Paige’s dark secret! It’s snow go again!


The meteorological start of Spring saw Sibford submerged in snow … for the second time in less than 12 weeks. The school was forced to close for 48 hours at the end of last term


following heavy snowfall … and we saw a repeat of the arctic conditions when the ‘beast from the east’ brought in further icy blasts. School closed early on Thursday 1 March to enable day pupils to get home safely and a ‘snow day’ was declared for Friday. Staff living locally joined house parents to ensure that the boarders were well cared for. Thankfully, a welcome thaw meant that we were up and running again as normal the following week.


When the Oscar- winning film, Darkest Hour, was released in the UK in January, Sibford School pupil, Paige, was finally able to share a secret. The 15-year-old had been selected to play a refugee in the movie. However, her contract kept her from speaking about it until the film had debuted in British Cinemas. “It was an amazing experience,” said Paige. “Having been selected at audition, I was invited to go to London for costume fitting, hair and make-up. This was so exciting and made me feel really professional. “We did the actual filming at an airbase near Bicester. I had to wake up at 5am and start filming at 6am so it was an exhausting day but thoroughly enjoyable, even if it did involve a lot of takes and patience to film our scene.”


Top marks


Congratulations to Year 11 student Emma who has achieved a Distinction in her London College of Music Grade 6 Pop Vocals Recital exam.


Sikh visitor Manvir Singh from Banbury


Gurdwara came to speak to Year 8 pupils about Sikhism as part of their Religious Studies work.


Pupils look to the skies in the hope of finding stars


After the cancellation of two planned visits due to adverse weather conditions, Thursday 15 March finally saw Year 7 visiting Hanwell Community Observatory. Cath Harding, Head of Science said:


“Unfortunately, although Betelgeuse [the ninth- brightest star in the night sky] put in an appearance, it was pretty much the only star we saw! However,


we still had a really interesting time. “Christopher Taylor, director of the observatory,


showed pupils the three outdoor telescopes in the garden and demonstrated how they worked. We then went into Hanwell Castle, into a fascinating old room full of historic artefacts, where he showed us some slides of various views of nebulas, supernovae and globular clusters.”


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