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• SCHOLARS at Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green, have had a very busy term, enjoying a wide variety of educational trips, events, sporting triumphs and other activities, all in addi- tion to their studies. On this page we feature a round-up of recent goings-on at Stonyhurst: ,


PUPILS studying A-level politics


: at Stonyhurst College travelled to ' London to experience first hand what life is like inside the Palace of Westminster. ■They were greeted by ; a


researcher working for Ribble Val­ ley MP Nigel Evans, who took them to a private room to observe Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Afterwards, - they were joined for lunch by Mr; Evans himself in a restaurant.,; near Westminster Hall. . During a guided tour of Parlia- .


ment, the pupils were in awe of - the magnificent architecture and richly decorated corridors, where; ' great', English monarchs are :


depicted in huge portraits. This gave them a real sense of English history, as did standing in the place where Anne Boleyn and Charles I were condemned to death. ' ‘ '


: -Sitting in the public galleries of ■ ■ both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, they were again overwhelmed by the stun-, ning opulence of the architecture and the huge amount of gold used. on the ceiling and throne where the Queen sits during the state opening of Parliament. • i One pupil, John Messent (17), from vAmersham, was lucky enough to meet his local con­ stituency MP, Cheryl Gillan, who.


is also the Shadow Secretary of: State for Wales. She was with ' Nigel Evans and other MPs look-■ ing at the Lightning, a hew’ elec- j; trie car with'ultra-low carbon :'


^emissions. : Another pupil, 17-year-old Joey Barnett, from Blackpool,',was tapped on the shoulder and asked: if he wanted his photograph taken with the car. The volunteer pho- : tographer turned out to be Lord ■ Peter Mandelson! Our picture shows David Rid-


out (left). Head o f Politics at Stonyhurst,, and pupil John Messent presenting Nigel Evans (right) and Cheryl Gillan with the - Stonyhurst book, (s)


A-LEVEL pupils completed Ihcir learning curve of British poli- . tics when they travelled to meet politicians at the Welsh Assem­


bly in Cardiff., The Stonyhurst pupils met First Minister Rhodri Morgan,


who gave a brief account of his experiences and told the pupils that he would be retiring soon after 10 years as leader.


- The pupils were impressed by the Senedd - the main building


- designed by Richard Rogers and opened by HM the Queen on March 1st; St David’s Day, in 2006. It features tall glass win­ dows to represent openness and transparency in the new era of


■ Welsh politics. They also met the youngest Assembly Member Bethan Jenkins (Plaid Cymru), who talked to them about dif­ ferent voting systems.


■ ■ After lunch in the Assembly Members’ private dining room, -


the pupils observed First Minister’s Questions in the.main chamber, where Rhodri Morgan confronted the Conservatives over prescription charges. They also had a question and answer session with Claire Clancy, Chief Executive of the Welsh Assembly. ■:


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Our picture shows pupil Charlotte Leach presenting Bethan Jenkins (Plaid Cymru) with a book on Stonyhurst .College, (s) ,


A TEAM of Stonyhurst pupils took up the Young Enterprise challenge and showed they can beat the credit crunch;, and run a profitable company.


. • , A dozen pupils from launched Entity,


earlier this year and have successfully been selling personalised T-shirts and;: promotional items for'sehool produc- ■ tions. Their closing accounts showed a healthy net profit of £205, which repre- ■ sentsa 100% return on investment. The Entity team is now planning to '


pass on the entrepreneurial skills by set­ ting up a mini-enterprise programme, so ■ pupils at St Mary’s Hall (Stonyhurst '■ College’s prep school) can" experience what it is like to run a business. Entity will donate £50 from their profits as: start-up capital, to help get the new com­ pany going.


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. Mrs Kate Wright, Head of Business Studies, said: “Right from the start the


pupils were very enthusiastic about forming a company and learning how to run it. They did everything from think of a company name, deciding what they were going to sell, production and mar­ keting. They are now passing on those . skills to other pupils and I’m sure they ; will be just as successful.”


: ■ The new company at St Mary’s Hall


will start trading in September and donate its profits to the Friends of St Mary’sHall.'-


' ' Our picture shows Stonyhurst’s young


entrepreneurs Adaobi Anah, Gustavo Ranera, Olamipo Ogunsanya; Oreoluwa Akinkunmi, Adaeze Egwuagu-Chijioke, ' Jason Kwok, Karl Sullivan, Tejiri Ziregbe, Olisa Nwokedi, John Wade and Allan Wu, with Advisor Rachel Eccle^ ston and Link Teacher Kate Wright, all holding their Young Enterprise Achieve­ ment certificates, (s)


FOUR pupils from Stonyhurst College have been accepted to train with the prestigious National Youth Theatre this summer. All four boys successfully auditioned for the,


coveted places and Bradley Goss (15), from Burnley, Rasiiad Burns (17), from I'ayeltcville, USA, Winston Obi (18), from Lagos, Nigeria, and Conor Kennedy (18), from Maidenhead, will be heading for London during August. The boys will train for two weeks at Trinity Laban, the UK’s: first conservatoire for music and dance, at Greenwich, South East London. : ^ Stonyhurst College has an excellent reputation


for producing budding actors,' with 10 pupils being awarded places at the NYT over the past six years. Our picture shows, clockwise from top left, the


four Stonyhust thespians, Winston Obi, Conor Kennedy, Bradley Goss and Rashad Burns, (s ) ;


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SWORDSMEN from':: Stonyhurst displayed remarkable speed and.


‘ skill when they won gold ■ and silver ;medals at'a::: fencing tournament: ■


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i y vTwin brothers Simon ; ■ and-Magnus: Whittle' : ( 14);and Yoann Belon . (15):tobk;on more.than 150; comp etitors :V to


■defend Stonyhiirst'shon-'. ;:our. at the Bromsgrbve School Fencing;Chal- • . ' ’ <’


' lenge. Simon and, Magnus ;;


■(took gold and silver; ■ medals respectively iii • ;■ the under-14s foil final. ' .


Their'joint success was • repeated, but with the placings switched,’ in the; under-14s epee. In the under-16s com- p'etition, Yoann Belon;


finished,10th with the foil and':13th with the; epee'-


- : Pictured (from ,the:


- left) are Simon, Magnus and Yoann. (s)


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