Personal Achievements

Many Redland High girls achieve great things whilst away from school and we feel it is important to celebrate their success.

Congratulations to:

Ella Kipling (Year 4) who was awarded a bronze medal for Tap Dancing at the Weston Super Mare Arts Festival.

Halina Barton (Foundation) who has achieved her Grade 7 badge in Gymnastics.

Tegan Iles (Year 2) who has earned her 25m swimming badge.

Bethany O'Brien (Year 4) who won 1st 2nd and 3rd place rosettes and a cup for 'Child Handler' at the Ferrets United 2010 show. (Pictured right)

Grace Goodwin (Lower Foundation) who was awarded a „Duckling‟ swimming award for successfully completing her Grade 4 swimming badge.

Halina Barton (Upper Foundation) who has received her first badge (Level 8) in Gymnastics.

Emily Finnimore (Year 4) who achieved the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance examination Grade 1:Tap.

Lucy Griffin and Rebecca Lemon (Year 5) who were both awarded the U12 Certificate of Achievement by Almondsbury Ladies'Netball Club for contribution to the Club.

Rebecca Lemon (Year 5) who achieved Grade 1 Piano and passed with a Merit.

Roisin Craney (Year 5) who passed her Grade 1 Violin examination with a Merit.

Claudia Spice (Year 2) who successfully completed badges 6, 7 and 8, BAGA Gymnastics. Claudia also completed her 25m and 50m swimming badges, gaining ‘Octopus One' and is also working on Level 4 in her swimming.

Siobhan Diffin (Year 12) who competed in The Bristol Dance Eisteddfod. This festival is a qualifying heat for the South-West semi-final of The All England Dance Competition to be held in June 2011. Siobhan did extremely well in the competition. She gained first place gold medals for her solo Ballet, Greek, Song and Dance, Character and Improvisation dances along with a bronze medal for her Modern; all her solo dances were awarded qualifying marks for entrance into The All England competition.

Siobhan also competed with her friends in the Classical and Cabaret Trio sections and in the Cabaret Duetsection all three dances were awarded first place gold medals and also qualified for The All England. As a member of The Adele Stitch School of Dance, she also took part in the group classical and cabaret dance sections, they gained second place in each section.

After an exhausting week, Siobhan came home with 8 gold medals and 8 trophies including the trophy for the adjudicators choice of 'The Most Promising Dancer' of the competition. She is pictured left with all her medals and trophies.

Danielle Neale (Year 12) on raising £94.90 for Cancer Research UK. Danielle volunteers at a local Cancer Research Charity shop in her spare time and sold badges in School and asked for donations to a collection from fellow Redland High pupils and staff on the last day of the Spring Term

Abigail and Hannah Ehrlich who were both awarded their 50m swimming certificates.

Ellie Naraidoo who achieved Grade 1 Violin with a Merit.

Nikita Iles who achieved Grade 1 Violin.

Rebecca Lemon who, as a member of the Almondsbury Netball Club, was a ‘Ball Girl' at the Netball Superleague event on Saturday 10 April between Team Bath and Leeds Carnegie.

Siobhan Clabour (Year 6) who was awarded 3rd Prize for her Violin Solo, with a Merit, at the Worksop Music and Drama Festival. Well done, Siobhan.

Ita Honor (Year 4) who won three 1st Place medals at an ice dancing competition recently. Ita also received a medal for running the Sport Relief Mile. Well done, Ita.

Pippa Morgan (Year 5) who was awarded three certificates with 'Distinction' at the Thornbury Arts Festival Eisteddfod 2010 for: Verse Speaking 10 and 11 Years, Solo Acting 11 Years and Under and Reading Aloud 11 Years and Under. Pippa was also awarded an overall cup for her Speech & Drama. Well done, Pippa!

Flora Jetha, (Year 9) who won 1st prize in the Bristol Eistedffodd in junior singing. She won the Fiona Hunt trophy singing ‘I have confidence' from ‘The Sound of Music'.

Lucy Beard (Year 5) who won medals at the Highbridge Festival. Lucy gained a Silver medal for playing ‘Singing in the Rain' on her cornet and a Bronze medal for playing ‘African Dance' on the piano. Well done, Lucy!

