Dolphin News Issue 28 2014 web

free and loyal art thou End of year newsletter for the Godolphin and Latymer School DolphNienwsSummer 2014 – Issue 28Godolphin&Latymer www.godolphinandlatymer.com



free and loyal art thouContents Library News 4 Geographer 5 Annual Giving 2014 6 Old Dolphins' Association 7 Public Lectures 7 History of Art 8 Modern Foreign Languages 9 Staff Zone 10 IB Visual Arts Exhibition 11 AS A2 Fine Art and GCSE Art & Design Exhibition 2014 12 Sport Day 2014 14 PE 15 Science 16 Classics 17 Rowing 18 G&L for above 19T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m 3

free and loyal art thouLibrary News Girls can borrow items from the Library for the whole family to enjoy. However, we can only issue age appropriate films to girls. This year the Library The Library is a thriving and vibrant has continued to place, with the newly refurbished add to its collection Winterstoke Library providing a of resources that comfortable work space alongside not only support the the Dean and Gallery rooms on curriculum, but also go the first floor. much further in providing wider inspiration for The Library provides the extended reading around a gateway to explore the topic of interest, as well as world of information and for entertainment.A strong knowledge, and is now collection of classic and accessible in more ways contemporary fiction is than ever. available as eBooks or in printformat (a traditional book).The ability to read on the gois enhanced by an ever increasing collection of eBooks,currently around 1000, which can be read on IOS orAndroid devices, supported by a dedicated app, or on anydesk computer.Literary prize shortlists are publicized on the Librarywebsite, with focus on the Man Booker for older readers,and the Carnegie Prize for lower school. Lists of prizebooks are linked on the Library website as reading lists, asare recommended books for academic subjects or fiction.A large collection of over 1000 DVDs also helps to botheducate and entertain, with a very strong collection offoreign films, as well as classic films and miniseries inEnglish.Academy Award winners are well represented, asare the best new films in Spanish, Italian, French, German,Russian and Mandarin.The Library website hosts an excellent collection ofOnline Resources and Websites, which provide a plethoraof academic information and knowledge. Informationis also available on the website about how to accesseBooks, and download the eBook and Library apps.TheLibrary app enables you to search the catalogue, read yourmessages, access online resources, and renew your loans!The Library homepage is linked from the main schoolwebsite under facilities or Staff/Student links, as well asthrough the VLE.4 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thouGeographySixth Form Visit To Iceland – The Land Of tour bus looking forward to our trip to Skogafoss, aFire And Ice vertiginous waterfall.Wanting to get as close as possible, we braved the tremendous spray of water whilstDuring the Easter holidays a group of eight excitable IB ineffectively trying to shield our eyes with our waterproofand A level girls were the first Godolphins to experience clothing.Thoroughly soaked, we embarked on thea geography trip to Iceland, a country of fault lines, hundred-stair trek up to the Skogafoss viewing platform.waterfalls, geysers and rugged volcanic landscapes – in With most of us still trying to catch our breath, we foundessence, a geographer’s dream. ourselves overlooking a perfect example of a V-shaped valley and discovered that the waterfall was created byWe all held our breath as our headlamps winked out one isostatic uplift - a new term we couldn’t wait to use toby one.A few whimpers were heard as the pitch black impress our future examiners!and frosty air enveloped us. It was hard to believe that wewere half way along a 600m underground tunnel formed Nearby the waterfall was the small and somewhat quirkysolely from a hard shell of cooled, red lava. Our brief Skogar Folk Museum opened in 1949.The curator ofpause from trekking through the narrow lava tube was the museum was what made the museum so uniqueshort lived and soon we switched on our headlamps again and endearing.Thordur Tomasson, aged 93, was recentlyon the instruction of our friendly, Icelandic tour guide. awarded an honorary doctorate by the University ofThe stalagmites and stalactites that stemmed from the Iceland for his extensive general knowledge on all thingslava walls and shiny lava glass were so intriguing but even Icelandic.We were enthusiastic to hear his first