THE RAIN ElAN

1983

The Raineian T H E M A G A Z I N E 0 F R A I N E 'S F 0 U N D A T I 0 N S C H 0 0 L

1982-1983

RAINE 'S FOUNDATION SCHOOL LONDON

School Notes 1982-1983 The steamy weather of the last few days (remember, when you read this in the autumn, at the moment of writing it is THAT summer) hasn't helped our collective memories. Nevertheless we have done our best and this is our fragmented recollection of the year. Prize day took place in October and this time the speaker was Mr. Neil MacFarlane, Minister of Sport. (Well done, Neil, you've still got a job). At Christmas, the Carol Service took place at St. John on Bethnal Green. This church was also the venue for Founder's Day in May, with the music for that occassion including "Sheep may safely graze" which was accompanied by flutes, the cello and the organ. The School Entertainments this year were at the Senior School -the musical "My Fair Lady" and the play " Sweeney Todd Shock 'n' Rock Show" while at the Lower School there was the highly successful revue "Knocked for Six". There were many school trips, including the annual skiing, falling and sliding holiday to Northern Italy, and the History trip hostelling in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Field trips included a combined Geography and Geology visit to Keswick (Classic example of a lacustrine delta) in the Lake District and to the Yorkshire Pennines. There was also a Biology trip to Hastings. Visits were made to the theatre including one to the Barbican ("Oh, it's great man") with the LVIth enjoying an excellent production of "Much Ado about Nothing". There were also several careers trips and many of the Sixth form went on Summer School courses ranging from "Pysychology" to "Design for the Silent Cinema". ("Not much to say about this".) Language travels awards for the summer were won by Rebecca Rippin and Susan Carpel who spent some time in Germany and also by Teresa Marsan who stayed in France. Unfortunately, at the end of such an eventful year, we are losing some of the teaching staff. Mr. Rae (a most colourful character) and Mr. Ellis are leaving to take up other positions and we say good-bye to Mr. Simmonds, who is leaving after twenty-six years of outstanding service to the school. We wish him a long and happy retirement. Congratulations go to Mr. Payne, who takes over as Head of the Languages Department. The Lower School lost Mr. Flowerdew from the Geography Department and Mr. Moore. We would like to say "thanks" to Thomas Hermann and Tee Tren-Tiens, our Language Ass is tan ts, and wish them success for the future. Finally our thanks go to all those who helped with the compilation of this year's Raineian, especially Thoweetha Shaah for the front cover, Mr. Blundell, Mr. J ones and Mr. Major for the photographs, and Miss Balls for her superb proof reading. Jonathan Doherty Adam Groves Pamela Hopkins Richard Morgan Steven Adshead Deborah Barnett

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Joanne Barnes Linda Alien

The Revd. E. G. R. Astill, Headmaster, St Jude's School 1959-1977

To speak of the Revd. E. G. R. Astill as Headmaster is to speak the history of a school for he was St. Jude's only Headmaster. He created a new school and then eighteen years later guided its metamorphosis into the newly amalgamated Raine's Foundation School. St. Jude's School, a mixed Church of England Secondary School, was built on the site of St. Jude's Church and Primary School which were destroyed by bombing during the last war. Mr. Astill, as he was then, was appointed Headmaster about six months before the School was due to open. Building work was still going on at this stage ai1d staff had yet to be appointed.

In September 1959 St. Jude's School opened with one hundred and twenty-two pupils making a two-form entry of first years, and a second, a third and a fourth year form of pupils from secondary schools undergoing reorganisation and some others from a variety of schools who wanted denomi-national teaching. There were five full-time and two part-time staff plus the Headmaster. In the next few years the School reached its full strength of three hundred pupils. The aim was to build a Church School in deed as well as in name in a "family" atmosphere. Under his direction and guidance the Staff set about the exciting business of creating a school. On the 28th October. H.R.H. Princess Margaret officially opened the School and St.Jude's made its first impact locally. In December Mr. Astill created the "Holy Nativity", a mimed play with carols in which virtually all the School took part. Costumes were created, a choir formed and rehearsed, stage props pro-duced and lighting effects organised, all co-ordinated and shaped by Mr. Astill. The years that followed saw many more such productions. Another annual feature was the "family" Christmas lunch when Inspectors, Divisional Staff and friends were invited to share a meal with the pupils. On this occasion Cook and her Staff surpassed her regular excellent daily cuisine. For many years the School took part in the Bethnal Green Music Festival. Mr. Astill had a love of music . He had a good singing voice a1id did what he could to encourage the subject. This was translated into action one day when a visit was made to the London iVIusic Shop and he purchased the School's first selection of instruments. When Mr. Astill could see a way of improving the facilities available to his pupils and capitation was insufficient, he was often able to persuade someone to give some money to finance it.

School J oumeys became a regular feature in the School for he believed that when such journeys were properly organised, pupils derived great benefit from them. Visits were made to Devon, Wye Valley, Isle of Wight, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark and cruises were undertaken to the Mediterranean including Gibraltar and Casablanca and one which included Moscow and Leningrad. He supported the Rotary Club of Bethnal Green and the School entered Oral English, Handwriting and Art Competitions which they sponsored. Another regular feature in the School was the Holy Communions . Even after he was ordained Mr. Astill continued to ask local priests to officiate.

Mr. Astill also appreciated the need to develop the physical skills of his pupils and he was keen to see that the new St. Jude's had its share of facilities for swimming at York Hall. A School football team was formed and turned out regularly on Saturdays for a number of years. Friday afternoon was games afternoon and for several years the whole school travelled by tube train to Fairlop and annually the School had its own Sports Day there.

As Headmaster, Mr. Astill always wanted to kno.w what was going on in his School. Some might say he should have delegated more, but he backed his staff and on the occasions when there were irate parents in the School, he was the first and last person they saw and they went away more satisfied than when they came in! Even inspectors had to listen to his strictures if they did not make their presence known to him first. He was interested in people and whether it was a pupil, a parent or a member of staff, he was a ready and concerned listener. 1\llr. Astill demanded high standards of work and discipline which were appreciated locally to the extent that there were

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always more pupils wanting to come to St. Jude's than there were places. Whilst he put great emphasis on English and Mathematics, his curricular interest was wide-ranging and he was no mean artist himself. He paid particular attention to and encouraged the pupils who found learning diffi-cult. This was reflected on Prize Days in the number of prizes given for general effort. In later years the loss of his wife and his own ill-health took their toll so that his retirement in 1978 was not to last long. He died from cancer during the February half-term and those who knew him for any length of time have lost a true friend.

R. G. Thompson

Although Edward Astill was Deputy Head of Raine's for only a short time, his involvement with the school began many years beforehand and throughout the long period of planning for the amalga-mation his widsom, patience and experience proved to be invaluable. One of his remarkable qualities was a concern for everyone as an individual; the welfare of each pupil and member of staff was important to him and many have reason to be grateful for his interest in them. Mr. Astill will be remembered for many things, in particular his unfailing kindness and courtesy, a readiness to help anyone in trouble, even when his health was deteriorating, his loyalty and his sense of humour. But perhaps those who had close contact with him at the end of his life will recall most vividly, and with deep admiration, the courage and strength with which he faced and bore his final illness. He never lost the capacity to care about others and his many fri ends will miss him greatly while remembering him with affection.

Anne J ohnson

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John J. Carr Born: Died:

22.11.27 21.08.83

The Pupils and Staff of Raine's School were deeply shocked and saddened at the news of the death of John Carr who had been a member of the Physical Education Department at this school and at the former St. J ude's School for many years. John grew up in the East End of London, attending St. Monica's School in Shoreditch, although several bouts of ill health seriously affected his formal education. His interest in sporting activities grew out of attendance at local youth clubs where he became very proficient at billiards and table tennis. At the St. Hilda's Settlement in Brick Lane he became a Club Leader and organised a club football team. This led to his attending football courses to become a qualified F.A. coach and to an appointment as Youth Team Coach at the Brentford Football Club. Hearing that the I.L.E.A. wanted football coaches to help in schools, John saw his opportunity to work with youngsters on a more permanent basis and so applied for and was appointed as a part-time P.E. instructor at St. J ude's School. This soon expanded into a full-time appointment with John responsible for running the Boys' P.E. Department. When St. J ude's amalgamated with Raine's School John threw himself whole-heartedly into meeting the challenge of the new situation. He enthusiastically involved himself in the teaching of Rugby, Volleyball, Basketball and Athletics. He was always available to assist with teams in the various extra-curricular activities and became a vociferous motivator from the touchline when Raine's teams were playing. John devoted his whole life to teaching and coaching youngsters. He would have loved to have become a qualified teacher but his lack of necessary qualifications precluded this. Yet in every sense of the word he was a teacher - giving of his time, his knowledge and his expertise to everyone -especially the less gifted performer. Many did not know of John's illness and particularly how serious it was. He worked through pain and discomfort because he did not want to let the school and children down. His courage and fortitude in the final stages of his illness were amazing and his constant good humour was a joy to all around him. John was a devoted teacher, a respected colleague and a loyal and delightful companion. We shall all miss him greatly.

H.J .L.

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Tribute This story is of a wonderful man who, in his own special way, brought great happiness to many schoolchildren; his own efforts helped to make the sporting teams from Raine's what they are today. This man - while skilfully giving his all for Raine's- was also in great pain, suffering from that terrifying disease, Cancer. l-Ie overcame the disea-se for a short while and returned to school; but during the school holidays sadly he passed away. I cannot speak for others, but I know that for me Mr. Carr helped a tremendous amount, helping me to change from being an unenthusiastic, hugely overweight, grumpy, disobedient little first year, into a bubbly, still a little overweight, contender for most sports teams representing Raine's . For it was in my first year on September 9th 1980 -my second day at Raine's that I had my first encounter with Mr. Carr. It was while he was showing us how to shot putt- I was showing about as much interest as an untrained piece of rock- but it was not good enough for Mr. Carr. He somehow saw more talent that I was showing, but it was not in shot putt. Consequently, he managed to interest me in improving my time running around the school. At my first attempt I was clocked at a hundred and nine seconds! "That's abominable," he told me. Through his pushing me, I pulled my time down to sixty-five seconds by the end of the second year. I had also lost weight and felt much fitter and took an interest in basketball. Mr. Carr saw I wasn't brilliant, but wanted to keep me in the game, and got me scoring basketball matches. l\tfeanwhile I kept training and now I am in the fourth year basketball team.

