Tuesday 18 December 2012
The Winter Concert
This year's Winter Concert was a tremendous event with some wonderful performances by students. What was striking was the variety of talents from dance to cello to drama.
Friday 5 October 2012
English Schools Cross-Country Competition
The English schools cross-country competition was held on Thursday 4th October at St Helen and St Katharine School near Abingdon.
The results for our pupils were as follows:
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Jacques Michael, Lukas Hovland, Pat Wilson, Greg Weeks, Luke Baxter
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Junior boys - 3km
Luke Baxter (Year 7) Came 13th out of 40 runners with a time of 12 minutes 16 seconds.
Jacques Micheal (Year 7) was second in for d’Overbroeck’s coming 20th with a time of 13 minutes 5 seconds.
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| Luke Baxter |
Intermediate boys 4.5KM
Kester McLennen (Year 10) came 20th out of 30 with a time of 20 minutes 5 seconds.
Hamza Khan (Year 10) was second in for d’Overbroeck’s coming 21st with a time of 20 minutes 7 seconds.
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Lukas Hovland, Pat Wilson, Greg Weeks
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Congratulations to all our runners who did very well.
Thursday 4 October 2012
PGL Liddington
PGL Liddington is a new adventure activity centre in Wiltshire. Henry Frend, a Year 8 pupil at Leckford Place describes a recent visit.
"PGL Liddington was probably one of the most special experiences of this year. We really got to know the new Year 7s. At first we thought about how small and young they were compared to us but then we thought again and realised that they were US!!!
So on Wednesday we all climbed onboard the coach and set off for Liddington. We were all very intrigued about what was going to happen on this trip. I was in a dorm with all my friends and at first we had that war over who had top bunk at who got forced down to the bottom; this showed who really was the Alfa male of our dorm, but unfortunately one of us is asthmatic so obviously he HAD to have the top bunk.
We had a brilliant couple of days - the food was good apart from the custard bowl you could turn upside down and it would stick to the bowl (we called it cardboard custard) and our activities were brilliant . We did fencing, zip wire, raft building, crate challenge, mountain biking, night time ambush and initiative exercises.
Id like to say thank you to everyone who took us there and made the days brilliant."
Friday 28 September 2012
Bristol Science Centre
Four Year 7 students (two of whom are pictured below) give their impressions of a recent trip to the Bristol Science Museum.
Jaques Michael
"On Wednesday the 12th of September Years 7 and 8 went to the Bristol science museum. When we arrived we were shown to the picnic area. Then we got to explore the 1st floor and I went on the two slow motion cameras. One of them filmed you jumping up and the 2nd one scared you. There was also a water one when you have to try and get the water from the sea to the receiver and the final thing I did on the first floor was when you attach a rocket to a rope and then it dropped. After the first floor we went to see a show called the boggling brain show showing us how the brain works. The show was for half an hour. After the boggling brain show we went to have lunch at the picnic area. Then we saw a show called the planetarium showing us a lot of the stars a planet and other galaxies in space. Then we went to the top floor where I spent most of my time in a film studio and a house that was on its side. The Bristol science museum is my favourite museum school trip."
Izzy Bowen-Lowe
"As you walk through the door you can see everything going on at once. We had a bracelet given to us at the beginning, these bracelets or wristbands had a barcode on and on certain activities you could scan your barcode and whatever you did was saved and later you could go on the website and look at what you had done. After a quick talk we were free to go off and explore the museum but we had to be back for a certain time for the ‘Boggling Brain Show’ which explained what different parts of your brain were used for. It was really fun to find out what part of my brain told me when I needed to breathe or even go to the toilet.
After the ‘Boggling Brain Show’ we had about an hour to explore my favourite part of the museum which was the animation area, where you could put Lego or magnets on the service and capture the photo and eventually it was a full cartoon which you could watch all the way through and edit it at home.
