Focus No. 2

The end of the longest term of the school year approaches and whilst long in weeks it does seem to have flown by. There have been innumerable events and activities, many of which you can read about elsewhere in Focus. I'd like to congratulate all the boys and staff who have played their part in these sporting, artistic, dramatic and musical events.

Year 11 have just completed their Mock Examinations and, as they receive their results, I hope they see where they need to focus their efforts in the coming months to ensure that they achieve the best results possible in their GCSEs. The date of the Choices Evening for any Year 11 looking to join the Sixth Form has been changed to Wednesday 28 January 2004. This is the same date as the evening at Dover Grammar School for Girls and will allow boys and their parents to visit the girl's school if they are interested in subjects taught there. Further details will be sent to Year 11 parents early in the New Year.

We say goodbye to Mr Johnson, Mr Greenwood and Mrs Ash this term. My thanks to them for the contributions they have made to the school. Special thanks from me to Mrs Barbara Hall, who came to us for a term as Deputy Head. Mrs Hall agreed to do this at very short notice and she has been a wonderful support to me and I will miss her very much. Mr Rogers leaves us after 17 years as our Senior Science Technician - we wish him a long and happy retirement. I am sure everyone will join with me in wishing these colleagues well.

Finally, on behalf of all at the school, I would like to wish you and your families a happy Christmas and a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

Mrs Julia M Bell
Headteacher

Schools Mace Debating Competition
Congratulations and thanks are due to Alex Libby and Tom A Smith of Year 13, who represented the school at the first round of the Schools Mace Debating Competition held at Simon Langton Girls' School on 13 November. They put up a good case opposing the legalisation of cannabis against the King's School Canterbury, but were unfortunately not strong enough to be selected to go through to the next round. We hope that next year more sixth form students would like to take part in debating, since the skills involved are invaluable in many areas outside the academic.
Mr MG Thomas
Head of Upper School

Winner of Art Competition for Year 7 Pupils in Kent Schools
The 'Safe Travel to School Awards' poster design contest has, for the second successive year, been won by one of our pupils. Harry Gambrell of 7 Port has repeated the achievement of Ben Hindle, who won this competition last year - its inaugural year.

Work by 30 finalists from around Kent was exhibited in County Hall, Maidstone and judged by members of The Passenger Transport Unit and voted for by members of the public.

Our finalists were:
Lorcan Wolujewicz, Joshua Coughlan, Perry Desouza, Jake Huskinson, Anthony Gray, Alasdair Grogan?Jarvis, Matthew Cosier, Sam Fogarty, Kris Welburn, Conor Falluto, Jake Cowens, Robert Harnett, Ashley Brannan and Harry Gambrell, the 1st prize winner.
Harry's work is to be used in the campaign's publicity material.

Congratulations to Harry and well done to all our participants for producing such high?quality work.
Mr SM Almond
Subject Leader for Art and Design

Cinema Tickets
Congratulations to Lewis Hook of 8 Priory, who has won Mrs Bell's special monthly prize of cinema tickets for his contribution to the school with his excellent portfolio of English work.

Jeans for Genes Day
On Friday 17 October the school took part in the national fundraising event, Jeans for Genes Day. As you may be aware, this is an event that raises money for a number of charities linked to genetic disorders and conditions, and the money raised goes towards research and treatment.

Every member of the school that wished to participate paid £1 and wore jeans for that day. As well as this there were a number of other events that took place. On the actual day there was a special assembly promoting the day and I would like to thank Mr Nugus, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Dawson and Dr Cruttenden for appearing in the assembly and setting the day off to a great start. There were also sponsored silences and other sponsorships going on through the day.

A special thanks also to Mrs Lloyd, she is very involved in this area and has arranged the day this year as in previous years. Mrs Lloyd is also a keen artist and she produced ten paintings on the subject of DNA and genetics and these were auctioned. The paintings raised in excess of £35, a big thank you to everyone who bought one.

The final total for the day has now been calculated and the money sent to the charity. The total raised was £761.15, which was a superb effort.

