As we reach the end of very busy and exciting Autumn Term, may I thank you for your continued support for the school and for me personally. We have seen some fantastic achievements gained both individually and in departments over this term and the last few weeks have not disappointed.
I would personally like to congratulate Year 10 student, Kaitlin Lafferty, who has gained some outstanding achievements over the last few weeks. Kaitlin has recently become World Silver Medallist in tumbling, representing Great Britain in the Gymnastics World Age Group Tumbling Championships in Denmark. As well as this, Kaitlin was awarded with a Pride of Britain Sports Award for 'Young Achiever' which she received at a ceremony at Dorchester House, London at the end of November. The award was presented to her by Beth Tweddle and Iwan Thomas and she even got to meet her idol Lewis Smith! We are all incredibly proud of her achievements and I would like to wish her the best of luck for her future competitions.
The Perins' Rugby Program for the autumn term concluded in style with the annual KP Cup (Kings v Perins) which was hosted for the first time in Alresford on 6th December. It was a fantastic occasion which saw Kings edge to victory, however both teams played exceptional rugby and the Perins students should be incredibly proud of their achievements.
Year 9 student Jackson Hellewell writes a blog for BBC Wildlife Magazine as one of their Local Patch Reporters. Jackson has recently has been awarded with Highly Commended in the BBC Wildlife Magazine 2015 Bloggers Award for his contribution toward this blog. I would like to extend my congratulations to Jackson for his success with the blog and look forward to reading more about it in the future.
On Thursday 10th December a group of Year 9 and 10 rugby players went up to Twickenham to watch former Perins student Olivia Probert play in the Cambridge Women's Varsity Match. Olivia was Head Girl at Perins and left in 2012 to go to Peter Symonds College. She then gained a place at Downing College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences, and now in her second year at University plays for the University Team. It was the first ever Varsity Match to be played at Twickenham and proved to be particularly successful for Olivia's team, who won 52-0. The girls from Perins had a brilliant time watching the match and Olivia was extremely grateful for their support.
On 14th December Mr Fuccio and Mr Arthur took twelve students to the Hampshire Indoor Rowing Championships at Barton Peverill College and came back with some great successes. Holly Tomlinson was crowned as the Hampshire County Champion for the second year in a row and seven students beat their personal best scores. Holly will now represent Perins and Hampshire at the Nationals next year. I would like to congratulate all of the students for their achievements and wish Holly the best of luck for the Nationals.
The annual Perins Carol Concert took place on 15th December and was held at St. John's Church in Alresford. It was fantastic evening and amazing to see the church bursting at the seams with proud parents, community members and teachers of Perins School, coming to support the all of the students involved. The pupils put their heart and souls in to each performance and I would like to congratulate everyone involved, including the staff in the Creative Arts Department for their hard work putting on night to remember.
Last night saw the final school Christmas celebrations with the Christmas Cracker organised by the Year 7 & 8 drama club. The production of 'A Christmas Carol' was fantastically performed by all students who I know have been working incredibly hard this term to put on a performance to remember. It was excellent evening and perfect way to end the term.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope that you all enjoy the Christmas period and I look forward to seeing all students, staff and parents after the well-deserved break.
