Week 33 Wetherbuzz

Monday 19th

June – Sunday 25th

June 2017

Monday 19th

June Monday Clubs

Year 8 Residential

Staff Meeting – 8am

Games for Years 3 and 4 – 9-12pm

Games for Years 5 and 6 – 1:30-4pm

U11A vs. The Hall (A) – 2:30pm

U11B vs. The Hall (H) –2:30pm

WPS Chargers vs. WPS Broncos

WPS Knight Riders vs. WPS Panthers

School Management Meeting – 3pm

Chamber Choir – 4-5pm

Creative Writing (Years 3 & 4) – 4-5pm

Creative Writing (Years 5 & 6) – 5-6pm

Lower School Debating – 4-5pm

Upper School Debating – 4-5pm

English Games and Puzzles – 4-5pm

Indoor Rock Climbing – 4-5pm

Indoor Sports – 4-5pm

Elite Fencing – 4-6pm

Tuesday 20th

June Tuesday Clubs

Year 8 Residential

Wetherby Choir – 8-9am

French Breakfast, Lower School – am

Games for Year 7– 9-11am

Swimming for Year 5 – 9-11am

Games for Years 3 and 4 – 1:30-4pm

U9A-D vs. North Bridge House (A) – 2pm

New Parents’ Afternoon Tea in the Pioneer Hall – 2:30pm

Running – 7:45-8:20am

Chess – 4-5pm

Fencing (Years 3 & 4) – 4-5pm

Latin Level 3 Preparation – 4-5pm

Table Tennis – 5-6pm

Music Scholars – 4-5pm

Musicianship and Theory – 4-5pm

Dolphins Development Squad – 4:15-5pm

Wednesday 21st

June Wednesday Clubs

Year 8 Residential

Year 7 Rowing at Putney – 8-10am

Physical Education for Year 7 – 9-10:30am

Swimming for Year 3 – 9-11am

Swimming for Year 4 – 10am-12pm

Games for Year 7 – 1:30-4pm

Rowing Regatta WPS vs Shrewsbury House School –

2:15pm

Junior League Finals Golf, Radley College –

CANCELLED

Elite Chess – 8-9am

Arts and Crafts – 4-5pm

Cardboard Engineering – 4-5pm

Classical Greek Civilisation – 4-5pm

Lower School Code Club – 4-5pm

Development Fencing – 4-6pm

Maths Games and Puzzles – 4-5pm

Travel and Culture – 4-5pm

Lower Swim Squad (Year 5) – 4:10-5pm

Lower Swim Squad (Year 4) – 5-5:45pm

Thursday 22nd

June Thursday Clubs

Year 8 Residential

French Breakfast, Upper School – am

ISGA Junior Open Golf, Sunningdale

Games for Years 5 and 6 – 1:30-4pm

U10A & B vs. North Bridge House (A) – 2pm

U11A SPJ 6s Cricket Tournament (A) – 1:30pm

Wetherby Voices – 4-5pm

School Management Meeting – 4:30pm

Alpha Plus Celebration Evening – 5:30pm

Upper School Code Club – 4-5pm Maths Revision for Year 8 – 4-5pm YouTubers – 4-5pm Upper School Swim Squad – 4:30-5:30pm Fencing (Year 5) – 5-6pm

Friday 23rd

June Friday Clubs

Staff Meeting – 8am

School Assembly at the Church of Annunciation – 8:30am

Year 8 Residential returns

Whole School Clubs – 2:30-4pm

Dear Parents, This has been a very sad week for London and the UK with the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower. You will know by now that Oscar, one of our Westway bus drivers, lived in that block though thankfully he is safe and well. He has lost everything, yet the Wetherby community has rallied round this week with a collection at Church this morning and again at the fete this afternoon. As just one individual affected, he is so appreciative of our collective efforts and expresses heartfelt thanks to the many of our parents who have been in touch and coordinated donations. When things are this close to home and connected so tangibly with our School, a tragedy such as this has an even deeper resonance. I am only thankful that we are doing something practical. On a brighter note, I congratulate all of our Common Entrance boys who have had their results today. The marks this year were our best ever and, whilst grade boundaries may differ across the schools we feed, our view is that this group have outperformed all previous exit groups. Well done to the Class of 2017! Another ‘vintage year group’ for the Prep School was the ‘Class of 2012’ - so many characters and personalities and a group of boys that lives long in the memory. I was delighted then to see one of them this week, Sebastian Brindle, who wants to work here as a Gap Student next year, having finished his five years at Eton. Sebastian was, and is, a great lad - a true Wetherby boy; he will be a superb role model for our boys next year. Hopefully, he might be joined by Charlie Stranack and Sammy DaCosta, from the same year group, in Gap positions next year. It will be just like old times! The more things change, the more they stay the same... Very much looking forward to two big events later today: the Fete in Bryanston Square for the Prep and our Headmaster’s Dinner at the Italian Embassy. Dinner jacket dusted off for another glamorous Wetherby occasion. Tough job this… Have a good weekend,