I really enjoyed @ Bristol and really want to go again. It never gets old as I have been twice before and I still got so excited when we went. "
Greg Weeks
"When we arrived instantly you could see lots of water features like the one outside, a large wall with water running down the side of it. Once we had entered you could spot many things that you could interact with, one of them was a hamster wheel that you could climb in, when running the large water feature beside you would have buckets lifting water to a different area of the feature (All because we were running on the spot) When you would walk around the feature you almost definitely get wet however this was helped with the help of a teacher Mark the head teacher, to get the passer-by’s wet he would use a mini water mill. Mark found this hilarious that he was getting year 8 and 7 wet. HA!
The water feature wasn’t the only thing we did, we went into a planetarium where we would watch a show, and we would go into a studio where there were buttons where nobody had a clue what they did when they were used right. Even though we got wet and pushed buttons in a studio that did nothing, still we all had a great time!"
Mara Talbot
"On Wednesday we went to Bristol to see an amazing science museum, not the sort with lots of writing, nothing exiting and don’t touch notices everywhere you look. Not the sort with ladies speaking in a low dull voice about the most boring stuff on earth but the sort with machines that make beach balls fly, giant hamster wheels and shows on how to make brains for Barbie dolls and lots, lots more. First we were told that if we stayed in our pairs we could look round the whole of the downstairs on our own for a while; one of the best experiences was living the life of a hamster! Well not quite. Basically there was a giant hamster wheel causing a water fountain to go round. But the planetarium was something I will never forget it was a huge dome where we were told about the planets and the stars and loads, loads more..."
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| Jaques Michael and Izzy Bowen-Lowe |
"On Wednesday the 12th of September Years 7 and 8 went to the Bristol science museum. When we arrived we were shown to the picnic area. Then we got to explore the 1st floor and I went on the two slow motion cameras. One of them filmed you jumping up and the 2nd one scared you. There was also a water one when you have to try and get the water from the sea to the receiver and the final thing I did on the first floor was when you attach a rocket to a rope and then it dropped. After the first floor we went to see a show called the boggling brain show showing us how the brain works. The show was for half an hour. After the boggling brain show we went to have lunch at the picnic area. Then we saw a show called the planetarium showing us a lot of the stars a planet and other galaxies in space. Then we went to the top floor where I spent most of my time in a film studio and a house that was on its side. The Bristol science museum is my favourite museum school trip."
Izzy Bowen-Lowe
"As you walk through the door you can see everything going on at once. We had a bracelet given to us at the beginning, these bracelets or wristbands had a barcode on and on certain activities you could scan your barcode and whatever you did was saved and later you could go on the website and look at what you had done. After a quick talk we were free to go off and explore the museum but we had to be back for a certain time for the ‘Boggling Brain Show’ which explained what different parts of your brain were used for. It was really fun to find out what part of my brain told me when I needed to breathe or even go to the toilet.
After the ‘Boggling Brain Show’ we had about an hour to explore my favourite part of the museum which was the animation area, where you could put Lego or magnets on the service and capture the photo and eventually it was a full cartoon which you could watch all the way through and edit it at home.
I really enjoyed @ Bristol and really want to go again. It never gets old as I have been twice before and I still got so excited when we went. "
Greg Weeks
"When we arrived instantly you could see lots of water features like the one outside, a large wall with water running down the side of it. Once we had entered you could spot many things that you could interact with, one of them was a hamster wheel that you could climb in, when running the large water feature beside you would have buckets lifting water to a different area of the feature (All because we were running on the spot) When you would walk around the feature you almost definitely get wet however this was helped with the help of a teacher Mark the head teacher, to get the passer-by’s wet he would use a mini water mill. Mark found this hilarious that he was getting year 8 and 7 wet. HA!
The water feature wasn’t the only thing we did, we went into a planetarium where we would watch a show, and we would go into a studio where there were buttons where nobody had a clue what they did when they were used right. Even though we got wet and pushed buttons in a studio that did nothing, still we all had a great time!"
