Head Master's Notices

The majority of the Fifth Form have been back in this week, after a few days off after their exams, and seem to have enjoyed their post-GCSE Life Skills courses. The pictures from the Jurassic Adventure and the Jolie Brise have highlighted the extraordinary weather that we have all been enjoying. Meanwhile, the Third Form have been preparing for their Ball this evening, as they get ready to say goodbye to the Lower School and their current houses in time for September.

The last Saturday of the summer sees fixtures against Bryanston, Wiltshire U18 Tennis and King Edward VI School, Southampton. In addition, boys’ and girls' tennis teams will be taking part in our internal Davis Cup and I would like to wish the best of luck to our Lower Sixth pupils taking on the Brecons Challenge on Sunday.

The Summer Art Exhibition opens on Monday at 17:30, and we have two excellent drama productions taking place throughout next week, with further details below.

I do hope that all of our pupils enjoy their final week of school before a well-deserved Summer break and I look forward to seeing many of you at Speech Day and Prize Giving.

Whole School Notices and Reminders

Mercers' Lecture Programme 2018/2019

Booking for the Autumn lectures of our new Mercers' lecture series is now open. Please click here to view the full programme and to book your seats.

Many thanks again for the suggestions and contacts for our speakers, we have a diverse range this year covering adventure, history, space flight, journalism and sport.

Thanks for your support
Jo Sagers, Registrar

A big thank you....

A very big thank you to all those who contributed to the Romania Auction evening last Saturday. We raised just over £8,000 for Nightingales Children’s Project via the Bond-themed event.

Drama Productions

There some tickets still available for the Wednesday production of 'Once' next week, and a handful left for the Thursday showing.

A Reminder of timings for the shows next week:

'Once'

On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 19:30
On Wednesday at 16:30

'And then there were none'

On Tuesday and Thursday at 16:30
On Wednesday at 19:30

DSPA

*Reminder* Third Form Manor Ball Parents Pot Luck Supper

Tonight 18:30 - 21:30 in the Pavilion

While the children enjoy the ball, we can socialise over a plate of food and a drink. Please all bring a dish of food and your own drink.'

In order to help cater can you please RSVP to Simone Davis Wilmot: davissimone@hotmail.com

Once

The DSPA will be running a bar and selling food and snacks each night. The plan is to serve from the Memorial hall foyer and there will be tables and chairs set up in the hall at the back of the stage to enjoy your meal. Great Irish atmosphere promised. Please pre-order Irish loaded baked potatoes with a variety of fillings served as a platter with desert options. Vegetarian options available. Orders taken here with PayPal payment only. Remember that the interval is only 20 minutes so having your food and drinks ready for you will save a lot of time and help us plan.

Food and drink pre-bookings for Monday and Tuesday will close on Sunday evening, and bookings for Thursday will close on Wednesday morning 8:00.

We will need helpers to serve the drinks and food. Please sign up here for short one hour shifts. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Buying or Selling Prom dresses and DJ's for your children

A reminder that the DSPA run an adverting site to enable you to purchase or sell your children’s virtually new, grown out of prom dresses, DJ’s or suits. To look at what is available please follow this link.

For a small fee of £4.00 to the DSPA they will include your item on the school intranet for a period of four months. The idea is that the buyer and seller than liaise directly on each item. If interested in advertising an item please follow this link.

DSPA Helpers List.

We need your help to continue providing drinks and snacks at the various functions. Please sign up if you are able to help at the occasional function.Please sign up here.

DSPA Digital Noticeboard

Sharing opportunities from within the Dauntsey’s family. Have a look at what is on offer here.

Art School Notices

2018 Summer Art Exhibition
The Gallery at Dauntsey's

Opening Night: Monday 2 July, 17:30 - 20:30
3 - 6 July: 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday 7 July: 10:00 - 16:30

A Collaborative Exhibition celebrating creative talent and success! Featuring the work of GCSE and A Level students ALL WELCOME! RSVP: v.rose@dauntseys.wilts.sch.uk

Art in Motion - Prize Winners Exhibition
Messums Gallery Wiltshire, Thursday 5 July 15:00 - 17:00

We are thrilled that Messums Gallery Wiltshire have decided to showcase the work of all ten of our finalists from the Art in Motion Competition. Invitations will shortly follow for finalists and their families to attend. If you have any enquiries, please contact v.rose@dauntseys.org

Equestrian News

Huge congratulations to all those who competed at WWEC last weekend. We had all 4 teams qualifying for the championships.