I would like to pass my thanks to Mrs Lloyd who made the day possible, the other members of staff who helped in organising the day and collecting the money and everyone who donated money however much it was. Thank you to you all.

I am looking forward to the event next year and raising even more money than we have this year. With support of the whole school this can easily be achieved.
Steven King
12 AC

Simon Garlinge
Congratulations go to Simon Garlinge of 9 Channel, who was a finalist in the National 2003 Young Pavement Artist of the Year competition. Simon's work was exhibited at the Tate Britain gallery and the competition was in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.

Paul Witty
The Senior Tutor of Balliol College/University of Oxford has informed us that former pupil of our school, Paul Witty, has been awarded a 'Jervis-Smith Scholarship' in recognition of having adapted extremely successfully to the challenges of academic life at Oxford.

The History Forum has been debating the key issues surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. The findings of Daniel Robinson (9 Castle), Daniel Knox and Michael Schlamm (both of 10 Priory) can be read below.

As it was recently the fortieth anniversary of the assassination, the questions set on the History Puzzle Board pertained to the events in Dallas on 22 November 1963. With a little help of a text message from Mrs Robinson, Daniel Robinson of 9 Castle has won himself a CD?ROM as part of November's history prize. I would like to thank Daniel for helping to produce a display on the assassination, which can be seen at the entrance to the school.

Jonathan Fullarton and Alex Libby of Year 13 completed the 'Lessons from Auschwitz' course and you can read their reflections below. As part of the course, Jonathan and Alex participated in a day trip to Auschwitz in Southern Poland. Along with the rest of the Year 13 History Group Jonathan and Alex will help produce an assembly for Holocaust Memorial Day in January.
Mr Jonathan Gaskell
Head of History Department

JFK Conspiracy - By Daniel Robinson of 9 Castle
NO murders in history have been subject to such minute analysis as those of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his presumed 'lone assassin' Lee Harvey Oswald. Conspiracy theories abound - but I personally believed that Oswald was a lone hunter of fascists, not part of some sort of elaborate conspiracy, but I must argue for a conspiracy rather than my preferred theory. 'For America is not a country where secrets stay secret for long'.

First, some background information on JFK. JFK was the first Catholic President of the United States - he was also the youngest. He was put into presidency at a tender time with all that was happening; yet he confronted all. For instance: Racial Tension, Civil Rights Movement and the Cuban Missile Crisis. But the knife-edge that was between World War 3 and peace with the USSR and the infamous Fidel Castro, the rebellious dictator who worked a little like the modern Saddam Hussein.

John Kennedy married fashion icon Jackie, who later married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968.

JFK was a strong supporter of the American Space Programme; his goal of land a man on the moon later achieved in 1969.

Unanswered questions and inconsistent evidence about Kennedy's murder have led to speculation that Oswald may have been 'framed' or was not the sole killer. Most claim to be able to remember what they were doing on 22 November 1963 when they heard the news.

Most Americans believe there to have been a conspiracy but this has been stamped on the minds of subsequent generations by such flagrant misrepresentations as Oliver Stone's film JFK, which even received congressional endorsement, pictured on an elaborate conspiracy theory. But other evidence supporting the conspiracy is: In 1976 a U.S. Senate committee decided that at least one other gunman must have fired at the President. In 1979 the Assassination Committee of the House of Representatives concluded that Kennedy must have been the victim of a conspiracy.

Physical Evidence of a conspiracy:
For a start, the layout of the Dealey Plaza as the motorcade drove along away from the school Book Depository, which was where Oswald has been placed. Three shots were fired, the first was said to have missed, but Oswald was a marine sharp shooter. Did he take the first shot? 'The second', nicknamed the magic bullet went into the back of the President's neck then struck the Texas Governor John Connolly but to do this the bullet must first turn right on leaving the President's throat then go left and right again and strike John Connolly, so hence there must have been at least one other gunman. The third shot, which conspirators said was shot from the grass knoll struck the President in the side of the head and he slumped backwards dying as the motorcade accelerated to the Parkland Hospital where JFK died. So for JFK's head to go back and left as it did, surely he was shot from the side, from the grassy knoll not from behind in the Depository. Also the gun also discovered with Oswald's finger prints on it was an old Italian mail order rifle that could not have been fired the three times said in the eight seconds given.

