and 16th March and we will let you know, if wecan, when exactly the coverage of her races will beshown on BBC2. Millie said that she ’just didn’t want tocome last’, but I am sure that she will excel. We waitwith bated breath.

Upcoming dates for the diary:Tuesday 11th March Year 3 and 4 trip to the British

Museum.Primary Schools Cross-Country Competition at NPS.

Monday 10th March Class 2 visit to Dover Museum.Sunday 16th March Informal Concert. 6pm. All

welcome!Friday 21st March NPS Share-a-thon Day Saturday 22nd March NPS Madrid Reunion 2014

With best wishes,

Edward

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Congratulations to the following children for receiving SpringTerm Headmaster Commendations during Week 6:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Calum Nagle Good team work and drama in TV News

interviewCarl le Hegarat Good team work and drama in TV News

interviewRoshan Aiyagari Good team work and drama as TV News

interviewerSam Ditton Good team work and excellent drama in TV

News interviewArchie Adamson Good team work and excellent drama as ‘Mrs

Kingsley’ in TV News interviewEmily Hickson The idea, the inspiration, the script and overall

excellent project management of Year 8’s Senda Cow to Africa Assembly and event day

Marie-Louise Boisnier Shared 1st place with 94% in spelling testNic Yanni Shared 1st place with 94% in spelling testOscar Balfour Shared 1st place with 94% in spelling testPhilippa Leney 2nd place with 91% in spelling testHonor Glynn-Williams Hard work and determination for music

scholarshipNat Thompson Consistent effort and enthusiasm in EnglishLauren Spencer A fantastic match report and consistent effort

and focus in EnglishMatthew Hickson Consistent effort and enthusiasm in EnglishWilliam Leney A good story in a new choice of genreEstelle Olcott Player of the Match v Wellesley Abigail Mead Player of the Match v WellesleyNils Riviere An excellent Spanish review testMathis Tayssier An excellent Spanish review testRaphael Lanvin An excellent Spanish review testLouis Jonglez de Ligne An excellent Spanish review testLucile Bizot-Ngomo An excellent Spanish review testAnna Bevan An excellent French review testGeorge Williams-Jones An excellent French review testJack Shipton An excellent French review testNils Riviere Reading 5 Books this termMathis Tayssier Reading 5 Books this termNat Thompson Working really hard on your animal storyLeo Bevan Working really hard on your animal storyJohn-Rufus Carlton Marsh Working really hard on your poetry stanzaThurso Willett Persevering and writing a super poetry stanzaAnna Bevan A super poetry stanza for our studied poemAlexandra Bond Excellent Science PrepJohn-Rufus Carleton Marsh Excellent Science PrepAlice Renard Excellent Science PrepIsabella Savage Excellent Science PrepTristan Gauthier Creative ideas for Form AssemblyJoly Presland Creative ideas for Form AssemblyYear 7 ‘Little Northbourne’ assemblyCharlie Scholfield Man of the Match – Milner CupRaphael Lanvin An excellent PowerPoint presentation.

Congratulations to the following children for receiving SpringTerm Headmaster Commendations during Week 8:-

NAME HAS BEEN AWARDED A COMMENDATION FOR Louis Jonglez de Ligne A beautiful ‘enluminure’Nils Riviere A beautiful ‘enluminure’Alberico Bernard A beautiful ‘enluminure’Quentin Biettron-D’Assault A beautiful ‘enluminure’Raphael Lanvin A beautiful ‘enluminure’Elie Schneider A beautiful ‘enluminure’George Titterton A super poem about true loveMolly Gu A super poem about true loveRuth Spencer A lovely poem about true loveCarla Ruiz de la Prada A super poem about true loveRuby Norris A beautiful poem about true loveZoey Yang A great effort and a super poemNat Thompson Being inspired to write a super Haiku in your

own timeCamille Crye Man of the Match v Junior King’s. Jean-Baptiste Defour Man of the Match v DYRMS Justine Landais Outstanding improvement in Netball. Evie Jackaman Player of the Match v Spring Grove.