There must be a lot of talent going around in sport and a great deal of boys owe a lot to the teaching skills of Mr. Carr. He was a special teacher who coulrl bring out the best in anybody. The school owes a lot to Mr. Carr and I know I represent many boys in saying that school sports shall suffer a great deal without him. Thank you, Mr. Carr!

Jason Paprocki, Form 4L

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Mrs. S. Alom Mrs. S. Batchelder Mrs. E. Crowley W. Dove .J.P. Dr. G. Gardiner

The Governors of Raine's Foundation Chairman

Mrs. P. Bentley, B.A.

The Reverend G. A. Barber, !VI.Sc. Mr. A. Chapman Mrs. A. Desmond Mr. W.J. Fishman Mr. A. Jacob

The Reverend M. Johnson, M.A. L. La yward Esq. Mrs. E. Moore The Reverend Prebendary N. E. McCurry, M. A.

Mr. C. W. Nolan Col. R. P. Tong, O.B.E., M.A.,J.P.

Clerh to the Governors R. A. Pink, Esq.

Staff-September 1983 Headmaster

Mr. D. W. E. Thomas M.A., (Can tab)

Deputy Heads Mrs. A. . Johnson B.A., (Leeds) and Mr. R. C. Reffold M.A., (Oxon)

Head of Lower School Mr. J. Everton M.A., (Oxon)

Heads of Departments Mr. F. Boyce, (College of St. Mark and St. .John) (Senior Teacher) Mr. G. Calvert, (City of Worcester College) (Mathematics) Dr. A. Cioci,(University of Pisa) (Physics) Mr. E. J. Croom, B. Se., (London) (Geography/Geology) Mr. K. R. Crump, B.A., (Liverpool) (History) rvlrs. S. P. Gore B.Sc., (London) (Secretarial Studies) Mr. R. J. Hudson, B.Sc., (London) (Science) Miss V. G. Jackson, L.R.A.M., (Music) Mr. S. E. Johnson, B.A., (Warwick) (English) Mr. H. Long, Dip. Phys. Ed. (Loughborough) (Physical Education, Boys) Miss A. M. Lowes, Dip.Phys. Ed. (Chelsea) (Physical Education, Girls) Miss A. W. Naylor, B.Sc., (London) (Biology) Mr M. K. D. Payne, B.A., (Iondon) A.K.C., (Languages) Mrs. A. E. Pearce, (Dss), B.Sc., B.D., (London) A.K.C., (Religious Studies) Mr. P. Rhodes (Technical Subjects) Miss M. E. Robertson, (Borough Road College) (French)

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Ms C. Russell, B.A., (Durham) (German) Mr. P. Spillett, B.Sc., (London) (Economics) :Vlrs. B. Thompson (Home Economics) Mr. R. Thompson, L.R.A.M., L.T.C.I. (Special Needs) Mr. G. Wesley, N.Dip. A.D., A.T.D. (London) (Art)

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Mr. W. J. A dam, B. Se., (Aberdeen), (Sciences) Mrs. Z. Auerbach, B.Sc., (Leeds) (Mathematics) Mr. M. Austin, (Trinity College, Carmarthen) (Physical Education and Geography) Miss C. Balls, M.A., (Cantab) (Languages) Mr. J. J. G. Blundell, A.T.D., (London) (Art) Mr. T . .J. Bye, B.A., (Open University) (English) Miss G. A. Gleeve, B.A., (London) (English) Miss A . M. Dempsey, B.Sc., (Wales) (Biology) Ms Eggleston, B. Ed., (City of Bath) (Textiles and Home Economics) Ms R. Gardner, B.A., (York) (En_glish and Drama) Mrs. K. Grimwood, B.A., (Salford) (French and German) Mr. M. Harris, (Newland Park College) (Mathematics) Mr. R. C. Hart, B.A., (Nottingham), M.A., (London) (History) Ms S. Jenner, B.Sc., (N.E.L.P.) (Special Needs, English and Drama) Mr. B. ]ones, B.A., (Lancaster) (History) Dip. Sec. Ed., (London) Miss C. Julian, B. Ed., (Shoreditch) (Design and Technology) Miss L. J. Linnett, B.Sc., (Reading) (Chemistry) Mr. B. M. J. Major, M.A., (London) (English and Drama) Mrs. R. J. Maskell, Dip. A.D., (St. Martins) (Textiles) Mr. S. Mason, (College of All Saints, Tottenham) (Geography and Religious Studies) Ms S. S. McCreadie, B.A., (Birmingham) (English and Drama) Mr. A. D. Perrett, B.Sc., (Manchester) (Mathematics) Mr. R. Philpotts, B. Ed., (Nottingham) (History) Mrs. P. Pipe, B.Sc., (London) (Geography) Mr. P.C. Protheroe, B.A., Dip. Th., (Wales) (Religious Studies) Miss J. B. M. O'Regan, B. Ed ., (London) (Physical Education and Science) Miss C. Silver, Dip. Ed., A.D., H.D.F.A., (London) (Pottery) Mr. P: Simmonds (Technical Studies) Ms C. Webb-Bourne, B. A., (University of East Anglia) (French) l\!Ir. G. Willett, B.Sc., (London) (Physics) Mr. N. J. Wilson, B.Sc., (Dunelm) (Geography) Miss S. Windsor, B. H., (London) (Home Economics)

Librarian: Mrs. R. Teteris, A.L.A. Senior Laboratory Technician: Mr. S. J. Russell School Bursar: Mrs. J. I. Evans

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"~Je ' ll take more care of you."

from the prefects of 1983-84

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School Prefects--September 1983 Head Boy: A dam Groves Deputy Head Boy: Richard Morgan

Prefects:

Head Girl: Janet Haywood Deputy Head Girl: Linda Alien

Stephen Aclsh ead, Joanne Barnes, Deborah Barnett, Darren Cannon, J ohn Coster, Stephen Gumbs, Duncan Hockley, David Hermitt, Pamela Hopkins, Nicos Kaimakami, John Morgan, Geoffrey Perry, Gregory Ross, Thoweetha Shaah, Suzanne Sm alley, Paul Smith.

Girls' Gam es Captain: J oanne Barnes.

Prize List 1982-83 FORJVI PRIZES

lA Giles Bates lE Leigh Barnes lJ Keeley Alien Michael Bryan Kirsten Berry Kevin Clark David Herbert Lo uise Rivers Graham Smithers Anne Shelbourne

IN Kelly Bo uvier lR Samuel Bentley IS Jane Bolto n Dawn Houghto n J o hn F eatherstone Mitchell Ottolangui Deborah Watts Jane Gilbert Angela Young

Paula Humphreys 2A Mo ira Healey 2E Bernadette Small 2J J ulie Ha rris

Carole Singh Karen Snooks Vanessa Lovell Samantha Venables Dawn Watts Neil Williams

2N Sharon J ones 2 R Michelle Goode 2S Julia Bo naparte David J ulien Daljit Kullar Wan HengJ.-iu Keeley Riding David Lavi nier Karen Powell

3AL June Baker 3AN Verna Coke 3F Deborah Newton Pe ter Newson Caroline Davis Lee Score Bryan Small Mark H o pgood Theodora Yianni

3L Daniella King 3R Ceci l Bartholomew 3T Tracey A lien Christ ine Naraidoo Fatoumah Nji e Darren Lynch Leeroy Vaughan Karen Watson Ric ha rd Maho ny

4E Lee Bartle tt 4M Liam Ashby 4N Theresa Harris Paul Bcthel l Stacey Tarrant David R ae Michelle Gibbs Terence Webber Sharon Welley

Samantha Wright 4 R Tracy Durant 4S Lisa G ill 4W Michael Dines

Richard Herio t Louise McMillan Shan Donovan Susan Robinson Karen T hienel Lorraine Fitzgerald

se Steven Everton SF Neale Draper SL Kenneth Ash Grace Lee De bra F el ton Richard G reen

SMo Ccri Batchelder SN J oanne Carroll Jonathan Fitt Tracey Ginn William Geiger Kathryn Nunn

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LOWER SIXTH Adam Groves, Steven Gumbs, Pamela Hopkins, Gregory Ross, Nico Kaimakami, Thoweetha Shaah.

SECRETARIAL SIXTH Tracey Belcher

UPPER SIXTH Art Biology Chemistry Geography Geology

Paul Anderson Lisa Mould John Williams J ennifer Harvey Mark Byford

History Mathematics

Physics

Further Mathematics

Richard Palmer J ames Breeze Paul Urbonas John Williams Marc us N araidoo John Williams Marc us N araidoo

SUBJECT PRIZES Religious Studies Senior (Astill) Richard Palmer

Physical Education

Music

Art

Home Economics Technical Studies Textiles

Ceramics

SPECIAL PRIZES Vivian Ridewood Prizes

Intermediate Junior Senior Boy Senior Girl junior Boy Junior Girl Senior Junior Senior Junior Senior Senior Senior Junior Senior Junior

Bethnal Green Society and Martin Leonard Prizes

St. J ude's Memorial Prizes The Ida Samuels Memorial Prizes

Geology Field Studies

Senior Junior

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Susan Robinson Nicola Cover Richard Morgan J ane Gardiner Cecil Bartholomew Ingrid Durant Richard Green Victoria Gardiner Debra Felton Nicola Killick Anne Henderson Adrian Pri tchard Theresa Harris Wan Heng Liu Fidal Parsons Wan Heng Liu

Terry Bryan, Katherine Forrest, J oe Guijar, Michelle Wailer Steven Batt, Kerry Donovan, Penelope Giff, Gillian Jones, Ian Shirley, Kathy Steel John Williams Dora Kaimakami Linda Barker Darren Cannon

The Haugh Prize for distinction at Ordinary Level The J ohn J acobs Prize for distinction at Ordinary Level The Tong Prize for distinction at Advanced Level The Ward Prize for Endeavour The Chairman's Prize The Goode Prize The Staff Prize The Old Raineians' Prize The Parents' Association Prizes The Crier Memorial Prize for Service to the School The Taylor Memorial Prize for Service to the School

CERTIFICATES (Summer, 1983) University of London:

Advanced Level:

Penelope Gardiner Taalibhusain Shaah John Williams Dennis Mentessi, Sylvia Shyllon Sharon Fryer Andrew Rhodes J a ne Gardiner Richard Grove Sus an Carpenter, Marc us N araidoo John Williams Janice Lang

Gillian Abbott (1), Oke Agbeze (3), Roy Ash (1),Jaganeson Balakrishnan (1), Andrew Boylett (2), James Breeze (3), Jacqueline Brown (2), Mark Byford (2) , Paul Casali (2), Stephen Chattaway (3), Jide Dawodu (1) , Peter Driscoll (1) , Terri Eales (1), Shahjehan Fayyaz (3), David Float (2), Sharon Fryer (4), Richard Grove (1),Jennifer Harvey (3), Karen Kew (2),jonathan Kravet (1),Janice Lang (1), Bradley Maltese (2), Stephen McDuell (2), Nabigi Mer (1), Liza Mould (1) , Marcus Naraidoo (4) , Richard Palmer (2), Gary Prince (1), Andrew Rhodes (1), Neil Tofield (1), Paul Urbonas (3), john Williams (4).