But was it Castro, as he was threatened by JFK or the FBI or American Government - after all this is the government that lied to their people by saying they had no intention of attacking Cuba, but did and failed. They also had the motorcade washed as to disregard all forensic evidence.

Oswald was then shot in the Dallas police station basement by Jack Ruby, a loner and nightclub/strip club owner. He must have been part of the conspiracy sent to silence the killer that was caught. I hope you understand what I have said. The fact is that is still an unsolved crime and murder.

Solo Assassin - by Daniel Knox and Michael Schlamm of 10 Priory
On 22 November 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.

Within a few hours of the shooting, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald and charged him with the murder. We believe that Oswald committed the murder.

On 24 November, another man, Jack Ruby, shot and killed Oswald, thus silencing the only person who could have offered more information about this tragic event. Therefore, our case can only be backed up by other pieces of evidence instead of any evidence, which could have been gained by a trial.

It's in almost every conspiracy book: the claim that Oswald could not possibly have gotten off the shots in the necessary time (6 seconds). Does this show that there was more than one person in the assassination? The answer is no. Oswald had returned a few months earlier from the Soviet Union where he had spent nearly four years after a discharge from the US Marine Corps. This meant Oswald had the skill to fire the rifle quickly and accurately.

You may have seen the documentary on Channel 2 a little while ago. This programme was shown on the anniversary of the assassination. In this documentary new evidence was shown. In this evidence, new technology was used to calculate where the bullet shots that killed JFK came from. The evidence found showed that all the shots came from one location (proving that it could only have been one person). But most importantly it showed where the shots came from - the sixth floor of the Texas schoolbook depository, where Oswald happened to be working. Also the rifle that the bullet was fired from was found hidden here.

Witnesses claimed that they saw Oswald leaving the building a few minutes after the assassination and then shot a policeman who came over to investigate. In conclusion of all this evidence we believe that Oswald clearly must have been the assassin of JFK and that this wasn't a conspiracy.

Year 13 Trip to Auschwitz by Alex Libby and Jonathan Fullarton
It was a cold Sunday morning and we went to London on the 26 October 2003 to have a pre?visit seminar at Hillel House. Here we had the opportunity to meet a survivor of Auschwitz. Kitty Hart survived 18 months at Auschwitz, this is especially impressive when you learn that the general life expectancy was only 3 months within the camp. The Holocaust Memorial Trust also prepared us for our visit by showing us a video made by Kitty Hart. This showed us what the camp was like and what atrocities happened there. Kitty explained her experiences of the camp and how she survived such a terrible ordeal. It was an eye opening experience and aided our understanding of the Holocaust.

On 4 November we flew to Krakow Airport in Poland. When we arrived at Auschwitz we were hit by how it had been transformed from a camp to a museum. This does allow you to see any items that have been kept, you are reminded that all these items once belonged to a life; shoes, glasses and suitcases have been kept and preserved in some rooms as exhibits. Rooms of hair have been kept as an example of how the Nazis treated the Jews; they had their hair shaven off to humiliate them and to be used as clothing in the home front. That was quite disturbing. Auschwitz -Birkenau is the complete opposite of Auschwitz 1. It has been left the way it originally was. Nothing has been altered and many of the people we went with described it as 'raw'. We got to see the ruins of the destroyed furnaces; this was a really intense experience because it was hard to comprehend that 6 million human lives had been lost in these buildings. We also visited the places where the bodies and ashes were buried. In the evening everyone gathered for a remembrance ceremony with a Rabbi and the Holocaust Trust. At the end of the ceremony everybody lit a candle as a sign of respect. This was very moving looking back and seeing the hundreds of candles by the place where so many lost their lives. To end the visit we walked back along the railroad to the entrance at Birkenau, this was a very solemn moment of the trip and allowed us to reflect on what we had seen, where we had been and what had happened there only 60 years ago.