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“Connecting Girls. Inspiring Futures.”Saturday 8th March International Women’s Day. I would like to raise the profile of International Women’sDay by asking our pupils to consider success fromwomen’s perspectives.All NPS pupils are encouraged to take part in an“Inspirational People Quiz”. I will award house points tothe winners and we hope to share the outcomes with youin our next Newsletter, on Twitter, Facebook and ourwebsite.If you have a success story about an inspirational womanto share with the children, please feel free to contact meat school. I look forward to hearing from you.Francesca Modi

EASTER HOLIDAYS ACTIVITIES

This Easter, Northbourne Park School is offering the following holiday activitieswhich are available either by the day or the week, whichever best suits yourchild:

BOURNE TO HAVE FUN 31st March – 11th AprilFun for 3 to 8 years olds.Location: Pre-Prep.Staffed by our own experienced and qualified teaching staff.

BOURNE TO BE WILD 14th – 17th AprilSurvival activities for 8 to 13 year olds. Location: NPS Outdoor Education areas with excursions to Tonbridge andCanterburyOutdoor Education specialist Marc Horton will teach the children to canoe andclimb. Strictly limited to 12 places so early booking is essential and priority given tothose who book the full 4 days.

SUPER CAMPS 7th – 17th AprilMulti-activity camp for 3 to 14 year olds.

For further details on the above holiday activities, please visithttp://www.northbournepark.com/Pages/Lettings/events.html

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Trade with other families. Completely free. Schoolstraderhas featured across the media and as a Sunday Times Top10 website. Families can use Schoolstrader free of chargeto buy/sell anything from bikes to buggys, toys totrampolines, motors to musical instruments, even houses.The site has featured in most national media includingTimes, Telegraph and ITV. Schoolstrader covers all schooland university communities in the UK. It is open toeveryone aged 15 or over.

A date for the diary- Friday 21st MarchShare Uganda Fundraiser: The Share-a-thon

We would like to invite you to the Share Uganda coffee morning & photoexhibition that will be held on Friday 21st March in the Library at the SeniorSchool. The coffee morning will run from 8-8.30am followed by a Charity Fairthat will be open throughout the day for the pupils and from 5-6pm forparents.

The day will also be full of sponsored activities for the children to get involvedin. There will be a Silence-a-thon, Yes-a-thon, Sport-a-thon, Read-a-thon andeven a Dance-a-thon. Please do come along andencourage your child to take part.

All proceeds will go to Share Uganda.

See Lizzie Hulton-Harrop for more information.

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Bourne to Have Fun!31st March - 4th April and 7th - 11th April 2014

Days of fun, filled with games, arts & cra�s,sports, nature trails, cookery & mini­beas�ng

Ac�vity Club at the Pre­Prep for boys and girls aged 3­8 years

Please note that some ac�vi�es may alter due to adverse weather condi�ons.Prices: £120 Early bird discount £110* or £27 per day Early bird discount £24*

We accept childcare vouchers as full or part payment.Time: 9am­4pm Extended hours 8am­6pm at £3 per hour (pre­booked only)

*Early Bird prices apply to bookings made before 18th March 2014.For booking informa�on and more details about this course please visitwww.northbournepark.com and follow the link.

4 days of new and adventurous ac vi es.Every day filled with excitement.

Fully qualified and experienced instructors each day.Open to all children aged 8 – 14 years.

Maximum 12 children per day Places offered strictly on a first received basis.

Canoeing in Canterbury • Rock Climbing at Harrison’s Rock • Campfire cookingRabbit prepara on • Bushcra� skills • Orienteering • Nature Trekking

Please note that some ac�vi�es may alter due to adverse weather condi�ons.

Prices: £38 per day. Early bird discount £34 if booked before 18th March 2014£140 full week. Early bird discount £125 if booked before 18th March 2014 We accept childcare vouchers as full or part payment.

Time: 9am­4.30pm FREE extended hours 8.30am – 6pm (pre­booked only)For booking informa on and more details about this course please visitwww.northbournepark.com and follow the link.

