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Reverend Bruce Kenrick (1920 – 2007) In Memoriam

Posted on April 18, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Clergyman and Housing Campaigner- Merchant Taylors School 1929 – 36

Rev Bruce Kenrick, founder of the Charity, Shelter, was born in Aintree in 1920 and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School. He was studying accountancy, expecting to join the family firm, when the Second World War broke out and he served as a stretcher bearer in the Army Medical Corps on the Gold Coast. His time there sparked ambitions to become a doctor but whilst at Edinburgh University he switched from his medical degree to a divinity degree. He lived for a time in Bengal with his wife Isabel, supporting land reform, but was forced back to Britain after he contracted typhoid.

The Kenricks then moved to Notting Hill which was at that time run down, drab with very poor housing conditions. In response to the awful conditions Bruce founded the Notting Hill Housing Trust with the aim of buying, renovating and renting out houses and flats. Bruce’s passion for social responsibility and his energetic approach took the trust from its first fundraiser on Portobello Road raising just £24 to raising £20,000 thanks to an advert in The Guardian. In 1966 Shelter was then launched as a national campaigning body. Bruce is said to have been instrumental in persuading Harold Wilson’s Labour government to legislate for the provision of funds to housing associations to renovate run down properties and provide a rent rebate scheme for poorer tenants.

After leaving Shelter, he went on to travel the world on a Churchill fellowship, then retired to Iona for the last 20 years of his life.

(Reference: The Guardian (19 January 2007) and The Telegraph (19 January 2007)

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Clive Johnson, friends and a taste of Japan

Posted on April 18, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Clive Johnson, a 1972 leaver, met up with school friends at a venue in Manchester in May 2015.  Earlier in the day, he came to school with one of the group, Phil Clift, to have a tour, arranged by the Development Office, and see how the school had changed over the past 40 years.

Clive Johnson Reunion photo May 2015

Enjoying a Japanese meal, clockwise from bottom left: Trevor Jenkins, Harry Somers, Clive Johnson, Adrian Fletcher, Tim Plant, Phil Clift/Sayer and Philip Booth.

Clive was delighted to see that, despite the many new buildings and all-round improvements, the ambience had not changed at all and the pupils seemed just as cheerful and polite as in his day!

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Classic Trip to Italy

Posted on April 14, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Over the Easter break a group of 38 students, accompanied by 5 teachers, spent a week touring the major Classical and cultural sites of Italy. During their time in Rome they visited the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the ancient Roman forum and many other sites, including the magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica. Being there during Holy Week was an amazing experience and the sense of awe and wonder was inspiring. They transferred down to the Bay of Naples and saw first hand the devastation caused by Vesuvius’ eruption in AD79 by visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum. Walking down the streets, entering the houses and seeing their places of entertainment really brought home the realities of how they lived but also the horror of their sudden deaths. Seeing a moment of their lives frozen in time echoing through the ages reminds all of us to embrace life as much as possible. The girls were delightful company on this trip: their intellectual curiosity, emotional intelligence and willingness to learn were inspiring.

Photos below:

  1. A group of Yr11 students in the amphitheatre at Pompeii
  2. Students taking a stroll on the stepping stones in Pompeii (may need to crop my shoulder out of the shot!)
  3. A group of GCSE students in the temple of Poseidon in Paestum (a Greek settlement to the south of Pompeii)

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Meeting the Mayor of Liverpool

Posted on April 14, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Photos below…

On Tuesday 23rd March Merchant Taylors’ Junior Boys had an important meeting…….we were going to meet the Mayor of Liverpool at Liverpool Town Hall as we were involved in a project called ‘Wrapping Liverpool in Love.’ We created a message on a postcard and wrote a caring message with a drawing on it. The project was a success as it reached the papers in America! The Mayor of Liverpool wanted to meet us to find out more about the work we had done for the project and to provide us of a tour of Liverpool Town Hall. The mayor was a lovely man and made us feel so welcome. Firstly, we had water or juice and a biscuit. Whilst we had that we were looking around the East Reception. It had many paintings and overall looked VERY impressive. We met the Lord Mayor and the Mayor of Sefton. They both had very big gold necklaces that showed they were Lord Mayor or Mayor. They looked very expensive and were made for the Mayor and Lord Mayor. The first room we viewed was the Hall and they told us all about the history of the dome at the top of Liverpool Town Hall. The next room was the dining room which had a huge chandelier. We went straight to the next room. The room was full of huge chandeliers and was a ballroom. And we were told stories about the place such as there is a ghost haunting the Town Hall. The ghost is a lady who married the Lord Mayor and then died in the Town Hall and it is said that she is roaming around the Town Hall to this day! There has been some people sighting of a ghost in a long white dress. We entered a new room with lots of microphones, This was a court and planning meetings take place. We had our picture taken in the Lord Mayor’s chair. We then looked at the list of all previous Lord Mayors. We then visited the Remembrance Room were we looked at the different names of the people who fought in WW1 then it was time to go but it was an amazing time and worth every minute!

By Harry G
Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ Junior School have been involved in a project to raise awareness of homeless people; in particular those in Liverpool. The project took place on Valentine’s Day whereby knitted scarves were placed around trees and lampposts for homeless people to take (or anyone in need). A tag was attached to each scarf with a message/picture from the boys at our school to brighten someone’s life and show them that we care.