The lesson of the course was a post seminar visit to the Imperial War Museum. Whilst at the museum we walked around the Holocaust exhibit, this brought a strange feeling as we'd been to one of the camps they were describing and we could say we've been there and returned. At the end of the day the whole group gathered and we discussed what we'd seen and how we felt. The visit to Auschwitz was a moving one and gave us respect for the sanctity of life. It was a worthwhile visit and the Holocaust should be remembered as a lesson to us all, and should never ever be repeated.

Sept 9	U15	A	Dane Court GS	K Cup Rd 1	WON	3-0
Sept 11	U16	A	Swadelands	K Cup Rd 2	WON	3-0
Sept 18	U13	A	Chatham House GS	K Cup Rd 1	WON	6-2
Sept 19	1^st X1	H	St Anselm’s	ESFA Rd 1	WON	15-0
Oct 1	U13	H	Pent Valley	K Cup Rd 2	WON	8-0
Oct 4	1^st X1	H	Maplesden Noakes	ESFA Rd 2	WON	4-1
Oct 6	U16	A	St Johns	K Cup Rd 3	WON	5-4
Oct 7	U15	H	King Ethelbert	K Cup Rd 2	WON	4-1
Oct 8	1^st X1	H	Ravensbourne	K Cup Rd 2	WON	w/o
Oct 8	2^nd X1	H	Leigh CTC	K Cup Rd 1	WON	w/o
Oct 7	U14	H	Hereson	K Cup Rd 2	WON	10-1
Oct 9	U14	H	Hartsdown	ESFA Rd 2	WON	7-0
Oct 16	U13	A	Canterbury High	K Cup Rd 3	LOST	3-4
Oct 22	1^st X1	H	Chatham GS	ESFA Rd 3	WON	9-3
Nov 4	U16	A	Gravesend GS	K Cup Rd 4	WON	3-1
Nov 5	U14	A	Westlands	ESFA Rd 3	WON	3-0
Nov 6	U15	A	Chatham House GS	K Cup Rd 3	WON	2-0
Nov 7	U12	A	Chatham House GS	K Cup Rd 2	WON	3-0
Nov 8	U14	H	Hartsdown	K Cup Rd 3	WON	w/o
Nov 14	2^nd X1	A	Borden	K Cup Q F	LOST	1-2
Nov 15	1^st X1	H	Coopers	K Cup Rd 3	WON	w/o
Nov 22	U16	A	Leigh City T C	K Cup Q F	LOST	2-4
Nov 24	U12	A	Channel	K Cup Rd 3	WON	4-2
Nov 25	U14	H	Dane Court GS	ESFA Rd 4	WON	4-0
Nov 27	U15	H	N Knatchbull	K Cup Rd 4	WON	2-0
Nov 28	1^st X1	A	St Simon Stock	ESFA Rd 4	WON	3-2
Dec 1	U14	H	Cornwallis	K Cup Rd 4	WON	3-1
Dec 3	U16	H	Hartsdown	K Cup Rd 2	WON	5-1
Dec 4	U12	H	Hereson	K Cup Rd 4	WON	6-0
Dec 6	1^st X1	H	Dane Court GS	K Cup Q F	WON	1-0

KENT CUP PROGRESS

ENGLISH SCHOOLS TROPHY PROGRESS

From a winning start against Dane Court GS - albeit with a team that couldn't keep position the season has gone from strength to strength. Dover deserved to beat Harvey, missed many chances and then gave away 2 silly goals. The Kent Cup run has now seen them reach the Quarter Finals. Recent experimentation with the team is shaping a stronger defence. Hopefully this will allow Captain Dan Young to push up into midfield. This is a team that is improving with each game.

Year 8 have improved enormously from last year and really deserve to be still in the Kent Cup. Dan Allen and Michael Kelly have been promoted into the Year 9 team where they are scoring freely. After posting some really impressive Cup results the team were missing 3 of the best players in Round 3 and went out 4 -3. If this team stays focused next year they should go much, much further. A special mention to trainer S King, who has done a really good job with the team.