Staff News

We are pleased to announce that Richard Jones (Violin and Piano Teacher) and his wife Méabh have had a beautiful baby girl, Róise (pronounced Rosha).

Wetherby Prep 11+ and 13+ 2017

As mentioned above, the boys have done brilliantly this year and produced excellent CE results. please see below the destinations of the boys at 11 and 13+ this year.

Day School Boarding School Notables

ASL Bradfield Academic Scholarship – St Paul’s

ASL Bradfield Academic Scholarship – Wellington

ASL Charterhouse Art Scholarship - Wellington

ASL Eton

Dulwich Eton

Harrodian Eton

Harrodian Eton

Highgate Eton

King’s Wimbledon Eton

King’s Wimbledon Eton

Latymer Upper Harrow

Latymer Upper Harrow

St Paul’s Harrow

St Paul’s Marlborough

St Paul’s Radley

St Paul’s Radley

St Paul’s Sevenoaks

Westminster Stowe

Westminster Wellington

Westminster Wellington

Wetherby Senior Wellington

Wetherby Senior Winchester

Wetherby Senior Winchester

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Wetherby Senior

Citizen of the Week

This week’s Citizen of the Week is George S in 5T. George goes above and beyond in all lessons but it is for his striking interest in the art works of others at this week’s Art Exhibition that he is commended. George demonstrated such a keen critical eye and clearly admired what his peers had produced, always finding something of interest in every piece viewed. Well done, George!

Sportsman of the Week This week’s Sportsman of the Week is Laurence F in 7M. Achieving a superb 46 not out this week against St. Paul’s, Laurence is a quick-thinking and able batsman for his team. He was described as a key figure in our rowing squad; he is talented on football and rugby pitch alike; strong at swimming; in fact Laurence is a truly rounded athlete who loves his sport. Well done, Laurence!

From the English Department – Upper School Poetry Recital Finals

Huge congratulations are in order to all the finalists who took part in today’s Upper School Poetry Recital Finals. I was so proud listening to such talent and impressed at how well all the boys knew their poems. The winner was Sava S for his outstanding recital of ‘Less, much less’ by Moniza Alvi. Highly commended were Jago Cahill-Patten, with his evocative recital of ‘Lines Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ by William Wordsworth and Lucas Bloom, for a confident and powerful performance of ‘The Hermit’ by W H Davies. Thank you to all the parents who came to support their sons, but most of all thank you to our fantastic judge: Amanda Waggott. Her comments about the poems and performances were so insightful and supportive. Well done to all the boys!

From the Music Department – Inter-House Music

Inter-House Music songs were announced in assembly this morning and are as follows: Pembridge – Rather Be Westbourne – Counting Stars Chepstow – Paradise Dawson – Read All About It Soloists for the event (which is on Friday 30th June, immediately after assembly) will be announced to the boys next week.

From the French Department – French Theatre Company

Miss Taylor writes…

On Wednesday, Onatti, a French theatre company, visited Wetherby to perform their latest French play. Years 3, 4 and 5 all thoroughly enjoyed watching ‘Shipwrecked en France’ and it was an opportunity for the boys to hear some of the French that they have been learning. It was great fun and many boys loved participating in the play. The performance was pitched at the perfect level for the lower school boys and the actors interacted with the boys superbly. We look forward to welcoming them back to Wetherby very soon!