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Calendar changePlease note that the Technical Rehearsal for the SchoolPlay, ‘The King and I’ will now take place on Monday 24thMarch instead of Saturday 22nd March.The Dress Rehearsal will move to Tuesday 25th March.

I am pleased to say that all of the boarders returned back toschool safe and sound, having had a lovely half term break.They have all caught up on one another’s holidays, unpackedand quickly settled into their new dorms. Now, two weeks on,we have been so busy in the houses that the holidays seem adistant memory! The past fortnight has seen the children settleback into their school and boarding routines along with manyother events and activities. On Friday the 5eme pupilscompleted their second school assembly at Northbourne.Standing in front of their fellow pupils, teachers and boardingstaff they provided us with an entertaining presentation on theupcoming Sochi Winter Paralympics.

Saturday was a school day and saw the boarders and their peersfire lighting in Outdoor Education as well as training for theirrespective sports during the afternoon Games lesson. Inboarding time we made the most of the lighter evening andmany of the children went out to play on the top pitch beforesupper. In the evening, after a very active day, the childrensettled down on giant beanbags and watched a film before bed.

During the weekend the boarders were surprised by theintroduction of newly purchased duvet covers to both the boys’and girls’ houses. These have brightened up the rooms and thechildren were very excited to be given a choice between thenew patterns- though admittedly this has resulted in someunusual colour combinations in the bedrooms! We have neverknown the boarders to be so keen to change their bed linen!

On Sunday, after an enjoyable Church service complete withseveral hymns, a Dorm Captains’ Meeting and a tasty SundayLunch we finally made it to Canterbury for a quick shoppingspree! The boarders set off to find themselves costumes to wearfor this week’s World Book Day where they had to go to schooldressed as a character from a book. This meant that theyreturned to school with a strange combination of sweets,chocolate, hairspray, tops, hats, masks and goggles, to namejust a few of their props!

On Tuesday Northbourne Park hosted the Stevens andWainman Annual Cross Country event. Of our sixteen NPScompetitors, ten were boarders and after some superb results,both team and individual, we had a great evening ofcelebration in boarding! Congratulations to all of the children,we are very proud of you all! To add to the celebrations,Tuesday was also ‘Pancake Day’, or ‘Mardi Gras’, so our highspirits were lifted even further by having a feast of pancakes fordessert!

What a fortnight! After such a busy time the boarders will enjoyspending some time relaxing this weekend, whether at home orat school. Many of the children are heading back to Paris onFriday evening and we wish you a safe and enjoyable weekendand hope you have enough time to catch up on all the childrenhave been up to here! Those remaining at school will be in for atreat with a trip out on Saturday evening and some fun andunusual activities planned here.

As ever, please do not hesitate to be in touch with the boardingteam for any questions or concerns.

Katie Brown (Assistant Boarding Tutor)

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I hope you all had a lovely half-term break. I am pleased to see that the children have come back refreshed andready for a busy half-term!

We have already held a French Café, celebrated Mardi Gras with a masked procession through the Prep School anddelicious pancakes for break (thank you Lesley!), celebrated World Book Day with a story carousel and welcomedthe Education Officer for Kent Fire & Rescue to talk to the children about fire safety.

Thank you for attending parent interviews this week. I do hope you found them helpful. If you have any questionsor concerns at any time, please don’t hesitate to speak to your child’s teacher or to me. Alison Pouget

Share UgandaDear staff, parents, and children of Northbourne Park Pre-Prep,

My name is Chris Jenkins. I am the co-chair of Share Uganda. I wanted to send my sincere thanks for the £157.81donation you made to our cause through your fundraising coffee morning. Support from people like yourselves isvitally important in ensuring that we can continue our work. Your donation will help to support responsible, andlocally driven responses to the health needs in Kabira community, Uganda. This can take the form of many things,from supporting local aspiring health practitioners with their studies, to providing mosquito nets and healtheducation.