hand talesthese could not stop everyone from feeling a sense of about growing up in rural Iceland, working as a fisherman.relief on seeing the weak sunlight reflecting off the snowat the end of the tunnel. Our trip was full of many other amazing activities, including glacier walking with crampons, basalt beachesAfter experiencing the naturally heated waters first and Iceland’s tectonic plate margin at Thingvellir.hand, it was logical, the next day, to visit the Hellisheidi Everything we learnt and experienced enriched ourGeothermal Plant – Iceland’s largest power plant. geographical knowledge and everyone thoroughly enjoyedGeothermal energy is harnessed via boreholes in the the whole visit.form of steam, created when underground water isheated by hot rocks. 90% of Iceland uses geothermal Stephanie Williamsenergy and an astonishing 99.9% of Reykjavik householdsrely solely on this form of sustainable energy. Inthe future, the power plant hopes to export thewell-established technology to other countries, suchas Ethiopia, Japan and Kenya, which also havegeothermal potential.We were excited to visit all the destinations on therenowned Golden Circle Tour, each one revealing adifferent geographical phenomenon.We piled into ourT h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m 5

free and loyal art thouAnnual Giving 2014 Capital Campaign Update In April, we launched our Capital Campaign to buildSupporting Bursaries at G&L a new Sports and Fitness Centre.We got off to aMaking a G&L education accessible to all qualified fantastic start with two evenings of outstandinggirls, regardless of their financial circumstances, is performances and demonstrations by the girlsa top priority. Our aim is to be able to offer full or followed by inspiring remarks by Sally Gunnell OBEpartial bursaries to every successful applicant in need - the only woman to have held the European,World,of financial assistance. For us to achieve this, half of Commonwealth and Olympic 400m hurdles titles atthe funds raised by our Annual Giving Programme go the same time.towards bursaries.The impact that bursary awardshave on individual recipients is best described by the In May, 50 guests enjoyed a wine tasting evening atparents of 2013 leaver Eve Todd: G&L hosted by Laithwaites Wine which raised over £2,500 for the Capital Campaign.As well as sampling“As you may know, Eve was a bursary girl. She arrived at many different vintages, guests also enjoyed testingGodolphin seven years ago from a state primary school their wine knowledge in a quiz, as well as takingwhich offered her very little in the way of education. She part in a wine pull and an auction. Hot on the heelsembraced everything Godolphin had to offer and her hard of Royal Ascot, our Race Night was also a greatwork has paid off with an offer from the London School of success, raising £1,500 for the campaign. More excitingEconomics to study Politics and History.We both feel she is events are planned for the Autumn Term includingan ambassador for the school and its ethos. She is proud a Sponsored Walk in Ravenscourt Park for girlsto be a Godolphin girl!” and parents on 26th September (the afternoon of the School Birthday) and Gala Dinner and AuctionG&L’s long-standing commitment to providing on 9th October. Full details to follow.bursaries not only benefits individual recipients likeEve, but also brings an important element of diversity Although demolition of the existing gym will taketo the school community, benefitting everyone.This place during the summer break, we still have £3 millionis a legacy that the school values and is determined to raise before we reach our goal of £5.5 million. Weto protect. need the support of the entire school community to make this happen. All contributions, no matterIn addition to bursaries, this year’s Annual Giving the size, are gratefully received and will make a realProgramme will help fund the installation of a difference to each and every Godolphin girl, now andstate-of-the-art drama studio, a suite of Apple in the years to come.computers for the Music Department and themodernisation of an additional science laboratory. To find out more about this important phase of the school’s development and to watch a 3D animatedIn order to reach our goal, we have a gap to close video of the new building and a promotional film,by 31st August 2014. All contributions, no matter please visitwhat size, are gratefully received and will make an www.godolphinandlatymer.com/joinin.immediate difference to every girl at Godolphin and Donations can also be made online