*Reminder* Parents and Pupils Tennis Afternoon

Saturday 30 June, 13:30 - 16:30 on Astro 2.

Following on from the success of the Twilight sessions, Dauntsey’s tennis will be running a Parents and Pupils Tennis Afternoon on Saturday 30 June – open to anyone in First - Fourth Form, both boys and girls. Running alongside this will be tennis workshops for anyone in First - Fourth Form. Challenge the coaches and senior 1^st VI players.

Mouthguards

Fittings on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 July: Final chance to opt-out.

Your child will be taking part in Rugby or Hockey during the year and following the advice of the Rugby Football Union and Hockey Associations it is compulsory that all pupils participating in these sports should wear a mouthguard; we would highly recommend that this is fitted professionally.

Please find and read the relevant document below, written on behalf of Marcus Olsen, Director of Sport, giving details of the School Policy on the Wearing of Mouthguards.

Policy for First - Third Form pupils
Policy for Fourth Form - Lower Sixth pupils

Model United Nations

Final chance to sign up for the RS/History trip to Berlin in April 2019, and the Model United Nations trip to The Hague in November 2018. Both trips are open to current Third Form to Lower Sixth pupils. For full details, please email Julian Holland on j.holland@dauntseys.org.

Further details about what MUN is can be found here.

GCE and GCSE Examinations Results 2019

Examination results are published on:
Thursday, 16 August 2018 GCE and AS results
Thursday, 23 August 2018 GCSE results

Results will be e-mailed directly to students by 9.00 on these dates and will be available via parent portal from 11.00. Students should ensure that their password has been updated and also that there is sufficient space on their School email account to take delivery of the exam results email.

The Head Master will be available for consultation on both of these days.

The Exams Office will also be open and available to help with any questions or help you may require regarding results and post-results services.

Explanatory documentation and forms relating to post results services can be found on the school intranet under the examinations tab.
Bill Blumsom, Examinations Officer, e-mail: examsmanager@dauntseys.org

Lower School Notices and Reminders

Manor Matters

We were very pleased to welcome our new first form boarders for a sleepover last Saturday and the glorious weather allowed them the opportunity to enjoy our wonderful grounds at The Manor. For many of our visitors, the waterslide was the highlight of their stay, and we also enjoyed an hour on Poppy’s Field playing rounders; everyone went to bed sun-kissed and happy, and ready for New Pupils’ Day the following day.

This week we have been seeing lots of action on the waterslide and we also held our Annual Football Tournament on Tuesday. All of the Manorites were put into teams and it was great to see the whole house entering into the competitive spirit and fun – supper in the shade of the trees provided a welcome break and, after some fairly tense penalty shoot outs, ‘Real Madrid’ were crowned winners of the Cup, and ‘Benfica’ were winners of the plate.

Our third form pupils are very much looking forward to celebrating the end of their time in the Lower School tomorrow at the Third Form Ball – parents of third form pupils are very welcome to join us for pre-dinner drinks at The Manor from 18:30; the children will then go into dinner at 19:00.

Next week, we are going to watch the school production of ‘Once’ on Monday night, pupils are going to race in the Manor Dash on Tuesday and we are head off on our Surprise Trip on Thursday….hopefully some packing will be done too!
Anne Sampson, House Mistress.

Please do follow us on Twitter @ManorDauntseys to keep up to date.

*Reminder* Third Form Summer Ball

Friday 29 June, 18:30 - 21:30 at The Manor

Please find attached further information about the Third Form Ball.

Dauntsey's Summer Hockey Camp

20 - 22 August 2018

Please see attached flyer for details about a Summer Hockey Camp at Dauntsey's from 20 - 22 August. To book your spot, please visit our booking page here.

Summer Rugby Camp

13-15 August 2018

Please see the attached flyer for details about a Summer Rugby Camp that will be held at Dauntsey's from 13-15 August.