The ongoing support from the Northbourne community for all our projects is greatly appreciated. Webale Nyo(thank you very much) from all at Share Uganda

Chris Jenkins, Co-Chair Share Uganda. www.shareuganda.com

Bourne to Have Fun We will be running Easter holiday activities at the Pre-Prep for two weeks, w/b 31st March and 7th April. Please seewebsite for prices and booking form. Discount for ‘early bird’ bookings received by 18th March.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids VouchersPlease help us to collect as many as possible, and ask your friends and relatives to do the same. There is acollection box in the office. Thank you for your support. >

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Marie Curie DaffodilsIf you would like to make a donation, please return thefundraising envelope to school after half-term (pleaseremember to complete the Gift Aid form, if you are aUK tax payer, to increase the donation by 25%). A reminder that once your daffodils have flowered, wewould love to see a photograph of your child with theirdaffodil, to display on the school website, with ourgrand fund-raising total. Please e-mail to Mandy:preprep@preprep.plus.com. Thank you for yoursupport of this cancer charity.

Dates to remember:Sport Relief: Friday 21st March – the children areinvited to come to school in their tracksuits to take partin a ‘fun run’ in exchange for a donation to this charity.‘The King & I’: Tuesday 25th March (please notechange of date) – the children will be watching thedress rehearsal at 2.30pm. Please collect your childrenfrom Sports Hall at Prep School at 4pm. You are verywelcome to come and watch.Mothers Day Service & Easter Tea: Friday 28thMarch, 2.30pm in School Church.

HEADMASTER’S COMMENDATIONS

Nursery: James Roche Contributions to class discussionsUmaiza Malik Effort in class activitiesIshaan Bhattacharya Good start to Nursery ClassLucas Unitt Good start to Nursery ClassAaliyah Bowman Great nurse paintingJuliette Spencer Great police paintingHarry Ford Great police painting

Reception:Poppy Hendy Super addingEloise Unitt Fabulous reading

Class 1:Simran Aiyagari Excellent partner in MathsHarry Spencer Excellent partner in MathsErik Groth Super art work using colour

Class 2:Olivia Johnson Confident reading to the classAngelina Wright Excellent writing skillsFarlie Willett Beautiful handwriting

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Sports NewsRUGBY

Tuesday 25th February 2014

Under-9 Rugby vs Lorenden (Home)

Northbourne Park 5 tries v Lorendon 8 tries

In another close game with Lorendon we tended to rely too heavily on Jayson Weaden and Charlie Unitt to make good runswithout providing them with enough support. It has to be said that Lorendon’s support play was outstanding and they werequick to close down our space. However, repositioning ourselves more quickly when the play breaks down would have been toour advantage and may have stopped Lorendon scoring so freely. Our try scorers were Jayson Weaden with two, Max Skinglealso with two and Freddie Hendy with one.

Certainly one of the most frustrating aspects of this game was to see our boys close down the player successfully and yet stillmiss the tackle through not being able to grab the tag. It often looks like someone trying to catch a piece of paper in the wind!Tomorrow boys, we have the opportunity to show off our tackling skills. If nothing else, we should be able to vent ourfrustrations.

Players of the Match: Jayson Weaden and Charlie Unitt

Wednesday 26th February 2014

Under-9 Rugby vs Wellesley Training match (Away)

Nine boys travelled to Wellesley to take part in our first contact training match which turned out to be a very valuable exercise.Because this was a coaching game, play was rather stop and start however, we managed to put in some good tackles, ourpositioning became more thoughtful and we had the opportunity to work out rucks against an opposition for the first time. Wehave learnt much from this experience and look forward to some competitive matches with Wellesley in the future.

Wednesday 5th March 2014

1st XV Rugby vs Wellesley House (Home)

On the back of a wonderful school team effort the day before in the Stevens and Wainman cross-country event – the boys werebuzzing! There was a certain “nous pouvons le faire” atmosphere around the school, and so the lads were asked to avoidcompliancy and believe in their new found skills and abilities.

It is hard to put into words the emotions that a group of people can feel and the heights they can achieve with passion, teamwork and belief. They say in life that faith can move mountains – and this has applied throughout the last sporting week here atNPS. This game was no exception.