This team are once again making a great Cup run. Unfortunately they are probably away to Howard in the Q Final. If they are to lift the Trophy they have got to find a way of scoring against Howard. Maybe the two Year 8 boys will help in this quest. The team still needs to learn to pass earlier if they are to realise their ambitions. Year 9 are also doing really well in the ESFA Trophy and are now into the last 64 of England. John Ellender has deservedly represented the Year 10 team and will continue to do so when the Year 9 Cup run ends.

Once again Year 10, led by Kent U15 Captain Stephen Grant, are in the Q Final. In their half of the draw Dover have missed the North Kent teams and probably will play Borden and Harvey GS before, hopefully reaching the Final. They have the talent and determination to lift this Trophy. It really is in their hands but injuries have dogged several key players in this team of late. Aaron Reed, Stephen Grant, Ben Walker and Sam Gore have also helped out with the U16 team and have now established themselves in the squad.

This has to be one of the most talented teams not to have won a Kent Cup - partly due to their own fault. With several players not making themselves available for the French Cup Quarter Final the team went to Leigh CTC badly depleted. Dover should still have won the tie but luck wasn't with them. In the 2nd Year 11 Cup the team has been selected from the best available Year 11 and Year 10 boys in a last attempt at winning. If this team stays together and takes it seriously they could go all the way. Early Friday nights with a cup of cocoa are needed from now on!

Although this team were awarded byes and walkovers they played their Quarter Final with great spirit in awful conditions. A fluke goal scored by the wind finally beat them.

This team is trying to lift the Cup to make up for last years disappointing final. So far they look unbeatable in this region and are now in the Kent Cup semi-final next month - probably away to T Wells GS. They have also reached the last 64 of the English Schools Trophy after 4 great rounds. The 15-0 1st Round victory was something special. Robbie Guy has scored many super goals and the defence has been awesome.

Oct 16	U14	A	Duke Of York’s RMS	K Cup Rd 1	LOST	19-41
Oct 18	U15	A	Chatham House GS	D Mail Rd 1	LOST	0-10
Oct 25	U15	A	Duke Of York’s RMS	K Cup Rd 1	WON	15-7
Nov 6	U15	H	Chatham GS	D M Vase Rd 2	LOST	17-19
Nov 13	U15	A	Maidstone GS	K Cup Rd 2	WON	27-5
Nov 25	U15	H	Dartford GS	K Cup Rd 3	LOST	5-10

This team has made giant leaps in form since last April when they narrowly lost their East Kent Final at Manwoods. Although they have lost 3 games - they were actually the better team in all their matches. Their forwards were quite simply, magnificent. Many tries were lost by this team on technical grounds, if these were allowed they would still be rightfully in both Cups. Highlights of the season were the wins against Duke of York's RMS and the thrashing of Maidstone GS - both away. Most of this team play together for Dover and hopefully will go on to win the District trophy this year. If Tony Herbert - selected for Kent this year, and Jacob Perry were injury free the team would surely have scored even more tries. Special mention for Ben Rix, Luke Clark and Joshua McKenzie-Frazer for their stirring and pulsating runs through the opposition forwards.

Dover dominated the South East Kent Championships, winning both boys titles. All the runners gave 100% to help their teams in their respective age groups. In the TSB Kent regional races at Maidstone our runners finished in creditable 3rd and 4th places against some extremely strong cross country schools. The top 10 in each race are all nationally ranked and real specialists. Michael Kelly has shown his true worth in finishing in the top 10 in the Junior boys event and is a real talent. Troy Butcher, racing pupils a year older than himself, finished in the top 20 - a magnificent effort which underlines his continued progress from last year.

