Message from the Headmaster
I wrote to you earlier in the term about a major survey that the Foundation is undertaking in order to ascertain the views of parents and others towards key aspects of Mill Hill’s academic, pastoral and extra-curricular provision. The research is being conducted by Mungo Dunnett Associates, and has already involved a significant number of telephone interviews with parents. In addition to these calls, we are also undertaking an online survey in order to give us a greater body of evidence which will be used to inform our thinking as we look towards framing the next School Development Plan. The online survey will open next Monday (14 February) and will be live for a fortnight, closing on Monday 28 February. I would be most grateful if as many parents as possible could devote ten minutes or so to its completion. The survey can be found at
www.mda-research.co.uk/millhill.
As you will read below, the last two weeks have seen some superb events, most notably a superb Farrow Singing Competition final, and I hope that this has whet your appetites for next week’s production of Oklahoma!, which promises to be a wonderful dramatic and musical treat.
Farrow singing competition
The Farrow competition began with heats over three evenings in late January, and culminated in a final of outstanding quality on the evening of the 3rd February in The Large. Tim Rogers was the guest adjudicator, and he needed every bit of his extensive experience as a West End musical theatre actor and opera singer to pick winners in each category, as the quality of everyone taking part was so high. In his feedback at the end, he was full of praise for the musicianship of winners and runners-up alike, reminding everyone how useful choral singing is for developing a good ear.
The choir were on hand to show how enjoyable the choral repertoire can be, with lively performances of Mais Que Nada and Homeless. Congratulations are deserved particularly by Emily Glassberg, for winning the Hellmore Cup, awarded for the most outstanding junior performance, and to Rose Miller, for winning the Farrow Cup, awarded for the best performance of the night. Finally, no account of the competition would be complete without mentioning the incredibly hard work put in by Kevin Kyle in organising and accompanying the heats and the final itself.
The winners were:
Junior Art Song: Molly Duncan
Junior Opera/Oratorio: Michael Evans
Junior Musical Theatre: Emily Glassberg
Junior Pop Song: Oliver Warren
Senior Art Song: Ekin Karasin
Senior Opera/Oratorio: Rose Miller
Senior Musical Theatre: Ben Glassberg
Senior Pop Song: Chad Vigano
Ensemble Song: Natalie Kosky and Chad Vigano
Audience Award: Ben Glassberg and Natalie Kosky
4th Form Singing Award: Sophie Loizou
Hellmore Trophy: Emily Glassberg (bottom right)
Farrow Cup: Rose Miller (top right)
Microfinance Initiative
After more than 3 years of fundraising, the Microfinance Initiative recently met its initial target of £5000. Following discussions on various schemes, a decision was made to commit to Opportunity International’s Ghanaian Trust Group project. To mark this, a member of the Opportunity International UK team (Mr Alasdair Charnock) visited the school on Wednesday morning to receive the donation from the Headmaster in the Remove assembly. This was followed by a breakfast meeting in the Crick room that gave members of the Microfinance group a chance to share their ideas with Mr Charnock and enhance their understanding of Opportunity International’s work.
The school will be receiving reports on how our donation will change the lives of members of the Ghanaian Trust Group. Efforts have already begun to commit to a similar project in Malawi. As a result of the generous donations made to the school’s Microfinance Initiative, Mill Hill is now offering needy people in Ghana- ‘a hand up rather than a hand out’.
Tickets still available for OKLAHOMA!
Tuesday 15th - Friday 18th February
7.30 pm
The Large
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK TICKETS!
Mill Hill School presents the show that put Rodgers and Hammerstein on the theatrical map in the 1940s. Set in the early 1800s it follows the fortunes of men and women setting up the new state of Oklahoma and takes a light-hearted look at the conflict between cowboys and farmers. The show contains a wealth of wonderful songs and dances, and the two couples are played by George Richardson, Natalie Kosky, Olivia Bernstone and Ricki Horwitz-Crook. Order your tickets now from Karen Willetts in the Admissions Office (T 020 8906 7865 or E kw@millhill.org.uk) to avoid disappointment.
Proceeds from tickets sales will go towards Ethiopian Drama Group, AGAPE.
Forthcoming lecture
Sir James Murray Lecture: Dr Mark Glancy presents “But Is It Accurate? Historical Films and the Use of the Past as Entertainment”
Wednesday 2 March, 6.30 pm, Jubilee Hall, Belmont School
Speaker Dr Mark Glancy, professor of American and British film history at the Queen Mary University of London, will examine historical accuracy within cinema.
Glancy has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant for a research project centred on the reception of American films in Britain, this research forms the basis of his book Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain, from the 1920s to the present (published by Tauris).
CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS
Sports desk
Saturday 29 January
Boys’ Hockey v Aldenham: U15B (away): RESULT MHS won 1-2
Boys’ Hockey v Aldenham: 1st XI (home): RESULT MHS won 4-2
Rugby v Stamford: U14A (home): RESULT MHS lost 0-32
Rugby v Stamford: U14B (home): RESULT MHS lost 5-57
Rugby v Stamford: U14C (home): RESULT MHS won 29-5
Boys’ Hockey v Aldenham: U15A (away): RESULT Match drawn 1-1
Boys’ Hockey v Aldenham: 2nd XI Home (home): RESULT MHS lost 1-2
Wednesday 2 February
Football v Highgate: A (away): RESULT MHS won 0-1
Football v Highgate: B (away): RESULT MHS lost 3-1
Netball v Chigwell: Senior 1st (away): RESULT MHS won 16-22
Netball v Chigwell: Senior 2nd (away): RESULT: MHS lost 18-17
Fives v Highgate: Seniors (away): RESULT MHS lost 2-1
Fives v Highgate: U16 (away): RESULT MHS lost 0-1
Thursday 3 February
Fives v Aldenham: Senior and Junior (home): RESULT MHS won 4-0
Saturday 5 February
Boys’ Hockey v Haileybury School: 1st XI (away): RESULT Match drawn 3-3
Boys’ Hockey v Haileybury School U15A (home): RESULT Match drawn 2-2
Rugby v The Leys: U14A (away): RESULT MHS lost 8-0
Rugby v The Leys: U14B (away): RESULT MHS lost 55-5
Rugby v The Leys: U14C (away): RESULT MHS won 7-38
Rugby v The Leys: U14D (away): RESULT Match cancelled
Boys’ Hockey v Haileybury School: U15B (home): RESULT MHS lost 2-9
Boys’ Hockey v Haileybury School 2nd XI (away): RESULT MHS lost 3-2
Monday 7 February
Netball v Mill Hill County: U14A & B (away): RESULT Matches postponed
Tuesday 8 February
Netball v Aldenham: U15B (away): RESULT MHS won 9-11
Fives v QEB (home): RESULT Match drawn 1½-1½
Thursday 10 February
Fives v Eton College (away): RESULT MHS lost 13-0
Netball v Chigwell: U15A (home): RESULT MHS lost 12-27
Boys’ Hockey v Haberdashers: U15A (home): RESULT MHS lost 1-3
Coming up before and after half term ...
Saturday 12 February
09:00-15:00 Netball Tournament: Removes (away) (Royal Masonic School)
14:00 Boys’ Hockey v Bancroft: U15A (home)
14:00 Cross Country: Wellington XC Relays for Intermediate and Senior Boys’ and Girls’ (Wellington College) (depart 12:00/return 18:00)
14:30 Rugby v Stowe: U14 A, B, C & D (away) (depart 12:20)
15:00 Boys’ Hockey v Bancroft: U15B (home)
Sunday 13 February
All day Technical Rehearsals for ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
Monday 14 February
All day Dress Rehearsal for ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
16:00 Netball v St Augustine’s: U14A & B (away) (depart 15:00)
17:15 Boarders’ Council Meeting (Waiting Room)
Tuesday 15 February
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Chigwell: U15A (home)
16:30 Netball v Aldenham: U14B, Senior 2nd (home)
19:30 Performance of ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
Wednesday 16 February
08:30 Chapel: The School Motto
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Chigwell: 1st XI (home)
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Chigwell: 2nd XI (away) (depart 13:00)
15:30 Netball v Mill Hill County: Senior 1st (away) (depart 14:45)
19:30 Performance of ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
Thursday 17 February
08:30 Chapel: The School Motto
14:30 Cross Country: Radley XC Relays: Junior, Intermediate and Senior Boys’ (Radley College) (depart 12:30/return 18:00)
18:00 Boarders’ Cinema Trip (Finchley Vue)
16:30 Fives v Berkhamsted: U14 & U15 (away) (depart 15:15)
19:30 Performance of ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
Friday 18 February
08:30 Chapel: The School Motto
16:00 Boys Hockey v Old Boys: 1st XI (home)
17:00 HALF TERM BEGINS
19:30 Performance of ‘Oklahoma’ (The Large)
Sunday 20 February
Serre Chevalier Ski trip departs
Fives: William Cup at Eton
Saturday 26 February
Serre Chevalier Ski trip returns
Monday 28 February
SCHOOL RESTARTS
AS LEVEL MOCK EXAMINATIONS BEGIN
All Week Belmont rehearsals and performances of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (Patrick Troughton Theatre)
12:45 Games Committee Meeting (Waiting Room)
Tuesday 1 March
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Harrow: U15A (home)
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Harrow: U15B (away) (depart 13:15)
14:30 Fives v St Olaves: (away) (depart 13:00)
16:15 Boarders’ Housemasters’/Housemistresses’ Meeting (Crick Room)
17:15 Housemasters’/Housemistresses’ Meeting (Crick Room)
Wednesday 2 March
am 5th Form Additional Science Structured Exams for Separate Science Students
08:30 Chapel: School House
13:00 Academic Heads’ Meeting (M4)
14:00 Senior Inter House Netball
14:00 Boys’ Hockey v Watford Grammar: 1st XI (home)
14:30 Boys’ Hockey v Watford Grammar: 2nd XI (away) (depart 13:15)
15:00 Boys’ Hockey v Watford Grammar: U16 (home)
18:30 Sir James Murray Lecture: Dr Mark Glancy: ‘But is it accurate?’ Historical Films and the Use of the Past as Entertainment’ (Jubilee Hall, Belmont) CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS
19:00-21:00 Belmont Year 8 Performance of ‘Pride & Prejudice’(Patrick Troughton Theatre)
Thursday 3 March
am 5th Form Additional Science Multiple Choice Exams for Separate Science Students
08:30 Chapel: School House
12:40-13:40 Sports Team Photos (Top Terrace)
13:00 Pupil Charity Committee Meeting (RS1)
14:30 Fives v Highgate: U14 & U15 (away) (depart 13:30)
15:00-17:30 5th Form and Removes Lecture on Cambridge University Admissions (Mill Hill County)
19:00-21:00 Belmont Year 8 Performance of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (Patrick Troughton Theatre)
Friday 4 March
am Core Science Modules for Remove and 5th Form retakes
08:30 Chapel: School House
12:40 Challenge Lecture (Music Recital Hall)
12:40 General Knowledge Competition (Phy 1): Final
19:00-21:00 Belmont Year 8 Performance of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (Patrick Troughton Theatre)
Saturday 5 March
14:00 Boys’ Hockey v Harrow: 1st XI (home)
14:00 Boys’ Hockey v Harrow: 2nd XI (awsy) (depart 12:45)
14:30 Netball v Haileybury: All teams (away) (depart 13:10)
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