MORE than 300 students, guests and staff gathered at Queen Elizabeth’s Barnfield Campus on Wednesday, January 11, to enjoy the Academy’s annual Celebration Evening - an event held to celebrate the wonderful successes that some of the devoted students have achieved throughout the academic year of 2015 – 2016.

QE believes in nurturing and recognising success, not only in terms of academic achievement, but also for students’ valued contributions to school life, for community involvement and for participation in a wide range of co-curricular activities.

A total of 170 awards, within 13 categories were presented to delighted students throughout Year 7 - Year 13.

This meant that the school welcomed back a few faces from last year’s Year 13, some of whom have started careers or studies at their chosen universities.

The guest speaker was Chris Jones, a former pupil who gave a wonderful speech on life “beyond QE”.

The evening also saw a classical performance of “Allegro from Sonata No.1” by students Megan Phillips and Sam Hatchell, and a highly anticipated extract from QE’s Theatre Academy’s upcoming production of “West Side Story”.

Gareth Twigg, a parent of one of QE’s award winning students, said: “Thank you for a really great and inspiring evening.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Peter Bryan, a Queen Elizabeth’s Educational Foundation trustee, said: “The evening was very enjoyable, thanks to all involved, particularly the students themselves.”

The Educational Foundation donated the prizes for the Evening of Celebration.

Rupert Poole, principal, said: “A fantastic night was had by all! Well done to all of the nominated students for their wonderful contributions, achievements and successes throughout the school and wider community.”

Results:

Maths Awards presented by Julie Clawson and John Wright went to: James Case, Tom Gregory, Michael Lambourne, Stella Schaap, Lewis Vinnicombe, Holly Manning, Seth Wood, Erin Miller, Matthew Goodman, Cerys Jones, Sam Hatchell, Jorden Crang, Dillon O’Connor and Molly McCarthy.

English Awards presented by Vicky Bond and Simone Jarvis went to: Oliver Chatterton, Jessica Cormack, Albert Webb, Felicity Harland, Matthew Weeks, Ruaridh Lee, Maddy Jones, Charlie Jarvis, Phillip Sharp, Billy Stone, Bailey Vodden, Dylan Bilyard, Maya Richards, Maddie Millett, Seth Wood, Robert Lancaster, Aphra Beart-Albrecht, Maddie Reeday, Matthew Hunt, Maxwell O’Reilly, Connar Burwood, Ryan Hammond, Jade Fletcher, Gabriel Costello and Tillie Clark.

The Library Award presented by Robert Logan for being an avid reader, for supporting and helping as an all-round advocate for the QE Libraries went to Brittany Willis.

The ICT Awards, presented by Mark Hill, went to James Boyle, Joseph Addisson, James Lambourne, Seth Wood, Kaitlyn Scott and Sam Ashworth.

Humanities Awards, presented by Mark Baptist and Clemmie Noble, went to: Abigail Tremlett, Tristan Rickard, Kirsty Simpson, Matthew Ward, Anna McLoughlin, Jacob Prismall, Ethan Snell, Anna Kersey, Reuben Taylor, Hattie Collins, Kiri Ley, Lauren Curry, Ria Little, Tillie Clark, Alex Gilbert, Aggie Barker, Weronika Kwak, Saoirse Healey and Lucy Calvert.

Science Awards, presented by Amal Ghusain and Samantha Whitehead, went to: Isobel Kugele, Lewis Vinnacombe, Sophie Robinson, Cerys Jones, Aphra Beart-Albrecht, Miriam Al-Sadoon, Dylan Dudley, Cain Sharples, Jade Fletcher, James Rice, Reuben Taylor, Molly McCarthy, John Gray, Chloe Karea and Liam Grant.

Technology Awards, presented by Phil Chudley and Sue Vanden, went to Kara Newstead, James Boyle, Callum Yeandle, Amelie Vaccari, David Gray, Matthew Hunt, Owen Twigg, Josie Norton and Bracken Vanstone.

Modern Foreign Languages Awards, presented by Tori Albrighton and James Addy, went to: Nell Hodgson, Morgan Davey, Finley Parr, Daisy Lee-Parker, Antonia Woolley, Hepzibah Duckham, Josie Norton, Josie Crosby, Emily Wilson, Harry May, Elen Jones and Gabriel Costello.

PE Awards, presented by Colin Skinner and Vicky Williams, went to: Rowan Karkeek, Henry Howard, Madeline Squires, Luke Clifton, Jamie Dawe, Alex Moir, Lloyd Skinner and Cameron Reynolds.

Expressive Arts Awards, presented by Vicky Evans and Justine Morton, went to: Candela Ferrer Diaz, Callum Bailey, Xander Wheeler, Beau Pollard, Siobhan Willers, Morgan Wallace, Erin Miller, Zoe Burrow, Kiri Ley, Miriam Al-Sadoon, Estella Browne, Holly Thomas, Daniel Sved, Aphra Beart-Albrecht, Jessica Anez, Alana Marshall, Megan Phillips, Harriet Wood, Samantha Hall, Milly Bradley and Elen Jones.

Every Child Matters Pastoral Contributions and Achievements Awards, presented by Jo Edwards and Paul Collyer, went to: Liam Wilson, Rosie Martin, Elliot Ford, Nell Hodgson, Archie Collins, Lily Kitchen, Sophie Cox, Victoria Cordwent, Nathan Karea, Sophie Robinson, Sophie Brockway, Jazmine Reilly, Matthew Cooke, Francesca Short, Isaac Crawford Leighton, Stanley Kitchen, Lauren Curry, Luca Vaccari, Tyler Ware, Simeon Taylor, Molly McCarthy and Kai Chung.

Highest Academic Achievements Awards, presented by Rupert Poole, went to: Kiri Ley, Tom Williams, Tillie Clark and John Gray.

Special Achievements Awards, presented by Rupert Poole and Paula Smith, went to: Libby McBride - Daphne Cartwright Award for Art (Co-presented by Chris Jones); Outdoor Education Team Award – Ten Tors 45 Mile Team: Peter Boyle, Tom Cornwall, James Hudson, Thomas Mann, Brooklynne Taylor and Nathan Townsend.

Jackson Tasker Cup for Design and Technology - Niall Davies-Hale, O B Rigby Award for Duke of Edinburgh Achievement - Billy Churchill, Old Scholars Cup for Oral English - Megan Hamm-Cole, Edith Dart Award for English Literature - Weronika Kwak, Arthur Hall Award for Graphics - Hayley Law, Miss E J Prebble Award for Philosophy and Ethics - Tom Sansom,?Jean Grinney Award for Care and Compassion - Brittany Willis, Long Service Award - Justine Morton.

Alan Quick