Ordinary Level: including Associated Examining Board Grade A, Band C and Grade 1 C.S.E.: Paula Allen (1), Kenneth Ash (6), Dawn Austin (3), Karen Barnes (2), Mark Bassett (4), Ceri Batchelder (9), Diane Beves (4) , William Geiger (9), Mark Burton (5), Terry Bryan (8),julie Cade (2), EIIen Carroll (4),Joanne Carroll (5),Jane Carter (4), Debra Coley (1),Julie Collyer (3), Sarah Copeland (5),Joanne Davies (1), Vivienne Deathridge (1), Terri Eales (1),joanne Ellis (2), Steven Everton (8), Deborah Falder (7), Debra Felton (1),jonathan Fitt (9), Katherine Forrest (5), Penelope Gardiner (9), Tracey Ginn (4), lan Graham (3), Richard Green (3),Joe Gurjar (7 ), Tony Havard (1), Anne Henderson (4),Jonathan Hillier (1), Alison House (4), Nadine Houghton (2), Robert Howard-Perkins (2), Samantha Hughes (1), Tabitha Hughes (1), Terance Kavanagh (2), Paul Kloss (3), Grace Lee (8), Sian Lewis (7), Tania Lewis (2), Colleen Makin (3), Wayne Malcolm (1), Angela McCarthy (1 ), Andrew McDermott (1 ), J ane McGregor (1 ), Karen McPherson (2), David Murphy (1), Keily Neill (1), Nicola Newson (1), Kathryn Nunn (9), Laurence Page (6), Susan Palmer (1), Karl Phiiiips (2), Deborah Piercey (1), Adrian Pritchard (2), Natalie Radford (1), Shurmaine Regis (2),John Rodmell (3), Matthew Ross (4), Lisa Rowland (2), Theresa Saunders (1) , Taalibhusain Shaah (8),Joanne Siggins (3) , Daren Stratford (1), Elliott Taylor (1),James Thompson (2), Gary Trew (2), Wayne Tyrrell (2), Elena Vrahimi (4), Catherine Wakeford (3), Michelle Wailer (6), Karen Waxham (5),Jonathan Wheeler (l),Julie White (2), Matthew Whitlock (2),John Wilson (1), Karla Young (6).

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Certificate of Secondary Education: Awarded a certificate (grades 2-5 ): Mark Adams, Jacqueline Alien, Paula Alien, Dawn Austin, Karen Barnes, Mark Beasley, Mandy Beaumont, Diane Beves, Clifford Bishop, Danella Brownlow, Myrtle Bruce, Daren Burgess, Mark Burton, J ulie Cade, Alison Cappaert, Ell en Carroli, J oanne Carrol.l, J ane Carter, Stanley Chap man, Jeffrey Child, Paul Chimes, Sani Clayton, Debra Coley, Paul Collier,Jamieson Collins, Brian Corrigan, Samantha Cranfield, Michael Crawley, J oanne Davies, Vivienne Deathridge, Tracy Docker, Peter Donald, J ulie Dorney, Neale Draper, Joanne Eade, Terri Eales, Joanne Ellis, Deborah Falder, Debra Felton, Sheila Gilpin, Tracey Ginn, David Goode, Ian Graham, Richard Green, Karen Gregory, Amanda Griffiths, Alexis Groombridge, Frank Hammond, Richard Hammond, Sheryl Harvey-Welis, Tony Havard, Anne Henderson, Christopher Hicks, Jonathan Hillier, Nadine Houghton, Alison House, Robert Howard-Perkins, Samantha Hughes, Tabitha Hughes, Susan Hunter, John J ackson, Samantha J ones, Terence Kavanagh, David King, Tania Lewis, J oe Lyons, Colleen Makin, Wayne Malcolm, Susan Martin, David Martindill, Angela McCarthy, J ane McGregor, Karen McPherson, McPherson, Mehmet Mehmet, Antony Mint, J anet Mole, Philip Mortimer, David Newson, Nicola Newson, Debra Obersteller, J ames Page, Michael Page, Susan Palm er, Karl Phillips, Leonie Phillips, Deborah Piercey, Adrian Pritchard, Natalie Radford, Raja Rahman, Tracy Regan, Shurmaine Regis, John Rodmell, Matthew Ross, Teresa Saunders, j oanne Siggins, Tracy Simmons, Maxine Spence, Tina Steer, Daren Stratford, Louisa Sullivan, Terence Tabram, Elliott Taylor, James Thompson, Gary Trew, Wayne Tyrrell, Elena Vrahimi, Catherine Wakeford,Jonathan Wheeler,Julie White, Matthew Whitlock, J ane Wilson, John Wilson, Karla Young.

ASSOCIATED BOARD OF ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC Grade 3

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Piano French Horn Trumpet Theory

Violin Piano Clarinet

Yellow

Karl Phillips (Merit) Karl Phillips Morakinyo Akingbade

{ Karl Phillips, Sarah Judd, Susan Robinson Richard Green, Morakinyo Akinbade Grace Lee Richard Green Richard Green (Merit)

Yellow is the sky when the sun shines, Yellow is the sand on the beach at night, Yellow are the bananas on the trees so tall, Yellow are the lemons only eaten by a fool, Yellow is the custard all lumpy and thick, Yellow are the daffodils that grow so quick, Yellow is the butter spread out on the toast, Yellow is the colour that I like most.

R. Bachell, lS

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Trophies 1982-83 ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

Athletics Senior Intermediate junior St anrlard s ( 5 star) Aggregate

Basketball Senior Intermediate Junior

Cross Country (Boys)

(Girls)

Hockey

Netball

Rugby

Senior Intermediate Junior

Senior Intermediate Junior

Senior Intermediate

Senior Intermediate Junior

Senior Intermediate junior

Swimming Senior Intermediate Junior Aggregate

Table Tennis Senior junzor

Physical Education Boy:>' G!rls

Winterton Cup Butterficld Cup Luton Cup -Aldridge Cup Roden Cup

Raineian Lodge Cup Harvey Martin Cup Fishberg Cup

Mansfield Cup Wareing Cup Horne Cup

H eadmaster 's Trophy Middle School Trophy Junior Cup

Munn Cup Camberley Cup

Tyler Trophy Leach Cup Mann Cup

Cadet Cup Hirtes Cup Jenkins Cup

Lassman Shield Wilkins Shield Turnage Trophy Manuel Posey Cup

Adlam Cup O .R .A. 250th Anniversary

Cup

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School Winterton Winterton Foundation School

Foundation/Mann/School Mann/Foundation Foundation

School School Winterton

Winterton Winterton M ann

Winterton Foundation

School School School

School M ann M ann

Winterton M ann Winterton Winterton

School Foundation

Foundation School

House Championship Shutt Trophy Winterton (Final house percentages of total possible points : Winterton 27.7; School 26.9; Mann 23 .7; Foundation 21.8.)

ATHLETICS (INDIVIDUAL) Victor Ludorum

Senior Intermediate junior

Gregory Ross Cecil Bartholomew Ernest Lucas

Victrix Ludorum Senior Intermediate j unior

Myrtle Bruce Sarah Judd Christine Hinds

STAFF v SCHOOL W. D. Lyons Trophy The Staff

CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Chess

Senior Junior

Prose and Verse Senior junzor

C lark Cup Cl ark Junior Cup

Aldridge Memorial Trophy Aldridge Memorial Trophy

First Year Harvest Festival Poster Competition

Junior Projects Project C up School Work (Credits) Dagger Cup

Winterton M ann

Winterton Winterton

M ann

School

School

House Championship Dorothy Broughton Trophy School (Final House Percentages: School 28.7; Mann 28.0; Winterton 22.3; Foundation 21.0.)

H.R.K. Broughton Championship Trophy (Final Percentages: School 27.4; Winterton 26.1; Mann 25.0; Foundation 21.5.)

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Sixth Form Summer School CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART

Would you believe that in the murky depths of Camberwell School of Art something wonderfully creative and arty was taking place? We didn't either; we were only there for the Summer School! The aim of the course, in the marathon two weeks, was basically to design and make, to a given theme, a costume. There were four groups ranging from me in the " Bathing Belles" to Deborah in the "Egyptian Fantasy" with gigolos and vamps thrown in for fun. These were part of the overall silent cinema theme- hence the costumes and sketches were to be in black and white. Fo ur short performances were given -under a strobe light -oh the flamboyance of it all. After the general welcome (!),we had discussio ns and then after some hard thought , we got down to some athletic pastel drawing - "Make it bigger, love !" was the desperate cry from Ron and Mike- the resident "Old Masters''. The second day was a little more settled; we were frying up like eggs, under the hot glass in the studios. Squeals of delight came from us .when we were told it was "collage this afternoon, ladies !" or, to be more precise, nineteen ladies and one boy. From Wednesday onwards the general construction of garments began. Resources were limited to a pile of scraps -you know: old curtains, bits of egg boxes, sequins, second-hand flares etc - that kind of stuff. However, things were beginning to take shape .... On Thursday 14th we were told, "Today's the day, girls (and boy)!" We had to perform in front of the cameras. The shovels came out to put on the make-up- nice thick eyeliner, etc. Then we were ready. The props had been made by Ron and Mike throughout the two weeks (they did all sorts of things you know!). The order of perfo rmance was as follows: Paris Cafe, Egyptian Fantasy, New York Bar, and Bathing Party - a good time was had by all!!! John, the Gentle Giant, did the f ilming ... . all three times (just to make sure everybody did every-thing right) zooming in on various faces and poses . Then on Friday we actually performed in front of a "live" audience (mostly consisting of old dears in fluffy hats . . .. except Miss Fuller). All went well throughout the performance - no -one fell off the stage! After the show our presence was required in front of the stage to talk to the audience. I didn't mind that but I did object t o the old ladies who ran up behind me, grabbed my black woolly wig and said, "Excuse me, dear, but I must feel this!" .... it's a good job I'm not bald. After the show came the par ty along with Matilda's frozen strawberry gateau. It was a very enjoyable fort -night and I would like to thank Miss Fuller whose ulterior motive for sending us was so that she could have more free lessons!

