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CCF: Sailing, Shooting and Leaping
17 March 2009
Death defying leaps, sharp shooting and sailing skills were the order of the weekend as the RAF and RN sections of the CCF visited RAF Wittering in early March. The facilities at Wittering and nearby Rutland water were excellent with many cadets learning new skills on the water and honing their shooting on the laser range facility that showed exactly where we were going wrong and in some cases going right! Cadets faced their fears on the high ropes course with some managing the "Leap of Faith" Barnum and Bailey style on to a high level trapeze.  The weekend was made even better with warm portcabin accommodation and delicious mess food making a difference from bashas and Rat Packs. The Saturday was topped off with ten pin bowling competitions at Wittering Bowl. All in all a fantastic weekend! Pilot Officer Rogers
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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