Mara Talbot
"On Wednesday we went to Bristol to see an amazing science museum, not the sort with lots of writing, nothing exiting and don’t touch notices everywhere you look. Not the sort with ladies speaking in a low dull voice about the most boring stuff on earth but the sort with machines that make beach balls fly, giant hamster wheels and shows on how to make brains for Barbie dolls and lots, lots more. First we were told that if we stayed in our pairs we could look round the whole of the downstairs on our own for a while; one of the best experiences was living the life of a hamster! Well not quite. Basically there was a giant hamster wheel causing a water fountain to go round. But the planetarium was something I will never forget it was a huge dome where we were told about the planets and the stars and loads, loads more..."
Thursday 5 July 2012
Four days in Paris
At 11pm, on Friday 29th June, 30 students and 6 staff left Oxford for Paris, arriving at 9am the next day. What followed was an action-packed 4 day stay, during which we visited the Musee Rodin, the Pompidou Centre and the Musee d'Orsay. We climbed the Eiffel Tower, enjoyed a boat trip on the Seine, watched a mini opera at Bercy, shopped in the Champs Elysees, visited Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, Sacre-Coeur and lots more besides.
We negotiated the Metro and joined in with street entertainment on the Pont Saint Louis (in fact the students took over the entertainment, leading the dancing which passers-by joined in with).
On the final evening there were three workshops. Emmanuelle invited two French friends to speak to the French group; Helen led an art group who recorded impressions of Paris, and Fizza led a drama workshop which summarised the main events of the visit in three minutes. The whole experience was a mixture of culture and fun and I think it's fair to say that every single person thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks especially to Emmanuelle (French department) and Fizza (Head of Drama) for masterminding a brilliant, action-packed trip.
We negotiated the Metro and joined in with street entertainment on the Pont Saint Louis (in fact the students took over the entertainment, leading the dancing which passers-by joined in with).
On the final evening there were three workshops. Emmanuelle invited two French friends to speak to the French group; Helen led an art group who recorded impressions of Paris, and Fizza led a drama workshop which summarised the main events of the visit in three minutes. The whole experience was a mixture of culture and fun and I think it's fair to say that every single person thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks especially to Emmanuelle (French department) and Fizza (Head of Drama) for masterminding a brilliant, action-packed trip.
Friday 1 June 2012
Jubilee Street Party
Jubilee Street Party and Non Uniform Day
Huge thanks go to Angela and Tracy – our catering ladies - for having the initial idea of a Leckford street party and for helping to bring it to spectacular fruition with bunting, table decorations, flags, music, picnic food, and the notorious red white and blue ice cream, all of which helped to create a lovely festive atmosphere in our Friday lunchtime playground.
The non-uniform element of the day - which saw students arrayed in patriotic colours - raised just short of £100- enabling us to plant no less than 5 trees with the help of the Woodland Trust Jubilee Appeal. Well done to all!
A few more images from the day...
Huge thanks go to Angela and Tracy – our catering ladies - for having the initial idea of a Leckford street party and for helping to bring it to spectacular fruition with bunting, table decorations, flags, music, picnic food, and the notorious red white and blue ice cream, all of which helped to create a lovely festive atmosphere in our Friday lunchtime playground.
A few more images from the day...
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Expedition
Ten Year 10 students (Anand Badiani, Finlay Currie, Kit Harris, Tim Herring, Patrick Hoban, Joseph Hopson, Billy Kelly, James Kirkwood, James May, and Peter Ulijaszek) have successfully completed their qualifying expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh award.
Our first challenges were to find (a) Wales, (b) the village of Pen-y-Cae, and (c) the bunkhouse where we would be staying for the first two nights. Staff members, fortunately, were not working under assessed conditions here, and after a few hours including only one schoolboy error (choosing to use the A40 in the Friday afternoon rush hour), a single U-turn in the village and a few muttered curses about the size of the sign-writing, we had arrived.
The bunkhouse was well appointed with a large and well-equipped kitchen and dining room, artistic arrangements of vintage skis on the walls and even an executive jet (albeit one lacking wings and engines) on stand-by in the car park.