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Green Fields SPRING:

Nothing is so beautiful as Spring-When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush, Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.

"Critica1 Analysis?" I looked up sulkily from the oil-stained book entitled "An anthology of poems". Why can't I feel part of the poem? Why don't I feel like discussing it? Maybe it is jealousy; jealousy from not being able to take part in such a time as spring. Yet here I am learning for the exam. The days of spring have come and will go, and I will be here reading and studying. How I long for fun, excitement, happiness .... fresh air, green trees, flowers, the blue sky, the dazzling sun and the glittering blue sea. How I yearn for green fields! No-one understands my feel-ings, which are as simple and peaceful as-the sewn silhouettes of the peasant farmers on the tapestry hanging on the wall. The thick dust which has settled on the outside glass has covered the whole setting, giving it a dark stormy look. The fields are dark as they are covered by a layer of dust. The clouds look like dirty pieces of cottonwool. Everything on the tapestry is gloomy. No-one under-stands. I walked towards the t apestry and slowly lifted my right hand. I bet behind that stretch of dirt lie juicy green fields and bags of happiness. I spotted one of the peasants' faces and rubbed the dust off with my forefinger. The meticulous features were unbelievable. The wrinkled face blossomed and the eyes, although tired, changed from brown to blue. Even the poor rags wrapped around the peasant's body appeared to be second-hand, but clean. I took up a tissue and moistened it with the water that was left from the glass. Step by step I began cleaning it, looking and observing, com-paring, dreaming, feeling part of this painting which contained green fi elds. The blades of grass shone brightly as the sunbeams touched them. The morning dew rolled down from the tips along the furrows of the folded blades. I looked at the straw hat which sat on the woman's head pro tect-ing her from the heat of the sun. Its tattiness was revealed again, and yet it was nice to know what really lay behind that dark belt of dirt. Her turned-up nose was peeling from sunburn and she , looked as if she was singing. I could just about hear her. A sweet melody echoed through the fields. The trees swayed in the breeze and the flowers' petals waved in rhythm. The anemones resembled miniature windmills in a meadow. Their white petals stuck out differently from the dark ruby red pe tals of the wild poppies. The tune was whistled by the breeze through the dense branches of the monstrous tree. Then, as if I was there, a deep masculine voice joined in the singing. I looked around to see a man approaching on a donkey with a cart following behind full of grass an d hay. Soon three high-pitched voices could be heard in the distance, and I saw again three pretty girls with braided hair and covered with silky shawls walking along with flowers in their arms. The sing-ing was beautiful, nostalgic. It was a happy tune, the kind that remains in your mind and you cannot get rid of it. It was all like an enchanting dream. But my enchanting dream was disturbed as I heard my sister calling, "Stop reciting Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem!"

The Glassy pear-tree leaves and blooms, They brush the descending blue; that blue is all in a rush With richness; the racing lambs too have fair their fling.

I looked up again at the half-cleaned painting of stretches of everlas ting green fields. I detected the four dirty-white patches resembling lambs. I took the tissue again and wiped them free from their burden of dirt and gloom. Once again they were running in the grass, having fun, fooling around, bleating as if trying to join in the melody. I looked at the shrubs and trees on the far left-hand corner. Oh yes, they were still to be given some life and colour. I wiped the dirt away. I began with the stem of the large oak and then carried on with the branches and leaves. VVh at is a field

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without trees? Life having a saddle, but no horse. What is life without fun, excitement, freedom .... green fields? The remaining job was the sky. I looked at the horizon, which looked stormy and dark from the dirt. I wiped one cloud, compared the difference and carried on. Then I attempted another one, a third, a fourth .. . . and the last speck of a cloud. Suddenly the clouds were soft, fleecy and feathery again. They were light and cool. The tapestry was clean. I looked at the tired faces of the peasant farmers and felt satisfied .... but not really satisfied. I had cleaned it to perfection and yet there was something missing for my satisfaction to be complete. What was the meaning of this sudden urge? I looked deeply into the villagers' eyes. Then my eyes drifted down to their mouths and it appeared to me that the woman's lips were moving! It looked as if she was trying to tell me something, as if she was trying to tell me that however deep the gloom and however hard the work, it always pays off. I looked at the fields, then I looked at the peasants' eyes which were filled with fatigue. I looked at their naked feet which were dry and swollen, then I looked at their faces which were smiling. But last of all I returned to the beauty of the meadow which stretched beyond them. Yes, to reach green fields, one has to work for them. Green fields will always exist but need to be reached by hard work. Someone did understand. "Dora, how long have you been sleeping here?" "Oh no, am I late for my exam?" "What exam?" "English poetry." "Stop fooling around. We're on holiday remember. We have rented a cottage in the middle of a beautiful valley. Your work has finished now, and you achieved an 'A'. You are now in green fields! It might help coming back to reality!"

"Whatever the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And over the sickle bending;-! listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill That music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more."

Dora Kaimakami, 4M

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Geography/Geology Field Trip to the Lake District-March 1983

On Tuesday 22nd March, twenty-one intrepid students set out to the Arctic Wastelands of the Lake District. The idea was to travel in convoy, but Mr Wilson had his own ideas and went his own way at Aldgate. We met up again further down the M1 with Mr Wilson, who was reaching sixty- going down hill with the wind behind him. Finally we arrived in Keswick in the late afternoon, tired after the long journey. After dinner Mr Croom gave one of his "cruel to be kind" lectures and Mr Wilson was put in charge of the girls, much to the boys' amusement. The second day we spent in the Borrowdale area taking notes, in our already soggy notebooks, and rock bashing. We returned to the centre in the evening, our minds boggling with 'classic examples which weren't quite perfect because .... . ' whereupon a certain member tried to break the world record for eating lemon meringue pies ... and failed . Ennerdale was the area to be studied the next day with yet more 'classic' examples. At lunchtime we all trooped into the pub to 'stuff our .faces', as Mr Croom put it. He seemed to have this idea that all we needed was a Mars bar and an ice cream (?). He was disappointed that Mr Wilson let the side down by tucking into the leftovers of Natalie's Chicken and Mushroom pie, especially as he had only just finished his own Turkey sandwiches. And will someone tell the barmaid that two pints of best bitter don't cost 3! The next two days were spent doing Urban geography (HURRAH). Mr Wilson, fed up with being Mr Croom 's sidekick, and just spurting forth grid references, was raring to go. By now we had only ripped up one tyre and Richard Morgan had only jacked the minibus up three times. The doors of the minibus looked as though they were about to fall off. Meanwhile the geologists carried on rock bashing. On Saturday afternoon we studied the "Sphere of Influence" of Keswick by dropping groups off at villages around Keswick. Those who went to Buttermere are still recovering from Mr Wilson's driving over Honister Pass with its 1 in 4 gradients. 115 miles of winding roads is enough for any minibus in one afternoon, let alone the poor passengers! Back at the centre Brad was 'down' after being beaten by Mr Croom at pool, but later recovered by winning the snooker and table tennis competitions. By now Missjackson had joined us to take charge of the girls. Sunday we loaded the minibuses, clambering all over them just to make sure they were really filthy,

~nd headed for lngleton Youth Hostel. We spent the day studying the infamous carboniferous limestone and looking at ... you've guessed it, more 'classic' examples. On Monday we came home at last, but not without Mr Wilson reversing into a brand new Vauxhall Cavalier (phew ... thank goodness it had plastic bumpers) and having to call the AA out because the m_inibus wouldn't do mor~ ~han 30 mf?h down the Al. We arrived back at school at 5 .. ~0 pm and gmgerly got out of the m1mbuses hopmg they wouldn't collapse like a pack of cards when we closed the door. We would like to thank Mr Croom, Mr Wilson and Miss J ackson for a 'classic' example o f a field trip but please, get some new minibuses. '

Stream. I wave to the stream as it runs fast down the hill. it never goes past.