through thisLatymer. Information on how to give is contained in link. Please feel free to contact our Director ofthe Annual Giving brochure which can be found in the Development, Julia Hodgkins, with any queries orSupport Us section of the school’s website. Donations suggestions you may have (tel: 020 8735 9550 or email:can be made online or by printing off the gift form and [email protected]).returning to us.6 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thouOld Dolphins'AssociationBack to SchoolWe were pleased to welcome actress Jemima Rooper ’97 back to G&L last month to speak to Year 11 girls studyingArthur Miller’s play ‘All My Sons’ for their English Literature IGCSE. Jemima played the role of Annie Deever in the 2010Apollo Theatre London production of the play, and led an engaging and informative discussion of Miller’s writing and whatit was like to play Annie – one of the girls’ favourite characters. Jemima has just finished playing a lead role in the West Endproduction of Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ alongside Dame Angela Lansbury, and we look forward to seeing her back on ourTV screens as Medusa in the BBC series ‘Atlantis’.Gym Farewell 7On 15th May, the Old Dolphins’ Association hosteda reception for alumnae to bid a fond farewell to thebuilding that has served as the centre for physicaleducation at G&L for over six decades.The assembledgroup included Mary Newman ’54, Joan Chandler’55, Glenys Gallagher ’55 and Stella Griffiths’57, who were pupils when the current gym was rebuiltafter being damaged by a bomb during the Blitz.Also inattendance was Audrey Harvey who taught PE at G&Lfrom 1961 until her retirement in 1985.There were manyshared memories of climbing ropes and jumping overhorses in a building that had not changed much over time.Although nostalgic about the gym, the Old Dolphins werevery enthusiastic about the plans for the new Sports andFitness Centre.Public LecturesLady Antonia Fraser Public LectureOver one hundred guests enjoyed a lecture by LadyAntonia Fraser on 1st May 2014. The lecture, whichtook place in the Bishop Centre, was part of theschool’s Public Lecture Series.Dr Kenneth Wolfe, Lecture Series Convenor, said,“Lady Antonia Fraser answered questions from thefloor instead of giving a formal lecture. She talked ofher time with Harold Pinter and her book Must youGo?, comprising a selection of entries from her diary ofthose years. It is a charming recollection of her specialtime with a most gifted playwright. She more recentlypublished her thriller on the 1832 Reform Act thathad the Tories and the Whigs at each other’s cravats, ifnot their throats! The Act changed the face of Britainand started a ball rolling that would end in 1928 whenthe vote was extended to women.”Afterwards, Lady Antonia signed copies of herbooks. Proceeds from the evening will go to theBursary Fund. T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thou History of Art This year’s Lower VI visit to Florence was a trip to remember. From the fresco workshop at the Academia di San Giovanni, painting panels using original renaissance painting techniques, to crossing the grand threshold of Palazzo Davanzati back in time to medieval life, we were immersed in the Early Renaissance culture of this beautiful city.The exemplary focus of the girls meant that there was a whole day after to explore Michelangelo’s house, his David and Slaves at the Academia, and to return to the Uffizi for a whirlwind tour of the High Renaissance. In March UVI IB spent a day at the Louvre in Paris absorbing the full range of French paintings from the frivolous Rococo flirtations, to the moral and intellectual Neo-Classical history paintings to the emotional Romantics.And UVI A Level students experienced a wider range of exhibitions from David Hockney’s early work and the Museum of Slavery in Liverpool, to the post-Modernist fashion designs of l’enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gautier at the Barbican. The department is looking forward to hosting the Art History Higher Education and Careers Conference and Fair here on 27th June for LVI students and teachers from across London who would like to find out more about Art History. The first Godolphin Art History Higher Education Conference and Fair was a great success with over 40 teachers and 80 students attending from Years 11- 13, from the state and private sector, from London and beyond. Prestigious and dynamic speakers from the Association of Art Historians opened the event which included a talk on ‘Global Art History’ from Old Dolphin, now