Ellie Wallace (Year 6) who came third in the Girls' 50 metre Butterfly race and fourth in the Girls' 200 metre Butterfly race at the Somerset ASA Swimming Championships.

Pippa Morgan (Year 5) who took part in the Highbridge Festival of Arts and gained three 1st Medals with 'Distinction' for: Under 11 Poem Reading, Under 11 Dramatic Solo and Under 11 Prose Reading. Well done, Pippa.

Sophie Crane (Year 8) who has been chosen to be a FIFA flag bearer at an England match during the Football World Cup on Wednesday 23rd June.

Ella Kipling (Year 4) who over half term won 1st prize at the Kingswood Eisteddfod for tap dancing. Ella also recently gained a distinction for Grade 2 Ballet and a high merit for Grade 3 Tap. Very well done, Ella.

Emily Burgess (Year 2) who swam a width of Badminton Pool without touching the bottom! Brilliant, Emily.

Hannah Pike (Year 2) for achieving her 5 metre Swimming Award and her Stage 2 Swimming Award. Well done, Hannah.

Ellie Wallace (Year 6) who runs for North Somerset Cross Country Team and came first at their fixture in February, 3rd in December and 2nd in November, with approximately 50 runners in each race. Ellie also came 7th out of 39 at the South West Schools' Biathlon in January. Well done, Ellie.

Alice Doran and Rebecca Lemon (Years 6 and 5) who were ‘highly commended' for the way they performed during their hockey match for Clifton Ladies at the weekend. Well done, girls.

Grace Hillier (Year 2) for passing her Stage 4 Swimming Award, Saskia Morris (Year 1) who reached the required level to be awarded Grade 1 ‘Mon' in Judo, and Isabella Stone (Year 5) for passing her Grade 1 Violin with a Merit. Well done girls.

Ita Honor (Year 4) who is a member of the Caroline McManus School of Irish Dancing and was awarded a trophy for gaining 1st place in the ‘Slip Jig' Championship. Well done, Ita!

Madeleine Morrow  (Upper Foundation) pictured left who swam 10m in her swimming lessons. She brought in her certificate to show the class.

Philippa Morgan for passing her LAMDA Level 1 in Performance Award - Grade 2 Acting Solo, with a Distinction.

Hattie Pullin who passed her Imperial Classical Ballet Primary examination with an ‘A'.

Saskia Morris who has passed her Judo grading test with the grade of 1Mon.

Beth O'Brien whose ferret ‘Cleo' has won an award at the Bristol Ferret Club Christmas Show for ‘Best Veteran' as it is the grand old age of 8!

Pippa Morgan  who, after reading ‘War Horse' by Michael Morpurgo, was so captivated with the story she decided to write to Michael Morpurgo himself and thank him for writing such a brilliant book. She was very surprised and thrilled when Michael Morpurgo replied to her letter. She received a hand written post card from him saying how pleased he was that she enjoyed the book and inviting Pippa and her family to come along to his concert called ‘The Best Christmas Present in the World' at St George's, Brandon Hill, on the 11 December. Well done Pippa.

Ella Bamford (Year 10) who recently competed in the British Gas National Synchronised Swimming Championships in Gloucester. Ella was part of the 13/14 Age Group team (10 swimmers in the team) and came 1st overall. In her section there were 4 teams competing. Ella has spent a tremendous amount of time training for this event so she is very pleased to get 1st position. She is looking forward to bringing in a DVD of her team swimming to share with her Redland High friends.

Siobhan Diffin (Year 12) has had a busy start to the term. In September she was selected to play the role of Neve in a promotional filmtrailer directed by Lawrence Gough for The Drought, an ecological action horror set in a terrifying post-apocalyptic world where water is highly in demand.

 

Then in October, Siobhan and five of her friends from The Adele Stitch School of Dance competed in the final of Clevedon's Got Talent. The girls performed two contrasting en pointe dances, the first was a classical ballet and the second a ballet in modern style to two Beatles songs. The judges were unanimous in their decision of awarding the girls the winner's trophy and first prize of £100 (Siobhan is pictured on the left along with her friends and dance teachers, Adele Stitch and Elise Ball).

