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Army Camp
Summer 2017
Tom Walton (OB)
This summer the
Bancroft’s Army
Section once again
headed down to
Napier Camp in
Folkestone for
our annual camp.
Although this
year involved a
shorter week for
the cadets they still
experienced just as much and had a busy week.
After an initial day spent refreshing infantry skills such as pairs fire
manoeuvres and section attacks, the cadets headed straight into the
week's main blank firing exercise. Across two days all cadets were able
to put into practice their camp craft, patrolling, section attack and
ambush skills in blank firing scenarios. We were even lucky enough
to receive support and guidance from a regular gunner unit from the
Royal Anglian Regiment, who created a lot of excitement when they
brought a GPMG (general purpose machine gun) along with them! The
week concluded with the Dan Clack intersection competition which
saw cadets tested on all the skills they had learnt throughout the
year. Although there was fierce competition, Ben Harris, who is now
assuming the position of CSM, and his section came out victorious.
COMBINED CADET FORCE / BANCROFTIAN COMMUNITY 19
From the Parents’
Association
Sally FIsher, PA Secretary
We hope you all
enjoyed your long
summer holidays,
which probably
seem like a lifetime
ago now, as we
enter the second
half of October. The
Parent’s Association is busy planning the Christmas
calendar of events, as those jolly holidays will soon be
upon us. The Christmas period is always one of our
favourite seasons, as we organise a number of festive
events, including the magical Christmas Fayre, which
is on Saturday 2 December. This is always one of the
highlights of the year, for both pupils and parents
alike, as the children get to see Santa, win lots of
Raffle Prizes and participate in festive activities. We
also have the Prep Pantomime planned for December
followed by the delightful Christmas Carol Service.
Since we last wrote for Insight Magazine, back in June, the PA
has raised over £9,000 in profit, which is all for the benefit of the
students at Bancroft’s School. It’s the collective generosity of you
- the parents - attending our events and entering into the spirit
of each occasion, which has helped us to achieve this. Thank you
for continuing to support your PA at each event.
Prep Sports Day was held in June and this year we sold out of
every last morsel of food. The children were obviously ravenous
after their successful morning of sporting achievements and so we
raised just over £350.
The glamorous Summer Ball was held on Saturday 1 July, which
turned out to be a beautiful, hazy evening - as we welcomed
Mr Marshall to his first experience of a Bancroft’s Ball. The
boisterous band ‘Fully Funktional’ were on hand to ensure
everyone was dancing on until well after midnight – leaving lots
of people feeling quite hazy themselves the next morning.
More recently, a host of family and friends came together for
an evening of fun, laughter and (sometimes bizarre) trivia at
our annual Quiz Night on Saturday 14 October. Dr Hunn as Quiz
Master kept everyone entertained for the evening, helping us
raise a fantastic £2,000!
So, as we welcome in the second half of a new term, we also
welcome in some new faces and Officers to the Bancroft’s Parents’
Association. The AGMwas held on 5 October, where we said a sad
farewell to Deepti, David and Shiwani but gave a huge welcome to
our new Chair (Simmi Tohani), Vice-Chair (Mina Patel) and Treasurer
(Samia Dar). I (Sally Fisher) will continue being the Secretary.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to
seeing you at some forthcoming PA events.