Next month Dover will try to add to the Year 7 and Year 8 Championship wins from last year. Can they win all 4 age groups this time? No Christmas pudding for these boys!
Mr Wayne Howe
Subject Leader for Physical Education

Congratulations should be given to the Grammar 'A' team who to date are leading the league Division 4 league and are in a good position to win the league just before Christmas. Should they do this they will be going up to fight in Division 3 in the new year. Grammar 'B; is holding its own half way up the table having won as many games as they have lost, but unfortunately Grammar 'C' is still without a win at the bottom, however, they are managing to gain the odd point and are right on the tails of East Langdon.

Player	Team	Played	Won	Lost	%
S O'Brien	Grammar A	18	15	3	83.33
T Bird	Grammar A	8	6	2	75.00
S Honey	Grammar B	24	18	6	75.00
J Bird	Grammar A	17	12	5	70.59
S Bishop	Grammar A	15	10	5	66.67
M Gould	Grammar B	24	11	13	45.83
R Darrall	East Langdon	12	4	8	33.33
J Little	Grammar C	12	4	8	33.33
M Schlamm	Grammar C	3	1	2	33.33
S Yarnley	Grammar C	3	1	2	33.33
J Challis	East Langdon	18	4	14	22.22
L Wraight	Grammar C	27	4	23	14.81
J Brown	Grammar C	18	2	16	11.11
R Martin	Grammar C	15	1	14	6.67
C Honey	Grammar B	24	0	24	0.00

The two players from East Langdon are old boys of the school who have recently started playing the game again, whilst Chris Honey is a player not yet old enough to go to this school but who has a lot of potential. Thanks should go to Stuart Honey and John Bird, fathers of the teams players who are both playing and organising the smooth running and opening and closing of the gym on table tennis evening.

All details taken from the Dover Table Tennis Association web site http://www.heysmart.com/DTTA/ on 10 December 2003.
Paul Skelton

Many Year 13 students have now completed their application to higher education through UCAS. Any who have not yet done so and want to go to university in September 2004 are reminded that the absolute final deadline for applications is 15 January 2004.
Mr MG Thomas
Head of Upper School

Several people have voiced concern about the danger of others caused by the dropping off of pupils outside the school gates in the morning. There are yellow lines and a clear notice saying that there should be no stopping there. Instead, there is often a queue of cars waiting to drop sons off, and there are even cars backing into the school gates to turn round, rather than using the turning circle. So much traffic milling around presents a confusing picture and poses a threat to pedestrians.
Could I ask you, in the interests of safety, to respect the non-stopping zone.
Could I also remind you that the school hill is out of bounds to traffic in school hours.
Mrs Julia M Bell
Headteacher

As from January Mr Frost will be running a maths club every Tuesday lunchtime in Computer Room 1 (from 12.50 to 13.30).
As well as giving all students an opportunity to help with homework, coursework, revision, etc, there will be a chance to try out the expanded range of mathematics programs networked on the school computer system.

Amongst others, we now have Cabri-Geometre™ (Dynamic Geometry), Autograph™ (Third Generation Graph Plotter and Statistics Software) and Virtual Image™ (Algebra, Trigonometry and Pythagoras Practice).

This should provide an opportunity for students from all year groups to improve their maths from Year 7 who might be having trouble with the transition to secondary school, to Year 11 who are after the extra few marks in GCSE to turn a good result into an excellent one.
Mr RF Frost
Mathematics

Please note that the Choices Evening mentioned on Page 100 of the Student Planner is for Year 12 A?Level choices ONLY. Year 9 will not be having a Choices Evening. However, the choices booklet will be issued to Year 9 pupils as usual and pupils will be briefed on new subjects.
Mr WG Jolliffe
Head of Years 8 and 9

The PFA have lined up a few events for 2004 starting with the Valentine themed Wine and Wisdom Evening on the 13 February. The format of the evening will be the same as in the past years, i.e. teams of eight per table. If you are unable to make up a team of eight, still come along. Letters will be sent home at the start of next term.