Saturday was spent on the mountain, blowing out the cobwebs that had built up since the training expedition in March, refreshing map skills in the open, and getting a sense of the physical environment. Two main points stood out. First, route-finding was obviously going to be a good deal harder, in places, than it had been on the practice expedition in the Cotswolds. Paths that were clear on maps were often much harder to spot on the ground, mainly because so much of the terrain is open access land, and walkers tend to spread out, rather than follow a single defined route. Accordingly the traces that they leave behind are less clear and often misleading. Secondly, the climbing was going to be a lot more demanding, particularly with full packs and in the heat of the day.
For their two-day assessed expedition, our two groups had planned different routes. The first day for the Green group (Paddy, Anand, James M, and James K), took them up Fan Brycheiniog from the Tafarn-y-Garreg pub (not open at 9am on a Sunday morning) on the A4067. This involves an initial painfully-steep climb from 200 to just over 450 metres, followed by a less steep, but relentless, and ultimately more exhausting, ascent over about three and half kilometres to the 802-metre summit. The route follows a ridge with precipitous slopes on the right-hand side and breath-taking views to the east.
The Red group, meanwhile (Finlay, Peter, Tim, Joe, Kit, and Billy), having set off from the telephone box in Cae’r-Lan at 9.35am, were still in the same general vicinity an hour and a half later! Progress was not assisted by a farmer who had fenced off the right of way, nor by the group’s unscheduled visit to the elevated hill farm of Fforch-orllwyn before descending to the valley once more to rejoin the planned route up the mountain.
Map and compass skills were essential here, and happily the Reds pulled themselves together at this point. There was no clear track at all, and they were dependent on map and compass skills to take a bearing from the map and follow it on the ground, which they did. This was a steady climb for about 5 kilometres over Cefn Mawr, rising from 200 to 500 metres, before the group turned south-east for the final stage of the route.
The Greens, meanwhile, after lunch at the summit of Fan Brycheiniog, were descending in the river valley to the west, on an unofficial path (strictly speaking, not a path at all!) following a county boundary. Here, the route was very unclear and making progress was hard, but ultimately successful, work.
The groups’ routes had been planned so that the final stage, to the camp site at Glyntawe, was the same for both. This fact elicited a competitive streak in the Greens, who clearly did not intend to be the second to arrive. The Reds, more chilled, took the relaxed view that dinner could wait and that an empty mountain is a pleasant place to be on a sunny afternoon.
Our camp site was in the valley at Glyntawe, adjacent to the Dan-yr-Ogof caves, with numerous pleasant features: llamas, ostriches, an informative display of Welsh rocks, a field entirely dedicated to holding caravan rallies... the list goes on. It also had, on this very still evening, one negative feature: midges, which arrived, thankfully, after tents had been erected, but which slightly curtailed enjoyment of the evening.
A 7am start had been planned for the second day, to enable us to be back in Oxford by 6.30pm. Packing, however, was impeded by the midges, the numbers of which made the task of rolling up tents, in particular, almost intolerable. This was certainly the low point of the expedition for everyone, and the only point at which tempers became slightly frayed.
Both of our D of E expeditions this year have been blessed with wonderful weather, and once we had left the campsite and the midges behind, there was another glorious sunny day to enjoy. The Red group followed the same route up Fan Brycheiniog that the Greens had taken the previous day, while the Reds followed a parallel route along the Beacons Way lower down the mountain. The routes intersected at the lake (Llyn y Fan Fawr) below the summit. Both groups then headed east towards their finish on the Trecastle road, enjoying a rest on the way at a pleasant spot beside a stream.
All ten students should be very proud of their achievement. They walked more than 30 kilometres, in challenging terrain and hot weather, over the course of the three days, for two of them carrying on their backs everything that they needed. The qualified mountain leaders who assisted us all commented favourably on the characters and abilities of our students. It was also noted that the routes that they had chosen were longer, and much harder, in terms of both route-finding and terrain, than is normal at the Bronze level, and that their route planning and map and compass skills were similarly far above the normal standard for this level.