Debbie Davis, 1 S

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Richard Grove, U6

Battle of Hastings: Part 11 Disguised in rucksacks and jeans, our intrepid band of war-m0ngers, twelve strong (and two belligerent veterans), assembled for their descent on the innocent inhabitants of Hastings. Eventually(!) we were off: males in one mini-bus, females in the other, except l'VIiss Naylor, vvho drove the females' mini-bus. Miss Dempsey drove as recklessly as possible, but, failing to accomplish her task, we arrived safely at the RSPCA Centre in Malleydam Wood. The nightmare had begun. Having unpacked, four hundred winks were taken while Nigel, our host, lectured us on something or other. Then followed Malleydam Wood's fate, as our exhilarated army were let loose amongst the Fagus sy lvatica and Qucrcus robur, trampling Endymion non-scriptus and Anemone nemorosa under-foot, not to mention the scurrying Forficula auricularia. Spaghetti bottenyuk, synthesized by the girls, went down well (the sink). The other cooked meal during our stay was hamburgers professionally produced by the VJ:acdonald's crew (the boys). The rest of the week's meals consisted of cheese and pickle sandwiches, an apple and Mars (or Aero), and a packet of cheese and onion or ready salted crisps. There were the sporadic indulgences in work, our first taste of freshwater field biology being at Pett Level, which had its first taste of Greg and I. Night-life consisted of abandoning work and forcing Miss Naylor and Miss Dempsey to drive us into Hastings at gunpoint. Hastings w~ts dead, even before the arcades closed (10.30) but there was always the pub! Here we drank, murdered the juke-box, drank, played darts and billiards, and drank. After eviction, wild chases through the streets with pebbles as ammunition was the usual thing, with I3arbara and Susan coming near to ending up in the boating pond. (Thanks, Paul, for rescuing me from this plight). After innumerable other misdemeanours we headed for home. After showering (a nerve-wrecking experience as the girls couldn't tell the boys' from the girls') we "went to bed". Each room was big enough to house only two beds and two chairs . . Nevertheless, desperate for eac h other's co mpany, the Terrible Twelve squeezed into one room. Inevitable com-promises such as kipping on the floor, three to a bed, and often two to a sleeping bag, were devised After hours of educated debate we nodded off, which meant that the old ladies below could catch up on some beauty sleep. Our pollution control team confiscated Puff's cigs which ended up sharing a tank with slugs, snails, earthworms, etc. and on another occasion were cellotaped to the ceiling with sugar between the box and the ceiling. Well, what else do you expect from Raineians? Our final night was spent generally resuscitating Hastings before the familiar rigor mortis set in, and also bidding the pub farewell. After breakfast the next day, we left for home with our cheese and pickle sandwiches. Apologies to the badger for the cheese and pickle sandwiches, and to the countless organisms that dedi cated their lives to Tony's sadistic research. Our sincerest gratitude must go to the RSPCA Fiel

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VARIOUS SCHOOL TR IPS Sno1,;c!onia Lake District London Half Marathon Sixth Form Biology field trip

Trip to Snowdon One teacher , and her dog, three colleagues, twenty-four pupils, two mini-buses, ten tents, and vast quantities of food went on a trip to Snowdon. The journey up went well. We stopped for lunch and played football. Mr Willett showed off his skills but it was impossible to match the skills of the kids! At camp we pitched the tents. By the time we had finished it was dusk. We ate 'tea', Pedigree _ Chum and spuds, followed by a story about the man-eating rabbits that roam the camp site. Ha ha! Next morning we were all up at five, much to the annoyance of the teachers who needed their beauty sleep. They got their revenge by taking us on a long walk: the scenic route to Beddgelert. In the evening there was swimming in the river and the first of the many games of rounders. On day three we hit Caernarvon, or at least Caernarvon Chippy. We got back to camp that evening to find that "the storm" had hit our valley. Hail and wind had knocked some of the tents down and rain had soaked the contents. It took many hours to restore order(!) and to dry the tears and sleeping bags. Thursday we went to the beach and got wet on purpose. Our only casualty that day was Mr Wilson: Andrew (Gowe r) Cappaert sent a ball flying into his face. Next came the day we had all been dreading: the ascent of Snowdon. The rain just did not stop. We walked up the track which winds its way slowly to the summit. After an hour's climb we turned back (we were so upset). As it happened the weather did break during the afternoon, so we had to play another game of rounders. On Saturday we packed everything up and made for home . For the first time the sun shone. We sat in a traffic jam for hours and still the sun shone. What a week! I should like to thank, on behalf of all those who went to Snowdon, Miss Fuller, Miss Dempsey, Mr Wilson and Mr Willett, who made this trip possible.

Graham Smithers, 1j

I should like to thank Martin Leonard, without whom a Snowdon Trip, and Raine's school magazine , would be incomplete.

Visit to Anne Frank's House 21st March, 1983

J. A. Fuller

IJ: ~ar~h 198 3 a tri_p was hastily organised by the committee responsible for the Auschwitz Exhi-bitiOn m Stepney, for a party of young people from all schools in Tower Hamlets to visit the House of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, Holland. It was only two weeks before the trip that I was told that I was to represent Raine's on the visit and that all travelling expenses and entrance fees were paid for. The Frank family went into hiding in 1942 wh.en-the Nazis occupied Holland and being Jews they would be killed by the Nazis if caught. They lived with some friends in some rooms hidden by a concealed doorway disguised as a bookcase. Ann Frank left a diary which intimately tells of events and arguments and day-to-day life in their secret hiding place, and also shows her feelings and atti-tudes. She, her sister, parents and friends were finally discovered in 1944 and Anne died in misery at Bergen-Belsen at the age of fifteen.

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The party led by Mr. Noel Mander MBE of N.P. Mander Organ Builder Ltd. and Miss Uoyd, a drama teacher at Tower Hamlet's Girls' School, left Heathrow Airport at 9.45 a.m. and arrived in Amsterdam at 11.45, Holland being an hour ahead of British time. We were taken by bus and tram to the part of Amsterdam where the house is situated and, after a short walk and lunch, we went to visit the house. It was actually an office but a disguised door hid a secret staircase leading to the hidden living quarters of the Franks. The actual building is virtually how it was described by Anne in her diary, but most of the furniture had been removed. The concealed staircase with the disguised door is stiH there and so also are the posters on the wall of A.Ime's bedroom. It has now been made into a small museum, housing some of Anne's possessions including an extract from Anne's original diary. There is also an exhibition in photographs and words, describing the rise of Hitler, the development and spread of the Nazi racialist policy, especially the hatred of the Jews. There were also photographs of the Frank family. Despite the limited time, I was able to witness for myself the reason why Anne Frank is remembered for her courage. After seeing the exrubition in St. George-in-the-East and the exhibition in Anne Frank's House, I am made more aware of how evil and sadistic the practices of the Nazi were. Who was to realise in 1944 that in the present day Anne's diary wo uld be translated into different languages with millions of copies being sold? Society must learn from the pas t and reject prejudice, whatever form it takes.

The colour white White is pure, An albino animal with pink eyes, The ends o f a majorette's baton, i\ water lily growing on a pond, The sheets on my bed, The sugar in my tea , Flour that I use to make ca kes The pages in my book, ' White .

Janet Mint, 1S

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Richard Palmer, U6H

Housewife Goldihood was an average type of housewife, living in an average type of hundred-year-old castle. It was surrounded by a forest which grew up when her husband, an average type of two-hundred-year-old midget, called Grumplestiltskinov (Commie), got ill from eating too much porridge, smashing up chairs, and sleeping in beds with peas in them. He had sorely neglected his gardening and what had just been not pruning the roses, had got rather out of hand. The forest now covered a good few hundred miles and many people got lost in it. Goldihood was dissatisfied with life. She'd had enough of kissing the frogs, caring for her husband's two ugly giants which he kept in a cage, and mucking out the dragon, not to mention feeding the fairies . One day her husband's cousin, a midget who disguised himself as a giant, called Harrikrishkinov, came to visit and the dragon got excited and burnt a hole in the curtains and melted Goldihood's collection of magic plastic flowers. In a rage she screamed, "That's it, Commie!" (She always called her husband Commie.) "I'm leaving! I've had enough! I'm going to my mother's!" Grumplestiltskinov scratched his hump and replied, "Yes, dear." Goldihood packed her case and took a basket full of porridge for her mother. She stormed out of the castle and into the forest. As usual she soon got lost. She was wandering blindly when she met a friendly old witch with some poisoned apples and a mirror disguised as a wolf. Feeling a bit peckish she took an apple but didn't have any housekeeping money to pay the witch, who got very annoyed and screamed, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow yer p orridge all over the floor!" Goldihood was scared but in the distance came the sound of seven paws and soon into view came the seven bears called Teddy, Bob, Arnie, Terrence, Bert, Ronnie and Thickfeatures. They sang a happy song which went something like, "Yo ho, yo ho, cos we're all on the dole, ain't got no job, cos we just rob, yo ho, yo ho, yo ho." They beat up the witch and smashed up her mirror. She ran off dropping her apples. "Thank you for saving me," said Goldihood. "That's all right," said the seven bears, "come and live with us in a little cottage in a clearing." "Is it far?" asked Goldihood. "We don't know," they replied, "we've been lost in this forest for years." Just then, luckily for Goldihood and the seven bears, the good fairy appeared because it was getting boring and it was time for some magic to liven it up. "You can have two wishes," she told them. "I thought it was three wishes," said Goldihood. "Well tough," said the good fairy. "I'm only giving you two." "I'll have a handsome prince," said Goldihood. "Then I can live in comfort and not have to do any more housework." "We'll have our cottage in a clearing," said the seven bears. The fairy magicked the bears to their cottage where they lived heavily happy ever after on their dole money. "We're right out of handsome princes right now, but I can do you one in frog form," said the good fairy. "Anything's better than a commie midget," said Goldihood. So she went to live in comfort with the frog prince and didn't do any housework. They didn't get married on account of her health, what with eating the poisoned apple and all that, but they lived happily heavy after; that is until they died.

J onathan Fitt, 5Mo

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The Return Liz Adams sank her old frame into a comfortable armchair and sighed. Looking around her shabby furnished room she sighed again. When she was young and courting her late husband, she'd led an exciting life, going to dances and being able to laugh happily with friends. Now? Now it was dull and boring. Her husband had recently died, and left her a bit of money. She still couldn'L adjust to the fact her husband was dead; but as friends said, it's early days yet. She stood up wearily and put a few small lumps of coal onto the dying embers of the fire, and went to make herself a cup of weak tea. She stood looking oul of the kitchen window, while waiting for the kettle to boil. She had had a small, neatly kept garden, until her husband had died, then it had grown wild, attracting all the cats and dogs of Lhe neighbourhood. "Shoo, dog! Shoo!" she cried at a large, brown m o ngrel which had enLered her garden. How dare it! That garden was her husband's . He hated dogs. No dogs were aUowed in it. Get out! She opened the back door and picked up a stick and threw it at the dog. It yelped and ran off. A passer-by stared at her in disgust and turned away. Liz glared and slammed the door. Nosey Parker! What business was it of hers anyway? She didn't have a nasty dog messing up her husband's garden! She made the tea and went back inlo the living room. The fire had gone out and a cold feeling was creeping through the room. Liz sat down next to the fire for warmth. A sudden chill seemed to clutch at her heart and she felt as if a strong wind was blowing throughout the house. It was weird. Fear made her stumble to the door and throw it open. An icy wind blew around her feet and the sky was grey and overcast. Not a soul was out. Every-where was deserted. Then Liz screamed. She could have sworn she saw her husband behind the bus shelter; but he was dead! That's where he had collapsed and died. Had he come back? Liz clutched hold of her cross, which was on a chain around her neck, and closed the door with trembling knees. She remembered the words he had spoken as he lay dying in the street, "I'll come back and get you, Lizzy. Then we can both resl in peace." She hadn't taken much notice of it at the time, but did he mean it? She felt her heart freeze . Alfie had come back. He was going to kill her, and take her back with him! "God!" she screamed. "Don't let him!" "It's too late, Lizzy. I've come. Now be a pet, and lel me do it quickly." Liz gasped and stumbled backwards until the wall stopped her. That was her husband's voice! "Aifie!" she whispered hoarsely. "Don't do it. Leave me alone!" "No Liz. We can rest in peace together now." He came towards her, with a knife raised in his hand that seemed to be suspended in mid-air. He thrust it forwards. Liz screamed ... . .. . and fell to the ground.