Head of Education at the UEA Sainsbury Centre, Veronica Sekules. Short career talks followed. Students appreciated the opportunity to meet undergraduates from universities across the UK at the Fair and sense how they might fit in with the differing departments in terms of ethos, atmosphere and academic demands. Miss Blatt ran a personal statement workshop, teachers networked and students made new friends, generating a lot of excitement around the subject.8 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thouModern Foreign LanguagesEWE Paris Article – School Magazine but your friend was very helpful in order to experience Paris for what it really is, a city of love with a fascinating culture.Over the Easter break, Godolphin went on a joint work Living with our exchanges’ families gave us an insight intoexperience exchange, with Latymer, to Versailles.There were the differences between French and English life. I lovedloads of great placements in both Versailles and Paris, trying all the French dishes that were served to me, and Iincluding a fashion house, a law office, a tour guide in the especially enjoyed the little cakes and macaroons from theVersailles Palace , and many more.We stayed there for just French bakeries that lined every street. I have come to realiseover a week, and were able to travel into Paris or explore the benefits of doing an exchange rather than just a trip toVersailles when we had free time.This exchange was different another country, you gain friends as well as a deeper insightto those further down the school as we had much more into another culture, without doubt I would do the wholeindependence. visit again.The exchange was a great opportunity to be able to practice Sophie Drake and Rebecca Lewisour French. Since we had to speak it at work every day, it gotmuch more fluent and we became more confident whenspeaking. Of course, the workplaces we were in did their bestto make us feel comfortable and encouraged us to speak asmuch as possible.The work we did was really interesting,and it was fascinating to see how businesses work differentlyin another country.We were lucky that the weather in France that week in Easterwas far better than in London, which made strolling throughthe streets of Paris all the more enjoyable. As well as seeingle Tour Eiffel and l’Arc de Triomphe like every tourist mustdo when they visit Paris, our exchanges were able to show ustheir favourite places to shop and eat which we would havemissed without travelling with them. Having a personal tourguide who knew the city well and who was not only your ageGerman Exchange in Hamburg 9On Friday 4th April, 22 year 10 German students fromGodolphin and Latymer Upper flew to Hamburg to participatein the German exchange. Everyone was very excited butrather daunted at the prospect of speaking only German foralmost 2 weeks. We stayed with our host families and spenttime with our partners in the mornings and evenings. Duringthe day we went on trips around Hamburg.Some highlights included the museum ofwork, where we made a print using traditionalequipment, the visit to Lübeck, a famousmarzipan town, and the tour of the harbourtown, which was given by two of the studentsfrom the Johanneum, our exchange school.We all had a great time and learned lots ofGerman, as well as making great friends withour partners. Everyone was very sad to gohome at the end of the 2 weeks after a trulyinspiring German exchange visit.Frannie Stephens T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thou Staff Zone across London. However the most exciting initiative is the AS level Art History textbookQ&ACaroline Osborne, Head of History of Art that my good friend Penny Huntsman and I Q. You have just organised an Art History dreamed up one sunny afternoon in her back Higher Education Conference and Fair for garden. Art History is unique in schools in students, how did it go? that every teacher has to source and write their own materials, nothing is prepared by the A. We’ve had lots of great feedback from exam board or publishers which can be pretty students, teachers and speakers so I guess it nerve-wracking for new teachers. It started out was a success; we certainly plan to repeat it as a free online project but has now become a next year. I was really pleased some Year 11s major publication, written by Penny and due to came for the taster session, and my LVI Art be published by Wiley Blackwell in July 2015 as History students even designed a T-shirt to the AAH Guide to A Level A History. Part of my identify themselves as the support