It is immensely valuable for students, who generally lead increasingly protected lives, to be given the kind of freedom and independence that the Duke of Edinburgh expeditions offer, and it is wonderfully rewarding to see them working together, coping with the difficulties, learning from their experiences and enjoying the liberty and the outdoor environment.
Our first challenges were to find (a) Wales, (b) the village of Pen-y-Cae, and (c) the bunkhouse where we would be staying for the first two nights. Staff members, fortunately, were not working under assessed conditions here, and after a few hours including only one schoolboy error (choosing to use the A40 in the Friday afternoon rush hour), a single U-turn in the village and a few muttered curses about the size of the sign-writing, we had arrived.
The bunkhouse was well appointed with a large and well-equipped kitchen and dining room, artistic arrangements of vintage skis on the walls and even an executive jet (albeit one lacking wings and engines) on stand-by in the car park.
Saturday was spent on the mountain, blowing out the cobwebs that had built up since the training expedition in March, refreshing map skills in the open, and getting a sense of the physical environment. Two main points stood out. First, route-finding was obviously going to be a good deal harder, in places, than it had been on the practice expedition in the Cotswolds. Paths that were clear on maps were often much harder to spot on the ground, mainly because so much of the terrain is open access land, and walkers tend to spread out, rather than follow a single defined route. Accordingly the traces that they leave behind are less clear and often misleading. Secondly, the climbing was going to be a lot more demanding, particularly with full packs and in the heat of the day.
For their two-day assessed expedition, our two groups had planned different routes. The first day for the Green group (Paddy, Anand, James M, and James K), took them up Fan Brycheiniog from the Tafarn-y-Garreg pub (not open at 9am on a Sunday morning) on the A4067. This involves an initial painfully-steep climb from 200 to just over 450 metres, followed by a less steep, but relentless, and ultimately more exhausting, ascent over about three and half kilometres to the 802-metre summit. The route follows a ridge with precipitous slopes on the right-hand side and breath-taking views to the east.
The Red group, meanwhile (Finlay, Peter, Tim, Joe, Kit, and Billy), having set off from the telephone box in Cae’r-Lan at 9.35am, were still in the same general vicinity an hour and a half later! Progress was not assisted by a farmer who had fenced off the right of way, nor by the group’s unscheduled visit to the elevated hill farm of Fforch-orllwyn before descending to the valley once more to rejoin the planned route up the mountain.
Map and compass skills were essential here, and happily the Reds pulled themselves together at this point. There was no clear track at all, and they were dependent on map and compass skills to take a bearing from the map and follow it on the ground, which they did. This was a steady climb for about 5 kilometres over Cefn Mawr, rising from 200 to 500 metres, before the group turned south-east for the final stage of the route.
The Greens, meanwhile, after lunch at the summit of Fan Brycheiniog, were descending in the river valley to the west, on an unofficial path (strictly speaking, not a path at all!) following a county boundary. Here, the route was very unclear and making progress was hard, but ultimately successful, work.
The groups’ routes had been planned so that the final stage, to the camp site at Glyntawe, was the same for both. This fact elicited a competitive streak in the Greens, who clearly did not intend to be the second to arrive. The Reds, more chilled, took the relaxed view that dinner could wait and that an empty mountain is a pleasant place to be on a sunny afternoon.
Our camp site was in the valley at Glyntawe, adjacent to the Dan-yr-Ogof caves, with numerous pleasant features: llamas, ostriches, an informative display of Welsh rocks, a field entirely dedicated to holding caravan rallies... the list goes on. It also had, on this very still evening, one negative feature: midges, which arrived, thankfully, after tents had been erected, but which slightly curtailed enjoyment of the evening.
A 7am start had been planned for the second day, to enable us to be back in Oxford by 6.30pm. Packing, however, was impeded by the midges, the numbers of which made the task of rolling up tents, in particular, almost intolerable. This was certainly the low point of the expedition for everyone, and the only point at which tempers became slightly frayed.