Over the half term Siobhan competed in the Longwell Green Dance Eisteddfod. She danced six solos in Ballet, Modern, Lyrical Modern, Song and Dance, Greek and Choreographic and won all six classes. In all she came home with eight gold medals and seven winner's trophies from the competition.

Hettie Feiler (Year 10) who played clarinet in the Royal Albert Hall recently! She took part in the Music for Youth Schools' Prom as a member of Bristol Creative Orchestra with special guests. They played a piece called "Pyramids over Bristol" which was composed by the orchestra during a week's workshop with Remix at the Colston Hall in May this year. It was an wonderful experience for Hettie and she hopes the group will be invited again!

Katherine Ware (Year 11) who, with eleven girls from Yatton Junior Netball Club, had the exciting job of being Ball Girl for the England Netball Team. England were playing New Zealand, who are currently number two in the world, at Bath University.

Pictured are the girls from Yatton's Under 16 Squad with Katherine pictured front left. Thank you to Heather Hayward for the picture - click for her full match report.

It really was a night to remember and all the girls said that it was one of the best days of their lives!

Amy Kennedy (Year 10) for making the U16 County Netball Squad. We wish her every success with her training.

Lily Huang (Year 6) for passing her Grade 2 Classical Ballet Examination with a Distinction.

Amy McCutcheon (Year 12) who performed in Godspell with the Bristol based Hope Theatre Group at the Edinburgh Fringe. The performance received a 5 star review which is a great achievement but in addition they performed to a good-sized appreciative audience every performance. Click to read the review in the Edinburgh Guide.

Zoe Harrill-Davis (Year 8) who achieved a merit in her Grade 4 Associated Board Piano exam.

Olivia Robertson (Year 9) who represented her Pony Club in a regional Dressage competition held at Romsey in Hampshire and despite fierce high level competition, and it being her first event at that level, was placed 9^th out of 30, riding her new pony Ashfield Sparrow Hawk.

Olivia also recently won another Dressage competition at Sidcot school and came first in one Show Jumping class and then first and second in the Pairs' Jumping class which she did with two different partners.

Olivia is hoping her hard work this Summer will pay off as she enters her first One Day Event at Leyland Court on Sunday 19 September, where she will have to carry out all three disciplines, Cross Country, Show Jumping and Dressage - good luck Olivia!

Ashley Scott who came runner up in the South West Region Sea Cadets 'Topper' dinghy races in Portsmouth Harbour in gale-force winds! Ashley followed this success by qualifying for RYA Power Boat 2 which will enable her to join the safety boat crews for racing and training.

All last year's Year 1 ballerinas who all passed their Primary ballet examinations.

Lucy Beard for taking part in the Quest Seekers' Summer Reading Challenge.

Ellie Naraidoo who achieved Stage 5 National Plan Award for swimming and also her 800m swimming certificate.

Scarlett Naraidoo who achieved Stage 3 National Plan Award for swimming and her 200m swimming certificate.

Jessie Belcher who passed Grade 2 Violin with Merit.

Chloe Beresford who passed Grade 4 Flute.

Emma Bewley who passed Grade 3 Violin.

Sasha Bull who passed Grade 2 Violin.

Molly Cheesley who passed Grade 3 Piano.

Siobhan Clabour who passed Grade 2 Violin with Merit.

Tilly Guthrie who passed Grade 3 Violin with Merit,

Rosalind Russell who passed Grade 5 singing with Distinction.

Grace Spaven who passed Grade 2 Violin.

Charlotte Sumpter who passed Grade 3 Flute with Merit.

Georgie Stone (Year 7) who took part over the Summerin abike ridefrom Bristol to London (120 miles + 4 miles to the starting point) on behalf of the charity, Action Medical Research, along with her dad and older sister, Emma.Georgie, aged 11, was the youngest person to cycle it and is quite rightly proud of the medal she received upon completion.