team; the summer will be spent editing it. And of course quiz and book stall went well too. I’m Chair I’m busy planning next year’s Godolphin visit to of the Schools’ Group of the Association of New York. Art Historians so I have organised quite a few conferences over the last four years. We hold an annual ‘Ways of Seeing’ Conference in November, which Godolphin Sixth Formers always attend, as a kind of taster for Art History at university, so this seemed like a good follow- on. We’re lucky that so many Old Dolphins are involved with art history and many of them were willing to support us, from prestigious speakers at the conference to undergraduates representing their university’s art history departments at the fair.Q. You also run an Art History outreachprogramme?A. Yes, I set it up when I was at my last school,and it has been running for the last two yearshere with students from Burlington Danes andCardinal Vaughan but I would like other localschools to become involved. Classes leadingto an AS level in Art History run after schoolfor two hours once a week, so it is a kind ofcrash course in core concepts, key vocabularyand sophisticated skills of visual analysis andcritical thinking. It is hard work to completethe syllabus but once students get a taste ofArt History they are usually hooked! I am reallyproud that one of last year’s cohort is going tostudy Fine Art with History of Art as a result ofthe course.Q. Have you anything else lined up for ArtHistory in the near future?A. Well I’m totally committed to extending Above: Caroline Osbourne with a student as part of the Art Historythe availability of Art History so I’d like to raise outreach project.funds for Art History outreach programmes10 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

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free and loyal art thouAS A2 Fine Art and GCSE Art and DesignExhibitions 2014The standard of Art achieved in this year’s GCSE Art and Design and A Level Fine Art Exhibitions was outstanding.Thequality of work demonstrated a very high standard of technical skill and the variety of individual outcomes revealed originalideas and personal responses.The scale of work produced by this year’s students was especially impressive as was thewide ranging use of media that they skilfully executed.This year’s exhibits included large-scale cyanotype and digital formatphotography, installations, relief-printmaking as well as ambitious approaches to drawing and painting.We are incrediblyproud of the girls’ achievements.Alyaa Ridha (AS/A2 Fine Art) Madeline Alyaa Ridha (GCSE Art a Sally Harpley (GCSE Art and Design)Isabella Corich (GCSE Art and Design) Juno Harvey (AS/A2 Fine Art) 12 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thou Saria Sakka (AS/A2 Fine Art) Rosina Andrews (AS/A2 Fine Art) Emma Olrik (GCSE Art and Design)Vos (AS/A2 Fine Art) Alanna Scott (GCSE Art and Design)and Design) Environmental Photographer of the Year competition UVI artist,Alicia Abu Jaber, entered a series of photographs for the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition and one of the photographs has been selected for the exhibition at The Royal Geographic Society. This is an incredible achievement given that only 80 photographs are selected out of over 10,000 entries. In addition, she also won two prizes in the Chiswick & Bedford Park Photography Competition and the winning images can be viewed at Snappy Snaps Chiswick. T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m 13

free and loyal art thouSports Day 2014On Wednesday 2nd July.The school was buzzing with it was Mr McGrath in his dinosaur onesie, Mrs Mercerexcitement as brightly coloured faces emerged from sitting on the finish line, Dr Jackson starting the racethe bathrooms with an array of Red, Blue, Green,Yellow, with a gun and an enthusiastic cheer, or the year 10Orange and Purple. Each colour representing the house Naidu hoola girl and the year 10 girls starring Sarah Dunsthat the person would then go onto support, encourage announcing all the races and choosing the music. Noand compete for that warm July day. matter what year, occupation or age, there was a job for everyone and everyone had fun.When I walked onto the field that morning, everyoneand thing was so alive and bright.The sport staff rushing I would just like to give a special mention to the P.E staffabout organising each individual, the track lying enticingly who organised this special event.Without them this dayon the ground and the bold colours of flags, waving would not have happened and all of