Fiona Stewart , 4M

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Ru&B'f

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Early Days Rain spat violently at the car- so much for wonderful Wales! Yet even as we sat, shivering and argumentative, the shower winged off out over the sea and the victorious blue of the sky beckoned beguilingly. Drawn, as eager moths to a pale lantern, we sallied forth onto the wet and fragrant banks rising steeply by the road. A new, cleansed world awaited us , hill giving way to hill, hollows overflowing with thick soft mist. We strolled somnambulistically across a wild meadow, and in my dreamlike state I walked straight into a bush! The heady drunkenness of beauty gave way to agonies akin to those of a hangover, but when at last I could see straight, once more intoxication filled my eyes. I had collided with a veritable grove of immense fuchsia bushes- trees would almost be a better description. Beneath the darkly spreading foliage were suspended millions of deepest purple and magenta blooms, delicately slender, sheer floral perfection, glinting under their rainbow droplets. They seemed strangely exotic for such a gently and unmistakably British land-scape, almost as though some eastern potentate's flying carpet had inadvertently seeded them one velvet night en route to his home of domes and minarets. We were all captivated by the magic of these beautiful aliens, so much that, by way of distilling a little of the enchantment, we took three small cuttings from one particularly prolific bush hoping that one day these too might beautify some verdant corner. Duly enriched, we packed our bags and headed for home, cradling our treasures in plastic beakers from a motorway service station. "Early days yet," we said to one another. "Who knows how much these will flourish?" Once home, we watched the cuttings with hawklike expectancy, and our delight was boundless when at last they pushed out tentative roots. Encouraged by this evidence of fu lsome life we planted them in the best soil we could find, and were moved to further transports when they began to pro-duce flowers at what I now realise was a suicidal rate_ Another fortnight, and all three were dead, and our disappointed grief was quite as great as had been our ecstasy . Even in the midst of dejected despair, however, my father was patient. The three shrivelled twigs he watered meticulously, assuring us all that these were still early days, and who knew what might happen! Life had gone, but in his case, hope yet remained. With two of the sticks, the obvious happened; soon the pots were covered in clover and moss, no trace remaining of the once-proud jewels of the orient. As for the other twig it stayed, as twigs are wont to do, in its appointed place as with infinite long-suffering Dad watered it turning a deaf ear to our blistering scorn and for ever repeating his adage about "early days." And then, with excruciating slowness, one then another tiny leaf-bud appeared. Our cynicism was stilled and we looked on in gaping amazement as gradually the desiccated and lifeless stump flourished. The saga was not yet over, though; during the next year the plant died on us several more times, and on each occasion, under my father's seemingly pointless care, it revived. It grows even today in a sheltered spot of the garden, all, and more than, we ever hoped it would become-not just a monarch among plants, but also an advocate of, and a monument to, the eternal optimists, the "early dayers" of this grey and stubbornly gloomy world!

Susan Robinson, 4R

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Bo~s' P.E. Report

Athletics The awful rainy weather seriously affected the early part of the athletic season and caused the cancellation of the Senior East London Athletic Championships for the first time for thirty years. Because there was no track marked out at Eastway we could hold no track events in our own school sports and this gave an unbalanced result to the eventual aggregate inter-ho use championship, so we were denied the chance of seeing those fine athletes Do novan Fraser, Oke Agbeze, J ide Dawodu and John Williams for the last time. John Williams did go on to retain his London Senior Discus title and the Ross brothers both did well as Gregory was second in the Senior Long Jump and Matthew second in the Inter Shot Putt. We had a very successful athletic match with Campion School, Hornchurch, and hope to make this a regular event every season. The Fourth Year has always had a great deal of athletic talent and this was ably demonstrated in the East London Championships. On the track this team virtually swept the board as Winston Cordon won the 1 OOm, and lost the 200m by inches. Simon Errington - the revelation of the year - was imperious in taking the 400m and much the same could be said for Morakinyo Akingbade's win in the 800m. Danny Allpress ran away with the Hurdles and both relay teams were successful. Although we were not as dominant in the field events, t here were successes for Terry Pryer (Long Jump) and Akin in the Triple Jump. There was excellent support from Nizamgi Mer, Dean Dunham (Relays), Tony Vowell (Discus) and Terry Webber (Javelin). The Fourth Year easily won the East London Trophy. Unlike their older team mates the Third Year has never been successful in the East London Champ-ionships, but this season this was rectified with a fine all-round performance. Cecil Bartholomew swept to victory in the lOOm and 200m and helped t he sprint relay team to a clear win . J effrey D'Aguilar, an outstanding all-rounder, narrowly lost the 400m and Hurdles but anchored the 4 x 400m relay team's triumph. Leeroy Vaughan won the Triple Jump and there were second places for Paul Hammond (800m) and Achileas Kyprianou (Shot Putt). James Rehbein took the Discus title and there were fine supporting performances from George Spyros (Javelin), Carl Coster (High Jump) and Dennis Price and Bryan Small (Relays) . As can be seen from the five star award list, the Second Year t eam has much precocious talent. The team was not ultimate ly successful in t he East Londo n Championships, but this could be attributed to a loss of form of one or two athletes or selectional mistakes in the relay teams which left the sprint quarter just one yard short of vi_ctory. But th~s team will come back again wit~ fine athletes like AmosJulien (lOOm and 200m), h1s brother Dav1d, who won the 400m, and Gavm McEachran who dominated the Triple Jump once again. Ernie Lucas easily won the shot and teamed up with David Julien, Ian Smalley, and Christopher Fitt to take the 4 x 400m relay. The team was supported well by Matthew Thompson (1500m), Lee Pryer (Discus) and Ian Stewart (Relays). The youngest members of the school athletics' team, the first year group, did not have this abun-dance of talent but made up for this with tremendous enthusiasm and team spirit . Aaron Bartholomew narrowly lost in the lOOm and 200m in the East London Championships as did Nigel Gore (400m) and Matthew Coy (800m). Perry Brown, a fine distance running prospect, easily took the l500m tor our only East London title, whilst Michael Bryan was second in the Long Jump. Other members of this team, which will continue to make progress in the future, were Richard Bailey (High Jump), Tony Berry (Shot) and Stuart Hammond (Hurdles and J avelin ). A word of praise must also be given to Junior Team managers Turgay Mehmet, An drew Cappaert and John Featherstone, who performed their vital duties admirably. Once again when all the team scores were added up Raine's were declared overall East London Champions. This is a fine achievement as standards are rising all the time, and shows how our athletes continue to rise to this annual challenge.

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NATIONAL COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL SCHOOLS

5 Star Athletic Competition 5 STAR

1st Year A. Bartholomew

4STAR M. Bryan J. Collyer J. Campbell N . Gore T. Berry P. Brown R. Bailey M. Coy J. Featherstone

TOTAL A WARDS

2nd Yew D. Lavinier E. Lucas A. Julien D. Julien

D. Fuller T. Mehmet G . McEachran B. Neill L. Pryer J. Howes S.Batt M. Thompson D. Vanderson S. Robertson J . Johnson I. Shirley I. Stewart

5 STAR 4 STAR 3 STAR 83 16 45

3rd Year R. Pryer L. Vaughan J. Rehbein C. Bartholomew J. D'Aguilar S. Dafnis

M. Collyer M. Humphreys C. Caster J. Harvey S. Watts S. Dembla P. Hammond A. Kyprianou P. Hayes W. Honeywood D. Price C. Caster

2 STAR 61

297 Boys in years 1-4 236 Gained an award .

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4th Year M. Akingbade S. Errington N. Mer W. Cordon T. Pryer