Zoë Spencer-Small (Year 13) who completed the Dodentocht or Death March. This is a 100km marching walk (although some do run it!) which has to be completed within 24 hours (a tough achievement, hence the name). It is an annual event which was celebrating its 40^th anniversary this year and which attracted almost 10,800 hikers, aged 16-80 from all over Europe. The route starts and ends in Bornem, Belgium and runs through the provinces of Antwerp, East Flanders and Flemish Brabant.

This was Zoë's second year and was particularly hard as temperatures topped 32 degrees in the middle of the day and did not drop below the low 20s even at night. This was reflected in the numbers who did not complete the course (41%). Zoe was particularly pleased not to have a single blister at the end of the march although she did have to be treated for dehydration at 66kms and for a bad nose bleed 3kms from the end. Despite these setbacks, she still made it with an hour to spare, finishing in exactly 23 hours.

Siobhan Diffin (Year 11) who has been selected from over 500 hopefuls to appear in a charity production of Alice in Wonderland at the Bristol Hippodrome in August.

Siobhan has also had a lot of success at two recent dance eisteddfods. In February 09 she competed at the Kingswood Eisteddfod dancing 6 solos, 2 duets and 2 trios. From these she won a total of 8 gold and 2 silver medals. She was also awarded a total of 8 trophies including 'The Fishponds Rotary Trophy' for the Highest Mark in the Dance Section for her Modern solo dance.

In March Siobhan competed at the Highbridge Festival of the Arts. She again won 8 gold and 2 silver medals. No trophies are presented here but she did gain the highest mark in the dance section of the competition for both her Modern and Song and Dance solos.

Siobhan is pictured left with her medals and trophies from the Kingswood Eisteddfod - a lot of polishing to be maintained! Congratulations Siobhan!

Briony Blenman (Year 6) who took part in the 'Gloucester County Blocks' swimming competition at the weekend and came home with three medals: for 4th in the 50m Front Crawl, 6th in the Individual Medley and 8th in the 200m Breast Stroke. Well done Briony!

Jasmine Varrasso (Year 6) who achieved the British Gymnastics proficiency award Level 4 at Baskerville's School of Gymnastics. Well done Jasmine.

Ellen Chancellor (Year 1) who has been chosen as one of the five runners up for the Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity Pound a Poem competition 2008/09! Her poem was 'I love school jackets' and attracted some wonderful comments from the competition's chief judge Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

Briony Blenman (Year 6) who was awarded a Certificate of Achievement by the Bristol Hippodrome as a member of the Choir for Bill Kenwright's performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Well done Briony. Read about Briony's experience here:

"The first performance I did of Joseph at the Bristol Hippodrome was on the 13 January and ended on the 18 January. I did eight performances and they all turned out great. There were two teams and we split the performances up so that we didn't have to do as many. I was in the Blue team and there were about 50 of us singing in each choir. We didn't just sing, we had to learn a lot of hand jives and dance moves. We didn't get paid but we got the whole cast's autographs and they let us keep the t-shirt that we wore and a programme and it was about the experience. We had to wear blue denim jeans, jazz shoes and a Joseph t-shirt. It was a really good experience and it was really fun".

Seonaid Dick (Year 10) who did very well in swimming this season - winning 2 medals at the Bristol Henleaze Swimming Club championships - a bronze for 100m breast stroke - in 1.36.21 and a silver for 50m breast stroke in 42.81 seconds.

Pippa Morgan (Year 4) who came second out of 40 entrants in the regional heat of the BBC 'Off By Heart' poetry recital 2009. Pippa spent the day in workshops with the poet James Carter at the Central Library in Bath before taking part in the competition. The poem she chose to recite was 'The Pig' by Roald Dahl. She did really well and we are very proud of her.

Rachel Brierley-Ambrose and Rebekah Coates (Year 8) who played for Avon U14 hockey team in a recent triangular tournament against Gloucestershire (drew 1-1) and Somerset (won 3-0). Both played well with Rachel scoring 2 goals in the win over Somerset.

Imogen Forster for gaining her Stage 5 Horse Riding Certificate. Well done Imogen.