From Clubs – Wetherby chess team keeps getting bigger and better! Mr Niccoli writes… Last weekend the Wetherby chess team travelled to Prestatyn in north Wales for the semi-final stage of the National Primary School’s Chess Championships. With over 400 children, 16 Wetherby boys, 2 days, 1 BBQ, and nearly 1500 games of chess, it was nonstop action! All the boys were a credit to the school. Camaraderie and team spirit was exemplary throughout from both children and parents! With over 400 teams competing in the various stages of the event, the standard was as high as it gets. Last year was Wetherby’s first time in the competition and at the Under 9 level we finished as the second highest placed school in the whole country. We had our reputation to defend and prove that it wasn’t a fluke. Despite losing half our team from last year to other schools we had managed to rebuild. This year we had two Under 9 teams through to the semi-final instead of one. We also had an Under 11 team through for the first time ever. The Under 9 A team were from Wetherby Prep Years 3/4 and they absolutely smashed it. They were strong from the start, with two convincing 5-0 wins in a row, which meant Wetherby would spend the rest of the event playing the top teams. It was two days of intense chess and we finished in second place just half a point behind first. This means we are once again through to the final 8 teams in the country. The Under 9 B team was a mix of Prep and Pre-prep boys. With two rounds to go they were actually in 3rd place and managed to finish an amazing 8th out of the 30 teams playing. Most schools can only manage to field one A team! The A and B team all play in the same group so a very good result for them indeed, they are also very young so the future looks bright! The Under 11s managed to finish a very credible 10th out of 30, a great result. We only had one Year 6 in this team so really something to build on for next year. Wetherby has really built a reputation for itself. The best thing was hearing other schools saying things like "oh you're Wetherby" or “that is the team to watch out for”. We wish the Under 9s the best of luck in the finals and we look forward to even stronger teams for next year! Under 11 Board 1 Nadhmi A Board 2 Kirill P Board 3 Zain A Board 4 Elliot C Board 5 Lucas N Under 9A Board 1 Charles W Board 2 Benjamin S Board 3 Taymour A Board 4 Laith A Board 5 Iskander A H

From the Games Department

Performance Corner – Functional Movement - Kettlebell Training

Mr McClinton writes… I had an interesting email recently regards to the effect of kettlebell training and how this differs from other forms of weighted training. Here are my thoughts on the topic. Kettlebell workouts target the major muscle groups - shoulders, trunk, back, quadriceps, hamstrings, and more. The focus is on a full-body, cardio and strength-building workout, all with time in mind. The aim of kettlebell workouts is to raise the heart rate for a shorter, more intense period of time as well as the obvious health gains such as building lean muscle and reducing body fat. The irregular nature of the handle grip; large diameter, as well as the kettle bell being bottom heavy, results in atypical swinging moves away from the body and a continuous attempt to self-correct this moving as a result. Studies have demonstrated that 10 weeks of consistent kettlebell training may support metabolic function, calorie expenditure as well as increasing resting metabolic rate by up to 7% i.e. the fat burning state. Kettlebell training may also improve general physical performance, movement control and walking patterns. The body moves in multiple directions at different angles at all times during a kettlebell workout. This movement is regarded as dynamic and ever changing. Standard weight machine workouts help build muscles by targeting specific muscle groups. Kettlebell workouts have the ability to build strength and lean muscle across a range of muscle groups. This full body integrative approach acts as a stabilizer for whole body functional movement as well as potentially alleviating prevalence to injury. Let me know how you get on!

Under 9B Board 1 Kamran H Board 2 Williams H Board 3 Tristan A Board 4 Oliver T Board 5/6 Max B Board 5/6 Samuel B

Week 32 Sports Report

Well done to all those boys who represented the school recently in the various fixtures, home and away.

Cricket

Inter House Cricket results: 1st-Chepstow 2nd-Pembridge 3rd- Dawson 4th- Westbourne