the things I describedproudly with the colour of its house.What I remember above would never have happened without Miss Adey,sticking in my mind was the nerves. Miss Nicholas, Miss Newton, Miss Gordon, Miss Row and Miss Elfick so I think I speak for everybody when I sayNot only were the day full of sport and action, there thank you and thank you for a lovely day!was also fun events such as the Gumboot throw whereyou threw a rubber boot as far as you could.There Mia Rolland-Bezem-Year 7were snacks being sold and each was as summeryand delicious as the next; watermelon, fruit kebabs, Individual winnersbrownies, muffins and cookies.This promoted a feeling Year 7 – 1st Sophia Ground (Quinn-Brown), 2nd Abby Hunterof relaxation as, whilst you waited for your next event, (Quinn-Brown), 3rd Maddie Lomas (Quinn-Brown)you either lounged in the sun eating a brownie or stoodby the side of the track encouraging your house on, still Year 8 – 1st Nicole Borgers (Sheppard), 2nd Jade McNicholaseating a brownie. (Bassi), 3rd Lilly Purkiss (Naidu)Whatever year you were in, the enthusiasm was always Year 9 – 1st Sophia Free (Quinn-Brown), 2nd India Weirapparent and the competition was similarly always there. (Quinn-Brown), 3rd Kosana Weir (Quinn-Brown)It was shown by the girls and the teachers.Whether Year 10 – 1st Lara Tegner (Lovelace), 2nd Grace Morales (Naidu), 3rd Elizabeth Gay (Lovelace)14 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thouPEOnce again the U15 and U13 cricket teams havehad a spectacular season.The U15s convincinglymade it through to the regional finals in Aprilwhere they met their arch rivals from last year,Oakhall in the final.With 3 balls remaining Oakhallonly needed 3 runs……..a cracking hit securedthem the win with 2 balls left.The U13s made it tothe national finals in May and played some superbcricket to finish 3rd overall.We have implemented a girls’ summer league toallow the girls to play more competitive cricketwhich I’m sure will be a huge success.Godolphin Girls Achieve Excellent Godolphin Junior Team with the TrackPerformances as part of Hammersmith and Field Cup Regional Roundand Fulham Team for the LondonChampionships On Monday 16th June thirteen girls (twelve competitors and one reserve) travelled toSeventeen year 7 and 8 pupils were selected Crawley,West Sussex, to compete in the regionalto go on Monday to the London Athletics round of the Track and Field cup after qualifying inChampionships for their age group.All the top the County round the month before.athletes from London aged 11-13 are selected togo to this event and compete for their borough. The team, consisting of nine year 8’s and four YearGodolphin girls again put on a strong performance, 7’s performed exceptionally on the day, gainingwith a range of girls gaining gold, silver and bronze 11 personal best performances between them.position in their events.A special mention should Stand out performances from Nicole Borgers andbe made to Libby Bryant for a personal best in the Katie Dando in the Shot Put (gaining 9 metreslong jump (4.44m) to win bronze, Nicole Borgers 19 centimetres and 8 metres 53 centimetresfor gaining gold in the Shot Put (9.19 m), Camilla respectively), Eleanor Church in the 100m (13.7Olivieri for throwing 24.01m in the Javelin and seconds) and Margaux Couffon in the 1500m (againing bronze position and to Talya Newman for personal best of 5 minutes 17 seconds) shouldgaining silver in the year 7 Discus in her first ever all be noted. However, all girls performed at theirofficial athletics competition. best and owing to this the team scored a huge total of 371 points (this is in comparison with 305 scored in the county round) and beat the other 8 schools to win the event. The team now have to wait until Friday 20th June to final out if they have qualified for the National Finals in July.Well done girls!T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m 15

free and loyal art thou Science Visit to The Millennium Seed Bank On Tuesday 29th April 2014, the Year 10s visited The Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place, Sussex. The girls experienced first-hand the work completed by plant scientists in conserving endangered species of seeds and plants.The visit included seeing the famous underground vaults where over 10% of the world’s seeds are stored.A bonus was walking amongst the beautiful bluebells in the woodland! IB biology fieldtrip, Flatford Mill 2014 On 19th May 2014 the L6 IB Biologists travelled to Flatford Mill, Suffolk to spend 4 days immergsing themselves in ecology.They spent much time outdoors, in the beautiful weather working on a range of ecological sampling techniques, which helped them to design and carry out an individual investigation, as part of their IB internal assessment.16 T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m