D. Allpress Mark Dalcy D. Dunham M. Herring T. Webber L. Collins J . Goh T . Vowel! A. Watson T.Wu W. Richards

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Basketball In many ways the 1982-83 season has been one of the most successful campaigns in the already impressive history of the game in the school. Despite the relatively poor facilities there is a tremen-dous enthusiasm for the game and there are many fine individual players and excellent teams representing the school in all age-groups. At senior level we had a quiet start departing very early from the England under-19 and under-16 competitions. Gradually the undcr-19 team settled down, and, after a series of exciting wins, reached the semi-finals of the London Schools' Championship before losing to Thomas Tallis School. Two fine victories over old rivals Central Foundation School brought success in the East London Championship. David Hermitt was always an outstanding performer and ably supported by Adam Groves, John Williams, Oke Agbeze, Matthew Ross and Paul Kloss. The under-15 team also did well after a disappointing start to the season. With depleted teams we lost in the first round of the South-East England Competition and in the final of the East London Championship. As with the seniors the players picked themselves up well and had a superb run of victories in the London Cup. After reaching the North London Final and beating Sir William Collins School to take the title the team went on tr) the London Championship Final where it lost narrowly to Archbishop Ramsey School from South London. Tony Vowel!, Terry Pryer, Morakinyo Akingbade, Nizamgi Mer, David Blackie, Winston Cordon and Andrew Manners were the mainstays of this team which will next year be challenging for the England under-16 championship. The third year under-14 team have worked very hard this year and are improving all the time. There is a basic problem of fielding a cons is tent team and an over-dependence on second year players does not help team continuity. After reaching the third round in the South-East England Cup and losing to Semi-Finalists South Kilburn, the team reached the semi-finals of the North London Champion-ship. In the East London Cup we reached the final, losing to Stepney Green who were this year's London Champions. Outstanding players were Cecil Bartholomew, Leeroy Vaughan, Martin Humphreys and Bryan Small supported by Mark Collyer, Achileas K yprianou and Steve Dafnis. At under-13 second year level there was a level of success unequalled in the school for ten years. In the South-East England competition a very successful run brought the team to the semi-finals where it lost narrowly to Hayes School by one point with only four seconds left. Despite this heart-breaking reverse the team showed great character in coming back to go unbeaten through the London Cup Competition beating Hampstead School in the North London final and Eltham Green School in the London final. Finally the under l3s wound up their season with a convincing triumph in the East London Cup final over Stepney Green. The outstanding players were David Fuller, David Lavinier, David Julien, Ian Shirley, Stephcn Batt and Gavin McEachran, supported by Darren Vanderson, Turgay Mehmet, Bradley Neill and Scott Collier. Most of these players also play for the third year team and with so much talent available should do well over the next Lwo or three years. The first year team won only two games all year but turned out many players for experience which should stand them in good stead for the future. There are no South of England or London Championships for this age-group but the team did reach the East London Cup final and were runners- up to Stepney Green. An interesting innovation was the first year Invitational Tournament organised by Mr Austin at the Bethnal Green Annexe which attracted eight schools and was very successful. Thomas Tallis won the tournament with the Raine's Ul2s gaining fifth place. Notable playe rs were John Featherstone, Andrew CappacrL, Aaron Bartholomew,Jason Rcynolds, Tony Berry and Lee Russell, supported by many others too numerous to mention here. With the necessary dedication and determination this team will improve next year and do well. Ten boys from Raine's led by David Hermitt represented Tower Hamlets in the London Games after bea ting Havering and Bromley. The team lost to Lewisham and Wandsworth so reaching third place in its section.

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First year rugby squad

Second year rugby squad

Flr~t yea ~asketbal l squad

Second year basketball s~uad

School Rugby This was a mixed season with many games cancelled. We now play most of our matches against schools with their own pitches, so our results are quite good in that light. The good news was that the U 12s won the East London Cup and reached the semi-final of Eastway Invitation (which has the top teams in the S.E. of England). At the time of writing they are awaiting the Tower Hamlets Cup Final. Both the U13s and U14s did well in the second half of the season . Al though it was not a classic year by the U15s' standards, they did beat S tepney Green and had 5 players in the N.W. Essex Squad. Many of these played for the 1st XV. The 1st XV had a small but successful squad. Ex-school players John C01bett and Thomas Den is represented London Counties.

p w L D F A 1st XV 16 12 2 2 206 46 U16 2 2 0 0 34 18 U15 A 13 5 8 0 170 134 U15 B 1 0 1 0 0 22 U14 15 6 9 0 260 218 Ul3 17 8 9 0 256 354 U12 A 28 20 6 2 300 188 Ul2 B 5 4 0 61 30

1st XV Up until the middle of January the 1st XV had not been beaten; in fact no team had scored a try against them. In our first match against Cooper's (Upminster) it was easy to see that if we could win 50% of pos-session, our backs were fast enough to win any match. We won 20-0. We could also see that our tackling was the next best thing to a brick wall. We played even better against Stepney Green (9-0) with Thompson, Driscoll, M. Ross and Agbeze tackling well, while Dawodu and Fraser had some good runs. One could see that Jon Wheeler was becoming an outstanding backrow player. Eaglesfield put us under a lot of pressure but Williams, Tyrrell, Newson, Wheeler and Driscoll kept the ball tight, only allowing Thompson good ball. Fraser scored a good try with a 25 m run through the opposition. The most entertaining match was against St Aloysius College. It seemed that we would run away with an easy victory being 10- 0 up after 5 minutes. However, after many changes in scores, the game swung this way, that way, and the other, providing a 26-26 draw, Fraser scoring under the posts with seconds to go. We comfortably beat Chingford 29-0, and Cooper's 19-0, but eventually lost our first game against Stepney Green 0- 4.

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Under 15s The high point of the season was the excellent 14-4 victory against Stepney Green. Perhaps this result was even better than the 1st XV's victory against Campion. Vowel!, Richards , Blackie, Wermerling and Charlton managed to keep their forwards at bay while Mer and Bartholomew had a few exciting runs. The season started with a 34-0 victory over Wanstead and a closely fought battle against Cooper's 10-18. The team romped home 36-0 versus Bexleyheath who in previous years had given us much trouble. The problem seemed that we played too open and were not tight enough in rucks and mauls. This was exposed against Mark Hall and Eaglesfield, who beat the team 28-4 and 12-0. In these games Errington, Gharabaghi, Allpress and Dines played well, as did Coy, who was the o utstanding supporter of the rugby team. Ashby and Wu played well toge ther but were unable to release the backs in attack or make sure that they defended. A good victory was recorded at Robert Clack and later Chingford 20-0 with Blackie and Waissen running riot. Mer, Webber, Richards and Waissen were selected for theN .W. Essex squad . Blackie was very unlucky not to get in the Essex team. I was very disappointed that he did not.

3rd Year Under 14 The Ul4s began the season virtually as a one-man side, with Cecil Bartholomew scoring well over 150 points. However, as Cecil played more and more for the Ul5s, and eventually the 1st XV, they became more of a team under Mr G. Stevenson, who became team manager. Against Wanstead they won 50-4 with Bartholomew, Mahony and Kyprianou playing well. T hey were unfortunate to lose against Cooper's (10-8), Warren and then Bexleyheath. But they played extremely well against Eaglesfield where Sewell, Score, Bowler, and Watts played well up front and Spyros, Meggs, Hayes and Negus played well in the backs. We won (32-10). The team, this season, was hit by 3 boys who had knee injuries and then another 3 who left the school, so we suffered from having inexperienced players. However, Lis ton, Brill y, Everett and Slade jumped at the chance at a game and did well. Their last full game was against Chingford when the team won 28-0 , a very good result and a good end to the season. Well done, lads!

Under 13 The second years were very unlucky, losi ng many of their games by only a few po ints. However, they had some good wins over Wanstead (24-4), Bexleyheath (24-22) and Eaglesfield (14-0). D. Lavinier, D. Julian, S. Coll ier and I. Shirley played well up front, winning some good ball. Although the forwards were good in the lineouts, the ir rucking and mauling was not always up to standard . S . Holloway helped to get the ball away clearly and D . Fuller, C. Fill and S. Batt ran well. T here was a time in the season when the lack of commitment meant that only M. Thompson could be relied upon to make a tackle. During this time they lost heavily to Mark Hall , Robert Clack and Chingford. They did improve, however. Near the end o f the season Fuller played well in the forwards and S. Batt, G. McEaghan and B. Neil p layed well in the backs, scoring some good tri es. They should do well next season .

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Under 12 The first years normally have a good season and the results show how good they were. The first players to shine were M. Bryan, A. Bartholomew, and A. Cappaert who were fine attacking backs. Although the forwards were small, M. Black, W. Dorking, T. Berry, D. Moonie and G . Smithers produced good ball from the rucks and mauls. We lost our first match against a good Cooper's School team (0-18) but went on to beat Bexleyheath (14-6), Wa~ren H.S. (12 - 0) and Daneford (14-0). In these match.esj. Campbell, T. Berry, I. Slaymaker and B. Lock played and tackled well. We beat our local r~vals St~pney Green (24-0), all the team playing well. D. Herbert and J. Featherstone were outstandmg. Thts allowed M. Bryan and A. Cappaert to releaseS. Hammond, ~- Bartholomew and M. Coy on long and penetrating runs. During this time they beat Eaglesfteld (34-14) and Eltham Green (30 - 0). A. Bartholomew scored seven tries in the East London Cup when we beat Sir John Cass (8-0), Stepney Green (8-0), Eltham Green (10-0) and Sir John Cass in the final 10-0. In the Eastway Tournament we had a bad start against St J oseph 's Academy but played well during the rest of the day. Special mentions go to A. Bartholomew, who scored 127 pts, and to D. Herbert, who captained the side. Squad: J. Reynolds, W. Dorking, M. Black, R. Baker, W. Barker, G . Smithers, D . Moonie, T. Berry, L. Stanley, I. Slaymaker, B. Lock,J. Campbell, N. Gore, P. Watson, D. Herbert, M. Blundell, J. Featherstone, J. Vowel!, A. Cappaert, M. Bryan, A. Bartholomew, D. Richardson, B. Lister, K. Clarke, S. Hammond, M. Coy, N. Ellis, S. Miah, S. Neil, S. Bentley.

STOP PRESS 1st Years win Tower Hamlets Ul2 Rugby Cup, beating Stepney Green 18-0.

Table Tennis The murky depths of the boys' gym is the place to be for physical and intellectual stimulation(?) With Miss Linnett in complete control( ?) we try to take at least one game off her each week! Because of the demand for competition, a table tennis tournament was set up. This resulted in some excellent play with Steven Everton coming out victorious in the singles . Steven Everton was again on the winning side in the doubles with Terry Webber, after a closely contested match. Miss Linnett, urged by the club, threw out a challenge to St. Philip Howard, not wishing to embarrass England at the first attempt(??) Philip Howard picked up the gauntlet and came out fighting. All was going well until Philip Howard took seven lucky games. This dampened proceedings until Laurence Page, in the singles, and Kenneth Ash and Steven Everton, in the doubles, salvaged some pride. All await the return match eagerly. The table tennis club wish to extend their sincere thanks to Miss Linnett for her excellent super-vision and loyalty. So if you get the urge, on a Friday, to do something, come along and who knows?

