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Quarterly newsletter of King Henry VIII School • Issue 03 • Spring 2014

IN ThIs Issue…

If you go down to the woods today:
Manor Adventure highlights .............03
Mud, sweat and tears: The Relay
Race 2014 ............................................06
Pitch perfect: musical highlights of the
term .....................................................10
Brains, trains and automobiles: how
do our students get to school? A frst
look at the Transport Survey results
Netballers thrilled on the back page.

with National Final success

The U16 Netball team joined Streetly The tense fnals were held at Whitby High From the
Academy in representing the West Midlands School in Ellesmere Port. There were no easy
at the National Finals on 15th March. Both matches on ofer as every team present headmaster
teams performed exceptionally well and can had already won through gruelling Regional
proudly count themselves amongst the top Finals to be there. The girls were unlucky to
twenty teams in the entire country. Despite face the eventual silver medallists in their
having to fght against hail, driving winds and frst match and sufered a loss in this game.
torrential rain in earlier rounds, the girls won However, next up was a tense 8-8 draw
through to the prestigious fnals in fne style. against Portsmouth Grammar School which
settled the girls’ nerves. The team competed
brilliantly in seven further matches. The
team won convincingly 10-2 against
Newcastle Central High School and also beat
Derbyshire’s renowned Repton School in a
close game with the fnal score being 10-8 in
our favour. A draw and three further losses School is an exciting place to be at the
completed the day’s action and the girls were minute with lots of high-profle activities
able to head back to Coventry proud of their taking place. ‘Stand out’ achievements
achievements. must include our U16 Netball team who
now count themselves amongst the top
The U16 netball team is therefore ranked handful of teams in the country with
11th in the country and will build on this their place in the National Finals. We
excellent performance in the coming are all looking forward to the ambitious
years. The Headmaster enjoyed performance project that will be our
watching the fnals alongside our Great War Centenary Concert that should
brilliantly supportive parents and bring together the collective talents of
he commented,’ we are incredibly dancers and musicians
proud that our girls are amongst the in what promises to be a
very best in the country. They competed memorable event. The huge
with a magnifcent attitude throughout all range of extra-curricular
the stages of the competition. As our school events in no way detracts
celebrates 40 years of co-education next from the hard work being
year, we are thrilled to see our girls’ teams undertaken within lessons.
performing at the highest level in netball,
hockey, cross-country and even rugby.’ Continued on page 2…