free and loyal art thouClassics Visit to Fishbourne We had many exciting experiences at Fishbourne – hereReview of Medea are a few of the highlights:On 20th March, a group of Classicists went to Euripides’Medea by the Theatre Lab company at the Riverside The North wing had intricate mosaics and a hypocaustStudios. This ancient Greek play continues the story of system; it was intriguing to see original underfloor heating.Jason and the Golden Fleece. It starts with Jason leaving Medea for a Greek princess and the play deals with Medea’s The gardens were amazing, with hedges grown in perfectreaction to being abandoned and dishonoured. She has patterns and a replica triclinium, where we reclined liketo decide just how far she is willing to go in order to get Roman Citizens eating cena beneath the grapevines. Werevenge on Jason. even tried some Roman food, salads, honeyed chicken and all sorts of other unexpected flavours. We had great funThe play had many Athenian elements. The chorus, for tasting everything and quizzing the enthusiastic volunteerexample, stayed on the stage at all times and sang. In who prepared the dishes!addition, there was also continuous music throughoutthe play, as would have been the case in Athenian times. In the handling session, we examined real artefacts, guessingThere was a messenger who filled gaps in the plot for the their purpose and what they revealed about the peopleaudience, the maid at the start and a man recounting the of Fishbourne palace. We then examined a replica Romandeath of Creon and Glauce later in the play. Moreover, kitchen, milled some flour and guessed the kinds of foodthere were only three actors for the whole play, excluding that would have been eaten.And last of all we were chosenthe chorus, as was the case for Athenian tragedies. The to dress up as Cogidubnus and his wife! This was a goodaudience was small, however, compared to the large laugh and was a great end to a great day!audience it would have received in Athens.The play also had some modern elements, which made itextremely effective.The use of physical theatre allowed forMedea’s character to seem more frightening and witch-likein her bold movements. In addition the props on stage wereused in scenes between Jason and Medea to represent themany obstacles between them.The shoes used to representthe children added poignancy because they acted as aphysical representation of youth and innocence.In conclusion, Medea is a gripping play that remains trueto the Athenian way of performing, adding a modern twist.The actors play the parts well, especially Medea who trulyemerges as the barbaric, revenge-crazed villain.Laila Ghaffar and Tanya HussainT h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m 17

free and loyal art thou Rowing Just before the May half term, the Boat Club travelled first 500m, Godolphin was in second place, and the eight to Nottingham to compete at the pinnacle of the was in a stern battle with LEH, Canford and Marlow for Schools’ rowing season, the National Schools’ Regatta. a top three place. G&L fought hard and held off a fast Fortunately the high winds that ruined racing on Friday finishing LEH crew to qualify for the final! In the final last year did not eventuate, and our J14 octo raced well, the girls rowed well, but were out of the medals.This narrowly missing out on progression to the semi-finals. was still a fine achievement from our Year 10 girls. LEH On Saturday our Girl’s School Four showed some good showed good sportsmanship in cheering for our J15 VIII form, but also missed out on the semis.The pouring rain in the final. Sunday saw half the VIII race again as a quad, made Saturday difficult for both racing and spectating. but missed out on progressing against some very fast There was high drama in the second semi-final of the club crews.The regatta was well attended by parents and girl’s J15 eights, with G&L racing against Canford, Marlow families supporting our rowers and it was nice to see RC, LEH, SPGS and Emmanuel.A top three position was such great support despite the rain and wind! required to qualify for the final of six boats.Through theJ 14J 15Girls Four T h e G o d o lphin a nd L at y m e r sch o o l www. g o d o lphin a ndl at y m e r . c o m18

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