Rhubarb October 2022

16. Award-winning poet, playwright, theatre maker, performer, librettist and academic, Dr Rommi Smith, speaks at the opening of Changing the Story: Photographs of British Life in Black and White (1917-1962) her curated exhibition at The NorthWall. 17. Louis Parr and Zayn Tate perform during the Battle of the Bands. 18. St Edward’s pupils took part in the National Theatre’s annual, nationwide youth theatre festival, Connections, at The North Wall.The OX2 Collective – St Edward’s pupils in partnership with The NorthWall and the wider community – performed The Ramayana Reset , written by Ayeesha Menon. 19. Pupils make the #BreaktheBias pose on International Women’s Day, during events to markWomen’s History Month in March. 20. Lexi Garman on the football pitch in the Spring Term. 21. It was announced that Clare Hamilton would succeed Tony Darby as Sub-Warden in September 2022 when Tony took up the role as Founding Principal of Rugby School in Japan. Clare is the first female Sub-Warden in the School’s history. 22. Nic Bond was appointed as the new Director of Sport and is pictured with sports prefects Connie Jones and Josh Brangan. 23. The U14A netball team with Becky Drury during the Spring Term. 24. Annabel Todd performs during the Spring Term’s Dance Show, which featured over 120 dancers. 25. The Brass Band performs during the Bands and Orchestral Concert during the Spring Term in the Olivier Hall. 26. Oxford’s a capella group, Out of the Blue was our headliner in April in the Olivier Hall. 27. Amour Jung, AdrianeYeung, Joseph Osei and Ohemaa Dompreh of the EDI Committee, who gave an informative and thoughtful presentation to staff to raise awareness on the issues surrounding the use of inappropriate language. 28. William Naylor and Rubin representing Teddies at the Bloxham Schools Eventer Challenge in February. 29. So successful has St Edward’s been in developing its dual IB/A Level Sixth Form programme that our Director of IB, Anna Fielding, was asked to present to all UK IB schools alongside one of the IB’s most senior administrators. 30. Segar’s HM, Simon Roche completed the Marathon Des Sables in March in the Sahara Desert and raised money for local charity The Gatehouse.With over 1,000 runners from all over the world he spent six days running over 156 miles, carrying his provisions in temperatures of up to 50°c. 31. Mathematics teacher and School Analyst Matthew Golesworthy completed his Oxford University doctorate in chemistry and his research on the quantum compass of bird migration was published in Nature . 32. Charlotte Baker performs Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light Requiem with the St Edward’s Singers during the Spring Term.

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