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Steven Everton, 5C Terry Webber, 4M

Cross-Country 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year

1. P. Brown (S) D. Julien (W) P. Hammond (W) 2. M. Coy (S) M. Cornish (F) M. Collyer (M) 3. W. Barker (M) I. Stewart (W) R. Pryer (M) 4. S. Hammond (W) J. Gardiner (W) C. Bartholomew (S) 5. N. Gore (F) S. Robertson (F) C. Gevaux (W) 6. D. Parker (M) D. Rehbein (F) D. Crudgington (S) 7. J. Collyer (M) P. Vano (S) L. Vaughan (M) 8 . D. Herbert (W) A. J ulien (W) W. Honeywood (S) 9. D. Lee (S) M. Thompson (F) J. Paprocki (W)

10. D. Livesey (M) J. Derv in (W) A. Thompson (S) 1. M ann Jl7 Winterton 70 School 101 2. School 127 Foundation 112 Mann 121 3. Foundation 128 School 173 Winterton 149 4. Winterton 156 Mann 183 Foundation 184

4th Year Senior 1. M. Akingbade (F) 0. Agbeze (M) 2. T. Pryer (M) D. Drummond (S) 3. N.Mer(S) P. Martindill (S) 4. T. McCarthy (W) T. Mint (F) 5. M. Price (F) ]. Dawodu (S) 6. M. Greeno (W) A. Pikesley (M) 7. P. Goode (F) G. Perry (W) 8. C. Dowdell (M) S. McDuell ~W) 9. R. Sparks ~S) P. Urbonas M)

10. L. Collins W) P. Kloss (M)

1. Foundation 113 School 99 2. M ann 136 Winterton 103 3. School 136 M ann 120 4. Winterton 149 Foundation No Score

1st Yr 2nd Yr 3rd Yr 4th Yr Sen. Total 1. School 2 3 1 3 1 10 2. M ann 1 4 2 2 3 12 3. Winter ton } 4 1 3 4 2 14 Foundation 3 2 4 1 4 14

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Boys' Swim.ming After a very successful school inter-house swimming gala the Raine's boys swimming team entered the East London Swimming Gala reasonably confident of doing well. In the final analysis the results were very good indeed: we managed to win the majority of events and won the first year, second year and fifth/sixth year age-group trophies. These year teams had some outstanding swimmers in Tony Berry (1st year), Ian Shirley and Christopher Fitt (2nd year) and Terry Kavanagh and J onathan Fitt in the seniors. Although the 3rd and 4th year teams were relatively weak they st!ll supplied full teams and so contributed to a fine overall East London Swimming Championship Wtn.

Cricket Teams from each of the first three years entered the East London competitions, but ) Wing to poor weather in the early part of the season, none of the teams was ab le to complete its scheduled games. There were some exciting and enjoyable games, however, notab ly a tied match with George Green in the 3rd year League. Congratulations must be given to Leeroy Vaughan, who represented East London at 3rd year level.

A-haunting we will go The house was dark and spooky, The ghosts were all awake, They sat around the table, Eating sweets and cake. The old man came to shelter, The ghosts began to dance, They invited him to join them, So he thought he'd take a chance. Then they went a-haunting, To frighten all the folk, The old man went along too, He thought it was a joke. Finally when they'd finished, They all went home to bed, The man took all his clothes off The ghosts took off their heads!

Martin Hicks lS

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Karen Snaith JR Thoweeth Shaah lVI

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Chess Report We came, we saw and we conquered (well, almost). That was the result of the school's entry in the 3-day United Kingdom Team Championship. It was a hard-fought battle with Raine's coming out with their dignity intact. Viktor Korchnoi (alias Steven Everton) played exceptionally well during the gruelling 3-day event and has shown dedicated improvement. Other "gallant" members included David Murphy, Anatoly Karpov (alias Gary Trew) and even, yes even, our own beloved Mr J ones, who gave us all a lesson in the rudiments of being a good loser ! Terry Webber also played with flair and imagination. The results of our endeavour were shown by the presentation of prizes to each member of the team. The school once again entered the Sunday Times National Chess Competition . Raine's failed at the second hurdle to a far superior Ilford opposition. As a result of our first-round victory Terry Webber gained an Essex County place. We hope others will follow. Gary Trew must be highly commended for his administrative skills as captain, which he has been for the last few years . Well done! Terry Webber, Steven Everton and Henry Sewell have all gained successes in individual competitions -notably Terry Webber's over-all victory for tbe third year running, and Steven Everton's and Henry Sewell's fourth place in the Tower Hamlets Closed Chess Congress. A precedent was set when the school team challenged a Staff invitational team. The staff took up the challenge and brought in the big guns i.e. Mr Kliskey. Other notable members were Miss Dempsey, Mr Willett (a feared opponent), Mr Payne, Mr Austin, Mr ]ones and an unknown quantity in Miss Balls. We soon found out how good Miss Balls was when she gave Henry Sewell a lesson in the art of chess. After all was said and done, the School came out victors by a scoreline of 5-2. Hard luck, Staff. The School awaits next year's challenge. The chess club at Arbour Square was supported by a few loyal members with the addition of a female member. Who is she? Come and find out! The Bethnal Green club was supported rather more heavily. The house chess cup this year belongs to Winterton after a closely contested battle between Winterton and Foundation. As a result of the arguments caused by Winterton's doubtful team "order", new rules have had to be devised for next year. The School team wishes to thank Mr J ones for. ... for. ... . . ah yes! for his administration in the arrangement of school and house matches and for the time he has unselfishly devoted to the chess club. We would also like to thank the School Secretary for the provision and management of our funds. TEAM MEMBERS: K. Waxham SC, Steven Everton SC, M. Burton SC, Gary Trew 5MO, David Murphy SMO, T. Webber 41\II, H. Sewell 3R, S. Dembla 3AL, A . Kyprianou 3L and S. Gumbs L6.

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Terry Webber, 4M Steven Everton, SC

Seco d y9ar cr icke t team

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Fi r st and players

First year cricket team

The Secret Life of Susan McGyle The sun shone, gleaming through the cracked window of an old but well-loved house. Susan McGyle was sitting at the kitchen table thinking about the day which lay ahead. Susan was intelligent, guiet and well-behaved. Having a personality like this was a disadvantage when it came to havmg fnends. Because she was known as the "Boffin" of the year nobody wanted to be her friend. Susan thought nothing of this for the first few years of school, but when she turned fifteen she began to realise that she could not live without friends. Each day she would come home from school feeling depressed. The routine of each day and every week was the same. One fresh April morning Susan left the house as usual. On her way to school she thought of as many ways as possible for winning friendship. The thoughts flashed through her head as fast as bullets, but each thought was wasted because she could not go through with the task. Susan entered the school gates. As soon as she took her first step through the gates, she could feel eyes watching her from all directions. Suddenly Jayne Chadwick, the leader of the Ll.M.G. (Unknown l\!!oney Gang) ~tpproached Susan and savagely attacked her. For once Susan stood up for herself. She could hear girls screaming "Come on, Susan~ hit her, don't let her win. You'll become our leader if you win." Hearing this Susan punched, ktcked and scratched as hard as she could. The other girls were amazed at how good a fighter she was. The fight was over; well it was a test for Susan. The next thing she knew she was at the local General Hospital being questioned by various people, including her parents and the Headmaster. They asked the obvious questions first. Susan had always been unable to lie , but this time the lies were flowing out of her mouth like an over-full bath with the lap still on. Of course the Head-master believed her because or the fact that she had never been in trouble before. This was the prelude of a few months of trouble for Susan. Now that she was fifteen she wanted to have more freedom and go out more. Susan's parents were very strict. Life beyond school was unknown to them. They had plans for their only child, but she wanted to live her own life. Susan had got involved with a mugging. Her so-called friends and herself left the school premises without permission. They all went to the local shopping centre . Judy, another of the members of the Ll.M.G., dared Susan to steal an old lady's handbag. They urged her on saying that it was easy. Susan began to breathe heavily. She knew that these kind or friends were not needed , but they were the only kind she had. Susan heard the words pour out of her mouth: "All right I will do it." What had she said? Wou'ld she really go through with it? Susan crept up behind the elderly lady, stretching out her left arm, and she reached for the lady's handbag. Her hand trembled with fright. Her mind told her fingers not to go through with it, but she had to show that she was as strong as the rest. Her hand slid into the bag. Her fingers searched for a purse. Her fingernails began to break with determination. Then suddenly ..... the lady noticed what was happening. She stood still, they both stared at each other with fright in their eyes. Susan struck the lady across the face and ran off. Her heart was pounding, her mind was blank but her legs carried her through the busy street. Her friends followed, confused and for once scared. Susan got into a lot more situations like this, where she was urged on to do certain things. Each and every time she was caught. As her bad reputation interfered with her school work, her whole personality changed. Her parents just could not understand her anymore . During a certain evening Susan, after reading, turned off her bedroom lamp and lay in bed thinking about the situation and her future, when she finally came to the conclusion: "I know what those girls wanted me for. They wanted to see if 1 was brave enough, but now I've showed them and they will be proud of me for years to come." Hearing murmuring coming from Susan's room her mother entered saying, "Your father and I have decided to move from this area. What do you think of that?"

T. Durant, 4R

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Katy Cox 3AL

Thoweetha Shaah lVI

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Drea.Ills I dream of owning a B.M.X. the only bike for me. I enter all the competitions, to try to win one free. I dream of travelling round the world, and visiting exotic places, I'd like to meet all different people, and see many different faces. I dream of starring in the film Star Wars, and taking the leading role. not C3 .PO or R2 D2, more like Luke Skywalker or Han Solo. To travel through the galaxy, on adventures in the skies To see the many planets, as my rocket whizzes by. I dream of being bigger, In height and weight and such. If I were bigger, then I know, I wouldn't be picked on so much.

Martin Hicks, 1 S

Serves me right I had a little argument, It turned in to a figh t, He kicked me in the arms and legs, I suppose it serves me righ t. I was sliding down the banisters, I felt so good and bright, Until I fell and banged my head, I suppose it serves me right. I was swinging a rope around my head, As though it were in flight, Until it fell right on my toe, I suppose it serves me right.

Debbie Davies, IS

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Girls' PJa~sieal Edueation ~98283 Hockey

The hockey season seemed a very short one in that all activity took place in the Autumn Term. House hockey matches were keenly contested, showing a real interest in match play. There was little in the way of competition against other schools and this needs to be remedied next season if an interest in hockey is to be maintained. Teams were entered in the Oak field Open hockey tournaments and considering the lack of match play and competition all teams gave good accounts of themselves. The third year team took final 3rd place; the fourth year team were 4th while the senior team was eq