Both of our D of E expeditions this year have been blessed with wonderful weather, and once we had left the campsite and the midges behind, there was another glorious sunny day to enjoy. The Red group followed the same route up Fan Brycheiniog that the Greens had taken the previous day, while the Reds followed a parallel route along the Beacons Way lower down the mountain. The routes intersected at the lake (Llyn y Fan Fawr) below the summit. Both groups then headed east towards their finish on the Trecastle road, enjoying a rest on the way at a pleasant spot beside a stream.
All ten students should be very proud of their achievement. They walked more than 30 kilometres, in challenging terrain and hot weather, over the course of the three days, for two of them carrying on their backs everything that they needed. The qualified mountain leaders who assisted us all commented favourably on the characters and abilities of our students. It was also noted that the routes that they had chosen were longer, and much harder, in terms of both route-finding and terrain, than is normal at the Bronze level, and that their route planning and map and compass skills were similarly far above the normal standard for this level.
It is immensely valuable for students, who generally lead increasingly protected lives, to be given the kind of freedom and independence that the Duke of Edinburgh expeditions offer, and it is wonderfully rewarding to see them working together, coping with the difficulties, learning from their experiences and enjoying the liberty and the outdoor environment.
U13 d’Overbroeck’s Cricket v Kingham Hill Match Result
Tuesday, 29th May 2012
d’Overbroeck’s U13 won by 6 wickets.
d’Overbroeck’s lost the toss and fielded first. All the boys were eager to impress and as a result of excellent skills shown in the field, especially by Townsend’s ‘backing up’, they had restricted the opposition to only 23 runs for 1 wicket after the first 10 overs. All bowlers used were on excellent form, bowling accurately throughout the innings. Ball, Crook, Rose, Turner and Bailey all played a significant part in keeping the opposition’s score to only 58 runs for the innings. However, special mention must be made for Wells who took 2 wickets for 9 runs and Townsend who took 3 wickets for 10 runs.
With an excellent fielding display already achieved the batsmen now needed to step forward to secure the victory. Stuart and Kamal opened the batting and it didn’t take long for Stuart to show everyone his flair after playing 2 glorious shots to the fine leg boundary one of which went for 4 runs. Unfortunately Stuart’s star only shone for one more over where he was out caught and bowled; this left Kamal to anchor the batting in a ‘Chanderpaulesque’ manner. This allowed the new batsman, Bailey, to play some exquisite shots after a short cameo by Chipper who was bowled.
D’Overbroeck’s were now starting to dominate the game and with the entrance of Naranjo to the proceedings the crowd were about to witness cricketing fireworks US-Mexican style. Truly this team had an international flavour with the current batsmen having never picked up a cricket bat prior to 4 weeks ago. Fine shots as well as excellent calling and running between the wickets ensured a high run rate for this period of the match. Bailey subsequently was caught out at point having scored 9 runs, which left Naranjo and new batsman Ball to continue to score well. Naranjo was finally caught out at short mid-wicket having scored a very entertaining 19 runs.
d’Overbroeck’s now required 2 runs for victory; this heralded the entrance of Godley accompanied by enthusiastic chanting from the crowd. First ball Godley hit a sweet shot straight from the middle of his bat past the fielder at mid-wicket and the batsmen managed to run 2 and in so doing secured a very good win for the U13s team.
Congratulations to all players on your well-deserved victory.
Martin Procter
Head of PE
d’Overbroeck’s U13 won by 6 wickets.
d’Overbroeck’s lost the toss and fielded first. All the boys were eager to impress and as a result of excellent skills shown in the field, especially by Townsend’s ‘backing up’, they had restricted the opposition to only 23 runs for 1 wicket after the first 10 overs. All bowlers used were on excellent form, bowling accurately throughout the innings. Ball, Crook, Rose, Turner and Bailey all played a significant part in keeping the opposition’s score to only 58 runs for the innings. However, special mention must be made for Wells who took 2 wickets for 9 runs and Townsend who took 3 wickets for 10 runs.
