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Most Valuable Athlete: Sebastian Bandeira- Freire, S8

Most Valuable Athlete: Harry Atkin, S10

Most Valuable Athlete: Lauren Braithwaite, S10

Most Valuable Athlete: Skye Bishop, S8

Thomas Hadjipateras, S10

TRACK AND FIELD DAY This year’s Track and Field Day took place at Barn Elms Sports Ground on Friday 25 June. From high jump to hurdles, discus to shot putt, and on through to the exciting concluding relay races at the end of the afternoon, every event was fiercely contested and there were many impressive individual and team performances. The support from the four Houses, as always, was colourful, impassioned, enthusiastic, vociferous and committed.

Teddy Bascombe, S10

Congratulations to every pupil who took part and to this year’s winners, Brearley House.

Teddy Bascombe and Andrew Kirkhope collect the 2021 Track and Field Shield from the Headmaster on behalf of Brearley House

MISS MIDDLETON-SMITH SWIMS THE CHANNEL Miss Middleton-Smith of the PE Faculty swam the Channel as part of a team of five to raise money for the charity Aspire. Aspire is a national charity which supports success she wrote, “We finally made it to France on our second attempt. Starting at 01.49, we landed near Tardinghen 12hrs and 35min later. The day was the hardest and best of my life!” In doing so, she helped raise more than £14,500 [Look out for the report on IPS pupils’ own fantastic charity swim fundraising for Aspire in Miss Middleton-Smith’s wake in the next issue of School Matters. – Ed.]

people with Spinal Cord Injury to live lives of greater independence. It was a triumph made even sweeter by the fact that a previous attempt made by her swim team had had to turn back within a short distance from the French coast. After the

for the charity. We congratulate her on a truly impressive achievement.