Kineton High School

Kineton High School held its annual awards evening on Thursday 29^th March 2012.  The ceremony celebrated the outstanding achievements of students in Years 11,12 and 13 for the last academic year 2010/11 and truly encapsulated the strong spirit of the school.

Mr David Moorcroft OBE honoured the ceremony as guest speaker.  Mr Moorcroft presented the awards and inspired the assembled company with words on the Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship, and with his stories emphasising the importance of ambition, determination and achievement for us all.

As well as awards that recognised achievement in individual subjects and tutor groups there were a number of special awards made to students including:

Special Awards

The Diana Award: Ashley Arman, Leyla Buran, Sarah Davies, Callum Graham, George Guice and Robert Lilley were honoured with The Diana Award in the Summer Term 2011.

The Ambassador Award: William Allan – British Schools’ Champion representing the Kineton Shooting Team

Year 11

Greatest Progress:  Harry Bevington, Laura Dobson and Max Hammond

Highest Achievement:  Caroline Ankrett and Louie Hodgson

David Smalley Award (for drama): Natalie Milligan

Head of Year Award: Alexander Marney

Michael J Badger Prize (for tenacity and self-belief): Patan Franklin

Hockey Cup:  Rebecca Atkins

Arne Suggett Cup for Rugby:  Daniel Hope

Houston Cup for Cricket:  Alexander Marney

Year 12

Greatest Progress:  Natasha Phillips and James Woodward

Highest Achievement:  Naomi Bradford and Benjamin Davenport

Head of Year Award:  Oliver Lloyd

Year 13

Greatest Progress:  George Guice and Lorna Hobart

Highest Achievement:  Leanne Ong and Richard Spencer

Head of Year Award:  Callum Graham

Michael J Badger Prize:  Abigail Smalley

Service to the School Award: Rachel Wyles

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The Year 11 Group Photo should be ordered directly from the photographer Gillman & Soame.  Students have received a pack and the photo can be ordered online or by post.  The orders should be placed by 10th May. 

www.gillmanandsoame.co.uk

Payments for the Year 11 Prom are due today, 30th March 2012.

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Former pupil Will Beck who now stars in the BBC series Casualty is raising money for the Lymphona Association by running the London Marathon this year.

Will has contacted school to ask if we can support his run.

Anyone interested in supporting Will and the rest of team lymphona should visit http://www.lymphomas.org.uk/get-involved/events/london-marathon where you can find out more information and/or make a donation.

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