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| d'Overbroeck's U13s in action against Kingham Hill |
With an excellent fielding display already achieved the batsmen now needed to step forward to secure the victory. Stuart and Kamal opened the batting and it didn’t take long for Stuart to show everyone his flair after playing 2 glorious shots to the fine leg boundary one of which went for 4 runs. Unfortunately Stuart’s star only shone for one more over where he was out caught and bowled; this left Kamal to anchor the batting in a ‘Chanderpaulesque’ manner. This allowed the new batsman, Bailey, to play some exquisite shots after a short cameo by Chipper who was bowled.
D’Overbroeck’s were now starting to dominate the game and with the entrance of Naranjo to the proceedings the crowd were about to witness cricketing fireworks US-Mexican style. Truly this team had an international flavour with the current batsmen having never picked up a cricket bat prior to 4 weeks ago. Fine shots as well as excellent calling and running between the wickets ensured a high run rate for this period of the match. Bailey subsequently was caught out at point having scored 9 runs, which left Naranjo and new batsman Ball to continue to score well. Naranjo was finally caught out at short mid-wicket having scored a very entertaining 19 runs.
d’Overbroeck’s now required 2 runs for victory; this heralded the entrance of Godley accompanied by enthusiastic chanting from the crowd. First ball Godley hit a sweet shot straight from the middle of his bat past the fielder at mid-wicket and the batsmen managed to run 2 and in so doing secured a very good win for the U13s team.
Congratulations to all players on your well-deserved victory.
Martin Procter
Head of PE
Monday 21 May 2012
U14 Cricket v Kingham Hill Result
d’Overbroeck’s win by 21 runs.
d’Overbroeck’s batted first and after a shaky start which
resulted in the score being 19 runs for the cost of 4 wickets after 6 overs,
Kester McLennan and Alex White formed a resilient partnership which lasted
until the end of the innings. Kester eventually made 27 runs and was ably
supported by Alex making 6 runs. d’Overbroeck’s innings ended on 98 for 4.
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| 'Howzat!' A Kingham Hill batsman is bowled out by Sasa Trkulja |
d’Overbroeck’s bowlers were on fine form, bowling tight
and aggressive lines for which Kingham Hill only made 77 runs for 8 wickets.
The pick of the bowlers was Sasa Trkulja with 3 wickets. Well done to all the
players in their first match of the season.
Martin Procter, Head of PE
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Year 10 Geography Field Trip
Students arrive in sunny Somerset, unload their kit, get orientated and generally well prepared for the work ahead of them.
That afternoon we head down to a nearby stream to learn how to measure the characteristics of a river. Please note how much work Ethan is actually doing, one of life’s leaders that one.
Those that can, teach, those that can’t...
DAY TWO; River measurement proper begins, the weather at this time is not toooooo bad!
However, conditions soon deteriorate. Spirits remain stable, no student pulls a sicky, takes a dive or otherwise seeks to cop out!
Lunch is taken in surprisingly cosy surroundings.
Alarmingly, Local footpaths begin to disappear! Rain intensity has been increasing for some time!
Last year the river trickled out beneath this stone berm on Kilve beach! This part of the river was unmeasureable.
Friday 27 January 2012
An African Adventure
Further to news regarding the forthcoming trip to Namibia (see Namibia 2012), the story has been featured in the Oxford Mail (see below).
A transcript of the story is as follows:
Most children get a week abroad in Europe for their school trips. Not so for a group of pupils at an Oxford college who will be travelling to Africa to help revamp a deprived school.
A group of 20 sixth form and Year 11 pupils from d'Overbroeck's College in Banbury Road, will spend two weeks in Namibia in July including a week refurbishing classrooms and a playground. It is the kind of activity usually associated with pre-university gap years, but trip leader Johny Richards said there had been no shortage of interest
Mr Richards said: "The primary focus is a school in a deprived area of Namibia. We want our students to get more cultural awareness, find out a bit about themselves and find out what it's like for children in other parts of the world – and hopefully give something back."
