Last updated at 08:28, Friday, 25 September 2009

EIGHTIES pop star Kim Wilde inspired pupils at Keswick School with a rousing speech.

Kim, who burst on to the music scene in 1981 with Kids in America, told pupils at the school’s 29th annual prize giving on Friday that they too could achieve success in their lives.

Headmaster Mike Chapman said: “Kim was natural and easy to speak to and quite happy for people to take pictures and sign autographs.

“She made a lot of friends and this is the first time she has been to the school and I think it may not be the last.

“She said ‘I’m here and I’m a cheerful person who has had a lot of success and so can you.’

“She commented on the friendliness of the pupils and talked a bit about her success as a pop star and as a gardener.”

Kim Wilde is linked to the school through her father-in-law who is the chairman of governors.

She presented pupils with cups, shields and book vouchers in recognition of sporting and academic achievements.

Last year’s year 13 also returned to the school to receive subject prizes.

Laura Mason, who won the poetry prize, was given an unexpected honour at the prize giving when Kim asked her to read Rudyard Kipling’s poem If.

Year seven. Achievement: Emily Pratt, Sam Little, Iona Pearson, Tom Irving, Liz Howell, Finn Donovan, Tom Murphy, Kim Robinson, Charles Stone, Nadia Roberts, Colin Squires. Special prizes. Girls’ athletics champion: Christina Tully. Boys’ Athletics Champion: Thomas Atkinson.

Year eight. Achievement: Iona Chetwode-Clarke, Savannah Robinson, Sarah Marsland, Dominic Westle, Beth Turnbull, Scott Irving, Holly Foster, James Sibbit, Emily Gaskell, Jason Ashworth, Olivia Hoare and Joseph Bell. Special prizes. Girls’ athletic champion: Savannah Robinson. Boys’ athletics champion: Lewis Cornforth. Junior Ski Cup: James Hodgson.

Year nine. Achievement: Lucinda Messenger, Adrian Duncan, Alexandra Chambers, Ben Pepper, Ellie Hodgson, Joshua Williams, Paige Carson, Jackson Clark, Amy Tidyman, Alistair Francis, Ben Hooper, Danielle Butchart. Special prizes. Junior music prize: Danielle Butchart, Emma Shakespeare. Girls’ athletics champion: Bethan Lloyd. Boys’ athletics champion: Christopher Rowley. Tennis: Elizabeth Sykes. Art: Jamie Donoghue; Young designer’s prize: Sean Messenger. Poetry: Charlotte Strachan.

Year 10. Achievement: Laura Dakers, Molly Macpherson, Karis McDonald, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca Cunningham, Luke Protano, Steffi Pratt, Dean Robinson, Kate Vaillant, Eleah Salunga, Matthew Atkinson, Dickon Chaplin-Brice, Natasha Woolley, Harry Garner.

Special prizes. Harry Pridmore Memorial Prize: Rebecca Cunningham. Boys’ Athletics Champion: Dean Robinson. Senior ski cup: Matthew Atkinson. Wren shield for girls’ athletics: Natasha Woolley. Girls’ athletics champion, Branthwaite Cup for the school mile, Hewetson Cup for cross country: Laura Vaillant. Hodgson Cup for the school mile: Tom Kitching. Drama: Zael Ligertwood.

Year 11. Achievement: Rachel Martin, Laura Stephens, Jack Armstrong, Charlotte Watson, Ashley Gargett, Rob Carruthers, Kathryn Holt, Jacob Tonkin, Sam Morley, John Calvin, John Addyman, Abbie Scott. Special prizes. Stringed instruments: Rebecca Hughes. Young artist’s prize: Sophie Fisher. Masterchef prize: Joseph Harrison.

Lower sixth. English language: Thomas Messenger English literature, orchestral playing: Jonathon Winter. Media studies: Emily Webzell. Mathematics: James Lyon. Further mathematics, cricket: Laura Leyland. Biology: Heather Boniface. Chemistry: Sally Stevenson. Physics: Daryl Finlay. Science in Society: Colette Hinchliffe. French: Alex Connell. German: Rachael Twyford. Geography: Alex Snyder. Environmental science: Tashi Sherpa. History: Lois Lane. Design: Jamie Nanson. Systems and control: James Weightman. Art: Zoe McSorley. History of art: Annemarie Quinn. Drama: Sam Vivash. Religion, philosophy and ethics: Jack Broadbent. PE: Stuart Richardson. ICT: Chris Lewis. Business: Roger Carr. AVCE business prize: Caroline Fearon. Intermediate level vocational prize: Rachel Philips. Government and politics: Adam Gainford. Mike Pye Memorial Award for Student Voice: Will Greenwell. Golf: Robert Ghazala. The Chris Pilling Poetry Prize: Laura Mason, Sarah Banks. Tennis: Nick Blackburn, Matthew Lysser.

Upper sixth. The HW Howe memorial prize: Chris Gibbons. Headmaster’s prize, Keswick Society for Art annual award, Mathematics: Emily Cooke. Chairman’s prize, Hindley music cup: Peter Cooke. Percy W McKane memorial prize: Craig Robinson. Percy Hope memorial prize, netball: Abigail Barr. Old Keswickians’ association prize: Michael Bonkenburg, Marcus Clark. Citizenship and community: Sarah Brotherton, Hannah Leighton, Abbé Horrod, Daniel Burgos, Marley Anderson, Josh Graves. Outstanding achievements in art: Helen Pennington. Valerie Hull memorial prize for art: Stephanie Huddart. Meryll Evans prize for sculpture: Claudia Cartmel. Glenn Wilson Memorial Scholarships. Medicine: James Selby. Science: Sharon Lam, Islay Crosbie. Science, Keswick Music Society annual prize, geography: Adam Robinson. Religious studies: Josie Fisher. French, German, senior music prize: Jemimah Middleton. Business studies: Matthew Robinson. Enterprise cup: Alexandria Armstrong-Squires. Lynn Linton Prize for English, history: Hope Redmond. English language: Liam Donoghue. Media studies: Ameira Blight. Further mathematics: Debbie Lyn. French: Emma Little. Environmental science: Zoe Dennison Drake. Religion, philosophy and ethics: Lainey Holt. Biology, music: Jamie Francis.

Chemistry: William Bertram. Physics, product design: Andrew Messenger. Art: Emily Dunn. Drama: Charlotte Briggs. Business: Sophie Waugh. Applied business: Jennifer Bannister. PE, hockey: Katherine Miller. Creative Writing: Alex Gabriel. Fell running: Rosie Stuart. Soccer: Martyn Conroy. Boys’ Athletics: James Rourke. Rugby: Jack Farrell.

First published at 19:32, Thursday, 24 September 2009
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