Wellesley beat us 32-7 in the first match of the season and the team were eager to improve on that. We started poorly andfound ourselves pinned up against our try line for the first 7 minutes. However, our defence was resolute and steadfast, keepingthe opposition at bay and turning the ball over time after time and then clearing our lines. It wasn’t until the 17th minute thatwe were rewarded with a penalty just outside Wellesley’s 22 yard line. The team lined up to perform that great Zimbabweanmove aptly named “Zinzan!” Mr Riley has assured teams throughout the ages, by saying ‘hey boys it will only work once, so getit right!’ And get it right they did, with Felix Dont crashing over for the first try. Paddy Jackaman then slotted a penalty over justbefore half time to leave the score 8-0 to NPS. This was strange territory for the lads as they have not led at half time manytimes this season.

We knew that Wellesley would come back fighting after half time and so we would have to absorb their onslaught. Once again,the defence stood up to the test and we clicked into another gear, running in three further tries, that were all very wellconverted by Paddy Jackaman who had a superb afternoon with the boot – well done!

Unfortunately, nothing in life is perfect and we conceded two tries late on, mostly due to the fact that the lads had played thegame of their lives and were completely drained and exhausted! The ‘yesterday’s cross-country factor’ certainly having itseffect!!

Thankfully, we hung on like a determined Jack Russell to record just our second victory of the season! The final score was 22-12to NPS.

This was the last time many of the boys would don the 1st team rugby strip at home and they did so with great courage, skilland sheer tenacity. The looks in their eyes displayed the sort of determination and resolve that makes any coach smile, or in MrRiley’s case cry!! Boys, today you played like a team that has being playing together for 5 years, not two months! You certainlyclimbed out of the trenches, went over the top and faced the opposition. I am extremely proud of your achievements and soshould you be. This was a ‘Brothers in Arms’ performance.

Man of the Match: Too many heroes to mention, so it goes to ‘The Whole Team’ - because that is how you playrugby!! >

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Sports NewsColts A vs Wellesley (Away)

This was a great game of rugby in which a valuable lesson was learnt. The game starts with the first whistle and if you wait 10minutes before you start playing then you’ll be in trouble.

The first 10 minutes of the game were, frankly, weak. Wellesley completely dominated and Northbourne looked like they didn’treally care. Not surprisingly, Wellesley went two tries up. This resulted in a few truths from the coach and at last Northbournewoke up.

Thomas Mead started to play like a man possessed and he ran ¾ of the pitch to score in the corner. Deservedly Wellesley scoredagain but very quickly Thomas Mead, again, picked up a loose ball and was driven over to score his second.

Northbourne controlled the rest of the game and Sam Ditton scored a great try to make it 3 tries all, but with Wellesley aheadby one conversion. Another try would seal it for Northbourne but time ran out and we went down by 2 points.

You can be proud boys for the way you played in the last 30 minutes of the game; unfortunately the game last for 40.

Final Score : Wellesley 21 Northbourne 19

Man-of-the-Match : Thomas Mead

STEVENS AND WAINMAN PREP SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY

Tuesday 4th March 2014

The annual running of these two prestigious races took place under sunny skies and in almost perfect weather conditions. I sayperfect because our Welsh import (Chris White) complained of sunburn, having never seen the sun in Wales in March!!

The course was understandably saturated with puddles and mud, so there were certain parts of the course that were incrediblytechnical – more so than in previous years! This was the 46th running of the Stevens Cup (Boys) and the 35th time that theWainman Cup (Girls) has been held.

Every boy and girl in the NPS teams had been trialling and training extremely hard throughout the term – so hopes of successwere high! Indeed, we were the defending champions in the boys’ race and Jean-Baptiste Defour was the defending individualchampion. What transpired at the end of a marvellous afternoon of competition was once again inspiring, determined and verysuccessful.

The girls’ race was competitively fought between old rivals and every one of our young ladies gave their absolute all, runningbeautifully as a team and dovetailing very well. The sheer commitment they displayed was evident for all to see. Our first sixgirls back counted towards our overall position and our first six all finished in the top 26, which was nothing short of fantastic!Well done to you all on your exceptional performances.

