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CCF First Field Weekend
06 November 2009
CCF recruits recently took part in their first field weekend; the training area used was RAF Barnahm, which has become a firm favourite, especially for Recruits Weekend.
Girls from Bedford High joined Bedford School boys and Dame Alice girls to practice the military skills they have learned on Wednesday evenings and also picked up some new ones. Sleeping under Bashas and living on ration pack food provided new and interesting experiences.
The cadets survived a chilly early morning, pre-dawn breakfast on Sunday morning and finished off the weekend with a round-robin competition.
For some this will have been the start of a long involvement with the corps.
GCSE Results
Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.
Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.
Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.
Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.
I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.
Julie Eldridge
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