The tour boys enjoyed a positive experience last weekend… WPS v Beaudesert - Sterling effort in an encouraging performance losing to an impressive team; MoM – Edmund Jones WPS v Kidmore End - WPS won by 78 runs MoM – Rupert Cullinane U11(A) vs Arnold Hous - Match tied, 121 runs each MoM – Frankie George U11(B) vs Arnold House - WPS won by 8 runs MoM – Lucas Linnane U9A-D v Arnold House - All teams played well against strong opposition in what always proves to be a competitive fixture. MoM (A) team – Beckett Willis MoM (B) team – Lachlan Donley who took 3 wickets in his over! MoM (C) team – Luca Maher MoM (D) team - Oliver Lamberton U8 (A-B) v Arnold House - WPS (A) team won by 20 runs MoM – Filippo Hurrell U8 (B) team lost by 40 runs MoM – Aaron Mukherjee-Sharma 1st, 2nd, 3rd XI vs St Pauls Junior School - 1st team narrowly lost in a very encouraging performance MoM – Alec Hogarth 2nd team performed equally well in a battling performance MoM – Lars Fritze 3rd team won by 5 runs well done MoM – Tyler Fairbairn

Year 6 Franchise

Chargers vs Knight Riders, Chargers won by 20 runs MoM – Noah Grunschlag Panthers vs Broncos, Broncos beat Panthers by 25 runs MoM – Teo Hasecic

Year 8 Franchise Buccaneers vs Dukes – Dukes beat the Buccaneers by a run MoM – George Greig Bulls vs Pirates –Pirates won by 42 runs MoM – Joshua Crouzier Roosters vs Dynamos – Roosters beat the Dynamos by 19 runs MoM – Nicolas Pantazopoulos

IAPS Triathlon Well done to the following boys for performing so well in the recent National Schools IAPS event. Claudius Wheeler Sebastian Moscoso Barnaby Russell

From the Maths Department – Weekly Challenges

Mr Gascoine writes… Congratulations to the boys below! Please collect your housepoint from after half term. Please make sure that all answer sheets include workings out, full name and form class please.

Lower School Maths Challenge Brainiacs Upper School Maths Challenge Bright Sparks

Kilian Seidel Chinonso Ogbunude Nicholas Finch Lucas Silberschmidt

Elias Laurent Oscar Rasmussen

Christopher Radcliffe Nadhmi Auchi

Zackaria Roda Lorenzo Usai

Alani Mosaku Milo Pettit

Luke Barker Zayn Shabeeh

Maxi Gardner Milo Langdon

Varun Vashisht Theo Wright

Nader Moghadam Darius Shirazi

Lower School Maths Challenge Upper School Maths Challenge

Highest Housepoint Earners by Form Class

Lower School Upper School

3P Lorenz Bjorgolfsson 6B Gideon Stead

4B Sebastian Bell 6J Noah Grunschlag

4K Sami Kymisis 6T Ashaan Jayaraj

Saif Meliti Charles Mennie

4M Riaz Qureshi 7M Arthur Koomen

5B Jonathan Cullinane 7T Benjamin Reed

5K Massimiliano Catallo-Bauman 7V Ben Ashley

5T George Sakellariou Lucas Bloom

8B Post CE Programme

8F

8G

8I

Highest Housepoint Earner for the Week

Noah Grunschlag – 30

Weekly Housepoint Totals

First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Chepstow Dawson Pembridge Westbourne

364 345 333 260

Yearly Housepoint Totals

First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place

Dawson Captain M. Gwynne

Chepstow Captain A. Grigg

Westbourne Captain J. Ward

Pembridge Captain D. Shirazi

15,073 14,145 13,938 13,466

Form Class Winners

First Place Second Place Third Place

Form 4B 215

Form 4K 176

Form 6T 144

Week Form Class Week Form Class

1 4B Miss Baillieu 17 5T Mr Thorne

2 6J Miss Balgobin 18 6J Miss Balgobin

3 7T Mr Metherell 19 7V Mr Vogiatzis

4 6B Mrs Bassett 20 7T Mr Metherell

5 8I Mr Goodman 21 3P Miss Phoenix

6 6T Miss Taylor 22 6J Miss Balgobin

7 5T Mr Thorne 23 5K Miss Kroiter

8 6J Miss Balgobin 24 4B Miss Baillieu

9 4B Miss Baillieu 25 4B Miss Baillieu

10 8F Mr Froggatt 26 6J Miss Balgobin

11 5K Miss Kroiter 27 4K Mrs King

12 3P Miss Phoenix 28 6J Miss Balgobin

13 29 5T Mr Thorne

14 4M Miss Martin 30 6J Miss Balgobin

15 4B Miss Baillieu 31 4B Miss Baillieu

16 7M Mr Morrison 32 4B Miss Baillieu

Form Class Winners – 4B

Class Achievement – 3P

My Wetherby – Charlie L (5B)