The eagerly awaited boys’ race was next and once again the pace and rivalry was immense! As the girls before them, each ladplayed his part, running with technical and tactical maturity, guile and total will power. After what was an extremelydemanding and exhausting race, our first 6 boys rounded up the top 18.

This meant that for the second year in a row, our boys were crowned Stevens Cup champions, with our girls securing a muchdeserved runners up position in the Wainman Cup behind a very talented Sevenoaks team. Well done on yet anotherphenomenal achievement. Every boy and girl played their part, whilst ensuring two outstanding team results.

Special mention must be made of Jean-Baptiste Defour and Felix Dont. Although JB was not able to defend his title, he finishedin second place, with Felix just behind him in third place - magnifique!! Carla Ruiz de la Prada was our first girl home in eighthplace – Bravo!

Once again this was an exceptional NPS team effort. From the ladies in the kitchen, to all the pupils who were marshals and‘chaperones’, the staff helping on the course, the maintenance team and of course our runners – everyone joined forces toensure that this success belonged to the entire school community! And last but not least, to all of our invaluable Grad Assistantswho played a huge and very significant role in either administration or course management and set up – Merci!

The final individual results were as follows:

Stevens Cup Wainman Cup2nd Place – Jean-Baptiste Defour 8th Place – Carla Ruiz de la Prada

3rd Place – Felix Dont 13th Place – Amandine Lucas

8th Place – Pedro Ruiz de la Prada 15th Place – Honor Glynn-Williams

13th Place – Raphael Lanvin

15th Place – Camille Crye

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Wednesday 26th February 2014

U13A Netball vs DYRMS (Home)

At last - a lovely sunny afternoon to play our return match against the Duke of York’s school. We had already beaten this teamearlier in the season so there were high expectations that we could do it again. Unfortunately, the girls were not able to rise tothe challenge this time. Basic passing was sloppy, the shooters were off form and we were unable to show the necessarycomposure on court. By half time we were 6 – 1 down.

Bringing Honor back from Goal Attack into defence slowed down the opposition’s attacking play and, in fact, they only scoredone more goal during the whole of the second half. With Camille absent Olaya had to take on the role of Goal Attack – a newposition for her and a steep learning curve! Our passing started to become more composed and accurate with some effectiveoverhead passes into the shooting circle. We managed to score 4 more goals – effectively winning the second half 4 -1 butresulting in a final overall score of 7 – 5 to Duke of York’s.

Player of the Match – Olaya Beacock – for improved play in an unfamiliar position

work harder in defence and made one or two important interceptions. Isabella, Sophia and Justine showed good footwork andmovement skills but do need to work on the accuracy of their passing now.

With Olivia gaining in confidence she made some good shots to keep us ahead and the match finished 11 – 5 to Northbourne.Well done Girls!

Player of the Match - Evie Jackaman

U13B Netball vs DYRMS (Home)

The game started well for us with some good interception and passing. The teams were pretty equally matched with bothteams making attempts at goal. The first quarter ended 0-0 which made a pleasant change for us! During the second quarter,after several well defended attempts at goal, Duke of York’s scored and the NPS girls responded to this by quickly sending theball down to the D for a lovely goal. Just before the half-time whistle Duke of York’s scored a second time. Leaving the half-timescore at 2-1 to them. Though we were now behind, we were feeling confident as this was our closest half-time score yet and weknew our play was good. We had noticed that the opposition tended to cluster around the ball and the play had becomeclumsy with several toss-ups and contact offences. We knew that we could try and use the available space to our advantage andhad high hopes for the remainder of the game. During the third quarter we were defending well, particularly Ruth and Lucilewho showed great team work with their marking in the D. Due to this, Duke of York’s were only able to succeed with one oftheir attempts at goal and we too were successful in one of our attempts, leaving the score at 3-2 to them. Though we were stillbehind we felt that there may be an opportunity for a draw or win if we could defend hard and increase our shooting accuracy.However, during the final quarter the Duke of York’s team powered down the court. The NPS girls had been fighting hard toeven the score but the opposition suddenly overpowered us and scored 5 consecutive goals with some superb shots! We madeattempts ourselves but began to get disheartened as the goal-gap grew. Final score 8-2 to DYRMS.