The pupils at the fee-paying independent school have paid about £2,500 each to go on the trip, and are fundraising to collect about £5,000 between them to pay for building materials for the work.
In Africa, they will spend the first day sourcing materials before moving to the school they are helping for a week.
Mr Richards said: "It will be all hands to the pump to try and get as much as we possibly can done in a week. While we are there, we will be cooking for ourselves every night and camping all the time. They will be roughing it 24/7. It will be hard work both physically and mentally."
The youngsters have been split into different fundraising teams. One is approaching organisations to seek sponsorship and items which can be auctioned off in aid of the cause. Another will organise supermarket bagpacking, and other fundraising events in the pipeline including a school safari dress-up day and a cake sale.
Mr Richards said: "This is about giving back to a less fortunate community, and that is why most of them wanted to go."
The school organised a similar trip to Zambia in 2009.
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| As reported in the Oxford Mail. Click on the image to view a PDF of the original story. |
Most children get a week abroad in Europe for their school trips. Not so for a group of pupils at an Oxford college who will be travelling to Africa to help revamp a deprived school.
A group of 20 sixth form and Year 11 pupils from d'Overbroeck's College in Banbury Road, will spend two weeks in Namibia in July including a week refurbishing classrooms and a playground. It is the kind of activity usually associated with pre-university gap years, but trip leader Johny Richards said there had been no shortage of interest
Mr Richards said: "The primary focus is a school in a deprived area of Namibia. We want our students to get more cultural awareness, find out a bit about themselves and find out what it's like for children in other parts of the world – and hopefully give something back."
The pupils at the fee-paying independent school have paid about £2,500 each to go on the trip, and are fundraising to collect about £5,000 between them to pay for building materials for the work.
In Africa, they will spend the first day sourcing materials before moving to the school they are helping for a week.
Mr Richards said: "It will be all hands to the pump to try and get as much as we possibly can done in a week. While we are there, we will be cooking for ourselves every night and camping all the time. They will be roughing it 24/7. It will be hard work both physically and mentally."
The youngsters have been split into different fundraising teams. One is approaching organisations to seek sponsorship and items which can be auctioned off in aid of the cause. Another will organise supermarket bagpacking, and other fundraising events in the pipeline including a school safari dress-up day and a cake sale.
Mr Richards said: "This is about giving back to a less fortunate community, and that is why most of them wanted to go."
The school organised a similar trip to Zambia in 2009.
Namibia 2012
Later this year, 20 of our Sixth Form and Year 11 students will be going to Namibia to work on improving the facilities of a local school by refurbishing classrooms and building playground areas. Our students will also help with activities and teaching whilst working with local pupils.
"Education is a high priority for Namibians, especially in the more remote regions where schools are more isolated. By working alongside communities to upgrade recreation and education facilities so to assist the daily education of Namibian pupils our education projects are intended to provide a meaningful and sustainable exchange for groups who wish to get closer to a rural community." according to 'Schools Worldwide'. The College organised a similar trip two years ago to Zambia which is featured in the photos.
To raise money for the materials to be used in Namibia, students have organised several events over the next few weeks, including two cake sales, a 'Safari Day' and Quiz Night. More information on these will be posted in due course.
Alongside these, a number of other social events have been planned for the term ahead, including:
"Education is a high priority for Namibians, especially in the more remote regions where schools are more isolated. By working alongside communities to upgrade recreation and education facilities so to assist the daily education of Namibian pupils our education projects are intended to provide a meaningful and sustainable exchange for groups who wish to get closer to a rural community." according to 'Schools Worldwide'. The College organised a similar trip two years ago to Zambia which is featured in the photos.
To raise money for the materials to be used in Namibia, students have organised several events over the next few weeks, including two cake sales, a 'Safari Day' and Quiz Night. More information on these will be posted in due course.
Alongside these, a number of other social events have been planned for the term ahead, including:
- a trip to the Oxford University v The Army rugby match at the University sports ground on 7th February
- an ice skating disco at the Oxford Ice Rink on 24 February
- d'Overbroeck's Got Talent in March
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