Secondly, we are arranging a visit to the Shepherd Neame Brewery in Faversham on 25 March. The cost of the evening is expected to be around £20, however this is still to be confirmed. Places are limited to 30 and it is expected that places will go fast. A lot of interest has been shown by the PFA committee members. I am not too sure what that tells you about the committee except that we are a fully committed body of people that would do anything for the benefit of the boys and the school.

Next we have a trip to Bruges on 15 May. This trip was hugely successful this year with a good time had by all. Again, more details will follow.

I, on behalf of the PFA, would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Mrs Joan Gambrell
Chairman of the PFA

Many thanks to all our existing supporters and welcome to new members. The 200 Club is a monthly raffle open to parents and friends of the boys and all profits go towards equipment, etc, for the school.

The cost is £1 per month payable in 6 monthly instalments. Each month 3 prizes are drawn. 1st prize is £25, 2nd prize is £15 and 3rd prize is £10.

If this is not quite enough to tempt you then I must tell you that also twice a year a special prize of £100 is drawn. So, if you would like to join just send me your name and address via the school and I will get an application form out to you.

The last 4 months winners are as follows:
September
1st - Mrs E Keen (55)
2nd - Mrs L Wilson (54)
3rd - Mrs Garlick (119)
October
1st - Mr & Mrs Burr (160)
2nd - Mrs Kirk (179)
3rd - Mrs Close (109)
November
1st - Mr W Scott (185)
2nd - Mr D Fullarton (127)
3rd - PJ Reeves (96)
December
1st - Mrs J Grant (192)
2nd - Mrs S Ashman (90)
3rd - Mrs D Kellers (176)
Special December Prize £100
Mrs N Powlter (4)

All prizes are sent to home address, not via pupils.
Paula Brown -200 Club Secretary

The Reprographics Department is now in a position to supply the latest Trump Cards as designed by Dr Alan French and Mr Paul Skelton. This latest set of cards has a European theme and gives information about Population, Area and Life Expectancy, etc, of each of the countries listed. The cards are in full colour, show a map and picture connected to each country and are laminated onto card. There are 28 cards in this set and they are on sale from the Reprographics Department for £1.50.

The schools web site, maintained by Mr Paul Skelton and owned and hosted by The Old Pharosians (the school Old Boys association), has just passed the 22,300 mark on the hit counter.
If you haven't already viewed the many pages it can be found at the following address http://dovergrammar.co.uk.
If there is anything you would like to add or amend, please see Mr Paul Skelton in the Reprographics Department.

The Reprographics Department has a selection of Christmas Cards for sale at 12p each, including the envelopes. If you would like a random pack of cards picked for you they are just 10p each. These cards were all designed by pupils in Years 7, 8, and 9 last year. They are available from the Reprographics Department during the morning break time. There is a limited supply as they are what was left over from last year, so are available while stocks last on a first come, first served basis.
The design of the cards can be viewed on the school website at the following address http://dovergrammar.co.uk and are found off the WHAT'S NEW link.
Paul Skelton
Reprographics Department

Year 7	K Beasley Trophy	Q Final	In	Last 8/91
Year 9	W Armory Cup	Q Final	In	Last 8/90
Year 10	Portex Trophy	Q Final	In	Last 8/93
Year 11	Invicta Trophy	Round 3	In	Last 32/84
1^ST X1	White Cup	S Final	In	Last 4/55
Year 8	Messenger Shield	Round 3	Out	Last 32/95
Year 11	French Cup	Q Final	Out	Last 8/67
2^ND X1	2^ND X1 Cup	Q Final	Out	Last 8/21

Year 9	Under 14 Trophy	Round 5	In	Last 40/400+ in S East Region
1^ST X1	Under 18 Trophy	Round 5	In	Last 64/550+ in England

Sept 30	U14	A	Kent Schools	TSB XC Regional Rd	4th
Sept 30	U16	A	Kent Schools	TSB XC Regional Rd	3rd
Nov 19	U15	A	SEK Schools	SEK XC Champs	1st
Nov 19	U17	A	SEK Schools	SEK XC Champs	1st

KENT CUP PROGRESS

ENGLISH SCHOOLS TROPHY PROGRESS

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