We were so close girls, well done for your efforts and we will keep pushing for a win! Keep your heads up, you played well!

Player of the match Marie-Louise Boisnier for determination and strong marking!

U11A Netball vs Spring Grove (Away)

The team started the game with determination and passion. Their passes were accurate and they were extremely efficient ingetting the ball to the attacking circle when it was NPS centre pass.

Evie played exceptionally well and scored three very difficult shots to put NPS into a 3-0 lead. Spring Grove had numerous shotsat goal, but thanks to the very good defending skills of Jess and Clara, they only managed to score 1 goal before half time.

After half time Spring Grove played a lot better and were intercepting passes and gaining possession of the ball. This enabledthem to score 3 goals to put them in the lead. It was exciting to watch the ball being played from end to end and the tensionwas mounting. NPS didn’t play as well in the second half and kept giving the ball away to the other team due to sloppy passes,however Isabella, Sophia and Evie managed to work the ball up the field during the final minutes and Evie scored yet againallowing NPS to equalise.

Well done to the girls for playing so well.

Final score: SG 4; NPS 4. Player of the match: Evie Jackaman

U11B Netball vs Spring Grove (Away)

Our third match of the season saw us travel away to Spring Grove, captained by Harriet Balfour and Abigail Mead. Ouropponents got off to a great start by scoring almost immediately. However, we remained calm and composed, building our >

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We were forced to defend throughout the first half, however, the team worked strongly, with Maria and Marie showing greatimprovement as Goal Keeper, intercepting lots of high passes into the circle. They worked effectively with Ashika and Alexandra,who played vital roles as the link between defensive and attacking play. However, by half time we were down 4-0.

In the second half, huge improvements were made. Once the ball was out of the defensive circle, Harriet, Abigail and Annamade some great passages of play throughout the centre third of the court, with some well time passes. This helped us to keeppossession into the attacking third where credit must go to Helena for stepping up to Goal Shooter. Helena fought hard in ourattacking circle, forming an excellent partnership with Anna, who both had some great shots against Spring Grove’s strongdefence but were extremely unfortunate not to score. The second half was much closer in terms of possession; however, SpringGrove still managed to break through our defence, scoring 3 goals in the second half. Despite a 7-0 defeat, the improvementsmade from previous games are impressive. Player of the match goes to Abigail Mead for accuracy of passes and improvedpositioning.

Saturday 1st March 2014

U11 Netball Tournament at Wellesley House

The weather was kind to us this time and the girls showed great spirit and determination throughout the afternoon. We playedthree matches in Group 1 with the following results:-

NPS v Wellesley - Drew 1 - 1NPS v St Lawrence - Won 1 – 0NPS v Sutton Valence - Lost 7 – 0

We narrowly missed 2nd place in our group and therefore went through to the play offs for 5th, 6th and 7th place. We beat St.Lawrence 3 – 0 and just lost to Kent College 1 -0. This meant that we finished the tournament in 6th place.

The overall winner of the tournament was Junior King’s.

All the girls should be commended for their efforts but special mention to Jess Sainsbury for her marking and assertiveness asGK and to Harriet Balfour for much improved positive and effective movement around the court.

Wednesday 5th March 2014

U13A Netball vs St Edmund’s (Home)

This was our return match against St. Edmund’s and as we had lost fairly comprehensively to them last time the girls were keento show that they had improved since then.

We started very positively and went 3-1 up after the first quarter. The team has been working hard on repositioning quickly atfree passes and throw on situations in training and they implemented this impressively today. The passing up the court betweenHonor, Emily, Carla, Camille and Amandine was snappy, well timed and effective.

After half time St. Edmund’s best player came back on as Goal Attack and made a significant difference – scoring a number ofgoals and allowing them to pull ahead. Libby managed to score once more at the end of the game to make the final score 11 –4 to St Edmund’s.

Players of the Match - Amandine Lucas and Camille Olcott