Isabella Bentley (Year 7) pictured left and Yvonne Bentley (Year 4) pictured right, who took part in a Youth Climbing Competition at the Undercover Rock, St Werburgh's, Bristol. The competition was open to male and female climbers from all over the country.

There were approximately 20 climbers in each age category and Isabella came 3rd in the 10-12 age category (1st girl) and Yvonne, pictured right, came 3rd in the 7-9 age category (2nd girl) - a great achievement especially as it was the first time they had competed.

Rebecca Atkinson, Isabella Naughton and Kathryn Saunders who have all reached the First Level of Judo.

Briony Blenman (Year 6) for gaining 1st place in the 50m Backstroke and the 50m Breast Stroke at her Swimming Club Championships.

Rosalind Russell (Year 10) who auditioned for the Bristol Cathedral Girls' Choir and was accepted. Rosalind can be heard with her peers at the Cathedral's evensong on Thursdays and sometimes services on Sundays. Thanks go to Old Redland High girl Katy Moe who was until recently the Head Chorister before she went to Oxford University, and pressed Rosalind to audition.

Scarlett Naraidoo, Jemma Maggs and Sacha Dollin (all Upper Foundation) for achieving their Rainbow Swimming 5 metres Award.

Miss Amy Smith (Year 5 Class Teacher and Swimming Teacher) for passing her National Life Saving Qualification after a huge amount of training and Sunday evening courses.

Madeleine Wilkie (Year 7) who received a certificate of merit from Young Writers' for a piece of creative writing.The piece was also chosen for publication in "The Adventure Starts Here - Bristol".

Anastasja Laurie (Year 7) who won third place in the Bristol Guild Art Competition.

Katie Hayward, Sophie Roe, Jazmin Coles, Rebekah Coates, (all Year 8) Amy Kennedy and Anna Manley (both Year 9) who were selected at the U14 Netball trials to attend Satellite Training sessions.

Ellie Kitcatt, Gaby Hayward (both Year 11) and Jessica Michie, Evie Tanner and Kelly Sessions (all Year 10) who have been selected to attend U16 County Netball sessions. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish the girls every success.

Maryam Tomerak and Maisie Bennett (Upper Foundation) for achieving their Rainbow Swimming 10 metres award and to Saskia Morris (Upper Foundation) for achieving her Rainbow Swimming 5 metres award.

Molly Lockhart (Year 4) who took part in a two mile run at the weekend called the 'Marshfield Mini Mudlark' and came second.

Briony Blenman and Amelia Dore (Year 6) who came 6th at the Bristol North Junior Open Meet 2008 for the Front Crawl Relay and 3rd in the Medley Relay, and to Briony who came 7th in the 50m Butterfly.

India Winter (Year 5) who is one of only four girls selected for the Avon Lawn Tennis Association U10 County Tennis Cup Training Squad.

Katherine Saunders and Charlotte Cooper (Year 3) who achieved a Merit in their Classical Ballet examination.

Katherine Knapp (Year 3) who achieved a Distinction in her Classical Ballet examination.

Ella Kipling (Year 3) who achieved a Distinction in her Classical Ballet examination and also passed her Modern Theatre Dance examination with a B.

Pippa Morgan and Darcie Coates (Year 4) who have been chosen from hundreds of children to appear on the children's television show TMi. They will be playing games, winning prizes - hopefully, meeting a mystery celebrity and probably being 'gunged'!

Helena Gardner (Year 12) has gained her British Gliding Association 'A Badge' awarded for acting as pilot-in-charge when flying a glider solo. The rigorous training ensured Helena could control the aircraft safely during normal flight, when thermalling close to other gliders, and in some aerobatic manoeuvres. She also had to demonstrate that she can deal with 'eventualities' including regaining control of the aircraft when it is spinning out of the sky, and choosing how to land safely when the tow cable breaks during takeoff.

Thanks to the efforts of the instructors at Cotswold Gliding Club, the training also satisfied the Duke of Edinburgh Award's skills section's requirements. At the end of the season, Helena had so impressed the club that they awarded her the Akehurst Cup for best junior pilot.

Next year she wants to learn cross-country flying skills including navigation across England and Wales, how to safely 'land out' in fields, and how to drive a car.