Which house are you in? Pembridge What is your favourite club? Table tennis What is your favourite subject? Maths Kit-Kat or Chomp? Chomp What would you teach if you were a teacher? Science, especially chemistry! Favourite sport at Wetherby? Football What would you do if you were Headmaster for the day? I would bring in Bayern Munich FC and we would all have a five a side at Wetherby Sports Ground. Favourite book? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K.Rowling Fish & Chips Fridays or Sausage & Mash Mondays? Fish & Chips Fridays What animal would you be? A wolf If you went to Pizza Express with a famous person (dead or alive) who would you want it to be? Will.i.am

If you could plan a school trip where would you go? Kidzania on the Westway where kids pretend to be grown-ups, go on the radio and make burgers. You have one minute to draw a Wetherby branded item. Wetherby branded Adidas NMDs:

Thanks, Charlie!

Out of School Achievements and Photos

John & Tyler's post-exams trip to Israel

After the end of exams John and Tyler F (8I)enjoyed a well earned holiday to Israel. On a memorable and moving day, they visited the Western Wall, the Holocaust Museum and Church of the Holy Sephulchre. They also visited Bethlehem on a trip which they will surely remember for years to come.

Edward H is royally entertained

Edward H (4B) attended the rehearsal of the Colonel’s Review at Horseguard’s Parade on Saturday just gone. Pictured here with his cousin from America. His house ties were marked, hence the black tie!

Ref James qualifies for the FA James H’s certificate for his FA Leaders Award course (age 12 to 17 years) came through, qualifying him to referee and manage a football team. Watch out Arsene Wenger!

Headmaster’s Good Shows

Gold 10 Housepoints

Silver 5 Housepoints

Bronze 3 Housepoints

Felix Welter - English Luca Maher – Residential

Jonny Cullinane – Maths Harry Lister – Residential

Felix Welter – English Gabriel Wells – Poetry

Kerem Berk – English Henry Charles – Residential

Boris Bogolyubov –English Saif Meliti – Residential

Aidan Stergoulis - English Jack Greenwood – Residential

Fergus Farrell – English Damien Giles - Residential

Jack Dupuy – History Matthew Rampin – Maths

Esa Dhanani - History Monty James – Art

Esa Dhanani – English Esa Dhanani – Maths

Riaz Qureshi – English Riaz Qureshi – Residential

Shiv Dimopoulos – English Sami Kymisis – Residential

Santiago Mendes Esteves –

English Kyu Dionisio – Residential

Oliver Lumberton – English Harry Lister - Maths

Jonathan Rudd – WetherNews Matthew Rampin – Maths

Edward Hudson – English Iskander Ali Hussain –

Helpfulness

Noah Grunschlag – English Lachlan Donley – Being a team

player

Benett Higgins – English Ben Reed – English

Raphael Harpel – English Monty Sutherland – English

Iskander Ali Hussain – English Kameron Khlat – English

Elliot Chailley – Science Emmanuel Tomazos – English

Luke Tan – Science Saif Meliti – Maths

Arthur Kay – Geography Damien Giles – English

Massimiliano Catallo-Bauman

– English

Arki Paul – English

Frankie George – Latin George Sakellariou – Science

Frankie George – English Aidan Zilkha – Science

Thomas Gray – Attitude on

Year 4 Residential

Barnaby Russell – Classics

Ashaan Jayaraj – Maths Barnaby Russell – Geography

Arthur Kay – English

Arthur Kay – English

Monty James – English

Alexander Lewisohn – English

Lachlan Gray – English

Zach Shuaib – English

Ashaan Jayaraj – Maths

Nicholas Choupak – English

Luke Leventis – English

Photos from the Week

Year 4 enjoying the wildlife in Hyde Park The Leonardos

Lovely morning for Run Club!

Riding Club!

Year 8 Billion Ideas workshop

A billion ideas being put into action…

More post - CE fun – Go Karting!

The Annual Wetherby Prep Summer Fete!

Delicious brownies and cakes from the PTA Aran M (3P) tucking in to his organic ice lolly

New do Donut dipping

Concentration… Guess who?

Wetherby Prep show their support for the victims of Grenfell Tower

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