Today representatives from Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ Junior School went to meet the Mayor of Liverpool at Liverpool Town Hall. The Mayor had invited us as he had read about our project in the local paper as well as reading about it on the internet as our story had gone Global! He was interested to find out more about the project.

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip because I learnt a lot about the history of Liverpool Town Hall and when it was built in 1749! We were given a tour of the Town Hall and found out many fascinating facts!

By Sebastian R

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Impressive Silver for Callum

Posted on April 11, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Callum Davidson produced a number of impressive performances to claim silver at the 2016 Northern Ireland Open Judo Championships held in Londonderry last weekend.

Year 7 pupil Callum started the day well controlling his first fight resulting in a comfortable win.  The second fight saw Callum continue with his positive judo that resulted in winning within 15 seconds of the start of the fight.  Callum’s third fight saw an even quicker finish – quick footwork afforded the opportunity to launch his opponent with a stunning shoulder throw in under seven seconds that saw him progress to the final.

Despite a confident performance Callum was narrowly beaten but took the contest to its full time.  Having just missed out on a bronze medal and placing fifth in his first international competition as a Pre-Cadet in Edinburgh earlier this year and missing out on a medal at the British Schools Judo Championships 2016 where Callum represented Merchant Taylors’ Senior Boys’ School this silver medal is a well deserved reward.

“I’m really happy with the silver medal as it’s my first national medal since becoming a Pre-Cadet fighter in December 2015.  My past performances having been improving so to have won this medal shows the hard work and dedication has paid off.  My next goal is to be selected for the British National Team Championships in July 2016.”

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Three New Lancashire County Hockey Players

Posted on April 8, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Congratulations to both Lucy Atwell and Zoe Westcott (pictured below) who have been selected for the Lancashire U14 hockey squad. The girls have already been playing in an inter-counties tournament against teams from Cumbria, Cheshire and Greater Manchester. Further congratulations go to Freya Woods who has been selected for the U13 Lancashire squad.Lancashire South U14 Girls JAC squad 2016

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U13 Boys narrowly miss out on a place in the National Final of the English Schools Table Tennis Competition

Posted on April 7, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Max (Year 8) and Rhys Davies (Year 6) and Nicholas and Christopher Moustaka (Year 7) represented Merchant Taylors’ at the Zonal finals of the English Schools Table Tennis Competition in Blackburn on Saturday 19th March.   They started with a 7-1 win against St. Joseph’s college, Ipswich before an emphatic 8-0 win against Silverdale school.   This set up a final against Longfield Academy from Darlington who fielded a very strong team and had won both their other matches 8-0.

The first 4 matches went with rankings as Each No.1 beat the opposition’s No.2’s and likewise with the No.3’s beating the No.4’s. These were far from easy matches but it meant that Merchant Taylors’ was tied at 2-2 before the pivotal contests.   However we eventually lost out 5-3.

Our congratulations to all the boys who performed well with Rhys winning 5/6 matches, Max 4/6, Nicholas 4/6 and Christopher 5/6.    As runners up in one of the four Regional Finals we can safely place the team somewhere between 5th and 8th in the Country.  Hopefully they can have another go next year!

The boys received their certificates and a Headmaster’s commendation each from Mr Cook who was delighted with their achievements.English Schools Table Tennis Champions

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Parent Careers/Work Experience Survey

Posted on April 7, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Dear Parent(s), Guardian(s),

Please follow this link to take you to a short survey on Parent Careers/Work Experience.  We have kept it concise to avoid ‘survey fatigue’ and are extremely grateful for you taking the time to fill it in: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6WJYZGR

The information, needless to say, is fully confidential and will not be shared with any other party.   It is purely to help us to continue to engage with our parent body and ensure we are providing your sons and daughters with the careers support and advice they need as they prepare to enter a constantly evolving and competitive work place.  This is not only for the older pupils – our pupils start making subject choices from Year 8 onwards – and these choices will be directed by ideas of what they are interested in and inspired by at that age.

Please can you complete this over the Easter break and we look forward to collating the information at the start of next term.   To all those of you who fill out a survey you will automatically be entered into a draw to win a bottle of champagne!

 

Yours sincerely,

DHCsig                                                                                                                         Louise Robinson

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Headmaster                                                                                                                     Headmistress

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British Schools’ Modern Biathlon Championships

Posted on April 7, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

The boys travelled to London by train to attend the British Schools’ Modern Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace Sports Centre. It was an extremely enjoyable day – all boys perform

ed well, cheering each other on and encouraging each other. Results to be published shortly.

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Eleanor Nominated for BAFTA Award

Posted on April 7, 2016 by MarquesAdemir

Some outstanding news for Year 10 pupil Eleanor Worthington-Cox who has been nominated for a BAFTA following her performance in Sky Living’s The Enfield Haunting. Her nomination is in the Supporting Actress category. Eleanor is the first child to have been nominated by BAFTA in the adult TV awards. We’ll keep our fingers crossed during the ceremony on the 8th May, televised on BBC1.

Eleanor Worthington-Cox in The Enfield Haunting Credit: Sky Living

Eleanor Worthington-Cox in The Enfield Haunting Credit: Sky Living

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